Douglas Community School athletes traveled to Dublin for the annual Dublin City University Schools invitational cross-country event on Wednesday 16th January. The athletes had a great day in the capital with some outstanding performances. The course was flat and fast with some mucky patches to help slow things down.
First into action were the minor boys team competing over the 1500m distance. All these guys are new to running and performed admirably finishing 7th team. Gary McCarthy again led the team home with a great 23rd place finish. With about 200 athletes in the race this was a fine performance. John Durcan, Billy Murphy, Eoin Bourke, Cillian Crowley and Michael McGuinness completed the team scoring.
The junior boys race was held over 2,500m and again Douglas athletes were to the fore. Conor Foley continued his rich vein of form with a superb 18th place finish and he was followed home closely by James Kelleher 19th, Emmett Bracken 23rd and Ian Tobin 25th. This was a super team performance with 6 athletes in the top 30 and resulted in the team finishing 2nd behind a superb St Colmans team from the north of Ireland, containing the talented Monaghan twins. This team has really gelled and Mark Seacy has done a great job in his role as captain. Watch out for these guys in the coming weeks.
The inter boys team have also come together strongly as a group and this was portrayed with a super team win, defeating the mighty St Malachys college Belfast in the process. The outstanding Peter Hanrahan in 8th place led the team home again. Patrick Coleman also battled hard throughout and was rewarded with a super 10th place finish. Brian Murray and Mark Tobin (who lost both spikes during the race) had great runs and completed the scoring finishing 14th and 15th respectively. This result was all the more impressive because the team's number one athlete Adam Kelleher missed the race. All the team are fully focused on the All-Ireland Schools championships on March 8th and are hoping to produce their best form on the day.
The senior boys team were without the services of Craig Murphy and two other team members, but battled well to a 6th place finish. Richard Quirke produced his best race of the new year with a superb 17th place and he was followed closely by David O' Keeffe 20th, Craig Harrington 33rd, Alan O' Brien 38th and Alex Kelly 42nd. All in all some superb performances from the athletes and they now look forward to the South Munster Schools Cross-Country championships on Friday 25th January in Midleton CBS.


Hi, I need to get a laptop to work in the field with my DP to check footage on site with some of our pro cameras.
What is a good Macbook model we should get, ideally with WIFI just (repeat JUST) to install FCP and be able to injest footage (log & capture) to see how it looks NOT edit?
I want to get a cheap used Macbook on ebay.
Re: Recommended Macbook for FCP?
All MacBook Pros come with WiFi. That's standard.
The lowest end one I'd recommend is the Mid-2012 Non-Retina MBP. It has Thunderbolt, and Firewire so you can connect to new drives, and old. And it's still fairly speedy. That's what I'm currently using. And it can have older OS versions that support FCP 7 (if that's what you want to use)...and you want older OS versions if FCP 7 is what you intend to use. As Mavericks and Yosemite both don't officially support FCP 7 and the rest of the apps, and some don't work, and others don't fully work as they do under previous, supported OS versions.
Those do cost quite a bit used, the cheapest I could find was $600 on ebay.
Is there a "lower" cost macbook that can run FCP? I just want to injest footage on site, but not edit so I don't need the CPU speed.
The camera I have is a SONY HDR-FX7, it only has HDMI and USB, no Firewire/iLink.
Any MacBook Pro will run FCP. The Pro in the name guarantees that. Just make sure you have a compatible OS version.


If you've ever had that archetypal dream in which you realize you've gone to work naked or that you're taking a test you haven't studied for, then you'll recognize the feeling of embarrassed dread I felt when I realized what I was doing. I was waiting in a restaurant lobby to meet one of my heroes, Prison Fellowship leader Chuck Colson. I had a book along with me to read while I waited. Unfortunately, and idiotically for me, it was a novel titled Nixon Man, with the cover art of a father and son, with the son wearing a rubber Richard Nixon m . . .


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Q: Factoring out complex eigenvalues I'm confused on how when we factor out $(a+bi)$, $b-ai)$ becomes $-i$ rather than $i$:
$i * (b-ai) = bi -ai^2 = bi -a*(-1) = bi+a$

A: You want to show $(a+bi)(-i) = b-ai$, not $(b-ai)(-i)=a+bi$ (which is false as you pointed out).
$$(a+bi)(-i) = -ai - bi^2 = b-ai$$

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REVIEW: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is "Teenager Goosebumps"
If you're not familiar with Alvin Schwartz' "Scary Stories…" book series, the best way to describe them would be "Goosebumps for high schoolers." By that I mean it has all the campiness and young-reader terror levels of the R.L. Stein classics, but with the horror, the gore, and the terror ratcheted up a few notches. If Steven King is "Rated-R Horror" and R.L. Stein is "PG-rated Horror" then Alvin Schwartz sits comfortably in the PG-13 range, sort of the way Temple of Doom and Poltergeist ushered in the rating in between PG and R.
Upon release, the books (three in all) were among the most controversial on the market, with parents and schools hosting all the usual book burnings and "won't somebody please think of the children" speechifying against it. Even a decade after release—even two decades after release—the books remain high on the list of banned books in the United States. The most common complaint against them is, expectedly, the level of violence and unfiltered brutality it describes. But Goosebumps this isn't, nor was it designed to be. This is a horror for those too old for Goosebumps but too young for Carrie or Salem's Lot.
And after the success of Goosebumps (though not as an adaptation), not to mention the academy-award winning authority of producer Guillermo del Toro, it was only a matter of time before a movie was made. Del Toro was heavily involved in the project in fact, which, if you have followed the director closely over the past decade, you know how big of a deal it is for any movie he's involved in to actually see the light of day. GDT is notorious for starting a project, green-lighting a project, or otherwise expressing interest in doing a project, only to get bogged down with the next wild idea that strikes his fancy.
Throughout the development of Scary Stories, GDT said all the same good things; how much he was excited about it, how many ideas he had that he wanted to pour into it, how certain he was of its release, etc. It was all good, but we've heard it all before. Fortunately for horror fans, this one actually saw the light of day.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is here. Was it worth the wait?
Yes, mostly.
I think the strongest compliment I can give to the film is that it never once felt inauthentic. Everyone who watches movies with any kind of a critical eye has their own personal pet peeves; things that bother one person who writes about a movie may not bother someone else. I get that. I can only speak to the things that bother me; what bothers me the most in a bad movie is flat, fake-sounding, acting, specifically in the way the lines are delivered. If it feels like you're reciting words that you only just read on the page half an hour before the director yelled "action!" I'm probably not going to have a good time.
I need performers to completely slip into the role, and to make their every word feel like words real people would say in whatever situation they are in, even if that situation is completely ridiculous and fantastical. Fortunately here, every actor (particularly Zoe Colletti and Austin Abrams) totally inhabited their characters and delivers their lines—be they humorous, threatening, or terrified—with earnestness and sincerity. It went a long way toward helping me overlook some of the more obvious flaws of the movie.
On the negative side, I was a perhaps most disappointed in the story itself, and in the structure around the various monsters and their attacks. One of the biggest points of contention around the movie was that it would not be adapting any of the stories in particular, either in a "one story per movie" format, or as a mini-anthology film with several stories presented in a row. Instead, the screenwriters (Guillermo del Toro and Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman, and story writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton) went with an original story that served as sort of a hub around which a few of the more famous monsters from the books could make an appearance. This worked well in the Goosebumps film but it didn't work as well here, probably because the former movie had Jack Black as a strong anchor and central voice, whereas this one had to rely on a contrived, quasi-Ringu knockoff story. The center of the plot wasn't strong, which made the rest of the movie suffer as a result.
Individually, each of the monsters had great moments of terror and suspense. There is a scarecrow that turns its victims into scarecrows (presumably to terrorize others, too). There is a spider-bite that grows a million-spider egg inside your cheek, bursting out to bite you to death. There is a decrepit zombie with a missing toe, who really just wants his toe back and nothing more. There is a dismembered corpse that's able to reassemble and disassemble himself at will. And, for me, most terrifying of all: There is a fat, slow-moving, creepy-smiling, lady who is around every corner, relentlessly pursuing you, closing in on you from every angle, until there's nowhere left to run…and then she hugs you to death.
Isolated, each of these monsters is highly effective. But as part of a larger narrative, framed around a magic book that writes your death scenes as they happen in real-time, it's a bit flimsy. That drags down the overall feature, despite how fun and well-made the film is otherwise. The door is open to a sequel, which means a potentially better framing device next time. In that case, the score can only improve.
8/10 – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark isn't going to revolutionize horror, but it can, despite a weak overall story, sufficiently inject some nightmare fuel into the minds of its target audience, ages 11-16.
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Syrian opposition accuses Russian forces of killing 17 people in southwest Daraa
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The Syrian opposition has accused the Russian Air Force of killing 17 people in the southwestern part of the Daraa Governorate today.
According to the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the joint Russian-Syrian airstrikes in southwest Syria killed 17 civilians that were in an underground shelter in the town of Mseifra.
"One of them hit a basement where people were taking shelter, killing 17 civilians, including five children," the Britain-based monitor said.
The Observatory says it determines who carried out particular strikes based on the type of aircraft and munitions used, the locations and the flight patterns.
The hospital in Al-Mseifra had been put out of service by Russian strikes on Tuesday night, the Observatory said.
Another five civilians were killed in other rebel-controlled areas of Daraa, the main province in southern Syria.
"This is the highest toll since the escalation began on June 19," the SOHR added.
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:10 A.M.) - The Russian military police recently sent reinforcements to the Al-Hasakah Governorate, following a string of...


