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Wow, Mojo must have poo'd a record, both in times and amount. He also ate around 1.5 cups of Eukanuba, now that his food is 'pure.' The puppy is a machine...a pooing machine. It's like he's dumped more than a pound of poo, and was going every 3 hours or so. Maybe he was getting the rest of the Blue out of his digestive tract. Maybe he just got that loving feeling. But this pace is unsustainable.
The two-pad system seems to work pretty well. We have two pads upstairs, two pads downstairs. That way he can pee on a pad then poo on another. We discovered that he only does one at a time, and for obvious reasons he doesn't want to use a recently-used pad for whatever he does next. Thus two pads per spot. He has problems, though, if he poops a volume of stuff. If he thinks it'll take more than one sqat he tries to arrange it so each squat is in an area of one pad that won't interfere with the other sqat - so he'll poo on opposite corners. If he doesn't know, then he poops in the middle of the pad, then he's screwed. Well he's not screwed, he just moves over and poops on the floor. It's unclear whether he actually knows he's over the floor or not, and there's really no way to tell what he's thinking. We haven't caught him enough times to see if he's got a sheepish/guilty look.
Luckily this hasn't been a problem today, because we've always been around. We're going to be leaving him home alone tomorrow, so this will be an issue. Strangely enough, he almost never thinks of going downstairs (or upstairs) if there's no space. He'll go down or up if he thinks we're watching him (for privacy), but won't do that for space reasons.
So we'll put down three pads and see what happens.
The other thing of note is we taught him to stand up. So when he's sitting or lying down and you want him to stand, well, now he does. What we can't figure out is how to get him to stop. For example, if he's running, how do you get him to, well, stop? Especially if he's off-leash, which he isn't...but he's getting stronger and pulling it out of our hands every once in a while. Plus he seems to like jumping off of sidewalks, which is a dangerous habit. Maybe we'll do that one before 'heel.'
Well, Mojo's gone back to Eukanuba full-force by eating a whole bowlful of it. Maybe they lace it with Puppy crack?
We'll try one or two more times, and if that doesn't work then we'll stick by Eukanuba. The only candidates left are the "Chicken Soup" stuff, used by some of the Hav list owners, and Innova.
Mojo's about 21 inches from nose to behind...tail not included. He's also 16 weeks and a day. Amazing that he's been here for 9 weeks.
Yesterday he met the neighbor's cat. The cat lives with a dog (bo/beau, if you remember) so it wasn't intimidated/freaked out by dogs. It was sitting on its stoop, waiting to be let in...a perfect time to introduce Mojo. Mojo sniffed it, and didn't quite know what to make of it. The cat sniffed Mojo, then went back to waiting at the door. Mojo kept sniffing it, then sniffed its butt to try and figure out...something. I got Mojo to 'leave it', but he kept looking back with this "what the heck was that" look. I was wondering if the cat was going to smack him, actually - that would have been funny to watch.
We're also thinking of switching away from Blue to another dog food. Mojo's stool is bigger, and he does it more often, which seems to mean that there's less digestion going on...less absorption? Well basically, more poo with the same volume of food means that something's not being absorbed. Also Ela thinks his coat isn't as nice as it used to be. She also said he's kind of got a minor itch on his paws, which might be a low-level allergy. Maybe Innova?
Mojo's ear color seems to be a darker shade of cream now, almost reddish. Wonder why?
Mojo's head seems to have grown a bit. Maybe it's the haircut?
The Blue/Eukanuba mix is doing weird things to Mojo's bowels. He poos more often, and more, with the mix than he did with just the Eukanuba. The poo starts out firm, then gets kind of mushy. Whatever.
We discovered that Mojo likes slides. There's a small playground nearby, and just for fun we put Mojo on the slide. The first time he was a bit dazed, but then he wanted to go back up and do it again. He slid down 3 or 4 times, and seemed really to enjoy it. It was funny to watch, because he slid down with his legs sort of bent, as if he was surfing.
He also got to experience an exercise ball, which we pulled out. He barked at it, sniffed it, then we tried to get him to do dog tricks with it. First we tried to get him to stand on it, which was a total failure; he'd just jump off. Then we tried to get him to stand up and push the ball with his front paws, which was sort of successful. We'll work on that one for a few more weeks and see what happens.
This is his new haircut. It doesn't look quite as obvious in pictures, and thankfully the effect is almost gone now. In real life, his head really does look like a helmet. Notice the hair on the upper muzzle is gone, mostly.
Well you can't notice it because there's not enough contrast. Anyway...
Last note: no bowlegs on this guy. You're supposed to check when they're wet, since you can't really see anything through all that hair. Yep, they're straight.
One thing: during his bath, he was able to jump out of the tub. The tub didn't have any water in it at the time, so now we know he can standing jump around 2 or 3 feet. That'll cause all kinds of problems :|
Did you know dogs had nictating membranes, like cats? Neither did I. I noticed this a few weeks ago, but just looked over at Mojo and his eye was open, showing his membrane. just thought I'd write that down.
Oh, I was thinking yesterday that Mojo seems a bit short. I said something about it to Ela, and now he looks short to her too. Then at puppy class, Riley's mom said something like "wow, he's short."
I measured him at around 8-9" high the other day, which means he's within the breed standard. Wonder if he'll grow any taller? He was also around 25-27" long from tip to tip. It seems long to me now, maybe I'll try another day and see.
Lastly, the fur on his tail is pretty scraggly. I'm not sure what's up with that, but it looks like the branch of a christmas tree...at the end of the season. The breed standard says "The tail is high-set and plumed with long, silky hair." Mojo's is all that, minus the long silky hair. Maybe it'll puff out when he gets his adult coat, which should be at around 9 months or so.
I think Mojo's favorite toy right now is a sock. He really loves fetching them, playing tug-o-war with them, and soaking them with slobber. In fact, I think Mojo would be happy to never have a new toy again, as long as we kept him in socks. Plus they're interactive. It's hard to interact with a chew-toy. I can't very well share it with him. But I can tug and throw socks.
We gave him a bath today, with just water & conditioner. He looks good! Then Ela gave him a haircut - and cut away most of the hair around his eyes. For around 20 minutes he looked really, really strange, because he had helmet head and, well, eye-sockets. She fluffed up the hair on his muzzle, and now he looks mostly normal. Hopefully the haircut will prevent all those little hairs from poking him in the eye and causing the tear-stains.
He's learned a bit how to get hairs out of his eyes. When something like that happens (a hair lays -across- his eyes), he'll sort of paw at his face the way a cat does, dragging his front paws over his head and down towards his muzzle. It works, but I think he only does that when we notice there's a hair in one of his eyes and start messing with the area around his eyes.
One thing I learned today is how strong his jaws really are. He sits on my desk during the day, and he's gotten into the habit of chewing on the pens. (Ela would say that I taught him it was OK to chew on pens). Well I had this big pushbutton plastic pen, and today he broke off the pushbutton end and was chewing it like gum. I wasn't too worried, since he hadn't swallowed the other parts of the pen he had broken off. Well I reached in and tried to get the pen top out of his mouth. Bad idea...one of his teeth came down on my thumbnail, and wow did it hurt. Maybe he can't now, but when he's older he'd probably be able to get his teeth right through my thumbnail. Ouch! So I don't feel so bad about his biting, which is mostly under control now. He's going easy on us.
Mojo graduated from puppy class today! Whoo!
Unfortunately, he celebrated by taking a poo on the bath mat in our bathroom. Boo, hiss. We try and keep that door closed most of the time, but it was open tonight and well, there he went.
Besides that, Mojo was great. He played with Riley during the puppy class, and did his thing in the 'graduation excercise.' We tried to see if he'd play with Jenna, the black lab, but Mojo was quickly overwhelmed by her - in about 1.5 seconds. So much for playtime with the big dogs.
Still, Mojo & Riley played for a long time. It was really fun to watch, so we'll be scheduling some play time for the dogs. Whoa, how weird, huh? Dog play-dates.
And I've come to realize that every time I talk about how long ago the last 'accident' was, and how Mojo's been so good about the bathroom, something happens. Sigh. After class I was joking we should put up one of those signs, like they have on construction sites: "no bathroom accidents in __ days." Guess it's time to reset that counter.
Oh well, maybe next week.
Nothing much happened yesterday, so no entry. Today, though, Mojo got his first watermelon rind!
Ela was in the kitchen doing kitchen things, and she had some rinds left over. She gave him one, just to see. He stared at it for 2 minutes, and during that time she was saying "take it, take it." She then turned away. When she looked back, Mojo was gone. She didn't hear anything - no chewing, no feet on the linoleum. He had gone, like a thief...with a mouthful of watermelon.
She found him under the green ottoman. He was eating it quietly, and when he saw her he looked up as if to say "please don't take it away." Instead, she brought him out and took some pictures! Yum Yum!
Mojo learned a new trick today - play dead! We just go bang! bang! And he falls over - or rolls over, depending on how he feels. We got it off this list of tricks:
Movie Dog Tricks
He really doesn't like doing anything besides sit. Tell him to lie down and he grumbles. Tell him "bang bang" and he probably won't do it...unless there's a treat involved. When you say "speak," he will make a noise most of the time - if you wait long enough. I guess he's "pay to play" too.
A weird thing happened tonight. For no apparent reason, Mojo went downstairs and sat down in our entryway. We couldn't get him to stay at the living room level - if we brought him up he just went back down. If we sat down at the top of the stairs he'd come up and say hi, then go back downstairs. Then about 20 minutes later he was back upstairs with us, all normal. Who knows?
Mojo has a new game! We've been playing it for days, but this is the 2nd time I've written about it.
Basically, the game is fetch...I take a bunch of rolled-up socks and throw them, and Mojo chases them and brings them back to me. Then he either drops it (then we keep throwing socks) or we get into a tug-of-war with it. Yeah, it's just fetch, but it's fun! Consider that only a few weeks ago if we tried to get him to fetch something he'd just look at us, as if to say "are you going to get that?"
He also can use his nose to find us, if he's not too lazy. If we do a hide-and-seek, the first thing he does is look at all the places we've hid before in the room he's in. So downstairs he looks behind the chairs, on the chairs, then behind the TV (not sure why he does that). He looks downstairs towards the front door, the does all that about three times. Then he goes upstairs to check.
Maybe his sense of smell will become more primary in his later years, but for now he's very sight-dependent.
He also knows the names for certain things. We realized that he knew what things were when I threw something and I accidentally said "get the sock" and instead of chasing that thing he went and got a sock! Our dream is to get him to do a "find the keys" thing, where if we lose something we can ask him to find it and bring it to us. The other trick we read was for the dog to go to the fridge, open it, get a soda, close the fridge, and bring it to us. Unfortunately, Mojo's too short to reach the soda :(


