How can you find a friend's email address in Sweden?
How can you find a friends Email address?
How can you find out who is sending you Email if all you have is their Email address?
Contact the host of the Email Service & ask them to check it for you. If emails of a threatening nature, Involve the police.
How do you find An email address?
Finding an email address may be as simple as looking up an on-line directory service. www.FastAs.com provides free search of millions of listings, and even provides secure messaging services that allow contact with people who have elected to keep their email address unlisted.
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It is sometimes possible to find someone's email address by looking them up on google. Other than that, either they can tell you themselves, or you may know someone who knows that address.
How do you find the email address of Tiger Woods?
firt you Go to www.tigerwoods.com and register. Then you can then post messages to Tiger.
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Where can you find a celebrity's email address?
celebrityaddresses.blogspot.com This database is arranged alphabetically and has a listing of many of our favorite Hollywood celebrities. fanmail.biz which also lists contact information for many celebrities.
How can find a friend's address in Stockholm in Sweden.?
Answer . If you know their Christian and Surname then phone the long distance operator and ask for 'information.' When you explain the situation most operators will give you the address.
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Look in the yellow pages.......... Over 20 years I wach Rambo Movie and I DROW he is picture and by a chance i am survive from FIRST BLOOD RAMBOO. . . .
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Ring your ISP; they'll help you. And once you have it again, keep a note of it next to your computer, in an out-of-sight location if you share your computer. Or store it on your phone.
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Use http://privatpersoner.eniro.se/ Write the name or the phone number in the left box and press "Sök".
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I can't get into my room or feed a pet. What do I need to do?
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first you go on google maps ,then you go to maps then you type the persons name and it pops up.
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Where do i find Sears email addresses?
Unfortunately, you can not email any sears associate directly. I work for Sears, the only way to contact a specific person or department is by contacting your local store or by going to www.sears.com and clicking the contact us link at the bottom of the web site to call customer service.
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This is a very difficult process, but you will have to locate a telephone and dial the 7-digit (or 10-digit) phone number for your friend. Once you dial the number, wait for your friend to answer and then find a way to ask what their online e-mail address is.
How you find out someones MySpace email address?
How can you find a friend's phone number in Sweden?
If it's listed or if you know the address it might be found at www.eniro.se, or hitta.se.
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There are many methods of finding email addresses. You may want to try searching wherever your email is hosted.
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The answer is you can't. Anybody could have a random email address but some people have there names contained in there email address.
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You don't have one until you open an account with an internet service provider. Once you have been given an address, you shouldn't have to ask.
How can you find your doctors email address?
How do you find email addresses?
Who's email address are you looking for? If it's concern your friends, why not just ask them.
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How can you find a celebrities email address?
Well... just type in their name and ask "What is __________'s fan email address?" And they'll probably give it out, but they'll probably not.
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There are many ways to track email addresses for free. You can takehelp of social networking sites , websites, search engines anddirectories.
Finding email address of old friend?
Best to find their phone number first and then call them to ask for the e-mail address.
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Yes, if email contains a real name of that person. You can then go to WAATP.COM and find more informations about that person, including his physical address and even his phone number.
How do you find ip address for email address?
You can do this by looking in the headers. There is a link in the related links section that should help you.
How do you find email address on facebook?
you go to info and it should be at the very bottom but some people don't put it on. . people do it so they can contact friends and. some times they dont put it on because it can attract creeps..
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For some emails it's a hard task. If you consider that the email is trustworthy, reply it and by replying you will have more chances to discover its origin.
How can you find out what your email address is on Hotmail?
Just send yourself an e-mail. When you get it, check the top and it'll have your address there.
How can find a teacher's email address?
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How do you find lost email address?
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To find the facebook email address in the timeline, first log into said facebook account. In the top right hand corner, click on the account person's name to open up the profile page. Underneath the cover photo, select about. Scroll down to contact information to find the email address.
How can you find an email address for a company?
Where can you find the email address to Westberks?
There are lots of places where someone can get the email address to Westberks. Some of these places include, but are not limited to; Westberks, email-format, and meetup.
Where can one find an email address?
There are many ways or places to find an email address. Among them are in your email folders, calling them on the phone, business cards, newsgroups or usergroups, and online directories.
How do you find your Microsoft email address?
I have got so many email addresses and microsoft only provides helpfor a forgotten password. Any ideas?
How can I find the personal information on an eMail address?
Below are the steps in Yahoo mail: 1. Log in yahoo mail account. 2. Choose "Settings" from the options. 3. Choose Accounts. 4. You will get your personal information.


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Representatives from the City of Bangor Engineering Department will be present on the date and time shown above to provide information and gather public comment for the Union/Main Street Intersection Improvements Project. This is a MDOT locally administered pedestrian improvements project that the City of Bangor will be performing. The project includes installing new traffic signals and equipment, providing new ADA-compliant pedestrian signals and crosswalks, along with improving intersection traffic flow and turning movements at the Union and Main Street intersection.
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In a recent Atlanta Business Chronicle article from March 2, Commercial Real Estate Editor Douglas Sams, writes about Atlanta's current position as a leader among peer cities, including Dallas, Charlotte and Nashville, with a greater percentage of sought-after educated millennials in its workforce. In the story, he also outlines some of Atlanta's efforts to continue its pace of attracting young talent to its workforce.
While cities like Atlanta compete for millennial talent, companies are also reacting to this major generational shift in the workforce and are adapting workspaces to accommodate their younger workforce. Atlanta-based Office Interiors, which has provided workspace solutions for its corporate, real-estate, educational, GSA, & A&D clients for 23 years, recognizes these changes in workplace trends and offers insight to Atlanta companies competing to attract and retain millennial employees.
Space configuration is increasingly important in today's workspace planning. Millennials welcome collaboration, knowledge sharing, brainstorming and team project execution, so open collaborative office spaces have replaced rows of isolated cubicles. As real estate costs continue to rise, however, companies should carefully evaluate their space requirements and consider hybrid spaces which combine quiet private spaces along with more open environments to maximize space usage and increase productivity.
Millennial employees also value flexibility in the workplace, as they are accustomed to working in a variety of settings and not simply in a traditional office space. Companies can accommodate this flexibility through carefully planned upgrades to building and office space technology which facilitate growing workplace globalization and allow employees to work from anywhere, share information, connect with global offices and ensure data security.
Work habits continue to change in this in millennial-dominated era, with a 24/7 workplace trend replacing traditional 9 to 5 hours. Employers are creating workplaces that look more like home environments, with gyms, lounge and recreational spaces, kitchens with snack-stocked pantries and interior green walls which allow outdoor breaks without leaving the office. These office space perks can help attract millennial talent and create a healthier office environment, however, careful planning and good design safeguards against them becoming distractions that reduce rather than increase productivity.
As the millennial generation continues to dominate the workforce and enhancing the workplace experience increasingly becomes a top priority for employers, companies will adapt emerging workplace trends in an effort to attract the best and brightest talent. These changing trends bring new challenges in workplace design, and firms that employ inventive office space design that addresses both the needs of its people and its organization will create the most productive and competitive business environments.


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Little Saint Nick è una canzone pop-natalizia, incisa nel 1964 dai Beach Boys, che poi la inclusero nel loro album natalizio The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, uscito l'anno seguente. Autori del brano sono Brian Wilson e Mike Love.

La canzone, nota popolarmente anche come Run Run Reindeer (dal ritornello, è stata utilizzata anche in una campagna pubblicitaria di una nota bibita.

Testo & Musica
La canzone parla della figura di Babbo Natale-Santa Claus, che arriva dal Polo Nord con una mezza dozzina di renne, con a capo la renna Rudolph.

Tracce

Cover
Della canzone sono uscite anche delle cover, incise, tra l'altro da John Denver e i Muppets, dagli Hanson, ecc.

