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Seattle police officers had no viable alternatives when they fatally shot Charleena Lyles, review board finds
Originally published December 9, 2017 at 7:37 pm Updated December 10, 2017 at 2:17 pm
A photo of Charleena Lyles and flowers were outside the apartment building where she had lived, in Seattle's Magnuson Park, after her death. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)
The panel found the shooting consistent with department training and policy. A Lyles family lawyer was critical: "The same events that led to Charleena Lyles's death could happen again tomorrow, and there is no plan underway to make that outcome less likely."
Steve Miletich
Taser probes, batons and pepper spray weren't feasible alternatives when two Seattle police officers fatally shot Charleena Lyles after she suddenly pulled a knife on them, according to a newly released Seattle police report.
The Force Review Board report, made public Friday, provides the first detailed analysis of the findings that led to the board's unanimous vote on Nov. 14 that determined the controversial shooting to be reasonable, necessary and proportional and consistent with department training and policy.
"The Board discussed the lethality of the threat presented, noting that one well-placed slash or stab wound can cause an individual to rapidly bleed out," says the report, which makes no specific recommendations to change policy or training.
The report also was submitted to U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle, who asked for it as he weighs the city's request to find it in full compliance with a 2012 federal consent decree requiring the Police Department to adopt reforms to address excessive force and biased policing.
Lyles, a 30-year-old African-American mother of four, was shot seven times by two white officers June 18 after she called 911 to report a burglary at her Northeast Seattle apartment.
Police said Lyles suddenly threatened Officers Steven McNew and Jason Anderson with one or two knives before they opened fire. No evidence of a burglary was found.
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Lyles had struggled with mental-health issues, according to her family and court records, and the shooting came at a time her life was spinning out of control.
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SPD Force Review Board report on the fatal shooting of Charleena Lyles.
The shooting unleashed a storm of public protest, with many seeing it as another example of unnecessary deadly force being used by police against people of color. Lyles' family members have said race was a factor.
Corey Guilmette, the attorney representing Lyles' siblings and cousins, issued a statement on the report Saturday, saying, "In finding Charleena Lyles's killing to be within policy and training, while also failing to suggest policy and training reforms, the Seattle Police Department is saying that the same events that led to Charleena Lyles's death could happen again tomorrow, and there is no plan underway to make that outcome less likely. Charleena's sisters, brother and cousins reject that.
"They expect the police oversight system, and city of Seattle elected officials, to insist that SPD push harder to find other tactical options for officers in a situation like this," Guilmette said.
In releasing the review-board findings, the department noted the report is "significantly longer and more detailed than is typical" and that, "First and foremost, the Department respects that there can be no understating the significance of this review in the context of community trust."
Anderson reported he had pepper spray and a baton with him at the time of the shooting, but wasn't carrying his Taser because the device's battery had died. Anderson faces potential disciplinary action over his handling of the Taser problem.
McNew, who wasn't assigned a Taser, had a baton.
The board, which consists of about 15 members, concluded the use of a Taser was unlikely to be effective, given a success rate of about 50 percent despite "common misperceptions" that Tasers are a "miracle tool."
Tasers won't penetrate baggy or heavy clothing, the report says, noting Lyles was wearing a puffy coat.
In addition, the effectiveness of a Taser's two electrically charged probes requires adequate spread between them to render neuromuscular incapacitation, with an optimal distance of 7 to 15 feet, according to the report.
Lyles was "well within half of that distance from each officer," the report says.
Pepper spray within the small confines of the apartment would be "tactically counterproductive," the board found, saying the potential secondary effect could disable the officers and make them more vulnerable to attack.
Batons require sufficient space to draw and maneuver, the report says.
"The Board agreed that neither time nor space would have allowed for officers to ready themselves with their batons," the report says, concluding a baton is not an appropriate tool to defend against a threat with a knife.
Although the officers were larger than the 5-foot-3, 100-pound Lyles, the board found it would have been counter to training and policy for the officers to go "hands-on" with Lyles and put themselves at risk by trying to control a combative person armed with a knife.
Lyles posed an immediate lethal threat to the officers and two of her small children nearby, the report says.
The board found that Anderson, the first officer to respond, showed good judgment when he checked the address and discovered a caution alert that had been issued for Lyles because of a June 5 incident in which she had threatened officers with a pair of long scissors.
But in evaluating whether the officers should have called for backup or a crisis-response team the board noted there was no indication Lyles might be in crisis.
"The Board discussed that the fact that a person had experienced a crisis incident on one or even more occasions is not a basis for assuming that a person is mentally ill or will react violently on any subsequent occasion," the report says.
On the contrary, training to mitigate the stigma surrounding mental-health issues "emphasizes responding to people as they appear at the time …," according to the report.
During the June 18 call, the report says, Lyles initially appeared "calm and controlled."
In submitting the report to Judge Robart, city attorneys argued its conclusions should have no bearing on the city's motion to be found in compliance with the consent decree.
Lyles' death occurred after the court's federal monitor, Merrick Bobb, found the Police Department had met a series of required assessments, they say in a briefby the City Attorney's Office.
The brief notes that if the department is found to be in compliance, it will still be required to keep that status during a subsequent two-year "sustainment period."
"If Ms. Lyles's death or the City's response to it demonstrate, along with other evidence, that SPD has failed to comply with one or more requirements of the Decree, the court can make that determination on a complete record at that time," the brief says.
The board's findings, the brief adds, don't mean the department or the city will "cease efforts to examine the incident fully, to work to prevent similar tragedies, and to build the trust of a community shaken not only by this incident, but by a national spotlight on police shootings."
While the board has its perspective, the brief says, the City Attorney's Office has its own views that could lead to further discussion about tactics and outside analysis on responding to people armed with knives.
The board, in acknowledging its report contains no recommendations to change policies or training, says the department is open to "honest dialogue" and practices elsewhere from which it might learn new methods.
But the report emphasizes no training or policy can address all potential scenarios or guarantee against tragic outcomes, nor will the department "put its officers in a position where they, or another, are expected to sustain a foreseeably lethal wound before they may use force that is reasonable, necessary, and proportional to the threat they face."
In a separate brief, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle and the Department of Justice, which obtained the consent decree against the city, said they recognized the shooting's tragic impact.
But as a legal question, the review-board findings should have no affect on the city's request to be found in compliance, they wrote, reiterating their position that the police department has met its obligations.
Steve Miletich: 206-464-3302 or smiletich@seattletimes.com On Twitter @stevemiletich
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Hey everyone! I'm here today with something exciting – a tag! I haven't done a tag in forever, mainly because I haven't been tagged in a tag in a while, at least not to my knowledge.
I saw this tag posted by Ace @ All 'Bout Them Books and Stuff, and I really liked it soooo I'm doing it, haha. Here we go!
1. What Dystopian/Fantastical World Would You Want To Live In?
Is it too obvious and cliche to say Harry Potter? Who wouldn't want to be a witch or wizard, though?
2. Who Would Your Partner Be?
Candor, which makes sense because I hate lying and being lied to. I honestly see no reason for it.
I got Cat, and tbh I don't know anything about Northern Lights but I feel like a cat fits my personality.
Love this! Bookish quizzes are my favorite.
Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Emily and I'm just a girl with a love for books. Here you'll find all types of book related posts.


