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US imposes sanctions on Cuban defence minister over support for Maduro
"In addition to the public designation of Leopoldo Cintra Frias [in gross violations of human rights], the Department is also publicly designating his children, Deborah Cintra Gonzalez and Leopoldo Cintra Gonzalez," a statement by Mike Pompeo says.
Cuba names prime minister in a move to lighten presidential load
Manuel Marrero Cruz, 56, an architect and whose nomination was ratified by the National Assembly, is a former functionary of the military-run Gaviota tourism corporation whose hotels were sanctioned by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
The United States of Sanctions
As of 2019, the US has imposed nearly 8,000 sanctions on several countries, organisations and individuals.
Bolivia aligns with the US, distancing itself from socialist LatAm states
The interim government has appointed a US ambassador for the first time in 11 years, and has recognised Venezuela's President Maduro's challenger Juan Guaido.
Bolivia crisis could 'spin out of control' – UN
"Repressive actions by the authorities ... are likely to jeopardise any possible avenue for dialogue, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says, as supporters of ousted leader Evo Morales continue to agitate.
El Salvador expels Venezuela diplomats in challenge to Maduro
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has given Nicolas Maduro's diplomatic corps two days to leave the country. But he hasn't entirely closed the door to Venezuelan representation.
Washington banning US flights to all Cuban cities but Havana
Opponents said prohibiting flights would simply make it harder for Cuban-Americans to visit their families outside the capital, without making a significant impact on the Cuban government.
Hundreds honour Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso
Legendary Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso who achieved global acclaim in the 1940s and went on to run the internationally renowned National Ballet of Cuba for decades died at age 98, state-run media said.
Cuba blasts diplomats' 'unjustified' expulsion by US
The State Department accused the members of engaging in activities harmful to US national security.
Turkey's Kayaalp wins gold in World Wrestling Championships
Riza Kayaalp beat Cuba's Oscar Pino Hinds 3-1 to win the gold medal in the World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan.
Cuba legalises independent movie-making
Cuba will allow independent filmmakers to legally produce their own movies as of August 23 this year.
The US finds sanctions are no substitute for diplomacy with Iran
Experts believe Trump's latest sanctions on Iran will have little impact because Washington has not articulated a clear exit policy for Tehran following the US violation of the nuclear deal.
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Signs of love, friendship, hope and healing peppered Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood in the wake of the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018.
Jessie Ramey, chair of the city's Gender Equity Commission (left), and Mariana Padias, chair of the city's Commission on Human Relations, pose in the WESA studio on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.
Officials, community leaders and advocates gathered downtown Monday to renew a commitment to protecting human rights on the 70th anniversary of Human Rights Day. But what does that commitment mean in a practical sense?
Mariana Padias and Jessie Ramey both work in that space. Padias, chair of the city's Commission on Human Relations, says it's important to actively look for inequity and opportunities to address it.
Ramey, chair of the city's Gender Equity Commission, says intersectionality is central to that work.
"If you don't want to see displacement in the community, it's very easy not to," Padias said.
Christina Salgado, director of education for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, poses outside of the WESA studios on Tuesday Dec. 11, 2018.
Elsewhere in the program, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's production of The Nutcracker is a time-honored holiday tradition for many, but can it also help create an enduring love for the arts?
Christina Salgado, director of education for the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, hopes so. This year, the theatre has sold nearly 16,000 tickets to more than 4,000 new households. She explores how the production has introduced ballet to new generations for years, welcoming thousands of new and returning patrons to more than two dozen shows every year.
And although the 2018 midterm elections brought big wins to Democrats nationally, in Pennsylvania, the party saw more modest gains at the state legislature. WESA's Chris Potter reports on a story of two Senate districts that show how Democrats got a majority of votes across the state but remain the minority in both the state House and the Senate.


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The April 22, 2021 eruption of the La Soufrière volcano, St. Vincent. After four months of volcanic unrest and lava dome growth, La Soufrière experienced more than 30 explosive blasts from April 9-22, 2021, blanketing the region in ash and pyroclastic flows. Attribution: Ritchie Robertson (UWI-SRC)
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Principal Investigator: Holli Frey, professor and chair of geology; Co-Principal Investigator: Matthew Manon, lecturer in geology
RAPID: The effusive to explosive transition of La Soufrière, St. Vincent: Insights from petrology and hygrometry
The on-going eruption of La Soufrière, St. Vincent provides a unique opportunity to understand and evaluate a volcanic event as it occurs and evolves. After exhibiting no volcanic activity since 1979, a lava dome began extruding from the summit crater of La Soufrière in late December 2020, and on April 9, 2021, the eruptive style transitioned to an explosive phase. https://www.union.edu/news/grants/202106/frey-awarded-nsf-rapid-grant
Rodbell, Gillikin lead $1.5 M NSF grant to study tropical climate record
Prof. David Gillikin, Modesto Castro (cave owner), Laura Piccirillo '20 and Prof. Donald Rodbell at the entrance of Peru's Huagapo Cave in March 2019.
Two of our Union College geology professors – Donald Rodbell and David Gillikin – are leading an international team of scientists in a project to develop the longest continuous paleoclimate record from the region known as the "heat engine" of Earth. Rodbell, Gillikin lead $1.5 M NSF grant to study tropical climate record. https://www.union.edu/news/grants/202108/rodbell-awarded-nsf-p2c2-grant
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Rhys McCabe back at Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday have recalled Rhys McCabe from his loan spell with League 2 Portsmouth.
The 21-year-old midfielder joined Pompey on March 17 and made two starts plus a further two appearances from the bench.
McCabe was on the bench for Monday's win at Northampton and with the south-coast club now clear of relegation trouble, the Owls have brought him back to Hillsborough.
He will be available for the home game with Bolton on Saturday.


