Fighting piracy, or removing freedom?
Who's got the most oppressive internet censorship in the world? If you answered USA! USA! USA! you've clearly been listening to Google.
Writing about the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect-IP Act (PIPA), Google co-founder Sergey Brin expressed his disappointment that "the newest threat to free speech has come from none other but the United States".
Brin – and pretty much every other tech exec – is worried that in the name of fighting piracy, SOPA and PIPA will have terrible consequences. The acts would "give the US government and copyright holders extraordinary powers including the ability to hijack DNS and censor search results (and this is even without so much as a proper court trial)," Brin says.
He's not the only high profile figure speaking out against SOPA and PIPA: other critics include Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, Twitter's Biz Stone, YouTube's Chad Hurley, Jimmy Wales from Wikipedia and Yahoo founder Jerry Yang.
Jimmy Wales is threatening particularly extreme action: he's planning to blank every page on Wikipedia US as a kind of virtual sit-in.
Wales says that the tactic has already been tried in Italy and worked very well: "A few months ago, the Italian Wikipedia community made a decision to blank all of Italian Wikipedia for a short period in order to protest a law which would infringe on their editorial independence. The Italian Parliament backed down immediately."
However, we can't help thinking that since Wikipedia started plastering Wales' and his colleagues' sad faces on every page, the prospect of a Wikipedia blackout might seem like quite a good idea.
Critics of SOPA aren't necessarily pro-piracy. Their concern is that SOPA and PIPA are bad laws with potentially disastrous consequences for legitimate websites.
For example, some readings of the legislation suggest that the whole of Wordpress.com could be blocked because of the actions of a single blogger. The legislation could be particularly bad news for social media sites where users upload videos, post links or contribute other kinds of content: as Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian said in a YouTube video, the legislation "threatens not just our internet but our livelihoods."
While the tech industry argued about how best to fight piracy, US comedian Louis CK has been taking matters into his own hands. He's recorded, edited and published an HD recording of his latest show and made it available online for the princely sum of $5 (about £3).
In a message to would-be pirates, CK wrote: "To those who might wish to 'torrent' this video: look, I don't really get the whole 'torrent' thing. I don't know enough about it to judge either way. But I'd just like you to consider this: I made this video extremely easy to use against well-informed advice. I was told that it would be easier to torrent the way I made it, but I chose to do it this way anyway, because I want it to be easy for people to watch and enjoy this video in any way they want without 'corporate' restrictions."
Did it work? The video turned up on The Pirate Bay almost immediately, but the busiest torrent is still fairly quiet: at the time of writing there are 520 seeders and 47 leechers, which is fairly small potatoes for a well-publicised release. Meanwhile Louis CK has sold more than 110,000 copies of the video, which means he's already made a profit of around $200,000 (£120,000).
The big question over Louis CK's experiment is whether the same approach would work for anybody else. CK is a fairly high-profile comedian with a lot of loyal fans, which means – like "pay what you like" MP3-floggers Radiohead – there's a fairly large built-in audience for his work.
It's definitely worked for CK, though: as he says on his website (language may offend): "at this point I think we can safely say that the experiment really worked. If anybody stole it, it wasn't many of you. Pretty much everybody bought it. And so now we all get to know that about people and stuff. I'm really glad I put this out here this way and I'll certainly do it again."


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Samsung will mobilize outside software pros
Han Jae-sun and Song Gil-young
To boost its software center, Samsung Electronics has organized a group of 21 experts in the country's IT industry as official "technology advisers."
The tech giant launched the group Saturday at its Suwon, Gyeonggi factory. The 21 advisers are classified under four categories: Web, cloud, big data and convergence. They include Song Gil-young, executive vice president of Daumsoft, a data mining firm; Kim Pyung-chul, dean of NHN NEXT, an educational institute run by the nation's top portal site operator; Han Jae-sun, founder and CEO of NexR, a start-up specializing in cloud computing platforms; professors from Kaist, Seoul National University, Postech, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University and Ajou University; and researchers at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology.
Samsung will pay them a "sizable amount" in compensation, according to sources.
At the four-hour-long launch event, a Samsung Electronics executive, whom the company asked not be identified, expressed concerns about Samsung, as a top player, distinguishing itself from others.
"Samsung was strong in benchmarking others in the past, but we have no one to follow now," he said. "When I visited the Mobile World Congress in February, it was hard to distinguish which handset came from which company unless I checked the logo."
He also asked the new advisers to "give inspiration and insight for technologies that will lead the future of Samsung," adding that the company would accept whatever ideas they come up with. "Don't be locked inside the frame of Samsung. Feel free to point out flaws, with creative thinking."
The comments signal the changed attitude of Samsung toward outside input. "When Samsung was working with academics in the past, it always designated fields and themes," said one adviser. "This time is different. It has given the advisers full authority. I could feel how desperate Samsung is about strengthening its software sector."
Analysts assume the adviser group stems from Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee's long-held belief in the power of software.
"Managers should pick and train quality software workers. They are the future of Samsung," he said during a visit to the Suwon factory in July 2011.
Following up, the company launched a software center under the DMC Research Center in December 2011. The world's top producer of smartphones, displays and computer memory chips, Samsung is best known for its manufacturing capability. But it has been steadily shifting its focus to software now that progress in hardware is widely acknowledged to have reached a saturation point.
Regarding the Galaxy S4 flagship smartphone Samsung unveiled March 14, Lee Seung-woo, an analyst with IBK Investment & Securities, said, "We need to pay attention to the fact that Samsung is starting to stress software and brand rather than hardware and design."
Its reliance on the Android platform by Google for its smartphones and tablet PCs has also been discussed as a hurdle that must be overcome.
Samsung spent three years developing its own Bada operating system before announcing in February it would ditch the project and switch to a more promising platform called Tizen, a Linux-based open source type jointly developed with Intel.
By Park Tae-hee, Seo Ji-eun [spring@joongang.co.kr]

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about your book, Winter Harvest.
Tagline: There's no going back.
prove to the O'Connor's he's worthy of their love.
critique partner who knew the publishing industry, she guided me to publication.
I believe I already have her as my critique partner, Susan Palmquist.
it and never give up.
Yes. I use my kids a lot and my own childhood.
I've cleaned offices before and worked for Culligan.
Nothing too exciting. Home in bed I'm afraid to say.
Read, surf the net or watch a good TV show.
I'm always ready for a great story.
When I'm alone, I read or watch TV.
Perfect book for the season.
The cover sure fits, Allie! Thanks for dropping by.
I am very proud of my cover. The cover artist did a beautiful job.


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Dutch Painting Looted by Nazis Identified, Seized After Anonymous Tip
Two Dutch Old Masters paintings will be returned to the estate of a German Jewish art dealer.
By Guelda Voien • 12/12/16 3:33pm
Ships in Distress on a Stormy Sea. Courtesy Concordia University, Max Stern Art Restitution Project
Two Dutch Old Masters paintings that the Nazis forced a German art dealer to sell shortly after Hitler took power were recovered in the last year—one the result of an anonymous tip—the Art Newspaper reported.
The German Federal Crime Office found Landscape With Goats, by Willem Buytewech the Younger, for sale in a gallery in Hamburg in May. That painting now joins Ships in Distress on a Stormy Sea, by Jan Porcellis, recovered from an auction house in Heidelberg following the anonymous tip in July. The pair will be returned to the Max Stern Foundation, which is overseeing the attempted reconstruction of the collection of the late, eponymous dealer.
The entities selling the works claimed not to know about their true provenance and worked out a deal with authorities where the amount of compensation they received for the pilfered works, if any, was not disclosed, TAN said.
The Max Stern Art Restitution Project was launched in 2006 with the purpose of recovering works from Stern's collection seized by the Gestapo during WWII, according to their website. 15 of 400 works that Stern was forced to sell when forced to give up his commercial gallery in Dusseldorf in 1935 have been located thus far, TAN said.
Only in November did Germany appoint the first Jewish members of the Limbach Commission, the group that oversees restitution issues related to Nazi-looted art, as reported. Last year, the German state was even accused of selling looted art back to the descendants of Nazi families in Bavaria, in some cases.
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A celebration of Coopers 70th Anniversary & the Members' competition day.
Image below is John Cooper at Prescott in 1948.
2016 Marks the 70th Anniversary of the Cooper Car Company, founded in 1946. To celebrate this significant anniversary The Cooper Car Club has joined forces with the Bugatti Owners' Cub to organise a celebration of Cooper Cars. The event takes place on Saturday the 30th July 2016, almost exactly 70 years to the day when John Cooper and friend Eric Brandon competed with their self built Fiat Topolino based, JAP engined prototype Cooper Mk1, at Prescott's inaugural Post War meeting.
Cooper never looked back and within 12 years Cooper were Grand Prix World Champions with Jack Brabham at the wheel, in the process having completely transformed the design of the Grand Prix car in leading the rear engine revolution.
Having cut their teeth with motorcycle based 500cc Formula 3 cars, Cooper went on to dominate in constructing a diverse range of Formula and Sports Cars. At their peak Cooper were the world's largest dedicated manufacturers of racing cars. They dominated in Formula 1 in 1959 and 1960 with two world championship titles. Production included Formula 2, Formula 3 with 500's in the 1950's to Formula Junior and again with 1000cc screamers in the mid 1960's. Racing sports cars ranged from sublime Cooper-Jaguars to compact 1100cc Cooper Bobtails, 2.5 litre Cooper Monaco's and of course not forgetting the iconic Mini Cooper.
In July we aim to celebrate this success with a range of Coopers from across the years at Prescott both as static displays and competing on the hill. Confirmed entries already include John Coopers son, Michael in his ex Works Jackie Stewart Cooper T72.
Additionally the day will also feature classes for Bugatti Owners' Club Members. Competing cars will include saloons, sports cars and racing cars.
July 30th A National 'B' meeting for the members of the Bugatti Owners Club and the 500 Owners Association, BARC, the Cooper Car Club.
To download the entry list for this event please click here.


