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Iraq: UN calls on Government to ensure safety of Iranian exiles after rockets hit camp
27 December 2013 –The United Nations today called on the Iraqi Government to ensure maximum security for some 3,200 Iranian exiles in a camp near Baghdad airport after a rocket attack on the airport last night reportedly killed a number of residents and seriously wounded others.
"This is another stark reminder of the increasing violence in Iraq," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative Nickolay Mladenov said, voicing deep concern at the attack, in which rockets fell on Camp Hurriya, which houses the exiles, many of them members of a group known as the People's Mojahedeen of Iran who have been in Iraq since the 1980s.
"The Government, in cooperation with the Camp Hurriya leadership, needs to take immediate action to ensure that appropriate measures are put in place to maximise the security of the residents," he added, stressing that responsibility for protecting the camp's residents falls on the Government under an agreement it signed with the UN in 2011. "This latest incident must be fully investigated by the authorities and those responsible brought to justice."
Both Mr. Mladenov and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urged the international community to urgently intensify efforts to find resettlement opportunities. "This is the ultimate guarantee of the security and safety of Camp Hurriya residents," he said.
Strongly condemning the rocket attack, UNHCR appealed to countries to act urgently on 1,400 cases from Camp Hurriya that have already been submitted for relocation. Since 2011, UNHCR, together with the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), has been trying to find relocation opportunities outside Iraq for all 3,200 residents of the camp, but so far, the international community has secured relocation to third countries of only 311 residents.
The agency said three residents were reportedly killed in the attack and many more wounded, at least four of them seriously and rushed to hospitals by the Iraqi authorities.
Camp Hurriya has already been hit on multiple occasions. Camp New Iraq (formerly Ashraf), where residents were previously staying, was also the target of an attack in the past. UNHCR has consistently deplored such unacceptable attacks.
"UNHCR remains deeply concerned for the safety of the residents of Camp Hurriya and is calling on the Government of Iraq to urgently scale up security measures in the camp to ensure the safety and security of its residents," the agency said in a statement. "We are also urging the Government to launch a full scale independent investigation into all the incidents."
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Joseph Sikora Talks The Fear Of Tommy Egan On Power
By Dawn Dai Aug 3, 2018
Actor Joseph Sikora aka Tommy Egan from the hit tv show, "Power" called in to dish on his character's new found relationship with his father, the chemistry he and Omari Hardwick share onscreen and how his upbringing has influenced his character's role on the show.
Growing up in the rough streets of Chicago, where he would spray graffiti all throughout the city, Joseph came across some pretty rough dudes and admits "I base a lot of Tommy on the guys I was scared of" because often times "you would have to fight or flight."
Pulling from such an authentic place, it's no wonder why Ghost and Tommy make the perfect duo. Playing seamlessly off of one another, Sikora gives major props to Omari on how they approach the craft similarly and have real true chemistry.
"It's rare that you find [similarity] in your career, it's rare that you find [similarity] in...people in your life. We take advantage of that. We approach the craft very similarly and we're kind of all-in actors."
Joseph acknowledges that Tommy is as similar as he is different from Ghost. With Tommy being 50% Kanan (50 Cent) and 50% Ghost, you can see how "Tommy keeps becoming Tommy."
The only thing left to wonder is how much Tommy trusts his dad - Tony Teresa (William Sadler) - an OG in the game who has been locked up since he was a young boy, whether or not he will change his ways and get back together with Keisha (LaLa Anthony) and why detective Angela Valdez (Lela Loren) is now working for him?
And the only way to find that out is to check out the full interview below:
Be sure to catch Power on Sundays at 8/7c on Starz or anytime via the Starz app.

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Another update from the Jungle…
Michelle is sitting at her desk, diligently working on a tedious data entry project. Just because it's a regular part of her duties doesn't mean that she enjoys doing it. Suddenly, her manager looms into view.
Sam is a pretty good manager, as managers go. Michelle's had lots worse than him. But he gets fixated on the stupidest things. Last week he decided to change the information that he wants to track in the database she's working on. As a result of this change, Michelle spent most of the week revising her database to add the new information.
Michelle wasn't mad about that. She's worked on projects before where Sam changed his mind about the metrics halfway through the process. She had already set up her database to track the new information Sam wants. What made her mad is that two months ago, when she suggested including this information, Sam dismissed her suggestion without thinking about it.
Michelle really wants to limit her work-related stress because she has plenty of personal drama at home. Her parents are resisting her efforts to move them into an assisted living facility because they think it's a plot to have them declared mentally incompetent. Her teenage daughter mopes that her life is blighted forever because Michelle refused to let her attend a party hosted by a classmate while the classmate's parents were out of town.
But it's a new week. Michelle is sitting at her desk, drinking a double espresso, waiting for the caffeine to kick in. Suddenly, Sam pops up at her elbow. He says that an email she sent yesterday contained erroneous information.
Michelle asks if Sam wants her to send another email correcting her earlier one. No, he says, that's not necessary because it doesn't really matter. He just wants to be sure she knows that she made a mistake. Michelle stares blankly at Sam, calculating the consequences to her career if she tries to brain him with a laptop computer.
What should Michelle do next?
She can give in to her impulse to brain her manager with a laptop computer and damn the consequences.
She can plan a vacation on a deserted island to get away from work and family annoyances.
She can ignore her manager's nitpicking criticisms as her co-workers do.
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Rejon zambrowski (biał. Замбраўскі раён) – istniejący formalnie  w latach 1940-1945 (de facto 1940-1941 i 1944-1945) rejon w północno-zachodniej części Białoruskiej SRR, w obwodzie białostockim.

Utworzony został przez władze radzieckie 15 stycznia 1940 roku na okupowanym terytorium województwa białostockiego II Rzeczypospolitej.

W jego skład weszła południowo-wschodnia część powiatu łomżyńskiego oraz zachodni skrawek powiatu wysokomazowieckigo z gminami Chlebiotki, Długobórz, Kołaki, Puchały, Rutki i Wysokie Mazowieckie (bez Wysokiego) oraz miastem Zambrów.

Rejon był jednostką administracyjną istniejącą de facto, legalną z punktu widzenia władz ZSRR. Z punktu widzenia prawa międzynarodowego jej utworzenie było nielegalne, a jej obszar stanowił część terytorium II Rzeczypospolitej pod okupacją ZSRR.

Rejon przestał de facto istnieć, gdy na jego teren wkroczyły wojska niemieckie w czerwcu 1941, włączając go w skład okręgu Białystok.

Po ponownym zajęciu obszaru przez Armię Czerwoną we wrześniu 1944, rejon wrócił pod administrację BSSR.

Na mocy umowy granicznej pomiędzy Polską a ZSRR z 16 sierpnia 1945 roku rejon zlikwidowano i oddano Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej.

