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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Concurrent;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Umbraco.Core.Models
{
    public static class DeepCloneHelper
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Used to avoid constant reflection (perf)
        /// </summary>
        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<Type, PropertyInfo[]> PropCache = new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, PropertyInfo[]>();

        /// <summary>
        /// Used to deep clone any reference properties on the object (should be done after a MemberwiseClone for which the outcome is 'output')
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="input"></param>
        /// <param name="output"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static void DeepCloneRefProperties(IDeepCloneable input, IDeepCloneable output)
        {
            var inputType = input.GetType();
            var outputType = output.GetType();

            if (inputType != outputType)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Both the input and output types must be the same");
            }

            var refProperties = PropCache.GetOrAdd(inputType, type =>
                inputType.GetProperties()
                    .Where(x =>
                        //is not attributed with the ignore clone attribute
                        x.GetCustomAttribute<DoNotCloneAttribute>() == null
                            //reference type but not string
                        && x.PropertyType.IsValueType == false && x.PropertyType != typeof (string)
                            //settable
                        && x.CanWrite
                            //non-indexed
                        && x.GetIndexParameters().Any() == false)
                    .ToArray());

            foreach (var propertyInfo in refProperties)
            {
                if (TypeHelper.IsTypeAssignableFrom<IDeepCloneable>(propertyInfo.PropertyType))
                {
                    //this ref property is also deep cloneable so clone it
                    var result = (IDeepCloneable)propertyInfo.GetValue(input, null);

                    if (result != null)
                    {
                        //set the cloned value to the property
                        propertyInfo.SetValue(output, result.DeepClone(), null);
                    }
                }
                else if (TypeHelper.IsTypeAssignableFrom<IEnumerable>(propertyInfo.PropertyType)
                    && TypeHelper.IsTypeAssignableFrom<string>(propertyInfo.PropertyType) == false)
                {
                    IList newList;
                    if (propertyInfo.PropertyType.IsGenericType
                        && (propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IEnumerable<>)
                            || propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(ICollection<>)
                            || propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IList<>)))
                    {
                        //if it is a IEnumerable<>, IList<T> or ICollection<> we'll use a List<>
                        var genericType = typeof(List<>).MakeGenericType(propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments());
                        newList = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(genericType);
                    }
                    else if (propertyInfo.PropertyType.IsArray
                             || (propertyInfo.PropertyType.IsInterface && propertyInfo.PropertyType.IsGenericType == false))
                    {
                        //if its an array, we'll create a list to work with first and then convert to array later
                        //otherwise if its just a regular derivitave of IEnumerable, we can use a list too
                        newList = new List<object>();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //its a custom IEnumerable, we'll try to create it
                        try
                        {
                            var custom = Activator.CreateInstance(propertyInfo.PropertyType);
                            //if it's an IList we can work with it, otherwise we cannot
                            newList = custom as IList;
                            if (newList == null)
                            {
                                continue;
                            }
                        }
                        catch (Exception)
                        {
                            //could not create this type so we'll skip it
                            continue;
                        }
                    }

                    var enumerable = (IEnumerable)propertyInfo.GetValue(input, null);
                    if (enumerable == null) continue;

                    var isUsableType = true;

                    //now clone each item
                    foreach (var o in enumerable)
                    {
                        //first check if the item is deep cloneable and copy that way
                        var dc = o as IDeepCloneable;
                        if (dc != null)
                        {
                            newList.Add(dc.DeepClone());
                        }
                        else if (o is string || o.GetType().IsValueType)
                        {
                            //check if the item is a value type or a string, then we can just use it
                            newList.Add(o);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            //this will occur if the item is not a string or value type or IDeepCloneable, in this case we cannot
                            // clone each element, we'll need to skip this property, people will have to manually clone this list
                            isUsableType = false;
                            break;
                        }
                    }

                    //if this was not usable, skip this property
                    if (isUsableType == false)
                    {
                        continue;
                    }

                    if (propertyInfo.PropertyType.IsArray)
                    {
                        //need to convert to array
                        var arr = (object[])Activator.CreateInstance(propertyInfo.PropertyType, newList.Count);
                        for (int i = 0; i < newList.Count; i++)
                        {
                            arr[i] = newList[i];
                        }
                        //set the cloned collection
                        propertyInfo.SetValue(output, arr, null);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //set the cloned collection
                        propertyInfo.SetValue(output, newList, null);
                    }

                }
            }
        }

    }
}


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Commercial and other vehicles
Fuel sources
BAIC Group
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NAFTA, Brexit and beyond
Emission limits
New competitors emerge
A taste for luxury
Electric cars recharge
Ford to invest US$212m to produce new SUV in Romania
April 7th 2017 | Multiple countries | Passenger vehicles | Ford
On April 6th Ford Motor Co said that it would invest €200m (US$212m) to start production of the new model of its EcoSport sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Craiova, Romania this year. Ford currently manufactures the SUV at its plant in Chennai, India. The company said that the EcoSport models produced in Craiova would be exported to all European markets, except Russia.
Ford is Romania's second-largest carmaker, having taken over Automobile Craiova, formerly owned by South Korea's Daewoo Group, in March 2008. Since then, Ford has invested €1.2bn (US$1.3bn) in modernising its plant in Craiova.
By shifting production of the EcoSport SUV there, Ford is aiming to reduce overcapacity at the plant—the result of a slump in demand in the EU in 2009-13 that forced the company to reduce its workforce and introduce production stoppages. Initial plans to produce 350,000 vehicles and 30,000 engines were also scaled back.
The US automaker will hire about 1,000 people to manufacture the SUV. Ford Romania's president, John Oldham, said that the latest round of hiring would bring the total number of employees at the plant to 3,650. The company is also reportedly planning to transfer production of its Kia minicar to the Craiova plant.

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Rose Elinor Dougall
Singer/Songwriter — London
Write songs and sing them.
Classic clean lines.
You can make a record with anyone from history - who would it be?
Joe Boyd has made some of my favourite records with Nick Drake, Fairport Convention and The Incredible String Band amongst others... Jean Claude Vannier was the string arranger for most of Serge Gainsbourg's records, most notably Histoire de Melody Nelson, and was an incredible composer in his own right, so I'd get him in too...
What's the best gig you've ever been too?
Seeing My Bloody Valentine at The Roundhouse a few years ago was memorable just for the sheer volume alone, not to mention Loveless is one of my favourite ever records.
What British music icons inspire your sound today?
Sandy Denny, Dusty Springfield, Delia Derbyshire, Elizabeth Fraser, The Smiths, Siouxsie Sioux.
You can spend an hour with anyone from history - who would it be and why?
Right now I'd be pretty keen to have a chat with the production company that made The Apprentice USA and implore them not to put Donald Trump on TV. Otherwise, I would really like a to have a whisky with Leonard Cohen and his infinite wisdom...
Rose Elinor Dougall, formerly of The Pipettes, as well as a collaborator and performer with Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, will release her second solo album 'Stellular' on 20th January 2017.
It has been listed as Rough Trade's Album of the Month for January 2017 and you can watch the official video for the title track below.
What was the first song you played on repeat?
'All I Wanna Do' by Sheryl Crow was the first single I bought.
'Ladies of The Canyon' by Joni Mitchell.
Song you wish you had written?
'Who knows Where the Time Goes' by Sandy Denny.
'Lazy Line Painter Jane' by Belle and Sebastian.
A song lyric that inspires you?
"Please don't confront me with my failures,
I have not forgotten them"
'These Days' by Jackson Browne (but it has the be Nico version).
4 songs you can't stop listening to right now?
'Do You Need Me' by Weyes Blood
Natalie Mering has one of the best voices I've heard in a long time. I absolutely love her new album 'Front Row Seat to Earth', melodically and lyrically it really speaks to me.
'Telescope' by Vanishing Twin
This is the band of my very good friend and collaborator Cathy Lucas. Check out the album 'Choose Your Own Adventure'. It's free and experimental but without being self-indulgent. Basically, it's excellent.
'On Course' by C Duncan
I really the way he's used layers of his voice in tandem with various synths to create this soaring texture, and all his chord changes are the kind that make my ears happy...
'Another Dimension' by Toy
This is my brother's band so perhaps I'm biased, but I really believe their new album 'Clear Shot' is one of the best things they've ever done.
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Dealing with insurance companies when selecting a policy or after an accident can be a confusing process. Often times, we are not sure what the different types of coverages mean or when we can use those coverages after we have been in an accident. The following is five different types of car insurance coverages for most policies in Texas.
This is the insurance most of us are familiar with. In Texas, it is state law that every driver carry what is called 30/60/25 coverage. What this means is that if you are at fault in an accident, then the driver you hit can recover up to $30,000.00 from your insurance company for any bodily injury they suffer and up to $25,000.00 for any property damage done to their vehicle. If there are multiple people in the car, then the injured parties can recover up to $60,000.00 for personal injuries suffered in the accident. This coverage is only applied to the driver you hit if you were at fault in the accident. It does not cover any of your own property damage or any of your own medical expenses, whether the accident was your or the other driver's fault. If you are hit and the other driver was at fault, then you would want to make a claim against the other driver's liability insurance.
This insurance applies when you are in an accident and your car is damaged as a result of an accident. This insurance will pay for the repairs to the damage done to your car. If you totaled the car, then this will pay you cash for the totaled vehicle. This insurance is often required when you are still making payments on the car.
This insurance covers damages to your car caused by things other than a vehicular accident, such as theft, weather damage, etc. Again, if you are still paying off your car, then this insurance is often required.
Despite it being required by state law that all drivers on Texas roads carry liability insurance, there are still many drivers that make the decision to drive without the liability coverage. If you are hit by a driver without liability insurance, or if the insurance coverage the person who hit you has is less than the total amount necessary to fix the damage that the accident caused, then you can use your uninsured/underinsured coverage to pay the claim or make up the difference. For example, if Driver A is injured in an accident caused by Driver B, and Driver B only has the minimum of $30,000.00 liability insurance for bodily injury, then Driver A will need to use his underinsured coverage to help pay if his medical bills are greater than $30,000.00.
This is a no-fault coverage, meaning it applies whether you or the other driver was at fault for the accident, that can be used to help pay you and your passengers' medical bills for injuries sustained in a car wreck.
If you have been injured in an accident and you need help understanding what claims you should make, then please call Westbrook Law to schedule a free consultation.


