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Euro 2020, 100 days out: A way-too-early preview of this summer's top competition
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Euro 2020 way-too-early preview: Assessing England, Portugal, VAR and more with 100 days to go
Euro 2020 has the potential to be a stunning summer of soccer. ESPN Illustration
We're officially 100 days away from the opening game of Euro 2020 -- watch every game LIVE in the U.S. on ESPN networks from June 12 - July 12 -- and let's face it, it's never too early to look at the big teams and the big questions as they continue their preparations for what should be a superb summer of soccer.
- Euro 2020: Everything you need to know
- Group-by-group predictions: Italy, Belgium get kind draws?
There are still four spots up for grabs in the playoffs at the end of March (more on that later) but we've got your super-early look at the presumed favorites to win this summer as well as a first look at some other pressing matters ahead of the tournament's opening game in Rome on June 12.
Jump to: Front-runners to win | England | France | Spain | Italy | Germany | Coronavirus impact | VAR issues? | Belgium | Portugal | Strongest underdogs | Predicting playoffs
PLAYING THE FIELD: Who are the real front-runners?
Let's take two steps to establish favorites for Euro 2020: Since rosters are impossibly fluid and uncertain three months from the tournament, let's simply look at which teams (1) were the most dominant in qualifying play. Then, (2) let's downgrade the odds of all the teams in this year's "hell group," more familiarly known as Group F (France, Germany, Portugal). So who leads the way?
1. England. Yes, the Three Lions have stepped on all sorts of rakes in major tournaments through the years and yes, Harry Kane's form will be questionable at best. But they were rampant in qualifying, boasting the best goal difference, third-best expected goal difference and a single, excusable blemish: a 2-1 loss at Czech Republic.
2. Belgium. Caesars lists the Red Devils as betting co-favorites with England, and it's not hard to see why. They were third in the last World Cup, their goal difference in qualifying was only behind England's, and they had the best expected goal difference to boot. They will need a healthy Eden Hazard though, and he's currently rehabbing a season-ending injury.
3. Spain. Granted, La Roja haven't made even the quarterfinals of their last three major tournaments, but the veteran-heavy squad brilliant in qualifying, posting the second-best expected goal margin and showing massive upside in a 3-0 win over Sweden and 5-0 win over Romania. -- Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC)
ENGLAND: Who will play up front?
There are two scenarios for England at Euro 2020. The first revolves around a fit Harry Kane leading the line for Gareth Southgate's team and ensuring they justify their status as one of the pre-tournament favourites. The second is that Kane fails to fully recover from the hamstring injury that has kept him on the sideline since December, and England go into the tournament without their talisman, captain and main source of goals.
To make matters worse, Marcus Rashford, the man most likely to fill any void left by Kane, is also facing his own fitness battle and is rated as doubtful to be fit in time for the finals given his back injury. If Kane and Rashford are fit, England possess the firepower to beat any team, but without them, Southgate will be struggling to find adequate replacements. Leicester's Jamie Vardy is not an option, having retired from international football in August 2018, leaving the likes of Chelsea's Tammy Abraham, Bournemouth's Callum Wilson and Southampton's Danny Ings as potential strikers if Kane and/or Rashford miss out.
England still possess attacking threat with wingers Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho and Callum Hudson-Odoi, but their tournament chances rest on Kane being fit. -- Mark Ogden (@MarkOgden_)
FRANCE: They're the favorites, right?
Of course they are. Les Bleus are currently vice-European champions and World Cup champions. They have reached the final in the past two big tournaments and none of their peers have a better record over the past four years. This generation dreams of imitating (and surpassing) the 1998-2000 version that famously pulled off the World Cup/Euros double. Didier Deschamps was the captain then; leading the team this summer, he will know exactly how to motivate his players.
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Equally, the style will not matter and France will be very pragmatic again in their tactics. Deschamps will certainly use the same ideas and mentality than in Russia. However, this will be a better, more mature and more experienced squad than won the World Cup back in 2018. You can expect 80% of the players who were in Russia to be there again two years later, while some possible newcomers (Kingsley Coman, Wissam Ben Yedder, Anthony Martial, Tanguy Ndombélé, Clément Lenglet for example) will bring a lot to the table and give Deschamps more talented options.
Kylian Mbappe, Hugo Lloris and Antoine Griezmann will still be the leaders. N'Golo Kante and Raphael Varane will be key factors, too, but the key for this team will be Paul Pogba. He needs to not only return to match fitness, but to regain his best form at Man United. But not to worry: he still has three months in which to do it. -- Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien)
SPAIN: Are they back in Europe's top tier?
Luis Enrique is aiming to take Spain back to the top and has been projecting nothing but confidence when it comes to that mission. Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images
I spent time with Spain coach Luis Enrique for UEFA.com last week and walked away from our chat much more optimistic about La Roja's chances in Euro 2020 than I was going into it. One conclusion to take from the experience is that to be in this man's presence is to feel the pulse of his remarkable energy, confidence and conviction.
Tournaments are strange beasts and one thing is absolutely clear. A squad needs to be energised. It needs to "believe," needs to feel that it's being "hot-housed" as the key players and bit-part-players all coalesce into a fighting unit after a long, brutal season. Can "Lucho" add all that to his playing group? I imagine he can.
But what about the jigsaw pieces? The picture, for Spain, is confused. It's their coach's first experience in charge at a tournament. His choices are both interesting and testing.
Which goalkeepers join the squad? Right now his main two, Kepa Arrizabalaga and David De Gea, are having their troubles at Chelsea and Man United, respectively. Pau Lopez, at Roma, can step up but will Luis Enrique opt for Unai Simon, Athletic's promising kid? Is Sergio Busquets still playing sufficiently elite football? And regardless of the group Luis Enrique puts together, will they have sufficient killer mentality to emulate their 2008, 2010 and 2012 winning predecessors? The jury is out, but the jury remains slightly doubtful. -- Graham Hunter (@BumperGraham)
ITALY: Is this a tournament too soon for the Azzurri?
If you're of a superstitious bent and an Italy fan, you don't feel great about Euro 2020. Results have been uncharacteristically good in qualifying and the Azzurri have generally done best when they've had their backs against the wall and barely qualified for tournaments. Fear of failure has been a great motivator.
There's a quiet optimism around this group, and not just for the excellent performances in qualifying. There's a corps of young players -- goalkeeper Gigio Donnarumma, midfielders Nicolo Barella, Stefano Sensi and Sandro Tonali, forward Federico Chiesa -- who have generated tons of excitement, though the most gifted of them all, midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo, may miss out on the tournament because of a cruciate ligament injury suffered in January. And there are veterans like Leo Bonucci at the back, Jorginho and Marco Verratti in midfield and free-scoring striker Ciro Immobile up front that make Italy a tough out. The key will be whether manager Roberto Mancini can bring it all together.
A phenomenally gifted player, Mancini never quite hit the highs his talent warranted while playing for the national team. As a coach, he won silverware at Inter and Manchester City prior to taking the Italy job, mostly with experienced players and a relatively orthodox approach. But with Italy, he's putting his trust in youth and a high-energy, attack-minded ethos, a stark departure from Azzurri sides of yesteryear. -- Gab Marcotti (@Marcotti)
GERMANY: Are they past their crisis point and ready to contend?
Serge Gnabry is in fantastic form and will form a key part of Germany's core heading into Euro 2020. Getty Images
Save for recurring public pleas to see Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels return to the squad, Germany have moved on from their 2018 World Cup woes. This is a team that is now in a different cycle to the one that saw them triumph in Brazil and then pay for their complacency in Russia.
While there's no denying some discomfort around World Cup-winning coach Joachim Low still being the man in charge, the 60-year-old deserves credit for starting another cycle. He has reshaped the squad with many young faces and has realised that his beloved heavy possession approach of previous years no long works in isolation and that speed is pivotal. It's a shift has allowed new quality to blossom and some familiar faces to rise higher. Kai Havertz is a player to build a team around and Serge Gnabry has emerged as an explosive attacking option, while Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka and Matthias Ginter are key figures in the leadership of this new Germany.
German FA (DFB) president Fritz Keller's unhelpful belief that Germany have to make the semifinals puts unnecessary pressure on a young group that should treat this tournament as a chance to grow rather than to challenge. -- Jonathan Harding (@JonBloggs66)
