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Anxious People Are Waiting Hours In Line In Frigid Temperatures To Get Preholiday COVID Tests, Only To Face Surprise Costs
"I told her I couldn't afford it and left," said one person who was exposed to COVID but couldn't pay $200 to see if they were positive.
by Ade Onibada
by Nicole Fallert
Posted on December 21, 2021, 12:38 am
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People wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia on Dec. 20.
As the Omicron variant blasts across the US, people are sharing horror stories of COVID testing access — from multi-hour wait times to frustrating surprise expenses to pharmacies sold out of rapid rests and desperate uncertainty ahead of holiday season travel.
MiriYam Judd tried to get tested for COVID at an urgent care center on Friday in Hamden, Connecticut, three days after she'd been exposed to someone who had later tested positive.
After waiting about 35 minutes in line next to "visibly sick" people, the 22-year-old was told her insurance wouldn't cover her visit and she couldn't qualify for a PCR test because she didn't have COVID symptoms.
A rapid test would cost her $195. As a recent university graduate, the cost was too much for Judd.
"I was really confused and shocked," Judd told BuzzFeed News. "She asked if I wanted to proceed, and I told her I couldn't afford it and left. It pissed me off more than anything, because I don't understand how this is ever supposed to end if people don't have access to tests? We're told to be safe, to do what we can to mitigate the spread, but also expected to pay almost $200 for a test if we aren't yet symptomatic?"
Judd ended up going back the next day and telling the staff she had COVID symptoms — even though she didn't — just to get a test as soon as possible. Her test was negative.
Travelers wait in line to get tested for COVID-19 at Los Angeles International Airport on Dec. 20, 2021.
Demand for COVID tests has surged as global coronavirus cases spike, spurred by the easily spread Omicron variant. Over 70,000 new COVID cases were reported in the US on Sunday.
Test providers have run out of supplies or lagged behind public need, driving worried people to pay exorbitant prices for answers or simply walk away. People are confused about what kind of tests they should take, how many they need, and when they should get checked for the easily spread variants — and sharing their disappointment of positive test results received right before planned holiday gatherings.
The District of Columbia reinstated its mask mandate and announced an order of more than a million rapid test kits. Cars waited in lines for up to three hours on Monday at Barnett Park in Orlando. New York City residents endured lines in brisk temperatures below 25 degrees as the city said it would distribute 500,000 at-home test kits to community organizations and 1 million KN95 masks.
Iida Linkka, a student at Fordham University, documented her two-and-half-hour wait in the rain to get tested for TikTok at an EZ tent located in Midtown, Manhattan.
The 18-year-old was advised to get tested after visiting a vaccine clinic for kids where she occasionally dresses up as a Disney character to help ease needle anxiety.
Linkka told BuzzFeed News that she arrived just after 3 p.m., and around 60 people were already ahead of her.
"I have been tested multiple times before, and this was definitely the longest wait time I have ever had," she said. "I had gone to two CityMDs at first to get tested that day, but they both turned me away saying they were fully booked, so then I found this tent. I have never not been able to get tested at a place, I was shocked."
The mood in the line was "frantic," Linkka said. She added that the huge crowds gave her the feeling the pandemic was worsening.
Price has also compounded the chaos. People complained about tests costing $225 and how it's difficult to tell what is or isn't covered by insurance providers. An Instagram-worthy kit of 40 tests from On/Go costs $499 on Amazon. Others reported they were told at urgent care centers to wait to be seen by a physician's assistant after their test, potentially raising the overall cost of their appointment if their insurance is billed for an office visit.
For minimum-wage workers who make $7.25 in some states, it's about half a day's earnings to afford one at-home test, North Carolina–based activist Bree Newsome Bass pointed out in a tweet. Some people shared spending over $68 on a take-home test kit that costs around $20 at most stores; others called out frustrations over "pandemic capitalism," the inherent delineation of who can or can't afford to know whether they're sick.
"Driving to nine pharmacies across the city to ultimately find the last four COVID-19 rapid tests for $50 is not a good public health model and further exacerbates economic inequities, not to mention it is deeply ableist," Natalie Johnstone, 31, of Portland, Oregon, told BuzzFeed News, who also has "long COVID" symptoms, including joint pain. "I needed access to time off, a car, cash, and a cellphone to get these tests today."
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People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square, New York, on Dec. 20, 2021.
For people desperate for answers days before the holidays, local efforts to bolster testing might not be enough. One halal truck in New York City reportedly attempted to administer PCR tests. And some raised the point that it's not clear whether the push for at-home testing is even efficient when positive or negative test results may never get reported to health officials. It's up to people who self-test to tell healthcare professionals or local authorities if they're sick.
Dr. Ted Long, director of the NYC Test & Trace Corps, told reporters that efforts were being made to ramp up testing capacity across the city, but this week would be a "busy" one.
"If there's a line longer than 30 minutes, we're going to offer you a home kit to take away with you," Long said.
In Boston, library branches were offering one kit with two tests for each household member, according to a tweet from Boston City Councilor Liz Breadon.
The Brighton branch opened at 10 a.m. on Monday, but one resident told BuzzFeed News kits were gone by 2:30 p.m.
Christine Varriale, editor-in-chief of a Boston music blog, tweeted that lines in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were so long they might need to "double loop." It took over two hours in freezing weather to get tested, Varriale posted, adding, "I've been home for a few minutes and still can't feel my hands or toes very well woo."
"I'd rather the @CityofBoston just open a walk in testing site in Allston instead," Varriale replied to BuzzFeed News' request for comment.
Mia, 31, of Royal Oak, Michigan, who asked to just use her first name for privacy reasons, told BuzzFeed News she went to get tested after local authorities alerted her of a recent exposure. One local site was completely booked, so she made an appointment at another local urgent care.
When she arrived Monday morning, the staff not only weren't wearing masks but also told Mia their system had triple-booked all online appointments (BuzzFeed News has reached out to the urgent care for comment). She, and the other people waiting for appointments, would need to wait at least an hour to get tested — far longer than she could spare given her responsibilities as a full-time caregiver.
"It was frustrating," Mia said. She doesn't want to go back to an "extremely unsafe" place where the testing staff, who have potentially been exposed to positive cases, do not wear masks. She said urgency in her Detroit-area community to get tested has heightened in the past few weeks, although it doesn't yet feel like what she's heard of in cities such as New York.
Luke Wilson of Reston, Virginia, told BuzzFeed News his roommate has COVID, and he needs a test before his Wednesday flight home for the holidays.
With only two days' notice, the 26-year-old said test appointments at his local CVS and Walgreens were all booked and home kits were sold out at the six pharmacies he called. He could have driven an hour into DC to pick up a free at-home test kit from a public library -– but Wilson said he didn't try the library option given the distance.
His only choice, he said, seemed to be a company called Sameday Health that offered next-day booking for a $95 rapid antigen test or a $175 PCR "priority" test — even with insurance.
He booked a rapid test for Tuesday and will have to drive nearly 30 minutes for the appointment. His insurance will reimburse him, but Wilson said he's not sure the process of submitting a claim is even "worth the trouble."
"Of course I'm motivated to give up," Wilson said. "I'm going to South Carolina. My family doesn't care if I come there sick. I'm trying to do this for the greater good."
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Technology jobs are among some of the most well-paid jobs in Britain. According to a recent 2018 report conducted by Tech Nation, the technology sector is expanding 2.6 times faster than the rest of the UK economy. The digital tech sector is worth nearly £184 billion to the UK economy, up from £170 billion in 2016.


