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Report: Spurs to Sign Daulton Hommes
According to Keith Smith of Yahoo! Sports, the San Antonio Spurs are expected to sign undrafted forward Daulton Hommes, who was the Division II Player of the Year out of Point Loma Nazarene.
Since the Spurs already have 15 players with guaranteed contracts and both of their two-way slots filled up, Hommes is likely signing a training camp contract, similar to Dedric Lawson.
Last season Hommes averaged 21.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.3 assists.
Here were some of his strengths according to the NBA draft guide.
Intriguing mix of size, skill and athleticism. • Has solid shooting mechanics and deep range. • Can play both inside and out. • Plays with good pace.
Once Hommes signs his contract, the Spurs will have 19 players on their training camp roster. They'll be allowed to add just one more player. Before the first game of the regular season, the roster has to be trimmed down to 17 players (15 guaranteed and 2 two-way contracts).
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Trustees Take Heat
January 29, 2018 by Rick Seltzer
The exploding time bomb of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal continues to rip through Michigan State University's upper levels, with the university's athletic director stepping down Friday, the same day longtime president Lou Anna Simon's resignation became official.
Scrutiny keeps mounting on remaining officials, as the Board of Trustees faces extreme pressure over its handling of the situation and reporters dig anew into sexual assault and violence claims involving the university's best-known athletic programs. A dean at the university even took the unusual step of issuing his own statement ripping leaders' response to the situation.
Trustees spoke of the future Friday in an emotional meeting at which they also accepted Simon's resignation and apologized to Nassar's victims. Several choked up as they gave individual statements pledging to change a culture at Michigan State that allowed Nassar to abuse girls and young women unchecked for years.
Two of the university's eight trustees are up for re-election in statewide races this year. Both have said they will not run. Legislative leaders are examining options for impeaching trustees, they said last week, and a Republican strategist has sued Governor Rick Snyder in an attempt to force trustees from office. Michigan House Speaker Tom Leonard, a Republican who is seeking election as attorney general, has called on the entire board to resign. So has a Democratic candidate for governor, Shri Thanedar.
Still, it's not clear how easily politicians could force trustees out if they do not choose to resign. The Snyder administration does not think it has the power to remove them while the Legislature is in session and has the option of impeaching them, according to The Detroit News.
A recent example at the University of Louisville proves that determined politicians in the right political situation have more of a chance of forcing out trustees than many higher education leaders would like. But Louisville's case also proves that such actions come with real consequences and can prove to be headaches long after old boards are disbanded.
In individual speeches Friday, Michigan State trustees offered a mix of apologies, repentance and vows to move forward. Vice Chairman Joel Ferguson, who had to issue an apology last week after making comments on a radio show saying more was going on at Michigan State than "this Nassar thing," apologized for his own inaction and the board's inaction in the past but also vowed to remain in place.
"The one commitment I have is to make certain that I stay here and redouble our work and redouble how I'm going to perform to make Michigan State University a better institution," he said. "We're going to do much better, and we're going to make Michigan State a poster child of how we deal with sexual abuse going forward."
Others seemed to acknowledge the possibility they will not be in office indefinitely.
Dan Kelly, whose term began last year and lasts until the first day of 2025, said he was committed to never forgetting the testimony of Nassar's victims "for however long" he lasts on the board.
Kelly, a lawyer, also said he had come on the board when civil litigation was already under way in the Nassar case. He had felt comfortable working to resolve it through the legal process, but the last two weeks changed his outlook.
"What I learned in the last two weeks was this is not about the litigation," Kelly said. "That's only part of it. What this is about is the culture of MSU, and I'm embarrassed to say I learned that from, in some cases, young teenage women who testified in front of a court, who showed the courage to not hide behind the litigation but to testify and in some cases state their names with regard to this abuse."
Before trustees gave their individual statements, Chairman Brian Breslin read a statement on behalf of the entire board, apologizing to the victims and saying change is overdue at Michigan State. Breslin is one of the two trustees who could have run for election this year but is not. The other is Mitch Lyons.
"We must also acknowledge that there have been failures at MSU not only in our process and operations, but in our culture," Breslin said on behalf of the entire board. "We are united in our determination to take all necessary steps to begin a new day and change the environment."
Outside the meeting, pressure continued to build. Newspapers' opinion sections were not kind to the board.
The Detroit News ran an editorial calling for all eight trustees to resign and give Snyder the ability to appoint an interim board until elections can be held. The current board "closed ranks around Simon and the administration and was no more interested in determining who at the school might have enabled Nassar's 20 years of assaultive behavior," the editorial read. Therefore, it argued, current board members should not be the ones to pick Simon's successor.
A columnist held back even less fury, taking aim at both the current board and the rare at-large statewide ballot system Michigan uses to elect trustees for flagship universities.
"Where, exactly, has the university's board of trustees -- mostly a collection of old jocks, a few small-business people and an octogenarian football coach -- been on this long downward arc to ignominy?" wrote the columnist, Daniel Howes, referring in part to Trustee George Perles, who coached Michigan State football in the 1980s and served for a few years as athletic director in the early 1990s. "From this week on, the name 'Michigan State' will be synonymous with 'Penn State,' shorthand for officially sanctioned serial molestation."
It is notoriously difficult to force large groups of trustees, with staggered terms, from their position overseeing state colleges and universities. That is in large part due to design -- boards of trustees are intended to insulate institutions of higher learning from ambitious politicians' whims and swings in public opinion. That's true even when governors appoint trustees, a more common mechanism than that used to name board members at Michigan State.
Penn State's Jerry Sandusky scandal provides an example of the difficulty in ousting trustees. The scandal broke in November 2011, and Penn State's board chair at the time was heavily criticized for not earlier sharing information about investigations into Sandusky with the full board. He did not resign as a trustee for months, until July 2012, although he had opted in January of that year not run to retain the chairmanship.
More recently, a series of scandals and governance difficulties at the University of Louisville led Kentucky governor Matt Bevin to oust the university's longtime president, James Ramsey, while dismissing almost all of its Board of Trustees and replacing it with a new, smaller board in 2016. The move was challenged in court and drew the attention of accreditors, who placed the university on probation. The situation was ultimately only resolved after state lawmakers passed legislation revamping the board, which satisfied concerns raised by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
It is unclear what mechanism Michigan State would use to oust trustees, said Armand Alacbay, vice president for trustee and legislative affairs at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, who reviewed the university's bylaws.
"How would you replace a board that's elected?" he said. "This is a time when you need strong leadership at a university that's grappling with very extreme and fast-moving circumstances. One of the questions is how do you address the short term here?"
The situation that unfolded at Michigan State proves that trustees need to be involved and responsive to sensitive issues, Alacbay added.
"It's a reminder of the massive public responsibility that trustees have and the seriousness of what they do," he said. "If anything, Michigan State reminds everyone of the importance of trustees in institutional oversight."
Other experts agreed.
"The board needs to own its accountability," said Rick Legon, president of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. "Being a member of a board is not easy. It requires real engagement. It requires awareness. It requires curiosity as a group, as an entity, as a fiduciary body."
So replacing trustees would be a high-stakes, difficult proposition. Such action probably requires an intense and sustained political outcry.
But it's possible the prerequisite conditions are percolating at Michigan State. Calls for investigations and a House vote for a resolution calling for Simon to step down were bipartisan, said Susan Demas, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics. The university and its handling of the Nassar scandal will likely be a factor in this year's elections, she said.
"There is a tremendous amount of heat on the board and the highest officials at the university," she said. "You probably saw the athletic director just stepped down. I don't think he's going to be the last to do so. I think there's going to be quite a sea change at Michigan State."
Michigan athletic director Mark Hollis on Friday announced he is retiring. The news came after the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced an investigation into Michigan State's handling of the Nassar case.
Also last week, new investigations continued to scrutinize Michigan State's handling of sexual assault cases involving athletes. An ESPN report found "a pattern of widespread denial, inaction and information suppression of such allegations by officials ranging from campus police to the Spartan athletic department." It reviewed cases involving Michigan State's well-known men's basketball and football programs.
Hollis held the athletic director position since 2008, making him the second longtime leader to step down last week after Simon, who had been president since 2005.
Michigan State trustees officially accepted Simon's resignation, effective immediately, at their Friday meeting. They named Bill Beekman, vice president and secretary of the board, acting president and said they would start a search for an interim president. The university also plans a national search for a full-time president.
Trustees did not comment on whether Simon's resignation alters a contract that has been scrutinized for her postpresidential pay and benefits.
Meanwhile, others within Michigan State's administrative structure called for continued changes in personnel and practice. Sherman W. Garnett, dean of Michigan State's James Madison College, on Thursday released a statement blasting university leaders.
"What I saw in our university's response to the survivor statements in court from senior MSU spokespeople and leaders frankly made me ashamed," it said. "We are so much better than this, so much more dedicated to fundamental human and humane values, than these words conveyed."

