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Eddie Jones given 'full support' by RFU to continue as England head coach
Public summary of review does not contain a single word of criticism or censure of Jones personally, despite England's woeful Six Nations
By Daniel Schofield, Deputy Rugby Union Correspondent 20 April 2021 • 3:15pm
Eddie Jones will keep the England job Credit: REUTERS
A Rugby Football Union debrief into England's worst ever Six Nations campaign has highlighted the players' poor lower body strength and breakdown technique as key factors while largely absolving head coach Eddie Jones of blame.
The public summary of the report does not contain a single word of criticism or censure of Jones despite England crashing to defeats against Ireland, Scotland and Wales for the first time since 1976. However, Jones, the highest paid coach in world rugby, will face greater scrutiny with all future campaigns being subject to external review by independent experts handpicked by the RFU.
Instead the debrief focuses largely on what it calls "contributory factors" largely created by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as "systemic challenges" of the the club and country divide. The panel consisted of RFU board members, executives and independent experts, which includes past and present coaches, who have all requested anonymity. It has advocated "deeper alignment" with the Premiership, including following a New Zealand model where staff from clubs and the national team come together at the end of the season to "find common ground and goals for the English game moving forward".
This will include improving England players' work at the breakdown. Jones' team conceded a record 67 penalties over the course of the Six Nations Championship, a total only matched by Italy since the tournament went to six teams in 2000. The report addresses the absence of "notable players" which includes Sam Underhill and Joe Launchbury who excel at both defensive and attacking rucks.
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Yet of the 69 penalties conceded, 34 were conceded around the tackle area and the report advocates "improvements required including lower body strength and appropriate skill modifications." With England captain Owen Farrell and leading player Maro Itoje also continually getting on the wrong side of the referee, the report recommends "additional refereeing input to provide technique improvement and awareness during player preparation and development."
Another factor was the squad not being deemed game-ready for the Six Nations. Either players were undercooked through lack of gametime as in the case of the large Saracens contingent or overcooked with many players having "no mental break" between the 2019-20 Premiership season finishing and the next campaign starting four weeks later.
Then the were was the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic which forced the absence of Jason Ryles, the popular skills coach, and Neil Craig, the head of elite performance who acts as Jones' main sounding board for the entire tournament. Jones and forwards coach Matt Proudfoot also missed the the start of training camp the latter was hospitalised by the disease.
Within the England camp, the Covid-19 protocols, which were stricter than other nations', were found to have had a significant impact on coaching and support staff as well as the playing squad cohesion. However, the panel found the mains response from the players was "positive and supportive" of Jones. There was no mention of the future of Jones' assistant coaches with the position of attack coach Simon Amor reported to be under particular threat.
"During the Guinness Six Nations we were not up to our usual high standards and we recognise that," Jones said. "The debrief was a valuable process, we all learned a lot from the experience and most importantly we have identified actions to enable the team to move forward positively towards 2023. I'm looking forward to the summer tour which will provide a great opportunity to see more of our emerging talent and I'm confident our next team will come back stronger this autumn building up to a winning performance in the next Six Nations."
Telegraph Sport understands that the RFU have held exploratory talks with the other home nations as well as Georgia about staging a mini-development tournament this summer. England were scheduled to face United States and Canada, but those matches are now in doubt because of quarantine arrangements.
The main recommendations are geared towards establishing better collaboration between England and the Premiership clubs. To "deepen its alignment", the RFU plans to hold an end of season conference between English rugby's main stakeholders. This is similar to the New Zealand system where the coaches of the Super Rugby franchises meet with the All Blacks every year to share information.
This will include working towards "one common data system across the pathway and elite performance game". Other discussion points will include "increasing speed of the game, decision making, data and analytics, refereeing, player development and welfare."
Bill Sweeney, the Rugby Football Union chief executive, said: "We were all disappointed to finish fifth in the Guinness Six Nations. Our track record and results under Eddie meant that we, the players and our fans had much higher expectations. Sport is all about fine margins which is why every campaign debrief is invaluable in helping us to learn and improve. Eddie approached this review with a great deal of self-awareness and humility, allowing us to look at every aspect of the tournament to identify every small change we can make in order to improve."
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Q: How to insert my web page into an iframe? I have a web page that I am hosting for a client. The page has the client's header and footer on it and our content (a flash app) placed in the middle.
The client now wants to provide us with an html page that contains their header, footer and some ads all in one document. They want us to include this document as an iframe and then dynamically place OUR content inside of that frame.
This seems very hacky to me but I thought I'd give it a shot. So what's the best way to take my markup and place it into the iframe?
Thanks!
Chris

A: Can't be done client side because of XSS security issues ... unless they are both on the same domain, but from your description, i doubt it.
Server side, you could dynamically read the target page, modify it any way you wish and then present it. If you really do need it in an iframe, you can dynamically load the modified source you got by something like this:

Just remember to also change any links, images, and so on with full URLs.

A: Can you supply them with some API they can use - so they can place something in their page to call your bits. As you are working with flash, you could avoid cross site scripting issues by including a policy file to give permission to their domain.

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Q: How to push the condition based value in existing array in PHP I am having three arrays

*

*topicsSelected

*relavantGroups

*topicAssingned

$topicsSelected = [ "T-100","T-600"];

$relavantGroups = [
                    [ "id" => "G-001","name" => "3 A","active" => false ],
                    ["id" => "G-002","name" => "3 B","active" => false]
                  ];

$topicAssingned = [
    "G-001" => [
        "groupID" => "G-001",
        "groupName" => "3 A",
        "topics" => [
            "T-100" => [
                "topicID" => "T-100"
            ],
            "T-200" => [
                "topicID" => "T-200"
            ]
        ]
    ],
    "G-002" => [
        "groupID" => "G-002",
        "groupName" => "3 B",
        "topics" => [
            "T-400" => [
                "topicID" => "T-400"
            ],
            "T-500" => [
                "topicID" => "T-500"
            ]
        ]
    ],
];

$topicsSelected array values at least one value should present $topicAssingned means based on groupID, i have to push one value to $relavantGroups like  disable : D  suppose value not present means disable : A
Expected output:
[
     "id" => "G-001",
    "name" => "3 A",
    "active" => false,
    "disable" => "D"
],
[
     "id" => "G-002",
    "name" => "3 B",
    "active" => false,
    "disable" => "A"
]

A: It's not very clear what you are asking and the code is a bit weird but I'll give it a try.
First fix your array declaration - you should use => and not :;
You have to Iterate over the $relavantGroups and for each element iterate the $topicAssingned array. Then perform a simple comparison to see if the group Id is present and you are done!
Here is my solution (quick and dirty): You can see it here
foreach ($relavantGroups as &$g) {
    $found = false;
    foreach ($topicAssingned as $key => $assigned) {
        if ($key === $g["id"] && is_array($assigned["topics"])) {
            foreach ($assigned["topics"] as $topic) {
                if (in_array($topic["topicID"], $topicsSelected)) {
                    $found = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    $g["disable"] = $found ? "D" : "A";
}
var_dump($relavantGroups);

Updated the solution - note that I'm using in_array() to determine if the topicID is present. That mean that any value that is in the $topicsSelected array will affect the result.
Hope I helped.
This will output (based one your example):
array(2) {
  [0]=> array(4) {
    ["id"]=> string(5) "G-001"
    ["name"]=> string(3) "3 A"
    ["active"]=> bool(false)
    ["disable"]=> string(1) "D"
  }
  [1]=> array(4) {
    ["id"]=> string(5) "G-002"
    ["name"]=> string(3) "3 B"
    ["active"]=> bool(false)
    ["disable"]=> string(1) "A"
  }
}

A: <?php

$topicsSelected = [ "T-100","T-600"];

