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Playing Our Race Card: Reflections on "Reverse Discrimination"
Published as a ZNet Commentary, 4/19/05
Perhaps it would do us some good to put things in perspective.
Although many a white conservative is seeking to make more of it than is justified, the recent "reverse discrimination" case arising from New Orleans — in which the city's first black D.A., Eddie Jordan, apparently fired 53 whites in his office and replaced them with African Americans — does not, in fact, signify some larger social trend.
It does not indicate a pattern, whereby persons of color are wielding their power to oppress the white majority. It is not evidence of that much-vaunted social pendulum having swung in the other direction, nor proof of the societal equivalence between anti-white and anti-black discrimination. Not by a long shot.
Though Jordan's sledgehammer approach to achieving diversity in the D.A.'s office was clumsy, wrongheaded, and guaranteed to bring about the successful lawsuit just completed (in which 43 of the employees were awarded $1.9 million in back pay and damages), it is remarkable not so much for its commonality but rather for the infrequency with which such things happen.
Whereas discrimination against folks of color rarely makes the news at all, unless it involves a case as blatant as, say, Texaco or Denny's from a few years back, the relative rarity of anti-white bias propels cases like this to the status of front-page news. It is the equivalent of the two-headed baby at the sideshow carnival: fascinating precisely because we rarely have ever seen such a thing before.
Having heard dozens, if not hundreds of white men (and occasionally women) complain about being the victims of reverse discrimination over the years, I long ago developed a simple method for separating those that might have some merit from those that were entirely spurious: namely, when confronted with such a claim, I ask the person forwarding the complaint a few obvious questions: questions that any real victim of discrimination should easily be able to answer.
First, what was the company or government agency, or contractor to which you had applied for a position or contract, which you believe discriminated against you?
Second, when did you apply for this job or contract?
And, finally, who was hired or given the contract ahead of you, and what evidence do you have that they were less qualified, objectively than you for the position?
Three simple questions, and yet, typically, none of them (and certainly never the last one) is ever answered by those to whom I put the challenge.
When asked such specifics they routinely "forget" the details, usually retreating to the tried but true argument that they were "told" by the employer or contractor in question how much more qualified they were, but how, unfortunately, the employer was being "forced" to hire a minority.
Well, perhaps. But studies have found that employers will often tell rejected white applicants such a thing, even though no federal or state law requires, encourages or even allows such a practice. Indeed, hiring someone solely because they are a person of color is illegal, and that is not how much maligned affirmative action programs operate, or have ever operated.
Fact is, real evidence of anti-white bias in the workplace is extraordinarily rare. Although whites, when asked, are twice as likely to believe that reverse discrimination — as opposed to its old-fashioned counterpart — is common, few whites actually claim to have been victimized.
In fact, no more than thirteen percent (and as few as two percent) of whites polled say they have ever lost out on a job to a person of color, for any reason, let alone because of unfair racial preferences.
Consistent with this data, only about four percent of all discrimination claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are filed by whites alleging to have been the victims of racial bias. From 1995 to 2000, approximately 183,000 race discrimination cases were resolved by the EEOC, of which 167,000 were brought by persons of color, while fewer than 17,000 were brought by whites.
So, even though whites outnumbered folks of color in the workforce by more than two-to-one, there were nearly ten times more discrimination claims filed by persons of color during that period.
And make no mistake, this disparity does not merely signify that whites have thicker skin, or are somehow less likely to file suit, even when they might have a strong case. Indeed, white men are as quick to file suit as anyone else, when the evidence supports a claim. As Fred Pincus notes in his book, Reverse Discrimination: Dismantling the Myth, white men make up the clear majority of age discrimination claims filed with the EEOC.
In other words, when they feel aggrieved and have sufficient evidence to actually press a legal claim, whites (and white men in particular) have no aversion to seeking legal remedy; suggesting that in the area of racial bias, there is simply insufficient indication of having been victimized, such that might warrant seeking redress in the courts.
Finally, it should be noted that claims of reverse discrimination are notoriously less credible than claims of bias filed by persons of color, even when both are presented to courts of law. So, for example, discrimination claims brought by people of color are approximately seventy-two percent (almost three-fourths) more likely to succeed at trial than claims brought by whites, alleging reverse discrimination.
Indeed, evidence going back several years suggests that whites often assume that the person of color hired over them was less qualified, even when objective evidence suggests otherwise.
As just one example, consider the case of Tom Wood, one of the instigators of an anti-affirmative action initiative in California in the mid-'90s. Wood claimed at the time to have been rejected for a faculty position at San Francisco State University, and not only that, but more to the point, passed over so as to make way for a clearly less qualified woman of color. Yet, it turned out that Wood had never even applied for the job, and that had done so, he would have lost out anyway, seeing as how the woman in question had far more scholarly publications and teaching experience than he did.
Or for that matter, consider Jennifer Gratz, the lead plaintiff in a reverse discrimination suit against the University of Michigan, which was resolved in her favor in June 2003.
Despite her successful claim against the undergraduate school of Literature, Arts and Sciences, it is impossible to claim that she was actually victimized so as to make way for less qualified students of color. After all, the year she was rejected, there were not only several dozen students of color who got in to Michigan ahead of her, despite having had lower test scores and grades than she, but there were well over a thousand other whites with lower scores and grades who were also admitted ahead of her.
Furthermore, there were approximately two thousand other whites who were rejected along with Gratz, despite having had higher scores and grades than she.
The first of these facts suggests that Gratz was not passed over on behalf of people of color, so much as other whites, who fit certain admissions criteria better than she did, while the second of these facts indicates that even in the absence of any affirmative action program at Michigan, Ms. Gratz wouldn't have been admitted to the first year class in Ann Arbor, as there were two thousand other white applicants in front of her in line, using the straight grade and SAT formula that she seemed to favor.
Any way you look at the evidence, the result is the same: it is people of color, and not whites, upon whom the weight of discrimination regularly falls, the New Orleans DA's office notwithstanding.
After all, study after study for years has found that blacks and Latinos with equal qualifications to whites (in terms of education and experience) will still be less likely to find work, and even when they do, it will be at lower pay and less likely to be in managerial or high-profile positions.
Even after controlling for other factors that could effect earnings, like age, experience, geographic location, or educational performance, whites still earn, on average, between ten and twenty percent more than their African American counterparts.
Amazingly, one study from a few years back found that white men who claim to have a criminal record and to have served prison time are equally or slightly more likely to get a call-back for a job interview than black men who claim to have no criminal record, even when all other credentials are equal.
And of course, nearly nine in ten jobs are never advertised at all, thereby becoming open to a free and fair competition. Rather, they are filled by word-of-mouth and networking: a process which disproportionately disadvantages people of color, irrespective of qualifications, simply because of prior opportunity (or the lack thereof) and ongoing de facto residential segregation and isolation, which restricts the degree to which persons of color are likely to be in the best networks for jobs.
Indeed, one of the unmentioned aspects of the New Orleans case is the extent to which Jordan, though clearly in the wrong for having summarily dismissed so many whites to make way for blacks, was hardly breaking with some previously color-blind tradition. Having lived in New Orleans for a decade, I learned early on how jobs in the prosecutor's office,(and pretty much everywhere else in the city and state) were filled, and it wasn't by virtue of some purely objective "merit" criteria.
The DA's office, under Harry Connick Sr. had been given to favoritism as well: and although this favoritism had been less blatantly racial than Jordan's, its effects had been no different. Lawyers or staffers with the right family connections, or with degrees from Tulane or Loyola, were clearly overrepresented, irrespective of actual ability, and out of proportion to any objective indicator of merit.
If only that kind of preferencing were seen as racial favoritism, in the way that Jordan's was, then perhaps we could engage a discussion of racial bias honestly. But that's the problem: the everyday workings of white racial preference are typically ignored, while the rare instance of preference for persons of color comes to be seen as commonplace.
In its normalcy, its unremarkable typicality, white privilege and preference remains invisible, at least to white folks, even as it forms the necessary backdrop of all so-called "reverse discrimination" tales to people of color.
So long as we fixate on the one (and much smaller) phenomenon, to the exclusion of the other, and much larger one, we can hardly expect to be taken seriously as a nation concerned with equal opportunity for all.
Footnotes for this article may be obtained from the author at timjwise@msn.com. Alternately, this material and the notes for the same can be found in Tim Wise's book, Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White (NY: Routledge, 2005)
Whine Merchants: Privilege, Inequality and the Persistent Myth of White Victimhood
Tim Wise Speech, "Beyond Diversity," at Missouri State, April 18, 2013
On White Pride and Other Delusions: Reflections on the Rage of the Uninformed
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Sad Cristiano Ronaldo Doesn't Celebrate Goals
Nobody wants to see a sad Cristiano Ronaldo, right? Who wants to see a Ronaldo who doesn't smile, perhaps even a tear falling down his cheek...is it about money? Is it about playing time for his teammates that he doesn't like playing with..? Is it because he isn't getting enough respect?
Cristiano Ronaldo did not celebrate scoring because he is "upset" and that the people at the club know why. It's still a mystery though, why exactly he's sad. He said it has nothing to do with money or Iniesta winning the FIFA player of the season award, but it seems serious and Real Madrid doesn't want their best player to be unhappy.
Perhaps it's related to how Real Madrid is treating some of its other players, and players the Cristiano likes and wants to keep around but Real Madrid want to get rid of. Who knows though. Some more details below:
First Kaka wanted to leave, now Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo says he's "sad" at the Spanish club.
Ronaldo said he was upset with "people in the club" after scoring two goals to lead Madrid to a 3-0 win over Granada on Sunday.
The Portugal forward oddly chose not to celebrate his goals, remaining glum as his teammates and fans at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium erupted around him.
When asked why after the match, Ronaldo said: "I am sad and the club knows it, that's why I didn't celebrate the goals. The people in the club know why."
Ronaldo's comments have sparked rumors in the Spanish press that he is looking to leave Madrid.
The 27-year-old Ronaldo refused to elaborate on the reasons for his displeasure with the club that spent a record 80 million pounds to secure him from Manchester United in 2009.
"I'm not going to say anything else, people know why," he said.
Ronaldo's outburst compounds the ongoing saga of what to do with club president Florentino Perez's other star signing, Brazil midfielder Kaka, who sought a transfer this offseason after being reduced to a bench player at best.
Yet while Kaka has been practically forgotten by Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, Ronaldo is the key player for the Spanish champions who have set winning the Champions League as their goal for this season.
Ronaldo's double on Sunday took his tally with Madrid to 150 goals in just over three seasons. He set a club record of 46 Spanish league goals last season, second only to Barcelona forward Lionel Messi's league record of 50.
Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain said that he didn't know Ronaldo was unhappy.
Watch: The many faces and reactions of Cristiano Ronaldo. He doesn't like to lose.