Important Note: Kage are not the only ones capable of giving out missions. Jounin can hand out missions up to Rank A [S under village stress or breach of protection] given the circumstances. Tokujou can hand out missions up to Rank B.
Remember, even if the mission was not assigned by the Kage or Village Leader, he/she must still give permission (through PM, etc. etc. whatever way the person can be contacted).
based on the mission's possible danger or level of importance.
than others, as Sunagakure would choose accomplishing missions over the lives of their comrades, Iwagakure would follow orders even if it means death and Konohagakure's Shinobi Rules #4 states that "A shinobi must always put the mission first".
assigned to genin fresh from the Academy.
is between five thousand and fifty thousand ryō.
mission is between 150 thousand and 200 thousand ryō.
They can be found here [Click].
E-C rank missions can be NPC missions or PC missions. But for strictly NPC missions they require a post count.
SS - Plot and other staff generated missions or approvals missions. There will be a large chance of death/maiming and people who are foolish enough to attempt these at low levels (Genin/Chuunin) will have any stipulations of killing removed. People should be smart enough to know this, thus in these topic's/missions there will be a suspension upon NPC's unable to kill.Only Staff and Unique NPC participants are allowed to create these missions.
NOTE: For S/SS ranked missions, I mean Unique NPC's created by staff and/or played by jounins depending on approval. As I said, death may/can happen in these missions, so we want to be clear on that about genin's and chuunins who think they have immunity.
- PC-Missions (player-character missions) may be stacked up to a maximum of 5.
NPC-Missions (non-player-character missions) may be stacked up to 7.
- For PC-Missions, S and SS ranked Missions are non stackable.
A-rank missions may only be stacked with C and D-rank missions.
B-rank missions may be stacked with only B, C, and D-rank missions.
C and D-ranks may be stacked at will, in accordance to previously stated rules.
- NPC-Missions must follow the post count for each mission done. That means, if you take 3 C-ranks, you must do the Post-Count for each mission as if you were doing them individually.
- PC-Missions can meet half of the Word-Count or Post-Count for each mission taken.
- Word-Count's/Post-Count's may be dropped in the event that the mission is a plot-related mission, is integral to the safety of the village, or is part of a time-sensitive event. Dropping may only occur for PC-Missions.
Weekly pay is given to the upper tier Shinobi. As your rank increases, so does your responsibility. So, if you fulfill your responsibilities, you get paid for it. If you aren't fulfilling them, you won't get paid for it. Weekly pay updates have to be approved in the Character Updates thread or you do not receive them. Shinobi that fall under the weekly pay system are paid every Friday. When posting the pay update in your Character update, please give the date of that Friday that you wish to be paid on so that we can check and make sure that you deserve pay. If you do not follow that and do not include a date, you will not get paid.
Conditions: Active Active Active. You have to Actively be leading your village. This does not mean you have to be cooped up in an office always giving missions. But, you shouldn't go inactive either and only show up for pay day.
Conditions: Active Active. The ANBU Leader serves as the substitute Kage if the Kage ever goes on absence. As an ANBU Leader, You are able to create missions up to S-rank. This is only a title position, its not a rank. This does not mean you have to be cooped up in secret lair or location always giving missions. But, you shouldn't go inactive either and only show up for pay day.
Conditions: Either you have students and actively lead them, or you are a beneficial part of your village.
* - Missions must be completed by [12:00am PST / 3:00am EST] the day of the ending pay period. If they are not, the mission is added to the next pay period.
SORRY, NO RETRO/BACK PAY. EVERY VILLAGE'S PAY STARTS FROM NOW ON.
These facilities allow medical ninjas to analyze unique poisons, and create unique antidotes.
They also allow transplants to be made within them, with maximum safety.
Last but not least, these medical facilities may allow someone who has been severely wounded to recover from what could have been a deadly wound.
Note: Without this facility, NO TRANSPLANTS, NO ANALYZING UNIQUE POISONS AND NO PEOPLE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
Warns the Shinobi of the Villages when a non-wanted person enters their lands. Makes it hard to sneak into adjacent lands without proper Jutsus to conceal oneself. Allow Shinobi of the village to intercept without leaving through the Gates. This acts as a quick interception system. However, They must arrive at the location with a logical reason to be there. Can have a radio tower on top of the watch towers to give the Radio item a boost. Lets one call in reinforcements quickly if they have the Radio equipment item.
B-Rank- 15 Million Ryo and only covers the Village itself.
S-Rank- 7.5 Million Ryo in addition to the two previous amounts and covers the entire country of land.
The Village spend time on making a training ground that will truly test their Shinobi. Anyone training in the training ground can receive a benefit. The training ground bonus can be stacked on the plus 10 that Genin get with training with a Sensei. Villages that put a lot time in the training grounds are known for having Shinobi that possess a bunch of different Justus.
The villages have great blacksmiths that grasp of knowledge of making weapons that require less material making it cheaper on those who need weapons & equipment.
B-Rank- 10 Million Ryo, Give a 10% discount price on custom weapons and equipment.
A-Rank- 15 Million Ryo in addition to the previous amount paid, Give a 20% discount price on custom weapons and equipment.
S-Rank- 20 Million Ryo in addition to the previous amount paid, Give a 30% discount price on custom weapons and equipment.
The Villages have excellent places to eat that raise morale and replenish the chakra of those after combat and training. The chefs are renowned in the kitchen for making the best meals in their respective country.
5,000 Ryo Allows a shinobi to replenish their charka in 1 post instead of waiting around with 5 post. (200 words minimum) The deduction must be made as an update and included in the user's update thread to be valid.
Wall Protection allows the walls of the village to be infused with element chakra. This makes it super hard for anyone to use the walls to enter the village. This will mainly force those to come through the gates instead of sneaking over walls. The wall is sophisticated enough to recognize the chakra of those that belong in the village. The element chakra has the power of a B-rank Jutsu each time it's activated.
For 20 Million Ryo, the Kage will dictate what type of element chakra is infused with the wall. Normally it will be one of the elements that the Kage themselves possess.
The village Academy is a place to train, and obtain new, stronger and more unique ninja. Aside from the obvious lessons one would learn from a Ninja Academy, all students receive essential knowledge, such as reading, writing, mathematics, science, geography, etc. Students also have to study the Shinobi Rules. Special lectures read by highly experienced shinobi are sometimes held.
Taught by chūnin instructors, all ninja potentials are lectured on tactics and strategies. They are instructed on the basics of trap-setting as well as how to strengthen their minds and bodies. They are taken through the handling of ninja weapons and tools, like shuriken and kunai, learning how to throw and wield them through target practice. Academy students are also taught about chakra and how to use it, hand seals and the basic levels of, Nin, Tai, Gen.
9 Million Ryu -- All new genin can a bonus of 50 exp to spend.
5 Million Ryu -- In addition to the 50 exp to spend, all genin automatically know 1 D rank move chosen by the kage.
6 Million Ryu - In addition to the previous mentioned bonus, all genin automatically learn one C rank move chosen by the kage.
Banks are a integral part of the village. Each village gets its own, and each village has a unique bank. Banks are a individual entity in the village, they are secure and safe for the most part. Should a Ninja try and rob the bank, the village will be alerted and can respond. But villages are prevented from setting up defenses in/around the bank, as its a privilege not a right for the village to have one.
Basic Bank - 4 Million Ryu. Keeps safe villages money and ninjas money and items should they choose to store it in the bank.
Village Wide Bank - 8 Million Ryu. Grants 10% interest each MONTH to the village and ninja who store there ryu there. Has one B rank NPC guard.
State Bank of ____ - 5 Million Ryu. The State bank of the village, grants 20% interest each month to the village and ninja who store there ryu there. Has two A rank NPC guards there.
Subject: Re: Missions and Money!


