Imphal, 28th December, 2017 (DIPR): The Manipur State Rural Livelihoods Mission today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with seven Project Implementing Agencies for the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in Manipur in the presence of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Shri Thongam Biswajit Singh.
The MoU was signed at the Conference Hall of the Minister's New Secretariat Office.
As part of the signing of the MoU, Minister Biswajit also released the Wall and Table Calendars of the Manipur State Rural Livelihoods Mission.
Minister Biswajit said that under the scheme already 1148 Self Help Groups have been created in the State with around 13,335 members. He also said that the products of the State SHGs are in demand both inside the State as well as outside the State. The SHGs are also earning revenue by selling their products in fairs and other exhibitions.
He continued that the scheme has its main focus on youth and targets to train 10,518 rural youth by March 2019 and 5,370 this year.
He said that according to the scheme guidelines, once the MoU is signed with the PIA, 25 percent of the total fund should be disbursed.
Stating that the Scheme targets 70 percent placement of the trainees, he said the placement could be either in the form of salaried or self-employment.
The Minister also instructed the concerned officials for implementation of the scheme to erect hoardings and sign boards in the rural areas so as to educate the intended beneficiaries of the scheme.
SMD MSRLM Shri Somorjit Salam said that the MSRLM earlier signed an MoU with a PIA for providing training on emergency medical technician and blood bank technician.
He said the trainings will be imparted in more than 250 trades and skills.
DDU-GKY is the skills action-arm of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), tasked with imparting skills to rural youth, moving them from poverty to productivity. It owns and manages the entire lifecycle of the process, from investing into Skilling Projects (at no cost of the trainees or the employers) to identifying internships and placement opportunities, and to tracking career progression over a period of three years from graduation.
The main focus of the DDU-GKY is on the rural youth from poor families in the age group of 18 to 35 years of age with a relaxation up to 45 years for Persons with Disabilities, transgender and people living with HIV.
The scheme can be availed by MGNREGA worker households with a minimum of 15 days of completed work, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana households, Antyodaya Anna Yojana card holding households, BPL PDS card holding households, NRLM-SHG households and households covered under auto inclusion parameters of Socio-Economic Caste Census, 2011.
The calendar release function was also attended by Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Principal Secretary Shri M.H. Khan and other officials of the MSRLM.
The MoU signed today with the PIAs were for Computer Network Assistant, CRM Domestic non-Voice, Food and Beverage Service, Hospitality Assistant, Sewing Machine operator, beauty therapy and hair styling, BPO Non-voice, Retail Sales associates, Field Technician-Networking and Storage, Junior Software Developer, BPO Voice, General Duty Assistant and Food and Beverage Service trainee.


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Hello, and welcome to the Weekly Reader, which will run every Friday and collect news and views from around the hockey world on the week's biggest stories. Have you seen something worth highlighting here? Hit me at greg.wyshynski@espn.com, or do the same if you have suggestions for the column going forward. Enjoy!
That was my friend Tarik El-Bashir of NBC Washington as I was walking into the Kettler IcePlex. The Washington Capitals were on another underwhelming run of games, including a humbling loss at home against the Calgary Flames. When a national writer drops in for a random practice during such a stretch, it's seen as a harbinger of doom.
"If you're here, things have to be that bad," said another scribe.
Well, not yet. The Capitals entered Black Friday with a 12-10-1 record and in a wild-card spot. The days of pushing for division championships for this group are over. The question is whether their days as a Stanley Cup contender are done as well.
There's always a sense of impending disaster around the Capitals. It's a stench that you can't Febreze out of the seats in the arena. I remember general manager Brian MacLellan being one of the first people around the organization to mention this sense as being a real thing, but then that guy is honest to a fault. Like when the Capitals were eliminated (again) by the Pittsburgh Penguins in last season's playoffs, and he admitted they had gone all-in (like in acquiring defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk) and then fell short of playing for even a conference championship — something Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have never done.
The "non-championship hangover" earned some guffaws from the team's haters — because it's basically the most Capitals thing ever — but I can't help but believe MacLellan's postseason comments are the unofficial slogan for this season's middling team: They gave it their best shot in 2016-17. It took three years to get there. It still wasn't good enough.
The Capitals are their usual soap opera. Backstrom and Ovechkin started the season on different lines and remained there until this week, when coach Barry Trotz reunited them. They produced a goal in the win over the Ottawa Senators. Ovechkin has 14 goals and 7 assists on the season; Backstrom has struggled to 3 goals and 13 assists, with his helper on Ovechkin's goal on Wednesday night his fourth assist in 14 games.
There's talk around D.C. about animosity between the two stars, but then there's always been that talk. Again, these are things you hear when they're not drowned out by victory celebrations.
Evgeny Kuznetsov has 26 points in 23 games, and yet there's still a sense that he's not the same dynamic player in the regular season that the Capitals have witnessed in the postseason.
The blueline is thinner than it's been in years. The forward group is offensively challenged after the top six, and they miss both Andre Burakovsky (injured) and Marcus Johansson (cap casualty, traded to the New Jersey Devils).
The greatest thing the Capitals have going for them is goalie Braden Holtby, who has a .920 save percentage and a 2.62 goals-against average entering Friday. The great equalizer for any playoff team is goaltending; if Holtby can avoid the Penguins in the postseason, I'm sure he'll be fine.
Finally, there's the coach. Trotz is in his fourth season in Washington. As with every coach of a struggling team, you hear whispers about how hot his seat is. His successor could already be on the bench in Todd Reirden, his rising-star assistant. Trotz is one of the all-time nicest individuals in the Capitals' organization.
He's also never coached a team past the second round.
So in light of the "non-Cup" hangover, in light of the lineup, in light of all that are the Capitals this season, what's the message from Trotz?
"You look back to 2014-15, after 22 games, we had 24 points. We ended up with 102. We were a pretty good team. And we're one point behind that pace," said Trotz on Tuesday.
Even if everyone around the organization is convinced they see an iceberg in the fog ahead.
Now, the Sabres' primary crest is a gold-standard logo in the NHL. It's impossible to screw up a jersey that it's adorned on. OK, almost impossible.
This is a gorgeous clean look with a retro Buffalo logo on the shoulder as well. Just sublime. I guess this is what happens when a team goes 10 years between Winter Classics: Just a simple "road jersey" does the trick.
Let's establish one thing: The dark blue on a Rangers jersey will always be an improvement over their usual colors. It harkens back to the Statue Of Liberty look that the team hopefully brings back in the Adidas third-jersey typhoon that will hit hockey fandom next season.
That said, is there really a market for another diagonal-name-on-the-front, random-stripes-everywhere look? Like, take that "NY" patch and make it the primary logo and just print money, no?
Please leave your Winter Classic "Pass or Fail?" assessments in the comments.
The way the Toronto media starts circling a great player on a struggling team like it's his manifest destiny to fill a need on the Toronto Maple Leafs will never stop being entertaining.
It was Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson's turn to go through this particular car wash recently, with stories about him in relation to the Leafs here and here and also here and there. Again, most of these stories are of the "rumor control" ilk, but there's really nothing like seeing a player like him through that lens whenever a team like Arizona drops into the Centre of the Hockey Universe.
As for his future with the Coyotes, three things are certain: That GM John Chayka firmly believes that Ekman-Larsson is a pivotal part of whatever they're building there; that coach Rick Tocchet is being tasked with lighting a fire under the behind of Ekman-Larsson, whose play has been inconsistent; and, above all else, his pending unrestricted free-agent status in the summer 2019, which in the end is the catalyst for whatever they decide on him.
My favorite thing about the 100th anniversary of the formation of the National Hockey League, which was celebrated in Montreal last weekend, is that the League was founded on complete spite.
Eddie Livingstone was the owner of the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association, an NHL precursor. As the story goes, he was enraged that there was another Toronto-based team admitted into the league in 1916 called the 228th Battalion, representing the Canadian military. He hated the competition. The rest of the six-team league's owners, as it turns out, rather hated Livingstone, too. He was a vocal critic of its scheduling and stood in the way of some if its revenue-generating initiatives. And you never stand in the way of a group of owners and their revenue-generating initiatives.
In February 1917, the 228th Battalion was called away for duty overseas, forcing their franchise to fold and leaving the NHA with five teams. Oh my, you can't play with just five teams, so the rest of the owners decided to fold the Blueshirts and made a gentleman's agreement with Livingstone that they would bring him and his team back the following season in a balanced league.
Fooled you! They actually dissolved the NHA and, on Nov. 26, 1917, founded the National Hockey League, which featured the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs and no Eddie Livingstone, who would spend the next decade trying to sue his fellow owners, to no avail. What a savage origin story.
Emily Kaplan's piece on the food NHL players cook is just dandy. Read it now as you digest.


