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import React from "react";
import { render } from "react-dom";

// Import Spectacle Core tags
import {
  Appear,
  BlockQuote,
  Cite,
  Code,
  CodePane,
  Deck,
  Fill,
  Heading,
  Image,
  Layout,
  Link,
  ListItem,
  List,
  Markdown,
  Quote,
  Slide,
  Spectacle,
  Text
} from "spectacle";

import Video from "./modules/video";

// Import image preloader util
import preloader from "spectacle/lib/utils/preloader";

// Import theme
import createTheme from "spectacle/lib/themes/default";

// Import custom component
import Interactive from "../assets/interactive";

// Require CSS
require("normalize.css");
require("spectacle/lib/themes/default/index.css");

const images = {
  city: require("../assets/city.jpg"),
  kat: require("../assets/kat.png"),
  logo: require("../assets/formidable-logo.svg"),
  markdown: require("../assets/markdown.png"),
  react: require("../assets/react.png")
};

const videos = {
  brian: require("../assets/brian.mp4"),
  liam: require("../assets/liam.mp4")
};

preloader(images);

const theme = createTheme({
  primary: "#ff4081"
});

export default class Presentation extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <Spectacle theme={theme}>
        <Deck transition={["zoom", "slide"]} transitionDuration={500}>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="primary">
            <Heading size={1} fit caps lineHeight={1} textColor="black">
              Ben Bayard
            </Heading>
            <Heading size={1} fit caps>
              Intent To Pursue: Solution Architect
            </Heading>
            <Text textColor="white">Technology Enablement</Text>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="black" notes={`

Before we go in to specifics about the job

I am first doing to cover what I have done thus far in my career.

`}>
            <CodePane
              lang="jsx"
              source={require("raw!../assets/myself.example")}
              margin="30px auto"
            />
            <Heading size={1} caps fit textColor="primary" textFont="primary">
              A Brief Summary of my Career.
            </Heading>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="primary" notes={
            `

did not last long

was developing websites there after a few months

Bleeding edge of mobile.

Would have been able to say every mobile phone that existed back then.

`
          }>
            <Heading>
              Media Cannon
            </Heading>
            <List>
              <ListItem>Hired to do QA</ListItem>
              <ListItem>Soon thereafter was developing websites</ListItem>
            </List>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="primary" notes={
            `

Moved to SF

Here I did a lot of data analysis

Built mobile web sites

HTML5 Banner Ads

Rails, oracle SQL. Took existing reporting and automated it.

`
          } bgImage={images.city.replace("/", "")} bgDarken={0.75}>
            <Heading>
              Velti
            </Heading>
            <List textColor="white">
              <ListItem>Aquihired as a Mobile Web Developer.</ListItem>
              <ListItem>Led US Operations</ListItem>
              <ListItem>Built automated reporting system</ListItem>
            </List>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} notes={
            `

Developed Websites with more than 5,000,000 visits

Trained all new hires

Developed code training to train clients

Led platform development engineering.

`
          } bgImage="),-webkit-linear-gradient(orange 0%, orange 33%, green 33.01%, green 66%, blue 66%">

              <Heading textColor="white" style={{
                "-webkit-text-stroke-width": "1px",
                "-webkit-text-stroke-color": "black"
              }}>
                Moovweb
              </Heading>
              <List textColor="white" bold style={{
                "-webkit-text-stroke-width": "1px",
                "-webkit-text-stroke-color": "black"
              }}>
                <ListItem>First Senior Level Position</ListItem>
                <ListItem>Built Websites to scale</ListItem>
              </List>

          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["zoom", "fade"]} bgColor="tertiary">
            <Heading caps fit textColor="primary">
              Finally Ending up at Slalom.
            </Heading>
            <Text caps fit textColor="white">
              A new title for a new job.
            </Text>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="black" bgImage={images.react}
            notes={`

Never had released a production iPhone app

Released on time!

Was able to completely revamp the existing app

            `}
          >
            <Heading style={{
              "-webkit-text-stroke-width": "2px",
              "-webkit-text-stroke-color": "black"
            }}>
              Tech I've used here.
            </Heading>
            <Layout>
              <Fill>
                <List textAlign="center" caps bold textColor="white" style={{
                  "-webkit-text-stroke-width": "2px",
                  "-webkit-text-stroke-color": "black",
                  "list-style": "none",
                  "font-size": "3rem"
                }}>
                  <ListItem>React</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Angular</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Backbone</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>MongoDB</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Gulp</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Grunt</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Salesforce SDK</ListItem>
                </List>
              </Fill>
              <Fill>
                <List textAlign="center" caps bold textColor="white" style={{
                  "-webkit-text-stroke-width": "2px",
                  "-webkit-text-stroke-color": "black",
                  "list-style": "none",
                  "font-size": "3rem"
                }}>
                  <ListItem>Swift</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Objective C</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Javascript / ES6</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Java</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Sass</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Stylus</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>HTML5, CSS3</ListItem>
                </List>
              </Fill>
            </Layout>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["spin", "zoom"]} bgColor="tertiary">
            <Heading caps fit size={1} textColor="primary">
              If there was ever a subject matter expert, it would be me.
            </Heading>
            <Appear>
              <Fill>
                <Text bold caps style={{
                  "background": "-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0, #f22), color-stop(0.15, #f2f), color-stop(0.3, #22f), color-stop(0.45, #2ff), color-stop(0.6, #2f2),color-stop(0.75, #2f2), color-stop(0.9, #ff2), color-stop(1, #f22) )",
                  "color":"transparent",
                  "-webkit-background-clip": "text",
                  "background-clip": "text",
                  "font-size": "3.03rem",
                  "display": "inline-block",
                  "-webkit-text-stroke-width": "1px",
                  "-webkit-text-stroke-color": "rgba(0,0,0,.25)"
                }}>
                   but you don't have to take my word for it.
                </Text>
              </Fill>
            </Appear>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide", "spin"]} bgColor="secondary" notes={
            `
I worked with Brian over the course of a few months mentoring him
            and his team. Together we worked on the cure for cancer and
            built an amazing AngularJS website and delivered more than asked
            for ahead of schedule.
`
          }>
            <Video videoSrc={videos.brian} />
            <Heading caps fit size={1} textColor="primary">
              Brian From Genentech
            </Heading>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide", "spin"]} bgColor="tertiary" notes={
            `
I worked with Brian over the course of a few months mentoring him
            and his team. Together we worked on the cure for cancer and
            built an amazing AngularJS website and delivered more than asked
            for ahead of schedule.
`
          }>
            <Video videoSrc={videos.liam} />
            <Heading caps fit size={1} textColor="primary">
              Liam From Mule Design
            </Heading>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="primary">
            <Heading size={1} caps fit textColor="tertiary">
              In summary
            </Heading>
            <List textAlign="left" caps bold textColor="secondary">
              <Appear><ListItem>I know how to appeal to engineers.</ListItem></Appear>
              <Appear><ListItem>People I have worked with are impressed with what I do.</ListItem></Appear>
            </List>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["spin", "slide"]} bgColor="tertiary">
            <Heading size={1} caps fit lineHeight={1.5} textColor="primary">
              The Final Chapter
            </Heading>
            <Text style={{
              "font-size": "4rem"
            }}>
              What I will do as a solution architect.
            </Text>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="secondary" notes={
          `I will show that a leads to b and b leads to a.`}>
            <Heading size={1} caps fit lineHeight={1.5} textColor="primary">
              My two areas of primary focus for Slalom
            </Heading>
            <List textAlign="left" caps bold textColor="tertiary">
              <Appear><ListItem>Talent Acquisition and Retention</ListItem></Appear>
              <Appear><ListItem>Increase Sales Opportunity through Software Legitimacy</ListItem></Appear>
            </List>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="secondary">
            <Heading size={1} caps fit lineHeight={1.5} textColor="primary">
              How To Aquire Talent In The Most Competitive Market
            </Heading>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="tertiary">
            <Text size={1} lineHeight={1.5} textColor="secondary">
              First, I wrote a blog article for Slalom
              about this exact topic.
            </Text>
            <Link
              href="https://www.slalom.com/thinking/the-case-for-client-services-engineers"
              textColor="primary"
            >
              Why I Love Working In Client Services
            </Link>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="tertiary">
            <Heading size={1} caps fit lineHeight={1.5} textColor="secondary">
              It's about awareness.
            </Heading>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="primary" notes={`

