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There's A Tremendous Start
UPDATE: To see Cabral's run, click here and scrub it to 3:28.00.
Did you ever think that Donn Cabral would be an Olympic finalist some time in the future? Someday is today.
Cabral ran from the front, pushing the pace, in the third and final semifinal of the steeplechase at the 2012 Olympic Games in London this morning. He led at 1k (2:46.00), 2k (5:36.40) and at the bell.
He was passed on the final lap by Ethiopia's Roba Gari, Kenya's former Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi (who finished out in lane 7 for reasons known only to him) and Morocco's Hamid Ezzine to finish fourth, but that earned Cabral an automatic spot in Sunday's final. His time was 8:21.46.
"It was pretty fun," said Cabral. "You know I was thinking I was going to be the one to take the pace if no one else was; I was completely okay doing that. On one hand it is kind of cool to lead an Olympic race, even a lap of it would be cool, never mind 2,600 meters, and then on the other hand international races get really crazy, there is a lot of pushing and shoving and I didn't want to ruin my Olympic dream because I was getting shoved by someone, or hitting a barrier, or running slower because I was worried about hitting a barrier."
Cabral also took to Facebook, writing, "During the race I could hear the roars from 80,000 in the stands but I could feel everyone screaming at their computers and TVs back home! Today was unreal."
Along with the powerful Kenyans, Cabral and American record holder Evan Jager — who finished in 8:16.61 for second in the first heat — will be in the 15-man final.
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2 Responses to "There's A Tremendous Start"
Tom Kinsley says:
Way to go Don. The Kinsley's from CT were definitely screaming at their computer screens. Good luck in the finals. Leave it all out there!
GburyConnect says:
Oh Donn we were all screaming at the GHS auditorium today at 4:25….you are our #1! You make all of us proud!


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Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences>Courses>Food Science and Technology Masters - MSc/PgD/PgC
Food Science & Technology Masters - MSc/PgD/PgC
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CourseOverview
The food industry in the United Kingdom has developed a world-renown reputation for the production of exceptional quality, safe, wholesome products. To maintain this position in the global market, it is vital that the workforce is equally competent and highly skilled.
The Masters of Food Science and Technology at Cardiff Met has been designed to provide you with professional training combining comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge within the fields of food science and food technology. It is ideal for students and professionals seeking to expand their career prospects into a wide range of food manufacturing, commercial, government or research roles in the broad field of food science and food technology.
Students will be presented with tasks to develop and strengthen their knowledge, leadership, research and problem-solving skills in order to meet the global challenges associated within all aspects of the food industry, from farm to fork.
The university is home to the Zero2Five Food Industry Centre, a leading centre of excellence that provides food businesses with technical, operational and commercial support to enable them to compete more effectively. The Centre has an international reputation for food safety research and provides expertise, training and advice to the food industry, and students undertaking this degree will benefit from the close association and expertise from the Centre and staff
Course Content
The MSc Food Science and Technology programme has been restructured to ensure it remains current, and ensures students receive the best possible education whilst studying at Cardiff Met University. As such, themes have been developed throughout the programme whereby modules have been structured to allow clear links between each route and career aspirations.
A number of core modules will remain throughout the first term, however, students will then choose which pathway they wish to take, which will be recorded on their degree transcript. These include:
Food Technology with Food Chemistry and Biochemistry
Food Technology with Food Safety Management
Food technology with Food Innovation and Product Development
2-Year Full Time Programme with Internship
Food Science and Technology with Food Chemistry and Biochemistry (Industry)
Food Science and Technology with Food Safety Management (Industry)
Food Science and Technology with Food Innovation and Development (Industry)
Core Modules include:
Global Food Safety
Global Food Quality Management Systems
Global Food Product Conformity
Applied Research Methods and Design
Research Project (dissertation)
Industry Placement (for Industry pathway)
Pathway Modules (can only choose ONE pathway):
Food Chemistry and Biochemistry:
Food Chemistry and Biochemistry Analysis and Examination of Food
Food Safety Management:
Crisis Management Risk Perception, Assessment and Communication
Food Product Development:
Food Product Development Processing Technology
Research Project/Dissertation:
A written dissertation is based on a project chosen by the student to reflect their interest in a specific field. All research projects are developed with the guidance of the programme director and an academic project supervisor, assigned based on the field of research chosen.
Students are encouraged to initiate project ideas within areas of interest and/ or through existing networks. All ideas will be accompanied by discussions with academic staff, prior to commencement, to ensure projects are both viable and achievable.
Degree Structure:
The degree programme will be taught at the Cardiff Met Llandaff Campus, over one year (12 months) full-time, or two years part-time.
Term one (Sept - Dec) – 12 weeks* teaching
Term two (Jan - Mar) – 12 weeks* teaching
Term three (Apr - May) – 1 week revision, followed by 3 weeks' examinations (if applicable)
Summer (June - Sept) – No formal lectures. Students can use this time to conduct research, write up/submit their research dissertation
*Please note, term durations may alter slightly depending on when national holidays fall.
Course Duration
Full-time programme – 12 months / 24 months (with work placement/internship*)
Part-time programme – 24 months * = The two-year full-time MSc Food Science and Technology (with work placement/internship in 2nd year) is an opportunity to enhance your knowledge, experience and CV by spending up to one year within a food business.
Although Cardiff Met cannot guarantee work placements/ internships, we can provide you with a range of support and guidance on how to find your own internship position.
Learning & Teaching
Lectures provide the opportunity to impart key information and point students in a particular direction for further study. They are also intended to be interactive and debate is encouraged. Lectures are complemented by seminars, tutorials, workshops and practical sessions as a means of helping students to develop analytical and critical appraisal skills. There is a strong emphasis on applying the theoretical frameworks to problem-solving which reflects the applied nature of the programme, especially through practical sessions.
It is University policy to take reasonable steps to make reasonable adjustments so as to enable student's participation whilst studying at Cardiff Met. Adjustments can be provided to minimise the impact of a disability; however, students will need to be able to participate in an independent manner in order to fulfil the learning objectives of the course.
A range of assessment methods are used to test all aspects of a student's abilities, including:
Closed (or open) book examinations
Written assignments
Practical/ laboratory reports
Oral Presentations (individual/ group)
Employability & Careers
The programme provides the potential for graduates to progress within the food industry, retail, government or education. Our past students have found employment in some of the major UK retailers, local regional and international food manufacturers, food laboratories, various sectors of the Government and consultancy advisory roles.
Entry Requirements & How to Apply
An honours degree in relevant science and/or technology subjects.
Under certain circumstances, applicants who do not possess a first degree, but who can demonstrate relevant industrial/professional experience in a cognate discipline will also be considered.
International applications are required to satisfy the University's English language requirements for postgraduate courses.
Written application which may be supplemented by an interview.
Students whose first language is not English will need to provide evidence of fluency to at least an IELTS 6.0 standard or equivalent. For full details about how to apply and English Language qualifications please visit the International pages on the website.
Applications for this course should be made direct to the university via our self-service facility. For further information please visit our How to Apply pages at www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/howtoapply.
If you are interested in using credit from another institution, or have obtained qualifications and/or experience to study for a course at Cardiff Met, you can find further information on this as well as information on how to apply on the RPL page.
Tuition Fees and Financial Support:
For up to date information on tuition fees and the financial support that may be available. Please refer to www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/fees.
Part-time fees:
Charges are per Single Module unless specified:
Undergraduate = 10 Credits; Postgraduate = 20 Credits
Generally we find most students will complete 60 credits per year for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate study; to obtain a true costing please clarify this by contacting the Programme Director directly.
For general enquiries please contact the Admissions Team on 029 2041 6044 or email directapplications@cardiffmet.ac.uk
For course specific enquiries, please contact the Programme Director, Simon Dawson: Email: sdawson@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Place of Study:
Llandaff Campus
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Course Length:
Part-time programme – 24 months
Meet The Team: Simon Dawson MRes FHEA MIFST CSci
"I came to Cardiff Met after working within a range of food science roles in the food industry. I have always loved science, and as everyone has to eat, these two fields merged within my studies and formed the basis of my drive into the food sector. The science of making food safe is something I believe everyone should understand, as it still causes 600 million people globally to be ill each year.
Throughout my working life, my career has allowed me to travel and experience a wide range of cultures. This has made a huge impact on both my life and my career. It has allowed me to understand food in many ways. From cultivating to processing to consumption, having a global perspective on the drivers behind food and international markets has helped shape my learning and career development. Food is not just used for survival. It can be used to bring people together, create relationships, form social groups, unite different cultures, for sports performance, as a medicine, and in celebration... Ultimately, everyone has to eat, so as a career it is a sustainable industry to work in."
Programme Director MSc Food Science and Technology.
Full terms and conditions in relation to accepting an offer to study at Cardiff Metropolitan University can be found by visiting www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/terms
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French toast made from an old southern recipe; a casserole made of sausage, eggs, cheese, and mild chili peppers served with salsa; creamed chipped beef served over muffins; bagels with cream cheese and fresh fruit – all possibilities that might await you if you join us for breakfast at St. Paul's! In addition to the obvious benefits of having breakfast served to you without your having to prepare, clean up or wash dishes, you might have time to sit down over a cup of coffee and catch up with someone you haven't seen in a while. You do not have to be a chef to serve on a team (ongoing training is part of the plan) and the time commitment is for a short time, just once every six weeks.
The book club has been meeting once a month on Monday evenings and we would love to have new members. We are a small but mighty group and manage to cover a wide variety of topics, from fiction to truth and reality, from sadness to joy, the environment – our world and what we are doing to make it better, current issues, theology, and what is the Sacred. It is a time to be in community with fellow Christians, to share our thoughts and beliefs in the sharing of what has been written by others. It is a place to increase our knowledge and strengthen our beliefs.
discussion. All are invited to come and discuss or just listen.
Golden Girls is a ministry designed to foster fellowship and community with our "Golden Ladies". We have a monthly luncheon which meets the third Monday of the month at 12:30. Golden Girls provides an opportunity to touch base and commiserate over wine and fabulous food provided by our committee of dedicated volunteers.
Frizzled Hens is a group formed and designed to provide fellowship and support to Mothers with children aged 0-5 years. We have a monthly meeting the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The goal of the group is to form a foundation and network as Mothers face the trials and tribulations of raising very small children. The meeting provides an outlet for Mothers to get together and exchange information, perspective, and support. There is a monthly topic and discussion each meeting reflective of an aspect of parenthood.
The Prayer Chain is a way for all members to request prayers for their family or friends for a period of 30 days. Requests can be made by e-mail or phone. If you wish, we will also post these requests in our Sunday bulletin so all members can pray for those in need. If you would like to join the prayer chain, we welcome you.
Please contact Peggy LaGarde at 610-458- 7125 or marlag56@gmail.com.
Our office volunteers are essential to the smooth running of the church's office. Not only do these wonderful individuals accomplish the necessary tasks associated with the office administration, such as answering phones, making worship support reminder calls, organizing the Sunday School outreach, assembling the weekly bulletin, and other administrative tasks as needed, they proudly represent St. Paul's to the public, both on the phone and in person. If you have a few hours that you would like to volunteer in our church office (on a regular basis or as needed), we welcome you!


