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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with 'œincitement of insurrection'� over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.
With the Capitol secured by armed National Guard troops inside and out, the House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump. The proceedings moved at lightning speed, with lawmakers voting just one week after violent pro-Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol, egged on by the president's calls for them to 'œfight like hell'� against the election results.
Ten Republicans fled Trump, joining Democrats who said he needed to be held accountable and warned ominously of a 'œclear and present danger'� if Congress should leave him unchecked before Democrat Joe Biden's inauguration Jan. 20.
Trump is the only U.S. president to be twice impeached. It was the most bipartisan presidential impeachment in modern times, more so than against Bill Clinton in 1998.
The Capitol insurrection stunned and angered lawmakers, who were sent scrambling for safety as the mob descended, and it revealed the fragility of the nation's history of peaceful transfers of power. The riot also forced a reckoning among some Republicans, who have stood by Trump throughout his presidency and largely allowed him to spread false attacks against the integrity of the 2020 election.
Led by Cheney, 10 House Republicans back Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON -- Ten Republicans - including Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House GOP leader - voted to impeach President Donald Trump Wednesday over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol. The GOP votes were in sharp contrast to the unanimous support for Trump among House Republicans when he was impeached by Democrats in December 2019.
"There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,'� said Cheney, whose father, Dick Cheney, served as vice president under George W. Bush. The younger Cheney has been more critical of Trump than other GOP leaders, but her announcement hours before Wednesday's vote nonetheless shook Congress.
Trump 'œsummoned'� the mob that attacked the Capitol, 'œassembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,'' Cheney said, adding, 'œEverything that followed was his doing.'� Trump could have immediately intervened to stop his supporters from rioting but did not, she noted. The riot resulted in five deaths, including that of a Capitol police officer.
Nine other House Republicans also supported impeachment: Reps. John Katko of New York; Adam Kinzinger of Illinois; Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio; Fred Upton and Peter Meijer of Michigan; Jaime Herrera Beutler and Dan Newhouse of Washington state; Tom Rice of South Carolina; and David Valadao of California.
Enduring 2nd impeachment, Trump stands largely silent, alone
WASHINGTON -- His place in the history books rewritten, President Donald Trump endured his second impeachment largely alone and silent.
For more than four years, Trump has dominated the national discourse like no one before him. Yet when his legacy was set in stone on Wednesday, he was stunningly left on the sidelines.
Trump now stands with no equal, the only president to be charged twice with a high crime or misdemeanor, a new coda for a term defined by a deepening of the nation's divides, his failures during the worst pandemic in a century and his refusal to accept defeat at the ballot box.
Trump kept out of sight in a nearly empty White House as impeachment proceedings played out at the heavily fortified U.S. Capitol. There, the damage from last week's riots provided a visible reminder of the insurrection that the president was accused of inciting.
Abandoned by some in his own party, Trump could do nothing but watch history unfold on television. The suspension of his Twitter account deprived Trump of his most potent means to keep Republicans in line, giving a sense that Trump had been defanged and, for the first time, his hold on his adopted party was in question.
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to search for pandemic origins
WUHAN, China -- A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.
The 10-member team sent to Wuhan by the World Health Organization was approved by President Xi Jinping's government after months of diplomatic wrangling that prompted an unusual public complaint by the head of the WHO.
Scientists suspect the virus that has killed 1.9 million people since late 2019 jumped to humans from bats or other animals, most likely in China's southwest. The ruling Communist Party, stung by complaints it allowed the disease to spread, says the virus came from abroad, possibly on imported seafood, but scientists reject that.
CGTN, the English-language channel of state broadcaster CCTV, reported the WHO team's arrival. The members include virus and other experts from the United States, Australia, Germany, Japan, Britain, Russia, the Netherlands, Qatar and Vietnam.
A government spokesman said this week they will 'œexchange views'� with Chinese scientists but gave no indication whether they would be allowed to gather evidence.
Calls to reopen classrooms grow as teachers get vaccinated
State leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter - pressuring them, even - as teachers begin to gain access to the vaccine against the raging pandemic.
Ohio's governor offered to give vaccinations to teachers at the start of February, provided their school districts agree to resume at least some in-person instruction by March 1. In Arizona, where teachers began receiving shots this week, the governor warned schools that he expects students back in the classroom despite objections from top education officials and the highest COVID-19 diagnosis rate in the nation over the past week.
'œWe will not be funding empty seats or allowing schools to remain in a perpetual state of closure,'� said Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. 'œChildren still need to learn, even in a pandemic.'�
Leaders of Arizona's major hospitals disagreed with the governor's position, noting at a news conference Wednesday that the state is teetering on the brink of having to ration life-saving care.
'œWe understand that learning and bringing our children together is very important,'� said Dr. Michael White of Valleywise Health. 'œBut at this time with uncontrolled spread of the virus, we need to do things that we know will reduce the chance that the virus will spread and that is not gathering with people we don't live with.'�
Biden forgoing Amtrak trip to Washington over security fears
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden will no longer be taking an Amtrak train to Washington for his inauguration because of security concerns, a person briefed on the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The president-elect's decision reflects growing worries over potential threats in the Capitol and across the U.S. in the lead-up to Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration.
Security in Washington has ramped up considerably in preparation for the inauguration after the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump, and the FBI warned over the weekend of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to the event.
The person briefed on Biden's decision spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. The news was first reported by CNN.
The move to forgo the 90-minute train ride from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, to Washington was likely not easy for the president-elect. Biden's preference for riding the train during his 36-year Senate career was such a central part of his public persona that he rode Amtrak home on his final day as vice president, and he used a train tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania during the presidential campaign as part of an effort to appeal to blue-collar workers.
EXPLAINER: What's next after House impeachment vote
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House days before leaving office, becoming the first American president to be impeached twice.
The previous three impeachments - those of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Trump - took months before a final vote, including investigations in the House and hearings. This time it only took a week after Trump encouraged a crowd of his supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol.
Democrats and 10 Republicans voted to impeach Trump on one charge: incitement of insurrection.
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the Senate will not begin a trial until next Tuesday, at the very earliest, which is the day before Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as president. It's unclear, for now, exactly how that trial will proceed and if any Senate Republicans will vote to convict Trump.
Even though the trial won't happen until Trump is already out of office, it could still have the effect of preventing him from running for president again.
Capitol investigators try to sort real tips from noise
WASHINGTON -- Potential threats and leads are pouring in to law enforcement agencies nationwide after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The challenge is now figuring out what's real and what's just noise.
Investigators are combing through a mountain of online posts, street surveillance and other intelligence, including information that suggests mobs could try to storm the Capitol again and threats to kill some members of Congress.
Security is being tightened from coast to coast. Thousands of National Guard troops are guarding the Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Governors and lawmakers are stepping up protections at statehouses after an FBI bulletin this week warned of threats to legislative sessions and other inaugural ceremonies.
A primary concern is the safety of members of Congress, particularly when they are traveling through airports, according to two U.S. officials briefed on the matter.
The FBI and other federal authorities use their substantial resources to prepare. But smaller local police departments lack the staff to hunt down every tip. They must rely heavily on state and federal assessments to inform their work, and that information sometimes slips through the cracks - which apparently happened last week.
'Not worth my life': Ugandans vote in tense election
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandans are voting Thursday in a presidential election tainted by widespread violence that some fear could escalate as security forces try to stop supporters of leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine from monitoring polling stations. Internet access has been cut off.
The vote count will begin when polls close at 4 p.m. and results are expected within 48 hours. More than 17 million people are registered voters in this East African country of 45 million people. A candidate must win more than 50% to avoid a runoff vote.
Longtime President Yoweri Museveni, an authoritarian who has wielded power since 1986, seeks a sixth term against a strong challenge from Wine, a popular young singer-turned-opposition lawmaker. Nine other challengers are trying to unseat Museveni.
Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has seen many associates jailed or go into hiding as security forces crack down on opposition supporters they fear could mount a street uprising leading to regime change. Wine insists he is running a nonviolent campaign.
Wine, of the National Unity Platform party, has said he does not believe the election is free and fair. He has urged supporters to linger near polling stations to protect their votes. But the electoral commission, which the opposition sees as weak, has said all voters must return home after casting ballots.
Ex.-Michigan Gov. Snyder charged in Flint water crisis
LANSING, Mich. -- Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was charged Wednesday with willful neglect of duty after an investigation of ruinous decisions that left Flint with lead-contaminated water and a regional outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.
The charges, revealed in an online court record, are misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
The charges are groundbreaking: No governor or former governor in Michigan's 184-year history had been charged with crimes related to their time in that office, according to the state archivist.
'œWe believe there is no evidence to support any criminal charges against Gov. Snyder,'� defense attorney Brian Lennon said Wednesday night, adding that state prosecutors still hadn't provided him with any details.
Lennon said Tuesday that a criminal case would be 'œoutrageous." Snyder and others were scheduled to appear in court Thursday, followed by a news conference by Attorney General Dana Nessel and prosecutors.