While this website will remain online, it is no longer maintained. History 110 - Dr. This link has been variously characterized as a congenial meeting of two people in a so-called "New World;" a collision between the civilized and the savages in an ancient world; the beginning of a genocidal rampage. But there is another and very relevant way of looking at the relationship between the Old and New Worlds, as the map below illustrates. By the end of the colonial era in North America, conomic exchanges between the "old" and the "new" worlds demonstrates the existence of a global economic empire.
Discussion Topics To explain the importance of studying colonial history in the 21st Century. To understand the geographical claims of European nations in colonial North America. To examine the new economic model for the development of the English colonies. To study the characteristics of the early colonists. To explore the governance, economy, and social structure created during the 17th Century within each of three colonial regions: To take an indepth exploration of three colonies - Jamestown in the south, Pennsylvania in the Middle, and Massachusetts in New England - and one of the most unusual of all the colonies - Georgia.
To compare and contrast the political, economic, social, and spiritual development of the three colonial regions throughout the Seventeenth Century.
Goal 1 - To explain the importance of studying colonial history in the 21st Century Six Reasons to Study Colonial History To realize that diversity in North America was here from the beginning and such diversity makes us uniquely American. Each cultural group, in turn, embraced dozens, if not hundreds of different cultural characteristics. Geographical diversity - mountains, mightly rivers, vast forests, excellent farmland, superior harbors.
To understand the dominance of Protestantism. While religious diversity existed from the beginning of British colonization, the vast majority of Euro-Americans were Protestant - and a substantial minority were Calvinist.
Thus, their religion was tied to the need to use their own individual resources to achieve spiritual and material success. This will shape the American psyche. To comprehend the full extent of the racist attitudes Euro-Americans held toward non-white people. Euro-Americans used discrimination, subordination, enslavement, paternalism, and finally, violent policies to deal with their racial fears and prejudices.
To learn the origins of our political institutions.
Some type of self-governance arrived very early in North America, even while the colonists were still under control of the British. Britain had no choice but to honor the self government that arose in the colonies because it was too far away to maintain regular, centralized control. To study the development of the unique American character, attitudes, and practices.
The majority of colonists were the outcasts of Europe, most of whom were seeking economic, religious, and political freedom from the shackles of European governments. When they landed in America and were forced to deal with the decidedly un-European factors of forests, Indians, wild territory, unlimited land, and the chance to become wealthy, they developed a uniquely individualist, entrepreneurial, "leave me alone while I make a buck" attitude.
To gain an appreciation for the deeply-held belief in American Exceptionalism - that we are unique in the worldhave a special destiny, and must spread our way of life into new territory.
There are at least two ways of understanding the belief in American Exceptionalism. America is an exception to the way people were granted rights and freedom. Our Founding Fathers realized that throughout history, we derived rights and freedoms only at the pleasure or discretion of an overarching authority that stood "above" them. That authority could be a king or queen or a parliament and that authority would decide what the people were allowed to have, or to do, or to keep.
It all flowed downward to the people from a controlling higher authority; human rights were allocated to the people, or distributed to the people, or permitted to the people by an empowered greater entity whose reason for existence was to impose order and structure.
The Founding Fathers thus created a society that was an exception to this - rights would not be granted by an outside entity, flowing downward, but instead were innate, inborn and integral to each and every individual. You did not have to wait to have rights flow down to you, they would flow up, from you. You didn't have to petition a king or a parliament for your rights - you had them inherently - and the only way anyone could affect those in-built rights would be if you, voluntarily, decide to give them up.
America is exceptional or better than other nations in every respect - economically, politically, socially, and militarily. Americans believe that the U.
Small, family run farms and small household manufacturing endeavors.
As such, America is seen to have a 'mission,' a distinctive and definitive objective advanced by an actor on the historical stage. Deneen, 2012 In other words, the United States is exceptional because Americans new england colonies 5 themes of geography it to be exceptional.
This underlies the idea that in every foreigner there is an American waiting to get out. Bush and their mission to reform the world in the American image. To understand the geographical claims of European nations in colonial North America Within 93 years after the first permanent British colony was settled in North America in 1607, the Spanish, French, Dutch, and British were deeply involved in the great race for empire.
Colonization and the creation of empires had become common place by the early 1700s. Spain - The first Spaniards to arrive in the "New World" - the conquistadores - were interested in getting rich. And for 300 years, they were quite successful. Beginning in the 1500s, the mines in Spanish America yielded more than 10 times as much gold and silver as the rest of the world's mines put together.
These riches made Spain for a time the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth. France - The French had established a strong trading colony in Quebec, had built a strong inland empire for fur trading throughout the Mississippi River regions, and had several settlements along important water routes.
Netherlands - By 1613, the Dutch were firmly entrenched in the trading economy in New Netherlands The British, then, were among the last of the great European powers to gain colonial influence in North America. As the map below of world colonization by the mid-1700s indicates, Spain and France had a much greater foothold in the Americas than the English. But remember, during the entire period of English colonization 1607 to 1776the vast majority of America was populated by American Indians.
Thus, it was not the European influences that were strongest in the 1600s - it was the Indian influence. So, why did James I 1603-1625 seek a geographical claim to North America? First, you will remember that England was recovering from over a decade-long war with Spain. And even though the English were victorious, they needed a way to boast their economy.
What better way than to have a colony rich with natural resources to exploit? Second, England new england colonies 5 themes of geography a serious surplus population and not enough food to feed them or prisons to house them.
To comprehend the full extent of the racist attitudes Euro-Americans held toward non-white people.
Third, England wanted to expand their empire - and because they were late to the game of empire, they claimed "new" land where they hoped to find rich resources. Fourth, the King had an economic motive based upon a new concept of economics - which brings us to our third goal for today.
To examine the new economic model for the development of the English colonies The New Economic Model for Colonizing British North America - Mercantilism, Corporations, and Capitalism The idea of mercantilism was that the nation, not the individuals within it, was the principal actor in the economy. The goal of the economy, then, should be to increase the nation's wealth.
Merchants believed that the new england colonies 5 themes of geography wealth was finite and that one nation could only grow rich at the expanse of another.
Therefore, the nation's economic health was dependent upon merchants who extracted and imported wealth from foreign lands while exporting very little wealth from home. Some merchants joined forces and formed chartered companies - or corporations. To meet their needs, merchants sought assistance from the king who, in turn, benefited from the expansion of corporations.
Each corporation acquired a charter from the King. The charter gave the corporation a monopoly on trading in a particular region. Thus, the goal of both the English king and the financial backers - those who owned the corporations - was to make money. The corporate colonies, therefore, were ventures in capitalism - that is, they were based on an economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are privately or corporately owned and developed.
To study the characteristics of the early colonists Characteristics of the First Colonists Most were young - over half were 25 years and under. Almost half were either indentured new england colonies 5 themes of geography or slaves. Very few were wealthy and most were of the "middling sort" - neither very rich nor very poor.
While all knew they could not immediately own land in many of the North America colonies, they knew they had a chance to improve their economic and social standings in a way that they could never accomplish in Europe. The vast majority were English, Scot, and Irish. Most worshiped in the Anglican Church; a smaller number were Calvinists.
These characteristics remain largely the same throughout much of the colonial era, with three exceptions: Larger numbers of women arrive. More convicts arrive after the British Transportation Act of 1717 - about 50,000 convicts were shipped to the colonies, largely for non-capital offenses against property.
This number is far less than the 132,308 convict men and 24,960 convict women transported to Australia after the Americas outlawed transportation in 1776. After the Protestant Reformation, the biggest religious debate was about the proper way for a Christian to gain access to the will of God. For Catholics and more conservative Protestants, the traditions of the church contained valid, time-honored additions to what was found in the Bible. For the Puritans, the church had been corrupted through centuries of greed and abuse.
If something was not in the scriptures, it was a man-made distortion of what God intended. Began their congregations with a covenant a term they took from the Bible between a group of believers and God. In turn, each congregation elected their ministers, all of whom were university-trained and who could be voted out by the congregation.
Believed that ever since the fall when Adam broke his covenant of works with God, man had been deserving of perpetual damnation. God had since made a covenant with Christ and upon fulfillment of that covenant, offered grace to a small minority of people known as the Saints. Believed that because the identity of the Saints had long since been determined by God predestinationthere was nothing anyone could do to win salvation.
No one could be entirely sure about who was one of the elect, but if a person was saved, he or she naturally lived a godly life. Thus, their conduct might indicate whether or not they were saved. Recognized states by which he or she might experience knowledge of redemption: Excommunicated members of the congregation if they strayed from the true path and failed to correct themselves.
Both Puritans and Separatists were. Never sure where they stood in the eyes of God which contributed to constant introspection and the desire to achieve. Subject to an essential tension between their inward, spiritual lives - am I serving God or am I going to hell - and their outward, secular lives - I need to make more money and I can only do that by focusing on material means.
To explore the governance, economy, and social structure created during the 17th Century within each of three British colonial regions: Additionally, the governance, economy, and social structure of each developed around the geographical realities of each colony. In turn, these geographical realities led to the gradual formation of three regional groups of colonies.


Catch a glimpse of the forthcoming "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in a new clip featuring both a familiar face and an iconic backdrop.
The clip, which was captioned "Darkness rises … and light to meet it," starts off with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) entering the Millennium Falcon for the first time in decades and flipping the lights on in the cockpit.
We then hear from villains Snoke (Andy Serkis) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) talking about the past and what's to come in the battle between the light and dark sides of the force.
Mixed in with images we've seen in previous trailers and clips, we get a new look at Finn (John Boyega) flying a fighter and knocking out some First Order troops.
The clip lasts less than a minute and ends with Rey (Daisy Ridley) standing in the rain, holding her lightsaber.
Darkness rises… and light to meet it. See Star Wars: The Last Jedi in theaters December 15th.


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The United Nations and is Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inducted into our hall of shame for its unabashed perversion of proposing sexual training to children. The following Fox News article explains: U.N. Report Advocates Teaching Masturbation to 5-Year-Olds Wednesday, August 26, 2009 By Joseph Abrams (Fox News) NEW YORK The United Nations is recommending that children as young as five receive mandatory sexual education that would teach even pre-kindergarteners about masturbation and topics like gender violence. The U.N.'s Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a 98-page report in June offering a universal lesson plan for kids ranging in age from 5-18, an informed approach to effective sex, relationships and HIV education that they say is essential for all young people. The U.N. insists the program is age appropriate, but critics say it's exposing kids to sex far too early, and offers up abstract ideas like transphobia they might not even understand. At that age they should be learning about … the proper name of certain parts of their bodies, said Michelle Turner, president of Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum, certainly not about masturbation. Turner was disturbed by UNESCO's plans to explain to children as young as nine about the safety of legal abortions, and to advocate and promote the right to and access to safe abortion for everyone over the age of 15. This is absurd, she told FOXNews.com. The UNESCO report, called International Guidelines for Sexuality Education, separates children into four age groups: 5-to-8-year-olds, 9-to-12-year-olds, 12-to-15-year-olds and 15-to-18-year-olds. Under the U.N.'s voluntary sex-ed regime, kids just 5-8 years old will be told that touching and rubbing one's genitals is called masturbation and that private parts can feel pleasurable when touched by oneself. By the time they're 9 years old, they'll learn about positive and negative effects of 'aphrodisiacs, and wrestle with the ideas of homophobia, transphobia and abuse of power. At 12, they'll learn the reasons for abortions but they'll already have known about their safety for three years. When they're 15, they'll be exposed to direct advocacy to promote the right to and access to safe abortion. Child health experts say they are wary of teaching about the sticky topic of abortion, but stress that as long as messages stay age-appropriate, educating kids at a younger age helps better steer them into adulthood. The adults are more leery of [early sex-ed] than the kids are, said Dr. Jennifer Hartstein, a child psychiatrist in New York. Our own fears sometimes prevent us from being as open and honest with our kids as possible. Hartstein, however, who didn't see much harm in explaining basic concepts that kids of all ages will have questions about, was baffled by some of the ideas the U.N. hoped to introduce to kids as young as 5 years old, who will be taught about gender roles, stereotypes and gender-based violence. I want to know how you teach that to a 5-year-old, Hartstein told FOXNews

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Only 3.9 percent of people in the labor force were out of work in December 2018, compared to 3.7 percent November 2018 (a low not seen since 1969), and 4.1 percent in December 2017. That's good news for millions of Americans!
Why? The short answer: The economy is good.
In 1990, this rate stood at 5.6 percent.
To determine the unemployment rate in the United States from 1990 to 2018, CEOWORLD magazine used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 1990 to 2018; aged 16 and older. The data below shows the unemployment rate in the United States from 1990 to 2018. The unemployment rate stood at 3.9% in December 2018.


