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4 Resolutions All Cities Should Make
Individuals aren't the only ones who benefit from New Year's resolutions — here are four ways communities can strive to improve this year.
By Jessica Walker Boehm on January 1, 2018
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It's no secret that the beginning of a new year sparks a desire for improvement in many people – hence the popularity of New Year's resolutions. But what if city leaders took the same approach, resolving to make their communities better places to live? While it may sound easy enough, bettering a community requires several moving parts to work together as a whole.
Brian Cole, president of Idaho-based Building Communities Inc. and author of Why Some Communities SUCCEED, Why Some Fail, And What to Do About It, says communities must have strong souls, hearts, minds and bodies in order to thrive and create significant change. According to Cole, communities must resolve to be healthy and unified before achieving common goals like adding bike lanes, building new subdivisions and improving the local economy.
"I think of the soul, heart, mind, body paradigm, and I apply it to communities," Cole says.
Resolution No. 1: Create a Healthy Soul
Cole says that a community with a healthy soul must have "unified leaders who share an achievement and/or actualization ethic." In addition, he says that city leaders should not view compromise as a "four-letter word," should be willing to work together collaboratively and prefer to agree than to argue.
"What people usually think about is infrastructure, bike paths and housing projects," Cole says. "That's what they're trying to get done, but if they have a civic soul that's sick, they're just going to fight about where the bike path should be rather than getting together to create one. They're not going to build infrastructure because no one's going to want to pay for it."
Cole also believes the community's residents must embody the spirit of an action community, which is one with a common vision. Essentially, just like city leaders, residents should get along with one another and focus on the betterment of the community instead of dwelling on their individual differences.
"The intent and quality of civic discourse is critical to a community getting things done," Cole says.
Resolution No. 2: Create a Healthy Heart
A community with a healthy heart is one with leaders and residents who want to make improvements, and who have the will, ambition and motivation to do the work necessary to accomplish those goals.
"The healthy heart is the actual yearning – the commitment – to getting things done," Cole says.
In his book, Cole writes, "Many would rather stay home and complain than show up and help to improve their community," which typically results in a community with a sick heart. However, a community with a healthy heart is filled with people who believe it is worth fighting for, and they channel that belief into a concerted effort to create change and make it a better place to live.
"You have to want it," Cole says. "It's about desire. What I'm talking about is a collective community desire to think as a community and get things done as a community."
Resolution No. 3: Create a Healthy Mind
Communities can achieve a healthy mind by "picking strategies that build upon their comparative advantages," according to Cole.
"The healthy mind is all about being smart," he says. "It's being strategic – it's actually the strategic part of strategic planning where we analyze the comparative advantages that we have as a community. Then we build upon our strengths, mitigate our weaknesses and actually get things done."
For example, a community with a strong value-added agriculture sector could focus on building upon local produce to create jobs. That sector could also become more successful and profitable by identifying commodities that could be produced in large quantities, harvested and processed in the community, and eventually shipped and sold around the U.S.
"This is basically how America was built in the 18th century," Cole says. "They used similar strategies back then, but these are very mature strategies."
Today, according to Cole, communities have 25 strategies that they can employ to capitalize on new and emerging technologies and business trends to create jobs and improve local quality of life.
Resolution No. 4: Create a Healthy Body
In order for a community to have a healthy body, it must reach out for help and hire qualified, experienced professionals, which Cole calls human resources, to help accomplish tasks. For example, a community that wants to create jobs should have an economic development director in place if it wants to be successful. Other important positions include community development directors, city managers and public works directors.
"A community can't just dream up what they want to do and not have professionals assigned to do the work," Cole says.
In addition, he says financial and technical resources are important to creating a healthy body. Financial resources include government and nonprofit grant programs, loan programs and tax credits to assist with job creation, and while Cole says technical resources come in many forms, one example is government- and university-based expertise to assist communities in implementing their strategies.
[Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2016. It has been updated and refreshed for this year.]


Lugano is a small world-class city and an important conference and business center, as well as the third most important financial center in Switzerland.
Being situated on the northern side of Lake Lugano, it became the largest holiday resort in the Italian-speaking region of Ticino.
The interval between the border of Lugano and Italy is the glacial Lugano Lake, which is considered as one of the reasons that make Lugano very special compared to other places in the world.
On the shores of the lake in Gandria is located the Swiss Customs Museum, which is reachable only by a boat trip from the town on the Lake Lugano.
Travel to the south part of Switzerland, where the sunny Lugano is located, and get delighted by the blend of the Swiss and Italian cultures. It is considered to be a city of parks and flowers.
The city's surrounding Mountains of Monte San Salvatore and Monte Bre give its vacationers the impression of an amphitheater made of hills that offer a splendid viewpoint.
The sights from the top have their uniqueness that never should be missed. Both healthy hiking and an enjoyable stress-free cable car trip are options for reaching Monte San Salvatore Mountain. From here the extremely breathtaking view extends over the town, Lake Lugano and the famous Alpine peaks.
Lugano is home to special features that one must discover, particularly the historic center of the town. Take a stroll through the arcades with ancient buildings, which spread for many blocks on both sides of the streets.
During your walk, you will get the feeling of cosy and pleasant environment, especially in the uncovered walk areas. The pedestrian zone in the Old Town creates a lovely sociable atmosphere in Lugano. Here, the visitors are suggested an unforgettable walk through the streets with numerous buildings of Lombardy style, exclusive museums and exhibitions.
In this city of wonders, besides the mild Mediterranean climate, you will also find Mediterranean-style squares and arcades in the very center of it. The main square Piazza della Riforma offers a wide range of outdoor cafes and restaurants where the locals and tourists can relax.
Also, the city has parklands with camellias and magnolias, as well as numerous sub-tropical plants. This Mediterranean mix reflects in Lugano's culture, architecture and cuisine.
The city's central spot makes it one of the best destinations to unwind and enjoy a peaceful vacation. There is a variety of activities on the lake, such as fishing and boating all along with the plenty of the sightseeing attractions.
In brief words, here in Lugano you will experience the enjoyable sweet feeling of doing nothing but totally indulging into the peaceful atmosphere and admiring how humans and nature can be in perfect balance with each other.
- Parco Civico Ciani – The peaceful fascinating lakeside park with plenty of colourful flowers. It is listed among the beautiful gardens of Switzerland.
- The Madonna degli Angioli Church - The enchanting church with large fresco covers the whole wall of the nave.
- EGO Gallery – Presents the contemporary art of the young artists.
- Cathedral of Saint Lawrence – The Romanian Catholic church from the Middle Ages.


