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Thomson Reuters, the multinational media conglomerate, is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer, as per what sources close to the company say. According to these sources, the company started looking for possible alternatives quite earlier and now the process is underway. The search for the perfect CEO has resulted in a hiring of Spencer Stuart, which will be creating a shortlist of potential candidates. The final selection of CEO would be based on this list, which would contain both internal and external contenders for the position. This happens as Jim Smith, who has been captaining the empire since 2012, is stepping down.
As mentioned earlier, the process is already halfway, and the handover of the position would be taking place sometime this year. The reports are based on sources who are close to the selection procedure, and they've also talked about potential candidates within the company. For instance, Neil Masterson, who is currently heading the commercial and technology operations as a co-COO, is one of the people from the company who could succeed Jim Smith. At the same time, a search firm like Spencer Stuart would be looking at every other possibility while creating a shortlist based on various pointers.
The stepping down of Jim Smith is one of the biggest changes in the growth of Thomson Reuters, which has one of the most important roles in worldwide journalism and the economy itself. "The board is fully supportive of Jim Smith and his management team. We are aligned on strategy and direction. And, we are working closely with management to achieve continued success for years to come," David Thomson, who is the chairman of Thomson Reuters was quoted saying about the work of Jim Smith and his team. Now, it is up to Spencer Stuart to make the right list of people.
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Greeks Defy Lockdown to Celebrate Epiphany
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by Jules Gomes • ChurchMilitant.com • January 7, 2021
Orthodox Church hierarchy fires off feisty letter to Greek government
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ATHENS, Greece (ChurchMilitant.com) - In a show of resolute defiance, the Orthodox Church in Greece rebelled against the China virus lockdown to celebrate Epiphany — one of the Eastern Church's greatest liturgical feasts.
Epiphany: Receiving Holy Communion from a single spoon
Orthodox Christians flocked Wednesday to churches in Greece to mark the holy day despite a Tuesday directive from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisting that the Church should "assume responsibility" by shutting places of worship.
The Holy Synod "does not consent to the new government measures," Church authorities declared in a strongly worded letter to the government Monday.
Synod leaders stated that the churches had thus far "observed all the prescribed medical measures to limit the dispersion of the coronavirus" and there was no justification for the state to prevent Epiphany services.
Epiphany, also known as the Feast of Holy Theophany in the Greek Orthodox Church, commemorates the baptism of Christ and the revelation of the Holy Trinity.
Basic epidemiological theory indicates that lockdowns do not reduce the total number of cases in the long run.
Earlier, the government had allowed Epiphany services to go ahead, limiting attendance in large churches to 50 congregants and to 25 in smaller churches, but suddenly withdrew permission on Sunday after announcing an extension of the lockdown.
The Synod's letter pointed out that church leaders were nevertheless going ahead with "that which was originally agreed with the state.
Defiance of Agreement
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos II is reported to have spoken briefly on the matter with premier Mitsotakis Tuesday during the swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers appointed in Monday's cabinet reshuffle.
Police were told by their superiors to keep a low profile and said they would not interfere with services but would use "mild" measures to persuade people not to crowd inside.
But officers became more strident as crowds increased outside some churches and shouted through megaphones asking people to stay away, Reuters reported.
"No law can order us what to do. State orders are one thing, and faith is another," 38-year-old Stavroula told the news agency after attending morning service at a church outside Athens.
Skai TV photographed a priest sprinkling holy water on a police car in Thessaloniki while a female police officer takes off her mask to kiss the cross.
In the Piraeus metropolis, located in the urban area adjacent to Athens, worshippers stood in long lines to receive Holy Communion. Many churches continue to offer the consecrated Bread soaked in wine from a common spoon.
I see it as the body of Christ, so I am protected.
"I see it as the body of Christ, so I am protected," head of the Synod's press office Giorgos Vasileiou said earlier, responding to a debate that has raged in Orthodox churches since the beginning of the crisis.
Government health adviser Eleni Yiamarellou publicly declared that the practice poses no health risk to believers, especially since the communicant tilts the head back and opens the mouth as wide as possible, thereby allowing the priest to drop the sacrament into the communicant's mouth without ever coming into contact with the spoon.
Premier Mitsotakis with Abp. Ieronymos II in Parliament
Clashing Viewpoints
COVID alarmists responded with hysterical outbursts on social media. "Kissing crosses, sharing spoons, defying the law, denying the pandemic. The Greek state is passively watching a disaster brewing," tweeted Myrsini Kaforou, a researcher in infectious diseases.
Manolis Dermitzakis, professor of genetics at Geneva University, told Skai TV he was "shocked" by images of the faithful receiving Communion from the same spoon and the crowding in the streets on the feast day.
The lockdown policy has been challenged globally by more than 39,545 medical practitioners and 13,084 medical and public health scientists in the Great Barrington Declaration.
"As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies," the medical experts write.
"Basic epidemiological theory indicates that lockdowns do not reduce the total number of cases in the long run and have never in history led to the eradication of a disease," they note. "At best, lockdowns delay the increase of cases for a finite period and at great cost.
Blessing of the Waters
Greek Orthodox bishops and priests also went ahead with the blessing of the waters liturgy, which is a highly-anticipated part of the Epiphany celebrations and takes place both inside churches and on waterfronts.
No law can order us what to do. State orders are one thing, and faith is another.
Many clergy said they would not perform the ceremony in the open to prevent the risk of infection.
However, Metropolitan Ieronymos of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, who went ahead and conducted the service in the open, was fined 1,500 euros ($1,850).
Retrieving the cross from the icy waters on Epiphany
Open-air Epiphany services include the "Dive of the Cross" ritual where the priest throws a cross into the sea to bless the waters. Men, and sometimes women, dive into the icy waters and swim quickly to catch the cross. The person who retrieves the cross is considered to be blessed all through the year.
Two swimmers, who dived into the harbor of the town of Aigio to retrieve the cross, were fined 300 euros each.
British Catholics cheered the Greeks on social media for their "holy defiance" as Britain imposed draconian measures on the British Isles that prohibit worship in Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
Churches in England and Wales may remain open for public worship, but Northern Ireland is persuading clergy to voluntarily shut churches and move services online.
Pope Francis has adopted a preferential option for shutting churches during lockdowns and rebuked lockdown breakers as "victims only in their own imagination" who are "incapable of moving outside of their own little world of interests."
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The Mariners acquired Benoit — part of the offseason bullpen makeover — in a Nov. 12 deal with San Diego for two minor-league players, pitcher Enyel De Los Santos and infielder Nelson Ward.
"Joaquin Benoit has been one of the best set-up guys in the league for most of this decade," Seattle general manager Jerry Dipoto said. "Benoit has been, at times, dominant (and) mostly as consistent as anybody in the league.
Benoit is 24-16 with 42 saves and a 2.35 ERA in 388 games over the last six seasons since missing all of 2009 while recovering from surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. He was 6-5 with a 2.34 ERA last year in 67 games at San Diego.
The Mariners project Benoit as their primary right-handed, set-up reliever for new closer Steve Cishek. But, yes, if Cishek falters, Benoit will be first in line among possible replacements. He had 24 saves in 2013 at Detroit.
Felix Hernandez is scheduled to throw his first bullpen workout Saturday as part of his delayed program.
He typically starts his bullpen workouts roughly a week after everyone else.
Mariners manager Scott Servais doesn't anticipate any problems in adapting to the new pace-of-play rule that limits mound visits by the manager or pitching coach to 30 seconds.
The new rule on slides at second base are a different matter.
The so-called Utley Rule requires that a player begin his slide before reaching the base, be able and attempt to reach the base with a hand or foot, attempt to remain on the base and not change his path to initiate contact.
Major League Baseball tightened the rule after Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada suffered a broken leg in the postseason last year because of a nasty takeout slide by Chase Utley of the Dodgers.
Infielders were previously granted latitude in having their foot on the base when taking a throw for a force-out. Umpires generally allowed them to be in the "neighborhood" of the base, and their ruling was not subject to a replay review.
Those calls can now be challenged.
The Mariners are a 4/1 pick to win the American League West in updated odds by www.Bovada.lv, an online gaming service.
That's only better than Oakland (12/1). Houston rates as an 8/5 favorite, followed by Texas at 21/10 and the Los Angeles Angels at 15/4.
South Korean first baseman Dae-Ho Lee cleared up some confusion. He says his first name has a hyphen and the "H" in Dae-Ho is capitalized. … Lefty reliever Paul Fry, a nonroster invite, returned to the mound for a bullpen workout after being slowed for a few days by a nonpitching ailment. It was his second bullpen of the spring, which puts him one behind nearly everyone else. … MLB Network ranked the "Top 100 Players Right Now" and had four Mariners in the upper half: 2B Robinson Cano (No. 15), DH Nelson Cruz (27), RHP Felix Hernandez (35) and 3B Kyle Seager (48).


