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War Is Hell
It was hard from me to not post my thoughts a couple months ago when the war in Providence started. I feel its been long enough and the outcome of those early days obvious enough that I can post now and not reveal any top secret information.
First off, let me say I understand how an alliance can decide to go to war when from an outside perspective everything looks fine. Relatively safe and static environments with no threats to sov may be good for wallets, they are not good for forging powerful PvP entities. Fearful of atrophying skills and combined with a desire to make things more exciting, alliance leaders may choose to go to war when none is called for.
Another factor in leading the leadership of CVA and the Holders to consider opening serious hostilities could be the fact that Providence was getting very crowded as the residents grew in numbers and more and more neutrals came to exploit the safe (again relatively) space. There was intense competition for every rat and complex.
Whether or not it was CVA or LFA leadership that were the main proponents for the war (and there have been a lot of accusations thrown back and forth) the fact was that a path was decided upon and a land grab was decided upon. But here is where the wheels fall off the bus.
The planning didn't include all of the Holder alliances for one thing. My alliance, Paxton, was effectively taken surprise by the war announcement and had mere days to prepare even though they are on the front line border with AAA. The attacks were sudden and rushed and many pilots didn't have time to move assets closer to the fighting.
But the most egregious mistake was instead of a modest attempt to grab F9E alone next door to D-G, they stabbed into Catch with an ambitious thrust that included threatening HED system, the major high sec logistics pipe for AAA and allies. Now I realize that Providence region is isolated from a lot of other near by null sec regions but surely there could have been some other space to assault that was not so important to a large 0.0 powerhouse and its coalition. Instead of starting a sov war for Fleet practice and PvP experience, we started a blood feud.
Another crucial error was working with the Goons. I said we never set the Goons blue and that is true; they were always red to us. But in several engagement we were told to ignore any reds (i.e. Goons) except those called as targets and the perception in the community was that we were working together. I actually began to believe there was upper level accords in place between Provi-blob and Goonswarm and considered if I needed to make a principled stand and leave the conflict. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it) Goons imploded and the issue was removed but not before the damage was done to CVA's and the Holder's reputations.
Ultimately AAA and allies responded and retook the systems in Catch and followed it up by taking D-GTMI from us. The loss of one station system in a region with 30-40 was not a big deal, but the morale blow of the capital fleet debacle was huge and reverberated through the Provi-bloc's confidence despite outward protestations. It was apparent we were in over our heads with no larger coalition of allies to call upon.
So why did CVA et al not accept the AAA offer to end the war and return D-G? There were a number of reasons and I agree with many of them, but I also agree with many reasons giving for accepting the humbling terms. Regardless, I didn't get a vote and the decision was not accept the offer. This caused a certain amount of strife in the Holder's forums but eventually everything calmed down and a new strategy of tiring the enemy out with timers was called for, an obvious sign of the confidence blow that is the D-G capital fleet loss. Will it work? Time will tell...
From AAA perspective I imagine they cannot allow CVA to become strong again and be a belligerent enemy at their front door, and eliminating the space of allies Slyph, Cold Steel, and Severance as well as taking the entry systems to Providence indicate a strategy of isolation and destabilization. While Paxton space has been exempt from any further territorial attacks, the general consensus is that it is only a matter of time before the supercaps of AAA and allies descend upon us, the victims of a unwanted war.
Despite all the bad things that have come out of this conflict, the good side is that Paxton has grown closer together in the adversity and continued to fight in good numbers despite the overwhelming odds at times. And M3 itself has continued to develop into a strong part of Paxton and we anticipate the alliance and corporation surviving and remaining strong despite what comes in the future.
can you confirm/deny that CVA refused the peace offering AAA offered due to sticking to roleplaying?
jtyler 12:25 pm
Very glad to hear Paxton is still fighting and holding ground. I'm still pulling for you guys.
I still find it sad that the concept of a space as unique and historic as Providence might be washed away. But blunder after blunder was made, and even the respect CVA had for their accomplishments wasn't strong enough to withstand the utterly bad decision making. If it was enough to have the lowly pilots like me questioning the high leaderships decisions, it was certainly enough to taint their reputation in the larger EVE community, as you said.
But times like this make me really, really wish there were EVE historians documenting all these happenings somehow. I'd be curious to see how Providence will be remembered.
I'm talking like they're already dead, which you're obviously not, but no one can deny it's not going to be the same Provi it once was, for better or worse.
Kirith Kodachi 12:29 pm
@Miningzen: I don't know if the refusal was based in roleplay or actual attittudes. Sometimes its hard to tell with CVA guys.
Nice post Kirith. Have you ever considered being an alliance leader? You seem to have a fairly level head about these things.
I think you misunderstand AAA's motivation though. I don't think its a 'blood feud', as evidenced by their offer to let you have D-G back. Simply put, you effectively threatened their existence when you threatened HED. Not in a literal, 'omg AAA's going to disband' sense, but very much in a 'that would make life VERY annoying for AAA'. Combine that with a large dose of 'Southern Coalition' boredom, AND, the desire for practice taking SOV under the new system prior to an invasion of the North and you get a war.
Frankly, I think the 'wait them out' strategy CVA is taking is perfectly acceptable to AAA too. As long as you don't go try to re-take HED, they won't care; in fact, I bet they even WANT you guys to re-take Provi and return it to its NRDS state of fun. U'K, not as much, but meh. As you said, only time will tell.
Kirith Kodachi 2:56 pm
What I meant by "blood feud" is that it was more personal/serious than just the attempt on F9E back in December was. Not the right term I agree.
Perseus Kallistratos 3:04 pm
Congratulations on having the stones to post what you did. I know that CVA Holders are very strict/anal in their censoring (although given their state I suppose this is less and less of an issue. I can see your perspective, and the decision making being done by select few is not what should have taken place. Your alliance should have been consulted as an equal in matters, especially when you consider your position as meatshields on the front lines. Whether your corp/alliance hold together or not, you will have many paths to choose from in the future I can tell you that. Drop me a line.
Best of luck,
Tony "EVE's Weekend Warrior" 6:55 pm
@Rettic
We are the EVE writers, the historians come later, after digging up our stories and tellings.
Good post Kirith :)
Rolinthor 4:55 pm
This is a really well thought-out post. I've been hanging onto it for almost 2 weeks now with the thought of writing up a few of my own observations about Providence. Damn you, RL; give me more time.


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2005 President Lynne Blake
Lynne Blake, of RCI Real Estate in Williamstown and North Adams has been elected to serve as the President of the Berkshire County Board of REALTOR®. In her inaugural address at the Country Club of Pittsfield, Blake announced that her priorities for the year are varied but the critical focus will be meeting the educational needs of the REALTORS® in our region.
The Board of REALTORS® is launching an aggressive education and events schedule to assist members in the implementation of new Real Estate agency regulations in the state of Massachusetts, scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2005. Blake has committed to bring the highest level of legal,
business development and practical training to the Berkshires, to ensure all members have an opportunity to learn and execute the new rules governing interactions with clients and customers.
This new way of doing business will also require a greater focus on improving professional conduct and Blake has appointed a task force to work on enhancing the Association's new agent training and mentoring programs as well as a task force to delve into the rules and regulations to govern basic business etiquette practices for REALTORS® in Berkshire County. Over 60 REALTORS® have already volunteered to serve on this task force, and over 100 REALTORS® will be joining President Blake in other volunteer service to the association this year.
By virtue of her Presidency, Blake will serve as a Director on the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS Board of Directors and will serve as Ex Officio Officer on the Berkshire Multiple Listing Service Board of Directors. Blake also serves as a Berkshire REALTOR® Representative for visits to our legislators on Beacon Hill in Boston and Capital Hill in Washington DC. In these positions, she will be responsible to represent the interests of the Berkshire REALTOR® members in business decisions affecting our industry and the private property rights of our residents.
Lynne primarily works out of the Williamstown office on Main Street and makes her home in North Adams with her husband Ed. They have two grown children and are proud grandparents of one granddaughter.
In 2012, Lynne transferred to Carriage House Real Estate.

