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How SXSW shined a light into the darkest corners of the Internet
Alex Winter at SXSW on March 16, 2015.
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By Valentina I. Valentini 2015-03-24 11:29:07 UTC
Trying to sign in to the website to watch Deep Web feels like trying to gain access to White House files, with multiple passwords and resets needed for the slightest mis-type. But of course the guy who made a documentary about the most secret places on the Internet would make it this hard.
This all makes Alex Winter — who you may remember as Bill S. Preston Esq. in the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure — very happy.
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"It's not about Vimeo's lack of security," says the director of 2013's Downloaded. "It's about Vimeo's ubiquity. If someone's looking for this movie, the first place they're going to look is Vimeo. The last place they're going to look is where I sent you" (a location he asked to be kept under wraps).
If there was a theme to this year's SXSW Film Festival, it was that our beloved Internet can be awfully shady. Deep Web takes a look at Tor, the free software that enables anonymous communication on the web originally developed by the U.S. government; and Silk Road, the site best known for drug trafficking with Bitcoin (and Russ Ulbricht, the kid taking the fall for it).
While Silk Road is generally seen as evil and mysterious, Winter's goal was to illuminate the good/bad dichotomy — that the deep web is neither one nor the other. Or more precisely, it's both.
"It's like a Rorschach test," he told Mashable at the Driskill Hotel downtown Austin. "You've got two even sides, but everyone is going to see something different. And the sides are actually the same. The best thing you can do (when making a documentary) is to create debate. The worst thing is to be so one-sided that everyone just blows it off when they leave the theater. I like documentaries that drive a wedge in your head and hopefully get your brain to disconnect a little bit and go, 'Wait a minute, that doesn't make sense. How does this work? I need to find out more.'"
Darknet Delivery: A Silk Road Story (co-written and directed by Lacey Dorn and Mafalda Millies) premiered in the shorts section at SXSW last week as well, and might as well have been a bumper short for Deep Web. Their goal with the film was to highlight the hypocrisy of a Millennial who's on a juice cleanse during the week but doing lines of cocaine made with cement and gasoline and cartel violence on the weekends.
"We see Silk Road as emblematic of a general disconnect in our generation," says Dorn. "Is our character's adventure on the Darknet any more sinister than the Gen Y norms of communities without personal identities or consumerism without supply chain awareness?"
During the research phase, Dorn and Millies interviewed Silk Road community members and found their Libertarian and Anarcho-capitalism was a testament to how passionate these sellers are about their message. Their film makes the point that it's so much more then just selling drugs.
And just as Silk Road is not a one-lane highway of either bad or good, USA Network's new summer show, Mr. Robot, brings forth the multi-faceted world of hacking. The hour-long drama had its premiere in the SXSW Episodics section, now only in its second year. Rami Malek stars as Elliot, a socially awkward hacking genius.
"I am tech-obsessed," says creator Sam Esmail, who used to hack a bit himself back in the 90s, "but I'm terrible at doing it, so I tell stories about it."
Mr. Robot is a story about hacking and taking down evil corporations (in the show there's E-Corp, which represents the Apples and Monsantos and Seimens of the world), but it's also about creating a dichotomy, like Deep Web does.
"There's a lot of angst," says Esmail (below, left), "or yangst, as I like to call it — that younger attitude of 'fuck the man' — but writing this show now, I feel like I have a little more perspective and context. I still have that (yangst), but I don't think destroying everything is the answer. I did, however, think it'd be interesting to go down that road (with a show)."
The show's writing is superb, and it's one of the first projects on hackers that hackers are probably going to tolerate (sorry Chris Hemsworth, you're not their demographic). In the first episode we're brought into Elliot's POV — and boy, is it interesting. He cringes at a pat on the back, yet he'd like to save the world, and to him that means taking down E-Corp and erasing every trace of debt.
Writer/creator Sam Esmail and actor Rami Malek at the premiere of "Mr. Robot" during the 2015 SXSW festival on March 17.
Image: Travis P Ball/Getty Images for SXSW
No student loans, no mortgages, no credit cards. Esmail doesn't necessarily know if that's the way forward, but he thinks transparency is a good step in the right direction.
"[I don't think we should allow] corporations to control every facet of our communication," he posits, "which is increasingly happening especially with the Internet. We don't share pictures or even communicate without going through multiple corporations. I feel like there's a control there that we're subliminally being afflicted by. ... My Utopia would be along the lines of more options and information over how and where we interact. My Utopia is going to dinner and having nobody pick up their phone once."
A place where anonymity on the web really does hurt people is in the gaming world.
GTFO: Get the F% Out is a film by Shannon Sun-Higginson about sexual harassment that occurs in online gaming and the women in that world. The movie explores how gaming was sort of the last bastion of 'No Girls Allowed' and recent incidents of online communities like #GamerGate and their mysogynistic threats of death and rape and more to female gamers is definitely a dark side of the web.
In a similar vein, the feature film Unfriended unfolds over a teen's computer screen as she and her friends are cyber-stalked by someone who seeks vengeance for a shaming video that lead a school bully to kill herself. After Universal executives saw a test screening of Unfriended terrify a test audience, the studio acquired the thriller that was developed and conceived by Timur Bekmambetov.
Although Unfriended is a highly sensationalized fiction version of the dark side of the web, cyber bullying is serious and very real. But as Winter makes clear with Deep Web, the bad guys will be bad anywhere, whether it's a physical space or cyberspace. And law enforcement will always be chasing after them.
"Deep Web is about trying to shine a light on the side of the Internet that's being constructed for privacy and anonymity online. It's not about dark things on the Internet, and 'dark' is kind of a slanderous term that misrepresents what they're doing. It stigmatizes them. This is actually mostly a populist movement for civil rights and human rights. This movement and the desire to create privacy and anonymity is getting stronger and stronger. The point that we're making is that the dark net isn't dark. It's really nothing to be afraid of."
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Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland will enter phase two of lockdown easing.
Announcing the changes in a statement at the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister said there has been "clear and sustained" progress in tackling the virus.
"Though we are moving to phase two today, we are still being cautious and we are not going to do everything at once," she said.
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"We will take a staged approach to avoid bearing all of the risk at the same time."
People in Scotland will now be able to form 'extended households' and shielded people will now be able to go outside for exercise.
Shops with outdoor entrances will be allowed to open, although the hospitality sector will remain closed.
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Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland will enter phase two of lockdown
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FM: "These are the things we need you to do... F - face coverings, A- Avoid crowds, C- Clean hands and services, T- Two metre social distancing, S- Self isolate when showing symptoms.
Jason Leitch: "It's up to all of us to do the right thing"
Jason Leitch: Eight and a half million people has been infected with this virus, which is why easing lockdown must be slow.
FM: "I am more optimistic than I've been in a long time"
FM: "I am very aware that this next phase in some ways...might be even harder because we see the virus receding...but the thing is we can't afford to be complacent"
FM hopes that "extended household" rule can be extended in the future
FM on shielded people: From today, shielded people can go outdoors for exercise, and non contact outdoor activities and meet people from one other household as long as 2 metre distance is maintained.
Scottish Government update: 18,104 positive cases, 904 patients in hospital, 19 patients in intensive care and sadly six more people have died, bringing Scotland's death toll to 2,470
London marathon organisers refuse to give up hope of October race as Edinburgh marathon cancelled
London Marathon organisers say they have not given up hope of staging the event on October 4.
Earlier this week the 2020 Great North Run was cancelled because it was deemed impossible to hold the race while social distancing measures designed to limit the spread of coronavirus remain in place.
The London event, which was postponed from April to October, had been expected to follow suit, with Great North Run founder Brendan Foster telling the PA news agency it would be "extremely difficult" for any mass participation races to go ahead this year.
However, event director Hugh Brasher says his team is still looking at "innovative ways to socially distance the event".
Brasher added: "We still don't know whether we will be able run together, walk together and be together on that journey of 26.2 miles on October 4.
"Almost every day we hear hopeful news from other countries and we hear tales of despair.
"However, what we do know is that we have hope, desire and ingenuity. Hope that the world will have found a way through Covid-19 by October.