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And if the aliens were on Earth before us (or have not yet arrived because they are on their way)
Let's keep this in mind: our galaxy, the Milky Way, is immense. Like all galaxies. It is estimated to contain about 300 million stars. Or what is the same, there are
Let's keep this in mind: our galaxy, the Milky Way, is immense. Like all galaxies. It is estimated to contain about 300 million stars. Or what is the same, there are several hundred million sun-like stars in it, around which, on many occasions, a good number of planets also rotate - as is the case in the Solar System. Let's think about the entire cosmos now. As NASA published in 2016, it is estimated that there are at least two billion galaxies in the observable universe. That is, two million million places like the Milky Way. With its hundreds of millions of planets each. It is very difficult to think that we are alone. Most likely, apparently, there is intelligent life out there, in some corner of vastness.
In fact, other forms of intelligent life in the universe are as likely to exist as they do not exist at all . I explain myself: if it is so evident that, by pure probability, in that enormous ocean of planets there must be many other advanced civilizations, how is it that we have no evidence of the existence of any? How is it that nobody has contacted us, even through radio signals like the ones we send? Most likely, apparently, there is no intelligent life out there. As likely as it does exist, in view of the circumstances. And this is what is known as Fermi Paradox.
Enrico Fermi came up with this idea in 1950, chatting with his colleagues physicists Edward Teller, Herbert York and Emil Konopinski, but it wasn't until 1975 when astrophysicist Michael H. Hart developed it, also proposing a possible solution to the problem. Based on the Drake Equation , which estimates the amount of technological civilizations that could be in our galaxy, and the speed at which their ships could move through space, he deduced that an advanced extraterrestrial civilization would take about two million years to cross the galaxy And this period being so short - in cosmic time - if we have no evidence of the existence of these civilizations today, it is simply because they do not exist. A conclusion supported by US Senator William Proxmire to demand that NASA's funding be withdrawn from projects such as SETI, which sought to find signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.
On August 20, however, a study prepared by astrophysicist Jonathan Carroll-Nellenback and published by The Astronomical Journal proposed a different solution to the Fermi Paradox : having hundreds of millions of planets in the Milky Way, many of them more ancient than Earth, the existence of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations remains the most likely option; and if we have no record of them, it is because the exploration of the galaxy and the visit to Earth could have occurred hundreds of millions of years ago, when the human being did not even have the appearance of appearing on the face of the planet.
Image taken with the VST telescope of the constellation Sagittarius.
Carroll-Nellenback raises the possibility that these hypothetical technological civilizations, in their expedition and colonization work, travel through space taking advantage of the stellar movement. The planetary systems and their stars orbit around the center of the galaxy. The Solar System, for example, moves at 828,000 kilometers per hour in an orbit that completes a turn every 230 million years. What Carroll-Nellenback proposes is that perhaps an advanced extraterrestrial civilization does not move between planetary systems until his orbital trajectory brings him close enough to that of another in which there could also be intelligent life. The bottom line is that aliens may have already been here, but many millions of years ago . Or it could take many millions of years to come.
The theories that try to propose solutions to the Fermi Paradox are many. The Special Earth Hypothesis proposes that the circumstances of our planet are unique and, therefore, the conditions for harboring intelligent life are unrepeatable. There are those who suggest that, like us, other civilizations may not even know how to cross space. Others claim that they are us - Christopher Nolan based on this idea his film Interstellar -. Fermi argued that every civilization develops its technology with the potential to exterminate, as we humans do. But there have also been less categorical scientists, such as Carl Sagan , who boldly labeled Michael H. Hart's thesis - based on the speed of movement of ships -, since the processes of expansion and colonization are always much slower, as it demonstrates the colonization that men made centuries ago on Earth when they discovered the new world: it was not colonized at the speed at which the horses moved.
Actually, and taking as a reference how unpredictable human behavior is, the effort to conjecture why entire civilizations - if they exist - behave as they behave has something of an idealist, an illusion or a madman. Although, on the other hand, taking a look at what is happening on Earth, observing how humans treat each other and our own planet, it seems quite logical that any alien who is contemplating us does not feel like visiting us. Honestly, I would run to the opposite side.
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Florida Judge rules state must change transgender teen's gender marker
Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 10/02/2016 - 17:45
Leon (FL) Circuit Court Judge Karen Grievers has ordered the Florida Department of Health to change the gender marker on the birth certificate of a 15-year-old Ft. Lauderdale transgender boy.
A judge in Broward County (Renee Goldenberg) had issued the same order last year, but health administrators asked Gievers to affirm that the agency has the authority to make such a change.
The department routinely makes the change for adults who have transitioned from one sex to the other but says it asked for guidance from the judge because the applicant is a minor and has not undergone reassignment surgery.
This is unprecedented in Florida as we have not had a case like this involving a child. The department is always cautious in decisions involving children when the law is not clear, which is why DOH asked the court for guidance. Pursuant to the court's order, we will issue the amended birth certificate.
--statement issued by the Department
The child's parents had asked for the change.
The family's lawyer, John B. "Jay" Rosenquest IV, said they were delighted that they would not have to appeal the case further.
But they are especially pleased for other families with transgender children that the Department of Health has accepted the rulings of two courts and the law is now clear in Florida that the [DOH} has the full authority to amend the gender marker on a transgender minor's birth certificate without first requiring irreversible sexual reassignment surgery, when it is in the best interest of the child.
--Rosenquest
Rosenquest said he was aware of at least one other child who had received a court order to amend a gender marker — an order the DOH also had declined to honor. In that case, the family chose not to "push back."
What makes this case unprecedented is that the state actively sought to avoid complying with the court order, first by unsuccessfully seeking to vacate it in the Broward court, and then by filing the declaratory judgment case in Leon County that Judge Gievers dismissed this week.
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Emily Maxwell
Pennsylvania alternative rock band Balance and Composure's latest album Light We Made – the group's most fluid and accomplished work thus far – nearly didn't see the light of day after a bad van accident almost sidelined the band for good. The near-fatal wreck inspired a new creativity in frontman Jon Simmons and co., causing them to take a brand new approach to songwriting and collaboration they'd never tried before. We chat with Simmons about his earliest musical inspirations, the aftermath of the accident and the advice he'd give to younger musicians.
How did your van accident impact the way you look at your band and at music as a whole?
It just made us realize how fragile life can be and how it could all be taken away from us at any moment. I think it made us grow even closer as a band and want to leave our mark on this earth with music.
What was your writing process before the accident, and how has it changed since then, if it has changed at all?
We were a little lazy with songwriting before the accident, but once experiencing almost dying we became more concerned with making something great that will live longer than we will. We could leave earth at any moment, and that inspires us now to leave behind the best possible music we can make.
In what ways, if any, did the creation and production of this album feel different from your previous work?
I think we used more of our other influences for this one. I personally don't listen to a lot of rock music anymore and I think this record has inspiration from all sorts of genres. I think we let each member do whatever they wanted on each song to make it unique and I think that shows. We also were very open to different instruments which lead to a different approach in creating.
How much does your live show play into your writing process?
I honestly never take our live show into consideration when we are writing and recording. I don't know if I should or not. There are times when that has screwed me though by recording songs in a high range and then blowing my voice out when we play it live. We take that into consideration now but besides that we just try to write the best song we can and figure out how to play it live in the best way possible later on.
Who are your favorite songwriters?
I am a huge fan of Justin Vernon, Jeff Mangum, Radiohead, James Blake, Alex G, Frank Ocean, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Bjork and Josh Tillman.
What are some songs or albums that made you want to start writing songs?
I got Save The Day's Stay What You Are when I was 12 and that really inspired me to try and write really great songs. As I got into high school I discovered Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and On Avery Island, and those melodies forever changed me. Those albums really made me appreciate beautiful melodies and want to try to make songs as special as those.
What song on this album would you say you're the most proud of and why?
I really like "Midnight Zone" because it is like nothing we have made before. I also really like Loam for the same reason. Whenever we push our boundaries a little in a song I tend to love those songs more. It's just cool hearing yourself in a new way.
Which song on the album was the most difficult to write?
I think Loam was the most difficult to write because it started off as just an idea. The verses were all we had when we went into the studio and then we had to try many options for a chorus and a bridge. We ended up taking a part from another demo we had and made that the chorus. For the bridge we did the same thing and it finally felt like we completed the puzzle of that song. It just took more trial and error than a lot of our songs usually do. It was a great feeling when we tied the whole song together.
What advice would you give to younger musicians who are just beginning to experiment with writing their own songs?
Keep trying new things and always be sure that it is your absolute best work before you give the song to the world. There have been songs I regret putting out because I didn't feel like it was our best work and it is frustrating. I would say to just make sure you really love your own songs before you release them.
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In a hyperbolic article of excess, we learn of the most hideous plant in existence. It lives for millenia, has just a couple leaves (which can be dozens of yards long), and lives off sea mist. I wouldn't call it the ugliest plant ever -- it's not like is smells of feces or leaves a sticky mess on anything that touches it. It's just, well, un-plant-like, except in the whole leaves-and-roots thing. Believed to be a relic of dinosaur times, it's becoming extinct...and, of course, nobody cares about endagered ugly things. #
A used book store owner in Missouri found his warehouse to be too full -- so many books, not enough customers. So, in the interest of goodwill, offered his books to Goodwill, other thrift shops, and libraries...and was turned down at all corners. Book sales slumping, "five TVs and three books" rummage sales, declining readership, and can't even give them away to a good cause? Burn them -- burn all 20,000. Book lovers (like myself) gasp in horror, but one book-lover makes a good point: "...not reading a book is as good as burning it." #
What do I do on my day off? Spend it all at the scanner. Because I don't do enough of that at my day job. Anyways, two largish projects, still in progress. First we have Maps -- cuz, well, I like maps. Lots of info in a simple format. After that, we have a bunch of large format negatives I got at an auction. The photos are all of farm life in the 1930s, in northern Clay county, MN. There's a few hundred negatives - I've got just over a hundred scanned so far. #
The US Government is cracking down on access to library materials -- however, it's not the FBI or any vice squad...it's the Border Patrol. The Haskell Library sits on the border between the US and Canada, between Derby Line, VT and Sanstead Quebec, and has otherwise been immune from most border issues. Concerns have been raised recently about the surrounding area's international security, so people walking down the street had better check in with customs before getting too far, lest they be in some serious trouble. #
Not everybody gets a blue moon this month. Officially, the western hemisphere gets a full moon on May 31st...but due to time zones and orbit, the full moon won't rise in the eastern hemisphere until the next day, June 1st. Don't worry, though -- that gives the eastern hemisphere a blue moon on June 30th. #
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Ah, good old home blog: I had moved to MySpace with the longer posts, because I felt there was more opportunity to be read there, and since it's not my 'real' blog I felt I could spew a little more. In the end, I didn't spew much, got only a handful of readers (who stopped giving me kudos several posts ago), so I'll return here. The problem is MySpace isn't about doing anything for MySelf -- it's about me posting on YourSelf's profile, befriending lots of OtherSelfs, and paying attention to EverybodySelves by posting a picture in their profile of a cat saying "I HAS A FLAVOR". Ah, internet: where we embody our emotional expressions in engrish cat captions. It's like sitting at a dinner party, and when it gets quiet for a few seconds someone yells out "I HAS A BUKKET." When people discovered that, after paying attention to me, they recieved none in return, I was ostracized to go sit with the lunch-ladies.
Eh, I guess the internet is where everybody goes to pretend they're still in the 6th grade lunchroom. I've long said grownups are just 10-year-olds who are afraid to be called a 10-year-old in front of their friends, so they act much older. Adults slip up a lot -- petty arguments, random misunderstandings, sitting and staring into space for minutes at a time, making offensive jokes about mentally handicapped people, preferring Doritos to carrots, and so forth. When their slipup is pointed out as childish, they try to defend themselves, or at least mark it in their memory to remember, "don't do that again - they've seen through my ruse!" Me, I'm more advanced than that, I just find a deep ironic humor, reminiscent of Hunter Thompson's iconic Rolling Stone interview with Bill Clinton in 1991, in all LOLCats that makes me giggle like a 10-year-old when I spend hours browsing them on various websites. Nothing juvenile about that, not at all.
So, we went to Wisconsin this weekend -- passing through construction at 11pm isn't so bad, but on the return trip we were greeted, at the same stretch of road, by a blinking sign warning 1-hour delays. We pull off at the next exit, take potty breaks, and ask our TomTom for a new route. That "TomTom" would be the beat-up road atlas that I got from my insurance company for free in 1998 (he just likes to be called that to not feel obsolete). It was far more eloquent than the TomToms and Garmans in the commercials, and infomred me that we weren't very far from Old US 10. So with a hop, skip, and a jump, we changed our plans and decided to go see some new roads. We'd already stopped at several rummage sales, so we hoped to continue our luck. Sadly, it was too late in the day for sales, but we did get to see some cool things, wandering through sleepy downtowns and church graveyards. The biggest discoveries, however, were in the transportation category: we got excellent gas mileage by going only 60, our road-time was about the same, and getting out and stretching our legs helped our attitude a whole bunch. I'm going to dig out an old atlas of mine, pre-Interstate, scan it and put it up at Infomercantile as alternate long-distance routes for enjoyment and energy conservation. Those fuel taxes that make our pocketbooks feel so empty are doing their work at the local level: the highways we were on were better quality than the interstate roads. Leave the interstate to commercial vehicles, go see those sleepy little towns that were injured by the Interstate but rebounded by repurposing themselves as places to stay rather than pass through.
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I had to laugh out loud -- I completely forgot I posed for these pictures. Go have a look, and wonder what that monkey must've said to me. #
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Little known fact: a Fargo is a "part draft horse, part American saddle-bred, part American quarter horse" hybrid, according to a LA Times article. And knowing is half the battle! #
New at the Infomercantile: a page about the Fargoan (with a mirror of my article on it and downtown revitalization), and the West Fargo Armour meat-packing plant wastewater treatment photos, circa 1938, an extremely ambitious scanning project. If Armour goes well, I'll break out the hundreds of black-and-white negatives from the 1920s I got at the same auction as the Armour pics. #
We tend to attract strays, since our dog-pee-scented yard lets them know somebody gets fed around our house, which we tolerate, for the most part. We usually get to know the pets from the white-trash house on 7th avenue (the one that used to have a Nazi flag as drapes), who then get a ride to the pound, a vet check-up, and a square meal before a ride home (after their owner ponies up a fine). If we were a bit more artistically cruel, we could mark the strays for easy identification, like this unlucky puppy. On one hand, it can't be comfortable to have their fur glued down until it grows out, but it beats being put down at the pound (or even shot; I've heard of people owning a .22 in town for plinking rabbits and other pests) and it draws attention to the owners, the ones who let the problem happen in the first place, when the pet finds their way home. Maybe orange is the best color; not only will it draw attention (like abandoned Detroit homes), but make them more visible at night. #
How's this for irony: Fargo/Moorhead (with some southerly cities thrown in for good measure) has some of the cleanest air for an industrial metropolitan area, according to the American Lung Association. Well, that is, until they catch a whiff of the skunky smell eminating from the entire region right now. Authorities tell us it is non-harmful. Not that I'd know; I have practically no sense of smell. The bliss of the ignorant, it seems. #


