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Huw Owen
Huw joined Ark in November 2012 as Chief Executive to lead a new Management Team following the recapitalisation of the company. He has held key roles at a number of organisations, including BT Global Services and HP Defence and Security. Other roles in his extensive career include Chief Executive of the Atlas Consortium, delivering the Ministry of Defence DII (Defence Information Infrastructure) programme.
Huw also worked for the Asia Foundation, formulating and driving national reform programmes in Cambodia, as well as advising the United Nations on their efforts in Central Asia. Before this, he served with the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, latterly as a Detective Inspector.
Executive Director Sales & Marketing
Steve joined Ark in October 2012. An engineer by profession, he has had a highly successful career in both sales and service delivery. Prior to working with Ark, Steve held a number of senior positions at HP and EDS, including UK Public Sector Sales Director and Sales and Growth Lead, delivering IT services to the MoD.
Steve joined the technology industry having completed 19 years of distinguished service in Her Majesty's Royal Navy as an Aeronautical Engineer Officer.
Lindsey Sherar
Director of People, Leadership & Change
Lindsey graduated in 2015 after completing her LLB Law with Business Degree at the University of Brighton and joined Ark shortly after, in June 2015. Since joining, Lindsey has completed her Advanced CIPD in Human Resource Management and used her experience during her sandwich degree course to assist in creating a culture focused on our people.
Lindsey is responsible for ensuring that we look after everyone intellectually, physically, spiritually and emotionally. She continues to focus on personal development and task performance by using training to develop all our skills and knowledge, in addition to ensuring the right people join Ark through effective recruitment and selection processes. Lindsey supported Ark in achieving Investors in People Platinum award and becoming a High Performance Organisation in 2017.
James Owen
Client Experience Director
James joined Ark in 2013 and is responsible for end-to-end client experience covering account management, project delivery and service management. He has over 10 years' IT services experience, specialising in financial services, defence and the public sector industries. Before joining Ark, James worked at Hewlett-Packard, developing through the programme management discipline before supporting UK senior leadership with strategic planning, transformation and business operations.
Ian Perryment
Ian Perryment joined Ark in December 2012, from HP Defence and Security. Prior to this, he was CFO of the Atlas Consortium, delivering the Ministry of Defence DII (Defence Information Infrastructure) programme, and Finance Manager with the NAAFI, a multinational providing services to the British armed forces.
Ian is a chartered accountant, having trained with PwC, including a two-and-a-half-year assignment in Australia with the Transaction Services team specialising in due diligence, initial public offerings and financial modelling.
Simon Burrage
Simon joined Ark in February 2013, but had been working in the same position on secondment from Eversheds since November 2012. Simon is responsible for Ark's commercial matters with a particular focus on contract negotiations, new site acquisitions, and supporting customer sales. Simon leads our in-house legal & compliance team whose remit, in addition to legal advice, includes insurance, risk management, and governance and compliance activities including our quality management system, environmental licensing and ISO certifications. Simon joined from Eversheds, a law firm based in the City of London, where he was a Principal Associate in the real estate practice group.
Andy Garvin
Director of Design, Build and Operations
Andy joined the Company in 2009 and now heads up the Construction Team, responsible for the co-ordination and management of all data centre construction activities across the Ark estate. A civil engineer by training, Andy has over 15 years of experience within the construction industry and has successfully lead many multi-million pound data centre build projects with a total value well over £300 million.
Andy joined Ark from Black and Veatch where he was involved in both designing and constructing many large critical engineering projects across Energy, Water and Telecommunications sectors.
Lord Evans of Weardale
Lord Evans was Director-General of the Security Service (MI5) between 2007 and 2013, having previously served on the Management Board as Director of International Counter Terrorism. He is a Non-Executive Director on the Board of HSBC Holdings, as well as being a member of the Advisory Boards of Darktrace and of Facewatch.
Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick has over 25 years of experience and an in-depth knowledge of international telecommunications, including senior positions at Global Crossing and Teleglobe. In 2005, Brian was Managing Director/President of BT Wholesale, helping reposition it as a leading provider of managed network services. He became CEO of ACN Europe, the world's largest direct-selling communications company, in 2011. Two years later, he was appointed CEO for Vodafone Carrier Services.


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COLLECTOR'S CHOICE GALLERY
Future Prince
Jim Henson's life and work - full of fun, joy, energy, and a rich sense of humanity - speak to the child in all of us. As well as a very gentle and caring person clearly devoted to children, he was a very imaginative artist. This sculpture shows a young girl holding a frog up to her amused father, a portrait of Jim Henson. They sit on an Art Nouveau park bench entwined in an array of dancing ivy. The concept was conceived being surrounded by a black granite pool and bronze water lilies, frogs and fish.
Future Prince, 2000
Copyright © 1998 - 1999 Sculptureworks, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Andrew and Rhonda would like to welcome you to Shall We Dance.
Happily married for over 30 years we often found ourselves first on the dance floor for any given function. We used to whirl around the dance floor doing our own thing which is fine but limited us to the few things that we knew how to do. Several years ago we realised that running a farm and a B&B and working full time were taking their toll and we no longer had time for socializing or recreation. Our daughter persuaded us to take one night a week for ourselves and join a dance class that she had found. Pretty soon we were enjoying it so much that we were dancing 4-5 nights a week.
Ballroom dancing opened new doors to great nights out, meeting new people and an avenue of stress release from very hectic lives. We wanted to share this and thought that a great way to start would be with the guests who stay at our B&B. After a short time we were learning how to break down the steps and how to teach them to others. We started by including dance lessons with accommodation packages and had such and excellent response that we converted our recreation room into a ballroom and started conducting dance classes during the week. The added bonus is that now we can enjoy a dance with each other in an excellent facility whenever we want and we would like to share this opportunity with you.
Located just 10 minutes (8km) from Gawler (40km north of Adelaide) on our private property we conduct social ballroom dancing classes 4 days a week for students of all ages from beginners to advanced. Rather than teaching set dances or routines, we teach our students how to dance and how to build up a repertoire of steps that enable them to feel confident and have fun on the dance floor.
We would love for you to give us a call or come and visit so that we can help you on your way to enjoying the magic of dancing.


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Oldies Hits
Curated by Amazon's Music Experts
Timeless classics from the '50s, '60s, and '70s.
89 SONGS • 4 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES
Be My Baby: The Very Best of The Ronettes
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
30 Greatest Hits: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
A Man Without Love
Here Comes The Sun (Remastered 2009)
Abbey Road (Remastered)
Brown Eyed Girl
The Essential Van Morrison
Lonesome Town
Ricky Nelson
Ricky Sings Again (Expanded Edition / Remastered)
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
The Righteous Brothers
The Very Best Of The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
California Dreamin' (Single Version)
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
A Teenager In Love
The Best Of Dion & The Belmonts
Son Of A Preacher Man
The Silver Collection
The Sound of Silence (Electric Version)
I'm Into Something Good
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits Retrospective
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Try A Little Tenderness
The Very Best of Otis Redding
Elvis 30 #1 Hits
The Flamingos
Flamingo Serenade
Copacabana (At the Copa) (Long Version)
Ultimate Manilow
Ben E. King
The Very Best of Ben E. King
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Nancy Sinatra
Cry to Me
Solomon Burke
The Very Best of Solomon Burke
Wouldn't It Be Nice (Remastered 2000 / Stereo Mix)
Pet Sounds (40th Anniversary / Stereo Mix)
Get Back (Remastered 2009)
Let It Be (Remastered)
Norman Greenbaum
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mono Version)
Out Of Our Heads
Oh, Pretty Woman
The Ultimate Collection
Where Did Our Love Go
Time of the Season (Mono Version)
Time of the Season / She's Not There
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)
Signed, Sealed And Delivered
Suspicious Minds
(What A) Wonderful World
The Man Who Invented Soul
Unchained Melody
Baladas de Amor
Aretha Now
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings
When a Man Loves a Woman
The Ultimate Collection: When a Man Loves a Woman
The Essential Johnny Cash
The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis [The Sun Sessions]
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
The Four Tops
Hitsville: The Making Of Motown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Daydream Believer
The Best of The Monkees
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Good Vibrations (Remastered 2001)
Good Vibrations 40th Anniversary
Mrs. Robinson (From "The Graduate" Soundtrack)
The Archies
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
Jackie Wilson
I Want You Back
The Ultimate Collection: Jackson 5
Build Me Up Buttercup (Stereo)
Build Me Up Buttercup: The Best of The Foundations
Down On The Corner
Willy And The Poor Boys (Expanded Edition)
Back To The 60's - Vol. 3
Highway 61 Revisited
Bring It On Home to Me
The Beat Goes On
Honky Chateau
The Tracks Of My Tears
Going To A Go-Go
Georgia on My Mind
Then He Kissed Me
The Crystals
Da Doo Ron Ron: The Very Best of The Crystals
Booker T. and The MG's
100 Successi Anni 60 il Meglio
The Ultimate Bobby Darin
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
How Does That Grab You?
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Filth [Explicit]
Into the Mystic (2013 Remaster)
Moondance (Deluxe Edition)
God Only Knows (Mono / 1997 Remastered)
Pet Sounds (Original Mono & Stereo Mix Versions)
Can't Take My Eyes off You
Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [Deluxe]
The Birth of Soul
Twist And Shout (Remastered 2009)
Please Please Me (Remastered)
I'm A Believer (Single Version)
Don't Be Cruel
The Essential Elvis Presley
Hold On, I'm Comin'
Kinks (Deluxe)
The Essential Sly & The Family Stone
The Magic Touch: An Anthology
A Whiter Shade of Pale [Original Single Version]
Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)
The Tokens
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Buddy Holly
The Five Satins
For Collectors Only
Bruce Channel
Dirty Dancing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Yesterday (Remastered 2009)
The Beatles 1962 - 1966 (Remastered)