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Q: Android prefilled DB Is it possible to supply prefilled SQLite DB to my app? I want to use db as ordinary SQLite db which will have tables filled manually and I want to include it into my .apk file.

A: Yes, include it in your assets folder and copy it into the /databases folder when your application first launches.

A: try this
private void copyDataBase() throws IOException{

    //Open your local db as the input stream
    InputStream myInput = myContext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);

    // Path to the just created empty db
    String outFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;

    //Open the empty db as the output stream
    OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);

    //transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
    byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    int length;
    while ((length = myInput.read(buffer))>0){
        myOutput.write(buffer, 0, length);
    }

    //Close the streams
    myOutput.flush();
    myOutput.close();
    myInput.close();

}

A: Including in the assets folder is one option (Apk size will be increased.)
How about storing the pre-filled db on any cloud storage service provider and downloading the file on the first run of the app?

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Q: MySql to Wordpress Query I need to count the number of value 1 from wp_ul_locked on wp_usermeta i try this code
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) WHERE 'meta_key' LIKE 'wp_ul_locked'");

or
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE meta_key = '1'");
or
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->usermeta LIKE 'wp_ul_locked' WHERE meta_value = '1'");

in this mode return count of all wp_ul_locked not only value 1
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE meta_key LIKE 'wp_ul_locked' = '1' ");

but return empty or error

Where is my error?

A: Well... you have an error on every of your test queries:
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) WHERE 'meta_key' LIKE 'wp_ul_locked'");

You missed FROM
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE meta_key = '1'");

This will return empty, the value of meta_key is never 1
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->usermeta LIKE 'wp_ul_locked' WHERE meta_value = '1'");

This will not work, you put LIKE before WHERE
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE meta_key LIKE 'wp_ul_locked' = '1' ");

This will not work
The correct query will be this one i guess:
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE meta_key = 'wp_ul_locked' AND meta_value = '1' ");

I changed LIKE with an equal, but you can put a LIKE instead of equal here meta_key = 'wp_ul_locked'

A: Your query is wrong. Try this:
$wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(*) from $wpdb->usermeta WHERE meta_key LIKE 'wp_ul_locked' AND meta_value=1 ")


Home › Carved Tiger Figure from a piece of Buffalo Horn, Nice use of Colors.
Scrimshaw Tiger Figure, I love the way the Carver used the Two Colors to bring out the Strips commonly seen on a Tiger, Carved from a Piece of Buffalo Horn.
Width: 1 1/2" Height: 4 3/4" Depth: 2 1/2"


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Last Updated on Mon, 08 Feb 2016 | Feeding Ecology
All woodhoopoes nest in a tree hole. Most cavities are natural, but old nest holes excavated by barbets and woodpeckers are also occupied, and they will rarely use a hole in the ground or a building. Where known, pairs are monogamous, and the male and adult group members courtship-feed the breeding female before egg-laying and continue to provision her and later the chicks during nesting. The female lays and incubates the clutch of two to five gray or blue-green eggs with their oval, pitted shells. She broods the young chicks after hatching, but later leaves them and joins the male or group to help deliver food. The nestlings initially retain the growing feathers within their sheaths, giving them a prickly appearance. Juveniles stay with the parents for several months after fledging, especially in gregarious species where they become helpers. The breeding biology of forest species and those in remote areas is virtually unknown. Woodhoopoes, especially chicks, have a musty odor derived from the oil of the preen gland. When combined with a hissing, head-waving, threat display and excretion of copious smelly feces, this deters predators at the nest or roost. In the green woodhoopoe, the odor is the chemical product of a symbiotic Enterococcus bacterium, unique to woodhoopoes and only discovered in 2001. In addition to repelling potential predators, it also has a hygienic, antibacterial effect.
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Accommodation - Peru
The perfect home from which to visit the ancient city of Machu Picchu nesteld in the surrounding mountains rising steeply from the valley. This four-star boutique hotel, located in the town of Aguas Calientes, is accessible by rail from Cusco. Characterised by a warm and cosy atmosphere enhanced by the locally crafted décor and workmanship, it comprises of 30 rooms and three suites with a jacuzzi and private balcony overlooking the Urubamba river. Local products from the Andes form the base for the delicious cuisine served at the restaurant.
Other accommodation in Aguas Calientes
Pueblo Inkaterra Machu Picchu
The Inkaterra Machu Picchu hotel is a sprawling village of Andean casitas on the edge of Aguas Calientes town with its own entrance over a small bridge from the main town. It has been named as one of National Geographic's Unique Lodges of the World. The hotel has 85 casitas and 2 villas, all beautifully decorated with traditional and tasteful furni...
Apurimac Canyon
Cachora
Chachapoyas
Gocta Falls
Chicama
Chalhuanca
Misminay
Pampa Hermosa Jungle Reserve
Suasi Island
Salkantay
Sicuani
Tarma
Chaparri
Visit the gunboat Yavari on Lake Titicaca and learn how it made its way from a Liverpool shipyard to the world's highest navigable lake.