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$13.5M seized from Chinese travellers at Vancouver airport
The amount of undeclared cash seized from Chinese travellers at Vancouver International Airport has spiked in recent years, documents show.
Spike in undeclared cash raises concerns about fraud, impact on real estate prices, says NDP MLA
Mike Laanela · CBC News · Posted: Sep 09, 2016 3:58 PM PT | Last Updated: September 10, 2016
More than 70 per cent of the undeclared cash seized at YVR has been from Chinese citizens, according to CBSA documents. (CBC)
The amount of undeclared cash seized from Chinese travellers at Vancouver International Airport has spiked in recent years, according to documents released by the Canada Border Services Agency.
Between 2013 and 2015, Chinese citizens were caught with about $13.5 million in cash by customs officials at the airport. According to the documents the following amounts were seized each year:
2013 - $2.8 million
That amounted to more than 70 per cent of the $18.7 million of undeclared cash seized from all travellers, including Canadians, during that time at the airport. The reports did not say the number of people involved.
The figures come from CBSA reports obtained by an Access to Information request by B.C. NDP MLA David Eby.
While it is not illegal to bring large amounts of cash into Canada, anything over $10,000 must be declared at the border or it can be seized by customs officers.
Concerns over housing, corruption
Eby says the spike in the amount of undeclared cash Chinese citizens are bringing into Canada raises concerns about the source of the money.
"We are seeing in court cases in British Columbia, evidence coming out from people that they are bringing in money for corrupt officials from China, or they are bringing in money that was obtained by fraud from China.
"The concern on the undeclared money is it may just be the tip of the iceberg ... but the trend line of 50 per cent increases year-over-year is something we want the government to be concerned about."
And he's worried about the effect both legally declared and undeclared cash might be having on B.C.'s real estate market.
"There is money coming into our real estate market that isn't taxed here, that has no connection to our local market and it is distorting prices for people who earn their living here in Metro Vancouver," he says.
Eby is urging the province to bring in a special tax targeting cash that has not been subject to Canadian income tax.
"Increase property taxes on people who are buying property here with money not earned here in British Columbia that they haven't paid income tax on," he suggested, referring to an earlier proposal from Tom Davidoff at Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.
Foreign cash a federal issue
A spokesperson for the province's Finance Ministry noted that controls on foreign cash and income tax are both federal responsibilities, and largely outside of provincial powers.
The spokesman also said B.C. Finance Minister Michael de Jong did raise the issue of foreign cash with his federal counterpart Bill Morneau when they last met in June.
"We are working with the federal government in identifying strategies to strengthen information sharing among various levels of government, in an effort to prevent tax evasion and money laundering in real estate," said a statement from the ministry.
Likewise property taxes are generally a municipal affair. While the province did recently grant Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson's request for the power to tax vacant homes, the city has yet to roll out any such tax.
The province recently introduced a 15 per cent tax on foreign buyers in Metro Vancouver, which has been linked to signs of significant cooling of Vancouver real estate market in recent months, and it has been tracking data on foreign buyers since June.
"The data we're collecting will allow us to monitor any changes in foreign investment and assess the effect of the additional tax," said the statement.
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Yugma - Collabrating to socially distance Covid-19
Second wave of Covid-19 led to unprecedented challenges to the public health system in Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka. This book documents the successful covid relief initiatives by Deshpande Foundation in partnership with Dharwad District Administration with an aim to save lives.
Deshpande Foundation continues its support to the District Administration in combating the second wave of Covid-19
Understanding the critical situation in the country due to the covid-19 pandemic and the challenges faced by the government with respect to its health care system, Deshpande Foundation has identified the need gap and has come forward again as in 2020 to support the District Administration through its areas of strength such as technology, operations, infrastructure, human resource etc. The foundation strongly believes that the support initiatives and pandemic relief efforts could make a difference in battling through the covid-19 situation in the district of Dharwad.
In the first week of May 2021, Deshpande Foundation provided 300 cots and beds to the Dharwad District Hospital and Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Hubballi. Deshpande Skilling Centre hostel infrastructure has been provided as a quarantine facility which can accommodate a maximum of 750 patients at any given period. The volunteers of the foundation are also providing the hygiene kit to the daily wagers and vagabonds. The foundation is also assisting the District Administration as capacity builders and knowledge partners as per the exigencies.
The foundation's covid-19 task force is working round the clock with the District Administration and it is committed to provide not just the immediate covid-19 relief requirements but also additional support that may be required for Hubballi-Dharwad in the coming days.
Deshpande Foundation harnesses resources to support Covid-19 crisis efforts
In a few short weeks, the advent of the Covid-19 virus has changed the world dramatically. Who would have imagined the striking changes that have happened in such a short time? Around the globe countries have curbed activities, closed establishments and imposed stay at home policies. Many activities have been cancelled or postponed. The foundation too has gone virtual and is repurposing its efforts to address the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. We would like to highlight some of the ongoing work in the following articles.
The Deshpande Foundation salutes all the frontline workers and volunteers who are working day and night to protect people and curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus. We hope you stay safe and healthy.
Vivek Pawar
CEO, Deshpande Foundation
Deshpande Foundation work with local authorities
The Deshpande Foundation in India held productive discussions with local administrative authorities including the District Commissioner, the Police Commissioner, Zilla Panchayat CEO, Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation Commissioner, and the District Health officer about harnessing the resources of the Foundation to support their efforts in managing the Covid-19 crisis. The discussions led to several positive outcomes to support the Covid-19 efforts which are listed on this page.
Deshpande Foundation Startups build and hand over Covid-19 tracking dashboard to local administration
As a result of discussions with local authorities, the Deshpande Foundation identified several data related challenges in tracking and monitoring Covid-19 cases as they get identified. Working closely with the District Commissioner, Deepa Cholan, Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation Commissioner Suresh Itnal and BRTS DGM Ganesh Rathod and their teams, the foundation harnessed the help of two Deshpande Startup companies, LinkEZ and DocketRun to develop a tracking solution. Within 48 hours, the two companies working closely with the Smart Cities team built a robust dashboard that provides real time information on Covid cases, location of hot spots and helps identify if facilities are available to accommodate new cases.
Deshpande Foundation delivers 15,000 face masks to Zilla Parishad offices made by Navodyami micro-entrepreneurs
The Deshpande Foundation has taken the initiative to reduce the spread of Covid-19 by providing the best quality "Safe Masks". Harnessing the efforts of over 50 women micro-entrepreneurs that are part of the Foundation's Navodyami micro-entrepreneurship program, it was able to produce over 15,000 masks that were delivered to the local Zilla Parishad's office. The masks were made to the highest standards using 100% cotton cloth with triple layer design to increase protection. The masks meet durability and washing standards as per WHO. They are tested with the standard candle blow test to ensure no particle penetration. The masks donated to the Zilla Parishad will be distributed to Municipal Corporation, Police and other frontline institutions. In addition, masks are being made for donors and individuals also. While the masks are being donated to organizations, the masks provide a sustainable livelihood for the women micro-entrepreneurs.
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Deshpande Startups creates 2000 face shields for front line workers
Utilizing its 3D printing expertise and resources, Deshpande Startups member created over 2000 face shields that can be used to protect frontline workers who are exposed to potential Covid carriers from any inadvertent virus spraying on their face. The Foundation presented over 1000 face shields to the Hubballi Police and other frontline workers.
Deshpande staff work in communities to distribute food, increase Covid awareness
With hundreds of staff spread across Hubballi and over 300 staff in rural regions, the Foundation is well positioned to help augment Covid related efforts. The staff have been actively engaged in a number of activities including increasing Covid awareness via social media, curbing fake news in their communities, educating people on the Arogya Setu app, food and grocery distribution and volunteering with different organizations.
Deshpande Foundation partners with ACT Grants, providing financial aid to startups working on Covid-19 solutions
The Indian startup & VC community were able to quickly commit to a Rs 100 crore fund, ACT Grants, that would be distributed as grants to ideas that could combat Covid-19 with immediate impact. Deshpande Startups has partnered with ACT Grants as an implementing partner. ACT Grants have funded over 27 startups in 6 categories. You can learn more at www.actgrants.in
Deshpande Startup's Boonbox and Freshboxx help deliver essentials in city and rural areas
A major problem during the Covid lockdown was people going out to buy essential items and food and violating the social distancing norms. The Foundation partnered with Boonbox, an established e-commerce company with deep penetration into rural India. Working together with Boonbox, the combined resources of Deshpande Startups and the Deshpande Foundation Agriculture, Micro-entrepreneurship and Skilling teams helped provide supplies in rural areas. This was especially important in rural areas which struggle to find essentials. In addition, Freshboxx, another Deshpande Startup, used its resources to distribute groceries and vegetables within Hubballi-Dharwad. The robust partnership with local authorities helped to arrange for the necessary passes to ensure smooth deliveries.
Dr. Abhay Jere holds online session with Deshpande Foundation founder
Deshpande Foundation founder Dr. Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande was invited to participate in and online Leadership Talk hosted by Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer, Ministry of HRD, Govt of India and National Coordinator-Project 'Manav'-Human Atlas Initiative. In wide ranging conversation with Dr. Jere, Desh encouraged students to take advantage of the current Covid crisis to look for opportunities to make a difference. With the time available, they should look to become problem solvers and come up with new ideas. The talk was well received with nearly 10,000 views online. You can hear the entire conversation at:www.pscp.tv/w/1lPKqVoNRDnGb?t=329
Deshpande Startups working on AI solution to monitor CCTVs during lockdown
With over 300 CCTVs installed in the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad by local administration, monitoring the cameras to ensure that people are maintaining social distance and that vehicles are authorized to be on the road becomes difficult. Currently the camera feeds are monitored by staff round the clock at a War Room setup at the BRTS site. To help reduce the burden on the staff, the Foundation has been working with couple of Deshpande Startups to develop an AI-based Social Distancing Surveillance Systems. The system will scan the video feeds and automatically flag instances where social distancing norms are being violated, it has built-in speaker to play recorded messages and provides live updates to the control room. Another startup is working on a solution that will read number plates and determine if the vehicle has been pre-approved. A demo system has been built and work on the solution is ongoing.
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According to a new YouGov survey of Londoners, 90% of commuters find it annoying when others don't let people off the tube before getting on, including 60% who find it 'very' annoying. The next two most irksome commuter behaviours include 'people not letting you pass to get off the tube' and 'people not getting up for the pregnant and the elderly', both of which are considered very annoying by a majority of London commuters.
'People playing loud music' and 'people stopping at the top or bottom of escalators' are also among the biggest annoyances.
On the positive side, London commuters need not be considered unapproachable: only 12% of commuters are very annoyed by 'people you don't know trying to talk to you'.
The survey also found that 68% of Londoners trust London Underground station announcers to tell the truth, placing them amongst the most trusted public faces in London.


