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First Listen: The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, 'Midnight Sun'
By Peter Macia
Published April 20, 2014 at 10:07 PM CDT
The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger's new album, <em>Midnight Sun, </em>comes out April 29.
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger is Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. Lennon, as you may know, is the only child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Muhl is a successful fashion model and Lennon's significant other of eight years. Midnight Sun is their second proper album together.
Try this while listening: Imagine what your opinion would be if you didn't know these basic facts - if it was just another band on the Internet with a strange name. You might think it was some kindred spirit of Tame Impala or the Flaming Lips, soft psychedelia made for sunny summer weekends. Not so druggy that it erases the day, yet weird enough to start conversations about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III.
Now, listen again, and imagine what it must be like for John Lennon's son to make music. With his girlfriend, no less. This has been the younger Lennon's greatest obstacle since his debut, 1998's Into the Sun -the prejudice against genetic good fortune and the presumption that he sounds, and maybe acts, like his famous father because it's the easiest way to his own fame. In the past, he hasn't done himself any favors by sometimes sounding eerily like the legendary Beatle, but that seems an unfair measurement. If people are willing to believe that "there's something in the water" in any given music scene, then surely the same allowance can be made for actual shared DNA. What son is not heavily influenced by his father, even one he may have only known for a short while?
Midnight Sun should go some way in dispelling those presumptions and prejudices. In places, it still sounds fairly Beatles-esque, but no more than many other bands of the last half century, and much less than Sean Lennon has before. Muhl's influence and contribution pulls him out of his own history and to places that he did not go in previous solo work, like the gloomy "Last Call" or twee "Johannesburg." The two have a natural and obvious chemistry, especially on the songs where her honeyed voice gives direction to his nasal searching.
So, although it may have taken him thirty-eight years to do it, Sean Lennon may finally be moving on with his music. He has always made a fairly valiant effort to carry his legacy forward in interesting ways, to explore his very personal relationship with his near-mythical father in a very public manner. But Midnight Sunis his own musical statement, in his own voice, and one of the best recordings he's ever made.
Peter Macia


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This is a subtle logo and not too noticeable, but highly visible in certain lights. It has got a beautiful silver dial with the clock face cut into the silver square, making for an altogether very nice looking watch. It has got a hardened mineral crystal and is water resistant to 3 ATM which is approximately 30 metres. There is a date at the 3 position. It has a black titanium crown. It comes on a black rubber strap with titanium butterfly folding clasp which is signed.
The watch is brand new with factory warranty with box and papers. Momo Design reference number MD177-02SL-RB.
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The Different Strokes Different People collection derives from a conversation about Post-Impressionist Painter Vincent Van Gogh and Visual Artist Gerhard Richter. The thought of how the painted brush strokes feels instead of the taboo of being touched, the fear of smudging the canvas when fresh, and the dreaded bewilderment when touching a dry canvas, a minisule mark is left behind from our fingertips. So Smith/Grey moulded the painted brush stroke texture into wearable pieces.
This gives a whole new, yet literal, meaning of wearable art.


A not so straightforward map featured in a lost island with an old abandoned warehouse. The level design motif fits quite well inside - although it solely remains at best above average. Some places may feel cramped and monster presence is on the large side, taking a toll on the player - but ammo aplenty (specially for the shotgun ammo) so as to keep anyone who sprout around the corner lying dead on the ground. A goodie to keep up the strength of hard-packed action and mystery.
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All uniform items can be bought from our uniform shop (the only supplier of the Jamison High School uniform). They are located in the school grounds adjacent to the staff car park.
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Makeup - no makeup for juniors.
Nail polish - clear polish only.
Facial piercings - Banned. In line with work health & safety (WHS) requirements, unsafe facial piercings are banned from school. This includes, but is not limited to lip rings, eyebrow rings and tongue piercings.


> One last question: Would snort be better off being placed in the DMZ to sniff incoming traffic or within the internal LAN between the router and the firewall.
I'm in the midst of building a Linux WAN/DMZ/LAN packet-filter/IDP/router box. I'm currently planning to run Snort on it in inline mode, with feedback (from some rules) to the packet-filter.
Inline, on the grounds that I really don't care that much if there are attacks on the net, if they aren't getting through the packet-filter (and to save a few CPU cycles).