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Live From the Short Attention Span Audio Theater Tour!! is a live album by Kid Koala. It was recorded at Lock 17 in London in November 2003.

The album contains two discs - a CD and a DVD - and includes a bingo card.
It was recorded live on a tour of his previous album, Some of My Best Friends Are DJs and his graphic novel, Nufonia Must Fall.

San was backed up by P-Love and DJ Jester The Filipino Fist on the tour and live gigs featured turntablism, comedy, animations and bingo.:

Track listing
 "Stompin At Le Savoi"
 "Page 275"
 "Drunk Trumpet"
 "Skanky Panky"
 "Page 298"

The DVD contains the DJs performing the five tracks from the audio CD plus extras including a "random bingo image generator" and music videos featuring animations by Monkmus:
 "Tremors"
 "Knife In Back"
 "Birdhead"
 "Basin Street Blues"

References

Kid Koala albums
2005 live albums
2005 video albums
Live video albums
Ninja Tune live albums

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September 18, 2013 Music » Interviews
Savages indulge their neo-primitive appetites
By Tom Lanham
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Savages: Neo-post-punk gets all theatrical.
Savages, with Duke Garwood
Friday, Sept. 20, 9 p.m.
Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver
Tickets: $15/adv, $20/door, 16-plus; bluebirdtheater.net, 303/377-1666.
As French-born, London-based frontwoman Jehnny Beth remembers it, her steamrolling, all-girl Goth-punk outfit Savages was never anything she saw coming. In fact, she was all set to release a third outing with her significant other Johnny Hostile as the lo-fi duo John & Jehn, on their own imprint, Pop Noire.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the pressing plant. Hostile had stumbled across a six-string textural mastermind named Gemma Thompson, and he was so stunned by her talent that he promptly invited her to back John & Jehn on an English tour. Soon, she and his missus were getting along so well, the album got shelved.
"John had a guitar crush on Gemma — he really loved the way she was self-trained, and how she was mainly a noise guitarist," recalls Beth. "She had her own style, and she was very quiet, very charismatic. So after we stopped touring with John & Jehn, Gemma was talking to me and John about how she wanted to start a new project. She wasn't sure what it was going to be, but she knew she wanted to do it with Ayse Hassan, the bassist, whom she had been working with on a different project."
Thompson had also conceived the band name Savages. "She was very enthusiastic about it all," recalls Beth. "So I just said 'Well, do you want to try it with me?' And she said yes. And then we met Fay [Milton], our drummer, by chance. So another John & Jehn album is ready. But it's just that we don't think it's the right time to do it now."
The band has embarked on a second string of mostly sold-out dates in support of their squealing, venomous Silence Yourself, a debut album that wreaths Beth's decidedly Siouxsie Sioux-ish vocals with Helmet-jarring guitars and Joy-Division-worthy rhythms. Tracks like "Strife," "City's Full" and "I Am Here" unload like a gear-grinding cement mixer, engulfing everything within earshot.
Savages penchant for drama has at least some of its roots in Beth's acting studies, which won her roles in a handful of French films. The daughter of a stage director, she spent her childhood in his theater troupe, although she barely remember what roles she played. "I was the daughter of Louis XVI, I think, and then in Peer Gynt I was a child."
Her parents were shocked, she says, when she announced she was giving up acting to move to London to play music with her beau Hostile. Still, she hasn't entirely abandoned her theatrical passions. Silence Yourself's opening salvo "Shut Up" was inspired by one of her favorite movies, John Cassavetes' Opening Night. She respects the way Cassavetes always cast his wife Gena Rowlands and the same team of actors, and kept making movies sans any huge box office success.
Beth sees Savages in the same do-or-die light. "There's a connection between what you do in life and what you put into the art," she believes. "In fact, there are really no boundaries between the two, because what you are onstage is what you are in life, as well. You just choose what you want to show."
— scene@csindy.com
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We all have a choice where we work and how we share and distribute our knowledge, wisdom, energy, and passion.
In a recent organizational survey, the #1 write-in benefit that potential employees identified was…"Employee Benefits and Incentives." I am certain they were referring to the existing benefits, i.e. health benefits, vacation time, overtime, employee bonus programs, etc.
Ethics is a huge part of managing large organizations. I would ask what work ethics they bring with them each day to work.
I asked them if they understood the mission, product, and service that we produce and provide. "I don't know" is not a wrong answer. This always opened up a great conversation on what we do, and what the members and community expect.
I always took seriously my first impression of them, and would ask what their first impression was of all of us on staff. Everyone on staff was the "Director of First Impression". I reminded them that others, from every walk-in visitor to phone call, notice if we are clean, organized, use professional communication skills, eye contact, listening skills, etc.
One question that was seriously considered in my decision on a potential new staff person was, "Tell me about any hobbies you have". I would listen with genuine sincerity, not interrupt, and then ask them if they could be as passionate about their position with us as they were about their hobby.
When we have the opportunity to add to our staff, we all want to make the right choice the first time, so take a moment to really understand if it is a fit for both the applicant and your organization.
The majority of my hiring decisions over 20 years were reached by the simple thought that their attitude was more important than their skill set. I knew I could train for skills, tasks, etc., but every hour of every day we were open to the public, and that first impression was our golden opportunity to serve those that came into our sphere of influence for information, advice, directions, and referrals. It is our privilege to have a staff that excels with each inquiry. Our guests, visitors, members, board members, and community deserve and expect this excellence.
These are just a few seeds of thoughts for when you get the privilege to expand your staff as you build a stronger and more productive organization. "Would you hire you?" is a question that should be asked more often. Try it at your next staff meeting and listen to what your team has to contribute. I always felt a bit of pride when I heard my staff answer that question affirmatively among each other. As you put into practice these ideas, I suspect you will hear the same!
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GW Vets honored for student life by national group
By Sarah Corcoran November 13, 2011
A national organization of veterans commended the GW Vets with an award of excellence Friday for the campus support system that integrates student veterans into university life. National President of VietNOW Rich Sanders said the strong network of the University's veterans will always be there "to pull each another along when you need it." "You […]
GW makes national list for veteran support
By Sarah Corcoran September 15, 2011
The University is one of the most military-friendly institutions in the country, according to an armed forces magazine that cited the institution's support of veteran counseling and finances. G.I. Jobs magazine pointed to the programming offered by GW's Student Veteran Services, GW Veterans and the GW Career Center to assist previously deployed students' transition to […]
Men start sexual assault awareness group
By Sarah Corcoran August 29, 2011
When a student advocacy group against sexual assault hosted the nonprofit Men Can Stop Rape for a training session last year, Kostantinos Skordalos realized his organization lacked male voices. Skordalos, a sophomore, is a second-year member of the campus group Students Against Sexual Assault. He explained that its makeup is predominantly female, and he feels […]
By Sarah Corcoran April 6, 2011
An itchy situation It was the Fourth of July and I came to D.C. to visit friends for the weekend. We went to Georgetown and drank a little too much. I ended up dancing with this guy, which led to us hooking up. We decided to walk home together, but about halfway out the door, […]
Alumni Association seeks board diversity
By Sarah Corcoran March 2, 2011
The GW Alumni Association is exploring a broad restructuring of its board of directors to better represent minority groups. Positions on the voluntary board correspond with GW's various schools and colleges, leaving about 20 subsets within the Alumni Association underrepresented, including the GW Black Alumni Association, the GW Hispanic Alumni Association and the GW Lesbian, […]
Housing Guide: Gender-neutral option creates more possibilities
By Sarah Corcoran February 23, 2011
Katherine Wynne doesn't think the best roommate is necessarily one of the same gender. Fortunately for her, the University agrees. Wynne is one of many students hoping to live in a gender-neutral room next year, taking advantage of the University's new housing policy that allows males and females to live together. "I don't think you're […]
Bookstore reports 7,000 rentals
By Sarah Corcoran January 19, 2011
Nearly 7,000 textbooks have been rented through the GW Bookstore a little more than a week and a half into the spring semester. Bob Blake, director of the GW Bookstore, said students have saved $225,000 in textbook costs by opting to rent rather than purchase their books outright this semester. About 11,000 books were rented […]
Global Media Institute honored
By Sarah Corcoran October 31, 2010
A GW Global Media Institute-produced radio program has been named one of the best in the world, the second year in a row the institute has won the distinction. Staffed partly by GW students, "This Just In!" won a silver medal in the New York Festivals International Radio Awards' history category. Partnered with the Newseum […]
Study: Students drink more alcohol abroad
College students who study abroad drink more, according to a study released last month. A new study from the University of Washington has found that not only do students who study abroad consume more alcohol, but those who go to Europe, Australia and New Zealand almost double their normal alcohol intake. Rob Hallworth, the director […]


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* Ewald König  (Autor) (1891–1970), deutscher Autor
 Ewald König (Journalist) (* 1954), österreichischer Journalist
 Ewald König (Politiker) (* 1968), österreichischer Politiker
 Ewald August König (1833–1888), deutscher Schriftsteller


A mix of clouds and sun. High 66F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph..
Police arrest man after surrounding Janesville home. Video provided by Janesville resident Cody Claeys.
A man was taken into custody about 2:50 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of East Milwaukee Street after police received reports of a man holding a firearm.


