As I watched this unicorn frappuccino of a film for the first time, I had a strange, sinking feeling that I was being punk'd. This suspicion came into its full efflorescence in the scenes that feature the typically talented Molly Ringwald. She plays the mom of the male love interest in a casting decision clearly meant as homage to the Hughes era of teen-driven dramedies, but why, I wondered, was she so terrible here? Perhaps her acting chops had dulled?
But then I realized that some of her lines would be nearly impossible to deliver well. In a pep talk she gives to the teen female lead, who's on the outs with her best friend, she tells her, "Elle, I was friends with your mom for over 20 years. She was my best, best friend. But if you think that we didn't fight sometimes, you got another thing coming." You got another thing coming. What actual adult talks like this?
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On the Saturday night of the Australia Day weekend the Club runs a Bachelors & Spinsters Ball at the Corowa Rugby Ground. This is the Club major fundraiser for the year.
Each year top performers are booked to entertain the revellers, some have come form the USA, where they have performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.
To find out more about the BnS Ball visit the website by clicking on the link Corowa BnS Ball.
Below are some photos of the fun that has been had by those attending the BnS Ball.


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Directed by Michael Winner
In this explosive story of revenge and urban violence, screen legend Charles Bronson (Mr. Majestyk, Breakheart Pass) plays Paul Kersey, a bleeding-heart liberal who has a change of opinion after his wife and daughter are brutally attacked by a gang of thugs in their apartment. His daughter is sexually assaulted and his wife is murdered. Bronson then turns vigilante as he stalks the mean streets of New York on the prowl for muggers, hoodlums and the like. Another classic collaboration between Bronson and director Michael Winner (Chato's Land, The Mechanic, The Stone Killer), Death Wish is a violent, controversial film that is frank and original in its treatment of urban crime and the average citizen's helplessness in dealing with it. Jazz great Herbie Hancock (Colors) wrote the musical score. Vincent Gardenia (Death Wish II), Steven Keats (The Friends of Eddie Coyle), Stuart Margolin (TV's The Rockford Files), Stephen Elliott (Beverly Hills Cop) and Hope Lange (Blue Velvet) co-star. And watch for Jeff Goldblum (The Fly) in his film debut as one of the thugs.
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Theatrical Release: July 24th, 1974
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Then She Found Me
Director: Helen Hunt
"I mean it's not gonna get any worse than this," April Epner (Helen Hunt) explains after her husband Ben (Matthew Broderick) tells his wife that he's made a mistake and doesn't want this married life any longer when she learns that he's resigned from his post teaching across the hall. Surely audiences, used to beginnings of films where spouses or lovers leave, laugh knowingly in recognition that yes, this must be the worst of it. However this first heartbreak comprises just the beginning of Helen Hunt's directorial debut co-written by the actress from a novel by Elinor Lipman, which finds April thrown for yet another loop when her mother dies shortly after Ben's announcement in the achingly real, bittersweet yet surprisingly humorous Then She Found Me.
I say humorous because while those two overwhelmingly depressing events would have led to the end of most stories or in real life would no doubt have caused an individual to withdraw from the world for awhile to cope with their grief, instead for April, they provide the impetus for another surprising revelation that comes in the form of a legal representative who informs April that her adopted mother wants to arrange a meeting. When the devoutly Jewish April meets spunky talk show host Bernice Graves (a pitch perfect Bette Midler), the two women couldn't be more different yet it's precisely the meeting of these opposites that provides just the right opportunity for growth for each as they learn more about themselves and what they really want out of life as April, longing to be a mother, must contend with her own feelings of maternal abandonment in her quest to conceive a child.
While normally it would have been easy for the men to be lost in the process of this admittedly female-centric work, again we're treated to a delightful surprise by way of the thinking woman's sexiest man alive, Colin Firth, who stars as the bitterly divorced father of two who writes book jackets in his car in the school parking lot so that he can be nearer to his kids. Firth's Frank who takes a liking to April nearly form the start as she accuses him of coming on to her just nine hours after Ben leaves, (which he may very well have been doing), offers April both affection and the family she's always longed for as she tries to deal with both Bernice and her separation from Ben.
Never allowing itself to be pigeonholed by genre conventions and refreshingly shot with a naturalistic close-up heavy style to heighten its intimacy, Then She Found Me, which played at the Toronto International Film Festival before getting picked up by Think Film and Blue Rider Pictures is building up momentum around the festival circuit where it earned the 2008 Audience Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival as well as a richly deserved Breakthrough Director of the Year honor for Hunt at ShoWest.
One of my favorite features from the eighth annual Phoenix Film Festival that should strike a chord with audiences who sought out last year's Waitress, Then She Found Me is further proof that it takes a woman to produce intelligent, emotionally satisfying, and mature fare for women who have been long ignored by our recent overreliance on testosterone fueled tragedies.
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Deelen Air Base
Deelen Air Base (Dutch: Luchtmachtbasis Deelen or Vliegbasis Deelen) is a military air base in the Netherlands in the province of Gelderland. Though once an active air base, it is now mostly used as a helicopter training site. Being one of the oldest airports in the Netherlands, many buildings on the airfield are now listed as monuments.
ICAO: EHDL
158 ft / 48 m
02/20 3,431 1,046 Concrete/Asphalt
Map of Deelen, the airbase is the area under the red crossmarks.
Deelen Air Base was founded in 1913 as a base for border patrol missions. When the Netherlands surrendered to Germany in World War II, the Luftwaffe started using the field, significantly expanding and upgrading the base. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Junkers Ju 88 were operated from the airfield, and anti-aircraft guns were installed. A railway from the nearby town of Wolfheze was constructed, initially to facilitate the transport of building materials for a Luftwaffe command bunker and later to supply the base with munitions. In 1944 in preparation for the Battle of Arnhem the airfield got bombed extensively by allied forces and flying activity from the base was suspended by the Germans. The base was reduced to an auxiliary airfield and turned into a depot for V-1 flying bombs. After the war, up until 1950, the Dutch military used Deelen as a storage facility. In 1950, the decision was made to restore Deelen back to an operational air base, and from 1957 to 1963 was the base for the Royal Netherlands Air Force Republic RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft. Between 1964 and 1995 the field was used by various lighter aircraft, such as the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, Piper J-3, Hiller OH-23 Raven, Aérospatiale Alouette II / Alouette III and Bölkow 105. In June 1995 Deelen was used for the world premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Helikopter-Streichquartett.
Aérospatiale Alouette III in special markings for the 75th Anniversary of the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Deelen in 1988.
There was less need for the air base after the end of the cold war and in 1995 it was closed as such. The top layer of the runway was removed making it no longer suitable for landings by heavy aircraft. Its designation was downgraded to Military Aviation Site Deelen (Dutch: Militair Luchtvaart Terrein Deelen). However, it has remained in use as a military site for helicopter training and for that reason is frequently visited by various military helicopters, such as the Boeing AH-64 Apache, Boeing CH-47 Chinook and Eurocopter AS532 Cougar. None of these helicopters are based at Deelen however and for that reason the base is only fully operational when exercises take place. The closure of Soesterberg Air Base resulted in a lot more helicopter movements at Gilze-Rijen Air Base, and in order to reduce traffic there it was decided to use Deelen more often as a training site. To facilitate this it was decided to resurface part of the runway and to create a slope for helicopters to practice sloped landings on. The increased importance of Deelen resulted in it once again receiving the designation of Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis).
There is also glider activity on the field and very nearby there is a second aerodrome used almost exclusively by gliders, Terlet Airfield.
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ICAO ID EHDL
Time UTC+1(+2DT)
52° 03' 38.00" N
Longitude 5.873056
005° 52' 23.00" E
Elevation 158 feet
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Magnetic Variation 000° W (01/06)
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The Department of Transportation said Thursday that it will not allow private contractors to receive automatic pay hikes this budget year — a savings of at least $10 million — after a state senator called attention to the practice in a public records request.
The decision by DOT Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos came in a letter to Sen. Dave Aronberg, a Greenacres Democrat who publicly asked for the list of road builders, maintenance crews and other contractors entitled to the salary "escalation clause" earlier this month.
In the letter Thursday, Kopelousos sent Aronberg a list of 1,967 private contractors who are eligible for the salary increases and said that DOT is in the process of renegotiating hundreds of contracts to halt the pay hikes. According to agency documents, DOT has identified $10 million in savings thus far from 266 contractors, and more savings are expected.
"Recognizing the same budget issue you have addressed in your letter, I have instituted a statewide policy eliminating any salary modification terms from new contracts and new amendments to existing contracts," Kopelousos wrote.
In the last two years, legislators have cut $10 billion from the state budget at the same time billions of dollars in stimulus money was allocated for road work.
Aronberg said Senate Democratic Leader Al Lawson raised the issue late in last spring's legislative session and asked Senate President Jeff Atwater to order a review of contracts. But Atwater didn't respond, prompting Aronberg to follow up with a public records request for the pay hike information.
Aronberg has also asked the Department of Environmental Protection to do a similar review, since many of its private contracts also allow for automatic salary hikes. He said he expects other agencies to be forced to make changes to other private contracts.
Aronberg said the issue was brought to his attention by former DOT auditor Deette Preacher but he expressed concern that it took a public records request to force the agency to act.