Getting on the front page of Hacker News

Gives engineers on the bench something to do

Helps our developers learn about new tech.

          `}>
            <Heading size={1} caps fit lineHeight={1.5} textColor="tertiary">
              Open Source Work.
            </Heading>
          </Slide>
          <Slide transition={["slide"]} bgColor="primary" notes={`

Getting on the front page of Hacker News

Gives engineers on the bench something to do

Helps our developers learn about new tech.

          `}>
            <Heading size={1} caps fit lineHeight={1.5} textColor="tertiary">
              Speak and Attend developer conferences.
            </Heading>
          </Slide>
        </Deck>
      </Spectacle>
    )
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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10 MUST SEE ARTISTS AT #CMAFEST2015
Country fans are getting ready to take over Music City for 4 days next month and most are excited about seeing the big names at LP Field but we're excited for you to experience the newer artists, those you may not be familiar with and see what they have to offer. You may find that you have a new favorite! Here are our choices for 10 of the best new artists you must see at CMA Fest this year (in no particular order.) They've each made a name for themselves this year and are names you'll be hearing long after you get home from CMA Fest.
She's got a contagious smile and an infectious attitude, but this country beauty has the voice and stage presence to make her the total package. With her current debut single, "Love Me Like You Mean It" sitting at #13 on the charts, Kelsea Ballerini is making her way to the top in record time.
Bud Light Stage
Craig Wayne Boyd
You may know Craig as last season's "Comeback Kid" who went on to win NBC's hit series, "The Voice" last season, but Craig's not a new voice on the country block. Having pounded the streets of Nashville for years, he's finally made his way to the attention of Americans everywhere. His debut single, "My Baby's Got a Smile on Her Face" hit #1 right out of the gate, tying Garth Brooks as the only artist to debut at #1 and now his second single, "I"m Still Here" is quickly gaining momentum.
Chevy Riverfront Stage
Kelleigh Bannen
This country girl isn't content to sit on the sidelines and watch other females get the attention, she's come out swinging with her singles "Sorry on the Rocks", "Famous" and her latest "I Only Smoke when I Drink". Kelleigh Bannen's made her presence known and has made her mark on country music.
Mo Pitney
Another artist we could go on for days about, Mo Pitney. Mo is the right artist at the right time in country music. Talk about well timed. Right when fans are getting tired of the same old same old, along comes this soft spoken guy with anything but a soft voice. Mo's single "Country", co-written with "Whispering" Bill Anderson has country fans shouting for "Mo Country", not "Bro Country". When a voice can bring an entire room to dead silence and put tears in the eyes of the listener, you know you've heard brilliance. He is the "ePITome" of traditional country from his baseball cap to his cowboy boots. This boy's blood runs thick with tradition and twang.
"The Countriest of the Country"
George Jones Museum
This is a ticketed event. Tickets available here.
Ray Scott is an original to say the least. His voice is deep and sexy, his attitude is brash and in your face and his music is the perfect combination of all of those ingredients. Ray is the guy your mama warned you about, but the artist that's proving that theory wrong because no one's mama could have ever had an imagination this good.
Storme Warren's Nashville Navy Party at Limelight
This is a ticketed event
Tickets available here
FanJam - 707 18th Ave South in Nashville
Gildan Broadway Hard Rock Stage
Ray Scott Fan Club Party at the Wildhorse Saloon
Sunday June 14
AT&T U-verse Showcase Stage
A Thousand Horses
A Thousand Horses hit the scene running with the power of ... well ... a thousand horses. Their current single, "Smoke" is smoldering on the charts in the Top 10 and it's looking like they may just have their first #1 single very soon. Crowds gather quickly to hear these guys in action so you'll want to stake out your spot pretty early!
How would we describe Brian Davis? Unapologetic, rowdy, drunk on country and ready to put a boot in any crowd's ass. Fresh off the Hell on Wheels tour with country bad boy, Brantley Gilbert, Brian's kicked into full party mode and it doesn't take an invite to his party because everyone is welcome to grab a cold one and pull up a tailgate. Brian has co-written many songs with area artists including Brantley's current hit, "One Hell of an Amen" and that's exactly what fans are saying at the end of a Brian Davis show - amen!
Rick Monroe
Rick Monroe, the face of the Jagermeister Country Tour for the past few years, has been pushing the Nashville envelope for years just trying to get someone to finally open it and see what a winner he is. This year, that envelope's been opened with his latest CD, "It's a Love Thing" making waves with industry players and his single "Fire's Out" breaking onto the Billboard charts and was even featured on Fox News this morning!
Belk Park Stage
Chris Janson
After years of being an independent artist, releasing his own music and trying to prove himself, his hard work and belief in himself paid off in spades with his indie single, "Buy Me a Boat" hitting #1 on the iTunes country charts and peaking at #7 on the all genres chart, edging out Taylor Swift with the video being financed and produced by CMT and finally signing a record deal with Warner Music Nashville. Chris is a phenomenal songwriter and an energetic, interactive artist who knows how to keep 'em coming to the shows and buying the music.
Where did this spitfire come from? Cam came out of nowhere and blasted country listeners with her fun, flirty debut single "My Mistake" and now she's everywhere you look. With a bright personality, a unique and one of country music's strongest female voices, we'll be seeing and hearing much more from Cam.
Labels: #CMAFEST2015, a thousand horses, brian davis, cam, chris janson, cma fest 2015, craig wayne boyd, jennifer smith, kelleigh bannen, kelsea ballerini, Latest News, mo pitney, New Artist News, ray scott, rick monroe