$relavantGroups = [
    [ "id" => "G-001","name" => "3 A","active" => false ],
    ["id" => "G-002","name" => "3 B","active" => false]
];

$topicAssigned = [
    "G-001" => [
        "groupID" => "G-001",
        "groupName" => "3 A",
        "topics" => [
            "T-100" => [
                "topicID" => "T-100"
            ],
            "T-200" => [
                "topicID" => "T-200"
            ]
        ]
    ],
    "G-002" => [
        "groupID" => "G-002",
        "groupName" => "3 B",
        "topics" => [
            "T-400" => [
                "topicID" => "T-400"
            ],
            "T-500" => [
                "topicID" => "T-500"
            ]
        ]
    ],
];

$topic_selected_map = [];

foreach($topicsSelected as $each_topic){
    $topic_selected_map[$each_topic] = true;
}

$relevant_group_map = [];

foreach($relavantGroups as $each_group){
    $relevant_group_map[$each_group['id']] = $each_group;
}

$result = [];

foreach($topicAssigned as $each_assigned_topic){
    if(!isset($relevant_group_map[$each_assigned_topic['groupID']])) continue;

    $topics_not_found = true;
    foreach($each_assigned_topic['topics'] as $each_topic => $topic_details){
        if(isset($topic_selected_map[$each_topic])){
            $topics_not_found = false;
            break;
        }
    }

    $result[] = [
        'id' => $each_assigned_topic['groupID'],
        'name' => $each_assigned_topic['groupName'],
        'active' => $relevant_group_map[$each_assigned_topic['groupID']]['active'],
        'disable' => ($topics_not_found === true ? 'A' : 'D')
    ];
}

print_r($result);

Output:
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [id] => G-001
            [name] => 3 A
            [active] => false
            [disable] => D
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [id] => G-002
            [name] => 3 B
            [active] => false
            [disable] => A
        )

)

*

*First, make a map(associative array) of values of $topicsSelected. Same goes for $relavantGroups. This is to make the check more efficient. See more on Hash Table.

*Now, iterate over $topicAssigned and then iterate over each group's topics inside it. Now, check if a topic exists inside $topicsSelected using a simple isset function. If yes, we disable them, else we don't.


The girl just can't help herself-- Hillary Clinton used her famous cackle on Thursday to deflect a question about the $800,000 her husband earned in 2005 giving speeches for a Bogota-based group that supports the Colombia free trade agreement — the same trade deal she currently opposes.
...there was a mythical black president who held court with his white wife. They lorded over the land, until he was impeached and she bolted for the world's greatest deliberative body.
Today, the mythical first black president is trying to help his white wife beat a man who could be the actual first black president.
The white wife launched the first racial salvo, when she suggested that all Martin Luther King, Jr. did for civil rights was to "make speeches." To reinforce the point, she said, "It took a president (Lyndon Johnson) to get it done." Meaning: it was swell that King made some speeches and stuff, but it took the white guy in power to make it happen.
The mythical first black president then disrupted his welcome in Black Presidentville with a cranky tantrum: the campaign of the actual black man in the race was "the biggest fairy tale" he'd ever seen. And he's seen a lot of them, so there.
Blacks around the country took offense that their mythical leader would dismiss the actual black candidate as a fantasy, so the mythical black president took to the airwaves to try to clarify: he meant that the black candidate's position on Iraq was a "fairy tale," not his candidacy. Black audiences weren't buying what the mythical black president was selling this time.
Meanwhile, the white wife claimed that while the black candidate was an "inspirational speaker" (shorthand for a great preacher), he hadn't "put in the spade work to be president."
The Rev. Al Sharpton must be too busy admiring his "Destroying Don Imus Award" to notice.
On Sunday's "Meet the Press," the white wife claimed that this campaign shouldn't be "about race." Which is why she didn't mention race, right?
New polls show that black voters support the actual black candidate by a 50 point margin over the white wife of the mythical black president. Among white voters, the white wife has a much more vulnerable 14 point lead.
Black voters in South Carolina and beyond might say to the New Hampshire women who carried her over the finish line, "We're glad you're proud to have a woman in the race. But we've got a black man in the race, and we're proud of him, too." The pendulum, in other words, is about to shift again.
Race was irrelevant before the mythical black president and his white wife injected it into this campaign. Nobody much cared about the color of the black candidate's skin. They just cared that he was smart and dynamic and talented and they worried that he may not have had enough experience. But the white wife's campaign was seeing these polls before any of us did. She knew that she'd have to make it about race to scare up racial fears and get her base---white voters---to the polls. It's the dirtiest of dirty tricks.
Here's another rich but sad irony: the mythical first black president and his white wife claim to embrace minorities, to work for their advancement, to help them achieve equality, and to work toward racial unity. And yet here they are, stoking the flames of racism, dismissing a black man of undeniable ability as a "fairy tale," and dividing by race.
For two people who claim to admire Dr. King, the mythical black president and his white wife have turned his most powerful adage upside down: they are asking us to judge the black candidate by the color of his skin, NOT by the content of his character.
Then again, would you expect anything different from two people whose own characters are empty and malignant?
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If they don't have the dirt by now, it doesn't exist. They've got nothing on Obama, and they're losing ground to him faster than than you can say "Oprah."
By the way, did you notice that Hillary's campaign is still referring to itself as an "Exploratory" Committee?
I guess that's so if she loses to Obama, she can always say, "I wasn't really running for president. I was just exploring it."
At a campaign stop in Iowa yesterday, New York's Junior Senator simultaneously gave off the whiff of desperation AND played the old victim card.
Referring to what she has called her Democratic opponents' "piling on," Hillary Clinton lowered the boom: "I have said for months that I would much rather be attacking Republicans and attacking the problems of our country, because ultimately that's what I want to do as president, but I have been for months on the receiving end of consistent attacks."
Dramatic pause, and then: "Now the fun part starts."
The "fun" part is, of course the specialty of the Clinton Strike Force: against opponents, fire away with overwhelming criticism, fear and intimidation tactics, opposition research offloaded bit by bit, whispering campaigns, and denials, obfuscation, and stonewalling. She can't wait!
Queen Bee expected a coronation; ergo, her comments that she would have much rather spent her time attacking Republicans. But, woe is her. Girlfriend has some Democratic opponents who failed to yield to the Clinton Ladies Intervention Team, and now she's got to spend her time and resources trying to kneecap them. She is exasperated. She may as well have said, "I hope you're happy!"
So now she's out with the "victim" routine again. But look out! While she plays the damsel tied to the railroad tracks, her team is out there with machetes. Slashing and burning. After all, to them, it's "fun."
Last night, as I watched the Republican presidential debate on CNN, I made notes in between rolling my eyes at how stultifyingly boring it all was. But then, toward the end, something caught my ear.
A man stood up and asked a question about gays in the military. Fair enough. Until he went on the say that he had served in the Army, rose to the rank of Brigadier General, and had stayed closeted as a gay man until he retired from the military.
I made the following note at that very moment (I swear this is the verbatim thing I wrote): "Close to the end, we had the gay General, who said he came out as a gay man after he left the Army, and he said he thought gays should be able to serve openly.
"Guess who's position THAT is?! HRC.
"The gay General a Hillary plant? Up to you!"
Even as the General was still speaking, I knew he must have been placed there either on the orders of Hillary Clinton's campaign or on his own accord, but certainly with the idea of helping her in mind. Turns out, he was named co-chairman of Hillary's National Military Veteran's group THIS MONTH.
All of the criticism this morning seems to be leveled at CNN, and that criticism is justified. They ran the previous Democratic debate like discount night at a brothel. Last night's spectacle was almost as bad.
But the real criticism should be directed to the Junior Senator from New York, whose campaign is getting away with murder out there. Peppering the audiences with her supporters (who last night booed everyone EXCEPT the only guy she can beat: Huckabee), planting questions, denying knowledge, stonewalling to the death. These are classic Clintonian tactics. She should be called out on them rather than have CNN take all of the slings and arrows. CNN was at fault, but the Clinton Ladies Intervention Team also played CNN----and us----like a Stradivarius.
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I know. A sad day in America.
"I will honor the picket line if the workers at CBS News decide to strike.
"America's unions are the backbone of America's middle class and I will always stand with America's working men and women in the fight to ensure that they are able to earn a fair wage."
Girlfriend's fist is firmly in the air.
Hillary Clinton would walk over her grandmother if she thought that would help her get re-elected to the presidency. She would cross picket lines and trample striking workers if that would advance Hillary somehow.
The fact that she says she won't cross the picket lines to attend the debate means only one thing: SHE KNOWS THESE DEBATES ARE HURTING HER. SHE KNOWS THAT EVERY TIME SHE APPEARS IN ONE, HER POLL NUMBERS DROP. ERGO, SHE WILL AVOID ALL FUTURE DEBATES.
The CBS strike comes at a fortuitous time for the Junior Senator. Who knew that in addition to bringing home the bacon and frying it up in a pan, she could also channel Lech Walesa?
Howard Wolfson, Clinton's campaign communications director, said she has "no idea" what the item is about. (Of course not!) In a totally transparent example of pure projection, Wolfson added: "This is how Republicans work."
Actually, this is how the Clinton Ladies Intervention Team works. Just ask the Governor of New York.
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At an early point during last night's Democratic presidential debate, former Senator John Edwards dared to challenge Senator Hillary Clinton on a range of issues. She waited for a beat or two, and then----with a steely look----admonished him for "mud-throwing."
Poor Edwards cowered in the corner for the rest of the night.
Because you are not allowed to challenge New York's Junior Senator, her rivals and the press back off, let her have her zone of delicate flower womanhood, while she rolls over all of them. If anybody raises questions about her positions or the fact that she's flip-flopped or that she's incapable of standing for anything beyond her own ambitions, they are accused of throwing mud, victimizing a woman, and "swiftboating."
Last night, she went back to the tried and true: the "yes/no" "answers" and the rote lines about being "comfortable in the kitchen." Senators Joe Biden and Chris Dodd---the most seasoned guys on the stage----just shake their heads in disbelief that they're losing to this hack.
Nobody throws mud more pointedly and more efficiently than the Clinton Ladies Intervention Team. But they attack others for doing it (even when the others aren't) because it lets her get away with never having to answer anything.
That's her scam. It's pathetic to see that she's still working it, and it's still working for her.
Yesterday I posed a question about New York's Junior Senator. Now that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer---who had wanted to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants despite overwhelming public opposition to it----withdrew his plan, Senator Clinton was left twisting in the wind. She fumbled the issue badly over the past two weeks, unable to give a clear position. When Spitzer backed away from it, what was the girl to do?
Turns out the girl created a particular set of fortuitous circumstances. The Clinton Ladies Intervention Team got her out of this particular box by leaning---Tony Soprano-like---on Spitzer. They twisted his arm until he cried "uncle." They told him he had exactly 24 hours to disavow his OWN policy, or....well, he wouldn't want to know what was going to happen to him.
Conveniently, today---the day before the Democratic debate----suddenly Spitzer has a change of heart about driver's licenses, paving the way for the Junior Senator to proclaim that now she herself is against the licenses. What a lucky break for the Gal from Chappaqua!
Spitzer did as he was told. All of this would have been very convincing except for the bruises on Spitzer's forehead, which appear to have been applied by a hammer.
The Clinton Ladies War Machine steamrolls anyone who gets in their way. It doesn't matter if you are a junior editor at GQ magazine or the Governor of New York. Out of Girlfriend's way, or sleep with the fishes.