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Capturing the world's oldest living things
By Dean Irvine, CNN
Rachel Sussman photographs the world's oldest living things
She has traveled across the world to shoot plants over 2,000 years old
She says her project is a celebration of our past and "a call to action now"
Oldest organism she has photographed is 500,000-year-old bacteria in Siberia
(CNN) -- Rachel Sussman is a time traveler. For the last few years, the American photographer has journeyed across the globe on a mission to bring back images of the world's oldest living organisms.
In her ongoing project, Sussman has traveled to the primal landscapes of southern Greenland, the timeless high-altitude Andean deserts of South America and even under the ocean.
"[The project] is a celebration and record of our past, a call to action now, and also a barometer of our future," she told CNN.
Sussman began her time-traveling trips in 2004 while visiting the island of Yakushima in Japan to see a reportedly 2,200-year-old tree. On her return to the U.S., the idea to photograph an example of other long-living ancient species germinated and grew.
"It's been a fantastic learning experience and so unexpected," said Sussman. "[These organisms] have never been cataloged in this way; there isn't a global species longevity catalog."
They live where many other species couldn't even survive, let alone thrive.
--Rachel Sussman, photographer
Sussman's ancient organisms are continuously living and are genetically identical individuals.
So far, she has shot more than 25 different species of plant or organism, each being older than 2,000 years -- "I wanted to start with the idea of 'year zero' " -- with the oldest being actinobacteria from the permafrost of Siberia estimated to be around 500,000 years old.
After initial research on the Internet to track her subjects down, Sussman contacted scientists who were studying the species she wanted to photograph.
"Nine times out of 10, they're thrilled that someone outside of their field is interested in this esoteric work that they're doing," said Sussman.
"Then once the word got out there, people started contacting me."
Sussman discovered the llaretta in the Atacama Desert -- a relative of parsley that resembles a large green rock-- from a comment left on her blog after announcing she was going to Chile.
Video: World's oldest living organisms
Plants like llaretta or the welwitschia in Namibia live in extreme conditions, a common theme Sussman discovered while tracking her subjects down.
"They live where many other species couldn't even survive, let alone thrive."
Her next trip will take her to the coast of Spain, where she'll dive to see sea grass estimated to be a mind-blowing 100,000 years old.
"That's really one of the most exciting things about this project; you get to encounter these things that are incomprehensible to our sense of time. What does 100,000 years feel like? It's something we can consider for a moment, but hard for us to hold on to it and for it to be meaningful."
As well as the metaphysical contemplations evoked by her pictures, there is an environmental message from her work. Many of the organisms she has photographed are not in protected areas or are in places experiencing a potentially damaging change in climate.
"It really varies, from really well protected to being not protected at all and having some sense of peril in fact. In some cases like the Siberian bacteria ... it lives in the permafrost. But if the permafrost isn't permanent, it's a climate change issue and it will die.
"The welwitschia is in national parkland, but that being said, there are mining companies that actually operate in the park. In the U.S., the clonal Mojave yucca and creosote are on land designated for all-terrain vehicle use. There are fences around them, but you have people out four-wheeling around from LA for the weekend."
With 10 more organisms on her list to capture with her lens, Sussman would like international recognition for each of the species she shoots.
"Ideally, I would love it if each of the oldest living things could be afforded UNESCO designation. That's actually become a secondary goal that's come out of the project. They really do deserve our attention and protection."
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Jabez J. Parker served as the 15th Secretary of State of Alabama from 1870 to 1872.