Shigenobu Nagamori was bornon August 28, 1944 in Kyoto, Japan, Japan. Shigenobu Nagamori is founder, chairman and CEO of motor manufacturer Nidec. Nidec bills itself as the world's largest manufacturer of motors for hard-disk drives and optical drives. Nagamori aims to nearly double revenue to $18 billion by 2021, partly through acquisitions. Nagamori owns just over 12% of the company.
In July 2014, he inaugurated the "Nagamori Award", for up and coming R&D Engineers in the field of motor-related technologies.


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Painted is the second studio album by the international rock band Narrows. The album was released on February 28, 2012 through Deathwish Inc. To promote Painted, prior to its release Narrows previewed the tracks "Under the Guillotine" and "Absolute Betrayer". A music video was also made for the song "TB Positive".

In 2011, Narrows guitarist Jodie Cox, who lives in England, was denied access to the United States. Cox's guitar parts were recorded by Wayne Pennell at Bunker Studios in Brentford, England and sent to the rest of the band over the internet. Matt Bayles tracked the rest of the album at Red Room Studio in Seattle, Washington. Cox described the process, which involved communicating with the rest of the band through the online video service Skype, as being "a frustrating and challenging experience."

Track listing
All songs written by Narrows, except for "**** *** ******" written by Boz Boorer and Morrissey.
 "Under the Guillotine" – 3:38
 "TB Positive" – 2:01
 "Absolute Betrayer" – 2:55
 "Greenland" – 8:06
 "'It's the Water'" – 2:10
 "Face Paint" – 2:02
 "Final Mass" – 2:22
 "SST" – 3:26
Vinyl edition bonus track
 "**** *** ******" (hidden track after a locked groove)

Personnel
Painted personnel adapted from vinyl liner notes.

Narrows
 Jodie Cox – guitar
 Ryan Frederiksen – guitar
 Rob Moran – bass guitar
 Sam Stothers – drum kit
 Dave Verellen (credited as "Dr. Dave Verellen") – vocals

Additional musicians
 Matt Bayles – additional guitar on "Greenland" and "SST"
 Josh Billsetin – additional vocals
 Mike Cooper (Roy) – additional vocals
 Ben Verellen (Harkonen, Helms Alee, Roy) – additional vocals

Production
 Matt Bayles – production, engineering, mixing, mastering
 Narrows – production
 Wayne Pennell – additional recording in the UK

Artwork
 Ryan Frederiksen – art direction, design
 David Smith – photography
 Tamera Von Tart – makeup

References

2012 albums
Narrows (band) albums
Deathwish Inc. albums

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Winner of the Christie's Historic Houses Association 'Garden of the Year Award' in 2007, the 5 acre walled garden has become one of Houghton's most popular attractions.
In recent years, the 18th century planting scheme of formal hedges and avenues has been restored on the West side of the house, and there is now an impressive collection of contemporary sculpture by world renowned artists, displayed in the gardens and grounds, many commissioned specially for Houghton. Visitors will find artworks by Rachael Whiteread, Stephen Cox, Phillip King, Anya Gallaccio, James Turrell, Jeppe Hein and Richard Long.
St Martin's Church
The medieval church dates from 13th Century and has been enlarged and restored over the centuries, most notably by Sir Robert Walpole, who rebuilt the tower as a memorial to his grandfather Sir Jeffry Burwell in about 1730.
The Stables Cafe, Gift Shop and Soldier Museum
The stables, which are faced in the local Carr stone from Snettisham, are in fact the second set built by Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton and were erected between 1733 and 1735. The first set had blocked the southerly views from the Hall and were therefore demolished.
The Soldier Museum is the largest private collection of model soldiers in the world. It was started by the 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley as a school boy, and he continued collecting throughout his life, often commissioning whole scenes to his specification.


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About Camden Public Libraries Users Group
LLL Home | LLL Local Groups | CPLUG Home | Campaign News | Research & Reports
WHAT IS CPLUG ?
CAMDEN PUBLIC LIBRARIES USERS GROUP
CPLUG was formed in February, 1998 in response to the threat of library closures in Camden. It is an umbrella organisation serving the local users/friends groups of individual libraries. It is non-political.
CPLUG AIMS are:
to reverse the long-term decline in Camden`s libraries and
to improve the service for existing and potential users
to promote the formation of Users /Friends groups of libraries
to carry out research into subjects related to the management of public libraries and to disseminate the results.
CPLUG PUBLICATIONS
Views from the Users Group.........................................July `98
Research Report No.1:
Expenditure & Library Performance............................Sept `98
Assessment of Possible Library Strategies............... Dec `98
Research Report No. 3:
Camden`s Use of CIPFA Statistics........................... June `99
Seminar Report:
" Do Public Libraries Have a Future?"....................... Sept `99
The Performance of Camden Public Libraries ........ Jan '04
TIMETABLE OF EVENTS
Mar. `96 Camden`s Strategic Review of the library service began.
Sep. `97 KPMG consultants` report to Camden. Options included closure of several libraries. Vigorous public opposition, widely reported in the press.
Feb. `98 Inauguration of CPLUG
Mar. `98 KPMG proposals put 'on hold' by Camden.
May `98 Council elections; libraries a key issue
July `98 Start on a 'new review' of Camden libraries; CPLUG given representation on an Officer/member Working Group and non-voting membership of Camden`s Leisure and Community Services Committee.
Sept. `98 CPLUG representative(s) attended all meetings, submitted its views and presented reports, contrib uting to what it understood to be a fresh look at the issues. to
Feb. `99 Despite this, Camden released its Best Value Report on the future of its libraries without allowing any time for CPLUG to comment. Without any public consultation, this report was received by the majority group on the L & C Services Committee. Three libraries were to be closed - Belsize, Chalk Farm and Kilburn.
Mar. `99 This unpopular decision was ratified by the full Council at a packed Meeting attended by many protesters and including a CPLUG deputation.
April `99 With the expertise of lawyers Lovell, White & Durrant (acting pro-bono), CPLUG held a press conference and delivered an Official Complaint to the Department of Culture, Media & Sport.
June `99 Rt. Hon. Chris Smith refused a public inquiry; CPLUG ready to go for Judicial Review. On 22 June at an Extraordinary Council Meeting, twelve Councillors defied the whip and won a reprieve by voting for the closures to be deferred until January 2000 to allow public consultation to take place.
July `99 Public consultation procedure adopted by L & C Services Committee and a steering group set up to oversee it, receive submissions and report back An independent Chair was appointed - namely Tony Travers of the London School of Economics.
Oct. `99 All-day seminar organised by CPLUG held at the London School of Economics-entitled: "Do Public Libraries Have a Future?" Well attended; expert speakers from all over Britain.
Oct. `99 Public consultation; written & oral submissions to steering group. to
Dec. `99 CPLUG Benefit Gig at Jazz Cafe, Camden Town
Jan. `00 Travers Report published - Camden to retain existing number of libraries for at least four years, maintain total number of opening hours with no reduction in book purchases. Original Best Value targets to be met.
Mar. `00 Camden approved replacement of current Cotleigh Road, Kilburn library at a new site in Kilburn High Road. Local opposition to this move supported by CPLUG.
May `00 Culture, Media and Sport Committee to which CPLUG representatives had made oral and written submissions, published. This endorsed CPLUG views.
Sept. `00 CPLUG published & circulated report of Seminar "Do Public Libraries Have A Future?"
Jan. `01 Public meeting in Camden Town Hall on 27 January 'Modernising Local Government' in association with London Amenity Forum & Camden Amenity Forum on how the changes will affect the consultation process and role of community groups
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It's not just Volkswagen: diesel cars from most producers found to emit more NOX in rigurous test
After the recent Volkswagen fiasco which revealed that their cars emit much more than they should (and claimed), a new study revealed that diesel cars made by Renault, Nissan, Hyundai, Citroen, Fiat, Volvo and many others also emit more.
in Environment, News, Technology
The Nissan X-Trail fared the worst in the test. Image via Wiki Commons.
Research compiled by Adac, Europe's largest motoring organisation, found that on their tests, the cars it examined released 10 times more than revealed by existing EU tests. They put cars diesel cars through the EU's existing lab-based regulatory test (NEDC) and then through a secondary test, developed by the UN (WLTC). The UN test, while also lab based, is thought to better represent real conditions, and will likely be introduced in the EU in 2017.
The problem here is likely the test themselves – the idea of a test. If car manufacturers know what kind of tests their car will be subjected to, then they can optimize results for that specific test – not for the real conditions. This is, while not illegal, still manipulative and highly unethical, but it's what most car producers do. This is why, when you put the cars through other tests, they don't fare nearly as well.
But even so, you'd expect an increase somewhere up to 50%, or at the very worst, double – not 10 times or more! According to Adac, here are the biggest polluters, according to Adac.
Nissan's X-Trail 1.6 cDi, which produced over 14 times more NOx in the WLTC test. The Guardian also quoted a Nissan spokesperson:
"We can state unequivocally that we are committed to upholding the law and meeting regulations in all markets." Whoops!
Renault's Espace Energy dCi 160, 11 times more, with Renault's Grand Scenic and Kadjar also among Adac's top 10 polluters. A spokesperson said:
"The group complies with all regulations and legislation for the markets in which it operates. Its vehicles are not equipped with defeat devices."
Jeep's Renegade 2.0, 10 times more.
Hyundai's i20 1.1, Fiat's 500x 1.6 and Citroen's DS5 Hybrid4 – all 6 times more.
Reinhard Kolke, head of test and technical affairs at Adac's state-of-the-art test centre in Bavaria, told the Guardian:
"If all cars complied with [the official EU NOx limit], we would have solved all the worst health effects. Every consumer has the right to expect all manufacturers to do this. But still there are these gross emitters."
However, unlike the Volkswagen case, Adac reported no sign of cheating in its tests, but only a quarter of the 79 different cars Adac tested came up with similar results. Peter Mock, one of the team at the International Council on Clean Transportation who exposed the VW diesel scandal, expressed upmost confidence in Adac.
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3 Comments on "Hubble Image of the Week – Wild Cosmic Ducks"
I'm not sure where that Wild Duck Cluster is. Can you put a circle around it or mark it somehow? Thanks.
And *I'm* curious about the size of the area contained in this image. Is it one degree square, or 2°, or half a degree, or what? Thanks!
Okay, I answered my own question: the photo is 2.69 x 2.59 arcminutes in size, which is—let's just use round numbers here—0.04, or 1/25th, of one degree, or 1/25th x 1/360th **2 (squared) of the entire sky from true horizon to true horizon, or, let's put it another way, an almost infinitesimal amount of the sky. Somebody please correct me if I've dropped a decimal or something in my math here. Anyhow, my point is: count (if you can; I sure don't want to try, myself) the number of stars you can see in this photo, and then square that number, and then multiply it by 25 x 360, and that might give you SOME idea of how many stars are "out there," or at least how many Hubble can see. Amazing.