I have been blessed with a BFF who is hilarious and I am proud to call her my sister! We have a joke that I have known her "most" of my life! I was 9 years old when my sister was born and we are inseparable! As you can tell by our picture above, we went through a lot of hair products in the early 90's! Erin is my son's Godmother and this photo was taken at his Christening. Right behind us is my Mom, Dad, and Great-Granny Annie, adorable! Erin was also my Made of Honor, 27 years ago! She was a baby at fourteen, but the most perfect choice for me! Wow, that was a long time ago!
My kids are so lucky to have the cool Aunt who always was helping out when they were young!
I love this picture of us! Sort of shows our personalities! My Dad always calls us Day and Night because our personalities are so different but it works for us! BFF's!
Growing up was a lot of fun, especially in the mornings! We would sit around the kitchen table and talk about our plans for the day ahead! Every morning, Erin and I ate a bowl of Cheerios™ and milk for breakfast! Even today, my sister and I still love to sit around the kitchen table, eating our Cheerios™ , talking about old and news times. Things have really changed since these pictures were taken. I'm a Mom with four kids and my sister is a Mom to a beautiful 3-year-old daughter. Guess what, my kids and niece love Cheerios™ too!
Here are our two munchkins together! They have the same beautiful relationship that we do and their age difference is quite similar. If you couldn't already tell, Erin was at work and I was in charge, thus the reason my niece is wearing both a floatie and swimmies( those are my very technical terms for flotation devices) and I had her barricaded in the shallow end of the pool,where she can actually stand. When your Auntie is in charge, one can never have on enough flotation devices.
Erin works long hours as a nurse and I am super proud of her and all of her accomplishments! I respect her work ethic and despite working 13 hour shifts, she comes home and jumps right in to being a great Mom! That is why I was so excited to discover something wonderful at Walmart ! I was shopping for cereal and I saw a unique message on boxes of Cheerios™ !
On the box, it said, Buy One, Give One Free, Share With Someone You Love and I had to check it out! I found out that there are specially marked boxes of Cheerios™ being sold only at Walmart. Inside those specially marked boxes is a code. Enter that code online and send an e-card to a special someone so they can get a free box of Cheerios™ at Walmart! So I immediately thought of Erin! I just had to do this for her! Its fun and super easy to do! I decided to also make her a batch of Cheerios™ No-Bake Cereal Bars that we have made since we were kids!
I made these with Erin when she was younger. I still make them for us, my kids and my niece. They are very easy to put together and just set in the refrigerator for an hour or two and you have a delicious cereal bar! We make these with Cheerios™, peanut butter, dried cherries, roasted nuts, agave, and light butter.
Spray an 8 x 8 square pan with nonstick cooking spray. Add in the cereal, dried cherries and honey roasted nuts, stir to combine. Add the peanut butter mixture.I microwave the butter, agave, and peanut butter for one minute and then stir. I check after another 30 seconds to see if the mixture is combined.
I place the pan in the refrigerator for at least one hour and the Cheerios™ No-Bake Cereal Bars are ready to eat! How easy-peasy is that and everyone is happy!
Thank you for always sharing my passion and love for food, family, and fun!
With whom would you share a Buy One, Give One Free, box of Cheerios™?
An easy no-bake cereal bar to prepare without needing to bake. Only a microwave to warm the ingredients.
Spray an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
In a microwavable bowl, combine the creamy peanut butter, agave, and light butter. Microwave on medium heat for 1 minute. Stir the mixture. Microwave another 30 seconds if necessary. The mixture should be melted.
Pour the melted peanut butter mixture over the Cheerios™. Combine the ingredients to fully cover the cereal mix. Press into the pan with the back of a spoon.
Keep them covered in the refrigerator.
Those bars look so good! I absolutely love it. It's great to have such a positive influence in your life, I loved seeing all of the family photos.
Wow! You guys really love your cheerios, it is so lovely to see that you call each other BFF's and the bond between you all is adorable!
A BOGO deal on cereal is always a good thing. I also love that you included a cereal bar recipe. I bet they are super yummy, and cheaper to make than the ones you buy!
It is so wonderful that you and your sister have such a close and enduring relationship! Thanks for the cereal cars recipe, too – it looks yummy!
Being so close with your sister is such a blessing! And those cereal bars look so yummy!
These look delicious! And this is the sweetest story about your sister. I am glad you all are so close!
It's so nice when you have friends that you feel this close to. I have always said that sometimes friends are the family that you would have chosen if you had been given that option.
My sisters are my best friends, too. They were like my babies before I had my own. This post made me miss them! I lvoe Honey Nut Cheerios. Those bars look yummy.
I think I read somewhere that cheerios are gluten free. Is that true? I love the concept of buy one give one.
What a wonderful way to celebrate your relationship with your sister! And I love Cheerios! I need to find that promotion that says buy one get one and stock up!
You are so lucky to have a great relationship with your sister! I can't wait to try the recipe above.
What a sweet post and a fun idea! I have not made those bars before, but they look really good.
This is such a great post! Very nice to have some good stories to read every now and again. I am an only child so I always think it would be nice for my kids to have aunts and uncles.
That is so sweet. I've always wished I had a sister and love how close sisters are. I'm glad that I had 2 girls who could love like that. We eat cheerios at our house A LOT!
There's just something about Cheerios that feels like home 🙂 . Your sister sounds like a wonderful person. From a cancer survivor, please thank her for beinga nurse. I don't know how I would have gotten through chemo without my nurse.
I will Heather, continued good health for you as well!
I think that every woman should have the opportunity to have a sister. I love my sister more than anyone in the whole world!
Now I know exactly what tasty treat to make with my sister's little munchkins when I visit them at the end of the month. Can't wait to enjoy some sister and niece and nephew time.
I'm visiting my sister and her munchkins at the end of the month, and I can't wait. I know they love cheerios, so we might have to make this fun snack.
I have a sister that is 9 years older too. I love that we are so close now that we are older. Cheerios of course are in every kids life including my kids.
I haven't made cereal bars in ages! i would share a box with my mom, sister or daughter!
My sisters and I are best friends, too! Those cereal bars look delicious and seem prefect to make on weekends for a busy week.
Yum, these look like a fantastic afterschool snack for my kiddos! We love Cheerios over here!
Those cereal bars are so yum! I am going to make those for my kids because I think they will really like them.


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16+17. Disaster's in The Air - Sydney tour & Rugby defeat.
After the tower, we walked to Harbour Bridge and the Opera house. We wanted to spend some more time at this site, but the weather was getting cold so we decided to head back to the suburbs.
In the evening, we went to a sports bar to see, quote: "The rugby final of the Century (Aussie Rules!!!)". The people at the sports bar were excited to say the least, and we actually enjoyed it quite a lot even though we knew nothing about rugby. Watching an authentic rugby game with the locals is a must whenever you visit Australia. And since you probably will not be very familiar with the teams, it will not affect you if your team loses… which is exactly what happened this night. People were Fuming!
We believe that this may have contributed to Vedran's cousin's mood when we returned home because he began picking on Dilek more than usual. Tonight was also the night of the infamous LGBT discussion (see previous article), which had repercussions for our family for years to come. Once again, we strongly want to emphasize that we believe in equal rights for EVERYONE, regardless of orientation, color, ethnicity, religion, gender etc. Our message is one of happiness, love, and understanding.
Top100Wonders.com aims to spread knowledge of our world through Big history, science, and the incredible wonders we find around our planet. We are more alike than different - the proof is in our work.
Due to the events of the previous evening, we decided to spend the next day re-grouping and re-charging energy levels. Although there is nothing we love better than exploration, long-time travel can at times put a strain on you. It is important to recognize the signs and give yourself a break.
Nowadays, our routes and travel schedules are extremely tight (often 20+ flights/destinations in a couple of months), leaving little to no room for rest. But that is because we feel we have the experience and background research to handle anything that may come our way. Having said that, we make sure to add one or two extra days to our agenda whenever we visit a strategic location. This is to allow ourselves back-up days in case we were not able to investigate or document the particular wonder. There could have been a delay in flights, the weather conditions may have been too poor for documentation, or perhaps we arrived at a bad time to get footage.
Your young guides, at the time these events took place, were fortunately exploring a relatively easy route and had no particular deadlines. Hence, we could allow ourselves some rest. In the evening, we had some traditional Australian BBQ with different types of meats. We also went to the movies with some friends to cheer us up.
Not Impressed??? As time goes on, it takes more and more to impress you? The things that used to give you that WOW-feeling, simply are not as impressive once you become more experienced. That is the reason it has taken us 12 years to finally publish our Top100Wonders.


I came across another voice for the featured female section of the site , Inelia Benze. I have only listened to a couple of her videos so far, one that she did recently at a Meet and Greet in Santa Barbara California.
Her message is that of raising vibrational awareness on the planet via personal development. She talks about not looking in the outer world for solutions or saviors, in other words be the change.
That we should go within and learn to stand on our own two feet so to speak. She has a lovely speaking voice that makes listening a pleasure for the ears.
Like many of the voices out there she is coming from a place of unity consciousness , she talks about processing our fears, bringing them into the light to be dealt with.
She is essentially talking about the shadow work that we all must do if we want to grow and expand our perspective of reality. This is something you cannot pass on to someone else, its a process that the individual must take responsibility for.
She says if you want to raise your vibration , you need to let go of the baggage that holds you in these lower fear based vibrational states .
Inelia tells us that a shift in consciousness is occurring where we can let go of the ideas that this reality is a solid place, and that we are stuck with some sort of pre determined destiny.
Its a new paradigm , we no longer need to go through pain and suffering anymore to learn, we can manifest a reality that is in alignment with our highest joy.
By Simply Being , being more of who we are , we are helping to stabilize the field, helping to soften things up a bit so we don't have to go through cataclysms, this is the work each of us can do within to help raise the collective vibration.
Check out the books below by Inelia Benz !
So take some time sit back and listen to the lovely voice of Inelia Benz.


