NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): The crisis in Venezuela is spiraling out of control. The latest power struggle has the country even more divided and the U.S. turns up the pressure, urging other nations to pick a side.
GEORGE HOWELL, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Plus, America's longest government shutdown finally over but the battle in Washington is far from over. The U.S. president promising he will still build his border wall.
ALLEN (voice-over): Later this hour, the White House claims Roger Stone's indictment has nothing to do with Donald Trump but history, it suggests otherwise. We take a look at their decades-long friendship.
HOWELL (voice-over): Live from CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers from the United States and all around the world. I'm George Howell.
ALLEN (voice-over): I'm Natalie Allen. NEWSROOM start right now.
ALLEN: Thanks for joining us.
Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has been dealt a blow in his struggle to maintain power.
HOWELL: That's right. The country's military attache in Washington now says he backs the opposition leader, Juan Guaido. Colonel Jose Luis Silva Silva said Saturday that he support Guaido's road map, which he says includes transparent elections.
Guaido declared himself interim leader on Wednesday. And military leaders reiterated their support for President Nicolas Maduro. ALLEN: But it's not just the people in Venezuela picking sides. Countries around the world are now doing the same thing. The list of nations backing Maduro include Russia, Cuba, Turkey and China while those now backing Guaido include the U.S., E.U. and much of Latin America.
HOWELL: The Venezuelan leadership crisis was debated during a special U.N. Security Council meeting on Saturday.
ALLEN: U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo urged other nations to support the opposition leader. Several E.U. nations indicated they would if Maduro failed to call new elections by next week. CNN's Michelle Kosinski has more about it.
MCCOY: -- provoke. Of course, much more of this. He's doing it from a safe position in Washington. And we'll have to wait and see if others follow him.
Right now Guaido is hoping that others around the world, other similar military attaches, might follow suit and then eventually some in Caracas. But that is still yet to see.
entail. There is international law that does not permit amnesty for crimes against humanity and war crimes. And so there are some complications there.
HOWELL: All right. Here in the United States, a fresh warning to Democrats from the U.S. president. He says negotiations on border security need to start immediately.
ALLEN: President Trump left empty-handed at the end of the shutdown yet he still insists he will build a wall on the border. CNN's Boris Sanchez has more from the White House.
SANCHEZ: -- majority leader telling Trump he was not sure how much longer he could keep Republican senators in line and in agreement over the issue of immigration, according to one source.
McConnell apparently told the president that GOP senators were frustrated at what they felt was a lack of a clear strategy from the White House on how to reopen the federal government.
ALLEN: Well, the shutdown is over for now but the negative impact will linger for a long time. Contractors probably will not get back pay. People who took out loans now have added debt. And their creditworthiness and security clearances may take a hit. Immigration courts are backlogged and U.S. agencies are at higher risk from hackers.
HOWELL: That's not all. Essential employees had to keep working without pay. That caused its own problems. Sickouts became a major issue at airports and some TSA staff, the security at airports, screeners, they were asked to relocate.
ALLEN: From air traffic controllers to federal corrections officers, not knowing when they would be paid, caused huge personal turmoil and stress.
HOWELL: And don't forget the start of tax filing season. Furloughed Internal Revenue Service employees suddenly called back to work without pay. Even park rangers had to set up to protect national parks from vandals and trash.
We have a lot to talk about today with Scott Lucas from the University of Birmingham in England and the professor of international politics and founder and editor of "EA WorldView." He's joining us this hour from Birmingham, England.
Good to have you, Scott.
SCOTT LUCAS, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: Good morning to you, George.
HOWELL: Boris mentioned in this his piece but Republicans are divided here. The pundit Ann Coulter called the president a coward -- essentially saying that he caved -- rather, a wimp. Former adviser Sebastian Gorka calling it a master stroke, what happened here.
Between the Republicans' views, how do you see it?
LUCAS: -- first of all, I think Sebastian Gorka is best left in his particular headspace because there was no master stroke about what has happened to Donald Trump.
Let's start with the fact that he's like the wannabe tough guy who's just gotten knocked down in the playground and he's trying to get back up and saying, this ain't over yet. His problem is that already he looks weak to those on the hard right, such as Ms. Coulter, who would want to have not only a 30-foot wall but something far higher to shut out anybody who is not American.
But on the other side, he has gotten now not only Democrats but a number of Republican legislators, who are saying we have to have a constructive way forward on border security, on immigration, on government services, which provides assured funding but which does not include his wall.
In other words, Donald Trump has just put America through the most expensive vanity project in history, not just the $25 billion for the wall but the cost to all of those Americans you talk about. And he's got absolutely no leverage, no leverage after 35 days.
HOWELL: Well, the government is reopened now and the president's approval rating we understand was key in that happening. You see that it's at 57 percent disapproval. This poll taken within that window of the partial government shutdown.
And we understand one of the reasons that the president did it is was because basically he reopened the government, despite tweeting that he would never cave. Well, he did cave. He caved to Democrats, putting workers back to work for sure but not getting a single dollar, Scott, for the border wall that he promised.
HOWELL: -- here's the question, are Democrats or Republicans under more pressure?
LUCAS: -- we can't sustain this anymore. We can't sustain this politically. The country can't sustain it.
So rather than speaking to a Democrat versus Republican thing, which is what Trump is going to try to do, it's really now a question of both Republicans and Democrats trying to contain Trump.
Now what will that mean in a few weeks?
Will that mean $1.3 billion more for border security, maybe $2 billion, $2.5 billion more, what will be the specific measures?
In other words, can those congressional leaders agree, if they do agree, that this is no longer Trump and Republicans versus Democrats, it's all Congress versus that guy in the White House?
HOWELL: The president though seems between a rock and a hard place to get things done here over the next several weeks. One pundit as I mentioned calling him a wimp for this, for reopening government.
Look, if he gives Democrats what they want on DACA, on immigration, wouldn't that alienate him even further with that base that he relies on?
LUCAS: Yes, but that base may be mythical, George. Let me explain real quickly because we have gone on and on for months about maybe 25, 30 percent of Americans who are dug in with Trump come hell or high water and I understand that.
But what you have seen in the last few weeks is that when you have even diehard Trump supporters who are faced with the choice of, do we stick with our guy, do we stick with an Ann Coulter or do we stick with, we need a stable home, we need a stable job, we need a stable government, we need security, which way do they go then?
And that dip in opinion poll ratings shows not only that those people who might not be Trump supporters are moving away from the White House, it shows that even those who have been with Trump on make America great again don't necessity think that America is that great when it comes to their personal circumstances.
HOWELL: Scott Lucas, thank you so much for your time.
ALLEN: All right. A related story, Roger Stone is out of jail on bond but the long-time Trump adviser arrested on Friday heads back to court Tuesday.
HOWELL: He will be arraigned though on charges that draw the clearest line yet between the Trump campaign and Democratic emails stolen by Russia, then released by WikiLeaks.
The man who calls himself a dirty trickster is accused of lying to Congress, obstructing justice and tampering with witnesses. Those charges coming from special counsel Robert Mueller.
ALLEN: The ever defiant Stone walked out of a Florida courthouse Friday to crowds chanting, "Lock him up." He said he would never, in his words, "bear false witness" against President Trump.
