After being up on the site for 72 days I'm finally at 100%. I don't have millions of Twitter followers and I'm not comfortable being friends on Facebook with people who are not actually my friends so I don't have thousands of followers there either. I focussed on email. Always individually addressed and never in a round robin. This took me a while, I did 5 a day but the conversion was worth it. I got higher value pledges from people than I expected as a result. It also led to catching up with people I haven't seen in a while, which was great.
I'm incredibly happy to have had pledge levels from some remarkable people including; Mr Charde, the first English teacher who inspired me to write in the first place, David Hieatt, one of my all time heroes, and Stuart Heritage hilarious author, podcaster and Guardian columnist. Along with quite a few Unbound friends and authors who have been kind enough to pledge and say nice things to help me get to 100%.
Progress was slow though. It's hard work this crowdfunding business but I grafted my way to 30%. After taking the advice of Georgia and Jimmy (Unbound's superhero marketing duo) who told me to 'just keep on bloody going' and to focus on the high value levels where my efforts would be most efficient, I managed to convert some big levels this week. It's worth saying that approaching people who might be interested in high value pledges they can define themselves is what got me over the line. Now I'm hoping people who haven't pledged but said they would will take the plunge because my book is definitely happening!
In other news last week I met all round good chap and one of the co-founders of the Good Life festival Charlie Gladstone, who interviewed me for his 'Mavericks' podcast. That will be up soon I think. Unbound will have a tent at the GLF this year and, as chance would have it, James Otter is going as well so he and I will be discussing my week building the board and a few other general craft and business related things I imagine. Not sure exactly when it will happen during the weekend but it should be good. The festival itself sounds incredible.
We're still taking pledges so spread the word to anyone you think might be interested in getting their names in the back too.
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The Toxaway River is usually 1st seen from Hwy 64 as you pass over it in a vehicle. There are spots to pull over, park, and take a look - the above shot is what you would have seen on October 16, 2000 if you had been passing through. Lake Toxaway is on the upper side of the road. Toxaway Falls then spills and slides over some very colorful bedrock in a 240' change in elevation before the river disappears into the forest. In 1916, the dam gave way and Lake Toxaway came gushing down the gorge, stripping away the dense vegetation and exposing the bedrock along the falls and below.
There have been 2 major recent changes with Toxaway Falls. The 1st is obvious - more ugly condos have been and are being built down the right (west) side of the waterfall - what an eyesore. The 2nd change I didn't realize until I read Kevin Adams' new edition of his NC Waterfalls book. The waterfall is now part of Gorges State Park - or at least half of it is according to a park official I just spoke to (10-6-05). She stated the boundary line runs through the middle of the river. If you've been in this area recently, you may have noticed the yellow boundary markers and a place that looks like a new road has been put in that heads down the east side of the waterfall. It might be a service road at some point, but the gravel ends and all that is left is a faint fisherman's trail that leads towards the base of the waterfall. Remember, this is not an established trail or an access point to visit the park. At least now the east side of the waterfall can't be developed!
We've explored different sections of the river at different times and the following photos are from the various trips. They begin at Toxaway Falls and head down river. One trip was especially memorable and we saw some of the most awesome sites we have seen in this area. The plan was to follow the river 3 miles down from Toxaway Falls to Wintergreen Falls, pick up the 'trail' below the falls on the east side of the river to Augerhole Rd, then head back up to Frozen Creek Rd for a total of about 8 miles. Harry and I had come down Augerhole Rd, then up river to Wintergreen a few years ago, but hadn't been any farther up than that. The main reason is that there is NO TRAIL. Do not even think about attempting this if you have little to no off trail experience - you won't make it and you'll risk the lives of the rescue people that will have to come in and recover what's left of your body. No matter what your level of experience, don't do it if the river is up or if there is rain in the forecast. The rock will be too slippery and dangerous and the river will be too swift. We had no idea what we would run across, but figured on lots of rock hopping, wading in the river, and bushwhacking. We picked a day that there was absolutely no rain in the forecast, left a vehicle at the Frozen Creek access, then headed up to the bridge. We descended from the east side of the bridge, then picked a flat place to safely cross before reaching the bottom of the falls. The next few shots are views back up the falls.


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Second-Generation Punks
by Joe Levy
Only one of the Willowz is still in his teens. photo: Yuri Hasegawa
Richie James Follin—who leads the Willowz from behind a curtain of straight, brown, past-the-shoulders hair that would not have seemed out of place on David Cassidy of the Partridge Family in 1974 or Steven McDonald of Redd Kross in 1984—is a second-generation punk. His mom, Heidi—also the Willowz' manager—was Dee Dee Ramone's art dealer, and long ago dated Henry Rollins. His stepfather, Paul Kostabi—also the Willowz' producer, and brother of noted painter Mark—did time in an early version of White Zombie and collaborated with Dee Dee on both music and canvases. For the record, Paul's style bristles with the rough energy of Basquiat, while Dee Dee's is, naturally, more cartoony.
The Willowz Are Coming—a half-hour debut album released last year, and recorded in a garage when the band were still a three-piece and still in their teens—is raw, gleeful, and full of the unrestrained joy of a group suddenly realizing that the world is a paper bag and their instruments a way of tearing it to shreds, as in "Something," which Michel Gondry picked for the soundtrack of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Early punk bands come to mind, bands that made a sound out of their love of what they did, amateurs and professionals playing amateurs: X-Ray Spex, Kleenex, the Germs. But punk is only part of the Willowz' heritage. From the start, their sound spreads out. Their songs are as much shapes as tunes, short but not easily summarized. This is not the sound of a style or a time. It's more the sound of a place: the sprawl of suburban Los Angeles, where they grew up. Orange County, Anaheim to be precise. Strip malls, middle-class subdivisions, Disneyland. A world where the past is not more than a generation deep, the present is ever expanding, and the future is permanently under construction.
On the new, hour-long Talk in Circles, styles flash by like signs along the road: glitter, boogie, '60s pop, overheated garage r&b, short metallic eruptions, gentle acoustic rambles. The songs sketch thwarted desires and grand ambitions, often in fractured language that seems half lyric, half journal-spill. The Willowz are now a four-piece, and only drummer Alex Nowicki remains in his teens. Their music is no longer wobbly—detailed guitar fills and buried keyboard countermelodies have found their way in. Yet the spirit of spontaneous invention remains. When Follin yowls his way up from underneath a note, the Willowz sound almost as hungry as the New York Dolls looking for a kiss or a hook, whichever can be found first.
So what is it like to be one of America's most promising young bands? Some nights it is like this: You look out from beneath a curtain of straight, brown, past-the-shoulders hair at a sparse crowd that peaks at about 60, many of them not paying customers, six of them there to document the show. This was the picture at Southpaw a few Fridays ago, though to be fair, it was the Willowz' fifth area gig in a week, and bassist Jessica Reynoza was sick. They played 10 songs, half of which achieved miraculous liftoff, one of which was a cover that nodded to their L.A. roots (Love's "My Flash on You"), and one of which turned into a jam with trumpet and timbale. At the end of 30 minutes, Follin thanked us politely for paying attention. If you aren't, you really ought to be. They're desperate and exuberant at the same time, one of rock & roll's greatest tricks, and chances are they're only going to get more desperate and exuberant as life throws them for a loop or throws them a party, as the case may be.
More:David CassidyLos AngelesMusic NewsRichie JamesThe Willowz

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If you are looking for a rather original activity in Barcelona, you might want to read further. Today we'll be writing about perhaps one of the most charismatic and quirky places in Barcelona: the Wax Museum. Get ready to meet Dalí or Lionel Messi. In wax.
The Barcelona Wax Museum is located in the charming passage of Banca off Las Ramblas in Barcelona center, in a landmark building from 1867. Here live more than 200 wax figures of real celebrities and sci-fi characters. A perfect plan for your family or your friends. History, culture, art, film music, fantasy, science or literature are mixed in a unique and magical environment where you can see different scenes throughout the stories of the real characters and fantasy that have left their mark.
The Barcelona Wax Museum is divided into different thematic areas which are acclimated in a sensational way. We can find spaces dedicated to science, politics, sports, history and even fantasy. A museum in which everyone has a place. Greets the Baroque painter Diego Velazquez, seen as characters like Count Dracula or Frankeinstein awaken from their nap or enjoy watching the characters from Alice in Wonderland.
After visiting the Wax Museum Barcelona you can't leave without stopping to take a cocktail in the Bosc de les Fades, a cafe right next to the museum themed in an enchanted forest full of magic, adventure and imagination wrapped story trees and populated by fantastical creatures and gnomes. If you want more information about Barcelona Wax Museum visit their official website.


