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The Isis-affiliated terror group Abu Sayyaf has issued a disturbing warning to Filipino authorities in a video showing Norwegian and Canadian hostages Kjartan Sekkingstad and Robert Hall.
The terror group, which has gained worldwide notoriety for kidnapping foreign nationals in the Philippines, addressed Filipino president-elect Rodrigo Duterte directly.
In the footage, obtained by the terror monitoring group SITE, the extremists claimed the video message featuring the foreign nationals and Filipina Marites Flor would be the last of its kind. It demanded an earlier ransom of $6.37m (£4.39m, Php 300m) be paid by 13 June.
The new video places further pressure on the foreign governments following the execution of Canadian hostage John Ridsdel in April. Ridsdel was captured alongside the three other hostages in September 2015 from a holiday resort.
CNN reported in the message that Hall references the murder of his fellow Canadian national and describes harrowing conditions at the hands of his captors. All three of the hostages are shown wearing orange jump suits in the style used by Islamic State (Isis) in its executions.
"We live like this every day, go to bed like this. We have a hundred people heavily armed around us all the time that dictate to us and talk to us like children," he says.
"We've been humiliated in every way possible. One of us has already been murdered. We hope that you can work on our behalf as soon as possible to get us out of here. Please, the sooner the better. We're three-quarters dead right now."
Sekkingstad tells the camera: "Please try to help us. Contact this group through June at the Canadian embassy and try to negotiate with this group. We will executed on June 13 at 3 o'clock, unless there is an agreement made with this group."
Abu Sayyaf, a loose group numbering several hundred fighters, uses ransom money to fund its Islamic separatism campaign in southern Philippines.
One of its leaders, Isnilon Hapilon, who has a $5m bounty on his head, recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group operating in Syria and Iraq. However, the US has designated the group a terrorist entity for its connections to al-Qaeda.
In November Abu Sayyaf beheaded Malaysian hostage Bernard Then Ted Fen in an ostentatious act of violence, which has become the IS calling card throughout the world. Then Ted Fen was killed in the jungle not far from the Indanan town in Sulu province on 17 November.
Abu Sayyaf has demanded $60m (£40m) for the release of the three foreigners. In October 2014 the group claimed to have been paid 250m peso (£3.4m) for the release of two German hostages who were held for seven months.


Of the 320,200 complaints received in 2017, approximately 81% were received through the CFPB's website, 5% via telephone calls, 8% via referrals from other agencies and regulators, and the balance via mail, e-mail and fax. Based on the CFPB's breakdown of the number of complaints received in each category, credit reporting (100,000), debt collection (84,500), and mortgages (37,300) accounted for 69% of all 2017 complaints.
For credit reporting complaints, 55% involved incorrect information on credit reports and 20% involved the credit reporting company's investigation.
39% of debt collection complaints involved continued attempts to collect debts not owed, 22% involved debt validation (such as not receiving enough information to verify the debt), 13% involved communication tactics, 11% involved taking or threatening illegal action, 10% involved false statements or representations, and 4% involved improper contact or sharing of information.
For mortgage complaints, 41% involved making payments (such as issues involving servicing, posting of payments, and escrow accounts), 37% involved problems relating to inability to pay (such as issues involving loan modifications, collections, or foreclosures), and 12% involved applying for a loan or refinancing an existing mortgage.
We recently blogged that the CFPB has apparently decided to put its monthly complaint reports on hold, having issued its last monthly complaint report in October 2017.
Where are the CFPB's complaint and supervisory highlights reports?


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Q: Hibernate Search FullTextFilter cache not working I have the following entity declaration:
@FullTextFilterDefs({
  @FullTextFilterDef(name = "withStock", impl = WithStockFilterFactory.class, cache = FilterCacheModeType.INSTANCE_ONLY),
  @FullTextFilterDef(name = "onlyActive", impl = OnlyActiveFilterFactory.class, cache = FilterCacheModeType.INSTANCE_ONLY),
})
public class Article {

    @Column
    @Field(index = Index.YES, analyze = Analyze.NO, store = Store.NO)
    protected Boolean activo;
}

And this is my filter:
public class OnlyActiveFilterFactory {

  private Boolean onlyActive;

  public void setOnlyActive(Boolean onlyActive) {
    this.onlyActive = onlyActive;
  }

  @Factory
  public Query getFilter() {
    List<Term> terms = new ArrayList<>();
    terms.add(new Term("active", "true"));

    if (!onlyActive) {
      terms.add(new Term("active", "false"));
    }

    return new QueryWrapperFilter(new TermsQuery(terms));
  }
}

But when I perform a search everything is ok until I change the value of active for an instance, as it would be always returned in any search despite of the value of the parameter onlyActive set to the filter; for every other instance works fine.
This happens until I rebuild the whole index. I tried to reindex the entity after changing it's active value, like this but with no luck:
FullTextEntityManager fullTextEntityManager = Search.getFullTextEntityManager(entityManager);
fullTextEntityManager.index(article);

Any idea?

A: Nevermind,
The method in the repository that changed the active attribute value was annotated with @Query so that operation to the database won't force a reindex and cache update.

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Q: Finding max value in col1 with respect to values in col2 of a list in python I am new to python. I want to find the max value from col2 with respect to the values 'men', 'women' and 'people' in col1 of the list. Like, ['men', 12, '1946-Truman.txt'], ['women', 7, '1946-Truman.txt']and['people', 49, '1946-Truman.txt'] contain max values of col2 for men, women and people.
One possible solution is to convert this list of tuples to three separate arrays for men, women and people and then finding max value from all of the arrays. But, I want a better solution.
Data:
[['men', 2, '1945-Truman.txt']
['women', 2, '1945-Truman.txt']
['people', 10, '1945-Truman.txt']
['men', 12, '1946-Truman.txt']
['women', 7, '1946-Truman.txt']
['people', 49, '1946-Truman.txt']
['men', 7, '1947-Truman.txt']
['women', 2, '1947-Truman.txt']
['people', 12, '1947-Truman.txt']
['men', 4, '1948-Truman.txt']
['women', 1, '1948-Truman.txt']
['people', 22, '1948-Truman.txt']
['men', 2, '1949-Truman.txt']
['women', 1, '1949-Truman.txt']
['people', 15, '1949-Truman.txt']
['men', 6, '1950-Truman.txt']
['women', 2, '1950-Truman.txt']
['people', 15, '1950-Truman.txt']
['men', 8, '1951-Truman.txt']
['women', 2, '1951-Truman.txt']
['people', 9, '1951-Truman.txt']
['men', 3, '1953-Eisenhower.txt']
['women', 0, '1953-Eisenhower.txt']
['people', 17, '1953-Eisenhower.txt']]

Thanks in advance.