When bestselling author, twenty-nine year old Hayley Stevens, walked in on her husband, Paul, and her best friend in bed together, she knew her life would never be the same again. One year later, Hayley stowed her last bag in her much-loved Audi Coupe and said goodbye to the city. She was excited to be heading west to Lochway, a small colonial village sitting on the beautiful Macdonald River. Wanting peace and quiet, Hayley had impulsively bought a cosy sandstone cottage there surrounded by lush rose gardens, with a small overseer's cottage - ideal for a writer's retreat.What she didn't expect was the almost immediate 'gift' of a very noisy donkey named Errol. Nor did Hayley expect to meet her handsome new neighbour, Luke Mason, when she was covered in mud trying to drag Errol out of Luke's dam. The strange thing was though that Luke seemed very familiar to her. As Hayley slowly gains acceptance into her small community and starts writing again she becomes almost afraid of the inexplicable visions she sees. What does it all mean? And why does Luke refuse to listen to her? Written with warmth and humour, Someone Like You is an intriguing, funny and romantic story about past lives and new beginnings.


It appears 3D printing technology has already gone from new and useful to experimental and strange, and some people aren't content with simple plastic printouts anymore.
Chocolate printers have been a reality for some time, as well as the amazing pancake printer (aka the future of flapjack technology), but creating a Easy Cheese printer is proving to be a lot harder than anyone thought.
Easy Cheese is why we dropped you Brits in 1776.
Us hoi-poloi have finer things to distract us.
Big Brother. I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. X-Factor. A General Election.
Hmm. I also burp when in the upright position.
In England, only the royal family and Elton John are permitted to have aerosol cheese; not the riffraff.
I already have far too many of them, thanks!
"It Ain't Easy Printing Cheesy"


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HISTORY AND FINDINGS OF THE MCCARTHY TETRAULT REPORT 2003
Ian's City Scope
St. Thomas, Ontario and beyond
by Ian's City Scope
Guest columnist Bob McCaig: Tough decisions – who will govern St. Thomas for the next four years?
We plan to open up space in this corner on occasion to allow a guest columnist to present their point of view on issues impacting St. Thomas and Elgin. Are you so passionate about some element of community life that you are compelled to organize your thoughts to share with others? It could be the upcoming municipal election, the proposed development on the Alma College site, the city's infrastructure, the provision of municipal services . . . well, you get the idea. Submit your editorial to us for consideration and, who knows, we just may give you the podium. Our contact info is on this page.
Kicking off this feature is an individual who is no stranger to politics at any level. Bob McCaig is not shy on opinion and the city developer was riled up enough during the municipal vote four years ago he commissioned Oraclepoll Research to produce a St. Thomas Municipal Election Report, based on the responses of 400 individuals. You can read that report here. The following is McCaig's take on this month's mayoral race.
Let's start with the mayor's office. Heather Jackson has held the job for the past two terms.
Current councillor Steve Wookey, a popular secondary school teacher, wants to be mayor. He has a pile of signs on lawns, an obvious sign of considerable support.
Joe Preston, who served two terms as Member of Parliament for Elgin-Middlesex-London, enjoys public service and can't wait to get back on the job. He figures sitting as mayor of St. Thomas, he will be the right individual to serve constituents while getting home for supper each night. That's a task truly difficult for MP's and MPP's alike.
The fourth candidate is a newcomer to the city – an entertaining rapper/entrepreneur named Malichi Male – who makes friends easily but, being so new to the city, he is likely to garner but a few votes this time out.
At the opening of the campaign, Heather and Joe were about even, according to a small sampling obtained in an online poll conducted by young & free press, with Steve running behind. But, within two weeks, it appeared Joe had moved out in front of Steve and Heather. However, don't be surprised if Steve is about to start snapping at his heels.
What's a thinking voter to do?
Let's take a closer look at the candidates.
Joe Preston is a qualified national politician, so sufficiently adept that soon after he announced his resignation, the then prime minister's Challenger jet slipped into St. Thomas Municipal Airport, after which a long chat with Joe ensued with a view to ensuring the riding remained Conservative.
It did.
Joe groomed his competent riding executive assistant Karen Vecchio so that she could easily assume the riding mantle. After all, between Joe and Karen, they know almost everybody in the city by name.
Joe is an astute business professional, having owned and operated several successful city fast food emporiums before and since his time in the House of Commons.
He knows the back rooms of power and will be as handy as a pocket in a shirt at springing municipal support funding from the federal government.
His only downfall, if you can call it that, is the fact Joe has no elected experience at the municipal level. However, given his past, does he really need it?
Steve Wookey is a local boy, having grown up and attended school here and is now teaching history in St. Thomas for the Thames Valley District School Board at Central Elgin Collegiate Institute. Having served a term as councillor he feels he is ready for the mayor's chair. He speaks well and presents himself with the authority of an accomplished politico.
Wookey reminds me of another history major who made the leap from A & P bag boy to alderman and then mayor to MPP in four consecutive jumps. When he and disgraced Premier Dalton McGuinty didn't see eye to eye, McGuinty removed him from cabinet.
Steve Peters went over his head and campaigned within his own party and across the aisle, gaining support from the Progressive Conservatives to assume the role of Speaker at Queen's Park, something for which he was tailor made.
Never has there been a more competent Speaker of the Ontario legislature than Steve Peters. Now that's a compliment and I'm not even a Liberal.
By the way, Peters is seeking a seat as councillor. With two former parliamentarians in municipal roles working with their well-known provincial cabinet minister Jeff Yurek and MP Karen Vecchio, there is seemingly no limit to what St. Thomas, with whomever is mayor and eight co-operative councillors, should aspire to.
Ms. Jackson has served two term as mayor and her record speaks for itself. The fact she appears to be running third in the race, and will likely finish there, is a testimony to the acumen of ratepayers.
The fourth candidate Malichi Male, on name recognition alone, will gain support from a growing number of disenchanted youth. His platform includes better transit and job opportunities for young people. He is worth listening to and take the time to discover more about him.
And then you be the judge on who should occupy the mayor's office.
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Fires have plagued man for centuries and devices designed to combat them by pumping a stream of water date back to at least the second century B. C. During the Great Fire of London in 1666, fire engines with hand-operated pumps met with little success in trying to contain that conflagration. It was not until the development of better pumps, combined with the use of flexible hoses, that fire engines began to be truly effective in fighting fires.
Now children and adults alike can enjoy learning about the history of fire engines and have fun coloring at the same time. In this carefully rendered, well-researched coloring book by noted illustrator A. G. Smith, you'll find over 40 detailed, accurate illustrations (including a double-page spread) depicting a parade of fire-fighting vehicles spanning almost 300 years. Among them are a 1731 Newsham fire-engine pump built in England; a hand-drawn jumper reel, ca. 1800; a hand-drawn pumper from the 1830s; a horse-drawn combination, ca. 1890; a hose layer (1911) built for São Paulo, Brazil; a 1933 Ahrens-Fox pumper; a 1962 Mack aerial ladder truck; and many others. Captions identify each fire engine.


