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If Trump helps cover up Khashoggi's alleged murder, that will also come out
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By Greg Sargent
Opinion writer covering national politics
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Horrifying new details are leaking out about the reported murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi: According to a Turkish official who described audio of the killing, Saudi agents beat and tortured Khashoggi to death, then dismembered him and cut off his fingers.
Unbearably, it's not clear whether the latter came after the finality of the former.
At the same time, there is mounting evidence that President Trump is, shall we say, less than eager to determine the full truth. As The Post's Shane Harris reports:
The Trump administration and the Saudi royal family are searching for a mutually agreeable explanation for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — one that will avoid implicating Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is among the president's closest foreign allies, according to analysts and officials in multiple countries.
An agreeable explanation? Is that really what we should be searching for?
We don't know yet know what direction the Trump administration's handling of the alleged killing of Khashoggi, a Post contributor, will take. But if the administration falls short in demanding a full accounting from the Saudis, or, worse, goes along with a sham Saudi accounting, either of those will in itself be another truth that won't remain buried forever. That's because it will be an appropriate topic for congressional scrutiny.
Several experts and congressional aides I spoke with suggested that a Democratic-controlled House would be very likely to take a hard look at multiple aspects of the Trump administration's response to the matter, one that looks at the broader Trump-Saudi relationship and even Trump's personal profiting off of Saudi money.
"This is exactly the kind of issue that Congress should get into," Joel Rubin, who was the State Department's senior liaison to the House of Representatives in 2014 and 2015, told me today. "We've got a specific issue where the White House's comments are changing and confused. The primary liaison to the Saudis, Jared Kushner, is hidden from public view. This is a slam dunk issue for oversight."
In a series of private conversations, Trump has reportedly been looking for ways to continue protecting the Saudi-U.S. relationship, fretting about the Saudi investment in U.S. arms, the future flow of Saudi oil and the implications of alienating a country that could help counter Iran's influence.
And so, Trump has publicly suggested that "rogue killers" might be behind the alleged murder. Trump also tweeted that the crown prince has begun "a full and complete investigation into this matter." Trump, then, appears prepared, or even eager, to accept the results of this investigation.
Indeed, Trump compared this situation with that of Supreme Court justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, complaining, "here we go again with, you know, you're guilty until proven innocent." The comparison is revealing: Trump's conception of due process constitutes not just the presumption of innocence (which is granted far more readily to friends and allies), but crucially also harbors zero desire for any serious follow-up fact-finding that could unearth truths that are inconvenient to them — and to him.
A terrible scenario
Imagine, then, the following scenario: The Saudis mount a sham investigation that somehow absolves the crown prince of any culpability of or connection to the alleged murder. Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signal that they find it satisfactory.
If that happens, Rubin tells me, then there are ways for serious congressional oversight — led by Republicans if they were so inclined, or by Democrats, who would certainly do this if they take the House — to try to get to the bottom of that.
For instance, Rubin points out, House committees could probe what transpired privately between the Trump administration and the Saudis throughout the process. "Congress could subpoena communications between the White House, State Department, and the Saudis — internal discussions related to the Khashoggi affair," Rubin told me. He added that House committees could seek private or public briefings from intelligence officials about what the intelligence indicates about the Khashoggi case, in contrast to what the Saudi "investigation" found.
As it is, the intelligence we know about seems to point in an extremely troubling direction. A U.S. intelligence official told The Post that intercepts show that the crown prince ordered an operation to lure Khashoggi back to Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials also say privately that they have no reason to doubt the account provided by Turkish officials. And experts highly doubt such an operation would be undertaken by Saudi agents without the crown prince's direction or assent.
But, in a particularly alarming moment, Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, told The Post that the administration has "clamped down" in sharing intelligence with Congress about what has been learned about Khashoggi's fate. Corker flatly stated that this probably means "the intel is not painting a pretty picture as it relates to Saudi Arabia."
Serious congressional oversight could try to force this out into the open. In fairness, it should be noted that some Republican officials have been scaldingly critical of the Saudis' handling of this affair, and in some cases, Congress has been willing to behave aggressively towards them. But the question is whether Republicans would be willing to conduct serious oversight into this whole saga that might look at the Trump administration's handling of it.
As Rubin pointed out, it seems unlikely that, say, current House Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes would supply such an effort, since it would create discomfort for Trump, who is basically Nunes's client at this point. "If you want oversight on the Khashoggi affair, the one shot is if you have Democrats control the House," Rubin said.
Trump's financial entanglements with the Saudis
Such an examination would inevitably look at Trump's financial entanglements with the Saudis as well. Senate Democrats have requested that Trump turn over information about the Trump Organization's extensive "business relationships with the government of Saudi Arabia and members of the Saudi royal family," suggesting this raises serious conflict of interest potential. The question of whether Trump's personal profiting off the Saudis is shaping U.S. policy is a reasonable one — and the possibility cannot be dismissed that this includes the response to the Khashoggi affair — all of which could be the focus of more robust oversight.
Mariah Sixkiller, who was senior national security adviser to House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer for years, told me that scrutiny of the relationship between the United States and the Saudis, particularly with regard to the Trump administration's coddling of them, "will likely grow if the Democrats win the House majority."
"Khashoggi's murder is part of a disturbing trend of increasingly undemocratic behavior by a supposedly reform-minded leadership in Riyadh," Sixkiller said. The relationship between the U.S. and Saudis is "critical in many respects," Sixkiller added, "but this level of administration deference in the face of such a radical act merits heavy congressional scrutiny."
Let's hope we get it sooner rather than later.
Update: I just spoke with Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee who would take over as chairman if Democrats win the House majority.
Engel told me that he has traditionally been a supporter of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, but questioned the Trump administration's commitment to learning the full truth about Khashoggi's alleged murder.
"I don't think we should sweep it under the rug," Engel told me. "The administration is trying to pooh-pooh it."
Asked whether the committee would investigate the Trump administration's handling of the affair if it becomes clear that the administration went along with Saudi efforts to whitewash what happened, Engel declined to say directly.
But Engel said: "This not something we can turn our heads away from."
"I want a full accounting of what happened," Engel told me. "The House Foreign Affairs Committee clearly has jurisdiction over something like this."
Which hints pretty clearly at where this might end up going.
Greg Sargent Greg Sargent writes The Plum Line blog. He joined The Post in 2010, after stints at Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and the New York Observer. Follow


