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Phantom Kid in the World of American Comics - Chapter 85
Phantom Kid in the World of American Comics
Chapter 85 - Hail Hydra
"What else are you hiding from us?"
After coming out of the police station, Qin Feng suddenly stared at Song Yi and asked, but Tang Ren looked confused.
"Old Qin, isn't the matter over? What else is going on?"
Qin Feng ignored him and kept staring at Song Yi.
"Have you read the book 'The Theory of Yin and Yang' a long time ago?"
The Theory of Yin and Yang is a book that records many wicked magic techniques, one of which is to resurrect someone by sacrificing the five internal organs of five people with specific fate.
The fact that this book is stored in the New York City Library means that the spells it contains are fake.
This evil resurrection technique sounds like a fantasy, but it is clear that James, the murderer of this serial case, believed it.
This well-known doctor committed this big case in order to resurrect his dead wife.
However, under the original case, it seems that there are still many unsolved puzzles hidden…
"Well, it doesn't make much sense to hide it now. I actually read this book a few days ago, and I tore off the missing page."
Qin Feng's gaze became more and more compelling, and Song Yi had to confess.
"It was Q who told me to do this!
Song Yi said in shock.
"It was Q?" Tang Ren exclaimed.
"Moreover, it was Q who asked me to go to the first two crime scenes before."
Hearing this, Qin Feng frowned. He didn't know whether he should believe Song Yi's words, but Song Yi didn't look like a liar, and he was maintaining eye contact all the time.
So, Qin Feng withdrew his gaze.
"Where are you going next?"
Song Yi asked.
Because of some misunderstandings during the previous investigation, Qin Feng and Tang Ren were wanted by the police. Now that the case has been resolved, the two have naturally regained their freedom.
"Of course, to get our five million!"
Tang Ren laughed loudly, his eyes were glowing.
"Yes, you solved the case and caught the murderer. It's time to get the reward."
Song Yi agreed.
"We didn't catch the murderer, the girl did."
Qin Feng looked like he had a headache.
"But we were the ones to solve the case. And didn't you hear it? She is the police chief's daughter, so she won't be short of money!"
Tang Ren grabbed Qin Feng's hand and passed Song Yi by.
"Song Yi, keep up!"
"I won't go, I have other things to do!"
Qin Feng's pupils shrank, and he quickly broke free of Tang Ren's hand, and looked back, looking at the place where Song Yi stood..
"Hey, this kid runs very fast."
Tang Ren said in disappointment.
"Let's go, Old Qin."
Qin Feng looked around unwillingly but found no one around. He had to tag along with Tang Ren.
In a cluster of grass nearby, Song Yi watched the two go away before crawling out, and took out his mobile phone to answer the call blankly.
"Your plan failed, Q."
There was a gloomy male voice on the other end of the phone.
"Yes, I was confused."
There was no unwillingness in Song Yi's tone.
"If you want to kill someone, just kill them directly. You deliberately designed such a serial murder case where, in fact, you only wanted to kill one person. Don't you think it is too much?"
"There is no perfect plan in this world. In many cases, it is way more realistic to do it directly."
Song Yi was silent.
"We have killed the person you wanted dead for you, no one can find his body."
"You don't need to thank us. We are not philanthropists. You know that there is more than one Q on the earth, and you have only recently come into our sight. If you want to continue to bear the name of Q, you must show your own value. "
The gloomy male voice seemed very disappointed with Song Yi's performance.
"I had long thought that Project Q was a total failure, but Sitwell was very optimistic about this idea and hoped that he didn't take it away."
"Next time, if you include other Qs and you do not show enough value, then be prepared to disappear from this world at any time."
"Rest assured, we will show our role. After all, our dreams coincide with your goals."
Song Yi said lightly.
"Hmph, then I will wait to see your performance."
The gloomy man snorted and ended the conversation.
"Hail Hydra…"
"Hail Hydra."
After Song Yi whispered the same slogan, the phone hung up.
Mathison first sent Barbara and Pamela back to school.
Before leaving, Pamela's expression was a little unnatural, and her eyes flickered when she looked at Mathison.
She noticed Mathison's previous gaze, but why didn't Mathison talk to her about it?
Pamela didn't want to be treated like a monster and didn't want her peculiar ability to be known.
She was afraid that she would be treated inhumanely. After Daggett's persecution, Pamela had a deep understanding of the ugly faces of the capitalists.
Even if Tony helped her get rid of the potential murder by Daggett, she still remained fully guarded against the Stark family.
Never expect any good people from the arms trading family.
If so, it means that he has tasted the pain of his own production of weapons.
Fortunately, Mathison looked calm from beginning to end, as if he hadn't noticed anything different at all.
Barbara did not notice anything in the first place.
At the same time, Corona Park in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York.
This park covers an area of 1,255 acres, which is about five square kilometers. It is more than five million square meters.
The huge area and beautiful environment have won this park many honors. The first United Nations General Assembly of the United States was held here, and the 1964 World Expo was also held here.
And this year, the world-famous Stark Expo is held in this New York's second-largest garden park.
The site of the expo was completely built by Stark Group. Needless to say, the designer was Tony himself. He used a large number of geometric figures as decoration. Each building has a strong metallic texture, and the color scheme is mostly gold and red.
That's right, it is the classic color scheme of Mark III.
The high-end building materials and the publicity of the architectural configuration reveal a strong atmosphere of wealth.
The location of the opening ceremony is located in the middle of the expo, a huge open-air booth. It is said that Tony will drop from the sky in a suit of steel to preside over the opening ceremony.
It's not so much an expo, it's actually more like a concert.
The buildings designed by Tony do not have exaggerated artistic styles. He tells the visitors calmly and directly that he is Iron Man, he is rich, and that he is an artist.
All the buildings of the expo were completed a few days ago, but it is still closed before the opening ceremony.
Pedestrians can only watch the expo from the outside.
However, although it is difficult for people to get access to the inside of the expo in advance, it is totally accessible for other beings.
For example… a dog.
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Security Negligence? Giovanni Rodriguez Fatally Injured in Meriden, CT Hotel Shooting.
Giovanni Rodriguez Fatally Injured in Meriden, CT Hotel Shooting. (WFSB.com)
Did negligent security contribute to the shooting at a Meriden hotel and are justice and compensation available to the victim's family? Read Our Legal Take below to find out what legal options are available.
A man was fatally shot at a Meriden, Ct hotel early Sunday morning, June 21, 2020.
As reported by WFSB.com, "officers responded [an] Inn on Main Street around 1:50 a.m. after a witness called saying that a man had been shot and was in need of medical assistance."
According to the report, "officers located a victim, later identified as 24-year-old Meriden resident Giovanni Rodriguez, lying in the entrance way of the hotel suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest."
Per the report, "First responders immediately began to administer medical aid to Rodriguez, but was pronounced dead on scene."
Visitors and guests of hotels have a right to feel safe and secure while on the premises. The level of security provided at the hotel is of significance, and is a relevant consideration when analyzing whether this shooting may have been prevented. The following questions are also important in assessing whether this incident may have been avoided:
What security measures were in place to deter crime and protect the victim at the time of the shooting?
Have there been prior incidents of violence on the property, and, if so, were any security measures added after any prior incidents?
Was the hotel aware of any suspicious activity or suspicious people on property prior to the shooting?
Property owners are generally required to protect against foreseeable harm to anyone and everyone legally on the premises. Should the investigation into this incident reveal facts that establish that the hotel owner or management lacked adequate security to protect its visitors, the family of Giovanni Rodriguez may seek justice and elect to pursue legal claims and substantial compensation for their loss.
The Murray Law Firm has extensive and successful experience in handling security negligence claims on behalf of victims and their families, and suggests that an immediate, unbiased inspection of the property will need to be performed so as to limit evidence from being altered, damaged or destroyed. The complexities of pursuing a negligent security case are well understood by the legal team at The Murray Law Firm, and it is imperative that the family of Giovanni Rodriguez retain a capable law firm who will work without delay to protect their interests.
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Why does the revised base change criterion only apply from 1st August 2016?
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Why do we hit the wall?
Nutrition quality and strategy is at the heart of 'bonking' and 'hitting the wall'. Humans have an incredible ability to power themselves over vast distances - assuming they're physically conditioned (more on that below) - but often it's poor nutritional choices which result in the dreaded collapse after 2 - 3 hours of exercise.
Over the past few decades, the push for a high-carbohydrate diet has seen athletes consume more and more highly processed, sugar-laden energy gels which play absolute havoc with our insulin levels, not to mention our guts.
These ordinary gels can sustain you for so long, but the peaks and troughs - both physical and mental - which come as a result are hugely inefficient for long distance sports, making the already hard job of endurance competition unnecessarily harder than it needs to be.
Under this pure carb onslaught, eventually the body starts to shut down and we experience a severe lack of energy as our glycogen stores run dry. We can only store a certain amount of carbs in our liver and muscles - normally assumed to be about 90 minute's worth, and when it's gone, that's when 'the wall' appears.
If glycogen depletion causes us to hit the wall, and we can only store around 90 minutes worth, why doesn't this happen immediately on passing the 90-minute mark?
Because the human body is a) very bloody clever, and b) has two fuel sources - carbs, and fat.
Both are used during exercise, and when fat's being burned the glycogen's being conserved.
The best news here is even the lightest athlete has tens of thousands of calories (potential fuel) in fat which, when fat-adapted, can be used for fuel, saving those precious 90 minutes' worth of carbs and letting them last MUCH longer, making resupply, energy level management and stomach happiness all much easier to manage.
It's a matter of working with what the body's got: the more ordinary 'sports nutrition' (ie, high sugar content stuff) you consume, the less efficient a fat-burner you become. But fear not, your body is no old dog - you can teach it new tricks.
All of which render the wall irrelevant when handled correctly.
I'm not advocating an overly extreme 'low carb, high fat' diet or a full-blown ketogenic plan, but my experience has shown the carb-fat balance absolutely needs to be redressed.
Endurance athletes who can rely on not only carbs but also fat as a fuel source perform much better over long distance - both in terms of consistent energy levels and a more settled stomach - than those who plump solely for a high sugar fueling strategy.
Take on highly nutritious, real food - and that can still be in 'gel' form when using 33Shake's ChiaEnergy Gels for example - and you'll discover the distances you can run, ride and swim are much greater than you previously thought, with no wall to worry about anywhere.
Knowing when to fuel can be made much easier by tuning into hunger - this blog post explains all you need to know.
The second half of the bonking/wall equation is being physically trained to cover long distances.
Too many athletes focus too much on their cardio systems when in reality this is rarely their limiter over long distances.
As an example, how many people do you see truly stretching their heart and lungs over an ultramarathon? Very few, save for the most elite of runners, and a handful who've paced well enough to put in a faster last mile or two.
For 90% of us, the 'hitting the wall' experience comes as much from a lack of strength and muscular endurance as it does from getting nutrition wrong.
Beyond a core base of fitness, endurance sports are much more an exercise in strength than cardio ability.
As an example, even when running at a relatively slow pace, muscles take a pounding and are torn to shreds.
The stronger you are - with strength created through hill reps, gym work, plyometrics, eccentric load training, for example - the better you'll run as your legs tire. You'll maintain better form and efficiency and will tire at a slower rate than those around you.
This sort of training may feel like it goes against the grain but incorporating an hour or two a week in the gym, or even in your living room with a few weights, delivers real bang for your buck.
Build your fat burning base, ace your race day nutrition, and hit race day with some real strength in the tank alongside your cardio and you'll go a long way to never hitting that wall again.
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Sooner or later human beings will go beyond our moon to explore the solar system. And sooner or later, some of those astronauts will be drawn to the high cliffs and peaks of distant worlds. We can do little more than think about such objectives right now. But someday, perhaps AAI will run trips to Mons Huygens, the tallest mountain on the moon or to Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain on Mars and the biggest known volcano in the solar system.
As scientists make plans for a Mars trip, some are already thinking about the mountain climbing prospects on the red planet. Indeed, some even argue that it is a necessary step in the planet's exploration. Read more about it here.
In 2006, the Cassini Spacecraft discovered a gigantic mountain range on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. One scientist compared the range to the Sierras! I wonder how good the rock is... A report on this new range range may be found here.
The mountains of Venus were all named after the goddesses of different cultures. This planet, often called the morning star, might harbor one of the harsher environments for climbers. In the Cascades we worry about getting wet from a rain storm. On Venus, it rains sulfuric acid. If a storm came, getting wet would be the least of your problems. In such an environment, ropes would melt, slings would distigrate and all the cool stickers on your helmet would vanish!
Scientists believe that the tallest mountains in the solar system are on Io, a moon of Jupiter. There are mountains twice the size of Everest scattered about the planet. Although it appears that the geology there is quite active; and unfortunately active geology equals extreme danger to Earth climbers who don't need pressure suits or space ships to move around. I suspect that it means that it's a no go for future climbing expeditions on the small moon. To read more about these massive mountains, click here.
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STATEMENT: President Biden's Executive Order Raising the Minimum Wage and Expanding Paid Leave Will Improve the Lives of U.S. Working Families
Press Statement	 Jan 22, 2021
Building an Economy for All, Economy, Women
Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden took action to put federal agencies on a path toward raising the minimum wage for federal employees and contract workers to $15 dollars per hour, providing them with emergency paid leave, and restoring essential collective bargaining rights and protections to federal employees. The order builds on previous actions taken by the Obama administration that created a wage floor and provided paid sick leave to federal contract workers and extended the protections to Americans with disabilities working on contracts awarded through the federal AbilityOne program. Following the signing of the order, Karla Walter, senior director of Employment Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:
The government should be a model employer. By taking the first step toward raising the minimum wage for federal workers to $15 per hour, President Biden will improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of American workers. This order will also help close pay disparities for women and Black and Latino workers, who are more likely to be employed in government and the low-wage industries that our government contracts out, such as nursing care, building, and administrative services. President Biden's action is a critical first step in delivering on his campaign commitments to raise wages for workers broadly and ensure that federal spending creates good jobs in the United States.
Shilpa Phadke, vice president of the Women's Initiative at CAP, added:
President Biden is also continuing to deliver on his promise to ensure federal workers have access to emergency paid leave, a critical workplace benefit to protect the health and economic security of workers and their families. Emergency paid leave has been proven to reduce the spread of coronavirus infections, allowing workers to stay home if they are sick, have been exposed to the virus, or are caring for an ill family member. With today's order, millions more workers will soon have these important paid leave protections.
For more information on this topic or to speak with an expert, please contact Julia Cusick at jcusick@americanprogress.org.