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import java.io.Serializable;

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 * Contains the identifier and the friendly name or description of the
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    /**
     *

     * A unique identifier for a Rule. You use RuleId
     * to get more information about a Rule (see GetRule),
     * update a Rule (see UpdateRule), insert a
     * Rule into a WebACL or delete one from a
     * WebACL (see UpdateWebACL), or delete a
     * Rule from AWS WAF (see DeleteRule).
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     * RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by
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     * A friendly name or description of the Rule. You can't change the
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    /**
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     * A unique identifier for a Rule. You use RuleId
     * to get more information about a Rule (see GetRule),
     * update a Rule (see UpdateRule), insert a
     * Rule into a WebACL or delete one from a
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     *        WebACL or delete one from a WebACL (see
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    public void setRuleId(String ruleId) {
        this.ruleId = ruleId;
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    /**
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     * A unique identifier for a Rule. You use RuleId
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     * update a Rule (see UpdateRule), insert a
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     * WebACL (see UpdateWebACL), or delete a
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     * WebACL (see UpdateWebACL), or delete a
     * Rule from AWS WAF (see DeleteRule).
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     *        (see UpdateRule), insert a Rule into a
     *        WebACL or delete one from a WebACL (see
     *        UpdateWebACL), or delete a Rule from AWS WAF
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}

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The CBC announced over the weekend it has decided not to continue the series beyond six episodes.
Monday's episode was to be its last.
The show debuted in March and was a reboot of the original Gemini Award-winning series that ran from 1987 to 1994.
Cynthia Dale starred in both the original series and the new incarnation, which saw her lawyer character working at a small upstart.
While the original version was a hit, the CBC said the reboot didn't pull in the ratings it had hoped for.
"We are proud of 'Street Legal,' which had a strong creative and producing team and cast led by the talented Cynthia Dale," Sally Catto, CBC's general manager of programming, said in a statement.
Airing on CBC-TV and the CBC Gem streaming service, the new "Street Legal" also starred Cara Ricketts, Steve Lund, and Yvonne Chapman. Other returning cast members included Eric Peterson and Anthony Sherwood.
"I will always be head-held-high proud of this show; I will always, always know in my gut that it was a really good show; and I will always, always, always hold the incredible joy we had when we filmed this deep in my heart," Dale tweeted on Saturday.
Former CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge, who is married to Dale, expressed disappointment with the cancellation on Twitter.
"I'm biased, but it feels like killing a quality Canadian show in a one-and-done fashion is short-sighted," Mansbridge tweeted on Saturday.


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import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;

public class BitMaskUtils {

    /**
     * 1) Unset all bits where value in mask is set.
     * 2) Set these bits to value specified by newValue.
     *
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     * 1) 1010 -> 1000
     * 2) 1000 -> 1001
     *
     * @param oldValue expected old value
     * @param mask the mask of the value for updates
     * @param newValue new value to set
     * @return updated value
     */
    public static long set(long oldValue, long mask, long newValue) {
        Preconditions.checkArgument(oldValue >= 0L && mask >= 0L && newValue >= 0L);
        return ((oldValue & (~mask)) | (newValue & mask));
    }

    /**
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     * @return the bit of the mask
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    public static long get(long value, long mask) {
        Preconditions.checkArgument(value >= 0L && mask >= 0L);
        return (value & mask);
    }
}


Very important please take time to read all you need to know: simple and easy going. love movies, being home. I am single and searching for a serious relationship +marriage together one way paquet. i would want us to skip the relationship and go straight to marriage because I am no longer in my youth and it doesn't suit us as muslims to be on chats attracting what is prohibited, i believe when you love a woman or vice versa, all you need is to exchange few basic knowledge, the rest of getting to know each other really well is the through the journey itself of Marriage, as taught to us in Islam, All of us commit the same mistakes in meeting someone and having high expectations, which amazes me for today's Muslims brothers are falling more into the category of ''Let's get to know each other but with no intention at all of the reason that brought them here on the first place, furthermore, a lady can go further territories in her search, but for me, sadly to say, if you cannot even get away from that screen, why do you find a lady far distance? isn't it better you just look for her nearby? because automatically you like and tell a woman you like her or want to marry her, she understands right away that you are capable of crossing seas and coming forward for her, I don't mean to criticize anyone, just from experience and deceptions, once a lady gives the opportunity of affirming back too, thus when true colors are seen, thus my mind is made up to cut down and off getting to know each other through chats, or taking that long to waste time, only for serious Muslim please. High time to take the chance and risk but with trust. Any Muslim man is always advised strongly by Allah, and our Prophet Muhammad s.a.w, take a look of her, if you like her, marry her, it is better for you, only if you understand. But, if you are one of those followers of earthly pleasures first before Allah's command then you have reached the wrong lady. I appreciate you reading this far. By the way, preferably brothers with same age- a bit less or a bit more where both can feel alright, Bless you, and hope you too find what you looking for. Ramadhan Kareem in advance. May Allah help us do the right thing and be received during this Ramadhan with so many blessings, protection and forgiveness.. P.S IF YOU WANT NIKKAH I AM READY. IF BOTH LIKE EACH OTHER OF COURSE PHOTO SIGHT, AND SHORT EXCHANGE OF WORDS, IF YOU WANT CHAT AND PROLONG FRIENDSHIP ONLINE FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE PLEASE.
p.s can someone be just serious please once for all in a lifetime? i kindly beg dont lie at least of who you are, where you are, what you do, please it's the basic of trust. do not create multiple profiles, do not play with someone's feelings, do not state things that are not true, i will understand if there are past things that are difficult to talk about, maybe you can tell one day in person, but at least be honest, as the profile means a lot and indicates basicly who you are, still it's taken into account and trusted. alright.
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Q: Python 3 ; Rock Paper Scissors - Just Keeps Choosing One Outcome Writing a little RPS game and I ran into a problem.
1) When I run the function to play the game, it always returns as a "Tie"
even if I choose a losing variable ex. cpu = rock, player = scissors
I'm kind of stumped on this. I usually lurk the stackoverflow forum when I'm having troubles, but I haven't encountered someone that has the same problem (even with the plethora of RPS questions on here).
Now, I'm not asking for anybody to write and test it 100% for me, but rather just show me the error spot and I'll go troubleshoot.
Thanks!
def showRules():
    print("********** Rock, Paper, Scissors **********")
    print("Rules: Each player chooses either Rock, Paper, or Scissors.")
    print("       The winner is determined by the following rules:")
    print("       Scissors cuts Paper -> Scissors wins")
    print("       Paper covers Rock   -> Paper Wins")
    print("       Rock smashes Scissors -> Rock Wins")
    print("*******************************************")