On another subject, for each of the following business sectors in the United States, please say whether your overall view of it is very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative or very negative. How about the computer industry?
On another subject, for each of the following business sectors in the United States, please say whether your overall view of it is very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative or very negative. How about the internet industry?
Do you, personally, have an account on Twitter, or not?
Do you, personally, have an account on LinkedIn, or not?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Facebook -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Unsolicited messages or ads, sent through spam email or appearing on your Facebook page, usually sent to try to sell you something?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Facebook -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Internet viruses?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Facebook -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned, or not concerned at all? How about -- Invasion of privacy?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Facebook -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Your personal information being sold to and used by other companies and organizations?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Facebook -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Spending too much time on Facebook?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Facebook -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Getting upset or feeling bad about yourself because of things you see others post?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Facebook -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Being attacked or shamed by others for things you say or do on Facebook?
In a typical week, do you personally, use the website Google, or not?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Google -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Having Google send you targeted ads based on your search and web browsing history?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Google -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Internet viruses?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Google -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Invasion of privacy?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Google -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Your personal information being sold to and used by other companies and organizations?
How concerned are you about each of the following when using Google -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not concerned at all? How about -- Having Google track your location and location history?
How many hours a day, if any, do you typically spend using smartphones and tablet computers? [OPEN-ENDED]?
Next, thinking about the advances in mobile technology and communication over the last decade, including cellphones, smartphones, tablet computers and wireless internet -- Has mobile technology increased your involvement in election campaigns and other political activities a lot, a little or not at all?
Has mobile technology increased your communication with friends and family a lot, a little or not at all?
Has mobile technology increased the amount of work you do outside out of regular working hours a lot, a little or not at all?
Has mobile technology increased, decreased or not affected the amount of shopping you do in person at retail stores?
For each of the following, please say whether it is something you, personally, have, or do not have. How about -- [RANDOM ORDER]?
Do you, personally, use the internet at your home, place of work or school? That could be through a computer, smartphone, tablet or other device.
^ WORDING: Do you, personally, use the internet at your home, place of work, or school?
How concerned are you personally about the privacy of personal information you give out on the internet, as well as privacy regarding what you do on the internet -- very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
How concerned are you personally about -- Large online databases which publish telephone directories, property tax information, legal information and other publicly available records which allow database subscribers to investigate the lives of ordinary Americans? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
How concerned are you personally about -- Corporate websites gathering marketing information about consumers by tracking their online internet habits? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
How concerned are you personally about -- internet advertisers gathering marketing information about people who click on their ads by tracking their online internet habits? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
How concerned are you personally about -- The government's ability to "tap" into a suspect's computer and follow their internet usage? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
How concerned are you personally about -- The government's ability to "tap" into suspects' home computer files? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
How concerned are you personally about -- Software which allows the government to "tap" into all internet email, searching for incriminating evidence of any kind? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?
How much time, if at all, do you personally spend using the internet -- more than an hour a day, up to one hour a day, a few times a week, a few times a month or less, or never?
How much attention do you pay to ads you see on internet websites -- a great deal, a fair amount, not much or none at all?
When you use the Internet, have you noticed that some advertisements seem to be directed specifically at you, and that those advertisements are related to websites you have previously visited?
As you may know, website advertisers are currently able to match advertisements to your specific interests. They do this by collecting data that shows what websites you have visited. Do you think advertisers should or should not be allowed to do this?
Some people say the methods internet advertisers use to target ads to specific individuals are justified because they keep costs down so users can visit websites for free. Others believe the methods are not justified because the invasion of privacy involved is not worth it to allow people free access to websites. Which comes closer to your view -- [ROTATED: the methods are justified (or) the methods are not justified]?
If you had a choice, which would you prefer -- [ROTATED: to allow all advertising networks to target ads specifically to you, allow only those advertising networks you choose to target ads specifically to you (or) to not allow any advertising networks to target ads specifically to you]?
How often do you, yourself, use the internet to do the following -- frequently, occasionally, rarely or never? How about for -- [RANDOM ORDER]?
As you may know, there are websites known as "blogs" or "web logs," where people sometimes post their thoughts. How familiar are you with "blogs" -- very familiar, somewhat familiar, not too familiar or not at all familiar?
How often do you, personally, read "blogs" on the internet -- every day, a few times a week, a few times a month, less often than that or never?
And how often do you, personally, read "blogs" that deal with political issues -- every day, a few times a week, a few times a month, less often than that or never?
Do you get a lot of "SPAM" or unwanted email messages, or isn't this a problem for you?
In the past year, have you quit an email service or considered quitting an email service because of the amount of SPAM email you get? [IF YES, PROBE]: Did you quit or did you just consider quitting?
How closely have you followed "issues relating to privacy of personal information and use patterns on the internet" -- very closely, somewhat closely, not too closely or not at all closely?
Would you favor or oppose federal legislation which would force internet service providers to turn over email records and download logs as court evidence?
In your opinion, should the federal government be paying [ROTATED: more attention to matters of internet privacy (or) less attention to matters of internet privacy (or) things are about right the way they are]?
Do you think the federal government should do more or do less to ensure citizens' privacy online -- or is the federal government doing about the right amount now?
Which political party do you think will be able to do a better job of dealing with matters of internet privacy in the coming years -- [ROTATED: the Democratic Party (or) the Republican Party]?


