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Betty is a common diminutive for the names Elizabeth and Bethany. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the name Beatriz, Spanish form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatrice. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was more often a diminutive of Bethia.
Actresses and musicians
"Betty", pseudonym of the French Resistance agent Madeleine Passot
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Betty Grable, American actress, singer, dancer, and pin-up girl whose sensational bathing-suit photo became the number one pinup of the World War II era
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The Naked Brothers Band is an American musical comedy series created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a fictional world-renowned rock band in New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is an embellishment of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is often acknowledged. Lead vocals and instrumentation are contributed by the siblings; they wrote the lyrics themselves. The show stars Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, the lead singer-songwriter, and drummer, respectively. Nat's fictional female admirer and real life friends—including the guitarist who had no prior acquaintance with the family—feature as the supporting band members, with the siblings' genuine father and Draper's husband as their accordion-playing dad and Draper's niece as the group's babysitter.
The series is a spin-off of Draper's film of the same name that was picked up by Nickelodeon, premiering in January 2007. Draper, star of Thirtysomething and her writing The Tic Code, is the executive producer of the series, and often writer and director. Albie Hecht, former Nickelodeon chief and founder of Spike TV, is the executive producer, under his Worldwide Biggies tag. Draper's jazz musician husband Michael Wolff, bandleader of The Arsenio Hall Show, serves as the music supervisor and co-executive producer with Draper's brother, Tim, as the consulting producer.
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BETTY is an alternative rock group from New York City. The group originated in Washington, D.C. and traces its lineage to a birthday party for Dodie Bowers (the original owner of the 9:30 Club). The band's harmonies and unique lyrics attracted a cult following in the vibrant alternative music scene and among gay/lesbian audiences. A "BETTY Rules" t-shirt, an early marketing item of the band, appears on one of the AIDS quilts.
The band achieved notoriety by making their first major gig as a band an 'autobiographical' two-act musical at the legendary DC Space in February 1987. Entitled "BETTY:Inside Out", the show established the tongue-in-cheek personas of the band that follow them to present day: the ego of egomaniacal diva Amy, the id of shame-free rebel, Elizabeth and the superego of calm superhero, Alyson. The wild success of that sold-out run led to appearances at Howie Montaug's Danceteria and the ultra-hot clubs and lounges of the late 1980s' scene in New York City.
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Memorial Day (2011)
Actors: Savvy Anavkar (actor), Jonathan Bennett (actor), Jackson Bond (actor), Craig Christiansen (actor), Noah Coon (actor), Aaron Courteau (actor), Joshua Courteau (actor), James Cromwell (actor), John Cromwell (actor), Mathew Denn (actor), Sean Dooley (actor), John Paul Echert (actor), Joel Edwards (actor), Scott Eiden (actor), Ansa Akyea (actor),
Plot: Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives.
Keywords: 1944, 82nd-airborne, army, army-national-guard, farmhouse, germany, helicopter, infantry, insurgent, iraq
Genres: Action, Drama, History, War,
Taglines: Two generations. Two wars. One story.
Young Kyle Vogel: It's Memorial Day.::Bud Vogel: You're damn straight it is.::Young Kyle Vogel: What am I supposed to remember?
Bud Vogel: You know, some people say we're different from other animals. I didn't used to believe it. Now I do. Wanna know why?::Young Kyle Vogel: Yeah.::Bud Vogel: Because we can do one thing they can't. Kill at a distance.
Lt. Kelly Tripp: The strictest rules in any family are the ones never spoken, right?::SSGT. Kyle Vogel: Yes ma'am.::Lt. Kelly Tripp: So why push it?::SSGT. Kyle Vogel: You gotta know the rules in order to break 'em, right ma'am?
Moises Aguilar: You think migraines are a sign of weakness, don't want anyone to know, right? Ibuprofen, Sergeant, won't kill you.::SSGT. Kyle Vogel: [accepts pills] Figured that our on your own, huh?::Moises Aguilar: I used to get them too.::SSGT. Kyle Vogel: What stopped it?::Moises Aguilar: You feel pain, means you're still alive. Once I figured that out, I stopped feeling pain.
Lieutenant Bud Vogel: [letter to parents] Although it's a danger we all willing face, so soldier wishes to meet his end on the field of battle. Yet offered two paths, would gladly choose death in the name of justice on the last day before victory, over life in the grip of tyranny. Your son could not choose his time to die, but rest assured on his life, he chose to server the cause of justice. Justice will prevail.
Bud Vogel: People wonder if leaders are born, or made. All I know is, you can see it in a man's eyes. The problem is, leaders end up where they're needed most, and eventually, that's war.
Bud Vogel: Stories live forever. But only if you tell them.
[last lines]::Bud Vogel: You know why I like birds so much? They don't just talk the stories, they sing them.
Bud Vogel: Fogel.::Young Kyle Vogel: Pardon?::Bud Vogel: [in German] Fogel bedeutet Vogel auf Deutsch. [translating] Fogel means bird in German. Bet you didn't know that.::Young Kyle Vogel: Oh... Is that Why you hate them so much?::Bud Vogel: I expect.
Bud Vogel: Dear Kylie, my old head can't hold too much anymore but, today, a whole lot came flooding back into it. You might remember this afternoon as just another Saturday at Opa's farmhouse. It wasn't. I've never liked the word "souvenirs", but I guess that's what they are. Shards of memory, shrapnel. You take them to help you remember. What you don't count on is they don't let you forget. Pain. Happiness. Friendship. Death. Smells of diesel and dead animals. Eating meals within arm's length of corpses. Men you laughed with a day before. People wonder if leaders are born or made. All I know is, you can see it in a man's eyes. Problem is, leaders end up where they're needed most. And eventually, that's war. You're special Kylie. I hope you know that. I always have. But I need you to stay strong. People look to guys like us to make decisions. If you do wear the uniform one day, remember something, when you put it on, you don't get to choose the war or what happens when you get there. There's no right or wrong in combat. Here's only what you did. You do your best, and you try to live with it. Some day they'll take me off this porch for good. When that happens, what's left that matters? Photographs, letters, empty clothes? No. It's the stories behind them, those are what matter. Stories live forever, but only if you tell them. I may sound like I've known this a long time. I didn't know it until today. I just wanted to say thank you for teaching me that. It was one hell of a souvenir. Love, Opa. P.S. Know why I like birds so much? They don't just talk their stories, they sing them.
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Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/133, the present report (A/72/220) covers the status of women in the United Nations system for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015. Since the previous reporting period (1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013), the representation of women in the Professional and higher categories in the United Nations system has increased from 41.6 to 42.8 per cent.
The inverse relationship between seniority and the representation of women, however, continues to persist, culminating in a low of 26.8 per cent at the highest level (ungraded). The representation of women stands highest at the entry levels, namely P-1 and P-2, and these levels also registered the largest increases of 5 and 1 percentage points, respectively, since the previous reporting period. Representation of women at the P-3 level remained at 45 per cent; at the P-4 and P-5 levels, it increased by 2 percentage points each; and at the D-1 and D-2 levels, it increased by 1 percentage point each, although the absolute number of women decreased. At the ungraded level, it remained at 27 per cent, despite a marginal increase in the number of women. Owing to frequent plateauing and regressions over the course of 2005–2015, the average annual increment for the aggregate Professional and higher categories was only 0.6 percentage points.
In order to address the slow and uneven progress made to date, the recommendations set out in the present report include the need for heads of entities to prioritize action in this regard; more rigorous implementation of existing policies by senior managers; special measures; enhanced monitoring and accountability; career and capacity development; and harmonization of gender-related policies. An enabling environment is vital to attracting, advancing and retaining qualified women in the United Nations and requires gender-sensitive policies and practices on staff selection, work-life balance and career development.