Attached is a rare photograph of Table Rock at the brink of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls taken in 1860.This is about 20 years after the invention of photography.
If you look through the centre of the Prince of Wales Arch you will see a tall building known as Street's Cedar Island Pagoda. It was located where the abandoned Canadian Niagara Power Company is now found. The observation tower stood between1857 and 1879.
You can also see part of Barnett's Table Rock House and Museum on the right behind the arch.
On the left is Table Rock Point. This piece of rock hanging over the edge crashed into the lower Niagara River in 1897.
The photograph is found in the Library of Congress.
Thanks to Samuel Granieri for posting the image on Facebook.


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Guilty! Kathryn Camille Murray, Houston, Texas (arrested Feb 2012)
Discussion in 'Cougars' started by TMP, Feb 26, 2012.
Name: Kathryn Camille Murray, 1820 West 14 1/2 St., Houston, Texas 77008
Age: 28 (born 29 March 1983)
School: Memorial Middle School, Spring Branch ISD, Houston, Texas
Position: 8th-grade teacher
Victim: Male, 15
My Fox Houston (22 Feb 2012): Fired 8th Grade Teacher Accused of Having Relationship with Student
My Fox Houston said:
An eighth grade teacher was fired after she was found to be having an inappropriate relationship with a student, according to the Spring Branch Independent School District. On Feb. 13, school officials received a report from a faculty member, accusing Katy "Camille" Murray's of having a relationship with a male student. That same day, Murray was pulled from the classroom and fired.
Houston Chronicle (22 Feb 2012): Middle school teacher accused of illicit student relationship
Houston Chronicle said:
Spring Branch school officials have fired a middle school teacher after an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship with a student, district officials said on Wednesday. Kathryn "Camille" Murray, who taught three years at Memorial Middle School, was removed after an initial report was made by a faculty member to the school principal on Feb. 13, according to a news release from the district.
Memorial Examiner (22 Feb 2012): Memorial Middle School teacher fired for 'inappropriate relationship' with student
Memorial Examiner said:
Kathryn "Camille" Murray, a female eighth-grade teacher at Memorial Middle School, was removed from the classroom and her employment was terminated after an investigation into an inappropriate relationship with a male student. Ms. Murray had taught three years at the SBISD middle school.
Kathryn Camille Murray, Memorial Middle School, Spring Branch ISD, Houston, Texas
TMP, Feb 26, 2012
UK Daily Mail (23 Feb 2012): Eight grade teacher accused of having sexual relationship with student
UK Daily Mail said:
Kathryn 'Camille' Murray, from Houston, was removed from her post at Memorial Middle School after an incident about an inappropriate relationship was reported to the principal on February 13. An investigation is underway and charges have yet to be filed against the teacher, who taught eighth-graders at the school for the past three years.
MSNBC (23 Feb 2012): Teacher fired over inappropriate relationship with student
MSNBC said:
Counselors will be on hand at a Spring Branch middle school Thursday after a teacher was fired over an inappropriate relationship with one of her students. Kathryn "Camille" Murray, an eighth-grade teacher at Memorial Middle School, was fired Wednesday, according to a statement from Spring Branch ISD Superintendent Duncan F. Klussmann.
My Fox Houston (23 Feb 2012): Fired Spring Branch Teacher Charged with Sexual Assault of a Child
Kathryn "Camille" Murray has been charged with sexual assault of a child ... According to court documents, a faculty member told authorities Murray was having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old male student.
ABC Local KTRK (23 Feb 2012): Spring Branch ISD teacher accused of inappropriate relationship with student
ABC Local KTRK said:
Spring Branch ISD says it has fired one of its middle school teachers amid allegations she had an inappropriate relationship with a student ... The school district's superintendent identified the teacher as Kathryn Camille Murray. She has been charged with sexual assault of a child, and school officials are working with law enforcement to investigate the allegations.
ABC Local KTRK (23 Feb 2012): Spring Branch ISD teacher charged with sex assault of child
The allegation is that [Kathryn Camille] Murray went to the student's home one night around midnight earlier this month while his parents were out. Court records indicate the 15-year-old's younger brother saw the teen on his bed, in his bedroom with a tan bra on the floor. He also apparently heard a woman's voice.
Click 2 Houston (23 Feb 2012): Teacher fired over alleged relationship with student
The Smoking Gun (24 Feb 2012): Texas Teacher Caught In Bed With Teen Student -- Cops: Victim's brother, 12, spotted sibling under sheets with
The Smoking Gun said:
The latest school teacher [Kathryn Camille Murray] to get arrested for having sex with one of her underage male students was nabbed after the boy's younger brother discovered the educator in bed with his sibling, according to police ... Shortly before midnight, the younger boy told cops, he went into his brother's bedroom and "observed a tan bra and a used condom on the floor." He also spotted his brother in bed "and the outline of another person under the covers and completely covered by the bedding." At this point, the older boy decided to make some impromptu introductions, according to the affidavit.
UK Daily Mail (24 Feb 2012): Eighth grade teacher 'caught in bed having sex with her student, 15, by his 12-year-old brother'
A middle school was caught having sex with a 15-year-old student in his home when his younger brother, aged 12, walked in on the pair. Kathryn 'Camille' Murray, 28, from Houston was arrested on Thursday and charged with sexual assault of a child. She is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond.
Houston Chronicle (24 Feb 2012): Teacher charged with child sex assault
Probable cause affidavit courtesy The Smoking Gun:
My Fox Houston (24 Feb 2012): Double Standard in Teacher Sex Crimes
Outside Memorial Middle School, Mrs. [Kathryn Camille] Murray has been the subject of many boys' dreams. "Most kids find Mrs. Murray very attractive. It's kind of like a fantasy I guess," said Chase Schwarz, a student. Students say the light-hearted reaction to the teacher's arrest is because she's female. They believe the teenage boy falls short of being a victim ...
Click 2 Houston (24 Feb 2012): Teacher accused of sex with student appears in court: Kathyrn Murray accused of having sex with 15-year-old student
Click 2 Houston said:
[Kathryn Camille] Murray was required to surrender her passport. Prosecutors said she had purchased a plane ticket to Mexico, where Murray claims to have an ill brother. Prosecutors said that Murray closed her bank account on Thursday.
WFAA (24 Feb 2012): Affidavit: Spring Branch ISD teacher had sex with student at his parents' house
Around 12:30 a.m., the 12-year-old said [Kathryn Camille] Murray left his house, saying "Adios" to him on the way out. On February 20, the victim told his mother that he'd had sex with the teacher at their house. Later that day, the victim was interviewed by police ... Police also interviewed another teacher at Memorial Middle School, who said she'd seen the victim in Murray's classroom after school as late as 5:30 p.m. She also said the victim told her on February 9 that he was in love with Ms. Murray, and that they had kissed in her classroom.
KVUE (24 Feb 2012): Bond reduced for teacher accused of sex with student
KVUE said:
Her bond was initially set at $250,000, but an emergency hearing was held Friday morning, where a judge reduced the bond to $50,000.