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Pokémon Go is giving trainers a chance to catch legendary Pokémon as part of the new Ultra Bonus Event. For a limited time, you'll have an opportunity to nap four of Kanto's Legendary Pokémon in Raid Battles.
As celebration for successfully completing Professor Willow's various Global Research Challenge events, the three Legendary bird Pokémon from Kanto – Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos – will become available in Raid Battles. They'll start appearing on September 13 at 1pm PT/4pm ET and will be available until September 20. Their Shiny forms will also be out in the wild if you're lucky enough.
Mewtwo will also be making its first appearance in Raid Battles starting on September 20 at 1pm PT/4pm ET. Previously Mewtwo was only available in invite-only EX Raids but will be soon be available in standard Raids until October 23 at 1pm PT/4pm ET.
As a bonus Kanto region Pokémon will be more frequent in Raid Battles until September 30. Special Pokémon like Farfetch'd, Kangaskhan, Mr. Mime, and Taruos, which were limited to specific regions and continents, will also be joining the 7km Eggs along with Alolan Pokémon through the end of September as well.
To get caught up on all the Pokémon Go, check out our Pokémon Go starter's guide and get ready to hit the streets in search of these rare Legendaries.


Tea Collection is a globally-inspired, San Francisco-based children's clothing company co-founded in 2002 by Emily Meyer and Leigh Rawdon. The clothing line is available through their e-commerce website as well as department stores and clothing boutiques worldwide.
Tea Collection was co-founded in 2002 by Emily Meyer and Leigh Rawdon through funding from angel investors. The inspiration came after a trip Meyer took to Brussels, Belgium. "I found was pink bunny-themed clothing. I wanted something more sophisticated and modern. (No offense to pink bunnies.) That experience inspired me to envision a brand that celebrates the beauty of world cultures through fashion and lifestyle products. I called it Tea, because tea the drink is something shared by all cultures. It evokes warmth, wisdom, and timelessness—values that I wanted for the collection."
Since 2012, the company has had a 24 percent compound annual growth rate and seen its headcount more than triple. Revenue in 2014 was more than $40 million, nearly a $10 million increase from the year before.
Tea Collection supports The Global Fund for Children and their mission of advancing the dignity of children and youth around the world. Tea's support takes many forms - Each year, two exclusive pajama sets are designed and all proceeds are donated directly back to the GFC. Tea also holds regular Give Back events during which they donate a portion of all online sales to the organization. in addition to funding a photography fellowship in 2010.
Co-founder Leigh Rawdon received the Visa Technology Award from the San Francisco Small Business Network in May 2010.
Since 2007, Tea Collection has been in the Inc. (magazine) list of top 100 consumer products and retail companies.
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Yellowstone Won't Pursue Grizzly Bear That Attacked 10-year-old
Montana Public Radio | By Nick Mott
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File photo: A grizzly bear sow and cub in Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park officials today said the bear that attacked a 10-year-old boy near Old Faithful yesterday was a grizzly. They also said they don't plan to pursue or trap the bear.
The last bear attack in the park was in 2015, when a grizzly killed and partially consumed a hiker. In that case, the bear was trapped and euthanized.
I talked with Yellowstone public affairs specialist Morgan Warthin about the incident.
Morgan Warthin: At around 10 a.m. yesterday, so August 23, a family of four, they were from Washington, encountered an adult female grizzly bear a half mile up the divide trail which is located southeast of Old Faithful.
Nick Mott: What happened when they encountered that bear?
MW: The son, he ran away from the bear when it charged out of vegetation towards the family. And then the bear chased the boy, knocked him to the ground. And then the parents effectively deployed bear spray about five feet from the bear's face. And then after that, the bear shook its head and left the area.
NM: What sorts of injuries did the boy sustain? Is he alright?
MW: Well, what we do know is that the boy, who is a 10-year-old, he suffered an injured wrist, puncture wounds to the back, and wounds around the buttocks.
NM: What is going to happen to the grizzly that attacked the boy?
MW: Law enforcement and bear management staff, upon hearing about this incident, immediately responded to the area. They investigated it last night. And what we know is that they determined there was an adult female grizzly bear, coupled with at least one cub-of-the-year or yearling bear. What they also discovered was that the bears were likely foraging next to the trail when the encounter occured. Park Rangers do not intend to search for the bear since this incident, it was a surprise encounter with a female grizzly bear defending its cub.
NM: Did the family do anything right or wrong in how they dealt with this encounter?
MW: I've got to tell you that Yellowstone National Park, we applaud the family for several things. One is which they were travelling in a group. They were carrying bear spray. And then third, they know how to effectively use the spray during their emergency.
NM: What can other hikers learn from this experience?
MW: You know, I think there's a couple things. Most important is that all of Yellowstone National Park is bear habitat. And that means into the deepest part of the backcountry like into the Thoroughfare of Yellowstone to even the boardwalks around Mammoth Hot Springs. Given that, we ask all hikers to prepare for bear encounters no matter where they go. Anyone and everyone who comes to the park, they reduce their risk of a bear encounter by carrying bear spray. There's other things they can do as well, such as: be alert, hike in groups — just as this family was — of three or more, and do not run if you encounter a bear.
That's Morgan Warthin, public affairs specialist for Yellowstone National Park.
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Nick Mott is a reporter and podcast producer who focuses on wildlife, natural resources, and the environment. He was editor on the podcasts Shared State and Fireline, and producer on the podcasts Threshold and Richest Hill.
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The Season Order needs to be changed based on Joss Whedon's intended order. Fox aired them out of order. This is well-known by everybody. There is no alternative order on your site, and I use Kodi with your database, with no way to edit the actual order. Please fix the order of the episodes as intended by Joss Whedon, the creator and director of the series.
Please use the dvd order.
There is no DVD order option when searching for information in Kodi.
I don't use kodi, but I am pretty sure they do have a option for dvd order.
I would like to add my voice to this request.
I use Infuse and it will only read the SxxEyy information and I like to have mine accurate, not the jumbled mess that Fox did to this great show.
I cannot change this order in Infuse which relies on this site so, please consider correcting it.
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The week of Christmas always brings with it a certain amount of nostalgia. Memories of Christmases gone by invariably feature in our minds as we approach the big day, and while many recollections are good or great, some less than pleasant ones come to mind too.
I have plenty of great memories of Christmastime, not least getting a My Little Pony Lullaby Nursery one year, which literally left me speechless with excitement. I remember sitting in Mass that day anticipating all the different ways I would style the ponies' hair and I could not wait to get home to put them to bed or something equally mundane that would occupy me at least until the following May.
Clearly, a great present goes a long way and that was evident when we asked a few of our community's brightest and best for their memories of bad and good gifts at Christmas time.
Michael George from the Colin Neighbourhood Partnership was feeling philosophical about his best and worst presents.
But if you want to wipe away his festive joviality, buy our MP socks for Christmas.
Local SDLP Councillor Tim Attwood was just as revealing about his worst present, but first, his best.