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How to stream 'Rick and Morty' Season 4 Episode 4 without Mr. Meeseeks' help
You won't need an interdimensional cable hookup either...
When Morty Smith gets a dragon on Rick and Morty, it leads to some predictably fiery results in Season 4, Episode 4. How can you watch what's probably a Dungeons & Dragons crossover episode, especially if you don't have cable? Here's your streaming guide to Rick and Morty Season 4, Episode 4, plus everything we know so far about the upcoming episode.
In the preview for Season 4's fourth episode, a fiery eruption breaks through the floor in the Smith family living room, and Rick complains, "that's the end of the 'Morty gets a dragon' episode." Rick promises to "slay it," and then we see him cursing out a red dragon laying atop a pile of gold and other treasure. He attacks like a ninja from the ceiling while a hologram distracts the angry lizard, and that's all we know about "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty" beyond the typically nonsensical description: "Morty gets a dragon in this one broh. It's a wild ride broh."
Fans don't want to miss this "wild ride." So how can they make sure they watch?
The obvious answer is to tune in via live TV with a cable subscription on Cartoon Network right at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, but if that's not an option, there are other methods.
We're almost certain that this sequence also happens in Episode 4. Adult Swim
There's also the live simulcast on Adult Swim's website if you'd rather watch on a computer or other device, but you still need a cable log-in for that.
If 11:30 p.m. is too late at night and you do have a cable subscription, you can watch after the fact via Adult Swim's official Rick and Morty page or the Adult Swim app. Not all cable providers are supported, however. The list of eligible providers includes Comcast, DirecTV, and AT&T. (My cable provider, Optimum, is unfortunately not included, but it allows me to watch episodes after the fact on demand.)
Translation: Just because you have cable doesn't guarantee that you can use it to watch Rick and Morty after it airs, so you might want to stay up late to watch.
There's always the option of buying episodes via YouTube, Amazon, or iTunes — or getting a discount on pre-purchasing the entire season — but what can you do if you're truly desperate?
Pornhub has become a popular hub (pun intended) for Rick and Morty Season 4 piracy, but the website has been cracking down harder and harder on such practices. Project Free TV, Muchoflix, and similar sites also host pirated episodes of the series that are technically illegal, so when they're detect by the network, they often get taken down rather quickly.
We urge our readers to go through the proper channels to watch Rick and Morty Season 4. If you're willing to wait, all of Rick and Morty Season 4 might be added to Hulu's library by May or June 2020, depending on when the back-half of Season 4 airs.
If immediacy and efficiency is your focus, and cost not an issue, then there are non-cable methods of watching live TV:
AT&T TV Now, Hulu with Live TV, FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV should all work for watching Rick and Morty Season 4 as it airs. FuboTV allows subscribers to watch episodes on-demand after they air, so perhaps the greater convenience might tip the scales when you're making the decision.
If only you could watch 'Rick and Morty' on a device like this. Adult Swim
Chances seem high that the episode with the dragon also features some dungeons, like one scene from the Season 4 trailer where Rick uses a magic device to transform goblins into inanimate objects and Summer's there in some high fantasy cosplay.
"I've recorded this one about four times," Summer's voice actor Spencer Grammer tells Inverse. "Summer has a smaller part that continued to get bigger, then scaled back, and then back to bigger again. This episode wound up being a good Summer episode but obviously a good Rick and Morty episode too. There's a dragon situation — that's already been out there."
When asked if this was also the episode with the aforementioned Summer ranger cosplay, Grammer offers a hesitant, "Maybe?" She adds that "maybe it'll be a fun cosplay Summer?"
Grammer assures us that she hasn't seen the episode yet and can't say for sure either way, but the "logic checks out" when it comes to making the connection between a dragon and Ranger-Summer marching through a dungeon. All of these things have to happen in the next two episodes anyway because they were both featured in the trailer for the first half of Season 4.
Are we about to see a bonafide Rick and Morty crossover with Dungeons & Dragons as the show pokes fun at high fantasy in the same way it did heist movies in Episode 3? Almost definitely. We just hope Rick doesn't hate D&D as much as he hates heist movies.
Rick and Morty Season 4 airs Sunday nights on Adult Swim at 11:30 p.m. Eastern.
Rick and Morty can survive without Justin Roiland
Critical Role's best campaign is finally becoming an animated series
Dungeons & Dragons trailer is the closest we'll get to playing the real game (with hot celebrities)


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.. Copyright 2018 Paul Fultz II
   Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
   (http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

Examples
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.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    example_print
    example_overloading
    example_polymorphic_constructors
    more_examples

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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//
//  File: %host-encap.c
//  Summary: "Linux Encap Facility"
//  Project: "Rebol 3 Interpreter and Run-time (Ren-C branch)"
//  Homepage: https://github.com/metaeducation/ren-c/
//
//=////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////=//
//
// Copyright 2012 REBOL Technologies
// Copyright 2012-2016 Rebol Open Source Contributors
// REBOL is a trademark of REBOL Technologies
//
// See README.md and CREDITS.md for more information.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
//
//=////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////=//
//
// This host routine is used to read out a binary blob stored in
// an ELF executable, used for "encapping" a script and its
// resources.  Unlike a large constant blob that is compiled into
// the data segment requiring a C compiler, encapped data can be
// written into an already compiled ELF executable.
//
// Because this method is closely tied to the ELF format, it
// cannot be used with systems besides Linux (unless they happen
// to also use ELF):
//
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format
//

#ifndef __cplusplus
    // See feature_test_macros(7)
    // This definition is redundant under C++
    #define _GNU_SOURCE
#endif

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <poll.h>
#include <fcntl.h>              /* Obtain O_* constant definitions */
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <assert.h>

#include "reb-host.h"

#include <elf.h>

//
//  OS_Read_Embedded: C
//
REBYTE *OS_Read_Embedded(REBI64 *script_size)
{
#ifdef __LP64__
    Elf64_Ehdr file_header;
    Elf64_Shdr *sec_headers;
#else
    Elf32_Ehdr file_header;
    Elf32_Shdr *sec_headers;
#endif

#define PAYLOAD_NAME ".EmbEddEdREbol"

    FILE *script = NULL;
    size_t nbytes = 0;
    int i = 0;
    char *ret = NULL;
    char *embedded_script = NULL;
    size_t sec_size;
    char *shstr;

    script = fopen("/proc/self/exe", "r");
    if (script == NULL) return NULL;

    nbytes = fread(&file_header, sizeof(file_header), 1, script);
    if (nbytes < 1) {
        fclose(script);
        return NULL;
    }

    sec_size = cast(size_t, file_header.e_shnum) * file_header.e_shentsize;

#ifdef __LP64__
    sec_headers = cast(Elf64_Shdr*, OS_ALLOC_N(char, sec_size));
#else
    sec_headers = cast(Elf32_Shdr*, OS_ALLOC_N(char, sec_size));
#endif

    if (sec_headers == NULL) {
        fclose(script);
        return NULL;
    }

    if (fseek(script, file_header.e_shoff, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
        OS_FREE(sec_headers);
        fclose(script);
        return NULL;
    }

    nbytes = fread(sec_headers, file_header.e_shentsize, file_header.e_shnum, script);
    if (nbytes < file_header.e_shnum) {
        ret = NULL;
        goto header_failed;
    }

    shstr = OS_ALLOC_N(char, sec_headers[file_header.e_shstrndx].sh_size);
    if (shstr == NULL) {
        ret = NULL;
        goto header_failed;
    }

    if (fseek(script, sec_headers[file_header.e_shstrndx].sh_offset, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
        ret = NULL;
        goto shstr_failed;
    }

    nbytes = fread(shstr, sec_headers[file_header.e_shstrndx].sh_size, 1, script);
    if (nbytes < 1) {
        ret = NULL;
        goto shstr_failed;
    }

    for (i = 0; i < file_header.e_shnum; i ++) {
        /* check the section name */
        if (!strncmp(shstr + sec_headers[i].sh_name, PAYLOAD_NAME, sizeof(PAYLOAD_NAME))) {
            *script_size = sec_headers[i].sh_size;
            break;
        }
    }

    if (i == file_header.e_shnum) {
        ret = NULL;
        goto cleanup;
    }

    /* will be free'ed by RL_Start */
    embedded_script = OS_ALLOC_N(char, sec_headers[i].sh_size);
    if (embedded_script == NULL) {
        ret = NULL;
        goto shstr_failed;
    }
    if (fseek(script, sec_headers[i].sh_offset, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
        ret = NULL;
        goto embedded_failed;
    }

    nbytes = fread(embedded_script, 1, sec_headers[i].sh_size, script);
    if (nbytes < sec_headers[i].sh_size) {
        ret = NULL;
        goto embedded_failed;
    }

    ret = embedded_script;
    goto cleanup;

embedded_failed:
    OS_FREE(embedded_script);
cleanup:
shstr_failed:
    OS_FREE(shstr);
header_failed:
    OS_FREE(sec_headers);
    fclose(script);
    return b_cast(ret);
}