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Steve Jobs: 'I just don't like television. Apple will never make a TV again'
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"The year was 1997," Chris Gayomali reports for Fast Company. "Steve Jobs had just returned to the company from which he had been fired, and Apple designer Jony Ive still wasn't a member of Steve's inner circle of decision-makers, as highlighted in Becoming Steve Jobs, a new biography co-authored by longtime Jobs interviewer Brent Schlender and Fast Company executive editor Rick Tetzeli."
Steve killed both of Jony's pet projects. The eMate disappeared along with all other traces of the Newton (save a few key patents), and the 20th Anniversary bit the dust after selling just 12,000 units. The products didn't fit into his quadrants. Besides, he told me one day, "I just don't like television. Apple will never make a TV again." This was Jony's introduction to Steve's coldhearted decision-making.
MacDailyNews Take: Of course, Steve changed his mind quite often, and there's no telling what Apple could do in the future, so off that ledge and back inside, Gene!
People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things." – Steve Jobs
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Friday, March 13, 2015 at 12:02 pm
The question about his hatred for Television:
The Industry- as in commercial TV.
The Technology- as in the CRT and later Plasma and LCD displays for video content.
I tend to think he meant commercial TV which is about as brain dead as any industry ever seen. Ed Murrow warned that it was not living up to it's promise back in the late 1950's
"Our history will be what we make it. And if there are any historians about fifty or a hundred years from now, and there should be preserved the kinescopes for one week of all three networks, they will there find recorded in black and white, or perhaps in color, evidence of decadence, escapism and insulation from the realities of the world in which we live. I invite your attention to the television schedules of all networks between the hours of 8 and 11 p.m., Eastern Time. Here you will find only fleeting and spasmodic reference to the fact that this nation is in mortal danger…
One of the basic troubles with radio and television news is that both instruments have grown up as an incompatible combination of show business, advertising and news. Each of the three is a rather bizarre and, at times, demanding profession. And when you get all three under one roof, the dust never settles. The top management of the networks with a few notable exceptions, has been trained in advertising, research, sales or show business. But by the nature of the corporate structure, they also make the final and crucial decisions having to do with news and public affairs. Frequently they have neither the time nor the competence to do this…
I do not advocate that we turn television into a 27-inch wailing wall, where longhairs constantly moan about the state of our culture and our defense. But I would just like to see it reflect occasionally the hard, unyielding realities of the world in which we live. I would like to see it done inside the existing framework, and I would like to see the doing of it redound to the credit of those who finance and program it…
This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and even it can inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it's nothing but wires and lights in a box. There is a great and perhaps decisive battle to be fought against ignorance, intolerance and indifference. This weapon of television could be useful."
Ed Murrow
His comments on who runs TV sounds like his criticism about Bozos in business as the sales guy or the accountant is the one who rises through the ranks and runs the company without purpose or vision. I do not think he had a problem with streaming on demand video.
Friday, March 13, 2015 at 7:30 pm
What of today's TV, do you think Edward R Murrow would like? What do you think matches what he wished TV would or could have been?
TV has been used as an inspirational tool to show ideal life, how people should behave in all situations. I think it's not specifically meant to hide reality, but to change it. America does it, the USSR did it, any modern society.
Reality TV is not real at all, but a collective concept of how we think people want us to behave. It's also used to flaunt the opposite, to gain attention.
It's difficult or impossible to be real in front of a camera, but I think situation comedies try too look at real life and laugh at it. Reality is VERY VERY dark and brooding sentiment, filled with pain and misery. I am not a pessimist. But people don't toon in to what they want to run away from.
Media consumption requires literacy of communication methods, story telling, in addition to all other traditional educational tools.
opsono
The Performa 636CD I had (basically my first Mac) had the TV card, and, IMHO, that card was terrific. It was cable-ready (at the time, ancient analog), and its closed caption function allowed me to create a text file of the CC. I haven't seen any other TV adapter since that could do that. How many of us watch 'TV' on our computers today? I miss that card and I want that functionality to reappear. But, I guess that's just me.
makemineamac
I watch tv on my computer every day with my Slingbox.
Ah, Slingbox requires a cable service. The 636 TV had a tuner for OTA channels, which is what I watch.
bluemeansgo
Innovation is being able to come up with 1000 things and say yes to 1 good thing. People forget that to reject 1000 ideas, you had to come up with them first.
Jeve Stobs
'People are thinking less than they used to. It's primarily because of television. When you're young, you look at television and think, "Why is the television programming so bad? Why are television shows so demeaning, so poor?" The first thought that occurs to you is: Well, there is a conspiracy: the networks that are controlling this are feeding us this slop because its cheap to produce, and to try and dumb us down, because of this because of that. I thought it was a giant conspiracy to rob the American populace of their mind if not their soul. But then I found out the truth, which is far more depressing, which is the networks give people precisely what they want. The truth of the matter, if you study it in any depth, is that networks absolutely want to give people what they want so that they will watch the shows. If people wanted something different, they would get it.'
'Steve Jobs Bio: The Unauthorized Autobiography.'
WTFrank
I had an investor tell me, "6-8 hours a day of TV is wasting 25 to 33 percent of your life. If you want to be successful in life, don't own or watch TV".
I for one agree and for many of todays youths, that would be a game console.
I guess I was kind-of like the drug dealer, I used to make games for a living but no longer do. It did however lead me to my present carrier and when I had children of my own, I limited the amount of time and when they could play them. Plus, we encouraged other activities like sports, exploration and travel and "learning" (not schooling). These were family and supported activities and we participated as parents.
I don't know what my children will do in their life but I know they are having a damn good time figuring it out. I'm kind-of jealous actually. haha
I also know watching TV is not something they care much about or do often. When they do it's usually sports and it's usually on their laptop or mobile devices.
Wasting time to do what? Plow fields? We watch TV because there is nothing to do. I suppose we could read or write a book, however that is not what the masses do or have ever done. What the masses used to do is work very very hard, come home and collapse. We are long passed those days.
TV soaks up latency in the work force.
Sit and think for a minute. What would you have everyone do, if there was no TV? The vast majority of people don't think, but do what they are told, because that is how we have been raised, from the dawn of time.
TV programming is primarily bad, because there are 12,000 daily hours to fill. With a DVR, you don't have to watch crap, but can watch only what interests you, when you want or have time to watch it.
As we move away from TV channels which require programming, and move towards on demand programming, you will see a bunch of stuff disappear or more likely easier to ignore. You make TV what you want of it.
correctu
Years later, Steve said:
"I'd like to create an integrated television set. It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud… It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it."
rainer_d
Given the brutal deprecation TV-sets have these days, I'm actually glad Apple has so far shied away from actually selling one.
In the time this stuff ships from China to the US or Europe, it loses a couple of % of its value of already.
Just compare what you paid for a 65″ high-end TV a couple of years ago – and what you pay now.
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Universal Re-Teaming with Jack O'Connell for Spy Film Section 6
Universal Pictures must like what they are seeing of Jack O'Connell in director Angelina Jolie's Unbroken, as the studio has cast the 23-year-old British actor in their upcoming spy movie Section 6.
Aaron Berg's script for the film came in at No. 2 on last year's Black List of unproduced screenplays and is described as follows:
An exploration of the formation of Great Britain's secret intelligence agencey, Military Intelligence, Section 6, known more commonly as MI6.
Lawrence Grey, who developed the script with Berg, will produce with Marc Platt and Adam Siegel of Marc Platt Productions. Jon Mone and Sara Scott will oversee the project for Universal.
O'Connell can next be seen in Warner Bros.' 300: Rise of an Empire.
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Approximately $954,000 worth of medication stolen.
On May 3, 2018, at 8:29 P.M., Deputies responded to the Pilot Truck Stop located at 9211 Lewisburg Highway about stolen eighteen wheeler and cargo. Upon further inspection, it appears that the victim and the items had been surveilled. The victim stated that he had stopped to fuel his vehicle and when he returned from the store the truck was gone. The vehicle belonged to Arman Transport from Louisville, KY. The vehicle and contents were en route to Dothan Alabama. The trailer contained two pallets of approximately 1300 vials of Octagam, a medication used by cancer patients with an estimated value of $965,000. Through video, investigators were able to tell that what was believed to be a Red Volvo Semi truck and trailer followed the victim into the truck stop lot and a person got out of the Volvo and took the victims truck and trailer. The Volvo and the stolen vehicle then headed South on Interstate 65.
The stolen truck and trailer were located in Giles County on the morning of May 4, 2018. The contents of the trailer had been removed. The Giles County Sheriff's Department is asking the public if anyone has seen any suspicious activity on May 3rd in the area of Frankewing around 9:30 P.M. The investigation continues with the assistance of several Federal agencies.
A picture of the recovered truck and trailer is attached. If anyone has seen another truck and trailer with the one in the picture on the night of May 3, 2018, please call Investigators at the Giles County Sheriff's Department 931-363-3505.


