JACKSON, Miss. — A Michigan man has been arrested on charges that he made death threats to Mississippi's governor.
In a sworn statement, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agent Andre Cartlidge says Collins made the threats between Jan. 16 and Jan. 19. A warrant was issued in Mississippi for Collins' arrest on Jan. 28.
Collins was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service and Detroit police following an investigation and transported to Mississippi.
MBI says it will turn its findings over to Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith for review and presentation for possible indictment. If convicted on all the felony charges, Collins faces up to 10 years in prison and fine of $25,000.


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Q: using R rowmeans to get mean regardless of any missing values my_df <- tibble(
  b1 = c(2, 6, 3, 6, 4, 2, 1, 9, NA),
  b2 = c(NA, 4, 6, 2, 6, 6, 1, 1, 7),
  b3 = c(5, 9, 8, NA, 2, 3, 9, 5, NA),
  b4 = c(NA, 6, NA, 10, 12, 8, 3, 6, 2),
  b5 = c(2, 12, 1, 7, 8, 5, 5, 6, NA),
  b6 = c(9, 2, 4, 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 9),
  b7 = c(1, 3, 7, 7, 4, 2, 2, 9, 5),
  b8 = c(NA, 8, 4, 5, 1, 4, 1, 3, 6),
  b9 = c(4, 5, 7, 9, 5, 1, 1, 2, NA),
  b10 = c(14, 2, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5))

Hello,
I have a df like this. And I want to use rowmeans to get the mean of b1,b2,b4 and b5. In instances where there are any missing values, I will like R to calculate mean using the remaining values.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

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Bronx Warriors Reviewed by Andrea Chee on Wednesday, August 6th, 2003.
Dated cult low-budgeter that nonetheless still has something to offer to fans of the genre.
17-year-old Mark Gregory stars as Trash, leader of The Riders – a motorcycle gang that survive in the Bronx of the future. Crime has supposedly risen to such impossible heights that the police have abandoned the Bronx to its own devices – the gangs now rule the streets. In reality, most of the Bronx is owned by the corrupt Manhattan Corporation who would like to develop the land. They have inflated the crime rate in order to get the government to give up control, allowing them to forcibly remove people from their homes without interference. However, they do not control the streets and to complete their plans they will have to deal with the street gangs.
The gangs largely co-exist, each staying off the others' turf, with the Ogre (Fred Williamson) ruling over all as self-styled King of the Bronx. The balance is upset when Trash encounters Ann (Stefania Girolami), a girl who has run away from civilised Manhattan, who he saves from a rival gang. The two are immediately attracted to each other, and she joins up with him and his gang. However, she is the heir to the Manhattan Corporation and has run away because she fears being used as a puppet. The men in power will stop at nothing to get her back, even bringing in the legendary mercenary Hammer (Vic Morrow). Ann is taken by another gang, and the race is on as to who reaches her first. But Trash must also prevent Hammer turning the gangs against each other while fighting to get Ann back.
Originally made in Italian (although filmed in the Bronx) as 'I Guerrieri del Bronx', this cult classic was later dubbed into English. Only recently released in its uncut version, it was notorious for its violence and suffered extensive cuts in both its original UK and US releases. It also featured a lot of real Hell's Angels as the supporting bikers. It has to be said that these days the violence in it looks quite restrained and won't shock as many as it once did. Suspension of disbelief is definitely required in order to deal with gangs who roller skate or tap dance, but the imagery of it all remains quite vivid.
It's Got: Lots of startling imagery.
It Needs: More violence – it's no longer living up to its reputation.
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Home General News Iran calls for international action against "apartheid" Gaza News
Iran calls for international action against "apartheid" Gaza News
Tehran, Iran – Iranian officials have called on the United Nations and other Muslim countries to intervene to prevent "apartheid" Israel from attacking Palestine while a senior military commander has vowed that Iran will side with the Palestinians.
The High Council for Human Rights of Iran – an entity of the Supreme Council of National Security currently headed by the head of the judiciary Ebrahim Raisi and made up of several ministers – has written a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. to take action on the "acts of genocide" and "racial cleansing" committed by Israel.
Sunday's letter, seen by Al Jazeera, says silence, ambiguous statements and those published in support of Israel's "right to defend itself" – as published by the United States – on the situation which takes place in Gaza they have perpetuated the conflict for decades.
The council has called on the UN to recognize that Israel is committing "crimes against humanity and war crimes", form a commission of inquiry, draw the attention of all its member states and use its human rights mechanisms. .
He said "protecting the right of return of all displaced Palestinians around the world and then protecting the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people through a referendum" would be the best solution.
The latest Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip reaches its seventh day in a row and has killed at least 192 people, including 58 children.
Israel has maintained its defense against rockets fired by Hamas fighters – which Hamas has said were launched in response to Israeli repression against Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem and the capture of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
"Institutionalized campaign"
Speaking on Sunday at a virtual emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (ICO), Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for the action of the 57-member entity.
He said member states should draw up an "institutionalized" legal and political campaign against the "apartheid Zionist regime" at the regional and international level.
He also called for an impetus for the UN to urgently convene an emergency session of the General Assembly to address the issue.
The UN The Security Council is convened Sunday. Washington had previously blocked a meeting scheduled for Friday.
"We face flagrant and systemic violations of human rights, humanitarian law and international law," Zarif told his colleagues at the virtual meeting, while calling for a referendum that included all Palestinians, including the displaced and living as refugees. .
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud also condemned the "flagrant violations" of Palestinian rights at the meeting and called on the international community to act urgently.
"Chain defeats"
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani raised the issue with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Sunday telling him that Iran and Turkey must meet as two major players in the region to urge the UN and the OIC to fight the "crimes of the Zionist Regime."
According to reports, Erdogan told him that the international community should offer a "strong and dissuasive response" and that the Muslim world should act as such on the Palestinian question.
Rouhani had made a similar point during a phone call earlier this week with the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who also welcomed Qatar's efforts to stop the bloodshed.
Iran's security chief Ali Shamkhani tweeted on Sunday that US "chain defeats" in Afghanistan and Israel against the "axis of resistance" are indicative of the failure of their policies.
"We are ready to engage with the countries of the region in a mechanism to create collective security as an infrastructure for the development and well-being of their nations," he wrote.
Meanwhile, the commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard of Iran held separate phone calls on Saturday with Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas political office, and Ziyad al-Nakhalah, the secretary general of the armed group of the Islamic Jihad.
General Ismail Qaani highlighted Tehran's support for Palestinians facing Israeli "crimes" and admired the "successful response of the resistance forces against the rapes of the Zionist enemy."
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Sega announced that those two games will be available this fall in North America and Europe, calling them the "first two classics" to be released as part of Sega's plan to republish Dreamcast games on PSN and XBLA. The games will include improved resolution, surround sound, and modern amenities like online leaderboards, Achievements, and Trophies.