A: You may use pandas packages.
By defining the data frame :
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame([['men', 2, '1945-Truman.txt'],
                   ['women', 2, '1945-Truman.txt'],
                   ['people', 10, '1945-Truman.txt'],
                   ['men', 12, '1946-Truman.txt'],
                    ['women', 7, '1946-Truman.txt'],
                   ['people', 49, '1946-Truman.txt'],
                   ['men', 7, '1947-Truman.txt'],
                   ['women', 2, '1947-Truman.txt'],
                   ['people', 12, '1947-Truman.txt'],
                   ['men', 4, '1948-Truman.txt'],
                   ['women', 1, '1948-Truman.txt'],
                   ['people', 22, '1948-Truman.txt'],
                   ['men', 2, '1949-Truman.txt'],
                   ['women', 1, '1949-Truman.txt'],
                   ['people', 15, '1949-Truman.txt'],
                   ['men', 6, '1950-Truman.txt'],
                   ['women', 2, '1950-Truman.txt'],
                   ['people', 15, '1950-Truman.txt'],
                   ['men', 8, '1951-Truman.txt'],
                   ['women', 2, '1951-Truman.txt'],
                   ['people', 9, '1951-Truman.txt'],
                   ['men', 3, '1953-Eisenhower.txt'],
                   ['women', 0, '1953-Eisenhower.txt'],
                   ['people', 17, '1953-Eisenhower.txt']])

Then
df.groupby([0], sort=False)[1].max()

return
0
men       12
women      7
people    49
Name: 1, dtype: int64

Is that what you want ?

A: pandas is a good one, but you can just use max and lambda:
men = max(data, key=lambda x: x[1] if x[0] == 'men' else 0)
women = max(data, key=lambda x: x[1] if x[0] == 'women' else 0)
people = max(data, key=lambda x: x[1] if x[0] == 'people' else 0)

A: If you are using a list of lists such as:
lst=[['men', 2123, '1945-Truman.txt'],
['women', 2, '1945-Truman.txt'],
['people', 10, '1945-Truman.txt'],
['men', 12, '1946-Truman.txt'],
['women', 7, '1946-Truman.txt'],
['people', 49, '1946-Truman.txt'],
['men', 7, '1947-Truman.txt'],
['women', 2, '1947-Truman.txt']]

Then you can use the following code.
max_men=0
max_women=0
max_people =0
for item in lst:
    if((item[0]=="men") and (item[1]>max_men)):
        max_men=item[1]
    elif((item[0]=="women") and (item[1]>max_women)):
        max_women=item[1]
    elif((item[0]=="people") and (item[1]>max_people)):
        max_people=item[1]

print max_men
print max_women
print max_people

This will go into each list within the bit list called lst and find the max value for men, women, and people.

A: You could create a set out of the first column and find the maximum value afterwards:
data = [
    ['men', 2, '1945-Truman.txt'],
    ['women', 2, '1945-Truman.txt'],
    ...
]

keys = set([col[0] for col in data])

for k in keys:
        print (k, max([col[1] for col in data if col[0] == k]))

Returns:
women 7
people 49
men 12

A: You can use pandas, I suppose data is a list of list:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame(data)

df.loc[df.groupby([0])[1].idxmax()]

        0   1                2
3     men  12  1946-Truman.txt
5  people  49  1946-Truman.txt
4   women   7  1946-Truman.txt

For a result in the same format:
df.loc[df.groupby([0])[1].idxmax()].values.tolist()

[['men', 12, '1946-Truman.txt'], ['people', 49, '1946-Truman.txt'], ['women', 7, '1946-Truman.txt']]

A: You can use itertools.groupby:
import itertools
new_data = [(a, list(b)) for a, b in itertools.groupby(sorted(data, key=lambda x:x[0]), key=lambda x:x[0])]
new_final_data = [max(b, key=lambda x:x[1]) for a, b in new_data]

Output:
[['men', 12, '1946-Truman.txt'], ['people', 49, '1946-Truman.txt'], ['women', 7, '1946-Truman.txt']]

Or, a dictionary with each key the type of individual:
new_final_data = {a:max(b, key=lambda x:x[1]) for a, b in new_data}

Output:
{'women': ['women', 7, '1946-Truman.txt'], 'men': ['men', 12, '1946-Truman.txt'], 'people': ['people', 49, '1946-Truman.txt']}

A: men = [t for t in yourlist if t[0] == 'men']
women = [t for t in yourlist  if t[0] == 'women']
people = [t for t in yourlist  if t[0] == 'people']
sorted(men, key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)[0][1]
sorted(women, key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)[0][1]
sorted(people, key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)[0][1]


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Q: How to use select2 jQuery plugin for tokenizer? I want to make an e-mail input box with an auto suggestion dropdown. I downloaded the Select2 Plugin from github & installed the .js and .css files following the plugin instruction.
I don't understand the markup for the input box and how the input box picks data to show as suggestions. Can any one help me please?

A: Just like any other jquery plugin, select2 plugin also adds its feature to the jquery object. So you obtain a reference of the DOM element using $() and then call select2() on it, it converts the simple dorpdown element into a autocomplete dropdown like:
<html>
 <head>
  <script>
     $(document).ready(function() {
          $("#my-dropdown").select2();
     });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
 <select id="my-dropdown">
   <option id="1">Dogs</option>
   <option id="2">Cats</option>
   <option id="3">Wolves</option>
   <option id="4">Rhinos</option>
 </select>
</body>

Since you need to use it for email input box. I suppose that the input box is for email ids. So what you can do is, keep the list of email ids in an array of objects. And have a select element with multiple attribute on the page.
Then on page load, just bind the array to the select using select2 plugin as given below:
<html>
  <head>
     <script>
        var list = [{id: "abcd@gmail.com", text: "Foo Bar"},
                    {id: "jhon.doe@abcd.com", text: "John Doe"},
                    {}, ....];

        $(document).ready(function() {
                $("#email-input-box").select2({data: list});
        });

      </script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <select id="email-input-box" multiple="multiple"></select>
  </body>
</html>

Once you decide on what is to be shown to the user, what a user can type like email id or the name to select etc, then you can make changes to the text field of the array.