The old business model of a closed / control is failing us here online, we truly believe that if we are in control, put things behind walls, force people to pay first, we will create new money and all will be well. Not true. The new open & free model is somewhat the opposite of that model, your product & services are out in the open for people to try and use, then they will buy. Recently, media futurist Gerd Leonhard put his products out there for you to freely download and use, and announcing the payment model for his new iPhone & Android mobile apps: pay what you think it's worth. Would you do this, you will in the future.
I can tell you first hand that most business owners are scared to death of this model, but what they don't realize is, they will create more new money with this open & free business model than they believe they will. Now I am not saying there isn't a need for controlled models, I am however saying, here online it can't be maintained and have it survive. Gerd Leonhard stated in a presentation he made March 2nd, 2009, "Rights-holders / Content-Owners have the choice: Control + Declining Revenues or 'Open' and New Revenues ".
This is only one example of someone embracing the new open & free business model, he is trusting his marketplace, his following and current strategic business alignments to provide revenues. Social Currency (trust) is the key here, your brand must be trusted for this open & free business model to succeed. It's not that simple, you must be open, transparent, and have integrity at all times. This sounds great but is a lot of work, maintaining this kind of model can't be done with the current closed business model. The current model relies on control, fear and you not pushing back. We are moving to this model, it's going to happen, why? You won't tolerate the old control model, you want access first, you want to try before you buy, you will dictate how business is done. Eventually.
If you write a book or make a product and try to position yourself under the old model, you have to jump through all the control mechanism hoops. In the open & free business model you just make it available, you may not make money from the book immediately in terms of sales. You will however realize revenues by monetizing around the book, consulting, coaching, teaching and or maybe even get hired because of your insights and know how. Your book must be good of course, you must bring quality in order to get the attention you need to realize the levels of revenue you desire. Attention is another form of currency.
Chris Brogan is all about making business human again, he also knows you will help him drive that process. You may not know it, but you want business to be human, not a system making you a number. You want to feel human, be viewed as human, and most of all, you want to feel important. Chris knows we are all after the same thing really, he is helping you see it, we want to make a difference, and make the world a better place, we all want to feel important. The problem has never been the desire, it was the how do we do it. Social Media has opened the door for you to exercise what you didn't know how to do, you now have a way to express yourself and make it happen. You will and are shaping the future of business, the open & free model even if you can't see the bigger picture right now.
Eventually you will make it happen, Control Is Dead!


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Top five young friers shortlisted for 2014 national awards
TOP FIVE YOUNG FISH FRIERS SHORTLISTED AT THE NATIONAL FISH & CHIP AWARDS 2014
Five young promising fish friers have been shortlisted for the Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year Award category at the 2014 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish, the industry authority on seafood.
The shortlisted five, in no particular order, are:
• Tom Hughes from Harbourside Fish & Chips in Plymouth.
• Amy Grimwood from Mister C's in Selby.
• Colin McGeoch from The Real Food Café in Tyndrum.
• Leigh Foster from Pantrini's in Tyne & Wear.
• Cem Oktem from Packet Bridge Fish & Chips in Carnforth.
The Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year Award was founded in 1995 and was initiated by the directors of Drywite Limited, Kelvin Lee and Briar Wilkinson, in memory of their late father Malcolm Lee, who had always encouraged young people to succeed. The award category celebrates and rewards young fish friers across the UK whilst helping to develop their skills and talent.
To reach this stage of the competition the contestants have taken part in a gruelling judging process. The young contenders had to impress during a challenging telephone interview followed by an intensive day at the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) Training School in Leeds, where the young friers were assessed on food preparation, frying skills, a presentation and a question-and-answer session. The eight judges consisted of Briar Wilkinson and Kelvin Lee, NFFF Vice President and lead judge Mark Drummond, Adviser at Seafish Richard Wardell, Special Projects Adviser Tracy Poskitt, 2006 Young Fish Frier of the Year runner-up, NFFF training tutor and NFFF Executive Councillor for England Rafael Chandler, NFFF training tutor and previous winner Craig Buckley, and 2012 winner Zohaib Hussain.
The top five finalists will now receive a mystery shop at their workplace, followed by another judging session based on their skills and knowledge whilst in their working environment.
Briar Wilkinson said: "At Drywite we are very passionate about celebrating up-and-coming talent and developing positive role models for our industry who take a lot of pride in the quality of the product and the delivery in which they service it. This year's candidates have demonstrated the high standards we have come to expect from this sector of the food service industry and therefore we are confident that our fish and chips businesses are in good hands for years to come. We wish them all the best with the awards and their future careers."
Mark Drummond said: "The judging of the Young Fish Frier competition is always very interesting, as the judges get to see the wealth of knowledge many of the entrants to the competition have about our industry. The standards this year have been higher than ever, with the margin between those who get through and those who do not getting ever smaller. We try to find a new challenge every year for the entrants to keep the competition fresh. This year for the first time, as an additional part of the skills judging day at the NFFF training school in Leeds, all finalists have to make a presentation to the judges about themselves. Picking one winner is always a very challenging process!"
All five will now attend the prestigious awards ceremony in London at the Lancaster London hotel in January 2014, where one will be crowned the Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year 2014.
Seafish CEO Paul Williams said: "The UK's fish and chip shops are a national institution and these young friers are the future of the fish and chips industry. The attention to detail, understanding of quality and steadfast approach to their trade displayed by the shortlisted finalists is testament to the way that they have begun their career positively, allied with confidence in their own abilities. This year's competition will be the fiercest yet, as each of the finalists fully deserve to be recognised and given full credit for their achievements so far. They are a credit to the industry."
The National Fish & Chip Awards recognise the quality, value and choice offered by fish and chip businesses across the UK and rewards those judged to be the cream of the crop. With a variety of award categories, each celebrating different attributes of making great fish and chips, the award ceremony rewards talented individuals across all aspects of the foodservice and fish frying industry.
The NFFF would like to congratulate all five finalists and wishes them the best of luck.