September 25th, 2012 - my sweet baby girl was born. From the very beginning she was different - from my pregnancy to my delivery, and now as the tiny leader with a powerful voice. Unfortunately, my birth choices were slim after two emergency cesareans. Here is my story.
I always dreamed of a natural childbirth at home, full of ease and love as I skillfully went through this natural process of childbirth. However, in my world, this story never materialized. After two attempts at fully natural births, both resulting in emergency cesareans, this time I opted to have a scheduled cesarean...something I never, ever anticipated.
For a granola girl like me, when I laid out my birth plans originally, I never considered the possibility of ending up in an emergency c-section. By the time I made it to the OR, I was so exhausted from intense labor that with each delivery it was all I could do to keep my eyes open to welcome my little girls, who were immediately whisked off to the nursery while I passed out in recovery, only to truly meet them hours later.
With this one, knowing the decision had been made for us to choose a healthy baby in one piece vs. forcing my "perfect scenario" delivery, I wanted to just see what birth choices and options I had. When I googled "natural cesarean," I had no idea what would come up. What I found, however, fascinated me.
I know your first thought - "natural" cesarean? You must be crazy! However, as you'll see here, it's not about medicine being nixed - it's about bringing back the natural process of mother/child bonding and the beauty of birth vs. simply being a surgical procedure.
When I approached my doctor about doing something similar, I wasn't sure what her response would be. Thankfully, not only was she completely on board with it, she had the power (as Chief of OB/GYN) to actually test it out! Thus I became the first mother at Baptist Hospital to try some of the procedures you see in this video below.
September 25th, 2012 - my delivery day finally arrived. In an effort to let my baby come on her own, I scheduled the cesarean 2 days after my due date. My little Chiquita was perfectly content to wait it out. The time arrived, and unlike before, I didn't walk into the hospital in the throes of labor pains. We arrived at the hospital ready to go at 5am. At 7, we went into the OR, and by 7:14, our little baby was born!
I am so, so thankful for the experience I got at Baptist. They listened to my desires to create a natural environment for baby and me even though my birth choices were limited, and I couldn't have it without the help of modern medicine. Every person involved in the process of bringing my baby into the world - from scrub nurses to surgeons to anesthesiologists - all made it a point not just to work together to bring her into the world, but to personally introduce themselves to me by name and include me in the process. They took a sterile surgical procedure and made it personal.
No matter how prepared you are mentally, emotionally and physically, there is no way you can know for certain how a baby will be born. I prefer Eastern practices, holistic and natural healing processes, etc. However, I am eternally grateful for Western medicine as well. Both have saved lives, and without the ability to switch to a cesarean, it's highly likely that my middle daughter would have not made it with the cord around her neck and her shoulders stuck, or that my eldest's heart rate wouldn't have stayed stable long enough for me to deliver.
For my third baby, I was prepared. I made the decision that the best birth choices are not always the ones with the least medication - it's the one where a healthy baby and mother emerge. Our society is slowly shifting again to a time where you are responsible for your own body - we have the power to make decisions on how medicine will play in our lives, and I feel that it is my responsibility to be involved in the process of anything that happens with my body.
Doctors can do amazing things, but they are not mind-readers. It is my personal responsibility to educate myself on my body - and how my emotional and mental state also affects my physical state.
I am not made up of individual parts to be addressed separately - I am a whole woman with a complex system that involves mind, body and soul.
We are such unique individuals - doctors are here to simply collaborate with us to bring healing - not to be expected to know you better than you know yourself.
Birth is a natural occurrence, yet sometimes needs medical intervention. I was able to bring the natural beauty and human connection back in with the help of a supportive medical team - it wasn't about the surgery or the hospital - it was about that priceless moment when you see your child for the first time.
Disclaimer - this is not a plug for Baptist Hospital (now called St. Thomas Midtown Hospital). I have heard great stories and also horror stories about this hospital and others - and no hospital, birthing center, delivery is going to be perfect. So many experiences are based on individual interactions, and you're hit with what person is actually having a good day and not being a punk! My personal experience has been wonderful at Baptist, all three times, with the exception of a few grumpy nurses. So this was my experience.
Every staff member in the OR personally introduced themselves to my husband and I - the power of using names takes you from being simply "patient 12" to really being personal...and thus they were more inclined to include me in the process - telling me everything that was being done and why.
Put the IV drip in my non-dominant hand and ECG dots on my back and side so my chest was free for baby.
"Walk" the baby out one shoulder at a time - similar to easing baby out during contractions vs. simply pulling her out (this allows for the lung fluid to be squeezed out of her lungs similarly to a vaginal delivery).
Once the head was out, the curtain was immediately dropped so we saw her being delivered.
The cord was not clamped until it had stopped pulsing. During that time they wiped her off a bit and I never took my eyes off of her!
As soon as the cord was cut, the delivery nurse placed her straight on my bare chest - immediate skin-to-skin contact.
All assessments of her were done while she laid on me with no eye ointment - we got to see her open her eyes and us be the first thing she saw.
From the moment she was delivered she was in my arms, and other than when Nathan took her to be weighed, in my arms is where she stayed!
She and Nathan stayed in recovery with me - just the three of us - before we moved to the room where I remained for the rest of the visit (that was flooded with visitors)!
Baptist has slowly been integrating a more mother/child approach to the maternity ward. They emphasize the importance of skin-to-skin contact and keeping babies with their mothers vs. automatically putting them in the nursery. They now even raise the temperature in the operating room during cesareans so it's more comfortable for baby and mother.
It's not about medicine and doctors vs. midwives and a holistic approach; it's about going back to the person, not "the patient". Connect with your body and be fully informed about the experience. You are not a project or simply a patient.
Thank you, my amazingly incredible Dr. Schlechter and your wonderful staff - you listened and we worked together to bring forth a beautiful life. I am eternally grateful and honored to have your support through the process!
So grateful for my sensitive, social, silly and amazingly sweet Jules (or J-J-Bones, as she references herself). I love you to the moon and back one hundred times plus infinity, and you'll always be my little baby!
I currently have a handful of openings for 1:1 clients. If you feel you could use support as you explore your own frustrations and create a more empowered, live-giving reality for yourself and your family, I'd be honored to talk with you.
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Ashley has encouraged me to make educated decisions in my parenting. Without Ashley, I wouldn't have changed the trajectory of my decisions regarding the delivery of my son, which ended up being the most empowering experience of my life.
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Subsidy: FG may deduct N2.4tn palliative from Federation Account, plans talks
The Federal Government may deduct at least N2.4tn from the Federation Account to fund the N5, 000 cash palliative that will be handed over to 40 million poor Nigerians after the fuel subsidy has been removed next year.
This is just as The PUNCH learnt on Thursday that the list of poor Nigerians on the Federal Government's National Social Register had surpassed 42 million and may hit 43 million by December. This implies that the figure to be spent on the subsidy palliative may hit N2.58tn in one year.
When contacted on the telephone on Thursday on how funds for the N5,000 palliative would be sourced, Yunusa Abdullahi, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, referred The PUNCH to a statement by his principal after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
In the statement, Ahmed noted that the funding would come from FAAC allocations. FAAC which is headed by the Minister of Finance, comprises Commissioners of Finance from the 36 states, representatives of revenue-generating agencies such as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Department of Petroleum Resources, Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Customs Service among others.
These revenue-generating agencies are expected to remit a specified amount of their revenue to the Federation Account which will be distributed among the three tiers of government.
FG to negotiate with FAAC members before deduction
Ahmed, however, noted that negotiation was still ongoing.
"So these are things that we are still in negotiation because it's still money that would have to come from the Federation Account. So everybody that is a member of FAAC will have to agree on the numbers."
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, had on Tuesday announced at a World Bank event in Abuja that the subsidy on petrol was not sustainable.
He said the Federal Government would in 2022 remove petrol subsidy paving the way for the sale of the product for between N320 and N340 per litre.
Also at the World Bank event, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning said the subsidy was not benefitting the poor.
According to her, to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal, the Federal Government will give a transport grant of N5,000 each to between 30 million and 40 million poor Nigerians.
The N5000 transport palliative planned to be disbursed to 40 million Nigerians means the Federal Government will be spending a total of N200bn every month on the initiative. Since the government has said the initiative may last for 12 months, it follows then that the scheme will gulp N2.4tn in one year.
Meanwhile, impeccable sources in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, told The PUNCH that the government had already identified 42 million poor people hence the sharing of the N5, 000 would not be cumbersome.
One of the sources explained that all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory sent a list to the ministry every month which is computed into the National Social Register.
The official, who wished to remain anonymous because he was not authorised to speak, said, "The 40 million that the Federal Government is referring to has actually risen to about 42 million. These are the poor people we have identified over the years. Their names were sent to us by the ministries of planning in the various states.
"They send updates to us every month and then we add the names to our social register. As of today, the figure is about 42 million and is expected to hit 43 million by next month."
When asked how the beneficiaries are paid, the official said there were some remote areas that lacked Internet or financial facilities and so they were handed cash.
"The National Cash Office would identify some vendors that would then hand over the cash to these poor people. We know that there are some people who are so poor that they don't own phones or have account numbers. We would not deny them of the cash because of their condition. This was how we handed them cash during the COVID-19 lockdown last year," he said.
When asked if the identities of the beneficiaries would be revealed, the official said the policy of the Federal Government was that the identities of such people would not be revealed. He, however, said the states would be in the best position to answer the question since they were the ones generating the list.
"Our Minister, Sadiya Farouq, said during COVID-19 briefing last year that it would not be good to publish names of beneficiaries because of human rights issues. In any case, how would you even verify the identity of someone that was given money in Maiduguri? Would you travel there?" he asked.
Govt must fix refinery before removing subsidy, PENGASSAN insists
In a related development, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria on Thursday warned that increasing the cost of petrol without concluding the ongoing negotiations on the matter would create serious problems.It disclosed this in reaction to the statement made on Tuesday by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, when he announced that petrol would sell for between N320 and N340 per litre from February 2022.
Speaking to one of our correspondents on Thursday on the matter, the General Secretary, PENGASSAN, Lumumba Okugbawa, said the country's refineries must work before fuel subsidy would be stopped.He stressed that this was what PENGASSAN, through its affiliate, the Trade Union Congress, had been telling the government, adding that any attempt to remove subsidy without concluding these issues being negotiated would cause serious issues.
This came as the NNPC distanced itself from petroleum products' pricing functions when contacted to speak on whether it had concluded negotiations with labour unions on matters of subsidy removal.
Asked whether the negotiations between the government and labour as regards subsidy removal had been concluded, Okugbawa replied in the negative.
He said, "They are talking with NLC (Nigeria Labour Congress) and TUC and we are affiliated to the unions. NUPENG is affiliated to NLC, while we are affiliated to TUC. We are all collaborating in the discussions to get a better understanding on this.
"So, no; negotiations have not ended. However, it is not a decision yet, rather they (government) are just planning. But definitely it is going to create serious issues if they do it."
He said the move to hike petrol price to N340/litre was not welcome by oil workers and would be resisted if the government tries to implement it.
"Our position is simple, that it is not a welcome development. Is that the New Year gift they want to give to Nigerians? It will be resisted," he stated.
On claims that the payment of subsidy had been burdensome on government, Okugbawa said this was why PENGASSAN had been calling on government to fix refineries.
He said, "We've said that an import-driven form of deregulation will create this sort of problem that they are talking about, and that what is necessary is local production-driven deregulation.
"We should not be listening to international monetary bodies and others before we take our own decisions. Let's do what we should do by creating more functional refineries.
"They've started a good job by carrying out rehabilitation at the Port Harcourt refinery although the job has not started as such. But we know that we will get there, and then build more modular refineries."He added, "They should encourage more private people to be involved, because you will have to produce locally to handle this issue. Once you are not producing locally, the price will affect you as it is affecting us now."
He further noted that when refineries work optimally, the cost of refined petroleum products in Nigeria would reduce and by then the debate for subsidy might cease.
Okugbawa said, "Prices will reduce very well because there are so many things tied to the importation of fuel such as landing cost, marketers margin and many other margins that are computed.
"But all those will be removed when we produce locally. Since a ship is not going to stay at the ports for days discharging products, all those associated landing costs will be reduced.
"So instead of paying all those, demurrage and others, you will cut them off and these are the factors. We know that when the international price of oil goes up, petrol price will also go up.
"But if we are refining locally and the price of crude oil goes up in the international market, it is to our own advantage. Nothing is too much to invest to ensure that we refine locally. We have been saying this since."
When contacted to tell whether negotiations with labour had been concluded, the spokesperson of NNPC, Garba-Deen Muhammad, stated that the issue of petrol pricing was not the function of the oil firm.
He said, "I wouldn't know because it is a policy meeting. As you know, since the coming of the PIA (Petroleum Industry Act), the NNPC is an operator and marketer.
"So I really don't know the status of the discussion. In any case, price issues are policy matters. NNPC does not fix price, it has no mandate. It operates in the sector as a business concern governed by CAMA Laws."
Meanwhile, the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies has vowed to resist the removal of subsidy unless the government increases the national minimum wage to reflect the projected hike in fuel pump price estimated to sell at N342 per litre in 2022.
The union stated that it would not have issues with the planned removal of subsidy as advised by the International Monetary Fund, if the Federal Government increased the minimum wage by at least 300 per cent.
The Secretary-General, Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, said this in a telephone interview with The PUNCH on Wednesday.
Olorunfemi argued that the planned fuel price hike would drive up the cost of goods and services by over 300 per cent, insisting that the government should be ready to increase the minimum wage to N200,000 from the current N30,000.
The SSASCGC scribe said, "If they (FG) must do this (increase the pump price), minimum wage must be increased by 300 per cent. That's the least we can accept. If we do a thorough calculation, the minimum wage, based on the 2015 salary structure, should be N30,000.
"The increases that have occurred from 2015 to date and that's the percentage increase that we should be talking about.
"If the prices of goods and services have increased by 400 per cent, then we should be talking about N120,000 minimum wage. And by the time they remove this subsidy, it would further increase by another 300 per cent. So, we should be talking about N200,000 minimum wage.
"If they are ready to do that, they can go ahead with the IMF directive but if they can't do that, let's remain the way we are."
Olorunfemi, who is the Chairman, Trade Union Congress Political Commission, flayed the government for its lack of innovative thinking, adding that the FG's cluelessness has wrecked the economy and push up inflation to record levels.
FG yet to meet conditions for subsidy removal – Union
The union which has over 20,000 members further submitted that the FG has not put in place the necessary structures or meet the conditions that would make subsidy removal palatable to Nigerians.
According to him, the nation is still grappling with inadequate road and rail infrastructure, inadequate housing, stressing that the IMF advice would further impoverish Nigerians.
He asked, "Where is the rail to Lokoja or Okene? The only one they have done is from Abuja to Kaduna by the last administration. So many conditions will determine whether this thing (fuel subsidy removal) will work or not and I think it is time for this government to realise that they cannot be leading them by the nose to anywhere and they would continue to follow.
Speaking in the same vein, the National President, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Dr Tommy Etim, said the planned subsidy removal was not acceptable to his association.

