A Black Lives Matter activist is now facing charges of assault on a police officer.
The activist, Dr. Melina Abdullah, is not accepting her role in it and is blaming police for wanting to punish "black protest," The Daily Wire reported.
Following a pretrial hearing last week, Abdullah and Douglas addressed activists and other supporters who had packed the courtroom as a sign of solidarity.
Activists went on to disrupt the meeting, which was ultimately adjourned and moved into a closed session after an attendee appeared to threaten LAPD Commission President Steve Soboroff. Soboroff's son, Jacob, is a reporter with NBC News.
My News LA reports that Abdullah is charged with eight misdemeanor counts involving crimes that allegedly occurred during three separate meetings that date back to 2017. The charges include one count each of battery on a public officer, resisting arrest, refusing to disperse and interfering or obstructing a public business establishment; three counts of unlawfully disturbing and breaking up an assembly and meeting; and two counts of unlawfully and intentionally interfering with the lawful business of the LAPD Commission.
The battery charge originated from a meeting last May when Abdullah was arrested along with Sheila Hines-Brim, a fellow BLM-LA comrade whose niece, Wakiesha Wilson, died in police custody in 2016. At that meeting, Hines-Brim threw what she claimed were Wilson's cremated remains at then-LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.


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Subrogation In Montana Makes News
The recent legislative session in Montana which ended in April 2015 has made the national publication of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals ("NASP"). SB 288, which arose after MCSi's President Michael J. Marsh testified in front of the Economic Affairs Interim Committee. Marsh wrote a draft of language for the bill, which was not used in the creation of SB 288. Both houses of the legislature passed the modified, simplified bill, which Governor Bullock unfortunately vetoed a short while later. The Governor's office sent an e-mail response to Mr. Marsh, which is shown below. Please read the NASP newsletter @ http://subrogation.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpb...
From: Bullock, Governor
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:04 PM
To: Michael Marsh
Subject: Thanks for your comments
Dear Michael Marsh:
Thank you for contacting me about Senate Bill 288, an act to provide workers' compensation insurers full subrogation rights against at-fault parties. On April 29, 2015, I vetoed this legislation.
SB 288 changes the law governing subrogation in workers compensation cases where the injured worker recovers damages in a third-party liability case. The bill would allow the workers compensation insurer to recover medical payments made on behalf of the injured worker, regardless of whether the injured worker suffers damages in excess of the workers compensation benefits and third party recovery combined.
The effect of SB 288 in many cases would be to cause harm to a worker who has suffered serious, life-altering injuries. And, even in cases involving less serious injuries, given the low limits of our mandatory insurance liability law, an injured worker will often be left undercompensated for their injuries and damages due to the effects of SB 288's changes in subrogation law.
The primary concern expressed by proponents of SB 288 is the effect that high cost injuries have on their "mod factor" – the modification factor used to calculate employers' premium rates. The mod factors may also adversely affect employers' abilities to get contracts with some companies and governmental entities. While these are serious and legitimate concerns, SB 288 does not directly address those concerns. I believe efforts should be made in the coming interim to identify ways to address the legitimate concerns of employers, without inequitably harming the rights of injured employees to obtain full legal redress for their injuries. Therefore, I will direct the Commissioner of Labor and Industries and other members of my administration to work with the Labor Management Advisory Council and other stakeholders to identify possible alternative ways of addressing the concerns underlying SB 288. For these reasons, I vetoed SB 288.
Thanks again for reaching out about this legislation and please don't hesitate to do so again with further questions or comments.

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A driver was killed in an auto accident recently and the crash was investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The circumstances surrounding this accident were unique because the collision happened in a Tesla while its autopilot system was engaged.
The 40-year-old driver was likely watching Harry Potter, according to the LA Times, when his Tesla drove underneath a big rig that was turning left on a highway. The driver died, prompting NHTSA to investigate both this incident and other routine accidents that had happened involving Tesla's autopilot function.
What Happens After Car Accidents with Autopilot Engaged?
NHTSA determined that there was no need for a recall of Tesla cars after the investigation. The agency found that drivers are still ultimately responsible for ensuring that a car accident does not happen, even when the vehicle is equipped with an autopilot system.
Tesla cooperated with the investigation. The CEO of Tesla commented there have been fewer accidents per miles driven in Tesla cars as compared with standard vehicles. The idea that automated driving systems are safer is a common one. Many argue that crashes will become less frequent as driverless cars take over because human error can be eliminated by automated systems.
However, questions are being raised about what will happen when accidents do happen. The key issue: will the manufacturer of the autopilot system be held liable for accidents or will drivers?
On the current autopilot system, Tesla's on-screen instructions warn drivers they are still the ones who have to be in ultimate control of the vehicle. NHTSA affirmed this when the agency indicated that drivers are still saddled with the ultimate responsibility for avoiding crashes.
However, Scientific American suggests that when autopilot systems advance, more cars will become self-driving, and as car manufactures start to market these cars as a driving alternative, they could be the ones who are liable when crashes happen.
According to Scientific American: "When a computerized driver replaces a human one, experts say the companies behind the software and hardware sit in the legal liability chain-not the car owner or the person's insurance company. Eventually, and inevitably, the car makers will have to take the blame."
If a car maker tells a consumer that the autopilot system can handle the driving, then it stands to reason that the car maker would have a duty to ensure the autopilot system actually did prevent accidents effectively. A failure to do so could be caused by a defect in the system.
Proving this type of case could be very complicated, especially over the next few years as the law evolves and as apportionment of liability is hashed out in the courts. Crash victims will need to make sure they have an attorney who keeps up-to-date with how the law develops on liability for crashes in cars featuring autopilot technology.


If you noticed a "Ghostbusters" level of "real wrath of God type stuff" happening in your neighborhood Monday night, you can attribute it to Iron Maiden's performance at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre. This year, the rockers from across the pond are bringing a re-imagined version of their 1988 "Maiden England" tour back to the colonies, and it's still blowing minds for fans new and old.
Maiden blasted out from the elaborate stage and kicked things off with "Moonchild." Drummer Nicko McBrain, bassist Steve Harris, and guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers ripped into the rabid crowd with searing guitar squeals, rumbling bass runs and thundering rhythm. With the first of the many backdrops featuring Eddie (the band's emaciated mascot), singer Bruce Dickinson leapt to the top of the riser and howled his first notes into the night.
"Scream for me Denver!" Dickinson proclaimed. His call to action usually came in waves of three during a musical vamp in songs like "2 Minutes to Midnight." "No! That's bulls**t! I said screeeeeeeam for me Denvaaaaaaah!" Maiden fans came from near and far to do just that. Occasionally the crowd was louder than the band, although the physical energy of the six people on stage could not be matched. Dickinson would sprint from one end of the scaffolding to the other while singing his highest notes, never taking breaks to catch his breath. Gers was the most acrobatic of the bunch, showing off his literal guitar slinging tricks and playing notes alongside the fans in the pit. Smith and Murray traded off complex solo lines while Harris ran from side to side with as much vigor as Dickinson.
Performance effects special to this tour included Eddie's live cameos, once in General Custer regalia during "Run to the Hills," and another closing the show atop the back risers as a living version of the "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" album cover. A lot of the songs in this set had not been heard live since the '80s, especially the title track of "Seventh Son" — which featured keyboard player Michael Kenney.


