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Hopkins doctor advocates treatment
By William F. Zorzi Jr
Dr. Fred S. Berlin, who took the stand yesterday as a defense witness in the insanity trail of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, has made a career of working with the deviants that much of society disdains.
As director of Johns Hopkins Hospital's Sexual Disorders Clinic, Dr. Berlin, 50, advocates treatment instead of punishment for pedophiles, exhibitionists, rapists, sadomasochists, voyeurs and obscene phone callers -- a position that angers his detractors and has led to repeated attacks on the Baltimore treatment center.
"You can send someone to prison, but he's eventually going to come out of prison," Dr. Berlin explained in a 1987 interview. "And without therapy, there's a strong likelihood he's going to return to the same behavior."
The clinic, set up in 1980, treats as many as 200 patients each year. In addition to offering sexual offenders individual and group counseling and behavior therapy, Dr. Berlin often prescribes Depo-Provera, a drug that reduces a patient's sex drive by lowering the body's testosterone level.
Throughout his career, Dr. Berlin has treated patients or been an expert witness in highly visible cases, ranging from those of the most notorious child molesters and serial killers to a former university president who pleaded guilty to making obscene telephone calls.
For that, and his vocal defense of the confidentiality of patients' criminal activity, Dr. Berlin has earned the scorn of child advocates, victims' rights groups and prosecutors who point to what they describe as the clinic's "failures." They cite patients and former patients who have returned to deviant, and most often illegal, behavior.
In April 1987, for instance, a man on probation for a Miami rape was charged with accosting or fondling seven women in a sex spree in Baltimore and Baltimore County. At the time, he was a patient at the clinic.
Two months later, a clinic outpatient was charged with sexually molesting a 9-year-old girl.
In March 1988, a rape victim undergoing treatment for depression at Hopkins alleged she had been sexually assaulted by a clinic patient. She filed a civil suit against the hospital and Dr. Berlin, who had frustrated police investigators by refusing to turn over records. After a city grand jury failed to return a criminal indictment, the civil suit was settled out of court.
Two years ago, Dr. Berlin appeared to circumvent a Maryland law requiring that all incidents of child sexual abuse be reported. It prompted an opinion by the state attorney general stating explicitly that the clinic's actions were not permitted.
Dr. Berlin had issued an internal memorandum recommending that child molesters first report incidents to a lawyer, who could refer them to the clinic for evaluation. That way, the memo explained, disclosure of an incident would be protected by the attorney-client privilege of confidentiality.
The attorney general ruled otherwise, however, and Hopkins was forced to change the policy.
"I was looking to see if there was a legal way for people who wanted to seek help to come and get it . . . without being prosecuted," he said at the time.
Dr. Berlin maintains that the threat of criminal prosecution keeps child molesters from seeking help -- an argument that temporarily won him an exemption in the state's child sexual abuse reporting law. At the time it was proposed in 1987, the loophole was known by the Maryland General Assembly as the "pedophile protection bill."
The exemption -- proposed by Dr. Berlin specifically for health careprofessionals treating pedophiles -- allowed child molesters to report an incident of sexual abuse to a therapist without requiring the counselor to turn the offender in to police or child protection workers.
But the change in the law was on the books for only a year, from July 1, 1988 to July 1, 1989. Child advocates were able to convince legislators that the loophole should be closed.
Last year, Dr. Berlin published a study that he maintains shows a significant reduction in the number of pedophiles seeking help through self reporting since the exemption was removed. That has led child advocates to believe the psychiatrist will try again shortly for the reporting exemption for child molesters.

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Ha giocato per l'Università del Michigan, e nel Draft NBA 2021 è stato scelto all'ottava chiamata del 1º giro dagli Orlando Magic.

Biografia
Franz Wagner è nato a Berlino, fratello minore di Moritz Wagner anch'egli cestita in NBA.

Basketball-Bundesliga
Nella stagione 2018-19 gioca sia con l'Alba Berlino, nella Basketball-Bundesliga, sia con la Lokomotive Bernau, nella ProB, lega di terza divisione. Nel maggio 2019 vince il BBL Best Young Player Award, assegnato al miglior giovane di nazionalità tedesca. L'Alba Berlino avanza fino alle finali, dove affronta il Bayern Monaco. In gara 2, Wagner si rende protagonista, realizzando 14 punti (massimo di squadra) con 6/6 dal campo. Chiude la stagione tenendo 4,6 punti di media in 12,4 minuti di utilizzo in Bundesliga, venendo raramente impiegato nella EuroCup.

College
Considerato una recluta a 4 stelle da 247Sports e Rivals, Wagner riceve offerte da Butler, Stanford e Michigan, scegliendo proprio quest'ultima, già università del fratello maggiore. Wagner rinuncia così di fatto alla firma di un contratto da professionista con l'Alba Berlino.

Prima dell'inizio della stagione si frattura il polso destro, vedendosi così costretto a star fermo un mese. Debutta il 27 novembre 2019 nella vittoria contro Iowa State, chiudendo con 6 punti, 3 rimbalzi e una stoppata in 23 minuti di utilizzo. Alla fine della stagione viene incluso nel primo quintetto All-Freshman della Big Ten, dopo aver tenuto le medie di 11,6 punti, 5,6 rimbalzi e 1 assist a partita.