Some days He will feel so far.Some days you will have no idea how to fill up on Him. Some days breathing Him in seems like an impossible task. Some days you try to fill up but you still feel so empty and you feel like you can't stop pouring out, but you don't even know what it is you are pouring out because you feel empty of Him.
How you've tried so hard to breathe Him in and you still feel squeezed out and used up and dried out. How you've done it all right and yet something's still missing because the tell-tale signs of burnout are bearing down hard. How you've desired Him and sought Him and you know He's said that He's enough, but you can't feel it.
And between the tears you'll cry out that you need Him desperately and cry out that in that moment you don't know how to breathe Him in, and you'll beg that He shows you how to breathe Him in because you don't know anymore. As you desperately seek Him, knowing that without His grace and help you can't find Him, He'll answer. He'll fill you up full and sure and He'll whisper sweet strength into you heart.
And your crazy heart will remember that in all your reading and praying and giving and seeking you can't forget that the purpose of it all is to know Him. To know Him.
To know Him deep and sweet and intimate and full and free. And in the desperate seeking He'll guide you right back to the place you started…reading His Word and praying and seeking and giving and serving, and you wonder, in midst of all that good you were pouring into your life, when did you loose sight of the Good One that it's all about anyways.
So you keep reading and serving and seeking and serving and praying that this time you don't loose sight of the One who it's all about. And you know that someday you will loose focus again, but that His grace will be right there to scoop you back up and restore the joy and purpose in all that good-doing once again.
So keep doing and keep begging for His presence to be the purpose and the source and the goal and know that He will answer. Because sisters, this is my story…is it yours too?


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## What is fastText? Are there tutorials?

FastText is a library for text classification and representation. It transforms text into continuous vectors that can later be used on any language related task. A few tutorials are available.

## How can I reduce the size of my fastText models?

fastText uses a hashtable for either word or character ngrams. The size of the hashtable directly impacts the size of a model. To reduce the size of the model, it is possible to reduce the size of this table with the option '-hash'. For example a good value is 20000. Another option that greatly impacts the size of a model is the size of the vectors (-dim). This dimension can be reduced to save space but this can significantly impact performance. If that still produce a model that is too big, one can further reduce the size of a trained model with the quantization option.
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./fasttext quantize -output model
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## What would be the best way to represent word phrases rather than words?

Currently the best approach to represent word phrases or sentence is to take a bag of words of word vectors. Additionally, for phrases like "New York", preprocessing the data so that it becomes a single token "New_York" can greatly help.

## Why does fastText produce vectors even for unknown words?

One of the key features of fastText word representation is its ability to produce vectors for any words, even made-up ones.
Indeed, fastText word vectors are built from vectors of substrings of characters contained in it.
This allows to build vectors even for misspelled words or concatenation of words.

## Why is the hierarchical softmax slightly worse in performance than the full softmax?

The hierarchical softmax is an approximation of the full softmax loss that allows to train on large number of class efficiently. This is often at the cost of a few percent of accuracy.
Note also that this loss is thought for classes that are unbalanced, that is some classes are more frequent than others. If your dataset has a balanced number of examples per class, it is worth trying the negative sampling loss (-loss ns -neg 100).
However, negative sampling will still be very slow at test time, since the full softmax will be computed.

## Can we run fastText program on a GPU?

As of now, fastText only works on CPU.
Please note that one of the goal of fastText is to be an efficient CPU tool, allowing to train models without requiring a GPU.

## Can I use fastText with python? Or other languages?

[Python is officially supported](/docs/en/support.html#building-fasttext-python-module).
There are few unofficial wrappers for javascript, lua and other languages available on github.

## Can I use fastText with continuous data?

FastText works on discrete tokens and thus cannot be directly used on continuous tokens. However, one can discretize continuous tokens to use fastText on them, for example by rounding values to a specific digit ("12.3" becomes "12").

## There are misspellings in the dictionary. Should we improve text normalization?

If the words are infrequent, there is no need to worry.

## I'm encountering a NaN, why could this be?

You'll likely see this behavior because your learning rate is too high. Try reducing it until you don't see this error anymore.

## My compiler / architecture can't build fastText. What should I do?
Try a newer version of your compiler. We try to maintain compatibility with older versions of gcc and many platforms, however sometimes maintaining backwards compatibility becomes very hard. In general, compilers and tool chains that ship with LTS versions of major linux distributions should be fair game. In any case, create an issue with your compiler version and architecture and we'll try to implement compatibility.

## How do I run fastText in a fully reproducible way? Each time I run it I get different results.
If you run fastText multiple times you'll obtain slightly different results each time due to the optimization algorithm (asynchronous stochastic gradient descent, or Hogwild). If you need to get the same results (e.g. to confront different input params set) you have to set the 'thread' parameter to 1. In this way you'll get exactly the same performances at each run (with the same input params).

## Why do I get a probability of 1.00001?
This is a known rounding issue. You can consider it as 1.0.

## How can I change the dimension of word vectors of a model file?
If you already trained a model, or downloaded a pre-trained word vectors model, you can adapt the dimension of the word vectors with the `reduce_model.py` script or by calling `fasttext.util.reduce_model` from python, as [described here](/docs/en/crawl-vectors.html#adapt-the-dimension)

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Nike surprised the sneaker world yesterday when they dropped a brand new colorway of the Nike Kyrie 4 without any kind of warning.
In honor of Kyrie Irving's upcoming movie "Uncle Drew", Nike decided to release the Nike Kyrie 4 in an all-red "Red Carpet" colorway. The shoe features a red mesh upper with patent leather detailing on the mudguard and a red velvet sockliner as a nod to the velvet ropes seen on a "Red Carpet." Gold detailing on the Kyrie logo on the tongue and Swoosh logos complete the look.
The only way to buy these shoes was you had to use Facebook Messenger by sending four emojis, a basketball, fire, clapper and skeleton key. Once you sent that code, customers received a link to unlock these Kyrie 4s making them available for purchase.
So if you were able to pick up a pair then consider yourself one of the lucky few. A wider release is not scheduled at the moment but these can possibly drop around the time the Uncle Drew movie hits theaters on June 29, 2018.


Voice assistants like Siri and Alexa are becoming the preferred search tool for consumers. In response to that, businesses will need to start adopting strategies to prepare for this shift in voice technology reliance. One strategy we predict will be implemented across brands is Voice Engine Optimization, which refers to a new content marketing strategy to provide these voice assistants with questions and answers that consumers are frequently asking. Consumers crave convenience and the increased reliance on voice technology devices will be forcing marketers to adopt this strategy and to think locally.
This is how we see the shift unfolding in 2019: voice tech assistants will be even more humanized, with new updates being made to fix common voice recognition errors that are common today. Once these tools become easier to utilize, consumers will increase their search habits with voice tech tools, with the domino effect of brands and marketers being forced to keep up. This must be done through the optimization of content to continuously drive revenue and foot traffic into real stores.
from typed and into voice search.
I have a local home inspection business, Delray Beach Home Inspector.
For voice search reasons down the road, I registered domain names Delray home inspector, Inspectors, Inspection & Inspections. Was that s good idea?
Doesn't hurt. But voice search is really about content than keyword stuffing. You could build out landing pages under those URLs that link to your main site and do campaigns around those keywords. But really you need to determine and provide answers on your site (and possibly video + transcripts) to your customers problems/questions. That's the kind of stuff that's going to get you into snippets. Many people are now recommending more FAQs on your site specifically for voice search. This is a more involved topic for this quick response. But that's my top-of-mind reaction.


