(IDG) -- In a David and Goliath case concerning such lofty issues as copyright infringements, fair use doctrines, and First Amendment rights, a hacker magazine squared off against eight powerful Hollywood studios at New York's 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to try to overturn a lower court's decision to prohibit the magazine from publishing and using hyperlinks to a DVD descrambling code.
A representative for the hacker publication, 2600:The Hacker Quarterly, said her side was "pleased" with how the appeal was received by the three-judge panel.
"We are pretty happy with the tenor of the questions asked," said Cindy Cohn, legal director for nonprofit civil liberties group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which is supporting 2600 in its case.
Meanwhile, Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the umbrella group for the studios that lodged the case against 2600, issued a terse press statement saying he remains confident that the appeal will not be overturned, although he believes that the defense made use of "red herrings" to obscure the facts. It was not immediately clear what red herrings Valenti was referring to.
The MPAA won its lawsuit against 2600 last January, claiming that movie copyright privileges were being threatened by the magazine's distribution of the descrambling source code. With the code, theoretically anyone can decrypt a DVD, copy it, compress the information, and send it over the Internet.
The magazine has argued that it did nothing unlawful by publishing the code, which was originally written to allow DVDs to be used on Linux-based systems, given that "fair use" doctrines state that copyrighted material can be used by the public for noncommercial purposes. Furthermore, 2600 claimed that the code was protected under the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech.
At the heart of the case is the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which is intended to protect digitally recorded materials such as movies and songs. Opponents of DMCA argue that the Act carries too big of a stick and threatens to squash fair use doctrines. DMCA is the same thorn in the side of infamous song-swapper Napster in its battle against record companies' complaints that it is infringing upon artists' copyrights.
According to Cohn, the judges seemed concerned over whether fair use doctrines were being interpreted too restrictively. The judges also asked a series of questions concerned with liability when using hyperlinks to copyrighted and sensitive material, she said, and seemed particularly unhappy with the idea that news organizations could be held responsible for linking to certain materials.
Although representatives for 2600 appeared happy with the flow of arguments in the appeal, which stretched from a programmed 40 minutes to an hour and a half, they emphasized that it was impossible to guess how the judges would rule.
In his statement, MPAA's Valenti said, "the facts of this case remain unchanged since day one," implying that he believes there would be no good reason to overturn the injunction against 2600.
Both sides are due to file supplemental briefs within 10 days, and then await a decision.
Has the DVD-hacking case made a t-shirt illegal?


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Agape von Thessaloniki († 304) ist eine Märtyrerin. Sie war eine der drei Schwestern Agape, Chione und Irene aus Thessaloniki, die während der Christenverfolgung unter Kaiser Diokletian auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannt wurden.

Literatur
 Jakob Torsy, Philipp Harnoncourt; Hans Joachim Kracht (Hrsg.): Der große Namenstagskalender. 3900 Namen und 1700 Lebensbeschreibungen der Heiligen und Namenspatrone. [In Verbindung mit der Zeitschrift Gottesdienst hrsg. von den Liturgischen Instituten Salzburg, Trier, Zürich], Völlig neu überarbeitete und ergänzte Ausgabe, Herder, Freiburg in Breisgau/Basel/Wien 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-32043-9 (mit CD-ROM).

Weblinks
 Eintrag im Ökumenischen Heiligenlexikon

Märtyrer
Opfer einer Christenverfolgung
Heiliger (4. Jahrhundert)
Person (Thessaloniki)
Geboren im 3. Jahrhundert
Gestorben 304
Frau

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Entries in Badruddin Haqqani (1)
Militant Commander Likely Killed in Drone Strike, US Officials Say
JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. officials on Thursday said that an American drone strike likely took out a top commander of a powerful militant group the U.S. says is responsible for deadly, high-profile terrorist attacks in Afghanistan.
Badruddin Haqqani, described by the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point as the "chief of operations" of the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, had been reported killed last week in a drone strike. After those reports, however, a Taliban spokesperson denied Badruddin's death, saying in an email to reporters that he was alive and well in Afghanistan.
On Thursday, two U.S. officials, including a senior American diplomat, told ABC News that the U.S. government believes Badruddin was among those killed in an Aug. 21 drone strike. Pakistani intelligence officials told ABC News they had heard from area locals the Haqqani commander had been killed.
"This is a significant loss from the Haqqani network as [Badruddin] was an operational leader behind a number of the group's high-profile attacks, including the attacks against the U.S. Embassy in Kabul," an American official said, apparently referring to an assault on the embassy in September 2011.
Last May, Badruddin Haqqani was added to the U.S. State Department's list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The U.S. government said he ran kidnapping operations for the Haqqani network and was the one responsible for holding New York Times reporter David Rohde hostage before the reporter made a dramatic escape in 2009. There is evidence Badruddin also personally directed the deadly attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul in 2011, according to the CTC.
Badruddin's father, Nasiruddin, is the founder of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and the U.S. government alleges Badruddin's brother, Sirajuddin, maintains close ties with al Qaeda. Both have been designated terrorists and the State Department is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to Sirajuddin's capture.
The State Department says the Haqqanis are at the "forefront of insurgent activity in Afghanistan" and a recent report by the CTC describes the Haqqani network as a ruthless and somewhat sophisticated terror organization.
"The Haqqanis employ violence and intimidation to extort legal firms and prominent community members, and engage in kidnap for ransom schemes," the report says. "The Haqqanis also appear to operate their own front companies, many of which appear to be directed at laundering illicit proceeds... [T]he Haqqanis have evolved into an efficient, transnational jihadi industry, one which supports their war effort, and which is supported by it."
"The broad range of business activities in which the Haqqanis engage suggest that the pursuit of wealth and power may be just as important to network leaders as the Islamist and nationalistic ideals for which the Haqqanis claim to fight," it says.
Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 11:17AM by Jeanette Torres Permalink
tagged Afghanistan, Badruddin Haqqani, Drone Strike, Haqqani in Asia

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The four higher settings under the lock must have been for special purposes.
Just before serving, heat the grill to its highest setting.
A 560Ti will run it on 1080p with high settings great.
At one of the higher settings, only a few seconds.
The blades tended to break on the ice at higher settings.
A higher setting is not better, just more likely to burn.
A moment later, they tried again at the higher setting.
This was due (at least in part) to the Compton house's higher setting.
In general, she said, cook on low to medium temperatures rather than high settings.


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Leonardo Moura Vilela (Belo Horizonte, 22 de dezembro de 1963) é um médico, professor, pecuarista e político brasileiro que foi eleito deputado federal por Goiás.

Dados biográficos
Filho de João Batista Paniago Vilela e Corina Célia Moura Vilela. Formado em Medicina na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais em 1987, tem especialização em Pediatria e Anestesia. Ligado também ao setor agropecuário, foi eleito presidente do Sindicato Rural de Mineiros em 1991 e depois vice-presidente da Federação da Agricultura do Estado de Goiás (FAEG) entre 1995 e 2001, chegando a acumular uma diretoria na Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Leite. Diante de tais experiências foi secretário de Agricultura no primeiro governo Marconi Perillo.

