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Substantive hearing in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India commences
In today's hearing, Ms. Vrinda Grover began substantive arguments on behalf of Ms. Anuradha Bhasin, the Executive Editor of Kashmir Times. She argued that restrictions cannot be so severe that they extinguish the right itself. She used the government's own statistics to show that there is no proximate relationship between introduction of internet and rise in terrorism. She also analysed the orders produced by the government to demonstrate that there was no application of mind by the state officials.
No proximate link between internet and terrorism related violence
The hearing commenced with arguments by Ms. Vrinda Grover, who is appearing for the lead Petitioner. Ms. Grover informed the bench that prepaid mobile services, mobile internet, broadband internet and SMS services were still not available in Kashmir Valley. She then explained the work structure of Kashmir Times where reporters gather news, editorial inputs are received from the Jammu office and the newspaper is then sent for printing.
Ms. Grover emphasized that restrictions on fundamental rights must be necessary, reasonable and proportionate, and the restriction cannot extinguish the right itself. She used the statistics mentioned in the government's affidavit to demonstrate that terrorism related violence has decreased significantly in Jammu & Kashmir despite introduction of the internet in the region in 2000s. Therefore, the State's own data shows that there is no proximate relationship between use of internet and terrorism related violence.
1885 Act?!
When Ms. Grover began explaining the provisions of the Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017 issued under Section 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, the bench was surprised! The judges found it difficult to believe that modern technologies such as the internet were being licensed and regulated under a colonial era 19th century law.
Ms. Grover quoted the proviso to Section 5(2) of the Telegraph Act, 1885 which states that "the press messages intended to be published in India of correspondents accredited to the Central Government or a State Government shall not be intercepted or detained, unless their transmission has been prohibited under this sub-section." She then relied upon this proviso to argue that communication channels of the press cannot be blocked through a general order issued under the 2017 Rules, and instead, a specific order would be required.
This was followed by an analysis of the orders issued under the 2017 Rules to demonstrate complete non-application of mind by the government officials. For instance, one of the orders stated that landlines should be shutdown because there is "apprehension of misuse of data services by anti-national elements." Ms. Grover argued that shutting down landlines on this ground was absurd because landlines can be only be used for one on one voice calls and have no relation to data services and the internet.
The hearing ended at 1:00 PM with the Court breaking for lunch and Ms. Grover will continue her arguments tomorrow.
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Bezos Turns On Biden, Citing His 'Misdirection' or 'Deep Misunderstanding' of Economics
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We may have found something that has aged worse than Joe Biden. A year ago, the White House took to Twitter to say Mission Accomplished over inflation, posting a now-infamous tweet that celebrated the cost of 4th of July meals being down a whopping 16 cents. His message from July 2021 read: "Planning a cookout this year? Ketchup on the news. According to the Farm Bureau, the cost of a 4th of July BBQ is down from last year. It's a fact you must-hear(d). Hot dog, the Biden economic plan is working. And that's something we can all relish."
Needless to say, this dad joke has gone over like a lead balloon. A year later and the wheels have fallen off for this administration. Inflation is barreling out of control, and the cost of a 4th of July meal is up 10 dollars from last year. His "plan to fight inflation" opened with complaining about Russia and was called "a master class in passing the buck."
We recently argued that Biden was merely pretending to care about high gas prices when he was pushing his green agenda and "the liberal order," but maybe he really is just clueless. Yesterday the president again took to Twitter to say something absurd, blaming the high cost of gas on local gas stations instead of taking responsibility for his actions to prevent more oil production.
He, well, his staff, since we don't really know if he can even work a phone anymore, wrote, "My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril. Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you're paying for the product. And do it now."
Back in reality, "gas stations make an average margin of just 1.4% on their fuel" and "the majority of owners are individual operators who only own a single station." They're not the reason the price of gasoline has doubled since Biden's inauguration.
The president was almost immediately mocked for blaming small business owners at the corner gas station for his problems. One Twitter personality responded to Biden's tweet with, "Thank you for this tweet mr president. My local gas stations all dropped their prices $2 instantly because they had your tweet notifications on."
The harshest criticism may have come from Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the current owner of the Washington Post.
The world's second-richest person gave the president a piece of his mind. "Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos has slammed US President Joe Biden over his latest remarks asking gas companies to cut their prices amid rising inflation in the country. Taking to Twitter on Saturday, Biden stated, "My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril." He also asked the companies to immediately bring down the prices they are charging at the pumps in order to reflect the cost they pay for the product.
Bezos has minced no words in criticizing Biden's policies, particularly those that deal with inflation. This time, the US President had issued a strong warning to gas firms in an effort to counteract rising costs. Reacting to Biden's instruction to companies, Bezos stated, "Ouch. Inflation is far too important a problem for the White House to keep making statements like this. It's either straight ahead misdirection or a deep misunderstanding of basic market dynamics (sic)."
Earlier, the billionaire had taken a dig at the White House over President Biden's tweet about corporate taxes, which Bezos termed as "misdirection and disinformation." In the month of May too, the Amazon founder questioned the President's view on inflation. Bezos had claimed that the Biden administration made a concerted effort to add further stimulus to an already inflationary economy. "Inflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent. Misdirection doesn't help the country," Bezos had written in a Twitter post."
Bezos was an early supporter of Biden, especially the president's signature accomplishment. While still CEO of Amazon, he said, "We support the Biden Administration's focus on making bold investments in American infrastructure. Both Democrats and Republicans have supported infrastructure in the past, and it's the right time to work together to make this happen. We recognize this investment will require concessions from all sides—both on the specifics of what's included as well as how it gets paid for (we're supportive of a rise in the corporate tax rate). We look forward to Congress and the Administration coming together to find the right, balanced solution that maintains or enhances U.S. competitiveness."
USA Today reported that the founder of Amazon surprised pundits when he also came out in support of higher corporate taxes. The newspaper wrote, "Bezos added that the company is supportive of a rise in corporate tax rates, which the plan would do in order to pay for the eight-year spending package. It would raise the corporate tax rate to 28%, eliminating the tax cuts made in 2017 made by President Donald Trump."
Democrats had singled out the online giant for not paying its fair share in taxes.
In 2020, Washington Post endorsed Biden for president. The editorial board stated, "Fortunately, to oust President Trump in 2020, voters do not have to lower their standards. The Democratic nominee, former vice president Joe Biden, is exceptionally well-qualified, by character and experience, to meet the daunting challenges that the nation will face over the coming four years."
Standards can change, and Bezos isn't alone in thinking Biden isn't capable of taking on this crisis. Only 28 percent of Americans have faith that the president can get a handle on inflation.
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Q: Client program that can connect to multiple servers simultaneously I have written a rudimentary server client program using sockets programming in JAVA. The server is multithreaded and can accept many client connections at once. The clients however are not multithreaded. The clients can upload, download, read, write and delete files from the server. I run the programs in the command prompt window so they don't have any external user interface. Up to this point my program works fine.
I now want to make the client multithreaded as well so that it can simultaneously connect to multiple servers. I then want the client to be able to send requests to the servers. The client can choose which server to send the request to among the many servers it might be connected with.
With that in mind I changed the client code to have multiple threads. But I dont know how I can choose between servers while the program is running. Is there a way to switch between threads at will in JAVA(while the program is running), so that I can choose which thread processes my request?