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Vets lead Canadians into second round
Ben Leeson
Mar 29, 2019 • Last Updated March 29, 2019 • 4 minute read
Evan Krassey, Kyle Liinamaa and David Bowen
With the finish line in sight, the Rayside-Balfour Canadians eased up on the gas. Until Evan Krassey grabbed hold of the wheel.
Prior to Game 6 of their NOJHL West semifinal against the Soo Eagles this past Tuesday, the Canadians' captain roused his teammates with a pre-game speech.
Rayside-Balfour had raced out to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, outscoring their rivals from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 6-3 overall, but the Canadians stumbled in Game 4, dropping a 7-4 decision, before being edged in Game 5, 3-2 in overtime. That gave the Soo a chance to force a seventh and deciding contest, if they could win a third straight on home ice Tuesday.
"We came out strong in the first three games, but in the fourth game, we kind of thought we already had it in the bag and slipped away from our game plan," Canadians forward Kyle Liinamaa said. "Then we came here and we had a pretty good game, but unfortunately, we lost in overtime, even though we outplayed them.
"But then we went to Sault, Mich. and we had it in our heads before the game to keep it simple and Krassey, the captain, he got the boys fired up."
The 20-year-old Krassey delivered on the ice, too, extending his playoff point streak to six games with an assist on Brady Maltais' empty-net marker in a tidy 4-0 win for Rayside, which earned the Canadians a second straight trip to the NOJHL West final.
That series, against the Soo Thunderbirds, begins at John Rhodes Community Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. on Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m.
Giordano Biondi, a Sudbury Wolves draft choice, and Noah Serre each had a goal and an assist, while Benjamin Hatanaka also scored in the series-clincher against the Eagles. David Bowen, another Wolves pick, made 14 saves for his second shutout of the post-season.
"It's a new animal right now, with Krassey," said Bowen, who just as impressed with the rest of Rayside's veterans.
"What I have noticed, for sure, is going into playoffs, our veteran guys who are playing their last year of junior, they're really taking the next step," Bowen said. "They have been leaders for us, for sure, and that's what really helped us in that first round.
That's the role Liinamaa wants to play. Another 20-year-old and one of the team's top scorers with 55 points during the regular season, he has yet to find the same groove on offence in the post-season. But the experience he gained during last year's run to the NOJHL final, during which he posted a point per game, will be invaluable to rookies such as Biondi, getting their first taste of junior playoff hockey.
"I'm trying to help the other guys know what it takes to win, because I have been there before," Liinamaa said. "Last year, we kind of had it, but we lost it, so we're trying to let them know what the playoffs is all about, for the rookies, and how the little things you do make a huge impact. Even the guys who aren't playing, the shifts they do get are going to be the most important in the game, to help the team out. Everything counts in the playoffs."
The T-Birds, who topped the West standings with a convincing 89 points — 22 more than the Canadians — have lost no steam to start post-season, getting past the Blind River Beavers in six games. Spencer Van Tiem, with seven points, and Nick Smith and Noah Boman, with six each, have paced the Soo squad offensively, while the likes of Steven Bellini and rookie Kobe Seguin have contributed well from the back end.
Colin Ahern has played all six games in goal, posting a 2.50 goals-against average and .909 save percentage.
"They have a lot of offensive threats," Liinamaa said. "But if we play our systems and keep guys on them and have good line matchups, I think we're going to be good, if we have Bowen playing the way he has been and our D have been playing excellent, so I think we should be pretty successful. In the playoffs, anything can happen, so we just have to stick to our game plan and come out hard. The first game is huge and hopefully, we can take two points, four even, on the road, then come back to Rayside and win both here."
While several personnel have moved on, the Canadians and T-Birds engaged in some fierce battles in last year's playoffs and while the locals still want to play with an edge, discipline will be key against the league's top power play.
"We have a lot of physical guys on our team, but sometimes, we take it too far," Liinamaa said. "That happened a lot against Sault, Mich. — we would play good, we'd play physical, but sometimes, we'd get a little too aggressive and take some dumb penalties and it was one after another. Especially against the T-Birds, who have a good power play and can capitalize, we have to play physical, but do it the right way and don't cross the line."
"We have to finish around the net a bit more, for sure, and our power play was kind of off," Bowen added. "Defensively, we need to keep doing what we have been doing as a team."
Owner of a 1.97 goals-against average and stingy .934 save percentage in playoffs, Bowen has felt good in the net so far.
"I feel like I'm playing pretty good right now," the 18-year-old puck-stopper said. "I'm really just focusing in before the games."
Game 2 of the series, also in the Sault, is to be played on Sunday at 7 p.m. Games 3 and 4 will be played at Chelmsford Arena on Wednesday and Thursday, both at 7 p.m.
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'Black Lightning' Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Teens on the Run
By Nick Mangione 12.05.2018 :: 1:42PM EDT 12.05.2018
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It's almost midseason finale time already, and Black Lightning is really picking up steam. It's had a few missteps this season, mostly deriving from trying to cram too many disparate storylines into a single episode. As we draw toward the halfway point, that's not so much a problem anymore. The threads are starting to weave back together. Especially in this episode where each plot is pulled forward by the same problem: Two teenagers running away from home.
Jenn and Khalil are on the run, and wherever they're going they're going to need some money. Khalil doesn't exactly have an ATM card on him though, so he needs to withdraw it from some shadier sources. That gives us our first big action scene of the episode, and it's a damn good one. Khalil tries to act like he's collecting for Tobias, but Tobias already put a price on his head. He's been working for the bad guys for so long, it's so satisfying to watch him use his abilities to systematically take down a club full of 100. Jenn gets in on the action too, using her power to create an electrical distraction. Khalil uses it as cover to take out a few more 100 members before he and Jenn speed away. It's a cool, vibrant and exciting scene. Some of the best action on The CW, right here.
Jordan Calloway as Khalil/Painkiller (Photo Credit: The CW)
Jenn's not happy about it, though. She's annoyed that Khalil got her in a situation where they were being shot at, and she had to use her powers in public. She knows there's no turning back for her now. The stress is getting to Khalil too. When Jenn insists on calling her parents to let them know she's OK, he flies off the handle. He snaps at her, and starts to raise his hand. He apologizes profusely afterwards and swears he won't do it again. We've all heard that line enough to be skeptical, but at least Jenn has the power to hurt him way worse if he tries. He knows it too, and tries to make it up by offering a burner phone with which to call her parents. He's on thin ice here, but that helps. They stay with Khalil's aunt for the night, where Jenn cuts his hair in an effort to disguise him. She finds a strange lump on his head, but Khalil doesn't seem to think it's a big deal. I like Khalil as a good guy, but he's never been the smartest character on this show.
This episode is full of family drama, but because it's all centered around a single driving plot, it doesn't feel like the typical CW soap opera fare. (Which, let's be fair, this show can sometimes traffic in.) Anissa figures out that Jenn must have run off with Khalil, and she tells her parents. Most of their scenes this episode involve their desperate search for their daughter and the emotional toll it takes on the family. These scenes are surprisingly well done, especially Lynn's breakdown in Jenn's room. Christine Adams is giving us all the emotions this episode.
Nafessa Williams as Thunder and Cress Williams as Black Lightning (Photo Credit: The CW)