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Buzz Aldrin's manager says biz associates want to drive wedge between him and kids
By Mara Siegler
June 25, 2018 | 7:56pm
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Buzz Aldrin's business manager Christina Korp is firing back at accusations that she exploited the astronaut, telling Page Six that she's only under attack because Aldrin is being manipulated by associates — whom she claims are trying "to drive a wedge between Buzz and his children, and me, for what I fear is their own benefit."
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Col. Aldrin was shocked when his two adult children, Andrew and Janice, asked a court to appoint them as his guardians, claiming he was in "cognitive decline" and associating with people who appeared to be manipulating him.
Aldrin has responded with his own suit, filed in Brevard County Circuit Court, accusing Andrew and Korp of elder exploitation, unjust enrichment and converting his property for themselves, reports the paper.
The suit also accuses Andrew and Korp of improperly using his credit cards, assuming control of his memorabilia, slandering him by saying he has dementia, and sabotaging romantic relationships.
But in a statement Korp told us, "I am being unfairly defamed by the managers of the newly formed Buzz Aldrin Ventures and its legal counsel. Unfortunately, almost a year ago, some people began to exert undue influence on Buzz," adding, "These individuals began to actively try to drive a wedge between Buzz and his children, and me, for what I fear is their own benefit."
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Korp said that the new companies were very recently started by this new team, "under the guise of benefitting Buzz."
She said that she has "never acted on Buzz's behalf without his full knowledge, support, and cooperation. . . I have had to be the gate keeper to many people who have tried to take advantage of Buzz's good nature and insert themselves into his life for their own benefit."
Aldrin's lawyer Robert Bauer told us, "Buzz Aldrin is in control of everything. No one is controlling Buzz."
Korp was fired May 18 by Aldrin but was told he needed a majority vote from the Buzz Aldrin Foundation board to oust her.
Aldrin will undergo a mental health competency test this week. Daughter Janice is accused in Aldrin's suit of conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty.
The Buzz Aldrin Foundation and Buzz Aldrin Ventures did not immediately get back to us.
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On 26 March, a 73-year-old man from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, died at the Klinikum Schwabing, a hospital in Munich. He was the 11th known fatality related to infection with the novel coronavirus (nCoV), a pathogen that was first reported in September 2012 and is attracting substantial interest from researchers. Overall, officials have reported 17 cases of nCoV infection.
Clemens Wendtner, a professor of medicine and assistant medical director at the University of Cologne, is a physician at the Munich hospital. ScienceInsider asked Wendtner how the case was handled and why he thinks the patient may have been infected by one of his racing camels. Questions and answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.
Q: Why did the patient seek treatment in Germany and why did he come to the Klinikum Schwabing?
C.W.: We are one of seven reference centers for infectious diseases in Germany; the Klinikum Schwabing has a unit for highly contagious patients, and one of the first SARS patients was treated here in 2003. This particular patient was treated in Munich for multiple myeloma, which had been diagnosed in 2009. He flew into Germany on a frequent basis to get chemotherapy and even stem cell transplantation at a private center.
While in Abu Dhabi, his condition deteriorated, and his treating hematologist here in Munich asked to fly him in to get a closer look; the family also wanted him to be transferred. At this point we only knew he had some pulmonary problems, but we were not aware of any coronavirus testing; this was not done in the United Arab Emirates.
Q: When did you suspect he might have the virus?
C.W.: When we examined his condition and saw his medication list; he had even started on [the influenza drug] Tamiflu, but his condition didn't improve. So we said: "Maybe it's a good idea to check for the coronavirus." So we did a bronchoalveolar lavage, [a procedure to sample fluid from the lungs,] and sent the material to Christian Drosten's lab at the University of Bonn; this is the German reference lab for the new coronavirus. The results came back on 23 March. At this point, the patient's medical condition was quite bad.
Q: Did you take special precautions once you knew he was infected to prevent further infections?
C.W.: That was done from the beginning. We are trained with difficult infectious disease situations, so this is what we do when we don't know what is going on. He was in an intensive care unit and put in special isolation; the staff used special precaution measures, such as 3M masks. We also tested staff for the virus, but nobody was positive.
Q: How many people did you test?
C.W.: We had a group of roughly 60 people, and not only staff members. … The patient flew in on a private jet, and we screened the crew members, as well as four relatives who had come with him. But we did PCR testing only for people who had symptoms, such as coughing and flulike symptoms. There were fewer than 10 of those, and all were negative. The others were put on surveillance screening, but if they didn't develop symptoms, they weren't tested.
Q: Have these precautions ended now?
Q: Is it worrying that quite a few patients with the new coronavirus have sought medical attention in Germany and the United Kingdom? With SARS, you saw people infecting others on planes or seeding new outbreaks in the countries where they arrived.
C.W.: This virus is not in the same category as SARS in terms of the risk of spread. But one point is very valid: The screening tests, especially in the [Arabian Peninsula], are underdeveloped. So there may be a higher number of undetected cases. I was approached by officials from the U.A.E.; they were worried about this first case, because most other cases have been in Saudi Arabia, and they are quite interested in getting testing set up in their country. We will help them, together with professor Drosten in Bonn.
Q: The German tabloid Bild has said the patient was a "sheik" from a "ruling family."
C.W.: Well, at Bild, the truth is not their greatest concern. … He is a wealthy man from Abu Dhabi, for sure. He has the money to rent a Learjet and to get treatment in Germany. But he's not a member of the royal family.
Q: You have said in interviews that he may have become infected through contact with a camel. What is the evidence for that?
C.W.: So far, it's only circumstantial evidence. The patient owned racing camels. One of them got ill and was very weak; the patient was in close contact with that camel, and on the evening the camel got very sick, the patient developed flulike symptoms. Three days later, he was in a medical unit in Abu Dhabi. There is another family member who also had close contact with the camel, he also got ill, but we could not follow up with that gentleman.
We are really interested to find the missing link, to maybe get some material—some blood, some stool—out of this camel. Professor Drosten may send one of his scientific colleagues to Abu Dhabi. We will also get some help from the U.A.E. consulate in Munich.
Q: So the United Arab Emirates is willing to collaborate on this?
C.W.: Yes, they have understood that it's in their best interest to get a better understanding of how the disease might spread from animals to humans.
Q: Is the camel still alive?
C.W.: Yes—at least it was alive a couple of days ago.
Q: When will this investigation start?
C.W.: As you can imagine we are very interested to solve this issue, so this would probably have to happen in the next couple of days.
Q: Have you heard about other camels in Abu Dhabi or the United Arab Emirates getting sick?
C.W.: No, I don't have any information on this. Even the consulate could not tell me. But maybe they didn't pay attention before. This just popped up as a problem, so they may have a closer look at this in the future.
Q: Have you done an autopsy of the patient?
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Area Northwestern grad mad at phones
Jul 23, 2019 Newsletter
Good morning! Did I expect to start my workweek by getting good and truly #mad #online about Northwestern?
No. But our universe truly contains wonders. And here we are.
A Northwestern grad has opinions. Let's discuss them.
Northwestern Pinkerton Agent, uh, I mean, Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald was asked about declining college football attendance. If you were on Twitter at all on Monday, you probably saw his response:
Okay. Let's talk about this.
First, spending less time staring at your phone is good life advice, generally. I am terrible at this. It frustrates my wife, sets a bad example for my children, and means I spend too much time on Twitter, which, unless I see a really funny tweet that day, usually bums me out. We would all be better off if we spent a little less time #online.
Is this the reason people aren't going to college football games as much anymore? Maybe if you're a Facebook Commenter come to life or something. Maybe if the KIDS THESE DAYS just RESPECTED THE TROOPS a little bit more and put down their Fortnites, THIS PROBLEM, LIKE ALL PROBLEMS, WOULD BE SOLVED.
In the real world? lol c'mon man. This isn't even close to the problem.
There are a lot of factors at play here that impact Northwestern, specifically, but if there is one tiny graphic I wish every football coach, administrator and pundit could understand, it'd be this one. You may have seen it before.
