The New Orleans Saints clinched the NFC South title with a 45-16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night.
NEW ORLEANS — Quite a night for Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints — a record and a rout.
Brees set the NFL record for yards passing in a season, breaking a mark that Dan Marino had held for 27 years, and the New Orleans Saints clinched the NFC South title with a 45-16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night.
"So many people contributed to this, and I'm happy for them," Brees said.
It was Brees' final pass of the game and it gave him 5,087 yards passing — with one game still to play. Marino finished with 5,084 yards for the Miami Dolphins in 1984.
Brees' four touchdowns gave him 276 for his career, moving him ahead of Joe Montana (273) and Vinny Testeverde (275) for ninth all-time. He is the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 5,000 yards twice — he had 5,069 in 2008.
Uncharacteristically, Brees had only a yard passing during a span of a little more than 18 minutes. Knowing he was closing in the record, the crowd howled, "Drewwww" each time he took the field. He finally gave the fans what they wanted after Atlanta failed on a fourth-down try at its own 33. That gave Brees, who needed only 30 yards for the record at that point, just enough space to work with.
Matt Ryan had 258 yards passing and one TD, including a 21-yard scoring strike to Jones that gave the Falcons a 10-7 lead late in the first quarter.


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Hey guys, I recently bought the Cinematic Sunrise record "A Coloring Storybook and Long Playing Record" and had a question for the other CinSun fans on here. Were the songs pressed on vinyl alternative versions of the songs on the digital version? I love both the digital and vinyl record but certain parts sound different from each other. Just wanted to see if anyone else noticed this. Thanks!


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Q: Regex to match string with the latest date I have a regular expression which finds all occurrences of a text pattern.
Example of text to match with regex (the number of occurrences can vary, from 1 up to 7.  In this example there are two.
31.05.18 SB RS BW
18.05.18 SB RS BW
The regex finds all occurrences of the string.
I need the regex to find the string with the latest date only.  (eg find the string with the date (31.05.18 SB RS BW)
Important to note that the date will change each time the script is run, so will be unable to hard code the date into the regex.
var re = new RegExp("\\d{1,2}\\.\\d{1,2}\\.\\d{2,4}\\s([A-Z]{2,5})\\s([A-Z]{2,5})\\s([A-Z]{2,5})");

If anyone can provide assistance so that the regex matches the pattern with the latest date only, that would be most appreciated - thank you

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I made this Dip twice. The first time it was great and the second time was a little bland. I think "Season to taste" is very appropriate here.
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However, I've been experimenting with other legumes lately. It's not that hummus has fallen out of favor. It's just a big, bean-filled world out there, and I aim to actualize its full dip potential.
This Black Bean Dip comes from RecipeZaar, which is a fairly reliable resource, provided you stick to dishes rated at least four-and-a-half stars. While almost entirely fat-free, the dip is rich and hearty, with a nice kick. Fresh scallions and lime juice keep it lively, even though it's made largely of pantry ingredients.
Admittedly, it's not the most attractive dip in the world; and for what could be the first time, that has nothing to do with my ability to take a decent food photo. But appearance doesn't necessarily coincide with flavor, right? I mean, I think we can all agree that baba ghanoush looks like baby puke, and squid ink pasta is essentially a Tim Burton set decoration.
1. Combine beans, tomato paste, water, garlic, lime juice, cumin, salt, and cayenne in a food processor. Puree until it reaches a dip-like consistency. If you find it's lacking something, add more. (I like a lot of lime juice.) Pour into a bowl.
2. Add scallions and green chilies to dip. Stir thoroughly to combine. Top with extra scallions and a few lime wedges. Serve with pita chips or vegetables.


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«The Cover of the Rolling Stone» (в первоначальном варианте — «The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'») — песня, написанная писателем-юмористом Шелом Силверстайном для рок-группы Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, с которой он сотрудничал в начале 1970-х годов.

История песни и сингла
Автор рассказывал впоследствии, что с самого начала, приступая к работе, имел в виду единственную цель: заставить популярный журнал Rolling Stone (к тому времени существовавший пять лет) поместить на обложку фотографию группы.

Сингл «The Cover of the Rolling Stone» (второй после дебютного «Sylvia's Mother») в 1973 году поднялся до 6-й позиции в Billboard Hot 100 и действительно через три месяца после выпуска сингла, 29 марта 1973 года, вывел группу на обложку журнала, хоть и форме карикатуры (с подписью: «What's-Their-Names Make The Cover» — «Как-их-там? — выходят на обложку»).
В оригинальной версии и на ранних концертах первый и третий куплеты исполнял Рэй Сойер, второй — гитарист Джордж Камминс; остальные музыканты поочередно вполголоса бросали иронические реплики по поводу того или иного громкого заявления («О да, это мы!.. Отличная идея!.. Да, точно!»).

BBC Radio отказалась транслировать песню, поскольку заголовок и текст содержали упоминание (а значит, формально, способствовали рекламе) медийного бренда. В Британии группа перезаписала песню, переименовав её в «The Cover of the Radio Times» (по названию выпускавшегося BBC еженедельника с подробными программами радио- и телепередач) и пригласив группу радиоведущих к исполнению рефрена, со всей очевидностью «рекламировавшего» Radio Times. Несмотря на последнее обстоятельство, песня благополучно вышла в британский эфир; хитом не стала, но обрела известность.

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«The Cover of the Rolling Stone» — сатирическая зарисовка, высмеивающая основные аспекты рок-звездного образа жизни, — являет собой исповедь рок-группы, которая достигла всего в своей карьере, кроме единственного: ей никак не удаётся попасть на обложку журнала Rolling Stone.

Героев песни — рок-певцов «с золотыми пальцами» — обожают повсюду; они исполняют песни «о красоте и истине — по цене 10 тысяч долларов за концерт» (), принимают таблетки всех видов, чтобы получить все виды кайфа, но… один вид кайфа им познать не дано: «Это кайф, который настигает тебя, когда твоя фотография попадает на обложку Rolling Stone» ().

«Фронтмен» звёздной группы (голосом гитариста Джорджа Камминса) рассказывает и о сотрудниках: ненормальной старушке по прозвищу Кокаиновая Кэти (), которая нашивает украшения ему на джинсы; его собственном «седовласом папуле», который сидит за рулём его лимузина. Всё это «решительно должно бы взорвать» им мозги, но… «Ничто не взорвало бы наши мозги так, как взрываются они, когда ты видишь себя на обложке Rolling Stone!» (). Следует припев:
(Rolling Stone) Хочу видеть наши фотографии на обложке!
Stone… Хочу купить пять экземпляров для моей мамы!
Stone… Хочу видеть своё улыбающееся лицо
На обложке Rolling Stone!
После второго рефрена гитариста осеняет: «Эй, я знаю как!..» и с возгласом: «Рок-н-ролл!» он исполняет абсурдно неумелое гитарное соло из нескольких нот. («Ах, как это красиво!» — слышен комментарий.)

В третьем куплете выясняется, что у героев есть «множество маленьких девочек-групи, которые делают всё, что им ни скажешь» (), а также «самый настоящий индийский гуру», который наставляет их «на более праведный путь» (). Они приобрели себе «всех друзей, каких только можно купить за деньги, чтобы не чувствовать себя одинокими», они становятся всё богаче, но… — так и не могут увидеть свою фотографию на обложке Rolling Stone! (). По мере того, как мольба-рефрен повторяется, слышны новые аргументы: «Мы красивые!.. Я не шучу, мы украсим вашу обложку!.. Ну, свеженький снимочек — и прямо на передок, парень!.. Ну вот, теперь мы и будем на обложке… Улыбка, мэн! Ах, какие мы красивые!».

