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Twitter Will Release New Features To Control Harassment
January 31, 2017 by Nica De Leon Leave a Comment
Twitter will be implementing some changes to make the social media site safer for users. The company is going to address the increasing incidents of harassment on the platform.
Ed Ho, vice president of engineering at Twitter has posted a series of tweets informing everyone about their plans. The social networking service admits that it has done little to prevent harassment but this year, the company will be more dedicated to listening to its users.
In the coming days, Twitter is expected to roll out fixes that will prevent offenders from creating new accounts. This will stop wrongdoers from harassing more people. New features will also be released this year for the protection of the users.
Ho said that they will now focus on improving user interaction. He tweeted, "Making Twitter a safer place is our primary focus and we are now moving with more urgency than ever."
Making Twitter a safer place is our primary focus and we are now moving with more urgency than ever.
— Ed Ho (@mrdonut) January 31, 2017
We'll be rolling out a number of product changes in the days ahead. Some changes will be visible and some will be less so.
Engaging in conversations is allowed on Twitter but the constant abuse discourages many from participating in discussions. Harassment brings fear to many users but it is about to end.
"We're approaching safety with a sense of urgency. As such, we will be rolling out a number of product changes in the coming days and weeks – some will be immediately visible, while others will be more targeted to specific scenarios. We will update you along the way and continue to test, learn and iterate on these changes to evaluate their effectiveness. You can expect to see meaningful progress in this area," a spokesperson informed VentureBeat.
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Facebook Helps Users Identify 'Fake News' And 'Hoaxes'
December 19, 2016 by Nica De Leon Leave a Comment
Facebook is now making a move to stop fake news from spreading. The largest social networking site will be partnering with fact-checkers and news organisations to help its more than one billion users identify which stories are just made up.
Users will be given options to flag posts that are annoying, inappropriate, spam and fake news stories. Facebook will seek the assistance of ABC News, The Associated Press, FactCheck.org, Snopes and Politifact to realise its new goal. These organisations will sort news flagged by the users.
The easy distribution of false news and hoaxes has put many people in trouble. With Facebook's new solution, people will know if the reports are disputed by the fact-checkers.
"We do believe that we have an obligation to combat the spread of fake news," John Hegeman, the vice president of product management on news feed stated in an interview, as per Lex18.
Facebook has clarified that it will not take the role of labelling which reports are true or false. The company will still allow its users to express their opinions of the social media platform.
Those who post fake news will face serious consequences. They will be pushed down the news feed and will not be given the chance to use some of Facebook's services such as paid promotion.
Meanwhile, some experts have concerns regarding the solution of the networking site. Some voices might be silenced which violates freedom of expression. Opposing parties, for example, only need to flag each other's posts and encourage a number users to do the same to prevent messages from being heard.
Filed Under: News, Tech Tagged With: Facebook, Facebook news feed, social media
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Every time you use the social media service Facebook, you partly have Eduardo Saverin to thank. With his Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, Saverin co-founded Facebook in 2004. Because of disagreements, Saverin split from Zuckerberg, although he still owns shares in the company. Severin is a venture capitalist and angel investor who owns shares in various companies. His car of choice is a Bentley which has an exclusive penthouse in the tallest building in Singapore. From relatively affluent beginnings in Brazil to being the wealthiest person in Singapore, what is Eduardo Saverin's net worth?
The most recent figures give Eduardo Saverin's net worth of $12.5 billion. He is the wealthiest person in Singapore, and his wealth continues to grow, as all his investments do.
This comes as a result of entrepreneurship, forward-thinking and savvy investment. Eduardo Saverin's move into investments began when he was at Harvard University when he earned $300,000 from investing in the oil industry. He is one of the co-founders of the social media platform Facebook, which Meta Platforms now own. Saverin is one of the company's co-founders, which is worth over $4 billion. He has other investments that deliver high returns.
Eduardo Saverin is a Brazilian-born businessman and investor now living in Singapore. He is best known as being one of the co-founders of Facebook and Meta Platforms. Saverin disagreed with Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook, which was settled out of court. He now owns 25% of Meta. Saverin continues to invest in companies, mainly that are involved with technology.
Eduardo Saverin was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Roberto and Paula Saverin. He came from a wealthy family. His father was a highly successful businessman interested in the clothing industry, shipping, and real estate. He made a lot of money, so Eduardo had a privileged upbringing. His mother, Paula, is a psychologist. Saverin has two sisters: Alexandre and Michele Saverin.
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In 2009, Eduardo Saverin moved to Singapore, where he began to invest in companies in the Asian market. In 2011, he caused a stir when he gave up his US citizenship to aid in paying taxes. Despite this move, Eduardo continues to invest in American companies. He still shows an affinity for technology, investing in startup companies like Crowdmob, ShopSavvy, Jumio, and Qwiki.
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MY PAL, MY SON is Track#13 off of the Jerry Chiappetta, Jr. - BLOW YOUR MIND Album
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My Pal, My Son is a little one, I know he won't stay this way. From diapers to blue jeans to who knows what, these years flash quickly away. He's too young to be left alone at night, too old to be tucked into bed. And he still wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, despite what his father has said. He's My Pal, My Son, my little one, for a while he'll be mine. All we have are nuggets of memories that we both can polish with time. He's my Pal My Son, my little one, for a while he'll be mine. So we'll take our precious, nuggets of memories, that we both can polish with time.
It's hard to know when to lead him, and when to leave him alone. We have so little time to show them the way, before they're off on their own. There are times I'll try to show him, the right way to get things done. But to him the right way is wrong you see, when it comes, to having fun. He's My Pal, My Son, my little one, for a while he'll be mine. All we have are nuggets of memories that we both can polish with time. He's my Pal My Son, my little one, for a while he'll be mine. So we'll take our precious nuggets of memories, that we both can polish with time.