I feel like we tend to talk about the ability to watch lots of college football games at home as a new development, when it really isn't. NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma was decided back in 1984. ESPN2 started broadcasting college football games back in 1994, regional networks started showing college football in the mid 1990s, and we had networks devoted to college sports coverage back in the early 2000s. Even HD TV has been around for over 20 years. If you're under 35 and you had basic cable, you've been able to watch a lot of college football basically your entire life.
But the ability to watch a zillion college football games well, on a huge TV…that's relatively new! It's possible no common consumer good has gotten better and cheaper like TVs.
I have a 50 inch smart TV in my living room. The picture quality is awesome, it has a slew of apps built right in, and without getting up from my couch, I can switch to my XBox One, which runs even more apps. It gets more channels than I know what to do with. I bought the thing at Sam's Club for like, 250 bucks.
The quality of the home television setup, both in terms of the sheer volume of college football games one can watch (and at once, thanks to myriad commercial breaks), and in the quality of picture and sound, is only getting better, and it's an experience that isn't limited to the premium consumer. These days, most folks can afford a nice TV. You only have to buy it once, after all, and you can have it for a long time.
Take another look at that chart, though. You see what else has gotten much cheaper? Another than computer stuff and toys? Not much. You see what's gotten a lot more expensive? College!
Folks around my age (I'm 32) graduated college at about the worst possible time, and may never recover those lost wages. It's a generation worried about debt, long-term earning potential, and will generally need to be a bit more frugal with their leisure budgets.
So if watching a college football game on TV is cheaper and better than even before, and if the tickets are expensive (they are), and hotels and travel are expensive (they are), and if the games are often bad (they are)…you don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out why young people may be less likely to buy football tickets.
Let's talk about Northwestern for a second
I don't think Fitz was talking about Northwestern, specifically, when he went on his rant. Reported attendance at Northwestern has actually gone up over the last three seasons. But from 2016-2018, their average per game attendance is around 38,200 a game. That's a pretty small number for a Big Ten school, but Ryan Field is small (official capacity: 47,130). But if more people are showing up, it's clear there is still room to grow.
Do you want to watch Northwestern football, live, from Ryan Field, in 2019?
If you buy season tickets directly from the school, and aren't a graduate or otherwise connected, it'll probably cost around $315, for seven home games (there are limited packages going for $230, but those seats are not great). That's $45 a ticket, not including parking, food, or anything else. If you're paying to park and have a beverage and a hot dog, you could easily spend $70 on your afternoon at Ryan Field.
Here's Northwestern's home schedule for 2019:
You can't buy a single game ticket for the Ohio State game, you can only get that if you buy a season ticket pass, Northwestern's attempt to limit Ohio State fans from completely taking the place over. I think the most charitable reading of that schedule shows there might be…three games there that might be fun to watch? Games worth spending $45, or more, to watch? Maybe not even that many.
I don't think this is especially awful for a Northwestern football schedule, either. They've hosted Stanford and Notre Dame in the past, and will get Duke in the future, but the conference schedule changes too. That ratio between good and meh games sounds about right.
There's also the quality of Northwestern football, itself. Students of college football history know that for decades, Northwestern was absolute garbage, one of the worst teams in college football. They were "thinking about leaving the Big Ten for the Ivy League" bad. They were "sell home games to Ohio State" bad. And the school seemed to pride itself on this. After all, how strong, academically, could a school that was actually good at football be?
Things were so bad, it led to my absolute favorite burn in college football history. From the Detroit Free Press, in 1981:
PAWWWWWL THAT INTERSTATE AIN'T PLAYED NOBODY
Anyway, Northwestern made a Rose Bowl in the 1995 season and extracted themselves from the dung heap of big time college football.
But is Northwestern actually, good at football? No, not really. Here's their S&P+ rankings since that Rose Bowl bid in 1995:
So over twenty years of Northwestern football has produced exactly one team that was *actually* one of the 25 best that season. They've rarely been terrible, they've rarely been excellent. They're….just okay. But because the previous 30 years lowered expectations so much (and also just maybe because every third sportswriter went there), nobody really complains too much.
But it's harder to sell lots of tickets for "just okay", especially since we know that the home schedules typically aren't that great.
We also gotta talk a little bit about Evanston here.
For one, and I say this with love as somebody who lives just a few miles down 90/94, the weather sucks. Ryan Field is just off Lake Michigan, and come late October, there's nothing to protect you from that stupid wind. It's one thing to pay a lot of money to watch an average, mostly forgettable football team play Minnesota. It's another thing to do that when it's 44 degrees and raining.
Plus, we gotta talk about the school itself. Northwestern's undergraduate enrollment is less than half of the next smallest Big Ten school. It's a selective, private institution, pulling kids from all over the country, many of whom will carry allegiances to different schools. It sits right next to a world-class city, so students have a gazillion other options for their entertainment time. And oh yeah, the school has a sometimes frosty relationship with the city and the team sucked so much for so long that it enjoys very little in the way of sidewalk support. And what little sidewalk support exists, it evaporates the farther south you go.
So, in review, we have a smallish, academically orientated, rich-kid private school just north of Chicago. Historically, they were one of the worst college football programs in the country, until they upgraded themselves to just average. Their schedules are just okay, the weather is bad, the tickets aren't cheap, and driving there can be a huge pain in the butt.
Sure, let's blame cell phones. That's the culprit here.
Lest we forget, College football's leadership decided to make the sport a TV product over the last 20ish years. They built schedules around TV (even the Big Ten is playing games on Friday nights because TV said so, even though no actual person wants this). They built conference membership around TV. They built the College Football Playoff around TV. And they made gobs and gobs and gobs of money on TV.
And now they have the audacity to complain when people decide to just watch the game on TV?
C'mon.
There are a lot of headwinds that will make it difficult to reverse attendance declines. But you cannot make progress if you cannot diagnose the problems. The expensive consultants will talk about the need for WiFi, and boutique food options and expensive changes to the stadium experience, but at the end of the day, if you have a good product at an affordable price, people will want to be a part of it.
Younger fans do not have the money to spend like folks did a few decades ago, and now have a cheaper alternative, one the sport's leaders helped encourage.
Administrators can either make changes with those fans in mind, or they can blame the fans and holler about cell phones.
Northwestern is supposed to be a good school. Just ask any Northwestern grad, after all.
I'm sure they'll figure out the best move. Eventually.
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The DiRT 4 Your Stage feature in the game's Career Mode is set to bring something new to the table: straight tracks. For those who are not familiar with it, Your Stage is DiRT 4's take on customizing race tracks, which is a feature similar with other racing games.
If you've been playing racing games, you may be familiar with how customizing race tracks works. Most of the time, the available tracks are curved.
"In the past this has been avoided to a certain extent, because in order to try and maximise the amount of gameplay within the very tight track budget it was always deemed as a lesser feature. Your Stage now allows us the ability to show just what a feature section of straights can be – and not only can we add a few more straights into tracks, but we have control over how many and how long these sections can be," says Lead Technical Designer Jason Evans.
Your Stage also allows you to change the overall track length, however, there's a catch.
"We can now have some sections of straights at different lengths, some around 1km long, and these often prove to be truly fearless sections of track. Their straightness encourages the player to go flat out, but the changes in the track surface, undulation, objects and trees keep the player alert – as the consequences of going wrong when flat out could easily end your rally," Evans added.
On the other hand, the DiRT 4 Your Stage does not include pre-defined race tracks upon the game's launch. This means the tracks in the game's career mode will only consist of tracks generated by the system.
Get to experience this and so much more features when DiRT 4 launches on 9 June 2017 on PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One.
This is shaping up to be an amazing continuation to the Dirt franchise! Can't wait to get my hands on it!