Aftershave can clearly be a dodgy gift as it also featured on boxer Marty Rogan's list.
And who was it from? Sadly, the teak-tough scrapper was too much of a gentleman to say.
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Pastor Arrested For Operating Baby Factory
Police detectives attached to the Ariaria Police Division, Aba, Abia State, have arrested one Christopher Tochukwu for allegedly running a baby factory on Faulks Road, Aba.
It was learnt that Tochukwu, who claimed to be a pastor, converted a one-storeyed building, where he conducted his church services and had a clinic, to a hideout where pregnant teenage girls were kept.
A police source told Punch Metro that the detectives, acting on a tip-off, rescued three pregnant girls and another girl whose baby had been sold to an unidentified buyer.
The source added that the team also arrested Tochukwu, while a two-week-old baby was rescued and taken to a motherless babies' home.
One of the girls, Imeabo Udo, said she was taken to the clinic by a young man who promised to help her take care of her two-year-old baby.
She explained that on getting to the clinic, her baby boy was taken away from her and sold to an unidentified woman.
For Jane Ikechukwu, Blessing and Gift, their stories were not different.
They claimed that they were taken to the clinic by unknown persons for antenatal care, but were forced to stay back at the clinic for a period of over one month.
According to Blessing, Tochukwu took turns to rape them one, while they were locked up in different rooms in the building.
She said, "It was while he was raping one of us that the girl fought and injured him with a broken glass. It was the girl that escaped through the window and alerted the police."
Tochukwu, who claimed to be a nurse by training, however, denied raping the girls.
He said he had no arrangement to sell their babies after birth, adding that he was just keeping them to pay their bills after treating them.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, confirmed the arrest of the suspect and the rescue of the victims.
He said investigation was ongoing, adding that the police were on the trail of other culprits on the run.
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- Increase brand awareness of and breathe new life into the Sonic the Hedgehog brand
- Decrease negative sentiment and increase positive sentiment around the brand
Completely revamp Sonic the Hedgehog's social channels to be engaging and approachable
- Increase engagement and followers without the use of paid media
- Promote the 25th Anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog
2016 marked Sonic the Hedgehog's 25th anniversary...and the year he would win Twitter. But before we begin our story of dank memes, top notch creative and endless press mentions, we must first rewind to the year 2015.
Things were not looking good for the world's fastest hedgehog. He had recently come out with two games that met with mixed reception. His Twitter following growth had slowed to a near halt. Something new needed to be done. Something different. Something extraordinary.
It was time for us to turn it all around.
It began with a big shift in tone by posting a meme with Ice Cube and Guy Fieri, parodying the Sonic game 'Fire and Ice.' Priceless. From there Sonic began tweeting self-aware tweets and snarky comments to fans. People started to take notice. The social following began to grow. It was as if the account had gone rouge (it did; we stopped sending content to higher-ups for approval). It was a hilarious and self-aware, yet positive change. After we released an absolutely insane video featuring Shia LaBeouf that trended on Facebook, the new content strategy and tone was solidified.
Enter 2016. Our task was to go FULL FORCE with the approach we set up at the end of 2015. With a new and improved Twitter account and Sonic's 25th anniversary on the horizon, all eyes were on the world's most famous hedgehog. We started tweeting our own original memes, referencing inside Sonic jokes that previously would have never been allowed on the channel, and parodying pop culture; all with that signature Sonic smirk. We even released a mixtape on SoundCloud (it's lit), showcased new art, and pretty much went totally out-of-control wild.
We also made some friends and engaged in impromptu Twitter banters with influencers and brands like Madeon, Game Grumps, Dues Ex, Twitch, XavierWoods, Denny's, Arby's, Overwatch, and more.
One of our Twitter interactions with Dues Ex became so well-known and liked that it ended up being featured in the game Dues Ex: Mankind Divided as an Easter egg.
Among all this craziness and nonsense, we hid numbers and messages in Sonic's social posts to tease fans about the new game announcement on the horizon. Coded number messages were hidden in images, and secret layers were added that could only be revealed with photo editing software (yes, fans actually managed to figure this out). When added together, the hidden numbers revealed the date of Sonic's 25th-anniversary party – where 2 brand new Sonic games would be announced. Fan speculation about these messages was off the charts.
All this speculation helped build hype for the party and the two new games. On the day of the party, both trailers were released and became the most viewed Sonic trailers in the franchise's online history.
The results in 2016 were staggering, with the account TRIPLING its Twitter following. Twitter took notice of this popularity and now features Sonic regularly on the twitter.com homepage in the 'games' section. It even put together a special Twitter Moments feature for the account and helped to promote it.
The account's content and strategy are used as examples of how brands should do social media on sites such as Contently and Business2Community. Wendy's new Twitter approach was even recently compared to Sonic's Twitter in a large Reddit thread.
In 2016, Sonic Twitter and its content were featured in Forbes, Polygon, Geek.com, PC Gamer, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, Game Informer, GameSpot, Destructoid, N4G, Gamenesia, IGN, Kotaku and much, much more.
Twitter Growth: 307,000 to 1.2 million followers. No brand submitted has come close to this type of organic growth.
All with 0 paid media.
Press Quotes:
"That Sonic the Hedgehog account is life affirmingly brilliant and should be followed by all and sundry forthwith." – Forbes
"The most consistently entertaining thing about Sonic is his bizarre, meme-filled, self-aware, and shockingly forward-looking Twitter feed." - Geek.com"
"The hedgehog's online presence has become one of the strangest, funniest and best in the industry." - Polygon
Video for Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter
Ayzenberg, SEGA of America
https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog
https://twitter.com/i/moments/735840534539964416
http://www.geek.com/games/sonic-the-hedgehogs-twitter-feed-is-better-than-any-sonic-games-1655251/
https://contently.com/strategist/2016/06/15/the-best-brands-on-twitter-dont-tweet-like-brands/
http://www.tssznews.com/2016/09/30/reasonable-assessment-sonics-social-media-is-smart/
http://www.collegehumor.com/post/7038461/12-times-the-official-sonic-the-hedgehog-twitter-was-2-fast-4-us
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/166712/20160623/25-years-later-the-best-thing-about-sonic-the-hedgehog-is-his-twitter-account.htm
http://www.polygon.com/features/2016/9/13/12888124/sonic-the-hedgehog-twitter-memes-aaron-webber
https://youtu.be/jfW6L6ZQ-Uk
https://youtu.be/WyZjP_SLmC0
http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/23/12008576/sonic-the-hedgehog-sega-twitter-interview-meme
https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFriendsPlay/comments/5lq0db/wendys_twitter_right_up_there_with_the_sonic/
http://www.pcgamer.com/deus-ex-mankind-divided-easter-eggs/
http://www.business2community.com/social-media/social-media-authentic-enough-01435387#5KpTw7Gki1fTwLZX.97
https://www.gamnesia.com/news/sega-recaps-the-25th-anniversary-clues-on-sonics-social-media-in-a-hilariou
https://www.destructoid.com/the-sonic-twitter-is-hinting-at-something-pretty-huge-340401.phtml
Ivo Gerscovich
Chief Brand Officer and SVP at SEGA of America
Social Media Manager at SEGA of America
Sergio Montealegre
Social Media Intern at SEGA of America
Erik Schmitt
Sr. Social Media Strategist at Ayzenberg
Anjelo Alonte
Sr. Art Director at Ayzenberg
Connor Riley
Graphic Designer at Ayzenberg
Abhaya Hess
Sr. Producer at Ayzenberg
Noe Rios
Copywriter at Ayzenberg
Johan Kharabi
Account Supervisor at Ayzenberg
Rebecca Rose
SVP, Digital & Social Media at Ayzenberg
VP, Client Services at Ayzenberg


