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DEAR ABBY: Remember the letter in your column about the teacher who asked students to write compliments to one another, and then passed them along to each individual? Well, Abby, I used her idea -- with wonderful results!
I work in "Chaya," a prison ministry for incarcerated youth in Arizona. Last year, two weeks before Valentine's Day, I gave a talk on love and respect for one another to 25 girls between the ages of 12 and 18. Afterward, I passed out paper and pencils to the girls and instructed them to write a compliment for each girl -- and to say nothing if they didn't have anything nice to say. I told them not to sign their names, as all compliments should be given out of love, not the hope of being thanked. Nearly all the girls complimented every other girl.
I took the papers home that night and typed a list of compliments for each girl. I deleted anything negative or questionable, including the few slang terms with which I was unfamiliar. I cut out 25 large red hearts and pasted a compliment list to the back of each one. My children decorated the front with doilies, stickers, pictures and lace.
I distributed the hearts to the girls at the Valentine party we hosted. I asked each girl to read her compliments to herself and then to share the one compliment that meant the most to her, and the one that surprised her the most. It was a meaningful experience, especially for these troubled girls who have had little or no affection or positive affirmation in their lives. The girls told me how much they cherished these hearts, and the staff allowed them to be hung on their walls -- which was a great privilege for them.
Abby, I would like to thank the person who came up with that idea, and you for printing it. It took some work on my part to make sure no one was hurt by insults, but that was a responsibility I enjoyed because I got to read all the outpouring of love. -- LITA JOHNSON, PHOENIX
DEAR LITA: You took a terrific idea and ran with it, which is to your credit. We all need positive reinforcement from time to time.
It appears that everyone, including yourself, benefited from the assignment -- the surest sign that it was a real winner!
DEAR ABBY: I have been going out with my brother's wife, "Angie." They are separated and she has filed for divorce. For the past five years, my brother has alternated living with his wife in one house and with another "lady" in a different house.
I have always liked Angie, and have seen her go through much unhappiness with him. I have always wished to be with her and to treat her with the respect she deserves, but she has always tolerated my brother's double life.
Last month she left him. That's when I decided to express my feelings to her. I was surprised to learn that she has always had the same feelings for me. We started talking on the phone, and now have gone out a couple of times. There has been no "fooling around," and there won't be before her divorce is final.
My brother and I are not close. We have had our share of disagreements, and I know he will feel that I am doing this to get back at him. I really care for Angie, and I don't know what to do. Any advice for me? -- CONFUSED IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR CONFUSED: Yes, if you and Angie are meant for each other, waiting a few months should not make a difference to any future you have together. Put the romance "on hold" until her divorce is final. To have an open romance now will only complicate her divorce. There is already enough tension between you and your brother, so don't add to it.
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June 21, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
This will meet on the third Tuesday of the month: June 21, July 19, and August 16 at 7:00 pm. Meet at 1110 Walnut St, Wood River, at the home of Laurel Roth. It is open to all men who are interested in studying the Bible together. Bring your Bible and your friends! Talk with Laurel Roth or Tom Roth if you have questions.

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I'm just thinking to myself with this post…Posts like this make me wonder who the future superstar business executives are. The entrepreneurs listed on the 5 Top Netrepreneurs are the founders of Myspace, Reddit, Facebook, YouTube, and Digg– arguably 5 of the today's top Web 2.0 companies. Will they become top executives at massive companies? Or will they sell out and retire young in Europe? Will top business executives of tomorrow come from the entrepreneur crowd or the corporate crowd? In your opinion, what are the indicators to find executives? How well do successful entrepreneurs make the jump to CEO? Do they even want to make the jump?


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How All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Make Their Money
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How All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Make Their Money
Restaurant guests can grab plate after plate of an endless array of dishes and cuisines. All of this for one low price. So what's their secret to success? Well, these sorts of buffets have some tricks up their sleeve to keep business rolling, and you're about to find out exactly what they are!
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Smaller plates and utensils 3:53
A huge food-cost margin 4:38
Computer-monitored food waste 5:15
The "Fill the customer's belly cheaply" motto 6:08
Buying seasonal and regional ingredients 6:37
Profitable drinks 7:25
Eliminating labor costs 7:57
Charging higher prices for higher quality 8:37
Banning people 9:20
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– At the start of the line, the first thing you see is carb-rich foods, like fried rice. The line starts with these dishes because they have the cheapest ingredients but still do the job of filling up your belly.
– Besides the layout, they also control the size of the serving dishes. Cheap starches and veggies are in big heaping trays with more jumbo-sized serving spoons.
– Buffets don't limit this size control to the serving dishes; they also effectively monitor the size of the plates and eating utensils. They provide smaller-than-average dinner plates and tiny dessert bowls.
– The price the restaurant pays for the food or ingredients is just 30-35% of the price guests pay for a meal. A super-diner doesn't burn a hole in a buffet's budget simply because they have such a huge food-cost margin!
– They use sophisticated computer software to monitor food waste. This way, they can track everything from the weekly waste amounts, to how much is consumed daily, to what dishes are most popular for the diners depending on the day of the week or the season.
– They have a flexible menu designed towards cheap dishes. Vegetables and meat are bought in bulk and at a cheaper price, but they're still high-quality and versatile.
– If an ingredient (for example, tomatoes) is in season, it's a lot cheaper than usual, so a buffet can buy it in bulk. They also take advantage of locally-sourced foods or ingredients because they tend to be cheaper.
– Drinks aren't included in the price of the buffet and don't fall into the same 30% food-cost markup. Instead, they sell it at up to a 90% profit margin.
– They don't need to hire waiters to serve food because diners get their own drinks and plates.
– Believe it or not, diners can get banned for overeating.
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ORYZON appoints Manuel López-Figueroa of Bay City Capital to its Board of Directors
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Oryzon Genomics, S.A. (ISIN Code: ES0167733015, ORY), a public clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging epigenetics to develop therapies in diseases with high unmet medical need, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Manuel López-Figueroa of Bay City Capital as an independent director. Dr. López-Figueroa will be Lead Director and member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
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• 1. Aisha Henderson: Sass and WordPress—Enhancing Your Front-End Workflow | WordPress.tv
This talk covers how to start your theme development with Sass and WordPress, using Underscores as the starter theme. While this session is geared towards beginning WordPress theme designers I recommend this for anyone inquiring about Sass and it's awesome features.
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• 2. Create a Simple CRM in WordPress: Restricting / Hiding Unused Admin Menu Items – Tuts+ Code Tutorial
We've been looking at how to create a simple CRM system in WordPress. In the last part of this series, we added code to our plugin which allowed us to search our contacts based on the data stored in Advanced Custom Fields.
Today we'll cover how to restrict access to WordPress Administration Menu items.
Roles and Capabilities
WordPress uses the concept of Roles, where a Role can be assigned to a WordPress User. This Role defines what the User can and cannot do.
By default, WordPress has six roles:
- Super Admin
- Administrator
- Editor
- Author
- Contributor
- Subscriber
The permissions that a Role has are referred to as Capabilities, and WordPress provides lots of different capabilities (for example, install_plugins, update_themes, edit_pages, etc). If you're interested in seeing the full list of Capabilities based on Role, see this WordPress Codex Page.
When we registered our Contacts Custom Post Type in Part 1 of this series, we defined the capability_type to be post. This means that the read, edit and delete capabilities for Contacts are the same as used for Posts.
• 3. Documenting Your Projects With Daux.io – Tuts+ Web Design Article
Documenting a project can be a nuisance, but it needn't be. There are quite a few tools out there to get the job done–I often use Daux.io because of its flexibility.
In this article I'll show you why you should document, how you can get Daux.io and how you can start using it right now to make your projects much better.
Why Documentation is Needed
Writing documentation for your project could be the single most important decision you make. The reason this is often overlooked for web-based projects is that there isn't that much at stake.