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NGC 5618 ist eine 13,5 mag helle Balkenspiralgalaxie vom Hubble-Typ SBc im Sternbild Jungfrau und etwa 317 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt.

Sie wurde am 23. März 1789 von Wilhelm Herschel mit einem 18,7-Zoll-Spiegelteleskop entdeckt,  der sie dabei mit "eF, S" beschrieb.

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From Obama-mania to Palin power: '08's top political stories
Barack Obama's campaign inspired a huge grassroots movement and broke fundraising records.
(CNN) - From an historic presidential election to a wealth of political scandals, 2008 has been nothing short of extraordinary.
Here's a look back at some of the top political stories of the year.
Obama-mania
From a junior senator from Illinois to the next president of the United States, Barack Obama broke down barriers and inspired an unprecedented grassroots movement in 2008.
He defeated one of the most powerful families in politics to get the Democratic nomination, and easily took down long-time Sen. John McCain in the general election.
Obama's campaign was marked by his eloquent speeches, passionate supporters and worldwide fanfare for the Democratic candidate.
The Democrat's ground team helped him smash fundraising records and sail into the White House, making him the first African American to win the presidency.
Palin power
Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal, Joe Lieberman - they were considered the front-runners for the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket. But, in one of the biggest surprises of the year, John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
The first-term governor went from obscurity to superstar fame overnight. She energized the Republican base and brought record crowds to McCain's campaign events.
Filed under: Candidate Barack Obama • Sarah Palin
Irritated in FL is drinking too much kool-aid
This woman needs to take care of her kids, not parading them around in the media. What about her new grandson?
This is the same woman that said "God told me to run for Vice-President." No way in hell will i vote for someone who dares to utter that phrase. She needs to brush up on her world policy knowledge, environmental knowledge, and economic knowledge. She allows offshore drilling in Alaska, i wonder how the Polar Bears feel..Oh wait she probably shot them and mistakened them for a deer.
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Avvakum Petrov (Russian: Авва́кум Петро́в; November 20, 1620/21 – April 14, 1682) was a Russian protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church. His autobiography and letters to the tsar, Boyarynya Morozova, and other Old Believers are considered masterpieces of 17th-century Russian literature.
He was born in Grigorovo, in present-day Nizhny Novgorod. Starting in 1652 Nikon, as Patriarch of the Russian Church, initiated a wide range of reforms in Russian liturgy and theology. These reforms were intended mostly to bring the Russian Church into line with the other Orthodox Churches of Eastern Europe and Middle East.
Avvakum and others strongly rejected these changes. They saw them as a corruption of the Russian Church, which they considered to be the true Church of God. The other Churches were more closely related to Constantinople in their liturgies. Avvakum argued that Constantinople fell to the Turks because of these heretical beliefs and practices.
For his opposition to the reforms, Avvakum was repeatedly imprisoned. For the last fourteen years of his life, he was imprisoned in a pit or dugout (a sunken, log-framed hut) at Pustozyorsk above the Arctic Circle. He was finally executed by being burned at the stake. The spot where he was burned has been commemorated by an ornate wooden cross.
Despite his persecution and death, groups rejecting the liturgical changes persisted. They came to be referred to as Old Believers.
Avvakum's autobiography recounts hardships of his imprisonment and exile to the Russian Far East, the story of his friendship and fallout with the Tsar Alexis, his practice of exorcising demons and devils, and his boundless admiration for nature and other works of God. Numerous manuscript copies of the text circulated for nearly two centuries before it was first printed in 1861.


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Motivation at Work: Here's How We're Goal-Setting in 2022
CATEGORIES Career Advice, ForceBrands
We kicked off the year by asking our Start It Sunday community how they're approaching work in the new year. Start It Sunday — our initiative designed to empower you to take charge of your career — is all about motivating, after all.
More than half of our survey's respondents (56 percent) reported that they're working full-time from remote workspaces. And while studies prove that productivity is boosted when working from these virtual workspaces, it can be difficult to feel engaged at work when you're not physically present in the office.
When asked how motivated respondents feel in their current role, the majority (56 percent) feel neutral — neither extremely motivated nor unmotivated.
This same number of respondents also see themselves changing jobs this year. And when asked which best describes their current role, the responses were split almost evenly across the board: 37 percent plan to be promoted; 31 percent plan to keep their current job title; and 31 percent said neither option was applicable to them.
But when it comes to goal-setting, respondents had a lot on their minds.
Among some of the professional goals shared, Nick C. from Fairfield, Calif. hopes to increase his leadership skills this year. Other goal highlights include finding a new job, gaining confidence in a role, learning how to manage, making more money, and improving work-life quality.
For those who have set goals for the New Year and are looking to stay motivated, we recommend Michael Bungay Stanier's latest book, "How To Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters." According to Forbes, "It might be the best goal-setting and goal-completion book out there."
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Our Vegan Mushroom Meatballs are the Perfect Easy Weeknight Dinner!
Our vegan mushroom meatballs are healthy, easy to prepare and taste absolutely delicious! Serve them with some pasta sauce and garnish with fresh parsley for the perfect easy weeknight dinner.
Making an authentic Italian tomato sauce is easier than you might think.
Heat a saucepan over high heat and add in the tomatoes. Allow them to come to the boil and then turn down to a medium heat and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.
Add the rest of the ingredients and allow the sauce to simmer for a further 30 minutes to reduce.
Finally, puree the sauce with a handheld blender till your desired consistency and store for later use.
We couldn't believe how delicious these vegan mushroom meatballs were, in fact, they were so good that we immediately decided to add them to our weekly meal prep cycle. For two people, it would be so easy to double this recipe and have meatballs to eat the entire week. If you're going to make these meatballs for your weekly meal-prep I would recommend rolling all the mixture into meatballs and storing the meatballs you don't eat in the fridge. They should keep well in a closed container for 3-5 days.
If you're gluten-free you can easily make your meatballs gluten-free, just substitute the oats, the breadcrumbs and soy sauce with gluten-free versions. Tamari would work really well as a substitute for soy sauce.
You will need a food processor to make the meatballs as the mixture is rather thick. I use this Breville one for a lot of my recipes as I find it powerful enough to make short work of anything. You can use a smaller food processor like I had to before I got the Breville, just make sure to split up the meatball mixture and process it in batches.
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the onions and saute for roughly 5 minutes. Then add the mushrooms and turn the heat up to high and cook for 10 - 15 minutes. The water should be evaporated from the mushrooms after 10 minutes and then the mushrooms should brown for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool down.
Add the oats to your food processor and pulse until fine. Mix the flax meal with 5 tablespoons of water and allow to set for 5 minutes.
Add the mushroom and onions to the food processor along with the rest of the meatball ingredients and process until your desired texture. Cover and store in the fridge for at least 1 hour. This allows the flavors to intensify and the meatballs will stick together better too.
When you're ready to make the meatballs, measure out roughly a tablespoon of the mixture and form small balls. Repeat until the mixture is finished.
Heat up oil in a large frying pan on medium heat. Fry the balls until they turn brown on the underside and rotate. You can also bake them in a 400 F/ 200° C oven for 15 minutes.
Serve with our tomato pasta sauce over some spaghetti or as delicious appetizers at your next party. Enjoy!
How about some tacos for Taco Tuesday this week? Why not give our easy jackfruit tacos a try?
These look like a possibility! Too often I go for the pre-made fozen ones, and I used to use a certain mix, until the local WFM stopped carrying it. But these look easy enough for one who tends toward lazy cooking as myself.
Question: What size package of mushrooms will yield 2 & 1/2 cups of mushrooms (the usual 10oz one in the store)?
You're right, these meatballs are super easy!
And to answer your question, 20 oz of mushrooms will work out perfectly – so two of the standard 10 oz packs.
Uncooked steel cut oats should work just fine!
Actually my question is did YOU use uncooked steel cut oats?, the recipe calls for steel cut oats and you did not specify if they were cooked or not. Thanks.
Definitely uncooked, otherwise there would be way too much liquid in the recipe! Thanks for clarifying ?
My Mushroom balls kept on falling apart and they wouldnt brown correctly. Not enough Mushrooms or Flax Meal?


