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STRIKE: Dismantle the Honor Committee
The Honor Committee no longer serves a purpose in the University community — radical change to the way we handle academic dishonesty is desperately needed
To put it plainly — eliminating the Honor Committee would promote equity in our community.
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By Noah Strike
In its Spring 2021 Newsletter, the Honor Committee reported that in the last 18 months it had received 99 total reports, 21 Conscientious Retractions and 48 Informed Retractions. Three students had been found guilty during hearings and were therefore permanently dismissed from the University. These statistics are abhorrent. At a time when our community faces unprecedented national crises, the Committee has continued to function without any consideration for broader contexts nor for the mental health and wellness of students. Combined with historical statistics on the Committee's pervasive racial bias and socioeconomic inequity, this profound lack of consideration for the contemporary period demonstrates the inability of the Honor Committee to effectively serve our community.
The Honor Committee's Bicentennial Report demonstrates the Committee's pervasive and continued racial bias. From 2012-2017, white students comprised 58 percent of the student body but only 30 percent of Honor reports. Asian and Asian-American students comprised 12 percent of the student body yet 27 percent of reports, and international students comprised 10 percent of the student body yet 28 percent of reports. Between 1987 and 2000, one-third of the students dismissed by Honor were Black, despite Black students only comprising 10 percent of the student body. These statistics illustrate, as others have argued, the implicit bias of the broader University community. Students of color are no more likely to cheat than white students yet are reported in higher numbers, likely as a result of implicit bias in faculty and staff. The students overseeing Honor cases and hearings are similarly biased, resulting in students of color facing more frequent and severe sanctions than white students.
Race is not the only factor which disproportionately affects certain groups of students — a student's economic class and immigration status are both implicated. While most students who face Honor sanctions have the ability to transfer to a peer institution, international students lose their F-1 visa and are forced to leave the country. Likewise, low-income students lose access to their federal financial aid. The system disproportionately harms the most vulnerable students in our community.
The Committee will defend itself — arguing that reform is the way forward, and that students can gradually improve the Committee rather than totally eliminating it. They will point to the creation of the Informed Retraction in 2013, which allows students a one-year suspension rather than full expulsion, as an example. They will point to the Investigative Panel, which can decide to drop minor Honor reports rather than subjecting the student to a full hearing. The fact of the matter is, though, that we have heard these reformist arguments time and time again — yet nothing has changed. Dozens of students are still subjected to the trauma of potential suspension or expulsion for missteps as small as forgetting citations on a paper, as was the case with the third trial listed in the Spring 2021 Newsletter. Despite continued attempts to implement a multi-sanction system, nothing has come to fruition.
The "community of trust" is fundamentally the wrong paradigm for responding to dishonesty at the University. Rather than students and faculty treating one another with automatic suspicion and thus fostering a toxic environment of surveillance, we must instead promote mutual support and solidarity for the various physiological struggles we all face that cause dishonesty in the first place. In the last 18 months, our community has experienced an unprecedented public health crisis and subsequent long-term social isolation, widespread social unrest resulting from the continued police violence against people of color, an extremely high-stakes and divisive presidential election and literal insurrection against American democracy. While the Committee offers accused students the ability to seek a Contributory Health Impairment hearing to consider if a "medical or mental condition" contributed to the alleged offense, this is insufficient.
All the while, the Honor Committee has sat idle, permanently dismissing students from the University for failing to properly cite their sources in a paper. The system we students have created and maintained has responded to an unprecedented sequence of crises with the continued interrogation and trial of our peers as if all is normal. It has responded to our contemporary period by forcing 48 students into a one-year suspension. It is disturbing to me that such monumental challenges to student health and well-being have been near-completely disregarded — that the Honor Committee has operated under a business-as-usual mindset. A system which harms our peers for no good reason other than upholding some abstract, arbitrary concept of "honor" should not and cannot be tolerated.
At the dawn of the pandemic, I wrote in defense of the Honor Committee employing expulsion as a — but not necessarily the only — sanction for dishonesty. This was wrong. A year later, I now call for its complete dismantling, as have community organizations like U.Va. Beyond Policing. The Honor Committee is a self-imposed police force and a wildly unnecessary interrogative and punitive response to what is in actuality a crisis of mental health and student wellness. We must not meet this challenge with suspension and expulsion — both of which cause untold trauma on our peers — but with mutual respect, understanding and support. Students do not lie, cheat or steal out of innate malice — they do so because of some external context or circumstance which has not been adequately addressed. Addressing these root causes is key to both improving the lives of students and preventing dishonesty in the first place.
Dismantling the Honor Committee does not mean eliminating the Honor Code itself — students would still be expected to practice academic integrity on assignments and exams. Dismantling the Honor Committee means we eliminate the constant state of surveillance and automatic distrust between faculty and students. It means we stop punishing dishonesty with suspension and expulsion. It means instead of responding in a way which acknowledges that the source of dishonesty is not innate malice but rather the ongoing epidemic of stress, anxiety and other mental health issues among college students. To put it plainly — eliminating the Honor Committee would promote equity in our community.
Noah Strike is an Opinion Columnist for The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at opinion@cavalierdaily.com.
The opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of The Cavalier Daily. Columns represent the views of the authors alone.
Correction: A previous version of this column stated that the Honor Committee "has responded to our contemporary period by forcing 48 students into a one-year suspension, expelling three." It has since been updated too reflect that those three students were not expelled from the University. A previous version also stated that the Investigation Panel "can decide to drop minor Honor reports rather than subjecting the student to the full investigative force of the Committee. It has since been updated to reflect that the I-Panel decides if a case goes to a hearing.
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CANO-SANTIAGO: U.Va. needs to become a smoke free campus
By Yssis Cano-Santiago | Yesterday
The University should do its part in curbing this trend by working to reduce first and second hand smoke exposure and establishing a smoke-free Grounds.
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Jefferson helped to found our country and our University, and we do not want to admit that his actions do not align with his values with which we identify.


