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import json
import lightgbm as lgb
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.metrics import mean_squared_error

# load or create your dataset
print('Load data...')
df_train = pd.read_csv('../regression/regression.train', header=None, sep='\t')
df_test = pd.read_csv('../regression/regression.test', header=None, sep='\t')

y_train = df_train[0]
y_test = df_test[0]
X_train = df_train.drop(0, axis=1)
X_test = df_test.drop(0, axis=1)

# create dataset for lightgbm
lgb_train = lgb.Dataset(X_train, y_train)
lgb_eval = lgb.Dataset(X_test, y_test, reference=lgb_train)

# specify your configurations as a dict
params = {
    'task': 'train',
    'boosting_type': 'gbdt',
    'objective': 'regression',
    'metric': {'l2', 'auc'},
    'num_leaves': 31,
    'learning_rate': 0.05,
    'feature_fraction': 0.9,
    'bagging_fraction': 0.8,
    'bagging_freq': 5,
    'verbose': 0
}

print('Start training...')
# train
gbm = lgb.train(params,
                lgb_train,
                num_boost_round=20,
                valid_sets=lgb_eval,
                early_stopping_rounds=5)

print('Save model...')
# save model to file
gbm.save_model('model.txt')

print('Start predicting...')
# predict
y_pred = gbm.predict(X_test, num_iteration=gbm.best_iteration)
# eval
print('The rmse of prediction is:', mean_squared_error(y_test, y_pred) ** 0.5)

print('Dump model to JSON...')
# dump model to json (and save to file)
model_json = gbm.dump_model()

with open('model.json', 'w+') as f:
    json.dump(model_json, f, indent=4)

print('Calculate feature importances...')
# feature importances
print('Feature importances:', list(gbm.feature_importance()))
# print('Feature importances:', list(gbm.feature_importance("gain")))

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In the interview generally, bit reversal is the common question for the interviewer. There are several methods to reverse the bits of an integer.
If you have good knowledge of unary operators then bit reversal is a very simple question for you otherwise, it can be difficult.
So it is my personal advice before looking the example code read the unary operators and try this yourself first.
Note: Quiz on bit-wise operators.
Before going to example code I am discussing bit-wise operator which are frequently used in below example code.
There is some important list of the bitwise operator.
| (Bitwise OR) Use to Set a Bit of a Register.
& (Bitwise AND) Use to check a Bit of Register.
^ (Bitwise EX-OR) Use to toggle a Bit of a Register.
~ ( Bitwise complement) Use for the compliment.
<< (Shift left) Use to shift a sequence of Bit toward left.
Note: In the c language, printf lacks the ability to print the data in binary format. So here, I am creating a simple program to print the number in binary format.
Example code to print the data in binary format.
In below section, I am describing 5 ways to reverse bits of an integer.
This is a simple method, we take an integer tmp and putting set bits of the num in tmp until the num becomes zero. When num becomes zero then shift the remaining bits of temp through the count.
Let assume here is a number num (short int) which contains a value 0000000000001100. First, we assign the num value to the tmp and get the LSB of num.
After that, we iterate a loop until the num becomes zero with putting set bits in tmp. When num becomes zero then left shift tmp 12 times to get the exact reverse number 11000000000000.
This method is similar to the first method. It is easy and less optimized as compared to the first method. In this method we take an integer tmp, putting set bits of num in tmp until the for loop runs. In every iteration of for loop we will shift the tmp in left direction ( tmp << 1 ) and num in the right direction (num >> 1).
In this method, we will check the set bits of num and run the loop through all the bits of an integer. If we find the ith bits of num is set then just put 1 at the ((INT_BITS – 1) – ith ) position of tmp, where INT_BITS is the number of bits of an integer.
It is a very simple algorithm to reverse the bits of the 32-bit integer. This algorithm uses the eight constant value for the reversing of the bits and takes five simple steps.
In below section, I am describing the functioning of each step.
This expression use to swap the bits.
Let an example, suppose num is 0100, after the above expression it will be 1000.
Above expression uses to swap the 2 bits of a nibble. Suppose num is 10 00, after the above expression, it will be 00 01.
Expression use to swaps the nibbles. like if num is 0011 0010 then after the above expression it will be 0010 0011.
This statement uses to swap the bytes of an integer. Let num is 00001000 00001100, after the above expression, it will be 00001100 00001000.
The above expression uses to swap the half-word of an integer. Means that if the num is 0000000011001110 1000100100000110, after the above result number will be 1000100100000110 0000000011001110.
This is the simplest method to reverse the bits of an integer. In which we create a table of the hex value from 0 to 255. In this method, we are performing the AND operation of data with 0xFF to calculate the index of the array.
In this algorithm, we need to calculate the index of the array (look-up table) four times to getting the appropriate value from the look-up table. After getting the corresponding value we perform the bit shifting operation to get the reverse value.
Const Qualifier in C Language.


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Fall is in the air! I know because I need a sweater in the mornings here in central Virginia! I love this time of the year!
We are working on solving subtraction word problems.
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• Private-internal-repository: The artifacts which are used only within the organization are contained in this repository. The developer uploads them manually. Since the artifacts in this repository (sub-repository) are private tothe organization, this repository does not synchronize with the remote repository with ibiblio.
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We hear about people in the public eye who have been caught out by the taxman, you have probably read the highlights and thought, that doesn't affect me.
In fact, 1000s of ordinary investors, the 'Average Joe's' are getting caught up in the current tax avoidance crack down by the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
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A more elegant definition of talk in the idiom of conversation analysis characteristically emphasizes interaction and reciprocity: ''Talk is designed to reflect back on prior turns and project ahead to future ones, and we interpret talk as if it is tied in some way to prior and future turns'' (Nofsinger 1991: 3). '' Specifically, conversation analysts define ''ordinary,'' ''natural,'' or ''spontaneous'' conversation as ''instances of speech exchange organization with variable turn order, turn 3 Secondary Orality size, and turn content peculiar to a given occasion and the participants involved'' (West and Zimmerman 1982: 515).
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Of absent addressees'' (321), an oxymoronic phrase worth pausing over. What makes the talk of broadcast di√erent from ordinary conversation is the physical absence of its addressees. Go√man explains: ''Because talk is learned, developed, and ordinarily practiced in connection with the visual and audible response of immediately present recipients, a radio announcer must inevitably talk as if responsive others were before his eyes and ears'' (241). To bring this into dialogue with Go√man's conception of talk reviewed above, the talk of the radio host must display orientation to exchange with absent addressees.


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CHINA-US: CHINESE ASSESSMENT OF US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE BIIDEN'S LIKELY CHINA POLICY
In an article (August 26) captioned 'Inside Biden's China Policy' published by US-China Focus, Yang Wenjing of CICIR analysed the 92-page Democratic Party platform and said the Democrats seem to have already inherited this premise of the 'China threat'. She observed that the platform informs that the Democrats will not pursue a new cold war with China, which according to her implies, that if they take office they will end the current fierce confrontation with China. The Democratic Party will nevertheless continue to regard China as the top competitor. She assessed that in the economic field, Biden will continue the decoupling trend with China and also "take aggressive action against China that tries to undercut American manufacturing by manipulating currency, dumping products like steel and aluminum in our markets, providing unfair subsidies, stealing intellectual property, and conducting cyberespionage." The future Biden administration will continue to reshore manufacturing and vital supply chains back to the country, and also heavily punish perceived Chinese misbehavior, though possibly by different methods. She noted that Biden has emphasized once again that he would repair and reinvent alliances and partnerships, put diplomacy as the first priority instead of the military and rejoin international institutions to restore American leadership. While these might be better for China than the current situation, China should not overlook the fact that repair of U.S. alliances and a restoration of prestige together with more consistent coordination by the U.S. with its allies will increase the hedging against China. The Democratic Party platform, she noted, also promises to make "smart investments to keep the military's competitive edge," ensuring that the U.S. military has no peer in the world and can deter and win the conflicts of the 21st century, which she pointed out is no different from Trump's position. But she said Biden might replace Trump's slogan of Indo-Pacific with Asia-Pacific once again. She said in conclusion that Biden will "fully enforce" the Hong Kong and Uyghur acts and push back on China's "malign behaviour," but will also pursue cooperation on issues such as climate change and nonproliferation while attempting to ensure that the U.S.-China rivalry be kept under control. She ended with the observation that "for Biden, the stability of the bilateral relationship still counts".

