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Grandmaster Flash Keeps Getting Tagged By Grandparents on Facebook
Unintended downside to having a name that begins with 'Grand': People who don't know what they're doing on Facebook (old people) will keep accidentally tagging you in photos when they mean to type…
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Unintended downside to having a name that begins with 'Grand': People who don't know what they're doing on Facebook (old people) will keep accidentally tagging you in photos when they mean to type 'Grandma' or 'Grandpa.'
That's what's happening to hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash. Thursday night, he weighed in on the silly Facebook quirk. "It's true I get a lot of posts from Grandmas. Hilarious now I know why — Respect Grandma and Grandpa. P.S. This is Hip Hop!" Grandmaster Flash wrote on his Facebook page."
The Washington Post points out that there's a Tumblr full of collecting the best accidental Grandmaster Flash Facebook tags. The typical post? "Hi, sweetie…just sending you a hug…love, Grandmaster Flash."


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Now, Bell & Ross has set itself a new challenge: to continue experimenting with extreme transparency while adding colour. A number of monochrome movements have been individually produced, intended for the most discerning collectors. A single colour has been used for the main plate, bridges, dial, hands and tourbillon cage, thus creating a customized face for each unique piece.
The first of these three exclusive pieces is black –the signature color of the Bell & Ross style since its creation and a reference to aircraft instruments. It offers the purest of contrasts with the transparent sapphire case and the translucent bracelet. The rubies in the tourbillon cage are the only touch of extravagance in this landscape of sublime purity.
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Our recent upgrade now enables Bulk-Edit feature in our Google App Engine powered Free CRM and Free Online Database Application Builder apps.
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I've been involved in international relations and national security longer than I've been involved in capital markets. Before attending law school and starting out as a bank lawyer, I got a graduate degree in international affairs in 1974. I've closely studied national security threats from the Cold War arms race through Vietnam, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, multiple Israel-Arab wars, the first Gulf War, the rise of al-Qaida, 9/11, the War in Iraq and the rise of China.
All of these issues posed risks to U.S. national security. I've learned to balance these risks and keep them in a longer-term perspective. So when I saw this article claiming that U.S. national security was at greater risk "than at any time in decades" I was a bit skeptical that the situation could be as bad as the headline proclaimed.
However, the author of the article makes a convincing case by reference to a new expert report he describes. The issue is not so much U.S. weakness as it is the rising strength of China and Russia and a host of technological and ideological forces that can be harnessed to that strength.
The list of threats includes cyberattacks, nuclear terrorism (especially from Pakistan), pandemic and water scarcity. One of the greatest threats to the U.S. comes not from abroad but from our internal politics.
Americans are so divided in their politics that it makes it difficult to arrive at solutions to all of the other threats. This article (and links for further reading contained in the article) deserves your close attention.


David Yurkovich began an on-again/off-again career in self-publishing after receiving a Xeric grant in 1996. His Top Shelf releases, Less Than Heroes and Death by Chocolate: Redux enabled him to live off sushi for three consecutive weeks. Having blown his fortune on blowfish, Yurkovich returned to work on various projects including The Bill Mantlo Project, a benefit book for Marvel Comics writer Bill Mantlo, published by Yurkovich's own Sleeping Giant Creations imprint. David and his bride, Dianne Pearce, are currently developing several children's books and graphic novels.


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Призерка Азійських ігор 2018 року.

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Joseph McCann
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the decision was taken to release Joseph McCann.
Leeds East
Richard Burgon

In accordance with the sentence of the Court, Joseph McCann was released on 15 February 2019, after he had completed half (less time spent on remand) of a three-year determinate sentence for burglary imposed on 25 January 2018. On release, he was supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS)

When charged with that offence and remanded into custody on 21 August 2017, he was being supervised on licence by the NPS as part of the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) which he received on 26 September 2008. An offender on an IPP licence is not recalled automatically when he is charged with a further offence or offences. The probation officer will consider whether the alleged further offences, prior offending and the offender's current behaviour show that his risk has escalated to the point where he needs to be recalled to protect the public. The decision on whether to recall an offender is to be based on a robust assessment of risk and to reflect the professional judgment of a trained probation officer.

The NPS has undertaken an urgent review to establish why Mr McCann was not recalled to custody, either when remanded into custody on 21 August 2017 or when he was sentenced on 25 January 2018 15 February 2018. Mr McCann has now been charged with a number of very serious offences committed on or after 21 April this year. This has triggered a mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review, under the Probation SFO Review Procedures. The SFO review will consider in greater depth than has thus far been possible, including by interviewing relevant members of staff, the question of whether Mr McCann should have been recalled to custody when charged with and subsequently convicted of the burglary offence. Typically, an SFO review is completed within three months of an offender being charged with an SFO.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who took the decision not to refer the question of Joseph McCann's release to the Parole Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) scope, (b) timescale and (c) remit is of the urgent review into the reported mistaken release of Joseph McCann.

In accordance with the sentence of the Court, Joseph McCann was released on 15 February 2019, after he had completed half (less time spent on remand) of a three-year determinate sentence for burglary imposed on 25 January 2018. On release, he was supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS)

When charged with that offence and remanded into custody on 21 August 2017, he was being supervised on licence by the NPS as part of the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) which he received on 26 September 2008. An offender on an IPP licence is not recalled automatically when he is charged with a further offence or offences. The probation officer will consider whether the alleged further offences, prior offending and the offender's current behaviour show that his risk has escalated to the point where he needs to be recalled to protect the public. The decision on whether to recall an offender is to be based on a robust assessment of risk and to reflect the professional judgment of a trained probation officer.

The NPS has undertaken an urgent review to establish why Mr McCann was not recalled to custody, either when remanded into custody on 21 August 2017 or when he was sentenced on 25 Jarnuary 2018 15 February 2018. Mr McCann has now been charged with a number of very serious offences committed on or after 21 April this year. This has triggered a mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review, under the Probation SFO Review Procedures. The SFO review will consider in greater depth than has thus far been possible, including by interviewing relevant members of staff, the question of whether Mr McCann should have been recalled to custody when charged with and subsequently convicted of the burglary offence. Typically, an SFO review is completed within three months of an offender being charged with an SFO.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date was his Department informed of the release from prison of Joseph McCann.
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the introduction of beavers in the UK; and of the risk of flooding as a result of their introduction.
Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

The Government is engaged with a number of projects to further our understanding of the impact of beavers on the environment and flooding. We also maintain contact with the Scottish Government to learn from its experience on the River Tay.

