To get started, you must first complete the Home Equity Foreclosure Questionnaire. After completing and submitting the questionnaire, we will schedule a FREE courtesy 30 minutes consultation and discuss your options in the funds recovery process. Thereafter, if hired, the HEPS team will diligently and expeditiously pursue the successful recovery of any and all excess funds belonging to you. CALL: 206.686.1070 or 800.225.1965 to speak with a home equity recovery consultant. You must first complete and submit the online home equity foreclosure questionnaire prior to scheduling your FREE consultation.
If you or a family member has received a letter from Home Equity Protection Services (HEPS), that means you have excess foreclosure funds waiting to be claimed. And even if you did not receive a letter yet previously suffered a foreclosure, you may be entitled to excess equity funds as well. Yes, even though your home was foreclosed by either your mortgage company or your state, you are still entitled to any excess funds that may be in their possession as a result of the equity you had built in your home. Surplus funds are determined by subtracting the outstanding mortgage balances from the sale price paid by the highest bidder, including any fees and penalties incurred. In simple terms, surplus funds are the difference between the selling price and the outstanding balance.
The process of recovering surplus funds from foreclosure can be confusing. Because lenders are of no assistance in this situation, most consumers are left with no guidance on how to proceed. Unfortunately, neither your mortgage company nor the state is required to immediately cut you a check for the balance you are due and owed after all arrears have been paid. They are only required to send a letter to your last known address notifying you of the funds. This practice is useless because the foreclosed homeowner never gets the letter having already been evicted and residing at a new address. Additionally, to recover these funds involves filing a court action, which can be terrifying for most people.
HOW LONG ARE THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE? It depends on the jurisdiction wherein the funds are located. If the funds are not claimed within a certain number of years, the state may exercise the right of escheat. That means that because no one timely claimed the funds, they revert and become the property of the state. Our goal is to help make sure that does not happen to you. For an example of home equity "Surplus Funds" that have not been claimed in the State of Washington CLICK HERE.
- YOU ONLY PAY A FINDERS FEE AFTER RECOVERY IS SUCCESSFUL!
Because every case is unique, some funds are easier to locate and recover than others. As you are always welcome to try and locate and recover these funds yourself, you will probably discover like most of our clients that such a task is easier said than done. Some variables may include locating a spouse, filing public notice, effectuating service of process on the proper parties, etc. That's why securing an asset recovery consultant that understands the administrative and judicial process might be a much more plausible solution.
ASSET BUYOUT: We offer an Asset Buyout program wherein once the assets are located, we notify and provide full disclosure of the value of the asset and we make a buyout offer and assume all the risk of recovery. You enjoy immediate payment and release all interest in the assets while we attempt recovery. Regardless of the recovery outcome, you are not required to return the advanced payment received from HEPS.
SPLIT DONATION RECOVERY: Many asset recovery consultants will not pursue funds with too low of a dollar amount because it is simply not cost effective. Because HEPS would prefer ALL funds be returned to the rightful owner and not stuck in state or federal coffers, we developed a program wherein you assign the assets and interest to HEPS and we will donate 50% of the recovered amount less our administrative cost to the Home Equity Protection Defense Fund set up to fight foreclosures on behalf of our members. We believe in karma and that one should never let greed overcome reason and we practice this philosophy through our actions.
LOW VALUE UNCLAIMED ASSETS: The value of some assets may appear too small to recover and the Client may choose to leave those assets in the possession of the government or other business entity. Regardless, HEPS may work with you to buyout these assets giving you immediate access to those funds. Whatever the case may be, we would much rather those assets be returned to you or directed to a person or family member for your choosing and will work with you to accomplish your goal.
In every instance the HEPS team will strive to bring you real results with little to no effort on your part. Your participation in helping process your claim although very limited, is paramount in effectuating a successful equity funds recovery. Remember, if you have received a letter, we have already located funds belonging to you in the amount stated in the letter. Come work with us to recover the equity funds for which you are entitled and avoid suffering a total loss. Call now and discover for yourself how quickly we can have your unclaimed funds in your immediate possession.


If you've been living under a rock, then there's a chance you may not have heard that The Twilight Zone is coming back in a big way. Part of the move involves being executive produced and hosted by Jordan Peele. And if you didn't happened to switch on the Super Bowl, then you may have missed the following.
Out of all the possible reboots to happen recently, this is the one that has the biggest chance of connecting with people. Not only will there be several new tales to be told, but Peele is going back to the well, letting a few directors re-imagine classic episodes. It's the best of both worlds and we couldn't be more excited. Speaking of which, if you missed it earlier in the week, CBS showed off the new intro for the show, featuring Peele's voice.
Are you excited for more The Twilight Zone? Do you sign up to watch just about anything involving Jordan Peele these days? What's your favorite episode of the original series? Let us know down in the comment section. The series premieres on April 1st, giving you plenty of time to decide if you're ready to sign up for CBS All Access.


Hey everyone! These are just a few things I got some time ago on the BH Cosmetics website, and I thought I would share with you all. I am not sure how much of it is still available though.
They were in different purchses from the site, but I thought I would tell you about them anyway. Items include the Missy Lynn Palette, a skin primer, and a lipstick among other things.
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London's First Clothing-Optional Restaurant Has a Waiting List of Over 15,000
By Sumitra onApril 22nd, 2016 Category: News
A pop up restaurant in London is making waves nearly two months before its grand opening, thanks to its controversial 'clothing optional' policy. The Bunyadi, which all set to open in June for three months, will have two separate 'clothed' and 'unclothed' sections for patrons to choose from.
"The idea is to experience true liberation," said Seb Lyall, founder of Lollipop, the company behind the venture. "People should get the chance to enjoy and experience a night out without any impurities: no chemicals, no artificial colors, no electricity, no gas, no phone, and even no clothes if they wish to. We have worked very hard to design a space where everything patrons interact with is bare and naked." And of course, the staff will be in the nude as well, with certain body parts strategically covered up.
The unconventional dining concept has proved so popular that over 15,000 people have already signed up to be on the waiting list through the restaurant's website.

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I have videos on Vimeo and articles (blog) on my website. I would like to have videos viewable from the app and articles (blog) readable. Plus I would a section for users to buy videos from my website, or maybe the app, depending on the cost. I would also like to know to do update the videos and articles myself or if I can have certain web pages that I can update that would automatically link to the app.


Two hundred end users and OEMs will purchase 75 percent of all the fabric filters and replacement bags in the next ten years. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in N021 World Fabric Filter and Element Market.
One hundred twenty-six companies will account for over 60 percent of the fabric filter system purchases in 2015 and over 50 percent of the purchases over the next ten years. The discrepancy between the concentration in one year and the concentration over time is that certain companies e.g. Eskom will buy a disproportionate quantity of filters in one year. The following analysis includes 50 cement companies, 50 power companies, 10 mining companies, 10 chemical companies and 6 steel companies. When another 24 steel and chemical companies are added, the total is 150 companies which will purchase over 60 percent of the systems and bags over the next ten years. An additional 50 companies will purchase another 15 percent bringing the total to 200 companies accounting for 75 percent of the total.
The following chart shows purchases by individual companies and groups. The list is ranked by 2015 contribution to purchases. The largest individual purchaser is Eskom with 10 percent of the system purchases. Some small long range purchasers rank high on the 2015 list due to large one time projects. Colorado Springs Utility and Essar Steel are examples (not shown in the extract below). The importance of the onetime purchasers is much less in the bag segment than in total systems.
Relatively few power companies are among the top purchasers in 2015 but many are among the top potential purchasers. McIlvaine is tracking large conversions of precipitators to fabric filters. If all the coal-fired power plants converted to fabric filtration, the investment would be $80 billion just for the hardware and over $200 billion for the installed systems. The systems would clean 8 billion cfm of flue gas and would require 4 billion square feet of filter bags. The challenge is to determine how fast and how much capacity will switch. The market will be driven by the regulations in each country. McIlvaine is assessing the effect and timing of these regulations and is adjusting its forecasts continually.