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KAPOW! ZLOPP! TOUCHE! THE BEST OF "BATMAN" (1966-1968), PART TWO
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Part 1 of the Bat-series.
On 30 , March 1966, Frank Gorshin's Riddler returned for "Ring of Wax" (directed by James Clark, written by Jack Paritz and Bob Rodger). The local wax museum is supposed to be unveiling a wax figure of Batman. To the crowd's horror, that loathsome lithe Riddler is on display instead, and up to his usual atrocious anarchy with a stupendous squirter, spewing crimson crud all over the Gotham gang. Of course, he leaves a pair of baffling riddles behind. In his cauldron of corruption, Riddler concocts a wax that burn its way through any vault in the world, sending him to the local library (!), where he is accompanied by a striped dayglo duo and a purple leather-clad villainess named Moth (Linda Gaye Scott). She's one in a series of Gorshin's increasingly bizarre disciples (in "A Riddle A Day," Riddler was followed by a girl who talks like a mouse and a trio of henchmen wearing a rainbow of primary colored hoodies, one of whom is the yellowed bug-eyed cheese munching stooge). The Riddler's inexplicable entourage makes him all the more absurdly frightening. We get such a kick watching Gorshin's bouncing, blithesome histrionics that the only disappointment is NOT getting to see him lay waste to the Dynamic Duo. However, he does get to stop them in place with "Dr. Riddler's Instant Forever-Stick Invisible Wax Emulsion," AKA spray-on superglue. Escaping with a book on a lost treasure of the Incas, Riddler and his gang head back to their candle factory, where Batman and the Boy Wonder are tied up and lowered into an enormous cauldron. "Will Batman wax serious? For the sake of our heroes, let's think positively!!! But it looks bad! Very bad! How can we wait until tomorrow night.. same bat-time… same bat-channel !!?"
Their escape in Part Two ("Give 'em the Axe") is among the series' most preposterous, and the battle with henchmen hits a garish high, all of which translates into camp delight. When Moth tries to flirt her way out of jail, Batman waxes chaste: "A moth that plays with fire is bound to be burned." Needless to say, Gorshin owns both episodes.
"The Curse of Tut/Pharaoh's in a Rut" (directed by Charles Rondeau, written by Robert Dennis and Earl Barret) aired on the 13th and 14th of April, 1966. "A giant Sphinx is uttering demented threats in Gotham Central Park in a woman's voice!" "Holy hieroglyphics, this might mean a battle royal" with King Tut (Victor Buono), of course. "Maybe this sphinx will give us a clue!" Tut surrounds himself with 1960s Egyptian babes (including Zoda Rodann as a coney dog eating Nefertiti) and henchmen (including busy character actor and B-Western regular Don Berry), whom Tut dismisses as twits. Chasing the deluded creature Nefertiti in the park, Batman and Robin engaged in a hilarious QUNCKKK of a sword fight, but even that's topped by a bonked Bruce rolling down a hill on gurney and heading for a cliff—which has to be the sexiest update on a serial cliffhanger to date.
The previous episode is one of the most nonsensical of season one. It looks downright linear compared to Part Two. Nefertiti swoons amorously, and Tut blows his top. Alfred gets bonked. Batman gets gassed. Batman and Nefertiti, tortured with pebbles (!) are taunted with a chorus of "Twinkle, twinkle little bat, how I wonder where you're at." While Alfred drives Robin to the exhibit, BATMAN RETURNS WITH THE BATUSI; he tops his previous version with such flair that I swear Tut's in love. Oh, but isn't it just like Batman to burst the poor man's beard with a "BIFF!"? After another duel (Errol and Basil they ain't), the heartbroken Tut heads for the hills, but "that's life—full of ups and downs." Buono's a different kind of villain, and his buffoonery fits the refreshing absurdity.
Roddy McDowall turns up as another unique, one-time-only nerd villain in "The Bookworm Turns/While Gotham City Burns" (directed by Larry Peerce and written by Hedrick Vollaerts, airing on April 20 and 21, 1966). McDowell is such a delight that one laments it's his only appearance. "Holy Homicide!" Bookworm has infiltrated a bridge dedication by assassinating Commissioner Gordon live on TV (using stock black and white footage of a man falling from a bridge). "This is one time we don't wait for the batphone."
A buxom bookworm henchwoman (inconspicuously dressed from head to toe in a body-hugging bright red body suit) drops a copy of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in the Batmobile, but "holy reincarnation!" Gordon is alive! It was only a body double and a "typical twisted bookworm joke." The Batmobile is literally book bombed, and the Dynamic Duo darts to deduce dastardly designs by a failed novelist turned super bookworm. Wait, he's gonna blow the bridge, which means time for a a Bat-U-turn, and a call to the Batmobile parachute pickup service.
"Holy human flies!" Jerry Lewis shows up for the Batclimb cameo. "Holy headache!" There's a Robin the belfry. "Holy Midnight, the first minute of the new day… the everlasting end for Robin! Stick merciful cotton in your ears…! The death-knell sounds tomorrow…same bat-time…same bat-channel!"
Where's Robin? It's time for Bat-meditation. "But Batman," pleads Chief O'Hara. "Don't interrupt! I'm trying to fathom the subconscious of a deadly criminal!"
"Ohh," the disappointed henchman moan in unison when the Boy Wonder is saved. The bookworms are dressed like ice cream men and wear glasses, echoing the big worm himself, who drops a giant cookbook in the middle of Gotham City. Luckily, Batman has a neon pink and yellow super-powered bat magnet. Okay boys, take off your glasses, it's time for… "Thunk!"
I'm showing bat-bias for Gorshin, but his perfect Charlie Chaplin impersonation alone justifies it in "Death in Slow Motion/Riddler's False Notion" (directed by Charles Rondeau and written by Richard Carr, airing 27th and 28th of April, 1966). A silent film theme takes flight with Keystone Kops, pie fights, a damsel in distress named Pauline (Sherry Jackson), explosive eclairs, a vixen Bo Peep, Gorshin (briefly channeling Tom Mix) overdosing on Folgers, and one of the best dialogue exchanges of the entire series. "Holy molars, am I ever glad I take care of my teeth," Robin says after catching the batarang with his teeth. "You owe your life to dental hygiene," says Batman. In true silent film spirit, a hogtied Robin nearly gets split into two by a buzzsaw in one of the series most memorable cliffhangers. Ben Hur's Francis X. Bushman plays a small part as Mr. Van Jones, and Riddler prophecies, "this is your last reel." Indeed it was; Bushman died a mere three months later.
Vincent Price takes cheese to a new level in Season Two's "An Egg Grows in Gotham/The Yegg Foes in Gotham" (directed by Universal horror's George Waggner, written by Stanley Ross, and Edwin Self, and aptly airing during the Halloween season, 1966).
Egghead is easily the best villain created specifically for the series, and it would never have worked with anyone other than Price, who makes his entrance at City Hall, stealing the Gotham City Charter from the eggsperts and eggsiting stage left with the loot. Egghead's lair is eggsquisite (with eggdesks, eggchairs, and eggclocks) and populated by chrome-domed henchman: Benedict (Gene Dynakrski), Foo Young (Ben Welden) and eggsecutive secretary Miss Bacon (Gail Hire). It's downright surreal slapstick, missing only Edith Massey. Egghead finds a loophole in the town charter—Gotham City must pay nine raccoon pelts to Chief Screaming Chicken (Edward Everett Horton)—that can make the city his! Stereotypes are as abundant as puns, with Egghead delighted with the eggstravagant eggshibition in Screaming Chicken's tepee. Egghead wants an eggsclusive lease.
"You have egg on your face," Robin announces on barging into the villain's chicken coop. "Thwack!" "You put all your eggs in one basket," says Batman. "
Prepare yourself for an eggspeditious defeat!"
"That's very apt, Robin."
Egghead may have just broken the shell of Bruce Wayne's secret. How diabolical!!! How inhuman!!! How eggscrutiating!!! Will the world's greatest criminal mind eggstract the true identity of Batman??? The eggsplanation to these and other eggscentric questions tomorrow!!! Same Bat-Time, same Bat-Channel!!!
