So how were the holidays? Old news, I know.
Rain the dog says hello. This is my attempt at being William Wegman. Weimaraners always look horribly depressed in photos.
Cheer up, Rain, it's Christmas. Look at all those gifts!
Even though our Christmas gift exchange involves much trading of Internet links beforehand which lessens the surprise, it's still so much fun. Here's some of the highlights, so you can feel like you are an honorary member of the Chapin family.
Danny gets both an old-school Bullets sweatshirt and t-shirt, making him a "double hoopster." Rare indeed.
Have you ever seen a man happier to be getting socks as a gift? Unlikely. My dad is the sweetest.
He got my mom a new dustbuster, as requested, but he picked out the wrong one, despite much coaching and many Post It notes. My mom was incredulous. "I knew it was the wrong one when I bought it, but I wanted you to have something to open," Dad said.
"I just wanted to see your look of disappointment as you passively aggressively crumple the wrapping paper," Danny said.
I got her a William Wegman calendar, per usual, so maybe that eased the pain.
Here's my new Christmas sweater and Fuji Instax MINI camera that prints out photos instantly. More about the camera later. It is so much fun.
My brother unwraps some coffee that my parents "liberated" from the Ritz Carlton on their Hawaii vacation earlier in the month.
My mom loves to get us practical, survivalist presents for Christmas. I received a pocket knife and a flashlight that stays plugged into the wall at all times for surprise natural disasters. It's quite a clever idea, actually.
Danny opened his flashlight first, and for awhile, I thought mom only cared about his survival.
We are prepared for all Mother Nature can throw at us now.
Guess what else my parents got me. A re-up for my People Magazine subscription. AWWWW! They know me so well.
That about wraps up Christmas 2011. But Rain, look! You got something too!
January 3, 2012 by Adele Chapin.


Visiting Sturgis Bike Week 2018 (or any year for that matter) has never been on my bucket list. I don't like noise, crowds or riding in straight lines on motorcycles. Bike Week encompasses all of these items endlessly.
For a lark, Matt, Sherry, Storm and I head over to Sturgis early in the day. We hope to take it all in and leave before things get rowdy. Finding a parking space is the biggest challenge. Once parked we are able to cruise the main drag and vendor area on foot inhaling the exhaust fumes and burning rubber of the bike shows while simultaneously being deafened by loud pipes and blasting music.
I would say that the event is pretty much like I expected. I definitely recommend wearing ear plugs if you plan to attend. If you check out the vendors, you can pick up some swag. Sadly my haul from Bike Week pales in comparison to the goodies I collected at Airventure.
During the rally, the town of Sturgis doubles the sales tax in order to cover the extra cost of police, fire and rescue during the week.
Local news stations and newspaper deliver the daily Rally Tally each night. This report details the number of motorcycle fatalities, injuries, arrests and DUI's each day of the Rally.
Dip and chip platter, 2 airplane salt/pepper shakers, 2 phone chargers, 2 neck coolers, an airplane inkpen, a waterproof cell phone holder, hats, shirts, a fork/spoon set, year's supply of sunglasses, and so much more!
As for ladies with their clothes painted on or wearing only chaps with a thong, I see a few of those. I assume that more come out at night. The few pictures that I take of them would require copious amounts of alcohol and extremely dim light to make them viewable. As a courtesy to my friends, I am not adding them here.
Add Sturgis to your bucket list?
In conclusion, if your bucket list is absolutely empty, you are in western South Dakota in early August and have nothing else to do, I say come to bike week. Like us you will find things to look or cringe at there. But for real fun wait until all the Sturgis fans clear out, pack a picnic and head up Spearfish Canyon. Find a cool spot beside Roughlock Falls, enjoy your lunch, dip your feet in the cool, burbling waters and nestled on the cool. green grass take a nap in the blissful peace and quiet that follows the Sturgis rally.


Well, that was what should have happened. Apparently, it took more than a simple kick to get a motorcycle running. I looked down at the sleek metal machine between my legs, recalling every action movie I'd ever seen.
First, the hero stands up on the pegs. I straightened my legs. One of the metal prongs my foot was on collapsed beneath me, and I fell, hard onto my crotch. The seat was soft enough, but still, the motion was jarring. Ok, not that peg then.
Keys were probably important, I decided, and started clicking the key back and forth, wishing I had taken the time to learn to read the alien letters before coming to the surface. Back home, safe in my room, surrounded by my books and my films and my music, all of this had seemed so easy.
Simple creatures, really. They could barely break out of their atmosphere.
Not so simple technology, though. I stood up again, this time trying to simultaneously turn the key and stamp on the pedals, wherever they were. I kicked and flipped and jiggled, and suddenly, as if conjured by the fierceness of my thoughts, the motorcycle roared to life. I sat, rotating my wrists and getting into position, hoping the bike wouldn't shoot forward too quickly.
I wanted to have some kind of control when I rode into town. If this was my grand entrance, it had better be worthwhile. I didn't want to launch myself over the handlebars like one of the unfortunates on those old video reels I'd spent hours watching.
The bike settled into a steady rhythm once I figured out the handlebar controllers. It was a lot easier watching these things than it was to ride them! No wonder all those videos ended with someone falling off. It took every ounce of concentration I had to keep the thing upright and going forward with me on its back. I'd ridden monsters more easily subdued, but nothing like the magnificent creatures back home lived on this planet. The biggest creature here was an underwater behemoth, hardly worth the challenge to ride.
But even the least tame monster back home paled in comparison to the way the bike skittered and jostled beneath me. I held on tight, sending up one last round of prayers to the deities of my home world before I headed into the first town of my new world.