The trial reintroduction of beavers on the River Otter in Devon, which started in 2015, will conclude in 2020. The latest annual report from this trial, undertaken by the Devon Wildlife Trust, highlights assessments made on water flows and flood risks. Defra will assess the River Otter trial in 2020 and will seek advice from Natural England.

The Forestry Commission is currently undertaking two enclosed trial releases which will contribute to our understanding of the impacts of beavers on water flow and surrounding ecology.

The Environment Agency is working with a number of projects that are gathering evidence from beaver trial sites to improve our understanding of the opportunities and implications for flood risk management. Natural England and the Environment Agency are working with the University of Exeter to understand how beavers affect water flow in rivers. The results of these trials will inform decisions on future reintroductions of beavers in England

Lord Gardiner of Kimble
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to hill farmers.

Upland farmers are eligible to receive payments under the Common Agricultural Policy's Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). We will pay Direct Payments for the 2019 scheme year on the same basis as for 2018 and plan to allocate the money paid in Direct Payments for 2020 in much the same way that we do now.

Upland farmers can also apply for a Countryside Stewardship agreement, and many receive support through Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship. The current round of Countryside Stewardship is open for applications until 31 July. This includes a specific Wildlife offer for Upland farmers. Capital grants are also available through the Hedgerow and Boundaries grant, which closed for applications on 3 May.

The Government has also pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the Parliament, expected in 2022. The figure includes all EU and Exchequer funding provided for farm support under both Pillar 1 and Pillar 2. Furthermore, all Pillar 2 agreements signed by 31 December 2020 will be funded for their lifetime.

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide further funding to local authorities to tackle potholes in England.
Lord Kennedy of Southwark

The Department for Transport is allocating £6.6 billion between 2015/16 and 2020/21 to local highway authorities for local highway maintenance funding, including £296 million from the Pothole Action Fund, for the repair of potholes or to stop them forming. Further funding will be subject to the Spending Review.

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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have frozen the assets of, and barred visas for, those Saudi nationals and their family members who have been identified as having been involved in, or as having been accessories to, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Asset Freezing is the responsibility of the FCO and HM Treasury, information on individuals whose assets have been frozen can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-financial-sanctions-implementation.

The Government has a long-established practice of not routinely commenting on the details of individual immigration cases.

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Pakistan: Minority Groups
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter sent by 50 members of the European Parliament to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on 30 April warning that continued violation of the UN Treaty on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in respect of the treatment of Pakistan's minorities may compel the EU Parliament to call on the European Commission to suspend all subsidies and trade preferences to Pakistan; and whether they are considering taking similar action.

We are aware of the open letter to Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, in which EU Parliamentarians express concerns about the persecution of minorities and highlight the link to the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+).

The British Government urges Pakistan to make human rights reforms in line with the relevant UN conventions, and to fully cooperate with the EU in the GSP+ process. I raised our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief and the protection of minority religious communities with Pakistan's Foreign Minister and Human Rights Minister during my visit to Pakistan in February 2019. At the UN Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan in November 2017, the UK pressed Pakistan to strengthen the protection of minorities and to explain the steps being taken to tackle the abuse of the blasphemy laws.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of facilitating flexible use of the 5G spectrum by community and independent networks in areas where it is allocated to mobile operators but remains unused.
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port

Government has regular discussions with Ofcom on a range of subjects, including 5G spectrum bands (including 3.6-3.8 GHz band). Government supports Ofcom's recent consultation document on 'Enabling Opportunities for Innovation' and is continuing to engage with stakeholders on the potential impact of a dynamic, flexible spectrum sharing model.

In February the Government published a consultation on its Statement of Strategic Priorities which reaffirms our support for flexible shared spectrum models and the release of additional public sector spectrum are some of Government's strategic priorities. This is key to helping unlock new 5G use cases and enabling innovative solutions to connectivity challenges, including improving connectivity in rural areas.