A: Here is some kind of skeleton how you could do this:
public class Client {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

         Connection w1 = new Connection("localhost", 2346);
         w1.start();

         Connection w2 = new Connection("localhost", 2346);
         w2.start();

         Connection w3 = new Connection("localhost", 2347);
         w3.start();

         w1.sendMessage("Hello ");
         w2.sendMessage("Coffee ");
         w1.sendMessage("world!");
         w2.sendMessage("break!");
         w3.sendMessage("Beer!");

         w1.terminate();
         w2.terminate();
         w3.terminate();
    }
}

As long as you don't use busy waiting its ok to handle every connection in a new thread:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;

public class Connection implements Runnable {

    private String host;
    private int port;
    private PrintWriter os;

    private volatile boolean running = false;
    private ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String> queue;

    public Connection(String host, int port) {
        this.host = host;
        this.port = port;
        this.queue = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String>();
    };

    public void start() {
        try {
            this.os = new PrintWriter(new Socket(host, port).getOutputStream());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return;
        }

        running = true;
        new Thread(this).start();
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {

        while(running) {
            // send messages in queue
            while(!queue.isEmpty()) {
                os.print(queue.poll());
            }
            // wait to be notified about new messages
            try {
                this.wait();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                terminate();
            }
        }
    }

    public synchronized void sendMessage(String msg) {
        queue.add(msg);
        this.notify();
    }