At times I feel so frightened, the time slips by so fast. Thank God we have our memories, I hope will forever last. I've taken his hand and shown him the path, the choice is his to make. Where is the road that leads to his dreams, that's the path I hope he'll take. 'Cause he's My Pal, My Son, my little one, for a while he'll be mine. All we have are nuggets of memories that we both can polish with time. He's my Pal My Son, my little one, for a while he'll be mine, so we'll take our precious, nuggets of memories, that we both can polish with, time.
Interview with the artist Jerry Chiappetta, Jr. - About his song; MY PAL, MY SON
In the 1970's my father, Jerry Chiappetta, Sr. produced a one-hour documentary film that aired once on his weekly MICHIGAN OUTDOORS TV Show titled "My Pal, My Son". The special was about me (Jerry Jr.) growing up from diapers, to blue jeans, to who knows what. The documentary was filmed on location for eighteen days way up in Northern Canada and was about a father (my Dad) and his son (me) on a canoe fishing adventure. The Song "My Pal, My Son" I wrote in 1981 based on the movie that my father had made about me when I was a young boy. This song later aired as music for a different father and son canoe trip on ESPN Outdoors on several different airings and you may catch it on re-runs. Dad, thank you so very much for all of the wonderful childhood memories that we both can polish with time.
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Bob McMillan recalls the days when the quickest way to communicate was via a telegram - or a red public phone box. ...
Bob McMillan recalls the days when the quickest way to communicate was via a telegram - or a red public phone box
Telephones were very rare in domestic premises in my childhood, only doctors and the like had such things. Of course, there were the very familiar red cast iron phone boxes, the K6, to give them their Post Office title. The phone, a rectangular black metal box with a coin slot, coin return slot and two buttons, had no dial; you could only contact the operator at the telephone exchange and ask for the number you wanted. You were instructed to insert the requisite coinage into a slot in the front of the box and instructed to press button A when the call was answered. If you got no answer you pressed button B to get your money back.
In the case of medical emergencies, it was usual for someone to run to the doctor's surgery or home address to get help rather than to try to find a phone number and a phone. Telegrams were used only in emergencies, as these were costly. They were hand delivered by the telegram boy on his bicycle.
The telegram was paid for by the word and so messages were usually brief and to the point. The message was written out on a form at the post office and handed over the counter. Once paid for, the message was passed to a teleprinter operator (originally it would have been Morse telegraph) who would transmit the message to the main post office nearest to the recipient. Here, it would appear as printed characters on a long paper tape. This tape was cut up into suitable pieces and pasted onto a telegram backing sheet. This was folded up and sealed in to a buff envelope clearly marked 'telegram', with the recipient's name and address on the front.
I can only ever remember one telegram coming to our house and I still recall the feeling of fear that passed between Mum, Dad and I, as this could only be bad news. It was brief and to the point: 'Mother dead, Mary'. No words wasted on niceties, sympathy or information that could be imparted face to face later. How typical of the times.
The telegram boy would wait to check if there was to be a reply and if so, would write it down on his message pad and collect the necessary payment. If I remember correctly he had a dark, suit-like uniform with a pill-box hat at a jaunty angle.
With the modern, ultra sophisticated, and universally available phone, fax and e-mail systems we have today, it's easy to forget just how few years ago it is since we had to rely on letters and telegrams. I wonder what the next millennium will bring?
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Home States Rajasthan Govt Jobs ESIC Jaipur Recruitment 2015 for UDC and MTS
ESIC Jaipur Recruitment 2015 for UDC and MTS
Employees State Insurance Corporation Recruitment 2015 for UDC and MTS
Upper Division Clerk is a person, who maintains all files and correspondence records and carries out clerical duties. He collects and deposit in bank. He see whether all facts open to check have been correctly stated or not.
Multi-Tasking Staff is a person, who has responsibilities of Physical section maintenance, carrying of files and paper within a building, photo copy, Sending of Fax and many other duties done by him in the company.
ESIC Jaipur Recruitment 2015 for UDC and MTS details:-
Last date for application submission: 31st October 2015
Job Location: Jaipur
Total Number of Posts: 08 posts
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Name of the Post No of Vacancies Age Limit (as on 31/10/2015) Pay Band and Grade Pay
Upper Division Clerk (UDC) 04 18 to 27 Years PB-1 Rs. 5200-20200/- + GP Rs. 2400/-
Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) 04 18 to 25 Years PB-1 Rs. 5200-20200/- + GP Rs. 1800/-
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Candidates may submit applications along with enclosures shall be submitted at the Regional Office Employees' State Insurance Corporation, Panchdeep Bhawan, Madhya Marg, Sector 19-A Chandigarh- 160019
Employees State Insurance Corporation is the self-financing social security & health scheme for the government workers. All employees who are earning Rs.15000 less per month the employer contribute 4.75% & 1.75%. These funds manage by the ESIC with the rules & regulation in the act 1948. The corporation gives loans & takes measure for discharging such loans with previous sanction of the central government. The corporation establish set a hospitals either independently. With help of ESIC a worker in insurable is called Insurable person. There two types of Medical benefits, Cash benefits.
The largest state of India Rajasthan is located in the northern side of the nation. It is covering the area of 3,42,239 square Kilometer and comprises most of the area with wide & inhospitable "Thar Desert". It also shares its border with Pakistan in the northwest part. According to census 2011 total population of state is 6.86 crores out of which 3,55,50,997 are male and 3,29,97,440 are female, it has literacy rate of 66.11%. Jaipur is the capital city of the state, which is also known as "Pink City" is most popular tourist destination of Rajasthan. Economy of Rajasthan is primarily based on agriculture and livestock. It is the largest producer of edible oils of country. Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur are the major cities of Rajasthan, Mount Abu is the only hill station of the state. Rajasthan is has artistic and cultural tradition with rich and varied folk culture which comes from the villages of the state. Marwari is the official language of the state. Rajasthan has a tropical desert climate, which is extremely cold in winters and extremely hot in summers. India's former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Bollywood actor Irfan Khan belongs to Rajasthan.
