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PICTURE GALLERY: Memories of Mansfield Town v Walsall clashes
Is former Grimsby Town striker Montel Gibson about to become Mansfield Town's latest signing?
Retiring former Mansfield Town skipper John Mullins grateful for his time with Stags and shocked at their relegation
Retiring former Mansfield Town skipper Johnny Mullins said he would always be grateful to the Stags for kickstarting his career.
Monday, 20th May 2019, 4:21 pm
Johnny Mullins
He also admitted he was shocked a side with the quality it had ended up being relegated to the Conference in his second and final season in 2008.
Mullins has announced his retirement at Cheltenham Town at the age of 33, and spoke fondly of his time at Mansfield where he was the shining light in two years of struggle that ended up in relegation.
The Stags squad that went down in 2008 included players of the calibre of Mullins, Alex Baptiste, Jake Buxton, Jon D'Laryea, Stephen Dawson, Nathan Arnold, Matt Hamshaw and Micky Boulding.
"It was amazing to see that side get relegated," said Mullins, who went on to join League One Stockport that summer after picking up Stags' Player of the Year award.
MULLINS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AT 33"When I signed for Mansfield coming out of Reading, I genuinely looked at the club and thought we'd push on and it would be nice to move back up the leagues, especially looking at the the squad.
"You look at those players and what they have achieved since.
"The potential we had was unbelievable, but football is a funny old game and things don't always go to plan.
"I now look back at it as a very good grounding for me.
"I have always had a nice feeling when I've come back to the club and I thank Mansfield for putting me on the map in the Football League, so to speak, and giving me a platform on which to go and perform."
He added: "My memories from those two seasons are a bit of a mixed bag, though I met some really good people I still keep in contact with.
"It was one of my first experiences of real men's football after playing in reserve and academy games at Reading, which is not the same.
"At Mansfield, I thought this is what it's all about. This was what I wanted to do and for as long as I possibly could.
"The end of my time at Mansfield was very bitter-sweet but thankfully the club is now back near where they should be, though they should be a division higher in my opinion."
Mullins knows that, at 33, it's a young age to be hanging up his boots, but is glad to bow out on his terms when he is not being found wanting.
"I have had a really good run at it and I loved my time. It feels a bit weird to say I am retiring at 33 but I have got to move on to the next part of my life," he said.
"I wanted to go out on my terms, finishing in a way that I was happy with what I'd achieved instead of pushing and pushing and reaching a point where I could no longer do things.
"I am really pleased to put my career into a box and move on to the next thing.
"I don't really know what that looks like yet. There are a few opportunities that have come my way.
"My family have got a business I'd be interested in looking at.
"At the minute it's all a bit too new. I am just having a look at one or two things and seeing where life takes me. It's quite exciting. I am excited about the future."
Would football management interest him at some stage?
"You never know what's going to happen or what's round the corner, so I'd be crazy to rule anything out," he said.
"You never know – that could be a long way away or it could be 20 minutes away. You never quite know with life.
"It's not something that's in my immediate thoughts, but if something crazy was to happen then I would never say no."
Mullins admits he could find himself missing football by the time the 2019/20 season roars back in.
"It's slightly easier as I think I knew in the back of my own mind last season that it was coming, so I enjoyed the last few games and the training sessions more than I ever would," he said.
"It's off season at the moment anyway so I am not really missing it like mad.
"But I would be stupid to say that come 1st June when the lads report back for pre-season or when the first game of the season comes around I won't miss it.
"But I just feel this is the right time to move on. I've given what I can give and it's now time to move on to another chapter."
Mullins has always kept a close eye on Mansfield's fortunes and could not believe they ended up missing out on promotion for a second successive year.
"I was surprised they didn't make it," he said. "I know a few of the players there and I have come across the previous manager before.
"They were so close. But this season in League Two everyone was beating everyone and it was a difficult one to predict. Hopefully next season they can go again and get promoted."
On the appointment of new boss John Dempster, he added: "It's good to see John coming in rather than the usual merry-go-round and good luck to him.
"He will have a fresh approach – a different way of doing things – and I know he's highly thought of.
"Hopefully for him he can go in, hit the ground running, and Mansfield can be successful and get that promotion which is much wanted and needed."
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I've started to decorate the house in holiday style serenaded by music choice on sky. Nothing too ostentatious as Dad and me will be spending the majority of our time at my Mum's nursing home. This will be the second Christmas that she hasn't been able to come home! However, it's going to be special.
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But why do we form them? Why do we choose to have X as a friend and Not be friends with Y? This essay will explore the common saying 'birds of a Feather, flock together' which states that similar people stay together. Past Research about how relationships start will be explored andfactors like attraction, similarity and complementary And why those factors are crucial to form relationships.The first stage of a relationship takes place when attraction appears; Attraction is a key factor when it comes to socializing with people around us. Attraction factors to start relationships are proximity, familiarity, physical attractiveness and similarity or complementary. Proximity is shown to be a Factor of attractiveness, studies have shown that our circle of friends live Very close to us. Familiarity also plays an important role, as we tend to like More when we are more familiar with them, however, this also showed that if we Don't like them at first, familiarity could even increase our dislike towards Them. Physical attractiveness also showed our preferences: we tend to like Symmetric faces and faces with feminine traits as they convey signs of positive Feelings like warmth. The fourth factor is similarity, similar backgrounds and Demographic characteristics (physical health, age, religion, level of Education, etc.), and also similar cognitive abilities, attitudes, values, Personality traits, etc. These have been demonstratedto be one of the best predictors of longevity In friendship and marriage,and its role In attractiveness is well established (Berscheid and Reis, 1998). The matching Hypothesis supports the idea that we are attracted to people with similar Physical attractiveness to our own.But What are the actual reasons? One of the reasons of similarities being a good Predictor of a relationships success is the fact that similar people are more Accessible to us; we tend to live near, be educated with and work alongside People who are similar to us in terms of their backgrounds, socio-economic Status, levels of intelligence, interests and so on. Another reason is because Similarity is easier to obtain and maintain, i.E.: pursuing a partner who is More attractive or younger could imply risks of being rejected. Many theories State that relationships exist most comfortably in a balanced or equitable State (Homans, 1974, p.243). Another factor that helps to form relationships Amongst people is music. Music also helps to form personal relationships. Rentfrow and Gosling (2006) examined conversations of university students who Exchanged messages over 6 weeks, they found out that main topic was music and That people used music as a tool to describe themselves, their preferences, Attitudes and lifestyle. This supports the idea that similar musical Preferences are necessary for social bonding and attraction. Although many Theories have so far supported that idea that similarity is necessary for Forming relationships, is it indispensable? Is it possible then to form Relationships between people that are not similar? Can we be attracted by Different peopleus?