The pyrotechnics will be strictly musical when Canadian pianist Angela Cheng joins the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra (ASO) for the first concerts of the 2014-15 season entitled "Opening Night Fireworks." On October 17 and 18, Music Director José-Luis Novo will lead the orchestra's first performances in the newly renovated auditorium at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
These Lexus Classic Series concerts beginning at 8:00pm each evening will be preceded at 5:30pm by a gala Opening Night Celebration and followed by a champagne and dessert reception. Tickets for the concert and the party are on sale online at www.annapolissymphony.org , by calling 410-263-0907 or in person at the ASO's office 801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401.
First on the program is Music for the Royal Fireworks by George Frideric Händel followed by Manuel de Falla's impressionistic tone poem Nights in the Gardens of Spain with Angela Cheng as soloist. After the intermission the concerts will conclude with Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable" by Denmark's greatest composer Carl Nielsen.
Consistently praised for her brilliant technique, tonal beauty and superb musicianship, Ms. Cheng is one of her country's national treasurers. In addition to regular guest appearances with Canadian orchestras, she has performed with many of the leading American ensembles. She was a Gold Medalist in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition as well as the first Canadian to win the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition.
During the 2014-15 season, Maestro Novo and the ASO will present "Music of the Great War," and both Nights in the Gardens of Spain and "The Inextinguishable" symphony are products of the period 1914 – 1918. Spanish composer Manuel de Falla's piece for orchestra and piano soloist depicts three gardens and incorporates elements of Andalusian regional folk music. The orchestral writing is lush and the piano part is elaborate, brilliant and eloquent, but rarely dominates.
The ASO's inaugural Opening Night Celebration consists of a pre-concert cocktail party and a post-concert champagne reception under a festively decorated tent in front of Maryland Hall. Patrons will enter on a red carpet to enjoy bountiful gourmet hors d'oeuvres including an oyster bar. Guests will also enjoy a liquor infused tea-bar courtesy of Capital Teas and a celebration-themed signature cocktail by Lexus.
The party will begin at 5:30pm, on both Friday October 17 and Saturday October 18. A trumpet fanfare will call the audience into the concert hall at 8:00pm for a program titled "Opening Night Fireworks." Following the concert, guests will return to a lounge-style reception to enjoy champagne, tea cocktails, desserts, and the opportunity to mingle with Maestro Novo, Angela Cheng and members of the orchestra.
In addition to the Baltimore/Annapolis Lexus Dealers, corporate sponsors for the Opening Night Celebration include PNC Wealth Management, Baldwin, Kagan & Gormley, One North Wealth Services, M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust, Fidelity Investments, West Annapolis Family Dentistry and Rockwell Collins. Media sponsors include Comcast and What's Up? Media.
Guests may choose to attend either Friday or Saturday night, and concert tickets must be purchased separately. Attire for the evening is "black tie optional." Event tickets are $150 per person. Concert tickets range in price from $35 to $60 and $10 per seat for students. Tickets are available online at www.annapolissymphony.org, by calling the ASO at 410-263-0907 or by visiting the office in Room 204 at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.


The Life and Death of Charlie Poole - Smith, Walter "Kid"
Life Gets Teejus [Don't It] - Robison, Carson J.
Lifeline [Me III-E 65] - Ufford, Edwin S.
Light at the River - Story, Carl/Brewster, B.
Light on the Distant Shore - Jackson, W.
Lightly Row (Parody) - Eldridge, H. C.
The Lightning Express [Me II-I34] - Helf, J./Moran, R. P.
Like a Monkey Likes Cocoanuts - Riechner, S. Bickley/Boland, Clay A.
Like Noah's Weary Dove - Muhlenberg, William A./Handel, George F.
Lilies Grow High - Jones, S.
Lillie/Lily Dale [Me II-F 1] - Thompson, H. S.
Lilly Dale [Me II-F 1] - Thompson, H. S.
Lilly White - Herman, N.
Lily of the Valley [Me III-E 49] - Fry, Charles W.
Lime Hill - MacDonald, Dan R.
Lime Street Blues - Gregory, W. L.
Lincoln Hoss and Stephen A.
Lincoln Quadrille [Polka Mazurka] - Porter, James W.
Lincoln Quadrille (Waltz) - Porter, James W.
Lindsay's Lament - Lindsay, A.
Lindy [Me II-Y 85] - Allen, Thomas S.
Linger in Blissful Repose - Foster, Stephen C.
The Lion and the Lamb - Arkin, D. And A.
Lisa Makes Appointments - Taylor, James M.
Lisbon - I - Chandler, Henry F.


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Q: Accessing assets from public folder,inside a view(Laravel) I cannot access assets in my view.
Here is my code.
 $mail->addAttachment(asset($file), 'receiptFile', 'base64', 'application/octet-stream');

The browser shows the following error:

Could not access file:
  http://localhost/receiptGenerator2/public/5a46187d954de.png Message
  could not be sent.Mailer Error: Could not access file:
  http://localhost/receiptGenerator2/public/5a46187d954de.png ------

As you can see the path to the file was successfully located.
If Laravel can find the file,why is it showing the error.

A: Please try that way
Use asset and give image name and if file is any folder than give {{ asset('folder_name/image_name') }}
{{ asset('5a46187d954de.png') }}

Its generate  http://localhost/receiptGenerator2/public/5a46187d954de.png

A: Try this:
->attach(
   public_path('receiptGenerator2/public/5a46187d954de.png'), [
   'as' =>"attachment.png" ,
   'mime' => 'application/octet-stream',
]);

Source: https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/mail#attachments
Edit: Since you're using phpmail this should do the trick
 $mail->addAttachment(public_path($file), 'receiptFile', 'base64','application/octet-stream');

Mail requires the full path, yes you can open the file from that url from the browser but the phpmailer attempts to access  http://localhost/receiptGenerator2/public/5a46187d954de.png in your disk, so it tries to get the file from /var/www/html/project/ http://localhost/receiptGenerator2/public/5a46187d954de.png which is not valid.

A: As the docs for addAttachment() say, the first parameter must be a local file system path; it will not work if you give it a URL. PHPMailer isn't an HTTP client - there are many other functions and libraries to help with that, so use them if you need to fetch something from a remote URL to use as an attachment. You should not be using localhost URLs for local resources anyway as it's unnecessarily inefficient.

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Suzaku What's New
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The Suzaku Mission
(formerly Astro-E2)
Suzaku is Japan's fifth X-ray astronomy mission, and was developed at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA) in collaboration with U.S. (NASA/GSFC, MIT) and Japanese institutions. Suzaku covers the energy range 0.2 - 600 keV and its operational scientific payload includes two co-aligned instruments. The X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) consists of four imaging CCD cameras (three working) sensitive in the 0.2-12.0 keV band, each located at the focal plane of a dedicated X-ray telescope (XRT). The second is a non-imaging, collimated Hard X-ray Detector (HXD) sensitive in the 10-600 keV band. Suzaku also carries a third instrument, an X-ray micro-calorimeter (X-ray Spectrometer; XRS), but the XRS lost all of its cryogen before routine scientific observations could begin.
After supplying key flight hardware, Goddard's current role is operating the U.S. Suzaku Guest Observer Facility (GOF). The GOF is located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and is part of the Office of General Investigator Programs (OGIP) in the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD).
The primary responsibility of the U.S. Suzaku GOF is to enable U.S. astronomers to make the best use of the Suzaku mission. To fulfill this responsibility, the Suzaku GOF staff performs such activities as supporting the U.S. side of the Suzaku proposal selection process, distributing usable data to U.S. Guest Observers, helping Guest Observers to analyze their data, and creating the mission archive.
In addition to the tasks listed above, the U.S. Suzaku GOF activities include the development of software, the compilation and production of documentation for that software, and the provision of expert help. All of the U.S. Suzaku GOF's activities involve close collaboration with the Japanese Suzaku team.
Suzaku has produced an abundance of results from a wide variety of cosmic X-ray sources. Prominent recent examples:
A comprehensive analysis of all supernova remnants (SNRs) observed by Suzaku shows the ionization state of iron in SNRs arising from thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae are systematically lower than that in SNRs from core-collapse explosions. This difference arises from the fact that core-collapse remnants expand into a denser local medium, significantly altered by pre-supernova mass loss, and provides the cleanest way of distinguishing the two types of remnant.
Suzaku observations show that gas flowing out at a quarter the speed of light from the central supermassive back hole in the Ultraluminous Infared Galaxy IRAS F11119+3257 is physically connected to a molecular outflow at a large distance from the nucleus. The total mass removal rate of ~800 solar masses is sufficient to stifle star formation near the center of the galaxy.
Suzaku detected a substantial abundance of the rare metals Mn and Ni in the spectrum of the thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernova remnant 3C 397. Only so-called "single degenerate" explosion scenarios can produce the high density needed in the progenitor core to synthesize these metals. As the "double-degenerate" scenario accounts for much of the phenomenology in other Type Ia supernovae and their remnants, this result suggests the existence of multiple Type Ia progenitor channels.
New xisrmfgen Released (24 Oct 2018)
A new version of xisrmfgen, which includes a different model of the Si K edge region of Suzaku XIS, has been released with HEASoft 6.25 together with a new set of quantum efficiency CALDB files.
Scientific Mission of Suzaku Declared Complete (28 Aug 2015)
JAXA has announced that it is abandoning its heroic effort to recover Suzaku, and declared the mission complete.
Recovery Effort for Suzaku After Communication Failure (19 Jun 2015)
Communication with Suzaku has become intermittent since June 1, preventing normal operations. Recovery effort continues.
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Американо-филиппинские отношения — двусторонние дипломатические отношения между США и Филиппинами.

