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Most pancreatic cancers are identified at later stages making them inoperable or incurable. Now these specialists at Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center are hoping to intervene at an earlier stage, providing a better opportunity for survival for a larger group of patients.
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As summer quickly comes to an end, September is here to save the day. Fall is quickly approaching and there are still so many fun outdoor activities you can do. With Wine & Chile, Green Chile Cheeseburger Smackdown, Chairlift rides and so much more there are endless activities for everyday of September!
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A little history about Zozobra, William Schuster Jr. first created Zozo in 1924 in his backyard as he was inspired by the Holy Week celebrations of the Yaqui Indians of Mexico. Schuster himself personally oversaw the work that went into Zozobra up until 1964 when he gave the Kiwanis club his blessing to take it over for him.
When it comes to coffee shops, Santa Fe has many options. It can hard to decide where your perfect coffee or espresso is. Whether you are looking for an art-filled atmosphere, a relaxed book lovers oasis or maybe you are in search for amazing pastries and lunch time snacks, Santa Fe has it. Here are just a few of the best spots in Santa Fe to enjoy a cup of joe, let us know your favorite!
A coffee lovers haven, on site roasted coffee from an array of farmers around the world, and of course homemade treats, fresh salads and yummy sandwiches.
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For those who love beer and amazing food Santa Fe has it all! From stalwarts like Second Street Brewery to newer breweries such as Rowley's Farmhouse Ales. Brewing in Santa fe has become a serious business and for beer lovers this is great news. With so many breweries to choose from it can be hard to pick one so we suggest trying them all! With new breweries and taprooms opening we're bound to have missed a few. Tell us your favorites!
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From Ghost tours to Food tours, this August Santa Fe has so much to offer. Explore Las Golondrinas or walk downtown and enjoy restaurants and wine. Spend a relaxing morning doing yoga in the Botanical Gardens or make it a spa day at the Eldorado hotel. So much to do and only so many days in August, and don't forget to get the best local produce at the Farmers Market!


Recognized for creating new opportunities in on-demand software, cloud computing, and SaaS.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2013 -- AppDynamics, the next-generation Application Performance Management solution that simplifies the management of modern apps, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnDemand Top 100 winners. Inclusion in the OnDemand 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. AppDynamics was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
AppDynamics and the OnDemand Top 100 companies will be honored at AlwaysOn's OnDemand event on May 20th, 2013, at Hewlett-Packard's Executive Briefing Center in Palo Alto, CA.
This two-day exclusive event treats attendees to a high-level debate and discourse on top trends and opportunities in the SaaS, cloud, on-demand, and mobile enterprise sectors.
"The world of the cloud is beginning to live up to its promise of expanding and enhancing almost every sector of the technology world. Public, private, and hybrid, the cloud infrastructure companies that can provide the most robust, always-on performance are the ones that are propelling us into a completely new digital age," says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "This year's OnDemand 100 winners represent the companies that are not only providing the space to develop daring, indispensible applications for a growing and increasingly mobile universe, they're making sure that everyone has their information, data, media, and apps whenever and wherever they happen to be. The innovations these companies are developing goes beyond consumer, beyond business enterprise—it's the future, in the palm of your hand, on your desktop, in your car. The on-demand paradigm is computing, and the Global Silicon Valley has never been more ready to take on its challenge.
The OnDemand 100 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2013 list.
AppDynamics' solution, which is designed to supplant legacy enterprise APM products through its ability to support distributed applications, agile environments, and cloud deployments, has blazed a disruptive trail in the marketplace: its customers include Netflix, Orbitz, Expedia, Glassdoor, Expedia, Eurocar, and Overstock.com. In January 2013, the company raised $50 million from investors Instituational Venture Partners (IVP), Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its funding total to $86.5 million. AppDynamics was also voted the #1 Cloud Company to Work For by Forbes Magazine.
"We're pleased to have made it through a competitive selection process to be included OnDemand 2013 Top 100, and believe that judges recognized the disruptive effect that AppDynamics has been having upon the Application Performance Management industry," said Jyoti Bansal, Founder & CEO of AppDynamics. "We are increasingly seeing enterprise organizations abandon their obsolete technologies and embrace the ease-of-use that AppDynamics can provide, which has caused the rate of our customer acquisition to accelerate dramatically in the first part of 2013. We're proud to be a part of the Top 100."


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Bareilly Ka Jhumka is located on NH 24 Road at Dhantiya Tirahe (Uttar Pradesh, India), which has been built by BDA after almost 50 years.  It remains a center of attraction for tourists visiting the city. A 2 quintal (200 kg) jhumka is mounted on a 14 ft high pole. Brass and copper have been used to make it. It is being said that the cost has come to around Rs 18 lakh.  It has been prepared by an artist from Gurgaon.

History
Bollywood actress Sadhna played the song 'Jhumka Gira Re, Bareilly Ke Bazar Mein' so well that it became a topic of discussion among the people and Bareilly and Jhumka have become each other's identity. Sunil Dutt and Sadhana played the lead roles in the film 'Mera Saaya'. This song was sung by Asha Bhosle.

See also

 Dargah Tajushshariya
 Bareilly district
 Bareilly division
 Bareilly Sharif Dargah
 Bareilly ki Barfi
 Bareilly College

Reference

Bareilly
Cities and towns in Bareilly district
Rohilkhand
Populated places established in 1657
1657 establishments in Asia
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Q: How to resolve the invalid number in orcale
I am facing an issue with some data that start with a strange character  before the number 5
how can I discover all of these characters and remove it
5,AX,AMEX,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
DM,BSHB,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,MC,
BSHB,1,323.50,0,0,0,0,1,P1,
BSHB,81,7819.25,0,0,0,0,81,
VC,BSHB,5,212.95,0,0,0,0,5

what do you recommend to resolve this issue knowing that I get the data from a specific source so I can not change anything but I am trying to mask it in the view?

A: regexp_replace can always help to find or replace/remove any characters you want.
For example, if you want to delete all characters escept alphanumeric, space, comma and dot:
regexp_replace(t.str,'[^ ,.[:alnum:]]')

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I need to write a macro that counts the number of cells that have a text value in column B that matches A AND matches has a certain color. Picture attached. So for example cell B2 counts if the value of B16-B200 if they have the same name (value is the same as A2). I need to create a macro for C2-F2 that will count the number of cells that have the same name AND will count how many of those are yellow (for C2), Green (for D2), Red (e2), and blue (f2).
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CHAZAK CHAZAK V'NITCHAZEK – "Be Strong. Be strong and be strengthened".
Revelation: 21: 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
Psalm: 100: 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
God doesn't live in buildings but in people's hearts. He made our heart for His dwelling. Have you experienced the true deliverance in Christ Jesus? If not, during this Christmas season come closer to the light of God's presence and make a quick evaluation of your spiritual condition.
This entry was posted in Christian Discipleship, Christian Family, Christian Fellowship, Christian Leadership, Christian Relationship, faith, Father's Love, Prayer, Religious Vs Relationship, Word of God on December 22, 2016 by thejourneyinchrist.


"An inspiring private initiative has taken place in November of 2011 by some Fiduciary Service providers establishing a private association named "Cyprus Fiduciary Association", with a primary target to apply some standards in the provision of such services in Cyprus.
CFA has grown in size, stature, and professionalism since we joined 3 years ago. CFA has brought a breath of fresh air and a new optimism in the provision of fiduciary services; and managed to promote the interest of its members and to develop a significant representation with regulatory authorities.
Being part of CFA is invaluable as it offers wide range of opportunities to meet, learn, develop and improve in all aspects. Since the first official event, which was successfully carried in May 2012, CFA organized a number of training courses focused on knowledge sharing and promoting best practices.