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Photodegradation of the "novel" brominated flame retardant tris-(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-s-triazine
Dominique Lörchner, Matthias Koch, L. W. Kroh, Robert Köppen
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) comprise a class of structurally diverse compounds that are functionally related and used in materials to reduce the flammability of polymers. Due to their global distribution, potential persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity most of the BFRs of the first Generation are banned or restricted, and replaced by new ones. However, based on similar properties these new compounds may also pose a serious risk by causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. These alternative BFRs were grouped into two classes: "novel" and "emerging" BFRs. Emerging BFRs are defined as compounds that have been identified in any environmental compartments whereas novel BFRs are only detected in materials and/or goods above 0.1 wt.-%. The environmental fate of these alternative BFRs is partially unknown. Over the past years a multitude of studies on the photodegradation of BFRs in environmental matrices have been conducted to assess the photochemical behaviorBrominated flame retardants (BFRs) comprise a class of structurally diverse compounds that are functionally related and used in materials to reduce the flammability of polymers. Due to their global distribution, potential persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity most of the BFRs of the first Generation are banned or restricted, and replaced by new ones. However, based on similar properties these new compounds may also pose a serious risk by causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. These alternative BFRs were grouped into two classes: "novel" and "emerging" BFRs. Emerging BFRs are defined as compounds that have been identified in any environmental compartments whereas novel BFRs are only detected in materials and/or goods above 0.1 wt.-%. The environmental fate of these alternative BFRs is partially unknown. Over the past years a multitude of studies on the photodegradation of BFRs in environmental matrices have been conducted to assess the photochemical behavior and fate in the environment. The photolytic debromination reaction is particularly induced among BFRs by UV exposure. The novel brominated triazine-based flame retardant tris-(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-s-triazine (TTBPTAZ) (Table 1) is a BFR that is mainly used in acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and high impact polystyrene. Ballesteros-Gómez et al. detected TTBP-TAZ in 8 of 13 plastic parts of consumer products and in 9 of 17 indoor dust samples but the photochemical behavior and fate is not known until now. The results of the present study, focused on photodegradation processes were performed for the first time for TTBP-TAZ to identify the photolysis intermediates and products to assess the environmental fate.…
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NASA Will Send Your Messages To Aliens Into Outer Space
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
Last year, when Voyager I left our solar system for the lonely pastures of interstellar space, it carried a message for extraterrestrial life: A golden record containing images and words selected by Carl Sagan and others. But that was almost 40 years ago. Now, NASA is making a whole new message from the Earthlings of 2014. And it wants your messages.
Back in 2006, NASA launched a space probe called New Horizons. This little craft was designed to study Pluto and its moons—which it'll reach sometime next summer. Right now, New Horizons is some 300,000,000 miles away from Earth. But thanks to an idea from Jon Lomberg, who was involved in Carl Sagan's original golden record, this little probe will be undertaking a second mission when it finishes up its study of Pluto and its surrounds.
You see, Lomberg realized that when New Horizons finishes sending all its intel on Pluto back to Earth, its system will be left with a whole lot of extra memory. And since we can communicate with the probe—albeit over a lag of, right now, roughly four hours—there's no reason why we wouldn't be able to fill it up with new data. And since it'll be careening further and further away from Earth, perhaps even into outer space, Lomberg suggests that we do something useful with it.
Last year, Lomberg launched a petition to push NASA to consider his plan, and started the New Horizons Message Initiative, an independent project to fund and collect a message for New Horizons to carry with it outside of the solar system.
But last month, they were successful. Space.com reports that NASA agreed to the idea, and the project is officially a go. Like Sagan's golden record, which Lomberg calls "a portrait of the Earth in 1977," this new message will be a portrait of Earth in 2014. And instead of letting a team at NASA decide what goes onto it, the group is soliciting content from anyone on Earth. Space explains:
People from around the world will be able to submit their images and vote on those that should be included in the final message. Lomberg and others will exercise editorial control to ensure that no inappropriate materials make the cut, and NASA will make the final call.
You'll be able to submit your message—be it an audio greeting, a Vine, or hopefully not a selfie—beginning next year.
It's a very cool project, and it's just another example of how citizen-scientists are coming together to participate in NASA missions, a bit like the group that successfully commandeered a long-lost NASA satellite last month.
But it also raises some interesting questions—like how the hell we expect aliens to be able to interpret any of these messages. In a way, these messages "for aliens" aren't really for extraterrestrials. They're for us humans. Just like time capsules, which are rarely useful to the humans who end up opening them, these space-bound messages are all about letting people of the present think about what's important to them about their world at present. Either way, it's a wonderful project. [Space]