История
В 1896 году на Филиппинах начались массовые восстания против испанского владычества. Восставшие филиппинцы нашли поддержку в правительстве США. Руководство Соединённых Штатов пообещало филиппинскому народу оказать помощь в борьбе с Испанской империей. В апреле 1898 года США начали вести боевые действия против Испании, под предлогом помощи восставшим националистам Кубы, Филиппин и Пуэрто-Рико. Испания, которая держала под своим покровительством эти страны с XVI века, проиграла войну. 12 июня 1898 года Филиппины провозгласили свою независимость от Испании (ровно за 2 месяца до окончания испано-американской войны). Однако, США не признали независимость Филиппин и 10 декабря 1898 года американское правительство осуществило покупку у Испании Филиппин за 20 млн. долларов США. Филиппины оказались под покровительством США, что вызвало недовольство среди филиппинских республиканцев.

Непосредственным поводом к началу войны между США и Филиппинами послужил инцидент, произошедший ночью 4 февраля 1899 года на Сан-Хуановском мосту, близ Манилы. Американский солдат застрелил филиппинца, который проник на военную базу США. Солдат пытался остановить филиппинца, но тот не знал английского языка, что и привело к трагическим последствиям. Война обошлась Соединённым Штатам в сумму около 600 млн долларов США. В 1935 году Филиппины получили статус автономии и стали зависимой территорией США. В 1946 году Филиппинам была окончательно предоставлена независимость.

До недавнего времени американо-филиппинские отношения были основаны на прочных исторических и военных связях, а также на приверженности демократии и соблюдения прав человека. Соединённые Штаты считали Филиппины одним из основных не входящих в НАТО союзников. В 2011 году была подписана Манильская декларация, которая подтвердила положения договора Американо-филиппинской взаимной обороны 1951 года, устанавливающего основы для надежного и сбалансированного партнёрства между странами.

Президент Филиппин Родриго Дутерте, пришедший к власти 30 июня 2016 года, заявил о повороте страны от США в сторону Китая и России.

Дипломатические отношения
Посольство США находится в Маниле, консульство — в Себу. Филиппины имеет посольство в Вашингтоне и несколько консульств на территории США.

Отношения при Дутерте

С приходом к власти президента Дутерте, отношения с США стали ухудшаться. С началом президентства Дутерте в стране начались массовые убийства наркодилеров. В ответ на критику от Барака Обамы 5 сентября 2016 года перед началом саммита АСЕАН восточноазиатских и мировых государственных лидеров в Лаосе Дутерте эмоционально заявил:Ты должен проявить уважение. Не нужно делать заявления и кидаться пустыми вопросами. [Далее по-тагальски] Выблядок, я прокляну тебя на этом форуме!

Чуть позже пресс служба президента Дутерте извинилась за его слова
Также он сказал, что Филиппины — это независимая страна, а не колония США, и потому президента этой страны никто не может критиковать (Обама хотел обсудить массовые убийства в Филиппинах с Дутерте и другими лидерами стран на саммите). На следующий день Обама отменил встречу с Дутерте.
В этот же день Дутерте извинился перед Обамой:

Я не хочу ссориться с ним. Он сильнейший президент любой страны в мире.

Также, он сказал, что сожалеет о том, что его слова вызвали бурную реакцию в мире, и что сказанное им не было личным нападением на президента США.

После того как Дональд Трамп стал президентом в результате президентских выборов в США в ноябре 2016 года, Дутерте заявил о прекращении противостояния между странами.

Военные соглашения
По соглашению 1947 года США содержали крупную военно-воздушную базу на острове Лусон до ноября 1991 года и военно-морской комплекс в Субик-Бей до ноября 1992 года.

С 1998 года был подписан ряд соглашений о военном сотрудничестве по борьбе с бедностью, терроризмом и торговлей наркотиками. Ежегодно проводятся совместные военные учения; в апреле 2016 года прошли 32-е по счёту десятидневные учения. Однако 28 сентября 2016 года новый президент Дутерте заявил, что это будут последние учения в срок его президентства.

В ходе визита в Манилу министра обороны США Ллойда Остина 9 февраля 2023 года, страны достигли договоренности о возобновлении совместно патрулирования Южно-Китайского моря. Патрулирование было приостановлено в 2016 году по инициативе Родриго Дутерте, который занимал пост президента Филиппин в указанный период.

Экономические отношения
В 2016 году объём товарооборота между странами составил сумму 25 млрд долларов США. Соединённые Штаты являются одним из крупнейших иностранных инвесторов в экономику Филиппин и третьим по величине торговым партнером этой страны. Импорт США из Филиппин: полупроводниковые устройства и компьютерные детали, автомобильные запчасти, электротехника, текстиль и одежда, пшеница и корм для животных, а также кокосовое масло. Экспорт США на Филиппины: оборудование, крупы, электротехника и транспортное оборудование.

Для борьбы с последствиями природных катастроф (например тайфуном Хайян в 2013 году) за последнее десятилетие США предоставили в качестве помощи более 143 миллионов американских долларов.

Диаспора и туризм
В США проживает примерно четыре миллиона американцев филиппинского происхождения, а на Филиппинах постоянно проживает более 220 000 граждан США. По оценкам, около 650 000 американских туристов посещает Филиппины каждый год.

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Miss Kiara Kaur Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Gets Included By World Book Of Records – London For Being The Youngest Tedx Speaker In The World At The Age Of 05 Years Old
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DUBAI: Miss Kiara Kaur of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates gets included by World Book of Records – London for being the youngest Tedx Speaker in the world at the age of 05 years old. H.E. Sheikh Awad Mohammad Sheikh Mogrin & Dr. Jitendra Matlani (President – World Book of Records – Dubai) bestowed the certificate to Miss Kiara Kaur at Palace of H.E. Sheikh Awad Mohammad Sheikh Mogrin in the presence of many high profile dignitaries along with Kiara's parents. Miss Kiara Kaur gave a nine minute speech on a virtual episode of TEDx, She Shared her"Inspirational Journey" from the age of one year, till she made it to the World Book of Records at the age of four for reading 36 books nonstop for an hour and 45 minutes. This was informed by Shri Santosh Shukla, Supreme Court, Advocate (President, World Book of Records). On being felicitated by the World Book of Records, London, Miss Kiara Kaurof Abu Dhabi was congratulated by Mr. Wilhelm Jezler (Head WBR Europe), Shri Santosh Shukla, Supreme Court, Advocate (President, World Book of Records), Dr. Jitendra Matlani (President, WBR – Dubai) along with Central Working Committee of World Book of Records.


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Home ENTERTAINMENT ABC's 'How To Get Away With Murder' to end after next season
ABC's 'How To Get Away With Murder' to end after next season
It will be case closed next season for "How to Get Away with Murder," with the show's upcoming sixth season to be its last.
The series and its star, Viola Davis, are leaving behind history: In 2015, Davis became the first African American to win an Emmy for best lead actress in a drama series.
In a statement announcing the show's end, ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke praised Davis for her unforgettable portrayal of a female antihero.
Davis plays Annalise Keating, a brilliant attorney and professor at a Philadelphia law school, where she teaches her no-holds-barred views of justice and life and enlists her students in her cases and misadventures.
A three-time Academy Award nominee, Davis won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2017 for "Fences."
Series creator and executive producer Pete Nowalk called ending the show a "brutal decision," but said the story demanded it.
"For me, Annalise Keating's journey has always had a clear ending," Nowalk said in a statement. "Knowing I have 15 episodes left to finish her story, and the chance to give all the characters their own killer endings" is a rare gift.
He advised fans to "buckle up" for the show's final twists when it returns on Sept. 26.
The show's ratings have softened, with viewership dropping from more than 10 million weekly in its early years to about half that last season.
"How to Get Away with Murder" debuted in 2014 as part of ABC's hit Thursday night programming block from prolific writer-producer Shonda Rhimes, including the long-running "Grey's Anatomy" and now-ended "Scandal." Rhimes created multi-dimensional female characters and rare opportunities for actresses of color, including Davis and former "Grey's Anatomy" star Sandra Oh, who became the first actress of Asian ethnicity to get an Emmy nod for best drama series actress (for "Killing Eve").
Rhimes' long partnership with ABC Studios ended when she signed a lucrative deal in 2017 to make series for Netflix, which became the new home for her Shondaland production company as part of the streaming service's talent hunt. She retains an executive producer credit for "How to Get Away with Murder."Lights, Cameras, Action: 19 Talented Black Female Directors You Need To Know24 PHOTOS
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Q: Second screen is not properly recognized [Ubuntu 14.04 64bit]
According to NVIDIA-settings I am currently using the Intel GPU (is there a way to verify that via command-line?).
> lspci | grep VGA