If you're keeping score, Stone is the sixth Trump associate that has been indicted, including his personal fixer, Michael Cohen, and his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
HOWELL: Regarding the indictment specifically, it says that Roger Stone sought stolen emails from WikiLeaks to damage Hillary Clinton's campaign while he was in close contact, allegedly with senior Trump campaign officials.
ALLEN: Our Phil Black takes a look at what that means for Stone, Assange and Donald Trump.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: WikiLeaks says Roger Stone's indictment proves what it has always maintained, that there was no direct communication between Stone and WikiLeaks or between Stone and its founder, Julian Assange.
The view of WikiLeaks and Assange's supporters is that Roger Stone wanted access to WikiLeaks' information and he was happy for some people to think he could get it, that he deliberately promoted himself as a conduit to WikiLeaks and to Julian Assange, even though no such line of communication ever existed.
ROGER STONE, LONG-TIME TRUMP ALLY: The charges today relate in no way to Russian collusion, WikiLeaks collaboration or any other illegal act in connection with the 2016 campaign.
BLACK (voice-over): At the center of long-time Trump associate Roger Stone's indictment, that Stone sought stolen emails from WikiLeaks that could damage Hillary Clinton's presidential race in coordination with the Trump campaign.
BLACK (voice-over): -- to the U.S.
Amid all these conflicting statements, we know that Stone and WikiLeaks have communicated directly from these private messages on Twitter.
October 13, 2016, Stone messages WikiLeaks that since he's been defending them and Assange, they may want to re-examine the strategy of attacking him.
"The charges against Mr. Stone do not allege that Mr. Stone lied about his lack of contacts with Julian Assange but rather about his contacts with others and about documents reflecting those communications," and goes on to say that, "The office of the special counsel has never spoken with Mr. Assange."
BLACK: As for Assange, he is now well into his seventh year of being confined to -- or perhaps confining himself -- to the Ecuadoran embassy and that looks likely to continue because British police say they will arrest him if he emerges for breaching the bail conditions that he broke when he initially entered the embassy.
And Assange still fears that if that happens, he will be extradited to the United States -- -- Phil Black, CNN, London.
HOWELL: All right, Phil, thanks.
ALLEN: There are signs of progress in U.S. talks with the Taliban. On Saturday, the U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted he's headed to Afghanistan after six days of negotiations in Qatar. He said those talks were more productive than previous meetings.
HOWELL: A source tells CNN that the U.S. and the Taliban are discussing a cease-fire that may lead to a U.S. withdrawal but there are fears that could mean the fall of the Afghan government.
ALLEN: Rescue workers in Brazil have a long road ahead of them. They are still trying to find hundreds of people believed buried after a dam collapsed. That's what it left behind. We'll have the latest.
HOWELL: Plus here in the United States, take a look at that; winter just got a lot colder. More snow and blizzard-like conditions sweep across parts of the country. We'll have more on the forecast ahead.
At least 17 people are dead after a pair of explosions at a Philippine cathedral. This happened in Jolo in southern Sulu province. A military official said that the first blast happened inside the cathedral and the second targeted soldiers nearby.
ALLEN: Sulu province is in the Mindanao region. On Monday, millions took part in a referendum that could lead to self-administration for Muslim majority areas and most people voted yes but the town of Jolo rejected the plan.
Well, we are awaiting word that rescue efforts in Brazil have resumed after heavy rain forced them to stop overnight.
HOWELL: Hundreds are still missing and at least 34 people are confirmed dead. This after a dam collapsed on Friday. Our Patrick Oppmann has the latest for you.
OPPMANN (voice-over): Officials say they are bringing in rescue dogs and Israel says it is sending a rescue team and equipment to the scene. President Bolsonaro says he will do everything possible to find the missing and comfort those waiting for answers. JAIR BOLSONARO, BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): The government is taking immediate steps to help minimize the pain of family members. From now on, the work is basically searching for missing people. Unfortunately, the death toll can greatly increase.
ALLEN: We will keep you posted if they find more people.
Still ahead here on CNN NEWSROOM, a closer look at Venezuela's collapsed economy and how it got stuck in a vicious downward spiral.
STONE: I'm one of his oldest friends. I'm a fervent supporter of the president. I think he's doing a great job of making America great again.
HOWELL: If you want insight into Donald Trump's political mind, look no further than the long-time adviser there to his side, Roger Stone. We'll have more on their friendship over the years. Stay with us.
HOWELL: Welcome back to viewers here in the United States and all around the world. You're watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Atlanta. I'm George Howell.
ALLEN: I'm Natalie Allen. Thanks for being with us.
HOWELL: The crisis in Venezuela appears to be getting worse. And you can see here by the numbers. The country's economic -- economy, rather, remains in a state of collapse; hyperinflation has skyrocketed. The IMF predicts inflation will hit 10 million percent this year. Basic goods are simply unaffordable for many Venezuelans and, according to the U.N., around 3 million people have left the country since 2015.
ALLEN: Poverty is adding to the growing humanitarian crisis. A 2018 survey by Venezuelan universities found that nearly 90 percent of Venezuelans live in poverty. The survey also found that over two- thirds of Venezuelans reported losing an average of 11 kilos in 2017. HOWELL: The Pharmaceutical Federation of Venezuela estimates the country is experiencing an 85 percent shortage of medicine. In November, the U.N. announced it would give Venezuela $9.2 million in health and nutritional aid.
ALLEN: Venezuela's political and economic turmoil did not come up overnight. It has been years in the making.
HOWELL: Our Rafael Romo explains how the country got to this point.
NICOLAS MADURO, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA: (Speaking Spanish).
ROMO (voice-over): -- embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro broke political and diplomatic ties with the United States. His furious reaction happened only hours after secretary of state Mike Pompeo recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president of Venezuela.
POMPEO: The regime of former president Nicolas Maduro is illegitimate, his regime is morally bankrupt. It's economically incompetent.
ROMO (voice-over): Venezuela has seen violence and instability for years.
ROMO (voice-over): The country is bankrupt and shortages of basic necessities, such as medicine for children and food are widespread, as we have reported for years.
ROMO: There's no rice; rice should be here or milk or baby products. And everything is empty. Now you can find some other non-essential products like, for example, this is a sweetener for milk. The problem is that, even if you buy it, there's no milk.
ROMO (voice-over): The U.N. says more than 3 million people have fled Venezuela since at least 2014.
SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R), FLA.: You may not just have a humanitarian catastrophe in Venezuela, we may soon have a growing economic catastrophe in Brazil and Peru and Ecuador and in Colombia.
ROMO (voice-over): In 2017, President Trump said he wouldn't rule out the military intervention to help restore democracy to the country and he doubled down last week.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you considering a military option for Venezuela? DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We're not considering anything but all options are on the table.
ROMO (voice-over): A warning from Russia was swift.
SERGEI RYABKOV, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: The resort to military power would be catastrophic. We face now a scenario that may lead to further bloodshed in Venezuela.
ROMO (voice-over): Russia and China are siding with Maduro. Both have invested billions of dollars in Venezuela, which has some of the largest oil reserves in the world. And like other totalitarian regimes, its government has quashed the opposition, silenced critics and the censored the press.
When we investigated an alleged fraudulent sale of passports, getting reaction took months.
ROMO (through translator): Foreign Minister, what can you say about the allegations that Venezuelan passports are being sold at the embassy in Baghdad?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (from captions): How crazy.
ROMO (from captions): What can you tell us about it?