    public void terminate() {
        running = false;
    }

    public boolean isRunning() {
        return running;
    }
}

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10 Most Deceptive PR Campaigns in History
by Melanie Radzicki McManus
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Edward Bernays (1891-1995) is considered the father of public relations and features a lot in our countdown of deceptive PR moves. © Bettmann/CORBISmoves
During World War II, a wealth of processed, nonperishable foods were created to ship to American soldiers. When the war ended, the companies that produced these foods wanted to keep business going but the public wasn't interested in eating this canned and boxed stuff. No, they wanted to eat fresh, wholesome foods just as they always had. So the companies began aggressive public relations campaigns to change consumers' minds.
One of the first campaigns that finally resonated was for boxed cake mixes that needed just one egg to be made. Letting the homemaker contribute to the baking by cracking that one egg made a boxed mix seem less fake. Eventually the public bought into purchasing and consuming all sorts of prepackaged foods, which hasn't turned out to be the best thing for our diets [source: Bogacki].
At least those PR campaigns weren't intentionally deceptive. Yes, they may have employed psychological methods to make us buy something we hadn't previously wanted, but they weren't using overt lies. Unfortunately, there are many instances in the past where PR campaigns intentionally lied, deceived and misled the public to achieve their goals. We'll tell you about 10 of the most egregious ones.
Bacon Is Good for You
In the 1920s, Bernays got thousands of doctors to say that a heavier breakfast was a healthier breakfast — and bacon and eggs was just the ticket. We've been hooked ever since. Jupiterimages/Thinkstock
Back in the 1920s, the Beech-Nut Packing Company wanted to sell more of its bacon. Yes, the same company that now specializes in baby food once also produced peanut butter, coffee, baked beans and chewing gum along with its hit, jarred bacon. Beech-Nut hired Edward Bernays — the nephew of Sigmund Freud, and a PR mastermind — to help it persuade the public that they should be chowing down on more of the porcine product.
At that time in history, Americans enjoyed a fairly simplistic morning meal: coffee and a roll, for example, or perhaps some oatmeal and fruit. Bernays asked the physician working with his public relations firm whether Americans would be healthier if they ate heartier breakfasts. The doctor confirmed this. Bernays then requested he write to 5,000 of his medical colleagues asking them to agree that a heavy breakfast was the best way to start the day due to the loss of energy overnight. "Newspapers had headlines saying 4,500 physicians urge heavier breakfasts," Bernays recalled years later. The publications specifically mentioned bacon and eggs as taking care of the "problem." The campaign was a success for Beech-Nut, and Americans soon developed a taste for bacon and eggs at breakfast [sources: American Table, Funding Universe].
Of course, bacon is also high in saturated fat, sodium and cholesterol, none of which are good for you [source: Magee]. But bacon and eggs (with a side of fried potatoes) still defines the classic American breakfast.
Women's Right to Smoke Is Linked With Liberation
Bernays also organized a PR stunt equating ladies smoking with women's rights. Cigarette sales among women took off. © Underwood & Underwood/Corbis
Edward Bernays created several brilliant-but-deceptive campaigns during his long lifetime. No wonder he's called the "father of public relations." He undertook another notable project at the behest of the American Tobacco Company. Shortly after World War I concluded, the tobacco group was jonesing to snag a huge part of the market it was missing: women [source: Frevele]. Back then, it was considered improper for women to smoke in public. This limited the American Tobacco Company to courting only half of the American public.
Enter Bernays. The women's suffrage movement was in full swing, and many females were anxious to enjoy more of the same rights as men. Bernays' plan, launched in 1929, involved gathering together a group of society women at New York's popular (and visible) Easter Sunday Parade. With cameras rolling and photogs snapping, the women proudly lit up all at once. By linking women's lib with the ability to freely smoke in public, innumerable females jumped on board and took up the new habit. Bernays —and the American Tobacco Company – notched a win. Women, of course, ended up the losers, when cancer, emphysema and a host of other smoking-related illnesses struck many of them, in the same way men were afflicted [source: Frevele].
United Fruit Overthrows Guatemala's Government
This 1954 photo shows the first group of prisoners taken in Guatemala in the battle for Chiquimula by anti-Communist liberation forces. The impetus for this "revolution" came in large part from United Fruit Company. © Bettmann/CORBIS
For much of the 20th century, Chiquita Brands International, formerly United Fruit Company, dominated weak or corrupt governments in Central America, where it grew most of its bananas. Sure, the company could make a lot of cash just by selling the fruit. But if it could also control, say, the railroads, shipping and governments themselves, it could really rake in the dough. So it set out to do just that, becoming the impetus for the term banana republic, used to describe small countries economically dependent upon one export commodity — like bananas — that are ruled by a weak government or dictator [source: Fischer].
In 1950, United Fruit ran into a particularly thorny problem. Guatemalans overwhelmingly elected the left-leaning Jacobo Arbenz Guzman as their leader. Guzman, a champion of the poor, was pushing agrarian land reform to help them, as well as negate some of United Fruit's power. For the fruit company, that simply would not do.
For the third time on our list, Edward Bernays comes to the rescue. He was already the company's PR counsel and began a campaign to convince Americans that Guzman was a closet Communist. Bernays brought journalists into the region, where they were fed false information, and even tapped "intelligence agents" to conduct "a private survey" which — surprise! —confirmed what he said. The U.S. government, pressured to conduct a coup, toppled Guzman's regime, though a CIA-trained "liberation army." (In addition to PR spin, United Fruit had close ties to the CIA.) America's intervention was widely condemned by the international community. For decades after Guzman was toppled, people all over Latin America lost hope for governmental reform, and the region became a hotbed of revolution [sources: Kurtz-Phelan, Fischer].
Diamonds Are Expensive Because They're Rare
Diamonds weren't always the engagement stone of choice. A clever advertising campaign convinced the public that a "diamond is forever" — just like love. Or so we like to believe. Paul Katz/Getty Images
Actually, they're quite plentiful. Rubies are the gemstones that are truly rare. Yet men have been slipping diamond rings on women's fingers for more than a century, both sexes convinced that this expensive stone is the only real way to express true love. Turns out this tradition was spurred by nothing more than a savvy public relations campaign coupled with a big dose of corporate skullduggery [source: Kaplan].
It all began in 1880s South Africa, when Cecil Rhodes, head of De Beers Consolidated Mines, realized if he purchased as many diamond mines as he could, then restricted the supply of stones they produced, he could jack up prices. So he and his successors did just that, at one point controlling some 90 percent of the world's rough-diamond trade [source: Zoellner].
Along with this strategy, the company eventually enlisted the help of crack ad agency N.W. Ayer & Son, which created the "A Diamond Is Forever" campaign in 1914, considered by Advertising Age to be the most recognized and effective slogan of the 20th century. (It's still in use more than 100 years later) [sources: Kennedy and Kaplan]. The message? Diamonds are the one, true gift of love: No engagement is complete without one. The public eagerly bought into the campaign. Just as planned.
American Red Cross Covers Up Poor Performance
An American Red Cross (ARC) volunteer hands out water to Greensburg, Kansas locals after a tornado destroyed their town in 2007. While the ARC has done a lot of good work, it's also been criticized for mismanagement in recent years. © Mike Theiss/Ultimate Chase/Corbis
This venerable organization and its volunteers have been helping people suffering from wars, natural disasters and other tragedies since 1881 [source: American Red Cross]. Or have they? While the American Red Cross (ARC) undoubtedly has done much good over the years, it stumbled badly in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac and Superstorm Sandy, both of which slammed portions of the U.S. in 2012. Shortly after both storms, the Red Cross was caught empty-handed, often without such basic supplies as food and batteries to dole out to victims [source: Sullivan].
There was one thing the Red Cross succeeded at, however — covering up its poor performance. According to an investigation by ProPublica and NPR, in the aftermath of Isaac, an ARC official ordered 80 of its empty trucks to be driven around a Mississippi town just for show. During the Sandy cleanup, a full 40 percent of all available trucks were pulled off the streets simply to be visible in the background during news conferences. The Red Cross also wasted a ton of food — about 30 percent of meals it prepared went uneaten because it didn't have accurate information about where the hungry people were. And in one case, officials demanded a huge mobile kitchen (that had closed for lack of need) be restarted as demonstration just for donors [source: Elliott, Eisinger and Sullivan].
Products With 'Made in the USA' Labels Are Made Overseas
A "proudly made in the USA" logo is seen on the packaging of a brush produced at Detroit Quality Brushes in Livonia, Michigan. Not all companies that display this logo really make their products in America. © REBECCA COOK/Reuters/Corbis
Nearly 80 percent of Americans prefer to purchase products made in the USA. Not only that, more than 60 percent will pony up 10 percent more for the privilege of doing so [source: Consumer Reports]. Why? Americans think their goods are of a higher quality, for one. They want to support their own workers. And they're worried about child labor and other unsavory practices that may go on overseas. It's not surprising, then, that many companies, both foreign and domestic, will try to deceive Americans into thinking their products were made locally, when in reality they are not.
According to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules, all, or almost all, of a product with a "Made in the USA" label should be crafted with American materials. Additionally, its final assembly or processing must be done either in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or in a U.S. territory or possession. But some companies will slap a huge American flag on their product's package, then hide a tiny disclaimer noting all parts were imported. Or, more blatantly, they'll openly claim a product was made in the U.S. when it wasn't. One example of many: the Stanley Works, an American toolmaker, was fined $205,000 by the FTC in 2006 after marketing its Zero Degree ratchets as "Made in the USA," when in reality the ratchets were crafted with a substantial amount of foreign material [sources: Consumer Reports, Federal Trade Commission].
Calling 'Sugar' Different Names
The "nutrition facts" label is seen on a box of Pop Tarts at a store in New York, Feb. 27, 2014. Some companies use all kinds of deceptive practices to make the sugar content of their products look smaller. © BRENDAN MCDERMID/Reuters/Corbis
In the 1950s, Americans ate 110 pounds (50 kilograms) of sugar per person annually. By 2000, they were up to 152 pounds (69 kilograms) [source: Clark]. Experts say the most harmful component in our diets today is likely — you guessed it — sugar. So, many of us are trying to lessen our consumption of the sweet stuff. To help, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that ingredients in food products be listed in order of quantity (by weight) from greatest to least. This way, consumers can scan a label and see how much sugar, for one, is in a food product. Except it's not quite that simple.
Food manufacturers don't always want us to know how much sugar is in their products. Some deceive consumers by sweetening a product with several sweeteners. Doing so allows them to list each sweetener separately. So, if their product's main ingredient is sugar, that would be the first item listed in the ingredients — potentially a turn-off for consumers. But if they use, say, four types of sweeteners, that might cause other, healthier ingredients to be listed first, and all of the sugars at or near the end of the list, making the product seem like sugar was a minor part. Another commonly used trick is to call the added sugar in a product "evaporated cane juice," as Greek yogurt-maker Chobani has done. Many consumers think evaporated cane juice is a healthy juice, not just another name for sugar [source: Truth in Advertising].
Iraq Has Weapons of Mass Destruction
A participant wears a Laura Bush mask in an antiwar demonstration in Hollywood in 2008. © Gene Blevins/LA Daily News/Corbis
At the time of the Iraq war in 2003, one reason given for the U.S. military action was that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This was despite the fact that the U.N. chief weapons inspector found no WMD [source: CNN]. Authors Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber, who run PRWatch, say the U.S. was able to pull off that feat by using PR tactics to get the American public clamoring for such an invasion.
First, they say, the George W. Bush Administration, through misinformation and repetition, made Americans believe Iraq was behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Documents were presented to the U.N. that discussed Iraq's huge stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. These were later found to be forgeries. (Opinions differ as to whether the U.S. government knew they were fakes in advance [source: Pincus].)
Former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan wrote in a book in 2008,"[Bush's] advisers decided to pursue a political propaganda campaign to sell the war to the American people ... A nuclear threat was added to the biological and chemical threats to create a greater sense of gravity and urgency. Support for terrorism was given greater weight by playing up a dubious al Qaeda connection to Iraq. When it was all packaged together, the case constituted a 'grave and gathering danger' that needed to be dealt with urgently."
When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, many media outlets showed images of jubilant Iraqis, thrilled to be saved from Hussein's dastardly clutches. We saw close-ups of both Americans and Iraqis helping pull down Hussein's statue, set in Firdos Square; we weren't shown the long-range photo of the square, which was nearly empty of people [source: Rampton and Stauber].
Global Warming Is a Hoax
Ileene Anderson, dressed as Goofy, Valeria Love and Andrea Weber, dressed as a polar bear called Frostpaw, rally against the Keystone XL Canada-to-Texas pipeline project in Bel-Air, California in 2014. David McNew/Getty Images
The notion of climate change, or global warming, has been around for years now. Some think it's real, some say it's not. Even the scientific community is in turmoil, so how can we possibly figure out the truth? Actually, the scientific community isn't in turmoil over global warming. In 2013, a group of scientists looked over 4,014 abstracts on climate change and found an amazing rate of consensus. A full 97.2 percent of the papers assumed humans had at least some role in global warming.
And most Americans aren't on the fence, either. According to Scientific American, surveys show 89 percent of Democrats, 70 percent of Republicans and 79 percent of independents think global warming is occurring, thanks at least in part to people. So why do we think the issue is still in such a flux?
The scientists who don't believe in global warming are a small group, but they're vocal. They also have a wealth of political connections. For decades, their supporters have run campaigns to mislead people about not only global warming, but about the ozone hole, acid rain and other well-established scientific knowledge. They do so by persuading the media to cover their views whenever their opponents' thoughts are cited. Climate change skeptics also work to create the illusion that there's much discord on the subject among climate scientists, which further confuses the public as to what's considered accepted science on the subject and what's fringe craziness. Sadly, their efforts have worked for many years [sources: Merchants of Doubt, Vaidyanathan].
Posting Fake Positive Online Reviews
Many small businesses have been caught posting fake positive reviews about themselves and/or posting fake negative reviews about their competitors on Yelp. © David Bro/ZUMA Press/Corbis
Positive online reviews can really help a small business. And negative reviews can tear it down. With that in mind, it didn't take long for company owners to realize they could post fake positive reviews for themselves, or poor reviews of their competitors to help the bottom line. So many did. They also solicited others to post reviews on their behalf.
Yelp, an online company with millions of reviews of local businesses, got fed up with the practice. Company personnel were finding one fake review posted on its site for every five new real ones. So it set up a sting to catch businesses in the act.
In 2012, a Yelp employee posed as an elite Yelp reviewer for hire on Craigslist and was offered $5 to $200 for posting false reviews. In some cases, the businesses had written a review of themselves they wanted the person simply to post. Other businesses wrote parts of reviews and asked the reviewer to fill in the rest. To punish offending businesses, Yelp posted a consumer alert on their profile pages. TripAdvisor put up similar scam notices [source: Streitfeld].
Unfortunately, the practice is not likely to stop any time soon. Consumers should be wary of extra-positive or negative reviews, particularly if they are generic, rather than giving specific examples. Potential customers should read through multiple reviews of a business to see if people praise or gripe about common things [source: Johnston].
5 Times Marketers Totally Missed the Mark
Several major companies have been under fire recently for offensive marketing tactics and ads. HowStuffWorks looks at a few that have made headlines in recent years.
Author's Note: 10 Most Deceptive PR Campaigns in History
It was certainly disheartening to learn about all of the deception constantly occurring in PR campaigns. Makes you lose a little faith in humanity.
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Funding Universe. "Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation History." (Aug. 4, 2015) http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/beech-nut-nutrition-corporation-history/
Johnston, Susan. "Don't Fall for Fake Online Reviews." U.S. News & World Report. July 8, 2014. (Aug. 8, 2015) http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2014/07/08/dont-fall-for-fake-online-reviews
Kaplan, Barry. "Forever Diamonds." Gemnation. (Aug. 5, 2015) http://www.gemnation.com/base?processor=getPage&pageName=forever_diamonds_1
Kennedy, Dan. "A Great Ad Campaign Can Last Forever." Entrepreneur. (Aug. 3, 2015) http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/200030
Kurtz-Phelan, Daniel. "Big Fruit." The New York Times. March 2, 2008. (Aug. 5, 2015) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/books/review/Kurtz-Phelan-t.html?_r=0
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namespace blink {