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Hosted by comedians Adam Tod Brown and Travis Clark, Heart Shaped Pod is a thorough, if decidedly unprecious, discussion of all things Nirvana. Along with requisite episodes cataloging the band's music videos Brown and Clark take detours into esoterica like Kurt's preferred pedal setup and the various legal battles surrounding his MTV Unplugged guitar.
THE 10 BEST MUSIC PODCASTS
Vinyl Me, Please, October 2018
Conspiracy theories, ghosts, aliens, and amusement park disasters — all in one place. Hosted by comedians Adam Tod Brown, Caitlin Cutt, and Kari Martin, Pretty Scary takes a look at all those downright weird happenings from the crime blotter.
52 GREAT TRUE CRIME PODCASTS
Vulture, July 2018
Adam Tod Brown and the Unpops crew drop about ten fresh episodes of comedy gold per week. What makes this podcast network special is Brown's knack for pulling in young and hip comedians from the L.A. scene to host unique shows.
THE BEST COMEDY PODCASTS ON EARTH
UPROXX, July 2018
"It took them forever to understand this, but they do morning radio and morning TV, and what's the actual conversion rate on that?" Wild says. "Not very much. Meanwhile, I'm doing this thing through a podcast network that gets thousands of dedicated listeners every week. If you search #FastballAtChets on Twitter, at least 75 percent are related to my podcast, and have gone to see the band on their tour, and made #FastballAtChets T-shirts that have been sent to me."
COMEDIAN CHET WILD BEGGED THE BAND FASTBALL TO PLAY AT HIS HOUSE AND NOW THEY ARE
LA Weekly, September 2017
Adam Tod Brown is so unafraid to express his opinions that he even created the Unpops Podcast Network as a way to share them with the world. Building on his reputation as the former editor of the popular humor site Cracked.com and host of the "Unpopular Opinion" podcast, he expounds on a wide range of topics — from conspiracy theories and untold history to the latest events in pop culture and politics — while co-hosting nine of its shows each week.
ADAM TOD BROWN BRINGS HIS UNPOPS PODCAST NETWORK TO LIFE WITH STAND-UP COMEDY SERIES AT THE ALEX THEATRE
Pasadena Weekly, August 2017
Another show that Adam Tod Brown is co-helming, in addition to running the new Unpops podcast network, is Heart Shaped Pod, dedicated to the music and the history of the band Nirvana. He and co-host Travis Clark are currently spending each episode going through the chronology of Kurt Cobain's life, debating and dissecting how it formed the underpinnings of Nirvana.
THIS WEEK IN COMEDY PODCASTS
Splitsider, July 2017
Pretty Scary is part of comedian Adam Tod Brown's podcast network Unpopular Opinion, or Unpops if you're in the know. The show is a bit of a hybrid of comedians Caitlin Cutt and Kari Martin's White Wine True Crime podcast, and sees Brown as the straight man/host leading the banter, tangents, and terrifying crime stories. Pretty Scary sets itself apart by covering more than just classic "true crime" topics. Their episode on chemical warfare and the use of sarin gas throughout history being a great example.
THE 10 BEST TRUE CRIME PODCASTS YOU NEED TO BE LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW
UPROXX, May 2017
Both have day jobs in marketing and their time for comedy is mainly channeled through podcasting. They are also working on another true crime show called Pretty Scary for subscribers of the podcast Unpopular Opinion. Their most enduring quality as podcast hosts to me is their humility and authenticity.
WHITE WINE, TRUE CRIME: CHATTING WITH PODCAST HOSTS KARI MARTIN AND CAITLIN CUTT
Huffington Post, November 2016
While people may know Danger Van Gorder as the vocalist/guitarist for rock band Countless Thousands, he's also a big fan of MMA, and recently had a chance to debate the sport's merits versus pro wrestling as part of the Oct. 15 edition of Fight! Cast! on the Unpopular Opinion podcast subscription network.
DANGER VAN GORDER: PUNK ROCK COMES TO MMA'S DEFENSE
MMA Weekly, October 2016
That attitude has pervaded comedy sites, too. "I feel like we need to stop looking for the comedy in everything," said Adam Tod Brown, a columnist and podcast host at Cracked.com who warned that Trump could follow in the steps of Adolf Hitler. "I get that jokes and comedy are a way to cope with terrible things. The problem with Trump is that people went into this thinking it was comedy, and that it didn't need to be taken seriously. It did need to be taken seriously. A threat is a threat."
CAN SNL TAKE DOWN DONALD TRUMP? IS IT GOING TO TRY?
The Washington Post, September 2016


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Epistles: Organizing the Collection (2 Corinthians 8:16-24)
Three trustworthy men
To help the Corinthians be confident that their offering would be used in the right way, Paul put in a few good words for Titus, who would accompany the offering: "Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative" (8:16-17).
Titus was concerned not only for the offering, but for the Corinthians themselves. He volunteered to travel to Corinth and serve as a security guard for the collection.
Paul then mentions a second person, whom he does not name: "And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel. What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help" (8:18-19).
Paul's letter to the Corinthians also served as a letter of commendation for the couriers he sent. He expresses his confidence in them, so that the Corinthians can also be confident that these people were trustworthy. Here, Paul mentions that the churches chose this man to accompany the offering to Jerusalem — and Paul reminds them that his own motivation is to serve the Lord and to help his people.
"We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man" (8:20-21). Paul had been accused of improper motives when he preached the gospel; he was even more likely to be accused when taking up a collection. So he took precautions, much as we today might use an auditor to verify that the offerings are being used for the purpose for which they were collected.
Paul then mentions a third man: "In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you" (8:22). Paul commends this man in terms of his attitude to God and in his attitude toward the Corinthians; both are important in this offering.
Paul closed this chapter by praising the men again: "As for Titus, he is my partner and co-worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ. Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it" (8:23-24).
We are proud of you, Paul says, so please give the kind of generous offering we know you are capable of. This will show the sincerity of your love not only to these three men, but will also be an example to other churches. Just as we told you of the Macedonians' generosity, we will tell others about you.
Fund-raising is often a thankless job, but it is essential. In order for the people who have an abundance to share with those who have need, church leaders must communicate those needs, and must encourage people to be generous. Paul used several methods of persuasion: his own relationship with the givers, their relationship with God, their reputation with others, their desire to excel and prove themselves, the example of Christ, the example of others, and assurances of faithful handling of the offering.
Why would Paul, who focused on the cross of Christ, use so much of his letter asking for donations? Because he understood that there is a logical and spiritual connection between the cross and Christian behavior.
Jesus' willingness to give is an example that believers are to follow. Our priority in life is not our own comfort — it is service, and we are to serve Christ by serving others. His grace toward us should be reflected in our grace toward others — grace not only in forgiveness, but also in the material blessings we have been given and should share.
Our attitude about offerings has spiritual significance. Paul says it is evidence of our love — our concern for others. We all need to excel in the grace of giving.
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Salvaging Star Wars, Episode II: Cheap Analogues
Earlier, I bashed the much-hated Star Wars prequel trilogy. How did a franchise so beloved produce something so unwatchable? In the posts to come, I'll explain how the prequels might have been salvaged.
Here's one way: let the Star Wars universe stand apart. Throughout Episodes I, II, and III, George Lucas tosses out cheap analogues to real-world culture. In Phantom Menace, for example, the pod race features a track announcer straight out of NASCAR. The character serves to help the audience understand the race as it progresses. But its clunky "on-air" banter and over-obvious observations repeatedly remind us that the Star Wars world is shallow. The move effectively screams, "We don't have enough ideas of our own to bring this world to life. We'll steal some that the audience is already familiar with."
Another example: in Attack of the Clones, Obi-Wan needs some inside information, and he visits a favorite informant for the dish. Okay so far. But their rendezvous point is ridiculous: an American diner, straight out of the 1950s, complete with gleaming chrome, steaming kitchen, and upholstered booths. Worse, the informant himself is an aproned, greasy short-order cook, glossed over with an alien face. Not so much "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," but more "1993 in a Dayton Waffle House." The informant's name? "Dexter Jettster." You can't make this stuff up. Or, rather, you can't make this stuff up, unless you're already obsessed with merchandise sales.
To be fair, fantasy requires some real-life analogues; the imagined world should intrigue us with its alienness, but it should also be familiar enough to understand. If Star Wars really cut its ties to our world, after all, there'd be no human characters, no English dialogue, and no intelligible plotlines. Yet there's a line here between intelligible references and on-the-nose anacosmisms.[1]
Other fantasies—even great films—fall prey to the same temptation. Consider, for instance, Gimli's "axe embedded in his nervous system" line from The Two Towers (extended edition). This dialogue would be clunky in any film, but it's absolutely cringeworthy in Middle-Earth (with its medieval understanding of anatomy). But such missteps interrupt our sojourn through Lord of the Rings very rarely. In Star Wars, they come all-too-often. The filmmaker seems to delight in watering down the marvelous with the mundane.
"Salvaging Star Wars" continues next time, when we'll consider how the prequels squandered and spoiled one of the greatest characters in cinematic history.
Made-up word. If an "anachronism" is something that's out of its native time, then an "anacosmism" is out of its native universe. ↩
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The Crown Jewel in the Seaworld Parks is undoubtedly Discovery Cove. Put simply, DC is an escape from the nonstop madness of the Orlando theme parks and allows you to retreat to a calming oasis … yet still has enough to keep you occupied!!
You need to pre-book your day at DC as numbers are limited per day in an attempt to keep that exclusivity the park is known for.
You arrive early for check in – similar to a luxury hotel check in – where you provide your booking details and identification, before being shown to the breakfast and orientation area where all the details of your day are explained. Along the way there is an abundance of staff who will answer all queries.
Food and drink is included in the day ticket so your breakfast, lunch, soft drinks and snacks are complimentary throughout the day allowing you not to worry about handling money and paying for things. There are also a selection of alcoholic beverages included as well so you are able to properly relax in the sunshine!
Breakfast is a plethora of hot and cold items, enough that you will be fully stocked for your day ahead!! You are assigned a locker area and there you are supplied with towels, wetsuits and suncream for your day ahead. Lunch (at the same area) has enough choice for all types of people, while the snacks and drinks in between will keep you well energised or cooled off!
What an experience this is! The main reason for most people in purchasing this day pass will be the opportunity for a one on one encounter with a dolphin. You are given an allocated time at some point through the day when your dolphin experience will happen. At this point you meet for a short orientation from the friendly instructors and dolphin trainers, before you head to the fresh water lagoons.
The water temperature will shock you at first as its much more chilled than the rest of the areas – but that will be why you are provided with a wetsuit or wetsuit vest (it is compulsory to wear one when you enter any water area in Discovery Cove). Wading into the lagoon you get to stroke, pet, hug and even feed a dolphin before its just you swimming alone with your new best friend – an amazing experience!
You then get the chance to purchase a photo / video package of your once in a lifetime experience that has been captured by a professional photographer / videographer who is alongside you in the water.
After being provided with a snorkel at the locker areas, you can head straight to the reef where you can swim through tropical surroundings, snorkelling with a variety of fish – yet another chance to get up close and personal with your new underwater buddies!
There are some amazing opportuities that pop up throughout the day to meet such creatures as a two-toed sloth, a kinkachu (honey bear) or a giant tortoise. You can also head to the Explorers Aviary to hand feed a selection of tropical birds!
Want to take some time away from swimming? Then grab a quick refreshment and head into the Freshwater Oasis or Serenity Bay for the perfect way to chill out in the sun.
Every one should experience DC at some point – whether they are visiting Orlando for the first time, or if its one of many repeat visits. The big selling point is always going to be the Dolphin Swin however the chance to retreat to an all expenses paid relaxation area is enticing enough to anyone regardless of whether they want to take the opportunity to swim with some friendly porpoises!