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The Wildcats' 2–2 start is the program's first since 1997 and the first time the national champion has started 2–2 since UCLA in 1995.
While top-ranked Duke and No. 2 Kansas did little to hurt their status as early national title contenders, Villanova and Syracuse slid all the way out of the Top 25 on Monday. The Wildcats lost a rematch of last year's championship game with Michigan, then lost in overtime to Furman on Saturday to give coach Jay Wright's team back-to-back losses for the first time in five years.
Indeed, the Wildcats are trying to replace key players Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo and Omari Spellman after last year's championship run. But while a strong recruiting class is trying to find its way, the Wildcats are off to a 2-2 start for the first time since 1997.
They're also the first national champion to start 2-2 since UCLA in 1995.
The Wildcats weren't the only big-time program to take a tumble this week. Syracuse dropped from No. 15 out of the poll after losing to Connecticut and Oregon in the 2k Classic.
''I think in the past few days we grew up a bit more,'' said Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski, whose team played San Diego State in the first round of the Maui Invitational on Monday.
Iowa (4-0) leaped into the poll at No. 20 after beating Oregon and blowing out UConn to win the 2K Classic. It's the first time the Hawkeyes have been ranked since the final poll of the 2015-16 season.


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Одним из главных христианских догматов, касающихся Девы Марии, является тот факт, что она родила Иисуса Христа, второе лицо Троицы, Бога-Слово во плоти, и таким образом, является Богородицей и Матерью Божией.

Под выражением «Матерь Божья» («Мать Бога») понимается не мать превечного Бога-Отца, у которого не может быть ни матери, ни отца (в отличие от античных богинь, которые были матерями других божеств). Вместо этого, большинство христиан верят в то, что хотя Бог-Слово предвечно рождается от Бога-Отца, но воплощается («рождается во плоти») он от Девы Марии. Иными словами, у Богочеловека Иисуса Христа две природы: божественная — от Бога-Отца, и человеческая — от девы Марии.

Богословие
Признание того, что Дева Мария является матерью Иисуса Xриста, который обладает божественной и человеческой природой, связано с признанием того, что Иисус Христос является истинным Богом и истинным человеком. Поэтому отрицание того, что дева Мария является матерью Иисуса Xриста, являющегося и Богом и человеком, искажает идею Боговоплощения, и таким образом, подрывает сами основы христианства.

Святитель Кирилл Александрийский писал, что: «Я удивлён, что находятся те, кто сомневается в том, следует Пресвятую Деву называть Богородицей или нет. Ибо если Господь наш Иисус Христос есть Бог, как Пресвятая Дева, которая родила Его, не Богородица?».

Известный богослов и историк христианства Ярослав Пеликан писал, что Богородица это «та, кто  дала рождение тому, кто есть Бог» ().