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Xiaomi has launched its long-awaited smartphone, Mi 8 Lite in Pakistan. As the name suggests, the Mi 8 Lite is a lighter variant of the Mi 8, just like Huawei who has the habit of launching lighter versions along with the high-end flagship devices. The Mi 8 Lite, as far as Xiaomi's Mi 8 line-up is concerned, sits at the lowest end when the price is concerned and now offers flagship-grade features at even cost effective prices. The Mi 8 Lite, to that effect, comes with a gradient finish, a 24MP front camera and dual rear cameras.


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- Those who pay their monthly subscription fee, and fund the current expenses of the institution.
- Those who fund the education expenses of the clients' children.
- Those who help us decrease the current expenses by donating home appliances and other essentials.
- Those who provide dowry for just-married clients.
- Those who donate the cost of pilgrimage parties or other feasts, to this charity alongside introducing a new culture and omitting other unnecessary ceremonies.
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- Those who fund developing and equipping the charity.


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That Beasts Should See
Posted on Monday, Dec 19, 2022 1:05AM Monday, December 19, 2022 by Mike Bendzela
by Mike Bendzela
The Nativity, Baldung, c. 1529
Sleepless one Christmas Eve . . . monkey brain, coffee at 3 a.m. . . . then back to bed to stare at purple and green fireworks on the insides of my eyelids.
Meanwhile, my husband, the retired carpenter, saws wood loudly beside me. He is recovering from both cancer and stroke.
A chorus of human voices fills the room, no comprehension—it's Latin—the words so swaddled in harmonic echoes they lift and disperse in the bedroom like smoke from a censer. The choir floats me to the edge of transcendence, sets me down like a feather. What is this?
From the radio turned down low, the announcer says: "This is what the season is all about—'O Magnum Mysterium.'" No surprise here, the day before Christmas.
I think: This is what I should have heard at the Smithsonian a couple of years ago, at the Museum of Natural History, in the big, quiet room darkened but for spot-lit, black stone slabs, the Burgess Shale fossils, found a century ago in British Columbia by Charles D. Walcott, with his horses and pickaxes. These stones reveal life from half a billion years before present, give or take a few million.
This is my pilgrimage. But it's sad to find myself alone in this exhibit, with this magnificent find. One must study the black slabs up close and judiciously, like the brush strokes of Old Masters, to appreciate the wonders there.
A pox on them—these Zurbarans, these Baldungs—with their rat-free, shitless barns, their kneeling kine and dopey donkeys, the light so exhibit-like.
The worshippers praise the scene: "O Magnum Mysterium,"
et admirabile sacramentum, and wonderful sacrament,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, that beasts should see the newborn Lord,
iacentem in praesepio! lying in a manger!
Beata Virgo, cujus viscera O, blessed is the virgin whose body
meruerunt portare was worthy to bear
Dominum Iesum Christum. the Lord Jesus Christ.
These are the usual fancies of chattering apes. They've been at it for millennia, trying to outdo themselves. Their deity begot himself on his own mother before he was even born? How does this stuff even work on them? The key: to make those who don't know believe they do know—with song.
But what about the thing as such, this big mystery? Where is it? No, not sketchy shrouds; not splinters of truth; nor scraps of manuscripts copied and lost over a measly couple of thousand years.
I want to shake my husband awake: "It was right there, in that split stone!"
I remember it well. In silence and light, I behold a "worm" enfolded, with a little frill: Pikaia gracilens, entombed in a mudslide ere it died, then disinterred by Walcott some 500 million years later, give or take. It has remained silent that entire time—it's tempting to think—waiting for us to come along and admire it.
The description says: Chordate.
Let that sink in. Now look around the empty chamber: no adoration, no hosts. No choir.
Chordata! The whole phylum to which we belong, all of us with a nerve cord down our backs—monkey, whale, turkey; Jesus, Mary, Joseph; velociraptor, froggy, fish.
Get a load of this: Our great, great grandmothers had gill slits and a tail.
But we have been admonished: Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. What, then, of those of us who have seen, who are seeing?
This is the magnum mysterium: To see it—right there in stone, even—and still not believe, while yet believing that which has never been seen. Now that is some mystery.
We must have our own song for it:
I am life.
Split the stone, I am there.
Follow me back through trails in sediment
to the edges of coal swamps.
Together we pace alongside footprints 5
in the petrified ash of extinct volcanoes.
Look, and I appear—in legions.
Wherever you tread, I am there,
still adhering to your boot-soles
as the filth from barnyards 10
should you choose not to look away
on your long journey to find me.
Line 1 John 14:6. 2 Gospel of Thomas Saying 77. 3-4 Footprints In Stone. 5-6 Laetoli footprints. 7 Mark 6:9. 8 Ruth 1:16-17. 9 Whitman's "Song of Myself, 52". 12 Matthew 7:7.
"Nativity, 1529," Hans Baldung Grien, PDM-owner, via Wikimedia Commons
Pikaia, by Jstuby at English Wikipedia, Public Domain.
The Republican Party Is in a Strange Place
Wild Trees I Have Known
"3 Quarks Daily is smart and highclass."
—Robert Pinsky, only three-term U.S. Poet Laureate.
"I look at your site every day. It's where the two cultures meet."
—Suketu Mehta, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Maximum City, winner of the O. Henry Prize, and frequent contributor to various newspapers and magazines.
"Just wanted you to know I'm one of many who reads and enjoys 3 Quarks....almost daily."
—David Byrne, musician, former lead-singer of the Talking Heads, artist, intellectual.
"I've recommended your site to a number of friends and colleagues who've bemoaned the dearth of sites with any literary/scientific muscularity. Keep up the wonderful work."
—John Allen Paulos, Professor of Mathematics at Temple University, and bestselling author of Innumeracy


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Q: The Complete Rate-Limiting Guide I noticed that I can only perform certain actions such as commenting a finite number of times in a given period of time. Obviously, rate limiting is in place to prevent accidental misuse or intentional abuse of certain features.
Where else is rate limiting applied on Stack Exchange sites, and what are the limits?
Return to FAQ index

A: Rate Limit Rationale
Loading pages

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*Undisclosed limit, applies to IP addresses

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*Applies to the entire network; if one makes too many requests on one or more sites, access to all network sites is restricted

*Does not apply to non-load-balanced services not served from the same network as public Q&A (chat, the API, etc.)