In an event held just outside of Los Angeles in Santa Monica, Amazon announced the successor to its first tablet effort. The new Kindle is the Kindle Fire HD LTE, an 8.9″ IPS tablet at 1900×1200 resolution that runs at $499 and features 4G LTE.
Amazon also introduced a $49/yr data plan that allows for 250MB of transfer per month. A $10 Amazon Appstore credit and 20GB of Cloud Storage also comes with it.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that they felt that this wasn't just the "best tablet for the price", but the best tablet for "any price." He then showed a comparison chart of the savings vs a 4G equipped iPad.


Your career path has a summit, and you can reach it. Whether it takes you ten years, twenty years, or even longer, you can get to the top of your industry; you just have to be willing to put a bit of hard work in to get there.
Every year Gallup produces a study on Employee Engagement and every year it show pretty much the same results. Which are that around 70% of employees are disengaged, some of whom are actively disengaged.
And every year HR departments, CEOs, and senior management respond by looking to implement Employee Engagement Programs.
I just saw a quote from someone about everything starts with hope, and that without hope you have nothing.
Having been a strong proponent of AGILE and Agile-like methodologies for the past 20 years. I have not only seen the benefits that can be achieved by implementing AGILE but have also attained them.
I wanted to share some simple tips to help you set better goals to help make sure that you remain motivated, build momentum and then successfully achieve them.
One of my all-time favourite coaching questions is What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?
What I like about this question is that it completely reframes your thinking.
Just recently I have been thinking, like many people, about goal setting for 2019. In terms of success in 2018, I did achieve many of the goals that I set, yet I still feel that I didn't achieve my full potential.
Sometimes you here a passionate speech and it just resonates with you. It helps to bring some thoughts together, that you have been having for a while, to a point where you just feel that you need to take action.
Leadership isn't really all that complicated, it's made complicated by a lack of understanding about what leadership really is.
Leadership is about transformation. It's about getting people to move from one place to another, from state to another, and one way of working to another.
Just recently I learned one thing that you can say that will motivate your staff pretty much immediately.
I was something I have never said before, and to be honest, I can't believe that it never occurred to me to say it.


