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US Northeast to face snow as Midwest enters deep freeze again
Jan 21, 2014, 11:00 pm SGT
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - A fast-moving cold front will plunge the United States Midwest into a deep freeze on Tuesday and dump up to 30 cm of snow on parts of the East Coast, forecasters said.
The cold front will drop temperatures below freezing as far south as northern Florida. The high in and around Minnesota and the St. Lawrence Valley will not top -18 Celsius during Tuesday's daylight hours, forecaster AccuWeather said.
"Travel conditions will deteriorate with slippery roads and flight delays expected to unfold even in areas that avoid heavy snow," AccuWeather said.
The cold front across the eastern half of the country could drop up to 5 cm of snow from the Dakotas to the Ohio Valley. The snow will increase as the cold air picks up moisture near the Atlantic coast, AccuWeather said.
The mountains of Virginia and West Virginia will likely get up to 15 cm of snow. Other sites near the mid-Atlantic and southeastern New England coast could get 15 to 30 cm through late on Tuesday.
For parts of the region, the snow could be the heaviest of the winter. Washington could see its most snow since January 2011, when about 12.7 cm fell, AccuWeather said.
The National Weather Service said the cold air would produce snow downwind from the Great Lakes.
The polar front will be something of a repeat of the cold snap that gripped much of the United States at the start of the year. Cold and snow snarled air and road travel, shattered temperature records and contributed to at least nine deaths.
In the middle of the cold front on Monday, Grand Marais, Minnesota, recorded -27C, the lowest temperature in the United States outside Alaska, the weather service said.