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From collaborating with top-notch brands to shooting international sensation BTS for a TIME cover, Nhu Xuan Hua has grown into a household name in the fashion photography scene. Born in France and working in London, the photographer of Vietnamese heritage is well known for her works that takes inspiration from surrealism and tantalizes with the boundaries of the frame. But her exploration doesn't stop there. Through a Skype call, Nhu Xuan Hua shares her ongoing journey to trace her Vietnamese identity and the lasting impact the discoveries leave on her worldview and creative process.
Nhu Xuan Hua: I have always gravitated into art as my father is a painter. When I was little, we used to paint together, but he never encouraged me to follow art since he struggled to make a living out of paintings himself.
Toward the end of high school, I realized that photography was the best tool for me to tell stories. The only thing that mattered was to succeed in the field that I had thrown myself into, despite my family's concerns about my decision to pursue an art career. I grew up with quite a traditional Vietnamese upbringing, and to many Asian families, art wasn't considered a job that could bring money. I knew that if you decide to go for art, you cannot be driven by money. At some point, you do need to make a living out of your practice but this cannot be your first input.
I was really ambitious and determined. I did a few internships through my degree, worked in a studio and assisted a couple of photographers, one of whom became my mentor at the time. His techniques and lighting were very cinematic and precise. After assisting him for about a year, I wanted to leave Paris so he pushed me to follow my guts. I started from scratch here in London, ended up by myself in a new country with a new language and no contacts.
I've always struggled with this fashion photographer label. I just see myself as a storyteller. I love creating stories, turning my imagination into reality and embracing the craft and energy of every individual in the team I work with. But at a point, I had a breakdown from shooting too intensively and too much, back to back. I started questioning the meaning of my work. I felt like I needed to move forward.
Despite the hardship, London turns out to be one of the best things that has ever happened in my life because it has unlocked a lot of things inside me. Here, everybody comes from somewhere else and has a different story. Conversations about diversity and cultural affiliation take place daily among friends and people I work with. That has inspired me to start this journey through my Vietnamese roots by delving into my family history which I used to know almost nothing about. And that has deeply affected my work, the way I reflect on things, and my vision on society.
In 2016, I came back to Saigon for the first time as an adult. I met my mom there to go on a hunt to find original music CDs from the time she was in Vietnam, before the end of the war. As a matter of fact, we couldn't find anything. I understood that I will need to dig deeper somewhere.
I later received an assignment from Numero China magazine with the theme of live performance, and took this opportunity to educate myself about Vietnamese music. I wanted to have an actual Vietnamese singer and a model that embodies myself – someone in the process of learning about cultural heritage. Eventually, I contacted a singer based in Paris called Huong Thanh – the daughter of Huu Phuoc, a very famous opera singer back in the days. "I have a son who's the same age as you," she said when we met. She was really pleased to hear about my personal research and encouraged our generation to expand the narrative when it comes to Vietnamese representation.
I wanted to add some Vietnamese lines on the images, which are part of a poem by Luu Trong Lu. I remember discussing poetry and songwriting with Huong Thanh, being curious about the usual song topics. It felt like nostalgia was always a big part of it. Since my Vietnamese is not fluent, I couldn't fully understand the direct meaning of the lines that I was trying to translate. I left a blurry line between the actual meaning and my own understanding of the words on purpose. For me, poetry is not just the association of words, it's about the sound, the musicality and eventually the emotional state that it will take you to.
Huong Thanh also shared that every single hand movement in the performance was referring to a word. She showed me the variation of the movements for me, you, the fish and the moon. I found this quote so beautiful and it became the title of the project.
There is a presence of dignified bodies filled with poetry and sometimes absence in my work. The hands and the gaze are very important. Somehow, this obsession with body language might come from the frustration of not being able to make myself understood fully by my father. For years we have communicated in a very special way because he speaks Vietnamese, I speak French, he is deaf and I do not understand sign language. It has always been complicated because we used to paint together and were very close when I was little, when we did not need to verbalize our feelings. This issue has affected me for a while and I'm trying to explore it in my personal works because it has affected, even unconsciously, the way I was directing my models.
After moving to London, I realized the emotional detachment between my family and I. Communication has never been our forte, but working on my project Tropism allows me to step forward and be able to open a dialogue with them. The term "tropism" had its root in biology to describe automatic movement of organisms or plants in response to external stimuli. It has been used afterwards in Literature by French author Nathalie Sarraute, who referred to tropisms as inner movement or body reaction in response to life events.
This work is based on archive pictures of my family that I have gathered through the years. It aims to explore the displacement of memories and my interpretation of those events that aren't directly connected to my own experience, but still can transport me to an emotional place.
The process of working on this project is completely different from my past work, because all stories I have done are prepared and researched carefully, so every detail is well thought out. Whereas with Tropism, I have decided to distort those memories visually in a very instinctive way. I spend time looking at hundreds of photos from my family, one would catch my attention and I would work on it without questioning why.
I was overwhelmed by all those discoveries. It allowed me to draw a path in my personal history and to slowly patched up the missing elements of my identity. They brought understanding of not only myself but my education, my parents, the relationship between members of the family, the strength and pride they have and what they try to pass onto the new generation. I can only be grateful for everything my parents have given me because they had to give up on their life in order to rebuild new roots somewhere else.
It's important for a person to know where they belong and have a solid foundation in order to move forward in life. As I go further on this journey, I could gradually accept the fact that I am made up of diverse places: part of me is French, part of me is British, part of me is Vietnamese; and this is a strength that I should embrace. Today, I feel really connected every time I go back to Vietnam. I am much more aware of what I am seeking for and the reasons that drives me in my work or life choices.
Nhu Xuan Hua's imagery portrays narrative and conceptual visuals where photography occasionally meets mixed media. She shapes each component of the photograph as a sculptor would do with clay, looking at every object as a tangible matter more than a functional tool. She uses her sets to turn her vision into reality, challenging the limit of the space and the bi-dimensionality of the frame that she fills with fragmented compositions.
Her visual stories are the result of a constant dialogue between past and present. Between 2017 and 2019, she delved into the power of memories through different evolutionary states in a piece of work titled TROPISM: Consequences of a Displaced Memory.
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Facebook is like a virtual cocktail party. There are some people in your network that you know well; others you don't. One of the most written-about topics when it comes to social media, especially Facebook, is what one should write in her status updates. With fan pages, it becomes even more troublesome. How do you write in a tone that is both conversational yet true to the brand? Too often, brands resort to simple selling and promoting. Put yourself in the reader's shoes. Do you want to log on to your Facebook page (aka virtual cocktail party) and have a sales guy hawking his wares in your newsfeed?
1. Give them the facts. A jeweler might want to post some interesting tidbits about diamonds or other gems. "Did you know that crushed diamonds are often used in mineral-based makeup?" People like to be educated and informed, even on trivia. Don't make your update a micro-course in biology, but don't be afraid to inform, either, especially if it is unusual and interesting information.