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Documenting the collaboration between world renowned chef Yotam Ottolenghi and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the film follows five visionary pastry makers as they endeavor to construct an extravagant food gala based on the art exhibit "Visitors to Versailles." Exploring the relationship between modern-day social media and the open court of the French Monarchy, the film studies the alarmingly cyclical intersection between food, culture, and history.
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Digital | Are we all Outsider Artists?
by Hannah Kane | Jan 7, 2014 | Culture | 0 comments
In a world of free expression, is Outsider Art simply the mainstream?
Born in 1854, former slave Bill Traylor drew scenes of Alabama plantation life
Which is the easier question to answer: 'what is art' or 'what is not art'?
It is, of course, a rather subjective question, tied up with all sorts of social subtleties. If there is a popular response to 'what is art?', then it would most likely be works produced by art school-educated people and shown in galleries or dealers' rooms. But the question also interrogates the concept of culture and what we consider culture to be and to represent. It was French painter Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) who wrote a polemic declaring that culture was bullshit; an authoritarian preserve of the elite. Asphyxiating Culture, Dubuffet's only published work, invites the reader to liberate themselves against culture and to have a spirit full of freedom and unbridled creativity.
It was Dubuffet who first coined the term Art Brut as a collective term for works outside of mainstream criticism and culture, and formed the Compagnie de l'Art Brut with a group of artists (including André Breton) in 1948. In 1972, the term was translated into mainstream English use by critic Roger Cardinal, with his term Outsider Art. Something approaching a new sub-genre of art (if such a thing is still possible) sprung up around the label, promoting the works of self-taught or naive practitioners: Thames and Hudson now publish a book of the same name in its "World of Art" series; longstanding (and rather excellent) Outsider Art magazine Raw Vision continues to thrive; and Alan Yentob recently presented an excellent documentary on the subject for the BBC1 arts strand Imagine. But, as these nuggets of media suggest, Outsider Art is something of a misnomer – deliberately all-inclusive, it's something that we can all be inside; and never more so in a digital age of democratised art production and dissemination.
Nick Blinko, 'Untitled'
As Outsider Art has become increasingly exposed, we find ourselves exploring the question that I put at the start of this article with a new twist. What is Outsider Art today? We know where it comes from, but does its heritage guide its present form? What would Dubuffet make of what it has become?
Digital art poses both a threat (in definition) and an opportunity (in form) to Outsider Art. Many leading digital artists such as Cory Arcangel have no formal art school training. Does that make them Outsider Artists, or has Outsider Art become something different?
There's a more fundamental question to be asked here. Do 'insider' digital artists require formal art school training? Surely not. Some institutions such as Goldsmiths intricately weave classical art theory with digital practice, but many of the more challenging digital artists have very different backgrounds: in programming, video, communications theory, or electronics. Few nowadays would question their validity in the art world mix, and they probably wouldn't feel the need to label themselves as 'outsiders'; the non-digital art world simply doesn't define what they do, even if it is by omission.
Moreover, art illustrating "extreme mental states, unconventional ideas, and elaborate fantasy worlds" – one feature of traditional Outsider Art – flourishes on the web, in everything from fan fiction to theraputic personal blogs. Aren't these extreme and esoteric styles more of a badge of belonging – to an empowered, individualistic generation, to a new digital medium – than a sign of exclusion?
If Dubuffet were alive now, he might consider that the social web has provided this equality of access and expression, and realised his vision of unrestrained personal creativity; but he might also find that, in making all of us insiders to art, it has killed it. Is it possible to be anti-establishmentarian when the establishment is becoming less powerful than the new guard? When everyone is an outsider, what does Outside Art truly mean?
The best questions don't have easy answers. But the interplay between belonging and rebellion, technique and freedom, has always defined our cultural artefacts. It is interesting to wonder what a Digital Outsider Art might look like.
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Life is a river of chaos and an ocean of madness.
You know, every time I try to blog open up a new canvas to splash my incandescent thoughts into comprehensible words, they almost always end up being thrashed away and deprived of any recognition, before I realise that it's getting late and that I probably needed to rest my head down for the night.
Unfortunately, it's been that way for most nights and as a result, this blog seems blighted with a hiatus of some sort.
It wasn't helped that I was being recalled for my National Service (NS) duty for half a month, as well as recursively giving the office a visit to soothen the chaos there.
My NS Stint was a very welcomed one and despite being physically exhaustive, I thoroughly enjoyed the sessions with the boys, if compared to the mentally exhaustive baggages at work.
NS wasn't that bad after all, and I actually feel like I've just returned from an overdue holiday and it feels as if I'm recharged like a brand new me.
So, as you'd have already found out, it's not just the 'me' inside that's feeling brand new, but this blog's cosmetics too!
Just for the records, 'Oel Ngati Kameie' is Navi language for 'I See You', and in case you didn't knew, I'm a rabid Avatar fan and am guilty as judged.
Or is the term guilty as charged? Bah, penalise me..
It's 2011, and we're nearing the end of February already, but why does it seem so fast?
Like it was only yesterday that I met new faces, found old friends and lost dear ones, of which I dare say pretty much summed up my 2010 for me.
Indeed if there was only one word for me to describe 2010, it'd have to be 'lost chances' — okay, bite me, so what if they are two words?
Compared to 2009, where I started to dive into almost every subject that I came across, 2010 was a year where I delved ignorantly head first, subscribing to a mixture of much anguish and memorable joys.
It was a year where I learnt to live for today, today and today.
I was determined to not go into tomorrow with a 'what-if' or a 'if-only' in my head.
2010 was a year where I invested heavily, both financially and emotionally, a phase where I crashed and burned continuously, and a period where I traded archaic naiveness with a broken heart, but unlike with broken bones, trudgingly one is still able to meander the course of life!
And I nearly lost everything as I lost my footing, but that's just me being overly dramatic of my fortunes then, or was it misfortune?
Anyways, I loved 2010 for being what it's been and as I clutch on dearly onto my bundle of blemished and blessed experiences, I crave for what 2011 may offer me.
Be it for better or worse, indeed noone knows what the future will bring, but one thing for sure, if one paddles not, then the current decides the fate.
It's a river of chaos and an ocean of madness, but everything will be alright.
It's the Lunar New Year all over again, but its the year of the Rabbit this time around and here's to wishing you well with lots of fortune and happiness.
A rabbit is calm yet vigilant, withdrawn yet enjoys good company, and though non confrontational is wholly keen and intellectual.
Still it's deemed to be fragile, sneaky and obsessive at times.
I still think horoscopes and astrology are fun to muse at, and if anything is to go by, the year of the Rabbit is expectedly classy, sophisticated and artistic.
Indeed it is one of the most stylistic creatures of the Chinese animal sign but what is style without substance right?
Lest we forget the unfortunate and the handicapped ones while we share the joy, because everyone deserves their fair share of joy.
The less able they are, then the more deserving they shall be.
Happy new year, and care and share please.


Is Your Risk Leadership Asking the Right Questions?
The report cautions business leaders about the danger of looking at the risk function as a mere exercise in compliance. It also warns about the use of language and terminology that can feel foreign to these leaders. So, how should an organization report on its cybersecurity efforts to enable leaders to make confident decisions? How can the CISO elevate the conversation, to provide expertise and consultation to the business leaders on matters related to cyber risks?
Here Deloitte reminds executives to fully leverage the expertise the board can provide. However, to fully leverage the board's help, the business has to ensure that information is presented in a way that is clear, consistent, and easy to understand by people with various levels of expertise in the particular domain presented. This is especially true for the cybersecurity domain. How can the business present cybersecurity-related information in a clear, consistent manner that is easy to understand by executives and directors?
To bridge the gap between the CISO, the executives, and the board, one can look at the MAPP approach: Maturity Assessment, Profile, and Plan. This approach works by first assessing the maturity of the organization's security processes. This assessment can then be translated into diagrams and visuals in support of high-level presentations and discussions with executives and directors about the organization's current cybersecurity profile, and how to best direct future investments to balance cyber risks while supporting the business' ability to grow. The MAPP approach enables the information security and risk leaders to become a strategic partner of senior management.


