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Trump's behind-the-scenes chats on what to do about Corey Lewandowski
John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent
Published 11:24 AM EDT, Sun April 3, 2016
Donald Trump has questions on campaign manager fallout in behind-the-scenes talks
Hillary Clinton camp has reasons for wanting to run against Ted Cruz instead of Trump
Clinton camp is looking for unity and more politeness from Bernie Sanders, surrogates
Inside takes on Donald Trump's campaign leadership and rowdy rallies, two looks at Democratic campaign calculations and an endorsement that John McCain hopes helps – those all fill our "Inside Politics" forecast, where you get tomorrow's headlines, today.
1) Trump stands by his manager – but in private is asking questions
In public, Trump has been nothing but a most loyal boss: standing by his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, and dismissing assault allegations by former Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields.
Privately, however, Trump apparently has some questions.
CNN is told that Trump this past week brought up the charges in at least two conversations with friends and associates, and asked for input about any possible political fallout.
Trump's private concerns about Lewandowski
In at least one case, CNN is told the response was harsh: Some said Lewandowski's behavior was unacceptable and the fallout worse than it had to be because of video evidence. That release to the public proved false the initial statements by both Lewandowski and Trump that there was no physical contact.
Will the unvarnished advice mean anything?
CNN is told Trump left a meeting at the Republican National Committee this past week concerned his team was not on top of the intricate delegate process.
Just before that meeting, Trump struck a deal with longtime Republican hand Paul Manafort to step in and lead the campaign's delegate operation.
Now, there is chatter about whether Trump's asking questions is a sign he is thinking about additional changes in his hierarchy.
2) Democrats think Trump digging a general election hole, so why are they hoping for Cruz?
Hillary Clinton campaign insiders didn't bother trying to mask their glee last week: They see Trump's trouble with abortion questions and other dust-ups involving the GOP front-runner's campaign as potential general election gifts.
Cruz vs. Clinton
What could be better, right? The first woman nominated for president by a major political party running against a candidate who is viewed unfavorably by more than seven in 10 women.
And yet Abby Phillip of The Washington Post reports that inside the Clinton team, there is more of a comfort level with running against Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. The key factor: predictability.
"He gives them a pretty standard map, the same one that Obama had in 2008 and 2016. And they think they can win with that map. So what Ted Cruz does not have is that X factor, the unpredictability that has made Donald Trump throw caution to the wind, and it gives Democrats a lot of worry."
3) Clinton campaign allies look to change feisty tone
It's crystal clear in recent days that a feisty Democratic race is turning even more testy. Some Clinton allies apparently think it is may be too testy.
Democratic (dis)unity
Clinton has hardly been shy about lashing out at Bernie Sanders, recently accusing his campaign of "lying" about her support from the fossil-fuel industry.
Still, CNN's Jeff Zeleny shared reporting of an nascent effort born of the Clinton campaign belief that her delegate lead is insurmountable. No, there won't be calls for Sanders to exit the race. But look for ones for a more polite tone.
"Watch for people like Al Franken and others, the liberal progressives, to start making the case for respect for Secretary Clinton and for unity at the end of this long road here. The Clinton campaign is fed up, frustrated, furious with Bernie Sanders. They're trying to not sort of let that spill out."
4) John McCain hopes an endorsement helps
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is making its first political endorsement — and the beneficiary hopes it helps in a state that has been center stage in the immigration debate in recent years.
The lucky candidate? Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, who is up for re-election in this volatile election cycle.
McCain's longstanding support for comprehensive immigration reform could hurt him among some Republican primary voters. But Ed O'Keefe of The Washington Post told us that McCain believes he will win renomination, and that backing from a major Latino organization should be a boost in the fall.
"They've decided despite all the anti-immigrant, anti-Hispanic rhetoric out there, he and his record stand alone from all of that. That's a big deal for McCain, of course, because he faces a bit of a challenging primary race right now and could potentially face one of the more challenging general election races in November in a state with a fast-growing Hispanic population."
5) Trump rallies: Watch the crowds – and check the police logs
Are Trump's rallies really more edgy and violent than other presidential campaign events?
One way to judge is to watch them. Another is to check local police records.
The Daily Beast chose the latter route, and the statistics, shared by Jackie Kucinich, are interesting.
"We found that one in seven (rallies) actually have a police-reported crime. And not only that, statistically, they've gotten more violent over by the week," she said. "I talked to a crowd specialist that compared Trump to a rock star and said he has control over the mosh pit. You can either whip it up, or you can tone it down."

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Lucas Moura Cooking Chris Smalling Is A Metaphor For Tottenham's Spanking Of Man United
Billy Haisley
It takes a firm lashing of José Mourinho's asscheeks to get him to walk into a press conference and opine about international humanitarian crises before storming out of the room while doing an unironic Birdman impression, and that's exactly what Tottenham administered to Mourinho's Manchester United yesterday. If you couldn't catch the game or want to relive it in synecdochic form, look no further than the match-killing moment when Lucas Moura put Tottenham up by three goals:
If Tottenham's prior two goals had been the first blows of United's spanking, then the third was when Lucas pulled down United's pants, went and got the belt, and really went to work. The Brazilian had so much to do in that spot. He was essentially all by himself in a three-on-one break, with the other Spurs attackers deciding against sprinting up there to help him, most likely playing it safe in case Lucas lost the ball and the Red Devils mounted another attack. And yet rather than play tentatively, Lucas went directly at center back Chris Smalling and absolutely destroyed him.
That big touch Lucas took that wound up sitting Smalling on his ass stands out because it was so cocky, so risky, and ultimately so humiliating. The best center backs in the world gobble that touch up with ease and send the arrogant forward who made it trotting down the pitch wondering why he was so foolish. Actually, the best center backs in the world probably wouldn't even have to deal with such a move; they'd be positioned in a way that would make it clear the attacker had no chance of spinning them, and the forward would probably be too afraid of testing the defender like that to even risk it in the first place.
Lucas, though, wasn't up against one of the world's best center backs and, though he's not one of the world's best forwards in his own right, he bet that his own abilities so outstripped Smalling's that he could do a thing an opponent would never do to, say, either member of his own team's center back pairing of Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld, and blaze right past him. Lucas plays for Tottenham, the smallest of the Premier League's big clubs, while Smalling plays for its biggest, and still Lucas looked up at the heart of Manchester United's defense, saw Smalling, said "Fuck that, I can take this guy," and did exactly that before bashing the ball into the back of the net.
And that's more or less what Tottenham did to United in the match. As with Lucas's aforementioned goal—the second one he scored that day, and his third of the season—there was a bit of fortune to the result. In Lucas's case, it looked like Smalling actually did get a toe to the ball during his sliding tackle, but the ensuing redirection of the ball bounced softly off Lucas's foot as he skipped over the Englishman, allowing him to still finish. For Spurs' victory as a whole, United actually dominated much of the game's first half, and if Romelu Lukaku had laced up his shooting boots, United easily could've been up by a couple goals before Tottenham got even a whiff of David De Gea's cologne.
However, the kind of efficiency that is often a trademark of Mourinho's teams went against his group yesterday. Tottenham took their chances when they got them, and their halftime adjustments and the two goals they scored in quick succession completely changed the tenor of the game. Even in the first half, Spurs never looked intimidated. Manchester United might be "Manchester United," one of the biggest sports entities in the entire world, playing in their famously imposing home stadium, managed by one of the greatest coaches of all time, but Tottenham played with the confidence and swagger and determination of a team that knows it's simply better than its opponent, and proved it by winning.
That's probably the most striking thing about the match, how it solidified once again that Tottenham are just flat-out better than United. Spurs haven't spent four trillion dollars on players over the past few years the way United have—in fact Tottenham didn't buy a single player in the recently closed summer transfer window—and they don't have United's pedigree or stature or economic power, but they do have better players all over the field and on the bench, a better manager, and a playing style that better maximizes the abilities of their superior players. (Mourinho actually deserves kudos for the innovative system he approached the game with, and if his players had finished better, he probably would've strutted into that press conference gloating about how he's still got it rather than furiously waggling three fingers around in the air and prattling on about respect.) Lucas charging straight at Smalling wasn't the result of some outsized sense of his own abilities or dumb luck, just as Tottenham's performance in their first victory at Old Trafford in five seasons was no fluke. Lucas and Tottenham are better than Smalling and United. And it showed.