Those ideas clearly support the Strong implication of similarity in the process of attraction, however, some Theories have also shown that dissimilarity also attracts people. Studies have Shown that dissimilarity is actually our preferred option provided we know in Advance that the "different" person likes us. Aron et al., 2006 pointed out That general preference for similiratity is an evaluation of risks and costs. This suggests that we may choose to relate with similar people to us because It's more likely that we are accepted by them than by those who are different from Us. In other words, we fear rejection and therefore we approach people that we Think they will accept us better. I.E.: as mentioned in the example above; There are some risks in pursuing a younger partner as they may prefer a younger Partner. The theory beauty-money trade off supports the idea that affluent People tend to marry partners who are more attractive. I.E.: a famous singer, Marries a young beautiful women. Winch et al., spoke about the term Complementarity, which is our potentially being attracted to people who possess Many of the key characteristics that we lack. According to this theory we do Feel attracted by people who are different to us, as we can find a balance Between what we lack and the other person has, and the opposite. Complementary behaviour Has also shown a positive influence in measures of satisfaction but also seems To reinforce the perception that we and our partner are very similar (Dryer &Horowitz, 1997). This last idea is better explained by the Attraction-similarity hypothesis which explains that levels of attraction can Also influence our perceptions of similarity, meaning that when we feel Attracted by other person we try to find the similar points between the two.
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Sesame Workshop's 15th Annual Benefit Celebrates Kindness with Honors for the International Rescue Committee and Hasbro
John Oliver and the Sesame Street Muppets™ Host the Evening, with Performances by Musical Artists Andy Grammer and Chris Jackson
(New York, June 1st, 2017) — Last night, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, hosted its 15th annual benefit, celebrating its mission of helping kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), which responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, was awarded the Joan Ganz Cooney Award, and Hasbro was honored with the Corporate Leadership Award for their longtime partnership and commitment to making the world a better place for children and families. HBO's John Oliver hosted the event with Sesame Street's Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, and friends at Cipriani 42ndStreet. The evening also included musical performances by Hamilton's Chris Jackson and singer-songwriter Andy Grammer, and special remarks from a young refugee who was resettled by the International Rescue Committee in 2015.
Following the theme Spreading Kindness: Near and Far, this year's gala highlighted Sesame Workshop's efforts to bring critical early education and nurturing care to children and families displaced by conflict in the Syrian response region. Together, Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee have created a transformative early childhood initiative designed to deliver early learning and social-emotional support directly to millions of refugee children and their caregivers in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria. Harnessing the unique strengths of both organizations, the program will reflect the specific needs and experiences of displaced children and families as well as host communities in the region. President and CEO David Miliband accepted the Joan Ganz Cooney Award on behalf of the IRC for their dedication to changing the lives of displaced children around the globe.
"Given the staggering number of children today who have been forced to flee their homes, we knew we had to do something. But we needed someone who knew the plight of refugees as well as we know the needs of young children," said Sherrie Westin, Executive Vice President of Global Impact and Philanthropy at Sesame Workshop. "And that's what brought us together with the International Rescue Committee. We know that together with the IRC, we can make a meaningful difference for these children and their families, to provide hope and joy and a sense of possibility."
Chairman and CEO Brian Goldner accepted the Corporate Leadership Award on behalf of Sesame Workshop's other honoree, Hasbro. A longtime partner of Sesame Workshop, Hasbro has been ranked as one of the Most Community-Minded Companies by the Civic 50 for four consecutive years, and was named #1 on the 2017 "Best Corporate Citizens" list by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. Their signature philanthropic initiative, "BE FEARLESS BE KIND," aims to empower children to have the compassion and courage to stand up, include everyone, and take action when they see a problem.
"Hasbro is a company that leads in more than just business and sales," said Jeffrey D. Dunn, President and CEO of Sesame Workshop. "They share our missionary zeal to make the world better. Hasbro spreads kindness, and that rarest of commodities—joy—to millions of kids of all ages around the world, and they are strongly invested in making that world a safer, healthier place for kids."
The evening's entertainment included Chris Jackson of Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton fame, performing "Try a Little Kindness" with Elmo and Rosita, and singer-songwriter Andy Grammer performing his hit song "Keep Your Head Up" and the classic "What a Wonderful World" with Elmo. The event concluded with a group performance of "Sing" from Grammer, Jackson, Oliver, and the Sesame Street Muppets.
Last night's gala raised more than $2.3 million, which will help Sesame Workshop continue to reach and teach vulnerable children at home and around the world. Sesame Workshop's global social impact work is made possible with the generous support of like-minded partners including government, foundations, corporations, and individuals, as well as proceeds from the annual benefit.
Past honorees include President Bill Clinton; Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden; Joan Ganz Cooney; Michael R. Bloomberg; First Lady Laura Bush; former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan; Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan; Susie Buffett, The Sherwood Foundation; and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.
A special thank you to Hasbro, Inc., American Greetings, Party City, and JetBlue for their exceptional generosity toward this celebration, and to Cipriani 42nd Street, Star Group Productions, Preston Bailey Entertainment and Set Design and The Jim Henson Company for all their help.
Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit media and educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969. Today, Sesame Workshop is an innovative force for change, with a mission to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. We're active in more than 150 countries, serving vulnerable children through a wide range of media, formal education, and philanthropically-funded social impact programs, each grounded in rigorous research and tailored to the needs and cultures of the communities we serve. For more information, please visit sesameworkshop.org.
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Q: Magento POST requests throwing 403 I've a magento 1.9.1 community instance setup and I'm trying to access them via REST API . I'm able to perform GET requests for Products/Customers etc but I'm stuck while adding a product using a POST request. My sample code is below. Where am I going wrong ?
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1 as OAuth
import requests
import json