Computer Fraud and Abuse Act can't be used against employees who access data and take that information to competitors. Plus: Beware of debit-only ATMs.
CyberCrimeLaw.com reports on a Philadelphia Federal District Court ruling that has, for the second time in recent history, refuted the idea that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act can be used against employees who take files they are authorized to access from their employers prior to leaving their employment. While there still remains a Seventh Circuit Court ruling suggesting the CFAA is relevant, it is looking like this may not hold true in future.
The CFAA is intended to prevent employees from exceeding their authorization, thereby making it illegal if they access files for which they have no permission. However, it has been piled on against individuals in cases where they have taken files they do have access to, and privilege to access, when those files are taken to competitors. The recent court rulings are strongly suggesting this wasn't what the Act was intended to penalize.
AM/PM customers in northern California were targeted by criminals who installed a skimming device at a gas station there (read about it here and here). The device was attached to a debit card reader, and when a customer had problems trying to swipe his card he discovered the device and removed it. This is the second time that an AM/PM has been found with a skimming device.
It is worth noting that the device was installed on a payment system that only accepted debit cards. This would allow the criminals to obtain mag stripes and pins to access case via ATM systems, thus avoiding the anti-fraud mechanisms of credit card companies. Such actions suggests that criminals view the anti-fraud measures of ATM systems (or the banks that support them) as less effective than those of the credit card companies.
Be leery of debit-only systems. Typically there are no contractual agreements with your bank to refund fraudulent transactions done via debit systems. Banks have been fairly good at refunding such transactions, but at some point they may decide to stick closer to the agreement you have.


I don't get to do a lot of "weekend wear" posts, so here's one from Saturday's date night. Took in the MJ Cirque Du Soleil show - which I loved!
When I saw this skirt's bold contrasting stripes in a stretchy knit, I knew I had to have it. But I'm proud of myself, I held out until I was able to get it on sale with a coupon and a reward. Same item + cheaper price = me loving it even more.
And since I've been hoping, wishing and praying for a pair of mint shoes, these are definitely at the top of my fav spring purchases list. I rarely buy chunkier heels, but I swooned when I saw these lovelies and knew I must have them. And they're rather comfy to boot!
For me this look was all about color and contrast and oozed my personality, it was a win, win, win all the way around!


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Dubai is the second largest Emirate in the United Arab Emirates and probably the most well known. Under the guidance of Shaikh Mohamed bin Rashid bin Maktoum, it has forged a reputation as one of the most important and vibrant cities in the Middle East.
Dubai is one of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Synonymous with a high quality of life Dubai has become a location of choice for people to live and work, and as a tourism destination. This progressive and multi-cultural society is tolerant to the beliefs and needs of its highly cosmopolitan community. Of its population of nearly 1 million, 75% is expatriates from over 185 nationalities. Dubai has long earned its reputation as a pre-eminent commercial centre with an innovative, dynamic and entrepreneurial business culture.
The state of Dubai is commonly referred to as a city because it has been distinguished as the most modern and cosmopolitan environments in the Emirates, especially due to its rapid technological transformation over the past few decades.
Strategically located at the crossroads of trade and commerce between East and West, Dubai is in an ideal position to service and access markets that span the Middle East, North and South Africa, the Indian Subcontinent and the CIS. Moreover, Dubai occupies a time zone that gives it an unparalleled advantage in connecting markets as disparate as the Far East and the USA.
Sheikh Mohammed is the ruler of Dubai. It is said that he is primarily responsible for making Dubai what it is today; a modern high flying city thriving from commercial investments. Sheikh Mohammed's most significant business proposal was the introduction of Dubai's world class airline, the Emirates.
Although Dubai has been transformed into a man-made hi-tech city, it still has a strong Islamic culture with a stretch of historical buildings by the Creek. Whilst some may view this as a conflict of old meeting new, it is also considered to be a captivating city that offers both extremes; a traditional past interlinked with modern day.
A modern, safe, multicultural city with state-of-the-art medical, education, entertainment, shopping and sports facilities, and a plethora of amenities that make for a very high quality of life, Dubai is a city of choice for the modern professional and an ideal location for multinationals to establish a regional presence.


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Q: Create Partition (Standard partition vs LVM physical volume) in CentOS installation All. Forgive me I not familiar with the Linux. I am trying to install CentOS in the VMWare.  As I knew, Linux can only create three kinds of partitions. they are primary, extended, and logical, For MBR, the max numbers of primary and extended partition are 4. and The unlimited numbers of logical partitions can be created under the extended partition. (If I was wrong. Please correct me. Thanks.)
But As to the CentOS. I got the options like below when creating the partitions. Compare to the concept of primary, extended, and logical, I can't understand Standard partition and LVM physical volume and didn't know what is the difference between them. What does it mean creating an LVM physical volume? Could anyone please tell me more about it ?
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As I knew, Linux can only create three kinds of partitions. they are primary, extended, and logical

No, that's wrong. What you're describing here is PC old-style "MBR" partitions. This was the standard partition type on PC-type computers (and some others) since the 1980s but these days it's being replaced by GUID partitions. Logical vs primary partition is a hack due to the limitations of this 1980s system which you can ignore if you don't have to deal with older systems.
Using a standard partition system is essential if you have multiple operating systems installed on the same disk. Otherwise, you don't have to. Furthermore, even with multiple operating systems, you can use a single standard partition for Linux, and use Linux's own partitioning system inside it.
LVM is Linux's native partitioning system. It has many advantages over MBR or GUID partitions, in particular the ability to move or even spread partitions between disks (without unmounting anything), and to resize partitions easily. Use LVM for Linux by preference.
LVM achieves its flexibility by combining several levels of abstraction. A physical storage area, typically a PC-style partition, is a physical volume. The space of one or more physical volume makes up a volume group. In a volume group, you create logical volumes, each containing a filesystem (or a swap volume, etc.).

A: If you are not sure whether you need the lvm physical partition or not , then just create the standard partition.
The lvm physical volume (pv) is just a standard partition (with lvm meta data) to be used in lvm volume group (vg) from which a logical volume (lv) can be created , and the final logical volume is just like a block device where you can write a file system and mount it somewhere.