If Egghead doesn't give you a batgasm, then Liberace will surely be the batviagra you need in "The Devil's Fingers/The Dead Ringers" (directed by Larry Peerce, written by Lorenzo Semple, Jr, airing October 26th and 27th, 1966). The Dead Ringers are twin brothers Chandell and Harry (Liberace x 2!). Cigar-chomping, tommygun-toting Harry is blackmailing Chandell into a life of crime. The virtuoso has a wee bonnie trio (a blonde, a redhead, and a brunette) of miniskirted henchwomen (you didn't really expect Liberace to be hanging out with macho thugs, did you?) From afar, Bruce Wayne hears Chandell make a mistake in a C-minor chord. "Holy impossibility!"
Liberace a ladies' man? Seducing Aunt Harriet?
That's only topped by Liberace's Jimmy Cagney impersonation, which makes him the most delightfully awful villain of the series.
Will the music end?
Tune in next week for Part Three… same weird day, same weird website!
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Fluorescence characteristics of site-specific and stereochemically distinct benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA adducts as probes of adduct conformation
Weidong Huang, Shantu Amin, Nicholas E. Geacintov
Spectroscopic fluorescence quenching techniques are described for distinguishing the conformational characteristics of adducts derived from the binding of the benzo[a]pyrene metabolite anti-BPDE (the diol epoxide r7,t8-dihydroxy-t9,10epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenz[a]pyrene) to the exocyclic amino groups of guanine ([BP]-N2-dG) and adenine ([BP]-N6-dA) in double stranded oligonucleotides. These methods are calibrated by comparing the fluorescence quenching and UV absorbance characteristics of different, stereoisomeric anti-[BP]-N2-dG adducts of known adduct conformations, previously established by high-resolution NMR techniques. It is shown that intercalative adduct conformations can be distinguished from solvent-exposed adduct conformations, e.g., adducts in which the pyrenyl residues are positioned in the minor groove. These low resolution fluorescence methods are at least 4 orders of magnitude more sensitive than the high-resolution NMR techniques; the fluorescence methods are useful for distinguishing adduct conformations when either small amounts of material are available or the NMR signals are of such poor quality that high-resolution structures cannot be determined. This methodology is illustrated using a variety of anti-BPDE-modified oligonucleotides of varying adduct conformations. It is shown that the 10S (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N6-dA adduct in an oligonucleotide duplex containing an N-ras protooncogene sequence, believed to be conformationally heterogeneous and disordered, is significantly more exposed to the solvent environment than the stereoisomeric, intercalated 10R adduct [Zegar et al. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 6212]. These differences suggest an explanation for the greater efficiencies of excision of the 10S adduct (relative to the 10R adduct) by human nucleotide excision repair enzymes [Buterin et al. (2000) Cancer Res. 60, 1849].
Chemical research in toxicology
https://doi.org/10.1021/tx010135y
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Huang, W., Amin, S., & Geacintov, N. E. (2002). Fluorescence characteristics of site-specific and stereochemically distinct benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA adducts as probes of adduct conformation. Chemical research in toxicology, 15(2), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1021/tx010135y
Fluorescence characteristics of site-specific and stereochemically distinct benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA adducts as probes of adduct conformation. / Huang, Weidong; Amin, Shantu; Geacintov, Nicholas E.
In: Chemical research in toxicology, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2002, p. 118-126.
Huang, W, Amin, S & Geacintov, NE 2002, 'Fluorescence characteristics of site-specific and stereochemically distinct benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA adducts as probes of adduct conformation', Chemical research in toxicology, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1021/tx010135y
Huang W, Amin S, Geacintov NE. Fluorescence characteristics of site-specific and stereochemically distinct benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA adducts as probes of adduct conformation. Chemical research in toxicology. 2002;15(2):118-126. https://doi.org/10.1021/tx010135y
Huang, Weidong ; Amin, Shantu ; Geacintov, Nicholas E. / Fluorescence characteristics of site-specific and stereochemically distinct benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA adducts as probes of adduct conformation. In: Chemical research in toxicology. 2002 ; Vol. 15, No. 2. pp. 118-126.
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AU - Amin, Shantu
AU - Geacintov, Nicholas E.
N2 - Spectroscopic fluorescence quenching techniques are described for distinguishing the conformational characteristics of adducts derived from the binding of the benzo[a]pyrene metabolite anti-BPDE (the diol epoxide r7,t8-dihydroxy-t9,10epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenz[a]pyrene) to the exocyclic amino groups of guanine ([BP]-N2-dG) and adenine ([BP]-N6-dA) in double stranded oligonucleotides. These methods are calibrated by comparing the fluorescence quenching and UV absorbance characteristics of different, stereoisomeric anti-[BP]-N2-dG adducts of known adduct conformations, previously established by high-resolution NMR techniques. It is shown that intercalative adduct conformations can be distinguished from solvent-exposed adduct conformations, e.g., adducts in which the pyrenyl residues are positioned in the minor groove. These low resolution fluorescence methods are at least 4 orders of magnitude more sensitive than the high-resolution NMR techniques; the fluorescence methods are useful for distinguishing adduct conformations when either small amounts of material are available or the NMR signals are of such poor quality that high-resolution structures cannot be determined. This methodology is illustrated using a variety of anti-BPDE-modified oligonucleotides of varying adduct conformations. It is shown that the 10S (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N6-dA adduct in an oligonucleotide duplex containing an N-ras protooncogene sequence, believed to be conformationally heterogeneous and disordered, is significantly more exposed to the solvent environment than the stereoisomeric, intercalated 10R adduct [Zegar et al. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 6212]. These differences suggest an explanation for the greater efficiencies of excision of the 10S adduct (relative to the 10R adduct) by human nucleotide excision repair enzymes [Buterin et al. (2000) Cancer Res. 60, 1849].
AB - Spectroscopic fluorescence quenching techniques are described for distinguishing the conformational characteristics of adducts derived from the binding of the benzo[a]pyrene metabolite anti-BPDE (the diol epoxide r7,t8-dihydroxy-t9,10epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenz[a]pyrene) to the exocyclic amino groups of guanine ([BP]-N2-dG) and adenine ([BP]-N6-dA) in double stranded oligonucleotides. These methods are calibrated by comparing the fluorescence quenching and UV absorbance characteristics of different, stereoisomeric anti-[BP]-N2-dG adducts of known adduct conformations, previously established by high-resolution NMR techniques. It is shown that intercalative adduct conformations can be distinguished from solvent-exposed adduct conformations, e.g., adducts in which the pyrenyl residues are positioned in the minor groove. These low resolution fluorescence methods are at least 4 orders of magnitude more sensitive than the high-resolution NMR techniques; the fluorescence methods are useful for distinguishing adduct conformations when either small amounts of material are available or the NMR signals are of such poor quality that high-resolution structures cannot be determined. This methodology is illustrated using a variety of anti-BPDE-modified oligonucleotides of varying adduct conformations. It is shown that the 10S (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N6-dA adduct in an oligonucleotide duplex containing an N-ras protooncogene sequence, believed to be conformationally heterogeneous and disordered, is significantly more exposed to the solvent environment than the stereoisomeric, intercalated 10R adduct [Zegar et al. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 6212]. These differences suggest an explanation for the greater efficiencies of excision of the 10S adduct (relative to the 10R adduct) by human nucleotide excision repair enzymes [Buterin et al. (2000) Cancer Res. 60, 1849].
U2 - 10.1021/tx010135y
DO - 10.1021/tx010135y
JO - Chemical Research in Toxicology
JF - Chemical Research in Toxicology


