Meet King GAFA, representing the big players of an industry that depends on the peasants more than it admits.
An episode on data, on how we produce it, who owns it and how we actually pay for the services that seem to be free.
How have we become so dependent on apps and devices? And what does "surveillance capitalism" stand for?
What happens to our data when it arrives at the King's castle? Let's sneak a peek into how our data is processed.
Discover the data brokers and their powerful algorithms – what impacts do they have on our daily lives?
The Basketmaker knows how to keep your messages safe. Learn about encryption and safe messengers.
How are our governments involved in the King's schemes? An episode about lobbyism, surveillance and the security argument.
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The 2011 Benue State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Benue State. Held on April 26, 2011, the People's Democratic Party nominee Gabriel Suswam won the election, defeating Steven Ugbah of the Action Congress of Nigeria.

Results
A total of 13 candidates contested in the election. Gabriel Suswam from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Steven Ugbah from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Valid votes was 1,110,606.

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"Self, Good Day.": not a joke!
Did you know that Katie Cutler left on her mission last week? If you didn't, I'm pretty surprised since I thought she would have told every person she ever met about it (just like how she used to tell everyone that ever knew me that I was the Relief Society president...and when I say everyone, I mean everyone.) Anyway, the point is that she left on her mission to South Korea last Wednesday and this apartment feels a little different now.
Now, don't get us wrong. We supes love our new roommate Lacey, (mostly because her name rhymes with mine) but we are totes missing our main man Katie Cut! Luh!
We've been missing all the ridiculous and hilarious and ridiculously hilarious things that girl would say. We miss the puns and the stupid jokes. We miss her having "stage fright" and we miss her retelling the story of the first time she met our landlord (that story will never cease to amuse me). We miss her stink face and her hot pants (everyone has a pair of hot pants, duh). We miss her painting of Nugget (he would protect us!) and we miss her making us brownies or baked oatmeal. We miss when she decided to use my brownie mix as her own and we miss her laugh. We miss her puns and we miss the piles of hair that she used to shed on every square inch of the apartment.
We miss how genuinely nice she was to everyone. We miss the "judge-free zone" she tried so hard to make. We miss how complimentary she was. We miss our example of a super-hard worker and we miss how inspirational she was.
We miss Katie Cutler. She's the best.................looking!
And of course, if Katie were here, she'd want a post that was dedicated to her to also have a link to all other posts about her, so here it is. Go ahead and read up on her past adventures.
Also, I have no idea where this picture came from, but I found it amusing so I'm using it.
i LOVE katie! She is one of the most sincerely nice people i have ever met. do you have her address?


We have rebelled from God's loving rule, pursuing our own enjoyment and glory. Thankfully, through His Son, God restores what we have wrecked.
Connection with unit theme: God lovingly created humanity in his image to display His glory through our enjoyment of Him. Sadly, we've failed in our task of representing Him. Sin has shattered the image of God in us. We have rebelled from God's loving rule, pursuing our own enjoyment and glory. Thankfully, through His Son, God restores what we have wrecked.
In 2006, Michael Vick became the first quarterback to rush for the illustrious 1,000 yards in a season. Though his team finished 7-9, his future looked bright. Along with his NFL salary, Vick earned money for being the face of Rawlings, Nike, and other companies. In 2006 he brought in an estimated $25.4 million.
When you represent someone, everything you do reflects on that person. God created humanity to represent Him and to declare His glory. The command to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:26) was a command to spread God's glory as His image-bearers to the ends of the earth. Sadly, we abdicated this high calling, bringing shame upon the image of God.
Thankfully, our failure is not the end of the story. Through the work of His Son, God is in the process of restoring what we ruined.
Children love to look into carnival mirrors. It is humorous for a short kid to see what he would look like as a tall, skinny guy, and vice versa. We laugh as our faces distort and our bodies stretch out of proportion. Carnival mirrors are fun to play with at the county fair, but their effects would be terrible if they persisted in everyday life. And yet, in a way that is what has taken place. Sin has caused us to live in a world of carnival mirrors. Our sin has distorted the image of God within us, and we now live in the midst of others who bear this distorted image.
In Genesis 1:26-28 we read the triune God created man in His image, and after His likeness. We are the only part of creation that has this stamp on us. Animals, birds, livestock, and all the creatures that crawl upon the ground are not made in His image. No trees, mountains, stars, or oceans were made after His likeness. In a world without sin humanity accurately reflected the beauty of God.
God lovingly created us in His image to display His glory through our enjoyment of Him. There are implications to this truth.
As the story of the Bible unfolds we see that humanity chose rebellion over living under God's loving rule. Nevertheless, humanity bears the image of God, no matter how distorted.
Application: As an image-bearer you have great value, responsibility, and accountability to God. We must admit that our sin has distorted the image of God within us. Our only remedy for this is our redemption in Jesus Christ.
Every community is somewhat different from the rest. When you move to a new community, take a new job, or transfer to a new school, you learn your new surroundings. Many things look similar, but you soon realize that life isn't quite the same as it was "back home." There is no greater difference in communities than between the community of Adam and of "Christ". In Colossians 3, Paul reminds them that they have been "delivered from the domain of darkness" and "transferred into the kingdom of his beloved Son" (Col. 1:13).
In Colossians 3, Paul urges believers to "put to death" that which belongs to the Adamic community and "put on" that which belongs to the community of Jesus. He reminds them of the great transfer of citizenship that has taken place, telling them, "you have put on the new self which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator." In our redemption Christ is restoring that which we have distorted - namely, the image of God.
Application: Someday we will once again accurately reflect God's glory as we fully enjoy Him. Jesus has already purchased this promise. It is our task to practice what Christ has already accomplished. As believers we measure our growth by our increasing Christ-likeness. This is our goal. This truth also motivates us to be messengers of reconciliation in a world fragmented by sin.
You were created to enjoy God and reflect His glory. You and I made shipwreck of that holy calling. Yet, God lovingly acted to redeem and restore us in Jesus Christ. Our only fitting response is to turn from life in Adam and, by faith, walk in our new life in Christ. As believers we are called to be ministers of reconciliation. Unbelievers, you are called to be reconciled to our loving God.