// This is a CachedMetadataSender implementation for normal responses.
class CachedMetadataSenderImpl : public CachedMetadataSender {
 public:
  CachedMetadataSenderImpl(const ResourceResponse&,
                           blink::mojom::CodeCacheType);
  ~CachedMetadataSenderImpl() override = default;

  void Send(const uint8_t*, size_t) override;
  bool IsServedFromCacheStorage() override { return false; }

 private:
  const KURL response_url_;
  const base::Time response_time_;
  const blink::mojom::CodeCacheType code_cache_type_;
};

CachedMetadataSenderImpl::CachedMetadataSenderImpl(
    const ResourceResponse& response,
    blink::mojom::CodeCacheType code_cache_type)
    : response_url_(response.CurrentRequestUrl()),
      response_time_(response.ResponseTime()),
      code_cache_type_(code_cache_type) {
  // WebAssembly always uses the site isolated code cache.
  DCHECK(response.CacheStorageCacheName().IsNull() ||
         code_cache_type_ == blink::mojom::CodeCacheType::kWebAssembly);
  DCHECK(!response.WasFetchedViaServiceWorker() ||
         response.IsServiceWorkerPassThrough() ||
         code_cache_type_ == blink::mojom::CodeCacheType::kWebAssembly);
}

void CachedMetadataSenderImpl::Send(const uint8_t* data, size_t size) {
  Platform::Current()->CacheMetadata(code_cache_type_, response_url_,
                                     response_time_, data, size);
}

// This is a CachedMetadataSender implementation that does nothing.
class NullCachedMetadataSender : public CachedMetadataSender {
 public:
  NullCachedMetadataSender() = default;
  ~NullCachedMetadataSender() override = default;

  void Send(const uint8_t*, size_t) override {}
  bool IsServedFromCacheStorage() override { return false; }
};

// This is a CachedMetadataSender implementation for responses that are served
// by a ServiceWorker from cache storage.
class ServiceWorkerCachedMetadataSender : public CachedMetadataSender {
 public:
  ServiceWorkerCachedMetadataSender(const ResourceResponse&,
                                    scoped_refptr<const SecurityOrigin>);
  ~ServiceWorkerCachedMetadataSender() override = default;

  void Send(const uint8_t*, size_t) override;
  bool IsServedFromCacheStorage() override { return true; }

 private:
  const KURL response_url_;
  const base::Time response_time_;
  const String cache_storage_cache_name_;
  scoped_refptr<const SecurityOrigin> security_origin_;
};

ServiceWorkerCachedMetadataSender::ServiceWorkerCachedMetadataSender(
    const ResourceResponse& response,
    scoped_refptr<const SecurityOrigin> security_origin)
    : response_url_(response.CurrentRequestUrl()),
      response_time_(response.ResponseTime()),
      cache_storage_cache_name_(response.CacheStorageCacheName()),
      security_origin_(std::move(security_origin)) {
  DCHECK(!cache_storage_cache_name_.IsNull());
}

void ServiceWorkerCachedMetadataSender::Send(const uint8_t* data, size_t size) {
  Platform::Current()->CacheMetadataInCacheStorage(
      response_url_, response_time_, data, size,
      WebSecurityOrigin(security_origin_), cache_storage_cache_name_);
}

// static
std::unique_ptr<CachedMetadataSender> CachedMetadataSender::Create(
    const ResourceResponse& response,
    blink::mojom::CodeCacheType code_cache_type,
    scoped_refptr<const SecurityOrigin> requestor_origin) {
  // Non-ServiceWorker scripts and WebAssembly use the site isolated code cache.
  if (!response.WasFetchedViaServiceWorker() ||
      code_cache_type == blink::mojom::CodeCacheType::kWebAssembly) {
    return std::make_unique<CachedMetadataSenderImpl>(response,
                                                      code_cache_type);
  }

  // If the service worker provided a Response produced from cache_storage,
  // then we need to use a different code cache sender.
  if (!response.CacheStorageCacheName().IsNull()) {
    // TODO(leszeks): Check whether it's correct that |origin| can be nullptr.
    if (!requestor_origin) {
      return std::make_unique<NullCachedMetadataSender>();
    }
    return std::make_unique<ServiceWorkerCachedMetadataSender>(
        response, std::move(requestor_origin));
  }

  // If the service worker provides a synthetic `new Response()` or a
  // Response with a different URL then we disable code caching.  In the
  // synthetic case there is no actual backing storage.  In the case where
  // the service worker uses a Response with a different URL we don't
  // currently have a way to read the code cache since the we begin
  // loading it based on the request URL before the response is available.
  if (!response.IsServiceWorkerPassThrough()) {
    return std::make_unique<NullCachedMetadataSender>();
  }

  return std::make_unique<CachedMetadataSenderImpl>(response, code_cache_type);
}

bool ShouldUseIsolatedCodeCache(mojom::RequestContextType request_context,
                                const ResourceResponse& response) {
  if (!RuntimeEnabledFeatures::IsolatedCodeCacheEnabled())
    return false;

  // WebAssembly always uses the site isolated code cache.
  if (response.MimeType() == "application/wasm")
    return true;

  // Service worker script has its own code cache.
  if (request_context == mojom::RequestContextType::SERVICE_WORKER)
    return false;

  // Also, we only support code cache for other service worker provided
  // resources when a direct pass-through fetch handler is used. If the service
  // worker synthesizes a new Response or provides a Response fetched from a
  // different URL, then do not use the code cache.
  // Also, responses coming from cache storage use a separate code cache
  // mechanism.
  return !response.WasFetchedViaServiceWorker() ||
         response.IsServiceWorkerPassThrough();
}

}  // namespace blink

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Thus, the method consists in bringing the Shas to the surface of the skin by rubbing or scraping quickly using a small spatula jade or horn with rounded edges on a well-oiled skin.
Friction can evacuate energy and circulatory congestion or a general inflammatory condition.
Gua Sha is the art of hunting the bad mood.
Gua sha is practiced in all three Lanqi Parisian massage institutes.