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A function is a type of variable that can be passed arguments and return a processed value. Arguments are separated by a comma, and surrounded in brackets, however if no arguments are provided brackets do not need to be written. For example, `DOSOMETHING()` is the same as `DOSOMETHING`.

**Reference Format**

The reference will show the names of each function, as well as information and usage examples. Command arguments are shown in brackets beside the name. An argument name surrounded with `[` and `]` is not required. If an argument name ends with a dollar sign, it must be a string. If it ends with a question mark, it can be a string or number. Otherwise, it must be a number. If the name ends with an ellipsis ('...'), there can be multiple of the argument provided.

### Number Functions

**SIN(a)**

Returns the sine of an angle in radians.

**COS(a)**

Returns the cosine of an angle in radians.

**TAN(a)**

Returns the tangent of an angle in radians.

**ASIN(a)**

Returns the arc sine of an angle in radians.

**ACOS(a)**

Returns the arc cosine of an angle in radians.

**ATN(a)**

Returns the arc tangent of an angle in radians.

**RAD(a)**

Converts an angle from degrees to radians.

**DEG(a)**

Converts an angle from radians to degrees.

**SQR(n)**

Returns the square root of a number.

**ABS(n)**

Returns the absolute value of a number.

**INT(n)**

Returns the integer part of a floating-point number.

**LOG(n)**

Returns the natural logarithm of a number.

**LOG10(n)**

Returns the common (base-10) logarithm of a number.

**EXP(n)**

Returns the base-e exponential function of a number.

**MOD(a, b)**

Returns the floating-point remainder of a / b.

**RND([min = 0], [max = 1])**

Generates and returns a random number from min to max.

**RANDOMIZE([seed])**

Set the random number generator seed. If seed is not provided it will be a random number.

### String Functions

**UPPER$(s$)**

Makes a string uppercase.

**LOWER$(s$)**

Makes a string lowercase.

**LEFT$(s$, n)**

Takes n characters from strings left.

**MID$(s$, i, n)**

Takes n characters from string starting with i'th character.

**RIGHT$(s$, n)**

Takes n characters from strings right.

**LEN(s$)**

Returns the strings length.

**VAL(s$)**

Converts a string into a number.

**STR$(n)**

Converts a number into a string.

**ASC(s$)**

Returns the ASCII code of the strings first character.

**CHR$(n)**

Returns a string containing a single ASCII character.

**SPC$(n)**

Returns a string containing n space characters.

### Graphics Functions

**Touch**

Returns if the mouse is currently pressed. Calls the `mousedown` command, and accepts a boolean on the `draw` interface.

**TouchX**

Returns the X coordinate of the mouse. Calls the `mousepos` command, and accepts the `x` argument on the `draw` interface.

**TouchY**

Returns the Y coordinate of the mouse. Calls the `mousepos` command, and accepts the `y` argument on the `draw` interface.

**ScreenWidth**

Returns the width of the graphics screen. Calls the `screensize` command, and accepts the `width` argument on the `draw` interface.

**ScreenHeight**

Returns the height of the graphics screen. Calls the `screensize` command, and accepts the `height` argument on the `draw` interface.

**IsPortrait**

Returns if the canvas height is bigger than width. Calls the `screensize` command, and accepts the arguments `width` and `height` on the `draw` interface.

**IsLandscape**

Returns if the canvas width is bigger than the height. Calls the `screensize` command, and accepts the arguments `width` and `height` on the `draw` interface.

**AccelX**

Returns the X accelerometer reading between -1 and 1. Calls the `accel` command, and accepts the `x` argument on the `draw` interface.

**AccelY**

Returns the Y accelerometer reading between -1 and 1. Calls the `accel` command, and accepts the `y` argument on the `draw` interface.

**AccelZ**

Returns the Z accelerometer reading between -1 and 1. Calls the `accel` command, and accepts the `z` argument on the `draw` interface.

**SpriteWidth(id)**

Gets the width of the sprite.

**SpriteHeight(id)**

Gets the height of the sprite.

### Miscellaneous Functions

**TickCount**

Gets a certain amount of seconds since an arbitary date. Useful for timing.

Example:

	t1 = TickCount
	GOSUB subroutine
	t2 = TickCount
	PRINT "Subroutine took", t2 - t1, "seconds to execute"

**DATE$**

Gets the current date, formatted as `1 Jan 1970`.

**TIME$**

Gets the current time, formatted as `03:34:58 pm`.

**DateYear**

Gets the current year.

**DateMonth**

Gets the current month number (e.g 1 for January, etc).

**DateMonth$**

Gets the current month name.

**DateDay**

Gets the current date.

**DateWeekDay$**

Gets the current day name.

**TimeHours**

Gets the current hour, from 1-24.

**TimeMinutes**

Gets the current minute.

**TimeSeconds**

Gets the current second.

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Ivar Mendez
TWO CULTURES, ONE SAME SPIRIT
Museo Costumbrista, La Paz, Bolivia
May 16 – June 30, 2014
The dance of the Wakatokoris of Ilabaya in Bolivia and the Pow Wow of the First Nations of Canada lead me to think about the similarities and differences between the two cultures. There is an obvious common spiritual tradition and reverence for nature, the spirits of the mountains and of the animals. I hope this photographic can convey this intangible connection of two cultures and one same spirit.
TWO WORLDS, ONE SPIRIT | DEUX MONDES, UN ESPRIT
Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec, Montréal, QC (www.mmaq.qc.ca)
This exhibition merges the worlds of the Canadian Arctic with the Bolivian Andes. Although these worlds are geographically distant, common threads of culture, spirituality and landscape find their way into the artistic expression and creativity of the artist. Employing bronze sculpture and photography, Ivar Mendez brings the spiritual energy of the Canadian Arctic and the Bolivian Andes into visual synergy.
IMAGES OF MY BACKYARD
Avon Emporium, Summerville, Nova Scotia, Canada
This exhibition focused on the visual rhytms of the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. 34 photographs depicting the natural beauty of the sky, land and sea of the village of Cheverie and its surroundings were presented.
The images of my backyard have not only been a source of delightful memories, but have taught me to appreciate the generous gifts of nature that often go unnoticed as we go about our busy lives. They have inspired me and given me a sense of harmony with the universe.
MEMORIES OF THE ANDES
Multicultural Art Gallery, Pier 21 , Hallifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The exhibit is a collection of 31 photographs and eight cast bronze sculptures – all reflections of the land and people of Bolivia. The photographs taken during travels through the Andes – from high-altitude desers to volcanoes and emerald green terraced villages – provide a rich context for the bronze-cast sculptures, mainly gods of nature.
As scientist and an artist he believes that science and art can synergise to promote creativity and innovation.
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According to Dow Jones, the potential sales continue a recent trend for major coal producers in Australia to sell off smaller scale projects, capitalizing on the buoyant outlook for coal prices and strong demand for tightly-held local coal assets. Anglo American said it was selling the assets, which are predominantly export grade thermal coal, because they do not form part of its growth plans in the short to medium term. The company said its existing Australian coal mining operations are not affected by its decision to sell exploration projects.


POLICE have arrested a Harrogate man wanted for recall to prison.
North Yorkshire Police launched an appeal for information on Tuesday (April 17) about Thomas Graham Fallon, 24.
Police said he had failed to adhere to his licence conditions and failed to attend appointments with his supervising officer.
He was arrested on Tuesday night and held in custody.