The Church of Christ, Scientist, frequently promotes its claims of thousands of cases of disease healing. Cases with any degree of medical documentation are rare, and those with clear medical confirmation are nonexistent. Claims such as those of Holly Zynda, presented on the A&E Television Network, are based on incorrect interpretation of disease events. In this case, prayer was inappropriately credited with healing of a benign, self-limited disease, immunologic thrombocytopenic purpura of childhood.
Holly Zynda's Story was presented on a recent episode of the A&E Network's Investigative Reports with Bill Kurtis, entitled "Healing and Prayer: Power or Placebo?" In 1985, 20-month-old Holly was bruising easily. Her mother, Deborah, was raised in the Church of Christ, Scientist, and did not want to take Holly to a doctor. However, a neighbor, Kim Brown, identified as a nurse practitioner, recommended that Holly go to a pediatrician. The child's father, Tom Zynda, reportedly convinced his wife to proceed. The diagnosis of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), was made based upon a very low platelet count.
ITP is a disorder of young children that leads to easy bruisability and, less commonly, major bleeding, all due to decreased numbers of platelets. In ITP an autoimmune reaction, often following a typical childhood viral infection, causes the body's own antibodies attach to platelets, which are then removed from circulation. The remaining platelets are able to function, but their number is insufficient for normal clotting.
Most children do not need any treatment other than increased vigilance to reduce rough play, contact sports, and accidents. Those with severe bleeding symptoms and very low platelet counts may transiently benefit from treatment with steroids or intravenous immunoglobulin. Rarely, a splenectomy may be required if ITP becomes chronic.
What is the evidence at this point that Holly's treatment was failing? There is some reference to her bruising continuing or getting worse, but there is no objective evidence offered to support these 15-year-old recollections that treatment was not helping. The response of most children to steroids is rarely dramatic. Most important is that the disease is self-limited in over 95% of cases, remitting on its own within 2 to 6 months. After about 2 months under treatment, the Zyndas stopped Holly's medication and sought healing through Christian Science. Mr Zynda then reports that within 30 days they noted "a real dramatic change." The improvement over this time period is what physicians would expect in children with ITP.
Reality is less miraculous. By the time Holly was taken off prednisone, it was likely that her platelet count would have begun to improve. Unlike the case of more severe and chronic autoimmune disorders, stopping prednisone in childhood ITP would not necessarily cause a problem. A measured platelet count would be required to know with certainty. More important, the overwhelming majority of children with ITP get better on their own with time. Very few develop the chronic form, which lasts more than 6 months. For those who do, most do not have serious bleeding as an ongoing problem. They can remit at any time, most doing so within a few years. Mr Kurtis's implication that severe lifelong problems from ITP are common is incorrect.
This story illustrates as well as any that an anecdote cannot be offered as proof of therapeutic efficacy. Physicians who understand the natural history of ITP would not reasonably conclude that divine intervention or the power of prayer helped Holly Zynda. Time and her own physiology were sufficient. Ignoring the natural course of a self-limited disorder is a typical error made by believers of unsubstantiated claims. Inflating severity and overdramatizing are other typical mistakes. While Holly's platelet count was extremely low and could have been dangerous at that level, describing her condition as "critical" would not likely be something that a physician would do. Her need for treatment was immediate, but she was not in critical condition. She also had a very low likelihood of progressing to chronic ITP.
In addition to the story of Holly Zynda, the show presented other believers in faith healing as well as members of the medical community currently promoting prayer as an adjunct therapy. There was some attempt to balance these views with stories of Christian Science and faith healing failure, such as related by Rita Swan, and other skeptical medical opinions. But television tempts its producers to give weight to opinions or theories that haven't earned it. Controversy is newsworthy. Failure to meet scientific standards of proof is relatively boring on the small screen.
Thus, Mr Kurtis describes Harold Koenig, a psychiatrist who promotes the integration of spirituality into medical care, as "a pioneer in the exploration of medicine's next frontier." While few would dispute that religious beliefs and practices are important to patients as they confront illness, there is little evidence, despite the hundreds of studies noted by Mr Kurtis, that prayer or ritual has any substantial independent efficacy. This is hardly medicine's "next frontier." Rather, faith healing, particularly as exemplified by the philosophy of the Christian Scientists, is a remnant of the 19th century. It recalls a time in which science had much less to offer than it does today. It was a time when the life expectancy in America was in the 40s, as opposed to the high 70s, as is the case today.
Holly Zynda was fortunate not that her mother had faith in Christian Science, but that she had a relatively benign and self-limited disease. As documented many times in medical journals, other children whose parents eschewed medical treatment and relied exclusively upon faith healing have not been as fortunate. When parents play Russian roulette with their children's lives, sometimes they win. That doesn't prove that the game is safe. Unnecessary deaths demonstrate that it is not.


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We believe that nanotechnology will have a transformative effect on cancer diagnosis and treatment. In fact, its impact is already visible in the research being conducted through many of the centers we are announcing today. Through the applications of nanotechnology, we will increase the rate of progress towards eliminating the suffering and death due to cancer.
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Our purpose in this project is to begin to turn that fear of cancer, actually America's greatest fear, into a future, not only free of fear, but full of hope.
It will be an important step in our understanding of the genetic components of cancer and the genetic susceptibilities of people affected by cancer.
Over the past decade, prescribing information has grown more and more complex, more and more dense and more difficult to negotiate.
This cancer genome atlas project is all about the progress that is necessary for us to make cancer a chronic and manageable condition that no longer causes the suffering and death that we see all around us.
This new guidance level will further reduce an already minimal risk from lead exposure in candy.
The National Cancer Institute wants to make certain the results of clinical research are rapidly disseminated to healthcare providers and patients, to ensure life-enhancing cancer treatments are widely available.
The new label design makes it easier for doctors to get access to important information about drug safety and benefits, and this in turn will help them have more meaningful discussions with their patients.
The new label design makes it easier for doctors to get access to important information about drug safety and benefits, and this in turn will help them have more meaningful discussions with their patients. This redesigned label is a big step in our commitment to giving health professionals the tools and information they need to optimize their clinical practice and choose among a growing number of effective treatments to make more personalized prescribing decisions for their patients.
This operation suggests that drugs ordered from so-called 'Canadian' Internet sites are not drugs of known safety and efficacy. These results make clear there are Internet sites that claim to be 'Canadian' that, in fact, are peddling drugs of dubious origin, safety, and efficacy. We believe that these 'bait and switch' tactics --- offering patients one thing and then giving them something else -- are misleading to patients and potentially harmful to the public health.
The FDA has formed a rapid response team.
#FDA
One of the biggest barriers research and academic institutions face is the ability to get discoveries made in the lab into clinical testing. The new Exploratory IND guidance emphasizes the flexibility available to researchers when conducting early clinical testing of these cutting-edge treatments. As we enter the era of personalized medicine, these exploratory approaches enable scientists to take full advantage of new technologies to target the development of more individualized therapies.
#Ability
In the last month, we have announced important steps toward creating an electronic environment for drug safety and effectiveness information that can provide patients and healthcare professionals with critical information at the point of care. This revised prescription information format, in combination with new requirements for electronic labels announced earlier this month and requirements for barcodes on drugs will dramatically improve the way healthcare professionals and consumers obtain information about prescription drugs.
We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to cause serious illness and injury.


Backstory: I bought this book from a friend who was cleaning up her shelves, along with 2 other books and I only paid a small amount of money for the three of them. It was such a steal, I wish more of my friends will clean up their shelves so that the books they're gonna be un-hauling will come to me. Hehe.
I read this one while I was on leave. I was at home and I was running out of things to do, so what's a more fun way to spend time with than reading? So I decided to pick The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider up from my shelf and started it. Again, being the typical Renee who just buys books without reading their synopsis first and only judging by their covers, I didn't know what to expect.
I was just into the first three chapters of the book but I was hooked up immediately, and it was all because of Ezra. Ezra Faulkner is the main character of the book. He is lovable and interesting, and having to read the book in his perspective was very refreshing to me. His character development was inspiring, you can see how his views on life changes and can be sad at times (especially with him going through the self-pity stage and all), and his desire to do and be better was just so beautiful to read. Ezra Faulkner is the very reason why I love this book so, so much.
Then enter Cassidy Thorpe, the new girl, who intrigued Ezra by a thousand. She is witty and enigmatic and a total puzzle for our protagonist who then found himself slowly falling head over heels in love with her. But alas, this book isn't about love but about finding oneself and realizing what living truly is. With an ending not adored by many, I found it to be just perfect. I am a fan of happy endings but sometimes, a touch of reality in the books I read will make me adore it even more.
I loved this book, I will definitely reread it in the future!


