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Confronting Michael Jackson a Decade After His Death
Leaving Neverland is only the beginning of a debate about the King of Pop's legacy.
Sophie Gilbert
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The latest must-watch documentary will hit HBO this weekend. In this Masthead Weekly, the culture writer Sophie Gilbert tells us what to expect from Leaving Neverland. — Matt Peterson
What to Know: Leaving Neverland and the Difficult Path Ahead
By Sophie Gilbert
What we're watching: On Sunday, HBO airs the first half of the filmmaker Dan Reed's two-part documentary, Leaving Neverland. Playing out over four hours, the movie is a wrenching, thorough account of allegations against Michael Jackson, explored through the perspective of two men who say he sexually abused them when they were children. It debuted in January at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received overwhelmingly positive reviews and prompted a sparsely attended protest by some of Jackson's ardent fans. But the movie's wider release on HBO means that it's time for a larger reckoning with allegations that have surrounded Jackson since 1993, and that continue to circulate almost a decade after his death.
The synopsis: In interviews, both men—the choreographer Wade Robson and the former child actor James Safechuck—explain at length how they entered the strange and reclusive world of the King of Pop. Their stories are distressingly similar. First, they state, Jackson befriended their families and gained their trust, providing VIP concert tickets, first-class flights, and luxury accommodations on tour or at his various properties. Then he invited both boys for sleepovers in his bedroom, where they say he began sexually assaulting them. Pivotal to the alleged abuse, Robson and Safechuck both detail, was how Jackson played on their fandom, using his status as one of the world's most popular artists to manipulate them. "He's a creative genius, and that creative genius thinks you're special," Safechuck says at one point. "What's not to like?"
The review: The stories Robson and Safechuck share complicate the public perception of Jackson immeasurably. In their telling, Jackson was a habitual pedophile who used his money and his fame to gain access to young boys, whom he isolated from their families both physically and emotionally to facilitate his abuse. Both are extremely persuasive and sympathetic, communicating some of the layers of self-deception that they say made it hard for them to accept what had happened until recently. (Robson even testified in Jackson's defense in court when another boy, Gavin Arvizo, accused Jackson of sexual abuse in 2003.)
What we're asking: One of the big questions up for debate now isn't about Jackson himself, necessarily, but about his legacy—the impact of his music is so incalculable that it's hard to imagine the pop landscape without him. (Jackson's estate, which is well aware of the ongoing value of his brand, is suing HBO for $100 million. While the singer was alive, he denied all charges vehemently, and his family continues to dispute them, arguing that Robson and Safechuck are merely seeking a payout.)
But the cultural landscape of 2019 is very different from the decades during which Jackson was at the peak of his fame. The past 18 months have seen a cascade of allegations against men in the entertainment industry and beyond, although none of the accused have been quite at Jackson's level of renown. On Monday, the R&B singer R. Kelly appeared in a Chicago courtroom on charges of sexual abuse involving four people, three of whom were minors. Allegations have surrounded Kelly for decades, but only recently—following a series of exposés and a Lifetime series by the director dream hampton—have they started to stick, resulting in legal investigations and campaigns such as #MuteRKelly. Jackson is dead, and so the issue of what to do with these accusations mostly involves his music. Is it possible to still enjoy some of the most indelible pop songs in history, knowing what multiple people have alleged about the man who made them? Is it possible not to, given Jackson's extraordinary influence?
What's next: Reed's decision to focus exclusively on Jackson's two accusers and their families is a smart one, because it centers Leaving Neverland around the subject of surviving alleged trauma rather than on Jackson himself. But the movie is certain to spark a larger reengagement with the singer, and with debates that have been largely shelved since Jackson was acquitted of abusing Arvizo in 2005. (In a sign of how high profile the debate over Jackson has become, Oprah Winfrey is interviewing Safechuck and Robson after the second half of Leaving Neverland airs on Monday night.) How could so many fans—so many people—justify that an adult man seemed to have ongoing intimate relationships with young boys, constantly adding new favorites to his entourage? How could so many accept the fact (confirmed by Jackson himself) that he shared his bed with them? As with so many cultural works at the moment regarding figures such as Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and Monica Lewinsky, Leaving Neverland doesn't just detail one particular scandal. It indicts an environment in which alleged victims were almost always derided and the powerful were almost always untouchable. Not anymore.
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The U.S. will close its consulate general in Jerusalem next week, according to Axios. The facility had housed a dedicated diplomatic mission to the Palestinian Authority. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in October that the mission's operations would be folded into the main U.S. embassy to "improve the efficiency and effectiveness" of U.S. operations. The Palestinian Authority lambasted this characterization in a statement, arguing that the merger proves that the Trump administration is disinterested in working toward a two-state solution. U.S.-Palestinian relations have been frosty since December 2017, when the Trump administration fulfilled a long-standing congressional directive to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The PA spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that little will change after this merger "unless the American administration changes its position on Jerusalem and the [Palestinian] refugees."
On March 7, three weeks before national elections, Thailand's constitutional court will rule on whether to disband the political party that sought to nominate a former Thai princess for prime minister. The candidacy of the king's sister by the Thai Raksa Chart party briefly boosted the hopes of the allies of the exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but they were dashed when the monarch deemed her candidacy "extremely inappropriate." Now the court, whose members are appointed by the king, will decide whether the party's remaining 300 candidates should also be effectively blocked from participating in the election. Past bans on political parties have resulted in street violence. As Punchada Sirivunnabood, a Thai political scientist, told Bloomberg, "If parties linked to Thaksin keep being disbanded, the conflict will never end, and will intensify."
If you're a book lover with a lot of spare change, visit the country's largest collectibles auction house for its annual rare-books bonanza next week. Heritage Auction's crown jewels are first-edition volumes of The Federalist Papers in the original publisher's pale-green paper boards, estimated to start bidding at a cool $75,000. Literary buffs with different tastes and smaller wallets will also be able to pick from a pile of first-edition novels by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, George Orwell, and Mary Shelley. In fact, if HA's website is any indication, those smaller-ticket items will be popular: A bundle of the first three Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling has nine bids already, while The Federalist Papers have received only one bid so far. You can add yours by March 6.
Disney's $71 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox may be ready to close as soon as March 8, after regulators in Brazil recently approved the deal. Brazilian regulators signed off after the companies agreed to sell off Fox Sports and the channel's broadcasting rights to major programs such as the South American soccer competition Copa Libertadores. Brazil's concerns reflect those that exist stateside, where the Department of Justice had only agreed to the merger after Disney sold all of Fox's regional sports networks. The deal's international approval—with modest modifications—reflects the landscape for antitrust advocates: Earlier this week, an appeals court green-lit another blockbuster merger between AT&T and Time Warner.
"In the early days of the war the attention of newspaper readers was attracted by the stories of queer behavior on the part of men exposed to prolonged and violent bombardment. Men reported as being 'gibbering idiots' emerged from the battered Belgian forts, men with reduced intelligence wandered about in a dazed and dreamy state, men were partially or completely paralyzed, were blind or deaf or insensible to pain. It was immediately thought that these conditions were the result of violent concussions occurring in the vicinity, and the striking but misleading term of 'shell shock' came into being. The name was applied to all queer nervous and mental symptoms, and these patients suddenly acquired considerable notoriety. To be added to the group later were any nervous phenomena not definitely and obviously connected with peace-time neuroses, and all were thought to be satisfactorily explained by proximity to exploding shells." — Frederick W. Parsons, March 1919
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One Thing You Should Know: "Korea is, I think, the best example in post-world-war history of how easy it is to get into a war and how hard it is to get out," the historian Bruce Cumings told The Masthead this week. Taking the long view of President Trump's negotiations, it's little surprise that the hostile status quo is holding. [Read on.]
Where You Can Dive In: Do you seek meaning in work? If so, you may be a "workist," a term Derek Thompson coins in his latest Atlantic piece. Derek is discussing workism with members in the forums. [Join in.]
What's Coming: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was facing a difficult reelection campaign until very recently. But the new hostilities between his country and Pakistan set him back on familiar political territory. On Monday, the Indian journalist Hartosh Singh Bal will put the political moment in context for us.
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Ever find yourself longing for a perfect world?
Or occasionally a photograph will stop me in my tracks—because the scene it captures seems so cozy, so warm, so peaceful.
Or maybe you, like me, occasionally reminisce about days gone by: those seemingly carefree, golden days of childhood. My parents did a brilliant job of raising my sisters and me in a warm, loving environment, and sometimes I wish I could go back and experience those days again. How sweet it would be to relive them!
I've read that one thing humans can do that animals cannot is imagine. We imagine what a perfect world would look like. We recall and imagine those innocent days of childhood. We imagine a life free of anxiety and pain.
But sooner or later, reality confronts us. We realize all is not well. We realize perfection remains frustratingly elusive.
In fact, writers on this blog have shared their own stories, their own painful encounters with the sin and brokenness of this world.
Becky's account of what happened on the corner of Lawrence and Winthrop.
My own questions and doubts.
Sheba's firsthand encounters with cancer and death.
Merin's heartbreaking account of sexual abuse.
The point is, you don't have to look very far before the world's attractive veneer begins to crack. The nice, simplified worldview we grow up with soon gives way to a harsher, more complex reality. So it's natural to feel disappointed. To long for something more. To wish this life weren't so full of heartache and regrets.
Essentially, the Bible writers acknowledged that the world is dark now, but they also knew that God's light was shining.
But, in the meantime, here we are.
It's dark in this world, but not pitch-black.
And the beautiful light of Christ continues to shine brightly.


