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Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Provided Data Access for a Surveillance Product Marketed to Target Activists of Color [1]
Matt Cagle
The ACLU of California has obtained records showing that Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram provided user data access to Geofeedia, a developer of a social media monitoring product that we have seen marketed to law enforcement as a tool to monitor activists and protesters.
We are pleased that after we reported our findings to the companies, Instagram cut off Geofeedia's access to public user posts, and Facebook has cut its access to a topic-based feed of public user posts. Twitter has also taken some recent steps to rein in Geofeedia though it has not ended the data relationship.
Further steps are required if these companies are to live up to their principles and policies by protecting users of all backgrounds engaging in political and social discourse. So today the ACLU of California, the Center for Media Justice, and Color of Change are calling on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to commit to concrete changes to better protect users going forward. Read our letters here [2] and here [3].
We first learned about these agreements with Geofeedia from responses to public records requests to 63 California law enforcement agencies [4]. These records revealed the fast expansion of social media surveillance with little-to-no debate or oversight.
But as we continued to comb through thousands of pages of documents, we saw emails from Geofeedia representatives telling law enforcement about its special access to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram user data.
In one message, a Geofeedia representative tells police that the company has arrangements with Twitter and Instagram for user data. Right after that, the representative promotes a product feature that "covered Ferguson/Mike Brown nationally with great success. [5]"
In another email from May 2016, a Geofeedia representative touts a "confidential legally binding agreement with Facebook. [6]"
We now know the following about these agreements:
Instagram had provided Geofeedia access to the Instagram API, a stream of public Instagram user posts. This data feed included any location data associated with the posts by users. Instagram terminated this access on September 19, 2016.
Facebook had provided Geofeedia with access to a data feed called the Topic Feed API, which is supposed to be a tool for media companies and brand purposes, and which allowed Geofeedia to obtain a ranked feed of public posts from Facebook that mention a specific topic, including hashtags, events, or specific places. Facebook terminated this access on September 19, 2016.
Twitter did not provide access to its "Firehose," but has an agreement, via a subsidiary, to provide Geofeedia with searchable access to its database of public tweets. In February, Twitter added additional contract terms to try to further safeguard against surveillance. But our records show that as recently as July 11th [7], Geofeedia was still touting its product as a tool to monitor protests. After learning of this, Twitter sent Geofeedia a cease and desist letter.
Because Geofeedia obtained this access to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as a developer, it could access a flow of data that would otherwise require an individual to "scrape" user data off of the services in an automated fashion that is prohibited by the terms of service (here [8] and here [9]). With this special access, Geofeedia could quickly access public user content and make it available to the 500 law enforcement and public safety clients [10] claimed by the company.
Social media monitoring is spreading fast and is a powerful example of surveillance technology that can disproportionately impact communities of color. Using Geofeedia's analytics and search capabilities and following the recommendations in their marketing materials [11], law enforcement in places like Oakland [12], Denver [13], and Seattle [14] could easily target neighborhoods where people of color live, monitor hashtags used by activists and allies, or target activist groups as "overt threats." [15] We know for a fact that in in Oakland [12] and Baltimore [16], law enforcement has used Geofeedia to monitor protests.
Social media companies and their executives have expressed support for activists, movements, and free speech. Mark Zuckerberg endorsed Black Lives Matter [17] and expressed sympathy [18] after Philando Castile's killing, which was broadcast on Facebook Live. Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey went to Ferguson [19]. Above all, the companies articulate their role as a home for free speech [20] about important social or political issues [19].
Yet there is a severe disconnect between these positions and the data access they have provided.
Beyond the agreements with Geofeedia, we are concerned about a lack of robust or properly enforced anti-surveillance policies. Neither Facebook nor Instagram has a public policy specifically prohibiting developers from exploiting user data for surveillance purposes. Twitter does have a "longstanding rule" [21] prohibiting the sale of user data for surveillance as well as a Developer Policy [22] that bans the use of Twitter data "to investigate, track or surveil Twitter users." Publicly available policies like these need to exist and be robustly enforced.
Here is what we're asking of the social networks:
No Data Access for Developers of Surveillance Tools: Social media companies should not provide data access to developers who have law enforcement clients and allow their product to be used for surveillance, including the monitoring of information about the political, religious, social views, racial background, locations, associations or activities of any individual or group of individuals.
Clear, Public & Transparent Policies: Social media companies should adopt clear, public, and transparent policies to prohibit developers from exploiting user data for surveillance purposes. The companies should publicly explain these policies, how they will be enforced, and the consequences of such violations. These policies should also appear prominently in specific materials and agreements with developers.
Oversight of Developers: Social media companies should institute both human and technical auditing mechanisms designed to effectively identify potential violations of this policy, both by the developers and end users, and take swift action for violations.
The government should not have preferred access to social media speech for surveillance purposes. We are confident the companies agree. Facebook and Instagram have already cut off access to Geofeedia and Twitter should do the same. It's also time for all three of the companies to live up to their words by taking the additional concrete steps outlined in our [2] letters [3].
Note: The CEO of Geofeedia has asked to meet with us, and we look forward to hearing what he has to say.
Update (10/11/16)
At 11:06 am EST Twitter today (10/11/16) announced the following:
"Based on the information in the ACLU's report, we are immediately suspending Geofeedia's commercial access to Twitter data."
Cross-posted from the blog of the ACLU of Northern California.
Learn more - explore the new batch of public records we're releasing today:
Geofeedia email to Riverside Police Department discussing data arrangements with Twitter and Instagram (October 20, 2015) [5]
Geofeedia email to San Diego District Attorney's Office discussing data arrangement with Facebook (May 11, 2016) [6]
Geofeedia email to Sacramento County District Attorney's office discussing "monitoring for protests" (July 11, 2016) [7]
Geofeedia email to Sacramento District Attorney discussing Geofeedia's "work with over 500 law enforcement and public safety agencies." (June 14, 2016) [10]
Geofeedia 'Case Study' regarding the Baltimore County Police Department' sent to the Glendale Police Department [23]
Geofeedia Product Update email discussing "sentiment" analytics (May 18, 2016) [24]
Geofeedia email to Ventura County Sheriff's Office discussing ability to create emoji-based alerts (January 13, 2016) [25]
Geofeedia product update email to the Glendale Police Department, noting Vine/Periscope and image recognition (January 27, 2016) [26]
Geofeedia email to Stanislaus Sheriff's Office discussing "user track" feature (March 16, 2016) [27]
Geofeedia email to Glendale Police Department discussing "Instagram map widget" (June 25, 2015) [28]
Source URL: https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/internet-privacy/facebook-instagram-and-twitter-provided-data-access
[1] https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/internet-privacy/facebook-instagram-and-twitter-provided-data-access
[2] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20161010_ACLU_CMJ_Color_of_Change_Joint_letter_Twitter.pdf
[3] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20161010_ACLU_CMJ_Color_of_Change_Joint_letter_Facebook_Instagram.pdf
[4] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20160921_Social_Media_Surveillance_PRA_Summary.pdf
[5] http://www.aclunc.org/docs/20161011_geofeedia_twitter_instagram_riverside_pd.pdf
[6] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20161011_Geofeedia_Facebook_Arrangement_r.pdf
[7] http://www.aclunc.org/docs/20161011_geofeedia_das_monitoring_protests.pdf
[8] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/About/20161011_Twitter_Terms_of_Service_excerpt.jpg
[9] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/About/20161011_Facebook_Terms_of_Service_excerpt.jpg
[10] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20161011_Geofeedia_500_law_enforcement_public_safety.pdf
[11] https://www.aclunc.org/docs/20160921-pra_content_ferguson_r.pdf.pdf
[12] http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-cops-quietly-acquired-social-media-surveillance-tool/Content?oid=4747526
[13] http://aclu-co.org/aclu-seeks-info-denver-police-use-social-media-surveillance/
[14] http://www.thestranger.com/news/2016/09/28/24585899/how-the-seattle-police-secretlyand-illegallypurchased-a-tool-for-tracking-your-social-media-posts
[15] http://www.aclunc.org/docs/20160921-pra_geofeedia_overt_threats.pdf
[16] https://www.aclunc.org/docs/20161011_geofeedia_baltimore_case_study.pdf
[17] http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/02/25/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-black-lives-matter-diversity/80933694/
[18] https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102948714100101
[19] http://www.recode.net/2016/6/8/11835638/jack-dorsey-deray-mckesson-twitter-blacklivesmatter-full-video-code
[20] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/22/twitter-tony-wang-free-speech
[21] https://www.wired.com/2016/05/twitter-dataminr-intelligence-community/
[22] https://dev.twitter.com/overview/terms/agreement-and-policy
[23] http://www.aclunc.org/docs/20161011_geofeedia_baltimore_case_study.pdf
[24] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20161011_Sentiment_analytics.pdf
[25] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20161011_Geofeedia_Monitoring_emoji_Ventura_Sheriff_0.pdf
[26] https://www.aclunc.org/blog/docs/20161011_adding_periscope_vine_glendale_pra_response.pdf
[27] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20161011_Geofeedia_User_Track_Email_to_Stanislaus_Sheriffs_Office.pdf
[28] https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20161011_Geofeedia_Instagram_map_to_Glendale_PD.pdf