Black Lightning and Thunder eventually catch up to Jenn and Khalil, if only briefly. There's still one more episode before the winter break. A little bit of story stretching is going to happen. I'm OK with it though, because it gives us another fun action scene. They're really ramping these up as the season draws toward the halfway point. Tobias hires a bounty hunter named Cutter to track Khalil down, and he's able to tell her exactly where to find him. I wonder if it could have anything to do with that strange lump on his head, hmmmmm. (Thankfully, Jenn figures out what's up and shorts the thing out as soon after. She's learning to control her powers!) Cutter shows up at the aunt's house, pins Jenn to the wall with some scary precise knife throws, and is about to kill Khalil. Fortunately, after Tobias tried to shake Khalil's mom down for information, she runs to the Pierce house to tell them where their kids may have gone. Thunder and Black Lightning show up just in time to save Khalil and Jenn… while allowing them to make a getaway. Jenn's grateful and all, but she's still dead set on getting out of that house.
While the main purpose of this episode was to set things in place for next week's midseason finale, that wasn't all it did. The character moments between Khalil and Jenn made for some emotionally engrossing television, and the story overall has some real power behind it. That makes up for the fact that, looking back over the episode, it really didn't move forward all that much. The interactions between the characters carried it, along with two incredibly exciting fight scenes. The episode really makes you sympathize with Jenn and Khalil too. Especially because, as Anissa points out, it's obvious why she ran away. Lynn and Jefferson treated her like a prisoner. It wasn't just the homeschooling, it was not allowing her to leave the house except to go to therapy. They already have, to some degree, pushed her away. We'll have to see if she chooses to come back next week.
Kearran Giovanni as Cutter (Photo Credit: The CW)
The episode couldn't get us to next week's midseason finale without making things just a little bit more complicated, though. Cutter calls Tobias to explain why she failed. Black Lightning and Thunder broke up her murder party, she says. Initially, Tobias asks what Black Lightning could possibly want with Khalil. Then, he realizes this isn't the first time he's specifically rescued Jefferson Pierce's daughter. Tobias is evil and bigoted, but he's not dumb. With him starting to wonder what the connection between Black Lightning and the Pierce family is, it's only a matter of time before he pieces the truth together. The only question is, does that happen next week?
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When we interviewed Mel D. Cole last week about his career shift from photographing hip-hop stars to political flashpoints like Black Lives Matter protests and Trump rallies, we were struck by the psychic distance he was able to take from the chaotic scenes he'd encountered. After decades of living fully in the hip-hop world, knowing and being friendly with those he photographed, he seemed to have adjusted almost immediately to the more distant remove of the documentarian. Even when his own safety was at stake:
I got to the point where, when I would go to these protests and counter-protests, and there were clashes, I would stay on the other side of the barricade. It's a little bit more interesting, after spending months embedded, basically, with Black Lives Matter, so it's like, "Why not be on this other side in this?" Especially when they weren't fucking with me, they weren't telling me to leave. They weren't telling me all the classic, "Fuck you. Get the fuck out of here!" kind of shit. I'm like, "I'm going to take advantage of it."
Is it easy to do that shit, being a Black man? Fuck no! It's not easy, because sometimes it's like, "Fuck." I forget that I have the camera, and I have this white guy yelling — not necessarily at me, but at someone that looks just like me. It's like, "Fuck." I want to scream back at him but I just try to keep it as professional as possible.
Cole's approach to photojournalism was clearly on display yesterday — when he attended the various protests-turned-riots-turned-full-blown-insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The photos below show the acclaimed photographer doing what he does best: telling human stories through his lens. In some cases, that means taking detailed portraits of Donald Trump supporters full of telling details; in others, it means snapping into action to catch moments of drama, as protesters and counterprotesters race to clear pepper spray from their eyes; in others still, it means stepping back and capturing the magnitude of the insurgence through his lens.
Taken all together, Cole's images have something powerful to say about yesterday's riots, the scene in D.C., and life in America at the dawn of 2021.
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The funeral of a loved one acknowledges the closing of a human life on earth. A funeral service is an opportunity for family and friends to gather in a parish church or crematorium to express their grief, give thanks to God and celebrate the completed journey of an earthly life, and to commend the soul of the departed into God's eternal keeping.
A funeral service conducted by a Church of England minister can be very short and quiet with only a few members of a family present, or an occasion of great solemnity with music, hymns, a eulogy offered by one of the mourners, the inclusion of favourite readings, and a full church.
Not everyone knows that they have the right to a funeral in their parish church, even if they and the deceased person have not been church-goers. The Parish Church is the spiritual 'home' of everyone who lives within the parish and we welcome a funeral service for your loved one.
Parish clergy regard the taking of funerals as an important part of their work. Before a funeral the family will be visited by a minister, to offer comfort to those who are facing loss, to find out what service they want to use and to help them to arrange it. If the priest did not know the deceased person, then it would help to provide some details, especially if there is to be an address within the service.
Whether the service will be 'small' or 'large' in numbers attending, the Parish Church seeks to provide whatever you may require.
Experience has shown that the use of CD's and recorded music detracts from the service– so their use is discouraged – but it is possible to use original CDs if required. Copied CDs do not work..
It is becoming more common for the whole service to take part in the church, but it is possible for the main part of the service to take place in the church (i.e. the readings, address, prayers and commendation), and then to either go to the Cemetery or Crematorium for the short service of Committal.
Early in the service there may be a eulogy or appreciation remembering the life and work of the deceased. This may be given by a family member or somebody who knew the deceased well, but as funerals are emotional services, it is recommended that this is left to the minister. Please discuss this with the minister officiating.
In the cemetery or churchyard, the family will gather round the open grave into which the coffin is lowered and they will hear the words: 'We now commit his/her body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ.' Handfuls of earth are then scattered on the coffin by the funeral director.
In a crematorium, the words of committal may be accompanied by the closing of a curtain to hide the coffin from view, or in some crematoria the coffin is moved slowly out of sight.
What happens after we die remains a mystery. Some Anglicans believe in Christ's continuing power beyond death to cleanse us of our sins and bring us into the closer presence of God. That is why those of the more Catholic tradition pray for those who are dead. What Heaven is like, no one can exactly say, but the Bible affirms that in God's kingdom we shall delight in the presence and love of God and of the whole company of heaven. Whatever is wonderful about life here on earth is only a glimpse of the glory of the life that is to come. The comfort we need in order to find the strength to come to terms with death and bereavement can be found in the promises of Jesus Christ, in the hope of the Resurrection and in the belief that our departed loved ones are safe in the hands of God.
In the days before and after the funeral there may not be much of an opportunity to reflect on these things, but the parish clergy will be glad to offer help in thinking through how you have been affected personally by the death of your loved one.
The Parish Church is generally open during the day, and you are welcome to visit and find in the oasis of quiet and reflection, the presence of God. The name of your loved one will be remembered during the parish services before and after the funeral service. You are very welcome to join in the parish services.
On the Sunday nearest to All Souls' Day (2 November) a service of Thanksgiving and Commemoration for the Departed is held in church and this can be an opportunity for you to attend, and to light a candle during the service to remember your loved ones. You, and your family, will receive a personal invitation to attend the first service after the funeral.