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Government amends bid standards for Air India division, equity, debt – bids to be invited on India News
The central government has revised the bid standards for the division of Air India and has decided to bid on the enterprise price. Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri announced on Thursday that bids would be sought on the enterprise value, with bids on both equity and debt.
The decision was taken by Air India's Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM) on Wednesday after a meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Keeping in mind the impact on Air India and the significant deterioration of the operating environment for airlines, various options were considered for the disinvestment of Air India. AISAM has decided to change the binding parameters and bid on enterprise value. Bids on equity and debt will be invited. In the current PIM, the debt in the company would be Rs 23,286 crore, "Puri said.
The Center has also extended the deadline for inviting bids till 14 December.
In August, the Center issued a notification to extend the deadline for submission of interest for sale of 100% stake of national carrier Air India by two months to 30 October.
According to the notification issued by the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), the extension was granted following a request from interested bidders due to the prevailing Kovid-19 epidemic.
For the third time in June after the process started in January, the Center extended the deadline for submission of bids for the division to 31 August.
The national carrier was placed on the block by the government on 27 January while a deadline of 31 March was set. It was later extended to 30 June and then first to 31 August.
The government is planning to sell its entire stake in Air India Ltd amid mounting debt and mounting losses. Earlier this year, the Center announced in January to sell a stake in a debt-ridden airline, after which an attempt to auction a majority stake nearly two years ago failed to attract any bids.
The airline's accumulated debt is estimated to be over Rs 69,000 crore. It reported a loss of Rs 8,556 crore in FY19, compared to a net loss of Rs 5,348 crore in the previous financial year.
In June, the civil aviation minister, during a press briefing, called the national carrier a 'first-class asset' and said the government was confident and hopeful about its divestment plan.
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Pierre de Solignac , mort le 30 aout 1190, est un prélat français du . Il fut évêque du Puy de 1159 à 1190.

Biographie

Nommé évêque du Puy en 1159, Pierre de Solignac reçoit le pallium en 1164. De son temps, le pape Alexandre III vient au Puy, et confirme les privilèges accordés par ses prédécesseurs. C'est Pierre qui fait, en 1162, la translation des reliques de saint Georges et de saint Hilaire de Poitiers. Il accorde à l'abbé de la Chaise-Dieu et à ses successeurs la dignité canoniale dans l'église du Puy, comme l'ont déjà les abbés de Cluny.

Cet évêque dut souffrir de grandes vexations de la part de ses voisins, les vicomtes de Polignac. Sous son épiscopat, l'abbaye de Saint-Jacques de Doue, fondée en 1138 pour des chanoines réguliers, passe en 1167 aux prémontrés. Ils y demeurent jusqu'en 1772.

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Évêque du Puy-en-Velay
Clergé français du XIIe siècle
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The Western Sydney Records Centre (WSRC) has ample parking and a well equipped readers lounge. Wheelchair access and accessible toilets are provided. Ramp access to the reading room is available via a separate entrance.
Facilities: Ample parking / Wheelchair & Ramp Access / Accessible Toilets / Digital Cameras / Self-service Copiers / USB Sticks / Reader's lounge / Free tea & coffee / Microwave / Fridge / Free Wi-Fi.
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THE Thai stock market last week came back from extreme volatility to normal thanks to effective handling of the overall situation by the Thai monetary authorities, the Government and the unity of the Thai people following the official announcement of the demise of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the eve of October 13.
The panic sell on the Stock Exchange of Thailand started on Monday October 10 when institutional investors net sold their holdings by 7,247 million baht causing the SET index to drop by 47 points or 3%. On Tuesday October 11, institutional investors net sold another 3,345 million baht with the index dropping further by almost 15 points. On October 12 history was made with the SET index falling 99 points or 6.87% in the afternoon and trading value, which normally prevailed at around 40 billion baht a day, shot up to a record high of 130,152 million baht, the highest in its history.
On October 13, the market dropped further in the afternoon before rebounding strongly after 3 p.m. with volume again just over 100 billion baht. The market went up strongly on Friday, October 14, when institutional investors bought back shares with their net buy totaling 7,485 million baht with index being up by 64.79 point.
Earlier in the week the institutional investors also opened long (buy) of over 100,000 contracts on single stock futures on the TFEX market.
With such phenomena, on Thursday (October 13) evening Deputy Finance Minister Somkid Chatusipitak had called financial institutions and fund managers for an urgent meeting early the next day to find out what really had happened and asked all parties concerned to calm down. The central bank also told commercial banks to be well prepared for any unusual movement of funds, if any.
The Government likewise issued announcements including the ones asking for cooperation from the media during the official mourning period. Government Spokesman Lt-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd, also acting chief of the Public Relations Department, requested broadcasters to suspend their normal programs for 30 days to help simulcast related programs from the government media pool.
Under this guideline, TV programs and advertising must not contain improper scenes such as entertaining, dancing or violent acts. As well, information related to the King's passing must be approved by authorized bodies. Criticism or analysis is not allowed.
The SET Index rose 157 points last week from the low of 1,343 the week earlier to 1,500.37 on Friday with the main buyers being institutional investors while foreign investors started selling mildly as world oil prices hovered over US$50/barrel. However banking sector's Q3 operating result came out relatively well above expectation.
Therefore the market is expected to slow down this week as the index is hovering above 1,500 level.
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) will continue to closely monitor economic activities including currency exchange, the financial market and the capital market during the mourning period to help stabilize the market, said central bank Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob.
He added that BOT had not yet seen any unusual movements in the exchange rate or the capital and financial markets, reflecting that the fundamentals of the economy and the financial institutions were strong. However, BOT will closely monitor the situation to ensure this stability continues.
Both local and foreign investors are confident of the Thai economy, as reflected in the Stock Exchange of Thailand, which has been able to rebound quickly, he said.