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Stop by Ricci's Italian Sausage in McKees Rocks this holiday season and you might be served by an orthopedic surgeon or an attorney. The lawyer is Ernest A. Ricci, 30, great-grandson of Ricci's founder, the original Ernest Ricci, while the surgeon-in-training is Gianni Ricci, 27, Ernest A.'s younger brother. The two sons' presence at the [...]
How a Founder's Family Will Shape the Future of This Business
Susan Michel has always taught her four kids a consistent lesson: You get what you earn. Susan, 58, has approached succession planning at her financial advisory business, Glen Eagle, with the same philosophy. The kids have watched her grow the Princeton, N.J., firm from a kitchen-table operation into a regional stalwart with $400 million in [...]
Good governance is survival for family firms in the GCC
The family business is one of the oldest and most common economic organisational models. The significant role they play in the global economy is undeniable, with companies such as BMW, Wal-Mart, Toyota and many more all having started as family businesses, and at some point adapting their structures, processes and policies to continue to grow [...]
Most companies don't last 50 years, but these Pittsburgh businesses have
Here's how hard it is for a business to survive 50 years: only about 36 percent of them make it to their 10th birthday, and about 21 percent make it to their 20th anniversary, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are many reasons why so few companies last. They expand too quickly [...]
Al Fahim's resilient family firm reveals the value of staff loyalty
The story of the Al Fahim Group, today one of the oldest and largest family business conglomerates in the region [UAE], began with a problem many of us are familiar with – cars getting stuck in the sand. In 1960, Abdul Jalil Al Fahim, who two years earlier had opened a small food and textile [...]
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From a tiny office in the front of his store, Bill Nusser gives a friendly wave and hello to all the customers who stop in his jewelry store, much like his father, grandfather and great grandfather before him. Nusser is the fourth generation owner of Hands Jewelers, a fixture on the Iowa City downtown retail [...]
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More than 110 years ago, Fung Pak-liu, an English teacher, and Li To-ming, a local merchant whose family owned a porcelain shop, started an export trading company in Guangzhou, shipping porcelain, fireworks, jade handicrafts and silk, mainly to the United States. The Fung family have steadily built the company into one of the world's largest [...]
Lego Restructures with Eye to Expansion
The Danish family behind the Lego plastic-brick empire is shaking up the company's ownership structure, elevating an executive widely credited for rescuing the toy maker from the brink of bankruptcy to manage all-things Lego and explore new business ventures. The Kirk Kristiansen family said Lego A/S Chief Executive Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, who has transformed the venerable Danish company [...]
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In our agrarian past, every farmer wanted 10 sons because all that "free labor" meant he could have a much bigger farm. The patriarch not only controlled the family business, he also generally controlled the career choices his children were allowed to make. That trend has persisted in modern family businesses—until the past few years. [...]
How can family offices deal with the big data revolution?
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Talent Management: Are You Missing Your New Product Sales Quota?
A Talent Management article in the McKinsey Quarterly cited this statistic: 54% of senior managers interviewed agreed they didn't spend enough time on talent management.
The July-August issue of the Harvard Business Review indicates that the competencies of the top 20% of the sales force have adapted to changes in buyer behavior. To help determine which competencies are most important to your sales team, get a copy of the competencies list.
Success in the sales force is 50% the result of talent and 50% the result of performance conditions. If you're not addressing changing sales talent requirements, you're missing half the opportunity to improve.
I recently interviewed a VP of Sales at a Fortune 300 company; let's call him Dave. Dave has demonstrated success year-over-year in a legacy sales environment even when his peers were struggling. Dave said when he first took over the group he assessed the sales team utilizing a sales competency approach. Dave based his assessments on the requirements (or competencies) required to sell the new products coming to market. What he found was 65% of the sales force didn't have the skills to make the change.
For Dave, missing quota on a new product launch would typically result in weekly meetings with his boss. He would need to explain the current status of every deal in detail. It would also mean a future promotion to SVP of Sales would go to one of his peers.
On the other hand, the ability to exceed new product quota would positively impact Dave's success. Doors would open up. Dave also knew being micromanaged by his boss every week would be a waste of valuable time ("I'd rather have root canal every week" was the quote).
Let's face it; dealing with talent related issues is difficult for every manager. In many cases these are the sales reps that got you where you are. Unfortunately you get paid to make the tough decisions and this is one of them. By starting with the revised set of competencies you're determining the gap between your team's current skills and the ones they need to develop. The next steps are developing a virtual bench of talent, upgrading the team, and training those that have the ability to make the transition.
Dave made those tough decisions and is reaping the rewards. Have you struggled with a legacy sales force? What have you done to overcome the gaps? Your peers would be interested to hear from you, Share your successes below in the comments.
If you're the VP of sales, like Dave, don't wait until you miss the first year new product quota before assessing your sales team. The process of developing a solid Talent Management Program is continuous one, especially in companies that release new products on a frequent basis. If you're not sure where to start, review the list of sales rep top competencies.


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NWHL All-Star captain's hope for future? Combined league.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On a day the NWHL needed to maintain the give attention to its All-Star celebrations and a report crowd for knowledgeable ladies's hockey recreation in the USA, Lee Stecklein couldn't help but look past to what the longer term may maintain.
It was a vision of 1 mixed league, versus the current reality of splitting the most effective ladies on the earth between two competing North American leagues: The U.S.-based mostly Nationwide Ladies's Hockey League and the Canadian Ladies's Hockey League.
"We have now a lot talent, I feel it'd be actually enjoyable if we acquired to play one another all the time," Stecklein stated.
The NWHL All-Star recreation Sunday featured 11 ladies who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics, including Canadian goalie Shannon Szabados who captained the profitable staff. However Marie-Philip Poulin and Hilary Knight, who left the NWHL, are among the many stars at present enjoying with the CWHL.
Stecklein and different members of the U.S. workforce will see Canada's greatest starting Tuesday in a 3-recreation "Rivalry Collection" beginning in Canada, and ending in every week in Detroit.
Enjoying one another extra typically can be rather more fun, and certain extra profitable. A combined league also is predicted to be more engaging to the NHL with Commissioner Gary Bettman making clear the league's interest.
Dani Rylan based the NWHL in 2015 after splitting off from the CWHL, which is in its 12th season, and has six teams with 4 in Canada, one within the U.S. and another in China. Rylan informed The Related Press final October that one league was inevitable, but questions on a merger weren't allowed through the NWHL All-Star weekend.
Then Stecklein was requested how she want to see the sport develop.
"We know we're position models to numerous young women," Stecklein stated.
The NWHL had 6,one hundred twenty followers for the sport at Bridgestone Area, the house of the NHL's Predators. The sport followed Nashville's 5-4 additional time loss to St. Louis with followers allowed to stay around for the women, and the end result was a report crowd that was good.
Goalie Katie Burt stopped Gigi Marvin in the shootout for a three-2 win for Staff Szabados over Staff Stecklein.
Szabados thanked the fans who stayed to the top.
"You made this a special occasion for us," Szabados stated.
The NWHL ladies did their greatest to make an impression.
Kendall Coyne Schofield skated a lap of thirteen.9 seconds that was even quicker than her 14.3-second time Jan. 26 as a part of the NHL All-Star Recreation's expertise competitors, and the All-Star from the Minnesota Whitecaps was the primary to level out the NWHL course was slightly totally different.