Sarcoidosis is a chronic disease of unknown cause which affects mainly the lungs, liver, lymph glands and salivary glands. Small nodules or granulomas form in these areas, often damaging them. It is not cancerous or malignant. It belongs to a group of conditions which cause chronic inflammation, called "granulomatous diseases". Granuloma comes from a Latin word meaning little grain or granule.
It was first recognised in 1877 by the English skin specialist, Dr Johnathan Hutchinson. He later reported the case of a lady who had a unusual skin condition, to the Dermatological Society of London in 1895. He named the condition "Mortimer's Malady", after the patient. At the turn of the century a Norwegian skin specialist named Boeck called this condition 'sarkoid' as he thought it was a type of sarcoma, a form of tumour. It was called "Boeck's Sarcoid" in his honour, the name used widely throughout this century. It is now called sarcoidosis.
How do these granulomas form?
The blood is made up of red and white cells; the white cells act mainly fighting infection. When certain substances or bacteria get into the body, special white cells, surround bacteria and stay there until they are killed. In sarcoidosis, immune cells in the tissues group together for form granulomas. So far no bacteria or substances have been isolated (rather like a rugby scrum with all the players grouped around the ball; only with sarcoidosis the ball is invisible). Scientists are still unable to say exactly why sarcoid granulomas form, despite extensive research into sarcoidosis. However they suspect several types of bacteria.
Although sarcoidosis is not contagious, it occurs more commonly in some families and has been recorded to occur rarely in people of close contact and non-related family members eg. husband or wife. There also appears to be a genetic predisposition to develop sarcoidosis.
Who can get this disease?
Anyone can get sarcoidosis, from children to the elderly. However, it mainly affects people in their late 20′s to early 40′s, and in Australia appears to be more common in men within the age group. Approximately 1 in 10 000 people have it. There is evidence that Beethoven may have had sarcoidosis and that it may have caused his hearing loss (rare sarcoidosis). (Without sarcoidosis we may not have the 9th symphony!) In the USA, sarcoidosis occurs far more commonly in blacks than in whites, blacks often having more severe disease. It is unusual in Asians and Australian aborigines probably due to genetic factors incompletely understood.
Sarcoidosis can affect any part of the body. Many patients have no symptoms at all and are diagnosed on routine chest X-ray. Common symptoms are severe tiredness, chest pain, breathlessness, coughing, numb patches on the skin, dry mouth and sore eyes, kidney stones, and occasionally skin rashes or nodules. Sarcoid skin lesions often occur in scars and tattoos.Chest pains, either sharp and of short duration in the sides of the chest, or dull and aching behind the breast bone, are very common (25%) and sometimes may mimic a heart attack or pleurisy.
Because sarcoidosis can cause many unrelated symptoms over a period of years, it can be puzzling for doctors and difficult to diagnose. The doctor will ask you to have investigations which may include tests of blood, urine, breathing, chest x-ray, PET scan, electrocardiograph (ECG), neurological and eye examinations. Your doctor will advise you on which you will need.
Young women who present with an unusual rash on their legs associated with sarcoidosis (Erythema nodosum), usually need to corticosteroid treatment. The majority of patients are over their illness within a year or two. Regular review by your specialist will be needed until the disease has finally gone away, and after this time, periodic check-ups may be needed for some years. For reasons not completely understood, some patients will develop scar tissue in the region of the granulomas which may damage the organs such as the lung, eye, heart etc. Because of that potential problem, your doctor may elect to give you corticosteroids if there is evidence that you are at risk of suffering some permanent damage to a particular organ if left untreated.
How the disease affects people in Australia is currently being researched. So far it appears that Australian men have more chronic chest involvement requiring corticosteroid treatment. Elderly people, especially women, have chronic disease more frequently involving organs outside the chest (such as the nervous system).
From overseas studies, 8 out of 10 patients with sarcoidosis require no treatment because the granulomas go away by themselves. These patients usually have a milder form of sarcoidosis. In the other 20% treatment with Corticosteroid (usually Prednisolone) will usually "dissolve" the granulomas with little trace. Treatment may last for one or two years but sometimes longer until the disease comes under control.
Although corticosteroids have their place in the management of sarcoidosis, Methotrexate is a preferable drug for many patients as it is just as effective and more sustainable long term with fewer side effects.
Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) is a first line drug for sarcoidosis and although less effective than Methotrexate or corticosteroids, it is effective and may be used in conjunction with Methotrexate. It works by inhibiting interleukins produced by sarcoidosis. Hydroxychloroquine was originally used as a treatment for malaria.
Please see more information about corticosteroids.
What has sarcoidosis to do with the dentist?
Many people with sarcoidosis have a dry mouth due to the involvement of the salivary glands. As this can predispose to dental cavities, regular dental check-ups are advisable as well as artificial saliva or special chewing gum or drops (as your doctor). Tell your dentist you have sarcoidosis.
Can sarcoidosis come back again?
Not usually, but very occasionally patients can have relapses as long as ten years after the initial attack and may need treatment again.