История появления термина
Первым известным примером признания в Марии Божией Матери было восклицание праведной Елиcаветы при встрече с Марией: «И откуда это мне, что пришла Матерь Господа моего ко мне?» (). Причём, эти слова Елизавета говорит не по собственному разумению, а по внушению Св. Духа (). Важно иметь в виду, что Елизавета воскликнула «Матерь Господа», а не «Матерь Бога» (слово «Господь» в Библии может быть употреблено и по отношению к Богу, и по отношению к человеку). В данном случае слово «Господь» относится к Иисусу Xристу, который, уже будучи зачат в чреве Марии, на тот момент уже обладал человеческой природой — в дополнение к своей божественной природе (которой он, будучи Богом, всегда обладал).

Позднее, апостол Павел писал о том, что единородный Сын Божий «родился от жены» () и «явился во плоти» ().
Многие Святые Отцы II и III веков так или иначе свидетельствует о Богоматеринстве Марии. Так, святитель Игнатий Богоносец пишет: «Бог наш… по устроению Божию зачат был Мариею из семени Давидова, но от Духа Святого», а Ириней Лионский указывает, что «Сам Он (=Бог), Слово, восстановляя в Себе Адама, справедливо получил рождение для восстановления Адама от Марии, Которая была ещё девою».

Церковный историк Сократ Схоластик пишет, что наименование «Богородица» впервые встречается у Оригена: «А Ориген, в первом томе своих толкований на послание Апостола к Римлянам, объявил, почему она называется Богородицей, и подробно исследовал этот предмет». Вскоре это наименование стало широко встречаться в Александрийской богословской традиции, в частности святой Дионисий, епископ Александрийский писал в 265 году, выступая против учения Павла Самосатского: «Скажи, почему ты называешь Христа отличным человеком, а не Богом истинным и от всей твари поклоняемым вместе со Отцем и Святым Духом, воплотившимся от Святой Девы и Богородицы Марии?». Святитель Пётр Александрийский учил об Иисусе Христе как о рождённом «от Святой Славной Владычицы нашей Богородицы…». Аналогично употребляли наименование Богородица и другие Отцы Церкви, такие как святитель Афанасий Александрийский (330 г.), святитель Епифаний Кипрский (кон. IV в.), Иоанн Златоуст (400 г.) и Августин. К концу IV века наименование «Богородица» стало фактическим критерием православного исповедания веры. Так, Григорий Богослов пишет (370 г.): «Если кто не признает Марию Богородицею, то он отлучен от Божества». Не менее решительно высказывается и преподобный Ефрем Сирин: «Кто отрицает, что Мария родила Бога, тот не увидит славы Божества Его».

III Вселенский Собор
Наконец в 431 году наименование «Богородица» было догматически закреплено III Вселенским Собором: «Кто не исповедует Еммануила истинным Богом, и посему святую Деву Богородицею, так как Она по плоти родила Слово, сущее от Бога Отца, ставшее плотью, да будет анафема». Необходимость догматического признания Богоматеринства была вызвана ересью несториан, которые считали, что Мария родила простого человека Иисуса, в которого потом вселился Бог, и поэтому именовали её Христородицей.

Наиболее деятельным сторонником догмата о Богоматеринстве был святитель Кирилл Александрийский, которому противостоял Несторий. Так, Кирилл писал последнему: «Если слово и излилось из уст и, положим, оно распространилось уже в народе, этому ещё можно помочь пересмотром своих слов. Уверься, что лучшим делом в этом случае будет сказать соблазняющимся слово и назвать Святую Деву Богородицею…». Доказывая, что наименование «Богородица» имеет давнюю традицию, святитель Кирилл писал: «всегда… святая Дева Мария называется Богородицею. …я послал бы к вам много сочинений святых отцов, в которых можно найти не в одном, а во многих местах слова, коими исповедуется, что святая Дева Мария есть Богородица». В послании к Акакию, епископу Веррийскому, святитель Кирилл писал: «Из писаний отцов я вижу, что приснопамятный епископ Афанасий часто называет Её Богородицею; также блаженный отец наш Феофил и многие другие из святых епископов, жившие в разное время: Василий, Григорий, Аттик. Никто из учителей, разумеется православных, не боялся называть Её Богородицею, считая это истинным так же, как истинно, что Еммануил есть Бог». О том же он пишет и в послании к папе Целестину: «…Все, какие есть по всей вселенной православные епископы и миряне исповедуют, что Христос есть Бог и что Дева, родившая Его, есть Богородица…».

Понятие «Богоматеринство» встречается в литургиях Фаддея и Марии и Иакова Праведного.

Распространение в различных течениях христианства
Принятие догмата о Богоматеринстве было ответным шагом на несторианское учение. С тех пор все христиане, за исключением несториан, признавали Деву Марию Богородицей. Лишь в новое время с появлением течений, отвергающих Троицу, часть людей, называющих себя христианами, отвергают Богоматеринство Марии. Таковые в общей сложности среди современных христиан составляют около 1,3 %.

См. также
 Православная иконография Богородицы

Примечания

Литература
 Булгаков С. Н., прот. Купина Неопалимая: Опыт догматического истолкования некоторых черт в правосл. понимании Богоматери. П., 1927.
 Всесвятая: Правосл. догматическое учение о почитании Божией Матери: Сб. работ. [М.], 2001.
 ДВС = Деяния Вселенских Соборов: В 4 т. Казань, 1908—1912. СПб, 1996—1997 Р.
 Догмат о почитании Пресв. Богородицы и Приснодевы Марии: По Стефану Яворскому. М., 1872.
 Игнатий (Брянчанинов), свт. Изложение учения Православной Церкви о Божией Матери. СПб., 1868. Б. м., 1990 Р.
 Православное почитание Божией Матери. Вильмуассон; СПб., 1992.
 Сергий (Страгородский), патр. Почитание Божией Матери по разуму Святой Православной Церкви // ЖМП. 1973. № 9. С. 57-61.
 Bazyli Degórski, Boże Macierzyństwo Maryi a Sobór Efeski i Chalcedoński, "Dissertationes Paulinorum" 2 (1989) 5-16.