Кавер-версии
Песня неоднократно исполнялась другими исполнителями. В 1987 году Стиви Мур включил её в свой альбом . В 2000 году кавер-версия в исполнении группы Poison вошла в альбом . Пародийную версию записал Бак Оуэнс с группой Buckaroos («On the Cover of the Music City News», альбом Best of Buck Owens, Volume 6, 1976).

Песня в оригинальной версии вошла в саундтрек фильма «Почти знаменит» (2000).

Видео
 The Cover of the Rolling Stone . — Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show на концерте 1972 года.

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The South African cliff swallow (Petrochelidon spilodera), also known as the South African swallow, is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae native to central−western and southern Africa.

It is found in Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Nests are commonly built from mud under artificial structures such as huts and bridges. It is well known for its supposed ability to carry coconuts, although this claim has little to no credibility outside of the Monty Python fictional universe.

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References

 BirdLife International 2004. Hirundo spilodera. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

External links
 South African Cliff Swallow - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

South African cliff swallow
Birds of Southern Africa
Birds of Central Africa
Birds of West Africa
South African cliff swallow
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot


Jul 27, 1990 Froth Flotation Method for Recovery of Ultra-Fine. Constituent. Bhupendra K . Parekh. University of Kentucky, bhupendra.parekh@uky.edu.
Jan 1, 2018 One of the most serious problems in applying the froth flotation process is that finely ground pyrite and coal have similar surface character.


They were just a group of high school kids looking for a place to party. They didn't know the end of the world was coming. Now, alone and trapped below ground in a state-of-the-art bomb shelter, they are being stalked–and the creatures that come for them through the dirt and ash are like nothing anyone has ever seen before.
Nate Kenyon, a finalist for the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for his debut novel Bloodstone and author of various other praiseworthy titles such as the likes of Bone Factory, The Reach and his SF novella Prime. Already he had a range of interesting titles to pick from, but it wasn't his original fiction that drew me into his own work initially, instead it was his most recent work that really caught my attention: tie-in fiction for Blizzard Entertainment. Particularly when word came that he was taking over authorship of Spectre from Keith R.A. DeCandido, the long-waited sequel to StarCraft: Ghost: Nova that promise to cover the events of Blizzard's vaporware title StarCraft: Ghost. So during a live Q&A session with the author I thought to ask the standard question which of his Horror book should start off with and Sparrow Rock was his answer. Reasons were that it was something due to its apparent popularity in its reception and fans taken aback by the ending. And after reading it I certainly see now why that was case.
The imagery depicted here had painted a vivid enough picture of the harrowing calamity as though you were witnessing it firsthand. While the group – Pete, Tessa, Sue, Jay, Jimmie and Dan – are able to survive behind the protection of the bunker's walls from the nuclear fallout trying to find some scene of living but witnessing this tightknit bunch enduring the consequences of ill-fated decisions was another fascinating ride. You'll understand all of these isolated, emphatic characters during this troublesome nuclear apocalypse. And on a side note, the story does bear some common plot elements on the antagonist side of thing that I would've recognized from other media and stories elsewhere, noticing them didn't detract me from by enjoyment of the book.
Even though Sparrow Rock is designated as part of the horror genre, the type of horror depicted here of the sort that of a spine chilling awe that can perhaps gradually effect your mind-set. Not the stuff displayed in the majority of Black Library's range of titles typically seen (e.g. visceral warfare and violence, torture, daemon summoning, betrayals) conducted by the Space Maine or their Chaos counterparts.
To fall back on that ending twist that I mention beforehand… Let's say it really left me slightly wide-eyed; something baffling that nobody could have anticipated on the first time around. Even now I'm still trying to comprehend a little bit how and when the oddities fit together. There are a handful of other revelations here-and-there, but the one in mind it really the big one anyone can look forward to learning.
One thing that was much to my surprise was how brisk and the concise the reading pace of Sparrow Rock came across with me. Even with a lengthy reading break Sparrow Rock had felt it ended far too fast, as though a short story. Reflecting back, it is no way bad read but I think in order to grasp everything Kenyon had to offer I defiantly believe this book deserves a second, if not immediate reading round to savor the overall experience and world the author created here before finally putting it aside.
Nate Kenyon's recommendation certainly lived up to its promised. Watch out for his name if you're like myself and are seeking to expand your reading interests elsewhere away from Sci-Fi and Fantasy territory and dabble with Horror. In short, I stand by my sentiments and Kenyon's that Sparrow Rock a solid recommendation for any strangers of horror seeking new avenues.


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Renowned Author Sandra Cisneros Thrills Wolfpack
August 16, 2018 | OIED Staff
In collaboration with NCSU Libraries and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), Multicultural Student Affairs hosted renowned author Sandra Cisneros on August 2, 2018. Cisneros, a poet, short story writer, novelist and essayist, explores the lives of the working-class in her work. Her numerous awards include NEA Fellowships in both poetry and fiction, the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship and several honorary doctorates and national and international book awards, including Chicago's Fifth Star Award, the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the National Medal of the Arts, awarded to her by President Obama in 2016. Most recently, she received the Ford Foundation's Art of Change Fellowship.
Cisneros spoke in Hunt Library Auditorium to a full crowd of students, faculty, staff and many community members. The NC State Bookstore sold all 150 copies of Cisneros' books to eager patrons before the event began. The author began the evening by recognizing the various Native American Tribes on whose land we now reside. She then shared stories, poems and prose from her wide catalogue, both in Spanish and English. As Cisneros spoke, she accompanied each piece with personal anecdotes and answered audience questions about experiences throughout her career. She wrapped up the evening by committing to meet each person in attendance and did not leave until everyone had an opportunity to get their books signed.
Cisneros has been a longtime supporter of farmworkers and their fight for fair working and living conditions in North Carolina and across the country. The speaking event and reading raised funds and built support for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee's efforts to bring justice to the tobacco fields of North Carolina through organizing and an international boycott of Reynolds American's e-cigarette, VUSE. Funds raised went to the Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice (CMWJ), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has endorsed the boycott and will use the funds to support farmworkers in their efforts.
Marcela Torres-Cervantes is assistant director for community outreach and engagement in Multicultural Student Affairs.
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Q: error on evaluation of line fit at a given x given error on its parameters Say I have some data points randomly distributed about a linear model. I fit a straight line through it, and obtain best fit parameters $m$ and $b$ with an error $\delta_m$ and $\delta_b$ associated to them.
Say I wish to evaluate the fit at a given $x$, call it $x_0$. This obviously gives, as a point estimate, $y_0 = mx_0+b$, but what about the associated error $\delta_{y_0}$?
One might think that we should obtain $\delta_{y_0}$ as such
\begin{align}
\delta_{y_0} = \Big(\frac{\delta_m}{m}\Big)mx_0 + \delta_b = \delta_mx_0+\delta_b
\end{align}
But, as I understand it, this has the unfortunate consequence of making it so that $\delta_y$ is not invariant under a translation of the coordinates of $x$. What I mean is, if we had applied a transformation $x \to x+\alpha$, $\alpha \in \mathrm{R}$ to all data points $\underline{\text{before}}$ doing the fit, then, while $\delta_m$ and $\delta_b$ would not have changed, $\delta_{y_0}$, now given by $\delta_{y_0} = \delta_m(x_0+\alpha)+\delta_b$, would have changed, which should not happen.
My intuition is that computing the error via
\begin{align}
\delta_{y_0} = \delta_m(x_0-\langle x \rangle)+\delta_b
\end{align}
where $\langle x \rangle$ is the average value of $x$ taken over all data points, is a potential solution to the problem.
What is the correct approach for finding $\delta_{y_0}$? I'm especially interested in the case where we are performing an extrapolation of the line fit, ie, $x_0$ is not in the interval of $x$ values for which data was collected.