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Looks like old habits die hard for Chris Brown.
He was arrested after his concert on Thursday night in Florida. A spokesperson for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office says the arrest was the result of an out of county warrant.
The warrant was for felony battery and was issued by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office. He was released after he posted a $2,000 bond.
This arrest can't help but remind us of his infamous assault on Rihanna in 2009.
Chris pled guilty to felony battery against Rihanna and was sentenced to 5 years of probation and six months of community service.


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Torrential rain lashes Japan, three feared dead after landslide
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An urban area is partially submerged by heavy rain in Takeo, Saga prefecture, southwestern Japan on Saturday
TAKEO, Japan: Torrential rain lashed much of Japan on Sunday, submerging roads and buildings in the western part of the country, while three people were feared dead after a landslide in central Nagano prefecture.
Large parts of Japan, particularly the southernmost main island of Kyushu, have seen record levels of rainfall, causing rivers to overflow and triggering landslides.
While the rain had stopped in much of Kyushu as of Sunday morning, Tokyo and other parts of the country were pounded by the downpour.
The Japanese government will hold a ministerial meeting on the heavy rains on Sunday afternoon, Kyodo reported.
In Takeo, a city in Saga prefecture in Kyushu, entire roads were submerged as rescue workers in wetsuits dragged inflatable boats and surveyed the damage. Local residents carried broomsticks and buckets and waded knee-deep in water.
"I've experienced three floods like this so far, but this is the worst," said Toshimi Kusumoto, a 68-year-old doctor whose clinic was flooded.
Kusumoto waited out the rain with his family on the second floor of his house, he said, located just behind the clinic.
The water reached his house, too, meaning most of the appliances on the ground floor would have to be replaced. His garage was bent out of shape, presumably from the pressure of the water.
His son Daigo said their family was prepared for the flooding but was concerned over the frequency at which torrential downpours were pummelling the area, and was considering re-building his house to raise the ground level.
He had re-built the house only four years ago and it had seen two floods already.
"It's a bit much if it happens this frequently," Daigo said, as he hosed down the mud in front of the house.
In 2019, Takeo city was hit by a record-hitting downpour that killed three people. The government at the time estimated that such a deluge would only happen once every few decades.
"But what can you do?" said Toshimi, with a slight shrug.
Takayuki Haraguchi, 68, who works as a caretaker at a local sports centre, had come to survey the damage briefly when it was raining on Saturday.
"It looked no different from the sea," he said as he recalled what he saw on Saturday morning.
He pointed out cars that had been submerged in muddy waters and vending machines that would have to be replaced.
Elsewhere in Saga prefecture, 113 patients at a local hospital and 69 nursing home residents at the same site were safely evacuated to higher floors after flooding, public broadcaster NHK said. Footage from NHK showed the hospital building and surrounding area flooded with water, which reached the top of the tyres of cars parked in the hospital parking lot.
Three people, including a boy under 10, were without vital signs after a landslide hit a house in Okaya city, in central Nagano, while four people were missing in three other prefectures as of Sunday noon, NHK said.
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A pro-government commentator believes that Socialist officials guilty of illegal practices while in government should be jailed, or at least voluntarily withdraw from politics. Left wing analysts don't believe the latest spy story.
Two pro-government papers, Heti Válasz and Magyar Nemzet have reported on a secret, ongoing investigation concerning former counter-espionage officials. They are suspected of illegally tapping the telephones of prominent right wing leaders in the mid 2000s, under the then prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and his close associate, György Szilvásy, who served as cabinet minister in charge of the secret services. In the course of an earlier probe, which was reported by BudaPost in August, investigators apparently came across a computer hard disk belonging to the former counter-espionage chief Sándor Laborc with files on two right wing leaders, the current Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Parliament Speaker László Kövér. The Prime Minister himself said in a televised interview that he and his wife had been under scrutiny with the aim of mapping the full network of their acquaintances. According to the two conservative papers, these operations were launched within the parameters of an investigation which aimed to uncover who leaked the PM Gyurcsány's infamous "we have been lying" speech in 2006.
In an editorial in Magyar Hírlap, Gyula T. Máté argues that in the West, which is usually considered by the Socialists as a model to follow, such an event would immediately entail severe court sentences or at least voluntary exile from politics on the part of the culprits. "But the protagonists of the tapping scandal and the Socialist corruption… rather than emigrating from politics, think of returning to power… and discrediting Viktor Orbán and László Kövér, through their media and their informal international ties".
Jenő Veress, a leading commentator at Népszava feels that the story aired by the two right-wing papers sounds phony: "Ex-minister György Szilvásy must be right when he says that someone wants to divert public attention from something big." (Mr Szilvásy told Népszava that the Prime Minister must be preparing for tough restrictive measures if his people come out with such a story.) Veress wonders who could seriously believe the tale about a counter-espionage chief forgetting illegal files on his service computer.
In a front page editorial, Népszabadság criticises the authorities for refusing to comment on the latest spy-case on the grounds that it involves state secrets. If so, someone has breached those secrets, and should be prosecuted – the left wing daily contends.


Marin County will provide maintenance services to keep the restrooms in the Bear Valley Visitor Center open for the next two weeks, despite the partial shutdown of the federal government.
But the shutdown could produce much bigger local effects if it drags on past the end of this month, cutting funding for food stamps and housing vouchers.
Unsanitary conditions meant park visitors were using the great outdoors as a public lavatory, Korten said after the meeting.
The county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve entering into a two-week agreement with the National Park Service to clean the bathrooms, even though it will cost the county $1,000 and even though the park service declined the county's request for indemnification.
Supervisors Kate Sears and Judy Arnold expressed their displeasure before voting aye.
Following the meeting, Korten said he has added five additional portable toilets at the county's Village Green Park in Stinson Beach. He said the additional bathrooms are needed because the permanent bathroom maintained by the National Park Service at the beach has been closed due to the shutdown.
Sears noted on Tuesday that other bathrooms maintained by the National Park Service in Marin, such as the one at the Tennessee Valley trailhead, also have been closed.
Korten said he is exploring the possibility of having Marin County Park staff provide temporary maintenance for it as well as the restroom at Muir Beach, but he added that cost is factor.
If the shutdown continues into February, there will be much bigger worries.
Kari Beuerman, the county of Marin's director of social services, said Marin residents receiving food assistance could be at risk. Beuerman said there are nearly 10,000 CalFresh recipients in Marin, and many of those people are children, people with disabilities and older adults.
Kimberly Carroll, deputy director of the Marin Housing Authority, said the authority has only enough funding to pay landlords accepting Section 8 housing vouchers through the end of February. Carroll said the Section 8 voucher program has $3 million in monthly expenses so the authority's reserves would not begin to fill the gap.
Mary Murtagh, EAH Housing's chief executive, said already her nonprofit is not receiving payments to cover some of the project-based Section 8 vouchers that it uses at some of its properties.
"About 5 percent of our properties are being affected by this," Murtagh said.
Currently, Murtagh said the shutdown is affecting only properties that are directly overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where 100 percent of the tenants are using vouchers.


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Dimitrios "Dimitris" Emmanouilidis (, * 24. Oktober 2000 in Lefktra) ist ein griechischer Fußballspieler.