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Welcome to Atlantis, the great underwater city in the Lost Cities! Spiraling towers, busy malls, and so much more - a great place to let loose and have some fun!
1.1 Eastside Mall
1.2 Atlantis Bramble Stadium
1.3 Water Bay Plaza
1.4 Green Bay Arcade
1.5 Flaredon's Home Restaurant
1.6 Atlantis Movie Theater
1.7 Dwarf and Elf Pet Store
1.10 Star Dust Library
3 Roleplay
3.1 Landon and Juliette
Eastside Mall
Atlantis Bramble Stadium
Water Bay Plaza
Green Bay Arcade
Flaredon's Home Restaurant
Atlantis Movie Theater
Dwarf and Elf Pet Store
Star Dust Library
Landon and Juliette
About ✩ Approval ✩ Hail Me
Juliette Vale ➵ burning flame ✩ aspiring journalist
― "Give me a reason to waste my time on you and maybe I'll give you a reason to waste your time on me."
Hail Me ✩ 23:29, November 3, 2018 (UTC)
Juliette's lounging by herself on a bench, tapping her foot against the pavement impatiently. She's just so bored.
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She notices the guy that's sitting beside her is in a terrible mood. Frowning, she asks, "Are you okay?"
She winces. "Ouch. That's harsh. She must really not like you."
She pursues her lips. "If it's any consolation, I hope you find a girl that truly loves and deserves you."
She snorts, but her lips twitch up into a grin. "Certainly not me."
"To be honest, I can see why she might have dumped you," she tells him with a roll of her eyes.
"The first rule to dating is always knowing your partner's preferences over your own," she states.
"Oh," she says softly, and awkwardly pats his shoulder. "Well, one thing you should know is that she didn't deserve you. You were loyal and she was a cheater."
She nods proudly. "That's the spirit."
She tilts her head. "Are you sure it's because of you and not their image of you?"
"That's my point," she says. "You should be with someone who wants to be with you, not the image they have if you. And I'm guessing your ex only had an image."
She shakes her head. "Thinking like that is going to make you feel worthless."
She stares at him, dumbfounded. "You really are weird."
Surprising herself, she laughs and holds out her hand. "Juliette."
"Someone's eager to make a friend," she teases, but hugs him back.
"Hm," she wonders, pretending to give that statement some thought. "I think I'll have to sleep on that."
Frowning, she throws him a look. "I was just joking."
Her eyes narrow and she shoots back, "It's too sad that you're blind to the obvious."
She crosses her arms and scowls. "You're mean."
"Says the guy roasting me 24/7," she grumbles playfully.
Her face bright red, she stutters, "This one?"
Her face turns into an even brighter shade of red (if that's even possible). "Oh, come on, now you're being plain evil by torturing me."
"You- you're being you!" she grumbles. "You're making me feel stupid."
She helplessly gestures all over the place. "No, it's not that, you just..." She pouts. "It's hard to explain, okay?"
Her eyebrows shoot up and she stares at him. "How do you know that? I've never done a full interview on-screen, ever."
Her cheeks turn red again and she glares. "See, this is what I mean by making me feel stupid!"
She thinks about that, and her lips slowly turn up into a grin. "True, that is a very big accomplishment."
"An emissary," she deadpans. "At 19."
"That is so cool," she whispers in awe, then regains her posture and flips her hair over her shoulder. "But not as cool as being a Charger."
"You can't do this, though." She opens her hand and lightning dances across her palm.
She stares at her now-empty palm and curses. "Screw you. Landon."
She throws him a look. "You told me, you dolt."
"Really?" she asks, frowning, then checks his forehead. "Are you sure you're all right?"
She notices his flinch and pulls her hand away. "Are you positive? It's weird for a person to forget something that had happened only ten minutes ago." Juliette's actually feeling concerned now.
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SEATTLE - The Washington baseball team made the most of its four hits as the Huskies beat No. 21 Stanford, 4-2, Friday night in the first game of a three-game series at Husky Ballpark.
The Huskies (22-19 overall, 6-7 in the Pac-10) needed only four hits to secure the victory. The Cardinal fell to 21-15 overall and 10-6 in the conference.
UW junior reliever Forrest Snow (4-1), who came on with the bases loaded and one out in the fifth and worked out of the jam, picked up the win. He threw two and two-thirds no-hit innings. Jacob Clem got the final six outs of the game to record his fifth save of the season.
Stanford starter Brett Mooneyham (1-5) suffered the loss despite a solid outing. He gave up only four hits and two earned runs while striking out 13 in his eight-inning, complete-game effort.
Washington took advantage of two Stanford errors in the first. After David Bentrott reached on an error, Pierce Rankin's at bat was extended when his foul pop was dropped by the Cardinal first baseman. Rankin, still alive thanks to the error, delivered a home run to left, his seventh of the year, to give the UW a 2-0 lead.
In the fourth, Caleb Brown led off with a double to left and stole third. With one out and a 2-2 count, Doug Cherry laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt to score Brown, making it a 3-0 Husky lead.
The Cardinal finally broke through in the fifth. After loading the bases on two singles and a walk, they got a double from left fielder Stephen Piscotty to drive in a pair. After an intentional walk re-loaded the bases, Snow relieved starter Geoff Brown and got out of the inning thanks to a lineout and a groundout, leaving the Huskies on top, 3-2.
In the bottom of the fifth, Aaron Russell led off with a single and, after moving up on a wild pitch and a bunt, he scored on a Bentrott groundout to increase the lead to 4-2.
Tomorrow, the Huskies take on the Cardinal in their annual game at Safeco Field. Game time is 6:30 p.m. and the game will air live on KKNW AM-1150 radio. Sunday's game, back at Husky Ballpark, is now scheduled for 12:00 noon, an hour earlier than originally scheduled.
LINESCOREPac-10 ConferenceWashington 4, #21 Stanford 2Stanford       000 020 000 -- 2 6 3Washington     201 010 00x -- 4 4 1Brett Mooneyham and Zach Jones. Geoff Brown, Forrest Snow(5), Jacob Clem (7) and Miles Kizer. W - Snow (4-1). L -Mooneyham (1-5). Sv - Clem (5). 2B - STAN, StephenPiscotty; UW, Caleb Brown. HR - UW, Pierce Rankin (7). T -2:27. A - 368. Records: STAN 21-15, 10-6 Pac-10; UW 22-19,6-7 Pac-10.


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Meet our Sustainability Committee
While the Royal Conservatoire remains closed, many lessons, exams and meetings continue online. Today, our KonCon Sustainability Committee met on MS Teams and it is time to introduce the new committee:
We, the Sustainability committee are made up of a diverse group of students, teachers, and staff and we work closely with the directorate of the Royal Conservatoire. We are the focal point for sustainability activities in our building and to expedite action and change through:
1. Leading the dialogue with canteen, facilities and staff to further reduce our environmental impact to as low as possible – also with regards to the new building AMARE
2. Promoting a culture of sustainability and raise awareness amongst students, teachers and staff
3. Coordinating activities to lower our carbon footprint. Significant progress has been made on these goals already:
The KC Canteen: The canteen now serves more vegan and vegetarian options and labels them with green stickers to make them more visible. The canteen banned almost all the plastic and replaced it with more sustainable options (e.g. bamboo spoons, paper plates, real plates and cutlery in the evenings, paper straws). The canteen also now offers a discount for customers who bring their own mugs, plates and cutlery.
The KC Building: Our cleaning company CSU is committed to use eco-friendly cleaning products packaged in recycled plastic. Our waste is sorted and recycled in special facilities.
KC Travelling: Flying is a major cause of CO2 emissions. Therefore, the Royal Conservatoire is committed to always choose the most sustainable travel option available. For travels within Europe, the Royal Conservatoire first checks whether it is possible to travel by train. We also started to collaborate with the Climate Neutral Group. CNG wants to accelerate the transition to a net-zero carbon economy and helps us to compensate for all CO2 emissions caused by our flights. In 2019, we already compensated 212,37 tons of CO2 emissions.
Do you have any ideas, wishes and concerns regarding sustainability at the Royal Conservatoire? Please do not hesitate to reach out to us via KonCon Online or one of the committee members.
Alba Gil Aceytuno
Arne Visser
Daphne van den Berge
Eric Moser
Henk van der Meulen
Ipek Atila
Iris Tahamtan
Jasperina Verheij
Marco Luparia
Vito Vicar


There were several works on the theme of sexual desire making fools of men - particularly of old men courting young women. Here the woman is shaking down the fruit of the idiot-tree. The foliage is very nicely depicted, and the exaggeration makes the idea seem good-humoured (compared with many of the works).


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Serial shoplifter targeting Dallas boutique that gives portion of sales to charity
DALLAS - A Dallas boutique is besieged by a serial shoplifter who is stealing more than just clothes.
Surveillance video shows the woman in action inside KF Design Life Style on Lower Greenville. The woman was with an accomplice who drove her away, grabbed clothes, jewelry and purses to either sell them marketplace websites and apps like eBay, Craigslist and Offer Up or selling the goods for whatever on the street.
It is costing owner Kathy Fielder thousands of dollars in her inventory and in money that would have gone for a good cause through charity.
It's almost unbelievable what's happening to one little unique store on Lower Greenville. The boutique is not only trying to make a profit but also to help other people. It is being picked apart by a shoplifter who feels confident she has found easy prey for her payday.
"We actually have a boutique here. Also, I'm a manufacturer. I own a manufacturing company," Fielder said. "We have the longest running bedding collection, actually, that we manufacture made in America."
There is a special collection within the boutique named after a teenager who committed suicide.
"So when you see any kind of the apparel, some of the accessories — the little purses and handbags kind of very fashion oriented — a hundred percent of that goes through the Britt Rose Foundation for Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention," the owner explained.
The bold daytime shoplifter stole what could make money for an important cause.
"At least three times that we're certain of, and she has really cost thousands and thousands of dollars worth of damage," Fielder said. "We've had to put in new security measures, so that cost money. She stole a laptop from my warehouse division so we lost countless hours changing passwords for corporate accounts and things like that."
This past Sunday, the employee recognized the repeat theft performer.
"She then said, 'Can I help you?' And the lady really just confronted her and obviously we don't want anybody on our staff to ever feel scared or worried to be sitting here," Fielder said.
The getaway vehicle has been a black Dodge minivan-style SUV.
Fielder is tired of not just stealing from her but from charity.
"We're frustrated, and we're tired of it and we just don't want no part of this anymore," she said.
The woman struck again on Thursday. This time, she sent a man in to the boutique as a distraction while she swiped a worker's wallet.
Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Stephen Comstra at (214) 670-5045. A cash reward is being offered.
North Texas Jeep club rescues drivers stranded on icy roads
North Texas school districts, including Dallas, Fort Worth ISDs, to close again on Thursday


This silver and yellow gold overlay bracelet features four prong and shared prong set round brilliant cut diamond. Total diamond weight 0.15cts.
This silver and rose gold overlay bracelet features round brilliant cut diamond in shared prong setting. Total diamond weight is 0.15cts.