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Based on the Jersey Fresh program, Jersey Grown is New Jersey's brand for locally grown plants, trees, shrubs, annuals and flowers, making these plants more visible to consumers.
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All annual and bedding plants would be eligible to be labeled Jersey Grown if they were grown in New Jersey and meet or exceed the Department's standards.
There is a $30 application fee that is used to help pay for inspection costs and promotional materials.


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Ha'penny is an alternative history novel written by Jo Walton and published by Tor Books. First published on October 2, 2007, it is the second novel of the Small Change series.

Plot summary
The book is a mystery thriller set inside an alternative history in which the United Kingdom made peace with Adolf Hitler in 1941.

In 1949, Britain has slid into fascist dictatorship. When a bomb explodes in a London suburb, Scotland Yard Inspector Peter Carmichael is assigned to the case. He finds a web of conspiracy and a plot to murder both Britain's new Prime Minister and Adolf Hitler during the latter's Friendship visit to London. Carmichael's professional ethics became compromised during a previous case involving the aristocratic and political establishment, which may affect his ability to handle the case at hand.

Life is complicated for Viola Lark as well; she abandoned the upper-class environment of her family and lost touch with her five very different sisters (who are inspired by the real-life Mitford sisters) when she chose to become an actress. Viola is given the role of a lifetime and has hard decisions to make since she becomes caught up in family politics.

The first "Small Change" novel, Farthing, was released in August 2006 by Tor Books. A third novel in the series, Half a Crown, came out in September 2008, also from Tor.

Awards and nominations
The Los Angeles Times named Ha'penny one of their ten Favorite Mystery Books of 2007.

The novel was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for LGBT-themed fiction.

Ha'penny tied with Harry Turtledove's The Gladiator for the 2008 Prometheus Award.

Publication history
2007, USA, Tor Books , Pub date 2 October 2007, Hardback
2008, USA, Tor Books , Pub date 1 July 2008, Mass Market Paperback
2010, Spain, La Factoria de la Ideas , Pub date 1 October 2010, Paperback, as La Conspiración de Coltham (The Conspiracy of Coltham)
2015, France, Denoël , Pub date 1 October 2015, Paperback, as Hamlet au paradis (Hamlet in paradise)

See also

Axis victory in World War II, regarding works of Nazi Germany/Axis/World War II alternate history

References

External links

Ha'penny at Tor-Forge Books
Essay about story behind Ha'penny at Upcoming4.me

2007 British novels
Novels by Jo Walton
Novels about World War II alternate histories
2007 science fiction novels
Fiction set in 1949
Tor Books books
Works about sisters
British alternative history novels
Canadian alternative history novels
2007 Canadian novels

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There has been quite a bit of development and activity on the VKC front. The Bangalore VKC team has been doing some homework and gathering information, especially on VKCs functioning in the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu.
In this context, VKCs that were visited included the Chennai Resource Centre, Cuddalore Resource Centre, NCRC (Nagapattinam) and KRRC (Nagercoil) . In addition, 10 VKCs in Sirkali and Nagapattinam areas were visited and more information gathered. 17 VKCs in Kanyakumari district were also visited.
During these visits, it was found that some VKCs run by NGOs are conducting computer programmes such as Internet services (i.e. E-education, E-health, E-agriculture etc.), Computer Aided learning Program, Microsoft Unlimited Potential Program, Dissemination of information on Agriculture, Fishing, Employment, Education, Awareness and Capacity building programs etc.
Some other VKCs provide information to the local NGOs and do more of local NGO coordination. Yet other VKCs are functioning as field offices. The field staff members visit the villages regularly and provide the required information.
adolescents (boys and girls) and the women SHGs and most of these VKCs are functioning from rented buildings. Local village girls (graduates and under-graduates) usually run the day-to-day affairs in most of the VKCs.
headed by a VRC (Village Resource Centre).
It is heartening to see that the new VKC that was inaugurated at Thavalakuppam near Puducherry on 19th April 2007, by CSC (Community Seva Centre) in partnership with A&D is functioning well. As per the Visitors book (maintained at the VKC) 188 persons (70% students and 30% unemployed youth and SHG women) have visited the VKC from 20th April to 15th May.
The Panchayat leaders of Nallavadu village have given a plot of common land to A&D through CSC for the construction of a VKC building. The written work and planning is duly being followed upon.


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Q: Chisquare test and K-S test for a given set of Random Numbers in range [0,num_max] in R? I have made a random number generator and generated N numbers in range 0 to 10007, I want to test how good is this generator in R.

A: You can use ks.test to test if your sample matches the specified distribution. For instance, we can compare the output of runif to the U(0, 1) distribution:
set.seed(144)
x <- runif(1000, 0, 1)
ks.test(x, "punif", 0, 1)
#   One-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
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# data:  x
# D = 0.0326, p-value = 0.2374
# alternative hypothesis: two-sided

The D value states that the empirical cdf of your samples differs from the cdf of the U(0, 1) distribution by a maximum of 0.0326. The p-value says that there's a 0.2374 probability that the empirical cdf of 1000 random samples from a random variable R will differ from the cdf of R by D or more.

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JONESBORO – Arkansas State University's Wind Ensemble and Dr. Timothy Oliver, director of bands and coordinator of wind and percussion studies at Arkansas State University, are among an elite group of university wind ensembles and conductors invited to contribute to a new music education website.
The website, Conducting Masterclass, http://www.conductingmasterclass.com, is home to a series of brief instructional videos geared toward high school and middle school band directors. It employs pedagogical and interpretive ideas for improving musical performances.
These Internet-accessible instructional videos are free to anyone who logs on to the website.
The Conducting Masterclass project represents a partnership between leaders of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), of which Oliver is an active member, and banddirector.com, a website devoted to sharing information among band directors at all levels. Currently, the banddirector.com website has more than 2 million page views per month. The conductingmasterclass.com website has already been viewed in 48 states.
A-State's Wind Ensemble and Oliver have been recognized regionally and nationally for both their performances and collaborations with the music education community. Other major universities invited to participate in this project include Michigan State University, Oklahoma State University, Ohio State University, University of Louisville, University of Colorado and University of Southern California.