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Bengaluru firm to bring creative learning spaces to UK
Vidya Ram London | Updated on January 16, 2018 Published on December 02, 2016
Ravi Shankar, founder, BrainSTARS
One of BrainSTARS' NumberNagar learning spaces
BrainSTARS creates a creative learning space that involves no electronic devices or IT elements
Ask a person in the West what comes to mind when they think of India and education, the reply is most likely to involve either repetitive, rote learning or something involving computers and technology. So the idea of an Indian start-up bringing a creative learning space that involves no electronic devices or IT elements, whatsoever, is likely to be a surprise.
BrainSTARS India, a Bengaluru-based start-up, focussing on maths, science and English education for six- to 14-year-olds, plans to take its innovative products that have been used in schools in India, to foreign shores, specifically the UK, Saudi Arabia and other countries in West Asia and East Africa.
Maths around you
Speaking in London, during a visit to identify pilot schools in the UK, in late November, one of the three founders, Ravi Shankar, is particularly optimistic about the appeal of the firm's first major distinctive product, NumberNagar. It is a maths lab without tables, chairs or computers, but which uses everyday objects on the floor, ceilings and walls to help children connect maths to the world around them.
The BrainSTARS team spent over a year working with mathematicians, architects, psychologists and visual designers to develop the space.
"We've tried to integrate history, geography, sports and more," said Shankar. "Maths is usually considered an abstract subject. We are trying to break with that and say it is all around us, and kids can connect maths to their everyday lives at school, or home or during holidays. Unless we make maths simple and get children to enjoy it, it will continue to be considered abstract, and children will have a phobia."
The company has also started to roll out concept kits, which, like its maths lab, are meant to be adaptable enough to work across age groups in different ways. For example, a set of cubes designed to teach six-year-olds the most basic concepts of shapes, can also be used to teach all the way up to quadratic equations for older children.
Around 50 schools across India — mainly in South and interestingly, largely in tier II cities, where schools have sought to give themselves distinctive features — have adopted BrainSTARS products of one kind or another, across the curricula.
Shankar is confident of making a "good entry" into the British market with the NumberNagar learning spaces within the next 12 months, with the first pilot school likely to be in place by April 2017. Providing teacher training over several years to ensure the best use of the spaces, is part of the company's business model. In the long term, Shankar hopes to have a permanent set of UK-based trainers, too.
While the decision to avoid deploying technology products was deliberate — and a way to make it stand out in a somewhat crowded market ("We want children to walk through, touch, feel, learn, do, create and move forward."), Shankar is hoping to include technology components in the long term — including apps and an analytic engine that would assess the progress of students and teachers (the company is also developing assessments to accompany its products) — to help them develop even better tools.
Still in the concept stage are plans for an artificial intelligence engine that would draw upon the experiences of existing students and teachers, to facilitate artificial intelligence products. "We are very hopeful that a partnership with a UK university is possible on this," said Shankar, who is also looking to the UK for investment for the firm's future plans.
BrainSTARS has already started to present papers on their systems, at international education conferences, and hopes it will be able to collaborate with leading universities, particularly in the UK, to further hone methods for teaching and learning. "Our ultimate aim is to make a difference to a child's life."
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By 9:15 the bus was packed with students ready to go to martial arts and calligraphy lessons. We arrived at the cultural centre at about 9:45 and were greeted by the staff. After we were introduced to the instructor we were split into two groups, one would go to calligraphy and the other would go to martial arts.
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We then walked to the martial arts room and started to warm up. We learnt two defensive moves, a front sweep and a tornado kick. The girls seemed to pick it up quite quickly but the boys seemed to be having a little bit of trouble!
By the time the session finished we all knew the two moves well. We went to pick up our calligraphy and headed to the bus to go to Yum Char at Enjoy Inn for lunch.
We got to try a selection of Chinese dishes and were surprised at how nice they tasted. Some of the dishes there were spring rolls, prawn dumplings, lemon honey chicken, fried rice and stir fried noodles etc. They are very delicious. After lunch we walked to a famous Chinese temple in Auckland. We then explored the outside and took a group photo. Before we went inside we had to take our shoes off .
Once inside we began to realize all the detail that had been put into creating it.
We all enjoyed the trip a lot. We got to experience some Chinese culture that we would not usually get the chance to experience like martial arts. We are sure that everyone would love to go again another time.
This year's Lynfield College Language Perfect World Championship Awards Ceremony at the end of term celebrated the success of the 38 Gold and nine Elite Award winners. The students answered a staggering 461,296 questions over the course of the competition and also came 1st in New Zealand for both Chinese and German.
Lynfield College also won 1st place in New Zealand for the NZALT (New Zealand Association of Language Teachers) section and received a cup presented by Martin East, President of NZALT. This is an astonishing accomplishment and clearly shows the strong value and status that learning languages has at Lynfield College.
.The nine Elite Awards were gained by Darren Ng, Nancy Sun, Scarlett Chen, Min Shyen Tan, Carrie Zhang, Gain, Thawornjira-Angkoon, Bethany Moxon, Andrea Lewis and Sophie Peung. We are all looking forward to the challenge of next year's World Championships and hope to improve further on the success of this year.


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Maiolati Spontini és un comune (municipi) de la província d'Ancona, a la regió italiana de les Marques, situat a uns 35 quilòmetres al sud-oest d'Ancona. És el lloc de naixement del gran compositor musical Gaspare Spontini, el nom del qual es va afegir al nom del municipi el 1939.

A 1 de gener de 2019 la seva població era de 6.201 habitants.

Maiolati Spontini limita amb els següents municipis: Belvedere Ostrense, Castelbellino, Castelplanio, Cupramontana, Jesi, Monte Roberto, Rosora i San Marcello.

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Combined with natural gas production, the oil industry supports nearly 9.2 million American jobs, while providing millions of dollars to the economy through state and local revenue each day. Consider it the energy stimulus: $476 billion delivered to the U.S. economy in 2010—equal to roughly 60 percent of the 2009 federal stimulus. It's a stimulus that didn't require an act of Congress and which, with the right policies, can be repeated over and over—helping to drive broader economic recovery.