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Posts Tagged '#BOFail'
Racism and Patronising Arrogance By NSW Opposition
The NSW Opposition's stance on school league tables has become more than a national joke. Jokes we can at least forgive. More dangerously, it has become a national disgrace for the NSW Division of the Liberal Party.
The NSW Opposition is formally at odds with not only the Federal Parliamentary Wing of the Liberal Party, but also the Liberal party in EVERY STATE IN AUSTRALIA. To make matters worse, they are at odds with the standing policy of both the NSW Young Liberals, and the Federal Young Liberals. Yesterday, the position of the NSW Opposition was unanimously condemned by the Australian Liberal Students' Federation (and believe me, it isn't easy to get over a hundred Liberal Students from universities all over Australia to agree unanimously on a motion!)
The position for allowing school league tables is straightforward. The give parents information, allow them to make informed choices, and put pressure on underperforming schools to improve. In sidling up to the self-preservation agenda of the radical and extreme-left NSW Teachers Federation (and I should know about NSW Teacher Federation Activities – my mother has been a member for the last several decades) they have betrayed parents without a doubt. As was noted in yesterday's Australian, "Banning the publication of league tables ranking schools does not protect students – it protects teachers, schools and governments who allow almost one in 10 teenagers to leave school illiterate". In fact, even if you disagree with the concept, to go from that to demanding media censorship on the issue, as the NSW Opposition has done, is a pure and simple disgrace.
What concerns me even more, however, is a more recent justification given by the NSW Opposition for their disgraceful position. One based on the fact that "you can't compare different areas for different reasons". Because it is clear that if you analyse this, they have gone beyond mere political pragmaticism, and have engaged in socioeconomic arrogance and naked racism. In a manner that can only be described as morally repulsive.
I refer to an interview by NSW Shadow Education Minister Adrian Piccoli on Alan Jones yesterday. In this interview, Mr. Piccoli made two statements, loud and clear. There could be no disputing the message. Firstly, we shouldn't expect students in lower socioeconomic areas to do as well in students in Vacluse, and secondly, that we shouldn't expect migrants to do as well as Australian students. Both these statements are an utter disgrace.
Firstly, WHY should we expect students in differing socio-economic areas to achieve different results? Why is it accepted as a matter of dogma that if you live in a poorer area, your test results should be lower? Why is it an accepted norm that students living in less wealthy areas should perform worse that people living in "Vacluse" (I use Vacluse as it was specifically cited by Mr. Piccoli). If this is indeed the case, doesn't it show something fundamentally wrong with our education system? That we are failing an entire generation of Australians? And rather than covering up the results, shouldn't we try to address it?
What is even more sickening, however, is the comment that you can't compare two schools "When you know there are a lot of kids from non English speaking backgrounds…" in one. I am not one to generally harp on about issues of race, but this is racism pure and simply. There is NO reason whatsoever that NESB students should perform worst than native Australians. NONE. Educational statistics do not support such a claim. Mr. Piccoli is relying on racist assumptions to make his case. This is racism pure and simple.
I was raised in a household where English was almost never spoken. When I entered Kindergarten, I knew few words of English. In primary school, I attended ESL (English as a Second Language) classes. And I'll be DAMNED if anyone DARES suggest I performed any worse because of it. I find such comments grossly offensive, vile, and despicable, and Mr. Piccoli owes an apology to everyone from non-English speaking backgrounds. It is my firm belief that if Mr. Piccoli does not apologies for this outrageous insinuation, then he should resign.
One more thing though, where are the 'alleged' right wingers in the NSW Liberal Party through all of this? Where are the people who constantly harking on in the party about 'conservative values'. In fact, speaking to Coalition staffers earlier today, these alleged conservatives and Hooray Henrys are the ones complaining about how "the party doesn't understand what the parliamentary wing is doing"! They are the ones defending and promoting this policy! Not one – NOT ONE – allegedly conservative NSW MP has stood up for principles and truth in this matter. How anyone can can take these (insert) seriously is beyond me.
If any Coalition MP wishes to publically state their opposition to this policy, please email me and I will issue a correction and apology. In fact, I issue a call to you all – speak now, publically, or forever be deemed as a sell out.
As I said previously, the Liberal Party membership is fuming. Crossing all factional lines, crossing all divisions, our members are up in arms. Unless something is changed, the real Liberal Party supporters, the truly passionate ones, will just sit out in 2011. Many seats will be lost because of it, and none of us want this to happen.
For the sake of the Liberal Party, and the future of NSW, I beg the NSW Coalition: please reverse this disastrous policy. There is no other course of action for you.
Tags:#BOFail, ALSF, NSW Liberal Party, School League Tables
On School League Tables
Following a barrage of criticism from within the Liberal Party on their stance to abandon fundamental Liberal principles of freedom of speech, freedom of choice, competition, by voting to support the censorship of media outlets who wish to publish 'school league tables', the NSW Coalition has responded to its critics.
The allegedly conservative NSW Leader of the Opposition Mr. O'Farrell had this to say:
"It is not Liberal Party policy to name and shame schools…where's the sense in comparing schools in (Sydney's) Berowra, Bankstown and Balgowlah, let alone ones in different parts of the state, with very different socio-economic conditions?"
Nice alliteration.
NSW Shadow Education minister Adrian Piccoli stated "A ranking system that is simplistic and wrong because it does not take into account the challenges that individual schools face" and noted that "Our position is supported almost unanimously by every serious education stakeholder"
Adrian, Adrian, Adrian. Of course your position is supported by teachers unions – school league tables empower parents and lessen their grip on the system! Principles? Of course they'd support it – when people will be able to see who's under-performing. But you forget one very important stakeholder group – the families themselves. Parents and children – the most important stakeholders of all, yet one who you completely neglect. Rather telling really.
Irrespective of the fact that this policy is an unconscionable attack on freedom of the press and a free and open soceity, it is one that is also categorically bad for children. The only way for our primary and secondary education sector to improve is through a move away from the command and control style system of governance on which it is currently based, and towards a decentralised model based on principles of competition. A model where parents can choose to send their children away from failing schools, to better ones. Schools would be forced to increase their standards or lose students to better performing schools. And the only way you can do this is by empowering parents through giving them information.
Indeed, perhaps the most insulting part of the argument put forward by the NSW Coalition is that, effectively, parents are too stupid to know what is best for their children. That they can't be trusted to read tables (and – heaven forbid – this might make them want to send their kids to a better school! ) Such an argument is not only arrogant, patronising and insulting, but it is also factually incorrect. Research has consistently shown, however, that where parents from poor backgrounds have been empowered to make choices, the results have been very impressive (for more info see Gannicott, K. Taking Education Seriously: A Reform Program for Australia's Schools. Centre for Independent Studies. Sydney. 1997. p98) In any case though, if indeed choice and information is denied on the ground that parents do not choose well, then the present educational system condemns itself for failing to make them good chooser, and that "without the interposition of political influence, parents would over the decades have developed judgment in seeking schooling that would best equip their child for adulthood."
Is it any wonder why no-one takes the NSW Opposition seriously? Why Mr. O'Farrell's opinion ratings are so dismally low, despite everything that's going on in NSW? Why anyone with an IQ above single digits on all sides of the political spectrum treats the NSW Opposition as an intellectual vacuum?in
Whilst Labor will most probably lose the next election, this shall be a Labor loss, not a Liberal victory, and I suspect we can expect the third party vote to increase significantly.
In attempting to sidle up to the radical left teachers unions, the NSW Opposition has isolated every parent and child in NSW. By putting pusillanimous petty partisan politics above principle, they have betrayed future generations growing up in NSW. What's more though, they have seriously, seriously delivered a punch in the guts to their supporters and Liberal Party members. Perhaps Messers O'Farrell and Piccoli are unaware of this sitting in their Macquarie Street Offices, as they spend the days thinking of their time on the Treasury benches, but the Liberal Party membership in NSW – and around Australia – is fuming. They have betrayed their core supporters, and this is a self-inflicted wound they will not easily recover from. Whilst perhaps in the electricity privitisation debate there were political gains to be made in the short term, here there are none. Radical Teachers Unions types will still never vote for us, and we have isolated our support base for nothing. A friend of mine said it best: "It's taken socialists and the like decades of failure to try and establish a left-wing alternative to labor… It's taken the libs half a term of O'Farrell."
This move has been condemned by John Howard, Brenden Nelson, Jane Albrechsten and every Liberal Party blogger on the planet. The Australian Liberal Students' Federation is is tabling a motion to condemn Mr O'Farrell for voting with the Greens "to hide information from parents about the performance of their children's schools and instituting totalitarian bans on media reporting". I am sure it shall pass near or even unanimously.
It's time for Mr. O'Farrell to 'fess up, admit he stuffed up, and take a stand for true conservative beliefs.
Tags:#BOFail, NSW Liberals, School League Tables
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Home Sudbury News Article
Brothers from Sudbury share clip of late father's final moments with terminal cancer to raise awareness for Cancer Research UK appeal
By Thomas Malina
thomas.malina@iliffepublishing.co.uk
Two brothers from Sudbury, who documented the last two years of their late father's life with terminal cancer, have shared an emotional video of his final moments, in aid of a national awareness campaign.
Marcus and Robin Brooker began filming their dad John in 2018, after they received his blessing upon learning that his bowel cancer – first diagnosed in 2004 – was terminal.
Their project will form an hour-long documentary, titled The Waiting Room, with the goal of breaking down taboos around discussing cancer, and providing a raw account of its impact on people's lives.
LITTLE CORNARD..Bures Road, Little Cornard..Robin and Marcus Brooker are filming a year-long documentary, with the working title The Waiting Room, about their father John, who has been given a year to live after being diagnosed with terminal cancer...Picture Mark Westley. (43932637)
Footage showing the 75-year-old at his home in Sudbury, shortly before his death on May 15 last year, has now been released, to support Cancer Research UK's appeal, as it faces a huge fundraising shortfall due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Media student Marcus, of Bures Road in Little Cornard, said: "For many people, the elephant in the room is cancer. We don't talk about it enough and, as a nation, we shy away from the topic.
"By not opening up and talking we are shutting the door on something that needs to be shared with the people we love most.
"People with cancer can still have a good quality of life, even if they have been given a terminal diagnosis, and that was exactly the case with my father, right up to his death.
"As a family, we were very open and honest about his prognosis, and that helped us cope during a very difficult and traumatic time.
"It helped break down barriers and allowed us to make the best of the limited time we had left together. It made a huge difference to my father and it lifted a huge emotional burden weighing down on the family.
"We didn't lose any precious time skirting around issues and, oddly enough, it allowed us to come closer as a family.
"I stopped filming just half-an-hour before my father died and then 10 minutes later I was filming again.
"It was the hardest thing I have had to do, but I knew I had to be faithful to the documentary and also, more importantly, to my father. He wanted me to film his last moments, because that was part of the story and he knew that.
"I hope this film does make a difference to how people talk about cancer and something positive can come out of my father's death. He was a very brave man, and I'm proud of him for the way he handled his own death and sharing his story."
The brothers produced a short feature on their father, a retired nursing home manager, for the BBC in 2019.
They plan to release the full film later this year, and hope to have it shown on national television.
In an extract from the documentary, John says: "I'm really one of the lucky ones. It doesn't get to me very often but, occasionally, I'll reflect sitting in the garden.
"You have to live for the day, and you have to do things. I get up every morning and think, 'Another great day. We're still here.'"
Marcus has also encouraged people to support Cancer Research UK, which has projected a £300million decline in income over the next three years.
"My father had cancer for a very long time but the treatment he received allowed him to spend his last few years still enjoying family life," he added.
"We now have better detection, diagnosis and treatment and vastly improved survival rates, but fundraising and research must continue."
Patrick Keely, Cancer Research UK's Suffolk spokesman, said: "We're grateful to Marcus and his family for helping to underline the need for continued investment and research at such a difficult time for them.
"The truth is, Covid-19 has slowed us down – but we will never stop."
To help the charity's appeal, click here.
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And to All a Dark Knight: Six Essential Batman Christmas Stories
And to All a Dark Knight: Six Essential Batman Christmas...
By Rosie Knight Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and that means it's the perfect time to revisit some of our favorite festive Batman stories.
Festive stories? Starring the Dark Knight? Oh yes! Bruce Wayne's alter ego and his over-the-top sensibilities are a surprisingly good match for the Christmas season. In fact, we've picked out six of our favorite holiday Bat-stories for you to enjoy on these cold dark nights. Whether you want animated adventures, blockbuster movies or classic comics, we've got you covered. So, holla at your butler for a hot cocoa and some vichyssoise (remember, it's supposed to be served cold), and get ready to make merry with the jolliest hero in Gotham. (Admittedly, the bar's set pretty low there.)
An oft-overlooked Christmas gem, Batman Returns is one of the best holiday movies ever made. From the sweeping opening shots of a snowy Gotham Zoo to the ice-capped cityscape to the Penguin's Christmas-trimmed crime gang, this gothic classic is stuffed full of festive treats. With not one but two rogues to contend with, Michael Keaton's Bruce Wayne is torn as he tries to track down the mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) and discover the truth about Oswald Cobblepot (Danny DeVito), the new mayoral candidate of his hometown. For those want something a little darker during an often-saccharine season, this horror-tinged tale is a wonderful addition to your Christmas watch list.
Batman: The Animated Series, "Christmas With the Joker"
One of the earliest entries (it's episode 2 of the first season) of the beloved animated series, this Christmas-themed offering is a complete delight. The episode follows Batman and Robin as they leave the coziness of Wayne Manor on a frosty evening. Their mission? To catch the Joker, who's escaped from Arkham Asylum with the help of a giant rocket hidden inside of a Christmas tree. Filled with Christmas cheer, stuffed teddy bears and even a rendition of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker (by the Joker himself no less), this cartoon has everything you need to get into the festive spirit.
Batman #27, "A Christmas Peril"
If you're looking for a Bat-flavored twist on the classic "A Christmas Carol," then you are in luck! This Golden Age gem sees the Caped Crusaders take on a wealthy young orphan running a Christmas tree racket, causing prices to skyrocket. But $7 trees aren't acceptable to Batman and Robin, so they decide to teach the young scamp a lesson...by kidnapping him! Through a bizarre It's a Wonderful Life /"Christmas Carol" mashup, the Dynamic Duo show this cad the impact of his greedy and morally questionable actions while thwarting the terror of Christmas-tree inflation.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold, "Invasion of the Secret Santas!"
Batman: The Animated Series isn't the only awesome animated adaptation of the Caped Crusader. Luckily for festive fans, Batman: The Brave and the Bold also has a great holiday offering. "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" (episode 5 of the show's first season) has everything you could dream of from a Bat-tastic Christmas episode. Here, our hero teams up with Red Tornado—who's searching for his holiday spirit—to take down the maniacal Fun Haus, who wants to ruin the season with his army of evil toys! If you're looking for something fun, fresh and fantastically freaky this festive season, look no further.
The Brave and the Bold #148, "The Night the Mob Stole Xmas!"
In this classic late '70s offering, Batman has to save Plastic Man, Gotham and of course, Christmas from a nefarious cigarette-smuggling gang. Holy smokes, Batman—we've gotta protect Gotham from people making cigarettes harder to come by! It's a wonderfully strange, noirish-yet-mundane tale we might never get to see in today's world. If that's not enough to sell you, then how about the fact that the crooks steal a famed Gotham Christmas decoration and then go on the run to Florida where Plastic Man and the Bat have to thwart them? Yes, it's just as good as it sounds.
Detective Comics #826, "Slayride"
If you're looking for a story that eschews the cheer in favor of some holiday chills, look no further than this Paul Dini-written standalone tale from 2006. In the midst of the holiday season, Robin inadvertently flees from some assailants into an idling car driven by the Joker, who then takes him on a homicidal drive down unsuspecting streets while the Boy Wonder can do little but watch and try to escape. Gripping, relentless and darkly humorous like any good Joker tale (and this is a great one), it's a glimpse into both the way the Joker operates and how the members of the Bat-Family deal with him that gets bonus points for the way it incorporates the Marx Brothers classic line about how "there ain't no Sanity Claus." That it also ends with one of the most brutally honest truths about holiday wishes cements this taut tale as a true underread classic.
The Neal Adams-penciled classic "The Silent Night of the Batman" in Batman #219 and the Len Wein-scripted classic "The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus!" in Justice League of America #110. Both are wintry and wonderful.
As one can see, there are a whole bundle of holiday stories centered around Gotham's most famous son. Though his gloomy glare and monochromatic suit might imply otherwise, he's apparently a big fan of this festive season. And he's not the only superhero—as DC has a rich history of brilliant holiday anthologies, unexpected Christmas cartoons, and awesome seasonal gifts that can charm even the grouchiest of Grinches. Happy holidays from all of us here at DCComics.com!
A version of this article originally ran on DC Universe. Be sure to subscribe to DC Universe Infinite for unlimited access to more than 24,000 comics from every era of publishing, plus original titles, special fan events and more!
Rosie Knight writes about comics, movies and TV for DCComics.com, Nerdist, IGN and The Hollywood Reporter. Follow Rosie on Twitter at @RosieMarx.
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One of the biggest challenges you will run into if you are an entrepreneur, is determining where and how to invest your time and energy. If you are like most, you don't feel like you have many options because you are so busy working, you move in the direction created by the greatest demand. One day, that might mean resolving a customer issue, another day it might be working on closing the next biggest deal, and yet it might also mean cleaning the conference room table because a client is coming in for a visit. Regardless of opportunity, problem or operation that needs to be handled, it will sometimes feel like you are jumping through hoops while spinning plates.
For many entrepreneurs there is an internal struggle whether to work on or in the business. Running the business (your YOU-niverse), creates just as many challenges as opportunities. Operations, sales, accounting, marketing, research & development, product support and many other responsibilities are thrust upon you on a daily basis. The question remains, what is best for the growth and success of your business?
To do or not to do, what does your future hold? If it's not in your power zone, delegate the task to someone else. Keep in mind if you are not good at something and you never want to be, fire yourself and hire someone for the task. For example, if social media is not a strength, hire a social media marketing consultant to to boost your message. Don't have any money, do what I did, contact a local college or search on LinkedIn for an intern. Another piece of advice is to barter service for service. What do you offer that would provide value to someone that has something of value to offer you?
Never underestimate the power of NICE. Nice is profitable, very profitable.
What do you see when you look back from the future? Take a look at your industry. There are probably dozens, if not hundreds, of people that have been doing what you are doing much longer than you. Drop them an email or make a phone call to a handful of experts in your industry. Be humble enough to ask for their advice. Sure, many will ignore your emails or calls, but a few will respond and will be glad to help you. Ask for their advice. Find out what worked well for them. See what action steps they took. Let them share their story and see if there are some similarities. Heed their advice, respect their time.
Do you act like the future is yours to create? In order to be successful, you must see yourself as a success waiting to happen. Even when your income from your business is low or non-existent, there is still huge growth taking place. Never stop growing your network, building your expertise, creating great relationships and maintaining a positive attitude. And as I continue to share with each keynote I deliver and podcast I share, never underestimate the power of NICE. Nice is profitable, very profitable.


