UNDATED (AP) – The Boston Red Sox blanketed Fenway Park with pieces of the city's championship past to welcome the newest members of their World Series title club.
It wasn't enough to ward off another setback for a team yet to resemble the one that hoisted the trophy last year.
Chris Sale let a Toronto runner steal home, Mookie Betts fanned with two on for the final out and the Red Sox stumbled again, losing to the Blue Jays 7-5 Tuesday in their home opener.
After getting their World Series rings that had 185 diamonds, rubies and sapphires during a ceremony that included the Super Bowl champ New England Patriots, the Red Sox fell to 3-9 and are now last place in the AL East.
– Jose Altuve hit his 100th homer and George Springer's two-run double in the eighth inning helped the Houston Astros to their third straight comeback win, 6-3 over the New York Yankees. Houston has won five in a row overall to improve to 7-5.
– The Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-3 to improve to 11-2, baseball's best record. They homered in their 13th straight game. KC's Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 30 games, tying George Brett's club record.
– Yadier Molina drove in three runs, Paul Goldschmidt homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0.
– Juan Soto hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Washington Nationals rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-6. Bryce Harper crushed a three-run homer off former teammate Stephen Strasburg, but Victor Robles tied it at 6 on a solo shot with two outs and two strikes in the ninth.
– Jurickson Profar got four hits, including a homer, and drove in a career-high five runs, leading Brett Anderson and the Oakland Athletics over the Baltimore Orioles 13-2. The win ended a four-game losing streak. Slumping Orioles slugger Chris Davis didn't play, a day after he set the major league record for the longest hitless streak – 0 for 49 – by a position player.
– Jacob deGrom's record-tying streak of quality starts ended at 26 when he allowed two home runs to Mitch Garver and one to Eddie Rosario in a 14-7 drubbing by the Minnesota Twins. It was the worst outing in two years for the New York Mets ace.
– Matt Kemp started Cincinnati's spree of three consecutive homers, Luis Castillo dominated again, and the Reds snapped their eight-game losing streak, beating the Miami Marlins 14-0.
– Two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber has his first win of the young season, as the Cleveland Indians topped the Detroit Tigers 8-2. Four Indians had their first homers of 2019. The Tigers saw a five-game win streak come to an end, as Jordan Zimmermann lost his first decision of the season.
– Austin Meadows homered and set a career high with four hits, Avisail Garcia connected against his former team and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 10-5. The Rays pounded Ervin Santana and improved to 9-3.
– Dansby Swanson and Ronald Acuna Jr. homered, leading Max Fried and the Atlanta Braves past the Colorado Rockies 7-1. Fried took a no-hitter into the sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday and carried that momentum into Denver. The left-hander allowed an unearned run and five hits in six innings. In four games, two starts, Fried has yet to allow an earned run in 13 2/3 innings.
– Jarrod Dyson hit a pinch-hit two-run home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, sending the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over the Texas Rangers Tuesday night. Dyson, off the bench to hit for catcher John Ryan Murphy with Eduardo Escobar on second base, ripped a 2-2 pitch from Rangers closer Jose Leclerc into the seats in right field. Arizona (6-5) rallied from a 4-0 deficit after two innings for their third win in four games.
– Kevin Pillar drove in four runs for the second straight game, Evan Longoria broke out of a long slump with an RBI single and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 7-2. Derek Holland (1-1) pitched seven crisp innings and allowed five hits with two walks and a season-best nine strikeouts.
– Tommy La Stella homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-8 on Tuesday after Mike Trout departed with a groin injury. Andrelton Simmons collected three hits as Los Angeles extended its win streak to five games. Jonathan Lucroy had two hits and three RBIs against his first major league team.
NEW YORK (AP) – Pittsburgh pitcher Chris Archer has been suspended for five games, Cincinnati outfielder Yasiel Puig for two and Reds manager David Bell for one for their roles in a bench-clearing fracas last weekend.
The commissioner's office said Tuesday that Archer has appealed his penalty and will play pending a decision. Puig and Bell were to serve their discipline starting Tuesday.
Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre also fined all three for their behavior Sunday.
– Yankees ace Luis Severino has a Grade 2 lat strain and will stop throwing for six weeks. Severino has been out since he was scratched from what would have been his first spring training appearance with right shoulder inflammation.
– The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu (hee-YUHN'-jihn YOO) on the 10-day injured list with a strained left groin. The same injury sidelined Ryu for more than half of last season.
– Cleveland Indians starter Mike Clevinger will miss at least six weeks with a back muscle injury. The Indians say Clevinger has strained his teres major, a muscle in his upper back. The Indians called up reliever Nick Wittgren from Triple-A Columbus.
– The Boston Red Sox have activated second baseman Dustin Pedroia from the injured list for their home opener. Pedroia has not played since last May because of a knee injury.
– A woman has sued the Houston Astros for more than $1 million, saying that a T-shirt cannon fired at a game by the team's mascot broke her finger. The Houston Chronicle reports the suit alleges that the mascot, who is named Orbit, "shattered" her left index finger during a game last July when a T-shirt fired from a "bazooka style" cannon.
– Lenny Dykstra has sued former New York Mets teammate Ron Darling, St. Martin's Press and Macmillan Publishing Group for defamation. The suit is over a passage in the pitcher's new book accusing the outfielder of directing racist comments toward Boston starter Oil Can Boyd during the 1986 World Series.
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki has announced that he is retiring from the NBA.
– Bradley Beal became the first player in Washington Wizards franchise history to average at least 25 points, five rebounds and five assists for a season. He reached the numbers he needed in a 116-110 loss to the playoff-bound Boston Celtics in a finale Tuesday night that was meaningless to both clubs.
– DeMarcus Cousins had 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Pelicans 112-103 in a game that saw guard Stephen Curry leave with a mild foot sprain. The Warriors announced that Curry was held out the rest of the night as a precaution. The Warriors already had clinched the top playoff seed in the Western Conference.
– Dwyane Wade scored 30 points in the tribute-filled final home game of his career, and the Miami Heat defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 122-99. Bam Adebayo scored 19, Justise Winslow scored 16 and Hassan Whiteside added 15 for the Heat, who were eliminated from playoff contention when Detroit beat Memphis. That result went final during the third quarter of the Miami-Philly game.
– Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 30 points and the Dallas Mavericks celebrated the final home game of the 40-year-old's record 21st season with the same franchise with a 120-109 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Nowitzki hasn't said he's retiring, but the game-long celebration of his career felt like a farewell.
-Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points and the Toronto Raptors closed their regular season with a 120-100 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. The Raptors finished the regular season at 58-24.
– Andre Drummond had 20 points and 17 rebound and Ish Smith matched a season high with 22 points, helping the Detroit Pistons rally from a 22-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 100-93 and cling to a spot in the playoffs.
– Kemba Walker scored 23 points and the Charlotte Hornets kept their late-season playoff push going with a 124-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose painful first season rebuilding without LeBron James is over. The Hornets had to win to have any chance of getting the No. 8 spot.
– Donovan Mitchell matched his career high with 46 points as the Utah Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets 118-108 on Tuesday night. Rudy Gobert had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Derrick Favors scored 16 points and Joe Ingles added 10 points and 13 assists as Utah won its last eight regular-season home games.
– Paul George hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 14 points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 112-111 on Tuesday night. Russell Westbrook had 29 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his 33rd triple-double of the season and George added 27 points for the Thunder, who won their fourth straight. James Harden scored 39 points and Chris Paul added 24 for the Rockets.
– Maurice Harkless hit a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer, and the Portland Trail Blazers secured home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a 104-101 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Lakers a few hours after Magic Johnson abruptly resigned as their president of basketball operations. Harkless scored 26 points and Enes Kanter had 22 points and 16 rebounds while the Blazers rallied in the fourth quarter.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers' president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing a desire to get back to the simpler life he enjoyed before taking over the franchise just over two years ago.
Johnson didn't tell owner Jeanie Buss or general manager Rob Pelinka before he stepped in front of reporters about 90 minutes before the final game of the Lakers' sixth consecutive losing season.
Johnson didn't directly tie his decision to the future of coach Luke Walton, who was widely expected to be fired by Johnson soon. But Johnson repeatedly mentioned Buss' affinity for Walton and Johnson's desire not to cause upheaval between them.
UNDATED (AP) – The NHL has suspended defenseman Slava Voynov for the 2019-20 season and 2020 playoffs after determining he committed acts of domestic violence.
Commissioner Gary Bettman suspended Voynov on Tuesday for what the league called unacceptable off-ice conduct. The 29-year-old Russian could have his eligibility restored on July 1, 2020, based on good behavior.
Voynov was suspended indefinitely in October 2014 after being arrested for domestic abuse.
– The New Jersey Devils will have the No. 1 pick at this year's NHL draft. The team was announced Tuesday night as the winner of the draft lottery. The Colorado Avalanche had the best odds of landing the first pick at 18.5 percent, but they drew the No. 4 selection. The New York Rangers will pick second and the Chicago Blackhawks will select third at the June draft.
NEW YORK (AP) – Chris Mullin has "stepped down" as basketball coach at St. John's.
Mullin said in a separate statement he had suffered a "recent personal loss," but he did not elaborate.
Mullin, the greatest player in school history, had two years remaining on his contract. He was coming off his first winning season.
– Mick Cronin has been hired as UCLA's basketball coach, ending a months-long search to find a replacement for the fired Steve Alford. The university says Cronin agreed to a $24 million, six-year deal Tuesday. He leaves his alma mater Cincinnati after 16 seasons.
– Kentucky forward PJ Washington will enter the NBA draft pool and hire an agent, ending his collegiate career after leading the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding as a sophomore. The 6-foot-8 Dallas native averaged 15.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
– Tennessee forward Grant Williams says he is entering the NBA draft to "test the waters," but the consensus All-America selection hasn't ruled out the possibility of returning for his senior season. He can maintain his college eligibility if he withdraws from draft consideration by May 29.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) – DeMarcus Lawrence may not be the highest-paid Dallas Cowboys player in history for long. It doesn't mean the club's best defensive end can't enjoy the distinction while it lasts.
The 26-year-old Lawrence signed a $105 million, five-year contract Tuesday. He then was asked repeatedly to try to reflect on what it means to have a $21 million-per-year average that tops retired quarterback Tony Romo, pass rushing predecessor and franchise sacks leader DeMarcus Ware and receiver Dez Bryant before him.
– Defensive end Adrian Clayborn is returning to the Atlanta Falcons on a one-year contract following one season with the New England Patriots. The 30-year-old Clayborn played for the Falcons from 2015-17.
-The first NFL exhibition game in Hawaii in 43 years highlights the league's preseason schedule announced Tuesday. Dallas will play the Los Angeles Rams at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Aug. 17.
Atlanta and Denver face off in the Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 1 to open the preseason. The regular season opens Sept. 5 with Green Bay at Chicago to start the league's 100th season.