Take your Benidorm hen party to the skies!
A hen weekend is all about experience things you've never done before and making memories that'll last a lifetime. An afternoon of Benidorm Paragliding will do just that. Grab your bestie by the hand, get strapped in and see the sandy beaches and azure ocean waters from a bird's eye view! It's unforgettable.
Don't worry if you've never been paragliding before. You don't need experience to get stuck in either. The instructors are there to walk you through the process and get you all kitted out in your safety gear before getting you up into the air.
You can choose to go up on a solo flight or if you're feeling particularly nervous, share the experience with your bestie on a tandem flight. When you arrive at the dock, you'll be greeted by the friendly staff and taken through a safety briefing.
Once you're all strapped in and ready to go, the boat you're hooked to will pick up speed and gently lift you into the air. You'll make trips over Benidorm. Get a view of all the tourists, wave to the ones that can see you and make memories to treasure. That's how you do daytime on a hen do in Benidorm!


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Washed Ashore's mission is to create powerful artistic experiences to educate a global audience about marine debris and spark positive changes in consumer habits. Made completely of plastic debris collected from beaches, their colorful and dramatic sculptures of marine animals represent more than 315 billion pounds of plastic in the oceans today.
"Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea" was the first art exhibit at the Smithsonian National Zoo from May 27th through September 5th 2016 sponsored in part by Bandon Dunes Golf Resort and Wild Rivers Coast Alliance. Seventeen sculptures were displayed while an additional piece was concurrently installed at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.
"The National Zoo—America's zoo—has given us a global platform to present our art to educate a world audience about how plastic pollution is posing a dangerous and perhaps catastrophic threat to the world's oceans and sea life," said Angela Haseltine Pozzi, the lead artist and Executive Director of Washed Ashore.
WRCA provided funding for Washed Ashore to have an exhibit at the June 2017 United Nations conference at the UN Headquarters in New York City. The United Nations Conference, Our Ocean, was focused on the Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
The year 2016 was Washed Ashore's sixth year in operation, and thousands of volunteers have processed over 28,000 pounds of garbage collected from more than 300 miles of coastline to create over 65 sculptures. Located in downtown Bandon, Oregon, these volunteers process and convert the collected debris into art supplies which Pozzi transforms into sculptures of marine life.
Check out Washed Ashore on PBS News Hour!
Additional exhibits have been held at zoos and aquariums around the nation including San Francisco, San Diego, San Antonio, Orlando, Washington D.C., Virginia Beach and Mystic, Connecticut. Washed Ashore has a presence at multiple national conferences including the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Washed Ashore also developed a marine debris curriculum that guides teacher workshops at various exhibit sites and is used by an experiential learning program for local students in Bandon, Oregon. Wild Rivers Coast Alliance has provided much-needed financial support for the Washed Ashore Project to operate in Bandon and to travel across the country with its art and educational exhibits.
WRCA funded the refurbishment and remodeling of Washed Ashore's mascot, Henry the Fish. Henry can be seen in Old Town Bandon, luring travelers off Highway 101 to explore all the sites of Old Town Bandon-by-the-Sea.