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Understanding Manu Smriti Part I: Women and Freedom
Ramanuja Devanathan October 27, 2020
पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने ।
रक्षन्ति स्थाविरे पुत्राः न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ।।
– Manu Smriti.9.3
Almost everybody knows this verse from Manu Smriti for its misinterpreted meaning. This verse, which is often explained as denying women independence, has been touted as the ultimate proof of misogyny in Hinduism.
Yet, a thorough reading of the verse will reveal how the true import of the verse has been twisted and misinterpreted.
Let us now try to understand the true import of the verse.
First, the context. Manu says this verse when enumerating the righteousness or duties of men and women in the 9th chapter. He categorically says "now I will speak about the Dharmas to be followed, when they (husband and wife) are united and when they are away from each other, due to travel, etc., of those men and women when following the path of Dharma" (M.S.9.1).
Thus, the duty of husband and wife, in other words, the duty of householders forms the context of the verse.
Let us now look at the translation of verse 9.3. It is often translated thus: "Father should protect in Kaumara-hood (before marriage), the husband should protect in youth, sons should protect in old-age and thus, the women do not deserve independence".
Here, the word रक्षति has been translated as "should protect", though it actually should have been translated as "protect" in the simple present tense. This has been done following the spirit of the verse as explained in the commentaries.
Medhatithi, one of the well-acclaimed commentator on Manusmriti, for example, explains रक्षतीति भवन्तिः लिङर्थे छान्दसत्वात् ततो रक्षेद् इति विधेयप्रत्ययः। This means that simple present "रक्षति" is to be treated as "potential mood' i.e. in the form of an order.
So, it is the imperative duty or obligation of the father, husband, and son that they should protect women in various periods of life. In other words, the verse is enunciating the duties of men, with respect to women.
The last sentence of this verse, which is often translated as "women do not deserve independence", is subjected to intense criticism in present times. But, this is a wrong translation and misinterprets the true import of the verse. Let us see how the commentators explain this portion.
Medhatithi explains the portion as "न स्त्री स्वतन्त्र्यम् अर्हति इति उच्यते । न अनेन सर्वक्रियाविषयम् अस्वातन्त्र्यम् विधीयते । किं तर्हि न अस्वतन्त्रा=अन्यमनस्कता स्वात्मसंरक्षणाय प्रभवति शक्तिविकलत्वात् स्वतः" Meaning "Here non-independence should not be taken as in all matters related to women, but as women are not able to protect themselves due to their nature of the physical structure, they are to be protected".
In another commentary, Sarvanarayana explains it as "पिता रक्षति कन्यादूषणादेः" i.e. father should protect her from the dishonor/defacement/molestation, etc. Raghavananda, yet another commentator on Manusmriti, explains the last portion as "स्वातन्त्र्यं रक्षितृरहितत्वम्"- "स्वातन्त्र्यम् means (women should not be left) without a protector".
Thus, the correct translation would be "no women should be left unprotected". That is, the verse is enjoining the duty of making sure that the women are unmolested and protected on the menfolk.
Hence, it is clear that the translation "women do not deserve independence" is not the true sense of the verse and it has been wrongly interpreted hitherto by those, who did not study and understood this verse rightly.
Further, Ms. Terry Brown in her book 'Essential Teachings of Hinduism', underscores the significance of women in Hinduism as "In Hinduism, a woman is looked after not because she is inferior or incapable, but on the contrary, because she is treasured. She is the pride and power of society.
Just as the crown jewels should not be left unguarded, neither should a woman be left unprotected. If there are costly jewels, we do not throw them here and there like brass vessels. Costly material is protected".
She explains and rightly interprets in her commentary on Manusmriti that "न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति" does not mean that woman should be a slave.
Instead, when she is a young girl, she requires the protection of the father. When she is married, she requires the protection of her husband.
When she ages further, the husband would be still older and she will also not be in a position to take care of herself, so the sons will take care of her. In other words, the responsibility of protecting women lies with the menfolk.
Moreover, Manu says earlier in the fifth chapter बाल्ये पितुर्वशे तिष्ठेत् पाणिग्राहस्य यौवने। पुत्राणां भर्तरि प्रेते न भजेत्स्त्री स्वतन्त्रताम्।॥ (M.S.5.148).
Here also he talks about the protection of the women and not leaving them unprotected. This is further supported by Narada Smriti, which says "पक्षद्वयावसाने तु राजा भर्ता स्त्रियां मतः", meaning, If nobody is there to protect women on both sides (her father and in-laws), it is the duty of the King to take care of women.
In Smriti Chandrika also it is said रक्षेत्कन्यां पिता विन्नां पतिः पुत्रास्तु वार्धके। अभावे ज्ञातयस्तेषां न स्वातन्त्र्यं क्वचित्स्त्रियाः॥ Here also it is explicitly said that the father should protect her when she is a "kanya"; then the husband; and during the old age, the sons should ensure her safety, if no sons are there, then the blood relations of her husband must provide her safety.
In Mahabharata also the same concept is explained by Ashtavakra when a woman requests him to marry her. Ashtavakra, a sage known for his penance and character, says पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने । पुत्रश्च स्थाविरे काले नास्ति स्त्रीणां स्वतन्त्रता ॥ (M.B.13-20-21 in Dana-Dharma-Parva), pointing out how he cannot marry her without permission from those who protect her, since, women are protected by father, husband, and children in their childhood, youth, and old age, respectively.
Here also "non-independence" has been used in the sense of "never unprotected". This is further clarified by the commentator Neelakantha, who while explaining verse 14 of the same chapter- "नास्ति स्वतन्त्रता स्त्रीणाम्"- says: "नास्ति इति। अप्रदत्तां त्वां न कामये", meaning "I will not wish you even in mind without being given (by your protectors)".
In Katyayana Smriti it is said, "सौदायिके सदा स्त्रीणां स्वातन्त्र्यं परिकीर्तितम्" (K.S.106). "Always women have independence in property". The emphasis on "सदा स्त्रीणां स्वातन्त्र्यम्" clearly shows that women have all the independence.
In another context in Mahabharata, Pandu says to Kunti: "नातिवर्तव्य इत्येवं धर्मं धर्मविदो विदुः। शेषेष्वन्येषु कालेषु स्वातन्त्र्यं स्त्री किलार्हति।। (M.B.1-122-26).
Here, Pandu asks Kunti to get children by using the power of Mantra she got as "upadesha" from Durvasa. Though, the context here is entirely different, the wrords: "Women do not violate to love her husband during 'ritukala' and in other times they are independent", shows that women had independence.
Therefore, it is clear that the much-touted verse of misogyny actually has nothing anti-women in it. Instead, it is enjoining upon men to make sure women are protected and not molested in any manner.
Disclaimer: The facts and opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. Indic Today does not assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, completeness, suitability, or validity of any information in this article.
This Series was first published on India Facts.
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Салезіяни або Салезіянське Згромадження святого Івана Боско (, ) — чоловічий чернечий Інститут Папського права Католицької Церкви, апостольського способу життя та служіння.

Салезіянське Згромадження засноване святим Іваном Боско в 1859 році в Турині, Італія, отримує своє схвалення Апостольською Столицею в 1864 році, а Статути (Конституції) Згромадження були затверджені Апостольським Престолом у 1874 році. Звичайна назва — Салезіяни Отця Боско. Члени Згромадження називаються Салезіянами. Абревіатура: СДБ (SDB) (Салезіяни Дона Боско).

Історія
Засновник згромадження св. Іван Боско, який вибрав покровителем для Згромадження св. Франциска Салезького (італ. San Francesco di Sales), через його доброту, лагідність та відданість спасінню душ.

Метою апостольського служіння Салезіян є виховно-душпастирська опіка над дітьми і молоддю, особливо найбільш потребуючою, її релігійне, духовне та професійне виховання, а також місіонерська діяльність. У різних країнах світу Салезіяни утримують школи та виховні заклади для молоді незалежно від їì походження. Св. Іван Боско бажав, щоб його сини наслідували Христа Доброго Пастиря, служачи молоді, особливо найбіднішій та занедбаній.

Сьогодні Салезіян у світі налічується 15 750 (станом на 2008 р.) і вони присутні в 128 країнах світу.

Українські Салезіяни

У Галичині Салезіяни діяли з 1890-их років.

Задум створення візантійсько-української гілки Салезіянського Згромадження народився в 1930 році, коли, за проханням Апостольського Нунція Польщі Преосв. Франческо Мармаджі, Святіший Отець та Генеральний Настоятель Салезіян о. Філіппо Рінальді погодилися на поширення Салезіян і на українські землі зі збереженням традиційного їм східного обряду католицької Церкви. 1 листопада 1932 року за дорученням та з підтримкою Митрополита Андрея Шептицького та зокрема Блаженного Йосафата Коциловського, тоді Єпископа Перемишльського, на салезіянську формацію (вишкіл) до Італії відбула перша група українських юнаків, а згодом — інші три: в 1937, 1938, 1939.

З огляду на політичну ситуацію в Україні після Другої світової війни, жоден український салезіянин не зміг до неї повернутися з-за кордону. Незважаючи на це, отці не зневірювалися — заснували Папську Малу семінарію в Римі для виховання українських хлопців з діаспори, таким чином могли підтримувати та розвивати у молоді з діаспори українське коріння, любов до України та до рідної Церкви.

Серед українських греко-католицьких салезіян особливої уваги заслуговує Владика Степан Чміль, який був першим українським салезіянином, першопрохідцем і основоположником української греко-католицької гілки Салезіян. Відзначався особливою добротою, любов'ю до свого Згромадження, був вірним сином своєї Церкви і свого народу, був відданим і добрим пастирем зокрема української молоді. За свою виховно-душпастирську ревність отримав від Патріарха Йосифа Сліпого титул Архімандрита. За часів свого місіонерського душпастирювання між українськими вірними в Аргентині в 1949 році зустрів в Салезіянській колегії малого тринадцятилітнього Хорхе Бергольйо, теперішнього Папу Франциска, який прислуговував йому під час Св. Літургії. Про це згадує і сам Папа Франциско. 2 квітня 1977 року, разом з Блаженнішим Любомиром Гузарем та Преосвящ. Владикою Іваном Хомою, був висвячений таємно на єпископа, щоб у випадку коли комуністичний режим знищив би всіх українських греко-католицьких єпископів, бути висланими таємно в Україну, щоб провадити вірних УГКЦ. Помер 22 січня 1978 році і похований у Соборі Св. Софії в Римі. Отець Стефан відзначався особливою добротою, ревністю та святістю життя, що спонукало у 2006 році почати збір фактів для проголошення його святим. Деякі з перших українських салезіян змогли повернутися на Батьківщину лише після 60-ти років перебування за кордоном, в 1991 році. Серед цих варто згадати Владику Андрія та о. Василь Сапеляк, о. Михайло Пришляк а також о. Василь Король, який прибув до України з Аргентини, та ін.