CORONAVIRUS: How will it affect the tournament?
Fans across Europe will be impacted by the ongoing coronavirus concern, though Euro 2020 has not been reconsidered at this time. Photo by Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images
The coronavirus, which was first detected in Chinese city of Wuhan, has been felt most by Italy within Europe. At the time of writing, there have been 79 recorded deaths from coronavirus in Italy, with the northern region of Lombardy the most affected. Several top-flight matches have been postponed -- including the top-of-the-table clash between Juventus and Inter -- with others, including Atalanta's Champions League last-16, second leg, against Valencia, played behind closed doors. The first match of the tournament will take place in Rome and is between Italy and Turkey and so far UEFA have made no plans to change the venue.
"Euro 2020 will kick off on June 12, 2020 in Rome," a UEFA statement read. "UEFA is in touch with the relevant international and local authorities regarding the Coronavirus and its development. For the moment, there is no need to change anything in the planned timetable. The issue will be kept under constant scrutiny."
Other European countries which have been affected by the coronavirus include Switzerland, where the top two tiers of football have been suspended until March 15. Italy has also seen other sports affected, with men's and women's rugby Six Nations matches cancelled. -- Andrew Cesare Richardson (@AndrewCesare)
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VAR: Will it work properly at Euro 2020?
Forget about the extensive delays, infinitesimal measuring of offside decisions, frustrated goal celebrations and incandescent fury of fans and pundits around the Premier League and other domestic leagues this season: VAR at Euro 2020 should be much slicker and much quicker. After all, UEFA have figured out the right rhythm of VAR application when it comes to their competitions: for example, there were fewer VAR overturns in the Champions League group stage this season than there have been in club football. Ultimately, VAR is accepted in the UCL because the referees -- including those from the Premier League -- "sell" the decision with the use of the pitchside monitors. UEFA will ensure a similar process at the Euros in the interests of letting the referees play a bigger part than simply holding their ear and waiting for the final call.
Even more importantly, UEFA referees' chief Roberto Rosetti insists that VAR is "only for clear and obvious mistakes, and not for controversial situations" which has meant hardly any of those "armpit" offside decisions -- in short, seeing perfectly "good" goals disallowed due to a rogue arm or forehead behind the final defender -- that have plagued European club football. Expect a much smoother summer more in line with what we saw in both the men's 2018 World Cup and women's 2019 World Cup than in England's top flight this year. -- Dale Johnson (@DaleJohnsonESPN)
BELGIUM: Are their hopes dashed if Eden Hazard isn't fit?
Hazard is in a genuine race against time. He is desperate to play the Euros with Belgium and hopefully finally carry this golden generation to the summit. However, if his latest ankle injury was preventing him from making it, the Red Devils will still have enough talent to have a successful summer, starting with Kevin De Bruyne, of course.
Man City's best player is Hazard's natural heir in the leadership contest. He is having a wonderful season with Manchester City. In many ways, he is already the boss of this Belgian team in a playmaker role at the heart of Roberto Martinez's 3-4-3 formation. He could also move up to play alongside Dries Mertens on each side of Romelu Lukaku. Both of them will have a key role to play as well on the back of excellent domestic campaigns. Mertens became Napoli's all-time top goal scorer and Lukaku took over Serie A.
But maybe the best replacement for Eden will be his brother, Thorgan. Usually, he plays more as a wing-back with the national team, but Martinez has other options there (Timothy Castagne, Thomas Meunier, Yannick Carrasco, Arno Verschueren, Nacer Chadli) so he could definitely push him up, like at Dortmund, and let him try to fill his brother's (big) boots. -- Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien)
PORTUGAL: Does Ronaldo have enough left in the tank to defend their title?
Evaluating Portugal's chances in 2020 are simple: if Cristiano Ronaldo is up for the challenge (and he often is on the pitch), they have every shot of retaining their Euro 2016 crown. It's not just that he thrives in the European Championships -- 40 of his 99 goals have come at the finals or in qualifying -- but that he played such an integral role in their first international title when they shocked France to win Euro 2016. And yet, famously, he hobbled off after just 25 minutes of that final, watching on crutches and giving the impression he was co-managing with Fernando Santos as Portugal outlasted Les Bleus in extra time, proof that this team is more than the sum of its parts.
Bettered only by Harry Kane (12 goals) in qualifying, Ronaldo will have plenty of help from the likes of Joao Felix, a trio of hungry Wolves (Joao Moutinho, Ruben Neves and Diogo Jota are thriving in the Premier League) and Man City playmaker Bernardo Silva, but a tough group including France and Germany offer no margin for error. (Ronaldo has never scored against either of those giants, either.) In fact, their path in 2020 is a lot harder than it was on their road to glory last time around -- they finished third in a group with Hungary, Iceland and Austria, taking down Croatia, Poland and Wales en route to the final -- and Ronaldo has four more years in those legs. -- James Tyler (@JamesTylerESPN)
UNDERDOGS: Which of the smaller nations can cause some upsets this summer?
Two sides stand out for their shock potential, Denmark and Poland.
The 2020 version of Denmark might lack the personalities and the bohemian touch of the team that became surprise champions in neighbouring Sweden back in 1992 -- they were famously only included as a last-minute replacement for disqualified and dissolved Yugoslavia -- but coach Åge Hareide has built a defensively solid, physically capable and functional Denmark side. They have proved capable at both defending and attacking set-pieces, with Christian Eriksen providing the creative spark in his favoured number 10 position. New Barcelona recruit Martin Braithwaite and RB Leipzig's Yussuf Poulsen provide pace and goal threat from wide areas in their trademark 4-2-3-1 formation.
Not only did the draw treat the Danes favourably, with only Belgium ranking higher in their group, but they'll also enjoy the privilege of playing all three group matches on home soil at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. Undefeated in their last 15 matches, they should be capable of beating their Nordic rivals Finland and Russia to book a place in the last 16. Who knows? They might even pick up the "spirit of '92" on the way.
Portugal won Euro 2016 but will face a much tougher battle this time around if they're to retain their crown. Getty
As for Poland, Jerzy Breczek's team qualified as runaway winners of an evenly matched, relatively tricky group, conceding just five goals from 10 games along the way. After that impressive qualifying campaign, the Poles will be hoping to emulate the performance from four years ago -- Portugal proved a bridge too far in the quarterfinals -- or perhaps even go one better given that they're bringing a strong squad near its peak.
Solid goalkeepers are rarely a problem for Poland -- Juve's Wojciech Szczesny is the number one choice -- and the central defensive partnership of Kamil Glik and Jan Bednarek appeared sturdy in qualifying. It's further up the pitch where the real excitement starts, though. Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski provides the vision and playmaking abilities, while arguably the world's best centre-forward, Robert Lewandowski, is a guarantee for goals, with other quality options such as Arkadiusz Milik and Krzysztof Piatek waiting in the wings.
Apart from a daunting trip to face Spain in Bilbao, Poland will play in front of a large Polish following in Dublin, with Sweden and a fourth country coming through the playoffs their other opponents. With this Poland team possibly the best since the World Cup bronze-winning side of 1982, it would be no surprise to see them in the last 16, or even beyond. -- Tor-Kristian Karlsen (@tkkarlsen)
PLAYOFF QUALIFIERS: Which four teams have the best chance of reaching Euro 2020?
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From Path A, Iceland should just edge past Romania on March 26 to tee up a trip to Hungary for the qualification showdown in Budapest on March 31. While Iceland have endured a turbulent post-2018 World Cup existence, they should just edge past the mid-20th century powerhouses to get through.
In Path B, there is the mouthwatering and historically charged prospect of Northern Ireland up against Republic of Ireland, but Bosnia and Herzegovina should have enough mettle to knock over Northern Ireland in their playoff, with the Republic of Ireland doing enough against Slovakia. Mick McCarthy's men should have enough to book their place overall, with any players owning a Labrador left behind.
In Path C, logic suggests Serbia are favourites, while Scotland boast the best left-back in the world in Andy Robertson, but then Norway have the Erling Haaland factor and Martin Odegaard, to boot. While Serbia are favourites to get through this Path, look for Haaland's Norway to get through.
And finally, in Path D, the group of independent nations, how wonderful it'd be to have Kosovo there, complete with the brilliant Vedat Muriqi. Flip a coin for this Path, but Kosovo have enough to see off Georgia, Belarus and North Macedonia.
So the four teams who should head to Euro 2020, a schedule and layout ideally suited to broke teenage travelers, are: Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Norway and Kosovo. -- Tom Hamilton (@TomHamiltonESPN)