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Omar El Kaddouri: Proving to be a great investment for Empoli
Categories: Empoli
28th April 2017. By Edward Stratmann.
Feeling unfairly treated and hardly afforded an opportunity to stake his claim at Napoli, Omar El Kaddouri knew he needed to leave Maurizio Sarri's side in the January transfer window in order to receive some meaningful minutes.
Having joined the Partenopei from Brescia back in 2012, the Belgian born attacking midfielder never really made an impact for Napoli, largely due a lack of opportunities related to the fierce competition for places. Moreover, seeing as Sarri's largely favoured a 4-3-3 formation, this didn't help him either, for that shape doesn't allow for his preferred number 10 position to be utilised.
Although it was encouraging to see him impress during a two-year loan spell with Torino from 2013-2015, cementing a place at his foster club proved unattainable.
So after appearing to agree a transfer to Turkish outfit Trabzonspor, he then did a stunning u-turn and instead opted to remain in
Ernesto Valverde coaching Bilbao to success.
Categories: Athletic Bilbao
Monday 24th April. By Edward Stratmann.
Following Athletic Bilbao's barnstorming 5-1 win over Las Palmas, Ernesto Valverde couldn't have been more pleased with his team, who played with remarkable intensity and purpose throughout.
In what was the perfect way to celebrate his 300th match in charge of Athletic, he noted how "the key has been our aggression in the robbery" which was certainly apt, for his side put on a masterclass in how to press a wonderfully talented Las Palmas outfit. Quique Setien's men were hardly given a moment's peace, as they were placed under duress every time they attempted to implement their usually incisive passing game.
The fact Athletic were successfully able to nullify some of the most press resistant players in La Liga such as Jonathan Viera, Roque Mesa, Vicente Gomez and Tana served as a testament to Valverde's structure. And how well his men adhered to it.
Atalanta's Rafael Toloi: One of Serie A's Best Defenders
Categories: Atlanta B.C.
Friday 21st April. By Edward Stratmann.Â
Atalanta's Rafael Toloi continued his wonderful season by putting in a tremendous showing vs one of his former employers, AS Roma, on the weekend.
The Brazilian, who's been a mainstay of Gian Piero Gasperini's brilliantly managed outfit, illustrated emphatically why he's been one of Serie A's finest defenders this season, while also showing his former club what a quality player he's now become.
Throughout the 1-1 draw, La Dea's right sided central defender, undertook his role in an aggressive, whole hearted, yet highly thoughtful manner, as his positioning and approach served as a fascinating component of Gasperini's game plan.
The most eye-catching aspect of his performance was the way he was given clear licence to step out and apply pressure to Diego Perotti, Roma's left winger, when he was unmarked in the left half space. With Roma customarily funneling many of their attacks down their left hand side, 41%
Theo Hernández the Atletico star set to divide Madrid
Categories: Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid
Wednesday 19th April. By Ryan Baldi.
An unwritten "non-aggression pact" between Real Madrid and cross-capital rivals Atletico Madrid means that the two sides do not pursue each other's players for the sake of neighbourly relations. But according to widespread reports in the Spanish media, the European champions are preparing to break the agreement to sign 19-year-old left-back Theo Hernandez from Los Colchoneros this summer.
It's not completely unknown for players to swap one side of Madrid for the other, with Real legends Hugo Sanchez and Raaj both having been poached from Atletico, while Argentinian winger Santiago Solari made the same switch in 2000, but such examples are relatively few and far between.
Indeed, several of Atletico's best and brightest stars have reportedly been on the radar of their all-white
Right-back Oscar De Marcos enjoys season despite injury setbacks
Tuesday 18th April. By Edward Stratmann.
Speaking ahead of a massive week for Athletic Bilbao, which saw them play four games in the space of less than two weeks against Osasuna, Espanyol, Villarreal and Las Palmas, Oscar De Marcos gave an intriguing insight into what an frustrating, interrupted season he's endured. However, Athletic Bilbao's right-back, Oscar De Marcos - enjoying a solid season despite injury setbacks.
"It has been strange for me but I have been quite good, I have had some injury setbacks but I have recovered quickly. This dressing room helps you recover and now I do not even remember that I have been injured," he recalled.
The Lions' utility, who's capable of fulfilling multiple roles in midfield and defence but has now settled into the right-back slot, has been forced to miss large chunks of action through irritating ankle and adductor injuries. But his manager's unyielding faith in him has been a great source of motivation and positivity
Joaquin Correa is a star in the making at Sevilla
Categories: Sevilla
Thursday 13th April. By Edward Stratmann.
In his post-match comments following Sevilla's much needed 4-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna, Los Nervionenses manager, Jorge Sampaoli, was absolutely delighted with his team's splendid attacking showing that propelled them to their first win in six league matches.
"We have had the feeling of being a team with vertigo as we attack all the time and this is a lot of fun for the future," he gleamed.
"Speed in attack is our strategy, I wish we could repeat today's performance every single week but we now have to transform our 61 points into more if we are to qualify for the Champions League."
One man who was unquestionably integral in injecting speed and dynamism into Sevilla's offensive forays was their Argentinian sensation, Joaquin Correa. Having signed from Sampdoria in the summer for €10 million, it wasn't easy in the beginning for the wildly gifted attacker to force his way into the team, but his patience and persistence h
Anthony Modeste: from Premier League reject to Bundesliga star
Categories: Hoffenheim, Blackburn Rovers
Wednesday 12th April. By Ryan Baldi
To Premier League fans with little interest in German or French football, Anthony Modeste is a name that is unlikely to conjure too many vivid memories. If the Cannes-born striker left any lasting impressions at all after his short-lived loan spell with Blackburn Rovers during the 2011-12 season, they will be predominantly negative.
Modeste played just nine games for the Ewood Park club, failing to find the net at all during his six months on loan from Bordeaux. The campaign ended in relegation for Rovers while the Frenchman returned to his homeland, sealing another loan switch, this time to Bastia.
So those (un)fortunate enough to have witnessed his unproductive stay in Lancashire would surely be surprised to learn that, now with Bundesliga side Köln, Modeste has developed into one of the hottest marksmen in Europe.
With an incredible return of 24 goals from 30 games in all completions 22 of those com
Mesut Ozil Play's a Vital Role at Arsenal
Categories: Arsenal
Arsenal's much needed win over West Ham was quite a night to remember for the mercurial Mesut Ozil. In what was his 150th appearance for the Gunners, he fittingly marked the occasion by bagging a goal and an assist. More than that, though, his aforementioned contributions also saw him equal his highest ever personal scoring tally in a single season (with 10) and move into sixth place on Arsenal's all-time list for EPL assists, joining Robin van Persie on 39.
Ozil's Performance May Determine the Clubs 2016/17 EPL Position
Ozil's performance extended far further than just his scoreboard impact, however, for the German international accompanied this milestone occasion with a performance to match.
From his nominal central attacking midfield role, the man who signed for a whopping £42.5 million from Real
Stephan El Shaarawy Shows His Skill, Despite AS Roma's Coppa Italia Semi-Final Loss
Friday 7th April. By Edward Stratmann.
Even though AS Roma prevailed 3-2 over Lazio in the second leg of their Coppa Italia semifinal, it still wasn't enough to overturn the two goal deficit they faced from the first leg, as they disappointingly succumbed 3-4 on aggregate.
On a night that marked the return of the Curva Sud, another positive could be drawn from the impressive performance of Stephan El Shaarawy. Starting his 22nd match of the season, the skillful attacker gave the fans plenty to get excited about from his left wing post.
As one of only two Italians to begin the match, the other being Lazio forward Ciro Immobile, El Shaarawy's pace, dribbling prowess and smart movement ensured his direct opponent, Dusan Basta, had a challenging time dealing with him.
Whenever the opportunity to come infield presented itself, El Shaarawy always took it up, allowing him to receive possession in more dangerous central areas, plus create room on the flank for Emerson
Torino's Andrea Belotti is Attracting Interest from Europe's Elite Clubs
Categories: Torino
Wednesday 5th April. By Ryan Baldi.
With an incredible tally of 23 goals from 27 Serie A games this season, it's no wonder that Torino's Andrea Belotti is being linked with big-money moves to a host of European clubs.
The 23-year-old was reportedly subject of a £56 million bid from Arsenal during the mid-season transfer window. Il Toro's sporting director Gianluca Petrachi told Sky Italia : "We received and refused a €65m (£56m) offer from Arsenal for Andrea Belotti, but it does not reflect the value of the player.
"Anyway, he is going nowhere for now. We want to enjoy him, then we'll see what happens.
"We intend to keep Belotti and president Urbano Cairo signed this important buyout clause. I think he's worth more than they have offered."
The buyout clause Petrachi referenced stands at a whopping €100 million (£86 million) thanks to a new contract the player penned earlier in the campaign. The exit clause applies only to non-Italian teams, with