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ECA Awards night to take place on 5 September
On Monday 5 September, on the occasion of the 17th ECA General Assembly, the winners of the 7th Edition of the ECA Awards will be announced.
First introduced in 2010 with the aim of rewarding outstanding club performances, encouraging best practice and highlighting successful club management, the ECA Awards encompass four different themes, rewarding great achievements both on and off the pitch.
Over the years, one specific Award category, the Best Community & Social Responsibility Programme Award, commonly referred to as the ECA CSR Award, gained in importance. This year, the record number of 48 applications was received, and the final winner will come out of the 10 shortlisted projects shortly described hereunder.
KAA Gent (Belgium) - "KAA Gent Homeless Blue White"
KAA Gent Homeless Blue White helps homeless people, refugees and people in rehabilitation of drug and/or alcohol addiction to build a network of social relations, in an environment with attention to physical and mental health. 65 participants took part in the programme last year.
Paris Saint-Germain FC (France) - "RED & BLUE Schools"
Based in the disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Paris, the RED & BLUE School is an after-school programme which combines sporting and educational activities for children aged 7 to 11, to help them flourish and give them a better chance of succeeding in life. For its first year, the RED & BLUE School welcomed 500 children, out of which 55 in its annual programme.
FC Schalke 04 (Germany) - "Kumpelkiste"
In cooperation with fans, members, friends, sponsors and partners the club collects and distributes money-, in kind- and service donations, once they are checked and sorted. About 10.000 'Kumpelkisten', boxes filled with donations and goods were distributed last year to the most needy communities.
PAOK FC (Greece) - "Football Unites"
PAOK FC launched the Football Unites programme in October 2015 and kicked off a series of initiatives for the relief of refugees, including a large scale plan of clothing and edibles donation, as well as emergency survival items for refugees in Thessaloniki.
AC Milan (Italy) - "Special Soccer Camp"
The Special Soccer Camp programme aims at allowing disabled children, who would otherwise be unable to practice sport, to do so. The programme brings together disabled children and children without any special needs in the AC Milan Summer Camps. Around 70 children are participating every summer.
BV Vitesse (Netherlands) - "Vitesse Hattrick"
The Vitesse Hattrick programme started in 2015, including three underlying projects: the Hattrick School, the Hattrick League and the Hattrick Academy. All the activities are executed in five poor neighbourhoods of Arnhem, and every neighbourhood delivers the same activities in their community. 200 participants are accounted on a weekly basis.
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) - "PSV United"
Reacting to the problem of vandalism and annoyance in some neighbourhoods of Eindhoven, the club developed a group focused programme for the youngsters in which their main interest, the football club PSV Eindhoven, is used as an instrument to achieve the pre-selected objectives. 100 children take part in the programme on an annual basis.
Vålerenga IF (Norway) - "Vålerenga Against Racism"
Fighting racism, Vålerenga Against Racism carries out a number of activities and projects that have improved integration, creating positive attitude, focus on Fair Play and increased activity levels for children, youth and adults in Oslo.
Aberdeen FC (Scotland) - "Dementia Friendly Wellbeing"
Aberdeen FC proactively supports the elderly communities affected by dementia to take part in activities that matter to them, by involving those with dementia in decision making, planning, and evaluating. Aberdeen FC directly engages with and supports 151 people living with dementia or carers weekly.
Villarreal CF (Spain) - "Endavant Igualtat"
The Endavant Igualtat initiative involves the collaboration of all 11-a-side reserve and academy teams with a special centre (for disabilities) in the Castellón province, whom they will be sponsoring throughout the season.
ECA would already like to warmly congratulate all applicants for their outstanding work, and wishes good luck to the ten shortlisted clubs!
The final winner will be announced on Monday 5 September, and a press release will follow. For any query please contact the ECA Administration via info@ecaeurope.com.


These amendments are open for public consultation from Monday 20 August 2018, with submissions closing by 5.00pm (EST) on Monday 17 September 2018.
Amendment of the GSH Exchange Agreement are to amend the variable fee for trades in Spread Products specified in the Gas Supply Hub - Exchange Fees methodology.
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#Health and Hygiene
What Causes Stuttering? Misconceptions About The Speech Disorder
Xiaofan Lei
What comes to mind when you think of someone who stutters? Is that person male or female? Are they weak and nervous, or powerful and heroic? If you have a choice, would you like to marry them, introduce them to your friends or recommend them for a job?
Your attitudes toward people who stutter may depend partly on what you think causes stuttering. If you think that stuttering is due to psychological causes, such as being nervous, research suggests that you are more likely to distance yourself from those who stutter and view them more negatively.
I am a person who stutters and a doctoral candidate in speech, language and hearing sciences. Growing up, I tried my best to hide my stuttering and to pass as fluent.
I avoided sounds and words that I might stutter on. I avoided ordering the dishes I wanted to eat at the school cafeteria to avoid stuttering. I asked my teacher to not call on me in class because I didn't want to deal with the laughter from my classmates when they heard my stutter. Those experiences motivated me to investigate stuttering so that I can help people who stutter, including myself, to better cope with the condition.
In writing about what the scientific field has to say about stuttering and its biological causes, I hope I can reduce the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding the disorder.
The experience of stuttering
The most recognisable characteristics of developmental stuttering are the repetitions, prolongations and blocks in people's speech. People who stutter may also experience muscle tension during speech and exhibit secondary behaviours, such as tics and grimaces.
People who stutter often react to their experience of stuttering with anxiety, frustration and embarrassment. In addition, people often anticipate that they may stutter and – as I did – actively avoid stuttering by avoiding sounds or situations. Some may also develop unhelpful thoughts and beliefs about themselves and their ability to communicate with others, such as that they won't succeed in life or that they cannot talk properly.
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A neurodevelopmental disorder
The exact cause of stuttering is still unknown. However, it's widely agreed upon that stuttering is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder.
Neuroimaging studies from both children and adults who stutter point to a malfunction in areas of the brain responsible for timing of movements and skilled motor control – such as speech production – called the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loop. Yet researchers also know that brain development can be shaped by experience.
Therefore, the anomalies in brain connectivity among adults who stutter could result from their experience of stuttering rather than what contributes to its onset. Ongoing studies looking at differences between children and adults who stutter could help illuminate the core deficits that are associated with the onset of stuttering.
About 1 in 100 people across the world stutter. About 5 percent to 8 percent of preschool age children develop stuttering. The majority of children who stutter – about 80 percent – spontaneously recover from it with or without intervention before around 7 years of age, while the remaining 20% experience stuttering into adulthood.
Researchers have found similar neuroanatomical deficits in children ages 9 to 12 years old who continue to stutter and those who recover from it. But those who continue to stutter as adults are more likely to be male and have a family member who also stutters. When stuttering begins, the boy-to-girl ratio is about 1 to 1. Girls who stutter are more likely to recover than boys; as a result, the male-to-female ratio among adults who stutter is about 4 to 1.
People whose stuttering persists also tend to have poorer performance on at least one standardised assessment in pronouncing or manipulating sounds in words – such as saying a word without its initial sound.
Researchers are still exploring the factors that predict stuttering persistence versus recovery.
A common misconception about stuttering is that it's caused by anxiety. After all, you may notice that someone who stutters may not always stutter in the same way. Adults who stutter do not stutter when they are talking to themselves in private. They also self-report that they stutter more when the pressure is high, when the listeners are impolite or when talking on the phone.
But the causal factors are often more complex than you might think. For one, observing that two things are associated, like stuttering and anxiety, does not mean that one causes the other.
Researchers usually do not know which variable comes first, the stuttering or the anxiety, nor whether alternative explanations for the association exist. Also, many factors are usually involved in the development of any complex neurodevelopmental disorder. Teasing these factors apart and learning how they relate to each other is extremely challenging and will take many years of research.
Because stuttering primarily involves disfluent speech, it's likely that neural deficits in the brain regions responsible for speech production are at the root of the disorder. Yet research points to a set of conditions, such as linguistic and emotional factors, that could maintain stuttering over a lifetime or increase stuttering in certain situations.
Overcoming the stigma
Research shows that stuttering is usually considered an undesirable characteristic and that people who stutter are discriminated against and often socially devalued. Examples include being fired from a job, being patronised, being taken less seriously and being avoided.
In recent years, there have been more and more headlines about people who stutter. The election of President Joe Biden, who has stuttered since childhood, has been inspiring for millions of people who stutter.
At the same time, Biden's speech has been put under greater scrutiny and has invited insensitive critiques, such as that his "brain just broke". Politics aside, the rhetoric on stuttering could further stigmatise the disorder and give others permission to mock one's speech differences.
Redefining recovery
There currently isn't an effective cure for stuttered speech when it persists into adulthood. In a large-scale survey study, fewer than 2% of adults who grew up with a stutter indicated that they no longer self-identify as someone who stutters. Stuttering in adulthood, therefore, is not a sign of moral failure that someone is not working hard enough or with enough self-discipline to be fluent.
Yet, about 30 percent of adults who stutter said that they experienced recovery, even though around 10% of them relapsed. Recovery was defined not only as reduced stuttering but also as having greater control of how they stutter, saying what they intended to say as well as greater acceptance of stuttering, decreased avoidance and less negative emotions toward stuttering.
Ironically, in an environment in which people were allowed to stutter without judgment – such as at self-help conferences – people who stutter reported that their speech became easier, they experienced less anxiety when talking, and they felt more outgoing and friendlier toward others.
Xiaofan Lei, PhD Candidate in Speech Pathology, University of Minnesota publish this article first on The Conversation.
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National Girl Child Day 2023: Young Girl Breaks The Norm, Drums Her Way Towards Her Dreams


