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Judges Reduce Sentences in Latest Paxil and Prozac Criminal Cases
In two recent criminal cases, judges have reduced the sentences for violent crimes committed under influence of antidepressants. In each case, the judges responded to expert testimony by psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D. concerning the adverse mental and behavior effects of SSRI antidepressants, specifically Prozac and Paxil. Both judges concluded that the medications contributed to the crimes and in post-conviction hearings they reduced the sentences of the two men.
Dr. Breggin has been an expert in other criminal and civil cases involving similar SSRI antidepressants, including Zoloft, Celexa and Luvox.
A Case of Paxil-Induced Mania and Aggression
In November 2001 in Charlestown, South Carolina, Dr. Breggin testified at a sentencing hearing before Judge Edward E. Cottinham. A 27-year-old man with no prior history of violence pleaded guilty to charges of rape. Dr. Breggin presented evidence that Paxil can cause mania with disinhibition and aggressive sexuality, and that a Paxil-induced Mood Disorder caused or contributed to the defendant's actions. Dr. Breggin described the FDA approval process and related topics. Despite his initial skepticism, the judge concluded that Paxil did contribute to the man's crime. Instead of sentencing him to two consecutive life sentences with no hope of parole, he gave him a more limited 21-year sentence with actual release in 19 years.
The hearing was held in the Charleston County General Sessions Court on November 15, 2001. The attorney for the defendant was Andrew Savage.
A Case of Prozac-Induced Violence
Earlier in 2001 in Abington, Virginia, Dr. Breggin testified in a jury trial presided over by Judge Charles H. Smith, Jr. The case involved a man who shot his estranged wife and a deputy sheriff who was trying to protect her. Fortunately, the victims recovered. However, the defendant was severely wounded in the shoot out. He faced many charges including kidnapping and malicious wounding. At the time of the incident, he was being treated with Prozac, Remeron, and BuSpar. Dr. Breggin testified on adverse drug reactions, drug labeling, FDA procedures, and criminal responsibility, including involuntary intoxication. The jury found the man guilty. Judge Smith, however, set a Virginia precedent by giving a jury instruction for involuntary intoxication. He also expressed appreciation for Dr. Breggin's testimony.
The sentencing hearing was held before Judge Smith in November 2001 and the judge gave the defendant a reduced sentence. In his written opinion, Judge Smith specifically cited Dr. Breggin's original testimony concerning the effect of the prescription drugs on the defendant's mental condition and behavior. The attorney for the defendant was Randall Eads.
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SSRI's (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) include Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Luvox and Celexa. Other antidepressants, such as Effexor, can also block the uptake of serotonin causing similar effects. These drugs can cause suicide, violence and other criminal acts through several mechanisms, including the following:
(1) SSRI-induced mania, sometimes (but not always) with psychotic features, such as hallucinations or delusions. During drug-induced mania, the individual can make elaborate plans, including robberies or embezzlement. However, the plans are often outlandish and doomed to failure due to obviously poor judgment. Drug-induced mania can cause many expressions of disinhibited or out-of-control behavior, including sexual acting out, road rage, buying sprees and shoplifting. Drug-induced mania, even when seemingly not intense, can ruin marriages and destroy careers.
All of the features of mania are not required in order to meet the diagnosis of Antidepressant-Induced Mood Disorder with Manic Features. If the individual's mood is "elevated, euphoric, or irritable," the necessary criteria are met.
(2) SSRI-induced depression or worsening of depression. In a seemingly paradoxical effect, antidepressants can cause or worsen depression. In controlled clinical trials for Prozac that were conducted by the manufacturer, Eli Lilly and Company, depressed patients taking Prozac attempted suicide more frequently than depressed patients taking placebo (sugar pill) or older antidepressants.
(3) SSRI-induced severe anxiety and agitation, especially in a patient already suffering from depression with anxiety and agitation.
(4) SSRI-induced obsessions and compulsions that motivate violence toward oneself or others.
(5) SSRI-induced akathisia, an internal sensation of agitation or discomfort that drives a person to move about, and also to lose impulse control. During akathisia, the inner experience of agitation includes many unusual physical feelings, such as electricity in the head or body. The person suffering from akathisia typically feels compelled to move the feet when sitting, to stand, or to pace. Akathisia is known to increase the risk of suicide and violence.
Dr. Breggin has been a medical expert in many malpractice, product liability and criminal cases involving SSRIs (see breggin.com for a limited selection). As a medical expert in 1994, Dr. Breggin provided the scientific basis for a large series of product liability cases alleging violence and suicide caused by Prozac. The court combined the cases in order to allow one organized effort at discovery. This facilitated the process of evaluating secret documents obtained from the company. In this lead role as the medical expert for the combined cases, Dr. Breggin reviewed internal documents from Eli Lilly & Company, the manufacturer of Prozac, and also examined FDA materials and the scientific literature. In a more recent product liability suit against Eli Lilly & Company, Dr. Breggin once again had the opportunity to examine internal documents, this time at the corporate headquarters. As far as Dr. Breggin is aware, all of the individual Prozac product liability suits in which he has agreed to be an expert have been settled or remain active.
For documentation and further detailed discussion of the above summary, see the following three books by Peter R. Breggin, M.D.: (1) Talking Back to Prozac (with Ginger Breggin, 1994), Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry (1997, revised 2008), and (3) The Antidepressant Fact Book (2001).
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"Old concept, new application. After many years of playing around with the prototypes, a new item we call the Swing Joint Set is prepared to enter the mix."
"Adding two Swing Joint Sets to a Glyan allows for a few new dance moves! The height and dimensions remain almost the same, just a tiny bit beefier. I imagine that in the story, the Swing Joints act as an upgrade for the Glyans, to help take on bigger challenges, and maybe even a Rogue Traveler or two."
"The torture test of capturing all the tiny angles can drive a person a little insane, but the results are always worth it. That being said, the process may have taken at least a few years off of Marc's life."
Swing Joint Sets come in a variety of colors as often as new drops are made available from Onell Design. They are also found in many official Contained Build designs. The average price of a Swing Joint Set is $4 and contains 12 parts.
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This family of five is looking to add a family room, office, and half-bath on the first floor with a new welcoming entry and mudroom. Upstairs they wish to add two bedrooms and a full bath. This design allowed them to squeeze this Phase 1 addition into existing setbacks, while also allowing the family to remain in their existing home during the construction process. MHA created a Sketchup model to quickly review the aesthetics and design issues of various options with the client as well as CAD drawings for more exacting pricing from prospective contractors. Phase 2 will include renovations to open up the kitchen to a living/dining area and enlarge the master bedroom suite after the construction of Phase 1 is complete.


Do I have to create a new account to switch the age in order to access guild chat. Been playing for a while and even spent some money on the game.
It would be quite a chore having to get back where I was (1,4 mil gems). Is there anyway to change age or do I have to start over?
Ooh... that's why there's no guide chat. Yea, it would be nice if you can change your age on your current account because I've spent money as well. I lied and put I was 9 to see what would happen because on the terms of service before that it said agreeing to this means you are at least 16 or above. xD My mistake.
Guild Chat is only available if you are over the age of 16 to protect children. If you entered a younger Age when starting the account you will not have access to the Guild Chat. You could try contacting Support to have the progress moved to a new account, but I am not sure if Support will do that.
I've talked to support. You basically have to create a new account as the age you applied to the account originally is applied to that account and nothing can be done to undo that. That means all your progress is lost as well since all of that is tied to the same account the age restriction is. Anything you paid with money will have to be rebought if you still want those bonuses.