The theme for today's Be Inspired Hop is "My Favorite Designer Series Paper." What fun! I am in love with so many of the new papers, but I decided to go with Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper – it's fun and sweet but can also be dressed up. I went with "fun and sweet" for today's project. If you aren't starting the hop here, then you probably just popped over from a visit with my Aussie friend (and super-talent) Louise Sharp at louisesharp.com. She never disappoints!
On the Flap. Not only did I feature two patterns from Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper on this card, but I included a third pattern on the flap of my envelope. To tie the flap to the inside of the card, I used Stampin' Write Markers to colors select circle in the pattern. What fun! See how perfectly they coordinate?
Did You See it? While you were busy "oohing" and "aahing" at this whimsical card, did you notice how many times I played with the camera theme? Not only are cameras featured in this square pattern, but I used the "smile" sentiment from the Colorful Seasons stamp set to complement the cameras. Oh, but it didn't end there! I also shaped my focal piece like a Polaroid picture (another word that will soon make no sense to people). It's not "in your face" but it's there.
Love, love – LOVE….You did it again…..HOMERUN…..(I bet you made this for me) ha-ha!
Love the design Brian. This is a great DSP line. So many opportunities with it.
Great card! I love everything about it! A man at my church is so good about photographing various groups/events and special guests – I think I need to send him a little thank you? Thanks for the inspiration!
Love your card and camera theme. You really paid attention to even the smallest detail.
Super cute card Brian. I've fallen in love with this dsp after seeing several really cute cards using it. It will definitely be part of my July order. The jury's still out on its coordinating stamp set however.
CUTE ! Loved your comments on "words" that disappear w/ time.
I am so impressed with the DSP selections in the new catty . I am SO SO GLAD that I got the "DSP SHARES" because it is so much easier to see ALL of them !
I have to go HOP now …….. BYE !
Love this card and all the ways you pulled in the camera theme!
I give up Brian! I will never find another card designer as clever as you! Love this card and yes, you did make me smile!
Clever, clever, clever…one for each time you connected the camera theme. Love the Polaroid look!
YOU make me smile with such clean and simple designs!
This is so very pretty! Love this?
Oh wow Brian! You just made me totally want to CASE this at my next workshop! I have all of the supplies you used today except the DSP! Good thing I have an order going in this week! Colouring the DSP on the envelope flap to coordinate is pretty much the best idea E-V-E-R! Thank you yet again! ?


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When House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) questions Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday at a hearing on the prisoner swap that brought Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl home, he said he wants to know how the decision was reached and who knew about it.
McKeon is the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee that is looking into the prisoner swap for Bergdahl that freed five Taliban members from military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay.
Besides learning the names of the 80 to 90 people within the Obama administration who reportedly knew about the Bergdahl deal, McKeon said knowing how the decision was made tops his list of what the congressman hopes to hear about at today's hearing.


According to user experiences, abortion pill was formerly called a "drug" with the women can have an abortion up to the age of 49 years. The produced by the female body hormone progesterone alters the lining of the uterus so that the fertilized egg implants itself and can develop.
It is essential for the maintenance of pregnancy. Most abortion pills progesterone-like substance, but with the opposite effect, an anti-progesterone. It blocks the cells in the lining of the uterus to which the progesterone "docks" and thus prevents the hormone can exert its effect. Thus, the function of uterine and umbilical cord is removed; oxygen and food no longer go to the child. 600 milligrams of any abortion pills in early pregnancy leave the child in the womb slowly starve and die of thirst, a death that can last for two days. The uterine lining dissolves and is repelled.
To enhance the effect of abortion pills (experiences of users prove this) in addition a low dose of the hormone prostaglandin is administered. It causes the uterus to contract and accelerates the process.
As with any abortion are some preliminary studies, information and conversations necessary (pregnancy test, blood test, ultrasound. Then the women who are seeking the clinic or doctor's office briefly to swallow from one to three abortion pills. Now it remains three to six hours for observation. You can walk around or lie down, if it so wishes. About 60 percent of women encounter in the three to four hours of her unborn child. If this is not the case, it might receive a more prostagin abortion pills. About 20 percent of women have not yet aborted after six hours. You are still allowed to go home. For most of them their unborn child goes off in the next 24 hours. About 10 days later, the women come for the post.
An abortion with abortion pill (experiences of users prove this fact) lasts 3 days. Some women change during this time, their approach to the child. You want to keep it. However, although some children survive the abortion attempt with abortion pills like Mifepristone, it is too late in most cases. The babies die. The mothers have to witness how their children have a long painful death.
The response rate of abortion pill is below 60 percent. This means: it comes with sole use of abortion pill almost only every second woman to the desired abortion. The cause of this ineffectiveness is known. For many women, the target receptor of abortion pill is genetically slightly altered. This acts as the imaginary killers preparation as the pregnancy hormone progesterone itself.
Theoretically, you could try using molecular biological investigations on a tablet-abortion, whether abortion pills will work with the woman. This method, however, is apparently too expensive. It solves the problem by default; all women should have another agent that triggers contractions. According to user experiences, abortion pills are suitable to substances from the group of prostaglandins. The child is not directly killed, but "cast out." Only in this combination is the "success rate" over 95 percent.
Despite the correct dose, every now and again cardiovascular failure can happen after the use of abortion pills. From the USA, the UK and Sweden are now several deaths, become conditionally known by taking abortion pills, according to user experiences.
For COMPARISON: "Normal" drugs are equal in batches in Germany pulled out of the market if it only in the CONNECTION with the means that it as reached a stroke.
It is normal that there is bleeding. They last an average of 8-10 days and correspond to a stronger menstrual period. Of total blood loss is approximately the same size as the suction method. In some cases, must be carried out due to excessive bleeding. Sometimes a blood transfusion is necessary. Because of this emergency drug method should only be used in doctors' offices that have a emergency medical facility.
Prostaglandins can cause stomach cramps. They usually last from one to several hours. About 20% of women require minor or moderate strong painkillers.
About half of women experience nausea. Sometimes you need a drug. In some women occurs vomiting or diarrhea.
Any abortion pill is an agent that is produced and used to kill unborn babies. The purpose of a drug is therefore not met. Its use is unethical! Instead of bringing healing, it means death. The great danger for society is that the killing of unborn children is by chemical means to a method of birth control. Instead of a return to their responsibility and their obligation to protect the unborn, there is a slide into unbearable trivializing perfecting their killing. If abortions are made possible by the pill, the threshold decreases. Fear is a further increase in abortions.