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Drawing upon a lifelong relationship with sound, landscape and water, artist and musician Dobbin will share stories about their creative practice of listening, and how it is a method to deeply communicate with, and be in relation to, the living land. As an artist who often works with(in) the natural world, Dobbin acknowledges the animacy of all things and employs listening as a path to collaborate with the environment — revealing that land is not an instrument for our own expression but a teacher and agent that we can be responsive to.
The body is an energetic system in a state of dynamic flux. While contained as a distinct environment, each body is also in relationship with the energy of the day, the season, and cosmic cycle of the greater environment. Wagner will speak to how our bodies navigate this ever-changing, yet cyclical state, as seen through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Martial Arts.
Lindsay Dobbin is a mixed Indigenous (Mohawk) / Settler (Acadian / Irish) artist, musician, curator and educator who lives and works on the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Dobbin's place-responsive practice includes media art, performance, sculpture, installation, social practices and writing, and is invested in and influenced by Indigenous epistemologies and cultural practices, such as drumming.
Harmony Wagner is a filmmaker, novelist, practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and has instructed qigong and Internal-style Martial arts for 20 years.
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Next Tuesday is the December Food Night. Come to Chick-fil-A with your family!
Mark your calendars to attend the next Hauser PTO Food Night. It will be held on Tuesday, December 11th from 5-8pm at Chick-fil-A in North Riverside.
We are having a Spirit Night! The Cougar Connection that brings in the most supporters will win a prize – a tray of Chocolate Chuck Cookies for the Cougar Connection and two free meals for the winning teacher ! Be sure and let the Chick-fil-A staff know that you are from Hauser and give them your Cougar Connect teacher's name. Dine in and say hello to Mr. Columbo, Mr. Meyer, Mrs. Popovic ans Mrs. Schuldt along with other PTO members who will be helping with the greeting and the serving! Invite your family and friends to join you as you support our school.


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The Navy wants to slap a laser on a littoral combat ship for the first time
The Navy plans on slapping a laser weapon on a littoral combat ship for the first time in the next year amid increased efforts to field high-energy laser systems aboard surface warships, USNI News reports.
Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander of Naval Surface Forces, told reporters that the USS Little Rock will receive a new laser weapon in the middle of an upcoming deployment, likely alongside its sister ship, the USS Detroit, with the 4th Fleet.
According to USNI News, that laser weapon is likely the Lockheed Martin-made 150 kilowatt High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) system that's been the Navy's laser of choice since 2018.
The Navy had previously announced in March 2019 that the service plans on mounting a laser weapons system aboard a Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to "burn the boats," as Rear Adm. Ron Boxall said at the time.
The following May, Boxall announced that the USS Preble would in 2021 become the first destroyer outfitted with the high-energy laser system as a new countermeasure against surface craft and unmanned aerial systems.
While USNI News reports that Little Rock's laser upgrade comes amid a broad LCS Lethality upgrade effort scheduled to kick off in fiscal year 2022, it also comes amid concerns of power generation among Navy surface warships.
Indeed, the Navy "will have to either remove something or look at 'very aggressive power management,'" in order to install just one 60 kilowatt HELIOS laser system aboard the latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, according to a December 2019 Congressional Research Service report.
"[W]e are out of Schlitz with regard to power," Boxall said at the time of the power requirements for the warships' new AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar systems. "'We used a lot of power for that and we don't have as much' extra for additional functions."
The LCS might prove an alluring alternative to the power-strapped destroyer: In 2014, a non-partisan report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments suggested that the LCS's superior power generation could potentially let the new warship effectively operate the 300-500 kw laser systems required to take out incoming cruise missiles and other potential threats.
But with the LCS widely regarded as a floating garbage pile, it seems unlikely that Big Navy will rush full-steam ahead into outfitting every fresh hull with a laser system — not until the USS Little Rock proves that it has what it takes to, as Boxall put it, "burn the boats."
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A Tribeca Palimpsest from Days Gone By
By Ben | Published March 18, 2013
New York's City Hall has stood, majestic, since the start of the War of 1812, its design by Green-Wood resident John McComb, Jr., little changed save an Alabama limestone cladding added in the mid-1950s over the original buff sandstone rear facade and the front of Massachusetts marble. McComb's name is seldom recognized today, his only other surviving creations in Manhattan being Gracie Mansion (1799), the Mayor's official residence now situated in the north end of Carl Schurz Park at 89th Street and East End Avenue, Castle Clinton (1808), the fort at the Battery and Hamilton Grange (1802), Alexander Hamilton's country estate recently moved to yet another site in St. Nicholas Park in substitution for its original nearby emplacement.
McComb (1763-1853) had a distinguished career in New York and Princeton, NJ. Besides residences and churches, he designed lighthouses at Montauk, NY, Eatons Neck, NY and Cape Henry, VA all three of which survive to this day.
A peculiar palimpsest of one of McComb's most magnificent designs sits on the corner of Canal and Laight Streets, though, hard by the southerly side of the Holland Tunnel entrance. The roar of the truck traffic and stench of fumes overwhelm one's senses as one stands by a simple blue-green street sign. St. John's Lane survives to this day, paved with Belgian block, a narrow two-block long thoroughfare connecting Canal with tiny Beach Street. Until 1918, the lane ran along the rear of St. John's Chapel, a Trinity Parish Episcopal Church whose membership in the early 19th century was select and upper crust.
St. John's faced the genteel St. John's Park, and its communicants counted the likes of George Templeton Strong's family, and many members of polite downtown New York society in the earliest decades of the 19th century when upper-middle class houses lined Greenwich, Washington and other downtown streets as well as Broadway itself. Columbia College frequently held assemblies and commencements in the sanctuary in the decades before and after Strong's matriculation at what had been known as King's College in colonial times. The College was located on College Place (now West Broadway), near Barclay Street. John Ericsson, inventor of the Monitor ironclad (several of whose officers are permanent residents of Green-Wood (http://www.green-wood.com/2012/the-monitor-150-years-later/), lived on adjacent Beach Street at #36, which survived well into the 20th century. The gates to the park were kept locked and access afforded only to local residents. A 1914 article in the New York Times documents the former bygone gentility of the neighborhood. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0F12F93A5B13738DDDAE0894D0405B848DF1D3 St. John's famous spire is memorialized in a mosaic plaque in the Canal Street subway station on the 7th Avenue line:
Taken from I.N. Phelps Stokes The Iconography of Manhattan Island (Vol. 3, Addenda Plate 11-c) are the pre-construction sketches McComb did of the Church (the lower set of drawings, NOT the upper, which is the Old Dutch Church in Fulton Street, demolished 1875)
One of McComb's most magnificent homes still stands at Battery Place: Here is The Isaac Watson House, built in 1799 and used for many decades as the Shrine to Saint Elizabeth Seton who had lived there with her family as a girl.
Here is the house many decades after its construction.
Here, now, is the St. John's Chapel in all its glory, inside and out, with views of the park in the days when City Hall Park (then know simply as City Park) was the only significant public (and not so safe!) green space in town.
Society moved uptown gradually in the 1820s, 30s and 40s, first to Bond Street, Washington Square and Astor Place, then further north to Union Square and Gramercy Park, thinning the ranks of the church quite dramatically. Gradually, the nieghborhood filled with warehouses and factories, and in 1867 Trinity Parish (which owned both the park and the church) sold it to "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt's Hudson River Railroad for a massive downtown freight terminal. The undesirable influences of grade-level freight operations spread in every direction, and a neighborhood of once patrician dwellings was converted to a crazy quilt of ramshackle buildings and giant lofts. Here is a photo taken as the park was demolished, leaving the dignified Chapel an orphan in time.
Here is a map of the environs after the freight terminal was constructed. The darkened area on the right side of the termnal site is the church, and behind it sits St. John's Lane.
And here are two other maps, after, and before, of the same site:
St. John's congregation left for good in the 1890s and the structure was torn down in 1918. It was cleared during a road-widening scheme for New York City's Varick Street.. one highly controversial at the time. City officials were cognizant of the landmark importance of the old steeple and wished the portico to remain, projecting into the widened street and vaulting the flanking pedestrian sidewalk. Ever aware of maximizing parish income from its extensive real estate holdings, Trinity Parish instead decided to demolish the building and put the site to other income-producing purposes.
John McComb Jr.'s name may have slipped out of common parlance decades ago, but his memory is preserved at Green-Wood Cemetery where his grave and those of his family lie on a Chapel Avenue hillside, demarcated by a simple obelisk. Canal Street's roar is far away…
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I admit in advance that this is kind of a cop-out post because I'll have a lot more time to write something good tomorrow, after classes are over--WHAT? CLASSES ARE OVER? Yep yep. Today is the last day of teaching for high school teachers, WHAT WHAT.
Anyway, Mr. Eyre, who ordinarily is very thoughtful and sensitive when it comes to my work, is all confused about the last day of school. He asked me if I could come and have lunch with him in the non-outer-borough this coming Thursday (answer: no, I do still have to proctor Regents exams) and then asked if he could have the shower first for the foreseeable future (answer: no, I do still have to show up to work). My poor dear husband aside, people say lots of crazy things to teachers, including this list that popped up on a teacher friend's Facebook last night. My favorite? "You're welcome to observe my classroom anytime you want--please let me know when I can come to your house and observe your parenting."
So enjoy the last full day of lessons, high school friends. A long post (or several of them) about Regents, the joys and perils of looping, and what to do with all that per session you earned this year (!) is forthcoming.


