You'll find more lender direct deals with BankProspector because it shows you which lenders have non-performing notes and REO plus key sell indicators and pairs that data with detailed decision maker contact information.
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Banks report 5 types of REO including residential, commercial, multifamily, construction, and farmland. We track all of those.
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BankProspector reports residential HELOCs, seconds (juniors) and first position, multifamily, owner occupied commercial real estate, non-owner occupied commercial real estate, residential construction loans, commercial and land development loans, agricultural and farmland, business or "C&I" loans, auto loans and consumer credit cards.
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Our offers are self-serve. We offer very low, and no-commitment offers. We have extensive information including many hours of audio and video available. We don't do personal demos or individual sales calls. We do staff full time support and you can email or use the "beacon" in the corner of every page to get questions answered. You can also check out our help docs.
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The medieval parish church of Sutton is tucked away from the village centre on Church Road, which runs parallel to The Street, the main road through the village. There has been a church here since the early Saxon period, but the present large building dates to the late 12th century, with the addition of a large 14th century west tower. The tower holds a ring of three bells, two of which were cast in 1450 by Richard Brayser.
Very few alterations have been made to the church's exterior since then, and despite the inevitable Victorian restoration St Michael's has been remarkably unchanged since the medieval period. Set into the exterior wall near the porch is a medieval scratch dial, made so the priest could tell what time to say mass in the days before clocks.
The church was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and after the Norman Conquest it was held by Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.
In the nave are very good 17th century benches with carved poppyhead bench ends. The carving is excellent, and some of the poppyheads date to the 15th century, much earlier than the benches they adorn. Several represent human figures, including a king and a mitred bishop.
There are more 15th century bench ends in the chancel. And several interesting memorials. The lectern was given in honour of the aeronautics pioneer Captain LL Atherton (d. 1956), and the credence table commemorates Group Captain D. R. Stubbs, a pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain.
The 17th century pulpit is an excellent example of Jacobean woodwork. The organ dates to 1869. It was made by Corp and Sons for Stalham church, and purchased from the vicar of Stalham in 1918.
In the vestry is wooden chest carved with '1713 Sutton M.P.', presumably commemorating Martin Peascod, who was elected churchwarden in 1713.
The beautifully traceried font in the south aisle dates to the late 13th or early 14th century, the height of the Decorated Gothic period.
I came to Sutton church on a sunny afternoon in May. I found the church open as so many Norfolk churches are. There are not, perhaps, as many exciting historic features as some nearby churches, but St Michael's is a pretty medieval building, in a lovely Norfolk village, with thatched cottages on one side and a farm field on the other.
Just a few minutes east on New Road is Sutton Mill, a picturesque 19th century windmill.
Location: Near the junction of New Road and Church Road, at the eastern edge of the village. There is a small parking area on Church Road.


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Q: Question about solution to showing $(X_t,\mathcal{F}_{t+})$ is a submartingale if $(X_t,\mathcal{F}_t)$ is. Let $(X_t,\mathcal{F}_t)_{t\ge 0}$ be a submartingale with right continuous paths. Show that $(X_t,\mathcal{F}_{t+})$ is again a submartingale.
This problem is from Schilling's Brownian motion. In the below solution, why do we get $E(X_t|\mathcal{F}_{s+})\leftarrow E(X_t|\mathcal{F}_{s_n})$ as $s_n \downarrow s$ due to submartingale property?

A: Look at Section 5.6 in Durrett's "Probability: Theory and Examples". Since $s(n)\downarrow s$, $\mathcal{F}_{s(n)}\downarrow \mathcal{F}_{s+}:=\cap_{n\ge 1}\mathcal{F}_{s(n)}$ and Theorem 5.6.3 implies that
$$
\mathsf{E}[X_t\mid\mathcal{F}_{s(n)}]\to\mathsf{E}[X_t\mid\mathcal{F}_{s+}] \quad\text{a.s. and in $L^1$.}
$$

In short, $Y_n=\mathsf{E}[X_t\mid\mathcal{F}_{s(n)}]$ is a backwards martingale. Thus, $Y_n$ converges to $Y_{\infty}=\mathsf{E}[X_t\mid \mathcal{F}_{s+}]$ a.s. and in $L^1$.

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Q: How to get a Long typed production of a Seq[Int] in Scala? Suppose val s = Seq[Int] and I would like to get the production of all its elements. The value is guaranteed to be greater than Int.MaxValue but less than Long.MaxValue so I hope the value to be a Long type.
It seems I cannot use product/foldLeft/reduceLeft due to the fact Long and Int are different types without any relations; therefore I need to write a for-loop myself. Is there any decent way to achieve this goal?
Note: I'm just asking the possibility to use builtin libraries but still fine with "ugly" code below.
def product(a: Seq[Int]): Long = {
    var p = 1L
    for (e <- a) p = p * e
    p
  }

A: There's no need to mess about with asInstanceOf or your own loop. foldLeft works just fine
val xs = Seq(1,1000000000,1000000)
xs.foldLeft(1L)((a,e) => a*e)
//> res0: Long = 1000000000000000

A: How about
def product(s: Seq[Int]) = s.map(_.asInstanceOf[Long]).fold(1L)( _ * _ )

In fact, having re-read your question and learnt about the existence of product itself, you could just do:
def product(s: Seq[Int]) = s.map(_.asInstanceOf[Long]).product