def getCPUChoice():
    choices = ["rock", "paper", "scissors"]
    from random import randint
    randNum = randint(0,2)
    cpuchoice = choices[randNum]
    print(cpuchoice)
    return

def getUserChoice():
    choices = ["rock", "paper", "scissors"]
    userchoice = input('Please choose either rock, paper or scissors:').lower()
    print(userchoice)
    return

def declareWinner(user, computer):
    if user == computer:
        print("Tie!!")
    elif user == "rock" and computer == "paper":
        print("You lose!")
    elif user == "paper" and computer == "scissors":
        print("You lose!")
    elif user == "scissors" and computer == "rock":
        print("You lose!")

def playGame():
    showRules()
    computer = getCPUChoice()
    user = getUserChoice()
    declareWinner(user, computer)

A: In getCPUChoice and getUserChoice, you are printing the choices instead of returning them. Change the returns at the end of those functions to
    return cpuchoice

and
    return userchoice

respectively.

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We recently addressed a controversial topic in the world of workplace safety. In a poll, we asked readers which term should be used in a safety context: accident or incident?
19% said that either term was acceptable.
Safety + Health magazine, published by the US's National Safety Council, asked a similar question and got similar results. In their poll, 75% said only incident should be used, while 25% said that incident and accident were interchangeable.
Why is the use of the term "accident" in the context of workplace safety so controversial? Many safety professionals believe that the word "accident" suggests that the event just happened, wasn't foreseeable and couldn't have been prevented, when the prevailing wisdom is that safety incidents are largely foreseeable and preventable.
Is using the term "accident" in a workplace safety context really that big of a deal? Or does its use encourage a dangerous mindset in employees that sometimes stuff just happens? Tell us what you think in the comments below.


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Witch by Laura Perry
Witch. That's a powerful word that conjures up images of people finding a source of strength in a difficult world: women under patriarchy, poor people in systems of class inequality, people of color in cultures of oppression. People using magic and perhaps a connection with the divine to forge their way forward in life. It's a potent word, one that I avoided using to describe myself for a long time.
For a long time I called myself a Pagan, a priestess, a spiritworker, an herbalist... but not a witch. Then I got to thinking about what all those terms mean, all wrapped up together. To start with, my spiritual practice these days centers around my ancestors and Modern Minoan Paganism. If I'm really honest, both of those practices are about empowerment, and both involve "witchy" activities like communicating with spirits and working magic.
Ancestral reverence puts me at the end of a long line of people who worked hard to survive, many of whom turned to magic to solve their problems well into the Christian era, even as recently as my great-grandparents' generation. Like most people, the majority of my ancestors were just like me: ordinary people doing their best to make their way in the world, using whatever tools they had available to make that a little easier. And of course, talking to dead people isn't exactly considered normal in modern western society.
The other main component of my spiritual practice, Modern Minoan Paganism, is a revivalist Pagan tradition that points back to the Minoans of ancient Crete, a Bronze Age culture where women appear to have held equal status with men. You can see how that might be appealing to people nowadays, both women who have long chafed at inequality and men who are more than a little tired of having to compete for alpha male status (not to mention nonbinary people, who would have been far more accepted in a matrilineal society where a gender binary wasn't necessary to maintain the paternity of children and the ownership of property). And like everyone else in the ancient world, the Minoans probably used magic to improve their chances in life, from protecting their trading ships and their livestock to improving their health and their business success.
In the modern western world, there's a stereotypical image that goes with the word witch: a nasty old woman furtively casting spells in order to avenge imagined wrongs others have inflicted on her. But that's the image our culture has forced on us. The ancient Romans threw curses around like crazy (google "defixiones" to find out about the lead tablets they wrote those curses on) and they're still portrayed positively in the history books.
Why did witches end up with such a bad rep? Could it possibly be because what they do is subversive, designed to combat the inequity that's built into the system? Because what they do refuses to be constrained by society's idea of what's normal, acceptable, or polite? Because sometimes, the mundane avenues of action that are available to us just aren't sufficient to achieve justice?
Ultimately, I realized I really am a witch after all. I'm still all those other things – priestess, spiritworker, and so on – but underlying all those practices is the working of magic, the moving of energy to make life better, not just for myself but for my family and my community as well, both living and dead. I like to think my ancestors would be proud.
Laura Perry is an artist, writer, and the founder and lead facilitator of Modern Minoan Paganism. And yes, she's a witch. In addition to her work with MMP, Laura is a third degree Wiccan priestess, a Reiki master, and a longtime herbalist and naturopath (N.D.). When she's not busy writing, drawing, or leading rituals and workshops, you can probably find her digging in the garden or giving a living history demonstration at a local historic site. You can find her online at https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/.
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Assemblymember Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, has initiated a bill allowing us to stay in Standard Time year-round.
For Californians who curse the practice of "Springing Forward" as they schlep to their car an hour earlier each year, good news may be on its way.
Originally devised by Benjamin Franklin, Daylight Saving Time was created to save expensive candle wax. It was adopted in California in 1949, offering benefits which included car accident prevention and increased worker safety. But DST may produce the exact opposite effects and, like Chu, many Californians think the practice is antiquated.
But DST has long been touted as a way to save energy. It's also known to benefit retailers, leaving more daylight for people to shop. And, of course, there are countless advantages to longer summer days, such as more outside playtime for kids and the benefit of not having to leave work in the dark.
What do you think of the bill to abolish DST? Do you look forward to longer summer days or would you rather keep the same time year-round?
Kansen Chu, Democratic Assembly member representing California's 25th Assembly District, which includes San Jose and its surrounding areas. He initiated the Daylight Saving Time bill, AB 2496.
Daylight savings is here. Who's impacted by the time shift?
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I got my tumour marker results today. In June, they were 41.3, having gone up 1.8 over the previous result three months prior. At the end of August, they were 46.2, so they've gone up an additional 4.9. On October 13 last year, before the oophorectomy, my tumour markers were 48.0... so they're almost the same now as they were before. They're going in the wrong direction. They're supposed to go down or stay the same. I'm a little worried about this but not overly so.
I know, the markers haven't gone up all that much. I'm going to call tomorrow and request that tumour markers be done again before I see my Oncologist on October 22. If the markers climb a third time, well, that's an indication that the treatment may not be holding the cancer back very well and that it might be time for a change. We may need to do some tests to figure out where the cancer is growing at that time.
I had my appointment with the gastroenterologist today because my family doctor felt that I should see a specialist. The doctor today said that I probably have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and that he can give me some pills that might work. He recommended that I use Milk of Magnesia instead of dulcolax or senokot as a laxative (needed to counteract side effects of the narcotics) because it's better for me. I guess I'll make the switch.
He also said that the chances of my having colon cancer are extremely small but that my situation is far out of the statistical norm already what with having breast cancer and all. Apparently people with breast cancer (and some other cancers) have a slightly higher risk of colon cancer as well. He gave me the choice of just treating the IBS with the drugs or doing a colonoscopy to be sure about what I have. Some people who see a lot of doctors don't like to be poked and prodded any more than necessary and so don't want the colonoscopy. On the other hand, some people who see a lot of doctors like to have peace of mind about possible medical conditions and so would choose the colonoscopy. You might have guess that I've decided to do the colonoscopy to give me peace of mind :) It's scheduled for November 22.