A: A logical partition is different from LVM which stands for logical volume manager.
First clarifying what logical partition is, they are simply partitions within an Extended partition, which is just like a Primary partition except you can sub-partition it and fill it with infinite logical partitions.
As you may have noticed, PC hard disks only allowed 4 (primary) partitions, and since we often need more, extended partitions were invented, which allows us to add as many sub partitions as we want.
here's an example of mixed primary and extended partitioning:
(p)=primary
(e)=extended
(l)=logical
/dev/sda                   1G

==>/dev/sda1(p)            250M
==>/dev/sda2(e)            1k
==>/dev/sda5(l) 125M

==>/dev/sda6(l) 125M

==>/dev/sda3(p)            250M
==>/dev/sda4(p)            250M

Moving on. LVM or Logical Volume Manager, is a separate layer from partitioning.
LVM uses physical volumes (PV) that are actual partitions on hard disks inside volume groups (VG), which can be considered as a "whole disk", of which you can "partition" with Logical Volumes (LV). The advantage of this is for easy storage expansion/shrinkage.
illustration of LVM:
Physical disks;
disk1(/dev/sda, see above for all its partitions)
disk2(/dev/sdb):
/dev/sdb                   1G
==>/dev/sdb1(p)            1G
LVM:
create PV for all the physical partitions (pvcreate /dev/sdx#):
VG1 (vgcreate VG1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb1):
/dev/sda1+/dev/sda3+/dev/sdb1
VG2 (vgcreate VG2 /dev/sda4 /dev/sda5 /dev/sda6):
/dev/sda4+/dev/sda5+/dev/sda6
LV1 (lvcreate -l 1400M /dev/VG1):
Here you have a 1400M partition residing on /dev/VG1; On here you can create a filesystem like you would on a normal partition.
Personally I like to think of LVM as a virtual hard disk system using a bricks-build-the-wall model to manages disk drives with the Linux kernel's device mapper. Logical Volume (LVs) is the wall, Volume group (VGs) is the pile of bricks that you picked to build your wall, and Physical Volume (PVs) are the bricks themselves (which can come in difference sizes and shapes). On the other hand disk partitions are the painted grids on the wall, where you can graffiti (write data) inside the bounds.

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Tristão de Oliveira Torres (? —?) foi um médico e político brasileiro.

Foi diretor do Hospital Psiquiátrico São Pedroentre 1901 e 1908, além de professor da Faculdade de Medicina de Porto Alegre, na disciplina Patologia Médica. Foi responsável também pela cátedra de psiquiatria.

Foi eleito deputado estadual, à 21ª Legislatura da Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Sul, de 1891 a 1895.

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Fans of Gotham's finest hero are getting the limited edition console they deserve — and also the one they probably need right now.
Sony announced a limited edition PlayStation 4 to commemorate the release of Batman: Arkham Knight in June. The slate grey PS4 is adorned with Batman's silhouette and comes with a matching DualShock 4 controller.
The console will cost $449.99 and is accompanied by a copy of the game. The slate coloring is reminiscent of the limited-run 20th anniversary PS4, of which Sony only released 12,300. That version commanded high prices on the secondary market due to its limited availability.
Batman: Arkham Knight is Rocksteady Games' final entry into the trilogy that includes Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. It pits Batman against the Scarecrow, the Penguin and other villains, along with a new foe: the titular, mysterious Arkham Knight.
It's out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 23.


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Losing to Brazil is nothing new. The USA has lost 18 out of 19 meetings following its 2-0 defeat at the Meadowlands.
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Not having many coffee shops like Nguyen Huu Huan or Thai Phien, Ly Thuong Kiet still is a interesting choice to enjoy a cup of coffee in free time. Having wide pavement with the variety of big and fresh trees, so Ly Thuong Kiet is a heaven of peaceful souls.
In the beginning of the street, vingtage beauty of Cong café is suitable for people who love careful and graceful service but it remain convenient spirit of coffee vender. In the middle of the street, let's visit Tonkin or Tuyet coffee to see street, to sunbathe and enjoy a cup of coffee. This is famous coffee shops which have beautiful view and cup of special coffee.
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Retirement: Social Security-related program needs a major overhaul, expert says
Stephanie Asymkos
August 3, 2021, 12:29 PM ·4 min read
Social Security isn't the only federal retirement program that needs serious work, according to one expert.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) — designed for people with very low Social Security benefits or for those who don't even qualify for them — hasn't changed much since it was signed into law by President Nixon in the 1970s.
The program supplements Social Security benefits, which are earned through work. The maximum benefit tops out at $800 per month.
"Starting in 1972 and for every year since, SSI recipients can only keep $20 of their Social Security," Kathleen Romig, senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), said on Yahoo Finance Live recently (video above). "After that, their SSI benefit is reduced dollar for dollar. That's a big deal for a lot of people receiving SSI."
John Buhagiar at Fenney Recreation Center in The Villages, Fla., March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Yana Paskova
That $20 hasn't increased for inflation since then.
A majority of SSI recipients are people of color, particularly children and adults with disabilities.
"By improving the Supplemental Security Income program, it's a way of trying to mitigate some of those labor force disparities that we see by race," Romig said. "It's a way to help counteract some of the inequality that we see in all parts of our society."
'All kinds of intrusive questions asked repeatedly over and over'
A major issue with the program is that it limits how much people can own in assets or have in their savings. (At the time it was established in 1972, 401(k)s and IRAs didn't exist.)
"We just weren't expecting people to save as much," Romig said.
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Individuals can hold a maximum of $2,000 in their savings, while couples can have only up to $3,000. Neither of these figures have been updated since 1989.
"If that had been increased just with inflation since 1972, it would be four times as high," Romig said. "Arguably, it should be increased even more now that we're asking people to save more, especially for retirement."
Curtis Hay, 82, who worked for Boeing for 30 years, plays chess in Sun City, Arizona. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
The program also has additional rules that Romig described as "intrusive." For example, if someone is a recipient of disability benefits, they have a "continuing disability review" to ensure they continue meeting the medical eligibility requirements.
"They also have something a redetermination," Romig said, "which just makes sure that people continue to met those financial criteria."
Perhaps the "most complicated" rules, however, are the in-kind support and maintenance rules. This limits the amount of financial help an SSI recipient can get from family or friends.
"That may be a bag of groceries, maybe a room to stay in," Romig said. "And if they do, the value of their benefits is reduced dollar for dollar. In order to administer a rule like that, you have to ask people all the time 'Are you getting a bag of groceries? Where do you live? Who do you live with?' All kinds of intrusive questions asked repeatedly over and over."
According to CBPP, less than 10% of recipients report receiving this kind of support, but every single SSI recipient is still asked repeatedly. There are no other federal programs that consider in-kind support when determining benefits.
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"It's very expensive to administer, very prone to error," Romig said. "One thing that's included in this SSI Restoration Act is just getting rid of those rules. There aren't rules like that in any other federal program and just getting rid of those rules altogether and allowing people to support their friends and family without being penalized."
Calling for expansion and simplification, the SSI Restoration Act — which is currently in Congress — aims to upend some of the more outdated rules and bring the program into the modern age. But overhauling an antiquated system costs money, and by the Social Security actuary's estimation, it's about more than $500 billion over 10 years.
"I don't think that's probably in the cards for the kind of package that we're talking about right now on Capitol Hill," Romig said.
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But, she added, addressing certain issues with the program — like the income and asset rules — it would cost less than $100 billion over the same time period.
"That might be something that policymakers could fit into a package like the one they're discussing now," Romig said.
Stephanie is a reporter for Yahoo Money and Cashay, a new personal finance website. Follow her on Twitter @SJAsymkos.
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Иления Каризи (Ylenia Carrisi) е най-голямата дъщеря на известните италиански певци Ромина Пауър и Ал Бано Каризи. Самата тя е поетеса, художничка и пътешественица. Като студентка решава да си вземе известно време ваканция, продава всичките си вещи и с парите предприема околосветско пътешествие само с раница на гърба. Най-напред посещава Латинска Америка.

След като се завръща в САЩ в началото на януари 1994 година, изчезва при загадъчни условия в Ню Орлиънс, Луизиана. Продължава да се води изчезнала, защото тялото ѝ не е намерено. Съществува вероятност да се е хвърлила в река Мисисипи.