Fix or repair daily.. Our f100 story begins.. about now.
Recently we acquired a ford f100 , 1974 vintage, that has a lot of original parts on it. It's now has several less;) Today's joy, before the AZ sun came and declared a no fun zone for shade tree mechanics , was a new master brake cylinder and brake booster. All in in relatively painless , only two trips to the local napa, one for a cotter pin and one prior for the needle nose pliers which led us to the discovery we need another pin. It's all back and does it work? No idea, it's too hot to care and the system still needs bled.


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Lucideon to Work with the STFC Hartree Centre to Accelerate the Development of Novel Ceramics
Lucideon has announced that it is working with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre to explore the accelerated discovery and development of novel ceramics through computer modelling.
The project, part-funded by STFC's Bridging for Innovators (B4I) programme with in-kind funding by Lucideon, will assess the potential to significantly accelerate the product development cycle of novel ceramics by reducing the time and the amount of experimental work involved.
Building on advanced computer modelling and data analysis techniques, Lucideon will combine its many years of developing ceramic systems with the STFC Hartree Centre's expertise in data science, computational materials science and atomistic modelling.
Stuart MacLachlan, Head of R&D at Lucideon said:
"Companies are looking for components to work in increasingly harsh environments, but the development of new materials and associated processes to meet these demands is complex and often takes many years. This initiative will assess ways of accelerating the process and should form the basis of offering a design service for ceramic materials discovery."
Dr Richard White, Principal Materials Consultant at Lucideon and leader of the project, said:
"Experiments are essential to discovering new materials but they require a balance between numerous opposing constraints that evolve over multiple time and length scales. This can be like searching for a four-leaf clover in a meadow. We are using computational tools to help us search the meadow and then using the experimental capabilities at Lucideon to confirm that we have found one."
Dr. Viktor Zolyomi, Computational Scientist at the STFC Hartree Centre said:
"The ceramic discovery challenge posed by Lucideon is tailor-made for a computational approach that can leverage the Hartree Centre's high performance computing architectures along with our expertise in atomistic modelling and data science techniques. At the same time, the sheer complexity of the challenge means that the high performance modelling will truly benefit from experimental input from Lucideon in order to perform any necessary course corrections as we navigate the treacherous seas of computational materials discovery."
The collaboration between Lucideon and Hartree Centre will help to find unique materials that may not exist today and support their scale up for a range of urgent applications across multiple industries.
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Q: Unable to scrape data from https://www.gbgb.org.uk/meeting/?meetingId=355352&raceId=576255 Hi for some reason I cannot seem to scrape any results data from https://www.gbgb.org.uk/ using BS, I can print the results page page I want using prettify but as soon as I ask for a "find_all" for example I get a 0 return, can anyone see if I'm doing anything wrong as the same code works fine on other sites, below is a quick example of what I mean, many thanks
import urllib.request
import urllib.parse
from requests import get
url = 'https://www.gbgb.org.uk/meeting/?meetingId=355490&raceId=577749'
response = get(url)
#print(response.text[:500])

headers = {}
headers['User-Agent'] ="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/24.0.1312.27 Safari/537.17"
req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers = headers)

