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FDA, Social Media, and Health Claims
John E. Villafranco
Nutritional Outlook, Volume 17, Issue 4
Are supplement companies responsible for the health claims its customers make in social media?
Social media is a powerful cog in today's marketing machine. It's dynamic. It's personal. It gives consumers a voice. But as valuable as consumer-generated content is, it's not without risk.
A company, for instance, may diligently follow FDA's rule that claims to treat or prevent a disease cannot be made for dietary supplements.1 Consumers, however, are not beholden to FDA's rule.
On a company's website or social media page, consumers can make statements such as "Product X is helping me steer clear of any colds this winter" or "I've overcome my type 2 diabetes with Product X." Scenarios like these beg the question: When it comes to social media, are companies responsible for the regulatory correctness of consumer-generated content?
FDA recently addressed this question head-on in guidance for drug companies. No similar guidance, however, has been provided for dietary supplement companies, and questions persist.
Guidance for Drug Firms
In January, FDA issued draft guidance providing recommendations to drug companies on submitting online promotional materials.2 Unlike dietary supplement companies, drug companies must submit to FDA their promotional materials-including online promotions-at the time of initial dissemination.3 The new guidance covers which online materials FDA expects drug companies to submit and what FDA believes are best practices for making submissions.
One portion of the guidance, in particular, has raised questions over consumer-generated content. The passage indicates that drug companies need not submit "independent" consumer-generated content.
Specifically, the guidance states that, in FDA's view, a drug company "is not responsible for UGC [user-generated content] that is truly independent of the firm (i.e., is not produced by, or on behalf of, or prompted by the firm in any particular)." The guidance explains further that "FDA will not ordinarily view UGC on firm-owned or firm-controlled venues such as blogs, message boards, and chat rooms as promotional content on behalf of the firm, as long as the user has no affiliation with the firm and the firm had no influence on the UGC."
As support for its stance, FDA cites Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). Section 230 states that "[n]o provider...of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another content provider."4
Congress originally enacted the CDA to censor online pornographic material. Section 230, however, has been interpreted as providing protection to any company offering an online forum for third-party postings. This protection has been hailed as enabling a level of Internet freedom that is unique to the United States. With the protections of Section 230, companies like Facebook and YouTube can exist without undue liability for their users' posts. Likewise, companies such as dietary supplement firms that sell consumer goods should be able to allow consumer-generated content, without undue liability. The problem dietary supplement companies face, however, is that neither of the regulators to which they answer has addressed Section 230.
Section 230: Not So Clear for Dietary Supplements
Although dietary supplement companies are not obligated to submit their marketing materials to FDA at the time of dissemination, their marketing is subject to postmarket regulation by both FDA and the FTC.
FDA Guidance
FDA has not issued any guidance for dietary supplement companies similar to what it recently issued for drug companies. Moreover, FDA actions on at least one occasion suggest that the agency might view Section 230 differently for the purposes of dietary supplement marketing.
A 2011 FDA warning letter appears to conflict with FDA's stance in its recent drug guidance. In the warning letter, FDA alleged that a dietary supplement company had made unapproved "therapeutic claims" (i.e., claims to treat or prevent a disease) not only on its website but also on its Facebook page.5 FDA stated, specifically, that the Facebook page "include[d] numerous testimonials...which make disease claims such as 'When I started taking OM24, within days my osteoarthritis was relieved' and 'I totally control my diabetes and blood pressure with the tablets.'" It is not clear whether the company itself or consumers posted the testimonials. If it was the latter, then it appears that FDA would hold a dietary supplement company responsible for consumer-generated content, regardless of the protections of Section 230 of the CDA.
FTC Guidance
The FTC's Endorsement Guides address the use of testimonials and other third-party statements used in advertising, including advertising for dietary supplements.6In 2009, the FTC issued a revised version of its Endorsement Guides.
Among other things, the FTC sought to articulate when a third-party statement in online media might be considered "advertising" that is subject to regulation.7 The FTC stated that the "fundamental question to ask is whether, viewed objectively, the relationship between the advertiser and the speaker is such that the speaker's statement can be considered 'sponsored' by the advertiser and therefore an 'advertising message.'"
The FTC further explained that companies should consider whether the third-party speaker is "(1) acting solely independently, in which case there is no endorsement, or (2) acting on behalf of the advertiser or its agent, such that the speaker's statement is an 'endorsement' that is part of an overall marketing campaign..."8
This "test" does not answer, to any satisfactory degree, the question of whether consumer-generated content might be the responsibility of advertisers, in the FTC's view. It remains an open question, for instance, whether, in the FTC's view, simply providing a platform for posts or seeking certain types of posts (e.g., "Tell us why you like Product X") might equate to "sponsorship."
In the five years since the FTC issued its revised Endorsement Guides, the agency has taken enforcement action that has helped further clarify its views on more straightforward issues, such as gifts and payments to bloggers.9
The FTC, however, has yet to address the range of questions surrounding consumer-generated content that is spontaneously posted to company sites.
What's a Dietary Supplement Company to Do?
Against this regulatory background, dietary supplement companies are left to wonder what to do about consumer-generated content appearing on their websites and social media pages. The strict legal answer is that Section 230 of the CDA applies equally to dietary supplement companies and drug companies-meaning that independent, consumer-generated content is largely not a liability. No company, however, wants to be the test case if FDA or the FTC decide to take an aggressive stance (or, in the case of FDA, continue an existing aggressive stance).
In the absence of clear guidance, each company will need to carefully consider Section 230 and chart its own path based on its own business model and risk tolerance.
The route of least risk is obviously to decline to provide any means for consumers to post on company websites or social media sites. But, that may not be feasible or desirable in today's social media–rich environment. A more open, "middle ground" might be to review comments periodically and remove those statements that implicate high-risk areas-e.g., statements suggesting disease treatment or prevention and "too good to be true" weight-loss claims.
Companies allowing any consumer-generated content should bear in mind that the protections of Section 230 may not be unlimited. Similar to the manner in which FDA's drug guidance seeks to exempt only content that is truly "independent," courts have found that certain actions by website owners will prevent Section 230 from applying. For instance, in a decision last year that has created controversy, a court held that Section 230 did not protect a website owner who "intentionally encourage[d]" the postings at issue and "add[ed] his own comments ratifying or adopting the posts."10 The website owner was being sued for defamation and libel over the postings. In another case, the Ninth Circuit held that immunity did not extend to the website Roommates.com because the company had offered drop-down menus that prompted third-party statements that were alleged to be discriminatory in violation of fair-housing laws.11
A dietary supplement company allowing consumer-generated content will need to assess how it requests and presents third-party content, in light of the existing case law.12 This is, of course, especially true if a company chooses to allow free-flowing consumer-generated content, without any monitoring or deletions.
FDA, Draft Guidance for Industry: Fulfilling Regulatory Requirements for Postmarketing Submissions of Interactive Promotional Media for Prescription Human and Animal Drugs and Biologics, at 1 (Jan. 2014), available athttp://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatory Information/Guidances/UCM381352.pdf.
21 C.F.R. §§ 314.81(b)(3)(i), 601.12(f)(4), 514.80(b)(5)(ii). Companies marketing human prescription drugs or prescription new animal drugs must submit labeling and advertising materials. Companies marketing over-the-counter new animal drugs must submit labeling materials and mailing pieces, but not advertising materials.
Emphasis added.
FTC, Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, 74 Fed. Reg. 53124 (Oct. 15, 2009).
See id. at 53125.
Id. at 53126.
See, e.g., FTC Closing Letter Regarding Village Green Network, Inc. (Feb. 18, 2014) (involving paid bloggers); FTC Closing Letter Regarding Nordstrom Rack (Feb. 22, 2013) (involving "social media influencers" who were invited to a store preview event and given gift cards); FTC, Press Release, Firm to Pay FTC $250,000 to Settle Charges That It Used Misleading Online "Consumer" and "Independent" Reviews (Mar. 15, 2011) (paid endorsers allegedly posed as consumers reviewers); FTC, Press Release, Public Relations Firm to Settle FTC Charges that It Advertised Clients' Gaming Apps Through Misleading Online Endorsements (Aug. 10, 2010) (company employees allegedly posed as consumer reviewers).
FDA, Warning Letter to Cellular RX (May 25, 2011), available at http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2011/ucm256922.htm
47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1) (emphasis added).
47 U.S.C. § 230(f)(3) (emphasis added). It should be noted that Section 230 does not provide immunity from intellectual property claims. The IP exceptions to the CDA are beyond the scope of this article.
In a decision last year that has created controversy, a court held that "a website owner who intentionally encourages illegal or actionable third-party postings to which he adds his own comments ratifying or adopting the posts becomes a 'creator' or 'developer' of that content and is not entitled to immunity." Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings, LLC, 2013 WL 4068780, at *5 (E.D. Ky. Aug. 12, 2013). In another controversial case, the Ninth Circuit held that immunity did not extend to Roommates.com where it offered drop down menus prompting discriminatory statements. Fair Housing of Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.com, CV-04-56916 (9th Cir. 2008).
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Browns general manager John Dorsey continues to revamp the team's roster and add picks. In addition to their own picks in the first six rounds, the Browns acquired a third-rounder from New England, Jacksonville's fifth-rounder, another fifth-rounder from New England and a seventh-rounder from Jacksonville.
Making Jacksonville's offense even more stagnant, the team is without its top two left tackles, its top two tight ends and its leading receiver from 2017.
The 28-year-old Hyde was off to an impressive start in Cleveland. But he was taking playing time away from Chubb, who scored on two long touchdown runs at Oakland on Sept. 30 and enters Sunday's game averaging 10.8 yards on 16 carries. Also, running back Duke Johnson had gone from being a dual threat to mainly a receiver. He's had just 19 carries this season.
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/** \file
 * \brief Computes the orthogonal representation of a planar
 *        representation of a UML graph using the simple flow
 *        approach.
 *
 * \author Karsten Klein
 *
 * \par License:
 * This file is part of the Open Graph Drawing Framework (OGDF).
 *
 * \par
 * Copyright (C)<br>
 * See README.txt in the root directory of the OGDF installation for details.
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 * \par
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 * see the file LICENSE.txt included in the packaging of this file
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#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma once
#endif