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Hettinger is een plaats (city) in de Amerikaanse staat North Dakota, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Adams County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 1307.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 1185, een daling van 122 (-9,3%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
2,2 km², geheel bestaande uit land.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 40 km rond Hettinger.

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Plaats in North Dakota

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Peirce Middle School
From Science Olympiad Student Center Wiki
Peirce Middle School At a Glance
Member of SO since 1988
Best finish, regionals 1st
Best finish, state 1st Place in 1989-1992
Best finish, nationals 3rd Place in 1990 and 1991
Peirce Middle School is a B division school located in Chester County, PA and is one of the three middle schools in the West Chester Area School District. They compete in the Southeastern Region of Pennsylvania. In the early days of Science Olympiad, Peirce was very, if not the most, dominant B division team in the state. They won the state title four straight years from 1989-1992, placing highly at Nationals each of these years. In 1990 and 1991, Peirce took 3rd place at Nationals. Today, Peirce Middle School has lost nearly all of its former power, being over powered by the powerhouses in the Southeastern PA region, and now only occasionally qualifies for the State tournament, the most recent being the 2011-2012 season. The students that attend this school go to West Chester B. Reed Henderson High School for high school.
2012 10th 35th
2013 15th (349) XX
2015 XX XX
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Fan's bus idea for match days
Coventry City fans are to launch a unique bus service, to run from pubs to the club?s new 32,000-seater stadium.
The Sky Blue Trust, a body of supporters set up last October to work closely with the football club, has signed up 74 watering holes to the ?designated bus service? scheme which is scheduled to start when the Arena opens in August 2005.
A fleet of buses and coaches will pick up fans from their locals throughout the city at 1.45pm on a matchday, allowing them to leave their cars at home. The buses will then drop them off back at the pub or club after the game. The idea is to reduce traffic congestion and boost attendances. The bus scheme will be coordinated by the soccer club and the Arena company.
The scheme was unveiled on the same day the city council went public on its plan for a new bus which would link the city centre with the new Arena.
?I have to congratulate the Trust for having done a magnificent job in helping us to get fans to the new stadium,? said Highfield Road chief executive Graham Hover speaking at a fans? forum attended by some 200 fans at Lime Tree Park Working Men?s Club last night.
Mr Hover said: ?As part of the new Arena development we have to have in place a ?green travel plan? which is a government requirement to encourage supporters to leave their cars at home and make more use of public transport, so this is a unique initiative.
?The idea is that supporters can walk to their local and get a bus to the stadium to enjoy the facilities and the match, before being taken home.
?We owe a great deal of gratitude to the Trust for going round the pubs and clubs and setting this scheme in place.?
Lionel Bird, founder member of the Sky Blue Trust, said: ?We are ordinary fans who have given up a lot of our spare time to help the club.
?We are extremely pleased to have signed up so many pubs and clubs and hopefully it will be a great success.?
Earlier, at the launch of the city council?s new public transport idea it emerged that soccer coaches heading for the stadium at the old Foleshill gas works site would share part of a new ?road? for the ?tram? bus on match days.
City councillors are keen to allow them to travel along a new two-lane carriageway next to the rail line to Foleshill.
The coaches will share the route with the city?s new ?bus that thinks it?s a tram? which will take passengers to the Arena.
? Fans were told that the average gate at the new stadium in its first season is predicted to be 20,000 - against the current average of 14,000 at Highfield Road.
Your views:
Patrick Kelly: Perth, Western Australia: "I think the sky blues bus service is an excellent idea, I wont be using it as I now live in Australia, but we have a similar scheme over here.
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Michelle McBrierty, Barkers Butts Lane, Coventry: "I think the fan bus idea is a great one providing that there is a bus service in operation from venues in different areas of the city to the arena. It would probably help attendance numbers too especially if people do not own cars and live on the other side of town like us. It'll also enable fans have a drink or two and not have to drive home afterwards which is also a bonus. Good idea!"