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When using skimage.transform.hough_circle_peaks() I found the same pots were being identified multiple times, instead of all spots across the slide.
Whole slide image:
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Screen shot of where circles are being stacked on the same spots:
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I tried to remedy this by using the following:
min_xdistance : int, optional
Minimum distance separating centers in the x dimension.
min_ydistance : int, optional
Minimum distance separating centers in the y dimension.
I set these both to 1000 pixels, which given that each circle has a radius of ~33 pixels, should mean no circle will be identified twice, and no circles adjacent should be selected either. However I now see this:
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You can see that while fewer circles are found, two are still places on top of each other.  Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with this?

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'Jujutsu Kaisen' manga exceeds 25 million copies in circulation, rose by 5M copies in just 13 days
The official Twitter account for Gege Akutami's "Jujutsu Kaisen" manga series has announced on Tuesday that the manga has reached 25 million copies in circulation with physical and digital copies combined. That's an additional 5 million copies just in the past 13 days since its publisher Shueisha announced that it reached 20 million yen last January 12. The latest 15th tankōbon volume of the manga will be released on March 4.
The count rose up to over 290% in just a few months and the TV anime adaptation served as one of the major reasons behind the increased sales. On October 29, 2020, the manga celebrated its previous milestone of 10 million copies in circulation.
The Jujutsu manga series was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump since March 2018. The individual chapters are collected and published by Shueisha, with thirteen tankōbon volumes released as of October 2020. Shueisha also began to simulpublish the series in English on the app and website Manga Plus in January 2019.
A 24-episode anime television series adaptation produced by animation studio MAPPA has premiered in October 2020. The series is directed by Sunghoo Park at MAPPA and Hiroshi Seko is writing and supervising the scripts. Tadashi Hiramatsu is designing the characters with Hiroaki Tsutsumi, Yoshimasa Terui, and Arisa Okehazama composing the music.
For some strange reason, Yuji Itadori, despite his insane athleticism would rather just hang out with the Occult Club. However, her soon finds out that the occult is as real as it gets when his fellow club members are attacked! Meanwhile, the mysterious Megumi Fushiguro is tracking down a special-grade cursed object, and his search leads him to Itadori...
Source: Jujutsu Kaisen Official Twitter
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Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter rivals
Saudi Arabia and Iran are at loggerheads. They have long been rivals, but it's all recently got a lot more tense. Here's why.
How come Saudi Arabia and Iran don't get along?
Saudi Arabia and Iran – two powerful neighbours – are locked in a fierce struggle for regional dominance.
The decades-old feud between them is exacerbated by religious differences. They each follow one of the two main branches of Islam – Iran is largely Shia Muslim, while Saudi Arabia sees itself as the leading Sunni Muslim power.
This religious schism is reflected in the wider map of the Middle East, where other countries have Shia or Sunni majorities, some of whom look towards Iran or Saudi Arabia for support or guidance.
Historically Saudi Arabia, a monarchy and home to the birthplace of Islam, saw itself as the leader of the Muslim world. However this was challenged in 1979 by the Islamic revolution in Iran which created a new type of state in the region – a kind of revolutionary theocracy – that had an explicit goal of exporting this model beyond its own borders.
In the past 15 years in particular, the differences between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been sharpened by a series of events.
The 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq overthrew Saddam Hussein, a Sunni Arab who had been a major Iranian adversary. This removed a crucial military counter-weight to Iran. It opened the way for a Shia-dominated government in Baghdad and Iranian influence in the country has been rising ever since.
Fast-forward to 2011 and uprisings across the Arab world caused political instability throughout the region. Iran and Saudi Arabia exploited these upheavals to expand their influence, notably in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen, further heightening mutual suspicions.
Iran's critics say it is intent on establishing itself or its proxies across the region, and achieving control of a land corridor stretching from Iran to the Mediterranean.
How have things got worse?
The strategic rivalry is heating up because Iran is in many ways winning the regional struggle.
In Syria, Iranian (and Russian) support for President Bashar al-Assad has enabled his forces to largely rout rebel group groups backed by Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is trying desperately to contain rising Iranian influence while the militaristic adventurism of the kingdom's young and impulsive Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – the country's de facto ruler – is exacerbating regional tensions.