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Three More MDs Bite The Dust
SWCB Announces Removal of Authorizations for 3 Physicians:
The New York State Workers' Compensation Board on Tuesday announced the removal of three physicians from authorization lists allowing the treatment of injured workers or the performance of independent medical examinations.
SWCB Chairman Robert Beloten said he has revoked the treatment authorization of Dr. David Dinello, of Marcellus, N.Y., in response to disciplinary action taken on Nov. 22, 2010, by the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct. The Medical Conduct Board placed Dinello on probation for three years and banned him from the practice of emergency medicine.
Dinello was temporarily suspended by SWCB on April 5, 2010. Reports submitted by Dinello for services rendered prior to April 5 are to be considered valid.
Dr. Ramin Rak, of Commack, N.Y., voluntarily resigned his authorization to treat injured workers, effective on May 17, 2013. SWCB temporarily suspended Rak's authorization on March 5, 2013. On March 1, the Board for Professional Conduct found Rak guilty of misconduct and placed him on probation for 36 months.
Reports submitted by Rak for services rendered prior to March 5 are to be considered valid, Beloten said.
Dr. Zahid Hussain, of Uniondale, N.Y., resigned his authorization to treat injured workers, effective May 18, 2013. Hussain's authorization to perform IMEs was revoked by SWCB on April 13, 2011.
The Board for Professional Medical Conduct banned Hussain from practicing medicine in New York state on July 6, 2011, pending conclusion of an investigation being conducted by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners.
Beloten said IMEs conducted by Hussain prior to April 13, 2011, are to be considered valid.
Questions should be directed to the SWCB Medical Director's Office at 800-781-2362.
The notices are here.
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One of a series of 'Inspiring Women' for the Inktober Feminists 2018 challenge. My idea was to depict each woman clothed in the iconic graphic designs of her era. Here is activist Coretta Scott King in a dress filled with a 1960s floral print (inspired by the sundress she wore in a famous photo of her on holidays with husband Martin Luther).


Should I Operate a PSC?
If you operate your business as a personal service corporation (a tax definition that applies to taxpayers performing services in the fields of health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, or consulting), be aware that such corporations now pay a flat 35% on all taxable income.
We can help you decide whether to pay out all income as salaries or bonuses.


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PORTRAIT(S) Festival : Meryl Meisler : QUIRKYVISION
Meryl Meisler's QUIRKYVISION will be installed at Le Palais des Congrès of Vichy during the PORTRAIT(S) Tenth Annual Festival in Vichy, France, from June 24 through September 4, 2022.
Impertinent and humorous, Meryl Meisler plunges us into a captivating city and time, 1970s and 1980s New York. Her shots celebrate disco evenings and strip-tease clubs, her Jewish family and Long Island suburb, or life in a public school in one of the roughest Brooklyn neighborhoods.
Inspired by Diane Arbus and Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Meryl Meisler, who was born in 1951, studied with legendary photographer Lisette Model while documenting her own life, with her camera screwed to her quirky eye. It was only when she retired from being a teacher in 2010 that she began releasing her archives, which led to the creation of this event. As a time capsules of New York in the seventies and eighties, her shots are a simultaneous celebration of discos and strip clubs, her Jewish family and Long Island suburb, or NYC public school life in one of Brooklyn's toughest neighborhoods. Impertinent and comical, Meryl Meisler captures in black and white or color moments of pure joy in the heart of daily hardships, plunging us into a fascinating time and city.
This tenth Portrait(s) Festival in Vichy will celebrate the arts in the plural and have a lot of surprises. The Grand Casino will be transformed into a temple of photography, with exhibitions, conferences, and projections before moving into the public space, in this spa city by the Allier River. The thirteen exhibitions feature work by Christophe Acker, Charlotte Boudon, Omar Victor Diop, Henrike Stahl, Marie Magnier, Meryl Meisler, Éric Poupy, Kourtney Roy, Komath Studio. Brigitte Patient. Christian Tagliavini. Alain Willaume, and photography by ninth-grade students of the Collège des Célestins.
Come on a delightful photographic wandering through Vichy!
FRIDAY, JUNE 24 :
18:00 : Opening of of Portrait(s) 10th edition exhibitions at the palais des Congrès
18:45 : Wandering to Saint-Louis Church Square
and to the esplanade of Allier Lake, with performances
20:30 : Screening of Christophe Acker's residence film
SATURDAY, 25 JUNE :
11:00 : Meeting and book signing with the photographers at the palais des Congrès
From 11:00 to 17:00 : Photo studio at the palais des Congrès, come and have your photo taken
PORTRAIT(S) Festival
A Photography Encounter in Vichy, France
June 24 to September 4, 2022
Every day, 10:00 to 19:00
Saturdays 10:00 to 22:00 from July 14 – August 15th
Note: Meryl Meisler will be present at Portrait(s) Vichy on June 24th and June 25th.
Instagram: @merylmeisler
www.merylmeisler.com
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Everybody Loves Raymond Actor Sawyer Sweeten Dead at 19 in Apparent Suicide
by Natalie Finn | Thu., Apr. 23, 2015 7:02 PM
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Our hearts go out to the family of Sawyer Sweeten.
Sweeten, the actor who played little Geoffrey Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, has died in an apparent suicide. He was 19.
A rep for Sweeten confirmed his passing to E! News. He is said to have shot himself while visiting family in Texas.
His twin brother, Sullivan, also played his twin, Michael Barone, on the show and their TV sister Ally was played by real-life sibling Madylin Sweeten. Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton played their parents on the Emmy-winning sitcom.
PHOTOS: Great TV dads
"This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred," Madylin, 23, said in a statement. "We are devastated to report that our beloved brother, son, and friend, Sawyer Sweeten, took his own life. He was weeks away from his 20th birthday. At this sensitive time, our family requests privacy and we beg of you to reach out to the ones you love."
She had posted on Facebook earlier today, "At this time I would like to encourage everyone to reach out to the ones you love. Let them have no doubt of what they mean to you."
Also in a statement sent to E! News, Romano said that he was "shocked and terribly saddened" by the news.
"He was a wonderful and sweet kid to be around," he said. "Just a great energy whenever he was there. My heart breaks for him, his family and his friends during this very difficult time."
Radar Online was first to report on Sweeten's death.
—Reporting by Holly Passalaqua
PHOTOS: Fallen stars from 2015
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» Liz McCormick
Liz McCormick
Research Fellow, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
RA, LEED AP, CPHC
Liz is a researcher and licensed architect whose work aims to reduce mechanical cooling loads in hot-humid climates by enhancing building façade systems. She joined Eskew+Dumez+Ripple as the 2017 research fellow after completing her Master of Science in Building Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After receiving her Bachelors of Architecture (BArch) and Fine Arts (BFA) from the Rhode Island School of Design, Liz practiced in Santa Fe, Seattle, Boston, Houston and Singapore before relocating to New Orleans. With a sizeable portion of the globe occupying hot-humid climate zones, Liz's work strives to enhance architectural innovation and construction technologies in these areas. Her work explores climatically sensitive and contextually appropriate building enclosure designs that both connect the occupant to the outdoors and reduce the dependence on mechanical conditioning. Currently she is exploring energy recovery potential at building membranes, as generated by extreme temperature differentials.
Liz recently presented her research at the IBPSA Building Simulation conference and has joined the Tulane Faculty as a lecturer.
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Alexander Martin January 11, 2023
Royal Mail 'experiencing severe service disruption' following 'cyber incident'
Royal Mail, the British postage and courier company, announced on Wednesday it was "experiencing severe service disruption" following a "cyber incident."
The nature of the incident has not been disclosed but the company said its teams "are working around the clock to resolve this disruption and we will update you as soon as we have more information."
The disruption is limited to Royal Mail's international export services but has left it "temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations."
It warned customers not to attempt to post anything abroad while it resolves the issue, although it did not offer an estimate for how long resolving the issue would take.
Items that have already been posted "may be subject to delays," the company warned.
"We would like to sincerely apologize to impacted customers for any disruption this incident is causing."
Royal Mail is considered to have been founded by Henry VIII in 1516. It was state-owned in various forms until being privatized in 2013.
Today the company is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and recorded revenues of just over £12.6 billion ($15.2 billion) in 2021.
It had been part of the FTSE 100 until last year, when it was demoted to the FTSE 250 – a group comprising the 250 most valuable companies listed on the LSE by market capitalization outside of the top 100.
Royal Mail said its import and other services are continuing "with some minor delays."
The company said it "immediately launched an investigation into the incident" and had brought in external experts to assist.
"We have reported the incident to our regulators and the relevant security authorities," added Royal Mail.
A spokesperson for the UK's National Cyber Security Centre said: "We are aware of an incident affecting Royal Mail Group Ltd and are working with the company, alongside the National Crime Agency, to fully understand the impact."
cyberattack
Alexander Martin is the UK Editor for Recorded Future News. He was previously a technology reporter for Sky News and is also a fellow at the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative.
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Meet Julie, she is just one of the Patchwork Polly and Friends charming stamp set collection.
There are 6 un-mounted rubber stamp sets to collect, each featuring an angelic character with quintessentially English style. Designed by Jayne Nestorenko and brought to you by Crafter's Companion. Each set offers a cute little girl, patchwork pieces and a range of accessories for you to create your very own cards and projects.