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Winnipeg, singer-songwriter, Ingrid D. Johnson, releases 80's pop-influenced single,"Hide Away"
By Ingrid D. Johnson
Local, singer-songwriter, Ingrid D. Johnson released her 80's pop-influenced single, "Hide Away", on Spotify and all streaming platforms, on July.12th,2021. Booked for her first live, in-person, performance, since the pandemic started in 2020, Ingrid D. Johnson and her band, The Funky Fresh Crew, are set to perform her new song and many others at The Red River Exhibition Fall fair on Saturday, September.4th,2021 at 3:45 p.m.
The second of two musical collaborations with local singer-songwriter, Neal Pinto, "Hide Away" will be included on, Johnson's, upcoming album, "Dreamer," which will honor her 80's musical childhood, highlight stories about the trials and tribulations of pursuing a lifelong dream, and the ups and downs of different close relationships. This album will be, Johnson's, third studio album, as a singer-songwriter set for release in Fall 2022.
Stay tuned for the upcoming music video for, "Hide Away," and visit www.intheclosetproductions.com to learn more about Ingrid D. Johnson's musical mission to be "a voice for the voiceless".
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In 2010, TechnoServe partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a seven-year initiative to support the Government of Peru's efforts to transition smallholder farmers from producing coca to cocoa in vulnerable regions of Peru. The Economic Development Alliance for San Martín aimed to accelerate the transition of San Martín, Peru into a sustainable, legal, and prosperous economy, increasing employment and incomes while promoting good stewardship of natural resources.
After three years of successful execution, the program extended its area of focus to the Huanuco and Ucayali regions. In partnership with the U.S. Agency for International USAID, the PIMCO Foundation, the Peru Opportunity Fund, the Weidemann Foundation, World Cocoa Foundation, and other public and private partners, the program promoted good agricultural practices among an expanded geography of cocoa growers. The program also included a business accelerator that identified entrepreneurs with the potential to develop successful businesses related to cocoa.
By developing these industries and linking farmers to better-paying markets, TechnoServe provided farmers with an economically viable transition to licit, prosperous livelihoods. The Alliance assisted more than 28,000 farmers – more than 40 percent of Peru's cocoa producers – and helped participants to improve their yields by an average of 32 percent, generating more than $45 million in increased revenue and wages.