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Demir Earns ASFPM Outreach/Media Award
Ibrahim Demir, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and associate faculty research engineer at IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering, received the Outreach/Media Award June 21 from the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM).
Demir was recognized for his new artificial-intelligence algorithm called the "Flood AI Alpha."
In December, he was awarded a grant from Microsoft as part of its "AI for Earth" program (https://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/demir-wins-microsoft%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98ai-earth%E2%80%99-grant)
More information about AI for Earth can be found on the website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/aiforearth
The award was established to acknowledge exemplary efforts on the part of media to increase information and/or awareness of flood issues with the general public. It is also for an individual, private organization or governmental unit or agency that have increased information and/or awareness of flood issues with the general public.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers is an organization of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, National Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning and recovery. ASFPM is a respected voice in floodplain management practice and policy in the United States because it represents flood hazard specialists of local, state and federal government, research community, insurance industry and the fields of engineering, hydrologic forecasting, emergency response, water resources and others.
Ibrahim Demir

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Dead Man is a an absolute gem of a film, wonderful soundtrack, and the cinematography is luminous, every frame a photograph.
Thank you so much for this post I had been looking for the track list for this video for years !


The new Ethernet IO modules from Pepperl+Fuchs support all common Ethernet protocols, such as PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and EtherCAT, in a single device. The integrated IO-Link master function allows comprehensive diagnosis and parameterisation.
The L-coded M12 power plug provides a current of up to 16 A and reduces installation costs. Modules with an integrated logic function are said to be able to tackle autonomous applications, completely replace control panels, or deal only with status messages.
The multiprotocol feature permits standardisation in the machine where different module types were previously required. A rotary switch makes it possible to switch between the PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and EtherCAT protocols. The integrated web server facilitates downloads and parameterisation, and also provides a diagnostics indicator.
IO-Link-compatible sensors and actuators can be connected, configured, and parameterised using the integrated 8-way IO-Link master. Key benefits of this include transparent diagnosis and the ease with which devices can be replaced thanks to the redundant data storage.
The power concept with an L-coded M12 plug-in connector provides a connection and power supply of up to 16 A, thereby reducing the need for parallel wiring and supply adjustments. The robust, fully cast metal housing has an IP65/67/69 degree of protection and is very compact at only 200 mm long and 18 mm high.
Some simple programming work is all that is needed for the modules to perform distributed functions and to take the load off the central control panel, or replace this completely. Communication costs and reaction times are reduced, while a central overview is retained. The distributed logic can be limited to some of the IOs, while the others continue under the central control panel. This permits an interaction between the control panel and the distributed process program.


Zinc oxide is an inorganic chemical compound used as ingredient in medicine preparation or over-the-counter drug. It is also largely used as additive in pigments and semiconductor in industries.
Formula and structure: the zinc oxide chemical formula is ZnO. Its molar mass is 81.379 g mol-1. The molecule is formed by the cation Zn+2 and the anion O-2. Zinc oxide has two possible structures: hexagonal and cubic, but hexagonal crystals are most common. Its chemical structure can be written as below, in the common representations used for organic molecules.
Occurrence: Zinc oxide is found in nature in zincite, a mineral manly found in New Jersey, US. Zincite also has a hexagonal crystal structure.
Preparation: There are several processes to synthesize zinc oxide. The main routes are the French and the American process. In French process, metallic zinc is vaporized and the vapor are oxidized with preheated air. The American process use as raw compounds different zinc composites, which are reduced by coal, producing zinc vapors. Then, the zinc vapors are oxidized by oxygen present in the air, similar to the French process.
Other way to synthesize zinc oxide is the wet process, which consists in purify zinc sulfate or chloride through the precipitation with carbonate. Then, the precipitate is calcined to obtain zinc oxide.
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batam activity: Pacific Palace Hotel Batam welcome the new year 2010 with the theme "One Night In Hawaii"
Pacific Palace Hotel Batam welcome the new year 2010 with the theme "One Night In Hawaii"
To welcome the new year of 2010 will be here soon, Pacific Palace Hotel presents a series of themed events, 'One Night In Hawaii ". According to Ryan Damanik as Sales and Marketing Manager at Pacific Palace Hotel, this event will display the nuances of style Hawaian beach, and it will be held right in the hotel lobby area.
"The whole concept resembles the Hawaiian area, his term tropical Hawaiian-style party that will feature a myriad of events and games to enliven the event" says Ryan. Ryan also says, in 'One Night In Hawaii to be held on December 31 starting at 19:30 will also be enlivened by the Grand Prize draw of One Night Stay at the Presidential Suite Pacific Palace Hotel.
Not only that Pacific Palace Hotel also has developed a series of events to make the evening more change this year different from the others. "We'll bring Hula Dance, which is typical of Hawaii, then there is fashion Show, Live Band, Sparkling Wine, Games, Lucky Draw and Fireworks show, so it was complete to pamper guests who want to celebrate the turn of the new years eve this time more impressive "said Ryan.
For the price of One Night In Hawaii, Pacific Palace Hotel set price of Rp 227,500 + + perpax. And the price include the item mentioned above. Like last year, Ryan admitted, this year's celebration will also take place lively and got good response from the guests and the community. "I think the price is comparable to what we give" he said.
And by the turn of this year, Pacific Palace Hotel implementing rate relatively low price to both regular visitors and guest walking. Prices for Superior Room is set for Ro 498 thousand, including breakfast for 2 people. You want the new year 2010 was in Hawaii? Pacific Palace Hotel place.


Strava's Global Bike to Work Day – nearly 80,000 cyclists record their commute!
Strava, the social network for athletes, has announced figures from their first-ever Global Bike to Work Day, which took place on Tuesday 10 May.
79,879 cycle commute activities were uploaded by Strava Global Bike to Work Day Challenge entrants on the day. Strava commuters logged a total of 1,343,954 km on Global Bike to Work Day, averaging 16.82km per ride.
In total, 71,107 hours were spent commuting on the day, with the average commute time per rider being 53 minutes and 41 seconds.
The day was truly global with Strava members from 180 different countries getting involved, producing a total carbon offset of 514.51 tons.
Strava launched the day to show how commutes on Strava make a difference to the cycling community through Strava Metro, which anonymises and analyses the millions of human-powered commutes uploaded to Strava every week, then partners with urban planners to improve city infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians.
Currently, over 70 organisations and government agencies are using Strava Metro, including GoBike in Glasgow, University College London, Oregon Department of Transport, Austin B-Cycle in Texas and Vermont Transportation.
For more information on Strava, head to http://www.strava.com.
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Last week I read Jeff Anderson's Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop and reread Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child . I love the energy and passion each author brought to his or her own respective book. As a teacher, reading a book written by a teacher who obviously loves what he or she does, believes in what he or she does, and wants to share what he or she does gets me all excited. I have no immunity for that kind of energy, nor do I want that vaccination. I can't get enough of it.
I have worked with students and working on making text-to-text connections...except it's evident when a student doesn't read much because that makes it hard to make a text-to-text connection. A few years ago, when I started reading children's/young adult literature again voraciously, I started to notice how easy it was to make text-to-text connections. It became second nature because I had a vast pool of texts with which to make connections. Needless to say, last weekend as I read these two books I immediately saw how they could work together and then it brought to mind Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini-Lessons for Middle and High School by Kelly Gallagher. It makes me ecstatic when ideas connect like this.
The ideas from these three books that I linked together all center on creating a community of literacy in the classroom. I work with my students one-on-one so for me this is different from the classes described in the books and from any classroom environment but I still strive to create a literacy connection between myself and my students. I think this idea can be applied in any situation.
In Gallagher's book, he outlines what students can look for while they are reading so they can participate in a Reading Share. He explains that as students read, he wants them to be on the lookout for parts in the text that make them respond; this might be something funny, something that makes them angry, something that exhibits great writing, etc. I love this element of metacognition that readers are aware of what makes them feel a certain way or of the author's craft. This is where Anderson's ideas about being a sentence stalker come in. He discusses the idea of teaching students to be readers who are actively assessing the quality of what they are reading. From a writing perspective, the students are recognizing what stands out as good writing and then they can share this with the class and examine it and hopefully at some point apply it in their own writing. Enter Miller's book about creating an environment of reading for readers in and out of school. Her classroom is a place where everyone can share and discuss books. Why not encourage readers to look objectively at what they are reading, share that great text with others, and at this exact same time develop a strong community for reading? There is no reason not to, it's brilliant!
Have you read any of these books? Do you ask students to do a Reading Share? Do you encourage students to stalk sentences? Is your classroom (no matter its size) a place where students are able to share what they are reading? I would love to hear how you foster a reading community in your classroom!