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Thai police link beach-town bombings to Muslim insurgency
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Thai police have identified a third suspect wanted in connection with a wave of bombs in tourist towns this month and have linked the attacks to Muslim separatists operating in the far south.
Thailand's tourist industry had been largely spared a spill-over of violence from a decades-old insurgency in the far south and authorities had at first dismissed any connection between the August 11-12 bombings and the separatists.
But police issuing an arrest warrant for a third suspect on Monday said all three of the people they wanted to question had links to previous attacks blamed on the insurgents.
"The three suspects for which we have obtained an arrest warrants are known to have ties to other previous attacks in the southern provinces," deputy national police spokesman Kissana Phathanacharoen told Reuters.
Police identified the third suspect as Asamin Katemadi and said he was also wanted in connection with a 2015 bomb attack on the tourist island of Samui.
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Four Thai people were killed in the coordinated bomb attacks in various tourist town south of Bangkok this month and dozens were wounded, including foreigners.
The military government, apparently reluctant to spread alarm in the tourist industry, at first dismissed any suggestion the Muslim separatists might be to blame.
Authorities even hinted that supporters of ousted populist premier Thaksin Shinawatra might have been responsible. He denied any link.
Thailand's three far-south provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat are majority-Muslim and resistance to central government rule has existed there for decades, resurfacing violently in 2004.
More than 6,500 people have been killed in the largely ethnic Malay region since then in bombings and shootings that take place almost daily, according to Deep South Watch, a group which monitors the conflict.
Peace talks between the government and insurgent groups began in 2013 under the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thaksin's sister, but have stalled since the military overthrew her in 2014.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said meetings were taking place between the government and various insurgent groups in Malaysia but he insisted that there needed to be a cessation of violence before further terms were discussed.
"As long as there is violence, can there be any trust?" he said when reporters asked him about the situation in the south.
Bangkok-based analyst Anthony Davis, at security consulting firm IHS-Jane's, told Reuters that the recent increase in violence may be due to dissatisfaction over the talks.
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[MOROCCO] Documentary: "The Land Between"
May 11, 2014 · by Giulia Rubino	· in ARTS, English, Morocco, Spain, UE.	·
David Fedele has completed three films about various human rights issues around the world. Most recently, David spent eight months in Morocco shooting "THE LAND BETWEEN", a film following the daily lives of Sub-Saharan migrants living in the Gourougou forest in the north of Morocco.
The film explores both the literal and figurative land and life between Morocco and Europe. The documentary deal with the human right's abuses that Sub-Saharan migrants suffer at the hands of both Moroccan and Spanish authorities.
As reported in an interview of a Moroccan magazine, the director David Fedele said:
"My main interest in making The Land Between was from a pure human rights and humanitarian perspective, and a personal interest in migration issues. I had wanted to make a film about migration for some time now, and had spent time in Europe listening to the stories that migrants would tell me about their journeys. I considered making a film in Europe based on these stories, but then decided that it would be more powerful and "real" to document their lives and journeys before they arrived in Europe.
So I started to do some research online and discovered the situation in Morocco, and in particular the Gourougou mountains in northern Morocco where thousands of Sub-Saharan African migrants are living, waiting for an opportunity to jump the barrier into Melilla.
For me, this film is not just about Morocco and Spain. It is a universal story about migration, which could be told in numerous places around the world. It explores general themes of migration, and the question of how and why people are prepared to risk everything, including their life, to leave their country, their family and friends, in search of a new and better life.
Of course within that, there is a very particular human rights story and issue that the film is about, which concerns the violence and mistreatment of migrants by both the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. But I didn't want just to focus on this. Instead I attempted to show the daily life of the migrants, living with dignity in these terrible conditions. I wanted to "humanize" the story, and allow the migrants to tell their own story".
The documentary has already been screened in Morocco at community screenings in Tangier and Rabat, and in Casablanca at Festival de Resistance et d'Alternatives. Outside of Morocco, the film has already been screened numerous times throughout Europe. It had its International Film Festival premiere in Paris at the FIFE Festival International du Film d'environnement, where it was awarded the prize for "BEST FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY" and in Brussels at the Millenium Documentary Film Festival.
"The reaction from Moroccans – said David – has been extremely positive. I don't think that a lot of Moroccans really understand the terrible conditions that a lot of the Sub-Saharan migrants have to endure in Morocco, and the violent way that they are treated by both the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. I think that the film has the potential to open the eyes of a lot of people within Morocco, and expose them to an issue in their own country that perhaps they are not so familiar with.
The reality is that the only reason that Morocco is treating migrants in this way is that they are being encouraged and paid by Europe to control the borders and regulate migration, to ensure that migrants don't arrive in Europe, so the issue is dealt with on the African continent, rather than Europe. It is purely a political issue – the actions of the Moroccan authorities do not represent the views and beliefs of the general Moroccan population".
David had also been able to show the film to various people at the European Commission. After much persistence, David attended a meeting with the Migration and Asylum section of the European Commission, who have watched the film and want to discuss it further. "Fingers crossed that we may be able to organize an official screening to the European Union" wrote David in the Facebook page of The Land Between.
Here is some dialogue from the film, from a Sub-Saharan African migrant that has just been beaten by the Moroccan military, while trying to cross into Melilla, Spain:
"You must tell the European Union. They pay the Moroccans to guard the border, but the Moroccans took this to have a war. We are not armed with we go to the border to climb the fence. We go to the fence to leave and to search for life. Please, you must do something"
Find more info about the film and Watch the trailer in french or spanish here: www.thelandbetweenfilm.com
Tags: Border, documentary, Gourougou, Morocco, Spain, the land between, ue
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Erophylla bombifrons е вид бозайник от семейство Американски листоноси прилепи (Phyllostomidae).

Разпространение
Видът произхожда от остров Испаньола, но присъства както на Хаити, така и в Доминиканската република и Пуерто Рико.

Източници

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El Doctor Müller és un personatge de ficció de còmic de Les aventures de Tintín, que son una sèrie d'historietes en còmic creades pel dibuixant belga Hergé. Aparegué per primer cop a Le Petit Vingtième publicat el 22 de juliol de 1937 on es publicava la pàgina 29 de L'illa negra, apareixent per primer cop a la vinyeta 5. Quan es va publicat en àlbum a la seva versió definitiva es va publicar a la pàgina 21, vinyeta C1. El seu aspecte varia lleugerament segons l'episodi, és calb, porta barba o perilla i té un somriure sinistre, que ja fa pensar que és un home dolent, i amb una gran maldat.

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J.W.Muller

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El 1938 aparegué a l'àlbum L'Illa Negra, el 1950 a Tintín al país de l'or negre i el 1958 a Stoc de coc.