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Full of Hell Social Media Posts Indicate Work on New Album
Krista Marple January 13th, 2021 - 8:15 PM
Grindcore group Full of Hell are alluding to the idea that they plan to release new music in the near future. The band took to their Instagram page to post both a photo and a video of the band playing music with the caption "LP5."
According to the location tag on the Instagram post, Full of Hell were at Machines With Magnets, a recording studio located in Pawtucket, RI. It is suspected that the band will be releasing the new album sometime this year under Relapse Records.
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The grindcore band's most recent album dropped in June of 2019. Weeping Choir is an 11-track album that was also released via Relapse Records. Along with creating music of their own, Full of Hell also debuted "Language of Molten Cherubs" as a part of the Adult Swim Singles last June.
Dylan Walker of Full of Hell teamed up with Lee Buford of The Body and Kristin Hayter of Lingua Ignota in January of last year to create the band Sightless Pit. After the announcement of the group, they debuted their first single "Kingscorpse," which was eventually included on their album Grave of a Dog. Sightless Pit's first album debuted on February 21, 2020.
Full of Hell recently participated in a live stream event with Nothing to celebrate the release of Nothing's newest album The Great Dismal. The event took place on October 29 and featured Full of Hell as the opening act. 20 percent of sales from the tickets were donated to the NIVA Emergency Relief Fund, which benefits "vulnerable and at-risk youth in Latin America and the Caribbean."
In July of last year, Full of Hell teamed up with HEALTH to release their collaborative song "Full Of Health." Although they are two different styles of music, the bands had no trouble collaborating to make a song together.
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The past or the politics of the present? Dealing with the Japanese occupation of South Korea
Roman DAVID
Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Why do historical legacies continue to burden politics in East Asia? According to major schools of thought on collective memory, perceptions of historical injustice may be determined by the past (traditionalism), the present (presentism) or the interplay of both. This paper assesses the validity of these theories by examining the effect of transitional justice on perceptions of wrongdoers. Transitional justice offers a unique substrate for exploring competing theories of collective memory as it represents a contemporary process for dealing with the past. Were transitional justice to transform perceptions of wrongdoers, it would provide evidence supporting presentism. This hypothesis was tested using a survey of 640 adults from the Gallup Korea online panel. South Korea was selected as a research site because the legacy of Japan's occupation remains unresolved. A Tobit analysis supported presentist approaches although, as traditionalists claim, perceptions of wrongdoers were resistant to change. The organic nature of collective memory suggests that perceptions can only be transformed by comprehensive transitional justice.
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Administration of the survey was funded by Lingnan University.
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DAVID, Roman. / The past or the politics of the present? Dealing with the Japanese occupation of South Korea. In: Contemporary Politics. 2016 ; Vol. 22, No. 1. pp. 57-76.
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How can I calculate an offer? Asked by Gc, North Carolina • Sat Mar 22, 2008. I have found a house that has everything that I am looking for and I want to submit an offer. I think that the asking price for the house is too high. How do I calculate a reasonable offer? I have a set of comps that I obtained before I saw this house, but I am not so sure I am calculating an offer correctly. And... Deciding how much to offer for a house can be a confusing process, if you don't know the proper steps. In this video, you'll learn how to research the seller's asking price to make a smarter offer. In this video, you'll learn how to research the seller's asking price to make a smarter offer.
While you may think that receiving two or more offers on your home is a great situation it actually presents some disadvantages. For properties that sell with a single offer, the fallout rate is 10 percent. house party how to become more endurance How To Decide Whether To Take An Early Offer By Tony Harrington March 11, 2016 No Comments You've just put your house on the market and before you've even had time to get used to the idea, someone has made an offer for your home.
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Rachelle & Robin McCabe: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein and More
The School of Arts and Communication presents a special concert for our community that is both a dynamic reunion performance by the popular McCabe Sisters piano duo, and a celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein.
Performing on two concert grand pianos at the LaSells Stewart Center, sisters and duo-pianists Rachelle and Robin McCabe will open with one of the most revered works written for two pianos, "Variations on a Theme of Haydn," by Johannes Brahms. Rounding out the first half, and joining in the global "Bernstein at 100" celebration, the McCabes will present an energizing arrangement of "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story."
The second half of the concert will begin with the exciting rhythms, colors and dark harmonies of Andalusian folk music, as the sisters perform "Three Andalusian Dances" by Manuel Infante. The concert finale will be an elaborate fantasy on beloved, popular songs from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, including "My Man's Gone Now," "Summertime," and "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'."
Rachelle and Robin McCabe each began to study piano at the age of six. After attending the University of Washington as undergrads, they both went on to advanced study at Juilliard in New York. Robin continued on at Juilliard, pursuing her doctoral degree and Rachelle chose to complete her doctorate at the University of Michigan. During their more than 30 years as artist-teachers at Oregon State University and The University of Washington, respectively, Rachelle and Robin have always treasured their occasions to perform together.
"We're so attuned to the way the other plays," Robin has said. "We each know how the other will end a phrase or curve a line. We can read each other."
Rachelle describes playing with Robin as "...a conversation between two people, but the two people are sisters who know each other inside and out. There is a lot of intuition, trust, love and respect."
The duo has not performed for the Corvallis audience in several years. They performed this program in Seattle in January, 2018. In October, they will take the concert to Beijing where they will perform and teach at four of China's top music conservatories: Central Conservatory, China Conservatory, Capital Normal University and Renmin University.
They are very much looking forward to performing again in Corvallis and to presenting this program at Oregon State University.
Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 4:00pm to 6:00pm
875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR 97331
Community, Student, Alumni, International
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$10 advance, $15 door. College students with ID and youth 8-18 free. CAFA discounts apply. All seating general admission.
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East Freetown resident, 61, dies as result of crash
By Aimee Chiavaroliachiavaroli@s-t.com
LAKEVILLE — A 61-year-old East Freetown man died early Saturday night, after the van he was driving overturned, then burst into flames on Route 140, state police said.
The man, identified as Frederick Maxfield, was alone in his vehicle when the accident occurred, police said. In the aftermath of the crash, several passing motorists stopped and pulled him from the burning van and gave him medical aid. However, Maxfield was taken to a Taunton hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said in a news release.
The single-vehicle accident happened shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday on Route 140 northbound in Lakeville.
Preliminary investigation by Trooper Brent Pereira indicated Maxfield was traveling in a 2015 Ford Transit van when he lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll over and then ignite, trapping him inside, police said.
The crash remains under investigation with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services Section. State Police were assisted on scene by Lakeville Fire and EMS, Freetown Police and MassDOT.


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These are major resources exclusively available on MWI, and include some previously published books that are no longer available in hardcopy.
A substantial collection of articles mostly written/compiled by Charles on early 20th century performers.
This includes Garlands, a major series of articles on British light music composers extracted from his book on the subject, as well as numerous articles on a wide range of musical topics.


This citywide competition involved students coming up with the best marketing campaign to attract younger customers to the new Sheffield Moor Markets when they open for trading in November.
There were 26 entries from teams across Sheffield secondary schools whose ideas were shortlisted to go before the external judging panel of experts, and they invited just 7 teams (2 from Meadowhead) to attend the final award ceremony on Monday 8th July 2013.
We are delighted to announce that our very own "Team Mauricia" from Y8 won a highly commended certificate. Team "Moor for Sheffield" (Harvey Morton Y10) won £100 shopping vouchers and was the overall runner up. Congratulations to both teams for their efforts in this latest enterprise competition!
As preparation, our students were invited to a special after school workshop to help them with ideas for their marketing campaign. Hallam University Business studies experts came in and did a session on 'branding and marketing' with them to help them get started. Following a session where they looked at TV adverts and had to guess the product, our budding entrepreneurs were then asked to work on their ideas for their own campaign to advertise the Moor market place.
Please click below to view the promotional videos byTeam Moor for Sheffield and Team Mauricia and on the documents to view their presentations to the judges.