Lord Ashton of Hyde
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This week we're going to dive into flatpicking on one of the most classic flatpicking tunes there is: Soldier's Joy. Flatpicking is bizarrely fun. Part of that is due to the perpetual motion machine aspect of it. A hugely important part of making that work is employing proper Pick Stroke Theory. Maintaining a relaxed and regular alternating pick stroke will help you maintain an engaging flow as you flatpick a tune.
I'm trying to un-learn some bad habits that I've picked up over the years by tapping eighth notes w/ my foot and making sure a down pick happens on a foot tap, and the up picks on an off beat. I think this is a right way to ensure my pick pattern is correct.
Another question I have w/ respects to flatpicking is how do you relax and get into the zone or flow? Any recommedations or books? I saw an interview where Bryan Sutton said Julian Lage recommended a book from Abby Whiteside and he reads a lot of sports psychology type stuff.
Paul, that is a great thing to practice because it will give you some perspective on what you are actually doing. As soon as you feel that you are able, stop tapping your foot and see if the new habit that you have been ingraining is sticking.
I actually just started reading a GREAT book on this very subject that Bryan Sutton told me about 12 years ago and that I'm just now getting around to: The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey. There is a similar book called the Inner Game of Music that is based on the tennis book, but I would skip it.
Thanks Chris! If you come across any more books/articles about the mental side of playing, please do share.
I'm finishing up The Inner Game of Tennis now and I'm seeing a lot of the connections w/ playing guitar. What do you tend to use as a concentration technique when you're soloing? For me, it's a total catch 22 cause the moment I tell myself to focus and relax it all goes out the window. Gallwey suggested getting tennis players to say "bounce" or "hit" as a type of focusing the mind during play and not letting yourself get too hyper-critical. So I guess I'm interested if there are any tips you could share or you've heard from guys like Sutton, TR, or Norman.
PS: my wife and I are catching the KC show on Sunday. My work (a high school) does a cool think where they give you a little money to do something that'll re-charge your batteries, so we got a babysitter, got some tix for Sunday, then checking out some cool guitars at Mass Street Music in Lawrence before heading home. Have a great show!
Sorry we didn't get to say hi in KC, now that the tour is over I'm getting caught up on my Sonic Junctions and I'm only just seeing this!
I have a few concentration techniques that I tend to use. The first one is making sure that I'm remembering to breathe. There's nothing more foundational than that and yet we sometimes hold our breath and it causes tension. So I have gotten in the habit of taking a calm breath and closing my eyes - even for just a brief moment - before I have to play a solo or a difficult technical passage. I might also check in with my feet's connection to the earth (the connection is always solid) and register if my pelvis feels balanced and neutral (it always does). Basically, I focus by checking in with my body to make sure that all of these foundational elements are ok. Unless something is really wrong, they're reliably always going to be ok. This serves to ground me and bring me to the present.
Hey John, welcome! That's a great idea. Let me ask Mike (the gentleman who runs the ship around here).
2nd question: If possible can music notation be shown?
Music notation would help me with practicing the intervals and hearing them. And it shows the beats.
I leave this to your guidance.
So for Bluegrass, it is played in "cut time, 2/4"; therefore, the eighth notes are counted as two down strokes (the strong beats) from what you are saying, and the sixteenth notes get the up and down beat.
2) I too would love to have regular notation included. I will look into that with Mike.
Great lesson--lots of things to work on and think about. Two quick questions. First, how should we be thinking about the placement of the heel of our palm when flatpicking single notes? Obviously, we don't want to anchor it onto the bridge, but do we want to avoid all contact? If so, how far from the bridge should we aim to keep our palm? And second, where do you typically like to set the action on your guitar? Thanks so much!
1) I do think it's very important that your hand not rest on the bridge or bridge pins. That is the essential transfer point of energy from the strings to the top. Your hand will absorb some of that mechanical energy and you'll essentially be siphoning off some power. That said, if the heel of your hand lightly brushes the pins, it's ok. I think it's OK to let my hand rest on any strings that I'm not playing. So if I'm playing on the 1st string, the heel of my hand may be brushing or even resting on the low strings. That doesn't affect the resonance of the guitar so no harm, no foul.
2) I don't have numbers unfortunately, but I'd say I keep my action just barely below what would be considered medium action. I don't mind a little bit of buzz at times - Tony Rice even told me once that it was important to have a little buzz in your sound - but I try to strike a balance between comfort and sonic practicality. And I'll only get some buzzing if I'm really driving the guitar hard. It really depends on what kind of music you're mostly playing.
In bluegrass, from the little I've seen, it seems like pretty much all the major pickers play with larger body guitars (I'm not great with model types, but from what I have seen, things along the dreadnought lines) and seem to prop there arms up on the body of their instrument. I own/play a smaller body instrument (OM, etc.) which I can't really, so far as I can figure out, prop my arm upon in the same way. It seems like in bluegrass that propping is pretty essential to picking technique. What is there to do? How do I modify my technique to fit this? Should I up and burn the smaller body and swich to a bigger guitar?
I love (and marvel at) the speed and accuracy (not to mention the less technical, more musical/inventive things) you achieve on your instrument. Is all of that possible on a smaller body guitar in the bluegrass style? If so, how do you adjust the technique?
This entire line of questioning may be entirely off base, but any help is appreciated.
Good question. To me, the main reason that bluegrass players play drednaughts rather than smaller body guitars has to do with rhythm playing. If you're playing rhythm in a bluegrass band there's a certian ammount of headroom that's important to have. Smaller body guitars can be every bit as loud as drednaughts, particularly in single note playing, but they don't seem to stand up as well to the, at times, more agressive strumming. I think it has a lot to do with the combination of scale length and body size. OMs have a long scale, but I still wouldn't feel comfortable playing one in a proper bluegrass band for fear that it would peter out on the rhythm front.
As for flatpicking technique, I do rely somewhat on resting my arm on the lower bout on a drednaught, and I do feel temporarily adrift when I first pick up a small body guitar, but I think it's just a matter of what I'm used to. In other words, I don't think that propping the arm up is a essential part of the technique. For instance, mandolin players, who employ a pretty similar RH technique get by just fine without a body to prop against. If it helps you to anchor your right hand against the top in some way (being careful to not induce tension while doing so!) I would encourage to you explore that.
A good small bodied guitar is a beautiful, glorious thing. Flatpick on yours with pride!
Great job, as usual, Chris--if you ever play consecutive triplets, would you do down-up-down/down-up-down or down-up-down/up-down-up ? Do you find either way easier to keep rhythm together?
When playing triplets I will almost always have either a hammer on or pull off embedded inside so that I don't have to do two really fast downstrokes in a row. I'll go deep in triplets and picking in a future lesson.