Prosecutors said the bond was initially set so high, because [Kathryn Camille] Murray told another teacher that she'd emptied her bank account and bought a plane ticket to Mexico, where her brother lives. But Murray's attorney said the flight-risk concerns were much ado about nothing.
KDFM (24 Feb 2012): Bond reduced for female Houston middle school teacher accused of sex with student
KDFM said:
Her bond was initially set at $250,000, but an emergency hearing was held Friday morning, where a judge reduced the bond to $50,000 ... The judge said if/when [Kathryn Camille] Murray posts bond, she will have to wear an ankle monitor.
Houston Chronicle (24 Feb 2012): Teacher charged with child sex assault: Memorial Middle educator accused of improper relationship with student
My Fox Houston (24 Feb 2102): Ex-Teacher Appears in Court on Child Sex Assault
KETK NBC (24 Feb 2012): Teacher accused of sex with student planned to go to Mexico
KETK NBC said:
Kathryn Camille Murray, a 28-year-old Spring Branch teacher accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student, had closed her bank account and was planning on going to Mexico when arrested this week, prosecutors said Friday. "She had indicated to a fellow teacher that she was making plans to go visit her brother who resides in Mexico," said Assistant Harris County District Attorney Denise Oncken.
Local 2 obtained a marriage license which shows [Kathryn Camille] Murray has been married to a local lawyer since October 2009.
Your Houston News (24 Feb 2012): Spring Branch ISD teacher charged with sexual assault of child appears in court
KHOU (24 Feb 2012): Spring Branch ISD teacher charged with sexual assault of a child
KHOU said:
[Kathryn Camille] Murray, who attended both Memorial Middle and Memorial High School growing up, taught at Memorial Middle for three years before she was let go. Sources said Murray had been tutoring the student involved in the case after school in her classroom, and she and the boy had exchanged text messages.
KHOU (24 Feb 2012): Former Memorial Middle School teacher accused of sex with student out of jail
... [Kathryn Camille] Murray, who must now wear an ankle bracelet, walked out of the Harris County jail. Looking lost, she stopped to ask cops a question. "I was trying to call my family to pick me up," she said before getting into an unidentified man's car.
ABC Local KTRK (24 Feb 2012): Teacher accused of sex crime free on bond
A Spring Branch teacher [Kathryn Camille Murray] accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student is free on bond after appearing before a judge Friday morning ... She is required to wear a GPS monitor, surrender her passport, and stay away from the victim, his family and any other child under 17 years old. The judge did allow her to stay with her sister and be in the presence of her younger niece and nephews.
Houston Chronicle (25 Feb 2012): Teacher accused of sex with student had travel plans, authorities say -- Prosecutor: Spring Branch educator was headed to Mexico
Kathryn Camille Murray, a 28-year-old Spring Branch teacher accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student, had closed her bank account and was planning on going to Mexico when she was arrested this week, prosecutors said on Friday. "She had indicated to a fellow teacher that she was making plans to go visit her brother who resides in Mexico," said Assistant Harris County District Attorney Denise Oncken.
Intelius.com:
This is the Harris County property tax information for the address (1820 West 14 1/2 St., Houston, Texas) shown on the probable cause affidavit. The home appears to be owned by her mother-in-law (Sheri Elizabeth Baughman married Robert Thomas Skinner in August, 2008).
Marriage license (thanks to Click 2 Houston for the heads up):
Vic Registered Member
She seems like she wanted to get caught..
Vic, Feb 29, 2012
Kris Guest
Vic you might be right.....Looks like she is at it again. This person is dangerous.
Former Spring Branch ISD teacher found with same boy she's accused of assaulting
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Former-teacher-accused-of-harboring-runaway-188505071.html
Kris, Jan 27, 2013
Thanks for the heads up, Kris!
In most jurisdictions, no contact with the victim is one the preconditions for release on bail, and violating that lands you back in jail. One has to wonder why that is not happening here?
KHOU: Former Spring Branch ISD teacher found with same boy she's accused of assaulting (Jan 26 2012)
On Saturday she went before a judge on a charge of harboring him as a runaway. Police say they found him Friday night with Murray at her father's home. He tried to exit out the back door ... Yet her bond has not been revoked, since harboring a runaway is still a misdemeanor. A judge set it at $100,000 and ordered Murray to give up her passport. It is because at one point she and the boy allegedly planned to flee to Mexico.
TMP, Jan 27, 2013
Opposing Views: Video: Teacher Kathryn Murray Charged for Sex with Teen Student, Tries to Elope with Him (Jan 27 2013)
Teacher Kathryn Murray, 29, who is due to go on trial later this year for having sex with an unidentified 15-year-old student, may have tried to elope with the teen to Mexico, reports KHOU-TV (video below). Murray was found with the teenager, now 16, at the home that she shares with her father in Houston, Texas, despite a court order banning any contact. Murray was ordered to surrender her passport when she appeared before a judge in Houston, Texas on Saturday. Murray faces up to 20 years in jail for having sex with the boy at his home, in her classroom and a hotel. Murray was arrested again and appeared before a judge to face a new charge of harboring a runaway, as the boy had been reported as a "runaway" by his parents.
Click 2 Houston: Ex-teacher found with boy she's accused of sexually assaulting: Kathryn Murray charged with harboring a runaway (Jan 28 2013)
Former Memorial Middle School teacher Kathryn Murray, 29, has been charged with harboring a runaway. She was out on bond on a sexual assault of a child charge when the new charge was filed ... On Saturday, police went to the home where Murray had been staying after getting a tip from a private investigator that the teen, who is now 16, was staying with her. Detectives said the teen's parents told them that the boy had left home without permission. Officers surrounded the home where Murray was staying, knocked the door for a while and shined bright lights into the house. The teen tried to leave through a back door, but police caught him. Detectives said he told them that Murray was inside the home.
ABC Local KTRK: Ex-Memorial Middle School teacher accused of having sex with underage student facing new charges (Jan 28 2013)
[Kathryn] Murray was out of jail on bond, though required to wear a GPS device, and was still restricted by a restraining order from going near the teen. But court documents allege Murray was harboring the same teen, who ran away from home without his parent's consent, and allowed him to remain in a home she occupied. She's now facing a new charge of harboring a runaway child. She was arrested on Saturday.
Inquisitr: Houston Teacher Allegedly Planning To Escape Country With 16-Year-Old 'Lover' [Video] (Jan 28 2013)
Now, two more counts of sexual abuse of a child and one count of improper relations with a student have been added to the Houston teacher's charges after she allegedly tried to flee the country with her now 16-year-old "lover." [Kathryn] Murray was also charged with harboring a runaway child. The boy, now 16-years-old, was 15 when he began his alleged relationship with Murray. The eighth-grade teacher was allegedly planning a trip to Mexico with the teen, and was found in her father's home with the student after the court banned her from any contact with him.


