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Being Digital Citizens
Engin Isin and Evelyn Ruppert
From the rise of cyberbullying and hactivism to the issues surrounding digital privacy rights and freedom of speech, the Internet is changing the ways in which we govern and are governed as citizens.
This book examines how citizens encounter and perform new sorts of rights, duties, opportunities and challenges through the Internet. By disrupting prevailing understandings of citizenship and cyberspace, the authors highlight the dynamic relationship between these two concepts. Rather than assuming that these are static or established "facts" of politics and society, the book shows how the challenges and opportunities presented by the Internet inevitably impact upon the action and understanding of political agency. In doing so, it investigates how we conduct ourselves in cyberspace through digital acts. This book provides a new theoretical understanding of what it means to be a citizen today for students and scholars across the social sciences.
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Subjects: Political Science / Civics & Citizenship, Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage, Social Science / Media Studies, Social Science / Sociology / General
Engin Isin is professor of politics at The Open University, UK. He is a leading scholar in citizenship studies and has published thirteen books in the field, including Being Political and Citizens Without Frontiers. He is a chief editor of the journal Citizenship Studies.
Evelyn Ruppert is professor in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She is a Data Sociologist and founding and chief editor of the journal Big Data & Society.
Acknowledgments / 1. Doing Things with Words and Saying Words with Things / 2. Citizens and Cyberspace / 3. Speech Acts and Digital Acts / 4. Callings: Participating, Connecting, Sharing / 5. Closings: Filtering, Tracking, Normalising / 6. Openings: Witnessing, Hacking, Commoning / 7. Making Digital Rights Claims / Bibliography / Index
Conceiving of citizens as political subjects who interact with and through the Internet, Isin and Ruppert offer a sound theoretical discourse that draws on a wide range of relevant research and subsequently expands on the notion of citizen—a figure in cyberspace actively involved in making rights claims via the Internet. In contrast to citizenship studies in which the cyberspace figure's relationship to politics is practically lost, this digital study draws attention to the political role of subjectivity in cyberspace. Based on this broad conceptualization of digital citizens and drawing on Michel Foucault's thoughts on the transformation of power, the discussion begins with a focus on relative space in terms of how digital citizens act through the Internet and realize cyberspace. The Internet allows 'doing things with words and saying words with things.' This fundamental understanding of citizenship relative to the Internet's ability to facilitate digital interactions and transactions paves the way for conceptualizing digital acts as a kind of speech act and understanding the realization of digital rights claims. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate and research collections.
— CHOICE
Being Digital Citizens takes a nuanced, theoretical look at how the definition of a political subject evolves as more and more of both day-to-day life and overt political action takes place through digital space. Isin and Ruppert draw from rich literatures in political science, sociology, and critical theory to refocus academic debate about digital political life around the figure of the 'digital citizen'. . . .In a literature that tends towards extremes, declaring that the Internet changes either everything or nothing, Isin and Ruppert do an excellent job of explaining exactly how the digital context is and is not important for the politics of citizenship. They argue that doing life and politics through the Internet means political thought must revisit the influence that the anonymity, extensity, traceability, and velocity of our actions have. . . .Terms are explained with admirable theoretical precision, which makes the theory Isin and Ruppert develop relevant for all readers of this journal, not just those who concentrate on digital media, while still retaining enough specificity to comment directly on digital media and digital acts. Being Digital Citizens contributes a nuanced, flexible, and still elegantly workable conceptual framework to scholarship around contemporary political activity, particularly that unfolding through the internet.
— Journal of Cultural Economy
"Being Digital Citizens goes a long way toward untangling the language of digital citizenship and its highly normative force … [Ingin and Ruppert's] insistence on conceiving the 'digital citizen as yet to come' opens up new trajectories for scrutiny and inquiry as well as intervention … this volume is a provocation, a point of reflection and a spark for further conceptual and empirical work."
— Cultural Studies Review
What does it mean to be a digital citizen in a world where social traffic increasingly happens through online platforms? In this timely and intelligent book, Isin and Ruppert pose a number of fundamental questions about the rights and (speech) acts of citizens living in a new global online space. This book is a must-read for all students and scholars in digital media studies, especially those interested in human beings as the new 'data subjects'.
— José van Dijck, Professor of Comparative Mediastudies, University of Amsterdam
Being Digital Citizens presents an incisive and galvanizing account of the political actions and experiences of digital citizens. Refreshing stale oppositional debates over rights, freedom and liberation through the internet, it offers a lucid and concrete account of transformations in what citizenship means.Hardly any other account of digital political life has managed to effectively sustain a dual focus on both the digital and political in the way this book does.
— Adrian MacKenzie, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University.
This book is a tour-de-force that — at last — explores systematically the emerging figure of the digital citizen. The rights-claims that distinguish this figure cannot be grasped through conventional analyses of either the digital or the citizen. This careful analysis shows not only how they may be rethought but how they will make a difference.
— David Lyon, Queen's University, Canada


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A record 47,350 kms of PMGSY road constructed in 2016-17
A record 47,350 kms. of PMGSY road was constructed during 2016-17. This is the highest construction of PMGSY roads in a single year, in the last 7 years. While, 25,316 kms. of PMGSY roads were constructed in 2013-14, road construction in 2014-15 was 36,337 kms and in 2015-16, it was 36,449 kms.
A release issued by the Ministry of Rural Development states that during the period 2011-14, the average rate of construction of PMGSY roads was 73 kms. per day, which increased to 100 km per day during 2014-15 and 2015-16. For the year 2016-17, a record of 130 kms. per day has been achieved, which is the highest average annual construction rate, in the last 7 years.
The release further added that 11,614 habitations were provided connectivity by construction of 47,350 kms. of PMGSY roads during 2016-17 (an average of 32 habitations being provided connectivity every day). In terms of number of habitations connected with PMGSY roads, 11,606 is highest ever in the last 7 years.
With a view to reduce the "carbon footprint" of rural roads, reduce environmental pollution, increase the working season and bring cost effectiveness, PMGSY is aggressively encouraging use of "Green Technologies" and non-conventional materials like waste plastic, cold mix, geo-textiles, fly-ash, iron and copper slag etc. in rural roads. 4,113.13 kms. of PMGSY roads were constructed using "Green" technologies, in 2016-17. This is substantially higher than 2,634.02 kms. achieved during 2014-2016 and 806.93 kms. achieved during 2000-2014.
To ensure quality assurance, the field inspections of PMGSY works by National Quality Monitors (NQMs) were increased. 2016-17, witnessed a record no. of 7,597 NQM inspections compared to 6,516 inspections in 2015-16, 5,226 inspections in 2014-15 and 2,977 inspections in 2013-14. Out of 7,597 works inspected only 8.21% works were found to be of "Unsatisfactory" quality in 2015-16.

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Turn on the news. Pick up a newspaper. What's the top story?
Will Vladimir Putin actually invade Ukraine? Will the 100,000-plus troops he's sent to surround Ukraine begin moving in on the country he considers to be part of Russia? Is his goal to re-create the old Soviet Union?
I mean, he's already taken Crimea. Many of the people on the Russia/Ukraine border already speak Russia, so they'd fit right in, right?
His goal is control and power. Estimates of loss of life if he were to invade are between 25,000 and 50,000. He doesn't seem to mind; he won't be one of the people who would die.
He considers Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be weak. After all, he didn't dig up dirt on Hunter Biden for Putin's best friend, Donald Trump, prior to the 2020 election so that Trump could use it against President Joe Biden. After all, Zelensky's only a celebrity who was elected president after a big scandal in Ukraine. After all, Trump was only a celebrity who was "elected" president in 2016 after losing the popular vote to the outdated Electoral College.
Putin wants Trump back in the White House. He's saber-waving and threatening to move in.
Do the Russian people want war? Putin doesn't care what they want. He's in control and he'll command what they do. If they won't go to war and he wants them to, he'll send them to some gulag. Right?
I was just listening to some people who were discussing the romanticizing of war, and how young boys (mostly) like to think of going to war as an act that only patriots do, taking up arms against whatever enemy might threaten their respective country. John Wayne and war movies in the 1960s and '70s made war the ultimate testosterone experience. Sure, you watched your buddied die or become seriously wounded, but it was all for the cause, whatever the cause was. In the movies, Rhett Butler looked terribly handsome (as Clark Gable always did) in his Confederate-gray uniform, but when Tara was burning and he showed signs of battle and defeat, did that discourage the next handsome young guy from wanting to grab a musket and fight? Not at all.