As I'm finishing my latest Regency romance (under the pseudonym Catherine Eleanor),The Wedding at Shire Hall, I have come to realize why, exactly, so many of us love reading romance from the early 1800s. It's just a plain romantic era!
As a writer, I am enjoying the creativity of imagining what life was like…from the candlelit rooms to the dark shadows to the large manor homes. Write in a handsome grandson of an earl and a pretty young vicar's daughter and you can certainly see where an author can go crazy with romance.
Since I traditionally write Amish romances (as well as contemporary women's literature), I haven't written many love scenes. All of my writing is clean and wholesome, even my Catherine Eleanor works. However, I have learned that really steaming romance does not take place between the sheets; rather, it takes place in the before and after: the ambiance of the rooms, the soft-spoken words, the tender caress, the passionate glances, the anticipation of what might happen later.
Sigh. Makes me eager to get back to writing just thinking of it.
One of the other aspects of the Regency Era that I love so much is the unwritten rules of society. In my Shire Hall series, young Amanda finds herself the ward of Lord Alexander Dorset. An unusual circumstance, to say the least, but one that benefits him tremendously as it will thwart the many eligible young women from trying to ensnare him in marriage. What he doesn't expect is to find himself falling in love with the young, unsuspecting daughter of a vicar.
Now, in reality, could these things have actually happened in real life? Probably not. The grandson of an earl would not marry a woman like Amanda. But that is the beauty of writing fiction. We can be creative and let our imaginations guide the words that we write in order to create a love story in an era that was truly like no other!
Just this past week, I released Newbury Acres, an adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. While my novel is not set during the Regency era but, rather, the present day in an Amish setting, I found that romance can transcend time and location. Perhaps it is the mystique of the unknown that draws me to write about the Regency Era as much as I love writing about the Amish. For readers, too, I believe that they are attracted to these two very different genres for that same reasons.
There is just something romantic about life in an era (or, in the case of the Amish, community) where most people have zero personal experience. While I've enjoyed writing about the Amish and sharing my first-hand experience having been so intimately involved with so many communities over the past 25+ years, I'm enjoying researching the Regency Era and sharing what I learn in my Catherine Eleanor books.
I usually enjoy the Regency books and stories. The romance is always exciting. Congratulations on your latest book.
Congrats on your release. I have never read a story set among the Amish but I am interested as I grew up in an area with a big Amish/Mennonite population. Thanks for sharing.
The Regency era is my favorite of all. That's why I write Regency romance including Pride and Prejudice variations. And I agree that a number of things make up the attraction to someone. I write and prefer to read clean Regency romance. I do have a touch of spice in my books because that is life, and my couples do need to be attracted to one another. Heaven forbid to be married to Mr. Collins. 🙂 And, yes, it's nice to be able to write a plot they way we think it should be. Thank you for the nice post, Sarah.
I have Newbury Acres ready to go. I had it pre-ordered but I have it listed for an April challenge on GR and have to wait and see if it's picked. If not I'll be reading it as soon as possible. I love Northanger Abbey and loved your other Austen/Amish books.
You're absolutely right. The best romance occurs in the heart and stirs the emotions, making us feel deeply with both partners in a romantic relationship. Northanger Abbey is a particular favorite of mine. Now you've got me curious to read Newbury Acres!


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Driving in the rain today..
What are the best brake pads?
There's a massive thread about this... If not a couple. After being part of the other threads I decided that EBC Green Stuff were best for myself, fast road use, and that the 1144's would be best for track day orientated ownership. Green Stuff work from cold, but can have issues at higher heats, where as 1144's work really well with some heat in them, but may have issues at low temperatures. I never got round to fitting the 1144's, but I have never had an issue with Green Stuff. You just need to be careful with the legal side of things, ensure that if you used the car on the road and had an incident where your brakes are checked after the incident... Could your "not for road use" pads end up making you liable for an incident (in the eyes of insurance and solicitors).
From what I understand it is down to local council's policies. However it will take time, require photo's and evidence... But I know of several people that have claimed. As said by Adrian, it took them around the six month mark. From what I have been told by people the council have insurance that covers a pot hole claim, however it would cost them to repair it. So it's financially viable to leave them and just make it difficult for people to claim. At a guess I would say 99% of people would hit it then just shout and scream about it, 1% will do something and take photo's, then most of that 1% will give up before claim is complete... So as always it's the public suffering.
I've been stupidly busy recently and after waiting 11 months for my car to be completed I gave up and sold it. Incomplete, in the factory. Almost finished... But I'm now moving to Jersey and due to very strict housing I'll not have a parking space... Let alone a drive or even a garage. Plus as I'm soon to be unemployed the is a years rent!
You wouldn't believe how many bits of broken springs I see on the side if the road, normally just a 3-4 inch section... But if that bit has come off, what's the rest of it like? I spend a lot of time in my mates garage... Pretty much every car in has not had a service in several years and is the main reason for whatever issue it has... Then most customers will bring in a car for something minor and say "could you check..." Then refuse to pay for whatever the major issue was. Like wipers needed changing "could you check the exhaust, it's very loud..." My favorite is when people come in: "You're expensive, but can you..." Then when quote is given: "They will do it cheaper over at..." The reply they get is: "Go there then." Quite often they'll cone back and say: "Can you connect the computer and turn out the service light?" So clearly someone has done the service on the cheap... If at all, then wants the light turned out for free! I find it really entertaining! When I connected up my Volvo I checked it and every service is logged to who did what and all faults from day it was produced. That's what he uses as reason not to turn out lights.
guest - where is he?
Since owning and driving a Volvo... These incidents have declined. Witness many incidents of idiocy and bits of car connected to walls still. However when I'm doing 28mph in a 30 area people sit behind me. In Mrs C's car they drive too close and flash their lights, in the they would treat me as they would a push bike... Then without looking pull in, to discover the is longer than a push bike... As I am hit and a yellow puff of fibreglass! However... Avoid driving in Birmingham completely, the wife refuses to even drive the three miles to work and I walk her to/from work. So 6 mile return trip, twice a day! And we have decided that walking a certain route (twice as long as direct route) to town is as safe as we can get. If pouring down or walking is not viable we have found a taxi company that has trackers in their cabs and is extremely strict with speed and driving of their drivers. Yes they do cost a couple of quid more... But compared to accident damage we save a fortune! Plus with moving anywhere south of Bristol/M4 in the near future has lifted spirits and with Jersey being the most likely outcome we're even happier. With cash saved so far and tax free in Jersey... I'm looking at SLK 350's... Automatic and just chilling out.
I had an idea... You can not climb if a bird is nesting, with land owners permission I can use rifle/pistol to exterminate pests... Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Cheers, Yes normally banter, but the 0.01% then made me react badly to the banter. It wasn't massive stress as I didn't cry in the shower. Cheers for the vote on posts, that's what I aimed for, a bit of entertainment. The driving updates was actually fun to write, but found some people took it seriously and got a bit anti guest about it all. They were all actual events, and I still see moron's driving the wrong way down a one way street... In a bus lane or impatient (swear filter...) using pavements to cut through a queue of traffic. I recoded it all do a while, but every journey would be saved and I don't have the time or space to store it all. However locals see this as the norm and accept it. I'll still be about on the odd post and will respond to PM's. But will steer clear of many subjects. Just avoiding a bit as I'm upset from selling the Westfield... It's not finished and I've spent a fortune on bits I'll never see or use!
Just found this thread... You're all kinda right! I spent mid December-mid January shopping... Grr! EVERDAY!!! Birmingham, London, Paris, Milan... I came back with a pair of calves skin driving gloves... Then sold the Westfield!!! Mrs C came back with more than I took!!! I'm running from Birmingham, have been trying to escape for 5 years and now there's light in the distance and that tunnel's getting shorter. Due to end of nursing and military career I'm doing plenty of courses... As Jersey looks pretty much where I'll spend the future I thought "A lot of money... Lots of millionaires... How can I get my hands on some?" I'm a qualified, competent and experienced chef (worked in a Michelin star restaurant pre army), pre nursing I was a computer tech and I have nursing... So I've decided locksmith and security system installation/maintenance... Plus summer work in restaurants/bars. If I can't find work in locksmith/security install... I could become a successful thief! Driving is still insane in Birmingham and nothing changes... Other than I now drive a Volvo C70 T5 GT... Automatic! And people's attitudes towards it are completely different. When I drive at 28mph through a 30, they sit behind me. In the Westfield they would overtake dangerously and pull in too close, almost taking the nose cone off! Still see an accident every other day (or remains thereof) and still morons attack roundabouts as if they're going to explode if it takes longer than 4 seconds to negotiate and do not follow any road markings. But, as most people from Birmingham, I accept it as normal and no longer care... Within weeks I'll be gone, never to return. I'm here much less as life's snowballed and I have much going on. Locksmith practising (I got into my own place with a pick keyring), shooting everyday (concentration, relaxation and the fact that while travelling to/from ranges I feel much safer!) and sorting out everything ready for the escape... I've just not been here. Finally, I found that no matter what I wrote on here it would have negative replies and for the last however long it's been I've ended up stressed due to having to correct responses from other members and explain myself. Now life's moved on and I've had a year waiting for my Westfield, to then sell it before it's finished!!! I'm putting effort into other things and avoiding anything to do with driving until out of Birmingham. My next marque will be an XJS V12 Convertible, XK8 Convertible or an SLK350... Depending on where I am, how much I have and what parking there is. I'd love to return to a Westfield, but I'm not a fast enough driver to warrant one anymore.
I'm with 6carjon. The caravan caught my eye! My mother has a Daimler double six, has had it since the late 80's. No rear seat belts, leather seats, Devon's many lanes, a little Nova SR thinking it could overtake and causing my mother to put her foot down! As a 10yr old I had many bruises after being bounced about in the back of it!
I have moved houses many many times, I've had 34 postcodes and I'm only 30!!! Pretty much every house I have had the bill for previous occupants and an estimate for usage. I admit, most postcodes were while growing up and I don't know what happened with bills, and many postcodes I did not pay bills (military accommodation). But every time I've been responsible for energy bills I've had issues. Sending off proof of date I moved in and trying to sort it out. Usually I move to another address and start it all again before issue was resolved and I'm phoning two companies trying to extract money!
Nope, last week I checked (phone) and now looking for brake parts. They have been very good and has been a lot more reasons than excuses. So I'm not sniping or whining. But with my career now ending in a few weeks, retraining and moving, I decided to sell and let someone else drive a completely sorted car. Within 30 mins I had five offers and the car is provisionally sold. I'm thinking I should've asked for more! Hahahaha I've got a Volvo C70 T5 GT and with potentially moving to Jersey very shortly I think even that will be too much car! 40mph speed limit, that is strictly enforced. I'd be booted back to Birmingham before I move in, if I kept the Westfield.
I agree, I enjoy going there and everyone there is always happy and helpful.