Media captionFive things about Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
He is waging a war against the rebel Houthi movement in neighbouring Yemen, in part to stem perceived Iranian influence there, but after four years this is proving a costly gamble.
Iran has denied accusations that it is smuggling weaponry to the Houthis, though successive reports from a panel of UN experts have demonstrated significant assistance for the Houthis from Tehran in terms of both technology and weaponry.
Meanwhile in Lebanon, Iran's ally, Shia militia group Hezbollah, leads a politically powerful bloc and controls a huge, heavily armed fighting force. Many observers believe the Saudis forced Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whom it backs, to resign in 2017 over Hezbollah's involvement in regional conflicts. He later returned to Lebanon and put the resignation on hold.
There are also external forces at play. Saudi Arabia has been emboldened by support from the Trump administration while Israel, which sees Iran as a mortal threat, is in a sense "backing" the Saudi effort to contain Iran.
The Jewish state is fearful of the encroachment of pro-Iranian fighters in Syria ever closer to its border.
Israel and Saudi Arabia were the two countries most resolutely opposed to the 2015 international agreement limiting Iran's nuclear programme, insisting that it did not go far enough to roll back any chance of Iran obtaining the bomb.
Who are their regional allies?
Broadly speaking the strategic map of the Middle East reflects the Shia-Sunni divide.
In the pro-Saudi camp are the other major Sunni actors in the Gulf – the UAE and Bahrain – as well as Egypt and Jordan.
In the Iranian camp is Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, a member of a heterodox Shia sect, who has relied on pro-Iranian Shia militia groups, including the Lebanon-based Hezbollah, to fight predominantly Sunni rebel groups.
Iraq's Shia-dominated government is also a close ally of Iran, though paradoxically it also retains a close relationship with Washington on whom it has depended for help in the struggle against so-called Islamic State.
How is the Saudi-Iranian rivalry being played out?
This is in many ways a regional equivalent of the Cold War, which pitted the US against the Soviet Union in a tense military standoff for many years.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are not directly fighting but they are engaged in a variety of proxy wars (conflicts where they support rival sides and militias) around the region.
Image captionYemen is one of a number of battlegrounds fuelling Iranian-Saudi tensions
Syria is an obvious example, while in Yemen Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of supplying ballistic missiles fired at Saudi territory by the rebel Houthi movement.
Iran is also accused of flexing its muscle in the strategic waterways of the Gulf, through which oil is shipped from Saudi Arabia. The US says Iran was behind recent attacks on foreign tankers there – something it denies.
Are we heading towards a direct war between Saudi Arabia and Iran?
So far Tehran and Riyadh have fought via proxies. Neither is really geared up for a direct war with the other but a major Houthi attack against the Saudi capital or, as in the most recent case, against a key economic target could upset the apple cart.
Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia's infrastructure have inevitably added a new front to the confrontation between Tehran and Riyadh. As in the Gulf, where Iran and Saudi face each other across a maritime border, rising tensions could risk a much broader conflict.
Media captionWill Saudi Arabia go to war with Iran?
For the US and other Western powers, freedom of navigation in the Gulf is essential and any conflict that sought to block the waterway – vital for international shipping and oil transportation – could easily draw in US naval and air forces.
For a long time the US and its allies have seen Iran as a destabilising force in the Middle East. The Saudi leadership increasingly sees Iran as an existential threat and the crown prince seems willing to take whatever action he sees necessary, wherever he deems it necessary, to confront Tehran's rising influence.
Saudi Arabia's vulnerability has been demonstrated by these latest attacks on its oil installations. If a war breaks out, it will be more perhaps by accident rather than design. But the Saudis' own activism, encouraged in part by a lingering uncertainty as to the Trump administration's own goals in the region, inevitably adds another element of tension.
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Q: Why am I suddenly seeing FileVault errors on my Windows 7 box? I have a Windows 7 machine, with no VMs and no OSX anywhere in sight.  Yesterday, after not having done anything unusual (such as installing new software) recently, I started getting errors at random times when I plug in or unplug peripherals, such as USB devices or speakers, grouped in the Taskbar with Windows Explorer windows.  They look like this:
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An internal error occurred (object: clsid-not-found(Object::Remote::CLIENT|
(Object::Remote::PROTOCOL_LOCAL|FV::FvServerApp::00000001)
CID_SafeArchive::FileArchiveCache)).
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OK
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A bit of Googling tells me that FileVault is the name of an OSX system component that encrypts drives, but that's all I've got.