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Queer Time
Seed Boxes
"the life of the dead consists in being
present in the minds of the living"
(Cicero)
The most difficult task in trying to show to people little affected by HIV what it is like to have your life turned upside down by it, is trying to convey multiple bereavement. Numbers do not help: they simply compound the problem by depersonalising individuals. Saying I had lost x number of people does not begin to describe the effect it has, the feelings of being the only survivor of an endangered species. The now ubiquitous mobile phone and digital camera means photos are out there but with many of these guys too late you realise you don't have anything, or maybe only a funeral or memorial card to recall them. I wanted to give my friends form so that the numbers would mean something.
Aussie John
Alan Wilkinson
Brian & David
The Frontliners
Keith Williamson
Kevin Philpot
Mario Dubsky
Martin Wade
Nick Balaban
Paul Bettell
Stuart Duggan
seedboxes
In the end I made these boxes containing ceramic figures like those made for Egyptian tombs as totems for each person, their names painted on the outside with text which I hope evokes them. Each box also contains a 'seed' figure because I feel that memory preserves life in some way and they continue to grow.
The boxes were first shown in my Unstill Lives exhibition but they are not made as art works. I made them for me and they are not for sale. They were shown again as part of Norfolk open studios event an garnered some press attention. In the end these works come down to being a witness, through them I leave some trace, an echo or a dim reflection of my experience and of my friends, that in some small way defeats the efforts of the virus to destroy them.
Mario Dubsky 1939 - 1985
Sketchbook entry: October 1995
…..At the back below a row of trees a plaster cast of an Aztec god, half hidden by ivy, watched his house. Mario had salvaged it from a skip at St.Martin's School of Art when they threw out the accoutrements of the academic life room. In many ways this reflected his work and explains why he was a misfit in the art of his time: he salvaged pagan gods from unthinking hands. The plants, at least in my memory, reflected him too. Prickly and difficult but beautiful when seen in the right light. The roses most of all – vicious but with spectacular blooms and scent…..
…..Mario revelled in his self-appointed role of dark fairy at Cinderella's ball, but saw it as a duty to say what he thought, however painful it might seem. His gift was like Cinderella's spinning wheel but in the end I'm glad I pricked my finger…..
…..Like a fastidiously manicured diminutive satyr, his wicked eye is still looking over my shoulder, pointing out failings and giving me a kick with a cloven hoof, when an easy solution is sought. My last word on him must lie with his note-paper decorated with a drag queen holding a placard which reads, "In a world full of caterpillars it takes balls to be a butterfly!".
Mario has a larger entry here but I'd like to record his sister Barbara Dubsky who worked so hard to keep his work in view despite here own health problems. Here we are at the Boundary Gallery where several exhibitions were held of his work.
Sketchbook entry: 11 January 1993
Keith died just into the new year. This unassuming bear of a man spent the last 3 years as the mainstay of Body Positive London. I met him at the HIV swimming group where he was trying, not very successfully, to learn to swim. He encouraged me to join BP as a volunteer on the Helpline. Such a kind, gentle man with a sense of humour which was like he was: gentle, never malicious.
I last saw him at the Helpline Christmas party. He looked tired and a little gaunt but not dangerously so. He spent the evening putting people at ease, effecting introductions and, along with his partner Barry, tried to see that everyone had a good time. Before we sat down to our meal he asked for a minute's silence for those who were no longer with us, volunteers who had died, and afterwards during the meal Auld Lang Syne was played, and for me at least took on a significance it has never had before.
Nick Balaban was, in the words of his favourite song, 'the man with the child in his eyes'. Beautiful Turkish eyes inherited from his father that made people ask if he was stoned. I was at art college with him and he was Matisse to my Picasso: colour and joy of life personified. Sure the child could throw some tantrums and suck his thumb, but he was the most natural person I've ever know, never thrown by who anyone was, he just was himself. Nick was the partner of dress designer Ossie Clark. They were together as long as Ossie had been with his wife and yet Ossie's obituaries neglected to mention him. When Ossie's diaries were published and not a single picture of him was included I was so angry; at least I got to change his Wiki entry to write him back in to the picture. I could have kissed Marianne Faithful for mentioning him in the South Bank documentary about Ossie.
Sketch book entry: Friday 21st January 1994
I've been putting off writing about Nick's death on January 3rd at 11.30am. I'm finding work very much a struggle and strangely lethargic: an apathy of purpose consumes me. Nick's death seems unreal, after all the traumas of the last three and a half months while he was in hospital suddenly there is only an absence, a silence.
The night before he died I sat with him for about an hour. I told him I was going and would be back next morning. Even though he had appeared asleep during the whole visit he tried to say goodbye, but all that came out were inarticulate noises in the back of his throat with his mouth shut (now I wish I had tried more to understand). Next morning I arrived at 11.30 the nurses said nothing as I past their station. On entering Nick's room I found Molly, his Mother standing over Nick and a young man I didn't recognise standing slightly back. At first I thought Molly was wiping Nick's mouth after he had been sick so I stepped back out of the room a moment. Then it occurred to me she hadn't noticed me come in so I should let her know I was there if she needed help. I went back in. The scene was unchanged. Molly was touching Nick extraordinarily gently stroking his face and hands. I suddenly realised the young mans hands were in an attitude of prayer and flush of adrenaline and panic hit me. I know now what it feels to be a cliché: my heart was suddenly heavy, a dead weight materialised in my gut, and I felt the colour drain out of me. Nick's face was looking up towards the ceiling his eyes wide, his mouth a little open.
I retreated from the room and wanting to know if I was right in thinking he had died, I went to the nurses station and said "I think Nick's just died". The nurse replied "It's quite possible".
Brian Reaper & David Brewer, 1960 - 1995 & 1963 - 1991
Sketchbook entry: 25 September 1995
Brian Reaper's funeral today, two years after David his partner. Stewart, Kacz, John and I when to the pub to toast him farewell. Although the occasion was fairly jolly I couldn't help but notice two things. Firstly, there are so few friends still alive, who knew both us and Brian, that we learned of his death from the barber in Earl's Court. Secondly, Stewart sitting on a bar stool, resigned to his increasingly debilitating illness, reminded me of Nick the last couple of times we went there. His arms are covered with needle bruises where the nurses have mucked up finding veins for his drips. He has the same strange air of matter-of-fact, almost subconscious, acceptance of his physical limitations, as if he is not using up the energy he needs simply to get through the day in an unnecessary fight against the inevitable. With Nick I fought against this, thinking it was a giving in. I'm trying not do this again, trying to respect Stewart's choices rather than my own solutions. Obviously I talk to him to try and find out what he is feeling below the surface, but I try not to judge by my own values this time. Will he see the summer?
Eddie Surman 1975 - 1996
Sketchbook entry: 18 March 1996
Returned from a weekend in Suffolk to find a message from Peter on the answering machine saying his boyfriend is dead. Eddie was a sweet, quiet boy though I did not know him well. Bright eyes, cute and intelligent, he and Peter were a couple you could take hope from. Both positive but deeply in love, Peter at 41 twenty years older than Eddie, but a perfect match. They had been together for about eighteen months and each spoke about the other as the light of his life. Proof that diagnosis did not mean life was at an end. Eddie took his own life.
Carefully preparing beforehand to avoid Peter knowing anything or being implicated, he took a massive overdose. He would have been twenty-one two days afterwards. A note to Peter explained that he could not face Peter becoming unwell or that he himself should die slowly and become a burden. No one had the slightest idea that this was on his mind other than that he had been frightened by Peter's recent hospitalisation with P.C.P. The pain and turmoil behind those sparkling eyes, hidden from the world and even those dearest to him, is incomprehensible.
Some like Eddie make the choice that their life is over, that going on is too painful. Who is to say that this is failure? To be able to make that difficult decision, that you wish your life to stop because you know with certainty that the future will not improve on the past and you choose to deny fate the chance to inflict pain, takes a particular courage.
For those of us who keep hope alive that another day will bring meaning, or that something we do will give purpose to life after loss, there is no respite. Every day another name is added to the list. In the end we all weigh life in the scales hoping that they will tilt in our favour.
Frontliners were a charity composed of volunteers who were themselves diagnosed with AIDS (you couldn't become a member if you weren't). I first came across them when I trained as a Buddy, a person who supported someone with HIV/AIDS trained by The Terrence Higgins Trust. Jim Wilson took the session on the training course to give the perspective of a person with AIDS. He had been a Royal Protection Police officer and was remarkably no nonsence and full of humour. I recall him saying "don't think just because someone has AIDS they will be saintly: if they were a shit before they are quite likely to be an even bigger one now!"
I became a Buddy to Stewart Duggan, a Frontliner based at old Chelsea & Westminster & Chelsea Hospital (or the Royal WC as it became known). He insisted I met him in the office and was interviewed for my suitability in front of John Flynn and Dario Biragai (and irish John). All had had wicked tongues. Tripping over a fire bucket as I went in Dario said "kicking the bucket so soon dear?". Dario was famous from his time as the coat check 'girl' at heaven and nearly all the others had once been barboys there, donning tight red disco shorts in the Star Bar. Stewart became one of my closest friends in the end.
© Guy Burch 2020