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Interview with Bobby Brader
8-5-14 – Audio Interview
Bobby Brader became a musician by accident. Although he didn't play an instrument a clerical error put 13 year old Bobby in advanced concert band. He didn't want to be in band and planned to quit as soon as possible. Just as he was about to quit the band director asked him to demonstrate a scale on the trumpet. Bobby says that he didn't really know the scale and that it must have been an angel who entered his trumpet and played it correctly. However it happened in that moment Bobby was captured by music. He still expected to pursue his dreams of becoming an aviator or even an astronaut until another surprising experience showed him his true path. While taking a chemistry test – a subject he liked and was good at – Bobby realized that his head was filled with music, thought "you are not going to be an aviator – you are going to be a musician!" And the decision was made, his fate was sealed; Bobby Brader would be – is a wonderful musician. We in Sarasota have been fortunate to have him here playing in every possible venue. And as he sets off to increase his skills by taking his MA in Film Composition we get one more chance to hear him play and learn what he has to share about the history of music. Come to see Bobby's farewell concert at the Venice Theater, 140 Tampa Ave, Venice FL 34285 Sun 8/10 2PM and/or Thurs 8/14 8PM – Tickets ($15.00) can be purchased on line at www.venicestage.com or by calling the box office – (941) 488-1115. And listen to Bobby talk about how he discovered his "obsession" and how he balances his love of music with his equally powerful love of his family and friends.
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無 (MU) – STEREO
Tags: Album Review, Avant-garde, 無 (MU), dark, Entertaining Violence, Sergio Calderón, STEREO
Entertaining Violence
I am often drawn to duality of interpretation or meaning, particularly when that interpretation hinges merely on emphasis. As such, I think 'Entertaining Violence' is a great name for a publisher / label, and looking over their small but select catalogue to date suggests it's highly appropriate. Essentially, Entertaining Violence is concerned with art, and the principle functions of art should be both to entertain and to educate, or, perhaps more accurately, to provoke thought. Art and entertainment are by no means mutually exclusive, and nor should it be considered untenable for art to both entertain and provoke. Their latest release achieves this, although it does very much depend on one's perspective as to just how much entertainment it provides.
To provide some context from the press info: in the summer of 2015, Sergio Calderón – founding member of London-based avant-garde band 無 (MU) – was invited to participate in the exhibition Not a State, But an Artists' Colony at Intelligentsia Gallery 智先画廊, Beijing. Sergio conceived STEREO as a transcendental and meditative experience compromising a Two Channel-Video and Sound Installation. As such, STEREO is a soundtrack piece, which was recorded as a live improvisational work of guitar sound and texture recorded at Entertaining Violence Gallery, London the 15th August 2015.
It is not a work which builds at any point: there are no crescendos or bursts of sound, but there are infinite textures. STEREO is a work which explores tonality, in the subtlest of ways. The track drifts on, concentrating on the ebb and flow, the wash and drift as notes struck rise and fall, decay and reverberate in the space in which they're created. It doesn't 'go' anywhere: that is not its purpose or aim.
What this 47-minute piece really conveys is the tonal range of the electric guitar, when played minimally and given room to breathe. Some may call this drone, ambient; and certainly, the notes and chords stuck are left to hang in the air for an eternity. The tones, the sounds are in themselves muddy, hazy, murky; this is no crisp digital replication of a guitar's sound, but a fading analogue sound, fuzzed and degraded by environment, by space, by recording technology. It reminds that the listener is never truly 'in the moment' when listening to a recording, they are not 'present' and the recording is just that; a captured version of events; a recording is not the event itself. A recording may accurately convey the sound, or at least he sonic experience, but it can never fully convey the environment in which the recording was made, it can never capture and convey the experience of being present in the moment the audio was captured. It will never incorporate the experience of whatever may be going on around simultaneously, it can never capture the emotion or the mental processes contemporaneous to and triggered by, the moment.
For all of this, however great the listener's separation from the moment, a work like STEREO, or, indeed, specifically STEREO affords almost infinite space for the listener to lose, and find, themselves.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/165013545?color=ffffff&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0
STEREO — 無 (Excerpt) from Sergio Calderon on Vimeo.
MU at Entertaining Violence Online
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As I sit on this chair by the window, I can see the snow rushing from the sky, fragile snowflakes of all sizes, lifted by the blizzard. Some seem to rise up in the air as if aspired by an invisible mouth.
The snow is getting bigger now, it is plunging faster.
And as I sit on this chair, facing the window, I can also notice the brick wall on the left. The unmistakable red brick wall in my living room is smiling at me, sending me calming thoughts. It is saying : "I love you and I protect you from the snow". Dear little wall, thank you.
And as I sit on this chair, the white roses in the vase in front of me gently sing their song. It is a song of beauty and hope. They are saying : "We love you and are grateful to blossom with you, away from the snow". Dear little roses, I love you too.
And as I sit on this chair, Louis and Ella inside their silver frame play for me. The grey of the picture has not altered the colors of their soul. They are speaking to me too. Their words, in silence, echo an : "Life's a sweet lullaby, a warm symphony. We love you and will keep inspiring you, through the rain and the snow". Thank you, Ella, thank you, Louis. Till next time.