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20:00 AM You will be picked up from your hotel and transfer to pier for Bosphours Dinner by private yacth.
Bosphorus dinner by private yatch is an unforgettable experience in your holiday in Istanbul and takes you to to see the most spectacular landmarks of Asia and Europe during the night.
Bosphorus dinner by private yatch is a perfect way to celebrate birhtdays, anniversaries or for business meetings..
23:00 PM At the end of the tour, return to hotel. Arrival will be the end of the tour.


As a translator you can configure Transit NXT's layout to your preferred method of working.
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Q: How to pass a List to function in scala? I am trying to pass a list to the scala function, transform it and return it.
val fun=(lst:List[Int]):List[Int]=>lst+10
error: identifier expected but integer literal found.

A: There are several issues with your code.

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*You are mixing the definition of the type of fun with its implementation.

You probably want something like this:
val fun: List[Int] => List[Int] = (lst: List[Int]) => lst + 10

Then the type of the parameter is actually redundant with the type definition of fun, so you can remove it:
val fun: List[Int] => List[Int] = lst => lst + 10

*You are trying to use the + operation/method on a List[Int] and a Int. There's no such method. If you want to append an item into a list you can use :+ instead:

val fun: List[Int] => List[Int] = lst => lst :+ 10

More about the available methods on List in the official documentation: https://www.scala-lang.org/api/2.13.x/scala/collection/immutable/List.html