На початку 1990-их років Салезіяни відновили свою діяльність в Україні.

Видатні особи
 Август Глонд — архієпископ гнезненський і примас Польщі (1926—1948).

Посилання
 Салезіанці // Українська Релігієзнавча Енциклопедія

 Салезіяни святого Івана Боско

Салезіяни
Католицькі ордени
Чернечі ордени Греко-Католицької Церкви

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Should Big Ben address his teammates?
Posted by Anthony Stalter (06/24/2010 @ 1:10 pm)
While talking to the NFL Network's Rich Eisen during a televised interview on Wednesday, Steelers' receiver Hines Ward said that Ben Roethlisberger should address his teammates in wake of what has transpired this offseason.
"A lot of players really don't know the situation, other than what we hear in the news or the media," Ward explained. "I think when he addresses the whole team going into training camp, we can all put it behind us and move forward."
There was certainly nothing malicious in Ward's statement. He wasn't calling Big Ben out, nor was he suggesting that the Steelers haven't embraced him upon his return to the practice field. What he is saying is that it would be a good idea if the team's two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback addressed his teammates in order to put the situation behind him so they can move on as a team.
And I happen to agree.
Roethlisberger has ever right to keep his personal matters to himself and if he decides to do that, then he doesn't deserve to be criticized. I wouldn't want my dirty laundry to be aired out in front of a group of my peers, nor would anyone else. But Big Ben is already past that point.
Thanks to the media, his teammates already have a grasp on what happened and they've already drawn their own conclusions. But if he were to briefly stand up in front of the team and reaffirm his commitment to them, the Steelers and to winning, it might go a long way in putting the situation to rest. He doesn't have to share details or even apologize – he just needs to kill the very large elephant in the room so that big bastard doesn't sit there all season.
In general, people want to forgive and move on. I'm willing to bet that if Big Ben opens up to his teammates before training camp (or whenever) that he won't have to say another word about the situation the rest of the season because it'll be done. Again, he isn't obligated to say anything. But given the importance of his position, his role with the team and how close professional athletes generally are, it might be in Roethlisberger's best interest if he takes Ward's suggestion to heart.
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Tags: Ben Roethlisberger, Ben Roethlisberger Hines Ward, Ben Roethlisberger sexual assault, Big Ben sexual assault, Hines Ward, Pittsburgh Steelers
Cheated on your wife? Fine, just don't ruin my football team.
Ben Roethlisberger was accused not once, but twice of sexually assaulting two separate females, while Tiger Woods admitted to cheating on his wife with multiple women, including at least one porn star.
But neither of them hold a candle to Michael Vick in the category of most disliked athlete. The same goes for Al Davis apparently, seeing as how he was found to be the second most disliked sports personality among voters in a recent Forbes survey.
From FOX Sports:
For the second year in a row, Michael Vick topped a fan poll taken by Forbes as the most disliked national sports figure, myFOXphilly.com reported Sunday.
The Forbes survey sampled sports fans and filtered out lesser-known figures like disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis and sports agent Scott Boras, who weren't known by a lot of fans but really disliked by those who knew them.
In the end, Vick was still held in a lower opinion than Ben Roethlisberger, Tiger Woods and Oakland Raiders' owner Al Davis, with 69 percent of those polled disliking Vick.
Davis was a surprising second with 66 percent, given the amount of bad PR that Woods (53 percent) and Roethlisberger (57 percent) had in the past year.
Wait, Al Davis was second? So let me get this straight: you can commit adultery or be accused of sexual assault and still be more liked than if you ruined an NFL franchise. That's kind of disturbing. I know I'm drawing a rather incomplete conclusion based on this unscientific poll, but I wouldn't think that Al Davis would be ahead of Tiger and Big Ben on the most disliked scale.
I guess it goes to show you how much Americans love their football.
Posted in: General Sports, Golf, Humor, NFL
Tags: Al Davis, Ben Roethlisberger, Big Ben sexual assault, Michael Vick dog fighting, Most disliked athletes, Tiger Woods
Goodell to review Roethlisberger's "behavioral evaluation" within the week
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told the media at the owners meetings on Tuesday that he would review the behavioral evaluation he ordered as part of Ben Roethlisberger's six-game suspension within a week. If Goodell determines that Big Ben has made progress, then he may allow the quarterback to rejoin the Steelers for offseason workouts.
What I would like to know is what process Goodell is planning to take when determining whether or not Roethlisberger should have the privilege to return to his team. What is Goodell going to do, send Big Ben into a crowded bar filled with horny chicks to see if he'll behave himself? I'm not trying to sound insensitive in light of the previous allegations against Roethlisberger, but seriously – how is Goodell going to know whether or not the QB is worthy enough to return to football?
Furthermore, how is Goodell going to determine whether or not he should lighten Big Ben's suspension from six to four games? Anyone can behave themselves for a month if they want something bad enough. Who's to say that Roethlisberger has learned anything? Does Goodell have a couple of eagle scouts watching the quarterback's every move?
I guess Goodell will just have to go with his gut and trust that Roethlisberger has suffered enough embarrassment to have changed (or is in the process of changing). I don't doubt that the commissioner is taking this matter seriously, but I would love to find out what constitutes Big Ben learning his lesson and therefore, what it is that he did to earn a four-game suspension over a six-game penalty if that is indeed the outcome here.
Tags: Ben Roethlisberger, Ben Roethlisberger return, Ben Roethlisberger rumors, Ben Roethlisberger suspension, Big Ben rumors, Big Ben sexual assault, Big Ben suspension, Pittsburgh Steelers, Roger Goodell
Big Ben finishes behavioral evaluation, but will he change?
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has completed his behavioral evaluation ordered by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
The behavioral evaluations are just part of Roethlisberger's punishment after he was accused of sexual assault for the second time in less than a year. If he fulfills his requirements, Goodell may reduce the quarterback's suspension from six to four games and while Big Ben's camp is hopeful that he'll be able to participate in team activities soon, the Steelers have no timetable for his return.
Goodell is doing a thorough job in this situation, but who knows if Big Ben has learned anything – or will learn anything. He may be fulfilling his requirements in order to get back on the field, but that doesn't mean he has changed. Has he been humbled by this experience? Will he make smarter decisions in the future? Will he strive not to put himself in situations where it may lead to him getting into more trouble?
Roethlisberger is a young, single guy. To think he's going to spend the rest of his football career staying at home and nuzzling up to the fireplace while watching HGTV and sipping a glass of wine is unrealistic. But in order for him to avoid future punishment and embarrassment, he needs to improve his decision-making. Steeler fans can only hope that this process will lead to a wiser, more humbled Ben Roethlisberger.
Tags: Anthony Stalter, Ben Roethlisberger, Ben Roethlisberger behavior evaluation, Ben Roethlisberger latest news, Ben Roethlisberger return, Ben Roethlisberger rumors, Big Ben, Big Ben sexual assault, Pittsburgh Steelers, Roger Goodell
Police officer in Big Ben case resigns; is there a third victim?
Posted by Anthony Stalter (04/16/2010 @ 12:31 pm)
ESPN.com reports that the Georgia police offer who took the report the night Ben Roethlisberger was accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old female has decided to resign.
In the same article, ESPN notes that there could also be another victim (which would be the third) of sexual assault involving Big Ben.
Also revealed in the GBI reports released Thursday was the fact investigators wanted to talk with a woman about a separate incident reportedly involving Roethlisberger.
The documents show that after the alleged assault in Milledgeville, a 16-year-old in a youth law enforcement program told authorities he knew about incidents involving Roethlisberger and a friend's sister.
Authorities repeatedly sought to interview the woman, who is in her early 20s, but she declined. The teen had said he believed the two-time Super Bowl winner twice made unwanted sexual advances toward the woman.
I find it interesting that the police officer that took the first report has decided to resign. Per the article, the officer made derogatory comments about the accuser to other officers the night of the incident and was also photographed a little over a week after the incident with Roethlisberger, who was smiling in the photo. Did the officer resign out of guilt for doing something wrong or was he embarrassed about the photo?
From the very first report until now, I've tried hard not to make accusations about what happened the night Big Ben was accused of sexual assault (uh, the second time he was accused of sexual assault). But this entire situation smells like a rotting corpse. Here's a guy in Roethlisberger that has already been accused once of sexual assault and while wasn't charged, he somehow managed to put himself right back into a similar situation less than a year later.
How this sewer rat thought that inviting under aged females to a private VIP party in a college bar and getting them all drunk was a smart idea is beyond me. I don't mean to speculate, but I think he's incredibly lucky that he has surrounded himself with people that will cover for him. That said, I truly believe that this is one dumb individual, one that will likely put himself in a similar situation down the road. And once he does, let's hope no one gets hurt and authorities can finally nail him on something. I realize he's never been charged, but that doesn't mean he's innocent.
Tags: Ben Roethlisberger, Ben Roethlisberger Steelers, Big Ben, Big Ben police officer resigns, Big Ben sex scandal, Big Ben sexual assault, Big Ben sexual assault details, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Deleted scene about Pete Evans leaks | Alds
Channel 10 chose not to air a scene on I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here showing Colin Fassnidge discussing controversial personality Pete Evans.
The former My Kitchen Rules host was set to appear on this season of the show but was dumped by Channel 10 after sharing a cartoon on social media that included the Black Sun symbol from Nazi Germany.
Evans' spot in the show was filled by Fassnidge who received a last-minute call-up.
In the deleted scene, which was leaked to news.com.au, Fassnidge spoke about Evans to Grant Denyer and Abbie Chatfield.
"I speak to him every now and then, (but) not since he got in trouble," Fassnidge said. "I don't agree with what he says but I worked with the guy for nine years."
RELATED: Pete Evans has podcast channel removed from Spotify
One of the camp mates asked if Evans, who often promotes conspiracy theories on social media, was always "alternative".
"Yeah, but not as out there," Fassnidge replied. "He's off the leash now."
Fassnidge added that while filming My Kitchen Rules, Evans would often discuss Donald Trump off-camera.
"He was always pro-Trump. Me and Manu (Feildel) would be like, 'What?' And then you're just like, don't get into an argument. It's not worth it because he can go for hours."
At one stage Fassnidge suggested it was unfair how much attention from the media Evans receives, but he was quickly shut down by Denyer.
"It's not nice to get that much media," Fassnidge said. "Non-stop every day."
"He courts it," Denyer said.
Fassnidge continued: "For your kids as well, they're the collateral damage."
Again, Denyer replied: "But he does court it."
Speaking to the camera later on, Fassnidge seemingly referenced Evans' controversial cartoon, saying: "There's jokes and there's jokes and there's clever and there's clever, you've overstepped the boundary on that one. There's some things you just don't do.
"He's gotten in a lot of trouble lately for his views," he continued. "I do not agree with any of the views. (But) the media is absolutely hounding him, whether that's his own making, well, you know."
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Q: Does anyone know the original JSON.stringify() function in JavaScript? I need it because I recently made an app that saves an object containing all the user-generated data to localStorage, and encodes/decodes it with JSON.
The bizarre thing is that for some reason, Internet Explorer has poor, if not zero, support for JSON ("JSON is not defined"), and I'm not up to trying to re-create the entire function.
stringify:function(x){
    y='{'
    for(i in x){
        reg=RegExp('\'','g')
        y+=',\''+i.replace(reg,'\\\'')+'\':\''+x[i].replace(reg,'\\\'')+'\''
    }
    y=y.replace(',','')
    y+='}'
    return y
}