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Ascendas India Trust to acquire Arshiya Group's warehouse in Delhi-NCR
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Ascendas Property Fund Trustee Pte. Ltd, the trustee-manager of Ascendas India Trust (a-iTrust), has struck a deal to buy a warehouse in Delhi-NCR from Arshiya Group.
The transaction amount includes Rs 22.9 crore and an additional deferred payment of Rs72.1 crore, linked to the achievement of certain performance over the next four years, Ascendas said in a statement.
The income-producing warehouse is located in Khurja, Delhi-NCR and has a total floor area of roughly 0.2 million sq ft. The warehouse is part of a Free Trade Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) which is spread over 127.0 acres of freehold land.
The asset has attracted companies such as ZTE, Corning, CFM Aircraft Engines, etc.
Upon acquisition, an affiliate of Arshiya Group will sign an agreement with a-iTrust to lease the warehouse for six years. The vendor will continue to operate and manage the warehouse and pay pre-agreed rentals to a-iTrust, the statement said.
The development marks the third deal between Ascendas and Arshiya Group and the addition of another asset to its portfolio. Earlier, it had struck an agreement with a unit of Arshiya Ltd to develop and acquire a warehouse in Mumbai for Rs 215 crore. Before that, it had bought six operating warehouses for $83 million at Panvel FTWZ.
Arshiya has two existing warehouses and substantial land bank to build additional warehouses. The future development potential of the site is estimated at approximately 3.6 million square feet.
"To provide a future pipeline of warehouses for acquisition, a-iTrust has signed an agreement with an option to acquire the existing warehouses and fund the construction of future warehouses within the FTWZ, and to acquire these warehouses when completed, subject to the fulfillment of certain terms and conditions," the statement added.
Sanjeev Dasgupta, chief executive officer of the Trustee-Manager, said the logistics sector caters to domestic consumption and industrial demand and provides diversification to company's business parks portfolio.
"The proposed acquisition also enables a-iTrust to grow its warehousing footprint in North India. We would benefit from key infrastructure projects like Jewar International airport and Dedicated Freight Corridor coming up in the vicinity," he said.
As a result of the acquisition, a-iTrust's current portfolio size will increase by 0.9% from approximately 22.6 million square feet to approximately 22.8 million square feet.
In January last year, Singapore's CapitaLand struck a deal to buy the holding companies of the business of the Ascendas-Singbridge Group, which manages Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, Ascendas India Trust, and Ascendas Hospitality Trust, for cash and stock from Temasek for about $4.4 billion.
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Hierarchy and Domination, Cont.
Replying to my last post on liberalism and republicanism, Corey Robin writes:
Nice job, though you should point out that my main concerns are: 1) freedom as non-interference fits a commonsensical understanding in US, which the workplace compromises all the time, and thus provides us with a good standard to mobilize political argument; and 2) I'm not against notions of freedom as non-domination, I just don't want to throw out freedom as non-interference as well. Also I'm not sure I'd include Milton in that camp; he seems okay with some hierarchies and other parts of republican tradition are very okay with social hierarchy, including slavery.
The final point about Milton and pre-modern republicanism is well taken. Early republicans desired non-domination, but only for a select class of people: usually land-owning white men. One of the crucial differences between modern and pre-modern republicanism is the modern republican's conviction that non-domination is a global imperative.
But the principle of non-domination requires to distinguish between dominating and non-dominating hierarchies. Republicanism is not pure horizontalism. Instead, republicanism condemns certain existing hierarchies — in modern times, hierarchies predicated on gender, race or sexual orientation — on the basis that they are de facto dominating. We can imagine other hierarchies that are not inherently dominating, such as the social hierarchies that often exist between a student and a teacher, a governor and constituents, or a jury and a defendant. But note that these hierarchies have very clearly defined formal legal boundaries, and that they are not static; a constituent can run for office, a student can become a teacher, and a member of the jury may one day be put on trial. Republicanism is not inherently anti-hierarchy, but seeks to make necessary hierarchies transparent and dynamic.
This, I would argue, is a preferable alternative to abolishing hierarchy altogether. Informal hierarchies will always be with us in one way or another, but carefully constructed formal hierarchies can serve as a check on them. Without that formal element, informal hierarchies become opaque and impossible to contest through anything but brute force.
But to return to the conflict between non-interference and non-domination: I should have been clearer about the fact that Corey is not opposed to using the concept of non-domination in our understanding of liberty. Our disagreement is entirely over whether non-interference as liberty is also a necessary concept. I would argue that it is not, for two reasons: the first, which I presented in my last post, is that non-domination theory already adequately accounts for any conceivable instance of unjust interference.
The second objection is implied by the first: freedom as non-interference can't adequately account for cases where interference is warranted or even desirable. As a result, contemporary liberal theorists have had to propose various side constraints on freedom from interference, and various other criteria for what constitutes justice. Those additional criteria — fairness and equality, for example — may plug the gaps created by freedom as non-interference, but the result is far from elegant. (And, as I have noted before, these additional criteria can still leave critical weaknesses exposed.)
In Justice For Hedgehogs — which I'll be blogging more about in the near future — Ronald Dworkin repeatedly references the old aphorism about the fox who knows many little things and the hedgehog who knows one big thing. He diagnoses most modern analytic moral theory as being rather foxy: a cumbersome patchwork of narrowly targeted principles that often conflict with one another. In place of the fox's approach to ethics, he argues for hedgehog morality: one big mutually-reinforcing system of value. Freedom as non-domination is that system, and freedom from non-interference seems increasingly to be a millstone around the neck of the progressively-minded fox.
As to Corey's first point, about non-interference's usefulness as a rhetorical appeal to common sense: that may be so, in some cases. The art of political messaging is very different from the art of moral philosophy, thank christ. But I stand by non-domination as the appropriate test of what our political goals should be. When you take that case to the voters, you can call it whatever the hell you like.
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Hierarchy and Domination
Hierarchy, order, control, domination. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Shawn Gude and I had an interesting Twitter debate the other day with Corey Robin, regarding the relative merits of classical liberalism and small-r republicanism's differing conceptions of liberty. Before I get to my disagreement with Corey, here, by way of background, is my most recent gloss of the liberal/republican disagreement, using Philip Pettit's framework for republicanism. In Pettit's account, republicans want to maximize freedom from domination (carefully defined), whereas liberals want to maximize freedom from interference.
Corey's understanding of the republican tradition differs from Pettit's. Over Twitter, he criticized republicanism for abandoning liberalism's conception of liberty without offering a sufficiently comprehensive alternative. Classic republicanism, he argued, is mainly concerned with the eradication of social hierarchy; as a result, it is defenseless against attacks on freedom that don't exploit those hierarchies.
Here, with the breaks between tweets eliminated, is the thought experiment he used to demonstrate his point:
Imagine one co-worker, equally situated, pestering another co-worker. Just bothering them, preventing them from getting their work done, preventing from doing what they want to do. Not to dominate or create a hierarchical relationship, but to interfere and get in their way. Seems important to hold onto that as an abridgment of freedom.
It's entirely possible that the republican tradition as embodied by Milton, Machiavelli, Skinner, etc., (but excluding Pettit) has no satisfactory response to Corey's challenge. He's the one with a Ph.D. in political theory, and my own dealings with those theorists is both scant and second-hand. But I will note that, under Pettit's definition, the pestering employee is definitively dominating his co-worker, and therefore restricting his liberty. That is to say, the pestering employee is interfering in his co-workers affairs 1.) on an arbitrary basis (he's just bugging this one guy, and seemingly without provocation), 2.) without reference to the interests of the co-worker (who would clearly be better off if he wasn't being pestered), and 3.) without allowing the co-worker recourse to any means of contesting the pestering (we're assuming that the co-worker already asked him to stop, and was ignored). Dominating interference is any form of interference that satisfies at least one of those conditions — the pest's interference satisfies all three.
So at the very least, Pettit's gloss of republicanism includes an adequate response to Corey's challenge. It could be that Pettit is the only republican with an adequate response, but I can't rule one way or another on that without learning more about how both Corey and non-Pettit republicans use the term "social hierarchy." Corey would likely concede that some forms of workplace pestering and bullying (such as racist remarks and sexual harassment) are contingent on the presence of social hierarchy, but he also maintains that bullying can exist in the complete absence of hierarchy. I'm not so sure — I think we could construct an account of hierarchy that maps roughly onto Pettit's "domination" framework, and also allows that any instance of bullying is an a priori example of a small-scale, informal hierarchy.
In the meantime, as it stands, I have yet to hear an adequate liberal response to the republican master-slave thought experiment.
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Labor and Progressives in the Progressive Era
Bleeding Heart Libertarians is generally one of the more thoughtful political theory blogs out there, so this post was a disappointment. Basically, in the course of accusing Corey Robin of badly mischaracterizing libertarian views, author Jessica Flanigan herself badly mischaracterizes the historical relationship between unions and the progressive movement. She writes:
But I also suspect that there's a deeper, more fundamental anxiety about libertarians that goes beyond politics. Internal to progressivism there is a tension between its historical pro-union and direct governmentalist roots and its avowed concern for the worst off. In practice, it looks like direct governmental intervention and union support no longer works to the benefit of society's worst off. Progressive opposition to policies like voucher programs are a great example of this tension, as is the current health care mess and the regressive social security system. In a lot of cases, market solutions do a better job of furthering progressive aims than the state run policies that progressives favor, and even the worst off value economic liberty.
Let's table any questions about the relative merits of school vouchers and social security for now, since it's not in my wheelhouse and argument-by-links is generally an indication that we're supposed to take pronouncements like "vouchers are awesome" and "social security is regressive" as premises. I'm willing to do that for the sake of this particular argument. But there's a very curious omission here: after going on about the "historical pro-union and direct governmentalist roots" of progressivism, Flanigan goes on to talk about only the latter root-category. It's almost as if she had to get in a casual swipe at the labor movement before moving on to what she really wanted to talk about.
The counter-argument, I suppose, is that progressive opposition to vouchers is all about unions, specifically the teachers' union. But A) no, and B) you can't expect to be taken seriously by anyone with any interest in organized labor if you choose to treat the labor movement as just another interest group whose primary goal is to lobby the government for goodies. Being "pro-union" means a hell of a lot more than just endorsing legislation that some unionized workers might like.
But perhaps the most glaring problem with the above passage (at least from a labor perspective) is its blithe reference to progressivism's "historical pro-union roots." Yes, the interests of early 20th century progressives and organized labor did often align, but there were also serious philosophical clashes between the two parties. In particular, the progressives had a technocratic rationalist streak that led to some rather authoritarian views on the proper role of labor in society. Some of the era's most prominent progressives even endorsed Frederick Taylor's systematic assault on workers' control over their own labor. From David Montgomery's classic Workers' Control in America: Studies in the History of Work, Technology, and Labor Struggles:
Thus Taylor roundly denied even "the high class mechanic" could "ever thoroughly understand the science of doing his work," and pasted the contemptuous label of "soldiering" over all craft rules, formal and informal alike. Progressive intellectuals seconded his arguments. Louis Brandeis hailed scientific management for "reliev[ing] labor of responsibilities not its own." And John R. Commons considered it "immoral to hold up to this miscellaneous labor, as a class, the hope that it can ever manage industry."
"Historical pro-union roots," indeed.
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17 May 2016: The Weekly Takedown
by Jillian C. York | May 17 2016
Instagram bans certain hashtags to make pornography harder to find. But why did the company ban #Easter and #Kansas?
Daisy Dumas for the Sydney Morning Herald lays out a handful of notable Facebook and Instagram posts recently pulled down for violating decency standards. Among these censored posts are photos of modern and pop art, ethnographic study photos of Aboriginal women, and a cake mildly resembling a nipple. The same week those posts were pulled, "images of Kim Kardashian, naked but for smears of white body paint" remained uncensored. While Facebook's Nudity Policy is easily accessed, the precise criteria used to identify and censor that nudity is harder to come by.
"My conservative page got blocked by Facebook": Fox News & Commentary radio host Todd Starnes speaks out about Facebook censoring a seemingly innocuous post about his personal values.
In the Spectator, Brendan O'Neill writes: "We're witnessing a massive shift in the whole idea of the internet; from an open platform for the discussion of ideas to something that must be moderated and editorialised. Some argue that, as privately owned platforms, Facebook and Twitter are free to publish or take down anything they like. But it's more complicated than that. These are vast entities. A full seventh of humanity uses Facebook. This gives it historically unprecedented clout."
Jillian C. York is a writer and activist whose work lies at the intersection of technology and policy. Based in Berlin, she serves of the Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she works on issues of free expression, privacy, and digital security.
15 June 2016: The Weekly Takedown
Sarah Myers West
In this week's edition: Companies grapple with hate speech, and AI gets its day in the limelight.
The Weekly Takedown: 26 May 2018
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A new ruling in the US, overblocking on Reddit, Facebook censorship in Lebanon and more, in the latest Weekly Takedown.
18 April 2017: The Weekly Takedown
Mathana Stender
Facebook is under fire this week after a murder was broadcast on its Live platform.