A great way to start the new year is with the Windy City Rollers. The WCR has a home bout tonight at the UIC Pavillion.
I have followed the WCR for the last several years. I was originally just looking for something new to experience. I had no idea that I would enjoy it so much and still be attending WCR events.
The first thing I learned (and everyone needs to know) is that this version of roller derby is a legitimate sport. It is a fast-paced race around the track by athletic women, featuring strategy, blocking, jamming and most of all, actually scoring. The rules are announced to start the night.
I watched the action and found myself cheering. I had never seen any of the four teams prior to that night, yet I found myself picking favorites and cheering. It was a bit surreal, but I was hooked.
Thanks to the hospitality of the WCR, I had the opportunity to interview several of the skaters later that night. All of my interviews can be found on the Johngy's Beat The Windy City Rollers YouTube playlist.
In my many chats (on and off video) with the lady athletes, I learned how passionate they are about their sport. These women all hold regular jobs, but make time to practice several times a week for most of the year. I saw the love in their eyes and felt the deep commitment in their voices. It was great to experience. I was so happy for these young ladies doing what they loved and being cheered by thousands.
One thing that does remain from the "theatrical" roller derby from yesteryear is the creativity in the player names. One of my first favorite names was Sara Problem (pictured below). In down time at events, I often find myself trying to think of roller derby names for myself. Beltin' John? Johngy Crash?
One last thing I need to mention is the fan-friendliness of all of the skaters. After a couple hours of hard skating action, they always come to the concourse and pose with fans. It is pretty awesome seeing the young kids having a blast with the skaters. (Okay, I also enjoy taking a few pictures with them!).
If you can't make it tonight, they will next be in action on February 17, along with more bouts after that. You can get all the scheduling, updates and news by following the Windy City Rollers on Facebook. Each of the four teams also has a separate FB page you can follow. You can also follow the Windy City Rollers on twitter.
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Sickening hypocrisy: how the right-wing press feigns concern at hatred it inspires [TWEETS]
Alex McNamara
On 12 December, a man with a knife terrorised passengers at Forest Hill station in southeast London, openly shouting that he wanted to "kill me a Muslim". And yet the right-wing press reporting on the event seemed woefully unaware of its own hypocrisy. Indeed, it is arguably responsible for much of the frenzied anti-Muslim rhetoric and fascist sentiments resurgent in the UK today.
The terrorist incident
A man in his 40s was stabbed, and taken to hospital with "serious but not life-threatening injuries". The alleged perpetrator was arrested on account of grievous bodily harm (GBH) by London Transport Police.
The specific words that the attacker shouted have varied slightly in reports, with only The Express making a jump to the plural, alleging it was "I want to kill Muslims". The Sun and Sky News also reported on his rampage, and how he asked people "who is a Muslim?" before finally attacking his victim.
No longer hiding in the shadows
Hate crimes and xenophobia have spiked in the UK since the Brexit referendum of 23 June. Fascist groups and those with far-right sympathies have been empowered. They no longer hide behind obscurity provided by the internet. The election of Donald Trump in the US only provided them further affirmation. And the UK government is now taking action against some of the worst offenders.
But it was arguably the right-wing press that fuelled this wave of hatred in the first place. And award-winning journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan shone a light on the media's hypocrisy in a recent tweet:
Two headlines in today's Telegraph. Worth reading them side by side. #justsaying #ForestHillStabbing pic.twitter.com/l64XZRnMDo
Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell settles High Court phone-hacking claim
Murdoch family mobilizes behind Joe Biden. And it's not the first time pseudo-progressives have courted the corporate media.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 12, 2016
The tabloid press, meanwhile, is even worse, running with headlines from the likes of Katie Hopkins that speak of turning gunships on refugees. Or handy cut-outs to help you identify what terrorists look like:
Abhorrent from The Sun 'This is what terrorists look like' https://t.co/j98RUsJgGL
— Real Media (@RealMediaGB) December 12, 2016
But even the more carefully phrased attitudes of The Telegraph still feed into the idea that Muslims in Britain are a 'danger lurking beneath the surface'. And The Times has published sensationalist [paywall] headlines about all-Muslim enclaves. In fact, even liberal publications like The Guardian sometimes focus attention on the increase of the Muslim population. Tabloids such as The Daily Mail and The Sun, meanwhile, seem to exploit such figures to spread as much fear as possible.
In reality, the number of Muslims in the UK is only about 5% of the population.
Backlash against the right-wing press
A 2016 YouGov poll suggested the British press is the most right-wing in Europe.
Campaigns such as Stop Funding Hate have gathered momentum in recent weeks. Large consumer-driven companies have come under pressure to no longer advertise with organisations touting divisive rhetoric and prejudice. The Daily Beast recently reported on the organisation's backlash against the prevalence of UK tabloid xenophobia, and its calling out of the retailer John Lewis. It described the John Lewis commercial as the "big daddy of the lachrymose but heart-warming Christmas advert". Its advert may have tugged at heart-strings of acceptance and inclusion, but Stop Funding Hate pointed out the hypocrisy by asking it to end its support of The Express. A publication that frequently deluges its readers with prejudicial onslaughts such as these:
Pls share if you agree that #Freespeech does not require @johnlewisretail to fund hateful & discriminatory headlines #HumanRightsDay pic.twitter.com/BBdMEqSumO
— Stop Funding Hate (@StopFundingHate) December 10, 2016
The murder of Jo Cox: a wake-up call?
In the days leading up to the Brexit vote, far-right terrorist Thomas Mair murdered Labour MP Jo Cox. He shot and stabbed the staunch supporter of inclusion and multiculturalism and said "death to traitors, freedom for Britain".
Many journalists and writers have raised the question of double standards. White murderers like Mair are described as "gunmen" or "mentally-ill". Their crimes are deliberately diminished, and made to seem less threatening to the populace. But minority groups (particularly from an Islamic or Middle Eastern background) are nearly always described as "terrorists". And the very definition of 'terrorism' implies an indiscriminate threat to wider society. In the US, however, where citizens are statistically far more likely to be killed by gun violence, Caucasian and right-wing gunmen are almost never described as such.
London Transport Police specifically stated the stabbing in Forest Hill was being treated as a hate crime, not an act of terrorism. Whether or not it would have been portrayed as such by the tabloid press had it been a Muslim shouting for the death of Christians is a very different question.
If you still harbor doubts about whether the term "terrorism" has been fixed only to a certain religious minority, then doubt no more. pic.twitter.com/BxLqOB5bJL
A personal perspective
The husband and widower of Jo Cox had his own view on the stabbing in Forest Hill:
I have a feeling this may be running higher in the news if this were a Muslim saying he wanted to stab Christians. https://t.co/cylJZXMfQ9
— Brendan Cox (@MrBrendanCox) December 12, 2016
And he makes a fair point. Given his personal loss, it is quite understandable that he seeks greater recognition for the threat posed by a resurgent far right. And continuing in the spirit of his late wife's campaign, he calls for religious minorities not to be unfairly vilified.
UK citizens should be acutely aware of the hypocrisy. Right-wing newspapers feign concern at right-wing acts of violence, when hatred and vengeance against religious minorities is exactly what they've spent vast resources trying to whip up.
They're taking their readers for fools.
– Support the Stop Funding Hate campaign.
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Meg Foster | Biography
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Date of Birth 1948-05-10
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Name on Birth Margaret Foster
Place of Birth Reading, Pennsylvania
Margaret "Meg" Foster is an American actress. She has been best known for her significant roles in the TV miniseries version of The Scarlet Letter and the films Ticket to Heaven, The Osterman Weekend and They Live (1988). She is an actress, known for They Live (1988), Masters of the Universe (1987) and The Emerald Forest (1985). By the current time, her entire life span has not yet summarized in full detail form but to the contrary to it, her somewhat information is present in some of the biographic sites and those information are the major parts of her life. Foster was nominated for a 1982 Genie Award for "Best Performance by a Foreign Actress" for the film Ticket to Heaven. She was nominated in 1982 for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress from the movie "Ticket to Heaven".
Margaret Foster was born on May 10, 1948 in Reading, Pennsylvania, as the daughter of David Foster and his wife Nancy. Foster grew up in Rowayton, Connecticut with her parents and four siblings: sisters Gray, Jan, and Nina, and brother Ian. She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, which means she has strong desire in the acting field since her early age. as soon as she entered in acting profession, Foster replaced Loretta Swit as Detective Christine Cagney for the first six episodes of the first season of Cagney & Lacey until she was replaced by Sharon Gless. Foster has worked extensively in the theatre since studying with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Her stage credits include "King Lear", "Barabbas", "Three Sisters" and "Extremities", among others. CBS were unhappy with Foster's performance and were worried that her performance as a strong woman would make viewers think the character was a lesbian. Foster worked prolifically throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s. She has guest starred in numerous TV shows including two episodes of Hawaii Five-O (1973 and 1976), The Six Million Dollar Man season two episode "Straight on 'till Morning" (1974), Three for the Road (1975), and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season four episode "The Muse" (1996). Other TV shows include Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Storefront Lawyers, Barnaby Jones, Murder, She Wrote, Miami Vice, The Cosby Show, Quantum Leap, ER, and Xena: Warrior Princess. Foster played the villainous Evil-Lyn in the big screen version of Masters of the Universe and the Greek goddess Hera in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Since the 1990s, Foster has acted mainly on stage productions, including King Lear and Barabbas. In her private life she was married to Canadian actor Stephen McHattie, but the couple separated. Foster gained notice for her eyes, which Mademoiselle magazine dubbed "the eyes of 1979."
Now turning back to her personal life and personality methodology as an actress, she has strikingly pale blue eyes, which has been must noticeable part of her personality. Her eyes are considered to be most beautiful and attractive eyes ever. Addition to it, She has been getting huge scale of compliment on her eyes since the day she entered in acting field. While she was busy with her profession build up mission, she had a relationship with Ron Starr, they had a son named Christopher Starr. But their relation did not last long. As soon as they separated, she got married to Stephen McHattie but still the relation did not prove to be happier to her. Their marriage journey ended up with miserable divorce. The reason behind the divorced might be very confidential as their marriage date and divorce date has been kept in disguise. At present she has a son Christopher, with whom she has starred in The Osterman Weekend (1983) directed by Sam Peckinpah, who directed Ron in Ride the High Country (1962).
Masayori Oka, popularly known as, "Masi Oka" is a Japanese-American actor. He is also known as digital effects artist. Oka became widely popular after he played the role of Hiro Nakamura on NBC's 'Heroes'. Masi was born in Tokyo, Japan. Oka celebrates his birthday every year on December 27 as he was born on December 27, 1974. He moved to Los Angeles from Japan with his mother when he was six years old. He made appearance on CBS TV game show 'Child's Play' when he was eight. Oka was even featured on the cover of Time's 'Those Asian-American Whiz Kids'. As per his education, he completed schooling from The Mirman School and completed graduation from the Harvard-Westlake School in the year 1992. Soon after completing graduation, he started working as an English, Japanese and Spanish translator on 1992 Summer Olympics. Oka holds graduation degree from the Brown University majoring in Computer science and mathematics. Oka worked as the musical director of The Bear Necessities while he was studying at Brown.