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Emmanouilidis begann seine Laufbahn bei den Junioren von Panathinaikos Athen. Im Sommer 2017 erhielt er seinen ersten Profivertrag und wechselte in den Kader der ersten Mannschaft.

Seinen ersten Pflichtspieleinsatz hatte Emmanouilidis am 29. November 2017, als er im Rahmen eines 1:1-Pokalspiels bei Panachaiki eingewechselt wurde. Sein erstes Meisterschaftsspiel absolvierte er am 3. Dezember 2017 bei einer 0:1-Heimniederlage gegen Panionios. Nach elf Einsätzen in der Saison 2018–2019 wurde er im Sommer 2019 an Panionios ausgeliehen, um dort mehr Spielpraxis zu erhalten. Bei Panionios etablierte sich Emmanouilidis als Stammspieler und kam auf 19 Erstliga- und vier Pokaleinsätze in denen er auf insgesamt sechs Tore kam. Nachdem Panionios am Ende der Saison in die zweite Liga abstieg, kehrte Emmanouilidis wieder zu Panathinaikos zurück.

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Emmanouilidis zählt für die Nachwuchsmannschaften Griechenlands insgesamt 27 Länderspielen in denen er 9 Tore erzielte.

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Scientists in Paris have figured out what causes rolling suitcases to wobble then overturn. Their counterintuitive solution to the problem: speed up.
How it happens: Physicists studied suitcase instability by creating a model of a two-wheeled suitcase rolling on a treadmill. They found that a suitcase unsurprisingly begins to rock when it hits a small bump or something knocks into it. When one wheel is lifted off the ground, the tilted suitcase shifts to realign the wheels but when the wheel hits the ground again, the other one lifts and the energy from movement is transferred, rocking the suitcase the other direction. The motion continues or the suitcase falls over so long as the energy from rocking is greater than the dampening that occurs when the wheel touches the ground again.
How to make it stop: Go faster. It won't stop the oscillations entirely but it will decrease the amount of energy transferred from pulling to rocking. "Thus, one should rather accelerate than decelerate to attenuate the amplitude of oscillations. A non-experienced suitcase puller would not react this way," the authors wrote.
What's new: "People used to assume it was a resonance and that when you are walking, tiny movements in your hands are transferred to the suitcase and amplified," says Paris Diderot University physicist Sylvain Courrech du Pont. "By we, I mean the one guy who studied this."
Beyond suitcases: The rocking motion could inform the design of towed trailers, especially autonomous ones that will need to know how to self-correct the movement.


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Posted on October 5, 2008 by David J Edery | 4 Comments
Back in August 2007, I wrote the following about the XBLA 1st party (aka MS-published) title review process:
I've put systems in place to hopefully help reduce the risk of my own tastes (or lack of vision) from polluting the portfolio. I can't really discuss the details, but they include a sort of "wisdom of crowds" feedback loop, in which indie submissions are screened and rated by a group of my colleagues within Microsoft (who are asked NOT to discuss the submissions with each other before rating them — mainly to avoid group-think.) The wisdom of crowds can make my forecasts more accurate, and it can help compensate for any subconscious biases I have. Unfortunately, what I don't believe it can do is help me identify future mega-hits (i.e. "the next Geo Wars".)
The process I referred to in that post actually kick-started in March of 2007, so it's been about 18 months since I started changing the way that the XBLA team reviews incoming submissions from independent developers. If you had asked me way back then when I expected to be able to judge the results of the process change, I would have said "a year from now, at the latest." Turns out, I would have been way off. A year and a half later, only six games that we have reviewed under the new process have launched on Marketplace. Many of the games greenlit in the few months following March '07 are still in development and/or finally nearing release.
How long does it take to make an XBLA game, and why?
When I first joined the XBLA team, the conventional wisdom was that most games would take six to nine months to go from greenlight to launch. Today, it's clear that the range is much wider — anywhere from four months for simpler ports (developed by experienced studios) to well over two years for an original game like Castle Crashers. The average development time has obviously risen, though average dev team size does not appear to have risen so much.
I'd attribute some of the rise in development times to the increased size limit for XBLA games, but the much more significant factors seem to be:
There are now many more studios that view XBLA as a venue via which they can make a name for themselves, promote original IP, and generate a non-trivial return on their investment, as opposed to in the early days when participation in XBLA seemed more opportunistic. Many of the studios that we're working with now are highly motivated to create a standout game.
There is now much more competition, in many forms. When XBLA first launched, LIVE users had relatively few options competing for their cash — on Marketplace or in retail, for that matter. But today, Marketplace is swimming with games, DLC, and demos, and retail is overflowing with compelling new and used games. The bar has risen tremendously, and XBLA developers have had no choice but to rise with it — which means putting more time and energy into their games. This seems like the most significant factor, to me.
Developers are becoming more and more ambitious in their use of LIVE (both in terms of multiplayer modes, and in terms of stuff like creative use of leaderboards, content sharing, etc.) As any experienced developer will tell you, online features — especially LIVE multiplayer — tend to greatly increase the complexity of a development project. One of my colleagues believes that adding robust LIVE multiplayer mode(s) to a game can increase the development schedule by 50% to 100%.
The certification process has often proven to be more of a challenge than many independent developers expected, despite the significant assistance our production and test teams offer in preparing for and managing that process. Developers who have gone through certification once have much less trouble the second time around, but we're still working with plenty of developers who are new to console game development.
What have those six games taught me?
I don't like to draw conclusions from six of anything — I don't consider that a statistically significant pool of information. However, it seems that I was right when I said a "wisdom of crowds" process would not be useful in predicting mega-hits. One of the six games I referred to earlier was Braid. The average participant in my review process predicted that Braid would not be one of the top 50% of games on XBLA, by sales. Only two people predicted that it would be in the top 25% of games!
What I really want to know is if the process helped me avoid red-lighting games that were likely to perform reasonably well (not necessarily become mega-hits) — in other words, if it helped me overcome my own personal blind spots and biases. I'll need to wait a bit longer to find out, but that's OK. There's one thing this job teaches you, above and beyond all else. Can you guess what?
Patience. 😉
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Search engines, created initially as a way of sharing information between universities, first came on the scene in the early '90s. In fact, the first search engine (Archie) was developed by Alan Emtage and functioned as a way to match a file name with a specific query. Archie emerged as a database of Web filenames, which could then be matched to user queries. By December of 1993, the first bot-fed engines appeared online and the first Web-crawler to index complete pages (WebCrawler) went live in 1994. Carnegie Mellon University's Lycos, one of the earliest contemporary engines, emerged in July 1994, by containing an index of 54,000 documents and a search engine which hosted relevance-ranking retrieval, word-proximity and prefix-matching algorithms. From there, catalogue size continued to reach astronomical quantities, topping 60 million documents in 1996.
And so continues the evolution of today's search engine. More Web pages are available at our fingertips now than ever before - in fact Google alone boasts an index of over 4 billion Web documents. Additional commercial refinements including mobile search, rich media, behavioral targeting, localization, and geo-targeting, to name a few, continue to make the once inconceivable - a way to isolate and even predict a user's commercial needs - a reality.
A reality, yes, but has the search engine marketing industry forced search engines to stray too far from the search engine's original purpose and intent - to share information? If so, where does search go from here? The answer may be simple - customization of the search engine's infrastructure resulting in the formation of specialized search engines.
Targeted engines designed to index entities such as blogs or forums would lead users who seek consumer reviews, for example, to a consumer specific blog such as Epinions.com. Valuable information indeed, as a good consumer review may be more effective in swaying a prospective buyer than a generic banner ad. But is this the type of result that belongs on a traditional search results page? A search engine specific to this type of query would ensure that those who seek this information would find it, and those who do not want to be inundated with untargeted results, won't.
Many engines and directories host, to one degree or another, shopping "tabs" or services to facilitate the shopping process. Case in point, Google's "Froogle," is a service which separates retail information in such a manner that one can find reviews and product information online and then be directed to online stores that sell said product. Unfortunately, Google (as have other search engines) has not removed these results from traditional pages. By mitigating commercial options from traditional search pages, engines would be able to preserve the integrity and accuracy of the traditional (non-commercial) results that they have so vigorously tried to maintain.
Along with the technological advancements of the Search Industry, the saavy of the average Internet user has improved. In fact, according to Nielsen//NetRatings, 69 percent of the United States population are Internet users. It's time for engines to stop relying upon the sophistication of its users to provide the accurate results they seek. Frustrated by the difficult venture of wading through layers of banners, ads, and irrelevant content to find the topic at hand, I contemplate the search engine's evolutionary path and propose the inclusion of an easier way to convey information specific to user experience.
The segmentation of search engines into multiple, topic-specific engines would accomplish this feat by providing an enhanced user experience, ensuring them a way to find the desired information. Engines stand to benefit as well, as the financial incentives of paid keyword sets expanded across multiple topic-specific engines could be significant. Ultimately, both the user and the engine will be empowered by this prospect, with the integrity of search in tact and stronger still.


