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Uber Could Record Rides in the U.S.
Uber wants to launch a program in the United States soon that would allow users to consent to an audio recording of their ride.
November 21, 2019, 8am PST | James Brasuell | @CasualBrasuell
NYCStock
"Uber plans to record audio during rides in the United States as part of a new security feature, its latest push to protect riders amid rising safety concerns," reports Faiz Siddiqui.
The company will first test the program in Latin America, by allowing users to "activate an audio recording on any trip or all trips," according to Siddiqui. "Riders and drivers will not be able to listen back."
"In an interview with The Post, Sachin Kansal, Uber's head of safety products, said the feature is expected to help prove the truth of what happened on a ride, allowing the company to take decisive action," writes Siddiqui. Whether Uber undertakes investigations into lapses in driver conduct in the name of safety rather than to protect itself from liability is a question very much raised by the article.
Uber plans to start audio-recording rides in the U.S. for safety
Published on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 in The Washington Post
Ride-Hailing Companies

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


- Since Spartiate full time soldier, state obliged to support him by granting basic allotment of land 'kleros' and helots to farm it. Spartan's land may have been scattered in different parts of country.
- Although Spartans may have been craftsmen until 6th cent, perioeci carried out most manufacturing and crafts.
- Of most importance to Spartans was manufacture of armour and weapons. Famous shields of Spartans required availability of leather and iron possibly mined by perioeci.
The hierarchy of Spartan society is rather dominated by the helots and periokoi, despite being on the bottom and fringes of the social ladder and, thus, have a rather influential impact on the economy. The periokoi are known to have been craftsmen and laborers, contributing to trade and providing items for Spartan markets. The helots were similarly involved as, though they were slaves to the state, could have found work in trades or housework amongst other Lacedaemonions. Aside from products and trade, both helots and periokoi would have been the workers who built roads, boats, etc. to contribute to the transport of goods, thus contributing to the economy itself.


text:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <dbghelp.h>
#include "plthook.h"

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma comment(lib, "dbghelp.lib")
#endif

#ifndef _Printf_format_string_
#define _Printf_format_string_
#endif
#ifndef __GNUC__
#define __attribute__(arg)
#endif

#if defined _LP64 /* data model: I32/LP64 */
#define SIZE_T_FMT "lu"
#elif defined _WIN64  /* data model: IL32/P64 */
#define SIZE_T_FMT "I64u"
#else
#define SIZE_T_FMT "u"
#endif

#ifdef __CYGWIN__
#define stricmp strcasecmp
#endif

typedef struct {
    const char *mod_name;
    const char *name;
    void **addr;
} import_address_entry_t;

struct plthook {
    HMODULE hMod;
    unsigned int num_entries;
    import_address_entry_t entries[1];
};

static char errbuf[512];
static int plthook_open_real(plthook_t **plthook_out, HMODULE hMod);
static void set_errmsg(_Printf_format_string_ const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((__format__ (__printf__, 1, 2)));
static void set_errmsg2(_Printf_format_string_ const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((__format__ (__printf__, 1, 2)));
static const char *winsock2_ordinal2name(int ordinal);

int plthook_open(plthook_t **plthook_out, const char *filename)
{
    HMODULE hMod;

    *plthook_out = NULL;
    if (!GetModuleHandleExA(0, filename, &hMod)) {
        set_errmsg2("Cannot get module %s: ", filename);
        return PLTHOOK_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
    }
    return plthook_open_real(plthook_out, hMod);
}

int plthook_open_by_handle(plthook_t **plthook_out, void *hndl)
{
    if (hndl == NULL) {
        set_errmsg("NULL handle");
        return PLTHOOK_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
    }
    return plthook_open_real(plthook_out, (HMODULE)hndl);
}

int plthook_open_by_address(plthook_t **plthook_out, void *address)
{
    HMODULE hMod;

    *plthook_out = NULL;
    if (!GetModuleHandleExA(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS, address, &hMod)) {
        set_errmsg2("Cannot get module at address %p: ", address);
        return PLTHOOK_FILE_NOT_FOUND;
    }
    return plthook_open_real(plthook_out, hMod);
}

static int plthook_open_real(plthook_t **plthook_out, HMODULE hMod)
{
    plthook_t *plthook;
    ULONG ulSize;
    IMAGE_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR *desc_head, *desc;
    size_t num_entries = 0;
    size_t ordinal_name_buflen = 0;
    size_t idx;
    char *ordinal_name_buf;

    desc_head = (IMAGE_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR*)ImageDirectoryEntryToData(hMod, TRUE, IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT, &ulSize);
    if (desc_head == NULL) {
        set_errmsg2("ImageDirectoryEntryToData error: ");
        return PLTHOOK_INTERNAL_ERROR;
    }

    /* Calculate size to allocate memory.  */
    for (desc = desc_head; desc->Name != 0; desc++) {
        IMAGE_THUNK_DATA *name_thunk = (IMAGE_THUNK_DATA*)((char*)hMod + desc->OriginalFirstThunk);
        IMAGE_THUNK_DATA *addr_thunk = (IMAGE_THUNK_DATA*)((char*)hMod + desc->FirstThunk);
        int is_winsock2_dll = (stricmp((char *)hMod + desc->Name, "WS2_32.DLL") == 0);

        while (addr_thunk->u1.Function != 0) {
            if (IMAGE_SNAP_BY_ORDINAL(name_thunk->u1.Ordinal)) {
                int ordinal = IMAGE_ORDINAL(name_thunk->u1.Ordinal);
                const char *name = NULL;
                if (is_winsock2_dll) {
                    name = winsock2_ordinal2name(ordinal);
                }
                if (name == NULL) {
                    char buf[64];
                    ordinal_name_buflen += sprintf(buf, "#%d", ordinal) + 1;
                }
            }
            num_entries++;
            name_thunk++;
            addr_thunk++;
        }
    }

    plthook = calloc(1, offsetof(plthook_t, entries) + sizeof(import_address_entry_t) * num_entries + ordinal_name_buflen);
    if (plthook == NULL) {
        set_errmsg("failed to allocate memory: %" SIZE_T_FMT " bytes", sizeof(plthook_t));
        return PLTHOOK_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
    }
    plthook->hMod = hMod;
    plthook->num_entries = num_entries;

    ordinal_name_buf = (char*)plthook + offsetof(plthook_t, entries) + sizeof(import_address_entry_t) * num_entries;
    idx = 0;
    for (desc = desc_head; desc->Name != 0; desc++) {
        IMAGE_THUNK_DATA *name_thunk = (IMAGE_THUNK_DATA*)((char*)hMod + desc->OriginalFirstThunk);
        IMAGE_THUNK_DATA *addr_thunk = (IMAGE_THUNK_DATA*)((char*)hMod + desc->FirstThunk);
        int is_winsock2_dll = (stricmp((char *)hMod + desc->Name, "WS2_32.DLL") == 0);

        while (addr_thunk->u1.Function != 0) {
            const char *name = NULL;

            if (IMAGE_SNAP_BY_ORDINAL(name_thunk->u1.Ordinal)) {
                int ordinal = IMAGE_ORDINAL(name_thunk->u1.Ordinal);
                if (is_winsock2_dll) {
                    name = winsock2_ordinal2name(ordinal);
                }
                if (name == NULL) {
                    ordinal_name_buf += sprintf(ordinal_name_buf, "#%d", ordinal) + 1;
                }
            } else {
                name = (char*)((PIMAGE_IMPORT_BY_NAME)((char*)hMod + name_thunk->u1.AddressOfData))->Name;
            }
            plthook->entries[idx].mod_name = (char *)hMod + desc->Name;
            plthook->entries[idx].name = name;
            plthook->entries[idx].addr = (void**)&addr_thunk->u1.Function;
            idx++;
            name_thunk++;
            addr_thunk++;
        }
    }