*Should not be triggered during normal browsing; if you get it, it either means you're sharing your IP with multiple users accessing the network, or your browser or an extension is hitting the site with one or more extra requests every time you load a page

Comments

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*Voting & Flagging

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*Same amount of comment flags as one does post flags (default 10, may rise up to 100 based on flagging activity or reputation; see Flagging below)

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*Comment flag and post flag allowances are separate

*30 comment upvotes per day (automatic upvotes resulting from close votes do not count)

*no minimum wait time between votes

*Can only flag one comment every 5 seconds

*Deleting (treated like voting)

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*No limit per second (previous one-comment-per-5-second limit removed)

*Can only delete own upvoted comments under 20 posts per day (multiple comments under same post are treated as one)

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*Despite what the message says, you can still delete an unlimited number of non-upvoted comments per day, even if you've hit the above rate limit.

*Creating

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*Three comments per 30 seconds

*Editing

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*comment can be edited every 5 seconds by its author or a diamond mod

*comments cannot be edited after 5 minutes (except by diamond moderators)

Searching

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*No rate limits for humans is what was stated, but testing has shown it to be 30 searches in 60 seconds (see comment on answer linked to).

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*Anonymous users

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*are limited to a maximum of 500 results

*can only search for three tags at a time (was previously limited to one tag, but later raised)

*must solve a CAPTCHA unless they've already solved one in the last five minutes

Asking

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*Users with < 125 rep on the current site, 40 minutes since their last question anywhere on the network (This applies to the user's IP address, not their account. If the user shares that IP with other users, they can be limited by the other user asking a question anywhere on the network; similarly, if the same user posts a question from a different IP address, they may not be limited.)

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*Other per-site limits may apply; e.g. on Stack Overflow, new users can only ask once every 90 minutes. Some of these per-site limits do also check the account, not just the IP address.

*While the limit is waived for users with 125+ reputation on a given site, questions posted on sites where one has 125+ reputation still count toward the rate limit for sites where one doesn't. For instance, if you ask a question on a site where you have 150 rep, you can't ask another question on a site where you have only 100 rep for the next 40 minutes; however, you can ask them in reverse order immediately (first on the 100-rep site, then on the 150-rep site).

*Users limited by Anti-Recidivism System, one question per week

*Users limited from asking questions for 1 – 7 days based on the performance of their previous questions

*Users prevented from asking questions due to the quality filter: one question per 6 months

*Users with < 10k rep trip CAPTCHA* if more than once per 60 seconds, or within 5 seconds of starting new post

*Users with ≥ 10k rep trip CAPTCHA* if more than once per 30 seconds, or within 5 seconds of starting new post

*On Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault and Mathematics (not active on all other sites)

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*maximum of 6 questions per day

*maximum of 50 questions per 30 days, on a rolling basis (50 questions in past 720 hours before current time).

Sorry, you are only allowed to ask 50 questions in a 30 day period

*Stack Exchange staff members are not subject to these rate limits on meta sites
Answering

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*Users with < 125 rep must wait 3 minutes between answers on most Stack Exchange sites, but must wait 30 minutes between answers on Stack Overflow. The longer wait time between answers on Stack Overflow was implemented as part of the response to a flood of ChatGPT answers.

*Users with between 125 and 10k rep trip CAPTCHA* if more than once per 60 seconds, or within 5 seconds of starting new post

*Users with ≥ 10k rep trip CAPTCHA* if more than once per 30 seconds, or within 5 seconds of starting new post

*Users of any reputation level can only answer the same question once every 60 seconds

*Users with the "staff" bit (i.e. Stack Exchange employees) are not subject to the above limits on meta sites
Accepting

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*All must wait 15 minutes after asking to accept any answer

*All must wait 48 hours after asking to accept own answer

Editing

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*Edit at most 10 of one's own posts per day (can be modified per site, but no site has modified it)

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*Additional edits to the same post aren't counted

*Edits to posts created on the same or previous UTC calendar day don't count

*Edits made to posts scoring -1 or lower don't count

*Edits to deleted posts don't count

*Once the limit is hit, no more edits can be made to any of one's own posts, even if the edit would be exempt per the above criteria

*Does not apply to ♦ moderators, users with the moderator tools privilege ("10k+" users), or Stack Exchange staff members

*Rollbacks aren't considered edits for any of the above checks

You have already edited 10 of your own posts today; further edits are not allowed until tomorrow

(Source: What exactly is the rate limit for editing your own posts?)

*At most 5 pending suggested edits per editor (20 on beta sites)

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*Limit is partially waived if submitting a tag wiki and excerpt suggested edit at the same time (which counts as two edits) - if the user only has space for one more pending edit, both edits will still be allowed, but they cannot submit another suggested edit until two of their pending edits are approved (i.e. they're no longer exceeding the limit)

*Unregistered users can't suggest edits on posts < 10 minutes old

*Users with < 10k rep trip CAPTCHA* if more than once per 30 seconds, or faster than 5 seconds after starting edit

*Users with ≥ 10k rep trip CAPTCHA* if more than once per 10 seconds, or faster than 5 seconds after starting edit

*You can only save a tag wiki edit once every 30 seconds, or once every 10 seconds if you have enough reputation (20k/4k on beta sites) to bypass the review queue. (Submitting a tag wiki edit along with a tag wiki excerpt edit at the same time for the same tag is not limited.)
* For all of the above thresholds for hitting CAPTCHA, if you have at least 200 reputation and have solved a CAPTCHA in the last 5 minutes, you will not have to solve one again.
Flagging

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*10 flags per day by default

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*1 bonus daily flag for every 10 net helpful flags in the user's flagging history (helpful minus declined, excluding other types such as disputed and aged away)

*1 bonus daily flag for every 2,000 reputation earned

*A net negative helpful flag count can reduce a user's daily flag allowance to below 10

*The number of daily flags is hard-capped at 100

*5 seconds between flags (both flagging and retracting)

*3 seconds between opening the flag dialog

*You can be banned from flagging when too many flags have been declined in a 7 day period; such a ban will automatically be lifted once the criteria no longer apply (after at most 7 days).
Reviewing

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*20 reviews per queue per day if the queue size is less than 1000 (150 on Stack Overflow)

*40 reviews per queue per day if the queue size is 1000 or more (150 on Stack Overflow)

*Reviews on suggested edits to your own posts do count toward the limit if you haven't reached it yet, but will be allowed through even if you have.

*No review limit for ♦ mods

Thank you for reviewing 20 Close Votes today; come back tomorrow to continue reviewing.

Chat

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*1 second between two messages, here's the true throttle curve

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*There is a similar throttle for starring (details unknown)

*There is a similar throttle for searching (details unknown)

*Star limit is 20 stars per room, per day for each user.

*30 seconds between creating chat bookmarks

Voting

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*30 votes per day +10 for questions only (question-only votes can't be used once you've cast 25 votes on answers) (source)

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*To further elaborate: you get 10 Q-votes and 30 QA-votes per day. When you vote on a question, you'll use a Q-vote, and on an answer, you'll use a QA-vote. If you run out of Q-votes, you can continue voting on questions, but you'll be using QA-votes. However, once you have only 5 QA-votes left, you'll be blocked from using your Q-votes and all of your remaining voting for the day will use your QA-votes.

*If one of the posts you vote on gets deleted the same day as you vote, your limit is recalculated as if you never cast that vote (i.e. in most cases, you can cast one more vote, but if you now have more than 5 unused QA-votes, your Q-votes will be unblocked, allowing you to vote more times).

*If you vote and undo your vote 30 times, your vote gets locked in.

Logging in

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*3 failed attempts within a minute before a CAPTCHA is displayed

Changing usernames

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*Last username change must be less than 15 minutes or more than 30 days ago. Does not apply to ♦ mods or accounts that are less than 2 days old.

Showing Upvote/Downvote totals

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*once per second

Expanding revision history from user activity

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*once per second

Closing

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*Can open close dialog once per 3 seconds

*50 close/reopen votes/day/user on Stack Overflow, Mathematics, Server Fault, Super User and Ask Ubuntu, 12 on Stack Apps, 24 on others. Source

Deleting

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*Can only delete 5 of your own posts per day

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*Undeleting and re-deleting the same post on the same day won't count

*Posts that were made on the same UTC calendar day or the previous UTC calendar day don't count

*Posts that score -1 or lower don't count

*Once the limit is reached, no more posts can be deleted, even if they'd be exempt per the above bullets

*Doesn't apply to diamond moderators

*5 delete votes (at 10k) with an extra delete vote for every 1k rep above 10k, max of 30, per day

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*When a 10k+ user with delete votes remaining deletes one of their own posts, that deletion will deduct 1 from their delete votes for the day.

*Other than that, the counts between self-deleted posts and delete votes for others' posts are kept separate: the number of self-deleted posts is limited to 5 per the above criteria, and if you've used all your delete votes but have not hit the above limit, you can still delete your own posts up until the limit (the counter will show as negative).

*Question must be closed in order to be able to vote to delete it

*A question can't be voted to delete until 2 days after closure, unless 20k+ and question score -3 or lower

*Can only cast one delete vote and one undelete vote on the same post, except when you are the post owner or a moderator.