Majella Fowler: "My name is Majella Fowler, and my PT is Stephan Venter from Aurora Active in Bowral (Australia). During 2014, I had commenced training and fundraising to enter the New York City Half Marathon on behalf of the Heart Foundation. It was a huge commitment financially and physically. I was devastated when 3 months from my event I was diagnosed with a stress fracture and my foot was placed in an orthopaedic boot. I thought that I would be unable to train, unable to compete, and also let down all the people that had made donations on my behalf to the Heart Foundation.
Stephan developed a programme for me on the AlterG that meant I could train without compromising my foot whilst maintaining my muscular and cardiovascular fitness. This was amazing, as I could train even in the last weeks of wearing the orthopaedic boot. Stephan was amazing, and he donated time and developed programmes for use on the AlterG daily, when required. The programme was safe and he adapted the programme to suit my physical constraints. Stephan made every day fun and, even whilst running for many hours at a time, he managed to develop programmes that maintained my interest. He went above and beyond any PT I have ever worked with and I am aware that he spent many hours of his own time liaising with AlterG technicians to develop programmes to enable me to compete. He even sent me to America with a care pack!!!!!!!
Aurora Active is a positive zone. No policeman-wannabe trainers yelling at you and making you generally making you feel like you are less fit than they are/you should be/you committed to be/you will be. If you didn't already know this, you wouldn't be there to start with.
Aurora Active is friendly and personal. A maximum of 3 other souls per session means that you get the attention you need to maintain the correct technique and get results. If you aren't getting results, it gives you the attention you need to complain to someone about not getting said results and for that someone to address potential reasons for a lack of said results so that the said elusive results become actual results.
Aurora Active is appointment-based. This means it is commitment-based.
Aurora Active rehabilitates injuries and helps you return to your former glory (provided that you had a former glory… if not, it will help you get a new glory).
Aurora Active has an awesome orange wall and colourful kettlebells. If I was strong enough, I might steal one and use it as an ornament in my house. I'm not sure committing a felony is an ideal fitness goal though.
Susan: "I am training at Aurora Active because it ticks all the boxes for my Exercise regime at this point in time and I am loving it!
It's about the "E"s! Stephan, you are so Energetic, Enthusiastic and Encouraging and the program we are on is Enjoyable, Efficient and hopefully Effective, given time. The fact that I can share with a friend, do an early morning session, that it is over and done within half an hour or so and that it is not costing a fortune is Exactly what I have been after.
Martin Cooper: "My name is Martin Cooper, and I have been working with Stephan Venter and the team at Aurora Active for almost a year. I am a 19 year- old distance runner, and like many young athletes, I have experienced a variety of injuries. Using the AlterG at Aurora has allowed me to raise my training ceiling, adding more mileage than I was capable of before. It has been an integral tool in my progress, and my performance has benefited from it.
Tracy Clinch: "May 2014 I was at the peak of my training and preparation for the Goldcoast marathon. I had just been selected for the state team to represent NSW for this event being the Australian marathon championships. Five weeks out from the race, I was feeling the best I ever have, confident to achieve the goal I had been working towards the past six months. It was at this time I had a terrible encounter with a dog, that decided to jump out in front of me, throughout a training session one morning. I came off second best, falling to the concrete ground and sustaining a fracture to my left elbow. Being a physiotherapist, I knew what impact this would have on my race plans.
The impact and jarring effects on my elbow running on land would have been too much and potentially interfere with the fracture healing process. I was still determined to make it to the start line, so looked into training alternatives. Bike? Deep water running? AlterG! The AlterG would be the single best simulation to allow training to continue. I contacted Stephan at Aurora Active in Bowral, and he was more than happy to help me out with this process. I did a three-and-a-half week block before being ready to return to running outside. I made it to the start line of the marathon with as minimal fitness loss as possible and a healed elbow.
Sarah: "I have actually signed up to a gym once and went a couple of times.
Make a booking today to find out why Aurora Active is not another GYM.
Rehabilitation exercise promotes mobility, functional ability and quality of life.


Bacteria quickly grow on teeth and are difficult to remove. They feed on sugar found in candies, fruit, and soda pop. They also feed on carbohydrates, which are abundant in breads, pastas and potatoes. The bacteria ferment sugar and carbohydrates to produce acid that dissolves enamel and produces a hole (ie cavity) in the tooth. Carbonated beverages accelerate the formation and growth of cavities.
The last teeth in the mouth and the space between the teeth are areas at greatest risk of cavities. Cavities form on teeth that are routinely missed by daily brushing and flossing.
Once the cavity gets through the enamel, it will continue to grow until it is removed and a filling is placed. Cavities can grow quickly or slowly depending on the person. Some people have saliva that is highly acidic. These individuals may get many cavities despite good oral hygiene and dietary control.


Happiness is not simply a coincidence, it is a conscious choice. If we take our needs seriously and live accordingly, we can be good to ourselves, our family, our friends, our colleagues, the society.
You might not always be able to change the reality, but you are able to change your attitude towards it. This is ultimately the way to a happy life. And who wouldn't want that?
Have you ever wondered if some of your life decisions were based on your conscious and free choice? What if you had possibilities to think, decide and act differently?
NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) is based on the thought of freedom of choice and leading a life based on conscious decision-making.
I first came across NLP in the summer of 2010 out of pure curiosity. Little did I know that it would change my life forever 6 years down the road. I first started the basic NLP training course, and then simply carried on every year within the NLP cycle: practitioner, master, master-coach in 2013 and trainer in 2015.
My initial motivation in 2010 was to make my life more authentic, happier and based on MY needs and goals. What started as a personal journey was so amazing that it motivated me to go much further.
a happy, fulfilled and authentic life.
NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It was developed in California in the 1970s by the computer programmer Richard Bandler and the linguist John Grinder and it has since then been continuously developed and extended.
We experience the world through our senses: seeing, hearing, touch, feeling, smell and taste. We process through those channels through our brain and the nervous systems.
Clearly refers to language that we choose either consciously or subconsciously. How we communicate with others and ourselves.
We think and behave every day according to a structure and a sequence. If we start to understand the structure we can also influence the outcome.
What do we gain from NLP?
My approach is simple, transparent and honest. I use NLP techniques because they work. We get results fast and they are long lasting. They are versatile and can be used in both personal life coaching and in business coaching.
NLP is all about language and communication. How does our language influence our thinking and acting? How do we communicate in our daily private and business life and how do third parties perceive us?
NLP is about lasting and constructive change. It is solutions-oriented. It is not interested in analyzing and dissecting a "problem", but rather focuses on finding satisfactory outcomes for you.
What does the job market need? How to find out what careers are out there? What are the do's and don'ts of a job application?
Several interactive workshops answered these and many other questions at the Lycée des Garçons Esch.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying "make me feel important". Never forget this message when working with people".
All aspects of communication (within or outside our organization) how to get our message across, simplify and target our message effectively.
In collaboration with the KOM-Akademie, I offer certified NLP trainings. There are held in Saarbrücken and trained in German. Check out the latest dates of our trainings here. English NLP training sessions can be provided upon request.
5 steps to put your New Year's resolutions in practice.


Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, PMLR 89:246-255, 2019.
We study the problem of hypothesis testing between two discrete distributions, where we only have access to samples after the action of a known reversible Markov chain, playing the role of noise. We derive instance-dependent minimax rates for the sample complexity of this problem, and show how its dependence in time is related to the spectral properties of the Markov chain. We show that there exists a wide statistical window, in terms of sample complexity for hypothesis testing between different pairs of initial distributions. We illustrate these results in several concrete examples.
%X We study the problem of hypothesis testing between two discrete distributions, where we only have access to samples after the action of a known reversible Markov chain, playing the role of noise. We derive instance-dependent minimax rates for the sample complexity of this problem, and show how its dependence in time is related to the spectral properties of the Markov chain. We show that there exists a wide statistical window, in terms of sample complexity for hypothesis testing between different pairs of initial distributions. We illustrate these results in several concrete examples.