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Baphala haywardi is a species of snout moth in the genus Baphala. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1956 and is found in Argentina.

The wingspan is 15–16 mm.

The larvae feed on the scale insect Ceroplastes grandis.

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Moths described in 1956
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The board of Banbury United Football Club are delighted to announce, that Higham's Mortgage and Protection will sponsor the first team's pre-match kit for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.
Dale Higham, owner of Higham's Mortgage and Protection, has helped many local people achieve their all-important property investment, from first time buyers and home movers to people re-mortgaging or even expanding rental portfolios. All this is done from Higham's town centre office in Alexandra House, Church Passage.
The sponsorship agreement will see the Higham's logo appear on the tops which the players wear for their pre-match warm up, plus pitch side advertising and an advert in the match day programme.
Higham's Mortgage and Protection Services offer expert mortgage advice in Banbury and surrounding areas of Oxfordshire. They take the stress and worry out of the mortgage process. Whether you're buying your first home, taking the next step up the property ladder, re-mortgaging, or building and managing a Buy-to-Let portfolio, Higham's can help you.


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Tsz Wan Shan Constructive Power () was a local political group based in Tsz Wan Shan of Wong Tai Sin District founded in January 2015 by a group of HKGolden netizens. Inspired by the Umbrella Revolution, the group contested in the 2015 District Council election but failed to win any seats.  It won two seats in a historic pro-democracy landslide in 2019 District Council election.

History
The group was formed in January 2015 by a group of HKGolden netizens attempting to prevent the pro-Beijing camp from running uncontested in the 2015 District Council election after the Umbrella Revolution. Members Mak Tsz-ho and Tam Chun-man ran in Ching Oi and Tsz Wan East against Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) incumbents anti-Occupy lawyer Maggie Chan Man-ki and Ho Hon-man respectively but both failed to win a seat.

In 2016, the group formed an electoral alliance under the name "ALLinHK with five other localist groups: Youngspiration, Kowloon East Community, Tin Shui Wai New Force, Cheung Sha Wan Community Establishment Power, and Tuen Mun Community. It planned to field candidates in four of the five geographical constituencies with the agenda to put forward a referendum on Hong Kong's self-determination. Two Youngsipration candidates of the ALLinHK alliance Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching were elected, but were soon disqualified over the Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy in October 2016.

The group made a second attempt in the 2019 District Council election amid the large scale anti-extradition protests, with Cheung Ka-yi and Sham Yu-hin contested in Fung Tak and Ching Oi. In the historic pro-democracy landslide, both candidates were elected by defeating the DAB opponents.

On 22 September 2021, the group announced its dissolution due it being unable to "move forward" after the crackdown following the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.

Electoral performance

Wong Tai Sin District Council elections

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External links
TWS Power's facebook page