Q. I'm a single parent with two children who are 10 and 12. For our summer holiday this year, I'd like a nine- to 11-day break at the end of August and my budget is around £3,000. The accommodation should be comfortable with a range of activities. Any suggestions for us?
A. Thanks to some specialist tour operators, single-room supplements and spending your days alone while your children make friends need not be an issue.
Mango (01902 373 410) organises small, informal group holidays exclusively for single-parent families to a variety of locations, from Jersey to Lanzarote.
One of its summer destinations is the pretty port town of Puerto de Sóller in Mallorca, with a nine-night holiday departing on 18 August. The holiday is usually co-ordinated by an accompanying single parent and their children, with the group comprising children aged around 6-12. A loose itinerary is based on "homespun fun", with beach games, walks and picnics, as well as optional extras such as boat tours and water-park visits.
A total of £2,252 for the three of you (£799 for you, £699 for your first child and £629 for the second) includes half-board at the family-run Hotel Marina, return flights from Gatwick, transfers and a local payment of €125.
Hotel rooms come with three beds, but for an extra £15 you could upgrade to a studio with a mini kitchenette. If you are content to let your children enjoy the activities at the hotel, there are mountain walks, such as the Camí des Rost, which takes you from the town of Sóller up into the hills to the artists' enclave of Deià. The island's capital, Palma, is accessible on an antique narrow-gauge train from Sóller (00 902 364 711; trendesoller.com; daily 8am-7pm; €17), and has plenty of diversions, including Modernist architecture, a medieval cathedral, smart shops and a Miró museum (00 34 971 908 200; esbaluard.org; open 10am-10pm daily except Monday; €6).
Another specialist operator, Small Families (0845 9000 895; smallfamilies.co.uk), offers a 10-night stay in Agadir, Morocco for a total of £2,766 for the three of you. The price includes flights from Gatwick or Manchester, all-inclusive accommodation in a room with three beds, transfers and the services of a Small Families host. Again, this is a group trip, with the group ranging between 20-30 people and the age of children between four and 12. The resort is the Caribbean Village Tamlelt, which offers a comprehensive range of activities, from tennis and spa treatments to archery. There's also a kids' club for four- to 11-year-olds, and six restaurants. The focus is on the beach, but the Souss-Massa National Park – with impressive birdlife and sand dunes – and the walled city of Taroudant are both easy day trips.
If you didn't want to travel in a group, consider a well-organised campsite such as one run by Eurocamp (0844 406 0402; eurocamp.co.uk). The ambience at its sites is usually convivial enough to allow families to mingle.
New for this year is a collection of smart safari-style tents in France and Italy such as Le Moulin de Paulhiac, in the Dordogne just outside the village of Daglan. The campsite is surrounded by rolling hills and forested countryside. There is a swimming pool with slides; activities include canoe trips.
A nine-night stay in a safari tent (with two bedrooms) comes to £1,063, but this doesn't include flights, transfers, activities or meals. The most convenient airport is Bergerac, which is served by Ryanair and FlyBe; alternatively, you could take the train to Sarlat (08705 186 186; eurostar.com).