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CAFAM Newsletter—September 2016
Posted byShannon September 21, 2016 Posted inNewsletters
Help Needed: Chinese New Year
Chinese School Kicks Off
Chinese Music on the Radio
Marking Chinese History in Maine
CAFAM Membership Renewal
Maine Chinese Language Conference
CAFAM Lecture Series
Chinese New Year Celebration
Moon Festival
Summer Potluck in the Park
Martin Connelly: President and Tea Guy
Language Corner
A Satire on Mixing English and Chinese
The board members of CAFAM have been busy planning the 2017 Chinese New Year celebration—always our biggest and most exciting event of the year. But to pull it off, we need more hands on deck!
If you are interested in helping us make the Chinese New Year event a success, please let us know. If you can volunteer on the day of the event or help with planning and organizing a certain aspect of the event (from publicity to activities to food), we would love to hear from you. Baituo 拜託!拜托!
Please contact Cindy Han at cindyhan09@gmail.com if you would like to learn more or offer much-needed help!
Chinese School Begins 20th Year
A message from the school:
We are very happy to announce the opening of enrollment for our 20th year of the CAFAM Chinese School and we hope that you will be able to join us! We'll have another fabulous year of art, dance, cooking, family, friends and fun!
We've had a little change in date due to the holiday spanning the first weekend in October. This year, school will run from Saturday, October 15 through Saturday, November 19. We'll have a holiday break, meet once in December on Saturday the 3rd, break again and then resume classes Saturday, January 7 through Saturday, January 21. Chinese New Year dress rehearsal will be on January 28th and we are planning our big Chinese New Year Celebration for February 4, 2017! Let's welcome the year of the ROOSTER!
We are also planning a special event for this spring … stay tuned for that and we'll let everyone know the date as soon as plans are finalized.
Please take a few moments to register your students: Click here to register. Please feel free to share this link (https://tufts.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_7ajvw7TvOEVjg0Z) with anyone who might be interested in joining us! We look forward to another wonderful year and can't wait to see you all!
Xie Xie!
Tania Strout, CAFAM Chinese School Steering Committee
What a delight to be able to turn on the radio in Maine and hear the sound of Chinese music — from ancient to contemporary, from traditional to modern, from folk to rock. CAFAM's Connie Zhu has been hosting a new Chinese music program called "Ba Yin Box" on WMPG community radio since June 27 this year, 10:30-noon, every Monday. You may listen to it on 90.9 FM or stream the live show and recent shows on WMPG.org.
Ba Yin Box, 八音盒, is a Chinese word for music box. "Ba Yin" 八音 means eight sounds, as ancient Chinese classified musical instruments in eight categories: silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and leather. The show aims to include a rich variety of Chinese music, featuring artists from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and overseas.
DJ Connie also plans to invite guests on the show regularly to discuss China-related topics, including culture, language, arts, food, and current affairs. Among the recent guests were Heather Hart-Courtice, a long-time Chinese teacher at Waynflete School (Portland); Shen Qi, owner of the upcoming Si Chuan Kitchen (Portland); Bob Poole, former V.P. of the US-China Business Council; and Gary Libby, CAFAM treasurer.
Because CAFAM's mission includes promoting Chinese culture in Maine, we are pleased to be an underwriter of Ba Yin Box. We will also be publicizing our events to the public via WMPG as part of our relationship with the station. So stay tuned!
CAFAM recently placed another in what it hopes to be a series of historic markers on the site of one of Portland's earliest Chinese-owned tea and grocery stores. That store, W.C. Tang Co., was located at 86 Portland Street between 1912 and 1917.
The original building at that site was destroyed by a fire decades ago and was replaced by what is now Bubba's Sulky Lounge. Robert "Bubba" Larkin, the owner, is an avid history buff and antique collector. He was pleased to allow CAFAM to place the marker on his building.
W.C. Tang Co. was not Portland's first Chinese-owned store; that honor goes to Ah Foo Fong, who originally came to Portland in 1868 to sell tea as an employee of George C. Shaw at his Exchange Street store. Mr. Fong opened his store, called the "New Chinaman's Tea Store," at 333 Congress Street in 1871.
Ar Tee Lam was Portland's next Chinese merchant. From 1873 to 1879, Mr. Lam, who was then a cigar maker, owned a tobacconist store at 113 Federal Street. In 1880, he opened Maine's first Chinese restaurant at 1 Custom House Wharf.
Wong G. Toy, a Portland laundryman, expanded into retail sales in 1896 when he placed an advertisement in the Portland Cadets' program stating that he sold Chinese and Japanese goods, silk handkerchiefs and teas at his 644 Congress Street shop, called the Wong G. Toy & Co. Laundry.
It was more than a decade before Portland had another Chinese-owned store when W.C. Tang Co. opened. The Portland police raided W.C. Tang Co. in April, 1912, and arrested 26 Chinese men who were gambling in the cellar. The police also confiscated a large quantity of illegal liquor there during that raid.
CAFAM has placed two other historic markers in Portland. One is at 28 Monument Square, which was the site of The Oriental Restaurant from 1916 to 1938. That site is now the Portland Public Market House. The other marker is located at 573 Congress Street, which was the site of the Empire Chinese Restaurant from 1916 to 1953. That is now the site of the Empire Chinese Kitchen restaurant. The marker was originally located on the outside wall of the building, but the owners of the Empire Chinese Kitchen moved it inside the restaurant.
—Gary Libby, CAFAM Treasurer
CAFAM Membership: Please Renew Now!
Take a quick moment to renew your CAFAM membership. As a nonprofit, we rely on member support to continue as an organization.
We've made it easy with our new online renewal system. Just click RENEW CAFAM MEMBERSHIP to pay your dues electronically, using PayPal. We have been trying to set September as the start and end of an annual membership. Yes, it's September right now! Please act now and renew your CAFAM membership today!
For more information about membership and dues, click MEMBERSHIP INFO. Anyone who is interested in supporting our organization's efforts to promote and support Chinese culture and language in Maine is welcome to click DONATE TO CAFAM. We thank you for any amount of support!
If you prefer not to renew online, please mail your payment to the address below. Chinese and American Friendship Association of Maine P.O. Box 10372, Portland, ME 04101
October 28 & 29, 2016
Husson University, Bangor, Maine
The Maine Chinese Language Conference is dedicated to promoting Chinese language, education, and culture in Maine/USA and exchange between Maine/USA and China in education.
The conference is presented by the Chinese Language and Culture Center of Maine, Maine Confucius Classroom, and Bangor Chinese School in collaboration with the Maine Department of Education, the University of Maine, the City of Bangor, and Husson University. It is sponsored by Hanban, the Consulate General of People's Republic China in New York, Lee Academy, Washington Academy and other local schools.
For more information about the conference, please visit our website: www.bangorchinese.com/.
Starting this fall
Portland locations
CAFAM will soon be hosting a series of talks featuring topics relating to Chinese culture, history, society and more. These talks will be held in and around Portland and will showcase the many interesting people we have in our region who have expertise in China or Chinese people. CAFAM members and the general public will be welcome to attend, and we hope to find venues where Chinese refreshments will accompany the lectures.
Thank you to CAFAM vice president Jordan Foley for initiating and organizing the lecture series.
2017 Chinese New Year Celebration
Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook, Maine
It's almost time to crow about the Year of the Rooster! Save the date for our annual Chinese New Year celebration—we'll be offering some new features, including authentic food, interactive activities, cultural performances and more.
Moon Festival Gathering
The moon was as bright as can be for our annual Moon Festival celebration at Woodfords Congregational Church in Portland. Friends and newcomers enjoyed an abundant potluck dinner, entertainment, crafts and mooncakes. Each year, the event seems to get bigger and better. Thank you to the Confucius Institute for partnering with us for this special holiday!
Journalist and Author: Rob Schmitz
China reporter Rob Schmitz, formerly of Marketplace and now Shanghai correspondent with NPR, came to Portland in July to promote his new book, Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road. Rob was on Maine Public Radio's program "Maine Calling" on July 20 to talk about his experiences in China, where he was joined by CAFAM's Connie Zhu, who added perspective on growing up in Shanghai, and by Christopher Heurlin, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Government at Bowdoin College. (Click here to listen to the show.)
CAFAM helped to host Rob Schmitz's subsequent talk at Longfellow Books in Portland. It was well attended by CAFAM members and others, and Rob's stories about life in China were fascinating. We recommend reading his book for more about his insights on the people and issues in modern Shanghai.
Sunshine greeted the many CAFAM friends who came to Winslow Park in Freeport for a picnic gathering on June 25—with more than enough food! It was a great turnout.
During the picnic, CAFAM board members voted on new officers. Our new president is Martin Connelly, joined by vice president Jordan Foley, secretary Michael Connelly, and treasurer Gary Libby. Thank you to the officers for being willing to serve our organization! And many, many thanks to Kwok Yeung, our outgoing president, who was incredibly dedicated, organized and effective at leading our organization.
CAFAM President: Martin Connelly
CAFAM president Martin Connelly (center) in China, in pursuit of tea.
Martin Connelly has been a member of CAFAM since the mid-1990s. On his first trip to China, Martin was, as his parents will attest, sullen and unexcited by the adventure afforded him. But through his later youth and his younger adulthood, Martin developed a deep appreciation for the people, the culture and the food of his second home.
Martin studied Chinese culture and society at Colby College, and later worked in the country teaching English, writing features, and editing the news for CCTV9 — the first-ever second-generation English language copy editor at that station.
Since his return to Maine in 2012, Martin has been re-working an old Maine standby, plying the China trade. He and his family founded the Little Red Cup Tea company to bring Chinese tea (and joy) to the United States, and the venture has grown steadily since.
Martin has served on the board as fill-in secretary for the last four years. He was elected as CAFAM's new president at the annual summer potluck gathering in June.
THE LANGUAGE CORNER
In case you have missed the latest Chinese cyber phenom Papi Jiang (Papi酱), hailed as 第一网红 (dì yī wǎng hóng, No. One Net Star), read this New York Times profile of the talented comedian (English version/Chinese version/bilingual version) and watch her first viral video clip (below), a satire of how certain people like to mix in English phrases when speaking Chinese. Hilarious!
According to Jiang Yilei 姜逸磊 (her real name), a graduate of China's Central Academy of Drama and now worth over $1 million, there are eight popular practices of mixing English and Chinese in speech (pretension alert!):
#1 Repeat the key words in what you just said in English. (那两只小猫好可爱, so cute!)
#2 Say the key words of your speech in English directly, called "White Collar English." 白领英语. (这个case 你来 follow 还 ok 吗?)
#3 Mix in simple English words, called "Elementary School English." 小学式英语. (Fruit 里面我最喜欢吃 apple.)
#4 Use English for all conjunction words. (我喜欢他, however 他不喜欢我呀。)
#5 Use all English exclamations. (Oh, for God's sake, 你没完啦?!)
#6 Use English acronyms. (B2B 和 B2C 我们都做啊。)
#7 Use original names. (我们是去 Ikea 还是去 Wal-Mart?)
#8 Seamless integration. (唉, 我已经不能 control 我 self 了。)
Ok, 看看你 fit in 哪个 type. LOL!
ABOUT THE CAFAM NEWSLETTER
This e-newsletter is provided to CAFAM members and is edited by Cindy Han and Connie Zhu, with technical support from Jay Collier. If you have any questions, comments or material for the newsletter, please send them to: cindyhan09 at gmail.com or connie at ch-trans.com.
Moon Festival Celebration
CAFAM newsletter – Sept 2016