Political organisations based in Hong Kong
Political parties established in 2015
Political parties disestablished in 2021
2015 establishments in Hong Kong
2021 disestablishments in Hong Kong
Liberal parties in Hong Kong
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Top 10 Unexplained Modern Paranormal Phenomena You've Never Heard Of
Bigfoot? Sure... UFOs? All right. We're positive that you've very familiar with these even if you aren't a fan of paranormal occurrences and urban legends. But here's a top 10 list of baffling phenomena that you've never heard of before. Sure, these have never been proven, but they've also never been disproven, which makes them some of the weirdest stories you'll ever hear.
1. Black Eyed Children
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Nope, this isn't the latest goth kid fashion trend. In 1998, Brian Bethel was approached by two boys. He was in his car as it happened, and these boys scared him to death when he saw their pitch black eyes. He felt a terrifying chill while they were approaching, as if he was being controlled by them to open the car doors. He managed to drive away as fast as he could. Since then, there have been different reports of these supernatural black eyed kids popping up out of nowhere and inducing fear into the hearts of strangers.
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Home Ride CT A save, a recovery
A save, a recovery
Montesa donor Bjorn Bagn of Torringtonand Tim Sparks of Goshenwith the two frames that were rescued from years of decay. Bud Wilkinson / Republican-American
Waterbury has a new motorcycle dealer. Land N Sea Powersports at 2974 East Main St. has landed Kawasaki, expanding on its offerings of snowmobiles, jet skis, ATVs and Can-Am Spyder reverse trikes.
"It took about a year and a half but we just got bikes in last week," said owner Bob Tiso, whose goal is to plug a hole in the motorcycle landscape.
"Everybody else has closed," he said, referring to other Kawasaki dealers in the area that have gone out of business in recent years. They include Willows Motorsports in Cheshire, Midtown Kawasaki in Rocky Hill and Canton Cycles in Winsted.
Tiso said the big challenge initially is to make riders aware that Land N Sea Powersports now sells motorcycles and he admitted to being "overwhelmed" by the prospect of expanding his product line. "The Ninjas, the big bikes are getting me a little nervous. We need people to know who we are. It's going to take time," he said.
Land N Sea Marine also sells Polaris snowmobiles, Can-Am ATVs and Spyders, Ski-Doo snowmobiles and Sea-Doo watercraft.
Montesa Frames Retrieved
Well, the snow finally melted enabling two Montesa frames to be extracted from Bjorn "Bob" Bagn's property in Torrington.
As recounted in March 28's RIDE-CT column, Bagn had some Spanish-made Montesa basket cases that he wanted to give away to a good home. He emailed me in January, and I immediately contacted Spanish motorcycle enthusiast Tim Sparks of Goshen to see if he'd like them.
It wasn't until March that we were able to visit Bagn's house and for Sparks to retrieve a passel of parts, including engines and gas tanks. The two frames couldn't be obtained at the time. One was frozen to the ground aside Bagn's house, while the other was buried under a pile of snow.
Recently, we returned to claim them. The one that had been under a drift was found to be resting against a tree stump in the woods. With some effort, we dragged it to the driveway and loaded it on a trailer along with the other frame and some wheels.
Bagn believed the bikes were Scorpion models from 1970 but Sparks now has a cleaner picture. "One is a 1975 King Scorpion. The other is, as far as I can tell, is a 1965. Its called an Impala Cross or Diablo. In '65, they only made 1,075 of the 250 (cc) models and they only made 75 of the 175 (cc) model. I believe this is a 250," Sparks said this week.
His plan is to contact members of S.M.O.G. (the Spanish Motorcycle Owners Group) to see if there's someone who might want to restore the Montesas.
Torrington Thunder Return
The Warner Theatre in Torrington will be the beneficiary when the Torrington Thunder motorcycle show in downtown gets revived on Sept. 11 after a two-year absence.
Originally staged from 2010 to 2012, Torrington Thunder then benefitted the Torrington Police Departments D.A.R.E. program and raised $16,000. It was scrapped for a variety of reason, but organizer Carrie Pfistner decided to bring it back as a tie-in to a concert on that Friday night by motorcycle-riding singer and songwriter Scott Helmer.
The fundraising goal for Torrington Thunder is $5,000, Pfistner said. RIDE-CT will have more details closer to the event.
Scrambler, Griso Demo Rides
An innocent question two weeks ago has turned into a promotion for RIDE-CT involving some demo bikes.
It was while visiting my normal Sunday morning haunt – Toymakers Café in Falls Village – that Matthew Phillips of Litchfield asked if I'd ridden the new Scrambler model from Ducati. I replied that New Haven Powersports had just gotten in a demo model and that I hoped to test it soon.
His question got the brain matter working and has resulted in New Haven Powersports now agreeing to bring a 2015 Scrambler and a 2015 Moto Guzzi Griso to Toymakers Café Sunday morning for demo rides. Sign-up sheets are sitting on the front counter at the cafe but interested riders may also call 860-824-8168 to reserve an available slot.
Riders will be able to take the bikes for brief jaunts between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. (or later). For strangers to the area, I've come up with a 9.7-mile route that mixes state roads and hilly, curvy town roads to so riders will be able to get a real feel for the bikes.
This event happened rather suddenly, so here's an apology in advance if things don't go as smoothly as possible.
If the events a success, though, we may do more RIDE-CT-organized demo rides in the future.
All riders taking demo rides must have an "M" endorsement and sign a waiver.
Bud Wilkinson may be reached by email at budw@ride-ct.com. He also writes about motorcycles daily at ride-ct.com as well as on Facebook at facebook.com/ ridect and on Twitter at @ridect.
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Is divorce more common during the holidays?
Home › Blog › Is divorce more common during the holidays?
This article was Written by Stephanie M. Bucklin
Given the holidays bring added stress from increased travel, financial pressures and family obligations. But do the number of divorces actually peak during the holidays?
Julie Brines, an associate sociology professor at the University of Washington, analyzed divorce filings in the state of Washington between 2001 and 2015 with the help of doctoral candidate Brian Serafini. The results, presented this year at the American Sociological Association, showed divorce filings actually peak consistently in both March and August.
The reason may actually be tied to the holidays, which can "represent an opportunity to test things out one last time," Brines told TODAY, as couples look forward to a key moment of reconciliation as their families come together.
But, when their efforts don't live up to expectations, couples may take a couple of months to organize their finances and prepare their families before officially filing. Brines calls this the "broken promise" explanation of her findings.
The data thus suggests there may be a key delay between a couple's initial troubles and the moment when they finally separate or divorce. This would explain why Tarek and Christina — who reportedly were dealing with marital issues six months ago — waited until December to publicly announce their separation.
But what about couples who are going into the holidays hoping to rebuild their relationships?
TODAY talked with relationship expert Debra Macleod, author of "Marriage SOS: 30 Lifelines to Rescue Your Relationship in One Month," for some key tips for couples on how to make it through the stressful holiday season.
You can read the the full article including a list of tips on today.com here: on.today.com/2hWuEIG


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Mercado Murals Unveiled
WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
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from the new murals on the Mercado on Fifth building in downtown Moline
Colorful murals now cover three sides of the Mercado on Fifth building in downtown Moline.
Chicago artist Czr Prz
During their unveiling Thursday, Mercado President Maria Ontiveros called them a celebration of Mexican culture.
"We really hope that this piece not only inspires Hispanic cultural pride, but Quad City resident pride. And that visitors who drive by and see this think that the Quad Cities is a cool and welcoming place to be."
Chicago artist Czr Prz (Caesar Perez) says it took about four weeks to finish the murals.
from the new murals on the Mercado on Fifth building in Moline
"We have the Day of the Dead which is a huge, huge holiday for us. And just like the celebratory aspects of what it is the people have brought here - a lot of the dance, a lot of the food, and even the natural flora and fauna which is why we have the marigolds represented throughout it."
The murals include a butterfly to symbolize migration, and a cowboy with the likeness of Bob Ontiveros who founded Mercado on Fifth.
Perez has completed large-scale murals like these in Moline, in North America and Europe.
Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico ("KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley"), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play "Louie Louie" and "Great Balls of Fire"), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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ENRAGED CODY FAJARDO COMES OUT SWINGING
Posted on October 4, 2021 October 4, 2021 by Anonymous Loser
Following the Saskatchewan Roughriders' 23-17 loss to the Calgary Stampeders last Saturday, Roughriders' quarterback Cody Fajardo issued a polite, thoughtful and expletive-free rant about what he sees as the central weakness in the Roughriders' offense: lack of a deep ball.
Mr. Fajardo accepted his fair share of the blame, threw no one under the bus, only mentioned other teammates by name when complimenting them, praised everyone for their hard work and desire to get better, thanked the Roughriders organization for placing their trust in him, apologized for letting the entire province down, and closed by promising to try harder next time.
It is speculated that the perpetually cheery and good-natured Mr. Fajardo thought he was giving everyone a real tongue-lashing, which prompted some concern from team officials.
What Cody Fajardo thinks he looks like when he thinks he sounds angry
The Roughriders' medical staff* issued a statement advising that Mr. Fajardo's respectful and well-enunciated outburst was the result of eating too much ice cream after the game and staying up past 9 o'clock the night before watching Rick and Morty on Adult Swim.
"Rick always give Cody nightmares," said Roughriders' equipment manager Gordon Gilroy. "It just overwhelms Cody."
"We're going to keep Cody on a strict television diet of Dora the Explorer," said team psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud (no relation), "with a little SpongeBob SquarePants if he promises to watch all his game film."
When asked to comment about the game-ending interception by Stampeders' cornerback Jonathan Moxey, Mr. Fajardo exclaimed, "Swiper no swiping!"
As the news conference was ending, it was announced that the Roughriders had just signed free agent receiver D'haquille 'Duke' Williams.
"Hola! Muy bien!" said a suddenly animated Mr. Fajardo, spilling his juice all over himself.
Mr. Fajardo was immediately hustled away by several members of the Roughriders' offensive line.
"Uh-oh, he's gettin' cranky!" said centre Dan Clark.
*The Saskatchewan Roughriders' medical staff allegedly consists of Drs. Nicholls, Heroux and Dufour, but the photos of the three men on the team website appear to be that of the same man, but at different stages of his life (post-graduate, middle aged and nearing retirement). Discombobulated speculates the team only has one doctor.