• 4. Five Typography Tips to Elevate Your Design – WP Mayor
- Look beyond the surface
- Know your media
- Small changes have substantial effects
- Be consistent
- Don't be afraid to break the mold
• 5. Gateway: A Free WordPress Theme Built on the Foundation Framework
The homepage design for Gateway includes a full-width header background image, a spot for featured posts, and a featured video. All of the theme options can be found in the customizer, including logo upload, accent color and background settings.
Gateway includes a custom page template for the home page as well as a full-width template. 404 pages also have a unique design. The theme includes support for one primary navigation menu and four optional widget areas.
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- Long scrolling sites
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- Responsive web design
- Large visual headers
- Storytelling
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• 7. Qards: How to Create a Post Story Like Mashable Does – WP Mayor
Connected. That's the word that best describes our actual status quo. Informed, up to date, eager to keep track with everything that matches our interests.
Aim high and start creating visual content that matters
Mashable. Techcrunch. Wired. New York Times. All of these publishers have something in common: valuable content. They deliver and craft not only news and articles, but also visual stories that grab our attention.
If your dream is to create post stories like they do, then continue to read this article. You will find out more about Qards, a robust drag and drop visual editor for WordPress, easy-to-use by anyone who wants to start building strong digital articles that will make a difference.
• 8. Running Your Own Open Source Email Server: Administering iRedMail – Tuts+ Code Tutorial
This is part two of a tutorial series for Running Your Own Open Source Email Server. In this tutorial, I'll guide you through configuring and customizing iRedMail's administrative back-end console, iRedAdmin. You can use iRedAdmin to add domains, manage users and more. I'll also cover how to configure your DNS records to help your server coexist well with other mail servers and their spam filters.
• 9. Why You Shouldn't Code URLs in Themes or Plugins—and the WordPress Functions to Use Instead – Tuts+ Code Tutorial
When you're developing a theme or a plugin, you'll often find that you have to include a URL in your code. For example, in a plugin you might need a link to a stylesheet bundled with the plugin, while in a theme you'll probably want to code the site's URL in your header.
It might be tempting to simply code the URL in the same way as you might in a static site, but it's a bad idea. In this tutorial I'll explain why you shouldn't do this—and show you the functions you can use to create URLs dynamically.
• 10. XSS Vulnerability: What to do if You Buy or Sell Items on Themeforest and CodeCanyon
Earlier this week, one of the largest coordinated efforts between WordPress plugin authors, Sucuri, and the WordPress security team resulted in a number of popular plugins receiving security updates. Due to inaccurate information within the WordPress codex, a number of developers improperly assumed the add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() functions would properly escape user input.
When combined, Themeforest and CodeCanyon sell nearly 8.8K WordPress items. Stephen Cronin, Quality Team Leader for Themeforest and CodeCanyon, has published an official forum post that describes the vulnerability and how sellers can check for it within their items. If items you sell use the following code, it is likely affected.


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MONTVALE, NJ: Scott Keogh has moved up to GM, corporate communications at Mercedes-Benz USA. He replaces Jeff Fisher, who is now GM of corporate communications for truck manufacturer Freightliner, also owned by DaimlerChrysler.Keogh has been with Mercedes since 1994. His prior position was manager of communications planning and brand development. Keogh has worked on interactive ventures and product placements for Mercedes.
In his new post, Keogh reports directly to Paul Halata, president and CEO of Mercedes Benz USA.
While Mercedes' US sales held up well during the recession, the brand is facing increasing competition in the luxury category from Nissan (which recently unveiled two new Infiniti models) and Cadillac (which is trying to update its image with US buyers).
Keogh wouldn't comment on his PR plans, but did release a statement that read, "Our opportunity lies in a continuous stream of exciting and innovative new products that are setting new standards in new segments, and we have some pretty powerful stories there."


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Ryan Lochte's mom says he was robbed at gunpoint; IOC says it's untrue
Olympian swimmer Ryan Lochte was robbed at gunpoint in Rio last night by men who were impersonating police officers.
The men stopped their taxi then ordered the swimmers to get on the ground, which Lochte refused to do. "And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said: 'Get down', and I put my hands up, I was like 'whatever,' said Lochte, according to The Guardian.
Lochte said his wallet was taken but not his cell phone or credentials. The Brazilian police are still investigating the incident.
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Ryan Lochte's mother says the Olympic swimmer was robbed at gunpoint – but an Olympics official says it's not true.
Ileana Lochte told USA Today the swimmer was in a cab with at least one U.S. teammate, when it stopped to get gas. The group was then held up, with suspects wielding guns and knives – though Lochte only got his wallet taken, she told the publication.
Ben Way, a reporter with Fox Sports Australia, also had the story and spoke with Ileana Lochte.
The International Olympic Committee though says the story isn't true.
A spokesperson told ABC News and ESPN that Ryan Lochte himself and the U.S. Olympic Committee told him it didn't happen. The AP tweeted it as well.
Lochte's personal swim coach David Marsh also told USA Today the swimmer was not held up, but he was trying to figure out exactly what did happen.
Crime in Rio de Janeiro has been part of the reporting narrative for months – the Boston Globe said it has one of the highest rates of violent crime in the world.
The New York Times, two days ago, wrote about the "slow-burning war between drug gangs and the nation's security forces" – gun battles happening in the city's poor favelas, away from the eyes of Olympic competitors and spectators.
In the lead-up to the games, Bloomberg reported on a 14 percent uptick in muggings in Rio. The publication noted Spanish sailors doing training in May, as well as some Paralympic athletes on site in June, were mugged.
Brazilian troops began doing patrols around the Olympic venues in the weeks ahead of the games, the Guardian reported.
Ryan Lochte by the way is done competing after winning gold as part of the 4x200m relay team last week.


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Surgical fixation methods for tibial plateau fractures
There is insufficient evidence to inform on the best method of surgical fixation or the best method of treating bone defects for tibial plateau fractures in adults. However, the available evidence from randomised trials does not contradict approaches aiming to limit soft-tissue dissection and damage or approaches aiming to limit autograft donor site complications through using bone substitutes.
Fractures of the tibial plateau account for 1% of all adult fractures. These injuries disrupt the lower surface of the knee joint and can result in bone defects. Surgical fixation is usually used for more complex fractures. Typically this involves open reduction and internal fixation with devices, typically plates and screws. Newer less invasive techniques include hybrid fixation comprising external fixation and limited internal fixation. Bony voids may be filled with bone graft (either allograft or autograft) or bone graft substitutes. This review aimed to assess the effects (benefits and harms) of different surgical interventions, and the use of bone void fillers, for treating tibial plateau fractures.
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August 17, 2017 - Inspired by the 15th anniversary of one of golf's most anticipated women's team tournaments, Nike athlete Michelle Wie will wear this Nike FI Flex PE, embellished with Swarovski crystals, during competition this week. Nike worked with Swarovski, the global leader in precision cut crystal, to create these one-of-a-kind shoes. A pair of the Nike FI Flex PE for Michelle Wie, in women's size 9.5, has approximately 874 Swarovski crystals total on the uppers, which were hand-applied by a crystal expert.
The colorway for the shoes was inspired by the team that Wie will compete for this week. Her nickname, Wiezy, also appears on the FI Flex.
January 10, 2020 - In 1998, Jordan Brand, then in its initial season, created its first women's Air Jordan silhouette. The shoe's aesthetic linked with the dimpled leather of the Air Jordan XIII, while the herringbone traction signaled high-performance intent. Its inspiration came from an emerging community of professional female players — stamping both a new style on the game and spurring its growth across the world.
More than two decades later, the women's Air Jordan returns January 16.
January 10, 2020 - In the design of Jordan Max 200 XX, the geometric pattern formed by the familiar straps of the Jordan 8 form a distinctive motif. The abstraction connects the shoe to Jordan Brand's overarching intent to relay an innovative and function-first approach to delivering new staples for women.
The Jordan Max 200 XX features one of Nike's latest Air units and an unmistakably Jordan feel. The modern silhouette made for all-day comfort is available now on jordan.com.