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A genre of music that infuses elements of blues, rockabilly, country, soul, jazz, folk, and classical music. Also sometimes incorporates tribal, rap, and electronic musics. Very influential and important to the post-WWII era. Main subgroups include classic rock, psychadelic, alternative, metal, and jam band. While much of modern rock is total crap, it has inspired many new styles of music, like raggae and hip hop. it also has inspired older styles of music like classical and blues. Song topics range From love to war to what they had to breakfast. All in all, the greatest and most influential style of music.
Led Zeppelin, Jimmi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, The Who, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Black Sabbath, Elvis Presley, Metallica, Van Halen, Guns 'n' Roses, R.E.M., Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blues Traveler, Aerosmith, Chuck Berry, Bruce Springsteen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and many more are all rock music.
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Music that puts today's garbage to shame.
Rock music is real music.
by TH47 May 1, 2018
Rock music is a form of music that is constantly evolving and has many different variants, though all rock music shares a few qualities,rock music is usually guitar driven with drums and bass providing the back-beat, and the singer providing the vocals, though instrumentals are quite common as well. Synthesizers,pianos and many other instruments are used as well but aren't considered staples of rock. The main genres of rock music are Metal,Punk,Blues,Hard rock,Soft rock and pop rock, which further divide into thousands of sub-genres. Rock originally became popular due to it's inherent rebelliousness and resistance to the Status Quo, though nowadays it is a mainstream form a music with many of it's most popular acts being controlled by companies and the mainstream.Rock is most likely the most important form of musical expression in the past 50 years, influencing social,political, and economical climates of all countries around the world.
Some of my favorite examples of rock music are Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, AC/DC,The Jimi Hendrix experience, Nirvana,Black Sabbath,The Red Hot Chili Peppers,The Sex Pistols, and Bad Religion
by it'sSpin! October 29, 2007
A genre of music that is kinda like metal music, only not as extreme. A lot of its fans claim that it's the best genre ever, but in reality, there is no such thing as the best and worst music genre ever, same with good and bad taste in music. There is however, such a thing as a favorite genre.
I love rock music, but most of its fans are really bad.
by Reader, TV and music girl 2004 November 25, 2018
Rock music is a music genre that mostly is considered the respectable type.. if not abused. But as time goes on, it becomes so ramphant that even zoo animals can create one. Rock music is also the resort for music lovers who just wanted to look cool or who'd rather play instrument to drown their horrible voices or because having so ugly faces they wanna get a lil attention by choosing this as their salvation. As the note increases the instruments' sound also increases prone to breaking the eardrums of real music listeners. Rock music would be best served when concocted with drugs, uncombed and unwashed hair, freaky tattoos, alcohol, bitches, whores etc. And also, most rock groups aren't even talented. They are merely posers who wanna make money and get laid every single second.
If u wanna get laid and rip money off from hallucinating young men, do rock music.
by Ihatemostrockgroups April 24, 2006
Long ago there was a way skilled musicians could express themselves about a variety of topics. Often, once famous, rock stars would use drugs and alcohol. They, however, all had skills. Sadly, this culture was brutally murdered. The horrors of modern "music" killed the fuck out of the last of real music. With the death of rock, music finally died. It has long been believed by music fans that someday a band will rise to resurrect music. This band has not yet come. As of now the barren wasteland that is now the radio is dominated by horrible demons such as Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, and other such total failures to create music.
Billy turns on a radio
...Let's play a love game...It's the best of both worlds...How can you be so heartleesss?....
OH shit! this sucks! I'm going to go listen to my AC/DC cd's, real rock music.
by #1 Manwhore January 5, 2010
Rock Music is not a type of music, but a way of life. A passion. You can't like rock music, either you hate it or you love it.
Man, I love Rock Music
Man, I hate Rock Music
by ZRocka March 6, 2010

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Acceptance of Fallibility
12 Thoughts on Inclusive Community Building for 2016
Cormac Russell
When we lose the ability to care for our neighbours, we also inadvertently chart a course towards a future wherein that carelessness becomes our inheritance.
Neighbourliness is embodied in the practice of welcomiReflectionsng the stranger at the edge, and the stranger living in our midst, all year round.
Building communities of hospitality is the single most important act of our time; it is also the most neglected.
Hospitality is not a heroic virtue, it's commonplace, hidden in plain view. But we don't see that which we don't look for, and that which we don't tend to, withers. Hence a re-awakening is called for.
The seeming absence of hospitality for isolated people, should not be misconstrued as the actuality of things, but rather as a reflection of the untapped potential of things, and the consequence of a crucial mass of us making the assumption that when it comes to caring for our young people, older people, people on the margins, 'it's someone else's job, someone with the right qualifications'.
The art of hospitality – opening up space for people who have been excluded, but also reawakening those parts of us that have been rejected – is a way for people to exercise personal agency and stewardship, and so it liberates the host as much as the one who is being hosted.
True hospitality is reciprocal, and not an act of charity.
The work of building community requires everybody's contribution; a community that does not have space for labeled people, has space for no one.
Professional helping systems are unintentionally masterful at setting rules that break relationships. Tragically the absence of such relationships breaks people.
Community is what makes us and keeps us well, safe and vibrant.
This illustration was part of Graham Ogilvie's artwork created during some of Cormac's sessions in Aberdeen. Our thanks to him and Aberdeen City Council for sharing them with us.
A significant amount of the money spent attempting to help people with professionally diagnosed 'needs' and 'problems' has prevented those people from sharing their gifts and living a life of their choosing. Hence denying them of their most basic needs/rights for belonging, autonomy, competence and security, and creating far greater and more impenetrable problems than they originally presented with.
Hence, instead of asking people 'what is the matter with them?' ask, 'what matters to them?' The former reveals the need for programmes, the latter reveals a yearning for life, and a huge reservoir of sleeping gifts. Wake up! It's the middle of summer!
The pursuit of the good life is a cry of freedom, the echoes of which bounce playfully between friends and neighbours in a dance of interdependent living. Reducing dependence on institutional life can only happen when we increase interdependence in community life.
This is not to say that agencies are off the hook. They need to spend as much but in a different way, instead of growing their client numbers, they will need to invest in grow the connectivity of community.
If professionals and their organisations are to avoid unintended harm in their efforts to be helpful, they must actively avoid doing anything that controls our lives, or decommissions our personal, family and community capacities and resources.
Ethical organisations support their practitioners to embody such theories of practice, and actively encourage praxis to ensure there is genuine accountability to the public that they are privileged to serve.
There are limits to what people can do using people power, often they require outside non-governmental, government and marketplace supports, in the shape of additional expertise, financial and other resources.
Where communities cannot unilaterally produce solutions or sufficient conditions, for a good life, then it behooves ethical professionals to listen carefully as to how they can use the assets of their institutions to enable greater participation and citizenship.
The most important question a professional can ask of themselves is: 'What is it I can NOT do – to be helpful?'
Our strengths and the assets around us are not there to mask or correct our fallibilities andimperfectabilities.
Our fallibilities are a defining and joyful expression of our humanity; they are not meant to be 'fixed', or cured, nor should they be hidden behind a veil of shame and secrecy. To do so, is to close off the surest route into a community of genuine belonging, where reciprocity is the norm.
We each have a full half and parts that need to be filled. If we are to get better at being human together — since the parts that need to be filled are like an expectant Christmas tree, they provide the space for the gifts of others to be given and received — we need those parts who do both: the conceptual work and impactful practice. Our fallibilities and those of others are therefore the royal roads to our gifts and our humanity. Where we fall, there will the treasure be found.
Text and illustration from Nurture Development re-posted by permission of the author. Home page image: OC Always.
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Cormac Russell is Managing Director of Nurture Development, Director of ABCD Europe and a faculty member of the Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at Northwestern University, Chicago. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths-based approaches in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia. In January 2011 Cormac was appointed to the Expert Reference Group on Community Organising and Communities First, by Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society in the UK which he served on for the term of the Group. Examples of recent work include: Leading all national sporting organizations in Canada, in conjunction with the Canadian Council for Ethics in Sport, to adopt a shared vision as to how sport can become an asset for community building. This is effecting significant changes in the structures of major sporting organizations but also at a local community level in terms of community empowerment and citizen driven development. Advising I&Dea in the UK on the development of an asset based approach to health and on addressing health inequalities in low income communities as well as how an assets approach can improve community health and well-being. Partnering with Youth Work Ireland on a national program involving hundreds of youth practitioners and thousands of young citizens to develop a strong culture of youth led initiatives. Working in partnership with the University of Limerick and Atlantic Philanthropies in Ireland to infuse an ABCD approach across the entire city of Limerick. Part of this process involved organizing an entire neighborhood to address issues of loneliness, fear and intimidation and to support citizen driven development. The long-term vision is of a city that puts citizens and communities in the driving seat, through processes of neighborhood organizing and bottom up planning and where services are organized in the way in which community is organized.
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Head future problems with that new home purchase off at the pass. We're not talking about the interior or the exterior of the home you're considering. We're talking about the neighborhood surrounding it, which is just as important and often not researched enough according to the appraisal of IT guru, Andrew Schiller, from the Boston area (a wicked good neighborhood).
AND THAT'S JUST THE START OF THIS SMART SEARCH ENGINE!
The Price You'll Payhe best things in life are FREE. Neighborhood Scout isn't. BUT it is affordable and you can choose from different plans priced to fit your needs. Lock up a year-long subscription for $15.99 a month, or just buy three months for $60.00 total. And there's a one month plan for $100,000 dollars. Only kidding, it's just $39.99 per month. Consider this: investing $39.99 could save you $50,000 or more and a lot of anguish over a wrong or ill-fitting housing situation. Could be worth it.
And that's how we appraise it at PahRoo. Next time? Testimonials from those who've lived there, bought that, and sometimes bought the farm.