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REVIEW: In This Moment Thrills Phoenix Fans With 'Ritual' Style Performance 4-16-18
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PHOENIX — Amidst their "The Witching Hour" tour, shock rock quintet In This Moment had fans spellbound during a thrilling visually-charged performance at historically-located venue The Van Buren. Openers on the bill included The Word Alive — a metalcore group from Phoenix who's most recent album Deceiver reached No. 97 on the Billboard 200 (2010), and fellow AZ-based nu metal band Ded, who's been on the rise since the release of their wildly successful debut track "FMFY" in 2016. Audience members were elated to hear that In This Moment had offered both opening groups the option to extend their setlist for the night, in celebration of the obvious outpouring of support from local fans.
After a vigorous crowd sing-along to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," ferocious frontwoman Maria Brink dawned the stage through a storm of purple-red smoke, spookily cloaked in all-black attire which was somewhat reminiscent of Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars.
Maria Brink (Vocalist), In This Moment
Photography: Katherine Amy Vega © Kataklizmic Design. All Rights Reserved.
As Brink positioned herself center-stage, horror-esque slivers from In This Moment's music video for title track "Blood" spliced on and off on a large overhanging screen. Current members Chris Howorth (Lead Guitarist & Founding Member), Travis Johnson (Bass Guitarist), Randy Weitzel (Rhythm Guitarist) and Kent Diimmel (Percussionist) followed close behind her — also dressed to shock and impress in true gothic metal fashion.
The group transitioned into a haunting yet brutal performance of "Blood", which was seamlessly followed by "River of Fire" from In This Moment's latest album, Ritual (2017). In between these first two songs, Brink seductively shed her dark ceremonial garb for a ghostly white dress that shimmered beneath the spotlights.
With a mix of fire and wind enveloping her silhouette, Brink immediately dominated the stage with her display of unique showmanship and incredible ability to personify her lyrics through purpose-driven theatrics. Her gruff throaty screams and eerily dazzling vocals are a fitting accompaniment for the band's vehemently aggressive rhythms, sludgy guitar and relentlessly rhapsodic percussion.
Chris Howorth (Guitarist), In This Moment
Photography: Katherine Amy Vega
© Kataklizmic Design. All Rights Reserved
Although In This Moment's 2017 album is in fact less sexualized than albums in previous years, Brink's outlook on the highly-debated topic remains the same. The singer changed from costume to extraordinary costume throughout the show — reappearing on-stage in everything from skin-tight bodysuits and ritual garb, to Krueger-like talons, a top hat, and faceless creature masks. Backup dancers morphed from demons and witches to twinning alter-egos as the show's storyline evolved before our eyes, exquisitely interpreting the lines of each song. Brink seduced the crowd with ease, gripping the audience with infectious performances of "Adrenalize", "Roots" and "Burn", which preceded a chilling vocal performance of ballad "Lay Your Gun Down."
After an official band introduction, Brink disappeared from the stage leaving Howorth, Johnson, Weitzel and Diimmel in the spotlight for a savage Metallica tribute beginning with the opening instrumentals to "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and leading into a monster drum solo harnessing the chunky classic rock vibes that we all crave.
Kent Diimmel (Drummer), In This Moment
Photography: Katherine Amy Vega © Kataklizmic Design. All Rights Reserved
Next, Brink stepped center stage once again beneath a large crescent-shaped entryway, which appeared as two halves of a glowing moon, altar-style. The opening scene from "Black Wedding" featuring Rob Halford (of Judas Priest) strobed in and out to church music, teasing the energized duet between Brink and Ded frontman Joe Cotela which was to follow. The night finished strong with blazing performances of fan favorites "Big Bad Wolf", a cover of Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight", "Sick Like Me", and "Oh Lord" — which had fans raging.
Maria Brink (Vocalist), In This Moment & Joe Cotella (Vocalist), Ded
However, there was still one song yet to be desired. Audience members roared as Brink stepped out from behind the curtain for one final song — this time wearing the infamous blood-smeared dunce hat as featured in "Whore", which Brink described to Steppin' Out Magazine as "an empowering, beautiful song for women." On-stage, as oversized balloons began bouncing across the crowd, she went on to explain that "Whore" is about reclaiming control of what hurts us and rising above it:
"I was told that I would amount to absolute shit", she told the crowd. "That I would become nothing at all. So, you see this next song, this last song is about rising above other people's expectations, all of these ideas about who and what we should be. This song is about taking other people's hate and turning it into something powerful and liberating within. So tonight, ladies and gentlemen, if I can inspire just that, turning hate into love, then I am proud to say to you Phoenix — tonight, I will be your whore!"
The song's title "Whore" is actually an acronym created by Brink to further communicate its underlying purpose:
Women Honoring One Another Rising Eternally
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It seems that with their most recent album, Brink and her bandmates have finally perfected the delicate balance between their sultry sex appeal and crust punk approach to the ideals of empowerment and strength embedded in their music. "The Witching Hour" tour is more than an unforgettable performance; it's a wakeup call. We truly cannot wait for more.
Photographer: Katherine Amy Vega
In This Moment – The Van Buren 4-16-18
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Emily Rudolph
Senior Music Journalist, Editor at Burning Hot Events
Internationally Published Writer & Content Producer. Collector of Adventures, Vinyl and Old Cameras. Tiny House Dweller. Lover of Craft Beer, Road Trips and Everything Outdoors.
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Sometimes a very simple instant noodles can be enhanced by just adding some ingredients and it will turn out to match a restaurant or fast food served ramen. Sometime ago I tried to eat in a well known Japanese fastfood serving ramen as their specialty. It is quite expensive and I really though that it must be very tasty having that price on just bowl of ramen. But I was really disappointed and just ate it even though it taste like urine. I just added some sesame oil to mask the unpleasant taste. With a little research I've known that some hand made egg noodles does have an ammonia taste and maybe those who are ramen fans like that kind of taste. But I don't know, I've also tried to eat in a Japanese restaurant years ago and the ramen is really good without the ammonia taste. Anyway, the instant ramen doesn't have an ammonia taste and I'm sure you are going to love this recipe I have here. After buying the instant ramen pack, just go to the frozen sections of big supermarkets and look for the lobster balls, fish tofu and crab sticks and you are ready to go!
Put water in a pot and bring to a boil. Open a pack of instant ramen noodles and put the noodles first in the boiling water.
Then open the dried veggies pack and the flavoring pack then add it in the boiling ramen noodles. Put the shrimps first on the pot so it will have enough time to cook.
After a minute of boiling, add in the lobster balls, fish tofu and crack the raw egg if you want to use raw egg. If you will use hard boiled egg, skip this step.
Let it cook for again for another 2 to 3 minutes but don't over cook. Then add the crab stick and stir gently and turn off heat. The reason why put the crab stick last is because it will break in pieces if cooked too long. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with sliced hard boiled eggs and some spring onions. Serve hot.
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In less than two weeks Iraq went from a semi-functioning democracy to a land divided into regional factions ruled in many areas by the extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which is imposing Sharia law after driving Christians out of Mosul and other cities in Iraq.
Syria lies in tatters as Islamic extremist groups battle for control of the country which has been engaged in a horrendous civil war for over three years. Each day creates more refugees. The largest group is Syrian Christians, who are being pushed out of their homeland.
Heading to Africa, you can see the battle for Nigeria, where Boko Haram kidnaps Christian girls daring to be educated. More girls were reportedly kidnapped last week, which adds to the approximately 200 that have been missing since March. Of course, Boko Haram has been attacking churches and Christian villages, as well as other targets, at record rates this year. Kenya, too, has a jihadist group called al-Shabaab which is bringing violence and heartbreak to the Christian population and the country at large.
However, it is not just doctrine, tactics and money that connect all these situations. The most powerful part of this deadly stew is the affect of withdrawal…not the withdrawal of American troops, but the abandonment from the Middle East by many from the western Christian church.
There was a time when people of faith understood that to reach a group of people you must first love them, spend time in their lands and break bread together to build true friendships. But primarily western Christianity has ignored these lessons in regard to Muslims.
The assumption that democratic freedom, gained mainly through military force, would provide religious freedom has been a total failure. Most Muslims don't know a follower of Christ personally and have never heard the message of Jesus. They cannot know Christ if they have not heard and felt the love of Jesus. The battle within Islam between radical and moderate factions is largely unaffected by any knowledge of Jesus because there are precious few Christians living in Muslim lands.
To be clear, I'm defining Christianity as a spiritual movement followed by those who love like Jesus, talk like Jesus, think like Jesus and act like Jesus. Muslims don't share that definition. In their minds, Christians are western governments…all westerners. Is that a definition you are comfortable with? Do you want Christianity defined by what is produced by Hollywood and western culture? Neither do I. Yet that is exactly what has happened.
If the lessons of the past several years in the Middle East are not stark enough, let me be perfectly clear — unless Christians begin to reach out and love Muslims, both in the United States and around the world, there is no hope that peace will ever return to the Middle East.
No war will change this situation, no military intervention and no moderate force within Islam.
The question left unanswered is: Why have Christians in the West largely ignored the Middle East?
Certainly people of faith have reached out in love and support, through charitable and missionary efforts, to other cultures. But why, for the most part, not to Islamic culture? Most missionaries continue to go to nations with a high percentage of Christians, according to a 2013 report.
Perhaps we thought that this violent religious surge could only be put down by military force, despite the lesson of the past showing that spiritual movements cannot be put down by physical force. The bottom line is that Middle Eastern Christians are now being threatened and martyred at an alarming rate and many are being left without any assistance and support from their brothers and sisters in the West.
If we don't begin to teach and talk about loving, knowing and reaching Muslims and the Islamic culture from our pulpits, and at the kitchen table, then we will see more and more violence in places such as Iraq and Nigeria. It's time Christians begin to act and think like Jesus…and choose not to withdraw in the face of difficulty and danger, but love, pray and reach out.
One practical way to reach out is to sign up for the Open Doors USA Ramadan prayer campaign at www.OpenDoorUSA.org.
Dr. David Curry is President and CEO for Open Doors USA (www.OpenDoorsUSA.org, based in Santa Ana, California), the American arm of Open Doors International, a worldwide ministry supporting and strengthening persecuted Christians for almost 60 years.
© 2014 Assyrian International News Agency.
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Details: The HANES MALL POST OFFICE is located in WINSTON-SALEM, NC. You are able to submit your United States passport application at this location for processing. The usual waiting time to get your passport is 4 to 6 weeks when submitting from the HANES MALL POST OFFICE.