oauth = OAuth(client_key=consumer_key,
    client_secret=consumer_secret,
    resource_owner_key=access_key,
    resource_owner_secret=access_secret)
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json',
           'Accept': 'application/json'}

product = """{

"type_id": "simple",
"attribute_set_id": "4",
"sku": "Test",
"name": "Test",
"price": "100",
"description": "Random description",
"short_description": "Random",
"weight": "500",
"status": "1",
"visibility": "4",
"tax_class_id": "2"
}"""
payload = json.loads(product)
uri = "http://magentohost/api/rest/products"
r = requests.post(url=uri,  data=json.dumps(payload),headers=headers, auth=oauth)
print r

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At Least 70 Killed During Protests in South Africa After Former President Zuma Is Jailed
The imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court triggered protests and violent repression in several South African cities. Corruption, internal conflicts in the ruling party, poverty, unemployment, and the pandemic are fueling the mobilization.
In the last few days, at least 70 people have been killed and 1,200 arrested during protests across South Africa. The protests began last Friday in response to the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court and have unleashed a wave of looting in the face of growing poverty and unemployment. The government of President Cyril Ramaphosa mobilized some 2,500 soldiers who joined the police to violently repress the demonstrations.
The protests began in Zuma's home province of KwaZulu-Natal, where his political support is concentrated, and have spread to the populous Gauteng province, where Pretoria and Johannesburg are located. Sihle Zikalala, premier of KwaZulu-Natal, announced at a press conference this morning that 26 people had been killed so far in the province and that protests and looting continue, especially around the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
The Gauteng province is seeing similar scenes, and Premier David Makhura has stated that 19 people have been killed so far, 10 of them in a deadly stampede in a shopping mall in the Soweto township southwest of Johannesburg.
The Causes of the Protests
Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in jail for contempt of court after repeatedly refusing to testify on corruption charges. The former president handed himself in to the authorities late last Wednesday, and the first protests took place as a show of support for Zuma in the form of roadblocks. In the following days, protests spread throughout KwaZulu-Natal and to other areas, especially around Johannesburg.
Zuma was ousted in 2018 in a coup by his own party, the African National Congress (ANC). The party chose Cyril Ramaphosa, ANC president and Zuma's deputy president, to be his successor in the midst of strong protests under the slogan "Zuma Must Fall." Protesters took to the streets due to growing poverty and unemployment, as well as the multiple corruption allegations during the 10-year period between 2008 and 2018 that Zuma governed.
However, this palace coup against Zuma did not manage to avoid the fissures within the ANC, which has ruled South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994. Within the party, there are diverse interests among the multimillionaire businessmen, corruption-linked career politicians, an army with its own political and economic power, and former union leaders who have become businessmen with influence within the party, among others. Within this ecosystem, Zuma maintains a part of the party's power, which today is demonstrated by people taking to the streets in the strongholds he historically controlled.
For his part, Ramaphosa replaced Zuma in 2018 under a banner of anti-corruption and economic growth, but he has not been able to fulfill either of these promises. The symbolism and spectacle of Zuma's corruption trial have failed to hide the endemic corruption within the ANC, but above all, they are not enough to cover up an increasingly dire social and economic situation.
The protests are therefore growing not only in support of Zuma but also because of unemployment and poverty — unemployment is at an all-time high of 32.6 percent among the working population and is even higher among young people, a staggering 46.3 percent. The protests are also taking place during the Covid-19 crisis and an aggressive third wave of cases in the country. South Africa is also the country hardest hit by the pandemic in Africa, with some 2.2 million infections and 64,000 deaths.
The situation, acknowledged by Ramaphosa himself, is one of food insecurity and pandemic-induced crisis, as well as a blow to the precarious economic recovery in general. Regardless of how the protests over Zuma's arrest unfold, the country will continue to experience demonstrations of discontent with the alarming social, health, and economic situation.
Originally published in Spanish on July 13, 2021 in La Izquierda Diario
Translated by Otto Fors
Juan is a journalist from Buenos Aires and the editor of the international section of our Argentinian sister site La Izquierda Diario.
Joe Biden is Bombing Somalia
Despite claims to reduce drone strikes, Joe Biden is bombing Somalia.
K.S. Mehta
We Are Thirsty!: Thousands Take to the Streets in Response to Iran's Escalating Water Crisis
Over the past week, thousands of multi-ethnic Iranians have demonstrated in response to Iran's water crisis and power blackouts. These protests, in conjunction with massive oil strikes and strikes in other sectors, highlight the discontent of a large swath of the Iranian population that faces a sanctions-battered economy and a repressive bourgeois regime.
Maryam Alaniz
Iranian Oil Workers Organize the Country's Biggest Strikes since the Iranian Revolution
For almost a month, Iranian oil workers, along with workers in other industries, have organized demonstrations and wildcat strikes in response to a dire economic and health crisis accentuated by U.S. sanctions.
Ravaged by Climate Change: 400,000 On the Brink of Starvation in Madagascar
Over one million people in southern Madagascar are food insecure, while almost half a million are on the brink of starvation. Climate change is to blame, and capitalism ensures that the Global South will pay the highest price.
Otto Fors
Temple University Rank and Filers Release Palestine Solidarity Statement
Rank and filers at Temple University in Philly are demanding their union local and national fight to end all support for Israel and join the cause of Palestinian workers.
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What Billionaire Space Flights Mean to Healthcare Workers
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage around the globe and climate disaster is destroying the planet, billionaires are taking joyrides to space. Two healthcare workers who worked throughout the pandemic respond.
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Eviction Moratorium Expired, Millions Face Homelessness
After a half-hearted attempt to extend the eviction moratorium failed, the House of Representatives left for summer vacation.
Pandemic Profiteers: Pfizer Profits Exceed $10 Billion in Six Months
Pfizer has announced record profits as a result of vaccine sales. While the world is in crisis, pharmaceutical companies are raking in billions of dollars from advance contracts and by preventing the release of patents.