As foreign minister, do you have any knowledge?
JUAN GUAIDO, INTERIM PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA: (Speaking Spanish).
ROMO (voice-over): And now Venezuela is the country with two men calling themselves president: opposition leader Juan Guaido, who swore himself in on Wednesday, and Nicolas Maduro, who is beginning a second six-year term after a May election many in the international community call a farce because the opposition was not allowed to participate.
Meanwhile, people have come out to the streets again. Clashes between security forces and protesters left more than 120 dead in 2017. And many fear history may repeat again -- Rafael Romo, CNN.
Friday's indictment of Roger Stone puts the spotlight squarely on one of Donald Trump's closest advisers. ALLEN: The two weren't just friends since Mr. Trump became president. Their relationship goes back decades. Critics say Stone's reputation as a dirty trickster can sometimes be seen in some of the moves Donald Trump makes. Tom Foreman looks at their relationship through the years.
SARAH SANDERS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: This has nothing to do with the president and certainly nothing to do with the White House.
TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): But Roger Stone has had plenty to do with Donald Trump ever since they met in the 1970s, legal work for his businesses, lobbying for his casinos; they share personal history, too.
STONE: Donald Trump came to my wedding, I went to two of his. I was at both his parents' funerals.
FOREMAN (voice-over): And time and again, Stone has pushed Trump's political ambitions.
TRUMP: Roger always wanted me to run for president and, over the years, every time a presidential race came up, he always wanted me to run.
STONE: I was like a jockey looking for a horse. You can't win the race if you don't have a horse.
FOREMAN (voice-over): Their partnership has been, at times, a rough ride. The two had to pay fines related to that casino lobbying long ago. Trump once told "The New Yorker," "Roger is a stone-cold loser. He always tries taking credit for things he never did."
STONE: I am a loyal supporter of Donald Trump. I believe he can be a transformational president.
FOREMAN (voice-over): Trump prizes loyalty and Stone's loyalty is unwavering. He even has a tattoo on his back of Richard Nixon, whom he once worked for. So for Trump, Stone soon became a raging voice against the Russia investigation.
STONE: A fairy tale, a falsehood, a steaming pile of BS.
FOREMAN (voice-over): A quick defender for any decision, no matter how controversial.
STONE: The president made the right decision. Mr. Comey had become unaccountable.
FOREMAN (voice-over): An attack dog to go after Trump's enemies and an ally to ridicule his critics.
STONE: Oh, my God, I'm busted, drinking Russian vodka. Mueller, arrest me, libtards.
FOREMAN (voice-over): And most of all Stone has been a man who steadfastly says what Trump needs said most.
STONE: I'm aware of no evidence whatsoever of collusion by the Russian state or anyone in the Trump campaign or anyone associated with Donald Trump.
FOREMAN: And the more this investigation tightens, it may be that President Trump will need Stone and others to keep holding that line -- Tom Foreman, CNN, Washington.
ALLEN: All right. May be chilly days ahead for Mr. Stone. That's your transition.
HOWELL: Still ahead, Steve King has some explaining to do, this after the U.S. congressman was accused of racism. What he told his hometown crowd about it. Stay with us.
ALLEN: Police in Louisiana are on the hunt for a man they say killed five people including his own parents. Authorities believe 21-year- old Dakota Theriot had been living with his girlfriend when he killed her, her father and her brother.
HOWELL: Police say he then drove to his parents' house and shot them and escaped. In his dying declaration, Theriot's father identified his son as the gunman. One sheriff said it's the worst case of domestic violence he's seen in a long time.
The U.S. congressman Steve King went to his home state of Iowa this weekend to address claims of racism.
ALLEN: It was his first town hall meeting since being rebuked by Congress for telling "The New York Times" he didn't get why the terms "white nationalist" and "white supremacist" are offensive. Here's CNN's Sara Sidner. She was there.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Steve King arrived here in Primghar, Iowa, in the far northwest corner of the state to a crowd of about 80 people. It's a very small town, we should mention, pretty remote. And there are about 930 people who live in this town. So a small place, where lots of folks just came to listen to their congressman.
All the people in the crowd were his constituents, they said. There were some Democrats also in the crowd. But mostly this crowd was very friendly. It was pretty much a love fest today, as Steve King held his first town hall since his controversial comments to "The New York Times."
We should also mention that the very first thing he did was address what he called "the elephant in the room."
REP. STEVE KING (R), IOWA: The big subject is before us all, some might refer to as the elephant in the room, is the situation of a "New York Times" quote. And it is stunning and astonishing to me that four words in a "New York Times" quote can outweigh 20-some years of public service, 20-some years of giving you my word every day.
And not one soul has stood up and said that I've ever lied to you or misrepresented anything or given it to you in any spin that's anything other than what I believe to be the objective truth.
SIDNER: He was also asked about being stripped of his congressional committee assignments. He said his plan was to work closer with the president, work closer with the executive branch and he said it would also allow him to speak on the floor on every vote, that he would be there for every congressional vote now.
And he also addressed someone asking about his international travels, saying, will you be able to now save money, not go on the trips so often?
And he sort of sidestepped that a bit and said there were some things he could not do but that most of the time his staff does not go on those trips and they're not necessarily paid for with the local taxpayer money.
SIDNER: -- tweeted out that he thought the crowd might be volatile, the way he put it. That turned out not to be the case.
ALLEN: Sara Sidner there for us.
Coming up on CNN NEWSROOM, it's the biggest sports event in the year in the U.S., the Super Bowl. It's happening right next door to CNN. We'll have a preview for you after this.
HOWELL: The stadium is all lit and ready.
ALLEN: A mural believed to have been painted by the anonymous street artist Banksy has been stolen in Paris. It had a special meaning. It was painted on the fire door of the Bataclan theater, where 90 people were killed in a terror attack in 2015.
HOWELL: The artwork depicts a sad woman, wearing a black and white veil, her head slightly bowed. The theater tweeted that the mural symbolized remembrance and belonging.
Next Sunday, NFL fans around the world will have their eyes right here on Atlanta, Georgia.
ALLEN: Exciting for us. You're looking at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, site of the Super Bowl and our next door neighbor here at CNN. The Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots will battle there for supremacy and a Super Bowl ring.
HOWELL: -- to Atlanta and who better to bring it in than the Hall of Fame running back known as The Bus, Jerome Bettis. Back in 2006, his team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, won Super Bowl XL.
JEROME BETTIS, HALL OF FAME RUNNING BACK: For me to be the one to receive it and put it in its rightful place, it is a very, very special opportunity for me.
And I got a chance to put it on, I put the Super Bowl ring over top of my gloves because I wanted the ring to be as close as possible to the trophy because, in reality, they go together, the ring and the trophy. That's what it's all about. It symbolizes the entire game.
So I think every football player in the NFL wants an opportunity to hoist the Lombardi trophy and have a Super Bowl ring.
ALLEN: Well, let's talk about the trophy down under in Australia, because the Australian Open men's final is over in Melbourne. Novak Djokovic has clinched a record seventh title to serve overwhelmed Spaniard Rafael Nadal in straight sets. Nadal was trying to become the first man in the open era to win each major at least twice. HOWELL: On Saturday, Japan's Naomi Osaka won the women's title, her second back-to-back grand slam, beating Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. The win is expected to give Osaka top spot when the new world rankings come out on Monday. If that happens, she'll be the first Asian player, man or woman, to achieve this milestone.
HOWELL: Oh, they're excited. Absolutely.
HOWELL: And I'm George Howell. Thanks for being with us. For viewers in the U.S., "NEW DAY" is next. For viewers around the world, "Ending Modern Day Slavery: Discussion at Davos" is next. Stay with us.