#ifndef OGDF_ORTHO_FORMER_GENERIC_H
#define OGDF_ORTHO_FORMER_GENERIC_H

#include <ogdf/orthogonal/OrthoRep.h>
#include <ogdf/planarity/PlanRepUML.h>

namespace ogdf {

class OGDF_EXPORT OrthoShaper
{
public:

	enum n_type { low, high, inner, outer }; //types of network nodes: nodes and faces

	OrthoShaper() {
		setDefaultSettings();
	}

	~OrthoShaper() { }

	// Given a planar representation for a UML graph and its planar
	// combinatorial embedding, call() produces an orthogonal
	// representation using Tamassias bend minimization algorithm
	// with a flow network where every flow unit defines 90 degree angle
	// in traditional mode.

	void call(PlanRepUML &PG,
		CombinatorialEmbedding &E,
		OrthoRep &OR,
		bool fourPlanar = true);

	//sets the default settings used in the standard constructor
	void setDefaultSettings()
	{
		m_distributeEdges = true; // true;  //try to distribute edges to all node sides
		m_fourPlanar      = true;  //do not allow zero degree angles at high degree
		m_allowLowZero    = false; //do allow zero degree at low degree nodes
		m_multiAlign      = true;//true;  //start/end side of multi edges match
		m_traditional     = true;//true;  //prefer 3/1 flow at degree 2 (false: 2/2)
		m_deg4free        = false; //allow free angle assignment at degree four
		m_align           = false; //align nodes on same hierarchy level
		m_startBoundBendsPerEdge = 0; //don't use bound on bend number per edge
	}

	// returns option distributeEdges
	bool distributeEdges() { return m_distributeEdges; }
	// sets option distributeEdges to b
	void distributeEdges(bool b) { m_distributeEdges = b; }

	// returns option multiAlign
	bool multiAlign() { return m_multiAlign; }
	// sets option multiAlign to b
	void multiAlign(bool b) { m_multiAlign = b; }

	// returns option traditional
	bool traditional() { return m_traditional; }
	// sets option traditional to b
	void traditional(bool b) { m_traditional = b; }

	//returns option deg4free
	bool fixDegreeFourAngles() { return m_deg4free; }
	//sets option deg4free
	void fixDegreeFourAngles(bool b) { m_deg4free = b; }

	//alignment of brothers in hierarchies
	void align(bool al) {m_align = al;}
	bool align() {return m_align;}

	//! Set bound for number of bends per edge (none if set to 0). If shape
	//! flow computation is unsuccessful, the bound is increased iteratively.
	void setBendBound(int i){ OGDF_ASSERT(i >= 0); m_startBoundBendsPerEdge = i;}
	int getBendBound(){return m_startBoundBendsPerEdge;}

private:
	bool m_distributeEdges; // distribute edges among all sides if degree > 4
	bool m_fourPlanar;      // should the input graph be four planar
							// (no zero degree)
	bool m_allowLowZero;    // allow low degree nodes zero degree
							// (to low for zero...)
	bool m_multiAlign;      // multi edges aligned on the same side
	bool m_deg4free;        // allow degree four nodes free angle assignment
	bool m_traditional;     // do not prefer 180 degree angles,
							// traditional is not tamassia,
	// traditional is a kandinsky - ILP - like network with node supply 4,
	// not traditional interprets angle flow zero as 180 degree, "flow
	// through the node"
	bool m_align;           //try to achieve an alignment in hierarchy levels
	// A maximum number of bends per edge can be specified in
	// m_startBoundBendsPerEdge. If the algorithm is not successful in
	// producing a bend minimal representation subject to
	// startBoundBendsPerEdge, it successively enhances the bound by
	// one trying to compute an orthogonal representation.
	//
	// Using m_startBoundBendsPerEdge may not produce a bend minimal
	// representation in general.
	int m_startBoundBendsPerEdge;	//!< bound on the number of bends per edge for flow
									//!< if == 0, no bound is used