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Heading to the mainland, families can hop on the downtown tram for a narrated tour of Fort Myers' colorful history. Along the way, stop at the side-by-side winter estates of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, two famous friends who spent years as neighbors along the Caloosahatchee River. Also on the grounds is a museum showcasing the world's largest collection of Edison's inventions and memorabilia, including 200 Edison phonographs and his collection of rare antique automobiles.
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Lee County also offers plenty of "wild" family adventures. Visitors are immersed in native flora and fauna at the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium, in Fort Myers, which features three nature trails, live-reptile exhibits, a freshwater aquarium and a natural history museum just for kids. Enjoy the planetarium's star and laser-light shows.
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North Fort Myers: Recognized worldwide as a vacation destination. Outstanding shelling and a deep concern to preserve the island environment, have positioned Sanibel as a jewel on the Gulf Coast of Southwest Florida. Sanibel is home to pristine white beaches, balmy gulf waters and an unsurpassed lifestyle for both visitors and the islands some 6,000 residents. Art galleries, theatres and upscale resorts and restaurants dot this island getaway. For nature lovers, the J. N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge is a protected estuarial ecosystem of mangroves and mud flats, where exotic birds, alligators and a variety offish can be enjoyed by all.
Boca Grande : Lee County's hidden jewel. Here is where you will find "Old Florida", a village community with a casual, relaxed pace of life. There are no traffic lights or high-rise buildings here, just interesting and unique shops, great restaurants, miles of uncrowded beaches, and friendly people. Located on historic Gasparilla Island, this quaint fishing and resort community has been a vacation destination since the turn of the century when wealthy businessmen from the northeast discovered Tarpon fishing. A visit to scenic Boca Grande is like stepping back in time. Plan your a trip for a day, or a week, but be careful, you could end up wishing you could spend a lifetime.
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This is the flat color art to the gift I am making for my good friend sevlowtyak. The outfit design is based off of Seto Kaiba's clothing and the coloring choice is based off of Zane Truesdale's dark outfit from Yugioh GX Season 2. The design and choice of colors for the duel disk is based off of Sevlow's design found at https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3168164/ .LOL. ^\/^.
I already rendered the eye so that it wouldn't look so plain and dead looking. I plan to render the rest later, but I plan on playing some video games now that Lenten season is done with and my personal vows of abstaining from video games is done with. ROFL. ^\/^.
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Top African Union official meets BRICS UN envoys: AU Fund in focus
African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ambassador Smail Chergui (3rd from left) with BRICS envoys to the UN in New York on 27 July 2016 [Image: Indian Mission to the UN]
Smail Chergui, the African Union's Commissioner for Peace and Security, met BRICS envoys to the UN in New York on Wednesday, during which he briefed them about the recent initiatives undertaken by the African Union Peace Fund, according to a senior BRICS official.
The meeting was held ahead of a UNSC open debate on "Peace-building in Africa".
At the 27th AU Summit earlier this month in Kigali, Rwanda, the AU decided to operationalize the Peace Fund in order to finance African Union's peace and security operations.
The Peace Fund is expected to gain $65 million per year from each of the continent's five regions through an import levy of 0.2 per cent on eligible imports. The provision will increase to $80 million per region by 2020.
On Wednesday, the visiting African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ambassador Smail Chergui met Chinese, Indian, Russian, Brazilian and South African envoys to the UN: Liu Jieyi, Syed Akbaruddin, Vitaly Churkin, Antonio Patriota and Jerry Matjila.
This meeting was the first of its kind.
Chergui hoped that this would be recognised in the UN system as a unique initiative by Africa to promote African solutions, a senior BRICS diplomat who followed the proceedings told The BRICS Post.
The six diplomats also discussed peace and security issues of the UN agenda relating to Africa including South Sudan and Burundi.
At least 272 people were killed in fierce fighting that broke out three weeks ago between troops loyal to the country's rival leaders earlier this month. The UN says there have been at least 120 cases of sexual violence and rape against civilians in South Sudan's capital Juba.
The country is "poised on the brink of an abyss," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday.
According to UNHCR data, hundreds have been killed and more than 285000 people have fled from Burundi to neighbouring countries during months of turmoil and unrest following President Pierre Nkurunziza announcement to run for office for a third term in April last year.
The African Union Peace Fund is in fulfilment of the commitment by African heads of state made in 2015, to finance 25 per cent of the cost of AU peace support operations.
The funding will be used to support the AU's five peace and security programmes: African Stand by Force, Panel of the Wise, Continental Early Warning Systems, Capacity Building and Conflict Prevention.
BRICS nations have extensive trade and investment ties with the continent.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced at the United Nations General Assembly last year that India would step up training for troops from African countries.
Meanwhile, China started deploying hundreds of troops to South Sudan earlier last year to bolster the UN peace mission in the country – the first ever Chinese infantry battalion to be sent on external peacekeeping operations.
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LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), which runs the global environmental assurance system, LEAF Marque, has announced the start of a public consultation on its LEAF Marque Standard (v16.0 Draft). The standard sets out the requirements for LEAF Marque certification.
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HCA subject of whistleblower suit
Mar 2, 2015 4:45pm
A former employee of Hospital Corporation of America, Inc. (HCA), the large publicly-traded hospital operator, accused the organization of engaging in unnecessary surgeries in a whistleblower lawsuit, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
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Gentile filed the suit at about the time he left HCA, and now runs an insurance claims management business in Nashville, Tennessee.
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North Carolina Supreme Court Strikes Down Republican Gerrymanders
The maps could have given the GOP veto-proof supermajorities.
Noah Y. Kim
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A lawmaker examines a North Carolina district map in 2019.Gerry Broome/AP
The North Carolina state Supreme Court has thrown out a set of district maps that were assailed as "racially gerrymandered" after being ushered through the Republican-controlled legislature, finding them to be an unconstitutional violation of voters' civil rights.
Democratic judges stand up for a "fundamental right to vote."
Even though 49 percent of North Carolina voters cast ballots for Joe Biden in 2020, out of 14 House seats, the maps would have contained only four Democratic-leaning or competitive congressional districts. The nonpartisan Princeton Gerrymandering Project gave all three maps struck down by the court—the congressional map, and state house and senate maps—an F grade for pro-Republican partisan advantage. The maps' state legislative districts would have put Republicans within spitting distance of veto-proof majorities; in the state senate, Republicans currently hold 28 out of 50 seats; the struck-down map was expected to out two more seats solidly in Republican hands, and leave Democrats with seven new vulnerable districts.
According to the court's 4-3 ruling, issued along party-lines late on Friday, the maps' skew violated the state constitution's free elections, equal protection, free speech, and freedom of assembly clauses. "When, on the basis of partisanship, the General Assembly enacts a districting plan that diminishes or dilutes a voter's opportunity to aggregate with likeminded voters to elect a governing majority… the General Assembly unconstitutionally infringes upon that voter's fundamental right to vote," the Democratic justices wrote. The court's Republicans dissented, accusing the majority of having tossed "judicial restraint aside."
After Democrats' efforts to protect voting rights sputtered and died in the Senate, courts have emerged as a last line of defense against Republican gerrymandering. Ohio's Supreme Court recently rejected a map that would have given the state's roughly 55 percent of Republican voters anywhere from 75 percent to 80 percent of seats, in a ruling that compared Republican legislators to dealers who stack decks of cards. Federal judges also blocked a map drawn by the Alabama legislature for violating federal law by packing many of the state's Black voters into a single seat.
In the next few weeks, courts will rule on Republican-drawn maps in Wisconsin, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania. North Carolina's legislature has until February 18 to submit new maps and statistical analysis, and prove to the court that voters of all parties will be ensured equal opportunities for representation.
Republicans Are Erasing Decades of Voting Rights Gains Before Our Eyes
Republicans Are Passing Rigged Maps and Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Stop It
GOP Could Retake the House in 2022 Just by Gerrymandering Four Southern States
Judges Throw Out North Carolina Congressional Maps Ahead of 2020 Elections


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Adrian Abraham 'Adi' Jacobs (born 14 August 1980) is a South African former rugby union footballer who played for the  provincially and The Sharks in Super Rugby.