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Net neutrality battle heads to court in 2019
The next chapter in the ongoing struggle for an open internet will unfold in the US Court of Appeals.
Marguerite Reardon
Dec. 26, 2018 5:00 a.m. PT
Time's run out for net neutrality supporters hoping to restore Obama-era regulations using a legislative loophole, but the fight's far from over as it heads to federal appeals court.
Democrats in the House of Representatives failed to gather enough votes by the end of the year to use the Congressional Review Act to undo the Federal Communications Commission's rollback of the popular rules. The Republican-led agency voted a year ago this month to repeal the rules adopted in 2015, which were designed to ensure that all traffic on the internet was treated equally.
Protesters took to the streets in New York City to protest the FCC's vote in December 2017 to repeal net neutrality rules.
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The FCC, led by Chairman Ajit Pai, an appointee of President Donald Trump, argued that the "heavy-handed" rules deterred internet service providers' investment and innovation. (Read Pai's op-ed on CNET here.)
But supporters of net neutrality say the internet as we know it may not exist much longer without the protections. Big tech companies, such as Google and Facebook, and internet luminaries, such as web creator Tim Berners-Lee, fall into that camp. Since the repeal, they've been working in Congress and in state legislatures to reinstate the rules.
Now these supporters are turning their attention to the courts to save net neutrality.
Attorneys general from 22 states, along with several activist groups and tech companies like Mozilla, have filed suit, accusing the FCC of arbitrarily rolling back the rules and overstepping its authority to ban states from passing their own protections.
The heated legal battle could eventually end up at the Supreme Court, where all eyes will be on the newly appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who questioned the FCC's authority to adopt the original net neutrality protections. That position was expressed in a dissent he wrote last year that challenged the rules.
"I expect the next chapter in the net neutrality story to be mostly about waiting for litigation," said Matt Schettenhelm, a legal analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence.
The legal battle
Legal briefs to the Federal Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit were due in late November, and oral arguments are scheduled for Feb. 1. A decision in the case isn't expected until at least June. But even then, legal experts say, the litigation is unlikely to end.
"The ruling could be appealed 'en banc' to the full DC Circuit, and then to the US Supreme Court," said Schettenhelm. "By the time all that plays out, we'll likely be focused on the 2020 US presidential election."
If the Democrats win the White House, they'll control the FCC again. And that could mean they restore the 2015 net neutrality rules and start the whole process over again.
Two of the big questions being asked in this lawsuit are whether the FCC had sufficient reason to change the classification of broadband so soon after the 2015 rules were adopted and whether the agency has the right to pre-empt states, like California, from adopting their own net neutrality laws.
Schettenhelm said there's a good chance the court will rule in favor of the FCC. There's strong precedent that gives the FCC flexibility in how it interprets the law, evaluates the record and reverses course as it did with the repeal, he said.
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The most effective legal issue for the FCC could be the provision to pre-empt states from creating their own regulations, say experts like Harold Feld of Public Knowledge. The agency has argued that pre-emption is necessary because it would be too complicated for internet service providers to follow different net neutrality rules in 50 states.
More than 30 states introduced legislation in 2018 to make net neutrality state law. Four states -- California, Washington, Oregon and Vermont -- passed laws protecting net neutrality. Several other states, like New York, are considering similar legislation.
States argue that since the FCC has refused to regulate broadband and because the agency abdicated its authority for such regulation to the FTC, they can impose their own rules for services delivered in their states.
California's new law is considered the strictest in the nation because it outlaws some zero-rating offers, such as AT&T's, which exempts its own streaming services -- but not competing products -- from its wireless customers' data caps. The law was supposed to take effect Jan. 1. But in October, the state reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice, which had filed suit against California, not to enforce the law until the bigger question about the FCC's authority to pre-empt states had been answered in the DC Circuit.
What about Congress?
The Congressional Review Act may have failed to reinstate net neutrality regulations, but supporters are hopeful that Democrats, who'll soon control the House of Representatives, will be able to move federal legislation. With a divided Congress, however, and a Republican president who needs to sign off on a new law, it's unclear whether the legislation would include strong enough protections to satisfy net neutrality activists, like a ban on paid priority, or oversight of agreements between network providers that can slow internet access.
"There is more bipartisan consensus on net neutrality than other tech issues," said Matt Wood, policy director for Free Press. "So some kind of net neutrality law is possible. But we'll have to see how far those proposals really go and what they include."
Wood said, though, that a lot of what happens next hinges on the outcome of the lawsuit challenging the repeal.
"I think we'll have to wait and see how the appeals court rules."
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iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWT) Hits New 52-Week High at $68.37
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iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWT) shares hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $68.37 and last traded at $68.33, with a volume of 273431 shares. The stock had previously closed at $67.45.
The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $65.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $64.24.
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Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EWT. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $37,000. Advisory Services Network LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $37,000. Tower View Investment Management & Research LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $46,000. FNY Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $49,000. Finally, Moors & Cabot Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 2,339.0% in the 3rd quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 85,000 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock valued at $89,000 after buying an additional 81,515 shares during the period.
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Lead the upstream Facilities and Equipment data team in Krakow by inspiring and developing the team members, improving and monitoring the quality and timeliness of the delivery and being hands on in delivering part of required deliverables.
The team will provide to Operating Units support for Maintenance data in SAP, creation of work packs, assistance with work preparation, planning & scheduling.
Leading the team from the front, hands-on, by guiding & motivating the team to come up with the ideas for process improvements & exploring the scope of automation. Accountability for ensuring that the 8-12 staff in the team deliver every day on agreed deliverables with high quality and, maintain a close and good relationship with their colleagues in the assets.
Drive a LEAN culture. The team manager ensures all team members understand how they add value, what quality is in the eye of the customers and spend time on improving the processes and tools used. Maintains the relationships with focal point in the various OUs and ensures that feedback from customers is adequately followed up with sustainable solutions.
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The role covers relationship management with several Upstream and Integrated Gas OUs. Changes in process standards tend to come with changes in the way data needs to be set up in the major SAP systems. The Team manager needs to be able to understand and explain to others how changes in process controls and technical standards need to be reflected in the IT systems. The role covers relationship management with several Upstream and Integrated Gas OUs.
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Las Puertas Abiertas de Par en Par
The doors have to be open wide, as wide as they will go, to let life in…
September 17, 2019 by Rosa
At Birch Aquarium, La Jolla
Another Banquet
View from the Pacific Surfline train headed to LA
Union Station, Los Angeles
Len, Rosie and Sherod back in San Diego
It seemed like a wonderful plan. Sherod and I would leave from the ARAA reunion to catch a train at 8 in the morning that would take us to LA. There, we would get to spend about 4 hours with Len before coming back to San Diego. For a time, when we lived in Fort Lauderdale, Len and his now husband, David, were neighbors. We became very good friends and fell into an easy rhythm of going back and forth between our homes for Sunday supper. They live in LA where David is a highly regarded psychotherapist and Len is an artist. We have missed them since they left Fort Lauderdale in 2005 and though we wouldn't get to see David, because he was out of town, we were simply thrilled to get to see Len.
We got to the station in San Diego about 20 minutes before the train was supposed to come through. At 8:04 (departure time), no train. Forty-five minutes later? Nothing. More time goes by, no train. And then some more. Now it's starting to get dicey–we're not going to get to spend hardly any time with Len because we have tickets to come back to San Diego at 3:00 pm. Do we go or do we stay? Go. It matters too much to get to see Len. Finally, 2 hours late, the train came in. The ride is lovely as long as the train goes along the shoreline, much duller once it curves into the 'burbs of Orange County and LA.
We got to Union Station in LA, which is a magnificent building. We tried to use the Uber ap and at each and every step, it gave us problems and meantime, the time was ticking. We finally caught a cab but we barely had an hour to spend though Len had prepared the kind of vegetarian feast like he used to prepare when it was his and David's turn to have us over in Fort Lauderdale. Finally, the Uber ap worked, the Uber car got there too fast, and before I felt like I could blink, we were back on the train, heading back to San Diego.
I rode back south with a huge knot in my throat. I have a hard time describing the friendship I have had with Len for so many years. Len is a brilliant artist and perhaps because of that, has a way of seeing the world and a way of being a friend that has made my life so much better, richer, more meaningful. My grandmother and mother both had their brokenness and issues and both also understood the place of beauty. Len does too, in ways even more profound than I had known before I met him. I still have the hand-me-down cutting board he gave me when he and David were moving west because it is the most perfect blue. Whenever I take it out to use, I smile. To have had to rush through lunch when we used to sit for hours around the table, talking, laughing, and breaking bread together was absurdly, heart-breakingly wrong. I kept telling myself, at least I got to see my friend. But it wasn't enough.
We got back to San Diego, got settled in the Airbnb we're staying in for the remainder of our time here and crashed early. This morning there was a text from Len and then a flurry of texts back and forth. Schedules were rearranged and Len, together with the two pug girls he got from a pug rescue organization in Korea, Rosie and Viola, drove down to hang out with us. The traffic he encountered was minimal and we ended up having this big, beautiful chunk of time together that just made my soul sing.
We ate at a lovely Lebanese restaurant close to Balboa Park, with the two dogs amusing us and laughter abounding. Then, Len, Viola, Rosie and I walked to Balboa. It was beautiful. Because the two sweet girls were with us, we couldn't go into the museums we would have spent hours walking through under different circumstances. What Len did urge me to do was walk into the Botanical Building. It was like walking into my mother's garden in Cali. It was so beautiful, and so alive, and so, both exotic, and so familiar, to this woman who is now every bit as much Alabama as Colombia, it left the kind of stillness of the soul that only comes with great joy.
We came back to our Airbnb, Len fed and walked his girls, allowed us to babysit them while he went for a run. A little more conversation and then it was time for him to head back to Los Angeles. Here's what I see about the time we spent in Del Mar on Saturday, and in San Diego today: it's about time. The kind of time that comes with shutting off phones, with letting time go where it will go, quickening and slowing down in ways that are so mysterious and open to the Spirit. The Spirit blows where it will and there's a kind of time that only comes with trusting there is enough of it. And that's at the heart of the matter, isn't it? That we live as if there is not enough time, though we really, we don't have to live like that, at least not all the time.
Sherod and I flew to San Diego on Thursday night. It's some vacation time for me and for Sherod, another time to gather with his brother gunship pilots at the Aerial Rocket Artillery Association.