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


"In a world where products and services are becoming more and more commoditized, customer experience is the only true differentiator. That means that brands need to fight to stay relevant yet truly struggle to not get Blockbuster'd. It means that brands need to shift the focus onto the customer – and on keeping the customer.


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Fake news can backfire for companies caught in the act
In the era of fake news, less scrupulous businesses are using deceptive tactics to smear their rivals. But companies that spread fake news against their competitors ultimately experience the brunt of negative publicity and reputational damage.
That's a key finding of new research co-authored by the UBC Sauder School of Business. The researchers examined a real-life case from 2012 in South Korea, when a customer reportedly found a dead rat in a loaf of bread made by one of the country's most popular bakery brands. The company's business plummeted, until a reporter discovered that a rival bakery had whipped up the fake story. Suddenly, the offending franchise found itself in the hot seat, in the media and online.
"People doubted the credibility of this firm and its management practices," said study co-author Gene Moo Lee, assistant professor of information systems at UBC Sauder. "What's more, the offender was a franchisee, which ultimately tarnished the reputation of the larger company. This study showed that deceptive marketing just doesn't pay."
The researchers examined three years' worth of blog posts, news articles and social media exchanges, and counted how many positive and negative words were used in reference to each company.
They found that, while the fake story damaged the victim company at first, it caused far more significant and lasting damage to the firm that originally concocted the story. In fact, damage to the victim company lasted one year, while the effects for the offender lingered for more than two years.
For businesses that practice these smear tactics, the researchers caution that fake news detection technology is becoming increasingly more precise.
"Social media services like Facebook, Google and Twitter are building very sophisticated fake news detection algorithms now, which means it's increasingly easy to be caught," said study co-author Sungha Jang, assistant professor of marketing at Kansas State University. "Practically speaking and also ethically speaking, you don't want to do that. Ultimately the truth prevails."
According to study co-author Ho Kim, assistant professor of digital and social media marketing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the findings serve as a warning to companies to avoid using smear tactics.
"It's a lesson we all learned in kindergarten: don't tell a lie," said Kim. "It's not surprising, but a lot of people spread fake news. When it's uncovered as fake news, it brings lasting reputational damage for the offender."
The study, "Does Deceptive Marketing Pay? The Evolution of Consumer Sentiment Surrounding a Pseudo-Product-Harm Crisis," was recently published online in the Journal of Business Ethics. Reo Song at California State University also co-authored the paper.
Journal of Business Ethics
Thandi Fletcher
thandi.fletcher@ubc.ca
/Social sciences/Communications/Mass media/Social media
/Social sciences/Economics/Business/Marketing
/Social sciences/Philosophy/Ethics


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An open  source steam bot written in Node.js
Can be used on Windows7&UP/DebianBasedLinuxOS/MacOS/Android

A Steam Chat/Idle/Basic Trade BOT

REQUIRES STEAM AUTH APP!!!!

Step 1: To use start by downloading Node.js

Step 2: Make a directory to store the bot, In this example i will use this.
~/Desktop/Projects/STEAM_BOT$

Step 3: Open a Terminal/Command Prompt and type the following.

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Windows | npm install steam

npm install steam-user

npm install steam-totp

npm install steamcommunity

npm install steam-tradeoffer-manager

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Linux | cd Path/to/directory

Now once in the directory since this program is different for Linux than windows.
The program has to be run in the same directory as the modules so do the same as windows from here on.

npm install steam

npm install steam-user

npm install steam-totp

npm install steamcommunity

npm install steam-tradeoffer-manager

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Mac | Ok i havent tested this one since i do not use /own a MacOS.
So the following instructions are copied from Linux instructions

cd Path/to/directory

Now once in the directory since this program is different for MacOSt than Windows.
The program has to be run in the same directory as the modules so do the same as windows from here on.

npm install steam

npm install steam-user

npm install steam-totp

npm install steamcommunity

npm install steam-tradeoffer-manager

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Android | Ok this is a but buggy as i only tested once, So these instructions are not very detailed.
Infact i recommend Heroku as it is alot less buggy and is deployed on a web server.

First off start by downloading Termux from the Play Market.

Once installed type these commands.

packages install apt

apt update

apt upgrade

apt install nodejs

npm install steam

npm install steam-user

npm install steam-totp

npm install steamcommunity

npm install steam-tradeoffer-manager

Once this is done you to install VIM

apt install vim

After installing VIM you have to do this exactly...

download or copy the bot into the file and save but you cant run it yet as you need to follow the next lot of instructions.

Support fromm me with android stops here, If you manage to do it and would like to commit a better read me than please do so.

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Once you have done all of this you need to extract from your phone a certain file.

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Android | ROOTED

What you need:

A Rooted Android Device

A USB Cable

A App called Root Browser

A PC

A Text Editor for your PC

Step 1: Navigate to /data/data/com.valvesoftware.android.steam.community/files/Steam-(Your Steam64 ID) or Steamguard-(Your Steam64 ID) using Root Browser

Step 2: Copy this file to your emulated SD Card by holding down on the file name, selecting "copy". Your Emulated SD Card is located in Storage/Emulated/0 (paste it here)

Step 3: Go to your PC, go to This PC, (Name of your phone), Phone, and the file should be in there.

Step 4: Open this file in your favourite Text Editor and copy your, Shared_Secret and Identity_Secret.

SAVE THESE IN A TEXT DOCUMENT ON YOUR DESKTOP!!!
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Android | NONROOTED

I do not know the way as i dont need to.
If anyone can be bothered to write a TUT please follow current PROTOCOL :)
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Iphone | NON JAILBROKEN

What you need:

A Program Called ITUNES
A Program Called IExplorer

You need to backup the steam app with Data, Using Itunes.

Open iExplorer, and browse your iTunes backup. You can type "Steam" in the search bar which makes it easier to find. You need to browse it in your backup folder, you won't be able to access app data in the live app.