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*Trying to search for results specific to this problem haven't turned up anything useful.

*Checking Task Manager for anything named FileVault among running processes turns up nothing.

*Loading up a program I wrote under a debugger and opening a File Open dialog, which causes shell extensions to be loaded into the process, and then checking the list of loaded DLLs for anything with a name like "FileVault" turns up nothing.

*Looking for FileVault under the Programs and Features control panel turns up nothing.

*The first thing I'd suspect is that I've somehow picked up a virus, but a Full scan by Windows Defender turns up nothing.

So I'm about at my wit's end here.  Does anyone have any idea what's going on on my system, and how I can make it stop?

A: As pointed out, it's a driver + registry config error.
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-12546_102-251765/fingerprint-error-clsid-not-found-on-starting-windows-vist/
Reinstall the driver, the deep way if needed, showing hidden devices in device manager, selecting show by CONNECTION (view) and deleting the whole chain inherited and superseded by finger-touch sensor.


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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre () is an archdiocese located in the city of Pouso Alegre in Brazil.

History
On 4 August 1900, Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Pouso Alegre from the Diocese of Mariana.  Blessed John XXIII elevated the diocese to the a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 14 April 1962.

Special churches
Minor Basilicas:
Basilica de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Borda da Mata, Minas Gerais

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
 Archbishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman rite), below
 Archbishop José Luiz Majella Delgado (2014.05.28 – present)
 Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. (1996.10.16 – 2014.05.28)
 Archbishop João Bergese (1991.05.05 – 1996.03.21)
 Archbishop José d'Angelo Neto (1962.04.14 – 1990.05.31), below
 Bishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman Rite)
 Bishop José d'Angelo Neto (later Archbishop) (1960.03.12 – 1962.04.14)
 Bishop Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda (1916.02.14 – 1959.10.29)
 Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis (1909.11.29 – 1916.02.07), appointed Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop
 Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery (1901.05.18 – 1908.08.03), appointed Bishop of Campinas

Coadjutor bishop
Oscar de Oliveira (1954-1959), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais

Auxiliary bishops
Antônio Augusto de Assis (1907-1909), appointed Bishop here
João Bosco Oliver de Faria (1987-1992), appointed Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais
José Francisco Rezende Dias (2001-2005), appointed Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
Antônio Carlos Félix, appointed Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais in 2003
Marco Aurélio Gubiotti, appointed Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais in 2013
Edson José Oriolo dos Santos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2015

Suffragan dioceses
 Diocese of Campanha
 Diocese of Guaxupé

Sources

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil

Christian organizations established in 1900
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century

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What Did We Learn From Arsenal's Victory Against Stoke City?
posted in 2015/2016 Season, Arsenal, Match Analysis	on September 17, 2015 by	Admin
Arsenal picked up their first home victory of the season as they earned a 2-0 victory over Mark Hughes' Stoke City on Saturday afternoon.
Goals from Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud were enough to see off a tame Potters side but many raised their eyebrows at the lack of goals after yet another profligate afternoon for the Gunners frontmen.
Arsene Wenger's side created a league-leading 29 shooting opportunities against Stoke but saw just two strikes beat goalkeeper Jack Butland, who made a further ten saves throughout the contest.
Photo: Ronnie Macdonald
The Gunners' failure to buy a world class striker in the summer transfer window was clear for all to see as both Walcott and Giroud squandered clear opportunities to extend Arsenal's advantage.
The Potters were more than happy to defend and rarely showed much attacking intent and a top quality striker, such as Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, would have helped to break down Stoke's stubborn unit. Walcott does deserve some credit though as he produced an incredible burst of pace to latch onto a lobbed Mesut Ozil pass before firing low past Butland to give Arsenal the lead.
Walcott has come under scrutiny in recent weeks and many believe that the England international's best position is actually on the wing. His pace, energy and enthusiasm can commit defenders and his trickery is one of his greatest traits.
However, Wenger is sticking with his guns to play Walcott as the frontman – a decision that certainly paid off in this latest victory. In fact, he has scored 11 goals in his last 11 Premier League starts, which isn't a bad record at all. At the time of writing, Walcott is valued at 40/1 with betfair to finish as the division's top goalscorer this season.
Olivier Giroud, meanwhile, also got his name on the scoresheet late on. The Frenchman is under pressure to perform well at the Emirates Stadium, particularly with the European Championships on home soil next summer. Many Arsenal supporters believe that they should be playing Walcott and Alexis Sanchez on either side of Giroud in attack but Wenger has opted to entrust in Walcott and the Englishman is currently producing the goods.
Giroud, on the other hand, has scored just two goals in his last 12 Premier League appearances – a statistic that perhaps tells a lot more about why Walcott is still getting the nod as Arsenal's main man.
Up next for the Gunners is a trip to Stamford Bridge. Arsenal have struggled to beat Jose Mourinho's side in the league over the past few years but their recent victory in the Community Shield, as well as Chelsea's poor domestic form, could mean that the Gunners emerge victorious in this one. With a bit of luck and an excellent tactical strategy, Wenger's men are more than capable of earning all three points in a huge game for both clubs.
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Batman not so popular in Japan charts
PSPgo also struggles to make an impact.
News by Robert Purchese Senior Staff Writer
Updated on 22 Jan 2010
Batman: Arkham Asylum got off to a bad start in Japan this week, managing to enter the chart at 23rd on PS3 and 42nd on Xbox 360.
The arguably less alluring Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising faired better and debuted at 20th on PS3 and 26th on Xbox 360, according to Media Create data (helpfully compiled on NeoGAF - thanks!)
This week's (ending 17th January) software champion was PSP game Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, again. Highly placed newcomers included Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles on Wii (3), Tekken 6 on PSP (6) and The Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku on DS (7).
The rest of top 10 was familiar and comprised of New Super Mario Bros Wii. (2), Friend Collection (4), Wii Fit Plus (5), The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (8), Wii Sports Resort (9) and Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders (10)
And that meant no room at the inn for Final Fantasy XIII which, after exactly one month on sale, fell out of the limelight into 12th.
Another game that was supposed to flog bazillions was Monster Hunter Tri. Unlike it's ageing PSP sibling, however, this Wii exclusive is now nowhere in the top 50 to be seen.
While the PSP happens to be this week's best selling piece of hardware (73,213), individually the PSPgo happens to be this week's turkey (2027 units).
Combined sales of DS hardware are next highest (DSi LL 30,418/DSi 27.292/DSL 6754), followed by Nintendo's other system, Wii (57,349).
Numbers are down for PS3 but still competitive at 35,156. And Xbox 360 (4622) and PS2 (2580) are bottom of the pile.
Robert Purchese
Bertie is a long-time writer and now podcaster for Eurogamer. He loves telling a story and listening to them.