2. Ask them a question that begs for an quick answer. Ask questions that are fun for readers to respond to, but don't require them to write a book. You'll get more responses. Blackberry asked readers what was their New Years Resolution. They got a hearty response rate with most people just giving one resolution. If they had asked them to "share you top five highlights from 2009," they may have not gotten as much interaction, because people need to first think of five actual highlights, and then they have to describe those highlights. It could get messy or convoluted, or the prospect of simply spending all that time on Facebook may bore them so they move on. Like most things in life, keep it simple.
3. Tie an update into a current event, and throw in a product shot. iPhone (or Blackberry or any competitor) could upload a shot of their product, then write, "Our iPhone 3G would have come in handy for Lindsey Vonn: she could have texted all her pals as soon as she won the Gold." Take it a step further and ask for interaction. "What would she text?" Experiment a little with ideas to see what works, and keep it fun.
4. Use your Fan Page to answer consumer questions. Every day, client services teams field questions from customers. Use some of the broader ones as a point of conversation on your wall. "We recieved an interesting question from a client the other day . . ." then briefly explain the question and give a quick (but useful!) answer.
5. Give them something to watch. Funnyordie and youtube are rich with videos that may relate to your field in a comical way, or, may just be extremely viral and worth posting. It doesn't have to be a funny clip either: if it's relevant to your product and may educate your fans in some way, post it. Give credit where credit is due, of course.
Don't be afraid to be imaginative, keep it simple, and take a few risks with your content: provocative posts (within reason) often get the best responses. If Facebook can sometimes be like a virtual cocktail party where you mix and mingle, then just like you would at a real party, get out there an have some fun!
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Everyone likes to start the weekend on a positive note, right!?!?
So we're sorry to report that new data released this week showed that American companies paid another $61 million in unnecessary taxes in April because Congress still has not renewed the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. More than a quarter of those taxes ($15.7 million) were paid on imports from India, and nearly $30 million more were paid on combined imports from Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, and the Philippines.
From August 2013 through April 2014, California companies paid approximately $75 million in taxes because of GSP expiration – nearly $30 million more than the next highest state! Imports destined for New Jersey, Texas, New York, Illinois, Florida, and Georgia each faced between $25 million and $50 million in extra taxes. A total of 40 states had estimated tariffs paid of $1 million or more because of GSP expiration over those nine months, as shown below.
At an average of about $1.84 million per day in new import taxes, GSP expiration has cost American companies an estimated $570 million from August 1, 2013 to today (June 6). While Members of Congress and their staffs enjoy the weekend, their constituents will pay nearly $4 million more in higher taxes. Happy Friday?
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Seva.com — a $310,000 Lesson in Humanity
As we move more into a digital world brands are often faced with naming and branding questions. For new companies it's about choosing the right name to convey their message. For more established companies the idea of re-branding becomes a possibility. Whatever the stage, it's important to get naming right.
A couple months ago ProsperWorks re-branded to Copper and acquired the Copper.com domain name in a private transaction. By almost all measures, this was one of the great re-brands of the year. Jon Lee, Copper's CEO/Founder, wrote why it was important to change to a non-traditional name:
"… the fact that our software is used by marketing, sales, service, support, and even product teams… well, that meant no more "sales____" this or "pipe____." And yes, we made a clear decision to not have "____CRM" as our name. We wanted a name that was relatable, memorable, fun, and instantly recognizable the world over."
Re-branding moments are supposed to go like this. They are supposed to elevate the brand, heighten employee enthusiasm and show long term dedication to consumers.
However, not all re-branding stories are the same.
The story of SEVA.com is one of those other stories.
The founders of ConvertKit presumably fell in love with this name for a re-brand, so much they paid $310,000 USD for the SEVA.com domain name back in July.
On the surface, this word seems perfect for many companies. After all, who wouldn't want a great 4 letter pronounceable word as a brand. Furthermore, by definition the word SEVA means "selfless service: work performed without any thought of reward or repayment".
Almost a perfect name for a company whose values include Teach everything you know, Create every day, Default in generosity and more.
However, it was not meant to be.
While by definition SEVA seemed to be a great fit it was the community reaction which caused a shift in re-branding. A shift so important that the founders of Convert Kit should be recognized for what they did.
Less than 8 weeks after spending $310,000 to acquire the domain name the re-branding to SEVA was shelved and Nathan Barry, the company's Founder and CEO, explained why it was necessary to recognize the importance of this word to various cultures and religions and not commercialize the word.
Nathan's entire letter is here.
These are words any founder, any agency .. any person should read.
Not only did it take guts to incur the financial loss but also a sense of humanity (and humility) to accept what was unknown prior to the acquisition and make the decision not to change.
Words are powerful. Commercializing words is more powerful.
Most words don't have such deep meaning as SEVA however imagine if Hanukkah.com was a tabloid, Christian.com was a vice magazine or Shalom.com was a crypto company. The very moment a word enters mainstream as a brand it can often weaken the word, lead to a loss of meaning and hurt people never meant to be hurt.
This moral sense. This type of humanity. This public display of humility.
This is what we need more of today.
In a world where money rules, decisions like this keep things sacred.
Well done Mr. Barry.
Well done indeed.
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Alan Dunn is a senior digital naming expert and brand consultant with over 20 years of experience. He is the Managing Director of NameCorp®, former Managing Director of Domain Holdings (acquired by Flippa) and, a contributor to Tech Crunch, Business Insider, Quartz and other key publications. Alan was also nominated to the TRAFFIC Domain Name Hall of Fame in 2014, won TRAFFIC Developer of the Year in 2012 and has appeared on BBC One Radio. Follow Alan on Twitter @alangdunn.
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Piussi R, Simonson R, Högberg J, Thomeé R, Samuelsson K, Hamrin Senorski E.
Background: Psychological patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are recommended for use in test batteries to aid in decision-making, regarding whether patients are well prepared to return to sports (RTS) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. However, the values that should be regarded as "pass" or "fail" are still unclear.
Purpose: This study aimed to identify cut-off values for three commonly used psychological PROs that could differentiate patients who suffer a second ACL injury from patients who do not within two years of RTS in patients after ACL reconstruction with respect to recovery of symmetrical quadriceps strength.
Study design: Diagnostic/prognostic study
Methods: Demographic data, isokinetic strength test data for quadriceps, as well as results for the ACL-Return to Sport after Injury scale (ACL-RSI), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Quality of Life, and Function in Sport and Recreation sub-scales, and the 18-item version of the Knee Self-Efficacy Scale (K-SES18) were extracted from a registry. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were calculated for each PRO. Accuracy of the cut-offs was presented with two summary measures for the ROC: the area under the curve (AUC) and Youden index.
Results: In total, 641 (355 men, 61%) patients (24.8 [SD 7.6] year old at ACL reconstruction) were included. The cut-off values were not able to differentiate patients who suffered a second ACL injury up to 24 months after RTS and ACL reconstruction from patients who did not. Additionally, achieving symmetrical quadriceps strength did not improve the cut-off psychometric properties.
Conclusion: Since cut-off values could not differentiate between patients who suffered a second ACL injury and those who did not, clinicians should not rely only on cut-off values or a single PRO of those analyzed in this study when making decisions on which patients are at risk of experiencing a second ACL injury when returning to sports after ACL reconstruction.
Level of Evidence: Level 3