The file you are looking for is called Steamguard-(Your Steam64 ID)

It should be layed out like.

something: # This is Number 1 | Lets say this says Shared_Secret

something:

something:

something:

Numbers and letters: # This is Number 1's ID number AKA the Shared_Secret

Numbers and letters:

Numbers and letters:

Numbers and letters:

What you need to grab is Shared_Secret and Identity_Secret.
Than Save on Desktop.
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Step 4: Edit the SteamBOT with your info.

Step 5: Run with node NameOfFile | If you run from double clicking please dont report any crashes as it is your fault for not reading.


3. Records relating to Ampliform.
· Basic Conditions of Employment Act. No. 75 of 1997.
· Companies Act No.61 of 1973.
· Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act No. 130 of 1993.
· Customs and Excise Act No 91 of 1964 as amended.
· Employment Equity Act No.55 of 1998.
· Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962.
· Labour Relations Act No. 66 of 1995 as amended.
· Occupational Health and Safety Act. No 85 of 1993.
· Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 of 2000.
· Skills Development Act. No. 97 of 1998.
· Skills Development Levies Act. No. 9 of 1999.
· Unemployment Insurance Act. No. 36 of 2001.
Sections 51(1)(c) and 51(1)(e) 4) Access to the records held [Sections 51(1)(c) and 51(1)(e)] Records which are available without a person having to request access in terms of this Act in terms of section 52(2) [Section 51(1)(c)] This information is defined as operational information and is thus not applicable.
The Request Procedures (Prescribed form and fee structure in respect of private bodies) The forms and fee structure prescribed under the Act are available at the website of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (www.doj.gov.za) under the "regulations" section.
Section 51(1)(f) 5) Other information as may be prescribed The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development has not made any regulations in this regard.
Section 51(3) 6) In addition to the availability of this Manual at the South African Human Rights Commission, this Manual is available on the website of Ampliform. Copies may also be obtained directly from Ampliform.
In respect of hard copies, any transmission costs/postage will be for the account of the requester.


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Home » » 2 Journalists Killed By Gunmen In Veracruz: 10th And 11th This Year
2 Journalists Killed By Gunmen In Veracruz: 10th And 11th This Year
By El Huaso 5/09/2022 04:11:00 PM 4 comments
By "Narcomappingmx" for Borderland Beat
Journalists Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi and photographer Sheila Johana García Olivera were killed in an armed attack this afternoon in Cosoleacaque, Veracruz around 3 pm. Yessenia was the founder of El Veraz, a news portal reporting on the Cosoleacaque region.
Yessenia Mollinedo Falconi (left) and Johana García (right)
According to local reports, the two were ambushed by armed gunmen while they were parked in an Oxxo parking lot. Photos circulating online show Garcia slumped in the front seat of a Silver Ford Focus, struck and killed by bullets. Yessenia was alive at the scene, but died before first responders could bring her to the hospital.
No suspects have been arrested. Local authorities have asked the public to submit any tips or information that may help them locate the killers.
They are the 10th and 11th news workers killed in Mexico this year, and happens just days after Mexico reeled from the news that journalist Luis Enrique Ramírez was found dead in Sinaloa.
This years toll has already surged past the 7 killed in Mexico in 2021. Despite outcries, little has been done to stop the accelerating trend.
The mortal threats faced by journalists in Mexico have caused organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), or Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) to routinely rank Mexico as one of the most dangerous nations to be a reporter in.
This story will be updated as new information is released.
Sources: Politica Expansion, El Sol De Sinaloa, Reporteros Sin Fronteras, Committe to Protect Journalists, Ioan Grillo Substack, SDP Noticias
SIR May 10, 2022 at 1:05 AM
Pero ahi andan de calientes publicando su nombre y dirección.
The committee to protect journalists receives millions of dollars worth of budget and pays private security corporations full of anti-kidnappers who do nothing but kidnapping and extortion, genarco garcia luna is one earlier investor and still reaps millions from the committee para. la protection de Las gallinas gordas
With investor/owners like genarco garcia Luna and their owned private security corporations in charge of the security of journalists, that proteishun is fucked-up...
I suggest periodistas stop publishing their mugs and addresses, matter of fack i suggested it about 10 years ago when Sol stil had his green horns.
Sir it's to early in the morning, not good to be on BB 24 hours a day. Viva Lopez Obrador!
6:03 why the fack not, it is ON, accessible, open AND free!
Then again, I don't have to squeeze a lemon before of after


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Pinche Trivia Night provides you with several tense rounds of trivia, along with delicious BBQ food and local craft beer available at your fingertips. Many questions deal with but are not limited to Sports, Politics, History, Fashion, Literature, Language and more!
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Small-to-midsize businesses are getting more reasons to consider hosted and open-source CRM offerings as several technology providers prepare to roll out new offerings.
NetSuite Inc., SugarCRM Inc. and Entellium Corp. are each readying services or products designed to overcome challenges that SMB companies have faced when deploying CRM services.
NetSuite will announce this week that it has added new sales forecasting capabilities, hoping to solve a weakness that customers have typically found with hosted CRM application services. The companys new Advanced Forecasting service provides a single interface for multiple forecasting methods, including a calculated forecast that shows actual opportunities and quotes; a "mood ring" forecast that shows what representatives believe they will sell, without tying the forecast to specific opportunities; and actual sales within the forecast, including recurring revenue.
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Spring Framework (или коротко Spring) — универсальный фреймворк с открытым исходным кодом для Java-платформы. Также существует форк для платформы .NET Framework, названный Spring.NET.

Первая версия была написана Родом Джонсоном, который впервые опубликовал её вместе с изданием своей книги «Expert One-on-One Java EE Design and Development» (Wrox Press, октябрь 2002 года).

Фреймворк был впервые выпущен под лицензией Apache 2.0 license в июне 2003 года. Первая стабильная версия 1.0 была выпущена в марте 2004. Spring 2.0 был выпущен в октябре 2006, Spring 2.5 — в ноябре 2007, Spring 3.0 в декабре 2009, и Spring 3.1 в декабре 2011. Текущая версия — 5.3.x.

Несмотря на то, что Spring не обеспечивал какую-либо конкретную модель программирования, он стал широко распространённым в Java-сообществе главным образом как альтернатива и замена модели Enterprise JavaBeans. Spring предоставляет бо́льшую свободу Java-разработчикам в проектировании; кроме того, он предоставляет хорошо документированные и лёгкие в использовании средства решения проблем, возникающих при создании приложений корпоративного масштаба.