April 5th, 2017 by Bangkok Lady 2015 | Filed under Bangkok Attractions.
If you are visiting Thailand, then make sure that visiting Bangkok should be your priority because this place has so much to offer you. There are many places to see in Bangkok which is full of natural beauty where places to go in Bangkok where you can do many activities with friends and family. I know this sound existing. So, if you have already made your plan to visit Thailand, then our guide to Bangkok will defiantly help you to find best things to do in Bangkok.
Bangkok has its own international airport. You can easily reach there by plane. If you already in Thailand then you have other options also available this includes bus, boat or private transport etc.
Bangkok is famous for the tourists, so there are so many options available to stay. You can book a room in the hotel, guest room, resort or share room with other tourists in the hostel. Each of these options has their own benefits and drawback. For example, the hotels Bangkok Thailand may be relatively most expensive as compare to other but in return, you receive many outclass services and amenities which make your whole tour very pleasure.
Bangkok is the land of all types of hotels. You can book a room in a luxury hotel and also in a cheap hotel. This is actually great news for those who prefer to spend less in the accommodation as there are many things to do in Bangkok so why do waste your time by staying in the hotel room? If you are coming for the business purpose then your priority would be to stay in expensive and luxury hotels of Bangkok to make your business trip comfortable. Whatever hotel you choose, make sure that the hotel has enough amenities to offer you as choosing bad hotel can ruin your whole trip of Bangkok.
The room in the hotels of Bangkok Thailand can be the book as low as $20 to as high as $1000. Most of the expensive hotels are located on the main avenue of the city which allows you to reach to the different places easily. Also, the hotel which charges high prices provides you many services including the trip to the places to see in Bangkok. Where on another hand the cheap hotel is less in the amenities and usually located at the places from where you need to pay a lot to the transport to reach to different places in the city. So, choose as per your preference. My advice is to book a room in the hotel which is not very cheap and high in the price.
There are a number of things to do Bangkok. First of all, you should visit the natural beauty places and explore the nature. Visit the nearby beaches and Island to relax. The second option is to explore the city's old and religious buildings which kept so much knowledge about the history of Bangkok. You can also visit the museum if you like to. Eating the street food of Bangkok should be also on your list of priorities as you won't get a chance to enjoy cheap and verity of food anywhere else in the Thailand. Other things to do in Bangkok are to visit the shopping malls, the local market for cheap shopping and the traditional restaurants etc.
There have been many festivals and local events also took place in the city. You do not need to be land in Bangkok on a specific month to attend these festivals because they happened throughout the year.


The traditional Cashel frame mirror makes a delightful addition to the Cashel Six Drawer Chest. The frame is constructed from solid oak with a natural grain and medium oak stain finish. This large mirror allows you to transform a simple chest of drawers into a versatile dressing area and make the most of the large surface of the chest. Two timber panels attached to the back of the mirror will allow to easily install it to the top of the chest of drawers. The traditional craftsmanship of this piece make it ideal for a wide variety of colour schemes and interior styles. This piece is available to purchase as an optional extra when ordering the Cashel Six Drawer Chest, or as a separate order.


In General Regulations of 1835, the leaf was first introduced to designate Lieutenant Colonels and Majors. It stated that it was embroidered on the shoulder straps of the frock coat, one at each end, each leaf extending 7/8 of an inch from the end of the border of the strap. The color for Lieutenant Colonels was to be the same color as the border. At this time infantry Lieutenant Colonels has a silver border and other Lieutenant Colonels had a gold border. For Majors, it was stipulated that the insignia would be the same design as the Lieutenant Colonel except the leaves would be silver where the border was gold and the insignia would be gold if the border was silver. This policy resulted in the use of both gold and silver leaves for both ranks.
In 1851, the border of all shoulder straps was changed to gold. As a result, the leaf for Lieutenant Colonel became silver and for Major it was gold for wear on the shoulder straps. No insignia was worn on the epaulettes and the grade of Major was distinguished from Second Lieutenants by the length of the fringe on the epaulettes. In 1872, the epaulettes were abolished and it was not until 1912 that the regulation defined the type of leaf used in the insignia. The regulation of 1912 for Lieutenant Colonel stated: "Oak leaf, point up, in the middle of loop, stem of leaf five-eight's inch from sleeve end of the loop." For Majors, it stated that the oak leaf was to be worn in the same manner as the oak leaf for Lieutenant Colonels.
Our Regulation Major Officer Rank Insignia is a gold plated metal badge. Rank Insignia sold in pairs. This is the same badge that is supplied to the U.S. Military and sold in the U.S. Military Base Exchanges.


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The books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk
: FITZCARRALDO EDITIONS
In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas begin to sweep the continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come, Frank will traverse the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires, throngs of disciples in his thrall as he reinvents himself again and again, converts to Islam and then Catholicism, is pilloried as a heretic and revered as the Messiah, and wreaks havoc on the conventional order, Jewish and Christian alike, with scandalous rumours of his sect's secret rituals and the spread of his increasingly iconoclastic beliefs. In The Books of Jacob, her masterpiece, 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk writes the story of Frank through the perspectives of his contemporaries, capturing Enlightenment Europe on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence.
Guardian Best Fiction of 2021 | Times Best Historical Fiction Books 2021 | The Economist Best Books of 2021
'[A] visionary novel ... Tokarczuk is wrestling with the biggest philosophical themes: the purpose of life on earth, the nature of religion, the possibility of redemption, the fraught and terrible history of eastern European Jewry. With its formidable insistence on rendering an alien world with as much detail as possible, the novel reminded me at times of Paradise Lost. The vividness with which it's done is amazing. At a micro-level, she sees things with a poetic freshness.... The Books of Jacob, which is so demanding and yet has so much to say about the issues that rack our times, will be a landmark in the life of any reader with the appetite to tackle it.'
— Marcel Theroux, Guardian
French paperback with flaps, 928 pages


We understand if you need to take a minute and get a Jennifer Lopez playlist going before you read this. It's fine, we'll wait.
If you've spent more than a little bit of time trying to recreate Lopez's signature glow, it's about to get easier. The singer, actress and producer is launching a makeup collection with artist-favourite brand Inglot.
The even better news? It'll be available here. A post to the Polish brand's GCC Facebook page said we can expect an April 26 launch. There are Inglot stores all over the UAE, so this should be pretty accessible.
While WWD reports that the line will be made up of 70 pieces, other details are few and far between. Based on the image used to launch the collection, we can expect at least one gorgeous red lip colour, glowy highlighters and bronzers, and brow products, but that's just reading between the lines.
This isn't Lopez's first venture into beauty. Her 2002 perfume Glow was a huge success, and arguably started the trend for celebrity fragrances (Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds notwithstanding).
Lopez tends to favour a more-is-more look, which we've absolutely got time for.
Please join us in speculating as to what her Inglot line will include, via photos posted by her makeup artists, Mary Phillips and Scott Barnes.
This shot from the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscars after-party is all about the lashes and cheekbones.
We love the orange lip and pinky eyeshadow here.
Lopez loves a glossy lip, as you can see here in tandem with a cool-toned smokey eye.
Lopez is sharing some excellent life advice here, but we're focusing on that cut-crease eyeshadow. Amazing.
Well, we've only got three weeks to wait before the line comes out. You can keep an eye on the timer on the brand's website here.