	//set angle boundary
	//warning: sets upper AND lower bounds, therefore may interfere with existing bounds
	void setAngleBound(
		edge netArc,
		int angle,
		EdgeArray<int>& lowB,
		EdgeArray<int>& upB,
		EdgeArray<edge>& aTwin,
		bool maxBound = true)
	{
		//vorlaeufig
		OGDF_ASSERT(!m_traditional);
		if (m_traditional)
		{
			switch (angle)
			{
				case 0:
				case 90:
				case 180:
						break;
				OGDF_NODEFAULT
			}//switch
		}//trad
		else
		{
			switch (angle)
			{
				case 0: if (maxBound)
						{
							upB[netArc] = lowB[netArc] = 2;
							edge e2 = aTwin[netArc];
							if (e2)
							{
								upB[e2] = lowB[e2] = 0;
							}
						}
						else
						{
							upB[netArc] = 2; lowB[netArc] = 0;
							edge e2 = aTwin[netArc];
							if (e2)
							{
								upB[e2] = 2;
								lowB[e2] = 0;
							}

						}
						break;
				case 90:
						if (maxBound)
						{
							lowB[netArc] = 1;
							upB[netArc] = 2;
							edge e2 = aTwin[netArc];
							if (e2)
							{
								upB[e2] = lowB[e2] = 0;
							}
						}
						else
						{
							upB[netArc] = 1;
							lowB[netArc] = 0;
							edge e2 = aTwin[netArc];
							if (e2)
							{
								upB[e2] = 2;
								lowB[e2] = 0;
							}

						}
						break;
				case 180:
						if (maxBound)
						{
							lowB[netArc] = 0;
							upB[netArc] = 2;
							edge e2 = aTwin[netArc];
							if (e2)
							{
								upB[e2] = lowB[e2] = 0;
							}
						}
						else
						{
							upB[netArc] = 0;
							lowB[netArc] = 0;
							edge e2 = aTwin[netArc];
							if (e2)
							{
								upB[e2] = 2;
								lowB[e2] = 0;
							}

						}
						break;
				OGDF_NODEFAULT // wrong bound
			}//switch
		}//progressive

	}//setAngle
};

} // end namespace ogdf

#endif

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The Dothan, Ala.-based highway contractor, which specializes in repaving and other maintenance projects across the Southeast, recently wrapped up a $51-million deal for The Scruggs Co., a civil infrastructure contractor in southern Georgia. Its holdings included three hot mix asphalt plans, three aggregate mines and one industrial plant.
Construction Partners is particularly interested in buying out smaller, family-held firms whose owners are looking to retire.
For Construction Partners, the Scruggs deal marked the company's 16th acquisition since it was founded in 2001, notes Charles Owens, the company's president and chief executive officer. Five are considered platform acquisitions and the rest are bolt-ons.
Nor is Scruggs likely to be the last. Construction Partners is particularly interested in buying out smaller, family-held firms whose owners are looking to retire, Owens notes.
The company now has a payroll of 2,150, nearly double its headcount from 2010, when it stood at 1,150. Construction Partners (NASDAQ: ROAD) reported revenue of $464.3 million through nine months ending June 30th, up from $380.5 million during the comparable nine month period ending June 30th, 2017, according to SEC filings. Net income during the same period was $35.6 million in 2018 compared to $13.7 million in 2017.
"We see a lot of opportunity, a lot of family-owned businesses out there," Owens said. "There are still a lot of families looking to exit their businesses and we have been fortunate enough to be able to help them meet their goals."
An increase in state spending on highway maintenance has also helped keep Construction Partners busy with new projects. Some states have increased fees and taxes to pay for highway work, including South Carolina and Tennessee.
The company's backlog of work increased to $609 million at the end of June, up from just under $564 million at the end of March.
"We have seen a significant increase in our backlog over the last 12 months," said Alan Palmer, Construction Partners' chief financial officer, who called the company's pipeline of projects "robust."
"Much of it is due," he said, "to revenue increases in the states we are operating in, with tax increase and other fees that go into the highway trust fund."
But don't look for Construction Partners to be chasing any mega projects anytime soon.
While the company occasionally may be drawn into a bigger undertaking as a subcontractor, Construction Partners' strategy is to focus on smaller road projects, such as repaving, with quick turnaround times.
The largest project on the company's books right now is a $58-million job in Georgia, followed by a $56-million contract for work on I-95 in North Carolina.
"We have seen historically that these are projects that are bid in good time and in harder times," Palmer said. The DOTs (state departments of transportation) are very focused on managing existing roads, year in and year out."
KEYWORDS: Construction Partners Initial public offerings The Scruggs Company
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Chew, J.H. Management factors in planning concurrent credit, distance learning courses for special populations' students . Ph.D. thesis, The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved April 26, 2019 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/128825/.