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I downloaded the correct install from http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/fastcgi-for-iis (even tried to download the x86 one, no luck) .
It seems to be crashing while running the following Custom Action: CustomAction_fcgisetup.exe_install.
Action ended 15:10:15: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
Is there any dependency that I need to install first?
I suggest that you can try directly install it without web PI.
That was the step I did, I downloaded to the server both installations, the x86 won't even start because it says it could not detect the IIS version (as expected, this is a 64bits server) and the x64 works up to the end, when it gives up the error message.
The procedure entry point InterlockedExchange could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll.
We have two QA servers and this is happening on both of them, this is why I asked if there is any kind of Requirements or runtimes I need to install (.net or c++).


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Q: Chrome extension is corrupted I have problem with my extension. It is working for me unpacked and when I download it from Chrome store.
However, some users reported that after update extension is corrupted. That's happen after they update it to newer version.
Difference between old and new version is background page and some logic.
I was able to replicate that issue, by packing extension and than drop it into extensions tab. After that I saw the same message as extension users. I also tried that with another extensions and everything worked fine, so maybe there is some issue in manifest file.
{
    "manifest_version": 2,

    "name": "Cryptocurrency Price Tracker",
    "description": "This simple extension allows you to track price changes of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.",
    "version": "2.5",

    "icons": {
               "16":"icon16.png",
               "48":"icon48.png",
               "128":"icon128.png"
     },

    "browser_action": {
        "default_icon": "icon.png",
        "default_popup": "popup.html"
    },

    "options_ui": {
        "page": "options.html",
        "chrome_style": true
    },

    "background": {
        "scripts": ["background.js"]
    },

    "permissions": [
        "storage",
        "notifications",
        "https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/*"
    ]
}

I use background page, not event page. So maybe I should add something in the manifest...
P.S. Packaging doesn't work for older version of extension... One more important thing. Users reported that after clicking on options page they saw that error. It didnt happend in my case, when I drag and drop extension file, I saw error immediately.

A: You need to put in a link to an update url in the manifest. The problem was mentioned in this forum:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/chrome/kGgLwnrDKpQ;context-place=forum/chrome
So you add update_url into your manifest. It can be any valid url if you are not making use of the feature. So like this:
"name": "Cryptocurrency Price Tracker",
"description": "This simple extension allows you to track price changes of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.",
"version": "2.5",

"icons": {
           "16":"icon16.png",
           "48":"icon48.png",
           "128":"icon128.png"
 },

"browser_action": {
    "default_icon": "icon.png",
    "default_popup": "popup.html"
},

"options_ui": {
    "page": "options.html",
    "chrome_style": true
},

"background": {
    "scripts": ["background.js"]
},
"permissions": [
    "storage",
    "notifications",
    "https://api.coinmarketcap.com/v1/*"
],
"update_url": "http://www.example.com/update.xml"

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Jensy Gregory (née Anthony), also known mononymously as Jensy (also spelt Jency), is an Indian playback singer who has worked with composers like Ilayaraaja in Tamil films.

Career
Jensy Gregory hails from a family of musicians and music came into her life at a very young age. Her debut song was for Malayalam film Vezhambal. She was introduced to the Tamil movie industry in the song "Vaanathu Poonkili" in the movie Thiripurasundari scored by Ilayaraja. Her songs that followed were in many blockbuster movies like Mullum Malarum and Priya.

In September 2010, Srikanth Deva read one of the Jensy interviews and decided to give the talented singer a break in one of the movies that he was composing for. After the song recording was over, both director, John Mahendran and music director were heard saying that even after all these years Jensy's voice had not aged.

Discography

Tamil songs
Most of her Tamil film songs are scored by Ilayaraja.

Malayalam songs

References

External links
 Jensy, list of songs
  Coming out of recluse
 Tamizh Cinema, Back with a Bang

Indian women playback singers
Jensy
Jensy
Living people
Film musicians from Kerala
Women musicians from Kerala
20th-century Indian women singers
20th-century Indian singers
Year of birth missing (living people)