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Tom Meaney recalls his grandmother who was born in 1855, and explains that she had retained vivid memories of men returning from the raid on Mallow Barracks in 1867. Her cousin, Diarmuid Kelleher, had been sentenced to death in 1822 for his activities with the Whiteboys, and Tom describes the place in Carriganima where he and the thirty others were executed. Tom's father, Con Meaney, would have heard about these events from history while growing up. Tom also discusses Seán Roibeárd Ó Súilleabháin (known as The Bard) who was sentenced with a man named Con Meaney, and research has established that Meaney escaped to America. Tom's maternal family, the McSweeneys of Gortnafunshion in Ballymakeera, Co. Cork and their connection with the Old IRA in the revolutionary period is recalled. The Meaney family from near Millstreet is also recalled. Con Meaney was very much involved in the Gaelic League and he attended any GAA events within cycling distance. Tom explains that his father was one of the few members of the IRB in the Millstreet area, which he joined in 1912. Two Fenian men who were still active at the time are recalled, as are Jerry Twomey and Séamus Ó hIcí, two members of the IRB from the area. The link between Millstreet and P. H. Pearse is discussed. Pearse visited the town in August 1915, three weeks after he gave the oration at the grave of O'Donovan Rossa. Tom explains that it is planned to unveil a plaque at the Railway Hotel building, now Corkery's Bar, to commemorate this occasion. Pearse then travelled from Millstreet with Volunteer members to Carriganima and on to Cork city where he addressed a gathering. On November 1st 1915, Terence MacSwiney had addressed a public meeting in Millstreet with a view to forming the Irish Volunteers. Three companies were then formed at Millstreet, Rathduane and Mushera, with a fourth company being formed some days later. Con T Meaney was Captain of the Mushera Company. Tom mentions that his father was never asked to attend an IRB meeting, as stated in his memoirs, but they did meet to commemorate the Manchester Martyrs. From January 1916 onwards, the men were drilling and exercising in preparation for the Rising. Tom explains that no word came through to Millstreet about the Easter Rising until it became known that it had taken place in Dublin. Keale Company was eager to dig up the railway line but their request was declined by those in command locally. Con's first cousin, Cornelius J 'Sonny' Meaney, was given charge of the four local companies until the time of the Civil War. Tom recalls his father's disappointment at the confusion surrounding communication of the Rising. He talks about the strict discipline of the time and explains that his father was Captain of Mushera Company and organiser, while Sonny Meaney became Commanding Officer of the Millltreet Battalion. Con T Meaney evaded arrest after the Rising and he went on the run with three others. This was a sacrifice as it resulted in a loss of income for the household, Tom explains. His father returned home when the prisoners were released towards the end of the year. By the time of the War of Independence there were approximately 800 men in the battalion area. Con was involved in events at Rathcoole, the railway ambush at Drishane Beg and the Clonbanin Ambush. Tom recalls Fr Joe Breen who was transferred from Tralee to Millstreet and became chaplain to Drishane Convent in 1916 and also to the Irish Volunteers. The proposed plan for the assassination of Fr Breen in Millstreet is mentioned. He went on the run when the information was leaked via an RIC man. Tom remarks that no member of the RIC from the Millstreet Barracks was ambushed or shot. He explains how messages were delivered inside the cover of a copy of the Cork Examiner. Con Meaney's character is reflected upon, and Tom remembers his father as being religious and as a man of peace. The victory dance held after the train ambush is recalled and Tom remarks that Fr Breen was the guest of honour, though still on the run. During the Civil War, Con Meaney supported the anti-Treaty side and his son explains his reasoning. He did not see the Treaty as a stepping stone towards a thirty-two county Ireland. He also regarded the Boundary Commission as a disaster. He was commandant of the area during the Civil War and was interned at Tintown in the Curragh, and Tom describes an incident from this time. Later, Con Meaney was selected as Fianna Fáil candidate for the 1928 election as a county councillor, and he served until his death in 1970. He was elected T.D. for North Cork in 1937, 1938 and 1961, and his son describes his engagement with the rural community. The difficulties he had to overcome during the 1930s are mentioned. Tom discusses his home, Rathroe House, which was once the ancestral home of the McCarthys. The Meaney family moved into the house in 1939. The 1918 election and its importance to Con Meaney is recalled. He opposed Home Rule and felt that the people's voice should have been listened to in 1918. Con was always a great supporter of De Valera, his son explains, and he was not a man to hold a grudge. Tom recalls his father's election to the Dáil in the late 1930s, and he reads Seán Moylan's note of thanks to the Returning Officer and his staff.
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The most games caught in professional baseball history
We all have acknowledged the fact that longtime Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez holds the MLB record for the most games caught. On 6/17/2009, Rodriguez caught his 2227th career game, moving past Carlton Fisk who had 2226 games behind the plate. Bob Boone finished his career with 2225, while Gary Carter had 2056 and Jason Kendall 2025.
While totaling up all the games played in the minors (Mexican game stats count under minor leagues) and majors, none of the five mentioned hold the crown. In fact, when totaling the games played in both the minors and majors, the list becomes a little different. Rounding out the top ten catchers in games caught are 6. Tony Pena (1950), 7. Brad Ausmus (1938), 8. Jim Sundberg (1927), 9. Al Lopez (1918) and 10. Benito Santiago (1917).
Combining minor league, Mexican League and minor leagues games caught the list looks like this in reverse: 10. Kendall (2290), 9. Carter (2316), 8. Santiago (2341), 7. Boone (2394), 6. Lopez (2425), 5. Ausmus (2428), 4. Pena (2430), 3. Fisk (2527), 2. Rodriguez (2671). The catcher who has caught the most games is Frank Estrada, who has a total of 2847 games caught in the minor leagues, Mexican and big leagues. Unfortunately, Estrada's MLB career consisted of 1 game played in 1971 for the New York Mets. Frank's career lasted over 30 seasons, having started in Mexico in 1964 lasting through the 1994 season, when he was 46 years old.
Estrada was sent to the Mets in an unknown transaction before the 1971 season. Prior to that, he had spent the past 5 (and 6 of the last 7) seasons in the Mexican League. Estrada will be forever known as being part of the trade that sent Nolan Ryan to the Mets for Jim Fregosi. Estrada, Don Rose and Leroy Stanton were also sent to the Angels. While the other players remained with their new teams through at least the entire 1972 season, Estrada was dealt by the Angels on May 29, 1972 to the Orioles in a deal for pitcher Tom Dukes. Then, after the 1972 season, he was traded again- this time to the Chicago Cubs for catcher Elrod Hendricks.
Estrada failed to return to the Major Leagues in 1972 and 1973 for either the Angels, Orioles or Cubs despite putting up decent to very good numbers. For the 1974 season, he returned to Mexico, playing for the Puebla Pericos from 1974-1980. He joined the Campeche Pirates from 1981-1983 before splitting the 1984 season with the Leon Bravos and the Toluca Truchas. He returned to Campeche where he spent 1985-1988, before going to Leon from 1989-1991. Estrada would finish his professional career with the Minatitlan Petroleros from 1992-1994.
Amazing how a catcher can spend 30 years behind the player. For Frank Estrada, it was his job. He was a catcher, not just a baseball player. If he was not catching, he was not playing somewhere else on the field, even as he got older. You have to do nothing but catch to spend 2848 games behind the plate.
Thurman Munson against the best catchers through their first 11 MLB seasons
A couple of days have passed since the anniversary of the death of Yankees catcher Thurman Munson. The last Yankees captain before Derek Jeter was killed in a plane accident in Canton, OH. Munson was one of the top catchers in the game during his playing career, among veterans Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk and the young Gary Carter. His number 15 was retired by the New York Yankees soon after his death as was his locker, and a monument was added to Monument Park in his honor.
Though his premature death was one of the sadder moments in the history of MLB, it brings some reflection on his playing career and his place in baseball history. He put up some solid numbers during his 11 MLB seasons, even more impressive being he was a catcher. The 1970 AL Rookie of the Year had played 7 straight seasons of 140 or more games, an incredible feat for a catcher and was well on his way for number 8. A very hard-nosed player, but managed to avoid injury that would force him to miss time.
Under the Roberto Clemente rule, Munson gained eligibility for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. He received just above 15% of the vote and remained on the ballot for his entire 15 years of eligibility. His numbers were good, but incomplete, as he hit .292 for his career with 113 HR and 701 RBI as well as 1558 hits. In spite of his All Star selections, postseason success and presence in the game, it was still difficult to make a case for him in the Hall of Fame.
I decided to do a little research, by studying the stats of some of the best hitting catchers to play in the history of the game. 6 of the 9 I profiled are in the Hall of Fame, with Mike Piazza and Ivan Rodriguez Hall of Fame worthy based on their career numbers and Jorge Posada on the borderline of consideration. I totaled up ten catchers stats for the first 11 seasons of their MLB careers. Parts of seasons counted as full years, as Munson did not have a choice of how long he played. Most of the catchers had an advantage on Munson, even though it was over an 11 year sample. Piazza, for instance hit 347 HR and 1073 RBI over his first 11 seasons. Johnny Bench had 287, 1037 during his first 11 years, while Yogi Berra finished with 238, 1003. Munson finished very comparable, however, in regards to hits, at bats and batting average. Most of the other catchers were known as bigger home run hitters.
Here is a chart of Munson against nine of the most productive offensive catchers, with first 11 years played, batting average, hits, at bats, home runs and RBIs.
Name AVG Hits ABs HR RBI
Thurman Munson .292 1558 5344 113 701
Mike Piazza .321 1661 5116 347 1073
Johnny Bench .268 1491 5554 287 1038
Carlton Fisk .284 1097 3860 162 568
Gary Carter .272 1365 5018 215 794
Yogi Berra .294 1477 5026 238 1003
Ivan Rodriguez .304 1595 5248 196 769
Bill Dickey .322 1434 4456 178 899
Jorge Posada .269 1034 3843 175 676
Mickey Cochrane .321 1588 4945 115 803
Based on this list (remember: this is just for the first 11 seasons the other catchers were on a MLB roster), Munson ranks 6th in batting average, 4th in hits, 2nd in at bats, 10th in HRs and 8th in RBIs. Discounting the home run totals, he ranks right there with Carter, Rodriguez and outperforms Fisk and Posada. Munson and Fisk were rivals during Fisk's time in Boston.
You can make a case Posada falls a little short in regards to average and RBIs as well as hits from what Munson did through his first 11 seasons. But Posada had a series of solid seasons afterwards, putting him in the discussion (though I still think he falls short). Berra was much better over this timeframe and Dickey hit for a higher average and drove in more runs.
One of the sad things within the death of Thurman Munson was the fact that his career ended way too early. Even if he left the Yankees to sign as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians as was rumored, he had a chance to finish with similar numbers to Fisk, Carter, Dickey and finish with a similar number of career hits as Bench, Piazza and maybe even Rodriguez. The word from the Hall of Fame is they thought he simply did not play enough to get consideration. If Roberto Clemente died after the 1966 season, instead of 1972, would he have made the Hall of Fame? For the record, he was a little over 1800 hits at the time. To me, it is a fair thought that Munson was among the best offensive catchers as well as the most durable during the time. However, I guy like Lance Parrish hit over 300 HRs and drove in over 1000 runs for his career and received just 1.7% of the vote in his only year on the ballot. And he was at 229, 767 and was 1237 for 4739 in his career through his first 11 seasons.