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107GLM [Quadro K2000M] (rev a1)

> xrandr

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2944 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 345mm x 194mm
   1920x1080      59.9*+
   [...]
   640x480        59.9

VGA1 connected primary 1024x768+1920+312 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768       60.0*
   800x600        60.3     56.2
   848x480        60.0
   640x480        59.9
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-1 disconnected
HDMI-1-1 disconnected

VGA1 is plugged in and works more or less - that means it functions as a second screen just that the resolution is very low (it is 1024x768) and the ratio is not correct (it is 4:3). The ratio is actually the bigger issue because I mostly use my large external display for watching movies. Apparently because the ratio is 4:3 instead of 16:9 in full screen mode large parts of the picture is missing.
In the display settings the monitor is shown as "unknown".
What can I do?
I tried upgrading the driver but apparently it is already up-to-date:
> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
[sudo] password for raffael:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xserver-xorg-video-intel is already the newest version.

A: The same happened to me with Ubuntu, graphic card, screen and all.
Curiously with other screen worked well and sometimes goes back to normal with this one, but goes back at the same fail suddenly, after shutting down and turning on.
Try this with the desired resolution, mine is 1440x900 , IT WORKED for me!!
xrandr --newmode "1440x900_60.00"  106.47  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 901 904 932  -HSync +Vsync


Elegant and dreamy, these glamorous, fluid trousers will make your summer evening dressing a delight. In luxurious satin silk, with the season's signature Shola bird print taken from the Tree of Life, they will be a hit wherever you go. Our trousers have a flattering cut, making them a glamorous summer essential.


We offer many types of facials here at our spa. These facials work towards helping specific problems and areas on the skin.
Is an antioxidant treatment that is based on the direct application of pure oxygen through pressure injectors without the need for needles.
Elimination of wrinkles and expression lines.
Elimination and treatment of acne.
This treatment is mostly for cases due to sun spots or age. This more common on the face, neck, hands. We have easy and several treatments to eliminate the spots.
Many of these facials use peelings, face mask, and vitamins for the face.
When something pierces your skin, your body begins healing that area. A very small wound, however, does little more than prompt your system to kick into gear for repairs. Microneedling works off of this principle by creating numerous tiny channels in the skin, sending the targeted area into heightened state of subsurface activity.
Improve the appearance of pigmentation irregularities, scars, & stretch marks.
It is the treatment that is done with your own blood. Where your platelets and plasma are separated from the rest of the blood cells causing the stimulation of collagen and rejuvenation of the skin.


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We are a full service general contracting and construction management firm specializing in the new construction of luxury custom homes. We are an award winning firm recognized for all phases of construction including design, project execution and customer service. Whether a custom home or renovation we strive to provide our clients with the best possible service before, during, and after the project.. We build with vision. A vision born from open communication with our clients. A vision that combines our experience with your wants and needs. Because every project is unique and we believe in a holistic approach that values quality, beauty and livability above all else. Building our clients dreams is our passion. Building lifelong relations is our pleasure.


musically, but also in how he creates his art. "It's about motivation, not imitation, I always try a different angle,"
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Dr. Robert Hogan, president of Hogan Assessment Systems, will receive The Career Achievement Award at this year's Association of Test Publishers' (ATP) Innovations in Testing Conference. The conference, which fosters innovation by showcasing the latest technologies and collaborators, will be held March 2-5 in Arizona. The Career Achievement Award honors individuals who have made sustained and positive contributions to the development, application and innovations in testing and measurement through research, publications, presentations, professional activities, technology, conceptualizations, or theoretical contributions over a career.
You can view past recipients of the Career Achievement Award on ATP's Wall of Honor.
On March 3, Dr. Hogan will present Personality Theory and Assessment: Predicting Career Success and Organizational Effectiveness in a preapproved invited session for the I/O Division. He will discuss personality theory and assessment, identity versus reputation, and faking. He will also reveal the reason why people are the most consequential and dangerous forces in our environment and, ultimately, why the critics are wrong about personality measurement. Read more and find out who else will be presenting by downloading ATP's Innovations in Testing program book found on its website.
Drs. Joyce and Robert Hogan were among the first voices to advocate personality assessment as a valid predictor of workplace performance. Twenty-five years later, Hogan is the leading provider of personality assessments.
Bad bosses make for good comedy, as movies like "The Devil Wears Prada" attest. But for workers and the companies that hire them, subpar superiors are no laughing matter.
According to Dr. Robert Hogan, poor managers – who range from incompetent to tyrannical – do more than make workers' lives miserable. They also lose money. Research shows that ill-managed companies earn far fewer profits than well-managed ones, says Hogan, who is president of Hogan Assessment Systems, an international distributor of psychological assessments.
Worse, they cost people their health. Sixty-five percent to seventy-five percent of workers say the most stressful aspect of their job is their immediate supervisor, find studies by Hogan and others.
"So these guys aren't just bad for business --- they're killing people," Hogan asserts.
What's to be done? Psychological researchers need to pinpoint the best leadership qualities and interventions. In the field, practitioners need to use good assessment tools, develop training programs and suggest hiring practices based on these interventions. Many people fall into management jobs based on seniority, hierarchy or technical ability rather than personality and talent. Good leadership must be nurtured, and "bad leaders need to be confronted with their flaws," Hogan says.
Leadership is one of the most important topics in the social, behavioral, and organizational sciences. When good leadership prevails, organizations and people prosper. Bad leadership is almost always accompanied by inevitable bankruptcies, corporate corruption, and business disasters. Yet, according to Dr. Robert Hogan, the keys to effective leadership are still largely misunderstood. In the following interview, Hogan, answers several common questions regarding effective leadership.
Leadership is not being in charge; many people who are in charge of teams and organizations are either lucky or are good politicians and have no talent for leadership. Leadership should be defined as the ability to build and maintain a high-performing team that bests the competition. In turn, leadership should be evaluated in relation to the performance of the team.
Being able to evaluate the talents of the team members to be sure the right people are on the team, the wrong people are off the team, and the right people are in the right positions. Good leadership also involves developing a good strategy for the team, so that it can outperform the competition.
How can we measure corporate leadership?
The best way to measure leadership in corporations is in terms of the performance of the team or unit of which the leader is in charge. The second best way to measure leadership is to ask the members of the team to evaluate the performance of their leader. Subordinates' evaluations of leaders are a good proxy or substitute for measures of overall team performance.
How can we identify and grow corporate leaders?
The wrong way to identify leaders is to ask the senior people which junior leaders they like. The typical high potential program is more about politics than talent. The quickest, most cost effective and most objective way to identify and grow leaders is by using a systematic assessment process. Well-validated assessments can be used to identify leadership potential and to give the potential leaders feedback regarding their strengths and developmental needs.
Are men better leaders than women?
Men are not better leaders than women. There are as many incompetent male leaders as there are incompetent female leaders. When women are good, they are just as good as men; when they are bad, they are just as bad as men.
Is there any shift in managing younger leaders? Are their values different from their bosses?
Good values are good for business; bad values are bad for business. Some older people have good values, some have bad values. Some younger people have good values, some have bad values. Working hard and wanting to do a good job is important for young people and older people. Everyone, young and old, needs to understand customer service. Integrity is as important for younger people as it is for older people. Being a good colleague and good team player is as important for younger workers as it is for older workers. The strange haircuts, tattoos, and clothing styles that young people prefer are irrelevant to job performance.
If a leader gets fired, that is failure. If the team performs poorly, that is failure. If the team members hate their leader and refuse to work for him/her, that is failure. If the team has high rates of absenteeism, turnover, and accidents, and low levels of productivity and morale, and poor ratings for customer service, that is failure.
Leadership failure results from a leader being unable to build and maintain a high performing team. This is usually because the leader: (a) is untrustworthy; (b) makes bad decisions; (c) lacks competence in and knowledge of the business; (d) has no vision for the team. Leaders who lie, steal, cheat, play favorites, bully their subordinates, and are unable to control their emotions are usually seen as untrustworthy, the most important factor contributing to leadership failure.
Can leadership failure be prevented?
The best way to prevent leadership failure is to promote people into leadership positions who have some talent for leadership in the first place. The best way to evaluate leadership potential is to ask people who have worked for the person in question. The most cost-effective, quickest, and most objective way to evaluate leadership potential is with well validated psychological assessments.
Drs. Robert and Joyce Hogan will be joined by Robert Kaiser of Kaiser Leadership Solutions, Darren Overfield of Kaplan DeVries, Inc, Maret Kassner and Rene Kusch of Metaberatung GmbH, Michael Benson of Johnson & Johnson, and Peter Moser of Swissport International Ltd, to present 4 integrated presentations on the topic of theory-driven, personality-based leadership development.
This session will demonstrate how the socioanalytic theory of personality can inform the development of managers into better leaders. It features an overview of the theory, new research, application models, and a case study of a global project to develop airport managers.
The session will be held Thursday, April 26 at the 27th Annual SIOP Conference in San Diego.