Voci correlate
 The Beach Boys
 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
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 Natale
 Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
 Jolly Old St. Nicholas
 Must Be Santa
 Santa Baby
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Home News APAC consumer sentiment remains positive as brands adapt strategies to the digital...
APAC consumer sentiment remains positive as brands adapt strategies to the digital world
Despite Covid-19 induced lockdown restrictions now being lifted in many parts of the world, the extended time spent confined to the home has had a significant impact on consumers' shopping habits and their interactions with brands, according to a research conducted by Advanis for Adobe.
The study surveyed 4,001 consumers in selected Asia Pacific (APAC) countries – Australia, China, India and Singapore and 1,200 marketers across China, India, Singapore and Australia between 1 – 17 June 2020.
The survey was released on the sidelines of Adobe Experience Makers Live, a virtual event to help brands adapt to the digital world. Aside from Adobe leaders, brands such as Singapore Tourism Board, MediaCorp and DBS Bank shared insights and learnings for continued customer engagement and recovery.
According to Simon Dale, Managing Director Southeast Asia, Adobe, the outbreak of Covid-19 has accelerated a broad shift in APAC consumer behaviors and attitudes that have been in the making for some time.
"It is clear from the results of the study that brands that are nimble in pivoting to this digital 'new norm' will be able to create deep and enduring brand resonance while helping their customers feel truly supported. Marketers will need to pay close attention to their customers and ensure that they adapt their CX strategy to address different groups with relevant messages, more so now than ever," Dale said.
Covid-19 has impacted consumers' everyday lives and habits. The survey found that 67 percent expressed concern about the overall impact of the pandemic mainly on personal health at 73 percent, job vulnerability at 40 percent and the economy at 36 percent.
While 95 percent of consumers surveyed are willing to wait out the continued restrictions, only 61 percent agree with the continued lockdown measures, signaling an eagerness to resume life per normal.
Chinese consumers cited the least disagreement with the continued restrictions. Overall, APAC consumers were more willing to wait out restrictions, a stark contrast from consumer sentiment in Japan and the United States (US).
The survey also found a growing social consciousness reflected in the importance consumers placed on staff treatment. Despite this, brands have some way to go – only 54 percent of consumers agree that brands are doing enough to ensure staff wellbeing. Among the younger generation, attitudes are polarised on this issue – Gen Z typically ascribed less importance while Millennials ascribed more importance to treatment of staff.
Nearly three in four consumers found it important for brands to mirror the state of the world in their marketing collaterals in response to Covid-19. China and India consumers were more likely to agree with this sentiment.
Furthermore, there is a general sense that brands have a duty to proactively offer help or provide special offers to customers at this time. This sense of duty among marketers is strongest in China and India at 94 percent, and weakest in Australia at 82 percent.
During the lockdown, 58 percent of consumers increased their online shopping frequency while 74 percent cited an intention to change their future shopping habits – with Indian and Singaporean consumers reporting the strongest intention. Unsurprisingly, younger generations were more likely to cite an intention to change future shopping habits while older generations preferred to maintain status quo.
Despite Covid-19, close 70 percent of consumers reported a preference for purchasing grocery items in person, while 47 percent opted for home delivery, and 17 percent relied on curbside pick-up. Across all product categories, younger generations and urban residents preferred home delivery while the older generation preferred in-person shopping, with the exception of media for the latter. Amongst all countries surveyed, Australian consumers were more likely to favor in-person shopping across all product categories.
It appears that marketers have done a good job at keeping brand sentiment relatively positive during this time – the vast majority of marketers feel that 94 percent of organisational communications have been authentic and 92 percent have resonated with customers.
To respond to these nuances in customer preference, 79 percent of organisations are transforming their long-term strategy in case this period lasts for more than a year, and 82 percent are also changing their approach to future marketing efforts. In fact, marketers in APAC organisations indicated a greater inclination to make long-term changes compared to their counterparts in the US.
The intrinsic value of brands directly addressing Covid-19 in external communications is apparent with 71 percent of marketers report having a Covid-19 task force to manage messaging and campaigns.
For the full reports visit the Adobe website – Consumer Report | Marketer Report.
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The 2019 Autism Arts Festival will kick off with a double bill of comedy from Robert White (Finalist in Britain's Got Talent 2018) and Kate Fox (Star of BBC Radio 4's The Price of Happiness).
Stand-up Poet Kate Fox thought that getting an autism diagnosis would be as likely as there being a female Dr in Dr Who.
So her universe has changed quite a bit recently.
This is a stand-up storytelling show about how.
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Q: Python:How to implement getting the latest location GOAL:-
I need to parse a file with the below input and get  the latest (builddate timestamp should be latest)location when the status is approved and builddate is the latest..I provided sample input and output,I have the code in perl,new to python,please suggest how can this be implemented in python
INPUT:-
Build:          M1234BAAAANAAW9321.1
Location:       \\dreyers\builds468\INTEGRATION\M1234BAAAANAA9321.1
Comments:       Build completed, labeled, and marked for retention.
Status:         Approved
BuildDate:      10/25/2012 12:51:25

Build:          M1234BAAAANAAW9321.2
Location:       \\crmbld01\Builds\FAILED\M1234BAAAANAA9321.2
Comments:       The build is currently in a failed status.
Status:         Failed
BuildDate:      10/25/2012 19:37:17

Build:          M1234BAAAANAAW9321.3
Location:       \\freeze\builds427\INTEGRATION\M1234BAAAANAA9321.3
Comments:       Build completed, labeled, and marked for retention.
Status:         Approved
BuildDate:      10/25/2012 19:43:28

OUTPUT:-\\freeze\builds427\INTEGRATION\M1234BAAAANAA9321.3

Following is the perl code that achieves,I am new to python,please suggest how can I pythonize this code
$ echo 'Build:          M1234BAAAANAAW9321.1
Location:       \\dreyers\builds468\INTEGRATION\M1234BAAAANAAW9321.1
Comments:       Build completed, labeled, and marked for retention.
Status:         Approved
BuildDate:      10/25/2012 12:51:25

Build:          M1234BAAAANAAW9321.2
Location:       \\crmbld01\Builds\FAILED\M1234BAAAANAAW9321.2
Comments:       The build is currently in a failed status.
Status:         Failed
BuildDate:      10/25/2012 19:37:17

Build:          M1234BAAAANAAW9321.3
Location:       \\freeze\builds427\INTEGRATION\M1234BAAAANAAW9321.3
Comments:       Build completed, labeled, and marked for retention.
Status:         Approved
BuildDate:      10/25/2012 19:43:28
' | perl -e'

local $/ = "";
my ( $build_date, $location );
while ( <> ) {
next unless /status:\s+approved/i;
my $date = sprintf "%04d%02d%02d%02d%02d%02d", ( /builddate:\s+(\d
++)\D+(\d+)\D+(\d+)\D+(\d+)\D+(\d+)\D+(\d+)/i )[ 2, 0, 1, 3, 4, 5 ];
if ( !defined $build_date || $build_date lt $date ) {
    ( $build_date, $location ) = ( $date, /location:\s+(.+)/i );
    }
}

print "$location\n";
'
\freeze\builds427\INTEGRATION\M1234BAAAANAAW9321.3
I tried to write the following in python,doesnt seem to work,am wondering if there is a better implementation to achieve the goal..please suggest
for line_info in lines:

    line_info.find('Location')

    if line_info.find('Location') == 0:
        # Build Location
        print "  Found Build location"
        logString += "  Found Build location\n"
        location = line_info.split(" ")
        location1 = location[len(location)-1]
    elif line_info.find('Status') == 0:
        # Status
        print "  Found Status"
        logString += "  Found Status\n"
        status = line_info.split(" ")
        removeEmpty(status)
        status1 = status[1].strip()
        if status1 != "Approved"
        goto .start
    elif line_info.find('BuildDate') == 0:
        # Main Make
        print "  Found BuildDate"
        logString += "  Found BuildDate\n"
        builddate1 = line_info.split(" ")
        removeEmpty(builddate1)
        builddate1 = builddate1[1]
        #if builddate1 >

A: You could split the problem into series of simpler steps:

*

*read input line by line

*collect 'name: value' pairs

*group pairs into records (each record starts with 'Build' pair)