Comes in packs of 10 pcs each Great for servo mount reinforcement. Makes an even balanced fitting of servos.
Precision qualityUsed in Raptor 30/50 V2 version Just the spindle only, no bolts or washers.
Fuel Line - 1 m Blue (RCT0107) Inside diameter: 3/32"Outside diameter: 3/16"
These starter shafts are made from heat treated steel for long life.
Used in Raptor 50 V2/SE version, Titan, E-Raptor series or upgrade for Raptor 30 V2 2 pcs per pack.
New Type Tail Rotor Hub Combine with PV0148 & PV0200(PV0526) to make an R60 style tail rotor hubUsed in Raptor 30/50 V2 version, Raptor 60 V2 version & Raptor 90 Std A must for 3D flying.
Skid Brace, Floro Yellow RCT0154 For Raptor 30/50/50T, E550/E620 Contains 2 pcs skid brace and skid tube caps in matching color.
Skid Brace, Floro Blue RCT0155 For Raptor 30 Contains 2 pcs skid brace and skid tube caps in matching color.
Washout Link Pin, R30/50 RCT0164 for 30/50 size use.
Fuel Line - 1 m White (RCT0107-W) Inside diameter: 3/32"Outside diameter: 3/16"
Used in Raptor 30/50 V1 & V2 versions, Raptor 50 Titan, SE to hold the main frames together. Suitable for PV0480 and RCT0185 Plastic pieces.
Good quality oem direct replacement. Fits Raptor 30V2, 50V2 and 50SE and 50 Titan versions This is a complete set with both left and right frames, plastic spacers and mounting screws.
Screw set for main frame set RCT0185 (RCT0184) Can be used also for PV0480 sets. For the plastic post.
Skid Brace, Red RCT0207 For Raptor 30/50/50T, E550/E620 Contains 2 pcs skid brace and skid tube caps in matching color.
Use On Raptor30/50 V2, Titan, SE Heli.
Used in Raptor 50 V1 & V2 version, Raptor 50 SE and Raptor 50 Titan Made of 100% full carbon, 2 mm thickness.
GFC Base Plate Side Support Replacement (2.2mm) x 2 pcs Replacement part for RCT0266 use.
New frames anodised in bluish dark greyUsed in Raptor 90 Std, also for the R60V2 as an upgrade, R90 upgrade.
90 durometer flap damper /PV0382 Upg (KL0128) Compatible with R30/50 V2, R50 SE/Titan class.
RCT Header tank; PV0311-OEM (RCT0198) Used in Raptor 30/50 V1 & V2 version, Raptor 60 V2 version & Raptor 90 Std Used in most 30-90 size Heli.


Seasonal slowdown hit the Powell River real estate market in December as expected with 26 sales recorded which was up from November and ahead of the same time last year. New listings were about normal for this time of year, but the total inventory is 30% down from last year which has been the story for most of this year. Those that came on were snapped up quickly, often in multiple offer situations. There are still lots of eager buyers looking for homes in most price ranges. Prices have been rising through the past 2 years. On average, home assessments for tax purposes are up between 10 and 20% which reflects what we've seen in the market. Barring unforeseen circumstances, 2018 looks to be a busy year with continued upward pressure on prices as buyers lunge for new homes as they come on in the months ahead.
This month we've receI ved our annual tax assessment from the city. Based on rising real estate prices alone, most of us saw a significant increase. In almost all of the sales I've been involved with the tax assessed value is well below the selling price. The value of the property for tax purposes for the 2017 year was set in July so in a rising market, it stands to reason that the assessed value won't match the market value. With the uniqueness of each area and each home, it's pretty difficult to achieve an 'accurate' value for all the properties in BC.
If you're considering challenging the assessed value of your home, you have until the end of January to launch your appeal. I have an interesting and informative booklet called, The Tax Fighter Guide for the Homeowner, which takes you through the appeal process. Call or email me if you'd like a copy.


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UNG Magazine
#UNGImpact
Poultry program expands reach with internal and external collaborations
University of North Georgia (UNG) students who want to work in the agriculture industry have a couple of career options. They could work in the field with animals, or in an office setting crunching numbers, managing operations or controlling logistics.
UNG is expanding its poultry science program to help both sets of students achieve those goals. On the poultry science side, UNG partnered with the University of Georgia (UGA) to streamline the transfer process for its associate degree students to attain a bachelor's degree. On the business side, UNG developed a poultry science business certificate program to give business students an advantage in the agriculture industry.
Both plans came to fruition in fall 2020, with one right after another. But both took a couple of years to develop.
Dr. John Leyba, dean of the College of Science & Mathematics (CSM) at UNG, said about two years ago UNG and UGA started discussing a memorandum of understanding. He said the intent was to establish a seamless pathway to allow students to earn their associate degree in agriculture-poultry science at UNG and complete their bachelor's degree at UGA.
"This specifically targets students who didn't want to start college at UGA, which is a huge school," Leyba said. "They wanted to start at a smaller school such as UNG's Gainesville Campus."
The agreement dictates students will complete core courses at UNG and specialized and upper-level courses at UGA. Core course examples include English, mathematics, chemistry or physics, biology, economics or accounting, and a foreign language.
Leyba said easing the transfer process will benefit both higher education institutions.
"Georgia has a shortage of animal veterinarians and managerial positions within the poultry sector," he said. "With this agreement, UNG and UGA can increase the number of graduates in the poultry science industry."
With an increased number of graduates, many can enter the workforce immediately or pursue graduate and professional degrees within the poultry industry, Leyba said.
Dr. Linda Purvis, assistant professor of biology at UNG, explained a number of job openings are available locally in the agriculture industry.
"In Gainesville and Hall County, which is deemed 'The Poultry Capital of the World,' there are plenty of jobs," she said.
Purvis has been at the forefront of rebuilding UNG's poultry-science program by recruiting students and forming partnerships with industry professionals. Both have led to internships for students and developing curriculum to meet industry standards.
Purvis has also worked with the Mike Cottrell College of Business (MCCB) to supply the poultry industry with UNG business graduates. In fall 2020, CSM and MCCB launched the Poultry Science Business Certificate program.
"We created a program to give business degree-seeking students the basic knowledge about the poultry industry," Purvis said. "The poultry industry wants recent business graduates to have a knowledge of how it works. Through this program, they will complete specific courses and receive a certificate as they finish their bachelor's degree."
The certificate is a 12-hour program designed to be completed in a full academic year. Six credit hours are required poultry science courses. The remaining six hours focus on business courses such as enterprise, management, operations and marketing.
She explained her close relationship with MCCB faculty and staff has benefited business and poultry students.
"It's a really nice give and take because we have two different groups of students who have different interests and both want to go into the agriculture industry," she said.
For more information about the poultry science program, contact Purvis at Linda.Purvis@ung.edu.


Caroline Kerr, the Associate Director of College Counseling at Ann Arbor Greenhills School gives us a primer on the ethics of college applications and the issues high school college counselors face in today's hypercompetitive environment. Caroline is in her 20s and grew up in Ann Arbor. Recently, she took a position in the Admissions department at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
This interview is the second in our "Working Ethics Series." This series includes discussions with A2-born and current A2 area residents in their 20s and 30s talking about the ethics of their work.