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You have seen the wellness articles- five reasons to do this one thing every day, why you need to add this product to your life, here's the practice that will change your world. Unfortunately, for me, when I head down the rabbit hole that is the wellness industry, I tend to stress myself out instead of finding something that works for me.
Should algae or collagen powder go in my smoothie? Are these the serums that will make my skin look flawless? What crystals do I hold if I want enough money to support my clothes addiction? Will yoga or HITT make me feel less like a bloated whale? And how much do I need to mediate to keep all these anxious thoughts at bay?
Does anyone else get overwhelmed by all this wellness talk? Yes, of course, I want to feel well, but my head can also begin to spin as I try to keep track of all the "right" things I should be doing for my body, mind, and soul. I'm not looking to give it all up, but I would like to avoid sending myself down an anxiety spiral and ultimately leading myself to wellness burnout.
I'm committed to trying one thing at a time.
So I have this terrible habit- When I am not feeling my best, I turn to the internet for advice on how to fix different areas with a new wellness trend. I end up adding a bunch of new wellness practices to my life to feel better, but after a few days (honestly, two days) I can't keep up, and I decide to quit all the new practices. Now, I am making it easier on myself by only trying one new thing at a time. This makes the whole process more manageable, and I am more likely to stick with it without stressing myself out or feeling pressure.
Quick fixes would be great! I would love to apply a face serum and wake up the next day looking flawless or take a vitamin in the morning and no longer feel the afternoon drag. But that's not how wellness works…. Ugh I know, it's a bummer. Wellness trends use to seem overwhelming when I wanted them to work instantly. Since I wished for instant satisfaction, I spent my time bouncing from one trend to the next. Nothing was working, my medicine cabinet was too full with failed products, and my wallet was empty. Once I finally let it sink in that I needed to practice patience and try something for at least a month before I jumped to the next thing, I gave myself some room, and I found products and practices that genuinely helped me.
I realize that not everything will work for me A big reason wellness trends resulted in anxiety was that I wanted everything that worked for other people to work for me. I forced trends into my life whether I liked them or not because everyone else said they were great. When they didn't work for me, I got super stressed and felt horrible about myself. This was the opposite of wellness. Now I am learning that not every trend will work for me. For example, I hate green juices, and meditation apps aren't my thing, plain and simple. Yes they are encouraged by many, and I gave it my best effort and tried them, but I'm moving on and choosing not to force trends that don't work. Ahh, that feels good!
The reality is that wellness trends are supposed to make you feel better, and if they aren't, something isn't working. Don't get caught up in the pressure to make something work that isn't, and don't stress yourself out by trying to do it all.
With my tips above, I am learning how to find wellness practices that work for my life. I love putting collagen in my morning cup of coffee, I'm trying to walk more during my work day, I keep a gratitude journal, and I have a few vitamins that I take every night. I've stopped trying to "fix" everything at once, and I'm ignoring all the "shoulds" and "musts" and picking practices that work for me.
Ultimately, these practices are helping me feel less stressed by the whole wellness industry and reduce that feeling of utter overwhelm. I hope it helps you too!


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Anyone who has lived in Michigan for more than two weeks and has traveled anywhere knows that the state's road system is horrendous.
However, for those who may be wondering just how bad the roads are, a recent study by Overdrive Magazine's Highway Report Card ranked Michigan's roads as the second worst in the nation this year. We have the dubious distinction of having moved up from third worst in 2009. No. 1 is Pennsylvania and tied for third place are New York and California.
The way things have been going, we'll hit the No. 1 spot unless our state leaders wake up.
The situation is hurting Michigan's efforts to attract businesses that create jobs.
As Mike Nystrom, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association and co-chairman of the Michigan Transportation Team noted in a recent news release, "The quality of our roads remains low because our state government's commitment to our roads remains low. We have the technology and we have the talent to fix our roads, but unfortunately we lack the will. ..."
Also, it's disheartening to note that, according to the association, under the current proposed Michigan Department of Transportation budget, Michigan would leave $500 million of federal aid on the table and cut the state highway program by 62 percent. This decline in funding has forced MDOT to scale back its 2010-14 Five-Year Program, which includes the elimination of 257 road and bridge projects.
Another disturbing development, according to reports, is that the Legislature is considering diverting money from vehicle registration fees to pay for state parks. While we want our state parks to attract visitors from throughout the nation, they could be self-supporting with the right emphasis on promoting tourism.
No, Michigan hasn't done much when it comes to our roads.
Residents who have traveled to other states easily see the difference. For example, a recent video on The Oakland Press Web site included comments about how much better Wisconsin roads are, even though it also is a cold-weather state whose roads take a pounding each winter.
Craig Bryson, public information officer for the road commission for Oakland County, says the reason for the difference in road quality is simple — money.
In Wisconsin, he notes, the gasoline tax is 30.9 cents a gallon, compared to Michigan's 19 cents a gallon. And Wisconsin's rate has been this much higher for years.
If Michigan's gas tax were 30 cents a gallon, Bryson says that would equate to more than $12 million in additional revenue a year just for the road commission.
While we're hesitant to advocate that large of a gasoline tax increase or any kind of similar tax hike, certainly spending more money to fix our roads would yield numerous benefits beyond simply a smoother ride.
As noted, businesses and industries need quality infrastructure to operate.
Whether it's a minimal tax increase, garnering more federal aid or restructuring the state's current operating budget, Michigan needs to do something it hasn't done very well over the past few years — focus on our roads and find some funding solutions.