This was my first attempt, but I had forgotten that the object has other objects inside it, which themselves contain objects, and kept getting an error which basically stemmed from trying to call the method String.prototype.replace() of an Object.
Since I was kinda OCD with my code at the time, I actually do have the structure of the object saved in the source code:
/*
Link Engine.data: Object: {
    X: Object: {    [Each is a Paradigm, contains links]
        link.0:{
            link:[link],
            title:[title],
            removed:[true/false],
            starred:[true/false]
        },
        ...
    },
    LSPAR: [Reserved] Object: { [Paradigm list and pointer contained here]
        key:[key], (this controls X)
        list:{
            [listitem]:[listitem],
            ...
        }
    },
    #CONFIG: [Reserved] Object: { [contains miscellaneous Config data]
        property:boolean/number/string,
        ...
    }
*/

That's the basic data structure, ... represents a repeating pattern.

Edit 2019
This whole question is an abomination, but I want to at least attempt to fix the bothersome documentation I wrote for my poorly-designed data structure so that it's more coherent:
Link {
    string  link
    string  title
    boolean removed
    boolean starred
}

Config {
    ...

    /* Just has a bunch of arbitrary fields; not important */
}

WArray {
    string... [paradigm-name]

    /* Wasteful Array; an object of the form
     * { "a":"a", "b":"b", ... }
     */
}

Paradigm { /* analogous to above "X: Object: {..." nonsense */
    Link... [paradigm-name].[id]

    /* each key is of the form [paradigm-name].[id] and stores a Link
     * e.g. the first link in the "Example" paradigm would
     * be identified by the key "Example.0"
     */
}

ParadigmList {
    string key  /* name of selected paradigm */
    WArray list /* list of paradigm names */
}

LinkEngineData {
    Paradigm...   [paradigm-name]
    ParadigmList  LSPAR
    Config        #CONFIG /* actual field name */
}

Hopefully now you can sort of parse what's going on. This syntax:
type... format

is meant to convey that objects of type type appear many times, like an array, except it isn't an array. As such, the fields don't have a name that is set-in-stone, hence
format: [descriptor1]text[descriptor2]text...

a format is used in place of an actual field name. This is what happens when you try to create a data structure without knowing what a data structure is. I did use the words "data" and "structure" adjacently in the original question, but it was pure coincidence. I didn't mean it like "this is the data structure I used"; I meant it like "this is the structure of my data".
Anyways, here's how I would design it today:
Link {
    string  url
    string  title
    boolean starred
}

LinkGroup {
    string name
    Link[] links
}

Config {
    ... /* has whatever it needs to have */
}

Data {
    int         selGroup
    LinkGroup[] groups
    Config      config
}

That is all.

If someone has the sourcecode of the actual JSON.stringify function, or knows a way to replicate it, then please put your answer.

EDIT (2013, probably)
I ended up dropping IE support and completely redesigning the app from the ground up; the new version is hosted here. And it works with IE9 out of the box!

A: I think this is the best replacement: http://bestiejs.github.com/json3/
It claims to be better than Crockford's JSON 2 for the following reasons (from their site):
JSON 3...

*

*Correctly serializes primitive wrapper objects (Issue #28).

*Throws a TypeError when serializing cyclic structures (JSON 2 recurses until the call stack overflows).

*Utilizes feature tests to detect broken or incomplete native JSON implementations (JSON 2 only checks for the presence of the native functions). The tests are only executed once at runtime, so there is no additional performance cost when parsing or serializing values.

In contrast to JSON 2, JSON 3 does not...

*

*Add toJSON() methods to the Boolean, Number, and String prototypes. These are not part of any standard, and are made redundant by the design of the stringify() implementation.

*Add toJSON() or toISOString() methods to Date.prototype. See the note about date serialization below.

A: Try https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js

A: I think you should use the json2.js library:
https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js


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"Everybody" knows that you feel better when you are not sedentary, right?
Yeah, well, somehow nobody actually studied "subjective" metrics of well being until know.
The good news here is that science agrees with "everybody".