La seconda stagione si rivela ancora più produttiva per Wagner, che realizza 14 partite in doppia cifra, 4 partite con più di 20 punti, chiude con il massimo di squadra in palle rubate (30) e con il secondo miglior dato in stoppate (23), migliorando in ogni voce statistica. A fine stagione viene incluso nel secondo quintetto All-Big Ten dagli allenatori e nel terzo dai media.

Il 4 maggio si rende eleggibile per il Draft NBA 2021.

NBA

Orlando Magic (2021-)
Wagner viene scelto con l'ottava chiamata assoluta dagli Orlando Magic, la seconda selezione della squadra della Florida dopo Jalen Suggs.

Statistiche

NCAA

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| align="left"|2019-2020
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| 27 || 27 || 30,7 || 45,2 || 31,1 || 83,3 || 5,6 || 1,0 || 1,3 || 0,6 || 11,6
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| align="left"|2020-2021
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| 28 || 28 || 31,6 || 47,7 || 34,3 || 83,5 || 6,5 || 3,0 || 1,3 || 1,0 || 12,5
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| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Carriera
| 55 || 55 || 31,2 || 46,5 || 32,5 || 83,5 || 6,1 || 2,0 || 1,3 || 0,8 || 12,0
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Regular Season

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| align="left"|2021-2022
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| 79 || 79 || 30,7 || 46,8 || 35,4 || 86,3 || 4,5 || 2,9 || 0,9 || 0,4 || 15,2
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| 52 || 52 || 33,2 || 49,0 || 36,9 || 83,2 || 4,1 || 3,5 || 0,9 || 0,2 || 19,6
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| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Carriera
| 131 || 131 || 31,7 || 47,7 || 36,1 || 84,7 || 4,3 || 3,1 || 0,9 || 0,3 || 16,9
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Palmarès

Individuale

Basketball-Bundesliga
BBL Best Young Player Award (2019)

NCAA
 Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2020)
 Second Team All-Big Ten - Coaches (2021)
 Third Team All-Big Ten - Media (2021)

NBA
 NBA All-Rookie First Team (2022)

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The site became a source of intrigue, though, when the word "COLORED" was painted along a concrete wall. No explanation, no context. Just the word and two dates; one for the preview, and one for the hard open.
The more I heard about "COLORED," the more I wanted to know, and see. Christopher Jordan, a City Arts 2016 Artist of the Year, did a wonderful job building anticipation and excitement as he worked tirelessly with artists — local and otherwise — to create something Tacoma has never experienced. From the short, tantalizing video ad to the growing roster of artists and performers, as well as the sneak peeks posted online, it became obvious this was going to be not just another art show, but an event.
What excited me most? The unapologetic Blackness of it all.
Though being Black comes with a vast and varying richness not found in every community, it has also long been an ordeal. The collective traumas and truths of being Black, which have lead us to where we are as a diaspora and as individuals, can sometimes give us tunnel vision; we focus on overcoming and moving forward, often forgetting to take time to celebrate ourselves, each other, and our culture. COLORED, though, takes the time and makes the space for us to do just that, to celebrate us and our wholeness as a people.
To walk into this exhibit is to walk into the lives of Black folks. The art filling the room is as varied as the people who created the pieces, and each one brings new or redoubled emotions. The shabby-chic feel of the Carpenters hall — with the dim lighting and stale air — elicits the feeling of walking into the well kept attic of an old relative. The space feels like home and history. And centered in the middle of it all, the stage (a piece of art all by itself) which allows a spot for everyone to come together to experience the show as a collective. Even when there was no one performing, patrons gathered around the stage as they ate, drank, and discussed.
Throughout the the evening, I ran into people I had not seen in years, and people I saw just the day before. People who live down the street, and folks who moved away from Tacoma years ago. There were babies, elders, and every age in between. Then, after our stomachs were full, our cups empty, and our imaginations piqued, the DJs began spinning their art and we danced. And in that space, among friends and strangers, I watched as we all became family.
As we Juju'd on that beat, got in Formation, did the Electric, the Wobble, formed a Soul Train line, and stepped (in the name of love, of course), I felt like I was at my Auntie's house, and everyone was my favorite cousin. I didn't feel the need to explain anything — not the art on the walls, not the tears brimming in my eyes, not the food on my plate, nor the slang in my sentences. I felt excited and comfortable to be there, to be Black, to be myself… to just be. And as I looked around and saw nothing but smiles throughout the room, I think others were riding that same vibe.
Christopher Jordan did not just curate art, he curated our minds and our culture. COLORED is by far the most authentic art experience I have ever had, and you would be a fool to miss it (no matter what color you are).
COLORED is an experimental exhibition pairing the artworks and poems of Black creators from the US and Caribbean in dialog across space and time.
Check the Facebook event page for details on time and location.
Use the the hashtag #COLORED2017 for an ongoing experience.
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This post was written for and originally posted on the Destiny City Discourse blog; it has been reposted here with permission.