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My next guest is from the post-LUGNET generation, a college-age wunderkind with a penchant for the machines of war. Carter Baldwin is an accomplished builder, collaborator and veteran of the American convention circuit who has inspired a legion of younger builders with his innovative designs. I sat down with Carter at Pat's King of Steaks restaurant in Carter's home town of Philadelphia at 3am PST. We talked about wine, women and song. We also talked about LEGO.
KG: I've read a few older builders grousing about how all the fancy new parts take all the skill and fun out of building. React to that attitude or to old cranky builders in general.
CB: I actually haven't seen this attitude too much within the AFOL community, but I see it constantly whenever a build leaks out onto the wider internet. Invariably, there will be the 'this is cheating, in my day we only had 2×4 bricks in three colors, and we liked it that way! there's no creativity anymore!' I hate that attitude. Tim Gould made an excellent graphic of all the one-use specialized parts that were available in 1980, but I can never track it down quickly enough to avoid remembering that arguing with internet strangers is a pyrrhic endeavor at best.
I'd agree that the '90s saw a proliferation of useless parts that lead to the well documented juniorization of sets, but the past decade has been a bonanza of amazing new parts. In particular we're seeing a lot more excellent small parts, which really boosts the fine grain detail that's now possible. We're seeing a lot less of the pixelation that used to define Lego builds. Fans of Lego who haven't picked up a brick in a couple decades can't deal with that, but I haven't heard any actually active builders complaining.
KG: How important is it when designing a model that you employ a new technique? Does the want to use a specific technique ever drive a model? if so can you give an example.
CB: It's become less important to me over time. When I first entered the internet community I tried to do that with every build, do something that hadn't been tried before, or at least do it better than I'd seen it.
I think now I build shapes rather than techniques. I have enough of a library of tricks that I don't have to worry too much about how to achieve a connection, but forcing all those connections to form the shape I want is the new challenge. My Golem Hardsuit would be a good example; I knew the shapes I wanted to achieve; the techniques I came up with to get there weren't particularly exciting or novel.
And, in the end, I cribbed a ton of ideas from Chris and Rabadan.
KG: You recently took part in a popular and imitated Flickr Group called called World In Confict:2070. Describe this group to our readers and your experience as a participant of the group?
CB: World in Conflict started about two and a half years ago as a general repository for the various unconnected faction sorts of things that a bunch of us had floating around at the time – my own NATO faction, Craig's South American Coalition, Forest's amoral PMCs, Dane's biomechanical atrocities, and others. We certainly didn't start the trend of faction building – NickDean is probably the best known originator, but I'm pretty sure people have been building private armies for as long as Lego has had greyscale bricks.
Once we had all these factions under one roof, naturally the next step was to slug it out. We developed a complex ad hoc system that was part model UN, part wargaming, and part tabletop-style roleplaying and carved out a cyberpunk storyline that meshed with our collective vision for our imaginary universe. Since this was a long-term and long-distance group, we couldn't simply play BrikWars in order to determine tactical prowess; instead, we built scenes to depict our movements on a more strategic scale.
As much fun as we had with slaughtering the other sides cannon fodder and blowing up tanks/bunkers/cities, the really interesting thing that came out of the game was the storytelling. Due to the interest in the stories of the scenes we built, we created a public group for others to follow the WiC narrative, and I think it's the persistent narrative of the game universe that inspired a number of similar groups.
World in Conflict is two years old now and starting to show signs of winding down – while the game has always had lulls in activity between spikes of conflict, this latest hiatus has been particularly stubborn and long-lasting. But fans who have been watching the storyline don't need to worry; there are plans to end at least the current incarnation of WiC with a proper finish.
Read the full interview after the jump!
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Ninjago: 70502 Cole's Earth Driller [Review]
When I was buying sets to review, I had wanted to purchase 70501 Warrior Bike, but unfortunately wasn't able to get it, so I settled instead for 70502 Cole's Earth Driller, which is similarly sized. Although I still want to get the Warrior Bike eventually, I'm happy I got Cole's Earth Driller, because it turned out to have more interesting pieces than I'd thought. It has 171 pieces, and retails for USD $19.99.
The set consists of a lone bad guy, and the eponymous earth driller, driven by Cole, who always gets the black vehicles in the Ninjago color-coded universe. Inside the box are three bags (not numbered), the instruction book, and a sheet of stickers. Now, those who have read my previous reviews know I'm not a fan of stickers. But I applied all save one (the canopy sticker) of the stickers that came in this set. They were simply too cool and too useful for me not to apply (though I'd still rather have printing). The best of the lot was easily the big sand green sticker which goes just under the front of the cockpit. I'm not sure exactly how the designs on it and on the black stickers go with the aesthetic of the Ninjago world, but they look purpose-made for Steampunk builders. Bravo, I say. The earth driller is a good sized vehicle for a set of this price, being around 30 studs long, and of course has a huge drill on the front. It's the same mechanism as was introduced in the Power Miners sets, with the larger black part spinning in counter-rotation to the pearl gold drill when the vehicle is driven forward. The whole car is built on a Technic frame, which makes it tremendously sturdy. Both the drill and the 4×4 circular plates in the rear wheels are new in pearl gold, and I'm always happy to get new pieces in that color.
The minifigs included are standard fair for this wave of Ninjago, but cool nonetheless. Cole is simply a black version of the red warrior Kai in the Fire Mech set (read my review here), though there are some subtle differences in the printing between the two, such as different logos and buckles. Likewise, the bad guy is very similar to the one in Kai's Fire Mech, except that I guess this one is higher ranked, since he's taller and sports pauldrons. He also has a different, cool blue mask for a face. The pauldrons are a new piece to this line, along with the ninjas' super swords. Cole's sword here is identical in shape to Kai's yellow one, but Cole's is trans-bright green with a trans-black infusion. Here are links to the inventory pages.
This seems a very solid set for the price, though I do wish it had at least one more play-feature, like rear suspension or a pop-up missile or something. It's a very chunky, heavy vehicle with a huge drill on the front, which I suppose is precisely what you'd want on a real earth driller, but it leaves me wishing for something more. The minifigs are great, and I'll definitely be getting more of the stickered pieces.
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Expanding the Windy City
Yaroslav (Dark-Alamez) expanded his layout of the Chicago cityscape for the DoubleBrick festival in Moscow. For detailes of the diorama, check out the gallery on Flickr.
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Motorized holographic mosaic of Halo's Cortana
Sean and Steph Mayo are ever so innovative in their builds. They created a mosaic of Cortana from Halo featuring spinning columns of 1×1 transparent round plates. You have to see the video for the incredible effect. You can read more about this building technique on MosaicBricks.
Building Techniques, LEGO, Models
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Lego StarCraft Hydralisk
The hydralisk is one of the most iconic creatures in the game of StarCraft, and Mike Nieves' Lego rendition captures the ferociousness of this feared zerg beast. Mike recently made an infestor and has plans to build other zerg units as well, and I can't wait to see them.
Creature, StarCraft, Video Game
14 of the best post-apocalyptic LEGO models of all time
It's December 21 now in the Mayan heartland, and the apocalypse seems to have passed us by. (For the record, historians and archaeologists agree that the Maya never actually predicted the end of the world today.) What better way to celebrate than with a roundup of the best post-apocalyptic LEGO creations we've featured here over the years!
To give you a sense of how the genre has evolved over the years, I'm listing them in chronological order.
First up, Adrian Drake's "Forest Sentinel" was debuted at BrickFest in 2006 and remains one of my favorites to this day.
Tyler Clites spent the better part of 2007 building post-apocalyptic LEGO models, popularizing the brown-and-gray aesthetic that remained in effect for the next several years.
Brian Kescenovitz combined Nannan's Black Fantasy theme with a post-apocalyptic diorama in "Ephram's Garden" back in 2008.
See all of the best ApocaLEGO models after the jump!
ApocaLEGO, Diorama, Ruins, Zombies
79103 Turtle Lair Attack [Review]
Here is a video review of 79103 Turtle Lair Attack. It was just made available from the Lego store and online. I enjoyed building this set and it has many colorful earth-toned bricks that may be useful. There are also several play features as I will show in the video. It's a decent set and well rounded in all aspects.
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The house of Radagast the Brown
One of the additions I enjoyed about the first new Hobbit movie is that Peter Jackson fleshed out Gandalf's fellow wizard Radagast the Brown. (There were certainly other additions or differences I appreciated less…)
K.Kreations saw The Hobbit as well, and was inspired by Radagast's very unique abode.
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Something has got a massive portion of the country convinced that the only proper response to not getting exactly what you want is violent rebellion. I don't know what it is, but I'm hearing the rhetoric in everything from politics to, well, this.
Anyway, all my air-travel-related wrath is reserved for the airline that would've charged me $100 for a bag that was 3 pounds overweight, if I hadn't done a last-minute repacking job in the middle of the airport.
That's a very good way to put it. Talk about "second amendment remedies." Ugh.
Yeah, and just a look at those creepy comments reveals how serious these morons are.