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From the Land of the Czars: Escape from the Pogroms
Category » From the Lands of the Czars
Dashed Hopes and Thwarted Expectations
Escape from the Pogroms
Immigrant Music
Turned Away From America
From the Land of the Czars: "From the Land of the Czars": Table of Contents
No event had greater influence on the course of American Jewish history than the assassination of Alexander II, "Czar of all the Russias," in St. Petersburg, in March 1881. Seeking a scapegoat, the government and people turned upon the Jews in pogroms in over a hundred towns and villages, wild excesses of violence, pillage, and plunder which continued well into the twentieth century. To "shield the Russian population against harmful Jewish activity," "Temporary Laws" were enacted on May 31, 1882, which limited Jewish residence to the Pale of Settlement, the eastern provinces of the czarist empire; expelled Jews from such cities as St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev, and permitted all villages to expel theirs; limited the number of Jews in secondary schools and universities; and prohibited Jews from entering the legal profession and participating in local government.
The three-pronged solution to the "Jewish problem" proposed by the eminence grise of Russian politics, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, if not official government policy, seems to have become its goal: for one-third of the Jews, conversion; for another third, economic strangulation; for the rest, emigration. The Jews of Russia acted upon the third. Emigration, begun in the 1870s, brought two and one-half million Jews to America during the next half-century, doubling the Jewish population of the United States in each of the last two decades of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth.
Every division of the Library offers rich documentation of this extraordinary Exodus — departure, journey, and resettlement. We limit ourselves to a sampling of the graphic arts and to some literary creations that describe this great drama.
Among the immigrants was the thirteen-year-old Mary Antin who, with her mother, two sisters, and brother, joined her father in America in 1894. In her classic memoir, The Promised Land (Boston, 1912), she recalled:
Hundreds of fugitives, preceded by a wail of distress, flocked into the open district [the Pale] bringing their trouble where trouble was never absent, mingling their tears with tears that never dried.
Passover was celebrated in tears that year. In the story of the Exodus we would have read a chapter of current history, only for us there was no deliverer and no promised land. But what said some of us at the end of the long service? Not "May we be next year in Jerusalem," but, "Next year — in America!" So there was our promised land, and many faces turned toward the West. And if the waters of the Atlantic did not part for them, the wanderers rode its bitter flood by a miracle as great as any the rod of Moses ever wrought.
This same historical metaphor was used in 1881 in a two-page cartoon in color in the magazine of humor and satire Puck. Its German edition captions the cartoon "Der Moderne Auszug aus Egypten" (The Modern Exodus from Egypt); in the English language edition it is called "The Modern Moses." Moses is Uncle Sam, his trousers the red and white stripes of the American flag, beams of light radiating from his white top hat. He stands on a Rock of Salvation and with his wand marked "Liberty" he cleaves the waters of the Atlantic. On the far horizon looms death in military helmet. A setting sun on the near shore emits its rays inscribed "Western Homes." Through the parted waters marked "Oppression" and "Intolerance" marches a long line of immigrants. Their depiction aroused an angry attack on the Austrian immigrant publisher and artist, Joseph Keppler. He was accused of perpetuating the German and Austrian antiSemitic caricatures of the Jews: top-hatted men, bearded or whiskered, obese women and obstreperous children, all hook-nosed and kinky haired. The cartoon is signed "O & K," for Frederick Burr Opper — son of an Austrian Jewish immigrant and a New England (apparently not Jewish) mother — and Keppler, who neither apologized for nor changed his stereotype. Jews similarly depicted continued to appear in Puck, but these were no different in kind from equally coarse and offensive caricatures of Irish and Italian immigrants, venal politicians, or avaricious Robber Barons.
The modern Moses is Uncle Sam cleaving the waters of the Atlantic to permit the Children of Israel to reach the shores not of the Promised Land but of the land of promise. The artists are "O&K," i.e., Frederick Burr Opper and Joseph Keppler. Their depiction of the Jews-hooked nosed, kinky haired-aroused vigorous criticism.
Frederick Burr Opper and Joseph Keppler, "The Modem Moses," in Puck, 1881. General Collection.
A benign portrayal of the same theme was on the cover page of the periodical, The Jewish Immigrant, published by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society beginning in 1908. The Atlantic, a welcoming America, and the long line of immigrants are also here, but in a center panel Lady Columbia, five-point star decorating her cap whose visor reads "America" in Yiddish, is opening her gates to a bearded Jew who has just stepped on her shores. On either side of the open gates are biblical verses. "Open for me the gates of' righteousness" (Psalm 118:19), the immigrant asks; "Open ye gates, that the righteous nation may enter," America responds, The line of immigrants are Old World Jews in their customary dress; one, a whitebearded patriarch wrapped in a prayer shawl, carries a Scroll of the Law. The masthead bears American and Jewish flags intertwined, and above them the American eagle holds a banner, inscribed "shelter us in the shadow of thy wings" (Psalm 17:8).
The front page of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society's journal, The Jewish lmmigrant, shows a graphic presentation, lady "America" opening tier gate to the wandering Jew seeking haven.
The Jewish Immigrant, New York, January 1909 Hebraic Section.
The shipboard experience is enshrined in a remarkable photograph, "The Steerage" (1907), by Hoboken-born Jewish photographer Alfred Stieglitz, the first of his craft to have his work accepted as art by American museums.
Immigrants in steerage wait as the first and second class passengers embark from New York harbor in Alfred Stieglitz's famed photograph taken in 1907, "The Steerage."
Alfred Stieglitz, "The Steerage," New York, 1907. Prints and Photographs Division.
Sources: Abraham J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, (DC: Library of Congress, 1991).


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Trump downplays massive cyber hack on government after Pompeo links attack to Russia
Posted December 19, 2020 10:34 a.m. EST
Updated December 19, 2020 12:58 p.m. EST
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Jennifer Hansler, CNN
CNN — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday publicly linked Russia to a massive cyberattack on US federal government agencies, calling the data breach "a very significant effort" in remarks the President appeared to contradict Saturday.
"This was a very significant effort, and I think it's the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity," Pompeo said in an interview Friday on "The Mark Levin Show."
"I can't say much more as we're still unpacking precisely what it is, and I'm sure some of it will remain classified," he added.
In his first public comments on the hack, President Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to undercut Pompeo's remarks, downplaying the breach in a pair of tweets and suggesting without evidence "it may be China" that's responsible.
Instead of condemning the attack, or Russia, Trump wrote that he had been "fully briefed and everything is well under control" -- despite officials in his administration having said this week that the cyberattack "poses a grave risk" to networks across both the public and private sector.
Trump also baselessly claimed in the tweet that the attack could have impacted US voting machines. A group of national, state and private election officials said in a joint statement last month that there is no evidence of any voting system being compromised in the 2020 election.
At least half a dozen federal agencies are now known to have been targeted in the breach, including the Department of Homeland Security's cyber arm and the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy and State. Investigators are still trying to determine what, if any, government data may have been accessed or stolen in the hack.
"Suffice it to say, there was a significant effort to use a piece of third-party software to essentially embed code inside of US government systems and it now appears systems of private companies and companies and governments across the world as well," Pompeo said.
Trump had remained silent on the hack for most of the week. The White House said Friday the President was being briefed and "working very hard" in dealing with it.
Asked Friday about Trump's silence on the matter, Pompeo noted there was work going on behind the scenes.
"There are many things that you'd very much love to say, 'Boy, I'm going to call that out,' but a wiser course of action to protect the American people is to calmly go about your business and defend freedom," he said.
As the scope of the espionage campaign and its sophistication became clearer over the past two weeks, US officials had begun to believe that a Russia-linked entity or Russian individuals are responsible for the attacks. Pompeo's comments go further than any Trump administration official yet in pinning the blame on Russia, as further evidence shows the hacking operation bears all the hallmarks of a Russian-backed actor.
The Russian embassy in Washington has denied involvement in the hack.
But Moscow has been linked to several recent breaches, including the 2016 hacking of Democratic officials during the US presidential election.
Last week, the cybersecurity firm FireEye disclosed that it had been targeted by a sophisticated, likely state-sponsored espionage attempt, and that several of its own hacking tools had been stolen.
CNN previously reported that a Russian-affiliated group known as APT29 was behind the attack on FireEye.
On Sunday, Reuters first reported that the Departments of Commerce and Treasury had been hit by hackers. The Commerce Department soon confirmed a security incident.
That same evening, FireEye identified the source of its own intrusion as malware hidden in its software updates published by the software vendor SolarWinds, which is used by a number of federal civilian agencies for network management.
As many as 18,000 SolarWinds customers, including US government agencies and Fortune 500 companies, had been sent the updates containing the malware.
The headline and story have been updated to reflect President Donald Trump's tweets on the cyberattack.