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Pro-Lighting: Skies
by Blender Guru in Scripts and Addons
Realistic Outdoor Lighting in an Instant
Notice: Pro-Lighting: Skies is now Blender 2.83 compatible!
What if you had a tool that allowed you to instantly change your outdoor lighting to any time of the day, any weather, and be completely realistic?
The flexibility to choose any lighting style. The confidence to know that it will render. And the freedom to do what you do best: create art.
That's Pro-Lighting: Skies: the fastest, easiest and most realistic outdoor lighting available for Blender. An all-in-one solution with:
Easy one-click outdoor lighting
Realistic lighting that's accurate to the real world
HDR quality lighting, optimized for Blender
Why Lighting is Important
Just like a movie with bad audio, a scene with bad lighting is a waste of time.
All the effort you've put into modelling and texturing won't matter, if the lighting is horrible.
Bad lighting undermines all your other effort and makes the whole render look amateurish.
"I can't tell you how many demo reels I've reviewed where the artist's models are beautiful, but the lighting is flat, unrealistic, and uninteresting—essentially an afterthought." –Jeremy Vicker, Lighting Technical Director, Pixar
Good lighting on the other hand helps tell the story, effects the mood, and helps the viewer relate to it. If your lighting is good, the scene becomes significantly more believable to the viewer.
Why You Shouldn't use Sun lamps
Many schools teach the "sunlamp" method for outdoor lighting.
But while this sounds logical, real lighting isn't a single light source. It's millions.
Step outside and look up at the sky, and you'll see shades of blue from the atmosphere, reflected light from the clouds and a horizon gradient. It's a dome of lighting in an endless variety of hues, saturations and values.
A sun lamp is only one light source, when you should be using closer to a million.
The "better" solution: HDRs
HDR lighting uses a single 360-degree photograph to light your scene instead of lamps.
This gives you that infinite dome of lighting needed to create realistic lighting. And because it's based on a real photo, it's accurate to the real world. Not surprisingly, this has quickly become a standard for the industry.
However, as much as I love HDR lighting, it causes a list of problems:
Problem #1: Frequent Crashes
The average high-res HDR ranges from 200-400mb in size. Which is huge!
So when it comes to rendering, Blender frequently crashes:
While rendering an animation once, a scene repeatedly crashed despite our best efforts to optimize it. It was only when we looked at the lighting that we realized a single HDR sky was spiking the memory usage by a massive 4GB!
As an artist you shouldn't have to worry about whether your lighting will kill the render or not.
Problem #2: Frustrating to Use
Due to their large size, HDRs can take over a minute to load their own thumbnail.
So unless you've memorized what each hdr looks like, you'll need to wait for each one to load. Few things are as tedious as waiting for 30 hdr thumbnails to load.
It's also a burden to do even simple tweaks. Want to change the direction of the lighting? You'll have to dig around in the nodes and try to remember that one field that allows you to do it.
All these technical burdens take you away from what you should really be doing: creating art.
Problem #3: Expensive
This is the big one.
Online HDRs range in price from around $30-$100 per sky! And since you'll normally need a lot more than 1 to create different scenes, it quickly becomes out of reach for most artists (for example: 50 HDRs would set you back $1,500 on CGSkies).
There are some free HDRs online. But you usually get what you pay for, as many are out of focus, low resolution or just poor quality in general.
So with this in mind, I set out to create a solution. A way for artists to light their scene realistically, be easy to use and allow them to focus on making art.
Introducing… Pro-Lighting: Skies
The tool we wish we always had: Pro-Lighting: Skies.
It's the fastest, easiest and most realistic outdoor lighting available for Blender.
It's all the benefits of HDR lighting, with none of the downsides.
1. Realistic Lighting
Pro-Lighting: Skies contains a collection of 80 HDR skiesthat were captured by professional photographers around the world. Includes sunny, cloudy, overcast, morning, sunset, nighttime and evening skies.
Whatever scene you're planning, you'll find the right sky to suit.
2. Super Fast
No more waiting for a single thumbnail to appear. No more fiddling with nodes. Just click the sky you want and it's done.
The process is so fast that it doubles as a tool for lighting exploration. Rapid-fire through dozens of skies in seconds, quickly exploring different moods and styles of lighting for your scene.
3. Up to 87% less memory than HDRs
No more annoying crashes.
Pro-Lighting Skies has been optimized for use with Blender, saving up to 87% memory over standard HDRs.
It does this through a clever usage of image formats and sizes to optimize how Blender renders it.
Finally you can focus on your art, with the ease of mind that your scene will render.
4. User Friendly
Instead of needing to open the node editor and dig through nodes just to change the brightness, Pro-Lighting: Skies makes it infinitely easier.
All the values you'll want to tweak are right there in the panel. Easily change the sun, sky light or rotation. Or change the saturation, hue or more settings in the advanced panel.
All the control you need, with none of the headaches.
5. Affordable
We want to make HDR lighting available to the masses.
So while we could price it at the industry standard, we're deliberately pricing it well below.
Typically, HDRs sell for $30-$100 each. So this pack of 80 HDRs would normally cost around $2,400 ($30 x 80 skies), and that's without the add-on.
But Pro-Lighting: Skies is available today for just $197.
That's all you'll pay for the piece of mind of having your outdoor lighting taken care of forever.
Alternatively, if you're an artist on more of a budget, you can get the Lite version for just $97 which features 30 skies instead 80.
Lite vs Ultimate: Sky Comparison
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2023: Why Nigerians must get their PVCs
…INEC urged to publish collection centres
Iwok Iniobong and James Kwen Feb 9, 2022
Officials of INEC in Delta State, have expressed worry over the poor turn out of people to their office for collection of their PVCs
To avoid regret in the future, adults of voting age in Nigeria have been urged to get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in preparation for the 2023 general election.
YIAGA Africa, in a sensitisation outreach to market men and women in Abuja Monday, urged every Nigerian of voting age to go pick their PVCs.
Addressing prospective voters at the market, Samson Itodo, executive director of the group, said Nigerians must not sit on the fence but must participate actively in the nation's electoral process.
In a subtle sensitisation campaign recently, actor and comedian, Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule, popularly known as Okey Bakassi, posted on social media a challenge to the educated members of the society who, despite their exposure, have refused to take part in the electoral process.
He was quoted as saying, "The Almajiri has a PVC; Mai Shayi has a PVC; Mai Barrow has a PVC; Mai Debino has a PVC; Mai Gworo has a PVC; Gateman has a PVC; Onion & Tomato sellers have PVCs; Shoe shiner has a PVC; Sugarcane seller has a PVC; Bus drivers/conductors have PVCs, and Motor park Agberos have PVCs, but you (a student or a graduate with BSc or MSc) with all your education and exposure still don't have PVC.
"The worst thing is that you even try to justify why you don't have one 'my vote won't count.'
"For the sake of those who paid your school fees and fed you through school, please don't make all your education/exposure useless with statements like that. If votes don't count, politicians won't bribe/pay people to vote for them. Go and get your PVC!" he said.
Enough-is-Enough (EiE) Nigeria, a not-for-profit organisation, in a recent release contained in its Newsletter, urged all Nigerians to arm themselves with their PVCs, urging those yet to get theirs to make all necessary efforts to do so.
EiE Nigeria said: "We recorded a 22.13 percent increase in Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in 2019. 2023 is now up to us! Remember that the final lap towards carrying out your civic duty as an electorate starts from getting your PVC so you can vote on Election Day."
Mike Akande, a political scientist, who spoke with BusinessDay on the need for Nigerians to have their PVCs, said: "I hear people say they are not interested in getting the PVC because they are not sure their votes would count; that they are not sure if hired thugs would not disrupt the election; that they are not sure the security situation in the country would allow for any election in 2023, or that the elections would be rigged.
"I have always told everybody I meet that gives such excuses that none of such excuses is enough to justify not having the PVC. If we continue looking backward, we would not make the desired progress."
But some prospective voters who spoke with BusinessDay said they did not know how they could get their PVCs or where to get it. They urged the INEC to publish centers for the collection of PVCs to enable those who had registered online to pick up their cards.
The Commission had last June, to improve the process and give eligible Nigerians the opportunity to have their PVCs ahead of 2023, begun an online continuous voter registration process across Nigeria.
The INEC said at that time that it could be done through its registration portal https://cvr.inecnigeria.org. The schedule of appointments for online registrants and physical CVR is at INEC state and local government offices nationwide.
Speaking recently on the exercise, INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission was working to eliminate challenges and constraints experienced by many citizens in reaching the 811 designated centres nationwide to register.
He said the commission was working to activate additional 1,862 centres nationwide to make it easier for citizens to exercise their right to register as voters.
"I want to assure Nigerians that we are aware of the constraints experienced by many citizens in reaching the 811 designated centres nationwide to register.
"At the same time, we are mindful of the imperative of securing the process, especially the lives of registrants and our personnel. We will not put the lives of Nigerians and our registration officials at risk.
"For this reason, we will review the security situation with a view to achieving our ultimate goal of activating the process," Yakubu said.
Despite the progress Nigeria has made in its democratic quest in the last two decades, there has been a general lack of interest among Nigerians in exercising their civic responsibility and voting to elect those who lead them.
In Nigeria, it is common for people to feel nonchalant and general lack of interest in the electoral process.
Based on observation from recent off-season elections, there is increasing concern among stakeholders that the situation may not be different in the 2023 general election if urgent action is not taken.
Read also: INEC's uncommon advice on 2023
A vivid picture of the enormity of the problem could be seen in the 2019 general elections where incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected with the backing of 15.2 million voters, his main rival Atiku Abubakar also scored 11.3 million votes.
President Buhari had 56 percent of the total votes cast, in a country with a population of close to 200 million people, including more than 84 million registered voters.
However, observers say that the 15.2 million votes hardly qualify as a huge mandate. The 35 percent voter turnout was down from 44 percent in the 2015 general election and down from the 54 percent turnout in 2011.
A similar poor turnout of voters was noticed in last year's July 24 Lagos council election in which the total number of votes cast was 678,324 out of over 6 million registered voters in the state.
"It is because Nigerians don't believe their votes would count; what is the rationale for voting and at the end of the day, the result is changed? If we are serious, I think the way forward is for the Federal Government to assure Nigerians that their vote would count and that INEC would be allowed to do its job before 2023, else, it would be disastrous.
"People have lost confidence in the process here, they see voting as a waste of time and I do you blame them. There is nothing to really motivate anybody now," Ebenezer Babatope, a former transport minister, said.
INEC: Okoye list measures the commission has applied to deal with voter apathy
2023: PDP has no structure to win in Southwest — Alex Ajipe
2023 polls: Lagos PDP decries incessant attacks on campaign train
Naira redesign: Microfinance banks end deposit collection today ahead deadline
How to relocate abroad with family through the study route
Zara Modibbo, Aisha Wanka, improving healthcare for African women
Olayinka Odeniran – Founder/Chairwoman of Black Women Blockchain Council
Chinyere Okorocha – Partner at Jackson, Etti & Edu


You may have heard that in order to save more, you have to earn more. You may have also heard that the best way to pay down debt is to again, earn more money. While this makes complete sense, sometimes it's not possible to get a second job or to earn more money in your current profession. You may have family obligations, transportation issues, or you may be working in a stagnant profession to name a few reasons why it's not feasible to easily grow your income. But even if you feel stuck, earning more income in the new year is possible with these 3 easy ways!
Most people have stuff that they don't need or use anymore. You may have even received an "ugly Christmas sweater" or two for the holidays that just don't fit your style. When thinking about ways to earn extra money, think outside of the box! You can sell items online through local community buy and sell websites or on sites like Gumtree.
While you may not have time for a second job, you have neighbours and family members that you may be able to help out in your spare time when it's convenient for you. Or you could check community boards or just simply talk with people in your area to see if there are small jobs available.
If you have internet at home, there's always an opportunity to earn more money. You could always write an e-book about something that you're good at or are interested in, or you could put your daytime work skills to use by freelancing. Whether it's an extra hour or 10 per week, working from home is often more convenient for people.
While you're thinking about ways to earn an extra income in a new year, if you need cash sooner, check out our options for personal mini-loans!