Topic "Carta Worldwide" | NFC Times – Near Field Communication and all contactless technology.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – UK-based Vodafone Group remains one of the major holdouts among telcos in continuing to support NFC SIM cards, as it seeks to stay competitive against the coming of the "OEM Pays" services in Europe.
NFC Times Exclusive – More than two years after EMVCo released its tokenization guidelines, there are still few token service providers operating besides those of the major payments networks, and there are no specifications yet from top networks Visa and MasterCard to help vendors to tokenize cards supporting their brands.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – France-based Gemalto, which has been heavily invested in trusted service management and NFC SIM cards in the past, is continuing to push cloud-based payments, announcing certification by MasterCard for its full host card emulation offer–with the help of technology from Moroccan-based payments software company HPS.
NFC Times Exclusive – MasterCard has released its first list of certified vendors for host card emulation products supporting its cloud-based payments specifications, though the list includes relatively few suppliers so far. Meanwhile, neither Visa nor MasterCard has apparently certified tokenization suppliers.
NFC Times Exclusive – As mainstream trusted service managers struggle to cope with a world in which their services are in much less demand, a tiny, self-funded start-up is seeking to carve out a niche as TSM for millions of fitness wristbands, festival bracelets and other lower-end wearables that might one day be enabled for payment.
NFC Times Exclusive – Taiwan's TSM banking joint venture has received proposals from at least four vendors to supply a wallet platform with host-card emulation, as well as tokenization technology, as the group seeks to expand its thus far little-used TSM platform to offer its member banks the ability to launch cloud-based NFC payments by the end of 2015, NFC Times has learned.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Vodafone Group is relaunching its NFC-based Vodafone Wallet with tokenized payment applications, as it seeks to attract more users and issuers to the mobile wallet.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Following a lull in attention on host-card emulation with the announcement and launch of Apple Pay in the latter half of last year, the buzz appears to be back on HCE, and among the latest organizations promoting it is MasterCard Worldwide.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – U.S.-based Mozido, a supplier of cloud-based, white-label mobile payments and commerce products, upped its stake in NFC technology, making a $2.5 million investment in host-card emulation start-up SimplyTapp.
NFC Times Exclusive: Westpac New Zealand's product chief told NFC Times he believes host-card emulation will reduce costs and increase flexibility, while ensuring the bank can use its own branded wallet.


Congratulation to Pooja Shrestha, a resident of Jhapa, for being the first Miss Nepal 2019 contestant from the Eastern Nepal by winning the Miss Purwanchal 2018 title at the program held almost at the end of the year 2018. It would have looked better if it were held after January 1 instead of December 30 so that the title would read Miss Purwanchal 2019 instead of 2018.
Anyways, Pooja has been lucky enough to represent the East Nepal in the Miss Nepal contest to be held in a few months. Pooja got direct entry to the contest according to the agreement with the organizer of Miss Nepal contest, The Hidden Treasure.
The representative from Pokhara will be Miss Pokhara and Miss Chitwan will also represent Chitwan to the Miss Nepal contest.
An army staff at Narayanhiti Lal Bahadur Lamteri claimed that Crown Prince Dipendra was the one who was killed before everybody else in the June 1, 2001. Lamteri's claim that Prince Paras brought a person wearing a Dipendra look-alike mask. But, whole account of Lamteri doesn't seem convincing. The official report of the government probe commission had accused Dipendra for the killing. The report in itself is unbeilable and unreliable.
The controversial tour of Salman Khan, Da-Bangg has been re-scheduled from March 10 to some time in April. That was caused by protest from a Maoist group – the Biplav- Maoist faction. The group had threatened the concert organizers of promoting Indian artists instead of promoting Nepali artists.
According to the organizer, ODC Entertainment, the tour was canceled because of a 'special reason'. In the statement in Facebook, the organization has told that they have already spent Rs. 100 million for the event to cost an estimated sum of Rs. 150,000,000. Salman Khan is reportedly paid Rs. 50 million in advance for the concert. The date however is yet to be finalized for the concert.
The organizers have told that those who had bought the tickets to the event, will be able to use it for the show in the new date. In the meantime, ticket sell is continuing.
What happened in Kanchhi Musical Night?
Shweta Khadka organized a musical night titled 'Kanchhi Musical Night' for the fund raising of the Majhi Basti, being constructed in Sindhupalchowk. The residential area is being developed by Shweta Shree Foundation, a foundation registered in memory of actor Shree Krishna Shresta. Shree had died a month after marrying Shweta.
In the event organized in Annapurna Hotel in Durbar Marg, senior choreographer, Basanta Kumar Shrestha was given Rs. 51,000 and life-time achievement honour. In the event the members of Shweta Shree Foundation, various film artists and 'Kanchhi' film team. There were a total of about three hundred guests.
After Global Films Award 2017 held a while ago, another Nepali film award is scheduled to be held on September 17. The award by Nepal Chalchitra Sangh, top 3 nominations were recently released. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held at Dallas, Texas.
A total of 45 movies, about half of the movies released last year, had applied to participate in the award. The nominations were prepared by evaluating the application. Here are the list of nominated artists and films. There are 16 different awards to be awarded to one of the following nominations.


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Atafu, ranije potznat pod nazivom Duke of York Group je grupa koraljnih otočića u državi Tokelau, u južnom dijelu Tihog oceana s površinom od 203 hektara. Nalazi se na koordinatama 172° 30' Z, 8° 35', u otočju Tokelau, oko 800 km južno od ekvatora. Populacija: 524 (2006)

Površina grupe otočića je 2.5 km², što ga čini najmanjim od 3 otoka koji čine teritorij države Tokelau. U središtu je laguna površine oko 15 km².

Glavno naselje na atolu se nalazi na otočiću Atafu Island, na sjeverozapadnom rubu atola. Atol je približno trokutastog oblika. Otok je vrlo nizak, a najviša točka je na visini od samo 5 m/nm. Vegetacija je na otoku vrlo bujna, a dominiraju kokosove palme.

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The predictions and statistics for this week, the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters (European PGA Tour) and the Farmers Insurance Open (US PGA Tour) are now available on Golf Predictor. The European Tour stays in the Arabian Gulf this week, where the action as usual starts on Wednesday in Qatar. The weather is promised very windy, so that in combination with the relatively weak field, should make it a bit of a lottery. Meanwhile, there is a much better field in California, where five of the top ten in the world are teeing it up at Torrey Pines.
Further to the recent addition of same region analysis (and here) to Golf Predictor, I am happy to announce that the Compare Predictions page has been updated with this new metric. A new "HR" column has been added to the "Overview" stats table for your chosen golfers and a corresponding new "Same Region" chart link has been added above the table. This link shows a new pop-up chart with a graphical representation of the comparison.
The "Overview" stats table on this page has also been updated with a new "Similar Length Courses" chart link. Clicking this link also shows a new pop-up chart and fixes an oversight when that functionality was introduced! These updates are shown in the screenshot above for the 2016 Hyundai Tournament of Champions (shown with Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson selected).
To make room for the new HR column, the world ranking column has been removed from the "Overview" stats table. The WR column is still available from the "Stats to Compare" dropdown box, via the renamed "DFS/PL(%)/Streaks/WR" option.
As with the existing charts, the two new comparison charts are not available unless there are at least two golfers selected.
These two new charts brings the total number of charts on the site to 459. As a result of these changes, you can now compare the main "Same Region" stat for your selected golfers and also see a visual representation of this and the "Similar Length Courses" stat. Just another way to make Golf Predictor even better.
Hadyn Porteous (ranked 79th by Golf Predictor) won the Joburg Open on the European PGA Tour. The 21 year old South African secured his first tour win in only his 23rd start with a two shot victory over the field. Porteous held off his contemporary, Zander Lombard, with a solid final day performance to delight the home crowd. As an added bonus, Porteous (along with Lombard and Anthony Wall) qualified for The Open Championship at Royal Troon in July. In a disappointing week, our top ranked player, Jaco van Zyl, missed the cut and we had only four of the top thirteen plus ties (4/20) in this large field event with a relatively poor field.
In the first full field event of the year on the US PGA Tour, Fabian Gomez (ranked 43rd by Golf Predictor) won the Sony Open in Hawaii. The 37 year old Argentinian came from four shots back with a closing 62 (-8) to win his second tour title. Gomez was helped by an impressive streak of seven straight birdies from the sixth hole on Sunday, which got him into a play-off with Brandt Snedeker. After the American missed a twelve foot birdie putt on the first extra hole, Gomez took his chance on the next to secure the title. Our top ranked player, Zach Johnson, finished in tied ninth and we had eleven of the top thirteen plus ties (11/27) in total.