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Last week of July Writer's Camp! Writers, what are your thoughts?
It's the last week of the July Writer's Camp, and I'm curious to hear how everyone is doing.
Gush your feelings out! We're in this community together, and I'm sure everyone would love to cheer you on.
I feel like I've been going full force so I'm it'll be nice to breathe again. Plus I'm excited to see the winners!
I feel...great actually! I'm happy that I switched and now I can write better. I'm also happy that @Peni work is going amazingly well! Also another thing is that there are sooooo many more entries this time!
I feel like the time has flown by. I'm glad I got seven out of my ten chapters done before the camp started, because I think I'd have been to stressed to work properly otherwise. Now, with nine out and the tenth scheduled for tomorrow, I can relax.
Excited and nervous since I just joined and submitted my first novel for the camp. I just need to post two more chapters to reach the 10 chapter requirement (which I'm close to posting chapter 9). I can't wait since I'm going to start reading the other entries as well.
I have seven chapters of Soulless Saint completed, so I'm in my home stretch. The current issue is that I have been unable to upload a chapter since last night. Minutes ago, I sent a screen capture of the error message to the email address for Tapas Help.
I also commissioned a piece of artwork for the first time in years, and I'm pleased with how it turned out. Artist Credit: ThemeCraft from right here on Tapas.
Sometimes it happens! And I know that feeling of utter confusion but also a slight tinge of happiness.
o.o Are you serious? I thought it was a bit more!
I'm excited for everybody and to see the winners. Everyone did a great job <3, I have so many new stories I wish I had more time to read as much as I can.
I had fun with this camp. I happily congratulate the winners.
There were a lot of fantastic entries. Who knows who will win!
I'm excited and nervous and stressed and many things in between!
I'm really bummed I didn't get around to reading every entry, but I had a few extenuating circumstances that maybe a few of you know about XD I honestly think I may have to catch up once the contest is over and updates have slowed down a little! But this contest had me SHOOK, it was really nice to be involved from the beginning!
I'm so excited to see the winners, and I'm excited for the next camp, too!!!!
I know, right? I've noticed a lot of peeps had to kick into full gear recently to make that ten-page requirement. It will be nice to have a breather after the boot-camp. Haha!
That is true! I was hoping to read all the entries this month, but there are just so much. That's great for Tapas's writing community, though. The library is growing!
I had a lot of fun with the story I've been writing! The competition was a blast and I saw a lot of really great entries! I can't wait to see who wins!
My one critique to Tapas that I've been saying: Advertise the camp a little bit better next time XD.
Otherwise, the community was simply beautiful and supportive as always!