NOSORH Data Institute Begins This Month: Register Now!
There is still time to register for the Fall 2018 NOSORH Rural Health Data Institute. The Rural Health Data Institute (RHDI) is a set of eight 90-minute web-based sessions designed to establish a minimum data-use skill set for those working with rural health data. The sessions are designed for those with little or no knowledge of the data use process.
RHDI starts by throwing the term "research" out the window and defining terms in a way that everybody can understand. It moves through the process of collecting your data, cleaning it up, and analyzing it in a way that makes sense. Later sessions help participants work through the steps of crafting their messaging and displaying it in a visualized way so other people can understand it too. By doing very small "homework" assignments aligned to the data use process, participants will end the RHDI with a one-page infographic fact sheet to do whatever they want with it: hang on the fridge in the break room or, better yet, disseminate it to your partners!
More information on the RHDI can be found in the program brochure, here.
Register today by going to: https://regonline.com/RDI2018.
For more information on the Rural Health Data Institute, please contact Chris Salyers at chris.salyers@nosorh.org or (734) 881-9551.
Rural Health Data Institute: Register by August 12!
There is still time to register for the first Rural Health Data Institute starting on September 13, 2016! The Rural Health Data Institute is an online training opportunity designed to provide all SORH staff with a minimum data-use skill set. To accomplish this, the curriculum is designed over eight two-hour sessions meeting every other Tuesday through December 20 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern.
The eight sessions are intended to assist novice data users in identifying a question, collecting and organizing data, analyzing and interpreting data sets, selecting appropriate messaging, and developing data visualizations. Throughout the course, participants will work through each step to develop a final visualization that is relevant to their office and can be used within their state.
To kick off the Rural Health Data Institute, several SORHs will be presenting at the NOSORH Annual Meeting in Boston on September 7-8 to showcase the work being done in their states with data and data visualization. Those signed up to participate in the Rural Health Data Institute are strongly encouraged to attend this session to gain a better understanding of how data can be incorporated into their daily tasks.
Registration for the Rural Health Data Institute is open to SORHs only, but the number of seats are limited. You can register for the Rural Health Data Institute here. The deadline to register is August 12.
Rural Health Data Institute-Registration Now Open!
NOSORH is proud to announce the launch of its first Rural Health Data Institute, which kicks off on September 13 and goes through December 20. The Rural Health Data Institute is an online training opportunity designed to provide all SORH staff with a minimum data-use skill set. To accomplish this, the curriculum is designed over eight two-hour sessions meeting every other Tuesday from 1:00 – 3:00 pm EST.
The eight sessions are intended to assist novice data users in identifying a question, collecting and organizing data, analyzing and interpreting data sets, selecting appropriate messaging and developing data visualizations. Throughout the course, participants will work through each step to develop a final visualization that is relevant to their office and can be used within their state.
Several SORHs will be presenting at the NOSORH Annual Meeting in Boston on September 7-8 to showcase the work being done in their states with data and data visualization. Institute participants are strongly encouraged to attend this session to gain a better understanding of how data can be incorporated into their daily tasks.
This Institute would not be possible without the generous work of all those who participated in the planning committee. Penny Black (WI) spearheaded this endeavor along with the assistance of Joyce Hospodar (AZ), Angie Sechler (MN) and Lara Brooks (OK). The assistance of such experts, along with those who will be presenting sessions, will ensure an excellent NOSORH institute.
Registration is now open to SORHs, but the number of seats is limited. Click here to register for the Rural Health Data Institute. The deadline to register is August 12.
Rural Health Data Institute- Save-The-Date!
The NOSORH Rural Health Data Institute starts September 13 and registration is just around the corner! This 8-session online institute will assist SORH staff in understanding, finding, analyzing, using, and visualizing data important to rural health issues. Registration space for the first cohort will be limited and only available to SORH staff. Look for more information in your inbox within the next few weeks!


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using System;
using Robust.Shared.Serialization;

namespace Content.Shared.GameObjects.Components.Items
{
    [Serializable, NetSerializable]
    public class ClothingComponentState : ItemComponentState
    {
        public string ClothingEquippedPrefix { get; set; }

        public ClothingComponentState(string clothingEquippedPrefix, string equippedPrefix) : base(equippedPrefix, ContentNetIDs.CLOTHING)
        {
            ClothingEquippedPrefix = clothingEquippedPrefix;
        }
    }
}


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Peirpoint History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Peirpoint arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Peirpoint family lived in Sussex. Their name, however, is a reference to Pierrepont, near St. Sauveur in the Cotentin, Normandy, the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. [1]
Early Origins of the Peirpoint family
The surname Peirpoint was first found in Sussex where they were granted lands by William the Conqueror for their assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
They were from Pierrepont near St. Sauveur in the Cotentin in Normandy. Reginald, Geoffrey and Robert Pierpont accompanied William into England and were granted lands in Suffolk and 9,000 acres in Sussex under the Earl Warren. [2]
The family it seemed had extensive property and holdings from an early date as seen by this account: "Robert de Pierrepoint was a person of such extensive property that being made a prisoner fighting on the side of King Henry III at the Battle of Lewes [1264], he was forced to give security for the payment of then great sum of seven hundred marks for his ransom." [3]
In England, the mark never appeared as a coin but was a unit of account and was worth about 160 pence shortly after the Conquest. Based on a value of two-thirds of a pound, and converting to the price of silver, the ransom was about 267 dollars x 700 = Peirpoint186,900 USD in today's value.
Early History of the Peirpoint family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Peirpoint research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1452, 1546, 1615, 1662, 1690, 1655, 1726, 1607, 1680, 1607, 1678, 1640, 1660, 1659, 1640, 1645, 1652, 1638, 1681, 1660, 1685, 1659, 1714, 1649, 1715, 1698 and 1705 are included under the topic Early Peirpoint History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Peirpoint Spelling Variations
Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Pierrponte, Pierrepont, Pierrpont, Pierrponte, Pierreponte, Pierpont, Pierponte, Pierrpoint, Pierrpointe, Pierpoint, Pierpointe, Pearpont, Pearpoint, Pearpointe, Perpoint, Perpointe and many more.
Early Notables of the Peirpoint family (pre 1700)
Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Henry Pierrepont (died 1452), MP for Nottinghamshire; Henry Pierrepont (1546-1615), English MP for Nottinghamshire; William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (c. 1662-1690), British peer and Member of Parliament; Evelyn Pierrepont, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (c. 1655-1726), Member of Parliament for East Retford; Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester (1607-1680), English peer; William Pierrepont (c. 1607-1678), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and...
Another 79 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Peirpoint Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Peirpoint family
Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Peirpoint name or one of its variants: Robert Pierpont, who came to Ipswich, MA in 1648; Henry Pierpoint, who arrived in Maryland in 1665 with his wife Elizabeth and their five children; John Pierpoint, who came to Maryland or Virginia in 1718.
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The Peirpoint Motto +
Motto: Pie ripone te
Motto Translation: In pious confidence.
^ Cleveland, Dutchess of The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. London: John Murray, Abermarle Street, 1889. Print. Volume 2 of 3
^ Burke, John Bernard, The Roll of Battle Abbey. London: Edward Churton, 26, Holles Street, 1848, Print.
Peirpoint (English)


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Robin Lehner: He has taken control of his life, his team and his cause
By Mark Lazerus
Robin Lehner casually skated to the bench as Corey Crawford put his gear on, ready to take over early in the second period of the Blackhawks' Nov. 30 game in Colorado. Lehner gave Crawford a tap on the butt with his stick, Crawford patted Lehner on the chest and offered a few encouraging words, and then Lehner stepped off the ice and started down the tunnel.
But first, he leaned to his right and gave a quick — and emphatic — message to his teammates, who were plenty culpable in the five goals Lehner had allowed.
Wake the fuck up! Wake up!
As fans and pundits clutched their pearls, the Blackhawks could only chuckle.
"Good," said Jonathan Toews, who was just a few inches from Lehner during his outburst. "Sometimes you need to hear it once in a while. What I like most about him is he's honest. He's truthful. He wears his heart on his sleeve. On the bench, in the locker room, on the ice, he speaks his mind, and he's not going to...