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Q: SOAP webservice call using Retrofit is possible? Retrofit is A type-safe HTTP client for Android and Java, My question is that To call SOAP API which is in .NET server. Is it possible to use Retrofit interface api methods for webservice call methods POST, GET, PUT, DELETE.  If yes share me the each and every methods example. Advance thanks

A: I, too, am working on such a project where i have decided to use Retrofit for SOAP implementation. For now I am referring to SOAP with Retrofit, also using For XML serialization & De-serialization, so that I can use POJOs.

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Dr. Kritzer has a deep commitment to improving the quality of care for patients with rare disease. Dr. Kritzer's research centers around projects that integrate patient care, quality improvement, physician education and the psychosocial needs of patients and their families. Ongoing projects include improving communication among community physicians and academic medical centers, designing educational materials about rare disease, comprehensive assessment of the social and emotional needs of families, and building stronger communities between patients and providers. Additionally, she is the Principal Investigator for several Lysosomal Storage Disease registries. Dr. Kritzer is dedicated to helping people live well with rare and chronic diseases.
Dr. Kritzer earned her MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a BA in Biology from Barnard College, Columbia University in New York. She completed a residency in Pediatrics at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center and fellowships in Clinical Genetics and Medical Biochemical Genetics at Boston Children's Hospital. She joined the faculty at Boston Children's Hospital in 2016. Dr. Kritzer currently serves as the co-director of the BoLD Lysosomal Storage disease clinic at Boston Children's and as the physician lead for Quality Improvement for the Division of Genetics and Genomics. She has a deep commitment to caring for individuals with complex medical needs and their families and serves as a member of the medical advisory council for Make-a-Wish of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Dr. Kritzer was awarded the Genzyme/American College of Medical Genetics Foundation Fellowship for Biochemical Genetics and is a scholar member of the Boston Children's Hospital Academy for Teaching and Educational Innovation and Scholarship. She is a full-time clinician with special focus on patients with Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome and other inborn errors of metabolism.


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Q: SpringBoot gzip compression of json data, does the decompression works automatically? Im seeing some alternatives to reducing the size of my json data here:
baeldung guide
Im interested in the gzip option, but I was wondering if the decompression is also automatically? For example in my case it is going to be sending this data to another SpringBoot application, will it be able to read it automatically and get the json to then get the object? Havent done this before so there is my question... Also I am using Jetty in both applications, not Tomcat, does this affect? I ask because here they mention that it must be Tomcat
Also if you know another way to do it without the way they show in the Baeldung guide feel free to point it out :)