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greeter: a guide : where to go, what to see. (32)
register table of contents - a (15)
greeter: a guide: where to go, what to see. (11)
"go to a law school" (8)
register table of contents - a, b (8)
mary mcleod bethune gives a speech (5)
black-and-white photograph of clara louise guild while she was a teacher at sanford high school. (4)
greeter: a guide -- where to go, what to see. (4)
anderson, sarah a. (3)
ballentine, frank a. (3)
&lt (69)
advertising -- florida -- orlando. (48)
orlando chamber of commerce -- travel -- guidebooks. (48)
travel writing -- guidebooks. (48)
orlando (fla.) -- maps. (42)
black and white photography -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (35)
women -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (27)
students -- african americans -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (19)
men -- florida -- daytona beach -- photographs (18)
ca. 1970s (9)
189-? (5)
19 -- ? (4)
Title: A
3 men in a boat, Bird Island.
Canoes and canoeing -- Florida -- Windermere -- Photographs.;
Bird Island (Fla.) -- Photographs.;
Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- Windermere -- Photographs.
Black-and-white photography of three men in a canoe on the lake at Bird Island, Windermere (Fla.) Text on front of photograph: "45, 3 men in a boat, Bird Island."
[Photograph of fruit growers with crates of oranges and a horse-drawn cart.]
Citrus fruit industry -- Florida -- Photographs.; Oranges -- Florida -- Photographs.; Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- Photographs.; Horse-drawn vehicles -- Florida -- Photographs.
Black-and-white photograph of crates of oranges and a horse-drawn cart in an orange grove. Photograph is from a collection of 30 photographs related to orange groves and the orange growing industry.
Photographic scrapbook of Helen Steinmetz.
Scrapbooks -- Florida -- Winter Park.; Black-and-white photographs -- Florida -- Winter Park -- Photographs.; Outdoor photography -- Florida -- Winter Park -- Florida -- Photographs.; Portrait photography -- Florida -- Winter Park -- Photographs.
Helen Steinmetz photographic scrapbook of life in Winter Park, Fla. Helen was a student of Rollins College from 1902-04, and the photographs document this time period. The photographs are blue prints of black-and-white photographs.
The B-Cean, 1967
College yearbooks -- Florida -- Daytona Beach; Bethune-Cookman University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Periodicals; Bethune-Cookman University -- Periodicals;
A college yearbook printed partially in color and in black and white, which commemorated the previous school year's events at Bethune-Cookman College. The yearbook includes lists of faculty and staff, officers of administration, and members of the...
The John B. Stetson University DeLand Florida
John B. Stetson University--Photograph collections
1928 John B. Stetson University viewbook.
John B. Stetson University DeLand, Florida. Business College Announcement and Catalog
Stetson University--Curricula--Catalogs; Universities and Colleges -- Curricula -- Florida -- DeLand -- Catalogs
1915-1916 (31st annual) John B. Stetson University Catalogue supplement. Includes a description of the Business College with a list of administration and faculty, a list and description of programs and classes, and a schedule of fees and tuition.
Business College Announcement and Catalog
1917-1918 (33rd annual) John B. Stetson University Catalogue supplement. Includes a description of the Business College with a list of administration and faculty, a list and description of programs and classes, and a schedule of fees and tuition.
A college yearbook printed mostly in black and white, which commemorated the previous school year's events at Bethune-Cookman College. The yearbook includes lists of faculty and staff, officers of administration, and members of the Board of...
John B. Stetson University DeLand Florida
1910 John B. Stetson University viewbook, with pictures of various campus buildings and scenes.
Sandspur, Vol. 21 No. 27, May 15, 1920.
College of Law Annual Announcement
1914-1915 (30th annual) John B. Stetson University Catalogue supplement - College of Law. Includes a description of the College of Law with a list of administration and faculty, photos of campus buildings, a list and description of programs and...
Stetson University, DeLand, Florida
The Stetson University 1912-1913 College of Law annual announcement. Includes a description of the College of Law with a list of administration and faculty, photos of campus buildings, a list and description of programs and classes, fraternal and...
Stetson University, DeLand, Florida College of Law Annual Announcement
1917-1918 (33rd annual) John B. Stetson University Catalogue supplement. Includes a description of the College of Law with a list of administration and faculty, photos of campus buildings, a list and description of programs and classes, fraternal...
College of Law Announcement
1922-1923 (38th annual) John B. Stetson University Catalogue supplement. Includes a description of the College of Law with a list of administration and faculty, photos of campus buildings, a list and description of programs and classes, fraternal...
College of Law John B. Stetson University DeLand, Florida. Annual Announcement
1927-1928 (45th year) John B. Stetson University Catalogue supplement. Includes a description of the College of Law with a list of administration and faculty, photos of campus buildings, a list and description of programs and classes, fraternal and...
1929-1930 (47th year) John B. Stetson University Catalogue. Includes a description of the College of Law with a list of administration and faculty, photos of campus buildings, a list and description of programs and classes, fraternal and academic...
"Wash-ride" Robby and Co., 7 a.m., March 23, 1885.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Photographs.; Black-and-white photography -- Photographs.; Outdoor photography -- Photographs.
Black and white photograph entitled "Wash-ride" Robby and Co., 7 a.m.and March 23, 1885. Photograph contains: Miss Alice Harpole, Miss Alice Ellen Guild, the Reverend A.H. Proffitt (of Maitland, Fla.), George W. Morse, L.F. Iversry and John C....
A college yearbook printed in color and in black and white, which commemorated the previous school year's events at Bethune-Cookman College. The yearbook includes lists of faculty and staff, officers of administration, and members of the Board of...
Orange County primary election results, 1914-1948, and inspector certificates, 1914-1920.
Elections -- Records -- Florida -- Orange County.; Orange County (Fla.) -- Records.; Orange County (Fla.) -- History.
Register containg primary election results and inspectors' certificates. The certificats run from 1914-1920, and the election results run from 1914-1948. In addition are letters, certificates, and records pertaining to the Orange County Board of...


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CD Review: "Black Radio 2" by the Robert Glasper Experiment
Submitted by Wade Fulton Dean on November 1, 2013 - 2:43pm
Oftentimes people ask for change, but then find themselves disgusted when it doesn't come in familiar packaging. This sentiment holds true in regards to how jazz's traditionalists have chosen to react to Robert Glasper, specifically his newly released project Black Radio 2. Whether it is sought or simply happened upon, change can be thought of as atmosphere. It's a presence that cannot be ignored nor denied – merely dealt with. When Wynton Marsalis told the Akron Beacon-Journal in June, responding to a question about Glasper's recent Grammy win, that "I don't think the art form is going to receive anything by being R&B," he echoed a common reaction amongst a sector of traditionalists within the jazz community. In contrast, I hear Black Radio's sound as tapping into a refreshing vein of creativity. Glasper is not trying to simply braid jazz and R & B's aesthetic together. Quite the contrary: he has laid the gauntlet down, challenging us to hear the myriad of possibilities within soul, hip hop and R & B by re-envisioning them from his own consciousness. Jazz just so happens to one of the sounds that have influenced his development up to this point.
Indeed, the narrative emerging from Jazz's conservative nook is quite familiar---and, dare I say, predictable. "It don't swing," they cry. Without hesitation, the dreaded label "smooth jazz" is callously affixed; this is a dismissive gesture meant to disregard any sound that exists outside of the traditionalist's ability and or desire to embrace something new. This line of thinking – brazen in execution yet limited in vision – has situated jazz as an expression of the privileged as opposed a possession of the people. Simply put, jazz seems to be on a suicide mission, content with becoming the soundtrack for catacombs.
Miles Davis warned of this when he said, "I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic." Black Radio 2 is born out of this idea. It is a waypoint in Glasper's sojourn, which aims to open the doors of the establishment's ivory tower while expelling those who have escaped significance by taking up refuge within its walls. Sitting down with the New York Daily News, Glasper spoke to this idea, saying, "The jazz world in general has a problem with not being seen as relevant. But how can you complain when you aren't doing anything to make yourself relevant?" Undoubtedly, Black Radio 2 is born out of Glasper's desire to realign and cement his creativity with relevancy. It is not merely a pivot from his previous album; it is a complete departure, prevalently showcasing subtleties of the contemporary soundscape. Speaking with Texas Monthly, Glasper acknowledged, "It's a straight up R & B album. This is not even a jazz meets whatever record."
The album is overflowing with original compositions. Each one is an icon of groove inspired nostalgia. Tracks such as "I Stand Alone" speak to anxieties and rewards that come from pushing past the marginal confines of sameness and predictability. Featuring Chicago emcee Common and Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump, the song is an expression of unapologetic and unwavering resilience in the face of apprehension. The subsequent track, "What're We Doing," is an exhibition of the importance of the pocket and the possibilities that can emerge from it. Glasper and the Experiment manifest a head-nodding soundscape. From this groove-fertilized terrain, songstress Brandy Norwood blossoms, channeling black music's most celebrated sirens. The lone cover on the album is Stevie Wonder's "Jesus Children of America." Sung by Lalah Hathaway, daughter of the musical genius Donny Hathaway, the selection is a visitation into the muted moments of nostalgia that exist within our musical memory.
These selections exemplify why I celebrate Black Radio and Black Radio 2. This album represents an exciting sound that is being brought to the attention of all who exist outside of jazz's bubble. Indeed, it is a movement: one that pushes back against the idea that hipness is achieved by cementing oneself within yesteryear's cool. We are witnessing an insurgency – a mass of "creatives" who are on a mission to acquaint our ears with a new negotiation of sound. For jazz aficionados, Glasper is showing what the music can do when freed from genre-based expectations. For everybody else, Glasper is introducing listeners to the jazz world's sonic reality while breaking down its air of exclusivity. The Experiment are exposing what has been happening in jam sessions for years – a departure from a codified and played-out mindset in favor of a modernistic modus operandi. Simply put, Glasper, the Experiment and others like them are braiding the sound of radio – the sound of black radio - within jazz's lexicon.
Wade Fulton Dean is a PhD student in Musicology at UCLA. He is an active jazz saxophonist, educator and community activist.
Wade Fulton Dean's blog