Eleito deputado federal pelo PPB em 2002, esteve no PP antes de filiar-se ao PSDB sendo reeleito em 2006 e 2010. No segundo governo Marconi Perillo foi secretário de Infraestrutura e no terceiro foi secretário de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos. Nesse interregno foi presidente do diretório estadual do PSDB durante dois anos a partir de 2007.

Naturais de Belo Horizonte
Deputados federais do Brasil por Goiás
Membros do Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira
Membros do Progressistas
Membros do Progressistas de Goiás


The People's Station V-103 hosted a dope private event at Atlanta's Scad Show to introduce a select group of fans, Atlanta's taste makers, and influencers to LA Reid's new autobiography "Sing for Me". The intimate evening was moderated by V-103's radio personality and tv star Big Tigger. Producer Kawan KP Prather and Outkast's own Big Boi was in the house to show their love and support.
Aretha Franklin expressed her excitement about working with André 3000 on her upcoming project. André 3000 is doing it BIG on the heels of #ATLast.
Singer Toni Braxton, Buys $3 Million Mansion In L.A.
The homie Toni Braxton is making moves; she has just purchased a mansion fit for a DIVA in Los Angeles and her new musical reconciliation with Babyface has us screaming "YES!".
Check out my girl and her dynamic moves below.
Deion Sandars Thinking 'Marriage' with Tracey Edmonds?!
So it hasn't been but a day or so since Deion was in court with Pilar about their pre-nuptial issues and yet he is already on to a brighter note. Earlier this week, there was a rumor about a marriage bug buzzing in the air around Deion Sanders and Tracey Edmonds.
Is Deion really ready to take it to the next level with Tracey? Will this create more stress for Pilar?


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VAASKA - FUTURO PRIMITIVO - 7" EP - Japan.
2016 Japan tour release.
VAASKA have returned with more hard punk pounders for the masses! Originally pressed in a limited amount by VOX POPULI for the band's Japanese tour in the winter of 2016. "FUTURO PRIMITIVO" features five tracks of the top notch D-Beat punk with blazing guitar leads and ferociously belted out lyrics in Spanish that you have come to expect from these guys over the years. Each record comes in a felt based glue pocket sleeve adorned with the stark black and white art of the great Brian Miller that has been the band's visual trademark since the beginning.
Comes with sticker and insert featuring lyrics translations in Japanese and English.
VAASKA - TODOS CONTRA TODOS - CD Japan.
Japan only tour edition.
The 3rd album from Austin's Vaaska, and it's actually a little bit different than the band's previous records. Since the earliest days of hardcore punk, the city of Austin, TX has been known for producing some of the best in the genre. The notoriety of this particular scene has grown exponentially over the past few years with a deluge of stellar bands coming out and capturing the adoration of those in search of "that good shit." Out of them all, VAASKA would have to be the longest running and most abrasive of the bunch. After a five year break from the format the boys have delivered yet another 12" platter of the raging D-Beat that they initially made themselves known for and have been perfecting over the years. And the aforementioned half a decade break between the 12"s was in no way an indication of them slowing down, seeing the release of a 7" on Germany's Heart First Records and the recording of a session with their latest and greatest lineup (featuring the addition of Chris Ulsh on the kit) that yielded a split 7" with fellow ATX goons THE IMPALERS and another with Japan's SKIZOPHRENIA on Beach Impediment and 540 / Todo Destruido respectively. "TODOS CONTRA TODOS" features 11 tracks of blown out hard punk pounders that will continue to capture the attention of those who admire the art of crafting urgent and seething songs.
ACCIDENTE - 2011-2015 (JAPAN TOUR SPECIAL EDITION) CD - Japan.
Punk rock band from Madrid, Spain. Formed in 2010. A female vocal melodic punk who takes pride in both hardcore fans and melodic fans!
VASTUSTA - demos 2014-2015 - CD Japan.
VASTUSTA - EI MITAAN ENAA JAPAN TOUR
HARDCORE PUNK BAND, VASTUSTA, formed in FINLAND / TURKU in 2014.
Before rolling in the FINLAND word, a perfect finish HARDCORE PUNK ATTACK became a hot topic in various parts of the world, and two self-released DEMOs are SOLD OUT. The CD that summarizes the two DEMOs released for the Japanese tour!
WANNA - Fill the Night 夜を埋め尽くせ - CD Japan.
Scheduled for release on February 15th - Japan only - very very limited pressing. 3-piece punk band "WANNA" active based in Nagasaki releases the first single "Fill the Night"! !
ACCIDENTE - 2011-2015 (JAPAN TOUR SPECIAL EDITION)...


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PCMag India | Authors | Isaac Rouse
Isaac Rouse
Isaac Rouse is a young squire in the field of games journalism, having produced content for sites, such as Huffington Post, Examiner, and 2D-X. In his spare time, Isaac is either creating music with FL Studio 10, watching movies, or immersing himself in geek culture. You can follow him on Twitter: @JokermanUno.
Recent Articles By Isaac Rouse
Injustice 2 (for PlayStation 4)
Packed with features and boasting a compelling story, Injustice 2 sets the new fighting game standard.
3 years, 6 months By Isaac Rouse
Dead Rising 4 (for PC)
Capcom's attempt to revitalize the Dead Rising series, by giving it contemporary Western-style controls and gameplay, strips the title of the rough charm that made previous zombie-killing installments joyous experiences.
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XL's extra content and improved netcode should've been offered as a consolatory free download to the incredibly patient PC fan base, but even with a $40 price tag, it wonderfully improves the Mortal Kombat experience.
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Boasting unlocked frame rates and drastically reduced load times, this zombie-bashing good time plays better than its original Xbox 360 release. Unfortunately, the game still suffers from old bugs and exploitable AIs.
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ReCore is a solid action-adventure platformer with fun, interesting ideas established at the forefront. However, those ideas wither over time because of the game's repetition and subpar story.
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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition for Windows 10 takes a great title and makes it even better. Despite a few small oversights, the updated mechanics and visuals produce the best way to experience the original Gears game—if you have an Nvidia video card.
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Although the console versions have slight advantages over this PC port, Mortal Kombat X's story, core gameplay and mechanics don't falter in comparison. If you're a PC-only gamer, this is the way to go.
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League of Legends, the incredibly popular PC title from Riot Games, continues to shine as the crown jewel of the MOBA genre.
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RymdResa is an experience of the mind, a soothing adventure into the depths of the dark, lonesome vastness of space. This game is a thought provoking visual treat unlike any other we've played.
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Capsule Force is a decent party game to play for an hour or so while you wait for a buddy with Super Smash Bros. to come over.
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Despite some annoying gameplay elements, Tembo the Badass Elephant is a wonderful mash-up of some of the best 2D action-adventure platformers ever released.
Traverser (for PC)
Traverser boasts a fascinating world and an interesting premise, but the game's overly simplistic gameplay and lack of challenge prevent it from living up to its full potential.