MEXICAN-BORN artist Alma Lopez arrived in Ireland for the first time yesterday to be greeted with a storm of protest and controversy.
Protestors wielding placards and rosary beads stood outside the gates of University College Cork (UCC) as she made preparations to display her image, Our Lady of Guadalupe, as part of an academic conference which opens today.
But instead of discussing Chicana culture, conference organiser Professor Nuala Finnegan, and Ms Lopez, spent the day conducting a round of media interviews.
It followed condemnation of the image by Bishop of Cork and Ross, Dr John Buckley, Fine Gael TD Jerry Buttimer, and former MEP Kathy Sinnott.
Ms Lopez said she was surprised by the reaction.
"My photo-based digital print, titled Our Lady, is a work of art intended for exhibition in spaces such as museums, galleries, universities, community centres, and the like," she said.
"Its purpose was not to address Catholics or Catholicism in any way.
"It is not, as the protesters keep saying, the 'Mother of God'.
"It is a photo of a model named Raquel Salinas, who was posing for me in 1999, in a collaborative effort to discern the meaning of the Virgin of Guadalupe in our own lives.
"I never intended to offend, desecrate, blaspheme, or disrespect anyone's religious beliefs with this image.
"The model is not naked in the photo, she is not wearing a bikini, and she's not being crude, sexual, or provocative.
According to tradition, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to a Mexican in 1531 — 10 years after the Spanish conquest — and she became a symbol of national resistance.
"For me as a Mexican-born Chicana, the Virgin of Guadalupe is an important cultural image that I grew up with in my family and in my community, and that graces the walls of my own home.
"More than a religious icon, the Virgin of Guadalupe is a revolutionary image of indigenous resistance to colonisation and genocide.
"I believe the Virgin of Guadalupe is everywhere (that's why she's the background in the print) and that every Chicana carries her within.
"In making Our Lady, my intent was to portray a strong Chicana in the position of respect and honour that is given to the Virgin of Guadalupe.
"She is adorned with some of the symbols of the Guadalupe, such as the halo, and the crescent moon, but she is also wearing a cape that represents the Aztec moon goddess, Coyolxauhqui, as a representation of both her strength and her indigenous history.
"Our Lady arrived in Ireland because I was invited by the Department of Hispanic Studies and the Centre for Mexican Studies at UCC to be a keynote speaker and exhibit my work at the conference, Transitions and Continuities in Chicana/o Culture.
"The controversy arrived in Cork thanks to the propaganda and cyber-sensationalism of the US-based, profit-driven, Catholic-fundamentalist organisation that calls itself America Needs Fatima, which has been harassing and stalking me and Our Lady since 2001.
"By misrepresenting my work and my intentions, this group is inciting some Irish Catholics to denounce me as a blasphemer.
Meanwhile, academics and staff at UCC were bombarded with abusive phone calls over the controversy. They were verbally abused by callers, some of whom refused to give their names.
Prof Finnegan, the head of the Department of Hispanic Studies and director of the Centre for Mexican Studies, said everyone is entitled to their opinion.
"People are moved, amused, some are indifferent. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but we are delighted to welcome Alma Lopez here at UCC and to showcase her work.
"We would like to invite people in to make their own mind up."
lOur Lady and Other Queer Santas will be on display in the O'Rahilly Building, UCC today and tomorrow.


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"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
— One Wisconsin Now on Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 in an email
Just how wealthy is the Wal-Mart Walton family?
By Tom Kertscher on Sunday, December 8th, 2013 at 5:00 a.m.
Walmart stores have given Sam Walton's heirs plenty of wealth.
On Nov. 27, 2013, a Madison-based liberal advocacy group used a mass email to promote protests that were planned against Walmart stores for two days later -- Black Friday.
The demonstrations aimed to "expose Wal-Mart's shameful labor practices and support workers," according to One Wisconsin Now, which then made this claim:
That reminded us of a March 2011 claim by filmmaker and liberal activist Michael Moore.
He said in a Madison speech that 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined, a statement we rated True. Based on online hits, it became one of our most popular fact-checks ever.
So we wondered about the Walmart claim.
Wealth, not income
In the days before and after Black Friday, leaders no less prominent than President Barack Obama and Pope Francis decried the extent of income disparity in the United States and around the world. Obama called the growing income gap a "defining challenge of our time." The pope said that while the earnings of a minority "are growing exponentially, so, too, is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few."
Walmart, of course, is a big target.
According to Forbes, as of May 2013 the international retailer had $469 billion in sales and 2.2 million employees, including 1.3 million in the United States. The corporation has been criticized for low wages; and in December 2012, PolitiFact National rated as Mostly True a claim that more Walmart employees are on Medicaid and food stamps than other companies.
But let's be clear up front: Although income and wealth are related, they're not the same.
Wealth is commonly measured in terms of net worth -- the value of a person's assets minus liabilities. So, things like savings and retirement accounts, minus what is owed on a home mortgage, credit cards, etc. That means a person with heavy debt can have little wealth, or negative wealth, even while earning a six-figure income.
One more point before we get to the wealth figures.
Walmart was founded by the late Sam Walton, who opened the first store in Arkansas in 1962. Walmart incorporated in 1969 and became a publicly traded company a year later. So, Wal-Mart is not family owned, but rather owned by its stockholders; on the other hand, according to Bloomberg and other news reports, the Walton family members still have control of the company, owning about half of the shares.
Group's evidence
Scot Ross, One Wisconsin Now's executive director, told us his evidence to back his group's claim is a July 2012 article by economist Josh Bivens, research and policy director of the liberal Economics Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
Bivens wrote that in 2010, the wealth of six Walton family heirs was $89.5 billion, 22 percent higher than in 2007.
Meanwhile, the median wealth of American families in 2010 was $77,300, nearly 39 percent lower than three years earlier.
(Median wealth refers to the American family that is exactly wealthier than half of all families and less wealthy than half.)
As for measuring one against the other, Bivens said the Walton family wealth in 2010 was as large as the wealth of the bottom 48.8 million families in the United States, or 41.5 percent of all American families.
Rounded up, 41.5 percent would be 42 percent, the figure One Wisconsin Now claims.
But let's keep shopping around a little.
Similar claim
It turns out that a statement nearly identical to the one made by One Wisconsin Now was uttered in July 2012 by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats.
Sanders said the Walton family owns "more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of America," a claim PolitiFact National rated True.
Our colleagues found that Sylvia Allegretto, a labor economist at the University of California, Berkeley, compared the Waltons' cumulative net worth with that of the overall population, as cited in the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances. That survey was published in August 2012.
Allegretto found that the Waltons' wealth in 2010 was valued at $89.5 billion -- equal to the entire bottom 41.5 percent of American families.
The 2010 figures are the latest available for doing comparisons with the net worth of the overall population.
But we found, using the Forbes 400 list for 2013, that the wealth of six of Sam Walton's descendants has continued to grow. Here are their rankings and their wealth:
No. 6 Christy Walton (daughter-in-law), $35.4 billion
No. 7: Jim Walton (son), $33.8 billion
No. 8: Alice Walton (daughter), $33.5 billion
No. 9: S. Robson Walton (son), $33.3 billion
No. 95: Ann Walton Kroenke (niece), $4.7 billion
No. 110: Nancy Walton Laurie (niece), $4 billion
Total Walton family wealth: $144.7 billion.
A note before we close:
Allegretto told us the housing crisis is a key reason that the gap between the Walton family wealth and the wealth of other American families has grown. More Americans were left with "negative wealth" because they lost their biggest asset -- their home -- and often significant amounts of their savings, as well, she said.
One Wisconsin Now wrote: "The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
For comparison purposes, the latest data available, for 2010, the figure is 41.5 percent.
We rate the statement True.
To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's website.
Published: Sunday, December 8th, 2013 at 5:00 a.m.
Subjects: Corporations, Economy, Income, Labor, Wealth
One Wisconsin Now, email, Nov. 27, 2013
Email interview, One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross, Dec. 4, 2013
PolitiFact Wisconsin, "Michael Moore says 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined," March 10, 2011
PolitiFact National, "Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans," July 31, 2012
Economic Policy Institute, "Inequality, exhibit A: Walmart and the wealth of American families," July 17, 2012
Federal Reserve Bulletin, "Changes in U.S. family finances from 2007 to 2010: Evidence from the survey of consumer finances," June 2012
Forbes, "The Forbes 400," Sept. 16, 2013
The Berkeley Blog, "The wrecking ball," July 16, 2012
USA Today, "Wal-Mart plans $15 billion more in stock buybacks," June 7, 2013
Bloomberg, "How Wal-Mart's Waltons maintain their billionaire fortune," 2013
Interview, University of California, Berkeley, labor economist Sylvia Allegretto, Dec. 6, 2013
Email interview, Economic Policy Institute research and policy director Josh Bivens, Dec. 6, 2013


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First Edition A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan, 1974
This first edition print of A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan is in good condition, a great read and even better value.
From Wikipedia
A Bridge Too Far (1974) by Cornelius Ryan gives an account of Operation Market Garden, a failed Allied attempt to break through German lines at Arnhem by taking a bridge in the occupied Netherlands during World War II.
Ryan named his book after a comment attributed to Lieutenant General Frederick Browning before the operation, who reportedly said to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, "I think we may be going a bridge too far."[1] But Antony Beevor disputes this, saying that Browning had supported the operation, especially in view of receiving more resources. Secondly he did not appear to have encountered Montgomery that day.[2]
Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Ryan documented his account of the 1944 battle with pictures and maps. He included a section on the survivors, "Soldiers and Civilians – What They Do Today".
He addressed tactical mistakes made in planning the operation. Until Ryan's book, Market Garden had been a classic example of victors writing the history; that is, popular accounts of World War II tended to overlook the battle or Field Marshal Montgomery's spin on it as being a "partial success".[3]
The 1974 book was published by Simon & Schuster in New York and by Hamish Hamilton in London. There were frequent later editions, and a film based on it was released in 1977.