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With her critically acclaimed, bestselling first book, Scent of the Missing, Susannah Charleson was widely praised for her unique insight into the kinship between humans and dogs, as revealed through her work in canine search and rescue alongside her partner, golden retriever Puzzle.
Now, in The Possibility Dogs, Charleson journeys into the world of psychiatric service, where dogs aid humans with disabilities that may be unseen but are no less felt. This work had a profound effect on Charleson, perhaps because, for her, this journey began as a personal one: Charleson herself struggled with posttraumatic stress disorder for months after a particularly grisly search. Collaboration with her search dog partner made the surprising difference to her own healing. Inspired by that experience, Charleson learns to identify abandoned dogs with service potential, often plucking them from shelters at the last minute, and to train them for work beside hurting partners, to whom these second-chance dogs bring intelligence, comfort, and hope.
Charleson has trained search and rescue dogs for years and when the stress of doing her job builds up that she begins experience panic attacks, she finds herself in need of some rescue. Her love of dogs and the fact that she notices how her search and rescue companions create calm in a horrible situations, leads her to discover their healing power. She embarks on training her own service dog to support her own invisible disability. To be honest, when I first saw the title of this book, I had misread it as The Possibility OF Dogs, but in some sense, this really is just as true a title since all dogs have a lot of possibility. I adored Charleson's first book, Scent of the Missing, and she does an amazing job with describing the work that goes into training a service dog and the fact that it doesn't matter whether the dog is young or old, pure-bred or mutt, almost any dog can be a helpful companion with a little work.
My heart dropped when I read about the two missing dachshunds and she relates that a recent rise in neighborhood crime is also feeding the need for bait dogs in fighting. I had no idea that pets could be stolen for such a use. As Charleson finds her perfect match in Jake Piper - you have to check out his facebook page - you can see how this one small bundle of love conquers and becomes the partner she needs to help her cope. There are short stories as well about other dogs that are helpful to seniors, autistic children and those first responders so devastated by the work they do.
She even mentions the frantic social media postings about rescue dogs that have reached the end of the line at shelters. One really caught my heart since it is in my hometown of Huntington Beach, CA, as she discusses Compassion fatigue. There are only so many rescue people to go around, not to mention the expense involved. I am glad Charleson was able to rescue the little dog from here but it makes me sad that there are not enough local people to help. This is such a wonderful read for any dog lover.
Susannah Charleson is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Scent of the Missing, as well as a flight instructor, service dog trainer, and canine search-and-rescue team member, who most recently began a non-profit organization called The Possibility Dogs, which rescues, trains, and places dogs with people suffering "unseen" disabilities. She lives with her search partner, Puzzle, a golden retriever certified for the recovery of missing persons, her service dog partner-in-training, Jake Piper, a German shepherd-pit bull-poodle mix, as well as a rabble of pomeranians, a chihuahua-cairn terrier mix, and two cats.
I know I read very early – we have family pictures of me doing so, but none of the titles have stuck these fifty years later. My earliest true reading memory is of my second grade teacher sending a note to my parents about my reading Gone With the Wind during reading period in class (she wondered if that was acceptable to them). I also remember Susan Coolidge's What Katy Did and What Katy Did Next. I know I loved the Noel Streatfeild's Shoe books. Party Shoes was the first one I read.
I am currently re-reading Patrick O'Brian's brilliant Aubrey-Maturin naval series – this is my fourteenth voyage through the 20-book canon. I am also reading Natalie Serber's Shout Her Lovely Name, Hallie Ephron's There Was an Old Woman, and Kate Atkinson's Life After Life.
Xeriscaped! I live in Texas. Plus, I hover over a clutch of carefully-tended roses. The garden could use a little weeding, but hey! everything in moderation, even virtue.
Dyspraxia. I am working with a service dog handler now who has it. Next-to-the-last thing was dragonfruit. As in, how to prepare it.
The sound of Styrofoam squeaking. When anything is said to have a "vibe." When competing chefs serve Scott Conant raw red onions on Chopped.
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I really enjoyed Scent of the Missing. Dogs are amazing.
What a wonderful story. I loved the James Herriott books and in one he was comforting a lady who was concerned her dogs wouldn't be with her in heaven. He told her he couldn't see how an animal with such a loving soul wouldn't be. I'm glad they are getting credit for what us dog lovers know they do every day.
I had to google "Xeriscaped"--it doesn't sound like something I could do in my climate, but sounds like a great way to be a thoughtful landscaper!
Thank you!! this looks soooo good!!
I have "Scent of the Missing" near the top of my tbr pile.
I have heard great things about both books, and the author.
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This looks like a fun read, and warm hearted.
Thanks again Mary & Susannah!