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Be captivated by the grandeur of Chatsworth
Bakewell, Derbyshire
With its palatial surrounds and starring role in Pride & Prejudice, Chatsworth House is one of the Peak District's most celebrated destinations.
Chatsworth House has been enchanting visitors for centuries. Since 1549 this has been home to the Cavendish family, and its ornate rooms and diverse gardens burst forth with rich history. There are over 30 rooms to explore, from the magnificent Painted Hall to the regal state rooms and atmospheric Sculpture Gallery, while private art haul the Devonshire Collection is one of the finest in Europe and worth a visit in its own right.
Surrounding the house is a mesmerising horticultural tapestry of sweeping vistas, cascading water features and finely crafted shrubberies. Writer Jane Austen was so taken with it all that Chatsworth is believed to have inspired Mr Darcy's residence Pemberley in her novel Pride & Prejudice, and the estate took a starring role alongside Kiera Knightley in the 2005 film adaptation of the book.
Chatsworth House is around 3 hours drive from London.
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One striking thing about the fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is the pictures on social media - not just the pictures of the cathedral in flames, though it was hard to look away. It was people posting their own old images of the cathedral. Maybe they lived in Paris once. Maybe they made the one visit of their lifetimes to France and stood for the camera in front of the stone facade.
Many tourists came from nations, including the United States, that did not even exist when stonemasons began working on that cathedral more than 800 years ago. Nobody was killed in yesterday's fire. But French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of the building as more than wood and stone.
INSKEEP: The president said the cathedral is part of France's history, its literature and its psyche. NPR Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley witnessed the fire unfolding yesterday and has lived in Paris for years. Eleanor, hi.
ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Hi, Steve.
INSKEEP: What has it been like over the years to share this - to be in this city with this cathedral?
BEARDSLEY: This cathedral is really an intimate part of everyone's life, really. You know, it's like your Notre Dame. Everyone has a piece of it, like you were saying. And, you know, every time there's a celebration or something big in Paris - I don't know - Olympic win or games, they ring the bells. And then, you know, the church celebrated its 850th birthday a couple years ago, and everyone came out. And it got new bells, and they all had names. And we knew all the names and the history.
And, you know, the zero point of all French roads - you know, if you're on the road, it says, you know, 800 kilometers to Paris - that's all from one little point in front of Notre Dame, so all roads in France lead to Notre Dame. It's our friend. And I woke up this morning with this feeling like, oh, God, our friend is damaged. It's hurting. And it was a different day today because of that.
INSKEEP: What was it like, then, having that connection, to be standing in the crowds outside of the cathedral as it burned?
BEARDSLEY: It was surreal. I mean, there was just, you know, thousands of people lined up. It was so quiet. I mean, you had to be very quiet. And people were singing hymns. People were saying prayers. Some people were kneeling. And everyone was so deeply sad. No one wanted to talk. I mean, no one wanted - people were crying. And there was also this panic because the flames did not subside. They even seemed to get bigger at one point, and it seemed everyone was just - could barely breathe. They could barely stand the tension. And it was just tragic. It was dramatique, dramatic, as the French would say.
INSKEEP: Well, from outside - let's talk about this - from outside, it looked like everything might be lost but the stone walls. But then images began emerging from the inside, where it seems that some large amount of this giant building has survived.
BEARDSLEY: Yes. I mean, I'm sitting here right now looking at it. And the spire is gone. It collapsed. It weighed 250 tons, and they said that it pierced the nave and went through. But the bell towers are still there. Those iconic, square, you know, Quasimodo, "The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame" bell towers are there. And, you know, the stained glass windows are gone, and there's some charred stones, but the structure is there.
And as President Macron said, the structure is here. It's still with us, and we have hope now. The inside has been damaged. I saw footage on TV of smoldering, you know, piles of rubbish, and it's open partly to the sky. So there's been a lot of damage, but Notre Dame is still here.
INSKEEP: You know, it's amazing to think about the fact that you're in that ancient city, Eleanor. And as with many ancient cities, there are landmarks that survive for centuries and centuries. And this is a moment, I suppose, to think about how almost random it is what comes down through the generations to us and what lasts for us to see from some other generation.
BEARDSLEY: It is. And people have told me, you know, I walk by Notre Dame every day, and I just barely notice her, they say. And she's beautiful, and what a precious thing we've lost now. And another person said, I was going to - I haven't been in 15 years. You know, I'm not a practicing Catholic. But I was going to go the other day, and I regret so that I didn't because now I don't know when I'll be able to go back in and see it. So yes, people realize the importance. This is the history of France, the history of Europe, the history of humanity, really.
INSKEEP: Do people give the cathedral a gender when they talk about it?
BEARDSLEY: Yes. They're saying her. Notre Dame de Paris, la dame - the great Notre Dame. Yes, it's a woman.
INSKEEP: Eleanor, thanks so much.
BEARDSLEY: Female. Thank you, Steve.
INSKEEP: NPR's Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley today. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


text:
Una onada de calor és un augment brusc i perllongat de la temperatura i humitat per sobre dels valors mitjans del clima d'una zona determinada. És un desastre més freqüent a l'estiu i afecta tant els éssers humans, com animals i collites, essent el fenomen climàtic que més morts causa.

Definició internacional d'onada de calor
L'Organització Meteorològica Mundial defineix una onada de calor com "Un temps inusualment càlid (màximes, mínimes i / o mitjana diària) en una regió, que persisteix durant almenys dos dies consecutius durant el període calorós de l'any, en funció de les condicions climatològiques locals, amb registres per sobre dels llindars determinats."

A partir d'aquesta definició, els llindars que defineixen una onada de calor a cada territori venen fixats pel organisme meteorològic competent.

Onada de calor a Catalunya segons l'SMC
L'organisme competent en matèria de meteorologia a Catalunya és el Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya. Estableix que el llindar per determinar una onada de calor són les temperatures màximes, que han d'excedir el percentil estadístic del 98% dels últims 10 anys de la sèrie de cada estació meteorològica oficial. Això vol dir que el 2% dels dies més càlids dels últims 10 anys marcaran el llindar de temperatures màximes a superar per a determinar una onada de calor.

Aquesta manera de definir una onada de calor implica que els llindars depenen de cada punt del territori català. Així, els llindars canvien en funció de la ciutat o població.

