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Falun Dafa (also called Falun Gong) is an advanced practice of self-cultivation based on the teachings of the Buddha School. Falun Dafa was founded by Mr. Li Hongzhi, the master of the practice. It is a discipline in which "assimilation to the highest qualities of the universe—Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance)—is the foundation of practice. Practice is guided by these supreme qualities, and based on the very laws which underlie the development of the cosmos."
Master Li's teachings are set forth in a number of texts, among which are included Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun, The Great Consummation Way of Falun Dafa, Essentials for Further Advancement, and Hong Yin. These and other works have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and are published and distributed worldwide.
A more complete introduction, including free downloads of Falun Dafa books and instructional videos, can be found on www.falundafa.org.
The ancients believed that, through disciplined spiritual practice, a person is capable of transcending ordinary human existence. They sought a higher state of being, free from the suffering and illusions of the ordinary world. Attaining this state required moral rectitude, letting go of earthly desires, and the use of meditation and other techniques to improve the mind and body. Many schools of true cultivation appeared, each offering a principled path to spiritual growth. These traditions were quietly passed down over the ages from masters to disciples. Falun Gong is one such practice and is now available to everyone.
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By the end of the 1990s, a hundred million people were practicing Falun Gong. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline's growing popularity as a threat to the CCP's atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, issued an order to ban the practice. Since then, thousands of practitioners have been confirmed to have died as a result of the persecution, and many more have been imprisoned, tortured, and even killed for organs.
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From hosting group exercises in parks to holding magnificent parades, Falun Dafa practitioners promote the values of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance in their communities wherever they are. In addition to celebrating these universal values, practitioners also hold events to raise awareness of the persecution of Falun Dafa in China and encourage the public to take a stand against these unprecedented human rights atrocities.
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Practitioners of Falun Dafa share spiritual insights into life and society. By drawing upon lessons from history and wisdom from the divine, we can rise above moral corruption in the present day, counter the threat of communist powers in China and elsewhere, and stay safe in the pandemic that continues to ravage the world.
From their original musical compositions and works of art to their retelling of ancient stories that inspire high moral standards, Falun Dafa practitioners explore the deep cultural roots that enable society to reach new spiritual heights.
Life and the Universe
In both Western and Chinese culture, the principle of karmic retribution—that is, ultimately being held accountable for one's own actions—is widely accepted. The fundamental teaching of Falun Gong is the characteristic of the universe, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The universe will reward behavior that is in harmony with this principle, while acts that go against this principle will incur karmic retribution. Stated another way, good deeds are rewarded while evildoings will incur due retribution.
Minghui offers a variety of print, audio, and video materials to help newcomers understand Falun Dafa and veteran practitioners to learn from one another as they improve themselves on their journey of cultivation. Minghui is also an official source of new articles published by Falun Dafa's founder, Master Li Hongzhi.
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Toronto, Canada: Falun Gong Practitioners Participate in Three Christmas Parades in Two Days
Nov. 26, 2021 | By Minghui correspondents in Toronto
(Minghui.org) Christmas parades that were canceled in Canada last year due to the pandemic resumed in November 2021 in London, Georgetown, and Milton. The Tian Guo Marching Band, composed entirely of Falun Gong practitioners, participated in three parades. A team of waist drummers took part in the Milton Christmas parade. They were warmly received.
The Tian Guo Marching Band performed at the London parade on November 13. The band also participated in the Georgetown parade on November 20, and performed in Milton the next day.
After the parade, W. Deline, the Milton Santa Claus parade coordinator, called Mr. Jiang Fan, the Tian Guo Marching Band lead. She thanked the band for participating in the parade, and told Mr. Jiang that the band was very well received.
The Tian Guo Marching Band participates in the London Santa Claus Parade on November 13.
The Tian Guo Marching Band participates in the Georgetown Christmas parade on November 20.
Spectator Enthusiasm was Inspiring
Mr. Jang Fan said, "There were many spectators at the London parade. It seemed that the whole city was out on the street. We were well received. People waved and shouted Merry Christmas from the beginning to the end of the parade. The practitioners who held our band's banner kept waving cheerfully towards the crowd. Every time when we played Jingle Bells, the crowd on both sides sang along. Even the police officers waved, and some officers on duty recorded our performance."
After the London parade, several passersby and Santa Claus from other teams said to the band members, "You were great! Good job! You guys are amazing! Your music brings us a sense of peace."
Mr. Jiang said, "We cherish the opportunity to perform at the parades. We can show the spectators what kind of people we are. It was appreciated by different communities who heard the pure and peaceful music."
"Thanks to Falun Gong for Bringing Such Beautiful Music to Everyone"
Joe and his wife Jane enjoyed the band's performance in Georgetown.
Joe and Jane, a Georgetown couple who watch the Santa Claus Parade every year, applauded and greeted the Tian Guo Marching Band as it passed by. When a reporter came up to greet her, Jane excitedly shook hands and hugged the reporter.
Jane said excitedly, "The music is great! I don't know why, but I felt deeply touched in my heart. Thank you, Falun Gong, for bringing such beautiful music to everyone."
Two sisters said in unison, "We admire Falun Gong practitioners."
Two sisters were very excited to see the Tian Guo Marching Band. They danced to the music and said, "The music is great, and we admire Falun Gong practitioners very much."
"These Peaceful People Should Not be Persecuted in China."
Faizan and Jola said, "We support Falun Gong."
Faizan and Jola, volunteer security personnel for the Milton parade, enjoyed the Tian Guo Marching Band's performance very much. "The music they played was amazing," said Faizan. "I enjoyed it." Jola continued, "This band is really great, and it is going to be really cool to participate in the parade!"
When being told more about Falun Gong and the persecution, They said, "It's unbelievable. These practitioners are so peaceful, and we can feel their kindness when listening to their music. It's so sad to hear about the persecution. We both came to Canada at a very young age, and we can't imagine people being persecuted for their belief."
They said they supported practitioners' persistence in opposing the persecution. Faizen said, "It is really good to see they have come to Canada, a free country. Thank you, practitioners, for telling people about the persecution that is happening on the other side of the world." He continued, "The music you played is fantastic! Unbelievably beautiful!"
"It's Hard To Believe That Such a Wonderful Group is Persecuted in China."
Nargis, who came with her family to the Milton parade, was very happy to see the Tian Guo Marching Band perform. She danced to their music when it passed them.
She said, "Their music is great!"
She continued, "I knew about Falun Gong, and I had heard before that Falun Gong practitioners were being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It was difficult to believe. I feel sad for them, and I am very happy to see the practitioners here, and see they are doing so well in Canada."
Nargis loved the waist drum performance. She said it was wonderful to know they were also practitioners. Her young daughter shouted to the drummers as they passed, "Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!"
"It's an Honor for Our Town To Have the Tian Guo Marching Band."
Cindy, Carl, and Cathy
Cindy, Carl, and Cathy, coordinators for the Georgetown Christmas parade, danced to the music as the Tian Guo Marching Band passed by.
They said, "This is the best band we have ever seen. We are really lucky to have them in this year's parade. It is an honor for our town. We hope they can come again next year." All three gave a thumbs up and said, "Falun Gong is good!"
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Home Events Final week for 2016 World Cup of Golf qualifying
Final week for 2016 World Cup of Golf qualifying
Brian O'Hare
WITH the World Cup of Golf set to grace the fairways of Kingston Heath in November this is the final week for players to secure their spot in the historic event.
As of Monday, August 1, positions in the Official World Golf Ranking which will be used for players and countries to qualify for the World Cup will be officially locked in.
Golf's final major championship is this week at the US PGA Championship offering players that ability to make a significant jump in the rankings with a strong finish.
Last week, Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas won the RBC Canadian Open for his second career PGA TOUR victory which moved him from No. 203 to No. 86 in the world, earning him a spot in the field to represent Venezuela should he commit.
"We have arrived at a critical time in identifying the 28 qualifying players who will choose their partner to represent their country at Kingston Heath in November," said Executive Director Matt Kamienski. "Players not already qualified have one final opportunity to compete for the right to represent their country on global stage in a team-oriented format, and we look forward to soon finalizing the 28 two-man teams that will represent their countries in Melbourne."
Once qualified, players will have until August 15 to officially commit to the event. After qualifying and committing, those 28 players will select a partner of their choosing from the same country, provided such player is ranked among the top 500 on the Official World Golf Rankings as of either August 1, 2016 or August 22, 2016. Each player will have until August 26 to select his partner.
Tickets and hospitality packages starting at $30 are now available by visiting the World Cup of Golf website at www.WorldCupofGolf.com.
The World Cup of Golf will be held from November 23-27.
Previous World Cup of Golf events in Australia:
Year Winning Country/Players
1959 Australia (Peter Thomson (pictured above/Kel Nagle)
1972 Chinese Taipei (Hsieh Min-Nan/Lu Liang-Huan)
1988 United States (Ben Crenshaw/Mark McCumber)
2013 Australia (Jason Day/Adam Scott)
2016 Format
The 2016 tournament will return to a 72-hole, stroke play, two-man team event format. The first and third days of competition will be the foursomes (alternate shot) format and the second and final days are fourball (best ball) play.
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Brian is an award winning golf writer and is the founder and editor of Australian Senior Golfer. He is a former Sydney journalist who had little interest in golf till he hit his first ball at the age of 49 (and a half). Since then golf has just about overtaken his life. Brian founded ASG in April 2008 and has since covered every Australian Open, Presidents Cups, World Cups and numerous other big men's and women's tournaments, spending days inside the ropes with the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Tom Watson, Fred Couples, Greg Norman, Adam Scott, Jason Day, Karrie Webb, and many others. He has also played in, and reported on, numerous amateur tournaments, particularly senior and veteran events, around the country. Brian is a member of the Australian Golf Media Association and won the award for Best News Report for 2016 - 2017