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1/19/20: Week 12: "Coal is Our Future". tRump ended the war on coal in 2018. Here's a quote from aboard Air Force One, on Sept. 7, 2018: "No administration has done what I've done. I just left Montana, and I looked at those trains and they're loaded up with clean coal — beautiful clean coal. And those trains were empty two years ago. They were empty; they were dying. Nobody's done what I've done." (from Factcheck.org)
So, I thought I should write a song celebrating beautiful, clean coal. You don't hear anything about the resurgence of the coal industry lately. Maybe that's because mines are closing and people are being off. Thanks, stable genius!
This song uses a traditional song that I heard decades ago as "Down in the Coal Mine", performed by the Ian Campbell Folk Group.
This as performed at Roslindale Open Mike; here's the video. Also, here are the lyrics and a demo recording.
1/12/20: My Week 11 contribution is "Change Can't Wait".
Hopefully 2020 will be a year of change. I wrote "Change Can't Wait" the day Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley won her primary election in 2018, defeating a long-time democratic congressman. She riffed on the phrase "Change Can't Wait" in her speech, though she didn't call it a victory speech. So, this song is a co-write with Congresswoman Pressley, since the refrain and the verses are largely her words. I gave her a copy of the Roslindale Open Mike performance and the lyrics at a speech she gave at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute soon after her election. We need her, the rest of the Squad, and the democratic congress people to make the changes we need in 2020.
This was performed at Roslindale Open Mike. Thank you Junko, Ken, Bo, and John for your support.
Here are the lyrics and a demo recording.
1/5/20: Welcome to 2020!
My Week 10 contribution is "Trump-Gazi". This is a rap I wrote just after the 2018 election when the Democratic Party took back the House of Representatives. I knew the table was going to be turned and there would be non-stop investigation of the Orange Menace. Right away I wrote "Trump-Gazi" inspired by how the Republicans hounded Hillary Clinton, including the endless Benghazi hearings.
Turns out, I was right. So, I'm putting "Trump-Gazi" as Week 10 because as soon as Congress gets back in session in 2020, the investigations will continue with the Removal Hearings in the Senate that follows last month's impeachment. Unless Nancy Pelosi decides to hold onto the impeachment articles and to keep investigating.
I performed the song at Roslindale Open Mike with my friends. Thanks to Junko, Karen, Ken, Chris, John and Bo.
There's also a demo recording and lyrics.
12/29/19: This week's contribution is "Planet Ocean". The video includes a few of my favorite pictures and video clips around Boston Harbor.
Though my eyes have been glued to the impeachment hearings, I need to give my brain a rest and pace the rage, so this week I offer a prayer to the ocean. I recently wrote "Planet Ocean" as a sound- picture. Our planet should be called planet ocean instead of planet earth, because it is mostly ocean and I think life on this planet started in the ocean and the ocean is key to our salvation.
We performed this on 12/9/19 at Roslindale Open Mike. Thank you, Karen, Chris, Ken, Bo, and John. And thank you to the audience for singing along.
Here is a demo recording and the lyrics.
12/22/19: Just in time for Christmas, it's a political holiday song! Here's"Must Be Donald".
So now it's time to celebrate Christmas and take a break from our day to day strife. Turns out I wrote an appropriate, light-hearted, though a little mean-spirited, Christmas Song that was performed as part of"Open Mike – The Musical", which had its debut and final performance in December 2017 at Roslindale Open Mike (ROM).
"Must Be Donald"is a parody of "Must Be Santa". Here's the video from"Open Mike – The Musical"with the lead sung by Karen Sauer. She also provided all the props. Thank you Sue, Ken, Bo, David, Karen, and Neal.
There was also a previous performance, led by me—here's the video. Thank you, Bo, Karen, Ken, and Neal. Finally, here's a demo recording and the lyrics.
12/15/19: "Space Force Anthem" is my contribution for Week 7. In addition to the video, here is a demo recording and the lyrics. I had to go with Space Force Anthem this week because funding for the Space Force is included in the Defense spending bill that is being approved this week. And these brave spacemen will need an appropriate anthem to blast them off into space. It might get lonely up there, but at least they will have this inspiring song to keep them company.
12/7/19: "Twenty-Fifth Amendment" is a new Schoolhouse Rock song). In addition to the video, here is a demo recording and the lyrics.
We will have a national election in November 2020. We will probably have an impeachment in a few weeks. But we could have a new President TODAY if the Vice President chooses to take that approach. I wrote this new Schoolhouse Rock song, "Twenty-Fifth Amendment", to explain how the process works. But I doubt if the lapdog Pence would dare to try it.
Since the impeachment is unlikely to result in a removal from office and a twenty-fifth amendment removal is also unlikely, we need to focus on doing everything we can to have a victory in the 2020 election. What are you doing to help take back our democracy?
"Twenty Fifth Amendment", a new Schoolhouse Rock song, was performed with Ken Porter at Roslindale Open Mike on 9/24/18. Thank you, Ken.
12/1/19: "FAKE!" Week 5 of Persist-Resist-2020 features "FAKE!". It hopefully speaks for itself. Here is FAKE! the video, a demo recording, and the lyrics.
I wrote this song right after the inauguration of you know who—remember the "American Carnage" phrase. One of the first things he did after being sworn in was to apply for reelection and to start having campaign rallies. That's what led to this song. I never suspected it could get so much worse than what I feared three years ago. I heard someone on MSNBC this week explain the tRump strategy: "Deny, Delay, Deflect". Maybe there's a song there. I also liked Eric Swalwell's characterization of Ukraine-gate: "Defense Dollars for Dirt". Lot's of "D"s, but I give tRump lots of "F"s.
What are you doing to help take back our democracy?
Thank you to Karen Sauer and Chris Lee for helping me pull off this performance of FAKE! at the Roslindale Open Mike at 11/25/19. Together we three are The Tritones!
My next performance is with the Tritones, featured at the Cantab Lounge open mike hosted by Geoff Bartley on 12/30/19. Details are on my Gigs page.
11/24/19: "Pocahontas"is a parody of the Neil Young song. I cringe every time I hear you know who refer to Senator Elizabeth Warren by this name.
Pocahontas is a parody of Neil Young's Pocahontas. I don't really understand his song, but my parody is from the perspective of the orange menace disparaging Senator Elizabeth Warren. While Senator Warren is my favorite for our next President, I'm afraid she is too liberal to sin the party's nomination. But she is exceedingly well-prepared and has learned how to appear in public.
I think my performance of this song at Roslindale Open Mike captures the Neil Young voice. I didn't realize how easily this would come to me. I guess I'm able to channel my inner Neil.
11/17/19: "Our Statue in the Harbor is Crying". Thank you to Karen Sauer and Chris Lee for helping with the performance at Roslindale Open Mike—together we are "The Tritones".
This week's contributions is one of the first songs I wrote after the 2016 election. It was originally called "Your Statue in the Harbor is Crying" and told the story of an Iraqi translator who served our military but wasn't allowed to immigrate here because of the Muslim Ban. I revisited it a few weeks ago and re-wrote it to be "Our Statue in the Harbor is Crying" to talk about the deplorable way we are treating refugee children at our Southern border and kicking out medical immigrants.
My father's family came here from Ireland, probably during the potato famine. My mother's family came here from France in the 1600s, via Quebec. Both Catholics with large families. We are all from somewhere else…yearning to breathe free.
The New Colossus
BY EMMA LAZARUS
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Doesn't that poem on the Statue of Liberty take your breath away?
11/10/19: "Pacing the Rage" I'm a regular listener to Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on WGBH's Boston Public Radio (BPR) show. Most weeks they have on security consultant Juliette Kayyem as a guest. Perhaps you've seen her as an expert on CNN. In this era, Juliette started using the phrase "Pacing the Rage" as a way to keep from totally blowing up. So, I wrote a parody of Bruce Cockburn's song "Pacing the Cage". I performed it at Roslindale Open Mike (ROM), ably backed up by Charlie Ortolani and Ken Porter and pitched the recording to BPR, and they played a portion of it! Here's a recording of the BPR segment and the whole ROM performance. and the lyrics. Pacing the Rage has helped me cope with my PTSD—Perpetual Trump Stress Disorder. I hope it helps you, too.
11/3/19: "She Persisted": Here we go…Today I am kicking off the first week of "Persisting and Resisting 2020" as we approach the all-important 2020 election. My first weekly contribution is the song "She Persisted". I wrote "She Persisted" in early 2017. It was one of the first songs on the Persist theme. It was part of the crop of songs for the 2017 version of February Album Writing Month (www.fawm.org), but I didn't write any music for it at that time. So, a few days ago I wrote the music and here is the demo recording. This song had to do with Senator Elizabeth Warren getting shut down by Speaker Mitch McConnell when she was ready a letter by Mrs. Coretta Scott King and the Speaker invoked little used "Rule 19". Here's the chorus:
She persisted
Though men told her to stop
Against the odds she didn't quit
'Til she came out on top
So, I'm going to tell my daughter
To work hard and resist
If you want to get things done
You damn-well better persist
...and a link to the back story... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/08/the-history-of-the-senates-rule-19-suggests-it-is-very-loosely-enforced/
10/12/19: I'm kicking off a final, full year of persisting and resisting, one year before the election. Each week I plan to post a song and/or an essay. It will also include some dirty tricks.
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If you're anything like me you have LOTS of graduations coming up. I feel like I have a pretty good handle on kids birthday gifts (you can see my post HERE for some of my favorites under $20) but graduation gifts can have me stumped.... and apparently they have A LOT of y'all stumped as well because I've had multiple people ask me if I have ideas!
I know that some people are "anti-gift card" because they think it's less personal or somehow not thoughtful but I wholeheartedly disagree. I think that giving someone a gift that you KNOW they'll find useful and will appreciate is about as thoughtful as you can be. And if that's a gift card then what's wrong with that?!?!
The BEST gift though are the notes we get from students and/or parents. Little words of encouragement to tuck away and pull back out on days where we've had to say things like, "Please stop sitting on people" or "no... you may NOT breathe on your friends" or "please take the turtle off of my desk" more often than normal. Even a reply to an email you receive after school hours saying that you appreciate the time and work your child's teacher is doing outside of school can be a huge blessing.
When I started this post I was bound and determined to come up with A TON of creative, unique ideas for grads and teachers.... but turns out gift cards talk. ;) If you have a great go-to-gift for teachers and/or graduates I'd love to hear them!
I so needed this list!!!
I am a teacher and this week I've gotten a few handwritten notes from parents and I have appreciated those more than anything! It's hard being a middle school teacher, so these notes really make a difference! I'm also going to second gift cards as teacher gifts! Even if it's just that $5 card--we still love it!
Great tips, girl! Good to know!
YES! All the gift cards!!!!!!
When I graduated high school I got a lot of gift cards to the bookstore where I was going to college - could be used on books, clothing, the supplies and snacks they sell. I thought it was a great idea! And over the years the store (even though it carries the same stuff) became owned by a Barnes and Noble. So if anyone got a gift card it could be used at either place. Someone got me a sweatshirt from the school too and someone else got me a water bottle along with the gift card. I liked the gifts because it was something I wasn't expecting!
Back in 1998, I got a jewelry holder from James Avery and i still use! I also got personalized stationary and I loved it!
I just got my daughter's teachers personalized water bottles and they are so cute! I want one now!
Such a good list!! For teacher appreciation this week, Cooper gave his teacher a summer tote bag with a pair of flip flops, nail polish, a tervis & some candy. She LOVED it! Thanks for sharing!
Now...how much to spend?!? We are probably doing local food places. When I was teaching I loved the creative stuff!
I loved the "no dishes" gift- what a great idea!
Yep I wanted cash as a grad so that is what we give every year. Haha! I am doing a gift card for my son's teacher this year. At Christmas I gave her something cute for her room and a gift card to use at a nail place. She loved it! Another small teacher appreciation gift I just did was to buy 5 Redbox codes online for $7.50. I split the codes between my son's teacher and another one that helps us a lot. I included the code with some popcorn, M&Ms and popcorn holders. They really loved that.
My aunt always gives Vera Bradley related items for any girl she has to buy for. The large travel duffel bags, backpacks or the travel/tolietry hanging organizers. She watches all year for sales and outlet prices and will stock up in a bunch of patterns!
To that note, she also gives the Vera Bradley lunch boxes once we graduate college and get our first "real" job!
I think gift cards are a great way to go. I feel like they might even be managed a bit better than loose cash in their pockets?!
As a teacher, I totally agree that handwritten notes are the best! I never forget the sweet little things that are said! Gift cards are amazing, too!
Gift Cards ONLY for teachers!
These amazing people are with our babies alllllll day. They deserve the very best...that they get to pick out!
Who doesn't LOVE gift cards?!! I love to schedule lunch delivered from Jasons Deli during teacher appreciation week. The teachers always seem to really love it.