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Q: ZipArchives stores absolute paths Can I zip files using relative paths?
For example:
$zip->addFile('c:/wamp/www/foo/file.txt');
the ZIP should have a directory structure like:
foo
 -> file.txt

and not:
wamp
 -> www
     -> foo
         -> file.txt

like it is by default...
ps: my full code is here (I'm using ZipArchive to compress contents of a directory into a zip file)

A: If you are trying to recursively add all subfolders and files of a folder, you can try the code below (I modified this code/note in the php manual).
class Zipper extends ZipArchive {
    public function addDir($path, $parent_dir = '') {
        if($parent_dir != ''){
            $this->addEmptyDir($parent_dir);
            $parent_dir .= '/';
            print '
adding dir ' . $parent_dir . '
';
        }
        $nodes = glob($path . '/*');
        foreach ($nodes as $node) {
            if (is_dir($node)) {
                $this->addDir($node, $parent_dir.basename($node));
            }
            else if (is_file($node))  {
                $this->addFile($node, $parent_dir.basename($node));
                print 'adding file '.$parent_dir.basename($node) . '
';
            }
        }
    }
} // class Zipper

So basically what this does is it does not include the directories (absolute path) before the actual directory/folder that you want zipped but instead only starts from the actual folder (relative path) you want zipped.

A: See the addFile() function definition, you can override the archive filename:
$zip->addFile('/path/to/index.txt', 'newname.txt');

A: Here is a modified version of Paolo's script in order to also include dot files like .htaccess, and it should also be a bit faster since I replaced glob by opendir as adviced here.
<?php

$password = 'set_a_password'; // password to avoid listing your files to anybody

if (strcmp(md5($_GET['password']), md5($password))) die();

// Make sure the script can handle large folders/files
ini_set('max_execution_time', 600);
ini_set('memory_limit','1024M');

//path to directory to scan
if (!empty($_GET['path'])) {
    $fullpath = realpath($_GET['path']); // append path if set in GET
} else { // else by default, current directory
    $fullpath = realpath(dirname(__FILE__)); // current directory where the script resides
}

$directory = basename($fullpath); // parent directry name (not fullpath)
$zipfilepath = $fullpath.'/'.$directory.'_'.date('Y-m-d_His').'.zip';

$zip = new Zipper();

if ($zip->open($zipfilepath, ZipArchive::CREATE)!==TRUE) {
    exit("cannot open/create zip <$zipfilepath>\n");
}

$past = time();

$zip->addDir($fullpath);

$zip->close();

print("

All done! Zipfile saved into ".$zipfilepath);
print('
Done in '.(time() - $past).' seconds.');

class Zipper extends ZipArchive {

    // Thank's to Paolo for this great snippet: http://stackoverflow.com/a/17440780/1121352
    // Modified by LRQ3000
    public function addDir($path, $parent_dir = '') {
        if($parent_dir != '' and $parent_dir != '.' and $parent_dir != './') {
            $this->addEmptyDir($parent_dir);
            $parent_dir .= '/';
            print '
--> ' . $parent_dir . '
';
        }

        $dir = opendir($path);
        if (empty($dir)) return; // skip if no files in folder
        while(($node = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
            if ( $node == '.' or $node == '..' ) continue; // avoid these special directories, but not .htaccess (except with GLOB which anyway do not show dot files)
            $nodepath = $parent_dir.basename($node); // with opendir
            if (is_dir($nodepath)) {
                $this->addDir($nodepath, $parent_dir.basename($node));
            } elseif (is_file($nodepath)) {
                $this->addFile($nodepath, $parent_dir.basename($node));
                print $parent_dir.basename($node).'
';
            }
        }
    }
} // class Zipper

?>

This is a standalone script, just copy/paste it into a .php file (eg: zipall.php) and open it in your browser (eg: zipall.php?password=set_a_password , if you don't set the correct password, the page will stay blank for security). You must use a FTP account to retrieve the zip file afterwards, this is also a security measure.

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The Between Two Worlds blog is one of my favourite Christian blogs, indeed it is the blog that I have most linked to from this website. Its strapline is 'A Mix of Theology, Philosophy, Politics, and Culture' and on the whole theology does tend to be the most prevalent type of post.
There are many other great aspects to this blog including extracts from books, and I would definitely recommend adding Between Two Worlds to your favourite list of blogs.