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Future Comms: Scare Tactics
Most of you have heard of Monsters University. Obviously, it's not a real university. It's the animation sequel to the hugely successful Monsters Inc and it's due out this Summer. Since October 2012 www.monstersuniversity.com has been live, as part of the campaign to promote the film. Go have a look at the site. It's pretty much THE American university website. In fact, it's a really good global university website.
It has it all. The faculty details, profiles of academics and testimonials from students. It has the rhetoric of 'Go MU! Go MU!' (sports teams) and 'Show Your Pride!' (and spend lots of money in the 'swag' shop). There are campus maps, news, events and calendars. It's a very comprehensive experience. Not forgetting the videos, including the obligatory 'Message from the Dean' (Helen Mirren we believe) and the 'Imagine YOU at MU' of course!
We heard some reaction. 'If only we had millions of dollars, we could do something as good so quickly.' Someone said 'Well that's Pixar. They can afford it.' There are university marketers who aspire to achieve something like this. There are others scratching their heads as to how they make it happen. But what should we, in the HE community, really take from all this?
1. It's not a university website. It's a really good promotion for a multi-million dollar film made by a multi-billion dollar company. It's just part of an annual ad budget that Adage cited as $2.1b in 2011.
2. It's a parody of what universities do.
If there really was a University of Pixar, then what would they really do? Pixar is one of the most creative, inventive companies of the last 50 years. Seriously, what would they do?
They probably would do something different. Something that stood out from everyone else. We're reminded of a few years ago and how Boone Oakley wanted to stand out from every ad agency in the US and ditched the website in favour of an interactive You Tube video. Have a look:
We're sure Pixar would be equally innovative. So, when thinking about your comms strategy please don't get lost in doing what everyone else does. Please don't get hung up by billion dollar film companies making parodies of your sector. But grab the inspiration to do something completely different. Maybe the University of Pixar would parody a film trailer and turn the tables on their own sector. Maybe we'll never know. Or, just maybe, Pixar, or Disney, might form their own university. After all, the landscape is changing so quickly.
We'll be doing our best to inspire your creativity so please do bookmark us, follow us and check out our website at www.thefutureindex.com
And do go see the film. We've seen every ounce of promotion now and it looks good!
charlotte Tudor
We've been waiting 11 years for this movie – kids that were 7 years old when Monsters Inc. first hit the big screen, and who've grown up on a diet of Pixar, are now turning 18 and soon to be comtemplating Freshers Week. We love that Pixar hand craft these websites (anyone see the Buy 'n' Large site built around the release of Wall.E?). And if you haven't checked out Monsters University's own Message from the Dean, then you really should, "building tomorrow's scarers, today"
Sally Sisson One of the best university websites ever?
[…] Future Comms: Scare Tactics Go have a look at the site. It's pretty much THE American university website. In fact, it's a really good global university website… But what should we, in the Higher Ed community, really take from all this? 1. It's not a university website. It's a really good promotion for a multi-million dollar film made by a multi-billion dollar company. It's just part of an annual ad budget that Adage cited as $2.1b in 2011. […]
Future Index has been a really useful resource for engaging the team, for sparking new ideas and for stimulating debate – and for more than a few actual new projects! Our reports and workshops are a great way to stay up to date and at the top of your game. We've particularly found the tailoring useful as we can focus on specific landscapes or sectors – research, for example – in an easy to use and digestible way.
- Emma Leech (Director Marketing & Advancement)


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AIPIA Summit Americas preview
Zappar & Mindshare look at the future of AR and its implications for brands
By Jenny Eagle
28-May-2018 - Last updated on 18-Jul-2019 at 13:05 GMT
Zappar has worked with Bombay Sapphire. Photo: Zappar YouTube.
Zappar has released a report in partnership with Mindshare UK, looking at the future of AR (Augmented Reality) and the implications for brands.
The report found over half (55%) of smartphone users agree 'it would be a good thing if you could point your phone at any object and get additional information', emphasizing that brands should be thinking differently about their owned channels (anything under a company's direct control).
Simple activation
Speaking to Keith Curtin, VP, business development, Zappar, he said, by adding extra layers of digital content to their owned assets, brands can transform their packaging from a passive touchpoint into a fully immersive media channel.
"For businesses new to augmented reality, our advice is to start with a simple activation," he said.
"For example, product packaging for food brands can surface recipes, food preparation tips, nutritional information, coupons, and related brand promotions and offers.
"The best bit is that these interactions can be captured and tracked so companies can better understand usage habits among audiences for future product and marketing decisions.
"We're not seeing manufacturers doing anything wrong, they simply need to dive in and start testing."
Curtin will be heading up a discussion at the AIPIA Summit (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) at the Westin, New Jersey, US, June 4 and 5, entitled: How brands are using Augmented Reality to make their packaging interactive (June 4, 11:30am - 12:00pm).
He will be using case studies from various industries to showcase how brands are using AR and the benefits they are reaping in terms of increased consumer engagement as a result.
Shazam, PEZ
Zappar founded in 2011 claims it is 'on a mission to democratize Augmented Reality', with clients including Rovio, Shazam, Warner Bros, Hasbro, PEZ and Universal Pictures to produce customizable bite-sized entertainment.
The Zappar toolkit is made up of its proprietary zapcode (similar to QR codes 2.0); ZapWorks content authoring and publishing platform; app embed component and APIs; Zap-alytics data dashboard; and ZapBox Mixed Reality kit.
It now has offices in London, England (HQ) and San Francisco, US and Sydney, Australia.
Case studies include teaming up with Shazam and Bombay Sapphire to create an AR experience for Bombay Sapphire customers using the bottleneck label as the activation point.
Bombay Sapphire users scanned the label to reveal an immersive animation, representing the essence and character of Bombay Sapphire in AR. Customers could then watch exclusive video content, showcasing different cocktail recipes.
Angry Birds maker Rovio partnered with Zappar to release a billion "BirdCodes" through various consumer products and brand promotions, including PEZ dispensers. Users unlocked an AR mini-game and posed for photos with their favourite Angry Bird character.
Bulmers & Crown
Cider brand Bulmers launched a challenging soccer game tracked to a beer mat using Zappar's AR technology to target consumers during "solo moments" in bars and it has worked with Crown to create codes that can be variably printed and placed under the ring pull of cans - delivering a range of content and experiences to consumers.
"With seven years of real-world experience working with some of the biggest brands, packaging companies and retailers across the world, we have a great deal of expertise and experience in the space," added Curtin.
"In this time we've been able to gather insights and empirical data on how best to build and deploy computer vision and AR for the best results, which helps us stand out from the competition."
The company continues to work with brands and businesses across the product and packaging supply chain to fully understand how best to deliver an end-to-end process.
This can include anything from working within inline print production methodologies and at line speeds for code printing; understanding product design workflows through the product and packaging design phase; delivering an interface for simple, affordable delivery of content and give real-time data analytics on a serialized basis.
"With us there is a big focus on the quality of the content that is served to end users, as at the end of the day if there isn't a payoff for the consumer they won't be coming back," added Curtin.
Related topics: Packaging & Packing Materials, Containers, Smart Technology, Processing & Packaging, Candy
Zappar wins Augmented World Expo award
Zappar: Top Augmented Reality predictions for 2019
AIPIA Summit: 'Brands need to think like entertainment companies'
Augmented reality and packaging: A passing fad or a limitless digital canvas for tomorrow's food marketers?