Network problems can often happen when you're not watching for them. The timeline graph feature in PingPlotter gives us a quick way to look over a visual representation of our trace data. This makes spotting problems (or potential problems) much, much easier.
By default, PingPlotter will automatically trace the last hop (the host you're tracing to) on a timeline graph.
In PingPlotter Standard and Pro you can also display a timeline graph for any of the other hops in a route by either double clicking on that hop, or right clicking and selecting "Show this timeline graph." You can also turn off any graph by these same mechanisms.
The amount of data displayed on the graph can be changed, too - just right click anywhere on the graph and select the amount of time you'd like to display (this will affect all timeline graphs and is saved when you shut down PingPlotter).
If there is more data collected than we can show on a timeline graph (for example, if you've got 48 hours worth of data, but have your graph scale set to "10 minutes"), you can click (and hold down) your mouse button on the graph, and drag it back and forth. This allows you to move back in history and examine the samples during those times.
On Windows, if you click on a graph and scroll down, you'll move back on the time graph, scrolling up will move the graph forward. If you click the scroll wheel, scrolling up or down will toggle through the time period options on the graph (so you can basically zoom in, or zoom out using this method). On Mac, with a magic mouse you can hold a left click and scroll to zoom in/out on the timeline graph.
If you're using PingPlotter for long-term monitoring, you may sometimes run across a situation where your network was effected by something you know about (power outage, big file download, that time you threw your router out the window, etc). You may also run into situations that you don't control, but know the cause of (or can speculate on). Being able to take notes about these situations and tie it to your data can prove to be very, very helpful.
Right clicking on the comment triangle will also allow you to edit or delete it.
Any time you double click on a timeline graph, a blue "Focus Area" will appear, which focuses the upper graph to that point in time. This focus area is based off of the "Focus Time" value (and this won't work if you have this value set to "ALL").
If you've got your graphs set to show 48 hours worth of data, and if you find a time period that looks like it might be interesting, you can double click on the timeline graph at that point and the trace graph will move to that time period as well. You can then change your timeline graph scale, and the lower graphs will stay focused on the period you selected. This makes it easy to spot, and zoom in on problems.
When you're finished going through your graph history, you can reset everything to display your current results by right clicking on a timeline graph and selecting "Reset focus to current." This returns both of the graphs to, you guessed it, the current time.


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Q: Why the running time of a multiprocessing code is the same with diffierent number of cores? I have something strange with my code. In fact I have a multiprocessing code.
So when i run this code with 1 cpu its takes around 218 min. With 32 cpus and 12 gb per cpu it takes around 35 minutes. And with 10 cpus and 12 gb it takes around 35 minutes. Noting that, my code loads two files which together have 10gb.
Can someone help by diagnostic how I can check why the running time is the same with 10 and 32 cores?
Normally, with 32 cpus it should take less time, no?
the code is running through a script like that:
#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --account=def-hmcheick
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task 32
#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=12G
#SBATCH --time=02:00:00
module load python/3.5.4
source "/project/ENV3.5.4/bin/activate"

time mpirun python /project/myproject/executor.py

In executor.py I have a dictionary where each key has a list of values which I want to compare the key with each value in this list. How can I do that? in another words how can I pass the key and the the list of value to be be computed in parallel way. What I did is the following:
with concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(32) as executor:
            for key, vector in executor.map(unwrap_self_alignment, zip([self]*len(keyList), keyList)):

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Moss: Virus is only latest surprise for China's economic partners
By DANIEL MOSS
Hitching your wagon to China's star just isn't what it used to be.
Once, proximity to the mainland and relying on its economy were surefire ways to boost growth. During China's rapid development in the 1990s and 2000s, it became the world's biggest goods exporter and factory floor.
Smaller neighbors that wove themselves into China's supply chain benefited. Those were the heady days of trade and market liberalization.
But twice in the past year, East Asia has learned the hazards of this model, first with the Washington-Beijing trade tussle and now with the coronavirus. The consequences could be material.
A 1% drop in China's gross domestic product would shave 0.3% off growth in Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia, and 0.2% from Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia, Bloomberg's Tom Orlik wrote recently, citing a 2016 study by the International Monetary Fund.
While a sharp dip in Chinese activity will be most acutely felt in Asia, the ramifications are global. Asia accounts for two-thirds of the world's growth; China alone makes up about 40%.
In its recent Asia-Pacific regional outlook, the IMF said, "Asia's strong trade and financial integration is a manifestation of the region's economic success, but can also be a source of vulnerability."
The lender lowered its forecast for growth in the region. The World Bank made a similar observation earlier in 2019.
When Wuhan was still just a point on a map, the trade war and China's broad-based slowdown were already taking a toll. Singapore, a barometer for business sentiment, recorded the slackest growth in a decade in 2019. In Thailand, the central bank projected last year's expansion to be the weakest since 2014.
In many instances, fiscal and monetary policy — deployed in 2019 to combat these challenges — have more heavy lifting to do. Officials across the region are also likely calculating the cost of commercial ties to China and their dependence on this big neighbor.
"If this matter continues, just like previous outbreaks, it would certainly impact the national economy," said Azmin Ali, Malaysia's economic affairs minister. He's right to be worried: China buys about a fifth of Malaysia's exports, more than any other country, and is the third-biggest source of foreign tourists.
When I took my family to Legoland Malaysia recently, it was hard not to think about the economic impact of a reversal in mainland Chinese visitors (after worrying about all the Lego pieces my children put in their mouths). Eliminating those hotel reservations, restaurant bills and rental car charges will add up.
It's little surprise that tourism-based economies in the region haven't diversified. The inexorable rise in Chinese visitors tracked the growth of its middle class. But there was little by way of a backup plan.
It's naive to think that regional leaders, especially in Southeast Asia, will simply ignore their biggest trading partner. But remember that China wasn't always the main game, and it won't remain so forever.
Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, Japan was the center of gravity, especially after the Plaza Accord provoked a wave of investment in factories across the region. If India can recover from its banking crisis and floundering growth, it could again become the world's fastest-growing major economy.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development projects that India's share of global output will rise through mid-century, by which point China's will have long peaked.
The world's second-biggest economy will eventually recover its footing and account for a bigger slice of the global pie. Yet it no longer looks infallible, and it's no longer a one-way bet.
As Asian leaders wait for China to recover, it wouldn't hurt to take advantage of rock-bottom bond yields to borrow — not just to buttress activity over a few months, but also to invest in infrastructure and education.
Much depends on whether they are big enough to seize the opportunity in this crisis.
Daniel Moss is a Bloomberg News columnist covering Asian economies. Previously he was executive editor of Bloomberg News for global economics, and has led teams in Asia, Europe and North America.