Alguns efectes
 Morts per hipertèrmia o síncopes
 Fallides elèctriques per l'augment de l'ús de l'aire condicionat i ventiladors
 Increment dels incendis
 Afectacions en circuits elèctrics, dispositius electrònics i carreteres
 Sequera posterior
 Disminució de l'aigua potable en àrees subdesenvolupades

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As Tanzania's 2018 annual music festival "Sauti za Busara", continues to count days to commence, organizers have released the list of artists billed to perform at the event. The event which is the 15th edition will take place at the Old Fort in Stone Town, Zanzibar, between 8 and 11 February, 2018.
Music in Africa reports that the list contains various artists across the continent of Africa and diaspora. The main artists are Kasai Allstars from Democratic Republic of Congo, Zakes Bantwini from South Africa and Ribab Fusion of Morocco as well as Mlimani Park Orchestra of Tanzania.
The festival will kick off with a special flash mob to be led by Haba na Haba contemporary dance troupe from Dares Salaam. The event will thereafter be followed be followed by the highly anticipated Carnival Parade, stopping the traffic along its 2km route to Stone Town.
However, on three stages of day four, the festival will feature about 46 performances, comprising 20 groups from Tanzania and others from Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco, Algeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Egypt, Sudan, the Gambia, Reunion, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland.
The festival with a "United in Music", is also expected to host the Movers and Shakers forum where artists, managers, the media and various other arts stakeholders will network and exchange ideas from between 9th and 11th February, 2018.


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Home > Data•Data Science > What Is Data Science? Who is a Data Scientist? What is Analytics?
Data is at the core of businesses and industries today. With the rise of Big Data, companies and organisations around the world are harnessing the potential of the data at their disposal to drive growth, scale profitability, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve the overall operations process among other things. And behind all of this lies one major secret – Data Science.
Data science is an amalgamation of multiple aspects of data such as data inference, algorithm development, and technology to help analyse the date and find innovative solutions to complex problems. In other words, Data science is all about analysing data and finding creative ways to drive business growth.
In order to fully understand the question "what is Data Science," we need to start from the basics. At the primary level, data science seeks to reveal the hidden patterns within data sets. With the help of these useful data insights, companies can enhance their decision-making process, streamline their sales and marketing strategies, scale the revenue, and so much more. For instance, Netflix mines user data to understand the customer movie viewing patterns, what boosts their interests and towards what particular genre to determine what kind of shows and movies they should produce.
Furthermore, data science also involves the development of data product. By a 'data product' we mean a technical asset that uses and processes data to generate algorithm-oriented results. A recommendation engine is the most excellent example of a data product. For instance, Amazon's recommendation engine ingests user data to provide personalised recommendation list based on your previous purchases or viewed items. Similarly, Spotify tracks consumer behaviour to understand their preference in music, thereby providing customised music lists for individual users.
Another important thing to tackle while answering "What is data science" is the components of data science. Let's look at the same.
What is Data Science Comprised of?
Data science essentially involves the blend of three core areas of expertise – Mathematics, Technology, and Business Acumen.
Mathematics and statistics lie at the heart of data science. To be able to mine data successfully, one needs to view the data from the quantitative perspective. The correlations in data, finding hidden patterns and complex trends within demands a certain degree of expertise is Mathematical concepts such as classical statistics, Bayesian statistics, and Linear Algebra, to name a few.
When dealing with large amounts of data, it is a given that you must have a knack for technology. A large part of a data scientist's job is to leverage technological tools in uncovering valuable patterns within the data. He/she must be well-versed with programming languages such as Java, Scala, Python, R, and SQL. A data scientist needs to be a staunch algorithmic hacker, and by that, we do not mean hacking into computers illegally. It means that they should be able to hack into complex codes and break it down into more understandable and readable formats.
To excel in the field of data science, one needs to have a strong business mindset. Since data science aims to drive value generation of businesses, apart from being comfortable with working on large data sets, a data scientist also needs to bear a tactical business mindset. He/she needs to dive into data, extract useful information from it, and advice business organisations about how they can use that information to their benefit.
Remove the above three, and the answer to "what is data science" will be reduced to "nothing".
Data Scientists are inherently analytical data experts equipped with the requisite skills to solve complex problems complemented with the unquenching thirst for exploring a wide array of issues that need to be addressed. They are highly skilled individuals combining the best of both worlds – IT and business. Hence, data scientists are part computer scientists, part mathematicians, and part trend-analysers.
Now let us look at the job responsibilities of data scientists.
Gathering vast amounts of structured and unstructured data and converting them into actionable insights.
Identifying the data-analytics solutions that hold the most significant potential to drive the growth of organisations.
Using analytical techniques like text analytics, machine learning, and deep learning to analyse data, thereby unravelling hidden patterns and trends.
Encouraging data-driven approach to solving complex business problems.
Cleansing and validating data to optimise data accuracy and efficacy.
Communicating all the productive observations and findings to the company stakeholders via data visualisation.
By now you are aware that analytics forms a vital aspect of data science. Data scientists have to rely on analytics to uncover meaningful patterns within the raw data. But, what exactly does Analytics mean?
Quantitative data analysis – This type of analysis analyses numerical data with quantifiable variables that can be statistically measured.
Qualitative data analysis – This analysis takes on a more interpretive approach to data, that is it aims to 'understand' the patterns in non-numerical data (text, images, audio, video).
As more and more data keeps piling up across various industries around the world, analytics is increasingly becoming an integral part of businesses. To survive in the cut-throat competitive market, companies need to harness the data at their disposal to find ways in which they can stay ahead of the competition. And the answer to this is, of course, data analytics. From the healthcare and education sector to sports and smart homes, analytics is rapidly taking the business by storm.
I hope this article helped answer your queries regarding "what is data science." and more!