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I have to include the highly anticipated Pretty Little Liars finale. Me and my friend Lydia planned to have a pizza PLL party because we have very much devoted quite a few years to avidly watching it when each series came along. It has to be said we were both very disappointing, and we both looked at each and went "is that it!" when the big reveal happened, as it we thought it was rather rubbish. A massive let down is how we described it.
On the 7th July I turned 23 (finally!). On the day of my birthday me and my mum went to Slatterys which I have mentioned before on here. It is a big patisserie which sells the most fabulous cakes and hot chocolates. It is the place we always head as a family, when it is a special occasion. On the Saturday me and my friends headed into Manchester to celebrate. I had a great night, and didn't get home until 4am which is definitely the sign of a fabulous night!
The weekend after I headed to Carlisle, which was strange as I hadn't been back since last November when I graduated. Me and my friend Hannah went to see Little Mix who were on at Bitts Park. We had such a great night and as they always put on a fabulous show.
The last weekend of July, me and two of my friends Hannah and Lauren headed to Barcelona for four days. I was so excited as I have never been before. The girls who I went with had both been before and said how amazing it was. I have to say we did a lot in the four days doing all the sites, as well as spending afternoons on the beach and evenings eating as much tapas as possible and drinking jugs of sangria. I did two posts all about my trip a travel guide (here) and a food diary (here). It was an incredible city, and one of the best cities which I have ever visited.
Me and my sister went to Friendsfest, which if you don't know is a currently touring event of the hit TV series Friends. We went to the one taking place at Heaton Park, Manchester. I had such a great day with my sister and I had taken so many great pictures. I wrote an entire post on it which you can catch up on here.
Lastly, as I write this I have just got back from my holidays in Lido de Jesolo, Italy. I have had a fabulous time with my parents and sister, it is just so nice to get away as a family. The weather has been beautiful, except one day where there was a huge storm. However, unlike Britain the storm was very much here and then gone, and by the next morning the weather was once again glorious. We have been on two day trips to Venice and the islands, and I cannot wait to start writing my posts all about everything which we have got up to.
I think that is just about it. For the rest of August I am literally working the entire time, I suppose I should make an appearance in work!


If the most important carnival is held in Rio de Janeiro, most locals claims that the most original and traditional one takes place in Salvador de Bahia (MAP). So here is the plan: taking a flight during the middle of the party and switch city.
There is no Brazil without carnival, and there is no carnival without Sambodromo (MAP), full stop.
When I took the decision to leave for my Round the World trip people started to ask me what was my plan. "I don't know" - I used to reply - "Yet I want to be n Rio (do you really need a MAP? ) by carnival". Well, here I am.
There are two way to get from Sao Paolo to Rio de Janeiro: one of the is the quick motorway that connects directly the two cities. The other one is going through the coast. It takes much more time, the road is not in good conditions and... the places you may happen to visit are so extraordinary that you may never arrive in Rio.