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During the nineteenth century, large-scale sheep farming in the region gave Marlborough its unique identity, significantly different from the neighbouring Nelson province. Since then, farming has been the cornerstone of the regional economy.
Over the past 25-30 years there has been diversification into other industries, most notably, wine production and by 1998, the wine industry had grown to become the largest viticultural region in New Zealand, in terms of area and quantity of grapes grown. Each year, the industry injects more than $65,000,000 into the regional economy. Marlborough wines have won numerous international awards and the industry continues to grow apace. There has been a 33% increase in hectares planted in grapes since 1998, but demand still outstrips supply. Although Marlborough specialises in Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay is also a key variety now and Pinot Noir is not far behind.
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It is anticipated that Marlborough will enjoy continued economic development in wine production, marine farming, forestry, tourism, and defence/aeronautical engineering. This expansion of the primary resource base in Marlborough presents opportunities for value-added industries to develop and to establish.
Havelock is a coastal village at the head of Pelorus Sound. Among the town's former residents were rocket scientist William Pickering and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ernest Rutherford. Known as "the father of nuclear physics", Rutherford pioneered the orbital theory of the atom, notably his discovery of "Rutherford scattering". He was knighted in 1914 and was created Baron Rutherford of Nelson in 1931.


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Xbox One – Hands On and Played
Mon, 09/30/2013 - 04:04 -- MikeJ
The annual Eurogamer Expo took place during September 26-29, and you can read about my experiences at the con by clicking HERE.
However, my real reason for visiting Eurogamer this year was to try out the Xbox One ahead of its release in November 2013. The crowds were buzzing to get their hands on the console, so I joined the masses and leapt in to the first queue I found showcasing the new console: Killer Instinct.
The queue was short, so I grabbed the controller and moved it around in my hands. The first thing I noticed is, somehow, Microsoft have improved on the Xbox 360 with the Xbox One controller. It moulds better in the hand, and after a short time playing, you kind of forget that you have a controller at all. It may sound cheesy, but it works like an extension of your hand. The buttons are well placed, have good resistance, and the LB, RB and triggers are comfortably located on top. It's similar to the 360, but feels more natural, more suited to an adult's hand. Whether children will give the same positive feedback is unsure, but as an adult gamer with adult hands, the controller is as close to perfect as it is likely to be.
So I selected my Killer Instinct character, as did my opponent (from a selection of three, as will be the case when it is released. I'm not going to offer my opinion on micro transactions other than… ugh) and we started our game.
It's a real button masher.
I'm not a big fan of fighting games, and by the time the round was over my hands were already starting to ache a little from hitting random buttons hoping to get some decent moves and combos under my belt. Whenever I did it was by pure fluke, but it certainly looked good.
Yes, the graphics were great and yes, from what I could tell, the gameplay solid. Perhaps with more characters to choose from I would look a little more favourably on Killer Instinct, but from someone who is indifferent to fighting games in general, I can't help but feel somewhat indifferent about this one as well. I'm hoping once the game is released it manages to change my mind, but for now, I'll not be in any sort of rush to play it again.
A console beside me then opened up, and the controllers attached were in fact fight-sticks, so myself and my sparring partner had another round, this time with a more arcade feel to it. Again, it was ok, but then again maybe I'm just bitter because I lost.
Next up was Dead Rising 3, a game which I queued an hour to sample. The game wasn't originally advertised as being playable at the expo, so I was giddier than a schoolboy when I realised I would get to try it out. I entered the booth, passed a zombie with a rotary blade sticking out from his chest, and took a controller beside my Killer Instinct opponent. I was 'supervised' by a Microsoft employee who guided me through my zombie slaughter – which is essentially all the demo was. It was 10 minutes of pure carnage, and as it booted up I had a sledgehammer equipped and a hoard of zombies in front of me. I smashed my way through the crowd and climbed in to a car – the controls are what we have come to expect from the Dead Rising series, and it all felt very familiar. The crowd of zombies felt my wrath, and it's interesting that physics now play a bigger part in Dead Rising 3. If you hurl a small car in to a big crowd of zombies then the car slows down, unable to cope with the pressure, however if you power through in a bulldozer then even the biggest crowd cannot slow you down.
Once again weapon combos are back, however there is now no requirement to use a workbench to do so – in fact, I combined a steamroller and a motorbike to create a… motor-roller? Wait… a steam-bike? Whatever it was, it kicked serious zombie butt, and was even fitted with flamethrowers on the front.
A flame-steam-bike? Awesome.
The graphics on Dead Rising 3 are light-years ahead of its predecessors, and the amount of zombies that appear on the screen at any one time is purely mind-blowing. This game really proves what the next gen consoles are capable of, and it's no surprise the title isn't coming to Xbox 360 – the console simply wouldn't cope. It was fun, it was exciting, and my short rampage further cemented that Dead Rising 3 will be the number one title for me on launch day.
Next, I moved my way in to the Kinect area and checked out Sports Rivals. Kinect 2.0 is undoubtedly an improvement on the 360 version, and the movement is sleek, responsive and fun. Kinect Sports Rivals is finally showing what Microsoft wanted from the hardware.
It was at this stage I noticed the only downside to my experience with Xbox One – the console itself. It is HUGE. It's bigger than the 360, and I would compare it to that of the original Xbox. It's a monster of a box, and will really dominate people's television setup. It's inevitable that we will have a redesigned version in a few years, but until then, gamers are going to have to make do.
It's a small gripe, but a gripe nonetheless.
While I didn't play Ryse, the game looks a little repetitive and involves a lot of quick time style gameplay mechanics. Those coming off the game had mixed reactions, but nobody outright disliked the game. I think this one will really split gamers upon its release.
Forza looks and handles like how you would expect. Realistic racers don't really push my buttons, but the game looks phenomenal. It looks like you're playing a cut scene, so really shows the graphical power the console is capable of. If racers are your thing, then Forza will not disappoint. They also had a full size car on display at the expo, so racing fans were treated well at Eurogamer.
To sum it all up, the Xbox One lives up to the hype. I won't give my overall verdict on the console until I have it at home and I'm playing it on my own TV, but from what I sampled at the expo, it has done nothing but make me more excited for November. The console is great, the graphics are superb, and the gameplay is stunning.
Winter is coming, and I can't wait to spend it playing Xbox One.
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Plant Heritage and the Threatened Plants Project
A request for help
Threatened Plants Appeal
"By supporting the Threatened Plants Appeal, you will be instrumental in not only safeguarding it, but also ensuring that our work carries on." Alan Titchmarsh
Plumpton College is assisting Plant Heritage to collate much needed information to ascertain the status of cultivars in the UK and Ireland
Why Conserve Cultivated Plants?
The importance of the socio-cultural value of plants has been accepted and enshrined in the current set of global targets for biodiversity.
Aichi Target 13 states:
Target 13
"By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity."
This is very exciting for Plant Heritage as it recognises that the work we are doing is of international importance.
A Nation of Growers
As a natural habitat, Britain is unique. Our climate is cool but temperate, with both alpine and marine regions. We have a number of micro-climates, and stretches of coastline washed by the Gulf Stream. With a little care we can, and do, grow virtually anything.
The lost garden of Britain
British growers have a long history of collecting plant material from the wild and hybridising. In decades past, small independent growers would compile catalogues containing literally hundreds of garden plants.
Sadly, many of these are now lost for ever. And since many growers never recorded their work, we have also lost vital knowledge; a tantalising slice of social, cultural and horticultural history has simply died with them.
The IUCN have been assessing the conservation status of wild species for more than four decades to pinpoint those that are threatened with extinction.
The TPP fulfils a similar role for cultivars in the UK and Ireland, but goes a few steps further by assessing them for value and sourcing conservation plans. Identifying threatened plants enables Plant Heritage to use its resources where they are most needed.
We are trying to collate as much information as we can regarding cultivars from as many sources as possible.
Any growers who hold a specific genus of cultivars or a wide selection of genera which include cultivars in a list form or on a data base could help this very important project, which is working to ascertain and conserve threatened and endangered cultivars in the UK and Ireland.
Obviously this request doesn't apply to any members who may hold a National Collection as this was Plant Heritages first point of call, followed up by contacting all the institutions, organisations and gardens on both the PlantNetwork and the BGCI data bases.
The only criteria to meet is that specimens must either be planted out permanently or continuously held in pots, which many growers may have for the use as stock plants.
If you can assist in this mammoth task we would like to receive your data base in order that all the projects findings can be as accurate as possible.
Plumpton College, Horticultural lecturer.
Tel 01273 890454. Ext 307
gary.jones@plumpton.ac.uk
on behalf of Dr Kalani Seymour, Threatened Plants Project Manager, Plant Heritage, email TPP@plantheritage.org.uk, telephone 01483 447 540 Fax 01483 458 933