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The goats stick their noses into the 4 by 4 panels and pull out the hay they want to eat. Note how little hay is on the ground.


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Лонни Баллентайн (; 23 апреля 1993, Мемфис, Теннесси) — профессиональный американский футболист, выступал на позиции сэйфти. С 2014 по 2016 год был игроком клуба НФЛ «Хьюстон Тексанс». На студенческом уровне выступал за команду Мемфисского университета. На драфте НФЛ 2014 года был выбран в седьмом раунде под общим 256 номером, став обладателем титула «Мистер ненужный».

Биография
Лонни Баллентайн родился 23 апреля 1993 года в Мемфисе. Два года учился в старшей школе Хэмилтон, затем перешёл в школу Саутвинд. Занимался баскетболом и лёгкой атлетикой, был капитаном футбольной команды. Играл на позициях ди-бэка и раннинбека. Входил в состав сборной звёзд штата по версии Ассоциации спортивных журналистов Теннесси. Школу окончил на год раньше, досрочно освоив программу.

Любительская карьера
В марте 2010 года Баллентайн поступил в Мемфисский университет. В том же году он дебютировал в футбольном турнире NCAA. В семи сыгранных матчах он сделал 17 захватов. В 2011 году Баллентайн получил травму подколенного сухожилия, но принял участие в одиннадцати играх с 35 захватами. По итогам сезона 2012 года он стал лидером среди игроков секондари команды с 66 захватами в двенадцати матчах, а также сделал три перехвата.

Последний сезон в колледже он провёл в статусе игрока стартового состава, сыграв во всех двенадцати матчах команды. Баллентайн стал одним из семи игроков команды, делавшим хотя бы один захват в каждой игре. Всего за свою студенческую карьеру он сделал 176 захватов и три перехвата, а также подобрал один фамбл.

Статистика выступлений в NCAA

Профессиональная карьера
Перед драфтом НФЛ 2014 года среди сильных сторон Баллентайна официальный сайт лиги называл антропометрические данные и уровень атлетизма, хорошую скорость, прыгучесть, эмоциональную вовлечённость в игру. К недостаткам относили невысокую скорость реакции на изменение ситуации на поле, ошибки при ловле мяча, склонность оставлять свободное пространство для принимающих соперника, низкую эффективность в период игры за студенческую команду.

На драфте Баллентайн был выбран «Хьюстоном» под последним 256 номером, став обладателем титула «Мистер ненужный». В дебютном сезоне он не смог сыграть ни одного матча из-за проблем с коленом. Несмотря на это, клуб не стал отчислять игрока и перед стартом чемпионата 2015 года Баллентайн был включён в основной состав. Он принял участие в двух играх «Тексанс», после чего получил разрыв нескольких связок колена и выбыл из строя до конца сезона. В 2016 году он получил ещё ряд травм и снова смог принять участие только в двух матчах. В сентябре 2017 года клуб достиг с игроком соглашения о расторжении контракта.

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You can polish a concrete garage floor to a brilliant shine. Polished garage floors resist staining and are easier to clean. The polish also makes the floor more light reflective to brighten up a darker garage. Acrylic floor polish is designed for use on hard floor surfaces like stone and concrete. The polish actually creates a clear layer of protection for the bare concrete surface. Upgrade your garage floor with an effective polishing.
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;

import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.query.stat.hll.HLL;

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 * Partition obsolescence tracker.
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public class ObjectPartitionStatisticsObsolescence implements Externalizable {
    /** */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;

    /** HLL to track modified keys. */
    private HLL modified;

    /** Dirty flag, {@code true} if there are not saved on disc changes. */
    private transient volatile boolean dirty;

    /**
     * Constructor.
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    public ObjectPartitionStatisticsObsolescence() {
        modified = new HLL(13, 5);
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    /**
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    public synchronized void onModified(byte[] key) {
        Hasher h = new Hasher();

        modified.addRaw(h.fastHash(key));

        dirty = true;
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    public synchronized long modified() {
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        return dirty;
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    public void dirty(boolean dirty) {
        this.dirty = dirty;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
        byte[] rawData = modified.toBytes();

        out.writeInt(rawData.length);
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    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public void readExternal(ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
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        byte[] rawData = new byte[length];
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Ah, sorry. It actually says a bit earlier in the upper right corner: Microtonic + Addictive Drums. So that would be Addictive Drums kicking in around the 1:28 mark. If you've got AD I can see if I can find my original project-file to check which exact preset I am using.
Ha, great! Didn't know, that i have such a good sounding plugin! That would be very kind if you can tell me, which preset you used, and perhaps which fx plugins.
Seems like it is the Startup preset of Addictive Drums V1. Haha. Unfortunately V1 isn't working any more (on Mac at least), so I can't double check, but the preset name visible in Ableton is Startup anyhow. Perhaps I've tweaked it.
thanks, i nearly thought so, i like the startup preset, very punchy. Yes, V1 on Mac not working, audio yes but a blank GUI, XLN will not fix it, but i have AD 2 and i can import my V1 presets.
Another thing: what about compatibility of your plugins with Mac OS Mojave and with Logic Pro 10.4.4?