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There Are No Clear Winners in the Saudi War on Yemen
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Kourosh Ziabari, Charles Schmitz
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July 28, 2016 10:05 EDT
In this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to Professor Charles Schmitz of Towson University.
When Saudi Arabia and a coalition of its regional partners embarked on a military campaign against Yemen in March 2015, it was hardly predictable that the war would drag on for more than a year and morph into a humanitarian crisis. The emergency is characterized by massive civilian casualties, displacement of citizens, nationwide water and fuel shortages and deepening poverty in the already-impoverished country.
Saudi military engagement was a response to an uprising by the Shiite Houthis in northern Yemen trying to push the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi from power.
In late March, UNICEF warned that some 320,000 Yemeni children faced the risk of life-threatening malnutrition, while 82% of the country's 27 million citizens required humanitarian assistance. As noted by the UN's children fund in a report marking the anniversary of the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen, six children have been killed or injured every day since the intervention started on March 26, 2015. It is reported that some 6,000 people, about half of them civilians, have been killed during the airstrikes so far.
The UN Security Council hasn't passed any binding resolutions that could potentially contain the flames of conflict in Yemen. It has had several briefing and consultation sessions and issued statements supporting the peace talks, but hasn't come up with a practical solution yet.
In this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to Professor Charles Schmitz—a noted Middle East expert specializing in Yemeni affairs—to explore the motives behind the Houthi insurgency, the public perception of this movement and humanitarian damages induced by year-long fighting in Yemen.
Kourosh Ziabari: There are often mixed public characterizations of the Houthi insurgency. What do you consider to be the main motives behind the uprising of Zaidi Shiite Houthis in Yemen?
Charles Schmitz: First, the Houthi movement is evolving. The Houthi movement that began building a Zaydi revival movement among the youths of northern Yemen is not the same military insurgency that fought the Yemeni government between 2004 and 2010, and the Houthi movement that managed to take over government institutions in Sanaa is a different organization again. The movement has evolved.
When it was a Zaydi revival movement providing summer camps to young people, it was popular in Yemen, and when the Houthi insurgency fought the Yemeni government it had wide support among all of those that felt that Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime was corrupt and repressive—that is, most of the country. And when Saleh resigned and Yemenis convened the National Dialogue Conference, the Houthi movement was welcomed and included, and the Houthi representatives at the National Dialogue Conference very much agreed with the liberal, human rights agenda at the conference.
However, when the Houthi leadership made an alliance with its former enemy, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and took over the capital Sanaa, Yemenis began to have doubts about the Houthi leadership. It is true that when the Houthis took Sanaa, people supported their agenda for reform. The interim government of Hadi was very incompetent and the economic situation was deteriorating rapidly. But the Houthi leadership is politically immature. It could support a reform government but not govern. When Hadi and the [ex-Prime Minister Khaled] Bahah government resigned, the Houthi leadership tried to govern the country, and it failed. The Houthi regime is similar to Saleh's repressive regime. The Houthi militias have rounded up political opponents and held them captive for months. The Houthis destroyed the property of political opponents. The Houthi leadership is not sophisticated and is making many political errors.
The Saudi characterization of the Houthis is simply wartime propaganda. What the Saudis don't understand is that the Houthis are Yemeni—an important part of Yemen—and not something foreign to Yemen. The Saudis want to control Yemen and they cannot tolerate an independent Yemeni regime that they have no influence over. Now that the Houthi leadership is negotiating with the Saudis, the Saudis are happy. The Saudis don't care about Zaydism, they care about Saudi influence on the Yemeni government.
Ziabari: Yemen has an indispensable strategic importance, as it sits on Bab al-Mandab Strait, which is a major passageway for much of the world's oil shipments. Do the Houthis have plans for suffocating Bab al-Mandab, which will jeopardize the interests of the Red Sea countries?
Schmitz: Usually people say it is the Iranians that threaten the Bab al-Mandab, but the Iranian military already overlooks the Strait of Hormuz through which a greater amount of oil travels and nothing has happened. Why should Iranian missiles near a smaller sea lane be different? If the Houthis or Iranians really threatened the Bab al-Mandab, the US military in the region could easily destroy those weapons that threatened the sea lanes.
Ziabari: So why then did Saudi Arabia launch a military expedition in Yemen? Do you see any peaceful settlement on the horizon?
Schmitz: The Saudi military campaign has many motives. First, the Saudi regime has long been vulnerable to the accusation that it spends a lot of money on defense but is so incompetent that the Saudi military is ineffective. This was the criticism of the Saudi regime during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The Saudi regime also fears the accusation that it is dependent upon the United States for its defense. So this campaign is an attempt to chart an independent Saudi military strategy for its defense that does not depend upon the US.
Unfortunately, the crisis in Yemen is largely a domestic crisis and foreign powers can do little at this point. The domestic sides must come to an agreement before anything else.
The Saudi campaign is also a result of an internal struggle within Saudi Arabia for succession. King Salman is clearly positioning his son to lead the kingdom. The Saudis also feared Iranian successes in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and in Yemen, though in Yemen the Iranians did very little. The Houthis are really a domestic group, not a creation of Iran. Salman and his young son wanted to draw a line in the sand and say that Saudi Arabia can defend itself against the Iranians.
The war is a humanitarian disaster. Yemen was on the verge of economic collapse before the war, and now it is subjected to a halt of oil production and a trade blockade. The basic infrastructure of the country has been destroyed.
There are no clear winners in the war. The two sides have reached a military stalemate that is bleeding the country to death. There is no clear settlement on the horizon. The issue is how to create a political authority to oversee the re-establishment of a new Yemeni state. The Hadi government claims it is the legitimate government of Yemen, but Hadi and his government have little legitimacy in Yemen and they are very incompetent. On the other side, the Houthi leadership does not trust the Hadi people and is not willing to relinquish its military advantage to a new state authority yet. The problem is how to create a new political authority that encompasses both sides.
Ziabari: Some experts believe the Saudi aerial attacks on Yemen have weakened the Yemeni military and security forces, and they are unable to effectively fight the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) mercenaries. Why has the AQAP been able to grow so strongly in Yemen? Is there really a fertile ground for it to consolidate its base unchallenged?