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Bibliografía
 Liu, W., Yang, S. F. & Peng, X. J. (2016). Two new species of Yaginumaella, Prószyński 1976 from Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 620: 57-66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.620.7895.

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Non-Reinforced Rubber Tubing Market in Mexico
The Mexican non-reinforced rubber tubing market skyrocketed to $ in , with an increase of % against the previous year. This figure reflects the total revenues of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing costs, and retailers' margins, which will be included in the final consumer price). Over the period under review, consumption enjoyed a pronounced expansion. Over the period under review, the market hit record highs in and is expected to retain growth in years to come.
In value terms, non-reinforced rubber tubing production shrank to $ in estimated in export price. Overall, production, however, continues to indicate a prominent increase. The most prominent rate of growth was recorded in 2013 with an increase of %. Non-reinforced rubber tubing production peaked at $ in , and then reduced in the following year.
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After five years of growth, consumption of rubber tubing not reinforced decreased by - % to tons in . Over the period under review, consumption, however, continues to indicate a moderate increase. Non-reinforced rubber tubing consumption peaked at tons in , and then shrank in the following year.
The value of the non-reinforced rubber tubing market in Mexico contracted modestly to $ in , therefore, remained relatively stable against the previous year. This figure reflects the total revenues of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing costs, and retailers' margins, which will be included in the final consumer price). Overall, consumption, however, posted a noticeable expansion. Non-reinforced rubber tubing consumption peaked at $ in , and then shrank slightly in the following year.
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The non-reinforced rubber tubing market is expected to start a downward consumption trend over the next eight years. The performance of the market is forecast to decrease slightly, with an anticipated CAGR of - % for the eight-year period from to , which is projected to depress the market volume to tons by the end of .
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Affected by an intensive growth in domestic production, which will gradually displace imported products from the market, the share of imports decreased from % in 2007 to % in . Mexico domestic supply is expected to continue its growth. In , the share of imports in total consumption accounted for % in value terms and % in physical terms. The share of imports decreased moderately (- percentage point) over the period under review.
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Mexico remains a net importer of non-reinforced rubber tubing; in physical and value terms, imports consistently exceeded exports from 2007 to . In , there was a significant trade deficit of tons, which was equal to $ . This tangible trade deficit reflects the fact that the market remains dependent on imports, which is likely to continue in the medium term.
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Noie: How assistant coach Anthony Solomon wound up at Notre Dame for third hoops tour
Tom Noie
ND Insider
Three words offered over a cell phone this spring may change the direction of a Notre Dame men's basketball program in need of a fresh one this winter.
Looking to retool his support staff after the Irish went 11-15 overall and 7-11 in the Atlantic Coast Conference but really couldn't – or wouldn't – consistently defend, head coach Mike Brey reached out to former assistant coach Anthony Solomon.
The two had twice worked together at Notre Dame, with Solomon on staff for the program's first Sweet 16 in 16 seasons in 2003. He also was a key piece to consecutive Elite Eight appearances in 2015 and 2016. Solomon set out on a different coaching course following that second postseason run, but the head coach and former assistant remained in touch before and during and after subsequent basketball seasons.
Brey sought Solomon's opinion on a few names of possible hires. Tell me about this guy. How about that guy? Would he be a good fit for Notre Dame? Would that one? Just before their conversation ended, with Brey having gathered the necessary intel to move forward, Solomon lobbed a question to his former boss that took him back to the past.
Brey was intrigued by the idea of Solomon returning a third time. Brey told the Tribune last week that he hoped the conversation might go that direction, but it would have to get there organically. It did. When Solomon was part of Brey's previous staffs, those Irish teams were really good. The chemistry was connective. The relationship Solomon built between staff member and player was pure. He often tapped into a player's potential and coached them to levels not previously reached.
Solomon is demanding, but he often reaches guys with good results.
After the last four years and zero NCAA tournament appearances, Notre Dame needs exactly that.
Brey didn't want to come right out and ask Solomon to step back into a spot on his staff – this time with the title of associate head coach – but if Solomon was open to returning, Brey wouldn't rule it out. He did the opposite.
Once Solomon's interest piqued, so did Brey's. He was ready to point his Buick Enclave toward southwest Ohio, where Solomon had spent the previous four seasons as an associate head coach at the University of Dayton.
When Solomon asked his question, Brey's answer said everything.
I'm coming to Dayton, he told Solomon.
I'll meet you in Fort Wayne, Solomon responded.
The coaches connected at an Applebee's — or maybe it was a Chili's — where they settled on a back table and got to talking basketball. Notre Dame basketball. An hour passed. Then two. Then three. There Brey and Solomon sat, drawing up potential defensive drills and schemes and looks that the Irish so needed. They talked philosophy. They talked personnel. The talked of the past. They talked of the future.
By the time they were done talking, six hours had elapsed.
Solomon was coming back to Notre Dame for a third and final time. It was, Brey told the Tribune, like putting the band back together.
Perfect time to make another run up the charts.
Notre Dame basketball will look different when players return this month for summer school. The Irish add to a veteran mix former Yale power forward Paul Atkinson as a graduate transfer. At one point, Atkinson was considered the most important transfer in the since-expanded/exploded portal. He'll step into a starting/main role and be the consistent interior anchor the Irish have lacked since John Mooney. Also coming aboard will be a pair of former area high school standouts – J.R. Konieczny (South Bend Saint Joseph) and Blake Wesley (South Bend Riley).
But there's no more important offseason addition than the 56-year-old Solomon, who will be in charge of the defense. He should get these guys to dig in and defend better than last season, when Notre Dame finished near the bottom of nearly every critical statistical defensive category, including 14th in scoring defense (74.3 ppg). He should get the Irish to care more on being better on ball screens and on the backboard.
He should help reestablish a standard that those 2015-16 teams chased and carried and caressed, but has since slipped. This program has just been kind of there since the 2017-18 slid sideways with injuries to Bonzie Colson and Matt Farrell. They've seemingly been OK with being OK.
Average no longer can be excused. Or accepted. Slo doesn't do average.
The soon-to-be senior class, touted among the nation's Top 15 when it signed, hasn't developed or delivered for myriad reasons. One offseason with Solomon should change that.
"The immediate focus is to grow our habits and establish an identity where needed that will position us for consistent success collectively and individually," Solomon said in last week's press release from Notre Dame.
Solomon had the ultimate job security at Dayton working for Anthony Grant, a UD alum. In some ways, Dayton is a better job than Notre Dame. The fan support the Flyers receive is ridiculous. It's the most important sport on campus. The arena is first class and forever full. Flyer faithful live and breathe basketball. Too many fans of Irish hoops climb aboard only after college football ends.
But Solomon's an ACC guy. He was born in Virginia. He went school at Virginia. At the end of the basketball day, the Atlantic 10 just isn't the ACC. Solomon likely missed the big games, missed the big opponents, missed the bright lights that the A-10 just doesn't have.
Notre Dame basketball today is in a spot similar to the 2014 offseason. The Irish were 11-15 and 7-11 in their first ACC season. There were too many games that year when the Irish simply had no chance. We've seen too much of that in recent seasons, be it the 28 consecutive losses to ranked teams (snapped with the regular-season finale win over then-No. 11 Florida State) or last year's finale against North Carolina when Notre Dame trailed at one point by 50.
The spring and summer of 2014 were program turning points. Under Solomon, who oversaw workouts, the Irish digested heavy helpings of three-on-three defensive drills. Guard your guy, then guard him again. Day after day it went.
Nine months later, the Irish were ACC tournament champions en route to a 32-6 season. Solomon wasn't the only reason, but he was a key one.
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In officially announcing Solomon's hiring last week, Notre Dame included quotes from several former Irish. Pat Connaughton talked of work ethic and mental toughness. Jerian Grant considers Solomon like a second father. Demetrius Jackson said Solomon saw greatness in guys before they saw it in themselves.
All that played well in the release, but Solomon's third tour will matter only if guys like Prentiss Hubb and Dane Goodwin and Trey Wertz share similar sentiments when their careers conclude.
Solomon reached those previous guys and often made it look easy. The hard part now is to reach the current ones.
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Classic Camera Repair Forum ARCHIVE The much loved Classic Camera Repair Forum needed a new home. All of its knowledge was about to be lost. I had hoped to import it into RFF. Unfortunately different file formats made that impossible. We tried for several month to import it, to no avail. Finally we put it up in archive form. You can read it, but not edit it or add to it. If you wish to contribute, please do so in RFF's Repair Forum. As the files are so incompatible, this sub forum consists of ONE post, which links to the ARCHIVE. I had no other way to place the Classic Camera Repair Forum on RFF's forum menu.