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New immigration laws in South Africa
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Are the new immigration laws in South Africa affecting international business? In this post, we will be discussing the new immigration laws in South Africa and whether or not they affect your business in South Africa.
South Africa is considered the most diverse and complex population in the world. According to SA.venues.com "of the 51.7 million South Africans, over 41 million are black, 4.5 million are white, 4.6 million are coloured and about 1.3 million Indian or Asian. About 51.3% are female, and 48.7% male". In 2011, when CENSUS calculated the population of all South Africans, it concluded that the country's population stands at 51.77-million, however this does not include the legal and illegal immigrants who inhabit the land of South Africa.
June 27, 2014 /by Mariam Lakay
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Sleep Shame
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk knows rest is essential. So why does she feel guilty about getting it?
By Tara Michelle Ziniuk Aug. 4, 2021
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The unlikely things I've been stockpiling through the pandemic are rice cakes and clementines, neither of which I'm a huge fan of. Most mornings when I wake up, there's a spread of Styrofoam-like rice cake crumbs and orange peels on a plate on my kitchen table.
This was supposed to be the year my ten-year-old daughter started walking herself to school from our Toronto apartment. Instead, since she's been in school virtually, it's wound up being the year she's started sorting out her own breakfast as I try to sleep. Hence the aforementioned grocery items, neither of which requires cooking or cutting.
The past year has me exhausted. Or, rather, it has me admitting I'm exhausted. There's been something about slowing down and only trying to meet my most fundamental needs—food, water, an income and housing—that has helped me realize my perpetual exhaustion is not a result of a hectic lifestyle, but more so my base level of being.
I live with chronic illness. On any given day, I'm managing fibromyalgia, endometriosis, an autoimmune disorder, disk problems in my lower back and more (without even touching my mental health limitations). Chronically ill folks have long known that we often need more downtime than the average person, either in the form of a calm space, rest or sleep itself. But that doesn't necessarily mean we've always had access to that downtime.
Trying to meet the demands of pre-pandemic daily life—commuting, dealing with ever-epic transit fails, running between one thing and another—didn't help me manage my energy or pain levels. And even though I've always been exhausted, I haven't always been able to sleep.
My sleep problems have ranged over the years: I've been unable to fall asleep, woken up throughout the night, woken up after a few hours of sleep and been unable to fall back asleep, or been unable to sleep all night and finally fallen asleep in the morning, which has been the case for much of the pandemic.
The pandemic has brought all of us a new kind of stress and exhaustion. But being holed up in my apartment for the last year has also meant I haven't had to overextend myself in the ways that I used to. My life and body are down to their most basic functions: I work, parent, cook, eat, sleep, shower, take occasional walks and wash seemingly endless dishes. (I do realize that there's nothing "basic" about surviving Covid-19, mind you.) This simplified routine has helped me manage my chronic pain.
Still, even without the hectic day-to-day schedule that full-time work and single parenting used to involve, I struggle to let myself sleep. When I do sleep, I struggle with the shame I feel around it.
Realizing I have this sleep shame is new to me because letting myself sleep is new to me. I've had life-long problems with sleep. I grew up in a chaotic, often violent household, where nighttime was prime time for things to erupt. I often stayed up to witness the drama, to seek out help, in terror, or to comfort my younger brothers. I lost a parent at a young age and had sleep issues then. I moved out in my mid-teens and balanced full-time school, part-time work and a mental health crisis. With so much going on, sleep just wasn't a priority.
In my twenties, I worked and drank in bars. I was chronically underemployed and kept odd hours. One of my bar jobs involved handing out fliers at an even later-night nightclub once we closed. Another involved regular social pressures once work had ended. At one point in all of this, I dated someone who worked a hotel switchboard job. Days and nights blurred. Sleep happened in small doses, but I never felt guilty about it when it did.
I didn't really start feeling guilty about it until I became a parent. At twenty-nine, I had a baby on my own, a baby who was "easy" by all accounts, other than the fact that she didn't sleep. Not through the night, not for regular or irregular naps. She'd sleep in a stroller or carrier for a stretch at a time, not times I could also rest. Or she'd sleep for short intervals, often directly on top of me. I was regularly sleeping in mere twenty-minute bursts myself. I made a rule that we wouldn't leave the bedroom until a certain time in the morning, just to have some distinction between night and day. My daughter has remained a poor sleeper through her childhood, the reasons for that shifting between growing pains, anxiety and nightmares (not to mention the time we lived above a noisy restaurant).
The restrictions of pandemic life have been emotionally draining, but they've also given my body a break for the first time in as long as I can remember. I'm not experiencing as many symptoms from my chronic illness. Not having to rush to school drop-off or work in the morning gives me time that I didn't used to have to rest. This means I've been waking up late: I'm often drinking my morning coffee when my daughter breaks for her 10:20 AM recess.
Perhaps ironically, feeling better physically has made me feel even worse about needing sleep. No, I was not at work late. I was not seeing friends until late. I was not attending events. I did not have an apartment full of my daughter's friends to contend with. I keep telling myself there's no acceptable reason to be as tired as I am, to be reliant on Full House (and its awful reboot) to entertain my child in the evenings, or to be sleeping in consistently. I feel added guilt because I became a single parent by choice without a lot of external support. Part of me feels like I need to prove this was an acceptable idea, even a decade later.
I also worry that taking rest when I need it will make me seem lazy. I worry I'll seem like a bad parent. I worry I'll seem selfish. I feel guilty for being tired for similar reasons: not being able to be as productive or attentive. And then, ironically, I feel guilty if I let myself sleep. It's a cycle I apologize for on repeat. I go as far as to hide it. Once, my kid called me out for telling someone on a phone meeting that I couldn't meet early because I had to get her ready for school, something she does on her own these days.
I know that if other people in my life felt guilty for sleeping for any reason—including illness, injury, depression, or grief—I'd encourage them not to. Having seen many pain specialists and therapists, I know that sleep is a huge part of keeping one's body and mind intact. And yet, most of us have internalized the idea that sleep is an indulgence.
In a 2016 HuffPost article, journalist and author Poorna Bell wonders why "we persist in this ridiculous idea that existing on as little sleep as possible means you're somehow tougher or more resilient?" She notes that we treat it differently than our other basic needs. "Like eating and breathing, sleep is a necessity for your body," she writes. "Yet we don't give it the same importance. It's an afterthought—something we try and sandwich in if we have the time."
I think much of this belief system comes from weird capitalist pressures that celebrate pulling overnights or working overtime, as though rest is not necessary. We've all heard people talk about being so devoted to their work that they've never taken a day off, or brag about how many hours they've put into a particular project. Most of us buy into this attitude by commending those efforts, praising hard work and gruelling time commitments, even when they're at the expense of someone's well-being. But we can't all manage at this pace—we all have to work within our abilities. And even if everyone could grind endlessly, why would we want to?
Beyond personal considerations, one US study found workers who slept fewer hours were less productive and tended to have more safety issues at work. Poor sleep is costly, too: each overtired worker led to a $1,967 loss in productivity per year. It's a relentless cycle. Even though a good night's sleep boosts our productivity, an obsession with productivity can lead to a lack of sleep—and an accompanying feeling that we should be doing anything but rest.
It doesn't help that the pandemic has created epic levels of stress, which is causing a specific form of insomnia and, in turn, exhaustion. A UK study conducted by King's College around the beginning of the pandemic found that half of the people surveyed were experiencing disturbed sleep. Some people were sleeping more than usual, some people were sleeping less—but in both cases, their sleep quality was waning. Many were having a harder time falling and staying asleep since sleep usually happens outside of clearly defined work and leisure or social time, both of which ceased to exist during lockdown. Burdens like financial precarity and around-the-clock caregiving also contributed to this loss of rest.
Whether we're feeling guilty about it, or repressing that guilt, many people have pretty messed up relationships to sleep—and they only seem to be getting more complicated.
If difficulties with sleep are prevalent in the overall population, they're all the more prevalent among marginalized groups. Socioeconomic status and race, which of course intersect, play into both the duration and quality of one's sleep. When people are navigating systemic oppression on top of the average stressors of the daily grind, managing rest and other forms of self-care can seem, or be, impossible.
Racialized people are more likely to experience "shorter sleep durations, less deep sleep, inconsistent sleep timing, and lower sleep continuity" than white people, according to a study in the American research journal Nature and Science of Sleep. Black, multiracial and Indigenous people are hardest hit by the sleep gap—nearly half of those identifying as such report getting less than seven hours of sleep per night. Another study published in 2015 found that "the high prevalence of sleep disturbances and undiagnosed sleep apnea among racial [and] ethnic minorities may contribute to health disparities."
People of colour are also more likely to do shift work and work overnights, making it harder to prioritize sleep. In Canada and beyond, the pandemic has brought to light that racialized communities disproportionately contribute to essential work, and are more likely to be exposed to dangerous working conditions. Among high-risk health-care workers, disrupted sleep and daily burnout can lead to higher risks of contracting infectious diseases, more severe symptoms and longer recovery periods, according to one study. A single extra hour of sleep lowered these workers' risk of contracting Covid-19 by 12 percent.
There's a method for understanding these kinds of inequities. The "minority stress model" was originally coined to explain how experiencing prejudice related to one's gender or sexual orientation can take a toll on one's health. But the model is also a helpful way to think through how all forms of discrimination, including racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and fatphobia, are quite literally keeping people up at night.
In response, some people are asserting their right to rest. My friend Syrus Marcus Ware is a long-time disabled activist who has taken to speaking of rest as revolutionary. To paraphrase, the philosophy is that people cannot work non-stop to create change without also allowing themselves basic restoration. Rest, he says, is part of organizing a new world.
On the Toronto-based Instagram account @maisiesghost, a popular post suggests different forms this can take. "Rest can look like sleep, or it can look like: being unproductive, time away from draining energies, solitude outdoors, logging off, a limited to-do list, a safe space, letting go." These ideas around self-care challenge a culture that prioritizes "the grind" and the "work hard/play hard" sentiment that has become hard to escape.
Atlanta-based Tricia Hersey, a Black activist, performance artist and community builder, is part of this push, too. Hersey links Black exhaustion, particularly Black women's exhaustion, with Black people's continued oppression. In 2016, she founded The Nap Ministry, "an organization that examines the liberating power of naps." The Nap Ministry considers rest a "radical tool for community healing" and believes "rest is a form of resistance." The project uses performance art and installation to create safe spaces where people can gather to take naps together in public.
During the pandemic, many of us have been talking about the ways in which our "normal" lives revolve around capitalism, endless working and buying and commuting. What would it mean to continue a conversation post-pandemic about our collective well-being, and about rest and sleep as a core part of this? Is it possible to come away from this pandemic with a changed attitude toward sleep?
When I first mentioned the guilt I feel around sleep on social media, I was surprised by how many people said it resonated with them. Jenna Reid, a Toronto-based disability activist, replied that she and mornings don't get along. She wrote that when she does sleep, it's often because of the effects of her medication, but she refuses to get up early and hates talking about it with people—that familiar shame.
Toronto writer KJ Aiello recently tweeted "It has taken me almost forty-two years to come to the conclusion that not being a morning person and crawling out of bed at 11 AM does not, in fact, make me a lazy irresponsible person. It's the best I can do, and that's my boundary. I'll trade sunrise for sunset any day."
Seeing my sleep habits through the eyes of others has helped me understand that feeling sleep shame isn't only unhealthy and unproductive—it's also a form of internalized ableism. I want to live in a world where we're able to give ourselves and each other the accommodations we need. Throughout the pandemic, more able-bodied people have required the types of accommodations that disabled and chronically ill people have needed for a long time, but haven't always had access to. I hope there's some compassion when life resumes and some of us still need those options.
I have other wishes, too. I'd like to see more flexible working hours, and honestly just fewer working hours overall. I'd like to see remote work continue to be an option for those who would benefit from it. I'd like to see more flexibility for parents juggling school commitments and hours, childcare and extracurriculars. And I'd like to have discussions about the role of rest and the reality that we can all use more of it in post-pandemic life.
Rest, I keep reminding myself, is both radical and essential. I have hopes for a post-pandemic future where I can still preserve my physical needs. In the meantime, I'm glad my daughter has breakfast covered.
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk is a Montreal-born, Toronto-based writer and editor. She's been published in Joyland, Taddle Creek, the Best Canadian Poetry 2016, PRISM, Poetry is Dead and elsewhere. She has three books of poetry, most recently Whatever, Iceberg. She is currently the editor of This magazine.