employees overwhelmingly ratified their new contracts 23 – 0 / 73 – 1 respectively.
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Please note the following results of the Nomination of Officers at a meeting held on Sunday, October 9, 2016 for Teamsters Local 59.
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"Miss Grief"
Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894)
From Constance Fenimore Woolson: Collected Stories
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"Erased from History: Too many women writers—like Constance Fenimore Woolson—are left to languish in moldy archives" (Anne Boyd Rioux, Salon)
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"Constance Fenimore Woolson was a popular American writer of the late nineteenth century, whose friendship with Henry James has, among James scholars, long qualified hers as a distinctly lesser life," writes Vivian Gornick in a review of Anne Boyd Rioux's groundbreaking biography. "In all the James biographies, Woolson appears as a shadowy presence whose morbid anxieties simply echo those of the Master himself." Indeed, until recently Woolson was perhaps remembered only for her close relationship with James, including the lurid details of her death (a probable suicide) in Venice and the devastating effect the news had on him. For more than a century, her own writings, widely respected and read at the time, have been largely overlooked. Yet a reading of her stories, Gornick concludes, shows that "Woolson emerges as a figure of some dimension in her own right."
During the recent revival of interest in Woolson's writing, particularly her short fiction, the story "'Miss Grief'" has perhaps commanded the most attention. A tale of a self-important, established male writer who tries to advise and mentor a reluctant yet willful young woman, it has often been read as a fictionalization of the relationship between James and Woolson—even though the two authors had not yet met when she wrote the story. Woolson knew James only through her extensive reading of his works (she had recently published two admiring appraisals of James's latest novel, The Europeans) and through what she'd heard from mutual acquaintances, including his close friend, John Hay—former secretary to Lincoln and future secretary of state under Theodore Roosevelt.
In 1879 Woolson was grieving from the death of her mother, suffering from depression and illness, and learning to live with deafness—a degenerative condition she inherited from her father. Her sister suggested a trip to Europe and, accompanied by her eleven-year-old niece, they arrived in London in late November at the start of one of the coldest English winters in memory. While in the city, Woolson knocked on the door of Henry James's flat, hoping to introduce herself, but discovered he was in Paris. They spent only ten days in London before traveling to the continent in search of warmer weather. At some point during the course of their winter travels, she wrote "'Miss Grief.'"
At the time, James—the younger writer by three years—was preparing his sixth novel, Washington Square, for serial publication. Although she had published numerous short stories during the previous decade, Woolson was still waiting for Harper & Brothers to publish her debut novel, Anne. So when, uninvited and unannounced, she showed up at his residence in London, it seems probable that Woolson, the relatively "new" author, was inspired to imagine how such a meeting might have played out. In any case, the narrator of "'Miss Grief'" is certainly someone much like James; as Amy Gentry notes in The Chicago Tribune, "Woolson satirizes James's self-regard lightly and with perfect control, stopping just short of mean-spiritedness. Of all the send-ups of James by his contemporaries—and the list is long—Woolson's story is the only one that works as more than pure comedy."
Woolson finally caught up with James in Florence, around the time her story appeared in the May issue of Lippincott's Magazine. For the next month he guided her around the city's churches and museums in the mornings. James hadn't read any of her work and he wrote home that she was "old-maidish, deaf & 'intense'; but a good little woman & a perfect lady." She thought him "a delightful companion." The places they visited together in Florence and their differing views on art made their way into Woolson's story "A Florentine Experiment." During the same period, James was working on The Portrait of a Lady, and Woolson seems to have provided some of the inspiration for the book's heroine, Isabelle Archer. "With no character of yours have I ever felt myself so much in sympathy," she wrote James shortly after reading the novel. When "'Miss Grief'" was subsequently anthologized in Scribner's Stories by American Authors (1884), Woolson changed the name of the narrator's romantic interest from "Ethelind" to "Isabel."
In a recent essay Rioux suggests why Woolson's story resonates so strongly with readers today:
Although the story has been read primarily as an index to Woolson's own feelings of neglect as a woman writer, it is much more than that. It showcases the conflicting views of her time about what made literature valuable, staging the tensions between polish and power in the forms of a male and female writer, respectively. It touches on still-sensitive questions about how gender informs perspective, literary value, and success. Besides that, it is a delight to read.
Parts of the above introduction have been adapted from Anne Boyd Rioux's "Chronology" and "Notes on the Text" in the new Library of America collection, Constance Fenimore Woolson: Collected Stories.
Notes: In the opening paragraph, the narrator says, "When found, make a note of it," a quote from Charles Dickens's Dombey and Son. Tullia D'Aragona was a highly esteemed Renaissance poet and philosopher as well as a great beauty and courtesan; in later accounts she was often portrayed as dangerously seductive. In the early sixteenth century salacious rumors of incest and murder swirled around Lucrezia Borgia, the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and his mistress, Vannozza dei Cattanei. The Latin phrase "Væ victis!" means "Woe to the vanquished!" Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed his famous poem "Kubla Kahn: or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" came to him in its entirety in a dream but was interrupted in its composition by "a person on business from Porlock."
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Granular, or Granular Linux, is a Linux distribution targeted at the common desktop users. Granular is based on PCLinuxOS and comes as an installable live CD. The CD version of Granular features two desktop environments - KDE and a development version of Enlightenment. Where KDE is a full-featured desktop environment, Enlightenment is a lightweight desktop shell which is markedly faster than KDE.
Granular has its roots in India. The Granular Linux Project kicked off in October 2006, when its first demonstration was given to some college students. The first release that was made available for download on 30 December 2006.
The main idea behind the birth of the project, was to redefine the application set included in PCLinuxOS to some extent and to introduce the idea of having more than one major desktop environment on a single LiveCD. The latter idea was implemented beginning from the second version release of Granular - version 0.25 - where two desktop environments (KDE and Xfce) were included, KDE being highly customizable and feature-rich but resource heavy, and Xfce being a light-weight yet feature-full desktop environment.
After v0.25, came out v0.90, and finally v1.0. Granular 1.0 (code name Esto Vox) was the last of the "Esto" series; the first was 0.90 (Esto Vello).
In October 2007, a special DVD edition of Granular 0.90 was released with the name "FunWorks", which featured the LG3D desktop environment along with three others and a host of many other software and games.
Granular utilizes the PCLinuxOS repository and its own as well for software/package management. Granular's own repository was opened in March 2008, and since then, it has been a source of all Granular-specific RPM packages, some of which are not available in the PCLinuxOS repository.
Granular comes as a LiveCD, which means you don't have to install it to try it. The standard CD version of Granular includes two desktop environments - KDE and Enlightenment 17. Like PCLinuxOS, Granular uses Synaptic Package Manager, a GUI frontend to APT, for package management (installing, updating, or removing packages). Granular comes with a Perl-based script mklivecd which makes it possible to remaster Granular or create a backup CD/DVD out of the installed system. It also included Granular StartPoint, which is a HTML-based and acts as a primer to the various major software included in Granular.
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Лига звёзд Катара 1991/1992 () —
20-й сезон чемпионата Катара по футболу. Чемпионский титул не смог защитить клуб «Аль-Араби».