The drama was originally scheduled for 120 episodes, but was abruptly cut off at 79 episodes due to falling ratings. The sudden ending has received a lot of complaint from viewers due to poor handling of story's conclusion.
Watch online with Chinese subtitle on letv.com.


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It's been known for some time that folic acid prevents birth defects, but researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center have completed research that helps to explain exactly how this occurs.
Building on previous research that identified a special receptor (folate-binding protein or Folbp1) that helps to bring folic acid into the cell, researchers genetically engineered mice that lacked Folbpl. In addition, they also genetically engineered a group of mice that lacked another receptor for folic acid, Folbp2.
The mice embryos without Folbp2 developed normally, but the mice embryos without Folph1 died while still in the uterus. When pregnant Folph1-deficient mice were given large amounts of folic acid, their offspring developed normally--despite being genetically programmed to lack the folate receptor. It seems that high doses of folic acid somehow overrode the genetic defects that caused the developing mice embryos to perish.
At present, researchers believe that the corresponding genetic defect in women is also somehow "corrected" by large infusions of folic acid. The present daily folic acid recommendation for pregnant women is 1000 micrograms (mcg), which is equal to one milligram. For everyone else, the recommended dose is 400 mcg every day.
The most severe birth defects associated with folic acid deficiency involve the neural tube. The neural tube is the embryonic precursor to the brain and the spinal cord. Since the neural tube develops so early in pregnancy, the damage can be done before a woman even realizes that she is pregnant. However, this can easily be avoided if every woman of childbearing age takes folic acid on a daily basis.
In addition to neural tube defects, folic acid deficiency has been linked to other birth defects as well, including cleft palate and cleft lip.


Sachem will hold its graduations at Sachem East on June 23 (6 p.m.) and Sachem North on June 24 (9 a.m.) and we will graduate more than 1,000 students.
It's always special to recognize the Top 10 of our graduating classes at both high schools, so here is a look at where these talented students will study during the next chapter of their lives.
Congratulations to all and thanks for making Sachem proud in all that you do!


(Harrisburg) -- As midterms approach, Republicans and Democrats around the country are looking at special election results for clues on how their candidates will do in November.
A new Associated Press analysis shows Democrats, so far, have an enthusiasm advantage.
And in Pennsylvania, Democrats are trying to capitalize on that.
There have been ten special elections since Donald Trump became president. The final one before the midterms was last Tuesday in Ohio.
The AP has found that in all of them, Democratic voters beat their usual vote totals by a wider margin than Republicans.
Pennsylvania was a key example. Democrat Conor Lamb beat GOP favorite Rick Saccone in a district outside of Pittsburgh that Trump won by almost 20 points.
Democrats didn't win all the specials--the calculation measured candidates' performance as a percentage of what they could expect in a high-turnout presidential election.
But even so, Pennsylvania Democratic party spokesman Brandon Cwalina said it bodes well for the midterms.
"Historic wins across the commonwealth in 2017 and Conor Lamb's remarkable victory earlier this year prove that we have the grassroots energy and have a strong coalition on the ground to propel us to victory," he wrote.
A spokesman for state Republicans, meanwhile, said the special elections don't necessarily predict anything.
Democrats, spokesman Jason Gottesman said, are "increasingly supportive of a radical socialist agenda, [while] Republicans appeal to moderate Pennsylvanians who want to see a pro-growth government that respects the rule of law."


Infinite Luxury is establishing a new paradigm for elegant villa design, bespoke luxury residences and hospitality real estate development from its corporate office in Phuket, Thailand.
The company is focused on crafting iconic luxury real estate in Phuket through an uncompromising dedication to architecture, craftsmanship and elegance. This passionate pursuit is evident in all phases of our core areas of expertise including: asset valuation, master planning, financial analysis, architecture, project and construction management, property development, hotel and resort management, accounting, luxury spa management, integrated marketing, global sales, luxury events and yachting.
Infinite Luxury prides itself on good corporate governance and social responsibility with integrity and honour, operating with uncompromising values aimed at the betterment of society.
Its unique and holistic business philosophy helps Infinite Luxury attract an extremely influential and high net worth clientele while receiving the industry's highest awards. Among the multiple honours is the 'Best Apartment in the World' accolade bestowed by the International Property Awards for its flagship development, Kata Rocks.


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Come join us for summer dance camps! We offer summer dance camps in June and July and a full week of dance intensives in August. Please review the info below for information on dates and times and age groups.
Please contact the studio to register!
August Dance Intensives are required for all Competition Company students and any students auditioning for the Competition Company. Any recreational student who wants to improve on their skills and training are welcome to also participate in the August Dance Intensives.
For any new students intending to audition for the Competition Company who have conflicts with the dates below, please contact Lori Grissom ASAP at 803-230-3031 or email lorigrissom@hotmail.com.


Hull Road as well as Southwest 34th Street between Southwest Second Avenue and Southwest 20th Avenue will be closed for the majority of today because of the scheduled appearance by white nationalist Richard Spencer, of the National Policy Institute, and the expected demonstrators.
Gainesville's Pop Warner youth football and cheerleading program has teamed up with Athlete Brain, a University of Florida student organization that analyzes the kids' brain activity outside of practice through baseline concussion testing.
The city of Gainesville has partnered with Pure Energy Solar to provide solar-powered charging stations in areas frequented by pedestrians, bicyclists and those waiting on buses.
The city of Gainesville has joined a League of Nations initiative meant to lower jail populations through city leadership and community engagement.
When Alachua County residents living right outside of Gainesville city limits called 911 for fire protection services, they could count on Gainesville Fire Rescue to respond to their calls. Starting May 2018, however, they might experience slower response times waiting for Alachua County Fire Rescue to arrive.
Hurricane Irma struck Gainesville leaving fallen trees on power lines, homes, and across streets. The City of Gainesville is learning from the damage and is making movements to prevent similar damage in future storms.