Car and ride sharing could transform the way we get around. Digital technology and new business models now make sharing easier for more people. Have you tried carpooling schemes and found that they didn't take off? Could car sharing reduce your organisation's transport costs?
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Cerneciîi Iar (în ) este un sat în comuna Velîki Budîșcea din raionul Dîkanka, regiunea Poltava, Ucraina.

Demografie

Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației localității Cerneciîi Iar era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%).

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NEW YORK – With only two weeks remaining before the release of their highly anticipated new LP, THE CONTORTIONIST are debuting a new single called "Primordial Sound" today, exclusively through METALSUCKS.
"Primordial Sound" is also available as an iTunes "Instant Gratification" track. Meaning, fans who pre order Language today will get the single immediately. That's also the case for "Language I: Intuition," the first track the band premiered a few weeks ago. Fans who pre order Language today will receive both!
THE CONTORTIONIST recently debuted an all new music video for their latest single "Language I: Intuition" exclusively through Altpress.com. Directed by Corey Norman, this is the first music video installment from the band since they debuted the rapidly watched "Dreaming Schematics" video released in 2012.
An array of pre-orders are still available including bundles including shirts, vinyl and even the chance to win a 7-string guitar from Ibanez.
The band will be headed out on the road in support of the release of Language on the "Escape From The Studio Tour." The Contortionist will support PERIPHERY, bookended by headlining dates in select markets featuring Intervals and Polyphia.


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Q: Reading a shapefile and plot with geom_sf returns error I wish to plot some maps of Denmark using the new sf package and geom_sf() from ggplot2. I have a shapefile from a public map service, with a total of 4 files (DK.shp, DK.dbf, DK.shf and DK.prj). I have made the data available here in a zip-file (let me know if there is a better way to share files on Stack Overflow, I was not sure).
In R I try to load the file:
library(sf)

devtools::dev_mode(on = TRUE)
#devtools::install_github('tidyverse/ggplot2')

library(ggplot2)

d <- st_read('DK/DK.shp')

ggplot(d) +
  geom_sf()

nc <- st_read(system.file("shape/nc.shp", package="sf"))

ggplot(nc) +
  geom_sf()

geom_sf() plots the buildin nc.shp file just as expected, but DK.shp makes it return:

Error in x %*% Mat : non-conformable arguments
In addition: There were 50 or more warnings (use warnings() to see the first 50)

The 50 warnings mentioned are all of the type:
1: In matrix(vec, ncol(m), nrow(m)) :
   data length [2] is not a sub-multiple or multiple of the number of rows [3]

I am not sure whether this is a problem with the data-file I supply, or a bug in either sf or ggplot2. Any suggestions on how to resolve this?
Update
Looking into the data returned by st_geometry() i found the following:
x <- st_geometry(d[1,])
unlist(x)
# [1]  695222.0  695157.0  694574.5  693521.3  693590.6  693091.5  694813.6  694669.2  694190.6
# [10]  693295.8  692494.8  692655.9  693205.8  693998.4  695060.1  696658.0  697494.1  697847.6
# [19]  699947.6  700876.2  700936.4  702302.0  702727.3  702762.6  703223.3  703771.5  704180.7
# [28]  704991.5  704650.9  706955.0  708027.2  710597.9  710211.5  710128.9  710127.7  709773.2
# [37]  709965.2  708919.0  710098.1  710272.9  710586.6  712156.8  710876.0  710567.9  710041.6
# [46]  709731.5  708333.8  707001.3  707546.4  707193.8  706598.1  706370.5  704816.7  705153.2
# [55]  704208.8  704209.4  702438.4  702290.3  702017.5  701601.2  700813.9  700244.4  698705.2
# [64]  697584.8  695462.3  695222.0 6195729.1 6196153.6 6197058.5 6197735.0 6198228.8 6198687.0
# [73] 6199968.8 6200923.1 6201422.3 6201743.9 6203045.2 6204716.4 6205660.8 6205964.5 6207435.3
# [82] 6207247.1 6207387.4 6207111.0 6208095.2 6208737.5 6209758.0 6209820.5 6209795.2 6209941.6
# [91] 6209663.9 6209741.5 6209669.6 6210534.0 6211238.2 6211301.4 6211441.3 6211409.8 6210281.9
# [100] 6209192.3 6208759.1 6207688.6 6206301.1 6205454.5 6204600.1 6204566.5 6203154.7 6201390.7
# [109] 6199999.8 6199645.5 6199286.7 6199607.3 6199116.3 6199058.5 6198042.2 6197785.1 6198202.3
# [118] 6198169.9 6197827.8 6196050.1 6194848.5 6194665.8 6194474.5 6193641.8 6193609.7 6193729.3
# [127] 6193661.6 6196020.7 6197222.2 6196682.2 6195683.5 6195729.1    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0
# [136]    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0
# [145]    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0
# [154]    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0
# [163]    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0
# [172]    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0
# [181]    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0
# [190]    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0    -999.0

nx <- st_geometry(nc[1,])
unlist(nx)
# [1] -81.47276 -81.54084 -81.56198 -81.63306 -81.74107 -81.69828 -81.70280 -81.67000 -81.34530
# [10] -81.34754 -81.32478 -81.31332 -81.26624 -81.26284 -81.24069 -81.23989 -81.26424 -81.32899
# [19] -81.36137 -81.36569 -81.35413 -81.36745 -81.40639 -81.41233 -81.43104 -81.45289 -81.47276
# [28]  36.23436  36.27251  36.27359  36.34069  36.39178  36.47178  36.51934  36.58965  36.57286
# [37]  36.53791  36.51368  36.48070  36.43721  36.40504  36.37942  36.36536  36.35241  36.36350
# [46]  36.35316  36.33905  36.29972  36.27870  36.28505  36.26729  36.26072  36.23959  36.23436

So the shapefile I am trying to read contains the values in a different format or something. Also, what is going on with all the -999 values? How to I deal with this?

A: I'll file this as an issue; your geometry contains Z coordinates, and right now geom_sf doesn't like that. Try
ggplot(st_zm(d)) + geom_sf()

to drop the Z coordinate from your polygon nodes. (Issue raised here)