Jaipur the capital city of Rajasthan, was founded by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II on 18th November 1727. The city has a population of 6.66 million. Jaipur is also known as the "Pink City" of India.
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Everybody understands just what Facebook is, and it is difficult to discover the individual which does not have the profile on this social media network. Facebook has lots of good sides-- we could connect with the people we enjoy no matter just how far they live, we can share statuses, photos as well as video clips, we can send out messages, and so on. There are some poor sides also. People do spend excessive time on the social network websites rather than heading out more as well as talking to each other, which is why some users made a decision to erase their social media accounts. If you don't wish to make use of Facebook anymore, this social network is providing you a lot of time to thoroughly consider this, due to the fact that as soon as you erase the profile, there is no turning back. Every little thing will be lost-- messages, pictures, friends, and so on. Plus, erasing your account is not something that you can do with a couple of clicks. Let's see How To Delete Facebook Account Permanently.
If you intend to delete your Facebook account, you probably saw that you could discover this choice that easy.
The choice you can discover is to deactivate your account, and if you do this, your profile will not be visible to your Facebook friends and also various other users of this social media network. If you alter your mind and also wish to utilize Facebook again, all you should do is visit. Your messages, photos, friends - everything will certainly be there.
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Given that so much of our contemporary lives are spent working and that so many major decisions and issues in life revolve around our work, it is surprising just how little serious theological reflection there is on the subject. A Theology of Work makes work itself the subject of theological enquiry. From within Christian doctrine it asks the pressing questions 'what is work and work's place in God's economy and thus, how shold we be carrying out our work'. Through dialogue with Jrgen Moltmann, Pope John Paul II and others, this book develops a genitive 'theology of work'. It offers a normative theological definition of work and a model for a theological ethics of work that shows work's nature, value and meaning now, and, quite uniquely, eschatologically related to the new creation. Throughout the book it is argued that work in its essence is about transformation and, as such, it is an activity consisting of three dynamically interrelated dimensions: the instrumental, relational, and ontological.


It is certainly no industry secret that in year's gone-by and previous generations of children benefiting from extended amounts time outdoors and often unsupervised. Many adults, who experienced this first hand, look back fondly on these early experiences.
It is commonly recognised these experiences made (and make) a positive impact, and as adults we are aware that it shaped many elements of our own health and development. Even though the developmental needs of children today have not changed, the fears felt by adults about increased traffic and perceived threat of child abduction has led to a shift in society in terms of attitude towards children's access to and importantly use of the outdoor environment. What's more, with the ever growing interest and use of media equipment such as computers, televisions, mobile devices, tables, this has contributed a society where many of our children now live sedentary lives, with very few, and certainly limited opportunities to access outdoor space or the huge benefits from being outside.
Regardless of the cultural shift away from playing and learning in outdoor environments, it continues to be crucial to children's development, wellbeing and development. Subsequently, the role of early years settings should ensure that they maximise opportunities to play freely and safely outsides is crucial.
An early years setting and environment should allow play and learning to flow seamlessly between indoors and outdoors, enabling children to make the most of the leaning resources and materials available to them and develop their ideas without needless interruption. Outdoor learning complements indoor learning and is equally important. Outdoor learning incorporates all that children do, see, hear or feel in their outdoor space. This includes the experiences that their practitioners create and plan for, the spontaneous activities that children initiate, and the naturally occurring cyclical opportunities linked to the seasons, weather and nature.
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An ESRD Seamless Care Organization (ESCO) is a partnership among groups of health care providers and suppliers in order to test a new payment model and care delivery method specifically for Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD.
An ESCO is formed by a partnership among Medicare certified dialysis facilities, nephrologists and other and other Medicare enrolled providers and suppliers located in a contiguous geographical area. Through the ESCO model, these partners are able to work together to enhance patient-centered care, improve communication and coordination of care and access to services.
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Boric acid poisoning is usually caused by eating cockroach medicine. If the dog takes too much boric acid, it needs to go to the pet hospital for examination and treatment. Because boric acid can be used to kill common pests (borax also hass the same effect), the main mechanism is to corrode insect exoskeletons and affect their metabolism by feeding them, so boric acid solution can be used to clean parasites in dogs, or to treat skin diseases in dogs.
If the dog is poisoned due to the absorption of boric acid due to extensive skin damage, it should be promptly washed with a large amount of warm soapy water, and then quickly sent to the pet hospital for treatment.
If the dog excrement is poisoned by absorbing a large amount of boric acid by using cockroach medicine, it shall be immediately sent to the pet hospital for vomiting, gastric lavage and diarrhea.
In general, we want to avoid contact with boric acid or borate products. For example, when using cockroach medicine at home, we want to make sure that the dog does not eat it at home.


In the last post we discussed the implementation of Minimax for game AIs, specifically with Gomoku. In this post, we'll cover general improvements for minimax that can be made. While they might not all apply to all games, they may apply to general zero-sum games, like chess, connect four, checkers, etc… Note that most of these improvements are very game-specific.
In some zero-sum games, there are moves that can be skipped in the Minimax process. For example, in gomoku or othello, playing in squares that are not close to other pieces on the board would be bad moves, and thus can be skipped without resulting in a loss of skill.
Since the complexity of minimax relies heavily on the branching factor—the number of children for any node—limiting the number of moves checked can significantly speed up your search. A basic way to do this is to sort all the possible moves from any position based off much the move improves the position with a depth-1 evaluation function (compare the evaluation before and after placing the piece). Then only search deeper on the first n best moves instead of on all possible moves.
In most games, there are situations where a move is forced. Forced moves can be categorized into two categories, I'll use chess and gomoku for examples.
For chess, when a King is in check, the player is forced to defend the King in some way.
For gomoku, when a player has a four-in-a-row with an open end, the other is forced to block it.
This one is very simple—when a win is available, play it!
For chess, if you are threatening a King on your turn, capture it!