In the 1960s, I protested the Vietnam War for many reasons, not the least of which was that I knew the so-called "domino theory" being pushed by war mongers was ridiculous. Another reason was that poor young men of all races, but especially people of color were being drafted and sent to fight in Vietnam at a much higher rate than middle- and upper-class white men. It was common, for example, for a poor young man who'd committed even a low-level crime to be told by a judge, "Son, you have two choices: I'll send you to jail or you can enlist. Fight for your country or go to jail. It's up to you." How many of those who chose jail now have their names on a wall in Washington, DC?
When Martin Luther King, Jr., began to question the gap between the races in the military during the Vietnam War, he came under more and more scrutiny for that criticism. He was fighting against poverty and racism, as well as for peace. When he was assassinated in 1968, he was in Memphis to protest the strike of sanitation workers–all of whom were African-American–who'd walked off because of poor working conditions, low pay, and poor treatment by those in charge. Their signs read, "I am a man," and that's how they wanted to be regarded.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who'd been in the U.S. Army for many years, including as a general prior to being elected president, warned of the "military industrial complex." He also said that those who romanticized war had never experienced it.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who played a major role in escalating the United States' involvement in Vietnam, admitted he made errors during that conflict, although he never fully apologized for the lies he told. In 1995, he published a memoir, In Retrospective: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, in which he describes the anticommunist political climate of the era, mistaken assumptions of foreign policy, and misjudgments on the part of the military that combined to created the Vietnam debacle.
More recently, we watched as the United States military evacuated Afghanistan, an evacuation date agreed to by Donald Trump while he was president but executed by current President Joe Biden. It too was a debacle. Thirteen U.S. service members were killed by a terrorist as they were working with a line of people who were trying to flee from the Taliban.
Now, with more of our troops in Europe to back forces from NATO, and Putin pushing the envelope, refusing diplomatic efforts to end this most recent war threat, where are we going? Have we not learned anything? Are we heading to World War III, thanks to a power-hungry out-of-control dictator?
As the old song from the 1960s reminds us–War–what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!
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An avid Boston Red Sox fan, Fischer applied to become the public address announcer for the team in 2012. She was one of the final 12 candidates being considered for the position and announced a full game between the Red Sox and Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park in August 2012. Ultimately, she was not chosen for the position; however, her love of the game--from t-ball to major league--is year-round.
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I had a sit down with IDFA Pro Universe Champ Erik Alstrup the other day. Actually it was on facebook. It is 2013 after all. He told me that he knew right from the start of bodybuilding that he would need great calves to win.
Erik has great calves and I was surprised to hear that that wasn't always the case. We always hear that it is all about genetics. Either you have them or you don't. Or do we just use that as an excuse to neglect them in the gym.
He told me if you want great calves you have to make them a priority. He trains calves first thing in a workout and with only one other bodypart. He suggests training them twice a week if you are a beginner or you are lacking in that area. Currently Erik trains his calves once per week. I guess he is no longer lacking in that area.
Another tip I squeezed out of Erik was to change workouts regularly, rarely doing the same workout twice, which he believes, maintains and produces consistent gains.
A typical calf workout for Erik looks like this.
You can use any type of calf machine. Some typical calf exercises he would use: Machine Standing Calf Raise, Seated Calf Raise, or Smith Machine Calf Raise. Choose one.
Note: Use slow, controlled, full range of motion and choose a weight appropriate for the number of sets to failure.


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Car Eats Car 3 is an online Boy game. Car-Eats-Car-3 is a thrilling car action game. Drive your car to the safe area while collecting rubies and fighting the enemy who wants to eat you alive! Don't forget to get cool upgrades with your winnings! Have fun!
How To Play Car Eats Car 3: Arrow keys to drive, X to use turbo, SPACE to use bombs.


Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) (TSX:SW), a leading provider of fully integrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that PrecisionHawk has selected Sierra Wireless AirPrime® MC Series embedded modules to enable global LTE connectivity for its Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety (LATAS) platform, which enables safe drone operation on a broad scale. A May 2016 PwC report, Clarity from Above, projects the global commercial drone market to grow to more than $127 billion by 2020.
Sierra Wireless and PrecisionHawk will demonstrate the LATAS platform at Mobile World Congress 2017, February 27 – March 2, in Barcelona, Spain. Visitors to the Sierra Wireless booth in the GSMA Innovation City, Hall 4, Stand #4A30 will be able to pilot a drone around Barcelona with exclusive LATAS simulators that highlight hazards on land and in the sky to enable safe flight on a broad scale. To book a briefing at MWC please contact pr@sierrawireless.com or l.reich@precisionhawk.com.


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Rafael Stone: One year after trading James Harden, Rockets committed to new path
January 13, 2022 9:58 pm CT
Thursday was the one-year anniversary of longtime Rockets superstar James Harden trade from Houston to Brooklyn. Though the trade immediately pushed one of the NBA's winningest teams of the 2010s onto a rebuilding path, general manger Rafael Stone said he has no regrets.
"We are organizationally committed to the path," general manager Rafael Stone told Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle on the Jan. 13 anniversary. "I think I speak not just for myself but for Tilman (Fertitta, owner of the Rockets). We are smart people, and we knew this was not going to be easy. Great things are not supposed to be easy."
"If you want to accomplish something great, it is not always going to be fun. We are cognizant of that, but we definitely we're on the right path. We don't think we're at the end of that path by any means."
From GM Rafael Stone in story on anniversary of Harden trade: "If you want to accomplish something great, it is not always going to be fun. We are cognizant of that, but we definitely think we're on the right path. We don't think we're at the end of that path by any means." https://t.co/RBVwAWZYxX
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) January 13, 2022
The Rockets bypassed an opportunity to trade Harden to Philadelphia, in large part because they believed the return (headlined by Ben Simmons) would not have been sufficient for them to contend for a title. Yet, the team's total salary and win total would have been high enough to prevent them from making any marquee acquisitions in free agency, or bottoming out to acquire elite talent in the NBA draft. In short, they would have likely been stuck at a good-but-not-great level for the forseeable future.
Instead, Houston traded Harden to Brooklyn for a package centered around draft assets through 2027. In addition to the bevy of draft picks, though, the trade allowed the Rockets to bottom out in the interim — since they did not acquire an All-Star talent such as Simmons. That led them to the No. 2 pick in the 2021 first round, used on Jalen Green, and it appears likely to lead them to another high draft pick in 2022 — since the season is already more than halfway over, and the Rockets (12-31) have the NBA's third-worst record.
That's a far cry from the final full season of the Harden era, of course. At the time, Houston had the NBA's longest active playoff streak. But to get the franchise back to a contending level, it may be necessary.
"I can tell you I am extremely comfortable with where we are and where this group is," Stone told Feigen. "We have a good group of very young, very talented players, they're working really hard and they like each other. And all of those things combined make me very happy."
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HGTV cancels reality TV show after left-wingers 'expose' the stars' pro-life, pro-family views
Their father, Rev. Flip Benham, told LifeSiteNews.com, "No corporation would dare stand up to this juggernaut of the homosexual agenda."
Wed May 7, 2014 - 6:25 pm EST
By Ben Johnson
CONCORD, NC, May 7, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The home improvement television network HGTV has canceled a proposed reality show after a left-wing website printed an "exposé" of the evangelical stars' pro-life, pro-family activism.
Flip It Forward, scheduled to debut on Home and Garden Television this October, would feature brothers David and Jason Benham helping down-on-their-luck families purchase a dream home they thought they could never afford. "In each episode, the guys help a deserving family find a fixer-upper and transform it into their forever home - with a healthy dose of sibling rivalry between the brothers along the way," HGTV announced.
But the website "Right-Wing Watch," a project of Hollywood producer Norman Lear's People for the American Way, ran an article yesterday denouncing the Benhams as "anti-gay, anti-Choice extremists." It highlighted the alleged extremism of the brothers and their father, Rev. Flip Benham of the pro-life outreach Operation Save America.
The article features a YouTube video of David Benham speaking at an abortion facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, the siblings' home state. In the clip, Benham mentioned that he had arranged for pro-life groups to give pregnant women free ultrasounds. "I just thank God for what He's doing in the city," he said.
They also organized a prayer protest outside the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
As another example of his purportedly radical views, Right-Wing Watch reported that David Benham told talk show host Janet Mefferd that "87 percent of Americans are Christians and yet we have abortion on demand; we have no-fault divorce; we have pornography and perversion; we have a homosexuality and its agenda that is attacking the nation; we have adultery."
Such views constituted, in the words of Slate, "the Benhams' repellant and well-documented ultra-conservative activism."