Playing career
At high school, Jacobs was often riled and made fun of because of his small stature. Often being referred to by the nickname "Knob-Kirie", which loosely translates as Toffo-Luxe. Jacobs represented the Western Province Schools team at the annual Craven Week tournament in 1998 and was selected for the SA Schools team. He made his provincial debut for the Falcons in 2000.

Jacobs made his Springboks debut in 2001 against Italy in Genoa. A year later he came on as a replacement in the humiliating 53–3 loss against England at Twickenham and did not feature again for the Springboks for another six years. He returned to the South African side a year after they had won the World Cup and he managed to hold down a permanent position at outside centre alongside Jean de Villiers, in a Springbok backline that was still struggling to find its best configuration.

Playing for the Sharks, Adi missed out on a 2006 Currie Cup semi-final spot after sustaining an injury in the penultimate match, in a season where he gained selection in 16 matches despite being hampered by injury.

He was the first choice No 13 during 2008, by then being a very experienced midfielder, having played provincial rugby for more than a decade. South Africa trounced Australia 53–8 at Ellis Park, Johannesburg in August 2008. With five minutes into the second half Jean de Villiers off-loaded to Adi Jacobs in a gap, and the little man outstripped the defense and pulled a ham-string, fumbling over for South Africa's fifth try, resulting in a health lead of 34-3 after Butch James' conversion.

In 2009 he played the first two Tests against the British & Irish Lions as the Springboks won the series after two nail-biting victories in Durban and Pretoria.

Jacobs, who has retired from all rugby in 2012, was a devastating runner with brilliant hands in the twilight of his career, this allowed him to create opportunities by releasing players in space around him.

Adi Jacobs struggled with injuries late in his career and missed a lot of rugby for the Sharks and the Springboks and his last game for the Springboks was on 30 July 2011 against New Zealand in Wellington, aged 30.

He had 34 caps for the Springboks, with 14 coming as a substitute.

Honours
SA Rugby Young Player of the Year nominee, (2001); SA Rugby Player of the Year nominee (2008).

See also
List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 721
List of South Africa national under-18 rugby union team players

References

External links
 Sharks profile

 http://en.espn.co.uk/southafricatour/rugby/player/13782.html

1980 births
Living people
Rugby union centres
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Sportspeople from Cape Town
Bulls (rugby union) players
Sharks (rugby union) players
Sharks (Currie Cup) players
Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
South Africa international rugby sevens players
Male rugby sevens players
Rugby union players from the Western Cape


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Robert Redford, született Charles Robert Redford, Jr. (Santa Monica, Kalifornia, 1936. augusztus 18. –) Oscar-díjas amerikai színész, filmrendező és filmproducer.

Fiatalkora és tanulmányai

Édesapja könyvelőként dolgozott, anyja háztartásbeli volt. Angol illetve ír-skót felmenői vannak. Édesanyja 1955-ben halt meg, még ebben az évben Robert sportösztöndíjat nyert a Colorado Egyetemre. Miután egyre kiábrándultabb lett az akkori kommersz amerikai életstílustól, hogy életébe színt vigyen, először Amerikát, majd Európát vette a nyakába. Végig egyedül, alkalmi munkákat vállalva járt városról városra.

Európai tartózkodása alatt bevett szokásává vált, hogy a tél közeledtével Olaszország felé vette az irányt, majd mikor újra nyár lett, visszatért Franciaországba. Húszévesen Párizsban, majd Firenzében tanult festészetet, de mivel nem ért el jelentősebb sikereket, hazatért New Yorkba, ahol az Amerikai Színművészeti Akadémia hallgatója lett.

Pályafutása
A Broadway-n először a Sunday in New York című darabban láthatta a közönség, majd következett a Mezítláb a parkban, amelynek későbbi, 1967-es filmváltozatában Jane Fonda volt a partnere. Első filmje, a Háborús vadászat 1962-ben készült, s ebben Sydney Pollackkal játszott, akivel összebarátkozott. Hét közös filmet készítettek, ezekben Pollack már a rendezői feladatokat látta el. A Gene Saks rendezte Mezítláb a parkban (1967) hatalmas kritikusi- és közönségsikert könyvelt el.

A Butch Cassidy és a Sundance kölyök című western (1969) tovább növelte népszerűségét. Partnere Paul Newman, akivel felejthetetlen alakítást nyújtott A nagy balhé (1973) című filmben is. Redfordot játékáért Oscarra jelölték. Mindkét filmet George Roy Hill rendezte.

1980-ban sikeresen debütált rendezőként és producerként. Átlagemberek című családi drámája három Oscar-díjat is kiérdemelt: legjobb film, legjobb rendezés, valamint a legjobb mellékszereplő (Timothy Hutton).

Az 1980-as évektől filmográfiájában előtérbe kerültek a romantikus történetek. négy év kihagyás után vállalt újabb szerepet az Őstehetség című filmben Glenn Close és Kim Basinger mellett. Az igazi visszatérés azonban egy év múlva következett, Meryl Streep oldalán a Távol Afrikától című filmben.

Az 1994-es Kvíz-show című film rendezéséért szintén jelölték Oscar-díjra. A suttogó (1998) volt az első olyan filmje, amelynek egyszerre volt főszereplője és rendezője. Robert Redford az Oscar-díj mellett a Golden Globe-díj, az Audubon-érem, a BAFTA-díj és a Dartmouth Filmtársaság díjának a tulajdonosa.

1980-ban megalapította a Sundance Filmintézetet a független filmesek támogatásáért. A Sundance Filmfesztivált, a kezdő filmesek seregszemléjét minden évben megrendezik a Utah állambeli Park Cityben.

Magánélete
1958-ban vette feleségül Lola Van Wagennent, akitől négy gyermeke született, egyikőjük még csecsemőkorában meghalt. 27 év házasság után elváltak.

Az 1980-as évek vége felé Sonia Braga színésznővel, utána 1995-ig Kathy O'Rearrel, 1996-ban pedig Sibylle Szaggars, német festőnővel állt romantikus kapcsolatban (2008-ban jegyezték el egymást).

Gyermekei Shauna Redford (1960), David James Redford (1962–2020) és Amy Heart Redford (1970). Négy unokája van.