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Modern Prometheus Plans Adaptations of 'One Trick Rip-Off' and 'Welcome to Showside'
A new production company formed by film director/producer Sridhar Reddy and Z2 Comics publisher Josh Frankel has announced plans to adapt comics by Ian McGinty and Paul Pope for the screen. Called Modern Prometheus, the company's plan is to bring the upcoming Welcome to Showside by McGinty to television as an animated series, with a film version of Pope's The One Trick Rip-Off to follow.
The announcement may be read as a show of intent from Z2 Comics, as Welcome to Showside's first issue is only solicited this October. McGinty, who writes and draws the series at Z2, is best known for his work on projects like Bravest Warriors, and his new series seems like a continuation in his interest with all-ages storytelling. The series follows the adventures of Kit, Belle and Moon, who live in an average southern town that sometimes opens up portals to the Nexus Realm which unloads countless monsters and demons onto their front door. The heroic trio are the only ones who can keep Showside safe from the attacks.
That's a pretty good pitch not just for a comic, but for a TV show --- you can see why somebody would be interested in animating the concept. Musician Henry Rollins will be among the voice cast for the pilot, with Modern Prometheus already making plans for a full season.
The One Trick Rip-Off, on the other hand, is planned as a live-action movie, written and directed by Reddy. Creator Paul Pope has been named as an executive producer for the movie, and has apparently been working with the production team for more than three years on getting the screenplay right. Reddy and Pope previously collaborated on a short film, 7x6x2.
First published as part of Dark Horse Presents, the most recent version of The One Trick Rip-Off was a collection at Image, which brought the story into color thanks to the work of Jamie Grant. The story centers on Tubby and Vim, a couple looking to leave LA behind and start a new life for themselves --- if only they could find the money to pay for it. They decide that their best bet is to rip off their friends, with the slight wrinkle that their friends are all members of the One Trick Gang, who all possess the ability to control minds. So that ends up going great for them.
From the initial announcement on THR, it appears that Z2 Comics was founded with the purpose of adapting creator-owned comics for other media, be it on the big or small screen. Hollywood appears to be in a crazy scrabble to pick up comics licenses, so it's no surprise to see even new publishers emerging with an eye on fast-tracking stories for adaptation.
Other books at Z2 include Dean Haspiel's Fear My Dear: A Billy Dogma Experience. Expect further announcements in this vein over the coming year.
Filed Under: Ian McGinty, Paul Pope, Sridhar Reddy, The One Trick Rip-Off, Welcome to Showside
Categories: Movies, News, Television, Z2 Comics


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International students and new permanent residents with an undergraduate degree completed outside of Canada can gain both North American business credentials and practical hands-on work experience in a North American organization. This full-time program* is offered in an accelerated format and includes a 6-month practicum. Concentrations are available in marketing, human resources, international strategy & entrepreneurship and finance & investment.
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PACCAR Powertrains
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Founded in 1905, PACCAR Inc. touts itself as "a global leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality premium trucks." Even if you are not aware of the name of their company, it is unlikely you do not know the names of their most popular brands in North America: Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks. In all of their heavy-duty trucks are PACCAR powertrains, comprised of axles, a transmission, and most importantly, an engine.
There are currently four types of truck engines PACCAR proudly manufactures, all labeled based on the number of liters each engine can hold in its piston cylinders.
The most basic of the four PACCAR truck engines, what the PX-7 lacks in raw power it makes up for in endurance and dependability.
First, the performance statistics: the PX-7 is a little thing, with eleven variations ranging from 200 horsepower to 360 horsepower, and peak torque ratings from 520 to 800 pound-feet. The most powerful version of the PX-7 is weaker than the weakest variation of MX-13, and PACCAR themselves suggest the PX-7 for use with medium-duty vehicles only.
This is far from saying that the PX-7 is worthless. At a dry weight of under 1,200 pounds, this engine is much lighter than most, minimizing fuel consumption.
PACCAR prides itself in the PX-7s durability, so much so that they offer a warranty at 3 years, unlimited miles. It is hard to beat infinite miles. PACCAR also offers extended warranties for the length of time the engine is covered.
Another convincing perk of the PX-7 is its maintenance simplicity. While other engines have a list of maintenance intervals for parts depending on what percentage of use is idling, the driver and fleet owner only need to remember 15-15-200: 15,000 miles for the fuel filter, 15,000 miles for the oil and filter, and 200,000 for the Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) filter.
While putting a PX-7 in a class 8 truck might not perform to expectations, its fuel economy, long life, and simplicity make it the perfect engine for any smaller trucks in your fleet.
Configuration: Inline 6-Cylinder
Bore X Stroke (MM): 107 x 124
Displacement: 6.7 Liters
Dry Weight: 1,151 Lbs.
Oil System Capacity: 18 U.S. Quarts
Horsepower: 200-360 HP
Peak Torque: 520-800 LB.-FT.
Governed Speed: 2600-2800 RPM
Clutch Engagement Torque: 400 LB.-FT at 700 RPM.
Base Warranty: 3 Years/Unlimited Mileage.
For more information on the PX-7, check out the specification sheet PDF
The stronger brother of the PX-7, PX-9's main advertising point is its power-to-weight ratio. Its eleven variants range from 260-450 horsepower, with peak torque ranging from 720-1250 pound-feet at comparable revolutions per minute (RPM).
The higher-end variations are fit for heavy-duty trucks, but even if your fleet is medium-duty, the lower end PX-9s have features that are normally reserved for heavy-duty trucks, such as replaceable wet liners on its cylinders and bypass oil filtration. It's the best of both worlds!
The maintenance schedule on the PX-9 is very similar to that of the PX-7, but if the engine has a coolant filter equipped, the formula becomes 15-15-15-200. Unlike the PX-7, however, the PX-9 has a much more limited warranty of 2 years and 250,000 miles, but they do offer plan extensions.
The PX-9 is truly a middle-of-the-road engine. If you want a medium-duty truck to have the extra "oomph" of a heavy-duty truck, or a heavy hauler to have some of the simplicity of a medium-duty engine, the PX-9 variations are a great fit for your business.
Peak Torque: 720-1,250 LB.-FT.
Base Warranty: 2 Years/250,000 Miles.
For more information, check out the PX-9 specification sheet PDF.
For the fleet manager, the MX-11 is a great choice. It has remote diagnostics to help those at the top detect problems before they become a major inconvenience, minimizing downtime at every step of the trip. If this does not sound reassuring, PACCAR stands behind this engine with a 2 year, 250,000 mile warranty, with extended warranty plans available.
The MX-11's variations range in horsepower from 355 to 430, with torque ranging from 1250 to 1650 lb-ft at 900 RPM.
While the MX-11 has a much more complicated maintenance schedule in terms of different forms of use, maintenance is overall less common than for its PX counterparts. At the absolute heaviest use, the fuel and oil filters will need replacement at every 30,000 miles, meaning less time in the shop and more time driving.
Displacement: 10.8 Liters
Dry Weight: 2200 Lbs.
Peak Torque: 1250-1650 LB.-FT.
Governed Speed: 2200 RPM
For more information, check out MX-11's specification sheet.
If you hate shopping for engines, the MX-13 is the engine for you. While this PACCAR MX engine only has a warranty for 2 years and 250,000 miles, PACCAR has tested it to have a B10 design life of one million miles: this means that there is a 90% chance the engine will be able to travel across the continental United States over 300 times without requiring a major overhaul. It also comes with the remote diagnostics found in the MX-11 to better ensure engine lifespan.
The MX-13 has eight variations, ranging in 405 horsepower to 510 horsepower, with peak torque ranging from 1450 to 1850 lb-ft.
The maintenance schedule is parallel to its smaller brother, the MX-11. Running it in the harshest conditions will require fuel and oil filter changes ever 30,000 miles, but normal use can up the range on these changes to 75,000 miles.
Bore X Stroke (MM): 30 x 162
B10 Design Life: 1,000,000 Miles
More details are available at the MX-13's specification PDF.
Transmission Types
PACCAR powertrains come with only one type of transmission.
12-Speed Automated
Built for MX engines but also compatible with the PX engines, the 12-Speed is extremely durable. PACCAR stands by their transmission with a five year, 750,000 mile warranty for the transmission and 3 year, 350,000 mile warranty for the clutch. It is made of durable aluminum to minimize weight.
Maintenance intervals are rare and simple. Simply change the transmission oil every 750,000 miles, and you're done! The clutch requires no maintenance.
Gears: 12 forward, 2 reverse
Lower cruise speed limit: 1100 RPM
Torque capacity: 1850 pound-feet
Oil capacity: 16 pints
System weight (transmission, clutch, and oil): 657 pounds
Maximum operating weight: 110000 pounds
PTO maximum operating weight: 8 bolt, bottom mount, 95 horsepower
Burnup protection: Oil pressure sensor
Transmission warranty: 5 years / 750,000 miles
Clutch warranty: 3 years / 350,000 miles
1st: 14.43
2nd: 11.05
3rd: 8.44
4th: 6.46
10th: 1.30
Reverse 1: 16.92
Overall: 18.85
For more details, check out its specification sheet.
Axle Types
PACCAR has two axle types based off weight rating: 20K and 40K.
20K Front Axle
Designed for vocational use, the 20k Front Axle is made from robust forged steel beams, giving it a lightweight design that increases fuel efficiency. Compatible with either front air disc brakes or drum brakes, the 20k Front Axle certainly has a place in your vocational operations.
Weight ratings: 20,000 and 22,000 pounds
Available with front suspensions rated from: 16,000-22,800 pounds
Warranty: 5 years / 750,000 miles
PACCAR has more information at the spec sheet.
40K Tandem Axle
PACCAR says this is the industry's "premier line haul axle." Its advanced design allows it to be lighter without compromising on efficiency; PACCAR says they saved 150 pounds through their methodology.
GCW: 80,000 pounds
GAWR: 40,000 pounds tandem
Ratio range: 2.47 to 3.70
Straight torque rating: 1,650 pound-feet
Multi-torque rating: 1,850 pound-feet
Here is the relevant spec sheet for the 40K Tandem Axle.
Two of the largest consistent expenses of trucking are diesel fuel and maintenance. Whichever of the two you dislike more, PACCAR has a powertrain solution for your truck(s) to reduce those expenses as low as possible.
PACCAR has researched extensively into reducing powertrain weight, insisting that a powertrain with an MX-13 engine saves 500 pounds in total. This, combined with the durability and lower maintenance intervals should reduce the twin expenses of fuel and maintenance to make PACCAR powertrains a worthy investment.
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Since last week Netflix is also available in Switzerland. The future has arrived one could say.
Not only gives this easy access to TV shows and movies but also is this access provided via IPv6.
Swiss providers are probably seeing quite an increase in IPv6 traffic this month.