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Франк Де Вінне — космонавт ЄКА, бригадний генерал Повітряного компонента Бельгії. Віконт Де Вінне — другий бельгієць, який побував у космосі, після Дірка Фрімаута.

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У 1979 році закінчив Королівську школу Кадетів, потім в 1984 році отримав ступінь магістра телекомунікацій та цивільного будівництва в Королівській військовій Академії в Брюсселі, в 1992 році закінчив з відзнакою Імперську школу льотчиків-випробувачів у Великій Британії.

Військова служба

З 1986 по 1992 рік був пілотом винищувача «Mirage 5», брав участь у розробці програми модернізації літаків «Mirage 5». Під час операції НАТО в Югославії був командиром об'єднаної бельгійсько-голландської авіагрупи. Виконав 17 бойових вильотів.

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Європейське космічне агентство відібрало Франка Де Вінне як астронавта в січні 2000 року. З серпня 2001 року він проходив підготовку в НДІ ЦПК імені Ю. О. Гагаріна.

Перший політ Де Вінне проходив з 30 жовтня по 10 листопада 2002 року. Він відправився до МКС на кораблі «Союз ТМА-1» як бортінженер з четвертою експедицією відвідування. Посадка була здійснена на кораблі «Союз ТМ-34». За час польоту загальною тривалістю 10 діб 20 годин 52 хвилини Франк успішно виконав наукову програму OSTC з 23 експериментів з біології, медицини, фізики і в галузі освіти.

21 листопада 2008 НАСА офіційно підтвердило його призначення до складу екіпажу МКС-20.  27 травня 2009 стартував «Союз ТМА-15», через дві доби доставив екіпаж на станцію.

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Each year in Florida, you can depend upon the risk of hurricanes hitting the coastlines. The cycle of warm water and cool water leads to the risk of hurricanes which range from a minor annoyance to a major disruption of work, recreation and every other aspect of life. The good news is that the season of high risk for hurricanes is coming to an end for another year. When the hot and humid summer weather ends, it is time to consider air conditioner repair Naples home and business owners require.
When the weather cools slightly, not only is the risk of hurricanes reduced, but it is a much better temperature for outdoor sports in Florida. The sporting season includes sports such as football. Because of the comfortable temperatures, teams can enjoy their practice programs in the State. Professional teams choose Florida for Bowl games parades and other activities surrounding the sports competitions.
Enjoying one of the college or professional games in Florida is a good way to spend a lovely fall or winter day in Florida. The temperatures are warm enough to make watching the activity on the field enjoyable. Sports fans won't be overheated as they cheer on their favorite teams and players. A tailgate party as part of the pre-game activities is a tradition for many sports fans.
After the game is over, the fans can return to a comfortable indoor environment to celebrate or commiserate, as the results provide. If the weather cooperates, a drink on the patio or a beach party can be a welcome way to end the day.
If no professional or college sporting event is scheduled, a game of beach volleyball may be just the way to spend some time. Other people enjoy taking the time to participate in water activities. Sailing, fishing or just enjoying a day on the water is a great way to enjoy the weather in Florida.
An operating air conditioner system is critical throughout the entire year in the state. Checking the components of the system is especially important to ensure that every part is operational. When the system is functioning at optimal levels, the cost of energy is reduced. The components of the system are free of wear and tear. Replacement parts can be implemented as necessary.
Indoor air which is cooled to the right temperature is a benefit in another way. The AC system cleans and filters the air, helping those who suffer from allergies or respiratory ailments to breathe more easily. The maintenance of the AC equipment will include a replacement filter as required. All moving parts are checked for cleanliness and a lack of excessive wear.
Now that the hurricane season is drawing to a close in the state, there are still activities which can be enjoyed. Watching sports or participating in them whether they are indoors or outdoors is an activity for residents or visitors to the state. While the AC part of HVAC is important, it must be tempered by correct functioning of every part of the equipment.