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Home NBA Updates Stephen Curry ejected vs. Grizzlies after throwing mouthpiece into stands out of...
Stephen Curry ejected vs. Grizzlies after throwing mouthpiece into stands out of frustration with Jordan Poole
The Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies battled Wednesday in the latest chapter of one of the NBA's growing rivalries, but Stephen Curry wasn't allowed to take part in the final 74 seconds of the nail-biter due to one of the more bizarre ejections you'll ever see. With 1:23 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Warriors leading by two, Klay Thompson missed a mid-range jumper that would've doubled the Warriors' two-point lead. Donte DiVincenzo grabbed the offensive board and quickly passed to Jordan Poole, and that's where things got out of hand.
With Curry calling for the ball, Poole threw up a quick 3-pointer. He missed. Curry, out of apparent frustration with Poole, angrily tossed his mouthpiece into the stands. The officials immediately ejected him from the game.
The ejection was the third of Curry's career, and the other two were memorable for similar reasons. Both involved Curry throwing his mouthpiece. One came against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals. The other, ironically enough, came against these same Grizzlies in 2017.
"He knows he can't make that mistake again," coach Steve Kerr said after the game.
Fortunately for the Warriors, Curry's absence didn't cost them the game. Though the Grizzlies managed to tie the score twice, the Warriors were able to win on a thrilling layup by Poole off of an in-bounds pass with just one second left on the clock.
Poole shared his annoyance with the decision to eject Curry after the game. "There's no reason he should be thrown out in the last three minutes of the game," he said on the ESPN broadcast. "He's one of the greatest players of all time." Regardless of the outcome, the officials will face quite a bit of scrutiny for their decision to eject Curry. In a nationally televised game between two Western Conference rivals, the fans want to stars like Curry on the floor, not ejected for brief displays of emotion.
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Home » India » COVID-19: India inoculates 4 million beneficiaries in 18 days
COVID-19: India inoculates 4 million beneficiaries in 18 days
According to the government data, India completed this task 2 days ahead of US and 28 days ahead of Israel and the UK.
India has successfully vaccinated 4 million beneficiaries within a matter of 18 days, this was revealed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its COVID-19 update on Wednesday (February 3). According to the government data, India completed this task 2 days ahead of US and 28 days ahead of Israel and the UK. "In a significant achievement, India has become the fastest country in the world to reach the 4 million COVID19 vaccination mark. The country has achieved this feat in 18 days," said the statement by MoH&FW.
Indian government claims that the country is among the top 5 countries in terms of number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to people. As on February 3, 2021, till 8 AM, more than 41 lakh (41,38,918) beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
In more positive news, across the country, 14 states and UTs have not reported a single death. These include Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, Ladakh (UT), Sikkim, Manipur, Puducherry, Goa, Odisha and Assam.
Across the boards, COVID-19 statistics have improved as active cases, positivity rate and mortalities have come significantly down in 2021.
The data said the country's active cases declining further to 1,60,057 in the last 24 hours. The active caseload of the country fell below 1.5 percent (1.49 percent presently) of the total cases.
On Wednesday (February 3) 11,039 new confirmed cases were recorded, the lowest in seven months.
On the recovery side, 14,225 new recoveries were registered which led to a net decline of 3,296 cases from the total active caseload. The total recovered cases now stand at 1,04,62,631. The National Recovery rate climbed a bit further to 97.08 percent, which according to the government is one of the highest in the world.
The gap between active cases and recovered cases is continuously widening and on Wednesday (Feb 3) stood at 1,03,02,574. Among states, 31 states and UTs recorded less than 5,000 active cases which include 19 states that reported less than 1000 cases.
Worryingly there are 8 States and UTs that have a weekly positivity rate higher than the national average (1.91 percent). In south Kerala has the highest weekly positivity rate of 12 percent, followed by Chhattisgarh with 7 percent in the north.
As per data, in the last 24 hours, 1,88,762 healthcare workers have been vaccinated across 3,845 sessions. In total 76,576 sessions have been conducted so far and there has been a gradual increase in the numbers of inoculations, which began on January 16.
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Q: QuillJS creates a new line in  tags I am developing a little forum in Angular using QuillJS as the editor (https://github.com/KillerCodeMonkey/ngx-quill), and I want to add a "spoiler" to it. For now, I have a spoiler-component containing a button to hide/show some content in the view page, but I can't get it working in the editor.

I didn't succeed to add a button to hide/show some text in the editor, so I'm going for something like a code-block.
My problem is that I can't get it working as I want: I need to add a spoiler-component tag to my editor (it will not contain a button etc, but it's ok). I've inspected the already-implemented code-block, and when I succeed imitating it, it doesn't work as expected.

Here is my last attempt to make it work:

First, I need to pop a modal to ask for a spoiler title (text to be shown in the toggle button).

My Quill blot

import * as Quill from 'quill';

let Block = Quill.import('blots/block');

class SpoilerComponent extends Block {
  static create(value) {
    let spoiler = document.createElement('spoiler-component');
    spoiler.setAttribute('title', value.getAttribute('title')); // my angular component has a "title" attribute
    spoiler.textContent = '...';
    let node = super.create(value);
    node.appendChild(spoiler);
    node.setAttribute('title', value.getAttribute('title'));
    return node;
  }
}
SpoilerComponent['blotName'] = 'spoiler-component';
SpoilerComponent['className'] = 'spoiler-component-container';
SpoilerComponent['tagName'] = 'pre';

Quill.register({
  'formats/spoiler-component': SpoilerComponent
});

My function to add a spoiler-component

const picker = this.dialog.open(SpoilerPickerComponent, { panelClass: 'spoiler-picker-box' });
    picker.afterClosed().subscribe(title => {
      let spoiler = document.createElement('spoiler-component');
      spoiler.setAttribute('title', title);
      this.quill.insertEmbed(this.index, 'spoiler-component', spoiler, 'user');
    });

The result of this

At each new line, it creates a new pre tag. But as the code-block, I want it to add a new line in the current spoiler-component, and to get out of it if there are more than 3 empty lines in a row.
Also, it's not containing any spoiler-component tags, as if my Quill blot was not working at all.

So is there a way to achieve my goal? Or is there a way to have something similar?

Edit 1

I've made some progress (I guess ??).

I will get rid of the "pre" tag, as I realized I don't need it.

Here is my latest code :

import * as Quill from 'quill';
let Block = Quill.import('blots/block');
class SpoilerComponent extends Block {
  static create(value) {
    console.log('value')
    let node = super.create(value);
    node.setAttribute('title', value.getAttribute('title'));
    return node;
  }
}
SpoilerComponent['blotName'] = 'spoiler-component';
SpoilerComponent['className'] = 'spoiler-component-container';
SpoilerComponent['tagName'] = 'spoiler-component';

Quill.register({
  'formats/spoiler-component': SpoilerComponent
});

And

const picker = this.dialog.open(SpoilerPickerComponent, { panelClass: 'spoiler-picker-box' });
    picker.afterClosed().subscribe(title => {
      let spoiler = document.createElement('spoiler-component');
      spoiler.setAttribute('title', title);
      this.quill.insertEmbed(this.index, 'spoiler-component', spoiler, 'user');
    });

The result is the following :

For the following HTML

The problem now is that :
When I press "enter", it creates a new empty spoiler-component ON THE SAME LINE.
When I press "enter" again, it creates a new empty spoiler-component on the line below...