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Chase Boehringer
Chase is the Founder of The Bucketlist Lifestyle. Traversing the globe in search of Adventure and a few half drunk travelers to swap stories with.
Chase is the Founder of The Bucketlist Lifestyle. An international adventure company, based around the concept of taking everyday people on the most epic journey of their lives. This could only be done by a man who has personally spent his life on one big epic adventure.
As a Guinness World Record holder, an adventure addict and one of the most accomplished adventurers on the planet, he spends all of his time either on an adventure, or planning the next one.
Chase has been featured in Conde' Nast Traveller, The Art of Adventure, Live your Daydream, Side Hustle School and is an international speaker. He talks about how we can all live a life of adventure without dropping everything. As well as creating possibility in our lives.
Chase is the Author of "Young Divorce", a no bullshit guide, from heartbreak to happy." Which is the only book on divorce for young people, written during Chases time as a life coach. He also co-authored the book "Activate Your Life." Which was an international Amazon best seller in seven different countries in the "Self Help" category.
Chase completed 80/100 of his bucketlist items, and now helps other people complete their items. He spent years travelling the world solo with nothing more than a backpack and a bucketlist as his compass. Going to Every cultural festival on Earth, including Running with the Bulls in Spain, Carnival in Rio, Songkran in Thailand, Holi in India and much more. He has been to every wonder of the world and some of them multiple times.
Currently he is on a mission to complete 95/100 bucketlist items by the time he hits 30 years old. Yes, you read that right, He is only 28 and is almost done with his bucketlist.
The Bucketlist Lifestyle has been the most important thing in Chase's life for the last 6 and a half years. Helping other people experience what he was lucky enough to experience has been his sole mission from the beginning. He is writing this book to let people in on a secret. That some people are living fascinating lives accross many continents and they can live vicariously through them, without risking malaria, typhoid, broken bones, prison or assassination for courting the princess of Saudi Arabia.
Chase has the passport stamps and scars to prove that there are adventures waiting out there for us all. We just have to get out and take a chance now and then. Or read about the people who say yes a bit too much and live to tell the tale.
http://www.thebucketlistlifestyle.com
Success! Wild, Crazy and True has already sold 10 pre-orders , was pitched to 14 publishers , and is in discussions with publishers .
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Wild, Crazy and True
Epic stories from the World's most legendary adventurers
Wild, crazy and true is an escape into the experiences that only relentlessly risky adventurers "get" to have. The wildest true stories, from the most accomplished adventurers on Earth.
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Travel stories of adventure
There are a select few people in this world that possess a unique combination of reckless, fun and free in every sense of the word. These people are legendary. Not in the sense that they are leaders, or that they are special in any way other than their ability to find situations that only a true legend could capitalize on. A situation so ridiculous, so...stupid, that most people would walk away as fast as possible. But these aren't most people. These are adventurers. The Fifty most accomplished adventurers on Earth. People who have spent decades risking it all for the thrill of it, and a good story. These men and women have an absolute disregard for life, which as in most cases, creates one hell of a good story.
This book is a compilation of those stories, told by the adventurers themselves. 100% true, unfiltered, raw and wild. From unexpectedly running a marathon across the Gobi Desert in mid summer (while previously never running more than a mile), or finding yourself face to face with Yakuza gangsters in the back alleys of the Tokyo red light district, and end up spending the night drinking snake poison grain alcohol and swapping stories in their secret underground bar.
These are not your everyday people. These are not your everyday stories of adventure.
People spend their days fantasizing about a life of adventure. A life where risk and your mothers warnings are pushed to the wayside to make room for an experience that pushes the comfort zone of any reader, let alone the adventurers themselves.
Imagine yourself landing in Egypt during the Egyptian revolution, without realizing that there was a revolution going on. Being held at gunpoint, shoved into and out of cars and looked at with general "You need to get the hell out of here" stares, sending a feeling of uncertainty and fear through the body. The flip side to visiting a country during a revolution is, no lines for roller coasters at 1980's theme parks!
This book is a testament to the wild ones. The freedom seekers that say "yes" when asked if they want to see a pingpong show at 4am in the back alleys of Bangkok.
This book is meant to take people into the lives of living legends. Some well known, others too busy kayaking down waterfalls in the Congo to care if anyone is watching.
These stories of adventure will capture the readers attention and not let go. With true stories from the most legendary living adventurers on the Planet.
Each story begins with a title, which acts as a chapter heading. There will be fifty epic stories of adventure, each story being approximately 1500 - 3000 words each.
Example Titles:
"Snake Juice and Yakusa"
Where a story would be told about getting into an argument with a bar manager for double charging his car for drinks, only to be lead to a back alley of the redlight district, where the bar owner, a Yakusa gang member and his Ugandan body guard were waiting.
"Massimo made me fight"
Massimo is a couchsurfing host in Venice Italy who has a few eccentricities. Not only is he loud, intense and full of steroids. Massimo has a plan. To host two couchsurfers who are both about the same size, have martial arts backgrounds, and who were broke, A.K.A. me. This is the story of two unexpecting couchsurfers being forced to fight in order to not be put on the streets and become great friends in the process. Not to mention creating a plan to keep Massimo full and drunk so he would have us fight less.
"Blind on Everest"
A story of a man who, after summiting the highest mountain on the planet, goes totally blind, and has to make his way down one of the most dangerous mountains on Earth totally blind.
"Marathon over a desert? I don't run, but sure let's do it!"
Traveling through Asia, most people take in the food, the sights, maybe a tuk tuk ride if they're feeling a little wild. Not Scott. Scott is the type who drives tuk tuks across the entirety of india (a story later in this book). Scott doesn't have a normal concept of what is possible, therefore he consistantly does things that blow the average person away, like running across a burning hot desert when he hadn't ran since high school, when he ran the one mile in P.E. This is the wild story of how he just happened to enter this race with only 4 other participants (for good reason) and how he ended up on the front page of a magazine because of it!
Each story begins a new section, and keeps readers entertained with new and exciting stories of adventure.
The target market for this book is people who are currently employed at a corporate job or similar. They have been to one or two countries, but they them selves wouldn't be classified as adventurers, yet. People who want to imagine themselves, almost as a fiction audience, in the same situation the characters in the book are in.
The audience is for mostly males, because they are usually more pulled in by the idea of adventure, and are the majority of those interested in wild and crazy adventures. This hypothesis has been proven in my adventure company with our adventure tours being over 75% male, and our e-mail subscriber list being 67% males between the ages of 18-35.
We will target younger adult males who have just begun their journey of travel, but due to school loans and getting into a corporate job, their dreams of travel and adventure are put on hold.
Similar to Tucker Max's "I hope they serve beer in hell", where the stories made the reader laugh out loud while also asking themselves "Are you freaking kidding me? Did that really happen?". This book gives people the ability to live vicariously though the most legendary travelers on the planet, while still making them say "Are you freaking kidding me? Did that seriously happen?"
I have approximately 20,000 followers across social media platforms, that is growing steadily monthly. I have an e-mail subscriber list of 450, with an average open rate of 67%, and a clickthrough rate of 14% on average.
My community is very engaged and loves to share when I put out an offer. This being my first big book on Adventure specifically, they will eat it up. I was recently on a podcast with over 500,000 weekly downloads and plan to get on as many podcasts as possible while launching the book. Currently I am interviewed about twice a week on podcast. I can easily do 5-10 podcast interviews a week in preparation for launch time.
Most importantly, the people who's stories will be shared in this book have massive followings, and each of them will be not only sharing and sending it to their lists and followers. I will be doing facebook lives with each of them, to promote the book.
This book is great for my business, as I lead people on epic adventures, so you can be sure that I will be doing everything in my power to make this book a success.
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places by David Breashears
This book is about an adventurer and mountaineer, who mostly focuses on the why behind men and women who push themselves to these extreme places like Everest. It has stories of adventure, and is mostly focused on the extreme from a place of curiosity and drama.
My book is much more focuses on a lighthearted view on adventure travel. We are telling stories that makes people go "No way!" as they laugh in astonishment. This book is more for mountaineers and people who want to hear about near death experience and why people put themselves in a situation like that.
The Bucket List: 1000 Adventures Big & Small: Kath Stather
This book is focused on specific places, things and experiences someone can see and do before you die. It is a "coffee table book " someone can flip through at any time. The book contains advice on how to achieve some of the most popular goals for people of all ages and focuses on items you can add to your bucket list.
My book is different because It is taking these experiences and telling the stories of people who have actually done them (and many that would never be on a list like that). It's inspiration through a story instead of a photo and a few descriptive words. It's a popular book, without much depth, similar to scrolling through #adventuretravel on Instagram. Pretty, but easy to put down.
Humans of New York: Brandon Stanto
This book is based on the blog and social media pages of "HONY", a storytelling platform where Brandon walks up to strangers and begins a conversation, usually asking questions that provoke a vulnerability in the participant. Takes one photo of them or a part of them, and combines a short, succinct paragraph of their journey. It is a powerful book because of the humanity he pulls from the people he interviews. It is a #1 NYT bestseller and a very popular read.
My book is different because, although it is still a book of stories, it is specifically about adventure travel. It's similar to HONY except with much more detail and all the stories are unbelievable stories of adventure. It pulls the reader in, and makes them have the feeling of needing to finish the story to know what happens next.
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
This book is a compilation of secrets that people admitted to anonymously through a project where people could write in and admit to something they have never told anyone. Similar to HONY, it is very short and powerful one sentence or paragraph that makes the ready think "wooow".
This book is different from PostSecret because it is not just a book to open, read two sentences and put it back down. This is a book that pulls people in to an adventure and makes them feel like they are a part of something crazy, wild and risky, even if they are ready from the comfort of their bed.
The kid who climbed Everest: Bear Grylls
This book is Bear Grylls story of how he overcame a broken back, to climbing Everest just 18 months later. An incredible story of falling into a crevasse at 19,000 ft and kept climbing.
It's the type of story that belongs in my book. However this is simply one story, as opposed to 50 epic stories, just as wild as this. It would be as if Bear took this story, cut the fat and fillers and just shared the most impactful parts.
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The staff at ShieldCrest have many years experience in the book industry and this wealth of experience is put at the disposal of our authors.
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Hand Picked Hotels acquires the Grand Jersey hotel and spa for £15m
08 September 2014 by James Stagg
Hand Picked Hotels has acquired the Grand Jersey hotel and spa in St Helier for an estimated £15m.
The hotel, which overlooks St Aubin's Bay in Jersey, was purchased from RBS Real Estate Asset Management.
The acquisition takes the group's estate to 21 hotels. This includes the Fawsley Hotel & Spa in Northamptonshire and St Pierre Park Hotel & Golf Resort in Guernsey, which were purchased last year and Bailbrook House Hotel in Bath, bought in 2012.
The 123 bedroom, five-star Grand Jersey hotel and spa had been on the market through Savills with a guide price of £15m. It's Tassili restaurant holds a Michelin star, while its business centre includes a with private cinema, meeting rooms and events space.
Julia Hands, who formed Hand Picked Hotels in 2001 with her husband, financier Guy Hands, said: "The acquisition of Grand Jersey hotel and spa underlines our commitment to Hand Picked Hotels.
"We have seen the potential for increased corporate and conference business across the Channel Islands, with strong demand from clients in London and other feeder cities throughout the UK. Grand Jersey will enable us to attract conference and corporate business which tends to focus on St Helier, while L'Horizon Hotel & Spa at St Brelade's Bay appeals to a more leisure-oriented audience.
"We have recently spent £1m on the development of a large Spa at L'Horizon to position it as a year-round destination. We are also planning an extensive redevelopment programme at St Pierre Park Hotel & Golf Resort as the leading resort in the Channel Islands."
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ResilienceThe importance of community networks to disaster resilience
Research finds that community networks and better official communication could aid in response and resilience to disasters. Researchers who worked in Houston and Corpus Christie after Hurricane Harvey write that they found "first, missed opportunities to harness social capital for disaster preparedness and, second, a greater need for government agencies and disaster relief organizations to effectively communicate with the public before, during and after disasters."
After hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research to investigate the broad impacts of these disasters. A year later, some of the researchers funded by awards from the agency's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate are reporting results produced to date.
Kevin Fitzpatrick, a professor of sociology, and Matthew Spialek, an assistant professor of communication, both with the University of Arkansas, are investigating the role of social networks and community resources in helping citizens recover from Hurricane Harvey. The write:
We worked in the Houston and Corpus Christi areas, two areas hardest hit by Hurricane Harvey, to understand the role of social connections and resources in hurricane response and community recovery on the individual level. Our results reveal, first, missed opportunities to harness social capital for disaster preparedness and, second, a greater need for government agencies and disaster relief organizations to effectively communicate with the public before, during and after disasters.
Regarding the first missed opportunity, residents were an untapped resource in disaster preparedness efforts. Residents belonged to an average of three community organizations, and more than two-thirds of residents reported a sense of connection to their communities. Even though these connections existed and, in theory, could have been a bridge to improve resiliency, in reality residents did not use these connections to improve risk awareness or to improve individual or household preparedness. This finding reinforces the view that individuals in the U.S. are generally underprepared for disasters even in disaster prone regions, and that more work is needed to draw on social ties to increase disaster readiness.
Regarding the second missed opportunity, negative perceptions about preparedness and response efforts illustrate the need for government agencies and disaster relief organizations to improve communication with residents. For instance, nearly half of the people we interviewed did not think that their community actively prepares for disasters, despite municipalities potentially having preparedness plans in place. These same respondents, who crossed the political spectrum and included Republicans, Democrats and Independents, expressed significantly higher levels of satisfaction with local disaster response efforts compared to the federal government's response — this despite the fact that they believed their community was not actively prepared.
This dissatisfaction may be due in part to a perceived lack of a federal presence in the Texas Gulf Coast. This perception does not match the reality that, as of November 2017, 35 fixed or mobile disaster recovery centers were established in the area. This mismatch between emergency management performance in these communities and the perception of a lack of government coordination and provision of resources highlights the need for state, local and federal agencies to do more to educate the public about existing plans and efforts.