Avid, self-taught gardener (I learn as problems arise), bird watcher, and nature lover.
The American crow is the bird that most people love to hate. Why do I say this? You will find more people interested in finding ways to get rid of the crow, than throwing out entertaining stories of how they are amused by the bird. Why do people have such a low view of this bird? Is it because of their intellect? Or could it be due to their bird "family" behavior? It could be. I will let you be the judge.
The American crow belongs to the family Corvidae, which includes the raven, jays and magpies. Its color is glossy black, with feathers occasionally having lighter markings, and a fan-shaped tail. It is a large, imposing bird, ranging in length from 17 to 21 inches, with a wingspan of 39 inches. Moreover, along with their size, they are intelligent, mischievous and very resourceful.
Let me give you an example of the crow's resourcefulness. A friend, one summer was eating a sandwich, when he noticed a crow a short distance from his picnic bench intently watching him. Seeing what the bird would do, he tossed the bird a small portion of his sandwich. The bird hopped to the piece of sandwich, picked it up and flew away. This bird to human relationship became a typical noon hour ritual. However, one day my friend, decided to see how the crow would handle an apple. He threw the apple to the bird. The bird tried to pick it up and fly away with it. It wasn't possible. So he took his beak and broke the apple apart. The bird took the largest piece he could carry.
The crow can communicate a wide range of messages through the type of call. With their call, they can warn, cheer, threat, or taunt. In addition, crows have been known to mimic the sounds made by other animals. For example, one morning a woman kept hearing her dog making a ruckus outside. Thinking it was her dog making the noise she went outside to look, and realized after the fact, that the dog was not outside. Instead, she saw a lone crow making the mimicking sound.
The crow is a social bird, with a personality of tolerance. They are tolerant of noise and populated areas. As you can imagine, this tolerant behavior gets them into considerable trouble with humans. In fact, they think nothing of harassing a farmer's cornfield in search of seeds, fruits, and vegetables. To make matters worse, this bird does not go it alone. If you see one, you know more are about.
In addition, they will protect themselves against a predator by grouping together, which is referred to as "mobbing". When a predator, such as an owl or hawk nears their feeding and nesting area, the birds will dive to the top of the trees and give harsh, drawn-out caws. Even if the predator leaves, the mobbing crows will chase after the owl or hawk to make sure it does not return.
The courtship ritual takes place on the ground. The male bird, facing the female, will fluff his body feathers, spread his wings and tail, and bow repeatedly while uttering a rattling song. Once the female accepts the overtures of the male, the two will perch together and may touch bills and preen each others feathers.
Since the male and female mate for life (if they are non-migratory), the courtship is only done once, unless the pair does not successfully have young. If the pairs mating are unsuccessful, the pair will return to their families. If the mate should die, only then will the surviving mate attempt to find a new mate.
Color: black with a fan-shaped tail.
Eggs: 5 to 7, bluish green with brown marks.
Young born blind–eyes open after 5 days.
Diet: consists of insects, small reptiles, eggs, fruit and corn.
Group of crows are called "A Murder".
In early spring, the American crow will set up house in a place that they like to keep quiet and secretive. Usually the nest is 18 to 60 feet above the ground, in a tree near the trunk. The nest is made of twigs, sticks, and lined with grass, moss and bark, and is about 12 inches in diameter. The female will incubate the 3 to 7 eggs that the pair will have, with the male staying close and feeding her.
Once the eggs hatch, both parents will take care of feeding the young, with the previous year young also helping. After about five weeks, the young will leave the nest but not the family unit. In fact, the family group may include up to 15 birds that contain young from several different years. Since the crow's young do not seek a mate for several years, they (the young) will help raise the newest brood of their parents. This is what is referred to as cooperative breeding.
Crows will roost in large flocks in the fall and winter. These flocks may congregate in the thousands or, in some cases, up to 100,000+ in trees in the evening. The flock will stay together until dawn, at which time they will fly back to their specific territories to feed.
1. Damage seedling corn crops, by pulling the sprouts and consuming the corn.
2. Damage ripening grain sorghum, commercial sunflowers, pecans, various fruits and watermelons.
3. Attack young calves, pigs, goats and lambs (Although rare).
4. Cause damage and health issues to humans during the fall and winter months. For example, if they make a winter roost around a populated area, the droppings can cause odor and health issues.
5. Cause a noise problem. From experience, the noise level can be deafening, and the sheet of black in the trees can be very unnerving.
5. Spread disease among swine facilities when the flock feeds around these buildings. The disease they can spread is gastroenteritis (TGE).
6. Spread waterfowl diseases around wetlands. One such disease is avian cholera.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects crows. However, the federal law does state that you do not need a federal permit to control the birds if you can prove the birds are "committing or about to commit depredations upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance".
Many people have employed different methods to get rid of the crow. Sometimes the methods have worked, other times it has not. With the intelligence of the bird, I have to assume it all depends upon what they have been exposed to in their recent past, as to whether the method will work or not. Thus, getting rid of crows is going to be a trial and error process. Here are some examples that have been used to some success.
1. Use decoy feed. Scatter corn softened with water to protect corn seedlings that have just been planted.
2. Within crops and around homes, people have used frightening devices that include recorded distress calls of the crows. Others have used the sound of the owl and hawk.
3. Lights and high-pressure water spray.
5. When appropriate, a gun.
To conclude, it is fair to assume that the social nature of the crow, its intelligence and family behavior can make the bird a nuisance for many, and for some, a nice form of entertainment.
I grew up with crowd in the trees around my house. We always had 50 to a hundred of them. I loved hearing them tell at each other and now I have better reasons to love them. Thanks for the great read.
I've seen a crow catch a mouse. But thankfully, I didn't have to watch it tear it apart and eat it.
Lina, they are such smart birds and are really interesting to watch.
I hate crows. Hate 'em. Saw two crows catch, tear apart, and eat still-wriggling smaller birds in midair, right next to our bird feeder. Don't like it when cats do that, don't like it any better when crows do it.
I do find them interesting. They are really intelligent birds. During one winter, I saw a crow chase a mouse across the frozen snow. I thought for sure the mouse would win. But the crow succeeded in getting his prey. I have to assume if the snow would have been a little softer, the mouse could have burrowed down into the snow.
The family of crows that live quite close...seem to have only one that is friendly. It sits in the tree above my clothes line and mutters things..when hes hungry he lets me know for sure...he gets very mad at my cats ..scolding them for eating their own food! If im busy and cant feed him right away he gets on the sky light that is right above my bath tub and looks down at me and caws until i get out and feed him. Funny birds. I love them.
It can be rather scary when you see 30 to 50 crows going crazy in a park. It is a mass of black and it is loud. And they are not small birds either. Definitely would not want to tangle with a group of 30 to 50 crows, I think they would win.
It's not that I hate crows. It's just they are so loud and annoying. It's like nails on a chalkboard when you here 30-50 crows going crazy and then it's the flocks of seagulls all riled up too. It's so unnerving.
That had to be interesting to watch. They are smart birds. I bet the hawk will think twice about trying to go after a crow again.
I had to come back and tell you about this morning. We had six crows on the feeder when the hawk came and he dived at the feeder, the crows flew in different directions, the hawk flew after one and the flew after the hawk. We watched for at least an hour.
Before that the crows were playing with the squirrel.
Thanks Shyron. Crows are very intelligent. I seen one crow hide some food for himself, before calling the rest to join.
My husband and I love our crows. If he does not put food out for them the night before they fly over our house screaming for them and he goes out and puts food out for them.
They also play with the squirrels they are so entertaining.
But when I lived on the farm they could destroy the corn crops. We had scarecrows out in the fields, they seemed to keep the crows away.
I very much enjoyed your article, will share and pin, voted up and interesting.
Thanks for visiting Lina. I find the crow an interesting bird to watch. However, in large groups they are rather intimidating to say the least.
My favorite bird!!!! Beautiful creatures of God!!!