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Home » Books & Reading » The Best Books of 2020
Looking for the best books of 2020? Look no further than this list of my favorite books of the year. This best of the year list includes historical fiction, contemporary and literary fiction, and even some YA and fantasy novels.
It's time again for that one big post I have in mind all year long as I read: the best books of 2020!
Reaching the end of 2020 in one piece feels like a victory in so many ways. What a year this has been!
Looking back on reading this year is a little different as well. My tastes and reading moods have zigged and zagged with the tides of world events–and my level of anxiety around them.
For a few months, I was deep into audiobooks, unable to focus very well on print books. Audiobooks were my saving grace during this time, and I thoroughly enjoyed the lighter escapes that they offered.
Reading felt a little more normal this fall, and some truly excellent books rounded out the year. In fact, my favorite book of the year was one of the last new releases of 2020 that I read–decidedly NOT light, but truly an unforgettable read.
Because my audiobook tastes are a little different than my print reading tastes, I usually like to separate them out. However, because they were such a big part of my reading this year, I decided to list all of them together.
This makes for a varied list of heavy and light reads, mixed genres, and even one YA novel.
As with all of my previous best books of the year lists, this one only represents MY reading and my personal favorites.
There are many more books that I wanted to read and didn't get to, and many others that I loved that aren't on this list for one reason or another.
I'd love to hear about your favorites, and I hope you find a few here to add to your own reading list.
Author: Tiffany McDaniel
Betty is the sixth of eight children growing up in Breathed, Ohio, a small town in the Appalachian foothills. Her father–who Betty takes after–is Cherokee, her mother is white, and their life is both brutal and magical. Her father's imaginative stories open her eyes to the natural world and the power of story–both escapes from daily realities. Overt racism from the community and secret horrors within the family plague each member in different ways.
McDaniel's book is a fictionalized account of her mother's life, 20 years in the making. Betty is an unforgettable character, on par with Francie Nolan of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and McDaniel's unique prose combines literary lyricism with an Appalachian voice.
Triggers abound, but this is a stunning book–my absolute favorite of 2020.
Author: V.E. Schwab
In 1714 France, Addie LaRue is desperate to escape a forced marriage. One night, she makes a bargain with a dark presence–for time, for freedom–in exchange for her soul. The other tradeoff? She is doomed to be forgotten by anyone who meets her.
For 300 years, Addie lives within the strange confines of her curse, playing an ongoing cat-and-mouse game with the devil who is waiting on her. And then everything changes when she meets a young man who can remember her.
This wildly inventive book is exactly the kind of fantasy that I like: grounded in the real world, with magic and mysticism that throws everything known off-kilter.
Author: Brit Bennett
The story of two Black twin sisters, raised in a small town where light skin is valued and sought after when building families. The two run to New Orleans as teens and then take very different life paths, only to be reunited decades later and forced to reckon with their choices.
The raves for this book are well-deserved; it features intricately drawn, multi-generational characters exploring race, identity, and family.
Clap When You Land
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Camino (Cami) and Yahaira (Yaya) are sisters, but they don't know it until their father dies in a plane crash. As the teens grieve, they also must come to terms with the reality of life without their father. Cami, in the Dominican Republic, dodges a predatory pimp who wants her in his service, while Yaya, in New York City, tries to reconcile the father she loved with this new information about him. When Yaya takes off for DR, the two girls have to decide: will they hold on to resentment, or will they be family?
Poetry is not usually my first choice, but this book is excellent. Try the audio if you're also not sure; the language is lyrical but the story flows nicely and is not overtly poetic.
Running from Moloka'i
Author: Jill P. Anderson
In 1884 Hawai'i, leprosy is ravaging the native population. Those diagnosed are doomed to a life on Moloka'i, separated from family and the rest of society. Fifteen-year-old Mele's father is a doctor who supports this policy, while her mother secretly helps hide the afflicted. The issue is defining in Mele's coming-of-age, as she decides who she is and what side she is on.
Anderson has meticulously researched the culture and history of both leprosy and the white colonization of Hawaii. Her writing is exceptional; the characters and islands came alive. Kirkus has given this a starred review, and I too give it 5 stars–I can't wait for more from Anderson.
Saving Ruby King
Author: Catherine Adel West
Ruby King's mother was murdered in the south side of Chicago, and Ruby is now left with her violent father. Layla, Ruby's best friend, is determined to save her, but Layla's and Ruby's fathers have a past with secrets that bind their families together across generations.
This is a fantastic debut novel that explores race, generational trauma, and the importance of communities. I loved this on audio; the multiple narrators (including the church itself) were excellent and brought these characters to life.
The Book of Longings
Author: Sue Monk Kidd
This ambitious and daring novel imagines the life of Ana, the fictional wife of Jesus. Kidd creates a compelling narrative for this woman, casting her at the center of her own story and granting her a feminism and independence that someone like Jesus would have appreciated.
There is no evidence that Jesus ever married, but also none that he didn't. Kidd's focus on Ana's and Jesus' lives while he was in his 20s–10 years before he began his preaching–brings the life of Jesus the human into sharper focus, and makes a good case for why he would have married.
A fascinating historical fiction novel–I learned so much about life in this time–and perfect for fans of The Red Tent.
Little Family
Author: Ishmael Beah
Ishmael Beah's first fiction effort after his heartbreaking A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier takes us back to what he knows–children in Africa (the country is unnamed) struggling to get by on only their wits.
The "little family" in the title is composed of five children living together in an abandoned airplane. The children are forced into wisdom and street smarts beyond their years, and every leg-up has trade-offs for these children on the fringes.
Lovely, and strangely uplifting and heartbreaking at the same time.
A Good Neighborhood
Author: Therese Anne Fowler
Neighbors are suspicious when an affluent family moves into an established neighborhood and tears down the existing house to build a McMansion. Their renovations destroy Valerie Alston-Holt's beloved old tree, and that's the last straw. The stakes rise and are complicated by the budding romance between Valerie's son and the new neighbors' daughter, until they reach their tipping point.
A compelling story that examines issues of race, class, and how people with different values can live alongside one another.
The Antidote for Everything
Author: Kimmery Martin
Georgia is a urologist in South Carolina, and she and her best friend, Jonah–a doctor at the same clinic–have become family. Just as she leaves the country for a conference, a crisis: the clinic bans Jonah's transgender patients, and Jonah himself is in danger of losing his job because of his sexual orientation.
I expected a much darker story but was treated to a delightful friendship, funny quips, and intelligent medical writing (Martin is a doctor). Martin covers the serious topics with sensitivity, without overtaking the characters. Smart but light writing at its best.
Author: Rumaan Alam
Amanda and Clay, a white couple, have just started a relaxing vacation in the Hamptons with their teen son and daughter when there is a knock at the door. G.H. and Ruth, a black couple who say they are the owners of the home, have arrived from New York. All they know is there has been a blackout. They are worried, and speculating, and could they stay in the home while they figure out what's happening?
The couples eye one another with suspicion, forced to trust while cut off from the world. Phones, internet, and television don't work. Large booms and strange animal behavior unnerve them. What does one do, while still safe but suspecting that the world is ending?
This deeply unsettling book is perfect for any reader who is leaning into disaster lit during the pandemic. The tension, language, and interweaving of race and class commentary are subtle and masterful.
28 Summers
Author: Elin Hilderbrand
As Mallory lay on her deathbed, she tells her son to call Jake McCloud–the husband of the leading candidate for President. He can't imagine how she knows Jake.
The story flashes back 28 years to 1993, when Mallory and Jake first meet at the Nantucket cottage she inherited. Over the next few decades, the two meet every year for one weekend, never having contact in the time between. Their connection runs deep, and complicates the lives they live outside of that weekend–but it is also essential to each of them.
This is not my typical "best of" book, but it was perfect 2020 listening. The characters were compelling and Hilderbrand's Nantucket is always a dream. She's another go-to for me on audio, and this is one of her best.
Such a Fun Age
Author: Kiley Reid
When Emira–who is Black–is accused of kidnapping her young babysitting charge, her white employer, Alix, tries too hard to make it up to her. Emira just wants the whole thing to go away while she figures out her life, but it was caught on video.
Emira runs into the man who recorded it and the two start a relationship–but his interest in her may not be what it seems. Alix nurses an unhealthy fascination with Emira and her active social life, while Emira's friends struggle with how to help her find her footing.
This debut is a lot of things: quarter-life crisis novel, social commentary on race and privilege, and a subtle takedown of microaggressions that's worth the read and reflection.
What are your favorite books of 2020?
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Looking ahead to 2021 reading? Consider a reading challenge!
Grab the printable bundle to help get you started, and read more about reading challenges for some great ideas!
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Donna Vallee says
A great list! I've only read "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue". A few are in my TBR pile, guess they will get read in 2021. On my best of the year list, "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig, "The World That We Knew" by Alice Hoffman and "The Exiles" by Christina Baker Kline.
Frances Hazelwood says
I loved The Midnight Library. I couldn't put it down❤❤
Jordan | Read. Eat. Repeat. says
Added several of these to my TBR! So far I've only picked up one of these. I tried The Vanishing Half even though the description didn't intrigue me because so many people were raving about it and I quit halfway through — it just wasn't for me.