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9845 UAH Ukrainian Hryvnia to EUR Euro
The page provides the exchange rate of 9845 Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) to Euro (EUR), sale and conversion rate. Moreover, we added the list of the most popular conversions for visualization and the history table with exchange rate diagram for 9845 Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) to Euro (EUR) from Thursday, 21/01/2021 till Thursday, 14/01/2021. Latest update of 9845 Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) exchange rate.
Reversed rate: Euro (EUR) to	Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)
Convert currency 9845 UAH to EUR. How much is 9845 Ukrainian Hryvnia to Euro? — 286.21 Euro.
UAH Ukrainian Hryvnia to EUR Euro	Currency Rates Today: Thursday, 21/01/2021
₴9845.00 = €286.21	↓ -1.51
Inverse: 9845.00 EUR = 338641.75 UAH
Selling 9845.00 UAH you get 286.21 EUR
Thursday, 21/01/2021 9845 UAH = 286.21 EUR
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Nice and central, your accommodation ensures that you are close to everything that Darwin has to offer. All apartments feature bathrooms and most have an epic wrap-around balcony. You will be set with a landscape resort-style pool and BBQ atmosphere. It's the ideal spot to lay your head!
Sun, beer, your best mates, and a few big rods! Make the most of this half-day fishing venture, as you head for the deepest blue and chase the fish of a lifetime. We have all your equipment sorted and some lunch on board, plus you get to keep what you catch (if it's legal!). All you need to bring is yourself and some chilled beers, and you're ready to set sail.
Worried about getting the boys in motion? We have you all sorted. We take all the hassle out of organizing your transfers and will organise a coach to and from your accommodation. At Wicked Bucks, we make your party a hassle-free experience.
What better way to finish off your Buck's weekend than a very memorable trip to Darwin's elite Gentlemen's Club? You will be treated to VIP entry on the clubs exclusive guest list, before enjoying a free drink on arrival. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show!!


The View co-host's unfortunate accident gives us a chance to reminds you all on the safest way to remove an avocado pit.
Daytime television host Joy Behar learned a very valuable kitchen lesson the hard way after she was rushed to the emergency room, missing one filming of ABC's The View, earlier last week. As she explained on her show, she was attempting to prepare an avocado for a quick snack, she decided to plunge a knife into the avocado's pit, which she was holding in another hand—which then ran through the entire avocado and straight into her palm.
It sounds painful enough—but adding insult to injury, Behar had to spend an entire night in the emergency room where she was put on an antibacterial drip to fight off any chances of infection.
Behar's doctors told the 75-year-old that many, many people—even other celebrities, like Meryl Streep—have made the same mistake of incorrectly preparing an avocado before.
RELATED: Have You Been Cutting Your Avocados All Wrong?
The ladies who host the show alongside Behar ended up handing her an avocado slicer and a protective glove, but they failed to point out that choosing to spear an avocado pit is probably the least safe method of enjoying the fleshy green fruit.
At Cooking Light, we suggest you place the halved avocado on a sturdy surface and remove the pit by striking it with a chef's knife blade. Then you can easily turn the knife, and twist the pit out. If you hold the avocado while doing this, there's a chance that the blade can slip and, in Behar's case, pass through the whole fruit and into your palm directly.
For step-by-step instructions on preparing avocados like a pro, click here.


Australia's biggest rock 'n' roll festival at sea ROCK THE BOAT returned in 2017 for it's biggest year yet! One of the world's greatest rock bands STATUS QUO brought their 'Last Night of the Electrics' show on board, joining Rock the Boat for one last time before they hang up their amps, going for an unplugged, aQUOstic approach.
Accompanied on board by over thirty Australian and International artists including Baby Animals, Jon Stevens, Mark Gable from the Choirboys, Jack Jones, Angry Anderson from Rose Tattoo, The Radiators, Zep Boys and many more, Rock the Boat 2017 proved itself to be the event of a lifetime for holiday goers wanting to be reunited with the greatest music that shaped the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Luxury Royal Caribbean cruise liner Radiance of the Seas hosted over two thousand passengers across the high seas from 16-23 October, 2017 who basked in the sights and smells of New Caledonia island paradises Mare and Noumea with spectacular scenic views of the untouched sand, azure lagoons and nautical treasures of the South Pacific. Our passengers enjoyed the luxury of the sun-soaked nine storey glass walled central atrium, panoramic vistas, floor-to-ceiling windows and various on-board dining options which offered an incredible cruise experience.
What an incredible, rockin' week at sea this cruise was! If you weren't on board, check out the photos below to see some of the magic that happened on board, and to our passengers – relive the fun by looking through our gallery!


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Q: How to synchronous in sqlserver 2008 R2 between A and B? Fro example~There are 2 or more identical databases in different servers.Now I would like to update a little data with DataBase_A.The question is how to synchronous the other(s) except for Backuping by the 'bak' file.

A: These methods might help you

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*Sql replication

*SSIS

*Linked Servers
I have experienced the same problem and solved it using Linked servers. Here is a simple tutorial on creating linked server.
And we could query it like:
select * from LinkedServerName.DatabaseName.dbo.TableName

It worked for me. Hope this helps.


Fantastical Sharing of Recipes: Fantastical Friday: July is National Ice Cream Month!
Fantastical Friday: July is National Ice Cream Month!
I recently found out that July is National Ice Cream Month and that means I am sharing some great recipes with y'all today so that you can celebrate! I noted before the recipe if they are no churn aka you do NOT need an ice cream maker to make those recipes.
Do you prefer no churn or an ice cream maker recipe?


We are back to the USA now, thanks so much for making our dream wedding come true! Few years ago, I saw Santorini from a Chinese drama and fell in love with it immediately. From that time on, I said to myself if I can pick one place to have my wedding, it have to be Santorini! I can't believe it came true! The pictures are amazing, all our family and friends loved them! You made our wedding to be stress free and simply perfect!


I am Niels van Wieringen, born in 1984. Always inspired by cartoon worlds, I tried to recreate them with my own lego pieces. When I was around 10 years old, my dad gave me my first computer. Fascinated about the things I could do with that, and seeing Wolfenstein 3D, made me realize that you could actually walk around by yourself in created universes. That is why I decided at a young age that I wanted to create those worlds for others to experience.
At age 16 I went to IT college, where the thought of creating computer games never left my mind. After my specialisation in visual design, I came in touch with a teacher that brought a Game Design and Development study under my attention. I applied for that study at the HKU in Utrecht, and was accepted to study there. I specialized myself in 3D art, and after 2 years into college I applied for an internship at the Playlogic Game Factory. I got the chance to work with a lot of talented people over there. This soon ended up in a fulltime job, which resulted in a leading role at the same company in the end.
Describing my passion for computer games and the technology behind it, it's worth to mention that I own every recent console, and almost never skipped one in the past years. You can always get my attention by mentioning Legend of Zelda or Twinsen's Oddysey! In newer 3D games I end up staring at walls and objects wanting to know exactly how they were made, from a technical point of view.
The work on this portfolio website, is a mix of both professional and personal projects I find worth sharing. Most of the personal projects were started to try out and play with new software packages, or to maintain and update certain styles and techniques. Sometimes it was only about having fun.
My goal always is to make things look as good as possible in realtime, to present a honest view of the quality regarding the in-game assets, and thereby the quality of my work. Because of this, all the work presented on this website was rendered in realtime and captured with the use of various game engines. There is no post photoshop work, apart from some obvious additional 2D and 3D artworks. If you have any questions regarding specific projects on my portfolio site, feel free to contact me!
This site is build according to the latest web standards. If for some reason this website does not work properly in your browser, then please make sure that it's updated to the latest version. If you find a bug or issue regardless, please let me know.