The fact that testers and programmers have different mentalities is already clear, discussed and known. It goes without saying that testers look at different products than programmers, and it's often easier to find the mistakes of someone else than personal mistakes.
Tester activity is usually associated with frequent changes of attention; sometimes over the course of a day, a tester can perform more than ten different tasks that are not too closely related.
Programmers have everything different - they tend to work "in flux". What does this mean?! It means working in a deep and almost meditative immersion state. In this state, a person feels a slight sense of euphoria and does not notice the passage of time: "I started working. When I stopped, three hours had passed." The person does not make a conscious effort and the work seems to be effortless/easy for them. This kind of mental state is required for writing high-quality code.
When it comes to communicating with programmers, perhaps the most effective method is discrete communication. So sending an email or writing a comment in a task is better than sending a chat message, and sending a chat message is better than interrupting in person.
Of course, direct communication should not be completely ignored, but it is better to plan it in advance so as not to interfere with the work of colleagues.
And if you share an office with programmers, remember that noise also interferes with their concentration and thinking. Of course, keeping a quiet work environment is a manifestation of respect for all colleagues, not just for programmers.
A tester must not tolerate when an error is rejected with such a resolution. This situation always requires additional procedures.
For you, this may be a signal that the problem is in the environment.
The developer might come to such a conclusion because they re-verified a different version of the product where some changes had been made. However, it's worth clarifying whether this is in fact what they did.
A better solution is to get a test execution tool that records all of your manual testing inputs as you work through a test.
In general, it is important to have clear communication between testers and developers. The argument "but it works for me" is a very weak argument and cannot be used by a developer as a reason for not dealing with a bug. If the defect is reproduced steadily in the test version and in your test environment, you will have to insist that the developer pay attention to it. Add proofs such as screenshots and, above all, logs. In some difficult cases, extensive logging is needed.
"This is not a bug; this is a feature"
Perhaps every tester has been in the following situation: They think they have found a bug, but the developer does not agree with them, so they do not know how to proceed.
Perhaps you have not described the defect nor argued your case well enough. Think about what makes you think it is a bug. Return to your test base, read the requirements again and take a look at the trace matrix. Maybe, after doing this, you will find that you agree with the programmer. If you still do not agree, try to support your case by finding additional arguments.
Let's be honest - no one likes criticism. People are different; some are more sensitive to it, some less, but certainly, no one loves it. Experiencing irritation, self-doubt, or embarrassment, when your mistakes are highlighted by a tester is completely natural. However, a tester's role is to look for defects and problematic areas and report them. In principle, all participants in a project understand this, at least theoretically, but yet there is no way out of this particularity of the human psyche.
Sometimes there can be antagonism between testers and programmers, but this is harmful and completely unnecessary. This hostility can destroy team spirit, affect relationships between people, and create conflicts. Ideally, all participants in a project should remember that they are neither enemies nor adversaries, but rather they are colleagues in the same boat working towards a common goal.
Focus on the essential elements. Highlight the main points you want to attract attention to, leaving aside insignificant trivia. If too much information is given, what is retained is not unparalleled and not necessarily what is the most important information.
Choose the right place and time. You should not attack programmers in the lobby or during a coffee break with the question: "When will you fix the ZY-123 bug ?!" People perceive criticism in a more appropriate way when they expect to hear it. Regular meetings scheduled with testing and development teams are a good idea.
Don't lose the focus on the common goal. Each member of your team should evolve. They should start with accomplishing things they are told to do, in a way they were told to, and end up becoming a pro able to teach vs. just learning by self-developing and tuning their skills to extend their area of expertise.
Always give the other person the opportunity to respond. Listen to objections and explanations. Even if you do not agree with the other party, give them a chance to talk.
Remember that you are part of a team. Of course, we all know this, however, it is useful to keep this in mind and sometimes remind others about it when you or your colleagues are reacting negatively to criticism.
Another important thing to keep in mind if you are in a shared space with programmers is to be careful about how you react when finding a bug. Your joy might be easy to understand by other testers, but try not to make it too obvious as you might be completely misunderstood and associated with arrogance and insincerity.


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FIRE > Newsdesk > Top Story > Is Emory going full Grinch? University tells students they can't hang Christmas decorations.
Is Emory going full Grinch? University tells students they can't hang Christmas decorations.
by Zach Greenberg
While children and nostalgic adults across the nation enjoy the silly, whimsical story of Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," festive college students at Emory University found themselves in trouble for their Christmas decorations under a policy that would make the Grinch snarl with a sneer.
According to public reports, Emory charged the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity chapter on Dec. 3 with violating the university housing policy. Its transgression? Hanging a wreath and garlands on its front door and railings — a common tradition this time of year, but apparently banned by Emory Housing Policy 1.21.1, which allows students to "decorate for the holidays," but requires "[s]orority lodges and fraternity / themed houses" to "request installation of exterior holiday decorations" before Nov. 1, and prohibits students from installing or removing any such "decorations" themselves. This policy applies only to displays that have "holiday" themes.
Emory's housing policy is content-based because administrators must check to see whether students' decorations are, in fact, holiday decorations, rather than other types of adornments, and then subjects those displays to different requirements.
Why push this strange rule in the peak Christmas season? Please don't ask us why; no one quite knows the reason. It could be Emory's shoes were two sizes too tight, or its knowledge of free speech just wasn't quite right. But the most likely reason for ATO's fall was that rule-writers' hearts were two sizes too small.
Despite this farcical attempt to stop Christmas from coming, Emory is not the most likely candidate for Grinch. Out of all the Whos in Whoville, Emory is among the best universities for expressive freedom, earning FIRE's highest "green light" rating for its speech codes, and scoring fourth out of 154 institutions surveyed in FIRE's 2021 College Free Speech Rankings, demonstrating a culture of and commitment to expressive rights.
So color us perplexed as to why this university, one of the finest for free speech in town, stared down at this fraternity with a sour, Grinchy frown. The policy at issue stops students from hanging a mistletoe wreath; a content-based ban Emory should know it's beneath.
In today's letter to Emory, we reminded the university that every student in its academic community, both tall and small, has an equal right to free speech, student groups and all. When universities that promise free speech impose content-based restrictions on expression, the policy must be narrowly tailored to a compelling university interest. Emory's housing policy is content-based because administrators must check to see whether students' decorations are, in fact, holiday decorations, rather than other types of adornments, and then subjects those displays to different requirements. As we explain in our letter:
If the display pertains to Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Festivus, the display must be installed by the university. But if the same type of display does not pertain to a holiday—for example, exterior lights spelling out "happy birthday" to a fraternity member—then the policy does not apply, and students may install it themselves.
FIRE must ask this university to practice what its promises preach, and bring its housing policy in line with its pledge to free speech.
Even if the policy were content-neutral, it is not narrowly tailored to serve Emory's interests. Concerns about student safety or property damage can justify a narrow restriction on decorations that pose fire hazards or cause property damage (these policies apply to residential housing with large numbers of students, after all), but a blanket ban on students installing all holiday decorations — no matter how slight or innocuous — burdens far more expression than necessary to satisfy these interests. Here, for example, there is no indication that the fraternity's wreath and garlands presented any danger to students or damage to property more than, say, a birthday banner hung from the same roofline. Accordingly, the policy is overinclusive, sweeping up large swathes of expression protected by First Amendment standards, which Emory, as an institution that promises students robust expressive rights, is bound to uphold.
Thankfully, the university refrained from imposing sanctions and will let the holiday decorations stand. So while we won't beg Emory to carve the roast beast, or even bring food for the big Christmas feast, FIRE must ask this university to practice what its promises preach, and bring its housing policy in line with its pledge to free speech. To Emory and all universities, both tiny and large, we always welcome a conversation to help clarify your policies and ensure they align with free speech promises — our gift to you, free of charge.
Schools: Emory University
Cases: Emory University: Policy Banning Students from Hanging Holiday Decorations