Growing and maintaining a goatee requires plenty of patience and practice. However, learning how to trim a goatee with a razor will save you time and money. On top of that, it is well worth the effort. Follow these simple steps to achieve such a timeless look.
Before getting started learning how to trim a goatee with a razor, you should first shampoo and condition your facial hair thoroughly. Make sure to use products that are designed for your hair's specific needs and texture.
When you are finished, allow your beard to air dry fully. Alternatively, you may use a blow dryer on a low heat setting. However, be sure to keep it at least 12 inches away from your face to prevent irritating the skin. Otherwise, this can result in dryness and redness.
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If you have ever felt intimidated learning how to trim a goatee with a razor, you can rest assured knowing that it gets easier with practice. Using a razor can also be challenging at first. However, this is the only way to ensure quality edges and a clean, classic look.
Once you get the hang of it, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see how quickly you can create a barbershop quality goatee at-home. Master trimming your goatee by trying these steps today!
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UNION, NJ — The Township Committee has approved a $99 million budget which includes an average tax increase of $47 per average home and $35,000 for the Union Police Department to purchase aerial drones. Union would become at least the second town in the county to obtain the drones. There will be three purchased, one […]
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RWJF announces $50M pandemic relief package to support those most vulnerable to COVID-19
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced on Tuesday a $50 million nationwide pandemic relief package to help those under the greatest strain amid the COVID-19 health emergency.
The short-term relief package will provide $5 million to New Jersey-based businesses that have been hit particularly hard by the novel coronavirus.
The aim of the funding is to help communities that have already faced health challenges navigate the additional burden of the pandemic by providing food, housing and income assistance to lower-income workers, communities of color, indigenous communities and people with disabilities.
In New Jersey, the $5 million in funds will support:
The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, focusing on food and housing insecurity, access to the internet for education and services for undocumented children and families;
Investments in several locally-based philanthropies managing pandemic relief funds, including the Community Foundation of South Jersey, the Princeton Area Community Foundation, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, the United Way of Greater Newark, and the United Way of Northern New Jersey.
New Jersey Health Initiatives, supporting response in small communities and portions of the state with less access to charitable funds;
Fair Share Housing Center, organizing a coalition to monitor COVID-19 relief funding;
New Jersey YMCA Alliance, advocating for the needs of a childcare workforce;
Mental Health Association of New Jersey, providing remote counseling services and advocating for mental wellness.
Here are the organizations that will receive part of the $50 million:
Feeding America, providing health food to food banks and pantries;
Meals on Wheels, delivering meals and checking in on 2.2 million people;
National Domestic Workers Alliance, providing emergency assistance for qualifying home health care workers, nannies and house cleaners;
One Fair Wage, providing cash assistance to tipped workers, gig workers, lower-wage health aides and service workers who's job was impacted by COVID-19;
Catholic Charities, providing short-term relief for social services at the community level;
National Day Laborers Organizing Network, providing farm workers and day laborers financial support and safety-net resources;
NDN Collective, distributing resources to groups providing essential services to Native American communities impacted by COVID-19;
Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition, prioritizing the shelter and housing needs of the lowest income people in impacted areas.
"During this pandemic we are seeing how important it is that everyone has access to high quality health care," Richard Besser, CEO and president, RWJF, said. "Millions do not."
"Health is also about making sure people have the ability to feed, house, and take care of themselves and their families," he continued. "While RWJF is providing this immediate aid during this moment of crisis — and encourages others to do the same — its primary focus and strategic work remains unchanged: seeking long-term policy and systemic solutions that address the grave health inequities in America.
"Unfortunately, in our society being able to live a healthy life can depend in large part on how much money you make, where you live, and the color of your skin. This crisis is making an already unfair system even worse, and that is completely unacceptable. It's critical that we make real and lasting improvements through community action and public policy in the months and years to come. Otherwise, the world's richest nation will have failed its people."
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Clear vision requires clear direction. Nothing in life does well with muddled directions. Think of something as simple as riding a horse. Give a horse mixed messages and it will buck you off.
Growing up I lived on a farm. My dad was my hero. Why? Well gosh darn it, he was a real deal cowboy. And I wanted to be just like him. I just preferred to be called a Horse Girl (cause' I didn't ride cows, duh!). He began training me on horses when I was about six years old and one day he took me out riding in an open field and wanted me to give series of commands to my horse. At first I was doing pretty good, but then it took a quick turn for the worse. I started getting confused, so I panicked and this in turn confused the horse. I was pushing in my heals into the horse one time, two quick times, then one long time, tugging the reins two times, then quickly again with one long time and back and forth between endless mis-directions. The horse didn't know what the heck to do. The next thing I knew my horse started galloping at a speed beyond my control and headed right for a tree with a low hanging branch. I ended up getting clipped at the branch at my chest and flung off like a bug to the ground. When I got up, I kicked and spitted out words of anger and sadness, "This horse is stupid!" My dad responded with an unforgettable lifetime lesson. "It's not the horse that was stupid, it was the rider".
God has granted each of us with a golden blessing. The blessing of free will. In most of the ancient scriptures, we are told we contain the ability to direct. As the Bhagavad Gita simply displays, we hold the reins. The reins to our minds. We are the conductors of our emotions, of our thoughts, of our decisions. In yoga, the practice of training the mind is called Raja Yoga. It teaches us to be "eka grata" with our consciousness; single mind focus. When we have a vision, we have directions. When we know where we want to go, how we would like to serve the world and we see only that – the universe understands us and supports us. When we see only where we are heading and let go of all the other debris in the mind (worry, fear, false obstacles) – we give ourselves clear directions. And again, the universe knows how to respond. When we are confused, or choose directions that are clearly not in alignment to our vision, the universe just stops playing. It waits patiently until you know.
My Guru, Paramahansa Yogananda, had a pet peeve. He never liked when someone would say "I don't know". He would always respond with "yes you do". You do know. You know what you desire. You know how you should serve the world. You know what you should be doing. You know where you want to go. Never answer with "I don't know". The universe does not know how to respond with that. And sometimes Life, like a horse, is just as frustrated with you as you are with it!
Try giving confusing directions to a driver or a pilot or even to a child learning to ride a bike. It does not work. The confusion creates frustration. And frustration leads to accidents, loss of direction and sometimes hope. To have a clear singular goal – without the chaos of excess words or wants, without multiple outcomes commanded– leads to an easier path.
Don't be afraid to have a vision. See only that vision. Lose all the debris, the fears, the obstacles. See how you can serve the world and the world will serve you! Remember you hold the reins. Be the rider in command, with clear and precise directions for yourself and your life. Life desires to serve you, it just needs you to do it with respectful confidence and clarity. You do know. Grab the reins and go.
See you on your mat. It is the perfect place to clean the vision and keep you riding life with calmness and grace.