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LinkedIn Calls on Users to 'Close the Network Gap' in Hiring and Workplace Opportunity
This week, LinkedIn is holding its annual Talent Connect conference, where more than 4,000 global HR leaders will gather to hear the latest recruitment industry news and trends, and discuss new solutions and tools to help them maximize their efforts.
And a key focus of this year's event will be inclusion, and diversifying professional networks. According to LinkedIn, more than 70% of professionals get hired at companies where they already have a connection.
"And on LinkedIn, applicants who are referred to a job by a current employee are nine times more likely to get hired."
In terms of hiring trends, that's important to know, in relation to how talent is being sourced, but it also highlights the potential inequality of professional opportunity, which may be holding many people back from reaching their career goals, and providing the best results for businesses.
In order to address this, LinkedIn has called on professionals to take the Plus One Pledge.
As explained by LinkedIn:
"We believe that two people with equal talent should have equal access to opportunity. But some people don't have the right connections or community to help them land the job they want. That's why we're inviting our members to take the Plus One Pledge. If we reach outside of our networks, we can level the playing field and help close the network gap."
The idea, essentially, is for people to make some level of commitment to intentionally share their time, talent, and connections with someone outside their network.
It's a good initiative from LinkedIn, particularly given these additional stats around how the network effect can impact your career opportunities:
A member in a zip code with a median income over $100K is nearly 3x more likely to have a stronger network than a member in a lower-income zip code
A member at a top school is nearly 2x more likely to have a strong network
A member who works at a Top Company is almost 2x more likely to have a strong network
According to LinkedIn, this adds up to these three key factors - where you grow up, where you go to school, and where you work - potentially giving you a 12x advantage in gaining access to opportunity.
We often look at elements like these from an analytical standpoint, in order to help streamline our hiring processes, but you can see how the same could be narrowing your field of view, and potentially keeping you from top candidates - and top candidates from your company.
"With roughly 151 million workers across the country, imagine what could happen if each of us committed to opening doors for people outside our networks. Even if only 10 percent committed to taking the Plus One Pledge, more than 15 million people would be connected to opportunity."
It's worth considering the impacts of these trends, and how you might be able to contribute through your own use of LinkedIn, or in the direct hiring process.
You can read more about LinkedIn's Plus One Pledge initiative here.


Indian Express in Hampton is not just a way to make a living for Harish and Vinata Desai. No. Food and hospitality is their passion. And Indian Express has become their way of life. A fixture of Hampton where it has been serving up delicious fare to locals for close to thirty years, the menu here explores dishes from right around India. It is well loved, and the small dining space is always filled with diners who come to enjoy the generous servings of superb Indian cuisine. The kitchen cooks with the freshest of ingredients, there are at least fifteen curries on offer every day and the menu is regularly updated and changed. This keeps the selection of dishes interesting and adventurous for the loyal clientele. Favourites include either the spicy or cheese dosas (pancakes), dahl, butter chicken and beef tamarind. There is a special south Indian brunch on Saturday afternoons, curries are perfectly balanced, the produce is the best you will find, and the kitchen and dining room are immaculately clean. It is little wonder that Indian Express has remained so very loved for so very long.