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Food allergens: Milk, cheese, egg, protein products, wheat, cereals, certain daals as used in India, peas, orange, fish, chicken, etc. Synthetic and natural food additives and artificially-flavored food articles. Non-allergic food reactions, from salicylates in fruit, azo dye food coloring agents, benzoate preservatives and other food additives.
Exposure to pollen, house-dust, dander, fungi, change in temperature, etc. are known exciting factors. Extreme cold, heat, pressure may also induce urticaria.
Drugs: The major cause for urticaria are man-made drugs such as antibiotics (Penicillin), anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin, indomethacin), quinine, ipecac, vaccinations, hormonal preparations, contraceptive pills, etc.
Antihistamines that bind to the histamine 1 receptor (H1) serve as important therapeutic agents to counter the effects of histamine in the skin. Two generations of antihistamines exist; however, second-generation agents are more advantageous because they cause less sedation, have a longer half life and are more selective for the H1 receptor. While H1 antihistamines have proven to be effective at reversing the pruritus and cutaneous lesions of chronic urticaria, their ability to treat pruritus associated with other cutaneous and systemic diseases is unproven.
Urticaria is dermal oedema resulting from vascular dilatation and leakage of fluid into the skin in response to molecules released from mast cells. Histamine produces a short-lived urticaria. However, the clinical spectrum and pattern of urticaria lesions indicate that other molecules, including prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and cytokines, produced at different times after mast cell activation contribute to the polymorphism of this symptom and the variable evolution of this disease. It is a common practice to distinguish immunological and nonimmunological urticaria. Immunological urticaria is a hypersensitivity reaction mediated by antibodies and/or T-cells that results in mast cell activation. Although immunoglobulin IgE-mediated type I hypersensitivity (HS) was long postulated to be the major immunological pathway associated with mast cell activation, interaction between IgE-bound mast cells and allergens is unlikely to be the mechanism by which urticaria develops in most patients. It is now well established that urticaria may result from the binding of IgG auto-antibodies to IgE and/or to the receptor for IgE molecules on mast cells, thus corresponding to a type II HS reaction. These auto-immune urticarias represent up to 50% of patients with chronic urticaria. Mast cell activation can also result from type III HS through the binding of circulating immune complexes to mast cell-expressing Fc receptors for IgG and IgM. Finally, under certain circumstances, T-cells can induce activation of mast cells, as well as histamine release (type IV HS). Nonimmunological urticarias result from mast cell activation through membrane receptors involved in innate immunity (e.g., complement, Toll-like, cytokine / chemokine, opioid) or by direct toxicity of xenobiotics (haptens, drugs).
Herbs have been used for centuries to treat this condition. The Stinging Nettle being the well-known herb of choice due to its associated botanical name Urtica dioica folia. But this is usually insufficient to effect a cure. A complete treatment will involve liver cleanses, anti-parasitic herbs, relaxant herbs for stress, nutrient rich herbs (e.g. the ABC Daily Powder), immunostimulants, and hormonal regulators. Such treatment you can receive from you local herbalist.