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The original MambaLite was developed by MTC optics in cooperation with Optisan and was made until 2014. The MambaLite soon became a jewel in the range and was to become especially popular with airgun shooters, though firearm shooter worldwide soon came to appreciate its light weight and bright optics. Although new MambaLite is a completely new design and no longer produced by Optisan, it builds on the original concept by bringing the design up to date with the addition of the latest lenses SCB2 reticle and the feature most commented on as missing from the original scope a brightness adjustable illuminated reticle.
When MTC launched the MTC Viper Pro in 2016 the 'scope was fitted with a sophisticated 'smart' top turret. While this remains a fantastic feature for some, it was unnecessary for others, the addition of a more normal tactical turret give an option to shooters who wish to enjoy the Viper Pro but do not need or want the 3-1 smart turret. Of course the turret is actually far from normal and has been developed for ease of use and can be effectively locked in an instant.
An option at launch on the Viper pro was the parallel Mamba Pro which is the same sight but with low profile windage and elevation turrets. The Mamba Pro2 improves the existing scope with the two asked-for updates of finger-clickable windage and elevation turrets as well as a less reflective matt finish.
Last year MTC announced the Viper Pro 3-18 and 5-30 x50 which featured a 'Smart' range turret and we are showing that scope here. The turret is cleverly geared to make up to 3 rotations of the turret relate to a single rotation of a customisable range display window. The scope contains all the features you would expect of such a top end high quality scope features such as reticle illumination and side parallax adjustment. The model range has now been extended to feature a fixed 10 power version that compliments the existing scopes. All of the pro-range feature high quality multi coated lenses that and have been selected for optical clarity, true colour transfer and to be compatible with many of the latest digital night systems.
With the addition of four more scopes, MTC's product line is now 15 models, and the UK only Optisan range adds another 7 – including two with a first focal plane reticle. The company has arrived at the start of a new journey and its Time for MTC.
The Greenwich event looked back as well as forward in time being held on the historic site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Greenwich meridian, a line where east meets west. Established in 1851 to be the very centre line of the world's time. It is in many ways the place where 'time' began and was a fitting venue to display the very latest from MTC optics. All current MTC telescopic sight 'look back' to the invention of the 'Galileo' refracting telescope in 1608. Just up the hill in the adjacent royal observatory sits one of the country's largest refracting telescopes; the great equatorial telescope that was completed in 1893. MTC's range of rifle scopes cover every sort of rifle shooting, with a scope suitable for almost every type of rifle. With unique technical innovation, the designs are intended to be away from the mainstream and populist designs available elsewhere.
All MTC's own brand scopes are now designed in the UK while manufacturing takes place in China. For the Viper and Mamba series of scopes launched in Greenwich, MTC's production facility was Initially chosen for their expertise in highly competitive binocular production that was needed to produce the Viper Connect, but the relationship and respect has grown over the last 7 years to the point where a rifle scope division has been created to supply MTC its exclusively designed rifle telescopes.
The original SCB reticle was launched in 2005 with the introduction of the first Viper model and was an instant success, however it soon became clear it had some limitations when used on higher power rifles that needed more reference points for the greater projectile drop that was a feature in some calibres as it was possible to 'run out' of aiming points. The SCB 2 addresses this issue as well as adding other refinements and improvements.


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The Niqab, Conrad Black and the Canadian Family
The niqab has dominated this Federal Election like no other issue yet, curiously, the word does not rate a single mention in the 159 page Conservative Platform released today. But it has not been overlooked. We are told on page 152 that aspiring citizens will have to show their faces while taking the Oath of Citizenship.
In his bid for re-election, Stephen Harper hired the Australian, Lynton Crosby, to advise him on how to craft a winning campaign out of – let's be honest – fairly unpromising material.
It looks as if the niqab is the dead cat of the 2015 Federal Election.
Crosby's dead cat strategy was described in these terms by London Mayor, Boris Johnson, in 2013:
"If you're losing an argument, if you're in a weak position, throw a dead cat on the table…
"Everyone will shout 'Jeez, mate, there's a dead cat on the table!'; in other words they will be talking about the dead cat, the thing you want them to talk about, and they will not be talking about the issue that has been causing you so much grief."
I learn from the Toronto Star today that only two women in the entire country have sought to take their citizenship vows whilst veiled. Whatever your views on the niqab – for, against or indifferent - it is perfectly clear a mountain has been built out of a molehill.
The Prime Minister insists on new rules for those wishing "to join the Canadian family". But what about enforcing the rules for those who have freely chosen to leave it?
Conrad Black renounced his Canadian citizenship to become a member of the British House of Lords. And when he was released from a US prison after serving three years for fraud he was given a temporary one year resident permit to enter Canada expiring in May 2013.
He is still here.