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Personatges de còmic introduïts a la dècada de 1930


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Wedding Buddies
Love. Music. We do.
Jordan Wei
Graduating from Middlesex University London with a Masters in Jazz Composition, Jordan Wei has already established himself as one of Singapore's most sought after and versatile pianists. He has worked with many artistes both locally and overseas; some of whom include Dami Im, David Tao, Elva Hsiao, Grady Guan, Jam Hsiao, JJ Lin, Nicholas Tse, Wang Lee Hom, and Patrick Alan of "The Drifters". In addition to being a multi-instrumentalist, Jordan has also composed and arranged for JJ Lin's Timeline World Tour, the TENG ensemble and The Pipa Quartet. He is the co-founder and artistic director of Wedding Buddies, which he started with his wife in 2011.
Huinee Lee
As a classically trained pianist and violinist, Huinee started her musical career teaching in various music schools and subsequently began performing in the Penang State Symphony Orchestra, where she held the chair of 1st violin. She graduated from Middlesex University London with a BA in Music and it wasn't until 2011 when her husband and her friends convinced her, that she began singing professionally. Since then, she has performed at numerous weddings and events, and has also been featured as a violinist in Amei's "AMIT Live First World Tour" Concert; a vocalist on Food and Travel Magazine and on Channel 8's "Hello Singapore" TV show. She is the co-founder and manager of Wedding Buddies; and her ability to sing in English, Mandarin, Malay, Hokkien and Cantonese make her one of our most versatile and requested singers.
Pierre Goh
Best known for hosting the travel programme "Luxury China", broadcast internationally on CNA, Pierre Goh is an actor, TV presenter as well as a multidisciplinary musician. He holds the ATCL in flute & is a graduate from LASALLE-SIA with a Diploma in Contemporary Pop Music majoring in Vocal Performance. He is often engaged on corporate functions, product launches, trade shows, D&D's and weddings as a bilingual emcee as well as a vocalist. His repertoire consists mainly of Jazz, Contemporary English as well as Mandarin Pop.
Nick Zavior
Since graduating from LASALLE College of the Arts with a Diploma in Jazz Music Performance, Nick is one of the most up and coming singers recognized by the veterans in the city. He has performed at a number of events and venues such as Timbre, The Pump Room, BluJaz, Singjazz Club, Esplanade and the Aliwal Urban Arts Festival. In addition to his ever-growing experience, Nick has also sung for dignitaries such as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and US Ambassador David Aldeman. Being heavily influenced by 90s R&B music; he began to explore its roots in 2010, leading him to acquire the stylistic traits of funk, soul and gospel that he brings to every song.
Carol Gomez
Coming from a family of musicians and having been classically trained; Carol developed her singing talent over 10 years of performing; first in Singapore Airlines' Performing Arts Circle and thereafter at various hotels across Singapore. Her love for harmony and vocal arrangement also led her to form the trio girl group; The Sugarettes, which participated on Channel 5's music show: 'Live the Dream'. She enjoys doing a mix of genres including classic oldies, jazz and country, not forgetting the more recent hits too.
Samantha Chen
Samantha first ventured into the music scene through a songwriting competition organized by the National University of Singapore. After attaining 1st runner-up for best melody and lyrics, it spurred her interest in music and she has since performed at various popular venues in Singapore such as Wala Wala, ChinaOne and the Esplanade. Besides her passion for performing, Samantha is also a published songwriter and has written songs for regional artistes like Kelly Chen and Cilla Kung. She is well known for infusing her R&B vocal style into classic and modern pop and recently released her EP "Samantha Imagines" in 2015.
Susanna Lau
Susanna has come a long way in establishing herself as one of the prominent names in the regional music industry. Highly sought after as a professional recording artiste and vocal arranger, she has recorded for Miriam Yeung, Janice Vidal, Michael Wong, Jade Kwan and Kelly Poon on their albums. As a backup singer for live concerts, she has shared the stage with celebrities such as Wang Lee Hom, JJ Lin, Kit Chan, Aska Yang, Chen Wei Lian and Francis Yip. Her forte is in contemporary English and Mandarin pop and even Japanese.
© 2022 Wedding Buddies :: Love. Music. We do.


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Originally conceived as a $34 million addition to the university's recreation center, the Health & Learning Center consolidates five previously disparate buildings and saved the university more than $20 million based on its original addition plans. The new facility also helps NAU realize its vision of holistic student wellness and academic success as a place of engagement where students enhance their mind, body and spirit.


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Be more human. The new slogan of the sports brand Reebok is simple and clear, do what you was made for. Discover, try and dare. During an event last week I and some other selected people had to chance to follow these quote on an extreme level and to be more human, then probably more than ever before..
Climbing into a burning car tire to take an extreme selfie, flipping a giant tire as many times as you can in two minutes or moving a tire without touching it? Sounds dangerous, strange, and impossible!?
I can tell you, we did all these tasks and finished them successful. The tire is the new symbol of Reebok and we really played around with it. These exercises were basically an additional part of the event beside the human score, a test which proved us in fitness, knowledge and sociality. Also you guys can do the test and prove yourself by clicking THIS link .
The Reebok event series happened in Berlin and Munich and also beside the event there were stations prepared in the city with a giant tire that one could try to flip.
I really like the new campaign of Reebok, since it is really challenging and promotes one to get out of the comfort zone and ready to try something new, to challenge one's body and to achieve the unbelievable.
Thank you Reebok for this great workout session and the probably coolest sport event I have ever been to. This was a great experience and I'm thrilled to see even more coming. What's your Human Score?


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Tariq Ramadan-Supporter Diana Eck Leads the Charge Against Fired 'Islamophobic' Professor
By Phyllis Chesler 2012-01-05T03:07:11
The evil of small minds has triumphed over all that is good intellectually and morally at Harvard.
Professor Diana L. Eck is a supporter of smooth-talking radical Islamist Tariq Ramadan, whom she describes as "one of Europe's deepest and most articulate Muslim thinkers… one of the most powerful exponents of a reformist, self-critical, spiritual and dialogical Islam." She is also a defender of Boston's notorious Roxbury Mosque (whose former and current trustees, mullahs, and congregants have known ties to terrorism and to preaching violence). Now she has successfully led the pack against Professor Subramanian Swamy. Last year, in December, he was dismissed after twenty years at the summer school on the basis of an op-ed piece he wrote in an Indian newspaper about the obvious and growing danger of Islamic terrorism in India, including the 2008 and 2011 jihadic massacres in Mumbai.
Eck is a professor of comparative religion at Harvard's Divinity School as well as a professor of law and psychiatry. She is known for her "interfaith" work. She, other professors, and some students decided that Swamy's piece was racist, Islamophobic, nationalistic, religiously intolerant, and in favor of violence and, as such, should be treated as unprotected hate speech. Eck and the students do not believe that Harvard should be associated with anyone who holds such views.
Who is Swamy? His biography is very distinguished. In 1964, as a full scholarship student, Swamy obtained his Ph.D at Harvard. He worked with Nobel laureate Simon Kuznets, and jointly authored papers with Nobel laureate Paul. A Samuelson. He has subsequently served in the Indian parliament for five terms and was also a cabinet minister for Commerce, Law & Justice. Swamy, the president of the Janata Party, is also a linguist and is proficient in Tamil, Hindi, English and Chinese.
Swamy is the author of many acclaimed books and papers. In 1971 Swamy published Indian Economic Planning—An Alternative Approach; in 1973 he released Economic Growth in China and India 1952-1970: A Comparative Appraisal; in 1989 he published an updated Comparative Appraisal of China and India (1870-1986). In addition, he has published numerous papers, including one with Paul A. Samuelson in the American Economic Review.
In addition, Swamy is also something of a swashbuckling hero. In 1976, Swamy exposed and challenged corruption in Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "emergency authoritarian" rule in India and had to flee the country twice as a result. However, due to his campaign Gandhi allowed long overdue elections. In 1972, Swamy lost his professorship at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, due to his crusade for both academic freedom and for the union rights of non-teaching Institute employees. After twenty years of litigation, the courts reinstated Swamy with full honors.
Between 1978-1985, Swamy visited China nine times. This led to the normalization of relations between India and China. In 1982, Swamy became the first Indian political leader to make a trip to Israel. Due to his efforts, India opened embassies in both China and Israel; these countries reciprocated..
https://pjmedia.com/blog/tariq-ramadan-supporter-diana-eck-leads-the-charge-against-fired-islamophobic-professor/