Schmitz: Al-Qaeda took advantage of the chaos of the war to take over Al Mukalla, the major port of eastern Yemen. It stole a lot of money from the banks and a lot of weapons from the Yemeni military. At first, the Saudi military said that it was not concerned with al-Qaeda—the primary enemy was the Houthis. Al-Qaeda, the Saudis said, would be dealt with when a stable government was established in Sanaa. But the chaos in the areas controlled by the Saudis and the Hadi government showed that al-Qaeda was a bigger problem than the Saudis thought. When the Houthis agreed to a ceasefire with the Saudis along the border in the north, the Saudis started attacking al-Qaeda in the south. The Emirati forces retook Mukalla and now are hunting al-Qaeda in the interior. The United States has been very successful in targeting al-Qaeda's top leadership. Over the last year, US drones have killed much of the top leadership. So al-Qaeda benefited from the war, but it has also suffered greatly. The war has been a mixed experience for al-Qaeda.
Ziabari: Is it possible to tackle the crisis in Yemen effectively and sustainably? What steps should be planned and taken to settle the disputes, bring peace back to the war-wrecked country and ensure that humanitarian assistance is widely distributed across the region?
Schmitz: Unfortunately, the crisis in Yemen is largely a domestic crisis and foreign powers can do little at this point. The domestic sides must come to an agreement before anything else. Foreign powers can help rebuild Yemen, but only when the war stops.
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US Congress to probe if Army squashed intelligence software competitor
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The US Congress will investigate the Army for shooting down requests for battlefield software said to greatly augment military intelligence. Insiders disagree about the program's efficacy, and whether the developer used bribes to secure contracts.
The intelligence-gathering software suite, known as Palantir, tracks troop and enemy movements and feeds the data back to commanders, aiding in strategic decision-making. The program has also saved lives by helping to predict the location of roadside bombs. Some US units in Afghanistan already use Palantir, but requests from other units were denied by Army brass. In a May memo, the First Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, claimed an "urgent need" for Palantir in the conflict-ridden Ghazni province.In a memo obtained by AP, the 82nd said that other nearby units use Palantir, and that the cross-unit sharing of data and intelligence is made more difficult without the software. Little is known of Palantir aside from its reported effectiveness, and that its Silicon Valley developer (who spent nearly a half-million dollars last year on lobbying) seems to have fallen out of favor. One member of the Army's resource planning committee anonymously told Wired that a "vocal minority" of units say they like Palantir. He claimed that Palantir's makers lobbied Congressional representatives to increase the Pentagon's budget specifically to purchase the software.Palantir operates its own political action committee. Despite the Silicon Valley firm's clout, the Army is continuing to use its in-house intelligence software, the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS).DCGS, developed by Northrop Grummon over the course of a decade, cost $2.3 billion to complete. The program was created to be all-in-one solution for gathering ground intelligence ranging from satellite images to fingerprints. DCGS aids intelligence analysts in putting together files on high-value targets, finding connections between events, and deducing the enemy's next move.But many experts – including Mike Flynn, the former head of US intelligence in Afghanistan – claim DCGS is too slow and difficult to use. Flynn told other generals in a Joint Urgent Operations Needs Statement (JUONS) that the enemy could "hide in plain sight" because the Army's intelligence officers lack "the tools required to fully analyze the tremendous amounts of information currently available." The JUONS went to the Pentagon's Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office, which determined that Palantir's data mining, information visualization, and link-analysis program was an effective solution."Palantir reduced the time required for countless analytical functions and streamlined other, once cumbersome, processes," Commander of the Marine Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan Maj. Gen John Toolan wrote in February. "The innovative and collaborative capabilities of Palantir have proven their mettle and effectiveness for conventional and special operations forces in combat."Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA), a former Marine who now serves on the House Armed Services Committee, wants to know why the Army rescinded an April report recommending Palantir, replacing it a month later with a new version that made no mention of the recommendations and removed positive references to the software."The idea that ground combat units in Afghanistan are being denied intelligence tools that are requested and readily available is unsettling and underscores a major failure in a process that is intended to deliver resources to the warfighter as quickly as possible," wrote Hunter, who served one tour in Afghanistan and two in Iraq.The replacement report raised eyebrows in Washington in late July when it was first reported by the Washington Times. Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), who chairs the House Oversight Committee, told Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday that "all documents and communications referring to or relating to requests for the Palantir system" must be delivered to him "no later than 5:00 pm on August 15, 2012." These documents will form the basis of a congressional inquiry spearheaded by Issa and the House Oversight Committee. The Army, meanwhile, announced it has started its own investigation.
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The Works has continued its sales momentum into the crucial Christmas trading period, delivering record sales performance after recording a loss in the first half.
For the 11-week period ending January 13, like-for-like sales growth jumped 4.5 per cent, reflecting good sales growth in both stores and online.
The Works' Christmas results were released simultaneously with interim results for the half-year period ending October 28 – the first set of updates since the retailer entered the stock market.
The stationery, arts and craft chain saw like-for-like sales grow by 3.8 per cent during the first half, although this was a slowdown compared to the 8.2 per cent like-for-like growth recorded the same period in the prior year.
The Works also raked in revenues of £91.5 million during the period, an increase of 15 per cent year-on-year.
Gross profit margin also increased from 14.5 per cent to 14.8 per cent year-on-year.
The Works attributed this performance to growth in both its bricks-and-mortar stores and ecommerce channels, particularly the strong sales of Squishies partly offsetting sales from the spinners craze in the prior year.
However, the retailer reported another set of losses in the first half – but attributed this to the seasonal nature of the business.
Adjusted EBITDA came in at a loss of £900,000, deeper than the £200,000 loss recorded a year prior, and loss before tax plummeted further from £4.5 million to £7.9 million year-on-year.
The Works chief executive Kevin Keaney said he was "really pleased" with what he viewed as a strong set of maiden interim results.
"We have continued to delight our customers with our wide and constantly refreshed range of great value products through our flexible and convenient multi-channel offering," he said.
"We continued that momentum into the second half with like-for-like sales growth of 4.5 per cent.
During the first half, The Works continued its store rollout strategy, opening a net 32 new stores.
Over Christmas it opened another five stores, taking the total number of stores trading to 484.
The Works made its debut on the London Stock Exchange in July with an IPO with £100 million.