If there's a single undesirable side-effect of contentment within a relationship, it's the expansion of one's midriff. A year ago, when Kevin and I had started dating, I was a bit thinner than I am now, but a year of eating out and him cooking me crepes on a Sunday morning and overall general happiness has resulted in, shall we say, a slight enlargement of certain measurements.
And whilst there are several undesirable side-effects to travelling as much as I have this year, (which, yes, I know is not as much as some but it's still more than others), the worst is that I lost control of my diet. If you're a long-term reader, you'll know that I'm hypoglycemic and that a couple of years back I put myself on a six-meals-a-day-regime and it really helped. Well, all that's slipped. I'm back to drinking very sugary drinks, eating highly refined white bread, and generally doing things that I know are bad for me.
The result is that over the last year or two, more people have come to understand from first hand experience what I mean when I say that when I'm feeling a bit low on sugar, I get "militantly hungry". Kevin has developed a knack of spotting when I need food long before I get that far, but still, it's not good.
So I'm back to where I was in June 2004, looking at ways to make me change my diet. My biggest weakness is, as it always has been, Coke and other sugary things. Now, giving up anything is not, of course, a physical challenge so much as it is a psychological one, and that's why I've been gathering stats. I know what changes I need to make, I just need the motivation to make them.
One day, when I was idly reading the nutritional information printed on the side of a 500ml bottle of Coke (and there's an oxymoron if ever I saw one… 'nutrition' and 'Coke' in the same sentence) and I realised that if you totted it all up, there's 53g of sugar in it. Now, I used to do a lot of baking in my childhood, and I know you can bake a cake with 100g of sugar… so that's just over half a cake's worth of sugar in a drink I can polish off within a few minutes.
Now, I don't mind the idea of eating cake, but I know cake is sugary so I don't eat all that much of it. Same way I don't eat lots of biscuits and rarely, if ever, eat sweets. I mean, a packet of Fruit Polos is something like 96% sugar… I hate to think what the other 4% is. So I can easily see that cakes and biscuits and sweets are sugary and it's really easy for me not to eat them.
It's harder with fruit juices, because part of my brain tells me that they're made of fruit so they must be 'good for me'. I've become a big fan lately of Cranberry juice, and Cranberry and Blackcurrent juice. I can down a whole litre of that stuff in no time. But it turns out that despite being a fruit juice, the sugar content is astronomical, with one box of Cranberry and Blackcurrent containing 126g of sugar. That's one and a quarter cakes. And I can drink that in a morning, easily.
When you compare amounts of sugar per 100ml, from drink to drink, you see that there's not much variation. Lucozade Original predictably comes out worst, because it's a drink that's supposed to be packed with sugar – it's an 'energy' drink after all. Schwepps Lemonade comes out best, with only 4g/100ml. Lucozade Sport looks like it does better than the Schwepps Lemonade, but it's deceptive – it has only 3.5g/100ml of "sugar", but it has a bunch of other carbs in it, bringing the total carbs per 100ml to 6.4g.
Now, when you start thinking less about absolute comparisons and start visualising the amount of sugar in each container in terms of how many cakes it would bake, you can start to really understand how much sugar you are consuming.
There be lots of sugar in them there 'innocent' Innocent Pure Fruit Smoothies (* figure is for the pineapple, bananas & coconut variety).
So, it's time to stop. Every time I look at a can of Coke, I will see half a cake. Every time I stare down a nice box of tart Cranberry, I will see a whole cake. Cake is my yardstick of choice – I can resist cake. And if I can resist cake, I can resist Coke.
You see where I'm going with this.
I pledge to stop drinking sugary drinks for three months, but only if 25 other people will too. Sign up before 22 November, just in time for the challenging Christmas period, and we'll help each other through. Trust me, it'll be worth it – I know from experience that just stopping drinking sugary drinks does make me feel better and I'm sure I can't be the only one who'd benefit.
So I'm up for it. Are you?
Yes, I am up for it! Will be a challenge to resist all that lovely "Julebrus" which is a special beverage made for Christmas times here in Norway. They even make them in glassbottles.. I will be strong, even if I have to read this well-written article everytime I'm tempted.


Its interesting China seems more concerned about the effects of climate change on the US than the US seems to be.
Palo Alto, Calif., behind her Sept. 6, 2007.
Rising seas resulting from the climate change will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are predicting.


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Q: Python multiprocessing queue not returning I am trying to use the multiprocessing module to load a bunch of jobs (that don't return anything - they just save to disk) and I can't seem to exit the multiprocessing Queue.  I've looked up all the links on stackoverflow and google still don't understand why the jobs aren't finishing correctly.
The code seems to run fine (i.e. it properly queues and processes the tasks in whatever order they come - rather than assigning a list of tasks to each core).  But I can't seem to figure out how to exit the queue :(
Any advice is much appreciated, I've spent hours on this.
Here's my code:
        import multiprocessing as mp

        # make arg list first
        args_in = []
        for channel in channels:
            args_in.append(...)  # append some stuff

        # make a queue and add list to queue:
        #q = mp.Queue()
        q = mp.JoinableQueue()
        for arg in args_in:
            q.put(arg)        # add list of args

        # worker function
        def worker(q):
          for item in iter(q.get, None):
            res = cluster_channels_chunks_args(item)
            q.task_done()

        # make a list of processes and add worker function
        procs = []
        for i in range(CONFIG.resources.n_processors):
            procs.append(mp.Process(target=worker, args=(q,)))
            procs[-1].daemon = True
            procs[-1].start()

        for p in procs:
            p.join()

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if I comment out procs[-1].daemon=True, I no longer get the correct behaviour and cores seem to be assigned a list of jobs which they must each complete. I need the cores to dynamically grab jobs out of the pool as soon as they finish (otherwise some cores finish jobs before others and I get system hangs for too long waiting for one core to finish many jobs).

A: In your last line, you are joining daemon processes. Per Python documentation:

Note that a daemonic process is not allowed to create child processes. Otherwise a daemonic process would leave its children orphaned if it gets terminated when its parent process exits. Additionally, these are not Unix daemons or services, they are normal processes that will be terminated (and not joined) if non-daemonic processes have exited.