The Learning Network | What's the Most Impressive Sports Moment You've Seen?
A leaping catch in the back of the end zone. A bottom-of-the-ninth, come-from-behind grand slam. A perfect landing off the balance beam.
Whether you've been lucky enough to watch it live or just on television, what is the most impressive sports moment you've seen?
In "Big Shot on Campus, and Everywhere, After Buzzer-Beater," Greg Bishop reports on Khalil Edney's 55-foot, game-winning shot in the final split-second of a high school playoff contest.
In the 24 hours that followed the buzzer-beater turned international Internet sensation, Khalil Edney rode in a limousine, stayed overnight at a Manhattan hotel, conducted national television interviews, held a makeshift news conference and resumed the end of his usual routine — an anticlimactic high school basketball practice.
Life was different. Way different.
On Sunday, Edney was a 17-year-old star quarterback who moonlighted with the New Rochelle High School basketball team. He ranked second in scoring, but as a reserve, and an injured one at that, who nearly missed this particular playoff game with a bum ankle.
By Monday, he had become a new-age celebrity, a (young) man of the moment, sought after, in demand, and all because of one play that lasted a couple of seconds: a two-handed heave that traveled 55 or so feet and won New Rochelle a playoff contest. It became known simply and unoriginally as The Shot.
What's the most impressive sports moment you've seen? Describe what happened.
Did you watch it live, either in person or on television, or did you see the replay later?
What was your reaction as you watched?
Gaming-winning buzzer-beaters are rare, but we can all still dream of getting our 15 minutes of fame. If you could have any achievement, in sports or elsewhere, caught on camera for the world to see, what would it be?
In my life, I have been to plenty of sporting events from baseball, to football, and even to basketball. I've watched amazing come from behind wins, to games when my favorite team has dominated right out of the gate, and even blow out losses when I could barly keep my eyes open any more. I'd have to say that my favorite sports memory would have to be when, I was at game 3 of the 2010 Wild Card and it was the Yankees Vs. The Twins in a clinching game. My absolute favorite team the New York Yankees needed one more win to advance to the American League Division Series. It was a chilly October day in the Bronx, but the Yankees who are use to this type of October setting came to play. The brand new Yankee Stadium was filled to capacity, and the stadium was loud as anything as the fans wildly expected a thrilling game which would hopefully result in a trip to the ALCS. Phil Hughes was the starting pitcher for the Yankees and he had the game of his young career dominating the Twins, who were never able to solve Hughes' dominating performance on the mound. The Yankees were also nothing short of power as they homered twice in the game which really got the fans going crazy!! This was one of my favorite sports moments I've seen because, of the amazing atmoshphere of Yankee Stadium who have seen plenty of Post-Season time in their existance. The Stadium was so loud and had the Yankees backs from the first pitch feeding them tons of energy and excitement! The game concluded with the familiar stride of Mariano Riverathe All-time Saves leader, trotting onto the mound and setting the Twins down one,two,three! This also sent the defending champions rocketing into the American League Divison Series with utmost confidence giving them a chance to defend their title dublicating it into another. Unfortunatley, the Yankees fell in that next series in the ALDS, but they still are my favorite team and I will always bleed Pinstripes.
I'd have to say I havent really seen any because I don't watch sports. But I might have recapped a game were I saw Koby Bryant make a 3 pointer, whatever that is. I'm not reallly into watching sports i'm more of a girly girl but i'm sure it was great. Sports are a blast when you have someone to watch them with.
The most Impressive sports moment I saw was when Kobe shot the ball from half court and made it before the game was over.
The best moment ive ever seen in sports is this viedo i just seen . I cant belive he made it in the basket.my reaction was waaaaaaaaaaaa??? Thats crazy.
The most impressive sports moment I've seen was basketball. So far in the 2013 playoff games Kobe Bryant has been making alot of 3- pointers, and also alot of amazing dunks on the basketball court. So far it's been really good watching the Laker basketball playoff games.
The greatest buzzard beaterI'ive seen is high school girl threw the ball it bounced and it made at the end of the quarter.
The biggest moment i have seen in sports history was a football player front-flipping over a guy to make a touchdown.
The most impressive sports thing i've seen, is when I would go rollerblading and see all the cool tricks people would do, including front/back flips, twists,dance moves and much more. It would keep me entertained and motivated to try and do it my own.
One of the most impressive sports moment I've seen was when Jeremy Lin a prefect 3-pointer. He shot the ball literally a second before the buzzer was suppose to ring. The Knicks were up against the Toronto Raptors. The game was heated as the two teams were neck to neck. Many assumed it was going to be a tie since it was 87-87 just seconds before the game ended. Lin saved the Knicks the game and won 90-87.
The most impressive sports moment I have seen was the video shown in the article, I was impressed by how quickly he made the shot and was able to make it with many players around him and the distance the ball was thrown. I don't usually watch sports on television. I get bored and decide to watch something else. I saw this video on my Facebook newsfeed and decided to watch it. I don't like playing sports, it was something I was never good at, but if I had to choose a sport, I would choose probably baseball, which was a game I enjoyed to play out of all. I would then like to make an important home run in a game cause that always seems to be the most memorable moments of that sport.
Nothing is better then a buzzer beater or the hail mary into the endzone to change the outcome of the game.The intensity of the fans, the team going crazy, its great.
The most impressive sports moment that I've ever seen was when I was watching the Rangers playing the Coyotes on television with my dad. The game was tied 2-2 with twenty seconds on the clock in the third period. The Coyotes clear the puck out of their zone and Hendrick Lunqvist passes the puck up to Ryan Mcdonough. With one second left on the clock Mcdonough passes it quickly to Brad Richards who back handed it into the net with .1 seconds left. The referees waved the play off as no goal but after review they changed the call and the Rangers won the game. My dad and I hopped off the couch and went nuts as the game came to an end.
The most impressive sports moments that I've ever seen is the "Flip Play" that Derek Jeter made for the Yankees in the 2001 season. It was the 7th inning with Mike Mussina pitching, at the plate was Terrence Long. When Long hit a single, the runner on first base, Jeremy Giambi, scurried around second. Long's hit was a rocket and the right fielder Shane Spencer fielded it cleanly and launched it for a play at the plate. However, his throw sailed, and missed both cuttoffs. As an experienced player would, shortstop Derek Jeter, sprinted to the opposite foul line and retrieved the ball. As he retrieved the ball, he flipped the ball on a backside to Yankee great and catcher Jorge Posada. Posada caught the ball and slightly tagged Giambi on his left leg. This play had some contreversial talk, stating if Posada tagged Giambi cleanly.
However, The Flip Play goes down as one of the most extrodinary and clutch sports moments. I saw this play with my Dad as we watched the game on TV. My Dad always refrences this play to me, because he was at the right place at the right time and made this play happen. My Dad always says their is three things to do in baseball, making a play, covering a base, or backing up a throw. If I had 15 minutes of fame, I would make a diving catch or a full court shot to be caught on camera.
The most impressive sports moment that I have seen is in a Yankees game. Nick Swisher, the right fielder, caught the three outs of the inning to win the game. The impressive part of the moment is that they weren't easy plays. He made some crazy catches! By looking at his face, you can tell that he was really happy. Also, his team and the fans were also excited and very happy. I was watching the game on the television with my family. When he made the catches, we were all so happy. If I could have an achievement caught on camera for the world to see, I would probably want to make a winning catch in a big softball game or a winning out of the park grand slam also in a big softball game.
Although I've been a sports fanatic my whole life, and I've seen endless impressive plays, none stands out to me more than the 162nd game of the 2010-2011 season in the MLB. All throughout that September, the Red Sox had been collapsing, up by nine games to start the month. The Yankees had clinched and the Orioles and Blue Jays had been out of contention, which left the Rays.
Coming in to the last game of the season, the Red Sox were tied with the Rays, and the comeback happened within literally half an hour. The Rays were against the Yankees (I'm a Yankee fanatic) and the Red Sox were against spoiler role-playing Orioles. The Rays were down by a run in the bottom of the ninth, after trailing by seven just two innings before. With two outs, Dan Johnson came up to the plate. Johnson was having a putrid year, hitting sub .200, but smashed a game tying, season saving homer to send the game to extras. Meanwhile, the Red Sox had been leading the whole game against the Orioles going into the ninth. I was literally flipping back and fourth between YES Network and MLB Network, I couldn't believe my eyes. The Orioles completed a ninth inning comeback and beat the Red Sox. I flipped back to the Rays game, and all you hear is a massive roar. The crowd had seen that the Orioles completed the come back, and minutes later the crowd roared again. Evan Longoria, a player who had been injured, had hitten a walk off solo home run to send his team to the playoffs.
As a Yankee fan, I have never been so happy to see the team I love, lose to a rival. That was hands down the greatest comeback in MLB history, and is easily the most impressive sports moment I have experienced my whole life.
Not being as much of a sports span as I am, I would have to see the most significant sports event was when I saw my family, more specifically, my aunt prepare for the Super Bowl with the 49ers. The 49ers were my aunt's favorite team out of every single one in football, so for her team to be admited to play in the superbowl, she was jumping with joy. Of course, she was crushed when they didn't win, but as they played, her screams of "motiviation" definitely made her time worth while. Seeing my aunt scream, laugh, and cry was something very amusing for me because I know that is not normally how she'd act. But when it comes to her favorite teams, she definitely gets crazy, but it's all in good fun!
The most impressice sports moment ive ever seen was watching soccer. There was a free kick right outside of the 18 yard box (goalie box) and there was a wall of about five players ligned up to try and block the goal. On most free kicks the player usually try and kick the ball over the wall in into the uper 90 of the goal, but this time it was very different. The player knew the players in the wall would jump up to try and block the highball kicked so instead of shooting the ball with power in the air he did a soft pass right under the players in the walls feet. If you have ever watched soccer, this doesn't happen often; hardly ever. I know I've never seen that done before. I saw it on YouTube from a friend because he was so socked at what he just saw and felt the need to show someone. I couldn't believe what I saw either. If I could have any sports achievement caught on camera it would be an amazing goal playing soccer.
The greatest games are the most exciting. When it comes to the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, and the entire game or season is on the line, and someone catches a hail-mary, some makes a buzzer-beater, a goalie makes or misses an amazing shot. It's these moments that define sports for me. The greatest sports moment I ever witnessed in my life would probably be David Tyree's helmet catch in Super Bowl XLII. Even though I am a Jets fan, that play to me was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life. Eli Manning through a 32 yard pass down the middle of the field to David Tyree, who was in double coverage and had defenders pulling on his arms. Then, all of a sudden, just as it looks like the safety would intercept the pass, Tyree jumped up in the air, and caught the ball in his helmet, and then bobbled it in his hands as he went down. I remember watching my Uncle, a lifelong Giant fan, jumped off the couch screaming at my TV and started jumping up and down. After the catch, the Giants had great field position over the Patriots and went on to beat them and win the Super Bowl. To me, this was the most amazing play of that season, and that was just as exciting as a Michael Jordan buzzer beater or a last second goal. This is why to me the most entertaining thing to watch on TV is defiantly Sports.
I witnessed the most impressive play I've seen. It was in the Tournament of the Americas (I think) in Portland, Oregon. The original (the ONLY) Dream Team was on its way to the Olympics in Barcelona. On this play, a US player rebounded a missed shot and before landing, tossed it ahead on a fast break. EACH US player caught and passed the ball without touching the floor between the rebound and the basket on the other end. The best example of team play by the best team ever assembled for any sport.
Even though I am a life-long Yankee fan and a "sports nut" for more than 60 years, the greatest sports moment I ever saw was the famous NY Giant's Bobby Thompson "Shot Heard Round the World" to beat the Dodgers and cap an improbable run for the pennant from 13 games back. For shear drama it just can't be beaten.
What's the Most Impressive Sports Moment You've Seen? The most impressive sports moment I've ever seen was Zlatan Ibrahimovic was playing for Sweden in a world cup qualifying match against England. Sweden was pulling 3 minutes away from pulling off maybe their best ever victory in the history of Swedish soccer. Then their was a long ball layer up by the stock Swedish center back Henrik Wilhelmsson which was let through the legs of Sweden's left winger Rasmus Elm. Then the English goalkeeper Joe hart came out and made a nervy clearance. Joe hart was off of his line. Ibrahimovic went for the ball. Then was shoved to the ground by the English captain John Terry. Ibrahimovic quickly recovered to hit a 40 yard bicycle kick in to the roof of Joe Hart's net. The crowd erupts. That was the most impressive moment I've seen in sports.
The most incredible moment i have ever seen in sports history would have to be Landon Donovan's goal against Algeria in stoppage time of the 2010 World Cup. The U.S. were losing almost the whole game but started a come back and were tied with Algeria with less than 2 minutes left. After Algeria bombarded the United State's goal, the defense finally got it out of the box and Landon Donovan led the counter attack, Donovan started the play off by sending the ball up to Josie Altidore who had a 1v1 with Algerias goalie. The goalie came out on top and knocked the ball off Altidore's foot, however Landon Donovan was sprinting down the whole field and was there to drive it back into the net. I remember going wild with my friends and seeing all the fans at the game also going crazy. The cameras of the Television Station than showed a bar of supporting fans jumping up and down screaming with excitement and throwing beers all over the bar, and the employees were joining them. it was truly an amazing moment and i will always remember it.
Typically in sports, big plays that put teams in the lead or win games are the most memorable in sporting events especially in the post season. The most memorable moment in sports that I have ever seen is Aaron Boone's homerun in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS against the Red Sox to send the Yankees to the World Series. As most sports fans know, the Yankees and Red Sox have one of the best rivalries in sports history and any encounter they have is usually intense. The game was tied in the bottom of the 12th and Tim Wakefield (a tough knuckleballer) was on the mound. Joe Torre sent Aaron Boone off the bench to hit against Wakefield and most Yankee fans probably were not expecting what was about to happen. Aaron Boone swung at the first pitch he saw and sent it over the left field fence to send the Yankees to yet another World Series. Although the Red Sox played a great game, they ultimately lost and the Yankees sent them back to Boston empty-handed. To see the team I hated most walk off the field with their heads down in shock was a great feeling that I will never again.
There are a lot of impressive plays made in sports. The most impressive moment I've seen was Derek Sanderson Jeter's home run off of David Price in a game vs. the Tampa Bay Rays in June of 2011 for his 3000th hit. This was a milestone for Jeter for he joined the "3000 club" that day. Even more magic happened after the game. Christian Lopez (the guy who caught Jeter's run) gave the ball back to Derek. He got season tickets for the next season. This is a very good moment as you can see.
The most impressive sports moment I've seen was a full court basketball shot to win the game for the Knicks. I was at the Knicks game with my dad and they were losing by 1 point. There were 10 seconds left and the Celtics ball. The Knicks fouled and the Celtics had 2 shots. They made 1 and missed 1. It was the Knicks ball with 2 seconds left. Carmelo Anthony had the ball and shot from full court. The buzzer went off and the ball swished in the net. The crowd went rowdy because the Knicks won. That was the most impressive sports moment I have ever seen.