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Q: Multiple foreign keys from one table to same field in another table in Laravel I am working on a project in Laravel where I have two table.
 - "teams" (table) with "Team" (model)
 - "players" (table) with "Player" (model)
Users can pick any combination of 12 players to make their own team so I am trying to create "one to many" relationship where players will have only one record for each player but many teams can have same player in them.
"players" table have column "id" as primary key.
"teams" table have 12 columns like "player1_id", "player2_id", "player3_id" and so on and every column will act as a foreign key of the "id" in players table.
My clear cut question is - what code do I need to put in both models (Player and Team) so I can access the information through Eloquent.
so far I have put this code in my teams table but not sure if this is the right thing to do.
for the players table, I have no clue what to write in there.
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Team extends Model
{

//
public function player1()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player1_id');
}

public function player2()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player2_id');
}

public function player3()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player3_id');
}

public function player4()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player4_id');
}

public function player5()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player5_id');
}

public function player6()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player6_id');
}

public function player7()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player7_id');
}

public function player8()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player8_id');
}

public function player9()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player9_id');
}

public function player10()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player10_id');
}

public function player11()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'player11_id');
}

public function bonus_player()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Player', 'bonus_player_id');
}
}

A: There are several ways to do it:
1- You can put the team players in a separate table, let's say team_players, with columns, team_id, player_id, and position. validate in your code that always 12 players are present. This would be a many-to-many relationship.
in this scenario, you can use this code in your Team model:
public function players() {
  return $this->belongsToMany(Player::class, 'team_players');
}

Handling the logic in code can be a bit troubling for a laravel beginner though.
2- You can simply perform a query based on the order:
public function player(int $position){
  $playerId = $this->attributes('player'.$position.'_id');
  return Player::find($player);
}

3- you can define magic methods, although I strongly discourage you from doing so.
public function __call(string $name , array $arguments){
  if (Str::beginsWith($name, 'player')){
    return $this->belongsTo(Player::class, $name.'_id');
  }
}

there might be other ways too, but I suspect they'd be a little messier.