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Q: Bad file descriptor decoding mp3 to pipe with ffmpeg Can any FFMpeg gurus help me with the following?
I'm trying to convert a podcast to PCM and downsample it to 16KHz mono before feeding it to a speech recognition system for transcription. The command line
ffmpeg -i http://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery01.mp3 -f s16le -ac 1 -ar 16000 pipe:0
fails with
av_interleaved_write_frame(): Bad file descriptor
What is the problem here and how do I fix it?
EDIT
Full error message is
ffmpeg version N-83189-gd5d474aea5-static http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/  Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.1 (Debian 5.4.1-4) 20161202
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc-5 --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gray --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg
  libavutil      55. 44.100 / 55. 44.100
  libavcodec     57. 75.100 / 57. 75.100
  libavformat    57. 62.100 / 57. 62.100
  libavdevice    57.  2.100 / 57.  2.100
  libavfilter     6. 69.100 /  6. 69.100
  libswscale      4.  3.101 /  4.  3.101
  libswresample   2.  4.100 /  2.  4.100
  libpostproc    54.  2.100 / 54.  2.100
Input #0, mp3, from 'http://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery01.mp3':
  Metadata:
    track           : 1
    album           : Conlangery Podcast
    title           : Conlangery 01
    artist          : George Corley
    date            : 2011
  Duration: 00:44:58.08, start: 0.025057, bitrate: 128 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16p, 128 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : LAME3.98r
Output #0, s16le, to 'pipe:0':
  Metadata:
    track           : 1
    album           : Conlangery Podcast
    title           : Conlangery 01
    artist          : George Corley
    date            : 2011
    encoder         : Lavf57.62.100
    Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 16000 Hz, mono, s16, 256 kb/s
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc57.75.100 pcm_s16le
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (mp3 (native) -> pcm_s16le (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
av_interleaved_write_frame(): Bad file descriptor
Error writing trailer of pipe:0: Bad file descriptorsize=       1kB time=00:00:00.02 bitrate= 256.0kbits/s speed=95.2x
video:0kB audio:1kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.000000%
Conversion failed!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./PodcastTranscriber.py", line 206, in <module>
    PodcastTranscriber('http://conlangery.com/feed/',upload)()
  File "./PodcastTranscriber.py", line 101, in __call__
    self.process(item)
  File "./PodcastTranscriber.py", line 136, in process
    (audio,errors)=mp3.run(stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ffmpy.py", line 105, in run
    raise FFRuntimeError(self.cmd, self.process.returncode, out[0], out[1])
ffmpy.FFRuntimeError: `ffmpeg -i http://media.blubrry.com/conlangery/content.blubrry.com/conlangery/Conlangery01.mp3 -f s16le -ac 1 -ar 16000 pipe:0` exited with status 1

The invoking code is
def process(self,item):
    """Downloads the audio and transcribes it"""
    audio_url=None
    print item['title']
    for link in item.links:
        if link['rel']=='enclosure':
            audio_url=link['href']
    if audio_url is not None:
        pubDate=to_date(item.published_parsed)
        if self.lastUploadDate is None or pubDate>self.lastUploadDate:
            self.lastUploadDate=pubDate
        mp3=ffmpy.FFmpeg(inputs={audio_url:None},
                         outputs={'pipe:0':['-f','s16le','-ac','1','-ar','16000']})
        (audio,errors)=mp3.run(stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        sphinx=subprocess.Popen(['java','-jar','transcriber.jar'],
                                stdin=audio,
                                stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        wiki=threading.Thread(target=self.callback,args=(item,sphinx.stdout))
        wiki.start()
        #mp3.start()
        #mp3.join()
        sphinx.stdin.close()
        wiki.join()
        sphinx.wait()


News Summer Camps for Kids at North Mississauga Soccer Club! Register Now!
Want to know what it takes to beat players one on one, to score that game winning goal, or make that big save? Then Panther Summer Soccer Camp is for you! Our Panther Summer Soccer Camps are instructed by certified professionals under the direction of our new Recreational Head Coach, Cormac Cleary.
Making positive memories in this inclusive environment is our number one priority. Making new friends, seeing classmates, the camps will be influencing the kids to play together and make bonds.
Intentional Skill Development will take place the morning half of the camps, through soccer specific activities and fun games. During the afternoon, the players will take part in other fun activities and sport activities including volleyball, water balloon fights, swimming and many more activities.
The week will always end with the Kit Kat World Cup!
All of the Summer Camps will run at the Streetsville Memorial Island Field (355 Church St, Mississauga).
We have full-day options (9am-4pm) and half-day options.


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Xenia Community Schools » PARENTS » Flyer Approval Process
DOWNLOAD THE GUIDELINES FOR FLYER DISTRIBUTION
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER APPROVAL REQUEST FORM
The Xenia Community Schools Board of Education (the "District") has a substantial interest in promoting an educational atmosphere in its schools and among its students. The District also has a substantial interest in preventing the commercial exploitation of its students via advertising and promotions unrelated to the District, its affiliates, or its legitimate educational concerns.
The District limits the distribution of flyers to its students to those organizations whose activities are reasonably related to the District's legitimate pedagogical concerns. Specifically, the District will only permit the distribution of flyers from the District itself, its affiliates, or those entities under contract with the District, and any other philanthropic or non-profit agencies whose activities are reasonably related to the District's educational mission. All flyer requests by entities outside of the District must abide by the Flyer Approval Procedures. The District will not allow the distribution of flyers for wholly commercial purposes or purposes unrelated to the District's educational mission.
It is important to note that we do not "backpack home" flyers from outside organizations. Instead, those flyers, if approved through our Flyer Approval Policy, will be made available to students in common areas (i.e. a flyer display in the school office, school hallway, cafeteria, and/or library.) A building Principal may decide to announce the flyer or the flyer's program over the announcements.
In addition, if approved, the flyer will be posted on the "Flyers" page of the website, which can be reached here. By posting this information on the District's website, entities will have the opportunity to reach families of elementary, middle, and high school students without the expense of printing. Principals and teachers will regularly include information about the district's website in their regular communication to families.
Additionally, the District shall refuse distribution of any flyer which may, by such distribution, (1) be reasonably expected to promote a riot, mob action or violence of any kind, (2) promote the consumption of alcoholic beverages or the use of illegal drugs and/or narcotics, (3) disrupt the daily operations of the District or its instructional program, or (4) promote a religious activity that would favor one particular denomination over another, or favor all religious over non-religious practices.


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Bucks County Courier Times
Rex Ryan is at it again.
Brimming with confidence after his team reached the AFC championship game the past two seasons, the outspoken New York Jets coach has promised a Super Bowl win next season.
"I believe this is the year we're going to do it," he said. "I believe this is the year we're going to win the Super Bowl. The fact is, I thought we'd win it the first two years.
"I guarantee we'll win it this year."
The Jets are the only team to play in a conference championship game each of the past two years, something Ryan mentioned more than once while speaking to reporters Thursday at the NFL scouting combine. Ryan said his team made major strides last season, and he believes it is natural to expect the Jets to take the next step.
"I care what our organization believes and what our fans believe," he said. "If we can improve a little more, then why not us?"
NFL will institute standardized tests
NFL doctors and trainers will use standardized sideline testing next season to diagnose concussions, the league's latest move in a national debate over implementing stronger policies toward head injuries.
Today, league officials are scheduled to unveil new guidelines by which all 32 teams use the same questions for players' baseline tests. The policy would also add a balance test to the list of other tests already being used.
Previously, teams used a variety of questions on the baseline tests, which players must pass before returning to action, and the balance testing was not part of the evaluation process.
"A lot of people weren't doing the balance testing, which we think is useful, and the baseline information that people gather during the mini-camps, not everyone was doing as much as they could have been doing," Dr. Margot Putukian told The Associated Press. "For instance, all the teams were asking questions, but they might not have been asking the same questions."
Pacman gets probation for role in Vegas melee
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was sentenced on Thursday to probation and 200 hours of community service under a plea deal for his role in a 2007 strip club melee in Las Vegas.
Clark County courts spokeswoman Mary Ann Price said Jones received a suspended sentence and was also ordered to receive anger management counseling. The sentence requires Jones to undergo random drug testing.
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Most points scored in debut for Knicks (former Sixer Keith Van Horn, October 2003)


The injustices of the past mean that South Africa has a high rate of illiteracy, in fact census information has indicated that there are between four and five million South African's who are functionally illiterate. Fortunately efforts by both the South African government and the private sector are helping correct this situation. ABET providers across the country are supplying business with courseware and expertise to help train those staff members who might have a problem with literacy. These ABET providers are also able to offer courses which allow employees to ascend through a variety of grades until that reach ABET levels which correspond to a Grade 12 education.