Handcrafted on a natural sturdy grapevine base with springtime faux flower blossoms and berry blooms. This wreath makes a great spring wreath into late summer, perfect colors for an Easter wreath display as well.
A PERFECT MIXTURE OF BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT COLORS.Sure to brighten any entryway for room.This wreath will bring an enjoyable ambiance all year round.
Measures 18-19 inches diagonally across and 6-7 inches deep.
BRIGHTENS ANY FRONT DOOR DÉCOR WITH VIBRANT FALL COLORS- Transform your bland front door into a vibrant, attractive entryway that welcomes your closest family and friends into your home. If you are looking for that special autumn decoration to transform your front door décor, this is the wreath for you!
ALL WEATHER APPROVED FOR OUTDOOR USE- Display this decorative wreath outside all day long with no worry about the changing weather conditions.Wreath can be used as both indoor and outdoor making it a versatile decorating accessory. Hang it above your fireplace, place it on your front door, or on a living room wall. This wreath will bring an enjoyable ambiance all year round.
18 INCH DIAMETER LARGE WREATH, No hassles with needle clean up or maintenance required. Artificial Flower Wreath includes ultraviolet protection to prevent fading and will look great for years to come! Best door wreath.
Beautiful during the day and enchanting at night, these decorations are perfect either outdoors in the yard or indoors – and the classic neutral color scheme will go with absolutely any decor.


Ever since playing piano for the first time in the second grade, I have never stopped playing music. My specialty is the electric guitar. I sied under Paul Renz at the West Bank School of Music in Minnesota, and then had the great fortune to go to the Berklee College of Music. Since then I have studied under local masters such as Jim Stinnett and Bruce Bartlett.
Having stayed in Massachusetts, I taught at Central Catholic High school for six years. I developed and implemented curriculum, started and directed a school band, and produced music talent shows. I was selected twice to the "Who's Who of Teachers" for my work there.
Desiring a more flexible schedule to support my ambitions in the music industry, I left the high school to open my small music school. As my school has had more and more success, so has my career in recording and performing music.
I began playing on the street in beloved Harvard Square. I moved on to playing with some of Boston's best local funk/jazz talent, such as Zeke Martin, Amy Bowles, and Aaron Bellamy.
Having moved to Lawrence, MA, I discovered Bachata, a proud musical product of the Dominican Republic. I was invited by singer Carlos Vargas to join "Carlos y Alejandra", the new sensation of urban Bachata.
In three short years the group has had incredible success, including two top ten singles, three major award nominations, and won the award for "Revelacion del año" or best new artist, at Univision's Premio Nuestro awards. We tour internationally and have appeared on multiple international television programs.
I had the pleasure of doing the guitar work and arrangement for "Cuanto Duele", the group's most popular single, which rose to number five on the Latin Tropical billboard.
You can hear my work with Carlos y Alejandra hear on the website as well as my own productions.
In 2011 became the band director and lead guitar player for Domenic Marte, an award winning singer whose song "Ven Tu" still stands as one of the greatest Bachata hits of all time. We have been to Argentina three times, and performed all over the United States. He has been a true insipration and mentor to me in the music industry and I am honored to work with him.
As fate would have it, in 2012 I met a young singer named Johandy Diaz, the winner of a regional televised singing competition called "Mi Voz". Together we formed a record company named "Crixillion Records" with the purpose of developing Johandy to be a future star in Latin Music. Please go to the Crixillion Records link on my site to hear our music and see what we are up to!