*select 'Approved' records that have non-blank 'BuildDate', 'Location' values

*find the latest record using given date/time format

Implementation:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
from datetime  import datetime
from itertools import groupby

# find all 'name: value' pairs
file = sys.stdin
pairs = ([s.strip() for s in line.partition(':')[::2]]
         for line in file if ':' in line)

# group records
def record_start(pair, count=[False]):
    """Mark start of a record."""
    if pair[0] == 'Build':
        count[0] = not count[0]
    return count[0]
records = (dict(record) for _, record in groupby(pairs, record_start))

approved = (r for r in records if r.get('Status') == 'Approved' and
            all(r.get(name) for name in "BuildDate Location".split()))

# find latest record
def get_date(record):
    try:
        return datetime.strptime(record['BuildDate'], '%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S')
    except ValueError:
        return datetime.min # handle invalid date strings

latest = max(approved, key=get_date)
assert get_date(latest) != datetime.min
print(latest['Location'])

Output
\\freeze\builds427\INTEGRATION\M1234BAAAANAA9321.3

A: Try this code:
lastLocation = None
lastTime = None
skip = False

bestLocation = None
bestTime = None

for line in text.split('\n'):
    line.find('Location')
    if line.find('Location') == 0:
        # Build Location
        skip = False
        print "  Found Build location"
        lastLocation = line.split(":")[1].lstrip()
    elif line.find('Status') == 0:
        # Status
        print "  Found Status"
        status = line.split(":")
        status1 = status[1].strip()
        if status1 != "Approved":
            skip = True
    elif line.find('BuildDate') == 0 and not skip:
        # Main Make
        print "  Found BuildDate"
        timeStr = line.split(":", 1)[1].lstrip()
        lastTime = datetime.datetime.strptime(timeStr, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
        if bestTime == None or bestTime < lastTime:
            bestTime = lastTime
            bestLocation = lastLocation
print lastLocation

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Q: Python 3.4 / GTK / Async I use tkinter with a async funktion.
Now I will use gtk3 in stead of tkinkter.
Is there also a way to run my async function?
How should I adapt the code
Here are some code fragments:
async def _event_loop(app, interval=0.05):
    try:
        while True:
            app.update()
            await asyncio.sleep(interval)
    except tkinter.TclError as exc:
        if "application has been destroyed" not in exc.args[0]:
            raise

class SSHFrame(tkinter.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent):
        super().__init__(parent)
        ...
        ...
    async def _run(self, host, command, user, password):
        try:
            async with asyncssh.connect(host, username=user, password=password,
                                        client_keys=None) as conn:
                self._proc = await conn.create_process(command,
                                                       term_type='dumb')
                while not self._proc.stdout.at_eof():
                    self._output(await self._proc.stdout.read(1024))

                self._output('\n[Disconnected]\n')
        except (asyncssh.Error, OSError) as exc:
            self._output('[%s]\n' % str(exc))
        finally:
            self._proc = None

class App(tkinter.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent):
        super().__init__(parent)
        ...
        ...

asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(_event_loop(App(tkinter.Tk())))

A: import asyncio
import sys

from gi.repository import Gtk, GLib

@asyncio.coroutine
def start(app):
    yield from asyncio.sleep(0)
    app.register()
    app.activate()

def glib_update(main_context, loop):
    while main_context.pending():
        main_context.iteration(False)
    loop.call_later(.01, glib_update, main_context, loop)

if sys.platform == "win32":
    from asyncio.windows_events import ProactorEventLoop
    loop = ProactorEventLoop()
    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
else:
    loop = asyncio.SelectorEventLoop()
    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)

# This is just a fake gtk appliaction here, you should create your own see
# http://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/application.html
my_gtk_app = Gtk.Application()

try:
    main_context = GLib.MainContext.default()
    asyncio.async(start(my_gtk_app))
    glib_update(main_context, loop)
    loop.run_forever()
finally:
    loop.close()


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The lawsuits are stacking up in courthouses across the state, sometimes dozens per day, identifiable by their unusual names: Jane Doe vs. Doe Archdiocese. M.L., an individual, vs. Doe 1, a California organization. John Doe #1 vs. Roe 2, a California entity.
In the waning days of a three-year window that gave adults more time to file lawsuitsover childhood sexual abuse, California is seeing a flood of new litigation.
Spurred by a 2020 change in state law, thousands of lawsuits alleging abuse as far back as the 1940s have been filed against dozens of organizations, including religious groups, private and public schools, sports groups and nonprofit organizations. In some cases, the alleged perpetrators have been dead for decades.
The number of lawsuits is expected to rise sharply before the Dec. 31 filing deadline. After that, people older than 40 will once again be barred from suing over abuse suffered in California as children.
The volume of cases filed during this three-year period is expected to eclipse filings from 2003, when California became the first U.S. state to temporarily lift statutes of limitations for childhood sex abuse in the wake of the Catholic Church scandal. An estimated 850 clergy abuse victims and 150 others sued churches, the Boy Scouts and other institutions.
This time, more than 2,000 lawsuits have been filed against the Catholic Church alone, attorneys said. Plaintiffs are also seeking damages from public entities such as schools, which were previously excluded.
"The cultural view of childhood sexual abuse now, as opposed to 2003, is night and day — it's very, very different," said Joelle Casteix, a spokesperson for the California chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. "We know that survivors in the church are far more likely to come forward."
Casteix said she typically receives about 20 messages a month from people seeking advice about a childhood sexual assault. Recently, she said, that number has been closer to 60 per week, suggesting that many people were still deciding about a lawsuit in the final days of the window.
The wave of litigation could have far-reaching financial and legal implications for organizations that work with children, particularly for groups that employed adults who were known to be abusers, experts said.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa has already announced plans to seek bankruptcy protection. In a statement first reported by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Bishop Robert Vasa described bankruptcy as the "inevitable result of an insurmountable number of claims" — about 130, dating back to its founding in 1962.
Seeking bankruptcy protection often freezes most or all litigation and can limit the assets available for legal settlements. Victim advocates say the move also allows organizations such as the Catholic Church to postpone or avoid depositions and document discovery in lawsuits that might uncover past misdeeds.
The Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection in 2020 after several states allowed lawsuits over old claims of sexual abuse. And four Catholic dioceses sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after New York enacted a similar law in 2019.
"They use it as scandal avoidance," said Mike Reck, a Los Angeles attorney who handles childhood sexual assault lawsuits. "It freezes everything immediately."
Catholic dioceses in California eventually paid more than $1.2 billion to settle sexual abuse lawsuits from the 2003 window. They were also forced to release thousands of confidential documents that showed church leaders, including Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, had made plans to shield admitted molesters from police.
Lawmakers in California tried several times to reopen the state's litigation window while Jerry Brown was governor, but Brown vetoed the bills. He wrote in one message: "There comes a time when an individual or organization should be secure in the reasonable expectation that past acts are indeed in the past."
When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, he signed Assembly Bill 218, also called the Child Victims Act, which created the current three-year "lookback" window.
The law also permanently extended the statute of limitations for reporting childhood sexual assault from the time a victim is age 26 to age 40.
"Just because we are seeing a flood of cases doesn't mean that child sexual abuse is a new problem," Casteix said. "It's an old problem that has been covered up for far too long."
A group of Catholic bishops, including Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, fought AB 218 in court, arguing that the law was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court denied review of the case in June.
The law requires every plaintiff older than 40 to file a declaration from a licensed mental health professional, certifying that there is a "reasonable basis to believe" that sexual abuse occurred. That provision, also included in the 2003 litigation window, is designed to weed out false claims.
Lawsuits also do not publicly name the defendants until a judge signs off. Until then, institutions and individuals are listed in the court filings anonymously.
When a Louisiana woman accused 85-year-old Warren Beatty of assaulting her in 1973 when she was 14 and he was 35, bemused reporters noted that the complaint did not name Beatty, but did describe him as "portraying Clyde in 'Bonnie and Clyde.'"
That also makes counting the number of AB 218 lawsuits difficult. Lawyers estimate that nearly 70 lawsuits have been filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District, but expect that the total is higher.
More than 200 former foster children have also alleged abuse by the staff at MacLaren Children's Center in Los Angeles County, which was open from 1961 to 2003.
About 850 cases had been filed against the Catholic Church in Los Angeles and Orange counties as of mid-December, but that is "almost certainly an undercount," said Reck, who is one of the attorneys appointed to represent plaintiffs in the proceeding, which is being coordinated by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge.
In Northern California, more than 1,000 cases have already been filed, and that number will probably rise to more than 1,200, said Rick Simons, the lawyer serving as plaintiff's liaison for those cases. Those cases are being coordinated through the Alameda County Courthouse, and the first trial date is set for April, Simons said.
Starting Jan. 1, California is lifting another statute of limitations for sexual abuse. The three-year window will allow adults who said they faced sexual abuse by another adult to file lawsuits through the end of 2025.
Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, speaks in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 1, 2019, after a petition with more than 250,000 signatures calling for Roe v. Wade to be overturned was presented to the court.
BREAKING: Vatican Dismisses Father Frank Pavone From Priesthood