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Police launch new non-emergency number
A new non-emergency telephone number has been switched on in Cheshire. The introduction of 101 is part of a national programme to make it easier for the public to contact the police in a non-emergency.
A new non-emergency telephone number has been switched on in Cheshire.
The introduction of 101 is part of a national programme to make it easier for the public to contact the police in a non-emergency.
It replaces the force's current non-emergency number 0845 458 0000.
However, calls to 101 will be chargeable at a flat rate of 15p per call from either landline or a mobile.
Asst Chf Con Janette McCormick, said: "The introduction of 101 provides a simple, memorable number for the public to use.
"We believe the introduction of 101 will divert some calls away from the emergency 999 system.
"We know that 69 per cent of calls last year that came in via the 999 system did not require a grade one response which requires attendance at the location within 15 minutes of receiving the call.
"When a member of the public of the public dials 101 in Cheshire they will hear a recorded message which will welcome them to 101.
"They will then hear a message that informs them they are being connected to Cheshire Police. Next they will be offered the alternative of being connected to one of our neighbouring forces, Greater Manchester Police, Merseyside, Staffordshire or North Wales.
"If they do not require any of these forces, the message offers the option to press hash and to be connected to an operator who can put you through to which ever force you need."
Police say calls to the new number will not change the way they respond to non-emergency calls and they will continue to be managed by officers and staff who work in the call handling centre for Cheshire Police.
But the public are reminded to always call 999 in an emergency, where there is a threat to life or a crime in progress.
The 101 number will be fully introduced across England and Wales by December.


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Pic taken from Shower. Private Studio Bathroom with Shower.
Tiled area leading to the Left door is the Studio. Inside security door is the dinning room.


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'Empty Bowls' event benefits WNC food bank
Updated: 9:18 AM EDT Sep 17, 2013
The Empty Bowls Project has become a way for organizations around the country to raise awareness and funds to help combat hunger.
"The Empty Bowls Project", the brainchild of two art teachers in Michigan over 20 years ago, once again brought hundreds together for a good cause in Western North Carolina Monday.Click HERE for pictures from the event. The creators of Empty Bowls, Lisa Blackburn and John Hartom, now live in Asheville and helped put together the 12th annual Empty Bowls luncheon to benefit Manna FoodBank.The Empty Bowls Project has become a way for organizations around the country to raise awareness and funds to help combat hunger.This year's event was held at the Doubletree Biltmore Hilton Hotel.Guests made a donation and got a simple meal of soup, bread, and a dessert which were all been donated by local businesses.Attendees also got their choice of a handcrafted bowl made by a local potter.Most of the clay for the bowls was donated by Highwater Clays.Lori Theriault, of The Village Potters in the River Arts District, estimates that 200 bowls came from her gallery, both from working artists and interested locals who simply came by and made a bowl. The potters with Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts made around 1,000 bowls for Monday's event.Odyssey resident artist Genevieve VanZandt says it was a true team effort and remarked, while volunteering at the event, what a joy it was to watch people at the luncheon carefully choose a bowl to take home.That keepsake creation is to serve as a reminder, long after an Empty Bowls event, of how many people in the world, and in our own communities, go without a good meal way too often.For many who attended the luncheon, it is their strong support of Manna FoodBank, which distributes food and groceries to more than 200 nonprofit partner agencies in 16 counties of North Carolina, and their fondness of collecting the bowls that has inspired a little friendly competition.Robin Payne, Hannah Patenotte and Cari Zalkin now "compete" with one another to be the first in line at the luncheon every year.Robin, who has attended all 12 years of Asheville's Empty Bowls luncheon, was the winner this year. Robin says she has also attended Empty Bowls events in other cities, including Spartanburg, and says it's a fun tradition now for her, her mom and her sister.Last year's event raised $40,000 for Manna FoodBank, and with a sold out luncheon Monday and dinner Monday night at the Biltmore Park Hilton, hopes are high that at least that much will be raised for this year. As Manna's second biggest event of the year, after the Blue Jean Ball, Empty Bowls is a favorite among many in WNC. It helped bring in more than $40,000 last year."This Empty Bowls event is fun, it's inspiring, and it's at a price which allows many to attend and therefore help. It also celebrates the talent of our local artisans and that is something we value at Manna as well," says Becky Upham, director of communications for Manna FoodBank. Monday's Empty Bowls luncheon was the first year for Jason and Carolyn Roy to participate as owners of Biscuit Head, a new restaurant in West Asheville. While serving soup, topped with a biscuit of course, Jason says, "We love Manna FoodBank and what they do for our community. Monday is our day 'off' from the restaurant, but if Manna calls, we will always do our best to help out!"Click HERE for information about Empty Bowls events around the country.Click HERE for more about an event in Greenville on Sept. 19.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. —
"The Empty Bowls Project", the brainchild of two art teachers in Michigan over 20 years ago, once again brought hundreds together for a good cause in Western North Carolina Monday.
Click HERE for pictures from the event.
The creators of Empty Bowls, Lisa Blackburn and John Hartom, now live in Asheville and helped put together the 12th annual Empty Bowls luncheon to benefit Manna FoodBank.
This year's event was held at the Doubletree Biltmore Hilton Hotel.
Guests made a donation and got a simple meal of soup, bread, and a dessert which were all been donated by local businesses.
Attendees also got their choice of a handcrafted bowl made by a local potter.
Most of the clay for the bowls was donated by Highwater Clays.
Lori Theriault, of The Village Potters in the River Arts District, estimates that 200 bowls came from her gallery, both from working artists and interested locals who simply came by and made a bowl.
The potters with Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts made around 1,000 bowls for Monday's event.
Odyssey resident artist Genevieve VanZandt says it was a true team effort and remarked, while volunteering at the event, what a joy it was to watch people at the luncheon carefully choose a bowl to take home.
That keepsake creation is to serve as a reminder, long after an Empty Bowls event, of how many people in the world, and in our own communities, go without a good meal way too often.
For many who attended the luncheon, it is their strong support of Manna FoodBank, which distributes food and groceries to more than 200 nonprofit partner agencies in 16 counties of North Carolina, and their fondness of collecting the bowls that has inspired a little friendly competition.
Robin Payne, Hannah Patenotte and Cari Zalkin now "compete" with one another to be the first in line at the luncheon every year.
Robin, who has attended all 12 years of Asheville's Empty Bowls luncheon, was the winner this year. Robin says she has also attended Empty Bowls events in other cities, including Spartanburg, and says it's a fun tradition now for her, her mom and her sister.
Last year's event raised $40,000 for Manna FoodBank, and with a sold out luncheon Monday and dinner Monday night at the Biltmore Park Hilton, hopes are high that at least that much will be raised for this year.
As Manna's second biggest event of the year, after the Blue Jean Ball, Empty Bowls is a favorite among many in WNC. It helped bring in more than $40,000 last year.
"This Empty Bowls event is fun, it's inspiring, and it's at a price which allows many to attend and therefore help. It also celebrates the talent of our local artisans and that is something we value at Manna as well," says Becky Upham, director of communications for Manna FoodBank.
Monday's Empty Bowls luncheon was the first year for Jason and Carolyn Roy to participate as owners of Biscuit Head, a new restaurant in West Asheville.
While serving soup, topped with a biscuit of course, Jason says, "We love Manna FoodBank and what they do for our community. Monday is our day 'off' from the restaurant, but if Manna calls, we will always do our best to help out!"
Click HERE for information about Empty Bowls events around the country.
Click HERE for more about an event in Greenville on Sept. 19.