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Data processor hit with €220,000 GDPR fine
Ian Murphy
A data processor in Poland has been hit by a PLN 943,000 (€220,000, £187,000 US$247,000) GDPR fine. The fine was imposed by the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO). The unnamed company failed to contact data subjects and tell them that it had their data and what it was using it for. The UODO called this: "its failure to fulfil the information obligation."
Dr Edyta Bielak-Jomaa, President of UODO commented: "The controller was aware of its obligation to provide information. Hence the decision to impose a fine of this amount on this entity."
What did the data processor do?
Dr Edyta Bielak-Jomaa, President of UODO
The data processor in question had scraped the Internet for data on individuals from publicly available sources. In this case from the Central Electronic Register and Information on Economic Activity. It gathered data on over 6 million individuals and then used the data for commercial services.
The issue for the UODO was how the data processor contacted those data subjects and what information it provided. Only where there was an associated email address did the data processor make contact. The UODO says that in this case it did meet the requirements of Article 14 (1) – (3).
If there was no email address but there was a telephone number or postal address, the company decided not to make contact and seek consent. It argued that there was no provision in the GDPR for it to send registered email to individuals seeking consent to use their data. However, while the UODO agreed with this, it decided that this did not provide the company with sufficient grounds to make no attempt to contact individuals.
The press release claims that of 90,000 people contacted, over 12,000 objected to the use of their data. Whether this was a sample set or out of the 6 million records only 90,000 contained an email address is unclear. If the latter, then this breach affected over 5.9 million people.
A conscious decision to ignore the GDPR
This is not a case of an accidental breach by a data processor. It actively sought out and acquired the data. It also decided to only contact those whose emails it had gathered. In the final ruling the President of the Personal Data Protection Office found that:
The infringement of the controller was intentional.
The company was aware of the obligation to provide relevant information, as well as the need to directly inform persons.
There was no action taken to prevent the infringement, stop it once it had happened or declare that it would cease infringing the GDPR.
Enterprise Times: What does this mean
This scraping of data from the Internet to create mailing and marketing lists is not new. Barely a day goes by without ET being offered lists of people who use a specific product or technology. This data will have been gathered from a variety of sources, much like the data processor above. While some will provide unsubscribe options, they often use these to verify email addresses and then sell details on to other data list owners.
This ruling by the UODO could have a significant impact on the data processing industry if it is properly enforced. One of the challenges will be in tracking down the companies involved who operate across national borders. Reporting such companies under the GDPR was supposed to be simple. The reality is that the process of tracking down where a company is located and then getting an ICO to take action is difficult.
Will this stop the harvesting of data? No. As the UODO discovered, even when the company knew it was in breach of the GDPR it just carried on. It is not clear if the UODO has forced the company to change or improve its monitoring and reporting capabilities. Without that, it simply becomes a case of seeing the fine as a cost of doing business.
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U.S. House committee to hold hearing on proposed fuel efficiency freeze
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee said on Tuesday it planned a June 20 hearing on the Trump administration's proposal to freeze fuel efficiency standards at 2020 levels through 2026.
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building reflected in water at sunrise on the day of the U.S. midterm election in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Two subcommittees will jointly hold the hearing, committee Chairman Frank Pallone and other Democrats said in a statement, saying they "look forward to questioning both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency."
Heidi King, the deputy NHTSA administrator, and Mary Nichols, the head of the California Air Resources Board, are both likely to testify at the hearing, officials said.
Last week, 17 major automakers including General Motors Co, Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp urged the White House to resume talks with California aimed at avoiding a lengthy legal battle over the standards.
Pallone and Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Paul Tonko said in a joint statement that "rolling back our clean car standards threatens American jobs, public health, the climate and consumers.
"The automobile industry doesn't even support the Trump Administration's proposal – no one does, except the oil companies that stand to profit from Americans spending more at the pump filling up less efficient cars," the statement added.
Automakers last week backed a compromise on vehicle emissions, warning that the lack of a deal could lead to "an extended period of litigation and instability."
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The White House said on Thursday that California had "failed to put forward a productive alternative, and we are moving forward to finalize a rule with the goal of promoting safer, cleaner, and more affordable vehicles."
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Q: Does Quartz support execute once on multiple node? In my scenario, Quartz will run embedded within my web application which will be deployed on two nodes. Could I schedule a task and make it execute only once on the two nodes? Is DisallowConcurrentExecution annotation used for this purpose?
For example, if I schedule a task with a per hour trigger, could the total execute count of the task in a day on the two node be 24 instead of 48?

A: You can set the quartz to be in clustered mode.The main requirement for it is both the instances of your service should share the same database as quartz does clustering based on database.
If you use the clustering mechanism in your case 24 jobs will be executed.These are some of the properties that you have to use.
org.quartz.scheduler.instanceName = MyClusteredScheduler
org.quartz.scheduler.instanceId = AUTO
org.quartz.jobStore.isClustered = true
org.quartz.jobStore.clusterCheckinInterval=20000

Refer documentation at
http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/documentation/quartz-1.8.6/configuration/ConfigJDBCJobStoreClustering.html

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As a graphic designer, when looking at record covers is pretty obvious what the word cover means: an artwork that will give you the first hint on what you're about to listen. But obviously, it has never been like that. The vinyl cover was exactly what the word cover means: to protect something against loss, damage or accident.
It was while at Columbia Records in 1938 that Alex Steinweiss, as the art director suggested an artwork for every new music release of the company. They were brave enough to take the risk and give a try at Steinweiss' suggestion leading to an 800% increase in sales in that year.
When looking at older music collections, I can't help but notice, and question myself, why most of the Jazz albums have such a modernist approach where constructivism, Bauhaus or De Stijl influences are inescapable.
Nowadays it seems hard to make a new invention, but there was nothing new about what Steinweiss did back then if you think about a music poster.
They already existed, Steinweiss just asked himself: What if I put a poster on the cover of the vinyl?
In many situations we find ourselves dealing with impossible cases and most of the times we just need to reframe our problem and bring new questions to the table.
With great success and a huge worldwide impact, that was Steinweiss did.
As one of the most powerful man in sport, Mark H. McCormack gives us great insights on people, sales and negotiation and running a business. This book has 3 parts and you will soon realise that you don't have to damage other people's goals to give priority to yours.
Establishing a dialogue, defining milestones and objectives throughout an exercise based on experience and intuition, this book will help you to better understand that make decisions based on your gut is far from being wrong. There's no such thing has a right procedure that you can take and use but there's a way to understand which things are involved in the business world and how can you define your own way of finding solutions and raise the appropriate questions.
What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School is something that you will learn with your life experience and this book will definitely open your eyes on how to manage expectations and be successful in your business.
Hint: Being successful shouldn't be about getting rich, it has a closer relation to what drives you and how helpful your business can be to people. If you do that right and avoid being sloppy with your billing, money will come in.
I understand that if you're a designer is not easy to feel motivated to read this book, but designers are only needed because there are many people who don't design and it's great when you understand how to deal with them and their problems.
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I bought this book and the Design as Art I went to The World of Charles and Ray Eames exhibition at the Barbican. I would like to read these two books because they reflect on a quite specific theme: design and culture. The Language of Things turned out to be a great book to understand how design is able to influence and take part of someone's opinion or choices. This book is great because it makes you reflect on very specific matter with great examples that most of the times we applaud and nod our heads without questioning.
I highly recommend this book because it helps to define the language of the world we live in and what we can do (or ask) to better understand it and, as a designer, to produce better work. Which doesn't need to be necessarily useful.
If I had to elaborate a question based on this book I would ask: Why does design need to be useful? And if it's not necessary is it still design?
It's great to know the how but it's also important to know the why. And sometimes the why can be something greater than what we are designing at that moment.
Finally, I've read this masterpiece by Bruno Munari. There's not much more that I can write about this book that someone else hasn't written better than me. This is an absolute classic with timeless thoughts. Quite interesting book if you're keen into behaviour towards design. Munari throughout this book is able to get you wondering why certain day-to-day objects are the way they are and look the way they are. Makes question what's useful through unbelievably simple insights. Questioning art and the artists position towards what's happening in the society comparing the designer as the artist of our times. Where art is no longer something just for the 1% but for the masses. This book was written 40+ years ago and this thought is still relevant. A book that it's worth your time and that you will probably revisit again and again.