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Eric Maldoff honoured for "strategic and practical leadership"
TOPICS:Parti Quebecoispoliticsprovincial politics
Posted By: Irwin Block November 28, 2014
The Parti Québécois win in the Nov. 15, 1976 provincial election sent shockwaves through Quebec society, and a new generation of Anglophone leaders began to emerge.
A day after the election, Eric Maldoff was sworn in as a lawyer and began meeting other young Anglos committed to Quebec who saw the need for dialogue in the new reality.
There was a feeling that the existing Anglo elite, often unilingual, not reflecting the community's varied makeup, was not up to the task.
"This allowed a lot of stereotypical caricatures to be created which were damaging relations," he said.
"We were very concerned about the lack of communication between Francophone and Anglophone communities," Maldoff recalled in a recent interview at the law offices of Lapointe, Rosenstein, where he is a partner.
A few days later, Maldoff and others gathered in a friend's living room that led to creating new groups, emphasizing dialogue and protection of rights, and unity groups preparing for referendum battles.
Maldoff's skill as a communicator, his understanding of the political dynamics, and ability to draft coherent consensus positions were quickly recognized, and he became external Vice President for Participation Quebec, one of the most important groups.
It was the beginning of a long, multi-faceted and busy life as a community leader. Maldoff is among three winners of this year's Sheila and Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Service Award, selected by the Quebec Community Groups Network.
In 1978, he was the founding president of the Council of Quebec Minorities, which led to the formation of Alliance Quebec in 1982, when he was elected president.
In the next decades, he took a leading role in just about every sphere affecting Quebec Anglophones, including major hospitals, schools, McGill University, aboriginal groups, Centraide, and the homeless. Simultaneously, he has been a successful lawyer, working with major law firms and mandates from federal and Quebec governments.
Geoffrey Chambers says Maldoff has been "a key leader, voice, advocate, organizer, and source of strategic and practical wisdom."
His moderate voice and the groups he helped establish succeeded in defining positions for a community that felt threatened, especially when the PQ won again in 1981.
Maldoff played a major role behind the scenes mediating between governments and aboriginal communities. He was an advisor to the federal government and former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, a leader in Canadian Jewish Congress and Canada-Israel Committee, and member of the McGill Board of Governors.
Born in Montreal to Charles Maldoff, a manufacturer of elasticized yarn, and his wife Betty, Eric was brought up in Côte des Neiges and TMR, and after Herzliah High School, graduated with a B.A. and law degrees from McGill.
When the PQ won a second term in 1981, Maldoff and friends concluded the Anglo community needed a representative vehicle.
"We didn't have an effective voice," he recalled, and served as founding president of Alliance Quebec. It was remarkably effective.
"We got Bill 101 amended to recognize the English institutional network and create exceptions for bilingual institutions."
Working full time as a lawyer and "40 hours a week as a volunteer," he and his wife, architect Andrea Wolff, raised a family of three: Daniel studying engineering at UBC, Gabriel studying law at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, and Anna, a recent history graduate from McGill, who works in digital marketing.
Maldoff is particularly proud of his work with the Montreal Children's Hospital, where he chairs the board.
Commenting on Maldoff's work in getting the MUHC project off the ground, Nicholas Steinmetz, former executive director at the Children's, said, "It was Eric's detailed and persevering strategy that led to the success in creating the MUHC."
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Brett McMurphy: 'I would be stunned if Urban Meyer coaches (at Ohio State) after the end of this season'
Ohio State University President Michael Drake offers words to football coach Urban Meyer, who leaves the stage following a news conference in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday night. (AP)
By John Canzano | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Brett McMurphy broke and reported the Urban Meyer-Zach Smith story on Facebook and Twitter. He joined me on the Bald Faced Truth radio show (12-3p weekdays on Portland's 102.9-FM and Eugene's 95.7-FM) to talk about the findings at Ohio State.
Listen to the full podcast of the interview here.
"I would be stunned if Urban Meyer coaches (at Ohio State) after the end of this season," said McMurphy. He expects Meyer will bow out and leave Columbus at the end of the season.
"He had heart issues at Florida," McMurphy said. "Now he has a memory problem? He has no problem remember to text a recruit at midnight, he has no problem with what play to call on fourth and 1 against Michigan. I'll take it at face value, all Urban Meyer has demonstrated over the years is that he has a problem telling the truth."
As you listen to the podcast of the interview with McMurphy understand that he was one of about 100 reporters who were laid off by ESPN last year. He was in between jobs, waiting for a stint at Stadium to begin when he chased this story down and asked some tough questions at Big Ten Media Day. At that time, he was still bound by a contract that prohibited him from reporting for a third party.
McMurphy could have sat on a beach. He could have mowed his lawn and minded his own business. Instead, he chased what is a prolific and important story involving Ohio State.
"All I could do was tweet or put stuff on my Facebook page until my contract was up," McMurphy said.
Without McMurphy's reporting, I believe Zach Smith would still be employed on the Ohio State coaching staff.
The findings of the investigation revealed that Smith demonstrated, "promiscuous and embarrassing sexual behavior, drug abuse, truancy, dishonesty, financial irresponsibility, possible NCAA violation and lengthy police investigation into allegations of criminal domestic violence and cybercrimes."
Meyer never disciplined him, and fell short in ways that should deeply disappoint Ohio State fans. Instead, Ohio State fans have now turned their ire toward the reporter and have threatened McMurphy and his family.
"It's disgusting," he said. "They've gone as far as putting my home address online... it's sickening."
Listen to the full interview with Brett McMurphy here:


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Q: ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all() using while loop I have a collection of data on which i would like to apply while loop but i got an error

ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()

import numpy as np

data = np.loadtxt('data4.txt')
i=np.array(data[:,1])    #column having thousand values

j=7/2

f = i-j

while f <= i+j:
    print(f)
    f = f+1

A: Have you tried to use this? The solution might be in the output actually. Hope this works for you
import numpy as np
data = np.loadtxt('data4.txt')
i=np.array(data[:,1])    #column having thousand values

j=7/2
f = i-j
while np.all(f <= i+j):
    print(f)
    f += 1

A: You may have some data in the f array evaluate to True for being less than or equal to the Cartesian Sum of i and j, while some data in the f array evaluate to False.
So which one do you pick for truthiness? That's where any() and all() come into play:

Any
condition = i + j

while not (f - condition).any():  # If any elements of f are not greater than i + j
    ...
    condition = i + j

All
condition = i + j

while not (f - condition).all():  # If not all of the elements of f are greater than i + j
    ...
    condition = i + j

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Q: Selenium click() function (seemingly) randomly doesn't click the box [No errors][Python] I am new to selenium and am making a bot to automatically do trivia. The login works great, and so do most of the clicking boxes and going to the next question.
Randomly they do not click the button, and also do not click for the next loop. This happens a lot towards the final questions (9 and over) but this could be coincidence.
The very confusing this is that there is no error shown?
The code finishes without errors
Does anyone have any idea of why this is happening?
Main Code
from selenium import webdriver
from time import *
from data import *
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
class TriviaBot():
    def __init__(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
        self.driver.get("https://www.freekigames.com/educational-trivia")
    def login(self):
        # selects and clicks the "Login/Sign Up" button on the home-page
        self.login_btn = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="loginContainer"]/a')
        self.login_btn.click()

        sleep(2) # allows username + password box to load in

        self.driver.switch_to.frame(bot.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="jPopFrame_content"]')) # switches to correct frame for login box

        # selects username-box and types in my username and then does the same for password
        self.username_box = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="userName"]') #username
        self.username_box.send_keys(username)

        self.username_box = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="password"]') #password
        self.username_box.send_keys(password)