Hi! A big day of shopping today which was a lot of fun...though a lot of money spent though! I just bought a few things in Daiso to organize things around the house and more food for the "pushkin". Not so productive for work today but I do have all week to be productive, I guess.
No other news really. I might be doing other freelance work after hours this week, we shall see and looking forward to a few upcoming social events!


FLORA - MURALS - KINDERGARTEN MURALS - NURSERY HABAIT HAKIBUZI - WALL PAINTING - FAIRY TINKERBELL FROM PETER PAN STORY.
Wall painting - Fairy Tinkerbell from Peter Pan story. Location: Nursery Habait Hakibuzi in Ashkelon.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.XPath;

namespace CsharpAPITest
{
	public class XMLReader
	{
		private static string path;

		public XMLReader(string XmlFileName)
		{
			path = XmlFileName;
		}

		public XmlElement GetXmlElement(string className, string testName)
		{
			XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
			doc.Load(path);

			string xpath = string.Format("/Assembly/TestFixture[@name=\"{0}\"]/Test[@name=\"{1}\"]", className, testName);
			XmlElement testCase = doc.SelectSingleNode(xpath) as XmlElement;
			if (testCase == null)
				return null;
			else
				return testCase;
		}

		public static XmlNode GetNode(XmlElement xmlElement,
		    string nodeName)
		{
			XmlNodeList xmlNodeList = xmlElement.SelectNodes(nodeName);
			if (xmlNodeList.Count > 1)
				throw new Exception(nodeName + " Configuration Error");
			else
				return xmlNodeList.Item(0);
		}

	}
}

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'HIGHLY COMMENDED' AT THE FARM SHOP & DELI AWARDS
Wing of St Mawes The Cornish Fishmonger, has been commended as one of the best retailers in the South West Region in the Farm Shop & Deli Awards. The Cornish Fishmonger was one of nine regional champions, chosen by a panel of expert judges, who showed the highest levels of service, product knowledge, initiative, innovation and community involvement. The Awards celebrate the unsung heroes of the high street and speciality retail scene with categories ranging from butchers, bakers, farm shops and delis through to garden centres, food halls and online businesses. Richard Ford, Fresh Editor, The Grocer and Judge said "These Awards recognise those specialist retailers who are leading the way in the 21st century. From long-established companies, which continue to use their bespoke, proven recipes for success, to innovative start-ups, these businesses are the cream of the crop!" The Farm Shop & Deli Awards received a record number of entrants from nearly 300 businesses across the UK, along with thousands of public votes from consumers supporting their favourite speciality retailers. BBC Radio 2's Nigel Barden, Chair of Judges said "I have travelled the length and breadth of country, from Northern Ireland to Scotland and right down to the deep depths of the South West, visiting large and small independent speciality retailers to identify our 'Regional Champions'. The hours spent on the road have been amply justified as we've been lucky enough to meet some hugely driven, focused and talented individuals championing the absolute best in fresh, local produce that the United Kingdom has to offer. Wing of St Mawes The Cornish Fishmonger are huge assets to their regions"
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The Turkish Embassy Letters
by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, edited by Daniel O'Quinn & Teresa Heffernan
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In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's husband Edward Montagu was appointed British ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire. Montagu accompanied her husband to Turkey and wrote an extraordinary series of letters that recorded her experiences as a traveller and her impressions of Ottoman culture and society.
This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and "Oriental" tales written in Europe.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Daniel O'Quinn
Daniel O'Quinn is a professor in the Department of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph.
Teresa Heffernan is a professor in the Department of English at St. Mary's University.
Teresa Heffernan is Associate Professor of English at St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Daniel O'Quinn is Professor of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph.
"Teresa Heffernan and Daniel O'Quinn's remarkable edition of The Turkish Embassy Letters illuminates the intercultural dimensions of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's account of her travels through the Ottoman Empire. Heffernan and O'Quinn's critical introduction offers a nuanced account of the text's production and circulation and of the various discourses— about the East, about women, about Islam— that shaped its reception. Judiciously annotated, the volume offers an impressive range of well-selected contextual materials, embracing contemporary reviews, polemics from the small-pox engrafting controversy, selections from travel writings on the Ottoman empire, British accounts of Islam, contemporary portraits of Eastern women and the harem, and Oriental tales. This is sure to become the go-to edition for scholars and teachers interested in women's writing, the history of cross-cultural contact, and the shifting thresholds dividing— and conjoining— Occident and Orient in the eighteenth century."
— Lynn Festa, Rutgers University
"In their superb Introduction to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's The Turkish Embassy Letters, Theresa Heffernan and Daniel O'Quinn write that "much like her letters, it is only more recently that her strategic and intelligent engagement with Ottoman culture is being mined." Their edition is a timely and compelling reminder of the reasons why we should pay attention to the writing of this remarkable woman. They have produced what will no doubt be the definitive teaching edition for years to come."
— Suvir Kaul, University of Pennsylvania
"Montagu's famous Letter-book has at last received the attention it has long deserved as an important piece of eighteenth-century travel literature. The lively introduction constructs the historical and literary context of the work, while an impressive set of appendices illustrates not just her world, but also that of her interlocutors and her contemporaries."
— Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University
"What a treat to see this indispensable and versatile text again available, lovingly edited by Teresa Heffernan and Daniel O'Quinn. They have followed the first edition, 1763 (illicitly published after a secret all-night copying session), while correcting their text from Montagu's own manuscript. Her idiosyncratic, open-minded, proto-feminist responses to Islamic civilization are more fascinating today than ever, and the context that the editors supply for them is simply the best yet."
— Isobel Grundy, University of Alberta
Other Titles by Daniel O'Quinn
The Travels of Mirzah Abu Taleb Khan
by Abu Talib Khan
edited by Daniel O'Quinn
tagged : essays & travelogues
Sporting Cultures, 1650-1850
edited by Daniel O'Quinn & Alexis Tadie
also available: Hardcover
tagged : 18th century, 19th century, essays
Other Titles by Teresa Heffernan
Post-Apocalyptic Culture
Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Twentieth-Century Novel
by Teresa Heffernan
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Veiled Figures
Women, Modernity, and the Spectres of Orientalism
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JPMorgan hired Paypal's machine learning expert
by Sarah Butcher 10 May 2021
JPMorgan is making a habit of hiring senior technologists from outside of banking.
Less than a month after appointing Eisar Lipkovitz from Lyft as head of engineering at its corporate and investment bank, JPMorgan also recruited Vadim Kutsyy from PayPal.
JPMorgan has been building its artificial intelligence (AI) team in San Francisco, and Kutsyy joined in California last month as head of AI platform solution engineering after six years at PayPal, where he established the payment company's data science and machine learning capabilities. He's likely to be working under Daryush Laqab, JPMorgan's San Francisco-based head of AI platform product management, who joined from Google in 2019.
As banks build their data science and machine learning capabilities, technology companies are a key source of talent. However, Laqab said in February that there can be teething problems. - "We are a large organization, we have a lot of legacy infrastructure," he explained. "Like any other legacy infrastructure, it is built over time, it is patched over time. These are tightly integrated, so moving part or all of that infrastructure to public cloud, replacing rule base engines with AI/ML based engines. All of that takes time and brings inertia to the innovation."
Kutsyy won't be the last hire for JPMorgan's fast-growing AI team. The bank is also hiring data scientists to work on the new AI platform it's developing in California and has 80 AI job vacancies open globally.
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The head of JPMorgan's machine learning platform explained what it's like to work there
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For the second year in a row, I spent a week at a Reach Workcamp with my youth group from Matthews United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC. This year we traveled to Parsons, Tennessee. The trip took us almost 11 hours, but we arrived safely at Riverside High School Sunday afternoon (June 22).
Monday morning we headed out to our worksites in and around Parsons. There were about 300 youth, counselors, troubleshooters, and Reach staff members. So we made up close to 40 seven-person work crews. Our tasks included painting, roofing, all kinds of repair work (siding, floors, doors, ceilings, etc.), and some new construction (decks and wheelchair ramps). We worked from 8am - 4pm, Monday through Friday (Wednesday only until noon and Friday until all the worksites were finished!).
Each night, we had an evening program that included singing, joke-telling -- ask anyone who went about the "Pink Ping Pong Ball" joke I told Thursday evening -- skits, games, slide shows, sharing time, and group devotions with our work crews. On Wednesday night, we held a talent show that produced some powerful moments for those performing and those in attendance. The nights were brought to a close with evening reflections in our own youth groups.
The theme for our devotions all week was "The Wall". Each day our devotions during lunch and the evening program talked about how we each build walls, barriers that keep us isolated from friends, family, and God. As the week progressed, we learned how to break down these walls, by carrying away the "stones" -- pride, self-pity, resentment, etc. -- one by one. By week's end, we could see the walls we had brought down in the Parsons community, in our work crews, and in our youth groups. We left the camp ready to return home and continue breaking down walls.