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Top Websites and Books to Transform You into a Linux Command Line Hero
Christian Cawley June 23, 2017 23-06-2017 5 minutes
Once you've switched to your chosen Linux distribution and gotten to grips with the user interface, you should be happy to continue. But what if you want extra functionality? What if clicking a mouse over a few menus isn't delivering the power user experience you desire?
The answer, of course, is to embrace the command line. But as easy as it is to launch a terminal window (usually CTRL + ALT + T) or log out of the desktop to switch to the main command line, it can be difficult to remember each and every command that you need.
Here are the websites and books you need to become a command line master.
What Is the Command Line?
"Command line" is a generic term given text-based user interfaces. Windows has two (Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell Command Prompt vs. Windows PowerShell: What's the Difference? Command Prompt vs. Windows PowerShell: What's the Difference? Windows users can get by without using either the Command Prompt or PowerShell. But with Windows 10 and new features around the corner, maybe it's about time we learned. Read More ), as does macOS. In Linux, the command line is commonly referred to as
the command line,
the terminal (essentially an emulation of a classic PC terminal),
the console (another name for terminal),
a shell (a command line environment), or
This latter name is an acronym of Bourne Again SHell, and is what appears on most Linux operating systems when the terminal is launched. A shell is essentially a program or environment that supports text-based commands.
So what can you do to learn these commands? You can practice, and spend lots of time in the shell. To help you, embrace books and websites that will help you to hone your ability in the terminal. Here are some suggestions.
Great Websites to Learn the Command Line
First, we'll take a look at five great websites intended to help you learn more bash commands.
1. The Bash Guide
Written mostly by Maarten Billemont, The Bash Guide — appropriately enough — is an open source collection of guides and exercises that you can use to get to grips with the command line.
Starting with the basics of what bash is, the different modes (interactive and non-interactive), and how it came to be, this site offers a comprehensive background to help you understand the mechanics of the command line.
2. The Linux Cookbook
The online version of the printed book of the same name, The Linux Cookbook is by Michael Stutz. This web-based version is in old-fashioned, unstyled, plain HTML, and as such doesn't offer an easy read. It does, however, have a search feature, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding what you're looking for.
Its sheer size and depth gives it a well-earned spot in this list. However, for an up-to-date version, you'll need to head to Amazon.
3. Ryan's Tutorials
You've got two reasons to check out Ryan's Tutorials. First, there's the Linux Tutorial section, which is split into 13 sections and aims to give you a series of tutorials to work through in order to develop your understanding of the command line.
In addition, there's a Bash Scripting section, which explains the basic programming you can do in the command line. This covers variables, if statements, loops, and functions. If these are unfamiliar to you, worry not — they're reasonably straightforward!
4. openSUSE User Guide
Hosted on the University of Cambridge's IT Support website, the openSUSE 9.0 manual is an in-depth, searchable guide with a big chapter dedicated to the command line. Within moments of visiting this resource, you'll be finding out about pipes and learning how to create an archive. Naturally, some prior knowledge is required!
Essentially an HTML manual, this is a pretty plain-looking site, but with a wealth of information that you can use to upgrade your command line knowledge.
5. Right Here at MakeUseOf!
We'd be remiss if we didn't mention our own contributions to the world of command line help. Over the years, MakeUseOf has produced numerous tutorials demonstrating how to use the command line. These include everything from shutting down your PC 5 Ways to Shut Down Your Linux Computer From the Command Line 5 Ways to Shut Down Your Linux Computer From the Command Line No operating system is perfect. Linux is no exception, and you'll need to restart at some point. But how? There are several shutdown commands available to Linux users. Read More to mounting disks and partitions Mounting Hard Disks and Partitions Using the Linux Command Line Mounting Hard Disks and Partitions Using the Linux Command Line Looking to get more from the Linux terminal? Learning how to manually mount and unmount your hard disks is a great place to start. Modern Linux distributions make this much easier and intuitive than ever. Read More .
So, feel free to bookmark our Linux section along with the other sites listed above.
Books with Command Line Knowledge You Should Read
It isn't just websites where you'll find a handy bunch of Linux commands to grab or immerse yourself in. These three books will prove particularly useful in developing your bash knowledge.
1. Command Line Kung Fu
With a full title of "Command Line Kung Fu: Bash Scripting Tricks, Linux Shell Programming Tips, and Bash One-liners, this book by Jason Cannon is surprisingly straightforward. Happily, it starts with some useful commands (such as sudo !! to run the last command as root), and finishes with observing command output.
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On the way, it stops at every vital command, giving you context and background. These are crucial aspects of learning, and stop things from becoming dry. Better still is Cannon's commentary throughout, which focuses on using the terminal as a tool.
2. The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction
Courtesy of William E Shotts, this 2012 title is a great way into the command line. Although it styles itself as an "introduction," this volume actually goes far deeper. Indeed, it could easily sit as a complete reference to the command line.
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On the downside, this book is a bit heavy going. The layout is good at highlighting commands and their variations, but — useful examples aside — it can be a tough read. Occasionally entire pages are given over to text without a hint of a command.
You can also access much of the contents of this book via the website www.linuxcommand.org.
3. Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible
Finally is this book from Richard Blum and Christine Bresnahan, part of the vast Wiley range of IT-related guide books. The third edition was published in 2015, and considers itself the "ultimate roadmap to direct communication with your system." Standing at 816 pages, this is no inaccurate boast!
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While the other two books in this list feature a sample of bash scripting, Blum & Bresnahan take this a step further. Here, you'll find everything you need to develop a deep understanding of the command line and shell scripting. While it's recommended that you read through in order, this volume also makes a good reference book.
Or, Just Use the Terminal!
Each time you get stuck using the Linux terminal, you can request help. This might be by simply typing help for general instructions, or it might be by including a switch (typically -h) at the end of a program-related command. The resulting screens of information should show you where you're going wrong.
With so many ways to get a handle on the command line in Linux, it's a surprise more people aren't adept. But if you want full control over your Linux PC, the command line continues to be where the real power is held. With practice, it can be faster than dragging a mouse pointer across the screen.
Do you have expert knowledge of the terminal? How did you get to grips with it? Any tips to share with Linux newcomers? Tell us in the comments.
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Jadu Saikia
'The linux cookbook' and Mendel Cooper's 'Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide' are really useful. The IBM linux tutorials are also a good resource.
// Jadu
http://unstableme.blogspot.com/search/label/Bash
hapihakr
IBM has a great set of tutorials to prepare for the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC). They start with the basics and work through the higher levels of mastery. Might be a little too much for some, but if you really want to master Linux, then work your way through the tutorials. One Caveat... you do have to register on DeveloperWorks to gain access to the tutorials. Check it out: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/lpi/
Susan Linton
Yeah, they do have some really in-depth articles there. It may be obvious, but they employ some of the most knowledgeable experts in the business there. Those articles are some of the most respected in Linux circles. I agree with you. Thanks for mentioning it.
When I first realized that I could make the switch to Linux I still felt a bit lost and confused. So, I found this great introduction much like that Linux Cookbook and read it practically start to finish, word for word.
Not only did it allow me to feel more comfortable and to use Linux more proficiently, but it enabled me to understand those cryptic man pages and those hard core users who attempted to help others. To this day I still strongly believe that reading that guide was the best thing I ever did for myself.
greg nam
What is the name of this guide that helped you so much?
7 years later man lol, she says it in the comment: The Linux Cookbook
A great way to learn the command line is to use a great 'newbie' friendly distro such as ubuntu, which comes with a great forum database as well as command auto-completion, a large selection of manual pages, as well as performing easy but repetitive tasks on it. (updating, upgrading commands, using command line text editors for configuration files, etc.)
Another great way to learn the command line, but notsomuch for new users, is learning to compile your own programs. Or better yet, read up on gentoo or arch tutorials and see how things are built. (even if you don't actually install it).
For users who really want to learn it quick, installing gentoo in a virtual machine is probably a very useful and safe way to learn.
Command line sucks! those who use it are nerds low life people and basically they hate microsoft because they invented the GUI. GROWN up linux does not even meet the standards for everyday computing! the terminal makes it even worse! i think linux is the worse piece of software ever created i am sayin this cuz of the stupid low life terminal that every fat geek with fat glasses has to use. truth hurts i know
Linux Affic
Open a dictionary. Look up "Ignorant" .. Ohh look there's a picture of 11 year old julio taking up the entire page.
Fact: Linux is faster, more stable, more customizable, and just plain better in every single conceivable way.
Who invented the Gui??
Wrong it wasn't Microsoft
Like all there other good ideas they "borrowed" it from someone else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface
jymm
I use Linux, and NEVER use the terminal.
commandlinekungfu is probably fun for those already scripting. and the tldp is a good reference, but it's kinda hard for new learners to navigate.
JBu92
Well yeah, CMF is definitely for those who already have the basics down, as I said, but as this post is about how to become a Master...
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Forgot the granddaddy of them all: The Linux Documentation Project
howabout CommandLineFu(.com)?
it's not like a database, but once you've got the basics down, it's interesting to poke around there for odd tips like these-
replacing text strings in multiple files
finding cover art for an album
listening to BBC radio
(all these from the front page today)
usually they post several new command strings a day
Yep, I don't need websites, never had - easy peasy -
"man command" or "command -h | less"
man command?
Sure... especially since it's so intuitive. I'm not saying it's not useful, rather that it's not very user friendly.
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By Wayne Madsen
Posted on April 20, 2018 by Wayne Madsen
When it comes to creating bogus news stories and advancing false narratives, the British intelligence services have few peers. In fact, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6) has led the way for its American "cousins" and Britain's Commonwealth partners—from Canada and Australia to India and Malaysia—in the dark art of spreading falsehoods as truths.
Recently, the world has witnessed such MI-6 subterfuge in news stories alleging that Russia carried out a novichok nerve agent attack against a Russian émigré and his daughter in Salisbury, England. This propaganda barrage was quickly followed by yet another—the latest in a series of similar fabrications—alleging the Syrian government attacked civilians in Douma, outside of Damascus, with chemical weapons.
It should come as no surprise that American news networks rely on British correspondents stationed in northern Syria and Beirut as their primary sources. MI-6 has historically relied on non-official cover (NOC) agents masquerading primarily as journalists, but also humanitarian aid workers, Church of England clerics, international bankers, and hotel managers, to carry out propaganda tasks. These NOCs are situated in positions where they can promulgate British government disinformation to unsuspecting actual journalists and diplomats.
For decades, a little-known section of the British Foreign Office—the Information Research Department (IRD)—carried out propaganda campaigns using the international media as its platform on behalf of MI-6. Years before Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, and Sudan's Omar al-Bashir became targets for Western destabilization and "regime change." IRD and its associates at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and in the newsrooms and editorial offices of Fleet Street broadsheets, tabloids, wire services, and magazines, particularly "The Daily Telegraph," "The Times," "Financial Times," Reuters, "The Guardian," and "The Economist," ran media smear campaigns against a number of leaders considered to be leftists, communists, or FTs (fellow travelers).
These leaders included Indonesia's President Sukarno, North Korean leader (and grandfather of Pyongyang's present leader) Kim Il-Sung, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, Cyprus's Archbishop Makarios, Cuba's Fidel Castro, Chile's Salvador Allende, British Guiana's Cheddi Jagan, Grenada's Maurice Bishop, Jamaica's Michael Manley, Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, Guinea's Sekou Toure, Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara, Australia's Gough Whitlam, New Zealand's David Lange, Cambodia's Norodom Sihanouk, Malta's Dom Mintoff, Vanuatu's Father Walter Lini, and Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah.
After the Cold War, this same propaganda operation took aim at Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Somalia's Mohamad Farrah Aidid, and Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Today, it is Assad's, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's, and Catalonian independence leader Carles Puigdemont's turn to be in the Anglo-American state propaganda gunsights. Even Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, long a darling of the Western media and such propaganda moguls as George Soros, is now being targeted for Western visa bans and sanctions over the situation with Muslim Rohingya insurgents in Rakhine State.
Through IRD-MI-6-Central Intelligence Agency joint propaganda operations, many British journalists received payments, knowingly or unknowingly, from the CIA via a front in London called Forum World Features (FWF), owned by John Hay Whitney, publisher of the "New York Herald Tribune" and a former US ambassador to London. It is not a stretch to believe that similar and even more formal relationships exist today between US and British intelligence and so-called British "journalists" reporting from such war zones as Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, and the Gaza Strip, as well as from much-ballyhooed nerve agent attack locations as Salisbury, England.
No sooner had recent news reports started to emerge from Douma about a Syrian chlorine gas and sarin agent attack that killed between 40 to 70 civilians, British reporters in the Middle East and London began echoing verbatim statements from the Syrian "White Helmets" and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
In actuality, the White Helmets—claimed by Western media to be civilian defense first-responders but are Islamist activists connected to jihadist radical groups funded by Saudi Arabia—are believed to have staged the chemical attack in Douma by entering the municipality's hospital and dowsing patients with buckets of water, video cameras at the ready. The White Helmets distributed their videos to the global news media, with the BBC and Rupert Murdoch's Sky News providing a British imprimatur to the propaganda campaign asserting that Assad carried out another "barrel bomb" chemical attack against "his own people." And, as always, the MI-6 financed Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-Assad news front claimed to be operated by a Syrian expatriate and British national named Rami Abdel Rahman from his clothing shop in Coventry, England, began providing second-sourcing for the White Helmet's chemical attack claims.
With President Trump bringing more and more neoconservatives, discredited from their massive anti-Iraq propaganda operations during the Bush-Cheney era, into his own administration, the world is witnessing the prolongation of the "Trump Doctrine."
The Trump Doctrine can best be explained as follows: A nation will be subject to a US military attack depending on whether Trump is facing a severe political or sex scandal at home.
Such was the case in April 2017, when Trump ordered a cruise missile attack on the joint Syrian-Russian airbase at Shayrat, Syria. Trump was still reeling from the resignation of his national security adviser, Lt. General Michael Flynn, in February over the mixing of his private consulting business with his official White House duties. Trump needed a diversion and the false accusation that Assad used sarin gas on the village of Khan Sheikoun on April 4, 2017, provided the necessary pabulum for the war-hungry media.
The most recent cruise missile attack was to divert the public's attention away from Trump's personal attorney being raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a sex scandal involving Trump and a porn actress, and a "tell-all" book by Trump's fired FBI director, James Comey.
Although these two scandals provided opportunities for the neocons to test Trump with false flag operations in Syria, they were not the first time such actions had been carried out. In 2013, the Syrian government was blamed for a similar chemical attack on civilians in Ghouta. That year, Syrian rebels, supported by the Central Intelligence Agency, admitted to the Associated Press reporter on the ground in Syria that they had been given banned chemical weapons by Saudi Arabia, but that the weapons canisters exploded after improper handling by the rebels. Immediately, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian rebel organizations operating out of Turkey claimed that Assad had used chemical-laden barrel bombs on "his own people." However, Turkish, American, and Lebanese sources confirmed that it was the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that had badly bungled a false flag sarin nerve agent attack on Ghouta.
Few Western media outlets were concerned about a March 19, 2013, sarin nerve agent by the Bashair al-Nasr Brigade rebel group linked to the US- and British-backed Free Syrian Army. The rebels used a "Bashair-3" unguided projectile, containing the deadly sarin agent, on civilians in Khan al-Assal, outside Aleppo. At least 27 civilians were killed, and scores of others injured in the attack. The Syrian Kurds also reported the use of chemical weapons on them during the same time frame by Syrian rebel groups backed by the United States, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. The usual propaganda operations—Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Doctors Without Borders, the BBC, CNN, and Sky News—were all silent about these attacks.
In 2013, April 2017, and April 2018, the Western media echo chamber blared out all the same talking points: "Assad killing his own people," "Syrian weapons of mass destruction," and the "mass murder of women and children." Western news networks featured videos of dead women and children, while paid propagandists, known as "contributors" to corporate news networks—all having links to the military-intelligence complex—demanded action be taken against Assad.
Trump, now being advised by the notorious neocon war hawk John Bolton, the new national security adviser, began referring to Assad as an "animal" and a "monster." Bolton, along with Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Irving Lewis "Scooter" Libby, helped craft similar language against Saddam Hussein prior to the 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq. It was not coincidental that Trump—at the urging of Bolton and other neocons—gave a full pardon to Libby on the very same day he ordered the cruise missile attack on Damascus and other targets in Syria. Libby was convicted in 2005 of perjury and illegally disclosing national security information.
The world is being asked to take, at face value, the word of patented liars like Trump, Bolton, and other neocons who are now busy joining the Trump administration at breakneck speed. The corporate media unabashedly acts as though it never lied about the reasons given by the United States and Britain for going to war in Iraq and Libya. Why should anyone believe them now?
This article originally appeared in Strategic Culture Foundation on-line journal.
Wayne Madsen is a Washington, DC-based investigative journalist and nationally-distributed columnist. He is the editor and publisher of the Wayne Madsen Report (subscription required).
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Mike | April 21, 2018 at 1:38 am |
Although Glasgow University Media Department published several books in the Bad News series itemising the blatant lies of the BBC the British people overwhelmingly believe it to be trustworthy. Despite the UNESCO Macbride report which stated that the USA and UK dominated and unfairly reported world news reporting, people continue to listen into the outlets from those two countries. But if you talk to ordinary people in most Asian and African countries then you find that they don't believe or trust the media to quite the same degree as the citizens of the US and UK. And as people travel more they sometimes learn something, not always of course.
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Q: How can horizontal Divs be tied to each other so that when one grows vertically, an "associated" one grows vertically with it? I need to create a form that has three horizontal divs which are interrelated, somewhat like the rows in an html table or the cells in a spreadsheet.
What I mean is with this series of horizontal divs:
Column1     Column2     Column3