    *plthook_out = plthook;
    return 0;
}

int plthook_enum(plthook_t *plthook, unsigned int *pos, const char **name_out, void ***addr_out)
{
    if (*pos >= plthook->num_entries) {
        *name_out = NULL;
        *addr_out = NULL;
        return EOF;
    }
    *name_out = plthook->entries[*pos].name;
    *addr_out = plthook->entries[*pos].addr;
    (*pos)++;
    return 0;
}

static void replace_funcaddr(void **addr, void *newfunc, void **oldfunc)
{
    DWORD dwOld;
    DWORD dwDummy;

    if (oldfunc != NULL) {
        *oldfunc = *addr;
    }
    VirtualProtect(addr, sizeof(void *), PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &dwOld);
    *addr = newfunc;
    VirtualProtect(addr, sizeof(void *), dwOld, &dwDummy);
}

int plthook_replace(plthook_t *plthook, const char *funcname, void *funcaddr, void **oldfunc)
{
#ifndef _WIN64
    size_t funcnamelen = strlen(funcname);
#endif
    unsigned int pos = 0;
    const char *name;
    void **addr;
    int rv;

    if (plthook == NULL) {
        set_errmsg("invalid argument: The first argument is null.");
        return PLTHOOK_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
    }
    while ((rv = plthook_enum(plthook, &pos, &name, &addr)) == 0) {
#ifdef _WIN64
        if (strcmp(name, funcname) == 0) {
            replace_funcaddr(addr, funcaddr, oldfunc);
            return 0;
        }
#else
        /* Function names may be decorated in Windows 32-bit applications. */
        if (strncmp(name, funcname, funcnamelen) == 0) {
            if (name[funcnamelen] == '\0' || name[funcnamelen] == '@') {
                replace_funcaddr(addr, funcaddr, oldfunc);
                return 0;
            }
        }
        if (name[0] == '_' || name[0] == '@') {
            name++;
            if (strncmp(name, funcname, funcnamelen) == 0) {
                if (name[funcnamelen] == '\0' || name[funcnamelen] == '@') {
                    replace_funcaddr(addr, funcaddr, oldfunc);
                    return 0;
                }
            }
        }
#endif
    }
    if (rv == EOF) {
        set_errmsg("no such function: %s", funcname);
        rv = PLTHOOK_FUNCTION_NOT_FOUND;
    }
    return rv;
}

void plthook_close(plthook_t *plthook)
{
    if (plthook != NULL) {
        free(plthook);
    }
}

const char *plthook_error(void)
{
    return errbuf;
}

static void set_errmsg(const char *fmt, ...)
{
    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, fmt);
    vsnprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf) - 1, fmt, ap);
    va_end(ap);
}

static void set_errmsg2(const char *fmt, ...)
{
    va_list ap;
    size_t len;

    va_start(ap, fmt);
    vsnprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf) - 1, fmt, ap);
    va_end(ap);
    len = strlen(errbuf);
    FormatMessageA(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
                   NULL, GetLastError(), MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
                   errbuf + len, sizeof(errbuf) - len - 1, NULL);
}

static const char *winsock2_ordinal2name(int ordinal)
{
    switch (ordinal) {
    case 1: return "accept";
    case 2: return "bind";
    case 3: return "closesocket";
    case 4: return "connect";
    case 5: return "getpeername";
    case 6: return "getsockname";
    case 7: return "getsockopt";
    case 8: return "htonl";
    case 9: return "htons";
    case 10: return "inet_addr";
    case 11: return "inet_ntoa";
    case 12: return "ioctlsocket";
    case 13: return "listen";
    case 14: return "ntohl";
    case 15: return "ntohs";
    case 16: return "recv";
    case 17: return "recvfrom";
    case 18: return "select";
    case 19: return "send";
    case 20: return "sendto";
    case 21: return "setsockopt";
    case 22: return "shutdown";
    case 23: return "socket";
    case 24: return "MigrateWinsockConfiguration";
    case 51: return "gethostbyaddr";
    case 52: return "gethostbyname";
    case 53: return "getprotobyname";
    case 54: return "getprotobynumber";
    case 55: return "getservbyname";
    case 56: return "getservbyport";
    case 57: return "gethostname";
    case 101: return "WSAAsyncSelect";
    case 102: return "WSAAsyncGetHostByAddr";
    case 103: return "WSAAsyncGetHostByName";
    case 104: return "WSAAsyncGetProtoByNumber";
    case 105: return "WSAAsyncGetProtoByName";
    case 106: return "WSAAsyncGetServByPort";
    case 107: return "WSAAsyncGetServByName";
    case 108: return "WSACancelAsyncRequest";
    case 109: return "WSASetBlockingHook";
    case 110: return "WSAUnhookBlockingHook";
    case 111: return "WSAGetLastError";
    case 112: return "WSASetLastError";
    case 113: return "WSACancelBlockingCall";
    case 114: return "WSAIsBlocking";
    case 115: return "WSAStartup";
    case 116: return "WSACleanup";
    case 151: return "__WSAFDIsSet";
    case 500: return "WEP";
    case 1000: return "WSApSetPostRoutine";
    case 1001: return "WsControl";
    case 1002: return "closesockinfo";
    case 1003: return "Arecv";
    case 1004: return "Asend";
    case 1005: return "WSHEnumProtocols";
    case 1100: return "inet_network";
    case 1101: return "getnetbyname";
    case 1102: return "rcmd";
    case 1103: return "rexec";
    case 1104: return "rresvport";
    case 1105: return "sethostname";
    case 1106: return "dn_expand";
    case 1107: return "WSARecvEx";
    case 1108: return "s_perror";
    case 1109: return "GetAddressByNameA";
    case 1110: return "GetAddressByNameW";
    case 1111: return "EnumProtocolsA";
    case 1112: return "EnumProtocolsW";
    case 1113: return "GetTypeByNameA";
    case 1114: return "GetTypeByNameW";
    case 1115: return "GetNameByTypeA";
    case 1116: return "GetNameByTypeW";
    case 1117: return "SetServiceA";
    case 1118: return "SetServiceW";
    case 1119: return "GetServiceA";
    case 1120: return "GetServiceW";
    case 1130: return "NPLoadNameSpaces";
    case 1131: return "NSPStartup";
    case 1140: return "TransmitFile";
    case 1141: return "AcceptEx";
    case 1142: return "GetAcceptExSockaddrs";
    }
    return NULL;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
#include <iostream>
#include "CompletedRuleCollection.h"

#include "moses/StaticData.h"

using namespace std;

namespace Moses
{

CompletedRuleCollection::CompletedRuleCollection(size_t rule_limit)
  : m_ruleLimit(rule_limit)
{
  m_scoreThreshold = numeric_limits<float>::infinity();
}

CompletedRuleCollection::~CompletedRuleCollection()
{
  Clear();
}

// copies some functionality (pruning) from ChartTranslationOptionList::Add
void CompletedRuleCollection::Add(const TargetPhraseCollection &tpc,
                                  const StackVec &stackVec,
                                  const ChartParserCallback &outColl)
{
  if (tpc.IsEmpty()) {
    return;
  }

  const TargetPhrase &targetPhrase = **(tpc.begin());
  float score = targetPhrase.GetFutureScore();
  for (StackVec::const_iterator p = stackVec.begin(); p != stackVec.end(); ++p) {
    float stackScore = (*p)->GetBestScore(&outColl);
    score += stackScore;
  }

  // If the rule limit has already been reached then don't add the option
  // unless it is better than at least one existing option.
  if (m_ruleLimit && m_collection.size() > m_ruleLimit && score < m_scoreThreshold) {
    return;
  }

  CompletedRule *completedRule = new CompletedRule(tpc, stackVec, score);
  m_collection.push_back(completedRule);

  // If the rule limit hasn't been exceeded then update the threshold.
  if (!m_ruleLimit || m_collection.size() <= m_ruleLimit) {
    m_scoreThreshold = (score < m_scoreThreshold) ? score : m_scoreThreshold;
  }

  // Prune if bursting
  if (m_ruleLimit && m_collection.size() == m_ruleLimit * 2) {
    NTH_ELEMENT4(m_collection.begin(),
                 m_collection.begin() + m_ruleLimit - 1,
                 m_collection.end(),
                 CompletedRuleOrdered());
    m_scoreThreshold = m_collection[m_ruleLimit-1]->GetScoreEstimate();
    for (size_t i = 0 + m_ruleLimit; i < m_collection.size(); i++) {
      delete m_collection[i];

    }
    m_collection.resize(m_ruleLimit);
  }
}

// copies some functionality (pruning) from ChartTranslationOptionList::Add
void CompletedRuleCollection::Add(const TargetPhraseCollection &tpc,
                                  const StackVec &stackVec,
                                  const std::vector<float> &stackScores,
                                  const ChartParserCallback &outColl)
{
  if (tpc.IsEmpty()) {
    return;
  }

  const TargetPhrase &targetPhrase = **(tpc.begin());
  float score = std::accumulate(stackScores.begin(), stackScores.end(), targetPhrase.GetFutureScore());