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Sales Ad Saturday- Walter P. Chrysler resigns from Buick
An early Chrysler ad from the archives for this week's 'Sales Ad Saturday'. This week in 1920, Walter P. Chrysler, President of Buick, resigned from General Motors. His resignation represents a pivotal moment in automotive history and the eventual establishment of the Big Three. Chrysler was hired by GM President Charles Nash in 1911 to oversee Buick's engineering and production. Coming from a railroad background but looking to break out into the emerging automotive sector, C
Sales Ad Saturday- Studebaker files for Bankruptcy
Another ad from the archives for this week's 'Sales Ad Saturday'. This week in 1933, Studebaker filed for bankruptcy. The early 1930s was a dark time for Studebaker. The company had evolved in many ways since its founding as a carriage maker in 1852. After securing many wartime contracts, particularly for the British during WWI, the company enjoyed much success through the roaring '20s. Since 1915, the company had been led by Albert Erskine, who oversaw the transition to auto
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The battle against being educated
Merv Lebor 2 Nov 2018
I have been publicly exploring the issue of disruption, violence and students' challenging behaviour in post-school classrooms since 2000 (Lebor, 2000). Susan Wallace has also carried out considerable research into disruptive student behaviour (2002), and has recently offered a great deal of useful advice (2017), while Dave Vizard has produced a series of strategies for dealing with disruptive behaviour in post-school classrooms (2009, 2012). However, there is an assumption that these issues do not arise in post-school contexts. because the students are so much older and most writers focus on this issue within schools (Ellis & Tod, 2014). College is supposedly a more adult environment in which, it is assumed, negative behaviour will not take place.
I argue that there are many differences between the two sectors. As schools are on a single site, school head-teachers can offer whole institutional policies on expected behaviour delivered to all students at one assembly of several hundred students. Colleges, on the other hand, can have 20,000 students taught in different towns. Secondary school students usually stay for five years, allowing more time to build relationships. College students, however, could be there for a year, month, week or single day (Lebor, 2017, pp. 37–40).
'The problem of disruptive classroom events is underreported in colleges: it is one that continues from school, but operates with fewer restrictions in the more relaxed environment of lifelong learning.'
It is difficult to quantify the number of disruptive classroom events in the UK, as the information is not made publicly available: students will not attend colleges that have a reputation for disruption (Lebor, 2017). Ofsted generally says that the problem is one of small-scale disruptions, such as talking in class (Ofsted, 2014). However, Bennett (2017) argues that Ofsted are not accurately reporting the extent of the problem in the school sector. I agree, and think that the problem is also prevalent in colleges (Lebor, 2017): it has merely continued from school, but operates with fewer restrictions in the more relaxed environment of lifelong learning.
Parry and Taubman (2013) have researched examples in colleges of violence against staff, between students, digital bullying and attacks on property. It is often suggested that disruption is resolvable through teachers producing engaging lessons (Petty, 2014). While this might be generally true, engaging sessions can only be taught if the teacher has the convenience of a relatively compliant class.
In my research I used a range of different qualitative methods such as interviews, surveys and focus groups to enquire into the experiences and views of teachers, managers, 'disruptive students', teacher educators and trainees. I interrogated 20 education departments at different colleges, and 90 per cent of a sample of teacher educators said they did not believe there should be a mandatory module on behaviour management on teachers' training courses in the post-school sector. However, 90 per cent of a sample of 200 trainees at those colleges said that because of their difficult experiences, there should definitely be a mandatory module devoted to dealing with disruptive students. Stakeholders, such as managers, also reported on the prevalence of student disruptive behaviour.
In my book (Lebor, 2017) I offer the outline of a potential module for supporting teachers in developing strategies for dealing with disruptive students. I use the phrase 'the battle against being educated' in the book's title to mean that students are being offered the gift of education, but some are almost fighting not to receive it.
I argue that by exposing trainees to numerous case studies on difficult classes, and getting trainees to support one another in training sessions, they can develop supportive relationships that can be used as a model for their later careers in staff rooms. Above all, my book offers further exploration of these strategies for developing greater emotional and psychological flexibility in our future teachers (Lebor, 2017).
Bennett, T. (2017). Creating a culture: How school leaders can optimise behaviour, London: Department for Education. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/602487/Tom_Bennett_Independent_Review_of_Behaviour_in_Schools.pdf
Ellis, S., Tod, J. (2014). Promoting Behaviour for Learning in the Classroom: Effective Strategies, Personal Style and Professionalism. London: Routledge.
Lebor, M. (2000, February 8). One strike and you're out. Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/education/2000/feb/08/furthereducation.theguardian1
Lebor, M. (2017). Classroom management in the post-school sector: Student and teacher perspectives on the battle against being educated behaviour. London: Macmillan.
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills [Ofsted] (2014) Below the radar: Low level disruption in classrooms. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/below-the-radar-low-level-disruption-in-the-countrys-classrooms
Parry, D. and Taubman, D. (2013). UCU Whole College Behaviour Management: Final Report. Retrieved from University and College Union website: https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/5693/UCU-whole-college-behaviour-policy-project-report/pdf/UCU_Whole_College_Behaviour_Management_Final_Report_June_2013.pdf
Petty, G. (2014). Teaching Today: A Practical Guide (fifth edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Vizard, D. (2009). Meeting the needs of disaffected students, London: Network Continuum.
Vizard, D. (2012). How to Manage Behaviour in Further Education, London: SAGE.
Wallace, S. (2002). Managing behaviour and motivating students in Further Education. Exeter: Learning Matters.
Wallace, S. (2017). Behaviour Management: Getting it right in a week. St. Albans: Critical Publishing.
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Kapil Mishra tenders unconditional apology to Satyendra Jain for defamatory statements
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kapil Mishra on Thursday tendered an unconditional apology to Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain for making defamatory statements against him.After Mishra and Jain settled the matter, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja disposed of the matter.
"It is submitted by the accused that he is ready to make the statement before the court tendering unconditional apology. Complainant also submitted that in case the accused gives his statement before the court, he shall withdraw the present complaint," the court said.
"Separate statements of the accused, as well as the complainant, recorded. In view of the statement given by the complainant, the present complaint stands disposed of as withdrawn," the court added.
In his statement, Mishra said that his complaints were politically motivated and would never be repeated again.
"l am the accused in the present case. I state that the statements made by me tender my unconditional against the complainant were politically motivated and wrong and the same will never be repeated," Mishra stated, undertaking to publish the statement on his official social media handles.
Jain was represented by advocates Gautam Dhamija and Vaibhav Yadav. Mishra was represented by lawyer Ashwani Kumar Dubey.
The Delhi Health Minister had alleged that Mishra in 2017 made a blatantly false, misleading, baseless, and defamatory statement to the media, claiming that he had handed over Rs 2 crore to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence.
He said these statements were repeatedly telecast and printed by the national media across all platforms – electronic, print, and social – which caused immense damage to him and his family.
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Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology Extended through September 5 at The Met
Exhibition Dates:
May 5–September 5, 2016 (extended from August 14)
Exhibition Location:
The Met Fifth Avenue, Robert Lehman Wing
(New York, July 7, 2016)—Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology at The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been extended by three weeks through Labor Day, Monday, September 5. The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, opened to the public on May 5, and has drawn more than 350,000 visitors in its first nine weeks.
"With the transformation of the Robert Lehman Wing into a breathtaking cathedral to couture, we want to give as many people as possible the chance to experience this exhibition," said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Met. "The show invites visitors to explore the artistry of over 170 haute couture and ready-to-wear ensembles. It is a wonderful way to discover the magic behind the making of fashion."
To date, the exhibition's attendance is just behind China: Through the Looking Glass (2015) andAlexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (2011), the Met's fifth and eighth most popular exhibitions respectively, both of which were also extended. All three were curated by Andrew Bolton, now Curator in Change of The Costume Institute. China: Through the Looking Glass attracted 815,992 visitors in total, and Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty drew 661,509.
Though the gallery space is slightly smaller than the China exhibition's footprint, Manus x Machinahas 30 more ensembles, and visitors from around the world have viewed it without waiting in line.
Museum Members will have early-morning private access to the galleries on Friday, July 15, and Saturday, July 16, from 9 to 10 am before the Museum opens to the public.
On July 22, MetFridays: Extreme Measures (5–9 pm) will include a number of related activities, including a special Drop-in Drawing session featuring live models wearing clothing inspired by the exhibition, a wearable art-making program on creating extreme hair accessories, and a participatory nail art workshop.
Originally scheduled to close on August 14, the exhibition explores how designers reconcile the handmade and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear. It addresses the distinction between the hand (manus) and the machine (machina) as discordant tools in the creative process, and questions the changing delineation between the haute couture and ready-to-wear. The exhibition is made possible by Apple. Additional support is provided by Condé Nast.
The exhibition is featured on the Museum's website, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter using #ManusxMachina
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Q: Google Protobuf-c repeated strings My Google protobuf-c proto file looks like this:
message foo{
  required uint32 addresscount= 1;
  repeated string destination_hops= 2;
}