The brothers were also criticized by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for their opposition to building the Ground Zero Mosque.
However, it was the family's opposition to same-sex "marriage" that seems to have flipped the tables on their TV future.
The Benham brothers helped successfully overcome the lobbying of the president of the United States to see North Carolina pass a constitutional ban on gay 'marriage' by a landslide. Amendment One, which defines marriage "between one man and one woman," passed by a 61-39 percent margin in May 2012.
"The family is essential to society as a whole," David wrote in The Christian Post at the time. "The design of the family – man/woman covenanting together for life, reproducing children, caring for and nurturing them to maturity, etc – is the thread that connects the world together and has provided the very basis of society since the beginning of time."
Around noon today, HGTV announced it was dropping the project on its Facebook and Twitter accounts.
HGTV has decided not to move forward with the Benham Brothers' series.
— HGTV (@hgtv) May 7, 2014
The boys' father, Flip Benham, told LifeSiteNews exclusively that his family had not been notified about the cancellation before the network's public announcement. "We have some contractual obligations to the people we are helping right now," he said.
Flip Benham called the homosexual activist lobby "the biggest bully in the country."
"There's no one who dares oppose them," he told LifeSiteNews. "No corporation would dare stand up to this juggernaut of the homosexual agenda."
He said his family did nothing to hide their views from the network, which is distributed to 98 million U.S. households. "We knew – and so did HGTV – that this was a possibility," Benham told LifeSiteNews.
He was sorry his sons had to pay for the actions of their father. "I think of my sons, who have to suffer for the fact that their dad speaks up about the Gospel of Jesus Christ," he said. But he held firm: "Homosexuality is not a good thing. It destroys those who practice it and nations that approve of it."
He believed the backlash came in part due to pro-life successes in fighting abortion. He pointed to plunging abortion rates and the declining number of young people who support abortion-on-demand.
He also gave thanks that he "had the privilege of baptizing Norma McCorvey, the Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade, and she's now a professing, confessing Christian" who would like to see that Supreme Court case reversed.
"All over the country the battle's being won, and now this battle has moved from one manifestation right into another," calling the drive to normalize homosexuality "simply a different colored glove covering the same fist."
Every Christian who opposes homosexual activity is conflated with Westboro Baptist Church, Benham told LifeSiteNews. "It's not that we hate them. It's that we love them enough to tell them the truth and point them to Jesus, Who sets them free."
Abby Phillip of The Washington Post treated the cancellation as a matter of course, to be expected from network executives faced with a potential association with Christians. "Cursory research probably could have saved the network from this particular embarrassing episode," she wrote.
Benham said the chilling of free speech violated HGTV's self-understanding as a tolerant and diverse workplace. In 2012, HGTV's then-general manager Kathleen Finch told Slate, "Our goal is to represent our viewing base ... so one of the things that we make sure that we do is to have as diverse of a homeowner population as we can." But Benham noted that, while HGTV has plenty of homosexual characters, he did not know of a single evangelical Christian, or anyone who espouses family values.
Christians who believe in traditional morality face an intensifying call for corporate executives to reprimand or purge them because of their religious beliefs, not their performance or results.
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A&E briefly suspended Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson last December for expressing his private views about homosexuality, only to back down days later after a massive public backlash. More recently, Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich stepped down after homosexual activists revealed that he supported California's successful Proposition 8.
"You begin to understand how chilling it's been to corporations," Benham said. "Now you begin to see how Dan Cathy backed down on his stand at Chick-fil-A that marriage was between a man and a woman," opting not to be vocal on social issues in the future.
"We are see Christianity systematically being criminalized," Benham told LifeSiteNews, referencing this campaign and proposed "hate crimes" legislation. "If you are going to stand on what the Bible says, you are going to spend time in jail."
"Nationally, you look at the picture, and you look at the Republican Party, and you think, 'Is there any hope and help?'" he said. "And the answer is not there."
"If the church can't even stand strong, how can we expect HGTV, which doesn't even acknowledge God, to stand strong against this?" he asked. "It's a battle we've got to fight, and we've got to be willing to pay the price."
God, he said, "is not wringing His hands worried about what's happening here. He's just watching His church seeing if she will live up and be what God called us from the very beginning to be: the light of the world, the salt of the earth."
HGTV's online contact form: http://www.hgtv.com/contact-us/package/index.html
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Climate Change is Impacting Youth Mental Health
Jamie Pang
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Do you find yourself or the youth in your life feeling anxious or depressed over the idea of climate change? A new study shows this is a problem sweeping Oregon and beyond. The Oregon Health Authority just released a report, Climate Change and Youth Mental Health in Oregon, documenting the impacts of climate change on the mental health of youth (ages 15-25). This study was completed under the direction of Governor Brown's Executive Order 20-04, also known as the Oregon Climate Action Plan.
The study, one of the largest in the nation to date, documents a growing youth mental health crisis in Oregon. Climate stressors, including climate anxiety, are disproportionately affecting the well-being of our youth. Highlights from the study's findings include:
Climate change is harming youth mental health when directly impacted by disasters such as wildfires, extreme heat waves, and severe weather events disrupting normal life and separating people from communities.
59% of youth surveyed reported feeling very worried about climate change, while 84% were moderately worried.
Youth reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, an increase of 40% amongst high school students in the last decade.
Between 2007 and 2018, suicide rates among youth ages 10-24 in the U.S. increased by 57%. Oregon continues to experience a higher youth suicide rate than the national average.
"Growing up comes with enough changes already, and the anxiety of climate change makes it so much worse. Our teen years should be hard, but they should also be hopeful, and as climate crises challenge us and our communities every year, it's hard to be feel confident about even the most basic part of our futures. I wonder how the younger generations will be healthy enough to fight and solve climate change when they are breaking from the pressure of it now." – Pheobe Wood, Hood River High School
The main pathways this anxiety is caused is through:
Increased extreme weather events and climate-related disasters;
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Increased awareness of climate change, leading to climate anxiety.
Perhaps most importantly, the study illustrates the need to center our future generations when developing climate protection policies and the need for adults to step up to address the climate crisis. Youth were engaged throughout the study to provide input, including focus groups, key informant interviews, and learnings from a community-based project. Decision-makers and policy makers can share power with youth in decisions about climate and mental health policy and solutions to increase youth's sense of hope, belonging and agency.
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I was a vegetarian for eight years, three of those were spent as a vegan. I absolutely thrived off a vegan diet, I have always loved my veggies, my mom even told me as a baby I used to store meat in my cheeks so that I didn't have to eat it, so eating a plant based diet made sense to me and giving up dairy was just as easy for me as giving up meat. It wasn't long before I was feeling fantastic, I was lighter, more energetic, my eyes and skin were brighter and I even lost weight. Just eating plant based foods was so natural and effortless for me and things seemed great UNTIL they weren't – I totally missed the messages from my body that this diet I had chosen wasn't sustaining me any longer.
My gut issues worsened (I always have had issues with my gut but most of the time it was due to my gluten and dairy intolerance which I wasn't aware of at the time), I lost my period and my anxiety returned. I couldn't understand that if I was eating the healthiest I ever had yet then why did I have all these health issues. This longing for a deeper understanding of what was happening to my body, threw me into two and a half years of self-work and exploration around food. After two years of working through adrenal issues, gut health, hormones, thyroid etc. with various food changes and meal plans the anxiety had reduced but I still had no period. DEEP down, INTUITIVELY, I knew what I had to do to fully regain my health but I didn't want to accept it. I had so many beliefs attached to being a vegan that I knew I had to let go of and there was a part of me that enjoyed being identified as vegan, if I'm being truly honest.
However, I knew introducing some form of animal protein back into my diet might just be what my body needed, and if not, I could always go back to eating a plant based diet, so there was little harm in trying. I started introducing ethically sourced animal products back into my diet. I started with eggs then chicken and finally fish. It was not an easy transition and after eight years of no meat, the first few days were difficult – I must admit I did shed a few tears as I tried to wrap my head around not being a vegan anymore. After a month I noticed my health had started to improve drastically. I wasn't binging anymore, I wasn't hungry all the time, I felt more grounded, my blood sugar levels were improving and I was even sleeping better.
After 3 months of eating animal products my period returned.
Some days I still struggle with the concept of eating meat but I am listening to my body daily and trying my best to feed it what it needs. I still don't eat any dairy and have tried some red meat on occasion but prefer to avoid it. I eat animal protein a few times a week and eggs daily. I no longer label myself as following a certain type of diet as your body is always shifting, changing and adapting and with that your diet and bodies' needs are also always changing. We as humans are cyclical beings and change is inevitable.