  // If the rule limit has already been reached then don't add the option
  // unless it is better than at least one existing option.
  if (m_collection.size() > m_ruleLimit && score < m_scoreThreshold) {
    return;
  }

  CompletedRule *completedRule = new CompletedRule(tpc, stackVec, score);
  m_collection.push_back(completedRule);

  // If the rule limit hasn't been exceeded then update the threshold.
  if (m_collection.size() <= m_ruleLimit) {
    m_scoreThreshold = (score < m_scoreThreshold) ? score : m_scoreThreshold;
  }

  // Prune if bursting
  if (m_collection.size() == m_ruleLimit * 2) {
    NTH_ELEMENT4(m_collection.begin(),
                 m_collection.begin() + m_ruleLimit - 1,
                 m_collection.end(),
                 CompletedRuleOrdered());
    m_scoreThreshold = m_collection[m_ruleLimit-1]->GetScoreEstimate();
    for (size_t i = 0 + m_ruleLimit; i < m_collection.size(); i++) {
      delete m_collection[i];

    }
    m_collection.resize(m_ruleLimit);
  }
}

}


text:
// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

GEN_INCLUDE(['options_browsertest_base.js']);

/**
 * TestFixture for content options WebUI testing.
 * @extends {testing.Test}
 * @constructor
 */
function ContentOptionsWebUITest() {}

ContentOptionsWebUITest.prototype = {
  __proto__: OptionsBrowsertestBase.prototype,

  /**
   * Browse to content options.
   * @override
   */
  browsePreload: 'chrome://settings-frame/content',
};

// Test opening the content options has correct location.
TEST_F('ContentOptionsWebUITest', 'testOpenContentOptions', function() {
  assertEquals(this.browsePreload, document.location.href);
});


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text:
Baby Beach (officieel: Klein Lagoen) is een strand op Aruba. Het strand is in het uiterste zuidoostpunt van het eiland gelegen, grenzend aan Sero Colorado en vlak bij San Nicolas. Baby Beach is een van de toeristische trekpleisters van het eiland.

Baby Beach ligt aan een kleine, ondiepe lagune, die door een natuurlijke rif afgescheiden is van de Sint-Nicolaasbaai. De naam Baby Beach is verzonnen omdat het hier uitermate voor kinderen geschikt is. Het strand loopt namelijk nauwelijks af en is na 20 meter van de kustlijn nog steeds 1 meter diep. Het water is hier helder en lichtblauw, wat het gelijk een populaire snorkelplek maakt.

Strand in Aruba

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


The primary objective of REFLEXOLOGY is to work with the bodies' own natural healing ability to help connect, restore and maintain the balance between mind, body and emotions. This is achieved by working on the reflexes of the feet which correspond to our various body organs.
It is believed that disease and illness are psychosomatic and stress related. Fear, anger, insecurity and anxiety have the effect of draining the body, obstructing the free flow of energy, making it more susceptible to disease.
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Berwick and North Shields fought out a 1-1 draw as the teams opened their pre-season campaign at sunny Shielfield on Saturday.
This was North Shields' firs-ever visit to Shielfield and last season's FA Vase winners had a healthy support.
Berwick substitute Callum Helm gave Rangers the lead after 63 minutes when he took advantage of a mix-up in the visitors' defence, but Shields' substitute Gary Day equalised 12 minutes later.
Berwick started with five trialists in their line-up and also named another five on the bench, including former player Dougie Brydon, who spent last year with Duns, and John Crawford and goalkeeper Mark Walters, who were previously with Coldstream in the East of Scotland League, all of whom played in the second half.
Rangers only had four players from last season in their starting XI -Jonny Fairbairn, Ross Drummond, Blair Henderson and player manager Colin Cameron.
One of the Berwick trialists (7) went close to breaking the deadlock when he smacked a free kick off the crossbar after 25 minutes, whilst at the other end Gary Ormiston headed over under pressure from Drummond, but at half-time it was 0-0.
Berwick made six changes at the start of the second half but NS started the better and after 54 minutes Jack Walker went close for Graham Fenton's side. Denver Morris then cut inside but his shot was parried away by the trialist Rangers' keeper.
However, it was Berwick who took the lead when substitute Callum Helm took advantage of a collision between goalkeeper and defender to slide the ball into the empty net from ten yards out after 63 minutes.
Another substitute, Michael McKenna had only been on the pitch for two minutes when he shot over.
But North Shields levelled it after 75 minutes when substitute Gary Day cut in from the right and shot in off the inside of the far post.


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Old Master criminals
James Fenton on robber barons in the art market
Sat 8 Dec 2007 18.56 EST First published on Sat 8 Dec 2007 18.56 EST
The first great generation of American art collectors, people like PAB Widener, with his 110-room Philadelphia mansion, tend to be referred to as the Robber Barons. What is sometimes forgotten is that they were not the only robbers, nor indeed the only barons, on the scene. The people who sold them their masterpieces also included a bunch of scoundrels.
Prince Felix Yusupov, the man who in 1916 murdered Rasputin and who in due course fled Russia taking a couple of Rembrandts with him, sold these heirlooms to Widener for £100,000, with an agreement that, if the old regime was restored in Russia before January 1 1924, Widener would sell them back to him for the original price plus eight per cent per annum.
Shortly afterwards, Calouste Gulbenkian, annoyed that Widener had secured a bargain, let it be known that he was prepared to pay twice the sum. Yusupov asked for his paintings back, so he could resell them. Widener demanded to know what had happened in Russia to make the restoration of the old regime likely. Yusupov's answer (he was litigious as well as a murderer, and later successfully sued MGM over a film which, he claimed, asserted that Rasputin had raped his wife) was to take Widener to court.
Widener, who won at the end of a thoroughly scurrilous case, had experience of dealing with the scum of European high society. An article in the December issue of Apollo tells the hitherto unpublished story of a moustachioed villain - champion swordsman, international chess master, art swindler - called Leo Nardus, who between the mid-1890s and 1908, sold Widener a total of 93 paintings, most of which were dross.
Widener's suspicions had been aroused in 1907 when the three Vermeers he had bought from Nardus failed to be included in the new catalogue raisonné. He decided, instead of hushing up a story which might make him look a fool, to call in the experts and get to the bottom of the matter. He called in Hofstede de Groot (the author of the Vermeer catalogue), Bernard Berenson (to look at his Italian paintings), Roger Fry (for the British art) and a German scholar called Wilhelm Valentiner.
To appreciate the awfulness of the situation, it helps to understand that Widener had himself already had a catalogue published, in two volumes, bound in red leather, of his collection as it stood in 1900. A vanity publication, to be sure, of which 250 copies had been printed for distribution, the catalogue itself would not have been seen by the general public. But the illustrations had been engraved in Paris, and word had spread, arousing the suspicions of Widener's sons (one of whom was later lost, with wife, son and servants, on the Titanic).
The best of Europe's experts were brought to Lynnewood Hall, north of Philadelphia, and those who could not be summoned were consulted by letter. The news was not unrelievedly gloomy, since a few of the paintings Widener had bought were acknowledged as genuine. But the list of fakes included many of the great names of European art.
What is fascinating about the Apollo article, written by Jonathan Lopez, is that the story it tells has been, to an extent, covered up till now. Widener himself seems not to have cared who knew of his misfortune, so long as reparation was made. But his friend, neighbour and lawyer John G Johnson, another noted collector, had been just as badly stung by Nardus. Johnson, more than Widener, was afraid of ridicule, and his instinct was to suffer in silence.
Gallantly, Lopez tells us, Johnson agreed to forego reparations for himself if Widener was to some degree compensated. In the end he was, although only to a limited extent. But the Widener family tradition has been, hitherto, that - yes - Widener was sold some dud paintings early on, but that the dealers responsible had gamely agreed to take their paintings back. This turns out to be not really true, and it took years for all of the Nardus fakes to be winkled out of the collections in which they had found discreet and expensive homes.
People sometimes get the impression that it was Berenson, working for the dealer Joseph Duveen, who fooled the American collectors of the day. But Lopez makes a vital point when he says that, however dubious the unacknowledged financial relationship between Berenson and Duveen may have been, it was a way of selling genuine paintings, not passing off fakes. Berenson may have made his share of errors, but he was a real expert, and those who bought on his advice are likely to have done very well out of it.
The same goes for Duveen. He may have been expensive to deal with, but if you were prepared to pay top dollar - if you were a Mellon or a Frick or a Kress or a Widener - you ended up with masterpieces. The ultimate beneficiary of much of this art-collecting has of course turn out to be the great American collections - in Widener's case, as with several others, the final resting-place being the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
American collectors had once been shy of buying Old Master paintings, precisely for fear of being made fools of. There's an interesting Edith Wharton story on the subject of early collecting, called "False Dawn". There, the father believes his son has been cheated when he buys Italian primitives on the advice of John Ruskin. It is only years later that his taste is vindicated.
Widener made his initial fortune as a purveyor of meat to the army in the civil war, before becoming the public transport mogul and princely art collector. He obviously had, as the expression is, something of a sharp learning curve, in dealing with European villains like Nardus and Yusupov. As for the prince himself, I see that his court case against MGM, through which he won a handy £25,000, has bequeathed us one familiar thing: the disclaimer at the end of films which tells us that all the characters in the foregoing story are fictional, and that any resemblance to living persons is accidental.