Filmográfia

Film
Filmrendező és producer

Filmszínész

Televízió

Fontosabb díjak és jelölések

Jegyzetek

Források
 Szentgyörgyi Rita: Redford; Kolibri, Bp., 1990
Bradányi Iván: Robert Redford; Zöld Lomb, Bp., 1994
Michael Feeney Callan: Robert Redford; ford. Siklós Márta; Európa, Bp., 2014

További információk

1936-ban született személyek
Amerikai színészek
Amerikai filmrendezők
Amerikai filmproducerek
Golden Globe-díjasok
Anglo-amerikaiak
Skót-ír-amerikaiak
Élő személyek
BAFTA-díjasok
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Create a four-part choral series that gives high profile artists access to a choir and an arranger to reimagine selections from their catalog for polyphonic voice. Each artist would have access to the choir for one month leading up to two nights of performance, leaving with world-class live recordings of both nights, from which a selection would be released. The series would bring in composers from diverse genres, including performers who don't typically work with voice, to more fully explore choir as an instrument in 2017. The first iteration will feature Caroline and Choral Chameleon on February 23 and 24, 2017.
Nov 13, 2015 • 8pmThe string orchestra 1B1, a NS group-in-residence, collaborates with soloists of the highest quality. This Norwegian Grammy-winning ensemble explores a variety of musical genres. Taking the lead from rock, jazz, and world music, the ensemble continues to break the barrier between performers and audience. For this evening's program, they draw inspiration from the critically acclaimed soundtrack of the Oscar-winning film "The Great Beauty," performing works by Pärt, Tavener and Martynov with NS partner the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, under the direction of Julian Wachner.
Boulez's sonic experiments, musical language, and mentorship opened the doors for many younger composers. This concert features new works by composers who are forging new paths emerging from the research of the musical spectrum that Boulez set in motion.
Works by Boulez, Franck Bedrossian, Mario Diaz de Leon and world premieres by Sabrina Schroeder and Olga Neuwirth. Featuring Pascal Gallois, Rebekah Heller, and Joshua Rubin.
Oct 17, 2015 • 7:30pmIts inaugural edition in 2011 heralded as "a brilliant and unpretentious showcase for music in the new millennium" (The Guardian), SONiC (Sounds of a New Century), produced by National Sawdust partner American Composers Orchestra, is a festival of 21st century music by composers aged 40 and under. SONiC returns with concerts in venues across the city October 15 – 23.
ACME, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, a National Sawdust Group-in-Residence, will have its first residency in the space from December 14-20, 2015. The week will culminate with an open-to-the public concert at 6pm on Sunday, December 20, 2015.
ACME has been performing and interpreting new music for over 10 years, and at National Sawdust will begin exploring the world of creating original music as well. A number of musicians in ACME also identify as composers, and an equal number identify as primarily performers. During their National Sawdust residency, ACME members will work together in making new music – individually and collaboratively, those who compose for public performance, those who compose privately, and those who have never composed. On December 20, they will present their new works and works-in-progress – a mix of composition and improvisation incorporating percussion, electric guitar, bass, and electronics – to the public for the first time.
Players include Timo Andres, piano/keys; Chris Thompson, electronics/percussion; Yuki Numata Resnick, violin; ACME artistic director Clarice Jensen, cello/bass; Aaron Roche, guitar/electronics/synths; and Grey Mcmurray, guitar. The group returns for another residency at National Sawdust from April 19-23, 2016.
Five concerts, NS talk, community outreach on the theme of Schubert's "Winterreise" (winter's journey). NS approaches this seminal work by exploring the juxtaposition between isolation and community through 21st century sounds and visuals.
Theo Bleckmann and Uri Caine join forces in their own take of Winterreise featuring voice, toys, piano and electronica, along with new lyrics and harmonies in French, German, Yiddish, and English.
Fresh off of concerts at Princeton University and the Peabody Conservatory, Trio Chimera, presents its New York debut with a concert including works by David T. Little, Donnacha Dennehy, Jacob ter Veldhuis, and Steven Mackey. Trio Chimera was formed in 2015 by violinist Courtney Orlando, cellist Brian Snow, and pianist James Johnston -- all active members of New York's new music scene -- with the intention of presenting an eclectic variety of pieces for trio with an emphasis on recent works that represent a mix of current styles.


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A real-life physician-turned-actor, Ken Jeong lit up the Hollywood radar with scene-stealing performances in high-grossing feature comedies like "Knocked Up" (2007) and "The Hangover" (2009). As a medical student in North Carolina, Jeong performed stand-up comedy in local clubs. He continued to hone his act while serving a residency in New Orleans, wherein in 1995 he won a comedy contest that was judged by former NBC entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff and Improv Comedy Club founder Budd Friedman. Both men encouraged Jeong to move to Hollywood. He did so in 1998, where he worked as a physician while also appearing in small television roles. Jeong's big break came in 2007 when he was cast in a bit role as an uptight but well-meaning obstetrician in Judd Apatow's hit comedy, "Knocked Up." Several roles quickly followed, including over-the-top turns in feature comedies like "Pineapple Express" (2008) and "The Hangover." He also appeared as a regular on the NBC sitcom, "Community" (NBC, 2009-15; Yahoo!, 2015), and in 2010 he appeared in several feature comedies, further demonstrating his ability as a talented comedic actor despite his medical background.
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As: Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong , 켄 정, 정강조, Jeong Kang-joh, Κεν Τζέονγκ, Кен Джонґ, 郑肯
Movies List of Ken Jeong
The Kims of Comedy (2005)
Killing Hasselhoff (2017)
Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho (2019)
Out of Office (2022)
I Hate Christian Laettner (2015)
Fool's Paradise (2023)
Elsewhere (2020)
Over the Moon (2020)
Furry Vengeance (2010)
All About Steve (2009)
Zookeeper (2011)
Rapture-Palooza (2013)
Advantageous (2015)
Norm of the North (2016)
Extinct (2021)
Occupation: Rainfall (2021)
Uncle P (2007)
The Hangover Part II (2011)
Ride Along 2 (2016)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
Gwen Stefani: You Make It Feel Like Christmas (2017)
Boss Level (2021)
Tom & Jerry (2021)
Untitled Community Movie (2023)
Vampires Suck (2010)
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Wonder Park (2019)
My Spy (2020)
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue (2014)
My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021)
Role Models (2008)
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
The DUFF (2015)
Saving Zoë (2019)
Dads (2019)
Community Table Read (2020)
The Hangover (2009)
Ktown Cowboys (2015)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
The Opening Act (2020)
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America (2020)
A Christmas Story Live! (2017)
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
Pain & Gain (2013)
How to Make Love to a Woman (2010)
Then Came You (2019)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale (2013)
Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin (2019)
Lady and the Tramp (2019)
Scoob! (2020)
The Muppets (2011)
Roll Up Your Sleeves (2021)
Knocked Up (2007)
Harmontown (2014)
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
Pineapple Express (2008)
Couples Retreat (2009)
WWE Slammy Awards 2020 (2020)
Step Brothers (2008)
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
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Persona 5's North America box art looks censored, but is it really?
Persona 5's North America box art looks censored, but is it really?
Atlus finally announced the release date for Persona 5's North American release today which is February 14, 2017. They also showed off two special editions and the game's North American cover.
Twitter and game forums are ablaze as many claim that Persona 5's cover seems to have gone under the censoring knife like many other Japanese games before it including the recent fiasco with Fire Emblem Fates.
Compare the two Persona 5 box arts below (click to enlarge), the left is for Japan and right is for North America. As you can see Morgana, the ninja cat, is moved slightly up and is now covering Anne's chest.
There you go folk; there's clearly no censoring going with Persona 5, at least the cover anyway. So what do you think of all this commotion, was Twitter quick to overreact or is Atlus' reasoning not good enough for you? Discuss in the comments.