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 * document.  A search can have one or more search terms which are all searched
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    // number of string in search term, one or more strings that make
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    private ArrayList<String> terms;

    // case sensitive search
    private boolean caseSensitive;
    // whole word search.
    private boolean wholeWord;

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     * Creates a new search term.
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Billikens
Carter Chapley
Sports, Eh
Posted January 22, 2020 by Carter Chapley	Billikens
GAMEDAY PREVIEW: SLU heads south looking for a rebound in Davidson
*This article can be originally found on ScoopswithDannyMac.com*
When the Billikens woke up Monday morning after their heartbreaking loss to Dayton just two nights earlier, they found themselves in the devastating position of being…a prospective NCAA Tournament team.
Well, at least some in the national media feel that way. CBS's bracketology report had the Bills as one of the teams playing in the first round, or more colloquially known as "The First Four". The Billikens loss to Dayton Friday night was not a terminal diagnosis by any means. In fact, it is likely the exact opposite, as those watching and truly paying attention to see it for what it is, a heartbreaking loss but an encouraging performance.
The Billikens are in a position to defy expectations and become a tournament team for the second season in a row. All things considered, they are ahead of schedule in terms of team development. So, the program (and by proxy the fans) must decide what they want out of this team. Is development ok and this season is already a success? Or, is this a team looking to take the next step and start its ascent to greatness early. It will be easy in hindsight to adjust expectations but as of right now the waypoint needs to be set.
The company line all along has been that the coaching staff believes that this is a "good basketball team" and that their only goal is to "get better every day". But I am hard-pressed to believe that this team hasn't internally changed their outlook. The players believe they are a tournament team, and their expectations for themselves is to win big games.
If the program believes itself to be a tournament-caliber team, which I believe they feel they are, then they have to start this next stretch of games strong and begin to create some separation from themselves and the rest of the conference both in the standings and on the pulpit of narratives and conversations. They have the prime opportunity to start that stretch hot when they travel to Davidson Wednesday night.
SLU plays a string of 5 games against opponents they are 'supposed' to beat before they head back into the lion's den to take on Dayton in Ohio. If they want to be the team that they feel they are, they need to be a convincing 5-0. That includes Davidson, who, at the outset of the 2019-2020 schedule was viewed far more positively than they are now. The Wildcats were picked to finish second in the league in the offseason and have since quickly fallen off the map and sit at a very underwhelming 8-9 on the season.
What has happened in North Carolina is nothing short of collapse. The Wildcats returned the greatest guard tandem of the 2018-2019 A-10 season in Kellan Grady and reigning A-10 Player of the Year Jon Axel Gudmundsson. But this is where the problems begin for Bob McKillop's team. These two players are still incredibly talented, but the skill and general athleticism drop off significantly from there. Unlike the Billikens, who came in with two incredibly talented leaders on the roster and then were also supplemented by a myriad of solid depth pieces and developing new players, the Wildcats simply have not had those auxiliary players step up to fill the void.
Freshman forward Hyunjung Lee has been the most significant addition to the team but is not nearly enough to make up for the disappointing starts from the likes of point guard Carter Collins and forward Luka Brajkovic. It would also be irresponsible to not include that the Wildcats are still struggling from the loss of sophomore Luke Frampton who left the program for personal reasons and last year hit 96 three-pointers.
The Wildcats are a matchup dream for the Billikens as their biggest flaws as a group is their general athleticism and their subpar interior defense. Davidson simply does not have the guys, or alternatively haven't proved thus far to have the guys to match up effectively with the Billikens strength in the paint and how physically gifted they are. Luka Brajkovic is the Wildcats key interior defender and beyond that, there isn't another guy. Hasahn French, Jimmy Bell Jr, and Jordan Goodwin are all simply bigger, stronger, and more talented than the equivalent three players in red when it comes to playing in the paint.
This is why it is vital the Billikens come out and take care of business against Davidson. Coming off the loss to Dayton, Saint Louis needs to start to put together it's resume and that includes dominating wins. The Bills head into Davidson with a team waiting whose greatest weaknesses are directly correlative to the Billikens strengths. Travis Ford's team has proven they are perfectly capable of getting up for big games against high-end opponents. Now is the time to prove they can dominate teams below them and start to gain some notoriety for themselves.
That all being said, Davidson does have one significant positive skill that can keep them hanging in the game. They can shoot the three, and they really love to shoot it. The Wildcats have guys who can get extremely hot from three: Jon Axel Gudmundsson and Kellen Grady are both excellent shooters and Lee has been better than expected from behind the arc. As a team Davidson puts up a ton of three-point shots, 45.8% of all shots taken are from behind the arc. A lot of this has to do with their weak interior play forcing themselves to pull the ball outside, but regardless, they are more than willing to put up a barrage of shots. If they get hot enough, all bets are off in a conference game like this one.
Saint Louis has the door open to shape their narrative going forward. They are beginning to gain respect in the national media and have a favorable schedule going forward. Getting a statement win against a still notable Davidson program would be a statement win no matter how poor the Wildcats have played thus far.
The Bills have every opportunity to get themselves into the tournament, but the margin for error is thin. A win gets them off on the right foot, whereas a loss would be devastating.
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Carter Chapley is a sports writer and reporter. He most recently was a the lead SLU Athletics Beat writer at ScoopswithDanny Mac.com. Prior to that he was a Staff Writer for the University News at Saint Louis University in Missouri covering the SLU Billikens as well as contributor to the entertainment section.
Born and raised outside of Toronto, he received his B.A. in Communications from Graceland University in 2017. He earned his Masters in Communications with Distinction from Saint Louis University in 2019.
Along with covering sports news, Carter is a passionate consumer and commentator for all things pop culture. Follow him on Twitter @ChapleyMedia and on Instagram @CarterChapleyMedia
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Carter Chapley GAMEDAY PREVIEW: SLU heads south looking for a rebound in Davidson


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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

#ifndef mozilla_dom_HTMLShadowElement_h__
#define mozilla_dom_HTMLShadowElement_h__

#include "nsGenericHTMLElement.h"

namespace mozilla {
namespace dom {

class HTMLShadowElement final : public nsGenericHTMLElement,
                                public nsStubMutationObserver
{
public:
  explicit HTMLShadowElement(already_AddRefed<mozilla::dom::NodeInfo>& aNodeInfo);

  NS_IMPL_FROMCONTENT_HTML_WITH_TAG(HTMLShadowElement, shadow)