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
type(html_soup)
#print(html_soup.prettify())

info_container = html_soup.find_all('div', class_ = 'MeetingRaceTrap')
print(type(info_container))
print(len(info_container))

A: If you go to NetWork Tab.You will get following API which returns result as json format.
https://api.gbgb.org.uk/api/results/meeting/355490?meeting=355490

You don't need BeautifulSoup here.
import requests
import json
headers = {'User-Agent':
       'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/47.0.2526.106 Safari/537.36'}
url = 'https://api.gbgb.org.uk/api/results/meeting/355490?meeting=355490'
response =requests.get(url,headers=headers)
data=json.loads(response.text)
print(data)

Now lets say you want get races
Just print
print(data[0]['races'])

Or you want to get prizes for races.
for price in data[0]['races']:
    print(price['racePrizes'])

Your output will be
1st £95 | Others £40 | Race Total £95
1st £95 | Others £40 | Race Total £295
1st £105 | Others £40 | Race Total £305
1st £100 | Others £40 | Race Total £300
1st £120 | Others £40 | Race Total £320
1st £110 | Others £40 | Race Total £310
1st £110 | Others £40 | Race Total £310
1st £115 | Others £40 | Race Total £315
1st £120 | Others £40 | Race Total £320
1st £105 | Others £40 | Race Total £305

To get all the dog name you need iterate the parent element.
import requests
import json
headers = {'User-Agent':
       'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/47.0.2526.106 Safari/537.36'}
url = 'https://api.gbgb.org.uk/api/results/meeting/355490?meeting=355490'
response =requests.get(url,headers=headers)
data=json.loads(response.text)
for d in data[0]['races']:
    for dog in d['traps']:
        print(dog['dogName'])

This will print all 60 names.
Talking Lulu
Demolition Dolly
Holycross Jo Jo
Fieldview Gramps
Fieldview Darcie
Blackrose Frog
Kilbreedy Gaga
Yorkstreet Milly
Blackrose Angus
Greencroft Snowy
Marcos Veggera
Ramors Flash
Dan The Tail
Killinan Fairy
Knockalton Bella
Howl At The Moon
Westmead Boss
Rockhill Romeo
Fieldview Gem
Only One Ding
Fieldview Jet
Leazes Samuel
Glassmoss Sally
Fieldview Franky
Talamh Dochais
Greencroft Spot
Greencroft Jed
Footfield Bee
Hather Pixie
Makeit My Dog
Makeit Mos Bro
Droopys Cristina
Puckane Panda
Hollywood Coco
Fieldview Dolly
Ballyphilip Bill
Bees Charm
Crossfield Hal
Savana Jody
Savana Hottie
Greencroft Briny
Savana Dan Dan
Savana Diamond
Savana Schnappes
Savana Pegasus
Millroad Captian
Savana Pimms
Ballyhoe Vouga
Fieldview Myles
Hollander
Savana Tequila
Ballygibba Chip
Rockburst Tess
All About Will
Clockwork Girl
Roma Lady
Fieldview Pancho
Harry Boy
Rahyvira Lady
Cobblers Girl

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It is not recommended to buy logs and firewood by weight because they all contain a variable amount of water. We only sell nets or logs by volume as a 'loose' load in cubic meters.
The rule allows for a 1/4-inch saw kerf and a fixed taper allowance of 1/2 inch per 4 feet of log length. Deductions are also allowed for shrinkage of boards and a slab thickness that varies with the log diameter. Overall, the International 1/4-Inch Log Rule is the most consistent and is often used as a basis of comparison for log rules.
The chart with log prices should be read as price per 1000 BF. In other words, if you add a decimal in front, that would be price per board foot. For example: In other words, if you add a decimal in front, that would be price per board foot.
If you're looking for a used log splitter with a more affordable price tag, we'd like to help you find exactly what you're looking for. We do occasionally carry scratch & dent log splitters, and we always carry new log splitters as well.
The log price tables list the average, range and the number of "quotes" received for each species and grade. Log prices are for domestically processed logs and reflect what the purchaser is willing to pay for a log delivered at the mill. All links below are to PDF documents.
Unfortunately, when converting a pine sawtimber F price to a ton basis, different log rules affect the conversion. The two conversions can give very different prices. For example, a price of $350/F Doyle for a stand with an average diameter at breast height (DBH) of 14" may convert to around $38/ton, whereas a price of $335/F Scribner at the same diameter would convert to around $49/ton.
During 2Q2013, hardwood pulpwood prices declined $0.24 per ton or 0.6 percent from the 1Q2013 average price of $39.60/ton. Stumpage costs fell $0.16/ton, handling cost fell $0.05 per ton, and freight fell $0.03 per ton.
The hook time is 1.5 minutes per log and the unhook and decking time is 1.1 minutes per log. The skidding distance is 300 m. The machine rate for the skidder and crew is $40 per hour. The skidding distance is 300 m.
2011-02-28· Re: Cedar log price check..... « Reply #3 on: January 03, 2011, 04:42:30 PM » cedar i dont think weighs anywhere near other woods. at 6.50 a ton i think that would be a smoking deal. buts thats just my initial thinking. are you certain the figures in the first post are correct. if so it would be 100 ton for 650 dollars.
2008-11-01· TBH I wouldn't know whether it's dear or cheap because it's all relative. To make any sense of the price you would have to compare it to the likes of coal or wood that you could burn as an alternative in an open fire/ stove. 4 ton of coal would probably cost you €1300.
2013-03-17· If the old Jimmy has the springs under I think it does, 12-15 hundred will be a comfortable load. In tie or fencing logs that would give you in the neighborhood of $300.00-$350.00 per load.
If you paid £100 a tonne for 20% (air dried) moisture wood at 4,000 kWh per tonne then 1kWh would cost you 2.5p. 45% less. But you wouldnt know which one you had bought.
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The DHT 277 cc 35-Ton Gas Log Splitter The DHT 277 cc 35-Ton Gas Log Splitter features a KOHLER CH395 engine that produces 9.5-HP for powerful vertical and horizontal wood splitting force.
2008-08-30· I am just wondering what the going prices are for a loggers truck load of wood in your area? By me in N.W. Wisconsin it is now about $80 per cord, a usual truck load is about 10 cord $800.
$28- $40/ton Note that these figures represent prices paid by competitive domestic facilities in the Inland Northwest, and are based on average-sized logs and standard log lengths—usually 16'6" and 33'.
Currently the FOB price for Mahogany for US market (length 6+ feet) is between US$1,230.00 and US$1,290.00 per cubic metre. For the Dominican Republic market, FOB prices are now US$530.00 per cubic metre (lengths less than 6 feet).
You determine your harvesting cost to be $100 per thousand bf, trucking at $100 per thousand bf, and milling at $250 per thousand bf. You take the $800 and subtract $450 in costs, and you have $350 per thousand board feet.
In the Southern region, the average cut and haul cost in 2011 ranged from $13.70 to $23.00 per ton, with a weighted average of $17.01 per ton. The cut and load portion of costs represented $12.34 per ton.
Wood Resource Quarterly The Global Sawlog & Pulpwood Price Report Each report is approximately 52 pages in length and includes delivered sawlog prices and pulpwood prices and market information from all major regions of the world, including Europe, North America, South America, Oceania and Asia .