For this online session you will need to watch this video of a speech given by Gloria Ladson-Billings on culturally relevant pedagogy. While watching, please consider our class discussions; however, also push yourself to raise new questions based on what she has to say.
Finally, you might be interested in checking out this article about Kendrick Lamar's recent visit to a NJ classroom.
After reading/watching the videos/articles posted here please leave a comment on this post in which you reflect on how this reading/watching relates to the thoughts, ideas, and questions, that came up in our last class. Also feel free to pose new questions to the group.
Looking forward to our Twitter chat tomorrow night at 8PM! We will discuss the following questions. Please be ready to share your ideas.
How can teachers really know their students?How can knowledge of students drive instruction?
As we think about how different instructional strategies work in our own teaching contexts, it can be helpful to spend some time paying closer attention to the contexts in which we teach. When we say "that won't work at my school," what do we mean? What is the disconnect between the strategy and the context? For this online class, I would like you to explore your teaching context by taking the time to observe and notice the sensory details of that place. This activity will serve as a first step towards the development of your sense of what it means to teach in your particular teaching context.
One project I have done with students that gets us to think about this is the following Poetry Mapping Project. Here's a short piece I wrote about it a few years ago.
We began by reading the following chapter in Georgia Heard's book Writing Toward Home. While this book isn't exactly geared for students in the classroom, it is filled with prompts for writers and I have found it to be helpful when I'm trying to think of writing ideas for students.
Then, I gave the students the following example of my own poem. If you open the following document you will see how I presented the poetry-writing experience to my students. You might also want to use this as a guide for writing your own poem, as you will do today.
The assignment I gave my students was to write a poem using sensory details (much like the one in my example, if they like) about a particular place.
When I worked in Queens, I used this Google map to publish my students' poetry.
A few years later, when I taught on Long Island, technology had improved and we were able to include audio and visual elements to our Google map.
While the students in the examples above wrote about where they lived, you will write about where you work. You will need to explore the neighborhood you work in. Take a walk on your lunch break, or take mental notes as you interact with the area surrounding your school building on your walk to or from school. Your poem will require that you pay attention to sensory details, so remind yourself to pay close attention to your surroundings. You might also ask yourself, what does "literacy" mean in this context? Are you introducing literacy to your students, or are there context-specific ways in which they already are literate?
Once you write your poem, go to the map, click on the upside-down teardrop thing, drag it to the location you want, and plant it down. Then, you will see a little box pop up that allows you to post directly on the map. If you click on "rich text," you will be able to add a picture to your poem or change the color of your font (cool!).
Please let me know if you have trouble! You can always send me an email with your poem and I will post it for you. Also, if you would like your poem to be anonymous, that's fine – just send it to me so that I know and I'll post it for you.
Once you are done with this writing project, I would like you to leave a comment below in which you explain what the process felt like for you, what it made you think about, what you might have noticed in the poetry of your classmates, and how you might use or adapt this idea in your own classrooms. Also, please leave links to other poets/writers/educators whose work you would like to share with us.
Click on the Google Map I created for this class and use the marker to add your poem. You should post it on the location you write about.
Watch the Edwidge Danticat video. What does she mean when she uses the terms "accident of literacy" and "birthright"?
Read the following conversation between Aurora Anaya-Cerda (owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore) and Cati de los Ríos: Click here.
Leave a comment at the end of this post in which you reflect on this work, and pose 1-2 questions to the group.
DUE: Tuesday, June 9, midnight.
Day 4: 6/4/15: Online Session: What does it mean to teach reading?
I really enjoyed our class last night. I love hearing about what you are all learning about in the first few years of classroom teaching!
For tonight's online session we are focusing on the question: "What does it mean to teach reading?" Admittedly, this is a huge topic. I hope you will be asking it of yourselves for years to come. In order to start the conversation, I'm posting here a few resources for you to take a look at. Below you will find links to each resource.
How can we learn about our students lives and personal interests? How can we leverage that information to support their reading?
What are we willing/able to change about the reading practices of our students? Can we re-think what or how they read in ways that make our students feel valued as individuals? In what ways might that shift promote academic achievement?
Please read/watch/listen to Dr. Ernest Morrell's presentation at the Literacy Summit 2014 (video) and at least 2-3 of the other links provided. and then post a comment in which you a) pose a question that has popped into your mind, b) reflect and/or connect on how the resources relate to your own teaching experience, and/or c) respond to a classmates' comment or question. These comments and questions will serve as preparation for our Twitter chat tonight from 8-9PM (#hunterlit). If you would like to check out another Twitter chat that already happened, search for #WhatsnewAERA. By typing this hashtag into the search bar in the upper right-hand corner on the Twitter homepage, you will see all of the tweets that were posted using that hashtag.
Dr. Ernest Morrell at The Literacy Summit 2014 (video – you should watch the whole speech, but particularly minutes 24-30).
Day 2: 6/2/15 Online Class: What is effective literacy instruction?
Add your name to a Professional Learning Community (PLC) group on this Google Doc. We can discuss this more in class on Wednesday, June 3, but it is helpful to get this information ahead of time.
Complete the following reading & writing assignments.
Please read "If They Don't Read Much, How They Ever Gonna Get Good?" by Richard L. Allington, former President of the National Reading Association.
TO DO: Use the comment space below to post questions these articles/video raised for you about reading instruction. Feel free to respond directly to the comments of other students.
#2 Who are you as a reader?
On my first day of teaching, I walked into my classroom and immediately identified with my students. It had been at least a decade since I was in their shoes, but I remembered what it felt like to sit in a desk, to eye-down my peers, and wait for the teacher to begin the class. As I stood in the front of the room with those memories, I also quickly realized that my students were all different – they were not like me, and they were not all like each other. We all have such varied experiences with school, and whether they are good or bad, those experiences have a powerful influence on our conception of learning.
Just as our school experiences make us who we are as teachers and learners, our experiences as readers and writers influence us as well. At the start of every school year I ask my students to write short biographies of themselves as students, as readers, and as writers, and I find that they share everything from heartwarming stories of times when their writing was put on display in a hallway bulletin board, to one-sentence explanations ("I hate books"). Whatever they decide to share – the good, the bad, the ugly – this writing gives me the opportunity to hear about those experiences and understand both the joy and the pain that reading and writing has brought into their lives. This way, I get to know them as individuals, and not just a a collective group of students.
I'm sure many of you have asked your own students to perform similar writing tasks and have gotten to know your students well over the course of your first year. In order to get to know you all a little bit better, and to prepare for a month of discussions about how we can best support readers and writers in the classroom, I would like you to use the following questions as prompts for your thinking and write me an email in which you introduce yourself – as a student, a teacher, a reader, and a writer.
Who are you as a student? How does your student experience as a an adult compare to your student experience as a child?
Who are you as a teacher? Why are you a teacher? How do you relate to the students you teach? What are your goals in the classroom?
Who are you as a reader? What do you like to read? How have you grown as a reader throughout your life?
Who are you as a writer? What role does writing play in your life? How would you describe your strengths and weaknesses as a writer?
How does (or how will) your identity & experiences shape who you are as a teacher?


In an earlier post, we looked at how directional board designs and the use of staining can help to give your deck a unique look.
In this post, we go a little further and explore three more adventurous ways to make a deck unlike any other, by using curves, lighting and deckboard pathways.
We hope these ideas will inspire anyone looking to take their first steps towards designing a deck, and equally provide some brain food to current deck owners looking for ways to spruce up or extend their existing deck.
Sweeping curves add a sense of drama and style to a deck, and the effect is not difficult to create.
To mark out a curve at the edge of your deck, you can simply attach a marker to a string or cord and pin the other end at an appropriate centre point so that you can draw a circle with the end of the marker. You can then swing an arc across the joists and cut them at that point to create a curve at the edge of your deck.
The curved rims of your deck can then be added using treated plywood, and you can even add curved handrails for a touch of real finesse, using materials such as laminated siding.
Lighting can be incorporated into your deck in a wide variety of ways, and the effect can be truly transformative.
LED lighting is a popular choice for illuminating decking due to its extremely versatile nature and broad range of colour options. LED lighting underneath deck furniture or railings can be used to create a subtle, sophisticated lighting effect, and lights can also be placed in the line of your deck boards to give the appearance of little stars under your feet.
Uplighting items on or near your deck, such as trees and shrubbery, can help to make your deck feel connected to your garden when it's dark outside, and you can also buy decorative items for decking such as glass panels and water features that have lights incorporated into them.
Deck boards aren't just for creating open spaces in your garden; they can also be used to create attractive pathways that feature throughout your outdoor area.
By laying deckboard pathways using the same materials as you choose for your deck, you can tie your garden together, and you might even use the same deckboards to create seating on your deck.
Whether your deck is made of wood or composite materials, you can use the same boards to form benches, pathways, planters and panels that will bring consistency to your design, and the use of one material throughout may save you time and money when it comes to maintaining the different areas of your garden.