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Misbehaving Aussies make Bali headlines
News World Misbehaving Aussies make Bali headlines
12:14pm, Sep 18, 2019 Updated: 12:15pm, Sep 18
An image taken of Schapelle Corby by Indonesian authorities before she was deported to Australia. Photo: Twitter/7News
Luke Hunt
For decades Australians have made Bali their home away from home, soaking up the sun and surf that made this Indonesian island an exotic destination – while pumping much needed dollars into the local economy.
But among them are the Bali-bound bogans who are making more than a nuisance of themselves and dominating local headlines for crimes and misdemeanours that range from trafficking in drugs to fraud and outrageous drunken escapades.
Their antics are more mundane than the infamous Bali Nine or Schapelle Corby drug traffickers but have still prompted Balinese governor I Wayan Koster to seek stricter laws to curb bad behaviour and enable "disrespectful tourists" to be "sent back home".
The latest Australian to make the police blotter pages of Bali's cheaply produced news sheets and online outlets was Michael Gregory Franklin detained after he 'went Berserk' in the La Favela night club, resulting in a brawl and him kicking down a row of motorbikes.
Nicholas Carr, an apprentice builder from Adelaide, made international headlines when he fly-kicked a man off his motorbike after a cocktail-induced binge resulted in allegations of assault and smashed windows."
I have drunk until I have blacked out but I have never done this before, ever," he said.
He has since apologised and reached a "peace agreement" with those offended but could still face two years and eight months in jail.
Then there's the pathetic, like Matthew Richard Woods, who faces up to seven years behind bars for allegedly snatching a purse from a Canadian tourist while riding pillion on a motorbike.
Police here like to parade the accused in prison orange overalls before the media, and according to one report, it was then that "Woods cowered under a desk, appearing to cry".
And there's Tori Ann Lyla Hunter, a self proclaimed model and "social influencer" who nobody had heard of until she claimed she was being extorted by the police to the tune of $A39,482.
Locally she is now known as the "unknown celebrity" after she was detained for bringing prescribed drugs into the country without a doctor's certificate.
Perhaps hoping for sympathy and cash, Hunter launched a GoFundMe campaign online in an attempt to pay her legal bills but the pages were deleted after her own lawyers rejected the extortion claim.
About 1.2 million Australians travel to Bali every year and according to the latest data are expected to again become Bali's number one source of foreign tourists, ending a two-year hold on the title by Chinese.
And some are simply involved in genuine accidents. Susan Leslie O'Brien was detained after the car she was driving allegedly collided with a motorcyclist, who died. Perhaps indicating that the courts are increasingly fed up with foreigners who do test local laws, Ryan Scott Williams was jailed for five years for possession of 43.15 grams of home-made cocaine.
State prosecutors had only asked for 15 months. The judge was not swayed by Williams who justified construction of a cocaine processing lab at home because be needed pain relief from an injured leg. He declined to appeal, fearing the death sentence.
Nor is injury likely to help well-known Darwin man Tony Haritos who was rescued in Indonesian waters after severely injuring his back on his broken-down boat. A routine search found 0.06 grams of methamphetamines near and under his bed. Police were told Haritos had allegedly bought the drugs in Bali to "self-medicate".
He was charged with drug offences and moved to a Bali hospital. Another Australian man known only by the initials R.O.M. was arrested for not paying a restaurant bill, then lying on the road and urinating into the air. Described by the Sanur Weekly as "obviously drunk", local police added he may have consumed magic mushrooms, a class 1 narcotic.
Embarrassment among Balinese is heightened by the proliferation of online media.
In May, a video of at least five Australian men running naked through the streets, insulting locals, vomiting and urinating in public, gained fame online. Locals branded the five stupid and idiotic as their tour guide loaded footage of their rampage onto Snapchat.
Obviously, Australians are not the only nationality among the badly behaved. Stricter laws were called for by the governor after a video of a Czech couple bathing in holy water at a Hindu temple – including her "private parts" – went viral online.
But Australians were on the governor's mind. "In the near future we will make a regulation to take firm action against tourists that commit ethical violations or offend the norm in Bali. We will send them back home," Koster said. "This is not only for Australian tourists. This is for all tourists, wherever they come from."
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Vikingarännet is een marathonschaatswedstrijd die sinds 1999 meestal jaarlijks in februari in Zweden wordt gehouden. De lengte van de race bedraagt zo'n 80 kilometer waarvan delen lopend moeten worden afgelegd.

Geschiedenis
De eerste editie werd in 1999 gehouden en werd geïnspireerd door de Friese Elfstedentocht. In 2000, 2002, 2008 en 2014 kon de race niet doorgaan vanwege slechte ijsomstandigheden. Oorspronkelijk is de race bedacht als een wedstrijd van de stad Uppsala naar Stockholm, maar door de jaren heen wordt er vaak afgeweken van dit patroon. De start vindt meestal plaats in Skärholmen, een wijk van Stockholm, en de finish is op verschillende plaatsen in de omgeving van Stockholm geweest, waaronder in de wijk Hässelby-Vällingby.

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Marathonschaatswedstrijd
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Q: For K-means clusters, how can I ensure each cluster has a minimum of n numbers I usually use k-means++ for initialization, which is considered to be the most effective.
But sometimes, this results in some clusters having too few constituents.
While this may be mathematically more effective, for my purpose it does not serve well.
What kind of initialization method can I use to ensure that each cluster has at least n number of constituents?
Reducing the number of n_clusters may help but that is not preferable.
Or are there any alternative methods I can use to solve this problem?
I am using python sklearn.cluster for KMeans.
Thank you.

A: There isn't such an initialization strategy. One simple reason is that if you select a large-enough value for $k$, there will definitely be some centroids with few samples assigned to them.
One solution could be to remove centroids with a small number of samples assigned to them, after the algorithm has finished. This technique is similar to pruning in Decision Trees.

A: You can use faiss. Its clustering model has options like: min_points_per_centroid/ max_points_per_centroid. It has kmeans, but I am not sure whether it has kmeans++.

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New! Taliban Takeover 54 min.
The Taliban take over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, Najibullah Quraishi investigates uncertainty and fear among the Afghan people and revisits the lead-up to the US defeat and Taliban's return.
Leaving Afghanistan & India's Rape Scandal 54 min.
This program investigates the consequences of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan. With exclusive access to a militant wing of the Taliban, and the story of Iran's growing influence across the country. Also: a report on politics and rape in India.
Taiwan Is Indefensible 57 min.
The fate of Taiwan is uncertain. Since nationalist forces fled communist revolutionaries in mainland China and set up their own government on the nearby island of Taiwan in 1949, China has thirsted to regain it. With 24 million people and a robust economy, however, Taiwan has long claimed its sovereignty as an independent nation. The United States does not officially recognize Taiwan's government...
Exterminate All the Brutes: Part 1 60 min.
In the series premiere, "The Disturbing Confidence of Ignorance", filmmaker Raoul Peck sets out to illuminate the intertwined currents of hate and bigotry running through history. Focusing on the United States' legacy as a colonial power, Peck explores how race first became institutionalized, the Nazi program of "elimination" and its antecedents in the West, and the looting of the African continen...
In the second episode, "Who the F*** is Columbus", filmmaker Raoul Peck revisits the stories of Christopher Columbus, the Alamo, and the Trail of Tears from an indigenous perspective, showing how "official" history is shaped by those in power and solidified by myth and popular culture. Next, he examines the "doctrine of discovery" used to justify the enslavement of millions of Africans and questio...
In the third installment of the series, "Killing at a Distance or … How I Thoroughly Enjoyed the Outing", filmmaker Raoul Peck looks back at human migration, trade, and weaponry, and shows how Europeans used industrialized steel to conduct warfare from ever-greater distances. Then, he explores the endless cycle of militarization throughout the centuries – from George Washington's efforts to jumpst...
In the series finale, "The Bright Colors of Fascism", filmmaker Raoul Peck explores the challenge of reconciling America's true history with its ideals of freedom and democracy, pointing to the struggle for native representation and the legacy of slavery in institutionalized racism today. Reflecting on his time in Berlin, Peck links the modern resurgence of white nationalism with fascism, slavery,...
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Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Rodrigo Duterte. With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, A Thousand Cuts goes inside the escalating war between the government and the press. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist who has become a top target of President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on the news med...
Escaping Eritrea 54 min.
An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world's most repressive regimes. Exclusive secret footage and testimony shed new light on shocking allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and indefinite forced conscription.
Frontline: Yemen/Iraq 54 min.
This program examines how Iranian-backed Shia militias are terrorizing Iraq and investigates allegations that militias are threatening and killing critics with impunity and targeting US interests. Also: in Yemen, explore how COVID is worsening the country's humanitarian crisis.