Между тем, особенности ядра Spring применимы в любом Java-приложении, и существует множество расширений и усовершенствований для построения веб-приложений на Java Enterprise платформе. По этим причинам Spring приобрёл большую популярность и признаётся разработчиками как стратегически важный фреймворк.

Введение
Spring обеспечивает решения многих задач, с которыми сталкиваются Java-разработчики и организации, которые хотят создать информационную систему, основанную на платформе Java. Из-за широкой функциональности трудно определить наиболее значимые структурные элементы, из которых он состоит. Spring не всецело связан с платформой Java Enterprise, несмотря на свою масштабную интеграцию с ней, что является важной причиной его популярности.

Spring, вероятно, наиболее известен как источник расширений (features), нужных для эффективной разработки сложных бизнес-приложений вне тяжеловесных программных моделей, которые исторически были доминирующими в промышленности. Ещё одно его достоинство в том, что он ввел ранее неиспользуемые функциональные возможности в сегодняшние господствующие методы разработки, даже вне платформы Java.

Этот фреймворк предлагает последовательную модель и делает её применимой к большинству типов приложений, которые уже созданы на основе платформы Java. Считается, что Spring реализует модель разработки, основанную на лучших стандартах индустрии, и делает её доступной во многих областях Java.

Модули
Spring может быть рассмотрен как коллекция меньших фреймворков или фреймворков во фреймворке. Большинство этих фреймворков может работать независимо друг от друга, однако они обеспечивают большую функциональность при совместном их использовании. Эти фреймворки делятся на структурные элементы типовых комплексных приложений:

 Inversion of Control-контейнер: делегированное (фреймворку) конфигурирование компонентов приложений и управление жизненным циклом Java-объектов.
 Фреймворк аспектно-ориентированного программирования: работает с функциональностью, которая не может быть реализована возможностями объектно-ориентированного программирования на Java без потерь.
 Фреймворк доступа к данным: работает с системами управления реляционными базами данных на Java-платформе, используя JDBC- и ORM-средства и обеспечивая решения задач, которые повторяются в большом числе Java-based environments.
 Фреймворк управления транзакциями: координация различных API управления транзакциями и инструментарий настраиваемого управления транзакциями для объектов Java.
 Фреймворк MVC: каркас, основанный на HTTP и сервлетах, предоставляющий множество возможностей для расширения и настройки (customization).
 Фреймворк удалённого доступа: конфигурируемая передача Java-объектов через сеть в стиле RPC, поддерживающая RMI, CORBA, HTTP-based протоколы, включая web-сервисы (SOAP).
 Фреймворк аутентификации и авторизации: конфигурируемый инструментарий процессов аутентификации и авторизации, поддерживающий много популярных и ставших индустриальными стандартами протоколов, инструментов, практик через дочерний проект Spring Security (ранее известный как Acegi).
 Фреймворк удалённого управления: конфигурируемое представление и управление Java-объектами для локальной или удалённой конфигурации с помощью JMX.
 Фреймворк работы с сообщениями: конфигурируемая регистрация объектов-слушателей сообщений для прозрачной обработки сообщений из очереди сообщений с помощью JMS, улучшенная отправка сообщений по стандарту JMS API.
 Тестирование: каркас, поддерживающий классы для написания модульных и интеграционных тестов.

Inversion of Control
Центральной частью Spring является контейнер Inversion of Control, который предоставляет средства конфигурирования и управления объектами Java с помощью рефлексии. Контейнер отвечает за управление жизненным циклом объекта: создание объектов, вызов методов инициализации и конфигурирование объектов путём связывания их между собой.

Объекты, создаваемые контейнером, также называются управляемыми объектами (beans). Обычно конфигурирование контейнера осуществляется путём внедрения аннотаций (начиная с 5 версии J2SE), но также есть возможность "по старинке" загрузить XML-файлы, содержащие определение bean'ов и предоставляющие информацию, необходимую для создания bean'ов.

Объекты могут быть получены одним из двух способов:
 Поиск зависимости — шаблон проектирования, в котором вызывающий объект запрашивает у объекта-контейнера экземпляр объекта с определённым именем или определённого типа.
 Внедрение зависимости — шаблон проектирования, в котором контейнер передает экземпляры объектов по их имени другим объектам с помощью конструктора, свойства или фабричного метода.

MVC
Spring имеет собственную MVC-платформу веб-приложений, которая не была первоначально запланирована. Разработчики Spring решили написать её по причине того что фреймворк Apache Struts, а также другие доступные на тот момент веб-фреймворки имели неудачную архитектуру. В частности, по их мнению, было недостаточным разделение между слоями представления и обработки запросов, а также между слоем обработки запросов и моделью.

Класс DispatcherServlet является основным контроллером фреймворка и отвечает за делегирование управления различным интерфейсам, на всех этапах выполнения HTTP-запроса. Об этих интерфейсах следует сказать более подробно.

Как и Struts, Spring MVC является фреймворком, ориентированным на запросы. В нем определены стратегические интерфейсы для всех функций современной запросно-ориентированной системы. Цель каждого интерфейса — быть простым и ясным, чтобы пользователям было легко его заново имплементировать, если они того пожелают. MVC прокладывает путь к более чистому front-end-коду. Все интерфейсы тесно связаны с Servlet API. Эта связь рассматривается некоторыми как неспособность разработчиков Spring предложить для веб-приложений абстракцию более высокого уровня. Однако эта связь оставляет особенности Servlet API доступными для разработчиков, облегчая все же работу с ним. Наиболее важные интерфейсы, определенные Spring MVC, перечислены ниже:

 HandlerMapping: выбор класса и его метода, которые должны обработать данный входящий запрос на основе любого внутреннего или внешнего для этого запроса атрибута или состояния.
 HandlerAdapter: вызов и выполнение выбранного метода обработки входящего запроса.
 Controller: включен между Моделью (Model) и Представлением (View). Управляет процессом преобразования входящих запросов в адекватные ответы. Действует как ворота, направляющие всю поступающую информацию. Переключает поток информации из модели в представление и обратно.
 View: ответственно за возвращение ответа клиенту в виде текстов и изображений. Некоторые запросы могут идти прямо во View, не заходя в Model; другие проходят через все три слоя.
 ViewResolver: выбор, какое именно View должно быть показано клиенту.
 HandlerInterceptor: перехват входящих запросов. Сопоставим, но не эквивалентен сервлет-фильтрам (использование не является обязательным и не контролируется DispatcherServlet-ом).
 LocaleResolver: получение и, возможно, сохранение локальных настроек (язык, страна, часовой пояс) пользователя.
 MultipartResolver: обеспечивает Upload — загрузку на сервер локальных файлов клиента.