По итогам прошлого сезона изменений в составе участников не произошло.

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Conseil régional du Grand Est

Mandature 2015-2021
Composition :

Liste des élus :

Conseil régional d'Alsace

Mandature 2010-2015
Le Haut-Rhin compte 18 conseillers régionaux sur les 47 élus qui composent l'assemblée du conseil régional d'Alsace, issue des élections des 14 et 21 mars 2010.

Composition par ordre décroissant du nombre d'élus :
UMP : 8 élus.
PS : 4 élus.
UDI : 2 élus.
FN : 2 élus.
Les Verts : 1 élue.
MEI : 1 élu.

Mandature 2004-2010
Lors de cette mandature le département disposait de 20 sièges.

9 UMP : Jean-Marie Belliard, Nejla Brandalise, Chrysanthe Camilo, Jacques Cattin , Arlette Grosskost,  Yves Hemedinger , Jean-Paul Omeyer,  Pascale Schmidiger
5 PS : Jean-Pierre Baeumler, Monique Marchal, Martine Diffor, Antoine Homé
3 FN : Patrick Binder, Martine Binder, René Curan
1 Les Verts : Djamila Sonzogni
1 MoDem : Odile Uhlrich-Mallet
1 DVD : Bernard Stoessel
1 NC : René Danesi

Voir aussi
 Liste des conseillers régionaux du Bas-Rhin

Haut-Rhin
conseillers regionaux
Personnalité politique liée au Haut-Rhin


As smart devices evolve, we're presenting with even more ways to connect our bodies to the Internet. From smart contact lenses to electronic pills, and every other tracked device, humans are becoming more and more like machines. While there are certainly benefits to specific types of monitoring, there are also risks. The risk of having your body hacked is high up on the list.
While there haven't yet been any cases of bodyhacking in real life, wireless medical devices run amok or hacked have been featured in more than one recent TV medical drama.
Human body communication or HBC, the electromagnetic field that powers wearable and implantable devices, is eminently hackable. The eM signal propagates in all directions since the human body's high water content makes it a great conductor of wireless signals.
Body area networks using Bluetooth can be picked up within a 10-meter radius. New software developed by Sen and his electrical and computer engineering students at Purdue University tightens the Internet of Body (IoB) field to a mere centimeter from the skin. Body area networks using Bluetooth can be picked up within a 10-meter radius of the body and use 100 times more energy than Sen's solution.
"We show for the first time a physical understanding of the security properties of human body communication to enable a covert body area network so that no one can snoop important information," Sen said.
The next step for Sen's team is to continue working with industry and government to couple electro-quasistatic-range signals and incorporate them into a dust-sized integrated circuit.
When security issues have been addressed, doctors will able to securely reprogram insulin pumps and pacemakers without invasive surgeries, perform high-speed brain imaging, and, with the advent of closed-loop bioelectronic medicine in which patients are fitted with wearable or implantable devices that act as drugs but without the potential side effects.


As we look back on markets last week, we see mixed results, with none of the major domestic indexes gaining or losing more than 1%. The S&P 500 was down 0.10% for the week, and the Dow gave back 0.39%, once again failing to reach 20,000. On the other hand, the NASDAQ increased by 0.96% and reached its sixth record close in 2017 on Friday-pushed by a 1.36% rally for Facebook after Raymond James upgraded its stock. International stocks in the MSCI EAFE added 0.82%.
Big banks reported earnings. Earnings season is upon us. On Friday, we saw JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and PNC Financial beat profit expectations. These positive results add some weight to the post-election financials rally, where financial-sector equities in the S&P 500 have added 17% since the election. A number of other banks will report this week, and we will look to see if their performance also matches the growth we have seen so far.
Retail sales grew. The December monthly retail sales report showed a 0.6% increase, slightly below the 0.7% consensus expectations. With this growth, retail sales are now up 4.1% in the past year. However, not all retailers are performing well. General merchandise stores are suffering as consumers continue to shop online and move away from in-person retail stores. We see the results of this trend in declining retails sales numbers and large companies announcing store closures, including Macy's, Sears, CVS, and many more.
Consumer sentiment was high but divided. The University of Michigan's monthly report on consumer sentiment was 98.1, just below predictions but still near highs we have not seen since 2004. One interesting finding in the report is a strong partisan divide in consumer confidence. Richard Curtin, director of the consumer survey, described "extreme differences" between people's expectations for whether new political policies would help or hurt the economy. He reminded people that the most impact on consumer sentiment will come from "actual changes in the economy" as a result of Trump's work, which we will have to wait a few months to see.
Earnings season continues. The markets will be watching earnings closely during this four-day trading week-especially to see if other major financial institutions also beat expectations. Some analysts believe that to keep the current market rally going and demonstrate that there is weight behind the post-election growth, we'll need to see excellent reports from most companies.
Donald Trump becomes President. While earnings reports will be important to track, another event looms larger in many people's minds: Donald Trump's inauguration. After he takes the oath of office Friday morning and becomes President of the United States, we will begin to see how the market's expectations for Trump's policies match reality.
From trade to taxes to infrastructure and beyond, the next few months will give us a number of insights into how U.S. policies may change. Uncertainty remains, and we will watch for political developments that may affect the markets. In addition, we will continue to focus on the fundamentals that provide deep insight into how the economy is performing-and how we can strive to keep you on track toward your goals.


The new year has arrived and that means the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour is now just around the corner. Another world-class field of GT machinery will tackle Australia's International Endurance race on January 31-February 3, in what is shaping up as another Mountain classic.
Here's 19 reasons why you should get trackside and experience the action first-hand in the 2019 event.
There's more happening off-track too, including the Meguiar's Cars and Caffeine, Manufacturers Walk, cool bars, Merchandise Alley and autograph sessions.