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Q: Angular 2, Проблема валидации данных и маски ввода Я реализовал валидацию формы по руководству https://auth0.com/blog/angular-2-series-part-5-forms-and-custom-validation/
...
            <input class="form-control"
                   type="text"
                   name="phone"
                   autocomplete="off"
                   placeholder="(XXX)-XXX-XXXX"
                   mask=""
                   [disabled]="disabled"
                   [(ngModel)]="candidate.phone"
                   ngControl="phone"/>

...
...
static phone(control: Control): ValidationResult {

    let URL_REGEXP = /^\(\d{3}\)-\d{3}-\d{4}$/i;

    if (control.value && (control.value.length <= 5 || !URL_REGEXP.test(control.value))) {

        return {"phone": true};
    }

    return null;
}

...
плюс для данного элемента формы я реализовал директиву маски ввода:
http://pastebin.com/wRzHSsVy
Проблема возникает в следующем: при вводе номера телефона сначала срабатывает валидация а потом уже директива маски, таким образом получается что данные которые проверяет валидатор и данные которые форматирует директива маски отличаются, к примеру на валидаторе номер телефона (888)-888-88882 а маска приводит номер к виду (888)-888-8888 но валидатор уже отработал и выдал ошибку до срабатывания маски.
Как можно вызвать валидатор после срабатывания директивы маски ввода?

A: HTML:
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="phone" placeholder="Phone" [(ngModel)]="myclass.phone" [pattern]="PHONE_PATTERN" [textMask]="{mask: PHONE_MASK}"/>

ts:
static PHONE_PATTERN = /\(\d{3}\)\-\d{3}\-\d{4}/;
static PHONE_MASK = ['(', /[1-9]/, /\d/, /\d/, ')', '-', /\d/, /\d/, /\d/, '-', /\d/, /\d/, /\d/, /\d/];


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Blackburn 9781438490120.epub (1.01 MB)
Blackburn 9781438490120.pdf (2.18 MB)
Moving across Differences: How Students Engage LGBTQ+ Themes in a High School Literature Class
Download all (3.19 MB)
Version 2 2022-10-18, 15:28
posted on 2022-10-18, 15:28 authored by Mollie Blackburn
Grounded in ethnography and teacher research, Moving across Differences examines how an LGBTQ+-themed literature course enabled high school students to negotiate their differences and engage in ethical encounters. Drawing on the work of queer theorists, Mollie V. Blackburn conceptualizes these encounters as forms of movement across differences of not only gender and sexuality but also identity and ideology more broadly. As we follow Blackburn's thoughtful rendering of students' sometimes fraught exchanges, we are encouraged to follow their lead and move when confronted with differences. We might move closer to those like us, so we can be in community to recover and heal. But we might also move closer to others, so we can discover and learn. The book argues, though, that we must move ethically and, moreover, that literature and the work of reading, writing, and talking can foster this movement. Modeling care in both teaching and research, Moving across Differences contributes to the study and practice of English Language Arts curriculum and pedagogy, qualitative methods, and queer theory.
The Ohio State University Libraries as part of the TOME initiative
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/102860
https://sunypress.edu/Books/M/Moving-across-Differences
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / General
EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / Health & Sexuality
EDUCATION / Multicultural Education
EDUCATION / Inclusive Education
Queer StudiesTeaching and LearningLiteracy StudiesLiteratureThe Ohio State University


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Q: Why does this font-icon from fontello render like an empty box? PROBLEM
The  tag on which I have applied a font-icon from fontello.com renders like this on the web page, though it is supposed to be this left or right arrow:

BACKGROUND
I used the first four points from this answer as a tutorial to use a font from fontello.com. I don't fully understand the 5th point (the  tag part) but it is optional as well.
........
I need a standalone (i.e. Not with text) glyph icon on an  element, so I did this:

and

and in the CSS for this  element:
.right-arrow, .left-arrow {
    font-family: 'arrows';
    ...
}

.........
Here is the arrows.css file from the CSS folder downloaded from fontello.com:
@font-face {
  font-family: 'arrows';
  src: url('../font/arrows.eot?42097229');
  src: url('../font/arrows.eot?42097229#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
       url('../font/arrows.woff?42097229') format('woff'),
       url('../font/arrows.ttf?42097229') format('truetype'),
       url('../font/arrows.svg?42097229#arrows') format('svg');
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
}
/* Chrome hack: SVG is rendered more smooth in Windozze. 100% magic, uncomment if you need it. */
/* Note, that will break hinting! In other OS-es font will be not as sharp as it could be */
/*
@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) {
  @font-face {
    font-family: 'arrows';
    src: url('../font/arrows.svg?42097229#arrows') format('svg');
  }
}
*/

 [class^="icon-"]:before, [class*=" icon-"]:before {
  font-family: "arrows";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  speak: none;

  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: inherit;
  width: 1em;
  margin-right: .2em;
  text-align: center;
  /* opacity: .8; */

  /* For safety - reset parent styles, that can break glyph codes*/
  font-variant: normal;
  text-transform: none;

  /* fix buttons height, for twitter bootstrap */
  line-height: 1em;

  /* Animation center compensation - margins should be symmetric */
  /* remove if not needed */
  margin-left: .2em;

  /* you can be more comfortable with increased icons size */
  /* font-size: 120%; */

  /* Font smoothing. That was taken from TWBS */
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;

  /* Uncomment for 3D effect */
  /* text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.3); */
}

.icon-angle-right:before { content: '\e800'; } /* '' */
.icon-angle-left:before { content: '\e801'; } /* '' */

EDIT @Pauli_D
Yes I have them there. I have created a little demo project (I don't know how to add fontello in JSFiddle, so posting the code here) :
index.php:
<?php

echo '<!DOCTYPE html>

        <meta charset="utf-8"/>
        <title>Test for Glyph Icon from Fontello</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"/>
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="arrows.css"/>

    ';

        echo '';

        echo '

';

        echo '';

    echo '
    ';

?>

style.css:
.right-arrow, .left-arrow {
    font-family: 'arrows';
    color: #313131;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
    width: 40px;
    font-size: 40px;
    padding-bottom: 60px;
    padding-top: 20px;
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=60);
    opacity: 0.6;
    -webkit-transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
    -moz-transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
    -o-transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
    transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
}

arrows.css is same as above
..............

A: Try

The 5th step refers only to applying zero margin to your icons.

EDIT:
Keep your  elements as you have them now, no need to edit.
Edit paths in arrows.css file and remove ../ from the beginning of paths.
@font-face {
font-family: 'arrows';
src: url('font/arrows.eot?42097229');
src: url('font/arrows.eot?42097229#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
     url('font/arrows.woff?42097229') format('woff'),
     url('font/arrows.ttf?42097229') format('truetype'),
     url('font/arrows.svg?42097229#arrows') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}

A: cause you are using the free "demo" fonts, and thus have to add the "demo-icon" class to every class you add each icon.
Example:


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Alchemy: Powdered reagents can be added to liquids or solids, or other powders.
Renown: Maybe? Being seen around the Academy.
Renown: Maybe slight for being seen around the academy, etc.
Persuasion: I have money, don't kill me!
Loot: A new Tarouz ability maybe?
Apart from that Devin loses money - I'd say 40 gn for 20 bottles of beer, and another 10 to 20 gn or so for a few roast chicken and maybe the odd board or hammer.
Injuries/Overstepping: Devin was punched in the stomach and might have a few bruises as well. Nothing too serious though.
Renown: Yes, for restoring the shrine - and scaring the bad guys away.
Renown: Small for taking on the offer of a "cursed" passenger?
Notes/Warnings: Brutal, Violent. Sexual assault.
Renown: Small for brutalizing a man and being arrested?