The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is a commendable opponent of NVIDIA GTX 1070. This GPU was able to exceed the latter's performance, which prompts the American multi-national company to launch the GTX 1070 Ti. Without further ado here's detailed specs and performance about the Radeon RX Vega 56.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is a cut-rate version of the RX Vega 64 and is consequently very comparable both internal and external attributes. When it comes to the design, both cards appear boxy but attractive devices. These GPUs feature a metal housing with a single inbuilt fan and a full-length metal back plate.
The 28cm long dual-slot board, AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 flaunts four monitor outputs, which includes three DisplayPort 1.4 and a single HDMI 2.0b connector. These let 'Eyefinity' multi-monitor systems, 4K displays and HDR. Nevertheless, it doesn't have a DVI connector, but the user can hook up a DVI monitor using an adapter. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 needs two 8-pin PCI-E power connectors next to which is a row of LEDs automated to show GPU performance.
It can be perceived that the specs of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 are pretty much equal to the RX Vega 64 except that it has 56 compute units empowered rather than the full 64 compute units of AMD's flagship model. This board is assessed at a fairly high 210 Watts.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU arrives featuring 3584 Stream processors empowered rather than the Vega 64's 4096. It also comes with a somewhat lower base clock speed of 1156 MHz rather than 1,274 MHz. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 will augment up to 1,471 MHz under load in its default configuration.
Similar to its brothers, the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has 8GB of AMD's 'HBM2′ high bandwidth memory. This card delivers up to 410 GB/s compared with the 484 GBs on the Vega 64. This signifies a welcome doubling of the 4GB available on the previous 'RX Fury' boards and finally lets AMD to compete against equivalent NVIDIA boards having the same memory. AMD's new High-Bandwidth Cache Controller (HBCC) also permits the RX Vega boards to access your PC's system memory at high speed. This possibly gives you games access to huge sums of total RAM.
The RX Vega also conveys support for DirectX 12.1 rather than 12.0 reinforced by the RX 5xx series. It will also let more high-resolution displays to be attached at the same time.
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is a huge boost from the Radeon RX 580, and only a little behind the more expensive Radeon RX Vega 64, which is more expensive. This places it in a fascinating position a little in advance of Nvidia's GTX 1070. This seems to be the inspiration behind NVIDIA countering with the new GTX 1070 Ti.
AMD's newest card trades blows with the GTX 1070 and often outperforms the later. This basically implies a solid performance at 2560×1440 with 60 fps and you could even have a go at 4K resolutions. The Radeon RX Vega 56 is also a solid VR performer, delivering effortlessly enough power for smooth gameplay on existing hardware.
When compared to the RX Vega 64, AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has an approximately 10 percent lower performance but at a much more inexpensive price. This means you'll be capable of playing the same games at approximately similar settings while saving a fair bit of money.
These are some of the information you may want to know about the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56. What can you say about its specs and performance? Please share your opinions and thoughts through the comment section below.


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The Dubai World Championship might well have been just a lap of honour for German Martin Kaymer.
This week's Dubai World Championship might well have been just a lap of honour for German Martin Kaymer if he had not had his go-kart crash in August.
Broken toes put the 24-year-old German out of action for two months and, from leading the European Tour money list, he now goes into the last event in third place nearly £200,000 behind Rory McIlroy.
A top-four finish on Sunday could yet see Kaymer crowned number one and, if he wins the tournament, he is certain to take the 'Race to Dubai' title as well.
But, either way, it will not change his mind about how he spends his time away from golf.
"It was just unlucky," he said. "It was not my fault. It was the fault of the other driver. He crashed into me and pushed me into the guys in front.
"I'm sure I will do it again in the future and have fun. I did it for so many years when I was young and this was my first crash."
If he lifts the Harry Vardon Trophy on Sunday, Kaymer would be the youngest number one since his compatriot Bernhard Langer way back in 1981.
Twenty-year-old McIlroy, though, would be the second youngest of all time behind Seve Ballesteros, who was 19 when he captured the first of his six crowns in 1976.
English pair Lee Westwood and Ross Fisher are also still in with a chance but McIlroy is in the driving seat and will come out top wherever he finishes if Westwood is outside the top seven, Kaymer the top four and Fisher the top two.
Langer won the title twice and, even before he joined the European Tour, Kaymer was starting to believe he could achieve great things too.
He shot a 59 in a mini-tour event and recalls it was his second victory on the Challenge circuit that raised his sights.
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"I said, 'No, we have to speed that up somehow'. To be the best in Europe was always my goal and this year I have a really good chance."
He returned at the Castellon Masters four weeks ago and, despite a pronounced limp, came second.