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Full Throttle at Hemond's MX and Offroad Park
Aug 3, 2018 | General News, Outdoors, Sports |
Written by Andrew Watson | Photography by Paul Michaud
Some businesses are fascinating. Fascinating in the sense that you just know there's got to be a story behind it, a genuinely interesting history that has culminated into what they're doing today. When you delve a little deeper into their story and what they're doing, suddenly the business morphs from fascinating to downright thrilling. Hemond's MX and Offroad Park, in Minot, is that kind of business.
Hemond's MX – A thrilling adventure in our backyard
Imagine this: It's a gorgeous summer day in Maine. You're outside; the sun is shining. You can smell the pine pitch on the breeze, and you're standing in plain view of a massive motocross track. The track rests in a park that encompasses over 500 acres of land and 400 feet in elevation change. As you're taking in the view, you then hear that unmistakable sound. A group of riders, in full gear, kick-start their bikes. The engines rumble. Can you hear that vrrrrrggggmmmmm sound as they take off full throttle?
They're off, and it's intense. They'll soon be tightly navigating curves at high speeds and going airborne over jumps with the hopes of securing that coveted victory.
Races like these are just part of the thrilling entertainment at Hemond's MX and Offroad Park.
Designed for the whole family
You might not think a motocross park is the ideal family getaway on a summer afternoon in Maine but, oh, is it ever. There's a concession stand at the facility, and many families set up camp for the afternoon, enjoying a chargrilled burger and cold beverage while watching the riders, whether they're racing or practicing freestyle. If your children are interested in the sport, great news: there's a permanent kid's track coming this season.
The motocross tracks themselves are a major attraction, bringing in hundreds from out of state. Sawmill MX, a track designed for the experienced rider, has substantial elevation and goes both uphill and downhill at several different intervals. It's a faster, wider track that requires a level of expertise to successfully navigate. Hilltop MX, the original track, is slower and a little more technical, in that it has more curves and fewer straightaways. It's great for beginner and intermediate riders.
There is programming and opportunity for riders of all types, whether you're a low-key rider wanting a space to simply practice your technique, a brand-new rider wanting to taste the experience and then potentially move on to master the intricacies of the sport, or even a professional looking to train aggressively.
If you have a jeep, you know that it's hungry for off-roading adventures. Hemond's trails make for an extraordinary experience. They're accessible by jeep, side-by-side, motocross, and four wheeler. The trails are loaded with rugged, rocky terrain, which is certain to keep your jeep satisfed. If you're looking to put the pedal to the metal and let it rip, you'll like the smooth and flat stretches. Have at it!
Tradition across generations
How is a concept for a motocross park formulated, and then what does it take to actually make it happen?
For that, we look to owner Michael Hemond. He used to ride motocross himself and has an innate love for the sport, having raced regularly throughout his life. When he was younger, he told his father and grandfather that he wanted to build a motocross track. They both scoffed and essentially said he was crazy.
But soon his father and grandfather warmed to the idea and jumped on board. So together, he and his father built what would be the Hilltop MX track, and the first race opened on his grandfather's birthday, July 21, 2002. His grandfather, who was in attendance for this major family milestone, said, "Michael, I can't believe it." Turnout exceeded their expectations, and it set a fire in them to cultivate their multi-generational passion for motocross and expand the business.
That they did. A few short years later in 2008, they opened a second track, Sawmill MX, which is much larger and called for a massive expansion. The tracks continue to prove popular, and attract hundreds of motocross enthusiasts from around the country.
Patrons include well established clubs and organizations, like New England Sports Club, which organizes a two-day sanctioned event at Hemond's. J-Day Offroad holds its "hare scramble" race through the woods here. And New England Motocross (NEMX) riders race and host their own events here, with the first-place finisher getting a gold cup.
Events attract thousands
Hemond and his wife, Brittnay, who joined the business as director of operations in 2012, put their creative thinking caps on to envision what was possible at Hemond's. With fun as the intent behind the brand, they host a multitude of events.
The park is open from spring to fall. To launch the season, Hemond's puts on an extraordinary Spring Break celebration, which includes two days of motocross practice, a night band, a pig roast, and a barbecue that'll have you licking your fingers – pulled pork, beans, salads, and all of the fixings. They repeat the event at the conclusion of the season in the fall with Harvest Fest. You're officially invited.
In September, Hemond's hosts the Great North Music and Arts Festival, attracting thousands of people who come to camp out, paint murals, do yoga, and meditate. The Disco Biscuits, a jam band from Philadelphia, headlined the festival in 2016. This year, there will even be a circus. Bring the kids!
Check out their website for the event schedule.
Not without challenges
Managing noise was a pressing concern for the park. After all, motocross racing can get loud, and there are local noise ordinances to follow that are binding. Hemond's ordered an official noise study, to prove they're not above a specified threshold (it turns out, they're not).
Environmental concerns are an ongoing challenge. Hemond's works very closely with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to ensure they're not disrupting the natural ecosystem.
Another challenge is safety. Riders wear helmets, chest protectors, and other required gear. Even with precautions taken, accidents can happen, so there's a first aid room for minor injuries. There are two ambulances and four medics on hand for each race. In addition, the town's rescue service is just minutes away.
Future, too, looks thrilling
What's next for Hemond's? Development plans include restoring a huge barn on the property. The new event facility, to be completed in 2019, will house a restaurant and bar. Permanent tracks for kids and beginners, and a new septic system for more showers and restrooms, are also in the works. And the new events always seem to expand the definition of "thrilling."
Brittnay Hemond says, "We want people to come out, have a great experience, and go home happy."
With official motocross races, off-roading, pig roasts, a family circus, motocross engines revving and riders freestyling, families spectating, kids practicing, an abundance of hot food and cold beverages, sunshine, and welcoming people – a great experience is all but guaranteed.
Hemond's Motocross and Offroad Park
695 Woodman Hill Road, Minot
hemondsmx.com
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Elizabeth I. Johnson, CNN
Updated 12:14 PM EST, Sat February 16, 2013
Photos: Photos: World Press Photo announces 2012 winners
World Press Photo announces 2012 winners —
World Press Photo of the Year: Suhaib Hijazi, 2, and his brother, Muhammad, 3, were killed when an Israeli airstrike struck their Gaza City house, photographer Paul Hansen said. Their father, Fouad, was also killed, Hansen said. In the photo, Fouad's brothers carry the children's bodies to a mosque for burial on November 20, 2012, while the father's body follows behind on a stretcher. The following are a selection of the other World Press Photo winners:
PHOTO: Paul Hansen/Dagens Nyheter
Second prize -- spot news single: Syrian opposition fighters interrogate captured government informants on July 31, 2012, in Aleppo, Syria, in a photograph by Emin Ozmen. The informants were declared guilty and tortured throughout the night, according to Ozmen.
PHOTO: Emin Özmen
Second prize -- spot news stories: A Free Syrian Army fighter during clashes against government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on October 10, 2012.
PHOTO: Fabio Bucciarelli/Agence France-Presse
First prize -- general news single: A woman identified as Aida cries while recovering from injuries she received when the Syrian army shelled her house on March 10, 2012, in Idlib. Her husband and two children were fatally wounded during the shelling, photographer Rodrigo Abd said.
PHOTO: Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press
Third prize -- general news stories: Pine trees uprooted during the 2011 tsunami lie on the beach in Rikuzentakata, Japan, on March 7, 2012.
PHOTO: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
First prize sports -- sports action single: An Indonesian jockey, his feet in a harness strapped to bulls and clutching their tails, appears joyous at the end of a dangerous run across rice fields as part of the Pacu Jawi bull race on February 12, 2012, in West Sumatra. The bull race is a popular competition between villages at the end of harvest season.
PHOTO: Wei Seng Chen
Second prize sports -- sports action stories: Egypt's Alaaeldin Abouelkassem, top, moves against Peter Joppich of Germany during their men's fencing match on July 31, 2012, during the London Olympics.
PHOTO: Sergei Ilnitsky/European Pressphoto Agency
First prize sports -- sports features stories: Armed guards protect a women's basketball team during play on February 21, 2012, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Young women risk their lives to play basketball in the war-torn country.
PHOTO: Jan Grarup/Laif
First prize -- contemporary issues single: A woman stops to read a book during her shift picking up trash at a dump near slums in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 3, 2012.
PHOTO: Micah Albert/Redux Images
First prize -- contemporary issues stories: Phan Thi Thuy Vy and Dang Thi Bich Bay watch TV after studying on June 22, 2012, in Da Nang, Vietnam. The couple have been together for a year, according to photographer Maika Elan, in a country that's been hostile to same-sex relationships in the past.
PHOTO: Maika Elan/Most
First prize -- daily life stories: Mirella, 71, takes care of her husband of 43 years, Luigi, who has Alzheimer's disease, in Rome.
PHOTO: Fausto Podavini
Third prize people -- observed portraits single: Kayla with a lookalike doll in front of a portrait of her ancestors in Boston.
PHOTO: Ilona Szwarc/Redux Pictures
Third prize people -- observed portraits stories: After living with his father for 10 years and staying in a youth shelter, Martin, 18, went to live again with his mother in Tilburg, the Netherlands, two years ago. He appears in a February 15, 2011, portrait.
PHOTO: Ananda van der Pluijm
Second prize people -- staged portraits single: Ai Weiwei, the well-known artist and critic of the Chinese government, appears in a February 6, 2012, portrait in Beijing.
PHOTO: Stefen Chow for Smithsonian magazine
First prize people -- staged portraits stories: Makone Soumaoro, 30, who has a goiter, is photographed in Conakry, Guinea, on October 17, 2012. "I don't have pain, but I am worried that my neck swells that much," she told photographer Stephan Vanfleteren. "I hope it it is not a tumor because I am a housewife and my man and three children need me."
PHOTO: Stephan Vanfleteren/Panos for Mercy Ships/De Standaard
First prize -- nature single: Australia's endangered Southern Cassowary eats fruit from a Blue Quandong tree on November 16, 2012.
PHOTO: Christian Ziegler
First prize -- nature stories: Emperor penguins swim in Antarctica's Ross Sea on November 18, 2011.
PHOTO: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic magazine
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Image of bodies of two children carried in Gaza City wins World Press Photo's top prize
Jurors narrowed down winner from more than 103,000 images in two-week period
Photographer Paul Hansen says he has mixed feelings about winning prestigious contest
He describes the photo of dead children as "a horrible picture"
For the 56th year, World Press Photo announced the winners of its annual contest Friday. The jury gave prizes in nine themed categories to 54 photographers of 32 nationalities for what is considered one of the most prestigious photojournalism honors.
Photos: Selection of World Press Photo's 2012 winners
This year's Photo of the Year, taken by Paul Hansen, is a striking image of the bodies of two young children carried through the streets of Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike on their home, the photographer said. They are being taken to a mosque for burial, their father's body carried on a stretcher behind them. Their mother was hospitalized.
The photograph humanizes what some may see as a politically charged situation.
But contest jury chair Santiago Lyon told CNN that there was no talk of it being controversial. Lyon is the vice president and director of photography for The Associated Press.
In two weeks, more than 103,000 images were narrowed down to about 10,000 in a first round of judging. A second round determined first, second and third place for one of nine themed categories.
This year's final round of judges were a global mix, Lyon said.
There were three things jurors were looking for in a winning image – a photograph that reached the intellect, heart and stomach. The Gaza City photo accomplished that, Lyon said.
Photos: First place photographers react to winning World Press Photo prizes
"The strength of the pictures lies in the way it contrasts the anger and sorrow of the adults with the innocence of the children. It's a picture I will not forget," Mayu Mohanna, a jury member from Peru, said in a World Press Photo press release.
The final images were discussed for several hours, and an anonymous vote cast Hansen's image as the picture of 2012.
"I thought it was a prank call," Swedish photographer Hansen said about hearing he'd won. "I have mixed feelings about it. It's a horrible picture."
The story behind the photo started the day before it was shot, he said. He and a colleague were talking to a Norwegian doctor in a hospital. The doctor told the story of a Gaza City family whose home had been destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. Two young boys and their father were killed, and their mother was sent to the intensive care unit.
The next day, on November 20, 2012, Hansen and his colleague set out to cover a funeral. It was for the woman's sons and husband whose bodies were marched through the neighborhood, their destroyed home unable to house grieving relatives.
The picture is one of 12 of the day's events, taken for a Swedish daily newspaper, Dagens Nyheter.
When asked about the image's possible controversy, Hansen said it truthfully portrays the situation.
"You can see that they're dead, but it's not gruesome in any other way besides emotion," he said. The ability to portray something in a manner that doesn't make the reader turn away takes conscious balancing, Hansen said, adding that it's something for which he strives.
The emotion of the photograph remains strong for Hansen as well. He said he later cried.
"Crying is part of the job," he said. "If you're not there as a person first, why are you there?"
Lyon, the jury chair, said the judges looked at the photograph for its power.
"We felt that was the reality of the scene," he said. "It is very powerful. We don't shy away from showing reality."