For gomoku, if you have a four-in-a-row with an open end on your turn, play on the end to win the game!
After playing one of these moves in your minimax function, you can simply cut the game off returning the result of the game. There is no need to search the game any further (in this branch) since it is already over!
Always detect wins before defenses. If no win exists, and you detected forced defense moves, then only search through the forced moves—don't even bother with other moves.
The classic, most widely-known improvement to minimax algorithms is alpha-beta pruning. This algorithm allows you to skip over branches while running minimax while finding the same result that a naive minimax algorithm would have found with the same depth. The way it does this is by quitting out of the branch as it finds out that it is worse than a previously checked branch.
I would highly recommend checking out the Wikipedia page—it does a much better job at explaining this than I do.
In many games, minimax is best when it is not used alone. Strong gomoku programs use threat-space search in conjunction with minimax. Strong chess programs use alpha-beta pruning along with other types of searches. In short—think about your game and try searching in a way that makes more sense to your game. This is the most complex improvement in the list I made.
This might not seem like it should belong in this post, but there are almost always improvements that can be made to your functions. In minimax, the evaluation function is constantly being called on, if there is anything—however slight—that can be made more efficient in it, it'll really pay off.
If you have conducted all the above steps that apply for your game, you have just created a very strong program for your game that can probably beat humans! Unless—of course—if you are coding Go. For that, you will have to look into the Monte Carlo tree search, that I will cover in a future post. Until then, thanks for reading!
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Mivar is an italian factory funded by Carlo Vichi in Milan, near to my house.
Some times ago I've found a 1960 vacuum tube radio, the Mivar UCM/591. It's really a nice looking device to me. Unluckly something in this radio is broken, so I've try to fix it. I'm not a vacuum tube expert, people from http://elettronialtramonto.forumfree.it/ helps me fixing this. Electrons at sunset, is a forum and a site devoted to beautifull but outdated technology.
This radio has an annoying noise and whistle at low and high volume.
Before repairing a radio like this, keep in mind that it runs on high voltage, this device also is dangeros because of the power transformer type, that is an autotransformer. The case is connected to the main voltage grid, and no ground connection is provided. Autotransformer where usually installed on those cheap old radio. Pay attention to this is you are looking at an old tube device.
Below the schematics for this radio.
After checking the circuit, the first noticeable thing is the cathode electrolic cap on the power amp tube (the UL84) damaged.
I've changed it, but noise still exists. Checking things around UL84, I've noticed that the anode to ground cap (the 4k7 one) was missing. Likely this radio was repaired by someone that eventually forget that cap. Noise went down, but still is there. The next step was checking the cathode resistor, it was a 220ohm by color codes (even if the circuit I've found online list it as a 150ohm one), but it meausre more than 500ohm, I've replaced it. At this stage noise was almost gone, voltage on the UL84 grid is now 12.5V, but there's still an high whistle on low volume. Checking all the paper caps I've found that none of them is in range. Some are up to 300% out of their nominal value. I've to replace all (almost a dozen).
Paper cap where replaced by disk ceramic caps, cause i do not have old stock paper caps, electrolitics cap where replaced by new one. I've try to install caps from old device I've here in my junk box, just to mantain the old look of this device. Below a picture of the defunct components.
I've tested it, voltages are next to the schematics one, now all is working.
So, thanks again to people from elettronialtramonto that helps me.
The repaired board looks like the picture below.


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2019: PDP Considers Proposals For Campaign Funding
The National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party is set to meet to discuss and approve how the party would raise funds for the 2019 general elections.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would meet on Tuesday to consider proposal for campaign funding and membership of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).
The NEC is the second highest decision-making organ of the party.
Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State is Chairman of the Fund Raising Committee.
The party is yet to fully constitute its PCC for the 2019 general elections, despite the lift of ban on campaigns by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Party bigwigs, who spoke with newsmen last night, said the meeting would discuss and approve how the party would raise funds and prepare grounds for smooth state to state electioneering campaigns.
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One of the sources who pleaded not to be mentioned said, "Our meeting of Tuesday will dwell solely on 2019. It is going to be a forum where we shall brainstorm on critical issues that will shape our chances of winning 2019 convincingly."
He said the date for the commencement of presidential campaign would also be discussed and approved by NEC.
Another chieftain of the party from the South said the party was being meticulous in the process of constituting members of the Campaign Council in order to ensure balance and to pacify some aggrieved party members and aspirants who lost the primaries at various levels with appointments.
The PDP had in a statement on October 15, appointed Senate President Bukola Saraki as the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council and six Zonal Campaign Coordinators, but did not appoint members of the Council.


Wesley V. Wosmek, 66, of Emily, formerly of Silver Lake, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at his residence.
A memorial service was held Wednesday, Nov. 11, at The Maresh Funeral Home in Silver Lake with the Rev. Paul Schumacher officiating.
Honorary bearers were Steven Jakobitz and Mel Schwarze, Jim Nowak and Steve Urban.
Evelyn Anna Adeline Wigand Klancke Schrupp, 91, of Glencoe, formerly of Norwood Young America, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Glencoe Regional Health Services Long Term Care in Glencoe.
Velma B. Lindemann, 95, of Arlington, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Home in Arlington.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Nov. 18, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Arlington with the Rev. Bruce Hanneman officiating. Interment was in the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.


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Judge rules head of immigration agency was unlawfully named
by: ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press
Posted: Mar 1, 2020 / 08:47 PM CST / Updated: Mar 2, 2020 / 07:54 AM CST
FILE – In this Aug. 12, 2019, file photo, Acting Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli, speaks during a briefing at the White House, in Washington. Cuccinelli suggested Tuesday, Aug. 13, in an interview with NPR that the line from a poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty should be changed to "give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge" from "your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and, as a result, lacked authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews.
Cuccinelli, a former Virginia attorney general and an immigration hardliner, was named to a new position of "principal deputy director" in June, which immediately made him acting director because Lee Francis Cissna had just resigned. The agency grants green cards and other visas and also oversees asylum officers.