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NL MVP
Although Prince Fielder had a great year (second in homers and RBIs with 38 and 120 and batting .299) , this will come down to a two-man race between Matt Kemp and Ryan Braun. Based on statistics alone, Kemp should win — he led the league in home runs (39), RBIs (126) and runs (115), was second in hits (195), tied for second in stolen bases (40) and third in batting average (.324). He had a chance for the Triple Crown up until the last few days of the season. But his team did not make the playoffs, as Braun's Brewers did. Braun was no slouch either — second in batting at .332 with 33 homers, 111 RBIs and 33 stolen bases. The conventional wisdom is that Braun will win because his team made the playoffs. I've never subscribed to the theory that an MVP has to come from a winning team, so I think Kemp should win and will win. Besides, the Dodgers weren't a last place team — they finished three games above .500.
AL MVP
There are just too many candidates in the AL to limit it to three. Adrian Gonzalez was the favorite for most of the season, but then he lost his leads in batting and RBIs, finishing second at .338 and third with 117 RBIs. Jacoby Ellsbury (.321, 32 homers, 105 RBIs) came on strong at the end, but the Red Sox collapse will hurt both of them. Jose Bautista led the league in homers with 43, had 103 RBIs and batted .302, but the Blue Jays didn't win. Curtis Granderson led the league with 119 RBIs to go along with 41 homers, but he hit .262. He may not have even been the MVP of the Yankees — Robinson Cano was second in RBIs with 118, hit 28 home runs and batted .302. Miguel Cabrera finished strong to win the batting title at .344, with 30 homers and 105 RBIs. He's definitely worthy, but there doesn't seem to be much buzz about him. He might get my vote, however. Which brings us to Justin Verlander. He won 24 games and I think he will defy those who say a pitcher should not win the MVP and take the award. I thought Ellsbury had a chance to steal it from him, but not after the Sox lost. If anyone else slides in to win it, it'll be Cano.
NL Cy Young
Clayton Kershaw won the pitching Triple Crown — 21-5, 2.28 ERA, 248 strikeouts. This should be unanimous, but Roy Halladay will likely get some support with his 19-6, 2.35 ERA and 220 Ks. Ian Kennedy tied Kershaw for the league lead in wins. But this is all Kershaw.
AL Cy Young
Hey, Felix Hernandez was 14-14 – -why don't we give it to him again (yes, a year later I'm still bitter about it!)? Anyway, Verlander also won the Triple Crown — 24-5, 2.40 ERA, 250 strikeouts. This will be unanimous. Jered Weaver and CC Sabathia (who should have won it last season) deserve a brief mention for their solid years.
NL Rookie
This will also likely be unanimous. Craig Kimbrel set a rookie record with 46 saves, had a 2.10 ERA and a stunning 127 strikeouts in 77 innings. Sure he failed to close out game 162, but he had a tremendous year. Teammate Freddie Freeman was also very good (.282, 21 homers, 76 RBIs). Vance Worley was 11-3 with a 3.01 ERA. Dillon Gee led all NL rookies with 13 wins and I tried to get his picture up there, but his 4.43 ERA dropped him behind Worley. Sorry.
AL Rookie
This might be the closest race of all. Mark Trumbo led all rookies in homers (29) and RBIs (87). But he hit .254. Eric Hosmer led rookies in batting at .293 to go along with 19 home runs and 78 RBIs. Ivan Nova was 16-4 with a 3.70 ERA and was a key member of the Yankees rotation despite spending time in the minors. Trumbo was also a key member of the Angel's lineup. I think Trumbo will win, although I would vote for Nova.
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Trip Reports - Botany
Holland Park for Winter Twigs - 13 Dec 2015
Winter flowers in Deptford and Greenwich - 1 Dec 2015
Gipsy Hill - 21 Nov 2015
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This article was first published in the Newsletter of the London Natural History Society, No. 240 February 2016
Well, where did that year go? Here we were again meeting Nick Bertrand at Deptford Station, ready to embark on the annual quest for plants in flower on 1st December. In stark contrast to last year's foray, we were accompanied by sunshine, which had been rare in the previous days. Once again, this was a year that broke previous records for various climatic variables. One thing is for sure, things are heating up encouraging certain species to forgo their winter break.
Eight of us set off with Nick up into the station to view the rough grassland that had previously got us off to a flying start in terms of species numbers. However, time passes and succession marches on; the resulting increase in scrub meant that we really did have to keep our eyes peeled. All 16 species were familiar faces of our urban environment. Among others present were Red Deadnettle Lamium purpureum, not so profligate with its flowering, Annual Mercury Mercurialis annua, Yarrow Achillea millefolium, Hawkweeed Oxtongue Picris hieraciodes, Perennial Wall-rocket Diplotaxis tenuifolia and another grass, but one more associated with the summer months, False Oat-grass Arrhenath-erum elatius. The most numerous species in that patch, five in all, were representatives of the Daisy family Asteraceae, again no surprise given it is our most common family.
Deptford High Street provided us with that fine adornment of walls, Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis, nearby were Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta with its four stamens and Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris in one of its many guises. Although not the subject of our search, I couldn't help but notice three small saplings defying the paving – Holm Oak Quercus ilex, Pedunculate oak Q. robur and our most urban of shrubs, Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii.
We turned into Comet Street, a most unprepossessing back alley which, by that very nature, was a little treasure trove as we struggled in our search. Small-flowered Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum was our first find, to be eclipsed by a plant which had Nick working through numerous corruptions of its Latin name before arriving at the mouthful that it is, Four-leaved Allseed Polycarpon tetraphyllum. This winter-annual formed a veritable carpet on a cobbled area and is a tiny plant altogether, never mind the flowers, but there they were. Whether native or alien is uncertain, but it has been present in the south-west since 1770 and has now made its way up to the Big Smoke popping up north and south of the river. Its companions were 'regulars', including Groundsel Senecio vulgaris, Petty and Sun Spurge Euphorbia peplus and E. helioscopia, and Black Horehound Ballota nigra. A regular, which Nick has never recorded in flower at this time of year, was Cleavers Galium aparine (trust Jill to spot it!).
A small green added another Geranium species, Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum, with Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris, Spotted Medick Medicago arabica and, guess what was on the corner of Speedwell Street? None other than Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica! At the corner of Comet and Watson's Street, was a tall, none too impressive Privet hedge Ligustrum vulgare not, I hasten to add, in flower, but providing habitat for a colony of sparrows. Watson's Street also provided us with two more Asteraceae, Nipplewort Lapsana communis and Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium, which the books assign to the July-September and July to August flowering slots respectively, hmmm.
As we proceeded each street furnished our list with a few flowers. In Arbuthnot Street was another wall-associated species Pellitory-of-the-Wall, Parietaria judaica along with Mexican Fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus, obviously enjoying the British winter. Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum was another species which I really did think had retired for the season. In Amersham Vale there was London Rocket Sisymbrium irio, which shot to noticeability following the Great Fire of London, but now is a bit of a rarity (how hot does it have to get, I wonder?). Companions included Small Nettle Urtica urens, Black Medick Medicago lupulina and Bramble Rubus fruticosus.
Warwickshire Paths' contribution included Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis, Purple Toadflax Linaria vulgaris and Sweet Alison Lobularia maritima, three species which, although they had much earlier introductions, were not recorded from the wild until the early half of the 17th century.
Our third Geranium of the day came in the form of Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum and as lunch beckoned Cockspur Echinochloa crus-galli and Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens brought our total to 65.
After the Cafe Bianca, which refuelled us for the afternoon shift and left me with the thought 'To thine own self be true' (such is the nature of LNHS lunchtime conversations!), Nick and the bulk of the party took off, followed by two tardy souls. The result was two routes were taken, one taking in the grounds of St. Pauls Church, part of a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. Despite this, intense tidiness ensured there was nothing to add to the list; the other route took in Crossfields Open Space, where Hoary Mustard Hirschfeldia incana and Common Ragwort Senecio jacobaea were noted.
Hairy Tare Vicia hirsuta and Perforate St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum were found in Sue Godfrey Nature Park, then we arrived at the Creekside Education Centre where numbers were boosted considerably, despite the distraction of the demolition of the warehouses on the adjacent site. A clutch of red flowers included Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis, Red Valerian Centranthus ruber, Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare and Round-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium rotundifolium, and the 'whites' included White Melilot Meliotus albus, Wavy Bittercress Cardamine flexuosa and Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna, an early-flowering annual, but not this early!
On Ha'penny Hatch Bridge Nick showed us a very recent arrival to the London botanical scene, Tall Nightshade Solanum chenopodiodes, which we had found under a railway arch in Lewisham on a previous occasion. This species has only been naturalised in the London area since 1969.
Onwards as the light faded there were only a few more to list including Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica in Brookmill Park along with Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium, Charlock Sinapsis arvensis and Hemlock Conium maculatum.
At Lewisham Bus Depot our penultimate species was Eastern Rocket Sisymbrium orientale and, yet again, last but not least, on the rail embankment defying an obvious onslaught of herbicide, was Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica.
Our total for the day was 86 species representing 25 families. We put the lower total (last year was 93) down to increased tidyness and the loss of those neglected scraps of land so valuable for our urban flora. In addition, and ironically, the warm weather and the continued growth of grass had resulted in late grass cutting lopping the heads off any precocious flora.
We went our separate ways, having thanked Nick for yet another enjoyable winter (despite the temperature) excursion.
Annie Chipchase