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Five Important Demographics Churches Fail to Know About Their Communities
by Sam Rainer
President & Senior Consultant
Pastors and church leaders often miss the basic demographics of their communities. Why?
Demographics tend to change gradually and often go unnoticed.
Keeping an existing circle of friends is easier than deepening our relationship with others.
We tend to go to places where people are like us, which means we often do not see the areas where demographic changes are occurring in the neighborhood.
Perceived demographics may not match actual demographics. You may think you know your community, but in many cases, church leaders have a skewed view of who lives around the church.
Dramatic demographic changes can occur in a community without church leaders and members noticing. Even well-meaning and intentional churches can overlook segments of the community.
Last year, I wrote an article about four often-missed demographics by churches. I will continue the theme this year with five more demographics churches fail to know about their communities. I'll use my community in Bradenton, Florida as an example.
1. What is the marriage rate compared to the national average? In my community, we have a higher divorce rate and a lower marriage rate than typical. Therefore, we tend to have more single-parent homes and older people who are single.
2. How far do people tend to travel to work? This demographic has changed drastically in many communities. Even if people commute the same distance to work, they are not driving as often as in the past. Most people in our community drive less than thirty minutes to work.
3. How many people struggle with poverty and healthcare? Rarely do pastors and church leaders know how many in their communities live below the poverty line and struggle to pay medical bills. If you want to care for the least of these, then you must know this data about your neighborhood. In the Bradenton area, for example, 12% of households are below the poverty level—almost 5,000!
4. How many in your area are unemployed, widowed, or have a disability? Like the previous demographic, the at-risk population is often underserved and neglected. Knowing the size of this group will help you understand the gravity of need in your neighborhood.
5. What are the rates of religious giving in the community? Is your community generous when it comes to supporting religious work? It's good to know how you compare to national averages. The Bradenton area is right in line with the national average.
Where did I get this information? In a resource provided by Church Answers! We recently updated our popular Know Your Community report with all new 2022 data. All the data in this article is available for your community, plus much more. We've also expanded several new demographics and psychographics. Click here to learn more about this report and order one.
As President of Church Answers, Sam Rainer wears many hats. From podcast co-host to full-time Pastor at West Bradenton Baptist Church, Sam's heart for ministry and revitalization are evident in all he does.
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I would suggest you need to know the largest employers, the average education level in those employers, and the average tenure there. Too many churches want people who are in a particular group. Frequently in the south that is married couples with children who aren't planning to move. That is great for an area that has no turnover, but also tells people who aren't in that group that they aren't wanted. Now, examples of the opposite are the cities from Washington to Boston. Those cities have lots of ultra educated single people who are there for months to a few years in addition to those who live there permanently. Churches in those areas had to learn how to reach and include people in that group. Many clergy there are active on LinkedIn and respond to private messages sent on that platform. Some liturgical churches and temples/synagogues even have clergy who are specifically for that group of young professionals. This is a different way of operating not seen in many places but is useful.
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Knowing the largest employers is an excellent addition. Good thought. Thanks!


Best DIY and craft apps for iPad: Pinterest, Etsy, Makr, and more!
Craft and DIY projects aren't just great time killers, they can also be huge money savers. From learning how to refinish that coffee table on your own to creating centerpieces and home decor on the cheap, anything is possible. Whether you want to contribute your own ideas or just check out other people's, the iPad has several really good craft and DIY apps to choose from. But which are the absolute best?


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The digital information ecosystem farms people for their attention, ideas and data in exchange for so called 'free' services. Unlike their analogue equivalents, these sweatshops of the connected world extract more than one's labour, and while clocking into the online factory is effortless it is often impossible to clock off.
We are approaching the holiday season, a period of excess and over-indulgence followed by doomed resolutions to live more healthily and frugally in the New Year.
Data protection of course has always been about dignity and restraint. It is based on the idea that respect for humans means being careful with what you do with information about them.
Data Protection Officers (DPO) from the EU institutions and bodies met today in London at the 42nd meeting of the Network of DPOs, which was hosted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).


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Curiosity and Certainty - Kenneth Stewart, Ph.D.
assumes one knows what happened - or "the way it is"
On Curiosity - Questions to ponder . . .
What were your experiences of curiosity in your own family ?
Who else in your life has had an impact on your attitude of curiosity ?
In what contexts have you learned or turned to curiosity ?
What effects might curiosity have on your relationships ?
What effects does curiosity have on your learning ?
Under what circumstances do you feel least like being curious?
Under what circumstances does curiosity seem necessary ?
On Certainty - Questions to ponder . . .
What were your experiences of certainty in your own family ?
Who else in your life has had an impact on your attitude of certainty ?
In what contexts have you learned or turned to certainty ?
What effects might certainty have on your relationships ?
What effects does certainty have on your learning ?
Under what circumstances do you feel least like being certain?
Under what circumstances does certainty seem necessary ?


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Utah Governor's Inaugural Event
On January 4, 2017, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert and other Utah state officials will publicly take their oaths of office on January 4, 2017 at the Utah State Capitol Rotunda. The program will include Herbert's inaugural address as well as performances by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, BYU Vocal Point, and the Utah National Guard Army Band. The ceremony will conclude with a 19-gun salute and flyover by the Utah National Guard. The public is invited to attend the ceremony but only limited seating will be available. All attendees should be in place by 10:30 a.m. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m.
11:00 a.m. State Capitol Rotunda
State Capitol Rotunda State Capitol, Rotunda 350 N. State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114