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington found Cuccinelli's appointment violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, a 1998 law governing who is eligible to lead federal agencies in an acting capacity.
Cuccinelli, in an interview with Fox News Channel on Monday, said that President Donald Trump's administration would appeal the ruling and that his agency would take steps to try to prevent the invalidation of other decisions made under his tenure.
The ruling, issued Sunday, was at odds with Trump's penchant for temporary appointments. At Homeland Security, Chad Wolf is acting secretary, and the heads of Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Services are also in acting roles.
The judge wrote that Cuccinelli didn't qualify for exceptions for officials who won Senate approval for other positions or spent 90 days in the previous year at the agency.
The administration's reading of the law "would decimate this carefully crafted framework," Moss wrote in his 55—page ruling. "The President would be relieved of responsibility and accountability for selecting acting officials, and the universe of those eligible to serve in an acting capacity would be vastly expanded."
Moss, an appointee of President Barack Obama, set aside a Cuccinelli directive to give asylum seekers less time to consult attorneys before an initial screening interview, but his decision applies only to the five Hondurans who sued. He did not address other Cuccinelli actions.
The asylum directive gives asylum seekers at least one calendar day to prepare for the screening interview, instead of 72 hours for families and generally 48 hours for single adults. Extensions are granted only "in the most extraordinary circumstances," such as a serious illness or mental or physical disability.
The directive is a foundation for new policies aimed at quickly completing the screening, known as a "credible fear interview," without leaving Customs and Border Protection custody.
Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Heather Swift said, "We obviously disagree with the court's opinion and are looking more closely at it."
Cuccinelli is now acting deputy Homeland Security secretary, the department's No. 2 position. Joseph Edlow, a longtime congressional aide who joined Citizenship and Immigration Services in July, was named last month to run the agency's day-to-day operations.
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In January 2018, the Bank of Ghana issued a brief notice to banks and the general public advising against the use of "virtual or digital currencies, also known as cryptocurrencies," mainly because such currencies and the entities that facilitate their transactions are not sanctioned by the government.
Ghana's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the country's financial regulator, is exploring regulating cryptocurrencies and security tokens. While digital currencies are not currently legal tender within the country, the SEC is considering licensing platforms so that they could be used to transact business.
BenBen – Blockchain Land Registry
In Ghana, determining the legal existence of land ownership titles are long-standing issues. The lack of adequate and systematic tracking, along with the absence of digital information storing prevents authorities and property owners from having clear certainty and visibility over what belongs to whom. Launched in 2015, the BenBen initiative, a digital land database that aims to leverage blockchain technology to provide fast easy access to trusted land content. BenBen provides digital register system of all land registries across Ghana, based on the Ethereum blockchain. It is able to certify land information through a combination of satellite imagery and on-the-ground verifications, working hand-in-hand with local stakeholders in the land market. It aggregates all the information such that financial institutions and the Lands Commission have real-time access to the data. Public and financial institutions have shown support for the BenBen initiative and several pilots have now been run with the Land Commission and Barclays Bank of Ghana.
Following this success, in July 2018, the Ghanaian government partnered with IBM to explore how best to leverage IBM's blockchain capabilities in modernising key processes of land administration.
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The home was reported abandoned, but a squatter may have been living in the home prior to the fire.
For the third night in a row, Montgomery firefighters were dispatched to extinguish a home that'd gone up in flames.
Firefighters in two engines, a truck and command car responded to the 900 block of Charles Street on Friday about 12:52 a.m. in reference to a structure fire.
Upon arrival, crews found a two-story home, reportedly abandoned, engulfed in smoke and flames, according to the department.
Crews knocked the fire down then entered the home to search for occupants, as there was a report of a person possibly living in the abandoned home. No one was found inside, according to the department.
No injuries were reported by firefighters and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
On Tuesday night, firefighters responded to the 5300 block of Rexford Court about 10:40 p.m. and then a home in the 1000 block of North Burbank Drive in reference to kitchen fires.
The following night, crews responded to the 3700 block of Honeysuckle Road in reference to a home under construction on fire.


Bernard Cheong Doctor Watches Life: Designer chairs, Dottling designer safe, Leicas, 2 million bucks of watches, art, all in a room fit for a homeless person..
Designer chairs, Dottling designer safe, Leicas, 2 million bucks of watches, art, all in a room fit for a homeless person..
Till you notice that the floor is covered with leather!
This room is so messy. I don't really know if this is intentional.
My 2 daughters, are also equally messy...but have remarkable good taste..as in food, clothes, wines, cars...all without my or wife's direct influence.
My wife, Dolly, has great taste, although she came from an extremely humble/poor family.
She attended a good school in a small town. Kuantan, Malysia.
She worked for Ernst & Whinney (the old name of E& Y).
I think she got her tastes from Jen Shek Voon. Her boss.
I know I got my taste from my mum and dad, and because of envy of my classmates in ACS.
That's the good thing about going to an elite school of rich kids, back then in the 1960s.
Today, it would generate a delinquent!
Well..I am a sort of misfit. Although if you google me, it "may seem" that I am a society guy...and I know practically 10% of Hollywood...but I am really an ordinary guy with BAD table manners, and I wear track shoes to work 7 days a weeek...but I wear a suit in my office...out of habit and comfort. I know many doctors do not even like to wear a tie.
I need to see a shrink...I really do.
How does one know if they really need to see a shrink?
But if, you are like me..a curious personality, then a GOOD US trained psycho analyst is more fun.
I had three psych tests done on me before..curiously by the USA. These were for ranger course, LURP course and another strange one for testing my 25 year old self for "isolation" tolerances.
I was silly enough in those years to sign on for full time military service...but I managed to get out before I signed, when "$$$$$" tempted me to the private sector in 1986.
nice, but, how many maids do you have - to do the cleaning, dusting, putting things back in its prper place,......? or do You totally air-con the whole place ?