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Elden Ring's release date is January 21, 2022, watch the first gameplay trailer here
Fans of FromSoftware have been eagerly awaiting news on Elden Ring for what seems like an eternity. Lucky for them, the wait is finally over. The game's publisher, Bandai Namco, announced today that the game will release on January 21, 2022, for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via STEAM. Additionally, it will support Smart Delivery on Xbox consoles as well as a Free Upgrade to PS5 for those who purchase the PS4 version of the game.
Of course, that's not all. In addition to confirming the release date, the publisher has put out the first gameplay trailer for the hugely anticipated game from Dark Souls series creator Hidetaka Miyazaki.
The trailer runs just shy of three minutes. In it, we get a look at the game's haunting Gothic world, terrifying monster designs, and weighty combat system. Simply put: the game looks like a spectacular evolution for the Souls series, and we can't wait to see where it takes us when the game launches next year.
Take a look at the Elden Ring gameplay trailer below:
"With Elden Ring, we have applied all our dark fantasy and action-RPG expertise cultivated throughout the Dark Souls series, in order to create a bold, classical evolution of the genre," commented Hidetaka Miyazaki, Director at FromSoftware, "We've crafted a rich world with a staggering sense of scale, based off of legends written for the game by George R. R. Martin. Elden Ring is a world full of mystery and peril, ready to be explored and discovered; a drama in which various characters flaunt their own mystique and ulterior motives. We sincerely hope you enjoy experiencing it for yourself."
"I am very happy and excited to announce the release date of Elden Ring a new game created by Mr. Miyazaki and Mr. George R.R. Martin, two creators that I truly admire and have a passionate fan base around the world. I am very happy and excited to be able to tell you about it." Added Yasuo Miyakawa, President & CEO, Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. "We will continue to develop Elden Ring not only as a game but also in a variety of other areas in order to deliver the worldview and charm of this title to our fans around the world. We look forward to your continued support."
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Insurance shareholders have proposed a 10-year recapitalisation roadmap that would enable life insurance companies raise their capital to N20 billion; general operators, N30 billion and composite firms, N50 billion.
Managing director Lancelot Ventures Limited, Adebayo Adeleke, while speaking on behalf of shareholders, at the third national conference of the National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents (NAIPCO) in Lagos, added that 3-tier recapitalisation roadmap should be clearly thought out and spanned over 10 years.
According to him, the first phase of recapitalisation should be within a period of 18 months and Life Underwriters should raise their capital from N2 billion to N4 billion; General Business Operators, move from N3 billion to N5 billion.
Continuing, he said in the second phase, which should be three years after the first exercise, Life operators should move their capital to N8billion; Non-life, N10 billion and Composite, N18 billion.
He maintained that in the third phase, which should be five years after the second recapitalisation exercise, Life Underwriters should beef-up their capital to N20 billion, General Business underwriters, N30 billion and Composite firms, N50 billion.
He called on the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) to evolve templates and incentives for mergers and acquisitions to enable strong firms absolve weak ones, as against waiting for firms to be bankrupt, and then take over the management.
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What Teenage Boys Think About Sexism in Video Games Gives Us Hope for Future Generations
By Sophie Kleeman
Here's a typical belief about video games: They feature female characters who are often busty, scantily clad, long-haired sirens, there to act as something akin to furniture, while male heroes fight their way through battles and conflicts. Here's another: The male side of the gaming community enjoys these representations.
The first notion may be true, but according to a new study, the second isn't quite accurate.
Rosalind Wiseman, a parenting educator, teamed up with her colleague, Charlie Kuhn, and avid gamer Ashly Burch to document what teen boys think about female video game characters. The results may surprise you.
The numbers: According to their survey, which polled 1,400 middle and high school students from across the United States, 47% of middle school boys and 61% of high school boys agreed or strongly agreed that women "are treated too often as sex objects."
"If women are objectified like this, it defeats the entire purpose of fighting," an eighth-grader named Theo told the researchers, whose findings were published along with Wiseman's commentary in Time.
A gaming fan takes a selfie with female "promo models."Source: Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images
The percentages among boys who called themselves gamers were even higher, suggesting they're at least aware of the problematic relationship the gaming industry has with women. "Fifty-five percent of boys who identify as gamers think there should be more female heroes in games, and 57% believe that female characters are too often treated as sex objects."
"The video game industry seems to base much of its game and character design on a few assumptions," Wiseman explained, "among them that girls don't play big action games, boys won't play games with strong female characters, and male players like the sexual objectification of female characters."
The problematic representation of women in video games has seeped into some gamers' general perceptions about women.
What was the impetus for a survey like this? Women and gaming were thrust into the mainstream spotlight last fall with the eruption of #Gamergate, an anti-feminism campaign that wore an "ethics in gaming journalism" mask to cover up its misogyny and harassment. But gender issues within the gaming community were around well before this, and women have been pointing them out for some time now.
As Wiseman's survey revealed, a major problems lies in the way the industry and its developers treat both the women who consume their products and the female characters they choose to feature. While women make up roughly 48% of the gaming community, female protagonists in video games are rare; at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, for example, only 9% of 76 games had "exclusively playable female protagonists," Feminist Frequency's Anita Sarkeesian reported.
Women have been dropped as protagonists because they supposedly require a good deal of "extra production work." Even when they do make it, they're almost scrapped for men — just ask Dontnod Entertainment, who encountered a number of game publishers that wanted to change the female lead to a man.
Source: Kevork Djansezian/AP
But while this study points to good things, it also inadvertently sheds light on the continually problematic perception of women in games. Theo, the eighth-grader featured in Wiseman's piece, had something else to say about female video game characters.
"I would respect the [female] character more for having some dignity," the eighth-grader said.
Absent from Wiseman's piece is any mention of how problematic this statement is. It's a bizarre form of victim blaming: It's as if these fictional female characters — who were created by developers — are real people who "lack dignity."
Putting aside the fact that a lack of clothing should never be equated with someone's lack of dignity, Theo's statement suggests that the problematic representation of women in video games has seeped into some gamers' general perceptions about women. If this is what Theo thinks about a fictional woman, what would he say about a girl his age who chooses to wear a skirt?
There's no doubt that Wiseman's survey returned promising results. But it's not the end of the road for women and gaming — there's still a lot of work to be done.