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I recently received a recommendation to make black and white stickers. I considered this, but I then realized that with printables, you can print them out in "Greyscale" or "Monochrome" (depending on your printer settings) and turn a multicolor set into a neutral, black and white page! This is why I think printables are so great! You can really make them into anything you want them to!
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His character, Jae-Won, first appeared on the show's Oct. 30th episode "Kamsahamnida."
No further details were made available about his character, but he "will appear in future episodes during the third season of the Emmy-winning NBC drama," according to Deadline.
"In two weeks, we're doing one of my favorite episodes of the year so far," Aptaker told EW.
"We just got back from Vietnam, where we shot a handful of these episodes, including part of this next one coming up. It's three different road trips. We're going to pick up with Jack and Rebecca where we left off in their early courtship period, with them heading on the road to L.A. We're going to jump back to Jack's time in Vietnam and tell a road trip story of sorts with him over there. And we're also going to continue with Zoe and Kevin's story of their arrival in Ho Chi Minh city, so it's a really cool episode. It's so all over the place in terms of time and place, but the stories are really beautifully cohesive. I can't wait for people to see it."
Season 3 Episode 8 ("18,615"): "The Pearsons have an unconventional Thanksgiving dinner."
"In the past, Jack, Rebecca and the big three spend Thanksgiving with Miguel."
* Casting is currently underway for an 18-year-old version of Beth, set to appear in episode 3.13. The role requires "ballet training."
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Dance battle at the Artisphere concludes weeklong hip-hop festival.
A dancer from Urban Artistry, a local dance crew, busts a move. Photo courtesy of Emily E. Wessel
By Ross Sylvestri
Arlington — For one week, people in the Washington area saw the result of combining French and hip-hop. The Urban Corps hip-hop festival showcased the different styles of U.S. and French hip-hop dance and ended on Friday, May 25 at the Artisphere in Rosslyn with a dance battle pitting three dance crews from France against two local crews.
When one thinks of French culture, he will usually think of French art and food, but nothing that is very contemporary, according to Clement Lebele, a cultural assistant at the Alliance Française de Washington, D.C., the French language and cultural organization that organized Urban Corps. In a phone interview, she said the festival helps show something from modern French culture, such as French hip-hop.
"Hip-hop is not only huge in France, but all around the world," said Dr. Alain-Philippe Durand, via phone, a professor of French at the University of Arizona who also teaches a course on hip-hop in the U.S. and in French-speaking countries. Durand said that there are people rapping in German, Japanese, Arabic, and many other languages.
Lebele said that the festival's organizers wanted to bring an event like this to a city that is more known to be "diplomatic" and "formal" and would normally be held in places like New York City.
The organization's cultural director, Sylvain Cornevaux, said in an email the Artisphere in Arlington was chosen as the event's location because of the facility's features.
"The space lends itself really well to a battle. The ballroom … has a sort of balcony up above so people will be able to watch from all angles. It also works because the cypher for dance battles is generally a circle so the symbolism is there. Additionally, we have a great partnership with [the] Artisphere and really respect them as an up-and-coming venue for the arts and performing arts," said Cornevaux.
French hip-hop dancer Aurélien Kairo said that it was great to be in the country where hip-hop was born. Kairo, speaking through a translator, said that it was "interesting for a French artist to go back to the place where hip-hop was created… and also see how today hip-hop is danced here."
Justin Kuion of McLean, one of many who came to watch the battle, was interested in seeing other forms of hip-hop. "I wanted to see a different style of hip-hop besides the American style," said Kuion. Since he is a member of a dance crew at Virginia Commonwealth University, he thought it would be great to see U.S. and French dancers battle each other.
Junious Brickhouse, a member of Urban Artistry, one of the local dance groups that participated in the battle, said in an interview over the phone, that the festival helped show that the U.S. and French dancers have a lot in common with each other.
"We aren't as different as people think we are. We are people drawn to music and art. So we have that commonality," said Brickhouse.
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An American paramedic traveling with a patrol group tasked with monitoring eastern Ukraine died Sunday morning after an explosion hit the group's vehicle, according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
The paramedic served as a patrol member of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, assigned to oversee the going-ons in a volatile area rocked by Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian armed forces.
This is the first time an SMM patrol member has died on duty, OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier said, according to CNN. The blast was believed to be caused by a land mine.
The victim's identity has not yet been released.
Two other monitors, a German and a Czech national, were injured in the explosion, which occurred in the Luhansk region.
"This appalling incident underlines the increasingly dangerous security environment the SMM monitors are working in every day," Zannier said. "All sides are responsible for the safety and security of the OSCE monitors."