#ad#Point one: They're not "children." The students at Virginia Tech were grown women and — if you'll forgive the expression — men. They would be regarded as adults by any other society in the history of our planet. Granted, we live in a selectively infantilized culture where twentysomethings are "children" if they're serving in the Third Infantry Division in Ramadi but grown-ups making rational choices if they drop to the broadloom in President Clinton's Oval Office. Nonetheless, it's deeply damaging to portray fit fully formed adults as children who need to be protected. We should be raising them to understand that there will be moments in life when you need to protect yourself — and, in a "horrible" world, there may come moments when you have to choose between protecting yourself or others. It is a poor reflection on us that, in those first critical seconds where one has to make a decision, only an elderly Holocaust survivor, Professor Librescu, understood instinctively the obligation to act.
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Are you running contests and promotion on your Facebook Page? If so, you've probably noticed that Facebook has recently made a major change to its promotion guidelines.
Before August 27, the only authorized way to run contests and sweepstakes on your Facebook Page was to use third party applications. This requirement has been removed and you can now run a promotion directly on your page.
If running a contest or sweepstakes on your timeline may sound like a good idea, there are several factors to consider before going that path.
In other words, you can ask users to post photos on the page (or in comments to a post) and select the ones that has the most likes; ask users to message the page or post on the page or comment/like on a post and randomly pick a winner; or you can ask user to answer a question and pick the first right answer.
Ask users to tag themselves in a photo they are not pictured in, ask user to share a post or ask users to post something on their timelines or their friends' timeline.
This promotion would still not be considered by Facebook as an authorized one as it asks the users to like AND share to enter. It also lacks a reference to official rules.
#2 Facebook has loosened its rules, but there are still rules!
If the latest version of Facebook terms are much more flexible, they still require you to follow certain rules. Don't be fooled by the apparent simplicity of this new option, Facebook still wants you to follow the rules.
In plain English, that means that you still need to comply with your local regulations. For example, in France, your contest rules must be registered with a notary public, in Italy, your contest entries must be collected on a server located in Italy and in Brazil, you can only run sweepstakes in very limited cases. These laws still apply and not respecting them can cause you a lot of trouble.
This kind of promotion could not be run directly on your Timeline. As you'll have no way to verify that the participants are over 21, your promotion would be illegal in most States or countries.
Also, you will still need to draft rules for your contest or sweepstakes and let your participants know about them. Your rules will state what prizes you are giving away, how winners will be elected, how they will be contacted, who can enter, etc. And you need to link to them somewhere in the post so you can prove that participants had a chance to read them.
Don't forget to add a link to your rules within your post, for example, you could host them as a pdf in your public dropbox folder, or as a tab on your page.
That means that you need to add the sentence in point b) within your post (which very few people do) and further state that participants, by entering the sweepstakes or contest, fully release Facebook from any liability.
Your post announcing the contest or sweepstakes must still contain the legalese associated with most promotions on Facebook, no change on that side. This may make your post look a little like a long disclaimer rather than a fun promotion.
Since businesses started to offer attractive prizes through sweepstakes and contests, some participants have tried to trick the system. Whether by creating fake Facebook profiles to enter multiple times or to participate in vote exchange schemes to increase their ranking. Making sure your contest attracts genuine participants should be a concern.
If you run a sweepstakes on your page, it will be very hard to verify if your winners are legit. If you run a vote contest (like the "comments or photo with the most likes" type of contest), it will be very hard to know if the users with the most likes did not employ tricks to get more votes from a "vote exchange" scheme or votes from fake Facebook accounts. And if you are using a quiz type contest, as users can edit their comments, it will be impossible to know if a "right" answer in the comments was correct when it was first entered or if the user edited the answer after seeing other participants' answers.
If you want to avoid cheating on your timeline contest, you will have to pay a lot of attention to your participants' profiles and keep track of their answers from day 1.
Unfortunately, cheating is a very common practice across all types of promotions. And as in this example from Cadburry's, it is often spotted early on by the legitimate participants. And when it is, the key is to address it quickly and appropriately.
The smaller the audience, the easier it will be to manage a timeline promotion. But the opposite is true too, the larger the audience, the more complicated and time consuming it will be.
This does not mean that having a large audience will always make a timeline promotion a bad idea. If it can be a good option most of the time for small pages, this will not be true for bigger pages. A big audience will amplify the issues that a Timeline contest may raise (like cheating, drafting bulletproof rules and picking winners). So the bigger it is, the more cautious you should be. If you have 1,000 fans and 100 participants, unclear rules (or no rules at all) and ending up picking a winner who is not a legitimate participant will probably go uncovered and not generate any serious concerns.
As Facebook pages have not been built to run competitions among the fans, there is no tool to help you select the winners. Whether you want to randomly pick a winner among participants or scroll through comments to identify the first "right" answer or the suggestion you like the most, you'll probably have to invest some time into it.
If you have a small audience, that shouldn't be too big of an issue. But if you have a larger audience, or have used advertising to promote your post extensively and have gathered a significant number of entries, you may still need some kind of application to help you pick a winner without spending too much time scrolling through hundreds or thousands of entries.
If you are running a sweepstakes among participants who have liked a post on the page and had several hundreds of likes, picking a winner without a tool will be complicated. Likes on a post are only displayed 50 at a time and you may have to scroll for a long time!
So we've gone through the impact of the size of your audience to help you choose if you want to go with a Timeline Competition. But the value of your prizes is probably more important. You probably already know that picking the right prize is one of the keys to attract genuine participants. But when running a contest on your timeline, the value of your prizes is also a key element to take into consideration.
Whether your page is big or small, the more valuable your prizes are, the more problems you may run into. As with the size of the page, the value of the prizes will amplify the potential troubles you may encounter. For example, if you are offering a $1,500 vacation to the Caribbean, your participants will watch very closely at how you'll be picking the winner, and they will definitely scrutinize that winner to make sure it was a "fair" selection. If the way you made your decision is not clear (or fair as far as the other participants are concerned), you will probably face a virtual "riot" on your page.
On the other hand, if you are giving away two movie tickets valued at $10 each (or even a bunch of them), your participants won't care much about how the winners are selected and if they deserve to win. Nor will they be motivated to sue you in court if your rules are not bulletproof!
These are two extreme examples, but the point is, a timeline contest can be a great choice to offer prizes with low value, even to a big audience. However, if your prizes are of high value, think twice before taking that path.
#7 Do you need to gain more fans or collect email addresses?
This is the biggest downside of Timeline promotions: they can't help you grow your fan base or collect any information about your participants.
Concerning the recruitment of new fans, it is not that Facebook prohibits asking your participants to like your page to enter, you can still do that and many do. However, as you can't technically require them to like your page in order to enter, chances are that very few non fans will go ahead and like your page on their own if they are not forced to do so.
Concerning the collection of data, including emails, the only way to collect them remains the use of some kind of third party application. As many page owners are using contest and promotions to also increase their mailing list, this will be a big no-go for them.
On the other hand, if you are not looking to grow your fan base and just want to entertain your existing, and you don't value collecting their emails that much, you can definitely consider this option.
Your turn! Have you considered running a promotion on your timeline yet? What will influence your choice to go directly on the timeline as opposed to using an application?


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Fire destroys part of Paul Newman's camp for ill children
Feb. 12, 2021 at 6:34 pm Updated Feb. 13, 2021 at 2:38 pm
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A fire on Friday evening destroyed a large section of Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children in Connecticut.
Jimmy Canton, the chief executive of the camp in Ashford, said it appears no one was injured in the blaze, which was reported to fire officials through an automatic fire alarm just before 5 p.m. He said buildings housing the camp's store and arts and crafts, woodshop and cooking programs were destroyed.
"Although the cause of the fire is unknown at this time, what is known is that The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is a community devoted to hope and healing," Canton said in a statement. "We will get through this in the way that we always have and always will — as a family."
Tom Borgman, the deputy chief of the Ashford Volunteer Fire Department, said the fire destroyed two buildings, including a large structure that was made to look like the center of an old western town. Different sections of the wood-frame building were constructed to look like separate buildings, housing different programs, he said.
He said at least six other local departments assisted in putting out the fire.
"There was a heavy, heavy fire," he said. "That section of the structure was burning pretty hard and it was close to the dining hall. It was very hard work that saved that."
Borgman said it took about 90 minutes to bring the fire under control and firefighters were also able to save the camp's infirmary.
It was not immediately clear if anyone was working at the camp at the time of the fire and the origin and cause of the blaze were being investigated by federal, state and local authorities.
The camp, with extensive medical facilities on site, was founded by Newman in 1988 in the woods of eastern Connecticut, with a Western motif inspired by the late actor's movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."
It provides summer camping experiences adapted for children with serious physical and medical limitations, although its traditional summer camp was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The charity also runs outreach programs for children in more than 40 hospitals, clinics and other settings in the Northeast, serving more than 20,000 children each year.
The camp is funded in part through proceeds from the sale of "Newman's Own" brand products.
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US Federal Court orders Mirai developer to shell out £6.7 million in damages
News by Bradley Barth
In the US a federal court last Friday ordered one of the co-developers of the Mirai IoT botnet to pay US$ 8.6 million (£6.7 million) in restitution and serve six months of home incarceration as punishment for using the malware to launch DDoS attacks.
In the US a federal court last Friday ordered one of the co-developers of the Mirai IoT botnet to pay US$ 8.6 million (£6.7 million) in restitution and serve six months of home incarceration as punishment for using the malware to launch DDoS attacks against Rutgers University, where he was studying at the time.
Paras Jha, 22, of Fanwood, N.J., who pleaded guilty in his home state last December, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release and 2,500 hours of community service.
Jha and his co-conspirators Josiah White, 21, and Dalton Norman, 22, had separately pleaded guilty to Computer Fraud & Abuse Act violations in a federal courtroom in Alaska. Last September, the trio was sentenced in that case to five years of probation – a lenient punishment earned through extensive cooperation with FBI on other cyber-investigations.
White, Jha, and Norman created the botnet in the summer and fall of 2016, recruiting scores of compromised IoT devices – including wireless cameras, routers, and digital video recorders – and using them to flood targets with DDoS traffic. Jha later released Mirai's source code to evade identification as an author. This action led to others individuals developing numerous versions of the malware.
One such version is Satori, which infected more than 280,000 IP addresses in 12 hours upon its debut in late 2017. The defendant in that case, 20-year-old Washington State resident Kenneth Schuchman, was ordered last week to appear in a federal Alaskan court on 8 November after allegedly violating the terms of his pre-trial release.
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There are a number of sounds one will always hear at a hockey game: the slash of skates carving the ice, the snap of a perfectly executed tape-to-tape pass and thousands of people yelling "SHOOOOOOT!" at a moment's notice.
We know that the players on the ice -- in this instance, the Washington Capitals -- hear us imploring them to shoot instead of passing too much while on the power play, but we never knew what they thought of it/why they never listened to us. Until now.
Heard one of the fans yell why take so long to shoot. Finally going to answer that question everyone asks, "why don't we shoot right away?"
Plays that's need to be run. Hope that helps the curiosity.
Indeed it did, Karl. Unfortunately, "LOOK FOR LAAAAAAANES" does not seem to work well while being simultaneously yelled by tens of thousands of people, so "SHOOOOOOT" might be here to stay. Regardless, we appreciate the enlightenment.