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*If you previously deleted or undeleted someone else's post as a moderator, you cannot vote to delete or undelete the post again if you later cease to be a moderator.

Deleting/destroying accounts

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*Moderators can delete/destroy only one account every 5 seconds.

Winter Bash hats

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*Change hat once every 10 seconds

iOS and Android apps (deprecated)

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*Due to depending on the API, one second between actions

*Unlike the normal API, which restricts users to 10,000 queries per day (see below), the iOS app is allowed a (theoretically) unlimited number of queries per day (restricted to 2^31 - 1 or 2,147,483,647, or the maximum number for a 32-bit signed integer). This does not apply to the Android app.

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*Note that this is likely to change given that app-specific API features are gradually being retired due to the discontinuation of the apps.

Stack Exchange API

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*API request quotas

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*Request quotas are the maximum number of API requests in a rolling 24-hour period.

*Maximum of 300 queries per 24 hours per IP address, if not using an API key value. Requests with an API key also count against this quota. It is not separate from the 10k quota, which means these 300 requests are likely to be consumed by applications using an API key.

*Maximum of 10,000 queries per day per API key and IP address pair, if using a per-application API key, with some exceptions:

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*Some high-profile tools that actively help out with the Stack Exchange network receive special keys that grant them an extended limit (e.g., SmokeDetector has a limit of 80,000)

*The above noted exemption for the iOS app, which has a special key that doesn't have daily API limits (see above section for more details)

*The quota which is applied to the IP address is the same for all API requests made with a key value in the 24-hour period. The quota value which is used is the maximum quota assigned to any key which is used to make a request from that IP address within that 24 hour period (e.g., if a key with a 50k quota is used for a single request on the IP address, then all requests with a valid key value from that IP address in that 24 hour period have a 50k quota, regardless of what their normal quota would be).

*Requests which use an access_token, in addition to a key, use a quota which is tied to the access_token. An access_token uniquely identifies an application + user pair. Each user has up to 5 additional 10,000 request quota pools which are allocated separately to the first 5 application + user pairs used for that user in a 24-hour period. Requests made with an access_token do not count against the IP based quotas.

*A hard limit of 30 requests from any IP address per second. SE considers "> 30 request/sec per IP to be very abusive and thus cut the requests off very harshly." In normal operation, requests will almost always be throttled in other ways well before that hard limit.

*Occasionally, queries can return a backoff value, to indicate how much time a given application needs to wait before it can perform another query. This value depends on the number and speed of the queries and the overall load on SE's servers, and can change based on various other factors. The exact criteria used for issuing a backoff are not disclosed.

*SE uses multiple layers of rate limiting for the SE API. The criteria used for the rate limiting layers are not disclosed. Rate limiting is implemented both by the above mentioned backoff response and requests returning various errors, potentially with no additional information.

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Violent crime in El Salvador has taken a damaging toll on the country's economy
Levi Bridges Mar 5, 2018
https://www.marketplace.org/2018/03/05/violent-crime-el-salvador-has-taken-damaging-toll-countrys-economy/
Train tracks in Ixtepec, Mexico. Marvin Villalobos traveled along this railroad with his three brothers in 2017 on their way to find jobs in the United States. The trip turned fatal for Villalobos when he fell off a train. Levi Bridges/ for Marketplace
Soon after he climbed onto the freight train known by migrants in Mexico as "The Beast" last November, Francisco Vásquez said he got a bad a feeling.
Vásquez, 32, had traveled with his three brothers from their home country of El Salvador all the way to the state of Sinaloa in northern Mexico. The group was traveling toward Arizona, where they hoped to find work as undocumented immigrants. The four brothers snuck around immigration checkpoints in Mexico, crashed on the floors of migrant shelters and lived through the strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in decades. But after all that, Vásquez still felt like something was wrong when he climbed on the train in Sinaloa.
"I had the feeling that there was an evil spirit on the train," Vásquez said.
Central Americans pay smugglers up to $10,000 to take them to the United States. But Vásquez and his brothers didn't have the money to pay a smuggler to take them north. Like many migrants before them, they resorted to hopping on freight trains, following a network of railroads across Mexico toward the U.S. border.
Vásquez reluctantly got on the train in Sinaloa and sat on a small space at the end of a boxcar, where the cars are hooked together, because he was too afraid to climb any higher. His three brothers sat above on the boxcar's roof. Vásquez called for them to come down, but they chose to stay where they were.
As the train picked up speed, Vásquez watched hot sparks fly off the tracks. Then he heard a loud cracking sound. A low-hanging power line struck his brother, Marvin Villalobos, 28, in the head. He fell off the train toward the ground headfirst.
The remaining brothers jumped from car to car to the front of the train and managed to get the conductor to stop. They got off near the beach town of Mazatlán and police helped them find their brother, still conscious and lying beside the tracks. He died in the hospital from a traumatic head injury a week later.
"We did everything possible to save him," Vásquez said, "but there was nothing we could do."
Marvin Villalobos, 28, helps move a set of bunkbeds out of a migrant shelter in Ixtepec, Mexico, badly damaged by last September's earthquake. Villalobos left El Salvador with his three brothers in 2017 in hopes of finding work in the U.S. state of Arizona. But he fell off a freight train in northern Mexico and died before reaching the U.S. border.
Levi Bridges/ for Marketplace
The brothers, who are from San Salvador had tried to start a new life in Arizona just months before the United States ended a program known as Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from El Salvador. That program gave 200,000 Salvadorans protection from deportation. And despite the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration from El Salvador, many young Salvadorans still take great risks for the chance to work in the United States.
Many Salvadoran migrants today leave the country to escape gang violence or threats on their lives. While Vásquez and his brothers lived in a violent neighborhood in San Salvador, it was the need to find jobs that drove them from home. The brothers grew up raised by a single mother who grills chicken at a street stand in San Salvador. They headed for Arizona with the hope that they could build her a house to live in when she becomes too old to work and pay rent.
Instead the three brothers returned home to their mother in San Salvador with a wooden box full of their brother's ashes. They were only able to pay for the journey home after locals in Mazatlán, who learned about the tragedy in a local news report, sent them donations.
Vásquez and his brothers are among the thousands of Salvadoran families who have risked their lives for a chance to reach the United States. There are few incentives for young Salvadorans to stay at home. El Salvador suffers from one of the Latin America's highest homicide rates, largely as a result of powerful gangs like MS-13 and 18th Street that originally formed in Los Angeles. The gangs have not only increased violent crime, but economists believe they also decrease investment and productivity in El Salvador.
Gangs in El Salvador extort most businesses, dealing a serious blow to the country's economy. The Central Bank of El Salvador estimates that Salvadorans spend $756 million in extortion fees every year — and overall violence costs the country 16 percent of GDP.
Carlos Carcach, a professor at San Salvador's Higher School of Economics and Business, said that the current environment makes it difficult for El Salvador to attract investment and create jobs. He said tourism, in particular, offers an untapped opportunity to improve the Salvadoran economy.
"We might even have to legalize drugs," Carcach said, "because there might be tourists looking for different kinds of entertainment and we should be open to that."
Although Carcach wouldn't necessarily advocate for legalizing drugs as his first choice to improve the economy, he said that is exactly the sort of creative disruption El Salvador needs to create new industries so young people no longer have to migrate. Carcach said that El Salvador, a country roughly the size of Massachusetts, shares similar characteristics with Japan or South Korea: small, centralized countries where it is easy to develop thriving industries like technology. But so far, similar innovation has not happened in El Salvador.
Carcach said El Salvador's economic problems exist in part because the country doesn't reap great benefits from immigration. Salvadoran typically work low-skilled jobs in the United States as undocumented immigrants. Carcach said that Salvadorans should instead study abroad and return home with new skills and entrepreneurial plans.
"They should prepare their kids to come here," Carcach said. "Especially when the U.S. is sending the message: Look we don't want you here."
But U.S. jobs still lure many Salvadorans north. Despite his brother's death, even Vásquez said he would still try to enter the United States as an undocumented immigrant.
"I'd dare to go again," Vásquez said, "but only if I can find the money to pay a smuggler to take me."
Trump prompts protests with promise of new Mexican tariffs
Can Mexico succeed in stopping Central American migration? What if it can't?
Trump says US, Mexico reach agreement to prevent tariffs
As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, researchers still seek diverse pool for clinical trials
Faced with high education costs, Southern California students look to Mexico
Tariffs on Mexican imports may increase the price you pay for apples


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package org.ddd4j.function;

import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.function.BiFunction;
import java.util.function.Function;

import org.ddd4j.util.Require;
import org.ddd4j.value.Opt;
import org.ddd4j.value.collection.Tpl;

@FunctionalInterface
public interface BidiFunction<T, U> {

	static <T, U> BidiFunction<T, U> nullMapping() {
		return fn -> Tpl.of(null, null);
	}

	static <T, U> BidiFunction<T, U> ofFallbacks(T t, U u) {
		return fn -> Tpl.of(t, u);
	}