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Tali Temple
Tali Temple – an introduction
Tali Temple is the most ancient temple located in the coastal town of Kozhikode in Kerala state. This is a Shiva temple. But, still this remains unique as the Lord is worshipped here as Uma Maheshwara, a combined form of Shiva and his consort, Goddess Uma or Parvathi.
Legend and History of the Temple
The temple is said to have been built in the 14th century AD. However, as per a legend, this belongs to the hoary Dwapara Yuga and was built by none than Lord Parashurama , who is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu . While another theory regards this as being around 400 years old, the temple as such, in some form, is believed to have existed from much earlier times and even before the town itself evolved. This used to be a simple structure, which was looked after by about 50 Kerala Namboodhri families. It is also alleged that the Zamorins, the Hindu Eradi rulers of Kozhikode killed the Namboodhris and took control of the temple and under them, the temple began gaining prominence about 15 centuries ago. At that time, the God here was called Sailabdheswara, the Lord of the mountain and the sea. Later, the temple is said to have been shifted to a location within the palace itself, while it got reshaped to its present form subsequently. It is the descendants of the royal family who still manage the affairs of the temple.
Structure of Tali Temple and its Worship
Tali temple is important not only from the religious and historical points of view, but also from the architectural angle. Located in a serene environment, this temple remains as an exquisite blend of laterite (stone) and wood, and is also generously decorated with brass.
Surrounded on all sides by big compound walls that look like the belly of an elephant, the temple can be said to have a few important aspects. There are big towers at the entrances that look appealing with their delicate sculptures and carvings. Inside, there is a majestic Dwajasthambam, the flag post, that is believed to be linking the heaven to the earth. The large flag staff platform is known as Anakottil and is meant for the elephants. There are also the Deepasthambams, the pillars where traditional lamps are lighted. The various shrines inside form the Sivakshetram, Nalambalam and Krishnakshetram. The temple structure houses the main sanctum in the middle.
It is in the form of a chariot, two storied and is well embellished with mural paintings. Lord Shiva is in the Lingam form here and is considered to be one among the Jyothir Lingams. The inner circumambulatory passage contains the images of Uma Maheshwara, Tali Ganapathi, Thevarathil Ganapathy and Thrumandhakunnu Bhagavathy, while the outer one houses the deities, Lord Ayyappa , Thevarathil Bhagavathy and Lord Naga. Lord Vishnu is also there in a separate shrine, which has its own flag staff and this shrine also contains the idol of Sreevalayanad Bhagavati. The small temple of Narasimha Moorthy is also there to the south of the Vishnu temple. There is Eranjipuram in the northern portion of the temple and it looks very good and bright, well lit from all sides.
Tali temple has also remained as the centre for scholarly pursuits. The seven-day cultural festival of Revathi Pattathanam originated only here, which attracted erudite scholars and eminent philosophers in the olden times. Scriptures, philosophical treatise and grammatical works like Bharatha Meemamsa, Prabhakara Meemamsa, Vedanta Meemamsa and Vyakarana were debated seriously here, while as many as 18 well known poets are also said to have contributed to the discussions during the 15th and the 16th centuries. It is a matter of pride that this special event is taking place here, even in the present times, during the month of October or November. The ambience of the temple is such that it naturally evokes great reverence in our hearts and tune our minds to devotion and prayer.
Ceremonial worships and traditional poojas are conducted in the temple from early morning to night, in which people in large numbers participate. Many festivals are also celebrated here, of which Vishu, the Malayalam New Year is observed with great enthusiasm. As in any Kerala temple, devotees will have to come here only in traditional dress, while men are required not to wear anything in the upper portion of their body.
How to reach Tali Temple?
The temple is located right in the middle of the Kozhikode town, which is well connected by air (Calicut International Airport), rail and road with all parts of Kerala and also with many important towns and cities. This is about 378 kms from the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram, 184 kms from Kochi, 191 kms from Coimbatore, 232 kms from Mangalore and 359 kms from Bangalore.


Dematic have announced that Ferdinand Gross, a supplier of fasteners and connectivity technologies, have installed a customised storage and order fulfilment solution featuring the new Dematic Multishuttle automated storage and retrieval systems.
Dematic Multishuttle is an Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) solution for applications that require high rate, product sequencing to support order assembly, goods to the person picking, and pick face replenishment.
With the Multishuttle automated storage and retrieval systems, Ferdinand Gross can reduce order throughput times and can extend the incoming order cut-off time.
For customers, these changes mean improved services. At a delivery deadline established by the customer, all pending orders in the system are bundled into a single shipment. The resultant later order dispatch window allows better bundling of individual orders, thereby reducing the number of packages to be consigned.
The Multishuttle automated storage and retrieval systems at Ferdinand Gross have higher dynamic picking. The systems feature two Multishuttle versions, 'Captive' and 'Roaming' in a single storage unit with identical shuttles in both areas.
The Multishuttle roaming system is designed for the fast moving items, improving availability and flexibility. In the roaming area, 20 shuttles serve the 59,000 storage positions at a throughput rate of 615 double cycles (parallel storages and retrievals) per hour. Every aisle contains one shuttle which accesses each level by lift and then runs on the rail to the selected storage position. The individual shuttles are transferred between levels through lifts at good speeds.
The Multishuttle captive area manages order picking of items from the roaming section, shelf storage system and picking-related logistics. Each level in the aisle is equipped with its own shuttle. The shuttles retrieve tote boxes from storage positions and convey them to a lift at the end of the lane.
Ferdinand Gross' customers utilising Kanban have benefited with the Dematic Multishuttle automated storage and retrieval systems as order fulfilment times were shortened from an average of one week to a single day.
Previously, customers' shipping containers had a fixed label, showing article number, article description, amount, and customer name. Once the customer emptied the container, Ferdinand Gross would pick it up and return it to the DC, ready to be refilled and shipped out again. With the new system, customer containers can now be relabelled for filling with any product rather than waiting for the original empty container to return to trigger the order. Consequently, return trips with empty boxes can now be bundled, reducing the number of trips to and from the customer. This cuts transport costs and has a positive impact on the environment.


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Кордофа́н () — историческая провинция в Судане. Существовала до 1994 года, затем была разделена на Южный, Северный и Западный Кордофан (упразднён в 2006). Административным центром являлся Эль-Обейд.

История
Средневековой столицей Кордофана был город Нувабия, где останавливались караваны купцов из Египта. Основной статьёй экспорта были рабы. С XIII—XIV века начинается проникновение на территорию области арабизированных африканских племён.
До начала XIX в. Кордофан находился под властью султаната Сеннар. В 1821 году был завоёван египетским правителем Мухаммедом Али. До этого времени страна оставалась мало изученной европейцами: одним из первых путешественников, описавших Кордофан, стал австро-венгерский торговец Игнациус Пальме. В 1880-х годах в Кордофане развернулись основные события восстания Махди. После подавления восстания в 1898 году Кордофан стал одной из провинций Судана.

Литература
 Древние и средневековые источники по этнографии и истории Африки южнее Сахары X-XII вв., М-Л., 1965
 MacMichael H.A. The tribes of Northern and Central Kordofán. Cambridge, 1912 (онлайн)
 Pallme I. Travels in Kordofan; embracing a description of that province of Egypt, and of some of the bordering countries, with a review of the present state of the commerce in those countries, of the habits and customs of the inhabitants, as also an account of the slave hunts taking place under the government of Mehemed Ali. London, 1844 (онлайн)