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Teacher on left is Hubba Jones (I think he taught english). The teacher on right needs no introduction for many, but just in case you missed him at school, he is Jack Sweeney (foreign languages), the most inspirational teacher I ever knew!
Interestingly - several of these chaps had brothers at the school - Tony Martinez, Rod Chambers, Lloyd, Lol Kay and David Henson; maybe McNaughton too.
Well, we weren't very good - about the same level as Quarry Bank, Hillfoot Hey, Cardinal Allen and Gateacre Comprehensive. After all, footie, cross country and hockey had a strong grip on Saturday morning sports before rugby ever began. Just not up to the Collegiate's standard, Upholland or Ormskirk. Only ever allowed to play St. Eddies seconds, Wade Deacon Grammar (Widnes) seconds and Cowley (St Helens) seconds. They were good rugby playing schools. Met up with some of their "star" lads several years later when I joined Liverpool RUFC, they were getting England trials; I was getting a trial for SE Lancs! Need I say more? By the way, I never regretted taking to rugby - a great sport. I have traveled the world with it, from France to Fiji, good friends all over. Doubt I would ever have got that experience through footie!
Dave (The Hit Man) Henson was a NCB mining engineer, now retired and living in Greater Manchester. His brother Bobby Henson became a chemmie teacher; I last met him in the East Neuk of Fife, 20 years ago. Paul Rees was a fine athlete, we were in the athletics team together. Dave Rawlinson was a nutter on the pitch - didn't know his own strength. "Chouse" Muncaster, David Henson a pair of "gentle giants"!
Photo provided by Jack Sweeney's niece, Gillian Williams.
Staff vs. Boys Rugby match at Mersey Road circa 1968.
Mike Kingman (staff) wins the ball from the line-out.
To his right, me, (hooped socks) and behind me in white shirt, dark shorts - Jeremy Eyre (Latin).
Extreme left (all white) - Robin Hunt (Spanish) and to his right one of the Brandons (S.W.A., I think), a sixth-former playing scrum-half for us.
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Half colours were awarded at the end of the season. To be awarded half colours, you had to have played for the first team for the majority of the season's fixtures.
Full colours were only awarded after consistently good performance as judged by the captain and the relevant master in charge.