A: Try this code when you get the html result from Quill:
        html.replace(/

<\/p>/g, '
')
            .replace(/
/g, '')
            .replace(/<\/p>/g, '
');

Got it from: https://github.com/KillerCodeMonkey/ngx-quill/issues/357

A: Although I do not have an answer to this specific question, you might want to check out TinyMCE. I have found TinyMCE to be a little more flexible than QuillJs in my experience. TinyMCE for angular: https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce-angular


Bruno Mars is not like any other performer, he does not start his performance from the stage like a normal musical guest. The groove of "24K magic" is just too strong to handle.
Watch his full performace below on 'SNL' below.
The 31 year old singer performed his latest single Saturday night and it was a "crowd participation encouraged" moment as the pop star waggled his way through the high-energy audience.
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Riley Sheahan
#15 - Buffalo Sabres
Birthdate December 7, 1991
Birthplace St. Catharines, Ontario
Draft 2010 - Round 1 (21 overall) by Detroit
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PIM 0
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1/15/21 WAS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 12 8:21
1/14/21 WAS L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 - - 13 9:55
8/7/20 @ CHI (EDM) L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 10 6:51
8/5/20 @ CHI (EDM) L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 - - 18 11:15
8/3/20 CHI (EDM) W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 17 15:23
8/1/20 CHI (EDM) L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 20 11:30
3/11/20 WIN (EDM) L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - - 12 9:28
3/9/20 VEG (EDM) L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 - 18 12:24
3/7/20 CLB (EDM) W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 19 12:35
3/5/20 @ CHI (EDM) L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 2 1 16 11:50
Statistics | Career
Season Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM PPG SH Shots Sh%
20-21 BUF 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0
19-20 EDM 66 8 7 15 -13 6 0 1 70 11.43
18-19 FLA 33 2 8 10 -2 4 0 0 50 4
18-19 PIT 49 7 2 9 -7 13 0 1 60 11.67


In a much-touted speech today bearing the modest title of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa," Barack Obama responded to the Arab revolt of the past five months with elements of common sense and even eloquence ("through the moral force of nonviolence, the people of the region have achieved more change in six months than terrorists have accomplished in decades"). He also defined a U.S. policy in support of reform and against violence I find worthy of discussion and debate.
But the president, ever in thrall to the illusion of "linkage," stepped on his lines by devoting the final fifth of his speech to the Arab-Israeli conflict and articulating principles which, in the words of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Robert Satloff, "constitute a major departure from long-standing U.S. policy."
That departure is not for the better; one line sums up Obama's mistake, where he declares that "The status quo is unsustainable, and Israel … must act boldly to advance a lasting peace." Note how he demands that Israel alone "must act boldly," code words for making concessions to enemies sworn to eliminate the Jewish state.


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Cross Country: Glenbard West's Katelynne Hart, Wheaton Warrenville South boys win state titles
By BILL STONE - editorial@mysuburbanlife.com
PEORIA – Scott Maison and his Wheaton Warrenville South teammates started the discussion following last year's Class 3A state meet – even before their van left Peoria's Detweiller Park.
With their top four and six returnees from a third-place state lineup, the Tigers could capture the state championship.
"As soon as we got on that stage, we had a goal of winning the whole thing," said Maison, a senior. "It was in the back of our minds the whole time."
[Clark Brooks]
Ranked No. 1 since the preseason, the Tigers achieved their dream Saturday by triumphing with 116 points and three top-25, all-state individuals.
Glenbard West junior Katelynne Hart won the 3A girls state title for the third time in 15:59.82 – the second fastest time in state finals history. Downers Grove South was third to earn its first top-three state trophy.
WW South junior Billy Hauenstein (eighth, 14:30.83) was all-state again and Maison (13th, 14:40.53) and junior Jacob Kluckhorn (15th, 14:43.81) for the first time, followed by senior Sean Maison (58th, 15:08.40) and junior Jared Peaslee (59th, 15:08.45).
The Tigers finished 40 points ahead of second-place Hersey. Last season marked their first trophy.
"It's incredible. The kids have worked so hard and sacrificed and are all in," WW South coach Chris Kuntz said. "Two years ago, when we were eighth, our mantra was walk the stage (top 3). Driving out last year, I said 'TWT – The Whole Thing.' because you knew it was a great group of kids."
Hart challenged the 15:54 girls course record by Naperville North's Judy Pendergast in 2015. Entering Saturday, Hart's winning 16:22 in 2017 shared the seventh-fastest time. Batavia freshman Katrina Schlenker (16:07.31) ran the fourth fastest Saturday.
"There's some great competition in the state of Illinois," Hart said. "That record was definitely one of my goals. For me, it's just about running my best race and running strong. A little bummed I didn't get it but definitely just motivation to keep working hard."
The Downers South girls (127) finished behind Naperville North (80) and Yorkville (87). Lyons Township (191) was fourth and WW South sixth (239). Downers South junior Brenna Cohoon's school-record 16:40.11 earned eighth and repeat all-state honors.
The Mustangs' other top-five finishers had a 20-second split – senior Melissa Weidner (29th, 17:15.06), juniors Erin Reidy (39th, 17:26.02) and Kennedy Warden (43rd, 17:33.39) and sophomore Rebecca Diddia (6th, 17:35.13). Last season, the Mustangs finished fourth behind LT and fifth in 2016, 10 points from third.
"That's what I was looking forward to most today, focusing on the team race," Cohoon said. "To finally have come down and gotten a trophy is super exciting. For me personally, I know that I did what I wanted."
The York boys were fourth (185), 26 points behind third-place Neuqua Valley. Glenbard West (217) and Downers Grove North (315) were sixth and eighth. Downers North senior Jack Roberts (fourth, 14:29.88) and Glenbard West seniors Rory Cavan (fifth, 14:29.98) and Stephen Moody (sixth, 14:30.47) repeated as all-staters and York junior Ethan Kern was ninth (14:32.46). Morton junior Guillermo Ibarra (25th, 14:50.48) was the final all-stater by .09.
Also all-state were Benet senior Connor O'Keefe (17th, 15:13.20) in 2A and Westmont senior Matt Gedraitis (24th, 15:32.00) in 1A. Other 3A girls all-staters were WW South sophomore Sam Poglitsch (7th, 16:39.32), Hinsdale Central junior McKenna Revord (14th, 16:49.66) and Glenbard West senior Katie Hohe (15th, 16:59.67) for the second straight year, LT sophomore Kate Dickman (16th, 17:00.14) and WW South senior Laurel Moneysmith (17th, 17:00.63). In 1A girls, Immaculate Conception freshman Carly Manchester was an all-state eighth (17:39.73).
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Brett Lee in delivery stride at the MCG today.
Today was spent at the MCG, on the second day of the Boxing Day Test. My brother, my nephew and I spent a delightful day soaking up the atmosphere, enjoying some fine batting (especially Justin Langer and Martin Love) and some fine bowling (each of McGrath, Gillespie, MacGill and Lee were in dangerous form). The fact that all of the good performances were from the one team meant that the competition was not as balanced as you would like, but you can't ask for everything.
Going to the cricket live is a very different activity to simply watching it on TV or listening to the radio. It's more of an activity for one thing. You get to choose what you'll focus your attention on, and, in some ways, there is much more information available to you than when watching it on the box – despite the manifold graphs and charts and tables you find on the TV. In the crowd you hear the reactions of the rest of the crowd. You feel just how fast the bowling is (at least, Brett Lee at 150km/h) and how skilled the reactions of the batsmen are. We were watching from roughly side-on in the Olympic Stand (at around 8 o'clock on the dial) and you get a very good impression of just how far back the wicketkeeper stands when facing a fast bowler. It was fun. I'll do that again.