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Why 'Ma Rainey's' Creative Team Used Horsehair to Reflect Authentic Black Hairstyles of the 1920s
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" hair department head Mia Neal had never worked with horsehair before until she needed to create wigs for the new Netflix film starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman.
Few photographs existed of the real Ma Rainey, known as the "Mother of the Blues," but costume designer Ann Roth pointed to reading material that suggested Ma's social status meant she would use wigs imported from Europe and they would be made of the highest quality horsehair.
Both Roth and Neal decided they would keep that authentic and Neal, who previously worked on "Uncut Gems," sought out horsehair to make Ma Rainey's "performance wig."
Below, Neal shares her mood board and breaks down how she created wigs for the film while staying authentic to the Black hairstyles of the period.
Composer Branford Marsalis said there were only seven photos of Ma Rainey that existed, so what went into your process in creating Ma's look?
A lot came from reading. The books said her performance wigs were made from horsehair, and that was something costume designer Ann Roth had found in her research, and we decided to keep that authentic.
I had never worked with horsehair before. I sourced it on Google and had no idea what I would find when I opened that box. In my mind, it was close to human hair, and when I got that box, it was nothing like human hair at all. They tie thread from the top to the bottom of the tail, and they chop it off and mail it to you. And you know where that tail lies, there was manure and lice eggs. Nothing was alive and active, but it was crusty, wiry and coarse.
I pulled out sections that prolonged the wig-making process. I also realized that the foundation lace that I used for the wig had tiny holes and the hairs could barely fit through it.
I ended up building that wig, strand by strand. And every time I pulled those little hairs through, I had to scrape off the manure. It was a challenge, and that was the first time I had ever built a wig with horsehair. I had plastic everywhere. I boiled that wig several times to clean it, and it as a process. The whole thing was a learning process.
I spoke to Ann earlier this year, and she had mentioned those wigs – and that the high courts of England still use horsehair on their wigs. Where did you find the horsehair?
I found them via an Etsy seller. They came from Europe. It was an independent seller and you could pick the colors. So, I chose dark brown. Ma had two wigs – the show wig, and that was made of horsehair. The second wig was made from European hair.
How did the era influence that look when there weren't many products for Black women in the '20s?
This was a Black woman traveling in the '20s, so who knew what salons are going to be in that town at the time? It's not like women of color could walk into any hair salon. She needed that show wig and she needed to be show-ready. I think that's why she would use that horsehair wig because of the memory, you could put it in a box and it would be ready.
The other wig, which she wears in the studio, is her everyday wig. Viola commented and said, 'This is the wig she just throws on and is like a hat.' That wig was made out of European hair because during that time, that's what you would have found.
She wore a lot of jewelry. This was a woman who wants you to see her stature and her place in society. She was this woman who came from Georgia from nothing. Achieving the European style of the wig was a status symbol. She has created this persona, and Ma Rainey gets what she wants. If she wants a wave like the white girls in the magazine, she's going to make it happen because she has the money to make it happen.
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We've all been told, a million times, to show and not tell. And we've all heard explanation after explanation as to what that's really supposed to mean. Of course this is helpful, but, for myself at least, I've always liked nice, concrete examples to help me really get into the meat of a concept like this. Sure, you can read books, and you can listen to people talk, but there's something that's much more effective about finding someone who does what you want to do, well, and learning from them.
And that's why I'm glad to share a story that I've had the pleasure of stumbling upon recently: His Face All Red, by Emily Carroll.
This comic is one of those rare stories that gives me that wonderful, uneasy feeling that sticks with me. It's been almost a week since I first read the story and I've thought about it at least once every day since. That impresses me.
Read it. Take the time. It's incredibly short. Like, eight pages. But give it a look and take the time to feel the punch of it.
Now just imagine if she had spelled all of that out? If she had explained every little detail inside of the round-faced brother's head. It would feel flat. There wouldn't be that enchanting, intangible creepiness that makes the story so enjoyable.
Now, this is a comic. So, how can we translate this into our writing, into straight-up prose? I suppose the answer might, in the details, be different for each of us. I need to feel comfortable imagining a scene before I can write it. So, showing, for me, is a matter of describing what I might see rather than explaining what's happening. Though, at the same time, I have friends who feel more comfortable when they can shoot from the hip. That is, writing and letting a scene unfold impromptu.
This, I'm less comfortable with, but I feel like the same ideas might apply. Imagine you are creating a comic. Imagine you're working visually, and really try to make those vital details pop. Does the way a character dresses tell us something about who they are? Does the way they carry themselves? Do they have nervous habits? Really try to picture those details, to see how your characters might act if you were to see them in real life, and let us view those actions or qualities through your eyes.
The important thing here is: what works for you? Seriously. I want to know. Leave it in the comments.
Now, I want to wrap-up with a little homework. Take a step outside of your comfort zone, find an example that really touches you, and just take some time to get to know it. Try to figure out why it makes you feel the way you do. And then hold it up next to your own work. See if you can't add or subtract something to evoke a similar level of emotion. Try to make yourself laugh, or cry, or shiver and want to hide. Try to pull out those feelings, and then step back, get super critical (read: stop patting yourself on the back), and see why that happened.
And, again, share your results in the comments! It'll be fun.


The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) inexplicably applies to amateur radio satellites. It threatens US radio hams with jail terms or six figure fines if they cooperate with amateurs outside the USA on satellite projects. Cooperation includes talking about or publishing on the web certain information regarding amateur radio satellite systems.
After 15 years of restrictions and intense scrutiny, the United States Department of State is reclassifying satellites and several related components so they will no longer be treated as weapons. The changes affect Category 15 of the U.S. Munitions List (USML), which covers spacecraft and related articles, by shifting most commercial, civil and scientific satellites and accompanying equipment to the Department of Commerce's Commerce Control List (CCL).
"The Department [of State] has committed to reviewing during the six months after the publication of this rule whether further amendments to the USML controls on civil and commercial remote sensing satellites are warranted, and seeks additional public comment on this matter," according to a statement released by the Federal Register.
This rule is effective 10th November 2014, except for Sec. 121.1, Category XV(d), which is effective June 27, 2014. Interested parties may submit comments on paragraphs (a)(7) and (e)(11) of USML Category XV and ITAR Sec. 124.15 by June 27, 2014.