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Lord Elystan-Morgan: Where there is no target as such. A scientifically calculated phenomenon should be a current either moving from local government to central government or from central government to local government. In so far as local government says to central government, "We appreciate the principle that you have enunciated and agree with it. This is the situation in our area and this is the amalgam of the cases that we are dealing with which we consider to be appropriate to be the subject of adoption, not as a
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target, but as a calculated fact", I am sure the Minister can see the distinction. They are not targets. They are not matters moving from central government to local government, but rather in the other direction—the moving as a category of collected facts which represent the current situation in the estimation of the local authority. I hope I am not splitting hairs, but to my mind that is something very different from a target that has been calculated in relation to some set phenomenon.
Lord Adonis: Now I understand the point. I accept that that would be very different. However, I restate that it is not the Government's intention to set a target, however one might frame it in terms of the evidence base on which it is drawn.
Baroness Morris of Bolton: I thank the Minister for his reply. I sometimes reel under his replies, and then I remember that I read somewhere in a profile of him that he speaks at 100-and-something words a minute and realise why I have to go back and read everything again in Hansard. I thank him for what he said about the national targets.
I shall say something about local targets, as the Minister raised them. There is a feeling out there—we read about it every now and then in our newspapers—that some children are removed from parents and put up for adoption when that should not happen. That gives social workers a bad image. When we did our social workers' commission, social workers felt very strongly that any targets—we chose national targets, but even locally driven targets—that took away their autonomy to work to find the right placement for a child did not help in setting a positive image for them doing the proactive work they want to do. Seeing as we are not quite as pressed on time as sometimes, I wonder whether the Minister may like to comment on that, even though it is not in my amendment.
Lord Adonis: All I can say is that the Government do not impose, and have never imposed, adoption targets for individual local authorities. We do not have a view on whether it might be appropriate for an individual local authority to have an internal target. If the noble Baroness is asking me to reflect further on that, I shall be happy to do so, but I have stated our position.
Baroness Morris of Bolton: I would be most grateful. I thank the Minister and beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
[Amendment No. 95A not moved.]
On Question, Whether Clause 29 shall stand part of the Bill?
Lord Hylton: I think that this is the appropriate moment in the Bill for me to raise questions about privately arranged fostering. As I understand it, private fosterers are supposed to be registered or at least notified to the local authority.
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton: I am in a little difficulty. I do not believe that the noble Lord has chosen the appropriate place to raise this issue because there is no specific amendment before the Committee.
Lord Hylton: I am speaking to whether the clause shall stand part.
The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Gould of Potternewton):Of course the noble Lord is perfectly entitled to do what he is doing, but it is courteous to give notice in advance.
Lord Hylton: I have not given formal notice, but I have given notice to the Minister's officials. I hope that is helpful, and perhaps I may continue. I understand that privately arranged fosterers are supposed to be registered or notified to the local authority. In practice that does not always happen. There may be frequent instances where it does not happen. What checks are made or can be made, and what are the powers of enforcement with regard to privately arranged fostering?
The background to this is that there are considerable worries about private placements for fostering being used as cover for the trafficking of children who, when they get to their private foster carers, may be prepared for domestic slavery in some shape or form or for much worse forms of exploitation. I would be very grateful for anything that the Minister can say about this, given that I am pretty sure I raised the matter at Second Reading.
Lord Adonis: I will write to the noble Lord with a fuller explanation of the Government's position on the issue. As he is aware, the strengthened notification scheme in respect of private fostering introduced by the Children Act 2004 has had only two years of operation, so it has not been in operation long enough for us to assess it properly. Therefore I cannot give the noble Lord that which I believe he is seeking, which is our assessment of the effectiveness of the new regime in its entirety. I will provide any preliminary information that I can of the effects we believe have flowed from the strengthened notification scheme introduced in 2004.
Clause 29 agreed to.
The Deputy Chairman: While I am on my feet, perhaps I may make the position clear by reading from the Companion. It states:
"If there is no italic notice on the marshalled list warning of a debate, any Member who wishes to speak on 'clause stand part' should inform the Lord in the Chair".
I hope the noble Lord will accept that.
[Amendments Nos. 96 to 98 not moved.]
Clause 30 [Independent review of determinations relating to adoption]:
Lord Adonis moved Amendment No. 99:
Clause 30, page 25, line 40, leave out "a national authority" and insert "an appropriate Minister"
On Question, amendment agreed to.
Clause 31 [Extension of period allowed for making regulations under section 45 or 46 of the Children Act 2004]:
Baroness Sharp of Guildford moved Amendment No. 100:
Clause 31, page 26, line 4, leave out ""seven"" and insert ""five""
The noble Baroness said: Amendment No. 100 relates to Clause 31, which takes us back to the debates we had in the Children Act 2004 about private fostering. That is what the noble Lord was raising and, arguably, he should have raised the issue under this amendment. Clause 31 changes the sunset clause. Under the Children Act 2004, a register of private fosterers was to be set up under Section 45 in relation to England and under Section 46 in relation to Wales. Section 47 states that if the regulations relating to that register have not been laid within four years of the passing of the Act, which would be November 2008, Sections 45 and 46 would fall. Clause 31 extends the four years to seven to take the provision through to 2011.
These Benches feel that the Government have been somewhat dilatory in getting such a register set up and in issuing these regulations. Only 10 per cent of private fosterers are currently registered. There are ten months between now and November 2008. It seems reasonable to add an extra year and make it five years instead of seven years. That will give the Government practically two years in which to get the regulations written and the register up and running. We feel that that is perfectly adequate. They should really have got a move on with this issue, and we would like to see them getting a move on with it. Therefore, our Amendment No. 100 proposes that instead of seven years it should be five years. I beg to move.
Baroness Morris of Bolton: We have always taken a great deal of care about the registration of private fostering. We have moved amendments on it. We thought of doing something on the Bill to bring forward a register now. We listened with care to what the Minister said at Second Reading, and can understand some time delay, but think it unnecessary to extend the provision to seven years. Therefore, I support the amendment.
Baroness Howe of Idlicote: I certainly support the amendment. A reduction of two years should give plenty of time. The other matter going through my mind was the issue raised by my noble friend about what may have been happening with fostering. The Act was passed in 2004, and the reason for not being able to give details about how the process is working out is that only two years have gone by. This concern about the trafficking of children—trafficking of people generally but certainly of children—for sexual exploitation has not been on everybody's agenda for very long, but the figures we are now beginning to hear about are very concerning. This issue has built up over a short time, yet the Minister feels we need more time. How much more time are the Government going to need before they can give some real figures and say what effect—successful, I hope—the process has had?
Lord Adonis: I can say how much more time we need to take a decision. That is precisely the three years we seek in the Bill. As to why we are seeking this additional time, I should make clear that we are not signalling that we have abandoned the idea of introducing registration, but that we need more time to see whether the current notification system is working. Before deciding whether to introduce a registration scheme, we need to assess fully the notification system. To do that we will need advice from the relevant experts. We will need to look not only at practices in different types of area and in authorities with high, medium and low levels of notification, but also to try to understand what prevents people in various situations notifying arrangements to their local authorities. We need to grasp the question of whether a registration scheme would encourage or deter private fosterers coming forward to the authorities. We are anxious not to deter fosterers from coming in where we need them. This will require further sophisticated research to be commissioned by the Government, and that is why we need the extra time.
Baroness Sharp of Guildford: I thank the Minister for his reply, but it is not very adequate. What has changed between 2004 and now? Four years were adequate in 2004; other than the fact that the department has not got around to issuing the regulations, what has changed? It seems to us on these Benches that an extra year gives it two years from now to get such a scheme up and running. In 2004, during the passage of that Bill, it was decided to set up a registration scheme. I do not see why the Government are now running away from that same scheme. It seems to us perfectly reasonable. I will withdraw the amendment for the moment, but we may well bring it back on Report. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
[Amendment No. 101 not moved.]
Clauses 32 and 33 agreed to.
Lord Northbourne moved Amendment No. 102:
After Clause 33, insert the following new Clause—
"Responsibilities of parenthood
(1) In section 10 of the 1989 Act (power of court to make section 8 orders), after subsection (9)(b) insert—
"(ba) in relation to residence orders, whether or not the person with whom it is proposed that the child should live is likely to be able and willing to accept the responsibilities of parenthood in relation to the child;".
(2) In section 8 of that Act (residence, contact and other orders with respect to children), after subsection (4) insert—
"(4A) In this Part "the responsibilities of parenthood" means, in so far as is practicable and in the best interests of the child, the safeguarding and promotion of the child's health, development and welfare, and the provision of direction and guidance to the child in a manner appropriate to his age and development.""
The noble Lord said: Amendment No. 102 is about the responsibilities of parenthood. The noble Lord, Lord Judd, apologised profusely to me and to the Committee for the fact that he has had to leave to get
to Cumberland for an appointment. He has shown his enthusiasm for my amendment by promising to put his name to it if I bring it back on Report, which I hope I shall not need to do.
The amendment would clarify and embed in law the responsibilities that a person assumes when they accept the responsibility of caring for a child who will live with them as the result of a residence order. In my view, the responsibilities are the same as those of any parent who has their child living with them. Curiously, the responsibilities are not clearly set out in law in England, although they are in Scotland. When a child is taken into local authority care and is placed with a foster carer or put into a children's home, or where a child after the separation of his parents is sent to live with one of them, surely the same responsibilities must be relevant. It is critical for the child and for the parents of that child with whom he is not living that the child receives the parenting that he needs. We all know that parenting is fundamental to all aspects of a child's well-being, including his education. The present position leaves uncertainty, which is potentially bad for the child and for the concerned adults. In the amendment, I propose that we should insert into the 1989 Act the relevant wording from Section 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.
In many ways, I would have preferred it if it had been possible to insert this text into Section 1 of the 1989 Act, but unfortunately I am prevented from doing so by the Long Title of the Bill, which refers only to amending Parts 2 and 3. This will be only a preliminary step in my campaign. The wording of the amendment is taken more or less directly from the wording of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, which states that,
"a parent has in relation to his child the responsibility ... to safeguard and promote the child's health, development and welfare ... to provide, in a manner appropriate to the stage of development of the child ... direction ... guidance".
It is simple, it is non-prescriptive and it is reasonable. It is not over-detailed, and it is a good definition of the responsibilities of parenthood. It is no more than every child deserves and it is no more than the adults who care about that child's welfare are entitled to expect. I beg to move.
Baroness Morris of Bolton: Throughout all our discussions on the Bill we have focused on the responsibilities of those in the children's workforce and the local authorities when family life breaks down and a child is taken into care. However, there is a gap, which I am very pleased to see that the noble Lord, Lord Northbourne, is trying to fill. That is why I was happy to put my name to the amendment.
There is no statutory description of the responsibilities of parenthood. Understanding those responsibilities and having them enshrined in law lays down an important standard. It allows for a framework to appreciate situations where a relationship may have ended, but responsibilities to the child have not. So, as I said, we are very happy to support the amendment.
Baroness Butler-Sloss: I very strongly support the amendment. There is no definition of parental responsibility other than in Section 3 of the Children
Act 1989, which sets out the responsibilities of a parent and does not actually say what is meant by it. This is one occasion, if I may put it like this, where Scotland is ahead of us. The fact that it is in statutory form in Scotland is a good indicator to us, because the Scots are very keen on child welfare, that the wording there would be appropriate for us.
There are a number of court decisions on what is meant by parental responsibility. That is absolutely useless for most people because you have to trawl through the cases. What is needed—and I very much endorse the amendment of my noble friend Lord Northbourne—is not only a clear recognition in statute, of the importance of the parental position but is a clear and simple definition of what parental responsibility actually means.
It may be that it was not needed in 1989. I remember being very much involved in 1987-88 in giving advice on the Children Bill and then going around the country, on what we used to call road shows, training the judiciary and the lawyers on how to work the Children Act. This point did not come up then, but I think that, nearly 20 years later, the rather unhappy experience we have seen through the courts and particularly for social services, the Probation Service and, indeed, the criminal justice system, shows that some understanding of what is really meant by parenting needs to be in primary legislation. For those reasons I support the amendment.
Lord Ramsbotham: I, too, very strongly support the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Northbourne. As has already been mentioned, it produces a definition which we have been searching for. Certainly at the back of my amendments yesterday about adding the responsibility of care for those in custody was that somebody should be exercising the responsibility of a parent on behalf of the people in custody.
Currently I am involved with the development of a suggestion about a new type of administering custody, which is much more localised. The first part of that study has been trying to establish what would be the ethos of an establishment like that. It all boils down to this: what are you going to be doing in loco parentis? Therefore, I think it is extremely important that the provision should be replicated. It is unfortunate that it was not in the Children Act 1989 because it took, if noble Lords remember, a judicial review brought by the Howard League to get formal acceptance by the Government that the terms of the Children Act 1989 applied to those in custody, which previously was denied. Therefore I strongly support the amendment and hope that it will be accepted.
Baroness Walmsley: As somebody who wanted to define the word "near" in relation to schools and "independence" in relation to IROs, I suppose noble Lords would expect me to support this amendment because it deals with the definition of something much more important than either of those. I do so in particular because if a judge in the family courts as eminent and experienced as the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, thinks that this would be a useful device
to have in legislation for judges in the family courts, that is quite good enough for me. I only regret that in such a provision it is not possible to put in the words "love" and "happiness", which are the things that most parents want to give to their children. If you ask any new parent: "Do you want him to be a footballer, a judge, a shopkeeper or a builder?" the answer always is "No, I just want him to be happy". Regrettably, you cannot really add that in legislation. However, it sounds to me like a very useful amendment, as far as it goes, so I support it.
Baroness Howe of Idlicote: I agree that it would be particularly splendid to have the word "love" in there somewhere, but we must take what we have. The wording is absolutely right: completely spot on. I cannot imagine why—
Lord Northbourne: I am most grateful to my noble friends for flattering me on the wording, but it is taken straight from the Scottish Bill. I take no credit for it.
Baroness Howe of Idlicote: I accept that, but my noble friend deserves credit for finding it and putting it to us in this way. I ask the Minister why this was not part of our law in the past; we also had that opportunity. What were the reasons for not accepting this wording? I assume and hope that he will look favourably on the amendment, even if only to come back with his own. It would take something for the Minister to want to reject such a well phrased amendment, and I very much hope that he is not going to.
Lord Elystan-Morgan: I have not the slightest doubt that the noble Lord, Lord Northbourne, does the interests of children and young persons a great service with the amendment. I appreciate that there may well be arguments over the proposed subsection (2), because it is difficult to define all the elements concerned, even the quantifiable ones. Elements like love, affection and loyalty are unquantifiable and can therefore never be the subject of definition in law.