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Wave Racer Blew Up, Then Disappeared. Now, He Breaks His Silence: 'It Came Down to Feelings of Intense Anxiety'
By Eric Cook On 30 July 2019
The world's got one question for Wave Racer: Where the hell has he been?
"That's a great question," says Tom Parcell, the 27-year-old Australian behind the rainbow-hued future bass project. "It's a big question. There's a lot of ground to cover."
Parcell's Wave Racer project had emerged suddenly from the Sydney scene back in 2013, and was quickly heralded as a bright star of the influential Future Bass movement. From 2013 to 2017, he toured relentlessly in support of seven original tracks and a slew of high-profile remixes, before going mysteriously silent.
This summer, Parcell dropped two new Wave Racer tracks in two weeks. First, on June 28, came the sticky-candy synths and guitars of robotic sing-along "Auto." Two weeks later, there was the effervescent hip-pop of "Summer Rain," with playful verses from Sydney rapper Kwame, which Billboard Dance is premiering the vide for below.
Despite it being 10:00 a.m. in Melbourne, and this phone call being his first official interview in about four years, Parcell is quite chipper. His voice bounces with the buzz of one recently unburdened. In mid 2017, he was caught in a storm of success, buckled under pressure and plunged into isolation. In 2019, he's excited to talk about it.
Parcell's first foray into music was guitar, which he learned to play when he was 12. Then, when he was 16, the punk, funk and disco-inspired sounds of French artists Daft Punk, Justice and Breakbot got his mind whirling in electronic directions. In the 2010s, he and a friend had a duo called Pablo J & The Lobsterettes making songs out of old disco samples, but as his production skills evolved, he experimented with infectious melodies of his own. In 2013, he uploaded a couple bubbly tunes to Soundcloud under the name Wave Racer, a moniker essentially chosen at random in reference to a 1996 Nintendo 64 game called Wave Race.
Parcell was 21 in 2013, when "Rock U Tonite" and "Stoopid" became viral hits, with hundreds of thousands of plays. The hyper-saturated cuteness of the project's game-inspired sonics and vaporwave visuals was something akin to watching Windows 98 boot up while under the influence of hallucinogens. The style was both nostalgic and mind-alteringly new. Signed by taste-making Australian label Future Classic, Wave Racer joined the ranks of Flume, Ryan Hemsworth and Cashmere Cat as a harbinger of a new genre called Future Bass, which mixed wobbly modulated synths with twinkling textures and 808 trap rhythms.
He had a moment, as his crystal clear productions, tension-building chords and instantly-recognizable vibrance brought him remix opportunities with Duke Dumont, Foster the People, Flight Facilities and more. In 2014, popular funk-electro duo Chromeo brought him on tour as its opening act, and for the next three years, he was almost constantly on the road.
"It was kind of a big whirlwind trip for a long time," he says. "It was three years of intensity, and that was at a time where I was still discovering how to actually be a functioning adult… I lived in Sydney for the first 21 years of my life, and then all of a sudden, I was traveling the world for months at a time on my own. I had nothing but myself and a backpack, and I had to make sure that everything was going to plan."
He 2015 debut EP Flash Drive peaked at No. 15 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. A tour in support of the EP followed, as well as more remixes, festival appearances and a run opening for Flume in 2016. In February of 2017, he posted a remix of Australian rapper Tkay Maidza to Instagram with a caption that promised "lots more music coming."
Then, he disappeared.
"I decided I needed to take at least six months away from touring, just because I needed to focus on producing new songs," he says. "I really had a small amount of material out. I'd take this time off [and] just sit in the studio to figure out what my music is going to sound like… The six months that I decided to take sort of turned into two and a half years by accident."
At 24, Parcell had the means to buy his own home. He finally moved out of his parent's place and got a place in Melbourne with floor-to-ceiling windows that was a nine hour drive from everyone and everything he knew back in Sydney. He set himself up with a lovely studio, and when it hit him that he had room to breathe, all of a sudden, he couldn't.
Touring had left him in a strange mental and emotional place. He'd spent the past four years fluctuating between the adrenaline rushes of the stage and the quiet loneliness of hotel rooms. He'd been so busy handling life on the road that he didn't take time to call old friends, who were all having very different life experiences from his. He'd tried to keep a relationship going, but that fell apart soon after his move to Melbourne. At his fancy new house he found himself alone, uninspired and somehow expected to turn out more hits when even the idea of cooking dinner or doing his own laundry seemed insurmountable.
"It just came down to the feeling of intense anxiety," he says. "You're trying to sit down and focus on something but it feels like there's a bomb next to you that you need to diffuse, otherwise everything's gonna be a huge disaster… it's completely irrational, but it's like 'OK, how do I diffuse this bomb so I can get on with living, so that I'm not in danger anymore?' And the bomb represents, like, making sure everything I do is perfect, making sure that everything I do is not embarrassing myself."
His six month break came and went. Eventually his management, label and agents started asking questions.
"I wasn't telling people how I was feeling." Parcell says. "I didn't know how to communicate what was going on, because I felt guilty for it. The label that I was working with, my manager and my agents were like, 'What's going on here? We need this material to happen.' People thought I'd given up on the project."
He can laugh as he talks about it, because therapy helped him see he's not as alone as he thought. He now realizes feelings of isolation, performance anxiety and the chemical hangover that a hard dopamine pause created after a tornado of fast-paced travel and stimuli, is a rampant problem within the music and entertainment industries.
"It's not a normal life," he says. "There are people who have way more hectic schedules than I did, and even then I was still struggling a lot… It took a long time, but I did eventually seek out treatment. I went to go see a mental health professional. I still see a therapist every month. That was extremely helpful in just grounding myself, being like, 'OK, this is something that I need to address. I'm not alone anymore.'"
Parcell was prescribed anti-depressants, which helped him get over the hump to start building a new life in Melbourne. He made new friends, and realized the person he was at 27 wasn't the person he was at 21 — and that that was okay.
"I really had no interest in DJing or club music," he says. "I've always had an affinity for things like melody and chordal harmony, but that shifted into becoming entirely focused on crafting songs with lyrics and traditional pop-structure vocals. Simple but powerful instrumentation with guitars and keyboards, rather than what I was used to doing, which was outright maximalism. I naturally leaned into incorporating those sparkly colorful elements that are my signature, but using them in such a way that I was able to craft elegant pop songs that actually could resonate and have longevity."
As his head cleared of expectations, his spirit made room for fun. He had his parents bring his old guitar from Sydney, then he bought a bass. a bunch of effects pedals, keyboards and began recording his own instrumentation. He even started writing and singing his own lyrics. That's how "Auto" came about.
"The voice is me. The guitar is me. I produced everything," he says. "It's a self-reflective song about my experiences … the struggles of dealing with the expectations people have for you in the context of being a creative person, the impossibility of productivity and the absurdity of success in a world where that's very difficult to achieve. It's [about] ironically trying to automate those things so they can just happen, like a robot. In reality, we're all people that need to actually produce this stuff."
"Summer Rain" came from a demo he started with Kwame in 2016. They were both in his publisher BMG's studio in Sydney, and Kwame accepted his invitation to work on a track. "He seemed like a legit amazing lyricist with really cool style and amazing confidence," Parcell remembers. "His performances were incredible… I swear to God, he wrote the entire song in about four hours." Once his creativity returned, Parcell built a new beat around Kwame's hype verses and whimsical chorus, building on his new skills to turn "Summer Rain" into the polished piece out now.
Parcell says he's written more music in the last six months than he has in his whole life. He has an album's worth of material finished and more singles planned for the coming months. His management team didn't abandon him during the "dark times," and in fact started their own label, Astral People Recordings, to which Wave Racer is the first official signee. It's a combination of the familiar and the new, working comfortably with people who've grown alongside him.
"I used to be quite private," he says. "I saw the internet and social media as a space for me to put forward my shiny self. Now, I'm actually going to be transparent and honest. I feel a much greater sense of pride and personal connection to the music I'm making. It has my own voice in it, and I feel like I'm saying something people could connect to. I'm always going to be learning, always changing. That's the takeaway."
Watch the official music video for "Summer Rain" with Kwame below a day ahead of its wide release, exclusive to Billboard Dance.
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Hisham Muhammad Zaki Barakat ( 21 November 1950 – 29 June 2015) was Prosecutor General of Egypt from 2013 to 2015.
During his term as state prosecutor, he was responsible for thousands of controversial prosecutions, including several widely deemed as politically motivated resulting in death sentences for hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. He was assassinated in a car bombing on 29 June 2015.
Barakat graduated from Cairo University with a B.A. in Law in 1973. Appointed to the Public Prosecution, he joined the judiciary and worked in courts of first instance and appeal courts. He became the head of the technical office of the president of the Cairo Appeals Court.
Barakat was appointed as Prosecutor-General by Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour after Abdel Meguid Mahmoud announced his resignation from the post in the aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. Barakat was sworn in on 10 July 2013.
On 14 July 2013, Barakat ordered the freezing of assets of 14 prominent Egyptian Islamists: Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide Mohammed Badie, and his deputies Khairat el-Shater, Mohamed Ezzat and Rashad Baioumy; Mahdi Akef, the Brotherhood's former supreme guide; Mohamed Saad al-Katatny, head of the Freedom and Justice Party, FJP deputy leader Essam al-Erian and general secretary Mohamed al-Beltagy; Salafi preacher Safwat Hegazy; Essam Sultan, vice president of the Wasat Party; Assem Abdel Maged, member of the Jamaa Islamiya Shura Council; Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, Flag Party president; Tarek al-Zomor, Building and Development Party secretary; and former MP Mohammed al-Omda.
On 18 December 2013, Barakat ordered the referral of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to criminal court for charges of espionage in a statement under the title "The Biggest Case of Espionage in the History of Egypt".
According to Barakat's investigations, the international organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood, allegedly aided by Hezbollah and Hamas, is accused of being the reason behind violence within Egypt; members are accused of intending to create a state of ultimate chaos after allegedly receiving media and military training in Gaza with the aim to implement jihadists in Sinai.
Barakat was assassinated in a car bombing on 29 June 2015 as he left his home in Heliopolis. According to security sources, the bomb was planted in a parked car and remotely detonated at 10:00 a.m., hitting Barakat's motorcade.
After the bombing, Barakat was admitted to al-Nozha hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:30 p.m. after surgery and the cause of death was stated as "ruptures in the lung and stomach, and internal bleeding".
Five guards, two drivers and one civilian were injured during the attack.
The death of Barakat was widely grieved and condemned across Egypt. Hours after news of the assassination broke, all private satellite channels in Egypt suspended their programmes and mourned Barakat's death.
On 30 June, Al Jazeera reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced that Rabaa Square would be renamed after Barakat. The square is the site of the August 2013 Rabaa massacre where more than 800 protesters were killed who were seeking the reinstatement of President Mohamed Morsi after he was deposed in a coup orchestrated by Sisi.
This was later denied by sources at the presidency indicating that the naming of streets and squares is not within the purview of the president.
On 2 July, Egypt's public prosecution issued a gag order restraining media outlets from reporting updates on the investigation of the case. The gag order will remain in effect until the conclusion of the investigation, while statements on the case and its updates will be issued by the acting prosecutor-general's office.
In the aftermath of the assassination, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry instructed all Egyptian Diplomatic Missions to open books of condolence.