	Tpl<T, U> apply(BiFunction<Function<T, Tpl<T, U>>, Function<U, Tpl<T, U>>, Tpl<T, U>> fn);

	default Tpl<T, U> applyLeft(Function<Function<T, Tpl<T, U>>, Tpl<T, U>> fn) {
		return apply((f1, f2) -> fn.apply(f1));
	}

	default Tpl<T, U> applyLeftValue(T t) {
		return applyLeft(fn -> fn.apply(t));
	}

	default Tpl<T, U> applyRight(Function<Function<U, Tpl<T, U>>, Tpl<T, U>> fn) {
		return apply((f1, f2) -> fn.apply(f2));
	}

	default Tpl<T, U> applyRightValue(U u) {
		return applyRight(fn -> fn.apply(u));
	}

	default Function<T, U> asLeftFunction() {
		return t -> applyLeftValue(t).getRight();
	}

	default Function<U, T> asRightFunction() {
		return u -> applyRightValue(u).getLeft();
	}

	default BidiFunction<T, U> withMapping(T left, U right) {
		return fn -> fn.apply(t -> Objects.equals(t, left) ? Tpl.of(t, right) : apply(fn), u -> Objects.equals(u, right) ? Tpl.of(left, u) : apply(fn));
	}

	default BidiFunction<T, U> withTriedFirst(Function<T, Opt<U>> f1, Function<U, Opt<T>> f2) {
		Require.nonNulls(f1, f2);
		return fn -> fn.apply(t -> f1.apply(t).mapNullable(u -> Tpl.of(t, u)).orElseGet(() -> apply(fn)),
				u -> f2.apply(u).mapNullable(t -> Tpl.of(t, u)).orElseGet(() -> apply(fn)));
	}

	default BidiFunction<T, U> withTriedLeftFirst(Function<T, Opt<U>> function) {
		return withTriedFirst(function, u -> Opt.none());
	}

	default BidiFunction<T, U> withTriedRightFirst(Function<U, Opt<T>> function) {
		return withTriedFirst(t -> Opt.none(), function);
	}
}

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The author recalls Jean-Luc Marion's work starting from three coordinates: history, theory, poetry. She shows how, in his work, poetry acts in the heart of phenomenology, presenting itself as a binding possibility of an unconditioned donation. The dialogue with Jacques Derrida that took place in Villanova is extremely interesting to this end because it reveals, after more than ten years, the questions, the difficulties, the inalienable objectives, that have led to the phenomenology of donation.


Drift along the Chunnambar backwaters on a houseboat, but do make time for the beach.
NAVIGATE through the Chunnambar backwaters flanked by coconut trees, towards soft sands and find a welcoming sign that says a�?Paradise Islanda�� where you can anchor for the night. This is an experience offered to Pondy visitors, starting this weekend, courtesy a spanking newA� Kerala-style houseboat.
Paradise Beach retains an aura of seclusion, as it is usually accessible only by a boat from the mainland. With the launch of this new experience by Mantra Houseboats,A� Pondicherrya��s backwaters now remind one of the iconic holiday experiencesA� in Alappuzha. Built with bamboo and teak, the huge floor-to-roof windows lining the corridor and the bedrooms provide stunning vistas of the Ariankuppam bridge, the Chunnambar boathouse fleet and glimpses of Paradise Island.
The double-decker houseboat, which is equipped with a kitchen, has three air-conditioned bedrooms fitted with mounted fans, furniture and closets. The closed deck behind the drivera��s seat has benches which are perfect if you want to float along in tranquility. This space also doubles up as a dining area and entertainment centre, where travellers can catch something on TV or choose from a selection of movies. The upper tier has been designed for parties, get-togethers and conferences (maximum 50 people); but its open deck on the roof is just the right spot to quietly watch the sunrise or sunset.
Though you can spend 24 hours onboard, the actual hours of boating are minimal. Guests are welcomed with a drink at 11 am, followed by a slow cruise to Paradise Island. Lunch and other meals a�� predominantly South Indian, with dishes like idiyappam and egg curry, biryani and Chettinad chicken curry a�� are prepared onboard. Guests can rest on the boat or enjoy time off on their own at Paradise Beach till 6 pm, followed by more boating. a�?The houseboat will tour the entire stretch of backwaters, including the narrow but more scenic stretch along the far end of the beach. Tourists normally dona��t get to experience this,a�? says R Anu, CEO, Mantra. Spa and massages onboard, and a bit of fishing practice for guests may be introduced shortly. The boat anchors at a jetty near the beach at 7 pm and guests are dropped off on the mainland after breakfast, by 10 am the next day. Life jackets, life buoys and fire extinguishers are on board to ensure safety.


Port forwarding rules are executed only if the Barracuda Link Balancer firewall is enabled or if a WAN link has Port Forwarding enabled (see: When the Firewall is Disabled).
Create port forwarding rules to direct traffic on an external port to a port on a private IP address. The return path is handled automatically. The listen IP address on a specific WAN interface could be either the WAN IP address or one of the Additional IP Addresses on the same WAN interface. If an internal server needs to receive traffic from more than one WAN link, create a 1:1 NAT or port forwarding rule for each WAN link. If you then create a DNS domain, the Barracuda Link Balancer will automatically generate A records based on the Port Forwarding and 1:1 NAT rules.
The WAN IP address is the IP address used for general purpose NAT. If necessary, add the publicly accessible IP addresses to the configuration.
Log into the Barracuda Link Balancer web interface.
Go to the Basic > Links page.
Click the + sign to expand and edit the WAN link.
Add Additional IP Addresses, the external IP addresses that are eligible to be used.
An Additional IP Address used for port forwarding rules can NOT be used for 1:1 NAT rules.
Go to the FIREWALL > NAT page.
In the Port Forwarding Rules table, enter a descriptive name in the Rule Name field.
From the Listen Link field, select the WAN link to use to listen for incoming packets on the port.
If desired, enter the hostname or the fully qualified domain name associated with the IP addresses in the Hostname field.
If you create a domain on the Services > Authoritative DNS page the Barracuda Link Balancer searches for matching domain names in the Port Forwarding and 1:1 NAT rules. For every match, a DNS A record is created linking this hostname to its external and internal IP addresses. You can enter a fully qualified domain name (e.g. www.example.com. with or without the ending dot) or a hostname (e.g. www). If a hostname is entered, it is considered to be part of the default domain specified on the Basic > IP Configuration page.
In the Listen IP field, type the WAN IP address of this link and all of the Additional IP Addresses on the same WAN interface from the Basic > Links page. Select the address to use.
Applications let you define rules that apply to more than one port. You can define an application using the Policy > Applications page (see How to Create Custom Applications).
When choosing the port option, enter one port, a list of comma-separated ports, or a hyphenated range in the Port field.
If multiple ports are being forwarded, then each port listed in the Listen IP Ports corresponds one-to-one with the entries in the Forward IP Ports list. If there are no Forward IP Ports, traffic is forwarded to the same port from which it was received.
Specify one or any protocol from the Protocol list.
In the Forward IP field, enter the private static IP address of the server which must be reachable from the LAN of the Barracuda Link Balancer. Or, if creating a DNAT rule for a link, type a static IP address reachable through a WAN link (usually, the firewall IP address reachable through WAN1).
In the Ports field, enter one port, a list of comma-separated ports, or a hyphenated range. If multiple ports are being forwarded, then each port in the Listen IP Ports list corresponds one-to-one with the the Forward IP Ports list. If there are no Forward IP Ports, traffic is forwarded to the same port from which it was received.
Make sure that you deselect Disable to enable the rule.
Select Log to write an entry in the Firewall Log whenever this rule is executed.
Select Auto-create firewall rule to enable auto-creating an accompanying inbound Access Firewall Rule to accept traffic on the listen link and port for the private IP address of the server.
If the Barracuda Link Balancer firewall is disabled, you can create a NAT rule to map the destination IP address of the inbound traffic on one WAN link to an IP address on another WAN link.
This option is also known as WAN IP impersonation. It is not available for WAN1.
The NAT/Port Forwarding feature allows you to add a new link without requiring an update to rules on your network firewall.
Click the WAN link to open the configuration.
Select Yes to enable the NAT/Port Forwarding setting.
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Willian racially abused and calls for more to be done
By Admin Martin - 19 February 2021, 23:00
Arsenal attacker Willian has become the latest player to be racially abused and he has called for more to be done.
The Premier League has seen several incidences of players being subjected to racial abuse on social media in recent weeks.
As authorities work hard to kick out the menace from the game, the abusers are not showing any willingness to stop any time soon.
Willian has struggled for form since he joined Arsenal from Chelsea for free in the summer.
He has lost his place in the team in recent months as Mikel Arteta fields others who are delivering.
He was a late sub in Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Benfica yesterday and suffered the abuse after the game.
The Brazilian took to his Instagram account to post a screenshot of the latest attacks from the racists.
On the first screenshot, he added: 'Something needs to change! The fight against racism continues'
On the second, he wrote: 'One more'.
Willian is already having a hard time at the Emirates as he struggles to justify being given a three-year deal at the club.
He will need all the support he can get at this time.
Admin Martin
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Peter Shaw says:
At his age, Arsenal were simply mad to give him a 3 year deal. Edu & Co must be gluttons for punishment or completely nuts. I wonder what ridiculous contracts THEY are all on.
I don't think football is helping itself by insisting on this taking a knee. BLM is divisive, in fact putting a colour, religion, etc in front of anything is divisive. I feel it's having the opposite effect it originally set out to achieve. As a father of a mixed race child, it sends out a confusing message to kids and simply makes a bad situation worse.
Rashid80 says:
I really don't see the point in taking the knee and no one should be forced to do so.. If it was me I would not be taking the knee for BLM knowing their history and their violence (I'm talking about BLM not black people & I'm black myself).. This generation is getting worse where every one is a snow flake who cannot take an insults or banter..
Declan says:
I think kneeling is a subservient act and gives the wrong signals.
Do as Bob Marley sang… "Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights".
ozziegunner says:
No matter how bad a player's form, there is no way any person should be abused because of their race, religion, sexual preferences, etc.
John7 says:
If you are in a room with a 100 people you will find at least one dipstick.If you are on the internet with millions people then that small percentage of nasty people multiplies into hundreds.If I was famous I would probably avoid the social media unless I could learn to ignore the nastiness that these vile people spout out.Unfortunately these people who have nothing better to do then spread their bitterness are always going to be out there until they get banned.James Blunt has a good approach that deals with the trolls by using humour and disdain.I may not be a fan of his music but he has a career in stand up comedy.
PJ-SA says:
People will always be abused in some way or form, everyone on the planet is on the receiving end.
You name it, someones been abused for some reason.
Its a reality of life. In no way should you accept it but you do need to learn to rise above it.
Very unpopular opinion but people really need to toughen up a bit….