Totally positive airflow..down wards, with filetr. The house is also 473 feet above sea level, and in a cul de sace, surrounded by old, untouched rainforest, with a stream, crabs, etc.
Very rare home, out of 8 I think, in Singapore. I bought the land back in 87 bec of the isolation.
There are many more beautiful homes, but none that are as high up on this island..the highest point is 581 feet, 1 mile across from my place, but that one is reserved for green belt.
I have quite a few staff...and one personal assistant.


The Millville Senior Center provided over 23,000 services in 2011, an increase of 3 percent since 2009. This success comes at a time of reduction in town funding for the center. The senior citizens organized a fundraising committee to protect the center. More than 55 different committee positions have been filled by Millville�s seniors. The increase in services, including counseling and applying for government-subsidized services (fuel assistance, food stamps and health program), has taken place despite the reduction of administrative support from 56 hours to 28 hours per week.
The Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging commended Millville for its vision in building the center � an integral center for all seniors to rely on in times of need.
The success of any organization depends upon its leadership. The current director of the center is essential to its success.
She dedicates her time to organizing services and remaining up-to-date on changes in governmental programs, but current funding projections will terminate her position. Millville�s seniors cannot be asked to take on such a tremendous responsibility as managing the center�s services alone in their golden years.
Many �baby boomers� will soon need the compassion and care that the center offers. Recent resignations of Millville�s seniors from their voluntarily filled positions indicate that the continuity of the center is threatened by the termination of the director position.
Citizens of Millville should contact their selectman to express their support for funding the directorship of the center at a sustained rate of 28 hours per week.


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Turn to Tara: Gov. Hochul vows to crack down on public safety and code violators
Nov 10, 2022, 5:26pmUpdated on Nov 10, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul says that she plans to crack down on public safety and code violators during her next four years in office.
The discussion with News 12's Tara Rosenblum comes on the heels of the ongoing "Playing with Fire" investigation, which revealed a pattern of bad landlords, overworked inspectors and poor code enforcement across Rockland County and New York state.
"More needs to be done. This is a local issue, but we're happy to support financially to give the resources to have more robust investigations. We can find out so much and prevent tragedies when you can investigate on the front end. So, the state is helping as well."
A series of tragedies from the collapse at Surfside that killed nearly 100 people to the deadly fire at Evergreen in Spring Valley has put the issue of code enforcement under the microscope.
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Surfside was one of the deadliest collapses in U.S. history, and Evergreen was a preventable tragedy that public safety advocates had long predicted.
Both incidents spurred promises of change. As Hochul heads into her first full term in office, she said safety is priority No. 1.
Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick co-sponsored legislation that would allow Rockland County municipalities to take unpaid building code violations and tack it on the tax levy bill.
"Then if they get too much, the county would be able to seize that property for unpaid taxes," said Reichlin-Melnick.
Another bill would stiffen the penalties for illegal conversions in homes to as high as $10,000 for a first-time offense.
Reichlin-Melnick said both bills would go a long way to tackle some of the troubling problems exposed in the "Playing With Fire" report.
However, Reichlin-Melnick lost his bid for office on election night so Republican Bill Weber will have to carry on that fight in Albany.
Weber tells News 12 he is reviewing the issue of code enforcement and will get back to News 12 on his policy recommendations shortly.


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UK footballer Jake Daniels gets outpouring of support after coming out as gay
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Jake Daniels, 17, just became the UK's first male footballer to publicly come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990 - and he has received an outpour of support.
The forward for EFL Championship club Blackpool posted a message to the club's website that addressed his "fantastic" season and personal life.
"I've made my first-team debut, scored 30 goals for the youth team, signed my first professional contract, and shared success with my team-mates, going on a great run in the FA Youth Cup and lifting the Lancashire FA Pro-Youth Cup," Daniels penned.
However, he said that he was "hiding the real" him off the field.
"I've known my whole life that I'm gay, and I now feel that I'm ready to come out and be myself.
"It's a step into the unknown being one of the first footballers in this country to reveal my sexuality, but I've been inspired by Josh Cavallo, Matt Morton and athletes from other sports, like Tom Daley, to have the courage and determination to drive change," he added.
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Daniels said that he had great advice and support from his family, Club, agent and Stonewall, who he said have all been extremely helpful in putting his "interests and welfare first."
"I have also confided in my team-mates in the youth team here at Blackpool, and they too have embraced the news and supported my decision to open up and tell people."
Towards the end of the message, Daniels noted that he "hated lying" his entire life and felt that he had to "fit in." But now, he wants to be "a role model" for those who feel uncomfortable "revealing their sexuality."
"I just want to tell them that you don't have to change who you are or how you should be, just to fit in."
A message from Jake Daniels. \n\nhttp://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/16/a-message-from-jake-daniels/\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/dcznYKtSaD
— Blackpool FC (@Blackpool FC) 1652717147
People and fellow football clubs took to social media platforms like Twitter to share their praise and support for Daniel.
One person on Twitter wrote: "After the impressive season you've had, I hope you'll keep on rising to the top. Proud of you, Jake. The huge part you're playing in bringing #LGBTQ inclusivity to men's football shouldn't be underestimated! #UTMP."
"@Jake_Daniels11, you have our full support and backing from all at @LFC. We are proud of your strength and bravery #RedTogether," added Liverpool FC.
Paul Brand, the UK Editor of @itvnews and presenter for @itvtonight, said that there is "Finally visibility" in a sport that is influential to the youth.
"Jake Daniels has become the first professional footballer in 32 years to come out as gay. A huge step and a moment many have long waited for. Finally, visibility in a sport that arguably inspires and influences more young people than any other," he tweeted.
Someone else who called Daniels a legend added: "Legend mate. A lot of courage goes into doing what you have done. You can be free and enjoy your life/football now. You have the full support of thousands in the game, an inspiration."