        # selects login box and then clicks
        self.login_box = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="bp_login"]')
        self.login_box.click()

        sleep(2) # allows main page to load again
    def AmericanPresidents(self):
        self.i = 0
        # sends browser to first trivia
        self.driver.get("https://www.freekigames.com/american-presidents-trivia")

        while True: #there are ? # of questions, so I loop it 12 times
            self.i += 1
            if self.i == 13:
                break
            print("run: "+str(self.i))

            # sets the variable to the current question so that the correct answer can be located through answer lists
            self.current_question = ((self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[2]')).text)

            #setting variables for boxes and their text values. The text can be corrolated to the button allowing the bot to click the correct answer

            self.button_1 = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,('/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[1]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]'))))
            self.text_1   = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[1]/span[2]').text)

            self.button_2 = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,('/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[2]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]'))))
            self.text_2   = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[2]/span[2]').text)

            self.button_3 = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,('/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[3]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]'))))
            self.text_3   = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[3]/span[2]').text)

            self.button_4 = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,('/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[4]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]'))))
            self.text_4   = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[4]/span[2]').text)

            for i in range(0, len(american_presidents)):
                if american_presidents[i]["question"] == self.current_question:
                    self.dataLine = i
            if self.text_1 == american_presidents[self.dataLine]["answer"]:
                self.button_1.click()
            if self.text_2 == american_presidents[self.dataLine]["answer"]:
                self.button_2.click()
            if self.text_3 == american_presidents[self.dataLine]["answer"]:
                self.button_3.click()
            if self.text_4 == american_presidents[self.dataLine]["answer"]:
                self.button_4.click()

            sleep(0.5) # to stop the code from beating itself. Going to quick

            # selects and clicks the "Next Question!" button
            nextquestion_btn = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH,('//*[@id="nextQuestion"]'))))
            nextquestion_btn.click()
bot = TriviaBot()
bot.login()
bot.AmericanPresidents()

data.py
american_presidents = [
    {"question" : "Who was the 1st president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "George Washington"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 2nd president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "John Adams"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 3rd president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Thomas Jefferson"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 4th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "James Madison"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 5th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "James Monroe"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 6th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "John Quincy Adams"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 7th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Andrew Jackson"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 8th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Martin Van Buren"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 9th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "William Henry Harrison"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 10th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "John Tyler"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 11th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "James K. Polk"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 12th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Zachary Taylor"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 13th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Millard Fillmore"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 14th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Franklin Pierce"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 15th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "James Buchanan"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 16th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Abraham Lincoln"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 17th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Andrew Johnson"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 18th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Ulysses S. Grant"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 19th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Rutherford B. Hayes"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 20th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "James A. Garfield"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 21st president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Chester A. Arthur"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 22nd president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Grover Cleveland"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 23rd president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Benjamin Harrison"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 24th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Grover Cleveland"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 25th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "William McKinley"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 26th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Theodore Roosevelt"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 27th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "William Howard Taft"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 28th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Woodrow Wilson"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 29th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Warren G. Harding"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 30th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Clavin Coolidge"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 31st president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Herbert Hoover"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 32nd president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Frankin D. Roosevelt"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 33rd president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Harry S. Truman"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 34th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Dwight D. Eisenhower"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 35th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "John F. Kennedy"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 36th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Lyndon B. Johnson"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 37th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Richard Nixon"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 38th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Gerald Ford"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 39th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Jimmy Carter"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 40th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Ronald Reagan"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 41st president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "George W. H. Bush"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 42nd president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Bill Clinton"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 43rd president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "George W. Bush"},
    {"question" : "Who was the 44th president of the United States?",
     "answer"   : "Barack Obama"}

]

Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\trivia-bot.py", line 83, in <module>
    bot.AmericanPresidents()
  File ".\trivia-bot.py", line 80, in AmericanPresidents
    nextquestion_btn.click()
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py", line 80, in click
    self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py", line 633, in _execute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: element not interactable
  (Session info: chrome=79.0.3945.130)

A: The most likely reason you are not seeing an error is because your xpath's that you are using are actually finding elements, but possibly not the elements you intended.  The page loads with an animation style for each question and you could be doing your searches before they are done.  What you should be doing is using waits for the element to be found and using an xpath more specific to what you need.  Here is a link to more info on waits:  https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/waits.html
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

self.button_1 = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located(By.XPATH,'/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[1]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]))

Do this for the rest of your elements.  I would also use these locators:
#setting variables for boxes and their text values. The text can be corrolated to the button allowing the bot to click the correct answer
self.button_1 = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[1]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]))
self.text_1   = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[1]/span[@class="answerText"]).text)

self.button_2 = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[2]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]))
self.text_2   = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[2]/span[@class="answerText"]).text)

self.button_3 = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[3]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]))
self.text_3   = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[3]/span[@class="answerText"]).text)

self.button_4 = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[4]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]))
self.text_4   = (self.driver.find_element_by_xpath(/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[4]/span[@class="answerText"]).text)

Another option for finding the checkbox to click is to use these locators instead:
self.button_1 = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located(By.XPATH, '/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[1]/span[@class="answerBox"]/input[@name="answers"]'))
self.button_2 = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located(By.XPATH, '/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[2]/span[@class="answerBox"]/input[@name="answers"]'))
self.button_3 = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located(By.XPATH, '/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[3]/span[@class="answerBox"]/input[@name="answers"]'))
self.button_4 = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located(By.XPATH, '/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[4]/span[@class="answerBox"]/input[@name="answers"]'))

Your error message refers to the next question button and it not being interactable.  Use this instead:
 nextquestion_btn = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,('//*[@id="nextQuestion"]'))))

A: In my experience, a click could go astray if the element is not ready to be clicked. I would try using WebDriverWait to ensure this does not happen.
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

button = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 15).until(
  EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[1]/span[1]/a'))
)

button.click()

A: As you are working with clicking to moving to new question there is more chance that next question or element is not loaded properly.
Try to click with webdriver wait for element to be clickable so element able to receive click.
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

element = WebDriverWait(driver, 40).until(
EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id="bp_login"]")))
element.click()

OR (try to click with Java script but without wait as it can be fail on wait)
element= driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//*[@id='bp_login']")
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

A: I am not sure how, but I just re-coded everything and it works amazingly
Big Thanks to @Muzzamil and @RKelley for the patience and information.
Here is the (somehow) fixed code
from selenium import webdriver
from time import *
from data import *
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException

class TriviaBot():
    def __init__(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()
        self.driver.get("https://www.freekigames.com/educational-trivia")
        self.i = 0
    def login(self):
        # selects and clicks the "Login/Sign Up" button on the home-page
        self.login_btn = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="loginContainer"]/a')
        self.login_btn.click()

        sleep(2) # allows username + password box to load in

        self.driver.switch_to.frame(bot.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="jPopFrame_content"]')) # switches to correct frame for login box

        # selects username-box and types in my username and then does the same for password
        self.username_box = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="userName"]') #username
        self.username_box.send_keys(username)

        self.username_box = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="password"]') #password
        self.username_box.send_keys(password)

        # selects login box and then clicks
        self.login_box = self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="bp_login"]')
        self.login_box.click()

        sleep(2) # allows main page to load again
    def AmericanPresidents(self):
        # sends browser to first trivia
        self.driver.get("https://www.freekigames.com/american-presidents-trivia")