The flowers are blooming, spring is here, and I'm on a high after watching Megan and Harry's stunning royal wedding. It got me thinking about what I would wear if my daughter or son were getting married.
Today I'm excited to be partnering with David's Bridal to show you the chic, figure flattering floral Mother of the Bride dress I'd choose.
There are lots of things to think about when shopping for a mother of the bride dress from the color, to the length, to finding the perfect style that suits your personality. But what women stress about most is finding a style that flatters their body type.
The trick is to choose a dress that accentuates your best features and plays down the ones you're not as thrilled about. Since I still have a nice waist, I like to show it off, which is why this gorgeous Leaf Print Mikado Ball Gown works perfectly for me. It defines my waist.
I'm not as happy about my tummy which has gotten a little softer and rounder over the years. With this full skirt, I don't have to worry about holding anything in especially when it is time to take the wedding photos. This dress works for gals who are self-conscious about their tummies, but it's also a great dress for pear-shaped women because the full skirt camouflages wide hips and a big bottom.
If you prefer a more slim-fitting style of dress, then a soft, fluid dress with ruching is surprisingly flattering and forgiving when you want waist definition. It also helps to wear shapewear.
Other things I love about this dress? The illusion plunge neckline with the sheer inset is beautiful. It's very glamorous but demure at the same time.
Also, I the print skirt is so chic and modern. David's has a fabulous selection of on-trend styles including Off the shoulder / Cold shoulder, High-low hemlines, Elegant coverage – sleeves, coordinating jackets, Lace, and MOB dresses with sophisticated embellishments.
Navy is super slimming and also very popular this year, in addition to colors like Wine, Plum, Berry, Black, and neutrals like Champagne, Grey, and metallic Gold and Silver.
You can get a complete your head-to-toe look from handbags to jewelry and shoes. Don't you love this fabulous clutch bag?
And my feminine, sparkly Leaf Drop Earrings mirror the leafy print on my dress.
My bracelets (Twisted Pave Rhinestone and Pearl & Crystal) look so rich and expensive, but they are surprisingly affordable! I layered them for a more youthful look.
Cover Your Arms and Play up Your Legs? Try a short dress with a sheer cape overlay. You get light, airy coverage up top and all attention goes to your legs. Be sure to wear a gorgeous pair of shoes!
Cover Your Legs but Highlight Your gorgeous Curves or Flat Tummy? This gorgeous sequinned mermaid gown is a stunner.
Accentuate Your Toned Arms – A tank or off the shoulder style would be lovely.
Did I mention that David's Bridal has expert in-house alterations to make sure your dress is a perfect fit?
I couldn't be more thrilled with the modern look of this dress and the way it flatters my figure. ( No frumpy here!) This gown makes me feel like royalty, and the best part is, I can wear it again. It makes for a chic Mother of the Bride & Groom gown, but it works for so many other formal occasions too.
Be sure to visit David's Bridal to find your perfect MOB/MOG Dress so you can look and feel Fabulous on the big day!
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3 comments on "Chic Floral Mother of the Bride Dress"
WOW WOW WOWZERS!!! You look fabulous, Deborah! What a stunning dress.
What a lovely dress. It's so fresh and feminine. So many great things about it. . Youthful too.
You look beautiful in this dress, i think you should get it and save it for later!


We began doing some Christmas activities this week. Check out our bulletin board! During the next several weeks, we will be doing more and more festive activities to get ready for Christmas.
We've been having a lot of fun with indoor recess this week. We've been doing lots of movement activities on GoNoodle. We've tried some new activities and done several of our favorites.
Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate Thanksgiving, we had our annual Thanksgiving program yesterday afternoon. The preschoolers and kindergarteners worked so hard and were so excited to perform!
After we performed, we were able to be part of the audience for our Kindergarten friends. Great job, Kindergarten!
This morning, we did a cranberry sauce taste test.
The reviews were mixed. Some really liked it. Some really, really did not like it at all. Can you guess which side your preschooler was on?
This afternoon, both preschool classes worked together to break open the piñatas that we made during small group time last week. It was a lot of work! Those piñatas were definitely well-made. They were difficult to break open but we did it!
During small group this week, we worked on making a piñata! We will break it open next week. Making a piñata is a lot of work but it's definitely worth it!
On Friday, we all took turns adding some color to our piñata. The preschoolers are very excited about breaking it open next week!
Welcome to our Grocery Store!
This week, our dramatic play center turned into a grocery store! Thank you to all families that brought in boxes and containers for us to use in the center. When a preschooler goes to the store center, they choose a job (stock clerk, manager, cashier, or customer) before they start playing. It is amazing to listen to the conversations during their play and exploration. It's been a big hit already!
Yesterday afternoon, we had our first practice on the stage for our Thanksgiving program. Our program is at 2:15pm on Tuesday, November 20th. I hope that you can join us for this fun event!
Today, we had a visit from Father Dan. Both preschool classes combined to watch a short video about Our Lady of Guadalupe and then Father Dan taught us about the many different symbols in the image. Thank you, Father Dan! We learned so much!
On Friday, we made books about Veteran's Day called "Brave and Proud." This is a great book to read together today, and every day!


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David Alexander Johnston (Chicago, Illinois, 18 de desembre, 1949 - Saint Helens, Washington, 18 de maig de 1980) va ser un geòleg i vulcanòleg estatunidenc.

Johnston va néixer a Illinois, i va estudiar Geologia a la Universitat d'Illinois en Urbana-Champaign, va completar el seu Doctorat en Filosofia el 1978 a la Universitat de Washington, Seattle, un treball d'investigació al volcà Mount Augustine localitzat a Alaska abans de començar a treballar per a l'USGS.

Va ser un vulcanòleg al servei del United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Exploració Geològica dels Estats Units. Johnston es trobava en una estació d'observació mòbil ubicada a 10 quilòmetres del volcà Saint Helens en el matí del 18 de maig de 1980. Va ser el primer a reportar l'erupció transmetent el missatge: "Vancouver!, Vancouver! This is it!" abans de ser arrasat pel despreniment format a la paret nord de la muntanya. No va ser recuperat el seu cos i tampoc no es van trobar restes del lloc d'observació.

La direcció de la formació de la deformitat del con no va sorprendre a Johnston, qui era l'únic geòleg de l'USGS que hi havia deduït la naturalesa evolutiva del volcà. La predicció oficial de l'USGS afirmava que l'erupció, en cas d'ocórrer, seria de tipus vertical, mentre que Johnston (qui a base d'un extenuant treball d'investigació de l'edifici volcànic i de les forces geològiques involucrades en el fenomen) va proposar que l'erupció seria lateral i ocorreria del costat de la muntanya que ell estudiava minuciosament.