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We offer horse trails just 15 minutes drive from the Kunguru Lodge. Magnificent landscape, farmlands and pristine fynbos form the backdrop to the trails that we take meandering along the mountainside. Rides can be from one hour to a full day.
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THQ Teams Up With Vodafone To Pioneer "Juiced"
– an exciting new video game that enables you to build up your crew of "Driving Gods" using new mobile communications technology Vodafone video-calling features in Juiced console, PC and mobile games
News by GamesIndustry International Contributor
5th May 2005, Woking UK - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI), a leading publisher of video and wireless, today announced it has signed a major agreement with Vodafone, one of the world's largest mobile network operators.
This innovative agreement is set to include Vodafone live! in the video-game Juiced for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® videogame console from Microsoft and PC systems. This is the first time that a mobile operator brand is fully integrated into a mass market game allowing players to both use mobile phones as part of the game action as well as download the game via their mobiles. Through this integration, thousands of gamers around the world will potentially see will the Vodafone live! logo within the game.
Juiced is the only racing simulation that totally immerses players in the lifestyle and culture of the real street car-modification scene. Players aim is to build up your own crew of 'driving gods' and dominate the established street racing scene of Angel City. By showing off your modding and driving skills, you'll gain 'Respect' from the rival crew chiefs, and will soon be invited to their race events, challenge them to race 'for pinks' via video calling and bet against them for cash. As your notoriety grows, new drivers will call you up to ask to join your crew, opening up the never before seen 'crew races' where your skills at managing your drivers while you race are key to beating your rival crews.
The main information channel within the game for players to get their news and race challenges is through the use of mobile phones. Six handsets have been positioned within the "modding" section of the game. When the user "mods" his car with engine upgrades, new stereo, new paint job they can also select which phone to use to communicate with crews between races.
Users can select from 6 Vodafone handsets
Prominent Vodafone live! Logos displayed throughout the game
Users will see the live! Logo all the time
Choose a specific Vodafone handset so that this is the phone that will be displayed when other crew members are calling you in the game
Additionally, under the terms of the agreement, THQ Wireless' version of Juiced will be available for download by Vodafone's consumers in sixteen countries worldwide. Gameplay will be similar to the console games - where gamers can experience a thrilling simulation of street racing on their mobile phone, as well as being able to modify cars, adorn and spraypaint them, and race for the respect of fellow Juicers.
Juiced will receive unprecedented marketing support across Europe, with Vodafone, THQ and THQ Wireless combining efforts. In particular, THQ's heavy-weight marketing campaign for Juiced includes:
Heavyweight TV, radio, print and outdoor advertising
Editorial and advertorial promotion with Fast Car magazine for 7 issues where the editorial team modify a Mazda RX7 into the ultimate street car, culminating in readers having the chance to win the Juiced car
Sponsorship of MTV's Pimp My Ride including the first ever UK shows fronted by Tim Westwood
MMS with retailer and student promotions
Also, the front cover of the UK's Mobile Gamer magazine is heavily Juiced branded, with 500,000 magazine copies being inserted into the UK's Official Xbox, Official PlayStation 2 and Games Master magazines.
Adam Comiskey, General Manager, THQ Wireless said: "This is a significant agreement for THQ Wireless and a strong endorsement of the quality of THQ console and wireless game alike."
Tim Harrison, Head of Games for Vodafone Group, said "Juiced is the first Gold game released under Vodafone's new Global Games Marketing and Distribution Program announced last month. The title represents an unrivalled opportunity to reach out to our customers, and to maximise the brand and marketing synergies across the title's release in Europe."
Juiced is scheduled for launch on PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles as well as exclusively on Vodafone live! from the end of May 2005. For more information please go to http://www.juiced-racing.com
About THQ Wireless
THQ Wireless Inc., a subsidiary of THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI), is a global leader in mobile entertainment, offering a wide range of wireless products, including games, personalization products, information services and messaging based on top licenses such as the WWETM, Star Wars, popular Nickelodeon properties and professional sports leagues including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and the NHRA. In addition to wireless entertainment products, THQ Wireless' controlling interest in MINICK gives the company access to one of the largest premium messaging networks in the world in order to offer a broad range of services from content distribution to mobile marketing campaigns and place the company at the forefront of this rapidly growing messaging market. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ Wireless has offices worldwide, in addition to distribution agreements through wireless carriers across the globe. Further information can be found at www.thqwireless.com.
About THQ
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ sells product through its global network of offices located in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Korea and Australia. More information about THQ and its products may be found at www.thq.com and www.thqwireless.com. THQ, THQ Wireless and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.
Vodafone is the world's largest mobile community, with equity interests in 26 countries and Partner Networks in a further 14 countries, serving over 150 million proportionate customers worldwide.
About Juice Games
Juice Games is a development studio based in Warrington, comprising a talented group of individuals headed up by industry veteran Colin Bell. The Juice team has an unprecedented track record in creating highly entertaining and challenging games, and is renowned within the UK development community. With a history that spans games like TFX, EF2000, eRacer, Total Air War, Typhoon and the critically acclaimed but unreleased Lamborghini, Juice Games has an enviable back catalogue. Utilizing their own leading-edge technology, Juice Games has developed the high profile and well received Juiced street racing simulation over the last 18 months for Xbox®, PlayStation®2 and PC. The company is also enjoying success with a number of titles for ID TV and mobile platforms. Juice Games consists of over 30 development staff with industry experience that rivals the world's most established and successful development studios.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forwardlooking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the business of THQ Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as "THQ"), and are based upon management's beliefs and certain assumptions made by management. Such forward-looking statements, including statements related to Juiced and THQ's agreement with Vodafone, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements, including, but not limited to economic, competitive and technological factors affecting the operations, markets, products, and pricing of THQ. Unless otherwise required by law, THQ disclaims any obligation to update its view on any such risks or uncertainties or to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Readers should carefully review the risk factors and the information that could materially affect THQ's financial results, described in other documents that THQ files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2004, and particularly the discussion of risk factors that may affect results of operations set forth therein.Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
Louise Gabriel
THQ Wireless - Public Relations
+ 44 77 47 488 198
lgabriel@thq.com
Ben Padovan
Vodafone Group Plc
ben.padovan@vodafone.com
GamesIndustry International
GamesIndustry International is the world's leading games industry website, incorporating GamesIndustry.biz and IndustryGamers.com.