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Govt plans debt waiver for small distressed borrowers under insolvency law
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi | Last Updated at August 18 2019 23:37 IST
A survey found that job losses in the MSME sector has been about 32 per cent
The government plans to use the insolvency law to waive off the debts of small distressed borrowers, Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas has said.
The waiver will be offered using the 'fresh start' provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), he told news agency PTI in an interview.
The government has held discussions with the microfinance industry to select the criteria for the proposed waiver for small distressed borrowers from the economically weaker section (EWS).
He emphasised that the waiver—as part of individual insolvency—would be for the most distressed within the EWS.
"If you have once availed the fresh start, then you cannot avail it again for five years. We have worked out all safeguards to the satisfaction of the microfinance industry.
"It will (be) like taking haircuts. At a national level, over a three to four years period, it will be not more than Rs 10,000 crore," Srinivas told PTI in an interview.
There are various thresholds for 'fresh start', including that the gross annual income of the debtor does not exceed Rs 60,000.
The aggregate value of the debtor's assets should not be more than Rs 20,000 and that the aggregate value of the qualifying debts does not exceed Rs 35,000. Among others, such a person should not be having an own dwelling unit, irrespective of whether it is encumbered or not, according to the IBC.
"We had discussions with microfinance industry and their concerns are being duly factored in. The idea is not to destroy the microfinance industry.
"The idea is to give waiver for small distressed borrowers from debt obligations based on a criteria. The criteria has been discussed at length with the microfinance industry," he said.
Further, he said that the IBC provisions pertaining to personal guarantor to corporate debtor would be coming into effect immediately, followed by those related to partnership and proprietorship.
"Then we will look to bring fresh start provision," he added.
The IBC provides the framework to deal with distressed assets through a market-driven and time-bound process.
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The following letter was sent to the Harvard Presidential Search Committee by the HUCTW Executive Board and HUCTW Staff on October 10, 2017.
Thank you for the opportunity to offer our perspective on the principal challenges facing the University and important qualities to be sought in our new president.
The Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) is a labor union made up of more than 5,000 skilled and committed staff working in every corner of the University — in Harvard's offices, laboratories, libraries, museums, houses, and clinics. Our union has been negotiating and collaborating constructively with Harvard's administrative and academic leaders for nearly 30 years. We have negotiated ten agreements that have been recognized, within the University and more broadly, for their thoughtful attention to modern workplace issues, innovative benefit design, and consistent, energetic emphasis on workplace learning, flexibility, and positive union-management relations.
University leaders who want to build on Harvard's greatness must pursue practices that offer broad and generous inclusion for all citizens in Harvard's workplace community. To those unfamiliar with Harvard's inner workings, it is perhaps easy to imagine Harvard staff as peripheral to the University's core mission of educating future citizens and leaders. Yet HUCTW members are deeply engaged in the core processes of education and discovery. Teaching, learning, and research at Harvard could not occur without the integral contributions of Harvard staff, union and non-union, at every level. We do our best policy-making and problem-solving when we maintain structures and attitudes that are deeply committed to inclusion, participation, diversity, and democracy across the University.
The most effective solutions come from determined collaboration and constructive partnership. In a complex and strongly decentralized administrative environment like the one we work in every day, it can be difficult to build consensus, resolve conflicts, and ensure compliance with important institutional goals and values. Yet we know firsthand that the most effective way to address challenging problems is through early and transparent communication between key stakeholders, including staff. It is possible to reach mutually beneficial agreements and generate broad community support if we are prepared to work hard at the business of respectful collaboration and creative compromise. Leaders within the University must be prepared to listen persistently, engage energetically, and celebrate a spirit of mutuality.
Even the thorniest policy problems can be solved with persistence, research, good will, and creativity. HUCTW and the University have worked well together on tough issues over the years – finding fair and balanced responses to economic challenges, building work-life balance and professional development opportunities into everyday working life, maintaining high-quality, affordable health plans while the national health care system is in crisis. The University's employee unions are important stakeholders, with unique insight into the needs and aspirations of the Harvard workforce. Our diverse and learned community has within it the people and resources needed to address complicated issues fairly, thoroughly, and innovatively — and set a strong, positive example of a progressive and productive American workplace.
HUCTW leaders and members are proud of what has been accomplished over three Harvard presidencies, working with University administrators and faculty to make the University a great place to work for thousands of staff and their colleagues. Looking forward, we ask the Presidential Search Committee to envision an era of University leadership that further builds on our shared commitments to inclusiveness, collaboration, transparency, and respect, so that together we can thoughtfully navigate future challenges and build a stronger, more united Harvard.


The hunting ranch falls entirely within the property of Castello di Fosini.
It stretches over a total surface of 300 hectares between 397 and 967 metres asl.
As far as vegetation, the territory is characterised by oak, ilex, chestnut and hop hornbeam forests mixed or alternating with fir and black pine forests. The vineyards and the clearings are nestled in the heart of the estate and entirely surrounded by wooded areas.
The great environmental vastness and variability allows for great biodiversity in the forests with high trunk areas trading off repeatedly with brushlands.
These characteristics together with the natural presence of many species of hoofed animals have made it possible to consolidate the consistence by adding selected exemplars of: deer, fallow deer, mouflon, roe deer and boar.
Today, this population makes possible both driven hunting and selective hunting catching perfectly respectable trophies. The hunt of hoofed animals mainly takes place within a fenced-in area of approximately 180 hectares that a maximum of 15 hunters can have access to each hunt, thus guaranteeing maximum safety and excellent quality.
The few areas not covered by woods host a large number of pheasants and red partridges that we have added and monitor, these, too, may be hunted on company premises, mainly through English drives.
Being a hunting ranch nestled in one of the last truly uncontaminated areas in Italy, the hunt is practised ethically and is monitored, managed and controlled by qualified, professional technical personnel.


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nearly now
Teaching Filtering Skills More Important Than Ever!
(Thank you everyone for your concern! We are all safe in Bangkok this evening with Government imposed curfew on the city)
I'm not sure what the news is like about the Bangkok protests outside of Thailand. But inside of Thailand is has been sporadic at best. Leaving people wanting to know and turning to constantly updated streams of information such as Facebook and Twitter.
Twitter has made it big within our school community. Many teachers, students, and parents have been following different hash tags or lists. Popular Twitter hash tags have been #bangkok #redshirts #redshirt #thaicrisis.
Here's the issue…..everyone has an opinion and both sides have been using Twitter and the people following the stream there as a way to have their voice heard.
I don't think that's a bad things, but are we teaching people that these live streams of information need to be filtered? I wonder how many people in Bangkok took the time to actually look at who was tweeting what, and understood their agenda. For as much good information there was in the stream there was propaganda from both sides.
Whether we like it or not as a global society we have come to expect this type of live stream when events are happening. Whether it's an earthquake in Haiti or protests in Bangkok, we want to know what's going on NOW and we don't want to wait……we have become a nearly now society.
There are two things that concern me:
1) What concerned me the most is the length at which citizen journalists would good to to get the story. Putting themselves in harms way, getting shot at, and in some cases actually dieing for being in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Is nearly now news worth this? Yet it happens and continues to happen as people run around the city trying to get pictures of burning building and putting themselves in harms way.
2) Secondly were the tweets from people outside of Thailand who clearly were not informed on what had been happening over the past 7 weeks or so here in Bangkok and felt the need to add their 2cents to the stream, making it even more confusing on what the actual truth was.
Then there is the mainstream media. The CNNs and BBCs of the world who are trying to capture and tell the story the best they can with very few actual journalists on the ground. They both pulled pictures, tweets, and videos from things that were being tweeted and in at least two stories miss reported, or miss represented what was happening in the image. Scary and very misleading to readers.
What we need to understand is that if we're going to live in a nearly now world we all need to learn to filter information and assume that some information is going to be wrong, It's the nature of reporting live events in almost real time. Things are going to get missed, people will take advantage of real time streams, and we need to know that it's going to happen!
I have to say I'm worried that we're not teaching our students, who this 'nearly now' world is going to affect the most, how to use it properly. How to filter the good from the bad, and the fact from the opinion. We talk about this in regards to books…..but I do not know of any school, anywhere in the world that talks about this when it comes to live streaming information on the web……and people….this is the future of news….the Evening News at 6pm is dead!
As I myself was wrestling to keep up with the news streams today, I was talking with 10th graders about their digital profiles. As we were waiting for a site to load a girl in the front row got frustrated and said.
"Why's it taking a million years to load!?"
Reality….it might have taken 7 maybe even 10 seconds for the page to load, yet she was frustrated it wasn't loading faster.
And we've all been there, frustrated that 10 seconds to access a websites literally halfway around the world was too slow.
We live in a nearly now world, we need to stop pretending we don't and start preparing students to be responsible global citizens in it!
Because in a nearly now world 10 seconds feels like a million years.