Kristine and Barry are two of the most easy-going couples I've ever met. They had an incredible wedding that took place at the yummy 1149 Restaurant in Warwick, RI.
These two planned to see each other before their ceremony. It was definitely the right choice for them- they both visibly relaxed when they finally saw their best friend.
Kristine and Barry had a very sweet ceremony with all their guests surrounding them as a show of support. I knew Kristine was feeling a little nervous when after she gave Barry his ring and the JP said: "Kristine, I give you this ring" and Kristine dutifully repeated: "Kristine, I give you this ring…" The JP advised Barry get used to this:) Hearty laughs all around!
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Georgia Basic Skills Tests (BST)
The Basic Skills Tests (BST) were administered until the 1990-91 ninth graders graduated in June 1994. Students who entered ninth grade before July 1, 1991, and who completed all high school diploma requirements in effect at that time, except the graduation assessment, can return to attempt the Basic Skills Test(s) they have not passed. However, students who entered ninth grade before July 1, 1991 and dropped out of school for a year or more, without having completed all required assessments and other graduation requirements in effect when they left school, must pass the Georgia High School Graduation Tests that are required of the class in which they re-enroll. In other words, students who passed all the BST never need to take the Georgia High School Graduation Tests. If they passed some but not all of the BST, they may have to pass the entire set of GHSGT depending on when they re-enrolled. Individuals wanting to take the BST should contact the local school system they last attended. System personnel should check student records carefully to verify a student's status with respect to taking the BST.
The BST are administered on the same schedule as the new graduation tests. Eligible students or former students who wish to take the tests to obtain their diplomas may take them at any of these testing times.
BST materials are not automatically sent to systems as the other test materials are. The system test coordinator must call the Testing Division to request materials prior to each BST testing period. Instructions for administering the BST and for returning the tests for scoring are included with the test materials.
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Candidate for House of Representatives, District 74
Rayford Mack is a native of Mobile, Alabama. He has been married to Dianne Mack since 1993. He attended Toulminville High School in Mobile, Alabama from 1968-1971. He was very active in the student government association during high school. He was elected treasurer of the student council in 1968 as a sophomore. He served as vice president of his junior and senior class; he was member of the junior and senior choir; Thespian Society and captain of the varsity football team his junior and senior year.
He was awarded an athletic scholarship in 1971 to play football at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. He was only able to play football with Texas Southern University for only one year because of medical condition with his back. He remained in the city of Houston working in retail sales in the clothing industry.
He returned to Mobile, Alabama in 1974 to complete his college studies. He graduated from the University of South Alabama in 1978 with B. A. degree in Sociology. While attending University of South Alabama, he was president of the University of South Alabama Sociological Association, was a member of the Black Student Union Association and was Basileus of Zeta Kappa Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Served in the United State Navy from 1978 – to 1981 aboard the USS Talbot FFG-4 as radioman and was stationed in Mayport, Florida. In 1981, the University Of South Alabama Department Of Education accepted him into the graduate studies program in Instructional Design.
He became employed with the State of Alabama Department of Human Resource in 1987 and retired on May 1, 2016. While employed with the Department of Human Resources he worked as a Social Worker in the eligibility division of Aid to Dependent Children. He transferred to the Elmore County Department of Human Resource in 1990 and worked in the ADC and Child Support Division. The State Department of Human Resource was creating a new unit in 1990 and he was transferred to the IV-E Unit in Division of Family and Children Services. In 1992 he became an auditor/investigator with the Office of Quality Control in the Office of Program Integrity. He returned back to the IV-E Unit as a program specialist in 2009 and remained until his retirement in May 2016. He has operated Raymac's Enterprises, a commercial cleaning service in the Montgomery area since 1995. He has served as the pastor of Mt. Moriah AME Zion Church in Montgomery, Alabama since 2011.
From 2002 to 2004 he served as chairperson of the Montgomery Improvement Association Voter Empowerment Campaign and during that period he formed a partnership with the NAACP Unity 04 Campaign and other community organizations in the region and registered over 10,000 new voters stretches from Selma, Alabama to Opelika, Alabama.
He was appointed in 2005 to serve as Deputy Coordinator of Voter Registration Education & Mobilization for the AME Zion Church Central Alabama Conference. He was responsible for developing and implementing activities for the thirty two churches which comprises the conference.
Reverend Mack is member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, he served as 1st Vice State Representative from 2002-2005. He served concurrently as a member at large on the fraternity International Social Committee, and was chairperson for the International Voter Registration, Education & Mobilization Committee from 2003 to 2006. He was elected to serve as the Alabama State Representative of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. from 2005- 2008. The state of Alabama has twenty four active chapters. The state representative duty is to insure the continuity of mandated programs are followed by the chapters in the state as policy and procedures flow down from the national level. In 2015 Rayford was elected as President of the Metro Montgomery Branch of the NAACP.
In 2016 he was appointed by Bishop Seth Lartey of the AME Zion Church to serve as Episcopal Director of Department of Civic Engagement for the Alabama – Florida Episcopal District. The Department of Civic Engagement is responsible for equipping, empowering, and educating the people of the Alabama – Florida Episcopal District for positive engagement in the struggle for total emancipation; politically, economically, legally, socially and culturally.
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Practically every business can benefit from a blog. Getting a company blog is common advice that has lost intentional purpose in recent years. Too many businesses create blog posts and articles with no strategy or plan set in place. They simply hear, "create a blog" and don't put any thought into why it's actually useful. This is a shame because it results in never enjoying the full benefits of doing so.
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Not following this fundamental step is the most common problem I encounter. Always be intentional when spending your time and effort creating anything. What is the benefit? How will it be received?
A rolling stone gathers no moss. You must maintain momentum by consistently providing content to your readers and visitors. Visitors won't return unless you give them a reason to. In addition, a regular stream of content will enable you to create a subscriber list for interested parties. Readers who like your content will return, and this makes them much easier to convert.
Your blog post is more likely to get shared if it contains images, a video, or both. Having images and videos makes your blog post more visually appealing and can help convey the message and illustrate specific points you're trying to make.
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Too often you see businesses with blog posts that are never shared or commented on. This is a shame because these businesses have already laid a foundation by creating the content in the first place. This is akin to baking a delicious pie for your dinner guests but never bringing it out for them to enjoy.
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Some business owners may not be fully versed on SEO best practices. One of the most powerful on-site SEO tactics to use is internal linking. This means that you insert hyperlinks into your content and pages that refer to other relevant pages and content on your site. The anchor text (the words that are linked) are strategically chosen to reflect the page you link to.
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Make way for the big kids birthday party attraction. The edible piece of art, also known as the birthday cake.
Many parents miss the mark when they go with a simple sheet cake. Sure, sheet cakes have their place, but it shouldn't be a birthday party, unless, of course, that's what the birthday girl wants or it's not in the budget.
Take a look below at five of the most fun birthday cake ideas for kids birthday parties. Then, take a crack at it yourself if you dare or order it at your local bakery.
If your child loves food, or even if the party theme is "Backyard BBQ" this may be the cake for you. Cake and colorful frosting combine to form a birthday cake so artistic and fun you will think it's an actual burger, until you bite into it.
Stun guests with fluffy cake layers that look like "burger buns" and of course the "burger patty". Icing and fondant will both have their rightful place upon this masterpiece as the "tomatoes," "ketchup," and "mustard".
Tall, moist, and delicious, yet artistic and creative, you can't go wrong with this faux burger cake.
You may have seen this one before at a "Princess" or "Barbie" themed party. Your child can even use her favorite doll, as long as she's made of mostly plastic for post-party clean-up purposes.
If you haven't seen this fun cake before, the basic idea is that a cake is made and decorated to look like the bottom of a ballgown. You know, the kind of ball gown they used to put hoops in. This makes it plentiful enough to feed a small army of children.
The doll is inserted into the top of the cake to make the dress complete. As a bonus, you can purchase a new doll to put in the cake and your child can keep it afterwards to remember the day.
You knew this one was coming. LEGOs have made a huge comeback. Actually, they never really left, they just kept evolving with the times. New generations, new fads, new characters.
But one thing has always been true about LEGOs–they are awesome! And so is eating them, assuming they are edible. Otherwise, it's a bit painful. Hence, the LEGO cake. This one is a fairly easy DIY cake, if you're into that sort of thing.
Make cake pieces into giant rectangles and squares. Then, either frost them or cover them with fondant using traditional LEGO colors. Finally, piece them together to look like a stacked masterpiece and add tiny circular pieces of fondant to the tops to really finish them off.
We all know that kid who hates cake but loves cupcakes. It makes no sense, but we choose our battles wisely. Well, for the parents of that child, this "cake" is a great option for you and it's totally customizable to your child.
First, decide what fun image you want to display on the cupcakes, either piped with icing or printed with edible icing photos. It could be whatever your daughter likes–a piece of art, a character, a theme, or just a rough idea of a scene. Then, if you know you aren't that skilled, find a bakery that can make the vision come to life.
They will arrange the cupcakes on a flat surface and decorate them to your liking. It will look like a whole cake, but won't require any cutting. Just pick a cupcake, pull and enjoy!
Say what? I know. Perfection, right? You said it!
This cake looks sweet, tastes sweet, and satisfies a whole crowd. Again, you may want to bet on your local bakery to pull this one off.
Whatever candy bar your child loves the most, make it into a giant cake. You can make it look like the wrapper is partially peeled back. There may be a bite taken out of it, or the wrapper could be completely gone! That part is totally up to you.
Make your child's birthday stand out. Make it more fun. Make it more flavorful. And do all that by choosing one of the cakes above. None of them will steer you wrong when edible birthday fun is your goal.
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Andaman Islands. The underwater earthquake also resulted in a powerful tsunami (from the Japanese words meaning 'harbour wave'). The wave travelled quickly under the ocean, building to a wall of water up to 10 metres high when it reached the shallow coastal waters and causing massive destruction when it hit land.
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Lanka, India and Thailand were the hardest hit.
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Roads, bridges, water and electricity supplies, health centres and schools were destroyed. The landscape was altered unrecognisably, with some areas lifted high out of the water while others were washed entirely away. Debris and waste were scattered widely and salt inundated farmland and underground water supplies. of coast was severely affected, often up to five kilometres inland. At least 654 villages were damaged or destroyed, more than 500,000 people lost their homes, and more than 150,000 children were left without schools.
Sumatra near the island of Nias on 28 March 2005.
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This Wesleyan Grad Sent a Chilling Message to Her Rapist
Lucy Tiven
Karmenife Paulino, a 22-year-old Wesleyan graduate and sexual assault survivor, created an empowering art installation and photo series that sends a brave and chilling message about campus rape.
Paulino, who alleged that she was raped in a fraternity basement her freshman year of college, used BDSM imagery to illustrate how women are treated as property in campus culture. "Reclamation" portrays Paulino as a dominatrix to show how she reclaimed her body and redefined campus spaces otherwise compromised by what she described as "sexual, racial, and gendered violence." The images can be seen on the project's Tumblr site.
Throughout the project, Paulino uses empowering BSDM poses to reverse gender roles and depict submissive "frat bros" in ball gags and collars by her feet.
Race and body politics shaped the project as well. "I'm tired of Black respectability politics and people of color's bodies being viewed as vulgar and 'too much,'" she told Mic.
Race also complicated Paulino's experience as a victim, and initially made her hesitant to report her assault. "When we speak we have to represent the entire community, which is horrible," she told Mic. "Because my rapist was Black it was really difficult for me to call my rapist a rapist. I felt like I had let my community down and like I was enforcing stereotypes."
"Reclamation" was praised by news outlets, fellow survivors, and fans of the project on Twitter.
okay, so there are seldom times that I hear someone speak my life as much as Karmenife Paulino in her art installation at her university
— Marechera (@sofirstofall) March 14, 2016
this is rly important tbh. most bdsm as reclamation is super indulgent, bad with consent, and white https://t.co/Qi7qG3LXbU
— slime orc princess (@heckmeup) February 29, 2016
The campus sexual assault epidemic.
As ATTN: has previously reported, sexual assault is a major issue on college campuses across the nation. A national survey conducted by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation and published in 2015 found that an alarming 25 percent of women and seven percent of men on four-year colleges had experienced unwanted sexual encounters.
This also isn't the first time sexual assault has come up at a Wesleyan fraternity. In 2014, Wesleyan freshman Cabri Chamberlin sued the Psi Upsilon fraternity, where she was allegedly raped at a pledge "strip show," CNN reported. In 2012, another student sued both a fraternity where she was allegedly assaulted and the college, though the case was settled "in court-ordered mediation in August 2013," according to CNN.
Women are speaking out about sexual violence.
Recently, Lady Gaga performed a tribute to sexual assault victims at the Oscars, which was introduced by Vice President Joe Biden. "Despite significant progress over the last couple years, too many women and men are still victims of sexual abuse," Vice President Biden said.
The performance inspired other female celebrities to come out as survivors of assault, while Kesha, whose assault and hearing made recent headlines, praised both the singer and Vice President on Twitter:
Amber Rose also recently spoke out about victim-blaming and consent in a segment on the show "It's Not You, It's Men."
"If I'm laying down with a man, butt-naked, and his condom is on, and I say, 'You know what? No. I don't want to do this. I changed my mind,' that means no," Rose told the show's hosts. "That means f-ing no. That's it."
You can view more of Paulino's photo series and read her full artist's statement on her Tumblr.
[H/T Jezebel]
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