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Boxing | April 22, 2019
Khan will not retire on Crawford loss
Amir Khan announces fight with Manny Pacquiao in Riyadh
FSA Editor
British welterweight Amir Khan believes the big fights are still out there for him despite his latest defeat against Terence Crawford.
Amir Khan is not ready to walk away from boxing after Saturday's painful and controversial defeat to WBO welterweight king Terence Crawford.
Former unified light-welterweight champion Khan was a heavy underdog heading into the New York showdown with the pound-for-pound ranked Crawford in New York.
After being sent to the canvas in the first round, Khan was comfortably behind on all three judges' scorecards when the undefeated champion caught him with a low blow.
Despite being given time to recover, following discussions with trainer Virgil Hunter, it was decided Khan could not continue and Crawford was awarded a TKO victory amid boos from the Madison Square Garden crowd.
The 32-year-old emphatically told Crawford he had hit him "in the balls" when his heart was called into question at a post-fight news conference and Khan insists his fighting spirit means he cannot go out on such a disappointing note.
"I don't want to end my career like that," said the 2004 Olympic silver medallist, as quoted by the Independent. "I definitely don't.
"I'm one of those fighters, I'd rather get knocked out. I couldn't think straight when I was hit with a shot like that."
Khan suggested blows such as the decisive one below the belt, ruled accidental, might have been a deliberate ploy from Crawford.
"There were other low blows in the fight. I don't know if it was a strategy. I remember telling the referee before the fight in the changing rooms that he is going to throw low blows," he said.
"I've seen that in fights, plus he has his cup very high."
Peeing blood. The shot was low. The fight was just getting interesting. Well done team Terrance. I never quit, I rather get knocked out cold then quit. Good night. Thank you New York. pic.twitter.com/StsfiU3s4k
— Amir Khan (@amirkingkhan) April 21, 2019
Khan's professional record now stands at 33 wins and five defeats, with three of the other losses coming by way of devastating knockouts against Breidis Prescott, Danny Garcia and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.
The all-or-nothing nature of those losses means the Crawford reverse was not in keeping with Khan's rollercoaster career – one that a number of observers feels might now be out of road.
"It does upset me that people will call me a quitter because I know deep, deep down I've never been a quitter," he said.
"I just have to sit back, watch the video and think about what I'm going to do.
"I still have a love for the sport. I was up against one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. I want to come home and then decide what I do next.
"But definitely, man, you'll definitely see me again."
A domestic showdown with British rival Kell Brook, who was at ringside in New York at the weekend, remains an option, although the passage of time and their respective recent setbacks means that fight has lost plenty of the lustre it once had.
The unsatisfactory conclusion against Crawford might also have damaged Khan's long-established lofty standing with the American television networks, but the Bolton fighter has no doubt he remains a box-office draw.
#Teamkhan Thank you for all the support and well wishes. I'll be back pic.twitter.com/HcPpGbWril
"I will always have opportunities to fight for world titles," he added.
"One thing about America, I'll always get opportunities here because I train here and there are many fights out there for me.
"There are rematches with Garcia, people will still want to see me fight people like [Keith] Thurman and [Manny] Pacquiao."
Home Combat Sports Boxing Khan will not retire on Crawford loss


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Q: SED in bash substitution with a variable, the variable being the content of another file stored in an array Basically a have a "template" file I want to fill with the content of some other auxiliary files which are, basically, a matrix of numbers and letters. I make other substitutions, but this one is what's giving trouble.
In the template file I've put the "%label" at the place I want to do the substitution with the auxiliary file. Then I use this script to do the substitution:
for i in $(cat file_list.txt); do
    array[$i]=$(<file_$i.txt)
done

for i in $(cat file_list.txt); do
    sed -e "s/%label/${array[$i]}/g"< template.txt > final_file_$i.txt
done

("file_list" contains the files' names) But I keep receiving the error "sed: -e expression #3, char 58: unterminated `s' command".
I've also tried this kind of script to do that:
for i in $(cat file_list.txt); do
    mapfile < file_$i.txt
    array[$i]=${MAPFILE[@]}
done

for i in $(cat file_list.txt); do
    sed -e "s/%label/${array[$i]}/g"< template.txt > final_file_$i.txt
done

In this case I don't receive errors warnings and the substitution is made, but without line breaks.
Is there a way of making the substitution keeping the line breaks?
Thank you.

A: The problem is that sed requires occurrences of the separator character and occurrences of the newline character in the replacement string for s/// to be escaped with backslashes.  The errors reported in the question are due to newlines in the files containing the replacement strings.
It's normally not a good idea to use variables in either the pattern or the replacement string for the s/// command.
Since you are using Bash, you don't need to use sed, or any other external command, for this.  Try this pure Bash code:
template=$(< template.txt)
for id in $(< file_list.txt) ; do
    contents=$(< "file_$id.txt")
    final_contents=${template//%label/"$contents"}
    printf '%s\n' "$final_contents" > "final_file_$id.txt"
done

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FTC Bans SpyFone and CEO from Surveillance Business and Orders Company to Delete All Secretly Stolen Data
Apps surveilled physical movements, phone use, online activity through hidden hack that exposed device owners to stalkers, abusers, hackers, and other threats
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Today, the Federal Trade Commission banned SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business over allegations that the stalkerware app company secretly harvested and shared data on people's physical movements, phone use, and online activities through a hidden device hack. The company's apps sold real-time access to their secret surveillance, allowing stalkers and domestic abusers to stealthily track the potential targets of their violence. SpyFone's lack of basic security also exposed device owners to hackers, identity thieves, and other cyber threats. In addition to imposing the surveillance-business ban, the FTC's order requires SpyFone to delete the illegally harvested information and notify device owners that the app had been secretly installed.
"SpyFone is a brazen brand name for a surveillance business that helped stalkers steal private information," said Samuel Levine, Acting Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "The stalkerware was hidden from device owners, but was fully exposed to hackers who exploited the company's slipshod security. This case is an important reminder that surveillance-based businesses pose a significant threat to our safety and security. We will be aggressive about seeking surveillance bans when companies and their executives egregiously invade our privacy."
This is the second case the FTC has brought against stalkerware apps, and the first where the FTC is obtaining a ban. In a complaint, the FTC alleged that Support King, LLC, which did business as SpyFone.com, and its CEO sold stalkerware apps that allowed purchasers to surreptitiously monitor photos, text messages, web histories, GPS locations, and other personal information of the phone on which the app was installed without the device owner's knowledge.
To install its software, SpyFone required purchasers who used the apps on Android devices to bypass many of the phone's restrictions. The stalkerware company also provided instructions on how to hide the app so that the device user was unaware the device was being monitored, the FTC alleged. In order to use some functions, such as monitoring email, purchasers had to "root" a phone on which the app is installed, which also could void warranties and expose the device to security risks.
The illegal secret surveillance provided by the apps made it easy for stalkers and abusers to monitor their potential targets and steal sensitive information about their physical movements, phone use, and online activities. For example, some of the products allowed a purchaser to see the device's live location and view the device user's emails and video chats.
The stalkerware app company not only illegally harvested and shared people's private information, it also failed to keep it secure. The FTC alleges that SpyFone did not put in place basic security measures despite promising that it took "reasonable precautions to safeguard" the information it illegally harvested. The stalkerware apps' security deficiencies include not encrypting personal information it stored, including photos and text messages; failing to ensure that only authorized users could access personal information; and transmitting purchasers' passwords in plain text.
Moreover, after a hacker accessed the company's server and obtained personal data of about 2,200 consumers in August 2018, the company promised purchasers that it would work with an outside data security firm and law enforcement authorities to investigate the incident. The FTC, however, alleges that the company failed to follow through on this promise.
In addition to banning Support King and Zuckerman from offering, promoting, selling, or advertising any surveillance app, service, or business, the proposed settlement requires them to delete any information illegally collected from their stalkerware apps. It also orders them to notify owners of devices on which SpyFone's apps were installed that their devices might have been monitored and the devices might not be secure.
The Commission voted 5-0 to issue the proposed administrative complaint and to accept the consent order with the company. Commissioner Rohit Chopra issued a separate statement.
The FTC will publish a description of the package in the Federal Register soon. The proposed order will be subject to public comment for 30 days after publication in the Federal Register after which the Commission will decide whether to make the proposal final. Instructions for filing comments will appear in the published notice. Once processed, comments will be posted on Regulations.gov.
NOTE: The Commission issues an administrative complaint when it has "reason to believe" that the law has been or is being violated, and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. When the Commission issues a consent order on a final basis, it carries the force of law with respect to future actions. Each violation of such an order may result in a civil penalty of up to $43,280.
The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition and protect and educate consumers. Learn more about consumer topics at consumer.ftc.gov, or report fraud, scams, and bad business practices at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Follow the FTC on social media, read consumer alerts and the business blog, and sign up to get the latest FTC news and alerts.
Jacqueline Connor
Support King, LLC (SpyFone.com), In the Matter of
Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of SpyFone
Privacy and Security Enforcement
Mobile Technology Issues