        # sets the variable to the current question so that the correct answer can be located through answer lists
        self.current_question = ((self.driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[2]')).text)

        #setting variables for boxes and their text values. The text can be corrolated to the button allowing the bot to click the correct answer
        #/html//div[@id="quizContainer"]/div[@class="answersContainer"]/div[1]/span[@class="answerBox"]/a[@name="checkboxtag"]

        for i in range(0, len(american_presidents)):
            if american_presidents[i]["question"] == self.current_question:
                self.current_answer = american_presidents[i]["answer"]

        self.xpath_1  = '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[1]/span[1]/a'
        self.text_1   = ((WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10)).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[1]/span[2]')))).text

        self.xpath_2  = '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[2]/span[1]/a'
        self.text_2   = ((WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10)).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[2]/span[2]')))).text

        self.xpath_3  = '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[3]/span[1]/a'
        self.text_3   = ((WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10)).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[3]/span[2]')))).text

        self.xpath_4  = '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[4]/span[1]/a'
        self.text_4   = ((WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10)).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, '//*[@id="quizContainer"]/div[3]/div[4]/span[2]')))).text

        if self.text_1 == self.current_answer:
            self.button = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, self.xpath_1)))
        if self.text_2 == self.current_answer:
            self.button = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, self.xpath_2)))
        if self.text_3 == self.current_answer:
            self.button = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, self.xpath_3)))
        if self.text_4 == self.current_answer:
            self.button = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, self.xpath_4)))

        self.button.click()

        # selects and clicks the "Next Question!" button
        nextquestion_btn = WebDriverWait(self.driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH,('//*[@id="nextQuestion"]'))))
        nextquestion_btn.click()

bot = TriviaBot()
bot.login()
for i in range(1, 13):
    print("Run: "+str(i))
    bot.AmericanPresidents()

print("will it work afterwards?")

Thank you again for all your effort and patience. I can finally finish this darn code :D


America's first celebrity chef was a lonely child with two degrees from Harvard who launched a food revolution.
Although our worlds had intersected many times over the last thirty years, Jeremiah Tower and I lived in a parallel universe, until about a month ago. As a chef, he was a hero of mine, but I didn't know much else about him. After seeing the new documentary on him, I found it essential that we meet.
We have close mutual friends, a shared passion for Escoffier, Musigny, and Chateau d'Yquem, and I own all of his cookbooks. I went to his super-glamorous restaurant Stars in San Francisco in 1987 with my food-worldly parents—and it was a happening, a revelation, one of those pinch-yourself-is this-really-me moments.
I'd never read his autobiography(ies), and it wasn't until I saw the new film, Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent, which airs on CNN this Sunday evening, that I fully understood the influences that had formed him and paved the way for his riotous career.
Tower is, as producer Anthony Bourdain says, "the bridge between the old world and the new," his appreciation of the old world starting with extensive travel as a young child in ne plus ultra fashion with his parents. If exposure succeeds, grandeur corrupts—and, at any age, much less that one, the power of style to transform is indelible.
I vaguely knew Tower had gone to Harvard and had some tony Continental background, but it stopped there. I also knew chefs didn't go to Harvard, and chefs weren't raised as gentlemen. More importantly, what I didn't know was that he spent the majority of his childhood alone in an adult world of luxury, privilege, even abandonment.
He tagged along as his parents hop-scotched the globe: in 1940s prop-liner planes flying through sick-making storms to The Royal Hawaiian, dining on his own in London's Hyde Park Hotel where he befriended Bill and Ben, the waiters who first initiated him to the wiles of Canvas-Back Ducks, Terrapin-en-gelée, and Lobster Newburg.
Tower in Australia at approximately age 7.
On a wander to the Great Barrier Reef, young Jeremiah ran across an Aborigine who grilled up a fresh-caught Barracuda on an open fire—and then took him into the woods to teach him the birds and bees. At the Mount Lavinia Hotel in Sri-Lanka, Tower, aged seven, found he liked it so well he refused to leave when his parents self-imposed tenure was up.
"Jeremiah lives in a dream world," says James Villas, the legendary king of food and wine at T&C for almost 30 years, and long-time friend of Tower's. "He's an Edwardian Gentleman." Had Tower not been the 95-hour-a-week workaholic who started the fire of a 40-year food revolution in America during his days as chef and co-owner at Chez Panisse in the 1970s, he might have been just as content to live as Bertie Wooster, P.G. Wodehouse's bon-vivant protagonist, merely answering invitations and swilling Champagne at his Gentlemen's club in between fittings on Savile Row.
I've always argued—to the great shock of many foodies—that the food world in America started to really change when those educated to do other things got involved: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Mildred Knopf, James Beard. You can name the others on your left hand.
That the Revolution, a full generation later, started with a lonely child, a romantic vision, two degrees from Harvard, and an acute intuition and propensity towards gentility and other lost civilizations, upon closer consideration, seems no real shock at all.
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Green Card for Ministers and Religious Workers
Published on Saturday, 26 October 2013 11:56
Written by Reuben S. Seguritan
Religious workers may qualify for permanent residence as a special immigrant. They can apply within the United States through adjustment of status, or from abroad by obtaining an immigrant visa at the U.S. consulate. Typically but not always, the religious worker is already in the U.S. on R-1 or temporary religious worker status.
The beneficiary of the special immigrant worker (I-360) petition may be a minister or a religious worker. A minister is fully authorized and fully trained according to a religious denomination's standards to conduct religious activities, such as a priest, minister, rabbi or imam.
The minister must be able to provide a certificate of ordination or similar documents, and documents reflecting acceptance of the beneficiary's qualifications as well as evidence of completion of theological education in an accredited institution.
Religious workers, on the other hand, are those who are working in a religious vocation or occupation and are authorized to perform traditional religious duties. These include religious instructors, religious counsellors, and missionaries.
The beneficiary must have been a member of the denomination for at least two years immediately preceding the filing of the petition. He also must have been working as a minister or religious worker, either abroad or lawfully in the U.S., for at least two years immediately before the filing of the petition.
The job offered must be full time or at least 35 hours per week. The petitioner must show proof of how it intends to compensate the beneficiary, such as financial statements, bank statements, budget showing sums sets aside for salary. Other types of evidence that can be submitted include W2 forms of the beneficiary if already employed by petitioner, tax returns, and documents showing that a car or room and board will be provided
Submitting sufficient documentation is important. In one case where the petitioner only submitted pay records of a missionary's salary for one out of the minimum 2 years, the USCIS found that the pay records did not show beneficiary's continuous, full-time employment.
The petitioning organization must make several attestations in the petition. For example, it must establish that it is a non-profit organization by providing documentation of its tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service.
The petitioner must also state how many members there are in the denomination, how many petitions have been filed in the past 5 years, and how many employees are currently employed on religious worker status.
Several years ago, a study concluded that 33% of visas granted in the religious worker program were based on fraudulent information. Because of this, the USCIS now requires an on-site inspection of the petitioning organization before it will approve the I-360 petition. The site visit allows the USCIS to verify the existence of the petitioner's organization. The site visits allow the USCIS to deter fraud by checking the existence of the organization, inspecting the records and interviewing personnel.
The religious worker visa program for non-ministers has been extended through September 30, 2015. Ministers are not affected by this sunset date.
Non-minister religious workers are subject to an annual cap of 5,000 but there is no cap for those entering the U.S. solely for the purpose of carrying on the vocation of a minister.
(Editor's Note: REUBEN S. SEGURITAN has been practicing law for over 30 years. For more information, you may log on to his website at www.seguritan.com or call (212) 695-5281.)