Full disclosure: I never would have guessed.
I've read every book J.K. Rowling has published, some of them several times over. OK, all of them several times over. And still, I doubt I would have picked up on anything that would have made me think that SHE was the author behind "The Cuckoo's Calling."
I almost wish I hadn't known, so I wouldn't have read it with some of my attention in search of clues that would have made me suspicious that the book's author wasn't, in fact, an ex-military police officer and was actually one of the world's most famous storytellers.
Because this is a good story, one that is entertaining enough to merit a read even if Robert Galbraith, Rowling's pseudonym, had been a real person who really wrote it.
"The Cuckoo's Calling" introduces readers to Cormoran Strike, a London private detective with his own complicated backstory - he's the son of a rock star and a groupie, has a prosthetic leg to replace the one he lost in Afghanistan during his military service, and he just ended a difficult romantic relationship. He's also quite clever.
Along with his started-out-temporary-but-who-didn't-know-that-was-going-to-last secretary Robin Ellacott, he looks into the death of a supermodel, Lula. Everyone assumes it was suicide, but Strike is asked to investigate it by someone who tells him it had to have been otherwise. His investigation takes Strike into the worlds of high fashion and big money as he makes his way to the truth.
Rowling's (er, Galbraith's? Whoever.) literary gift is on display in this work. She crafts an entertaining story with characters who hold the reader's interest, and comes up with an ending that I'll admit I was surprised by.
It gets a little too clever in some places, with the final denouement tying together some earlier elements in a way that's almost a little too pat, and some of the leaps Strike makes seem a little too out-of-nowhere. And it wouldn't be a J.K. Rowling book if it didn't have lots and LOTS of description, not all of which seems necessary.
But overall, it's a fun read, with a main character you can care about and one you'll want to see again in other adventures. It reads like Rowling had fun writing it. There's a certain lightness to it that was missing from her other grown-up fiction endeavor, "The Casual Vacancy." Perhaps that came from the freedom of writing and publishing under a pseudonym without all the pressure of her own backstory. It will be interesting to see if she can maintain that sense of fun now that everyone knows it's her and that particular mystery has been solved.


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Students gathered at the Cross-Cultural Center for 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Buddhism,' a panel discussion about Buddhism on Mar. 13 with the Venerable Huei Hsuen from Dharma Voice Zihara in Temple City and Orange County Buddhist Church Reverend Jon Turner, two Buddhists from very different backgrounds.
Ven. Huei Hsuen was born in Monterey Park, Calif. to Bolivian parents who were devout Buddhists and vegetarians. At 16, he achieved monk status while finishing college. In contrast, Reverend Jon Turner became a Buddhist after his wife introduced him to the religion. He comes from a Christian background and can identify with both religions.
The Buddhist panel is the second installment in the center's Education Series, which will continue with discussions of other major world religions this quarter. The 20 or so students attending munched on healthy snacks including veggies and dip, fruit, chips and fresh juices before sitting down to a presentation by the two, a casual question-and-answer session in which many common misconceptions about Buddhism were addressed.
Misconception: All Buddhists are vegetarian. According to Hsuen, Buddhists in, for example, Tibet, Japan and China simply cannot survive as vegetarians. Health concerns also keep many Buddhists from practicing vegetarianism. Both non-vegs and vegs can be Buddhist, but it is encouraged in some schools.
Myth: Buddhists worship the statue of a fat guy sitting on the shelves of Chinese restaurants. According to Hsuen, Buddhists don't worship Buddha. Reverend Jon Turner explains that the Buddha doesn't to equate to God in Christianity, but is a leader by example and through his teachings. Beliefs in Buddhism are flexible. Monks will help provide practitioners with guidance but not answers, a system Turner found frustrating when he first converted to Buddhism. Turner grew up in a Christian household and one distinctive difference between the two religions, according to Turner, is that Christian leaders will give solid answers about what is considered moral or right. He had tried to find the same answers with Buddhists leaders when he converted but they would give him riddle-like answers, a gentle reminder that he had to look inward to find answers.
Myth: All Buddhists believe in reincarnation/rebirth. Hsuen distinguished rebirth from reincarnation. Rebirth refers to having enlightening experiences that make one feel as if he or she is starting a new life. Reincarnation is the belief that clinging to material things keeps individuals stuck in a cycle of dying and being reborn on Earth, without ascending to Nirvana. Not all Buddhists believe in reincarnation, and rebirth is often used metaphorically, Hsuen explained.
Misconception: Buddhists have to shave their heads. Hsuen explained that even for the monastic (Buddhist laymen and laywomen), shaving one's head is a personal decision.
Hsuen and Turner ended their presentation advising students serious about Buddhism to find a reliable teacher who can help focus your energy into creating a healthier life.
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy created by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) as a method of awakening oneself to the true nature of reality through moral thought and moral living. Siddhartha began life as the son of a powerful king in fifth century India who aimed to be a great king rather than a great healer.
At the age of 29, Siddhartha left his palace to meet his subjects and encountered on his way an old man, a diseased man, a decaying corpse and, finally, a monk. He was told for the first time that all people must grow old and die. Deeply depressed, he became determined to overcome old age, illness and death by following a monastic life. Since Siddhartha's days on Earth, his teachings have experienced global circulation, making the whole of his teachings, Buddhism, the fifth largest world religion.
According to Dharmaweb, an online Buddhist magazine, Buddhists follow the Noble Eightfold Path which leads to the end of suffering. The Eightfold Path is divided into physical, mental and spiritual improvements, with simple guiding principles in each progressive stage, starting with the physical. Physical tenets include speaking in a non-hurtful, truthful manner and avoiding actions that harm oneself and others.
The stressed-out, packaged-ramen-eating college student is actually a perfect candidate for Buddhist transformation. Buddhism offers recommendations to summon inner, enlightened selves when life gives lemons.