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After every revolution there often comes a counter-revolution. When he sat down at his typewriter he hunched himself over into a shape like a bowling ball. But one thing never crossed my mind. The excerpt is taken from the third chapter titled Answers.
Tom Wolfe spent his early days as a Washington Post beat reporter, where his free-association, onomatopoetic style would later become the trademark of New Journalism. The idea of a day off lost all meaning.
Every text features a short introduction, written by Wolfe. By the s The Novel had become a nationwide tournament. This was the sincerest form of homage to The Novel and to those greats, the novelists, of course. The biographical notes on the dustjackets of the novels were terrific.
No one ever wrote such a book, as far as I know. Pretty soon you can almost see it, the tubercular blue of the inch screen, radiating from their prose. It is hard to say what it was like. The plane is taxiing out toward the runway to take off, and this stupid infarcted water wobbles, sideways, across the window.
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It was a psychological phenomenon. In the s all the novelists had seemed to be people who came blazing up into stardom from out of total obscurity. This is an almost uniformly strong collection of pieces, and as good a primer as one could reasonably ask for.
Then I started in again, and so on. They never dreamed of the approaching irony.
Understatement was the thing. He was a player in my own feature game.
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In short, they were concerned with the main business of the newspaper. This is the first in a series of articles.
Damn it all, Saul, the Huns have arrived. By the parodies began to come in a rush. And then you have the first of several essays about the Vietnam War that are mostly of value because they give you a peephole into the Vietnam era.
That was generally regarded as a very choice job in the newspaper business. But it is the term that eventually caught on.
My copy is from and this truly felt like an artifact. There were plenty of examples to feed the fantasy.
Excerpt from The Armies of the Night. Wolfe argues that epic poetry belonged to an age before mass literacy. It features charged work from every major player including Terry Southern and others curiously ignored in Weingarten's overview. The first thing I'd reread from this, though, is probably Wolfe's lengthy introduction, a series of pieces that had previously appeared in other publications. It seemed to be a book I'd enjoy reading.
Their finished works were very different, however, from the feature stories typically published in newspapers and magazines of the time. Part two, which makes of the major part of The New Journalism, consists of twenty-four texts, collected by Wolfe and Johnson. At the time, the mids, one was aware only that there was some sort of new artistic excitement in journalism. Tom Wolfe was one of the most influential promoters of the New Journalism. Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby Rahghhh!
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That Kandy-Kolored Thphhhhhh! But I feel like for me, if they include it in the curriculum or things that I have to do as a part of my job, I'll always find a way to do it. The Soft Psyche of Joshua Logan.
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I think nearly every writer has had this happen to them. We've all seen stories that are creepily similar to what we've already written or were going to write, and usually they'll come out ages after we've written or conceived the thing (but you'd still be the one accused of being a ripoff artist if yours was published after). The good news is that it's very common and not indicative of you being unoriginal or secretly inspired by someone else's work, and there's hope if you're stuck with a concept that bears striking resemblance to something else that's popular.
If you're inevitably going to be compared to another piece of media, be informed about what that other thing IS, and then make it clear in your pitching materials what sets yours apart. No need to explain it isn't a ripoff of the other thing; best not to even mention it. Unless your book is an actual retelling of an established tale (like a modern reboot of an existing book in the public domain, or a legend/fairy tale), you don't explicitly want your book officially tied to other media that you want to be seen as distinct from. But books being similar to other stories is inevitable, and that similarity doesn't have to kill you. You just have to know what to do to make a case for why there's room for yours too, and that starts with research!
As an aside . . . you can't copyright ideas. Write them down and then the copyright belongs to you, but you can't reserve concepts and then prevent other people from using them.
George R.R. Martin had this happen to him in the 1970s. It was especially creepy because his book and somebody else's book were uncannily similar, to the point where plagiarism was the first thought. Since Martin was, at that time, an unknown writer, and the other published first (why do I hear Nicholai Ivanovich Lobachevski when I write this?) he realized he could never publish his. But it all worked out eventually.


SEAT is continuing to roll out most impactful series of products in the brand's history and, after the launch of its first ever SUV, the Ateca, it's now time for a complete revamp of the SEAT Leon. Next year it will be the Ibiza's turn, meaning in less than one year the Spanish brand will have completely overhauled its three key vehicles – the Ateca, the Ibiza and the Leon – while it's also getting ready to launch the Arona.
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Eight San Francisco police officers implicated in sending and receiving racist and homophobic text messages have been suspended and are expected to be fired, according to news reports.
Addressing reporters Friday, Police Chief Greg Suhr called the text messages "reprehensible," according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The ugly messages, which were discovered during a federal corruption probe, implicated a captain, a sergeant and six other officers, according the Chronicle.
Officials told the paper that three of the eight officers have already either resigned or informed police they plan to resign.
"I imagine more of them, if not all of them, are considering the same thing," Suhr said, according to the Chronicle.
Authorities said the messages included offensive comments about homosexuals, Mexicans and Filipinos and were sent or received by as many as 14 officers in the department between 2011 and 2012, according to the New York Times. The officers involved in the scandal had been on the force for up to 23 years and several had worked in predominantly minority neighborhoods, according to the Times.
In a city known for celebrating its inclusiveness and diversity, as well as being home to a large gay and lesbian population, the discovery has raised fears that the officers may have abused their authority in the past.
District Attorney George Gascon said his office plans to review any cases over the past decade that were linked to the implicated officers, according to the AP. He said the review could include more than 1,000 cases in which an officer wrote a report, submitted evidence or testified in court.
Public defender Jeff Adachi, whose office is involved in the review, told the Chronicle he recommends the officers undergo 25 hours of racial bias training.
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A Desert of Pure Feeling by Judith Freeman.
A Desert of Pure Feeling is a haunting novel of passion and renunciation. Twenty-five years after she lost him, Lucy Patterson encounters Dr. Carlos Cabrera, the man who saved her son's life and wrenched her own life onto a violent new trajectory. Now Lucy has sought refuge in an isolated motel outside Las Vegas, hoping to make sense of the past that has finally caught up with her. But in the next room the present is calling in the person of a young woman—a single mother, stripper, and prostitute—who is as needy and troubled as Lucy herself once was. What ensures—between these two women and between Lucy and the ghosts of her former life—makes A Desert of Pure Feeling as wise as it is poignant, a powerful exploration of what it means to be a lover, a mother, an artist, and a friend.
"A spare and elegiac melody master who accurately captures the heart and heartache of the modern romantic dilemma' Freeman's eye is mesmerizing and merciless."
"Freeman writes with an authority that can only be earned through solitude. A desert of Pure Feeling honors the interior spaces of the human heart, what we choose to remember and what we choose to forget."
- Terry Tempest Williams
"Once again, as she did so brilliantly in The Chinchilla Farm, Judith Freeman takes on a voyage both outward and within the soul; her characters are so fully realized, that landscape so vivid, the prose so fine, that A Desert of Pure Feeling lives on long after you reach the end."
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Want to participate in your democracy? In many states, ex-felons need not apply.
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Nearly 800,000 Americans are on parole. Add in those on probation, and the total is more than 5 million.
48 states prohibit prisoners from voting. 30 states also exclude felons on probation. In Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, Tennessee, and Virginia, certain ex-felons lose their voting privileges for life.
13% of black men currently have no voting privileges.
5.3 million Americans will not have the right to vote this November due to felony convictions.
In 2000, 614,000 ex-felons lived in Florida. The state went to Bush by 537 votes.
Ex-felons can be prohibited from becoming bus drivers, exterminators, dental hygienists, bartenders, cemetery managers, and nursing-care attendants.
In the 2003-04 school year, 29,000 former drug felons were denied student loans. But robbers and rapists were still eligible.
Drug felons in 18 states are permanently banned from receiving welfare.
Public housing programs can evict an entire family based on one member's past drug felony conviction.
Because the 2000 census counted Americans based on where they "live and sleep most of the time," 44,326 New York City residents were tallied as living in parts of the state where they were imprisoned.
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STIR receives Georgia Pacific contribution
| STIR NEWS | November 14, 2018
The Georgia Pacific Foundation has contributed $1,000 to Save the Illinois River, Inc. (STIR) for 2005. The announcement was made by Gill Luton, public relations manager for Georgia Pacific in Muskogee.
"We are very pleased to continue our support of what we feel is an important organization that is doing some very important work in protecting the Illinois River and Lake Tenkiller," Luton said. "We hope STIR is able to more forward in keeping the Illinois River and Oklahoma's other scenic streams clean."
STIR Vice President Ed Fite of Tahlequah said Georgia Pacific Foundation is a steadfast supporter. He said the funding will be used to improve communication with STIR members and stakeholders in the Illinois River and Tenkiller Lake watersheds. Improvements in STIR's website, www.illinoisriver.org, will be possible thanks to the Georgia Pacific contribution he said.
STIR is a not-for-profit conservation organization chartered for the protection of the Illinois River, it's tributaries, and Tenkiller Lake. STIR was founded by Tahlequah residents in the early 1980s. STIR joined with Oklahoma to win an important United States Supreme Court decision that upstream states must meet the water quality standards of downstream states.
STIR played a major part in adoption of Oklahoma's phosphorus limit for scenic rivers. Currently the organization is working to support Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson to protect the Illinois River and Tenkiller Lake from excess chicken manure.