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Journalist violently attacked by Antifa recalls 'complete anarchy and lawlessness'
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Andy Ngo talks to Todd Starnes about Antifa attack
The Oregon clash between Antifa and conservative demonstrators was "complete anarchy and lawlessness," according to a journalist injured in an attack by alleged members of the group.
Andy Ngo told Todd Starnes Monday on "The Todd Starnes Show" he was covering the Portland demonstration Saturday when the protesters turned their attention to him.
"I moved towards the front of the march with my GoPro and my camera, and what I recall is somebody ran hard into behind me and hit me very hard in the back of my head," he said.
"They were marching, ironically, in front of the Oregon Justice Center -- which houses the sheriff's office and a Portland police precinct -- so we were surrounded by all these institutions that represent the rule of law.
ANTIFA-PROUD BOYS CONFRONTATION IN PORTLAND TURNS VIOLENT, CONSERVATIVE WRITER INJURED
"And yet, what happened was complete anarchy and lawlessness."
The journalist said Portland police did not immediately come to his aid, adding he later watched video of nearly a dozen people pummeling him in the street and dousing him with unknown substances.
"Before I could realize what was happening and remove myself from the situation, the punches and kicks kept coming from every direction," he said.
"When it was happening I didn't know how many people were hitting me. It felt like I couldn't tell if it was five or ten or 20.
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"They continued to hit me and they threw what I think were milkshakes and eggs and possibly pepper spray all over me."
Ngo said just before he was attacked, the demonstrators were chanting a phrase he found ironic.
"No hate, no fear," he recalled.
When the police failed to appear, Ngo said he continued to try to break away from the melee.
PORTLAND MAYOR SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BY FEDS OVER ANTIFA ATTACK ON CONSERVATIVE WRITER, SEN. CRUZ SAYS
When the journalist finally reached an area near the Multnomah County courthouse, he said he was told to head back toward where he was attacked.
"In order to get help, I had to walk back in the direction of protesters," he said.
In the aftermath, Portland police released a statement about the protest.
"During today's events, there were multiple assaults reported, as well as projectiles thrown at demonstrators and officers," the statement read.
"There were also reports of pepper spray and bear spray being used by people in the crowd. Officers deployed pepper spray during the incident. There were reports of individuals throwing 'milkshakes' with a substance mixed in that was similar to a quick-drying cement. One subject was arrested for throwing a substance during the incident."
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In the wake of the alleged attack on Ngo, one Republican lawmaker has called for an investigation of city officials.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler should be investigated by federal law enforcement officials following his handling of the protests, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sunday.
"To federal law enforcement: investigate & bring legal action against a mayor who has, for political reasons, ordered his police officers to let citizens be attacked by domestic terrorists," Cruz tweeted alongside a story recapping the incident surrounding Ngo.
Fox News' Greg Norman and Vandana Rambaran contributed to this report.


SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) has charged a man with illegally reimbursing contributors for Janet Nguyen's 2012 Orange County Board of Supervisors election campaign. Son Truong Nguyen, 38, Fountain Valley, is charged with 10 misdemeanor counts of unlawful contribution. If convicted on all counts, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of one year in Orange County jail and a $10,000 fine. Charges were filed Oct. 28, 2015, and an arraignment letter was sent out yesterday for Son Nguyen to appear in court on Nov. 24, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-54, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
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SACRAMENTO – Yes, that was Disneyland's most well-known ambassador, Mickey Mouse, making an appearance on the Senate Floor today. Disneyland Resort's president, Michael Colglazier, joined Mickey and Sen. Janet Nguyen (R-Garden Grove) in the Senate Chambers today to commemorate SCR 54, her resolution recognizing June 1, 2015 as "Disneyland Day" in California. The resolution marks the sixtieth anniversary of the world-famous resort.
Orange County Democrats were ecstatic when former Fullerton Mayor Sharon Quirk-Silva knocked off Chris Norby in 2012, in the 65th Assembly District. They partied hard but the party is over now that former Ed Royce staffer Young Kim has trounced Quirk-Silva in the 2014 General Election.
This was not a casual loss for the Democrats. It may well end up costing them their super majority in the State Assembly – an uncertain matter as several Assembly seats are still in close contention.
Orange County media's two best investigative news sources are R. Scott Moxley at the OC Weekly, and the Voice of OC website.
Six donors to County Supervisor Janet Nguyen have admitted to illegally receiving reimbursements for campaign contributions, according to newly obtained documents from the state's Fair Political Practices Commission by Voice of OC.
The state's Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating nearly a dozen people for political money laundering in connection to campaign contributions to county Supervisor and state Senate candidate Janet Nguyen according to Thy Vo and Nick Gerda at the Voice of OC.
A new website is pounding Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen, the Republican nominee for the 34th State Senate District, over her unethical behavior, wasting of taxpayer money and her blatant nepotism.
Orange County will serve supervisor Janet Nguyen the Notice of lntention to Circulate Recall Petition at OC BOARD HEARING ROOM, FIRST FLOOR, Address: 333 W. Santa Ana Blvd., 10 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, Galifornia. Date/Time: Tuesday, 913012014, after 9:30AM.
Santa Ana, CA – After reading OC Weekly's recent article, "Little Saigon Politicians Linked To Alleged Police-Tied Loan Sharking Operation," State Senate candidate Jose Solorio is calling on opponent Supervisor Janet Nguyen to return campaign contributions with possible connection to corrupt activities.
I ran into two of the three candidates for the 34th State Senate District today at the Memorial Day event at Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary in Santa Ana. Former Assemblyman Jose Solorio, who is currently the President of the Rancho Santiago Community College District's Board of Trustees, was involved at the start of the program, when he introduced the young lady who won a poetry contest with an entry about Betsy Ross. Supervisor Janet Nguyen was there as well. She spoke later in the program.
Solorio was comfortable and relaxed. He sat in the RSVP area next to Santa Ana Chief of Police Carlos Rojas. Nguyen on the other hand was visibly nervous as she clutched the podium, and her speech was stilted and poorly enunciated. She kept saying, for example, "de-mock-acy," instead of "democracy." And she referred to "men and women" she repeatedly said "men and woman." It was quite awkward.
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This Samsung 75-Inch Smart TV Is $4,000 Off for Prime Day — Plus More Great TV Deals
Amazon Prime Day is finally here, and there are so many incredible deals to shop. Among the best? Televisions. If you are on the hunt for a new smart TV, streaming TV, or 4k TV, you are in luck. Brands like Samsung, Toshiba, and LG are offering huge price drops on some of their most popular models, including some under $100.
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India-US nuclear deal text released
Indian political opposition calls the wording of the agreement "unsatisfactory".
The deal will see the US share its nuclear
technology with India [EPA]
The text of the agreement, which took two years to complete, tackles controversial issues such as the reprocessing of nuclear material.
The deal has also come under criticism from some Americans who worry it will stymie US anti-proliferation efforts, especially in Iran.
Pakistan factor
The agreement itself, by which the US will share nuclear technology with India, has come under criticism, especially from Pakistan, which has said in the past the deal would "enable India to produce significant quantities of fissile material and nuclear weapons".
India has fought three wars with Pakistan in the past 60 years, both countries have developed nuclear weapons and in 1998 carried out tit-for-tat nuclear detonations.
The Indian government insists its nuclear relationship with the US will not alter the balance of power in the region.
"The deal actually means the technology restrictions that India has been subjected to since 1978 have been lifted," Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, nuclear and security expert, told Al Jazeera.
"India in future will have access to nuclear technology and all other high technologies available in the rest of the world, and there will be no technology denial regime as far as India is concerned."
Nuclear devices
The text of the US-India agreement explicitly forbids the use of any transferred nuclear material for military purposes.
"Nuclear material, equipment and components so transferred shall not be used by the recipient party for any nuclear explosive device, for research on or development of any nuclear explosive device or for any military purpose," it said.
"In essence, India retains the right to test and the US has the right to respond"
C Uday Bhaskar,
Institute for Defence Studies, New Delhi
The US Congress approved legislation in December that allowed US exports of civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India for the first time in 30 years, a move intended to reverse sanctions on India for its nuclear tests.
The operating agreement goes even further, allowing India to reprocess spent fuel under safeguards by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog.
C Uday Bhaskar, from New Delhi's Institute for Defence Studies, said the agreement "respects the distinctive concerns that on nuclear issues that both sides".
"It's a very fine balance. In essence, India retains the right to test and the US has the right to respond," he said.
"There's no direct reference to a test. But the allusion is there. It allows a positive interpretation for both sides."
Weapons tests
The US Atomic Energy Act calls for the US president to suspend nuclear co-operation when a country tests an atomic weapon.
But the text released on Friday makes no direct mention of testing and appears to sidestep the issue.
"The parties agree to consider carefully the circumstances that may lead to termination or cessation of cooperation," said the statement.
The India-US deal runs for an initial term of 40 years but can be terminated by either party before that with a year's notice and can be extended by 10-year periods.
The whole accord still has to win the approval of the US Congress and the Indian parliament.


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Holy Week as a Priest: Easter Saturday
April 20, 2019 June 8, 2020 revpoppy
8.57am
This morning I'm at church to open up for the ladies who are decorating the space in preparation for tomorrow's celebration. I'm also going to learn how to change the altar frontal because on Thursday night I had no idea how to do it! It's probably a fairly useful skill to have, as a vicar-y type!
Right, time for a coffee.
The churches are all decorated and I'm off to have lunch with my friend, Emily. The weather is as lovely today as it was yesterday so it will be nice to wander up and down the high street doing my last bits of shopping.
At Christmas, in our family, it is tradition to buy a '£20 loaf'. This happens when you go out for a loaf of bread before the shops close for the bank holiday and you somehow manage to spend £20. You know, because you suddenly realise that there is so much stuff that you just might need. This usually happens at Christmas, it can happen just before any bank holiday. The '£20 loaf' today turned into a '£50 loaf' shop because Chateauneuf-du-Pape is on offer… if my car had been closer, I would have bought more than 2 bottles!
Nathan and I met on the landing and ended up having a chat which led to a spontaneous game of Easter themed bananagrams!
Nathan's is much better than mine. He managed the words Ciaphas and nard.
I'll be leaving to go to St Michael's shortly. I'll be singing the Exsultet again and I'm super nervous!
I did it! I struggled to hold a note still to begin with because my heart was beating so loudly, but I settled into it and really enjoyed it!
I took a photo after the same service last year (see photo & blog here). The two major differences are my hair and the way I wear my stole: I'm a priest now, so it hangs straight down. What a difference a year makes!
The service tonight began in darkness and we gradually lit the candles in the church and turned the lights on for the final hymn. Nathan came too, and ended up doing a reading and giving out orders of service. Once a deacon, always a deacon!
As we headed towards on the way back, Nathan said 'there's no queue at Macdonalds…' in a very hopeful and somewhat cheeky voice.
Yep, you guessed it. We had another Maccies.
Yes, it's been open 4 days, yes, I've been in the carpark 3 times, but don't judge, it's Holy Week. We're saving the curry we were going to have for tomorrow night when it's all over.
So that's it for Easter Saturday! The dawn service tomorrow is at 5.45am. That means that I'm setting the alarm for 4.45am. By my reckoning, that's in about 7 hours time, so I'd best get to bed! I'm seriously considering going in my pyjamas though. Would that be appropriate?
Anyway, goodnight!
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When we were on holiday we visited St David's Cathedral and I was very struck by this statue of Mary and Jesus. I love how he snuggles into her and that look on her face which to me says fulfillment, tiredness and strength all at once.
Mine and @naythorpe's first joint project! These will be sent off to our Goddaughter in the next week or so. Nathan did the scarf and the mittens are my knit number 13.
How long until she actually starts doing laundry?!
Another knit that went off over Christmas! I accidentally bought the wrong kind of wool for what I needed so I decided to make a face cloth instead. Knit number 12.
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Barbara Lynn Cubin (born November 30, 1946) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, Wyoming's sole member of that body. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Wyoming.