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Q: Why is Class> preferred to Class If I declare a Class as a field:
Class fooClass;

Eclipse gives me the warning:

Class is a raw type. References to
  generic type Class should be
  parametrized

What does this mean in practice? and why am I urged to do it? If I ask Eclipse for a "quick fix" it gives me:
Class<?> fooClass;

which doesn't seem to add much value but no longer gives a warning.
EDIT: Why is Class generic? Could you please give an example of parameterization, i.e. could there be a valid use of something other than <?> ?
EDIT: WOW! I had not realized the depths of this. I have also watched the Java Puzzler and it's certainly scared me about the bear traps. So I will always use
Class<MyString> myStringClass = MyString.class;

rather than
Class myStringClass = MyString.class;

(But having used Java from day one, I didn't really notice when Class became generic);
NOTE: I have accepted @oxbow_lakes as this makes sense to me, but it is clearly a very complicated area. I would urge all programmers to use the specific Class<MyString> rather than Class. And Class<?> is much safer than Class.

A: Raw Types and Unbounded Wildcards
None of the previous answers have really addressed why you should prefer Class<?> over Class, as on the face of it, the former seems to offer no more information than the latter.
The reason is that, the raw type, i.e. Class, prevents the compiler from making generic type checks. That is, if you use raw types, you subvert the type-system. For example:
public void foo(Class<String> c) { System.out.println(c); }

Can be called thusly (it will both compile and run):
Class r = Integer.class
foo(r); //THIS IS OK (BUT SHOULDN'T BE)

But not by:
Class<?> w = Integer.class
foo(w); //WILL NOT COMPILE (RIGHTLY SO!)

By always using the non-raw form, even when you must use ? because you cannot know what the type parameter is (or is bounded by), you allow the compiler to reason about the correctness of your program more fully than if you used raw types.

Why have Raw Types at all?
The Java Language Specification says:

The use of raw types is allowed only as a concession to compatibility of legacy code

You should always avoid them. The unbounded wildcard ? is probably best described elsewhere but essentially means "this is parameterized on some type, but I do not know (or care) what it is". This is not the same as raw types, which are an abomination and do not exist in other languages with generics, like Scala.

Why is Class Parameterized?
Well, here is a use-case. Suppose I have some service interface:
public interface FooService

And I want to inject an implementation of it, using a system property to define the class to be used.
Class<?> c = Class.forName(System.getProperty("foo.service"));

I do not know at this point that my class, is of the correct type:
//next line throws ClassCastException if c is not of a compatible type
Class<? extends FooService> f = c.asSubclass(FooService.class);

Now I can instantiate a FooService:
FooService s = f.newInstance(); //no cast

A:
which doesn't seem to add much value
  but no longer gives a warning.

You're right. But this might add value:
Class<FooClass> fooClass;

or, if more appropriate:
Class<? extends FooClass> fooClass;

or
Class<FooInterface> fooClass;

As with generics in general, you can improve type safety by specifying what kind of class you want the variable to hold. The warning against raw types is just meant to catch pieces of code where this potential is not used. By declaring Class<?> you're basically saying "this is meant to hold any kind of class".

A: Because, since JDK 5, Class has now have parameterized type, which makes Class a generic object. This is necessary (since the introduction of Generics) for the compiler to do type checking (at compile time, of course).
Class<?> means a "class of unknown" where ? is a generics wildcard. It means a that fooClass of type Class<?> accepts a Class whose type matches anything.
Typical example:
Class<?> classUnknown = null;
classUnknown = ArrayList.class; //This compiles.

You can, effectively, provided a Parameterized Type to be more specific, e.g.:
Class<ArrayList> = ArrayList.class;

PS Bear in mind, that Class<List> listClass = ArrayList.class; won't compile (even though ArrayList is of List) but (as Mark Peters mentioned on the comment) Class<? extends List> listClass = ArrayList.class; does compile (thanks to the wildcard).

A: The Javadoc of the Class class does give some idea about why type parameters exist for this class:

T - the type of the class modeled by
  this Class object. For example, the
  type of String.class is Class<String>.
  Use Class<?> if the class being
  modeled is unknown.

The use of this type parameter is not so obvious, but a cursory look at the source code of the class, indicates why the type parameter is sometimes necessary. Consider the implementation of the newInstance method:
    public T newInstance()
        throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException
    {
    if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
        checkMemberAccess(Member.PUBLIC, ClassLoader.getCallerClassLoader());
    }
    return newInstance0();
    }

If one hasn't noticed, the type of the object returned by this method is that of the type parameter. This is useful in code that utilizes a lot of reflection, and where one would like to be extra careful to ensure that objects of the right type are being instantiated.
Considering the example in the question, if the class instance was instead declared as:
Class<String> fooClass;
Class<Integer> barClass;
String aString;

then, it is next to impossible to have the following code to compile:
aString = barClass.newInstance();

In short, if you're going to be working with class hierarchies and you wish to impose strict compile time checks to ensure that your code does not need to perform a lot of instanceof checks, then you're better off specifying the type of the class that you wish to utilize. Specifying ? allows all types, but there would be cases when you'll need to be more specific.

A: Because using raw types instead of parameterized types has many pitfalls.
One of which is that if a raw type is used, all generics on the class are lost. Even those defined per-method.

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Q: Meaning of "cite"
According to investigators, Brooks survived the shooting and say he was cited on two misdemeanor charges relating to the incident.

Does cited here mean he was asked to appear in the court? Or does it mean he was accused of the two misdemeanors? somebody was cited on something seems to be a very popular usage. But I'm not sure of its meaning.

A: According to the Cambridge Dictionary cite has several meanings, but the one you want is a specialised legal one -  to officially name or mention someone or something in a law court, or to officially request someone to appear in a court of law
You can be cited on a number of counts (here two) meaning the authorities are accusing Brooks of two offences.
Or you can be cited for one or more named offences, for example

Brooks was cited for drunkenness and littering.