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Q: Error Adding a Migration: `default_controller_and_action': missing :action (ArgumentError) I'm trying add the following migration:
rails g migration AddConfirmableToUsers confirmation_token:string confirmed_at:datetime confirmation_sent_at:datetime unconfirmed_email:string

However, it raised the following error I'm unable to troubleshoot:
/Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:179:in `default_controller_and_action': missing :action (ArgumentError)
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:72:in `normalize_options!'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:60:in `initialize'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1308:in `new'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1308:in `add_route'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1287:in `decomposed_match'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1269:in `block in match'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1269:in `each'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1269:in `match'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:254:in `root'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb:1321:in `root'
    from /Users/tn/rails_projects/rails-prelaunch-signup/config/routes.rb:5:in `block in <top (required)>'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:289:in `instance_exec'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:289:in `eval_block'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/actionpack-3.2.13/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb:267:in `draw'
    from /Users/tn/rails_projects/rails-prelaunch-signup/config/routes.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:245:in `load'
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    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/application/finisher.rb:66:in `block in <module:Finisher>'
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    from /Users/tn/rails_projects/rails-prelaunch-signup/config/environment.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/activesupport-3.2.13/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require'
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    from /Users/tn/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-rc1@global/gems/railties-3.2.13/lib/rails/commands.rb:25:in `<top (required)>'
    from script/rails:6:in `require'
    from script/rails:6:in `<main>'

I thought it might be an issue with my routes.rb file but couldn't find an issue with it.
RailsPrelaunchSignup::Application.routes.draw do

  root to: "root_path"

end

User.rb
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  rolify
  # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
  # :token_authenticatable, :encryptable, :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :confirmable,
         :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable

  # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
  attr_accessible :name, :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me

end

Any help would be much appreciated!

A: It is indeed your routes file:
root to: "root_path"

This should be something like:
root to: "controller#action"

root_path is the helper name that is automatically generated by Rails when you have a root definition in your routes file.


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Rental Income in Poland
Yields in Warsaw and Krakow are good, at around 6%
Residential Valuation Specialist | August 01, 2017
Last Updated: Aug 1, 2017
Mokotów - Apartments COST (€) YIELD (p.a.) PRICE/SQ.M. (€)
TO BUY MONTHLY RENT TO BUY MONTHLY RENT
90 sq. m. 236,160 1,185 6.02% 2,624 13.17
120 sq. m. 304,800 1,679 6.61% 2,540 13.99
Śródmieście - Apartments
Warsaw-
Krakow apartments
All yields are gross - i.e., before taxes, repair costs, ground rents, estate agents fees, and any other costs. Net yields (what you´ll really earn) are typically around 1.5% to 2% lower.
Warsaw: Mokotow, Śródmieście, Wilanów, Żoliborz
Krakow: Kazimierz, Stare Miasto/Old Town
Source: Global Property Guide Definitions: Data FAQ See also: Update Schedule
Gross rental yields, i.e., the gross return on investment in an apartment if fully rented out, in the centre of Warsaw, are 6.0% for a 90 square metre (sq. m.) apartment. Such an apartment might cost around EUR 1,200 per month to rent, but around EUR 235,000 to buy. There are similar yields on 120 sq. m. apartments, though prices and rents are obviously higher.
These are good yields. Such good yields are obtainable in all Warsaw´s central areas such as Mokotów, Śródmieście, and in other areas too. 6% is the normal yield throughout the city, and very small apartments are likely to yield even more (though we don´t have the research to substantiate this).
Surprisingly, the same is true of Krakow. Apartments here are broadly similar in price to the less central areas of Warsaw. They return rents of around EUR 11 - EUR 12 per sq.m. per month. A 90 sq. m. apartment in Krakow will cost you around EUR 200,000, and rent for around EUR 1,100, producing a yield of 6.5%.
The big downside is that round trip transaction costs are high in Poland. See our Poland transaction costs analysis and our Transaction costs in Poland compared to other countries.
How much rent can be earned from Polish property, compared to the rest of Europe?
How much tax must foreign owners pay when they rent out their Polish property?