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James McKinney (April 14, 1852 – September 29, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Oquawka, Illinois, McKinney attended the public schools of Lewis County High School and was given the nickname of "Downey" from his friends.
He served as president of the Aledo (Illinois) Bank 1892-1907.
He served as a member of the Republican State central committee 1894-1906.
He served as a delegate to the Republican State convention in 1896 and 1900.
He was appointed by Governor Yates in 1901 a member of the State railroad and warehouse commission, but resigned in 1902.
He served as president of the Aledo Board of Education in 1902 and 1903.

McKinney was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Marsh.
He was reelected to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served from November 7, 1905, to March 3, 1913.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912.
He served as president of the Illinois State Bankers' Association in 1908 and 1909.
He engaged in the real estate loan business in Aledo, Illinois, until his death in that city on September 29, 1934.
He was interred in Aledo Cemetery.

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1934 deaths
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Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois

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Homeschooling, in addition to known as home educational activity, is the pedagogy of children within the home. Home teaching is generally behaved past a parent or tutor. Several classes un-needed conventional manners of educating. Home school is the condition generally applied in North America, whereas "home education" is normally expended in the United Kingdom, Europe, and in many Commonwealth countries.
The condition homeschool essentially adverts to the action in which unitary or several children of not more than 2 families are educated by parents or trustees, or a appendage of either household. The Jurisprudences that specify homeschooling vary from State to State. The eligible Essentials for instituting a homeschool also variegate with the State.
Earlier the innovation of required school attending jurisprudences, almost childhood teaching comprised handled houses and localized communities. In several developed states, homeschooling constitutes a juristic option to unrestricted and individual schools. In a different countries, homeschooling persists ineligible or confined to particular qualifies, as registered through Homeschooling international condition and statistics.
Granting to the US National Center for Education Statistics, around three percent of entirely children in the US were homeschooled in 2011-2012 school year. The written report came up that 83 percent were White, 5 percent were Black, 7 percent were Hispanic, and 2 percent were Asian or Pacific Islander. As of 2016, thither are almost 2.3 million homeschooled educatees in the United States.
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Q: Why doesn't the timer start? It's simple code that increases a number and shows it in a texView but it's not working and I don't know what is wrong with my code...
here is my code:
protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // Set our view from the "main" layout resource
        SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);
        TextView textView = FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.textView1);
        Timer timer1 = new Timer();
        timer1.Interval = 1000;
        timer1.Enabled = true;
        timer1.Start();
        timer1.Elapsed += (object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e) =>
         {
             x++;
             textView.Text = x.ToString();
         };
    }

A: Since you are not using a SynchronizingObject, System.Timers.Timer is calling Elapsed on a threadpool thread, thus you are not on the UI/Main thread (where UI updates need to be performed).

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*Do C# Timers elapse on a separate thread?
So use RunOnUiThread to update your UI within the event:
timer1.Elapsed += (object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e) =>
{
    x++;
    RunOnUiThread(() => button.Text = x.ToString());
};