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"House of reformation for juvenile and female offenders against the laws."
Lincoln, W. R. (William R.), designer.
Title "House of reformation for juvenile and female offenders against the laws."
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, b&w ; image 44.9 x 96.4 cm., sheet 57.5 x 101 cm.
Summary Lithograph of an architectural drawing of the front elevation of the house of reformation. Scale = 1/8 inch per foot. Title continues: To be erected for the state of New Hampshire, at Manchester. Under the direction of Hon.Frederick Smyth, Hon.Matthew Harvey and Hon.Hosea Eaton Commissioners. William R.Lincoln and Gridley J.F.Bryant, designers and architect. Front elevation. D-128.
Subject(s) Reformatories--New Hampshire--Manchester--Designs and plans.
Manchester (N.H.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Designs and plans.
Genre terms Architectural drawings--United States--1850-1860.


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A STRIKING multi-million pound science centre has opened for lessons at a Didcot secondary school.
Pupils at St Birinus School are now firing up their Bunsen burners in their £4.5m science block.
The new building is one of the tallest in the area and is designed to reflect the importance of science teaching in the school.
It is the biggest investment the Mereland Road boys' school has ever seen.
Headteacher Chris Bryan said: "The school's status as a specialist technology college means we have an obligation to put science at the forefront of our teaching.
The three-storey building has 13 new laboratories and replaces outdated science facilities and temporary classrooms.
A lift provides access to all floors, disabled toilets and special height adjustable furniture for pupils with special needs.
A ground source heat pump will provide energy.
Funded by Oxfordshire County Council, it has been built on the site of the former Greenmere Primary School.


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«Київська старовина» — науковий історико-філологічний журнал. У журналі друкуються статті та повідомлення історичної, філологічної (літературознавчої й мовознавчої), етнологічної i загальнокультурної проблематики, пов'язаної з історією Києва i ширше — України.

8 вересня 1999 р. журнал внесений ВАК України до Переліку наукових фахових видань, в яких можуть
публікуватися основні результати дисертаційних робіт.

Зміст журналу розкривається у національній реферативній базі даних «Україніка наукова» та в Українському реферативному журналі «Джерело».

Журнал був заснований у 1882 році. А у 1972 р. з ініціативи П. Толочка та М. Брайчевського була спроба відновити журнал. Вийшов один номер, другий набір було розсипано в типографії. У 1992 році за ініціативою академіка НАН України П. П. Толочка видання журналу було оновлено. Співзасновниками видання є
 Інститут археології НАН України,
 Центр пам'яткознавства НАН України і УТОПІК та
 Київський славістичний університет.

На сторінках журналу друкуються дослідження історичні, лінгвістичні та літературознавчі, археологічні та соціальні. В останні роки збільшилася кількість публікацій славістичного напрямку, що стосуються української історичної та історико-філологічної проблематики.

Примітки

Посилання
 Примірники «Київська старовина» у форматі PDF на сайті Інститут Історії України  та на сайті Чтиво .

Джерела та література
 О. М. Мовчан. «Київська старовина»  //
 О. М. Мовчан. «Київська старовина»  //

Українське товариство охорони пам'яток історії та культури
Наукові журнали України
Двомісячні журнали
Українськомовні журнали України
Друковані видання, засновані 1882


Give your students a lesson in the American spirit and in the essence of what GP is all about…having a VOICE.
How does this decision affect them as students, as citizens? Do they agree or disagree with the vote, and what concrete support do they have to confirm these beliefs? What would they like to see in the future when it comes to this "long road" of debate?
Have them do a little bit of research on this topic if they haven't already. Check out iDebate/Debatepedia. Talk about bipartisanship (here's also an interesting article from CNN about 'when bipartisanship goes wrong,' just to be fair!) and the gridlock in Washington, D.C.
Be objective when presenting this assignment. Welcome all opinions, of course, and perhaps consider sending the final product to Florida Senate representatives. You could ask your kids to present the letter discursively at first, but ultimately take a stand on the issue at the end OR write the essay persuasively with clear counter-arguments embedded in the discussion to show a well-researched, open mind on the issue during judgment.


Washington, DC—The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a National Rifle Association-backed bill sponsored by Representative Travis Childers (D-MS) that would virtually wipe out any regulation of guns by the District of Columbia, endangering citizens, visitors, and public officials while adversely impacting the ability of law enforcement to stop crime and prevent terrorism.
The NRA bill was offered as a substitute to legislation (H.R. 6842) proposed by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) that would have instructed the District to implement a firearms law that complies with the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in District of Columbia v. Heller "in a manner that protects the security interests of the Federal government and the people who work in, reside in, or visit the District of Columbia and does not undermine the efforts of law enforcement, homeland security, and military officials to protect the Nation's capital from crime and terrorism." The Norton bill would have allowed DC residents and officials to have a say in how the District of Columbia regulates guns within its borders.