In order to do this, I had to rethink my existing camping strategy, which has been to take a mansion of a tent (10-man, 3 rooms), drop it on the ground, take the hour to set it up and then start loading it with a double-height queen-sized air mattress, sheets, carpet for the tent floor, table and chairs (still in the tent) and bedside table. Works great when you have a car, but there is no way I could fit all that on the back of Raven. I had to downsize on everything.
First thing, and main thing, was to get a new tent. All that was going to be needed from the tent was a place to lay down and sleep away from bugs and rain. It needed to have a vestibule to store the gear when I took it off the bike for the night. Just somewhere to store it out of the direct rain.
A couple other things I am putting together is 2 fuel bottles that will be able to carry gas for the bike as well as a camp stove that runs on anything flammable, including unleaded gasoline. This means I can not only use the stove fuel to cook with, but I can have 60 ounces of reserve gasoline for the bike. I also picked up some quick-dry camp towels; one large for a shower, 2 smaller ones for face/hands and such. There is a small camp pot with 2 cups for boiling water – I am using the dehydrated packets from Mountain House, which only needs hot water. I am thinking of getting a small coffee press for coffee that is better than instant. I also need to get a water bladder for carrying water to use at the camp. I still need to pick up the stove and a camping pillow, but those will come long before I am ready to actually camp.
As you can see in this photo, things compress pretty well. The blue roll is the sleeping mat. The Helinox is my chair. the green bag is the tent and the black bag under the tent is the dry bag. The black bag on the left is my current sleeping bag. Unfortunately, that is as small as it gets. At some point, I will probably get a proper backpacking bag, but those can get expensive. The small table is not in this photo but it is about the same size as the blue sleeping mat that is in the front. The large dry bag will probably carry the clothing and other textiles. My cold weather gear (for now), rain gear, extra clothes, towels, TP (in a ziplock) and other things that must stay dry.
Seeing as how everything has to compress down quite a bit to load on the bike, some will go in the saddlebags, I have a large dry bag and there is plenty of room for some of the smaller stuff in Raven's "frunk" or Front Trunk. I have a nice backpack which has been working great for commuting and has hydration capabilities. I have a small drybag that mounts on the backpack for the electronics I plan on taking (phone, camera, charging cables and batteries and memory). All in all, I know everything will fit (people have fit more) but it will be a puzzle for me. Once the saddlebags arrive, I can start working on how to mount everything on the bike. Should not be too much of an issue. Just have to get the right cords.
I actually spent very little as everything was received from sale prices on previous year gear to trades for work. Even the towels were buy one, get one free. All in all, it was more about wrapping my mind around seeing this as an extension of backpacking. Small, light gear with minimum comfort to be safe. I'm getting there.


Bullying is a stressing event that can generate long-term repercussions in victims including anxiety and low academic achievement. Many studies have demonstrated that anxiety can modulate the way in which information is encoded and recovered, especially if it has emotional content. Studies using priming tasks have reported that patients with anxiety disorder tend to remember threatening events better than pleasant or neutral ones. The objective of this study, therefore, was to determine whether the presence of anxiety has an effect on the performance of priming tasks with negative stimuli in victims of bullying. For this purpose, three groups of adolescents: bullying victims with anxiety (BVWA); bullying victims without anxiety (BV); and non-victims (NV), performed verbal and facial priming tasks with emotional (positive and negative valence) and neutral content. The BVWA group showed better performance on verbal priming tasks with negative valence stimuli than on those with positive and neutral valence, but this effect was not observed on the facial priming task, on which BV and NV had better performance with happy faces. Our data show that verbal and facial stimuli with negative valence could have differential effects on adolescent victims of bullying with anxiety. The frightening verbal stimuli generate facilitation in implicit memory likely because, thanks to social networks, words have become a very common way to intimidate others.


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The country's stunning beaches and tropical landscapes and a fast and straightforward golden passport procedure requiring a relatively affordable investment make the citizenship-by-investment program St. Kitts and Nevis very popular. You do not have to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis during the application procedure, and you do not have to live there after your citizenship is approved. As a nonresident, you will not have to pay any taxes on your worldwide income. The citizenship gives you and your loved ones visa-free access to the EU and over 100 other countries including Hong Kong and Singapore.
The Republic of Vanuatu consists of about 80 islands east of Australia. Apart from being a tropical paradise, it is member of the British Commonwealth, this way Vanuatu passport grants you access to Great Britain, several European, and many Asian countries. The good telecommunication infrastructure, the stable financial system, and the excellent tax residency conditions all make Vanuatu an outstanding destination if you are looking for a second passport.
A member of the EU and soon to join the Schengen zone, Bulgaria offers an attractive golden visa program. Bulgarian citizenship gives you the right to travel and stay visa-free within Europe, high-quality health care, low tax rates and access to the free EU market. Processing time is only 2 years, during which you can enjoy the benefits of permanent residency in Bulgaria. You do not have to give up your current passport, you do not have to speak the local language, you do not have to own real estate in Bulgaria and you do not have to reside in Bulgaria after becoming a citizen. With a Bulgarian passport, you will have unrestricted right to live, work, study and own land in any EU country.
Moldova lies in Eastern Europe. It is one of the greatest exporters of wine, while its agriculture and food industry are also relevant. It is developing a viable free-market economy, which leaves plenty of space for business opportunities. However, the investment climate is not the most favorable, and corporate tax is 18%.


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