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Q: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_CPU_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE] Cocos2D-x V3 Android Studio I have just made the installation and Setup from Cocos2D-x V3. I create and compile the project as it says in the tutorial for Android Studio but when I try to run it it throw:
10/11 18:37:45: Launching Example
$ adb push /Users/Matias/Desktop/Example/proj.android-studio/app/build/outputs/apk/Example-debug.apk /data/local/tmp/trabajoPractico1.cococos2dx.Example
**$ adb shell pm install -r "/data/local/tmp/trabajoPractico1.cococos2dx.Example"
    pkg: /data/local/tmp/trabajoPractico1.cococos2dx.Example
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_CPU_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE]**

$ adb shell pm uninstall trabajoPractico1.cococos2dx.Example
**Unknown failure (Failure)
Error while Installing APK**

I try running it in Genymotion and AVD

A: It means the apk you're building has native C or C++ libraries that aren't compiled for the correct CPU.  Generally devices need ARM or ARM-v7.  Simulators need x86 or x86-64.  If the right one isn't available, you won't install (and if somehow you do, you'll break when you try to load the library).

A: Android Studio
Cocos2d-x now have full support for Android Studio. This answer is for Android Studio using cocos2d-x version 3.16.
After you create the project you can find the folder called "proj.android-studio" inside this folder you can find the file "gradle.properties"
you will need to change this line of the code.
PROP_APP_ABI=armeabi

for this
PROP_APP_ABI=armeabi-v7a:x86

I'm not sure why the default template is only for support armeabi.
But you can edit the template just locate the folder
"cpp-template-default\proj.android-studio" and edit the graddle-properties so when you create a new project it will be ready for your new projects.
Eclipse Project.
Most of cocos2d-x project I guess they still uses Eclispe so in this case is more easy just change Application.mk
just replace
APP_ABI := armeabi