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Afropunk: Finding the fashion grooves in the festival crowd
Walter Kemp at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
(Alejandra Contreras)
By Kailyn Brown
NEW YORK —
Afropunk has been marketed as an alternative two-day arts festival, but fashion increasingly has become a focal point for the event, which takes place in four cities, Johannesburg, Atlanta, Paris and New York, where it all began in 2005.
We wandered this summer's Brooklyn festival in Commodore Barry Park in late August for this photo essay, and it turns out the most common looks we noticed were inspired by the cowgirl/cowboy trend, also seen on artists such as Solange, Lil Nas X and Megan Thee Stallion.
There were so many country-style hats in the crowd of 60,000 that we quickly lost count. If attendees weren't "Yeehaw!" ready, they were sweet and celestial, drapped in flowy layers of tulle.
Also, the HBO show "Euphoria," starring Zendaya, also appeared to inspire people to amp up their makeup looks with studs, gems and stickers you might find at a Michaels craft store. And of course, there were those signature Afropunk looks that appear year after year using flowers and traditional African prints.
We stopped festival attendees to pose for photos and tell us about their fashion inspiration. Here's a look at some of our favorite outfits from this year's festival in Brooklyn.
Friends Ivore Rousell, from left, Troy Landry and Walter Kemp, at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"I wanted to be more regal and romantic. I just wanted to have fun. This is the only weekend we can have fun [with our outfits]."
— Troy Landry of Louisiana
A moving canvas
Brittany Johnson at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"[Laolu Senbanjo's] paintings are based on your story. He painted the gods Sango and Osun on me. He painted this skirt too, so the skirt just kind of continues [the art piece]."
— Brittany Johnson of New York, wearing body art by Nigerian artist Laolu Senbanjo
Antoinette Henry at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"[I wore this because] I'm in a growth phase of my life, [so] I tried to incorporate growth with flowers and plants from the ground up."
— Antoinette Henry of New York
Lawrence Wyman at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"Orange represents the color of joy and unity, and I feel like Afropunk creates a black space for black people to be themselves. I feel like orange embodies that."
— Lawrence Wyman of Washington, D.C.
Reclaiming the do-rag
Errol Haase, left, and Karl Sully at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"You've got the bright [colors], beauty and flowers. [This outfit says] you can't hold us back. Our beauty shines through."
— Errol Haase of New York (left)
"My boyfriend [Errol] made this for me. We hunted this fabric down and wanted the whole Rihanna look. There's a stigma about black men who wear do-rags, but I'm an Ivy League student. I really wanted to make it a statement and say that it's a part of our culture."
— Karl Sully of New York
A new classic
Shae Roberts at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"It's a mixture of, like, past classic beauty but kind of modern day. I feel like [this outfit] says that I'm just not afraid to step out of the box and be myself."
— Shae Roberts of New York
Daytime glow
Jennifer Navarrete at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"When I think of Afropunk, I think of Afros and color, so I decided to put these together. The Afro completed the look."
— Jennifer Navarrete of Ghana
Dreams from Atlanta
Dreamville Records rapper J.I.D at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Dreamville Records rapper J.I.D, who's from Atlanta. "[My outfit] is inspired by this little black girl on my shirt. It's a girl version of Buckwheat [from 'The Little Rascals'] that's why she's saying, 'Otay.' I found this at a thrift store in L.A."
From left, EarthGang duo WowGr8 and Olu, also Dreamville artists, at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Asked if their outfits represented their day-to-day style in Atlanta, WowGr8, left, said before EarthGang's Afropunk performance: "We don't have an everyday style. Every day is a different style."
"Actually, this is our job-interview style," Olu said jokingly. "Afropunk to me is a place where people of color can get together and be themselves and explore their individuality."
1990s grunge
Rapper Kari Faux at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Afropunk performer Kari Faux, who was dressed by her stylist Karissa Mitchell, said she was inspired by the 1990s punk era and grunge.
Style tactics
Denis Haze at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"[This outfit says that] I'm a strong black man and I stick to my culture, and I wear it on my sleeve all the time."
— Denis Haze of New York
Alia Ssemakula at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"This [look] is my personality for sure. I love the early 2000s style. I'm [also] very inspired by Rihanna. My friend owns a store called Three Pigs Collective, which is what I'm wearing [today]."
— Alia Ssemakula of New York
Brenton Williams at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"My outfit [represents] body positivity, confidence and feeling good. This is a big moment for me because I will be DJing on the main stage."
— Brenton Williams of New York
Tribal chic
Lamar Beane at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Asked what his look says about him, Lamar Beane of New York said, "Self-expression and freedom. This is all handmade by me."
Earth, Wind & Fire inspiration
Friends Leshawn Bridgewater, from left, Shy Base and Solange McKenzie at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"I'm a god/goddess [representing] both femininity and masculinity. ... [Together] we're Earth, Wind & Fire."
— Leshawn Bridgewater (left)
Ladene Clark at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"My look was inspired by Morocco. I just visited there about a month ago. The people, the warmth, humility, the beauty, the food and the fashion [all inspired me]."