UK student discovers new way to combat crop pest.
A discovery at the University of Kentucky could slow a pest causing millions of dollars in damage to crops. Jeff Franklin reports on the student who will soon compete in a worldwide competition due to her work combating corn earworm.
"It's the number two crop-damaging pest in the world," said Alonna Wright, "and number one in North America, causing millions and millions of dollars in damage and not only in corn but tomatoes, and cotton, and sorghum. It is found on 123 hosts so far, it will eat anything it can get its hands on."
It is hard to believe that an insect pest so small can create so much damage, but that is the case with the corn earworm, Considered to be the most costly crop pest in North America. UK student Alonna Wright works with a genetically engineered form of the nudivirus. The nudivirus is a sexually transmitted disease that naturally affects corn earworm moths in some states. While working at Paratechs, a small biotech company in Lexington, Kentucky, Wright, along with her mentor Kendra Steele, a Paratechs research scientist, created the genetically selected form of the insect STD, which results in 100% sterility, which will overtake the naturally occurring virus in nature.
"All of the Bt crops that farmers are planting to fight pests that are causing other sorts of damage," said Wright, "they are able to overtake those crops because there is no other competition for pests."
Bt corn controls many insect pests, but the corn earworm is resistant and without competition from other pests, it's an all-you-can-eat buffet for the corn earworm. Farmers are unaware of their presence, until the ear is exposed.
"It's when they are little, little larva," explained Steele, "they sneak through the corn at the very base of it. They eat and grow and get bigger, you won't know they are there until you de-husk the corn."
Paratechs was co-founded by UK entomologist Bruce Webb, who is also Wright's academic advisor in the biotechnology program in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. He is excited and encouraged by the corn earworm project and believes it has a lot of potential.
"And so we think this is a way to bring in a safer and effective way to control these pests," said Webb, "and that would help us reduce the burden of pesticides in the environment."
Webb recruited Wright to work part-time at Paratechs which also helped fulfill part of her degree requirement in the biotechnology program to get research experience either at UK or with a private business.
"I want to be doing research," said Wright, "I want to be on the cutting-edge of everything and UK obviously has a huge reputation around the state of Kentucky for being one of these flag ship, land grant universities who can provide what they need."
The paper Wright wrote about the project won her the North American region of the Alltech young scientist program. She will now compete for the global grand prize of $5,000 and a full-funded doctorate.
The University of Kentucky and Paratechs have applied for a patent on the technology. Paratechs is also beginning a three-year environmental evaluation to show the virus can reduce earworm populations in the field.


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Natalie Byfield
Savage Portrayals
Race, Media, and the Central Park Jogger Story
Temple University Press 2014
Savage Portrayals: Race, Media, and the Central Park Jogger Story (Temple University Press, 2014) offers a timely reminder of how racial bias and prejudice continue to shape political perspectives and dominant media narratives. Drawing on her unique experience as a journalist covering the case, Natalie Byfield explores the media response to and framing of the Central Park Jogger case which gained national attention during the late 1980s. Byfield is a cultural sociologist, who has taught in the fields of sociology and media studies. She is an associate professor at St. John's University in Queens, New York where her research centers on the sociology of knowledge. She examines language, media systems, and methodologies exploring their roles in the production and construction of race/class/gender inequalities. In 1989 she was a member of a reporting team nominated by the Daily News for a Pulitzer Prize relating to the papers coverage of the Central Park Jogger case. Dr. Byfield is also the recipient of a Charles H. Revson Fellowship at Columbia University and a National Science Foundation Fellowship. Her current book project is titled Minority Report: Place, Race, and Surveillance in New York City.
James West is a historian of race, media and business in the modern United States and Black diaspora. Author of "Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: Popular Black History in Postwar America" (Illinois, 2020), "A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago" (Illinois, 2022), "Our Kind of Historian: The Work and Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr. (Massachusetts, 2022).
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Nebraska loses LLWS debut; Japan and Calif. win
Sports | August 17, 2012
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – After a hard-earned victory Thursday, the team from Petaluma, Calif., got two days off to get ready for its next game at the Little League World Series.
Thirteen-year-old Austin Paretti had other plans.
"Swimming," the outfielder exclaimed with eyes wide open in anticipation.
The pint-sized Paretti and his teammates earned a little down time at the Little League complex pool after a 6-4 victory over Fairfield, Conn., on a sun-splashed opening day.
Japan also won its early game, 7-0 over Curacao, while Taiwan routed a team from Ramstein Air Base in Germany, 14-1.
In the late game, Goodlettsville, Tenn., beat Kearney, Neb., 12-1, behind 12-year-old pitcher Brock Myers, who struck out eight in 4 1-3 innings and helped himself at the plate with a two-run homer in the fifth.
Myers' big-league performance spoiled a historic moment for Nebraska – it was the first time a team from the state had advanced to South Williamsport.
Nebraska will play Connecticut on Saturday in an elimination game. Manager Brad Wegner will try to build confidence by focusing on the sixth inning, when Nebraska scored its only run on Zane Schmidt's groundout.
"I'm sure they're licking their wounds, but I'll tell them just move on and we'll get them on Saturday," Wegner said.
No matter what happens, Kearney's kids are already stars back home.
The mini-mashers from the Midwest have been receiving emails and text messages all week from family, friends and new-found baseball fans from all over Nebraska. Football is king in Nebraska, but the boys from Kearney might just be challenging the Cornhuskers as the state's most popular team.
Some players have been wearing Nebraska Cornhuskers T-shirts in practice.
"I think we do personally (have more fans) right now," coach Monte Dakan joked this week. "I'm hoping we have."
Tennessee manager Joey Hale is taking his crew to an amusement park before they next play on Sunday. His team's path to the series had them go through the Southeast regional finals in Warner Robins, Ga., to play the hometown Little League team and their vocal fans.
"It was nice not having the crowd not rooting against us for once," said Hale, who praised Georgia's passionate fan base – but prefers the more partisan crowd at Lamade Stadium.
California starting pitcher Bradley Smith made an impression, too, after striking out seven and going 4 for 4 at the plate with a homer and three RBIs to help the West region champs hold on against Connecticut.
The 13-year-old Smith strikes an imposing pose with his 6-foot-3 frame. But he had some early jitters on the mound after giving up a first-inning home run to Biagio Paoletta.
"You can't be nervous in these games. You're one of the top 16 teams … in the world," Smith said calmly. "So I was thinking, 'What do I have to be nervous about?"'
He felt much better in the third after hitting a 2-0 curveball deep to left-center that just eluded outfielder Matt Clarkin's glove and just cleared the fence 225 feet away for a two-run homer and 3-1 lead. Smith also struck out seven over four innings.
But California couldn't shake Connecticut. Will Lucas tripled home a run before scoring on a passed ball to get Connecticut within a run in the bottom of the fifth.
Connecticut threatened again in the sixth, but reliever Andrew White got a double play and strikeout to end the game. The 12-year-old lefty pumped his fist after he left the mound to be greeted by giddy teammates.
The 5-foot Paretti, the smallest player on his team, came up big with a two-run single in the fifth.
"It's been amazing, it's just so exciting to play with teams all around and now we're in the same position," Paretti said. "Just seeing them (at the tournament) and now we're in the same position, it's really awesome."
Connecticut outfielder Ryan Meury left the game with a bloodied lip after getting by a pitch, but got an ovation after walking back to the dugout. A Little League spokesman said Meury needed a couple stitches to close the gash. It was unclear if Meury would be ready for Connecticut's next game Saturday.
JAPAN 7, CURACAO 0
Kotaro Kiyomiya and Noriatsu Osaka combined for a two-hitter for Tokyo in the opening game of the Little League World Series. Kiyomiya didn't allow a hit and struck out seven in 2 2-3 innings. Osaka finished on the mound in relief with seven strikeouts.
A team from Japan has won the World Series international title the last two seasons. This year's Japan region champs, from Tokyo, took control early with three runs in each of the first two innings.
Not bad for a Japan team that hadn't played since July 7.
"I didn't have my best control The ball wasn't going exactly where I wanted it, but it got better the longer I pitched," the 12-year-old Osaka said through interpreter Yuichi Ishibashi.
Christopher Koeiman and Mychellon Jansen each had singles for Curacao, which made its first tournament appearance since 2009.
TAIWAN 14, GERMANY 1, 4 INNINGS
Li-Wei Chiang homered and drove in four runs, and Feng Chen went 3 for 3 with three RBIs for the team from Taoyuan. Kyle Glenn had Germany's only hit, while Justin Wilson scored the team's only run in the game that ended early because of Little League's 10-run rule.
It hardly mattered to Wilson's father, Marquis, who arrived in South Williamsport on Wednesday – just in time to see his 12-year-old son play for the first time in two months. The elder Wilson, who serves in the military as a security forces trainer in Afghanistan, is on a 15-day leave.
Marquis Wilson said it was a little nerve-wracking watch Justin from the stands.
"It was hard, but he did his best and that's all you can ask for," the proud father said.
Follow Genaro Armas at http://twitter.com/GArmasAP
Realignment puts Carson High in Class 5A for fall sports
Titans, Chiefs on verge of Super Bowl
Roger Diez: Chili Bowl gets the year's racing underway
Garciaparra critical of Astros at Nevada Wolf Pack's Dolan Dinner