There's no shortage of wild activity in the greater Yellowstone area: Lone wolves roam the vast landscape, herds of bison migrate as the seasons change and forests blacken after wildfires tear through.
And UO geographer Jim Meacham has spent the last two decades capturing that immense wildness through a series of maps and data-rich graphics.
"Our goal is to create maps that tell powerful stories and convey the importance of Yellowstone for wildlife and the ecosystem," said Meacham, who has collaborated with wildlife biologists, geologists, historians and many other experts and researchers to publish a pair of atlases about the region.
Meacham will discuss his work at a Quack Chats pub talk, "Mapping the Wildness of Yellowstone," Wednesday, Feb. 6. The talk begins at 6 p.m. at the Ax Billy Grill & Sports Bar at the Downtown Athletic Club, 999 Willamette St. in Eugene. It is free and open to the public.
A cartographer and atlas designer, Meacham runs the UO's InfoGraphics Lab, where he's helped spearhead the publication of several atlases, including the two that cover Yellowstone, one that focuses on the national park and another on the migratory patterns of Wyoming's hooved mammals, like elk, deer, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and bison.
The Atlas of Yellowstone, which Meacham co-authored with UO geographer Andrew Marcus, uses a colorful array of maps, graphics, photographs and words to cover more than 100 topics related to the wildness of Yellowstone, like glacial melt, climate change and vegetation. Published in 2012, it was the first atlas of a U.S. national park.
Meacham is currently working on an update to the text to reflect new data and research, including greater use of radio collars to track animal movements. He'll share some of this material during his talk Wednesday night.
The patterns of animal movement is the subject of the most recent atlas that Meacham contributed to. Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming's Ungulates, was published last fall as a collaboration between UO cartographers and University of Wyoming wildlife biologists. It documents the journeys that these animals embark on, alongside the barriers that they encounter as they travel across Wyoming's plains and mountains.
Meacham will share a selection of maps and stories from both of these projects at his talk.


A Waterloo man is facing multiple charges Thursday morning after a pursuit through the Village, which led to his vehicle crashing into the Maple Grove Cemetery.
Authorities in Waterloo say that on Thursday at 12:27 am police attempted to stop a vehicle on North Road after the vehicle was observed traveling at a high rate of speed, failing to stop at a stop sign. When police attempted to stop the driver, who was later identified as Brian E. Macgill, of Waterloo, he fled in his vehicle at a high rate of speed – leading police on a pursuit.
The Waterloo Police Department reports that Macgill failed to stop at several stop signs and was operating his vehicle recklessly, before finally crashing his vehicle into the Maple Grove Cemetery on Start St. and West Wright Ave.
When he crashed his vehicle, police were able to take Macgill into custody without further incident.
Macgill was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation in the first degree, felony driving while intoxicated, unlawful fleeing of police, two counts of speed in zone, use of a vehicle without an interlock device, three counts of failure to stop at a stop sign, two counts of failure to keep right, improper plates, unregistered motor vehicle, reckless driving, and unlicensed operator.
Police say Macgill was arraigned in Waterloo Village Court and remanded to the Seneca County Correctional Facility on no bail. He is scheduled to appear in Waterloo Village Court on September 6 for further action.


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TokenizedReader

## Synopsis

Reads a tokenized corpus: one token per line, empty line separates sentence.

**This module is experimental.**

## Description

Reads a tokenized corpus: one token per line, empty line separates sentence.

## Snippet

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## Mandatory parameters

source

Mandatory

Type: SourceStream

Path to the file or directory containing the tokenized text.

## Optional parameters

constantAnnotationFeatures

Optional

Type: Mapping

Constant features to add to each annotation created by this module.

constantDocumentFeatures

Optional

Type: Mapping

Constant features to add to each document created by this module.

constantSectionFeatures

Optional

Type: Mapping

Constant features to add to each section created by this module.

sectionName

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Type: String

Name of the section containing the tokenized text.

sentenceLayerName

Default value: `sentences`

Type: String

Name of the sentence layer.

tokenLayerName

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Name of the token layer.


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The Earl's Dilemma
Emily Larkin
"Utterly delightful friends-to-lovers story. This is by far the funniest that I've read, and the most adorable too."
~ Buried Under Romance
James Hargrave, Earl of Arden, urgently needs a wife. He's resigned himself to a marriage of convenience and has even chosen a bride: Kate Honeycourt, his best friend's sister.
Kate has been on the shelf for years. Why, then, does she so firmly turn him down? Surely she can't be holding out for a love match?
But Kate has a proposal of her own: she'll find James a bride he can fall in love with.
Armed with a list of requirements, Kate sets out to find James the perfect wife. But things don't progress as either of them expect…
A Regency romance featuring an earl who needs to marry in a hurry, the spinster he turns to for help, and a list that grows…and grows…and grows.
(The Earl's Dilemma was previously published under the penname Emily May.)
Q & A with the author
Q: How would you describe your writing?
A: Several reviewers have likened my writing to Georgette Heyer, which is the hugest compliment ever. I adore Georgette Heyer! She's why I write historical romance, and I reread her books over and over. (If you've not read The Grand Sophy, please do so!) I've also had readers compare my writing to Courtney Milan and Mary Balogh, which are also massive compliments.
Q: Who would like this book?
A: This book would appeal to readers who like the historical backdrop and humor of Georgette Heyer and the emotion of Mary Balogh or Courtney Milan.
Q: Have you written any other Regency romances?
A: Quite a few! In fact I've just started a new Regency romance series, the Baleful Godmother series. The first novel is available for free to anyone who joins my readers' group. Go to emilylarkin.com and sign up for my newsletter to claim your free copy.
Nancyb682 , 08/31/2019
As good as any, better than most
Kate and James are older than the debutantes of their day, and each has had time to gain maturity. He has been to war, while she has lost both parents, and lives with her brother, himself a peer and still unwed. Kate, at 7 & 20, is considered "on the shelf". She has loved her brother's closest friend James since she was 17. Of course James doesn't know that she still loves him. The misunderstandings abound and it takes the reader almost to the last page before everything is resolved.
I must say, chapter 6 contains some of the most insightful descriptions I've read in the romance genre. I enjoyed this!
Punkachew , 08/17/2018
Freckles!
Who wouldn't love freckles? Loved how the story played out. Wish it continued ♥♥♥
Dano03 , 02/14/2019
The Earls Dilemma
A pitiful excuse for a storyline.
I wasted my money on this one!
More Books by Emily Larkin
Unmasking Miss Appleby
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Ruining Miss Wrotham
Resisting Miss Merryweather
Primrose and the Dreadful Duke
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EDC Supports SAFC Foundation Project
SAFC Foundation's established Back In The Game Project has recently expanded its delivery area to allow people living in East Durham the opportunity to participate in the course.
The project, which is funded by Profound Services, is a 10-week pre-employment course designed for people who are currently claiming Job Seekers Allowance. Participants gain the opportunity to improve fitness, confidence and earn a level 1 work-skills qualification to assist in gaining and sustaining employment.
The East Durham course is currently being delivered from SAFC Foundation's outreach Learning Centre at Caterpillar, in Peterlee, and the working partnership with East Durham College has allowed the course to take on a new dimension as the fitness sessions are now being delivered at the College's state-of-the-art sports facilities which house third generation all-weather pitches, a multi-purpose gym and a specialised boxing arena to name but a few.
John Fothergill, Project Manager, commented "It's a tough time at present with high unemployment rates and money stretched for many people and businesses.
"It's a real testimony to locally based organisations such as Profound Services, Caterpillar Peterlee and East Durham College that institutes of this calibre provide funds, expertise and facilities to allow local people the opportunity to participate in SAFC Foundation's Back In The Game course which has proved to be the catalyst for people to improve confidence, develop a range of skills and improve employability credentials."
Rose Fraser, Sports Development Officer at East Durham College, added: "We are delighted that this partnership approach is resulting in such a successful delivery of the programme.
"The programme really helps to build up the participants' self esteem and since we have introduced some fun physical activities into their programme it's proved to be a great way to help them complete the course.
"We are looking forward to further strengthen our partnership with SAFC and the Foundation through future community programmes.