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Clara Brown was born on January 1st, 1800, in Independence, Missouri, into the immoral and unjust system of slavery. She spent the first 56 years of her live in complete and total servitude. She died on October 23rd, 1885, a wealthy and prosperous woman, despite being born a slave. Her story is one of American greatness, even if it started as one of American tragedy. Clara Brown's life and accomplishments show how despite being born into an unjust and morally wrong system like slavery, African Americans could incredible things through hard work and believe in themselves. Her story is a relatively unknown one, but it's one that captures the true spirit of Black History Month.


Sports is an important part of life. Everyone should engage in some form of sports activity so that they can stay fit and healthy throughout their life. Taking part in sports makes a person feel active as their body is always in the move. Taking part in sports active also helps in improving various skills including spatial abilities. This is important as it would make their ability to approximate and respond to stimuli and events that happen around them faster.
Parents should encourage children to take part in different types of sports activities from a very young age. Children develop skills as they grow and it is better developed when they are young. So it is always good to expose children to sports and physical activities when they are young.
Children can get trained either through the schools they go to or either through different training sessions that are available in their town. Training sessions will happen under professionals and they would know exactly what to teach you, and above all you can actually ask them to conduct extra sessions for you, for example badminton, table tennis, swimming lesson singapore. You can decide your preference based on your interest, affordability and the area where you live.
There are also institutes that specialize in sports activities. The advantage of this is to go and join them if you are really passionate about the sports you practice in. They would know all the tournaments that take place that you can take part in and play against other team players, and thereby test your skills further and improve. This way you can even win medals and awards which will facilitate in motivating you to improve further and be great at your work. Reinforcement and encouragement are very important for people to function well in their work.
If individuals are really interested in their area of sports, and they excel really well, they can actually make it their career. They can take part in world events and do the best they can. This way they can actually play for their country and even earn well. They will actually enjoy their work as their work is what they are passionate about. It is very rare that people will find a job that they are passionate about, unless and until they work really hard to achieve their goals.
It is always good for parents that if they find their children interested in some area of work, they actually find the best place for them to train themselves so that they can succeed in their life.


Mangaluru, 05 May 2015: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has said that there is no shortage of diesel or petrol supplies from the refinery.
It said there is no water scarcity at the refinery as of now, and absolutely no dearth of fuel supply to oil marketing companies to pick up.
It said that partial shutdown was planned in the first week of April. It has not affected the fuel supply, it said.
About 75 per cent of Karnataka's retail fuel demands are catered to by the MRPL. Average quantity of petrol sold in Karnataka a day – 2 lakh KL and Average quantity of diesel sold in Karnataka a day – 4 lakh KL.


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Season Finale: Warehouse 13 – "MacPherson"
There is something potentially idiosyncratic about "MacPherson," the finale to one of the summer's most enjoyable new series Warehouse 13. The show has oft times been notable not for its epic, mythology laden finales but rather its clever short form action pieces, delivering procedural episodes which connect with the audience and highlight the show's enjoyable cast of characters. "Macpherson," by comparison, is all about twists and turns and for the most part puts aside its indulgences in favour of appealing to other senses.
It's a bold decision for a show that has been built around a fairly simple formula and now is going to have a heck of a time getting back to that status quo, and it's one that I like in theory. While I had expected this episode to put to rest the MacPherson story for good, a first season arc that provided necessary back story for Artie and the warehouse itself, instead it felt like a whole new launching off point which compromised the integrity of our cast of characters beyond recognition.
It leaves a lot of open questions in regards to just what this show is going to look like in the years ahead, something that I didn't expect from a show which felt so gosh darn comfortable in its own skin just a few episodes ago. I'm not entirely convinced that it's the right decision, and in some ways I think the finale needed to do something more to make it all work, but consider me most certainly intrigued.
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Een garageverkoop is een rommelmarkt aan huis die vanuit de garage plaatsvindt, soms samen met anderen in de buurt, de wijk of het dorp.

De garageverkoop of garage sale komt uit de Verenigde Staten, waar het ook legaal is. In Nederland kan het alleen met Koningsdag of met een speciale vergunning.

Tijdens garageverkopen worden zaken uit de huishouding verkocht die niet meer nodig zijn, met als doel het aantal bezittingen te verminderen, fondsen te werven of geld voor zichzelf te verdienen.

Voorwerpen die verkocht worden zijn onder meer: kleding, boeken, speelgoed, huishoudelijke spullen, doe-het-zelfmateriaal, tuingereedschap, sportartikelen, en bordspellen. Veel verkochte grote spullen zijn meubels en soms witgoed. De garageverkopen vinden vaak plaats in buitenwijken op dagen dat het weer mooi is, met van tevoren bepaalde tijden.

Kopers die al vroeg op de verkoop afkomen, worden vroege vogels genoemd en zijn vaak professionele meubelverkopers of -herstellers. De verkopen trekken ook mensen aan die op zoek zijn naar koopjes, of zeldzame, bijzondere objecten. Anderen komen om objecten te kopen die ze kunnen herstellen en doorverkopen. Bieden en onderhandelen is iets wat vaak voorkomt: het komt voor dat de objecten geen prijskaartje hebben, net met die bedoeling.

Garageverkopen staan soms in het teken van de voorjaarsschoonmaak, een aanstaande verhuizing van de eigenaar van het huis of ze worden puur als een gezelligheidsevenement georganiseerd.

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 Vrijmarkt
 Rommelmarkt

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Air France loves Cannes festival, hands flight movie selection to social media
By Kevin May | May 12, 2011
With the film festival in Cannes now in full swing, Air France has found a fun way of celebrating the annual extravaganza and also get Facebook fans involved.
Over the course of the event, probably the most high profile of the annual film festivals and competitions around the world, Air France is asking the 330,000-odd fans on its Facebook page to pick their favourite movie of the past ten years.
Fans can choose from 20 French and international flicks including Renaissance, L'Homme du Train, San Antonio, Avatar, Lord of the Rings and Brokeback Mountain.
But as well winning free flights for a randomly selected user that takes part, Air France will be ensuring four most popular movies selected by fans will be included on its long haul flights in September.
Nice idea to capture the buzz around the film festival but also draw more attention to the airline's Facebook presence.
Air France has made considerable efforts in the past year to boost its social media presence, especially on Facebook. Customers can search flights, read destination guides and watch dozens of company and user videos.
Most importantly, Air France interacts with fans regularly to answer questions and help with problems.


Over two thirds of all vehicles manufactured today come with air conditioning and climate control systems as standard. Many drivers experience the benefits of air con in their car or van on a hot day but just like other parts of your car, the air-conditioning system also needs regular attention to ensure it continues to work efficiently and effectively.
You may not be aware that over 10% of air-con gas permeates from the air-con system every year, which means that it may not work as well as it should. This is why car manufacturers recommend your air-con system is recharged with gas and lubricant every 2 years. This service is not part of routine vehicle servicing, so if your vehicle is more than 2 years old it's probably due an air-con recharge.
That Air Conditioning doesn't just provide in-car comfort during the hot summer months; it can also be used in winter to demist your windscreen. Vehicle Air-Con Systems create dry warm air rather than the normal humid air from outside which can clear your windscreen much more quickly than your regular blowers. So next time it's all 'misty' in the morning use the climate control to get you going quicker!