I want an array of strings and addresscount is supposed to give the count of array elements.
The generated protobuf-h file is
struct  _foo
   {
   ProtobufCMessage base;
   uint32_t addresscount;
   size_t n_destination_hops;
   char **destination_hops;
   };

I assume that n_destination_hops is the number of times the string destination_hops appears in the message. I had kept addresscount for that purpose and i guess thats not required. My question is this:
char **destination_hops is a pointer to an array of char * pointers. Each index can be of different length. How will protobuf know the size of each char * pointer when it has packed this into a stream. Does protobuf assume that all destination_hops would be of the same size and is that given by size_t n_destination_hops?
DOUBT 2:
char ** destination_hops is an array of char * pointers.
This means i can look at it as char *destination_hops[0], char *destination_hops[1], etc
If this is correct then shouldn't i be able to set char *destination_hops[0] = "abc".
When i do that i get a segmentation fault.
Any idea why?

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I assume that n_destination_hops is the number of times the string destination_hops appears in the message.

Yep.

I had kept addresscount for that purpose and i guess thats not required.

Right.

char **destination_hops is a pointer to an array of char * pointers. Each index can be of different length. How will protobuf know the size of each char * pointer when it has packed this into a stream.

In the wire representation of the string, it is preceded by the string's length, coded as a packed integer. In memory, they are just ordinary zero-terminated C strings, so:

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*NUL is not a valid character in the string

*the length can be computed with strlen
Protobuf requires that the value of a string be a sequence of UTF-8 encoded characters. If you want to include NUL or bytes which are not part of a valid UTF-8 sequence, use bytes instead of string. If you do that, the in-memory datastructure will include an explicit length.

Shouldn't i be able to set char *destination_hops[0] = "abc"

I suppose you mean that you should be able to write:
destination_hops[0] = "abc";

That's valid C, but it requires that destination_hops have at least one element. A newly initialized foo will have n_destination_hops = 0; and destination_hops = NULL;, in which case trying to access destination_hops[0] will try to dereference NULL, which is a segfault. (Or UB, if you prefer.9

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Songs I Turned Up: Rock & Roll, The Velvet Underground
Posted on April 6, 2011 by Mike Elias
Songs I Turned Up
Artist: Velvet Underground
LP: Loaded
Title: Rock & Roll
Label: Cotillion
Date heard: Tuesday, April 5th, 2011, around 10:00 am.
The song was introduced by Steven Van Zandt amongst a handful of failed predictions; man would never travel by flight, automobiles would never exceed four million in yearly production, and according to a survey from years gone by, it was concluded that people no longer wanted to listen to rock and roll.
I had my own "rock is dead" moment the other night, working the Black Joe Lewis show, carding people and realizing that seventy-five percent of the audience was somewhere in the thirty-five-to-fifty-five age bracket. Don't kids these days know that rock and roll can save their lives?
I thought about the Who's "Long Live Rock" while driving home that evening, thinking about the celebration of rock and roll, like the Raspberries, "Overnight Sensation," and the Byrds' "So You Want To Be A Rock N' Roll Star" as well as Patti Smith's version. The following morning the Velvet Underground's "Rock & Roll" played on the radio and I turned it up to ten.
I listened to its simplicity; its inverted 1-4-5 progression and the discovery of hearing rock and roll on the radio. It is simplicity that rock turns to when it re-invents itself; sixties garage, seventies punk, the borrowed beats of rap and hip-hop, the power chords of grunge, and a return to the low-fi aesthetics of the Velvet Underground's third album.
The Velvets had a short-varied history. Their first LP the Velvet Underground & Nico, was shrouded in the 1960s NYC art scene, White Light/White Heat was an artistically successful experiment in organized noise while the self-titled third album was decidedly quiet. MGM / Verve dropped the band after little commercial success.
Loaded, their final studio album (not counting Doug Yule's Squeeze) was released on Atlantic's Cotillion subsidiary, with the title being a reference to it being loaded with hits. Lou Reed would leave the band in August of 1970 with the LP being released in the November of the same year. The "hits" were "Sweet Jane," "Who Loves The Sun" and "Rock & Roll." None of the songs charted in the Billboard Hot 100.
There's a bit of irony in that. The fact that "Rock & Roll" is one of the greatest self-celebrating rock songs and was never a hit. But that's also the beauty of it. When Lou Reed sings of Jenny (or Ginny) hearing rock and roll on the radio and it saving her life, he's speaking to the outsiders that find rock as a refuge. In four minutes and forty-seven seconds Reed encapsulates the celebratory experience of separation and identity. He sings of the generation gap and the the difference in ideals. And as we age, some of us still carry that torch. We still have that need for separation and identity.
"And baby it was all right,
And it was all right,
Hey it was all right,
It was all right."
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This is a ground breaking even explosive interview in terms of content. This interview was filmed on location in Avebury, England and during the 1st International Bases Conference. This is a very insightful look at the man and his relationships with ET/alien races and the larger picture of what's going on here on Planet Earth. We cover ascension and how that factors in to the game being played by the Praying Mantis or Mantid race and Reptilian races and humans in power. Also discussed is the relationship of Exopolitics to earth politics and a planned EMP attack on the United States to be attempted by those in power sometime before 2016.
Simon covers the role that "Majick" plays in the upper echelons of power both on the ET and human sides as well as more pragmatic subjects such as the downing of Flight MH 17 — apparently a "dirty bomb" containing biowarfare aimed at a Russian city… The role of the Mossad and the true ET race behind the scenes in Israel.
This interview is a must-see for anyone seeking to understand what is really going on here on Planet Earth.
so, in other words, all of the different et groups working with the numerous/various branches of governments worldwide, per their specialty, are themselves involved with keeping humanity enslaved and in the dark. so where does the "non-interference" policy come into play with all parties involved?
Exactly … we have all been duped … and manipulated … and it's ongoing. Until WE the people say no more and stand together … they will start to split up the Earth into manageable sized chunks between all the different mafia (vampire) dragon factions.
in my opinion, NO off-world group should have a say so re anything on this planet unless 'we the people' real humans on this planet collectively say so. this is OUR planet; not theirs. and this has been emphasized by tanaath/sunfire who said NOT to believe such lies being generated by various off-world et groups otherwise.
"We hide among the deep regions, the untouched forests, the Rolling mountains. This is our home. We feel at peace and comforted by living in Nature. We have not rejected Nature as the Hairless humans have, but have instead gone deeper in.
In the beginning, we were placed here by the Star Nations, just as you have.
WE ARE YOUR ORIGINAL ANCESTORS. We are your old brothers. In the last age, we offered you shelter and truth, yet you denied it. That was the age of Atlantis. From that time, this cycle was opened. Now, after many ages, you are being given the shelter and truth. A NEW CYCLE is upon us, the entire world and universe.
"I don't think you need me to tell you Ukraine is a Cabal operation with multiple objectives, some obvious and some not so obvious. You've already figured that out really well. People have already figured out that the snipers were Blackwater/ Academi mercenaries, that the protests were funded by the Cabal (masquerading as the USA), that there's a pyramid in Crimea, and that Russia has not actually invaded Crimea and the worldwide news is distinctly partisan to whatever the Cabal wants us to believe – which is usually opposite of the actual truth.
Clarification on the situation in Ukraine: I don't believe Putin is a good guy in this. Putin's interests are for Russia, not for the world, and he has definitely done his share of dirty deeds. However, the Ukrainian colour revolution was co-opted and funded by the Cabal, directly. What might have started as a movement of the people has become a triumph of Cabal-backed nazis. Yes, nazis. Please remember, if you have a revolution and the Cabal helps you, you didn't win. The Cabal won.
i like parkes, but i think on some level (subtle/deep level) he's dangerous for the true humans on this planet by relating, with a graceful smile, that the et groups he works with are friendlies: he relates his experiences according to what he's been given to see/experience.
TRUE … It's like a soft disclosure … to get us to like the Et's … as if it's alright to sell out humans … parkes doesn't seem too upset of the human carnage caused by interference from these cold blooded off worlders.
i fully agree…he sounds like he's chalking all the deaths up to what's inevitable of an 'experiment'. i say all the off-world groups have to go except those who can prove to the human collective here that they are unconditionally helping us; and even then it ultimately will be us who decide. but we have to get rid of all the negatives first. thanks for this post. truly interesting.