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Factors that Influence Lure Performance A short history of lure design and a fairly technical study of lure performance. Let an industry expert show you why and explain how by Joe Hughes.
Fly Line Number to Lure Weight Coversion Table How to get a size fly rod blanks to intended lure weights.
Kids Can With Cane A simple approach with basic gear to start kids fishing.
Smallmouth Bass Tackle and Techniques Think trout-size gear.


From The Phoenix Foundation's second album Pegasus, 'Hitchcock' is an eerie "electro noir" instrumental tribute to the great film director. Reuben Sutherland's remarkable clip (which he shot, directed, animated and edited) features a choreographed army of Russian Lada cars — created out of images shot with a stills camera and layered 90 times. What follows is a surreal, conservation-themed revisiting of the Cold War as the electric powered Ladas of the 'Petrol Crimes Bureau' are pitted against a gas guzzling 4x4 (bedecked with the Stars and Stripes).
Joe Hitchcock began in film after his stop motion short Kismet played at the 2005 Screamfest in Los Angeles. He has since found a niche as a cinematographer and director, working on shorts, adverts and music videos. In 2010 Hitchcock was nominated as Best Director at New Zealand's Show Me Shorts film festival, for The North Pole Deception. He made his feature directing debut with Penny Black (2015), a road movie pairing a supermodel and an anarchist. Since then he has directed much travelled short Stick To Your Gun and several short documentaries, and shot campaign footage for future PM Jacinda Ardern.
Billed as "an unusual mix of realism and absurdity", Penny Black follows a materialistic supermodel (Astra McLaren) who is forced to become guardian to her superhero-obsessed sister. When the two set out from Auckland for Wellington so Penny Black can try to win back her modelling contract, they meet an anarchist who offers them a whole new angle on what really matters. Partly crowdfunded, partly improvised on location across the North Island, the chalk and cheese tale marked the big screen debut of Joe Hitchcock, who based it partly on road trips he'd taken as a teen.
Made to tie in with director Joe Hitchcock's feature debut Penny Black, Lapwing is a quirky homage to the camp superheroes of yesteryear, with costumes and a villain that would make Adam West's Batman feel right at home. When Lapwing (Sash Nixon) takes on the evil Dr Curem and finds himself outmatched, he needs the help of the aerially talented Mousegirl to conquer. Full of more mixed metaphors than you can shake to the brim, plus plenty of intentionally lo-fi special effects, the comic short features two heroes saving the day by biting the hand they're dealt.
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"description": "Issue Description:\nThis task supports the Code.gov team. We want to estimate total lines of code and total hours and costs for the code that is located in all of our open source repositories. The open source repositories are listed in the agency json files as shown on Code.gov.\n\nSpecific tasks:\n\nCount total lines of code for all open source repos on Code.gov using CLOC - https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc.\nDetermine labor hours and costs of total lines of code using the COCOMO II Model - http://csse.usc.edu/tools/cocomoii.php. Parameters TBD and can work with me (Joe Castle) on this.\nProvide all of this in a program/script that can be run on a regular basis to account for new code as it is added to Code.gov\nContact Info:\nName: Joseph Castle\nEmail: joseph.castle@gsa.gov",
"updated": "2018-01-23T03:11:00Z",
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"skill": "Intermediate",
"effort": "Medium",
"type": "Enhancement",
"impact": "Open Government",
"projectURL": "https://code.gov/#!/explore-code/agencies/GSA/repos/gsa_code_gov",
"issueURL": "https://github.com/GSA/code-gov-web/issues/416",
"featured": true,
"active": true,
"popular": true,
"agency_id": "GSA",
"license": "CC0-1.0"
"title": "Add footer variations for slim and big",
"description": "Currently we have the option of setting the header type in the header.yml file. I think it would be nice to be able to set the footer type as well between slim, medium, and big in the footer.yml file. At the moment the default footer is medium.",
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"projectURL": "https://code.gov/#!/explore-code/agencies/GSA/repos/gsa_18f_uswds_jekyll",
"issueURL": "https://github.com/18F/uswds-jekyll/issues/53",
"title": "Allow rename during duplicate",
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"projectURL": "https://code.gov/#!/explore-code/agencies/NASA/repos/nasa_arc_open_mission_control_web_open_mct_web_",
"issueURL": "https://github.com/nasa/openmct/issues/604",
"agency_id": "NASA",
"license": "Apache License, Version 2.0"
"title": "Add 'Create..' Option to create object inside other object.",
"description": "It should be possible for a user to right click on an object in the tree view and select 'create...' to create an object inside of that object. This option should not exist for objects that do not have composition.",
"title": "Y Axis disappears when deeply zoomed",
"description": "Steps to reproduce:Create a plot containing a telemetry element, Zoom in on data repeatedly, looking at Y-Axis, Observe: Eventually Y Axis disappears and a console error is shown",
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"title": "Allow Angular components as Interfaces",
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"title": "Double border in footer links at mobile",
"description": "When at mobile size the links in the footer stack on top of each other. Since it's three columns at desktop sizes, the three stacked columns end up with double borders between each stacked column. This is visible after the 'Open Government' and 'Tribal' link.",
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"title": "State OR Region?",
"description": "As currently designed, the site lets me think I can search for, say, schools in Virginia in the region of New England. Seems to me if I choose a state, the site should eliminate region as an additional option.",
"projectURL": "https://code.gov/#!/explore-code/agencies/ED/repos/ed_college_scorecard",
"issueURL": "https://github.com/RTICWDT/college-scorecard/issues/1640",
"agency_id": "Department of Education",
"title": "AnnotationAttributes interface alignment",
"description": "Evaluate AnnotationAttributes in light of the patterns established by ShapeAttributes and PlacemarkAttributes. Identify and resolve inconsistent patterns. We know of one property that breaks with the established attributes convention: AnnotationAttributes.opacity. This value is expressed in the attributes' alpha channel.",
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"issueURL": "https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WebWorldWind/issues/473",
"license": "Apache License Version 2.0"
"title": "TectonicPlatesLayer plate geometries are drawn incorrectly",
"description": "The TectonicPlatesLayer plate geometries are drawn with SurfacePolygon, yet the source geometry for each plate is a WKT LineString. The geometry should be drawn with SurfacePolyline.",
"title": "Add a method for cleanly unregistering window controllers",
"description": "With the new controller design, apps have the freedom to replace the default BasicWorldWindController with one of their own choosing. However, replacing the controller will currently leave dangling GestureRecognizer references (and perhaps others) hanging around, so we need to add a method of gracefully unregistering a controller and registering a new one that does proper clean up.",
"title": "Make site run faster",
"description": "The site is taking 12 seconds to build which makes it really time consuming to work on. It's loading all fractal components on every update which seem to be taking most of the time. Is it possible to only load them incrementally when that component has changed?",
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"title": "Fix Autocomplete-Result Test",
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"issueURL": "https://github.com/Cantera/cantera/issues/496",
"license": "BSD-3-Clause"
"title": "Avoiding unnecesary data reading and histogram calculations",
"description": "In the typical work, using the slider interface, operations related to the colorbar do not require reading and processing the data, but only need refreshing the imshow plot. In a particular case of the 2D histograms generated from the particle data, the processing with np.histogram2d can be time consuming, so it would be nice to avoid it.",
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"title": "Add support and continuous integration on Windows",
"description": "We could use AppVeyor for CI on Windows...",
"title": "Add featured code projects 'above the fold' on homepage",
"description": "Users visiting the site might want to see some of the neat projects that have been open sourced within the DoD. It would be good to have a snapshot of two or three of these on the homepage, above the fold.",
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"issueURL": "https://github.com/nasa-gibs/worldview/issues/709",
"license": "NASA v3"
"title": "Replace mobiscroll for mobile timewheels",
"description": "We are currently running mobiscroll 2.6.0 and are pulling it in via a browserify-shim. Ideally, we would update this package to include the latest version (3.2.6 / 4.0.0beta-3.1) and pull it in via npm but version 2.7+ have a new license agreement so we can't use the latest version. So, we need to find a replacement solution.",
"title": "Add a login script without any cf push",
"description": "I want to be able to run arbitrary cf commands like cf run-task. To do this I have to run all the login commands myslef. If this was a script, I could use it and it could be re-used in cf_deploy.sh.",
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"license": ""
"title": "Separate ELK ES client config from custom index ES client config",
"description": "Right now the ES module is designed in such a way that all accesses to Elasticsearch go to the same cluster endpoint(s).\n\nWe would like to be able to send requests related to analytics to one ES endpoint and requests related to our custom document indices (i.e. anything using Indexable) to another ES endpoint. This separation would allow us to upgrade our Elasticsearch usage from ES 1.x to ES 5.x or 6.x independently: first for analytics, then for our custom indices; or vice versa.",
"Ruby"
"projectURL": "https://code.gov/#!/explore-code/agencies/GSA/repos/gsa_gsa_search_gov",
"issueURL": "https://github.com/GSA/search-gov/issues/3",
"title": "Upgrade custom indices to use Elasticsearch 5.6.x",
"description": "See #3 for background. Once we can separate ES connections for Kibana/Logstash/analytics from ES connections for custom indices, we would like to upgrade our ES server version for custom indices to use ES 5.6.x.",
"title": "Upgrade search-gov to Rails 5.x",
"description": "It's time to say farewell to the fours and hello to the fives, in order to keep the codebase current with security patches and the latest Rails features.\n\nThe search-gov app currently uses 4.2.10, and we should upgrade either to the latest 5.1.x release (5.1.5 at the time of writing), or 5.2.x if it is released prior to working on this story.",
"title": "Improve the graphs/visuals in Tock",
"description": "Tock's graphs and visuals in the reports page could use some TLC! If there's something we can do here in a reasonable amount of time, it would be a big help.",
"projectURL": "https://code.gov/#!/explore-code/agencies/GSA/repos/gsa_18f_tock",
"license": "CC0 1.0 Universal"
"title": "Add endpoint for exposing the code.json file",
"description": "It would be great to add an endpoint to the REST API to enable an end user to get the full code.json file for all the federal agencies. That would allow comparisons against the data from agencies.\n\nFor instance, I am interesting in comparing Federal wide information to the data at DOECode. Additionally, I have am investigating other integrations with, for instance, GitHub.com/llnl/scraper",
"projectURL": "https://code.gov/#!/explore-code/agencies/GSA/repos/gsa_gsa_code_gov_api",
"title": "Update inventory creator script to only collect metadata on GSA code repos",
"description": "This task supports the GSA CTO Digital Service team with creating the agency source code inventory. We currently have a script/tool that is the crux of the repo but it collects all GitHub GSA org repos, not only the ones with the codeinventory.yml file which should be the ones with only code in them.",
"projectURL": "https://code.gov/#!/explore-code/agencies/GSA/repos/gsa_gsa_codeinventory",
"issueURL": "https://github.com/GSA/codeinventory/issues/6",
"description": "We are currently using the root of the API (/api) as an informative and healthcheck endpoint for our API. This endpoint can only be accessed using an API key. We want to create a separate healthcheck endpoint and leave the /api endpoint for informative uses.",
"type": "New Feature",
"title": "Add broken links to status report",
"description": "During the harvesting process, we need to add data about any broken links that appear in the repository data.",