American athletes and other celebrities took to social media to show support for NFL (National Football League) stars after US President Donald Trump criticised players for taking a knee during the national anthem.
Actresses, musicians and sports stars showed solidarity with the likes of NFL player Colin Kaepernick and other players across the league as they protested during the national anthem on Sunday (September 24), taking to Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #TakeTheKnee.
Kaepernick made headlines in August 2016 for refusing to stand for the national anthem to protest racial injustice in the United States.
He followed up his comments with tweets on the issue on Saturday and Sunday.
Orange is the New Black actor Uzo Aduba said the decision to take a knee was "easy".
Actor Jesse Williams, who starred in Grey's Anatomy, shared a satirical cartoon depicting Kaepernick and two soldiers who are commenting that they "died for his (Kaepernick's) right to sit or stand".
Rosario Dawson posted a picture of herself taking the knee along with members of a New York youth club for girls.
Singer Stevie Wonder kneeled on stage during his concert at the Global Citizen Festival New York on Saturday (September 23) and said he was doing it "for America".
American rapper Diddy sent a video message to NFL players via Instagram telling them that taking a knee "has nothing to do with football" and that they should "do the math, stick together".
A Very IMPORTANTMESSAGE TO ALLTHEPLAYERS IN THENFL!!!!!!! Said with LOVERESPECTANDHOPE! Repost pls!
Some players chose to show their support via their clothing, with athletes like Miami Dolphins' Jay Ajayi wearing the slogan "I'm with Kap" on their t-shirts while the national anthem played.
Players at the Baltimore Ravens vs. Jacksonville Jaguars match could be seen linking arms and getting down on one knee as the Star-Spangled Banner played.
Oakland Raiders' official Twitter account posted an image of their players sitting and locking arms as the national anthem played with the caption "united".
Finally, basketball legend LeBron James took to Twitter slamming Trump for his decision to retract fellow basketballer Stephen Curry's invitation to visit the Whitehouse after Curry said he didn't want to join his team – the Golden State Warriors – in visiting the US president's home.
U bum StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!


Mary Anton Kokenos. Age 94. Beloved wife of the late Francis. Loving mother of James (the late Vada) Kokenos and Pauline (William) Hull. Devoted grandmother Michael Hull, Danae Kokenos and Amy (Chris) Vosler. Great-grandmother of Charlie and Jake. Dear aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Friday, February 8, 9:30 a.m. until time of service, 10:30 a.m., at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 2350 E. Dempster St., Des Plaines, IL 60016. Interment Memory Gardens Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church are appreciated.


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Q: Word for meaning across the solar system Is there a single term in english that means "to cross or to traverse a solar system"?
For crossing the Atlantic we have transatlantic, to cross the continent we have transcontinental and even to cross a galaxy we have trans-galactic (admittedly the last one is a hyphenate) But as far as I can tell we dont have any single word for traversing a solar-system.
My first instinct would be to say trans-solar-system. But, a double hyphenate feela awkward and the sound of it also seems incorrect.
My reason for asking is that I'm writing a paper describing satellite transfer paths that span the solar system and a single term would let my writing flow slightly better.