A Benefits and Work member has been threatened with having his house repossessed and had his credit score destroyed because the DWP failed to arrange his mortgage interest payments. A DWP staff member claimed they are suffering from a huge backlog of work due to understaffing.
Trevor (not his real name), developed a devastating, life-threatening, condition that led to him being unable to work and his partner giving up work to provide full time care.
Their mortgage interest payment was covered by the DWP's support for mortgage interest (SMI) scheme.
In April 2018, SMI ceased to be a benefit and became a repayable loan administered on behalf of the DWP by SERCO. Our member signed up for the loan scheme, under which the maximum amount that can be covered is £200,000.
After repeated attempts, Trevor got through to someone at the DWP.
Further calls and emails to his lender revealed that the DWP had not paid Trevor's mortgage interest for at least four months.
By now Trevor's partner's health had also suffered a serious downturn because of the stress of facing eviction.
Trevor's mortgage interest has now been paid and he is fighting to have his credit record amended as the default on payments was nothing to do with him.
At the moment it is not clear whether Trevor's experience was an isolated one or whether there is a serious problem which may be affecting thousands of people. The claim of a large backlog may be true or may have been a fiction to cover-up an individual error.
But as part of his attempt to restore his credit score, Trevor would like to hear if any other claimants have suffered similar problems with support for mortgage interest.
Please leave a comment below the line or email us with your experience.
Benefits and Work is making a Freedom of Information request in connection with this issue.
I find myself in a similar situation where the DWP have not paid the SMI to my mortgage provider since November 2018. I had agreed for the SMI to be changed to a loan and it had been paid as a loan since April 2018. I have had no communicaton to inform me that the payments would not be made and have only found out due to the mortgage company chasing 3 months of arrears.
I am unable to contact the DWP SMI department directly and instead have to wait for them to contact me when it suits them. So I am in arrears with no way of contacting the department who are meant to be paying this in the form of a loan. I have accred interest and a black mark on my credit score through no fault of my own.


If there's one thing the Triangle and North Carolina isn't short on, its the festivals. Celebrating Independence Day is a time honored tradition! Some celebrations like the one on Kerr Lake begin today. However, there's tons of fun still to go around. Check out these locations for fireworks and Independence Day celebrations.
From the Sea to the Mountains Other North Carolina Towns Celebrate Independence Day too!
Good morning, Carla... I just did the same type of post for the Charlotte region this morning... your area (like mine) is not lacking for ways to celebrate Independence Day.
Sounds like some wonderful events for the people in the Triangle area to celebrate our independence Carla. Hope you have a terrific 4th!
Hi Carla, There are so many activities for people in your area, to enjoy for the fourth of July celebrations.
There are so many choices for fireworks, Carla. How does one make a decision?


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Tuscaloosa police respond to report of man shot in foot
Updated: 10:36 AM CST Mar 6, 2018
By Linda Grantin
Tuscaloosa police responded to a report of a man shot in the foot in the 3300 block of 36th Street Sunday morning.Investigators said a 33-year-old man had been taken to DCH Hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot.The victim told police he had been in a verbal argument with Chartavius Martin, 19. He said Martin shot at him several times, hitting him once in the foot, authorities said.Martin was found by investigators and taken into custody, officials said.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. —
Tuscaloosa police responded to a report of a man shot in the foot in the 3300 block of 36th Street Sunday morning.
Investigators said a 33-year-old man had been taken to DCH Hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot.
The victim told police he had been in a verbal argument with Chartavius Martin, 19. He said Martin shot at him several times, hitting him once in the foot, authorities said.
Martin was found by investigators and taken into custody, officials said.


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Q: How would one push back an empty vector of pairs to another vector?   std::vector<std::vector< std::pair<int, int> > > offset_table;
  for (int i = 0; i < (offset.Width()*offset.Width()); ++i)
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This is my code, but I am getting the errors:
main.cpp: In function 'void Compress(const Image<Color>&, Image<bool>&, Image<Color>&, Image<Offset>&)':
main.cpp:48:66: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token

I do not want any values in the pairs, I just would like to have a vector of empty vectors at the moment. How would I do this?

A: You want to construct a vector to pass to push_back and you're just missing parentheses:
offset_table.push_back(  std::vector< std::pair<int, int> >()  );

Or, instead of your loop, you could just do the following. It's better because the vector will allocate just the right amount of memory in a single allocation:
offset_table.resize( offset.Width()*offset.Width(), std::vector< std::pair<int, int> >() );

Or this, which is more concise because it's using resize's default 2nd argument:
offset_table.resize( offset.Width()*offset.Width() );

A: std::vector<std::vector< std::pair<int, int> > > offset_table;