El 1997 l'àrea coneguda com a Coldwater Ridge va ser rebatejada amb el seu nom en la seva memòria. A l'esmentat cingle s'ubica el Johnston Ridge Observatory, un centre de visites i estació de monitoratge part del Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Referències

Enllaços externs

  Obituari al lloc web de l'USGS
  Una vida en la ciència algunes vegades es converteix en mort, un article del The San Diego Union-Tribune
  A. Johnston a Find-A-Grave

Vulcanòlegs
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Alumnes de la Universitat d'Illinois a Urbana-Champaign
Alumnes de la Universitat de Washington
Alumnes de la Universitat d'Illinois
Morts a l'estat de Washington
Científics de Chicago


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import static net.openhft.chronicle.core.OS.*;

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	public static long map(@NotNull FileChannel fileChannel, FileChannel.MapMode mode, long start, long size)
			throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException {
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					"Mapping more than 4096 MiB is unusable on 32-bit Windows, size = " + (size >> 20) + " MiB");
		return map0(fileChannel, imodeFor(mode), mapAlign(start), pageAlign(size));
	}

	private StruktOS() {
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	}

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I've been going a lot lighter with my foundation to try and give my face a little break from such high coverage. My brows are unruly and I've just been filling them in slightly and then using the H&M Eyebrow Fix which I have raved about numerous times before. They have changed the packaging at least 3 times since I started using it though.
I must admit I'm a sucker for comfort food at any time of the year. It's just around winter when it gets dark earlier and you've got to cosy up it seems so much more fitting.
Simple Comfort Food is the best in my opinion. No perfect measurements and when you just wack it all together at the end is my idea of an ideal recipe!
So last time you saw me round here, I'd written a pretty heavy post. Since then it's been a busy ol' time in my life! October last year marked Chris & I buying our first house together. We'd bought a house back in 2011 but that technically just Chris' and now we can finally say this ones ours!
It's not been quite that easy though; as the past 9 or so months we've been building, renovating & making our dream forever home! I can quite happily say that it's all been worth it. Now that I'm writing this from my warm bed in my warm house with plugs that I can switch on and off & a floors that you can't fall through anymore.
Kind of unfortunately for us it's not been the easiest process, which I'll probably go into a bit more in a future post. But although there's been no actual tears, believe me we've both been very close. It's been a trying old time and not to get too soppy but it's definitely made us stronger. Apparently moving house is meant to be one of the most stressful things to do. Whoever said that clearly had never been on a building site with a 3 walled house in the peak of winter!
I'm looking forward to sharing some of our before & after pictures once we're fully settled in and pinterest worthy 🙄 i wish. For now though, it feels lovely to be back posting. Getting back into the swing of things & properly being on my blog again! Also, if you want to be really keen, we vlogged all about it here!
For now though, how've you been?
So today, the 8th November 2016 is my 24th birthday. A birthday I'm always going to remember.
For the longest time I've had something hanging over my head and it's finally gone.
The man coward who did the worst thing he could possibly do to anyone has finally gone. 2 weeks ago I found out I can finally stop looking over my shoulder and this year is going to be the best one yet!


Forthcoming Black Friday is one of the most expected holidays for shopaholics. Well… for everyone! No wonder, we all love sales and discounts and these days people are ready to spend money.
But what if you could earn money while everyone else is spending them? Great idea I guess.
Here is the list of the best Black Friday business ideas you could take advantage of and make money during the holidays.
This is one of the most effective, fast and highly popular ways to make money on Black Friday. The process is quite simple and fast.
The secret here lies in the right products to be selected to have more chances of making a good profit. This step will take some time for Google search.
If you are an expert in a particular niche, Black Friday is a perfect time to boost sales and attract more attention to your personal brand.
Create an offer with a discount that will be valid for a limited period of time and let people know about it.
Here is an example: Say, you are a personal trainer and sell training and consulting services. Create package options for 5 or 10 personal training with a discount and promote your offer on Instagram and Facebook. Such a strategy works well for the beginners and experienced trainers.
If you create something with your hands, you can start selling it. Remember that people are ready to purchase the goods they were planning to buy as well as something they never bought before.
Black Friday is a perfect opportunity to showcase your talent. Use social media to create an attractive selling offer and start promoting it in advance.
And no matter whether you make jewelry or create wooden backgammon, you have all chances to skyrocket sales and get lots of loyal clients for the future.
So, what is your product?
To make money on Black Friday you can be a buyer too. Take advantage of holidays deals to buy goods at a discounted price. Lots of people will not have time to go shopping these days and your sales offer can be a good fit for them later.
This step needs some investment for buying goods, but still, it can bring you much more in return.
You can also try a drop shipping strategy here that doesn't require any investment from you. All you need is to find a drop shipping partner and start selling. Read more about starting a drop shipping business and where to search for partners.
Digital products bring millions of dollars to people all around the world. That is why most bloggers and online entrepreneurs make money online be selling digital goods. If you are one of them, congratulations! Make a deal and be prepared to boost your sales this month.
This year Black Friday starts on November, 23. So, it is time to hurry up with placing ads for your Black Friday deals. Define what you want to sell, select the platforms from the lists above and get ready to meet your customers.
This is a really helpful…just thinking to start affiliate marketing …amazon is a great place to start with.


During spring 2016 we expanded the space at our office by approximately 150kvm. This means that today we have an area of approximately 350 sqm. This, of course, means that we have more room for carrying out tests of our products, development and production.