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I hate to be the fly in the ointment, and indeed, it doesn't really matter to me because I didn't even end up entering the competition, but have the judges changed? Or was it always the case that different entries would be judged by different judges?
Either way, it seems to me that while the categories are the same, the way this judge assigned points is different than the way that the previous judge did. As such, I wonder if there's really a legitimate basis for comparison between the different entries such that you could coronate a "winner".
Now, you might say "well, it doesn't really matter if you win, the point is just to have fun and enter". But if that's the case, drop the judging pretense altogether and just post all the games here on the board and we can judge for ourselves which were the "best".
I don't know; it seems to be a really tough aspect of having a competition that a lot of people are going to enter: how do you get judges to evaluate all of the games on the same scale, except to have them evaluate ALL of the games? Yet, how can you ask judges to commit to doing the latter?
Maybe also charging a small fee to enter, and giving the judges a small reward would also be appropriate?
As for this contest...if I had entered, I'd probably be suggesting that we just drop the scoring altogether at this point, since it's taken so long and since the scores may be relative anyway. But I couldn't presume to propose that for the other people, who presumably worked hard on their entries and would like them evaluated.
These are all valid concerns. Let me first give a brief summary of how the competition was setup.
I approached Alien Menace about helping to judge the contest. He agreed. He accepted the duty of head judge and also recruited all of the other judges. All of the entries were to be submitted to AM, and then divided equally among all of the judges. Each judge was to play and review their entries, and then recommend the games that they thought were worth further review. After all games were given the initial review, then ALL of the judges would judge each of the recommended games. Then the judges were to decide the rankings for these recommended games.
So basically, all games got at least one review, and if it was a really good game, it would be given further review by all the judges, afterwhich they would provide a ranking for each game.
Now what REALLY happened is that head judge Alien Menace found himself too busy to fulfill the duties. XXOOCC took over the job, only to find that all but two of the other judges (Alien Menace and Wolf) were also too busy to even judge. Couple that with XXOCC's computer crashing, and it has been a long, hard road for the competition.
SOOOO, at this point, I just want to make sure that everyone at least gets their game reviewed. The contest was never really meant to be too competitive. With bragging rights being the only prize being offered, I don't feel that objective ranking is really necessary. Also, I want to maintain some sort of credibility in case we want to hold future contests.
It was also quite a learning experience for our first contest. Lord knows we won't be making the same mistakes the next time. I agree that using a large gaming group is ideal for judging game entries. Obviously Hippodice has already proven that this system works. I think the reliance on a handful of static judges is not the best way to go. It is just too time consuming for them, not to mention the obvious difficulty in finding commited judges in the first place.
As for posting the games for the entire community to review, well that's great, but that's not what these designers signed up for. Some of them might not want their game posted openly on the Internet for the whole world to read, and we have to respect that. At this point, I'd like to see each and every game submission reviewed and scored. Then we can bring the contest to a close and perhaps think about starting a new one. We can't start a new one without bringing this one to closure.
Darke, I can totally understand the woes and how they came about. It was a cool idea and I admire you for putting it together and try to work a solution even in the face of adversity!
If you're putting emphasis on "too competitive", that's fine, but it was always my understanding that this wasn't just a review opportunity, but a contest. If it was review of a game that you wanted to provide, there shouldn't have been a theme at all. I chose not to enter because I wasn't excited enough about my game to really finish it, and that was because I was working on other projects. If I had entered and the only outcome was "your game will be reviewed", I would have said "what a waste! I have other games I care about way more!" So I think that having some sort of objective rankings had to have been an important ingredient of a contest, or else why do it? Obviously, the prize wasn't a concern to anyone, but I think objective evaluation would have been.
With no disrespect to Wolf intended, I find his reviews to be different in quality than XXOCC's, and would be upset if I had drawn him as a judge rather than XXOCC. I think of one game's originality, he simply said "Yawn." So it's not even providing feedback, just a number for which we have no basis of knowing how he arrived at it.
I completely agree that future credibility is important and that's why I posted my remarks. I would love to see this contest become a legitimate and serious competition. And I do understand that things outside of your control have happened. But when you say "we never meant the scores to mean too much", that makes me feel like there were problems in the contest from the inception, and that there were parameters that were never obvious, at least not to me. Do you feel that you adequately communicated the idea that "we don't feel objective ranking is really necessary in this competition"? I guess I just never got that sense (though I agree that it was clear that it wasn't super serious and cutthroat.
I understand that designers who signed up may not be getting what they signed up for, and I apologize. Understand also, that I was only supposed to be a mediator between contestants and judges. At this point, I am basically running this contest blindly. I don't have access to the entries, I don't even have access to their names or e-mail addresses. The only thing I have access to is the judges via e-mail. So basically I can't even e-mail the contestants to let them know that there was a change in the contest process. The only thing I can do is post whatever information I have on this forum. That's it. Please forgive my harsh tone, but I am just as upset about how the competition turned out as anyone. But I can't change the past, I can only do my best with what I have now.
How about we save this for a "Contest Review" thread (or even better a "Suggestions for the Next Contest" thread) after the contest is over. Mid-stream when nothing can really be changed is a bad time to tear it apart, imo.
I meant this regarding the current situation.
Ah so. That's a very important clarification, thanks!
As I said, initially the contest was to have an 'initial screening process' by the judges, and then the best games were to be completely reviewed by all judges. Why was it like this? So even though your game might not have made it to the final round, at least you had a judge look over, play and review your game. I think that counts for something! And as I also said, AT THIS POINT I AM TRYING TO SALVAGE THE SITUATION! That means we will have to cut corners! And that means we may get reviews that are less than adequate.
That's fine, and again, I'm not trying to denigrate specific reviews so much as to say that there's no real basis that I can tell for comparing one reviewer's reviews to anothers. It was my impression from your earlier remarks that this was something you felt was an appropriate ingredient of the original competition (ie, "it's ok if things are subjective, since it's just for fun"), but if you're saying that this posture is more reflective of your current approach rather than your initial one, no objections from me! Sorry to have gotten confused!
Please forgive my harsh tone, but I am just as upset about how the competition turned out as anyone.
Well, I'm not upset about it at all! I simply jumped in because I see a fundamental problem, and your remarks led me to believe that this was inherent more to the philosophy of the competition than the judging bailout. At any rate, I now understand more clearly that it's just an artifact of the fact that the original judging approach has been abandoned, but that it wasn't the current system, and that's what I cared most about.
But I can't change the past, I can only do my best with what I have now.
Sure, and of course I'm not attacking you personally, just making observations that might be relevant to the next one. I think that we're pretty much on the same page, though, in terms of objectivity of evaluation, and that was what I was most concerned about.
My apologies if my remarks stoked any flames -- I really didn't mean to denigrate you, the judges, the entrants, or anyone else. As I've said, I think it was a cool idea for a contest that has been fun for people to participate in. Though I didn't happen to be one of the people, my thinking was that my lack of personal stake makes me an independent and objective observer of the situation, and that my analysis might have been in some way helpful. But at any rate, your clarification makes me realize that the situation has been well in hand from the inception. Forgive my intrusion!


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Q: Looping and saving data into the same table I am looping through 5 data frames (space separated) and doing some calculations or modifications. After the calculation is done on the first table I would like to save results into the same table by overwriting it and repeat this for all 5 data frames.
At the moment I am know how to write the first part:
table = sorted(glob.glob('*.dat'))
for i in table:
    data = pd.read_table(i, delim_whitespace=True, header=None, names=range(5))
    here I am doing some calculation
    and here I would like to save data into the same table by overwriting (but I do not know how)

Any advice or help is more than welcome.
Thanks.

A: This is straight forward. Let me know if you are looking for anything else.
# sample dataframes
d1 = pd.DataFrame({'one' : [1., 2., 3., 4.], 'two' : [4., 3., 2., 1.]})
d2 = pd.DataFrame({'one' : [5., 6., 7., 8.], 'two' : [9., 10., 11., 12.]})
d3 = pd.DataFrame({'one' : [15., 16., 17., 18.], 'two' : [19., 10., 11., 12.]})

# list of dataframes
mydfs = [d1, d2, d3]

for i in mydfs:
    i['three'] = i['one'] + i['two']
    print(i)

If you check the dataframes after running the above code, you will see each of the dataframes will have column 'three'

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Levine, Ira N. Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York.
The activity of a substance is a thermodynamic property that is related to the chemical potential of that substance. Activities are closely related to measures of concentration, such as partial pressures and mole fractions, and are more convenient to use than chemical potentials. The conditions that hold in chemical reaction equilibrium and in phase equilibrium can be expressed in terms of activities of the species involved.