Laser engraving is the process of using laser beams to engrave an object. It is also referred to as Laser Marking. A wide range of materials can be engraved, including metals (coated metals included), plastics, stones, glasses, and many natural materials.
A quick peek at what we can do with Laser Engraving.
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What is Your Better Part?
Jesus was welcomed into the home of a woman named Martha. Her sister Mary sat next Jesus so she could listen to his words. Meanwhile, Martha went into the kitchen to put the final touches on the feast she prepared. Soon, overwhelmed with mixing drinks, serving appetizers, setting a perfect table and making sure everyone was comfortable—all with no help from her sister—Martha went to Jesus and asked him to tell Mary to help her. But instead of the response she expected from Jesus, he reprimanded Martha by saying she was focused on all the wrong things, and that Mary had chosen the better part.
Hmmmph. I can't like that.
In the first place, why is it that when we envision this story unfolding we automatically put Martha in the kitchen? Nowhere in the text is food or drink or any of the other acts of domestic hospitality mentioned. Luke was a clever writer; if food was part of the story, he would have included it.
Second, how is the exaggerated competition between Martha and Mary helpful, knowing that among the Christian faithful there have always been those whose service leans more heavily towards ministerial service, and others more towards prayer and spirituality? Furthermore, wouldn't we agree that a life well lived involves a delicate balance of both? Is Luke suggesting Jesus thinks one is better than the other?
Are we to infer from Jesus' words that Mary's example is superior to Martha's?
The pastoral interpretation, of course, is that Mary represents contemplation and Martha represents action, and that "one who serves actively can only do so after having listened to the word at the feet of Jesus." Obviously that is true. There's nothing wrong with this explanation, plus, it takes some of the sting out of Jesus' words to Martha. But this understanding is too simple, too literal, and it sidesteps the elephant in the room.
Was Jesus singling out Mary's "better part" at the expense of Martha's service?
As a woman in ministry, this question makes me uneasy. Two millennia after the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, women of faith continue to struggle to participate in the life of the church beyond Mary's "better part." Even while there have been advances in women's involvement, and Pope Francis continues to call for greater roles for women in the church and he has agreed to create a commission to study the role of the female deaconate in the early church, the partial interpretation of Jesus' words to Martha for contemporary men and women is concerning.
Each of the books of the New Testament was written with the purpose of presenting the story of Jesus to a specific community during a particular time in world history, in response to their circumstances. Therefore, as part of our interpretive method, it is vital that we attempt to understand the focus and intended message of every author.
Barbara Reid, O.P., esteemed Professor of New Testament Studies, Vice President and Academic Dean of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and author of numerous acclaimed titles and articles on Luke-Acts, and Paul, offers compelling scholarly evidence in her book, "Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke," that the common interpretation of the Martha and Mary story may not be what Luke intended.
St. Luke was a brilliant writer who artfully connected the experience of the early Christian Church, his community, to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Due to his frequent depictions of women interacting with Jesus—far more than any of the other gospel writers—Luke is frequently portrayed as a friend to women, but this theory has been questioned. Stories like Martha and Mary provide valuable insight into feminine presence in the early Christian mission, but are we to infer that by their inclusion Luke's community supported their involvement in ministerial service?
Since the word diakonia was used throughout the New Testament to mean ministerial service there is no reason to believe that Luke intended it to mean anything else. In other words, Martha was overwhelmed with the amount of ministerial service that needed to be done, and she took it upon herself to do more than she could, perhaps like many of us do today.
So why then does Jesus praise Mary's part when she is seated silently at his feet? Is Jesus saying that Martha should stop ministerial service? Is Jesus saying that Martha should sit down and be quiet?
For example, is it possible that Luke's intention in positioning the story of Jesus, Martha and Mary after the empowering stories of the mission of the seventy two disciples, the affirmation of the privileges of discipleship, and the story of the Good Samaritan may have been a subtle way to curb women's participation in ministerial service (diakonia)? It seems possible that this could be what Luke intended.
Still, when I read and reread and then read Jesus' words again, I don't hear them supporting Luke's intention, if we are to believe it was to diminish Martha's service.
Jesus is not suggesting to Martha that she should throw in the towel, sit down and be quiet. If this was the case, what could possibly be life-giving about Jesus words?
What Jesus said was an affirmation of Mary's part, not a negative judgement against Martha's. Mary had chosen "the better part" and it would not be taken from her. What Mary was doing was "the better part" for her.
 "I can't like that," the frequent, now classic, words of protest spoken by my eldest daughter as a child.
 Barbara E. Reid, Choosing the Better Part: Women in the Gospel of Luke. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press. 1996. 144.
 Barbara E. Reid, O.P. is the author of Abiding Word: Sunday Reflections for Year B (Liturgical Press, 2011; Year C, 2012, Year A, 2013), Taking Up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations Through Latina and Feminist Eyes (Fortress Press, 2007; Spanish translation: Reconsiderar la Cruz, Editorial Verbo Divino, 2009), The Gospel According to Matthew. New Collegeville Bible Commentary Series (Liturgical Press, 2005), Parables for Preachers (3 volumes; Liturgical Press, 1999, 2000, 2001; Spanish translation: Las Parábolas: Predicándolas y Viviéndolas (Ciclo A, B, 2008, 2009), Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke (Liturgical Press, 1996), A Retreat With St. Luke (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2000), and many journal articles. Forthcoming is Wisdom's Feast: An Introduction to Feminist Interpretation of the Scriptures (Eerdman's Press, 2016). She is General Editor for Wisdom Commentary Series, a new 58-volume feminist commentary on the Bible (Liturgical Press).
 Barbara E. Reid, Choosing the Better Part: Women in the Gospel of Luke. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press. 1996. 147.
 NABRE, New American Bible (Revised Edition). Released on March 9, 2011, the New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) is the culmination of nearly 20 years of work by a group of nearly 100 scholars and theologians, including bishops, revisers and editors. The NABRE includes a newly revised translation of the entire Old Testament (including the Book of Psalms) along with the 1986 edition of the New Testament.
Very well researched and written. There is much to contemplate here. My view is that Jesus is commenting on the anxiety Martha expresses, not that Martha was fixing the meal. I have seen it in my life where the host/hostess of a get-together frets too much about the menu, whether the house is spotless, and if there is dust on the top of picture frames (etc.) to enjoy any aspect of the evening. The end of the evening comes and they didn't take any time to actually enjoy the guests, the visit, or relax at all. Perhaps this was Jesus's message to Martha: "Thank you Martha for being such a great host (it is appreciated), but you have squandered the evening away by fretting over every detail and being more worried about what your guests will think of you as a host than visiting, enjoying the evening with friends – and learning from me. Mary has chosen the better use of her time. That is to be with the group, building friendships and focusing her attention on me." This is a powerful statement, especially with the countless activities and distractions in life today. The question for us to consider is: where do we focus our attention?
Hi Bob, thank you for your comment. Your thoughts are shared by many people. And of course it goes without saying that in our contemporary life we have many distractions. My point (and I'm adhering to a solid block of biblical scholarship here) is that if we are to actualize the message for today our interpretation can't stop there; we need to begin with what it meant for Luke's community. It is about ministerial service. Luke included the story of Martha and Mary after narratives and teachings on 72 disciples sent into ministry, the reiteration of the first commandment to love of God and neighbor, and the story of Good Samaritan. In the original text Luke used the word diaknoia in reference to Martha, and at the time that Luke wrote there was growing unease with women's diakonia. Knowing this, we see that Luke's concern may not have been about ways to pray, friendship with Jesus, hospitality or any of the other possible interpretations. I think the approach to this reading has to begin with "what was life giving about this story for Luke's community and how can it be life-giving for women and men today?" and from the perspective of women disciples, (and believe me, Luke's inclusion of women was directed to women), what is life-giving about Jesus' words to Martha? Your thoughts?