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"You say it's no use? At least, the road we've been walking on is clean."
The couple, Kim Yong-gyu and Moon Soo-jung, loves the sea. They nest in Gangneung, enjoy walking on the beach. They are not just enjoying the romance of the sea but also collecting garbage while walking on the sandy beach. Their garbage bag gets full even after walking on the beach. The couple says they started because they they do not want trash pushed into the sea. Dong-A Pharm's "Bacchus-F" advertisement, where they collect garbage in the sea and on the shore, is giving a big message to people.
"When I got my first ad offer, I said I wouldn't do it. But I accepted it when the advertising company said that it could be an opportunity to tell them that the problem of sea trash is serious."
This couple became interested in marine trash from their experience in scuba diving. While working as a scuba diving instructor, Kim Yong-gyu often visited the sea, and one day, garbage in the sea began to stand out.
"When I came home, I talked to the guide about the problem, and my interest in sea trash grew. I was surprised to see a lot of garbage when I was walking the river near my house. It was three years ago that after deciding to reduce sea trash while living on the beach, a company called Oceankind, which studies marine trash and organisms, was moved to Gangneung."
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They visited not only Gangneung but also beaches in the South Sea and West Sea. In Tongyeong, Namhae, styrofoam from oyster farms filled the sea, hangover-relieving drinks appeared as junk in Jeongdongjin, and many pesticide bottles appeared on the beach directly connected to the river. Also, firecracker plastic casing appeared in every beach that this couple visited.
"At first, I thought it was a piece of straw. I found out later that it was a casing after bursting firecrackers. There are a lot of casings in the sea as well as on the beach."
Kim Yong-gyu pointed out that when plastic pieces melt, they turn into microplastic, which float in the sea and eventually return to humans, causing threat to mankind. Not long ago, we picked up trash at Gangneung Beach with about 20 people for 30 minutes, and more than 5,000 casings were discovered. The two classify the collected garbage by type and post it on Instagram with the intention of protecting the sea. A while ago, an exhibition was held by collecting photographs taken in Gangneung.
"There were a lot of parents who brought their children to the exhibition. We were really proud when we said that we were interested in the environment. I hope that people who realized the seriousness of the photos of the garbage we uploaded would not use plastic or disposables."
The couple's interest in sea trash naturally changed life. Before picking up the trash, always keep a tumbler with the thought of not making trash at all, and try not to use a plastic bottle.
"A foreigner I met a while ago said, 'Korea is a country where you can drink clean water at any time for free.' If you have a tumbler, you can fill it anytime, anywhere."
Kim Yong-gyu once again emphasized that it is important to change our lifestyle and improve the production process of factories in a way that reduces waste rather than picking them up.
I hope our actions will be part of a lifestyle, not a special occasion.
When the couple were advertising, people clamored that the couple was great. Yet, they stayed humble, claiming that what they do was not special at all.
"Everyone can do what they can in their own lives. Someone who saw our advertisement picked up neighborhood trash with his son. He said he was surprised to see more trash than he thought, but that's the beginning. I think it's the beginning. I believe it will create change little by little if you try not to make garbage on your line."
The two of them are currently working on a project to pick up trash at the beach in Gangneung with people who are interested in marine debris. They are also gathering materials related to marine debris, holding workshops, and giving environmental lectures. Yong-gyu Kim is more active as a sea trash solver than a scuba diving instructor. "The reason we try so hard to report the seriousness of sea trash is because we want their actions to be natural, not special."
"I'm talking about trash right now, but what we're really interested in is marine life. I wanted to do something that preserves marine life, but right now, getting rid of the trash that harms marine life has become a priority. We are dreaming of organizing an expedition to help research marine life and improve the aquatic environment."
Yong-gyu Kim and Soo-jung Moon go out to the beach to pick up trash, saying they want to protect the sea. The two are the first expedition crew they dream of.
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Women's Sport: Coronavirus fears lead to the cancellation of Women's World Championship
By Oliver Roberts
Ongoing worries concerning the spreading Coronavirus has led to the cancellation of two women's golf events.
The Women's World Championship, due to be in Singapore and the LPGA Thailand event has both been abandoned due to advice which warned of the impacts of large-scale events in Asian countries.
The LPGA said that the health and safety of those participating was their highest priority.
"Due to the continued health concerns and recent advisories in some Asian countries that large-scale events should be cancelled or postponed as a result of the coronavirus, the LPGA and its partners have made the decision to cancel the 2020 Honda LPGA Thailand and the 2020 HSBC Women's World Championship," a statement said.
"While we are disappointed that these tournaments will not take place this season, we look forward to returning to Asia soon."
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Singapore has already banned the entry of travellers who had been to China recently and have now stepped up its disease alert level to the second-highest level possible.
There have been more than 40,000 cases of the virus globally, with 908 deaths recorded in China so far.
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The LGPA said that they are disappointed that these events will not take place, but look forward to returning to Asia soon.
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Rome emergency meeting rallies to aid Horn of Africa
"Window of opportunity" exists to support affected populations to resume their livelihoods
25 July 2011, Rome - The international community rallied today to the aid of drought- and famine-affected populations in the Horn of Africa with an immediate, twin-track programme designed to avert an imminent humanitarian catastrophe and build long-term food security in the region.
The meeting was organized by FAO at the urgent request of the French Presidency of the Group of 20 and was attended by Ministers and senior representatives from FAO's 191 Member Countries, other UN agencies and international and non-governmental organizations.
The food crisis in the Horn of Africa, triggered by drought, conflict and high food prices, is affecting more than 12 million people, with two regions of southern Somalia suffering from famine.
Today's emergency meeting recognized that "if this crisis is not quickly contained and reversed, it could grow rapidly into a humanitarian disaster affecting many parts of the greater Horn of Africa region and that it is of paramount importance that we address the needs of the people affected and the livelihood systems upon which they depend for survival".
Saving lives and livelihoods
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said: "The combined forces of drought, inflation and conflict have created a catastrophic situation that urgently requires massive international support. If we want to avoid future famine and food insecurity crises in the region, countries and the international community urgently need to bolster the agricultural sector and accelerate investments in rural development."
Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister of Agriculture said: "This crisis highlights the need for urgent implementation of the action plan on food price volatility and agriculture adopted by G20 Agriculture ministers on 23 June in Paris, notably regarding international policy coordination, agricultural production and productivity and targeted emergency humanitarian food reserves."
"Many of the women I met in Somalia and Kenya over the past few days had lost their children and had no one to depend on but the humanitarian agencies on the ground," said WFP Executive Director, Josette Sheeran. "This drought has swept the Horn of Africa where more than 11 million people are in need of food assistance. We are particularly worried about Somalia right now and it is vital that we reach those at the epicentre of the famine with food assistance — especially the highly fortified nutritious products that are so important for vulnerable children.