Multilingual signage was posted at the event, explaining how to get captions and translations.
On February 25, 2017, over 300 people in the Seattle area came together and attended the Cascadia Worship & the Arts conference, exploring diversity, design, and multiethnic worship. When we heard about the topic, we were excited to sponsor spf.io for the conference so that attendees could get real-time captions and translations on their smartphones!
In total, we served four languages: English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Indonesian. Normally, for a one-day conference it could cost around $5,000 to hire interpreters to serve simultaneous translation for three languages ($100/hour/interpreter, needing at least two interpreters per language due to the length of time). But with spf.io, providing automatic translation came to a fraction of the cost. Spf.io makes event translation possible for events where professional translation is out of budget. Although automatic translation may not match professional human interpretation yet, it is good enough to communicate across languages and enables a diverse audience to be together.
While the conference was conducted mostly in English, we wanted to give everyone an idea of what's possible with the technology. So when Chris announced spf.io from the podium, he spoke in Indonesian and we displayed the subtitles of what he was saying in English on the screen for all to see. The audience was amazed! Watch the video below to see it for yourself.
One major gain with spf.io is that you not only offer translation into other languages, but you also get captioning for the spoken language. This is a step toward accessibility that is helpful for not only the hard-of-hearing, but everyone.
For example, there was a Q&A at one point in the conference but audience members were not speaking into microphones. In a large sanctuary, it was extremely difficult for the entire audience to hear and understand what was being said. Since we were monitoring spf.io in the A/V booth, we were able to jump in and manually type what we heard and displayed the captions on the screen. After the conference, multiple attendees told us how they appreciated the captions since they weren't able to hear what was being spoken.
Providing captions enabled attendees to get even more out of the conference than they would have otherwise. It enabled everyone to be a part of the discussion–those who suffer from hearing loss, those who missed what was said, and those who were on the opposite side of the sanctuary.
We started our company with the belief that God's kingdom includes people from every language. While it may not have been practical to serve many languages at once in the past (due to cost or manpower), now it's possible and easier than ever before to do so. Our prayer was that attendees would experience a foretaste of God's kingdom through our technology, and it was a privilege to be a part of a conference dedicated to multiethnic worship and seeing God's kingdom lived out in real life.
During and after the conference, attendees mentioned how much they appreciated the captions and translation being provided. By the end of the day, over 20 percent of the audience had tuned in to spf.io on their own devices throughout the duration of the conference. Where before language was a separator of people, the experience at this conference showed that not only can a multilingual audience be in the room together, but every person can be actively participating in their own language.
Does this multilingual vision of God's church sound like something your church is pursuing? Contact us to see how spf.io can help your church scale to multiple languages!


Even though it has been a federal crime to create and distribute animal torture videos for nearly a decade, the actual act of animal torture has not been banned at the federal level. Now, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) are trying to change that with the re-introduction of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT Act).
If passed, the PACT Act would prohibit "intentional acts of crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling or otherwise subjecting animals to serious bodily harm," according to a press release.
The law would also make it easier for U.S. attorneys to prosecute the horrible acts, and those convicted would face seven years in prison plus fines.
Currently, all 50 states have separate laws against animal cruelty. However, according to CNN, the federal statute would allow authorities to go after criminals who cross state lines or torture animals on federal property.
Rep. Buchanan said that animal torture is "abhorrent," and we should be punishing people who commit this act "to the fullest extent of the law." Buchanan added that protecting animals from cruelty is one of his top priorities.
Rep. Deutch said the legislation is "common sense," and animal welfare is an important issue for many Americans. He explained that Congress should build on current state and local laws to guarantee animals a level of protection throughout the entire country.
Multiple groups have endorsed the legislation, including The National Sheriffs Association, the Fraternal Order of Police and the Humane Society of the United States.
In a petition to garner support for the bill, the Humane Society wrote that even though every state has felony penalties for malicious cruelty, we need a federal law to close the gap for when it occurs on federal property or in interstate commerce.


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New Students – Spring 2013
As the falls semester comes to a close, we welcome new students to the Gastronomy Program!
Amy Allen
Amy is a native Californian and former vegetarian who moved to New England for love 13 years ago, and is happily married and has helped raise three stepchildren since. Her interests include reading cookbooks (Rick Bayless, Claudia Roden, Yotam Ottolenghi, Heidi Swanson, Mark Bittman, and Melissa Clark are some favorites), cooking for friends and family, socializing around food, trying granola recipes, doing yoga, and searching for good Mexican and Vietnamese food in this area. Amy likes traveling and learning about local cuisines and was recently surprised to discover in Portugal how much she liked grilled octopus and the signature pastry, pastel de nata.
In her professional life, Amy develops Web content and videos to help people make decisions about medical treatment and manage chronic healthcare conditions. She chose the BU Gastronomy program to bring her professional and culinary interests together and contribute to solutions to obesity (which might include teaching people to cook and enjoy good food). Follow Amy on cementtruckkitchen.com.
Amanda Balagur
Amanda Balagur grew up on the south shore of Long Island, just over the border from Queens. She got her BA from the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in Theatre Arts and Communications. After living in NYC for several years, she moved to Minnesota and has lived there for the past 10 years. Since college, she has mainly worked in marketing for large corporations, with intermittent stints in the music industry and as a server and baker in Minneapolis.
Amanda spent five years as a news anchor, reporter and dj for a community radio station, and launched her Twin Cities-based local food podcast, Localicious, in 2010. She enjoys interviewing people, especially farmers, chefs, policy makers and food lovers, and sharing their stories with others. Amanda also does commercial voiceovers, has been a board member and singing member of the Twin Cities Women's Choir, and practices yoga. She looks forward to researching and writing about food history, and hopes to put her cross country skis to good use in Boston.
Claudia Catalano
Born and raised in the Boston area, Claudia holds a BFA in Communications Design from Syracuse University. From 1994-2004 she lived and worked as a graphic designer in New York City where she also moonlighted as a kitchen assistant for the New School Culinary Department. Since moving back to the Boston area, she spent 7 years as an experience designer at Continuum—a consultancy specializing in human-centered design. Currently, she is an independent design consultant specializing in branding for the local food movement.
In addition to her lifelong connection to all things culinary, her motivations for studying gastronomy are her interest in food cultures and her desire to be part of the exciting local food movement. Food is elemental to society. Therefore, she believes that a food-centered career would be deeply meaningful.
Claudia lives in Arlington, Massachusetts with her husband and 2 children. Samples of her design work can be seen at: www.claudiacatalano.net.
Paige Elliot
Paige graduated from Binghamton University with degrees in Anthropology and History and holds a special place in her heart for all things Early Modern, and European. Getting her feet wet in event planning and catering with a local, annual Wine and Food Festival, she seeks to pursue Gastronomy full time. She intends to work in food writing and tourism.
Boston is an exciting change of pace and she looks forward to enjoying fresh seafood and pursuing the best microbreweries and breakfast hot spots. In her spare time she noodles on the bassoon and is on the hunt for one to call her own.
Laura Fakhry
Laura loves to eat, travel and teach. In 2008, she graduated from the University of Virginia. Laura's goal is to find a job that involves working with food, health education, and traveling abroad.
Laura is eager to start classes in Gastronomy and food policy, and to be surrounded with other Gastronomes – "I'm sure the level of energy and passion will be amazing!"
In her free time, Laura enjoys reading, Pilates, baking bread, and traveling.
Karen Given
Karen is originally from Joshua Tree, California, but Boston has been her home since she came to BU in the early '90s. In her first go-around as a BU student, she studied Political Science and Broadcast Journalism. A work-study job at WBUR, the NPR affiliate on campus, turned into a two-decade career in public radio. Since 1995, she's been a reporter and producer for the sports program, Only A Game.
So, what's a sports chick doing in the Gastronomy program? It started with a blog, of course, and then expanded into a love of food writing. Karen is looking forward to learning more, writing more, and exploring more in the world of food.
Rachel Greenstein
A recent graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles, Rachel has been fascinated by food culture for many years. As an Economics major, she looked for ways to write about food in all of her classes. During her junior year, she studied culinary arts in Florence, Italy, and delighted in the comforting cuisine of Tuscany. She then interned on a farm in Thessaloniki, Greece, specialized in eggs and dairy. After learning more about animal agriculture, Rachel switched to a vegan diet and has since then been reconciling her newfound vegan lifestyle with her longtime "foodie" identity. She hopes to share her experiences, while learning from others in order to promote sustainable and nutritious eating habits that work for all lifestyles. Outside of school, Rachel is currently on a quest to veganize all of her favorite Italian desserts.
Megan Grocki
Megan is an experience design director at Mad*Pow, a digital design agency. She has become both fascinated and disgusted with many aspects of the US food system: the politics that govern it, the widespread ignorance about where food comes from, how it is genetically and chemically modified, and the direct connection between the food we eat and our nation's declining health.
In 2012, Megan helped to organize and presented at the 2nd Annual Healthcare Experience Design Conference in Boston, an experience that inspired her to further study food cultures, production, and policy. Ultimately she hopes to use her design and strategy chops to educate the public about the connections between their health and what they eat, and use design to help affect changes in food policy at local, national and global levels.
She lives in Portsmouth, NH with her husband and two children.
Jessie Hazard
Since her days cranking out masterpieces with her Easbybake oven, Jessie Hazard has been a dedicated home cook and foodie. She's a restaurant junkie, loves dining out, and still finds the poetry of a perfectly executed meal a little awe-inspiring.
Jessie graduated in 2003 with a Communications/Mass Media degree from the College of Charleston in South Carolina and was the Food Writer for The Charleston City Paper. She's had the writer's itch ever since and plans to pursue multi-media food journalism when she graduates from the BU Gastronomy program. She hopes to focus her writing and correspondent career on travel, cuisine, and food criticism.
Born and bred in Tennessee, Jessie speaks Southern fluently, but she's never lived above the Mason-Dixon. While she is wholly unfamiliar with Beantown, dreams of a future rife with lobster rolls, Perfect Storms, and Marky Mark dance in her head.
Lindsay Howard
For the past three summers, Lindsay has worked at an incredible seasonal beach side restaurant on Nantucket Island. After her first catering job, she fell in love with the food industry and continued her passion for food business while studying English Literature at Davidson College, where she was co-president of the student-run campus restaurant. During the past three winters, Lindsay traveled internationally and nationally on food, wine and beer driven adventures. She appreciates the connection between a restaurant and its community and farmers. Through her graduate study, Lindsay hopes to learn about food businesses that promote a healthier food industry and support local and international communities. She plans on moving to Beantown only two days after returning from a food and wine trip in Chile, two days before classes start!
Brittney King
Brittney is a graduate from Paul Smith's College with a Bachelor's degree in Hotel, Resort, and Tourism Management. It was during her education at PSC that she developed a deep interest in enology. Through the Gastronomy Program, Brittney seeks to broaden both her knowledge of wine and the field of food studies. Five years from now Brittney hopes to be working in a high-end restaurant as a sommelier or developing wine menus. As a small-town girls from northern New York, Brittney is excited to transition to a new city.
Nina Quirk
Nina Quirk, a restaurant kid from Worcester, Mass has always been inspired by her Italian grandmother's penchant for heavenly homemade foods. Growing up amidst family made wines, pastas, sausages and everything else delicious set the stage for her life's purpose.
As she worked her way through the Boston restaurant scene and the Massachusetts State House, Nina graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Suffolk University. She went onto travel alone throughout much of Western Europe, eventually settling in Perugia, Italy where she dove deep into the rustic culinary scene.
Upon return from her travels Nina met her husband and began work as a food writer for the Community Newspaper Company. In search of a stable career she landed the Staffing Manager position for Boston's premier caterer, The Catered Affair. There she managed a team of over 200 service staff. Nina left The Catered Affair in 2010 shortly after staffing their new operation at the Boston Public Library to stay home with her newborn.
Since the birth of her two sons, Nina's background in both politics and food has led her to food activism. She promotes real food awareness and local farm to fork through tangible work like cooking, gardening, and blogging. She feels strongly that her Masters in Gastronomy will allow her to make a career out of transforming the current American food system for future generations.
Bettina Reece
Bettina Reece was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During her studies at Wheaton College in Norton Massachusetts, Bettina spent her summers working at The Islesford Dock Restaurant in Islesford Maine, where she fell in love with food. After graduating with a B.A. in Psychology, and a minor in Education, Bettina moved back to the Cambridge area and started working at West Side Lounge. After trying various jobs including counseling, hospitality marketing, and wedding planning, she decided that her passion for food could be turned into a career. Bettina is currently working at West Side Lounge as a server and Assistant Manager.
When she is not busy working, Bettina enjoys eating out with friends and family, cooking, and spending time in her community garden plot. She is looking forward to being part of the Gastronomy program and hopes that it helps her to achieve her dream job. She would love to someday write a cookbook based on her grandmother's recipes.
Dionne Reid
Passionate about the food from the islands and the history of her people, Dionne is very proud of her Caribbean heritage. Throughout her culinary education at The Culinary Institute of America, Dionne plunged into a deeper realm of food and wine. Her following stint at America's Test Kitchen gave her insight into the world of recipe development and food publications. With her education from BU, she is looking forward to bridging the gap between her passions and to playing an active part in the development and publication of Contemporary Caribbean Cuisine.
Kate Trombly
Kate grew up on the coast of southern Maine and is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. in Communication. During her undergraduate career, she spent a semester abroad studying in Barcelona, Spain. Travels throughout Europe, years of working in catering, and a childhood full of watching cooking shows piqued her interest in food studies and the strong connection between culture and cuisine. Kate currently works at BU's School of Management and is very excited to begin her studies in Gastronomy.
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Sometimes you just need that extra jolt in the morning. Most of these objects are medical shock treatment devices from the late 1800's to the early 1900's, they were promoted to help cure many ailments such as nervous disorders, headaches, stress relief …….available to take home for all of your self healing needs.
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package com.idm.polygon.queries;