GET on the buses for free thanks to Southampton's newest transport service and the Daily Echo.
The brand new bright yellow City Clipper vehicles have hit the road, taking a circular route around the city centre every 15 minutes.
Buses travel clockwise and anticlockwise around a circuit designed to suit workers, residents, students and tourists.
Echo readers can travel free for the first week by using the voucher printed in today's Daily Echo.
As well as stops near major office and housing developments, and the city centre's museums, shops, hotels, and leisure and education facilities, the bus takes passengers straight to other transport links.
Connections There are stops by Southampton Central railway station, the coach station and connections to other bus routes.
City Clipper is the result of a partnership between Ocean Link (Southampton) and Princess Coaches, and is aiming to fill a hole in the market.
Nick Farthing, managing director of Ocean Link, believes the circular route is something that the city has been crying out for. With tickets at just £2 for all-day travel or £1 for a single ticket, he hopes it might help ease Southampton's congestion and parking problems.
"I've been approached by so many businesses and the colleges asking me to set something like this up, so we want to plug that gap and make a real difference," he said. "It's amazing - everyone around the city has wanted to make this work, and our drivers have been chosen as they are very professional people who want to make a difference and be ambassadors for the city."


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Q: Automatic file download in Django I am creating a file download functionality on link click from admin panel in django. I am using FileField for storing the files. For the download purpose I researched and found help on stackoverflow. After using that help, I have the following code for file download (with some minor changes of my own).
def pdf_download(request):
    #print("request: ", request.META["PATH_INFO"])
    a = request.META["PATH_INFO"]
    #print(type(a))
    a = a.split("/")
    a = a[-1]
    #print(a)
    #print(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
    with open(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))+"\\router_specifications\\"+a ,"rb") as pdf:
        #Here router_specifications is the directory on local storage where the uploaded files are being stored.
        response = HttpResponse(pdf.read()) #can add ', content_type = "application/pdf" as a specific pdf parameter'
        response["Content-Disposition"] = "attachment; filename ="+a
        pdf.close()
        return response

Now, when I this code runs in my laptop, the file is downloaded automatically. but, when I switch to some other laptop, it asks me where should I save the file i.e. it's not automatically getting downloaded.
What changes should I do so that the file automatically gets downloaded without asking for manual save. Requesting help at the earliest.

A: You can try adding the following content_type:
content_type='application/force-download'

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Freeform Announces Nonfiction Slate With 3 New Docuseries
Sharon Knolle
April 5, 2022, 4:35 PM ·2 min read
Freeform announced Tuesday that it is launching a nonfiction slate with three new original series: "The Deep End," "Dear Pony: Keep This Between Us" and "Day to Night," all geared to appeal to the network's young demographic.
"Nonfiction is a genre that our audience loves," Jihan Robinson, vice president, alternative development at Freeform, said in a statement. "Our goal is to focus on character-driven narratives that are relatable and reflective of the Gen Z and millennial experience, and we could not be more proud to usher in the new wave of nonfiction programming with these three unique series."
"The Deep End," a four-part docu-series directed by Jon Kasbe, delves inside the world of a controversial female spiritual teacher. It was filmed over three years and is produced by Bits Sola and executive produced by The Documentary Group's Tom Yellin and Gabrielle Tenenbaum. It premieres on the network Wednesday, May 18, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
"Dear Pony: Keep This Between Us" is a four-part docu-series following a woman as she reexamines her past relationship with a trusted teacher. The series, about sexual predators within the U.S. high school system, is directed by Amy Berg, Jenna Rosher and Kristi Jacobson. Vox Media Studios' Chad Mumm, Mark W. Olsen and Dana J. Olkkonen executive produce, along with Thalia Mavros from The Front Media, and Cheryl Nichols, Ari Basile, Berg and Sarah Gibson. It premieres Wednesday, June 15, at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Coming this summer is "Day to Night" (working title), which follows the next generation of icons in NYC's creative underground. Megan Sanchez-Warner serves as the showrunner and Jessica Chermayeff, Ana Veselic and Anne Alexander executive produce through their Cousins production company. Chermayeff and Veselic also serve as series directors.
All titles will be available to stream on Hulu the day after the premiere.
Why Andrea Riseborough's controversial upset Oscar nomination is now under review by the Academy (updated)
Yahoo Movies·12 min read
Is Ezra Miller still the Flash? What's the deal with Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman? Everything you need to know about James Gunn's epic DC reboot.


Do dogs enjoy trying and eating new foods? I think they do, anyways. Shiner is always happy to try a tasty new treat. It might get boring eating the same stuff all the time, after all. I know I get burned out after eating one kind of food often over an extended period of time. Either way, dogs always seem to be appreciative when offered something extra special to eat.
Shiner has not only been eating a new freeze-dried raw diet from Bravo Pet Foods, but a number of tasty treats from Bravo as well. Bravo Pet Foods has a wide variety of dog treats that are sure to please every type of dog. Dry roasted, oven baked, freeze dried, crunchy, or chewy, there is something for everyone!
Bravo's dog treats offer several protein options including beef, bison, duck, chicken, salmon, turkey, venison, and more. So what tasty Bravo dog treats has Shiner been sampling lately? Take a look!
For the dog who enjoys crispy crunchy snacks, Bravo Cruncy Delights come in four mouthwatering flavors - Beef, Chicken, Turkey, and Duck. Shiner tried the Duck recipe.
They are made with premium duck, mixed vegetables, and quinoa for extra tasty natural treats. Bravo Crunchy Delights are oven-baked for that crispy texture. The treats are made in the USA too. They are small to medium sized, and somewhat easy to break apart.
Shiner thinks they are crunch-tastic and gives me the puppy dog stare any time I have the bag out.
This is most definitely the strangest treat I've ever given to Shiner. I wasn't sure what to expect when I opened the bag, but sure enough it is filled with several dry roasted duck feet. This is a single ingredient treat made with nothing but US raised duck.
The Duck Feet treats had Shiner drooling before I even pulled on out of the bag. They are crunchy and chewy and took Shiner about 2-3 minutes to eat one. She loves them!
Bravo Bonus Bites Bison Liver treats for dogs are also single ingredient treats made with USA raised raw Bison liver. They are freeze dried for freshness, convenience, and flavor.
These freeze dried raw dog treats are small in size, making them great training treats and perfect for small dogs. They are a soft and chewy texture. They come in a nice sized bag with plenty of tasty bites to enjoy. They will likely last us quite a while. Shiner loves her Bison Liver treats!
Bravo Pet Foods has kindly offered some of their dog treats for a giveaway! THREE Pawsitively Pets readers will win a bag of Bravo Dog Treats. (Variety may vary.) If you'd like to try some of their tasty treats, we invite you to enter this giveaway! Just fill out the Rafflecopter form below with as many entry options as you like. The giveaway is open to US residents only (void where prohibited by law), ages 18+. Ends on 12/20/2015 at 11:59 PM CT. Good luck!
We received free products from Bravo Pet Foods in exchange for this blog post. All opinions expressed here are our own. Bravo Pet Foods is not responsible for the content of this article.
It would be between Duck Feet and Bison Liver!
dry roasted chicken or turkey!
I would love to try the Bison Liver!
freeze dried chicken breast would be a hit here!
Linus always knows when Bravo is in the house.
My dogs vote for the Beef Crunchy Delights.
Those all look good. We love chicken feet!
the freeze dried, venison, salmon and bison treats. freeze dried are so good. my girls love all of these flavors. also like the dried roasted beef liver and venison liver.
Looks like tasty stuff. We love variety at our house.
Oooh those beef crunchy delights sound fun.
Those bison treats look great!
The duck feet look interesting!
Bravo Bonus Bites® Freeze Dried Venison Liver treats for Dogs would drive my guys nuts. They would adore these.
I would choose Beef crunchy delights for my dog. Unfortunately she is allergic to chicken and I'm hesitant to try other poultry like turkey or duck.
Didn't they just recall some Bravo dog food? Hope Shiner is OK.
Yes CK - they did. It's a frozen product that was made in 2014, so nothing I've shared or will be sharing has been affected fortunately.
Shiner is adorable! Nala would love to try the bison liver.
I'd like the Bonus Bites for my little guys.
The bison liver sounds interesting!
I think my dogs would enjoy the Bison Liver.
The duck feet sound interesting though.
Oh I think they would love the Turkey Breast!
My guys would love any of the Crunchy Treats flavors. Love that they are made in the U.S.!
My pups would love to try the Salmon Freeze Dried Bravo Bonus Bites.
She would like the Chicken Breast dry roasted one.
He would like to try the Duck feet dry roasted bonus bites, I love that they are natural with no antibiotics.
I would try the Training Treats Freeze Dried Bison Bits for my doggies. Thanks!
My dogs would love the bonus bites and the training treats.
My dogs would like the Venison Liver Bravo Bonus Bites.