Over the last few years, I've promoted my books with blog tours – six of them, to be exact – and let me tell you, each was completely different in both style and reach. Never done a blog tour? They're the virtual equivalent of the traditional book tour, except authors "visit" book blogs instead of stores to promote their novels. They are great for boosting your book's visibility as well as for getting reviews. In fact, I just completed two consecutive blog tours to promote my latest novel, A Groovy Kind of Love. If you're considering a blog tour, here are some things I've learned along the way that you might find helpful.
There are many promotional book tour companies. Do your homework. Research the sites to ensure their credibility. Check into them on sites like Preditors and Editors. Tour services usually have on-going book tour pages. Look at those. Do they promote books in your genre? How many people follow the blogs on their tour stops? What is their Alexa rating or number of social media followers? It will do you no good to be on blogs that a) cater to the wrong genres or b) have no audience.
What Kind of Tours Are Best?
Book tours can range from $50 to in the thousands depending on what you choose. I've done each price level at least once and found that the mid-to lower-price levels worked better for my novels. The higher-priced, supposedly high-exposure tours that targeted book sellers, librarians, and book clubs didn't really do much for me. I think those markets are looking for authors with name recognition, something many of us indies don't quite have yet.
Determine what kind of book tour you'd like and for how long. Ten days? Two weeks? A month? Just reviews? Spotlights? Cover reveal? Do you want to write guest posts and do interviews?
There are various packages offered: just reviews, or spotlights, with or without book excerpts, or high-traffic industry newsletters. Be careful which choice you make. One tour I did a few years back was all guest posts and interviews with original content at each stop. I ended up writing twelve different posts in two weeks. On the upside, I got to add all of those to my clip list on my website. Thank goodness I worked in magazines before I had children and was used to deadlines! If you have trouble writing a ton of blog posts, opt for spotlights or reviews only.
Blog tour coordinators can organize a giveaway to run in conjunction with your tour to drum up more interest. Let's face it. Everyone loves something for free. Although the tour hosts usually handle the giveaways, sometimes it's up to you to decide what the prize will be. It's been my experience that you should offer something like a gift card for Amazon or Barnes and Noble, rather than copies of the book you're plugging. Seems to me, book giveaways discourage people from buying your new novel in hopes of winning it for free. By giving an Amazon gift card, you're encouraging them to buy books with their winnings, maybe even yours.
Giveaways also provide a chance to build your newsletter subscriber list, as well as social media followers by giving extra entries to those who follow you on Twitter, for example, or subscribe to your newsletter. My newsletter subscriber list significantly increased after the tours and less than 1% unsubscribed after the giveaway was over.
Hiring a blog tour company meant I didn't have to research all the blogs. The tour company paired me with ones they thought would work best for my books. They set up the schedule. You get Twitter and social media mentions every day of the tour, and you're not the one doing it first. All you have to do is hit "retweet." The Google search profile increases daily for your new book.
Remember, book tours don't always translate into immediate sales. They are all about exposure, so don't get discouraged if you don't see an immediate spike in sales.
Before you go on tour, make sure your website, blog, etc., are all up to date with the latest information on you and your new book. Don't forget to change the "Coming Soon" over your new release to "Now Available." You'd be surprised how many people don't remember that. Add fresh blog content. Make sure to put a Goodreads link so people can easily add your book to their To-Read list. Also, confirm that all of your purchase links work.
If you don't have a mobile version of your website and/or blog, create one. Some sites, like Blogger, automatically convert to mobile versions. Some don't. IPage is my website provider, and it has a handy tool to create the mobile site. It takes an hour or less and is definitely worth it.
Don't forget to visit the various tour stops on the day your book is featured to thank the host for having you and to respond to any comments. It's a great way to connect with readers.
Blog tours are valuable aspects of your overall marketing plan. Choosing the correct one can raise your online profile, garner reviews, and gain new readers, including the book bloggers themselves. I met some of my biggest supporters through these tours and some wonderful new friends as well.
Karen Wojcik Berner writes contemporary women's fiction, including the Amazon best-selling series, the Bibliophiles. An award-winning journalist, her work has appeared in countless magazines, newspapers, and blogs. To learn more about Karen, please visit her website and her Author Central page.
I participated in a blog tour a few years ago and swore never to do it again. I may reconsider but as you say, it depends on how it is run. It can be a valuable tool, but unless it it is run well it takes a great deal of time. Unless all participants fulfill their commitments it can also be very disappointing.
I understand your disappointment, Yvonne. I did a lot of research before I picked the various companies I've worked with and still a few tour stops didn't come through. The tour companies added others to compensate, though.
Mine wasn't a paid one. That may be the difference.
From the author's perspective, there are many blogs I see that the vast majority of their content is in conjunction with blog tours. A tour can be the best way (almost only way) to get coverage for your book at some blogs.
Thanks, Al. That's a great idea. I'd like to read about them from the blogger perspective. And you're right, if you want your books featured on some of the high-profile blogs, tours are the only way.
I'd love to hear your experiences and thoughts. I'm considering blog tour and I'd like to ensure I'm one of those nice, considerate authors that is a joy to work with.
I did blog tours for my first two books, but I no longer do them. I used two different companies (who I researched carefully) and got about two=thirds of what they "guaranteed." I suppose any exposure is valuable, but when I consider the time and money invested in doing one of these, I think I'll spend mine elsewhere.
One good thing that can come out of them, though, is reviews, if you choose to do a review tour. If you are having a difficult time getting reviews to launch your title, getting half a dozen or so reviews from blogs can be really helpful.
My pleasure, Shawn. I agree about reviews. I think they are the best things to come from tours. Most reviewers also post on Amazon, Goodreads, and other sites, which is another benefit.
Giving away your book during the tour totally discourages people from buying the book. Completely agree. Great tips, Karen!
Thanks, Kelly. I made that mistake with my second book, and I won't do it again. Hopefully, everyone can learn from my mistake.
What do y'all think about giving away one of your backlist, not the book on release?
I did a blog tour for one of my book releases, but I organized it all by myself. It took a massive amount of work: lining up other bloggers to take part, divvying up the posts, writing the posts, then of course all the promo. I made mine a "movable feast" of sorts, with different ghost foods (my book was a ghost novel) on different blogs: appetizers, main dishes, desserts, drinks, and links to all the recipes. It was a lot of fun and I had good responses, but it was a huge amount of work. If I did another one, I would probably consider a blog tour company just so I didn't have to reinvent the wheel again. Thanks for a great post.
Love your tour idea, Melissa. Very clever. It's really worth it to hire someone. Huge time-saver.
I was trying to think of various ways to get the word out when I finally launch. I was planning on doing a give away. Thank you for the advice concerning giving out a paper back copy of my book. That was on the list of ideas-but not any more.
If you happen to know, I was curious as to how to regulate a 'sweepstakes'. I would like to do a combination of prizes, but want entries to be based upon purchasing my novel for 99 cents and posting a review. Once I have a certain number of these, then I will award prizes. Can it work like this? Or is there no way to ensure a purchase and review have occurred before that entry is valid?
I will follow that link and check out the other articles. Sorry if I got a little off topic with my inquiry.
And for what it;s worth, Lance, the biggest issue with your idea is that you'd have to manually verify although unless Amazon changes how this works (I've seen signs this might be happening) review with the verified purchase flag could do the trick. That's assuming the purchase and the review have to be at Amazon though. Otherwise you almost have to have them email a receipt to enter.
I think the other problem with that is Amazon may consider it as "receiving something of value in exchange for a review" and that may violate their guidelines.
Lance, I think the only way you could run a giveaway like what you're envisioning is if you match sales with reviews yourself, then put all the entries in a hat and pick a winner. I don't think Rafflecopter has that kind of functionality. Good luck!
Karen, thank you for your response to my question. I appreciate your insight. Still, though that may create a little extra work for me, I believe that it would be worth doing.
Big Al, I followed your link to your Rafflecopter article. Very cool! I will have to go back and reread your instructions again.
Great information — thank you. I haven't tried one of these yet. It seems like a lot of time and money for very uncertain return (I've certainly watched other authors' experiences with interest). Part of the reason: I can't stand ugly homemade advertising graphics, and those are common in a lot of these tours (not that I never commit my own bad design from time to time in a misguided attempt to save money). The bit about building your email list is definitely enticing me, though.
That was definitely a plus, Sandra. We all know how important that newsletter is!
I know authors who have benefited from blog tours. Although I'm not one of them, I would recommend that authors consider trying a few to see what happens.
Thanks for the educational post, Karen!
You're welcome, Linda. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Tours are another great tool in the author marketing shed.
Certainly, Phillip. I'm happy to help.
Great article, Karen. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. Actually, I wish I could afford to hire you to do all my marketing. You know your sh#t! LOL!
I'm trying, Leah. There's always more to learn, that's for sure.
Better yet, rather that plunk down some $$$ and take your chances with a blog tour company, quit posting promo posts in writers groups on facebook and set up your own blog tour. There are lots of places to find book blog links. Research the blogs yourself, and pick the ones that you think will best fit your book. Yeah, this will take time, but it is doable.
Keep in mind — most all book bloggers are inundated with book review requests.
My thought on giveaways – they're nice to do, maybe once in a while; but they mostly seem to attract people who surf from giveaway to giveaway, and I question how much they do to promote your book. You want to build a fan base. That doesn't happen overnight. Try to find a blogger who likes your books and will be willing to review future books you publish.
There's no quick, one for all, solution to promoting your book. It's lots of time and hard work, and managing your time well. Figure out what will work best for you and your books.
And don't just throw a new release out there. If you want your new release to make a big a splash as possible, plan to give yourself about 2-3 months prep time before the actual release date of your book.
Absolutely, Jaqueline. Your spot on about 2-3 months of prep time before releasing a novel. It really takes that long to execute the release plan.
I'm a big fan of blog tours and find that it's the fastest way to get mentions of your name and latest book title up on the internet. If you have hosts who want an interesting article on a topic related to the book (for me it is getting kids to enjoy reading), even better. I have tried more than a few and found that only one company let me down – it sounded too good to be true … and it was. But the others did a fantastic job and I have begun marketing my second MG book, and will be going back to the companies I trust. I write MG adventures, and believe me, it's not easy to find tours that do kids books.
I'm so glad you found a company that works for you, Fiona. I agree. They are the easiest way to get Internet traffic for your new release. Thanks for stopping by.