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Do Brains Operate at a Tipping Point? New Clues and Complications
Abstractions blogDo Brains Operate at a Tipping Point? New Clues and Complications
By Charlie Wood
New experimental results simultaneously advance and challenge the theory that the brain's network of neurons balances on the knife-edge between two phases.
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A tray of rat cortex slice cultures in John Beggs' lab at Indiana University. Electrodes record cascades of activity known as neuronal avalanches.
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A team of Brazilian physicists analyzing the brains of rats and other animals has found the strongest evidence yet that the brain balances at the brink between two modes of operation, in a precarious yet versatile state known as criticality. At the same time, the findings challenge some of the original assumptions of this controversial "critical brain" hypothesis.
Understanding how the huge networks of neurons that comprise our thinking organs process information about the world is a daunting mystery for neuroscientists. One part of that broad puzzle is how a single physical structure can be primed to deal with life's myriad demands. "If the brain is completely disordered, it cannot process information," explained Mauro Copelli, a physicist at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil and a coauthor of the new research. "If it's too ordered, it's too rigid to cope with the variability of the environment."
In the 1990s, the physicist Per Bak hypothesized that the brain derives its bag of tricks from criticality. The concept originates in the world of statistical mechanics, where it describes a system of many parts teetering between stability and mayhem. Consider a snowy slope in winter. Early-season snow slides are small, while blizzards late in the season may set off avalanches. Somewhere between these phases of order and catastrophe lies a particular snowpack where anything goes: The next disturbance could set off a trickle, an avalanche or something in between. These events don't happen with equal likelihood; rather, small cascades occur exponentially more often than larger cascades, which occur exponentially more often than those larger still, and so on. But at the "critical point," as physicists call the configuration, the sizes and frequencies of events have a simple exponential relationship. Bak argued that tuning to just such a sweet spot would make the brain a capable and flexible information processor.
The idea has had its ups and downs. The first empirical evidence for it came from rat brain slices in 2003. John Beggs, a biophysicist at Indiana University, found that chain reactions of firing neurons, termed "neuronal avalanches," came in particular arrays of sizes characteristic of criticality. Namely, any size was possible, but — like a snowy slope at its critical point — the frequency of avalanches exponentially depended on their size. Beggs argued that this "power law" relationship meant the brain slice was critical, triggering a flood of follow-up research. Critics, however, eventually showed that the claim was premature, as power laws show up in random systems, too — such as the word frequencies produced by a monkey at a typewriter.
Proponents faced two other conundrums: The so-called critical exponent defining a power law — the number indicating, for example, how many smaller avalanches occur relative to the larger ones — varied by setup, belying the notion of a universal mechanism behind the brain's responses. Moreover, experimentalists found stronger signs of criticality in synchronized neural waves, which occur most often during deep sleep, than in the more scattershot firing patterns of alert animal brains. This difference puzzled researchers, who didn't predict a relationship between criticality and synchronicity.
To address these challenges, Copelli and his collaborators drugged rats using a particular anesthetic that lets brains swing between the extremes of synchronization, sometimes firing in a synchronized manner typical of sleep and other times resembling the random static of awake brains. Recording the swells of neural activity in the primary visual cortex with dozens of metal probes, the group found that the sizes and durations, and the relationships between the sizes and durations, of neuronal avalanches all fit power law distributions with varying critical exponents — similar to Beggs' 2003 findings in brain slices of dead rats.
Going further, though, they showed that when neurons fired with a certain moderate level of synchronicity, these three exponents fit together according to a simple equation. This relationship among the exponents satisfied a more stringent test for criticality suggested by critics in 2017. The brains of the anesthetized rats spent most of their time close to this state, seemingly hovering near the dividing line between two phases.
"It's a smoking gun; you can't escape it anymore," said Beggs, who was not involved in the research. "It's very hard to say that this is random."
When the team looked in detail at where the critical point fell, however, they found that the rat brains weren't balanced between phases of low and high neuronal activity, as predicted by the original critical brain hypothesis; rather, the critical point separated a phase in which neurons fired synchronously and a phase characterized by largely incoherent firing of neurons. This distinction may explain the hit-or-miss nature of past criticality searches. "The fact that we have reconciled the data from earlier research really points to something more general," said Pedro Carelli, Copelli's colleague and a coauthor of the research, which appeared in Physical Review Letters in late May.
But an anesthetized brain is not natural, so the scientists repeated their analysis on public data describing neural activity in free-roaming mice. They again found evidence that the animals' brains sometimes experienced criticality satisfying the new gold standard from 2017. However, unlike with the anesthetized rats, neurons in the mice brains spent most of their time firing asynchronously — away from the alleged critical point of semi-synchronicity.
Copelli and Carelli acknowledge that this observation poses a challenge to the notion that the brain prefers to be in the vicinity of the critical point. But they also stress that without running the awake-animal experiment themselves (which is prohibitively expensive), they can't conclusively interpret the mouse data. Poor sleep during the experiment, for instance, could have biased the animals' brains away from criticality, Copelli said.
They and their colleagues also analyzed public data on monkeys and turtles. Although the data sets were too limited to confirm criticality with the full three-exponent relationship, the team calculated the ratio between two different power-law exponents indicating the distributions of avalanche sizes and durations. This ratio — which represents how quickly avalanches spread out — was always the same, regardless of species and whether the animal was under anesthesia. "To a physicist, this suggests some kind of universal mechanism," Copelli said.
Alain Destexhe of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France, the critic who proposed the equation relating the three exponents as a test of criticality, called the universality of the results "astonishing," but said he isn't sure if it means what critical brain proponents say. He points out that because avalanches in alert brains scale similarly to those in brains under deep anesthesia — when they have no sensory input — criticality may have nothing to do with how the brain processes information, and could be due to some other aspect of brain dynamics.
Next, the Brazilian team hopes to study how the rats' synchronous and asynchronous brain phases relate to behavior, a puzzle compounded by the fact that synchronized bursts are common during sleep, but also occur in awake brains.
Other research has linked sleep with restoring a destabilized brain to its critical point, and Beggs thinks further studies may someday establish deeper connections between mental health and the physics of the brain. But first, Copelli says, the criticality field needs to address more basic questions. "The current theory can't explain the result," he said, meaning his and his colleagues' new findings, "so it opens the race again for models."
This article was reprinted on Spektrum.de.
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Moše de Leon, punim imenom Moše ben Šem Tov (Guadalajara, 1240. – Arevalo, 1305.), židovski rabin i kabalist podrijetlom iz Španjolske za kojeg se vjerovalo da je autor ili redaktor kabalističkog spisa, Zohara.

Većinu života proveo je u Kastilji u rodnom gradu. Zanimao se za Majmonidovu filozofiju, a pod utjecajem Abulafije napisao je djelo o stvaranju naslovljeno Or zarua. Poslije se posvetio proučavanju kabale i kastiljanskih gnostika poput Mošea iz Burgosa i Todra Abulafije.

U razdoblju 1286. – 1295. napisao je mnogo radova o kabali na hebrejskom, među kojima Šošan edut (1286.), Nefeš ha-hahama (1290.) o duši i eshatologiji, te Šekel ha-kodeš (1292.), podrobno izlaganje nauka o sefirot.