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What Happens When a 5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Considered a Coronavirus Risk
The girl's father told an attorney that his "heart won't stop hurting because of the stress."
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A five-year-old girl in a Pennsylvania immigration detention facility was rushed to a nearby hospital with pneumonia-like symptoms on Monday—only to be returned the facility that same day and put in isolation with her mother after being tested for COVID-19.
The girl, who had been detained for five weeks with her parents at the Berks Family Residential Center outside Philadelphia, had been sick for some time, according to Bridget Cambria, executive director of the legal aid group Aldea. In fact, the whole family hadn't been feeling well, but when the girl started having difficulty breathing, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers called an ambulance. When it came, Cambria said, they refused to allow her father to go with her.
The five-year-old and her mother then went to the hospital for several hours—during that time, she received a chest X-ray and a COVID-19 test—before being put back in an ambulance to head back to quarantine at Berks. According to Cambria, the father was not allowed to join them and spent the following days terrified, unable to see his family and trying to talk to them from outside the door to the medical isolation unit. Cambria said the girl's father told her that his "heart won't stop hurting because of the stress." (Cambria asked to keep the family's identity private for their safety.)
An ICE spokesperson confirmed the details of the hospital visit and said "a resident" was taken Monday to a nearby emergency room. The spokesperson said that after being treated and tested there, "the family unit was safely quarantined at the Berks Family Residential Center in accordance with CDC guidance."
"They have no actual education of what this disease is, and they start to panic seeing it in the news."
The young girl's case is part of a lawsuit filed by three nonprofits that provide services to immigrant communities—Aldea, RAICES, and the Rapid Defense Network—on behalf of 37 families inside the three detention facilities where ICE holds families. The suit asks for the immediate release of those families as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. "They're scared," Cambria said. "They have no actual education of what this disease is, and they start to panic seeing it in the news."
For weeks, lawyers and activists have demanded that ICE release adults from detention facilities before the virus spreads. So far, two immigrants have tested positive for COVID-19 in immigration detention centers in New Jersey; nationwide, five detention center employees have tested positive for the virus. Advocates fear that when the virus enters these facilities, it could infect hundreds or thousands confined to those spaces, which are essentially jails.
According to Cambria, the family at Berks has been especially worried over the past week. After the trip to the hospital, the girl's parents weren't updated on their daughter's diagnosis, didn't see any test results, and couldn't even say with certainty that their daughter was indeed tested for COVID-19 at the hospital. With permission from the family, attorneys with Aldea tried to get medical information from ICE but were unsuccessful. The mother wasn't allowed to keep any paperwork or medications that were given to her after her daughter was released from the hospital.
On Thursday, the mother and child were taken out of quarantine. Still, the family didn't know what the result of the test. Then, on Friday afternoon, in the email response to my questions for this story, ICE officials said "the family unit Covid-19 test results are negative." I informed Cambria once I received the email; she would be the first person to tell the family that the five-year-old wasn't sick with COVID-19.
Cambria told me the families at Berks have complained that they don't have access to enough sanitizer or cleaning supplies, echoing complaints at detention facilities for adults.
Like the nation's two other family detention centers, Berks has been criticized for its unsafe and unsanitary conditions and for the lack of proper medical care there—all the more worrisome as the coronavirus continues to spread. Cambria told me the families at Berks have complained that they don't have access to enough sanitizer or cleaning supplies, echoing complaints at detention facilities for adults; one Cuban asylum seeker told my colleague Noah Lanard last week that "if coronavirus gets in here…it's going to be a massacre."
ICE officials told me that Berks has "temporarily suspended new intakes" and "no residents or staff members are symptomatic." The agency is "screening potential exposure among detainees" and continuing to follow CDC guidelines.
As of Friday, 39 people were held there, ICE said. That's 14 families with children as young as six months old, Cambria said. She urged ICE to release the families who have already been isolated for weeks so they can shelter in place outside of immigration detention centers, for the safety of the families and the ICE employees going in and out every day.
"Children can't social distance on their own. They're going to put things in their mouth. They're going to touch other children," Cambria said. "It's not like people can go to a different room to be by themselves."
ICE Is Ignoring Recommendations to Release Immigrant Detainees to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus
ICE Is Still Holding Immigrants Vulnerable to Coronavirus. ACLU Just Sued to Let Some Out.
Correctional Facilities Are the Perfect Incubators for the Coronavirus
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Have we reached the limit of human life expectancy?
How old will you be when you die? Sorry to be so grim, but you probably won't outlive Jeanne Calment, who died at 122 back in 1997.
Fourscore and 42 is likely out of the question, and a new study says exceeding that age limit is, too.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine professor Jan Vijg and colleagues examined at least two international databases on longevity and found the age of the oldest person to die every year had plateaued. Vijg says the ceiling is at 115 years.
Part of his reasoning is that if there weren't a ceiling, we'd see more Calments — but we haven't.
What about technology and better nutrition? Vijg says it's unlikely those developments will increase our average lifespan. Many others say that's where he's wrong.
There's nothing to account for what future medicine will do for us, and maximum age hasn't plateaued in every country. One of those countries is Japan, which has the world's highest life expectancy.
Ultimately, researchers will have to continue documenting when we drop off to see if this study holds up. Fortunately for us, we won't have to wait around to find out.


She started developing her web site in 1997. At that point, the only other Argentine visual writing site on the net I was aware of was Postypographika by Fabio Doctorovich, which has since gone offline not long after the economic collapse in Argentina during 2001.
Looking at her work, we see the secret life of letters and their rendering in a style that is much influenced by the concrete work of the fifties and sixties-that was a cultural heritage and way of knowing for Ana Maria from the sixties through the turn of the century. Her web site was not simply a transposition of her earlier work to the new medium, however. The sense of motion and change, and the sense of the carnivalesque, the life of letters, the sense of proceeding via engagement and celebration of life comes into her anipoemas in memorable and exciting ways. As she said, her source of inspiration was the letters themselves, and this gives her work both an international and enduring quality. She was conversant in about seven languages. Language, reading, writing, translation and travelling the world, getting to know it from many perspectives, was a crucial part of her life.
Ana Maria loved to travel. She spent considerable time in India and travels through Asia and the Americas. I recall that during the time war was widely publicized as an immanent possibility between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, Ana Maria was travelling in or near Kashmir and sent posts to the webartery list describing the holidaying and enjoyment going on in the area where war was apparently the last thing on peoples'minds and considered to be a barely existent possibility. "Things sometimes look worse from far away" she said. Hers was a very close look into poetry.
Her poetry, her correspondence, and her massive assistance with translation into Spanish of the entire Paris Connection project we worked on together last year, and her encouragements remain with me amid her extrordinary life of letters. Her work spans thirty five years of thinking and feeling and living through visual and, latterly, digital language and poetry.
Although three days ago I accepted your invitation to the empyre debate, I have had a lot of problems since then, and I will therefore have to decline it.
My apologies to you all and I hope we may do some other collaboration in the future.
My heart goes out to Ana Maria and her family and friends. It is with deep regret that I inform you of her passing which I learned of last week from her brother Diego. Her work and influence remains, though, and it is with respect and admiration that I turn to experience her poetry again.