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Markel CATCo in bankruptcy filing. Danish pension PKA revealed major holder
6th October 2021 - Author: Steve Evans
Markel CATCo Investment Management, the in run-off retrocessional reinsurance manager of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, is to be the subject of Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings, with filings made in the United States that have also disclosed Danish pension fund investor PKA A/S as a major holder.
Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings are typically for a foreign entity that touches on US financial interests, or has assets or businesses in the US.
Bankruptcy filings afford an element of protection for those involved in a winding down of an entity, such as Markel CATCo and its retrocessional reinsurance investment funds and reduces the risk for creditors, which is the likely cause of the filing as the manager wants to return capital in as smooth a manner to its remaining investors as it can.
The filing details the process that Markel CATCo and its funds are set to go through under the proposed buy-out that was announced recently.
That proposal saw Markel CATCo Investment Management and Markel Corporation seeking to speed the return of capital from the CATCo retrocessional reinsurance investment funds to investors, while avoiding any complications to the ongoing running-off from legal claims made, with parent Markel set to fund a significant amount of capital to support the process.
Bankruptcy protection will play a role in helping to secure the process and ultimately the assets of the funds for investors, if the buy-out process is approved.
The filing in the New York Southern Bankruptcy Court also provides some very interesting information on the major holders of the CATCo retro reinsurance investment funds at this time.
The filing has to include an example of the corporate structure of the debtors, in this case Markel CATCo and its fund structures, as well as a list of any creditors that own 10% or more of the interests in one of the entities.
Markel CATCo Reinsurance Fund Ltd., the private and master fund piece of the CATCo structure, is listed as having one particularly significant owner, the Danish pension fund manager PKA A/S.
PKA A/S (or Pensionskassernes Administration A/S) is the Danish pension fund manager for labour market pension funds in the country, so manages investments for four largely health sector related pensions.
PKA has been an investor in the CATCo strategies since at least 2015, but certain pension funds it manages are now listed as a 40% owner of the Markel CATCo Reinsurance Fund Ltd. which is a particularly significant holding.
It's not clear from the bankruptcy filing how big a holding PKA's 40% equates to, but with the listed CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund listed as just a 12% owner of the private/master CATCo fund, it seems likely PKA's stake is still a relatively significant figure.
The Danish pension had its own mandate under the CATCo strategy we believe, the CATCo PKA Fund, which must have been of reasonable size for the pension to now be listed as a 40% holder in the main investment structure of the CATCo strategy.
Major holders of the listed strategy, the CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund, are also detailed, with investment managers Weiss Asset Management having 33.79% of the C-Shares and Almitas Capital owning 24.90% of the C-Shares.
Both also own Ordinary shares in the listed CATCo investment fund, with Almitas Capital owning 20.65%, Weiss Asset Management owning 18.96%, Baillie Gifford owning 10.89%, and Aberdeen Standard Investments owning 10.48%.
Only holders with ownerships of 10% or more have to be disclosed in the bankruptcy filing.
Winding up proceedings have been filed in Bermuda and will run in tandem with the bankruptcy arrangements, while support is sought from investors for the proposed buy-out transaction.
The bankruptcy proceedings play an important part of the process, in protecting investor interests in the United States and providing a formal backdrop for the winding-down of the offshore entities.
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Know Your Flow: The Good Sh*t Guide to Pole Passions
By Eugene S. Robinson
Because being smarter about sexy is better for all involved.
You ever see a cow and wonder whether or not it is a cow? Probably not. But mix in an eight-inch heel, bodysuit and a 12-foot chrome pole, and everyone thinks they know pole dancing. Like it's that thing that Jennifer Lopez did in Hustlers, last year's award-winning flick about thieving, revenge-minded strippers, right?
Well, yes, and not even close.
Jennifer Lopez did play a thieving, revenge-minded stripper who happened to be a pole dancer, but pole dancing is deep, deep, much deeper than anyone in Hollywood is likely to give it credit for.
How deep?
Well, we could go into its antecedents in both India and Germany, the push to make it an Olympic event and all of the strength, suppleness, skill and grace it takes to pull it off well. But those always smell like attempts to answer those who would dismiss it and strippers (a la Chris Rock's once-upon-a-time dictum to keep your daughters "off the pole.")
The reality is strippers do pole dance. But so do chemists, engineers, lawyers, physicists, accountants, men, teenagers and bikers. And if you actually talk to pole dancers, you'd quickly figure out that it's not just a hobby but everything from therapy to obsession.
Which is to say: not at all about just lazing around a pole looking saucy. In fact, for those with eyes to see, there have emerged six distinctly different categories of pole dancing and which you prefer has as much to do with your personality type as your physical one.
So you want to pole dance? Or just sound like one of the cool kids who knows a few things about a few things? Then take a walk with us while we pimp a primer on the essential tentpoles of pole dancing.
Free, But Not Cheap: The Joys of Free Dance
"I first found pole dance when I was studying abroad in Seoul, South Korea, in 2013." Max Nguyen is slight but muscled. Like a Navy SEAL. Who can dance. Nguyen was originally looking for a hip-hop dance studio but stumbled into pole dancing at a time when he felt lost. With no previous fitness or dance background, he started competing in 2017. By
2019, he was both crushing and killing it in the free dance category, where what you do on the pole and the floor near the pole is heavily free form and influenced by traditional dance.
"I find incredible beauty in it [free dance] and its ephemeral nature — how the energies of the world around you and your body as a medium of magic are able to alchemize something that can only exist once and only once. It's a dance that truly expresses what the soul feels in that very moment. It is pure bliss."
Oh. The Drama
Dana doing Dramatic. Specifically an Einstein split. Yup.
The Dramatic category is much less about the difficulty of tricks on the pole, which can often be shoulder-rippingly difficult, and more about the dancer's ability to execute a serious, emotional and artistic take on a piece of music. And it's the musical aspect that attracted Swiss business owner Dana Schorr, whose recent run prior to her first pregnancy saw her taking a raft of first places before turning pro. "I love Dramatic because the music is so powerful, and I love telling stories with my routines." And doing moves that would kill the rest of us, apparently.
Exotic Not Erotic. Well, OK, Erotic Too
The Exotic category comes closest to what the average person probably thinks of when they think "pole dancing." The category is a celebration of both sensual movements and concepts. Heels are not required but more than welcome, and moves in this category are quite comfortably called things like "slink," "hip roll" and the "body wave." Deceptively difficult and for the dancer the onus is on making it seem much less so.
"I choose Exotic to be my category because what's not to love about it?" Mimi Midnight is a UI/UX designer by day and a gold medalist in the Exotic category the rest of the time. "It's kinda taboo and kinda exciting. It's also a sexy sport … maybe the only sexy sport. Heel work is also only just becoming a thing and people are discovering so many different ways to use their heels for artistic expression."
So take that, beach volleyball.
Let It Go, Let Yourself Low Flow
Ms. Vegas betting it all on the Low Flow house.
You get kind of hinky about heights? No? Well you've probably never been up atop a 12-to-14-foot pole. Most people might die if they trip and fall wrong. So for those prone to paranoia, there's the Floorwork and Low Flow category which, as the name suggests, leans heavy on the space around the pole and nothing on the actual pole higher than the dancer's raised hands.
"My first competition ever, I shook my butt to Queen's 'Fat Bottom Girls' — I thought, as the only fat girl there, I was so clever — and shook my butt all over the place," said Ms. Vegas, a school teacher who, despite the name, currently makes her home in Miami and has been playing pole for over 11 years.
"I was so excited when Low Flow came out. As someone who's best upside-down tricks are always on or near the floor, I knew it would be my jam. I feel very comfortable low."
We Are the Champions!
Polly Ma busting out the bird of paradise move.
If you see someone pushing the premise that pole dancing should be an Olympic sport, they are more than likely a fan of the Championship category which, despite the name, is less about being an actual champion at it and more about the sheer number of tricks the dancer can pull off. It's technique, artistry and the real killer: difficulty.
"It's the category that best fit me because of my contemporary dance background and love of sad piano ballads," says Polly Ma, who recently crowned a raft of first-place finishes at the lower levels of competition with a first-place finish in Level 5. Where do dancers go from Level 5? They go pro.
"At first, I was extremely intimidated by the Championship category," Ma says. "But my strength is having a strong technical background, and that flowed into my pole tricks. Plus, the most interesting pieces to watch are the ones that are cohesive and emphasize musicality and emotion, rather than just a bunch of tricks strung together."
Your in-flight entertainment: Susie!
This is IT. Unadulterated fun, the Entertainment category is probably the only category that can routinely include, wait for it, jokes! Costumes and comedy, what else could you want? "It's the perfect platform for theatrical expression and zany storytelling," says Susie, a UX/UI graphic and product designer. "There's an unequivocal thrill to performing it."
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It's an interesting time for Tesla, to say the least. At the same time that Elon Musk finds himself the target of an SEC securities fraud lawsuit, the electric automaker appears to be ramping up Model 3 production in a major way. If you recall, early Model 3 production fell far short of Tesla's projections as the company struggled to work around any number of manufacturing bottlenecks. Ultimately, Musk took the blame, explaining that the company relied too heavily upon automation.
Since then, the company has slowly but surely increased Model 3 production, even reaching a 5,000 unit/week production rate last quarter, if only for a short period of time. As to how Model 3 production stands today, Electrek is reporting that Tesla during the September quarter managed to manufacture more than 51,000 units, just barely eclipsing the lower-end of the company's Model 3 production goal for the quarter.
What's more, Tesla reportedly managed to hit the 5,000 unit/week production threshold this quarter. This is particularly noteworthy given some of the skepticism we've seen surrounding Tesla's ability to sustain that production rate.
We'll obviously have more precise information once Tesla releases its earnings report for the quarter in late October. Until then, there's mounting evidence that Model 3 production trending upward, with Goldman Sachs analyst David Tamberrino recently stating that Model 3 production could hit 52,000 units once the quarter comes to a close.