import com.idm.polygon.MssqldbConfiguration;
import com.idm.polygon.utilities.Logger;
import org.identityconnectors.framework.common.objects.Attribute;
import org.identityconnectors.framework.common.objects.ObjectClass;

import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Created by adoler on 28/6/2017.
 */
public class DeleteUserQueryBuilder {
    private static final Logger LOG = new Logger();

    Set<Attribute> attrs;
    String objectName;
    MssqldbConfiguration configuration;
    ObjectClass objectClass;

    public DeleteUserQueryBuilder(ObjectClass objectClass, String objectName, MssqldbConfiguration configuration) {
        this.objectName = objectName;
        this.configuration = configuration;
        this.objectClass = objectClass;
    }

    public String getQuery() throws Exception {
        String deleteQuery = null;
        try {
            deleteQuery = "DELETE FROM "+configuration.getUserTable()+" WHERE "+configuration.getUserNameField()+" = "+"'"+objectName+"'"+";";
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            LOG.write("Error forming DELETE query." + e.toString());
        }
        return deleteQuery;
    }

    public String deleteUserRelationships() throws Exception {
        String deleteQuery = null;
        try {
            deleteQuery = "DELETE FROM "+configuration.getRelationTable()+" WHERE "+configuration.getUserNameField()+" = "+"'"+objectName+"'"+";";
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            LOG.write("Error forming DELETE query." + e.toString());
        }
        return deleteQuery;
    }
}

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Landscape as Longing: Queens, New York
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In 2003, Frank Gohlke and Joel Sternfeld were commissioned to photograph one of the densest concentrations of ethnic diversity in the world, the borough of Queens in New York City. After more than a year of photographing everything from corner bodegas to the borough's boundaries, Gohlke and Sternfeld had not only captured the complicated dynamic that sustains Queens and its myriad communities; they had also evolved a unique theory of landscape photography in which landscape is a visible manifestation of the invisible emotions of its inhabitants.
The collection inherits the strength of each photographer's eye. Gohlke's Queens consists of streets, houses, fences, gardens, parklands, shorelines, and waste spaces, the territory where human arrangement contends endlessly with the forces that undo it: unruly vegetation, weather, rot, decay, and the "creative destruction" of a voracious commercial culture. Sternfeld focuses on the indigenous shops, restaurants, mosques and temples that make a walk in Queens feel like a walk in Thailand, India or Peru—or all of them at once. Often tucked into homes or converted factories, these places signify a home country, or perhaps a home country that exists more in the mind than in actuality.
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[ Olivia Serres (1772–1834), known as Olive, was a British painter and writer, born at Warwick. Also known as an English impostor, who claimed the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland.
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Subscription of Autograph Letter, 18 x 7cm, on backing of part of an album page, good conditipon. Text: "request I presumed to make - of being allowed the Honor of styling Myself - Landscape Painter [phrase undelined] to your Royal Highness [underlined] | most respetfully I remain | Sir Your Royal Highness | obed[ient] ser[van]t | Olivia Wilmot Serres".