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Follow the Golden Rule...
Economists from the universities of York, St Andrews and Lancaster published their research on the Golden Rule and consistent behaviour. Professor Yuan Ju, of our Department of Economics, describes their work.
Recent events, to the dismay of many, seem to suggest that intolerance and prejudice are on the rise. And, more eagerly than ever, we long for a society of compassion and a global community in which nations and people, powerful or not, don't treat others the way they don't wish to be treated.
The Golden Rule in the lab
World religions know this as a form of the Golden Rule: "Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself*", This tenet could be found in almost every religious teaching. In many cultures, the Golden Rule is one of their bedrock moral principles.
But do people in modern societies really stick to the teaching of the Golden Rule, especially when there are pecuniary consequences to their actions? Professor Yuan Ju and his coauthors brought this question into the laboratory, and set out to answer it with a simple game of bargaining.
They invited 300 students in total to the laboratory at the Centre for Experimental Economics (EXEC), and asked each of them to make a series of decisions regarding the split of a fixed amount of money between themselves and another anonymous person in the room.
Each participant could offer their opponents anything from zero to the full amount in whole pounds; if the opponent said "yes" to the offer, they could both receive the money in the proposed way.
But the other person could reject the offer, which would result in a breakdown of negotiation, meaning both will get nothing from this round of the game.
What is particularly interesting is to see how people would react when they play the responder's role and are confronted with the same proposal they themselves had made.
Compelling results
Their paper, newly published in Economic Inquiry, finds compelling evidence that suggests most people's behavior conforms to the Golden Rule.
According to the study, about 93 per cent would say yes to their own offers. Through a belief elicitation method, the research also finds that, possibly to the surprise of many economists, such Golden Rule behaviour is not driven by people's monetary pursuit.
They find that an important factor that discourages people to follow the Golden Rule is when people know their behaviour will not be observed by their opponents.
When people are told that their opponents would not see their offer when making the decisions, the percentage of Golden Rule behaviour dropped by nearly 20 per cent.
With the help of statistical models, they are also able to identify several traits that belong to those who practice the Golden Rule in their experiment.
Unsurprisingly, those who are more generous with their offers are more likely to follow the Golden Rule. But interestingly, among all the participants, those who take longer to decide how to split the money are more likely to stray from the Golden Rule.
Naturally, one would ask does following the Golden Rule pay off? At least in their experiment, those people who follow the Golden Rule earned more from the negotiations.
As an important notion in social psychology, projection bias says people have the tendency to project their own thoughts, preferences, and behavior onto other people. Their research finds that people's stated beliefs and actions reveal mild projection bias. This finding is intriguing, as there seemed to be no such studies for a one-shot asymmetric game.
This research is thought to be the first rigorous and comprehensive experimental study that offers quantitative evidence on the Golden Rule. It brings together an ancient philosophical discussion and the modern research methods of experimental economics.
And relevant to the present day, besides its scientific contributions, the paper's positive message on the Golden Rule could also bring us some consolation and hope during this turbulent time in global politics.
*This is the negative form of the Golden Rule, often called the Silver Rule. Given its prevalence in almost all cultures and societies, we confine to this form of the Golden Rule. Generally, the Golden Rule has other interpretations. Its positive form, not explicitly studied here, states that one should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself, as appears in the Bible: "So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."
About 93 per cent follow the Golden Rule. Through a belief elicitation method, the research also finds that, possibly to the surprise of many economists, such Golden Rule behaviour is not driven by people's monetary pursuit.
Professor Yuan Ju
Professor of Economics
This research is supported by the Research and Impact Support (RIS) fund at the Department of Economics and Related Studies in the University of York.
Chair of the Departmental Research Committee
Professor Ju's research interests are game theory, microeconomics, social choice and experimental economics.
Role-reversal consistency: An experimental study of the golden rule (PDF , 770kb) is co-authored by Professor Yuan Ju of the University of York, Professor Miguel Costa-Gomes of the University of St. Andrews and Dr. Jiawen Li of Lancaster University.
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Posted on March 4, 2021 March 4, 2021 by scientificinquirer
TB played a major role in our immune system evolution.
COVID-19 is only the latest infectious disease to have had an outsized impact on human life. A new study employing ancient human DNA reveals how tuberculosis has affected European populations over the past 2,000 years, specifically the impact that disease has had on the human genome. This work, which publishes March 4 in the American Journal of Human Genetics, has implications for studying not only evolutionary genetics, but also how genetics can influence the immune system.
"Present-day humans are the descendants of those who have survived many things–climate changes and big epidemics, including the Black Death, Spanish flu, and tuberculosis," says senior author Lluis Quintana-Murci of the Institut Pasteur in France. "This work uses population genetics to dissect how natural selection has acted on our genomes."
This research focused on a variant of the gene TYK2, called P1104A, which first author Gaspard Kerner had previously found to be associated with an increased risk of becoming ill after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis when the variant is homozygous. (TYK2 has been implicated in immune function through its effect on interferon signaling pathways.) Kerner, a PhD student studying genetic diseases at the Imagine Institute of Paris University, began collaborating with Quintana-Murci, an expert in evolutionary genomics, to study the genetic determinants of human tuberculosis in the context of evolution and natural selection.
Using a large dataset of more than 1,000 European ancient human genomes, the investigators found that the P1104A variant first emerged more than 30,000 years ago. Further analysis revealed that the frequency of the variant drastically decreased about 2,000 years ago, around the time that present-day forms of infectious Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains became prevalent. The variant is not associated with other infectious bacteria or viruses.
"If you carry two copies of this variant in your genome and you encounter Mycobacterium tuberculosis, you are very likely to become sick," Kerner says. "During the Bronze Age, this variant was much more frequent, but we saw that it started to be negatively selected at a time that correlated with the start of the tuberculosis epidemic in Europe."
"The beauty of this work is that we're using a population genetics approach to reconstruct the history of an epidemic," Quintana-Murci explains. "We can use these methods to try to understand which immune gene variants have increased the most over the last 10,000 years, indicating that they are the most beneficial, and which have decreased the most, due to negative selection."
He adds that this type of research can be complementary to other types of immunology studies, such as those performed in the laboratory. Moreover, both researchers say these tools can be used to study the history and implications of many different genetic variants for multiple infectious diseases.
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'Things You Wanted to Say but Never Did' by Geloy Concepcion
Published on : November 28, 2021 November 28, 2021 by Nicoleta Raicu
Geloy Concepcion is a photographer, videographer, and street artist based in San Francisco Bay Area, California. Born and raised in one of the roughest parts of Manila, namely Pandacan, his interests in art and journalism started as a teen.
Before the Covid-19 Lockdown, Geloy has launched a series called 'Things You Wanted to Say but Never Did.' By collecting statements from strangers on the internet, he creates results similar to portraits, except that there are no faces at all. He writes the statements on the images like vandals and shares them on his Instagram account.
When I started this project, I learned to look past my being an artist. To remove my designation as a photographer, an artist, an illustrator and find the core of my work. In my case, it's human connections.
Right now, I feel like a radio DJ who receives calls from people I don't know. It's like they're requesting songs or phoning in to tell whatever they have in mind, and somewhere out there someone's listening. It's like that. This project taught me to put the purpose or mission of my work.
At the beginning of this project, my involvement is somewhat more direct as the photographs came from me. I'm still involved now because the final product still comes from me. What's changed somewhere in the middle is the realization that this is not about me, so I stopped using my own photographs. I'm more of a channel now. I'm like a middleman.
Geloy for CNN Philippines
Geloy found inspiration from the likes of Jim Goldberg or Robert Frank, who also wrote or asked their subjects to write directly on their images. 'Things You Wanted to Say but Never Did' is an intimate space where your silent whispers are heard: first by the artist himself and then by all the people who stumble across his Instagram. His works have been exhibited in The USA, Europe, Japan, Singapore, India, Australia, Kosovo, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
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A Midnight Rider: Hey Boo Boo!
We're going to have a pick in-ick in New York. All systems are go from Cape Cod. The advanced team of Eglwng, hubby, and sons are scouting the area for good bars and places to buy salsa. (Everyone knows the best salsa is from New York).
Crys is all packed and standing at here doorway waiting for the dismissal bell to ring. I'm trying to figure out how to fit all those bikes in and on my car. We are all checking the weather reports every 30 minutes, and my spandex shorts are tide clean and woolite fresh.
I did two hard days of training, one for fitness and the other to work on my camera skills while riding.
All I need to do now is get a haircut and cut the grass. (oh and buy a pack of zig zag's).
It sounds like it's going to be a blast. I'm looking forward to reading about it later.
You have my blog Planetary Gears listed on the right as a bike shop. Planetary Gears is my personal blog. Hiawatha Cyclery is my bike shop.
I certainly wouldn't disagree with your assessment about wine. I love a full bodied, deep red as much as the next person. But as an English student it was hard to pass up on the alliteration. And as a poor graduate student, beer is generally the more economical choice. Thanks for reading.
So how WAS that New York salsa?
I wish spycam were a better machine for on-the-move photography. She just isn't made for that. You sure do a good job, tho!