Anyone who's ever had a baby (myself included) can tell you that pregnancy is a journey. Your body goes through so many changes that it's hard to keep track—and many of these changes, you have no control over! So it's nice to take charge of the things you can control like staying healthy and keeping active. At least in my case, the more I kept moving during pregnancy, the better I felt.
Here are our favorite apps to keep you fit during your pregnancy journey.
Think of this app as a virtual personal trainer for your entire pregnancy. In partnership with "Fit for Birth" pre- and post-natal exercise specialist Nancy Anderson, this program is the first of its kind to outline and walk you through pre-pregnancy fitness, trimester-by-trimester training and post-baby workouts.
It doesn't matter if you're in or out of shape, because Pear Fitness knows that the only shape you're moving toward is round. This app is designed to keep you motivated and moving. The workout programs are easy to follow, and words of encouragement from Anderson keep you motivated. Log all of your achievements and share with like-minded preggo friends.
You might have used Glow when you were trying to conceive, since it also tracks ovulation and pre-pregnancy health. Now it's time for the next step with Glow Nurture for all of your pregnancy tracking needs.
You can literally log everything about your pregnancy: exercise, weight gain, doctor's visits, symptoms and more. Sync your app with your partner's so you two can share all the information together. And if you like making lists, Glow Nurture helps you do that too—hospital bags, registry items and questions for doctor at each timed visit.
Glow Nurture's interface is clean and bright, making it easy to use. You'll look forward to daily advice and articles tailored to your pregnancy including a kick counter, contraction timer and twin pregnancy support.
Unique to this app is the super helpful support for the postpartum period, also known as the fourth trimester, including breastfeeding logs for feedings and pumping.
Did you know that your seven-week-old fetus is the size of a blueberry? You would if you had the What to Expect app for the iPhone and Android. Turns out the popularity of this app is not only based on the wide reach of the bestselling books with the same name, but also for stunning visuals that really help you get a feel for what's going on inside of you. Browse by pregnancy guides going week by week and day by day. Then log on for access to an online community for support and advice.
The Internet can be the worst place for questions about your pregnancy. You could end up with all sorts of misinformation. The only cure for such web-induced anxiety is certified advice from experts — straight talk for straight answers. You can get all this and more on the WebMD pregnancy app.
Run through a bunch of handy checklists that you might not have thought about before, including lists for baby gear, grocery shopping, postpartum supplies and more.
Upload monthly pictures of your baby bump to build a future slide show, then play them back after nine months to watch your belly grow before your eyes.
And while you're at it, go ahead and download the WebMD baby app, because you'll have whole slew of new questions once the baby arrives.
Moms, what are your favorite pregnancy apps? Tell us in the comments below.


The energy at the ASU+GSV Education Technology Summit among the entrepreneurs, educators, investors, and talent managers is palpable. This year my energy was focused on one conference programming track in particular: the Future of Work is Now. What did the best and the brightest from the world of ed-tech have to say about workforce development as it applied to low-skilled workers? More than you might think.
One theme that came up in several sessions, including Skilling at Scale and Is the Future of Work a Gig?, was the pace of change happening with technology and our workforce. With new technology coming to market at exponential speeds, it's no longer about teaching workers specific technologies. It's more important to teach them how to be adaptable and how to learn new technology and processes. Traditional learning models are seen as ineffective and too slow. New learning models that include more peer-to-peer learning and self-directed learning will be key to keeping up with this pace of change.
What does this mean for low-skilled adult learners who are often less confident about their ability to learn on their own and sometimes cling to traditional teaching models?
If we are no longer teaching specific technologies, then it's important to make sure workers have strong "soft skills" – things like communication, collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking – that transcend any specific tools or technologies and help them adapt to change quickly. This theme came up in a keynote panel and several sessions addressing the skills gap, where panelists discussed how to define and measure these soft skill competencies so they can be taught to employees and demonstrated to employers.
The good news is that work is already underway in the field of adult learning on this soft skills issue.
First, a report released last year by SRI looked at the research and practice behind "Personal Success Skills" in the workplace as a pathway to great opportunity and advancement. The report presents several recommendations for addressing barriers to supporting the development of these skills.
Second, there are a few products that are already incorporating critical thinking, problem solving, and supports for self-directed learning as underlying components to teach core subjects like math and literacy. Check out BrainQuake and Core Skills Mastery as examples.
And finally, community-based programs like Access Green, one of our Beacons, are designing soft skills and workforce development digital modules directed at helping underserved adults develop these critical skills.
What was clear is that we have to be aware of the pace of the world of work for workers today – low-skilled or not. It is incumbent on us to incorporate new learning models to help learners build their personal success skills and to help them become self-directed learners so they can continue to be successful in their work.
For more information about organizations already tackling these issues, sign up for our monthly adult learning newsletter, The Spotlight.
I have recently led an effort to help build skills of students while they are in high school. It is critical that we work with high school students to find out what they seek to do with the rest of their lives. If you think about it, we ask these low skilled kids to decide what they want to with the rest of their lives. hat experience or exposure do they have to be making that decision? The more we build skill and experience among high school student, the more equipped they will be to make that decision. The fact that we ask them to make life altering decisions with limited information is shameful for us as educators. We need to make our career exploration options much more robust.