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Arthur (Artturi) August Aalto (originally Silfver; May 2, 1876 Karjalohja – April 25, 1937 Tuusula) was a Finnish Social Democratic politician and journalist. He  was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 1919 election from Uusimaa Province and continued as MP until 1933. Aalto was a member of the electoral college for selecting the President of Finland in 1925 and 1931.

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When you're good, you're good. Windsor area wineries have smashed their previous record medal haul to bring home 33 medals at the 2018 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition. The awards total surpasses their previous best total of 31 set in 2015.
Leading the pack for the Lake Erie North Shore wine region was Black Bear Farms & Estate Winery, collected a whopping 10 medals. North 42 Degrees Estate Winery won 6 medals and Erie Shore Vineyard swiped 5. Other medals we won by Cooper's Hawk Vineyard and Mastronardi Estate Winery.
Black Bear took home a gold medal for their Elderberry and Black Current fruit blend.
In a showcase of what our wine region is known for, 3 medals we were won for Cabernet Franc wines created here, including the 2016 Cabernet Francs from both North 42 and Erie Shore Vineyard.
These medals are just another feather in the hat in showcasing the quality of wines in the Windsor, Ontario, region. This is one of many reasons why we absolutely love bringing locals and visitors alike to them on experiences such as our award winning Wine Trail Rides.
The 2018 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition had 3824 wines entered from 916 wineries, representing 26 countries representation as well as 6 provinces and all 50 American states.
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A fantastic new art exhibition created by artists, Erica Duthie and Struan Ashby, has just opened at the Museum. It comprises a large taped mural made by the Wellington based duo (also known as Tape Art NZ), and two other murals which they facilitated with students from local Auckland schools.
The mural themes evolved from discussions about identity, exploration, and immigration. The artists were also interested in how knowledge and stories are passed on down through generations. In their central mural, a grandfather – modelled on an actual Museum volunteer – talks to his granddaughter. His shed is like a mini-museum – each object with its own story. Projected animated sequences and original music composed by Christine White, create a sense of place and hint at the passage of time. The artists taped directly onto the gallery wall and used lot of masking tape – approximately 15 rolls of tape (750 metres).
For their mural Belonging, the Year 13 students each worked on a separate element that was later arranged onsite in the gallery. Erica Duthie emphasized the importance of working with life-size figures, "the scale helps establish an immediate connection between the artist and model and also between the mural figures and members of the public".
Star Jump, a mural made by students from Papatoetoe Intermediate School.
Papatoetoe students worked collaboratively to develop a story and composition. Their theme was not about arriving in New Zealand, but leaving – and leaving not just the country, but the planet! They gave thought to the items they would take on a journey into outer space.
Before beginning work on the mural, participants experimented with textures and different ways of applying tape to develop their own unique style. Making the mural took place over three sessions and the process was documented by Reggie Foxx. The finished murals were then taken in to the museum.
In addition to seeing three large murals in the gallery, there is also an area where visitors can have a go at drawing their own flags and portraits with tape. Plenty of accomplished works of art have been added to the display already!