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Lucas' prejudiced ways detrimental to Macon
Garret McDowell
At the risk of sounding like a man who doesn't want women in office, I am getting on my soapbox again this week to lament the impact that Elaine Lucas is having on the city of Macon.
She does not deserve public office, because she has abused the position and has helped lead Macon further away from a bright future that sees Macon become an important part of the Southeast.
She and her husband both have caused more racism and prejudice with their words and idiocy.
I will be honest; I have really only started paying attention this summer during the elections for the primaries.
I noticed a friend had posted on a Facebook page called "Remove Elaine Lucas from Office."
I was really intrigued. I began to look through the pictures of the page that were screenshots of things she had said and written on public websites such as Facebook.
It was truly despicable, the rhetoric and vitriol that she had used to convince her voting constituents that there were still "carpetbaggers" and active KKK groups out to get them if she didn't stay in office, along with the "nationwide plot to unseat Obama" running through her position in East Macon.
I could go on and on quoting the things she says, but the essence of what she is saying is that the Republican Party wishes to enslave and cripple the black/African-American population in Macon.
It is a sad day when she attacks her own party members with such hatred, only to see her husband lose his seat to Miriam Paris—who I hope will be a great improvement.
Chris Horne, supported by many people who share similar views with me, only lost by 126 votes, meaning that plenty of people are seeing what kind of fool she is.
Trenton White, former SGA President and a current SGA Senior Senator, spoke with me about what he has noticed.
I routinely saw him respectfully comment back to Lucas on her personal Facebook page, where she would dodge and ignore his intelligent comments.
"We don't need that sort of unfounded slander in our local leaders," White said.
He also told me that "[He] closely followed the summer's citywide elections and was very disappointed by Elaine Lucas. Even now, Ms. Lucas consistently uses divisive and inflammatory rhetoric that undermines any sort of unity our community is building."
Trent had the same emotions I, as well as hundreds of others, have. In fact, there is a campaign to bring her up on ethics violations for the harmful words she says.
To give proof as to the slavery comments, she wrote in August that "Republicans are our masters and really know what we need.
We ought to be happy that we have such kind people taking care of us. All they want us to do is behave like good little children and pick dis here cotton. Now let's all get back to work or I'll tell master on you."
This is just another moment in a long line of idiotic and ignorant things she has said, only to fuel racial stereotypes and further harm the city of Macon.
Lucas might have supported upgrading Jeffersonville Road, supported the Marriott Hotel in her ward, sponsored the Booker T. Washington Center's rehabilitation, and secured $500,000 for the Rosa Jackson Center.
However, a few improvements to centers and fixing a road is not enough to wipe out the bitter words that are now on the public response.
She has even insulted Macon residents on Facebook who don't even have public office.
Nevertheless, her inflated ego is also a great stumbling block, simply because she has convinced herself that the road to Obama's re-election for the U.S. Presidency runs through her position next year.
It is nice to know that our elected officials care more about national politics than the own areas they are supposed to represent.
Claiming that the Republican Party's agenda is all anti-black and racist against African Americans is a bit extreme, especially since no one in the Republican Party is changing his or her name to include offensive hate organizations like she is—e.g. Erick Erikson to Erikkk Erikkkson.
The city of Macon would be better off without her involvement.
I'm not an expert, but any elected official who does not add any benefit to the city—she also has sponsored boycotting local restaurants— while saying some very horrible things needs to lose her position.
She doesn't even support the mayor despite his being in office.
Elaine Lucas has been around since the 1980s. Her presence is bad news. She was brought up on faking sick leave in 1995 by the Bibb County Board of Education in the amount of $634.38, along with two others.
This culture of thinking that she's above everyone else must be nipped in the bud, finally.
Hopefully the massive amount of complaints about her breaking the code of ethics will finally change something in this city.
As for you Mercerians, I urge you to get involved.
There are bound to be good and bad individuals at all levels of government, all around the country.
I want to get involved and see if I can help turn the tide against propagated racism in Macon.
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The road to Holy Smoke, Kandle Osborne's sophomore record, was an intense and winding one. Over three years, multiple producers and studios, burnt bridges, broke living, and heartbreak, Kandle's relentless drive to deliver her latest album challenged her, transformed her as an artist, and helped create her bravest and most devastating artistic statement to date.
Its recording nearly spans the country, from Victoria to Toronto and even her Montreal bedroom, and features an all-star cast of contributors. Peter Dreimanis of July Talk lends his vocals; prolific hired gun Leon Taheny appears on "Child of Fate;" John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth), Devon Portielje (Half Moon Run), and Alex Bonenfant produce; and Broken Social Scene's Sam Goldberg Jr. provides a massive chunk of the album's instrumentation.
Pared down from dozens and dozens of songs, Holy Smoke is a lean and unflinching collection of chillingly gothic swamp rock that swelters and seethes with heavy magick. Fearlessness is wrapped up in each of the record's 11 tracks—Kandle tackles sexual assault, abuse of power, life on the road, trauma, and pain with vulnerability and force. Enveloped by vivid soundscapes that create a witchy world of noir soul, shadowy pop, and ghostly rock 'n' roll, her commanding voice emerges as the lone light in Holy Smoke's dense haze, leading the listener toward a mysterious, enthralling finale, but no resolution.
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I am trying to view lineage diagrams in Cloudera Navigator, in the browser window the lineage is stuck at rendering stage. It happens with all types, no matter how old the operations are. I am able to export lineage as a JSON though.
Cloudera Navigator Metaserver is running at 16GB heap space, haven't seen any out-of-memory exceptions after increasing the heap. On Navigator web UI, HDFS has more that 15300000 entities, cluster has 30 nodes and size of around 212 TB (20% occupied). Each node has around 48 GB of RAM, NN has 128 GB RAM.
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Taking India's Pulse: The State of Health Care
India is now one of the world's largest producers of generic drugs and vaccines. Companies like Ranbaxy and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories are becoming well known around the world. But interest is growing in the health care industry's domestic agenda. How India plans to leverage its reputation on the global pharmaceutical stage to address the needs of its own people was the focus of a panel and keynote address at the Wharton India Economic in Philadelphia.
Much has been made of India's rapid rise in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arena. The country is now one of the world's largest producers of generic drugs and vaccines. Companies like Ranbaxy and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories are becoming well known around the world.
But with the most recent national election – in which the incumbent party was ousted largely due to its failure to address the needs of the impoverished masses – interest is growing in the Indian health care industry's domestic agenda. How India plans to leverage its reputation on the global pharmaceutical stage to address the needs of its own people was the focus of a panel and keynote address at the Wharton India Economic Forum held recently in Philadelphia. The speakers, who represented a variety of sectors, agreed that the problem was serious, but they were optimistic that Indian health care could improve if both government and industry took some key steps.
Broken System
No matter how you look at it, the Indian health care system is in poor shape, noted Ajay Dhankar, a principal in McKinsey and Company's Asia-Pacific health care practice. Many people who need care can't afford it — and thus aren't receiving the drugs and treatments they require. Most health care in the country is paid for by individual patients, explained Dhankar. "Some 66% of it is paid out of pocket at the time of the incident, and 80% of the money is spent by those who can't afford it. So the entire payer system is broken. Two-thirds of what the government spends on health care goes to secondary and tertiary care [instead of basic services]."
The insurance industry, a key player in health care, is far from mature in India. Dhankar explained that India has a mix of private, social, and community insurance: "Private insurance is overregulated – international insurance companies were formerly not allowed to own more than a certain percentage of firms in the Indian market. Now those regulations have been relaxed a bit, but it's still hard for them to make money in India. Social insurance is run by the government – but the same agency that collects the money also sets up the hospitals. So there's no logic to it. In the community insurance space, a lot of innovative things are being done, and it has shown a lot of potential. But these schemes tend to go bankrupt if there's a big event – say, an earthquake."
Taken as a whole, the situation in India can seem daunting. Siddharth Dube, scholar-in-residence at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, painted a sobering picture of the country's AIDS epidemic. "By some indicators, it's as bad as sub-Saharan Africa," he said. "It's far more serious than people have been led to believe. By the government's own estimate, 5 million Indians are already affected – but some say it's closer to 8 million. About 1,200 people were infected each day in 2003 – and 325,000 died that year."
In some areas, said Dube, up to 5% of all adults are infected. "India's capacity to check the epidemic is defeated; there's still no political commitment around AIDS. The epidemic will only get worse in the next five to ten years."
Basic services – which can often stem the development and spread of disease — are sorely lacking in many areas, added Preetha Reddy, managing director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise. The gap between rich and poor is very visible: while world-class treatments are available at many facilities, many rural residents still don't have safe drinking water. "There's been no concentrated effort to handle this problem," said Reddy.
Chance for Change
The dismal picture, however, also represents a tremendous opportunity. "We see no systemic barriers to fixing the problem – they are just 'stroke of the pen' barriers," Dhankar said. "We just need well-thought-through policies and innovative solutions. While the core elements are being fixed, and growth and development are indeed taking place, health care can't grow without government support," he said.
Quality standards at hospitals are not only rising, but they are being certified and benchmarked against their global counterparts, said Reddy. "A lot of institutions are working to achieve international standards for quality." The benefit? "We can then get patients from other countries to come here," Reddy explained. Since many patients in the U.S. and the U.K. are on long waiting lists for treatment, it makes sense for India to position itself as an alternative location for care. Such a program, popularly called "health tourism," can be used as a base from which to build other parts of the system. India could potentially target some 10% of the world health care market, Reddy noted, but the infrastructure isn't in place yet. As long as the system is kept in balance, tertiary health care tourism can be used to subsidize basic services.
Hospitals are also considering the issue of affordability, said Reddy, noting that many groups were pooling their purchasing in order to negotiate lower prices from drug companies – thus reducing the cost to the end user. Keynote speaker Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson and managing director of Biocon, said that the biotechnology sector was also addressing that problem. "The hepatitis B vaccine price has come down to a fraction of the original – from $5 to $10 per dose to just $0.25. This is having a huge impact on immunization programs."