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The Downfall of Conservatism, Inc. | Human Events
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How Donald J. Trump made me rethink my Republican heroes.
99.9% of Republican politicians and "conservative" talking heads are nothing more than tamed and controlled opposition. They are the Washington Generals to the Democrat's Harlem Globetrotters. They are never, ever, meant to actually win.
Instead their job is to provide the illusion the left has some great obstacle to over come, a monster it must continually slay in order to achieve their glorious revolution. Without the bestial conservatives to focus the hate of left, energize them, and rally them to the polls, the Democrat party would split along its natural fault lines. People like Kristol and Will, French and Goldberg play their part well, and they've been rewarded with a comfortable lifestyle, as well as a limited amount of respect and notoriety. Being a palace eunuch may cost you your manhood, but hey, at least you get to live in the palace.
Palace eunuchs get upset when you overthrow their world. They not only lose their cushy jobs, but it exposes their lack of manhood for all the world to see. The last thing a house slave wants is to be set free and cast out into the world, a cold and threatening place where they will be expected to work and fight like other men.
Death to Conservative Inc. May the word and label conservative be a curse in every mouth. Be a nationalist, a populist, a traditionalist, be part of the dissident right, be a neo-reactionary, hell, be on the alt-right even if you have to, but for the love of God, country, and your own self respect, don't be a thrice damned conservative!
99.9% of Republican politicians and "conservative" talking heads are nothing more than tamed and controlled opposition. They are the Washington Generals to the Democrat's Harlem Globetrotters. They are never, ever, meant to actually win. Instead their job is to provide the illusion the left has some great obstacle to over come, a monster it must continually slay in order to achieve their glorious revolution. Without the bestial conservatives to focus the hate of left, energize them, and rally them to the polls, the Democrat party would split along its natural fault lines. People like Kristol and Will, French and Goldberg play their part well, and they've been rewarded with a comfortable lifestyle, as well as a limited amount of respect and notoriety. Being a palace eunuch may cost you your manhood, but hey, at least you get to live in the palace. Palace eunuchs get upset when you overthrow their world. They not only lose their cushy jobs, but it exposes their lack of manhood for all the world to see. The last thing a house slave wants is to be set free and cast out into the world, a cold and threatening place where they will be expected to work and fight like other men. Death to Conservative Inc. May the word and label conservative be a curse in every mouth. Be a nationalist, a populist, a traditionalist, be part of the dissident right, be a neo-reactionary, hell, be on the alt-right even if you have to, but for the love of God, country, and your own self respect, don't be a thrice damned conservative!
Trump's Best Option for Avoiding Impeachment: An Apology | National Review
Contrition doesn't come easy for Trump and would be embarrassing for him and his media cheerleaders. But it would also give Republican candidates a rationale for opposing impeachment that they could sell.
Yet another nugget of priceless advice from the fedora and bow tie brigade. Sweet Jesus, have these people ever been right about anything? Have they ever won anything? Have these "conservatives" actually conserved anything beyond their own bloated sense of self importance? Did they ever win a school yard fight, or did they just let bullies shove them into lockers all the way into their senior year of high school?
The left isn't interested in your reasoned debate and genteel etiquette. Any apology to them will be taken as an admission of guilt, then used as a club to beat you to death. For them it is total war, endless war, war to the knife, and the knife to the hilt. If they are not beaten they will erase everything even remotely American. That includes everything Conservative Inc claims to love. To talk and act like they do means they are either too stupid to get this, or they cherish good manners more than any of the American values they prattle on about.
Whatever the case, these chattering Conservative Inc grifters and war mongering neo-cons can all go piss up a rope while facing into a stiff wind. They are worse than useless. They are a millstone around the necks of the right. Long live the American people, long live the dissident right, long live the fighters!
Yet another nugget of priceless advice from the fedora and bow tie brigade. Sweet Jesus, have these people ever been right about anything? Have they ever won anything? Have these "conservatives" actually conserved anything beyond their own bloated sense of self importance? Did they ever win a school yard fight, or did they just let bullies shove them into lockers all the way into their senior year of high school? The left isn't interested in your reasoned debate and genteel etiquette. Any apology to them will be taken as an admission of guilt, then used as a club to beat you to death. For them it is total war, endless war, war to the knife, and the knife to the hilt. If they are not beaten they will erase everything even remotely American. That includes everything Conservative Inc claims to love. To talk and act like they do means they are either too stupid to get this, or they cherish good manners more than any of the American values they prattle on about. Whatever the case, these chattering Conservative Inc grifters and war mongering neo-cons can all go piss up a rope while facing into a stiff wind. They are worse than useless. They are a millstone around the necks of the right. Long live the American people, long live the dissident right, long live the fighters!
Global Warming Will Drown Bangkok, Shanghai, Mumbai - NewsTimes
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Scientists have dramatically underestimated the impact rising seas will have on cities around the world, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications on Tuesday. One hundred and fifty million people are currently living in places that will be below the high-tide line in 30 years - three times as many people as the old projection methods estimated. More from Rolling Stone Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' Is Getting Even More Toxic -- But Residents Are Fighting Back Jeff Goodell's 'The Big Melt' Chronicles Two-Month Journey to Antarctica A Category 5 Typhoon Hit U.S. Soil Last Year, But No One's Talking About It Previous estimates relied on satellite data to forecast sea-level rise, but satellites can't distinguish between ground level and taller elements integrated into the landscape, like trees and buildings. The paper, authored by Scott Kulp and Benjamin Strauss of the Princeton, New Jersey-based nonprofit Climate Central, used artificial intelligence to identify errors in the data and correct...
No ... no it wont. No matter how many times you say it's going to happen, you can't lie and wish something into being.
Elizabeth Warren releases plan to pay for Medicare for All
www.cnbc.com
As she became one of the Democratic presidential front-runners, Elizabeth Warren faced more pressure about funding "Medicare for All."
I love it when grandma tells me fairy tales. Tell us another one Pocahontas.
The worst piece of advice ever to Trump
www.americanthinker.com
Jonah Goldberg, writing at National Review, says President Trump is guilty and should apologize.
Never-Trumpers and Conservative Inc. types are as useless as tits on a boar. They should be mocked and scorned until the end of time.
Joe Biden: Surrender Your AR-15 or Register It With the Government
Biden's gun control plan is to pay AR-15 owners to surrender their rifles or allow them to keep the guns, as long they register them with the government.
Do you want a civil war? Because that's how you get a civil war.
House releases resolution formalizing Trump impeachment inquiry
The eight-page resolution appears to address at least some of the complaints GOP lawmakers have raised by allowing Rep. Devin Nunes nearly as much authority as Chairman Adam Schiff.
Good. Now they have to put up or shut up. Even if it passes, it means the Republicans can call their own witnesses and subpoena documents. Even better, they can do all this and question witnesses in public. The odds are very, very good the Democrats will beclown themselves like they've done every time so far.
Republicans are worried about their worst nightmare: a 2020 wipeout - Axios
www.axios.com
This is happening before public impeachment proceedings have officially begun.
Wishcast harder, maybe someone will end up believing your bullshit narrative ... maybe.
Truth is that Trump is more is more popular with his base now than Obama was with his at the same time. As the election approaches and it becomes clear the Democrat nominee for the White House is going to lose in Mondale like fashion, Democrats will stay home. Trump will win by margins that would make Reagan blush, and Republicans may even re-take the House.
I look forward to all the salt mining to be done on election night and the day after. The sodium intake will be dangerously high, but damn it will be fun!
Wishcast harder, maybe someone will end up believing your bullshit narrative ... maybe. Truth is that Trump is more is more popular with his base now than Obama was with his at the same time. As the election approaches and it becomes clear the Democrat nominee for the White House is going to lose in Mondale like fashion, Democrats will stay home. Trump will win by margins that would make Reagan blush, and Republicans may even re-take the House. I look forward to all the salt mining to be done on election night and the day after. The sodium intake will be dangerously high, but damn it will be fun!
Opinion | A Racist Attack Shows How Whiteness Evolves - The New York Times
An assault at a New Jersey high school football game had an unexpected cast of characters.
"Two 17-year-old boys accused of harassing four African-American middle schoolgirls — using racial slurs and urinating on one of the victims" .. and then " Instead of asking what the boys' reported racial identity tells us about the nature of the attack, we should see the boys as enacting American whiteness through anti-black assault in a very traditional way. "
When the fuck did pissing on black girls become a tradition of white people? Screw this woman and her bigoted bullshit. It happened so slowly I hardly noticed when the left threw MLK in the trash and adopted Nation of Islam naked racialism in its stead.
If you hate white people, just be honest about it and come out and say you hate white people, period.
"Two 17-year-old boys accused of harassing four African-American middle schoolgirls — using racial slurs and urinating on one of the victims" .. and then " Instead of asking what the boys' reported racial identity tells us about the nature of the attack, we should see the boys as enacting American whiteness through anti-black assault in a very traditional way. " When the fuck did pissing on black girls become a tradition of white people? Screw this woman and her bigoted bullshit. It happened so slowly I hardly noticed when the left threw MLK in the trash and adopted Nation of Islam naked racialism in its stead. If you hate white people, just be honest about it and come out and say you hate white people, period.
Vivek Wadhwa: 'Pattern Recognition Is Another Name for Racism and Sexism' | Inc.com
www.inc.com
Vivek Wadhwa explains that when venture capitalists talk about pattern recognition, they're legitimizing discrimination.
This may be the most perfect combination of stupidity, smugness, disdain, and moral outrage ever produced by human beings. An Indian and woman sitting around talking about how awful it is that white guys aren't handing out money to wahmen, except for the good white boys who agree with them and know their place, those are the good ones.
Pattern recognition, the acknowledgement of facts and trends, is now racist. Christ almighty, just shoot me now.
I'm starting to have greater sympathy for the average Roman citizen (actual Romans) at the very tail end of the empire. So this is what it felt like to helplessly watch as everything your ancestors fought for and built slowly erode as you're overwhelmed by know nothing narcissists, effeminate men, an inept and rapacious government , hysterical women with over-inflated opinions of themselves, and barbarians. I think I'm going to miss indoor plumbing the most.
This may be the most perfect combination of stupidity, smugness, disdain, and moral outrage ever produced by human beings. An Indian and woman sitting around talking about how awful it is that white guys aren't handing out money to wahmen, except for the good white boys who agree with them and know their place, those are the good ones. Pattern recognition, the acknowledgement of facts and trends, is now racist. Christ almighty, just shoot me now. I'm starting to have greater sympathy for the average Roman citizen (actual Romans) at the very tail end of the empire. So this is what it felt like to helplessly watch as everything your ancestors fought for and built slowly erode as you're overwhelmed by know nothing narcissists, effeminate men, an inept and rapacious government , hysterical women with over-inflated opinions of themselves, and barbarians. I think I'm going to miss indoor plumbing the most.
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CTC Launches SmartBERT, a Next-gen AI Natural Language Processing Engine from Intumit in Taiwan
Improving the correct answer rate of AI chatbot services using big data
Intumit Inc.
ITOCHU Techno Solutions Corporation
ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (Ichiro Tsuge, President & CEO; headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter "CTC") today commences sales of SmartBERT, an AI natural language processing engine utilizing the deep learning technology of Intumit Inc. (JD Chiou, CEO; headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan; hereinafter "Intumit"), a startup in Taiwan that operates AI and robotics businesses. It is expected that the combination of this engine with SmartRobot, an AI chatbot service that Intumit has provided for some time, will improve the correct answer rates of the automatic replies of AI chatbot services using big data. Regarding the menu of services, customers can select from two options, the on-premises version (24 million yen or more) and the SaaS version (400 thousand yen or more per month).
As part of efficiency improvements in business associated with work style reforms and digital transformation, companies are increasingly introducing chatbots to respond to the inquiries of employees and customers. Because of the increase in the number of inquiries, however, maintenance also increases, such as the expansion of scope of operations and the addition of new FAQ data. Automation and efficiency are necessary for chatbot operations.
SmartBERT, which CTC begins selling at this time, is a next-gen AI natural language processing engine, implemented by Intumit using the BERT* algorithm, a natural language processing technology used by Google for its search engine. SmartBERT automatically learns to correlate sentences from the FAQ data provided to the chatbot and history data from past responses. This improves the accuracy of its understanding of the intent of inquiries. The use of SmartBERT reduces the workload for operations associated with the increase in inquiries and FAQ data, while maintaining a high correct answer rate, enabling automation and efficiency in chatbot operations. In Taiwan, a large AI chatbot service utilizing the processing engine has sustained a high correct answer rate of approx. 90% for automatic replies with approx. 3,000 FAQ data items stored. It has also enabled a 50% reduction in the work hours necessary to maintain the data, when compared with conventional AI chatbot engines.
From standard help desk answers to operations and troubleshooting regarding complex equipment, it allows automatic responses to be provided for inquiries that are becoming more complex and diverse, leading to improvements in customer satisfaction and service quality.
In localizing SmartBERT into Japanese, CTC has worked on the verification and evaluation of performance and functionality as well as the ensuring of quality from the prototyping phase. Moreover, CTC has been selling SmartRobot since 2019. In addition to selling SmartBERT, CTC will provide a total service, including system construction, security measures, training, and maintenance support, which all accompany the introduction of SmartBERT.
Moving forward, in cooperation with Intumit, CTC will continue using SmartBERT in an array of applications, such as predicting the potential needs of customers and translating into multiple languages, to help customers further improve service quality and advance DX.
* BERT: Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers, a method of natural language processing to improve the accuracy of understanding context by reading sentences from both head and tail.
E-mail: sales@intumit.com
https://www.intumit.com/
ITOCHU Techno Solutions Corporation, Corporate Communications Dept.
E-mail: press@ctc-g.co.jp
https://www.ctc-g.co.jp/
Conversational AI Leader – Intumit, Inc. Listed on the Emerging Market from February 3
日本のパートナーがSmartRobotによる新型コロナウイルスワクチン接種に関するAIチャットボットの提供を開始
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Intumit, BELLSYSTEM24, and TechMatrix to Provide "CRM Next", a New Innovative Marketing Service based on Customer Insight Analysis for the Taiwanese Market
Intumit Awarded as the "2022 Microsoft Top App Innovation Partner" in Taiwan
Intumit is an Authorized Line Account Solutions CLOVA Partner 2022