This morning, I braved the streets and highways of San Diego to get some camera supplies I needed, while Sherod attended the regular business meeting that happens on the last day of these annual gatherings. We'd talked about going for lunch at a place in Del Mar, north of San Diego. We knew one of the guys who was in Sherod's flight group in Vietnam, Jerry, and his wife, Georgia, were coming with us. We asked two other couples to join us as well, but only Jim and Rose were able to do so. The restaurant we were going to was too full and we lucked into another joint, not on the beach like the first one, but close enough, with plenty of space and enough quiet for the three couples to sit for a long lunch.
Of the three guys, Sherod is the only one who is divorced and remarried. When talk turned to the R&R leave they all got about midway through their tour in Vietnam, it was funny, and awkward, and I found myself wondering what it would have been like to fly out to Hawaii to meet a young warrior for just a very few days in a crazy-weird in-between time and place. Hawaii is so much closer to Vietnam than Alabama—and by the time these guys met their wives and girlfriends there, they had already seen so much. I think I'd probably have had a harder time letting go of the person I loved—I would already have known too much about the loneliness and fear that would travel home with me as he flew in the opposite direction.
I listened to more than two hours of stories, some so funny I laughed till my sides ached. Some were white-knuckle stories of the crazy risks young men at war take, pushing their war machines way past the envelope of endurance they were built for. At one point, Sherod stopped and told the story of a conversation he had with his 'Gram'—the grandmother he absolutely adored. It was many years after the war and somehow they got to talking about whether or not Gram had worried if Sherod would make it back. She told him she hadn't. Instead, every night, she would get on her knees by her bed and pray for him and all the others he was fighting with. She said she'd pray until she was so sleepy she'd be afraid she might topple over so she'd get in bed, and keep on praying until she did actually go to sleep.
Jim, who is about as wild a man as I know, had ordered a chocolate croissant to have for desert but started on it a bit before our entrees were brought out. Before too long, Rose, his wife, gently pulled the plate toward her. The meal continued, the stories continued to unfurl, and then after everyone was almost finished eating, I watched Rose carefully, gently, break that partly-eaten croissant in smaller pieces. She took one and handed the plate to Georgia, who took a piece as well before handing the plate to me, and then I did the same, a ritual that as a priest I know down to my bones. "Take, eat. Do this for the remembrance" The plate went on to Jerry, then to the other two guys. The conversation never stopped. I don't suppose anyone noticed this moment except me.
Eucharist is about remembrance— remembrance of love, of sacrifice, of life and death. It is also about promise, a horizon of eternity. The promise today, at that slightly wobbly table in Del Mar, was more bittersweet than most I am a part of Sunday in and Sunday out. I have been struck, watching a band of rapidly aging guys, whose wives now have serious health issues and whose children, and children's children, and even children's children's children, tell their own stories of hardship and joy. The men are more stooped over. They walk more slowly. Their eyes may still flash with the mischief and life of a young man flying a helicopter, but now I think all of us who, in one way or another, are a part of this band know the days are getting shorter and fewer and not one single one of the days and reunions and lunches and stories should be taken for granted. If for no other reason than that, this was a holy meal, a holier meal than most I get to share with others.
Tonight there will be a banquet, lots of pictures taken, a guest speaker who is a well known correspondent from the days of Vietnam, lots of hugs and a promise of "Next year in Savannah". But it's that time out of time, when bread was broken and shared in remembrance and thanksgiving that matters most, it seems to me.
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Some veteran rappers might see their bank accounts depleting, but E-40 insists that he's doing just fine on his new track "My Money Straight." A music video is on the way, and you can watch behind-the-scenes footage of the shoot above.
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LoL Worlds 2021 Location Leaks
Posted on September 1, 2021 - Last Updated on September 10, 2021
1 LoL Worlds Location Leaks
2 LoL Worlds Heading to Iceland
3 Purchase Your Tickets to Madrid
4 Welcome to Berlin
LoL Worlds 2021 Location Revealed:
Riot Games have finally revealed the location for this year's LoL Worlds 2021, and it turns out Iceland was the correct pick. After more than a week of speculating and digging through unverified leaks, we finally learned the truth.
Through mutual collaboration with European Authorities, Riot Games managed to secure Reykjavik, Iceland as the new location for LoL World Championship 2021. They successfully hosted the Mid-Season Invitational here, as well as Valorant Stage 2 Masters, so it makes sense Riot would feel comfortable using the same location to host LoL Worlds 2021 and minimizing their risks.
– Updated on the 10th, Sept. 2021
LoL Worlds Location Leaks
The fans of League of Legends are anxiously waiting for the reveal of the new LoL Worlds 2021 location, especially after the recent announcement where Riot Games stated that LoL Worlds 2021 would be moving from China to Europe. This news has sparked many theories about the exact location of this year's LoL Worlds, but none of them have been confirmed by Riot Games.
LoL Worlds Heading to Iceland
The main theory revolves around the idea that the new LoL Worlds location will be in Iceland, according to some unverified rumors. The speculations began as soon as Riot announced that LoL Worlds moved to Europe.
There's a few good reasons why this theory might end up being true. First of all, Riot Games held their Mid-Season Invitational 2021 in Reykjavík, Iceland earlier this year. The event was a massive success and Riot Games would probably like to replicate that with LoL Worlds 2021.
Riot Games clearly trusts Reykjavík since they also held the second Valorant Champions Tour Masters event there, right after MSI 2021 concluded. This led to fans believing that Riot Games would opt to go with Iceland once again, seeing how well they've done with their prior esports tournaments there.
Purchase Your Tickets to Madrid
The second theory for the League of Legends Worlds 2021 location is a bit of a stretch, but a realistic option nonetheless. It all started when a clip from one of Caedrel's streams began circulating the internet, where he's talking to a popular LoL player and shoutcaster Krepo.
In this short clip, Krepo asks Caedrel if he had already bought his ticket to Madrid and then asks him if he's streaming, after which there's a long period of silence. The two then burst into laughter and the clip abruptly ends. Now, this could just be a simple joke made intentionally to stir the chat, but could also be an unintentional leak that points towards the new LoL Worlds location.
Like we said, it's a bit of a stretch so take it with a grain of salt. But in any case, it's certainly a possibility.
Welcome to Berlin
The final theory around the LoL Worlds location is tied to Berlin. There's nothing specific that would point to this being the case other than the upcoming VCT Masters in Berlin.
If the event ends up being a success much like it was in Reykjavík, then it stands to reason that Riot Games could potentially make some last-minute changes and choose Berlin as their League of Legends Worlds 2021 location.
Of course, as stated previously, these are all theories and are not confirmed by Riot Games. It would be interesting if some LoL Worlds betting sites would include the LoL Worlds 2021 location as one of the betting odds, just to let our imagination run wild for a bit. But that's very unlikely.
LoL Worlds is the apex of League of Legends esports, which explains all the hype around this event. The fans of LoL esports are a passionate bunch and they want to prepare as soon as possible, and that involves knowing the exact LoL Worlds location.
The aforementioned theories are just that – theories. One of them might end up being the correct one, and whoever was rooting for it from the beginning will certainly feel a hint of pride with a little "I told you so" on the side. But, at the end of the day, Riot Games are the ones who will ultimately make that choice.
All in all, whatever Riot Games decide in the end, LoL Worlds 2021 will surely be one hell of an event and we can barely contain our excitement for it.
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As Singapore restructures and promotes alternate career paths India Se Media was delighted to meet with a young artist building our "SG Passion Made Possible" brand on the international stage.
Anya Gupta is a young Singaporean designer based in the US who has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Furniture Design) from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Born in Indonesia she has lived in six countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, Turkey and the US. Her work aims to explore her cultural experiences in a historical, political and occasionally humorous ways. She believes, furniture and design play a crucial role in not only the continuity of tradition and culture, but its evolution.
Her pieces are individually designed and hand made. She is skilled and trained in a variety of mediums from metal smithing to woodworking to weaving on a loom. Her webpage: www.anyaguptafurniture.com – shows her extensive range of work and reflects her Asian heritage.
Anya has displayed her work internationally at the Salone del Mobile, Milan (2018) as well as in the US at Fine Furnishings Show, RI (2017), Gelman Gallery, Providence (2018) and RISD Senior Furniture Show (2019).
Over coffee at Anchor Point, Anya explains how her works reflect her experience and Third Culture Kid (TCK) background. Browsing through her webpage, one is impressed by her wide range of work based on different materials and styles: digitally printed bubble wrap quilts, a cabinet reflecting Mexican talavera patterns, an Indian charpai as well as art pieces celebrating Turkish tulips, a hand woven rug inspired by south Asian balconies many many more. She explains that as part of her diploma project she looked at airport seating as part of exploring spaces and objects within the realm of the temporary, the transitory and the in between. She strives to create objects that are both physically and emotionally comfortable that provide a sense of belonging in this globalized world.
Reflecting her commitment to sustainability and using recycling materials she has done an internship with Kokrobitey Institute, Ghana making furniture from recycled denim scrap weavings. She has also done internships in Singapore (exhibition design for National Museum of Singapore and the Indian Heritage Museum) and Istanbul (Turkey).
Going forward she is looking to continue to exhibit at International Furniture shows including International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) NYC, Salon del Mobile, Milan and IMM Cologne, with emphasis on Singapore art and design. After all, Singapore has been designated an UNESCO design city.
As this country gears up to celebrate its National Day, Anya too hopes to make a mark on the international stage. This will be certainly a matter of great pride for not just the young designer but her country as well.
Anya can be contacted at gupta12038@gmail.com for any inquires about her work.
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Swiss company Canoo, is offering developers a free portlet integration code that can be used with Canoo's UltraLightClient to create and run Rich Internet Applications as portlets on a portal server.
UltraLightClient is an add-on library for Swing and J2EE that delegates tasks to the standard J2EE/J2SE infrastructure, using Swing on the client, standard communication protocols set by the J2EE container, and standard lifecycle management on the server. UltraLight Client features pause and resume functionality, so that a user session can be stopped and restarted. It can be used to deploy UltraLightClient-based apps as portlets, according to JSR 168.
Portlets are defined by the Java Specification Request 168, an emerging standard to develop Web portals. Portal servers reload the entire browser page when a server roundtrip happens, meaning portlets must save and refresh the state of their user interface. This process makes it difficult for rich clients to maintain their state on the client side.
The UltraLightClient portlet, on the client side, is displayed in an applet, which is discarded and restarted when a browser page is reloaded. By calling "pause" when the applet is discarded, and "resume" after restarting, the user interface status still exists after the server roundtrip.
According to Canoo, UltraLightClient-based rich-client portlets share the development infrastructure, as well as the production platform between HTML and rich-client applications. Customers will be able to write a rich-client user interface for an HTML application or vice versa by rewriting the presentation layer. HTML and rich-client user interfaces can communicate by sharing the same session context. Swing allows Java programmers to develop user interfaces without HTML's limitations.
UltraLightClient-based rich-client portlets works with Swing widgets and a homogenous Java-based programming model, rather than a mix of JSP, servlets, HTML, Struts, Java and other technology.
Portlet integration is available at the UltraLightClient community site (http://ulc-community.canoo.com/snipsnap/space/start), and runs with any portlet server that complies with JSR 168.


