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Original old and antique maps of Texas for sale. Our rare Texas map inventory features authentic maps of Texas as a Republic and the Texas Revolution, early Texas oil maps, antique and vintage city views and plans of Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and elsewhere. Vintage pictorial maps of Texas are also for sale.
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Rigobert Bonne
Le Nouveau Mexique, Avec La Partie Septentrionale De L'Ancien, ou De La Nouvelle Espagne
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Fascinating map, showing excellent detail in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico.
Includes a badly misprojected Baja California, as was normally the case with French maps of the period.
Missions and settlements are shown in the Texas interior. Indian tribes shown. Locates New Orleans and La Salle's 1665 location. Nice detail along the Gulf Coast to East Florida.
One of the most recognizable and collected maps of the region for the late 18th century.
Rigobert Bonne Biography
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was an influential French cartographer of the late-eighteenth century. Born in the Lorraine region of France, Bonne came to Paris to study and practice cartography. He was a skilled cartographer and hydrographer and succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Hydrographer at the Depot de la Marine in 1773. He published many charts for the Depot, including some of those for the Atlas Maritime of 1762. In addition to his work at the Depot, he is best known for his work on the maps of the Atlas Encyclopedique (1788) which he did with Nicholas Desmarest. He also made the maps for the Abbe Raynals' famous Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre (1780).
More than his individual works, Bonne is also important for the history of cartography because of the larger trends exemplified by his work. In Bonne's maps, it is possible to see the decisive shift from the elaborate decorations of the seventeenth century and the less ornate, yet still prominent embellishments of the early to mid-eighteenth century. By contrast, Bonne's work was simple, unadorned, and practical. This aesthetic shift, and the detail and precision of his geography, make Bonne an important figure in mapping history.
Antique Maps / United States / Texas
Antique Maps / United States / Southwest / Southwest
Antique Maps / North America / Mexico
Antique Maps / North America / Baja California
Seno Mejicano Hoja II. Parte Septentrional segun los trabajos mas modernos nacionales y estrangeros 1867
Scarce separately issued Spanish Sea chart of the Gulf of Mexico, published by the Spanish Hydrographical Department.
Plan De Mazatlan
Detailed map of the Mazatlan, from Duflot de Mofras' momumental work.
New Oil & Geological Map of Texas Showing Oil Fields, Pipe Lines, Refineries, Geological Formations, &c.
Excellent geological map of the Texas Oil Regions, published by Gilbert Johnson & Co., Oil Operators and Brokers of Fort Worth, Texas.
Mexico, California and Texas (with Gold Rush Vignette)
Decorative regional map of Texas, California, and the Southwest, featuring Texas in its Republic configuration, with stovepipe reaching to Wyoming and Colorado. This map was published in London by John Tallis, the last great decorative mapmaker.
(Dallas-Fort Worth) Wichita Mountains (407) World Aeronautical Chart
U.S. Air Force edition of the World Aeronautical Chart for the Dallas-Fort Worth through Oklahoma City region of north Texas and Oklahoma.
Granata Nova Et California
The Earliest Obtainable Map to Focus on California


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Windfall Geotek is focused on deploying it's profoundly disruptive technologicaly across the global resource sector.
Simply put, the way new discoveries are found, the way resource targets are proposed and even the way mine development and operations are run are antiquated and effectively unsustainable in today's world.
Financing the resource sector is complex. The backdrop of economic and environmental responsibility costs is constantly increasing. The days of greenfield prospecting are simply too risky and sources of capital seek smarter investment options.
Faced with these realities, Windfall Geotek offers a better way. Applied use of artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve what old school methods simply can't offer: Much higher certainty of success – thereby saving initial costs and setting the stage for higher rewards.
Our system is called CARDS (Computer Aided Resource Detection System) and by implementing this technology, near-immediate savings of 3-5% on exploration and development are attainable.
And that's just the beginning
Enhanced drill target accuracy by itself reduces write-offs and wastage, providing additional downstream savings.
An integrated ability to predict related variables (i.e. changes in mineral market value, equipment depreciation and repair cost milestones, insurance, human resource and regulatory changes) are just some of the related and meaningful AI data sets available to influence bottom-line performance.
Most importantly, where the project attributes warrant, Windfall Geotek may elect to participate to aid financing and investment support as a partner. We believe integrated support is a practical demonstration of confidence and means to self-fund growth.
AIIM for Success with Windfall Geotek.