Use the Twist system to create a backwall in you shell scheme.
The Twist is a linked banner system and comes with lights and transport case. The base is 30cm deep so some floor space will be lost using this system.


Advanced Installer – an application with which developers and system administrators to easily create installation packages in the format MSI. The program runs under OS Windows XP / Vista / 7/8 and created with the help of the packages can be used to deploy applications on Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / 2003/2008/2012 Server / Vista / 7/8 / 8.1.
The program is extremely easy to use (for its level), all interaction with it through user-friendly interface, so you do not have to learn a large amount of documentation and writing complex scripts – every action is logical and intuitive done via internal commands. Created projects are saved in XML format for further use.
If for example take the comparison Wise, InstallShield, and other programs for creating MSI-package, Advanced Installer is a much more intuitive interface, with which you create your installation package in minutes.


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Q: loop though a multi level array with an unknown amount of levels I have a categories table that looks like this:

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|  id   |  parentId  |  Name           |
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   1          0         Cat 1
   2          0         Cat 2
   3          0         Cat 3
   4          2         Cat 4
   5          3         Cat 5
   6          5         Cat 6

Basically I need to iterate through the categorys creating a UL LI html list like the following:

Cat 1

Cat 2

Cat 4

Cat 3

Cat 5

Cat 6

Im having major issues trying to iterate over this trying to create the above html.  The id's maybe any number of levels deep within parentId's.  Im donig this in PHP.  Because there are nth number of levels deep I think I need to do some kind of array_walk funuction but not surch how.  Also to make things just a little harder the machine it sists on runs PHP4 and I know it needs upgrading but it cant at the min so I need a php 4 solution ideally.   How should I go about doing this?

A: Try the left/right tree method for storing hierarchical information in a database.
http://blogs.sitepoint.com/hierarchical-data-database/
This is what I do in my website, where I have multi-level LIs that need to open at 1:6 and have children 2:3,4:5 where the first number is the 'left' and the second is the 'right'. I have about 5 levels deep at the moment, but you could have many more. It's just a matter of developing an interface for setting the correct left/right values based on the position you add it to.
You just have to add a 'lft' and 'rgt' column to your table (as explained in that article).

A: First create a tree structure and insert your categories into the tree using id and parent_id. Then try Depth-first_search using either a list of references to arrays to be processed or recursion.
function printRecList($tree){
   // exit condition
   if (is_string($tree))
       echo "
$tree
";

   echo "
";
   foreach ($tree as $subtree)
       printRecList($subtree); // recursion step
   echo "
";
}

A: The way your database is structured, you cannot do that with a single mysql query and you should do it recursively. Something in line with:
function print_children ($id) {
    $children = query("SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `parentId` = " . (int)$id);
    if (!empty($children)) {
         echo '
';
         foreach ($children as $child) {
              echo '
' . $child['name'];
              print_children($child['id']);
              echo '
';
         }
         echo '
';
    }
}

print_children(0);

Replace query with something that gets results for your database query.

A: function writelevel($id, $txt, $children) {
  if (isset($txt[$id]))
    echo "
".$txt[$id];
  if (isset($children[$id])) {
    echo "
";
    foreach ($children[$id] as $child)
      writelevel($child, $txt, $children);
    echo "
";
  }
  if (isset($txt[$id]))
    echo "
";
}

//Assuming your query is done and the result is in $qry

$txt=array();
$children=array();

//Fetch and structure data
while (true) {
  //Fetch next row
  $row=mysql_fetch_row($qry);
  if (!$row) break;

  //Store text
  $txt[$row[0]]=$row[2];

  //Store child relationships
  if (!isset($children[$row[1]])) $children[$row[1]]=array();
  $children[$row[1]]=$row[0];
}

//Writeout
writelevel(0);

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Facebook said that they removed the pages and accounts not because of the content they share but because of their behavior.
In a time with a heightened political climate in the Philippines, fake news and misleading social media contents dominate the political conversation. The country's problem in fake news and alternative facts does not go far from what other countries experience in this age of social media.
Fake news has become commonplace in Philippine's political environment. The rise of the strongman Pres. Rodrigo Duterte in the 2016 presidential elections was highly credited to social media groups that were meant to mislead voters of facts, political experts say. According to local sources, the marketing team behind Pres. Duterte's campaign has employed "trolls," locally known as "ka-DDS" and colloquially called "Dutertards," who impersonate Filipinos citizens in an attempt to sway public opinions towards voting the then-Davao City Mayor. Three years following his election to office, the fake news, and false narratives didn't stop according to Facebook.
In a blog post dated March 28, Nathanial Gleicher, Facebook's Head of Cybersecurity Policy has removed 200 Facebook pages, groups, and accounts linked to a network owned by Nic Gabunada. Nic Gabunada served Pres. Duterte's 2016 campaign team as the social media manager. Facebook said that while the organization behind the problematic accounts and Facebook groups attempted to conceal their identities, their internal investigation has reached to a conclusion that all of them originated from a network linked to Gabunada.
There were 67 Facebook pages along with 68 Facebook accounts, 40 Groups, and 25 Instagram accounts that were taken down. Facebook reveals that in total, the said fraudulent facebook content pages and groups have a reach totaling to millions.
"About 3.6 million accounts followed one or more of these Pages, about 1.8 million accounts joined at least one of these Groups and around 5,300 accounts followed one or more of these Instagram accounts," Gleicher wrote in a blog post.
The internal investigation conducted by the California-based tech company has also revealed that the organization connected to Gabunada spent a total of USD 59,000 for ads on Facebook paid for in Philippine peso, Saudi riyal, and US dollars. The operations started paying for media space on Facebook in January 2014, two years before the infamous 2016 elections that put Pres. Duterte to the office and the most recent advertisement ran in March 2019.
The five-year operation was identified by Facebook, which includes accounts and Pages through an ongoing internal investigation into Philippines-linked coordinated inauthentic behavior. Gleicher said that their assessment came from open source reporting and they have shared relevant information with policymakers and other industrial partners as the basis for their course of action regarding Facebook's findings.