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This is a must read for everyone over 50. Here's what's coming and its not what you think. There is lots to be gained for growing older especially with the right attitude. And those myths. Debunk them now!
I totally agree. I'm a vignette writer and story teller at 81. This is the much needed logical encouragement we all must have to happily live longer and get and give the most.
An excerpt: page 55..."In the course of conducting studies with PET scans and magnetic resonance imaging, scientists noticed something unexpected going on in the brains of older adults. When, for example, young adults retrieve a specific word from memory, they usually use mostly the left side of their brain. Older adults doing the same task, however, often use both hemispheres. This phenomenon has been found with other tasks too, such as face recognition, working memory, and certain types of per An excerpt: page 55..."In the course of conducting studies with PET scans and magnetic resonance imaging, scientists noticed something unexpected going on in the brains of older adults. When, for example, young adults retrieve a specific word from memory, they usually use mostly the left side of their brain. Older adults doing the same task, however, often use both hemispheres. This phenomenon has been found with other tasks too, such as face recognition, working memory, and certain types of perception. The part of the brain examined in these studies is the prefrontal cortex in both hemispheres, a region that lies just behind the forehead. Much of this work has been described by Roberto Cabeza, of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, He calls the phenomenon "hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults" --dubbed HAROLD for short."
I have no idea if, despite using both sides of my old brain, this is pure science. I just like it, and 2 more facts: 1) the good Mr. Cabeza's last name, and the use of the acronym HAROLD, which is my cousin's coffee shop church's deity. We all know older people are wiser; now we know it's because they're using both sides of their brains!
I liked the premise of this book: that the mind can continue to grow and develop in later life. Working memory, and the ability to easily learn new things, does deteriorate some, but the mature mind is better able to make connections, combine social and emotional intelligence with intellect, and use both halves of the brain. In brief, the wisdom that is supposed to come with age is a real thing. I have found that to be true in my 60 years, so the message of this book was affirming and certainly I liked the premise of this book: that the mind can continue to grow and develop in later life. Working memory, and the ability to easily learn new things, does deteriorate some, but the mature mind is better able to make connections, combine social and emotional intelligence with intellect, and use both halves of the brain. In brief, the wisdom that is supposed to come with age is a real thing. I have found that to be true in my 60 years, so the message of this book was affirming and certainly encouraging. But I think I would have been happier to just read an article that summarized the ideas in the book. It was a little repetitive, and went into more scientific detail about the brain than I really cared about.
A gift from my wonderful son-in-law getting his doctorate in cognitive science. A must read for everyone over 50. Loved the intro quote since it captures all the difficulty traversing the myths of aging. Here's to a much more hopeful, wondrous reality! THANK YOU, JOSH!
Picked this book up fairly cheap. I actually heard the author speak once which was a positive experience. I liked his presentation which covered some of the information I believe is in this book. Lent the book to a neighbor who really liked it.
Some of the cases were infuriating but this book explains why I feel better at problem solving, am more empathic and understand complicated entities better than before. It gives hope to us middle aged people and gives us a reason to keep pushing our intellectual limits.
Good news for us with aging minds! Cohen dispels many myths and provides support and opportunity for mental development in later life.
There is reason to be optimistic about our aging brain. Contrary to commonly held belief the brain does not inevitably decline.