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Alex Cobb's time table just changed and now his return sounds further away than ever
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The optimists that look at the 2016 Tampa Bay Rays often point to the depth of starting pitching and how that will only get better in the second half of the season with the return of Alex Cobb. However, Cobb's interview with Martin Fennelly of the Tampa Tribune suggests Rays fans should temper that excitement.
Most reports have been pegging Cobb to return to the Rays after the All-Star game in mid-July. That now sounds overly optimistic and it may actually be 2017 before he truly returns to form.
"You don't want to put a date on it," Cobb told Fennelly. "You don't want to put a date on it, because if things go a little awry in rehab, you don't want to try to push through it. You have to be patient … I'd say after the All-Star Game is reasonable. August-ish is a good timetable."
OK. So maybe July or maybe August or maybe August-ish, which sounds an awful lot like "early September is not out of the question."
To put that in perspective, a mid-August return would mean, at most, 8-9 starts for Cobb this season.
What isn't clear in that maybe-july-maybe-august-who-knows quote is how his rehab assignment fits in that plan. Cobb will almost certainly need a full three weeks of rehab with the Charlotte Stone Crabs and Durham Bulls. Does August-ish include the rehab assignment?
And then there is what we can expect when Cobb does return, which history suggests won't be much.
Last season, Matt Moore returned to the rotation at the beginning of July and didn't find his form until the middle of September. Every pitcher is different, but if Cobb follows a similar progression, he won't really be back to 100% until the end of October, after the season ends.
And then there is Matt Harvey of the New York Mets, who missed the entire 2014 season and went 20 months after his surgery before making another regular season start. He had an up-and-down season last year and now reveals that he is just now getting back to 100%, 2.5 years after blowing out his elbow. For comparison, Cobb is hoping to be back on the mound just 14-15 months after surgery.
So maybe Fennelly said it best:
If the Rays get anything from Cobb in 2016, it would be a bonus. A productive 2017 might be the safer bet.
Geoff Peterson says:
Who pissed in your corn flakes today Cork? All this gloom and doom in the spring is depressing.
angry buddha says:
Fennelly's summation is the way I've been looking at this having been through the Matt Moore experience. We have to win with the guys with whom we break camp.... let's not assume the cavalry is coming.
I agree with Angry Buddha. We've got 5 solid and capable starters. Let's not rush Cobb. Give him all the time necessary----until 2017 if necessary and he can get ready in the spring when wins don't count.
Kristi Thompson says:
Alex Cobb u r my favorite player. Im wishin u a speedy recovery. We cant wait to have u back.


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A few weeks ago, the family faced unusual neighbors: the wild boar trio.
Wild boars are now regularly wandering along the road leading to the Walsh apartment complex, in a sunny position near adjacent hiking trails, and hang on the local playground.
"They're great and friendly," says Walsh, but adds that she always watches her when she has twins.
Meetings like becoming a part of Hong Kong's city life.
A beast that can weigh up to 200 kg (440 kg) and can reach up to 2m (6.5 feet) long, recently released in Hong Kong's financial district, flown between aircraft at Hong Kong International Airport and misled the shopping center.
Hong Kong is famous for its dense urban areas and dazzling skyscrapers. But less than 25 percent Its land was created, and rural parks and nature reserves make up 40 percent. Territories.
Almost all of Hong Kong's development is compressed into a narrow strip of useful land around its perimeter. The people living here are just a short step from the concrete jungle to the subtropical rainforests that thrive on hard, rocky inner hills.
As a result, snakes, monkeys and mumps are observed in residential areas.
In the 20th century, tigers still hit part of Hong Kong, but since their death, the biggest wild animal found here is wild boar – a local wild pig.
While no one knows how many boars are in Hong Kong, the AFCD spokesman said the planned survey was.
Obviously, boys who were previously lonely and secretive are beginning to lose people's fear.
Rachel Duffell is a runner who often faces boars on paths near her home in the Bay of Quarry, an urban area on Hong Kong Island.
When She started working in Hong Kong, she rarely encountered boars. If she does, they would leave, but now, "even if I hook up and cry, they often come to me and I'm the one who turns and goes in the opposite direction," she says. "My fear is obviously greater than that."
According to AFCD, from 2014 Only 10 wild boars were injured, but half of these occurred last year.
Cows have sharp teeth, and big men have vicious hands.
But animals are usually not aggressive, says Howard Wong, Director of the Veterinary School of the University of Hong Kong. "But, like many wild animals, if you turn around, they will react," he adds. "And you really want to avoid a mother with piglets."
If the wild boar feels threatening, he will order, says Wong, using his head as a percussion ramp.
Why do boars come to town?
Trash bins are lure. Boars cut them down to find food, leave debris on the sidewalks.
"Pigs are creative – they are one of the smartest animals," says Wong. "When they know it works, they will continue to do so." Last year, a clip of a wavy stud offended in Hong Kong turned into a social media.
But the main cause of urban invasion is Wong that "good people feed them".
He believes this reflects cultural change. As animal welfare has become more prominent in Hong Kong, people are redefined as animal lovers.
Walsh says he has seen local workers feeding three chickens living near their apartment complex.
Veronique Che, a representative of the wild boar group in Hong Kong, believes that another factor is urban development. In the 1960s and 1960s, the development of cities in the new territories, the northernmost region of Hong Kong, led to the construction of a natural habitat and turned it into agricultural land, says Che.
"The cows with other Hong Kong wildlife were squeezed."
The Government has considered some troublesome solutions to the problem of boars.
One legislator has proposed that natural predators be released into the wild, but, as AFCD points out, what is large enough to kill wild boar – such as a lion or tiger – threatens people.
. Two civil hunting teams were previously authorized to shoot wild boars, but in 2017 they were fired. This has been halted due to animal welfare concerns and public safety.
Instead, the AFCD launched a pilot program to capture "harmful feral pigs" and transfer them to remote areas.
Boars are finely cut, and some get a collar with GPS tracking. Mature women are injected with contraceptives for about five years, and the possibility of surgical sterilization is being investigated.
The government is also strengthening its public education campaigns and commissioning studies on wild boars without wild boars.
Since the Chinese pig year begins this week, Hong Kong hopes that its pig population will not be an unrestrained problem in the next 12 months.