Everyone wants to know the secret sauce, how to build vibrant communities in digital social venues. Here is a question to a community manager to whom I responded recently in a gated enterprise forum. The question was, "What are some effective ways to improve circle count and follower engagement on google+?" Read on for some general pointers and references for further reading.


text:
---
title: Getting Started with OWIN
categories:
- [Getting Started]
---

This article describes how you can use OWIN version of CrystalQuartz to
plug [Quartz.NET](http://www.quartz-scheduler.net/) Scheduler viewer into
your application.

## Pre-requirements ##

It is assumed that you already have an OWIN application up and running.
That application can be either web or console acting as a self-host for
OWIN pipeline. The only thing that is required is having an instance of
`IAppBuilder` object available. For web applications it is in `Startup.cs`
file and for console app it is exactly where you running the `WebServer`.

    Typical entry point for OWIN web-application
    Typical entry point for self-hosted OWIN application

```cs Startup.cs
public partial class Startup
{
    public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
    {
        // CrystalQuartz will be configured here
    }
}
```

```cs Program.cs
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        WebApp.Start(
            "http://localhost:3000",
            (IAppBuilder app) => {
                // CrystalQuartz will be configured here
            });
    }
}
```

It is also assumed you have Quartz.NET v2 or v3 installed and the scheduler
instance available.

## 1 Setup ##

As a first step, you need to install
[CrystalQuartz.Owin](http://nuget.org/List/Packages/CrystalQuartz.Owin)
NuGet package to the target project:

```bash
Install-Package CrystalQuartz.Owin
```

That will add a `CrystalQuartz.Owin.dll` reference to your project.
The `CrystalQuartz.Owin.dll` is a single dll that contains all the
resources needed for CrystalQuartz to work.

## 2 Configuration ##

As a next step, you need to hook CrystalQuartz middleware into your
OWIN pipeline. It should be done by calling `UseCrystalQuartz`
extension method at the moment of the pipeline initialization.

Make sure to add the using statement at the top of the entry point file.

```cs
using CrystalQuartz.Owin;
```

The generic syntax for panel configuration should be placed in the entry
point method:

```cs
/*
 * app is your IAppBuilder instance
 */
app.UseCrystalQuartz(schedulerProvider, options);
```

The arguments are:

* `schedulerOrProvider` is a provider pointing to the scheduler instance;
* `options` is an optional object for panel customization.

### 2.1 Configuration - Scheduler

This section describes different ways of passing `schedulerProvider` argument
to the `UseCrystalQuartz` method. You need to pick one of these options.

#### 2.1.1 Scheduler provider

If you already have an `IScheduler` object instance then you can pass a `Func`
pointing to it to the configuration extension method:

```cs
public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    IScheduler scheduler = CreateScheduler();

    /*
     * Init CrystalQuartz Panel with scheduler instance.
     */
    app.UseCrystalQuartz(() => scheduler);
}

private IScheduler CreateScheduler()
{
    IScheduler scheduler = StdSchedulerFactory.GetDefaultScheduler();

    // define the job and tie it to our HelloJob class
    IJobDetail job = JobBuilder.Create<HelloJob>()
        .WithIdentity("job1", "group1")
        .Build();

    // Trigger the job to run now, and then repeat every 10 seconds
    ITrigger trigger = TriggerBuilder.Create()
        .WithIdentity("trigger1", "group1")
        .StartNow()
        .WithSimpleSchedule(x => x
        .WithIntervalInSeconds(10)
        .RepeatForever())
        .Build();

    // Tell quartz to schedule the job using our trigger
    scheduler.ScheduleJob(job, trigger);

    scheduler.Start();

    return scheduler;
}
```

Using this technique you can manually configure panel to work with a
remote scheduler:

```cs
public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    string url = "tcp://localhost:555/QuartzScheduler"; // YOUR URL HERE

    NameValueCollection properties = new NameValueCollection();
    properties["quartz.scheduler.proxy"] = "true";
    properties["quartz.scheduler.proxy.address"] = url;

    ISchedulerFactory schedulerFactory = new StdSchedulerFactory(properties);
    IScheduler scheduler = schedulerFactory.GetScheduler();

    /*
     * Init CrystalQuartz Panel with Remote scheduler instance.
     */
    app.UseCrystalQuartz(() => scheduler);
}
```

You can get it from an IoC container:

```cs
public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    /* ... */

    /*
     * Make sure your scheduler is configured
     * as singleton in the IoC container
     */
    app.UseCrystalQuartz(() => container.Resolve<IScheduler>());
}
```

#### 2.1.2 Legacy Scheduler provider

Non-OWIN version of CrystalQuartz Panel uses internal `ISchedulerProvider` abstraction for
getting access to the scheduler instance. You can pass an instance of `ISchedulerProvider`
as a first argument of `UseCrystalQuartz` call. That might be helpful in some rare cases.

If you are migrating from [CrystalQuartz.Simple](http://nuget.org/List/Packages/CrystalQuartz.Simple) to
[CrystalQuartz.Owin](http://nuget.org/List/Packages/CrystalQuartz.Owin) and you already have
your custom implementation of `ISchedulerProvider`:

```cs
public class MySchedulerProvider : ISchedulerProvider
{
    public object CreateScheduler(ISchedulerEngine engine)
    {
        IScheduler scheduler = StdSchedulerFactory.GetDefaultScheduler();

        var jobDetail = JobBuilder.Create<HelloJob>()
            .WithIdentity("myJob")
            .StoreDurably()
            .Build();

        var trigger = TriggerBuilder.Create()
            .WithIdentity("myTrigger")
            .StartNow()
            .WithSimpleSchedule(x => x.WithIntervalInMinutes(1).RepeatForever())
            .Build();

        scheduler.ScheduleJob(jobDetail, trigger);
    }
}
```

In this case you can pass the same provider instance to the `UseCrystalQuartz` call:

```cs
public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    /* ... */
    app.UseCrystalQuartz(new MySchedulerProvider());
}
```

If you are going to connect to a remote scheduler the `RemoteSchedulerProvider`
implementation of `ISchedulerProvider` would be more concise than the explicit
configuration:

```cs
public class Startup
{
    public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
    {
        app.UseCrystalQuartz(new RemoteSchedulerProvider
        {
            SchedulerHost = "tcp://localhost:555/QuartzScheduler"
        });
    }
}
```

### 2.2 Options

Second (optional) argument of `UseCrystalQuartz` method allows to do some panel customizations.
The object should be an instance of `CrystalQuartzOptions` class. Please check the [options class
source code](https://github.com/guryanovev/CrystalQuartz/blob/master/src/CrystalQuartz.Application/CrystalQuartzOptions.cs) for details.