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Proof Of Citation
===============

##Abstract

Perhaps we could think of this as a distributed wikipedia where authors get paid.  The current acedimic paper sumbission model has a number of problems.  Currently, only a few centralised actors are responsable for academic journals. This system incentivise authors to submit quailty papers and reward them for this effort.  The protocol for submitting papers will allow developers to create solutions such as online paper viewers and browers, managed wallets, desktop and mobile apps.

##Current Peer Review
In the current model the original author does not know whom reviews the paper, or what their intrests are.

##Revisions
Also in the current model revisions are not made public. Only the final edited work is published.  With proof of citation, all revisions are added to the chain citing the paper before.  Note:  There maybe an oppertunity for only detlas to be submited, and the software will reconstruct the final document.  To be discussed.

##Solution
Using coloured / colored coins or a counterparty token, authors can submit documents.  The SHA256 hashe is inserted into the block chain via the OP_RETURN field.  This approach is used by other systems like "Proof of Existance".  XML documents, papers and images to be distributed using a provider such as Storj using Storj-x token.  See https://github.com/Storj/

##Normalised
The meta data side change should be normailised to keep chains small.  Also, subscribers of the chain may only wish to download information that is of relevance.  Data should be nomailsed into XML structures.

Why XML?

##Coloured Coins / Colored Coins or Counterparty
Different coloured coins https://github.com/OpenAssets/open-assets-protocol/blob/master/specification.mediawiki for document types;

1. Categories
2. Authors
3. Papers

##High level submission process
1. Create the xml document meta data
2. Create the sha-256 hash
3. Sign the document
4. Submit to document repository, such as storj
5. Record the sha-256 hash of the submitted document into the blockchain

##Taxonomy of a submission
The following a valid Submission types

1. Categories
2. Author
3. Paper

###Categories
Categories can be submitted by...  Note, sub coloured coins could be used for "high level" categories to make parseing more efficient.  A user online intrested in mathematical science may not wish to download other scientific papers.

```xml
<Category Langauge="en-au">
    <Name>Mathematics</Name>
    <Parent>hashofprevious</Parent>
</Category>
```
Todo: XML schema

###Author
The author structure contains the authors bitcoin public key, and is signed with the private key for that address.

Create the structure
```xml
<Author>
<Name>Lucas Cullen</Name>
<Bio>https://www.bitcoinbrisbane.com.au</Bio>
<Contacts>
<Contact type="email">paper@protonmail.com</Contact>
<Contact type="bitmessage">BM-2cSuP6umWqxjLN7CBYK2qT8FvQhfqmyNVK</Contact>
</Contacts>
<Publickey>04c5e26011bd1680eff56a6ec50301e2a06e87cff792c9058e8b692cb47488a18b1d9e509d31c5b98248d9aed24e70512ef3b054f2f02afc8f5b54db5b3516fa0a</Publickey>
<Address>16ZFPHneWK8umY2KbGSWm861uaL3q82dFw</Address>
</Author>
```
SHA-256
Create the hash of the document using SHA-256, and wrap the Author document in Submission tags.
```xml
<Submission type="Author" sha256="240934ec86f17126178e48c8c90d212bfca18148b30e2ff8ded1b51a662c80cf">
<Author>
<Name>Lucas Cullen</Name>
<Bio>https://www.bitcoinbrisbane.com.au</Bio>
<Contacts>
<Contact type="email">paper@protonmail.com</Contact>
<Contact type="bitmessage">BM-2cSuP6umWqxjLN7CBYK2qT8FvQhfqmyNVK</Contact>
</Contacts>
<Publickey>04c5e26011bd1680eff56a6ec50301e2a06e87cff792c9058e8b692cb47488a18b1d9e509d31c5b98248d9aed24e70512ef3b054f2f02afc8f5b54db5b3516fa0a</Publickey>
<Address>16ZFPHneWK8umY2KbGSWm861uaL3q82dFw</Address>
</Author>
</Submission>
```

Sign the document and add the signature attribute to the Submission element.  *Note, this will create a different hash to what is stored in storj

```xml
<Submission type="Author" sha256="240934ec86f17126178e48c8c90d212bfca18148b30e2ff8ded1b51a662c80cf" version="Bitcoin-qt (1.0)" signature="G0xzGNeKfEwPz34Dr5lFwUhyCkj+KKSQGcaeQJ44cxzYPmVRJjw6kBgBBGwsnIWA0oqMrJAXJCNpbwW8anHaTjY=">
<Author>
<Name>Lucas Cullen</Name>
<Bio>https://www.bitcoinbrisbane.com.au</Bio>
<Contacts>
<Contact type="email">paper@protonmail.com</Contact>
<Contact type="bitmessage">BM-2cSuP6umWqxjLN7CBYK2qT8FvQhfqmyNVK</Contact>
</Contacts>
<Publickey>04c5e26011bd1680eff56a6ec50301e2a06e87cff792c9058e8b692cb47488a18b1d9e509d31c5b98248d9aed24e70512ef3b054f2f02afc8f5b54db5b3516fa0a</Publickey>
<Address>16ZFPHneWK8umY2KbGSWm861uaL3q82dFw</Address>
</Author>
</Submission>
```

The hash of the document is the generated using SHA256.  Eg 65cc3475c0119d907ef1a8c45c0488f4d82b1ca65a9443023e82119a1cadde28

This is the value that is entered to the OP_RETURN and used with storj.

###Paper structure
The xml document is a wrapper for the paper.  It provides indexable data and citations.

####Authors
```xml
<Authors>
<Author sha256="240934ec86f17126178e48c8c90d212bfca18148b30e2ff8ded1b51a662c80cf"/>
</Authors>
```

####Citations
Papers are cited by sending a small (or large) bitcoin transaction from the papers public key to the address of the paper being cited.  This will "tip" the author for their paper.

```xml
<Citations>
<Citation id="1">693bf1445c13c9c75eb292b3dd7256cbbfa89f4efa805fd8571064de938ae146</citation>
</Citations>
```

```xml
<Paper address="3KLQEuNXM3ZLSHrDoi6qA9HAwGSzsjVAVc" title="First paper">
<Authors>
...
</Authors>
<Documents>
<Document provider="storj" type="openoffice" version="1.2">75c766e2e2530d5f255954f3de784ef5997643200ac2b19c0b465cfd08247aa3</document>
<Documents>
<Citations>
...
</Citations>
</Paper>
```

####Signing the paper
Each Author then signs the paper, and adds their signature in the signature attribute of the author element.

####Submit the paper to provider

##Peer review
A review of a paper is to simple cite and modify.  Thought:  There might be an oppertunity to cite and create that as part of the "next" document.  [75c766e2e2530d5f255954f3de784ef5997643200ac2b19c0b465cfd08247aa3 p1-p2] could cite the above paper from page 1 to page 2.

##Role of the software
1. Parse the bitcoin block chain looking for values in the OP_RETURN field.
2. Download the meta data from the storage provider, such as storj and persist in local database if required.
3. To provide users with an indexable and searchable interface.
4. Show repuation.  A commonly cited paper should be of high value, such as Satoshis White Paper.
5. Cointain coloured coins and provider tokens to enable users to submit work.

##Author reputation
Todo:

##Risks
Gaming the system...

##Discussion
Latex format for paper is to be considered.