with
APP_ABI := armeabi armeabi-v7a x86


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Howards End series finale recap: Leonard Bast meets his fate and Margaret saves Henry's soul
All's well that ends well in the concluding episode of the EM Forster adaptation. Unless you're Leonard and Jacky Bast...
Well, we saw it coming. Even if you haven't read EM Forster's Howards End, it was hard not to conclude that things were going to be pretty bleak for Leonard Bast.
The shy, awkward, bookish clerk, played so affectingly by Joseph Quinn was undone – by a bookcase of all things. It was a grim irony, worthy of arch pessimist Thomas Hardy, to have Bast killed by the thing he loved, but didn't have the money or leisure to fully appreciate.
But there he was: horsewhipped with the flattened blade of a sword by the awful Charles Wilcox, his weak heart giving out when the furniture tumbled on him. Bast never lived to see his and Helen's child emerge into the world.
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But the death of the clerk (below), a sacrifice almost, paved the way for the redemption of others, and the saving of Henry's soul.
Howard's End: Leonard Bast (Joseph Quinn)
Charles (Joseph Banninster) was imprisoned for manslaughter – his father Henry refusing to pull the strings and get him off. And it was a sacrifice which softened his wife's heart. Margaret was about to leave Henry but, discovering his moral strength, found a way of loving him again.
Matthew Macfadyen was once again brilliant at evoking Henry's maddening complexities – a helpful and practical man of business, an emotional mess at times. The pain of shedding the prejudices of his class (and era) was written across his face with fantastic skill. I have always admired Macfadyen as an actor, but I think this is his best performance yet.
So Henry was redeemed in the end, seeing the error of his ways, and bequeathing Howards End to his wife Margaret (Hayley Atwell) – stipulating that after that it should go to his nephew, Leonard's illegitimate son by Helen (Philippa Coulthard). The rest of the Wilcox brood were none too pleased about it, even though they knew that Margaret getting the house was the dying wish of Henry's first wife Ruth at the story's start.
For most of the episode, Helen – who had pledged to rescue Leonard "from the abyss" – wasn't around, having scarpered to Europe. This meant that, for the most part, the Leonard/Helen exchanges involved him stubbornly refusing her offer of £5,000 – a bequest which would have saved him and poor Jacky, who was clearly ailing if not close to starvation.
But of course as a reading and TV experience, Forster's final happy montage of Helen, Margaret and Henry moving gaily among the hay fields in the sunshine (beautifully recreated by director Hettie Macdonald) is a lovely one. Although if one reflects on it for any length of time, it was not an entirely satisfactory one, for a number of reasons.
Henry has put aside his Victorian era anxieties about propriety and taken on Helen's illegitimate child. Just as he had a past he would rather forget (his affair with Jacky) so he was able to overlook Helen's indiscretion and move towards the rest of the 20th century.
But we all know what's coming in this violent of eras. And it was interesting to be reminded that Paul was likely to be going to war, perhaps one of the millions killed on the Western Front.
And the final thought has to be with Leonard and the over-riding realisation that this remains a world where the comfort of progressive idealism can still only be pursued if you are Henry, Margaret or Helen – moneyed and equipped with the education to pursue your concerns. Poor Leonard's absence at the end spoke volumes.
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Drugs and Devotion
Why do some people seem compelled to experiment and others live their entire lives without ever taking a single puff, snort, sniff, or dose of an illicit substance?
Thanks to decades of social studies, we now know that a person's genes, mental health, and socioeconomic status can all affect his or her chance of using drugs – but what about religion?
We've analyzed data from two nationally representative surveys to explore how religious beliefs – or a lack thereof – influence drug-taking.
To begin our journey through drugs and devotion, let's compare religiosity and drug use across all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. If there is a connection between religious belief and substance abuse, we would expect to see clear differences between places that have very high and very low levels of religiosity.
The data for our religion map come from Pew Research Center, which, as part of its Religious Landscape Study, compiled a ranking of which states were the most and least religious in 2014. Our drug-use map uses data from the same year, collected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) through the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
With the maps side by side we can see that there does appear to be some correlation between a state's level of religiosity and its drug use, at least as far as the top and bottom 10 for each category are concerned. For instance, Mississippi was second for religiosity in 2014 and 50th (second to bottom) for drug use. Likewise, Alabama was first for religiosity and 46th for drug use. At the opposite end of the scale, Vermont was the least religious state (only 32% of people polled said their religious beliefs were "very important," compared with 77% in Alabama), and it had the third-highest rate of past month drug use. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Alaska all also appeared in the bottom 10 for religiosity and top 10 for drug use, indicating that there might be an inverse relationship between the two variables: as one goes up, the other goes down.
Let's see if we can get a clearer view of the potential correlation by plotting the variables on the same chart.
The chart above plots past month illicit drug use on the vertical axis and religiosity on the horizontal axis, and is divided into four quadrants, each one representing a different combination of religiosity and drug use. Furthermore, each state has been color-coded to show its Census region, so that at a glance we can see which states match the inverse relationship between religious beliefs and drug use that was hinted at by our maps.
We can see that the top right quadrant, "higher drug use, higher religiosity," is empty except for New Mexico. "Higher drug use, lower religiosity" contains nine states, five of which are in the Northeast and four in the West, with Washington D.C. almost making it in. The most interesting section, though, is "lower drug use, higher religiosity," as it contains 14 of the 17 Southern states.
It does appear that there could be some correlation, but that might be all it is. After all, a lot more than religion differentiates Alabama and Vermont, including obesity rates, political affiliations, climate, sports teams, and so on. We, therefore, need to get a lot more specific. We need to directly compare the drug-use rates of believers and nonbelievers, regardless of where they live.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health is conducted once a year to track how people across the country have been using drugs. Alongside the questions about illicit drugs and alcohol, the survey – which includes about 70,000 respondents – also asks a host of questions on topics like well-being, education, and employment. The identifying statement we used to derive the data represented in the graph above and the many below is "My religious beliefs are very important." If a respondent strongly agreed with that statement, we classed them as religious. If they strongly disagreed, we classed them as nonreligious. We were then able to compare lots of other variables against the religious and nonreligious groups, such as the one above: past year use of various drugs.
The graph shows the past year rates (red and blue lines) on the right Y-axis and the difference between the religious and nonreligious rates (purple bars). Right away, we can see that across all substances, the nonreligious group has higher past year usage rates. But the gaps between the rates differ a lot depending on the drug type. Cigarettes and alcohol (the two legal substances) show the smallest gaps. 59.8% of the religious group consumed alcohol in the previous year, compared with 77.4% of the nonreligious group, and 19% of the religious group smoked cigarettes, versus 36.2% of the nonreligious group. These gaps, while significant, pale in comparison to the substances at the other end of the chart, like LSD, which was used by 1.2% of the nonreligious group, but only 0.1% of the religious group (12 times less). Across all illicit drugs, the nonreligious respondents had a past year usage rate that was almost three times higher than the religious respondents.
We now know that, on average, people who are religious take drugs less often than people who aren't. But when they do take them, do the faithful start at the same age?
Religious people first try eight of the 10 substances shown above later in life than their nonreligious counterparts. And the two substances that they do try earlier, LSD and ecstasy, only show small differences (0.1 to 0.2 years). The biggest difference is seen in crack cocaine and heroin: On, average, believers who try these drugs do so 3.1 years after nonbelievers. Interestingly, there is a smaller gap between when the religious and nonreligious groups first consume alcohol (1.3 years later for the religious) than marijuana (0.9), cocaine (0.8), and stimulants (0.7).
The NSDUH survey doesn't ask respondents to go into detail about what their religious beliefs consist of, but it does ask how many religious services they attended in the past 12 months. This means we can find out if, for instance, marijuana users go to church less often than heroin users.
People who took an illicit drug in the past month were significantly less likely to have attended a religious service during the past year than those who did not (54.6% versus 36.7%). In fact, considerably fewer people who took any of the 11 substances above attended religious services than those who abstained from taking them. LSD showed the biggest difference (as it did in usage rates earlier): 67.6% of people who took it in the past 30 days didn't attend a religious service during the previous 12 months, compared with 38.3% of nonusers. What's perhaps more surprising, though, is that the drug with the smallest gap – smaller even than alcohol – was crack cocaine. 42% of crack users attended a religious service, compared with 38.4% of nonusers.
We've added more evidence to the theory that religion influences drug-taking, but we still don't know what component of religious beliefs orient people away from illicit substances. Is it time spent at church, the doctrine itself, or some other aspect of faith? To find out more, we compared the religious and nonreligious groups across nine other questions.