This is is a 2d array so you need to use nested array. For only getting the length if inner vector.
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{
    if(vv.size() == 0)
    {
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    }
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HomeAmerica FirstThorner: Trump wasn't the first to take on DC's Swamp, new book...
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Thorner: Trump wasn't the first to take on DC's Swamp, new book says
Author Larry Schweikart
By Nancy Thorner -
Donald Trump wasn't the first president that challenged DC's notorious Swamp, a new book by author Larry Schweikart says. Last week, Schweikart visited Chicagoland to talk about his new book.
Here's what others are saying about Schweikart's "Dragonslayers":
The Swamp has been around for over 150 years. The six presidents Schweikart profiles are Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump. They came from different backgrounds and different political parties, but all had their own unique tussles with the swamp during their time in office.
Donald Trump promised to "Drain the Swamp," by which he originally meant lobbyists. When he got in, he found an entirely different Swamp—a Deep State that had grown, layer upon layer, within the government.
But Trump wasn't the first to encounter entrenched Swamp opposition. Abraham Lincoln had to battle the "Slave Power Conspiracy"; Grover Cleveland was the most successful of three presidents to fight the spoils Swamp. Theodore Roosevelt found a new iteration of the Swamp awaiting him: Trusts. After World War II, John F. Kennedy discovered that he had little control over the Central Intelligence Agency, and even found he needed the CIA for his own purposes. Despite promising to shrink the bureaucracy Swamp, Ronald Reagan found himself helpless to even make a dent in it. And Trump soon learned that the Deep State could ensure no one ever brought any of its own to justice.
Dragonslayers explains why these Swamps exist, and why they were—and remain—so hard to defeat.
More about Dragonslayers: Six Presidents and their War with the Swamp by Larry Schweikart
Schweikart's book is easy to read, with a chapter dedicated to each of the six presidents highlighted by Schweikart.
Chapter 1: Abraham Lincoln and the Slave Swamp
Chapter 2: Grover Cleveland and the Spoils Swamp
Chapter 3: Teddy Roosevelt and the Trust Swamp
Chapter 4: John F. Kennedy and the CIA Swamp
Chapter 5: Ronald Reagan and the Bureaucracy Swamp
Chapter 6: Donald Trump and the Deep State Swamp
Noted at the end of each chapter is a Scorecard indicating how each of the six presidents did in managing their own swamp condition.
As expressed by Schweikart: Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt, all to one degree or another, succeeded in defeating or severely attenuating their Swamp creature.
In defeating the Slave Swamp, Lincoln was the only one of the six presidents to achieve a knockout over a swamp foe, as slavery would never again exist in America.
When Donald Trump referenced about "Draining the Swamp," he wasn't referring to anything that hadn't been attempted before. Trump, as noted by Schweikart, was unsuccessful in curbing the size or reach of the Deep State. He had minimal support from Congress when it came to the fighting the Deep State. Overall Trump also had the most hostile media in American history. He was also hamstrung in his personnel choices to fight the deep state by the Deep State.
Steve Bannon is quoted
The final paragraph of Schweikart's book contained a Steve Bannon quote attributed to a Schweikart interview with Bannon on June 17, 2021:
The Administrative State, the Deep State, the Swamp — whatever name it goes by, it has continued to grow since Trumps election. Over time, each agency got its own police force and armed agents.
Bannon summed it up as follows: "From the very beginning we were at war. They won round one." The question yet to be answered is, "Will there be a round two?"
Bannon was President Donald Trump's former campaign CEO and later his chief strategist in the White House.
Thorner highly recommends buying and reading Schweikart's Dragonslayers and then recommending it to your friends and contacts.
Schweikart visits Chicagoland
The Heartland Institute on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, featured Schweikart in a talk about presidential history as detailed in his new book, Dragonslayers: Six Presidents and their War with the Swamp.
The Heartland Institute is one of the world's leading free-market think tank based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Its mission, since its founding in 1984, is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems. Heartland's focuses on issues in education, environmental protection, health care, budgets and taxes, and Stopping Socialism.
Jim Lakely, Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute, extended his warm greetings to attendees.
James Taylor, as president of The Heartland Institute, introduced Larry Schweikart.
Schweikart's bio
Larry Schweikart, a native Arizonian, graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in Political Science, then went on the road with several different rock bands, opening for such 60s/70s acts as Steppenwolf. He abruptly switched gears in 1976 receiving an MA from ASU in history, then a Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara. From 1985 to 2016 he taught at the University of Dayton. In his career he taught every grade from 7th through college.
He is the co-author, with Michael Allen, of the New York Times #1 bestseller, A Patriot's History of the United States, now in its 31st printing, fourth edition, with a half-million copies in print. Patriot's Historyremains the best-selling home school history textbook in America and is featured in numerous college courses as an antidote to Howard Zinn's People's History.
Schweikart's other best-selling books include Seven Events that Made America, How Trump Won with Joel Pollak (completed before the 2016 election) and with David Dougherty, A Patriot's History of the Modern World in two volumes. Reagan: the American President appeared in 2018. See here all the books authored by Larry Schweikart.
Since 2009, Schweikart has been a film producer. His documentary, "Rockin' the Wall," which appeared on PBS and the sequel "Other Walls 2 Fall."
In 2019 Schweikart founded the Wild World of History curriculum website. It is now available as a full curriculum for US and World history for grades 8-12, providing full lessons with video instruction by Larry Schweikart.
Check here to view Larry Schweikart's presentation of Dragonslayers at The Heartland Institute on Rumble.com.
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Joe Bast April 29, 2022 At 11:39 am
I had no idea Schweikart was so prolific! My copy of "A Patriot's History" is dated 2004 and is the second printing. It's astonishing that it is now in its 31st printing and fourth edition.
Surely, one of the best things patriots can do is buy a dozen copies of "A Patriot's History" and give copies to high-school aged children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren as Christmas or birthday presents. And not entirely unrelated… parents and grandparents and great-grandparents should stop paying college tuition. All it is doing is paying for leftist indoctrination. Buy your kids, grandkids, etc. good books like this one, instead.
PM April 29, 2022 At 8:01 pm
Uh…wow. The whole point of Andrew Jackson's two terms(what he ran on and what he did) was to drain the swamp – which he did by inventing the spoils system which allowed a new administration to clean house, which in large part why Jackson was so vilified in D.C> itself.
Jackson ran on the idea that the administrative offices, the House, Judiciary, and Senate had all been captured by the interest of the wealthy and connected and the people had lost representation and only the office of the President represented the will of the people (it is worth noting, suffrage had been altered and Jackson's run ushered in the first election where the masses voted in number, though I would contend it was a slow drift over time and not the monumental moment most claim).
In short ,Jackson altered, fundamentally, the office of the President as a bid to drain the swamp.
The Obvserver May 2, 2022 At 1:07 pm
And part of that plan was Jackson's refusal to re-charted The Bank of the United States, a pet of then-dead Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton's plan was to put control of the nation's wealth in the hands of a few wealthy New York citizens, with himself as one of them.
When Aaron Burr shot Hamilton he did the nation a service. Hamilton was an elitist and some believe, a monarchist.


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Your assignment is to document the current process for handling customer service inquiries for your organization and to recommend improvements in a written report. To gather the information you need for this project, you speak with the manager of the customer service department, interview the five most experienced employees of that department. In addition, you review over one hundred complaints that the department received about poor customer service responses and study a white paper written by your industry trade association entitled Best Practices in Customer Service.
After you've collected the data, underlined dozens of key facts and statistics and analyzed the research, you are ready to write the report. Now imagine this—you've broken your arm and are not able to compile the report yourself. Your manager arranges for you to collaborate with a colleague. Would you rather collaborate with your colleague, Bill, who majored in English or your colleague, Kimberly, who was a math major? Even though the underlying work, including your data and research, is the same, which team—you and the English major or you and the math major—will likely produce a higher quality, written report?
You and your co-worker are given similar assignments—analyze and then write a report about the products offered by your company's top competitors in the marketplace. You research the available products, read online customer reviews, study media reports, and analyze all other publically- available information you can nd. You spend over 40 hours on research and analysis. By your estimate, your co-worker has spent about half that amount of time. While you were skipping lunch and eating dinner at your desk, he was taking long lunches and leaving the office at 5 p.m. every day. The deadline arrives and you each submit your written reports. Your report is ten pages long and includes twelve graphs. Unfortunately, it also includes two typos and a few grammatical errors.
The deadline arrives and you each submit your written reports. Your report is ten pages long and includes twelve graphs. Unfortunately, it also includes two typos and a few grammatical errors. Your colleague writes a ve-page report with three key graphs, an executive summary, and no typos or grammatical errors. Which report will be more favorably judged? What assumptions will people make about the quality of the research that went into writing each report? What will people assume (rightly or wrongly) about the underlying skills of the person who wrote each report?
During the course of a single year, you could be called upon to write many reports, dozens of presentations, and thousands of emails, letters, and other correspondence. It's not hard to see that if your written communication regularly contains grammatical errors and punctuation mistakes, is excessively wordy, or fails to effectively communicate the main idea, your performance appraisals will be negatively impacted.
Your written communication will leave a lasting impression. Emails are read, then re-read, and forwarded. Mistakes in grammar, punc- tuation, and spelling will leave a negative impression among your co-workers, bosses, and clients. In some ways, written communication is more hazardous than verbal communication because it leaves behind a trail of evidence and may cement a negative impression of you.