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Legendary singer Sumitra Sen is dead. The singer was 89 years old at the time of death. Sen was suffering for a long time. She breathed her last at her own home in Kolkata. Her daughter, acclaimed Rabindra Sangeet artist Srabani Sen took to Facebook to inform the news.
Earlier in the wee hours of the morning, Srabani Sen took to Facebook to post, "Aaj Maa bhore chole gelen (Mother left us today at dawn)."
According to reports, Sen out of nowhere gotten an episode of bug last month and was confessed to a confidential clinic on December 29. Her weakening wellbeing had provoked her family to bring her home, where she died.
During her time at the medical clinic, Sumitra Sen was determined to have bronchopneumonia. Confusions emerged from her condition and she died on the extremely early times of January 3.
In a previous cooperation with TV9 Bengali, Srabani Sen had uncovered that her mom is far beyond the prime of her age and is experiencing age-related aiments. Expressing that her mom isn't accomplishing something useful, she had uncovered the family has carried her home subsequent to talking with specialists.
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Various individuals took to online entertainment to mourn the end of the legend. "Famous Rabindra Sangeet craftsman Indrani Sen, Sravani Sen's mom, Rabindra Sangeet craftsman Sumitra Sen has died. She was 89 years of age at the hour of her demise. He was confessed to the emergency clinic for quite a while because of advanced age," shared one individual, while a second expressed, "Death of Smt. Sumitra Sen is excruciating and it is an extraordinary loss of music world." A third stated, "Eminent #RabindraSangeet example Smt. Sumitra Sen died today morning."
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According to TNW, "at least 39 Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) were launched in September. In addition, at least another 33 crypto startups are set to launch their ICOs in October. CO is an event in which a cryptocurrency, blockchain firm or a startup sells tokens that represent ownership of its core blockchain, in an effort to raise money to develop the product or scale an existing product.
The simple idea is that an ICO helps you to own some part of the next Bitcoin at very cheap prices – you can expect the value of the token (and the coins you bought in the ICO) to rise as the demand for the coin starts to increase in the mainstream market.
Bitcoin currently trades around $4,534 per BTC and joining Bitcoin ecosystem is somewhat too pricey for new investors, unless they have very deep pockets. If you missed the early Bitcoin rush but were smart enough to buy Ethereum during its ICO at $0.311 per ether, you would have had 96,479% returns on your investments now as Ethereum trades up around $300.77.
The massive ROI (Return of Investment) that investors can expect in the success of new cryptocurrencies is causing investors to be on the lookout for ICO that promises to be the next big thing in the blockchain ecosystem. Unfortunately, some unscrupulous folks are taking advantage of investors' love for ICOs to perpetrate ICO scams by selling crappy cryptocurrencies.
In April, law enforcement officials stormed a place in Mumbai to halt a cryptocurrency racket being perpetrated under the name OneCoin. The law enforcement officials arrested 18 promoters of OneCoin and seized more than $2million in investor funds.
News later broke that the promoters of OneCoin had previously moved about $350 million offshore through a payment processor in Germany before the raid on their operations.
To drive home the point, the scam artists behind OneCoin have successfully fleeced unsuspecting cryptocurrency investors of at least $352 million before they were busted.
In May, the cryptocurrency market was agog with news of BitConnect (BCC). BitConnect did only fleece investors through an ICO; it also got them to recruit their friends and family for further fleecing in a ponzi scheme.
Offering return of up to 480%+ in cash (not crypto) per year, and even a guaranteed profit of up to 91.25% a year with "zero risk," many investors didn't think twice before coughing up money to buy the lie. BitConnect reportedly has a market cap of $95,719,935 all on a promise to reward you for sending your Bitcoin to them.
So how do you make sure you're not buying shitcoins? Below, we'll discuss eight different red flags.
Many cryptocurrency scam artists tend to hide under the fact that nobody really knows the person behind Bitcoin to crave anonymity when they launch new Altcoin or cryptocurrencies.
However, these days, cryptocurrencies are no longer the pariah of the financial industry and creators of new coins should be bold enough to stand behind their work.
If you can't find any meaningful information on the creators or core team members, you should think twice before you buy. When you do find the names of creators and team members, you need to take some time to do some due diligence in checking out their pedigree and be sure that they are consistent in their claims.
All forms of investments carry a latent degree of risk – some investments might be riskier than others. When you do invest in a new cryptocurrency, you do so with an understanding that you may lose part or all of your money – and that's why seasoned investors conduct due diligence to measure risk in relation to reward before they invest.
However, if a cryptocurrency offers you a guaranteed amount/percent ROI on your investment, it is most likely a scam because it's eliminating the risk factor in investments.
An ICO might not be an outright scam but its underlying token might be mostly worthless and not worth the paper on which its value is printed. Before you invest your funds in any ICO, you need to take a moment of introspection to reexamine why you are investing in the said cryptocurrency.
Are you buying into the ICO because it has strong business fundamentals or because the sales pitch make you feel good? You should also avoid buying into an ICO because the marketing pitch is always in your face through ads, emails, social media, or an unrelenting friend.
When Bitcoin launched, it was created to solve the specific problems of inflation, government manipulation, and an erosion of value inherent in fiat currencies. Ethereum was created to provide a blockchain-based solution for enforcing smart contracts. Monero was designed to provide the relative transactional privacy that Bitcoin lacked, and Litecoin was the silver equivalent to gold's Bitcoin.
Every new cryptocurrency that has shown decent odds of success inherently has a unique function, role, or feature backing its fundamental value. Hence, you should be wary of any cryptocurrency that doesn't have a clear-cut outlay of its usefulness.
Teams working on cryptocurrencies typically have a GitHub presence for their project, at the very least; their programmer will have a GitHub presence. GitHub is home to more than 20 million developers who work together to review code and manage projects.
Any cryptocurrency that can't show meaningful Github activity is most likely working on copied code (sometimes stolen code) and you'll most likely be investing in their shiny website and emotive sales copy.
There may be the occasional lone ranger who works independently without consulting or showing off their work to other developers on Github, but for the most part, Github activity is a decent measure of legitimacy.
Scam artists tend to write excellent sales copy intended to sell snow to Eskimos. Hence, you might find it somewhat hard to spot a scam cryptocurrency when the creators have created the perfect profile/website/whitepaper and they are throwing about the right words and terms.
However, a review of comments about the cryptocurrency/founders/team on Reddit or YouTube can provide you with objective third-party insight the legitimacy of such cryptocurrencies. Granted, there's usually a lot of trolling activity on these sites, but you can be sure that anyone making scam claims about any cryptocurrency is required to provide irrefutable proof.
The amount of money that a cryptocurrency startup wants to raise in its ICO can also provide valuable insight into its credibility.
Cryptocurrency startups usually sell tokens in an ICO in order to raise money to build their product, add new features, or scale their service to control a larger market share. It is somewhat hard to pick a ballpark number of how much money a company should raise in an ICO to pass the credibility test.
However, scam artists won't mind vanishing into thin air with a few hundred thousand dollars worth of Bitcoin. Hence, you should be extra cautious around companies that want to raise thousands or single digit millions in an ICO.
The distribution process for getting a cryptocurrency into the hand of stakeholders and into the general market can also provide you with insight for identifying shitcoins. A cryptocurrency using an "Instamine" distribution process is simply (deliberately/unintentionally) distributing its coins unfairly across the board.
n an instamine, a larger supply of the total amount of coin to be created is mined in the first few hours of the launch. Such a large supply of coin ends up putting the price control mechanics of the cryptocurrency in the hands of a few individuals who can manipulate the price of the cryptocurrency at will.
A "premine" distribution system, while not necessarily an indication of a scam suggests that the creators of the cryptocurrency already own a portion of the cryptocurrency before it hits the exchange. Hence, once the coins hit the exchange and it gets some traction for a price uptrend, the creators can decide to sell off their premined coins and exit the cryptocurrency."
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World's Best 10K
Royalty of the roads
By Jonathan Beverly