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Watch out, the gaze of this little fairy will kill you! Not really, but it's still important to keep an eye on this little guy. He's pretty important for the story, trust me. Only 1 episode left, and this post is pretty empty as well. Once again, I'm not giving you any extra reading materials. That may sound either positive or negative. I like to share my translation notes, but if there's no problem in the script, it makes my job quite a lot easier.
All my translation notes of this episode are all the signs you'll come across, so I won't write them down here for a second time. They're mostly small balloons that appear in the corner when you see large Japanese walls of text on the screen.
The content of this episode is even more out of the blue. Basically its about the job of a mediator. What is actually to be expected from here? What expectations? Seems like there are hardly any to begin with, which is why no one actually has that job. It's an easy way out though. Or so we thought.


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November 11, 2018 is a Parent Info night at Woodside from 7-8:30 PM.
All incoming parents of 7th and 8th graders are welcome to attend.
There is a full agenda of speakers and information from the entirety of our programs that night.
Matt Middough, Interim Department Chair, will be presenting at this night and available afterward for questions.
We like to call it Walk in Our Paws. It is a Saturday tour day of campus.
Tours end in the MUR where parents and students are able to mingle amongst information tables.
Cara Klackle, Department Chair, will be at a table at this event.
Shadow Days can be set up through the website by clicking here.
Parent Tours can be set up through the website by clicking here. If you are concerned about getting Special Education related questions answered during the parent tour, please contact Cara Klackle.
Parent Tours for students who may need support in our STARS or ILS programs are available on a limited basis by contacting the district Program Specialist, Shana Karashima at skarashima@seq.org.
Details about these programs is located below. Also your student's Case Manager (in 8th grade school) may be able to answer questions as they typically have transitioned students to our district for multiple years.
Woodside High School's Special Education Department has a myriad of programs. We service students with a variety of disabilities that range from mild learning disabilities to severe learning and physical disabilities. Our department is comprised of three basic supports: Specialized Academic Instruction (Study Skills and/or Co-taught Courses), Independent Living Skills (ILS) and Therapeutic Day School (STARS).
The department works closely with the School Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist and the Adaptive Physical Education Program. It is our goal to offer each of our students the very best opportunities available at a comprehensive high school to advance personally, academically, and vocationally.
Students with orthopedic impairments, or disabilities significantly affecting a student's ability to move, communicate and/or walk; students on the autism spectrum with social, emotional and academic needs; and students with intellectual disability are are provided support in the Independent Living Skills program.
The program provides a highly structured, highly modified functional academic and life skills curriculum to meet the individual needs of students as outlined on their IEPs. Academic instruction, independence training, social skills and transition services are integral components of the program.
Students who require a small setting with counseling support to access the curriculum attend classes in the STARS program. The IEP teams agrees to the periods and subjects that students in STARS may require this setting. STARS stands for Successful Transition Achieved with Responsive Support.
Mental Health Case Workers support students by offering counseling services that are determined by the IEP team.
Ms. Sarah Babcock is the School Psychologist for Woodside High School.
For information on accommodations for College Board or ACT testing accommodations, please contact Lupe Flores-Robles at Ext 40021 or email her.
For questions on 504 plans or SSTs, please contact your student's guidance counselor.
The Speech and Language program at Woodside High School is designed to help students with language processing, voice, speech articulation or fluency changes. Assessment procedures may be indicated after a formal screening. Subsequent speech therapy is based on specific test results that profile the student's area of need.
Coach Jim Bell is our Adapted PE teacher at Woodside High School. Not all students with an IEP receive Adapted PE. He works with all students who have this service on their IEP.
Wendy Porter is the Administrative VIce Principal who oversees the Special Education program at Woodside High School.
Shana Karashima is the SUHSD Program Specialist that supports students and staff at Woodside High School.
Debra Adler serves on the San Mateo County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Resource Parent Council. The Parent Help Line is (650) 802-5499. This committee provides guidance to families within member districts so they may better support their students with special needs. Debra is a parent of two Woodside graduates.