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Feeback: Nearly 2 years siliconfree & nearly one month poo-free!!!
after quite a long break I found my way back to my blog again. In this blogpost I want to share with you what came out when I was stopping using silicon in hair products.
It has become like a new trend in cosmetics to offer silicon-free products. As I heard and also mentioned in my initial hair experiment post about the ingredients in regular store shampoos (and also other cosmetical products ) I decided that I wanted to try how it without them.
Delicious summer sweets: Liqueur 43 Muffins!
One of the projects which I chose for this year: changing my hair cosmetic equipment into a new one which does not contain silicon and does not or contains a lower amount of tensides, thus I chose natural products.
So I will dedicate this and also the next blog posts to hair and my experiences which I made so far.
But of course I needed to get a start with a certain brand which was a difficult choise as you have a wide variety of brands.
A little mix of minced meat, vegetables and exotic spices – easy to make! At first roast the minced meat and then roast the vegetables and dried apricots, afterwards put it together and finally flavor it with pepper, salt and curry according to your taste. Prepare the cous cous and add it to the pan!
Jewelry made by angels: made in Berlin!
I wish you all a happy new year 2013!
And I am startin with a post about jewelry. This above are my favorites which are handmade by a friend of mine. The shop is called "kupferkatze" and I love them because many of them are unique so I am the only one who has them, which is not the case regarding many other jewelry pieces you see in stores which are produces in million-pieces-batches!
It is winter time again and Berlin is cowered with snow like in a fairytale. But besides beautiful appearance the wheather also has disadvantages for current travellers. There are many cancellations and delays which are caused by a lot new snow and icy rain!


As we're coming up on the 2 year anniversary of when Darrell and I took this trip, I thought I'd do a little break down.
- Total $ Spent During Trip: Under $200. We scrimped and saved and brought a lot of our own food along. Like this. We also came up with some creative ways to eat. Check it out.
- # of Rides Hitched: 34. Thanks to all those people who helped us along the way. Most were very short some were long, all were necessary.
- Longest Ride: From Denver, CO to Salt Lake City, UT. A little over 530 miles. That was a nice one.
- Shortest Ride: About as short and as necessary as they come, Mr. Larson saw us go the wrong way at a bus stop (we were looking for a campsite), then went home and got his car to come and find us. He tells it better.
- # of Rides Turned Down: Only one. He was a shifty guy and we both had a bad feeling. You gotta follow the rules.
- Best Place to Stay: Maybe it wasn't the best at first, but after our camera broke, Ron took us out with his son on one of the craziest parts of our adventure. Check it out.
- Worst Place to Stay: This category and the next one go hand in hand... It's not that this place is bad... just a bad place to spend the night. And coincidentally this was the longest we waited for a ride.
- Longest We Waited for a Ride: It took us over 14 hours to get a ride in the heart of Salt Lake City. In fact we had to hop a train.
- Hours Filmed: Over 120.
- Total RunTime: 72 minutes. Give it a look.


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Buried Treasure: Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu is violence. Their music more like a punch in the nose than orchestrated chords and rhythm. The guitars shriek and twist like exposed rebar after a post-apocalyptic nuclear rain. The drums and bass repeatedly drive their gnarled fists into your chest with savage brutality. The vocals slash and scream across all the bedlam like a feral animal with an unquenchable thirst for blood.
In the annals of post-hardcore Drive Like Jehu have an almost divine status. They've managed to influence everything from Tacoma based metal band Botch to Modest Mouse.
Yank Crime was released in 1994. It wasn't soon after the records release that Drive Like Jehu broke up. This sudden departure and the member's post-Jehu projects helped gain the band an almost cult like status. What D.C. had started with the post-hardcore movement Drive Like Jehu perfected. The post-hardcore sound of D.C. would eventually grow and gain influence during it's pre-internet crawl across America. One of these places was Jehu's home city of San Diego where bands started adopting what would be called the "San Diego Sound".
Nestled within all the chaos of every track on Yank Crime there is always a hint of calculation. With Yank Crime there is a Point A and Point B, but the band is going to make sure you reach the end of your violent journey with a bloodied nose and two black eyes. Jarring and discordant guitar riffs crunch their ways back and forth like two pugilists in a ring. Mark Trombino's drums sound off like a gunfight in an abandoned Southwestern ghost town. The bass drives it all home with pulsing and thrashing noise keeping the rhythm from tottering over the edge into oblivion.
I ran into Drive Like Jehu on accident. A guy working the counter (who would later play bass for alcohol infused rock band Planes Mistaken for Stars) at my local record store recommended them when I told him I was getting tired of The Get Up Kids. I was instantly hooked and would soon go on a campaign to ravage any band of their ilk. Unfortunately for me Drive Like Jehu had already been broken up for two years at the time, but this only aided in my appreciation for what the band did for a lot of music in the Midwest where I was from.
Drive Like Jehu reunited for some reunion shows from 2014 to 2016. They've got on in age but haven't lost a step. They still fucking slay and haven't lost any of the energy that made them such an important band.
The band only has two releases and usually I would wail at the injustice that such an important band has so little material. That being said, both of their records are so indelibly important to so many bands you may listen to today that any more releases than the two they have would almost be too much.
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Iowa House approves tax break for NASCAR
March 26, 2014 By O. Kay Henderson
It's now up to the governor to decide whether to extend a state sales tax rebate to NASCAR, the new owner of the Iowa Speedway in Newton. The Senate endorsed the idea Monday and the House on Wednesday voted 82-14 to send the bill to the governor. Representative Dan Kelley, a Democrat from Newton, said the track brings "intangible benefits" to Iowa.
"NASCAR ownership is a game-changer," Kelley said during brief House debate of the bill. "…It is a vast departure from the status quo. They plan to transform the Speedway into a popular regional attraction and make it an even more powerful economic engine for the state."
Current state law extends a sales tax rebate on goods and services sold at the track, but only if the track is at least partly owned by Iowans. NASCAR bought the track last fall and, if the bill becomes law, NASCAR will be able to get up to $9 million in sales tax rebates from the state between now and 2026.
"A significant step to make ensure NASCAR's long-term vision for the Iowa Speedway becomes reality," Kelley said.
Representative Tom Sands, a Republican from Wapello, said it's a "performance based" tax break because NASCAR won't get the rebate unless there are on-site sales.
"One of the questions might be: 'What kind of return do we, taxpayers, get in the state of Iowa?' And I drive on Interstate 80 twice every week like many of you do coming to Des Moines and have seen the construction that has happened around that Speedway just since it's been there," Sands said, "and we've got probably lots more of that we can expect into the future."
Legislators are considering a similar tax rebate for the Knoxville Raceway to help finance its expansion plans. A bill to extend up to $2 million in sales tax rebates to the Knoxville track cleared a House subcommittee earlier this week.
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These Elegant Snow White Cookies were made by You Can Call Me Sweetie.
These Disney cookies feature a hand painted cookie of Snow White and have a red and blue cookie with the number 3 to represent the birthday age.
There is a Snow White cookie with an ornate gold curtain border that has Snow White's dress.
There is a golden hand-held magic mirror cookie that makes me think of the Magic Mirror in Snow White. The mirror cookie has the Birthday girl's initial.
There is a bliack cookie with the red poison apple in the middle.
This Snow White cookie has a beautiful hand painting of Snow White with a gold ornate frame. The dwarfs cottage and the forest are in the background behind her.
This Snow White cookie is a super fancy gold embossed Snow White storybook. It has letters similar to the book in the opening of Disney's Snow White.
These Marvelous Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Goliath, Wasp Tsum Tsum Cake Toppers were made by Sues Sugar Creations.
The Captain America Tsum Tsum cake topper is wearing his shield.
The Iron Man Tsum Tsum cake topper is red and yellow.
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