All I smell is a combination of a dirty patchouli, a tad more muted than the original with honeyed undertones and a bubblegummy jasmine.
I'm not a fan of alien but angel smells pretty good on me and it's not as harsh and in your faces alien I find.that's just on me , it reminds me of my grandma as she used to wear it alot in the 90s. Now it's time to dust myself off, dry my tears and get myself back together again.
I want to try angel muse see if I prefer it to the original My dad just died. We'd often go years without even speaking on the telephone. Nothing gets me to my badass self quite like the original Angel can. A genuine powerhouse, the praline, vanilla, and patchouli read most prominent from me with the other notes well-blended but making fleeting cameos throughout the duration.
Angel by Mugler is a Oriental Vanilla fragrance for women. Angel was created by Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chirin.
Three women I work with wear it so I never wear it to work, don't want to be matchy-matchy with others. I never owned a full bottle, always got by on minis and samples, that's how much I'd wear it.


Overview of the essential components and data flow of the operational hydrological forecasting and alert ICT system used in FANFAR. Circles represent data, and boxes represent processors (computational models, scripts, and human interpreters).
In blue above: A simulation of a historic spin-up period up until the day before the forecast (t<0 → t0, t=time), producing a model state that represents the present hydrological conditions at the start of the forecast period (the initial state, t0). The core input for this simulation is meteorological 'analysis' data (i.e. fusion of meteorological observations and models representing historic conditions). Additional observations of the hydrological conditions (e.g. in-situ river flow observations or remotely sensed water levels) are gradually introduced in the system in order to improve the initial state through data assimilation.
In orange above: A simulation for the forecast period relying on the initial state and meteorological forecast data about future weather dynamics (t1 → t>1). The output of the forecast simulation is a representation of future hydrological conditions.
The next step in the process (in green above) is to derive useful forecast and flood risk information. What is considered 'useful' clearly depends on the user, which is defined together during the FANFAR co-design workshops. Typically, a set of flood risk thresholds are specified based on historic conditions or local knowledge. The forecasts are then compared against these thresholds to determine the severity of the situation and the potential flood risk level. This information is finally delivered to users through various distribution channels (e.g. online visualisation or email to flood risk information subscribers).
Operational forecasting heavily relies on scheduled, automated execution and monitoring of the data flows and processing tasks on an ICT environment that is always up and running (in grey above). To this end, FANFAR uses the Hydrology Thematic Exploitation Platform (Hydrology-TEP). Hydrology-TEP is a cloud-based ICT environment.
The Knowledge Base provides system documentation and guidance on how to use it.
Click here to access the FANFAR Knowledge Base.
The forum is a public arena to discuss any FANFAR-related matter, such as posing questions and searching for answers.
Click here to access the FANFAR forum.
The Help Desk is a dedicated support channel for FANFAR project participants and associated organisations.
If you do not have a Hydrology-TEP account, click here to reach the HelpDesk.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 780118.


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The downloadable collection of 4350 bedwetting pictures – both his own and hundreds of other people, is available now.
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Take the Park Blvd Bridge to Gulf Blvd. Turn left on Gulf Blvd then turn left on 180th Ave and house is third house on the right, blue house with brick paver driveway.


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We congratulate compatriots on the feast of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin and the Day of Defender of Ukraine!
Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise expresses sincere congratulations on the feast of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin and the Day of the Defender of Ukraine. A new holiday, introduced in 2015, simultaneously coincide on the Day of the Ukrainian Cossacks. For the Ukrainian Cossacks, the Day of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin was also the most revered holiday, because their church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Our state bravely defends its independence and sovereignty. Today, as never before, we should be worthy heirs of spiritual values and continuers of rich traditions and glorious deeds of ancestors. October, 14 is a folk festival, religious and national. It unites the country, calls on all to solidarity and peace, and symbolizes the inseparable connection of all generations of defenders of Ukraine.
On this solemn day we make a sincere prayer to the Holy Virgin to cover the Ukrainian people with the omophorion, constantly support and help us.
The staff of Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise wishes everyone good health, peace and happiness!
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Here's a list of all my favorite chocolate cupcake recipes I have been trying out and also putting on my "must try" list! I also threw in one just for fun at the end that I think you'll get a kick out of. It's not a chocolate cupcake but just too fun to leave out!