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From LDP, take a Jambatan Pulau Pinang (a bridge near Sunway Mentari and Federal Highway). Drive straight and until you get into junction to Taylor's University. Take the flyover, leading to the front gate of South Quay, Sunway. Turn right and drive straight until you get to Sunway Medical Centre on your right. Drive further up and you see Sunway Pyramid on your right.
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What will be your take if you want to start off your first/next online venture/ business? What will be your criteria for choosing the best eCommerce development solution? Of course, you need a flexible, customizable and dynamic solution that can help you create beautiful online store quite easily. Magento is one of the ideal content management platforms on the web that offers out of the box solutions to help you build a customized web-store the way you always wanted.
Running an eCommerce store on Magento is not a chickenfeed for everyone. As a Magento store owner, you may face tenacious keyword competition because similar products are on sale on high traffic eCommerce sites, attaining Domain Authority (DA) or Page Authority (PA) for the product keywords – which is a slow process. So, if you want to improve the overall performance of your online store, you need to get higher ranking on widely-used search engines, like Google.
In simple terms, you need to optimize your Magento online store for search engines, in turn, you will get more web traffic as well as increased conversion rate.
When it comes to the Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Magento is considered to be the most powerful option. In fact, the latest version of Magento, Magento 2 has been updated and revamped to boost the default SEO capabilities to help you get the most of it without making much effort.
In this post, we will go through some of the proven on-page and on-site SEO tactics to help you get better ranking on Google and other search engines and also help you generate quality leads for your Magento eCommerce store.
If you want to drive more web customers, you need to allow search engines to index your online store. This informs the search engine bots which content to be indexed for enhancing the visibility of the e-store on web.
Fortunately, Magento 2 makes it super-easy for you to tweak the robots.txt file directly from the admin area. You just need to go to the System > Configuration > Design > HTML Heads. Here, you will see the basic fallback settings that you can adjust for SEO purposes. Now you can change the "Default Robots" setting to "INDEX, FOLLOW".
Creating XML Sitemap can help search engine crawlers to index your site quickly and easily. An XML sitemap allows website owners to tell search engines about all the pages of your site – this enhances your online visibility and helps you generate more leads.
The best part is that there have been tons of modifications and enhancements in XML Sitemap feature in the latest version of Magento, i.e., Magento 2. You can now set the frequency and priority for Product, Category. CMS and other web pages. Besides this, Magento 2 also offers the addition of XML Sitemap to a robots.txt file automatically.
Note: You can access this feature in Store > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog > XML Sitemap.
Most of the Magento store owners overlook the optimization of their Product Pages and then keep on losing their potential web customers. If you want to boost your SEO ranking, you need to optimize each product page for search engines.
Since every product page has the meta tag settings with the potential to set up standard tags such as meta title, description, and keywords, this can play a key factor in improving the ranking of your online store.
This particular feature generates a product meta-text based on the product attributes. Since it uses only one template, the meta-text for all products get revamped automatically.
Product Image Labels has the ability to use product labels that can help you grab a customer's attention and also boost the SEO by applying labels to the products, without even using the third-party extension.
Magento 2 offers the Rich Snippets feature that will help you display structured markup data from online stores in Google results.
These snippets let you make your pages look amazing in search results. It simply shows attributes such as price, rating stars, currency, and the product image to improves both SEO and CTR of your Magento eCommerce store.
Original and quality content is the key for effective Search engine optimization. So, make sure that your online store doesn't contain duplicate content. Magento enables you to classify and navigate them all to categories.
If you want to delete duplications in URLs, then click System > Configuration > Catalog > Search Engine Optimization, and set "No" for "Use Categories Path for Product URLs". In case, you products display in multiple categories, set "Yes to both "Canonical Link Meta Tag" boxes.
Note: Google never prefers websites that contain duplicate contents. If you want to get a higher ranking, then delete them from your online store.
Google Analytics integration allows you to get in-depth information about the action of your real-time visitor, keywords and traffic source. You can also the performance of your products and pages to get a better understanding of your marketing strategy.
To integrate Google Analytics into your Magento store, you need to click via System > Configuration > Google API, and set "Yes" for "Enable Option, and submit your Account Number.
Along with Google Analytics integration, you should also integrate Google Tag Manager. This will help you create and update tags for Magento 2 whenever you needed the most. Although, this particular feature is available only in the Enterprise Edition.
Magento is SEO-friendly by default and offers some of the best SEO capabilities in its most recent version. With the help of SEO functionality improvements, you can optimize your online store for search engines and increase its conversion rate.
These tips will improve the online presence of your Magento eCommerce store and help you generate more revenues.
Linda Wester is a Magento customization and development expert building highly custom Magento websites for all kind of businesses. Her main passion revolves around Magento and front-end development technologies.
You're right. Most Magento stores don't optimize their product pages. And that's very important for SEO. Google loves pages with less loading time and good user experience.


Ordering points to identify the clustering structure (OPTICS) is an algorithm for finding density-based clusters in spatial data.
It was presented by Mihael Ankerst, Markus M. Breunig, Hans-Peter Kriegel and Jörg Sander.
Its basic idea is similar to DBSCAN, but it addresses one of DBSCAN's major weaknesses: the problem of detecting meaningful clusters in data of varying density.
In order to do so, the points of the database are (linearly) ordered such that points which are spatially closest become neighbors in the ordering.
Additionally, a special distance is stored for each point that represents the density that needs to be accepted for a cluster in order to have both points belong to the same cluster.


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Sugarfire 44 is Home of Sugarfire's Largest (in Size) Sauce Bottle Collection, Private Event Space, and All the BBQ You've Come to Love.
Owned and operated by two STL boys and brothers, Jim Cook and Matt Martin, the culinary talent is strong and deep at Sugarfire 44. Running the show is General Manager Kris Glickert, Sous Chefs Rob Range and Kevin Milford, and Pitmaster Justin Dye. Our location boasts a large dining room that seats over 100 people inside, and we can fit 50 more outside on the deck. Whether you're traveling out of town or into the city, our separate to-go area allows you to make a quick BBQ pit stop.
Inside, there's a mix of 50s style tables and chairs, with bottles of seven different housemade sauces on each table — and huge, human sized bottles jutting out of the walls. We've got every sauce style imaginable: sweet, hot, mustard-based, even a white horseradish sauce for the curious. Soak up all those sauces, with our BBQ classics or one of our specialties. Check out our Meat Daddy to try them all: ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked turkey, and our housemade jalapeno cheddar sausage. If you want to try something off the beaten path, people sing the praises of our smoked salmon and portobello mushroom. Need something between two pieces of bread? Our Big Muddy Sandwich combines smoked sausage and brisket with BBQ sauce and some horseradish for a kick you won't forget. Our burger rivals the one at our sister restaurant, Hi-Pointe Drive in. It's worth a try to see which one will get your undying devotion.
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In 2017, Ah Chee requested a trade from Port Adelaide, citing a lack of opportunity as the primary reason. At the start of the trade period, he then nominated the West Coast Eagles as his preferred club. Ah Chee was traded to West Coast in October.
In season 2015, Ah Chee began his fourth season at Port Adelaide without a senior game to his name and needing to make an impression just to retain his spot on the list at season's end. Following some strong SANFL form, he was selected to make his AFL debut against North Melbourne in round 3. He started as substitute but had a late impact, setting up the winning goal with what eventually became his trademark long range handball. Ah Chee played a further 10 games and began to establish himself as an AFL player late in the season, collecting 24 disposals, 3 goals and 3 Brownlow Medal votes against Greater Western Sydney and then 25 disposals and a goal against Hawthorn. His combination of a strong body, athletic prowess, and a lightning handball made Ah Chee a valuable contributor to the Power.
An agile midfielder or forward, Ah Chee was recruited from South Fremantle Football Club in the 2011 AFL draft. His ancestors were Australian Aboriginal, Chinese, Dutch, and Scottish. His great-grandfather was Chinese. He is the older brother of Brisbane Lions player Callum Ah Chee. Ah Chee has the nickname Polly, because of his ability to handball unusually long distances like Graham "Polly" Farmer.
Brendon Ah Chee (born 21 December 1993) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Port Adelaide Football Club from 2012 to 2017.