## 3 Running the panel ##

Once the configuration is done, you can run your project and navigate to `http://YOUR_URL/quartz`
to see the panel UI.

## 4 Examples ##

Please check these samples demonstrating different cases of using CrystalQuartz with OWIN environment:

- [OWIN Self-hosted console app example](//github.com/guryanovev/CrystalQuartz/tree/master/examples/01_Owin_SelfHosted)
- [OWIN Simple site](//github.com/guryanovev/CrystalQuartz/tree/master/examples/02_Owin_Web_Simple)
- [OWIN Web site + remote](//github.com/guryanovev/CrystalQuartz/tree/master/examples/03_Owin_Web_Remote)

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From afar, the primeval mountainsides of the Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica appear both majestic and mysterious. Venture within and you will discover that this mist-enshrouded tropical evergreen forest is teeming with life. This astounding biodiversity owes much of its existence to the extra water bestowed by clouds, which condenses onto leaves and drips to the forest floor. This extra moisture supports the world's most diverse collection of orchid species and a thriving array of amphibians, reptiles, and birds. But National Geographic Young Explorer Greg Goldsmith knows that the existence of these animals could be – quite literally – as ephemeral as a cloud.
Deforestation and global warming are blowing the forest's moisture-giving clouds to higher elevations, causing dangerous drying in the ecosystem. How bad will it get? To find out, Goldsmith spent some time hanging out in the canopy, trying to determine exactly how much water these trees derive from cloud cover. This knowledge can be used by conservation-minded scientists to understand the nature and magnitude of the problem – and identify potential solutions.
Another National Geographic Young Explorer, photographer Drew Fulton, joined Goldsmith in the field. His goal was to capture cloud forest biodiversity in photographs and on film. Fulton's broader mission, however, was educational: to inspire a future generation of scientists by providing a rare, authentic window into the exciting, often challenging process of scientific inquiry. Working with videographer Colin Witherill, he created an interactive website that features surreal 360 degree spherical panoramas embedded with educational videos. Users can explore the cloud forest from both the ground and the canopy, absorbing facts about its ecology as well as the fine art of scientific field research along the way.
The creation of these striking photographs was a painstaking process: "The constant presence of falling water, whether from rain or dripping foliage, proved to be nightmarish while taking images pointing upwards, a necessity for creating these images," explained Fulton. In the canopy "weather conditions mostly cooperated, with the exception of persistent high winds that tested our nerves as we swayed uncontrollably well above the ground." Want to immerse yourself in the cloud forest without getting wet? Join these Young Explorers online at Canopy in the Clouds.


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Q: Recreate a staggered layout using CSS grid I'm trying to recreate the following screenshot using CSS grid, is this possible, if so what do I need to change from my code below.
What I want to achieve:

My CSS so far:
.alt-Cards {
 padding-top: 60px;
 padding-bottom: 60px;
 position: relative;

 &::before {
   content: '';
   display: block;
   position: absolute;
   top: 420px;
   right: 0;
   left: 0;
   bottom: 0;
   background: #e4e4e4;
  }
}

.alt-Cards_Inner {
 max-width:1440px;
 width: 100%;
 margin:0 auto;
}

.alt-Cards_Grid {
 display: grid;
 position: relative;
 grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
 grid-column-gap: 60px;
 grid-row-gap: 60px;
}

.alt-Cards_GridItem-Titles {
  grid-column-start: 2;
}

JSFiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/2wztvqox/

A:

.container {
  width:960px;
  margin:0 auto;
  box-shadow:0 0 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.5);
  background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #fff 0%, #fff 20%, #e0e0e0 20%, #e0e0e0 100%);
  padding:50px;
  box-sizing:border-box;
  display:grid;
  grid-template-columns: 405px 405px;
  grid-gap:50px;
}

.left, .right {
  display:flex;
  justify-content:flex-start;
  align-items:center;
  flex-direction:column;
}

.left {
  margin-top:100px;
}

.left img, .right img {
  width:100%;
  margin:20px 0;
}

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A: If you know that it's always a 2 column layout, use nth-child(odd) to apply a translate to the grid items in the first column.

body {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

.grid {
  padding-top: 30px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  grid-column-gap: 30px;
  grid-row-gap: 30px;
}

.grid-item {
  background: #ccc;
  height: 200px;
}

.grid-item:nth-child(odd) {
  transform: translatey(60px);
}

But as commented, it isn't necessary to use grid to achieve this layout. You could achieve this easily with some flexbox.

.item {
  display: flex;
}

.text,
.img {
  flex: 1 1 50%;
  padding: 0 30px;

  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-self: center;
}

.img {
  object-fit: cover;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  display: block;
}