Interview With Our Chairman, Dinesh Kandanchatha
Kandanchatha
Daniel Bélisle
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Grigor
Jihed
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Mr. Daniel Bélisle, is a professional accountant, with over 30 years of operational and advisory experience and has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller of the company in March 2019.
Mr. Bélisle is also President of BF Growth Capital and acts with his team, as Chief Financial Officer of Glen Eagle Resources, a small gold producer and as consultant for various small companies in the mining and technological sector. Mr. Bélisle was on the board of Diabras Exploration, Glen Eagle Resources and of the Sage Group, consulting and advising small capitalisation management companies. He has an extensive experience in management positions specialized in operational audit, performance accounting and financial management. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bélisle also acted as controller of the manufacturing division for UAP and as principal auditor at Canadair (Bombardier). He obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration at HEC Montreal, and holds the diploma of chartered professional accountant (CPA, CA).
Jacques Letendre
M.Sc. in geology from University of Montreal
worked 12 years with De Beers Canada as project geologist and exploration manager
established and managed Golden Star Resource's diamond division in Guyana
was involved in the start-up and management of Majescor Resources Inc.
was President of North American Minerals Group, a private Company
André Larente
Mr. Larente has previously held leading management positions with companies including Siemens, Syscan International, Newbridge Networks, Legent, Cognos, Tandem Computers and Honeywell Information Systems.
Mr. Kandanchatha has over 20 years of experience in start-up and early-stage companies, having raised over $100M dollars translating into over $1B in shareholder value. He has overseen multiple IPOs and acquisitions, acting as an officer or director of many successful technology companies. Dinesh brings proven experience in taking ground breaking technical ideas and converting them to highly profitable and valuable companies. Dinesh will bring his network and experience as a founder and former President and CTO of Patriot One Technologies and current Chief Operating Officer of Macadamian Technologies to transform the Albert business model to maximize earnings and shareholder returns. A seasoned investor and mentor, Mr. Kandanchatha holds both a bachelor's degree and MBA from the University of Ottawa, is a Top 40 under 40 winner, serves as a board member and advisor on multiple public and private organizations, and has been featured in the Canadian Business Journal's entrepreneur spotlight
Graduated from Université Lyon in France studying computer and software engineering. 14 years of experience in software development, IP networks and telephony.
Masters the combination of database technologies, data warehousing, data mining and decision support systems. More than 10,000 hours of experience in mineral potential prediction using intelligent approaches.
With a PhD in mineral resources (UQAM), Grigor has 25 years of continuous professional experience in mineral exploration for chrome, gold and base metals, and in carbonate sedimentology-stratigraphy fields for hydrocarbon exploration.
Holds a diploma in Statistics Engineering and M. Sc. in Business Intelligence. Rich experience in management, analysis and exploitation of data from different sources using a wide range of Data Mining tools.
In 2005, served with Diagnos Mining division to offer tools using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data mining services in the mining sector. 14 years later, with the arrival of Watson with IBM, Microsoft and others, our team's experience in more than 80 projects in different parts of the world means that Windfall Geotek has an undeniably advantageous plantform in the CARDS system.
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Windfall Geotek aims to assist and invest with integrity in order to develop a world-class platform to participate in the revitalization of the global mining sector through the application of advanced technologies and strategic investments.
By leveraging our sector understanding and relationships, scientific expertise, financial acumen, technical proficiency and proven ability to attract timely financing, the Company aims to build and deliver shareholder value in this exciting sector.
The principals, directors and advisors of Windfall Geotek have been individually and collectively involved in creating, building and successfully raising investment capital for their private and publicly-held ventures. Our team members have held numerous executive leadership positions in the mining and financial sectors.
The Company believes it can turn strategic capital investments into a business model capable of impressive returns within a reasonably short timeline and leading potentially to joint ventures, production revenues or buyout opportunities.
Windfall Geotek's vision and desire is to build a world-class technology and investment platform. We seek the participation of dedicated stakeholders and committed partners who appreciate our vision for the future of the global mining sector.
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I am a proud second-generation Texan with a long career in automotive. I started my career with Moritz Kia in 2004, when I spearheaded their used car department. I pride myself on building rapport with my customers and putting them in the car that's right for them. When I'm not helping customers, I'm helping to train our sales staff. I tell every person I train that selling isn't about the car; it's an opportunity to make a friend and build rapport. My free time is consumed with my family and sports. Tennis and basketball are two of my favorite sports.