About 600 members comprise the OSCE's team in eastern Ukraine, which works as an independent monitoring group in the war zone.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg tweeted that there needs to be an investigation into the death of the OSCE monitor.
A thorough investigation is needed of the tragic @OSCE_SMM incident in E #Ukraine. Safety & freedom of movement must be maintained.
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The night I went to meet you at Penn Station, I immediately got lost. All the store fronts around the departure board had changed since that summer after college when I would ride the Vermonter into the city, and you would meet me and take me to your parents' house in Bergen County. After that summer, you moved to Scotland to get your Master's degree while I stayed at home and worked at a nearby farm, grinding cider apples long past frost.
Now that I'd moved to New York and you were back home again in Jersey, you'd called, asked me to meet. It took me almost half an hour circling the station perimeter before I found you, the one recognizable thing among the chain restaurants and wolf-eyed commuters, your hair longer but your feet still shod in the same battered sneakers.
You took me to a Middle Eastern place somewhere in the village – warm, candle-lit, smelling of pita. You told me about where you'd been before coming home. Tanzania. Croatia. All the things I'd missed since you'd said over a choppy Skype connection that you didn't think things would work out.
Nearly all of the light glinting throughout the universe from distant galaxies and stars shows a redshift, which proves that the universe is expanding, all things moving away from each other in all directions.
The waitress brought us hummus, olives, rice. When the cheque came, they wouldn't take your credit card – cash only. I paid. Outside, we found one of those sketchy ATMs that remind me of slot machines. I told you it would charge you extra. You said you didn't care, took the green stack the machine coughed up, paid me back.
The speed at which an object moves away is called recession velocity. The greater the recession velocity, the greater the redshift of light, and vice versa.
We walked around in the September dark, found a bakery, not Magnolia's but near there. I let you choose some kind of complicated bar or brownie, something with too many nuts or chips in it. I wasn't hungry anymore, but you pushed it towards me until I asked you why you really wanted to see me. And you told me how you'd made a mistake. How you hadn't known how to undo it. How you'd missed me. Your eyes began to gleam. Despite everything, I was still one of the few people who knew you were going blind.
The more distant a star, the greater the redshift observed, and so the greater the recession velocity carrying it farther and farther away.
Since then, we tried again. We failed again. We stopped speaking. One World Trade Center slowly raised its blue glass bulk over lower Manhattan. You moved to Montana, then Panama. More and more green keeps sprouting up the old meat-packing rails north of Chelsea. I took a job I think every day of leaving. I hear your eyes are getting worse.
In other words, the thing that is already most distant from us is also the thing moving most rapidly away.
Perhaps you don't remember, but there was a night near the end of college, before I'd ever even seen New York, when you took my hand and spread a blanket on the cool grass outside your dorm room. It was spring, and I was trying to ignore my hay fever. Eyes burning, nose running, I pretended not to wonder whether you loved me or not. We lay down on our backs and looked up. It was clichéd, this scene, but it felt like we were close. Arms touching side by side, we watched the ancient stars pulse and wink above us, each trail of light shifted red by the expansion of all things away from each other, even if we could not see it, even if we still believed ourselves to be in control of our individual motion, forgetting that we would always be subject to the same physics that sustain everything else in the world.
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The Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate plays a key role in keeping Americans safe. For more than a decade, we've helped inform the public, partners and Congress about S&T's inclusive scope, innovative programs and tangible success.
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Employing a wide variety of creative approaches, we've produced integrated cross-platform content that takes a vital national security message from "complicated" to "compelling."
A primary goal of S&T is to educate, engage and partner to speed the wide adoption of new tools and technologies. We have worked collaboratively with government agencies, international partners, global brands and leading educational institutions to advance visionary initiatives, critical infrastructure support and vibrant partnerships.
A recent video series profiles critical security products launched with DHS S&T support.
Mission focused, integrated media.
Supporting multiple S&T priorities, we've produced integrated media including public service announcements, online video series, cross-platform "story-driven" social media content, workshop engagement and event-focused outreach tactics.
Our rebrand of S&T's Cybersecurity Division was designed to emphasize its leading role in fighting cyber-crime, nation-state hacking and identity theft. We also played a key role supporting the successful launch and positioning of DHS SVIP, the Silicon Valley Innovation Program.
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Led by S&T in partnership with 5 of the world's major oil & gas companies, the LOGIIC consortium designs tools and techniques to protect vital systems on a global scale.
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Launched DHS SVIP
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We have engaged directly with a wide variety of dynamic organizations on behalf of DHS, one of the federal government's most collaborative and public-facing agencies.