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I am working on high competitive keyword Sarkari nakuri. For this keyword the landing page was indexed in google.
The problem is keyword showing in 7th page at evening time for that keyword. while i am checking in morning. that keyword disappears.
I dont know what is the exact problem in that keyword or landing page or website.
On lower pages like this then I am afraid this is normal. Google is in constant flux as new data is added, the lower pages tend to be more volatile and jump around a lot. If your site is new then that is even more the case.


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James Hardie Pay Out Handyman in Asbestos Settlement
In a landmark settlement, asbestos manufacturer James Hardie settled with a local Adelaide home renovator who developed mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure. The settlement marks an interesting development in asbestos-related case law in Australia.
Home renovators tend to face the biggest risk of exposure. Australia banned the use of asbestos in 2003, however, many older homes still can contain harmful fibres.
In Amaca Pt Ltd v Werfel [2019] SASC 29, Amaca, formally 'James Hardie'; a major products manufacturer that utilised asbestos in its products over several decades, was found at fault for failing to educate renovators about the dangers of the materials used within the manufacturing of its products.
Here is a closer look at this case and how it highlights the need for asbestos awareness training.
Renovator Was Diagnosed with Mesothelioma in 2017
The story begins in the late 1990s. Mathew Werfel was renovating several homes. Mr. Werfel was exposed to asbestos fibres whilst sanding and painting the eaves of the house. As with many home renovators, Mr. Werfel assumed that the eaves on the home were safe. He outlined that you cannot easily detect the difference between asbestos sheeting and gyprock with a simple physical inspection.
Despite the enacted asbestos ban in the Australian building industry, older homes may still possess materials made with the deadly material.
After a mesothelioma diagnosis in 2017, Mr. Werfel sued James Hardie (Amaca); the manufacturer of the eaves on the homes that he renovated.
Defence lawyers for James Hardie argued that Mr. Werfel was a smoker and that the balance of probabilities couldn't be established as the plaintiff had insufficient evidence linking exposure to his rare form of cancer. However, upon appeal, the South Australian Employment Tribunal ruled in favour of the plaintiff and awarded Mr. Werfel #3m in damages.
Part of the Third Wave of Victims Exposed to Asbestos
Mathew Werfel is not alone. He is part of a 'third wave' of victims coming forward with claims for mesothelioma linked to asbestos exposure.
The first wave includes those exposed to the material in the mining industry and workers in asbestos factories. The second wave includes the tradesmen who used the material.
The first two waves involved direct exposure to the material before the dangers were widely known. The third wave includes victims exposed to the material after the ban, mostly through untested materials in homes and buildings.
In 2018, over 700 Australians filed compensation claims for mesothelioma. Over half of those claims were against James Hardie and the majority involve home renovators.
To assist in the settlements, James Hardie established the Asbestos Injuries Compensation Foundation ('AICF'). However, some analysts expect the future awarded claims will exceed the $1.8 billion that James Hardie has placed into the AICF.
Advocates want James Hardie and other manufacturers to take responsibility for their past mistakes. Whilst these companies have already ceased manufacturing with asbestos, people want to increase awareness of the dangers of exposure.
Asbestos Awareness Training for Renovators
One proactive step that renovators can take is learning how to identify harmful fibres. Understanding the types of materials that are most likely to contain asbestos allows renovators to avoid work that involves direct exposure.
After World War II, builders used asbestos cement for over half of all homes built in New South Wales. By the late 1960s, about 25% of all homes in Australia had asbestos cement cladding. The harmful material has not appeared in domestic building materials since the late 1980s. Homes built before 1990 may contain some form of an asbestos product.
Through awareness training, home renovators can develop the skills and knowledge needed to remain safe while completing renovations on older homes.
The case against James Hardie is just one example of the dangers of exposure. If you currently work as a home renovator, ensure that you understand these dangers and how to avoid them. Consider enrolling in an awareness training program.