January 07, 2020 - The LEBRON 17 I Promise is inspired by the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, fueled by LeBron James' commitment to improve education in his hometown. His passionate optimism is characterized in the shoe's colorful, kaleidoscopic upper and outsole. The LeBron James Family Foundation crown is on the tongue, while aspirational phrases, such as "I promise I will dream big," appear on the laces. Nike proudly supports the mission of the I Promise School through a charitable donation to the LeBron James Family Foundation.
The LEBRON 17 I Promise releases January 21 on SNKRS North America and at House of Hoops by Foot Locker.
January 06, 2020 - Celebrating the original design of the Air Max 97, the Nike Air Max 97 G carries a true stitch-for-stitch reconstruction of the iconic runner's metallic upper and features added outsole grip for lasting stability on the links.
The Nike Air Max 97 G hits nike.com on January 16.
December 25, 2019 - Jayson Tatum will wear the Air Jordan XXXIV "Wrapping Paper" PE during the Boston Celtics' Christmas Day game against the Toronto Raptors.
December 23, 2019 - The second colorway of the "Coming to America" collection for Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Nike Air Zoom Freak 1 Soul Glo releases December 28.
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The Nike Atsuma Turns Negative Space into Positive (Aesthetic) Energy
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December 23, 2019 - The lateral side Swoosh of Nike's new classically styled runner, the Atsuma, is mirrored by a cutout version on the medial. It's a handsome aesthetic feature — pleasant for looks alone — but also one that manifested a design challenge. The charge: Reduce material waste by increasing pattern efficiency.
Nike Atsuma rethinks and reimagines how traditional cut-and-sew footwear can be improved by considering how offcuts can act as critical components of the shoe's construction and beautiful elements of its design. In addition to the lateral and medial panels, the shoe's heel counter and eyestay exhibit playful employment of negative space. So too does the hangtag, which is formed by a cutout on the outsole. A recycled sockliner adds to the considered decisions.
The Nike Atsuma releases January 1.
December 22, 2019 - Odell Beckham Jr. will make fans green with envy when he laces up in his Week 16 Nike Vapor Untouchable Pro 3 OBJ Uptempo Cleat inspired by a beloved Christmas character. However, when OBJ's latest pregame cleats hit the field with the twinkling lights turned on, these fuzzy numbers are sure to make anyone's heart grow three sizes.
The wide receiver will don the holiday-themed pregame cleats ahead of the Cleveland Browns' final 2019 regular season home game against the Baltimore Ravens December 22.
December 21, 2019 - The Nike Air Force 1 x Colin Kaepernick is inspired by the voice of the athlete and his True to 7 storytelling. The luxe black leather upper is accented by a reflective Swoosh and other high-touch accents in white and black. The shoe also incorporates a series of graphics including a portrait of Kaepernick embroidered on the heel tab, his personal logo on the tongue, a patterned sock liner and a number seven hang tag.
The Air Force 1 x Colin Kaepernick releases December 23 in North America at Nike stores, select retailers and SNKRS. It comes in adult, toddler and little kids sizes. Global launches will follow.


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What You've Got is a Revolution: Black Women's Movements for Black Power
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AbstractThis dissertation examines African American women's gender-specific theorizing and intellectual production during the black power era. Previous histories of this period have focused primarily on the theoretical and activist roles of African American men. This study shows how black women radicals shaped the movement through an examination of their written and cultural production within various black power political ideologies, including cultural nationalism, revolutionary nationalism, and black power feminism.
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The district has begun the 2019-20 budget development process. During the month of April, the district will engage with students, parents, staff and community partners. As a participant you will be given the opportunity to provide feedback on current priorities as well as suggesting your own thoughts on where the best use of school district funding should be allocated.
Feedback will be gathered in a variety of ways:
- Budget open house – Tuesday, April 16 from 4 – 6 p.m. in the Boardroom at the District Administration Centre (395 Wakesiah Ave). Entrance is located off the Fourth Street parking lot. This is a drop-in session and you may come and go as you please.
- Online Thoughtexchange questionnaire
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- Email your feedback to email@example.com
District staff will present the findings within its preliminary budget presentation to the Board on Wednesday, April 24, 2019.
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text: Subscribe to our newsletter Apr 23, 2019 The Time Well Spent movement gets a sequel Revue Tristan Harris' first big idea for the tech industry, the Time Well Spent movement, was an outsized s April 23 · Issue #320 · View online Tristan Harris' first big idea for the tech industry, the Time Well Spent movement, was an outsized success. Today, he unveiled the sequel — a kind of unified theory of how tech platforms are undermining humanity. His idea, which he calls "downgrading," attempts to explain everything from smartphone addiction to political polarization. Is his diagnosis correct? And, if so, what's the solution? First, some relevant context. Six years ago, Harris was a product manager at Google who published a presentation for his fellow employees to read. Observing how often Google services compelled people to check their email and smartphone notifications, Harris called on his fellow employees to build systems that gave people time back. "Change like this can only happen top-down, from large institutions that define the standards for millions of people," Harris wrote. "And we're in a great position to do something about all this." The presentation spread quickly inside Google. But despite an initial rush of enthusiasm, Harris became convinced that he could be more effective working on these issues outside the company. He gave a TED talk about how tech companies could protect us from distractions, and formed the Center for Humane Technology with some friends to lobby them to do better.Along the way, Harris began using the phrase "time well spent" to describe his goal. He wasn't asking us to abandon our phones — only to use them intentionally, and with care. Harris was not alone in calling for tech companies to build time- and attention-management features. But I believe his coinage of the phrase "time well spent" helped to catalyze, and accelerate, the movement. In three little words, Harris conveyed a big idea, and made it easier for product managers at big companies to discuss in shorthand. Harris and his colleagues pushed the idea forward in interviews and essays, and in private conversations with employees at the companies where they hoped to effect change. Last January, I wrote that "time well spent" was shaping up to be tech's next big debate — and six months later, it was effectively over, as Apple, Google, and Facebook had all added features designed to help users measure their time using those companies' products and to manage their usage.All of which is to say that Harris took the stage in San Francisco today from a position of strength. The center he co-founded had gathered a couple hundred people, including current and former employees of Google, Facebook, and Twitter, and walked us all through his vision of "downgrading."Tech companies, he argues, have "downgraded" humanity by promoting shortened attention spans, outrage-fueled dialogue, smartphone addiction, vanity, and a polarized electorate. Harris called for tech companies to enable a new "race to the top," centered on building tools to help people focus, find common ground, promote healthy childhoods, and bolster our democracy.Few would disagree with Harris' aims. Much less clear, though, is how he intends to get there. Even if you accept that all of the societal ills Harris names have a single common cause — and it seems like a reach to me — it will take many different tools to solve them. And what those tools might be, Harris didn't say.Instead, he promised three things from his organization in the coming months. One, a guide for product organizations devoted to promote more humane designs. Two, a podcast about these issues, called Your Undivided Attention, coming June 10th. And finally, a full-fledged conference will arrive in 2020. As of today, the Center for Humane Tech is as much a (nonprofit) media company as it is a movement. Still, Harris speaks with passion about what he sees as a crisis. "This is a civilizational moment in a way I'm not sure we're all reckoning with," Harris said on stage. "It's a historical moment when a species that is intelligent builds technology that … can simulate a puppet version of its creator, and the puppet can control the master. That's an unprecedented situation to be in. That could be the end of human agency, when you can perfectly simulate not just the strengths of people but their weaknesses."Harris' earnestness has resulted in mocking in some quarters. Wired's Nick Thompson, who got a preview of Harris' speech today, quoted an unnamed tech executive at one of the big platforms saying this: "Tristan sees humans as pawns incapable of managing their own lives. He thinks designers are infinitely powerful and can coerce people to do whatever they want. It is a pure farce." The executive adds, "I like to imagine Tristan reviewing the latest restaurant. 