The results above indicate that nonreligious individuals are twice as likely as the religious to say they "get a real kick out of doing dangerous things" and "like to test themselves by taking risks." These risks don't necessarily include taking drugs (although we do know they do more of that), but they do include not wearing a seatbelt while driving: 2.9% of the nonreligious group admitted to this reckless act, compared with 1.2% of the religious.
People who say their religious beliefs are very important are also significantly less likely to have ever sold an illegal drug, or have been expelled from school for using or selling drugs. More interesting than that, though, is that nonbelievers say they are almost twice as likely as believers to have been approached by someone selling drugs in the last year.
This result raises the question of whether religious people take drugs less often because drugs are less available to them than their nonreligious peers. To check this, we turned to the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey, which polls thousands of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders once a year on their beliefs, lifestyles, and drug habits. It showed that, in 2014, 24.6% of 8th and 10th-graders said that someone had made an offer at school to sell or give them an illegal drug in the previous 12 months. For nonreligious students, the number was considerably higher: 36.8%. This could either be because the religious students are not in schools where drugs are available, or – more likely – the religious students' peer groups don't tend to include many drug users, and therefore, offers of drugs are few and far between.
There is significant existing research to support the second explanation. One paper, published in the Journal of Religion and Health in 2012, found that "religion is a protective mechanism against drug use, but this effect may diminish in light of exposure to users." In other words, being around people who take drugs can increase drug-taking, even in people who are very religious.
To find out some of the other factors that influence a young person's decision to take drugs, we can look at another question from the MTF survey, which asked: "What are your reasons for not using marijuana?" When we divide the 8th- and 10th-graders who responded to this question into religious and nonreligious groups, we get perhaps the clearest view of how believers and nonbelievers differ in their justifications for taking or not taking drugs.
The religious students more often than nonreligious students assigned "very important" to all 16 of the above reasons for not using marijuana. Understandably, "against beliefs" shows the biggest difference, with it being considered very important by 86.6% more of the religious group than the nonreligious one. "Marijuana isn't available" and "friends don't use it" were also considered very important reasons far more often by the religious group than the nonreligious, which echoes our earlier findings.
The 16 reasons above for not taking drugs are ones that are usually considered on a conscious level (e.g., "I won't use marijuana because it might sap my ambition"), but the MTF survey also hints at other factors that could play a significant role in leading a young person toward or away from drugs. For instance, the 8th- and 10th-grade respondents were asked how many nights a week they had dinner with their parents. 33.6% of the religious students said six to seven nights a week, compared with 16.2% of the nonreligious students. They were also asked if their parents always know where they are when they go out at night, and 90.9% of the religious 13- to 16-year-olds said they always do, compared with 83% of the nonreligious youths. In the same batch of questions, they were finally asked once more about what effect their peers have on their thought process regarding whether they should take drugs. 16.2% of the religious group said they felt pressure from friends to use marijuana, compared with 21.7% of the nonreligious group.
The data show that people who consider their religious beliefs very important do indeed take drugs less often than people who don't place any importance on them. But the explanation is undoubtedly more nuanced than "it's because their religion prohibits it." When young people are exposed to drugs in their environment, they use them more often, even when they are religious. And when they spend time in places that don't feature drugs (like religious services), they become less likely to engage in substance abuse. According to the Journal of Religion and Health study, researchers call this "time displacement" – when a person's exposure to drugs and drug users is limited by their participation in other activities, they avoid drugs. The interesting thing is that studies have shown that the time displacement activities don't have to be religious in nature to be effective; secular and civic participation can work just as well.
In a broader sense, researchers who have investigated this topic have postulated that religiosity can be seen as a "proxy for conventionalism." The challenge, therefore, is to figure out ways of providing unconventional individuals with the same support, guidance, and treatment that religious people receive from their faith-based lifestyles.
National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2013 and 2014
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2014
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Surveys), 2014
Religiosity and exposure to users in explaining illicit drug use among emerging adults, Journal of Religion and Health (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23114835)
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Bills coach Sean McDermott has his team off to a 9-3 start this season. (Harry Scull Jr./News file photo)
By Jay Skurski
Published Thu, Oct 24, 2019 |Updated Thu, Oct 24, 2019
When the Bills run: Veteran Frank Gore continues to lead the Buffalo Bills in rushing, with 388 yards on 86 carries. Gore has faced eight-plus defenders in the box on 38.4% of his rushing attempts this season, according to the NFL's Next Gen stats, which makes his 4.5-yards-per-carry average even more impressive. The Bills eased Devin Singletary back into action last week against Miami, giving the rookie just seven carries for 26 yards. The expectation remains that Singletary will eventually take over the bulk of the running duties but, for now, Gore is holding him off. The Bills elected to make T.J. Yeldon a healthy inactive last week with Singletary back in the lineup. With Senorise Perry in the lineup for special teams as a third running back, it might be a while before Yeldon plays again. EDGE: Even.
When the Bills throw: The hot topic in Buffalo this week has been Josh Allen's deep-ball accuracy. Long story short: He's got to be much better on those throws. Allen knows it, too. Defenses aren't going to respect the threat of getting beat over the top if Allen keeps overthrowing his receivers. There is no doubt John Brown has established himself as Allen's favorite target. Brown has received 36.6% of the Bills' team air yards, which ranks ninth in the league, per Next Gen stats. The Bills' leader in separation among receivers is Cole Beasley, who is averaging 3.5 yards of separation at the time of being targeted. There should be plays available for Brown and Beasley in the passing game Sunday. The Philadelphia Eagles enter with one of the worst passing defenses in the NFL, allowing 270.6 yards per game, 27th in the NFL. EDGE: Bills.
When the Eagles run: Philadelphia has one of the most and one of the least efficient runners in the NFL. Jordan Howard's efficiency – which is calculated by taking the total distance a running back travels as a ball carrier per rushing yards gained – is 3.36, which ranks eighth in the NFL. Miles Sanders, on the other hand, has an efficiency of 5.09, which is the second highest in the league. That means Howard is more of the north-south runner, while Sanders will try and attack defenses at the edges. Not surprisingly, Sanders is spending more time behind the line of scrimmage. His average of 2.96 seconds ranks seventh in the league. Middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds has made five tackles for loss this season among his 25 tackles. EDGE: Bills.
When the Eagles throw: Quarterback Carson Wentz looks to get the ball downfield. According to Next Gen stats, Wentz's average intended air yards on his pass attempts is 9.3, which ranks eighth in the NFL. Wentz's expected completion percentage is 64.9, which is higher than his actual completion percentage of 61.3. In short, Wentz hasn't been the Eagles' biggest, or only, problem. Former first-round draft pick Nelson Agholor has been getting crushed in Philadelphia this week for his effort on a deep pass against Dallas in Week 7. Agholor, who is making nearly $10 million this season, has seven catches for 86 yards over the last four weeks. That's Zay Jones territory. Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White won his first AFC Defensive Player of the Week award for his two-takeaway effort against the Dolphins. The Bills don't win against Miami without White. EDGE: Bills.
Special teams: The Bills rose from last in Football Outsiders' rankings of special teams to 28th this week, thanks to a strong game from Stephen Hauschka. His three first-half field goals against Miami increased his conversion rate on field goals this season to 77.8%. The Bills still rank last in Football Outsiders' punting grade. Corey Bojorquez's net average of 34.4 yards remains the worst in the NFL. Bojorquez also leads the league with five touchbacks, which is not a good thing. The leader in net punting average is Philadelphia's Cameron Johnston, at 44.6 yards. The Eagles' Darren Sproles has long been a dangerous punt returner, but missed last week's game with a quadriceps injury and did not practice at the start of the week. EDGE: Eagles.
Coaching: Sean McDermott took the "next game" approach, but it has to be special for him go up against his hometown team for the first time as a head coach. McDermott got his start in the NFL with the Eagles. He can go a long way toward sinking their 2019 season if he leads the Bills to a victory Sunday. Offensive coordinator Brian Daboll hasn't been shy about calling run plays for Allen. That makes sense given the quarterback's athleticism, but it's hard not to think Daboll is playing with fire each time. It's worth asking just how much Doug Pederson did for the Eagles during their Super Bowl run – and how much Philadelphia misses Frank Reich, its offensive coordinator from that season. Given the success Reich has had in Indianapolis, it's looking more like his contributions to the Eagles went underappreciated. Pederson and the Eagles will be the more desperate team Sunday. EDGE: Even.
Prediction: Eagles 24, Bills 21
Bills O-line braces for dinged-up – but formidable – Eagles front
Story topics: Brian Daboll/ Cole Beasley/ Corey Bojorquez/ Devin Singletary/ Frank Gore/ Frank Reich/ John Brown/ Josh Allen/ Sean McDermott/ Senorise Perry/ Stephen Hauschka/ T.J. Yeldon/ Tre'davious White/ Tremaine Edmunds/ Zay Jones
Jay Skurski– Jay Skurski was named one of the 10 best beat writers in the country in 2017 by the Associated Press Sports Editors for his coverage of the Bills. A Lewiston native and St. Francis High School graduate, he's got a passion for golf and strives to be a single-digit handicap.