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Tettigoniidae
"Katydid" redirects here. For other uses, see Katydid (disambiguation).
Temporal range: Jurassic–recent
Tettigonia viridissima
Stridulation of T. viridissima
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Tettigoniidea
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Krauss, 1902
Family: Tettigoniidae
See text.
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (in Australia, South Africa, the United States),[1] or bush crickets.[2] They have previously been known as long-horned grasshoppers.[3] More than 6,400 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, the Tettigoniidae are the only extant (living) family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea.
They are primarily nocturnal in habit with strident mating calls. Many katydids exhibit mimicry and camouflage, commonly with shapes and colors similar to leaves.[4]
2 Description and lifecycle
2.1 Description
2.2 Lifecycle
4 Classification
5 Ecology
5.1 Communication
5.2 Predation
5.3 Defense mechanisms
6 Reproductive behavior
6.1 Polygamy
6.2 Competition
6.3 Stress response
Etymology[edit]
The family name Tettigoniidae is derived from the genus Tettigonia, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. In Latin tettigonia means leafhopper; it is from the Greek tettigonion, the diminutive of the imitative (onomatopoeic) τέττιξ, tettix, cicada.[5] All of these names such as tettix with repeated sounds are onomatopoeic, imitating the stridulation of these insects.[6] The common name katydid is also onomatopoeic and comes from the particularly loud, three-pulsed song, often rendered "ka-ty-did", of the nominate subspecies of the North American Pterophylla camellifolia, whose most common English name is the common true katydid.[7][8]
Description and lifecycle[edit]
Tettigoniids range in size from as small as 5 mm (0.20 in) to as large as 130 mm (5.1 in).[9] The smaller species typically live in drier or more stressful habitats which may lead to their small size. The small size is associated with greater agility, faster development, and lower nutritional needs. Tettigoniids are tree-living insects that are most commonly heard at night during summer and early fall.[10] Tettigoniids may be distinguished from the grasshopper by the length of their filamentous antennae, which may exceed their own body length, while grasshoppers' antennae are always relatively short and thickened.
Lifecycle[edit]
Katydid eggs attached in rows to a plant stem
The lifespan of a katydid is about a year, with full adulthood usually developing very late. Females most typically lay their eggs at the end of summer beneath the soil or in plant stem holes. The eggs are typically oval and laid in rows on the host plant. The way their ovipositor is formed relates to its function where it lays eggs. The ovipositor is an organ used by insects for laying eggs. It consists of up to three pairs of appendages formed to transmit the egg, to make a place for it, and place it properly. Tettigoniids have either sickle-shaped ovipositors which typically lay eggs in dead or living plant matter, or uniform long ovipositors which lay eggs in grass stems. When tettigoniids hatch, the nymphs often look like smaller versions of the adults, but in some species, the nymphs look nothing at all like the adult and rather mimic other species such as spiders and assassin bugs, or flowers, to prevent predation. The nymphs remain in a mimic state only until they are large enough to escape predation. Once they complete their last molt, they are then prepared to mate.[10]
Distribution[edit]
Tettigoniids are found on every continent except Antarctica.[11] The vast majority of katydid species live in the tropical regions of the world.[4] For example, the Amazon basin rain forest is home to over 2000 species of katydids.[4] However, katydids are found in the cool, dry temperate regions, as well, with about 255 species in North America.
Classification[edit]
The Tettigoniidae are a large family and have been divided into a number of subfamilies:[1]
Austrosaginae (Australia)
Bradyporinae (southeast Europe, west & central Asia)
Conocephalinae (global)
Hetrodinae (Africa)
Hexacentrinae (pantropical, especially Asia)
Lipotactinae (Asia)
Listroscelidinae (Americas, Madagascar, Australia)
Meconematinae (global)
Mecopodinae (South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Oceania)
Microtettigoniinae (Australia)
Phaneropterinae (global)
Phasmodinae (Australia)
Phyllophorinae (Asia, Australia)
Pseudophyllinae (global)
†Pseudotettigoniinae (North America, Europe)
Pterochrozinae (Central and South America)
†Rammeinae (Europe)
Saginae (North America, Africa, Europe)
†Tettigoidinae (Australia)
Tettigoniinae (global)
Tympanophorinae (Australia)
Zaprochilinae (Australia)
Ephippiger ephippiger
(Bradyporinae)
Conocephalus fuscus
(Conocephalinae)
Paraphisis sp.
(Meconematinae)
Phaneroptera falcata
(Phaneropterinae)
Pseudophyllus titan
(Pseudophyllinae)
Metrioptera roeselii
(Tettigoniinae)
The Copiphorinae were previously considered a subfamily, but are now placed as tribe Copiphorini in the subfamily Conocephalinae.[12] The genus Acridoxena is now placed in the tribe Acridoxenini of the Mecopodinae (previously its own subfamily, Acridoxeninae). The genus Triassophyllum is extinct and may be placed in the Archaeorthoptera.[13]
Ecology[edit]
Poecilimon thoracicus (Phaneropterinae)
The diet of most tettigoniids includes leaves, flowers, bark, and seeds, but many species are exclusively predatory, feeding on other insects, snails, or even small vertebrates such as snakes and lizards. Some are also considered pests by commercial crop growers and are sprayed to limit growth, but population densities are usually low, so a large economic impact is rare.[14]
Tettigoniids are serious insect pests of karuka (Pandanus julianettii).[15] The species Segestes gracilis and Segestidea montana eat the leaves and can sometimes kill trees.[15] Growers will stuff leaves and grass in between the leaves of the crown to keep insects out.[15]
By observing the head and mouthparts, where differences can be seen in relation to function, it is possible to determine what type of food the tettigoniids consume. Large tettigoniids can inflict a painful bite or pinch if handled, but seldom break the skin.
Some species of bush crickets are consumed by people, such as the nsenene (Ruspolia baileyi) in Uganda and neighbouring areas.
Communication[edit]
The males of tettigoniids have sound-producing organs located on the hind angles of their front wings. In some species, females are also capable of stridulation. Females chirp in response to the shrill of the males. The males use this sound for courtship, which occurs late in the summer.[16] The sound is produced by rubbing two parts of their bodies together, called stridulation. One is the file or comb that has tough ridges; the other is the plectrum is used to produce the vibration.[17] For tettigoniids, the fore wings are used to sing. Tettigoniids produce continuous songs known as trills. The size of the insect, the spacing of the ridges, and the width of the scraper all influence what sound is made.[18]
Many katydids stridulate at a tempo which is governed by ambient temperature, so that the number of chirps in a defined period of time can produce a fairly accurate temperature reading. For American katydids, the formula is generally given as the number of chirps in 15 seconds plus 37 to give the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.[19]
Predation[edit]
Wandering spider (Cupiennius sp.) with Tettigoniidae sp. prey
Some tettigoniids have spines on different parts of their bodies that work in different ways. The Listroscelinae have limb spines on the ventral surfaces of their bodies. This works in a way to confine their prey to make a temporary cage above their mouthparts. The spines are articulated and comparatively flexible, but relatively blunt. Due to this, they are used to cage and not penetrate the prey's body. Spines on the tibiae and the femora are usually more sharp and nonarticulated. They are designed more for penetration or help in the defensive mechanism they might have. This usually works with their diurnal roosting posture to maximize defense and prevent predators from going for their head.[20]
Defense mechanisms[edit]
Katydid mimicking a leaf
When tettigoniids go to rest during the day, they enter a diurnal roosting posture to maximize its cryptic qualities. This position fools predators into thinking the katydid is either dead or just a leaf on the plant. Various tettigoniids have bright coloration and black apical spots on the inner surfaces of the tegmina, and brightly colored hind wings. By flicking their wings open when disturbed, they use the coloration to fool predators into thinking the spots are eyes. This, in combination with their coloration mimicking leaves, allows them to blend in with their surroundings, but also makes predators unsure which side is the front and which side is the back.[21]
Reproductive behavior[edit]
The males provide a nuptial gift for the females in the form of a spermatophylax, a body attached to the males' spermatophore and consumed by the female, to distract her from eating the male's spermatophore and thereby increase his paternity.[22]
Polygamy[edit]
The Tettigoniidae have polygamous relationships. The first male to mate is guaranteed an extremely high confidence of paternity when a second male couples at the termination of female sexual refractoriness. These investment functions are a parental paternity. The nutrients that the offspring ultimately receive will increase their fitness. The second male to mate with the female at the termination of her refractory period is usually cuckolded.[23]
Competition[edit]
The polygamous relationships of the Tettigoniidae lead to high levels of male-male competition. Male competition is caused by the decreased availability of males able to supply nutritious spermaphylanges to the females. Females produce more eggs on a high-quality diet; thus, the female looks for healthier males with a more nutritious spermatophylax. Females use the sound created by the male to judge his fitness. The louder and more fluent the trill, the higher the fitness of the male.[24]
Stress response[edit]