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With Enrollee Goal Met, Obamacare Still Faces Political Trial
By Scott Horsley
President Obama arrives in the Rose Garden on Tuesday to trumpet 7.1 million signups under the Affordable Care Act.
President Obama and his supporters had a rare opportunity to celebrate this week.
A last-minute surge in people signing up for health insurance sent the total government enrollment figures over the seven-million mark.
That number seemed out of reach just a few months ago, when a crash-prone website threatened to undermine the president's signature health care law.
Republicans are still bent on repealing the law, but now millions more Americans have a stake in Obamacare's survival.
It just takes a small number of people who view themselves as losers to make trouble for the law politically.
On Tuesday, the president marked the comeback. "The bottom line is this: Under this law, the share of Americans with insurance is up, and the growth of health care costs is down, and that's good for our middle-class and that's good for our fiscal future," he said.
We don't yet know how many of the new enrollees were previously uninsured, but multiple surveys show that overall insurance coverage is on the rise. Even before the surge in sign-ups over the last few weeks, Sharon Long of the Urban Institute estimated nearly 5.5 million people had gained coverage through private insurance or programs such as Medicaid.
"Insurance coverage is going up," Long says. "There may well be some people who've lost coverage. But the number of people who've gained coverage swamps that effect."
That doesn't mean the controversial health care law is out of the woods. Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, says the real test is still to come, as people go to the doctor, make their co-pays, and decide whether the coverage is a good deal or not.
"When you look at the policies, there's no question but that the winners will vastly outnumber the losers," Altman says. "But we've also learned over the last year that it just takes a small number of people who view themselves as losers to make trouble for the law politically."
Indeed, Republican critics like Wyoming Sen. John Barasso continue to highlight the stories of people who've been hurt by the health care law.
"People paying more in premiums, people losing their doctors, not having access to the hospitals in their community, higher co-pay, higher deductibles," Barasso said. "That's what the American people are facing."
Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana offered his own, alternative health care plan this week, at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. Jindal suggests offering vouchers as a substitute for Medicare and a tax break for those who buy health insurance on their own. He also wants to let the states decide how to protect people with pre-existing conditions.
"The Republican Party needs to be more than the party of no," Jindal said. "We have to have solutions. We talk about the need to repeal Obamacare and I think that's absolutely right."
But Democratic pollster Geoff Garin says repeal has just gotten more difficult. While polls show less than half the country approves of Obamacare, attitudes towards it have improved somewhat. Garin says we may have reached an "inflection point."
"I think the tables may have turned a little bit as more and more people feel they have a stake in the Affordable Care Act and who really don't want the Republicans to be taking away new rights and new benefits that they're enjoying because of the law."
Insurance companies will soon be deciding how much to charge for next year's coverage. The late surge in customers may help to limit price hikes, and perhaps boost competition. But there's likely to be wide variation around the country, and people in some areas may see much bigger increases than others.
Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.
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Racial Diversity in Oregon… Or the Lack Thereof
"Racial diversity" and "Oregon" aren't often found in the same sentence. I know, because I checked online: it only gets 78,000 hits, compared with 128,000 for a search combining "Klingon" and "Oregon," and 530,000 for "Oregon" and "mermaid."
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Oregon is about 4 million. Around 88% of those people are white, which would be about 3.5 million. After Caucasians, the next largest group are Latinos at 13%, Asians at 4%, Native Americans and African Americans each at 2%, and Pacific Islanders at 0.4%. These numbers don't add up to 100% because they have been rounded to the nearest whole number, and because some people identify as more than one race.
Latinos have a long history in Oregon. In the early 19th century, the Viceroyalty of New Spain laid claim to land all the way to the Columbia River. Mexican vaqueros running mule trains were among the first people of European descent to venture into the Oregon Country, and Oregon pioneers like Vicente Ortega and Guadelupe de la Cruz left their mark on Oregon history. However, the Latino population did not really begin to grow until a labor shortage during and after the Second World War led employers to invite large numbers of Latinos, especially Mexicans, to come and work on what were supposed to be temporary jobs. Since then, the Latino population has continued to grow to its current size of half a million people.
Most of you will have heard that the Oregon Constitution of 1859 was the only state Constitution to legally exclude African Americans from living in the state, on punishment of flogging. This provision was never carried out on any of the African Americans who were already in Oregon (and had been since York explored alongside Lewis and Clark), such as Corvallis resident Louis Southworth (who homesteaded alongside what was known for many years as "Darky Creek"), but it probably helped deter African Americans from moving here. So did the KKK in the 1920s, when the Klan was at its peak. The Oregon Klan was the largest outside the South.
Like Latinos, Asians originally came to Oregon not as pioneers looking for a new home but as workers hoping to earn money and return to their homelands, but as is so often the case, visitors come to love the land, or simply find it inconvenient to go back, and wind up staying and raising families. After 19th century racism which confined Asians to "Chinatown" ghettos, the Immigration Act of 1920, which cut off almost all immigration from Asia and the World War Two internment of Americans of Japanese descent, Asian Americans are now seen as a "model" minority, which is nice although not quite the equivalent of actually being accepted.
Like Asians, Pacific Islanders also came to Oregon to work, send money home, and eventually return, but not all did. They were never extremely numerous, but they also had an impact on Oregon history, as towns with names like Owyhee and Aloha can attest.
Sadly, a white agenda can be seen in groups such as the Northwest Front, a member of which recently posted a card at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. The group is dedicated to making the Pacific Northwest an all-white "homeland."
The idea of an "all-white" Oregon is absurd, seeing as many of our white 88% the Front delights in have no reason to wish their neighbors away. Oregon has a diverse population which is going to become more diverse in years to come, and the majority of us seem to like it that way.
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Hello, February
Feb. 6, 2015 By Susan Barsy in February Tags: 1920s, Abraham Lincoln, Black History Month, civil rights, equality, February, George Washington, ice skating, race, slavery, US presidents, Washington DC	2 Comments
February is seldom as fun as I hope it will be. I dream of escaping to the sledding hill or spending an afternoon out ice-skating, but instead I end up trapped at my desk, thinking of dead presidents, the white and black races, and slavery.
Its calendar page filled with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, the birth and death dates of Frederick Douglass, and the observance of Black History Month, February is a minefield of historic associations, of significance buried but waiting to explode. February calls us to think of those two great presidents, whose deeds galvanized and shaped the country we live in today, but who were both creatures of an America born 'half slave and half free.' President Washington was a rich slaveholder who, despite being our most important revolutionary and patriot, couldn't see much beyond the social system he grew up in. Yet he and other Founders, determined to separate from Britain and become self-governing, spoke and wrote and envisioned an ideal nation, thereby creating a framework, impetus, and justification for political improvements that we continue to strive for today.
Seventy years on, Lincoln took the nation he had inherited and participated with others in ripping slavery out of its economy and Constitution. Assassinated before the political fate of the freedmen and the South was settled, Lincoln urged the nation in his second inaugural to understand the Civil War as God's judgment against slavery, a sin practiced for 250 years, in which the entire nation had been implicated.
If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope–fervently do we pray–that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether."
Such was the state of the nation in 1865: a nation so divided in its views as to produce four years of bloodshed and some half-a-million casualties; a nation whose slaves were recently freed but living in a state of political limbo, penniless, disenfranchised, and vulnerable; a nation where defeat would produce pride in the Lost Cause and a lasting nostalgia for the status quo ante bellum. The difficult tasks facing Lincoln and his contemporaries, never really finished, fall to the responsibility of the living. Such is the incitement inscribed in the Lincoln Memorial.
With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and . . . to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.
What Washington and Lincoln accomplished for us, or failed to accomplish for themselves or for us, what meaning their lives had, what more they could have done if this or that had been different: such have been the subject of hundreds of volumes. Yet the existence of that vast literature does not advance us the distance we still need to travel. It doesn't relieve us of the burden of discovering how to make this a more perfect nation, where the promises of freedom from tyranny and the enjoyment of individual rights have been completely, and wholeheartedly, and irrevocably fulfilled.
We are a bit like the figures in this picture, playing 'crack the whip' on the Washington Mall. The anonymous figures, silhouetted in their suits and hats, are carefree in a way we don't expect grown-ups to be. Intent on their wobbly velocity, they grip one another, knowing they'll all go down if one fails to stay balanced. Exhilarated, breathlessly suspended, they glide every which way, as the leader digs in to 'swing the chain.'
From one perspective, the tableau reads like a sweet poem to the joy that can come from liberty. Occupying the space between the unseen Washington monument and the Lincoln Memorial, the skaters embody the freedom that earlier generations and the structure of American government created, a freedom we live almost without thinking. The radical political achievements of Lincoln's fellow Republicans further expanded this landscape of opportunity by insisting on, and attempting to secure, true civil and political equality for black Americans. In the 1860s, provisions abolishing slavery, guaranteeing citizenship and equal protection under the laws, and forbidding racial discrimination at the polls became part of the Constitution. This legacy of the Civil War is as precious as it has been controversial.
By the time this photograph was taken, in the 1920s, the status of African-Americans had greatly changed, yet race hatred had worked its way back into law and custom, successfully consigning most blacks to a marginal and dependent social condition. Jim Crow laws in the South and subtle and overt forms of racism throughout the United States effectively reversed and nullified those Constitutional guarantees. Blacks endured segregation and unequal treatment for decades, being forced to accept the leavings of white society or to create their fortunes out of nothing. Such was the middle ground of freedom they occupied until the Civil Rights era of the 1960s, when a second wave of legislation and court decisions more successfully held open the door to equality.
While the effect of these measures has been transforming, equal protection under the law and the protection of citizens' voting rights continue to be flashpoints as we struggle to live in peace with one another as equals. In the year's shortest month, may Lincoln's fiery injunction warm those hearts who are cold.
Image: "Ice skating; The Lincoln Memorial in the background, Washington, DC."
Five men playing 'crack-the-whip' on the Mall in a photograph from mid- to late 1920s.
From the Harris & Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress.
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Sam Dune says:
Feb. 7, 2015 at 4:43 pm
A very scholarly written article ! I haven't read such a deep thinking and well thought-out (plus timely) piece of work on civil rights in a long time! Congratulations Susan–you have hit a major-league home run with this wonderful and ever so clear and cogent piece of work !…….It should be submitted to a major publication.
Feb. 9, 2015 at 8:50 am
Thanks for the praise. I sometimes send my things off for publication but have yet to be accepted. If you know of someone who would like to publish my writing, please don't hesitate to send them my way!