This is a very good technique I learned from chef Chloe's website, it make you use coconut milk in dishes that normally require cream to make them dairy free.
Don't be scared of trying this if you don't like coconut, because when you put it together with other ingredient like chocolate, you can't really taste the coconut, I have served this for a few friends that didn't like coconut that was all surprised to find that the dishes was made with coconut milk.
It is very easy, make sure not to shake the can of coconut milk, place it in the fridge for a few hours or overnight, open can and scoop out the creamy coconut milk until you get to the coconut water (discard the coconut water or use in cooking).
I can recommend the Blue Dragon Organic coconut milk, as it is really creamy and smooth when using in deserts.
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We've all been betrayed… and whether intentional or not, we've all been in the role of the betrayer.
Jesus knew the sting of betrayal and once again we see a man who chooses forgiveness above feelings.
Use this lesson to remind students to always choose to forgive when they are betrayed.
Bottom line: When you are betrayed, choose to forgive.
This activity is a combination of 'Wink' and 'Mafia' – 2 popular youth group games.
As the youth arrive, choose one person and tell them they are the 'Betrayer'.
Let them know it will make sense when you explain the game but not to let others know they are the Betrayer.
Say: We are going to play a game that will test your will and judgement because you won't be sure who you can trust.
One of you has been chosen as the Betrayer.
If you're not sure it's you – it's not… because the Betrayer knows they are the Betrayer!!
The Betrayer will let me know who they are sending off the island by glancing at them… without anyone else catching them.
If you guess correctly who the Betrayer is – you won.
But, guess wrong and you too are going off the island.
As play begins, the students will look around nervously, but you need to be careful not to give away the Betrayer.
When The Betrayer glances toward someone in a sullen voice, say: "The Betrayer has betrayed ___________ (name) and they had to leave the island because __________ (make up a funny reason they had to leave such as they accidentally fell in a lagoon or caught bat fever).
Continue play until everyone but The Betrayer remains, or the Betrayer is caught.
Then, choose another Betrayer – have everyone close their eyes and then tap on someone's shoulder.
Say: How did it feel to be betrayed?
To the Betrayer: How did it feel to be the Betrayer?
We've probably all been both the Betrayed and the Betrayer at some point, and both can feel pretty awful, right?
Share a time in which you were betrayed.
Being betrayed is never fun but it is especially hurtful when it is someone you trust.
Think about a time when you were betrayed – what emotions did you feel?
Ask for a few students to read Luke 22:47-63, or to act it out (stressing that the kiss is an 'air kiss').
Choose someone to be Jesus, Judas, Peter, woman at the fire, guards, and narrator.
How do you think Jesus felt when his friends betrayed him?
Jesus is real – he knows what it feels like to really care about a friend.
Jesus chose twelve friends to walk with him.
These twelve were special to him.
They ate together, laughed together; they watched Jesus heal and perform miracles and they heard his amazing words.
They saw at the heart who Jesus was, and yet, two of the disciples betrayed Jesus while the rest did nothing.
And their betrayal didn't just ruin Jesus' reputation – no, their betrayal helped lead to his death.
Wow, imagine how that must have felt?
Jesus knows thet pain of loving someone, of trusting them, and then they turn their back on you or hurt you.
And even though the scripture doesn't spell it out, you know it hurt.
But what does Jesus do when in anger, Peter chops off a guy's ear? He heals it.
And at the last supper, Jesus knew then that Judas was working against him.
He told Judas to go ahead and do what he needed to do.
Jesus told Peter, in advance, that he would betray him three times.
Jesus knew, and probably knew all along, and yet he chose them.
Now, what this isn't saying is to go out and find friends who will betray you and turn on you… so what is it saying?
The betrayal has more to say about the person betraying than it does about you.
Just like Jesus, you may know you are being betrayed.
But, just like Jesus, you are called to forgive.
To keep on the path you know God has for you, and if someday the person comes back to you, like Peter does to Jesus, you could show again the love of Christ.
Peter went on to do amazing things for God.
Imagine if Jesus had not forgiven him.
1. Let the friend know they hurt you.
Jesus went to Peter and asked him three times if Peter loved him.
Sometimes a friend has betrayed you, but will genuinely be sorry if you let them know the pain it caused.
Forgiving doesn't mean you weren't hurt by their betrayal.
You forgive BECAUSE you were hurt.
Forgiving also doesn't mean that you allow someone to hurt you.
Forgiving means you let go of your anger and admit what they did hurt you, but don't allow it to have ahold of you.
3. Let betrayal remind you how to treat others.
Remember how it feels to be betrayed the next time you are tempted to betray someone else.
Think of the person or people who have betrayed you.
We are going to silently pray for them and keep on praying for them because God can do amazing things in the lives of people.
Or maybe you've betrayed someone and you need to go and apologize to them.
Think of a time you were betrayed – how did you react?
How does it change how you think to hear and read how Jesus was betrayed?
Is there anyone you've betrayed? Commit to ask them to forgive you sometime this week.
Think of the person who betrayed you-why forgive?


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Let me introduce you to custom made backdrops. Since I have my own studio (about 3 years now) I wanted something else then just regular plane white and black backdrops. Not that there is something wrong with that but for me personally it gets really boring after a while.
We decided to mix it up a bit so that we can work with different backdrops in the studio and give the client a bit more options to choose from.
In total we devided the studio into a total of 23 different backdrops/sets with different colors, different styles, and three different floors.
We also have paper backdrops (8 in total) but i prefer to have backdrops to which models can lean to, so that I can create some attachement to the wall/backdrop to have a nice shadowplay in my images.
One of my latest creations for the studio. Orange/Yellow/Red with some dark accents in it.
How can you create custom made backdrops well, just be creative. Go to the a DIY store and just look around, be creative.
The backdrop above is one side of a regular wooden board (unfortunately it's a bit heavier then a foamboard but i like it this way. It's more firm then a foamboard, models will not fall trough when leaning against them.
How was the above print/texture created?
Well pretty simple, just play around with brushes, create some splashes, mix up different colors of paint, just try some things out. Look online for some inspiration online, look in magazines etc.
The one above took me 2 hours to create so I'm pretty anxious to see what it will give on an image once we put a model in front of it.
The other side of the orange looking (rustic) backdrop! More for a fashion based shoot.
It took me a lot more time to create, like 3 hours, just to make some depth in the image and not just one flat backdrop.
The reason I will probably use the backdrop for more fashion minded images is very simple, it's neutral, and doesn't take away the attention of the model when she will be in front of it.
That's a very important point to keep in mind when making these backdrops, that it will not take away more attention then your subject in front of it.
Also if you play with your depth of field when shooting, it will blend all nicely together.
The wooden board is 1m20 x 2m20, for me that's enough to be used in regular shots. If you start doing duo shots then this might be a bit too small.
So if you still have any questions about the backdrops feel free to drop me a line and i'll be sure to reply to everyone!


Cancer remains as one of the least understood diseases in the world, making it extremely difficult to prevent and treat. Over the years, the number of patients suffering from this condition continues to soar. According to the American Cancer Society, the number of newly diagnosed cancer cases for 2018 is expected to reach 1,735,350. Although cancer remains to be an enigma, researchers are slowly working towards unraveling the different processes involved in cancer. One of the processes that have been identified involves the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).