The following additional thoughts on this subject are not intended to represent the view of WikiLeaks or anyone besides myself and are not meant to be viewed as comprehensive or final!
In my opinion, the biggest stumbling block on this front isn't a lack of tools, abilities, or talents: It is a lack of imagination or self-confidence in terms of recognizing our innate gifts and re-engineering them for the Reconnect Julian effort.
Due to the extremely fast-paced news cycle, it is easy to lose sight of the incredible amount of support that has been shown for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange by people across the political and ideological spectrum. This post intends to encourage people to take their own action, in part by reminding the public of just how many individuals have already spoken up. If you have an audience – whether readers, viewers or listeners – make content focusing on efforts to Reconnect Julian. A few examples of this type of effort (far from comprehensive!) are listed below.
Again: The following sentiments are my own and should not be confused with an official guide endorsed by anyone except myself.
London embassy into a form of brutal incarceration.
It's not just celebrities and respected journalists speaking out on his behalf, but also ordinary people across the globe: most recently, the World Socialist Website reported that rallies will be held in Sri Lanka on June 19th calling for the freedom of Julian Assange on the anniversary of the day he entered the embassy in 2012.
'WikiLeaks was formed as an act of love'–Patti Smith.
It is impossible to entirely capture the beauty and impact of Yarraspot's work in this format, so readers are encouraged to visit her Twitter page for more information and examples of her work.
Cassandra Fairbanks has also done a fantastic job getting the message out there with short, to-the-point-videos. Pamela Anderson spoke with the press about the fact that the current situation constitutes torture and recently called on Kanye West to support Julian, while members of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) signed a petition calling for Julian's communications to be restored.
Meanwhile, Randy Credico voiced his support for Assange at the Washington Correspondent's dinner (and was thrown out of the event as a result), journalists like Glenn Greenwald have covered the issue, HA Goodman wrote an article in support of Julian Assange, Suzie Dawson published a masterful history of the true WikiLeaks story (disproving years of mainstream media smears of both Julian and WikiLeaks in the process) shortly before his communications were cut and instigated a groundbreaking online vigil with Kim Dotcom and many others in response to Julian's isolation, and I was honored to speak with Jamarl Thomas of the Progressive Soapbox and Graham Elwood of the Political Vigilante about the current situation.
Taking all of these efforts into account, it becomes clear that support for Julian Assange encompasses the breadth of the political and geographical landscape.
So, if you have a voice, use it!
Absolutely everyone is encouraged to write directly to Julian Assange and also to their own political representatives at federal, state and local levels, by letter, call or email. Demand that your representatives express support for Julian Assange and take immediate action on his behalf.
Recently, Assange's legal representatives put out a call to action, for the public to write letters to NGOs and humanitarian organizations, demanding they issue a statement calling on the UK to make a formal guarantee it will not extradite Julian to the US and to bring an end to his arbitrary detention. A template letter is provided below from JusticeForAssange.com, and is reproduced here with permission from Assange's legal team. Please visit the site itself for more information and follow the instructions provided, and ask other supporters to do the same!
I am writing to urge [NGO name] to call on the UK to publicly and formally guarantee that it will not extradite Julian Assange to the United States in connection with WikiLeaks.
[NGO name] has been silent on this issue for too long. Julian Assange's fate is not just the fate of one man. The clear intent of the United States administrations, past and present, is to imprison him for many years for his publishing work. This is of grave concern to all who truly defend the freedom of the press and the right of the public to access information. These are rights and freedoms that [NGO name] has staked out as its own founding principles.
Calling on the UK to prevent Assange's extradition is not a controversial position. There is already consensus among leading voices of the human rights community that US attempts to prosecute Assange amount to persecution, and that an extradition to the United States would weaken press freedoms at home and abroad.
Amnesty International in 2012 called for the governments concerned to "issue assurances" that Julian Assange "will not be extradited to the USA in connection with Wikileaks".
The political persecution of Assange, if permitted to continue its course, will irreversibly undermine press freedoms in the West and has already been used to justify crackdowns against publishers and journalists in other countries.
The human rights community must stand united and defend its principles. As during the Apartheid era, this issue is not just a matter of principle, it is a struggle that defines the true nature and scope of our freedoms and those who stand ready to defend them.
[NGO name] must take a clear stand on the key issue of the publisher's right to publish without threat of imprisonment. A public statement calling for the UK to issue a formal guarantee that it will not extradite Julian Assange to the US in connection with WikiLeaks publications will be a solid first step.
If you are great at Photoshop or graphic design, then consider creating "Reconnect Julian" themed images/memes to spread on social media. Are you a cook, or a baker? No joke, have a bake sale with the proceeds to Julian Assange's legal defense fund or WikiLeaks. This may sound silly to some, but it shows how any creative skillset can be put to good use, even if you aren't a politician, actress, journalist, or if you don't use social media – there are still an infinite variety of ways you can help.
It is also very important at this time that the public writes letters of support, solidarity and encouragement to Julian Assange himself. The impact – and pressing need – of this particular action was discussed by both CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou and long-time human rights activist Ciaron O'Reilly during the Unity4J vigil, with both men speaking to the positive effect of receiving letters during their own experience of confinement and imprisonment. O'Reilly and Kiriakou both referred to the letters they received as representing an unbroken thread tying them to the rest of humanity, at least somewhat reducing the pain of isolation.
The campaign also has postcards for you to send to the British Medical Association, calling for it to intervene on the grounds of the detrimental effects on Julian Assange's physical and mental health of such prolonged confinement and isolation.
The public can also support Assange on social media, by using hashtags #ReconnectJulian, #Unity4J, #1TweetADay4JA and the like. Sharing accurate and supportive information about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks is vitally important because the establishment is working so hard to smear and silence them, as evidenced by Assange's current isolation. Do not underestimate the power of your retweet, Facebook share, conversation with friends, or blog post.
Image courtesy of Quinn Petersen (@QuinnPetersen2) via Twitter.
Artists working in any medium – painting, sculpting, etc – can create pieces inspired by Julian Assange and WikiLeaks or donate the proceeds of specific works/events to the effort. Those with the resources and tools available can hold a gallery event or other type of exhibition in support of #ReconnectJulian. Well-known examples of this type of advocacy include fashion icon Vivienne Westwood, a long-time supporter of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. If you do create an artwork in support of WikiLeaks and Julian, consider tagging Wikileaks Art Force in the image on Twitter so that they see it.
As previously mentioned, the incredible Yarraspot did exactly that and her artwork reached thousands more people, via Wikileaks ArtForce, than would otherwise have seen it. It is shown here with permission.
Are you a great social networker? Organize an online or on-the-ground vigil or demonstration. There are established events of this kind in Australia, and more like them need to be initiated around the world. The Twitter account to follow for information on solidarity events in Australia is available here. If you live in a place where there are no scheduled events, start one! On June 19th there will also be a demonstration in front of the British consulate in Melbourne, as tweeted by Caitlin Johnstone.
If you are already part of a social network that meets regularly – such as a church or a book club or any activism-oriented group – suggest that your group does an activity to show support for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.
If you are in London or traveling to the UK, consider joining the incredible, long-running on-the-ground vigils being held outside the Ecuadorian Embassy by a small group who have been holding solidarity vigils there since Julian Assange entered the building in 2012 (some of the regulars have been supporting him even before that time). Ciaron O'Reilly and Emmy Butlin are two of these core solidarity organizers, and readers should look to their social media accounts as well as JA_Defence on Twitter for more details on vigils held at the embassy.
According to WiseupAction, a very important vigil will be held on June 19th, the anniversary of Julian entering the embassy. A callout for that event is available here with more information if you'd like to attend. Additional information on global events recognizing this important anniversary in Assange's arbitrary detention can also be found here.
If you can't make it to the embassy in person, you can always participate in online efforts or start your own event where you live!
More ideas include: Hosting a potluck, with proceeds donated to WikiLeaks. Throw a raffle! Host a watch party, or any other type of gathering where guests can contribute to the cause. If you have clutter lying around that you'd intended to get rid of by holding a garage sale, send the proceeds to WikiLeaks and advertise support for Julian Assange at the sale itself. Events like this can be just as much about raising awareness and circumventing legacy press censorship as they are about raising funds. The possibilities and potential variations are endless – let your creative imagination run wild!
Most importantly, speak with your family and friends in person about the exponential impact of the work WikiLeaks has done for the public's right to know what goverments really do in our name, and the appalling treatment of Julian Assange as a politically imprisoned journalist who is suffering now – without ever being charged, much less convicted of any crime – because he dared to expose the crimes of the powerful.
Explain the invaluable tool WikiLeaks has put into the hands of the public to reveal the harms perpetrated against them by their governments. WikiLeaks' publications have allowed those in independent media to ground their critique of corrupt powers in evidence. To give some idea of the extent of that impact, WikiLeaks documents have been cited in academic papers and court cases, more than 43,000 times at the time of writing.
At the time of writing, Julian Assange has been cut off from communication with the outside world, apart from counsel with his lawyers, for 74 days. The Nelson Mandela Rules apply "torture" to just 15 days spent in isolation. Julian Assange is fast approaching five times the limit of consecutive days in isolation that is classified as torture under these rules.
All this is happening when the world's top legal authority on unlawful detention, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, already determined more than two years ago that the UK has arbitrarily detained the WikiLeaks Editor-In-Chief, and that he should be released and compensated immediately. The establishment's viciousness towards Julian Assange has been demonstrated repeatedly by calls from figures within the plutocratic class (or those cheerleading for them) for Assange to be murdered, and by then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo's comparison of WikiLeaks with terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda.
When the most militaristic and corrupt powers on the planet repeatedly flout international law in their pursuit of exacting sadistic revenge for being 'found out', it is up to all of us – the public who WikiLeaks has served – to fight for our own rights and freedoms and for those who through their fearless publishing protect them. In doing so, we must unanimously fight for the restoration of the rights of Julian Assange.
Post Script: I have cited my previous work in this article where appropriate due to the unfortunate lack of coverage of many of the issues surrounding Julian Assange's horrendous suffering at the hands of the establishment, in particular the death threats leveled at him.


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Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production. Featuring a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, it's directed by Dominic Cooke (The Comedy of Errors). Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy and Olivier awards, Sondheim's previous work includes A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George.