'They have clearly intentionally added flavor to this dish to make me want to come back and visit this business again. What scoundrels!'"Meanwhile, one attendee called today "the most offensive event I have ever been to on many many levels," saying it centered the voices of designers and engineers, and argued that Harris' approach to reversing "downgrading" borrows all the frameworks that got us to this place. Still, Harris speaks the Silicon Valley dialect for a reason: his target audience is the people already working at the big platforms, who remain in the best position to make radical change. Perhaps the next generation of entrepreneurs will adopt human-centered design principles and make today's giants irrelevant. But until they do — and in case they don't — Harris is keeping the pressure squarely on them. It's impossible to say whether his approach is likely to work again — but it didn't seem particularly likely the first time, either. Democracy EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database www.zdnet.com – Share Fresh off of passing the General Data Protection Regulation to discourage companies from collecting too much data about its citizens, the European Union is … creating a unified database of all its citizens along with biometrics. OK! From Catalin Cimpanu:Per its design, CIR will aggregate both identity records (names, dates of birth, passport numbers, and other identification details) and biometrics (fingerprints and facial scans), and make its data available to all border and law enforcement authorities.Its primary role will be to simplify the jobs of EU border and law enforcement officers who will be able to search a unified system much faster, rather than search through separate databases individually. After Mueller report, Twitter bots pushed 'Russiagate hoax' narrative www.nbcnews.com – Share Ben Collins reports on a pro-Trump Twitter botnet that was unearthed over the weekend:A network of more than 5,000 pro-Trump Twitter bots railed against the "Russiagate hoax" shortly after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report last week, according to data gathered by a prominent disinformation researcher and analyzed by NBC News. The network illustrates the ongoing challenge Twitter faces in persistent efforts to manipulate its platform.These bots, however, did not appear to come from Russia. Instead, the bots had ties to a social media operation that previously pushed messages backing the government of Saudi Arabia and were connected to a person who claimed to be a private social media consultant, according to internet domain and account registration records. The bots, which were created last November and December, were pulled down by Twitter on Sunday night for breaking the social network's rules against "manipulation," the company said. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey meets Donald Trump in closed door meeting at White House www.washingtonpost.com – Share And you'll never believe what they talked about! Here's Tony Romm with a story that left me staring into the middle distance for a long time today:A significant portion of the meeting focused on Trump's concerns that Twitter quietly, and deliberately, had removed some of his followers, according to a person with direct knowledge of the conversation who requested anonymity because it was private. Trump said he had heard from fellow conservatives who had lost followers as well.But Twitter long has explained that follower figures fluctuate as the company takes action to remove fraudulent spam accounts. In the meeting, Dorsey stressed that point, noting even he had lost followers as part of Twitter's work to enforce its policies, according to the source. Facebook blocks could open the door to online censorship www.theverge.com – Share Makena Kelly and Adi Robertson explore how Sri Lanka's temporary ban on social media could lead to worrisome speech restrictions down the road:Concerns over online misinformation have already made it into law in many countries. Sri Lanka isn't the only country to block Facebook during a crisis. Facebook's transparency report shows that other countries like Cameroon, Indonesia, and Iran have seen internet disruptions as well, according to a Facebook transparency report. France, Singapore, and Russia have passed laws designed to curb "fake news" on social media. The UK recently proposed a fine on internet platforms that don't remove harmful content. And after a mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, the government blocked a handful of sites that hosted video of the attack.Danny O'Brien, international director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, acknowledges that propaganda and misinformation is amplified by social media's vast scale. "In terms of the sheer numbers of people involved in that, then it's definitely a sort of quantitative difference," he says. At the same time, he notes that hatemongers have always taken advantage of mass communication systems, and repressive governments don't draw a line between harmful misinformation and legitimate criticism. Anti-immigrant armed militias posted videos and fundraised through Facebook for months. slate.com – Share April Glaser reports that right-wing extremists have been raising money on Facebook:After the New York Times reported on the group's activities last Thursday, PayPal and GoFundMe stopped servicing them. Still, there's evidence that similar extremist militia groups have used Facebook itself as a donation platform—the Mountain Minutemen's leader, Robert Crooks, was able to fundraise $1,600 on the site just last month. Another armed militia group, the Three Percent United Patriots, maintains a Facebook group with more than 19,700 followers and still solicits donations via PayPal. Even as fundraising sites stop servicing them, Facebook offers a centralized way for supporters to communicate in private messages. Those who wish to support the United Constitutional Patriots can easily send a note to ask how to best send funds. Facebook's flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor content www.reuters.com – Share Maggie Fick and Paresh Dave identify "31 widely spoken languages" that still have no official support on Facebook, posing challenges for moderators:Similar issues abound in African nations such as Ethiopia, where deadly ethnic clashes among a population of 107 million have been accompanied by ugly Facebook content. Much of it is in Amharic, a language supported by Facebook. But Amharic users looking up rules get them in English.At least 652 million people worldwide speak languages supported by Facebook but where rules are not translated, according to data from language encyclopedia Ethnologue. Another 230 million or more speak one of the 31 languages that do not have official support. Google Walkout Organizers Say They're Facing Retaliation www.wired.com – Share Google employees who helped organize a November walkout of thousands of employees say they've been demoted and told to drop their concerns about ethics, Nitasha Tiku reports. Microsoft workers pressure company to stand by embattled Chinese GitHub repo www.theverge.com – Share Shannon Liao has news of a Microsoft employee protest:Microsoft employees have put forward a petition in defense of a trending GitHub repository they believe could be under threat of Chinese censorship. The repository, called 996.ICU, was established in late March by Chinese tech workers who were protesting extreme overwork. The stories name some of the biggest companies in China, including Alibaba, Huawei, ByteDance, DJI, Tencent, Vivo, and others.The protest has enraged Chinese censors, and many local browsers are already blocking access to 996.ICU, including browsers from Tencent, Alibaba, Xiaomi, and Qihoo 360. Still, the repository remains available to Chinese users under alternate browsers, and GitHub has not moved to take it down. The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming slate.com – Share Rachelle Hampton writes about the Twitter users who were posting early warnings of Twitter's partial takeover by bots meant to inflame societal tensions in the United States:Exposing #EndFathersDay ultimately took the work of a group of black women who were determined not to let the ruse spiral, sensing just how poisonous this kind of trolling could be. And yet, in the years since, even as journalists have publicly asked themselves how they missed the rising threat posed by far-right extremists radicalized online, somehow one of the earliest crowdsourced anti-misinformation campaigns on the internet has been mostly ignored by the mainstream media. To I'Nasah Crockett, who, along with Hudson, helped uncover the #EndFathersDay hoax, watching the events of the past few years has made her feel like she was "a canary in a coal mine." Elsewhere Twitter Q1 2019 earnings beat estimates, stock surges www.cnbc.com – Share Twitter had a good quarter. Monthly users were down, but daily users were up. (The metric "mDAU" here refers to "monetizable daily active users," which is a bad name for a metric that Twitter made up.)Twitter reported 134 million average mDAUs for the first quarter, compared with 120 million a year earlier. In the fourth quarter, Twitter said it had 126 million mDAUs.In the U.S., Twitter reported 28 million average mDAUs forthe first quarter, compared with 26 million a year earlier. It reported 105 million average international mDAUs for the first quarter, compared with 94 million a year earlier. Snap makes a comeback after the release of its rebuilt Android app www.theverge.com – Share Snap also had a good quarter. Especially if you ignore the fact that it lost $123 million:Snap is heading in the right direction again. The company revealed in its earnings release today that its daily user base has grown by 4 million people globally. It now has 190 million daily active users, up from the 186 million people who had consistently been using the platform for the last two quarters. This updated number is still 1 million people short of Snapchat's peak user base since it went public in 2017, but this is still good news for Snap.Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel said in prepared remarks that the platform reaches more 13- to 34-year-olds in the US than Instagram, but didn't elaborate on why or how its user base suddenly grew. He says Snapchat reaches 75 percent of 13- to 34-year-olds and 90 percent of 13- to 24-year-olds. Smoking and depression apps are selling your data to Google and Facebook, study finds www.washingtonpost.com – Share Apps designed to help people quit smoking and fight depression are sharing large amounts of data with third parties, including the big tech platforms. Rachel Siegel reports:That's according to a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Researchers say the findings are especially important in mental health, given the social stigmas and the risks of having sensitive information shared unknowingly. And because many health apps aren't subject to government regulation, researchers say, consumers and clinicians must contend with what information is being entered into these apps — and who else can access it."Digital data doesn't go away," said John Torous, a co-author of the report. "A part of the risk is that we don't fully know who is going to put this data together, when and where it's going to show up again and in what context. … Data seems to end up in the hands of the wrong people more and more." How publishers are using TikTok, the latest hot app digiday.com – Share Kerry Flynn reports that publishers have begun some light experimentation on TikTok. Weirdly, none of them has yet uploaded a documentary on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests!As of February, NBC News' "Stay Tuned" has posted 26 videos on TikTok. The 15-second videos feature one of the show's three hosts — Savannah Sellers, Gadi Schwartz and Lawrence Jackson — commentating on news like the season premiere of "Game of Thrones" or participating in challenges like pineapple pulling.Last month, ESPN joined TikTok with a video set to TikTok-sensation-turned-billboard-hit "Old Town Road" featuring ESPN sports analyst Stephen A. Smith in a suit and then a cowboy hat. ESPN's next video is a montage of basketball players getting hit by imaginary Pokeballs. The network's fifth and most recent video is a back-and-forth staring contest between Bran of "Game of Thrones" and basketball player Draymond Green. Influencers Are Abandoning the Instagram Look www.theatlantic.com – Share Taylor Lorenz reports that cool teens are no longer trying to look cool in their Instagram pictures:In fact, many teens are going out of their way to make their photos look worse. Huji Cam, which make your images look as if they were taken with an old-school throwaway camera, has been downloaded more than 16 million times. "Adding grain to your photos is a big thing now," says Sonia Uppal, a 20-year-old college student. "People are trying to seem candid. People post a lot of mirror selfies and photos of them lounging around."Take Reese Blutstein, a 22-year-old influencer who has amassed more than 238,000 followers in just over a year by posting unfiltered, low-production photos of herself in quirky outfits. (A recent flash photo into a mirror with her dog picked up more than 5,000 likes). She, like many members of her generation, doesn't stress about posting almost the exact same photo twice in a row, something first-generation influencers wouldn't dream of. "I'm not afraid to over-post. I don't think, Oh, will this mess up how my feed looks," she says. "I don't think too much about it. If I like an image, I just post it." Launches Reddit Rolls Out Collections and Events Posts to All Communities variety.com – Share Janko Roettgers reports on some nice incremental upgrades to Reddit:After testing them with "Game of Thrones" fans and a few dozen other Subreddits for the past couple of months, Reddit is now launching two new post types to its entire user base: Events will help communities with discussions about TV show episodes, awards shows, breaking news and more; Collections will help to curate posts, and make Reddit's fast-paced discussions a bit easier to digest for newcomers.Events posts help moderators of a Reddit community to schedule posts related to an upcoming event, and then facilitate timely discussions as that event unfolds. Takes Think You're Discreet Online? www.nytimes.com – Share Zeynep Tufekci argues that tech platforms' prediction algorithms have become so good that there is now no meaningful opt-out available when it comes to privacy features:Because of technological advances and the sheer amount of data now available about billions of other people, discretion no longer suffices to protect your privacy. Computer algorithms and network analyses can now infer, with a sufficiently high degree of accuracy, a wide range of things about you that you may have never disclosed, including your moods, your political beliefs, your sexual orientation and your health.There is no longer such a thing as individually "opting out" of our privacy-compromised world. The Problem With Instagram's Plan to Reduce 'Sexually Suggestive' Content onezero.medium.com – Share Lux Alptraum argues that Instagram's new guidelines for "sexually suggestive" content are at high risk of being sexist in their implementation: There are already some signs that Instagram's moderation algorithm is going to be shaped by a biased idea of indecency—one that sets a far lower bar for women than for men. TechCrunch obtained sample photos about the moderation effort, including two images that could be considered sexually suggestive. One featured a fully clothed, headless man grabbing at his crotch; the other, a woman in lingerie seated on a bed. You could interpret this to mean that men are deemed to be sexually suggestive by virtue of their actions, while women gain that status simply by having a body that someone else deems sexually attractive. And finally ... Jack Dorsey is famous for wearing beanies on stage. 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Messier 49
|Image taken by Hubble Space Telescope, September 14, 2009
|Observation data
Epoch J2000
|Right ascension
|12h 29m 46.7s[1]
|+08° 00′ 02″[1]
|Apparent dimension (V)
|10.2 × 8.3 moa[1]
|Apparent magnitude (V)
|Heliocentric radial velocity
|997 ± 7[1] km/s
|0.003326 ± 0.000022[1]
|Galactocentric velocity
|929 ± 7[1] km/s
|55.9 ± 2.3 Mly (17.14 ± 0.71 Mpc)
|Other designations
|Database references
|Search M49 data
|See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies
Messier 49 (also known as M 49 or NGC 4472) is an elliptical galaxy located about 56 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. This galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier on February 16, 1777.
As an elliptical galaxy, Messier 49 has the physical form of a radio galaxy, but it only has the radio emission of a normal galaxy. From the detected radio emission, the core region has roughly 1053 erg (1046 J or 1022 YJ) of synchrotron energy.[2] The nucleus of this galaxy is emitting X-rays, suggesting the likely presence of a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 5.65 × 108 solar masses, or 565 million times the mass of the Sun.[3] X-ray emissions shows a structure to the north of Messier 49 that resembles a bow shock. To the southwest of the core, the luminous outline of the galaxy can be traced out to a distance of 260 kpc.[4] The only supernova event observed within this galaxy is SN 1969Q,[5] discovered in June 1969.[6]
This galaxy has a large collection of globular clusters, estimated at about 5,900. By contrast, this count is far more than the roughly 200 orbiting the Milky Way, but is exceeded by the 13,450 globular clusters orbiting the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87. On average, the globular clusters of M 49 are about 10 billion years old.[7] Between 2000 and 2009, strong evidence for a stellar mass black hole was discovered in an M 49 cluster. A second candidate was announced in 2011.[8]
Messier 49 was the first member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies to be discovered.[9] It is the most luminous member of that cluster and more luminous than any galaxy closer to the Earth. This galaxy forms part of the smaller Virgo B subcluster located 4.5° away from the dynamic center of the Virgo Cluster, centered on Messier 87.[7][10] Messier 49 is gravitationally interacting with the dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 7636.[4] The dwarf shows a trail of debris spanning roughly 1 × 5 arcminutes, which corresponds to a physical dimension of 6 × 30 kpc.[11]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database", Results for NGC 4472, retrieved September 26, 2006.
- ^ Ekers, R. D.; Kotanyi, C. G. (June 1978), "NGC 4472 – A very weak radio galaxy", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 67 (1): 47–50, Bibcode:1978A&A....67...47E.
- ^ Loewenstein, Michael; et al. (July 2001), "Chandra Limits on X-Ray Emission Associated with the Supermassive Black Holes in Three Giant Elliptical Galaxies" (PDF), The Astrophysical Journal, 555 (1): L21–L24, arXiv:astro-ph/0106326, Bibcode:2001ApJ...555L..21L, doi:10.1086/323157.
- ^ a b Irwin, Jimmy A.; Sarazin, Craig L. (November 1996), "X-Ray Evidence for the Interaction of the Giant Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4472 with Its Virgo Cluster Environment", The Astrophysical Journal, 471 (2): 683, Bibcode:1996ApJ...471..683I, doi:10.1086/177998.
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database", Results for supernova search near name "NGC 4472", retrieved February 12, 2007.
- ^ Barbon, R.; et al. (1984), "A revised supernova catalogue", Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series, 58: 735–750, Bibcode:1984A&AS...58..735B.
- ^ a b Cohen, Judith G.; Blakeslee, J. P.; Côté, P. (August 2003), "The Ages and Abundances of a Sample of Globular Clusters in M49 (NGC 4472)", The Astrophysical Journal, 592 (2): 866–883, arXiv:astro-ph/0304333, Bibcode:2003ApJ...592..866C, doi:10.1086/375865.