Early life, education
Cubin was born in Salinas, California. She grew up in Casper, Wyoming, and graduated from high school there. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Cubin worked as a substitute science and math teacher, and was employed full-time as a social worker for senior citizens and disabled adults. She later worked for the state Labor Department and Ironworkers' Union to train minorities and Vietnam War veterans to become iron workers.

In 1974, Cubin joined the Wyoming Machinery Company as a chemist, and in 1975, began managing the office of her husband, Fritz Cubin, a physician.

Personal
Cubin and her husband Fritz married in 1975 and had two children. Fritz Cubin, who was a doctor, died in 2010 after a decade of serious health problems.

In past elections, Cubin fended off attacks on missed floor votes, which she attributed to her husband's severe health problems. Cubin also has had health issues of her own. In 1993 and 1995, she had surgeries related to her gall bladder. In July 2005, she suffered a mild heart attack and underwent surgery to place a stent in an artery that was 70 percent blocked.

Early political career
Cubin began her political career in November 1986, when she was elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives from Natrona County, Wyoming. She served there for six years. During the 1992 session, she was the primary sponsor of legislation that put on the ballot an initiative that would create the sentence of life without parole.

In November 1992, Cubin was elected to the Wyoming Senate, representing part of Casper, Wyoming. She served there for two years before being elected to the U.S. House.

U.S. House of Representatives

1994 election
In November 1994, Cubin ran for Wyoming's U.S. House seat, to succeed Republican Craig Thomas, who was running for (and would be elected to) the United States Senate. Cubin defeated eight other Republicans in the primary, then won the general election against Bob Schuster, a wealthy Jackson attorney and then-partner of prominent trial attorney Gerry Spence.

Cubin's first race was very close by Wyoming standards (Wyoming is one of the most Republican states in the nation), with Cubin getting 53% of the vote. It was also the most expensive campaign in state history.

Cubin became the first woman to win an election for federal office in the state of Wyoming.

Subsequent elections
In 1996, Cubin was re-elected with 55 percent. Subsequent races were less close, until 2004, when she again won with 55% of the vote. By contrast, George W. Bush won the state with 69 percent of the vote. In 2006, Cubin won her seat again, but barely, registering 48 percent of the vote to her Democratic opponent Gary Trauner's 48 percent.

Committees
Early in her House tenure, she served on the House Science Committee. In her last terms in office, she was a member of the House Resources Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In the wake of the Democratic takeover of Congress in the 2006 elections, Cubin served only on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as a Member of both the Health and Telecommunications Subcommittees.

Political positions
Cubin's voting record is conservative: the American Conservative Union gave her 2005 voting record a rating of 96 points out of 100.

An opponent of abortion in any form, Cubin consistently voted for restrictions on abortion and against funding of family planning groups that provide abortion services, counseling or advocacy.

In 2006, Cubin was listed as cosponsoring legislation that would sell off some federal land to help pay for Hurricane Katrina and other disaster relief. Cubin maintains she never signed on to the legislation, saying there must have been a clerical error. About 42 percent of Wyoming's land is owned by the federal government, including Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

Relatedly, she focused much of her attention on the mining and land use issues important to Wyoming. She cofounded the Congressional Mining Caucus and introduced legislation to allow mining companies operating on federal lands to pay taxes in minerals rather than dollars.

With regard to global warming, Cubin has stated that "there still exists broad disagreement within the scientific community on the extent to which humans actually contribute to the Earth's temperature changes."

The League of Conservation Voters, a nonpartisan PAC, gave Cubin a lifetime rating of 3 on a scale of 0 to 100. In 2006, she scored a 0.

In 2000, she was appointed to be a member of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors.

During her time in the House, Cubin rose into the ranks of Republican leadership, holding the posts of Deputy Majority Whip, Conference Secretary, and member of the Steering Committee.

Cubin was a supporter of impeaching President Bill Clinton. In November 1997, Cubin was one of eighteen House Republicans to co-sponsor a resolution by Bob Barr that sought to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Clinton. The resolution did not specify any charges or allegations. This was an early effort to impeach Clinton, predating the eruption of the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. The eruption of that scandal would ultimately lead to a more serious effort to impeach Clinton in 1998. On October 8, 1998, Cubin voted in favor of legislation that was passed to open an impeachment inquiry. On December 19, 1998, Cubin voted in favor of all four proposed articles of impeachment against Clinton (only two of which received the majority of votes needed to be adopted).

Controversies

Racial comment
On April 9, 2003, Cubin said on the House floor, "My sons are 25 and 30. They are blond-haired and blue-eyed. One amendment today said we could not sell guns to anybody under drug treatment. So does that mean if you go into a black community, you cannot sell a gun to any black person, or does that mean because my …" Representative Melvin Watt, (D-N.C.), who is black, interrupted and demanded that Cubin retract the statement. Cubin said that she did not mean to offend her "neighbors" on the Democratic side, and maintained that her comment was within House rules.

On the motion from Watt to strike Cubin's words, the motion was defeated along mostly party lines of 227 to 195, with 4 Democrats voting with the Republicans.

Slap
On October 22, 2006, after a televised debate with Democratic candidate Gary Trauner and Libertarian candidate Thomas Rankin, Cubin approached Rankin, who has multiple sclerosis and is a wheelchair user. Rankin states that Cubin said, "If you weren't sitting in that chair, I'd slap you across the face." Rankin called her comment an inappropriate slur to the disabled. Rankin maintains he said nothing to Cubin before her remark.

ARMPAC
The Wyoming Democratic Party has repeatedly called for Cubin to return the $22,520 she received from Tom DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee (ARMPAC).

On July 23, 2006 the Casper Star-Tribune reported Cubin "will keep the money she received from former Rep. Tom DeLay's fundraising committee even though the organization has been fined for campaign finance violations and is shutting down." ARMPAC agreed to pay a fine to the Federal Election Commission for "misstatements of financial activity, failure to report debts and obligations and failure to properly allocate expenses between federal and non-federal accounts."" Later in 2006, Cubin said she would return the money if DeLay was convicted. DeLay was convicted, though his conviction was reversed on appeal in 2013 by Texas Republican judges.