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Q: Get info from two tables Hello i work on one project using JS, PHP & Mysql. I have 2 tables which are :
invoice (inv_id,date,total,paid,due)

invoice_infos (id, product_name,product_price,inv_id)

invoice_infos contains informations about all products of a invoice.
The column date of table invoice contains the date of the invoice, the column product_name of invoice_details contains name of product.
I want do a query which allow me view product selled in defined date.

A: You seem to be looking for a simple JOIN between both tables, using field inv_id. The FROM clause of your queries should look like :
FROM invoices iv
INNER JOIN invoice_infos if ON if.inv_id = id.inv_id

Starting from there, say you want to pull out all available information in invoice_infos and invoices for a specific date of sale :
SELECT iv.*, if.*
FROM invoices iv
INNER JOIN invoice_infos if ON if.inv_id = id.inv_id
WHERE iv.date = ?

Another typical use case is to aggregate date. For example let's compute the total price for each product sold on a given date :
SELECT if.product_name, SUM(if.product_price) sum_product_price
FROM invoices iv
INNER JOIN invoice_infos if ON if.inv_id = id.inv_id
WHERE iv.date = ?
GROUP BY if.product_name

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Q: Flask: Blueprint not showing custom error page Here is how i am creating a simple blueprint
from flask import Blueprint, render_template

my_bp_page = Blueprint('my_bp_page', __name__, template_folder='templates')

@my_bp_page.errorhandler(404)
def page_not_found(e):
    return render_template('404.html', pageName='my_bp_page.home')

@my_bp_page.route('/home', methods=['GET'], strict_slashes=False)
def home():
    return render_template('home.html')

and here is my 404.html
{% block title %}Page Not Found{% endblock %}
{% block body %}

Page Not Found

What you were looking for is just not there.

    {% if pageName is defined %}
        Go Back
    {% else %}
        Go Back
    {% endif %}
{% endblock %}

while testing this, i tried the URL localhost:5000/home/junk and i see
Not Found
The requested URL was not found on the server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

this is not what i should see. I should be seeing my custom 404.html
What am i doing wrong ?

A: The issue is that as far as Flask is concerned, the /home/junk path does not belong to your my_bp_page blueprint. It is just a path for which no route has been registered.
This caveat is mentioned in the Error Handlers section of the Blueprints documentation (3rd paragraph).
The recommended solution is to use an app-level error handler, and inspect request.path to customise the way errors are handled.