Meditation strengthens the connections between brain cells, reveals UCLA study.
Eileen Luders, an assistant professor at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, and colleagues, have found that long-term meditators have larger amounts of gyrification ("folding" of the cortex, which may allow the brain to process information faster) than people who do not meditate. Further, a direct correlation was found between the amount of gyrification and the number of meditation years, possibly providing further proof of the brain's neuroplasticity, or ability to adapt to environmental changes.
"Rather than just comparing meditators and non-meditators, we wanted to see if there is a link between the amount of meditation practice and the extent of brain alteration," said Luders. "That is, correlating the number of years of meditation with the degree of folding."
"The insula has been suggested to function as a hub for autonomic, affective and cognitive integration," said Luders. "Meditators are known to be masters in introspection and awareness as well as emotional control and self-regulation, so the findings make sense that the longer someone has meditated, the higher the degree of folding in the insula."
While Luders cautions that genetic and other environmental factors could have contributed to the effects the researchers observed, still, "The positive correlation between gyrification and the number of practice years supports the idea that meditation enhances regional gyrification."
Meditation helps women to train their thoughts while love-making which makes them to experience more pleasure between the sheets.
Brain scans have proved meditation's efficacy in treating mental illness, which was once dismissed as pretentious.


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Q: "403 Forbidden" when loading CSS from blog.stackoverflow.com Here is the ugly display in my browser when accessing blog.stackoverflow.com

Here's the Chrome Developer Windows output

And here's the screenshot where I visit the CSS URL

wget output
$ wget https://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/themes/se-company/style.css
converted 'https://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/themes/se-company/style.css' (US-ASCII) -> 'https://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/themes/se-company/style.css' (UTF-8)
--2015-03-18 12:34:49--  https://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/themes/se-company/style.css

Resolving blog.stackoverflow.com (blog.stackoverflow.com)... 104.16.24.251, 104.16.25.251
Connecting to blog.stackoverflow.com (blog.stackoverflow.com)|104.16.24.251|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2015-03-18 12:34:49 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

Curl Output
curl -o /dev/null -v blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/themes/se-company/style.css
* Adding handle: conn: 0x80134f008
* Adding handle: send: 0
* Adding handle: recv: 0
* Curl_addHandleToPipeline: length: 1
* - Conn 0 (0x80134f008) send_pipe: 1, recv_pipe: 0
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0* About to connect() to blog.stackoverflow.com port 80 (#0)
*   Trying 104.16.24.251...
* Connected to blog.stackoverflow.com (104.16.24.251) port 80 (#0)
> GET /wp-content/themes/se-company/style.css HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.31.0
> Host: blog.stackoverflow.com
> Accept: */*
>
< HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
< Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 06:16:56 GMT
< Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
< Connection: keep-alive
< Set-Cookie: __cfduid=dc6b1661196b68bb9218bd8bbf831bf4a1426659415; expires=Thu, 17-Mar-16 06:16:55 GMT; path=/; domain=.stackoverflow.com; HttpOnly
< CF-Cache-Status: REVALIDATED
< Set-Cookie: prov=50f26b49-a861-4312-86d3-f5b3c3de42cf; expires=Fri, 01-Jan-2048 00:00:00 GMT; path=/; domain=.stackoverflow.com; HttpOnly
* Server cloudflare-nginx is not blacklisted
< Server: cloudflare-nginx
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* Connection #0 to host blog.stackoverflow.com left intact

I also checked the status code of this URL https://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/themes/se-company/style.css from several online checkers

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*http://www.webconfs.com/http-header-check.php → 403 Forbidden

*http://web-sniffer.net/ → 200 OK

*https://monitorbacklinks.com/seo-tools/http-header-status-check → 200 OK

*http://httpstatus.io/ → 200 OK

Yay, looks like one of URL checkers can reproduce my problem here.
Additional info: My IP Address is 167.205.22.xx. It's IP address of Squid load balancer.

Update:
After getting help from Jason Harvey aka alienth (still wondering where is his diamond name), the page was load perfectly. However, recaptcha.css URL still gives 403 Forbidden status. This online checker also confirmed my case.

A: So, here's what was happening:
For an as of yet undiscovered reason, Apache would occasionally 403 static assets on our blog. When it does this it sends a Last-Modified header. CloudFlare sees this 403 and deems it cachable. When CloudFlare goes to fetch the asset again, they reach out to the origin with an If-Modified-Since request for the asset, which will always return a 304 Not Modified response, since our static assets rarely change. This resulted in any 403 sticking around permanently.
To address this improper sticky 403 behaviour I've altered our reverse proxy to send a cache-control: no-cache to our 403 responses from the blog.

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Welcome to Mrs. Mitchell's Class Website!
Welcome to Ms. Mitchell's Class. Below you will find a link to the class textbooks that we will use in class. If you are ever absent or feel like you need extra practice you can access these books from home. You can also watch video tutorial on each of the topics we are discussing in class. After clicking on the link below, please selet Florida, and type in Vanguard High School. You will enter the site as a student. There is a drop down blue box in the upper left corner, please select your course from there.
The list of standards followed can be found here.
To ensure effective communication between myself and my students and their families this website is the second best place to go to check for information about current assignments due in class. You will see homework assignments listed here, as well as, tests and quizzes will be on the calendar. The best form of communication is through email, elisabeth.mitchell@marion.k12.fl.us.
This also helps with any absences. If a student is absent they will have access to the work they missed before they return to school. It's wonderful for students that end up needing work for anticipated absences. If a student is absent and does not have the ability to check the website for missing assignements, they may get them from me when they return, as well as, copying the missed notes from the class folder.
I am really looking forward to this school year, and I hope you are too.


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Q: Service oriented architecture - полиморфизм Есть абстрактный базовый класс Animal с абстрактным методом run(), и 2 наследующих его класса Tiger и Fish. Оба реализуют метод run(), каждый по-своему.
Есть метод сервиса, который в сигнатуре возвращает возвращает Animal:
В клиентском коде я вызываю метод service.getAnimal().run() и получаю ту или иную реализацию.
Нужно отметить, что классы, производные от Animal, хранят и логику, и данные.
abstract class Animal {
    abstract void run();
}

class Tiger extends Animal {
    private name = "TigerName";
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Run from Tiger");
    }
}

class Fish extends Animal {
    private String name = "FishName";

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Run from Fish");
    }
}

class ClientService {
    public Animal getAnimal() {
        if(Math.random() < 0.5) {
            return new Tiger();
        } else {
            return new Fish();
        }
    }
}

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ClientService service = new ClientService();
        Animal animal = service.getAnimal();
        animal.run(); //полиморфная реализация метода run() из Tiger или Fish
    }
}

Если же подходить со стороны SOA - service oriented architecture,  Animal, Tiger и Fish хранят только данные, и у каждого из них есть AnimalService, TigerService и FishService соответственно, которые отвечают за логику.
abstract class Animal {

}

class Tiger extends Animal {
    private String name = "nameTiger";
}

class Fish extends Animal {
    private String name = "nameFish";
}

class TigerService {
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Run from Tiger");
    }
}

class FishService {
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Run from Fish");
    }
}

class ClientService {
    Animal getAnimal() {
        if(Math.random() < 0.5) {
            return new Tiger();
        } else {
            return new Fish();
        }
    }
}

class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ClientService service = new ClientService();
        Animal animal = service.getAnimal();
        if (animal.getClass() == Tiger.class) {
            new TigerService().run();
        } else if (animal.getClass() == Fish.class) {
            new FishService().run();
        }
    }
}

При таком подходе как мне использовать полиморфизм, чтобы вызвать метод run()?