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Gone with the Wind Returns to HBO Max with a Disclaimer About Its Portrayal of Slavery
The streamer temporarily removed the classic film for its "racist depictions."
By Erica Gonzales
Jun 25 2020, 9:45 am EDT
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The streaming service HBO Max has returned the classic film Gone with the Wind to its library after previously removing it for "racist depictions."
The film page now includes extra videos contextualizing its portrayals of slavery, including an introduction from Turner Classic Movies' Jacqueline Stewart and a panel discussion about the film's "complicated legacy."
Gone with the Wind was temporarily removed after Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley urged HBO Max to pull the movie, which he explained perpetuates "some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color" in an op-ed for The Los Angeles Times.
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The 1939 classic Gone with the Wind is back on HBO Max, now with a disclaimer of how it "denies the horrors of slavery," according to Variety. Set in the Civil War era, the film was removed from the streaming platform more than two weeks ago after screenwriter John Ridley called the film out for romanticizing depictions of slavery and perpetuating "painful stereotypes of people of color."
HBO Max users wanting to stream Gone with the Wind will find the original film, along with a four-and-a-half-minute introduction from Turner Classic Movies' host and film scholar Jacqueline Stewart and an hour-long panel discussion called "The Complicated Legacy of 'Gone with the Wind'" from April 2019.
Stewart calls Gone with the Wind "one of most enduringly popular films of all time," but points out that it depicts "the Antebellum South as a world of grace and beauty without acknowledging the brutalities of the system of chattel slavery upon which this world is based."
She adds, "The film's treatment of this world through a lens of nostalgia denies the horrors of slavery, as well as its legacies of racial inequality."
Gone with the Wind on HBO Max.
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Victor Fleming's Gone with the Wind has been temporarily removed from HBO Max after the platform was urged to pull the film for its romanticized depictions of slavery.
Director and screenwriter John Ridley, the Oscar-winning scribe of 12 Years a Slave, made the plea in an op-ed for The Los Angeles Times published last night. Though he acknowledged that the 1939 film, which is set in the Civil War South, portrays a specific period in history, he pointed out that it falls well short of representation. "It is a film that, when it is not ignoring the horrors of slavery, pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color," he wrote.
Such portrayals include the Mammy character (played by Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel), which birthed a shallow and detrimental stereotype for Black women in cinema, and other depictions that contributed to the "happy slave" myth.
John Ridley won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2014.
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Ridley added that Gone with the Wind "romanticizes the Confederacy in a way that continues to give legitimacy to the notion that the secessionist movement was something more, or better, or more noble than what it was—a bloody insurrection to maintain the 'right' to own, sell and buy human beings."
Mindful of censorship, though, Ridley asked not that the film be locked up completely, but that it be accompanied with other works on HBO Max that give a fuller picture of slavery and the Confederacy. "Or, perhaps it could be paired with conversations about narratives and why it's important to have many voices sharing stories from different perspectives rather than merely those reinforcing the views of the prevailing culture," he continued. "Currently, there is not even a warning or disclaimer preceding the film."
HBO granted Ridley's request and released the below statement.
"'Gone with the Wind' is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society. These racist depictions were wrong then and are wrong today, and we felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible. These depictions are certainly counter to WarnerMedia's values, so when we return the film to HBO Max, it will return with a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions, but will be presented as it was originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed. If we are to create a more just, equitable and inclusive future, we must first acknowledge and understand our history."
Erica Gonzales Erica Gonzales is the Culture and Content Strategy Editor for BAZAAR.com, where she oversees news and culture coverage, including celebrity, music, TV, movies, and more.
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Harri Juhani Olli, né le  à Rovaniemi, est un sauteur à ski finlandais.