— Ladene Clark
Jabari Dozier and Jewel Killikelly at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"At Afropunk, you have to stand out. I'm royal so that's why I got the crown."
— Jabari Dozier (left)
"I've always been Afrocentric. I've always been proud of my blackness, especially being a dark-skinned girl. I love culture, no matter where somebody is from; I like to have knowledge of different things because this separation thing doesn't work."
— Jewel Killikelly
Making it their own
Rahma Ali, from left, Koran Ali, Kawser Mohamed and Laila Farah at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Asked if they coordinated their outfits, Laila Farah, of Amsterdam, right, said, "The only similarities are the head scarves, but I feel like we have very different styles. We always try to make our own choices and make it our own style."
Embracing duality
Kelsey Ford at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"I wanted to do something monochrome and I wanted to a mix of light and feminine, and some tougher pieces like this chain. It highlights some of my duality."
— Kelsey Ford of New Orleans
Sunny disposition
JaQuam Mitchell at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"Last year was the year of water. This is the year of the sun."
— JaQuam Mitchell of Louisiana
Wonderfully weird
Kayla Farrell and Lashell Gibbs at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"This is my first Afropunk, and I love it. Everybody looks awesome. I've been wanting to come for a long time, but this was the year because I don't know if I can make it after [my baby is born]. I'm seven-months pregnant."
— Kayla Farrell of Connecticut (left)
"I own a clothing brand called How Bazaar and I come to [Afropunk to] wear my weirdest, craziest [stuff] I create."
— Lashell Gibbs of Connecticut
Ethereal energy
Jewell Jones and Kiara Simmons, at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"To be honest, this is looking like fairy-godmother vibes. We always coordinate for Afropunk. She made her outfit, and I went to get this knowing that it would [match] what she had on."
— Jewell Jones of New York (left)
"I just made the clothes. I drew it out and I knew I wanted to work with different materials, and I found this fishnet fabric."
— Kiara Simmons of New York
Yaaserwaah Akuoku at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
As a follow-up to her look last year, Yaaserwaah Akuoku of New York said she was inspired by Afrofuturism.
Noah Domond and Sharahya Carter at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Noah Domond, left, and Sharahaya Carter said they opted for comfort with an edge when constructing their Afropunk look.
Homegrown style
Sahara Habibi and Sasha Marie at Afropunk in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"This is my first time playing Afropunk," said Sahar Habibi, left. "I wanted to be comfortable. My friend [Phero] from Chicago made me these pants, so I really wanted to show support."
"This is my second time playing," Sasha Marie said. "Dickies remind me of growing up. They're old-school and I'm Mexican, and my dad wore these."
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Chicory is a half – hardy perennial. In the first year it stays as a low rosette. In the second year in spring it grows a tall flowering stem that will get between 1 – 1.5m that has twig like branches. Chicory has a clear blue flower, with fluted petals. There will be 2 – 3 flowers at each leaf joint. It continually flowers from midsummer to mid autumn. The stem is hollow with bitter milky juice inside. On the flowering stem, depending on the variety, the leaf can be coarsely toothed or rounded at the base. The leaves at the tip of the stem are smaller and arrow-shaped. Chicory has a large taproot. This is occasionally branching and has bitter milky fluid inside. Though classified as perennial Chicory rarely grows for more than three years in New Zealand.
Chicory grows in sunny open sites in light alkaline soil. Commercially in well cultivated plots it is necessary to dig deeply to encourage good root structure. It is sown in pasture for animal fodder and is often found on road sides and wasteland as the seed is wind borne.
Sow seed in early summer directly into garden soil. From the different varieties readily available chicory seed can be selected. There are witloof or chicons types, radicchio types for fresh leaf use and other types preferred for root harvest. Witloofs or chicons are dug up after the first year of growth in Autumn. The leaves are cut to 25mm length and 25mm trimmed off roots. These are well buried in trays of sandy compost and watered. Excluded from light the trays can stored in a cellar or garage or covered in plastic and buried to retain dampness. Chicons are ready to eat as blanched heads in 3-4 weeks.
buds can be pickled and the flower used in salads or as an edible garnish.
use fresh leaves to toss in salads or cooked whole. They can be steamed and braised in butter as a vegetable dish.
when young, scraped roots can be boiled and served with Bechamel sauce. Traditionally they are used as a coffee substitute. The thick cultivated roots are dug up, washed, sliced and dried in gentle heat. Then roasted and ground. The powder can be used to make a caffeine free hot drink. Commercially chicory root is used to adulterate instant coffee powder.
as a drought tolerant vegetable chicory is increasingly being grown in New Zealand for animal fodder. In conjunction with other herbs it is included in nutritious pasture mixtures.
Leaf may be used for jaundice and spleen problems. A poultice soothes inflammation. Root-infuse dried root to make a tonic, mild laxative and diuretic. A decoction may alleviate gallstones, kidney stones and inflammation of liver or urinary tract.
The active compounds are inulin, sesquiterpene lactones, vitamins, minerals, fat, mannitol and latex. Fructcans have been extracted from chicory roots.