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Israel's Election Will Have Sharp Consequences
BEIRUT - For the past generation and a half, since the late 1970s, Israeli society has been moving steadily to the right in three main trajectories: greater reliance on military force as a primary foreign policy tool, more social and policy-making influence by religious Jews, and a growing super-nationalist commitment to a greater Israel concept that includes building new settlements and preventing the birth of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. Repeated attempts to negotiate a Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement have always failed, and attention in Israel, Palestine and much of the region has recently been more focused on the Arab uprisings and Iran.
The expected victory of a coalition led by the current prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tuesday's general elections is likely to continue the militant and predatory Zionist trends of the past 45 years, but this will only refocus many people's attention on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the wider Arab-Israeli conflict that it has spawned since 1948. This is because the right-wing militant coalition that Netanyahu is likely to lead will push militant Zionist policies toward the Palestinians to such a degree of extreme and criminal colonialism that the passive reactions in recent years of most Palestinians and Arabs will not be able to persist.
The expected rightist Netanyahu coalition's policies on three fronts -- towards Palestinian Israelis, in the West Bank-Gaza-East Jerusalem, and with the neighboring Arab countries -- will usher in a period of heightened tensions between Israel and every one of its regional and global interlocutors, especially Palestinians, other Arabs, Turks, Iranians, Europeans and the American government. The only exception will be that small band of right wing zealots and pro-Israel lobbyists in the United States who often put rightist Israeli views above American interests, and will find themselves increasingly isolated and criticized.
A new Netanyahu-led rightwing government will confirm what many people have been saying for decades: There is no serious chance of achieving a negotiated two-state resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Palestine and Arab-Israeli conflicts were hardly mentioned in the electoral campaigns, which focused more heavily on the right's super-nationalist determination to continue colonizing all the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, or the left's weak attempt to sharpen the focus on domestic social-economic issues. Perpetual stalemate and Arab quiescence in the context of continued Zionist colonialism and militarism are not a realistic option, especially when some among the Israeli right are trying to limit the voting and civil rights of those million or so Palestinians who are Israeli citizens. We should expect several consequences from this scenario. Tensions will rise with democratizing Arab neighbors whose governments will more faithfully reflect Arab public opinion that dislikes Netanyahu's policies. We have some indications already from Tunisia and Egypt that more legitimate and representative Arab governments will take harder lines on Israel, short of resuming war. The Israeli response is likely to be to continue building walls to isolate Israel from its neighbors, but the lessons from Lebanon and Gaza over the past several decades are that determined resistance groups find a way to go above or below the walls to engage Israel in battle if need be.
Foreign governments also are likely to publicly criticize and pressure Israel more, as they become exacerbated by Netanyahu's extremism in his settlements policy and rejection of equal Palestinian-Israeli national rights as the basis of a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Symbolic and rhetorical moves are most likely on this front, but they will add to the isolation that Israel will feel.
Palestinians themselves in Israel, the occupied territories and neighboring Arab countries will take the right wing's re-election as a cue to explore much more dynamic resistance policies, probably using non-violent civil disobedience and legal challenges as main options. The recent tent camps that Palestinian have erected at spots that Israelis claim for new colonies are a harbinger of what we may witness in coming months and years, as Palestinians explore the option of non-violent resistance and mass civil disobedience more seriously.
Many people and organizations among Israel's principal political partners -- Palestinians, other Arabs, Europeans and Americans -- will also likely react to Netanyahu's continued extremism and criminal expansion of settlements by increasing the intensity of the expanding "boycott, divestment and sanctions" initiative that seeks to equate Israeli policies with the legacy of the former apartheid regime in South Africa.
Except for some Christian Zionist messianic fanatics, pro-Israeli lobby extremists, and politically terrorized politicians in Washington and Ottawa, most of the world will react negatively to Netanyahu's victory -- unless he proves to be a Mikhail Gorbachev or an F.W. de Klerk figure, and acknowledges that his aggressive policies are doomed, and need a historic reversal and coming to terms with the twin facts of reality and justice. That seems unlikely, so Israel and its interlocutors are in for a rough ride. Rami G. Khouri is Editor-at-large of The Daily Star, and Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon. You can follow him @ramikhouri. Copyright © 2013 Rami G. Khouri - distributed by Agence Global
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The Raptor Cheer Team will be performing at the 2019 Citrus Bowl.
Seniors from the leadership team, Jessica Forney and Sarah Romagnuolo, pose at a raptor football game.
On January 1, 2019, the Raptor Cheer Team will be traveling down to Orlando, Florida to perform before the Citrus Bowl along with several other high school cheer teams. They received this opportunity through their excellent work at the Universal Cheer Association Camp, which was held at Clemson University over the summer. Several components were focused on at the camp such as safety, entertainment, and school spirit. The Raptors won first place both in their cheers and overall performance. With such iconic cheers as "Hit'em hard, big D", "Go, fight, win tonight", "Pump it up", and "Grunt, Sizzle", it's easy to see why.
For those who are uninformed, The Citrus Bowl has been going on since its establishment in 1947 where college teams from across the country like the University of South Carolina, LSU, and Notre Dame have participated. Usually two teams from the top 25 ranked college teams are chosen to play. It takes place at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Several times throughout the 70 years of the Citrus Bowls, colleges from South Carolina have taken home the title. These include The Citadel (1960), Clemson (1987), and the University of South Carolina (2011, 2013).
All of the 14 girls on the team have rigorous course loads and high GPAs while also practicing multiple times a week with competitions on most Saturdays. The girls have a go-fund me set up in order to raise money for the trip. They will also be having a bake sale on October 6th and the 20th.
Rachael Stokes (12): "I'm very proud of all the new girls! And I'm excited to get to spend time with all my girlies in Orlando!
To go along with their routine, they have a custom music mix featuring such iconic bops as "Queen" by Shawn Mendes, "Too Cool" from Camp Rock, "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada, "Breathin" by Ariana Grande, and "Shake it" by Metro Station.
Good luck to the Raptor Cheer Team at the Citrus Bowl!