For the person and their family that are living with a chronic illness, they need never to be ashamed to rely on the Lord God. He is their rock and fortress.
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"Flushable" wipes continue to plague municipal wastewater infrastructure. Communities have been forced to find solutions to the damage caused by the fibers of these products, as well as other "rags" that bind up pump impellers, clog screens, and coagulate other fats, oils, and grease into fatbergs.
Wipes may be labeled "flushable," but they don't degrade in the system. Flushing them is like flushing a handkerchief or other item made of cloth.
Our sewer systems and treatment plants were not designed to handle wipes. They gum up the system, clog pipes and pumps, and cost taxpayers and residents lots of money in additional maintenance costs.
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Selling by way of celling: Buy it now, by phone
By Beth Potter | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2006 at 5:05 p.m. | UPDATED: May 8, 2016 at 4:43 a.m.
Say you're at an Avs game when a message flashes on the scoreboard: "Text 55255 to donate $10 to hurricane victims and get a chance to win a hockey stick autographed by Joe Sakic."
If you type the number into your cellphone and send it, you get a "thank you" text message back, explaining that you've been entered into a drawing that will be held at the end of the game.
Do you do it?
The example is speculative, but mobile-marketing companies with offices in Colorado are finding ways to get customers to spend money with their cellphones.
Cellphone sales-and-marketing ads are expected to take off, generating more than $600 million in ad revenues by 2009, according to British analyst company Visiongain.
Companies such as Jeep, McDonald's and American Express spent $104.4 million in cellphone advertising last year, Visiongain said.
"There's a lot of big money flowing into the market," said Brian Casazza, chief executive at Denver-based 9 Squared, which sells music downloads and games by cellphone. "Big brands are starting to see the access of the market."
Fear not if you're averse to ads and promotions. Cellphone users must sign up to receive such advertising messages. Phone companies have agreed that they don't want their customers blindsided by unwanted information.
Denver-based U-Turn Media focuses on TV news feeds from stations in Wisconsin and restaurant guides. Zoove, based in California and with an office in Colorado, sends coupons to customers looking for restaurant directions. Mobile Accord in Denver focuses on charity promotions.
Mobile Accord seeks to make it easy for people to send charitable donations through their cellphones.
The privately owned company just signed an agreement with eBay's PayPal payment system to give consumers a secure way to send money by cellphone.
"We'll probably be leading the charge in the mobile-commerce arena," said Mike Ricci, a Mobile Accord spokesman. "It's fascinating because it's the same as the Internet boom days."
Analysts say that although the concept is expected to take off in the United States, it's already established in several European and Asian countries.
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Marketing experts say the key to warming consumers to the concept is to offer them something they want.
Here's how cellphone commerce works: You open a PayPal account on the Internet by typing in credit-card information and other personal details in return for a personal security number.
After that, you might see an ad on TV, in a magazine or newspaper, on a billboard or at a sports event calling on you to make a donation or to buy a product by cellphone.
To do so, you key the PayPal code number into your phone. PayPal calls you back to confirm that you really want to make the transaction.
PayPal says more than 100 million customers already have PayPal accounts.
Consumers previously could make cellphone purchases of up to $100 per month – a maximum set by phone companies – before PayPal decided to get involved last week.
Now, the sky's the limit, Ricci said.
So far, 80 percent of U.S. consumers view cellphone advertising as they do e-mail spam, said Julie Ask, an analyst at Jupiter Research, a national technology research firm.
Just 7 percent of the 2,200 Jupiter survey respondents said they'd be interested in cellphone promotions, Ask said.
"Not a lot of people are buying things on their cellphones," Ask said. "We're still in the stage of coupons and discounts. It's tiny."
The trick is to offer those people something they want, such as ski-ticket discounts, said Rob Simon, founder of Burst Marketing in Denver.
"It's a valuable coupon from a company you know," Simon said.
PayPal said last week that it also will partner with media giants 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Bravo and MTV to sell merchandise and with other charities, such as Amnesty International and UNICEF, to raise donations.
No matter how interesting a new technology is, it usually takes several months for customers to adopt it, Ask said.
"It takes years to change behaviors," Ask said. "Certainly, mobile marketing is a hot topic, but the notion of commerce is still a while away."
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Cautious approach maintained on road to lifting border restrictions
Current border arrangements to protect the Island community from coronavirus will remain in place for the time being, to allow further monitoring of emerging risks.
The Isle of Man COVID-19 Exit Framework allowed an initial change to Level 3 from 1 May 2021, and indicated a potential move to Borders Level 2 on or around 29 May, the second stage of a phased transition to unrestricted travel and one which would support non-residents travelling without prior approval
The date was to be dependent on a number of factors, primarily the prevailing situation in the United Kingdom in case numbers and transmission, and the progress of the vaccination programme in the UK and Isle of Man.
As part of its ongoing progress through the Framework, Government announced two weeks ago that the move to Level 2 would be put back, in view of concerns in the UK about new variants of coronavirus, increasing case numbers and the need for further evidence and data on their transmissibility and impact on hospitalisation.
An interim alternative position was introduced on 24 May which, while not opening the borders to non-residents, reduced isolation requirements for Isle of Man residents, families, partners, property owners and key workers. This has become known as Level 2.5 and under a new 'arrive, isolate and test' regime, individuals may be released within 48 hours with one negative result.
This Level 2.5 is to continue in the short term whilst the broader situation in the UK remains under review.
Chief Minister Howard Quayle said:
'Our progress through the Exit Framework started well and we have made more substantial changes earlier this week with the reduced isolation already been taken up by many hundreds of residents. Confirmation that we are not moving as originally planned on 29 May from Level 2.5 to Level 2 will come as no surprise to most people and the interim position was as a result of current concerns in the UK about the India variant.'
'At every stage we need to find the right balance and will continue to be cautious and consider the data, to protect our island community and our health and care services. Equally however we are learning to live with the virus and we must progress through our Exit Framework as endorsed by Tynwald, to restore unrestricted travel between the Island and the rest of the British Isles. That means accepting that there will be further cases when our borders re open but we need to be careful how and when we do this. It is Government's job to manage that risk and by managing our transition through the Exit Framework, we are doing just that.
'At present there are concerns in the UK which we must keep in mind and if the situation improves further, we will of course reconsider this position. Our overall goal for the end of June remains our aspiration.'
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EDIT: Now I see what you mean. Yes, that will persist.
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Lots of news in the world of rFactor 2! A new roadmap update, a build + track release, even more upcoming release … let's go through it one by one, shall we?
New month (almost), new build. The latest rFactor 2 release comes with a new "stabilise horizon" setting, which will come in especially handy for, but not only, VR users of the sim. Some graphical tweaks were added as well. Overall, a performance update.
The GT3 update has been mentioned a couple of times before. It includes various new features like positional lights for example. The Endurance Pack update on the other hand, focuses solely on handling, especially that of the Norma and the Oreca, as a result of "crucial" feedback Studio 397 received by Duqueine Engineering.
Studio 397 is especially proud of this release, as it is convinced it went above and beyond with the level of detail on the latest and of course laser-scanned track addition to rFactor 2 – trailer above.
This shows for example in the fact that three layouts are available which differ not only in circuit length but actually the whole atmosphere. Namely, these are the 12-hour, Johnson Club and School layouts (pictured in that order below).
Check out the screenshots below and see for yourself. The track is now available in rFactor 2's Steam store. That is where you can find all of the other DLC packs too by the way.
To some this may come as a surprise as we actually have not covered this one yet, but Reiza Studios, creators of Automobilista, and Studio 397 have partnered up for a big car and track (!) pack coming to rFactor 2 next month – the Reiza Pack!
It will feature four cars and two tracks, some teasers of which you can find right below!
By the Way, New Cars!
The mighty Brabham BT44b and March 761 where released at the beginning of this month too. If you missed out, make sure to check them out as they are available free of charge for all rFactor 2 owners.