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Home Best Eats Nutrition
Is Stevia Bad for You? Here's What Experts Say About This Sugar Substitute
Denise Mann Updated: Sep. 21, 2020
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After more than a decade on the market, stevia has triggered a few health concerns.
When stevia first hit the U.S. market in 2008, many in the nutritional community were over the moon about the health potential of this new sugar substitute. There was finally a "natural" sugar substitute with zero calories that was up to 300 times sweeter than sugar. The hope was that stevia could aid weight loss efforts without sacrificing taste and would play a role in managing diabetes. In fact, some of this has come to fruition.
What is stevia?
Derived from the South American Stevia rebaudiana plant, this sugar substitute is also known as rebaudioside A, reb-A, or rebian. The plant contains steviol glycosides, which are used as sweeteners. Stevia brand names include Splenda and Pyure. Stevia can be found in drinks, desserts, gum, baked goods, candy, yogurt, and packets for use in beverages, and can also be used when baking at home.
Is stevia safe?
Stevia is considered a "generally recognized as safe (GRAS)" ingredient by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This doesn't apply to stevia leaf and crude stevia extracts, which don't have FDA approval for use in food.
There was some initial concern that stevia might increase the risk of cancer or reproductive problems based on animal studies; the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) led the charge calling for the FDA to hold back GRAS status. But now after 10-plus years on the market, stevia is safe even by CSPI standards, although the group still wants more testing to further establish its safety.
Potential health benefits of Stevia
Controlling blood sugar levels is the cornerstone of diabetes management, and some foods have more dramatic effects in this regard than others. Stevia does not raise blood sugar, explains Leah Kaufman, MS, registered dietician and certified diabetes educator in the weight management program at NYU Langone in New York City. "Stevia would be a good and safe sugar alternative for the patients with diabetes," she says.
There is even some evidence suggesting that stevia may be beneficial beyond what you'd expect from cutting back on sugar. In a 2017 study in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Leuven in Belgium showed that stevia stimulates a protein that is essential for taste perception and is involved in the release of insulin after a meal. The hormone insulin is produced by your pancreas to regulate blood sugar.
(Related: These are the best herbs and supplements for diabetes.)
The American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association agree that stevia can be beneficial for people with diabetes if they use it in moderation and do not compensate by eating extra calories at a later time. The European Food Safe Authority and the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives established an acceptable daily intake range of no more than 12 mg daily, which is the equivalent of 40 packets for a 150-pound person, Kaufman say.
Stevia is a good substitute for regular-caloric sucrose as it has zero calories. "Those who are choosing to substitute sugar with stevia may benefit from this alternative; however, weight loss is not guaranteed," Kaufman says. In fact, at least one small 2016 study showed that when participants had a drink sweetened with stevia instead of sugar in the morning, they compensated by eating more at lunch.
Yes, you will consume fewer calories if you use stevia instead of sugar, says David Levitsky, PhD, professor, division of nutritional sciences at Cornell University. "Theoretically this could lead to weight loss over time, but this is very hard to show in studies," he says. "For losing weight, this is one mechanism to use, but it's not going to make you lose 100 pounds. Reducing fat, monitoring portion size, and eating only when you are hungry, are far more effective than substituting stevia for sugar, for weight loss."
(Related: Signs you're sabotaging your weight loss.)
What does stevia taste like?
Does it taste like sugar? Not exactly, Levitsky notes. "You will never get a sugar substitute that tastes exactly like sugar." Stevia is derived from a plant, which is seen as a benefit by many people who prefer to eat foods that are natural, he says. Because it is so, so sweet, you don't need that much, so stevia is often mixed with a bulkier "carrier" agent such as erythritol or dextrose (which is a sugar from corn), which also gives it a more sugar-like appearance and texture.
"The stevia you may purchase at the store may be mixed with Reb-A or erythritol, a sugar alcohol, which can have negative gastrointestinal effects and cause digestive problems in some people," Kaufman warns. Sugar alcohols are found in many sugar-free gums and candies (not necessarily along with stevia) and eating too much can cause diarrhea.
Make sure to read the labels so you know exactly what is in your sugar substitute, she says.
Next: 13 secrets hidden in your nutrition labels.
Originally Published: September 17, 2020
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Los Angeles beat maker Tokimonsta, actual name Jennifer Lee, stands out among the roster of artists featured on the Full Flex Express tour, which stops in Toronto Friday, July 13; at Ottawa Bluesfest Saturday, July 14; and culminates in Vancouver Sunday, July 22.
Lee's modernistic hip-hop music is nothing like what you'll hear Skrillex or Pretty Lights pump out.
The tracks found on her full-length debut, Midnight Menu, range from chill-core ("Sweet Day"), to disco-driven ("Death by Disco"), to slippery, hip-hop-infused beats ("Look-A-Like").
Before immersing herself in the art of mixing, Lee trained on a variety of instruments, including the drums, piano and guitar. She says she's carried over skills she learned on traditional musical tools and applied this knowledge in her electronic endeavours.
"I am prepared for how I approach my production because now I have to work with so many different layers of instruments together. I don't think I'd be able to do that as well if I didn't have a formal background," she says.
As Tokimonsta, Lee frequently incorporates self-recorded instrumentation into her tracks, something she feels gives her music more depth.
The reality of sampling is an issue any mix-master must grapple with. Lee has compiled an extensive library of samples to draw on, yet she says she's recently had to get creative when sampling and her overall approach to this musical tactic has changed over time.
"In the beginning, I was trying to make rap beats. I would basically look for samples, buy records. The fun thing about samples is when you find that one loop, that amazing sound, you notice the moment you find it and you automatically record it and start working with it," she explains.
Many queer music fans recognize Lee's genius. She says that lesbian fans she meets after her sets are the most supportive and that gay club-goers have been vital to the evolution of electronic music.
The Analogue Monsta EP will be released in August on Scion Records.
In addition, Lee is prepping her forthcoming sophomore album, to follow up 2011's Creature Dreams EP, for Ultra Records. The currently untitled collection is slated to drop later this year or in early 2013.
Lee hopes queer concert-goers who catch her on the Full Flex Express tour keep an open mind and resign to simply have a good time while they groove out to her inspired set.


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Kim Il Sung discusses the Third Plenum of the Korean Workers' Party, prospects for the Party's growth an future, and the dogma underpinning the KWP movements.
The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Public Security explain North Korea's complaints regarding China's inability to effectively prevent illegal border crossings and summarize the Chinese understanding of the issue and specify instructions on resolving the issue of illegal border crossings.
The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Public Security announces that temporary economic difficulties in China and the failure of local authorities to process legal travel arrangements are the reasons underlying illegal border crossings between China and North Korea.
Hao Deqing and Kim Il Sung discuss a visit by Yuri Andropov to North Korea.


Voluntary Departure Makes It Easier to Legally Return to the U.S.
When an illegal immigrant is facing deportation proceedings, voluntary departure is one of the available options that should be considered. Avoiding a deportation order may make it easier to legally return to the United States in the future. Whether removal proceedings are imminent or have already begun, a knowledgeable immigration lawyer can help. A skilled immigration attorney is familiar with the complicated laws and administrative procedures that comprise the U.S. immigration system.
Even in the midst of immigration court removal proceedings, it may be possible for a knowledgeable immigration lawyer to argue that the immigrant in question should not be deported. In the event that the request to remain in the United States is denied, the judge may still grant a voluntary departure request. Maintaining a clean immigration record will prove beneficial when applying for a green card or visa at a later date.
A request to leave the country voluntarily can be submitted to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) prior to a removal proceeding. This sort of request is often submitted after a non-citizen has been arrested or detained. If approved, the immigrant will be allowed up to 120 days to leave the country at their own expense. It may also be necessary to post a bond. Pre-trial voluntary departure makes sense for non-citizens who have no other available means of deportation relief. An immigration lawyer should be consulted to determine whether some other form of relief is available under the law.
Voluntary departure can be requested at the beginning of a removal proceeding. An immigration attorney should definitely be consulted before making a final decision, since requesting voluntary removal at this stage means that immigration relief will never again be available to the immigrant in question. Timing is very important. A request for voluntary departure must be made prior to or at the beginning of the first master calendar hearing.
On rare occasions, a DHS attorney will agree to voluntary departure during a removal proceeding.
Voluntary departure can be requested at the conclusion of a removal proceeding if other forms of relief seem unlikely. To be eligible, an immigrant must be in the United States for at least one year prior to proceedings, be able to post a bond, produce a valid passport and meet the requirements related to moral character and criminal history.
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package io.risotto.exception;

/**
 * This kind of exception occurs when a specific child container name is already assigned to another
 * child container or is invalid. A valid container name does not contain the {@code /} character
 * and any whitespace and must be at least one character long.
 */
public class InvalidContainerNameException extends RuntimeException {
  private static final String MESSAGE = "The desired container name is invalid or already in use: ";

  private final String name;

  /**
   * Constructs a new instance with the colliding name.
   * @param name the name that's already taken
   */
  public InvalidContainerNameException(String name) {
    super(MESSAGE + name);

    this.name = name;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the colliding name.
   * @return the name that's already taken
   */
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }
}


According to the energy saving trust the 14% of homeowners are planning to install a smart meter/energy display in the next year! Whilst smart meters are very useful for monitoring the consumption of gas and electricity many people aren't aware that there are also systems that control their heating system as well as monitor use. If your customers were to spend a little bit more on their system they could see huge savings on gas and electricity bills in the future!
"Isn't it just a thermostat?"
Many consumers think that smart heating systems are simply thermostats to control the temperature of the entire house, this is correct for many of the devices on the market. For small houses or apartments these systems can be an ideal way to manage the heating whilst saving money. However there are some much more advanced products on the market. The Honewell Evohome system offers radiator valves that can be controlled by the wifi connected thermostat, meaning customers can heat individual rooms, potentially saving them a huge amount of money.
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What about the Smart Meter roll out?
The UK government wants energy suppliers to install smart meters(different to smart heating systems) in every home in England, Wales and Scotland. This is in an effort to help tackle climate change. The roll out is planned to be complete by 2020. This does not however mean energy providers must offer smart heating systems, the smart meters will not necessarily control the heating. The smart meters installed will likely show customers exactly how much energy they're using, what it costs and will also send accurate data directly to the energy supplier, meaning no more meter readings or estimated bills.
This means that those customers that want to control their heating with a smart system, rather than just monitor use, could still benefit from installing a product such as the Honeywell Evohome system.