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Q: Bash variables not acting as expected I have a bash script which parses a file line by line, extracts the date using a cut command and then makes a folder using that date. However, it seems like my variables are not being populated properly. Do I have a syntax issue? Any help or direction to external resources is very appreciated.
#!/bin/bash

ls | grep .mp3 | cut -d '.' -f 1 > filestobemoved

cat filestobemoved | while read line

do
    varYear= $line | cut -d '_' -f 3
    varMonth= $line | cut -d '_' -f 4
    varDay= $line | cut -d '_' -f 5

    echo $varMonth
    mkdir $varMonth'_'$varDay'_'$varYear

    cp ./$line'.mp3' ./$varMonth'_'$varDay'_'$varYear/$line'.mp3'
done

A: You have many errors and non-recommended practices in your code. Try the following:
for f in *.mp3; do
    f=${f%%.*}
    IFS=_ read _ _ varYear varMonth varDay <<< "$f"
    echo $varMonth
    mkdir -p "${varMonth}_${varDay}_${varYear}"
    cp "$f.mp3" "${varMonth}_${varDay}_${varYear}/$f.mp3"
done

A: The actual error is that you need to use command substitution. For example, instead of
varYear= $line | cut -d '_' -f 3

you need to use
varYear=$(cut -d '_' -f 3 <<< "$line")

A secondary error there is that $foo | some_command on its own line does not mean that the contents of $foo gets piped to the next command as input, but is rather executed as a command, and the output of the command is passed to the next one.
Some best practices and tips to take into account:

*

*Use a portable shebang line - #!/usr/bin/env bash (disclaimer: That's my answer).

*Don't parse ls output.

*Avoid useless uses of cat.

*Use More Quotes™

*Don't use files for temporary storage if you can use pipes. It is literally orders of magnitude faster, and generally makes for simpler code if you want to do it properly.

*If you have to use files for temporary storage, put them in the directory created by mktemp -d. Preferably add a trap to remove the temporary directory cleanly.

*There's no need for a var prefix in variables.

*grep searches for basic regular expressions by default, so .mp3 matches any single character followed by the literal string mp3. If you want to search for a dot, you need to either use grep -F to search for literal strings or escape the regular expression as \.mp3.

*You generally want to use read -r (defined by POSIX) to treat backslashes in the input literally.

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A nonprofit struggles to collect school supplies to donate to families in need
By Kaitlin Miller Triad
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Parents are expected to spend more money this year on back-to-school items even when compared to pre-pandemic numbers, according to a forecast from Mastercard SpendingPulse, but it's a different story for some families who may be struggling financially.
School supply sales are expected to surge this year
The Kyndall Project is struggling to collect donations
The nonprofit gives school supplies to families in need
At the age of 9, now 15-year-old Kyndall Williams started her nonprofit, The Kyndall Project, to provide school supplies that are essential for success in the classroom.
"We don't really have the right amount of school supplies for everybody, and so I wanted to make sure that everybody had the opportunity to get enough school supplies that they needed for school," Williams emphasized.
Williams' mother, April Reich, has helped her start and grow this nonprofit.
Reich says this year's "Back to School Jam," where they give away the school supplies, is more critical than ever because of the lasting financial impacts from the pandemic.
Reich says they're trying to help families who can't afford school supplies, but says they're also having a difficult time getting donations to meet the need.
"We only have 190 book bags right now and our goal was 2,000, but even if we get 500 or 200, we're still blessing the community," Reich said.
Williams adds, the prices for these essentials are higher than ever so she and her mother are going to work their hardest to help as many families as possible this school year.
"I learned you should never take things for granted and you should bless others with things that they need," Williams said.
You can find out more about The Kyndall Project and donate by visiting their website.


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Q: Animação mover-se do sentido direito para a esquerda Tenho esta pequena animação em javascript, que faz o meu background mover-se contudo, isto tem vezes que se move da direita para a esquerda e tem outras vezes que se move da esquerda para a direita.
Como faria para mover-se sempre da direita para a esquerda.
Código:
        $('#cores').animate({
 'background-position-x': cd.position
},{ duration: 6000, 'easing':'easeOutCubic'

Obrigado.

A: Tente definir dois lados, esquerda e direita como variável.
Depois procure fazer com que o background siga esta variável conforme a velocidade e efeito que você queira..
Se for o que eu entendi, você pode seguir esta lógica
Dê uma olhada neste site: All Animation , acho que lá deve ter o efeito que você quer! acho que dá pra ter uma boa noção.
Boa sorte!


A collaborative fintech platform in Belgium has launched an innovative new program aiming to improve cyber-security for start-ups. Trusted Fintech, which was launched by B-Hive Europe during the Digital Finance Europe conference in Brussels, will deliver a five-module program focused around people, process and technology. When a start-up successfully completes the program it then obtains the 'Trusted Fintech' label – a safety guarantee which B-Hive hopes will encourage further investment.
The fintech sector in Belgium is currently thriving with the country ranked in fifth place across Europe in terms of the number of deals completed. For a country of just 11.35 million people, it has a tech industry that continues to outperform its size. Belgium had 22 companies in Deloitte's EMEA Fast List in 2016, while it remains home to fintech giants including Clear2Pay - which has a revenue of over $600 million. The Belgian crowdfunding market has also doubled in size in just one year, according to data released by Fintech Belgium.
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This report was widely publicized at the time but has acted as a significant catalyst, with Belgium taking action to reverse the trend and instead the country has now established itself as one of the continent's safest jurisdictions in which to invest. The Belgian government has successfully worked closely with fintech start-ups to ensure that appropriate legislation has been introduced to protect firms – The Belgian Start-up Manifesto is one such example, while the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium has since run a range of safety campaigns.
B-Hive's Trusted Fintech label is the latest vital measure to protect fintechs from hackers. The program is interactive and hands-on, with members of B-Hive's 100-plus strong fintech community providing workshops, insight and new technologies to start-ups. Those that successfully obtain the label will have worked upon five core modules - cyber-security fundamentals, secure technology, regulation and certification, incident and data breach management and 360º third-party vendor risk.
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His views were mirrored by the buy-side.
Frank Maene, an investor at Volta Ventures – a venture capital fund for internet and software companies in the Benelux – explained how the label would add weight when they were choosing a fintech to invest in. "Such a trust label can make it easier for start-ups to convince us that they are serious and corporate-ready, we're definitely in favor of such a trust label," he said.
B-Hive has been working alongside the Belgian government on the Trusted Fintech label and will initially provide the platform domestically. However, the organization says that they are looking to work alongside similar groups abroad to deliver the platform globally with initial meetings with prospective partners set to be held in the Spring.