Whew, what a week it's been.Back from Gary Con!
Whew, what a week it's been.
Gary Con is the finest convention one can go to, an incredible job was accomplished by Luke Gygax and Co.
First off, that's me photo bombing a picture of a Chain Mail game at Gary Con. (Photo credit: Patrick Bobeck) I'm the standing guy at the far table playing Strategos-N.
It had been decades since my last convention and I was very surprised at how this convention was run. I'm sure that there was a lot of running around by staff to deal with the various fires that arise at an event this big, but from my perspective Gary Con is the smoothest running convention I have ever witnessed.
The setting for the event is amazing. And the table service for drinks and snacks is excellent.
Although the primary objective was to screen 35 minutes of the film draft, I also managed to get in on a couple of games.
An Empire of the Petal Throne game where I got to be a Pei Choi priestess; my favorite alien race from Tekumel.
A napoleonic minis battle with Ross Maker; he was using Strategos N as the rules system. Five of us were pitted against David Wesely who was defending a town with his army, there is a blog post about it here.
Perhaps most interesting about the napoleonic battle was the team play aspect. Sure it's nitty gritty historical war gaming, but it's also very social as the linked blogger noted.
I would say that the one thing many of the gamers at the convention did not do, is explore things they were not familiar with. So while all the RPG games were loaded with players, the Legends of Gaming room had some games that came up short on players. If you ever go to Gary Con, make an effort to try something you would normally never play.
I also got roped into a game of Braunstein with David Wesely. That was really fun. Since the player turnout was low, we all ended up playing 2 factions, which made for some crazy flip flop role playing. Even more fun: The farm worker's union and the factory worker's union conspired to create havoc, by burning down a fancy hotel, so that the arms dealer would negotiate in our favor, while also being able to prove that the local militaries really needed to buy more guns to suppress all the insurrections that we were fomenting as a ruse. Again, what a shame to see the original RPG being played and so few signing up for it.
A heartfelt SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU to those who could make it to the first screening of Secrets of Blackmoor. Let us know where you display that autographed limited edition poster once you get it home. ;) Better yet, send us a picture of it in situ!
Also, a THANK YOU to Kevin McColl for providing tech support during the screening.
Kevin posted some shots here.
I really wanted a limited edition color poster with only 150 copies printed -- But I couldn't make it to GaryCon you say?
Well, here's the deal, we saved some for our online fans. Fifty of you will be lucky winners of these posters. Not only that, but we had these posters signed by the people who are in the movie: David Wesely, David Megarry; Ross Maker; Bill Hoyt, and Ken Shepro. Maybe we can get the directors to sign it as well.
Ken couldn't make it up to the convention, so I drove to his home and had him sign the remaining posters; only winners of the giveaway will get his signature.
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Investigation of agglomeration in the presence of oiling out in the antisolvent crystallization process
posted on 2021-04-15, 13:51 authored by Liping Wang, Ying Bao, Zhuang Sun, Valerie PinfieldValerie Pinfield, Qiuxiang Yin, Huaiyu YangHuaiyu Yang
Oiling out during the crystallization process often generates agglomeration. This research is focused on the control of agglomeration in the antisolvent crystallization of the propylparaben-ethanol-water system in the presence of oiling out, that is, the liquid-liquid phase separation phenomenon. Crystallization trajectories were designed to start from a homogeneous solution with different initial concentrations of propylparaben in ethanol, crossing the liquid-liquid phase separation region in the ternary phase diagram by adding the antisolvent of water. A combination of process analytical technology tools, such as focused beam reflectance measurement, particle visual monitoring, and attenuated total reflectance ultraviolet/visible, enabled the detection of the different stages of the oiling out crystallization process, including the droplet formation of the dispersed phase, prenucleation, nucleation, and crystal growth both in the liquid-liquid phase-separated system and in the homogeneous solution. The crystals tended to form normally at higher initial concentrations of propylparaben while tending to agglomerate at a lower initial concentration. Crystallization experiments were also performed with the addition of sonication, with variation in sonication start time, duration, and power. The results showed that ultrasound could reduce the agglomeration dependent on the initial application time. The mechanism of crystallization and agglomeration in oiling out was discussed.
China Scholarship Council, National Natural Foundation of China (No. 21576187 and No. 21776203)
Tianjin Municipal Natural Science Foundation (No. 18JCYBJC21100)
Regenerative BioCrystallisation
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
© American Chemical Society
"This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00491
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00491
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9 in 10 student loan borrowers aren't ready to begin payments again, survey finds
Aarthi Swaminathan
June 24, 2021, 9:13 AM ·5 min read
The vast majority of nearly 24,000 student loan borrowers surveyed recently said they are unprepared for the pandemic payment pause ending after September.
The sampling, conducted between June 17 and June 22 through a 46-question survey distributed via email to a group of followers of advocacy group Student Debt Crisis, found that 9 in 10 respondents across all 50 states were not ready to resume making payments in October.
Actions taken by the federal government will lead to roughly $100 billion in total student loan forgiveness between March 2020 and September 2021, according to Education Department (ED) data and analysis from experts.
The survey stated that "80% of borrowers say they currently depend on COVID-19 relief for federal student loans and 75% say that the payment pause is critical to their financial wellbeing."
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About a third of the respondents said that if payments resume on October 1, more than a quarter of their income would go towards their student loan repayment. And 32% of borrowers also said their student loan servicer never contacted them about pandemic-related updates.
Additionally, the survey noted that borrowers of color were "least likely to say they are ready to resume payments on their federal student loans."
"Even with an economic recovery picking up steam, many Americans still shoulder the economic harm caused by the pandemic," Natalia Abrams, executive director of Student Debt Crisis, said in a statement. "We urge the Biden administration to extend the pause on payments and interest for federal student loans to give Americans a chance to land on their feet as the health crisis subsides and the economic recovery grows."
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'Student loan time bomb'
Advocates and politicians have expressed deep concern about debtors' ability to repay their loans post-pause. One of the chief concerns is a possible spike in delinquencies and defaults.
Student loan balances increased by $29 billion to $1.58 trillion in the first quarter, according to the New York Fed. At the same time, only 6.2% of student loans were in serious delinquency or default in the first quarter of 2021 due to the payment pause and debt collection moratorium.
If the payment pause is lifted without cancellation in October, "we are facing a student loan time bomb that when it explodes could throw millions of families over a financial cliff," Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said in May.
According to the survey, if the payment pause were to expire, 17% expect to be in default for at least one student loan in the next six months; 30% said they simply won't be able to make student loan payments. Unsurprisingly, 86% of respondents said they support student debt cancellation.
The federal government's debt collection machinery would restarted after the payment pause, meaning that defaulted borrowers could have their tax refunds or their Social Security payments garnished and see their credit scores drop.
Democratic lawmakers, including Warren, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), sent a letter to President Biden this week that called on him to extend the pause on federal student loan payments until at least March 31, 2022.
"The scheduled resumption of student loan payments in October could create a significant drag on our economic recovery," the lawmakers wrote. "Before the pandemic, the average student loan payment was between $200 and $299 per month — a substantial part of a household budget, and money that is desperately needed for basic needs."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference about student debt outside the U.S. Capitol on February 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
On Thursday morning, more than 125 organizations also wrote to the president to extend the pause "until your administration has delivered on the promises you made to student loan borrowers to fix the broken student loan system and cancel federal student debt."
Warren, Schumer, and Pressley have also repeatedly called on Biden to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt immediately via executive order. $50,000 in loan forgiveness would erase the entire debt burden for 36 million (84%) of the roughly 43 million borrowers holding federally-backed debt while $10,000 in forgiveness would wipe out the debt for 15 million of those borrowers (35%).
Calling for critical reform
Beyond extending the payment pause and possibly cancelling student debt, there's also been a push to fix the existing student loan machinery.
Warren is currently holding up the confirmation of Biden's nomination for the undersecretary of the Department of Education (ED) as she presses the need for reform to the existing system such as cracking down on student loan servicers Navient and the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and increasing oversight over for-profit colleges.
"This is not about cancellation; this is about the administration of the student loan program," a source familiar with the situation told Yahoo Finance. "The Warren office is engaged in ongoing conversations with [ED undersecretary nominee James Kvaal] and the department about a range of necessary reforms in higher education including the administration of the student loan program."
Extending the pause would also offer a chance for ED to be fully prepared for what comes next. This would include communicating with loan servicers on how they are working with debtors to resume payments, which Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nominee Rohit Chopra previously flagged.
"While the payment and interest pause has provided financial relief to borrowers, many are still looking for certainty," Aaron Smith, co-founder of Savi, said in a statement. "We need to do everything in our power to make sure that borrowers are informed and fully prepared for the resumption of payments and can seamlessly get back on track."
Aarthi is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. She can be reached at aarthi@yahoofinance.com. Follow her on Twitter @aarthiswami.
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The Varsity Network To Live-Stream Westwood One's Audio Coverage of NCAA® Championships
LEARFIELD and Westwood One Agreement Tips Off with March Madness® Coverage
PLANO, Texas – The Varsity Network app – created for college sports fans by LEARFIELD company SIDEARM Sports – will be home to live audio streams of Cumulus Media's (NSDQ: CMLS) Westwood One's coverage of March Madness. Under the terms of a multi-year agreement between LEARFIELD and Westwood One, all NCAA Championships broadcast by Westwood One will be available on The Varsity Network.
"We are thrilled to be able to provide these live championship streams of Westwood One's broadcasts as part of The Varsity Network," stated Rick Barakat, executive vice president and managing director for LEARFIELD's Media & Partnerships Group. "When we created this app, it was with the idea of providing fans with live and on-demand access to college content they cannot find anywhere else – and providing free audio to all NCAA Championships and every men's March Madness game takes our content delivery for college sports fans to another level."
The Varsity Network will feature an exclusive and innovative listening experience called the Varsity Multicast, that will allow fans to listen to all Westwood One national radio broadcasts of the men's and women's basketball tournaments.
"Our radio broadcasts have been a staple of the NCAA Tournament for 40 years," noted Bruce Gilbert, Senior Vice President, Sports, Content and Audience, Cumulus Media | Westwood One, which has broadcast every NCAA Men's Tournament since 1982. "We're thrilled to give fans the ability to hear every exciting play of an event that annually captivates fans across the nation."
As part of the deal with Westwood One, The Varsity Network app will also provide listeners with all of Westwood One's coverage across other NCAA sports, including the Division I Men's and Women's College World Series, Division I Men's and Women's Frozen Four, and Division I Men's and Women's Lacrosse Semifinals and Championships.
Fans can download the app for iPhone or Android use for instant access to free gameday audio streams and receive push notifications to remind them of games starting or upcoming audio broadcasts. Games played by nearly 200 schools affiliated with LEARFIELD are available via The Varsity Network app, in addition to dozens of other SIDEARM partner institutions.
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Westwood One, the national-facing arm of Cumulus Media (NSDQ: CMLS), offers iconic, nationally syndicated sports, news, and entertainment content to more than 250 million monthly listeners across an audio network of nearly 9,500 affiliated broadcast radio stations and media partners. Westwood One is the largest audio network in America, home to premium content that defines the culture, including the NFL, the NCAA, the Masters, CNN, the AP, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and Westwood One Backstage. Westwood One broadcasts some of the most exciting sporting events across multiple audio platforms. In addition to NCAA Basketball, including the NCAA Men's and Women's Championships and the Final Four; it is also the exclusive provider of the Men's and Women's Frozen Four, the Men's and Women's Lacrosse Championship, and the Men's and Women's College World Series. Westwood One has been the exclusive network radio partner to the NFL since 1987. Westwood One also distributes and represents CBS Sports Radio. The rapidly growing Cumulus Podcast Network delivers popular network and industry personalities and programs. Westwood One connects listeners with their passions through programs and platforms that have everyone listening. For more information, please visit westwoodone.com.
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JACOB H. KNEY, a well known general farmer in Walker township, was born in that township on June 19, 1864, a son of Michael and Margaret (Wissing) Kney. His parents were born in Germany and both came to the United States when young. Of their family of seven children the following are living: Minnie, Louise. Emma, Rosa and Jacob H. Jacob H. Kney lived on the home farm until his marriage, attending district school No. 5 in boyhood and afterward helping his father with the farm industries. After marriage Mr. Kney rented land from his father and operated it for himself, and when his father died he inherited forty acres. Shortly afterward he bought the forty acres adjoining and since then has added until he now has 100 acres of fine land. He carries on general farming and raises some stock. September 27, 1888, Mr. Kney married Ella Branson, born in Shelby county, daughter of James B. and Elizabeth Branson. The father of Mrs. Kney was born in South Carolina and the mother in Kentucky. They had nine children, five of whom are living: Robert, Lawrence, Augusta, Anna and Ella. Mr. and Mrs. Kney have two children: Earl and Lavanche. The family are members of the Christian church at Manilla. In politics Mr. Kney is a Democrat.