LOVE YOUR SELF and LOVE YOUR BODY.
PS. This is not to say one can't thrive on a vegan diet, you can with the correct supplements and food combinations but this way of eating wasn't sustainable for me or my lifestyle. I will still always make VEGGIES my main focus of the meal ensuring they cover more than half my plate at meal times.


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Governor Asa Hutchinson Announces Intent to Grant Executive Clemency
ByMHO Newsroom Staff Published:August 3, 2022 Updated:August 2, 2022
Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced his intent to grant nine pardons and one restoration of firearm rights only. An additional 29 clemency requests were denied and two had no action taken upon them. These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates.
The applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole and probationary requirements and paid all fines related to their sentences. There is a 30-day waiting period to receive public feedback on the notices before final action is taken.
Governor Hutchinson intends to grant pardons to the following people:
Kenneth W. Dyson (Plymouth, IN): Possession of a Controlled Substance (C Felony) (CR-94-198A), Possession of a Controlled Substance-Cocaine (C Felony) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (C Felony) (CR-01-3427).
This notice is issued based on the dates of conviction (1994 – Pulaski County and 2002 – Pulaski County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further felony criminal-law violations. There are no law enforcement objections to the application.
Donald R. Gibbs (Muldrow, OK): Theft of Property (C Felony) (CR 83-307).
This notice is issued based on the date of conviction (1984 – Sebastian County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further criminal-law violations. There are no law enforcement objections to the application.
William Hart (Jacksonville): Possession Controlled Substance (U Misdemeanor) (LRCR-89-7795), Possession of a Controlled Substance (U Felony) (CR-90-250-2), and Delivery of a Controlled Substance-Possession of Cocaine (C Felony) (CR-97-575-1).
This notice is issued based on the date of conviction (1989 – Pulaski County, 1990 – Jefferson County, and 1998 – Jefferson County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further criminal-law violations. The Pulaski County Sheriff has raised objections to the application.
Joseph D. Mangold (Horseshoe Bend): Breaking or Entering, 4 counts (D Felony), Theft of Property (B Felony), Theft of Property, 3 counts (A Misdemeanor) (CR-97-198), and Felon in Possession of a Firearm (D Felony) (CR-98-408).
This notice is issued based on the date of conviction (1997 – Boone County and 1998 – Boone County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further criminal-law violations. There are no law enforcement objections to the application.
Jimmy C. McGill (Jacksonville): Burglary (B Felony) and Theft of Property (C Felony) (CR-93-244), Theft of Property (C Felony) and Criminal Use of Prohibited Weapon (D Felony) (CR-95-404), Burglary (B Felony) and Theft of Property (C Felony) (CR-93-244) (Revocation), Theft by Receiving (C Felony) (CR-98-183), Manufacturing, Delivery, Possession of Controlled Substance-2 counts (Y Felony) and Delivery, Possession, Manufacturing, Etc. Drug Paraphernalia (C Felony) (CR-98-3962), Burglary (Residential) (B Felony) and Theft of Property (C Felony) (CR-98-2593), Burglary (Residential)-2 counts (B Felony) and Theft of Property (C Felony) (CR-99-4077), Burglary (Residential) (B Felony) and Theft by Receiving (B Felony) (CR-98-518), Theft of Property (B Felony) (CR-2000-203), Theft of Property (B Felony) (CR-02-1535), Possession/Use of Weapons-Incarcerated (D Felony) (CR-05-138), Burglary (Residential) ( B Felony) (CR-2004-4544), Theft by Receiving (B Felony) and Forgery 2nd Degree, 2 counts (C Felony) (CR-04-3985), Theft by Receiving (C Felony) (CR-04-3986), Possession of Controlled Substance, Schedule I or II Meth/Cocaine (D Felony) and Driving on Suspended License (U Misdemeanor) (CR-12-3383), 04. Possession of Controlled Substance-Schedule I/II Methamphetamine or Cocaine (B Felony) (CR-15-94),
This notice is issued based on the date of conviction (1993 – Pulaski County, 1995 – Pulaski County, 1998 – Saline County, 1999 – Pulaski County, 2000 – Pulaski County, 2002 – Pulaski County, 2005 – Pulaski County, 2014 – Pulaski County, and 2016 – Lonoke County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further criminal-law violations. The Pulaski County Prosecutor has raised objections to the application.
Mohamed Mohamed (Foster City, CA): Controlled Substance/Criminal Penalties (C Felony) (CR-04-96B).
This notice is issued based on the date of conviction (2004 – Pope County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further criminal-law violations. There are no law enforcement objections to the application.
Veronica Tess Myers (Little Rock): Criminal Mischief-1st Degree (C Felony) (CR 2005-4126)
This notice is issued based on the date of conviction (2006 – Pulaski County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further criminal-law violations. There are no law enforcement objections to the application.
Kevin Robinson (Fort Smith): Domestic Battering Third Degree-2nd Offense (D Felony) (CR-2005-415).
This notice is issued based on the date of conviction (2006 – Crawford County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further criminal-law violations. There are no law enforcement objections to the application.
Everett Williams (Little Rock): Theft of Property (C Felony) (CR-85-171).
Governor Hutchinson intends to grant the restoration of firearm rights only to the following person:
Dwight Thompson (Little Rock): Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (C Felony) (CR 93-788).
This notice is issued based on the date of convictions (1993 – Pulaski County), the fact that all terms of the applicant's sentence have been completed and there have been no further criminal-law violations. The Sheriff of Pulaski County has signed the Recommendation of the Chief Law Enforcement Officer as required by law. There are no law enforcement objections to the application.
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Filien now a force for Cadets
He went from backup to starring role in senior season for Academy
March 19, 2018 Updated: March 19, 2018 12:05 a.m.
Opportunity awaited Marcus Filien as he entered his senior year at Albany Academy. After serving as a role player on the Cadets' 2016 and 2017 Class A Federation Tournament of Champion boys' basketball title teams, what role would the 6-foot-8 forward serve?
Through intense work to elevate his game over the spring and summer, Filien has firmly established himself in a starring role on the 2017-18 Albany Academy squad.
"He has really come along," Albany Academy coach Brian Fruscio said. "He had to find his confidence early. He was in an unknown new place: he hadn't been counted on. He wasn't sure where he was. 'Could he do it or couldn't he do it?' Now, he has put himself in a position where we rely on him very, very heavily."
After averaging 3.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game as a junior, Filien has taken his game to a whole new level this season by producing averages of 14.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Even more impressive than those average jumps is that Filien is shooting 58 percent from the field and 37 percent from 3-point range.
1of2Albany Academy's Marcus Filien dunks the ball during a basketball game against Shaker on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 in Latham, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
2of2Albany Academy's Marcus Filien looks to the basket during a basketball game against Shaker on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 in Latham, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
"It is very satisfying. I have seen my hard work manifest itself on the court," Filien said.
Filien and the Cadets are gearing up for a push toward a potential third straight Federation title. Albany Academy (14-6) will take on Brooklyn Law and Tech (27-3), the champions of the Public School Athletic League, Saturday in the Class A semifinals at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls.
"No (area) team had won consecutive Federation titles before last year. We've got a chance to go back-to-back-to-back now," Filien said. "To end my senior season that way would mean everything to me."
Filien, operating in the shadows behind such stars as New York State Gatorade Player of the Year Hameir Wright, August Mahoney, Will Bennett and C.J. Mulvey, produced extremely well during the 2017 Federation Tournament of Champions event.
He opened his senior season with some solid outings. During the holidays, Albany Academy competed in the prestigious Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Filien opened a lot of eyes when he delivered 18 points (8-for-11 shooting), six rebounds and three assists in a 94-61 loss against Montverde Academy —the nation's No. 1 team in the USA Today Super 25 rankings.
"That was his coming out," Fruscio said. "We talked about this coming back (to Albany): 'Now you have proven it, so now you have to keep that bar there.' That was where I really thought he made a difference in his game."
Filien said he just tried to ease his way into the game vs. Montverde, a squad stockpiled top to bottom with major Division I recruits.
"I wanted to rebound the ball and get myself into the game," Filien said. "I started to make shots and competing. I left that game feeling I could compete with anyone in the country."
Filien, along with Mahoney and sophomore guard Andre Jackson, provide Fruscio an outstanding trio of scoring threats. The senior forward raised his skill level during the offseason working on his jump shot, ball-handling skills, body control and raising his basketball IQ level.
Fruscio, who believes Filien is the area's most improved player, said the senior also had to raise one other attribute to enhance himself – his leadership skills.