Oftentimes in species which produce larger food gifts, the female seeks out the males to copulate. This, however, is a cost to females as they risk predation while searching for males. Also, a cost-benefit tradeoff exists in the size of the spermatophore which the male tettigoniids produce. When males possess a large spermatophore, they benefit by being more highly selected for by females, but they are only able to mate one to two times during their lifetimes. Inversely, male Tettigoniidae with smaller spermatophores have the benefit of being able to mate two to three times per night, but have lower chances of being selected by females. Even in times of nutritional stress, male Tettigoniidae continue to invest nutrients within their spermatophores. In some species, the cost of creating the spermatophore is low, but even in those which it is not low, it is still not beneficial to reduce the quality of the spermatophore, as it would lead to lower reproductive selection and success. This low reproductive success is attributed to some Tettigoniidae species in which the spermatophylax that the female receives as a food gift from the male during copulation increases the reproductive output of the reproduction attempt. However, in other cases, the female receives few, if any, benefits.[25]
The reproductive behavior of bush crickets has been studied in great depth. Studies found that the tuberous bush cricket (Platycleis affinis) has the largest testes in proportion to body mass of any animal recorded. They account for 14% of the insect's body mass and are thought to enable a fast remating rate.[26]
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^ "common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)". Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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^ Montealegre, Fernando; Morris, Glenn (24 December 2003). "The spiny devil katydids, Panacanthus Walker (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): an evolutionary study of acoustic behaviour and morphological traits". Systematic Entomology. 29 (1): 29–57. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00223.x.
^ Castner, James; Nickle, David (August 2004). "Notes on the biology and ecology of the leaf-mimicking katydid Typophyllum bolivari Vignon (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae: Pterochrozini)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 4: 105–109.
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North American Katydids with range maps and audio files of katydid songs
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., "To an Insect," 1831
"Katydid" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Miss Katy-Did and Miss Cricket," Queer Little Folks, 1897
"Katydid". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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"Katydid" . The New Student's Reference Work . 1914.
Extant Orthoptera families
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Orthopterida
Suborder Ensifera
Grylloidea
Gryllidae (crickets)
Gryllotalpidae (mole crickets)
Mogoplistidae
Myrmecophilidae (ant crickets)
Hagloidea
Prophalangopsidae (grigs)
Rhaphidophoroidea
Rhaphidophoridae (cave, camel and spider crickets; cave wetas)
Schizodactyloidea
Schizodactylidae (dune crickets or splay-footed crickets)
Stenopelmatoidea
Anostostomatidae (wetas, king crickets)
Cooloolidae (Cooloola monster and relatives)
Gryllacrididae (leaf-rolling crickets)
Stenopelmatidae (Jerusalem crickets)
Tettigonioidea
Tettigoniidae (katydids, bush-crickets or long-horned grasshoppers)
Suborder Caelifera
Acrididea
Acridoidea
Acrididae (grasshoppers, locusts)
Dericorythidae
Lathiceridae
Lentulidae
Lithidiidae
Ommexechidae
Pamphagidae (toad grasshoppers)
Pamphagodidae (synonym Charilaidae)
Pyrgacrididae
Romaleidae (lubber grasshoppers)
Tristiridae
Eumastacoidea
Chorotypidae
Episactidae
Eumastacidae (monkey grasshoppers or matchstick grasshoppers)
Euschmidtiidae
Mastacideidae
Morabidae
Proscopiidae
Thericleidae
Pneumoroidea
Pneumoridae (bladder grasshoppers)
Pyrgomorphoidea
Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers)
Tanaoceroidea
Tanaoceridae
Tetrigoidea
Tetrigidae (grouse locusts, pygmy locusts or groundhoppers)
Trigonopterygoidea
Trigonopterygidae
Xyronotidae
Tridactylidea
Tridactyloidea
Cylindrachetidae (sandgropers)
Ripipterygidae
Tridactylidae (pygmy mole crickets)
Wikispecies: Tettigoniidae
ADW: Tettigoniidae
BugGuide: 164
EoL: 972
EPPO: 1TETTF
Fauna Europaea: 11890
Fauna Europaea (new): 9995d3fc-96b3-49c5-9539-80151204a63a
NBN: NBNSYS0000161131
NCBI: 62784
NZOR: d47ad881-6508-46a8-8abb-7ac9355ddc3e
Orthoptera Species File: 11
WoRMS: 426335
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tettigoniidae&oldid=906571601"
Orthoptera families
Extant Jurassic first appearances
Taxa named by Hermann August Krauss
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Largest U.S. Bitcoin Exchange Ordered to Share Client Information with the IRS
In a recent decision, a California court ordered the largest bitcoin exchange in the U.S. to hand certain customer information over to the IRS to facilitate the IRS' investigation into underreporting of virtual income gains.
Coinbase is a San Francisco based exchange dealing in cryptocurrency. Between 2013 and 2015, Coinbase maintained more than 4.9 million bitcoin wallets in 190 countries, serving 3.2 million customers and exchanging $2.5 billion.
Believing that virtual currency gains were being unreported, in 2016, the U.S. government filed a petition for an order permitting the IRS to serve a John Doe administrative summons on Coinbase, requesting "information regarding United States persons, who, at any time during the period January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2015, conducted transactions in a convertible currency as defined in IRS Notice 2014-21". Nine categories of documents were requested, including:
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Documents regarding third party access;
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The IRS may issue a summons for "ascertaining the correctness of any return, making a return where none has been made, determining the liability of any person for any internal revenue tax or…collecting any such liability".
In order to obtain a court order enforcing a summons, the IRS must first establish "good faith" by showing that the summons:
Is issued for a legitimate purpose;
Seeks information relevant to that purpose;
Seeks information that is not already in the IRS' possession; and
Satisfies all of the administrative steps set forth in the Internal Revenue Code.
Once the government has met its burden in establishing these elements (known as Powell factors), and the respondent wishes to challenge the enforcement of the summons, he or she has a "heavy" burden of showing either abuse of power or a lack of good faith on the part of the IRS.
Where a summons is challenged by a respondent, it will be scrutinized by the court to determine whether it seeks information relevant to a legitimate investigative purpose. In such an instance, the court may choose to either refuse enforcement or narrow the scope of the summons.
The court found that there was no dispute that the third and fourth Powell factors were satisfied, but had to determine whether the summons 1) served a legitimate purpose and 2) sought relevant information.
Legitimate Purpose
The court found that the amended summons served the legitimate purpose of investigating the "reporting gap between the number of virtual currency users Coinbase claims to have had during the summons period' and "U.S. bitcoin users reporting gains or losses to the IRS during the summonsed years."
The court went on to say that Coinbase is the largest U.S. exchange of bitcoin into dollars with $6 billion in transactions while only 800 to 900 taxpayers a year have electronically filed returns with a property description related to bitcoin between 2013 and 2015. This discrepancy creates a inference that more Coinbase users are trading bitcoin than reporting gains on their tax returns. The IRS has a legitimate interest in investigating these taxpayers.
The court agreed with the government's argument that obtaining a Coinbase account holder's identity and transaction records would permit the government to investigate whether that account holder had taxable gains that were not properly declared. However, the court noted that the government's request for numerous categories of documents was broader than necessary.
The court found that the following documents as requested were relevant:
Taxpayer ID number;
Transaction history.
All other documents, including know-your-customer diligence and correspondence between Coinbase and the user were not necessary to achieve the government's legitimate purpose at this stage (but could become relevant at a later stage).
Abuse of Process
Since the government met its burden in establishing the Powell factors, it was up to Coinbase to show either abuse of process or lack of good faith as a means of challenging enforcement of the summons.
Coinbase argued that the government committed an abuse of process because it sought to enforce a summons that "lack[ed] a proper investigative purpose" and requested "production of a vast array of documents relating to 14,000 accounts without any proper foundation."
The court, however, found that the Government had met its burden of showing that the narrowed summons served the legitimate investigative purpose of enforcing tax laws against those who profit from trading in virtual currency. In addition, the court found that the information that was ordered to be produced was relevant and no more than necessary for the government to serve that purpose.
Coinbase therefore failed to meet its burden to "allege specific facts and evidence to support [its] allegations of bad faith or improper purpose".
The court therefore granted the petition to enforce the summons.
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Foodie the Bug iOS Arcade Game Download
Filed under Downloadable, Family, iOS Game, IPad Game, IPhone Game, Ipod Touch Game, Side Scrolling, Tilt Game by Harry Balls on December 8, 2011 at 8:57 pm {no comments}
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Here's the description from Megacubic:
Foodie the Bug, on the iPhone App Store. This tilt-based flying game tells the story of Foodie, an extraordinary cockroach who desires to embark on a journey to discover tasty ethnic cuisines to fulfill his picky appetite. Combining game elements of both adventure and arcade, Foodie the Bug allows players to assume the role of Foodie that flies to the exotic destinations in a given amount of time and collects different food ingredients along the way.
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I'm setting on my website the email of the user in the localStorage and i want to retrieve it in the extension.
localStorage.setItem("user", "andrei.br92@gmail.com" );