the much sought-after trading plan is now available in Edgewonk.
When you have identified a potential trade setup, but the final trigger hasn't occurred yet, you can now enter your planned trades in the Trade Plans tab in Edgewonk.
This is a way to stay organized and also reduce the time it takes to enter the final trade in Edgewonk because you can, with one click, move a planned trade to the actual journal or the missed trades area.
Step 1: Go to the new "Trade Plans" tab and click on the button "Add New Trade Plan". A new popup will open where you can enter the trade details and also assign a screenshot.
Step 2: Right-click on a planned trade and you can choose between moving it to the journal or to the missed trades area in Edgewonk.
If you are using one of our platform imports, we recommend not moving the planned trades. In the future, we will introduce new features here.
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Tipp: Utilize the Trade Entry comments to track whether the trade was in the trading plan or not. If, for example, you only want to make sure you take trades that have been planned in advance, set up the comments "Trade in trade plan" and "Trade not in trade plan".
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The Knights of Columbus' monthly PANCAKE BREAKFAST resumes on Sunday, September 4th after the 8:30 am & 10:30 am Masses inside the Parish Hall. All are welcome! Come enjoy a hearty breakfast and help the Knights of Columbus in their fundraising efforts.


Scotland's 19 higher education institutions, the length and breadth of Scotland, large and specialist, are committed to widening access.
Today's statement from the Minister reiterated a lot of the good work our members are undertaking with record numbers of people from deprived backgrounds attending university. We agree there are no silver bullets or short cuts to achieving widening access. It will take hard work across the whole of education to achieve equality in attainment, and sustained effort by universities to make student recruitment as fair as possible and to enable learners from every background to succeed. Universities have a detailed and ambitious plan for our contribution.
Scotland faces a good opportunity to retain, for Scottish students, the existing university places which are currently filled on merit by students from the EU, if demand from EU students drops following Britain's exit from the EU. That option has the support of universities and of the Fair Access Commissioner. There are no shortcuts to our shared goals on access but there is a real opportunity to reach the ambitious widening access targets for 2030 without reducing opportunities for other well-qualified learners.


This statement sets out the steps Childbase Partnership Limited takes to assess and address the risks of violations of anti-human trafficking and anti-modern slavery laws.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement. This statement sets out the steps Childbase Partnership Limited takes to assess and address the risks of violations of anti-human trafficking and anti-modern slavery laws. We have a zero tolerance approach to modern day slavery and human trafficking both within our business and in our supply chains.
The Managing Director has responsibility for overseeing the effective implementation of our anti-slavery and human trafficking policy and for the annual preparation of the anti-slavery and human trafficking statement. The Managing Director will report annually to the Board regarding any slavery and human trafficking issues. To date no issues have been raised.
All employees are recruited in line with our safer recruitment policy which entails robust pre-employment checks on right to work, verification of employment history, DBS checks and overseas police checks/certificates of good conduct.
Policies in place which cover whistleblowing. Our Whistleblowing Policy supports our staff to confidentially report any genuine concerns relating to modern day slavery, human trafficking or human rights violations and give assurance that these concerns will be dealt with appropriately.
All employees receive thorough training around whistleblowing – this training is heavily focussed around safeguarding children in our care. This culture creates an environment which empowers employees to raise other concerns using appropriate and defined channels.
In 2018 we will be introducing company-wide compulsory training on our online training portal for all employees to increase their awareness of modern day slavery.
We are committed to improving our practices to enable us to identify and eradicate any modern slavery or human trafficking within our supply chains.
We have mapped the company's supply chains, identifying potential areas of risk for modern slavery. This review helps us to focus our attention on the highest risk areas identified to ensure that our obligations under the Act continue to be met. We also seek reassurance about our supplier's compliance with the legislation.
There have been no reported incidents of modern slavery or human trafficking to date. If any concerns are raised then Childbase Partnership would carry out a full investigation and appropriate action taken in line with our company policies.
As part of our ongoing review of the company's risk assessment, we monitor our procurement process and will be introducing specific measures to ensure that our obligations under the Act are passed through our supply chain.
This statement was approved by Childbase's Board of Directors on 12th November 2018 for the company financial year which concluded on 31st October 2018.