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Pach Ang, the Founder and Managing Director of 'RedFilo' a distinctive event management company is an un-paralleled business head of the days. His is an extra-ordinary personality that is charmed by courage, passion and commitment to the job and a supreme commanding leadership that makes him un-comparable to any other business personality. Perhaps, it may be this inborn quality in him that makes him distinctive and to add to this is 'whatever projects he undertake, always glitter like anything'. "If you give me this job, I guarantee I'll be the first one in, and the last one out." Answering a question as to what this 'RedFilo' meant he said, "It is from where I used to serv e, the Singapore Commandos, a veteran of more than 32 years of his military career donning the prestigious coveted Red Beret, a symbol of Honor, Prestige, Professionalism, Courage and Discipline. That's the value we as Commandos uphold and I wanted to remind myself of that value". Secondly, 'the color RED symbolizes courage and bravery, which happened to be my Surname in ethnic Chinese too'.
As for FILO, in events – like in the Commandos and Special Forces, we are the first ones in (FI), and last ones out (LO). So, I proudly tell my clients, "If you give me this job, I guarantee, I'll be the first one in, and the last one out." Pach Ang was the recipient of "Employer of the Year Award" at the recent Middle East Event Awards and he considers it a big honor to have got such a great recognition. He is surprised to have received such an honor, especially because of the fact that his company 'RedFilo' is still young and emerging in the market with only seven years since its establishment. He has expressed his gratitude to the judges and the industry for the recognition and appreciation that has been given to the company.
Pach Ang has a different style of running the company and according to him it is completely opposite to that of a corporate business. He believes in strong bonding, and a camaraderie family set-up According to him, sometimes the staff takes it in turns to cook their specialty for the team. In RedFilo, they believe inthe policy of "A family that eats together stays together.
Pach Ang, very honestly clarifies that the credit for making RedFilio, a great place to work does not go to him, but to the whole team and that the most important factor is motivation and team-spirit. He further says, 'it's a mentality I got from being in the Special Forces, we train, we train hard. But when we do things- we do them together. I have a huge chrome shinning bell in my office, because in the Special Force, "goring this bell when you want to quit". Obviously we don't want people to quit, so having it here in the office is something of an inspirational, symbolic statement, more than anything else. Till date, no ones rang that bell obviously; they become stronger and better in what the aim to achieve. He further added, "The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday".
To a question about the switching over of career after 32 years of service in the Singapore Armed Forces as special forces commando to the event management, he said, 'It was a case of been there, done that. Done too much of the soldier stuff. 32 years, honestly is a long time'! He added further that, his Dad was serving the British Army in Singapore and so from a very young age, he wanted to be a soldier. "When you start young, you push yourself a lot, and I did a lot of those. Under his belt, he clocked an impressive 3500 skydive jumps. He is also the founder of the renowned THE RED LIONS, Singapore Parachute Team. According to him, the military service has helped a lot, to shape him to have that sense of leadership and ability to command a group of people. But it's not just about leadership and teaching people how to do events – it's about the passion. When I do events, I want to create experiences of exceptional quality– I want my people to have the same, feeling. We're not a company that just researches, cuts and pastes. I want to design and conceptualize something that is not been done before, something that belongs to us. I guess this stems from the military, where you go through a lot of detail and meticulous planning. Answering a question on "EXPO 2020", Pach Ang said that, 'with Expo 2020, there are a lot more people outside our existing technical, event and production company sphere who are very keen and interested to set up event management offices here. Now, if the current industry players are not strong enough and don't work together, other people will be out lasting.
We are competing amongst ourselves; people are out for each other. You'll have big companies who will be fresh and hold their own appeal, so in the next five years we have to do it together, work together and do it for the UAE, towards 'EXPO 2020'. The industry needs to connect and not compete, see how we can collaborate and strengthen. RedFilo organized some of the biggest events held in the United Arab Emirates with offices in Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Dubai and Singapore. Our impressive accomplishments, accorded more than 7 accolades in the Middle East Event Awards, spoke loudly about our work in the event industry. Having been awarded some of UAE's large scale events, placed RedFilo onto a higher benchmark and set RedFilo apart from other event companies. Since, its inception, the group CEO, Founder and Managing Director, Pach Ang, headed RedFilo in creating unique events. "At RedFilo, we are not just event managers, we deem ourselves as, Event Architects. We believe in elevating the standards of events, by ensuring superior quality and professionalism, to engage the audience and senses, and to promote excellence. As Events Architects, we are guided by our continual commitment and values to achieve the aims and objectives of our clients", Pach added.
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Hugo Awards Postmortem – 2016 Edition
Signs indicated that things were going to get ugly well before last night's Hugo Awards ceremony. The Worldcon business meeting passed resolutions moving the deadline to register and nominate from January 31 to December 31 and limiting the eligibility to nominate to the current and past year Worldcons not the next year Worldcon. Both minor, but both clearing targeted as shrinking the pool of nominators. More striking, Dave Truesdale was kicked out of MidAmeriCon II. His crime? As moderator of a panel titled "The State of Short Fiction," Truesdale opened with a monologue on . . . the state of short fiction. Supposedly this "hijacked" the panel. Which seems a little weird given that (1) it was directly on-topic and (2) that could be a fair description of most panels, sans anyone actually getting kicked out. MidAmeriCon II actually said this in explanation:
I would have explicitly thrown in doublethink and Newspeak and thoughtcrime, but I can appreciate a more subtle approach.
UPDATE: Audio from the State of Short Fiction panel Truesdale moderated is available here. Frankly, as panels go, it was a pretty good one. MidAmeriCon II comes off looking terrible. Not only did his actions not remotely rise to level of anything that should have gotten him kicked out, the Con made things much worse by amplifying the situation.
Before I move on to the Awards themselves, I should point something out about Worldcon, the "world science fiction convention." It's history dates back almost 80 years (much longer than the Hugos themselves). And it's a long and storied history. After starting small (just a few hundred attendees), Worldcon peaked at 8,000+ attendees in LA in, appropriately enough, 1984. Membership numbers jump around a lot based on location, but since 1984 membership has been flat.
(I used attending members only, not the larger number of members who can nominate and vote but don't attend. That is the y-axis. X-axis is the Worldcon number. That last big spike is Loncon 3 and the final data point is for Sasquan.)
I attended my first and only Worldcon at LoneStarCon 3. It was in many ways great. It was literary-focused but with more and better panels, more and better authors, and more and better parties than any of the regional literary cons I've attended since. But it was also obvious that Worldcon had a problem. More than one young author I talked to grumbled that the average attendee just wanted to talk about rereading Heinlein one more time instead of searching out new voices and new books. The crowd was old. Which is fine, in and of itself, but in the not-too-distant future Worldcon is going to need to replace those fans if it is going to remain viable. It's against that backdrop, and against the backdrop of multimedia conventions such as Dragon Con with attendance in the tens of thousands, that the Worldcon members are voting to discourage membership.
This puts the lie to the oft-repeated but unsupported assertion that the membership wants to open up the field. Any laudable support for diverse voices and works-in-translation is vastly outweighed by narrow-mindedness regarding politics and style and sub-genre. I didn't think it should win, but I thought The Fifth Season was a fine book. I actually talk about how good I think it is. The reaction to its Hugo win is almost entirely focused on who wrote it. Or, more pointedly, her gender, race, and politics. Similarly, Uncanny Magazine may be a fine publication. But I haven't read it, in large part because I never see anyone talking about how good the stories are, just how important. I have more to say on what this means, but let's talk about the winners, and then the voting stats, first.
You can find the full list of Hugo Award winners here and the full voting statistics here.
The good news first. I didn't vote for The Fifth Season or The Martian, but I very much enjoyed both. My pick for Best Novella, Binti, and my pick for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, Jessica Jones, both won. Only two categories, Best Related Work and Best Fancast, were No Awarded. The awards presentation itself was free from wooden asterisks and blessedly short.
Most of the bad is buried in the statistics. The low point of the ceremony was when Neil Gaiman, who was more than happy to accept his nomination and award, called the people who nominated and voted for him "sad losers" by letter (I heard "sad losers" on the livestream; I've seen "sad, pathetic losers" elsewhere). No Award prevailed in only two categories, but finished ahead of a book looking at the fiction of Gene Wolfe, Jerry Pournelle, Toni Weisskopf, Jim Minz, Larry Elmore, Pierce Brown, and Sebastien de Castell. It's abundantly clear that this was driven by politics and animus, not quality. I read the winner for Best Short Story, Cat Pictures Please by Naomi Kritzer (available for free here), for the first time last night. It's an otherwise utterly unexceptional story that is notable for only two reasons. 1) It makes a really stupid jab at Mormons based on the number of bars in Utah (NEWS FLASH: (a) there aren't that many bars in Utah, relative to most of the rest of the country, and (b) many of the people in Utah aren't Mormon). 2) It leans on the tired trope of a secretly gay conservative minister, i.e., using sexuality to attack an acceptable target.