Jake Daniels has become the first professional footballer in 32 years to come out as gay. \n\nA huge step and a moment many have long waited for.\n\nFinally visibility in a sport that arguably inspires and influences more young people than any other.https://twitter.com/blackpoolfc/status/1526232455002345473\u00a0\u2026
— Paul Brand (@Paul Brand) 1652720712
.@Jake_Daniels11, you have our full support and backing from all at @LFC. We are proud of your strength and bravery #RedTogether
— Liverpool FC (@Liverpool FC) 1652720626
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For sure. Six pitchers toed the rubber for the winners in picking up their second shutout of the series, with relievers Sean Tweedy (2-0) and Alex Nelms of Gulfport setting the tone in the early stages of the game after starter Game Shepard had difficulty with his control.
And the hits kept coming, too. The Eagles had 10 on Sunday and 37 for the weekend. Erick Hoard led the charge with three hits Sunday, two singles and a solo home run, along with three runs batted in while Gabe Montenegro had two, including a triple. Matthew Guidry also homered, his third of the season.
It was the eighth straight game in which the Golden Eagles had 10 or more hits, and it was the eighth straight win and 11th in the last 12 games for them.
The first inning Sunday was the most impactful. USM scored seven runs on seven hits and a walk. Matthew Guidry hit a two-run home run and Gabe Montenegro belted a two-run triple, to go with his single earlier in the inning. Matt Wallner, Hoard and Danny Lynch each hit singles in the opening inning.
"We've been leaving a lot of people on base," Hoard said. "We went through a little slump but now we're carrying each other. It's a team sport."
Hoard drove in another run in the second inning with a single and still another in the sixth with his first "official" home run of the season. He hit one two weeks ago early in a game against Gonzaga but it was disallowed because the game was canceled because a storm stopped it before conclusion.
"It was a fastball up," Hoard said about Sunday's homer. "I swing at a lot of fastballs up. Nine out of 10 times I miss it but that time I connected."
But really, after the second inning, the pitchers — for both teams — shined.
Hunter Gregory and Isaiah Nelson threw well for Old Dominion (15-8, 1-5 C-USA) while Tweedy, Nelms, Aaron Ginn, Hunter Stanley and Ryan Och all combined with starter Shepard for the shutout.
"This weekend I'd say all the credit goes to the hitters," Tweedy said. "Honestly, it set the tone for the pitchers to come in and fill the (strike) zone up. Everybody's just coming in and doing their jobs."
Guidry admitted the Eagles have been doing their jobs in winning eight in a row.
"Coach Berry always tells us that we have a target on our backs in the conference," Guidry said. "We just try to protect that and run with it."
Southern Miss pitcher Sean Tweedy threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen against Old Dominion in Hattiesburg on Sunday. USM Athletics
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One hundred and twenty days in the beautiful Negev Desert at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) was an intense, memorable experience. I was there as a Fulbright Senior Scholar to work with Professor Dan Mishmar, evolutionary geneticist. Located in the heart of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel, BGU is known for excellence in the biological sciences. In fact, University President, Dr. Rivka Carmi, is a geneticist who led research uncovering the genetic basis of new born diseases in the Bedouin community.
I was working at the University in Dan's lab to make an animation about his research. Dan investigates the fundamental mechanisms of the mitochondrial genome. This is basic research at it's most creative and about a topic I've been studying — mitochondria, genetics, and evolution. You can watch an animated explanation of the process to develop the work.
I knew Dan from saying hello to him at scientific meetings. During the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution meeting in Dublin we sat down and hatched a plan to make an animation based on his research. Looking for funding for a U.S. and Israeli project like ours, the Fulbright Foundation seemed to be a good match. After an arduous process my proposal was accepted, so I packed my multimedia studio and arrived in the desert during a fragrant rain storm.
Week one and two were spent discussing the intent and focus of the project. I listened carefully to what Dan hoped to achieve. We considered the audience and why should they care? We decided to aim for the general public and to evoke curiosity about evolutionary genetics.
From the many areas of his research, I elected to focus on the coevolution of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Do the two codes that make up our genome really talk to each other, I wondered? It seemed quirky and intriguing and if I thought so then other people might be curious, too.
I showed my work to Dan in stages to check facts, get his reaction and ideas. Then I began turning sketches into illustrations, refining and timing the script, selecting the music, and recording narration. Assembling the elements in my animation app was the most intensive part of the process.
Making a three minute animation is a lot of work. So why bother? Why should we care? It's personal. Our gene story adds a new layer to our identity changing our sense of who we are. Soon all of us will have our DNA sequenced and we'll want to know what it means to be active participants in our health and well-being. Gene savvy citizens can help direct more informed public policy to encourage support for basic research.
That's why showing the beauty and benefit of science and evoking a sense of wonder and curiosity to know more is important. After all, evolutionary genetics is fascinating. Especially the mitochondrial genome and the curious the curious conversation in our code. You can watch the original, uninterrupted version here.
This is an image from "Cross Talk for Coevolution" an animation about the curious conversation between two kinds of DNA. The DNA in our nucleus (nDNA) gets most of the attention. But the other kind, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), is important too. Mitochondria is an organelle with a small, unique genome. The fascinating thing about DNA in mitochondria is that it exchanges information with nDNA so they can stay in synch. That's the curious conversation for coevolution explained in "Gene Cross Talk".
The 3 minute, 22 second animation was funded by the Fulbright Foundation and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). You can watch it here and listen to my explanation about making the animation here. It was produced during four months in Israel as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Professor Dan Mishmar's lab at BGU.
The animation is my latest project from a decade long fascination with genetics, especially our ancient and personal genomes. My interest was sparked in 2005 by media stories about "Mitochondrial Eve" — explained as one woman from a biblical era. The science is much more fascinating than the myth. Not only does mtDNA provide many important functions for our cells, it is only passed from mother to daughter through many generations way back to a small ancestral population living in Africa about 200,000 years ago.