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My first career choice for which I was awarded a B.D. degree qualifying me to practice theology from Union Theological Seminary with an exchange year at Oxford. But these very studies and faculty such as Reinhold Niebuhr persuaded me that the "social gospel" was not being promoted by by Billy Graham (and progeny) but rather being trumped by worse things now being replayed from the the past of Christianity — wars, torture, burning people (witches/drones) including as well Muslims and Jews.
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Ohio's top doctor says an 'Omicron Tsunami' is hitting the state right now
Daniel Konik
A drive through COVID testing site in Columbus.
But there are signs that better days might be ahead.
Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff says the record-high number of cases right now is driving record-high hospitalizations. He uses the word, "tsunami" when describing this surge, driven by the omicron variant.
"Our state is experiencing the highest number of COVID-19 driven in-patient hospitalizations, ICU admissions and patients on ventilators that we have seen throughout this pandemic. And sadly, these beds continue to be filled, better than 9 out of 10 times, with the UNvaccinated," Vanderhoff says.
Dr. Andy Thomas, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Dr. Andy Thomas with the OSU Wexner Medical Center says more than 40% of the tests administered at the hospital's new drive-through site in Columbus come back positive.
"Now we are over 40% at many sites throughout the state. It's just a different territory than we've been in before," Thomas says.
Health officials began setting up COVID-19 mass testing sites in some of Ohio's biggest cities a few weeks ago and more are in the works for smaller communities. The Ohio National Guard is assisting with testing in some of the sites.
Dr. Robert Wyllie, Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Robert Wyllie with the Cleveland Clinic says the high number of positive cases is driving hospital admissions. And he says the sickest patients are unvaccinated.
"75% of the people who are hospitalized are unvaccinated. 87% in the ICU are unvaccinated. And 91% of those on ventilators are unvaccinated," Wyllie says.
About 59% of eligible Ohioans are currently fully vaccinated. Doctors say more than 40% of tests currently administered at the new mass testing sites are coming back positive.
The Omicron variant is a challenge for doctors because it's highly contagious and even fully vaccinated Ohioans are catching it. But doctors are optimistic that the people who are vaccinated are getting the virus will have more immunity to fight it off in the future, making it harder for the illness to continue at this level.
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Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) Shares Bought by Alliancebernstein L.P.
Posted by Jessica Moore on Jan 15th, 2022
Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) by 5.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,047,742 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 50,050 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. owned approximately 1.03% of Camden Property Trust worth $154,511,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Camden Property Trust by 133.3% during the second quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 189 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares during the period. Activest Wealth Management acquired a new position in Camden Property Trust during the second quarter worth about $27,000. Norway Savings Bank acquired a new position in Camden Property Trust during the third quarter worth about $38,000. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. acquired a new position in Camden Property Trust during the third quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC acquired a new position in Camden Property Trust during the second quarter worth about $58,000. 93.11% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
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In other Camden Property Trust news, Vice Chairman D Keith Oden sold 72,267 shares of Camden Property Trust stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.99, for a total value of $12,790,536.33. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CAO Michael P. Gallagher sold 907 shares of Camden Property Trust stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.37, for a total value of $148,176.59. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 207,530 shares of company stock worth $36,241,226 over the last three months. 2.80% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
A number of research analysts recently issued reports on CPT shares. BTIG Research reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Camden Property Trust in a report on Tuesday, November 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus started coverage on Camden Property Trust in a report on Tuesday, December 7th. They set a "buy" rating and a $192.00 target price on the stock. Truist lifted their target price on Camden Property Trust from $155.00 to $179.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, December 6th. Bank of America upgraded Camden Property Trust from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the company from $160.00 to $178.00 in a research report on Monday, September 27th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Camden Property Trust from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, November 22nd. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $164.29.
CPT opened at $165.59 on Friday. Camden Property Trust has a fifty-two week low of $98.27 and a fifty-two week high of $180.37. The business has a 50-day moving average of $170.23 and a 200-day moving average of $156.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.62. The company has a market capitalization of $16.92 billion, a PE ratio of 139.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.59 and a beta of 0.76.
Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.35 by ($1.06). Camden Property Trust had a return on equity of 3.26% and a net margin of 10.93%. The firm had revenue of $294.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $285.35 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.25 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts expect that Camden Property Trust will post 5.37 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, January 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 16th will be paid a $0.83 dividend. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 15th. Camden Property Trust's payout ratio is 278.99%.
Camden Property Trust Profile
Camden Property Trust operates as a real estate investment trust. The firm engages in the ownership, management, development, redevelopment, acquisition and construction of multifamily apartment communities. It focuses on maintaining a geographically portfolio of apartment homes located across the U.S.
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Dirva () is a Lithuanian-language weekly newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio established in 1916.