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Chicago, Illinois – Gymnastics Coach Jose Vilchis Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Student
I&M Gymnastics in Channahon, where a coach is accused of child sex abuse.
Longtime Gymnastics Coach Arrested For Sexual Assault
A longtime gymnastics coach who was first accused of sexual abuse almost thirty years ago was arrested on Monday, October 15, on allegations that he sexually abused one of his teenage students. 68-year-old Jose Vilchis has been charged with 14 counts of criminal sexual assault and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse for alleged incidents that happened between late 2012 and late 2013 at I&M Gymnastics in Channahon.
Police in Channahon began investigating the coach in 2014 after two teenage girls reported that they were sexually abused by him over multiple months at I&M Gymnastics. Those teens told police that they were aware of other gymnasts who had claimed to have been abused by Vilchis.
In March of this year, the police department began investigating Vilchis again after Chicago Tonight contacted them for a story discussing the first allegations made against Vilchis in Wheeling in 1990 and a subsequent story regarding the 2014 allegations. The reporting for this story was based on police investigation records from Wheeling and Channahon and interviews with three women who claimed to have been sexually abused by Vilchis while they were teenagers.
Following the reopening of this investigation, at least one other woman has come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against Vilchis, which she said occurred while she was a teenage gymnast training at I&M.
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Legal Options For Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Coaches
Attorney contributor Brian Kent helps the survivors of sexual abuse find justice in civil court. We have asked him for some thoughts on the options available in a lawsuit against gymnastics coach:
Tragically, positions that involve working or volunteering with children sometimes attract sexual predators who seek to exploit their positions of trust in order to abuse innocent victims. These sexual predators must be held accountable for the suffering they've caused and we must make sure that the survivors and their families have all of the support they need. Additionally, it's important to determine if a third party (such as the coach's employer or organization) is held accountable if they failed to prevent abuse through negligence.
In some cases, youth sports organizations can be held liable for sexual abuse if their negligence played a role in failing to stop the abuse. Examples of such negligence may include failing to run a background check on a new employee or volunteer, or allowing a coach to continue working after being accused of sexual misconduct.
If you or someone you love has been sexually abused by a youth athletics coach, we advise learning more about your legal options in a free consultation with one of our experienced sexual abuse survivors lawyers.
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Third Year of Wittenberg Tuition Freeze
January 24, 2015 Keri Heath January 28 2015 0
Last semester, Wittenberg's Board of Directors elected to freeze tuition for the 2015-2016 academic year. For the third year in a row, the university's tuition will hold at 2012-2013 levels.
This announcement comes at a time when the majority of colleges around the country are increasing tuition with each successive academic year. Most institutes of higher learning typically increase their tuition about two to five percent each year, which would be about $600 at Wittenberg. With the price freeze, the tuition that current students pay will be based on each family's individual ability to pay.
"So it's somewhat of an ethical issue," said Randy Green, executive director of financial aid. "You can do that math and try and figure out how much revenue the school would generate without regard to the student. But that's really not the kind of place we are."
While board will increase slightly to keep up with increasing national costs, this freeze is an alliance with Wittenberg's dedication to provide affordable education for students for all four years. The system is designed so that families who have the ability to pay more do so, and help to finance the school's increasing costs, while those who are unable to pay the sticker price are given additional aid. This is done with an effort to cause the least amount of change to students' education.
"Wittenberg students…can take advantage of the fact that we're working behind the scenes on the revenue and expense side rather than assuming every family can pay $1,000 more every year," Green said.
At the same time, some students and Wittenberg alum wonder why the price of tuition is so high in the first place if 95 percent of students receive some kind of aid.
"I was upset that the university was congratulating themselves on their commitment to affordability when obviously the sticker price of Wittenberg education is unaffordable for the majority of Ohio families," said Sven Isaacson, class of 2013.
The Financial Aid Office assures that there is a good reason for this. The price that students pay at Wittenberg is determined by the amount that their families are able to pay. Families who can afford more pay at or near the full price to offset the costs of those students who need a significant amount of aid.
As Green explained, lowering the tuition price would decrease the amount of aid that Wittenberg could distribute, since expected revenue would be less. Families who could pay full price would consider the tuition decrease a cost cut, but families who currently receive aid wouldn't liking have their scholarships decreased. This could mean that some students would be unable to return to Wittenberg.
"Your ability to pay should be close to what you're being asked to pay," Green said. "Some families are paying more to offset the families who are paying less."
While the tuition price of a Wittenberg education may be high, the Financial Aid Office hopes to provide all students with an affordable education and is looking into ways to make the tuition freeze constant.
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Richard DeForrest Olson
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Richard DeForrest Olson,age 90, of Manhattan, Kansas, a former resident of Waterville, Kansas, died on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. He was born on October 3, 1922, at Richland Center, Wisconsin, the son of Otto and Margaret (Parfrey) Olson. He had been a Librarian in the rare book department at Northwestern University, an Industrial Engineer and had been a High School Principal. He was a US Navy veteran of World War II. Richard was preceded in death by his parents, Otto and Margaret Olson, one brother, James Olson and one sister, Barbara Olson Turner. He is survived by one nephew, Erick R. Olson of Richland Center, Wisconsin and one niece, Peggy Turner Borgwardt of Valders, Wisconsin. A private memorial service for his family and special friends will be held at a later date. The Holmes-Pfeifley Funeral Home in Riley, Kansas, is in charge of arrangements.
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A Girl Abandoned by Her Parents for Her Looks Wants to Prove the World Wrong
You feel safest when your parents are nearby when you are young.
You might develop some form of bitterness towards your parents if you are forced to grow up without parental involvement or know they left you.
Chinese-born Xueli Abbing, now 16 years old, was given up for adoption by her parents when she was a baby. Her parents' identities were completely unknown when they left her at the orphanage's door.
The letters "Xue" and "Li" in her name, which were given to her by the orphanage workers, stand for snow and beautiful, respectively. Due to her albinism at birth, she was given this name.
Due to a genetic disorder called albinism, a person's melanin levels are lowered, and they get pale skin, hair, and eyes.
She was given a loving home after being adopted by a family in the Netherlands.
She was approached to model for a designer in Hong Kong when she was 11 years old for a photo shoot where he wanted to showcase many types of beauty.
In an interview with the BBC, Abbing remarked, "She termed the ad 'perfect imperfections' and asked if I wanted to join her fashion show in Hong Kong. She continued, "That was a fantastic experience.
Numerous nations around the world discriminate against people who have albinism. They may even be "hunted" in some cases due to the mythical medicinal value of their bones. Abbing has remarked, "I'm happy I was only abandoned."
Sometimes albino models are employed as props to portray angels or spirits, which, according to Abbing, "makes me unhappy."
However, Abbing had the good fortune to work with a London-based photographer who treated her with the respect that any model deserves. The outcome was a gorgeous photo shoot. Even Vogue Italia purchased one of the photographs from it for use in its June 2019 issue.
It took a while for me to understand why people were so thrilled about the magazine since, at the time, I didn't know what an important publication it was, says the author.
Abbing faces challenges unique to being a model. She has 8 to 10% vision, making it unpleasant to gaze straight at camera flashes. But her desire to advocate for those who lack traditional beauty, like herself, keeps her going.
Although more people with impairments or abnormalities are being highlighted in the media, she noted in the interview, "There are still models that are like eight foot two and slim. This is great, but it should be typical."
Maybe I concentrate more on people's voices and what they say because I can't see everything clearly, she added. Therefore, she claims I value a person's inner attractiveness more.
She aspires to change the world and inform others about her disease. To raise awareness of albinism and to emphasize that it is a hereditary illness rather than a curse, she wants to use modeling. Since being "an albino" implies that your albinism defines you, it is preferable to refer to the subject as "a person with albinism."
"I won't agree that children are being killed because they have albinism. She declared, "I want to transform the world.
We send Xueli Abbing our warmest wishes for success in her endeavor. She will undoubtedly motivate and instruct thousands of people all around the world.
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