The pre-race buzz for the 2007 edition of the World's Best 10K centered around the matchup between Lornah Kiplagat, the world's No. 1 road racer in 2006, and Meseret Defar, world-record holder at the 5K on the roads and fresh off a world record at 3,000m on the indoor oval. Kiplagat is the unofficial queen of the race, having won here four times, including the past three editions. This was Defar's first time in Puerto Rico, indeed, almost her virgin expience at the distance, having raced only one mediocre 33:54.41 way back in 1999.
With a February date that makes it the unofficial road season opener, the race has given us a wealth of classic duels in its meteoric 10-year history. It draws marathoners in preparation for London and Boston, tracksters finishing the indoor season, and road specialists fresh off their winter base training. This time, the matchup was between "The Classic Kicker vs. the Strong Runner," according to Ken Young, analyst for the Association of Road Race Statisticians. "Each knows what they need to do," Young wrote.
Talking to each in the pre-race tent, they seemed to agree. Defar replied, somewhat nervously, that, yes, she was ready, but hedged about going fast. "We'll see," she said, citing concerns about the wind that was blowing out the flags lining the bridge, looking like she'd prefer a tactical affair.
Kiplagat, pointing out the "many fast girls here" said, "I hope I can run my own race." But she didn't seem too concerned about it, lounging on the provided cots and laughing with Hilda Kibet. "I hope I can run my best," she said, "but, if not, OK." She was so relaxed, a couple of nights before the race she had broken into an impromptu dance at a pre-race dinner. Lornah is very comfortable in Puerto Rico; she comes early, attends many extracurricular activities and attracts a wide following on the island. So much so that the local paper sent a reporter to Kenya in 2002 to do an extensive series on her and her camp. The relationship between the public and their heroes in this race is one example of the excellence race director Rafy Acosta has built here.
From the beginning, Acosta's goal was to bring together "the best runners in the best race." That he's succeeded is a matter of record: Since 2001 the race has never ranked lower than 13th out of all road races worldwide in terms of competitive fields, both men and women, as computed by Young — five times it has been in the top three. In 2003, two months before she startled the world with a 2:15 marathon, Paula Radcliffe set the world record for 10K here, running 30:21, a mark considered one of the best all time, given the difficulty of the hot and windy course. In 2004, Road Race Management named Acosta Race Director of the Year.
Beyond the stats, the atmosphere on race week resembles that of a major marathon. The night before, hundreds of runners gather at a pre-race pasta party with a difference: The elite athletes are ushered into the middle of the throng on a red carpet (literally) and eat at table in the middle of the room before mingling with adoring fans. On race day, the double out-and-back provides the masses a chance to watch and cheer for the elites twice, once on the mile-long span of the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge and once on the divided highway to Carolina, where thousands of non-running fans line the sidelines as well.
This year the men and women began together (after a few years' experiment with a women's head start), so the men's race developed first. A pack of 15 broke off the line furiously, then settled into a 4:25 mile pace across the bridge. They slowed some on the cloverleaf turnaround, then Gilbert Okari, the consistent road specialist ranked No. 4 in the world last year, began to push things on the way back. Martin Lel, Running Times' No. 1 road racer of the year and pre-race favorite, clung to his shoulder, looking around comfortably. Okari, at over 6 feet tall, looked gangly and uncoordinated next to the compact efficient stride and high arm carriage of Lel.
At halfway, passed in 16:58, the pack was down to eight. Lel poured water over his head, then grabbed another, drank, and handed it off to the runner on his left, last year's champion and course record holder, Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei, who drank and handed it back to the next runner. After that show of sportsmanship, Lel pushed up the hill and dropped most of the pack. Okari accepted the challenge and upped the ante, and by 8K it was down to three, Okari, Lel and a surprise: a small runner, wearing an orange singlet and number 33, who quietly hung on Okari's shoulder, looking smooth and cool. Number 33 turned out to be Cosmas Koech Kimutai, a 21-year-old Kenyan who first appeared on the scene last September winning the Brabants Dagblad Tilburg 10 Miles in the Netherlands in 46:15, but who had never raced outside Europe until now.
As the trio raced back to the finish at the bridge's toll booth, Koech Kimutai began to assert himself. On the final downhill, with about 800 to go, he appeared to be making the move for the win, sprinting ahead of Okari with Lel three strides back. But Okari wasn't finished, and he unleashed his famous finishing speed to take the lead. Surprisingly, Koech Kimutai had another gear, and retook the lead with 200 to go. Okari finally made the last move to put it away, gaining enough cushion to cross himself before crossing the line.
The battle for first Puerto Rican was another sprint to the finish surrounded by cheers as loud as those for the world champions. Then a hush fell as all waited for the outcome of the women's battle. A roar rushed down the road toward us as Kiplagat appeared over the hill alone. Over the cheers, the announcer proclaimed "Laaaaaa Reina! Lornah Kiplagat!" as she raced for the sub-31-minute bonus, then, seeing that she had missed it, slowed to a walk for the last few steps, blowing kisses.
As it turned out, the battle had been over since the return across the bridge. Defar, hampered by the heat and the wind, which she reported "made it painful in my stomach," fell off Kiplagat's pace, and would finish a minute back with shaky legs. Kiplagat herself said that it had been a hard day, and seemed a bit disappointed that the competition hadn't been closer. "It's hard to keep pushing when you're alone," she commented, "but, I got the win." She did indeed, adding another gem to the crown of today's Reina of the Roads.
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The leader of Canada's Official Opposition, Erin O'Toole, speaks in the House of Commons on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. In a statement released Sunday, O'Toole said there is "no place for the far right" in the Conservative Party. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Official Opposition Leader O'Toole says Canada's Tories are not Trumpists
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Posted: Monday, January 18, 2021 12:45
Last Updated: Monday, January 18, 2021 18:08
As right-wing politicians and protesters in the U.S. continue to make their presence felt ahead of Donald Trump's Washington exit later this week, the leader of Canada's Official Opposition is fending off what he says are attempts by the governing Liberals to tar him with Trump's populist brush.
In a statement issued Sunday, Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole said the Tories have "no place for the far right" in their caucus.
"The Conservatives are a moderate, pragmatic, mainstream party–as old as Confederation–that sits squarely in the centre of Canadian politics," O'Toole said, taking the occasion to call the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol "horrifying."
"My singular focus is to get Canada's economy back on track as quickly as possible to create jobs and secure a strong future for all Canadians. There is no place for the far right in our party," he said.
O'Toole's statement comes as speculation continues to simmer about a possible spring election and after undated pictures surfaced on the internet last week of the party's deputy leader, Candice Bergen, wearing a hat bearing Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again."
This undated photo of Conservative MP Candice Bergen, the party's deputy leader, wearing a MAGA hat, has been circulating online. (Source unknown)
It also follows a Liberal Party fundraising letter last week that accused the Tories of "continuing a worrisome pattern of divisive politics and catering to the extreme right."
The letter cited the motto used by O'Toole in his leadership campaign, "Take back Canada" and a now-deleted Tory website posted several years ago alleging the Liberals wanted to rig the 2019 election.
In his statement, O'Toole asserted his own views on such issues as abortion, gay rights and reconciliation with Indigenous people in Canada, saying the Conservatives are not beholden to right-wing extremists.
"I believe that whether you are Black, white, brown or from any race or creed, whether you are LGBT or straight, whether you are an Indigenous Canadian or have joined the Canadian family three weeks ago or three generations ago," O'Toole said last August after winning the party's leadership.
In his statement on Sunday, O'Toole indicated that should a federal election come, he will be ready.
"If the Liberals want to label me as 'far right,' they are welcome to try," O'Toole said.
"Canadians are smart and they will see this as an attempt to mislead people and import some of the fear and division we have witnessed in the United States."
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Q: Explaining the method of characteristics I am learning about solving p.d.e.s by the method of characteristics at the moment. I was given an "algorithm" to solve these problems but I want to know also what is going on, how it works and what it is doing intuitively/physically/graphically. It would be great if someone could either explain it or provide a good link To reference material. Thank you.