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Hollow 2 Review (Switch eShop)
By LesliePosted on January 5, 2022
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked)
Sequels are supposed to be better than their predecessors. Although such a statement doesn't always ring true (plenty will have a lot to say about which of the Metroid Prime games is their favourite) the intention behind a sequel is to learn from and improve upon previous works – that's the theory, at least. When Hollow released on the Nintendo Switch in 2018 we didn't like it all that much, calling it an "ugly game" that was "difficult to play". Surely, then, its sequel will turn out to be a better experience..? Well, it's different.
Although visually similar to the first game, Hollow 2 takes the same general setup and gameplay but dials the action right up to 11. It feels like a completely different game as a result; gone are the slow, explorative sections of the first title, replaced instead with almost constant horde-like showdowns with the various enemies, all of which come thick and fast right from the start. Like we said, it's a different experience, but one that's still plagued with the same agonising issues, making Hollow 2 an absolute chore to play.
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)
First off the game looks as bad, if not worse, than its predecessor. With the action ramped up and more enemies filling up the screen, environmental details have taken a hit as a result; you'll come across rooms and corridors that look almost identical to each other thanks to continual reuse of assets throughout the game. It's such a repetitive experience that you'll end up getting lost frequently due to the constant sense of déjà vu. To exacerbate this, there are needless visual distractions such as lens flare that fills the screen whenever you shoot your weapons, and a heavy camera filter that distorts and blurs the display to the point where the environment warps at the edges of the screen – it looks dreadful.
The enemy design is similarly lacklustre and doesn't hold a candle to notable FPS titles like DOOM (2016) or Borderlands, even accounting for this game's more humble origins. There are a small number of creature designs that – again – repeat frequently throughout the game. They've also been given a garish yellow tinge which we suspect is intended to ensure they stand out effectively against the dark background, but this also makes them about as scary and menacing as Bowser Jr trotting along Isle Delfino with a paintbrush. What's more problematic, however, is that most of the creatures have a distinct female form and move towards you in an almost perverted sensual swagger, swinging their hips in an exaggerated fashion; it's disturbing, to say the least, and likely not in a way that was intended.
All of this might have been forgiven if the gameplay proved its worth, but unfortunately this is perhaps Hollow 2's greatest sin. Movement feels somehow both sluggish and skittish, making the simple act of aiming feel like a nightmare. Camera sensitivity can be adjusted in the settings, but we never found that sweet-spot to make the gameplay feel satisfying. Perhaps even more sinful – depending on your preferences – is the lack of any option to invert the Y-axis; a lot of players don't mess around with this, which is fine, but at least give us the option. Those hoping for gyro controls will also be disappointed, as these aren't present in any sense.
In terms of the weapons themselves, the main character starts off with a basic 'pistol' called the Pinner, before obtaining beefier weapons like the Ripper and Cutter later down the line. None of the weapons pack any kind of punch and they all feel like they're just shooting out little paintball pellets. It's the most bland FPS combat we've played in a good while and we feel the developer would have been wise to reign in the combat and put its focus on providing a more atmospheric experience.
Unfortunately, the storytelling is also pretty dire. As you move through the space vessel Shakhter-One a woman's voice plays over the speakers, berating you, yelling at you, and generally just doing her utmost to distract you from the job at hand. Much like the first game, the writing is again hampered by the poor English translation, meaning half of the dialogue isn't even remotely understandable, and even basic tasks require a second glance to fully comprehend. The developers even have the sheer audacity to reference the critical reception to the first Hollow, poking fun at critics who dared to give the game 2 out of 10. This joke would land better – heck, even be funny – had criticism been taken on board and delivered a better game this time around; that hasn't happened.
It's clear with Hollow 2 that a more visceral, DOOM-like approach was taken when compared to the first game. While we have to give the developer credit for at least trying something different, it ultimately fails to deliver a compelling experience with poor combat, boring weapons, awful enemy design, and repetitive environments. What's more frustrating, though, is that there's a good game buried somewhere beneath all the jank; there's enough here to indicate that Megapixel Studio understands the fundamentals of the FPS genre; unfortunately its execution completely misses the mark.
Hollow 2 could – and should – have been a vast improvement on the first game. With poor visuals and gameplay that frankly feels like a chore to play, there's little here to convince anyone looking for a new FPS on the Switch. There are small hints of a good game bubbling under the surface, and perhaps with more time and diligence this could have seen the light of day. As it stands, Hollow 2 fails to address the glaring issues from its predecessor and should be left well alone.
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José Antonio Balbontín Gutiérrez (Madrid, 8 de octubre de 1893-Madrid, 7 de febrero de 1977), abogado, político y escritor español.