Външни препратки
 Ylenia Carrisi – Dove Sei? Figlia di Al Bano e Romina Power, YouTube
 Ylenia Maria Sole Carrisi

Източници

Италиански художници
Италиански поетеси
Пътешественици
Хора, свързани с Лондонския университет
Американци от италиански произход
Родени в Рим
Безследно изчезнали


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25 Uvalde Officers to Be Investigated After Mass Shooting
(PresidentialWire.com)- Every municipal police officer who responded to the shooting tragedy at Robb Elementary School on May 24 will be under investigation, the Uvalde City Council has announced.
According to reports, the city council stated that Jesse Prado, a veteran Austin police investigator, had been chosen to head the inquiries. He will speak with the 25 police officers who responded to the incident individually.
After an inquiry found systemic flaws and blatantly bad decision-making in the reaction to the assailant who killed 19 children and two teachers while hundreds of responding cops failed to stop the gunman, the municipal council took this latest move.
According to a cable news report, a Texas House investigation condemned what the lawmakers called "an overall lackadaisical approach" by federal, state, and local authorities to the shooting. There were 376 responding law enforcement officers at Robb Elementary School. Yet, the report found that it took authorities 77 minutes from when the gunman entered the school building to breach the classroom he had occupied and neutralize him.
The report also said numerous law enforcement officials abandoned police protocol and training for active shooter situations. They failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety.
Councilman Ernest "Chip" King III stated that every officer and his actions were being examined as part of the probe. King further noted that the city would act in response to an assessment and penalize those accountable for the inadequate police response.
Lt. Mariano Pargas, the acting chief of the Uvalde Police Department on the day of the shooting, has already been placed on administrative leave pending an inquiry into whether he had the right to assume leadership.
Additionally, the Robb Elementary School principal, Mandy Gutierrez, has been suspended by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District after it was discovered she was aware of security issues with improperly locked doors but did nothing. Pete Arredondo, the district's chief of police, has also been placed on administrative leave.
According to local news, several attendees of the city council meeting demanded the suspension or desk duty of all the responding city police.
Public firings, apologies, and a verbal explanation of their actions in their own words would be nice, too.


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GVP may refer to:

Places
 Greenvale Airport, Australia, by IATA code

Organisations
 All-German People's Party (German: ), a political party in West Germany
 Goa Vikas Party, a political party in Goa, India
 Great Valley Products, a former third-party Amiga hardware supplier
 Gurukula Vidya Peeth, a high school in Andhra Pradesh, India
 Gwendoline van Putten School, a secondary school in St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
 Golden Village Pictures, the distribution arm of cinema operator Golden Village

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 Global Volcanism Program, of the Smithsonian Institution
 Good pharmacovigilance practice as defined by the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
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April 8, 2002: Robot News Is Here
Well, you knew it had to happen sooner or later. According to the Associated Press, some pointyheads at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have begun work on a robot reporter. Evidently, our lives aren't fulfilled enough talking to recordings instead of live human beings whenever our power, telephone or cable goes haywire. Now, we are going to have some gadget running around gathering news for us.
The chief pointyhead on the project, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, is quoted as saying the intent in developing this mechanical news gatherer is to assist, not replace, human reporters. Yeah, right. That's what the techno-geeks always say. Mark my words, they won't be happy until some glass-eyed android kicks me out of this space so it can regale you with stories on Einstein's theory about his relatives.
Mr. Csikszentmihalyi, who heads the Media Lab at MIT, says that the remote-controlled robots, loaded up with accelerometers, distance sensors and cameras, could zip up to the front lines in Afghanistan and gather news and then zip back home. I am certain that this effort will have the total support of the reporters there. Robots would keep them from getting shot at and allow them more time to sit around the bar at the Kandahar Hilton and complain about their expense accounts.
Far be it for a humble UGA graduate to criticize Mr. Whoozit and the gang at MIT, but they might want to consider one slight change in their design. Current plans call for the roving robot reporter to carry a flag with a peace symbol on its antenna, signifying its neutrality. I guess it has not occurred to the geniuses that some grunt private sitting armpit deep in a muddy trench will pull out his M16 and send this marvel of technology to robot heaven when it comes chugging past him waving its little peace flag.
Still, this may be an idea whose time has come. I suspect that newspaper editors would love roving robots in their newsrooms, and why not? They wouldn't have to listen to reporters whine about deadlines and about having their stories edited. If one of the robots asked for a raise, the editor could stomp the sucker to pieces and pull a new one out of the box.
I must confess that I don't know exactly how the roving robot reporter works but I've got to believe that if it can be made to operate in Afghanistan, it could work in other hostile environments – like the state Capitol. Of course, the rover would have to undergo a couple of modifications. If the gizmo wanted to interview Democrats, it would fly the new state flag. For Republicans, it would hoist up the old Stars and Bars banner. And if our esteemed public servants chose to ignore the little bugger's questions, it would zap their fannies good and proper with its hidden laser gun.
The roving robot reporter would undoubtedly pose a serious problem for journalism schools around the nation. Professors would have the challenge of making the machines lean to the left like the Woodward and Bernstein wannabes they crank out each year. And there is the additional concern of learning to change the robot's oil and tune up its accelerometers. Can't you just picture a journalism professor in white coveralls and safety glasses telling a student, "Mr. Figley, for the last time: That is not a spark plug. That is a crankshaft."
Am I threatened by this new technological innovation? Darn right I am. The silly thing probably knows where to put all the commas and semicolons in a column without asking and can split an infinitive as easily as it can an atom. With a tinker here and a hot wire there, a robot could even be taught to write nice things about ice hockey, the world's dumbest game, and natural gas deregulation, the world's dumbest idea.
I don't know about the rest of my colleagues but I choose to fight back. If the boys at MIT can stick their uninvited noses in the Fourth Estate and grace us with a robot reporter, why shouldn't I reciprocate and construct a robot engineer? How hard could it be? All I need to do is slap on a couple of plastic pocket protectors and make sure it looks like a nerd.


'Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.
On 1st February 2019, we celebrated World Read Aloud Day in our Language classes. When the older children came in to read stories to our little ones on Friday morning, the twinkling smiles lit up all of lower school. Later in the afternoon, three very special surprise guests visited middle school and captivated us with stories of mystery, childhood memories and of the power of human spirit. The children had so many questions and shared with us memories and experiences of their own! Thank you to Farhan Choudhury's grandmother, Meher, Ms. Manika and Ms. Riddhi for reading to us. Watch the video of the read- aloud here.
Generous donation towards Gateway's Teacher Observation and Development phone application.
Our community of educators, therapists and students at The Gateway School of Mumbai are forever grateful to Mrs. Pushpa Pravinchandra Mehta(Nani) for supporting the creation of our very own teacher observation and development application in loving memory of her daughter Amita Pravinchandra Mehta who was differently abled. This app is going to help our teachers become more reflective in their practice and constantly strive towards growth! We would also like to thank Mr. Ramesh Mehta, Ms. Shefali Goel and Ms. Shivani Rahimtoola for their support towards this!
Gateway's latest initiative to move towards an environmentally friendly campus started this month with composting. It is our objective to replace all the soil in Gateway's flora with organic soil over this and the next academic year. We would like to thank our support staff for extending over and above their daily duties to take this project off the ground over the weekends. Stay tuned as we will update our progress over the next few months. A very big thank you to Ms. Melody for helping us in the entire process.
The Math team's annual event, this year titled "The Mathventure Game 2019" took place this month. The goal of this event is to expose the students to fun ways of doing math while solving real life problems. This year, the activities included fraction hopscotch, math pictionary, treasure hunts, math fairs and other games all done in teams. At the end of the event, all participants got awesome math badges and certificates! A special thank you to the interns from SNDT who helped plan and execute the games.
Middle School's'The Fearless Minds are currently learning about 'Energy' in their Science and Humanities unit. To empower them with further knowledge, Mr. Santosh Saraf from Senss (Sharp Energy Saving Solutions) was invited to address the class about solar energy. Mr. Saraf and the students discussed the benefits of using this energy source during this interactive and fruitful session.
Farhan Choudhury participates in the first Para-Badminton camp held at Mumbai.
Our middle school student, Farhan Choudhury (a national para-badminton player), participated in a two-day para-badminton camp organised by the Para Sports Association with support from ASB. The workshop included beginners as well as seasoned players like Farhan, looking to hone their game. Children with different disabilities like autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, down's syndrome and wheelchair bound children joined the camp. Last week at Grandstand, Farhan presented to the school about his journey towards competitive badminton which he started at the age of ten. Farhan started under Mr. Mark Dharmai, an international para badminton gold medalist and has also received training at the Gopichand Gurukul. The students were inspired and had many questions for him!
Our student, Varun Naren, runs an initiative called Varun's Creations along with his mother Ms. Veena Naren, which sells products with his own illustrations printed on them. His work was appreciated and recognised by Dr. Sujata Bhan from the SNDT's Department of Special Education who gifted the speakers some items from Varun's creations and even offered a stall to showcase these at the ICE conference organised by SNDT.
The educators and participants at the conference were highly appreciative of Varun's talent and work and agreed that his products were great for gifting and other purposes! Many educators and parents took back ideas inspired by his work for their children with various talents. Great work, Varun!
Our student, Rishaan Patil wrote and published a story on storyweaver.org.in . The short story is about a boy named Bobby and his outing to a fun fair in Dadar! Read Rishaan's story here! StoryWeaver is a digital repository of multilingual stories for children from Pratham Books. It allows you to read, create, translate, or download an endless stream of free stories!
As part of their Science and Humanities unit on "Heroes", the students of lower school each picked a person they admire and created a presentation on the qualities of their hero and why they identify with him/her. The purpose of this project was for the students to get an understanding of how ideas and beliefs influence our choices and how we tend to look up to certain people and try to adopt the positive qualities we see in them. The team invited into their classes, people who the children look upto so that they get a broader understanding of how one's choices are influenced by their heroes. Ms.Varsha and Ms. Sara also participated by presenting on their own heroes. After this, students faced their fears and made their way to the front of the class to present their final product in front of teachers and students from across school!
This month, some of our middle school students wrapped up with their unit on 'Organic Farming' in Science and Humanities. As an end product of their overall learning, they set up their very own small "Organic Cafe" where they sold delicious organic food such as quinoa puffs, sprouts dhokla, jaggery chocolate, chana chaat, potato vada. Our high school students who usually run the cafe, mentored the middle school students through this process. The parents of these students were super generous and collaborative and sent in the above-mentioned items. This also gave a platform to the students to transfer their classroom learning to real-life setting by practicing money transaction and conversational skills and making bills. Hardwork and perseverence showcased as the cafe was a huge success! Here is a video that highlights the entire process of the students growing and nurturing the plants with their love!
This month's Parent Support Group meeting had a different edge to it. One of our parents stated right at the start how the PSG has been a feel-good space for her not only through talking and sharing but also through moving! This session was facilitated by dance and fitness instructor, Ms. Anchal Shah who presented briefly about the importance of fitness and exercise. She then led everyone to warm-up followed by a graceful dance routine. The parents left feeling refreshed and energised!
This month Gateway organised a mini- workshop on effective communication for our parents. Our Social- Emotional team led and facilitated this workshop in order to share and learn strategies that may support us when interacting with our children. This workshop was full of real-life examples to understand how and when to proactively teach and when to diffuse the situation. Parents shared their challenges in certain situations, as facilitators helped them problem-solve.
Gateway teachers attended the Teachers Training Program (TTP) at the American School of Bombay (ASB) for six Saturdays. The workshops were conducted in the areas of child development and growth mindset, reading, writing, math, science and social studies at different grade levels. There were additional workshops that were centered around responsive classroom training and leadership skills. On the 1st of February, ASB invited the participants to both their elementary as well as high school campus observe classroom practices and teaching instruction in action. Interest-based workshops on diverse topics such as learning space design, teaching students with higher abilities, behaviour management, curriculum design were conducted on the final day of TTP. Participants presented their learnings and implementations from the TTP in small groups. It was an enriching experience to connect with and learn from the presenters and participants from diverse organisations.
The Gateway team got together to discuss how we can best optimize our Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and chalked out which team members would be responsible for different aspects of progress monitoring going forward.
A team of teachers and therapists from Gateway attended a one day workshop 'LD workshop 2019' at Nahar International School. The workshop facilitated an exchange between international experts working in the field of education for students with learning differences and participants (teacher and counselors) from schools across India. The speakers were school leaders, educators and psychologists from Curry College, Beacon College, Gow School and Forman School in the United States. We learned about current practices in higher education for students with learning differences and possible avenues of educational and career opportunities.
The different departments in school got together to analyze the feedback received from the annual parent feedback survey. In these meeting spaces, coordinators shared some key themes that were derived from the data, and collaborated with team members to create an action plan for the remainder of the year.
We had teams from various organisations like Amity, Swadhaa and SIES, India as well as Curry College, USA visit Gateway to observe classroom practices.
A few students from SNDT Women's University, Juhu interned with us over the last month, they were guided and mentored by our teachers of various departments.


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Q: Count total occurances when two fields match with MongoDB I'm trying to find the total number of times two fields match in a mongo database. I currently have it working to count the total of one field, but cant figure out how to get it to count when they match. An example of my data is:
| artist   | song   |  played
| artist1  | intro  |  yes
| artist2  | song1 |   yes
| artist1  | intro  |  no
| artist3  | intro  |  yes
| artist1  | intro  |  yes
so currently, i can get it to count the total number of times there is the song title "intro" exists in the database, but i would like for it to be able to differ from artist1's song named "intro" from artist2's song named "intro".
The code i currently have is:
db.music.aggregate([{$sortByCount: "$song"}])
which would then output
intro : 4
song1 : 1
But i can't figure out how to change the query to display it as:
artist 1, intro :  3
artist 3, intro :  1
Any help would be appreciated!
Also, is there a way to only count the times where the "played" field is equal to "yes"?
Thanks again!
artist 2, song 1:  1

A: Assuming these are your documents:
/* 1 */
{
    "artist" : "artist1",
    "song" : "intro",
    "played" : "yes"
}

/* 2 */
{
    "artist" : "artist2",
    "song" : "song1",
    "played" : "yes"
}

/* 3 */
{
    "artist" : "artist1",
    "song" : "intro",
    "played" : "no"
}

/* 4 */
{
    "artist" : "artist3",
    "song" : "intro",
    "played" : "yes"
}

/* 5 */
{
    "artist" : "artist1",
    "song" : "intro",
    "played" : "yes"
}

This query will give you the counts for each song by each artist:
db.getCollection('test').aggregate([{"$match":{"played":"yes"}},
{"$group":{_id:{"song":"$song","artist":"$artist"},"count":{"$sum":1}}},
{"$project":{"song":"$_id.song","artist":"$_id.artist","count":1,"_id":0}}
])

Result:
/* 1 */
{
    "count" : 1.0,
    "song" : "intro",
    "artist" : "artist3"
}

/* 2 */
{
    "count" : 1.0,
    "song" : "song1",
    "artist" : "artist2"
}

/* 3 */
{
    "count" : 2.0,
    "song" : "intro",
    "artist" : "artist1"
}

To get counts only for played songs, just add {"played":"yes"} in a match stage like so:
db.getCollection('test').aggregate([{"$match":{"played":"yes"}},
{"$group":{_id:{"song":"$song","artist":"$artist"},"count":{"$sum":1}}},
{"$project":{"song":"$_id.song","artist":"$_id.artist","count":1,"_id":0}}
])


Mayor de Blasio's jobs plan has cost the city $300 million so far — and created just 3,000 jobs.
Patchett said the program had "laid the groundwork to create nearly 19,000 good-paying jobs," a metric the city defines as a job that pays — or will soon pay — $50,000 a year.
But the amount actually created in the year since the plan launched is much fewer.
"I would say of the 19,000, we believe we're at — we're at about 3,000 of those actual jobs, people working, today. But I want to be clear, clear, we're doing annual updates, we're doing annual updates, we did our best to prepare for this hearing because we were holding it today," Patchett said.
Patchett only offered up the figure after being pressed repeatedly by Councilman Ritchie Torres — who had noted the 19,000 figure the city was sharing was simply a projected jobs figure, not an amount of actual jobs created.
The plan measures jobs created by city actions — like selling, leasing or developing city-owned property, providing financing and tax incentives to help businesses acquire property or renovate facilities, making capital investments in infrastructure that directly help a company, making zoning changes, and directly financing some industries.
Patchett noted some of that takes time — pointing to the re-zoning of Midtown East as one expected job creator, but one that will take several years because it involves new buildings being constructed.
He also said the city would have a fuller picture of new jobs created by the end of the fiscal year, noting many of the companies involved in the program were small.
"We can't just expect them out of nowhere to answer our questions," Patchett said.
He was grilled about the slow jobs creation numbers by the same City Council that had previously grilled him over a deal to bring Amazon to New York City — and Patchett noted that Amazon was projected to yield more than 23,000 jobs that would've been counted under New York Works plan.