So which side "won"? Which side lost? The Rabid Puppies/alt-right/Vox Day and the SJWs both won. That is, the people who wanted to hijack the awards to make it just another venue for their political fight (see the longlist of Best Related Works nominees for a good idea of the relative importance placed on politics versus reading). People who actually love to read and would prefer to think about books first lost. It's probably been a foregone conclusion for many years now, but the Hugo Awards will continue to long decline into irrelevancy. Why would anyone who loves books talk about the Hugo Awards when they could talk about the Dragon Awards instead? We will lost what the Hugo Awards could have been at their best, though, and the Dragon Awards can't replace that. E.g., providing a signal boost to a truly great book like Dune that hadn't really been noticed by the general public yet. Worldcon will continue to wither away and, again, won't be replaced.
F___ it, I'm just going to go read a book.
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John H says:
The winner for Hugo's Best Novel is also nominated for two Dragon Awards so why do you think the Dragons are more insightful for deserving fiction?
Like I said, I don't have any quarrel with the winner. But note that many of the works denigrated as terrible, no-good, awful stuff were nominated as well.
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I'll be reviewing an issue of Uncanny as part of my magazine quest.
I'm looking forward to it. Are you going to review Skelos? I have issue #1 but haven't cracked it open yet.
I'm posting on the Women of Futures Past anthology tomorrow for Throwback SF Thursday. It's really an exceptional collection of stories.
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Katy B Makes Cool, Compulsively Danceable Pop on Little Red
The English dancefloor diva stays ahead of the curve with crisp, forward-thinking songs
By Jamieson Cox @jamiesoncoxFeb. 10, 2014
Artist: Katy B
Label: Columbia Records
BRIT School product Kathleen Brian, better known as Katy B, rocketed to UK stardom in 2010 with a series of three straight Top 10 singles — "Katy on a Mission," "Lights On," and "Broken Record" — that inhabited a sleek, stylish middle ground between contemporary vocal pop and the preceding decade of UK dance trends. A successful debut studio album, On a Mission, followed in April 2011, and found Katy and collaborators like producers Geeneus and DJ Zinc continuing to explore the marriage of underground club sounds and chart-friendly melodies and structure. It was pop music imagined for a near-future hip boutique: cool, clean, relentlessly hooky, and compulsively danceable.
An Olympic collaboration with Mark Ronson and Coca-Cola ("Anywhere in the World") and a solid free stopgap EP (2012's Danger) filled in the blanks between On a Mission and new album Little Red, out Tuesday on Sony/Columbia. It's almost immediately clear that Katy's vision and style haven't decayed a bit in the three years since her debut: Little Red is both a refinement of the sound that led her to stardom and a collection of subtle steps in new directions. The album's list of collaborators serves as proof positive that Katy's greatest asset is her taste, as she strikes a neat balance between old friends (Geeneus), British pop contemporaries (steely diva Jessie Ware, rising electro-soul talent Sampha), and sharp producers (George FitzGerald, Jacques Greene).
Its best songs explicitly grapple with the concept of control, whether it's how we lose it — weakness of the heart, a romantic rival, getting struck by the perfect beat — or the steps we take to regain the upper hand. The grappling typically takes place in the context of the club, a setting that's transformed by Katy's nimble hand into a combination of battleground and bacchanal. On single "5 AM," she loses her friends and longs for a lover as night starts to creep into morning; the script is flipped on lead-off track "Next Thing," where she navigates the dancefloor like a veteran, handing out tips and demanding attention. The success of these songs hinges on her versatility as a vocalist and personality: she can play both cool, composed club queen and steaming, emotionally overwhelmed diva as if they're natural states.
That versatility shines in Little Red's two duets, both of which are highlights. The grand "Aaliyah," a Jessie Ware collaboration held over from the Danger EP on the merits of heavy British radio airplay, evokes the influential late R&B star's name to represent a transfixing, tricky night-time rival: "Aaliyah, please, this is green envy / Why must you taunt me, girl?" Katy's seething pleading contrasts nicely with Ware's ultra-cool, mannered take, but it doesn't matter — neither approach keeps Aaliyah from entrancing the DJ. The sparkling, sighing "Play," featuring Sampha, strikes a happier note: it's a love song couched in musical terms, stuffed full of charming cues and bright, technicolor synths. (Katy sings, "The pitch shifts," and her voice is warped into another realm; on "A hundred harmonies," she melts into a handful of voices combining to produce a lovely little descending run.) In a way, the successes of the duets refutes the ideas about control expressed elsewhere on the album: Katy might need to hold the upper hand in the club, but sharing the spotlight here elevates her to new heights.
And while much of Little Red's action does take place on the dancefloor, proof that Katy's comfortable stepping outside of that context lies in the album's finest moment, the sweeping torch ballad "Crying for No Reason." An ace display of vulnerability and vocal power, it's a song that'd fit in nicely on an Adele record, a testament to its strength — you want to hear it rendered by music's great emoters, its powerhouse vocalists, its ultimate divas. Katy tackles the challenge with aplomb.
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Obama's Executive Overreach Is More Dangerous Than Amnesty
The GOP not only has a strong political reason to fight Obama on executive abuse, they have a constitutional responsibility, as well.
By David Harsanyi
Although it may be difficult to imagine, there are things more devastating to a country than a few years of legislative gridlock. For example, allowing slavish partisanship to corrode principles of American governance for temporary political gain. That sort of thing.
Is this an overreaction? Well, this week, the Senate Majority Leader of the United States sent a letter to the president, urging him to unilaterally change the legal status of millions of people. Since "Republicans have not acted," Harry Reid and other top Democrats reasoned, "we fully support your decision to use your well-established executive authority to improve as much of the immigration system as you can."
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Using this rationalization, Obama can act whenever his favored policy is ignored. After all, senators urge Obama to change the status of millions by deferring deportations for illegal immigrants brought here by their parents or families as children—although he may do more. By any reasonable standard, that sort of modification to a law deserves to be wrung through a legislative process. But Obama's aim, unambiguously laid out by the president in his post-midterm press conference, is to circumvent that process and, as Robinson explains, do Congress' job. Which, come to think of it, is a perfect definition of executive abuse.
Everything the president doing is completely legal! Well, just because the president gets away with something doesn't mean it isn't a misuse of power. Ask any liberal who's spent the last 15 years bemoaning the excesses of the security state.
Yet Congress isn't compelled to pass anything. For six years, the media framed Washington's mess as a battle between obstinate conservatives and "democracy." Obama had often also often argued—on guns and immigration, among other issues—that a troublesome minority stood in the way of the people's aspirations. And even though the president seems to count every non-voting American as a staunch supporter, that argument doesn't even work anymore. A USA Today poll found that 46 percent believe that the president should allow the new Republican majorities in the House and Senate to act on immigration reform and 42 percent of Americans want Obama to "act."
Should the President Make Laws Without Congress?
But that's the wrong question, anyway. Most stories conflate the immigration debate with the debate over executive action. Even if 90 percent of Americans wanted Obama to fundamentally modify immigration law on his own, it would still be abuse. The president, after all, is free to "act" whenever he wants on immigration reform by sending his minions to Congress and working out a deal. The right question to ask voters is: "should the president make laws without Congress?"
Until the moment he realized he'd lost the opportunity to pass immigration reform, the president was telling audiences that he didn't have the power to act on his own. Things change. Obama enacts environmental and tax policy through regulatory fiat, so why not simply ignore laws that he finds unfair?
Slate's Josh Voorhees says there's nothing to worry about, arguing "it's important to remember that the bulk of Obama's actions will be temporary. There's no guarantee that they'll remain in place after he leaves office in two years. What happens after that will be in the hands of the next president." (This may be true. Then again, it could also be true that the next five president are Democrats.) Certainly there will be opportunity to weaken or overturn whatever the president does. It is probable that some immigration bill, or bills, will pass. But the new standard for executive abuse will no doubt be matched by presidents in the future.
The policy itself matters, of course. But if Republicans allow President Obama's executive action on temporary amnesty to become a debate solely about immigration policy, the public will fall into their predictable camps. If Republicans allow it to devolve into a debate about impeachment, the perception will be that the GOP party is out of control. The GOP not only has a strong political reason to fight Obama on executive abuse, they have a constitutional responsibility, as well.
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Q: Solve equation: $\sqrt{x^2+x+1}=1-x-x^2$ $$\sqrt{x^2+x+1}=1-x-x^2$$
I am doing this problem for about an hour and I cant get to all the results. What is the easiest way to do this? I tried by squaring everything right away but at the I end I get a pretty messed up equation that is not easy to factor at all: $x(-x^3-2x^2+2x+3)=0$. Of course I see that one answer is $x=0$ but how do I get other answers?