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About 1 Percent of Anesthesiology Residents Have Substance Use Disorder: Study
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Slightly less than 1 percent of anesthesiology residents in the United States have a substance use disorder, according to a new study. The incidence of substance use has been increasing, and relapse rates are not improving, the researchers said.
The study followed 45,000 anesthesiology residents who began their training between 1975 and 2009, HealthDay reports. They found the overall rate of substance abuse was 0.86 percent. Rates were higher at the beginning of the study, and decreased between 1996 and 2002. They began rising again in 2003.
Twenty-eight anesthesiology residents died due to substance abuse during the study period. Among others who abused substances, 43 percent had at least one relapse over the following 30 years, and 11 percent died from a substance use disorder. The most commonly abused substances were intravenous opioids, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and anesthetics/hypnotics.
The findings are published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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próximoPrevalence of Cocaine Use in Brazil: Data from the II Brazilian National Alcohol and Drugs Survey (BNADS) (2)


A DEVASTATED family has been left with nothing after a blaze destroyed their home.
Flames ripped through the Bake family's Middlesbrough house - reducing it to a shell and leaving its contents in tatters.
Today, Paul and Sarah Bake tell how their lives have been turned upside down - and thank those who have helped them.
Paul was in the house, in Delamere Road, Park End, with Sarah's cousin Paul Taylor when the fire broke out - believed to have been caused by an electric meter.
The two men fled the house and then watched in horror as flames ripped through the semi-detached home on Saturday.
The stairs collapsed and the flames quickly spread through the Erimus Housing home.
The house had been specially adapted for Paul who was left disabled by a motorcycle accident.
The family's personal possessions, toys, games and clothes all perished in the fire.
Sarah had been at a Holy Communion celebration with children Leonie, 14, Ellie, 11, and TJ, one.
Another son Caine, nine, was swimming with friends, while disabled son Jamie, 18, was staying with grandparents.
The distraught family is now staying with Sarah's mum Susan until a new home can be found.
Sarah's children have all been left deeply upset by the fire.
The family has today thanked those who have helped them get over the disaster. Since news of the fire spread the couple have been inundated by generous donations from complete strangers.
"Everyone has been absolutely brilliant," Sarah added.
Middlesbrough Fire Station watch manager Martin Petrie said the blaze started in a cupboard under the stairs.
If anybody else would like to help out, Sarah can be contacted on 07866331160.


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Q: comparing two dataframes and finding what is missing from each dataframe in Python I am having two dataframes which have exact same data structure. I need to compare them to see if they have any difference in records due to any column value being different.
I am using below code to do it and it works perfectly to report if things tie or untie between these two dataframes.
df=pd.concat([df1, df2])
df = df.reset_index(drop=True)
df_gpby = df.groupby(list(df.columns))
idx = [x[0] for x in df_gpby.groups.values() if len(x) == 1]
if df.reindex(idx).empty:
    print('everything is good.')
else:
    print('things do not tie out')
    df.reindex(idx).to_csv('diff.csv', index=False)

Though diff.csv tells me what all is missing or is different, what it doesn't tell is which record belonged to which dataframe initially and which column values differ between the initial dataframes for a given record. Is there a way to somehow get this information in my final output ?
Sample dataframes.
   Name | Age| Gender
0| Naxi | 27 | Male
1| Karan| 25 | Male
2| Tanya| 27 | Female

   Name | Age| Gender
0| Naxi | 27 | Male
1| Tanya| 27 | Female
2| Karan| 24 | Male

output I want
   Name | Age| Gender | Dataframe
   Karan| 24 | Male   | df2
   Karan| 25 | Male   | df1

A: You can add 1 column to each dataframe and then ignore that column while dropping duplicates (after pd.concat).
df1['Dataframe'] = 'df1'
df2['Dataframe'] = 'df2'
df=pd.concat([df1, df2])
diff_df =  df.drop_duplicates(subset=['Name', 'Age', 'Gender'], keep=False)
print(diff_df)

Output -
    Name  Age Gender Dataframe
2  Karan   24   Male       df1
1  Karan   25   Male       df2

Index in the output will help you to locate the correct row in the initial dataframe.


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A contemporary reworking of this beautiful classic Morris design, with metallic ink effects, as seen in Tolkien (and in the dining room of Phantom Thread in the Slate/Thyme colourway).
An all over pattern of fruit and flowers in naturalistic colours against a dark background.


: Adults £10. Children (Age 3-12) £7.75. O.A.P/Students £9. Under 3's . Family Of 4 £33.50.
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Are We Truly A Global Community?
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Once again, great take. I've not participated in MIPIM but have worked closely enough with international firms to realize that we must think globally.
In fact, I would offer up that US brokerage compensation model will migrate towards a UK based compensation model. My crystal ball reads 8 years for the change. When you look at the changing demographic in the US coupled continuous technological advancements, it's not if our compensation will change but when will it change.
Tell JCG I said "Hey".
I was at MIPIM and, as usual, got a lot out of it. That said, MIPIM is not a global fair in spite of all the best French intentions. It's a regional, European, fair. It's heavily focused on networking – Expo Real in Munich in October is a better place to sit down and do business.
MIPIM is a natural place to go for people that are actually participating in the global community which you are since I'm watching you in Budapest, Hungary.
P.S. – I thought your sound was muddy today – you might try experimenting with a lapel mike.


There are more than 1 billion Facebook users—I'm one of them—and the reality is that all of us are test subjects for the website's not-so-grand experiments.
ŸIs there a better way to get users to watch videos or convince them to buy something? Is there anything to learn from where a user's cursor lands?
Facebook has done all of these tests—and likely hundreds more—in the past few months alone. And almost no user raised a peep.
But for one week in January 2012, nearly 700,000 Facebook users were part of a small A/B experiment: To see if changing a user's News Feed to show either a slightly high number of positive or negative status updates would affect their behavior.
We know this now because, in a first, Facebook published the results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It turns out that tweaking the News Feed algorithm had a mildly contagious effect on users, who were a bit more likely to post their own positive or negative status updates.
And the response to the study has been overwhelming—overwhelmingly negative for Facebook, that is.
"Anger Builds Over Facebook's Emotion-Manipulation Study," Colin Daileda reports at Mashable. "Even the Editor of Facebook's Mood Study Thought It Was Creepy," Adrienne LaFrance writes at The Atlantic.
Did Facebook mistreat its users?
The more interesting debate: Was it ethical?
And that question's struck a nerve, with passionate arguments on both sides.
Waldman adds that Facebook didn't sufficiently warn users that their data might be used for research; that acknowledgment is buried in the fine print of the company's Data Use Policy.
Manipulating a News Feed isn't so different from what Facebook does all the time, given its ongoing tests.
Many firms already experiment on customer behavior—in fact, the tactic is often celebrated—and this isn't necessarily a bad thing if it improves the product.
We shouldn't criticize Facebook for sharing its data and tests. We should celebrate its decision to share its findings.
Many critics are condemning Facebook because users weren't given "informed consent"—essentially, they didn't know that they were test subjects. Informed consent is a key element of clinical research studies, and an essential prerequisite if researchers are trying to get approval from an institutional review board.
Experimenting on people requires informed consent. That's not optional, even for [F]acebook…it doesn't matter how interesting you think the results are, they should have had informed consent from study participants. They broke the law.
Here's why that's not true: Even in a clinical study, informed consent can be waived if the risks of the study are minimal. And contrary to early reports, it turns out that Facebook didn't actually go through an institutional review board, according to Hill, which changes the need for informed consent in the first place.
1. Facebook users don't like being messed with: Facebook's algorithm-powered News Feed is no secret. But getting reminded that it's an artificial environment, where Facebook's software can radically customize your experience, can be unsettling—especially when it's revealed that a test involved provoking an emotional response.
2. The test potentially put users at risk: There's evidence that Facebook is already a depressing place to visit, and some critics say that making it a slightly more negative experience could have harmed vulnerable users.
"I wish someone were able to sue [Facebook] over this," New Yorker writer Emily Nussbaum tweeted. For example, "if it triggered any significant depressive behavior" in users, she added.
3. Mucking around with users' emotions goes against Facebook's mission:It's one thing if Facebook wanted to tweak the to sell. But the company wants to be more than an ordinary Web business—Facebook aspires to be like the plumbing of the Internet, a service that you use constantly without even thinking about it. And it's not ethical to intentionally turn off the hot water for some of your customers.
4. Media members feel threatened:Much of the negative response has been powered by journalists, but there's a potential subtext to their criticism, reporter Darius Tahir points out: Facebook's News Feed has become an essential tool for disseminating their work.
"It's media members who know how much power Facebook has over their publications and hence working lives," Tahir writes. And in theory, any change to the Facebook algorithm could be professionally troubling.
In response to the criticism, Facebook data scientist Adam Kramer put out a statement on Sunday, and perhaps the company will change its policy on testing in the future.
But let Facebook's study serve as a wake-up call: If you're actively surfing the Web, you're a high-tech lab rat. At least 15% of the top 10,000 websites conduct A/B testing at any given time, the MIT Technology Review reported earlier this year.
Facebook's just the only site to publish an academic paper about it.
Meanwhile, don't plan on the company to stop this sort of testing, no matter how loud the outcry over this study. There are too many business-driven reasons for Facebook to keep tweaking its platform and learning more about how its users respond to different triggers.
And if that concept bothers you—if you find Facebook's artificial environment somehow less friendly today than yesterday—there's a simple solution: Quit Facebook.