"We wanted him to find his voice," Fruscio said. "The biggest part, when you are a leader, and you find your voice, now you have to back it up. I think for him, becoming a leader, he had to find his voice. ... When you say to someone, 'Play hard,' you better be playing hard yourself. He has done everything we've asked."
Filien is the son of Patrick Filien, who played at The College of Saint Rose when Fruscio served on coach Brian Beaury's staff prior to taking the head coaching position at Southern Vermont.
"Patrick is one of my all-time favorite players," Fruscio said.
"Being the first father-son combo he has coached, and him overseeing my growth and development, is a real blessing," Filien said. "I know coach Fruscio is proud of me and my dad is proud of me. It has really been exciting."
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US Supreme Court Center > Volume 70 > UNITED STATES V. MURPHY, 70 U. S. 649 (1865) > Full Text
UNITED STATES V. MURPHY, 70 U. S. 649 (1865)
United States v. Murphy, 70 U.S. 3 Wall. 649 649 (1865)
United States v. Murphy
CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION OF OPINION AMONG
THE JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR WISCONSIN
1. Under the second section of the Act of 8 August, 1840, "to regulate the proceedings in the circuit and district courts," and which, after authorizing the transfer of criminal causes from either court to the other on motion of the district attorney, says that
"The court to which such remission is made shall, after the order of remission is filed
therein, act and proceed in the case as if the indictment and all the other proceedings in the same had been originated in said court,"
an indictment may be remitted from the district court to the circuit court, though it have come into the district court originally only by being sent there from the circuit court. And a demurrer to the indictment made in the district court may properly receive a joinder in the circuit court.
2. The twenty-fifth section of the Act of 3 March, 1863, "for enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other purposes," must be construed by the twelfth section of the Amendatory Act of 24 February, 1864, and so construed, it does not embrace services in relation to an enrollment.
An act of Congress, passed during the late rebellion, entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," and which has numerous provisions tending to prescribe a mode of giving effect to its purpose, provides in its 23d section that
"If any person shall resist any draft of men enrolled under this act into the service of the United States, or shall counsel, or aid any person to resist any such draft, or shall assault or obstruct any officer in making such draft, or in the performance of any service in relation thereto, or shall counsel any person to assault or obstruct any such officer, such person shall be subject to summary arrest by the provost marshal and shall be forthwith delivered to the civil authorities, and upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or by both of said punishments."
This act was passed March 3, 1863.
On the 24th February, 1864, Congress passed an act amendatory of it. The 12th section of this amendatory act runs thus:
"That any person who shall forcibly resist or oppose any enrollment, or shall incite, counsel, encourage, or who shall conspire or confederate with any other person or persons forcibly to resist or oppose any such enrollment, or who shall aid or assist, or take any part in any forcible resistance or opposition thereto, or who shall assault, obstruct, impede, or threaten any officer or other person employed in making or aiding to make any such enrollment, or employed in the performance, or aiding in the performance
of any service in any way relating thereto &c., shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment &c. And in cases where such assaulting &c., shall produce the death of such officer or other person the offender shall be guilty of murder, and upon conviction &c., be punished with death."
The amendatory act repeals so much of the former act as may be inconsistent with it.
In July, 1863, that is to say before the passage of the act last mentioned, but after the passage of the one of March 3, 1863, and while it alone was in force, a certain Mrs. Murphy, with two other "married women" of Milwaukee, were indicted in the Circuit Court for Wisconsin, for assaulting and obstructing Patrick Finney, "an enrolling officer" for that district,
"duly appointed as such by the board of enrollment organized under the by virtue of an act of the Congress of the United States of America, approved on the third day of March, A.D. 1863, entitled 'An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,' in making a draft of men enrolled under said act into the service of the United States, and in the performance of service in relation thereto, to-wit, in making an enrollment of persons subject to do military duty in said district, for said draft, and that they then and there did violently strike and beat the said Patrick, enrolling officer as aforesaid, by means whereof he was grievously hurt and wounded, and did counsel certain persons to assault and obstruct the said Patrick, enrolling officer as aforesaid, against the peace and dignity of the United States and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided."
The indictment thus pending in the circuit court, that court, in October, 1863, remitted the case, on motion of the district attorney, to the district court, where the defendants filed a general demurrer. In April, 1864, the district court on the motion of the same district attorney, remitted the case back to the circuit court, and in this last court the United States joined in the demurrer.
These remissions, forward and back, were conceived by
the district attorney to be warranted by the Act of Congress of 8 August, 1846. That act thus ran:
"Whenever the district attorney shall deem it necessary, it shall be lawful for any circuit court, in session, by order entered on its minutes, to remit to the next term or session of the district court of the same district any indictment pending in the said circuit court, when the offense or offenses therein charged may be cognizable by the said district court, and in like manner it shall be lawful for any district court to remit to the next term or session of the circuit court of the same district any indictment pending in the said district court, and such remission shall carry with it all recognizances, processes, and pleadings pending in the case in the court from which the remission is made, and the court to which such remission is made shall, after the order of remission is filed therein, act and proceed in the case as if the indictment and all other proceedings in the same had been originated in said court."
The demurrer coming on to be argued, the circuit court was divided in opinion as to the questions:
1st. Whether the court had jurisdiction, the indictment having been found in the circuit court, remitted to the district court, and by the district court again remitted into this Court.
2d. Whether the offense charged in the indictment -- namely an assault and obstruction of an officer in making an enrollment of men for military duty -- is embraced in the 25th section of the act of 1863 as an assault or obstruction of an officer in making the draft or in the performance of services in relation thereto.
And these two questions were now here for resolution.
MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the Court.
We are of opinion that under the circumstances of this case, the circuit court had jurisdiction of the cause.
We see no reason in the nature of the transaction, nor in
the language of the statute of 8th of August, 1846, under which the remission is supposed by the counsel of the United States to be justified, why a case brought into the district court by an order of this kind should not be sent back under proper circumstances. The order can only be made on the motion of the district attorney, or whenever in the opinion of the district court difficult and important questions of law are involved in the case. There is therefore no danger of collision between the courts on account of such orders, and as they tend to the dispatch of business and to sound decisions on legal propositions, there is no reason for limiting the rule further than the language of the statute requires.
As respects the second question. -- The defendants were indicted for assaulting an officer while engaged "in making an enrollment of men subject to do military duty." This language describes with entire accuracy the offense provided for by the 12th section of the Act of February 24, 1864. But the indictment was found before that act was passed. It was found under the 25th section of the Act of March 3, 1863, on the supposition that making an enrollment was a service relating to the draft, and the judges divided on the question whether this was so within the meaning of the last-mentioned act.
If Congress had not passed the Amendatory Act of February 24, 1864, it might very well have been asserted that making an enrollment of persons liable to draft was a service relating to the draft, for, being a necessary preliminary to putting the draft in force, it bears a very close relation to it. We have, however, held in the case of the United States v. Scott, just preceding, upon a comparison of the 25th section of the act of 1863 with the 12th section of the act of 1864, that the one is limited to the prevention of resistance to the draft and the other to preventing resistance to the enrollment. Comparing the two acts together, the later one must be held to be a legislative construction of the first, by which a service in relation to the enrollment cannot be held to be a service in relation to the draft.
The first of the questions certified to us must be answered in the affirmative, and the second in the negative.
Answers accordingly.
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Hello and HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Well...it's day two of our trip to Phoenix, Arizona and we are having a BLAST! We are taking it slow...planning to take a few days to get there so we can stop and see a few things. We're just getting started this morning, but I have another Anniversary card to share with you today! Same theme...FAST and SIMPLE. The designer paper is, again, from the Birthday Bouquet pack...it really has some beautiful pieces in it! One of them I'm using to make my daughters wedding invitations...but that will come later. The sentiment is from the Enjoy the Little Things stamp set in the Occasions catalog. There's that heart paper clip again, which is on clearance right now...40 clips...4 different designs for only $2.78 it's item 133765!
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Shipping, Explained
Gita Jackson
Shipping, or the act of writing about, drawing or being enthusiastic about a particular fictional couple, has become a part of what it means to be a fan of something. It's also older than you think.
This post originally appeared 1/9/18.
The Origins of Shipping
The origin of shipping is often attributed to Star Trek fanzines, which became ubiquitous in the 70s because of a greater access to copiers, making it easier for fans to mass reproduce their content. Fan-made magazines in science fiction date back to 1943, and the history of derivative works goes back even further. What is Paradise Lost if it isn't just fanfiction for the Bible? But with the Star Trek zines, beginning in 1967, you can begin to see a kind of concentrated, documented discourse of fan attitudes towards a particular property. These zines would start to codify certain kinds of terminology, derivative works, or even discourses in fandom, especially when fanfics about Kirk and Spock in a romantic relationship began being published in zines in 1974. In particular, most people accept the fandom habit of referring to stories about these two characters as "Kirk/Spock" stories to be the origin of the term "slash."