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The Society for Prevention Research envisions a wellness-oriented society in which evidenced-based programs and policies are continuously applied to improve the health and well-being of its citizens, fostering positive human development and citizens who lead productive lives, in caring relationships with others.
The SPR Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity to advance this vision by providing a centrally integrated forum for the exchange of new concepts, methods, and results from prevention research and related public health fields; and by providing a forum for the communication between scientists, public policy leaders and practitioners concerning the implementation of evidence-based preventive interventions in all areas of public health.
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When Doing Good Boosts Health and Well-Being
Date: September 15, 2020Author: breathwork-science 0 Comments
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Performing acts of kindness and helping other people can be good for people's health and well-being, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. But not all good-hearted behavior is equally beneficial to the giver. The strength of the link depends on many factors, including the type of kindness, the definition of well-being, and the giver's age, gender and other demographic factors.
The study was published in the journal Psychological Bulletin.
"Prosocial behavior — altruism, cooperation, trust and compassion — are all necessary ingredients of a harmonious and well-functioning society," said lead author Bryant P.H. Hui, PhD, a research assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong. "It is part of the shared culture of humankind, and our analysis shows that it also contributes to mental and physical health."
Previous studies have suggested that people who engage in more prosocial behavior are happier and have better mental and physical health than those who don't spend as much time helping others. However, not all studies have found evidence for that link, and the strength of the connection varies widely in the research literature.
To better understand what drives that variation, Hui and his colleagues performed a meta-analysis of 201 independent studies, comprising 198,213 total participants, that looked at the connection between prosocial behavior and well-being. Overall, they found that there was a modest link between the two. Although the effect size was small, it is still meaningful, according to Hui, given how many people perform acts of kindness every day.
"More than a quarter of Americans volunteer, for example," he said. "A modest effect size can still have a significant impact at a societal level when many people are participating in the behavior."
Digging deeper into the research, Hui and his colleagues found that random acts of kindness, such as helping an older neighbor carry groceries, were more strongly associated with overall well-being than formal prosocial behavior, such as scheduled volunteering for a charity. That may be because informal helping is more casual and spontaneous and may more easily lead to forming social connections, according to Hui. Informal giving is also more varied and less likely to become stale or monotonous, he said.
The researchers also found a stronger link between kindness and what is known as eudaimonic well-being (which focuses on self-actualization, realizing one's potential and finding meaning in life), than between kindness and hedonic well-being (which refers to happiness and positive feelings).
The effects varied by age, according to Hui, who began this research at the University of Cambridge. Younger givers reported higher levels of overall well-being, eudaimonic well-being, and psychological functioning, while older givers reported higher levels of physical health. Also, women showed stronger relationships between prosociality and several measures of well-being compared with men — perhaps because women are stereotypically expected to be more caring and giving, and thus derive a stronger sense of good feelings for acting in accordance with those social norms, according to the study.
Finally, the researchers found that studies that were specifically designed to measure the connection between prosociality and well-being showed a stronger link between the two than studies that analyzed data from other large surveys not specifically designed to study the topic.
Future research should examine several other potentially important moderators that the research literature has largely ignored so far, the researchers suggest — for example, the potential effects of givers' ethnicity and social class. Researchers might also examine whether more prosociality is always a good thing, or whether there is an "ideal level" of prosociality beyond which too much kindness and giving become detrimental to the giver, according to Hui.
Keywords; kindness, well-being, psychology
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ILLEGAL ALIENS PACK NEW YORK DMVS AFTER STATE ALLOWS DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR ALL
'This is all a power grab for the ballot box in New York, trying to give illegals the right to vote,' says NY clerk
Jamie White – DECEMBER 16, 2019
Massive droves of illegal aliens are lining up at DMVs across New York to obtain newly-minted driver's licenses after the state passed a law allowing illegals to obtain them.
Photos across social media show long lines of illegals streaming to various Department of Motor Vehicle buildings across New York trying to acquire driver's licenses.
WOW! Hundreds of people lined up outside the Brooklyn DMV office to apply for driver's licenses on the day that the new #GreenLightNY law takes effect. @MaketheRoadNY @GreenLightNYDT pic.twitter.com/66KAAgbt9F
— Daniel Altschuler 🦋 (@altochulo) December 16, 2019
The so-called Green Light Law, signed by Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this year, allows anyone to apply for a driver's license regardless of immigration status and does not require a Social Security number.
Cuomo makes me SICK! Check out the line outside of the DMV in Queens!
Most are illegals who are now allowed to apply for a driver's license thanks to the green light law!
He legalized infanticide & now this? County clerks in upstate are furious! pic.twitter.com/mVx2udavUP
— MICHELLE❤KAG🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@Winning45KAG) December 16, 2019
The law also prohibits employees at auto bureaus from reporting illegal aliens attempting to obtain driver licenses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Lines to apply for New York driver's licenses go as far as around the block on the first day undocumented immigrants can apply for them https://t.co/ez6Ca3jxbe pic.twitter.com/7ogsYdTPDb
— The Hill (@thehill) December 16, 2019
Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns argued that the new law allowing illegals to obtain driver's licenses was an unconstitutional "power grab" that Democrats will leverage to commit voter fraud.
"This is all a power grab for the ballot box in New York, trying to give illegals the right to vote," Kearns told Fox News on Saturday.
"So we are going to have voter fraud in New York state, and now New York state has given the clerks an edict to stands down. I'm not standing down. I will do whatever I can to stop voter fraud."
Kearns also added that the new law is unconstitutional and will only make New Yorkers less safe.
"My concern is that, after 9/11, New York state put a prohibition on illegals having driving licenses and now with REAL ID in 2005 after we were attacked there will be a gap from today to Oct. 1 that anyone who is here illegally can get into a federal building and can fly on our airplanes and cross our border."
"I am now going to have to accept a report card from a foreign country and…a foreign passport as authenticated documents. I myself as the clerk am going to have to do that," he continued.
"We used to have to rely on a third party, the fed government, to do that so they have diminished a New York driver's license, and we are very concerned for our safety and security because western New York is a border to Canada."
As we've reported, Democrats have been exploiting illegal immigrants for political gain at least since 2016, which is why the left is so hell-bent on granting amnesty to all illegal aliens in the U.S., including the ones still illegally entering the country.
MAJOR SHAKE-UP?
By Mark Dice – 11/8/2019
Hate the rich but urge the rich to rule over them. – Liberalism explained
Acting DHS Secretary Mobbed by Angry Leftist Protesters, Forced Off Stage at Migration Event
"Cancel culture" is out of control.
By Shane Trejo
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan was forced to cancel his speech at an immigration conference in Washington D.C. on Monday after being shouted down by a mob of angry left-wing protesters.
"When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!" the mob yelled before McAleenan left the stage, unable to deliver his keynote address at the Georgetown University Law Center.
The event was hosted by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and Catholic Legal Immigration Network. The organizers were troubled that leftists disrupted the event and prevented McAleenan's speech from being heard.
"We very much regret that the keynote address Homeland Security Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan was to deliver today at the 16th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference was disrupted by protestors and could not occur," MPI president Andrew Seele said, adding that "we very much regret" what took place.
"In a democracy, it is important to hear from all sides on public policy issues, including from those who are instrumental in developing and implementing policy, whether or not we agree with them, and MPI remains committed to that belief," Seele added.
"By drowning out the secretary's remarks, the protestors deprived immigration attorneys, service providers, journalists, advocates, business leaders, law students, and many others in the public who were in the audience from hearing his point of view and engaging in a meaningful dialogue," he continued.
Georgetown University offered lip service after being unwilling or unable to properly provide security to the event hosted on their campus.
"We share our partners' regret that the audience did not get to hear from the Secretary and engage in a dialogue through the Q&A session that was scheduled to occur following his remarks. Georgetown Law is committed to free speech and expression and the ability of speakers to be heard and engage in dialogue," the notoriously liberal university wrote in a statement.
The left-wing mob also brought up the names of migrants that died during or after they made the dangerous trek up to the United States, including 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez who lost his life in a south Texas detention center.
Strangely, the protesters did not mention the names of the illegal immigrants responsible for the ongoing rape spree occurring in Montgomery County, MD – a sanctuary jurisdiction:
In what has become a disturbingly familiar story over the past couple months, another illegal alien has been charged with rape in the sanctuary jurisdiction of Montgomery County, Md.
Wilder Hernandez-Nolasco, 21, of Silver Spring is accused of raping a six-year-old girl. He was apprehended and charged with the crime last week, and faces 155 years in prison if he is ultimately convicted of the heinous act.
Hernandez-Nolasco, an illegal immigrant who is a Honduran national, reportedly threatened his child victim that he would ground her for "100 days" if she told anyone about the vicious attack. Law enforcement claims he admitted to committing the rape, and he committed sexual assault against the child on more than one occasion.
This is at least the ninth time that there has been an illegal immigrant charged with a sex crime in the sanctuary jurisdiction of Montgomery County since July 25. The area has become a hot bed for illegal aliens to commit vicious sex crimes with law enforcement being ordered by county officials not to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Department of Homeland Security expressed their dismay about McAleenan being forced off the stage.
"Unfortunately the Acting Secretary and the audience did not get the opportunity to engage in a robust dialogue this morning due to the disruptions of a few activists," the DHS wrote in a statement about the display.
This is apart of the growing "cancel culture," a Stalin-esque movement from the Left to shut down anything that they feel is contrary to their Marxist worldview. Michelle Malkin, the conservative founder of #StandWithICE, was also targeted by these repressive, anti-American forces recently.
Heading into next year's presidential election, the Left will only become more unhinged as they grow more desperate in their efforts to prevent America from being great again.
VIDEO: JULIÁN CASTRO ESCORTS ILLEGALS INTO AMERICA – BORDER PATROL DEPORTS THEM IMMEDIATELY
Democrat stunt fails miserably
Kelen McBreen – OCTOBER 8, 2019
Democrat presidential hopeful and former Obama Cabinet member Julián Castro escorted a group of 12 illegal immigrants from Mexico into Texas on Monday, only for them to be instantly sent back to Mexico.
The botched publicity stunt took place near Brownsville, Texas where Castro walked across a bridge from Matamoros, Mexico with eight LGBT illegal immigrants and a deaf Salvadoran woman, accompanied by her three family members.
The presidential candidate was attempting to help the group claim asylum in the United States, but the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy ensures border crossers aren't released into America and instead are to remain in the country until their asylum pleas are adjudicated.
With nearly half of illegal immigrants failing to appear at their court hearings in 2017, this policy helps the U.S. sort out legitimate asylum claims from those who are taking advantage of our failed border policies.