Spring MVC предоставляет разработчику следующие возможности:

 Ясное и прозрачное разделение между слоями в MVC и запросах.
 Стратегия интерфейсов — каждый интерфейс делает только свою часть работы.
 Интерфейс всегда может быть заменен альтернативной реализацией.
 Интерфейсы тесно связаны с Servlet API.
 Высокий уровень абстракции для веб-приложений.

В веб-приложениях можно использовать различные части Spring, а не только Spring MVC.

Доступ к данным
Spring предоставляет свой слой доступа к базам данных посредством JDBC. Кроме того, он поддерживает все популярные ORM: Hibernate, JPA, JDO, EclipseLink, iBatis, Apache OJB, Apache Cayenne и т. п..

Для всех этих фреймворков, Spring предоставляет такие особенности:

 Управление ресурсами — автоматическое получение и освобождение ресурсов базы данных
 Обработка исключений — перевод исключений при доступе к данным в исключения Spring-а
 Транзакционность — прозрачные транзакции в операциях с данными
 Распаковка ресурсов — получение объектов базы данных из пула соединений
 Абстракция для обработки BLOB и CLOB

Управление транзакциями
Фреймворк управления транзакциями в Spring привносит механизм абстракций для платформы Java.
Основные возможности этих абстракций:

 работа с локальными и глобальными транзакциями
 работа с вложенными транзакциями
 работа с точками сохранения в транзакциях

«Соглашение прежде конфигурации» в разработке приложения
Spring Roo — фреймворк, поддерживающий принцип «соглашение прежде конфигурации» для быстрого создания бизнес-приложений.

Может использоваться со:
 Spring Framework
 Spring Security
 Spring Web Flow

Интеграция
Spring Integration — фреймворк для JEE, который предоставляет функции, необходимые для отправки сообщений или для построения событийно-ориентированной архитектуры…
 роутеры
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 активаторы сервисов
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Spring Hadoop
29 февраля 2012 года VMware выпустил продукт интеграции Spring с Apache Hadoop. Новый фреймворк Spring Hadoop комбинирует возможности Spring Framework с возможностью Hadoop, позволяющей разработчикам создавать приложения, которые масштабируются от одного сервера до тысяч и обеспечивают высокую доступность через программное обеспечение, а не аппаратные средства. Интегрируя Hadoop Framework, основанную на Java, open-source платформу для распределенной обработки больших наборов данных в кластерах компьютеров, использующую простую модель программирования, с фреймворком Spring для разработки приложений Java/JEE, VMware создал проект, который полностью попадает под «зонтик» Spring Data.

Среди возможностей нового фреймворка:
 декларативная поддержка конфигурации HBase;
 специализированная поддержка Spring Batch для разработки потоковых решений, которые включают операции HDFS и все типы заданий Hadoop;
 поддержка использования с интеграцией Spring;
 параметры конфигурации Hadoop и механизм шаблонной обработки для соединений клиента с Hadoop;
 декларативная и программируемая поддержка для инструментов Hadoop, включая FsShell и DistCp.