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Workers from the Israeli group IsraAID, along with local soldiers and a team of experts from France and Norway, worked into the night for 10 hours to pull a Nepalese woman, Krishna Devi Khadka, 24, out of the rubble in Kathmandu on Thursday, five days after a massive earthquake leveled much of the city.
She was then hospitalized in the Israeli field hospital.
The Israeli field hospital in Nepal has treated nearly 250 patients since Wednesday, with medical staff performing 15 life-saving surgeries on wounded victims of Saturday's earthquake.
Israeli medical staff were also assisting in local Nepalese hospitals.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed his condolences to the Indian people for the losses suffered in the recent earthquake.
Netanyahu also thanked Modi for the assistance of Indian helicopters in rescuing Israelis and for Israeli planes' landing in Indian territory.
Israel's aid team in Nepal is the largest in manpower of any international aid mission - over 260 doctors and rescue personnel, not counting several private aid groups.
According to figures reported by CNN, the UK delegation numbers 68 people, followed by China's 62, the US's 54 and South Korea's 40. Taiwan sent 20 personnel, Italy 15 and France 11.
Some 2,000 Israelis were in Nepal when the quake struck Saturday. The vast majority have been rescued, with just one Israeli unaccounted for.
The Israeli rescue force, dispatched by the IDF's Home Front Command and Medical Corps, has a difficult mission: To rescue Israelis who are out of contact and to help helpless Nepalese people whose entire world has been shattered.
There is a strange potion called Israeliness: It melts the "impossible" and creates resourcefulness and determination even when the odds seem slim.
If there are no Nepalese drivers at night, they are woken up; if the trucks don't fit, their side panels are removed; when the locals say "we can only do it tomorrow," they are woken up shortly after midnight.
The ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey 2015, conducted annually by the Dubai-based public relations firm, polled 3,500 Arabs aged 18 to 24 from 16 Arab countries in face-to-face interviews, asking, "What do you believe is the biggest obstacle facing the Middle East?"
Defying a long tradition of blaming all the Arab world's problems on Israel, only 23% cited the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the region's main obstacle.
In fact, the conflict came in fourth, trailing ISIS (37%), terrorism (32%) and unemployment (29%). In 2012, the figure was 27%.
The Lancet medical journal and its editor, Richard Horton, have been targeted over what an international group of more than 500 doctors claims is the "grossly irresponsible misuse of [the journal] for political purposes."
The protesting doctors, including five Nobel laureates, accuse the journal of publishing "stereotypical extremist hate propaganda" and threated to boycott the journal if publisher Reed Elsevier does not "enforce appropriate ethical standards of editorship."
The trigger was an article published last July during the Gaza fighting, which included eyewitness accounts of the medical impact on civilians but did not include an acknowledgement of Hamas' role in the war.
Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran, testifying before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee via videoconference from France on Wednesday, said Tehran wants nuclear weapons to foster Islamic extremism. She warned against giving Iran too many concessions, saying it would embolden its leaders to be more aggressive in meddling in other nations.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to reset Israel's relations with the White House. His decision to release hundreds of millions of dollars his government withheld from the Palestinians was a bid to lower the flames, a confidant said. Israel also agreed to give greater freedom of movement to Palestinians on its roads, enable a new West Bank city to receive its first residents and increase the flow of water to Gaza.
"We would like to do what we can to remove the unnecessary hindrances in our relationship with the U.S.," Zalman Shoval, an adviser to Netanyahu and former ambassador to the U.S., said in an interview. An Israeli government official confirmed that repairing relations was a factor in decisions concerning the Palestinians.
With continued tunnel digging in Gaza after the summer 2014 war, the U.S. Congress is initiating a joint U.S.-Israel R&D program for the development and testing of technologies to combat the threat of tunnels. On Wednesday the House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved an amendment to the annual defense bill laying the groundwork for the program. Israel exposed 32 tunnels during the Gaza war, half of which penetrated into Israel. Hamas has spent almost $100 million on digging tunnels.
Recent Chinese estimates that North Korea might already possess 20 nuclear warheads, and could double that in 2016 should have shattered our complacency about Pyongyang's proliferation threat. North Korea's sizeable nuclear arsenal imperils East Asia, but also the U.S. Its ballistic-missile program is rapidly nearing the capability of reaching our West Coast. And North Korea's deep poverty gives it every incentive to sell virtually any weapons or technology to anyone with hard currency, including terrorists or other rogue states.
As a former MK, I can permit myself to extend a Knesset welcome to Ayman Odeh, who has just been elected and heads both the Hadash party and the Joint Arab List. I hope this does not sound patronizing, but I think he has made an auspicious start as a legislator. He and the other Hadash MKs from the JAL did not walk out of the Knesset session during the singing of the national anthem when other members of the Joint List walked out demonstratively. It is to his credit that he realized that walking out would be a blatant demonstration of disrespect for Israel.
It is understandable if some of Israel's Arab citizens have difficulty identifying with the words of our national anthem. Many people around the world do not identify with every word of their national anthem but would not think of walking out while it is being sung. "God Save the Queen," "La Marseillaise" and "Das Lied der Deutschen" are just a few examples.
Many Israeli Arabs, like Odeh, have made an effort to understand why, especially in light of the Holocaust, Israel's destiny is to be a haven for Jews who need a haven. This is not racialism - it is the direct outcome of the Jewish people's tragic fate since they were exiled from their ancient homeland.
Western journalists regularly focus on the "plight" of Palestinians, but often turn a blind eye to the daily killings of Palestinians in Syria and the fact that Palestinians living in Lebanon and other Arab countries are subjected to apartheid and discriminatory laws. A report said that 83 Palestinians died of torture in Syrian prisons during March this year.
Similarly, the international media ignores the "plight" of Palestinians living under Palestinian Authority (PA) rule in the West Bank and Hamas rule in Gaza. Last week, the Palestinian General Intelligence Service arrested Khalil Afaneh for "slandering" Yasser Arafat on his Facebook page. On April 25, the PA arrested journalist Ahmed Abu Elhaija of Jenin as he was on his way to attend a conference in Jordan involving Palestinian journalists and bloggers. Jihad Salim was arrested by Palestinian security officers shortly after the Hamas-affiliated Islamic Bloc, of which he is a member, won the student council election at Bir Zeit University. The situation in Gaza is not much different.
M. is an Israeli Arab Muslim who served in the IDF. Last year, he came across a series of billboards sponsored by the Balad Party as part of its campaign against the recruitment of Israeli Arabs into the IDF, and decided to fight back. He decided to respond on Facebook, and made a page called "Tzahal bistaha" ["The IDF is worth it"].
"But instead of getting responses from the young Arabs to whom I was directing my personal campaign," M. said, "I started to get photos and texts from young people around the Arab world. My jaw dropped." Lots of photos and video clips were sent in from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and other countries with messages of peace and love.
One young woman from Saudi Arabia filmed a message for the people of Israel: "I know it is surprising that a Saudi Arabian citizen sends a message to the people of Israel....I hope the Arabs will be sensible like me and recognize the fact that Israel also has rights to the lands of Palestine." One Egyptian police officer wrote, "We love, love, love Israel and its army." He even added a picture of a heart with a Star of David in the middle of it.
New technology invented by Dr. Rivka Elbaum of Hebrew University extends the life of vegetables for weeks without refrigeration. For leafy vegetables, it entails dipping the cut leaves into a patented solution. The solution has been shown to delay senescence and chlorophyll loss. It will work with lettuce, celery, spinach, cabbage, kale, parsley, basil, cauliflower, and broccoli.
For years, Israeli and American interests have been virtually identical: stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Muslim world, fighting Iranian hegemonic ambitions and opposing state sponsorship of terror.
With the American withdrawal from many theaters of operation in the Middle East, Israel's vital strategic location and human intelligence have become indispensable for U.S. security. According to the Washington Free Beacon, Israel "is providing significant intelligence support in the U.S.-led campaign against...ISIS. Israeli satellites overfly the battle area at angles and frequencies unavailable to American satellites."
Because of repeated wars of self-defense, Israel has unfortunately become a test track for American munitions and treatment of wounded in combat. America's armed services have utilized this battlefield experience that has saved our soldiers' lives, while increasing the chance of success of future American military missions. American anti-missile defense is greatly enhanced by the Israeli experience.
According to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, "Israel's military research and development complex has pioneered many cutting-edge technologies that are transforming the face of modern war, including cyber weapons, unmanned vehicles (land robots and aerial drones, sensors and electronic warfare systems), and advanced defenses for military vehicles."
At home, our homeland security and counter-terrorism efforts would be dramatically weaker in strategy and effectiveness if we did not have the Israeli experience and know-how. Moreover, the threats to American interests in the Middle East would be exponentially greater if Israel hadn't destroyed the Iraqi and Syrian nuclear reactors. Imagine Islamic State today with captured nuclear material.
The Israeli defense and political leadership unanimously show a profound appreciation of America's generosity in supplying military aid. But it is not a one-way street. Most of the military aid allocated to Israel is spent in the U.S., creating nearly 70,000 jobs in America.


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Q: Prove that $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}$=$1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2(n+1)}$ I'm really at loss with this problem. I should prove that
$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}=1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2(n+1)}$$
Only thing I managed to do by working the left side was
$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2} = 1+\sum_{n=2}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}=1+ \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{(n+1)^2}$$
How am I supposed to get to the right form?

A: HINT
Note the following:
$$\frac{1}{n^2(n+1)}=\frac{1}{n^2}-\frac{1}{n(n+1)}$$ $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n(n+1)}=\sum_{n=1}^\infty (\frac{1}{n}-\frac{1}{n+1})=1$$
Can you continue from here?