- ^ Maccarone, Thomas J.; et al. (January 2011), "A new globular cluster black hole in NGC 4472", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (3): 1655–1659, arXiv:1008.2896, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410.1655M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17547.x.
- ^ Thompson, Robert Bruce; Thompson, Barbara Fritchman (2007), Illustrated guide to astronomical wonders, DIY science, O'Reilly Media, Inc., p. 492, ISBN 978-0-596-52685-6.
- ^ Sandage, A.; Bedke, J. (1994), Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies, Carnegie Institution of Washington, ISBN 978-0-87279-667-6.
- ^ McNamara, Brian R.; et al. (September 1994), "A violent interaction between the dwarf galaxy UGC 7636 and the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4472", The Astronomical Journal, 108 (3): 844–850, Bibcode:1994AJ....108..844M, doi:10.1086/117116.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Messier 49 at Wikimedia Commons
- SEDS: Elliptical Galaxy M49
- Black hole found in a star cluster in M49
- Messier 49 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images


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Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Eastern Railway is rolling out a fortnight-long consumer connect programme 'Passenger and Customer Facilitation Fortnight' from Tuesday when its senior officials will interact directly with the passengers to understand their problems as well as create awareness about services, a senior official said.
"During this period, a number of passenger-amenity related projects will be inaugurated at the various stations," ER general manager R.K. Gupta told media persons here at the ER headquarters.
He said ER has undertaken a drive to man the unmanned level crossings in the zone as well as look into hygiene factor at the coaches and stations.
Presently, there are less than 100 unmanned railway level crossings in the zone under ER.
"We will be installing RO water treatment plants in Howrah, Sealdah, Bolpur and several other places," he said.
This summer, ER has allotted an additional 50,000 berths and 29,000 seats for passengers' convenience.
"We will also run health camps at remote locations which will be attended by doctors from railway authorities. Roadshows have been planned in our (eastern) zone and we will be holding meetings with the people, state government and all stakeholders in the railways during the fortnight beginning May 26," said Gupta.
He also said while railways has been taking feedback from passengers over the catering service on the trains, during the consumer connect week, he will also be asking people about their culinary preferences and choices. "I and other senior officers will travel in different trains for a first hand experience of the amenities provided to the passengers and interact with them to know whether they are facing any impediments," Eastern Railway General Manager R K Gupta told a press conference here today.
"During the fortnight, it has been planned to start interacting with the passengers directly by me, DRMs and other senior officers in all the stations under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway," Gupta said, adding the exercise is being done to get a first hand information on how the passengers feel and what their suggestions are for improvement.
"During the period, a number of passenger amenities related projects and works will be inaugurated at the various stations," he said. As part of the initiative, ER would hold health check-ups in remote areas by its doctors for the benefit of underprivileged people, Gupta added.
A safety awareness campaign vehicle with all safety related awareness booklets and posters was also flagged off by Gupta from the Eastern Railway headquarter at Fairlie Place here.


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Those conversations in the car killed me. Has Dean ever flat out said it quite like that before? No joking around, just flat out putting his true feelings out for Sam to hear:
"I know where I'm at my best. And that is right here. Driving down crazy street. Next to you."
What more does Sam need to hear to get that Dean still needs him by his side, in the fight together with him, to have it all be worthwhile, to mean something. They both know that Sam isn't really getting out of hunting, and I get Sam's hesitation, his longing for what he calls normal (and what he called safe way back at the beginning in 1.01) is the reason he gives Dean to explain his change of heart.
But what Sam doesn't say, is that he wants that for Dean too, more than anything, more than for himself. He wants Dean safe, because he can't watch Dean die or have him disappear again. I just don't think Sam could do it, and that was why he identified so much with the MOTW, Brick the Mayan warrior giving up on his life of battle. Brick could see the end ahead for the love of his life and couldn't deal, same thing for Sam. The way Dean is behaving, hacking and slashing like he's still surviving in Purgatory, that's all Sam can imagine for the way Dean will die, and sooner rather than later. And Dean of course doesn't see this at all, he only sees and hears Sam rejecting him, and his declaration of his happiness with how he sees their life together going.
Both of them understood on a very deep level the love story of Brick and Betsy, her loving a monster regardless of how he stays alive, him giving up his mortality before she has a chance to die on him. The lengths they go to hide their unconventional relationship from society (oh god the incest implication was hilarious! Thanks a lot Show, I had to have an incest discussion with my teenage son, geeze!) But it's almost like a race has been set up between Dean and Sam, who can die first and the leave the other alone. How sad and tragic is that? (I love it).
My heart aches for Dean putting his feelings out there so clearly for Sam, and not having them instantly returned. He feels so rejected, and scared that Sam is going to leave him for college once again. On top of his purgatory PTSD, he's going to have Stanford PTSD. "This was the night you ditched us for Stanford. Worst night of my life Sammy." Oh god, Dean.
My heart aches for Sam knowing that he'll never be able to get Dean to stop hunting and try and be safe. That he's going to have to be there and watch him die (again) at some point. He loves him so much and he's so scared that Dean's going to die that it's like he's holding himself back from falling back into hunting and accepting it all as their life because his heart just can't take it. It's a self-protection thing Sam's doing. Because letting Dean back in after mourning him for a year, allowing his hopes to rise again that they can be safe together must seem like such a risk to take (again). Oh god, Sam
As a director, Jensen completely succeeded at highlighting all this with the way the camera focused on Sam and Dean individually and together at the critical Brick/Betsy mirroring Sam/Dean moments,"So tired of it all.", reading the love letters out loud to each other, "one way or another he'll be at peace." Jensen gets the brother relationship more than any director they've had since Kim Manners and boy does it ever show. I wish he could direct more episodes (or train someone), because it's crucial to the show that the director understands the importance of the brother relationship. I'm guessing it's what most of us are still watching for. There isn't anything else like it on TV.
But underneath all the delicious and hurt-y brotherly angst, this episode of watching Sam and Dean completely becoming SamnDean again, slipping into their routines and patterns was satisfying to see. But I'm there, right along with Dean, I still don't understand why Sam didn't look for Dean (or Kevin!), it's not something the Sam we know would choose. It doesn't make sense, so as far as I'm concerned, there's got to be more to it (it is Supernatural after all!). I liked Dean continuing to challenge him on this throughout the episode, he's not dropping it because he needs to figure it out.
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I'm speculating that Sam was side-lined from hunting by a deal made with Crowley, or maybe the new faction of angels we're supposed to be meeting later in the season in exchange for getting Dean back from Purgatory. My favorite theory involves the alphavamp who could potentially have communicated with Benny to give him the way out. Hopefully Amelia wasn't a part of this (no Ruby 3.0 please) . But with the shadowy figure outside Amelia's house as Sam snuck out, the strange way Sam answered (or didn't answer) Dean's questions, and the odd way he's acting now just screams to me of him not wanting to let Dean know he made a deal. As it is now, Dean thinks he got out on his own, working with Benny, he survived and thrived in Purgatory and lived to tell the tale. He feels competent and complete again. And maybe a little unhinged but that's not a surprise. Sam wouldn't want to take that feeling of competence away from Dean or let him know that he let him down again by making a deal.
This was a surprisingly creepy episode,with the heart stealing and eating, but that part with the prisoner interview in particular was totally suspense-full and scary. I have to note that I really liked the use of a Mayan god. His story of changing his long-time MO just because he finally found the love of his life reminded me a whole lot of Chronos from last season's "Time After Time". A theme that the Winchesters should probably pay a little attention to as it kinda applies to their situation.
Dean's focus on his smart phone and translation app was different for him and all kinds of adorable (which we could see Sam taking note of). Like when he was so out of it a the farmers' market because he as entranced by his phone, this is a new thing. But honestly in the translator app scene, I couldn't pay too much attention because, well, white shirt, no tie, rolled up sleeves. Yes I am that shallow. Call me shallow again if you must, but I was disappointed in the heart-stealing stripper for not making Dean take his shirt off before she straddled him on the floor. And I was glad to see that Dean didn't drink anything but coffee in this entire episode, I'm surprised though that Sam hasn't mentioned it.