The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F. Nwanze said: "Building resilience of farming and herding communities in the Horn of Africa and the world over requires a long-term commitment. But time — as we can see from the devastating situation in the Horn of Africa — is running out. Increased investment in sustainable agriculture needs to happen now, so that when the next drought comes, wherever in the world, there will be less suffering, less desperation. Even if the rains fail, we cannot."
Oxfam Chief Executive Barbara Stocking said: "Lives in East Africa hang in balance, now, today. World leaders have no excuses for not generously responding. There can be no problem more pressing, more acute, more urgent than millions of people staring at the spectre of starvation in this part of Africa. This should not be happening. It is a colossal outrage that the warnings went unheeded, that the lessons of previous famines have been ignored. Yes we need to save lives today but we also need to ensure that people have a future. Above all we need to build a global food system that allows everyone enough to eat."
Country-led response
The meeting agreed that governments of the six countries hit by the crisis would manage the response to the crisis, informed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee's (IASC) Horn of Africa Plan of Action.
The meeting stressed that there is still a "window of opportunity" to support affected populations to resume their livelihoods and to enable farmers, fishers and herders to help themselves through these times of crisis within their own communities and emphasised that displacement of populations should be avoided as far as possible.
Specifically, support should be given to pastoralists and agropastoralists, who constitute a dynamic and sustainable livelihood system in the region, the meeting agreed. At the same time, however, it was recognized that the mobility of pastoralists and their livestock within countries and across borders was essential for saving lives and preserving the foundations of food and nutrition security.
Humanitarian issues
Securing long-term food and nutrition security in the Horn of Africa requires focussing on a range of humanitarian issues affecting the region, including conflict, preservation of humanitarian space, nutrition, disaster risk reduction, health and education services and climate change adaptation and mitigation. In addition, sustainable agriculture needs to become an investment priority along with policies that will help it expand. The issue of women's workload and their control of productive resources should also be addressed.
"We commit to an immediate and appropriate response to ensure that affected countries and communities have the capacity to preserve the vulnerable livelihoods on which so many people's lives depend while building long-term resilience and safeguarding the foundations of food security to ensure sustainable reduction of hunger and malnutrition," the meeting concluded.
The number of Somalis in need of humanitarian assistance has increased from 2.4 to 3.7 million in the last six months.
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Jordi Roca is a chef who has revolutionized the pastry world.
As a young guy, he found his true calling in his older brothers' kitchen at El Celler de Can Roca, and perfected his skills to create invigorating, ambitions recipes through the years. His work is all about creativity, attention to detail, and inquietude. Skills that have led him to win the World's Best Pastry Chef Award in 2014. With his brothers, Joan and Josep, he has helped turn the Celler de Can Roca into one of the world's most acclaimed fine-dining restaurants, following the footsteps of their parents in the restaurants industry.
Jordi attended culinary school in Girona (the city he was born in 1978) but he didn't know for sure the right path to follow. But it all changed when he spent some time in the kitchen's desserts section under the supervision of the restaurant's former pastry chef, Damian Allsop. It took less than a year for Jordi (who first started as a waiter when he was around 19 years old) to hold the position as the El Celler's pastry chef - an accident prevented Allsop from returning to the function. At the beginning, he had to first present his creations to his brothers, but over time he achieved the same levels of overall control as them, finally becoming their partner at the restaurant.
Over the years, he has dedicated himself to deepening his studies on pastry: he has taken classes on ice cream making, mastered "molecular gastronomy" and traveled the world to meet cocoa producers. Jordi also developed his own original techniques and began to make connections with other areas of knowledge to transform the experience of customers in the restaurant, conceiving sensory-stimulating desserts in creations such as his signature dish "The Rainy Forest" - made with distilled edible soil to bring back childhood memories of playing with (and tasting) dirt - and a Campari-filled bonbon that explodes in contact with the mouth. He has also experimented with perfumes to create fragrances in edible form and even launched his signature scent based on a lemon dessert. He broadened the ability of a chef to translate a language as powerful as that of perfume into another language in which aromas combine with the edible to create great dishes.
In his kitchen, Jordi struggled to find even new ways to combine flavors and aromas to use in his recipes. One was the cold distillation that separates the aromatic principles of the products, a technique he used in desserts such as the iconic "A Trip to Havana", in which a creamy ice cream chocolate cylinder was served at the table impregnated with the aroma of Cuban cigar. Another technique, curiously called "perfumecocción", takes advantage of the volatile aromas that come off the ingredients during the cooking.
Jordi's creations also helped El Celler de Can Roca to get a new level of critic acclaim: the restaurant conquered its third Michelin star and landed the top of the World's 50 Best list. For Joan and Josep Roca, "A Trip to Havana" was the moment they realized Jordi had finally found his way as a dessert creator. As he began to get deeply involved in ice cream making techniques under the wing of the Sicilian Angelo Corvitto, he was ready to fly higher in his own creations.
So much so that, outside the restaurant, he created the Rocambolesc ice cream shop to sell affordable ice-cream and other desserts with a hint of magic and science. Now, Jordi is poised to open a chocolate studio that seeks to bring cocoa beans from different parts of the world that he has selected while visiting communities that harvest high-quality beans. Visitors will be able to watch him and his team working - or transforming raw material into flavorful fantasy.
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Yossi Reshef. 'Quite an unpleasant event'
Protestors storm Israeli pianist's recital
Sixty pro-Palestinian activists interrupt Yossi Reshef's performance in South Africa, chanting and blowing vuvuzelas until concert stopped. 'Quite an unpleasant event,' he writes on Facebook
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VIDEO - Pro-Palestinian activists stormed a performance by Israeli pianist Yossi Reshef in South Africa this week, leading to its cancellation.
Reshef, a highly esteemed pianist who has been living abroad for many years and giving recitals all over the world, wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday: "Sixty anti-Israeli pro-Palestinian protestors stormed into my performance tonight in Johannesburg...
Pianist Yossi Reshef at Jerusalem concert last year
"Quite an unpleasant event," he added. "More details tomorrow... need to calm down."
Reshef later wrote that he was "playing the very last notes of the 'Tempest' as this barbaric group burst in with their Vuvuzelas (plastic horns mostly used by spectators at football matches) and loud singing and screaming...."
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Over the past few years, the BDS campaign has managed to prevent many international artists from performing in Israel.
Reshef's one-week visit to South Africa coincided with the 9th international Israeli Apartheid Week campaign. According to Kenneth Mgaga, a politics student who was present at the protest: "The hosting of Reshef in South Africa is a direct attempt to undermine the Israeli Apartheid Week campaign.
"Last year the Israeli government sent Israeli "Public Relation envoys" to our campuses during Israeli Apartheid Week to "educate" us. This year they've decided on a different approach. Either way, we stand firm in our solidarity with the Palestinians against Israel and its apartheid policies."