A: So if I got it right it goes something like this
$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}=1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2(n+1)}$$
$$=1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty (\frac{1}{n^2} - \frac{1}{n(n+1)})$$
$$=1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2} - \sum_{n=1}^\infty (\frac{1}{n(n+1)})$$
$$=1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}-\sum_{n=1}^\infty (\frac{1}{n}-\frac{1}{n+1})$$
and because of telescoping property
$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty (\frac{1}{n}-\frac{1}{n+1}) = 1 $$
so
$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}=1 + \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2} - 1 = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}.$$


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Hypnosis For Smoking Cessation Sees Strong Results
By Armen Hareyan G+ Oct 23 2007 - 12:55am
Hypnosis For Smoking Cessation
Hospitalized patients who smoke may be more likely to quit smoking through the use of hypnotherapy than patients using other smoking cessation methods. A new study presented at CHEST 2007, the 73rd annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), shows that smoking patients who participated in one hypnotherapy session were more likely to be nonsmokers at 6 months compared with patients using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) alone or patients who quit "cold turkey". The study also shows that patients admitted to the hospital with a cardiac diagnosis are three times more likely to quit smoking at 6 months than patients admitted with a pulmonary diagnosis.
"Our results showed that hypnotherapy resulted in higher quit rates compared with NRT alone," said Faysal Hasan, MD, FCCP, North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA. "Hypnotherapy appears to be quite effective and a good modality to incorporate into a smoking cessation program after hospital discharge."
Dr. Hasan and colleagues from North Shore Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital compared the quit rates of 67 smoking patients hospitalized with a cardiopulmonary diagnosis. All patients were approached about smoking cessation and all included in the study were patients who expressed a desire to quit smoking. At discharge, patients were divided into four groups based on their preferred method of smoking cessation treatment: hypnotherapy (n=14), NRT (n=19), NRT and hypnotherapy (n=18), and a group of controls who preferred to quit "cold turkey" (n=16). All patients received self-help brochures. The control group received brief counseling, but other groups received intensive counseling, free supply of NRT and/or a free hypnotherapy session within 7 days of discharge, as well as follow up telephone calls at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 26 weeks after discharge. Patients receiving hypnotherapy also were taught to do self-hypnosis and were given tapes to play at the end of the session.
At 26 weeks after discharge, 50 percent of patients treated with hypnotherapy alone were nonsmokers, compared with 50 percent in the NRT/hypnotherapy group, 25 percent in the control group, and 15.78 percent in the NRT group. Patients admitted with a cardiac diagnosis were more likely to quit smoking at 26 weeks (45.5 percent) than patients admitted with a pulmonary diagnosis (15.63 percent).
"Patients admitted with coronary symptoms may have experienced 'fear and doom' and decided to alter a major health risk to their disease when approached about smoking cessation," said Dr. Hasan. "In contrast, pulmonary patients admitted for another exacerbation may not have felt the same threat. They likely felt they can live for another day and continue the smoking habit."
The researchers note that hospitalization is an important opportunity to intervene among patients who smoke.
"Doctors and other health personnel should use this occasion to firmly recommend smoking cessation and emphasize the impact of smoking on their disease process and hospital admission," said Dr. Hasan. "Pulmonologists, in particular, should make a stronger case and more passionate message to their patients, and efforts should be coordinated with counseling."
"As physicians, we are constantly reviewing new approaches for smoking cessation and revisiting existing approaches to confirm their effectiveness," said Alvin V. Thomas, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians. "The results of this study and many others confirm that using a multimodality approach to smoking cessation is optimal for success."


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Q: Eclipse Collection usages on production code https://www.eclipse.org/collections/ seems to be getting popular now a days. Just wonder, if anybody has used this library in their production code and how is the overall experience.

A: Eclipse Collections was previously a GS-Collections (Goldman-Sachs), so yes, it is used in production. You can check out their github, before the migration to Eclipse foundation - https://github.com/goldmansachs/gs-collections.
I heard good opinions about Eclipse Collections, that it's performing really well memory-wise and the API is well-designed and good to use from client's perspective. Tried it myself, definitely agree about the API, not sure about memory aspects since my project is not so memory-critical and was doing fine with Java standard collections. It's still fine after migration to Eclipse Collections, so from my experience they are at least as good as Java collections. The huge advantage over Java collections are the Primitive Collections (name says it all I guess), so before Java 10 this is definitely a major thing in favor of Eclipse Collections.

A: Eclipse Collections is used in other open source projects including Neo4J, MapDB, Reladomo and FINOS Legend. Any applications that use these projects in production are using Eclipse Collections in production.
Eclipse Collections is an active participant in the OpenJDK Quality Outreach program, and shares feedback on issues it discovers with the Core JDK team at Oracle on EA versions of Java it is tested against.
Note: I am the creator of Eclipse Collections, so am biased. I have used Eclipse Collections and its predecessors (GS Collections and Caramel) in many production applications for the past 18 years. It has been developed in open source on GitHub for over a decade now. I am still an active Project Lead and Committer on the project, and the project is open to the community for contributions at the Eclipse Foundation. After 18 years, my experience continues to be overwhelmingly positive. I continue to work on and use Eclipse Collections in production applications at my current employer. I also blog about Eclipse Collections on Medium, along with a few other contributors.