However, Castro says "cruelty is the point" for Donald Trump.
For Donald Trump, the cruelty is the point.
His immigration agenda has created the conditions on our border—conditions only bound to get worse. We are better than this. pic.twitter.com/Uq57Ubc8XZ
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) October 7, 2019
The Democrat also claimed Trump's "agenda is killing people – and it's on purpose."
Watch below as Castro speaks with CBP agents after accompanying the group across the international bridge.
.@JulianCastro is speaking to CBP officials right now. Agents went back into their offices. We are waiting to hear back if our clients will be allowed into the United States to pursue their asylum cases. #LetThemIn pic.twitter.com/6CPjxUtya0
— Texas Civil Rights Project (@TXCivilRights) October 7, 2019
.@JulianCastro, our team, and the community are walking over to the international bridge so that our clients can present their legal documents requesting an exemption under "Remain in Mexico."#LetThemIn pic.twitter.com/Ox1kMj0PFy
Hours later, the Texas Civil Rights Project released a statement saying all 12 individuals were sent back to Mexico.
In July, another Democrat presidential candidate, Cory Booker, escorted five illegal immigrants across the border in a similar stunt.
Elizabeth Warren Endorses AOC's Plan Allowing Illegal Immigrants to Collect Welfare
By Mark Alan
Elizabeth Warren is the first 2020 presidential candidate to endorse freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's new "Just Society" plan. The controversial legislative package of six bills would allow illegal immigrants to collect welfare. Some political insiders has accused Warren of disingenuously supporting the plan in an attempt to gain an endorsement from Ocasio-Cortez.
Two of the six separate bills would prohibit the federal government from denying welfare benefits to illegal immigrants and convicted felons. The legislation would also control the rate of yearly rent increases for housing, restructure federal poverty guidelines, and introduce a variety of new factors to determine how federal contracts will be awarded.
Perhaps even more controversial than allowing illegal immigrants to collect welfare, the legislation would seemingly establish health care, housing, and access to healthy food as government-provided rights. Unsurprisingly, Republicans have condemned the legislation.
Warren, however, isn't backing down from her support of the proposal. "It's going to take big, structural change to tackle poverty and inequality in the U.S., and [AOC's] "A Just Society" is just the type of bold, comprehensive thinking we'll need to get it done," Warren wrote on Twitter.
Exclusive: @AOC is rolling out her most ambitious legislative package since the Green New Deal pic.twitter.com/NS63UhhFQi
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 25, 2019
House Democrats Vote to Give Illegal Immigrants Healthcare, Leave Veterans Hanging
By Jose Nino
On September 26, 2019, House Democrats voted to pass H.R. 3525, the controversial U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act.
This bill would effectively give illegal immigrants better healthcare than U.S. veterans and servicemembers.
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise decried the passage of this bill on September 26th.
"House Democrats just voted to prioritize health care for illegal immigrants over health care for our veterans. What a disgrace!," he said in a tweet.
U.S. Congressman Mark Walker also condemned this vote on his website.
He stated, "Earlier this week, I said impeachment was the House Democrats only agenda. I was mistaken. They just passed legislation that will give illegal immigrants better health care records than our veterans and servicemembers. More and more they are making their priorities clear and it's absolutely shameful."
Walker broke down what this bill entailed:
However, there is a major problem with this bill, which Walker notes:
The problem? The Veterans Administration (VA) will not have similar electronic health records systems in place for nine years and the Department of Defense (DOD) will not have those systems for another five years.
Additionally, the new requirements are not funded, so DHS would be forced to take funds from other agency efforts including border security, combatting terrorism, stopping drug and human trafficking, and natural disaster response.
As the days go by, the present-day Democratic Party continues to show its contempt towards everyday Americans by favoring destabilizing policies like mass migration.
Swedish Teen Greta Thunberg Screams at World Leaders at UN Climate Summit, 'You Have Stolen My Childhood… How Dare You!' (VIDEO)
by Cristina Laila September 23, 2019
First they trotted out David Hogg to lecture us on the 2nd Amendment, now a 16-year-old from Sweden is lecturing us on non-existent global warming.
16-year-old Swedish 'Climate Change' activist Greta Thunberg appeared before the UN on Monday and held back tears as she angrily accused world leaders of 'stealing her childhood.'
The Marxist Globalists stole her childhood by feeding her lies and propaganda about global warming — she believes the lies so she is now living in fear.
Thunberg has a myriad of mental health issues. She is autistic, has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and suffers from Asperger syndrome and the left is pushing her out onto the world stage and exploiting her.
"This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back at school on the other side of the ocean," Thunberg said.
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you," a visibly upset Greta Thunberg said Monday as she opened the United Nations Climate Action Summit.
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," climate activist Greta Thunberg tells the UN. "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you." https://t.co/F5Umw55Y5Y pic.twitter.com/K0WxGCeU4A
— CNN (@CNN) September 23, 2019
Last week Greta Thunberg appeared before US lawmakers to lecture the US on the climate hoax.
Meanwhile China and India continue to be the world's biggest polluters because Climate Change legislation isn't about the environment, it's about a global scheme to redistribute wealth.
Marxists always prey on the innocent and children.
Children as young as SIX are to be given compulsory self-touching lessons that critics say are sexualising youngsters
The lessons are part of the controversial All About Me teaching programme
All About Me is being rolled out across 241 primaries by Warwickshire County Council
Campaigners warn that inappropriate sexual material could be given to children
By SANCHEZ MANNING and MARK HOOKHAM
Children as young as six are being taught about touching or 'stimulating' their own genitals as part of classes that will become compulsory in hundreds of primary schools.
Some parents believe the lessons – part of a controversial new sex and relationships teaching programme called All About Me – are 'sexualising' their young children.
One couple told last night how they were so disturbed they withdrew their sons from lessons at a school where the programme is already being taught.
All About Me is being rolled out across 241 primaries by Warwickshire County Council and could be adopted by other local authorities next year as part of the Government's overhaul of Relationship and Sex Education (RSE).
Family campaigners and religious groups warned that vague guidelines issued by the Department for Education meant schools could soon be providing sexual material to young children that many parents would consider inappropriate.
Children as young as six are being taught about touching or 'stimulating' their own genitals in lesson that are part of a controversial new sex and relationships teaching programme called All About Me (stock image)
Even politicians who had supported the RSE legislation expressed concern. Tory MP David Davies said: 'I and many other parents would be furious at completely inappropriate sexual matters being taught to children as young as six. These classes go way beyond the guidance the Government is producing and are effectively sexualising very young children.'
Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday detail how All About Me classes involve pupils aged between six and ten being told by teachers that there are 'rules about touching yourself'. An explanation of 'rules about self-stimulation' appears in the scheme's Year Two lesson plan for six and seven-year-olds.
Under a section called Touching Myself, teachers are advised to tell children that 'lots of people like to tickle or stroke themselves as it might feel nice'. They are also instructed to inform youngsters that this may include touching their 'private parts' and, that while some people may say this behaviour is 'dirty', it is in fact 'very normal'.
However, the youngsters are warned it is 'not polite' to touch themselves in public – it is an activity they should do when alone in the bath, shower or in bed.
In the same lesson, children are given scenarios which they must judge to be 'OK' or 'not OK'.
In one, pupils are told that when a girl called Autumn 'has a bath and is alone she likes to touch herself between her legs. It feels nice'.
At this point, teachers are advised to remind the students of the 'rules about self-stimulation'.
Family campaigners and religious groups warned that vague Government guidelines meant schools could soon be providing sexual material to young children that many parents would consider inappropriate (stock image)
The guidance on touching is repeated in lesson plans for Years Four and Five, involving pupils aged eight to ten.
As part of the Government's RSE reforms, all primary schools will be required to teach compulsory relationships education from next September. It includes topics about families, friendships, online relationships, privacy and 'being safe'. Sex education tailored to the needs of their pupils is also recommended, but not mandatory.
Warwickshire has introduced relationship lessons in some primaries ahead of the nationwide launch, including sessions addressing 'self-stimulation'. From next September, parents will not be able to withdraw children from these lessons.
Parents at Coten End Primary School in Warwick met sex education consultant Jonny Hunt, one of the architects of the All About Me scheme, in June and raised concerns about some of its content.
Asked why 'self-stimulation' appeared in the Year Five lesson plans and why it was not in the non-compulsory sex education element of the programme, he said: 'Actually we refer to self-stimulation or self-soothing throughout the programme in earlier years as well. This is not sex education but actually information around safe and appropriate touching. However uncomfortable adults may find it, children of all ages will self-stimulate from time to time. They may do this when anxious or simply because it feels nice.'
Naomi and Matthew Seymour, whose two sons attend Coten End, strongly disagree with that assessment. Concerned their sons would be exposed to issues they 'were not ready to hear', they removed them from school for the week during which the programme was taught.
'My wife cried the first time she read what was going to be in the lessons,' said Mr Seymour, 38. 'This sexualisation of our children is just totally inappropriate. They are calling it self-touching and they won't use the term masturbation, but when you read it that's exactly what they're talking about.
'We don't want to start picket lines and wave banners. We're just an ordinary family. I think many families who had seen these lesson plans would feel the same way we did.'
Lynette Smith, a teacher who runs a company which provides RSE programmes for schools, said she sympathised with those concerned by the 'self-stimulation' section of the Year Two curriculum.
She said: 'We never use the word self-stimulation, not in primary school. For us it is not appropriate.'
Piers Shepherd, of the Family Education Trust, said RSE guidance was too vague. He added: 'It is even more concerning that parents may be denied the opportunity to withdraw their children from these lessons if the school brands them as relationship education classes rather than as sex education.'
Simon Calvert, of the Christian Institute, said: 'It looks like Warwickshire has paid more attention to a controversial sex education consultancy than to… what parents understand to be in the best interests of their children.'
Warwickshire County Council said the lessons were 'tailored to the age and development level of the children', adding: 'While some of the material may be sensitive for some, we believe it is important for children… to get clear and consistent information about this important, but often overlooked subject.'
The married sex education guru who doesn't want your children to be taught marriage is good
The sex education consultant behind the All About Me programme is also likely to raise eyebrows with his views on marriage.
Jonny Hunt, 37, criticised draft Government guidelines for relationships and sex education for highlighting the importance of wedlock
On the blog section of his website last July, Jonny Hunt, 37, criticised draft Government guidelines for relationships and sex education for highlighting the importance of wedlock.
Ironically, he married his partner Gemma the following month. The guidelines stated that by the end of primary school, pupils should know that marriage represents 'a formal and legally recognised commitment of two people to each other which is intended to be lifelong'.
But railing against the 'continued emphasis on marriage', Mr Hunt wrote: 'There still seems to be the belief that a marriage provides a safer environment for children or for sex. This is not the case.'
Mr Hunt has worked with Warwickshire Council for more than seven years.
After he visited Holland in 2012, the council bought Spring Fever, a Dutch sex education programme for four to 11-year-olds which provided the blueprint from which he helped develop the All About Me lesson plans. Approached for comment, Mr Hunt said he had nothing to add to the council's statement.