###Other:
Tip for commit address

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Home » Browse » Academic journals » Literature and Language Journals » ARIEL » Article details, "For the "Dark Star": Reading Womanism and Black..."
Academic journal article ARIEL
For the "Dark Star": Reading Womanism and Black Womanhood in the Novels of Caryl Phillips
By Kirlew, Shauna M. Morgan
Abstract: Representations of black women in literature by black men received much critical attention in the latter part of the twentieth century. Frances Smith Foster argues that "black men shared the nineteenth century predilection for defining women ... and for limiting the female protagonist." Trudier Harris' book Black Women in the Fiction of James Baldwin examined the literature of the twentieth century's most impactful African American male writer and his persistent portrayal of black women as morally constrained. More recently, Curdella Forbes' From Nation to Diaspora: Sam Selvon, George Lamming and the Cultural Performance of Gender explored several depictions of women in Afro-Caribbean literature. Yet this area of study has not been exhausted, and it seems necessary to pursue it with regard to Caryl Phillips, one of the most prolific writers in the African diaspora today. Phillips' work has already garnered attention for its ability to authentically represent women's voices. His novels Cambridge and The Nature of Blood in particular have been highly praised for their female narrators, and Phillips has discussed the ease with which he engages women's voices. This essay aims to advance the study of Phillips' unique and varied portrayal of women by analyzing his depiction of black women in Dancing in the Dark, The Nature of Blood, and The Final Passage. The article explores how women in the world of Phillips' texts navigate the physical and emotional spaces of intimacy in which their voices and experiences initially seem to be occluded by men's stories. I argue that Phillips offers nuanced depictions of black women which bend, break, and at times reify so as to critique well-established and often controversial literary archetypes of blackness, revealing that his fiction works in what Gary L. Lemons describes as a pro-woman(ist) mode.
Keywords: Caryl Phillips, black womanhood, womanism, pro-woman(ist), black intimacy
When he come home, I don't need him to say he love me
I don't need him to bring me gifts, I just wants him
to hold me close, make like he glad to see me
bend down t'my ear an whisper my name.
Frank X Walker, "Say My Name"
In a moment in Caryl Phillips' novel Dancing in the Dark (2005), the narrator pushes us awkwardly from George Walker's frenzied coitus with his white lover Eva to a brief, cold moment in bed with his wife, Ada. The contrast arrests the reader, but even more striking than the juxtaposition of George's uncontrolled desire and utter repulsion is the simultaneous disdain and admiration he has for his wife. The short paragraph acknowledges her hurt alongside his betrayal and presents her repeatedly within the realm of her theatrical work as the talented "Dark star" (117). Yet the brief passage is overrun with George's regrets. The narrator tells us that "lying next to her he is filled with remorse" and "his stiff body stiffens further at her accidental touch" (117). Other black women in Phillips' work experience similar moments of intimacy, where they are rejected emotionally and/or physically. Like Ada, both Lottie in Dancing in the Dark and Leila in The Final Passage (1985) find themselves married and untouchable. Even Malka in The Nature of Blood (1997) has a similar encounter, albeit not with a husband.
The corpus of Phillips' fiction offers varied representations of black women, but these women's intimate connections are governed by a tenuousness wrought primarily by their men. Phillips' work has already garnered much attention for its ability to authentically represent women's voices. His novels Cambridge (1991) and The Nature of Blood in particular have been highly praised for their credible female narrators, (1) and Phillips has discussed the ease with which he writes female characters. (2) As such, the dearth of scholarship on Phillips' black women is particularly striking considering that figures such as Leila in The Final Passage and Patsy in A State of Independence command critical attention in how they take up space and mark the formal structure of the novels. …
Publication: ARIEL
Volume/issue: Vol. 48, No. 3-4
Publication date: July-October 2017
Kirlew, Shauna M. Morgan
Phillips, Caryl--Criticism and interpretation
Phillips, Caryl--Works
Cambridge (Philips, Caryl) (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
The Nature of Blood (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
Novelists--Works
Novelists--Criticism and interpretation
Black womanhood--Analysis
Re-Membering the Black Atlantic: On the Poetics and Politics of Literary Memory By Lars Eckstein Rodopi, 2006
Understanding Toni Morrison's Beloved and Sula: Selected Essays and Criticisms of the Works by the Nobel Prize-Winning Author By Solomon O. Iyasere; Marla W. Iyasere Whitston, 2000
Milton's Burden of Interpretation By Dayton Haskin University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994
A State of Interdependence: Caryl Phillips and the Postwar World Order By Brown, J. Dillon ARIEL, Vol. 44, No. 2-3, April-July 2013
Caryl Phillips' the Lost Child: A Story of Loss and Connection By Ledent, Benedicte O'Callaghan, Evelyn ARIEL, Vol. 48, No. 3-4, July-October 2017
Caryl Phillips and the Heroic By Rahbek, Ulla ARIEL, Vol. 48, No. 3-4, July-October 2017
Restoring a Ruptured Relationship: Barnard College's Caryl Phillips' Senior English Seminar Focuses on Broken International Connections and Culminates with a Trans-Atlantic Journey By Keels, Crystal L. Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 21, No. 19, November 4, 2004
To Belong or Not to Belong By Longmore, Zenga The Spectator, Vol. 287, No. 9043, 2001
A Citizen of the World By Dogar, Rana Newsweek International, May 10, 1999
Romance, Race and a Very Sad Midlife Crisis By Shilling, Jane The Evening Standard (London, England), May 28, 2009
Literary Fiction By Cross, Stephanie Daily Mail (London), June 12, 2009
Recalling Racism of 1960s England By Hopley, Claire The Washington Times (Washington, DC), August 31, 2009


Bright green 1-inch badge with the fun slogan, Runs on Veggies written in a white font and a bright red tomato at the bottom. Ideal if you are Vegan or Vegetarian and love to eat vegetables. Vegetables are delicious, full of nutrients and keep your body and mind healthy. We have lots of fun Veggie and Vegan themed badges in the shop and they're great for activists and vocal members of the ever-growing Vegan community.


In the middle of July this year, religious scholar Reza Aslan released his book Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. The way I heard about it is through an interview gone bad on Fox News.
What Is A Essential Christian Doctrine?
For more information about the acronym "DOCTRINE" that Hank. H mentions in the video go here.
Last night as I was commuting home from work (2 hour drive) I put in some Kutless, a band I regularly listened to 10 years ago, and I worshipped in a very connecting way with God for the first time in years. Reflecting on this, I realized that as an apologists I must not forget to worship God authentically with my mind, but also with my soul as well. It is good to be reminded.
Repectfully, Is It That Straight Forward?
Respectfully(as defined in 1 Tim 5:1), is the rising of the saints passage this simple to interpret?
I respect my fellow apologists. I know they strive to put forth rational arguments. However, is this in line with 1 Tim 5:1 and others passages? I am not sure.


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The State of Latin America
Published on December 22, 2020 in Latin[ish] by Hector Luis Alamo
Jordana Timerman is a freelance reporter and public policy researcher based in Buenos Aires, and the editor of Latin America Daily Briefing. Follow her on Twitter at @TimermanJordana.
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Best Latin American Films of 2022
Instead of the generic "favorite films of the year" list, MANO film critic Alejandro A. Riera
Hip-Hop Chileno
Hip-hop's popularity in Chile continues to blossom, and its artists continue to create music in the
The Last Conquest of Puerto Rico
The Puerto Ricans who support statehood always insist that the U.S. invasion was celebrated by the
Hector Luis Alamo
Hector is the founder and editor of MANO as well as the host of the LATINISH podcast. A Chicagoan living in Las Vegas, he's also the senior editor of Latino Rebels, part of Futuro Media, as well as a former managing editor of Gozamos, an art-activism site based in his home town. He was a columnist at RedEye, a Tribune-owned daily geared toward millennials. His work has been mentioned by The New Yorker, Good Morning America, TIME, the Washington Post, and other outlets, and his writing was featured in 'Ricanstruction, 'a comic book anthology whose proceeds went toward recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. He studied history at the University of Illinois-Chicago where his concentration was on ethnic relations in the United States.
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A view from a high place" is a very appropriate description for this 98 home community in Upper Caulfeild. Located on the western flank of the plateau these homes boast amazing southern and western views of Howe Sound and have the finest sunsets anywhere. These "Non Strata" semi detached homes are the preferred choice for people looking to downsize with "turnkey" lifestyle living in mind.


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Heartland Bike Share is a 501c3 non-profit organization that exists for the development, promotion, and operation of bike sharing programs throughout the Heartland region for the benefit of the general public, aimed at promoting health and quality of life as well as mitigating climate change and promoting the use of sustainable forms of transportation.
Heartland Bike Share operates three bike share programs: Heartland B-cycle, BikeLNK, and Valentine Bike Share.
As a 501c3 non-profit, we have a responsibility to our community and our donors and work hard to ensure long-term sustainability of our organization. We make our IRS Form 990s available for review, as required by law.
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HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today that he and 45 other Attorneys General reached a $120 million Consent Judgment with Johnson & Johnson and DePuy to resolve allegations that DePuy unlawfully promoted its metal-on-metal hip implant devices, the ASR XL and the Pinnacle Ultamet. Under the settlement, Pennsylvania will receive $4,624,949.
The Attorneys General allege that DePuy engaged in unfair and deceptive practices in its promotion of the ASR XL and Pinnacle Ultamet hip implant devices by making misleading claims as to the longevity, also known as survivorship, of the metal-on-metal hip implants.
DePuy advertised that the ASR XL hip implant had a survivorship of 99.2% at three years when the National Joint Registry of England and Wales reported a 7% revision rate at three years. Similarly, DePuy promoted the Pinnacle Ultamet as having a survivorship of 99.8% and 99.9% survivorship at five years when the National Joint Registry of England and Wales reported a 2.2% 3-year-revision rate in 2009 increasing to a 4.28% 5-year-revision rate in 2012. Simply stated: DePuy was advertising that its' hip implants had higher longevity rates for patients than surveys show they actually did.
Perform quarterly reviews of complaints, and if a subgroup of patients is identified that has a higher incidence of adverse events than the full patient population, determine the cause and alter promotional practices as appropriate.
The settlement has been filed and requires court approval to become final.
The investigation was led by the Attorneys General of Texas and South Carolina with an Executive Committee consisting of the Attorneys General of Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington. Also participating in the settlement are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.