But when i try to receive it with the chrome extension it fails to do so
value = localStorage.getItem("user");

Which way is easier ? cookies localstorage ? im not pretentious

A: Please see this:
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/content_scripts.html#host-page-communication
Content scripts are run in a separate JavaScript world, which means the content script's localStorage is different from the website's localStorage. The only thing the two share is the DOM, so you'll need to use DOM nodes/events to communicate.

A: Use chrome.storage.local instead of localstorage. Content scripts using chrome.storage see the same thing that the extension page sees. More at https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/storage.html

A: Please see the information on Chrome content scripts. I'm betting you fell into the same initial trap that I did -- trying to read localStorage from an page-injected script, yes?

A: You do not want to use cookies when localstorage can do. That is because

*

*Cookies can be accessed/modified through background page only.

*Cookies are stored in context of a url/domain and not extension. So you will have to store a cookie for every domain that you wish to operate upon.

*With every HttpRequest all the cookies associated with corresponding url/domain gets transmitted to server, so in effect you will be adding overhead to user's requests.)


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The Sad Truth Behind that
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Help us. Help them.
CAPS History & Mission
Puppy Mill FAQ
CAPS Shop
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Broken Breeds' Interview...
Broken Breeds' Interview with Ida McCarthy
CAPS' very own Ida McCarthy (CAPS Chicago Campaign Coordinator) was on Broken Breeds radio show last Friday (May 24th).
Click on the link to play the interview!
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In the second part of our Advocacy show, we are looking at the protest outside Puppy Parlor in Lisle, Illinois.
We will be speaking to the lady who started the protests (CAPS Chicago Campaign Coordinator Ida McCarthy), which take place every Saturday from 12pm-2pm.
How did she find out about this place which ranks number two on the HSUS top 100? What made her want to get out there and raise awareness?
Even though the neighbours are against it, why haven't they done anything about it? How can they stand the smell of decaying flesh come from the back of the store?
Listeners are welcome to call our show and ask questions of their own, or tell us about puppy mills they are aware of, or of anything they are doing to help shut down puppy mills.
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American rock band Mayday Parade made their debut in the mid-aughts with the gold-certified A Lesson in Romantics, which featured a passionate emo-punk sound similar to contemporaries like Yellowcard, Plain White T's, and All Time Low.
Into the 2010s, they incorporated a harder rock edge that fleshed out their punchy roots on releases like the Top 10 Monsters in the Closet (2013) and Black Lines (2015).
The outfit arose from the merger of two popular Tallahassee local bands, Kid Named Chicago and Defining Moment, whose combination helped the unit amass a quick buzz around its hometown scene. The sextet was initially comprised of vocalist Derek Sanders, vocalist/guitarist Jason Lancaster, bassist/vocalist Jeremy Lenzo, drummer Jake Bundrick, and guitarists Alex Garcia and Brooks Betts. After playing shows on the 2005 Warped Tour, along with sporadic gigs alongside bands like Armor for Sleep, the Rocket Summer, the Starting Line, and Emery, the band issued its debut EP, Tales Told by Dead Friends, signing with Fearless Records a month later. Their first full-length, A Lesson in Romantics, was completed in January 2007, but by the time it was released that summer, the band would be one singer short after founding vocalist/guitarist Lancaster parted ways with the group in March 2007 (Lancaster would go on to form a new band, Go Radio).
Mayday Parade signed with Atlantic Records in early 2009 and issued their first album without Lancaster, Anywhere But Here, later that year. In 2011, the group issued a pair of efforts, starting with the Valdosta EP in March and their Fearless-issued, eponymous third long-player in October. Mayday Parade peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200, their highest-charting effort to date. The Zack Odom- and Kenneth Mount-produced Monsters in the Closet followed in early 2013 (along with a deluxe edition the following year), besting their self-titled album's placement with a Top Ten debut on the Billboard chart.
In 2015, the band released its fifth album, Black Lines. Landing just outside the Top 20, the set was the last of their albums for Fearless. After the 2017 release of the tenth anniversary reissue of their debut EP, the band repackaged the gold-certified A Lesson in Romantics as well, complete with demos and commentary. They signed with Rise Records and returned in 2018 with sixth album Sunnyland. ~ Corey Apar & Neil Z. Yeung, Rovi
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Folkkampanjen mot Kärnkraft och Kärnvapen, FMKK,  är en partipolitiskt obunden ideell förening i Sverige, som arbetar mot kärnkraft och kärnvapen. Organisationen bildades 1979 under namnet Folkkampanjen Nej till kärnkraft efter att de politiska partierna engagerat sig mer aktivt i arbetet för att organisera oppositionen mot kärnkraft inför folkomröstningen om kärnkraft 1980. Då fanns redan sedan 1978 en befintlig organisation med det likartade namnet Folkkampanjen mot atomkraft. Organisationen kopplar ihop den civila kärnkraften med de militära kärnvapnen - där även de så kallade DU-vapnen ingår. Folkkampanjen verkar för att stoppa all kärnkraft för civilt och militärt bruk, att satsa på förnyelsebara energikällor samt att avskaffa kärnvapnen. Folkkampanjen skall sträva efter ett nära samarbete med andra nationella och internationella organisationer med likartade syften

Sedan 2010-talet har organisationen i ökande grad arbetat med frågan om kärnavfallet bland annat genom samarbetet inom Miljörörelsens kärnavfallssekretariat, MILKAS  där även Jordens Vänner ingår. Dessutom är man engagerade i frågan om säkerheten i de svenska kärnkraftverken och av radioaktiva utsläpp av till omgivande luftrum och till Östersjön. Ordförande för föreningen 2019 är Jan Strömdahl.

Organisationens medlemsblad heter Medsols.