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Q: Connecting to IBM zOS system/DB2 table with a PHP Cloud Foundry app Is it possible to connect from w3ibm.bluemix/PHP Cloud Foundry app to a bluezone zOS system and it's DB2 table?
I already connecting to a DB2 table on w3ibm.bluemix (using a db2 service and having a table there). It worked, but now I would like to connect to a zOS system.
When I try to connect locally I receive this error message:

An attempt to connect to the database server failed because of a licensing problem. SQLSTATE=42968 SQLCODE=-1598

I have a lincense file but its in jar format (db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar) and I have no idea how to add a jar to a php project..
When I try to connect from w3ibm.bluemix (Cloud) - I receive this error - using the same code:

The remote host "******.UK.IBM.COM" was not found. SQLSTATE=08001 SQLCODE=-1336

Thx in advance!

A: You need to find a Db2-connect gateway server (or secure gateway) that is located in a zone reachable from bluemmix with the relevant ports opened.  There may be approvals required for such access, specific credentials, encryption/key-exchange requirements etc.
I suggest you engage the people who look after the target Db2-system, or the service owner(s) for the application(s) that manage the target data.

A: For connecting from IBM Bluemix to a blue zone zOS DB2 with a PHP Cloud Foundry app,

*

*Deticated Secure Gateway,

*PHP buildpack with DB2 extension and

*zOS DB2 license file copied to the right place
are needed.
For point 2, PHP buildpack, you just have to update your manifest.yml, adding or updating build-pack value to:
buildpack: https://github.com/ibmdb/php-buildpack

Then you have to set the version of PHP used to one that has DB2 extension pre-setted, so it's installed during build. For that you need a composer.json file in your project root folder - example with this value:
{
    "require": {
        "php": "7.0.16"
    }
}


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Volunteers from Catholic Charities of New York to Participate in 2020 HOPE Count
On Monday, January 27, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York staff and volunteers will join the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) and hundreds of volunteers from around the metropolitan area to canvass parks, subways and other public spaces to estimate the number of homeless in the five boroughs. DHS has led the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) Count in the city since 2005.
Homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s, according to the Coalition for the Homeless, based on Fulton Street. The source reports that in September 2019, there were 62,391 homeless people, including 14,962 homeless families with 22,083 homeless children, sleeping each night in the municipal shelter system. Families make up more than two-thirds of the homeless shelter population.
PANEL DISCUSSION KICKOFF
To mark the event, Catholic Charities New York will present a special panel discussion at 8:30 PM before heading out to the streets for the homeless count, which begins at 10 PM.
Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, executive director of Catholic Charities New York, will host the pre-count panel at the Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, located at 325 East 33rd Street between First and Second avenues in Manhattan.
The discussion will feature Catholic Charities experts who work with the homeless population—and one speaker who is currently homeless and another who was formerly homeless–to put a true face on the problem. The conversation will provide insights into the crisis and explore how Catholic Charities has reached out to help and provide shelter. Light refreshments will be served at the reception.
"For many New Yorkers, the homeless are observed but not really seen," said Daniel Carinci, senior policy analyst, Catholic Charities of New York Government & Community Relations. "We want to better understand what would make somebody sleep on the street on one of the coldest nights of the year rather than take shelter. There are a number of unmet needs that prevent people from seeking housing, including fears they face."
Carinci will walk the walk that night with Luz Tavarez, Director of Government & Community Relations at Catholic Charities New York.
"Luz and I will be out counting," said Carinci. "She has done it for years, but this is my first time." Volunteers work in pairs, and he added that city-sponsored vans with outreach teams are on the streets that night if homeless people choose to go to a shelter.
THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR THE HOPE COUNT
Visit http://bit.ly/HOPECT. Be sure to select "Catholic Charities" for the answer to "How did you hear about HOPE?" Catholic Charities New York team leaders will be at locations in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island.
To RSVP for the reception, call 646-794-3784 or email Luz Tavarez.
See also: Housing Emergency Shelters, Food Pantry
Encore Fundraiser Honors Msgr. Kevin Sullivan; Agency Plans Extended Outreach to Theatre District Seniors
Catholic Charities Responds as End of Rent Eviction Moratorium Hits Bronx Tenants
New York Rent Crisis Topic of Live Panel Discussion with The City, Catholic Charities New York, and Other Experts


I've decided to reach deeply into my liquor cabinet and devise a new cocktail that anyone (well, nearly anyone) can make with relative ease.
This cocktail is based on Bourbon Whiskey. If you've been following me for these past months on Modenus, you'll see that I have a particular passion for Bourbon. Not only Bourbon but also Absinthe. This little cocktail, more of a slurp than a tall drink is called the J. Madison Mutt Cocktail – It features Bourbon, a bit of cognac and a few dashes of ginger simple syrup. Then I notch up the flavor with a bit of maple syrup and some Absinthe. I also take some tangerines and sear them in a pan to bring out their perky flavors- then I muddle them with some seared lemons.
Boil Sugar into water and add ginger root until sugar is dissolved. Let cool and let steep with the ginger for a couple of hours before using.
Warren the drink is very creative and a delightful way to begin the new year !


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U.S. Virgin Islands Officials: Epstein Trafficked Girls On Private Island Until 2018
Gabriel Lopez Albarran
A view of Jeffrey Epstein's mansion on Little St. James Island. Prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit that accuses Epstein of human trafficking that victimized young women and children as young as 11.
Prosecutors in the U.S. Virgin Islands have unveiled a new lawsuit against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein alleging that over two decades he ran a conspiracy in which he transported young women and girls to his private Caribbean islands by helicopter and boat and then subjected them to sexual abuse.
Authorities claim Epstein's sexual predation on the hideaway islands occurred as recently as 2018 and involved children as young as 11 years old. The suit alleges the activity was covered up by Epstein's associates through a complex web of corporations.
In one instance, investigators say a 15-year-old who was forced into sexual acts with Epstein attempted to escape by swimming off one of Epstein's private islands, Little St. James. Eventually, Epstein's crew found her after assembling a search team and took her passport, prosecutors say.
Along with Epstein's other privately owned island, Great St. James, authorities estimate that the islands are worth $86 million, just a slice of Epstein's total assets, valued by the government to be more than $577 million.
The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Denise George seeks to confiscate all property used in the alleged criminal conspiracy, including his two private islands, and is asking for the recovery of millions of dollars from the Epstein estate. Epstein's victims would be the beneficiaries of what authorities are hoping to seize, George said.
Addressing reporters on Wednesday, George said the civil suit detailed an "expansive scheme" that shows a "pattern and practice of human trafficking, sexual abuse and forced labor of young women."
Epstein, who authorities say died by suicide in jail last year while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, faced accusations of sexually abusing young women and children in New York and Florida, but those allegations were dated no later than 2005.
The lawsuit filed this week by Virgin Islands prosecutors significantly widens the scope of his alleged sexual abuse to include conduct in 2018, the same year public scrutiny began to mount on the wealthy money manager in the wake of a Miami Herald investigation into his long history of alleged sexual abuse.
The lawsuit filed on Tuesday lays out how Epstein allegedly enticed and entrapped dozens of victims.
As the prosecutors tell it, his associates would locate young women and lure them with the promise of advancing a modeling career, pursuing educational opportunities or landing other work. Epstein would then arrange for the victims to visit his islands, flying them by helicopter or plane, or transporting them by boat.
"As recent as 2018, air traffic controllers and other airport personnel reported seeing Epstein leave his plane with young girls some of whom appeared to be between the age of 11 and 18 years old," the complaint alleges.
Epstein, prosecutors say, paid for women to show up to his estates on the islands, often providing extra money if the victims brought along additional young women and girls.
He required three meetings a day, authorities say.
"The Epstein Enterprise used the term 'work' as a code for sexual abuse," the complaint says.
Investigators said Epstein kept computer records to monitor all contact he had with the victims.
"Once the girls and women were recruited, participants in the Epstein Enterprise enforced their sexual servitude of victims by coercion, including but not limited to, confiscating passports, controlling and extinguishing external communications, and threatening violence. They also made fraudulent statements to family members of victims, claiming victims were being well cared for and supported financially in college and other educational opportunities," prosecutors allege.
An executor of Epstein's estate, Darren Indyke, did not respond to a request for comment on the new lawsuit. As of Wednesday, court records did not reflect who was representing Epstein's estate in the civil action.
In November, Indyke announced that the Epstein estate is in the process of establishing a compensation fund for victims of Epstein's abuse. It is unclear how much of Epstein's $577 million worth would be available to victims, nor is it yet understood how the claims process would be organized.
Prosecutors say over the course of the investigation, Epstein made attempts to stymie the work of investigators.
In July 2018, a Virgin Islands Department of Justice investigative team, which included U.S. Marshals, tried to enter Little St. James, but Epstein refused to allow them in, claiming the dock to the island was his "front door," according to the complaint.