Browse through the PdOC new starters guide to see the wide range of resources available in Cambridge.
The OPdA was established in 2013 to look after the interests of the postdoc community. The OPDA provides advice and assistance on working and living as a postdoc in Cambridge.
The Postdoc Centre @ 16 Mill Lane is your space! It offers a range of helpful information and support to postdocs and their partners/families.
A dedicated team of volunteers can provide information and point you in the right direction if you need any guidance.
The Postdoc Centre also offers free meeting and seminar rooms for postdocs to use, including a board room, seating up to 16, a 40-seat seminar room and a 100sq m multi-purpose room. There is also a common room available with coffee, tea, computer facilities and journal/newspaper access.
The Postdoc Centre is a joint project and houses us, the PdOC Society, and the Newcomers and Visiting Scholars Society.
The University offers an excellent careers service which has recently become a lot more attuned to the needs of the postdoc community. They offer a range of resources, including one-on-one career advice, guides on writing job applications, and various events and training opportunities. There are dedicated postdoc careers advisers for each School of the University. You need to register with the Careers Service to access the resources.
There are training and development opportunities for all staff, from those new to working at Cambridge to those who are more established on their career pathway.
The 'Researcher Development' programme include training in teaching, managing research projects, writing and in developing personal strengths in communicating and working with others.
The accommodation Service is a useful resource which has information on finding properties in Cambridge and temporary accommodation. You will need to register on their site to search for both University owned accommodation and private rental accommodation. The accommodation advisers are very knowledgeable and happy to help with all accommodation related queries.
Since the early 1960s, Newcomers and Visiting Scholars (NVS) have been helping newly arrived University of Cambridge members and University visitors, along with partners and families, to settle in and find out more about Cambridge. NVS organise a calendar of activities for all ages and interests.
Vitae brings together all those with a stake in realising the potential of researchers. Vitae establishes partnerships to champion the needs of researchers and demonstrate their impact on economies and society. Together they develop policy and practice to effect real and lasting change. Vitae provides online information, advice and resources for higher education institutions and researchers on professional development and careers.
UKRSA, in association with Vitae, aims to provide a collective voice for research staff across the UK, through building researcher communities and influencing policy. Lots of useful resources around employability and career mobility.
PdOC is a member of ENPA (The European Network of Postdoctoral Associations) formed in 2016. It brings together postdoctoral associations and individual postdoctoral scientists currently working in Europe.
See here for more information on ENPA and the survey they are conducting.


In the spring of 2018, the Pew Research Center conducted a survey of 12 economically advanced countries which included the United States. They found that most Americans supported and would encourage the immigration of high-skilled people into our country. The survey found that 78% of U.S. adults supported high skilled immigration, which approximates the other countries in the survey. The survey also found that the United States had the largest number of college-educated immigrants in the world, with three times the number of immigrants ages 25 and older with a post-secondary diploma or college degree.
Please review the Pew Research Center's Survey Results, "Majority of U.S. Public Supports High-Skilled Immigration" for more details.


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