History
The paper started as Santaika ("Peace") on November 25, 1915 and was renamed as Dirva ("Field") on August 28, 1916.  In 1920, Dirva was the only Lithuanian newspaper in Cleveland. Dirva circulated to other cities, particularly Pittsburgh and Detroit, and other states with Lithuanian American communities (Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan).

Initially, Dirva was published by the Ohio Lithuanian Publishing Company, run by businessman Apolonas B. Bartuševičius (Bartoszewicz). In 1925, newspaper's editor Kazys S. Karpius (Karpavicius) gained a controlling interest in the newspaper. During World War II, owner-editor Karpius maintained a centrist position as both anti-fascist and anti-communist. The newspaper generally published local, national, and international news especially if related to Lithuania or Lithuanians. It also published other items, including announcements, movie reviews, union news, excerpts from fiction, and articles about authors.

In 1952, the publishing of Dirva was taken over by the non-profit American Lithuanian Press & Radio Association "Viltis". On 30 July 1975, the printing press of Dirva burned down together with equipment and archives. However, the newspaper was quickly reestablished.

As more Lithuanians arrived to United States from displaced persons camps in post-World War II Europe, Dirva was able to increase its circulation from weekly to twice a week in 1958–1959 and three times a week in 1960–1968. It reduced its circulation to twice a week in 1968, returning to its original weekly schedule in 1980 and then reducing the circulation to twice a month in 2006. In 1995, its circulation was 3,000 copies per issue.

As of 2022, Dirva remained as one of the last Lithuanian-language American newspapers.

Editors
The newspaper was edited by:
 Vincas K. Jokubynas – 1916–1917
 Kazys S. Karpius (Karpavičius) – 1918–1948
 Vincas Rastenis – 1948–1950
 Balys Gaidžiūnas – 1951–1962, 1985–1994
 Jonas Čiuberkis – 1962–1968
 Vytautas Gedgaudas – 1968–1985
 Anicetas Bundonis – 1994–1995
 Jonas Jasaitis – 1996–2001
 Editorial board – 2001–2005
 Vytautas Radžius – 2005–2013
 Gediminas Markevičius – since 2014

References

External links
 Full-text archives 1916–2020
 National Digital Newspaper Program
 Newspapers.com

1916 establishments in Ohio
Publications established in 1916
Newspapers published in Cleveland
Lithuanian-language newspapers published in the United States
Lithuanian-American culture in Ohio


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Pandora Ponders the Future
Keith Farr
ZET Comes to Caithness...?
Great British Railways
Travelling on the Far North Line
Sunday Strikes
Customer-Unfriendly
Newton Vindicated
Wick Works
Kildonan Crossing Replacement
The Perils of Bad Handwriting
Red Wheel Day
Carbisdale Castle Sold?
Corporate Vandalism
Norway in the News
Channel 5 Goes North
First of a Kind
At the beginning of July, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the thirty winners of the 2021 First of a Kind (FOAK) competition, run by Innovate UK for the DfT. They will share a £9m prize fund.
Two of the successful companies are Scottish: Lenz Labs and Whereverly Ltd.
Lenz Labs is a new company formed by a group of five post-graduates brought together by the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition. In their words the Hyperloop concept "alerted us to the potential impact our technology could have in solving problems that have remained stagnant in existing industries for decades". This led to the design of the Traction Hub, the project which gained them the FOAK award. "The Traction Hub is a novel, retrofitted braking technology that delivers a 9% increase in applied braking force and 30% decrease in stopping distances. With the Traction Hub, drivers can have confidence in an all-weather braking system that operates in tandem with precision sensors to deliver insights on the behaviour of the wheel-rail interface."
Whereverly has a mission it describes as "Making journeys memorable. Embrace local culture through music, song and stories, whilst discovering the greatest experiences and hidden gems." Currently all its products are road-based but the winning entry was a mobile phone/tablet app aimed at travellers on the Highland Main Line. The app has a mix of music, songs and stories from local artists and musicians.
Fast Pace?
Network Rail is currently transitioning to a new project governance system - Projects Accelerated in a Controlled Environment (PACE) - which is intended to replace Governance for Railway Investment Projects (GRIP) with more streamlined processes to enable current and future projects to deliver passenger benefits more quickly with greater value for taxpayers.
ScotRail May 2022 Timetable
ScotRail has embarked on an extensive public consultation about its plans for a suitable timetable for May 2022 as travel patterns begin to establish themselves after the pandemic. Stakeholders, including FoFNL, were invited to participate in a pre-public session to give the operator a chance to explain the rationale behind the changes. Sunday services are outwith the consultation.
Kyle Line services will be unaffected and the Far North is planned to lose only the late night Friday/Saturday train*. Four trains per day is regarded by ScotRail as the minimum required for 'lifeline' routes.
Some services will be decelerated on the HML and Inverness-Aberdeen routes and Inverness to Central Belt trains will be rerouted through Stirling. This will become the interchange point, rather than Perth. [See Richard Ardern's article]
Now that the draft timetables are available to the public on the ScotRail website it is clear that much detailed work still needs to be done on connections at Inverness, especially for passengers transferring to the FNL.
The ScotRail view on this is pragmatic. Firstly other operators, such as LNER are also working on new timetables so there is a limit on the value of doing detailed work before such interfaces are known. Secondly, the input from stakeholders and members of the public will influence the detail in any case.
FoFNL can't overstate the importance of good connections; traveller's needs don't conveniently fit operational routes and the Transport Scotland viewpoint of regarding travel to be in 'corridors', which aren't always confined to services, is crucial in timetable design.
Media coverage of this exercise has been predictably disappointing. With few exceptions a dramatic headline is preferred to an analytical article.
A ScotRail official issued this plea:
"Please ask your members to bring some intellectual challenge to the debate!"
FoFNL will provide an official response but in the meantime we have already pointed out these northbound problems:
08:23 ex ABD arr INV 10:41 - INV-WCK dep 10:41 [previous service 07:18 ex ABD, arr INV 09:37 (65 min earlier start, 64 min wait at INV).]
11:55 ex ABD arr INV 14:11 - INV-WCK dep 14:00 [previous service 10:10 ex ABD, arr INV 12:26 (105 mins earlier start, 94 mins wait at INV).]
10:33 ex EDB arr INV 14:15 - INV-WCK dep 14:00 [previous service 09:35 ex EDB, arr INV 13:26 (58 mins earlier start, 34 mins wait at INV.)]
*ScotRail is especially interested to hear views about the withdrawal of the FSO late-night services.
Second Sunday Service
This is not a news item!! However, ScotRail officials are keen that we should not lose sight of the aspiration to change the FNL Sunday service to two trains per day when this becomes possible. Post-pandemic the emphasis is shifting towards leisure travel.
Highland Railcard
With passengers returning to rail, now that Covid restrictions have been reduced, it is worth mentioning the Highland Railcard again.
This entitles residents in specific postcode areas to save 50% on fares on the selected routes - the Far North Line, The Kyle Line and the West Highland - and for up to two children to travel for a flat rate of £2. The £15 cost of the card will soon be recouped, especially for families.
The ScotRail website has full details.