This article from FoxNews.com mentions the American Student Government Association.
Politics pays in college, but not quite as well for illegal immigrants.
Student government representatives at most public universities collect money for their service, including stipends as high as $15,000 per year. But Jose Salazar, the student body president at California State Long Beach University, is barred by university bylaws from collecting because he is an illegal immigrant. He's using his political talents to find a loophole.
"I'm up for the challenge. I love challenges," Salazar told CBSLA.com.
School President Jane Close Conoley is on his side, and "searching for more permanent solutions for the undocumented students" in student government, according to reports.
The story of Salazar, who did not return repeated requests for comment, is inspiring to many. Elected president with 52 percent of the vote, the aerospace engineering and physics double major crossed into the U.S. from Mexico a decade ago with his mother and siblings. The family moved to Long Beach, where Salazar told school newspaper the Daily 49er he began middle school as one of just a few students who spoke only Spanish.
As he campaigned for his current office, he faced more abuse, according to his predecessor, Joseph Phillips.
"On the campaign, he faced a lot of racism, a lot of bad comments, and he just kept going," Phillips said.
A representative for Cal State Long Beach told FoxNews.com that the salaried payment for students is coordinated through a separate foundation, Associated Students Inc., which is affiliated with the school. The representative confirmed that illegal immigrants in the presidential position are eligible for all other scholarships and perks, but cannot be paid financial compensation -- in this case an "annual fellowship" of $1,264 a month -- without a work permit.
Salazar has applied for status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an immigration policy that offers those who entered the country illegally prior to their 16th birthday a work permit and exemption from deportation. If approval is granted, he would likely be eligible for the stipend.
In the meantime, being president of the student body means Salazar receives free tuition, a $300 monthly meal plan and the right to faculty parking.
Some critics say that is more than enough.
Whether Salazar can draw a salary for serving as president or not, he and other students across the country -- legal or otherwise -- are reaping huge benefits for their service. According to the American Student Government Association, more than 77 percent of student leaders are "compensated" with a salary.
Along with the pay, the package of perks and power differs from school to school, often with little rhyme or reason. Many students receive a stipend as well as a free, or heavily discounted, tuition, medical benefits, computers, cellphones, clothing allowances, meals, game day tickets and reserved parking passes.
According to W.H. "Butch" Oxendine, executive director of the American Student Government Association, the purpose of the stipends is not necessarily to "reward" the work being done, but to "level the playing field" so that all students -- regardless of socio-economic standing -- can afford to spend their spare hours serving their school board instead of serving tables to survive college life.
One California student government official says paying students to lead runs counter to the purpose of teaching public service.