A: This is an intuitive take which is intended to be as simple as possible.
Let's say you're measuring some system for two variables $x$ and $t$, and you discover that you can describe the system by $u_t+a(x,t)u_x=0$.
Okay, but what if $x$ and $t$ just superficially look like independent variables, but in fact $x$ is a function of $t$?
If it were so, then $$\frac{d}{dt}u(x(t),t)=u_t+x'(t)u_x$$ which means that if we can find a function $x(t)$ with the property that $x'(t)=a(x,t)$, then $u(x(t),t)$ would have the property that $$\frac{d}{dt}u(x(t),t)=u_t+a(x,t)u_x$$ which is exactly the type of function we are looking for.
So if it really is the case that our measured variable  $x$ actually is a function of the underlying variable $t$, we only need to find a function $x(t)$ such that $x'(t)=a(x(t),t)$ with $x(0)=x_0$ and solve the much easier ODE $$\frac{d}{dt}u(x(t),t)=0$$ and then $u(x(t),t)$ satisfies the PDE we started with.
Usually these problems come with some boundary conditions like $u(x,0)=\phi(x)$, so we solve our easy ODE: $$u(x(t),t)=C$$
If we set $C=\phi(x_0)$ we see that $u(x(t),t)=u(x(0),0)=u(x_0,0)=\phi(x_0)$ (indeed, $u$ is constant wrt $t$)
So $$u(x(t),t)=\phi(x_0)$$
is a solution to the PDE provided we can find an $x(t)$ such that $x'(t)=a(x(t),t)$ with $x(0)=x_0$, which we can. When you find $x(t)$, you can solve it for $x_0$ and substitute so you get a solution function consisting of $x$'s and $t$'s, which you can then differentiate to check that it satisfies the PDE.

A: The basic idea is that we look for parametric curves along which the PDE tells us how the function changes.   Suppose you have a smooth parametric curve in the $xy$ plane: $x = X(t)$, $y = Y(t)$.  Consider how a smooth function $u(x,y)$ changes as you move along the curve.  The chain rule says $$\frac{du}{dt} = \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} \frac{dX}{dt} + \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} \frac{dY}{dt}$$  Now this looks rather like the left side of a first-order PDE  $$a(x,y) \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} + b(x,y) \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} = c(x,y)$$  In fact, if you
can find $X(t)$ and $Y(t)$ such that $\frac{dX}{dt} = a(X(t),Y(t))$ and $\frac{dY}{dt} = b(X(t),Y(t))$, this tells you that along that curve $\frac{du}{dt} = c(X(t), Y(t))$, so that if you know $u(X(0), Y(0))$ you can get $$u(X(s),Y(s)) = u(X(0), Y(0)) + \int_0^s c(X(t),Y(t))\ dt$$
Now, for any point $(x_1, y_1)$ in the plane, suppose you want to find $u(x_1, y_1)$, where $u(x,y)$ satisfies the PDE $a(x,y) \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} + b(x,y) \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} = c(x,y)$ plus some boundary condition.   Then you want to find a curve $x = X(t)$, $y = Y(t)$ satisfying the system of ordinary differential equations $\frac{dX}{dt} = a(X(t),Y(t))$ and $\frac{dY}{dt} = b(X(t),Y(t))$  that passes through the given point $(x_1, y_1)$, follow that curve to some $(x_0, y_0)$ where your boundary condition tells you the value of $u$, and then you can get $u(x_1, y_1)$ by an integral as above.

A: As an intuitive summary, a surface described by a first order pde inherently has a vector field defined on the surface (see Monge cones). So naturally the vector field provides an associated set of flow lines which cover the surface. Now along a single flow line, as we move down the line, we simply follow the vector field, so the line is described by an ode. The method of characteristics is finding the ode along the flow line.

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Q: How to calculate the co-ordinates of a quadrilateral knowing the side lengths Hi I've come across a mathematical problem, which I can't seem to solve with my limited geometry and trigonometry knowledge.
I need to draw a quadrilateral (may not be rectangle always). To draw this quadrilateral, I need to know the coordinate points of each corner. All I know is the length of all four sides and co-ordinates for top side (100,0) and (600,0).