Messy Melbourne: More bins needed..
About 400,000 people poured into the city last night for New Year's celebrations, while 60,000 families were at Yarra Park for the 9.30pm fireworks.
Lord Mayor Sally Capp told Heidi Murphy if there's one thing last night taught Melbourne City Council, it's that we desperately need more bins.
"We are still going, we actually start the clean up before fireworks have even started," she said.
"We've still got revellers in the city this morning.
The Lord Mayor said in 2019 she hoped to "make a significant positive impact for people experiencing homelessness in the city" and go to more live music events.


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The 54th edition of the Ann Arbor Film festival (March 15-20) starts tomorrow featuring over 200 films, videos an live performances in its programme.
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LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT: AVENUE BEAT
"I'm a freakin delight, I got more pop than a shook up Mountain Dew, If that's not what you like there must be something wrong with you... Cuz I'm a freakin delight"
Brash. Smart. Fresh. Musical.
Avenue Beat – as the genzennial collective of Sami Bearden, Savana Santos and Sam Backoff are known –brings a postmodern take to Country's candor, as well as strong melodic sense. Maybe it's the voracious way the three besties swing from Kacey Musgraves to Ariana Grande to Miranda Lambert to Billie Eilish without missing a step, or, well, a beat. Genre fluidity is a byproduct of the 21-year-olds' immersion in musical theater as much as a rejection of tags in their voracious quest for songs that turn them on. Three girls, a few instruments, an occasional co-writer, silky harmonies and a sense of self both true to the girls, and real for anybody coming into their own in an Instagram world of faux perfection.
"We are literally our generation," muses lead singer/co-producer Savana. "We just have this way of dumping it all into songs. Whatever is happening, that's what we're writing. "Sam laughs, but agrees. "Our whole generation is crippled with anxiety and expectations. Look around. What do you do? It's all about your perspective, because it's better seeing it this way than the garbage fire (life) is." "We tackle things with humor," Sami picks up without missing a beat. "For good or bad, maybe it's an unhealthy coping mechanism, but it works. "It works in an optimistically nihilistic way!" Savannah concludes. Exuberant mic drop. Not since Taylor Swift pulled back the curtain on the way young women coming of age really feel has Country music had voices this true, this sharp or this engaging. With the stretched staccato vowels of the hilarious self-empowering "Delight," which offers Nashville its first self-referenced meta moment, the sisters-sticking-together euphoria of "Be A Bro" or the angst-rejecting post-break-up "Ruin That For Me," Avenue Beat beckons listeners with pillows of narcotic harmony and glistening melody –only to sucker punch them with lyrical truths that cut right to the gut. "There's an anxiety that keeps us from making bad choices," Sami explains. "And it gets pent up. It's conflicting things. 'Delight' is this idea, 'You can think I'm shit, but I'm thinking, 'I'm the shit,' because if you can't love yourself, who's going to?"Savannah nods in agreement. "Look, it's becoming more this way –being open and honest –because it's easier (for young people) to cope with their depression or anxiety when you joke about it. Just put it right out there." "You know,"
Click their Album cover above to listen to watch their music video "Delight"
Sam continues, "I'm in on the joke, and I'm the joke all at the same time. It takes the pressure off in so many ways. It really does. And it's fun." When Sam says fun, she means making music with her homegirls from Quincy, Illinois. Having known Savannah since they were babies, the pair met Sami at a summer theater camp when they were 14 years old and ultimately formed Avenue Beat –going from teaching one another to harmonize by matching pitch to playing local talent shows and festivals. Though they have just turned legal, the squad's been making trips to Nashville writing since the self-described "theater nerds" were in high school. Having opened for the Trailer Choir in Illinois, the group invited them to play a charity event at the Dawghouse Saloon in Nashville, "and, though, it was fully past our bedtimes," Savana remembers, they went –and went for it. "The first two years were often just random co-writes," Sam adds. "People would tell us when we'd throw out a quirky line, 'That won't work...' Except that's exactly what we say." "And then we found Summer Overstreet. She got us immediately," Savana continues. "A match made in heaven. We wrote 'Delight,' the first session –and we started to realize, our voices can work, and that's what we need to be singing."
There isn't much that escapes them. While they juggle jobs at juice bars, driving for Post Mates and dog walking as they're waiting on the dream, they take the struggle and turn it into song. With a ukulele, a stop/start rhythmic scan and their self-induced euphoria, they embrace "Broke" with the rampant joy you'd expect on a Kardashian plunge through Louis Vuitton. Sam nods. "Being an artist wooed by a label, you're the most important person in the world. "And when you deliver a Post Mates, they don't even look at you," Savana continues. "Which is the reality of reality," Sami explains. "Think what you want, but it's all the same. We do both, so we see how people treat each other and those experiences have given us perspective." "Yeah, when we were signing our publishing deal," Sam notes, "we were homeless. We couldn't find anywhere to live because everything is so expensive. "More laughter, more head-nodding. Savana finishes, "We wrote 'Broke' by ourselves, because it was us in musical form! It kinda sucks, but it's hilarious. So 'Broke' is what we ended up, but it's also not who we are." For all the high spirits and irony, there's no denying the quality of the songs, or the way they deliver them. "Theater gives us a leg up on telling a story," Sam says matter-of-factly. "You know how to express how things evolve...""And the timing on jokes," cracks Sami. "And the way to land the melody," Savanna picks up. "How it will impact what we're singing, because those notes mean as much as the words. There are basic things: show don't tell...""We love some furniture in the room," Sami cracks. "But it also makes the chorus slightly higher too so it pops," Savana continues. "And don't fear quirky melodies, because they'll catch people's ears." They also aren't afraid to turn a jargon on its ear! "Be A Bro" takes on the dudes above guy code and turns it into a girl empowerment anthem that somehow –humor? harmony? –manages to be all-inclusive. "We never wanna write a preachy girl song," Savana says.
"But having a girl support system is so important," Sam continues. "This is part of who we are, it's not just something we're trying to throw out there..."Sami concurs, "Seeing girls love and thrive together is the best. You need someone to talk about the shitty stuff that happens to women who get it, and just the idea of women being kind to other women. It's so important. "But," Savana interrupts, "even our dude friends love to sing 'Be A Bro' to us, especially that line, 'Bitches got to stick together!' They love that line. Feminism doesn't alienate them; it draws them in." "People are trying to make it through anyway they can," Sam adds. "Seeing girls love and thrive together is the best, being supportive... But this song goes just for people, period. It's loose guidelines, but it works. "Navigating life can be treacherous. They joke about going from "high school to grown up," facing bills, insurance, stuff college kids don't deal with at the same level. It's enough just adulting that the trio doesn't even want to think about dating. Consequently, their debut self-titled EP via The Valory Music Co. / Tape Room Records, which was co-produced by David Garcia, Ashley Gorley and Savana, is –by design --devoid of songs about love. "There aren't a lot of songs about dating, because we're all doing whatever we've doing, but that's not it," says Sami. "We haven't even tried. Heck, for the first two years, we didn't even think about it; all we thought about was this band." "It's kind of crazy," Sam adds. "Social media and all these other dynamics make it seem important, but what could be more important? Or better than the bond the three of us have?" "Yeah," Savana agrees. "To have a deeper bond with someone than this? Can I feel as much myself as I do with them? I doubt it."
"With us being such close friends," Sami finishes, "cattiness doesn't exist. And it didn't occur to us that not everybody gets to experience that until we were living on our own. We're like siblings; we fight about things, but it's also BOOM! that's so good –and we're always super happy for each other." "You know, if the world could be like that." For Avenue Beat, who crafted their name using an online band name generator, this is their first step at making the world a little more they way they'd like to see it. They're not afraid of the work, the messy, the fails, they think that's all part of the glorious fun in the midst of the chaos. If the trio, who deem Savana "the voice," Sami "the brain" and Sam "the heart," have their way, all the messed up moments, tangles and bust-ups will become stepping stones to better places, self-compassion and maybe, just maybe a whole lot of laughter. "We're all fucked up in totally different ways," Sami admits. "You can't avoid it, maybe outgrow it. But while you're living with it, make friends with whatever it is, and it won't be so bad. "Oh," Sam breaks in, "and make some friends who've got your back. Then even when you're struggling, they'll pull you along until you're good to go on Your own."
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For the average person, sex is a private event that takes place behind closed doors. But sex in history has had a dramatic effect on the world. Over the course of time, when these private events go public, they unleash consequences that can be as explosive as the act itself. Ask Cleopatra, the Marquis de Sade, or Heidi Fleiss, and they'll tell you: sex has been getting humans in and out of trouble since the dawn of time. And there are a lot of ways sex changed the course of history.
Despite its very basic use as a means of reproduction, history proves that sex can be used in any number of ways to achieve a desired goal. Throughout history, sex has brought power to some, taken power from others, built up empires, and torn them right back down.
So, in the words of Salt-N-Pepa: "Let's talk about sex, baby… let's talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be." This list chronicles the times sex changed history and shook things up for better or for worse and the world was changed forever.
Vibrators Originated As A Cure for Female 'Hysteria'
In a strange twist of fate, a man's tool of control ultimately becomes a woman's tool of pleasure. Before the 20th century, doctors believed that women were incapable of experiencing sexual arousal. When women came in complaining of erotic fantasies, anxiety, nervousness, and wetness between their legs, doctors diagnosed this as "hysteria." The treatment for hysteria? A massaging of the genitals until a woman suffered a "paroxysm," and then her symptoms of hysteria went away. The only downside for the doctors was the chronic hand pain from treating so many hysterical women. The doctors were immensely happy when an alternative came along in the form of the electromechanical vibrator, at least until women started buying the cure for themselves.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Discovered Sperm Cells Using His Own Semen
Microscopes fascinated 17th-century scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. He examined anything he could get his hands on – and that included his own bodily fluids. When he exhausted blood, saliva, tears, and spit, he sought out the last liquid on his checklist: semen. After collecting samples from his wife, he discovered under the microscope that his semen contained living cells, which he called "animalcules."
Van Leeuwenhoek's discovery changed the way scientists understood reproduction; before, they only knew the process that included an egg, but after, they had a more complete picture of the union of egg and sperm. He was way ahead of his time in the fields of microbiology and reproductive biology, but the credit for the seed of the idea goes in part to Leeuwenhoek's own, personal seed.