...when Column2 grows in height (due to elements being dynamically added to it), Column1 must grow vertically in lockstep with it.
Similarly, but more complex"ily," Column2 may have multiple groupings of related elements. Each grouping needs to be tied vertically to one of the "rows" in Column3.
IOW, Column1 will grow in height as Column2 adds "rows", thus "shadowing" Column2 in that way; but then, when elements are added to the first section of Column3 (which are associated with the first "row" of Column2), Column2 will shadow the height of the first related collection of elements in Column3's first section.
Perhaps a visual representation would be clearer:
Column1     Column2     Column3
======      ======      ======
Fri Aug 21  Shift 1     Something about Shift1
Sat Aug 22  Shift1

...when a second shift is added on Friday:
Column1     Column2     Column3
======      ======      ======
Fri Aug 21  Shift 1     Something about Shift1
            Shift 2
Sat Aug 22  Shift1

...Column1 keeps vertical pace with Column2 when Shift2 was added for Friday.
Now, more elements are added to Column3 for Friday's Shift1, and Shift1 expands downward/vertically to accommodate it:
Column1     Column2     Column3
======      ======      ======
Fri Aug 21  Shift 1     Something about Shift1
                        Something more about Shift1
            Shift 2
Sat Aug 22  Shift1

In what way can this interrelationship be established and maintained? How can this be done in Bootstrap (or otherwise, for that matter)?