Although most of the dramas/movies that I watch are usually recommendations by other MDL users, finding this film was really random. I had typed in 'school' in the search engine on dramacrazy.net and one of the options was 'Be-Bop High School'. It wasn't the series I was looking for, but the name for this movie was so downright silly that I had to take a peek.
As ridiculous as the title may sound, this drama is......just that. The story plot is neither complex nor is it thought provoking.
I never really pondered if the actors were either doing a good or a bad job at portraying their characters due to the fact that the whole movie is so unrealistic and idiotic. It's not like they were playing deep roles so their acting abilities were not really challenged. However, their intentions were emphasized from their dramatic facial expressions so I'm just going to suggest that anyone watching this movie shouldn't expect some Academy Award winning performance.
Overall, the movie is surprisingly good. It may be shallow, but it's silly and sweet, almost like a greaser gang parody. Because there's no bad after taste, I think it's a good choice for anyone looking for a funny action movie that will do nothing more than entertain them. Be-bop High School is one of those comedy movies you like just because it's fun.


It features Hartley coach Luke Tuffs, Richmond Park FC Under-16 coach Emma O'Connor, and CCL referee Lucy Clark. It provides a truly thought-provoking insight for anyone, and a very positive story for anyone battling with their own sexuality. Well worth a read - I visited expecting to skim through Luke's words but ended up reading the whole article in detail.


I can tell you want we do on another list where I'm a moderator..
I can find out what we use for our filters.
If it's spam that's "out of character" with the previous posts from the apparent source, assume it's spoofed origin, dump it silently.  If it's someone we (moderators) know, we might send them an email saying we got the spoofed source, but since there's not a heck of a lot anyone can do, it's of dubious usefulness.
I am looking at the moderation tasks and it seems like there are already a number of spam messages waiting there. Question I have is do i reject the messages and discard them as well as add the sender to either the reject or discard list?
How are we going to proceed with these emails?
suggested by prior non-commercial list conversations or queries."
One issue all of you may want to look at its the topic of spam filtering. Right now e-mail from unknown sources is held, and the queue can quickly get pretty lengthy. Joe Landman offered to help with installing a spam filter. Joe, please let me know if you need any privileges beyond list admin for this.


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Belleville council disputes mayoral candidate's resurrected lawsuit
Michael Melham's attempt to reopen a federal lawsuit dating back to 2015 is a "disgraceful attempt" to smear municipal officials, the attorney said.
Belleville council disputes mayoral candidate's resurrected lawsuit Michael Melham's attempt to reopen a federal lawsuit dating back to 2015 is a "disgraceful attempt" to smear municipal officials, the attorney said. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2qsBwCC
, Staff Writer, @MattKadosh Published 8:12 p.m. ET April 11, 2018 | Updated 1:08 p.m. ET April 12, 2018
Photos: Who is running for office in Belleville NJ in 2018?
Belleville Town Hall Adam Anik/NorthJersey.com File
Belleville Mayor Raymond Kimble Dale Mincey/NorthJersey.com File
Board of Education member Liza Lopez, left, speaking with Schools Superintendent Richard Tomko. Matt Kadosh/NorthJersey.com
Michael Melham Courtesy of Michael Melham
Naomy De Pena Courtesy of Michael Melham
Thomas Graziano Courtesy of Michael Melham
Felipe Reyes Courtesy of Felipe Reyes
Charles Hood Courtesy of Kevin Kennedy
Belleville Capt. Victor Mesce, left, speaks with resident Dan Cassilli. Matt Kadosh/NorthJersey.com
Belleville Councilman Kevin Kennedy in 2017. Matt Kadosh/NorthJersey.com
Belleville Town Hall(Photo: Adam Anik/NorthJersey.com File)
BELLEVILLE — A mayoral candidate's attempt to revive his federal lawsuit dating back to 2015 is a "disgraceful attempt" to smear municipal officials, an attorney representing the Township Council said.
Michael Melham, who is running the May 8 nonpartisan election, last month asked the court to reopen his lawsuit against the municipality.
On Tuesday, an attorney briefed the council on the renewed litigation.
Melham claims in his court filing that Belleville Township went back on its word not to seek legal fees in the case and that municipal officials, through an illegal police lookout order, conspired to prevent him from accessing his property adjacent to Town Hall.
Although municipal officials disputed his contention at Tuesday's meeting, Melham claims he agreed to withdraw his litigation with the understanding the municipality would not seek to recoup the cost to defend the lawsuit.
What does Belleville's lawyer say?
George C. Frino, the attorney representing Belleville Township in the case, disputes both Melham's original claims, and the attempt to reopen the case.
"This was dead as a doornail in October," Frino said while briefing the Township Council on Tuesday. "It should not be revived, and it is a disgraceful attempt to really slur people, who did the right thing by the taxpayers of Belleville."
Melham's renewed lawsuit has added a claim under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute, a law aimed at combating organized crime.
"He's attempting to reopen it and then reassert a claim based on racketeering. I think It's an outrageous attempt to inject what I consider to be an ethnic slur towards Mr. Esposito, or anybody for that matter, who has a vowel at the end of their name," Frino said.
Melham disputes Frino's assertion that his suit is motivated by ethnic factors.
"That's laughable. I'm sure my grandmother, who immigrated from Avelino, Italy, would be shocked to learn I'm biased against Italians," Melham said. "I'm also fairly certain, my girlfriend, who is an Italian national, currently living in Italy, is also getting a laugh at it."
What does Melham's lawsuit claim?
According to Melham's lawsuit, then-interim Township Manager Kevin Esposito, who also served as the township's tax assessor, was among those to blame for Melham being denied access to the property.
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According to the court filing, Esposito in 2015 discussed the possibility of Belleville buying Melham's Washington Avenue property, a commercial structure located next to the municipal parking lot. A closing date was set, and Esposito told Melham the council had authorized him to proceed, Melham claims.
But the week of the closing, Melham claims, he was issued a notice advising him that the property was in violation of five township ordinances.
Esposito, acting in his capacity as tax assessor, also reduced the value of his property by 44 percent, and the township retained an appraisal of the parcel that indicated municipal officials "were endeavoring to take the property by eminent domain," Melham alleged.
Esposito resigned from his post as interim manager in 2016, and Melham withdrew his lawsuit in October 2017. Esposito remains in his role as tax assessor.
On Nov. 21, the Township Council moved to recapture "any dollars spent" in defending the municipality in the case, according to the resolution.
About $100,000 in legal fees are at stake, Frino said.
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Who agreed to this?
Mayor Raymond Kimble, who is running in the May election, said, "At no time did the panel agree that we weren't going to pursue going after him for reimbursement."
Frino confirmed Kimble's statement, saying only the municipal council could make that decision. While the litigation costs may be covered by an insurer for Belleville, Township Attorney Thomas Murphy said, the council is duty-bound to recover the monies.
"We made some arrangements with our insurance carrier with regard to the claims set forth in the complaint, but I think the governing body would not be fulfilling its trust if it walked away from $100,000 without litigating," Murphy said.
What does a citizen activist say?
Lee "Griff" Dorry, the founder of local government watchdog The Essex Watch, maintained that Melham's claims are politically motivated.
"He already failed to prove his case in court," Dorry said. "He is clearly using it as a political tool at the continued expense of Belleville taxpayers while having the audacity to ask for their vote in May."
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Asked for a response to municipal officials' contention the lawsuit is politically motivated, Melham directed a reporter to his campaign literature, which focuses on his claims in the lawsuit.
"Local media has had plenty of opportunity to cover my building, the lawsuit, Esposito's dual office holding, the harassment and ongoing retaliation, and they've for the most part, remained silent," said Melham on Wednesday.
"I'm in the middle of a campaign for mayor. I've dealt with this nightmare for nearly three years. I will not be distracted," Melham said.
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Solar-lit Footpath Brings Community Together
Can you imagine the atmosphere generated by a rural community walking together on their way to support their local football match, knowing they will be able to walk safely home again along a solar-lit path?
For Yinnar and District Community Association treasurer, John Harris, this it is exactly what he hopes to soon see for the small rural township of Yinnar.
For over ten years the community has identified lighting the one-kilometre path from the towns centre to their recreation reserve as a high priority project.
"We got an initial general costing on putting in reticulated lighting and it was around $160,000. It was just too daunting", John said.
Something else that needed to be considered was that reticulated lights must be installed at the same time, meaning all the funding was required at once. Solar lighting on the other hand could be installed pole by pole.
"A single solar light on a pole with a battery and a panel was $9,000, and so we thought we might just be able to raise that." Once started, additional support would assist with further fundraising.
Solar lighting could also incorporate energy tracking systems, offering learning opportunities for the local primary school to track how much energy had been captured and used over time.
"The students could actually see in a very direct way just what value there was coming out of solar lighting", he said.
"In the last ten years, while reticulated lighting has stayed around the same price, solar lighting has got cheaper and cheaper. It was a no-brainer at that point."
For John, the best part of this project so far has been the support from the community for having a go, followed by generating wider interest in solar power as a potential solution to public lighting needs.
The Yinnar community's need for the footpath lighting has always involved safety concerns about people walking home next to a dark country road, particularly in the winter months. However, the lighting would also allow more people to walk instead of driving to the nearby site, and for the community to expand the use of their facilities.
One of the greatest challenges of this project, John said, had been finding funding at the levels needed and making connections to see it happen. Chris Barfoot, the Project Officer for the Latrobe Valley Community Power Hub contacted John after hearing about the Community Association's discussions with the Latrobe City Council and their potential involvement in the project.
"Chris was very supportive and very helpful to us in being able to provide contacts with suitable companies who could provide solar lighting. He also had contacts with the Latrobe Valley Authority who we were preparing to talk to about a submission for funding."
While things were put on hold during the recent state election, John said he hopes to hear back from the Latrobe Valley Authority in the next few weeks. The grant application in question was submitted by the Latrobe City Council, with the Community Association as a partner.
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Do you wonder what people mean by "DEI"–diversity, equity and inclusion? Do you want to feel more comfortable talking about race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and/or migration? Are you wondering why or how your organization should take part in discussions of privilege? NEOEDD brings two different events this summer to explore DEI topics.
NEOEDD continues its roundtable discussions for volunteers, boards, and staff members to learn, share, and discuss DEI methods and strategies. The next roundtable will be held Wednesday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Place, 301 S Lake St. in Joseph, and be moderated by Anita Yap and Traci Price. The cost to attend is $25 per person and includes lunch. Scholarships are available; please inquire at NEOEDD, 541-426-3598. Registration information here.
Back by popular demand: the four-part "GrantReady" workshop series provides organizational development and grant-writing training with tools and skills needed to help nonprofits become more competitive for grant funding, and better prepared to operate and evaluate their programs and projects. NEOEDD offers this series at IGNITE, 104 Depot St. in La Grande, on Mondays, Aug. 6 to 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wells Fargo entered into a $142 million class action settlement fund related to the opening of unauthorized accounts. The deadline to submit a claim is July 7. Click here or call 1-866-431-8549 for more information.
Baker County Business Round Table and Baker County Employer Council meet the second Tuesday of the month (Jul. 10) at 8 a.m. at The Little Bagel Shop. Call the Chamber of Commerce office at 541-523-5855 for more information.
Travel Oregon offers monthly webinars of instruction for their OR Tourism Information System, or OTIS, which is a collaborative platform used for sharing and maintaining Oregon's tourism assets. Remaining 2018 dates are Jul. 11, Aug. 1, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, and Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. Click here for more information.
Rural Organizing Project is launching a Rural Organizing Fellowship for rural people 18 to 32 years old. Application deadline Jul. 15. Click here for more information.
Oregon Farm Bureau Foundation for Education presents Summer Ag Institute, a 3-credit, graduate-level class through Oregon State Univ. for K-12 teachers with little/no background in agriculture. Jul. 15-20 in La Grande; fee $600. Click here for more information.
HatchLab PDX invites people to support a social-service project pitch session in person in Portland, or remotely. Click here for more information.
Oregon businesses that are owned by a woman or man who is a member of a racial minority may qualify for government or business contacts as a MWESB. Click here for more information.
Wildhorse Foundation grant deadlines are Jul. 1, Oct. 1, Jan. 1, Apr. 1. They fund projects in a variety of areas in Union and Wallowa counties, and with Tribal entities. Click here for more information.
HatchLab PDX offers a dynamic social-service project pitch session. Screening deadline: Jul. 23. Click here for more information.
Job Corps is a free, residential job training program based in Nampa, Idaho. There is an orientation session the first and third Tuesday of every month (Jul. 3 and 17) at 11 a.m. at WorkSource Oregon in La Grande, 541-963-7111.
Community Bank offers the Earn While You Learn program, which offers students who have an account at the bank money to reward good grades, through July. Check with your local branch for more information.
Business Oregon's resource page for business owners who are women, minorities, and veterans here.