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What Happened to Benny Hill?
Jinx August 22, 2011, 2:20am #1
Hey, the Benny Hill show is really mild by some of the stuff that flies today. So, where has this show gone? You'd think it'd be popping up somewhere on cable? What's the SD on this?
buddha_david August 22, 2011, 2:23am #2
I'd love to see a Benny Hill revival. Unfortunately he's kind of…umm, dead.
Superdude August 22, 2011, 2:25am #3
So it would be a true revival.
Intergalactic_Gladiator August 22, 2011, 2:29am #4
In chicago, channel 9.2 plays Benny Hill. I don't know what the channel is called, but it's like MeTV.
Simplicio August 22, 2011, 2:31am #5
Wikipedia says it was running on BBC America up until 2007. And I remember it being shown on Comedy Central back when I was a teenager (1990s). So It apparently shows up in syndication at least occasionally.
Horatio_Hellpop August 22, 2011, 2:40am #6
They used to show it on PBS uncut in the 70s. Topless dancers and rape jokes were not unheard of in later seasons; what they show on cable now is pretty heavily edited.
Kent_Clark August 22, 2011, 2:50am #7
Antenna TValso shows the reruns on weekends.
Mahaloth August 22, 2011, 3:30am #8
Simplicio:
I remember this, too. I believe it was edited slightly for content, though.
Yorikke August 22, 2011, 3:38am #9
I've seen it in the last few months, I think. It's aged poorly, IMO.
Typo_Negative August 22, 2011, 4:17am #10
I cannot tolerate that stupid, fast-paced theme song.
pulykamell August 22, 2011, 4:35am #11
spooje:
Yakety Sax.
monkeylucifer August 22, 2011, 4:55am #12
Then you'll hate this site: http://bennyhillifier.com/
Bakhesh August 24, 2011, 12:26pm #13
What is it with you guys and Benny Hill anyway? In the UK, it is widely regarded as the worst TV comedy show ever.
DrFidelius August 24, 2011, 12:36pm #14
Bakhesh:
Because it reassures us that not all of the British are classier or wittier than the average American.
(Worse than Heil Honey I'm Home? I'm surprised. And American TV has even worse "comedies.")
jayjay August 24, 2011, 12:43pm #15
For me, Benny Hill is kind of a nostalgia thing. When I was a kid, we weren't allowed to watch it (our local station ran it in the pre-primetime slots, heavily edited) because my mom thought he was dirty. Which he was, but that's why we WANTED to watch it. I look back on the rare evenings that I was home alone for a half hour or so at the right time and reveled in watching the show because it was a) dirty and b) forbidden, the two sure-fire desire-enhancers of pre-adolescence.
Musicat August 24, 2011, 12:43pm #16
Yaketty Sax is getting really old.
running_coach August 24, 2011, 12:54pm #17
Musicat:
Not when it accompanies another Benny.
madmonk28 August 24, 2011, 1:04pm #18
I assure you that many, many, (so very many) Americans feel the same way.
Broomstick August 24, 2011, 1:17pm #19
Then why was it on the air for a couple decades?
An_Gadai August 24, 2011, 1:22pm #20
UK Gold used to show loads of "classic" television but nowadays channels like it seem to mainly show reruns of shows from the '00s and the '90s, maybe stretching to the '80s. It's interesting seeing stuff like Citizen Smith, The Liver Birds, etc. from the '70s because a lot of the humour is so dated they just serve as period pieces. It's strange there isn't a network that just shows programmes from the '50s/'60s/'70s. Maybe they recorded over all the video tapes of a lot of the shows?


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The Hugh T. Carlisle Collection (1826-1924, bulk 1861-1924) documents the life of Hugh T. Carlisle, a Civil War soldier and veteran. The collection contains correspondence, journals, legal records related to his military pension and property transactions, newspaper clippings, and a marriage certificate. The bulk of this collection relates to his Civil War service and includes documentation on his success in obtaining a Homestead Act property deed in 1880.
Hugh T. Carlisle (1843-?) was born in New York in 1843. On September 19, 1861, Carlisle joined the United States Army at the age of 18, serving as a Private in Captains Fyler's Company D 81st Regiment, in the Ohio Infantry. He served the Union Army from 1861 through April 22, 1863. During his military service he fought in the historic Battle of Shiloh, which took place in Southwestern Tennessee. The Union forced succeeded in pushing back the Confederate forces, but it became know as one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. In 1880, succeeded in his application to obtain a Homestead Act land grant, consisting of 60 acres in Norton County, Kansas. Carlisle married Mary Lewis on May 24, 1893, in Indiana.
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Chloe Maxmin was instrumental in getting Harvard University join the growing movement across US campuses calling for college and university administrations to divest from fossil fuels. In September 2012, after researching her university's past divestment campaigns against apartheid in South Africa and Big Tobacco, Maxmin cofounded Divest Harvard. Since then she has worked on galvanizing a student and community movement to take university funds out of corporations that make money by contributing to climate change. Maxmin started out as an environmental activist at age 12 when she became an outspoken critic of a proposed development in Maine's North Woods. In 2007 she founded the online youth network "First Here, Then Everywhere" which works to connect youth activists around the world. Maxmin's current campaign at Harvard took advantage of a campuswide referendum in which 72 percent of voting undergraduates supported fossil fuel divestment. The referendum – along with outreach to alumni, faculty and various student groups – helped Divest Harvard secure meetings with trustees and started a new conversation about fossil fuels at the oldest university in the country.
Chloe was recently elected to the Maine House of Representatives for District 88.