The U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice is one way we tell you how we collect and use information about you. Federal law requires all financial institutions, including us, to notify our customers, once a year, of their privacy practices and, depending on those practices, to let customers limit some of the ways the institution shares that information. This is called "opting out" of information sharing.
Why do you have 2 privacy policies on chase.com?
The U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice, on the other hand, applies to Chase customers. Federal law requires that we provide our customers with a copy of the U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice when they open an account with us, and then once a year for as long as they continue that relationship with us. The U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice explains how we get information about our customers as well as the steps we take to protect customer information in our care. It also describes how we can share your personal information with others and how you can limit that sharing. In particular, you can tell us not to share your information with our affiliates or with unaffiliated third parties for their marketing purposes. And you can tell us not to share information about your creditworthiness with our affiliates in the JPMorgan Chase family of companies.
We take our responsibility to protect your confidential information seriously. We've set up physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that meet federal standards for keeping your information safe from unauthorized access or use.
For example, our policies and procedures are designed to help ensure that our employees see your information only when they need it to do their work. And they must enter a password to use our computer systems, and then retype the password if they haven't used their computer for a certain amount of time. In addition, our employees must use a security card to get into our buildings, and we have security cameras installed in sensitive areas.
We protect your information with 128-bit encryption when you access your accounts and perform transactions on Chase online.
What are co-branded credit cards and partnership programs?
We have arrangements with companies, such as airlines, hotels and retailers, to offer co-branded credit cards and related discounts and other benefits. For example, our United Airlines Visa® card might offer you United Airlines frequent flyer miles as well as a free checked bag when you use your credit card. When you sign up for a program like this, the other company's name or logo appears on your credit card as well as on other program materials.
What kinds of information sharing do co-branded credit cards and partnership programs require?
Co-branded credit cards are a convenient way to get benefits (such as airline miles or hotel points). We and our partners often need to share information to set up the program and figure out your benefits. For example, to make an offer for a co-branded credit card, our partner might give us names and addresses of people who already do business with it. Our credit card company requires you to agree to share your information when you apply for a co-branded product. The credit card's terms and conditions explain how your information is shared.
What if I don't want you to share my information?
You have the right to tell us not to share some of your personal information in some circumstances. The U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice describes the ways in which you can limit how we share your personal information. You may also call us at our Privacy Call Center at 1-888-868-8618. We can help you make choices about how we share your personal information. Please keep in mind, however, that you can't limit all of our sharing of your information. We might need to share your personal information to help us do things like service your accounts with us, respond to court orders and prevent fraud. Financial privacy laws give us the right to share information in these, and other, situations whether or not you opt out of our information sharing.
What do you mean you may share my information with affiliates and "others"? And who are the "others" you'll share my information with?
Federal law allows us to share your personal information with our affiliates and unaffiliated third parties unless you tell us not to share by opting out. The affiliates include any of the financial companies listed at the end of the U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice. Sharing among the JPMorgan Chase family of companies helps us offer you the financial products and services that best suit your needs. It can also save you time and money. For example, customers who have certain accounts with us may qualify for a credit card with a lower interest rate and no annual fee.
Where the law permits, and as long as we honor the opt-out choices you've made, we can also share your personal information with third parties that aren't affiliated with Chase. These "others" include retailers, auto dealers, automakers and membership clubs that offer products and services you may be interested in. You can tell us not to share with them.
Nonetheless, as the U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice explains, you can't limit all of our sharing. Even if you opt out, we can disclose your personal information in order to, for example, process your transactions, comply with legal requests or report to credit-reporting agencies.
What does it mean to "opt out"?
When you "opt out" as explained in the U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice, you instruct us not to share certain information about you in certain ways. For example, the U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice lets you tell us not to share your consumer report information with our affiliates.
If I opt out of information sharing within the Chase family as explained in the U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice, will all of your affiliated banks and companies honor this request?
The U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice applies to the Chase-affiliated companies listed at the bottom of the notice. If you opt out, all of those Chase-affiliated companies will honor your request. However, you can't opt out of information sharing on a product-by-product or company-by-company basis. You agree to share your information with all of the Chase-affiliated companies or none of them.
If I opt out of information sharing within the Chase family of companies, what information about me will you and won't you share within your family of banks and companies?
The FCRA also covers how we share information about your creditworthiness, personal characteristics and mode of living. We can't share these other kinds of information about you from your applications or agreements, from credit reporting agencies or from other sources if you've asked us to limit the information we share within the Chase family of companies. We set out in the U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice the procedures for how you request this. Ordinarily this other information helps us know whether you might be interested in or eligible for other credit, investment or insurance products our affiliated banks and companies might offer.
If you ask us not to share this kind of nonexperience information to determine your eligibility in these situations, we'll honor your request, but we'll continue to share the information in certain other situations consistent with the FCRA, such as to maintain your accounts or prevent fraud.
What choices do I have for opting out of information sharing?
Please look at the U.S. Consumer Privacy Notice for a detailed explanation of your choices about the information you share. This Privacy Notice also tells you how you can change your choices.
If I told you my privacy preferences last year, do I need to tell you again this year?
No. The privacy preferences you tell us don't expire. If you opted out of certain kinds of information sharing, we won't share that information unless you tell us you've changed your mind. You'll need to tell us your opt-out preferences again, though, if you change your name or make other significant changes to your identification information.
How do Chase and I benefit when you share my information among your affiliates?
We may be able to give you better customer service, convenient access to our services and a wider range of products if we can share your information among our affiliates (companies we own or control). The better we know you, the easier it is to offer you financial products and services (such as loans, deposits, investments, credit cards or insurance) that fit your lifestyle. We may also be able to give you consolidated statements and offer better product prices based on your overall relationship across our affiliates.
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Boston time capsule containing Pine Tree shilling gets X-ray
By Joe O'Donnell
Published: Dec 15, 2014, 11 AM
The Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office believes about a dozen coins are likely inside the time capsule discovered at the Massachusetts State House Thursday, including one from the 17th century, the Boston Globe reports.
State records of the time capsule's contents account for a 1652-dated silver Pine Tree shilling, as well as other coins from the 18th and 19th century.
UPDATE: Here are 12 photos from opening of the Boston time capsule
The time capsule was hidden inside a granite block at the State House in 1795 by Gov. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and William Scollay, the Globe reports. It was discovered and added to during renovations in 1855 before being put back in place.
The time capsule resurfaced last week during a water infiltration investigation.
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Meghan Kelly, deputy communications director at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration and Finance, said the container, a copper box, was given an X-ray on Sunday.
"They are in the process of analyzing that X-ray now," Kelly said Monday afternoon.
Read the full Boston Globe report here.
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The date on the Pine Tree shilling does not actually give us its exact age. It's very likely a bit younger.
While all Pine Tree shillings are dated 1652, the first year Massachusetts silver coinage was authorized according to Whitman's A Guide Book of United States Coins 2015, the series was actually struck between 1667 and 1682.
The Pine Tree coinage was the last of the three "Tree" coinage issues of Massachusetts, all of which followed the brief New England or NE silver coinage of 1652. The featureless and undated NE coinage of 1652 was replaced first by the Willow Tree coinage, issued from 1653 to 1660 and all dated 1652; then by the Oak Tree coinage of 1660 to 1667, featuring 1662-dated twopence and 1652-dated threepence, sixpence and shillings; and finally by the Pine Tree coinage.
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Hebburn Town manager Scott Oliver is demanding another response from his players as they get set for their 'biggest game of the season'.
The Hornets make the trip to Teesside in the FA Vase tomorrow to face last season's beaten finallists Stockton Town.
They travel on the back of a 3-0 midweek defeat at unbeaten Northern league Division One leaders Dunston, after a game in which Oliver said he was only happy with four of his players' performances.
However, he is confident they can bounce back against another Northern League rival, and give them travelling fans plenty to cheer about.
He said: "Losing to top of the table Dunston on Tuesday disappointed me after a poor second-half display on a mudbath of a pitch.
"The first half was very even but a deflection which led to their first goal changed the game.
"Dunston fully deserved their win after that – they were first to every ball and we're unrelenting. I was only happy with four of our players' performances on the night, which was not enough against an unbeaten Dunston.
"That was our only second defeat away from home in the league in 2018 as our away form has been very good.
"Stockton in the Vase is our biggest game this season and a huge challenge against a team who reached the final at Wembley last season. We have three buses full of supporters backing us and we aim to give them a great day.
"Stockton have strengths and weaknesses but are a strong team. The fact we won at Consett on a astro turf pitch will give us confidence as Stockton also have a 3G surface.
"But we need an improvement from Tuesday as I thought we were sluggish and our display lacked energy.
Craig Malley, Luke Gillespie and Vase legend Paul Chow miss the game but Hebburn are hoping Jack Robson is available after missing midweek through illness.