The veteran executive has been with the company since 2007. He succeeds Eduardo Zulueta, the new President of AMC Networks International.
AMC Networks International – Latin America (AMCNI – Latin America) announced the appointment of current Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Ricardo Debén as the division's Executive Vice President and Managing Director. Debén replaces Eduardo Zulueta, whose leadership of AMC Networks International became effective November 1. Debén continues to be based at the company's corporate offices in Miami, reporting directly to Zulueta.
In his new position as Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Debén will be responsible for supervising commercial, content-related and promotional activities for the division's portfolio, which includes six brands in Latin America and the US Hispanic market: AMC, El Gourmet, Film & Arts, Europa Europa, SundanceTV and Más Chic.
Debén joined Chellomedia in 2007, prior to the company's acquisition by AMC Networks. During this time, he played a key role in landmark deals that defined the history of Chellomedia, among them the joint venture with Dremia that strengthened the company's leadership in Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking regions of Africa, and the acquisition of TEUVE, its main competitor, which resulted in the consolidation of what today remains the largest conglomerate of specialty networks in the Iberian market. A turning point in his career was AMC Networks' acquisition, which marked the beginning of the group's global expansion. Since his involvement in the Latin America executive team for AMCNI, Debén has been instrumental in the division's successful management, which has resulted in double digit ratings growth across its portfolio in 2018.
Originally from La Coruña in Spain's Galicia region, Debén graduated with honors in International Business Administration from Ulster University in Northern Ireland and is accredited by the Advanced Management Program at Spain's IESE Business School.


Imagine a hinge fastened on a door that functions just fine. When the hinge comes loose, the door falls or drops down. Sister, it is time to fix those hinges! There are things in life that need attention. Let me ask you this: Where in your life have you let things drop, become undone, or fall down? Where have you let things just hang?
Imagine a crooked picture. How long could you stand it before you straightened it? As believers, we have become careless and let things hang loose like a broken hinge or crooked picture.
Here's what this means. All the things you've dropped or let sloppily hang, need to be fixed and straightened – your faith, your Bible reading, your prayers, your devotions, your relationships. Are there relationships that hang there broken and droopy on their hinges? What part of your life do you need to straighten up with God?
A door with a broken hinge does not function well or is entirely useless. Your relationships that you've let hang unfixed, make room for the enemy to do more damage. What kind of entry has the enemy been allowed to make when you refuse to fix your 'relationship door' and close the door to him? If you leave the door wide open, he will come right in. What kind of damage has he already done? Did you notice the loose hanging door in your broken relationships? Are there more loose, useless unhinged doors you need to pay attention to and fix?
Don't let the enemy have full access through unrepaired doors. It is time to tighten those hinges, make repairs to all your doors, and cherish relationships once again. I encourage you to pay attention to the people, and things, that really matter, and let God heal and repair what's been broken.


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Stage 2 of the 2014 USA Pro Challenge departed Aspen through Carbondale over McClure Pass to take on the dirt road of Kebler Pass. Finally descending through the town of Crested Butte the peloton climbed to Mt Crested Butte for a short mountain top finish.
But a lot happened in between!
I feel terrible for what the pro riders went through today. Strange thing is I was speaking with the Race Radio official next to her car this morning in Aspen, we started chatting about the weather and she said they would neutralize the race on the pass if the weather was bad as expected, then begin the riders again at their time gaps. My response was, "Well, either the rain will make it less dusty or really muddy, but these are pro riders with really good bike handling skills." I doubted it was necessary.
It is a pretty amazing sight to watch the video clips above and see the large pack of riders begin to "argue their point" with the race official who held the race up AFTER they had descended. They simply wanted to race. We can only imagine how awful it must have been to wait 5 to 7 minutes, soaked and freezing on the open road, for the officials to recreate the race and allow them to proceed a short 8+km, 5km down to seal in the cold, then a sharp uphill to the finish. Just take a look of Tejay van Garderen shivering on the podium after the stage, it'll break your heart.
Race Organizers printed in their post race media release recap, "No. 1 priority is the riders' safety." I believe the problem was the poor orchestration of their intention for safety.
I suppose we can find some happiness in these quotes by Robin Carpenter, "This win is huge for us and for me personally it's massive – the best ride I've had in my short career so far," and by Alex Howes, "This is my second yellow jersey ever. First was Estes Park Stage Race. Cat 4," (via @PhilGaimon).
And then there are days when you stagger shivering to the shower, and sit on the floor for awhile, shoes, helmet and all.
This morning was a cool calm cloudy morning in Aspen. It drizzled rain for a bit, but the Tuesday morning weather seemed to quiet the mood at the Stage Start on Main St in Aspen. It put me in the mood to grab a latte and say hello to friends I know inside the race network of staff and support.
This morning, I also carried my "small camera", a Pentax K5 with a Pentax SMCP-FA 43mm f/1.9 Limited Series lens. This lens allows me to move around quickly and not feel like my big long lens is in the way of the riders or other photogs. I like it for stage starts and cyclocross, when subjects are up close and personal. Its fixed focal range also removes almost all need for editing, saving tons of time.
The one and only - Danny Summerhill!
A clean Alex Howes in the morning, before he traded in his green jersey for a yellow one.
That moment of great unknown when any rider could win the stage. Today's winner was tucked in over on the right side.
Gunnison to Monarch Mountain (climbing both sides) with 2 loops near Salida; mountain top finish on Monarch Pass from the east side.


The Husqvarna SM 125 S is a 2 stroke, Super Motard bike with a Liquid cooled 124.82 ccm (7,58 cubic inches) Single cylinder type of engine. This engine then gets the power to the rear wheel with a Chain driven transmission.
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DR SOON CHAO YANG
Place of Practice
THE HEART DOCTORS
Mt Alvernia Medical Centre D, #05-56, Mt Alvernia Hospital,
820 Thomson Road, Singapore 574623
Practice Website
www.theheartdoctors.net
Consultant Cardiologist
MBChB (Otago, NZ), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edinburgh), FAMS (Cardiology), FAsCC, FACC (USA), FAPSIC, Alumnus Baylor College of Medicine (USA)
About Dr Soon
Dr Soon Chao Yang is an Interventional Cardiologist at The Heart Doctors Clinic in Mount Alvernia Hospital.
Prior to setting up The Heart Doctors Clinic, he was the Medical Director with Nobel Specialist Practice Group and Senior Cardiologist at Nobel Heart Centre. Dr Soon Chao Yang is a member of Mount Alvernia Medical Advisory Board and serves as the chairman of the Code Blue (Emergency cases management) committee.
Dr Soon graduated from University of Otago, New Zealand in 1997. He has worked and trained extensively in New Zealand and United Kingdom before completing his training in the field of cardiology at National University Hospital Singapore, in 2004.
Dr Soon is one of a select few cardiologists to receive formal training in interventional cardiology, as well as peripheral vascular intervention at the prestigious Methodist DeBakey Heart Centre (Baylor College of Medicine) and Texas Heart Institute, Houston,United State of America. He is board eligible for interventional cardiology in the US.
Dr Soon is a fellow of American College of Cardiology, Royal College of Physician (UK), College of Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology and Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Prior to private practice, he has vast experience in the management of cardiac emergencies at various public hospital including National University Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He has also been an active investigator in several international trials in the last decade and has published on various cardiology topics in peer reviewed international journals. He is a regular invited faculty at both local and international cardiology meetings.
With his unique training and experience in both Intervention Cardiology and peripheral arterial disease intervention, Dr Soon is well placed to provide holistic cardiovascular advice and care.
• Invasive Coronary Angiography and Stenting
• Coronary heart disease management
• Valvular disease assessment and management
• Abnormal heart rhythm assessment and management
• Cardiovascular risk factors assessment and management
• General Medicine
• Fellow, College of Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology
• Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
• Fellow, Royal College of Physician (Edinburgh)
• Fellow, American College of Cardiology (US)
• Member, Singapore Cardiac Society
• Member, Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology
• Member, Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (US)


The camper is also suitable for winter sports and is equipped with an additional diesel heater + winter tires. Powerful engine, also in the mountains sufficient horsepower. The beds are large and all suitable for adults.
We are very careful with our camper and expect the same from the tenants. No pets or smoking inside !!
PLEASE NOTE: some free km, declared this to be a week. That means that if the RV is rented for a few days this will be settled in proportion and each additional driven km from the deposit is paid.
We are very careful with our camper. We expect the same of the tenants.
Driving between 100 km and 110 km p / h is the finest and most beneficial.