Biographie
Il commence le saut à ski au club Ounasvaaran Hiihtoseura.

Sa carrière internationale démarre en 2002, où il remporte le titre de champion du monde junior à Schonach, avant d'enregistrer plusieurs résultats dans le top dix en Coupe continentale.

Il fait ses débuts dans la Coupe du monde en  à Ruka, lieu même où il marque ses premiers points un an plus tard avec une  place. Cependant, il reste pendant le reste de la saison puis lors l'intégralité de la suivante, sans obtenir de résultat important.

En décembre 2005, il revient en forme gagnant sa première étape de Coupe continentale dans sa ville natale Rovaniemi. Il confirme ses progrès dans la Coupe du monde, notamment à Sapporo, où il est treizième et dixième.

À l'été 2006, il prend part à sa première manche dans le Grand Prix, à Hinterzarten, où il est cinquième en individuel et deuxième par équipes. Il gagne sa première et unique manche en août 2008 à Courchevel.

Il obtient son premier podium par équipes dans la Coupe du monde en 2007 à Lahti et son premier podium individuel en 2009 à Garmisch-Partenkirchen lors de la Tournée des quatre tremplins ( final). La suite de la saison est aussi couronnée de succès avec trois victoires, dont une en vol à ski à Oberstdorf et une quatrième place au classement général de la Coupe du monde.

Sa première grande récompense est son titre de vice-champion du monde obtenu sur le grand tremplin en 2007, échouant à seulement deux dixièmes de points de Simon Ammann. Lors des Championnats du monde de vol à ski, il obtient au mieux une sixième place en individuel en 2008 et remporte deux médailles par équipes : l'argent en 2008 et le bronze en 2010.

Aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2010, il est disqualifié pour combinaison non conforme au petit tremplin, puis se classe  au grand tremplin et quatrième par équipes.

Enfant terrible du saut à ski finlandais, il a été exclu à deux reprises de l'équipe finlandaise en 2008 pour "son indiscipline et ses soirées arrosées.". En 2011, il est suspendu par la FIS une épreuve de coupe du monde pour avoir adressé un doigt d'honneur au jury. Son entraîneur Kimmo Kykkänen démissionne, ne pouvant changer le caractère d'Olli.
Cette même année, il apprend sa non-participation pour les Championnats du monde d'Oslo et décide à vingt-six ans de mettre un terme à sa carrière. Il est poursuivi en 2012 pour violences domestiques sur sa femme.

Il revient en compétition lors de l'hiver 2013-2014, pour marquer quelques points en Coupe du monde lors de la saison 2014-2015, où il prend part aux Championnats du monde à Falun ( au grand tremplin).

Il est de nouveau en délicatesse avec sa fédération en 2016, qui rompt son contrat, Olli ayant apparu dans une publicité. Il a toujours pour objectif de participer aux Jeux olympiques de 2018, tout en planifiant ses étudiants, souhaitant rejoindre la faculté de médecine. Son point fort est son esprit mathématique, ayant toujours brillé dans cette matière à l'école et l'utilise pour améliorer ses performances en saut.