The dentist and her manager love anything sweet and they are always on the look out for recipes for me to try, so they can try them too! Lemon is one of their favourite flavours and these cookies are really nice and lemony.
Mix together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the lemon dye if using, eggs and the lemon extract, fold in the flour, baking powder and zest of the lemon into a stiff paste. Place dessertspoons of the mixture in the icing sugar and roll in the icing sugar until covered then place them on a baking sheet, quite far apart because they will spread.
Cook for 12 minutes until they have burst out of the icing sugar and are set.
Cool on the sheets for a while and then place on a wire rack to cool completely. They should be crisp on the outside and soft like a cake mixture on the inside. Enjoy with a cup of afternoon tea.


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The Rumie Initiative (Rumie) is a non-profit based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The organization develops and delivers low-cost technology that enables the distribution of digital learning resources to communities with limited Internet access.

History
The Rumie Initiative was founded by Tariq Fancy in 2013 to educate children in underserved communities around the world using affordable technology.

Rumie's products are deployed in more than 20 countries worldwide. The organization received popular attention during the 2014 Ebola Crisis, when it partnered with the Liberian NGO Camp for Peace to deploy Rumie tablets as part of a rehabilitation program for child soldiers. As a result of the Ebola epidemic, however, schools across the country were shuttered, and Rumie's tablets quickly became a resource for children to continue their education from home.

In 2015, Rumie began deploying its technology to assist children affected by the Syrian refugee crisis. At the time, a primary challenge was the deficit of free digital learning content for Syrian students. In response to this issue, Rumie announced during a 2015 presentation at Y-Combinator that it was opening the LearnCloud—a portal for free-license learning content, allowing users to find, share, and rate free digital educational resources.

Funding
Tariq Fancy, a former investment banker and private equity investor, founded Rumie with his personal savings, committing to work without salary until the organization became financially sustainable. In early 2014, Rumie raised $1 million in philanthropic donations from outside backers, including Ed Clark, the retired CEO of TD Bank, Rob McEwen, the chairman and CEO of McEwen Mining Inc., and Mark Wiseman, then the CEO of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Rumie has subsequently raised funding from large institutional backers, including Google and Scotiabank.

Recognition
The Rumie Initiative has received widespread coverage in the mainstream media, including CNBC, The Toronto Star, CBC, Quartz, Forbes, and Mashable. Harvard Business School and INSEAD have both published case studies or profiles on the organization's mission and progress.

During its three year existence, the organization has also garnered numerous awards. In 2014, Rumie was named the "Best Social Startup" by Global Entrepreneurship Week. In 2015, the organization graduated from the Y-Combinator Imagine K-12 accelerator. In 2016, the US Library of Congress awarded Rumie a prize for literacy promotion. In 2017, Rumie won the Google.org Impact Challenge.

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Meet Dr. Prasad
In 1962, my father Jagdish Prasad, married to my mom, Sharan Prasad with their two children, me and my sister Sunita, made a bold decision to leave the comforts of home and family in India and embark on a bold journey to travel to the United States. We traveled by ship, on a month-long trip via the Suez Canal. He decided to take his 16-year-old nephew, Kunj with him. Until recently, I never thought of my father as an entrepreneur because he worked as an electrical engineer for privately-held companies, but today I think of him differently, because of that bold decision and belief in himself. I am sure he had many naysayers along the way.
The main reason for that decision, as my mom recently reminded me, was to seek a solution for a healthcare problem in the family. Can you imagine that my family traveled halfway across the globe, seeking better healthcare and here I am, a surgeon practicing for 30 years, wanting to do the same for millions of Americans now? I know now that this is my purpose in life, and that nothing can stop me now!
In this world where it seems in vogue to blame all of your ills on your parents and upbringing, I always look back and know what I received from my parents was so precious. I had parents who stayed together. I had food on the table, shelter, and clothing and inherited a work ethic second to none! You see, my father was the hardest working person I have ever known. That is more than most have growing up.
I graduated Magna cum laude in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland. My dream was to go to Johns Hopkins medical school, but I fell short, being left on the waiting list. When I look back, that shortcoming ignited a fire within, to be the best at everything I do. I attended the University of Maryland medical school, completed a surgical internship at a Johns Hopkins affiliated hospital and went on to complete a residency in Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (Ear, Nose & Throat) at Georgetown University Hospital. I then completed three fellowships at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Neurotology, Cranial Base Surgery and Advanced Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery. Much to the dismay of my academic mentors, I declined multiple offers at academic institutions and started solo private practice in the Washington DC area.
The practice Metropolitan NeuroEar Group was devoted almost entirely to otology, neurotology and cranial base surgery for the first 25 years. Conditions patients see me for include hearing loss, vertigo, acoustic neuroma, cholesteatoma, glomus tumor, mastoiditis, Meniere's disease, stapedectomy or cochlear implant surgery and skull base meningiomas.
Helping tens of thousands of patients over a 30-year career was not enough. In 2014, I founded SurgiPrice, Inc. and subsidiaries SurgiQuality and SurgiConnect. The mission has always been to educate patients about their condition and help patients avoid unnecessary surgery and, when necessary, help patients connect with best-in-class surgeons who operate in a cost-efficient manner.
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I love to flaunt the summer vacation aspect of the job to everyone around me. Unfortunately, Husbandman gets more vacation than I do so he is usually unimpressed.
Good tactic. I often encourage complaining friends to join the field. Suggestion is ignored.
I love summer vacation when it isn't raining all the time, and I love our job. I don't love people that are perturbed by our much needed break. Of course, I always offer anyone to choose any week and follow my routine during the school year... no one has taken me up on this offer.