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Court hears ENRC bid to strike out $2 bln lawsuit
LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - A British Virgin Islands court will on Monday consider an application from units of Kazakh miner ENRC to strike out a $2 billion claim filed by Canadian rival First Quantum...
Kazakhstan Objects to Inclusion on "Terror" List, But U.S. Stands Behind It
After news emerged last week that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had included Kazakhstan on a list of countries "that have shown a tendency to promote, produce, or protect terrorist organiza...
Policeman provided KBN with Aliyev case data
A 51-year-old policeman has been sentenced to jail for accepting money from the Kazakh secret service. The officer – who has been sacked in the meantime – reportedly received 37,500 Euros f...
Wie die "Kasachen-Affäre" in Brüssel in Schwung kam
Jahrelang drückten sich die Wiener Strafbehörden vor Ermittlungen gegen Rachat Alijew. Dann machten der letzte DDR-Ministerpräsident und ein CDU-Schwergewicht im EU-Parlament Druck, und hatten Erfolg....
Rumors about Nazarbayev health swirl amid alleged hospital stay
(SRI) - Rumors that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has been admitted to a German hospital sent up the cost of Kazakhstan's credit default swaps on Tuesday amid concerns over succession in the C
Ablyazov assets concentrated in hundreds of offshore companies - report
(SRI) - Assets controlled by the ex-chairman of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov are concentrated primarily in offshore companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, Cyprus and Seychelles,
Succession issue in spotlight amid rumors about Nazarbayev's health
(SRI) - Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday refused to comment on reports that President Nursultan Nazarbayev underwent a prostate surgery at a German hospital and said he would be back in Asta
Prince Andrew Is Ending His Role as Business Envoy
LONDON — Prince Andrew will resign as an ambassador for British businesses abroad, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The 51-year-old prince, Queen Elizabeth's second son, has recently been t...
Aliyev 'is not on the run'
A lawyer representing Rakhat Aliyev has denied that his client is on the run. Manfred Ainedter stressed today (Weds) that the former Kazakh ambassador to Vienna intended to cooperate with a...
Prosecutors have Aliyev in their sights
A former banker and diplomat faces murder investigations in Austria, it has emerged. The federal justice ministry – which is headed by Beatrix Karl of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP) ...
Powerful earthquake hits Central Asian valley
OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck Central Asia's densely populated Ferghana valley on Wednesday, shaking houses and sending residents of several Uzbek and Kyrgyz cities onto the...
U.S. Government: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Terror Threats
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are included in a U.S. immigration service's special watch list of countries whose people should come in for extra scrutiny to make sure they're not terrorists. The list (p...
Glamorous Oil Tycoon Makes Waves Back Home In Kazakh First Family
Goga Ashkenazi has experienced a meteoric rise, from small-town Kazakh girl to prominent fixture of British high society. She was born Gaukhar Berkalieva, the youngest daughter of an irriga...
After Borat, Kazakhstan's Cinema Dreams
With an historical drama, Myn Bala, and other "blockbusters," the former Soviet republic is making a bid to become Hollywood on the Steppe The set of Myn Bala, two hours north of Almaty, fe...
Joint commission to try resolve strike at Karazhanbasmunai
(SRI) - Local authorities, and representatives of KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production (KMG EP), trade unions and striking workers have agreed to form a working commission to resolve the strike at t
Mukhtar Ablyazov exiled Kazakh businessman granted asylum in UK
Ablyazov is a controversial figure who is being sued for £1.3bn in civil actions and is alleged to be behind a fraud of up to £7.6bn Mukhtar Ablyazov's application for political asylum was ...
Kazakhstan: Astana's Political Fixes Fail to Cater for Social Disaffection
A shake-up of Kazakhstan's political scene is under way with a revamped political party in Astana seemingly destined to play the role of tame opposition to the ruling party, Nur Otan. Analysts are cau...
Authoritarian Kazakh prez to be hero of fairy tale
(AP) ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — The life story of Kazakhstan's authoritarian president has already been the subject of a glowing cinematic biopic and a play. Now, it is getting the fairy tale treatment
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev Foes Face Ups and Downs Abroad
There have been a few interesting twists and turns lately in the fortunes of some implacable foreign-based foes of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev. London-based oligarch Mukhtar...
Serik MEDETBEKOV: NOTHING IS NOW CONTINGENT UPON RAKHAT ALIYEV
In the early post-independence years, Serik MEDETBEKOV was a well-known successful businessman. In 1994, he opened the РИК (RIK) radio station and set up the first digital animation studio in Kazakhst...
Suspects in the murder of policemen identified as members of radical Islam sect, media
Almaty. July 7. Interfax-Kazakhstan - The suspects, who stormed the police station in a firearms attack, were identified as members of the local Salafi sect, propagating radical Islam, said the Vremya...
Sting cancels Kazakh concert over oil worker dispute
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Sting has canceled a concert in the Kazakh capital Astana scheduled for Monday after human rights group Amnesty International informed the former Police frontman abou...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — The life story of Kazakhstan's authoritarian president has already been the subject of a glowing cinematic biopic and a play. Now, it is getting the fairy tale treatment. ...
Kashagan said in crisis (again)
Shell and its partners developing the Kashagan oilfield will have to ask the Kazakh government for an extension to the 2013 deadline for the first oil from the troubled project, in what would be a hum...
Live Nation announced today that the Sting Symphonicity performance previously scheduled for Monday, July 4th in Astana has been cancelled...
Amnesty International recently apprised Sting about the situation in Kazakhstan regarding the repression and crackdown against oil workers, their union leaders, their legal representatives & of th...
Kazakhstan's Leader of the Nation Takes a Bow
Hot on the heels of a silver screen version of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's early life, The Sky of My Childhood, comes a stage version about the dramatic rise of the man officially known as...
Kazakh Opposition Leaders Form Popular Front Movement
ALMATY -- Several Kazakh opposition parties and nongovernmental organizations have announced the formation of the Popular Front movement, which they say will take part in the next parliamentary electi...
Kazakh oil workers air labour grievances in Moscow
MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) - A group of striking Kazakh oil workers vowed to prolong their five-week dispute over pay and conditions after travelling to Moscow on Thursday in a rare show of dissent aga...


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package com.opengamma.util.tuple;

import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import com.opengamma.util.test.TestGroup;

/**
 * Test {@link FirstThenSecondPairComparator}.
 */
@Test(groups = TestGroup.UNIT)
public class FirstThenSecondPairComparatorTest {

  /**
   * Tests the Comparable comparator.
   */
  @Test
  public void testSingleton() {
    final Pair<Integer, String> a = ObjectsPair.of(1, "A");
    final Pair<Integer, String> b = ObjectsPair.of(1, "B");
    assertTrue(FirstThenSecondPairComparator.INSTANCE.compare(a, a) == 0);
    assertTrue(FirstThenSecondPairComparator.INSTANCE.compare(a, b) < 0);

    assertTrue(FirstThenSecondPairComparator.INSTANCE.compare(b, a) > 0);
    assertTrue(FirstThenSecondPairComparator.INSTANCE.compare(b, b) == 0);
  }

  /**
   * Tests the Double comparator.
   */
  @Test
  public void testSingletonDoubles() {
    final Pair<Double, Double> a = DoublesPair.of(1.0, 1.0);
    final Pair<Double, Double> b = DoublesPair.of(1.0, 2.0);
    assertTrue(FirstThenSecondPairComparator.INSTANCE_DOUBLES.compare(a, a) == 0);
    assertTrue(FirstThenSecondPairComparator.INSTANCE_DOUBLES.compare(a, b) < 0);

    assertTrue(FirstThenSecondPairComparator.INSTANCE_DOUBLES.compare(b, a) > 0);
    assertTrue(FirstThenSecondPairComparator.INSTANCE_DOUBLES.compare(b, b) == 0);
  }

  /**
   * Tests the comparison.
   */
  @Test
  public void testCompare() {
    final Pair<Double, Double> first = DoublesPair.of(1.0, 3.0);
    final Pair<Double, Double> second = DoublesPair.of(1.0, 5.0);
    final Pair<Double, Double> third = DoublesPair.of(1.0, 6.0);
    final Pair<Double, Double> fourth = DoublesPair.of(2.0, 1.0);

    final FirstThenSecondPairComparator<Double, Double> test = new FirstThenSecondPairComparator<>();

    assertTrue(test.compare(first, first) == 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(first, second) < 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(first, third) < 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(first, fourth) < 0);

    assertTrue(test.compare(second, first) > 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(second, second) == 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(second, third) < 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(second, fourth) < 0);

    assertTrue(test.compare(third, first) > 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(third, second) > 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(third, third) == 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(third, fourth) < 0);

    assertTrue(test.compare(fourth, first) > 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(fourth, second) > 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(fourth, third) > 0);
    assertTrue(test.compare(fourth, fourth) == 0);
  }

}


The following code example demonstrates how a class that derives from the PageStatePersister class accesses the StateFormatter property to retrieve an ObjectStateFormatter instance to serialize view state and control state to a stream. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the PageStatePersister class.
// Persist any ViewState and ControlState.
// Serialize the statePair object to a string.
' Persist any ViewState and ControlState.
' Write a state string, using the StateFormatter.
The ObjectStateFormatter class serializes and deserializes object state graphs in a compact format.
ObjectStateFormatter is used by the PageStatePersister class and classes that derive from it to serialize view state and control state. It is also used by the LosFormatter class to provide object state graph formatting for various parts of the ASP.NET infrastructure.
The ObjectStateFormatter class is optimized to serialize and format many common .NET Framework reference types, as well as constants. The following table lists the types that are optimized.
Additionally, while conventional string types and string arrays are written to and from a serialized binary writer unaltered, some strings are optimized by creating internal string tables. Strings are optimized using these tables if the string has an associated TypeConverter object or if the string is actually an instance of the IndexedString class.
Other types not listed above are binary-serialized using a BinaryFormatter object if they implement the ISerializable interface or are decorated with the SerializableAttribute attribute. The ObjectStateFormatter class is not optimized for any of these serializable types.
If the ObjectStateFormatter class encounters a type that is not serializable, an ArgumentException exception is thrown.
Initializes a new instance of the ObjectStateFormatter class.
Deserializes an object state graph from its binary-serialized form that is contained in the specified Stream object.
Deserializes an object state graph from its serialized base64-encoded string form.
Serializes an object state graph to a base64-encoded string.
Serializes an object state graph to the specified Stream object.
For a description of this member, see Binder.
For a description of this member, see Context.
For a description of this member, see Deserialize(Stream).
For a description of this member, see Serialize(Stream, Object).
For a description of this member, see SurrogateSelector.
For a description of this member, see Deserialize(String).
For a description of this member, see Serialize(Object).