Evangelism Missionary Journey 2011! As YAHWEH, Yeshua, and the Holy Spirit directs, we are coming and going in the name of the Almighty MOST HIGH ONE to Miami, Florida and beyond.
The LORD God is lovingly sending warnings to the people of the earth for them to make the choice of receiving, loving, obeying and trusting Adonai and living in His Kingdom to come. As El Shaddai sends true Rabbis, Reverends, Ministers, Missionaries, Evangelists and any person with a true servant heart after GOD, I hope and pray to Jehovah God and in the name above all names Jesus / Yeshua the Holy Spirit of ELOHIM will come upon and into the heart of the ones seeking the ONE TRUE MOST HIGH, Ruler of the universe, Refuge and Rock, the Almighty God.
We have Electronic Mail called E-mail, and why not have Electronic Evangelism (E.E.)? Using the electronic creation from God Almighty to glorify Him.
Ministering the word of God, Holy Bible, hoping people will come to the saving grace and mercy of GOD. Promoting a healthy physical body (our temple) by making good food choices, and advocating a healthy spiritual mind and soul with good spiritual choices through reading and living the Holy Bible.
Taking the W.O.W. (Word On Wheels) on the road to give away FREE Holy Bibles, FREE Days of Noah newsletters, and FREE CDs of Holy Bible teaching and singing.
The LORD God Adonai through His Son Jesus Christ / Yeshua Messiah by His Holy Spirit sent me to Orlando, Florida the end of December 2008 to evangelize the Word of God. We gave away Free Holy Bibles, Gospel Tracts, Christian CDs and Bible Bookmarks. Many people were hungry for the Word of God, and were thankful and grateful for the Word of God. We also witness the Gospel to a Muslim. At first he was not receptive to our speaking about the Holy Bible, but later we agreed on a common ground. The common ground we agreed upon was that we are living in the days of Noah and that people tend to forget what happened in the past, so as to repeat their actions and behaviors. The Muslim believer was very cordial in our discussion and we parted friendly ways without confrontations.
The LORD God Adonai sent us to restaurants, gasoline filling stations, or to the street corner asking people if they would like a Free Holy Bible with Gospel Tracts and CD. I was amazed by the LORD God Adonai Jesus Christ / Yeshua Messiah and His Holy Spirit of working through us to seek and save the lost as He guided me to drive the vehicle to places He desired for me to go to glorify and honor Him.
Butterfly Journey Ministries appreciate all your prayers and support as we obey the LORD God, Jesus Christ, and His Holy Spirit to take the Gospel to the Northeast and Southeast region of the United States of America and to the world in preparation for the return of Jesus Christ.
In August and September 2007 the LORD GOD sent me on a Evangelism Missionary Journey traveling down the North and South eastern part of the United States of America. Beginning from Long Island, New York and ending in Georgia, the LORD GOD Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit was with me as the LORD GOD used my body to drive the automobile on the road. Although I was alone inside the automobile as the only human being, I know the LORD GOD Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit and His angels was guiding, directing, leading, protecting, sending me to the places He desires.
Below are GOD Holy Spirit led writings I was given as He was sending me out to do the work of the LORD.
Word On Wheels (W.O.W.) is based upon the Holy Bible scriptures in Acts 8:26-40.
Many people do not have the time to attend church due to working many hours on his or her job or having numerous family activities outside the home. One person voiced her opinion, "I work all week and Sunday is my only day off to clean my house and/or rest."
The LORD God gave me the idea of Word On Wheels (W.O.W.) to take the church, and more importantly, the Word of God to the people who cannot visit church or do not have the means or time to travel to a place of worship.
W.O.W. will come to your place of employment, home, or business and speak, sing, or teach the Word of God anytime or anyplace to give you Holy Bible Mini-Treats.
You can choose Holy Bible Mini-Treats from various topics.
Joy, Depression, Encouragement, Anger, Love, or you may give us a topic and we will find Holy Bible verses to give you.
For example, if you desire a Holy Bible Mini-Treat for ten minutes on "Joy", we come to you with Holy Bible verses and/or songs about "Joy."
Studying, meditating, and doing the Word of God through reading the Holy Bible and praying to the LORD.
to people at Bus Stops.
to people at Laundry facilities.
to people at Package stores.
Go unto all the nations and preach and teach the Gospel, Repentance and Remissions of sins, and the Word of God.
Mark 13:10---And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
Mark 16:15---And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Luke 24:47---and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.