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Home > india > Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Is India striking out on its own with regard to Myanmar?
Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Is India striking out on its own with regard to Myanmar?
Diplomatic Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar takes a deep dive into the Indian Foreign secretary becoming one of the only international officials to shake hands with the Military leader in Myanmar 10 months after the coup
This week on Worldview Suhasini Haidar speaks about the reasons and compulsions behind the extraordinary move from New Delhi to send Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
The military coup in Myanmar and its geopolitical implications | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
Since the coup in February, General Min Aung Hlaing, or MAH as he is called has shown few signs he might soften his actions:
More than 1,000 civilian protestors have been killed in crackdowns on rallies and political parties after the Tatmadaw or Military overturned the government and declared elections invalid.
Thousands are in prison, including all the elected leaders of the country, facing trials conducted by the military junta on a wide range of charges.
Former President Win Myint and 76 year old State Councillor and leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) that won elections last November have already been sentenced to 4 years imprisonment and face trials on charges that could add another three decades to their sentence.
Despite appeals from many countries, UNSC statements and US sanctions, General MAH has not backed down on any of these moves, and refused to let any foreign envoy or dignitary meet ASSK.
What has India's position been:
India has joined the international community on asking for a restoration on democracy, and issued a carefully worded, stern statement over the conviction of ASSK saying it was disturbed over developments
MEA says India is aligned to the position taken by ASEAN:
1. Immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar
2. Constructive dialogue among all parties concerned
3. A special envoy of the ASEAN Chair shall facilitate mediation
4. ASEAN shall provide humanitarian assistance
5. Special envoy and delegation shall visit Myanmar to meet with all parties concerned
India has kept up Covid aid during this period, sending vaccines to Myanmar, and Foreign Secretary Shringla took another batch of 100,000 vaccines. Significantly, the government released no photo of Shringla meeting MAH.
India voted on UNSC statements criticising the Junta actions, but abstained from a resolution that sought to curb the flow of arms into Myanmar.
India has also kept up all diplomatic links, and even appointed a new Ambassador to Yangon, making it clear it is not downgrading ties with its neighbour.
And Indian companies like Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has reportedly continued to ship radar components that help in coastal surveillance, amongst others.
Apart from FS Shringla, which international officials have met the Military regime in Myanmar?
1. While a number of western countries have been in talks with the Myanmar regime through their envoys based in Yangon and Naypyitaw, none have sent officials. US former diplomat Bill Richardson did meet MAH in November, however, even as the government rolled out a series of financial and visa sanctions against the regime leaders.
2. A Japanese non official envoy Peace ambassador Sasakawa also made the trip to Myanmar.
3. Chinese special envoy Sun Guoxiang and the Chinese ambassador have both met with MAH, although neither were allowed to meet jailed leaders.
4. MAH visited Moscow for a security conference this year, met with State Security Council secretary General Patrushev.
5. ASEAN the 10 member grouping normally maintains a neutral posture on internal developments, and while envoys met with MAH and other officials earlier this year, it cancelled a visit after the regime refused a request to meet ASSK, and disinvited MAH from attending the ASEAN summit and the China-ASEAN meet in November this year. Things might change next year, as the incoming ASEAN chair Cambodian PM Hun Sen met with the regime's foreign minister in Phnom Penh and says he will visit Myanmar and bring the government back into ASEAN meetings.
6. Clearly, the FS move is significant move away from the western position, and more in line with China, Russia than even ASEAN. It is also significant that the Modi government sent the envoy despite the regime turning down its request on meeting ASSK, who has a very old, strong personal relationship with India.
Why is India reaching out to Myanmar ?
India has built strong military links with the Tatmadaw and has several development projects including the Kaladan multimodal road and shipping network. These have slowed down, and a plan by Adani ports to develop the Ahlone ports has now been withdrawn due to US sanctions, but the government says it is keen to keep working on others.
India shares a 1600-km boundary with Myanmar, and security is the foremost concern say officials. In the past few months, with the military occupied with the internal crackdown, many insurgent groups that target India have been able to take shelter along the border. In November the ambush killing of Col Tripathi, his wife, son and four jawans of Assam Rifles in Manipur is believed to have been carried out by PLA and Manipur Naga Peoples' Front militants who then fled across to Myanmar. Unconfirmed reports say some were later handed over to India, but Mr. Shringla, who had last visited Myanmar in 2020 along with Army Chief Gen Naravane, has discussed increasing border coordination.
Each time Myanmar is isolated diplomatically, it is China that gains, and New Delhi would like to avoid ceding more space in the neighbourhood. Already China has stepped the gas on about $7.5 billion worth of new projects since the coup, as part of its China Myanmar Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative.
India is deeply concerned about the NLD and ASSK in particular, and hopes that if it keeps engaging the Tatmadaw, it may be able to convince them to release her.
The Modi government also worries about the influx of refugees, particularly Rohingya that fled ethnic genocide by the military in 2017, and has turned a blind eye to internal developments in the past as well. PM Modi visited Myanmar just months after the Rohingya crisis, and did not criticise the military action, or even refer to the Rohingya by name.
Finally, as a regional leader, India would like to stay relevant in Myanmar. The failure in ties with Pakistan has already led to SAARC being stopped, and any idea to diplomatically isolate Myanmar could have an impact on India's other regional initiative BIMSTEC.
As a result, unlike in Afghanistan, where New Delhi has closed its embassy and firmly shut the door on recognition for an illegitimate overthrow of the democratic government by military means by the Taliban, in Myanmar, the Modi government seems set on a course that recognises the military regime, and is now trying to increase its engagement with it.
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Current, Former County Judge Caught Up In NTTA Bill Mix-up
By Jack Fink November 14, 2011 at 9:50 pm
Filed Under:Clay Jenkins, County Judge, Dallas County, Department of Motor Vehicles, North Texas Tollway Authority, ntta
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The last time Margaret Keliher served as Dallas County Commissioners Court Judge was 2006. But to her surprise, she says she just got a bill from the NTTA for nearly $200 claiming she was still driving a car with the official county judge license plate.
"It's been five years since that license plate has been on that car," she said.
Keliher says when she challenged the NTTA, the agency's records showed the plate was still on a 1998 Acura she used to own. "I was baffled over why I would have gotten the bill."
It turns out, the car that went through the toll tag reader was actually the silver Cadillac driven by the current County Commissioners Court Judge Clay Jenkins.
Each county in the state has a plate for the sitting county judge, which is controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Judge Jenkins says he received and registered the plate with the state when he was sworn in last January. "We complied with everything we were told to do when I got the judge plates."
He says he was unaware of the problem until CBS 11 asked him about it. "I had been paying for my own toll tag continuously since before and after I was elected."
But the NTTA says Judge Jenkins didn't add the county judge license plate to his account. So when the agency looked for an address to send a bill, it looked up DMV records to determine where the plate is registered.
NTTA spokesman Michael Rey says, "The records showed no end date for Judge Keliher, so the system defaulted if you will to Judge Keliher." Rey says the mistake happened in September, when they updated their system.
The agency says a similar problem recently happened to 81 other customers. They had recently sold their vehicles, but the new owners didn't change the registration so their NTTA bills were sent to the vehicle's original owners.
The NTTA quickly corrected those bills.
As for former county judge Margaret Keliher, she says she has long been a supporter of the NTTA. She says she's speaking out to make sure other drivers don't face a similar issue.
The NTTA says so far, it hasn't found anyone else impacted by the same problem, but it's going through its system to make sure.
The agency says it has corrected Keliher's bill, and updated its records to keep this from happening again.
The NTTA says it has one and a half million transactions each day, and that most occur without any problem.
Jack Fink
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Gandhi Remembered on his Death Anniversary
Category: Non Academic Events
A discussion has been conducted in the Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology on the Gandhi Death Anniversary Day on Gandhi Principles and their need nowadays. The discussion has been conducted jointly by Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology and Amaravathi Institute of Social Science.
Prof.A.Subramanyam has presided over the discussions, and Gandhian Sri Sunil Sahasra Bude is the Chief Guest, Sri Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad, Member of A.P.Legislative Council is the Guest of Honour and Sri Vasireddy Vidyasagar, Chairman, Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology, Nambur is the Special Guest.
In this Programme, the students have been advised about the need on the principles of Gandhiji and the things that have to be learned from Gandhi way of life have been informed to the students. Speaking on this occasion, Sri V.Vidyasagar has said that students by following Gandhi's way of life, can create wonders and for several problems faced by them they will get solutions if they go through Gandhi's life history. He has also advised students to follow the Gandhi route and the consumption of domestic goods is also Mr.Gandhi's route.
Sri Dokka Manikya Varaprasad has informed that Sri Gandhi had made more number of speeches than any other political leader made. He also has said that the society and the families will immensely be benefitted if they follow Mr.Gandhi's route. He has also advised that the society can go forward only if the Gandhi's principles are followed by all of us. He has also advised that peace can be obtained if Gandhi's principles are followed.
Speaking on this occasion, the Chief Guest Sri Sunil Sahasra Budhe has said that the thoughts of Mr.Gandhi can be learned from the books written by him and they would help the students in the personality development and discipline. One has to understand the problems and pains of others the way Mr.Gandhi had understood them. Mr.Gandhi's principles had made him a great leader. No other leader has introduced the movements like march like Mr.Gandhi did. Mr.Gandhi had shown solutions for any problem. Mr.Gandhi was a genius and had introduced new methods as per the changed times. He has also said that goods should be produced using native knowledge. He has also advised that we all should promote nationalism as dreamt by Mr.Gandhi. He has also advised that we all should follow the egalitarian society as believed by Mr.Gandhi.
He also said that Mr.Gandhi had preached that knowledge without personality, business without values and life without humanity are not to be followed by people.