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Home The Politico APC and Asiwaju Tinubu, By Kola Amzat
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APC and Asiwaju Tinubu, By Kola Amzat
Akin Akinremi
Even Holy Bible, the book of life that authorizes human existence acknowledges that a prophet is never recognized in his home town. With awesomeness of Jesus Christ, consequent upon the sign and wonders continually on his trail everywhere he visited, his people, Jews, never believed he's the anointed one from heaven. They derided him. They embarrassed him and taunted his person. They climaxed their hatred for the heavenly anointed through his crucifixion on the cross of Calvary.
How much more the Nigerian statesman of note -Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Ahmed- who has the singular honor, of being the best identifier of human talent for leadership, our nation has ever produced. Without any iota of doubt, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the root, soul and heart of APC. He was the galvanizer who mobilized all the progressives across the land including our dear president under the same umbrella that sent packing government of PDP led by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan from Aso Villa after 16 years, a feat acknowledged by the global community as uncommon in African, the continent of sit tight leaders.
Not quite long after APC took over government at the center, some few elements gathered to mobilize resources to frustrate his influence at the seat of power and even, within the party hierarchical structure. What are their grouse? What are the Asiwaju offence? His insistence that there must be internal democracy within the party; that nobody regardless of status and political antecedent should be held out as bigger than the party; that any party member desirous of occupying position particularly, principal officers both at national and state levels must be endorsed by the party. He insisted that this is the hallmark and cardinal principle of progressive party. He further posited that nobody should be allowed to come from the blue to hijack leadership. His gospel of orderliness, normalcy, decorum, discipline and that, party members must be made to subordinate their personal interests to the overall interest of the party never went down well with the 'new arrivals' who are accustomed to cutting corners and gate crashing in their former parties. These elements ganged up and drew the battle line.
That's the point APC have been within the last two years. The party is factionalized at all levels. APC remain the only party without BOT. The Central Working Committee has not met for months. Elder John Oyegun, the national chairman has completely lost focus. He is obviously not in control. As incredible this might have sound, that's the naked truth! In the history of party politics in Nigeria, this is the very first time that a party with a clear majority at National Assembly is finding it absolutely difficult to implement programs promised the citizenry because its members have constituted themselves to opposition, blocking every good moves of the executive and creating barriers in ensuring many laudable programs of the government do not pass through them. What has been the lot of APC over the last 15 months have been 'All motion, no movement' simply because of intrigues, lack of discipline, petty jealousy, envy and strife. The truth is that it's an auspicious time for the major stakeholders within the party to reflect on this unsavory development before the rejuvenated PDP sweep us away from Aso Villa. Recall that PDP were in government for 16 years, a development which provided them platform to master power intrigues, fundamental of winning strategies and power dynamics. Even though they were outclassed and outfoxed by APC hurricane during the 2015 general elections resulting into multifaceted problems they went through, the recent Supreme Court verdict restoring back Sen. Makarfi as the caretaker chairman of the party has made them to regroup and become more stronger.
The notable and shrewd politicians who made them the talking point then, are still within their fold and are rearing to vigorously challenge APC in the race towards Aso Rock Villa comes 2019. They've men, they've resources, they know the terrain quite well, they've political blocs they could reactivate and reinvent any time. They also have tremendous networks. They only need to present credible, acceptable and visionary personality as their presidential candidate and before you call Jack Robinson, they are back again in Aso Rock! With the present state of APC, it's not assured that we've the necessary wherewithal with respect to, unity of purposes and togetherness, as well as political maneuvering to outwit them. APC is presently dismembered, disoriented and disorganized as a result of unnecessary bickering, power play and indiscipline as well as insubordination of few members, who feel they are too big for the party to be controlled.
PDP in their glorious days arrogantly boasted that they would be in power for 60 years. The end came not quite long after that pronouncement. We are hopeful that we would not go the way of PDP but the antidote not to make APC exiting prematurely from Aso Villa remains:
The party management MUST be returned to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who midwife the party in the first place. Despite the self-imposed challenges and barriers the party placed on itself, Jagaban has the Midas touch and capacity to reinvent, reposition, restructure and reengineer the party ahead of 2019 general election and even beyond. He is screwed. He is an acknowledged political tactician and strategist. He is a unique grass roots mobilizer, a bridge builder of repute and a talent identifier per excellence. Asiwaju is a reputable commander at political war fronts. He is tested and trusted having done it before both at national and state levels as well as local government level. I encourage all the stakeholders within the party to pause a little to reflect on this; of all leaders who collaborated to exit PDP from government, Asiwaju remains the only one without political office. While others were devilishly scheming, jostling and struggling for offices they are deserving and even, not deserving, Jagaban is the only one pre-occupied with building the party and its structures as well as ensuring that credible, resourceful, committed, visionary and loyal party members are either elected or appointed into positions of authority. That's the type of leader he is. That's the qualities he has, which made him the toast of every rational thinkers. A leader imbued with attributes of selflessness, statesmanship; that's Asiwaju of Lagos. Despite the gang up against him, it has not in any way affected his commitment, loyalty and massive contributions towards the growth and development of the party. It has not stopped him from criss crossing the nation in commissioning one project or the other he's been invited by state governors to commission. It has also not affected his 'think tank' role aimed for the party progress and development. Let's all the stakeholders swallow their pride and accord honor to whom it's due if we don't want APC to go of PDP.
Secondly, it's also important for stakeholders in the party to cultivate imbibing the political culture of internal democracy and party discipline if APC must move out of quagmire. Chief Obafemi Awolowo of blessed memory was an ardent apostle of internal democracy; a political model that propelled awesome development in political and socioeconomic spheres in the entire western region during his reign as premier. If a template is productive and developmental, what's stopping its adoption? Bola Tinubu, Pa Bisi Akande and quite a number of APC chieftains in the south west were all students of this model, so what's stopping us from borrowing from their experiences?
It's also germane that APC, should henceforth encourage massive involvement of youth in its affairs at all levels. In contemporary party politics, philosophy of 'generational shift' has become dominant. It's really not ideally for our party to continually parading politicians of yester years who obviously have passed their prime in critical and vital elective and appointed offices. The earlier the party has massive infusion of youth population in its fold the better for us and the nation. The face of political leadership is changing across the globe, our nation and by extension, our party must not be left behind.
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Stories: Review: Black Friday sales – what were they really like?
November 28 marked the official Black Friday this year, together with the subsequent Cyber Monday (December 1) forming the ultimate discount days in thousands of fashion (web) shops worldwide. In the US, the day after Thanksgiving traditionally marks the strongest day in retail all year but with countries all over the world trying to adapt these habits one has to ask: Are these official bargain days all just a big marketing balloon or do they really generate super sales to the participating shops? We collected some facts and statistics.
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Two much-loved brothers who never came home after being swept out to sea at St Annes
Muhammad Shabbir and Ali Shabbir were killed after being swept out to sea at St Annes in 2020
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Muhammad Azhar Shabbir (pictured left) and Ali Athar Shabbir (pictured right)
The death of two brothers who drowned after being swept out to sea and dragged underwater by a fast incoming tide at St Annes was accidental, a coroner has ruled.
A hearing at Blackpool Town Hall today heard how 18-year-old Muhammad Shabbir and Ali Shabbir, 16, had travelled from Yorkshire to Lytham St Annes with their family last summer.
Muhammad and Ali had been 'swept out to sea' while playing in the water with their 15-year-old cousin Hamza, said assistant coroner Andrew Cousins
"On August 15 in 2020 Ali and Muhammad came with their family for a day at the beach. At approximately 6pm the three began to get into difficulty in the water.
"Hamza managed to get back to the shore however both Ali and Muhammad were unable to escape and were swept out to sea."
Detective Inspector Kevin Simmons said the boys' struggle was witnessed by relatives and members of the public who saw the pair 'struggling in water up to their chests'.
"They got cut off by an incoming tide while playing in the sea," he said.
"Although they appeared to be in shallow water it encroached behind them.
"Hamza made it to the shore but Muhammad and Ali continued to struggle in the water which was coming up to their chests. They were then dragged from view beneath the sea."
Lifeboat crews, the Coastguard, police and members of the public spent 17 hours searching for the boys.
However, at around 4pm the next day the bodies of Muhammad and Ali, who both had 'limited swimming ability', were found approximately a mile away from where they were last seen.
A post mortem examination confirmed the brothers had both drowned.
DI Simmons revealed that the high and low tide times, printed on a sign nearby to where the Shabbir family parked, were 'out of date'.
"The schedule was out of date and didn't show the current high and low tide times," he said.
"The person responsible (at the local authority) had been off on a period of leave and the task hadn't been allocated."