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Joe is a good guy, a good Christian, and has a great desire to share God's Word. Unfortunately, Joe doesn't have much success, and he wants God's help in taking out his troubles on those who have rejected him and his attempts to share God's Word.
Joe: (speaking quickly) Hi, I'm Joe. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions about where you are going to spend eternity?
Joe: (to himself) Well, excuse me for trying to give you something better to work towards then your own self-serving ways.
Joe: Hi, I'm Joe, would you like any help? I'm great with kids, and I'd love to be able to share some Bible stories with you and your child.
Person 2: Get away from me, you weirdo. I don't want your help. I've never even seen you before. Don't try and talk to me about your little stories either. You come near my child again and I'll call the police!
Joe: Wait! I wasn't… Sheesh! What kind of person does she think I am? (Once woman is out of earshot he hollers back at the woman) You'll be sorry you didn't talk to me in 10 years when that little hooligan is the terror of the 7th grade! (speaks to self) Trust me, I know 7th grade hooligans. What an awful year that was for me.
Joe: Hey, you guys playing catch?
Person 3: You're pretty quick there, aren't you, Captain Obvious?
Joe: Oh, no, you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Joe.
Person 4: Oh really? You know what, Captain? Whatever it is you're selling, we don't want any of it.
Joe: No, you don't understand. I'm not selling anything. And I'm certainly not a captain. I just want to tell you about the love of Jesus.
Person 3: Look, Joe, we're meeting a bunch of other people for a game here in a little bit. So, why don't you do us all a favor and go love us a little less. Okay? Thanks.
Joe: But I just want to know if you know how much Jesus loves you.
Person 4: You need to leave us alone now, Joe, otherwise my friends Bam-Bam and Thumper (flexes muscles and makes fists), are going to show you a little love. Take a hike.
Joe: (Muttering) Bam-Bam and Thumper. Humph. I wish I could go all Old Testament on them. They'd be sorry when it starts to rain fire and brimstone on their ball game. Not even a cast iron umbrella would help them.
Tom: Hey, Joe, what's going on? You're looking a little frustrated right now. What's up?
Joe: (with frustration) Hey, Tom. I'll tell you what's wrong. I came out here today to just talk to people, to try and share the love of God with them, but people are being completely unresponsive. The first guy was too busy, and he actually shooed me away. The next lady needed help with her baby, and she threatened to call the police on me. And Hans and Franz over there just threatened to beat me up. I mean, what is this? It's like its 7th grade all over again. But they're the ones who will be sorry. We don't know the day or the hour, but they better hope it's not today. Cause, if they don't turn, they're gonna burn. You know what I'm talking about? They better get sanctified or chicken fried. Am I right?!
Tom: Whoa, whoa, settle down there, Judge Judy.
Joe: And that's another thing, why can't anyone call me by my name? I'm Joe, not Judy, Joe!
Tom: (calmly) Okay, I'm sorry, Joe. I can see you are upset and I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry. (pause) Are you okay?
Joe: (pause) Yeah, I'm alright. It's just so frustrating. All I wanted to do was help people. I just wanted to share the Gospel with them. Is that so wrong?
Tom: No, Joe, there's nothing wrong with sharing the Gospel. In fact. there's nothing better than to be able to share the Gospel with someone. But you understand it's not always going to be easy, right?
Tom: Yeah, I guess you do. You know, sometimes people are just not ready to hear about the Gospel. Jesus even told His disciples it's not going to be easy. Some will want to hear it, and others, well, they just think they've got it all under control already. Can I ask you something else? I overheard you as I was getting here. Did you really want God to rain fire and brimstone down on those guys?
Joe: It's not like they don't deserve it. They were jerks.
Tom: I'm not saying that. They may deserve it. But that's kind of my point. They deserve it. You deserve it. I deserve it. We all deserve it, don't we? After all, we are all sinners in need of a savior.
Joe: Yes, but we are sorry for our sins. They are not.
Tom: Are you sorry for your sins? All of them? Including being judge, jury and executioner to those guys?
Joe: I get it now. "Judge Judy". Ha, that's funny. Yeah, I guess you're right. It's because of the Father's great love for us that He sent His son to die for all of us, even the unrepentant people of the world.
Joe: (Joe interrupts Tom) Sharing my faith with them? I barely got to share my name with them.
Tom: Don't worry about it. Just because you didn't get the chance to share the Gospel with them doesn't mean they won't listen to the next person. Maybe we just need to be persistent. Who knows, with the help of the Holy Spirit, maybe these people will be responsive to hearing the Gospel the next time someone approaches them.
Joe: I know you're right, Tom. It's still frustrating, though. I just want to quit and let God sort it all out in the end.
Joe: Alright. I'll stop calling down fire and brimstone on people and keep showering them with love instead.
Tom: There you go. That's what I like to hear. Come on, I'll buy you a soda. My treat. And who knows, maybe we'll get another opportunity to talk to someone about that hope that we have inside of us.
Joe: Sounds good, Tom. Thanks, man. You're alright. No matter what everyone else says about you, you're alright.
Tom: What are you talking about? Who's talking bad about me?
Tom: Very funny. Come on; let's get out here before we need a cast iron umbrella.


Sorry, the photo isn't close enough for me to identify the species. She does look like an orbweaver. For future photos please get closer or buy a clip-on telescopic lens. The back, underside, and eyes are valuable angles for identifying a spider. Different types of spiders have different numbers of eyes (8 or fewer) in different arrangements on their heads. For orbweavers the back (dorsal view) is the most important.
Agreed, close-up shows orb weaver, but that's all I can see.
Thank you. I appreciate the pointers and will keep them in mind if she returns next year!


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Ша́го́ма () — варіант первинного афекту, симптом, що розвивається при хворобі Шагаса. При інфікуванні людей Trypanosoma cruzi через укус тріатомового клопа Rhodnius prolixus на місці укусу формується запальне утворення, яке ззовні нагадує банальний фурункул, але на відміну від нього шагома не нагноюється і розсмоктується. Шагому не слід плутати з симптомом Романьї, який виникає при потраплянні збудників через кон'юнктиву і є патогномонічним симптомом.

Утворення назване на честь бразильського лікаря і науковця Карлуса Шагаса, який описав хворобу і низку проявів, виділив її збудника, виявив переносника та епідеміологічні чинники.

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 Whonamedit?- A dictionary of medical eponyms. Carlos Ribeiro Justiniano Chagas

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