CHINA - 2017/12/28 - Two days before the inaugural edition of the Wuxi 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series kicks off on Saturday, the WT's finest athletes and senior officials got their first look at the bespoke venue at a press conference held in the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center in Wuxi, China.
The Grand Slam Series – to be held over five consecutive Saturdays in this city in eastern China–will be fought under amended rules designed to upgrade the sport's spectacle, and offers the biggest prize money in Taekwondo history: USD70,000 for first place winners, USD20,000 for second place and USD5,000 for third place. The venue has been optimally designed for television coverage, with a raised field of play, dry ice, multiple LED screens, audiences stacked close to the action and thunderous audio. The event, to be captured on the most advanced camera rigs ever used for Taekwondo, is expected to elevate the sport's presentation to a new level.
At the press conference, officials spoke, participating fighters were presented to the audience, and a sound and light show was performed.
"I believe this Grand Slam event is writing another new history of World Taekwondo," said WT President Chungwon Choue.
"This means our athletes will be more busy – but will get a lot of prize money." Choue expressed his hope that other international federations would follow the lead of China, and invest in Grand Slam events.
Noting that taekwondo is constantly evolving, Choue hinted that the event's amended rules – if successfully applied in Wuxi – could be applied to regular taekwondo competitions worldwide. "This event will enhance our sport and the new rules and regulations may apply to the Tokyo Olympic Games," Choue said. After reviewing the outcome in Wuxi, the WT General Assembly will make a decision on the matter on the sidelines of the World Taekwondo Junior Championships to be held in Tunisia in April, 2018, the WT head explained.
At the Grand Slam, more points will be added for spins and knockdowns, so encouraging taekwondo's most spectacular kicks and rewarding powerful blows. Also, points will be deducted if a fighter places even one foot outside the matted area, promoting offensive play and lively footwork.
At the conclusion of the press event, participants voiced their thoughts on the pioneering series.
The first edition of the Grand Slam series, featuring the Women's +67kg and the Men's -80kg Olympic weight categories, takes place on Saturday. The remaining six Olympic weight categories will be contested over successive Saturdays. The series concludes on Jan. 27 2018, with a team championships.