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Black Swan Visits Beijing's Tiananmen Square
September 6, 2021China in Focus
In a unique sighting in Beijing, a black swan appears in Tiananmen Square, the center of the city. A metaphor often associated with the bird's presence is stirring speculation.
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It's a crowded state Senate field with 2 assemblymen, 1 SoJ leader-turned Democrat, 3 others
Six candidates will run for California State Senate, 1st district in a special election March 26. If none win the majority, a June runoff is pending.
It's a crowded state Senate field with 2 assemblymen, 1 SoJ leader-turned Democrat, 3 others Six candidates will run for California State Senate, 1st district in a special election March 26. If none win the majority, a June runoff is pending. Check out this story on redding.com: https://www.redding.com/story/news/2019/02/08/brian-dahle-kevin-kiley-four-others-vie-california-senate-race/2782279002/
Jessica Skropanic, Redding Record Searchlight Published 7:00 a.m. PT Feb. 8, 2019 | Updated 10:22 a.m. PT Feb. 9, 2019
Republican Assemblyman Brian Dahle of Bieber (Photo: Ron Holman)
The special primary election to fill the vacant seat for the North State's 1st Senate District is pitting Republican Assemblyman Brian Dahle of Bieber against his counterpart in the Legislature, Kevin Kiley.
The two Republican frontrunners announced their Senate bids last November, shortly after voters in their districts elected them to new two-year terms.
They are the most recognized names in the crowded field of six vying to replace Ted Gaines, the veteran lawmaker who vacated office after winning a seat on the California Board of Equalization.
The election, scheduled March 26, also includes Steven Baird, a voice in the State of Jefferson movement. Baird unsuccessfully ran in the 2016 Senate primary against Gaines. Rounding out the list of candidates in the Senate contest are Republicans Theodore Dziuba and Rex Hime, and Democrat Silke Pflueger.
Both Dahle (https://briandahle.nationbuilder.com/) and Kiley are talking about the need for Republicans and Democrats to work together to lift the North State and their effectiveness in stopping tax increases. But after California's brutal wildfire season, how to fight wildfires has emerged as a campaign issue.
Dahle, 53, who is starting his fourth two-year term, believes there is one stark difference between him and Kiley.
"It boils down to one word: Experience. I've had over 23 years. We stopped the attack on Prop. 13" and stopped tax increases, Dahle said. Proposition 13 is the property tax reform voters approved in 1978.
In 2017, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, R-Granite Bay, coaxes his frog "Frog the Bounty Hunter" to take the leap in the 43rd annual Capitol Frog Jump, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Kiley's "Frog the Bounty Hunter'" finished with a three leap total of 12 feet, 1 inch to win the Longest Jump category. The contest is held in advance of the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. (Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, AP)
Kiley, 34, was first elected in 2016 to represent the outlying northern and eastern Sacramento suburbs. He said the district needs new leadership.
"I think Ted (Gaines) is someone who has a long record of fighting tax increase, which I applaud," Kiley said, but "what we've (Assembly Republicans) been doing has not been working."
Dahle said he's running because he's seen past legislation that would benefit constituents make it through the Assembly, only to be stopped in the state Senate.
"I don't raise taxes. I'm pro-life. But I try to focus on the things I can change," Dahle said referring to his efforts of working with Republicans and Democrats alike.
If elected, he plans to educate senators about issues specific to the Senate district and other rural areas in much the same way he does his fellow members of the Assembly, Dahle said.
Those issues include access to health care facilities and internet in schools. "I passed legislation that directed money toward areas of the state with very slow internet speed. It has to be spent in areas that are underserved first," like the Senate district.
His highest priorities are fire risk and responsible land management; health care including access to doctors, hospitals and pharmacies for rural communities; and making and keeping communities safe. Safety includes efforts to curb illegal immigration, Dahle said.
He also wants to make sure people who lost homes in Northern California's deadly fires get help, he said. "We already passed funding for cleanup" after Carr.
If elected, Kiley said his plans for constituents in the Senate district include fighting against tax increases, protecting natural resources like water and timber and insuring safety by working to reverse "dangerous changes" to criminal laws including the passage of prison realignment 2011 and Propositions 47 in 2014 and Proposition 57 in 2016.
"Sacramento has a habit of imposing itself on our region with one-size-fits-all policies," he said. "We just witnessed the most damaging session of the Legislature in California history with the (Democratic) majority pushing through an extremely aggressive agenda. This was capped off by historic losses in last year's election (for Republicans)."
Asked how he'd be able to push Republican legislation through a Democratic majority, Kiley said, "I've passed a number of bills. … The only way to do that is reaching across the aisle. You have to be creative when you're in the minority. At the same time, it's vital we have a real Republican alternative and we don't become a one-party state."
Regarding the four other candidates:
Rex Hime (Photo: Contributed photo)
Republican Rex Hime, 71, of Loomis is the CEO of the California Business Properties Association. He held appointed positions from the 1970s to 1990s. He was then-governor Ronald Reagan's appointee on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and a member of the California Task Force on Violence Prevention under then-Attorney General Dan Lungren. Hime describes himself on his website as "a life-long Republican who has dedicated his career to fighting tax increases and limiting the burden of government on small business and families in California." Among the issues he is running on are public safety in light of California's reforms to the criminal justice system, gun rights, education, property rights and water. Former Gov. Pete Wilson endorsed him.
Steve Baird
On his campaign website, Steve Baird lists among his 10 proposals, changing how Californians are represented in Sacramento, from one member per district to one member per county. He also promotes free college and universal health care coverage, guaranteed income of $50,000 per person and "late term abortions up to and including the 25th year."
Theodore Dziuba (https://www.theodoredziuba.com/) was appointed to Placerville's planning commission in 2018. He said he differs from frontrunners Kylie and Dahle in that he's never held an elected office. He's running on issues including immigration, gun rights and wildfire prevention.
"The significant part of my platform is ending the sanctuary state," Dziuba said. "It's not just a public safety issue, it's a moral imperative."
He concerned with protecting home and business owners from tax increases, and helping California business owners, he said. "I've built three successful businesses in California. I'm tired of seeing the state make life hard for small business owners."
Silke Pflueger (Photo: Silke Pflueger For Senate campaign)
Democrat Silke Pflueger is an engineer, who has been involved with the progressive movement in the Tahoe-Truckee area. A cancer survivor and immigrant, Pflueger promotes universal healthcare, climate change measures, affordable housing, wildfire preparation and an investment in infrastructure.
The 1st Senate District covers Alpine, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra and Siskiyou counties and parts Placer and Sacramento counties.
One of the candidates must receive 50 percent of the vote plus one to win the March 26 runoff outright. Otherwise, the two candidates with the most votes advance to the general election on June 4, said Sam Mahood, a spokesman with the California Secretary of State's Office.
If Dahle wins, North State voters will have one more special election to fill his seat in the Assembly. That district takes in Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra and Siskiyou counties and parts of Butte and Placer counties.
Mail-in ballots go out Feb. 25, said Sam Bryant, Shasta County Elections Office spokesperson.
There's one other change in this year's election process, Mahood said. Mail-in voters will save a stamp. As of Jan. 1, 2019, all mail-in ballots are required to have a postage-paid return envelope.
"This is one of the first elections in the state to" have that, Mahood said.
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31 of the Best Signs From the March for Science
By Krystin Arneson
David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Science gives us a lot of useful everyday knowledge: tips for nailing job interviews; very applicable (read: can't wait to try) sex info; reasons to drop another F-bomb, should you be the swear-y type; and justification to drink wine beyond "because it's delicious." But it should also be used to inform government policy, particularly when it comes to matters of public health, education, research funding, and fighting climate change. And that's why, following on the success of January's Women's March, the March for Science took place on Saturday in 518 cities around the world and in all 50 states. The fact that it's also Earth Day isn't a coincidence: protestors turned out to rally behind the need for environmental policy that effectually addresses climate change. They also called for government policies that fund scientific research and education and are based on scientific evidence instead of private beliefs.
President Donald Trump wasn't mentioned in any of the official verbiage surrounding the event, but...well. He still hasn't picked a top White House science adviser, which is fueling a growing concern that his administration turns a deaf ear to experts when the must-act issue of climate change is raised. Unfortunately, there's a tough road ahead for science advocates: As Vox points out, the march organizers hope to convey opposition to "the anti-science policies of the Trump administration, while furthering the message that science is not a partisan issue." And, unfortunately, that's not exactly easy these days: our political climate now seems guided by the dogma of "whatever one party supports, the other party must vehemently oppose."
But on a lighter note: as with other protests that have sprung up this year, there were some extremely good signs at today's marches. Below, 31 of our favorites.
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https://twitter.com/mirikramer/status/855796140738048001
Several dogs also turned out to rally behind science. It's reassuring to know they're still man's best friend.
https://twitter.com/SarahNEmerson/status/855789393650601984
https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/status/855852167038554113
https://twitter.com/alivasdlott/status/855828292817100800
And this one pretty much sums it up, TBH.
https://twitter.com/paldhous/status/855833147203698688
-45 of the Most Brilliant, Creative, and Savage Protest Signs From the Women's March on Washington
-There's Going to be Another March on Washington, and This Time It's For Science
-32 Posters of Badass Women in Science
Brilliant Signs at the Women's March


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Winner of the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track, Miller has been lauded as "the finest young interpreter of Scots traditional song", while highly-acclaimed singer and flautist Nic Amhlaoibh (recent winner of RTÉ Folk Awards 'Best Traditional Folk Track of the Year') is best known for her performances as a solo artist and with Irish super group Danú, and her work as a TV and radio presenter.


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Motley Rice and co-counsel have filed a class action on behalf of Bedford Auto Wholesale, Inc., as an individual and a class representative on behalf of all similarly situated persons and businesses regarding alleged financial losses stemming from GM's recall of its vehicles with ignition switch defects, which have been reportedly linked to more than 50 crashes and at least 13 deaths. Other estimates are as high as 300 deaths.
Plaintiffs allege that GM knew of the ignition switch defect for many years but chose not to report it and instead protect its profits and maximize sales, allowing unsuspecting vehicle owners to continue driving highly dangerous vehicles.
The complaint alleges that GM violated several laws by engaging in unfair trade practices and by fraudulently concealing the ignition switch defects from consumers, owners, dealers, wholesalers and lessees of the defective vehicles. The Plaintiffs also allege GM should be held accountable for unjust enrichment, breach of implied warranty and fraudulent concealment.
The complaint alleges that Bedford Auto Wholesale and other class members have been damaged financially by GM's misrepresentations, concealment and non-disclosure of the ignition switch defects as they are now in ownership of highly dangerous vehicles with greatly diminished values. Additionally, dealers cannot sell these vehicles and are paying interest on loans taken out to acquire and/or hold the vehicles in inventory.
The class action also names GM's predecessor, General Motors Corporation ("Old GM"), and alleges it violated obligations and duties to consumers by designing and marketing vehicles with defective ignition switches and then failing to disclose that information even after it became aware that the defect was causing fatal accidents.
If you were impacted by GM's vehicle ignition switch defect recalls and are interested in joining the class for damages including considerable expense, financial loss and economic damages, or for more information, contact Motley Rice attorneys Jodi Westbrook Flowers or Kevin Dean by email or call +1 800.768.4026 .
Learn more about Motley Rice's cases involving GM vehicles with ignition defects.