Tough Mudder picks up a new presenting sponsor today with Celsius for the Tough Mudder North American Challenge Series. Celsius Brand will be the official fitness drink for the series which includes Tough Mudder Half, Tough Mudder Full, and Tough Mudder 5K. Additionally, it will serve as an Official Sponsor of the Toughest Mudder and World's Toughest Mudder race series.
The Presenting Sponsorship secures the CELSIUS® brand with a coveted position in a logo lockup across the growing Tough Mudder franchise, an iconic and widely recognized series of obstacle course challenges spanning the globe. CELSIUS® will mark its presence at Tough Mudder events through sampling opportunities, consumer engagements and sponsored branding on one of the most legendary teamwork obstacles, Everest, across all event formats. Additionally, it will serve as an Official Sponsor of the Toughest Mudder and World's Toughest Mudder race series. CELSIUS® will have a considerable brand presence on multiple video platforms as Tough Mudder has grown into a media and entertainment brand with content featured on CBS, The CW, Facebook, and YouTube garnering millions of viewers throughout the year.
Tough Mudder is a brand built on teamwork, courage, personal accomplishment and fun. Last year, CELSIUS® was tested for receptivity as a Tough Mudder Local Sponsor in ten cities. It was embraced by participants and organizers alike because it speaks to the spirit of Tough Mudder, given CELSIUS®' "Live Fit" brand tagline. CELSIUS® provided samples pre-event, delivering delicious, and thermogenic energy to accelerate participants' performance levels to help endure a series of demanding obstacle courses that test strength, grit, and stamina.
Challenge Series participants will have the choice of sampling original and natural sparkling flavors of CELSIUS®: Cucumber Lime, Grapefruit, Orange, Grape Rush, Watermelon, Wild Berry, Orange Pomegranate, Cola – and two non-carbonated flavors – Peach Mango and Raspberry Acai. CELSIUS® is available in 12oz cans and is non-GMO, gluten-free, Kosher, Vegan-Accepted, contains 100% of seven essential vitamins with no aspartame or high fructose corn syrup and no artificial preservatives or flavors.
Mudders who participate in Toughest Mudder and World's Toughest Mudder will also be introduced to CELSIUS HEAT™, the thermogenic, trainer-grade pre-workout packed with 300mg and 2,000mg of L-citrulline. CELSIUS HEAT™ comes in 16oz cans and is geared towards serious fitness consumers, trainers, athletes and military personnel who are interested in products that will take their training to the next level. Its carbonated line consists of Inferno Punch, Cherry Lime, Blueberry Pomegranate, Strawberry-Dragonfruit, Tangerine Grapefruit and the two newest additions, Apple Jack'd and Orangesicle.
Registration and spectator tickets are available for all Tough Mudder 2018 events. Visit the CELSIUS® corporate website at www.CELSIUSHoldingsInc.com to learn more, or the branded websites: www.CELSIUS.com and www.CELSIUSHEAT.com.


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Illinois General Assembly - Representative Biography
Biography Bills Committees
Representative Mike Fortner (R) - Previous General Assembly (99th)
Springfield Office:
200-4N Stratton Office Building
135 Fremont St.
West Chicago, IL 60185
Email: mike.fortner@sbcglobal.net
Years served: January 2007 - Present
Committee assignments: Cities & Villages (Republican Spokesperson); Transportation, Regulation, Roads (Republican Spokesperson); Intermodal Infrastructure (Republican Spokesperson); Tollway Oversight (Republican Spokesperson); Energy; Renewable Energy & Sustainability; Transportation: Railroad & Air Subc; Transportation: Reg. & Reg. Sub.; Local Government Subcommittee.
Biography: Mike Fortner (R- West Chicago) former mayor of West Chicago, and has headed transportation policy for the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference. He has a B.A. in math and physics from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He also teaches physics at Northern Illinois University, and co-chairs the Illinois Articulation Initiative Physics Panel. He formerly was a West Chicago alderman and a member of the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board.
Associated Senator(s): Jim Oberweis


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Flu alert declared amid significant jump in cases
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Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton has declared that the island is now on alert for fever and respiratory Influenza-like illnesses.
He said the situation is serious and is bordering on an outbreak, but he did not disclose statistics.
"There is a significant increase in the number of cases of fever and respiratory Influenza-like illnesses, and I would like to use this opportunity to place the country on alert as it relates to the Influenza virus," Dr Tufton told parliament yesterday, February 12.
He said seasonal Influenza (or the flu) is an acute viral infection that spreads easily from person to person mainly by coughing, sneezing and close contact.
The virus is circulated worldwide and can affect anybody in any age group. Symptoms include fever, chills, sore throat, muscle ache, fatigue, cough, headache, and runny or stuffy nose.
Dr Tufton further said: "The flu is to be taken seriously as it can lead to pneumonia and blood infections, and cause diarrhoea and seizures in children. The flu can also worsen chronic medical conditions such as heart or lung disease."
The health minister stated that, based on data so far this year, there is an increasing trend in the flu across the parishes of Kingston and St Andrew, Trelawny, Manchester, Clarendon, St Elizabeth and Portland.
He noted that an implication of the current hike is that persons will experience longer waiting times at public health facilities.
"There are probably eight or nine hospitals now – looking at the data up to yesterday, where you have 10, 15, 20, 30 persons waiting to be admitted with these [Influenza-like] symptoms…" Dr Tufton said. "We crave their indulgence as we seek to ensure that all those who visit our facilities receive care."
He further stated that, in preparation for this flu season, the health ministry has – among other things, purchased a total of 21,900 doses of Influenza vaccine and will extend opening hours at health centres across the island.
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In this section: Press Announcements
Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on FDA's continued, careful oversight of the REMS associated with transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl products
FDA Statement
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On Aug. 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be hosting a public advisory committee meeting to review data from the most recent assessment of the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) with Elements to Assure Safe Use (ETASU) for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl (TIRF) products. The FDA will be asking the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee to discuss the findings from the assessments conducted by manufacturers of these products, as well as additional data about their use patterns and adverse events. Asking the FDA's advisory committees to take a closer look at this opioid-related REMS reflects our commitment to further evaluating this critical program and making sure we're providing transparency around its effectiveness and whether any modifications may be necessary. These TIRF products are medically important but also pose serious risks. We're seeking the advice of outside experts on the effectiveness of the REMS and whether changes to the REMS might be necessary.
Combatting the crisis of opioid addiction facing our nation is a priority for me and the entire agency. As we work to mitigate the risks of misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose, and complications due to medication errors associated with these opioid analgesic drugs; we're also committed to ensuring that patients suffering from significant pain have access to appropriate medication and are not unduly burdened in getting the treatment they need. We are committed to striking a careful balance between access and safety, based on reliable evidence. Our REMS are an important tool for helping to ensure safe use and reduce the risk of abuse and misuse. Making sure they're achieving their purpose is critical.
In 2010, the FDA determined that a REMS would be necessary to ensure the benefits of TIRF products outweigh their risks. The TIRF REMS was approved in December 2011 to include all members of the TIRF class. The REMS is intended to make sure that TIRF products are prescribed only to appropriate patients. The REMS also includes measures that are designed to limit use only in opioid-tolerant patients; to avoid inappropriate conversion between TIRF medicines; to reduce accidental exposure; and to educate prescribers, pharmacists, and patients on the potential for misuse, abuse, addiction, and overdose.
TIRF medicines are indicated to manage breakthrough pain in adults with cancer who are routinely taking other opioid pain medicines around-the-clock for pain. Breakthrough pain is pain that comes on suddenly for short periods of time and is not alleviated by a patient's normal pain management plan. To use the TIRF medicines safely, these patients must be opioid tolerant based on concurrent regular use of another opioid medication.
Since the REMS was implemented, there has been a significant decline in prescribing of TIRF products and currently they are only prescribed to approximately 5,000 patients nationwide. Because surveillance data are limited and look at a relatively small number of patients compared to overall opioid analgesic prescriptions, this affects our ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the REMS. Therefore, one topic we'll discuss is how to best evaluate the REMS program, including our methods for data collection and assessment tools.
Another critical issue we'll ask our outside advisory committee experts to address is how the TIRF REMS has affected the prescribing patterns for TIRF products, and how the TIRF REMS can better promote safe prescribing. The assessments show that approximately 42 percent of TIRF products may have been prescribed to non-opioid-tolerant patients. Understanding the reasons for this, whether these patients are truly opioid-non-tolerant, and the range of outcomes for these patients will be a central focus of our public meeting. We know that there may be limitations in the current data, and that we may have an incomplete picture of the kinds of patients being prescribed these products. We'll ask the advisory committee to evaluate the reliability of our current trend information, and how we can collect even more accurate data. We're seeking expert input into whether the TIRF products are helping patients who most need these products, as well as whether there are adverse outcomes associated with the current prescribing patterns.
We know that from an operations perspective, the TIRF REMS program appears to be functioning as intended to ensure that prescribers and pharmacists receive training on the risks and the safe use of TIRF medicines prior to prescribing or dispensing, and to ensure that patients are informed of the risks and safe use of TIRF medicines before taking them. But we also know that there may be more to be done. With any REMS, our goal is to achieve a public health purpose. It's possible that a REMS can achieve functional compliance with all its discrete requirements, but not fully achieve its intended public health purpose. For these reasons, its critical we review REMS to make sure their achieving their goals.
Going forward, to understand the impact of the REMS better we want the manufacturers to obtain additional information about the use of these products. Ultimately, we need the advisory committee experts to advise the FDA on whether the new approaches we are considering will put us on the right path to helping patients in pain by making it possible for them to get these medicines while also reducing their known serious risks. These products can fill an important medical need for a small and carefully selected group of patients. But these products have significant risks associated with their use and should not be used in non-opioid-tolerant patients.
As part of our ongoing commitment to the safe use of these products, the FDA will seek the committee's feedback on any possible modifications to the TIRF REMS goals and requirements, as well as input on the adequacy of the evaluations conducted in the REMS assessments to determine whether the TIRF REMS goals are being met. I welcome the advice of the advisory committee. I am committed to working with our professional staff to take appropriate steps to ensure the TIRF REMS is meeting its goals and that patients are adequately informed of and protected from the risks associated with these medicines.
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.
Transmucosal Immediate-Release Fentanyl (TIRF) Products
Questions and Answers: FDA approves a class Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl (TIRF) medicines
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It's been available on the web site for a while now, but here's where we can start talking about the formal report and recommendation assignment. The first critical thing about this project is read it carefully. Next week, we'll start talking a bit more about "formal reports" and "recommendation reports," though there are some specific things with this assignment and how we're pursuing it that will cause us to deviate a bit from some of the online advice.
I'm a bit behind in grading for a variety of reasons, including my preparations for an academic conference I'll be attending tomorrow at Michigan State. Not a good mix for Halloween, but there you have it. Anyway, my hope is to have comments back on the instructions by next Wednesday, but it might be a day or two later. Oh, a slight update: I did post participation grades for everyone though. You should have received an email response from me about that.
I've been reading through some of your answers on the midterm review of the peer review process and I think I want to try to do a couple things different with the remaining peer reviews for this semester.
First off, it is still important to me as a teacher that you receive feedback from your peers, that you carefully offer feedback to your peers, and that you pay close attention to these responses. A couple of you said things along the lines of "I would prefer just getting the teacher's responses" or "I don't care what my peers said" and I steadfastly refuse to change my approaches there. As I said at the beginning of the term, to be successful in this writing class (and really, in all writing classes) you have to try to write to an audience beyond just the teacher! Trust me on this.
However, I understand where some of you are coming from here, and I can also see how the surveys might end up being more "busy-work" like than they need to be. So here's what I'm going to do for the peer reviews for the rest of the term (and I'll explain more about this later, too). First, you will comment on each others' projects; then, after you are done with that but before you hand them in, I will follow and offer similar comments on each of your projects. The goal here is for me to offer you some advice before I grade them so that you have some guidance on the revisions to make before you turn your projects in. But in taking the time to do this early commenting, I won't have time to write as much in terms of detailed end comments. Seem like a deal?
I really like the idea of receiving feedback (even if it is just general suggestions) from you before we submit final documents to be graded.
Also, enjoy your conference tomorrow!