As I learned more about my female specific code, I felt compelled to make a statement emphasizing science rather than biblical myth. I came up with a version of my female ancestor as an iconic, fertility-like figure similar to small excavated neolithic sculptures (below). Short, squat and round she is growing the double helix from a gene garden. She shows possible admixture phenotype with asian eyes and african features.
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Another beautiful day in Beer Sheva. Words I've repeated, like a litany, every day for the past one hundred and twenty while living in Israel. Waking up to blue skies and clear air that rivals what Cezanne, the father of modern art, found so inspiring in Arles, France, and made a recipe for my inspiration.
I wonder if the 19th century master would find the colors and textures in this more southern Mediterranean landscape just as strange and exotic as I did? Yet, now that I'm packing to return to the States I wonder on what day in the past one hundred twenty, did scenes like this one morph from exotic to normal.
The photo is a bright spring day on the campus of Ben-Gurion University in the heart of the Negev desert.
No wonder our extinct cousins, Neanderthals, made homes in prehistoric Israel 500,000 years ago. The view is not only stunning, it is strategic. The area is called the Levantine Corridor and it begins in Africa and then branches to the rest of the world along the edge of the Mediterranean.
Our ancestors, anatomical modern humans, shared time and space with our extinct cousins putting down semi-permanent roots about 50,000 years ago. Writing an early chapter in the story of human evolution with bones, genes and tools — and perhaps refining a pattern of fighting to stay.
The photo is a scene from Finger of the Galilee region in northern Israel, looking at the Hills of Lebanon in the distance and remnants of the bunkers from the 1967 Six Day War.
To find your voice as an artist you must write. To develop original thinking, read what others have written. To refine your vision, collaborate with creative thinkers from science. To experience a transformation, you need to get out of the provinces.
I experienced all of this since leaving the Midwest for the East Coast and especially during my four months in Israel as a Fulbright Scholar.
Two aspects will have the strongest influence as time goes on. The first is validation and prestige which can ease the path to future funding to achieve my goal for broader outreach. The second, is a refinement of vision and reflection on the direction of future work from an-out-of-the provinces experience.
Shown above: the women's side of the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, one week before Pesach.
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It won't be long before the well-intentioned folks at the Disney Channel are going to have to change the name of their hit show "Ocean Girl" to "Ocean Woman" and let it swim out of the kiddie zone.
The reason is Marzena Godecki, the 16-year-old beauty who plays Neri, the mysterious, scale-free mermaid of the title. You'll be surprised when you see her in the new batch of shows for the second season, which start showing this Monday night on The Disney Channel.
"I think she gets more beautiful every time we go out and shoot another series," acknowledges executive producer Jonathan Shiff. "I think it's kind of neat that Neri is maturing because many in our audience are maturing with her." In this time of heightened awareness about the role of women in our society, it would be a mistake for "Ocean Girl" to put too much emphasis on the fact that Godecki is a stunning young woman who's either stepping into or climbing out of her own private blue lagoon when not swimming in the open sea with her best friend, a 40-ton humpback whale she calls Charley.
Disney executives are coy about exactly what's behind the appeal of "Ocean Girl," but they're clearly delighted that it began making waves with the network's viewers almost as soon as it premiered last fall.
"Ocean Girl" is co-produced by Disney with a consortium of other international investors, including Shiff's production company, Network Ten Australia, Beyond Distribution, Tele Images and the BBC. It plays to a vast international audience of youngsters and has become a hit with kids of nearly every culture.
So far, Godecki's fan mail hasn't yet reflected the gradual hormonal development of her audience, but then the new batch of episodes hasn't played anywhere very long.
So, for that prepuberty element, here's the scoop: Godecki can talk to the whale all she wants, but she isn't sure it's making much sense of what she says. Actually, she mostly swims near a phony whale mock-up, but has done some scenes with real-life Minke whales.
The psychological part was mandatory because "Ocean Girl" is filmed near Port Douglas and around Australia's Great Barrier Reef in open water where real sharks prowl. Though she's always surrounded by a team of expert divers, Godecki is the one you see doing that vigorous, fishlike kick and zooming through the deep without scuba gear.
Godecki had to be trained in scuba diving to learn the skills she has to display each week. Shiff says her background as a ballerina-in-training counted heavily in her favor.
"But I must say it was actually the audition and the acting process that got her the job," he adds.
Godecki was born in Poland, but came to Australia with her parents at the age of 3 and speaks with a pronounced Aussie accent. She's still in the Australian equivalent of high school, but wants to carve out a Jodie Foster- style career, combining acting with higher education. She says her math and science grades are "pretty good," so she may lean in that direction. She admits to no boyfriends yet.
In the first season, Neri was discovered by Jason and Brett Bates (David Hoflin, Jeffrey Walker), the young sons of Dr. Dianne Bates (Kerry Armstrong), a single mom who's doing underwater research on the ORCA, a floating sea lab. They kept her identity a secret for much of the first season, but the secret began to leak out when Neri saved Dr. Bates' life.
In the new season, Neri begins to find out who she really is and who her parents were. She even learns she has a sister named Mera (Lauren Hewett). In this week's episode, she rescues Dr. Hellegren, who heads a sinister organization called UBRI. When he learns she has telepathic powers, he takes her prisoner, intending to study her.
Godecki claims the second season was more fun to film because she was a much more accomplished swimmer and because her character begins to interrelate more with humans.
Sweet and self-effacing, Godecki is also quite modest about her athletic ability. According to Shiff, Godecki has developed into an outstanding underwater performer.
And, just like Neri, Godecki believes it may be possible to make some kind of connection with our undersea neighbors. While swimming with the Minke whales, she concluded that some form of primitive communication was going on.


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## Front-end:
- ES6
- [Vue](http://vuejs.org/)
- [jQuery](http://jquery.com/)
- [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com/)

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- [React PHP](http://reactphp.org/)
- [Ratchet](http://socketo.me/)

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- [Service Worker API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API)
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