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Director of Defense Programs
For more than 30 years, Abu Talib, IEM's Director of Defense Programs, has provided technical and programmatic leadership to Department of Defense (DOD) research and development acquisition programs, including both programs of record and quick-reaction capabilities. His work includes providing program, engineering, and technical support to the DOD Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO CBD) and supporting the Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) through systems engineering, facility startup, operational assessments, and risk management. He is an expert in programmatic risk management for transitioning mature systems and technologies (Technology Readiness Levels 5–6) to engineering and manufacturing stages.
In 2012, Talib was recognized by PEO ACWA for exceptional leadership in assessing cost and schedule risks and ensuring compliance with federal cost management regulations.
Prior to joining IEM, Talib held senior management positions at Noblis, Mitretek Systems, and the MITRE Corporation, where he established a portfolio of national defense and homeland security programs providing science, technology, and engineering support to critical chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense programs. In addition to his extensive experience with DOD acquisition and IT programs, Talib has also provided technical support to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Energy on CBRN defense and alternative energy systems programs. He has led numerous international collaborations, including an initiative between Japan and China to demilitarize abandoned chemical weapons, and several missions to help Egypt, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan to develop feasible, country-specific alternative energy solutions.
Talib holds master's and bachelor's degrees in Chemical Engineering, and is a member of the Association of the United States Army and the National Defense Industrial Association.


Pay it Forward Weekend is an online event that is intended to make people feel better about themselves. The idea is to perform a random act of kindness while expecting nothing in return, because people need a reminder to be nice to each other these days.
A Facebook event was created to promote Pay it Forward Weekend, allowing people to announce to their friends and family they plan to be kind to someone this weekend. Afterwards, they'll be sure share the details of their kindness on Facebook so everyone can tell them what a wonderful person they are.
Participation in this event is easy, simply help an old lady across the street, take unwanted clothing to the thrift store or pay for some fat person's meal at Burger King. Those who wish to make a real difference will give away candy from the comfort of your van, buy some homeless guy a bottle of vodka or visit the hospital and put someone with a terminal illness out of their misery.
One additional note, this page is being used to invite and encourage people to do at least one random act of kindness during this weekend. We will welcome all post and pictures that help us in this, all others will be deleted. Thank you in helping us keep this family friendly!!!
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Q: Find the characteristic function Suppose $X_1,X_2,…$ are independent each with uniform distribution $U(-1,1)$ and $N$ has a Poisson distribution (n) and is independent of $X_1, X_2,...$. $$$$ Find characteristic function of $\frac{\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{N+1}X_i}{\sqrt{n}}$
$\varphi_{X_k} (t)=E(e^{itX_k})=...=\frac{e^{it}-e^{-it}}{2it}\\$
$\varphi(t)=E(e^{it\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{N+1} X_i}{\sqrt{n}}})=E(E(e^{it\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} X_i}{\sqrt{n}}}|P(N=n-1))=E(E(e^{it\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i}{\sqrt{n}}}))\\$
$E(e^{it\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i}{\sqrt{n}}})=E  (e^{it\sum_{i=1}^{n} X_i})\cdot e^{\frac{it}{\sqrt{n}}} =E(e^{ itX_1}\cdot \cdot \cdot e^{itX_n})\cdot e^{\frac{it}{\sqrt{n}}} =E (e^{itX_1})^n\cdot  e^{\frac{it}{\sqrt{n}}}\\$$$$$
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Library Trends
Library Trends 36 (4) Spring 1988: Library Literature in the 1980s
Browse Library Trends 36 (4) Spring 1988: Library Literature in the 1980s by Author
End User Search Systems: Access to Library and Information Science Literature
LaBorie, Tim; Garson, Ken (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988)


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CS224W / Ericsson Innovation Competition / Conferences

Written by Paul Warren (pawarren95@gmail.com)

Quickstart:
1. Clone this repository (https://github.com/pawarren/Fake-News-Echo-Chambers) to your local machine.
2. Install pipenv globally with `pip3 install pipenv`.
3. Change into your project directory and install required modules with `pipenv install`. This is equivalent to `pipreqs install requirements.txt`, but uses the pipenv Pipfile and Pipfile.lock files. If you want to see what you're installing beforehand, use `pipenv graph`.
4. Download the Twitter API keys following the instructions in the "gmail and twitter details" google doc.
5. Download the data by running the getting_started script using `pipenv run python3 getting_started.py`. (This takes ~2h and may fail if the Twitter API decides it's overcapacity and shuts down. Alternatively, you can download the "data" folder from my Google Drive link)
6. See what the data looks like by running `pipenv run jupyter notebook` and clicking on the "demonstration" notebook.

You can now run whatever commands you want using `pipenv run <command>`, or entering the virtual environment shell using `pipenv shell` and running commands directly there, or by setting up a custom Sublime Text 3 build to automatically run files in the virtual environment (see the bottom of the pipenv section below).

Files:
- writer.py creates a "paths.txt" file that manages paths across the project
- downloader.py downloads the Michigan and Honeypot datasets off of the internet
- loader.py loads the Michigan, Honeypot, and Political datasets from the data directory
- getting_started.py contains all the function calls needed to provision the project directory

## Your Python Data Science Environment
Tools: Python 3, Jupyter Notebooks, git, and pipenv

---
### pipenv

A quick introduction to pipenv: https://robots.thoughtbot.com/how-to-manage-your-python-projects-with-pipenv

The main commands are:
1. `pipenv install --three` initializes your Python 3 project.
2. `pipenv install <package>` and `pipenv uninstall <package>` manage dependencies.
3. `pipenv shell` enters your virtual environment.
4. `pipenv run <command>` passes commands into the virtual environment (for example, `pipenv run python3 example.py`)

If the Piplock files files don't yet exist, `pipenv install` will create the Piplock files and a virtual environment for your project. You can specify whether you want the virtual environment to use Python 2 or Python 3 with `pipenv install --two` or `pipenv install --three`, respectively, or leave it as `pipenv install` to use your default version of Python. We use `pipenv install --three`.

Install whatever additional libraries you need with `pipenv install <library>`. This automatically adds the dependency to the Pipfile.lock, the pipenv equivalent of requirements.txt. Uninstall packages using `pipenv uninstall <package>`, which similarly updates Pipfile.lock. You can run both commands anywhere inside your project directory; pipenv automagically finds the Piplock files for your project. You can print out the path to the automagically found Piplock files using `pipenv --where` to verify pipenv found the correct Piplock files.