  // nsISupports
  NS_DECL_ISUPPORTS_INHERITED

  NS_DECL_NSIMUTATIONOBSERVER_CONTENTAPPENDED
  NS_DECL_NSIMUTATIONOBSERVER_CONTENTINSERTED
  NS_DECL_NSIMUTATIONOBSERVER_CONTENTREMOVED

  NS_DECL_CYCLE_COLLECTION_CLASS_INHERITED(HTMLShadowElement,
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  virtual nsresult Clone(mozilla::dom::NodeInfo *aNodeInfo, nsINode **aResult) const override;

  virtual nsresult BindToTree(nsIDocument* aDocument, nsIContent* aParent,
                              nsIContent* aBindingParent,
                              bool aCompileEventHandlers) override;

  virtual void UnbindFromTree(bool aDeep = true,
                              bool aNullParent = true) override;

  bool IsInsertionPoint() { return mIsInsertionPoint; }

  /**
   * Sets the ShadowRoot that will be rendered in place of
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  /**
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   * from relevant insertion points.
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  void RemoveDistributedNode(nsIContent* aContent);

  /**
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   * the content insertion point of the parent node's ShadowRoot.
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  // WebIDL methods.
  ShadowRoot* GetOlderShadowRoot() { return mProjectedShadow; }

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  virtual JSObject* WrapNode(JSContext *aCx, JS::Handle<JSObject*> aGivenProto) override;

  // The ShadowRoot that will be rendered in place of this shadow insertion point.
  nsRefPtr<ShadowRoot> mProjectedShadow;

  bool mIsInsertionPoint;
};

} // namespace dom
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'Odds were against us, God was not': Firefighters say Bibles survived West Virginia church fire
N'dea Yancey-Bragg
A massive fire destroyed a West Virginia church early Sunday morning, but firefighters claim they found the Bibles and crosses untouched by the flames.
"Picture this, a building so hot that at one point in time, firefighters had to back out," the Coal City Fire Department said in a Facebook post. "In your mind, everything should be burned, ashes. Not a single bible was burned and not a single cross was harmed!!"
The department responded to the structure fire at Freedom Ministries around 1 a.m. Sunday, according to the post which has been shared nearly 40,000 times. None of the firefighters at the scene were injured, the fire department said.
"Though odds were against us, God was not," the post said.
Rev. Phil Farrington told the Washington Post he sees it as a sign from God that nearly two dozen Bibles and three crosses survived the flames.
"In the midst of the fire, God's word will always stand," he told the newspaper.
In a Facebook post, the church invited parishioners to an evening service and thanked the community for its outpouring of support.
"We have a heavy heart this morning," the church wrote. "We will have to rebuild but we will be ok."
More:A hellish fire consumed a church, but a painting of Jesus survived the flames
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Q: looking for the appropriate python data structure I'm looking for a python 2.7 data structure equivalent to a dictionary but where I can associate more than 1 key.
For example I want to associate:

*

*cars:
-Chevrolet
-Toyota
-hummer
-Ferrari

*computer:
-mac
-windows
-linux
-amstrad

I need to be able to search in the dictionary for the string 'cars' or 'computers' or others using something like myDictionary.has('cars')
and loop through all the keys corresponding to cars using for key in myDictionary:

A: Are you looking for a dictionary mapping strings to lists?
>>> d = {"cars": ["Chevrolet", "Toyota", "Hummer", "Ferrari"],
         "computers": ["mac", "windows", "linux", "amstrad"]}
>>> d["cars"]
['Chevrolet', 'Toyota', 'Hummer', 'Ferrari']


Lululemon are a North American based company with a flagship store in Covent Garden London. They make technical athletic clothes for yoga, running, working out, and most other sweaty pursuits. They host an annual London based Festival based around their brand and a diverse range of exercise classes.
The guest experience was a of paramount importance to Lululemon and they needed to ensure their guests were admitted swiftly with no prolonged entry wait times.
Tickets were sold through the Eventbrite platform. These tickets needed to be scanned securely with a quick look-up function available for problem scans.
Scanning units were required to have the capability of functioning throughout the extended gate opening times.
Support - Pre event list administration. Onsite Qflow team leader required for scanner training, troubleshooting and gate management.
Qflow scanners and touch search guest list app reduced guest entry wait times to below 60 seconds even at peak surge periods with excellent VIP guest awareness via instant detailed searchable guest data.
Qflow Eventbrite plugin elegantly handled ticket data syncing with Qflow without any possibility of user admin error.
Scanner battery life provided in excess of 9 hours while in constant use easily covering the gate opening times on a single charge.
A Qflow team leader was on-site throughout the duration of the event. They provided comprehensive scanner training, roaming troubleshooting and direct liaison with the event management.


Play a game of Monkey See Monkey Do and see just how sly and sneaky you can be. This game is much like the game of Simon Says except that players more discreetly follow the lead of the selected monkey and there is a guesser who tries to deduce who the Monkey is. Get ready for lots of laughs and giggles as players try to keep the secret and act out whatever the Monkey does without drawing attention to their secret leader.
To play, one player is the guesser, one the monkey and the rest follow the monkey.
Decide which player will be the guesser.
That player leaves the room.
While the guesser is out of the room, the rest of the players then decide who will be the monkey.
The other players have to do whatever the monkey does.
If she scratches her head, the rest of the players have to scratch their heads.
The guesser tries to figure out who is the monkey.
The monkey should try not to get caught changing the action. If the monkey gets caught, then she becomes the next guesser.


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Regional And World News
British Media Regulator Probing RT's Impartiality After Salisbury Poisoning
Britain's media watchdog has started probing whether Russian news channel RT broke impartiality rules in its programs after a former Russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned in the English city of Salisbury last month.
Media regulator Ofcom warned on April 18 that TV Novosti, the company which produces RT, could lose its British broadcasting rights if it failed its "fit-and-proper" test.
"Until recently, TV Novosti's overall compliance record has not been materially out of line with other broadcasters," Ofcom said in a statement on April 18.
"However, since the events in Salisbury, we have observed a significant increase in the number of programs on the RT service that warrant investigation as potential breaches of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.
"Ofcom has today opened seven new investigations into the due impartiality of news and current affairs programs on the RT news channel," the regulator said.
Britain blames Russia for the March 4 poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal with a nerve agent -- a charge that Moscow denies.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has warned that British media outlets will be forced to close Russian operations if Britain expels RT, which used to be known as Russia Today.
Reuters quoted a spokeswoman for state-supported RT as saying that the channel's "editorial approach has not changed since the events in Salisbury, and we will be directly addressing this matter with the regulator."
"We are pleased to see that Ofcom has acknowledged RT's compliance record has been in line with other broadcasters," Anna Belkina said in an e-mail, according to Reuters.
Based on reporting by Reuters and AFP