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Carl Haag RWS 1820-1915
Carl Haag, 1855
Image courtesy of Catherine Allison
Carl Haag (b. Erlangen, 20 April 1820; d. Oberwesel, 24 Jan 1915). German painter, active in Britain. After studying in Nuremberg, he painted miniature portraits in Munich and Brussels. In 1847 he went to London to study English techniques of watercolour painting and evolved a method that he claimed achieved the 'brilliancy of oil painting, combined with the tender-sweetness of water-colours' (Millar, p. 144). From
1850 he exhibited at the Society of Painters in Water-Colours and was elected a full member in 1853. That year he was commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to paint two large and elaborate watercolours commemorating deerstalking expeditions at Balmoral in Scotland (British Royal Col.); he returned to Balmoral in 1863 and 1864. He made many visits to Balmoral, recording the life of the royal couple and their children in numerous stunning watercolours. These are works of terrific quality and part of the Royal Collection.
In 1858 Haag made his first visit to Egypt, where he joined forces with the English painter, Frederick Goodall. Both artists were captivated by the beauty of the landscape, and the exotic quality of Arab life.
The Coffee Bearer
Portrait of Carl Haag
Caricature of Carl Haag
1895 letter written to Edward A. Goodall
1884 Letter
The Prayer
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AMERICAN ALLIGATOR } Alligator mississippiensis
RANGE: Southeastern United States
STATUS: Although alligator populations are considered stable, this species is listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act due to its similarity to other endangered crocodilians. The American alligator is considered a species of Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
THREATS: Habitat degradation, illegal poaching
Sixty-five million years ago, dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the earth in a massive extinction event. But the alligator managed to survive, and today, along with its crocodilian relatives, it's the closest living relative of the dinosaurs it has outlived. This ancient species means business, with plates of body armor covering its body and the strongest bite force of any animal on the planet – so strong that trying to pry a gator's clenched jaws open would be as impossible as lifting a pickup truck. Despite the fact that they have no vocal cords, alligators are among the most vocal reptiles, producing low, reverberating bellows that make water droplets on their backs dance from the vibrations.
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FINALLY A Good Late Night Slice @ New Pizza Joint Archie's
Daniel Ryan Adler, 18 April 2014
Mr. Karapanos' father owns Wilson Pizza Palace, and Archie's uses the same family recipe that has led to more than forty years of success for the Connecticut-based eatery. Dmitri's grandfather once owned a pastry shop in Chicago. Most of the photos that line the hallway in the back of the restaurant are of him and his family.
Archie's in Bushwick is a new late night, by-the-slice pizza joint in the neighborhood. Besides a salad and a dozen toppings to add to your pie, the menu also features grinders (New England style hoagies), perfect for that 3 AM stumble home.
Family Pizza...
The wooden bar, subway tiles, and big mirrors, along with vintage signs and old pizza paddles, impart a sense of nostalgia to the establishment, and with good reason. The owners, Dmitri Karapanos and his wife, Gerelyn Blackstone, come from a long line of culinary powerhouses.
Archie's blends vintage and modern decor elements.
All Photos by Lucia Reed for Bushwick Daily
...And Wine to Boot.
The pizza is delicious, a crunchier pan-pizza than most of Bushwick's alternatives. We tried the vegetarian, with kalamata olives, peppers, onions and feta and mozzarella cheese.
Archie's grandfather in butcher apron.
Pair it with one of the Greek wines offered, such as the light, grassy Athiri, or the bold, cherry flavors of the St. George. Greek wine differs from French or Spanish wine because Greek vines are considerably older. A fungus plague in the 19th century destroyed many centuries-old vines, but the disease never made it to Greece. As a result, the rich flavors of these hard-to-find wines are subtly different than their Western counterparts.
Archie's' great selection of Greek wines.
Archie's Pizza also has a full bar, making it the perfect place for a nightcap.
Archie's is located at 128 Central Ave at Starr Street, open every day from 6pm to 4am, except Sundays, when they close at midnight.
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Joseph Newkirk recalls seeing the weathered face of Ized Stewart often along Barrett Avenue.
Known to some as George, and known to others in the Richmond community as "the bag man," Stewart was a fixture in the neighborhood.
Stewart had a distinctive look. He wore layers of tattered clothes. He had a scraggly beard and long dreadlocks often hidden beneath some sort of bag. His eyes were a distant, faded blue.
Since his death of respiratory failure at the age of 64, on July 16, in San Francisco, only a few details have emerged of his life.
Newkirk, 64, who works at Wilson and Kratzer Mortuary on the corner of 24th Street and Barrett Avenue, has seen Mr. Stewart on that same corner for over twenty years.
Stewart was a Vietnam veteran. He kept to himself. Day after day he sat reading the books given to him by passersby.
"He came back from Vietnam and just didn't want to deal with life," Newkirk said. Stewart's body was cremated and placed at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. He had no known family and the County handled his burial.
Myrna Ortiz, 23, moved to the 2400 block of Barrett Avenue in August of 2012, becoming Stewart's most immediate neighbor.
Judy Lee, 65, who also works at Wilson and Kratzer Mortuary, had known Stewart for eleven years. "He'd walk, all the way up to San Pablo, just cruising. I don't know where he was going, but he was always walking," she said.
"He didn't accept gifts. He was proud and always had food," Lee added.
For a man who rarely spoke, Ized Stewart left his mark on his neighborhood, and people there want to commemorate him, but they are not sure how.
"We are going to have a nice service for George," Judy Lee said, but the plans are so far not definite.


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New York A-List law firm faces $42 million ransom demand from cyber criminals
14 May 2020 , 6:38pm
A leading entertainment and media law firm is facing a demand for $42 million ransom demand after cyber criminals hacked into its systems.
Celebrity law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks was attacked by a group of cyber criminals threatening to leak A-list stars' personal information after hacking into the firm's website. The hackers released what is alleged to be a contract for Madonna, information on Lady Gaga and claims they have information on President Donald Trump (who is not a client at the firm). They upped their ransom demand from $21million to $42 million and warned more will follow unless the ransom is paid.
Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks said: "We can confirm that we've been victimised by a cyber-attack. We have notified our clients and our staff. We have hired the world's experts who specialise in this area, and we are working around the clock to address these matters."
The law firm represents some of the biggest name personalities in TV, film and sport including Lady Gaga, Madonna, Elton John, Rod Stewart, U2, Robert De Niro and Barry Manilow as well as media and online giants such as Sony, Spotify, Vice, and EMI. Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson and a Gagosian-Jagger project are listed by the criminals as part of the hack.
In a statement to Variety, the firm said "Law firms are not immune from this malicious activity. Despite our substantial investment in state-of-the-art technology security, foreign cyberterrorists have hacked into our network and are demanding $42 million as ransom. We are working directly with federal law enforcement and continue to work around the clock with the world's leading experts to address this situation."
The hackers, who are known as REvil or Sodinokibi, previously attacked foreign exchange company Travelex with ransomware in January.
Law firms vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks
In a comment in the Global Legal Post, Martin Sutherland, CEO of cybersecurity experts Reliance ASCN and an early pioneer in cyber technology, says law firms are particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks. "Professional service companies represent 18% of organisations targeted by attackers using ransomware - software used to encrypt files until a ransom is paid. In this increasingly hostile digital age, law firms are sitting ducks and it is hard not to have sympathy for GSMS – like many boutique law firms cyber security is not an area of core business and so it's hard to attract and retain the necessary skills and expertise in house to defend against ever more sophisticated cyber-attacks."
He advises law firms to be on alert and "Expect the unexpected: the only scenarios we can test are those that we can anticipate, so be prepared for the unexpected. Have a trusted partner on standby to help with incident response if needed. Do the work ahead of time to ensure you have the agreements in place so that time isn't wasted when the crisis hits. Also consider cyber insurance as the last line of defence against the unexpected."


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