One question that often gets asked in the bodybuilding world is whether or not you can effectively build muscle while following a low carb diet approach.
Low carb diets have been all the rage lately for those who are wishing to lose weight as they generally help to control hunger levels better and some people find are a lot easier to follow.
But what about when it comes to building muscle? Is a low carb muscle building nutrition program a smart approach? Let's look a little further.
One very important thing you must keep in mind is that if you bring carbohydrates low enough while on a low carb diet, you can enter a state called ketosis. This is when the body is going to switch from running off carbohydrates as fuel to running of fat instead.
The big problem with ketosis is that it is also generally associated with being in a catabolic state, hence, will almost always be detrimental to building muscle.
If you are not in ketosis, then this is fine since your body can still be anabolic (building muscle), assuming a calorie surplus is given.
In order to stay out of ketosis on a low carb diet, be sure you consume at least 100 grams of carbohydrates each day (this is what is necessary to fuel the brain while not in ketosis) and then any additional carbohydrates required to keep up your workouts).
The next issue that must be addressed when going on a low carb diet is how it will affect your energy levels. Some people feel fine on a lower carb approach while others do not. Since when you are trying to build muscle you want to be doing very intense workouts, you can not have your energy levels lagging.
Additionally, the body requires carbohydrates in order to lift weight effectively (since fat can not be used as fuel for this time of movement) therefore, you will be required to either eat carbohydrates in the pre and post workout periods (to fill up muscle glycogen) , or do a weekly carb-load in order to give your muscles the carbohydrates they need to function off of during the week.
One of the pluses of a lower carb approach though can be your ability to control how much fat is added to the body slightly better.
Since fat and protein have minimal effect on insulin levels, and insulin is the driving hormone that causes fat storage, you may find you gain a greater proportion of muscle on a lower carb muscle building program than if you would have went higher in carbs.
Do note though that it still does boil down to total calories. You simply can not consume thousands of excess calories per day from fat and expect not to gain fat weight. We still need to look at this realistically.
3. You find that you do not feel completely drained on this type of diet and are still able to lift weight effectively.
If all of these factors are in line, then yes, you can build muscle while using a low carb diet.


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Enhanced Low-Temperature Performance of Li–CFx Batteries
Whitacre, J. F. and West, W. C. and Smart, M. C. and Yazami, R. and Prakash, G. K. Surya and Hawmi, A. and Ratnakumar, B. V. (2007) Enhanced Low-Temperature Performance of Li–CFx Batteries. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 10 (7). A166-A170. ISSN 1099-0062. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:WHIessl07
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This work describes the continued examination of the low-temperature performance of the Li–CFx electrochemical couple in a −40°C or colder environment. Previously, the efficacy of subfluorinated CFx (SFCFx) cathode active materials was demonstrated; preliminary results indicated that the material was functional at rates up to C/10 at −40°C. However, there were often substantial voltage fluctuations during discharge, accompanied with inconsistent capacity yields and sometimes dramatic polarization events. In the research described herein, an investigation of various electrolyte and cathode compositions was conducted in an effort to optimize performance. In particular, several different electrolyte solvent formulations were examined using a salt content of either 1 or 0.5 M LiBF4. A further modification consisted of addition of an anion receptor to the electrolyte that was intended to be a LiF-solvating agent. The most promising electrolyte was tested with several different SFCFx compositions created using either graphitic or multiwall nanotube precursor materials. Electrochemical evaluation showed that the best SFCFx-based test cells were able to deliver specific capacity values up to five times greater than control cells (containing conventional CF1.08 powder) at −40°C under discharge currents as high as C/5 with composite electrodes thicker than 100 µm.
©2007 The Electrochemical Society (Revised 8 March 2007; published 3 May 2007) The work described here was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, for the NASA ESMD technology development program, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). California Institute of Technology assisted in meeting the publication costs of this article.
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Toxins are everywhere, in the air we breathe, the food we eat, the body care products we use, nature that surrounds us. When accumulated, these poisons can be a serious health threat to human body. That's why health experts highly recommend body cleansing every now and then. Your body normally gives signs which indicate a need for toxins to be flushed out of the body.
Insomnia is usually a sign that there is a toxin buildup in your tissues and these inhibit proper circulation.
Toxin overload is also manifested by constant fatigue.
Headaches can be caused by poisons that aggravate your central nervous system.
Toxin build-up can lead to skin inflammation, rosacea and itchy skin, all of which are symptoms of poisons in your body and which your body is trying to flush out naturally.
Your tongue color can change when there's toxin build-up in your blood.
You get congested sinuses as a result of continual inhalation of toxins from contaminated air.
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Toxins severely hamper your body's function to control glucose levels and metabolize cholesterol.
High levels of toxins in your body can put a lot of strain on your liver thus producing extra heat, which causes the entire organism to overheat.
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At 12 noon today, Sydney yachtsman Andrew SHORT nominated his Volvo 60, Andrew Short Marine, for the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. It was the 100th Application to Enter the ocean classic.
By the 5pm deadline, nominations were double last year's fleet of 56 and still flowing in. Because of the late interest, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia has extended the deadline to lodge Applications to Enter until 5pm next Friday, 12 November.
Commodore Martin JAMES said the club was delighted with the response from yacht owners throughout Australia and overseas to be part of the 60th anniversary of the famous ocean race.
"Not only have they supported the race, but they have been extremely helpful in getting the vital documentation in early to the Sailing Office," he said, explaining that as a result, the Club race administration was a position to handle a number of possible late entries.
"We feel there may be a few yacht owners who think they may have 'missed the boat' - we are giving them an extra week to be part of this great celebration of ocean yacht racing," Commodore James added.
Details of Applications to Enter the 60th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race are now available on the official web site at the address below.