Celebrate the beauty of winter and nature by trying out a classic, three-line Japanese poem called a Haiku. This type of poem requires the writer to count the number of syllables per line; there are 5 syllables in line one, 7 syllables in line two, and 5 syllables in line three. Younger children will enjoy clapping out each of the syllables in words, and older children learn that each syllable within a word must have at least one vowel.
Before writing the poem, we suggest heading outside to embark on a nature walk. Take a bag with you, because your child will want to collect wintry items like evergreens, berries, and twigs. Once inside, explore the treasures and identify words that describe the sights, sounds, tastes, feelings and emotions that these objects evoke. Cut apart the words, play with the number of syllables, and compose your winter Haiku. As an extension, grab your favorite art materials and illustrate your poem!


On 13th October 2015, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) organized in Bordeaux (South-West France) a one-day convention dedicated to connected medical objects or systems.
Many specialists in this field from academic institutions, private companies, physicians were around the table. Among them, Dr. Mohamed Rebiai from Streamvision was invited to speak about his experience on e-health connected objects and he took this opportunity to emphasize the European Project PROPHETIC in front of an auditorium full of very interested people.
The program of this convention dealt with "how to (re)invent health? How to keep hospitals connected with population? Communication technologies will never be the definitive answer to the problems of ageing. But there are areas where technology can provide ways to improve care, safety and to reduce isolation.
One of the subjects covered was how new technologies for self-management are developing, particularly in health, enabling older people to take control of the personal health and health care management. Many healthcare services are beginning to develop location independent models – taking chronic disease management into the patients' home, instead of relying solely on outpatient appointments in hospitals and clinics. Wide adoption of solutions such as home and mobile telehealth and telecare can do much to increase care effectiveness and overcome the limitations of time and place.
Examples of such health care management were given by Dr. Mohamed Rebiai from Streamvision when he explains what the European Project PROPHETIC was about. The PROPHETIC project is an innovating personal healthcare service for a holistic remote management and treatment of Parkinson patients. Dr. Rebiai gave an overview of how the consortium was working, who did what and what could be the outcomes of such an innovative project. Many people came to meet him after his speech to go on discussing about this very interesting project.


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Gitlow v. New York
Significance, Victory For Free Speech, Criminal Anarchy
Benjamin Gitlow, publisher of The Revolutionary Age newspaper
Petitioner's Claim
That a statute making a crime of anarchy violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Walter Nelles and Walter H. Pollak
Chief Lawyers for Respondent
W.J. Weatherbee, Deputy Attorney General of New York, and John Caldwell Myers, Assistant District Attorney of New York County
Justices for the Court
Pierce Butler, James Clark McReynolds, Edward Terry Sanford (writing for the Court), Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland, William Howard Taft, Willis Van Devanter
Justices Dissenting
Louis D. Brandeis, Oliver Wendell Holmes
Date of Decision
Found Gitlow's conviction was constitutional.
Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359 (1931).
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568 (1942).
Feiner v. New York, 340 U.S. 315 (1951).
Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951).
Bigelow v. Virginia, 421 U.S. 809 (1975).
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377 (1992).
Murray, Robert K. Red Scare: A Study of National Hysteria, 1919-1920. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964.
Further Readings
Harvard Civil Rights--Civil Liberties Law Review, spring 1982, p. 1.
Harvard Law Review, Vol. 34, p. 431.
Johnson, John W., ed. Historic U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.
New York University Law Review, May 1994, p. 421.
Yale Law Journal, Vol. 35, p. 108.
Gloria Vanderbilt Custody Trial: 1934 - "we Are Moving Again—oh What A Life", "trial Of The Century", Suggestions For Further Reading
Gitlow v. New York - Significance
Gitlow v. New York - Victory For Free Speech
Gitlow v. New York - Criminal Anarchy
Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1918 to 1940


Vacation Care Vacation Care is not currently being run at YMCA Padstow Park.
YMCA Padstow Park Out of School Care (OSHC) is part of YMCA NSW's extensive network of out of school care centres. We provide safe and enjoyable experiences for the children we care for.
You'll find us at Padstow Park Public School, Padstow.


It isn't a matter of what I think.
It's a matter of what YOU think.
Is it that you can't save up the money for the investment? Or that you don't want to?
Is it that you don't have any money at all, or that you don't have the money for this?
If you think you don't have any money, then how are you keeping the lights on?
There is always some money that can be re-allocated. Some waste that can be stopped. But you need to do something uncomfortable to break out of your routine and finally get somewhere else.
Otherwise it is your choice to remain in your constant routine and stay stuck.
For things to change, something has to change.
No, my training events and home study system are not free.
But they aren't an absurd amount of money either (which makes them unlike many of the others).
My next 3-day Bootcamp Intensive is this weekend, Saturday through Monday.
Otherwise it never will happen.
If you want a result badly enough, then you find a way.
If you don't want the result badly enough, then you find excuses and the tire kicking continues.
Look, I was dead broke when I started.
I borrowed the money to start learning how to invest in real estate.
Then I went on an austerity budget and worked extra J.O.B. hours to afford to learn more.
I bent over backwards to be able to invest what I needed to into my real estate education because I wanted the outcome.
I wanted it so bad I wasn't going to let anything get in my way.
Especially less than a couple thousand bucks.
If your child was kidnapped and you needed ransom money, you would find a way to get the money.
And that's how I treated it.
So I found the money and then used it to build my real estate business from the ground up.
Just an insanely intense desire to do something on my own.
And that insanely intense desire got me focused on what I needed to do to make it happen.
Do you really want it that bad?
P.S. — I'm not telling you that you need this.
I'm asking if you WANT it.
Do you really want to improve your life that bad?
If you don't need my money, why charge for your events?


The hotel comprises a total of 25 double rooms spread over 3 floors. It has a spacious foyer with 24-hour reception and lift access. On the grounds there is an enchanting pool and garden area. In addition, a TV room, cosy bar, a caf and a restaurant are also available. A laundry service and parking facilities are also offered.


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I Watched Netflix's Secret Obsession 3 Times in 36 Hours, and I Have Thoughts
Netflix's Secret Obsession Review and Spoilers
August 10, 2019 by Murphy Moroney
The film opens with Jennifer (Song) running away from someone, frantically trying to use a payphone (is this 1994?) to call for help. After getting a dial tone — typical! — she has to hide from the person who's clearly trying to kill her. Using a rock to break a car window, she jumps behind the wheel only to discover the engine won't start. Pan to a shadowy figure walking toward her — yep, she's definitely in for it.
Realizing that her car is tethered to a pickup truck, she makes a run for it only to be hit by a speeding driver and gets rushed to the hospital. Chaos ensues, and we learn that Jennifer has a gravely messed-up leg, a punctured lung, and bleeding in her brain. Yikes.
Soon a man by the name of Russell Williams (Mike Vogel), who's just a little too handsome, walks in, claiming to be her husband. Naturally, the nurse on call takes it at face value — without asking a single question or making him produce ID — and tells him he has to wait until she's out of surgery.
Once she's out of the operating room, Russell makes a beeline for her bedside and tells her he's "never going anywhere" while she sleeps. (Because that's not creepy at all, Edward Cullen.) Cue the ominous music.
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Compliance professionals need to supervise all types of business communications, but a new survey shows that they're struggling to keep pace with the volume and variety of electronic channels.
Hosted archiving specialist Smarsh has released its sixth annual Electronic Communications Compliance Survey Report. The survey, of compliance professionals in the financial services industry, highlights that supervision practices aren't sufficiently addressing the compliance implications of ongoing trends, like increased regulatory scrutiny and the challenge of adapting to channels like social media and text messaging.
Among the findings are that over 40 per cent of firms that enable employees to use LinkedIn and Facebook do not have retention and supervision solutions in place, leaving themselves vulnerable to compliance risk. This gap is even greater for mobile and text messaging, where 68 per cent of firms that allow its use fail to archive the content.
Less than half of the respondents say they are mostly or completely confident that their current supervision program will effectively identify risk for their organisation. Whether new content types are allowed or not, compliance professionals report low confidence that their firm is in full compliance with regulatory requirements. Over 55 per cent of respondents from firms that allow text messaging for business communications, for example, have little or no confidence in their ability to produce these electronic records within a reasonable time frame.
Social media is the communication channel representing the highest perceived level of risk, cited by 48 per cent of respondents. Too many or way too many messages are flagged for their review as part of the supervision process according to 40 per cent of respondents, indicating firms either don't have the resources needed to effectively keep up with reviews, or they see too many false-positive search results.
More than 87 per cent of respondents expect the resources dedicated to electronic message compliance will remain the same or increase only slightly in the next 12 months. Less than one in ten expect to receive a significant resource increase. Unsurprisingly, this concerns compliance professionals. More than a quarter of respondents (28 per cent) cited insufficient budgets as a top concern this year, up from 22 per cent last year.
Concerns about electronic communications policies, policy enforcement, and retention gaps remain high, indicating many firms are vulnerable to undetected fraud, errors, and potential regulatory enforcement penalties.
You can find out more in the full report which is available to download from the Smarsh site.