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"No Good Men Among the Living"
New from Metropolitan Books: No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal.
Told through the lives of three Afghans, the stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliban back from the dead
In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces in vivid detail the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a US-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain personal wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides, who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality.
Through their dramatic stories, Gopal shows that the Afghan war, so often regarded as a hopeless quagmire, could in fact have gone very differently. Top Taliban leaders actually tried to surrender within months of the US invasion, renouncing all political activity and submitting to the new government. Effectively, the Taliban ceased to exist—yet the Americans were unwilling to accept such a turnaround. Instead, driven by false intelligence from their allies and an unyielding mandate to fight terrorism, American forces continued to press the conflict, resurrecting the insurgency that persists to this day.
With its intimate accounts of life in war-torn Afghanistan, Gopal's thoroughly original reporting lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. A heartbreaking story of mistakes and misdeeds, No Good Men Among the Living challenges our usual perceptions of the Afghan conflict, its victims, and its supposed winners.
Visit Anand Gopal's website.
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"Love and Other Foreign Words"
"Every Hidden Fear"
"Shroud of Evil"
"Xom-B"
"1,000 Feelings for Which There Are No Names"
"Catch a Falling Star"
"Monday, Monday"
"The Luck Uglies"
"The One Safe Place"
"The Poor Boy's Game"
"Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World"
"One Hour in Paris"
"Mothers of the Disappeared"
"A Paris Apartment"
"The Art of Secrets"
"Ruin Falls"
"Exodus: A Memoir"
"How I Got Skinny, Famous, and Fell Madly in Love"...
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"Hotel Florida"
"Afterparty"
"From the Charred Remains"
"The Eighth Day"
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"The Furies"
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"Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting"
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"Hidden"
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I updated FH to 6.2.7 and now my diagrams have some boxes that are about 1/3 white box with an X through it. Haven't found how to control this. Thanks in advance.
The white spaces with crosses in them are where pictures of the individuals should be. FH is not finding the picture files in the expected location. This is not a result of upgrading, but you must have moved some or all of your picture files to a different location on your computer. See Knowledge Base > Changing External File Links for guidance on repairing broken links.
The white rectangles with a cross are where Media image files that should be linked to a Media record are missing or moved.
It is nothing specifically to do with Diagrams.
If you open any screen or dialogue that should show those images, then the same 'broken link' box & cross will be shown.
Use Tools > External Files Links or the Media Window to see the full impact of such 'broken links'.
Simply upgrading to FH V6.2.7 of itself should NOT cause such image file 'broken links'.
But perhaps that upgrade involved something else, like a new PC, or some other major changes?
If you can give some more clues that might explain why Media image files are no longer where they used to be then we can talk you through how to fix those 'broken links'. Lorna's advice is good but there may some shortcuts if we understand the possible causes.
Thanks all. Makes sense; I'll have to get copies of the files.
Unless you deleted them, they should still be there somewhere.