Biografía

Hijo de Adolfo Balbontín González, abogado de convicciones católicas, letrado del Consejo de Estado y magistrado del Tribunal Supremo. Su familia heredó un próspero negocio de anisados en Sevilla. Este será el motivo por el que mantendrá una especial relación con la ciudad andaluza. Su padre fue uno de los principales impulsores junto con el cardenal Marcelo Spínola del monumento que se erigió a la Inmaculada, en la plaza del Triunfo de Sevilla, en 1918.

Estudió en Madrid el Bachillerato y Derecho en la Universidad Central. En 1917 ingresó en el Grupo de Estudiantes Socialistas. Una vez finalizados sus estudios de Derecho se dedicó a defender a los marginados sociales y a los perseguidos por sus ideas políticas, lo que le llevó a enfrentarse con la dictadura de Primo de Rivera.

En 1930 se afilió al Partido Radical Socialista de Marcelino Domingo, llegando a presidir la agrupación de Madrid, pero tras el congreso de mayo de 1931, una vez proclamada la Segunda República Española, lo abandonó por discrepancias con la política de colaboración con el nuevo Gobierno republicano. Fundó, con algunos amigos, el Partido Social Revolucionario. Ese mismo año obtuvo el acta de diputado por Sevilla en las elecciones a Cortes Constituyentes de 1931, formando parte en la misma candidatura Ramón Franco y Blas Infante y con el apoyo decidido de una parte de los anarquistas sevillanos encabezada por Pedro Vallina.

En las Cortes Constituyentes formó un grupo que se hizo notar por su política antigubernamental: los jabalíes. Su aislamiento parlamentario y su espíritu revolucionario le inclinó en marzo de 1933 a incorporarse con el Partido Social Revolucionario, que él representaba, y la Izquierda Revolucionaria y Antiimperialista de César Falcón, en un entonces minoritario Partido Comunista de España, convirtiéndose así en el primer representante comunista en las Cortes Españolas.

En las elecciones a Cortes de 1933 no obtuvo escaño, al ser derrotada la candidatura comunista en la circunscripción de Sevilla, y en la primavera de 1934 perdió su fe en la eficacia de los métodos comunistas.

Tras el estallido de la Guerra Civil Española, abandonó las filas de Izquierda Republicana, partido al que había pertenecido brevemente, y volvió a ingresar en el PCE. Entró a trabajar en el órgano comunista Mundo Obrero y La Tierra.

Más tarde fue nombrado magistrado de la Sala Tercera de lo Contencioso Administrativo del Tribunal Supremo de España con sede en Valencia. Durante este período participó en juicios en los que se aplicó la pena de muerte, sobre todo a militares que apoyaban la sublevación. Pascual Marzal (Magistratura y República. El Tribunal Supremo 1931-1939) afirma que «los expedientes de depuración de los magistrados que quedaron en España, lo describen como un magistrado dispuesto siempre a denegar los indultos para aplicar la pena de muerte a los militares que desertaban o realizaban actos de sabotaje».

Con la guerra perdida, Balbontín se exilió en Cardiff donde se reencontró con su mujer, la militante comunista María Muñoz Cenzano - con la que se había casado en 1926 y que estaba en casa de un hermano suyo que ejercía de cónsul. Después, el matrimonio se trasladó a Londres, donde más tarde rompió de nuevo con el PCE.

En Londres actuó como secretario de la Comisión Coordinadora de la Junta Española de Liberación, organizada en noviembre de 1944 bajo la presidencia del socialista Luis Araquistáin. A lo largo de su exilio en la capital británica escribió poesía, ensayo y novela y trabajó como traductor de la poesía de Rosalía de Castro, Federico García Lorca y Antonio Machado.

Definitivamente Balbontín regresó a España a finales de 1970, donde siguió colaborando en la revista Índice y en los periódicos ABC y Ya, además de otras publicaciones. Murió el 28 de febrero de 1978 en Madrid a los pocos días de haber sido atropellado por un coche.

En julio de 2007 el Centro de Estudios Andaluces recupera su memoria con la publicación de su biografía: "La España de mi experiencia".

En junio de 2021, la editorial Funambulista publica en España la novela Moriré antes que las flores, escrita por Eva Losada Casanova Balbontín, la sobrina nieta de Balbontín en la que la figura del escritor y político aparece ficcionada.

Obras

Poesía

 Albores, 1910
 De la tierruca, 1912
 La tierra de la esperanza, 1917
 Inquietudes, 1923
 Romancero del Pueblo, 1930
 Por el amor de España y de su Idea. México, 1956.

Teatro

 ¡Aquí manda Narváez!, Teatro de la Latina, 25 de junio de 1935.
 La Canción de Riego. Teatro Chueca, 24 de abril de 1936.
 El cuartel de la Montaña. Teatro Español, 15 de septiembre de 1936
 El Frente de Extremadura, Teatro Maravillas, 1936.
 Pionera, Teatro Maravillas, 1937.

Novela y ensayo

 El suicidio del Príncipe Ariel. 1929
 Una pedrada a la Virgen. 1932
 El problema de la tierra en España y el mundo. Buenos Aires. 1952
 La España de mi experiencia. 1952
 Las Novelas Ejemplares de Miguel de Cervantes. México, 1963.
 ¿Dónde está la verdad? 1967
 A la búsqueda del Dios perdido. 1969.
 Reflexiones sobre la no violencia. 1973.
 Jesús y los Rollos del Mar Muerto. 1986.