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Akon Finalises Agreement To Develop His Own City In Senegal
14 Jan What's New
All T's crossed and I's dotted, Akon now officially owns a city in Senegal. Known as "Akon City," the rapper and entrepreneur tweeted Monday that he has finalised the agreement for the new city. "Looking forward to hosting you there in the future," he tweeted. The Senegalese descent who moved to Union City, New Jersey,…
ACCES 2019… Akon Leads Global Music Industry To Ghana
2 Nov Music
Accra, the capital city of Ghana will play host to leading professionals and stakeholders in the music industry from more than 50 countries, who will be participating in this year's Music In Africa Conference for Collaborations, Exchange and Showcases (ACCES).
Akon Features Three Nigerian Artists, Two Producers on New Album
25 Oct Guardian Life
About three weeks after he released a Spanish language album, African-American singer and record producer Akon has released another album, Akonda. This time, the LP is a nod to his African ancestry, with the album being Afrobeats-influenced. Akongoes full-0n African on Akonda and deliberately tilt the composition of the album towards the Nigerian market and audience…
Akon Drops Second Album "Akonda" In The Space Of Three Weeks
25 Oct Music
African-American music heavyweight, Akon just released his highly anticipated album tagged "Akonda". Akonda is an Afrobeats album, which takes the "Lonely" crooner back to his roots for the first time on a full-length album release. On October 4th, Akon released the Spanish language album, El Negreeto. The album was the first of its kind for Akon, and also the…
Jidenna: Reintroducing The Chief
8 Sep On The Cover
Jidenna is posted up at a private venue in upscale Lagos where a barrage of influencers and media personalities are eagerly waiting for their allotted 10 minutes with the star. He is in Lagos for a short while hosting a surprise pop up to promote his new album 85 to Africa but within that time…
Watch: Akon Releases New Music Video "Wakonda"
22 Aug Music
Senegalese-American singer and record producer Akon has released the music video to his latest single, "Wakonda". The song borrows its title from the fictional Sub-Saharan African country in the Academy Award-winning superhero film, Black Panther. The music video features Ghanaian actor, Michael Blackson. Wankonda has a sexual undertone. In the video, Michael Blackson is seen dancing…
Akon Considering Running Against Donald Trump In 2020
3 Nov 2018 What's New
American-born Senegalese singer, Akon has revealed that he is seriously considering running for President against Donald Trump in 2020. In an interview with Newsweek about facing off against Donald Trump in a recent interview, the 45-year-old said, "I've been thinking about running for 2020 very seriously. But I didn't want to just do it because…
Akon To Build Wakanda-Like City In Senegal
21 Jun 2018 What's New
Is the futuristic Wakanda going to be in Senegal? Grammy-nominated and Senegalese singer Akon is building a city that will take after the award-winning film Black Panther's city, Wakanda in his native country Senegal. Speaking at a panel titled Branding Africa: Blockchain, Entrepreneurship and Empowering the Future at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, he unveiled…
Akon, Salah Lead The 2017 African Social Media Power Report: Top 50 Footballers and Entertainers
27 Jan 2018 What's New
Senegalese rapper, Akon, and Egyptian striker, Mohamed Salah, are the two most followed Africans on popular social media channels, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, the African Social Media Power Report: Top 50 Footballers and Entertainers revealed yesterday. The Power 50 which was combined by a Lagos-based sports communication company, CampsBay Media, weighs the influence African pop culture stars and…
Rapper Akon to buy 50% of African music download service
15 Jul 2017 Music
Akon, whose real name is Aliaune Badara Thiam, announced in Dakar he would become the majority shareholder in the service, describing Musik Bi as "the platform of the future".
Akon signs DeeVee to Konvict Music
As part of his grand plan for music from Africa taking over the world, global music star and entrepreneur Akon have signed Producer DeeVee (Divine Austins) to his music empire, Konvict Music.
Denrele takes Dbanj's place on Lip Sync Battle Africa
25 Feb 2017 Youth Magazine
Flipping his trademark tangled locks, an excited Denrele commented, "Co-hosting Lip Sync Battle Africa is truly the answer to a prayer I never made! The universe truly opened a door...


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Switzerland Looks Set to Be The Next Country to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage – Because Love, Always, Always Wins
Switzerland has taken a major step on the path to equality after its parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of a law to pass same-sex marriage. The council of states – the upper house of Switzerland's legislature – voted by by 22 votes to 15 to approve landmark legislation to make Read more…
By Joseph, 1 month ago December 5, 2020
Malik Brown Becomes Atlanta's First Director of LGBTQ Affairs
Despite the fact that Georgia does not have any statewide protections for their LGBTQ citizens, the state's capital city, Atlanta, has achieved a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index every year since 2013, a distinction that gave the city an 'All-Star' status in 2018. Elected as Atlanta's mayor Read more…
By Joseph, 2 months ago November 28, 2020
Joe Biden's Win Means LGBTQ+ Folks Can See the Sun Again
If you have experienced a tornado, hurricane, or a crippling snowstorm, you know what it's like the following day. You wake up and look to the skies that only hours earlier were dark, ominous, and dangerous. The morning sky is usually a brilliant blue, barren of clouds; the radiant sun Read more…
By Joseph, 2 months ago November 7, 2020
Nevada Voters Turn Same-Sex Marriage Ban Into Legal Protections For Gay Couples
Nevada voters removed the state's constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriages to require the state to recognize and perform them. The ban was moot following the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that brought marriage equality to the nation. While the state's inability to declare a winner in the presidential race is causing Read more…
How Safe is Gay Marriage? Advocates Fear Increasingly Conservative Court
The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and fresh criticism of the 2015 gay marriage ruling by two justices has renewed advocates' concerns. President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month ignited fears of Read more…
By Joseph, 3 months ago October 8, 2020
Poland's 'LGBT-Free Zones': Open Letter Calling For End to Hate in Country Signed By 50 Diplomats
Diplomats from 50 countries have called for an end to LGBTQ discrimination in Poland. The move follows a surge in anti-LGBTQ sentiment in the European Union member state, where some towns have this year been declared 'LGBT-free zones.' Taking the form of an open letter signed by ambassadors for the UK, the Read more…
By Joseph, 4 months ago September 28, 2020
Tributes Flood In For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, An Equal Rights Pioneer And Fierce LGBT+ Champion. Thank You, RBG
Celebrities, politicians and LGBT+ activists are among those paying tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the pioneering Supreme Court judge who has sadly died at the age of 87. The widely respected legal icon, affectionately known as RBG, died at her home on Friday evening (18 September) from complications of metastatic Read more…
Senator Threatened With Execution While Fighting for LGBTQ+ Teens
Scott Wiener wants to close a loophole in California's law that discriminates against queer youth, and right-wing extremists are now abusing him with death threats and accusations of pedophilia. A lawmaker in California is claiming he has been doxed and threatened with "public execution" for his attempts to close a loophole in Read more…
By Joseph, 5 months ago August 15, 2020
A 22-Year-Old Became His City's First Openly Gay Mayor. Now, He's Running For Congress
Alex Morse became his city's first openly gay mayor when he was elected almost a decade ago at the age of 22. Now, he's running for Congress. Morse was elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts after beating an incumbent who was more than three times his age. Now 31, Morse is facing Read more…
By Joseph, 6 months ago July 26, 2020
Colorado Becomes 11th US State to Ban 'Gay and Trans Panic' Defense
Colorado has become the 11th US state to ban the 'gay and trans panic' defense. The controversial legal strategy, which is mostly used in assault or murder cases, allows people to defend themselves by claiming they were driven to violence after discovering their victim's sexual orientation or gender identity. On Read more…


Jonathan Skinner is a British author, journalist, and Baptist minister. He is also a minister at Widcombe Baptist Church in Bath, England. He has worked for the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship.


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First of all, hoping that your surgery goes well and you have a full, quick recovery! You really did get a lot from your garden, hurrah! We are working tomatoes here at the moment. We finished 30 pints of salsa today, so will go back to cooking down for sauce now. After tomorrow I may have a canner load of sauce, and we still have LOTS of tomatoes so as long as the weather holds, we are going full speed!