At this point, you can return to your financial plan and adjust your numbers as needed. Your financial plan needs to change. It can therefore show you where you can possibly lower your expenses and save more. A big part of this budget is determined by your individual conditions. If you go into debt in a given month, you need to revise your budget to avert debt.
If you are unwilling to cut your budget, consider how you can improve your bottom line. Your financial plan will help you prepare a debt management program. Otherwise it's just a piece of paper. A superior monthly budget should ensure that you have a monthly surplus that you can save.
If you choose the budget, you must do so. By developing a budget, you can make informed and focused decisions about how to best allocate your money. A well thought out budget allows you to get the most out of your money.
If you're not sure how to get your finances done, here's a simple budget worksheet to get you started. A budget shows exactly how much money everyone spends on specific items. If many people work with a monthly budget, you may prefer to monitor your money weekly.
The following steps will help you figure out how to budget. If you want to be productive, you should occasionally do something good. The budget ensures that you do not fall into debt and that you are ready to absorb the debt. Although everyone's budget is different, there is one basic rule that does not cost more than your income.
When you are on the road, you are on course. Ask students why it can be beneficial to maintain a budget. The first and simplest step in setting up a car budget is to pinpoint revenue and expenditure. By being aware of what you can realistically expect, you can create a car budget that will help you avoid overpaying a vehicle and cause you financial difficulties.
Try to keep an eye on the money you spend, write it down! If you spend more money than going out, you save money. If you want to save more income, you need to cut spending. Another way to save more money is to increase your income.
Keeping track of where you spend money Some people feel so blessed that they share their knowledge for free. You should spend less than you earn so you do not end up with a lot of debt. You need to know how much money you need to invest before you start budgeting.


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#1 FMMC
Greetings I am FMMC, from the site unseen64.net. Our goal is to delve into the video game development process, uncover what developers leave unused in the game and display our findings to the world. Every game you guys have played has gone through innumerable revisions, and developers keep to themselves what gets discarded. However, through hacking, old interviews and other methods we collect as much as we can about each title's evolution. I have come across an early draft for the story of Ocarina of Time, but I can not find a legitimate source for it. I recall seeing it in a magazine scan, but I have not seen that scan again. Does anyone believe seeing this at one time before the game was released?
Link is preparing for his coming-of-age ceremony, in which he will receive his guardian spirit. In the tradition of his people, children receive a fairy from the Fairy Tree when they reach adulthood. This fairy becomes a person's lifelong familiar. The fairy accompanies the youthful adventurer seeking his or her fortune in the maze-like forest or in the lands beyond.
Link's ceremony, however, is not destined to be a happy one. The Fairy Tree, source of guardian spirits, is captured by a strange creature from the depths of the forest. Link is able to locate his guardian spirit, Navie, and with her help, slay the creature. However, in the process, the Fairy Tree is grievously damaged. As its life force ebbs, the Fairy Tree speaks the words that will shape Link's destiny.
"Do not allow the thief, Gannondorf, to claim the Triforce ... " the Tree
mystically communicates. "Oh brave one, you must take this sacred stone to a wise man...."
Gannondorf was infamous throughout the land for his evil practices as the king of thieves. He lusted for the power of the Triforce and searched throughout Hyrule for its resting place, most recently plunging into the forest of Link's people. Link knew he was in grave danger should Gannondorf find him. He took the sacred stone from the Fairy Tree and set out for Hyrule Castle, the capital of the Hyrulian people.
Upon entering the castle, Link is welcomed by the young Princess Zelda, a woman of the Hyrulian royal family about the same age as he. She is well aware of the crisis facing the land of Hyrule. Zelda relates further details about the Triforce's hiding place, telling Link that he needs to find the three sacred stones that fit into a magical Ocarina, which serves as the key to hidden realm.
Link's race with the evil Gannondorf to find the sacred stones and the hiding place of the Triforce is on!
Edited by FMMC, 02 December 2010 - 10:02 PM.
#2 Hana-Nezumi
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I'm not sure, but I think I recall seeing the scans too. I wish I could say what magazine it was from, but I really don't know...
I'm a big fan of Unseen64 by the way. ^^ (And all things Beta Zelda related)
#3 MikePetersSucks
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No idea. I can verify that the "stones fitting into the Ocarina" part is legit, though.
We appreciate the support Hana-Nezumi, and MikePetersSucks that is old information lol.
Prototype assets are fascinating, and can match the what-if situations that we invent. Who knew our silly ramblings could be the real deal in old versions of games? Here is one example. This is a morsel from the Ocarina of Time development feature I am working on.
Q: What the swirly thing in the corner of all pictures?
Miyamoto: This is a wind magic medallion. There are six types of magic, including fire, wind, darkness, and light. I'm thinking about mixing the different types of magic (Miyamoto forces a smile). Truthfully, you can use magic in conjunction with Link's bow and arrow. Since you can use magic missiles, it's important that you can use magic on arrows.
source: http://ign64.ign.com...1/061532p1.html
I would like to add that draft to my work, but I cannot if there is nothing to back it up.
#5 Jarsh
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Location:Heiuso's Sea
Hours of googling didn't yield anything. Something similar to that story is in Nintendo Power Issue 103, page 27, but it's not that specific story word-for-word. I imagine this is old news, however.
My greatest thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for! I reckon this one was the original and fans (probably not deliberately) changed it through time.
#7 Nerushi
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Location:Northwest Eurasia
I wouldn't say that. According to this site, the original source was not Nintendo Power but actually Nintendo.com
http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/nintendomaterial/nintendocom/nintendo.com-zelda64-story.txt
Too bad the links doesn't seem to work though... Though considering the page was modified last 2003 (!), maybe even the web archive has lost track of it?
I have no other choice but to disregard that one until I get a credible source for it
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It was a pretty good April Fools' Day joke, though the bar is set low for those. Kraft Heinz announced on April 1 that it would be adding Brunchables, a brunch-themed convenience meal, to its already popular Lunchables line.
Lunchables hold a special place in the hearts of '90s kids. They were the cool kid lunch: Perfectly sized for children's hands, fun to assemble and way less healthful than the sensible turkey sandwich and piece of fruit my dad packed for me. Thirty-something me is grateful for all the mornings my dad spent making those sandwiches, but I'm pretty sure 8-year-old me longed with all my heart that I could have a pizza Lunchable.
Pizza, at least in my elementary school, was the best of all Lunchables: You'd get some tiny crackerlike pizza crusts and cover them with the pizza sauce provided in a squeeze packet. Then you'd sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top and delicately arrange your mini pepperoni. They're nowhere close to being as good as actual pizza, or even cold pizza, but in the eyes of a third-grader, they were heaven. Second best was the turkey and cheese Lunchables with Ritz crackers, like a kiddie charcuterie plate. The girls in my school would make theirs into perfectly proportioned tea sandwiches; the boys would stack the turkey and cheese four inches tall and try to bite through the whole thing at once.
They even have a celebrity endorsement: "Queer Eye's" Karamo Brown.
There are other Lunchables: Pizza "treatzza," which is a pizza made of candy; miniature hot dogs meant to be eaten cold, which disgusted me even as a child; chicken tacos, which appear to be a cold chicken nugget wrapped in a mini flour tortilla; and nachos, with salsa and queso. In 2015, the brand debuted Lunchables Breakfast, with cinnamon buns and icing, pancakes and bacon with syrup, and waffle sticks. And now we have Brunchables.
The problem is the flatbread. It's simultaneously dry and gummy, wan and tasteless. The texture is, quite frankly, bad. It's a real stretch to call this "bread." Of the three meats — ham, bacon and sausage — the former is the only one typically eaten cold. But somehow it manages to be the worst — maybe because the ham doesn't have enough flavor to compensate for the flatbread, and there's not enough of it to make up for the dry bread. The bacon is fine, I guess. The sausage is the most visually unappealing — a gray hunk of meat with grill stripes on it — but because it has the most moisture, the whole thing turns out better than I could have expected. Which is another low-set bar. This is giving the sausage way too much credit, but it tastes like the world's crummiest pâté.
Sugary cereals are back. We tried 7 — from Peeps to Chicken & Waffles.


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2 Coríntios 10 é o décimo capítulo da Segunda Epístola aos Coríntios, de autoria do Apóstolo Paulo, no Novo Testamento da Bíblia.