There is no guarantee on the orientation of the box. At any given point of time only one side can be a straight (0 degrees) or perpendicular (90 degrees) side. So the sides are not 90 degrees to each other.
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Minutes of the Animal Breeding Committee, 1928-1947
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Institute of Animal Genetics, c.1902-2000
Minutes, 1928-1947
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The Animal Breeding Committee was formed in 1928 after the Department became integrated into the University, and replaced the University of Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture Joint Committee on Research in Animal Breeding, which had been in existence since 1913. The Committee, which met twice a year, originally included representatives from the University of Edinburgh (including the Professor of Animal Genetics); the Edinburgh and East Scotland College of Agriculture; the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College and the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. Alexander Miles served as Convener of the Committee from 1928 until 1947. The Committee advised the University Court on the research, financial and administrative matters of the Animal Breeding Research Department.
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by: DAN JOLING, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 31, 2019 / 11:58 PM UTC / Updated: Aug 1, 2019 / 01:39 AM UTC
FILE – In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. Alaska Native and environmental groups sued the Interior Department on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, claiming its agencies have withheld information regarding its preparation for a petroleum lease sale in the refuge. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Native organization and three environmental groups sued the U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday, claiming its agencies withheld information regarding preparations for the sale of oil and gas leases in the massive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The lawsuit filed in Anchorage claims the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not provide public information in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.
The groups sought information on an application by a company to conduct three-dimensional seismic exploration using 90,000-pound (40,825-kilogram) vibrator trucks and mobile camps that could disturb denning polar bears.
The groups also requested information regarding Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's order to limit an environmental review to one year and 300 pages unless an agency requested an exemption.
The requests also targeted agency consultations with a joint U.S.-Canada advisory board on the Porcupine Caribou Herd, which migrates between the two countries and uses the coastal plain of the refuge for calving.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the plain holds 10.4 billion barrels of oil.
Interior Department spokeswoman Molly Block said in an email that the department could not comment on pending litigation.
The four plaintiffs — the Gwich'in Steering Committee, Alaska Wilderness League, Defenders of Wildlife and The Wilderness Society — object to the planned leasing later this year in the refuge in northeast Alaska.
Bernadette Demientieff, director of the Gwich'in group, said its members need to know what agencies are reviewing while making decisions about industrial operations on land considered sacred by her group.
Kristen Miller, conservation director at Alaska Wilderness League, said the Trump administration avoids transparency in order to hide routine quashing of dissent and suppression of scientific concerns.
"It doesn't want the public to know that serious, science-based concerns exist over the impact that drilling will have on Arctic land and wildlife," she said.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1960 during President Dwight Eisenhower's administration. Congress in 1980 expanded it to nearly the size of South Carolina with the provision that 2,300 square miles (5,957 sq. kilometers) of the coastal plain be studied for natural resources.
Along with being a home for polar bears and caribou, the refuge includes nesting grounds for migratory birds from all 50 states.
Alaska elected officials for decades pushed to open up the coastal plain to drilling and finally succeeded in 2017 as part of a tax measure backed by President Donald Trump.
The law requires at least two major lease sales over the next decade to raise revenue for a tax cut. Republican proponents projected at least $1 billion in revenue from drilling leases over 10 years, a claim that environmental groups say is wildly optimistic.
The lawsuit asks a judge to order the Interior Department to deliver the information sought by the groups.
This story has been corrected to say the lawsuit was filed Wednesday, not Tuesday.


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Tayane «Tatá» Alves, más conocida como Raze es un personaje que pertenece al videojuego (creado por Riot Games), Valorant. Fue el doceavo personaje en ser presentado en la versión Beta del juego el 7 de abril de 2020

Historia
Tatá Alves es una ingeniera de Salvador, Bahía (Brasil) a la que le apasionan los explosivos y la pintura, normalmente combinados. Con fuertes objeciones hacia las operaciones de Kingdom Corporation en Bahía, Alves participó en la expulsión de la empresa de su estado natal y la obligó a abandonar sus instalaciones allí, con las marcas de sus herramientas manchando las parcelas como testimonio de sus victorias. Contratada desde entonces para trabajar para el Protocolo VALORANT como su duodécimo agente, "Raze", Alves siembra ahora el caos contra amenazas mayores para la Tierra. Sin embargo, a medida que la pintura se desvanece de las paredes de Salvador, Raze no puede permitirse dejar atrás su hogar por completo, no sea que Kingdom Corp. busque hacer su regreso allí.

Personalidad
Raze, el alma de la fiesta en Bahía, es siempre juguetona, impulsiva y espontánea. Irradia una energía caótica y causa estragos en el campo de batalla, destruyendo cualquier obstáculo que se interponga en su camino. Según Sage, puede ser impaciente y no se atiene a los planes. Es muy descarada, como se vio cuando se ganó la ira de Cypher por romper constantemente sus artilugios.

Amante de la diversión, se refiere a sus compañeros como familia y siempre les asegura que será ella quien dirija los fuegos artificiales.

Apariencia
Raze es una mujer de piel morena que siempre lleva su gorra naranja puesta hacia atrás acompañada de sus auriculares. Lleva el pelo recogido en varias trenzas sujetas con rulos dorados. Lleva un top naranja sin mangas que deja al descubierto su vientre y está cubierto por una pechera con la palabra "BOOM" pintada con spray en la parte delantera. Lleva pantalones oscuros con una salpicadura de pintura en el muslo izquierdo, sujetos por una correa a la que se sujetan sus granadas de pintura.

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Bishop Richard Gerard Lennon was installed as the 10th Bishop of Cleveland on May 15, 2006. He retired on December 28, 2016.
The Most Rev. Richard Gerard Lennon was installed as the 10th Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio on May 15, 2006. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Lennon to the leadership position over nearly 800,000 Catholics in eight counties of Northeast Ohio on April 4, 2006.
A native of the Boston area, Bishop Lennon was born in Arlington, Massachusetts and graduated from Catholic High School and then attended Boston College before entering St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts where he received an M.A. in Church History and a M.TH in Sacramental Theology.
Bishop Lennon was ordained to the priesthood in May, 1973 and served in the Archdiocese of Boston as a parish priest, Fire Department Chaplain, an Assistant for Canonical Affairs, and Rector of St. John's Seminary.
Ordained as an Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Boston on September 14, 2001, Bishop Lennon also was called upon to serve as Apostolic Administrator for the Archdiocese from December of 2002 to July of 2003 when the Vatican appointed a new Archbishop to lead in Boston.
Among the special recognitions Bishop Lennon has received; he was named a Domestic Prelate in April of 1998, installed as a Knight of Malta and as a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in June of 2001.
Installed as the 10th Bishop of Cleveland on May 15, 2006, Bishop Lennon established a vision for the Church in the Diocese of Cleveland focusing upon evangelization with an emphasis on the Gospel. He also determined that the presence of the Church remain in every setting where consolidation would reduce the number parishes. The Church would be present in the Eucharist in Liturgy, in Catholic education, or in social service.
Upon taking office, the Bishop immediately set out to visit all of the parishes and schools in the Diocese. At the same time, the inherited Reconfiguration process continued with careful assessment by the parish clusters, then by the 31 member Diocesan-wide Vibrant Parish Life Committee, the 13 member Bishop's staff, and the 25 member Diocesan Presbyteral (Priests) Council. Their recommendations to the Bishop resulted in the closing of 50 parishes and the establishment of 17 newly merged ones. Bishop Lennon presided at 78 closing, merging, and opening Masses during a period of 14 months.
Also prioritized by Bishop Lennon has been the education of pastors and parish staffs and the institution of parish internal audits, diocesan school internal audits, and the establishment of norms on models for Catholic Schools and Catechetical models for Children.
On Dec. 28, 2016 the Holy Father, Pope Francis, granted Bishop Lennon early retirement status, accepting his resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese. Bishop Lennon made the request for early retirement in a letter to Pope Francis in late November citing his ongoing health challenges as the reason for his decision to retire.