Enter your virtual environment using `pipenv shell`. Python can now only access modules installed with pipenv. Run scripts as normal, using commands like `python3 example.py`. Alternatively, you can pass commands directly into the virtual environment using `pipenv run <command>`. For example, `pipenv run python3 example.py` has the same effect as running `pipenv shell` followed by `python3 example.py`.

I prefer running scripts directly in Sublime Text 3 using Cmd + B. This requires creating a custom Sublime build that runs the command `pipenv run python3 $file` when you hit Cmd + B instead of your normal `usr/local/bin/python3 -u $file` (or whatever you currently use). The $file automatically replaces itself with the name of the current file, so using Cmd + B when editing `example.py` now runs `pipenv run python3 example.py`.

To create this custom build, click on Tools -> Build System -> Custom Build System, copy the following text into the file, and save it with whatever name you want your build system to have (ending with .sublime-build so Sublime Text 3 can recognize it as a build system. I named mine pipenv_python3.

```

{
    "shell": true,
    "cmd": ["pipenv run python3 $file"],
    "file_regex": "^[ ]*File \"(...*?)\", line ([0-9]*)",
    "selector": "source.python"
}

```

You can switch to your new build system by going to Tools -> Build System and clicking on the name you used for it.

Verify it works by using pipenv installing a package you don't have installed globally and writing a Python script to import that package. If your pipenv build system works as expected, you should be able to import the package without errors. Switch to your normal Python build system to verify that importing it there raises a ModuleNotFoundError.

---

### git
When you've finished writing a section of code, or are about to stop working, you should send the latest version of your code to the github server with a short description of what's changed.

The main commands are:
1. `git status`
2. `git add <file>`
3. `git commit -m "commit message"`
4. `git push`
5. `git pull`

Use `git status` to see what files are being tracked or have been changed but are not being tracked. Use `git add <file>` to track the changed-but-untracked files one-by-one. When `git status` tells you all the files you want to commit are being tracked, use `git commit -m "commit message"` to checkpoint those changes to your local repository. Replace "commit message" with a short description of what you've changed. Follow up with `git push` to push the changes to the remote repository. Other people can now run `git pull` to download your changes to their local repository.

to-do: describe git workflow (are we bothering with branches?)


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It kicks off at 11am ET on October 10 with TED's Countdown, a five-hour program of livestreamed TED talks and discussions with world-changing innovators and thought leaders confronting the climate crisis head-on and showing the way to a just, zero-carbon future.
Then at 4pm ET, 24 Hours of Reality: Countdown to the Future continues the conversation with 24 full hours of digital presentations and discussions of how the climate crisis, COVID-19, and racial injustice shape our planet and this incredible moment. All led by former Vice President Al Gore and Climate Reality Leaders and happening all around the world.
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Max Schireson is a technology executive, best known as CEO of MongoDB, and a competitive bridge player. In 2014, he stepped down from CEO to focus more on his family. A tipping point for Schireson came on a long-delayed overnight flight to Austin. The CEO woke up in Tucson to discover his flight had gone through an emergency landing and needed to replace some crew members traumatized by the experience–all while he slept, desperately trying to catch up on rest.

At age 14, Schireson enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to study math but left before graduating to pursue a career in Silicon Valley.

Schireson has won one North American Bridge Championship, the 2017 Grand National Teams Flight C, an event limited to teams of Non-Life-Masters with under 500 masterpoints.

Since 2014, he serve as a non-executive director at Cray Inc., and a consultant at Battery Ventures.

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He has a wife who is a doctor and professor. Together they have three children.

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A project which has applied 21st Century technology to the digitisation of rare and delicate 18th Century parliamentary papers has been launched at an event at the House of Commons.
The 18th Century Parliamentary Papers project, led by the University of Southampton and funded by JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee), makes openly available for the first time a complete run of all the parliamentary papers, bills and journals of a momentous century of achievement, upheaval and empire.
The project is the latest stage in the BOPCRIS (British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service) project to digitise British Official Publications over the period 1688-1995.
The 18th Century, which witnessed the birth of the Industrial Revolution, the loss of the American colonies and the scandal-ridden tenure of Britain's 'first prime minister', Sir Robert Walpole, is now captured in a unique and freely-available resource which allows access to otherwise inaccessible and poorly-indexed materials. The early days of the British Raj are documented by the resource, as are wider cultural and scientific developments, such as the invention of John Harrison's longitude clocks. The texts document the intense debates in Parliament regarding the abolition of the slave trade.
Revolutionary technology has brought this resource to life. For the first time in the UK, a one tonne robotic scanner, capable of working its way through over 500 pages of historical materials in an hour, was used. Pages are turned with vacuum technology, their edges pinpointed by lasers. This output rate has freed up staff time to devote to the indexing and classification of the digitised resource, leading to unprecedented search functionality across the more than 14,000 documents and one million pages made available in the collection.
Project leader, Julian Ball of the University of Southampton, said: "The project brings together a rare and comprehensive set of 1400 volumes of British official parliamentary publications from 1688 to 1834. Volumes have been accessed from the University of Southampton and the partners' libraries at the University of Cambridge and the British Library. Texts include the Journals of the House of Commons and Lords, Private Bills and Acts, Parliamentary Register and the House of Commons and Lords Sessional Papers.
"Web access is provided to the HE and FE academic community of one million facsimile pages from these entire volumes. Not only are the printed texts, diagrams and tables available as greyscale images, but colour maps and images are available in full colour. The digital texts have been made searchable using optical character recognition processes, so the entire contents of the collections can be searched by word or phrase.
"Building this digital resource has been an exciting journey for all of those involved. I would like to thank all the partners for their support and energy in helping us to create what is a unique resource for the study of Parliament in the 18th Century."
The project has strong support in Westminster. The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon Michael Martin MP, said: "Every society learns from the study of its history; I hope that, by providing easy-to-use access to the historical records of Parliament, this project encourages more people to study and understand the way in which our country was governed."
Professor Sir Ron Cooke, Chairman of JISC, said: "This is an impressive resource which uses cutting-edge technology to make universally available materials of immense importance to the history of this country. JISC is proud to have funded a resource which will give so many users unique insights into a fascinating and important period of our history."
Richard Wake, Deputy Librarian at the University of Southampton Library, said: "This exciting and innovative project reflects the long-standing commitment by the University of Southampton to make British Official Publications accessible through the exchange of knowledge and expertise within the higher education sector."
Paul Seaward, director of the History of Parliament Trust said: "BOPCRIS's digitisation of the proceedings of the 18th Century Parliaments represents an enormously valuable resource for students of politics, society and culture in the period - not just in Britain, but also in America and all of Britain's colonial possessions at the time. These sources, vast in their scope and comprehensive in their coverage, are now available in an easily-searchable format, providing everyone with instant access to a treasure house of historical material."
This project is one of 22 digitisation projects being managed by JISC with funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The JISC programme represents a total investment of more than £22m in the digitisation of high-quality online content, including sound, moving pictures, newspapers, census data, maps, archives, journals, parliamentary papers and cartoons for use by the UK further and higher education communities.


BRENDAN RODGERS believes winning the FA Cup would give his Liverpool side the confidence to challenge for the Premier League in the coming seasons.
The Reds face Blackburn Rovers in a quarter-final replay tonight looking to secure a Wembley semi-final against Aston Villa.
Rodgers' side have suffered a disappointing campaign in the league after missing out on the title by two points to Manchester City last season.
The Reds currently lie fifth in the table and back-to-back defeats to Manchester United and Arsenal have left them seven points off the Champions League qualification spots.
But Rodgers believes winning a first piece of silverware under his reign at Anfield will help his side to kick on and challenge at the top once again.
"Winning the FA Cup would certainly give us a great boost as a team with lots of young players," Rodgers said.
"That's the expectancy we want. We want to be able to be challenging every year.
"That was the key thing for me, to get the group challenging at the top end of the league and for trophies.
"The FA Cup would mark a good step forward for us.
"Our attitude and our mindset are to get to the FA Cup final and win it, and we will be fighting to the very end in the league.


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