In Star Trek zines, that slash between the characters' names would indicate a close bond. Over time it became associated with romantic and erotic fiction. Slash fiction came with controversy, though one that seems tame compared to later conversations about what's permissible in fandom. Arguments against slash have remained consistent throughout the years. In this letter to the editor from a 1992 issue of the science fiction zine Strange Worlds, the author writes, "I would think science/fiction readers/fans … would not like their heroes being used in this facetious fashion. Pairing Kirk and Spock (K/S), Starsky and Hutch (S/H), or Riker and Picard (R/P), or any other of the possible combinations of TV's S/F genre tales in — of all concepts — a homosexual relationship, strikes me as a bit of camp."
People who enjoyed slash fiction would see this kind of argument—that slash is gratuitous and out of character, or in more extreme cases, immoral or perverse—through the 90s, 2000s, and even in this decade. In 1999, a Blake 7 fan named Susan Beth compiled a series of quotes and responses to the most common criticisms of slash and called it "The Generic Slash Defense Letter," saying she would, "post it in its entirety each time the subject is re-introduced." Despite its popularity, slash remains controversial.
The term "shipping," meaning to be in support of a particular romantic pairing in fandom, began in the X-Files fandom, on a Usenet board. At this point "slash" refers to pairings that are specifically gay, while "shipping" can mean a pairing of any sexual orientation. Slash as a term is not as widely used as it was in the 90s and 2000s, only really lingering on in the term "femmeslash," which refers to lesbian pairings.
Ship To Ship Combat
Although everyone who feels enthusiastic about a ship wants to see it as canon, if you shipped a same sex pairing in the early millennium, it was because you knew it probably wouldn't happen. While there was some LGBT representation in mass media like Buffy the Vampire Slayer or My So-Called Life, being gay was still controversial in both fiction and the real world. If a gay couple couldn't marry in your country, you probably weren't expecting a gay couple to appear on a popular television show. Fandom became a place to talk about and explore the possibility of characters not being straight in a way it was not being explored on television or in comics or in science fiction and fantasy novels.
There's always conflict in fandom. You have to think of something to do while the next book, episode, issue or whatever came out. But for a little while it appeared that slash fiction existed intentionally in opposition to the canon, as a way to queer a text that may have homoerotic elements but never brings it to the surface. This punk approach to media changes when there's even the slightest hint of your ship being canon.
Although shipwars are sometimes associated with flaming or harassment, they just as often led to passive aggressive essay writing.
In the early 2000s, most fans gathered to talk on blogging services like LiveJournal about the things they like, as well as write and read fanfiction. I was around ten or eleven when I started participating in fandom myself, as a lonely nerd eagerly awaiting the next Harry Potter book. I had two major ships: Sirius/Remus and Ron/Hermione.
Sirius and Remus seemed like a no-brainer to me. Remus Lupin was a werewolf and a very transparent metaphor for someone who suffers from HIV. Sirius Black was a close friend of his from childhood, and they'd grown close to each other because of their outsider statuses. When they reunited after many years, they embraced each other. In a later book, Dumbledore would tell Sirius to "lay low at Lupin's." So they share a deep emotional bond, know each other from childhood, one of them has some queer coding, and they're cohabitating. "Their love is so canon," became a common refrain amongst other shippers. The Harry Potter novels themselves were a story about how discrimination was bad, so it seemed appropriate for a gay couple to show up at some point. Why not those two?
I have thought about this hug for years.
Of course, it wasn't canon. Sirius Black would die and then Lupin would marry Black's shapeshifting cousin, Nymphadora Tonks. Because I had talked myself into seeing foreshadowing of a queer relationship, being wrong was not just hurtful but infuriating. I had been emotionally invested in a particular outcome, and it had been denied to me, despite the mountains of fanfic and art I had saved on my hard drive. When you ship something that has the potential to be canon, however slim that may be, not seeing it happen is heartbreaking. Being right, on the other hand, makes you feel like a god.
Although slash was very popular in Harry Potter fandom, two of the biggest ships were the diametrically opposed Harry/Hermione and Ron/Hermione. Prior to Ron/Hermione becoming canon in the last book, they fought. A lot. Although shipwars are sometimes associated with flaming or harassment, they just as often led to passive aggressive essay writing. There's still essay length textual analysis of whether Harry is attracted to Hermione on the internet.
This passion for the text didn't just come from wanting to be right. If you shipped a heterosexual couple, the mere fact that it had a possibility of being canon was an unusual position to be in in a fandom. Harry/Draco shippers knew they had an iceberg's chance in hell of seeing their ship acknowledged in the books. If you had a stake in H/Hr or R/Hr, it was a lot more likely that JK Rowling would in a small way acknowledge that your reading of the books was correct. Although fansites had more visibility to creators than before the internet, this was a pre-Twitter era of fandom. You couldn't just send a message to Rowling asking that she make Remus and Sirius kiss. You had to wait until the series was over to lord it over the other fans, and with that kind of investment comes a lot of passion and frustration. These fans waited years between books, and had a lot of time to hash out their reasonings. There's still a part of me that's braying for the blood of Harry/Hermione shippers—I was right and you were all wrong.
The Current State Of Shipping
As fandom moved from LJ to Twitter and Tumblr in the early 2010s, fans began to have both better LGBT representation in media and greater access to the creators of the shows they liked. That meant fans could celebrate with the showrunners themselves when Korra and Asami's romance was confirmed in the finale of Legend of Korra. Creators like Teen Wolf's Jeff Davis could also coyly tell fans that he could make Sterek canon if they baked him enough cookies. While the newfound closeness of fandom and creators can lead to chumminess, it's also opened the door for uncomfortable, or even hostile conversations between fan and creator.
The idea of "fan entitlement" isn't new. Author Neil Gaiman wrote on the subject in 2009 and members of fandom were writing about it as early as 2003. But shipping, and all the impassioned defenses, arguments and derivative works that come with it, are both more visible and more voluminous on the current platforms fandom uses.
On LiveJournal, you could make private, invite-only communities and still be participant in the larger fandom. While shippers definitely fought, they didn't have to interact with each other if they didn't want to, and could go to their own forums or fansites. You can still do that, but it cuts you off from the day to day goings on of fandom. It's perfectly possible to just keep track of your favorite fic and talk about it with a close group of friends. If you want to write fic or make art, it's more of a requirement to have a public persona and to make a lot of content.
How fans react to the franchise they love is now just as newsworthy as the actual content of the franchise.
Tumblr and Twitter have the option for private accounts, but they have far less utility than LiveJournal, where you could comment and post all you like on public communities but still have a private journal. Tumblr and Twitter have also only released tools for muting keywords relatively recently, and they don't always work.On Tumblr, you can save a specific search, like "Genji Shimada," and have access to all the new Genji content whenever you want. That also means you might run into content for a ship you don't like, like Genji/Mercy, and after a while that will grate. You can mute "Gency" but more often than not, something's gonna slip through. That kind of friction between fans can even lead to people stirring the pot intentionally by doing something like writing "This ship is bad" and then tagging it "Gency," so those fans will see it. When you combine this with more direct access to creators, you get fans who argue more frequently, and who can ask the creator of the thing they're a fan of who is right.
That environment, where fans are encouraged by the platforms they use to post very visibly and passionately, has lead to something altogether new for fandom: news coverage. In the rare instances in the 70s that Star Trek conventions would be covered on the news, the idea of being included in a report was mortifying for fans. Now, conventions like New York and San Diego Comic Con are packed with movie stars who answer questions directly from fans, sometimes speaking off the cuff or giving them some fanservice. Anjali Bhimani, the voice actress for Overwatch's Symmetra, is even a shipper herself. The day to day activities of fans will also get write ups on outlets like Vox, Buzzfeed, and right here on Kotaku. How fans react to the franchise they love is now just as newsworthy as the actual content of the franchise, meaning that the minutia of fandom is more in the public eye now.
When Jesse Hassenger wrote about fandom in 2016 for AV Club after the controversy surrounding the all female reboot of Ghostbusters, he mentioned a fan campaign centered around a hashtag #GiveEslaAGirlfriend. These fans didn't have a particular ship for Elsa, but they wanted to have an LGBT Disney princess, and Elsa is thus far uncoupled. In the same year, fans of other Disney franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe would also get hashtags trending for ships like Steve/Bucky, also known as Stucky.