Se även
Nej till kärnkraft! LP med sånger utgivna i samarbete med FMKK 1979.

Referenser
Det förlorade försprånget, Björn Eriksson (red), Miljöförbundet, 1982.
Folkkampanjen mot kärnkraft-kärnvapens webbplats, läst 2019-05-04

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Kärnkraft
Kärnvapen
Intresseorganisationer i Sverige

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Washington Redskins claim Reuben Foster off waivers, explain move
Ryan Gorcey
Reuben Foster's booking photo, taken the night of Nov. 24, 2018. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department)
When the San Francisco 49ers officially released thrice-arrested linebacker Reuben Foster on Monday, head coach Kyle Shanahan expressed his hope that the release would be what finally turned the former Butkus Award winner out of Alabama around.
"Hopefully this is rock bottom for him and he can fix himself," Shanahan said.
Rock bottom lasted all of a day. After three arrests in the span of less than 12 months, including two for alleged domestic violence, Foster was released on Monday at 1 p.m., and then had a new team by Tuesday afternoon.
After being arrested on suspicion of domestic battery Saturday night in Tampa and spending the night in jail, Foster was claimed off of waivers by the Washington Redskins, first reported by Adam Schefter of ESPN. According to multiple reports, Washington was the only team to put in a waiver claim.
Foster was also placed on the commissioner's exempt list upon his acquisition, and will not be eligible to practice or play while the NFL investigates the matter.
In January, Foster was charged with second-degree marijuana possession in Alabama, which was later dropped after he completed a diversion program. In his Los Gatos home on Feb. 11, Foster was involved in a dispute with on-and-off girlfriend of three years Elissa Ennis, after which he was charged for domestic violence, making criminal threats and weapons possession (a Sig Sauer 516 SBR).
In May, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge ruled there was no probable cause on the first two charges in the February incident, after Ennis recanted the allegations, saying variously that she wanted to get him cut from the team as revenge for wanting to break up with her, and that it was a "money scheme." The weapons charge was reduced to a misdemeanor and Foster pleaded no contest to that in June. He was sentenced to two years of probation, 232 hours of community service and issued a $235 fine.
The drug and weapon charge got him a two-game suspension from the NFL for violating the league's personal conduct and substance abuse policies.
On Monday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Foster and Ennis had a verbal altercation this October which merited a call to the police.
Reuben Foster's booking photo, taken the night of Nov. 24, 2018. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department)
On Saturday night at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, the 49ers team hotel, Foster and a woman who has been reported to be Ennis were involved in an altercation which turned violent when Foster slapped the victim's phone out of her hand, pushed her in her chest and slapped her with an open hand. Foster was arrested on one count of first-degree misdemeanor domestic-violence battery.
"I thought rock bottom was last time and I thought it would be very simple that that would be his wakeup call, and I think it was in a lot of areas," head coach Kyle Shanahan said. "But, to put yourself in the situation that he put himself in, whether it happened or not, if it happened it's so easy, but if it didn't, that still was too bad of a decision to make us comfortable with keeping that person in our organization."
In explaining the acquisition of someone who has had repeated lapses in judgement, and repeated accusations of domestic violence, Redskins senior vice president of player personnel Doug Williams said in a statement that "[t]he Redskins fully understand the severity of the recent allegations made against Reuben. If true, you can be sure these allegations are nothing our organization would ever condone."
Before making the move, Williams said, he consulted the ex-Alabama players currently on Washington's roster, who were "overwhelmingly supportive of us taking this chance," on the second-year linebacker, picked No. 31 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft. There are seven former Crimson Tide players with the Redskins, including two on injured reserve.
The five active players — fifth-year safety Ha Ha Clinton Dix, rookie linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton, rookie defensive lineman Daron Payne, second-year defensive lineman Jonathan Allen, second-year linebacker Ryan Anderson and second-year tight end Jeremy Sprinkle — played with Foster at Alabama.
"Let me be clear, Reuben will have to go through numerous steps including the full legal process, an investigation and potential discipline from the NFL, as well as meetings with counselors associated with the team before he will ever have the opportunity to wear the Burgundy and Gold as a player," Williams's statement continued. "That being said, we decided to investigate the situation with Reuben further by claiming his rights after candid conversations with a number of his ex-Alabama teammates and current Redskins players who were overwhelmingly supportive of us taking this chance.
"Nothing is promised to Reuben, but we are hopeful being around so many of his former teammates and friends will eventually provide him with the best possible environment to succeed both personally and professionally."
San Francisco, too, thought it could help the troubled Foster overcome a rough upbringing, one which saw his estranged father shoot both him and his mother when Foster was just 19 months old, and then running from justice for 16 years.
"I think we went above and beyond to help Reuben," Shanahan said on Monday. "… I want people who are trying to get better. I think Reuben was in some ways, but not enough. He had a long way to go and he didn't get far enough. But, when I go back and look did we handle anything wrong in what we tried to do for Reuben? I think we tried to do more for him than I've seen anywhere I've been to for a player."NFLreuben fosterSan Francisco 49ersWashington Redskins
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Australian White, Male Cat Kills the Socialist Theory
Brian EvansOctober 1, 2019
In Australia, a professor was conducting an experiment with the Tern Bird community but a white, male cat killed the birds and sent the rest of the flock in panic.
Many Marxist do not understand why Socialism doesn't work and why Maoism/Communism was so disastrous in the 20th Century. It wasn't because everyone didn't give 100% dedication to the socialist dictatorship as obvious during the "Great Leap Forward". As Reagan stated,
"the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."
Of course, Socialists blame a white, male for…being a cat. If they could they'd probably make him a Christian to add salt to the wound. In the end, the college professor/scientist concluded that the cause of the collapse of his tern bird sanctuary was one white, male cat. The other two other accomplices (cats) were exonerated. During the assessment of this cat's destruction, the professor organized a group of citizens, lobbied government to develop a program to euthanize feral cats and wasted a lot of resources to conclude that a cat was the cause for his failed project. A UNC professor provided cover for the Australian professor.
By feeding the birds and giving them a sanctuary, he provided an environment unrealistic to their natural habitat and similar to a socialist's dream. This led to the birds false sense of security.
This cat was actually looking for a meal, whereas the professor created an environment that provided these meals. Instead, this cat provided much needed Intel for the professor to determine that his project was flawed and upgrades are needed. Instead, the professor blamed and killed the cat. Maybe it was the Australian government and the university professor that caused the chaos within the wildlife and not a white, male cat that's simply doing what he does.
The article stated that the "white kitty" was "directly OR INDIRECTLY responsible for the death of six adults and 40 chicks." What does that mean of 220 birds? Did he kill them or not? Later, cameras confirmed the presence of the white cat but no footage of a killing.
Rather than euthanizing the cat, the professor should be attempting to figure out how these birds are going to make it in the real world, unless this is how climate change. The dictatorship of everything to the point at which those decisions are above blame, kinda like our politics today.
One cat destroyed this college professor's project; I'm pretty impressed with this white kitty's tenacity and intelligence and it was a shame that he was killed. If you've ever dealt with a property owner who doesn't like cats, all of a sudden the cat is the cause of every bad thing that happens on their property.
Honestly, this is a college professor's failed project which demonstrates the narcissism conducted on a small scale but was also demonstrated during one of the greatest experiments known to man "The Great Leap Forward". One of the excuses for 30 million killed was for the misreporting of goals to Chairman Mao.
While the primary reason for their incompetence was a white male!
Could it have been the system established? Sound familiar?
"A Single Male Cat's Reign of Terror", Jul 31, '19, Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/cat-birds-australia/595048
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Just within the last couple of years, Culver City really upped its barbecue game with several different barbecue joints, including one still to come. Yessir, some of the gems of the South are getting some legitimate representation here in Southern California.
In an effort to get to know these places better, some friends and I ventured on a slow barbecue crawl, hitting up two restaurants.
First up, Holy Cow BBQ. Like its first location in Santa Monica, Holy Cow Culver City offers some smoky, lip-smackingly delicious 'cue in a casual atmosphere. If you like MessHall in Los Feliz, you'll likely enjoy the vibe at Holy Cow (think rustic with just the right amount of homeyness). Loosen up your belt a notch (or wear stretchy pants like me) and dig in!
As anticipated, their menu caters mostly to omnivores, but there are some options for non-meat lovers, too. In fact, there are plenty of menu options, period.
Menu: Meat & Meat Combos.
Indoor seating, great for groups.
Bar seating with beers on tap.
Order at the counter; get your number and grab a seat.
Since we were a large group of 10, we ordered a couple of meat combos, a number of shareable side dishes with a round of delectable desserts to follow. Needless to say, we kicked off the BBQ crawl strong and without any restraints.
Baby Back Ribs -- the best!
Carolina Pulled Pork, paired with housemade Carolina yellow sauce.
After stuffing our faces, the verdict was in: (1) the Baby Backs define Holy Cow's modus operandi -- Slow Smoked Goodness; (2) the brisket is tender and especially tasty with their housemade Q sauce; (3) Collards are slow-braised in pork belly and Kettle Beans are cooked with cured bacon = winning; and (4) that Peach Crumble will warm your heart and belly. Would I return? With such fair prices, generous portions, and tasty shareables? Yes ma'am! So if you're in Culver City looking for a quick bite to eat (in or for takeout), definitely check out Holy Cow for a satisfying meal.
how it works: Peruse the menu, order at the counter, take a number and grab your seats.
notes: Some of the best things on the menu are the Baby Backs, Kettle Beans, Peach Crumble, and Banana Pudding.
This place is stunning. The architecture is beautiful and the decoration is spectacular. Environment was transparent and resonant and warm and immediate. I loved venues in NYC and my experience here was very exciting.