The first thought was to throw the release shindig forof Whalebone Magazine presented by YETI underwater. Then the Whalebone crew realized that they'd failed to make the issue waterproof as planned. Thousands of hours of research and planning had been for nought, it seems. When the issue hit "the streets" and mailboxes the book was of the paper variety that would not do well in soggy conditions.
Public Service Announcement: Please do not come to the @whalebonemagazine party today at 6pm. This guy throws a ballistic party which now has record breaking RSVP's. I'll be washing the dishes if you want to brave the crowds and hear the freshest of the fresh 🎧🎼🔊. Oh this is Eddie and I with Sharks. Which gives you a clue to where the party is……. @seaturtledivecharters Thanks Chucky for the Shark hangs.
The next, most obvious spot was George's Lighthouse Cafe.
Does it come with water?


Artie Leigh was never the popular guy. He was teased mercilessly for being different. It wasn't until he made a YouTube channel that he found his place. Artie stumbled upon a channel by a girl named Kaylee St. James and subscribed. They became internet friends, and she made him a moderator for her channel. Kaylee was only interested in running her channel professionally, but Artie saw her as something more, something special. Artie was determined to win her heart and use his charm. Things were looking up for Artie. He had a place that he belonged and made friends in the online community. Artie had an opportunity to go to a meet and greet in London where he could finally meet Kaylee and her subscribers. But something unexpected happened on the trip that drove Artie a little over the edge. Will he be able to make Kaylee see his true feelings for her, or will she refuse him and kick him out of her life, forever?