"This kind of fannish delusion runs deep, and when paid any mind (as I admit I'm doing here), it threatens to turn creative endeavors into clunky Choose Your Own Adventures," he Hassenger. "More broadly, though, the idea that hashtags, even progressive and non-sexist ones, might determine plot points of movies is a little chilling."
While Hassenger is right to say that we shouldn't determine a plot of a movie via Twitter hashtags, and does acknowledge that none of this is new, it's still alarmist to see this kind of expression as a threat. That isn't to say that fans don't cross the line with creators—director Adam Wingard got death threats before he even started filming Death Note, and was later harassed off Twitter by anime fans. That's mostly because there's more access to creator and more content—more art and more fic—and it's more visible. People who get invested in shipping have always been like this, and they've always gotten the same pushback. They just have different means of expression now, and a culture that cares a tiny bit more about what they have to say.
Tyrsis
This shit is up there with furries in terms of "stuff I don't get." But hey, do your thang I guess


Besides the Downtown location, Jacksonville Beach is also about to get a permanent cheese filled location. The Happy Grilled Cheese Truck is merging its magic into a walk up window connected to Tavern on 1st Street. This will be an express kitchen that will provide happy costumers with limited and amazing menu options. Owner Anthony Hashem has created this business and has seen significant improvement in grilled cheese lovers across Jacksonville.


Carolyn is an excellent agent. She is very professional. She is prompt in returning phone calls and was an excellent help in arranging for quotes and services for items found on the home inpection. I was so impressed with her when I bought the house that I asked her to help me sell it. She aso gave excellent suggestions on how to make the house more apealing to prospective buyers. I would recommend Carolyn to anyone.


The dropdown stairs give you access to the attic without taking up valuable floor space. Can be installed relatively easily and require little maintenance, since it is made of ladder few parts. The attic pull down stairs themselves are made of long side elements called stringers, then wood or metal ladder or steps, as they are sometimes called. Most rods drop down stairs has steps that provide extra support. Also rungs of the ladder, tables that support the end of the steps.
Almost all steps are added drop down to a door panel by supports and springs. The panel fits tightly into an opening in the roof is framed with headers, but are the spring mechanism responsible for the drop down the stairs. As the name says, jump against narrow coils, holding the ladder against the headboard. Several mechanisms of springs in attic pull down stairs, including springs, springs and unit supporting springs.
The brackets provide support for the ladder, to hold stably. Typically there will be several supports, at the top of the attic pull down stairs, where are hinges and sides to provide support while ups and downs. The angle brackets added the stairs to the door panel that hides once it is folded on the roof.


It looks like the bottom-callers of 2012 were right. Continued interference in the mortgage market by the federal reserve lowered mortgage interest rates to record low levels. Plus, changes in policy at the major banks held back the tide of foreclosures and greatly restricted the MLS inventory. Demand was up slightly, mostly due to investors as owner-occupants remained absent from the market. First-time homebuyer participation fell to very low levels. The small uptick in demand, fueled by record low interest rates, and the dramatic decline in for-sale inventories caused prices to bottom in 2012. It isn't how the bottom callers thought it would happen (most predicted a surge in demand), but being right for the wrong reasons is good enough. It certainly beats being wrong for the right reasons like the bears were.
These dynamics have gotten some economists and market analysts excited about the growth prospects for the U.S. economy in 2013. Robert Johnson, director of economic analysis for Morningstar, called housing "the big change factor in 2013″ and believes that "direct housing investment will be a meaningful contributor" to economic growth in 2013. He also sees industries related to housing — like furniture manufacturing and sales — adding to economic growth in 2013 as the housing market begins to pick up.
Actually, there is significant doubt whether or not we are in a positive feedback loop. Lenders are not becoming more generous with home financing. FHA is facing a bailout, and the GSEs are suing banks with buy-backs on bad loans forcing banks to become even tighter with their lending standards. The positive feedback loop meme is what everyone hopes for, but that isn't what's happening in the real world.
That is a very good question. Those are what economists ordinarily label as the fundamentals of the housing market, and they are all weak.
The cost of ownership on a monthly payment basis is less expensive relative to rent than any point in the last 25 years. That's the main bullish signal in the housing market.
This is where the housing markets across the country diverge. In judicial foreclosures states, mostly on the east coast, prices are falling and will continue to fall throughout 2013. They did not experience the big drops of 2008 that the non-judicial foreclosure states of the west coast went through. Their pain was merely delayed, but not avoided like they hoped.
This is not to say that the recent trend of rising home prices isn't a good thing. It's very difficult to imagine a significant economic recovery in an environment of falling real estate prices, as a house is most Americans' single most significant asset.
Realistically, why would this matter? Only in an economy dependent upon HELOC abuse would fluctuations in asset prices make a difference. For most homeowners, at least those who don't tap their home equity, a change in asset value is irrelevant to their spending. The wealth effect is an illusion. The Ponzi effect is real. Only through rising home prices, and people spending those increases, do we see an economic boost from rising home prices.
But any sober analysis of the recovery must admit that Federal Reserve stimulus is probably the single most important factor driving rising home prices. And until we see a significant drop in unemployment, or a significant increase in wages, we won't get a housing-market recovery that can sustain itself without unprecedented intervention from the central bank.
That is the reality of life. The federal reserve will keep printing money to monetize government debt to keep mortgage interest rates low until wage inflation kicks in enough to support higher interest rates. If the federal reserve doesn't keep printing money, house prices will fall again, and the member banks of the federal reserve will recover less on their bad loans and will be insolvent. This is the main reason I don't believe the predictions of rising interest rates in 2013. They may tick up slightly, but even 4% interest rates would remove about 15% of the affordability stimulus from the market. The banks can't afford that, at least not now while they have so many bad loans yet to process. I believe low interest rates will be with us for quite a while, inflation be damned.
In 2013, we are going to see how high the printing pressing will set. We are creating $85 billion a month just on QE 3 and QE 4. Soon that affects these two QE will wear off and then you will get even a greater QE.
I think Bernanke is committed to QE infinity. I think he believes the shock to the economy from higher interest rates will be greater than the damage of devalued currency and inflation.
Unfortunately, since most investors speculators have decided to jump-back-in based on data formed in reaction to constant interventionism, the rush to the exits will be epic.
Most people who pay too much for real estate don't sell in a panic. They will just hold on and be pissed about the market not giving them the free money they feel they deserve.
I'm talking about the speculators who've been the bulk of market support over the past couple of years (NOT "most people"). They typically don't pay too much for RE but tend to be heavily leveraged in other arenas. Once a trend shifts or positive 'returns' suddenly go neg, they certainly won't be holding on.
I think we posted an article this weekend where "investors" that purchased in real estate in 2009 and 2010 were trying to cash out. Hmmm, it sounds and feels like last bubble.
Most of the hedge funds won't cash out for another five years. Right when the market does start to overheat, the supply from these hedge funds liquidating their portfolios will keep appreciation in check.
First, the banks must flush out the squatters. That will take three more years.
Second, the hedge funds must liquidate their holdings into the increased demand. That will take another three years or more.
Finally, we will reach a market with no overhead supply… perhaps in a decade.
Federal agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department are continuing to pursue the banks for their packaging and sale of troubled mortgage securities that imploded during the financial crisis.
WASHINGTON — You've probably seen the reverse mortgage pitchmen at work on your TV screen — former Sen. Fred Thompson and actors Robert Wagner and Henry "Fonzie" Winkler prominent among them — urging seniors to pull cash out of their homes through a loan program guaranteed by the federal government.
But it looks as if the pitchmen will have fewer and smaller mortgages to sell in 2013. In a move aimed at controlling losses to its insurance funds, the Federal Housing Administration is clamping a moratorium on the most popular form of reverse mortgage — the so-called standard version, which allows large lump-sum drawdowns of cash at fixed interest rates.
The FHA also plans to institute other changes that could make obtaining a reverse mortgage tougher for some applicants, such as financial qualification standards and escrow set-asides for taxes and property insurance.
Reverse mortgages, marketed to those 62 and older, can play important roles in retirement planning and enable owners to "age in place" — stay in their homes for as long as they want. Unlike other mortgages, reverse loans do not require periodic repayments of principal and interest; borrowers generally need not repay the amounts drawn down until they move out or otherwise sell the property.
The FHA supports the dominant program in the field, known as the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), which insures private lenders against loss and accounts for more than 90% of all new and outstanding reverse loans in this country.