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Sasha Sloan Unveils Cover Of Debut LP 'Only Child'
Mike Wass @mikewassmusic | August 27, 2020 10:50 pm
CREDIT: RCA Records
Sasha Sloan Interview
The breakout star talks new single 'Lie' and debut album, 'Only Child.'
After releasing a trio of excellent EPs, Sasha Sloan is finally ready to drop her debut album. Only Child arrives on October 16 (pre-order your copy here) and contains the singles "Lie" and "House With No Mirrors." The visual for the latter also arrived tonight (August 27) and it's a stunning, black-and-white offering that finds the singer/songwriter walking around an empty, mirrorless house in sad clown makeup. As she begins to accept herself, Sasha slowly wipes the paint from her face.
It looks like "Lie" and "House With No Mirrors" give a fairly accurate idea of the raw, soul-searching songs to come — at least if the titles are any indication. ("Hypochondriac," "Someone You Hate" and "Is It Just Me?" are very much on brand). However, don't expect non-stop sadness. Sasha promises moments on levity too. "I wasn't afraid to be myself and lean into my Americana and pop roots," she told Idolator. I've always been trying to figure out how to blend the two. On this album, each song is a different part of who I am."
See the tracklist of Only Child below and watch Sasha's moving "House With No Mirrors" video at the bottom of the post.
The tracklist:
1. Matter To You
2. Only Child
3. House With No Mirrors
4. Lie
5. Hypochondriac
6. Is It Just Me?
7. Santa's Real
8. Someone You Hate
9. Until It Happens To You
10. High School Me
Are you adding this to your collection? Let us know below, or by hitting us up on Facebook and Twitter!
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EXPO CHICAGO, the International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, takes place each September at historic Navy Pier. Now in its third season, EXPO CHICAGO features over 140 of the leading galleries from around the world.
In addition to the galleries and artists on view, the exposition also includes a Special Exhibitions program, featuring select non-profits and institutions, /Dialogues panel discussions in partnership with The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, EXPO VIDEO, a selection of dynamic and cutting-edge film, video and new media works, and IN/SITU, a curated selection of site-specific projects.
Drawing upon the city's rich history as a destination for arts and culture, EXPO CHICAGO bridges a critical gap for Chicago's contemporary art community by engaging with regional, national, and international institutions and collectors.
Megan Fox Kelly will be at Expo Chicago again this year, advising clients on the purchase of art to expand their collections, and working with them to orchestrate strategic sales of works in this international art marketplace.
In addition to the exposition, EXPO CHICAGO, in conjunction with CHOOSE CHICAGO, the city's tourism and marketing organization and DCASE, Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, introduce EXPO ART WEEK (September 15–21, 2014). With EXPO CHICAGO itself as the centerpiece, EXPO ART WEEK joins together with over 45 of the city's most prestigious cultural institutions to highlight and align the vast cultural opportunities that Chicago has to offer to collectors, dealers, and art enthusiasts – including museum exhibitions, gallery openings, installations, public art projects, and special dining experiences.


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HELLYEAH's VINNIE PAUL: New Video Interview Posted Online
HELLYEAH/ex-PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott was interviewed over the weekend by the 97.1 The Eagle radio station at this year's edition of the BFD festival. You can now watch the chat below.
HELLYEAH's third album, "Band Of Brothers", sold 19,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 19 on The Billboard 200 chart.
Released on July 17 via HELLYEAH's new label home, Eleven Seven Music, "Band Of Brothers" was recorded in Dallas, Texas at Vinnie Paul Abbott's home studio, VP's Upstairs Studio, and was produced by the band and Jeremy Parker (GODSMACK, EVANESCENCE), who also served as engineer.
The band has stated that "Band Of Brothers" is a heavier, more metal-sounding effort that either its self-titled 2007 debut or 2010's "Stampede".