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Linebacker bezeichnet eine Verteidigungsposition im American Football, siehe Linebacker:

Danach benannt sind:
 eine Version des amerikanischen M2/M3 Bradley-Schützenpanzers zur Flugabwehr, siehe M6 Linebacker
 zwei militärische Operationen der US-Streitkräfte im Vietnamkrieg
 Operation Linebacker, Luftangriff auf Nordvietnam von Mai bis Oktober 1972
 Operation Linebacker II, Bombardement von Hanoi und Haiphong im Dezember 1972


Round the corner through Legacy Christian Academy's main corridor and you'll quickly find yourself in uncharted territory: the Kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school's new Discovery Hall, home to Legacy's recently-completed Innovation and Science Labs.
"As an educational community that prides itself on accelerated academics and the preparation of students for success in the competitive 21st-century global marketplace, Discovery Hall and our new Labs are a wonderful reflection of the importance we place on STEAM," says Superintendent and Legacy Christian Academy Co-founder Tim Borruel. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) education is becoming increasingly vital, with government officials regularly bemoaning that not enough Americans are entering STEAM fields.
But kids don't have to rank STEAM as their favorite subject to incredibly benefit from embedded instruction that crosses subject matter and curriculum. "So much of Legacy's STEAM programming and curriculum revolves around problem solving, which is an essential skill in our ever-changing world. In our classrooms and dedicated Innovation and Science Labs, students are taught how to question, collaborate and address today's most pressing problems. Even our youngest students are able to answer complex queries and develop multi-stage solutions to real-world issues. Our students are logical thinkers, skilled communicators and are scientifically, mathematically and technologically literate. These skills are setting them up for success today, in high school, college and beyond," says Borruel.
All the technology in the world won't create the groundbreakers of tomorrow, though, if the right person isn't in the front of a high-tech classroom. "Parents are very surprised to learn that every Legacy child, even our youngest students, benefit from Science instruction with a teacher who has specialized education, training and experience in the field. Our differentiated subjects and instructors allow for deeper exploration of the material, resulting in a more full understanding of how our world 'works,'" says Legacy's Director of Educational Oversight and Co-founder Donna Borruel.
"Our STEAM teachers put Legacy students on a pathway to real-world application. On the average day, our Academy students are engaging hands on with today's most innovative technology, like 3D printers. They're attending enrichment Robotics classes or competing in junior high and high school robotics competitions. Some might be learning new theories because they'll be representing Legacy at the upcoming regional Science Olympiad at Occidental College; we've earned 'gold' every year we've attended. Others are furiously scribbling on the wipe-off walls in the Innovation Lab, planning a Rube Goldberg STEAM Expo project with friends, collaborating with peers and their teacher to solve real-world environmental problems, or getting up close with any one of over 24 species in our dual-sided observation aquariums and terrariums," says Head of School Matt Millett.
"Local high-school counselors and teachers often talk about 'the Legacy advantage.' We regularly hear that our students outperform, and outplace, those from other programs because of our accelerated curriculum and emphasis of STEAM. The vast majority of our Legacy alums place in AP and Honors Math, Science and English classes in high school and a jaw-dropping number end up majoring in STEAM fields in college. It's especially exciting to see how many young-women alums are going into STEAM careers, since the field is still disproportionately male. We make sure that every student's introduction to STEAM is accompanied by all the tools, support and guidance needed to give them the confidence and ability to thrive in the field, no matter what school they attend in the future," says Donna Borruel.
Legacy's Innovation Lab, launched last year, is where learners interact with today's most vibrant technology - and each other. This highly-interactive space has been customized for maximum flexibility; wheeled, risible glass tables can be re-arranged for a TED X Talk - or robotics competition. "Legacy students learn everything about technology beginning in Kindergarten. When they're really little, it's about how to right click, how to open and save, how to print, how to make capital letters, how to do word processing. Older kids do spreadsheets, learn how to make websites, how to set up a wireless network, how to do coding, how to make presentations, how to build a computer. In middle school we focus on media, resume writing, using the Google App suite. We always incorporate lessons from their classroom. For example, in second grade they're learning about pollution; in Computers, they use their knowledge to research and make their first slideshow," explains Legacy Computer Teacher and IT Director Carl Astrera.
The brand-new Legacy Science Lab has been created to cultivate a truly-immersive experience. "When they walk into the room, every sense is engaged," says Tim Borruel. "If they're learning about the ocean, the space will 'become' the ocean floor. They'll hear the sounds of the ocean while realistic imagery travels over the ceiling and wall space, putting them 'in' the zone they are studying. They'll do experiments with sea water while observing sea creatures in our aquarium. We're engaging every part of their brain, every learning style, to optimize their ability to innovate, create, learn and critically engage."