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Twitter to Restart Verification Process (And Take Some Blue Checkmarks Away)
Twitter says it'll remove badges from accounts that repeatedly break its rules. It also wants the public's feedback on how it determines who does and doesn't get a verified badge.
By Michael Kan
24 Nov 2020, 9:37 p.m.
(Credit: Twitter)
Twitter will officially resume handing out verified badges to notable users early next year. But the company will also take some badges away. "We recognize that there are many verified accounts on Twitter who should not be," the company wrote in a blog post.
On Tuesday, Twitter introduced the revamped policy that'll guide the verification process after the program was somewhat frozen for three years. For now, the policy is simply a draft. "We want to ensure that, as an open service, our rules reflect the voices of the people who use Twitter," Twitter says, so it's soliciting feedback on the policy from now until Dec. 8.
Why is the verified badge so important? The blue checkmark was created to indicate someone's account is indeed real, and not an imposter. However, some people have viewed the badges as an endorsement from Twitter itself. This sparked a controversy in November 2017, when Twitter gave a verified badge to the organizer of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Facing outrage, the company hit pause on the verification program. Since then, Twitter has been quietly handing out badges to select users through backchannels. However, the public verification process was put on hold so the company could focus on securing the platform from election interference and misinformation.
Twitter now says it's ready to relaunch the public, verified badge application process. But this time, the company plans on being more transparent about how the system works. Again, the badge is meant to only indicate an account of "public interest" is authentic. This includes users who are government officials, major company brands, artists, Hollywood actors, and professional athletes.
According to the draft policy, Twitter will refuse to hand out badges to any accounts that have had a 12-hour or 7-day lockout for breaking the company's rules.
"You may lose your badge if you change your account name (@handle), if your account becomes inactive or incomplete, or if you are no longer in the position you initially were verified for—such as an elected government official who leaves office—and you do not otherwise meet our criteria for verification," the policy adds.
The elephant in the room is how the proposed policy will impact outgoing President Donald Trump's account once he leaves office on Jan. 20. The policy opens the door for Twitter to strip away Trump's verified badge if he repeatedly violates the company's rules against hate speech, abusive behavior, and the glorification of violence. (The same violations could also result in an account suspension.)
In the meantime, the company says "we plan to start by automatically removing badges from accounts that are inactive or have incomplete profiles to help streamline our work and to expand this to include additional types of accounts over the course of 2021."
According to the revamped policy, media organizations and journalists can also receive a verified badge. But they must adhere to professional standards on journalism, "such as those laid out by the Society of Professional Journalists, Independent Press Standards Organization."
Badges can also be given to "activists, organizers, and other influential figures" focused on trying to bring awareness. To determine who qualifies, Twitter will examine factors including whether the person received some media coverage, got a Wikipedia page, started a hashtag movement, or dominated the conversations occurring on Twitter.
"We know we can't solve verification with a new policy alone—and that this initial policy won't cover every case for being verified—but it is a critical first step in helping us provide more transparency and fairer standards for verification on Twitter as we reprioritize this work," the company added.
Twitter plans on unveiling the finalized verification policy on Dec. 17. Users can submit their feedback via an online survey.
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by Brian Gianelli
ID Hits the Mark with Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery
'Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery' (ID)
ID has hit it out of the park with their latest true crime masterpiece, Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery. This week, not one but two new episodes hit our weekly XFINITY Top 20 On Demand Episodes chart, checking in at #6 and #8 for episodes 2 and 3. More impressively, the series itself sits at the top spot for our Top 20 series chart, ahead of such juggernauts as Empire, Homeland and Game of Thrones. True Crime is red hot right now as a genre, and it will be interesting to see what past case ID comes up with next to roll out to viewers and fans.
Don't Miss: Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller is the mastermind behind the new Starz drama American Gods, premiering this Sunday night. Ian McShane stars as Mr. Wednesday, an old god who hires a former convict Shadowmoon to be his bodyguard. This compelling story follows the old gods and the new as they wage wars to stay relevant and is based on the best-selling book by Neil Gaiman.
Catch Up: Kaitlin Olson has been pulling double duty this TV season, continuing her memorable turn on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, while starring as the title character in the bawdy FOX comedy The Mick. Olson plays Mickey, who is forced to care for her sister's rich bratty kids when things go awry. Needless to say, mothering isn't her strong suit (more like a vodka soda). Catch up on all past episodes right here before the season finale. Binge fearlessly as the show has already been renewed for Season 2.
Hot Series: Below Deck Mediterranean follows the crew of a luxury yacht as they go on charters and are at the beck and call of their wealthy clients. Season 2 premieres next week, and although chief stew Hannah and deckhand Bobby are back, most of the rest of the crew is brand new, including a female captain. Catch up on all of Season 1 right here.
This Week's Premieres: Genius (Nat Geo – Tuesday), Great News (NBC – Tuesday), Dear White People (Netflix – Friday), Undercover Boss (CBS – Friday), American Gods (Starz – Friday)
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Q: Remove nested lists from a list if nested list contains a certain value I have a nested list and I would like to remove the empty list [] and any nested list that has a value of -1 in it. Here is what I have so far, it was working earlier but I think jupyter was being buggy.
regions = [[], [2, -1, 1], [4, -1, 1, 3], [5, 0, -1, 4], [9, 10, 7, 8],
                    [7, 6, 10], [8, 0, 5, 6, 7], [9, 2, 1, 3, 10],
                    [9, 2, -1, 0, 8], [10, 3, 4, 5, 6]]

counter = range(len(regions))
for region in counter:
    print(region)
    for i in range(len(regions[region])): # IndexError: list index out of range
    #print(regions[region])
        if regions[region][i] == -1:
            regions.remove(regions[region])
            break
print(regions)

I think the issue is when I am removing a region from the regions list, the counter for the regions nested list is modified and that makes me run out of index values before I finish iterating through each nested list.
Also does my approach even make sense or is there a more native solution that I am overlooking (such as some sort of list comprehension, lambda, filter, etc)?

A: You can simply use this list comprehension :
regions = [i for i in regions if i and (-1 not in i)]

Output :
[[9, 10, 7, 8], [7, 6, 10], [8, 0, 5, 6, 7], [9, 2, 1, 3, 10], [10, 3, 4, 5, 6]]

A: you can also use:
regions = list(filter(lambda r: r and (r.count(-1)==0),regions))

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Home News US-African summit: 'Why we're amplifying Africa voices to address global challenges'
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US-African summit: 'Why we're amplifying Africa voices to address global challenges'
by editor November 25, 2022
written by editor November 25, 2022
The Senior Advisor for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, National Security Council, Dana Banks, has reiterated that the summit, hosted by the US president, Joe Biden will look at Africa's roles in collaboration with the US in addressing global challenges.
Banks, in the company of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Robert Scott, at a media briefing with journalists explained that the continent's economies and populations were among the key players in addressing the challenges, as African leaders converge in the US from December 13 to 15.
Her words: "President Biden has invited 49 African heads of state and the head of the AU to Washington for a three-day summit to really highlight how the U.S. and African nations are strengthening our partnerships to advance our shared priorities. The summit reflects the U.S. strategy towards Sub-Saharan Africa, which really emphasizes the critical importance of the region in meeting this era's defining challenges.
"We expect some of the outcomes to be a deepened and expanded reflection of our long-term U.S.-Africa partnership while we advance our shared priorities. We aim to amplify African voices to collaboratively meet this era's defining challenges, and really, while we leverage the best of America, including our government, our private sector, our civil society, and our diaspora, to uplift and empower African institutions, citizens, and nations.
"The summit is really rooted in the recognition that Africa is a key geopolitical player, one that is shaping our present and will shape our future. As Secretary Blinken underscored when he traveled to the region earlier this year, Africa will shape not just the future of African people but of the world. President Biden believes that U.S. collaboration with African leaders as well as civil society, business, diaspora, women, and youth leaders, is essential to tackling these shared challenges while seizing opportunities, including increasing sustainable food production; strengthening health systems and combating the COVID-19 pandemic while we prepare for future pandemics; responding to the escalating climate crisis; building a strong and inclusive global economy while providing life-saving humanitarian assistance; and strengthening global democratic norms, institutions, and the rule of law.
"With one of the world's fastest-growing populations, largest free trade area, most diverse ecosystems, and one of the largest regional voting groups in the United Nations, African contributions, partnerships, and leadership are essential to meeting this era's defining challenges.
"The continent's dynamic economies and populations really do provide the foundation for a bright future for the continent and the United States.
"Lastly, I just would like to emphasize that we will focus on what we will do not only with African nations and peoples but what we – not only what we do for African nations and peoples but what we do with African nations and peoples.
"And a robust partnership between the United States and African nations is really vital to achieving our shared priorities, as I mentioned, whether it's recovering from the pandemic and strengthening health systems, creating broad-based economic opportunity, addressing the climate crisis. expanding energy access, revitalizing democracies, or strengthening the free and open international order," Banks added.
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/11/us-african-summit-why-were-amplifying-africa-voices-to-address-global-challenges/
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