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A Tradução Brasileira da Bíblia organiza este capítulo da seguinte maneira:
 2 Coríntios 10:1-18 - Paulo defende a sua autoridade

Ligações externas

 2 Coríntios 10 - Almeida Corrigida Fiel
 2 Coríntios 10 - Almeida Revista e Corrigida (1995)
 2 Coríntios 10 - Nova Versão Internacional
 2 Coríntios 10 - Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894
 2 Coríntios 10 - Nestle 1904 Greek New Testament
 2 Coríntios 10 - Bíblia Ave Maria
 2 Coríntios 10 - Vulgata Latina
 2 Coríntios 10 - Tradução do Novo Mundo (revisão de 2015)

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2015 edition: with a focus on women of colour and reproductive justice!
All events take place on the SGW Downtown Concordia University campus **unless otherwise indicated** and are wheelchair accessible. Childcare available with 48 hours notice. Whisper translation from English to French available.
the role of governments and adoption agencies, and more.
listen to in order to bring about more social and political justice.
minor in Human Rights Studies from Concordia University.
insight on her work advocating for the Aboriginal children in care.
is dedicated to improving the lives of urban aboriginals.
the deeply systemic nature of this gendered and racial violence. Guest speakers TBA.
what are the responsibilities of those of us standing in the present?
A collaboration with Israeli Apartheid Week, RadLaw & Justice Palestine.
Representatives at the forefront of the movements for Black lives and racial justice in the US have taken a historic trip to Palestine and two of them are joining us to share their stories in Montreal! A discussion on past and ongoing racial violence and race relations in the United States, Canada, and Occupied Palestine. Systemic links will be drawn across borders, and government tactics and the ways that police and military reproduce colonial mentalities will be explored.
Nargess Mustapha is an anti-police brutality activist, pro-Palestine, anti-racist, anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, and a feminist, and has been advocating for social justice for many years now. She is a member of the Montréal-Nord Républik collective, and has organized many events to raise awareness about the realities in her neighbourhood as well as about the police shooting that took the life of Fredy Villanueva in August 2008. She is also starting a Masters degree in sociology at UQAM. Nargess will speak in French, and there will be simultaneous type-written translation to English projected on screen.
Ahmad Nabil Abuznaid Esq., is a co-founder of the Dream Defenders. The Dream Defenders develop the next generation of radical leaders to realize and exercise our independent collective power; building alternative systems and organizing to disrupt the structures that oppress our communities. Ahmad was born in East Jerusalem, Palestine. It was there growing up while living under a brutal military occupation that he first developed his interest in social justice. Ahmad returned to the US for high school and then attended the Florida State University, where he received his bachelors in International Affairs, with a minor in business in 2006. Ahmad later received his JD from the Florida Coastal School of Law in 2011, and he is a member in good standing of the Florida bar. Ahmad has been a commentator on CNN, MSNBC and has had op-eds published in the National Journal, MSNBC, and other online editorials. Most recently Ahmad co-authored an article that was published in the University of Miami Law Review titled: "Stand Your Ground" Laws: International Human Rights Law Implications. He recently organized a delegation to Palestine with the Dream Defenders, where US organizers from Ferguson, LA, Chicago, and NYC met with Palestinian activists.
Cherrell Brown has been organizing since her freshman year of college. She worked with Americorps to develop programs to improve retention of first generation college students, interned with the Beloved Community Center working on initiatives ranging from police accountability to environmental justice. In 2011 she led a grassroots campaign that organized hundreds of students to effectively stop the reopening of a city landfill near a residential neighborhood. The march was the largest public action in Greensboro since the 1960's sit-ins. She currently works as a National Organizer for Equal Justice USA, a national criminal justice reform advocacy non-profit based in Brooklyn, New York, and volunteers with Justice League NYC. She recently traveled to Palestine on a solidarity trip with the Dream Defenders where US activists form Ferguson, LA, Chicago, and NYC met with Palestinian activists to share, build, and learn.
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From Thick Skin to Fierce Femme Armour: On Femme of Color Art, Organizing and Resistance!
How do we, then, as trans femmes and trans women of color, honour our history and legacy of resistance? How do we, then, build thick skins and fierce femme armours in order to thrive? How do we, then, come together and birth a future for the generations of children yet to come? In this talk, Kama La Mackerel grapples with those questions, and also talks about art, healing, femme sisterhood and building a bright future for the coming generations of legendary children.
Kama La Mackerel is an artist, curator, community organizer and movement builder based in Tio'tia:ke, on colonized Kanien'kehá:ka/ territory.


Former senior loan officer at JPMorgan Chase & Co. admitted to a $33 million mortgage fraud scheme recently. A Florida federal judge accepted the plea and set the sentencing date for August 17. In exchange for shorter sentencing and other charges to be dropped, the $33 million will be paid in restitution.
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nations largest lenders, announced that their 2015 third quarter net income reached $6.8 billion, or $1.68 a share, up 22 percent year-over-year, according to the bank's earnings statement released Tuesday.
In an effort to resolve claims against JPMorgan over alleged misrepresentations related to money-losing mortgage bonds, trustees agreed on Friday to accept the bank's $4.5 billion settlement offer on behalf of the great majority of trusts that owned mortgage-backed securities issued by the bank.
The ongoing tension between the Justice Department and the House Oversight Committee saw a new development this week as Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), committee chair and vocal critic of Attorney General Eric Holder, requested the department turn over all of its documents related to its recent securities settlements with JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.
In accordance with the terms of its settlement with the federal government, JPMorgan has begun the process of providing debt forgiveness and other mortgage relief to struggling homeowners.
In a conference call with analysts following the release of its second quarter earnings report Tuesday, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon took the time to single out Federal Housing Administration (FHA) backed lending as a source of risk for the Megabank.
Second-quarter profits at JPMorgan Chase dipped nearly 8 percent year-over-year as the bank continued to work with a diminished mortgage market. JPMorgan's latest earnings report, released Tuesday, shows the megabank earned $6.0 billion in profits over the latest three months, putting its performance somewhere between the $5.3 billion reported in the first quarter and $6.5 billion a year ago.


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Q: Classification when training set contains missing/unknown class labels I have a set of data points that belong to two classes - class A and class B. I know that a subset of the data points belong to class A. But I have no idea of the classification of the remaining data points.
This can arise in various settings. For example, if we ask people to respond with yes if they agree with something, then we cannot tell if those who don't respond do not agree with something or forget to respond.
I wonder if it is possible to build/train a classifier using random forest or logistic regression or some other techniques, and how I can approach the problem.

A: The term that you want to search for is "semi-supervised learning." Here's the wikipedia link, for convenience.
In a nutshell, you should think of this as "clustering with hints." You start with the labeled points, and get a sense of what they look like -- then you can make a good guess that other points that look like them also have that label, and finally, that points that don't look like them are labeled differently.
As always, there are lots and lots of tricks and theories and variations that go with this -- but given the breadth of your question, I think this will get you started in the right direction. Come back when your first results come through!

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Summit Air Adds AVRO RJ100 Aircraft to Fleet
04 April 2018 . 1 min read
Summit Air announced that it has added a second AVRO RJ100 aircraft to its fleet to support its growing business in Western Canada.
Summit Air provides fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) crew movement solutions to several mining and resource clients in Canada's north, using its fleet of Alberta-based jet and turbo-prop aircraft.
Summit Air's fleet is now comprised of two AVRO RJ100 and two AVRO RJ85 jet aircraft as well as four ATR 72 turboprop aircraft. The fleet of AVRO regional jets are ideally suited for safe, reliable and rapid transport of work crews between conventional airports and gravel airstrips at remote mine sites in the Canadian North and beyond.
"We have been operating our AVRO RJ85 and RJ100 aircraft out of Yellowknife, Edmonton and Calgary for the past three years and the aircraft have been well-received by the market," said Lane Zirnhelt, Chief Operating Officer, Summit Aviation Group. "The additional AVRO RJ100 aircraft provides us with additional capacity, as well as operational redundancy."
The AVRO RJ100 is a 111-seat high performance, short-haul passenger jet, offering modern, efficient operations on flights up to 1500 nautical miles (2,800 kilometres). Rugged and versatile, its high-wing design is capable of operations on both paved and gravel runways and is equipped with a self-contained boarding airstair and auxiliary power unit to provide independence at remote airfields.
The AVRO RJ85 is a shorter version of the RJ100 with a seating capacity of 90 passengers.
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Since passage of SGMA, SGA has been actively engaged in implementing its provisions and coordinating with other potential Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSA) within the North American Subbasin of the Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin.
For implementation, SGA adopted an updated Groundwater Management Plan in December 2014. Since SGMA was signed into law in September 2014, SGA was able to incorporate most of the groundwater management elements resulting from SGMA into the GMP update. Another significant implementation action was to submit a notice of intent to DWR to become the GSA for its management area in northern Sacramento County. Following a 90-day comment period, SGA was designated as the exclusive GSA for its management area in late January 2016.
For coordination, SGA convened a SGMA workshop for representatives in Placer, Sutter, and Sacramento counties on October 30, 2015. SGA coordinated with representatives throughout the North American Basin to ensure effective GSAs were formed covering the entire subbasin by June 30, 2017. Also under discussion is the possibility of preparing a single GSP for the North American Subbasin. The group will continue to meet on a quarterly basis or more frequently as necessary to maintain compliance with various SGMA requirement deadlines.
SGA has been an active participant in the SGMA process since legislation was initially proposed. Upon passage of SGMA, the SGA Executive Director was appointed to the DWR Practitioner Advisory Panel, which has provided input on the GSP Emergency Regulations development, the Basin Boundary Modifications process, and the report on surface water available for replenishment.
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OPINION: Hitmen for hire in KZN
By KAILENE PILLAY Feb 11, 2020
FEATURE: Is hiring a hit man in KwaZulu-Natal as easy as ordering a meal online?
KZN violence monitor Mary de Haas believes it as easy as that, considering the increasing number of murders and attacks conducted hit-style in recent months.
The latest murders of people linked to the taxi industry has opened up a debate on how easy it is to hire hit men in KZN.
De Haas said it had been known for years that hit men were used for many murders, including for political hits and by people who wanted a business partner or spouse killed.
"So it seems pretty easy for anyone who wants someone killed to find a hit man who is armed in this province," she said.
During her many probes in the hiring of hit men, she found the taxi industry was known to harbour hit men. "So, the questions I have been asking for years are: why is it so easy for ordinary people to find hit men who have access to guns if they want someone killed?
"Yet the police either don't know about it; and why, when it is known that the taxi industry is linked to hitmen are there not more government controls, including the policing of taxi operations and ranks and checks on whether security guards are registered with PSIRA and whether the companies are even registered themselves?" De Haas asked.
Her only conclusion was there was no political will to deal with the taxi mafia networks. She said it was also known that some police members and politicians had taxi interests. "As I said, there seems to be a complete lack of political will to deal with all of this. Don't forget there were huge stockpiles of weapons in this province from the 1990s which have never been accounted for," she said.
In a recent episode of Carte Blanche, Police Minister Bheki Cele reiterated his call for a gun-free South Africa. He said he wanted guns out of the hands of South Africans.
The director for Safety and Violence Initiative at University of Cape Town, Dr Guy Lamb, said more than 140000 firearms were lost or stolen between 1999 and 2015.
Statistics showed that most crimes in South Africa were committed by handguns taken from citizens or police. Lamb also shone the light on a syndicate allegedly operating within the police that stole 2400 confiscated weapons earmarked for destruction. He said the weapons were sold between 2007 and 2015 and ended in the hands of gangs on the Cape Flats and Nelson Mandela metropolitan area.
"Those same firearms were linked to 1066 murders," Lamb said.