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524 F. 2d 253 - United States v. Jeffers
524 F2d 253 United States v. Jeffers
Richie Dean JEFFERS, a/k/a Deanie, Defendant-Appellant.
Seventh Circuit.
Argued Sept. 10, 1975.
Decided Oct. 17, 1975.
James A. Stamos, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.
John R. Wilks, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Richard A. Hanning, Asst. U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before SPRECHER and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and PERRY, Senior District Judge.*
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The primary question in this appeal concerns the quantity of a narcotic necessary to obtain a conviction for possession of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 844(a).
* The defendant-petitioner, Richie Dean Jeffers, was arrested at her home at approximately 7:30 a. m. on September 26, 1974, on an unrelated charge. At the time of her arrest she was in bed. While she was dressing, one of the arresting officers, Officer Colby, made a cursory search of a purse which lay near petitioner's bed, to determine if weapons were present. He then gave the purse to the petitioner. As they were leaving for the Hammond Federal Building, the petitioner expressed a desire to leave the purse with her mother, who was present. Officer Colby advised her that she would need the identification in the purse during processing, and so she kept it with her.
During processing at the Hammond Federal Building, petitioner asked another agent, Special Agent Munson, if he would get her "nerve pills" which she said were in the coin purse within her purse. Agent Munson retrieved the purse from another agent, examined the coin purse, but found no nerve pills. He did find, however, a small note folded up, which when unfolded revealed a small quantity of brown powder, subsequently found to contain heroin. Thereafter, upon a more thorough examination of the purse, a small aluminum foil packet containing heroin was also found.
At trial, an expert testified that the note contained 295 milligrams of brown powder containing 32 milligrams of pure heroin and that the foil contained 106 milligrams of brown powder containing 3 milligrams of heroin. The petitioner was indicted and convicted for possession of these two quantities of heroin. She appeals, and for the reasons stated we affirm.
Petitioner brings two principle contentions before this court.1 First, the petitioner argues that the search of her purse made after her arrest and the seizure of the two packets containing heroin were unlawful, and that the evidence obtained thereby must be suppressed. Second, the petitioner argues that the trial court gave an incorrect instruction since it refused to apply the "usable quantity" doctrine with regard to the amount of heroin found.
In regard to the first issue, we find that the search and seizure under the instant circumstances was proper. Clearly, the search and seizure of the second quantity of heroin (in the foil) stands or falls on the validity of the search and seizure of the first quantity. So the question comes down to whether Agent Munson, when he searched the petitioner's purse to find the "nerve pills" and when he unfolded the note and found the heroin, violated the petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights.
Recently, the Supreme Court has handed down two decisions which, at least in their broad language, seem to cover the situation. In United States v. Edwards, 415 U.S. 800, 94 S.Ct. 1234, 39 L.Ed.2d 771 (1974), the defendant was arrested at night on suspicion of attempting to break into a post office. The next day, the police provided him with another set of clothes, and took his clothes to be examined for the presence of paint chips from the post office window. Upon examination, incriminating paint chips were found. The Supreme Court upheld this search. Mr. Justice White wrote for the Court:
The prevailing rule under the Fourth Amendment that searches and seizures may not be made without a warrant is subject to various exceptions. One of them permits warrantless searches incident to custodial arrests, . . . and has traditionally been justified by the reasonableness of searching for weapons, instruments of escape, and evidence of crime when a person is taken into official custody and lawfully detained. . . .
It is also plain that searches and seizures that could be made on the spot at the time of arrest may legally be conducted later when the accused arrives at the place of detention. . . . The courts of appeals have followed this same rule, holding that both the person and the property in his immediate possession may be searched at the station house after the arrest has occurred at another place and if evidence of crime is discovered, it may be seized and admitted in evidence. Nor is there any doubt that clothing or other belongings may be seized upon arrival of the accused at the place of detention and later subjected to laboratory analysis or that the test results are admissible at trial.
415 U.S. at 802-04, 94 S.Ct. at 1236 (citations and footnotes omitted).
Under this rationale, the search of petitioner's purse was permissible since it occurred during the processing of the petitioner at the place of detention only shortly after her arrest.
United States v. Robinson, 414 U.S. 218, 94 S.Ct. 467, 38 L.Ed.2d 427 (1973), provides further support. In that case, the defendant was stopped and arrested for driving without a license and pursuant to the arrest was searched. The search turned up a cigarette pack containing heroin. As Mr. Justice Rehnquist in the majority opinion noted, the search was not motivated out of a feeling of imminent danger on the arresting officer's part. 414 U.S. at 236 n. 7, 94 S.Ct. 467. Indeed, the arresting officer admitted that he had no specific purpose in searching the defendant and that he was unsure as to what was in the cigarette pack until he opened it. "I just searched him (the defendant). I didn't think about what I was looking for. I just searched him." Id. This is clearly the situation that faced Agent Munson. He did not know what he was looking for when he found the note and opened it, but he proceeded, as did the officer in Robinson, out of a sense of duty or curiosity to examine the contents of a suspicious object.
Possibly, Mr. Justice Powell in his concurring opinion in Robinson put it best. He wrote:
The Fourth Amendment safeguards the right of "the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures . . . ." These are areas of an individual's life about which he entertains legitimate expectations of privacy. I believe that an individual lawfully subjected to a custodial arrest retains no significant Fourth Amendment interest in the privacy of his person. Under this view the custodial arrest is the significant intrusion of state power into the privacy of one's person. If the arrest is lawful, the privacy interest guarded by the Fourth Amendment is subordinated to a legitimate and overriding governmental concern. No reason then exists to frustrate law enforcement by requiring some independent justification for a search incident to a lawful custodial arrest. This seems to me the reason that a valid arrest justifies a full search of the person, even if that search is not narrowly limited by the twin rationales of seizing evidence and disarming the arrestee.
Id. at 237, 94 S.Ct. at 494.
Under this rationale, and keeping in mind the added fact that the petitioner here gave up any expectations of privacy she might have had when she asked Agent Munson to look in her coin purse for her "nerve pills" (which were never found), the search of petitioner's purse and the subsequent seizure of the note and heroin were permissible and did not violate the petitioner's rights under the Fourth Amendment. Similarly, keeping in mind the fact that one packet of heroin had already been found, the second search and seizure of the foil packet, a fortiori, did not violate petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights.
The second ground for reversal which the petitioner urges, presents a question of first impression, as far as this court can determine, in the federal courts.2 The petitioner urges that this court adopt a doctrine in regard to narcotic offenses, which some state courts have adopted, called the "usable quantity" doctrine. Under this doctrine, the government could not obtain a conviction in a narcotics case, especially where minute amounts of contraband were involved unless it proved that the quantity of narcotics possessed represented a quantity capable of use or abuse (i. e., that it was enough to produce the proscribed physiological effect). In effect, then, convictions for possession of narcotics could not be obtained in situations where a few microscopic fragments of marijuana were found in a pants pocket, Pelham v. State, 164 Tex.Cr.R. 226, 298 S.W.2d 171 (1957), or where traces of crystalline heroin were scraped from a spoon, People v. Aguilar, 223 Cal.App.2d 119, 35 Cal.Rptr. 516 (1963).
Two considerations provide theoretical support for application of the doctrine. First, since narcotics are prohibited because of their adverse effects, it is suggested that the legislature in prohibiting possession of narcotics never intended to prohibit possession of minute quantities which could not produce the proscribed physiological effect.3 Second, some courts have suggested that possession of minute quantities of a narcotic is insufficient without other evidence to impute knowing and intentional possession to the defendant.4
The first of these considerations, the suggestion that Congress did not intend to prohibit possession of minute quantities of a narcotic useless for consumption or abuse, finds little support in the legislative history of the federal drug laws. The statute itself provides in part: "It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance . . . ." 21 U.S.C. § 844(a). Clearly, a person possesses a controlled substance whether it be a trace or a pound. The petitioner, however, draws our attention to the Congressional findings and declarations regarding this chapter of title 21, 21 U.S.C. § 801, which provides in part:
The illegal importation, manufacture, distribution, and possession and improper use of controlled substances have a substantial and detrimental effect on the health and general welfare of the American people.
21 U.S.C. § 801(2).
The petitioner suggests that since possession and improper use are linked together in this statement, Congress did not intend to ban all possession but only possession of such amounts as are capable of improper use. This however, concludes too much from the section. The legislative history provides no other clues as to Congress' intent in regard to the question.5 However the law seems clear on its face, and without solid evidence of a contrary intent, this court will not be moved to engraft an exception into the law which Congress did not see fit to include specifically.
The second consideration, that knowledge and intent to possess a substance cannot be inferred from possession of mere traces of the substance, provides a stronger basis for the "usable quantity" doctrine. Situations like those in People v. Aguilar, 223 Cal.App.2d 119, 35 Cal.Rptr. 516 (1963) (defendant caught with a narcotics kit from which microscopic scrapings of material containing heroin were taken), and in Watson v. State, 88 Nev. 196, 495 P.2d 365 (1972) (parent convicted of possessing 17 marijuana seeds found on floor of daughters' room), present instances where the element of knowing possession comes rightly into question. And yet both these instances can be dealt with under federal law without resorting to the "usable quantity" doctrine. In Watson v. State, supra, the defendant testified that he did not know what marijuana looked like and never had had any. The only evidence to connect him to the seeds was the fact that they were found in his house. Clearly, as the Nevada Supreme Court noted, there was insufficient evidence to show that he knowingly possessed the seeds. An adequate instruction on what inferences with regard to a defendant's knowing possession can be drawn from the fact of physical possession of a controlled substance in such circumstances solves the problem without reference to the "usable quantity" doctrine. Similarly, the defendants in Aguilar, supra, admitted their possession of a narcotics kit but pleaded innocence to possession of any drugs. Microscopic analysis, however, revealed traces of heroin on the narcotics kits. The California Appellate Court wrote:
It is not scientific measurement and detection which is the ultimate test of the known possession of a narcotic, but rather the awareness of the defendant of the presence of the narcotic.
223 Cal.App.2d at 122, 35 Cal.Rptr. at 519.6
We conclude, then, that the "usable quantity" doctrine is neither applicable to nor appropriate for use in connection with 21 U.S.C. § 844(a).7
In regard to the present case, then, the instruction of which the petitioner complains is permissible.8 The instruction which is set out in Devitt & Blackmar, Federal Jury Practice and Instructions, § 44.12 (1970), provides in part:
The evidence in this case need not establish that the amount or quantity of heroin was as alleged in the indictment, but only that some measurable amount of a heroin drug was in fact the subject of the acts charged in the indictment . . . (emphasis added).
The "measurable amount" standard contained in this instruction provides a bright-line, objective test for narcotics cases. This contrasts markedly with the uncertain and subjective standard that the usable quantity doctrine would provide. The instruction given in this case together with other instructions regarding inferences which can be drawn from the fact of possession sets up a fair and consistent standard for a jury to apply in narcotics cases.
The conviction is affirmed.
Senior District Judge Joseph Sam Perry of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is sitting by designation
The petitioner brings a third contention suggesting that the trial court erred in refusing to hold a pre-trial hearing as to the admissibility of the petitioner's oral statement made during her arrest that the purse containing the packets of heroin was hers. It appears from the transcript, however, that the trial judge was perfectly willing to hold such a hearing:
The Court: I thought there was another matter you were raising, whether or not these oral statements something about that.
Mr. Stamos (defense counsel): The Court indicated by the Court's ruling as to the propriety of the admission of those statements, so at this time, Judge, we make no further motion. (Motion to Suppress, Tr. at 30.)
The Court's ruling to which defense counsel referred concerned the admissibility of the packets of heroin, not any oral statements made by the defendant. Nor was any objection made later at trial when Officer Colby testified that the petitioner "said she wanted to leave her purse with her mother" (emphasis added). If the petitioner by her concern about this statement is trying to suggest that the statement was taken prior to any Miranda warnings, the petitioner by her failure to pursue her motion to suppress prevented the admission of any evidence on the point. She should not gain from this failure.
The petitioner cites Hinton v. United States, 137 U.S.App.D.C. 388, 424 F.2d 876 (1969), as authority for the proposition that a federal court (and by this we mean a district court or circuit court of appeals as opposed to the local courts of the District of Columbia) has upheld the usable quantity doctrine. The Hinton opinion (at 882 n. 29) cites a case from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Edelin v. United States, 227 A.2d 395, 399 (1967), which had approved the usable quantity doctrine. The reference in Hinton to the Edelin case, however, was ambiguous. In Hinton, the defendant had been arrested with 30 full capsules containing heroin so that the usable quantity doctrine was clearly inapplicable. If we assume, as the petitioner asserts, that Hinton cited Edelin with approval, such approval is dicta
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Edelin v. United States, 227 A.2d 395, 398-99 (1967), wrote:
Part of the Government's prima facie case is to prove that a substance in defendant's possession . . . is proscribed as a narcotic drug under the statutory scheme of narcotics control. If this substance cannot be sold, if it cannot be administered or dispensed, common sense dictates that it is not such a narcotic as contemplated by Congress to be a danger to society, the possession of which is proscribed.
"The presence of a narcotic must be reflected in such a form as reasonably imputes knowledge to the defendant." People v. Aguilar, 223 Cal.App.2d 119, 123, 35 Cal.Rptr. 516, 519 (1963)
We conclude that possession of a minute crystalline residue of narcotic not intended for consumption or sale and useless for either of these purposes is insufficient evidence to sustain a conviction for known possession of a narcotic.
People v. Sullivan, 234 Cal.App.2d 562, 565, 44 Cal.Rptr. 524, 526 (1965) (emphasis added).
The legislative history mentions possession "by an individual for his own use" but this wording is included in the House Report to distinguish mere possession from possession with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense controlled substances illegally. The House Report on P.L. 91-513, The Drug Abuse Control Act, states in part:
The bill also provides that illegal possession of controlled drugs by an individual for his own use is a misdemeanor, with a sentence of up to 1 year imprisonment and a fine of not more than $5,000 or both. The possession involved here is possession for one's own use; possession with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances is subject to the penalties prescribed for the act of manufacture, distribution, or dispensing itself. The quantity of a drug found in the possession of a person, of course, bears upon the question of whether or not his possession is for his own use, or is for the purpose of illicit transactions involving others, for which much more severe penalties are provided.
H.R.Rep.No.91-1444, 91st Cong., 1st Sess. (1969), U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 1970, pp. 4566, 4577.
No mention is made of the legal significance of possession of minute amounts. This would lead one to conclude that Congress saw only two categories of possession, possession of small amounts for personal use and possession of larger amounts indicative of an intent to sell or manufacture.
A possible third consideration in cases like these is the injustice of sentencing someone to five or ten years in prison on a felony conviction for possessing only traces of a narcotic. This seemed to influence the court in Aguilar, supra, as it noted the fact that possession of the narcotic was a felony while possession of narcotic paraphernalia (to which the defendants freely admitted guilt) was only a misdemeanor. 223 Cal.App.2d at 120, 35 Cal.Rptr. at 517. Under federal law, however, such a consideration is not present because possession of small amounts is classified as a misdemeanor. 21 U.S.C. § 844(a)
In the present case, even if we were to hold the usable quantity doctrine applicable to 21 U.S.C. § 844(a), the petitioner would still not fare well. As was shown at trial, two packets of heroin of 295 milligrams and 106 milligrams respectively were found in the petitioner's purse. The jury could fairly infer that the petitioner knew these packets were there. Furthermore, the amounts in question were far greater than mere microscopic traces. The government's chemist testified that from his experience with analyzing heroin, these amounts constituted at least a dosage unit. Other cases, as well, have held much smaller amounts of heroin usable, see e. g., State v. Moreno, 92 Ariz. 116, 374 P.2d 872 (1962) (.2 milligrams of heroin held to be sufficient for use as a narcotic), and cf. People v. Stewart, 52 Mich.App. 477, 217 N.W.2d 894 (1974) (suggests that 12 milligrams of pure heroin is a normal dosage unit)
The petitioner also suggests that she was intimidated from calling a witness who would testify as to whether or not this was a usable amount, because of the trial judge's insistence on the measurable quantity standard. The record, however, does not support this contention. As a matter of fact, the trial judge even though he was eager to finish up the trial in one day gave the defense an overnight continuance to allow it to procure the witness. For some unexplained reason the defense the next day, decided not to call the witness. Any other contentions that the trial was prejudiced by the judge's belief that the "measurable quantity" standard was the applicable law, are deemed meritless because we hold that such standard is the applicable law