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Opinion|Takeaways From James Comey's Testimony
Takeaways From James Comey's Testimony
"Those were lies, plain and simple," James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, told the Senate Intelligence Committee, discussing White House explanations for his firing.CreditCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times
Re "Trump Tried to Sink Inquiry, Comey Says" (front page, June 9):
I'm a lifelong conservative Republican. Never once voted Democratic or independent. Having watched Donald Trump from the day he entered the 2016 race, I've come to the sobering conclusion that he is not only unpresidential, but also a narcissist who puts self before country.
James Comey's testimony confirmed for me that Mr. Trump is indeed a pathological liar. I believe that Mr. Comey is telling the truth, and that more will come out in Robert Mueller's investigation. And whether or not it rises to a criminal or impeachable threshold for Mr. Trump, this travesty has distracted our leadership from the business of running this country.
So, for the sake of my children, your children, for every American, let's please come together and do something about what's happening to our democracy.
JIM GRIDER, ST. PAUL
James Comey is afraid to stand up and tell President Trump, "Mr. President, this is wrong!" Instead, he makes detailed notes of the privileged conversation and leaks his one-sided view of what was being said to a law professor at Columbia University, who forwards it to a reporter for a front-page story in The Times to build the case for a special prosecutor.
Impeachment is a political calculation, and despite the outcry from the liberals who lost the 2016 presidential election, a Republican Congress is not going to impeach its leader. Yes, the Russians tried to disrupt the election, but I have seen no evidence that Mr. Trump tried to collude with the Russians. It was the voters of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin who put Mr. Trump in the White House, not the Russians.
DENNIS L. BREO
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA.
Re "Trump Sees 'Total and Complete Vindication' in Comey's Testimony," nytimes.com, June 9):
Either President Trump doesn't understand the seriousness of the situation or he once again is the master of mendacity and obfuscation. Yes, he is not under investigation at this time in connection with Russia's meddling in the election. But numerous people on his team are, and who knows where that investigation will lead?
At the beginning of Watergate, Richard Nixon was not under investigation. It was only when the tapes were revealed that the evidence indicated Mr. Nixon's involvement. So it's too early for Mr. Trump to crow.
Then there's the possibility of an obstruction of justice charge, which James Comey's testimony has made more likely. Again, either Mr. Trump doesn't understand the seriousness of this or he is, as he is wont to do, diverting attention from this issue.
RONALD L. HIRSCH, BROOKLYN
If a reasonable definition of a Washington leak is the unauthorized release of information, how can anyone suggest that James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, "leaked" a memo when he was the author of that memo (and, not incidentally, was a private citizen at the time of the release)? The fact that the release was through a friend does not make it a "leak" any more than when a source speaks to a reporter without attribution.
DESMOND J. M. WHITNEY
Re "For Trump, a Looming 'Cloud' Just Grew That Much Darker" (news analysis, front page, June 9):
"I can definitively say the president is not a liar," Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the principal deputy press secretary, told reporters.
The laughter heard 'round the world.
ED GALLARDO
SUN CITY WEST, ARIZ.
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We explore the network topology arising from a dataset of the overnight interbank transactions on the e-MID trading platform from January 1999 to December 2010. In order to shed light on the hierarchical structure of the banking system, we estimate different versions of a core–periphery model. Our main findings are: (1) the identified core is quite stable over time in its size as well as in many structural properties, (2) there is also high persistence over time of banks' identified positions as members of the core or periphery, (3) allowing for asymmetric 'coreness' with respect to lending and borrowing considerably improves the fit and reveals a high level of asymmetry and relatively little correlation between banks' 'in-coreness' and 'out-coreness', and (4) we show that the identified core–periphery structure could not have been obtained spuriously from random networks. During the financial crisis of 2008, the reduction of interbank lending was mainly due to core banks reducing their numbers of active outgoing links.