Big Picture Strategy
Raman Kapur, ex-president of worldwide genetics at Schering-Plough, suggested that government could play a key role in improving health care. "Perhaps it could provide the basic needs; on the pharmaceutical side, it can provide infrastructure and be a catalyst. Generics have been a success; within five years the two dominant generics producers will likely be India and China. India is now starting to develop infrastructure for clinical trials," he said. "Continuous, inexpensive electricity and other inputs at international prices would go a long way toward leveling the playing field."
One way Indian industry could differentiate itself, says Kapur, is to emphasize areas of research that the G8 countries aren't focusing on – namely, non-temperate region diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. Diabetes is also a key disease for research, since it is possible that more than 10% of the world's diabetics may be in India over the next decade, he said.
Like Kapur, Mazumdar-Shaw urged companies to focus on neglected diseases. "We need innovation and aggressive programs, directing research on AIDS, leprosy, rotavirus – why are those vaccines not being developed in India?" she asked. "We have lots of innovative capability in India but a weak research engine when it comes to academic institutions providing us with ideas as they do elsewhere. This needs to change."
In 1994, noted Mazumdar-Shaw, four of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies in India were Indian. Today that figure has risen; nine out of the top 10 are Indian. India ranks third in its region in the number of biotechnology companies; only Australia and China are ahead of it. India has strong capabilities in product manufacturing, product development, and product discovery, and the sector has grown with very little venture capital funding, she noted. "Its vaccine capacity is among the world's largest, and it's poised to be a global hub for clinical development. For drug discovery, its analytical costs are among the lowest."
India's disease sector is larger than that of the U.S. and Europe combined, she added. On the flip side, "the large and diverse disease pools also provide speed of enrollment and a rich resource for research activity," said Mazumdar-Shaw. "Many international venture capitalists see having an 'India strategy' as a powerful way to decrease risk. Risk capital is drying up in the West. Funding probability increases with the progress of drug development – the farther along a drug is, the more likely someone is to fund it."
Since venture capital commitment is greater after proof of concept, she said, "valuations increase exponentially along the development curve." Partnering with India, many companies find, is a powerful and cost effective way to climb the valuation chain. Mazumdar-Shaw's own company, Biocon, has been successful in partnering with small biotech startups: "Such partnerships allow Indian companies to integrate backward into discovery research and external companies to pursue forward integration strategies."
Fine ideas all – but whether these global partnerships and world-class development initiatives will filter down to the rural farmer suffering from AIDS still remains to be seen.
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Digital Tyranny: The EU Digital Covid Vaccine Certificate Framework
An earlier version of this posting mistakenly referred to a European Council Amendment of Resolution 2361 which "no longer objects to compulsory vaccination". That information is incorrect. See: Resolution 2361 (2021) entitled "Covid-19 vaccines: ethical, legal and practical considerations"
The substance of the EU procedures concerning the vaccine passport are contained in the EU EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM. (summary below, scroll down for Selected Excerpts and Complete Text).
Regulation (EU) 2021/953 on the EU Digital COVID Certificate introduced EU-wide rules for issuing and accepting proof of a person's COVID-19 vaccination, test result or recovery.
The EU Digital COVID Certificate helps people travel freely within the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. How the certificate is used for other purposes (access to events, etc.) is up to each EU country to decide.
The Regulation currently applies until 30 June 2022. This initiative proposes to extend it by 12 months. (emphasis added)
Commission adoption
.Digital Tyranny
The MEMORANDUM outlined by the EU (scroll down for complete text) points to the derogation of fundamental human rights entrenched in the adoption of the EU Digital COVID Certificate Framework.
As noted in the above Summary, the intent is to extend the Regulation which expires on June 30 2022 for another twelve months until June 30th, 2023.
We should mention that the EU Digital COVID Certificate Framework is slated to be tied into negotiations pertaining to a worldwide "Pandemic Treaty" initiated in early March 2022.
On March 3, the EU Council gave:
"a green light to start negotiations on an international pandemic treaty… The Council adopted a decision to authorise the opening of negotiations for an international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response."
The procedure is slated to be presented to the 76th World Health Assembly in 2023, "with the aim to adopt the instrument [namely the pandemic treaty] by 2024."
Read more: Digital Tyranny: The EU Digital Covid Vaccine Certificate Framework
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Amazing Throwback Photo Shows the First Night Keith Urban Met Nicole Kidman [Picture]
Sterling Whitaker Published: June 27, 2022
Mark Kolbe, Getty Images
Keith Urban marked his tenth anniversary of marriage to Nicole Kidman in 2016, and he turned to social media to share an amazing throwback photo of the night they first met.
Urban marked the occasion on June 25, 2016, by posting a picture on Facebook. The picture from one year before they wed shows Urban with a scraggly beard and his shirt open partway down his chest, smiling at the camera alongside Kidman, who is wearing a fringed and beaded black dress.
"Our very first photo together 2005, minutes after being introduced to each other," Urban captioned the photograph, adding, "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABY. LOOOOOOOOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!"
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The couple wed on June 25, 2006, and are widely regarded as one of country music's strongest couples. They have settled into a happy domestic life as the parents to two daughters, Faith Margaret and Sunday Rose.
The superstar couple balance their two A-level careers with the demands of raising a family, and they appear to do it better than most. Urban launched his 2022 The Speed of Now Tour on June 17 in Florida, and he shared a new digital live version of his No. 1 hit from 2004, "You'll Think of Me," to celebrate the occasion.
Keith Urban's 2022 The Speed of Now Tour continues with two shows in Toronto on July 8 and 9. Ingrid Andress serves as his support act for the tour. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit Urban's official website.
PICTURES: See Inside Keith Urban + Nicole Kidman's Stunning NYC Condo
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman paid $3.5 million for an approximately 1600-square-foot, two-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom condo in the upper-crust Tribeca area of Manhattan in New York City in 2020. The luxury unit is located inside of the famous clock tower building in Tribeca, which developers acquired for $160 million in 2013. The building previously housed the New York Life Insurance Company, and the developers converted the 400,000-square-foot building into luxury condos in 2018.
Photos at the building's website show a spectacular array of amenities available to residents, including rooftop gardens, an indoor pool, a fully-equipped fitness center, dining areas and more. According to reports, one of the features that attracted Urban and Kidman to the building is a "sky garage" that allows residents' cars to be hydraulically lifted to their units, which lets the high-profile couple avoid the prying eyes of paparazzi.
PICTURES: See Inside Keith Urban + Nicole Kidman's Luxurious Tennessee Farmhouse
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman were living it up in their 5,086-square-foot, 4-bedroom farmhouse in Franklin, Tenn., a rural community 30 minutes outside of Nashville. The house is beautifully well-appointed. The master bedroom features a very large walk-in closet, and the gated, 35-acre property also includes a gym, recreation rooms, an office and a three-car garage, as well as a utility barn. The couple sold their rural farmhouse in 2018 for $2.7 million.
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MMS Departments
Honours research in the Melbourne Medical School
The Melbourne Medical School is made up of 13 academic departments. Research projects can be found in information booklets, links provided by Melbourne Medical School Departments or from the MDHS Research Project Database. Department specific contacts and links can be found below.
For assistance with the online enrolment process contact the MDHS Honours Admissions Team via mdhs-honours@unimelb.edu.au.
The Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health is an exciting new collaboration between the Melbourne Medical School and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. This initiative will leverage both organisations' strengths in cardiometabolic capabilities.
Visit the Baker Postgraduate Research page to find out more about research opportunities.
Honours course overview
Departmental contact:
Leonie Cullen
E: leonie.cullen@unimelb.edu.au
The Department of Clinical Pathology Honours and Masters programs offer pathology-focused coursework and a range of ground-breaking research projects focused on improving outcomes for cancer patients.
Visit the Honours and Graduate Research page to find out more about our projects and funding opportunities.
Frederic Hollande
E: frederic.hollande@unimelb.edu.au
The Department of Critical Care Honours Program is designed to offer research projects directly relevant to acute human disease and treatment of the high-risk, deteriorating and critical ill patient.
Visit the Critical Care Honours Program page to find out more about our projects and funding opportunities.
A/Prof Adam Deane
E: adam.deane@unimelb.edu.au
If you are interested in working with people and you would like to make a difference to the way primary care is delivered in the community, then this is the place for you!
Visit the General Practice Honours page to find out more about our projects and funding opportunities.
Departmental Contacts:
Professor Meredith Temple-Smith
E: m.temple-smith@unimelb.edu.au
The Department of Medicine offers Honours program opportunities across four main health precincts:
Eastern Hill (St Vincent's Hospital)
Parkville (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
Western Health.
Each precinct offers different specialisations and a tailored Honours program linked to their research focus areas.
Find out more information on the Precincts page.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Honours program is administered through the Parkville Precinct, based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Visit the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Honours page to find out more about our projects and funding opportunities.
Our research-project based courses take advantage of the extensive scientific research done in the Department of Paediatrics and by our partners, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH), enabling us to provide a unique opportunity for students to join multi-disciplinary research teams conducting laboratory, clinical and public health research.
Visit the Paediatrics Honours and Masters page to find out more about our projects and funding opportunities.
Belinda McClaren
E: belinda.mcclaren@unimelb.edu.au
Helen D'Cruz
E:GR-MC@unimelb.edu.au
The Department of Psychiatry Honours program is administered through the Parkville Precinct, based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Visit the Parkville Precinct Honours page to find out more about our projects and funding opportunities.
Honours program overview
The Department of Surgery offers Honours program opportunities across their four main health precincts:
Eastern Hill (St Vincent's Hospital, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, the Centre for Eye Research Australia and St Vincent's Institute)
Western Health