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I'm not really sure if it's the right forum to post this, but I really need any help I can find.
I am a graduate student in linguistics and I am currently studying different varieties of English, including Singapore English. To advance in my research, I need to ask the speakers of an English language variety whether some sentences containing language phenomena that I study sound OK to them. There is no possible way for me to conduct this experiment in person, which is why I have created an online survey.
I would be immensely grateful to everyone who decides to help me and complete my questionnaire. There are 16 questions in which you will be asked to either rate a sentence on a certain scale (the scale is explained in the survey itself) or write down your own sentence.
Answering all the questions will take at most 20 minutes. Don't think about the questions too long, answer them based on your intuitions.
I don't have enough posts to include the link to the survey, so please if you're interested send me a message on facebook at /artem.goylo or send me your email via a private message and I will send you the link.
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To fulfill the requirements of the course, a homework assignment must be solved and submitted.
During the homework, a system specified by free text should be described with a formal model, on which you will have to check the given requirements with model checking.
The system described in the assignment must be modeled with (timed) automata in the UPPAAL tool.
The given requirements must be formalized with temporal logic formulas and checked with the verification module of UPPAAL.
The goal is to gain experience in formal modeling and verification. The formal model may be created in several different (valid) ways, but we require the model to conform to the informal specification provided in the assignment.
The scenario of completing the homework assignment is the following.
Create the formal model of the informally specified system in UPPAAL.
Briefly document the structure of the model, the considered alternatives (if any) and the nontrivial constructs that you used.
Explain and justify the modeling decisions you made (if any).
If necessary, refine the informal specification (to account for underspecified parts).
Formalize the informal requirements provided in the homework assignments with the temporal expressions of UPPAAL.
Check on the model the satisfaction of the requirements with the verification module of UPPAAL using the formalized expressions.
Document the results of the verification.
If the verification of a requirement failed (i.e. it is not satisfied by the model), interpret the counterexample to find out what went wrong and fix the model if possible (unless asked otherwise by the assignment).
During the design of the formal model, it is recommended to proceed with step-by-step refinement, documenting each step.
The homework assignment is an independent work. Since only a limited number of tasks are assigned, there will be multiple students working on the same task. During modeling, you may discuss the assignment with the others, but we ask you to primarily work on your own. The documentation should be prepared individually, without any discussion with the others! This is how you demonstrate that - even if you received help before - you have understood and learned the basics of formal modeling. Therefore, copied or excessively resembling documentations will not be accepted!
The model checking task should be done with the UPPAAL tool developed by the Information Technology Department of the Uppsala University and the Computer Science Department of the Aalborg University. UPPAAL provides an integrated environment for the modeling and analysis of distributed systems with the help of timed automata networks. Checking the correctness of the behavior (the verification of the model) is supported with a restricted form of computation-tree logic (CTL). Models in UPPAAL can be built using an extended set of data types (bounded integers, arrays, etc.) and simple functions.
The user interface of UPPAAL is written in the Java language. This means that the Java runtime environment is necessary to run the tool (e.g. J2SE Java Runtime Environment).
The current version of UPPAAL can be downloaded after registration from the UPPAAL webpage. Educational usage is free of charge.
We have experienced problems with the registration and downloading when using Internet Explorer 9. In this case, a different browser will usually solve the problem.
If the installed official version has errors, trying the development version or occasionally running the tool from the IP domain of BME (to refresh the license file) may solve the problem.
Furthermore, it is recommended to study the sample models provided with the tool and the Help menu.
Assignment of tasks to students: After signing in as described on the page "Submitting homework and lab assignments", each student will find her/his homework assignment.
Those who requested us to accept their previously defended submissions (and we have accepted the request) do not have to submit a new task.
On the 9th or 10th week of the semester (before the submission deadline) we offer an opportunity to ask questions about the tasks from the assigned supervisors.
Attending the consultation is not mandatory, but we kindly ask you to use only this opportunity to contact your supervisor in case you have questions. If you cannot attend the consultation due to a collision with your timetable, please notify your supervisor in e-mail to find a suitable time.
The time and place of consultation are found in the table below.
Detailed documentation of the solution (textual description with figures) in accordance with the scenario above.
The documentation should contain the description of the model and its verification, the results and the explanation and justification of the design decisions. The document should be in PDF format.
Source files of the UPPAL model and the queries.
All these artifacts should be submitted in a single ZIP archive.
Task title (not the ID only!).
The solutions must be submitted electronically. After signing in as described on the page "Submitting homework and lab assignments", each student can upload her/his homework.
Submission deadline: 27. 04. 2019. (Saturday), 23:59:00. The web form will register the date of submission.
After the submission deadline, we accept delayed submissions only (see below for details).
After submitting the homework assignment, the solution has to be presented to the supervisor in person (defence). The purpose of the defence is to make sure the student completed the assignment on their own, using only permitted sources of help. During the defence, short questions will be asked about the modeling task and the submitted documentation. The rating of the submission will be finalized during the defence.
Due to the individual presentations, we expect students to apply for time slots in order to reduce the waiting time. The schedule of the defence and the application forms will be available in the table below.
We kindly ask you to apply for a single slot only.
In case of a delayed submission, the defence will also occur later in the repetition period, so in this case, students should apply there. Those who cannot attend the defence should also apply for the delayed defence.
Students must attend the defence in person. Failing to do so invalidates the submission! If attending the selected time slot has serious obstacles, contact your supervisor to schedule a new appointment!
After the submission deadline, we accept delayed submissions only. The delayed submission has a 20% penalty in score (one grade less). If you completely fail to submit a solution, you will fail the course!
Delayed submissions should be submitted in the same way as in case of normal submissions (see above).
Delayed submission deadline: 22. 05. 2019. (Wednesday), 23:59:00.
The artifacts to submit are the same as in case of normal submissions (documentation, models, results). The defence is still part of the homework, which will take place in the repetition period.
Time of defence for delayed submissions: The time and place of defence for delayed submissions will be found in the table above.
At the same time, normally submitted but potentially delayed defences may be held.
The grading of the submissions will be finalized during the defence.


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Teen cancer survivor stuns Simon Cowell on 'America's Got Talent'
"I think you're really special."
By Chloe Bryan on June 22, 2016
It takes something special to impress Simon Cowell, but whatever it is, 16-year-old Calysta Bevier has it in spades.
The singer wowed the judges on America's Got Talent with her gorgeous rendition of Rachel Platten's "Fight Song," and her astounding story — Bevier is a survivor of Stage 3 ovarian cancer — made the audition even more heartwarming.
"I just had this feeling when you walked out — I can't explain it," Cowell said after the performance. "Just your spirit, the choice of song, your voice. I think you're really special. I've just got this really incredible feeling about you, I really do."
And it looks like Platten loved it too.
Chloe Bryan
Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.
Brett Goldstein tells a hilariously sweary story about how he met Harrison Ford
At least it worked out in the end.
'You,' 'Outer Banks,' and more!
Can you power a village with a tiny stream?
The turbines are designed to be easily maintained in regions of the world where generating energy is difficult.
By Jules Suzdaltsev
A look into the future of AI at MIT's robotics laboratory
What does the future hold for robotics and AI?
By Emmett Smith