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Owen brings 'beachin' to Diddle stage
Jake Owens during his concert Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky. (Mike Clark/HERALD)
Leah Brown
Hawaiian shirts and hula skirts danced to the sound of country music Thursday night at a party that took place not on the beach, but in Bowling Green, Ky.
Country singer Jake Owen brought everything but the ocean to Diddle Arena Thursday night for his beach themed "Days of Gold" tour with bands The Cadillac Three and Parmalee.
The Campus Activities Board hosted the event. CAB Public Relations Assistant Caitlin Newman said the organization sold over 4,000 tickets for the show.
The morning of the concert, students at the Preston Center spotted Owen on the elliptical.
"I was passing Preston and saw on Twitter that he was there, so I went in and got a picture," Hopkinsville junior Natalie Majors said.
Fans decorated signs and dressed in their best beach attire in hopes of winning a chance to meet Owen or dance on stage during the concert.
Nashville band The Cadillac Three opened the show. The group is made up of Jaren Johnston, Kelby Ray and Neil Mason. They performed their hit song "The South."
Parmalee, a band made up of brothers Matt and Scott Thomas, their cousin Barry Knox and their childhood best friend Josh McSwain, followed The Cadillac Three. They sang songs from their latest album "Feels Like Carolina," including "Musta Had a Good Time" and "Close Your Eyes."
The crowd went crazy as the band ended its portion of the show with its song currently on the radio, "Carolina."
The audience waited in suspense after Parmalee finished, and a huge sheet dropped down over the stage that said, "Jake Owen: Days of Gold Tour."
Fans screamed as the sheet fell, lights flashed and techno music played, but Owen was nowhere to be seen. Instead of beginning his performance on stage, the spotlight shined down on the bleachers where Owen was singing among his fans.
In the beginning of the concert, he played one of his newest songs, "Beachin'", to go along with the overall theme of the concert. The stage was filled with palm trees, tiki bars and hanging lights.
During the show, Owen grabbed fans cell phones and took pictures of himself while he was performing.
He also sung his other hit songs "Barefoot Blue Jean Night," "Alone With You," "Ghost Town" and "1972."
Owen said he was not planning to perform his song "Heaven," but made a special exception for two of his fans who got to slow dance on stage while he sang the song and the crowd waved their lighters.
Owen ended his concert showing a video of places in Bowling Green such as the Corvette museum and places throughout WKU's campus.
The beach themed country concert got WKU students and the public in the mood for warm weather and summertime. "It was one of the best nights of my life because of Jake Owen's beautiful hair," Louisville sophomore Vince Lewis said.


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No Small Change program has graduation
By Randall P. Lieberman
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
May 24, 2017 | 12:19 PM
No Small Change student participants Jacob Miller, of Wellington, and Kendall Harrow, of Palm Beach Gardens, celebrate a $6,400 grant to Dress for Success Palm Beaches as part of this JWF program. Mary Hart (left) and Bernadette O'Grady accepted the award. (COURTESY)
Last year, the Jewish Women's Foundation of the Greater Palm Beaches had the idea to create a program to teach Jewish teens to become leaders in philanthropy.
Then, in September of 2016, the West Palm Beach-based foundation launched its No Small Change pilot program to address this need for Jewish teens all across Palm Beach County — including West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington, Lake Worth, Delray Beach and Boca Raton.
On Sunday, May 6th, this inaugural class (5 boys and 8 girls) in the foundation's No Small Change program celebrated its graduation at the Mandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches in Palm Beach Gardens.
The mission of this co-ed program is to empower Jewish teens through education and strategic grant-making to advocate for gender justice and economic security for women — both locally and nationally.
"This is the only teen philanthropy program in the country that is co-ed — and that puts an emphasis on grant-making with a gender lens using Jewish values," said Tami Baldinger, CEO of the Jewish Women's Foundation of the Greater Palm Beaches (JWF). "JWF's gender equality mission focuses on empowering women and girls, yet gender affects both men and women — so this program is co-ed because men and boys play a critical role in helping to achieve equality for all."
The program was open to Jewish teens in the 9th to 12th grades, who met monthly to attend professional workshops to learn about:
• Jewish values and giving;
• Gender equality and social justice;
• How nonprofits work;
• Strategic grant-making; and
• How to collaborate as part of a giving circle.
After evaluating the community's needs, the teens developed a mission statement — then decided to focus their efforts on improving gender justice and economic empowerment.
They then conducted thorough research (and in-person or videophone interviews) before choosing to award $6,400 each to Dress for Success Palm Beaches and Gender Justice (The teens raised more than $2,800 and the rest of the funding was supplied by JWF donors as seed money).
Dress for Success will be using the funding to help support its "Next Step" program — a job-readiness course for 18- to 24-year-old women who are at risk (or who are aging out of foster care) and lack the skills and abilities to obtain employment and break the cycle of poverty.
Gender Justice takes precedent-setting legal cases — and the students were particularly interested in funding cases that could affect them and their peers in the future.
Participants in the program raved about it.
Kendall Harrow, of Palm Beach Gardens, a junior at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens, said she most enjoyed learning about the grant-making process.
"It was exciting to me to experience all aspects of this process — including researching, fundraising, interviewing potential organizations to donate to, as well as making the final grant decisions," Harrow said.
Parents of the involved teens also were equally enthusiastic.
Sheryl LeGates, of Wellington, mother of Max LeGates, a freshman at Wellington High School, said that the lessons Max learned were invaluable.
"My husband Jim and I saw a tremendous amount of growth in Max," said Sheryl LeGates.
JWF is currently accepting applications for its 2017-2018 No Small Change program. Participants will need to commit to a weekend retreat and attend monthly meetings from September through April — with a year-end celebration in May.
Participants who successfully complete the program will earn 75 hours of community service. Further, there also is an opportunity for students from the pilot program to serve on the program's newly-created Leadership Council.
"It is a really exciting opportunity to reach our future leaders," said Baldinger. "We need to be looking ahead to ensure our future leaders are engaged and enthusiastic — and now is the time to train them.
"We are so proud of the teens that just completed our pilot program and we look forward to working with a new group of leaders in the fall — along with some of our recent graduates — to expand the impact of No Small Change. We are confident this program will serve as a launching pad for future community innovators."
Space in next year's program is limited and applications are due by July 14. There is a $118 participation fee due upon acceptance into the program.
For more information, or to apply for the No Small Change program, visit www.jwfpalmbeach.org or call Erin Leibowitz at 561-275-2200.


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Spiritual Montserrat
A trip to find peace
A trip to Catalonia's most devout place
Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey enshrines the image of Our Lady of Montserrat, the patron saint of Catalonia, and is home to the Escolania, one of Europe's oldest boys' choirs.
Our Lady of Montserrat, the patron saint of Catalonia
Montserrat Abbey is located in a privileged setting, a unique mountain with exuberant nature, which since the discovery of the venerated image has been one of Catalonia's most popular centres of devotion.
According to the legend, in 880 some shepherds who were walking on the mountain saw a brilliant light accompanied by music. The visions were repeated several times and were interpreted as a visit from the Virgin Mary. It was around this time when an image of the Virgin Mary was found in a cave on the mountain, which is why this location was chosen by Abbot Oliba in 1025 as the site for Montserrat Abbey, which since then has become an essential destination for Christian pilgrims.
A community of monks from the order of Saint Benedict has been established at the monastery since the 11th century. They currently number 80 and worship a 12th-century statue of Our Lady of Montserrat known as 'La Moreneta', or little dark one, due to the dark colour of its wood, blackened by candle smoke. The Virgin Mary, who is golden except for her hands and face, is holding an orb, signifying the cosmos, in her right hand, while her left hand rests on the back of the Infant Jesus to indicate that the omnipotent king is her son. The Christ Child, who is also crowned, is holding a pine cone, a symbol of fertility and perennial life, in his left hand and his right hand is raised in blessing.
In addition to 'La Moreneta' another must-see on Montserrat is a performance by the Escolania de Montserrat, one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious boys' choirs. All visitors are invited to participate in the religious services with the monks and even to stay at the monastery to enjoy its peace and tranquillity.
Visit to 'La Moreneta', Our Lady of Montserrat
Escolania de Montserrat performances
The Monastery of Santa Cecília and the art space dedicated to works by Sean Scully
Montserrat Natural Park
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