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Kano Hydro Power Plant to be Completed in October
Suleiman IdrisFebruary 26, 2020 6:33 pm 0
Kano, Feb. 26, 2020 (NAN) Kano State Government says it plans to complete one of its two hydro power plants in Tiga, for electricity generation by October 2020.
Mr Mu'azu Magaji, the state's Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kano.
Magaji said the 10 megawatt power plant will ease power problems facing residents and industries in the state when completed.
He said that the project had reached about 90 per cent completion, saying that the second plant was the Chalawa hydro electricity project, which was supposed to have gone concurrently with the first one.
"Our industries have gone under and they have stopped working largely because the cost of production is highly influenced by power supply availability in the state.
"The state has made lots of efforts to develop its own hydro electricity plants, and after several efforts and learning processes with lots of expensive mistakes, we have now come to basically master the act of delivering the project.
"We are on the verge of completing the first phase of the project in Tiga, it will be one of the first successful state hydro electricity projects that has been delivered across the country.
"We are aiming to complete the project in October 2020, obviously we will also be able to deliver power to our water treatment plants in Tamburawa and Chalawa.
"We are planning to supply the metropolitan street lights from the first project which is at final stage of completion.Every single installation has been dry tested and have all functioned 100 per cent,'' Magaji said.
He said what was left was the transmission lines.
"The transmission lines will run from the hydro power plant down to Panshekara, in Kumbotso Local Government Area (LGA) of the state," he said.
The Commissioner explained that the second project in Chalawa was started together with the first one.
"Unfortunately, the scope changed because of regulatory issues from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.
"As at then, there were scoping issues related to water management. The dam was meant for irrigation and for municipal water supply.
"But, when we came up to build the hydro power plant, we were restricted by the scope and size of the power we can generate.
"Unfortunately, a lot of work has been done in coordinating and ordering the equipment before the issue came up. We ended up with the hydro power turbines that do not fit the allowable specifications given to us by the Federal Government,'' he said. (NAN)
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I first read this charming story to Lauren when she was just four years old. Terry and I had decided to homeschool her and I jumped right in with pre-school using Before Five in a Row, a literature based unit study. I had never read many of the books used in this program, so when we found Cranberry Thanksgiving at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, I was instantly taken with the sweet story and cute drawings. We made the reading of this story a tradition every Thanksgiving since then, checking it out of a library near us each year. I only recently was able to get my very own copy.
I have no idea why it took us so long, but this year, we actually made the cranberry bread that is the focal point of the story! The recipe is on the back of the book. I can only wonder if maybe I was intimidated at the idea of chopping cranberries? Or maybe I meant to do it, but the busyness of the holiday season caused me to forget? I don't know, but I do know this: it's never too late to start a new tradition! Lauren is a long way from four years old, but she enjoyed this tangy sweet bread along with the rest of us.
Matthew and I read this book a few nights ago, and I eyed the recipe anew. "I can do this." I said. Matthew agreed and then proceeded to remind me every day. I added the ingredients to my list and took the plunge. Laci helped us, too.
Spoon into greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan, cool on wire rack.
I didn't have a flour sifter, so I used a whisk to aerate the dry ingredients. I "sifted" the flour, measured it, then I measured out the other dry ingredients, sifted them, and stirred them all together with a whisk. I also didn't use the orange peel. The main reason was that our store didn't have oranges. I was going to use the peel from a tangerine, but I didn't really have the right tool for grating it, so I omitted that altogether. I used fresh cranberries and regular raisins. It came out just fine, despite my modifications.
I hope you'll be able to meet Maggie, Grandmother, Mr. Horace, and Mr. Whiskers – and enjoy some cranberry bread! – this Thanksgiving.
It is a sweet book! I think we all start to reminisce when our big ones get to high school and we want to treasure those memories with our little ones, knowing it will be our last shot. What are you keeping as keepsakes from homeschool? I think about starting a library for the grandkids one day.