Metropolis has partnered with the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA) to showcase the program's five finalists for 2019 Gold and Silver Medals, which will be announced in June. RBA director Anne-Marie Lubenau is the author of this series.
Once home to Memphis's leading employer, the 1.5-million-square-foot Sears Roebuck & Company was abandoned in 1993 and stood vacant for more than 20 years, despite being one of the city's largest structures. Reopened in 2017 as Crosstown Concourse, the 16-acre complex is now a vibrant "beyond mixed use" community anchor; it includes housing, commercial and non-profit offices, as well as programming that includes arts and culture, restaurants and retail, health and wellness, and education. The biggest adaptive reuse initiative in Tennessee and the largest LEED Platinum Certified historic adaptive reuse project in the world, the $210 million complex was nearly a decade in the making.
In 2010, Todd Richardson, an art history professor, and Chris Minor, a video artist, founded Crosstown Arts, a nonprofit arts organization, to create a vision for the building's redevelopment that would cultivate Memphis's creative community through "an open an inclusive place designed to dissolve barriers to access." Over the next three years, they engaged development partners in the community to explore the feasibility of their plan and enlisted seven other organizations as founding tenants, guided by the philosophy that they would be "better together." The City of Memphis and Shelby County as well as financing from federal Historic and New Market Tax Credits provided additional support for the project's realization.
Designed by Memphis-based Looney Ricks Kiss and Vancouver-based firm Dialog, the award-winning restoration/renovation maintains the historical building's rugged industrial character while introducing contemporary features and uses. Now home to forty diverse tenants including Crosstown High School, Memphis Teacher Residency, Church Health, and the Global Café, the project also comprises 265 apartments housing over 400 residents.
Read more about this year's finalists and urban placemaking excellence in the RBA blog.