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Brazil could follow in the footsteps of neighbouring Columbia and join NATO as a "global partner," Mrs von der Mühll suggested, adding that such alliances "strengthen international stability".
The alliance reached a partnership agreement with Colombia back in May 2017, saying they would cooperate on global security areas like cyber and maritime security, terrorism and links to organized crime.
Columbia is currently the only Latin American nation in the alliance. Other global partners include Afghanistan, Australia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan.
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Essie Stephens Carrington was born October 7, 1903,in Provencal, Louisiana. The daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Stephens, she was one of six children. Essie graduated from Normal State College in Natchitoches and later received a Master's Degree from Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, Texas. As a schoolteacher she used her education in a creative and loving manner.
The Love of her life was Lovice Attain Carrington, Whom she married March 6, 1926, and their union lasted more than half a century. The two of them were parted by his death on May 24, 1977. The Carrington's were the proud parents of three sons, Dr. Stephens D. Carrington, Lovice A. Carrington, Jr. and Dr. Stuart G. Carrington. Eight grandchildren end five great-grandchildren were part of the family that Essie loved so dearly.
Her love for her husband and her love for the church made Essie the ideal preacher's wife. Together they served churches at Sibley, Hall Summitt, Plain Dealing, Lisbon, Benton, Olla, Holly Springs, Carroll Creed, and Noel Memorial. Time was also given serving our country, as Reverend Carrington served the U.S. Army as Chaplain and later as Chaplain at Confederate Memorial Hospital in Shreveport.
Those of you who knew Essie, know what a gracious lady she was. Always the perfect lady, beautifully dressed and never without her special smile that could bring sunshine into any room. Even when failing health required that she spend the remainder of her days in a nursing home, she never lost her beautiful smile.
On September 11, 1987, the Heavenly Father took Essie to her eternal home. Those who knew and loved Essie will never forget this special person and her unselfish life. We give thanks to God for sharing in the life of Essie Carrington.
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06.09.2016 Donate organs? "Say what you think is important!"
Organ donation campaign 2016–2020. The new organ donation campaign focuses on discussion, communication and sharing. It is aimed at sensitising the general public into talking about the subject of organ transplantation with family and friends, reaching a decision for or against organ donation and communicating this decision. Only those who express their will can be sure that their decision will be respected by their relatives. The FOPH is launching the campaign in cooperation with the Swisstransplant foundation.
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Opinion polls show that the majority of people living in Switzerland have a basically positive view of organ transplantation: 80 percent can imagine donating an organ, but no more than 14 percent possess a donor card. Many have not yet made up their minds, nor have they informed their families of their wishes. The aim of the 2016–2020 campaign is to persuade people to address the subject of organ donation, reach a decision on it and inform their families accordingly. In cases in which the will of the deceased is not known, their families are asked to decide. This makes an already difficult situation all the more trying for them.
New website, new TV commercial
The new website, www.leben-ist-teilen.ch, and a new key image that underpins the principal message – the appeal to share and communicate – are central elements of the campaign. Among other material, the revamped organ donor card and the associated brochure can be ordered or downloaded from the website. A new feature is a duplicate donor card that can be passed on to families as documentation and as a reminder. The TV commercial is a further new element: It shows people who, in out-of-the-ordinary situations, are courageous enough to raise the subject of something they consider important. "Say what you think is important. Any time. Any place" is the appeal. To have a better chance of reaching younger age-groups, the new campaign makes greater use of social media than before. The aim is to multiply the decisions of individuals into a movement that, in the course of the campaign, will draw in more and more people and prompt them, too, to make up their minds about organ donation.
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The campaign benefits from a strong partner in the shape of the Swisstransplant foundation. Further partners such as medical practices, pharmacies or drugstores will be integrated into the campaign over the next four years. As it is, a range of material such as dispensers containing organ donation brochures or stickers for window displays can already be ordered from www.leben-ist-teilen.ch.
"More Organs for Transplantations" action plan
The organ donation campaign is enshrined in the "More Organs for Transplantations" action plan, which in turn is part of the Swiss Government's overall "Health 2020" strategic agenda. The action plan aims to utilise the potential for organ donation more effectively and increase the donation rate.
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Certain sectors of the population are particularly vulnerable in terms of harm to health, owing either to their physical or emotional constitution (e.g. disability, mental illness, addictive disorder, pregnancy, advanced age, migration background, etc.) or to their socio-economic situation.
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Balloons.IO is a web multi-room chat server and client ready to use. It's build with the help of node.JS, Express, Socket.IO and Redis. Balloons uses easy-OAuth for authentication with Twitter. The user interface looks pretty slick. It is released under MIT Licesne. You can install it on your own server for free easily.
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Llanthony (,  ) is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, South East Wales, United Kingdom.

Location

Llanthony is located in the Vale of Ewyas, a deep and long valley with glacial origins within the Black Mountains, Wales, seven miles north of Abergavenny and within the eastern section of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The village is on an unclassified road leading northwards from Llanvihangel Crucorney to Hay-on-Wye.

History and amenities
Llanthony Priory is situated here. This dates back to about 1100 when a Norman nobleman Walter de Lacy was inspired by an existing chapel to devote himself to solitary prayer and study. He was joined by others and a church was built on the site in 1108. By 1118, a group of about forty monks from England built the priory of Canons Regular, the first in Wales. It was constantly being raided by the Welsh and was soon in decline, and after Owain Glyndŵr's rebellion in the early 15th century, it seems to have become barely functioning. In 1481 it was formally merged with its daughter monastery at Gloucester then was later suppressed by Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.

The Priory became one of the great medieval buildings in Wales, being built in a mixture of Norman and Gothic architectural styles. It is a Grade I Listed building, being "an important medieval monastic ruin with high quality surviving detail."

The area is popular for hillwalking, pony trekking, Horseback riding and mountain biking. The Offa's Dyke Path passes above on the ridge which forms the border between England and Wales.

Notable residents
The painter and illustrator Reginald "Reg" Gammon (1894–1997) was a hill farmer here for twenty years.

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Llanthony Priory in the Vale of Ewyas: the landscape impact of a medieval Priory in the Welsh Marches

Villages in Monmouthshire
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Q: Automatically install a project in the local repository? I'm trying to work around a maven bug MDEP-187 ( https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-187 ) by not using workspace resolution.
This forces me to do a mvn install for all my dependencies, I'm doing this by creating a launch configuration in eclipse with goal install.
The problem is that i have to create a launch config for every project in my multiproject workspace, in addition to install i have to manually call every launch config and run it. Which just doesn't work.
Is it possible to automatically install a project in the local repository? (whenever i update my code)

A: If you don't need to run dependency:copy in Eclipse, you can use following work-around:

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*Add a profile to your pom.xml, something like this:
<profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>copy</id>
        <build>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.10</version>
                    <executions>
                        [...]
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        <build>
    <profile>
</profiles>

*Enable workspace resolution in Eclipse.
Then Eclipse will not use dependency:copy, but you can use dependency:copy with command line: mvn install -P copy.