Interracial Marriage Was Legalized Because Of Premarital Sex And A Brave Couple
When two young adults fall in love and do what young adults do, sometimes things get complicated with an unexpected pregnancy. When the year is 1967, the place is Virginia, and the couple is interracial, the needle flies off the complication meter and up into the stratosphere. Such was the case for Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, when Mildred became pregnant, and the couple decided to make things official.
Interracial marriage was illegal in Virginia, so the couple married in nearby Washington, DC. When they returned, an anonymous tip drove police into the couple's bedroom, where they arrested the pair. Their case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, which finally struck down the law against interracial marriage. Almost 50 years later, the Loving case, among others, was used in 2015 as a precedent to help strike down the laws against same-sex marriage.
Christopher Columbus Possibly Brought Syphilis Back from the New World
According to a study published in 2008, scientists theorize it's possible that the introduction of syphilis into Europe came at the hands of Columbus's expedition. When Columbus and his men returned home, they might have brought the gift of syphilis with them.
However, later analysis of bones at Pompeii that appear to show evidence of congenital syphilis call into question the theory that Columbus and his crew brought the ailment to the European continent.
Kitty Fisher Used Sex To Become History's First Celebrity
Kitty Fisher was a courtesan in 18th-century England who used her sex appeal to get ahead, counting the Earl of Coventry among her conquests. More importantly, she was the world's first modern celebrity, someone only famous for being famous. Unlike Paris and Kim's medium of choice, Kitty's sexual antics could only be gossiped about around town. As Kitty's notoriety grew, newspapers desperate for stories latched on to her antics and began to report about her life, her daily happenings, and her style. She inspired songs and artwork, sold stories to the press, sat for portraits with famous artists of the day and exploited the media to maximize her fame. Sound familiar?
Henry VIII Started His Own Religion so He Could Marry His Mistress and Have an Heir
After the death of his father, Henry VIII took two things originally belonging to his dead brother: his brother's crown and his brother's wife. Years later, with only a daughter to show for his effort and a much younger and secretly pregnant mistress waiting in the wings, the Catholic Henry sought out an annulment from the Pope. When the Pop said no, Henry did what only a king would have the balls to do: he created his own religion that allowed divorce. This way, he could pull a wife switcheroo and legitimize his forthcoming child in the hopes that it was a male heir. Thus, with the most auspicious of beginnings, the Church of England was born. Unfortunately for Henry, his child with Anne Boleyn turned out to be a girl.
Sex (Or Lack Thereof) Spawned Christianity
We all know the story of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. The most important detail of the story all comes down to sex. If you do believe Mary's story, the implication of a sexless pregnancy is what spawned the Christ in Christianity. If you don't believe her, then the lie she told about her sex life created the religion all the same. Either way, whether God or man impregnated Mary, whether sex was deceptively present or miraculously absent, this one moment birthed the most popular religion in the world.
A Prostitute Named Aspasia Inspired Socrates and Pericles
Aspasia was one of the most famous women in ancient Athens. As a courtesan, she caught the eye of famous Greek general Pericles. Pericles took to her intellect, outspokenness, and beauty, seeking out her guidance in his professional endeavors, despite the fact that most of the rest of Athens felt threatened by her. She was even accused of inciting the Peloponnesian War. Despite her many enemies, she did have one other famous fan: Socrates. Socrates and Aspasia encouraged and influenced each other, with Socrates even claiming that he learned "the art of eloquence" from Aspasia.
Genghis Khan Controlled His Horde by Making Lots and Lots of Babies
In the early 13th century, Genghis Khan united nomadic tribes of Mongolia together into one militaristic force, and conquered massive portions of the globe all the way to places like Poland, Vietnam, and Syria, earning him a spot as one of the most feared conquerors of all time.
As it turns out, when he wasn't making enemies, he was making babies. New studies show that Genghis Khan currently has 16 million descendants across Asia. Whether he wanted to recruit his kin for the war effort, exert control over his captured concubines, or whether he wasn't thinking too much about it at all, he solidified his force by unifying them not just under one flag but under one family.
Inbreeding Extinguished a Powerful European Dynasty
What do you get when a royal family is so obsessed with purity that they refuse to marry anyone outside their own bloodline? If you look at Charles II of the Habsburg Dynasty, referred to by contemporaries as "The Hexed", you get intellectual, physical, and emotional disabilities so pervasive that people believe them to be the result of witchcraft. Most importantly to that line your family fought so hard to preserve, you also get a bad case of impotency. Despite two marriages, Charles couldn't seal the deal (or maybe neither wife could stand to lie next to his inbred-looking face) and the dynasty ended at his bed, to be replaced by the French Bourbons in 1700 after almost 200 years of Habsburg rule.
Two Famous Authors Scandalously Eloped and Formed a Creative Union
Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin were a match made in literary heaven. He's famous for Ozymandias. She's famous for Frankenstein. But before they found success, they found each other in a scandalous saga fit for a Gothic melodrama. Percy fell in love with Mary while he was already married to another woman, a tavern owner's daughter. Giving in to his emotions, he ran away with Mary to Europe. The two sealed their union after Percy's wife committed suicide in 1816. From their marriage until his death, they encouraged each other's artistic geniuses. Look on their works, ye mighty, and despair.
Marilyn Monroe's Affair with John F. Kennedy Might Have Contributed to Her Suicide
There are two ways to look at John F. Kennedy's effect on the death of Marilyn Monroe. For those who believe the conspiracy, John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert played a substantial part in her death, even to the point of having her killed. For those who believe the official story, John F. Kennedy started an affair with Marilyn less than a year before her death, at a time where her inner demons raged particularly violently in her head. Either way, this volatile combination of sex, power, and emotion exploded in the loss of one of the most important icons of the 20th century.
A British King Abdicated the Throne to Marry His American Lover
When King George V died in 1936, his son Edward had a very big choice to make. He had to choose between his country and his love affair with a married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. He chose the latter and became the only sovereign in British history to voluntarily abdicate the throne. His crown passed to his brother George VI, Queen Elizabeth II's father. It's easy to imagine an alternate history where Edward VIII stayed on the throne, married a proper English aristocrat, and kept Wallis a secret on the side. In this version of events, Wallis, a known Nazi sympathizer, would have the ear and the heart of the King of England. Instead, all England got was the stutterer from The King's Speech – crisis averted.
The Advent of Cars Jump-Started the Sexual Revolution
Teenagers popped up like acne in the post-World War II landscape of America. The baby boom produced more teenagers than ever and the prosperity of the 1950s meant that those teenagers had more money than ever. What did those teens do with that money? They bought cars. Cars revolutionized transport in the beginning of the century, but they also revolutionized sex and dating. Never before had so many young, horny teenagers been the owners of mobile motel rooms. Throughout the '50s and into the '60s, attitudes toward sex started to loosen, one backseat at a time, until the sexual revolution started with a bang.
J. Edgar Hoover Maintained His Power Using a Secret Sex File
J. Edgar Hoover lorded over the FBI for almost fifty years, from 1935 to 1972. How did he stay there? Well, when you have the entire FBI at your disposal, the secrets you discover are invaluable. If Hoover didn't have a massive pile of dirt on JFK about affairs with Marilyn Monroe and Ellen Rometsch, an East German woman with ties to communism, JFK might have replaced him with an FBI director who was more encouraging of his Civil Rights agenda. Instead, J. Edgar spent his time attempting to blackmail Martin Luther King into suicide over his extramarital affairs, among other things.
Birth Control Helped Usher Women into the Workplace
Women have been fighting for their freedoms for a very long time. One freedom that completely changed the game for modern women came in the form of a tiny pill. First prescribed as a contraceptive in 1960, the birth control pill gave women control over their fertility, a game-changer in both their personal and professional lives. By day, women could choose whether or not to postpone having children to focus on getting and advancing their careers. By night, women felt freer to experiment with sex, learn about their bodies, and enjoy themselves without the dark cloud of an unwanted pregnancy looming over them. You'd be hard-pressed to come up with something else that could be so small and have such a massive effect on history.
What Effect Did President Bill Clinton's Affair with Monica Lewinsky Really Have?
When Bill Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky," and then lied about it, he became only the second American president to be impeached. The subsequent trial marred his presidency in ways historians are still trying to figure out to this day. Did it prevent Clinton from accomplishing major reforms in his second term? Did it push portions of the electorate in the 2000 election toward George Bush? Is it having a lasting effect on the career of his wife? Perhaps it depends on what the meaning of the word 'it' is.
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Jacques Rodney Eisner, born 25 July 1918 in Red Bank, N.J., enlisted in the Naval Reserve 7 October 1940 and was appointed a midshipman in the Reserve 6 March 1941. Lieutenant (junior grade) Eisner was killed in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal 13 November 1942 while serving in San Francisco (CA-38).
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Q: Confusion about defining a particular intertwiner Say we have the intertwiner $T : \mathbb{C}[G] \rightarrow L^2(G)$ where the domain is the group ring over the complex numbers for $G$ and the codomain is the square integrable functions. I have the definition
$$\left[ T \left( \sum_{g \in G} c_g e_g \right) \right](x) := c_x $$
where $c_g \in \mathbb{C}$ and $e_g$ are the basis vectors, and $x \in G$. One can show that this is indeed an intertwiner. But my confusion is as to whether above we are defining an action on the image of the intertwiner, or if we are defining the intertwiner itself? Somehow, I think it's the former since $T(\cdots)$ should take care of the "definition" of the linear map, and then by putting $x \in G$ after, we are saying what this image $T(\cdots)$ does on an element of $G$.
But then in the proof that $T$ is an intertwiner, we write
$$\left[ T \left( h \sum_{g \in G} c_g e_g \right) \right](x) = \cdots = c_{h^{-1}x}$$
and here we introduce another element of $G$, namely $h$ to show the intertwinining relation $\rho_V(g)T(v) = T(\rho_W(g)v)$ where $\rho_*$ are the suitable representations. Basically, I'm unsure as to why the $x$ is relevant - I understand that the equation above (and another similar equation for the other side of the intertwining relation) shows that $T$ is an intertwiner, but since $h$ is already acting on an element of $\mathbb{C}[G]$ in the above, I'm not sure what $x$ is doing.
Thanks for any help.