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France faces 'moment of truth,'
Government declares state of emergency, reaches out to angry youths.
A government-declared 12-day state of emergency was poised to go into effect in riot-torn France at midnight Tuesday, paving the way for curfews in cities and towns crying out for a return to order after 12 nights of the country's worst civil unrest in decades. But as President Jacques Chirac introduced the extraordinary security measures on Tuesday, the nation's police chief said violence was showing signs of abating and the prime minister reached out to heavily immigrant suburbs where the rioting began. New arson attacks and clashes broke out Tuesday night. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, tacitly acknowledging that France has failed to live up to its egalitarian ideals, said discrimination was a "daily and repeated" reality in tough suburbs, feeding the frustration of youths made to feel that they don't belong in France. "We must be lucid: the republic is at a moment of truth," Villepin said at an impassioned parliamentary debate Tuesday where lawmakers also spoke frankly about France's failings. "The effectiveness of our integration model is in question," the prime minister said. He called the riots "a warning" and "an appeal." In the first reports of violence Tuesday night, a clash broke out between youths who threw gasoline bombs and police who retaliated with tear gas in the southern city of Toulouse, where Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was visiting, LCI television said. Police did not immediately return calls seeking confirmation. In Nice, a man was in serious condition after being hit by a barbell that fell from a high-rise building in a neighborhood where there had been rioting in recent days, a local official said. Authorities were investigating whether it was an accident or an attack. Images of French teenagers from north and west African immigrant families pelting riot police with stones and gasoline bombs - reminiscent of Palestinian youths attacking Israeli patrols - have struck chords in the Muslim world. Egyptian daily Al-Massaie referred to the riots as "the intifada of the poor." Arabic satellite networks have given lead coverage to the mayhem, with regular live reports. Newspapers follow the story on inside pages, calling it a "nightmare" and a "war of the suburbs." French regional officials were preparing to use the powers flowing from Chirac's state-of-emergency decree to impose curfews. The Interior Ministry said there was no centralized list of towns and cities that would be affected, because curfew measures were being drawn up locally. The northern French city of Amiens and the central city of Orleans said they planned curfews for minors under age 16, who must be accompanied by adults at night. Amiens also planned to forbid the sale of gasoline in cans to minors. Curfew violators face up to two months in jail and a $4,400 fine, the Justice Ministry said. Minors face one month in jail. Police - with 8,000 officers deployed and 1,500 reservists called up as reinforcements - are expected to enforce curfews. The army has not been called in. "France is wounded. It does not recognize itself in these devastated streets and neighborhoods, in this outburst of hatred and of violence that vandalizes and kills," Villepin said. "The return to order is the absolute priority." The 50-year-old state-of-emergency law that Chirac invoked was drawn up to quell unrest in Algeria during its war of independence from France, and was last used in December 1984 by the Socialist government of President Francois Mitterrand against rioting in the French Pacific Ocean territory of New Caledonia. That Chirac took such steps was a measure both of the gravity of crisis that has spread to hundreds of French towns and cities and of his sorely tested government's determination to restore control. The violence started Oct. 27 as a localized riot in a northeast Paris suburb angry over the accidental deaths of two teenagers, of Mauritanian and Tunisian descent, electrocuted while hiding from police in a power substation. It has grown into a nationwide insurrection by disillusioned suburban youths, many of them French-born children of immigrants from France's former territories like Algeria. France's suburbs have long been neglected, and their youth complain of a lack of jobs and widespread discrimination. In his speech to parliament, Villepin said jobseekers with foreign-sounding names did not get equal consideration with those who had traditional French-sounding names when presenting CVs. The French system, said Jean-Christophe Lagarde, a lawmaker from Seine-Saint-Denis suburb of northeast Paris where the unrest started, is "running out of steam." Under the emergency decree, officials can put troublemakers under house arrest, ban or limit the movement of people and vehicles, confiscate weapons and close public spaces where gangs gather, Villepin told parliament. But he said that restoring order "will take time." The main opposition Socialists, through their parliamentary leader Jean-Marc Ayrault, said they did not oppose the use of curfews, but warned that curfews should not be used to hide suburban "misery" or become "a new mark of segregation." The prime minister said riot police faced "determined individuals, structured gangs, organized criminality." Police say rioters have been using mobile phone text messages and the Internet to organize arson attacks. Police on Monday arrested two teenage bloggers accused of having used the Internet to incite other youths to riot. French historians say the rioting is more widespread and more destructive in material terms than the May riots of 1968, when university students erected barricades in Paris' Latin Quarter and across France, throwing paving stones at police. That unrest, a turning point in modern France, led to a general strike by 10 million workers and forced President Gen. Charles de Gaulle to dissolve parliament and fire Premier Georges Pompidou. Vandals burned 1,173 cars overnight Monday-Tuesday, down from 1,408 vehicles the previous night, police said. Police made 330 arrests, down 395 the night before. "The intensity of this violence is on the way down," National Police Chief Michel Gaudin said, adding that there were fewer attacks on public buildings and direct clashes between youths and police. He said rioting was reported in 226 towns across France, compared to nearly 300 the night before. The violence claimed its first victim Monday, with the death of a 61-year-old man beaten into a coma last week. Foreign governments have warned tourists to be careful in France. Apparent copycat attacks have spread to Belgium and Germany, where cars were burned. France is using fast-track trials to punish rioters, worrying some human rights campaigners.
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Orillia Ontario lies to the north of The Atherley Narrows, the point where Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching meet, which makes it a popular centre for visitors, cottagers and tourists, see our photo below.
Before the 1950's, trains brought Toronto's well-to-do folks to Orillia for vacations and the lakes and surrounding forests were busy.
Today, thanks to much improved roads and vehicles, it's even busier but more with weekenders than people taking full vacations.
The cottages around the lakeshores just outside town are still busy throughout the summer with kids, grandparents, moms, and occasional dads.
With a population of about 35,000 people, Orillia Ontario isn't a small city and being on the Hwy 400 (to Barrie) and a fast Hwy 11, one of Ontario's principal roads to the north, it's still growing fast.
Much of the growth coming as people from Toronto move into the neighbourhood and commute to work. And it's a great place to live, with boating on your doorstep and golf all around. There are lots of courses in and around Orillia, many, like Horseshoe Valley, being the summer part of the nearby Ski Resorts.
Orillia's Mississaga street, however, has still kept its old Ontario charm. The big stores beloved by urban folks are all on the edge of town in a giant retail park just off Hwy 11.
Mississaga Street is where a lot of the vacation focused Orillia events happen. The Scottish Festival parade marches along there on its way to Centennial Park at the shore of Lake Couchiching and the annual Classic Car event is on main street too and spilling over onto joining streets when needed, and it usually is.
The Orillia Scottish Festival is held each year in July. After a parade down Mississaga street, pipe bands gather in Couchiching Beach and Centennial Park to parade and play together. Concession stands of Scottish and Scottish-themed products and food do steady business while Highland Dancers and singers perform on stages around the park. It's a great weekend or day out for Scots and lovers of all things Scottish (yes, even haggis), like me.
For fans of all things British, Orillia holds a Beatles Celebration in September with tribute artists, vendors and films.
The Orillia Classic Car show is held every August. The number of cars that turn out for this event is pretty impressive, around 400, so you can wander among the cars for hours.
North American manufactured vehicles predominate, as you'd expect, but there's also a lot of British cars, mainly sports cars, there too.
Orillia Ontario is home to an annual Perch Fishing Festival, held every year from mid- April to mid-May. The festival is a registered fishing derby with cash and product prizes. Just register and then fish to win. The event is centred in Tudhope Park on the shores of Lake Couchiching but you can fish in either lake.
Mariposa Folk festival has been delighting folk fans for over half a century and some of Canada's most famous singer/song-writers made their name here. The festival is in held at Tudhope Park on Lake Couchiching each July.
Orillia's Waterfront Festival is held in August on Lake Couchiching, the warmer shallower of the two lakes, and it features water skiing shows, a boat show, music and a beer garden. What better way is there to spend a hot summer day?
Island Princess boat cruises offer a number of different trips, of varying length, on the two lakes throughout the summer and finishing with Fall Colours' cruises at the end of September, like the one in our photo. They also do weddings group and private cruises too. The boat leaves from the dock at the edge of Centennial Park, at the foot of Mississagi Street - don't miss it!
The celebrated Canadian humorist and author, Stephen Leacock, had his home in Orillia. It's now a museum of Leacock and his life. Orillia celebrates his life and work each year with a festival in July.
Orillia Ontario is also where you'll find Casino Rama, one of Ontario's finest casinos and entertainment places, see our page here. For more about Orillia, visit the city's website here.