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import static com.github.drinkjava2.jbeanbox.NameMatchUtil.nameMatch;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

public class NameMatchUtilTest {
	@Test
	public void nameMatchUtilTest() {
		Assert.assertTrue(nameMatch("abc*", "abcx"));
		Assert.assertTrue(nameMatch("ghi*jkl", "ghixxjkl"));
		Assert.assertTrue(nameMatch("*mn", "xmn"));

		Assert.assertTrue(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "abcd"));
		Assert.assertTrue(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "def"));
		Assert.assertTrue(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "ghixxjkl"));
		Assert.assertTrue(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "ghixxjkl"));
		Assert.assertTrue(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "mn"));

		Assert.assertFalse(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "abd"));
		Assert.assertFalse(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "de"));
		Assert.assertFalse(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "ghxxkl"));
		Assert.assertFalse(nameMatch("abc*|def*|ghi*jkl|*mn", "n"));
	}
}


As you may know, Katalon Studio only supports WebUI, Mobile, and API automation testing. However, there is a workaround solution to this problem, utilizing Winium .jar package in order to test desktop applications.
Steps : 1) Download and extract Winium.Desktop.Driver.zip from https://github.com/2gis/Winium.Desktop/releases 2) Run Winium.Desktop.Driver.exe 3) Download the jar package. 4) From Katalon studio –> Project settings –> External libraries, add two jars winium-elements-desktop-0.2.0-1.jar and winium-webdriver-0.1.0-1.jar (Refer : https://i.imgur.com/haDI84P.png) 5) Use the example below to import the Winium driver and use script into Katalon Studio.
This example works perfect in windows 10.


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Q: displayFor first item of list in MVC I have an MVC project and in my code behind I have a list of dates that has a foreach loop in it and adds a new item of something.
But I just want to get the first item.
So I've been doing  @Html.DisplayFor(m => m.AllDates) but of course that listed all the dates. I tried using the placeholder, which I think would work but not sure I got the syntax right?
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.AllDates{1})

I dont want to add a forloop, I already have that in the code behind. Surely I can do this in the front?

A: You should be able to reference an item in your collection by index, so I would just change your curly braces to square brackets and you should be on the right track.
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.AllDates[1])

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Home tutor help with homework The concerns with facebook
The concerns with facebook
The apps used an HTTP referer that exposed the user's identity and sometimes their friends' identities.
Changes[ edit ] In springFacebook had to undertake many changes e. I deleted it today In jurisdictions where a similar law sets a lower minimum age, Facebook enforces the lower age.
Some Facebook members still feel that the ability to opt out of the entire News Feed and Mini-Feed system is necessary, as evidenced by a statement from the Students Against Facebook News Feed group, which peaked at overmembers in Separately, before Facebook can determine whether the user is logged in, some data may be transferred from the participating site to Facebook.
Facebook agreed to comply with some, but not all, of her recommendations. Facebook is always listening First of all, the thought that Facebook listens to its users through phone and computer microphones isn't that far fetched.
Since the group managed to get more than 7. Separately, before Facebook can determine whether the user is logged in, some data may be transferred from the participating site to Facebook.
Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. Facebook said it uses browsing data to create analytics reports, including about traffic to a site. The new privacy policy took effect on the same day. Bugeja followed up on January 26, in The Chronicle with an article titled "Distractions in the Wireless Classroom", [] quoting several educators across the country who were banning laptops in the classroom.
This would apply to other services beyond Facebook because, as mentioned, it is standard to how the internet works. However, a post like "why did Facebook serve me this random ad" isn't going to get to the front page of Reddit. Hate speech and incitements to violence against Rohingya "on social media is rampant, particularly on Facebook," said Marzuki Darusman, chair of a United Nations probe into human rights in Myanmar, adding it largely "goes unchecked.
The new privacy policy took effect on the same day. Zuckerberg, for instance, said the collection was done for security purposes, without explaining further or saying whether it was also used for measurement or analytics, Gillmor said, adding that Facebook had a business incentive to use the non-user data to target ads.
It was not a security breach and did not compromise user data in any way. In one instance around lateCrimson Hexagon was in talks with U.
Sure enough, he claims, Facebook served him an ad for some feline snacks. Supreme Court has largely refused to recognize a Fourth Amendment privacy right to information shared with a third party, there is no federal statutory or constitutional right that prevents the government from issuing requests that amount to fishing expeditions and there is no Facebook privacy policy that forbids the company from handing over private user information that suggests any illegal activity.
That's an illustration of how confusing they can be. From eerily accurate "people you may know" suggestions to the creepily perfect ads populating your News Feed, the company undeniably has a Big Brother-like finger on the pulse of its 2 billion monthly active users.
Public data, used in bulk, can tell companies how certain groups of people are feeling at a particular time and location, for example—invaluable information for government agencies in the U.
The desire for social acceptance leads individuals to want to share the most intimate details of their personal lives along with illicit drug use and binge drinking. Crimson Hexagon has sold its proprietary analytics platform in foreign countries including Russia and Turkey.
It's also noted, however, that the accuracies of Facebook searches are due to its larger, more diverse photo selection compared to the FBI's closed database.
This seems to be the general consensus of scores of users who believe, despite any and all official proclamations to the contrary, that Facebook eavesdrops on their daily banter.
Some of the information not included was "likes", data about the new face recognition function, data about third party websites that use "social plugins" visited by users and information about uploaded videos.
A Facebook representative explained to a student from the University of British Columbia that users had to clear their own accounts by manually deleting all of the content including wall posts, friends, and groups. Still, even if we take Facebook at its word, another — perhaps even scarier — possibility presents itself.
Facebook's Chris Kelly contradicted the claims, saying that: Myanmar activists say social media aids genocide However, the activists who originally called Zuckerberg out said his response did not "change our core belief that your proposed improvements are nowhere near enough to ensure that Myanmar users are provided with the same standards of care as users in the US or Europe," reiterating the heightened stakes in the Southeast Asian country.
Deactivating an account allows it to be restored later, while deleting it will remove the account "permanently", although some data submitted by that account "like posting to a group or sending someone a message" will remain.
Facebook also has its own built-in messaging system that people can send message to any other user, unless they have disabled the feature to "from friends only". A visitor to the site copied, published and later removed the code from his web forum, claiming he had been served and threatened with legal notice by Facebook.
Currently the group claims that Facebook holds at least 84 data categories about every user. Facebook's Privacy Policy now states, "When you delete an account, it is permanently deleted from Facebook.
Arguing that the cookies provided better security, Facebook said in a statement: Gary King, a social scientist and Harvard professor, co-founded Crimson Hexagon in and serves as chairman. Furthermore, Junco [] found that sharing links and checking up on friends were positively related to GPA while posting status updates was negatively related.
Facebook treats such relationships as public information, and the user's identity may be displayed on the Facebook page of the product or service. Facebook said it was suspending analytics firm Crimson Hexagon while it investigates whether the firm's government contracts violate Facebook policies.
Dec 20, · Facebook has argued in court filings that the law, the Communications Decency Act, makes it immune from liability for discriminatory ads. Although Facebook is a. The privacy concerns expressed during Aloha's development represent a privacy stigma Facebook will need to overcome as it pushes further into selling consumer tsfutbol.com company ran into similar.
Apr 15, · SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Concern about Facebook Inc's respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after.
Facebook said it was suspending analytics firm Crimson Hexagon while it investigates whether the firm's government contracts violate Facebook policies. Although Facebook is a relatively new entrant into the recruiting arena, it is rapidly gaining popularity with employers.
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Built at the beginning of the 18th century, Villa Subaglio is a splendid country house situated in the heart of Brianza, a few minutes away from Milan, in a panoramic position which takes in the Padanian plain to the south and the crest of the Lombard prealps to the north. The villa features five reception halls which preserve their original, elegant style.