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A billboard stands tall not far from the murder scene at Briarwood Apartments on Golf Links Boulevard. The billboard pictures Phadarius with a caption that reads "Who Killed Me?" It's a horrifying reminder of her son's death. Lennie says she tries to avoid this route on her way home.
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December 31, 2016 is a night Lennie will never forget. She told KSLA News 12 her son had just gotten dressed to go out to bring in the New Year. Lennie said about 30 minutes later she received a call that her son had been killed. Phadarius was waiting in his car outside of the apartment complex when someone opened fire on his car.
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Ant Middleton tells Graham Norton his top tip & working with Rebel Wilson
The adventurer, explorer and positivity powerhouse joined the Graham Norton Radio Show today to talk about how to get moving, getting celebrities to open up and travelling across Mexico with Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson.
Ant told Graham about the Isn't It Romantic star who joined him on his latest adventure: "She's larger than life, she is sensitive but Rebel knows what she wants. She goes after it and uses all the positive traits that she has in order to get what she wants.
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The star told Graham about getting celebrities to sign up for the no frills show - which last year featured Liam Payne going into the wilderness with him.
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"A lot of people put them on a pedestal but they're willing to get off that pedestal and just ramble through the wild and prove that they're still this individual, that they're like everyone else, that they have emotions and yet they're incredibly resilient.
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"When we did Liam Payne and they saw that I wasn't just screaming and shouting at people, and getting them to do ridiculously-hard challenges, I think they realised this is a time to tell their story. After Liam Payne and now Rebel we've got a lot more people who are knocking at the door."
So what tips does the military man have for getting the nation charged? "The best thing to do is as soon as you wake up is to get up and get it done. The moment you start to get on with your day and one thing turns into another, before you know it, the whole day's run away from you.
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Orthodox Jews fear being targets of rising anti-Semitism
Posted on September 19, 2019 by Rodgeroc
As the rock was smashed into his face, the attacker's words hit Rabbi Avraham Gopin almost as hard. "He said 'Jew, Jew'," Gopin recalled in an interview with WCBS, a CNN affiliate. "It was hate," the rabbi added. The attack broke his nose and knocked out two teeth.
Gopin, 63, had gone out to get some fresh air in a park in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, late last month, when someone came up and began punching him. When Gopin tried to defend himself, the attacker hit him in the face with a rock.
Rabbi Avraham Gopin was left with bruises, missing teeth and a broken nose after he was attacked in a Brooklyn park.
A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime, as well as criminal possession of a weapon.
Gopin's ordeal was one of a growing number of anti-Semitic hate crimes reported across the country. In New York City this year, anti-Semitic hate crimes are already up 63% compared with 2018, the city's police department said. Nationally, anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 were at near-historic levels, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Last year had the third-highest totals for assault, harassment and vandalism against Jews, since the ADL started tracking in 1979.
While most of the reported anti-Semitic crimes in New York are acts of vandalism — such as swastikas scrawled on synagogues — many in the Orthodox Jewish community are worried about more violent personal attacks.
The concentration of Orthodox Jews in neighborhoods such as Crown Heights and Williamsburg in Brooklyn and traditional dress and head coverings worn by many can make them easy to find.
"They've always been more targeted because they're more visible," said Amanda Susskind of the ADL, which tracks hate crimes. "It's a very serious concern for the safety of the Orthodox."
Doniel Kramer, an Orthodox resident of Midwood in Brooklyn, said he agrees his community is more at risk. "Yes … because they stand out, especially now in this neighborhood."
He said a greater police presence could help to act as a deterrent, and the NYPD is stationing some auxiliary officers outside Jewish institutions to do just that.
Orthodox communities are taking action too, through "Shomrim" volunteer safety patrols in Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn, named for the Hebrew word for "guardians."
Standing near a mobile command center painted in similar style to NYPD vehicles, Bob Moskovitz of the Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol said his community is more worried these days.
"People are just afraid to walk around the street … especially the women that are walking and the kids that are going to yeshiva (religious school). These are all visible targets," he said.
Akiva Perl, a Crown Heights resident and son of a Holocaust survivor, said he fears a dark period for the Jewish people is repeating itself. "Somehow we're accustomed to it, unfortunately," he said. "It's not a shock. It's just something that repeats itself and hopefully God has his ways and it will be rectified before it gets, heaven forbid, to a terrible situation."
While not every crime against an Orthodox Jew may be driven by anti-Semitism, there is tension on the streets of Brooklyn and other neighborhoods.
A Jewish man walks with his children down a street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Community leaders want that feeling to change, not the people.
"No one should have to change the way they dress, whether they wear a facial beard or they wear Hasidic garb or a yarmulke on their head," said Chaim Deutsch, a New York city councilman and chairman of the council's Jewish caucus.
"No one should have to change their appearance of how they look, based on their religion," added Deutsch, who represents parts of Brooklyn that have seen attacks against Orthodox Jews.
He said he hopes education as well as the huge diversity of people in the city will make a difference.
"We have people here in New York City who come from 150 different countries, who speak 80 different languages. By understanding each other's culture and background, we'll bring more peace of mind and tolerance here in New York City and that is extremely important."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/us/new-york-orthodox-jews-fear/index.html
12 Responses to Orthodox Jews fear being targets of rising anti-Semitism
AT LEAST UNTIL THEY FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU BUTT WRANGLING THIEVING PEDOPHILES REALLY ARE…………..
"JEW,JEW"
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
VICTIM STATUS……. WHERE IS THAT "RABBIS'" SON?????
I DONT BELIEVE THE ARTICLE………
I SMELL BULLSHIT…………..
Rodgeroc says:
I'm a trucker and I've delivered in the Jewish sections in Brooklyn quite a few times. The orthodox Jews there are freaking RUDE. They stick their noses up at you. I've had them walk right behind my truck while I'm backing into my delivery, and when I get out to yell at them they act like they can't speak english.
CaptainObvious says:
That's because their Talmud tells them you have no more value than a cow or sheep.
You exist only to serve them.
Next time. Pop the clutch in Reverse.
DL. says:
There was a small group of Orthodox Jews at my Long Island HS. Once, one of the girls in this group ran into my classroom from hers next door, and begged my 9th grade geography teacher to give me a lower final grade because my grade was higher than hers! (I had the highest GPA in my 9th grade geography class, and she couldn't handle a gentile having the highest GPA!)
Then in NYC once a Hassidic jacka$$ banged into me once and yelled something in Yiddish complaining that I banged into him… I did not apologize since he's the one who did it. When I lived in Brooklyn 2 years I never went into Crown Heights or any other Hassidic area. These folks are crazy and even mistreat their own.
somethinghappeninghere says:
They should fear the wrath of God, Who will not put up with their "Jewish supremacy." Only God is supreme.
Fake semites with fake victim status. The ones who don't turn their back on their satanic cult and stop victimizing the rest of the world with their supremacist bigoted ways should have their yarmulkes nailed to the top of their heads. Filthy spin master khazarians!
# 1 NWO Hatr says:
Okay… who tipped 'em off.
Bluwater says:
Orthodox Jews fear being targets of rising Awakening
There. Fixed it
It's about Goddamn time.
It warms my heart to observe that millions of others can see the real enemy.
Especially when they wear fruity Hats and bizarre curly sideburns. Or just the beanie like small hats. That makes them easier targets…from a technical standpoint.
It's reverse camouflage.
HOW DID THAT WORK OUT FOR HER DL?
Why did the English ban them from Britain for 300 years? Oh I remember now. Ritual human sacrifice. Small children.


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