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Twas the Night Before
by Trey Nosrac
Twas the night before Christmas, when out at the track,
Not a creature was stirring, they ain't coming back,
The future is streaming, it's so plain to see,
But half of our racetracks aren't even HD,
The gamblers are nestled, all snug in their beds,
While visions of small take-outs, dance in their heads,
With mamas in fields, and babies in wombs,
Hope markets stay strong, so horse sales aren't doomed,
While out on in the think tanks there's much trepidation,
"This sport will be toast without improved presentation,"
"We need soundtracks and graphics and commentary galore,"
The movers and shakers continue to snore,
Our fans, and gamblers, and owners are great,
Demographics are poor, and the future won't wait,
The moon on the breast of a sport that needs changing,
Sees fiefdoms and old guards that restrict rearranging,
Casinos have helped us, they've kept us afloat,
But they aren't our castle, they're only a moat,
It is what it is, no sense in complaining,
Ideas, and energy help more than disdaining,
Imagine a titan like Bezos or Page,
If they took our reins, we'd be all the rage,
With lawyers, money, rooms full of young brains,
The nation would learn what we see in this game,
The racing, the intrigue, the full sporting life,
Are terrific escapes from a world filled with strife.
"We're small, but amazing, with countless great people,
Let's push on, recruit, and send tweets from the steeples,
Enjoy every day, every race, every horse,
This Christmas, rest easy, you chose the right course,
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOODNIGHT!
Factoids, trivia, and controversy:
Twas the Night Before Christmas was first published anonymously in the Troy (NY) Sentinel Newspaper on December 23, 1823. To be accurate, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" is a line from a poem titled, "A Visit From St. Nicholas." That poem was originally titled, "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas."
For 14 years, the author of the poem would remain unknown. However, in 1837, American author and poet Charles Hoffman, editor of The New-York Book of Poetry, outed his friend Moore, a New York scholar and author, as the writer. In 1844, Moore finally acknowledged his authorship and included the poem in his collection entitled Poems.
The poem was a smash hit (the words smash hit and poem are rarely used in the same sentence).
Many believe the poem was responsible for some of the perceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century through today.
The poem established the names of Santa's eight tiny reindeer (although for some reason, Rudolph was MIA).
The poem also had a big impact on the practice of giving gifts around Christmas (which, in the opinion of many of us, is not a great legacy).
The poem's meter was composed using anapestic tetrameter (which sounds like a giant, radioactive spider from a 1950's horror film), but technically refers to four feet of unstressed-unstressed-stressed structure similar to limerick construction.
And, of course, where would this decade be without controversy, competing factions and allegedly fake news.
Using the works of others is a tricky business for legal reasons. Let us go to the legal record books. Published anonymously, the copyrights would last for 100 years from the year of the original publication, or 125 years from the year of credited creation, whichever expires first. Since "A Visit From St. Nicholas" was published 195 years ago, feel free to use it. All copyright protection has expired and the work becomes part of the public domain.
This is good news. If money was on the line, the battle that ensued in recent years could have been worse.
Dispute of Clement Clarke Moore's authorship of the poem faced challenges. Professor Donald Foster used textual content analysis and external evidence (which sounds like no quid quo pro) to argue that Moore could not have been the author. Foster believes that Major Henry Livingston Jr., a New Yorker, be attributed as the author, a view long favored by the Livingston family.
Foster's claim for the Livingstons was countered by document dealer and historian, Seth Kellar. Kellar once owned one of Moore's original manuscripts of the poem and offers a point-by-point rebuttal of both Foster's linguistic analysis and external findings, buttressed by the work of autograph experts.
Check your favorite websites and news channels, and ONLY your favorites, for "Breaking News" and breathless interviews with all parties involved in the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" scandal.


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Man Called Horse, A
Reviewed By Scott Weinberg
"Feels a whole lot like a cinematic apology."
Admired and popular enough to yield two sequels (and this was 30+ years ago) was Elliot Silverstein's "A Man Called Horse", a flick heavy on the pro-Native American slant that was so popular in the early 70s.
Full of sincere and earnest portrayals of a people generally presented by Hollywood as brutal savages, these flicks catered to a certain sense of social guilt and succeeded.
But that's not to say A Man Called Horse is push-button or simply reactionary; it's also a fairly compelling little Old West tale in its own right. The story itself couldn't be simpler: a bored and wealthy Englishman finds himself captured by the Sioux Indians. At first he's treated like an animal (hence the "horse" label) and a captive.
Before too long our protagonist meets up with a goofy half-breed who can act as translator, rescues a handful of tribal tots from a certain death, and eventually earns the respect of his former captors.
It's all very socially aware and nature-friendly, and the tale is a worthwhile one indeed; too bad A Man Called Horse moves so slowly for much of its running time. Richard Harris is quite excellent as the captive John Morgan, and he easily keeps the plight of his character a fascinating one throughout.
There are a handful of truly memorable moments (most notably Morgan's final "test" - which is fairly gruesome and technically quite impressive) and Silverstein's camera has a flair for capturing the expansive outdoor settings - but the flick moves at a deadly glacial pace.
Up until the big masscare finale, of course.


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Man! I Feel Like a Woman! - Shania Twain (1999)
This song is the ultimate girl power country-dance-rock song. It has crossover appeal, but still belongs in the genre of country music. At least, the newly defined definition of country music. At this time, the line between country and pop music began to become a bit blurry, as it still is today. With the rise of female country stars like Twain and Faith Hill, and their crossover appeal, along with their different kind of lyrics, country music was forever changed. For the first time, it was almost normal to have girl power country songs, a subject for the longest time was limited to pop music. Of course, there were the tracks like "Just Because I'm a Woman" by Dolly Parton, and "The Pill" by Loretta Lynn from years before, but this track and others like it released at this time led country music to have songs like "Gunpowder and Lead" and "Picture to Burn" on the radio.
The best thing about this song is most definitely the chorus. It goes:
"Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy-forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts-short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild-yeah, doin' it in style
Oh, oh, oh, get in the action-feel the attraction
Color my hair-do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free-yeah, to feel the way I feel
Man! I feel like a woman!"
This is what women should be able to do when ever they want. I mean, if guys can go crazy, why can't girls? The hook is also genius. "Man, I feel like a woman" is the most perfect title for a song ever, because of it's double meaning and overall comical appeal. This track is one of those songs that girls will sing into their hairbrushes. It's such a happy song that does make you want to get up and dance.
Jeff E.
I wanted to thank you for your great review of MIFLAW by Shania. I'm a guy, but I have to admit that song has so much sass and attitude. It's pretty much my favorite song ever. It's so embarrassing so love it so much, but us men can almost feel her empowerment in that song.
Also thank you so much for putting both explanations points in the song title. So many people forget to put the last one after 'woman'.
Queens of Country
Haha, no problem Jeff! Glad you liked the review!
#impeachedqueen
Jessica Andrews
#queenofcountry
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