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LargeUp TV: The Music of Barbados with Lil Rick
LargeUp Interview: On the Loose with Red Fox
Words by Jesse Serwer, photos by Ashley Sebok—
You can't talk about dancehall in New York City without the name Red Fox. The rough-voiced deejay's combination tunes with Screechy Dan ("Pose Off") and Naturalee ("Down in Jamaica") and performances during what some might call the "Biltmore era" are definitive artifacts of an time when NYC, and BK in particular, was carving its own lane within Jamaican music. And his collaborations with people like Brand Nubian and DJ Premier reflect a moment when the exchange between hip-hop and dancehall was at its most fruitful.
After some years on the the sidelines, Red has been particularly prolific in 2013—having dropped numerous singles, not to mention a third child, born just a day before our interview —so we thought the time was right to re-introduce him to those who of you who haven't gotten the memo. Our man in Sweden, DJ Shirkhan of Safari Sound, brought the Fiyah Fox concept to us, and executed the mixtape with a combination of freestyles (like "We Run the Party" feat. Screechy Dan), dubplate versions, and brand-new material.
Download Fiyah Fox here, and read on for the full Red Fox story from front to back. Pull up a chair and fix yourself a drink, cause this isn't your ordinary dancehall artist interview. Red goes in on everything from his conflicted youth in JA to his Chris Rock-like high school experience in Brooklyn, to parenting and the meaning of life itself. Catch up to him if you can.
LargeUp: Where did things begin for you?
Red Fox: I was born in Jamaica, UC Hospital. My mom migrated to the States, to New York, when I was probably three, and my father dropped me off in this place called Brown's Hall in St. Catherine, way up in the bush. I was there until I was maybe 13 then I came back to Portmore and when I was 16 came to the States.
LU: Was it in Jamaica or in Brooklyn that you began making music?
RF: Well, I was always dancing. People used to watch me dance. I was so little and skinny and I used to whine up myself a lot. When I was about 10, I was a big, big fan of Yellowman. Because I have such a light complexion people used to call me "Yellow." So I used to imitate his songs. One evening, I and this kid called Gibbs were hanging out, and singing some Yellowman songs, and I twisted the song in my own way—put it in my own words. I felt like I wrote something, so I was excited. We were actually in a clash and he killed me [because] he knew all of General Echo's songs [and] was singing the songs like it was his—I didn't know any of the songs. I was amazed by the lyrics, so I got even more interested. I started to write rhymes, and I got two of my classmates involved and then that's how it started.
LU: Were there any artists or musicians around you?
RF: My grandmother had a grocery store, and across the street was the primary school I attended, Brown's Hall Primary, so whenever they keep a dance, that's where the dance will keep. It was literally a couple seconds for me to get there. They used to have all of the big sounds like Metromedia, Black Scorpio. That would be Easter, Christmas..and Independence Day, so three dances. And the community people [would] make sure that I get the microphone early in the evening to spit whatever I wanna. My first artist really to watch to get the real feel of it, on a big scale, was Peter Metro.
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Rent-to-own real estate startup Landis partners with NAR
The company, which in July announced it had raised $165M with help from Will Smith's Dreamers VC and a branch of Jay-Z's Roc Nation, will tap NAR to connect with buyers
by Libertina Brandt
The company, which in July announced it had raised $165 million with help from Will Smith's Dreamers VC and a branch of Jay-Z's Roc Nation, will tap NAR to connect with unqualified buyers.
The New York City-based real estate startup Landis is partnering with the National Association of Realtors, the company has announced.
The company, which in July announced it had raised $165 million in a Series A funding round with help from Will Smith's Dreamers VC and Arrive, a branch of Jay-Z's Roc Nation, will now work with NAR to connect with local agents to help homebuyer clients who don't qualify for a home. If Landis takes the client on, the agent will get full commission if Landis buys the house.
"Real estate agents are the very center of everything that we do," Landis co-founder Cyril Berdugo told Inman. "Every single day, real estate agents work with potential home buyers who are trying to reach homeownership but can't. They typically get denied from a mortgage lender. At that point, the real estate agent stops working with that potential home buyer. But if they send that potential home buyer to us, and we buy a property for that client, the real estate agent actually represents us on that transaction."
Founded by Berdugo and Tom Petit in 2018, Landis works with prospective homebuyers unable to get mortgages due to credit, a lack of savings, or debt. After vetting them, Landis backs buyers who have the potential to qualify for a mortgage in a year to two years. Landis then purchases the home for the prospective buyer and rents it to them until they are able to qualify for a mortgage and buy it.
Those renters are also given access to Landis coaches who help get them mortgage ready.
As of August 12, Landis operates in 47 markets across Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Since launching, Landis has secured a total of $182 million in debt and equity.
"Landis is an innovative company that also has a social mission we are aligned with," Will Smith said in a statement. "We are excited to be part of a journey that helps Americans achieve homeownership through financial education."
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- The project is built using the Arduino development environment.
It was originally built on Arduino IDE 1.6.9. The latest version it has been built on is Arduino IDE 1.6.12. Download the Arduino development environment from www.arduino.cc.
- Install the development environment.
- Download the CYCLOP++ source code from GitHub (https://github.com/Dvogonen/cyclop_plus_plus/archive/master.zip)
- Install the EnableUnterrupt Arduino library. This is done from within the library manager of the Arduino IDE.
- Unzip the code package and navigate to the cyclop_plus_plus.ino file. Open it in the Arduino development environment.
- Specify "Arduino Pro or Pro Mini" as board. Then select "Atmega 328 (3.3 volt, 8 MHz)" as processor. These settings are found in the "Tool" menu.
- Build the project by pressing the v icon in the upper left corner of the Arduino window.

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- The source code is included in the CYCLOP++ source code you downloaded earlier from GitHub.
- Navigate to the minimosd_for_cyclop.ino file and open it in the Arduino development environment.
- Specify "Arduino Pro or Pro Mini" as board. Then select "Atmega 328 (5 volt,  16 MHz)" as processor. These settings are found in the "Tool" menu.
- Build the project by pressing the v icon in the upper left corner of theArduino window.

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Now, more than ever, New York needs to be a real climate leader. With the White House controlled by fossil fuel interests, and the Trump administration rolling back climate protections, New York must do more to fight climate change for the people.
New Yorkers know firsthand the devastation of climate disasters. Nearly six years after Superstorm Sandy devastated our communities, many of us are still recovering. It's communities of color and the poor — who have done the least to cause the problem — who are left to bear the brunt of the destruction.
We know who's responsible: fossil fuel executives and their bought-and-paid-for political allies who set us on this path of climate destruction. We must hold them accountable. By showing that a state like New York can go Fossil Free, we can set the bar for any state or city, large or small, to ditch oil, gas and coal and embrace climate solutions. There's no time for half measures.
Only 4% of New York state's energy usage comes from wind and solar – with 36% from gas, 32% from nuclear and 25% from hydro. After years of community campaigning, we achieved a ban on fracking, yet there are still plans to build pipelines and power plants that would deliver and use fracked gas from neighboring states and threaten our health and safety. These include the Competitive Power Ventures, Danskammer, Caithness II, and Cricket Valley gas power plants and the Millennium, Northern Access and Williams fracked gas pipelines. Further, despite a call from Governor Cuomo to divest, the state's pension fund, one of the largest in the country, remains heavily invested in fossil fuel companies with more than $13 billion in oil, gas, coal and fossil fuel support companies.
When we unite and fight together, we win. The climate justice movement in New York has a string of recent successes in the state. From forcing a statewide ban on fracking in 2014, the first in the country, to stopping the Constitution, Northern Access and NED pipelines, and the Port Ambrose Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) facility, to convincing the City of New York to divest its $190 pension funds from fossil fuels, we've shown we can win. These victories have been made possible we marched, protested, picketed and risked arrest, we researched, lobbied and advocated for environmental justice, together. Join us as we move forward to make New York Fossil Free.
The first and largest-ever Peoples Climate March was organized in New York in 2014 with over 400,000 marching in the streets. In 2014, after years of campaigning by local grassroots and community organizations, NY governor Cuomo announced a statewide ban on fracking, the first in the country. Three years later, frontline youth led a 5,000-person march on the 5th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Less than 2 months later, after 5 years of campaigning, New York City became the first major city in the USA to announced it was divesting its $190 billion pension funds from fossil fuels and launching a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Big Oil. In April, 2018, over 2,000 New Yorkers descended on Albany demanding real climate leadership and thousands more Rose in early September to demand action on Climate, Jobs and Justice.
New York's climate movement is forcing elected officials act in the interest of the people.
Tell NY State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to Divest NY — $13 billion in public monies is currently invested in fossil fuel companies.
Sign up to help organize for a Fossil Free New York.
Click on the map to learn more about local efforts to stop fossil fuel projects.
Last night, Trump signed two new executive orders limiting states' powers to stop destructive oil and gas pipelines and other fossil fuel projects — which means the clock is ticking for Governor Cuomo to step in and stop the Williams pipeline.
As 350.org's Fossil Free Campaigner for NY State, Cata Elisabeth Romo (they/them) is organizing a series of Climate Accountability Forums across New York. Each forum is being accompanied by an art build for the ongoing project "Places in Struggle," a collection of grassroots-created art depicting places of sentimental value threatened by climate change.
A year ago today, New York City made an historic announcement that it would divest from fossil fuels. Since then, our city and state have continued to make strides towards a Fossil Free New York—and 2019 only promises more to come.
In less than 5 years, the global fossil fuel divestment movement has won over 1000 commitments worth nearly $8trillion from institutions ranging from universities and banks, to the world's largest sovereign wealth funds and major capital cities.
We just had our day in court.
In September, we shut down Third Avenue in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's NYC office to send a clear message: we demand a Fossil Free New York. Here's how you can join the fight.