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Oval NASCAR NASCAR Truck Series Ben Rhodes vs Austin Cindric – Phoenix Raceway
Ben Rhodes vs Austin Cindric – Phoenix Raceway
Ben Rhodes and Austin Cindric crash at Phoenix Raceway – Two championship contenders battling for the final ticket
These two were racing hard all night at Phoenix Raceway. With 30 laps remaining in the race, 3 spots in the Championship 4 were clinched. 1 spot was available.
A caution came out with 30 laps to go. Austin Cindric and Ben Rhodes decided to pit. They were 4th and 5th in the championship points at this point. A championship berth is on the line.
They restarted nose to tail on the inside line with under 25 to go. Cindric had a run on the inside. He took it, making it 3 wide. Cindric had a nose on him, but that's all he had. Rhodes drifted left to throw a block. But, it was too late.
Watch the Austin Cindric vs Ben Rhodes crash video below.
Ben Rhodes and Austin Cindric crash at Phoenix International Raceway (Photo: NASCAR)
They crashed well before the corner. Though, 3 wide into turn 1 wasn't going to go well into turn 1 either. Cindric was going to have a very narrow entry. It was a bold move to try and do that. But, a championship race was on the line.
Ben Rhodes – NASCAR Truck Series crash at Phoenix Raceway (Photo: NASCAR)
Ben Rhodes was hooked to the inside wall. Across the front bumper, he was junked. Rhodes then slid back up the banking and collected Matt Crafton.
Ben Rhodes and Matt Crafton – Phoenix Raceway crash (Photo: NASCAR)
Austin Cindric continue on. However, on the radio he said a few words after the incident. "That was his fault!"
"There's definitely a time and place to go 3 wide," Cindric told Fox Sports upon leaving the care center. "But, there was still a lot of racing to do. I could have done the same move to the guy in front of me. But chose not to do it because it wasn't the time."
"He put me in a bad place. I was tryin' to do everything I could to try and keep the spot but once we file into turn 1, we were all gunna wreck. So, I'm not sure that was the right move on his part. We were in front of him all day long. We were gunna be into the final 4."
"It looked like a desperation move to me because there's so much racing left to do. I guess if I was in his position, I can't blame him. But, it's defiantly not the move I would have liked to see this early in the race."
"The line in front of me started checking up. I could have done the same thing. But, you have to be smart on these restarts."
"Well, he didn't have the position on me at all. His nose was barely in there. He didn't back up. He would have never made the corner. Just driving over his head. I guess, I don't know."
"We'll go on to Homestead. I guess we'll still have 5th place to cheer about. Really unfortunate for my teammate. Sad that we tore up two good truck for ThorSport Racing. Just sad to see that stuff happen."
Austin Cindric and Ben Rhodes crash at Phoenix Raceway (Photo: NASCAR)
Matt Crafton
"Ah, just wrong place, wrong time," Matt Crafton told Fox Sports after leaving the infield care center.
"I told Ben, 'the #19 better not finish Homestead,' " Matt Crafton keeps it brief.
Austin Cindric
"Yeah, I got a restart. I knew that was my chance to put ourselves in a position to try and get by Ben Rhodes," Cindric tells Fox Sports after finishing 9th and transferring to the final 4.
He continued, "They'd run a great race, all race. They were doing what they need to do to beat us."
"I popped out to pass. Obviously, that's a really hard spot for the spotters to see coming head on. I understand that. But, like I said, that was kinda our only shot there."
"We're all on the inside because we made contact. He tried to defend. It wasn't intentional on either party. I hate the way it ended."
"But, hey it puts us in the Championship 4 and I'm really excited for my guys. This is the last race for BKR. Hopefully we can go and try to contend for a championship."
Related: Brad Keselowski Racing will close shop after Homestead
AVONDALE, AZ – NOVEMBER 10: Austin Cindric, driver of the #19 Draw-Tite/Reese Brands Ford, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway on November 10, 2017 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
Eddie Troconis
#27 Spotter
"We gave them the chance. They were behind our bumper and they took the cheap shot," Troconis told Fox Sports. "I mean if they want to go race to Homestead like that they're not gunna make it to lap 1. If this is the way they want to race."
"We raced them clean. We were better than them, all year long. We deserve to be at Homestead. I believe NASCAR should park them. They should penalize them.
Related: Phoenix Race Results – NASCAR Truck Series
Author: Shane Walters
Ben Rhodes vs Austin Cindric
Phoenix Raceway Crash
Austin Cindric | Ben Rhodes | Matt Crafton | Phoenix Raceway | NASCAR | Shane Walters
Phoenix Truck Results – November 10, 2017
NASCAR community comments on Cindric / Rhodes crash
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Cover Photo: Austin Cindric and Ben Rhodes crash at Phoenix Raceway (Photo: NASCAR)
Stewart Friesen set for Super Dirt Late Model debut
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Arab-American groups call Coke Super Bowl ad "racist"
by Sue Zeidler
http://www.legal-project.org/3858/arab-american-groups-call-coke-super-bowl-ad
(Reuters) - Arab-American groups have sharply criticized a Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad depicting an Arab walking through the desert with a camel, and one group said it would ask the beverage giant to change it before CBS airs the game on Sunday before an expected audience of more than 100 million U.S. viewers.


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Ron Paul Posts Truthful Cartoon, Twitter Has Self-Righteous Neurotic Fit
So what isn't true about this picture?
Michael Quinn Wed, Jul 4, 2018 | 410 words 6,243 Comments
This post first appeared on Russia Insider
Twitter had yet another melt down as Ron Paul appeared to promote a "Happy Merchant" meme while criticizing "Cultural Marxism".
In his now deleted Tweet, Ron Paul's Twitter added a Cultural Marxism image to a piece he wrote. Dr. Paul attributes the image as a mistake caused by staff.
Much more interesting than whether this was a mistake or not, and who did it, is: is the point the cartoon is trying to make true?
This is how the Twitteratti handle these discussions:
Dr. Paul later doubled down with his attack on "Cultural Marxism" with a statement on Facebook, not mentioning or apologizing for the original cartoon.
Read his words below, he is absolutely right, and a lot more people read those words than would normally have, thanks to the J-Left freak-out on Twitter.
Are you stunned by what has become of American culture?
Are you confused as to how every moral principle could be turned on its head so quickly?
Well, it's not an accident.
You've probably heard of "Cultural Marxism," but do you know what it means?
Marxists, after the tremendous failure of their *economic* ideas, decided to change their angle of attack. There was no way that people could be convinced that Socialism is economically superior to Capitalism.
Socialism produced tyranny and death in the hundreds of millions, while Capitalist nations were bursting with wealth.
So, Marxists shifted to targeting culture instead of the economy.
If Cultural Marxists could *destroy the culture* of Capitalist nations, *then* they would try to use the opportunity to change the governments and economies to their Socialist utopia.
If the people can't think straight, perhaps then Socialism could be shackled onto them.
Marxists just shifted their targets.
Their original argument of workers being *exploited* by capitalists, didn't sell. It's obviously not the case.
So Marxists just shifted their "exploitation" schtick to culture:
--- women exploited by men
--- gays exploited by heterosexuals
--- The old exploited by the young -- and vice-versa
--- This list goes on and on.
Anything that is true is to be twisted like a pretzel -- to the point where people can't tell what is true anymore.
How do you think they're doing?
Had enough yet?
Then don't be afraid to stand up for truth, and speak it!
Otherwise, history can most definitely repeat itself.
And the history of Socialism is as nasty and brutish as it gets. Nothing compares to it in terms of human suffering.
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