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Lil Uzi Vert – 'Eternal Atake' review: this generation's Lil Wayne embarks on a dizzying odyssey of sound
Inspired by Greek mythology, this sprawling record sees Uzi confirm his status as a modern great whose releases act as timestamps for rap
By Kyann-Sian Williams
Credit: Press
If you were shocked by the release of this record, it's OK – you weren't the only one. Fans have hounded Philadelphian rapper Lil Uzi Vert for new music for three years. Last year Uzi told the world that he wanted to explore fashion over music, decimating the hearts of hypebeasts and SoundCloud fans alike. Yet his 2016 breakthrough smash 'Money Longer' earned him a great deal of good will, which this sci-fi and Greek mythology inspired record massively delivers on – and then some.
Uzi has taken note of the ancient storytellers and created a story of his own: one minute he's roaming around Earth, the next he's rudely beamed up into a spaceship on Pluto. Some tracks are filled with anger, while others featured glassy, guitar-led melodies. We're welcomed by opener 'Baby Pluto', which fuses Uzi's acclaimed flows and braggadocio with a clashing trap instrumental. On 'POP' he matches impaling 808s with a punchy vocal delivery; it's only track four, but if the album finished here, you'd probably be satisfied.
From this point, Uzi's lyrical journey sees him on the run from evil forces, marking a tonal shift. 'Eternal Atake' becomes a rambling but enjoyable mess, a clash of sounds – ominous humming on 'Prices', videogame sounds on 'Homecoming' – that reflects his frenzied state of mind. 'Prices' is an album standout, sampling the 2016 Kid Cudi-assisted Travis Scott track 'Way Back'. It could have been lifted from Uzi's acclaimed 2016 mixtape 'The Perfect LUV Tape', transporting us to the year he blew up. Here, though, he repeatedly reminds us that he significantly "went up in price".
Towards the end of the record the rapper indulges us in his signature mumble – though he surprises us again by (shock, horror!) actually singing. On 'Urgency' he and The Internet's Syd lull the listener into a false sense of security, as though the chaos that permeates 'Eternal Atake' has finally ebbed away. Proclaiming their need for love, the duo croon: "I promise you, you gon' be the last one / Vacation, just so you can have fun".
Yet there's another twist in the tale: closer 'P2' is a dizzying brain-buster that sees Uzi rap atop his most successful track to date, 'XO Tour Llif3', which was first released in 2017. "Know I'm starting over," he admits over the seven-times Platinum hit; at this point in the narrative Uzi has returned to Earth, ready to restart his life, equipped with new knowledge. There's an ingenious moment when he raps that he's "messing with your heads," which is true because you actually just want to sing along to the song's original lyrics.
Lil Uzi Vert still has the game in a chokehold. He's been making masterpieces for five years now; his body of work offers timestamps for different eras of rap music in that period, from mumble rap (which he pioneered with 2016's 'Luv Is Rage' and 'Lil Uzi Vert Vs The World'), or the commercial rap he pushed out on his debut 'Luv Is Rage 2'. And here, again, he has made another record that will stay close to the hearts of a generation of rap fans. He is surely our generation's Lil Wayne.
Release Date: March 6
Record Label: Roc Nation/Atlantic


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Article II: Mission
The Commission adopted the following updated mission statement on February 21, 2006: By encouraging creative and cultural expressions through inclusiveness and education, the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission promotes public interest in the arts and preservation of culture and heritage.
The County Cultural and Heritage Commission shall be responsible for the development of county programs to promote public interest in local county history and to undertake the restoration, operation, maintenance, and preservation of real property acquired by the county pursuant to Revise Statutes 40:32-G (Assembly Bill No. 120).
The Commissioners are also authorized to explicitly promote 'The Arts and Cultural values, goals and traditions of the community, the state and the nation, as well as local and county history' (Assembly Bill No. A2084).
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Article III: The Commission
The Ocean County Board of Commissioners will appoint nine full members of the Commission. Full members will have a term of service of five years and the terms will be staggered to balance the appointments between years. The dates of appointments may be adjusted to create consistency and balance between terms of appointment. Commissioner will serve until reappointed or replaced.
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The Commissioners may recommend to the Board of Commissioners the appointment of a prospective member to the Commission for any vacancy. Said prospective member shall represent the region in the county in which the vacancy was created.
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The elected officers of the Commission shall be Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.
Chairperson:The Chairperson shall preside at all officially constituted meetings of the Commission.
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At the beginning of each calendar year, the Commission shall schedule regular meetings. All meetings shall be, as advertised under the Open Public Meetings Act (State Sunshine Law) or current governing legislation, at a time and place designated by the Commission.
In the month of November, the chairperson shall appoint a nominating committee consisting of two members.
The report of the nominating committee shall be presented to the full commission at the Annual Reorganization meeting in January of each year.
The officers, the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, shall be elected annually.
Commission meetings are officially constituted when a quorum of members are present. A quorum is a majority of the commission members (or at least five members).
Professional administrative staff of the Commission shall be official non-voting members of the commission.
Article VI: Amendments
These By-Laws may be amended at any officially constituted meeting of the Commission by a majority vote of the members present. All members must receive a copy of the proposed changes at least twenty (20) days prior to the meeting at which the amended By-Laws will be presented for adoption.
Article VII: Roberts Rules
The Roberts Rules of Order shall be the authority for parliamentary procedure.
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Amended November 21, 2000
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In an article published on Friday, November 9, the New York Times claimed that I have damaged the charter school movement by "praising" President Trump and allowing Speaker Paul Ryan to visit one of our schools. The article is untrue and does a considerable disservice to public discourse by promoting a highly divisive and partisan worldview.
So many of our families today will feel very deeply and very directly that they are the target of the hatred that drove Trump's campaign. Their sense of loss and betrayal will feel a hundred times more personal.
Many Presidents change when they assume office and realize that they now need to represent all Americans…. When Lyndon Johnson was a Congressman, he spent two decades opposing civil rights. When he became President, he passed the most sweeping package of civil rights legislation that this country had ever seen.
There are many positive signs that President Trump will be different than candidate Trump. Meeting with Mayor De Blasio recently certainly signals that he is trying to listen to new voices.
I will work with the President-elect and with both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to help increase educational opportunities for all of our country's children.
As you can see, I did not "praise" Trump. Even if one could argue that I was implicitly praising Trump by suggesting he might change his views, which is certainly a stretch, the Times' one word characterization of my comments as "praise" was plainly misleading to readers given the overall tenor of my comments.
I should add that, like others who held out hope that President Trump would improve with age, I have been sorely disappointed. He has become ever more intolerant, xenophobic, misogynistic, and autocratic. He has been shockingly dishonest and demonstrated contempt for our civic institutions. His recent treatment of journalists, particularly journalists of color, is appalling. And, as I long ago stated, I am horrified by the divisive rhetoric he has employed as President.
With respect to allowing Speaker Paul Ryan to visit, Success Academy honors requests by all elected officials, irrespective of party, to visit our schools so they can learn about what we do and about the benefits of school choice. Our schools have been visited by dozens of elected officials, both Democratic and Republican, and at every level of state and Federal government. Frankly, I wish more visitors from the left would visit because we have more work to do there in convincing them of the merits of charter schools. I'd love for Bernie Sanders, Bill de Blasio, and Elizabeth Warren to visit our schools. But in any event, I don't believe I should pick and choose which elected officials can visit based upon my personal views or political affiliation.
This is the second time that the Times has blamed me for allowing Speaker Ryan to visit. Last year, the Times claimed that by doing so I had "allied [myself] with Republican advocates of charter schools." I haven't allied myself with Republican supporters of charter schools but with all supporters of charter schools including Presidents Obama and Bush, Governors Cuomo, Spitzer, Paterson and Pataki, and Mayor Bloomberg, as well as many Congressional leaders. Until recently, my closest ally in Congress was Democratic Representative George Miller who repeatedly invited me to testify before his Subcommittee.
In Friday's article, the Times claimed that by purportedly "praising" Trump and allowing Paul Ryan to visit, I have caused "self-inflicted" "political wounds." This phrase plainly implies criticism. The Times has used it recently, for example, to describe Elon Musk's alleged violation of federal securities laws ("Elon Musk Steps Down as Chairman in Deal With S.E.C. Over Tweet About Tesla," 9/29/2018) and Wells Fargo's bilking of its customers ("Wells Fargo Should Focus on Its Actual Misbehavior, Not on Perceptions," 9/5/2017).
I did not violate the securities laws or bilk anybody. Instead, my crime was allowing the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, a man who is second in line in Presidential Succession, to visit one of our schools. Apparently, the Times believes this was wrong because I must pick sides. If I don't bar Republicans from visiting our schools, then I am siding with them. This attitude drives people out of the center and marginalizes those of us who are trying to keep the lines of communication open in an increasingly partisan age.
I have asked the Times for a correction, but I think there is more at stake here than simply my reputation. While Donald Trump bears much of the blame for the polarization of our country, all of us, including the media, have a responsibility to avoid fanning the flames of partisanship and promoting an us-vs-them mentality. We should encourage people to communicate across ideological and party lines rather than branding them as collaborateurs for doing so. This willingness to engage in rational discussion with those with whom we disagree is at the heart of what we teach our students every day at Success Academy.