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Posted on January 5, 2018 January 7, 2018 by Ed McNulty
Review of: Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Last modified:January 7, 2018
Though a social misfit the savant R. J. Israel deeply effects a discouraged female activist & turns a slick, shallow lawyer around so that the latter takes up his cause of reform.
Rated PG. Running time: 2 hours 2 min.
Our content ratings (1-10): Violence 2; Language 4; Sex/Nudity 1.
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by others;
a man of suffering[a] and acquainted with infirmity;
and as one from whom others hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him of no account…
But he was wounded for our transgressions,
crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole,
and by his bruises we are healed.
Isaiah 53:2a-3; 5.
Two Very different lawyers: Roman (l) dedicated to justice; George interested in profits. (c) Columbia Pictures
In writer/director Dan Gilroy's film Denzel Washington steps out of his comfort zone to play a socially awkward lawyer very different from the smooth, confident characters he has often played. His Roman J. Israel is a savant, able to remember long stretches of the law and precedents, but unable to relate to peers or be concerned about his outdated clothing and hair style. He is fixated on justice and civil rights, not fees or prestige, and his courtly manners toward women are misunderstood and resented by female activists of the next generation. In character, and in his effect on another lawyer, however, Roman J. Israel is the embodiment of the suffering servant described by the prophet of ancient Israel—and it is for this reason that I ask that you not join the crowd that has forsaken this fine movie, relegating it so swiftly to the cheap seats theaters.
Israel has been the behind the scenes partner in a two-lawyer firm dedicated to civil rights cases and those in which the law had been used to oppress rather than to help a person. Israel had done all the research and helped hone the strategy, but had never argued a case in court. His legal philosophy is well summed up in his statement, "Each of us is greater than the worst thing we've ever done." He hates the practice of white prosecutors who pile on charges against a young black man so that in the plea-bargaining process, the harried public defender will accept a few lesser charges and forego a trial. The result, a guilty plea, is the same as if the youth had gone to trial: youth who in a courtroom might have been found innocent for lack of solid evidence are saddled with years of prison confinement, their lives forever ruined.
Deeply concerned how the legal system is stacked against black men, Israel has spent a great amount of time working on a brief that he believes will change the whole system, restoring impartial justice to its rightful place. He is so obsessed with this project that he carries the large brief case stuffed with the papers wherever he goes. He lives alone in an apartment filled with books, LP albums, and posters of Angela Davis and Bayard Rustin, icons of activists of the 60's.
When his partner suffers a stroke and dies, the man's heir Lynn (Amanda Warren) tells Israel that the family will be closing the unprofitable firm and that he should delay the remaining cases and leave the handling of them to the lawyer accompanying her, George Pierce (Colin Farrell). Unfortunately, Israel decides to go to court with a client where his stubbornness at accepting an unfair ruling leads to an argument with the judge, who slaps a $5000 fine on him for contempt of court. Out of a job, he visits Maya (Carmen Ejogo), head of a non-profit advocacy organization. She has no funds to hire him, but impressed with his activist record, she invites him to speak at the next meeting of her group. This goes so poorly that he walks out in frustration. Maya chases after him, and the way that he handles a situation on the darkened street with a seemingly dead man and the police so impresses her that she later sets up a dinner date so that she can thank him for restoring her commitment to her work for outcasts. (To the filmmaker's credit, there is no spring/autumn romance between the two.)
Israel has a similar effect on the slick lawyer brought in to close Israel's old firm. He had rejected George Pierce's first offer to come work for his prestigious multi-lawyer firm, but accepts a second one because there are no other prospects. Israel's out of fashion clothing and awkward manners ruffles the feathers of virtually all the other lawyers, but George values his vast knowledge of the law, so he keeps him on.
In dealing with a black murderer Israel succumbs to temptation, calling the victim's relative and telling him he will give out his privileged information in exchange for the large reward being offered. For a brief time Israel enjoys purchasing and wearing fancy suits, taking a few days off to spend money at Santa Monica, and leasing an expensive high-rise apartment with a spectacular view of Los Angeles—a sad decision that none of his activist idols would have made.
The film affirms that this is a moral universe, despite the inequalities of the U.S. legal system, so Israel pays a steep price for his terrible straying from the right path, even though he repents and tries to right his wrong. That he is very self-aware is seen in his statement, "The real enemies aren't the ones on the outside, they're on the inside."
Despite his sad fate, Israel's effect on George Pierce is beneficial, perhaps even transformational. Not only does the once unfeeling lawyer set up a special unit in his firm to deal with the kind of pro bona cases that Israel's old firm had specialized in, he also is the last lawyer we see in the film intent on a mission. He is doing something with Israel's 1000-page brief that the latter had always wanted to do, but never had possessed the means to do so. It is an exhilarating conclusion to a film that is more of a character study than a courtroom thriller.
I wish I could say that writer/director Dan Gilroy was aware of the Jewish/Christian Scriptures enough that the hero's last name was intentionally symbolic, but I don't know this. Be that as it may, in this visual parable the lawyer is a good stand in for the nation that the book of Genesis asserts was called into being by God to become a blessing for all the families of the earth. (See Genesis 12:1-3) After a long history of faithfulness alternating with unfaithfulness, that nation consisting of Abraham's descendants, known as Israel (he who wrestles with God), is represented in the last portion of the book of Isaiah as the Suffering servant. It was this passage that came to mind when I was reflecting on this lawyer, unattractive in so many ways to his peers ("he had no form or majesty that we should look at him" Isa 53:2a). George Pierce is brought out of his selfish shell ("by his bruises we are healed" Isa. 53:5b) by the man "despised and rejected by others" (Isa 53:3a), even the savant Roman J. Israel, Esq. Is this reading too much into a film with some plot flaws yet with moral/ethical insights? Maybe—but go and see for yourself. And have fun talking it over with some companions.
This review with a set of discussion questions is in the January issue of Visual Parables.
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An analysis of the option of introducing a third class of drugs in America in addition to prescription and non-prescription medication.
This paper discusses the pharmaceutical market in the United States. The paper explains that there are currently two classes of drugs - prescription and non-prescription. The paper explores the option of a third class of drugs that would be sold without a doctor's prescription but only through consultation with a licensed clinical pharmacist. The pros and cons of this idea are examined.
"In the United States, all pharmaceutical products: from Advil to Zoloft, are sold either as over-the-counter remedies or as prescription drugs. Over-the-counter remedies like Advil, aspirin, and Tylenol, can be purchased by any consumer at any store that chooses to sell them. Therefore, an eight-year old can go into a convenience store and buy a bottle of aspirin. On the other hand, if an eighty-year old man wanted to try Viagra, he would need to consult a physician and retrieve a prescription, and from there he would need to buy the drug from a licensed pharmacist. The two-class division evolved from a series of acts and resolutions passed in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The most significant landmark in the creation of a specific prescription-only class of drugs was the Durham-Humphrey Amendment, passed in 1951."
The paper discusses the drug problems of the people of the Caribbean and the drug trafficking that goes on there. It also deals with the dangers that drug trafficking causes to other countries and their people.