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Health Care Cooperatives–An Old New Idea–So What's a Blue Cross Plan?
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By ROBERT LASZEWSKI
As opposition to a Medicare-like public health plan option grows, there has been a lot of talk about the compromise idea of creating not-for-profit health insurance cooperatives
that would compete on a level playing field with existing private
insurers. The reasoning goes they would keep the existing insurers
"honest" by introducing a new element of competition.That's a great idea.And it was a great idea 60 years ago when the first Blue Cross plans were established.
the difference between a not-for-profit health insurance cooperative
and all of the existing not-for-profit Blue Cross plans?In
April, I discussed the notion that such not-for-profit state driven
plans already exist in other forms and haven't accomplished a lot in a
post: A Public Health Plan That Looks Just Like a Big HMO—Why?Proponents
of this compromise co-op idea often point to health plans run by states
for their workers as an example of the government already running
efficient health insurance programs. I noted that 30 states already
have a similar health plan model combining medical self-insurance with
commercial networks—usually Blue Cross networks—to operate a publicly-run health plan for their state workers.I
also discussed similar models set up by states to provide state-run
workers' compensation programs in direct competition with the private
workers' compensation insurance companies:
know of any of these state self-insured plans that are generally
getting better results than the typical large private employer's
self-insured plan—or any commercial health plan. And why would
they—they are just large self-insured employers using the same
commercial networks the ERISA market uses. CalPERS, the biggest for
example, has a partnership with California Blue Shield and the last
time I looked their costs weren't anything to write home about compared
to the typical Fortune 100 employer.
Just which state employee
plan is a model for reducing health care costs, ridding the system of
unnecessary services, and measurably reducing the "premiums" it charges
its sponsors and employees?
But, you might argue, these state
plans have expense ratios far less than the existing individual and
small group market. Sure they do–just like a typical large employer.
Now add the cost of servicing individuals and small groups and why
would they be any less expensive than a private plan offered in the
same "Insurance Exchange." They don't have to make a profit, one might
argue. Really? A public plan would have to develop the same
stabilization reserves any existing not-for-profit health plan has to
build for in the down years.
There actually are plenty of examples of government going into the insurance business on a level playing field basis with the private sector.
There have been a number of state workers' compensation funds over the
years as well as state sponsored physician medical malpractice
funds—usually built at a time when the private sector was not creating
adequate market capacity for even average risks. [I am not pointing to
high-risk pools here but state sponsored insurers aimed at the
mainstream market.] All of the ones I know about ended up looking
exactly like the private players. The fact that none of them ever
dominated the market is testament to just how similar, or ineffectual,
they turned out to be compared to their private market cousins.
As an example, I would point you to the California State Compensation Insurance Fund.
Founded in 1914 by the state legislature, it is a workers' comp
insurer. In the mainstream market the Fund looks, acts, and underwrites
just like the private players. California has always been a problematic
workers' comp market–can't say having the Fund for 95 years has solved
any systemic work comp problems there.
What the Fund has been
though is a doormat for the private market and political
regulators–carriers move into and out of California when workers comp
regulation becomes intolerable for them and back in when the regulatory
climate is tolerable. But the Fund has to stay no matter what and its
revenue and financial stability have varied widely as a result. When
the carriers are interested in being in California, they pretty much
take market share away from the Fund at will.
When the day is
done, it seems to me the authors are arguing they can create something
that looks just like the existing private health plan market—that they
can create something that looks a lot like and is "just as good as
Xerox."
Looks to me that in an effort to create a level playing field and overcome the objections to a public health plan the authors have succeeded.
But they have also just come full circle and toward what end?
half the private health insurance market in the U.S. is in
not-for-profit health plans and networks (Blues, Kaiser, etc.). Just
how would a "modest" public health plan provide something materially
different?
Robert Laszweski has been a fixture in Washington health policy
circles for the better part of three decades. He currently serves as
the president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates of Alexandria,
Virginia. Before forming HPSA in 1992, Robert served as the COO, Group
Markets, for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. You can read more of
his thoughtful analysis of healthcare industry trends at The Health
Policy and Marketplace Blog, where this post first appeared.
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Yes, Jim B. the state's are just as greedy or moreso. They hire consultants to maximize federal dollars for state-federal healthcare partnerships like Medicaid and use funding to balance their budgets instead of providing healthcare. Not all states are involved or at the same level, but we need to make a change and we need to do it now. If states need financial assistance let's call it that, not chalk it up to healthcare costs, we can't afford to do that any longer.
Can anyone comment on if this is the current plan that massachusetts has that has been in effect the past 3 years. It sounds like it is… If so was this not enacted when the republicans were in office? Would anyone like to elaborate..
Leave it to the Democrats to take a great idea to reduce health cost, screw it up so it won't work then try to sell it as a brillant new solution. Republicans have proposed AHPs for 15 years, always to be blocked by Democrats protecting their union bosses. Association Health Plans properly regualated would have drastically reduced cost for small employers and individuals. Democrats were never interested in keeping insurance affordable so they blocked it. Now they want to repackage it and sell it as their own.
There are hundreds of successfule examples of METs and MEWAs the only reason we haven't built on their success is politics.
JimBertsch says:
I don't see the value in health care exchanges. I think they are built on the premise that somehow they would be less exploitative than other insurance programs. Personally, I don't see that as the case. The states are just as greedy as corporations.
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We finally got back to Honduras on February 26, nearly a month after we had planned. Our time up North in MI, OH, and KY were gratifying, but very cold and snowy. It has been years since I have driven in snow and ice. Mom Longstaff's passing was difficult; yet remembering together her life of love and faith was a blessing. She will be greatly missed…. Three days after we returned to Honduras a team from Kalamazoo, MI arrived. On Saturday, March 2, there was an ordination service at the church officiated by pastor Dan Sarkipato, installing Nelson as the official pastor of our church, Templo Evangelico Emauual. A very special event as our pastor from Venezuela has not been able to return. On Sunday there was a baptismal service in the ocean. Four were baptized, this time by "our new pastor, Nelson"…. There were 11 members on the team, including two physicians assistants and a nurse. They, along with our own nurses saw 260 patients in five days. The team also hosted volleyball matches each day which included many of our local young people—and on Friday was a tournament. The group left on Saturday; the next group arrives the end of April. We have a lot to get caught up.
We got back to Tulsa last Tuesday (12/4); the trip was pretty much uneventful. A day earlier we said good-bye to Denny Boersema. He spent ten days with us working on the education program. He and Cheryl worked on new applications of curricula, as well as procedural handbooks for students and teachers. On the same day that Denny arrived, a group from Beacon Hill Baptist in OK was just leaving. Candy Matheny and her parents have been running the 1000 Christmas gifts project since 2007. This time Candy and her mom, Collene Jennings, along with Linda Thornhill, Avery Johnson, and Phillip Deckard came along. It was a great experience for all. First of all, the container came in much faster this year. The boxes were in our warehouse by the time Jim Redyke and the group from First Methodist had arrived. This year we went further back into the "jungle like area" to hand out the gifts. Over past couple of weeks we have had several meetings regarding the future of our Honduras church. Since Nelson Batista has been held in Venezuela so much of the time, the decision was made to ordain Nelson Osorto, so he can do baptisms, communion, marriages, etc. He is working on a seminary degree. For now the two Nelsons will be co-pastors…..Just before we left on Tuesday we had Saturday graduation at Gathering Hearts. A real highlight was when the 94 graduates sang songs and hymns in English. We served sit-down lunch to about 200 students and family. Later in the day we attended junior high graduation at the private school where we and other Gathering Hearts participants scholarship students. That was a very special time also…. Before leaving Honduras we also had several meetings about the land for our soccer field. The deal was sealed just before we left.
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We are currently getting the container with 1000 children's Christmas gifts every other year—and this is the year!
Furthermore, this year we got the container in record time. In years past it has arrived as late as the end of December, and at a much greater cost. This week Nicolas, Joel, and I have gone into the villages of Tronconera and El Sauce registering the kids and giving them a ticket for a gift. We began this program in early 2000 and we met many adults in those villages who remembered receiving one of our gifts when they were a child. We have yet to hand out tickets in Seis de Mayo; and then next week we plan to distribute the gifts. Candy Matheny and Celline, who have headed this project since 2007. will be arriving this week to help with the distribution. Avery Johnson will also be coming, as well as Linda Thornhill, and Mr. Deckard.
Things are going well in the other parts of the ministry. Last week 20 dump truck loads of fill dirt leveled the lots where the new classroom building will be built. Classes are lively as we come to the end of another year. Graduation will be in two weeks; Denny Boersema from Michigan will be here for that.
It's hot as we pray for the soccer field.
It's hot in August! On Saturday I took a long walk through Seis de Mayo; I need to do that more often as I always see people I haven't seen in a long time—sometimes young adults I knew as toddlers. This reminded me of our Christmas box gifts. Many of these young adults in Seis de Mayo received Gathering Hearts Christmas gifts years ago and we will be receiving another container of 1000 gifts this year, thanks to Candy Matheney and her team. We hope to receive the container in November.
Many of you have prayed for and asked about the concrete lot next to the mission center where we do soccer outreach. We had a very good meeting with Alba and Pedro Paz on Tuesday to discuss purchasing the field. There are still some things to be worked out, but we are all moving in the same direction. We have already received more than half of the money for the purchase. Luis Paz is currently in New York receiving treatment for bone cancer. Please pray for him. Cheryl and I will be leaving for the US on Sunday, 8/12. The main purposes are health evaluations for both of us; visits to interested churches; and time with family. Mom Longstaff has had some health issues at age 95, and we need to spend some time with her. We plan to return to Honduras on September 25 and we have two teams coming in October.
Lord, make me willing to be made willing.
Our third team since May left just left almost two weeks ago. This one was from our own church, Beacon Hill Baptist in Oklahoma. They participated in nearly every one of our ministries and it was a joy as always to see friends that we have known for many years. Avery Johnson is with us for a few more weeks before returning to University Of Tulsa for the Fall semester. She is doing a great job teaching classes, hosting events, and developing new programs.
A few days ago our pastor, Doug Johnson, arrived from Tulsa and we had the blessing of sharing a communion service at the church as well as a Baptismal service on Sunday, July 29th. The baptism service was an amazing time. Those being baptized gave such wonderful testimonies of the work of Christ in their lives and afterword the entire church gathered on the beach while Brother Doug and our own Nelson Osorto baptized each person in the warm waters of the Gulf. The worship team from the church sang after each baptism as those baptized walked out of the ocean and back to the beach and together we all celebrated the newness of life we find in Christ.
On May 5 the medical team from Christ Presbyterian Church in Tulsa arrived for a wild and busy week. We watched as these Doctor's, nurses and support staff saw hundreds of patients, working tirelessly to provide healing, kind words, medical expertise and the love of Christ. Each day one group would travel to a nearby village while the other group saw patients at the mission center, both groups working through lines of people one after the other. In addition to medical care the gospel was hared with each person and additional ministry work was done with children and women.
Everyone on this team was such a blessing and I wish we could tell all the different ministries and acts of service. Particular highlights were Lacinda's (Keilbarth) wonderful organizational abilities handling the large amounts of medications; and Mary Jane Friend's dispensing eye glasses to si many with such great needs. The whole team are real pros and we are more grateful than we can express.
On a personal note, thank you for your prayers for me. Since coming back I have been doing home visitation with Nelson Osorto. I wasn't quite sure how it would go with the heat and climbing and all, but I was able to go up a couple of long stretches up the mountain and felt pretty good. We've had a couple meetings with Mauricio; one included his superior from Memphis, and they are still interested in subcontracting from Landau to us which would be great news! Another reason to pray.
As planned, we got back to Honduras Wednesday (4/25) at noon. For me, it had been a year since I've been here. At the mission center streams of little kids came from every direction wanting a hug . That afternoon we visited all four of the young adult classes and rejoiced to see old friends and new students as well. The next day the Gathering Hearts employees surprised us with lunch and Nicolas shared that each employee had contributed $15 to buy food and gifts. We felt truly welcomed back home. What a rich blessing!
Later that day Nicolas was able to tell us more about the terrible situation here in December during the election. There were 15 straight days no one could use the roads. Many businesses were burned and the threat of armed violence was constant. We all truly appreciate those that prayed for the ministry and the people here in Honduras during that time and we ask that you continue to pray. The immediate threat of violence has subsided but Honduras remains a troubled country, more in need of Jesus than ever before.
On Thursday we also spent some time in the children's classes where they sang songs and recited Scriptures. Truly God loves the little children! We had lots of medications, school materials, and other supplies to bring back with us this time and as is often the case, we crammed everything into four suitcases of almost exactly 50 pounds each and made it without any problems. Please pray for us as the ministry is bigger and busier than ever. We need God's provision, guidance and wisdom as we serve the calling he has placed on our lives.


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On arrival at Seahouses, the lifeboat crew boarded the charter boat and gave medical assistance to the diver, who was in some discomfort. A rescue Helicopter was tasked from Prestwick, while the lifeboat crew carried on giving oxygen and closely monitoring the diver's condition, which was giving concern. Meanwhile a specialist diving doctor gave the crew advice by telephone at the scene. After some while it was decided by Humber Coastguard to cancel the Rescue Helicopter and send a road ambulance. The Air Ambulance was also requested with a doctor, by the ambulance crew attending, with a view to taking the casualty to the Northumbria Emergency Care Hospital at Cramlington. On arrival of the Air Ambulance, the doctor on board decided to fly the casualty direct to the decompression chamber at Hull.


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