Have you ever seen a plant seed look like it's thinking? Researchers have found two small groups of cells inside plant embryos that operate in a similar way to the human brain, and help decide when the plant should start sprouting.
We're not talking about actual grey matter here, but the layout is similar to a human brain, with hormones moving between the two sets of cells in the same way that they do when we're deciding whether or not to move.
The team from the University of Birmingham in the UK used a maths model to show that communication between the two cell groups – one promoting dormancy and one promoting germination – controls the plant's sensitivity to its environment.
When the germination cell group finally wins, the seed sprouts.
This decision-making centre was found in the root tip of the Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) seeds studied by the researchers.
Based on the initial modelling results, the team developed a mutated plant with stronger chemical links between the cells to show that the timing of germination did indeed depend on the signals passing to and from these groups.
It's almost as if the two tiny clumps of cells are having an ongoing debate about whether or not to start the sprouting process. By tweaking the hormone activity between the cell groups, the scientists were able to control the timing of the germination.
The separation between the cells allows the plant seed to respond to more external stimuli – it's like reading one critic's review of a film or reading four critics' reviews, according to the researchers.
What's more, the preliminary maths suggested more seeds would germinate in varying environments, like fluctuating temperatures, and this was indeed borne out in the lab.
Why that is, we're not exactly sure. It could be that a plant seed uses temperature change to work out when the seasons are changing or how deep it's buried in the soil, all useful information that can be used to decide when to jump into life.
When to sprout is the one big decision a plant seed needs to make, after all – get the timing wrong and the plant could get crowded out or killed off by the weather conditions.
You can add this latest research to a growing body of recent work uncovering more about the 'thinking' processes going on inside plants.
Last year we heard that plants really can respond to the way we touch them – with different sensations prompting many physiological and genetic changes, depending on the type of stimulation.
We also know that plants can learn from experience, not through neurons and human-like thought, but through chemical signals passing through the plant.
The researchers say their work is going to be useful in developing crops and plants in the future – we just need to know more about what they're thinking.
Seeds could be engineered to sprout together, perhaps, or to be more robust to climate change, though those developments are still some way down the line.
"Our work has important implications for understanding how crops and weeds grow," says Bassel.
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Summer is here, which means vacation time, along with long lines at customs for visitors arriving in the US or for US citizens returning home. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has streamlined much of the arrivals process with such enhancements as Automated Passport Control and known traveler programs.
With those improvements and some planning on your part, you can be out of the airport and off exploring—or back home after a fabulous international visit—much quicker.
If you are a US citizen, you can enroll in Global Entry, NEXUS or SENTRI to help shorten your entry time. You can find out more about those programs here. If you are not already in one of the programs, you're likely too late for this summer season, but the tips below can still help speed up your return home. If you haven't applied for the programs and are a US citizen who frequently travels, I recommend applying for Global Entry.
After paying a $100 fee, going through a background check and completing a short interview, I received my Global Entry that is valid for five years. The Global Entry cut my time clearing customs in places such as LAX and JFK by two to three hours during high travel times. In addition, it included my enrollment in the TSA Pre-Check program, which means I can usually go through TSA checkpoints without removing my shoes, jacket, liquids, or computer.
All US citizens must have a passport for international air travel. If you are a visitor to the US and are a citizen of a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) country, you must have an approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) and a valid passport before you can get on a plane bound for the US. You can check out all the requirements online at www.travel.state.gov.
There are some basic steps you can take before you leave home to help you create a summer vacation filled with amazing memories rather than customs nightmares.
If you are a US citizen, have all your travel documents ready for the countries you're visiting. In addition to your passport, some countries you visit may require visas or immunizations. You can check for specific countries and the requirements for each here.
If you are a citizen of a Visa Waiver Program country, be sure you have an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) before you board your flight for the US. For a complete list of Visa Waiver Program countries, click here. If you have previously traveled to the US, you might remember filling out a Form I-94 to enter the US. That form is now automated for air passengers. The Customs and Border Protection gathers the information from your electronic travel records. You can read more about the new I-94 process here.
If you arrive at an airport with Automated Passport Control kiosks, you will use those kiosks to declare everything you are bringing from abroad, including duty free items. Arrival at one of the airports now using the automated kiosks (Vancouver International Airport, Atlanta, Chicago O'Hare, Chicago Midway, Miami, JFK, Dallas Fort Worth, Montreal, Toronto, Fort Lauderdale, Charlotte, Houston, Seattle and Orlando) is much more streamlined. You will no longer need to complete the Customs Declaration form that is usually handed out while you are on board the aircraft. If you arrive at one of those airports, you will go straight to a kiosk in Passport Control, scan your passport, use the camera at the kiosk to take your photo, answer a few simple questions, enter your flight information and declare any items you are bringing into the US. When you've completed all the information using the touch screen, the kiosk prints a receipt that you take to the officer on your way out of Passport Control.
Don't attempt to bring prohibited or restricted items into the US. For example, there are limits on the amount of alcohol you can bring into the country and you are prohibited from bringing Cuban cigars, dog/cat fur, drug paraphernalia, elephant/whale/seal ivory, meats, fruits, dairy items, cheese or poultry. There is an extensive list of restricted and forbidden items online. Be sure to click here to check the list before you leave.
Air travel is stressful for some people. I love getting on an airplane and if I don't travel for a while, I miss it. There's something exciting for me about walking into an airport, listening to the call for flights over the speakers, watching people as they rush from gate to gate and stepping onto a plane, anticipating winging through the air. I don't even mind a little turbulence and I have to admit I sort of enjoy the smell of jet fuel. But I realize my love of airports and flying isn't something everyone shares. If you prepare yourself before you head to the airport, you can minimize your stress and maximize your great vacation experience.
Remember your liquids and gels that go with you through security must be in a 1-quart bag. You are allowed a single bag and liquids must be in bottles less than 3.4 ounces. No water bottles with water in them. No snow globes. No soda bottles, even if they're not open. You have to include shampoos, liquid deodorant, perfume, mouthwash, hair gel, liquid makeup, toothpaste, shaving cream. Anything liquid or gel. You do not have to put things like face powder or tubes of lipsticks in the bag. For more information on the 3-1-1 rule of liquids, check out the TSA website here. If you want to take full size bottles of liquids, including wine or alcohol, you can pack them in your checked bag.
Get to the airport early enough to clear security and/or customs. For an international flight, you should be at the airport two to three hours before your flight. Most airlines offer suggested times for your airport. There are some places where you will go through US Customs and Border Protection before you get on the plane. Currently, those cities are Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver and Dublin. If you are clearing customs before your flight at one of these locations, I suggest you arrive at the airport at least three hours before your scheduled departure time.
Plan connections that give you plenty of time to clear customs when you arrive in the US. When you arrive at your first stop in the US (whether you are coming in for a visit or returning home after your international vacation) you will deplane, go through Passport Control, pick up your luggage, go through customs, then recheck your luggage and go back through security. Understanding this process is important for a couple of reasons.
Never book your connection (for example, if you arrive in the US at JFK and have a connecting flight to Phoenix), sooner than two or three hours after your scheduled arrival. In peak times, I have had instances where I waited in customs for more than two hours, so I normally give myself at least three hours.
Remember you will need to go back through security after you clear customs if you have a connecting flight. All of your liquids must again be in 3.4 ounce or smaller containers and fit into that 1-quart bag. This becomes especially important if you purchase bottles of liquor or large bottles of perfume in the duty free shop before you leave for the US. I can't tell you how many times I've returned from trips abroad where people buy large bottles of liquor (for example, tequila in Mexico). People purchase these items after clearing security at the international airport, so they're able to carry those bottles on the plane in duty free bags. However, when you arrive at the first stop in the US, you will be required to pack those big bottles in your checked bags. Even though you purchased it in a duty free shop, you will not be allowed to take those bottles through security when you get home. I always cringe watching people giving up those $75 bottles of tequila because their checked bags are too full. Change effective early 2014: You are now allowed to take liquid items such as liquor or wine back through domestic security in the US if you purchased them in an international duty free shop and KEEP THEM SEALED IN THE DUTY FREE BAGS IN WHICH YOU RECEIVED THEM. As long as you do not tamper with the packaging, you can take those bottles of tequila, large bottle of perfume and the like through security to your connecting flight without needing to put them in your checked baggage. If, however, you opened the bag while on your flight, they will need to be packed in your checked baggage. UPDATE: IN MAY 2016, I WITNESSED A PASSENGER AT JFK WITH A SEALED PACKAGE TRYING TO GET BACK THROUGH SECURITY WITH THE ITEM AND TSA WOULD NOT LET THEM THROUGH EVEN WITH THE SUPPOSEDLY APPROVED SEALED DUTY FREE BAG. MY RECOMMENDATION: DON'T BUY LIQUOR OR PERFUME IN DUTY FREE SHOPS UNLESS YOU PLAN TO PUT IT IN YOUR CHECKED BAGS WHEN YOU FIRST LAND IN THE US.
Book your tickets through a single airline and their partners to help make your trip easier. For example, if you're flying from Dallas to London, you can fly American Airlines from Dallas to Tampa, Florida and then British Airways to London. Because American and British Airways are partners, you can check your luggage at Dallas and pick it up when you arrive in London. Note, however, that on your return flight, you will have to collect your bags in Tampa, clear customs, then recheck your bag for the last leg home to Dallas. That is the case even if you fly the same airline both on the domestic portion and international portion of your flight.
Be flexible. Keep in mind that when you travel internationally, things can go wrong with the schedule. Allow plenty of time between flights and try to be patient. It's a complex process to keep all those flights in perfect sync. Most of all, keep in mind that the airline wants you on that flight and wants that flight to get off the ground on time. It always amazes me when people complain that some airline chose to cancel a flight because it wasn't full or there was some plot to make people late. Trust me; the airline wants that plane in the air more than you do. It costs the airline a lot of money for every flight that cancels because of maintenance issues or bad weather. Do keep in mind that sometimes you will be delayed for weather, even if it's clear and sunny where you are. The airline wants the plane in the air, but if there's heavy fog in San Francisco and your plane in Cincinnati is delayed, it's possible that your pilot is stuck in San Francisco or your entire plane is still out west. It's also possible that the sun is shining in San Francisco and Cincinnati, but there are severe storms on the route that prevent safe travel. Remember it is a complicated and interconnected system. When one piece becomes skewed, the entire system gets wonky. Be patient. Do you really want to be on that plane in the middle of a massive snow storm or lightning strike?
Check baggage weight limits, especially if you will be connecting to a local flight overseas. I've frequently traveled on planes in other countries that will simply not let you carry on a bag that weighs more than about 15 pounds. For example, if you are flying Air New Zealand, you are limited to one piece of cabin baggage weighing no more than 15 pounds (7 kg), which is strictly enforced. You may also have one small personal item, such as a handbag, a bag of duty free items you picked up, or a slimline laptop bag. If you have a large laptop bag or duffel bag, that is not considered a personal item.
Traveling is an amazing experience. The world is filled with unique sights and sounds and once you've experienced the world beyond your own borders, you realize how small our world is and how rewarding it is to open your mind and your heart to others.
Enjoy your vacation, relax and embrace the miracle of international travel. After all, you're flying through the air at 35,000 feet in a huge machine. Imagine explaining to one of your ancestors how you were able to hop on a plane, go flying through the air to end up in London in just a few hours. To those ancestors who spent weeks on a boat traveling between the US and the rest of the world, they would never understand why you are unhappy about an extra hour to wait for the weather to clear. Embrace the miracle of travel in our world today and happy trails.


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/**
 * Redux Framework is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 * any later version.
 *
 * Redux Framework is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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 *
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 * along with Redux Framework. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * @package     ReduxFramework
 * @author      Dovy Paukstys (dovy)
 * @version     3.0.0
 */

// Exit if accessed directly
if( !defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

// Don't duplicate me!
if( !class_exists( 'ReduxFramework_extension_edd' ) ) {

    /**
     * Main ReduxFramework customizer extension class
     *
     * @since       1.0.0
     */
    class ReduxFramework_extension_edd extends ReduxFramework {

      // Protected vars
      protected $parent;
      public $extension_url;
      public $extension_dir;
      public static $theInstance;

      /**
       * Class Constructor. Defines the args for the extions class
       *
       * @since       1.0.0
       * @access      public
       * @param       array $sections Panel sections.
       * @param       array $args Class constructor arguments.
       * @param       array $extra_tabs Extra panel tabs.
       * @return      void
       */
      public function __construct( $parent ) {
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          $this->extension_dir = trailingslashit( str_replace( '\\', '/', dirname( __FILE__ ) ) );
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        }

        self::$theInstance = $this;

        //add_filter( 'redux/'.$this->parent->args['opt_name'].'/field/class/edd_license', array( &$this, 'overload_edd_license_field_path' ) ); // Adds the local field
        add_filter( 'redux/'.$this->parent->args['opt_name'].'/field/class/kad_slides', array( &$this, 'overload_kad_slides_field_path' ) ); // Adds the local field
        add_filter( 'redux/'.$this->parent->args['opt_name'].'/field/class/kad_icons', array( &$this, 'overload_kad_icons_field_path' ) ); // Adds the local field
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        //add_action( 'wp_ajax_redux_edd_'.$parent->args['opt_name'].'_license', array( &$this, 'license_call' ) );

      }

      public function getInstance() {
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      }

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      public function overload_kad_slides_field_path($field) {
        return dirname(__FILE__).'/kad_slides/field_kad_slides.php';
      }
      public function overload_kad_icons_field_path($field) {
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      }

    } // class
} // if

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