A: Set $v=\sum_{g\in G} c_ge_g$. Then, $T(v)\in L^2(G)$ is a function $T(v):G\to \mathbb{C}$. The reason $x$ is relevant is because, in order to describe a function, you have to say what it does to every $x\in G$. You explain that this function is given by
$$T(v)(x)=c_x.$$
Now, you want to show that this is an intertwiner. That means you need to show that for all $h\in G$, $T(h.v)=h.(T(v))$. Again, $T(h.v), h.T(v)\in L^2(G)$ are functions. In order to show they are equal, we need to show that $$T(h.v)(x)=(h.T(v))(x)$$ for every $x\in G$.
In order to describe what $T(h.v)$ is as a function, you need to say what it does to each $x\in G$. You have computed
$$T(h.v)(x)=c_{h^{-1}x}.$$
Note that the group $G$ acts on a function $f:G\to\mathbb{C}$ by the formula $$(h.f)(x)=f(h^{-1}x).$$
Therefore, we compute
$$c_{h^{-1}x}=T(v)(h^{-1}x)=(h.T(v))(x).$$
This shows that for every $x\in G$, $T(h.v)(x)=(h.T(v))(x)$. It follows that, as functions, $T(h.v)=h.T(v)$.


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The P-51 Mustang was one of the best combat aircraft of the Second World War and proved to be very fast and manoeuvrable. The P-51D reached a maximum speed of 721 km/h and was mainly used as an escort fighter for bomber formations.
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Last August, after several meetings, many lively discussions and amid much laughter and cheers, 19 women in Wilmington launched the Women's Impact Network of New Hanover County with the mission of maximizing women's leadership in philanthropy and strengthening the local community through collective giving.
By pooling their resources into a common grant fund, the Network, which now has 40 members, will distribute $20,000 this summer to a local nonprofit through a competitive grant process.
These women cover the spectrum in terms of age, professions, experience and interests and recognize the power of collective giving. However, they also realize that they now have a collective responsibility to be good stewards of their grant fund.
Network members will now get to personally experience the joys and challenges of informed grantmaking. Last month they invited more than 60 local nonprofits to apply for a grant, and they now have 31 proposals to consider.
After a nonprofit evaluation training session, WIN grant committee members will review all the proposals and select five finalists. Those nonprofit organizations will then submit full grant applications, and each Network member gets one vote to select the final grant recipient.
"Instead of just writing a check, we have the opportunity to learn how to make good choices and see the impact our money has in our community," said WIN member Dana Jaunzemis.
So, if you had $20,000, how would you give it away?