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109th and last Super Saturday draws in 2022 see 1,103 participants take home a total prize money of AED 1,680,100
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Mahzooz's 109th and last Super Saturday draws in 2022 changed the fortunes of many participants and welcomed them into the good life to ring in the new year with style. The draws witnessed 1,103 participants take home AED 1,680,100 in total prize money. Operated by EWINGS, Mahzooz, the leading weekly draw with the most frequent and biggest payout in the UAE has created 31 multi-millionaires and over 217,000 winners in a span of two years.
While the grand prize of AED 10 million went unclaimed this week, Mahzooz's last draws for the year 2022 saw as many as 14 participants matching four out of five numbers and sharing the second prize of AED 1,000,000, securing AED 71,428 each.
1,086 other winners matched three out of five numbers and received the third prize of AED 350 each. As always, the weekly raffle draw saw three participants share AED 300,000 among them. The lucky winners who received AED 100,000 each as New Year's gift were Ratheesh and Mohammed from India and Ryan from the Philippines. The winning raffle numbers were 27237318, 27199469 and 27015227 respectively.
To become the next millionaire, entrants can participate in Mahzooz by registering via www.mahzooz.ae and purchasing a bottle of water for AED 35, which enables them to enter multiple draws, the Fantastic Friday Epic Draw and the Super Saturday Draws, by choosing two different set of numbers. The Super Saturday Draws require participants to pick 5 out of 49 numbers for a chance to win the top prize of AED 10,000,000, the second prize of AED 1,000,000, or the third prize of AED 350. Participants will also be automatically entered into the raffle draw in which three guaranteed winners will each receive AED 100,000. The new Fantastic Friday Epic Draw requires participants to choose 6 numbers out of 39 for a chance to win AED 10,000,000 for no additional participation fee.
Mahzooz means 'lucky' in Arabic and is the UAE's favourite draw that offers participants a life-changing opportunity to win millions every week. Mahzooz is dedicated to making people's dreams come true and giving back to the community.
Source: EWINGS


Mr. Darcy's Journey – coming June 10!
My plots come to me in the strangest ways. Once during the remnants of a hurricane, I was listening to the news telling us not to go out because of downed power lines across the roads, and I thought, "Darcy would not have had that problem during a hurricane!" Thus began Mr. Darcy's Refuge.
My new book began with a minor character tapping me on the shoulder as I was writing about Elizabeth traveling alone by stage to London. A young gentleman named Mr. Hopewell helps her out. I worked backwards to figure out who he was. Since he was already on the stage when she boarded it, he had come from someplace in the North. Sheffield sounded good, and it was on the stagecoach route. Sheffield was in the midst of a Luddite uprising, so he became a Luddite agitator. Lizzy says goodbye to him when they arrive in London, and all is well and good.
"No, Gregory; bring him here," said Frederica, her voice flat.
She gestured toward Darcy with one hand. "There he is, and you may speak to him as much as you wish. Pray do not allow my presence to disturb you." Frederica ostentatiously picked up a book and began to turn the pages.
Without asking whether he desired any, Darcy went to the sideboard and poured a glass of wine for Duxbury. He appeared to need it.
Duxbury gave him a grateful glance when he held it out to him. "My thanks." Frederica's presence seemed to have flustered him more than Darcy would have expected. Duxbury had been the one to break off their understanding, after all. He was not the injured party.
"So, you have gone to some effort to find me," Darcy prompted.
What sort of help could he need? It could not be a matter of money. Duxbury had plenty of his own.
Elizabeth! All thoughts of Duxbury's mysterious mission fled Darcy's mind at the sight of her light and pleasing form. He had not seen her since that painful day in the gardens, and her anger had gnawed at him ever since. Had she finally forgiven him? He must know.
Darcy looked over his shoulder to see to whom she was speaking, but Duxbury was bowing over her hand.
"Nor do I," said Darcy pointedly.
Talk about hijacking the plot!
Apparently my muse had decided the Luddites, who were supposed to be just a bit of verisimilitude in one minor scene, were going to play a big role in this book whether I liked it or not. So off I went down the research rabbit hole learning about the unrest in the Northern manufacturing region, including Derbyshire. Houses being torched, people murdered, arms depots raided, and even plans for an armed rebellion to attack London.
But wait a minute! Doesn't Jane Austen tells us the Gardiners took a pleasure trip to Derbyshire in the summer of 1812? But no one in their right mind would have traveled to Derbyshire or anywhere near it then! Well, that's what happens when you take a book you wrote in 1796-7, rewrite it in 1811 and set in 1812.¹ Ah, the dangers of writing about a time period before it occurs!
But how could a red-blooded writer of Pride & Prejudice variations resist taking Jane Austen's characters and putting them in the political situation that actually existed in 1812? I couldn't, and the result is Mr. Darcy's Journey. The title has a double meaning – the metaphorical journey of self-discovery he takes as a result of meeting Elizabeth, and the literal and life-changing journey they take on a rescue mission to Sheffield.
Mr. Darcy's Journey will be released on June 10, 2016 – unless somebody else hijacks it!
The 1811-1812 dates are generally, but not universally, agreed upon by scholars. More details on the chronology are here.
Oh happy day!! I was so thrilled to hear you were writing a new book. Such a great plot. Thank you for the excellent excerpts. I cannot wait for June 10! I am an avid reader of your books and have read them all more than twice over. So I'm very excited for a new variation. Your stories are my Lizzy and Darcy voices. Never stop writing please! Best of luck with the launch and sales!


Today we have a version of our Ottoman Food Map that appeared in the Guerrilla Cartography project Food: An Atlas with the help of actual cartographer Ryan Cooper. And if that weren't enough, there's also a podcast about it. I think it's mostly me talking about octopus while Chris Gratien tries not to laugh.


I had purchased many glass jars from Homesense and Winners for our wedding back in 2011 and it's amazing how much use I still get out of them. In the past I have filled them with ornaments or pinecones for Christmas, but this year I decided to create little habitats in each one. I purchased the bottle brush trees in various greens and gold tones as well as the tiny deers from Michaels. I filled each of the jars with some sugar to create a snow filled look and randomly placed the trees and deers in each one. I purchased the white linen table runner from Homesense and used some extra gold pine cone ornaments I had leftover from our tree as decor around the jars.
To finish off my tablescape for dinner, I cut down a branch of an Evergreen tree and used pieces of the branches to add some colour around the jars. I then tied one smaller piece of tree branch to each napkin with burlap string, finishing it off with one gold bell to add an elegant contrast to my natural elements.
When it comes to Christmas, I feel like you can never have too much gold, so I used all my gold items including charger plates, cutlery and rimmed glasses! The gold rimmed glasses I have shared before in my Thanksgiving Tablescape post, and are a steal from The Dollar Tree for only $1.25 each! The gold charger plates I have also used before and bought last year from Michaels. The gold cutlery is vintage and has been in family for a long time and the white dinner plates are a great find from IKEA.


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L'arôme au vin blanc : est un fromage à pâte molle, sans croûte (il fermente à l'abri de l'air), au lait de vache (mais on en trouve également au lait de chèvre), et fabriqué en région lyonnaise. Les fromages sont placés sur des petites grilles, dans des bocaux afin qu'ils boivent les émanations de vin blanc.
 Petite galette de 7 cm de diamètre, de 3 cm d'épaisseur et de 100 g environ.
 Fermentation : 2 à 3 semaines.
 Saveur relevée.

Fromage du Rhône
Fromage au lait de vache
Fromage à pâte molle
Vin et cuisine