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Midwest College Showcase Returns to Garmin Olathe Soccer Complex this Weekend
Heartland Soccer will welcome 80 boys and girls competitive travel teams to Garmin Olathe Soccer Complex, March 4-6, 2022 for the Midwest College Showcase. This elite event gives players the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of a large number of college coaches.
- March 3, 2022 /PressCable/ —
Heartland Soccer Association, the largest soccer league and tournament host in the United States, is excited to host the second annual Midwest College Showcase, to be played March 4-6, 2022 at the world-class Garmin Olathe Soccer Complex. This tournament is an invitational showcase for young men and women soccer players who want to play at the college level. All who participate will demonstrate their talents and abilities to men's and women's college coaches from across the Midwest and beyond. Collegiate coaches from Divisions I, II, III, NAIA, and NJCAA are invited to scout players onsite as well as remote live and recorded video.
This College Showcase is designed by coaches for college bound youth soccer players and is expected to be one of the finest collegiate showcase tournaments in the Midwest. "We are excited to be able to provide a top-quality event, giving college coaches the opportunity to recruit, scout and meet with players," explained Tournament Director, Dave Morrow. "This will be one of the first major College Showcases in 2022 and will be played at one of the finest soccer facilities in the United States."
The 2022 Midwest College Showcase will welcome more than 80 boys and girls competitive travel teams ages U-13 through U-19 from across the Midwest. This elite event gives players the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of a large number of college coaches within a smaller, more targeted gameplay tournament.
"With a limited number of teams accepted to the tournament, our focus and priority is to provide the best experiences and level of play for young players who are looking to play at the college level. This will be a great pre-season event for teams in preparation for the spring season. We look forward to hosting this event and giving teams the best tournament showcase environment in the country," says Shane Hackett, Heartland Soccer executive director.
Considering the importance of local media to our sport, we encourage and invite the media to attend and cover the event. The first set of games will start at 5:30pm on Friday. Saturday and Sunday games will begin at approximately 8:00am.
Up next for the Heartland Spring Tournament Series is the Heartland Spring Cup on March 18-20, hosting 150 teams from across the Midwest and the KC Champions Cup Tournament, set for April 8-10, which is expected to bring in more than 450 teams.
About Heartland Soccer Association
Heartland Soccer Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization operates to support the development of youth soccer players with league and tournament play in Kansas City. Our operations are supported through league fees, sponsorships and donations by companies and individuals.
Heartland Soccer is the largest youth soccer league in the country with more than 1,500 league teams per season, 72,000 youth league players, 3,300 tournament teams annually, 4,000 coaches and 2,000 active referees. Heartland Soccer Association was formed in 1977 and has grown from an initial 600 players to serving more than 4,700 teams from 16 states and internationally with league and tournaments. For more information, visit http://www.heartlandsoccer.net/.
Heartland Soccer has several opportunities for league and tournament sponsorship. Heartland partners with like-minded businesses who understand that investing in young people today creates a better community for all in the future. Sponsorship provides businesses with increased brand visibility while making a direct impact on developing Kansas City's youth through soccer. For more information on sponsorship, please contact Bridgette Samuelson, Director of Partnership Development and Operations at bridgette@heartlandsoccer.net.