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Gambia remains committed to the ECO, urges member states to do same
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State House, Banjul, June 23, 2020 – His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has told his colleague Heads of State and Government that The Gambia remains committed to achieving the goals of the ECOWAS single currency, the ECO.
He gave this assurance at a virtual meeting organised for Member States of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) this morning.
The Gambian leader said the ECOWAS Authority has made progress on the proposed introduction of the ECOWAS Single Currency by the year 2020. The Francophone countries in ECOWAS, through its West African Economic and Monetary Union (UMOEA) also recently announced a similar programme with opposing exchange rate monetary policies within the same region.
"There is need, therefore, to review these decisions in line with Article 15 of the 48th Ordinary session of the Authority of the Heads of States and Governments of 16th December 2015," President Barrow told the meeting, attended by Presidents of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana and Nigeria.
Since 2017, The Gambia has constantly achieved three of the four primary convergence criteria, missing only the Budget deficit criterion. Similarly, on the secondary convergence criteria, The Gambia has consistently achieved one of the two criteria, missing the public debt-GDP ratio.
Decisions have been made already on the name and symbol of the future currency; the exchange rate regime, the monetary policy framework, the model Central Bank, and the name of the common Central Bank.
However, the West Africa Monetary Zone Convergence Council wrote to the ECOWAS Commission to "constructively engage" both the ECOWAS Commission and West African Economic and Monetary Union Member States on issues of concern to the Zone's Convergence Council in respect of the Single Currency Programme earlier this year.
The Gambian President urged that the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Zone should provide guidance on this crucial issue, calling for a review of the parallel monetary programmes in the West Africa sub region.
"I will emphasise here that The Gambia remains committed to the revised roadmap of the ECOWAS Monetary Cooperation Programme. This commitment has been translated into sustained improvements on achieving the set of macroeconomic convergence criteria," he said.
Meanwhile, the meeting Chaired by the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, H.E Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone concluded with two propositions:
Convene an emergency Summit of Heads of State to discuss a way forward for the two monetary unions' decision on the ECO
Call on UMEOA community not to go ahead with the launch of the ECO pending the proposed meeting of Heads of State of the ECOWAS.
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Meet The Bistella 500, A Mad 10-Cylinder 2-Stroke Custom Bike
Engineer Marek Foltis says he just wants other people to not give up on their dreams.
Nov 10, 2021 at 3:50pm ET
Are you the type of person who's super good at starting projects, but not quite as good at finishing them? If so, then you're exactly who Czech engineer Marek Foltis wants to encourage. Over the past two and a half years, Foltis has been working to make his dream of a previously unseen motorcycle engine design a reality. In November 2021, he proudly introduced his completed Bistella 500 project to the world.
The name "Bistella" comes from the engine configuration. Foltis created a supercharged two-stroke, ten-cylinder engine. To keep the design compact enough to fit inside the 1953 Jawa frame he wanted to use, he chose a stacked radial configuration. The final design consists of two separate star shapes, which are each composed of five cylinders taken from vintage 50cc Jawa engines. Are you somehow both exhilarated and also exhausted while reading that? There's more.
It's probably helpful at this point to understand something about Foltis' mindset during this project's inception. By his own admission, he "set a goal to make this project on the edge of mechanical complexity." Hence, the incorporation of 10 cylinders in the first place. For those keen to know all the ins and outs of how he did it, he wrote up a bunch of notes and tech data on his official website for the project, which we'll link to in our Sources.
Gallery: Bistella 500
Using 10 separate 50cc Jawa engines and five roots-type supercharger assemblies, Foltis created the extremely bonkers Bistella 500. According to him, the Bistella is currently limited to about 60 horsepower at 6,500 rpm. However, by his calculations, he says that it's capable of about 120 hp at 10,000 rpm when unrestricted. For road legality purposes, though, he keeps it to a modest 12 horsepower. Weight is 155 kilograms, or just under 342 pounds.
Suspension and brakes are all stock due to Czech government regulations, so Foltis could keep it road-legal. The frame came from a 1953 Jawa 18, which he also did not modify. He says that he installed a transistor-controlled ignition to keep things manageable.
The completed project looks and sounds like complete madness. What's especially interesting about Foltis' writeup of the process, though, is that he details all the failures he made on the road to completion. Remember how we said he wants to inspire people to push through and finish their projects, whatever they might be? That's exactly why he included all the frustrating parts.
In the end, it doesn't matter if something doesn't work perfectly the first time. Failures along the way are how you learn, and also how you improve. As long as you get back up after you're over that initial disappointment, and you keep going, eventually you'll get it done. As Foltis wrote, "we are stronger than we think, and we have to push hard to find our strength."
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Source: Bistella


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