A: I did go with @khmarbaise solution:

But than you need to can handle the whole thing via
  maven-assembly-plugin which can create archives / folders with all the
  dependencies. Apart from that a swing ui must be started somehow which
  will need some kind of shell script / batch file which you can create
  by using appassembler-maven-plugin...And it sounds like you need to go
  for a multi module project in maven..cause you might have parts like
  core, ui, etc. which are needed to be combined in the end.
@khmarbaise i was in the understanding that the assembly-plugin didn't
  support putting dependencies in a lib/ folder (just putting everything
  in 1 big jar), but after a little bit of trying i just go myself a zip
  with a runnable jar and my dependencies in a lib/ folder. Tomorrow i'm
  going to read a bit more about the assembly-plugin. I'm happy ;-

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Warren G Asks Def Jam To Return His Masters
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West Coast legend Warren G's fight for his master recordings continues as he sends another message to Def Jam Records.
It's always hard to see an artist faced with the harsh reality that they don't actually own their master recordings -- especially for those who already wary of the industry's more predatory practices. For Warren G, who recently took to Instagram to challenge his former label Def Jam, it would appear he's got a long fight ahead of him. Though he maintains that he has love for the historic label, he remains adamant in his request which mainly centers around the complete return of his master recordings.
"I hate when shit get blown out of proportion," he begins. "I got love for Def Jam all I was saying is that it's only right that my masters be returned to me after all I did for the label, that's it. It's other catalogs 10x bigger then mine they can continue to have. It's been almost 30 years." Sadly, it's hard to imagine this one ending nicely for the legendary West Coast artist -- for one, think of the precedent it would set if Def Jam acquiesced. Still, the idea that Warren does not hold ownership over his own music, and thirty years worth at that, is a tough pill to swallow.
We can only hope that Warren finds the resolution he hopes to achieve; it's becoming abundantly clear that ownership is one of the most important pieces of a rapper's arsenal, and seeing the game's OGs having to pay the price for lopsided deals is something that simply shouldn't happen. Send some good vibes to Warren G, as his cause surely is a righteous one.
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Average Affordable Care Act premiums in Wisconsin would have been 56% higher this year without temporary subsidies from the federal government, and small-business advocates say a new extension is a big help when smaller firms are trying to get back on their financial feet.
The Inflation Reduction Act included a provision to extend the ACA's premium subsidies through 2025. The extra tax credits are from an earlier pandemic relief package and were set to run though this year.
David Chase, vice president for outreach at the Small Business Majority, said the extension removes a lot of headaches during a complicated time for owners of smaller operations.
"Only about half of small businesses are able to offer coverage," he said, "and we've seen that number drop even more since the pandemic, which makes the Inflation Reduction Act even more important."
Since its inception, Chase said, the Affordable Care Act has been a game-changer for small businesses but acknowledges owners still face challenges. He said health-care costs continue to rise, with one recent analysis noting marketplace insurers already were proposing premium hikes for 2023. Policy experts have said the subsidy extension will help buffer those higher expenses.
Shawn Phetteplace, the Wisconsin-based Midwest regional manager of the Main Street Alliance, said the extension is especially helpful here, because Wisconsin is still among the 12 states that have yet to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. He said that adds barriers for small business owners trying to build a staff these days.
"A lot of folks go and do jobs - that they're working for large corporations purely to get health insurance," he said. "You have folks who don't start a business because they need health insurance. You have folks that only are part-time with their business because they need health insurance."
The Inflation Reduction Act also will allow Medicare to negotiate some drug prices. Analysts have said that also could help small business owners in the future, because skyrocketing prices have made it harder to select a plan to offer to their staff.
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West Virginia lawmakers are clamping down on corporations trying boost environmentally and socially responsible investing. A new report by EcoConsult Solutions finds their actions will likely cost taxpayers at least $9-million, and perhaps as much as $29-million dollars annually. Senate Bill 262, passed last year, restricts the state from investing in companies deemed to be energy boycotters. Among those boycotted include BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.
Jim Kotcon, chair of the West Virginia Sierra Club, said restricting long-term financial investments in the form of bonds could end up costing residents and taxpayers by reducing the amount of money the state has for public services and programs.
"This appears to be an effort by the state government to help bail out the coal industry and to deny the real cost of climate change on West Virginia citizens," Kotcon said.
More than two dozen states are suing the federal government over a U.S. Department of Labor rule change on environmental, social and governance, or ESG, in workplace retirement accounts. The rule allows 401(k) providers to consider climate change and other issues when making investments.
Kotcon said environmental groups believe state investment funds should take into consideration environmental and social factors, especially since West Virginia communities are struggling to cope with increased flooding and extreme weather events driven by climate change.
"It has become sort of an extremist initiative," he said, "trying to penalize financial institutions that are attempting to do the right thing."
More than a dozen states so far have passed or have pending bills that would pull state funds from investments deemed to be adverse to the oil and gas industry, according to the report.
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A Minnesota House committee heard testimony Thursday about the governor's proposed spending plan for education. As these talks unfold, public polling indicates voters want to see more dollars go toward improving public schools.
Gov. Tim Walz's plan calls for boosting the general education funding formula over the next two years and tying it to inflation, while adding more staff such as counselors and social workers.
State Education Commissioner Willie Jett touted the overall proposal during the committee meeting.
"We must never lose sight of the fact that a well-supported educator workforce is fundamental and critical to the survival of our schools, and the well-being and academic success of our students," he said.
Nationally, a new American Federation of Teachers poll found 66% of voters think the government spends too little on education, and nearly 70% want to see more funding. The governor's plan closely aligns with education priorities among legislative Democrats. Republicans, who are in the minority this session, have voiced concerns that too much surplus money would go to underperforming schools.
Minnesota is also looking at boosting unemployment insurance aid to include hourly school workers when they struggle to stay employed over the summer. Rep. Emma Greenman, DFL-Minneapolis, said it's encouraging to see more conversation about helping support staff.
"If your district is like my district," she said, "you're hearing a lot about the staffing shortages, about the need for 'paras' - I hear a lot about that from parents and teachers - about the bus driver shortage."
By "paras," she meant paraprofessionals who help in clasrrooms.
In the AFT poll, teacher shortages and unsafe campus environments were listed as among the most serious problems at schools. The survey was conducted in late December and included input from 1,500 registered voters nationwide.
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Gov. Greg Gianforte delivered his State of the State address to the Montana Legislature Wednesday night, discussing his plans for the state's hefty budget surplus.
Lawmakers are looking at a surplus of $2.5 billion. Republican Gianforte's top priority for the money is tax cuts.
Rose Bender, director of research for the Montana Budget and Policy Center, said the governor's proposal disproportionately benefits wealthy Montanans.
"The governor's income-tax cut proposal gives the wealthiest 1% of Montanans, on average, $6,000 each year in tax cuts, while middle-income families or those near the median income receive on average $50," Bender explained.
Bender noted most of the other tax cuts proposed, such as a property tax rebate, also would skew toward higher-income Montanans. However, she said a child tax credit the governor touted in his speech would be helpful for people with more modest incomes. The proposal would provide $1,200 to families with children age six and under, similar to a federal Child Tax Credit, which expired at the end of 2021.
Bender argued the Montana Legislature should do more this session to make health care costs more affordable and invest in child care, which is costly for families. She added other issues need addressing, as well.
"Montana's experiencing a serious housing crisis, and investing some direct state dollars into long-term housing solutions for families living on lower incomes should be another priority," Bender contended.
In his speech, Gianforte also asked lawmakers to focus on education reforms this year, including what he's calling more "parental rights." The session is scheduled to adjourn April 25.
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