2009 retirement
Cubin announced in 2008 that she would not be a candidate for re-election that year. Former Wyoming State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis became the Republican nominee for Wyoming's At-Large U.S. House District. After her victory in the general election, Lummis succeeded Cubin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

See also
 Women in the United States House of Representatives

References

External links

 The Barbara Cubin papers at the American Heritage Center

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Video games were first introduced in the 1970s. By the end of that decade they had become a preferred childhood leisure activity, and adults responded with concern about the possible ill effects of the games on children. Early research on these effects was inconclusive. However, a resurgence in video game sales that began in the late 1980s after the introduction of the Nintendo system has renewed interest in examining the effects of video games.
Some research suggests that playing video games may affect some children's physical functioning. Effects range from triggering epileptic seizures to causing heart rate and blood pressure changes. Serious adverse physical effects, however, are transient or limited to a small number of players. Research has also identified benefits associated with creative and pro-social uses of video games, as in physical rehabilitation and oncology (Funk, 1993). Proponents of video games suggest that they may be a friendly way of introducing children to computers, and may increase children's hand-eye co-ordination and attention to detail.
VIDEO GAME USE BY CHILDREN
Recent studies of television watching by children have included measures of the time children spend playing video games. In 1967, the average sixth-grader watched 2.8 hours of television per day. Data from 1983 indicated that sixth-graders watched 4.7 hours of television per day, and spent some additional time playing video games.
A recent study (Funk, 1993) examined video game playing among 357 seventh and eighth grade students. The adolescents were asked to identify their preference among five categories of video games. The two most preferred categories were games that involved fantasy violence, preferred by almost 32% of subjects; and sports games, some of which contained violent sub-themes, which were preferred by more than 29%. Nearly 20% of the students expressed a preference for games with a general entertainment theme, while another 17% favored games that involved human violence. Fewer than 2% of the adolescents preferred games with educational content.
The study found that approximately 36% of male students played video games at home for 1 to 2 hours per week; 29% played 3 to 6 hours; and 12 percent did not play at all. Among female students who played video games at home, approximately 42% played 1 to 2 hours and 15% played 3 to 6 hours per week. Nearly 37% of females did not play any video games. The balance of subjects played more than 6 hours per week. Results also indicated that 38% of males and 16% of females played 1 to 2 hours of video games per week in arcades; and that 53% of males and 81% of females did not play video games in arcades.
RATING OF VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE
Ratings of video game violence have developed as an extension of ratings of television violence. Among those organizations that have attempted to rate television violence, the National Coalition on Television Violence (NCTV) has also developed a system to rate the violent content of video games. The NCTV system contains ratings that range from XUnfit and XV (highly violent) to PG and G ratings. Between summer and Christmas of 1989, NCTV surveyed 176 Nintendo video games. Among the games surveyed, 11.4% received the XUnfit rating. Another 44.3% and 15.3% received the other violent ratings of XV and RV, respectively. A total of 20% of games received a PG or G rating (NCTV, 1990).
The Sega company, which manufactures video games, has developed a system for rating its own games as appropriate for general, mature, or adult audiences, which it would like to see adopted by the video game industry as a whole. The Nintendo Company, in rating its games, follows standards modeled on the system used by the Motion Picture Association of America.
A problem shared by those who rate violence in television and video games is that the definition of violence is necessarily subjective. Given this subjectivity, raters have attempted to assess antisocial violence more accurately by ranking violent acts according to severity, noting the context in which violent acts occur, and considering the overall message as pro- or anti- violence. However, the factor of context is typically missing in video games. There are no gray areas in the behavior of game characters, and players are rarely required to reflect or make contextual judgements (Provenzo, 1992).
EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES
The NCTV claims that there has been a steady increase in the number of video games with violent themes. Games rated as extremely violent increased from 53% in 1985 to 82% in 1988. A 1988 survey indicated that manufacturers were titling their games with increasingly violent titles (NCTV, 1990). Another survey found that 40 of the 47 top-rated Nintendo video games had violence as a theme.
An early study on the effects of video games on children found that playing video games had more positive effects on children than watching television. A conference sponsored by Atari at Harvard University in 1983 presented preliminary data that failed to identify ill effects. More recent research, however, has begun to find a connection between children?s playing of violent video games and later aggressive behavior. A research review done by NCTV (1990) found that 9 of 12 research studies on the impact of violent video games on normal children and adolescents reported harmful effects. In general, while video game playing has not been implicated as a direct cause of severe psycho-pathology, research suggests that there is a short-term relationship between playing violent games and increased aggressive behavior in younger children (Funk, 1993).
Because it is likely that there is some similarity in the effect of viewing violent television programs and playing violent video games on individuals' aggressive behavior, those concerned with the effects of video games on children should take note of television research. The consensus among researchers on television violence is that there is a measurable increase of from 3% to 15% in individuals' aggressive behavior after watching violent television. A recent report of the American Psychological Association claimed that research demonstrates a correlation between viewing and aggressive behavior (Clark, 1993).
EFFECTS OF OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF VIDEO GAMES
Some adults believe that video games offer benefits over the passive medium of television. Among mental health professionals, there are those who maintain that in playing video games, certain children can develop a sense of proficiency which they might not otherwise achieve. However, other authorities speculate that performing violent actions in video games may be more conducive to children's aggression than passively watching violent acts on television. According to this view, the more children practice violence acts, the more likely they are to perform violent acts (Clark, 1993). Some educational professionals, while allowing that video games permit children to engage in a somewhat creative dialogue, maintain that this engagement is highly constrained compared to other activities, such as creative writing (Provenzo, 1992).
Another problem seen by critics of video games is that the games stress autonomous action rather than co-operation. A common game scenario is that of an anonymous character performing an aggressive act against an anonymous enemy. One study (Provenzo, 1992) found that each of the top 10 Nintendo video games was based on a theme of an autonomous individual working alone against an evil force. The world of video games has little sense of community and few team players. Also, most video games do not allow play by more than one player at a time.
The social content of video games may influence children's attitudes toward gender roles. In the Nintendo games, women are usually cast as persons who are acted upon rather than as initiators of action; in extreme cases, they are depicted as victims. One study (Provenzo, 1992) found that the covers of the 47 most popular Nintendo games depicted a total of 115 male and 9 female characters; among these characters, 20 of the males struck a dominant pose while none of the females did. Thirteen of the 47 games were based on a scenario in which a woman is kidnapped or has to be rescued.