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Nathan Marsak / hospitals, nathan marsak, Orange County, Religion, Santa Ana /	Adventists, Fullerton, malpractice, x-rays /	0 comments
Physician, Kill Thyself
The widow Alice Hanmore has a bone to pick with Evangelists, or, more specifically, the College of Medical Evangelists. Truth be told, evangelists should be, oh, evangelical, and leave the application of Röntgen rays to the professionals.
In March of 1926 Alice's husband M. J. Hanmore, a Fullerton oil worker, began experiencing stomach pains and loss of appetite; Drs. Claude E. Steen, Emerald J. Steen and John A. Whalen of the CME/White Memorial Hospital decided that an intensive course of that ever-beneficial ionizing radiation would do the trick. Today, Alice is charging in court that "negligent and unskillful" employment of X-rays resulted in severe fatal burns—she's asking for $30,000 ($348,669 USD2007).
(Our evangelical docs Steen & Steen will make the papers again in March, charged of malpractice by one Mary A. Greene of Fullerton—she goes in for an ingrown toenail, so they take that portion of the nail. So far so good. Steen & Steen subsequently amputate her big toe. Then they amputate much of her leg. Further operations result in anthropy of Mary's thigh muscles. She'll ask for $25,000.)
Kim Cooper / Gun, Kim Cooper, oil, Orange County, South Central, Suicide, The wacko file /	burial, desecration, dreams, mysteries, Native Americans, nightmares /	0 comments
Unincorporated Los Angeles
Sheriff's officers responded to a desperate cry of murder after a corpse was found by oil field workers digging ditches in Brea, but when they investigated they determined it was merely the aged skeleton of an Indian, disinterred from his ancient grave. The corpse was reburied without ceremony, and the diggers advised to avoid the spot in the future.
And in another Sheriff's case with a fresher body, the peculiar suicide by gun of Charles Norton, shopkeeper at 1760 East Slauson, was explained away rather ingeniously. Why was the man found dead in his bed in the store's back room, when his brother said he had no reason to do away with himself? Deputy Sheriff Hackett believes the cause was a nightmare, triggered by the story "Shooting Mad" in the Wild West-themed magazine lying beside the dead man. Hackett suggests Norton dozed off while reading, dreamed a gunman was in the room, reached under the pillow for his own weapon and inadvertently shot himself. Stranger things have happened in Los Angeles.
Nathan Marsak / Assault, Beating, nathan marsak, Orange County, Santa Ana /	Anaheim, mother-in-law /	0 comments
When Does He Find Time to Play Pool?
Those of you who have taken a club to an elderly woman know, that's six months in County. Everybody knows that. And just as those of us who have wielded a pool cue at a mother-in-law are looking at the ol' six mos and that $500 ($5,515 USD2007) fine, that's what shoulda faced Anaheim's Walter J. Jewell—except in his case there were extenuating circumstances.
You see, he's a man who loves his children. He wuvs them. In that bloodlusty kinda way.
Seems that Jewell arrived at wifey's house (they're separated) to pick up the kids for the customary week-end visit. But despite his being a prominent citizen, he just doesn't see fit to pay his alimony, which sent wifey's mother—the aforementioned mother-in-law—into a huff. Crone in question, Mrs. Marion Blake, also of Anaheim, refused to allow Jewell possession of the youngsters. Enraged, Jewell rushed back to his auto and retrieved his trusty billiard cue. Back in the house he did, though, stop short at cracking her skull open like a soft-boiled egg.
The court informed Mrs. Blake that it was "inadvisable" to take the law into her own hands—that would be apparent. Mr. Jewell was scolded that he was "old enough to know better" than to "assault an aged woman with a club." That may be. In any event, because everyone loves children so durn much, Judge Ames decided to knock Jewell's punishment down to ninety days and nix the fine. Awwwww.
Mary McCoy / Fraud, Mary McCoy, Orange County, The wacko file /	Altadena, quackery /	0 comments
License to Ill
Rex H.W. Albrexstondare was not a doctor, but he played one in Southern California.
The pseudo-scientist claimed that he'd discovered the fountain of youth through proper diet and treatment, and had been restored from a 90-year-old man to a young man with a thick head of black hair. He said he'd grown four sets of teeth in his life. He was associated with a scheme to create a human body, saying he'd once crafted a 6 inch body, but had been unable to vivify it. He said he'd discovered a medicinal herb that could rejuvenate human life. And he claimed to be a Russian prince who had made millions during the regime of the Czar by devising a system of hydrating food.
Yes, Rex H.W. Albrexstondare said a lot of things, and oddly, some people believed him.
Unsurprisingly, the "doctor" made his living by preying upon women, preferably of the wealthy and lonely variety, and supposedly treating them for vague medical complaints, such as headaches and rheumatism. However thin his ruse may seem, the doctor found plenty of willing customers until 1923, when he hit a patch of very bad luck.
It was then that Albrexstondare treated two Orange girls, Myrtle Thompson and Evelyn Rohrs, who suffered from congenital heart disorders. He gave them a paste made of mashed vegetables, alfalfa, and pea pods, which probably did the girls no direct harm, but certainly did them no good either. Albrexstondare was charged with practicing medicine without a license.
Around the same time, a suit was brought by Jennie McFadden, a wealthy Altadena widow, who claimed that Albrexstondare had failed to repay over $20,000 in loans she'd given him over the space of a few months. He had befriended her, announced plans to embark on a course of scientific research, and set up a lab in her home. She periodically loaned him sums of money, which he perceived as gifts; he also claimed that during his stay, the 70-year-old McFadden made passes at him and tried to get him to marry her, as did her daughter.
Others came out of the woodwork, and by the middle of 1924, Albrexstondare had three suits filed against him totaling over $35,000.
But first things first. He was found guilty of the case involving the Orange girls (the jury's deliberation took only 5 minutes), and was sentenced to 180 days in prison. He promptly set about raising the $3000 bond for his release. There was no mention of the party who'd finally given Albrexstondare the money for his bond, but he or she must have been too embarrassed to make a stink about it when he failed to appear for his sentence in May of 1925. On the lam for three months, he was finally apprehended in Ensenada and dragged back to Orange County to serve his sentence.
Then in December 1926, things took a turn for the weird. Socialite and pianist Ruth Shaw, one of the women who'd previously filed suit against Albrexstondare back in 1924, pledged her loyalty to him and agree to help him with his legal troubles. This would mark the beginning of Shaw's second career as a professional swindler and full-time accomplice.
For reasons that were not specified, Jennie McFadden's case did not come to trial until October of 1927, but Albrexstondare's performance there may have been worth the wait. Prior to the trial, he and Shaw had hinted that they had some surprises up their sleeves, and today, the doctor let out all the stops.
He claimed that he was beaten so severely in prison that he lost his hearing, memory, and consciousness of his surroundings for nine months. He said that Jennie McFadden and her daughter had threatened to use their wealth and influence to have him arrested, and that McFadden herself had engaged the agents who followed him from San Diego to New York City and finally, to Mexico while he was a fugitive (although he never saw himself that way).
The judge didn't see it this way, however, and ordered that Albrexstondare repay Mrs. McFadden's money with 7% interest, as well as all court costs. You might that all of this would teach the doctor a lesson, or at least slow him down; however, Albrexstondare continued his schemes in Los Angeles with little variation or discretion for at least the next seven years.
In May 1930, he was in trouble again, accused of swindling a woman who said she'd paid $275 for a medical treatment that she never received. Ruth Shaw, who'd lined up a string of gullible female clients for the doctor, was charged as an accomplice. Last heard from in 1934, the pair were still up to their old tricks. They were again charged with swindling for their efforts to separate L.A. residents from their hard-earned cash, telling them that they were raising funds to file a federal suit — allegedly, the $43 million fortune of the deceased Czar had been deposited to a San Francisco bank.
And is it just my imagination, or does our own Nathan Marsak bear some small resemblance to the good doctor? Watch he doesn't slip you any vegetable paste!
Joan Renner / Beach Cities, Beverly Hills, Downtown, East LA, Hollywood, Inland Empire, Joan Renner, North East LA, Orange County, Pasadena, San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, South Central, The wacko file, West LA /	Lake Arrowhead /	0 comments
Have a Zesty Labor Day!
If you're planning to escape the heat this Labor Day by going boating on Lake Arrowhead, don't forget to take along your radio!
Nathan Marsak / divorce, nathan marsak, Orange County /	bobbed hair, cosmetics, flappers, Lutherans /	0 comments
Only Two Years, Three Months, & One Week til this Whole Thing Blows Over
Mrs. Geraldine Haster was a product of her time—too bad her time was so terribly and sinfully debased! It was bad enough that she had taken to wearing cosmetics (!) but then she had even gone so far as to bob her hair (!!)! Why not just tattoo "SCAPEGRACE" across your forehead, Geraldine?
When Geraldine returned with her mother and a party of friends from a motor trip to Tijuana (need we say more?) she found herself locked out of the home she shared with her husband, prominent Anaheim rancher Richard Haster. Geraldine filed for divorce, charging cruelty.
On the stand today Geraldine alleged that life with ol' Dick was no picnic either: he took liberties with other women, was adverse to frequent bathing, read magazines while guests were in the house (!!!), stayed at the lodge until 4am, and, most hurtful of all, when she wore cosmetics, was told by her husband that she looked like a "Piute Indian." She thus demands division of property valued at $100,000 ($1,102,998 USD 2006).
Yes, the twenties were a time of tumult and turmoil as conventions unraveled, exposing lots of hypocrisy and kicked-up heels. Lutherans took especial offence at all this gayety, closing their thirty-fifth annual convention today with the adoption of a resolution deploring the tendency of American youth toward "extravagance, immodesty, and disrespect."
Lutherans sleep easy tonight knowing that American youth turned out just fine.
Kim Cooper / Burglary, Kim Cooper, Orange County, Poisoning, The wacko file /	chloroform /	0 comments
The Mad Gasser of… Fullerton?
Scholars of the unexplained in America will be familiar with the legend of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, a possibly imaginary figure who gassed his way across two communities over a decade and thence into the spooky books.
But we've found a precedent in the Los Angeles area that beats the first Mad Gasser attacks by six years! This very evening, garage operator Alois Sabinski was asleep in his home at 111 North Nicholas Street when his wife was roused by the distinctive odor of chloroform, and discovered her husband in a swoon. The clever lady threw open all the windows to disperse the poison before she too was rendered insensible, and peeked outside to see a man running away carrying what looked like a bicycle pump. A bicycle pump of doom!
Officer Roy Mills, called to the scene, found footprints under the window and on the porch, and evidence that the gasser had launched his fumes through the open transom. So close those transoms, kids, and beware strange men bearing pumps.
Nathan Marsak / Accidents, Automotive, lawsuit, lawyers, nathan marsak, Orange County /	car crash /	0 comments
Insert Lawyer Joke Here
W. F. Linder is an unfortunate man. To begin with, he crashed his car. Into another car. Driven by a lawyer.
That other-car-drivin' Los Angeles attorney, J. Irving McKenna, sued Linder for $12,000 ($142,542USD 2007) in damages. That was Wednesday. Today, two more damage suits were brought—seems passenger Mrs. Catherine McKenna is also a lawyer, and is counsel for her husband, who appears as her attorney; she demands $20,000 ($237,570USD 2007). Oh, yes, and Anna C. McKenna, another member of the family, is also demanding $20,000, and aforementioned Catherine is as well asking for $300 in medical expenses and $5000 in loss of earnings.
Drive carefully, folks.
Kim Cooper / Burglary, Gun, Kim Cooper, Orange County, The wacko file /	fruit, rustling /	0 comments
Then as now, avocados are expensive and desirable treats, and a produce man will find his business flourishing when his expenses are limited to gasoline for midnight raids on Orange County orchards and bullets for his gun.
But the men of the Avocado Grower's Association breathe easier tonight after the arrest of Louis Chiuma at his produce stand at 2301 West First Street. Chiuma and his associates are believed to be among the gangs of alligator pear snatchers who have absconded with $50,000 worth of the fruit so far this year. Recently, two men raided the Lindauer Ranch in La Habra and dropped their sacks to engage the night watchman in a gunfight. No one was hit, and the guard reported their truck license to County Sheriffs, which led them to Chiuma.
Back in the suspect's rooms, sheriffs found a stash of dynamite. But what they couldn't find was a snitch: the neighborhood clammed up quick, with some souls heard muttering about the Black Hand. That's right: the Avocado Mafia, and don't let me hear you tattling, or there'll be no guacamole on your enchilada tonight or ever!
Nathan Marsak / Child abuse, marriage, nathan marsak, Orange County, Rape /	Superior Court, Truelove Home /	0 comments
A Little Miss Understanding
To Carl Tabbert, it seemed a mere triviality that when eloping with his intended to Santa Ana, that the wife-to-be swear she was eighteen years of age in order to secure a marriage license. Today, Tabbert is in Los Angeles Superior Court, charged with rape. In actuality, blushing bride Virginia Spencer was all of thirteen.
Tabbert pleaded guilty, having been persuaded that he broke the law, of which he admitted some ignorance. While vaguely aware he had committed some offense, he had not believed it was in any way serious. While he awaits further hearings—wherein witnesses are expected to testify to his good character—his child-bride has been placed in the Truelove Home.


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