The boys wore their suits a lot which is always fine by me. And the line in the "Hunters" preview for this episode of Dean teasing Sam about the length of his hair was not actually in this episode "That FBI Regulation or are you trying out for Point Break?" Why do they do that, release a promo that has content that's not actually shown? Maybe it is in another upcoming episode? Very confusing and sometimes crucial (thinking back to the season 7 finale where the don't get killed/you either scene was promo'd and not shown in the episode).
Once again I notice they sure do have quite an assortment of ties. But you can see it in this picture, the way Sam and Dean were so much back in sync, physically and otherwise in this episode. I thought it was great to see, even though Sam is reluctant and hesitant, they're back together. No wonder Dean is so relieved and psyched about it. And so thoroughly not understanding why Sam doesn't want this any more, because this is how it's supposed to be, right? I can predict some great fights about this, because Dean is going to push until Sam spills his reasons, I hope we get to see them.
The flashback for Sam was so colorful and misty and hyper-real it was almost unreal. It seemed much like a djinn dream (who knows maybe it didn't really happen) where he got what he wanted, but he didn't know what to do with it. I liked how bossy Amelia was with her commanding Sit Down!Eat! Sam found a Dean replacement for sure with her. But that consumed with worry look Sam had at the beginning of the flashback shows that he wasn't able to just relax and accept "normal" as a permanent state of being. He was always looking out for the next bad thing/person dying or disappearing. And wouldn't that make a relationship kind of hard to sustain with someone who was doing that? No wonder she didn't protest when he snuck out in the night from their bed.
This girl picnic scene was such a call-back to the Lisa and Dean one back in "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", almost like there's a checklist in their minds, idealized romantic setting, beautiful girl, happiness, normal. But in the end, not possible for either of the brothers. Besides they've got their own version of that scene, usually in the near vicinity of the Impala (or a little more subtly in 8.02 when Sam bought Dean a cheeseburger...).
The next episode looks interesting and really different and potentially pretty scary, although it doesn't seem like Sam and Dean will be in it all that much and their character arcs and the season myth-arc won't be touched on. Okay by me, sometimes these one-off episodes can be really entertaining (Ghostfacers anyone?).


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BIBA response to the Consultation on proposed amendments to Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk
4th November 2009
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) is the UK's leading general insurance organisation representing the interests of insurance brokers, intermediaries and their customers.
BIBA membership includes 1700 regulated firms. Insurance brokers and intermediaries distribute nearly two-thirds of all UK general insurance. In 2007, insurance brokers and intermediaries generated £1.5 billion of invisible earnings and they introduce £22 billion of premium income into London's insurance market each year.
BIBA is the voice of the industry, advising members, the regulators, the Government, consumer bodies and other stakeholders on key insurance issues. BIBA provides unique schemes and facilities, technical advice, guidance on regulation and business support and is helping to raise, and maintain, industry standards. BIBA works closely with the Chartered Insurance Institute to provide training to those working in the industry and actively participates in helping the industry and its customers deal with some of the major issues of the day.
BIBA members provide professional advice to businesses and consumers, playing a key role in identification, measurement, management, control and transfer of risk. They negotiate appropriate insurance protection tailored to individual needs and operate to a very high standard of customer service with the aim of ensuring peace of mind, security, financial protection and the professional advice required.
Our responses to the 3 questions set out are as follows:
Q1 a) Do you agree with the proposal to clarify the definition of Flood Zone 3b, the
'functional' floodplain, in Table D.1 in PPS25, to make clear that the identification of this zone in strategic flood risk assessments should take account of local circumstances, and that a '1 in 20' annual flooding probability parameter should be the starting point for consideration and discussion?
Yes, we agree.
b) If not, would you prefer the current definition of Flood Zone 3b in Table D.1 to remain unchanged, or do you wish to propose an alternative definition? What are your reasons for this alternative view?
We agree with proposal as per Q1 a)
Q2 Do you agree with the proposed amendments to Table D.2 in PPS25:
a) Removing water treatment and sewage treatment plants from the 'less
vulnerable' category and instead placing them in the 'essential infrastructure'
category, making clear that measures to control pollution and manage sewage
during flooding events would need to be in place; and amending the description
of 'essential infrastructure' to make clear that it applies to 'essential utility
infrastructure which has to be located in a flood risk area for critical operational
Yes, we agree.
b) Insertion of additional text providing for police, ambulance and fire stations
which are not required to be operational during flooding to be treated as 'less
vulnerable' (and therefore permissible in flood risk areas).
Yes, we agree.
c) Insertion of additional text to clarify that where there is a need to locate bulk
storage facilities requiring hazardous substances consent with port or other
waterside facilities, these installations should be classified as 'essential
infrastructure', rather than 'highly vulnerable'. Also, clarification that installations
requiring hazardous substances consent that are associated with energy
infrastructure, including carbon capture and storage installations, should be
classified as 'essential infrastructure'.
Yes, we agree.
d) Clarification that wind turbines for generating renewable energy should be
treated as 'essential infrastructure'.
Yes, we agree but BIBA disagree that wind turbines are "similar" to other strategic utility infrastructures as mentioned in the text in point 3.34, although we do agree they should be classed as "essential." Unlike e.g. an electricity sub-station; wind turbines and associated cabling can be specifically designed to function perfectly well in deep water (e.g. offshore windfarms) and the blades would be sited sufficiently high on the masts to stay well clear of any flooding. They are also unmanned (except for servicing) and operated/monitored remotely, so the comment about their having to be "safe for users in times of flood" is not appropriate.
Of all possible essential infrastructures which could be sited in flood plains, we would think a windfarm would cause by far the least impedance to flood water/reduction in floodplain storage.
If you disagree with any of these proposals, how would you wish to see the required clarifications set out above reflected in PPS25? What are your reasons for any alternative views and/or proposals?
We do not disagree.
Q3 Do you have any comments or views on the impact assessment, in particular, do you consider there may be additional costs that might arise if these proposed
amendments are implemented?
No comment on impact assessment.
Thank you for taking the time to consider our response. If you have any further queries please contact Graeme Trudgill, BIBA's Technical and Corporate Affairs Executive for further information on 02073970218 or on [email protected] or Steve Foulsham, BIBA's Technical Services Manager on 02073970234 or [email protected] or Peter Staddon, Head of Technical Services on 0207 397 0204 or [email protected]
Yours sincerely
Eric Galbraith
Chief Executive
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Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, continued to work and earn salary even after he was dismissed from the civil service.
This was made known by Mohammed Katu, Maina's lawyer, during a hearing into the circumstances that led to Maina's recent reinstatement and promotion in October.
The hearing, which is being conducted by the House of Representatives, was attended by Abdulrahman Dambazzau, Minister of Interior; Winifred Oyo-Ita, Head of Service of the Federation; and Abubakar Malami, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation.
Katu told the hearing that Maina had to flee due to serious threats to his life, but continued working from exile and that his salary was never stopped.
"If you want a categorical answer, I will tell you Yes. I will advance documents to you to show (that Maina continued to work even after his dismissal)," Katu said.
"I could go further to let you know that files were sent to Maina even as at last month, for him to treat, while he was absent.
"We'll mention to you that 23 numbers of files were sent to him to minute in his capacity as acting director.
"We have annex document here to show that even after the letter purporting to have dismissed Maina, dated 12th February (2013) was issued, Maina still worked for the federal government and he sent letters to the various agencies.
"This letters were dated March 13, to the then President, another letter was to the honourable minister of finance dated 13th June 2013, after he was purported to have been dismissed.
"Another letter was addressed to the Attorney General on the 11th of March 2013.
"So it is not true for anybody from anywhere to state that Maina was dismissed. By implication, he is and remain a civil servant, because he has sent in documents and they were all acknowledged and the federal government of Nigeria worked on these documents."
Maina was a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Interior before being appointed by Steve Oronsanye, then Head of Service, to head the Pension Reforms Task Team (PRTT), in 2010.