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Ending the need for food banks: a draft national plan
Closed 25 Jan 2022
Opened 20 Oct 2021
Tackling Food Insecurity Team
foodinsecurityteam@gov.scot
Feedback updated 15 Dec 2022
A consultation on the Scottish Government's Draft Plan for Ending the Need for Food Banks ran on Citizens Space between 20 October 2021 and 25 January 2022. The consultation comprised a set of six questions, which sought respondents' views on the approach, current and proposed actions, what more needs done, and how impact will be measured. 10 workshops were also held to engage participants with lived experience of food insecurity and people with direct experience of delivering services.
View the original consultation paper.
406 consultation responses were received and 35 people took part in workshops. Most agreed that the approach outlined in the Draft Plan is consistent with the wider vision to end poverty and the need for food banks, with some commenting on the scale of the task. Some also commented on the opportunities for social contact and onward referral to other services that can be gained from food banks.
Most of the respondents said they thought the actions underway would help to reduce the need for food banks, specifically measures to improve incomes. However some felt actions needed to go further, particularly given current cost of living crisis.
Most agreed the new actions outlined would help reduce the need for food banks, particularly the focus on cash-first approaches and effective support pathways. However, some noted that to be effective significant resources would be required. Mixed views were expressed on the use of shopping cards as an alternative to food bank referrals. Some were supportive, noting it as a reasonable short-term measure, offering more choice and flexibility to the users but the importance of avoiding stigma from using the cards was emphasised. Others were not supportive of this action and felt it a distraction from efforts to boost incomes. More detail was sought on exit strategies for food banks, as well as timescales for action.
Suggestions for what more could be done included: improving value and uptake of entitlements; improving crisis responses including through access to the Scottish Welfare Fund and wider holistic support services; and improving access to quality jobs.
Most agreed with the approach to measuring impact and some further suggestions were made including using qualitative data from people with lived experience of food insecurity and delivering services.
Some other issues were raised, including issues relating to the impact of geographical or equalities factors on food insecurity.
We have published non-confidential responses to the consultation and an independent analysis of the consultation responses. The independent analysis of the consultation responses can be found here.
Work is now underway to finalise the Scottish Government's Plan for Ending the Need for Food Banks, taking on board the learning gathered through this consultation and reflecting the changed cost of living crisis context. A final version of the Plan will be published this winter.
The Scottish Government has allocated almost £3 billion in this financial year that will be helping households face the increased cost of living, including £1 billion in providing services and financial support not available elsewhere in the UK.
We have launched a new website with information on the range of help available: www.costofliving.campaign.gov.scot
On 2 November, the Deputy First Minister presented our Emergency Budget Review, this reflects a number of difficult decisions that have been necessary in order to prioritise help for those who need it most and protect essential public services in the context of the cost of living crisis.
Results updated 15 Dec 2022
This consultation closed on 25 January 2022, and an independent anlaysis of responses is available: Ending the need for food banks - draft plan: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Published responses
View submitted responses where consent has been given to publish the response.
The draft national plan sets out what the Scottish Government are currently doing and what more we intend to do, alongside others, to end the need for food banks as a primary response to food insecurity.
The consultation questions will help us to identify further practical action that can be taken at all levels to deliver this vision. We are inviting responses to this consultation by 25 January 2022.
Read the consultation paper
An Easy Read version of the consultation paper is available. Easy read sumbissions should be sent to foodinsecurityteam@gov.scot alongisde a completed respondent information form. Alternatively these can be mailed to: Tackling Food Insecurity Team, Scottish Government, 2J North Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ
Why your views matter
The consultation seeks views on the Scottish Government's vision and approach to ending the need for food banks as a primary response to food insecurity, and invites further suggestions on what more can be done to shape a national plan. Views are sought by 25 January 2022.
Thank you for pariticipating, we will consider these views in developing a final version of this plan which we intend to publish in 2022.
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It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?
Some of you may or may not remember that question. It started in the 60s and was asked right before the nightly 10pm news. Many parents are now very aware of the need to know where their children are and would answer without hesitation. We have learned the importance of knowing where our children are and who they are with. However, many times, parents fail to realize that even though their kids are physically at home, they may be socializing with others on the internet and the parents do not even know it.
Being a parent, one of my kids wanted to get one of the latest toys that seems to be the rage right now. Some of you may or may not already have had the grand priviliage of buying one of these. They are called "Webkinz". You buy a pet that looks like a beanie baby and with this pet comes a code. When your child visits the Webkinz website, they register and the code lets them adopt their pet in a virtual world. I had spoken to another mother about the them and she was telling me how great they were and how nice it was for her daughter to be able to be on the internet and in a safe environment.
So, I get my kids one of these new toys and I told them I wanted to check the site out first. I register one of my kids and it asked me for a first name, birthdate, city and state. Then it asks for a username (and reminds kids NOT to use their real name). It also asks that kids under 9 have an adult help them. Now I'm in Webkinz world. Your child has to take care of their pet and earn "Webkinz cash" to do this. I explored the site in detail. I did find one area that disturbed me. My 6 year old knew the feature was there and was looking for it. There is a "phone" on the website that you can power on. This phone is a special chat utility that lists your friends and allows you to talk with them. That bothered me, so I started looking at it closer. With the phone, you can add your friends if you know their user name. Not too bad at this point. Then I decided to play in the "tournament arena" area. You wait till an opponent has been found and then you are ready to play. My child is 6 and I'm not a terrible game player, but I got killed at this particular mindless game. Immediately after losing a request appeared from the person I was playing asking to be added to my child's "friends" list. After some research, I found the chats are restricted on what can be entered in them and this one appears to be well thought out.
My thoughts immediately went back to my friend who thought her daughter was on a "safe" site. When I asked her about the chat capability, she had NO idea it was there. She had logged on with her child, but did not know the extent of the website and its capabilities. As parents, we can no longer assume something is safe on the internet. Our kids are taught to never talk to a stranger in person, but most of them don't see the harm via the internet. In this case, the parent didn't even realize it was a possibility. It took me a full day to explore all the options on this website.
Please understand, that I am NOT bashing Webkinz. My kids love the site, but now they have limits. I have their user names and passwords and I can log on and check if they have added any "friends". They are not allowed to do so without permission. They are also not allowed to chat with any users they do not know nor accept any invitation to be added to a "friends" list.
Times have really changed and instead of just having to worrying about where your kids are physically and who they are talking to, parents now have to be concerned about where they are in cyber world and who they are talking to. We can't afford to make the assumption the sites they are visiting are safe. The internet never closes. Maybe the original question needs to be modified to say: "Its 10 P.M. Do you know where your children are both physically and on the internet?"