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Finance & economicsOct 10th 2020 edition
Are Europe's furlough schemes winding down?
Nearly 9% of workers are still on the schemes, down from 20% in April
SO IMPRESSIVE IS Germany's trading prowess that when the coronavirus pandemic struck, it even found something new to export: its short-time working scheme, or Kurzarbeit. Most OECD countries deployed such programmes this year, as they sought to avert mass unemployment and support workers' incomes during lockdowns. Those that had never had them, such as Britain, imported the idea wholesale. Others, such as Spain, drastically expanded access to existing programmes. America, however, went in another direction, preferring to increase the generosity of unemployment benefits.
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In April more than 26m workers in Britain, France, Germany and Spain were on furlough schemes, equivalent to a fifth of the workforce (see chart). While America's unemployment rate swelled from just over 3% in February to 14.7% in April, in Europe it barely budged.
A few months on, how has the picture changed? In the big four countries nearly 11m workers were still on job-retention schemes in the summer, or 9% of the workforce. The numbers have fallen dramatically in France and Spain. By contrast, 15% of British workers were still furloughed in July, according to official data, a fifth of whom worked in the hospitality industry. A survey of employers suggests the share of furloughed workers fell to 11% in August.
The furlough schemes were intended to freeze the labour market in place, covering the cost of workers so that bosses facing a temporary cash crunch during shutdowns did not have to sack them, and allowing for seamless recovery once economies reopened. Most people coming off the schemes indeed seem to have resumed work. Unemployment rates have edged up only a little as the number on short-time working schemes has fallen. Workforce participation has so far fallen very slightly, suggesting few were discouraged enough to leave the labour market altogether.
Despite these successes, though, about 11m workers are still waiting to resume their normal working hours. The longer they are furloughed, the more likely it is that normality is not restored. Yet they have little incentive to find other work. In June economists at Allianz, an insurer, reckoned that up to 9m furloughed jobs in industries such as tourism and hospitality in Europe may be eventually culled.
This suggests that the true unemployment rate in Europe is probably higher than official figures suggest. As an upper bound, if you were to assume that all of those still on furlough schemes are in fact out of a job, unemployment rates in the big four would rise to 12-20%. America's rate, in contrast, has gone in the opposite direction, falling from its peak in April to just below 8% in September. ■
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US presidential pardons -- a powerful and controversial tool
President Donald Trump has issued a number of pardons since taking office and is expected to deliver more before leaving the White House
Chris Lefkow
December 2, 2020, 11:36 AM ·2 min read
US President Donald Trump has issued a number of pardons during his time in the White House and is expected to deliver more before he leaves on January 20, 2021.
Here is a look at the pardon powers of the US president and some notable and controversial pardons over the years:
- The president's pardon power -
The US Constitution gives a president the "power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment."
This allows the president to issue pardons or commute sentences for persons convicted of federal offenses but not for state crimes.
- Notable historical pardons -
The first presidential pardons were issued by George Washington in 1795. Washington pardoned two men who had been convicted of taking part in the Whiskey Rebellion, a protest against a tax on spirits.
Following the 1861-1865 Civil War between the North and the South, president Andrew Johnson issued an unconditional pardon to soldiers who had served in the Confederate Army.
President Jimmy Carter pardoned the more than 200,000 Vietnam War draft evaders in 1977.
- Controversial pardons -
President Gerald Ford issued a pre-emptive pardon in 1974 to disgraced former president Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in the White House.
President Bill Clinton pardoned his half-brother, Roger Clinton, who had been convicted of cocaine possession, and Marc Rich, a billionaire and major donor to the Democratic Party who had been convicted of tax evasion and was a fugitive.
President George H.W. Bush pardoned former defense secretary Caspar Weinberger, former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane and four other people involved in the Iran-Contra scandal.
President Barack Obama commuted the 35-year sentence of Chelsea Manning, a US Army private who had been convicted of providing classified material to WikiLeaks.
- Trump and pardons -
Trump has doled out pardons to political allies including campaign consultant Roger Stone, former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and Republican activist Dinesh D'Souza.
Trump issued a pardon last week to retired general Michael Flynn, his one-time National Security Advisor who pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI.
The Justice Department has been investigating since August whether bribes were offered to White House officials to secure a pardon or commutation of sentence for an unnamed individual.
No charges have been filed and a heavily-redacted court document released on Tuesday does not reveal the names of the officials who were allegedly approached or the person seeking the presidential intervention.
According to a New York Times report, Trump has also discussed with advisors the possibility of issuing pre-emptive pardons to his children, son-in-law Jared Kushner and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, before leaving office.
Trump has also reportedly asked lawyers about the possibility of issuing a pardon for himself for any crimes he might be charged with related to his time in office.
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