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Barry Glennard is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co. He has drawn a number of strips for The Beano over the years including Pansy Potter, The Beano Birds, Gnasher and Gnipper and The Numskulls. Only one of these four currently remains in The Beano that is The Numskulls which was drawn by Barry Glennard until July 2013. He has also drawn for Fleetway occasionally, drawing Nosey Parker, Bookworm, Watford Gapp and Mustapha Million sometimes.

He supposedly left in The Beano in July 2013 along with Barrie Appleby and Dave Eastbury when The Numskulls was taken over by Nigel Auchterlounie.

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Zalgiris forward Jonas Maciulis could be leaving Lithuania this summer. A member of Lithuania bronze winning squad in Eurobasket 2007 wants an improved contract. The club declared the plans to keep all their players next year but one of the smallest budgets among Euroleague teams could be the main difficulty they could face.
"I like everything here in Kaunas, the fans are great here. Though Zalgiris is not as rich to offer money that other teams can offer. That is the main reason why I could leave", said Maciulis when giving interview to Lietuvos rytas daily.
Jonas Maciulis already received an interest from several Euroleague teams last summer but decied to stay in Kaunas for one more year.


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Three Days' workshop on "Career Assessment, Coaching and Counselling" has been organized by TEQIP, SSIT.
Five Days' workshop on "Switch Gear & Protection" has been organized by EEE, SSIT .
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Three Days' workshop on "Emerging Cryptographic Challenges in Multimedia" has been organized by Dept. of ECE, SSIT.
Two Days' workshop on "Research Trends in Electrical Sciences" has been organized by Dept. of TCE, SSIT.
Four Days' workshop on "Bio-Signal Acquisition & Measurements Using Sensors & Case Studies" has been organized by Dept. of MLE, SSIT.
Three Days' workshop on "VLSI Circuits- Back End Design" has been organized by the Dept. of ECE, SSIT.
Two Days' workshop on "Heuristic Approach to Engineering Research" has been organized by TEQIP Cell, SSIT in association with SPFU, Karnataka.
A Five Day FDP on " Advanced Pedagogical Skills Development Training for Engineering College Teachers was jointly organized by TEQIP SSIT and SPFU".


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I wanted to end my Sun King Brewery Series with a bang! I have made 2 marinades, chili, an apricot barbecue sauce, Sunlight Bread Pudding and could not help but end with this classic dish. Using my new favorite from SK- Ring of Dingle, a dry Irish stout, I made what I like to refer to as a lickable dish. Meaning when my husband and sons were done they wanted to lick the bowl clean. True story.
For me, stout and beef go together. Yes, many people ceremoniously pour a can of Guinness in their beef stew for St. Patty's Day, that is a given. But to take a rich, well-crafted stout and create something akin to a culinary dream dish, well, that takes skill. Not my skill mind you, but that of the master brewers at Sun King. I am a fan. I have drank their Kool-Aide and I am happily coming back for more….
Today's post is the standard meat and potatoes fare with a deep, rich twist. Served over chive smashed potatoes, roasted carrots and mushrooms, this meal will please any palate. I can almost guarantee it!
Use any good quality dry stout for this recipe. I chose the seasonal Ring of Dingle from Sun King for it's deep, malty undertones, pretty lacing (Duh, I did drink SOME) and it's clean finish. Check out my brew lingo. I am really catching on! Move over Cabernet, There is a new drink in my life!
In a large bowl toss the cubed beef with the flour, desired amount of salt and pepper. Set aside. In a large Dutch oven, add butter, shallot, onion and garlic and saute on medium heat until soft and translucent. Add a pinch of salt along the way to sweat them a bit.
Next,reduce the heat to a medium-low and add the flour coated beef and allow to brown and caramelize a bit, about 10 minutes. It will just brown, not cook through.
Then, add the stout and using a wooden spoon, loosen any bits that are stuck on. Allow stout to reduce for about 3-5 minutes on medium heat then add the stock and Worch. sauce. Cover and simmer, on low, for 30 minutes.
Add the thyme and bay leaves at this time and allow to cook until the meat is cooked and tender and the sauce base is thickened to your desired amount, at least an hour.
*The cook time varies depending on how fast your meat cooks, your sauce thickens or how much time you have. I made this in 2 hours but you could easily spread this out over an afternoon.
Taste it at this point. Add a bit more stout to thin it or to add a bit more flavor if you so desire. Remove bay leaves before serving.
This is the exact formulation I used and we ate every bite, save a bit I took in my lunch the next day.
I smashed some potatoes with cream and chives, roasted some giant mushrooms and carrots tossed in olive oil and garlic and made a loaf of crusty bread to mop up the delicious sauce. Garnish with a bit of fresh thyme and freshly cracked pepper.


Circa 1930's original Watling Rol-A-Top 10 cent restored slot machine. The Rolls-Royce of slot machines. The beautifultop casting has the "Horn of Plenty" with golden like coins overflowing. Twin Jackpot, embossed back door, original metal Watling reel strips, Watling coin box, original lock and keys in good operating condition. The base is made of solid oak with original rib groove sides. Size: 28″ tall.