We were in Portland this week attending Monitorama - one of our favorite annual conferences. We got the chance to catch up with old friends, make some new ones, and be part of an amazing community of passionate data and monitoring aficionados. Looking forward to Monitorama AMS in September!
Also this week we released Grafana v5.2.0-beta1 and… Elasticsearch alerting has arrived! Download it today and let us know what you think. Check out the specifics on the beta release below.
We're really excited to ship this new beta version and encourage you to try it out and let us know what you think. See what else is new in Grafana v5.2.0-beta1.
GitLab's Github Importer Dashboard: It's interesting to see the Github community's reaction to the Microsoft acquisition. In GitLab's public dashboard, you can the initial spike of Github projects being moved to GitLab following the announcement. It looks like it's starting to normalize, but will be fun to keep an eye on.
Prometheus and Grafana: This is the third article in a series on spinning up your own Grafana and Prometheus monitoring stack. Part 1 covers the principles of how Prometheus works, part 2 shows you how to instrument your python code.
Automatic Data Source Configuration with Grafana 5: A mini blog post on the new timesaving data source provisioning functionality in Grafana 5.
Quick Install of Prometheus, node_exporter and Grafana: A short post on how to install Prometheus, node_exporter and Grafana in 3 steps using Ansible.
How to Install Grafana on Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 9: A quick guide to installing and configuring Grafana a few different ways; from the APT repo and via .deb packages.
Playing with Docker, MQTT, Grafana, InfluxDB, Python and Arduino: As an excuse to dive in and play with Grafana and InfluxDB, Gonzalo wanted to create a prototype of monitoring a sensor (in this example he used a simple potentiometer). He provides a step by step of his process, the source code and a video of the working prototype so you can build something similar.
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Status Group By Panel - This new panel is a fork of the Vonage Status Panel plugin. The difference is that it can hold multiple values from the same data source and group different series, and select one metric as the high level status for the panel.
Breadcrumbs Panel - Updated to work with the new URL structure in Grafana 5.0.
KairosDB Data Source - This used to be in core Grafana, so it is great to finally see some activity and a new update. The update contains some bug fixes as well as support for the KairosDB moving average aggregator (SmaAggregator).
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After a summer of protests, the Police Department's budget cut by nearly 17% in Seattle
The Seattle City Council on Monday cut its police department budget by about 17 percent, sparked by national protests against systemic racism this past summer.
The panel's 2021 spending plan called for $ 340 million to be allocated to the Seattle Police Department, down from $ 409 million this year, council representatives and the mayor said Tuesday.
While some Seattle activists have called for a 50 percent police budget cut, Mayor Jenny Durkan said he supports these reduced cuts, calling them "thoughtful and deliberate" and giving the city priority that we What services do we need from the Seattle Police Department and how. May increase policing options. "
"I believe we are making changes at the ground level to make systemic and permanent changes," Durkan said in a statement, saying in a statement that SPD has the 911 response and investigation requirements There are enough officers to do. However, the color of policing, while acknowledging and addressing the impact of policing, has had particularly on communities in black communities. "
A City Hall spokesman said on Tuesday that Durkan is expected to formally sign the 2021 budget next week.
Police chased protesters during a protest in Seattle on November 3, 2020.David Ryder / Getty Images
Council member Teresa Mosqueda, who headed the budget committee, said that "reducing the SPD's budget" and transferring money to other social programs was a top priority that "communities producing healthy outcomes for minority communities Will invest in options ".
He called out Seattle residents as critical moments citing police moments in George Floyd in Minneapolis and Bryo Taylor in Louisville.
"We have more to work with, and we have to work on those next steps now."
The union, representing Seattle officials, announced budget cuts and warned city residents that law enforcement services across the board would be disrupted.
Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Sloan said, "If you don't do any follow-up investigations relative to the secondary piece of 911 calls for help, you'll keep looking longer."
The ongoing tense negotiations to scuttle the department's budget led to the resignation of Carmen Best, Seattle's first black chief.
David K. Lee
David K. Lee is the breaking news reporter for NBC News.
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