A police investigation later revealed that updated signs were put up on August 18 - two days after Muhammad and Ali were found dead.
The coroner asked DI Simmons about the nature of the tides around St Anne's as well as the landscape of the beach.
"From personal experience, with it being such a flat beach, it does come in quite rapidly," he added.
The boys' mum, Tasleem Shabbir, revealed she had warned them about not going too far out. She had been sat about a mile away from the water with the younger children.
"Mr Shabbir asked you if you thought they were too far away and you said you warned them several times," the coroner said to her.
"You tried to attract their attention but were unable to do so… by this point the water was at their waists and had been at their ankles, in the space of about a minute."
"It was very fast, very fast," Mrs Shabbir replied.
Mrs Shabbir said she had 'not noticed any signs or warning signs' about the water or the tides.
Dad Talat Shabbir, who runs a mail order firm from the family home in Clarke Street, Dewsbury, said he called 999 when the boys were seen struggling in the water but 'didn't think they would be able to reach the area in time'.
Mr Shabbir echoed his wife's concerns about the lack of signage at the beach. He told the coroner he had been to 'many beaches' and St Anne's was 'the first we had been to where they had no signs'.
"I was surprised, it's such a large public place and I thought there would be more signs," he added.
Dr Amjad Kapadi visited St Annes with his wife, son, sister and mother on the same day as the Shabbir family.
The Blackburn GP had gone for a walk in the early evening of August 15 and said it took 'a good 25 minutes' to get to the water's edge from the promenade.
"The water came in quite quickly and it was very silent too," he said.
"It was my wife and my mum who realised something was developing, a young lad (Hamza) had come back from the water, quite distressed almost like he was having a panic attack," Dr Kapadi said.
"He was wet and drenched… I advised him to take his clothes off to warm him up because he had been in the water for some time and he might get hypothermia."
Joshua Nawab, who described himself as a 'confident swimmer', was also at the beach at St Anne's on August 15.
He and his friend were headed back to the sea, for one last swim, at around 6.30pm when they were approached by Mr Shabbir at the water's edge.
Mr Nawab spent around 15 minutes trying to find and rescue Muhammad and Ali but was unable to do so.
After a lunch break the inquest heard from RNLI station officer Paul Little who is based at Lytham.
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Mr Little explained that when the call came in to the coastguard at 7.08pm the voluntary RNLI crew were returning from the last of five callouts in the Blackpool area. The crew arrived at St Anne's Pier at 7.16pm.
"Generally speaking it's a very, very safe beach," Mr Little said.
"We have never had an incident like this previously. There are occasions when people get cut off… it's a regular occurrence in Blackpool… but not in the location where this happened."
Mr Little, a station officer of nine years, explained that as a 'flatter beach' it was unusual for people to get cut off by the tide at Lytham compared to Blackpool where the tide often comes in along a gully between a person and the shore.
Lisa Foden, parks and coastal services manager at Fylde Borough Council, said new procedures for ensuring tide timetables were updated had been introduced following the deaths of Muhammad and Ali.
New signs are also set to be installed at prominent entrance points to the beach as part of a safety programme launched before the events of August 15.
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"A risk assessment was carried out (before the deaths) and we felt additional safety signage was required," she added.
"The council is also investing in excess of £80,000 for new and additional signage."
The new signs, including one at the point where the Shabbir family entered the beach, will include information about emergency contacts and advice about tidal patterns and sandbanks.
Mrs Shabbir said she would have been unable to see the sign at the toilet block on the pier as it was 'surrounded by people'.
"Maybe change the locations," she added.
Ian Curtis, head of governance at Fylde Borough Council, accepted that the tide timetables displayed were out-of-date.
"That shouldn't have been the case," he said.
However, Mr Curtis said he did not accept the incorrect timetable contributed to the deaths, and added: "The deaths were a tragic accident but an accident plain and simple."
Giving a conclusion of accidental death the coroner said that Muhammad and Ali had been 'lulled into a false sense of security' by the landscape of the beach.
"The incoming tide had advanced very rapidly and the presence of the gullies and sandbars had lulled Muhammad and Ali into a false sense of security and they were unaware of the depth of the water," he said.
"Sadly they both got into difficulty and were unable to escape from the sea."
Mr Cousins added that he did not feel his 'duties in relation to prevention of future deaths had been engaged' and was satisfied by the changes brought in by Fylde Borough Council and the planned new signs.
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Women Whose Partners are Problem Drinkers Studied
Women whose partners are problem drinkers are the focus of a clinical trial being conducted by principal investigator Robert G. Rychtarik, PhD, senior research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry.
"If a woman's husband or live-in boyfriend is an alcoholic, that's not just his problem — it's a problem for his wife or girlfriend, too. Our research program is designed to reduce stress for these women, help their marriages and relationships, and help them improve their lives. "
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The Stop Spinning My Wheels project is part of a two-pronged research and treatment initiative designed to evaluate different methods of providing support and counseling to women with alcohol-dependent partners while at the same time helping participants to hone their coping skills.
"If a woman's husband or live-in boyfriend is an alcoholic, that's not just his problem — it's a problem for his wife or girlfriend, too," Rychtarik says. "Our research program is designed to reduce stress for these women, help their marriages and relationships, and help them improve their lives."
Rychtarik and his colleagues are currently recruiting women from across New York State to participate in the confidential, secure online program, which is offered at no charge.
"The name of the research comes from a common feeling experienced by a woman whose partner has a drinking problem," says Rychtarik, who is also a senior research scientist at UB's Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA). "She tries everything she can to get him to stop drinking, but she is getting nowhere. She feels she is just spinning her wheels."
Negative Consequences for Partners
The program is designed exclusively for women because researchers say that is where the greatest need is. According to Rychtarik, an estimated 7.7 million people in the United States are living with a partner with a drinking problem. Of these, about 73 percent are women living with a male partner. In all, estimates suggest about one in 20 adult women in the U.S. are married or living with a partner with an alcohol use disorder.
"This is a hidden and underserved population," Rychtarik says, noting that there is currently limited professional help designed for people living with a problem drinker. "With the added stress of COVID-19 and increased unemployment, we've seen a rise in the number of women who are interested in getting help."
Living with an alcohol-dependent partner has several negative impacts, Rychtarik says.
"There is an increasing body of research that shows that women with an alcoholic partner experience significant emotional distress that arises directly from problems brought on by the partner's drinking," he says. "They show an increased risk of medical and mental health concerns. There are also increased health care costs."
Rychtarik says women in this circumstance often refrain from seeking help, or do so secretly, because they:
fear retribution if the spouse finds out
don't want to damage the family structure
don't want to face stigmatization
In addition, he says, there are institutional and socioeconomic barriers that discourage these women from seeking help, and when they do seek help, newer, empirically tested services are out of their reach. That is why novel delivery models, such as easily accessible, inexpensive (or no-cost) web-based programs, are needed.
280 Women Recruited Since Program Launch
Stop Spinning My Wheels is designed to provide participants with the coping skills they need to lower their stress levels, improve their quality of life, maintain their safety, and possibly give them tools to help motivate their partner to stop or cut back on alcohol consumption.
Rychtarik and his colleagues hope to recruit 450 women from across New York State to participate in the program. About 280 have been recruited since the program launched in October 2019. Recruitment is currently projected to extend through January 2021.
Study participants can complete the confidential, online program at their own pace, from their own home or another location they choose. Program materials consist of videos, readings and interacting with the Stop Spinning My Wheels website. Participants also will take part in research interviews and complete online questionnaires periodically over the course of 15 months.
Prospective study subjects first go through a five-minute online or telephone screening. Eligible women will then be contacted for a telephone interview with a research assistant from UB. If the project is deemed appropriate for them and they agree to participate, they will be randomly sorted into one of three groups.
Women in the first group will work through the self-contained, online educational materials on their own. The second group will use the same self-paced materials but will also receive telephone coaching as needed. The third group will be given a collection of online readings that has been derived from internet searches.
All participants will be assessed five times. They are:
before they start the 12-week program
halfway through the program
at the completion of the program
six months after program completion
one year after program completion
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The program is provided at no charge, and participants will be paid for the time they spend in research interviews.
The research is being conducted by the CRIA in collaboration with Brian Danaher, PhD, research professor and senior research scientist at the University of Oregon Prevention Science Institute.
Christopher G. Barrick, PhD, research assistant professor of family medicine, research associate professor in the School of Nursing and senior research scientist at the CRIA, is a co-investigator.
Neil B. McGillicuddy, PhD, another senior research scientist at the CRIA, is also a co-investigator.
The program is funded by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Women who are living with a partner who has a drinking problem can learn more at the program's website, StopSpinningMyWheels.org, or by calling 716-887-2484 or 1-800-679-3010.
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