Blisters are small pockets of fluid that usually form in the upper layers of skin after it's been damaged. Blisters can develop anywhere on the body but are most common on the hands and feet.
Fluid collects under the damaged skin, cushioning the tissue underneath. This protects the tissue from further damage and allows it to heal.
Most blisters are filled with a clear fluid (serum), but may be filled with blood (blood blisters) or pus if they become inflamed or infected.
It's important to avoid bursting the blister, because this could lead to an infection or slow down the healing process.
Read more about treating blisters.
An infected blister will be filled with yellow or green pus and may be painful, red and hot.
It's important not to ignore an infected blister because it could lead to secondary impetigo (a contagious bacterial infection of the skin) and further complications, such as cellulitis or sepsis.
You should also talk to your GP if you have blisters in unusual places, such as on your eyelids or inside your mouth, or if they appear after severe sunburn, burns or scalds or an allergic reaction, or after coming into contact with chemicals or other substances.
Read more about what causes blisters.
Read more about preventing blisters.
Blisters are most often caused by skin being damaged by friction or heat. Certain medical conditions also cause blisters to appear.
The damaged upper layer of skin (epidermis) tears away from the layers beneath and fluid (serum) collects in the space to create a blister.
Friction blisters are common in people who are very active, such as sports players and those in the military. They're usually caused by poor-fitting shoes.
A blister can develop if the skin is rubbed for a long period or if there's intense rubbing over shorter periods.
Friction blisters often occur on the feet and hands, which can rub against shoes and handheld equipment, such as tools or sports equipment. Blisters also form more easily on moist skin and are more likely to occur in warm conditions.
Blisters can appear when skin is exposed to excessive heat – for example, when you have sunburn.
Blisters can sometimes form when your skin comes into contact with substances such as cosmetics, detergents and solvents.
Read about burns and scalds.
They can also develop as an allergic reaction to an insect bite or sting.
Most blisters heal naturally and don't require medical attention.
As new skin grows underneath the blister, your body slowly reabsorbs the fluid in the blister and the skin on top will dry and peel off.
The unbroken skin over a blister provides a natural barrier to infection. It's important that the skin remains intact to avoid infection.
You may choose to cover small blisters with a plaster. Larger blisters can be covered with a gauze pad or dressing that can be taped in place.
Painful blisters, or those in positions where they're likely to burst, such as on the sole of your foot, can be covered with a soft dressing to cushion and protect them. It may help to cut the dressing into a 'doughnut' shape to fit around the blister and avoid placing pressure directly on it.
Change the dressing daily and wash your hands before touching the blister to avoid infection.
If a blister has burst, don't peel off the dead skin on top of the blister. Allow the fluid inside to drain and wash it with mild soap and water. Cover the blister and the area around it with a dry, sterile dressing to protect it from infection until it heals.
Hydrocolloid dressings, available over the counter from pharmacies, have been shown to help prevent discomfort and encourage healing.
If the top layer of dead skin from a burst blister has already rubbed off, don't pick at the edges of the remaining skin. Follow the advice above to protect it from infection.
If the blister is on your foot, avoid wearing the shoes that caused it, at least until it heals.
Blood blisters should be left to heal naturally. If a blood blister bursts, keep the area clean and dry. Protect it with a sterile dressing to prevent infection.
Blood blisters are often painful. Applying an ice pack to the affected area immediately after the injury can help relieve the pain (a bag of frozen vegetables works just as well). Between 10 and 30 minutes should help.
To stop the ice touching your skin directly, place a towel over the affected area before applying the ice pack.
Blisters caused by a medical condition often can't be prevented and need to be treated by a GP.
Wearing comfortable, well-fitting shoes and clean socks helps prevent blisters.
Blisters are more likely to develop on moist skin. If you have sweaty feet, wearing moisture-absorbing socks or changing your socks twice a day can help prevent them.
If you play sport or exercise regularly, wearing sports socks or thicker wool socks can help keep your feet dry and reduce your risk of getting a blister. Dusting the inside of your socks with talcum powder may also help.
If you're going for a long walk, wear comfortable shoes that fit properly. Brand new shoes that aren't broken in may not be comfortable and may rub.
Stop immediately if you feel a hot area on your foot while walking, exercising or playing sport. If possible, tape some padding over the area.
Wear protective gloves when using tools such as shovels or pickaxes, and when doing manual work such as gardening. This will help prevent blisters developing on your hands.
Be careful when dealing with heat such as steam, flames or boiling water. Make sure you use the right safety equipment in working environments involving heat or chemicals.
Use sunscreen when in the sun. Keep your skin covered with clothing to avoid getting blisters from sunburn. You should also wear a sun hat.
Moisturiser, aftersun or calamine lotion can help ease discomfort if you do get sunburnt.


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Q: Export multiple outputs within foreach I'm looking to export some data, in particular an AD user along with their AD groups.
My current code:
$users = import-csv -path C:\path

    foreach ($user in $users) {
    $user | select name,SamAccountName | ft
    Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $user.samaccountname | select name
    #export-csv -path C:\path-NoTypeInformation -Append
}

The issue i'm having is whenever I try to export this information i'm only exporting the group output whereas I need the username to see who these groups actually belong to.
Perhaps there's a better method to achieve this?

A: You may want to use Select-Object to sort of "bind" the information together with a couple of calculated properties referencing the current $user's properties:
foreach ($user in $users) {
    Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $user.samaccountname |Select Name,@{Name='User';Expression={$user.Name}},@{Name='SAMAccountName';Expression={$user.SAMAccountName}} |Export-Csv -Path C:\path -NoTypeInformation -Append
}

If you want to group the output in the shell by user name but only display the group name, you can use Format-Table Name -GroupBy User:
# collect the information
$groupMemberships = foreach ($user in $users) {
    Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $user.samaccountname |Select Name,@{Name='User';Expression={$user.Name}},@{Name='SAMAccountName';Expression={$user.SAMAccountName}}
}