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NEW ISIS VIDEO CLAIMS BEHEADING OF AMERICAN HOSTAGE PETER KASSIG!
This undated photo provided by Kassig Family shows Peter Kassig standing in front of a truck filled with supplies for Syrian refugees. (AP/Kassig Family)
The Islamic State terror group has claimed to have beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig, an aid worker and former Army Ranger, in a graphic new video. In the nearly 16-minute video uploaded to social networks on Sunday, a black-clad militant with his face concealed stands before a severed head that he claims is that of the U.S. aid worker.
The authenticity of the footage has not been verified. National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said in a statement that intelligence officials were "working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. "If confirmed, we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American aid worker and we express our deepest condolences to his family and friends," Meehan said. The video was posted shortly after President Obama departed for Washington from the G-20 summit in Australia.
A government official confirmed to Fox News that the National Counterterrorism Center is aware of the video and is reviewing the tape.
Ed and Paula Kassig, Peter's parents, released a statement early Sunday saying they were aware of the reports of their son's death and were awaiting confirmation of their authenticity. They also asked that media outlets not post any images or video distributed by Islamic State, better known as ISIS. "We prefer our son is written about and remembered for his important work and the love he shared with friends and family," the statement read, "not in the manner the hostage takers would use to manipulate Americans and further their cause."
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I know we have a while to our big Orlando Adventure but I am an organised kinda gal, I love to be prepared so that I am not dashing around the week before buying last-minute bits and pieces. I literally start shopping for our next holiday as soon as a holiday is over. I love the whole holiday shopping, organising experience.
I wanted to share some of the bits I have picked up for Joe's holiday survival kit. Now this is a huge thing in the Christie family. Yes, Jack may have grown out of it, but for Joe the holiday survival kits is still a huge part of his holiday. It so important to keep kids occupied on journeys, this is why we invented the Christie family holiday survival kit.For us it has become a way to occupy the kids on journeys, a lovely tradition and a fun way to start our holidays.
So here are some of the goodies in Joe's holiday survival kit this year.
1. Cappi Pens, you have no idea how many times I have had to crawl around on aeroplane floors looking for pen lids. Cappi Pens are fantastic as the lids attach onto a cord to not only keep the pens together but also prevent the lids from getting lost. What a great idea.
2. Funky Flags by ZooBooKoo, this is so clever. It is a laminated board quiz that tests your child knowledge on the world, flags and countries. I plan to download Joe and app onto his iPad so that we can research the answers. The clever thing about this is that once you have answered the quiz you can reveal the answers by rubbing the heat reactive panels, the answers are revealed then fade away so you can re-use the quiz.
3. National Geographic, Weird but True cards, these are just fantastic. A pack of cards full off interesting facts, and exactly the sort of things kids really want to know. I just know these cards are going to get lots of use, Joe will love them.
4. Lastly our old faithful Cars play-set. Now this is not new, I bought this set a couple of years ago from the Disney Store and they have traveled all over with us. Over the years the boys have had many different play sets from the Disney store and loved all of them. In fact I can't bear to part with the Toy Story set and have packed it the loft. I keep this set in a little canvas bag in our suitcase and whenever we go aways it goes with us.
These cars are so well loved, and well worth paying for the set. I love the fact that they have been kept together and have given Joe many hours of fun.
The holiday survival kit is ALWAYS a surprise, all the items in the kit bar one, are brand new and have never been seen before. I find that way Joe is always excited by his pack and it keeps him entertained for ages on long journeys.
I love that it has turned into a family tradition that we get excited about. It is something I love building and look forward to them seeing.
I love this – what a great idea. And i'm going to have to make a note of a few of these for when my daughter's older.
If Joe doesn't like it can I have it?!?! It looks brilliant!
Maria, I don't know about the boys but I cant wait to use them , they look so interesting but I purposely not read through them as I want to read them with Joe for first time.


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Google's 'featured snippets' function was found highlighting content from factually dubious, bizarre websites last year.
Google is the go-to search engine for most internet users, but sometimes its results can get a little weird, thanks to the magic of algorithms. So the company is looking at altering its "snippets" box to display multiple sources.
Google "featured snippets" appear at the top of search results in a white box. It's designed to summarize or highlight a website that can probably answer your question. But the snippets function hasn't always been accurate.
Last year, it promoted fringe websites that claimed the Earth was flat and that dolphins were descended from aliens. It made for some amusing tweets, as Google Home speakers spouted some bizarre information, but it was not a good look for Google overall.
The company has since revamped snippets to shun questionable content. But on Tuesday, Google said it still needs refinement. "Sometimes, a single featured snippet isn't right for every question," the company wrote in a blog post penned by Danny Sullivan, a former reporter who recently joined Google.
To solve this problem, Google is testing showing more than one featured snippet when it comes to debatable topics, like whether reptiles make good pets.
"People who search for 'are reptiles good pets' should get the same featured snippet as 'are reptiles bad pets' since they are seeking the same information: how do reptiles rate as pets? However, the featured snippets we serve contradict each other," Sullivan wrote.
Google does this because its search algorithms will favor websites that closely match what you requested. As a result, the most objective, well-rounded answer can be usurped by a website that only argues one side.
In response, Google wants to bring "diverse perspectives" from multiple websites into the snippets feature. For now, the company is merely "exploring" this possible solution, according to Tuesday's blog post. But the new format is slated to arrive soon for more mundane queries, such as "how to set up call forwarding," a question that is best answered depending on which telephone carrier you use.
"Featured snippets will never be absolutely perfect, just as search results overall will never be absolutely perfect," Sullivan wrote. "On a typical day, 15 percent of the queries we process have never been asked before."
To help Google weed out questionable featured snippets, users can click on the "feedback" link at the bottom of a snippet, and select why it's problematic.
Google isn't the only company trying to offer more accurate answers to complicated questions. Microsoft's Bing search engine has begun featuring snippets from Reddit discussions on debatable topics.


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John Campbell Cartwright (9 March 1888 – 1973) was a British philatelist who was added to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1956.

References

Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
1888 births
1973 deaths
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There is something incredibly charming about wealthy people who are humble, kind and aware.
That was always noticeable with Shirley and Brice Phillips. Their inspirational story, from operating a humble Hooper's Island seafood processing plant to an internationally recognized company, represents Ocean City in so many positive ways. It's the quintessential homegrown, feel good story about two entrepreneurs who built a business through hard work. It's similar to some other families' stories in Ocean City, but there's something special and unique about the Phillips brood and the magnitude of what has taken place over the years since the small market opened in 1956.
It was pleasure to know Brice, who died in 2011, and Shirley, who died last week on Christmas Day. They came to Ocean City after running the A.H. Phillips and Son processing plant on Hooper's Island for Brice's father for more than a decade. Once in Ocean City, they started with a carryout market on 21st Street that grew slowly but surely into what is today a block-long restaurant that specializes in seafood and employs hundreds. It's one of many successful restaurants operated today by the company.
Although they retired many years ago and left the operation of the business to family members, they lived their early days in Ocean City working long hours and inspiring locals over decades.
Senator Jim Mathias summed up Shirley Phillips well this week a few days after her death.
When Phillips Seafood is thought of today, many people think of its vast operations across the country as well as its international presence. For those of us who carry Ocean City close to our hearts, that success is not what comes to mind immediately.
We think of an industrious, humble couple who came to Ocean City when they were young to sell their excess crabs in the summer season. While their intent was simple, what they found in Ocean City was a forever home. They ran their businesses here and served millions of people over the years. In addition, they played significant roles in our community by volunteering and leading numerous initiatives that changed this area.
Shirley's death this week is not only significant to the company she co-founded but also to the Ocean City she was proud to live in and be a valued community member.