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Social entrepreneurs are impact driven. They are very passionate about solving social issues they found and pursue the missions, but that can be scary. If you are solving the world's problems, you are creating something that's never existed before. Here's why you need to embrace that!
Why shouldn't you be nervous about starting a social enterprise?
Humans are always scared of the unknown. But not just humans. It is universal that all the creatures are afraid of the unknown. One of my small hobbies is to watch videos that collect scared animals' reactions, for example, when you put a cucumber right behind a cat stealthily while they eat and they found it and when dogs look themselves into a mirror.
It is appropriate to be nervous about starting not just a social enterprise but a business itself. It is more like instinct. I get that. However, why do people love Indiana Jones, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Marty McFly? Because people also do love adventures. You won't know what would happen on any adventures. So are people afraid of adventures? No, people love adventures. Adventures are exciting, stimulate your curiosity and most importantly, always have missions.
Social entrepreneurs are impact driven. They are very passionate about solving social issues they found and pursue the missions. It's like adventures, isn't it? The big difference between adventures and the unknown is if it has a mission. Indiana Jones has a reason why he does on an adventure every time no matter if he likes it or not. Captain Jack Sparrow always knows what he wants and goes on his voyage to grab it. Marty McFly needed to go back to the past and future to save someone all the time.
They always have reasons to jump into adventures as if they don't have any other choices. Social entrepreneurs can't stop thinking about issues since they found out and they won't stop until they solve the issues. It's their missions. On the contrary, the unknown is literally just the unknown, just you don't know what it is. If you're afraid of starting, not just a social enterprise but an enterprise, I guess you have the other option, that not to do it. If you have something that you cannot stop thinking about and want to move ahead, just go for it. Nothing will stop you.
Q. Why shouldn't you be nervous about starting a social enterprise?
When you are nervous about something, it usually comes from a lack of confidence. It's easy to say "So, why don't you build confidence?", but it's actually harder than it sounds. Everyone knows it. So what else can help you to be less nervous? Community support.
You should keep it in your mind that you're not alone. Let me share my experience with you. I'm originally from Japan and came to San Francisco in the United States only because I wanted to take a Master program called "Social Entrepreneurship." Hult International Business School, where I finished the Master program, is a very international school and that's the main reason why I chose the school because I was very curious to meet those who came from different countries and who are eager to learn specifically social entrepreneurship. In fact, we had over 60 classmates from over 25 nationalities in one classroom. Now we are very close to each other, stays in touch and would love to help each other.
This is the example of social entrepreneurship community. Whenever I meet and talk to a social entrepreneur, you have no idea how caring and sweet they are. If doesn't matter how many times you have met them, maybe even for the first time, social entrepreneurs are always there for you.
One thing that I would definitely is that social entrepreneurs are proud to call themselves social entrepreneurs and they feel special when they hear the words as well. The words are the key to open the social entrepreneurship community.
There are so many universities around the world have or think about start social entrepreneurship program. This is happening around the world right now.
Even though Frodo Baggins had a big mission of destroying the ring to destroy Sauron, he could have accomplished the mission without support from Sam, Gandalf, and Aragorn. In other words, Frodo had a mission and he fully committed it, so he eventually got supports even from Elves, dwarves, and humans.
Just remember; You are not alone. We are always stand by you.
Above 2 answers are about you as an individual, but social enterprises are of course business. So what about social business in business trends? Very hot.
First of all, when you read Change Creator Magazine, you will see how many great mission is driven by social enterprises are around the world. Second of all, the movement is expanding and spreading the world. I can show you the 3 things to prove that.
The basic events are conferences. There are so many conferences about social entrepreneurship out there, so I'll introduce one upcoming conference to you.
The world's leading conference on social capital markets, that brings together social entrepreneurs, impact investors, funders, business leaders and other innovators and problem solvers from across the world. You build game changing partnerships build and collaborate powerful ideas with them!
This SOCAP takes place from October 10th-13th so you'd better check it out if you haven't.
Current social entrepreneurs are very important for human beings and the earth, but future social entrepreneurs are our treasure and hope. Here is one and the biggest example of it.
The world's largest social business competition for students from universities, colleges and business schools around the world.
Over 25,000 teams applied for Hult Prize last year and Hult Prize is having local competitions in several countries starting this year.
Winners of the Hult Prize earn $1million to start their social business.
From an investment point of view, social business is an exciting field.
I specifically mentioned impact investment in the previous blog post so I'd like to check that out, but the point is that investors pay much attentions to social enterprises not because they are kind and sweet but also because they can make money by investing that field.
Part of Change Creator's mission is to support the development and collaboration of social entrepreneurs to help tackle global problems.
You can't help thinking and talking about social business once you put your feet into the field.
The great ideas and awesome team members definitely comes after your passion. So let's join us and move on with us!
With a Master's in Social Entrepreneurship from Hult International Business School, Keisuke is an entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience, specializing in system engineering, marketing & growth, customer support, education, fundraising, and writing.
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We have already witnessed an uprising of a Wolffian school, particularly in the guise of two followers of Wolff, Thümmig and Bilfinger, but now a second generation of Wolffians starts to appear on the scene of German philosophy. Johann Christoph Gottsched had already studied Thümmig's summarised rendering of Wolff's ideas and would himself write another text book of philosophy later in 1730s. Yet, his primary achievements on the field of philosophy was the introduction of aesthetical questions to German philosophy in the shape of a widely distributed book, Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst.
As the name of the work reveals, its topic is the art of poetry and particularly the possibility of evaluating poetic works through philosophical principles. As we shall see again when considering Gottsched's text book on general philosophy, he was quite fond of beginning with historical discussions and especially with speculations on times before reliable written histories. Thus, he suggests that poetry is the second eldest art, preceded only by music, which also was a natural ingredient in the first works of poetry, which were sang and not read.
At first poems were made quite freely, Gottsched continues, but experience made it clear that even poetry must have some rules – he explicitly mentions Aristotle and Horace as masters in this field. Every art, Gottsched suggests, strives to imitate nature – painting does it with images and music with sounds, but poetry can use full field of all sensations, or at least our mental recollections of such sensations. Just like every other art, poetry must then strive for naturalness, Gottsched concludes.
Mere description of natural entities is still not poetry, according to Gottsched, or at least it occupies only the lowest rung. A slightly more adequate type imitates the speech patterns of certain persons – this is especially true of dramatic works. Yet, the real meat of poetry lies in fables or story telling – a good poem tells of activities of people, either of the common folk, as in comedies, or of the noble and mighty, as in tragedies or in epics, which Gottsched evaluates as the highest form of poetry, recounting an event important to the fate of a whole nation. It is clear without saying that Gottsched insists each story to have a moral – the aim of poetry is to make people better.
Gottsched accepts the Wolffian idea that stories present, as it were, events in other possible worlds and thus might not follow rules of the actual world – a story might have, for instance, talking animals as characters. Still, naturalness is an important standard for good poetry: improbable events usually hinder the enjoyment of a poem, Gottsched says. Of course, what seems probable depends on the level of education. We cannot therefore disparage Greeks for using divinities and other mythical entities as characters, but in the modern world any use of magical effects would seem incredible, Gottsched concludes.
Even if Gottsched strives for naturalism, when it comes to stories, he does not insist on using a natural style in poems. Indeed, he goes even so far as to suggest that too naturalist style might turn into banalities, which are against morality. In fact, poetic style is characterised by certain wittiness, which combines seemingly distant ideas in a manner that is rare in a straightforward historical telling of events: thus, while a historical work describing a battle would just recount all the events, a poem about the same battle might e.g. use some suggestive similes making more philosophical points about the nature of warfare.
A good poet is then one who can discover new and surprising connections between apparently quite disparate topics. Yet, this is still not enough, Gottsched says. An uneducated natural poet does not know about the rules of good poetry and therefore might well fail to have a proper taste and be lured by bad novels. Even if she manages to gain skills required for good poetry, she might still lack the basic ethical education, which is an essential requirement for educational poetry.
Judging just by these general directives, one might concur with Egon Friedell that Gottsched was a bit uptight in his aesthetic views. This impression is amply confirmed by his actual reviews of certain well known poets. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar has some delightful moments, Gottsched admits, but it has one great fault – the events of the play last longer than one day, which makes the whole thing seem quite improbable, as what audience sees happens only within few hours (I believe Gottsched is just one of those persons with no ability for suspension of disbelief). And Molière is also witty author, but he sometimes uses characters reminiscent of commedia dell'arte and especially that awfully unbelievable magical trickster, the Harlequin. Besides, many of his plays fail to have a proper moral.
But truly vehement criticism Gottsched lays upon opera, which he calls the most absurd invention of human understanding. This form of art Gottsched considers to follow the sad tendency of modern forms of poetry that they let the music control the substance of the poem too much. Indeed, even the very notion of opera shows its absurdity, because the idea of people singing all the time is just too incredible to believe. True, the music can be divine, but the stories used are from the worst kinds of books, featuring all sorts of unlikely events, magic and wondrous things, making it all seem like a tale out of another planet. But what is definitely worst is the complete absence of morals that operas appear to endorse. As a life-long fan of Wagner I cannot but wonder what Gottsched would have had to say about the overtly mythological story of Nibelungen.
It is not that Gottsched sees no justification for the existence of opera – it can serve as an amusement of princes and nobles, serving to ease their life of constant toil over state welfare. Even here Gottsched recommends replacing opera with ballet, which at least reveals the gentle grace of human anatomy. After all these remarks, one cannot fail to see the irony that a person attempting to find universal rules of good poetry can epitomise so well the essential relativism of aesthetic judgements.
So much for Gottsched's aesthetics, next I shall return to Wolff with yet another part of his Latin works.


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A must experience in Flores – visit the Komodo National Park to see the legendary Komodo dragon. Cruise your way to Komodo National Park on one of our Private Cruises and Phinisis. We advise to leave early in the morning to catch the world's largest lizard at its most active time, before they seek shelter from the sun and its heat.
You will be greeted by your ranger at Rinca Island, where majority of Komodo dragons inhabit. The ranger will guide you through a journey with fascinating stories of the legendary dragon and the island. Trek your way through the island to explore their habitats and reward yourself with a stunning view of the Flores sea as you reach the top of the hill of Rinca Island.
Continue your adventure and prepare to spend a splendid afternoon in the tropical waters of Komodo as we take you to two of the most beautiful islands in the National Park. The park being renowned as an important marine reserve, the area offers a diverse marine environment with colorful coral reefs and tropical fish. A picnic lunch will be severed onboard or on the beach of your favorite island in between your underwater journey for you to refuel.
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