The FHA's program grew rapidly in volume from 2001 onward, producing 108,000 new loans in 2007, 112,000 in 2008 and 115,000 in the peak year of 2009. Since then, however, volumes have been sagging. Major lenders such as Bank of America, MetLife, Wells Fargo and Citibank have stopped originating new HECM loans altogether. Total originations sank to 54,800 in the fiscal year that ended in September, according to federal data.
But shrinking volume hasn't been the only problem. The HECM program has been racking up outsized losses for the FHA, in part attributable to foreclosures on homes whose market values have fallen below the insured amounts provided to the borrowers. In the FHA's annual independent audit report to Congress, losses on reverse mortgages contributed $2.8 billion to the agency's capital reserve deficiency and increased the chances that the FHA might have to seek a bailout from the Treasury next year.
President Obama and Congress were working Friday on a last-ditch effort to save Americans from tax hikes set to take effect in January, but issues related to housing are most likely postponed at this point.
Two issues tied to fiscal cliff negotiations and deficit reduction talks have a direct impact on the mortgage industry.
First, the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expires at year-end without a move by Congress to extend it.
The act was originally passed in 2007 so struggling homeowners could go through short sales, loan modifications and other resolutions without getting zapped with taxes on forgiven debt.
Yun anticipates a more extensive agreement over how to reduce the nation's deficit next summer. That is when the mortgage interest tax deduction could end up back on the bargaining table.
But Yun admits, homeowners worried about losing mortgage interest tax deductions may still view a lack of closure on that issue as too much uncertainty, causing them to hold off on buying a home.
Wow, I need to retitled this weekend article. So, now have to wait 6 months to recheck your affordability.
Seriously WTF? Make a decision and move on.
I think a change in the MID is significant event in the real estate market, unlike let's say PMI. Prices will be knocked down and buyers are going to realize qualified for up to 20% less mortgage. In addition, existing homeowners are going to find out they have $400 or more less take home pay during a period a 5 year period where income has decreased and cost of living as increased.
I would think you are right if I was saying rates are 6.5%, I'm going to wait until they hit 6.0%, then that would be silly. However, the biggest purchase of your life needs to be done carefully. Don't want to be caught with your pants down.
Today's mortgage rates pre-date Rock and Roll. And it goes well with today's post.
I think we will see the bottom of the interest rate cycle in 2013, but rates won't rise much off the bottom for quite a while.
We are going over the fiscal cliff. I was trying to find some animation with people, animals, objects, money, etc going over the fiscal cliff.


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Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are paying to get around Adblock Plus
Some of the web's biggest companies have been paying to get around Adblock Plus, according to a new report from Financial Times. Microsoft's Bing search ads and Taboola's "recommended links" box are among the ads that are currently slipping through Adblock Plus's filter, and FT confirms that it's the intentional result of a paid deal between the makers of Adblock and the owners of the ads. According to FT sources, the companies have paid Eyeo (the maker of Adblock Plus) to be added to an official whitelist, which allows them to bypass the plug-in. Google has a similar deal, as has been previously reported.
Eyeo has discussed the whitelist in the past as part of the company's "acceptable ads" program, which is designed to let less aggressive advertising through the filter and encourage companies to tone down their ads. The program is optional for users, but encouraged. "By doing this you support websites that rely on advertising but choose to do it in a non-intrusive way," the Adblock Plus site reads. But while enlisting as part of the program is free for smaller companies, larger companies have been paying hefty fees to participate and bankrolling much of Adblock Plus's development in the process.
2/2 2:19pm ET: Updated to clarify that the partnerships concern Adblock Plus, not the separate software known as AdBlock.


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History One-Liners for various competitive examination
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1- Bal Gangadhar Tilak is considered the 'Father of Indian Unrest'. He is a social reformer and freedom fighter, also known as 'Lokmanya Tilak'.
2- Tilak started two weekly newspapers, namely 'The Mahratta' and 'The Kesari' in English and Hindi accordingly.
3-Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a political leader of the moderate school of Indian National Congress.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4-Gopal Krishna Gokhale was popularly known as the 'Socrates of Maharashtra'.
5-Mangal Pandey was India's first sepoy, who had played the principal role Indian Freedom Struggle.
6-Mangal Pandey was hanged to death on 8th April 1857.
7-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi was honoured the title 'Mahatma', meaning 'great soul', by Rabindranath Tagore.
8- MK Gandhi started the historic Dandi March against the tax imposition on salt. He has also launched the 'Quit India Movement' against the tyranny of the British Rule.
9-Subhash Chandra Bose, popularly known as 'Netaji' has revived the Indian National Army, popularly known as 'Azad Hind Fauj' in 1943.
10-All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) is a regional political party founded by Subhash Chandra Bose.
11-Rammanohar Lohia– He was a socialist political leader as well as a noted freedom fighter of India. He joined Indian National Congress and established Congress Socialist Party in 1934.
Rammanohar Lohia
12-Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar-He was a great Bengali scholar, reformer, writer and philanthropist belonging to 19th century.
13-Lala Lajpat Rai, popularly known as the Sher I Punjab was a philanthropist, a social reformer and a true nationalist.
14-Lala Lajpat Rai was a fearless journalist and founded and edited The Punjabee and The Bande Mataram and the English weekly The People.
Lala Lajpat Rai
15-Bhagat Singh was one of the most well known Indian freedom fighters and he was hanged on 23rd March 1931 at 7:30 pm, in Lahore Jail, along with fellow revolutionaries Sukhdev and Jai Rajguru.
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communications console. He is a communications officer.
hanging upside down in the background.
Falcon, do you copy? Come in Falcon.
It's Chewie. But where's Han?
That's him! Hanging upside down!
I can't make radio contact.
We've lost all contact, sir.
The monitor with Chewie on it goes to static.
The Falcon is headed straight for the Rebel base.
Standby. The Falcon is near impact.
speeds away from the base.
Luke, take Artoo with you.
blasts flash past the canopy of the fighter.
Sir, he's firing on us.
us. Chewie's a better shot than that.
Look, he's speeding up. We're losing him.
straight for a moon in the Panos system.
under the surface and pops back up on balloons.
The cockpit of the ship is shaking violently.
What about me? I'm going to shake apart!
Leia and the communications officer are at the comm unit.
Luke's transmissions are being monitored by them.
The message is cut off by static.
The Y-wing is headed for the ocean.
Hang on, Threepio. We're going in.
Are you sure this is the best way, sir?
balloons inflate to keep the ship above water.
up under the dashboard, sits up.
Master Luke, sir, are you all right?
Where are you going, sir?
Luke stands up and looks around with his macrobinoculars.
visual sighting. Maybe it's close by.
Artoo, stand by to fire the ejection pod.
out of the rear of the ship.
And hurry Artoo or we'll be desert soon.
ocean. The ray came from a forked rifle held by Boba Fett.
He is seated in a saddle on another of the creatures.
What is it, master Luke?
of a ship that crashed near here.
ship you seek is nearby.
Are the Imperial troops near this planet?
Luke's Y-wing. Boba smacks the creature with his rifle.
All they do is eat.
Luke pulls out a ration pack.
you have no love of the Empire.
trust him so quickly, sir?
moons can be seen in the sky.
and then slumps to the floor.
wrist at Chewie. The rope wraps itself around Chewie.
What did he do to Luke?
Chewie picks up Luke and carries him down a corridor.
It must have come from the talisman.
virus that only affects humans.
Chewie growls and then hangs Luke upside down next to Han.
to let the blood rush to their heads.
they arrive, they climb up into the city through a duct.
You stay here while I get the serum.
here alive. Do you understand me?
shop with a sign advertising the serum.
card into it. Darth Vader appears on the monitor.
Threepio is checking Han and Luke with a strange device.
Yes, their metabolisms are slowing down.
find them on the viewscreen.
Vader appears on the monitor.
The viewscreen switches from Darth to Boba.
This time we'll get them all.
The viewscreen switches back to Darth.
Oh no! What will we do now?
hiding in the doorway. Boba Fett returns.
Chewie sniffs the air as if he smells something.
We must leave quickly, friend.
still groggy from the sleeping virus.
Well, somebody must know something.
Boba, you're a hero and a faithful friend.
You must come back with us.
Artoo whistles and beeps furiously.
What's the matter with Artoo?
whole adventure has been an Imperial plot.
Boba walks toward a small panel with his blaster drawn.
Boba sure fooled the rest of us.
Falcon. Han and Chewie take their seats.
How did you know, Chewie?
Chewie growls and holds his nose.
The Falcon flies from the planet and heads for space.
Captain Kazan, starlog 3-24-1 signing off.