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People's lives, Lewis. People's lives. And loves.
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This long-awaited 'book of the blog' by Joanne Major and Sarah Murden focuses on the human foibles and astonishing life stories of a selection of 18th-century people. The writing duo, who are a major presence in the online Georgian world (their website is heading for a million hits and they command a combined Twitter following of 8,000), describe themselves as 'Super Sleuths who blog about anything and everything to do with the Georgian Era'. If there is something to find out, any nugget of interesting information, they will winkle it out. Their other hat is 'Genealogists' so they are able to dig deep into the family backgrounds of their subjects.
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Here you will find the famous – the Prince Regent makes several appearances in the micro-biographies – and those who have since fallen into obscurity. Thank you, Joanne and Sarah, for telling me about Elizabeth Calloway, who was prosecuted for arson when her brandy-shop-cum-lodging-house in Cecil Court, off St Martin's Lane, caught fire; the zebra who became a wedding present to Queen Charlotte; the imposter 'Lady Wilbrahammon'; Caroline Herschel, astronomer; the former ploughboy John Streeter, whose windmill once stood on the seafront near Regency Square. I loved them all.
For this new book the authors have leant towards the stories of women (their previous three titles have been biographies of women), but not to the exclusion of men. But even here, the women take centre stage. The chapter on Georgian botanist (and undeniable hottie) Sir Joseph Banks looks at the string of broken relationships he left in his wake before he settled down into marriage; that on William Millard, the former superintendent of the anatomy theatre at St Thomas's Hospital found in possession of a female corpse and sent to prison for bodysnatching, tells the story of how his reputation was defended by his widow Ann. As a writer about women myself, I am all for this. Women and their lives, whether extraordinary as many in this book or mundane, have for too long been cast aside as mere adjuncts to the main action.
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Prosecutors in Fulton county, Georgia, are investigating Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the southern state's 2020 presidential election results, according to a letter, in the second criminal investigation faced by the former president. The Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, has sent a letter asking state government officials to preserve documents, including those related to the then president's call to the Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, pressuring him to "find" more votes.
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"This letter is notification that all records potentially related to the administration of the 2020 general election must be preserved, with particular care being given to set aside and preserve those that may be evidence of attempts to influence the actions of persons who were administering that election."
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The announcement of the Georgia investigation is important for Willis, who is new to the post.
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The state official said that, in addition to the call to Mr. Raffensperger, Ms. Willis's inquiry would encompass Mr. Trump's outreach to other Georgia officials in an attempt to reverse his loss. These include a call to a top elections investigator in which Mr. Trump asked the official to "find the fraud"; a call in which Mr. Trump urged Gov. Brian Kemp to call a special session of the legislature to review the election results; and a conversation with the attorney general of Georgia, Chris Carr, in which Mr. Trump warned him not to interfere in a Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn the results in Georgia and other states.
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VMWARE VMWORLD — With an expected surge in the use of high-resolution cameras for surveillance, Dell Technologies on Tuesday introduced its first surveillance offer – the IoT Solution for Surveillance – via its Edge and IoT division.
Not only are more companies across all industries deploying cameras, they're increasingly looking for integrations with IoT as well as the data center, thanks to new possibilities in surveillance with higher-definition, or resolution, cameras.
"We're not just seeing this in governments, worldwide, but we're seeing a growing opportunity in education, higher-education campuses, health care, safe cities, stadiums, airports and for digital evidence," said Ken Mills, general manager, surveillance and security at Dell Technologies. "Every vertical [and] every customer segment [are] dealing with this transition from point solutions in the surveillance market to enterprise-class, data-center-ready solutions.
The vendor solicited feedback from customers and found they are using more cameras. They're also dealing with increased storage and data-retention requirements that could span from months to 10 years — or more.
"There's a dramatic shift in the amount of storage and compute power that's required to support these applications," Mills said, as well as a desire to integrate IoT sensors with surveillance footage.
Over the past few years, customers are also increasingly interested in integrating computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) into their platform for applications such as traffic flow, retail and public safety.
Dell says its IoT Solution for Surveillance simplifies surveillance in a complex world. The offer is built with best-of-breed technologies from the Dell companies, such as VMware, Dell, and Dell EMC, and also uses expertise from RSA and its open-source community, according to Mike McDonough, development leader, IoT solutions division, Dell Technologies.
McDonough says Dell is building switches designed specifically for surveillance applications that can be managed, but noted that storage is the core of the solution. The core is designed with three tiers of storage: fast cache, on-premises economy storage and cloud storage, resulting in an engineered solution that is integrated from the camera to the cloud.
Rapid return on investment thanks to the open architecture that allows for customization with choice of technology, purchasing and configuration. It's flexible to adapt to changing technologies or industry regulations to meet data needs today and in the future.
Reduced risk as the Dell EMC Surveillance Validation Lab tests hardware and ISV software solutions together in extreme simulations to ensure they will stand up in the real world.
Integrated security with built-in measures such as microsegmentation (NSX-T) and the ability to push over-the-air (OTA) updates and security patches in real-time to all surveillance devices from camera to cloud. It also will include holistic management capabilities across IT and operational technology (OT) concerns through a combination of VMware Pulse IoT Center and Software Defined Data Center.
Greater reliability with scalability from hundreds to thousands of cameras and sensors. The solution offers an automated, fault-tolerant approach to scaling from 300TB to 50PB+ on Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage for private, on-premises, off-premises or hybrid needs. High availability and zero data loss will be guaranteed with vSAN RAID 5/6 across flash and disk. Additionally, ESXi Enterprise Plus enables high availability and disaster-recovery services.
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Home > JERRY LEE LEWIS – CANCELLED!
JERRY LEE LEWIS – CANCELLED!
Good news & bad news! After suffering a stroke and spending two weeks in the hospital, Jerry Lee Lewis has been transferred to a rehabilitation center.
As such, Jerry Lee Lewis will unfortunately have to cancel his appearances on April 28 at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, May 18 at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn. and on June 8 at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer greatly appreciates the prayers and well wishes he's received from fans all over the world. He wants them to know he can't wait to get back onstage and into the studio to make his Gospel record.
Refunds for our 6/8/19 show will be made through Ticketmaster ASAP, and we will notify you when a date can be rescheduled.