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Microsoft has forcibly installed a 'news filter' onto everybody's device without their permission, aimed at censoring independent and alternative media.
Edge users on Android and Apple devices can now just click one button to enable its "green-red rating signal" if a website is trying to get it right or instead has a so-called hidden agenda or knowingly publishes falsehoods or propaganda.
Among the green-rated websites: Voice of America, CNN, Buzzfeed, the Guardian, New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as left-leaning upstarts such as Vice News and Refinery 29.
Ones that are given the red warning label of are RT and Sputnik and the right-wing Daily Mail, Breitbart and the Drudge Report, in addition to hundreds of other non-mainstream news websites such as Wikileaks.
This time around the virus targets your brain, not your computer or iPod.
The green-listed media outlets above apparently do not ever engage in these practices, or at least not knowingly. So CNN never misleads with its headlines, the Guardian never dresses up its agendas as news, and Buzzfeed stories are always accurate?
The overall picture emerges of a fatal mix of establishment journalists, hawkish old-school Washington insiders, and so-called ethical businessmen, led by master of the disaster Google.
This is just a beginning: there is an overarching plan where all public computers, from the school to the university to the library, are automatically equipped with the same "safe browsing" system.
So, just like the use of NewsGuard in all public libraries in the faraway state of Hawaii, it is best to look at the Edge integration is more of a test, a pilot project, a dry run.
Latching NewsGuard onto a popular browser like Chrome, or a social network like Facebook, would stir tremors of public debate, as it has done in the past when similar initiatives have been tried. Instead, first they came for the Edge users.
News Punch / ABC Flash Point Cyber News 2019.
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A Wholly Tragic and Unnecessary Death
kjeyaretnam	 February 5, 2016	 8 Comments
Benjamin Lim receiving his Edusave Award from MP Irene Ng
I was saddened and angry to read of the apparent suicide of 14 year-old Benjamin Lim. This happened on the same day he was arrested at school and taken away for questioning for an alleged offence of outrage of modesty.
It is difficult to understand why it was necessary to arrest Benjamin at school and not ask his parents to bring him down to the police station after school. In the UK, whose legal system we follow except where the PAP Government finds it more convenient to ignore the rights of its citizens, the police will not arrest anyone under the age of 17 at school unless they have no choice.
While the police phoned Benjamin's mother using the boy's mobile they did not allow her to be present when they questioned Benjamin. This again contravenes the accepted rights of juveniles in most advanced countries. Citing the UK again the police must find an 'appropriate adult' to be present during questioning and searching. The appropriate adult would normally be a parent but could also be a social worker, another family member aged 18 or over or an adult volunteer.
The UK police also have to inform everyone, adults or juveniles, of their right to free legal advice and they are not allowed to question you without a lawyer being present unless you waive that right. However they do have the right to deny you access to a lawyer for up to 36 hours.
Singapore is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 40 (b) states:
Every child alleged as or accused of having infringed the penal law has at least the following guarantees:
(i) To be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law;
(ii) To be informed promptly and directly of the charges against him or her, and, if appropriate, through his or her parents or legal guardians, and to have legal or other appropriate assistance in the preparation and presentation of his or her defence;
(iii) To have the matter determined without delay by a competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body in a fair hearing according to law, in the presence of legal or other appropriate assistance and, unless it is considered not to be in the best interest of the child, in particular, taking into account his or her age or situation, his or her parents or legal guardians;
(iv) Not to be compelled to give testimony or to confess guilt; to examine or have examined adverse witnesses and to obtain the participation and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under conditions of equality;
(v) If considered to have infringed the penal law, to have this decision and any measures imposed in consequence thereof reviewed by a higher competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body according to law;
(vi) To have the free assistance of an interpreter if the child cannot understand or speak the language used;
(vii) To have his or her privacy fully respected at all stages of the proceedings.
While the Convention does not specify when juvenile suspects are to be allowed access to a lawyer (see (ii) above) the presumption must be that access to legal assistance should be granted sooner rather than later since not having a lawyer present during interrogation would harm your defence.
(iv) also states that children should not be compelled to give testimony or confess guilt, certainly not without a lawyer being present. Without either a lawyer or one of his parents present, the police were able to extract a confession from Benjamin remarkably quickly and were not doubt commending themselves on their usual efficiency in having completed their investigations so quickly. Yet the spirit of the Convention was violated under both Articles 40 (ii) and (iv).
It is not only children whose rights are violated. Everyone, adults or children, should have the right to have a lawyer present during police questioning or to remain silent without any negative consequences till a lawyer has been provided. This is the case in the UK and the US (where you have an absolute right to silence without it affecting your defence) and in most advanced democratic countries.
Singapore prides itself on being an exception. As Shanmugan, our Justice Minister, is fond of pointing out, trampling on the rights of suspects is what keeps Singapore's crime so low compared to other countries (if it is really so low or not an illusion created by the lack of police resources so a lot of crime goes un-investigated and even unrecorded).
Yet it is not clear from our Constitution that the police have the right to deny you access to a lawyer at their discretion. Article 9 (3) says:
Where a person is arrested, he shall be informed as soon as may be of the grounds of his arrest and shall be allowed to consult and be defended by a legal practitioner of his choice.
I am not a lawyer but the use of the word "shall" in this context surely means within a reasonable space of time which should not extend longer than 24-48 hours at most. It should not be the police's right to deny a suspect access to a lawyer till it is convenient for them to do so and until they have extracted a confession from the suspect.
The Court of Appeal's ruling in Vellama d/0 Marie Muthu v. Attorney-General supports this view. To quote the Wikipedia article, "Noting the absence in Article 49(1) of a specific time frame within which a parliamentary vacancy must be filled, the Court held that the Prime Minister must do so with "all convenient speed" in line with the common law concept of reasonable time" Convenience
Recently, in January 2016 but before the tragic case of Benjamin Lim, the Law Society renewed its call for accused persons to have early access to their lawyers with the President, Thio Shen Yi, stating that the need for a lawyer is "amplified given that an accused can be convicted on the evidence of their confession alone, even if they subsequently recant". "The trial should not take place in the police station"
Until these basic rights are recognised it is difficult to see how Singapore can be described by the PAP Government and internationally as having rule of law. We are a wealthy country and not only should accused persons be granted access to a lawyer but one should be provided as of right in cases where a custodial sentence is possible, as is the practice in the UK and the US.
Returning to the case of Benjamin Lim, the police should not have arrested him at school unless there were public safety reasons for doing so. Under the Convention as a juvenile he had a right to privacy. The police should not have questioned him without a parent or appropriate adult being present and he should have been granted access to a lawyer. As this was a potentially serious case a lawyer should have been provided if his parents could not afford one.
The police have said they are reviewing their procedures. Sadly that is too late for Benjamin and a young life has been wasted. This was an entirely preventable tragedy.
Benjamin Lim, Court of Appeal, Rule of Law, Shanmugam, SPF, Vellama
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Katherine Foo says:
I may have to read this news to find out if the Police was responsible for wrong procedure leading to unbearable embarrassment and revert later with my comments.
I cried late that night when i read the news, in the internet…why?? you may ask… ..as i had put myself in the shoes of the people who loved him….i also have nephews around that age….my tears just flowed. ….why he did that is very sad……why are they so out to hurting and frightening a youngster when worse things are going on under their nose…..they have caused a death…
I know Megan. It's a tragic situation. Thank you for sharing your feelings.
I think that we don't have a low crime rate but those with high position in public office are corrupt so the police won't never charge them while they tramp a teenager rights by denying a lawyer.
I'm a teenager myself,and.it hurts to get arrested at schoo infront of your friends,the embressment he needs to face.no doubt his parent questioned when he reach home adding to his depress the school cancel his camp trip with the school,which he had been so excited for.
Why put the whole responsibility on the SPF? If you think logically, could there be a slightest chance that the boy committed suicide because he knew he screwed up and he will be sent to boys home? Could there be a slightest chance that he realized by going to the boys home will be such a terrifying experience and blacklist himself in the future? Could there be a slightest chance that the boy was overwhelmed by the responsibilities he should carry for committing the crime?
givemenofrope says:
good job Kenneth. You may not be in parliament, but jeep making the right noises and you'll be heard. Cream rises to the top.
Monica Xuan says:
A young life had been extinguished unnecessarily. Our Singapore police has a lot of explanation to do.
landragon123 says:
It is cause by the poor services of the police who always sit or sleep on their jobs. The funny thing that happens now is the government is so poor that the police goes back to wearing short pants. It was 50 years ago that the Police change from short to long pants, But to save money our Richest Government of the World, try saving money by reducing the materials to make the pants. I wonder who is laughing, out sick PM and his going to be sick cabinets (some of them) surely not all of them.