Referencias

Bibliografía

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Diputados por la circunscripción electoral de Sevilla (capital) durante la Segunda República
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In 2018, the Republic of Estonia celebrated its 100th anniversary. We wanted to invite all of our friends around the globe to celebrate this remarkable occasion with us.
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Trace's food images have splashed, simmered and dazzled in national advertising, cookbooks, magazines, billboards, television and film for over 20 years.
He has been controlling, designing and presenting food for nearly 4 decades and the deep understanding of how food "behaves" reflects his original training as a seasoned chef.
Artistically, Trace's sense of color and design is a huge asset to the collaborative working effort involved in shooting food. Off the set, he continues to invent new methods and tools to produce a more controlled and efficient workflow.
The Epicurean award-winning food stylist's attention to detail, calm demeanor, and extensive food knowledge have attracted a strong client base for print and video including: Canyon Ranch Spa Cookbook, and Top Chef University. The food empires of Wolfgang Puck, Charlie Palmer, Michael Mina, and Emeril Lagasse have all contracted with him for their specialty food projects.
On the film front, he has produced food for Tyson, Lay's, Everybody Loves Raymond, Sonic Drive-In, Las Vegas Vacation, and The Food Channel, to name a few. His passion for food began in the early 70's while working at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado. He later opened the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where famed Chef John Frye, intensively trained him to become Executive Chef for the Resort. He remained there until relocating to Tamarron Resort in Durango Colorado as Executive Garde Manger. He was Chef Owner of his own restaurant Trace's Steakhouse, and years later opened The Mirage in Las Vegas as Executive banquet Chef. While working there, he met a photographer that commented "You should be a Food Stylist" and as they say, the rest is history.
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Imagine a whole restaurant devoted to Chinese food as it is found in Nanjing! This place is the real deal. You do need to ask for the Chinese menu. Then simply order any dish that appears to have anything to do with Nanjing, such as the shredded tofu dish toward the end of the menu. I also quite like the simple egg with pepper, and their equivalent of spicy dumplings with soup. The pepper-fired spare ribs and the shredded potato. There is some kind of salt duck special which you (often) need to order in advance, I haven't tried it yet.
Unless you are from Nanjing or thereabouts, this place almost certainly has lots of dishes you haven't seen before. Mostly not so spicy, by the way. I'm just getting to learn this place, but figured I should get word out right away. Excellent for atmosphere, without being a dump, do note it seems to get pretty busy so go early or reserve in advance. It is one of the current must-visits in the DC area.
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Second Ave. and 60th St in New York City, taken by me from the Roosevelt Island Tram, which floats above the street.
I visited New York City this weekend to visit my sister and a few friends. I'm trying to visit more of my friends and family that live in other cities, to broaden my experience beyond Chicago. Besides New York, this year I've visited friends and family in Milwaukee, Boston, Cincinnati and Lexington, Kentucky. After five years of not much travel beyond the usual family vacations, it's been a good opportunity to see how other parts of the United States work.
When I visit a city, for the first time or fiftieth, I try to walk as much as I can, take public transit and if possible, do things that regular residents might do: grocery shop, see a doctor, eat lunch at a joint frequented by office drones (of which I am one). I find the regular things are much more revealing of a city's character than anything else. Where does a city put its energy? What is the struggle or joy of being a resident?
So, here are, in no particular order, some observations about American life in some big and small cities I've visited this year.
New York's density makes it vast, and difficult to traverse. Moving from borough to borough takes concentrated effort. I love the subway system, but to go five miles from Manhattan's Upper East Side to downtown Brooklyn took me forty-five minutes. I don't know how that can be improved, but negotiating closed subway lines, transfers, etc. was hard, even for an experienced traveler like me.
Although it has so much to offer many cities don't, just doing the basics in NYC can be grinding. At one point it took me 20 minutes to refill my MetroTransit card (the story isn't worth it). Going grocery shopping in Manhattan requires a dedicated trip and once you're in the store, you're faced with much smaller pickings than other cities and much higher prices. Every friend I visited with had a harrowing commuting story. That kind of stuff could wear you down.
Beyond America's biggest Northern cities like New York, Boston and Chicago, it's hard to live without a car. I know there are people who do it, but most American cities are just not designed for life without a car. I know many Americans like their cars, but that's a huge sunk cost, and will keep us from enjoying the benefits of density.
I've visited Boston maybe fifty times in my life since I have family in Massachusetts and I went to college nearby. This spring, I tried using BlueBike, one of the bikeshare services in the city. It was a revelation. Going from West End to Fenway, with a few stops in between was easy, and cheap as heck, since I had bought a $10 day pass. Easier than taking the T and a ton of fun, since I got to see much more of the city than I would have if I were underground. I didn't get a chance to use Citibike in NYC this time around, but I saw I ton of people using it in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn. Total game changer for getting around in a big, dense city.
New York's subway system is really incredible. While you expect it to move you around the city easily, you don't really appreciate how special it is until you're three stories down, walking to transfer from one line to another, and you come across a vast underground mall lit by a skylight four stories up. It has been upgraded and improved so that it's more than just transit, it's an experience. I haven't ridden the subway in Los Angeles, but Boston, Philadelphia, D.C. and Chicago's subways are certainly not this nice. I wonder if every city had subways as clean and convenient as New York's, would more people use them?
The culture of "Internet Delivery Everything" has taken New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco by storm. But the rest of the U.S., especially medium-sized cities like Milwaukee and Lexington, is experiencing this economic-phenomenon in fits and starts. Amazon delivery is everywhere, but not necessarily Uber Eats, Grubhub, grocery delivery services, and especially good Uber/Lyft coverage. These services have transformed my life in Chicago, freeing up hours of time a week and changing the way I think about shopping and getting around. When I travel to cities without these services, I realize how much I depend on them, and how I really don't want to be in a place without them. I'm not confident delivery services will eventually get to every small and medium-sized American city, largely because of a lack of density. I imagine this will become a major drawback for those used to big-city life and make it hard for smaller cities to compete.
With the exception of the biggest, many Northern cities are experiencing a hollowing-out, with big population drops and significant downtown vacancies. The big test for any city is – how busy is the downtown after 5:00 p.m.? But visiting Cincinnati was an especially big shocker for me: Almost the whole western half of downtown, the part without Proctor & Gamble or Fifth/Third Bank headquarters, was virtually empty. While three blocks away the city was buzzing, whole city blocks on the west side were mainly occupied by pigeons. Like Cincinnati, big chunks of Milwaukee are vacant – as are parts of Chicago, which has lost 250,000 African-Americans in the last ten years. This is a crisis of epidemic proportions, and it worries me that it isn't part of our national dialogue.
Travelling around, it becomes hard to ignore that American cities are in serious competition with one another. The winners are ones able to demonstrate a specialized niche, like Pittsburg's tech sector, Boston's higher education offerings, New York's everything. I seriously worry about the future of small and medium-sized Midwestern cities. Sure, Peoria is a nice place to live, but if Caterpillar were to leave, why would anyone move there? The biggest cities are sucking up talented young people (Chicago's 60661 ZIP code has the most Millennials of any in the country, do you think they're planning to move elsewhere?) and smaller cities don't have a convincing story. This also seems like a burgeoning crisis we're just not talking about enough.
This last year I've been wowed by New York's subways, Boston's Big Dig, Cincinnati's riverfront athletic complex, Louisville's new Ohio River bridge. In each one, every detail has been attended to, every standard met. These infrastructure projects change the way we interact with cities and the way we think about what's possible. America at its greatest, is when it changes what's possible. We need more of these kinds of projects, because it will change what we think about ourselves.
I really need to visit more American cities more often. If you've got an air mattress, let me know, because I'd love to stop by and go for a long walk. Drop me a line!