A: Hint
$$\sqrt{x^2+x+1}=1-x-x^2$$
$$\sqrt{x^2+x+1}=2-(1+x+x^2)$$
$$\sqrt{u}=2-u$$
Square it ...

A: Note that
$$x(-x^3-2x^2+2x+3)=-x(x+1)(x^2+x-3)$$

A: For $x \ge 0$, note that $\sqrt{x^2 + x + 1}$ gets bigger when $x$ increases while $1 - x - x^2$ get's smaller. Since an upward sloping line and a downward sloping line cross in only one place, the only solution is $x = 0$.
For $x \le -1$ the same reasoning shows $-1$ is the only solution, so it only remains to check in between $-1$ and $0$.
Since $f(x) = x^2 + x + 1$ is "curved upwards" (as $x^2$ has a positive coefficient), and $f(-1) = f(0) = 1$, we know $f(x)$ is less than $1$ in between $-1$ and $0$. Since $\sqrt f < 1 \iff f < 1$, it follows that $\sqrt{x^2 + x + 1}$ < 1 when $-1 < x < 0$.
Since $g(x) = 1 - x - x^2$ is "curved downwards" and $g(-1) = g(0) = 1$, we have $1 - x - x^2 > 1$ when $-1<x<0$. So the only two solutions are $-1$ and $0$.


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Joseph Franzevich Friedrich (en ) (né le  à Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), décédé en  à Moscou) est un clarinettiste tchéco-russe.

Il a étudié la clarinette en privé avec Julius Pisarowitz à Prague. Il a  débuté dans l'orchestre de l'Opéra de Prague, puis a joué à Pilsen, Berlin et Londres.

Il rejoint Moscou en 1882, et a pris la citoyenneté russe en 1886. Jusqu'en 1910, il a joué dans l'orchestre du Théâtre Bolchoï, d'abord comme soliste, mais en 1897, il a dû céder la place de première clarinette à Sergueï Rozanov. De 1891 à la fin de sa vie, il a enseigné au Conservatoire de Moscou. Parmi ses élèves figurent Semyon Bellison et Fyodor Nikolaevsky. En général, cependant, on pense que la charge de travail de Friedrich en matière d'orchestre l'a empêché de se concentrer sur l'enseignement et ses étudiants.

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Clarinettiste classique
Clarinettiste russe
Naissance en juin 1853
Naissance à Karlovy Vary
Décès en 1916
Décès à Moscou


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I was shocked to learn of the plan to bring the elephant Rosie to Hope, Maine. I am asking you to do all that you can to ensure this does not happen, as it is unsafe for the public and inhumane for the elephant.
I love our state, but it is no place for an elephant. Cold temperatures would force Rosie to spend most of the year inside a tiny barn, which is harmful for an arthritic elephant like her. She also would be held alone, though elephants are highly social animals. It is cruel to keep them in solitary confinement.
I am also extremely concerned that the proposed facility is unsafe for workers, volunteers and visitors. No one associated with the plan has the experience or skill needed to safely handle a four-ton elephant. This presents a grave danger to anyone working with or coming into contact with the elephant, including children. I am also concerned that there is the risk of the elephant developing tuberculosis, which is transmissible to humans. Rosie reportedly lived with an elephant who carried the disease.
The best course of action is to send Rosie to an established sanctuary, where she would have vast room to roam, the company of other elephants, and a team of highly trained elephant staff. If the best interests of this elephant were truly at heart, the person behind the Hope plan would help make this happen.
Please protect the public and this elephant, and avoid the controversy that is sure to befall our state if this project goes forward.
In Defense of Animals, located in San Rafael, Calif., is an international animal protection organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals by protecting their rights and welfare. IDA's efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi, Mumbai, India, and Cameroon, Africa.


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