# format console output
$groupMemberships |Format-Table Name -GroupBy User

# export
$groupMemberships |Export-Csv -Path C:\path -NoTypeInformation -Append


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danger garden: In a Vase on Monday; Hellebore, Scabiosa and friends... plus seedlings!
In a Vase on Monday; Hellebore, Scabiosa and friends... plus seedlings!
It's color worked with the Hellebore flowers perfectly.
And I love how different each one was, the stages all so unique.
Another shot of the Hellebore stem. I suppose one nice thing about it breaking was that since the flowers are past their prime, and starting to form seeds, they actually last quite awhile in a vase.
I started seeds of both these types a few weeks ago. They've both germinated successfully (that's something else in the second tray, Bomarea sp. (Orange flowering), seeds from my plant...we'll see, I just sowed them last week).
But I'm still waiting for the "true leaves" to break through.
I've also got several Zinnia seeds to plant, when the weather warms.
I got a bee in my bonnet last week and was going to plant them, but smart Facebook friends warned me to wait a few weeks (we're still unseasonably cold here). Just as well, I've got Agave pups to plant out and get to rooting.
Weather Diary, April 9: Hi 57, Low 38/ Precip .06"
What? You're planting seeds? Who are you and how did you hijack danger's blog? What a brilliant idea using the car as a greenhouse. I'm rooting for them (and you).
Thanks Alison. They're this years experiment. Since the Zinnia seeds were so successful last year I decided to try something completely different. Of course I had to go and pick something that it seems nearly everyone has difficulty with.
Your mobile greenhouse is perfect! Plant-crazed people find the most interesting solutions. The new scabiosa are fun and those green ball thingies are really groovy!
I can't stop laughing about the seeds growing in backseat of your car! Not that it's not a clever plan - it definitely is! - but it shows the lengths to which a devoted gardener will go. Today's vase is a beautiful, and typically unique, creation. Those scabiosas are wonderful!
Thanks Kris, the seeds might actually get to vacation in the sunlight today, the forecast looks promising.
Those red scabiosa are stunning. And what a match with the Hellebore. I need to do more reading to figure out if it's possible to use Hellebores as cut flowers in their early stages before they start going to seed. They are so beautiful I'd like to use them more than I do.
I've had such mixed results, I wish you success!
You too? I've been told those Scabiosa are difficult. I'm starting to think I need to start the Zinnia too, it was 37F this morning, I fell like we're never gonna warm up!
I used to grow Scabiosa every year without fail and 'Black Knight' was a fave.Who can resist that color ?
Yay! You had success? Good to know.
Brilliant idea to use your car as a greenhouse. I've got to get a move on and get my seeds started, we're not frost-free for another 6 weeks, but it is time!
I love that Scabiosa! I have also sown some, but I think it was a bit too early for them as they have gone a little straggly. The car as a greenhouse is such an ingenious idea!
Greenhouse Mobile!!! Love it. I developed Black Scabiosa envy; maybe too late for seed starting this year, but I'll have to try next year.
Oh so wonderful to see how gardeners can be imaginative enough to use the back seat of a car as a propagating area! Do you give your seedlings little day trips to keep them perky? Lovely hellebore colour - but I was particularly struck by your pictures showing the wonderful wavey sepals on the scabious. Also - your seed compost looks great! Do you make it yourself?


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Geyersvlijt was een plantage aan de Surinamerivier in Suriname, gelegen tussen La Liberté en Morgenstond. In het Sranantongo heette zij Jan Koiri. De eigenaar van de plantage heette Jan Geyer.

In de jaren 1786 – 1788 werd ten noorden van Paramaribo gronden uitgegeven met het doel de voedselvoorziening van de stad veilig te stellen. De percelen waren, ter voorkoming van de plantagelandbouw, bewust klein gehouden, ze hadden een oppervlakte van 50 akkers. Echter, al snel na de uitgifte werden verschillende percelen samengevoegd, zodat er toch kleine plantages ontstonden.

Op het moment van de emancipatie werkte hier 120 tot slaaf gemaakte arbeiders.

Geschiedenis

Geyersvlijt ontstond door de samenvoeging van vier percelen. Zo ontstond een plantage van 200 akkers. Dit was het werk van Johan Christiaan Geyer, een Duitser die op 19-jarige leeftijd als soldaat naar Suriname was gekomen. Hij had maatschappelijk succes, werd eerst eigenaar van de plantages 'De Vrede' en 'De Nieuwe Hoop' aan de Parakreek en kocht daarna Geyersvlijt. Daarnaast werd hij raadsheer van Civiele Justitie. Geyer had de gewoonte om elke dag een wandeling (kuier of koiri) naar de stad te maken om daar met zijn vrienden een biertje te drinken. De Geyersvlijt was aangelegd als koffieplantage, maar produceerde in de jaren 1820 – 1825 katoen. Door overname van de naast gelegen grond "aan Susanasdaal" groeide de plantage naar 500 akkers.

Geyer trouwde in 1775 met Anna Ester Binsbergen. Hun dochter, Anna Catharina, trouwde later met een van de grootste administrateurs in Suriname, Carel Ludwig Weissenbruch. Hij voerde de administratie over 62 plantages, waarvan er slechts één zijn bezit was. Tijdens zijn beheer werd Geyersvlijt samengevoegd met de buurplantage 'Johannes-Hoop' en werd de oppervlakte 971 akkers. Op de plantage werd weer koffie verbouwd. Johanneshoop was aangelegd door de landmeter J.H. Moseberg. Na het overlijden van Weissenbruch in 1832 hertrouwde Anna Catharina met Diederik Janssen Eyken Sluyters. Deze was opgeleid als predikant, maar oefende dat beroep in Suriname niet uit. Het huwelijk maakte van Janssen Eyken Sluyters een rijk man. Hij nam veel plantageadministraties over van zijn voorganger en werd bovendien bestuurder van de vier plantages van zijn vrouw. Die plantages waren Geyersvlijt (koffie en cacao), 'Ornamibo' (suiker) met de naastgelegen gronden van de voormalige suikerplantage 'Vredenburg', de houtgrond 'La Prosperité' en verder een 1/9 aandeel in 'Livorno' (suiker). Zijn vrouw overleed al spoedig en Janssen Eyken Sluyters ging met zijn kinderen terug naar Nederland. De zoons Tjark en Johan keerden later terug naar Suriname. Tjark nam de plantages en administraties over en Johan werd lid van de rechterlijke macht.

Na de emancipatie

Na de emancipatie in 1863 begon de plantage vanaf 1894 met te werken met contractarbeiders. In totaal arriveerden er 108 arbeiders uit Brits-Indië en 470 arbeiders uit Java op de plantage.

Tot 1909 was de plantage eigendom van de naamloze vennootschap Geyersvlijt die gevestigd was te Amsterdam. De vennoten waren de erven Eyken Sluyters. In 1909 kwam de plantage in handen van de firma Haas. In dat jaar was Thomas Waller gezagvoerder. De plantage was toen al succesvol overgeschakeld op de teelt van cacao en bacoven. In 1913 behoorde Geyervlijt tot de plantages met de hoogste bacovenproductie. Later is toch weer teruggekeerd naar de teelt van koffie want in 1930 behoorde Geyersvlijt tot de plantages met de hoogste koffieproductie van Suriname. In 1935 werd de sluiting van de plantage aangekondigd.

Vanaf circa 1950 schakelde de plantage over op citrus. Omstreeks 1970 werd de plantage aangekocht door de overheid voor de uitbreiding van Paramaribo. Het voorland met het plantagehuis was bij deze koop niet inbegrepen en is nog particulier bezit. Het plantagehuis, de voormalige directeurswoning, is in oude stijl opgeknapt.

Bouwgrond
Na de Surinaamse onafhankelijkheid, in november 1975, is de plantage in de jaren 1977-1979, met ontwikkelingshulp door Nederland, bouwrijp gemaakt door de Surinaamse Constructie Maatschappij (SCM) met ontwerp en directievoering van het ingenieursbureau Ilaco Suriname. Het plantageterrein is daarbij verdeeld in bouwpercelen, riolering en geasfalteerde wegen zijn aangelegd en er werd een gemaal gebouwd aan de Anton Dragtenweg.

Schenking
In 1865 schonk Tjark Janssen Eijken Sluyters, zijn verzameling opgezette inlandse vogels, viervoetige dieren en andere naturalia door toedoen van de toenmalige gouverneur Reinhart Frans van Lansberge aan Suriname, in plaats van alles naar Europa te zenden. In 1867 vormde dit de basis voor de oprichting van het Koloniaal Museum in Paramaribo.

Externe link
 Drone-video van Geyersvlijt, 2022

Plantage in Paramaribo
Monument in Suriname
Koffieplantage in Suriname
Katoenplantage in Suriname


I have walked past this place many times – it is on the way to and fro gym. Apparently, Mesa 15 used to be here, which has now moved to Grand Progress Building on Lan Kwai Fong. Numero 15 is the younger sibling and offers diners tapas and wine.
Came here for lunch with a friend, you can never go wrong with Tapas right? I notice that there are a lot of them around Hong Kong – not all are great unfortunately! The set lunch – tapas and rice lunch for HKD138 is not a bad value. Diners get to choose two tapas, then rice / pasta as well as dessert! Not bad for a 3 course meal.
I started with the slow-cooked egg, smoked potato foam, chorizo and chorizo croquettes. Loved the chorizo croquettes, the croquettes were soft and pillowy.
The smoked potato foam weren't very smoky, it was good but a little too creamy for my liking.
V had the deep fried calamari with aioli, and sautéed mixed mushrooms with baby asparagus. Loved the sautéed mixed mushrooms but then again, i am a huge fan of mushrooms. The calamari was pretty decent too I thought – light batter, and who can say no to aioli?
For mains, the clams and Iberico pork belly rice had my name on it. Asked for no clams and they were very accommodating. The rice was risotto like, the pork belly was succulent albeit not enough!
V opt for spicy mussels and prawns rice with chorizo which she enjoyed.
The banana-toffee, baileys, frappe and greek yogurt foam was again very creamy for my liking – probably should have picked the chocolate mousse. I may have read it wrong as I was expecting banana banoffee – obviously two very different things!
The 70% cocao chocolate mousse was decent, great with coffee or tea.
It wasn't very busy at lunch when we went. Would be interesting to see what dinner is like. 'The Mother' is on the hunt for tapas places, might suggest this place next time he wants tapas.


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