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Category: David Kurten
David Kurten – Heritage Party leader and candidate, Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election
David Kurten is a former London Assembly Member and is now leader of the Heritage Party. We've spoken with David on our Podcast, he's spoken at our events on Free Speech and Brexit, and we've interviewed him previously when he was running for Mayor of London.
We caught-up with David about the upcoming campaign. David thank-you for your time.
"We are founded on traditional principles that are things that almost everyone considered to be simple common sense 30 or 40 years ago: pride in our nation, traditional family values, free speech and liberty…"
David you're well known to us and regular followers, but for those less familiar can you introduce the Heritage party and yourself to our readers.
I got actively involved in politics in 2012, because I was concerned about the direction the EU was going in, as well as the rise of political correctness which has become increasingly suffocating over the last decade. More recently, I founded the Heritage Party and launched it last September.
The Heritage Party is a socially conservative party, which is what I believe the country needs right now. We are founded on traditional principles that are things that almost everyone considered to be simple common sense 30 or 40 years ago: pride in our nation, traditional family values, free speech and liberty, low immigration balanced with self-sufficiency in skills, equality before the law and financial responsibility in government.
You can read our full manifesto at heritageparty.org/manifesto
"I am glad I had the opportunity to question Sadiq Khan on his statements and policies and draw attention to how ridiculous they were"
You were a member of the GLA for 5 years, what was it like working in City Hall?
Working in City Hall was like a mixture of walking through a swamp and going into a bear pit every day. Almost all the other Assembly Members were fully signed up to the agenda of 'woke' ideology and climate alarmism. I am glad I had the opportunity to question Sadiq Khan on his statements and policies and draw attention to how ridiculous they were. However, towards the end, I was increasingly silenced and censored particularly when I asked about grooming gangs, gender ideology and the safety of experimental mRNA injections, which the other parties and mainstream media call 'vaccines'.
"they are threatening vaccine passports and bringing in 'no jab no jab' policies for care home workers and NHS staff, which is going to further damage healthcare"
You lived in constituency for 5 years, what are the big issues and opportunities you see in the area?
Old Bexley and Sidcup is a constituency that largely voted for Brexit. People here voted for Boris to 'Get Brexit Done' and because they believed he would provide conservative government. Instead, he has made a hash of Brexit and we have a red/green administration masquerading as conservative. They are fake-Conservatives and people are upset and angry about how this regime is destroying the nation.
They have introduced lockdowns which destroyed businesses and children's education, they are threatening vaccine passports and bringing in 'no jab no jab' policies for care home workers and NHS staff, which is going to further damage healthcare, and to top it off he is ploughing on with ridiculous 'green' policies. People do not want to have to get rid of their perfectly good cars and buy electric cars or rip out their gas boilers and replace them with inferior heat pumps.
The Heritage Party provides a simple common-sense alternative which is resonating on the doorsteps.
Parents are also extremely concerned for their children. The Johnson regime want to jab them all with experimental mRNA that is linked to heart problems in injected children. They have also introduced compulsory Sex and Relationships Education that is exposing young children to gender ideology and highly sexualised lesson content. The Heritage Party is the only party I know of that opposes both these things. I have spoken out on them since the beginning, and we offer voters a choice to protect their children from the things the government is doing to harm them.
"I'll also keep fighting against political correctness and cancel culture which has become endemic and is corrosive to our everyday life"
If elected, what would you want to focus on in office?
I'll be a voice for common sense and traditional British values in Parliament. I want to end mass rapid immigration, which is the cause of the housing crisis, I'll speak out against the climate alarmist agenda which demonises carbon dioxide while ignoring real issues like deforestation and pollutants which really do cause damage like heavy metals, BPA, and PCBs. I'll fight for financial responsibility and for the government to stop wasting billions of pounds on useless and unnecessary spending.
I'll also keep fighting against political correctness and cancel culture which has become endemic and is corrosive to our everyday life. People should have the freedom to talk about whatever they want without the fear of being thrown out of University, losing their jobs, or even worse, being criminalised and imprisoned for whatever the regime deems to be 'hate speech' or 'misinformation'. This is where all the other parties are taking us, but it is vital that we fight to keep our freedom, and I'll do that in Parliament if I have the chance.
David can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and has a website. The Heritage Party are on Twitter, Facebook, and online.
Author croydonconstitutionalistsPosted on November 10, 2021 Categories David Kurten, Heritage Party, Old Bexley and Sidcup
Podcast Episode 24 – Lockdown Exit Criteria, Town Hall Rich List & an interview with David Kurten
We discuss the Government's COVID Lockdown Exit Criteria and the Taxpayers' Alliance's latest Town Hall Rich List. We then have an interview with David Kurten, the Brexit Alliance GLA Member and London Mayoral candidate. David shares his views on; the COVID Lockdown, Mayor Khan, Woke Culture & Brexit as well as discussing his upcoming campaign.
David's website: https://www.davidkurten.net/
We have also extracted our interview with David available on YouTube here:
For more on David read our interview with him, watch at and see him speaking at our meeting on Britain's Opportunities outside the EU or listen to him speak at our Freedom of Speech…Just Watch What You Say event.
Author croydonconstitutionalistsPosted on April 19, 2020 July 27, 2020 Categories David Kurten, Interview, Podcast
Interview with London Assembly Member and Independent Mayoral Candidate David Kurten
GLA Member David Kurten was elected as part of the UKIP list in 2016, he now sits as part of the Brexit Alliance. He has stood for UKIP leadership, been the party Education spokesperson, and ran in the 2018 Lewisham East by-election and in Bognor Regis & Littlehampton in the 2019 general election. David has a local connection to Croydon, working as a teacher at the Royal Russell School. David has also spoken at two of the Croydon Constitutionalists' events, discussing Britain's Opportunities outside the EU, and Freedom of speech.
David is now running as an Independent Candidate for the Mayor of London and London Assembly.
David thanks for your time.
"I'm very much an outsider against the progressive hegemony which rules politics in the UK and especially in London"
You have been in the GLA for the last 4 years holding Sadiq Khan to account. How's that experience been, and what do you make of Mayor Khan's tenure?
It has been tough as I'm very much an outsider against the progressive hegemony which rules politics in the UK and especially in London. I have stated that the housing crisis in London is the result of over-demand caused by mass, rapid immigration, called for a no-deal Brexit and supported President Trump, and have got a lot of flak for doing so. Mayor and Khan are two words which should not really exist together: he has been a terrible Mayor concerned with virtue signalling and self-publicity while presiding over a huge increase in violent crime which is spiralling out of control.
As well as talking at a couple of the Croydon Constitutionalists events you have taught in Croydon. What are your memories of the town, and what do you see as the major issues today?
I taught Chemistry at Royal Russell School between 2001 and 2003. Croydon now seems completely unrecognisable with all the new skyscrapers which have gone up over the last 10 years. It seems to have lost its small-town suburban feel, and become a place which is far more transient with fewer people who have a connection or roots in the town. This is a malaise which many places are suffering from, especially in outer London – as people move out or are priced out, they are replaced by new people who are not rooted in the town and it loses its character and sense of community.
Your career has taken you to Botswana, Bosnia-Herzegovina, New York and Bermuda. Any favourite places or weird experiences?
I loved Botswana for its sense of space. It is a huge country twice the size of France with fewer than 2 million people there. Thus it is amazing for wildlife, especially in the parks, although once my car nearly got crushed by a rhino who was not looking where he was going!
"people will have the choice to vote for someone pro-Brexit, pro-Trump and anti-woke if they want to"
What made you choose to stand as an Independent for Mayor?
I'm standing in both the Mayor and Assembly elections in May 2020. I got actively involved in politics in 2012 because I wanted to leave the EU, and also to stand up to the suffocating culture of political correctness. We have now left the EU Parliament and Commission and we will leave the Single Market and Customs Union on 31st December, although there is still much to do to ensure that we do not just leave in name only on 31st December.
There is still a great need to restore common sense to the country in the face of 'woke culture' which is becoming more bizarre and insane every week. None of the other parties who have put forward a candidate will restore common sense – they are all part of the problem – so I decided to stand as an independent so that people will have the choice to vote for someone pro-Brexit, pro-Trump and anti-woke if they want to.
The role of Mayor has significant powers over Transport and Policing what are your priorities in these areas?
We need an end to politically correct policing. The job of the police is to catch criminals and lock them up. Police need to use stop and search as a tool to find and catch criminals who are carrying knives, machetes and guns – there is no excuse for this. Stop and search needs to be targeted at the people who are most likely to be the perpetrators of these crimes, i.e. young, black men, who are also disproportionately the victims as well. Stop and search is not pleasant but it will cut crime and make London safer.
The current Mayor wants to expand the ULEZ charging zone up to the north and south circular roads, meaning that millions of vehicles will be caught by an extra £12.50 per day. I disagree with this and would not expand the ULEZ charging zone.
London's roads have been clogged up by cycle superhighway construction on main roads. I would call an immediate end to building cycle superhighways on main roads, and return some of them to motor vehicles where possible.
Crossrail must be finished with no more delay, but I am opposed to HS2. The huge amount of money that HS2 needs could fund hundreds of projects all over the country, including some in London like the Bakerloo line extension and Tramlink extension in Sutton.
"Mass, rapid immigration has caused unsustainable demand for housing, especially in London where the population has increased by 2 million in the last 20 years"
What other areas would you like to focus on as Mayor?
London needs more affordable housing, but new homes should be built in a way which is sensitive to the existing historical character of the neighbourhoods they are built in. However, no amount of new homes will solve the current housing crisis until the underlying issues are addressed:
Mass, rapid immigration has caused unsustainable demand for housing, especially in London where the population has increased by 2 million in the last 20 years.
Help to Buy has artificially inflated house prices; it needs to end.
Right to Buy has devastated council housing stocks so there are far fewer affordable homes available – it needs either to end, or be reformed so that Right to Buy homes are sold at market price and councils are able to re-invest the money into building or purchasing new housing stock.
How can people get involved in your campaign?
My website – www.davidkurten.net – has more details of my policies, a sign-up form to get involved and a crowdfunding page. Please have a look!
You can also follow David on Facebook and Twitter.
Author croydonconstitutionalistsPosted on February 21, 2020 July 27, 2020 Categories David Kurten, Interview, UKIP3 Comments on Interview with London Assembly Member and Independent Mayoral Candidate David Kurten
Podcast Episode 11 – Freedom of Speech…Just Watch What You Say
In this episode we bring you the speeches from our recent event held at The Green Dragon in Croydon, Our speakers on the night were:
Harry Fone – Taxpayers Alliance
Sean Finch – Libertarian Party
Izzy Montague – Croydon Mother
David Kurten – GLA Member
More on the participants available here and photos from the night.
Podcast available on:
Author croydonconstitutionalistsPosted on October 2, 2019 July 28, 2020 Categories David Kurten, Events, Harry Fone, Libertarian Party, Podcast, Sean Finch, TaxPayers' Alliance
Freedom of speech…. just watch what you say…
A great night at the Green Dragon supporting one of our most precious freedoms – Free Speech.
We started the night saying free speech and freedom are messy and we had some robust but good natured exchanges.
Harry Fone of the Taxpayers' Alliance spoke about how we can't criticise waste in the NHS.
The Libertarian Party's Sean Finch covered the many ways hate speech laws curtail our freedom of speech.
Local mum and Christian Izzy Montague talked about the challenges she faced speaking up to protect her children's childhood.
David Kurten Brexit Alliance London Assembly Member spoke of his experiences of people trying to shut down his speech.
Thanks to all who attended and especially our speakers for making this such an enjoyable night.
Author croydonconstitutionalistsPosted on September 19, 2019 July 28, 2020 Categories David Kurten, Events, Harry Fone, Libertarian Party, TaxPayers' Alliance2 Comments on Freedom of speech…. just watch what you say…
Freedom of speech…. just watch what you say… – Live event 18th September Croydon
The Croydon Constitutionalists are delighted to announce that the Brexit Alliance London Assembly Member David Kurten, Harry Fone Grassroots Campaign Manager for the Taxpayers' Alliance, Izzy Montague a Croydon mum and Christian who challenged a local school over forced 'pride' celebration and Sean Finch Libertarian Party candidate in the Lewisham East by-election, will be speaking at our live event in Croydon on the 18th September.
'Freedom of speech…. just watch what you say…' will be a series of speeches from free speech advocates followed by a Q&A.
Our freedom of speech is being eroded by both government and private institutions, come and support this event and our fundamental freedom!
Further guest to be announced soon. Put the 18th September in your diary.
The event will be held upstairs at the Green Dragon, 60 High St, Croydon CR0 1NA from 7pm.
David Kurten
Harry Fone
Sean Finch
Izzy Montague
You can just turn up on the night or book via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freedom-of-speech-just-watch-what-you-say-tickets-72303169727
https://leaversofbritain.co.uk/events/freedom-of-speech-just-watch-what-you-say/
Author croydonconstitutionalistsPosted on September 2, 2019 July 28, 2020 Categories David Kurten, Events, Harry Fone, Libertarian Party, Sean Finch, TaxPayers' Alliance1 Comment on Freedom of speech…. just watch what you say… – Live event 18th September Croydon
Two years on and Brexit is still going strong – Croydon Citizen
Following our public meeting on 24 May Chris Philp MP and London Assembly Member David Kurten. Michael Swadling has written about the meeting and our ongoing campaign in Croydon – https://thecroydoncitizen.com/politics-society/two-years-on-and-brexit-is-still-going-strong/.
Author croydonconstitutionalistsPosted on June 17, 2018 September 27, 2020 Categories Brexit, Chris Philp, Croydon Citizen, David Kurten, Mike SwadlingLeave a comment on Two years on and Brexit is still going strong – Croydon Citizen
Britain's Opportunities outside the EU meeting 24 May 2018 – London AM David Kurten videos
On 24th May Chris Philp MP and London Assembly Member David Kurten spoke in Croydon on Britain's Opportunities outside the EU. You can watch David Kurten's speeches and Q&A at the links below.
David Kurten's speech
David Kurten's Q&A Part 1
Author croydonconstitutionalistsPosted on May 28, 2018 December 23, 2020 Categories Brexit, David Kurten, Events2 Comments on Britain's Opportunities outside the EU meeting 24 May 2018 – London AM David Kurten videos


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