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2022 BIKE BRANDS CONFIRMED ALREADY. THE TOP 20 BIKE BRANDS AT THE BIKE SHOW IN EUROPE THE GREATEST BIKE BRANDS IN THE SECTOR CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEA OTTER EUROPE GIRONA-COSTA BRAVA AND RETURN FOR THE 2022 EDITION Bike brands have enthusiastically signed up for the forthcoming edition, which will be held from 23 to 25 [...]
Expo zone bookings calendar for the 2022 edition
Expo zone bookings calendar opening soon for the 2022 edition NEW DATES IN SEPTEMBER WELL RECEIVED BY EXHIBITING BRANDS The price per m2 is still one of the most competitive on the market and the expo zone will be larger. The organisers have also organised a booking calendar that benefits brands that took part in [...]
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THE BRANDS HAVE EXPANDED THE SPACE THEY'VE PURCHASED AT THE LAST MINUTE Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava Girona by Continental presents the initial list of confirmed brands for its fifth edition in 2021. Great new things are coming soon. With less than a month to go until Sea Otter Europe, the number of brands that [...]
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Sea Otter Europe adds an e-bike World Cup event (WES) and reaffirms its commitment to sustainable mobility
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The race is part of the new UCI calendar and will raise the profile of Girona and the Costa Brava's promotion of cycling as a means of transport and a great way to discover the region. Sea Otter Europe, Europe's great bike festival, to be held in Girona and the Costa Brava from 24 [...]
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"The industry is looking forward to the festival and this can be seen in the rate at which the expo zone is being booked up". We interview Albert Balcells Padullés, CEO of Sea Otter Europe, Europe's cycling festival, which is to take place on 24, 25 and 26 September, 2021, in Girona, Costa Brava. [...]
Sea Otter Europe adds the World E-Bike Series, the UCI E-Bike World Cup of MTB, to its sports programme
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A HIGH-LEVEL E-BIKE COMPETITION Taking advantage of the undisputed boom in e-bikes, Costa Brava-Girona and Europe's cycling festival are hosting a round of the E-Bike World Cup calendar. Sea Otter Europe, Europe's bike show, which will be held on 24, 25 and 26 September, 2021, and its base in Girona-Costa Brava, know full well [...]
The 2021 edition of the Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava-Girona Bike Show moves to the autumn
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Today it was announced that an agreement has been made between Girona Provincial Council, Girona City Council and the Government of Catalonia for the festival to take place next year from 24 to 26 September A new edition of the Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava-Girona Bike Show will be held from 24 to 26 [...]
The Sea Otter Europe cycling festival has been cancelled, but some of the sporting events will take place under strict security measures.
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[email protected]2020-09-17T17:03:48+02:0017/09/20|Expo, General, International, Newness, Sportive Events|
Races will be held outdoors with a significant reduction in the number of participants taking part and with all the necessary health and safety measures, while the commercial area and expo zone have been cancelled. The organisers of the Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava-Girona Bike Show have announced today that the fourth edition of [...]


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Q: Скачет содержимое flex Извиняюсь. Переделал немного.
Вот пример https://codepen.io/gluhovalexey/pen/OBjzGY
Здесь есть шапка и элемент из 3 частей, который включает списки ul слева и справа и div с контентом посередине, находящиеся в flex-contaner
Суть вопроса если убрать элемент со списками ul, то ширина шапки уменьшится.
Тоесть если со страницы сайта в которой есть ul как на примере перейти на другую, где списков нет, то шапка сайта и другие постоянные элементы будут "прыгать" из за изменения размеров.

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            Какой то контент посередине

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Стили:
.header {
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: row;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.header img {
    width: 32%;
    margin: 1px;
    height: 100%;
}
.flex-container {
  display: flex;
  margin: 10px auto;
  max-width: 1300px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.flex-row {
  display: flex;
  margin-bottom: 50px
}

.content {
    flex-direction: row;
    width: 100%;
}

.content .left {
    flex: 2;
    width: 20%;

}

.content .center {
    flex: 4;
    justify-content: center;
    width: 60%;
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A: Я думаю понял что вы хотели:
https://codepen.io/Rusic/pen/EdvQee
Суть в том, что нужно ограничить рост и уменьшение флексов:
краток это flex: 0 0 60% но ранее с этим были проблемы в записе по порядку:
flex-grow: 0
flex-shrink: 0
flex-basis: 60%

A: Видимо происходит это из за того, что контент меняется динамически в теге . С самого начала надо было сказать что делается все в Angular.
Создал две статические странички одна с шапкой и колонками, другая с шапкой без колонок, ничего не прыгает, ширина контейнера всегда одна.


1. The boat is about to enter the marina berth. The skipper slows the boat enough to maintain steerage and steers the boat so that it will enter about 300 mm to 600 mm away from the marina finger. Slow is best. The Cleat Captor operator stands ahead of the vessel's midships cleat ready to deploy the Cleat Captor to the OUTER marina cleat. The Cleat Captor line has been cleated off to the midships cleat at such a length that will ensure that the boat cannot hit the main marina walkway. It does not matter if the boat stern overhangs the finger as this can easily be fixed when crew are ashore.
2. As the boat enters the berth, the skipper slows the boat further which may cause the boat to drift a bit further away from the marina finger. It may be useful to enter the berth in neutral to avoid prop walk. As the OUTER marina cleat comes alongside the Cleat Captor operator, the Cleat Captor is deployed to capture the cleat. The operator signals the skipper to advise that the line has been secured.
3. As the boat continues to move forward, the mooring line will tighten. Excessive speed risks tearing the cleats off the boat or marina. It may be necessary to intermittently select neutral or even reverse in order to achieve an appropriate speed. The mooring line supplied with Cleat Captors employs rope that has a breaking strain of 1.25 Tonnes with 30% elongation. (A higher breaking strain rope is offered as an extra cost option for heavy vessels).
4. The boat strains against the mooring line and slows while moving alongside the marina finger on its fenders. The skipper holds the boat against the finger at minimum engine speed in forward gear while judiciously applying sufficient helm to maintain the boat in a proper attitude so that crew can then safely step off, move the boat to its proper position in the berth and secure all mooring lines. Everyone can now heave a sigh of relief.
The optimum midships cleat point or strong point position for best boat attitude varies according to the particular vessel's design and can be found by experimentation.
In the unlikely event that the operator fails to secure to the cleat (step 2), the boat should be immediately reversed out for another try.
It should be noted that Cleat Captors can also be used to secure a line over moderately sized mooring pylons.
Take good care of your mooring line by stowing it out of the weather. Check the condition of the line before use and replace it if it is damaged. IF IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT!


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National investors have been drawn to Downtown Baltimore and have purchased and updated several office towers. Hotel operators, financial lenders, residential developers, and restaurateurs have seen what many within the region overlook: the value in the DMA's growing residential and employment base, central location, mixed-use potential, transit-connectivity, and varied architectural types. Join us at our annual State of Downtown Baltimore Breakfast on Thursday, March 26 as we unveil the 2019 economic update for Downtown Baltimore.
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2011
Eight years ago, Downtown Partnership released a Strategic Plan for the Downtown Management Authority (DMA) District that identified 23 troubled properties holding Downtown Baltimore back. Since then, all but 4 have been redeveloped, including new towers that have risen on formerly empty parking lots. At least four public parks have undergone major renovations, collectively costing more than $15 million. Due to these transformations, the DMA boasts the greatest concentration of employment in the City, in addition to its explosive residential growth.
When it comes to urban development, the recent history of the DMA is unparalleled. As a result, the DMA is the primary economic engine of the City. This small geographic area, just 1% of the City's land, accounts for at least $100 million of tax revenues to the City per year.
Download the pdf here.
2019 DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore's Development Report, released in Nov. 2019, is the most comprehensive look at central Maryland's largest economic center. This report defines "downtown" as the area within a one-mile radius of Pratt and Light streets, which encompasses several neighborhoods.
Projects under construction as of November 2019 include: 245,700 square feet of office space; 829 housing units (with an additional 1,341 in planning); 447 hotel rooms (with an additional 516 in planning); and, 111,480 square feet of retail space (with an additional 235,449 in planning).
Most often thought of as a business and tourism district, Downtown Baltimore also has Baltimore's most dense and fastest-growing residential neighborhoods. In 2018, for the second year in a row, this area maintained its position as the eleventh most populous downtown in the United States, with a larger number of residents than the downtowns in Miami, Houston, and Atlanta. Our previously-released Housing Demand Study projects Downtown Baltimore can absorb 7,000 units between 2017 and 2022, and the current occupancy rate of 96.5% indicates that demand is in line with this projection. Also worth noting is that almost one-quarter of all housing in Downtown Baltimore is affordable by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development standards, a number that exceeds the national average for downtowns.
Investment totals, after peaking in 2018, dropped in 2019, from over $800 million to over $200 million, largely as a result of two sizable mixed-use towers that were delivered at 414 Light and One Light, as well as UMB Health Sciences Facility. Given the known projects in development and planning, investment levels are expected to rise slightly closer to $472 million in 2020 and fall closer to $210 million in 2021.
Download the 2019 Development Report now.
OFFICE MARKET
The DMA boasts the region's greatest concentration of employees with more than 58,000 people working here.
More than 70 leases for nearly 1 million square feet of space have been executed since 2015. Even with the addition of new office towers, the overall office vacancy rate has improved by 3% over the recession and has recently held steady at 16.5%.
Read the most recent State of Downtown Baltimore Report now.
RESIDENTIAL MARKET
Every new apartment constructed attracts a new resident. Our previously-released Housing Demand Study projects Downtown Baltimore can absorb 7,000 units between 2017 and 2022, and the current occupancy rate of 96.5% indicates that demand is in line with this projection. Also worth noting is that almost one-quarter of all housing in Downtown Baltimore is affordable by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development standards, a number that exceeds the national average for downtowns.
Projects completed in Downtown neighborhoods over the past two years tell a compelling narrative: apartments and mixed-use spaces are thriving in Downtown Baltimore.
Download the Housing Demand Study now.
The pace of progress quickened in 2018 and remains healthy in early 2019:
•	At least five new restaurants opened last year - Chez Hugo, La Calle, The Red Boat, and others – and at least four major restaurants are opening within the next few months – The Alexander Brown Restaurant, R&R Taqueria, Blackwall Hitch, and Bon Fresco.
•	At least four new residential projects opened last year – 225 North Calvert, 300 St. Paul, Franklin Lofts, and 414 Light.
•	Three new hotels are under construction and/or nearing completion: Candlewood Suites, Cambria Suites, and Hilton Garden Inn.
•	Numerous properties along North Howard Street, once falling apart, are under reconstruction.
•	A brand-new office tower was completed at One Light and welcomed its lead tenant, M&T Bank.
Download the Charles Center Development Map now.