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By the late 1950s, in fact, the U.S. government was actively promoting the construction of private fallout shelters as a part of its civil defense program. They created a bevy of reading materials and videos that showed the benefits of having a bunker and how to build one. And, when relations with the USSR nearly hit a boiling point with the Bay of Pigs, President John F. Kennedy saw that having "a fallout shelter for everybody as rapidly as possible" was essential for the country. So, keeping up with the Joneses during this time period might have just meant converting a storm cellar into a nuclear-blast-proof bunker.
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Two suspected thieves arrested after 97-year-old woman is confronted in her Newcastle home
Two men have been charged with three offences including burglary after a haul of stolen goods were seized
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Two suspected thieves have been arrested after a 97-year-old woman was left shaken by intruders in her home.
The arrests were made by police last Sunday evening after two properties had been targeted in Lemington and Throckley and jewellery and power tools were stolen.
During one of the raids, a 97-year-old woman was confronted by two intruders in her living room.
They had removed a window from the front of her property to gain entry before making off with a haul of jewellery.
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Police say the victim has been left very shaken by the incident.
Officers launched an investigation and were quickly made aware of a suspicious vehicle driving around in the area where the burglaries had been committed.
A police car quickly picked up the vehicle and signalled for it to stop but the driver ignored the warning and tried to flee.
The occupants eventually abandoned the vehicle on Armstrong Road in Benwell and attempted to run away on foot so police dog Raven joined in the pursuit.
After the two suspected thieves were caught and taken into custody, officers found a haul of stolen power tools, electronic equipment and jewellery discarded nearby which will now be returned to their owners.
Superintendent Karl Wilson, of Northumbria Police , said: "This was an excellent piece of police work that has seen a number of different teams and departments working together to make these arrests.
"They have used excellent communication to ensure stolen property was recovered and vital evidence secured. That could be crucial to the outcome of this case.
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"One of the victims of these offences was a vulnerable 97-year-old woman and I want to praise her for her bravery when confronted by these men.
"She has asked them to leave and then calmly contacted police. It has obviously left her very shaken but she did exactly the right thing in those circumstances.
"The fact that such a vulnerable person was targeted has given us extra motivation to identify suspects and put them before the courts.
"I hope our quick response reassures the local community that we will do everything in our power to protect the public and arrest those we suspect of criminality."
The two men arrested – aged 47 and 27 – have since been charged with two counts of burglary and one count of interference with a motor vehicle.
They appeared before Bedlington Magistrates' Court on Wednesday where they were remanded in custody to appear before Newcastle Crown Court on January 2.
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Rhythm and blues, lounge, soul. I'm not sure what Shanda & the Howlers do. I just know that it's FUN and that's reason enough to give it a listen. Besides, I gather from their Facebook page that they recently played on a bill with Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys, an absolutely great rockabilly revival band. And if they're good enough for Big Sandy, they have to be pretty damn good.
Big Sandy was right, of course. And Shanda & The Howlers' Trouble is both powerful and engaging. "Keep Telling Me" is a great opener and makes it immediately evident that Shandra can REALLY sing. "She Don't Want a Man" settles into an awesome groove and will remind you of old Motown or Stax recordings. God, how I love the horns here.
If David Johanssen's alter-ego Buster Poindexter had a sister, ever wonder what she'd sound like? Give "Don't Need Your Love" a listen. While I typically don't gravitate toward slower songs, "Born With a Broken Heart" showcases how really great a vocalist Shanda is. This track is killer.
Shanda & The Howlers won't hit the spot with every power pop fan. It's a sixties revivalist thing and not every song falls neatly into a pop category. But if you like 60's soul (not unlike last year's Charley Faye & The Fayettes) and emotive songs executed damn near to perfection, I suggest you give Trouble a listen. I'm surely glad I did. Now there's only one thing left to do. See them perform live.
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