.item:first-child {
  padding-top: 60px;
}

.item:first-child .text {
  margin-top: -60px;
  align-self: flex-start;
}

.alt .text {
  order: 1;
}

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With the rigors of 1L behind them, and 1L grades finally available to sort the incoming 2L class into the haves and the have nots for purposes of 2L OCI, an argument can be made that the rest of law school is largely meaningless academically. For the students that have secured summer associate positions, it should become quite obvious that they will no longer be measured by their academic success, but by the summer of work ahead of them. For the students that have not been as fortunate, barring some rare exception, academically-obsessed big law has been foreclosed and their focus should turn towards gaining as much practical experience as possible in preparation for the entry-level positions that will become available to them and a little more than half of their class peers closer to graduation. Of course, this does not mean that 2Ls suddenly have free reign to start piling on Cs, but this sort of attitude about post-1L grades certainly isn't unreasonable regardless of which side of the fence a law student occupies come 2L. After all, both groups of students ultimately desire post-graduate employment, and with grades no longer playing as big of a role, there's an incentive to prioritize what matters most to securing that employment (preparing for the summer work or gaining practical experience). However, even if it is assumed there are no real benefits to keeping grades high, the real question is why skimp out on grades when 2L and 3L year are so much easier?
To begin, there are those law students who will not let their grades slip no matter the circumstances. There's many of them, so perhaps a lot of this is preaching to the choir. However, there is an important caveat. Depending on the context, this can be both good and bad. For the summer associate, having this attitude does not hurt because there's nothing really required that takes precedence short of being prepared to impress come summer time. For the student without a summer associate position, this may be damaging if it comes at the expense of seeking internships to boost that resume. It's one thing to be able to handle getting good grades post-1L and simultaneously gaining practical experience, it's quite another if there is a focus on doing nothing other than preparing for exams all semester. The latter plan of attack is unreasonable in the New Normal, when the competition for what will be available closer to graduation has tightened immensely. Unfortunately, this exclusive focus on grades and extracurricular activities like journal is quite common, especially among 2Ls that missed the OCI boat at a school that has a relatively decent OCI showing. For some of these 2Ls, there's an unfounded belief that there is still a fighting chance to sneak into big law by improving grades some more and trying again at 3L OCI or upon graduation. This is largely due to a combination of optimism and a lack of material information about the relevant statistics, but it simply should not be the plan going forward unless improving or maintaining your grades, participating in these extracurricular activities, and gaining practical experience can all be handled simultaneously (which, by the way, is recommended).
For the remainder of 2Ls that do not have this automatic drive to keep their academic progress in check past 1L, here's the ultimate question: what exactly is so hard about continuing to maintain or improving your grades through 2L and 3L year? For the summer associates, the initial gunning was accomplished and it is now time to relax without completely destroying what has been built. Fair point. However, this is 2L and 3L year. There's either no curve in a class, or a more generous curve if it exists. Outside of a few post-1L requirements, you can also select your courses. You can relax all semester and do enough studying come finals time to still do well. Does the need to relax need to extend into that short segment of time that is finals period? For those students without a summer associate position, for the same reasons outlined above, why slack on the grades? Assuming your law clerk or internship position does not have you working the whole week, it's not exactly unbearable to handle your classwork as well. The reasoning behind completely ignoring grades for either group, without some rare justification, just does not make sense. These classes aren't hard, unless you willingly subject yourself to the most brutal substantive law-based electives with harsh curves. This brings up another important point. By being able to pick your own schedule, it's not exactly rocket science to figure out a way to skate by with easy classes that result in high grades. You have to remember that nobody will care in the future about what specific classes you took in law school, only potentially about your class rank upon graduation. It's a no-brainer for even the laziest of 2Ls: take easy classes because nobody cares. At least maintain that GPA to slide only slightly, or even improve it.
Although there's little to fear for either group (within reason) about potential grade drops post-1L, there are reasonable arguments to be made for keeping those grades high.
Summer Associate Full Time Offers: There is much debate over whether any 2L should fear getting no offered due to a severe grade drop 2L year. Although the chances of this are highly unlikely because the summer long interview is the ultimate test, a grade drop has been used to "justify" no offers in this New Normal. It's the perfect scapegoat, even if it is not the actual reason for the no offer. To this extent, even though the strongest argument continues to be that grades do not matter for purposes of receiving a full time offer (indeed, some firms don't even request a transcript), why even give a firm the chance to use this as an excuse? Furthermore, if there really is an economic justification on the firm's part for no offering somebody, but every summer associate did well socially and work wise, arbitrary or often-ignored factors quickly come into play. In this scenario, grades may very well matter. Ultimately, someone can make up any reason for why grades may matter to a firm for these purposes, that doesn't mean it is probable. However, with the New Normal leaving thousands of hungry and highly-credentialed students in the dust, ensuring grades cannot be a justification isn't a very high trade off in a much more relaxed 2L academic environment. This is no longer 2007.
An important caveat for transfer students: you are not in the same boat as your new law school's peers. Often, it is the case that a firm comes to the transfer school's OCI but it does not come to the original school. You have a greater burden of showing you belong with your new peers after your 1L GPA is erased and you start fresh academically at your transfer school. If your GPA suddenly drops to a level that would not meet the firm's cutoff, there is more room to argue that you are in greater danger, even if that danger is still rather improbable. Just something to keep in mind.
Big Law Lateraling: There's a lot of controversy over whether grades matter after your initial stint in big law. On the one hand, work experience will trump everything, so if you have gained substantive legal experience at your initial firm the rest is history. On the other hand, big law is quite obsessed with prestige, because their clients are impressed with prestige. Therefore, it's entirely possible that class rank upon graduation from law school will be considered and preference one candidate over another. There's nothing like adding an associate to the firm's website that has another notch on his or her belt: latin honors or order of the coif. To ignore this reality is simply unreasonable. Now, that does not mean grades are universally declared important to anybody a few years out. However, it's possible that where you apply they will still matter. The mere fact it's possible and has been anecdotally demonstrated online should be enough to hold weight. If you couple this with how easy it generally is to not slip 2L and 3L year academically, it's hard to justify checking out completely after that summer associate offer.
Non-Big Law Post-Graduation Employment: Although most places do not place as great of an emphasis on grades as big law, this is the New Normal. Every entry-level legal job opening will have a swarm of applicants hoping to secure an offer post-graduation. When the process becomes this competitive, it does not take long for the employers to start sorting applications via a quick glance at a law graduate's class rank. When your competition will have substantive practical experience, extracurricular activities, and grades, where does that leave you? The state of the legal market currently leaves no choice for law students that missed the big law boat: you must do whatever you can to give yourself a potential edge. This is why the idea of having that internship, being on that journal, and continuing to keep the grades high have pretty much become prerequisites. If everybody does this, none of this will matter. However, every law student will not do this. You should, especially those individuals that did not fare that well 1L. The extra check next to the good grades may not ultimately help, but it certainly won't hurt.
In the end, although foregoing a focus on grades post-1L will not be disastrous as long as any slide is kept to acceptable levels and what matters most for post-graduate employment is prioritized, there are two things to consider that narrow the justification window for checking out academically starting 2L year. First, this is not 1L. These 2L and 3L classes are easier, and you have the additional option of choosing the easiest among them to keep the workload light and the grades high. Second, keeping the grades high may have little ultimate value for any one student as so much random pieces are at play, but it certainly can't hurt you. Combining the relative ease of these two remaining law school years with the potential benefits, it's hard to justify calling it quits mentally. You never know what lies ahead, and you're paying a solid chunk of change for these classes. It's a win-win situation, why risk it?
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Newspapers around the world have reacted to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's performances at the Helsinki summit, and are united in their assessment of which world leader came out on top.
In the US, several papers went in hard on Trump. The New York Daily News accused the president of treason. Its front page featured an illustration of Trump holding hands with a bare-chested Putin and shooting Uncle Sam in the head with a gun in the other hand.
The Washington Post's headline is: "Trump touts Putin's 'powerful' denial". The paper says Trump handed the Russian president "an unalloyed diplomatic triumph" during their summit as he refused to support the "collective conclusion" of the US intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
The New York Post ran with the headline: "See no evil".
In Russia, the government-owned daily, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, had a slightly different take. The paper said that relations with America had improved and that friends should not be fighting with friends. The paper reported that as a result of the discussions between the two leaders many things had changed for the better.
In Finland, the paper Kauppalehti made no bones about who had triumped at the summit: Trump 0 – Putin 1, was its front page headline.
In the UK, the Guardian splashed on a picture of Trump and Putin's Helsinki handshake with the headline "Nothing short of treasonous: Trump accused over Putin talks".
The Times said Trump faced a backlash after his "productive" summit with Putin.
The left-leaning tabloid the Daily Mirror said: "Trump branded a traitor" with the main headline calling him "Putin's poodle" after he backed the Russian leader's denial of meddling in the US election.
Britain's right-wing Daily Express carried a double-page spread on the summit: "A nod and a wink … and the Cold War ends" is its headline, as Putin meets his "new best buddy".


Of all the "alls" of God—all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, all-just, all-merciful—one "all" that you experience every day is that He is "all-generous." He gives you everything – your family, your friends, your earthly goods, your life, your future, your very self. And give back to Him what you might, you cannot out-give God.
At Cana, they gave Jesus water and He gave them back the finest wine. On the Cross, the Good Thief gave Him words of praise acknowledging Him as Lord, and Jesus gave him Paradise. Nicodemus gave Him a new tomb, and three days later He returned it with the promise of resurrection. You give Him your sins, with sorrow and repentance, He gives you His Son. You give Him glory, you give Him yourself, and He gives you Heaven.
Give Him glory? How can you, a creature made by Him, give Him any glory? He is Glory with a capital "G;" He does not change; and in no way can you increase His glory, no way can you add to His "all-gloriousness." When He made you He gave you your body, your heart, your mind, your soul, your strength. But there is something that you can give Him, something no one else has, and something only you can give Him.
In His glory and power, He not only made you in His image, He not only made you as His full-of-beauty child, He not only made you a unique person with whom He wants to spend eternity—He made you free. He made you so you can choose of your own free will to do His will.
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Following two stints in the seminary with the missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, total 6 years, he came to the realization that God was not calling him to that type of vowed obedience; so he left the seminary and got married. Five children and seven grandchildren later, he decided to try to write some words that would convey his thanks to God almighty for blessing after blessing after blessing.
Natural selection has resulted in our adapting so well to the world around us that it seems like the world was created especially for us. We thank our god for these blessings but it is we who have evolved to take advantage of things as they are. We appreciate a sunset and thank our god for making it so beautiful or a strawberry so delicious. It is like the pothole that got filled with water and the water being amazed that the hole has the exact same shape as it.