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Frances Mitchell Culbertson (born January 31, 1921, died February 13, 2019) was a child clinical psychologist known for her work promoting international psychology and its emphasis on global and cross-national perspectives. At the time of her death, she was Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin—Whitewater.

Culbertson worked with Frances Mullen and Calvin Catterall in forming the UNESCO-affiliated International School Psychology Association in 1974. She served as President of the International Council of Psychologists (ICP) (1979-1980) and Chair of the APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology (1982).

Awards
Culbertson received the American Psychological Association Award for her Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology in 1994. Her award citation emphasized "outstanding contributions to the advancement of psychology and its applications throughout the world and her leadership in international psychology organizations."

Culbertson received the ICP's Frances Mullen Award in 2013. Since 2008, the ICP has awarded the Frances M. Culbertson Travel Grant to support women from developing countries in the early stages of their careers.

Biography
Culbertson was born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston on January 31, 1921 and was the youngest of three children of Russian immigrant parents.

Culbertson attended the University of Michigan and graduated in 1947 with a B.S. degree in Psychology. At Michigan, she met her husband John M. Culbertson with whom she had four children. Culbertson continued her education at University of Michigan, obtaining a master's degree in Psychology in 1949 and a PhD in Social Psychology in 1955. As a graduate student she worked as a teacher assistant with Wilbert McKeachie.

The Culbertson family moved to Washington D.C in 1950 on account of her husband's work with the Federal Reserve Board. In 1957, Culbertson obtained work as a research associate at Children's Hospital in Washington, DC on study of pica disorder and lead poisoning. After her husband secured a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1958, she began postdoctoral work to retrain as a clinical psychologist. After completing her post-doctoral training in clinical and child psychology in 1961, Culbertson worked various positions while raising children and moving around the country with her husband.

In 1968, Culbertson joined the faculty of the department of psychology at the University of Wisconsin—Whitewater where she remained until her retirement in 1988. After retiring from academia, Culbertson continued her work in private practice, with a focus on hypnotherapy, including for patients with Tourette syndrome. Her most cited paper, published in 1997 in the American Psychologist, reviewed the literature on depression from a cross-cultural perspective, emphasizing links between gender and depressive states.

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Coronavirus: Edinburgh woman starts sick pay petition in bid to help people on low incomes
Currently statutory sick pay is only available for people who earn over £118 pounds per week
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An Edinburgh woman has started a petition to make statutory sick pay available to all; it comes after WHO upgraded the coronavirus outbreak to a global pandemic.
The petition was started amid fears that the deadly spread of COVID-19, which has already killed 8 people in the UK, will require more Britons to self isolate.
Currently UK workers who need to self isolate will only be eligible for sick pay if they earn over £118 a week.
Florence Russell, from Marchmont, wants to change this and is urging people to sign a petition, to remove the minimum earning threshold for SSP.
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RBS, recently announced that they will offering customers a three month repayment holiday, if the are affected by the coronavirus outbreak, however it is not yet known if they will be any relief for renters.
The petition to "Remove the minimum earnings threshold for statutory sick pay" currently has 237 signatures, and will need to reach 10,000 to be debated in parliament.
The petition raises the issue that there are currently, "two million people who work low income jobs or zero hours contracts with no financial support available to them."
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Florence said: "It shouldn't take a national epidemic to spark debates about fairer sick pay, but the coronavirus has brought attention to the pitiful working conditions of those on zero hours contracts or people who earn under the minimum earnings threshold (£118 per week).
"Even those who qualify for SSP are only entitled to £94 pounds per week, roughly a quarter of the National Living Wage."Florence told Edinburgh Live why she started the petition saying:
"I've started a petition, calling on the government to remove this barrier to accessing SSP, in the hope that it will at least draw attention to the fact that self-isolation and taking time off can be simply unaffordable for an estimated 2 million workers who earn under the minimum earnings threshold.
"Boris and the Chancellor just aren't putting themselves in the shoes of low income workers on zero hours contracts, and yesterday's budget announcement has done very little to help them. Fair sick pay should be available to all those who need to self isolate.
If this is something you are passionate about you can sign the petition here.


Black is alleging that CNN's article, and the sources interviewed for it, have cost him his reputation and impacted his ability to work by implying he treated his infant patients as "sacrificial lambs," according to the Post.
Hillary Scallion serves as a member of the Wilfrid Laurier University club Eye to Eye, which focuses on education and resources for visual impairment. With them, Scanlon will be conducting a blind soccer tournament on Nov. 19.


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More free music to start your week off on the right foot. Tonight you can catch highly acclaimed (and local!) flamenco guitarist Peter Baime at lovely Lake Park.
UW-Milwaukee's own Distinguished Professor of History Merry Weisner-Hanks reads from her latest novel, The Marvelous Hairy Girls– a tale of three sixteenth-century sisters, ranked among nobles in the courts of Europe, who were afflicted with unusual genetic disorder that allowed them a double identity as both human and beast. In her novel, Weisner-Hanks examines this family's story through the lens of upheaval during this era of human history.
Holy Christ! The "Van Lear Rose" is in Milwaukee! Loretta Lynn comes to town with Merle Haggard to rock the hell out of the crowd at Potawatomi this evening. Sure, it seems like a tame night at the old casino, but both Lynn and Haggard were known as some of the most controversial country artist's to date- Haggard was a well known figure in the Outlaw Country style and song's like "The Pill" and "Rated X" had Lynn banned from radio stations for years.Giddy-up.
One of the nation's largest Italian-themed festivals kicks off tonight on Milwaukee's lakefront. Come down for four days of delectable Italian eats, plus nightly fireworks, amusement rides and a Pinocchio sand sculpture competition.
In nearly every corner of the world, people are polluting, diverting and wasting the limited supply of fresh water available on the planet, and as the population continues to grow, water and other vital resources are becoming scarce- much more thank we know. This award- winning documentary, narrated by Malcolm McDowell, examines how humankind can survive the global water crisis.
This exciting race celebrates its sixth year and features both pro and amateur cyclists, with races for women, men and kids ages 3-7. Cheer on your favorite cyclists while enjoying live music andentertainment.
Grab your blankets and beverages for a good ol' fashion bonfire at the beach. The evening features live and unplugged sets from Mark Waldoch (of The Celebrated Working Man) and Aaron Schleicher (Juniper Tar) along with a cookout and s'mores! All proceeds from this event go to the Pathfinders Teen Homeless Shelter– better yet, this concert is only one of many events to raise support for Pathfinders- check the website for more details.
The Marian Center hosts a flea market featuring a variety of arts, crafts, jewelery, furniture and all the rummage items you can carry.
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What better way to wind down your weekend than with a free outdoor festival in the streets of Milwaukee? Come to Garfield Avenue this Sunday for a full day of music, local crafts and all the soul food you can eat.