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Introduction by John Grisham
Part of Vintage Classics
Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction
About The Great Gatsby
For generations of enthralled readers, the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby has come to embody all the glamour and decadence of the Roaring Twenties.
To F. Scott Fitzgerald's bemused narrator, Nick Carraway, Gatsby appears to have emerged out of nowhere, evading questions about his murky past and throwing dazzling parties at his luxurious mansion. Nick finds something both appalling and appealing in the intensity of his new neighbor's ambition, and his fascination grows when he discovers that Gatsby is obsessed by a long-lost love, Daisy Buchanan.
But Daisy and her wealthy husband are cynical and careless people, and as Gatsby's dream collides with reality, Nick is witness to the violence and tragedy that result. The Great Gatsby's remarkable staying power is owed to the lyrical freshness of its storytelling and to the way it illuminates the hollow core of the glittering American dream.
With a new introduction by John Grisham.
The classic novel that continues to haunt our understanding of ambition, love, entitlement, and the American Dream—with an exclusive discussion guide and an introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Wesley Morris
Nick Carraway is an aspiring writer; his cousin, Daisy, is married to the fabulously wealthy Tom Buchanan. Their neighbor, Jay Gatsby, throws extravagant and extraordinary parties in the exclusive and hallowed neighborhood of West Egg. The entanglements between these four characters form the backbone of F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest work.
When it was first published in 1925, The Great Gatsby was heralded "a mystical, glamorous story of today" (The New York Times). Since then, the story of Jay Gatsby and his love for the treacherous, effervescent Daisy Buchanan has become a staple in high school and college classrooms, a beloved favorite of readers everywhere, and the #2 entry in the Modern Library's own list of the best novels of the twentieth century.
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You walk down the street and suddenly you feel completely snowed under these huge buildings rising up over Rue de Flandre, in Paris (19ème arrondissement). Over an area of six hectares, four towers composed of 1.950 apartments they develop to the sky in a delight of verticality.
Martin van Treeck, the architect, decided to cut with the banality of the architecture of the 60's and built a modern sanctuary where the conventional hierarchies were overturned: the public places become ordinary and the apartments become monumental. With the utilisation of the endoscopy Martin van Treeck created a sacred architecture with brutalist accents where the perception of the residents is the starting point of a massive construction.


Synchrony, a consumer financial services company, recently announced the new Synchrony HOME Credit Card. From furniture and décor to flooring and appliances, the all-in-one card is designed for people who seek simplicity and value for their home purchases. The Synchrony HOME Credit Card gives consumers financing options for all their home needs at more than a million large, medium, and small retail locations nationwide.
"Synchrony HOME cardholders are looking for incredible value and different financing options when it comes to making their homes feel like their own," said Neeraj Mehta, chief executive officer, Payment Solutions, Synchrony. "The Synchrony HOME Credit Card gives our customers more buying power and the cash back rewards they're looking for to help meet their home desires."
"Discover and Synchrony are ideally suited to give consumers value-focused card products that have wide acceptance where cardmembers want to make their purchases. This venture into a home-related card builds on the success both companies have had with Synchrony's automotive card product," said Joby Orlowsky, vice president of Global Business Development at Discover.
About Synchrony: Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering customized financing programs across key industries including retail, health, auto, travel and home, along with award-winning consumer banking products. With more than $140 billion in sales financed and 80.3 million active accounts, Synchrony brings deep industry expertise, actionable data insights, innovative solutions and differentiated digital experiences to improve the success of every business we serve and the quality of each life we touch. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com.
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Sweet, sour, salty, umami and bitter. These are the 5 major flavors that the 5,000 taste buds speckling your tongue and throat have been primed to identify. Each with unique gastronomic qualities and health indications, traditional cultures believed in the fundamental importance of consuming a rich balance of all these flavors. However today, with the overwhelming load of sugar-encrusted, salt-sprinkled and MSG-doused foods filling our plates, bitterness has essentially vanished from the modern palate. This unfortunate disappearance has done more than simply change the tang and smack-factor of our foods. In fact, the general lack of bitter flavor in the diet may very well be contributing widespread problems with digestion and appetite control.
Bitter is an intriguing flavor. The very most sensitive of all tastes, bitterness has an excitable quality that some people would describe as disagreeable and harsh. The very word "bitter" has even become linguistically associated with expressions of anger, resentment, pain and reactivity. Yet complex bitter flavor does far more than cause lips to pucker and heads to shake. Known for stimulating the senses and engaging the digestive system, foods possessing a bitter quality have long been valued for a unique ability to cleanse the body and build vitality.
Many cultures revered bitter foods as an essential part of a regular healthy diet. Large numbers of of the diverse roots, barks, flowers and herbs of the wild plant kingdom are bursting with complex bitter flavor. When consumed, such plants naturally stimulate the production of saliva, gastric juices and bile to balance the appetite and prime digestion. Yet while bitter botanicals were consumed readily by our foraging ancestors, such richly flavored plant foods have been unfortunately lost to the endless aisles of sweetened and salted snacks filling grocery stores today.
With processed foods delivering artificial, tongue-tingling flavors and spices to addicted mouths, it has become difficult to find quality bitter foods in the marketplace. Even the fruit and vegetable varieties packed into produce departments have been intentionally hybridized and bred to minimize bitterness, selecting instead for qualities of sweetness, bright color and full shape. While these traits certainly make veggie shopping more appealing to browsing consumers, they also represent a tragic limitation of nutritional value and an overall lack of phytonutrient, anti-oxidant and flavonoid variety in our foods. Today, true bitter flavor is enjoyed in just a few commonly munched-on items such as greens (particularly dandelion and arugula), coffee, hops, olives, and dark chocolate.
To make up for the general deficit of bitter flavors in most modern diets, many practitioners recommend the use of a supplemental herbal tonic or tincture. Common botanicals that have a natural bitter flavor include: gentian, cascarilla, cassia, orange peel and cinchona bark among others. Bitter tonics can be found at many health food stores and online, but I personally love our Urban Moonshine Bitters, which have been carefully crafted by a Vermont herbalist using local, certified organic ingredients. For those wishing to avoid the alcohol that is traditionally used as a solvent and preservative in bitter tonics, Flora Swedish Bitters offer a non-alcoholic style that is equally as potent and beneficial. Simply squirt on the tongue after meals and delight in the dazzling flavor of nature's most powerful digestive aide!
To read more on bitters, check out a great article from the Weston A Price Foundation here.


The new School of Medicine education building and the Translational Research Center have transformed much of the campus landscape at UMMC. Medical Center leaders have just revised the Campus Master Plan that will help shape the direction of growth for the future.
The Board of the Associated Student Body serves as a vital part of interprofessional education at UMMC. For the first time, a student from the School of Nursing has been elected president. Through his leadership, the 2017-18 school year promises to be one of inclusion and collaboration.
Friends of Children's Hospital's annual signature event, BankPlus Presents Enchanted Evening, showcases growing broad community support for Batson Children's Hospital and Children's of Mississippi: the nonprofit group has pledged $20 million for the Campaign for Children's of Mississippi.
Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3.


A quick muffler scarf to knit with one hank of Erika Knight Maxi Wool, a soft and pure British wool. A simple rib stitch pattern that can be made in just one evening. The muffler measures about 33 inches long and 5 inches wide.
This kit includes the pattern inside the sleeve, and one skein of Maxi Wool in your choice of color. You will also need US 17 needles. If you need needles, you can order them here: Bamboo 9", Bamboo 14", or Bamboo Circular.