Outside the Box is a Intermediate Quilt Pattern that uses 10" Squares in both print and background fabrics. 10" Squares are commonly known as Layer Cakes, Stacks, and Treats. You may use yardage in your favorite prints cut down into 10" strips by WOF, subcut into 10" squares in the amount you will need for your quilt size.
Today's Free Pattern will be given in the size for Twin which is shown on the cover. Finished Size is 64" x 80". This pattern is available in 5 quilt sizes; Crib, Throw, Twin, Full/Queen, and King which is available on my website as a PDF download.
Fabrics shown are from Timeless Treasure Topaz and Kona Charcoal as background fabric. Backing and Binding are fabrics selected from Timeless Treasure Topaz line. Glide thread was also used for quilting. Quilting done by me, Krystal Jakelwicz with Lets Quilt Something! =) I quilted Diagonal Plaid which is normally a digital quilt pattern that forms squares but I "squished" the pattern so that it formed a diamond. I hope you all enjoy!
Timeless Treasure Topaz is available on Craftsy for $20.97! Topaz is currently on clearance for a steal! lol Here is a link to it. Buy now before they sell out fast.
Batting - 72" x 88"
4. Do steps 1 – 3 to all 10" squares, both Prints and Solids.
Twin size you will be needing 10 rows of 8 Blocks in each row.
LOVE this modern-ish pattern!! I tend more towards twists on traditions, however you have definitely caught me with this one.
And, I especially truly totally and greatly appreciate you including several actual QUILTING suggestions!!!!!
After forty plus years of both piecing ABD quilting, I am SO TIRED of seeing quilt patterns that are many many many pages of pIecing instructions, and then one line "Quilt as desired" on the actual QUILTING portion of our beloved hobby and art!!
Like a painting class that only talked abt the paints, canvases, easels & brushes to purchase & how to set it all up, without how use use the brushes, and putting paint on those canvasses, etc.
Otherwise, we should quit calling it "quilting", start calling it "cutting and sewing pretty fabric together" — and save "quilting" and "quilter" ONLY for those actually quilting!
Yes, I'm passionate about our art losing half it's skill, technique and beauty to those who can either afford multiple thousands of dollars for a big machine, or have the multiple hundreds of dollars to hire someone w/that machine! So-called "quilting" magazines & books are tooooooo often mis-named — without a single article or parrern on the actual QUILTING in them, they should be re-named "sewing and piecing" magazines!
So, thank you again, and please continue to include suggesred QUILTING patterns along with your lovely PIECING ones!!
I just LOVE this quilt design. Genius and beauty combined!!!! Thank you very much.


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Birmingham Black Oral History Project
R1164 Oral History Interview – Carlton Duncan 11/06/1991
Interviewee: Carlton Duncan
Interviewer: Doreen Price
This is an oral history interview with Carlton Duncan, recorded in 1991, as part of the Birmingham Black Oral History Project (BBOHP), discussing his life in Jamaica and the UK.
Carlton is well known for his 30-year career as a teacher, becoming Britain's first Black Headteacher of a Secondary school in 1982. Carlton arrived in England on 10th January 1961, travelling on an Italian ship called the TS Escania. He describes his arrival as being a 'major disappointment' and goes on to discuss his education and early years as a teacher. He had a 10-year career as a professional dancer, travelling across Europe while still attending University in Swansea. Carlton describes the extensive racism and abuse he experienced throughout his teaching career and in his personal life.
These recordings include racially explicit content, including discussions of racism, prejudice and violence; racially explicit language; and language and phrasing that we would not use today. Some of this content might be unsuitable for younger listeners or triggering for People of Colour. We recommend reading the description for each track before choosing to listen.
Track 5	Diverse Curriculum cont.
Carlton continues to talk about his educational philosophy using Mary Seacole as an example.
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Elliott Earl Williams spent the last 51 hours of his life lying naked on a blanket in a Tulsa Jail cell, unable to feed himself the food that had been thrown to the floor beside him by detention officers, a jail video released Monday indicates. Williams, 37, was pronounced dead about 11:30 a.m. Oct. 27, 2011 - five days after he was booked into the jail. He had been taken to the Tulsa Jail by Owasso police officers after he was arrested in connection with a disturbance at a hotel, reports indicate.
An Owasso police report states: "It was readily apparent that the suspect was having a mental breakdown. The suspect was rambling on about God, eating dirt." Williams' estate is suing Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz and the jail's health-care provider, Correctional Healthcare Management of Oklahoma Inc., claiming wrongful death and civil rights violations. The video, which lasts 10 minutes and 23 seconds, begins with Williams being dragged into a medical cell on a blanket at 8:27 a.m. Oct. 25. It ends two days later, at 8:41 a.m. on Oct. 27, with jail personnel checking the bottoms of Williams' feet for a response before returning at 11:04 a.m. to begin CPR.
A few minutes later, jail personnel yanked the blanket out from beneath Williams, and his body rolled over, leaving him face down, the video shows. Less than 20 minutes later - after more attempts at CPR by Tulsa firefighters - Williams was pronounced dead, his body still bare as a photographer snaps pictures. Between the time he was placed in the cell and the time he died, jail personnel gave him one cup of water - placed at his feet minutes after he was put in the cell but initially out of his reach - and what appear to be two servings of food - each tossed to the floor on Oct. 25, according to the video.
Just hours before his death, what appears to be another meal was pushed through the slot in the cell door. Undersheriff Tim Albin on Monday called the death an "unfortunate" incident and said he would not comment because the case is being litigated. "We're looking forward to defending the case in court," he said. Attorney Guy Fortney, who is representing the Sheriff's Office in the lawsuit, has said previously that the Tulsa Jail is one of the best in the country and accused the Williams estate's attorneys, Daniel Smolen and Louis Bullock, of attempting to try the case in the court of public opinion. The video made public Monday was one of several documents that were part of a motion filed by Smolen asking the court to compel the jail's health-care provider to provide documents and testimony relevant to the company's financial condition. Among the documents Smolen attached to the motion was an executive summary of the circumstances surrounding Williams' death, prepared by the Sheriff's Office. According to the summary, written by Cpl. Billy McKelvey, Williams rammed his head into the door of his holding cell shortly after he arrived at the jail in the early hours of Oct. 22. When found by detention officers, he complained that he had "broke his neck," the report says. It goes on to say that Williams was left untreated in his holding cell for 10 1/2 hours and defecated on himself. Williams eventually was taken to a shower within the jail's medical unit, where he was put in "feet first, on his back; the shower turned on" for 1 1/2 to two hours, the summary states. He was then taken to a medical cell. "During this time, Elliott repeatedly told detention staff and medical staff that he was unable to move," the executive summary states.


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