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The leading advocate for women in motorsports, Lyn established the Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation in 1994 as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to professional development for talented, up-and-coming young women in racing.
Central to her Foundation was the Women in the Winner's Circle Academy. Over a number of years, the Academy became the most comprehensive educational and training program of its kind, providing in-depth training of both on and off-track skills. All told, more than 275 women drivers from 33 states and 5 countries – including notables Danica Patrick, Erica Enders, Erin Crocker-Evernham, Melanie Troxel and Sarah Fisher – participated in Lyn's invitation-only Academy.
As vitally important as the training aspect, St. James recognized the critical need of providing financial resources to these talented drivers. As a result, in 2007, with the support of Paul Newman/Newman's Own, the Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation announced the first ever scholarship fund for women race car drivers: Project Podium.
In 2013, the Women in the Winner's Circle Foundation combined resources with the Women's Sports Foundation to establish the Women's Sports Foundation Women in the Winner's Circle Project Podium Grant. Today, the Women's Sports Foundation and Lyn share the following vision for the matching-funds grant:
Increase the number of women winning races and championships in key categories of motorsports
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Under the leadership of Lyn St. James, all applications are reviewed by a panel of motorsports experts and business professionals.
Interested in lending your support? Donate now to the Women's Sports Foundation's Women in the Winner's Circle Project Podium Grant to ensure that women in racing continue achieving success.
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The Long Now Foundation's monthly Seminars were started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking; to help nudge civilization toward our goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
Highlight episode: Season 2, episode #26 - The 5 Experiments you need to find Product Market Fit.
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How to Throw a Party That's Safe—No Matter Where You're Throwing It
Architect S. Surface gives us their best tips for fire safety, proper exits, disability accessibility, and more.
by Ezra Marcus
March 8, 2017, 9:30pm
Last year, following the Ghost Ship Fire in Oakland, people from America's music community began questioning how they could make their events safer. The costs required to retrofit spaces to meet legal fire and public assembly codes can seem daunting, even impossible—indeed, as we have been documenting with our Music Venue Closure Tracker, spaces around the country have been shut down by police and fire marshals in recent months. Still, material resources don't have to stand in the way of safety. There a multitude of steps that venues, promoters, and attendees can take to fire-proof venues and establish safety procedures in the event of an emergency. These practices will save lives, and are easy to put in place even on shoe-string budgets.
S. Surface is a curator and architectural designer based in Seattle with expertise in harm reduction for sub-legal venues. After the Ghost Ship fire happened, they set up an open source document collecting tips for safety at legal and sub-legal spaces. Now, we asked them to narrow that document down to the most essential tips for promoters, venue owners, and event attendees. Read on to make sure you're doing everything you can to keep yourself and others safe.
1. Make sure your guests have a clear way to get out fast if there's an emergency
Clutter in a space is dangerous. "Piles cause fires and obstruction," Surface notes. "So clear paths to exits. Mark and label building circulation with reflective tape or paint on the floor."
If there's an emergency, it's crucial that attendees be able to get out quickly. Thus it's imperative that you "clearly mark all exit doors and portals that can be used for emergency exits including non-barred windows and fire escapes" with "glow in the dark, reflective, or battery-powered LED-lit signage."
When people are leaving a venue in a hurry, doors can prevent a dangerous obstacle—"make sure doors are unlocked and swing away from you as you move along the exit path," says Surface. "Re-hang the hinges as necessary. Make sure doors swing freely and don't stick."
Accessibility is also crucial. "Whenever possible, design your navigation so it's possible to get through the space while using a wheelchair," Surface says.
2. Fire-proof your space
In the wake of Ghost Ship, it's crucial that venues take basic fire safety precautions. Simple and cheap remedies can save lives. "Install functional smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, 30 feet apart in common areas, one in each enclosed room," instructs Surface. "Check the detectors' manuals, but if you don't have them then test the batteries at least every 6 months Obtain, install, and clearly label non-expired fire extinguishers 75 feet apart in common areas." And remember to maintain them, because "they do not last forever."
Surface adds several more fire safety no-brainers: "Do not allow large installations or dividers of fabric, paper, flammable wood." When you have shows, "announce the location of exits and fire extinguishers before and during each event." Smoking indoors can be extremely dangerous, so "provide a designated outdoor smoking area, free of clutter and flammables, with fire-safe disposal containers" for your guests. And, of course, "don't allow fires. No incense, candles, pyrotechnics displays, fire spinning, and so on."
3. Keep your electrical wiring safe
Electrical fires pose a particular danger to live music venues because of how much gear is often in use. "Make sure your electrical wiring is properly grounded and attached to breakers, so if the system overloads it shuts off in lieu of exploding," warns Surface. "If you regularly lose power during events, first be thankful that the breakers are working as they should, but also acknowledge that your system is not adequate to handle your needs." Until your system can handle a heavy load, "modify what you book there."
Make sure that "all electrical panels, water and gas valves, meters, and other infrastructure" have a "minimum three feet of space at their front and sides at all times," adds Surface. A good rule of thumb: "don't block a box."
Basic electrical maintenance can go a long way in a venue. "Figure out which outlets are on which circuits, and the maximum current for every circuit," says Surface. "Label the circuits on your breaker box. This makes it easy to kill the power to something without the lights going out. Plug power-intensive items directly into the wall outlet."
4. Prioritize accessibility
So you're throwing an event—what can you do to make sure that your guests feel welcome and safe? Surface argues that you should always "prioritize accessibility and disability justice in all updates and maintenance of your space," adding, "consider how people with disabilities, elders, children, intoxicated people, and others with challenges will navigate the space. Everyone must be able to get out, so make decisions that support the most vulnerable inhabitants."
An easy way to make sure you're on the right track is to "hire disabled people to accessibility-audit your venue."
Surface adds several basic tips safety tips, including training yourself in First Aid and keeping a kit available with "Naloxone for overdoses." Make sure not to "exceed maximum occupancy restrictions for your venue," and "staff the entrances/exits to make sure it doesn't get too full."
Keep everyone working your event prepared—"Create and review emergency procedures and practice them with residents, staff, and volunteers." It should also be your "standard practice to communicate accessibility (and inaccessibility) information on event promotions, especially online where unlimited text is allowed." It's the least you can do to make your event welcoming.
5. What you can do as an attendee to keep yourself and others safe at an event
So you're going to an event—there are some straightforward steps you can take to prepare, even in sublegal DIY spaces. "Take note of a venue's exit paths and fire extinguishers, and plan your exit strategy," says Surface, adding, "Be aware of others who may have difficulty staying safe: people with disabilities, children, elders, people who are intoxicated."
If you see something that troubles you, raise your voice—"We have begun to establish a culture where it is considered helpful and welcome to demand safer spaces that are free of behavioral threats, such as sexual harassment and assault, homophobia, transphobia, racism, ableism, fatphobia, ageism, classism, and bigotry in all its forms," points out Surface. "We must also include literal building and life safety in our demands to keep our spaces safe."
It's not just for your own good. "If you know something is dangerous, demand change so the venue can become a safer space for your whole community," notes Surface."
6. Get educated in event safety
Following these tips will make you and your parties safer, but there's a lot more to learn. Surface reccomends several in-depth resources, including Safer Spaces. "If you are a DIY Venue in need of professional support or you are a professional who wishes to offer pro bono or affordable expertise to DIY Venues, take a look at this community-sourced live document overseen by Melissa J. Frost," they said. For disability activism, check out Is This Venue Accessible?, "a resource by Shawn Gray, singer of the band Birth Defects and a disability justice activist living with Cerebral Palsy."
Those with or without a design background can find "essential info" in The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design, 5th Edition, though Surface notes it "may be inaccessible to some due to cost and extensiveness."
Last but not least, BUILDING: A DIY Guide to Creating Spaces, Hosting Events and Fostering Radical Communities and A Guide to Fire Safety in Industrial Spaces expand in depth on the tips above.
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By Sambad English Bureau	 On Dec 16, 2020
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Hathras (Uttar Pradesh): The Hathras police have unearthed a manufacturing unit making spurious and counterfeit spices of local brands using donkey dung and acid.
The factory is located in Navipur area and the police raided it on a tip-off.
The unit owner, Anoop Varshney, who is also the office bearer of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, has been arrested.
Joint magistrate Prem Prakash Meena said, "We have seized over 300 kg of fake spices being packed in names of some local brands."
He added that during the raid, several spurious ingredients used to prepare the fake spices were found, including donkey dung, hay (bhusa), inedible colours and drums full of acids.
The recovered adulterated spices included coriander powder, red chilli powder, turmeric and spice mix (garam masala).
More than 27 samples have been sent for tests and an FIR will be registered under the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 once the lab report comes, he said.
Varshney has been remanded to judicial custody under section 151 of the CrPC (arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences).
Meena told reporters that Varshney was unable to provide a license for operating the spice factory at the location where it was being run. He also could not produce the license of the brands, which were being packed.
It is also being checked if the ingredients, prepared in the unit for making spurious spices, were supplied to other units in the city too.
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Joe Biden's Public Opinion Ratings Rise In Ukraine Crisis, After Uniting NATO
March 6, 2022 Ronald 4 Comments
President Joe Biden's public opinion ratings have risen in the midst of the Ukraine Crisis, and after uniting NATO to its strongest cooperative venture in many years.
The situation is becoming dire, as 1.6 million Ukranian citizens have fled to neighboring nations, and the call is for a "no fly zone" to prevent Russian air attacks on Ukranian cities.
This horrendous foreign policy crisis could be a big boost to Joe Biden and the Democrats, as the 2022 midterm Congressional elections come upon us!
The issue of inflation of gas prices and food prices increasing is concerning, but the international situation should give Biden a boost over the next eight months.
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Nine Months Of President Joe Biden: Realism Sets In With Major Challenges Domestic And Foreign
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Today marks nine months of the Joe Biden Presidency.
This is a crucial time for Biden and the nation, as his public opinion ratings have declined, due to the constant controversy over the COVID 19 Pandemic mandates on masks and vaccinations, bitterly opposed by the right wing channels, including Fox News Channel, One America News Network (OANN), and Newsmax TV, as well as the vast number of Republican governors and members of Congress.
But also, the economic outlook is uncertain, as inflation rages, and many people are staying out of the work force, as we are seeing a massive change in the outlook of Americans toward the kind of work they have done, and wish to do in the future.
The constant debate over the social infrastructure bill is also a burden for Biden, as Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema and a few House Democrats are forcing a major cut in the proposed spending from $3.5 trillion to about half that amount, causing a scale back in the proposed legislation on education, health care, and most particularly on climate change actions.
Foreign policy also presents major challenges in many areas, and is always unpredictable, but the growing threat of China, international terrorism and natural disasters omnipresent, Russia, North Korea, and many other issues are always on the front burner in the White House!
At this point, an objective observer would likely give Biden a B Minus, but with hope that it may rise to B Plus or A Minus grade by the end of the year, but sadly, if the major goals are not accomplished, and if voting rights legislation and criminal justice reform are not attainable, it could go down to the C range in judgment by experts and general public opinion!
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Six Month Anniversary Of President Joe Biden: A Positive Change And High Public Opinion Ratings!
Today, July 20, marks the six month Anniversary of the Joe Biden Presidency!
What a vastly different six months these have been, and Joe Biden's public opinion ratings rank in the high 50s to low 60s, depending on which assessment is examined.
Many problems have arisen, as with any President who comes into office, but Biden is pushing ahead on infrastructure legislation, and wants a large "human infrastructure" bill, based on "reconciliation", 50 Democratic votes and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema continue to present problems in trying to overcome the filibuster, and may prevent progress on voting rights, very sad indeed.
Foreign policy issues are rearing their ugly head, including new ones on Cuba and Haiti in just the last few weeks.
This along with the usual foreign policy challenges, with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
Environmental progress has been outstanding, and while the unvaccinated remain a problem with the Delta Variant of COVID 19, and the unhelpful propaganda against vaccination by right wing media, it is still amazing how many Americans have already shown patriotism and common sense on this matter.
If only Joe Biden had the conditions of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933-1936 and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1964-1966, he would have been able to accomplish much more, but still there is optimism, and the hope is for greater progress in the next six months!
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Republicans In Congress Defying Their Own Voters In Refusal To Work With President Joe Biden!
The Republicans in Congress are committing political suicide by refusing en masse to support President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill, as well as the earlier COVID 19 legislation, and apparently, every other initiative, just as they did with Barack Obama during his Presidency.
The difference is that polls show a vast majority of Americans, including many Republican voters, actually like what Joe Biden is doing, and that they understand the need for bipartisanship in a time of the worst health crisis in a century, and the worst economic crisis in 90 years.
The rate of vaccinations is being accomplished much faster than Joe Biden had projected, nearing 200 million shots, twice what he forecast for the first 100 days of his Presidency.
And the economy is reviving, with nearly one million new jobs in March.
All this and more insures Joe Biden and the Democrats will have public backing for gun regulations, rise in the minimum wage, and so much more, and the Republicans will be left in the dust of history, due to their intransigence!
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Biden First Press Conference A Complete Contrast To Donald Trump Attacks And Rants!
President Joe Biden held his first formal Press Conference on Thursday, and it was a home run.
The President showed knowledge, expertise, empathy, confidence, and respect for the news media, totally opposite of Donald Trump who held no press conferences most of the time, and when he did, he showed his authoritarian, Fascist leanings by dividing the nation and attacking the news media as the enemy.
Biden had an air of optimism about the future, and his public opinion ratings are in the low 60s to high 50s, a range of support NEVER reached by Donald Trump!
Biden is ambitious, and hoping to accomplish change on the level of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, and this will require a modification of the present Senate rules, that allow a filibuster without any speaking commitment by those who wish to wage one.
There is a need for direct action on the Southern Border migration, climate change, infrastructure, gun regulation, minimum wage, and voting rights, and Biden is moving toward bold action on these issues, at a time when we have a nearly equally divided House of Representatives, and an evenly divided US Senate, and the future of this nation is at stake.
But the first Biden Press Conference demonstrated that Joe Biden is up to the task, that he has mental agility as compared to the irrational lunacy much of the time during the Trump Presidency!
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