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Ashworth's 30 Points Lift Men's Basketball Over Western Connecticut
Western Connecticut
Western Connecticut (10-5, 4-2) 43 29 72
UMass Dartmouth (9-6, 4-2) 52 37 89
Pts: Jaheim Young - 12
Ast: Ahmod Privott - 4
Pts: Jake Ashworth - 30
Reb: Harry Alexander - 9
Ast: Marcus Azor - 10
DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Junior Jake Ashworth (Fairhaven, Mass.) scored 30 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead a quartet in double figures, as UMass Dartmouth posted an 89-72 Little East Conference men's basketball victory over Western Connecticut Saturday afternoon at the Tripp Athletic Center.
Both teams blistered the nets in the opening 20 minutes of action in combining to shoot 55 percent (36-65) from the floor, as the host Corsairs (9-6, 4-2 LEC) used a 13-3 run midway through the first half to build a 35-25 lead only to see the visiting Colonials (10-5, 4-2 LEC) respond with a 9-3 run of their own to cut that margin back to four. Sophomore Marcus Azor (Brockton, Mass.) scored six points to fuel a 12-5 flourish at the end of the half to extend UMass Dartmouth's edge to nine (53-42) at the break, and the hosts expanded that margin to as much as 19 points after intermission, as Western Connecticut got no closer than nine points in the final eight minutes of action.
Ashworth, whose point total was one shy of his career-high, was 10-of-15 from the field and connected for six three-pointers on the afternoon to set the pace for the Corsairs. Azor added a double-double effort of 14 points and 10 assists for the winners, who received 14 points and nine rebounds from senior Harry Alexander (Washington, D.C.) along with 11 points, six boards and three assists from sophomore Adam Seablom (Lakeville, Mass.). Sophomore Sean Leahy (Hanson, Mass.) added nine points, eight caroms and four assists for UMass Dartmouth, which shot 50 percent (34-68) from the field and outscored the visitors by a 27-6 margin from the three-point stripe. The hosts held a 48-30 rebounding edge and recorded 20 assists on 34 field goals for the afternoon.
Freshman Jaheim Young (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds in the setback for the Colonials, who received 10 points from junior Shea Tracy (New Britain, Conn.) along eight points each from senior Fenton Bradley Jr. (Mansfield, Conn.) and freshman Ryan Alkins (St. Albans, N.Y.). Freshman Jo'el Cooper (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) chipped in with seven points for Western Connecticut, which shot 42 percent (27-65) from the floor and converted 15 turnovers into 14 points.
UMass Dartmouth heads to Keene, N.H. on Wednesday evening to take on Keene State in a Little East Conference outing that tips-off at 6:00 pm, while Western Connecticut will be idle until next Saturday, January 18th when the Colonials travel to Castleton, Vt. for a Little East clash with Castleton that tips-off at 4:00 pm.


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Zane Khan (born February 11, 2002) is an American professional tennis player.

Khan has a career high ATP singles ranking of 404 achieved on November 8, 2021.

Khan made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open in the doubles draw partnering Luca Nardi.

References

External links

2002 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Tennis players from Houston


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=begin
class RollcallAlert < Alert
  acts_as_MTI

  before_create :create_email_alert_device_type

  #has_many :recipients, :class_name => "User", :finder_sql => proc{"SELECT users.* FROM users, targets, targets_users WHERE targets.item_type='RollcallAlert' AND targets.item_id=#{id} AND targets_users.target_id=targets.id AND targets_users.user_id=users.id"}
  belongs_to :alarm, :class_name => "Rollcall::Alarm", :foreign_key => "alarm_id"

  has_paper_trail :meta => { :item_desc  => Proc.new { |x| "#{x.to_s}" }, :app => Proc.new {|x| x.app} }

  def to_s
    title || ''
  end

  def app
    'rollcall'
  end

  def self.default_alert
    title = "Rollcall Alarm Alert"
    message = "This message is intended to update the user on a newly created Alarm."
    RollcallAlert.new(:title => title, :message => message, :created_at => Time.zone.now)
  end

  def to_xml(options={})
    unless options[:IVRTree]
      options[:IVRTree] = {}
      options[:IVRTree][:override] = Proc.new do |ivrtree|
        ivrtree.IVR(:name => 'message_ivr') do |ivr|
          ivr.RootNode(:operation => 'start') do |root_node|
            root_node.ContextNode do |ctxt|
              ctxt.operation 'put'
              ctxt.response(:ref => 'message')
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end

    unless options[:Behavior]
      options.merge!({:Behavior => {:Delivery => {:Providers => {} } } })
      options[:Behavior][:Delivery][:Providers][:override] = Proc.new do |providers|
        (self.alert_device_types.map{|device| device.device_type.display_name} || Service::TALHO::Message::SUPPORTED_DEVICES.keys).each do |device|
          providers.Provider(:name => "talho", :device => device, :ivr => 'message_ivr')
        end
      end
    end

    super(options)
  end

  private
  def set_alert_type
    self[:alert_type] = "RollcallAlert"
  end

  def create_email_alert_device_type
    alert_device_types << AlertDeviceType.new(:alert_id => self.id, :device => "Device::EmailDevice") unless alert_device_types.map(&:device).include?("Device::EmailDevice")
  end
end
=end