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On the Basis of Sex Parent Guide
A compelling story of a ferociously intelligent woman, her unusually supportive husband, and the legal battle for gender equality.
Overall A-
"On the Basis of Sex" tells the inspiring story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lifelong personal and legal battles for equality. Beginning with the discrimination she faced in law school and later in employment, the movie moves on to groundbreaking cases that helped make all Americans equal under the law, regardless of gender.
Release date January 11, 2019
Violence B+
Sexual Content C+
Profanity C
Substance Use C
Why is On the Basis of Sex rated PG-13? The MPAA rated On the Basis of Sex PG-13 for some language and suggestive content
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At the beginning of her first year at Harvard Law School in 1956, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) is at the receiving end of a shocking question from Dean Erwin Griswold (Sam Waterston). At a formal dinner, the dean asks the handful of female students to explain "why you're occupying a place that could have gone to a man."
The fact that such a question is so outrageously offensive today is partially due to the legal work of Ms. Ginsburg, a leader in court challenges against discriminatory legislation and, since 1993, a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
But Justice Ginsburg's success didn't come quickly and her struggle is the heart of this triumphant film. Early in her first school term, Ruth's husband, Martin Ginsburg (Armie Hammer), collapses and is diagnosed with testicular cancer. Marty is in his second year of law school and it is not certain that he will even survive, let alone complete his education. But he married a woman of uncommon determination. While Marty endures his draining medical treatments, Ruth looks after their baby, attends her classes and completes her assignments, and then goes to Marty's classes to take notes for him. Watching this film left me astounded not only with Ruth's intelligence, but with her energy and perseverance. Having married a law student and seen first hand the toll law school can take, I started calculating in my head how many hours of sleep a night Ruth would have been able to get while managing her unbelievable workload. The answer was precious few.
Even with her extraordinary intelligence and work ethic, Ruth has to take a circuitous path to legal success – more direct routes closed due to her gender. Harvard Law School blocks her request to complete her degree in New York City when her husband gets a job there. After she transfers to Columbia Law School and graduates at the top of her class, law firms refuse to hire her. ("We hired a woman last year," one lawyer tells her. "Why would we want another one?) So Ruth settles for a career in academia and becomes an expert in sexual discrimination, teaching students who can go on to change the world. Then, one day, her husband hands her a tax case he thinks she will find interesting. And the rest is history…
On the Basis of Sex is a compelling story about the long journey towards gender equality. It contains potent messages about equality of the sexes, the benefits of hard work and preparation, and the examples parents set for their children. It also shows a united, loving marriage where both parties are totally committed to the growth and happiness of the other. This is the kind of marriage that more parents would like their teens to see on the big screen. It should be pointed out, however, that the affection in this marriage is demonstrated in the movie's single sensual scene: this involves Marty sliding off Ruth's dress, kissing her on the chest, and carrying her off to bed. Aside from this episode, other content issues are occasional profanities (including one sexual expletive) and some drinking and smoking. My quibble with the film is that Felicity Jones' Brooklyn accent seems to come and go throughout the film, which is a forgivable lapse in her otherwise tenacious performance.
Minor flaws aside, this is a rousing, thought-provoking film parents (or teachers) can use as a springboard for discussions with teens. It made me want to come home and hug my daughter, grateful that her opportunities aren't limited on the basis of sex.
Directed by Mimi Leder. Starring Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, and Justin Theroux. Running time: 120 minutes. Theatrical release January 11, 2019. Updated June 4, 2019
Kirsten Hawkes
Kirsten Hawkes has a BA in Political Science and English and has worked in international development and medical education and marketing. Kirsten enjoys reading, watching movies, and debating politics with her husband and sometimes unwilling children.
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Rating & Content Info
Why is On the Basis of Sex rated PG-13? On the Basis of Sex is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some language and suggestive content
Violence: A young man collapses while playing a game; he later learns that he has testicular cancer. Minor family arguments are seen: there is no physical violence but there are some raised voices. A woman is repeatedly demeaned due to her gender.
Sexual Content: A husband and wife embrace; he unzips the back of her dress and kisses her chest. They embrace passionately and he carries her onto the bed. Further sexual activity is not seen but is implied.
Profanity: There are approximately one dozen mild and moderate profanities as well as one sexual expletive. Slurs are used against Jews and African Americans on two occasions.
Alcohol / Drug Use: Minimal social drinking in a few scenes. A husband and wife toast each other with champagne at home and clink glasses with their young daughter. There is historically accurate smoking in a few scenes.
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On the Basis of Sex Parents' Guide
Ruth Bader Ginsburg blazed a trail for women to follow. Which women in your family were the trailblazers? Who was the first woman in your family to vote? To graduate from high school? From university? To start a business? How can you benefit from learning about their experiences?
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If you want to hear Ruth Bader Ginsburg's story from her perspective, check out My Own Words, a collection of her writings and speeches. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a biography written by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. For bite-sized quotes from the famous judge, try Mary Zaia's You Can't Spell Truth Without Ruth: An Unauthorized Collection of Witty & Wise Quotes from the Queen of Supreme, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Another female Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, has shared her experiences and perspective in My Beloved World.
Justice Ginsburg stands on the shoulders of a long line of pioneers for equal rights. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has written Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote to celebrate those women. This book is suitable for children. Also suitable for young readers is Chelsea Clinton's She Persisted, with its story of inspiring women such as Helen Keller, Harriet Tubman, Sally Ride, Nellie Bly, and Oprah Winfrey. She has also written an international version celebrating female pioneers around the world.
Adults looking for a more in-depth treatment of history should dig into Sally G McMillen's Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement. One of the earliest calls for female equality dates back to the 18th century and Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women.
Women around the world are continuing to fight for their rights and those of others. Nicholas D Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have written an inspiring account of their efforts in Half the Sky.
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Women's rights have never come easily. Suffragette tells the harrowing story of what women in England endured as they fought for the right to vote.
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