A: The simplest and probably most robust way to accomplish the 3-column layout where each div always maintains equal height with the other two is with the HTML table element.
HTML

    <col>
    <col>
    <col>

DIV #1

DIV #2

DIV #3

CSS
table {
    table-layout: fixed;
}

col {
    width: 100px;
}

td {
    border: 1px solid black;
    font-size: 1.5em;
    padding: 10px;
}

In this demo, any amount of text you put in any div will take all other div heights with it.
http://jsfiddle.net/n7170pxg/1/

A: Check out those two articles for display: table and display: table-cell. They might be the answer to what you are looking for.
-http://colintoh.com/blog/display-table-anti-hero
-http://www.senktec.com/2014/01/using-css-display-table-cell-for-columns/
The last link seems to be the best solution.
HTML

Column 1.

Column 2 is a bit longer.

Column 3 is longer with lots of text in it.

CSS
.container {
  display: table;
}
.column {
  display: table-cell;
  width: 100px;
}

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It isn't that uncommon to do Machu Picchu and Galapagos combination trips, in fact it works awesomely to pair Peru and Ecuador in one trip visiting both Machu Picchu and Galapagos, which are two of South America's true highlights; but it is quite rare to see travelers combining Peru and Chile, or more specifically a Patagonia and Machu Picchu combo trip.
That is why when Heidi and Michael of South Carolina approached us with the idea, we were thrilled to collaborate on such a unique Peru and Chile combination tour. They had roughly a couple weeks to travel but feared they may not have another opportunity to visit South America. They most wanted to see Patagonia and Machu Picchu, as they like active travel in stunning places while also appreciating unique cultural interactions. They had heard from friends that Explora Salto Chico Lodge in Patagonia was a must-do-before-you-die type of experience, which I agreed with wholeheartedly.
In addition to the distances between Peru and Chile being farther than Ecuador and Peru, I believe combining the two is less common more from the standpoint of weather. Patagonia has its most mild (i.e. warmer and sunnier) weather window between November and March. Those months also happen to be the rainy season in the Peruvian Southern Highlands, so conventional logic says they don't pair that well.
But Michael and Heidi knew what they most wanted to see, and when you factor in the flights to/from Galapagos, this combo of Peru and Chile didn't involve much more travel. Also, in October Patagonia can have nice weather and isn't that much cooler than the high season of December and January, not to mention that there are less travelers. We were also able, due to less demand in low season, to get them a free night at Explora Salto Chico!
On the flipside, in Peru the rains really haven't picked up that much come October, the temperature is consistent throughout the year in the highlands where Machu Picchu and Cusco are, and there is also the upside of less visitors than in, for example, June or July. Therefore considering the complete equation, October would be great for a trip pairing Peru and Chile.
Based on their input and preferences we collaborated on a fabulous active South America trip combining Peru and Chile. So good in fact that Heidi's sister and brother in law found a way to get away and join them for their Chile portion!
Thanks for letting us know we did our jobs Michael!
Upon your early morning arrival you will be met by your guide and taken for a half-day guided exploration of Santiago prior to checking in to your boutique accommodations for a relaxing afternoon and evening. During your tour you will visit Santiago's most important historic and cultural sites. Highlights include: the Plaza de Armas, La Moneda Presidential Palace, the Mercado Central (Chile's largest fresh seafood market), the historic República & Concha y Toro neighborhoods, eclectic Barrio Lastarria, Parque Forestal, and artsy Barrio Bellavista. For a panoramic view of the city, you'll visit the top of San Cristobal Hill, 984 feet above the city. You'll also have the chance to visit the famous La Chascona Museum, former home to beloved poet and Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda.
You will be met in your hotel lobby and transferred to the airport in accordance with your early morning flight south. Upon arrival in Punta Arenas you will be met by an Explora representative and taken on the scenic journey into the Patagonian wilderness and Torres del Paine National Park. Upon arrival to the lodge enjoy lunch and meet with a guide to discuss and chart out your time while at Explora to maximize your stay and adventures.
Continue exploring the amazing landscapes of Torres del Paine and enjoying your stay at Explora Salto Chico Lodge.
Enjoy the morning at Explora. Following lunch you will be transferred out of the park to the airport in accordance with your onward early evening flight to Santiago. Upon arrival you will be assisted in checking into the airport hotel, which is a Holiday Inn across the street from the terminal.
You will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Lima and onward to Cusco. Upon arrival in Cusco you will be met by your guide, see a couple of the sites outside Cusco such as Sacsayhuaman, and will then head into the Sacred Valley to relax for the evening.
After breakfast you'll head by van along the Sacred Valley past the communities of Calca, Coya, Lamay and Pisac. From here you go completely off the map winding up a small dirt road, which takes you through remote Andean villages until we arrive to the Amaru community. This isolated community holds strongly to their ancient customs and practices a largely subsistence lifestyle on the slopes of the Andes. The Amaru will proudly open their village to you where you will learn of their lifestyle and traditions. Among other things you take part in gathering plants used as natural dyes, learn of their medicinal and culinary properties, and see how the Amaru's worldrenowned textiles are woven and brought to life. Enjoy a picnic amongst the Pisac ruins that sprawl down the mountainside towards town. If still energized, you can enjoy a gentle hike through the extensive Inca terracing down the mountainside, or hop in the van, and arrive to Pisac – one of Peru's largest and most vibrant markets – where you can bargain with Andean campesinos for hand-crafted wares. Return to your accommodations for a relaxing evening.
Heading out early you'll arrive to the massive Inca agricultural terraces of Moray, thought to have been a nursery to experiment with and modify different varieties of crops. From here hike or go by van (depending on your preference, time, and weather) to the little-known village of Maras where pre-Columbian terraced saltpans are still being harvested in the traditional way by villagers. Enjoy a picnic in this surreal setting before a walk down the Andes to the valley floor where you board the train that chugs along the Urubamba River and parts of the Inca Trail towards the Amazon arriving at Machu Picchu Pueblo. Check in to your accommodations nestled into the cloudforest.
Early risers can revel at the sunrise from the Machu Picchu citadel. This incredibly vast archaeological site – lost to the world until well into the twentieth century – is perched amidst Andean peaks and lush cloud forest making it one of the most breathtaking sights in the world You'll have the opportunity to get a complete guided tour as you begin to unlock the mystery of the Inca, and also have plenty of time to wander the site on your own. Lunch at the Sanctuary Lodge adjacent to the ruins means you'll be able to enjoy the whole day without leaving awe-inspiring Machu Picchu. You can also climb the adjacent sacred peak Huayna Picchu for a bird's eye view.
Taking the train after breakfast, you'll have time to roam through Ollantaytambo town taking in the ancient ruins towering above. Heading into the valley you'll stop to enjoy lunch at an authentic colonial-era hacienda before continuing on and arriving in the early evening to Cusco. Your accommodation is an artfully restored colonialera mansion surrounding a traditional courtyard with Spanish arches and fountains.
Enjoy the day at your leisure independently exploring a city where traditional Andean cultures, the colonial Spanish, and modern Peru come together in one of South America's most culturally and visually dynamic cities. Visit Incan architectural jewels such as Korikancha – the temple of the sun, shop at Andean markets, enjoy savory, wide-ranging Peruvian cuisine, and see the colonial cathedrals built atop Incan foundations around the Plaza Central.
Enjoy a leisurely morning continuing to explore Cusco on your own. You will be picked up in your hotel lobby in accordance with your onwrard flight to Lima, where you will remain in the airport for your international flight home.