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Singapore attracts around 16 million tourists every year. People come to Singapore from different places around the world to explore the local culture of the place, try different cuisines, sightseeing, undertake adventure sports, do shopping and many more things. Singapore is a one stop destination to visit with your family and kids. Singapore is also famous for adventure sports like mountain bike trailing, paragliding and water sports. Food is the speciality of Singapore and food lovers will find the place as a paradise. There are many things to do in Singapore with kids. One can visit various places like Singapore Flyer, Singapore Zoo, Universal Studios, Singapore Cable Car in Singapore. Here we have listed some interesting things to do in Singapore with kids.
Best Time To Visit Singapore
Singapore welcomes visitors 365 days a year. The months of June, July and August are the most crowded months in Singapore. So if you like the crowd and enjoy with them, then this is the best time for you to visit Singapore. If you are looking for a pocket friendly and budgeted trip, then April is the best time to visit Singapore as it is the hottest month there and very few people visit Singapore at this time. If you are visiting the place with small kids, then you must visit the place in March as it is the time of Singapore Festival of Fun and various events are organized for kids at this time. If you are a lover and explorer of art, then you must visit at the time of International Festival of Arts which is held in June. If you are a foodie and love to experiment with different cuisines, then Singapore Food Festival at the end of July is the right pick for you. So visit Singapore as per your interests and budget.
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The very first activity that majority of the people indulge in is walking along the Bukit Batok Nature Park walking trail. The walk through the lush greenery and the amazing weather along with the sounds of the bird simply just add to the overall experience altogether.
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Bird singing is a vintage tradition of Singapore. Back in the day, local communities used to practice this fascinating tradition where plenty of bird cages were kept at Tiong Bahru Bird Arena, a bird corner, located at the end of Block 53. The cages used to sway with breeze while the birds sang together in perfect harmonious tune.
This was treated as a major tourist attraction, promoted by Singapore Tourism Board. After the demolition of the site and block, this is a nearly extinct tradition now and only a small group of Passionists still follow this age-old practice.
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It is one of the best zoos in the world and is also known as the Mandai Zoo. There are around 315 species of animals which can be found here and on an average around 1.7 million people visit this zoo every year. Polar bears and white tigers fascinate kids a lot. It is one of the best places to visit with kids.
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11 'The Hills' Storylines You Totally Forgot About
By Justine McGrath
Though today it seems as if there are more reality TV shows than scripted series, life wasn't always that way. And in the early 2000s, one cast ascended to rule above them all.
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County captivated fans around the world with its portrayal of a group of high school students learning and loving in Southern California. Though the show was only on air for two years, its existence caused the creation of something much more longstanding: The Hills. We followed Lauren Conrad as she navigated her new life in Los Angeles. There were trials, tribulations, tears, and a whole lot of drama.
The show's storylines have often been criticized for being fabricated, but real or not, they were severely entertaining. Over the course of The Hills' four-year run we watched as best friends fought, fell in love, and followed their passions. Here's a look back at some of the most outrageous plotlines from The Hills, and as for what's to come for the future of reality television? The rest is still unwritten.
Jason and L.C.
This was the ultimate good-girl-meets-bad-boy storyline. The two seemed to get along great at first, but things soon soured for the former Laguna Beach cast members. Jason was jealous and controlling and L.C. rightfully dumped him. Do you remember that scene on the curb? We do. We will always remember that scene on the curb.
"She's going to always be known as the girl who didn't go to Paris."
In the show's first season, Lauren turned down an internship in Paris in order to stay in LA with on-again off-again boyfriend, Jason. There were tears. There was confusion. And there was Whitney Port who stepped in to take the internship instead — only to later admit that she never really went to Paris, either.
Heidi moves out.
When love bloomed between Heidi Montag and new beau Spencer Pratt, a rift formed between her and Lauren. "A good roommate is like a good pair of jeans, you hold onto those," L.C. told Heidi. Spencer put Heidi in a place to choose between him and her best friend, which was totally uncool. Ultimately, she moved in with Spencer, and the rest is television history.
Everything to do with Justin Bobby.
Audrina Patridge was a fan favorite from day one on the show. Unfortunately, we can't say the same of Justin Bobby. He wore combat boots to the beach, kissed other girls while out with Audrina, and caused a huge divide between Lauren and her roommate. Eventually he was revealed for being a not-so-nice guy, and the pair broke up. As Justin Bobby would say, "Truth and time tells all…"
Speidi eloping in Mexico.
When the biggest troublemakers on the show head to Mexico, you know you're in for a wild ride. Despite friends and family constantly telling Heidi that her boyfriend was no good for her, she went ahead and eloped with him in Mexico. Ah, the age-old tale of beaches and betrothals.
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Spencer's crystals
Remember when Spencer harnessed the healing power of crystals to deal with his anger? Yep. That happened. Something tells us this wasn't all for show, because in a recent interview Pratt estimated he spent nearly $1 million on crystals.
Lauren attending the Speidi wedding
Despite getting hitched in Mexico, Heidi and Spencer still opted to have a traditional wedding at a church in California. Shockingly, Lauren Conrad agreed to attend her former frenemy's wedding. Not only was she ambushed by Kristin Cavallari arriving at the wedding, but she ushered herself out the side door in a frantic attempt to not miss previously scheduled plans. (She'd also later go on record to say that the way producers filmed that episode was downright cruel.) The cameras caught her genuine reaction to Kristin's attendance, which has to go down as one of the most dramatic The Hills moments to date. Which leads us to…
Kristin Cavallari's arrival
With Lauren Conrad eager to move on with her life — she did have her entire life aired on television since high school, after all — the show needed a new protagonist. Enter one Kristin Cavallari, former Laguna Beach alum. L.C. and Kristin didn't exactly get along, and her arrival was sure to shake up the show. She appears at Speidi's wedding in a blue dress that matches Lauren's, sits down next to Justin Bobby, and prepares to rule over the hills.
Audrina dating Ryan Cabrera
Remember when Audrina briefly dated pop punk musician Ryan Cabrera?! Although he wasn't a major player on The Hills, his time on the show was one of the most unexpected and totally 2000s cameos to date.
The grand finale
As The Hills came to a close, audiences had some serious questions. Would Kristin succeed in Europe? Could Lauren and Heidi ever really be friends again? Our dreams were dashed when producers ended the series with Kristin seemingly saying goodbye to Brody and all her friends, driving off into the sunset – and then having the sunset revealed as a television studio lot. With the production team hinting that the entire show was staged, we had to wonder if the most OMG moment of all was us thinking the show was real in the first place.
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Соревнования по тяжёлой атлетике на летних Олимпийских играх 1960 года прошли среди мужчин с 7 по 10 сентября. Были разыграны медали в 7 весовых категориях. В соревнованиях приняли участие 172 спортсмена из 53 стран. Место проведения —  () на Пьяцца Апполодоро в Риме.

Турнир стал триумфом советских тяжелоатлетов. СССР представляли 6 спортсменов, и они выиграли 5 золотых и 1 серебряную награду в 7 категориях. Единственный серебряный призёр Трофим Ломакин в категории до 90 кг уступил только другому советскому тяжелоатлету Аркадию Воробьёву.

Одним из наиболее ярких моментов всех Олимпийских игр стало выступление 25-летнего Юрия Власова, который в категории свыше 90 кг установил мировой рекорд в троеборье — 537,5 кг.

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Front bumper only suitable for models before MOP. Rear bumper fits only sedan models. On vehicles with PDC, recesses must be prepared in the already pre-marked positions of the bumper to mount the PDC sensors. On vehicles with existing SRA, the existing headlight cleaning system can be adapted to the front bumper. For this purpose, the pre-marked recesses must also be cut out and the headlight cleaning system adapted to the front bumper. Ideally, you take over almost the entire interior of the original series front bumper. The previously existing in the original bumpers chrome strips can not be taken over at the front bumper. For the PD65 rear bumper, the original bumpers can be disassembled and plugged into the new rear bumper. The fenders fit all Mercedes w211 models. In the case of existing SRA and xenon headlamps, adjustment work may be required in the area of the mop tank under the mudguard. An assembly of fog lights is not provided. These must be incorporated in further desired use by the buyer himself in the front bumper. If previously fog lights were present, they can be disabled by Mercedes if the error message appears if necessary via the software. The side skirts are completely exchanged for the original skirts. The original attachment points can be taken over for the most part. Tailgate and roof spoiler are glued only and not screwed. In the area of the water tank under the mudguard adjustment work may occur. An assembly of fog lights is not provided. These must be incorporated in further desired use by the buyer himself in the front bumper. If previously fog lights were present, they can be disabled by Mercedes if the error message appears if necessary via the software. The side skirts are completely exchanged for the original skirts. The original attachment points can be taken over for the most part. Tailgate and roof spoiler are glued only and not screwed. In the area of the water tank under the mudguard adjustment work may occur. An assembly of fog lights is not provided. These must be incorporated in further desired use by the buyer himself in the front bumper. If previously fog lights were present, they can be disabled by Mercedes if the error message appears if necessary via the software. The side skirts are completely exchanged for the original skirts. The original attachment points can be taken over for the most part. Tailgate and roof spoiler are glued only and not screwed. These must be incorporated in further desired use by the buyer himself in the front bumper. If previously fog lights were present, they can be disabled by Mercedes if the error message appears if necessary via the software. The side skirts are completely exchanged for the original skirts. The original attachment points can be taken over for the most part. Tailgate and roof spoiler are glued only and not screwed. These must be incorporated in further desired use by the buyer himself in the front bumper. If previously fog lights were present, they can be disabled by Mercedes if the error message appears if necessary via the software. The side skirts are completely exchanged for the original skirts. The original attachment points can be taken over for the most part. Tailgate and roof spoiler are glued only and not screwed.
PD65 Front Bumper suitable for Mercedes E-Class [W211].
PD65 Rear Bumper suitable for Mercedes E-Class [W211].
PD65 Side Skirts suitable for Mercedes E-Class [W211].
PD65 Rear Trunk Spoiler suitable for Mercedes E-Class [W211].
PD65 Roof Spoiler suitable for Mercedes E-Class [W211].