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Jeux olympiques

Championnats du monde

Championnats du monde de vol à ski

Coupe du monde
 Meilleur classement général :  en 2009.
 du classement de vol à ski en 2009.
 7 podiums en épreuve individuelle : 3 victoires, 2 deuxièmes places et 2 troisièmes places.
 10 podiums en épreuve collective : 2 victoires,3 deuxièmes places et 5 troisièmes places.

Victoires individuelles

Différents classements en Coupe du monde

Championnats du monde junior

Grand Prix
 du classement général en 2010.
3 podiums individuels, dont 1 victoire.

Coupe continentale
 du classement général en 2006.
7 podiums, dont 4 victoires.

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PIP SR Vice-President, Robin Roberts, Elected to Evergreen's Supplier Advisory Council
Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (PIP) is exceptionally proud and honored to have Robin Roberts elected as Chairman of Evergreen Marketing Group's 2013-14 Supplier Advisory Council.
Mr. Roberts has been with PIP over 13 years holding several senior sales positions. He has been an instrumental driver of growth and innovation for PIP.
"I am honored to have this distinguished title and I will use my experience to work with this incredible team at Evergreen," said Robin Roberts. Mr. Roberts has been in the PPE industry for nearly 30 years and is well-recognized as dedicated resource that is always willing to share his knowledge. Mr. Roberts continues by saying "With PIP's 2013 3SP™ focus on training our distributor partners, this could not have happened at a better time."
The Evergreen Marketing Group is a member-owned cooperative organization founded in 1989 by six construction/industrial supply distributors. It currently consists of 70 distributors with more than 280 locations in the United States and Canada and has combined revenues of over $1.2 billion dollars. The group is focused on driving growth and profitability of its distributors and preferred suppliers through an on-going program of training & education, business development and partnering.
Protective Industrial Products, Inc. is one of the leading suppliers of Hand Protection and Personal Protective Equipment to industrial distributors globally.
PIP's mantra is "Bringing the Best of the World to You®" by providing the highest value safety products available to workers in the Industrial, Construction and Electrical industry.
PIP strengthens its value proposition by also offering its products in the most efficient and flexible manner while building long-term relationships with its distributors.
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Oxford teens smile in slumber as school considers 10-minute delay
Published 8:49 am Thursday, December 6, 2018
By The Oxford Eagle
It's almost every teenager's favorite morning activity — sleep. Students in the Oxford School District may get a few more precious minutes of shut-eye soon.
School district leaders approved last week a first draft of a proposed policy change which would push back the starting time for schools in the district.
The revised policy, which will be revisited in January, will push starting times in the OSD back only 10 minutes – from 8:20 to 8:30 – in order to benefit both bus drivers and secondary students.
This delayed starting time will apply to Oxford Middle School, Oxford High School and to the Oxford Learning Center. All elementary school start times will remain the same.
According to Assistant Super Intendant Bradley Roberson, the change will only impact high schools, which will dismiss at 3:50 instead of 3:45.
"The research says secondary students shouldn't start before 8:30 to begin with," Roberson said. "It's just something we need to do."
Roberson pointed out it will also take stress off bus drivers, saying more time would allow bus drivers more time to complete their routes, as the district is already short on bus drivers.
Roberson said pushing back the time would make sure students would be able to get in on time and eat breakfast.
"We just believe this is not only in line with best practices," Roberson said, "But also a cost efficient way to do it."


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With the myriad TV channels and streaming services out there, getting new content isn't always the easiest thing to do, so sometimes you just have to revive the original Karate Kid franchise for a new TV show with the same actors. Or at least, that's exactly what streaming giant YouTube is doing to bring as much attention as possible to its subscription service YouTube Red, and the sequel series, titled Cobra Kai, will indeed bring back Ralph Macchio and his on screen nemesis William Zabka.
Cobra Kai will be set a full 30 years after the original movie's All Valley Karate Tournament. As an older Daniel LaRusso, Ralph Macchio will be in a different place for the TV show, as he'll be attempting to find a new balance in his life without Mr. Miyagi there to offer him sage wisdom. (R.I.P. Pat Morita.) He'll definitely need some guidance soon, too, as his former foe Johnny Lawrence is having a rough go at life, inspiring him to reopen the Cobra Kai dojo, which then refuels the rivalry Johnny and Daniel had all those years ago. They will hash our their inner turmoil through, you guessed it, karate!
A series that will embrace the comedy, drama and fisticuffs that fans know and love, Cobra Kai's initial season will comprise ten half-hour episodes. Yes, I said comedy, which is getting upgraded here. The show will be crafted by Hot Tub Time Machine writer Josh Heald and the Harold & Kumar franchise creators John Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. The latter two will serve as directors for several episodes.
The announcement plays up how the series is picking up after the original film, while the developers themselves call it "a true continuation of the original films." So we'll assume that Daniel's story beyond the first film is still canon, although we can't readily assume that Hilary Swank and Jaden Smith's "Kids" will be referenced. Although Sony Pictures TV is teaming with Will Smith's production company Overbrook Entertainment for it, so maybe Jaden will show up somewhere.
Released in 1984, the original Karate Kid film grossed over $90 million at the box office, and because that kind of money doesn't get ignored, two direct sequels were produced, with The Karate Kid Part II dwarfing its predecessor, while The Karate Kid Part III was a complete bust, bringing in less than $40 million. A decade after the original, a reboot of sorts appeared in the form of Hilary Swank's The Next Karate Kid, with Mr. Miyagi still intact. And everything old was new again in 2010, with the Jaden Smith-Jackie Chan remake, simply titled The Karate Kid. Kudos to all involved with this new project for not using either "karate" or "kid" in the title.
YouTube Red has been gaining ground as a spot for original programming, and its initial launch of web-familiar personalities is advancing with more familiar properties and celebrities. The service also has projects like Step Up: High Water in production, as well as Dan Harmon and the Game Grumps' guys' Good Game, as well as new shows from the hilarious actors Ryan Hansen and Rob Huebel. A Karate Kid series should help to bring in subscribers hungry for nostalgia.
Considering the announcement was just made, a release date for Cobra Kai isn't yet set in stone, but YouTube Red is planning on getting the new comedy-drama out to fans in 2018. In the meantime, check out everything that is confirmed to debut in 2017 with our summer premiere schedule and our fall TV schedule.


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Even after seeing the new film, I'm not entirely sure what happens. But my best guess is as follows: "Cats" is a talent show, and the prize is euthanasia. Hello, kitty!
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The Faber story speaks volumes about the mix of passion, shrewdness, and luck that it takes to keep a publishing house afloat.
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Red Star Line Museum
Richard W. Southwick, FAIA, LEED AP, Partner, Director of Historic Preservation
An article in the LA Times tells the stories of some of the two million immigrants who left Antwerp's Red Star Terminal for the US from 1878 to 1934. Beyer Blinder Belle designed the recently-opened Red Star Line Museum, which restores, reuses - and provides a contemporary addition to - the Red Star's humble historic buildings, transforming them into a contemporary museum while maintaining the character of the original structures.
"Belgian Museum Celebrates the Immigrant Experience"
By: Jane Levere
"One became a prime minister. Another a songwriter whose compositions included "White Christmas." And a third became an Angeleno who married, raised a family and became a social worker.
All extraordinary in their own ways, all on an extraordinary journey poignantly recounted at the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp.
The emigration experiences of Golda Meir, Israel's first female prime minister; Irving Berlin, whose song Bing Crosby famously crooned; and Bessie Cohen, who moved to East Los Angeles in 1937, are among those of the 2 million immigrants who came to the United States from Europe from 1878 to 1934 on ships operated by the Antwerp-based Red Star Line. Their stories come alive in the newly opened museum in the harbor of this port city."
Below is a slide show of photos from the opening day of the Red Star Line Museum in Antwerp, September 28, 2013.
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