I am a Woman, I am a Mother: 10 Political Proposals.
Women of the World has launched the "I am a Woman, I am a Mother: 10 Political Proposals". It is a simple and practical document in which we propose 10 necessary, reasonable and feasible policies.
As you know, in Women of the World we believe that women contribute their feminine identity to different spheres, so we should take advantage of what implies complementarity with men. Not only in family life but also within the workforce, indeed.
We have prepared this document to give politicians a tool for social change worldwide. For instance, we are delivering our proposals by postal mail to the members of the European Parliament as well as national delegates from the United Nations.
Women's incorporation to the labour market has been mistaken from the very beginning, because it followed a masculine pattern that ignored the feminine being and also motherhood. We advocate for a true and realistic conciliation since mothers, nor fathers are not the ones who have to fit their family life in the work pace, but the other way around, the labour market must reform its model and assume motherhood as an undeniable advantage for their career's progress, a plus.
- Tax benefits for women's recruitment who, due to their dedication to family, have been out of the labour market a while ago.
Our political proposals allow women to fully develop in their double dimension, woman and mother, respecting both, their feminine identity as their motherhood's value and dignity, which has to be once and for all considered as a social value.


This blog post aims to make you think about the way you use key bindings whilst programming. You'll read about some techniques I use to assign key bindings, how to memorise them, and use them efficiently. But before we go on, I'll need to explain why spending time on key bindings is worth the effort.
I can't point to some psychological study to back this claim, just my own experience and common sense. Using the mouse as less as possible when coding is a good thing. You're not moving your hands around to grab the mouse, which saves time. Also you don't have to make the mental switch between using a keyboard and a mouse as input device.
I believe these small things have to power to improve our skills as professional programmers significantly. I've experienced a lot of gain by taking the time to learn to use the keyboard as often as I can. While I'm still searching the optimal setup, I can already share some thoughts and techniques. The most important thing to know is that key bindings are a matter of personal taste. So don't take these next points as law, but rather apply them to your own situation.
Key bindings are a personal preference.
A keyboard has a few modifier keys, which allow you to modify the behaviour of other key presses. A long time ago these keys were actually hard wired in the keyboard, to change the electronic bits sent to the computer. In this modern time, it's still good to look at what their original meaning was. It helped me define a formal definition for each modifier key, allowing me to remember what key combination belongs to which action.
Define a personal meaning for each modifier key, and stick to it.
I use this key when "executing" commands. Basically most of what's possible through the menu of an application.
Alt stands for "alternate", changing the behaviour of another key combination. I use this key for a related action of another key binding.
Shift has a double meaning. First it's used for selections, because that's default OS behaviour. Second, it's also often used to reverse the action.
I prefer a maximum of two modifier keys, and if complexer combinations are needed, opt for double key bindings. One exception though: Shift (⇧) may be used in combination with other modifier keys to reverse the action.
Prefer at most two modifier keys, or use double key bindings.
I use the control key for text- and code related manipulations. Actions like moving the cursor, working with selections, working with lines, etc. I find it hard to give a formal definition for the Control key, but its use is clear in most cases.
A note for Windows users: the Control key is used much more in comparison to the Meta (Windows) key. Meaning you probably want to switch the definition of the two, or even ditch the Meta key. Even though this might seem like a good idea, adding the meta key in your workflow can be a good thing, as it adds another modifier key to your availability.
Because the function key is often not accessible on desktop keyboards, I choose not to depend on this key. I only make an exception for some edge cases like page-up or page-down.
Keeping my own definitions in mind, it's easy to start defining key bindings. Though to remember them requires practice. I'd recommend not assigning all key bindings at once, but rather slowly add them when you need them.
Assign new key bindings when you need them.
I choose not to override operating system (OS) key bindings. Things like copy, paste, select all or quit are never overridden. Key binding defaults provided by your IDE or editor, however, may be changed. If you come from Sublime Text like me, you've probably learned some defaults which you are accustomed with. When switching to PHPStorm a few years ago, I decided to keep some of those key bindings I knew from Sublime.
There's no need to change OS-level key bindings like copy or select all.
Even now, I'm still changing key bindings from time to time. Especially when I came up with my definition list. One thing I find useful when learning new key bindings, is to disable the old ones. IDEs like PHPStorm allow you to add multiple combinations for the same action. I prefer to immediately notice when I'm using an old combination. This makes me learn faster.
Remove key bindings you wish to unlearn.
Furthermore, when stuck in a situation, I try not to immediately grab the mouse. I try to think the problem and define what I want to do. Most of the time, I can remember which combination of keys should be pressed, because of the definition list above. When my memory fails me, I'm lucky to be working in an IDE with awesome key binding management, so it's easy to find the correct combination back.
Don't grab the mouse when panicking.
You keymap is a very personal file, which slowly grows to match your workflow the best. I recommend you storing a backup of your keymap somewhere else, GitHub would be a good place. Here's mine.
Check your keymap into version control.
I grew in love with key bindings over the years. I still use the mouse for basic navigation, but once I start coding, I try to use it as little as possible. I find that it's easier to work this way. Not only do I gain time by not switching as often to the mouse; I also find it puts less cognitive load on my brain, meaning I'm able to concentrate more on coding.
This might seem like a small thing to do, but as a professional programmer, you're doing those small things many, many times a day. It's worth taking the time to optimise these areas and skills, I find they make me a better programmer.
Do you want to read more about cognitive load? I've written about fonts and visuals in a previous blog post. Do you still have a question or something on your mind? Send me an email!


Who doesn't know this work? It is called 'the Poor Poet' and was painted by Carl Spitzweg in 1838. It's his best known work by large, although Spitzweg was just in his fourth year as a self-taught painter when he created it. And had almost half a century ahead of him . Before he decided to become an artist Spitzweg worked as an academically trained chemist.
The poor poet is lying on several mattresses in the corner of an attic. An open umbrella is meant to shield him from the water entering through a leaking roof. Bundles of his own writing lie next to the oven. Alexandra Matzer writes that rather than an august artistic genius, Spitzweg opted to present the figure of a bohemian: antibourgeois, destitute, but inspired.
In 1844 The Magazine 'Fliegende Blatter' is founded in Munich and Spitzweg is engaged as one of the artists to draw caricatures. He goes into satirical works by French artists like Daumier and Grandville. The fact that there also existed an interaction becomes clear by the variation on 'the poor poet' that Daumier draws for the 'Le Charivari '(May 26,1847).The lithograph is titled; "Brigand de propriétaire... qui ne veut me faire faire des réparations qu'au beau temps !..." [The landlord really is a robber ... It seems he chooses to make roof repairs only during sunny weather ...].
Edmund Texier, image from 'Tableau de Paris' from 1852. Cross-section of a Parisian house about 1850 showing the economic status of the tenants varying by floors.
In 1850 a lot of residents of Paris protested the plan of Baron Hausmann,(nickname 'artiste démolisseur' artist-demolisher) to build identical five -story houses with uniform façades along the boulevards. They feared that the uniformity of the buildings would turn Paris in a dull and monotonous city.
By forming a large historical circle I would like to end this text with a stanza from François Villon's 'Big Testament" from 1461.
(2)https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2058533/f6.image.r=texier+tableau+de+paris.langFR Own translation of the text on page 65 of the first part of Texier's book.
(3) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9571426/Building-Stories-by-Chris-Ware-review.html , Photographer; Julian Andrews. Do yourself a big favour and buy the box, it is still available I bought it for 38 and a bit Euros.
(5) Olympia, Paris in the Age of Manet, Otto Friedrich, Aurum Press Ltd 1992, pagina's 25-26.
(7) http://www.florilege.free.fr/jehan-rictus/les_soliloques_du_pauvre.html ( Theophile Alexandre Steinlen was one of my heroes during my study to become an illustrator. When you say 'Steinlen' you automatically say 'cat'. When you go deeper into his works , like I do now and didn't do in the 1980's, I find that he engaged himself with the social issues of his time, at times combined with the decorative use of cats' bodies).
( 8) I own a real nice Dutch edition of François Villon's, Het Grote Testament, translation by K.J.A.Janson, Het Spectrum Utrecht-Antwerpen, 1961. The French version I found here; https://geudensherman.wordpress.com/lit-ma-fr/ma-1440-1500/francois-villon/, and by copying the first lines "Hé ! Dieu, se j'eusse estudié" , I came upon 'A place to live and other selected essays' by Natalia Ginzburg ( edited by Lynne Sharon Schwartz)and there I found an English translation minus the two last lines which I attempted to translate myself. Not very poetic but it gives an idea of the content.


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