Achievement of something great that we feel will bring some positive change comes from the mantra, "I will learn and grow everyday in everyway." Actually not only reciting it but practising the same in our life.
The simple reason behind why I am saying this is because no great achievement comes in a single shot. If one is moving for achievement, he/she has to learn from every failure and success along the way.
Many times in journey of our life, we will come across a situation wherein our strongest belief of all times is found by ourself that, the particular belief was always influencing our every choices and decisions in negative way and thus yielding negative results. Should we let ourselves collapse because of this discovery?
Coming back to the subject, what does 'learning and growing everyday in everyway' mean? Is it learning by reading books, listening to lectures, looking back at our past experiences, observing other people, observing our own thoughts, analyzing the goals we set and the tasks we do? Yes, these all relates to the meaning of 'learning and growing everyday in everyway.
So, wise decision that we can take in such a situation is being grateful towards ourselves for making such a discovery and just learn and grow towards something better. The interesting point is we will never have the moment of over excitement or regret when any of the events occur, because for us the event is just a chance to learn and grow everyday in every way.
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The annual Job Expo will be held Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 3 – 6 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. For those unfamiliar with the event, this will be a chance for students to network and introduce themselves to over 100 employers.
Short adds that students should get competitive and make an early connection with employers. A college degree can offer graduates better security in their line of employment.
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education released findings in January that Kentucky citizens with only a high school diploma or GED were twice as likely to be unemployed than those with a bachelor's degree. Also, 80 percent of the 7.2 million jobs lost in the recession were held by those with a high school diploma or less.
Since those attending will be making a first impression with companies looking to hire, there is a checklist they should run through before attending in order to give the best impression possible.
Short suggests that students get their resume together first and bring a portfolio with multiple copies. If students are unsure if their resume is acceptable, they can attend a workshop in the Career Development Center this week. Those attending should also research the potential list of employers, gather information about them and have some questions ready.
Short continued to explain that those looking to impress should dress professionally and leave their backpack in the trunk. A detailed description of business dress for men and women can be found at on the Career Development Center's website.
"Use all the different sources that are available," said Joseph Javins, a computer information technology graduate who is currently working at Navaro Medical Solutions. Javins used the services offered by the Career Development Center to help him get a co-op position he had heard about. He worked for the company for two years before being hired on full time.
In addition to the expo, the Career Development Center offers Norse Recruiting, where students can post their resume and look for companies interested in hiring at various times of the year. Those attending should remember to bring their All Cards. They will be scanned to print off name tags that also include students' major and status. More information and a full list of companies attending can be found at http://careerservices.nku.edu/students/jobexpo.html.


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Zeeland Chorus unites for 70th anniversary performance of 'Messiah'
Updated Apr 03, 2019; Posted Nov 29, 2009
By Greg Chandler | The Grand Rapids Press
ZEELAND — When she was a child, Holly Feenstra pleaded with her parents to allow her to attend the Zeeland Civic Chorus' annual presentation of George Frideric Handel's "Messiah."
When she was a high school freshman, Feenstra joined the chorus.
She continued a family tradition started by her grandfather, Don Lotterman and great-uncle, Phil Lotterman; one that includes all nine of her siblings — seven sisters and two brothers.
"To me, the 'Messiah' is Christmas time," said Feenstra, a 25-year-old Wyoming resident who has been with the chorus 11 years.
Mark Copier | The Grand Rapids PressAt the helm: Zeeland Civic Chorus conductor Richard Cory rehearses for "Messiah" performances.
"It tells the whole story of Christ, start to finish — birth, passion, death, ascension."
Feenstra is joined by her mother, Mary Lotterman, of Byron Center, and sister, Emily Lotterman, 23, in the chorus' 70th annual presentation of "Messiah."
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday at First Christian Reformed Church, 15 S. Church St.; and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at Central Avenue Christian Reformed Church, 259 Central Ave., Holland.
"It's the perfect beginning of the Christmas season," said JoAnn Bremer, who has sung with the chorus for 13 years.
She joined after seeing a performance of "Messiah" with her husband the first year they moved to Zeeland from San Diego.
In its early years, "Messiah" was such a community event that local stores would close so people could attend the performances, Bremer said.
Zeeland resident Shirley Klingenberg remembers some of those early years. Her mother, Adelaide Vereeke, sang in the first performance of "Messiah" in 1940.
Klingenberg joined the chorus in 1953 as a Holland Christian High School senior. She said she has been on and off with the chorus for more than three decades.
"I just love the music," said the 73-year-old.
"For me, it's absolutely wonderful that so many young people (who have joined the chorus) are enjoying this music and keeping the tradition going."
With more than 100 singers, the chorus rehearses eight Sundays, starting in early October for two hours.
"It takes about two seconds for me to get into it (every year)," Feenstra said. "It's amazing to me. It never gets old."
The chorus has been directed since 2004 by Richard Cory, who also is choir director at
Central Avenue Christian Reformed Church.
There is no admission charge for either performance, though a freewill offering will be taken to help offset production expenses.
"We get such a thrill out of it," Bremer said. "It puts us in the right mindset for the holidays."
E-mail the author of this story: lakeshore@grpress.com


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11 Dead, 40 injured at Mawazine festival in Rabat
The Mawazine festival in Rabat was a scene of chaos on Saturday night when 11 people were killed and about 40 other people were injured when a wire fence collapsed and caused a stampede.
According to police, five women, four men and two children died in the crush. Rescuers helped to pull out survivors and transport the injured to hospital, where seven people remain under observation.
A policeman on duty outside the stadium
According to local media there were some 70,000 spectators packed into the Hay Nahda stadium to see Morrocan singer Abdelaziz Stati. Earlier in the week the festival also featured Kylie Minogue, Khaled and Alicia Keyes.
The week-long Mawazine festival is one of several events aimed at promoting Morocco's image as a modern, tolerant nation. The festival was created in 2001 and is one of the most important cultural gatherings in Morocco. Some 1,700 foreign and local performers converged on Rabat for the 2009 event which ended on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, in Casablanca, an American, of Lebanese descent, was stabbed to death on Saturday night. The victim, his wife and sister-in-law were harassed by a group of four drunkards, when they were returning back home. Following an altercation, one of the drunkards stabbed the American businessman who died in the emergency room.
The culprit and his accomplices were arrested and will be brought before court to answer for their crime.
King extends condolences to the families of music festival stampede victims
King Mohammed VI sent condolence messages to the families of the stampede victims, which occurred on Saturday night at the Hay Nahda Stadium. In these messages, the sovereign expresses his sincere condolences and deep sympathy to the families of the victims.
The monarch has also decided to personally take charge of the burial expenses of deceased people and the hospitalization charges of the wounded. The king has also given his instructions to the authorities to take the necessary measures to provide support and assistance to the families of the victims.
The sovereign has also ordered the authorities to open an investigation into the causes and circumstances of this incident. "An investigation is under way to establish the exact causes and circumstances of the incident," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
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