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Archibald Sommers (or Summers) was the first member of the United States Marine Corps to be promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major. He joined the Marine Corps in June 1799, was promoted to Sergeant Major on January 1, 1801, and was discharged in June 1802.

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07.12.2018 Agriculture
Is marijuana the North Fork's next big crop?
By Kelly Zegers
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New York is getting closer to legal marijuana.
Those were the first eight words of a recent New York Times story following the announcement by New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker that he would soon issue a recommendation that the drug be legalized for recreational use in the state.
That announcement, which followed a study commissioned by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has caught the attention of stakeholders across the North Fork, from local government officials to agricultural leaders and administrators at Suffolk County's only current medical marijuana dispensary.
Any change in regulations is particularly significant for this region, where large tracts of land are already dedicated to agriculture and extensive greenhouse infrastructure is already in place. Existing farmland could also become even more valuable with the legalization of marijuana.
Months before Mr. Zucker's announcement, Long Island Wine Country pioneer Louisa Hargrave, who now works in real estate, speculated at a meeting of Southold Town's alcohol farm products working group that venture capitalists are already buying land here with an eye toward growing marijuana once it's legalized. Ms. Hargrave, co-founder of Hargrave Vineyard, which planted the region's first grapes in the early 1970s, urged town and agricultural industry leaders to pay attention in case legalization were ever to occur.
In a recent interview, Ms. Hargrave suggested that legalization could allow area farms to diversify their businesses beyond existing crops.
"Today's farming is changing," she said. "We need to have the flexibility."
Long Island Farm Bureau administrative director Rob Carpenter said his organization, which advocates on behalf of the more than 500 farms in the region, has not taken an official position on legalizing marijuana. That is, however, something he expects farmers to discuss in the months ahead through the LIFB's policy development process.
He said the farm bureau does consider the cultivation of marijuana — for either recreational or medical use — an agricultural practice.
"The farm bureau believes, based on our policy, that growers believe that this should be an agricultural commodity, not anything else," Mr. Carpenter said. "That way, it would give agriculture, and hopefully the Department of Agriculture for New York, purview over this crop and industry from a growing aspect."
He noted that it's likely premature to assume recreational legalization will pass any time soon. If and when it does, he added, it's also likely to be heavily regulated.
Just how regulation might affect the growing of marijuana remains unclear: Would it even be allowed in open fields or in greenhouses located along heavily trafficked roads?
Current reports certainly suggest that recreational marijuana will eventually be big business in New York State. A Forbes analysis recently reported revenue from medical marijuana sales in New York State at more than $40 million. Another recent report, from New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, estimated the market for recreational marijuana statewide at more than $3 billion, which would mean hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue.
Ivy Acres Inc., a greenhouse company in Baiting Hollow, was behind an organization that sought approval in 2015 to grow marijuana for medical use. It was a long and costly application process, which they said at the time set them back close to a half-million dollars. Their bid failed to gain support from the Riverhead Town Board — an important factor in the process — and was ultimately rejected by the state.
But owners Jack and Kurt Van de Wetering, who shopped the plan to stakeholders across Riverhead Town, said at the time it was worth the risk, as their research projected more than $400 million in annual revenues from one medical marijuana growing operation alone.
Riverhead did, however, become home to the county's first medical marijuana dispensary, which is still operated on West Main Street by Columbia Care. That group's CEO, Nicholas Vita, said he thinks regulations on recreational marijuana in New York State need to be rooted in data and evidence, with a strong focus on health policy, specifically. Whoever will enforce regulations, he said, needs to be at the table while policy is being developed.
When asked if farmers are key stakeholders, Mr. Vita said yes, because marijuana is an agricultural product.
"There's no better group I can think of that can talk about the importance of nutrient lines and pesticides and productivity than farmers," he said.
However, Mr. Vita said he thinks the state Department of Health should regulate marijuana for recreational use.
"If this is a product that's going to be used in a body or on a body, it obviously has to be manufactured and developed in a very particular set of ways to ensure safety and quality," he said.
Riverhead Town Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith, who was not part of the board that declined to support the Van de Wetering application, said what happens in terms of legalization and regulation is still "a wait-and-see" but added that the positive impact it could have on Long Island agriculture is appealing to her.
"[I'm for] anything to sustain the farms here and make it economically viable, because it's so difficult, especially with the high price of land out here," she said.
Southold Supervisor Scott Russell recalls being approached by another company looking to produce marijuana in his town a few years back, as part of a proposal to the state.
"They wanted to get a sense of what the community reaction would be," he said. "I told them that I won't speculate, however, I am sure real concerns would be raised about issues such as security, local impacts, etc. I told them that it would be their responsibility to gauge public interest by including the public in the discussion."
Mr. Russell said he did not take the proposal seriously because the man had not done his homework on the community. Mr. Russell said it's safe to assume there will be interest in growing marijuana in Southold should the state approve it for recreational use.
"We also have to assume that it will be a heavily regulated industry," he said.
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The Death Dance is a 1918 American film directed by J. Searle Dawley with Alice Brady as Flora Farnsworth, Holmes Herbert as Arnold Maitland, Mahlon Hamilton as Philip Standish.

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The inaugural meeting of the Portsmouth District of the Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild was held on Jan. 28th at St. Mary's Church, when over 60 members were present from Alverstoke, Bramshott, Bishop's Waltham, Catherington, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, North Stoneham, Petersfield, Portsmouth (St. Thomas' and St. Mary's), Southampton, and Wickham, as well as visitors from King's Somborne and Mr. H. Barton (Ventnor).
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The election of district officers resulted as follows: Chairman, Mr. R. J. Stone; secretary, Mr. F. W. Rogers; auditor, Mr. H. G. Reynolds; representatives on Central Committee, Messrs. F. A. Burnett and R. J. Stone.
Several new members were elected, including the Rector of Bramshott (the Rev. E. H. Polehampton), and eight honorary members of Wickham, Messrs. C. F. Foster (Catherington) and S. A. Bamford (Portsmouth) as full members, and two probationers from Havant and Portsea. Colonel de W. Kitcat (Gosport) was transferred from a full member to an honorary member.
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