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Deepali Dewan, ed. Bollywood Cinema Showcards: Indian Film Art from the 1950s to the 1980s. Showcards from The Hartwick Collection. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum Press, 2011, p. 89, Cat. no. 34.
The techniques used to make these showcards are a departure from others in the collection and suggest a considerable investment in advertising. Rather than a paint-on-photo collage, Cat. no 33 is entirely screen-printed while Cat. no. 34 uses colour photo lithographs, suggesting a considerable investment in new technologies for its advertising that could set the film apart from the rest of the commercial Hindi cinema.


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Croatia: 700 patients with influenza and pneumonia hospitalized in Zagreb this year
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In this year's season of respiratory disease there was a significant increase in cases of influenza and pneumonia because of which in Zagreb's Clinic for Infectious Diseases 700 hospitalized patients, said the director of the Clinic Adriana Vince.
Because of the flu in the first two months of this year, 174 hospitalized patients, the mean age of 44 years, and the cause of the dominant was the H1N1 virus.
In the last six months the number of patients with pneumonia was even 20 percent higher than the previous season and in the hospital were admitted 533 patients diagnosed with DMD.
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Thousands of cases of swine flu in Croatia, the highlight is yet to come
Flu epidemic in Croatia is in full swing but the peak season only comes to us. So far registered 2,500 patients who were proportionally distributed according to population density counties, say in the Croatian Institute for Public Health (CIPH).
Our expert on flu Alekandar Simunovic, spec. Epidemiogije in CNIPH says that intense following patients with severe respiratory conditions that are placed on intensive care wards in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and Osijek, and to take samples of the flu in order to establish
connection of heavy pneumonia accompanied distress syndrome influenza as possible initiators of such a state.
But Simunovic recalls that the real climax is yet to come.
'For now we can talk about the beginning of the epidemic, a culmination
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To paraphrase E.F. Schumacher we need a new economics 'as if people and planet mattered'.
Economics and the way the economy is perceived generally has become decoupled from its purpose which is to provide well-being to all people. The economy has become increasingly complex and abstract. It is also environmentally unsustainable.
Many people say that the economy must grow. This is not a fact. It is only said by the people who benefit the most from a growing economy – the rich and the want-to-be rich. In a report from January 2018, Oxfam estimated that 82% of all wealth created in the previous year went to the top 1% of wealthiest people, and nothing went to the bottom 50%. Continual economic growth, as we have had for the past 300 years, is unsustainable. The planet cannot sustainably supply the resources that humanity is using and in fact, we are using up natural capital to make up the difference. If this continues it will lead to the bankrupting of nature.
The ideal economy is one which provides for the greatest amount of general well-being for the least amount of resource use and environmental harm.
Whilst globalisation of trade may have financial advantages it also has a multitude of disadvantages. Besides, as the cost of fuel and transport increases global trade will have less financial advantage.
Economies that are largely confined to local areas are more self-sufficient. This is especially true for fundamental material needs like food, clothes, shelter and energy. This means local communities will also be more resilient and egalitarian.


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Ray Thomas (Stourport-on-Severn, 29 december 1941 – 4 januari 2018), bijnaam Tomo, was een Brits muzikant, die vooral bekend is geworden als degene die de blaasinstrumenten bespeelde in de band Moody Blues. Voor deze band schreef hij ook een aantal liedjes. Doordat hij veel fluitpartijen speelde (luister: Nights in White Satin) werd zijn bijnaam The Flute, maar hij bespeelde ook hobo, saxofoon en fagot.

Biografie
Al in de jaren 50 van de 20e eeuw begon Thomas met muziek; als koorknaap in het Birmingham Youth Choir. Daarna begon hij ook blues en soul te zingen in diverse groepjes uit Birmingham en omgeving, waaronder Saints and Sinners en Ramblers. Zang was alleen niet voldoende en hij leerde mondharmonica spelen (destijds een erg populair instrument, zie Bob Dylan). Rond die tijd leerde hij toetsenist Mike Pinder kennen. De eerste faam kregen ze als El Riot and the Rebels (met John Lodge) en de Krew Cats, met wie hij ooit het voorprogramma in Hamburg verzorgde voor de destijds nog onbekende The Beatles. Na diverse jaren pikten Thomas en Pinder drie nieuwe musici op en vormden The Moody Blues: die musici waren gitarist Denny Laine, basgitarist Clint Warwick en drummer Graeme Edge. Al na het eerste redelijk succesvolle album The Magnificent Moodies met nummer 1-hitsingle Go Now! vertrokken Laine en Warwick en werden vervangen door Justin Hayward en John Lodge.
In die samenstelling (Hayward, Lodge, Pinder, Thomas en Edge) werden een aantal zeer succesvolle albums uitgebracht in het genre symfonische rock. Thomas was degene die meestal de romantische liedjes voor zijn rekening nam. Zijn stemgeluid is zeer herkenbaar door een haast klassieke en gedragen klank, die past in zijn liedjes, maar ook prima kleurt met de wat meer rockachtige stemmen van Hayward en Lodge. Zie verder Moody Blues.

Na de opnamen van Seventh Sojourn en de bijbehorende tournee was de rek eruit bij de vijf Moodies en men nam een sabbatical. Tussen Seventh Sojourn (1972) en Octave (1978) hebben de bandleden soloalbums afgeleverd; Thomas maakte er twee, die vlak achter elkaar werden uitgegeven op Threshold Records, het platenlabel van de Moodies.
Na een aantal jaren rust met de Moodies, pakte de groep toch weer de draad op en bracht Octave uit, een album dat veel lichter klinkt dan zijn voorganger. Pinder was het daarmee niet eens en vertrok. Thomas verloor hier dus een van zijn maatjes en componist van de wat zwaardere filosofische kant van de Moodies.

Van Ray Thomas wordt verondersteld dat hij het ultieme Moody Blues-nummer heeft geschreven: Veteran Cosmic Rocker van het album Long Distance Voyager. Het is een typisch Moodies nummer en een haast autobiografisch nummer. Het bevat alle factoren, waar de punkbeweging toen tegen aan schopte; een lang nummer, instrumentale soli, gedragen zang, georkestreerd en een mondharmonicasolo; dat was toen allemaal uit de tijd.
Daarna heeft Thomas eigenlijk niet zoveel bijzonders meer gecomponeerd alleen Celtic Sonant op het album Keys of the kingdom is wel weer een meesterwerk, verder mag genoemd worden het nummer Little Lovely op het album Strange times (kort maar krachtig). Voor de rest dreef de Moody Blues voornamelijk op Hayward en Lodge. Voor de opnamen van het album December in 2002 is Thomas gestopt omdat hij leed aan Cerebellaire ataxie deze aandoening is een balance verstoring en maakte het onmogelijk om nog op te treden en om die reden met "pensioen" is gegaan. In september 2013 was de diagnose prostaat kanker geconstateerd, het kon niet geopereerd worden maar werd succesvol onderdrukt met medicijnen.

Thomas overleed begin 2018 op 76-jarige leeftijd er wordt geen doodsoorzaak vermeld, de prostaatkanker zou ermee te maken kunnen hebben.

Albums
1975: From Mighty Oaks
1976: Hopes, Wishes and Dreams

Twee albums met superromantische liedjes, die kennelijk niet pasten in het Moodies repertoire.

Trivia
In het clipje van I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band uit 1972 staat Thomas saxofoon te spelen. Pinder zegt echter dat dat alleen voor de show was; bij de plaatopname heeft Thomas geen saxofoon gespeeld.

Brits fluitist
Brits zanger