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Der Württembergische Christusbund (bis Ende 2011 Württembergischer Brüderbund) ist ein christlicher Gemeinschaftsverband innerhalb der evangelischen Kirche in der Form eines freien Werkes. Die Rechtsform des Christusbundes ist die eines eingetragenen Vereins. Zentrale Veranstaltung jeder Ortsgruppe ist der Gemeinschaftsgottesdienst (früher "Gemeinschaftsstunde").

Arbeitsweise
Der Württembergische Christusbund engagiert sich vor Ort in der christlichen Gemeindearbeit mit Schwerpunkt Kinder- und Jugendarbeit. Die Arbeit wird vor allem durch ehrenamtliche Mitarbeiter getragen, die von einigen angestellten Jugendreferenten und Gemeinschaftspastoren unterstützt werden. Zudem bietet der Württembergische Christusbund über einen "Leuchtfeuer" genannten Katalog jährlich rund 100 christliche Freizeiten und Reisen an. Dazu hat der Christusbund eigene Freizeitheime in Friolzheim, Pellworm (Nordsee), Allgäu (am Forggensee und in Oberstdorf), Kärnten (Schlossvilla Kantor am Millstätter See) und Kroatien. Deren Bewirtschaftung erfolgt durch hauptamtlich angestellte Mitarbeiter zusammen mit jungen Menschen, die ein Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr oder den Bundesfreiwilligendienst leisten.
Seit den 1960er Jahren veranstaltet der Christusbund für seine ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeiter und andere Interessierte eine theologische und geistliche Schulung in Form von einwöchigen Kurzbibelschulen, die meist um die Jahreswende stattfinden.

Glaubensgrundlage
Der Württembergische Christusbund arbeitet auf der theologischen Grundlage der Evangelischen Allianz. Die Irrtumslosigkeit der Bibel, eine entsprechende Verkündigung der christlichen Botschaft sowie das Gebet sind den Mitgliedern von zentraler Bedeutung. Der Christusbund und seine Ortsverbände sind als pietistische Gruppierung innerhalb der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg anerkannt. Beispielsweise gratulierte der Regionalbischof von Ulm und spätere Landesbischof Gerhard Maier dem Ortsverband Berghülen zu dessen 70. Jubiläum mit den Worten: "Ich wünsche ihm (dem Württ. Christusbund Berghülen) die lebendige Dankbarkeit für das, was Gott an den Generationen vor uns getan hat. Ich wünsche ihm die ständige Verwurzelung in der göttlichen Heilsgeschichte, die uns Gottes Wort enthüllt. Und schließlich wünsche ich ihm, daß er eine missionarische, von der Liebe zu Gott und den Menschen bestimmte Jüngergruppe bleibt."

Geschichte
Im Jahre 1878 gründete sich in Lissa bei Posen der evangelische "Reichsbrüderbund". Entscheidend beeinflusst und geprägt wurde der Gemeinschaftsverband in der Phase seiner Entstehung durch Johannes Seitz aus Neuweiler im Schwarzwald, der örtliche Bibelkreise zu einem "Brüderbund" organisiert hatte. Der Brüderbund verbreitete sich zunächst im ostdeutschen Raum. Man nannte sich Reichsbrüderbund, weil man an die baldige Wiederkunft Jesu Christi zur Aufrichtung seines Königreichs glaubte. 1933 gab es eine politisch erzwungene Neuformierung. Damals entstand im Remstal der "Württembergische Brüderbund", der in den übergeordneten Evangelischen Gnadauer Gemeinschaftsverband aufgenommen wurde. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg übernahm der Württemberger Brüderbund die Tradition der Ostbünde.

1934 wurden Bußtagskonferenzen begonnen, deren Tradition seit 1995 als "Christustreff" fortgeführt wird, wegen des Wegfalls des gesetzlichen Feiertags aber auf einen Sonntag verlegt wurde.

Leitung
Die Theologische Leitung des Gemeinschaftsverbandes wird vom Vorsitzenden, Matthias Köhler und seinem Stellvertreter Klaus Eberwein wahrgenommen. Bekannte Vorsitzende waren u. a. Friedrich Hänssler, der Leiter des gleichnamigen evangelischen Verlagshauses, sowie Pfarrer Dr. Heiko Krimmer.

Verbreitung
Organisatorisch ist der Verband heute in sechs Bezirke (geografisch geordnet) aufgeteilt:
 Enz
 Filder
 Remstal
 Schönbuch-Alb
 Schwarzwald
 Teck

Ortsgemeinschaften
Die einzelnen Ortsgemeinschaften mit zehn bis 200 Gottesdienstbesuchern sind selbständig, engagieren sich aber auch in gemeinsamen bezirklichen Aufgaben. Beispielsweise organisieren sie gemeinsam christliche Konzerte, Mitarbeiterschulungen, Evangelisationen, Jugend- und Frauentreffs, Männervesper und Teestuben. Dazu kommen größere Veranstaltungen, die der Gesamtverband organisiert, wie jährliche Bezirks- und Verbandskonferenzen, das in den frühen 1950er Jahren durch Friedrich Hänssler initiierten Jugendtreffen "dynamis" und die Jahreskonferenz "Christustreff". Heute gehören zum Württembergischen Christusbund Gemeinschaften in 52 Dörfern und Städten.

Weblinks
 Homepage des Württembergischen Christusbundes
 Webseite des Jugendtreffens "dynamis4u"
 Karte mit Gemeinschaften und Freizeitheimen des Württembergischen Christusbundes

Einzelnachweise

Evangelische Organisation (Deutschland)
Pietistische Organisation
Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg
Gemeinschaftsbewegung

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Mama Fashionista: Better late than never! Mama Fashionista's mini me shares her June Favorites!
Lola's Secret Beauty Blog: Edward Bess Blush Extraordinaire Filled with Desire is a swoon-worthy must-have pink blush! It's truly stunning!
Peace Love and Glitter: Treat AND conceal dark under eye circles at the same time? There is a way, and it's fabulous.
BeautyTidbits : Does LAVANILA The Healthy Deodorant get Harshleen's stamp of approval?
My Newest Addiction Beauty Blog: Laura gushes over the IT Cosmetics Vitality Lip Flush Butter Glosses. They are her newest addiction.
D.G.S.Beauty: Need a new pair of eyeglasses? Firmoo has a great selection and will send you your first pair for free.
Painted Ladies: Sheila tries two new Color Tattoo pigments from Maybelline – are they worth the $6,99?
TheFabZilla: Yet another anti-aging product! TheFabZilla tries Hydroxatone AM/PM Anti-wrinkle complex. Find out if it's yay or nay.
Beauty Professor: The Beauty Professor has tried a lot of products this summer…here's a video on four of her favorites!
The Stepford Witch: This week, the spotlight is on Dermalogica Concealing Spot Treatment. Read the review to find out if this product does as it claims.
Beauty by Miss L: Check out this blue glitter manicure.
A Little Polish: A Little Polish shows off a great way to incorporate blues and greens into a fun, trendy mani!
Icy Nails: Icy Nails: Incoco Real Nail Polish Appliques in On the Edge. Fun and Fabulous!
Lipgloss Break: The Limited turns 50 and celebrates with Dress for Success and giveways. Enter for a chance to win a $50 gift card to The Limited!
Geniabeme: Inglot's Freedom Palette is great for travel and has great choices of shades to choose from!
My Highest Self: Come see Tina's swatches of the Zoya PixieDust Collection for Fall 2013! Which one is your favorite?
Fun Fierce Fabulous Beauty Over 50!: Find out why Tom Ford Bronzed Amber Illuminating Cheek Color is a summer must have item!
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