He was sacked in 2013 following allegations of gross corruption running into billions of naira purportedly recovered from pension thieves.
However, in October, he was surreptitiously reinstalled into the civil service and promoted to the post of Director.
Following a media uproar over the clandestine reinstatement, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered Maina's immediate removal, and ordered the Head of the Civil Service to explain what led to his recall.
Similarly, the House of Representatives formed an ad hoc panel to look into the matter.
The panel, headed by Madaki Ali, commenced hearing on Thursday.


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Name: Marco Antonio Rubio
Born: May 28, 1971
Occupation: Lawyer, Politician
Marco Rubio is the Cuban American junior senator from Florida. His parents immigrated to the United States from Cuba in 1956 and became naturalized citizens in 1975. His grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, initially came to the United States legally in 1956 as well, but returned to Cuba in 1959. In 1962 he was ordered to be deported by an immigration judge, but immigration authorities allowed him to remain in the country.
The date of his parents immigration to the United States is controversial because Rubio had incorrectly claimed they moved to the United States in 1959 to escape the regime of Fidel Castro. That claim resonated with Florida voters, but did not prove to be true. When his parents left Cuba, Fulgencio Batista was still in power.
Rubio wrote for the Politico that the allegation he embellished the story for the sake of his career was an outlandish accusation and "an insult to the sacrifices my parents made to provide a better life for their children."
Rubio earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Florida in 1993 and his law degree from the University of Miami in 1996. Rubio has claimed that his education resulted in $100,000 in student loans which he paid off in 2012.
While in law school, Rubio began working on political races including Senator Robert Dole's unsuccessful 1996 presidential campaign. He served as a city commissioner in West Miami briefly before being elected to the Florida House of Representatives in January, 2000. Rubio was appointed to the house Republican leadership two years later and in 2003 became the first Cuban American Speaker of the House in Florida.
In 2009 after incumbent Senator Mel Martinez resigned, Rubio announced via his website that he would run for Senate. The incumbent governor led the race when Rubio joined it, but Rubio soon outpaced the governor's popularity, leading to the governor's choice to run as an independent. Rubio won the three-way election with 49% of the vote. He was mentioned several times as a potential Republican presidential or vice presidential nominee in 2012, but said he would not run. In April, 2015, he announced his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
Rubio's financial condition has been subject to much discussion over the years, including questions over the foreclosure on a house he shared with a fellow member of the House of Representatives while serving as speaker of the house.
In 2012 financial disclosure documents, Rubio estimated his minimum net worth at a NEGATIVE $190,000 due to home loans. When he joined the Senate, Rubio owed more, but has since paid off his student loans.
How much is -$190,000?
Rubio's debt means that even if every dime of his Senate salary for the year went to paying off his old bills, he would still owe the value of a mid-sized car.


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The Worldwide well- known company "Vodafone" perfoms since few years Reports to technology companies in order to encourage innovation and entrepeneurship.
In this TV report the CEO of IRCONFORT, Eugenio Sánchez, explains what we do and how the company started.
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See the girl group's first Live Lounge set.
5H perform Work From Home and a special cover at their debut Live Lounge performance.
The X Factor born girl band have turned in a fantastic first performance at BBC Radio 1's popular live setting.
The girls were noticeably excited and bursting with energy, which helped fuel their stellar performances of their current top 10 single and Elle King's sleeper hit from 2015:
Work From Home is currently performing extremely well on the charts, hitting #1 in the UK and #10 in the US, becoming the first song from a girl group to hit the top ten in eight years.
5H's upcoming album is out in May.


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The history of IP Automotive LTD.
In the country of Mamaya, IP Automotive LTD was originally formed in 1932 as Dao Thang motor trucks. Since the Mamayan economy was experiencing a steady growth in the early 30s, there was an increasing demand for trucks and the Dao Thang brand actually was slightly succesful, providing a locally built alternative to the imported brands. The sales was strong enough to keep the company alive, but yet they were still looking into other markets as a source for even greater incomes.
Back in 1932, personal transportation had been a luxury that most Mamayans could not even think about to afford. After world war 2, however, the situation was a bit different. Mamaya had been standing neutral during the war, and was never really affected by it, and there was expectations that the already growing economy soon would be experiencing a real boom. Motorcycles was a lucrative market, but it was already flooded with manufacturers, which some years later would lead to something of a crash that meant that many brands had to bite the dust. Cars was still a rare sight on the roads, you saw some taxis and once in a while some cheap small car, but only imported ones (mostly from the UK) since there was no local manufacturing at all.
Cars was a market that provided too lucrative not to enter for Dao Thang. However, since they already had a vision of exporting cars, Dao Thang was suspected to be a name that would scare foreign customers away. Also, there was a fear that if the car manufacturing should turn into a failure, it had a risk of hurting the Dao Thang truck brand. In late 1945, the company was renamed IP Automotive, and IP was said to be a short for "International Products" as the goal was to get the cars exported worldwide. The trucks that mainly was sold in the home market and some of the neighbour countries was keeping the brand name Dao Thang, but the cars recieved the name "IP" like the mother corporation now was named.
In 1946 their first car was introduced, the IP Lily.
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Ho Iat Seng on Sunday has been declared as the next chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region.
All 400 members of the chief executive (CE) election committee started voting at around 10:00 am on Sunday. After around a 30-minute voting procedure, it was revealed that Seng gained 392 votes to be the CE-designate.
Mr. Ho was the lone candidate for the CE position. He is known to have deep mainland ties and is also known to be backed by Beijing.
A respected business leader, Ho entered politics in 2000 as a local deputy to China's legislature, the National People's Congress.
In 2009, he was expected to become the chief executive but decided to run for the legislature instead.
Earlier this year, risk advisor Steve Vickers warned that the new chief executive would be able to influence the fate of Macau's current gaming concessionaires.
Should Ho become chief executive, he could call for Chinese companies to buy into, or take over, existing gaming businesses, or simply refuse to grant new concessions to the current operators, said Vickers.
In June, Ho was heard asking for the "healthy development of the gaming industry."
Regarding the upcoming expiry of the operators' concessions, he said that the tender process "has to follow current [gaming] law unless we change it."
Ho is awaiting the approval of China's central government to be the SAR's new CE.


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Newton Poppleford pupils recycling efforts hit the runway
PUBLISHED: 17:30 25 October 2018 | UPDATED: 09:16 26 October 2018
Recycled plastics, newspaper bags and crisp packets replaced silk, fur and linen in a school fashion show.
Children of Newton Poppleford Primary School held a fashion show made entirely of reused products to show a new way of recycling.
This term's focus has been on recycling, reducing and reusing materials, culminating in the show complete with runway.
The children used materials including plastic, old clothes and jewellery to create new wearable items. There were themed sections with children from Year 2 focusing on royal wedding attire, complete with top hats and fascinators, while Year 1 pupils paired old newspapers with crisp packets collected from the beach.
Year 4 pupils researched and designed jackets made from plastics and Year 5 students made a range of jewellery. Year 3 children along with help from parents designed tops.
The children proudly displayed their creations in front of gathered parents at an event in their school hall.
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"In the last financial year 6,985 MidCentral patients received elective surgery, compared to 4,782 in 2007/2008. That's a 46 percent increase.
"These improvements are a credit to the hard working health professionals in MidCentral."
MidCentral DHB's funding has increased by $98 million over the last seven years, including $9 million in new money for this year, taking it to a total of $559 million for 2015/16.
That funding increase is supported from the $400 million invested into health this year in Budget 2015.
"We have committed to investing around $1.7 billion in health over the next four years for new initiatives and to meet cost pressures and population growth," says Dr Coleman.
"This includes $98 million to provide more New Zealanders with timely elective surgery, and to improve the prevention and treatment of orthopaedic conditions.
"This Government inherited a wasteful and inefficient system which did not deliver what New Zealanders required.
"In contrast, we have set clear health targets and lifted elective surgeries nationwide by 42 percent, from 117,954 in 2007/2008, to 167,188 in 2014/2015."
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