Buster Shuffle are a 'piano-bashing' English rock 'n' Roll/Ska band whose sound is perhaps a bit like Squeeze, Madness, Blur and Little Richard mixed together and released on Trojan Records.
The line up consists of songwriter Jet Baker on vocals and piano, Dan Piper on guitar and vocals, Popeye D on the double-bass and drummer Tezza Mascalli.
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Home » Military Mining Industrial Complex » Doubts expressed on Prime Minister's assurance on two Italians accused of murder who duped Government of India
Doubts expressed on Prime Minister's assurance on two Italians accused of murder who duped Government of India
Written By Krishna on Friday, March 15, 2013 | 10:52 AM
Responding to criticism about the brazen manner in which the Italian Government had reneged on the commitment made to the Supreme Court of India, Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh stated in Parliament on 13.03.2013 that: "Our government has… insisted that the Italian authorities respect the undertakings they have given to the Hon'ble Supreme Court and return the two accused persons to stand trial in India. If they do not keep their word there will be consequences for our relations with Italy." While this purported resolve on the part of the Government of India (GOI) is wholly welcome, it is, however, doubtful if the GOI would actually take all necessary steps to ensure the return of the said accused to India in the light of the GOI's shameful past record in this regard.
It is a well-known fact that the GOI has done pretty little to bring Warren Anderson, accused No.1 in the Bhopal Gas Leak disaster criminal case, to justice even twenty-eight years after disaster. BGPMUS and BGPSSS would like to point out that it was based on a written undertaking that he would return to India to stand trial that Warren Anderson was allowed to fly back to the U.S. within six hours after he was arrested in Bhopal on 07.12.1984. It is, therefore, evident that the written undertaking on behalf of Anderson was given only for hoodwinking the Bhopal gas-victims and other concerned citizens and not for holding the accused to account. The connivance on the part of the GOI in allowing Warren Anderson to go scot-free is apparent on the face of it. In all these years, the Government of Madhya Pradesh too has not exerted any pressure on the GOI to seek extradition of Warren Anderson from the U.S. to stand trial in India. Other instances of tardiness/active connivance on the part of the GOI in allowing accused persons to flee the country include the following:
On 29.07.1993, Ottavio Quattrocchi, an Italian businessperson who acted as a conduit for bribes in the Bofors scandal, managed to escape from India because of the unwillingness on the part of the GOI to take timely action despite having adequate prima facie evidence against him in the matter. On two more occasions in 2006 and 2007, the GOI intervened to let him completely off the hook.
On 22.12.1995, Kim Davy, who was instrumental in air-dropping a large consignment of AK-47 rifles, pistols, anti-tank grenades, rocket launchers and thousands of rounds of ammunition in Purulia district of West Bengal on 17.12.1995, was allowed to escape from the Mumbai airport despite the Indian Air Force managing to force-land the aircraft in which he was travelling. Since then, Kim Davy, who has actively aided and abetted terrorist activities in India, has found a safe haven in Denmark and the GOI – other than pretending that it is seeking Kim Davy's extradition to India – has done little to mount pressure on the Government of Denmark to hand-over the terrorist to India.
Peter Bleach, co-accused in the same Purulia arms-drop case, who was arrested by the police at the Mumbai airport on 22.12.1995 and who was subsequently sentenced to life-imprisonment, was granted Presidential pardon at the behest of the British Government and was allowed to leave the country on 04.02.2004. As to why the British Government had come to the defense of a terrorist and as to why the GOI was lenient enough to let go a terrorist, who was caught red-handed while aiding and abetting terrorism in India, are matters that require serious introspection.
Based on an undertaking by the French Government on 06.01.1998, the two French nationals Francois Clavel and Elle Philippe, who were arrested in 1996 off the coast of Kochi as accused in the Ocean survey espionage case, were allowed to leave the country on the condition that they would return to India by 10.05.1998. Although the French Government has reneged on the undertaking for the last fifteen years, the GOI is yet to take the French Government to task for failing to ensure the return of the said two accused French nationals to India to stand trial.
On 14.05.2004, Rabinder Singh, a Joint Secretary in the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW – the external intelligence agency of the Government of India) and who was suspected to be a CIA mole in RAW, managed to escape to the U.S. reportedly with copies of several sensitive documents. The GOI has till date not exerted any pressure on the U.S. Administration to handover the traitor, who has compromised India's security.
On 16.07.2012, an Indian fisherman was killed and three other Indian fishermen were injured when without any provocation their fishing boat was fired upon by guards aboard a U.S. Naval ship just off the coast of Dubai. The GOI had done little to hold the U.S. Government responsible for the mindless crime and to take necessary action accordingly.
Although, as per the U.S. Court verdict of 24.01.2013, David Headley was found guilty of playing a key role in masterminding the Mumbai terrorist strike of 26.11.2008, the GOI has not exerted sufficient pressure on the U.S. Government to handover the terrorist to India. The GOI is reluctant to raise the obvious question as to why the U.S. Government is intent on shielding Headley and shying away from extraditing him to India if the U.S. Government has nothing to hide regarding the 26/11 Mumbai attack.
There can be no solution to these problems until and unless the GOI and the concerned political parties in this country are willing to give up their subservient attitude towards Western Powers and are ready to uphold the dignity of the people of India. The sooner they do so, the better.
The statement was issued by Abdul Jabbar Khan, Convener, BGPMUS & N.D.Jayaprakash
Co-Convener, BGPSSS.
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UNF softball splits doubleheader with ranked UCF
Riley Platt, Reporter
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It was a tale of two games on Wednesday as the Ospreys hosted the Knights of UCF, who entered the game ranked 20th in the country. The first half of the doubleheader would see UNF pull off the upset win, but how would they fare in the rubber match?
The Ospreys had a shot at the red-hot Knights, who entered Wednesday's doubleheader on a five-game win streak, one of those being over 2nd-ranked Arizona. Having lost their previous meeting on March 3, it would be a tall task for UNF, but it was a challenge they were willing to face.
Starting the first game for the Ospreys was junior right-handed Izzy Kelly, while Alea White took the mound for the Knights. Kelly was able to go through the order with ease in the first, but UNF wasn't able to follow this up with any offense of their own.
The second inning was a productive one for the Ospreys, as they struck with power to take an early lead. An RBI double by Ashley Goebel brought in Logan Jackson to give UNF a 1-0 lead. This was followed up by a Paige Pfent home run, extending the lead to 4-0.
Paige Pfent's two home-run, five-RBI game in Wednesday's opener helped UNF get the upset win (Justin Nedrow)
The third inning would see UCF chip away at the lead thanks to an RBI by Kennedy Searcy. However, this would only cut the deficit to three before the Ospreys got out of the jam. UNF wasn't able to capitalize on a bases-loaded opportunity, ending the inning.
The Knights would continue clawing away at the lead in the fourth, as Karissa Ornelas sent one deep to narrow UNF's lead to 4-3. The Ospreys had a response ready, though, as Paige Pfent hit her second homer of the game to open the lead back up to 6-3.
The fifth and sixth innings would be a turning point in the matchup, as the Knights put up a combined four runs, capped off by a 2-RBI single by Georgia Blair. Going into the last inning, the Ospreys trailed 7-6 and needed a run to extend the game. However, they had something even better up their sleeve.
With runners on first and second, UNF had the perfect opportunity to strike. Rebecca Koskey approached the plate with one out and the game on her bat. Koskey caught a 2-2 pitch just right, sending it over the fence, giving the Ospreys a walk-off 9-7 win over the Knights.
Rebecca Koskey came in the clutch for the Ospreys, sending a deep shot over the wall to win the opening game for the Ospreys. (Justin Nedrow)
While the action had reached a boiling point at the UNF Softball Complex, there was yet another game to be played. Unfortunately for the Ospreys, this one wouldn't go as well.
Alyssa Dyhr, a southpaw sophomore, got the start in the second game. Things started well for UNF, as a Kayla McGory home run put the Ospreys up 1-0. UCF would answer in the top of the second, tying things at one run apiece. Through the next two innings, the Knights would take a 4-1 lead.
UCF blew things open in the top of the fifth with a four-run inning, capped off by a Kennedy Searcy home run. Now down 8-1, the Ospreys were in danger of having the game called early. With bases loaded in the top of the sixth, this seemed inevitable. A walk brought in a run for the Knights, giving them a 9-1 lead.
The Ospreys couldn't fire back, causing the game to go final after six innings. UCF showed incredible resilience by bouncing back, but this is no reason for the Ospreys to hang their hats. A thrilling win over one of the country's best teams should be a source of momentum for UNF as they hit the road for a weekend series against conference foe FGCU. Follow along with Spinnaker for the latest on UNF softball.
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