I began my automotive career with Moritz Kia Fort Worth in 2004 and I couldn't imagine working with any other dealership. Before moving to Fort Worth, I grew up either on the ski slopes or driving my '65 Ford Mustang on the mountain roads of Colorado. I currently drive a '95 Ford Thunderbird, but would like to get a Kia Optima SX. When I'm not working or spending time with my beautiful wife and daughter, I am either golfing or volunteering my time with the Meadow Ridge Baptist Church.
I was raised in Fort Worth and just couldn't move away. I began my automotive career with Moritz Kia Fort Worth in 2005 and never looked back. My favorite part of working here is seeing my customers faces light up and the excitement of getting a new car. My first car was a Pontiac GTO and I currently drive a Chevy Impala and a Kia Rio. But what I really want is the Limited Kia Optima. When I'm not at the dealership, I'm spending time with my wife, two children and four grandchildren.
In 1994, I needed a change. I was working for Lockheed Martin, but I really wanted to do something to truly influence people. I chose the automotive industry and never looked back. In 2013, I joined the team at Moritz Kia Fort Worth and I couldn't have picked a better place to work. I love coming in every day and making people happy. My first car was a '66 Chevelle. When I'm not at the dealership, I love to relax with my family. I have a wife and four children and we can often be found going on trips to the beach, having back-yard cookouts, or out singing karaoke.
In 2012, after successfully managing a retail clothing store for several years, I decided to try my hand at automotive sales and fell in love. I've known the general manager here at Moritz Kia Fort Worth for several years, as my family bought their Kias here since 2007. I'm a very outgoing person, so my favorite part of automotive retail is interacting with people from different walks of life and providing something everyone needs. The first car I ever sold was a 2013 Kia Rio. At first, I was intimidated, but because of the ongoing coaching and open atmosphere of Moritz Kia Fort Worth, I found my groove. My first car was a big lady killer – a 1984 Chevy Chevette. If I could have any car in the world, I would get a new Corvette Z06. When I'm not at the dealership, I'm either practicing or playing the drums with my band, The Morning People.
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A man convicted on state murder charges in a deadly car attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges in a case that stirred racial tensions across the United States.
Under a plea agreement, James Alex Fields Jr, of Ohio, pleaded guilty to 29 of 30 federal charges stemming from the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017. He did not plead guilty to one count that carried a potential death penalty.
Fields appeared stoic, with his hands folded in front of him for much of the hearing. He did not speak, except to repeatedly respond "yes, sir" when US District Judge Michael Urbanski asked him if he was pleading guilty knowingly and voluntarily.
Urbanski scheduled federal sentencing for July 3. Fields faces a life sentence.
Unite the Right, called to oppose Charlottesville's decision to remove a Confederate statue, was the largest white nationalist rally in the US in recent times.
President Donald Trump sparked a national uproar when he blamed the violence at the rally on "both sides", a statement critics saw as a refusal to condemn racism.
Prosecutors said that during his state trial, Fields – who described himself on social media as an admirer of Adolf Hitler – drove his car directly into a crowd of counterprotesters because he was angry after witnessing earlier clashes between the two groups.
The jury rejected a claim by Fields's lawyers that he acted in self-defence because he feared for his life after witnessing the earlier violence.
Jurors in Fields's state trial recommended a life sentence plus 419 years, although a judge still has to decide on the punishment. Sentencing in the state case is scheduled for July 15.
Following the August 2017 rally, far-right participants from across the country faced legal backlash, with a slew of civil suits against the organisers.
Heyer was among 18 people killed by white supremacists in the US in 2017, according to the Anti-Defamation League. White nationalist, neo-Nazi and far-right groups that took to the streets in Charlottesville saw permits for subsequent public events pulled or denied, while hosting services, social media outlets and tech companies cracked down on far-right individuals and groups.
Earlier this month, the FBI released its annual hate crimes report for 2017. It says that hate crimes grew for the third consecutive year, increasing by 17 percent.


Bleacher Report proclaims that "At least six NFL head coaches will be fired during the 2019 league year" and placing a target directly on Mike Tomlin's chest.
Is a guy who ranks 4th (2nd if you discount Johnny-Come-Latelys: Sean McVey and Matt Nagy) in winning percentage among the 2018 head coaches really in jeopardy of losing his job? This is angst manufactured by the 24/7 sports media machine now that the Le'Veon and AB disasters are behind us.
We range a little outside our zone to talk about the story concerning the Mike McCarthy-Aaron Rogers relations. Really, who cares, but we had a few minutes to fill (since we're part of the 24/7 sport industrial complex).


John Leonardi was born at Diecimo, Italy. He became a pharmacist's assistant at Lucca, studied for the priesthood, and was ordained in 1572. He gathered a group of laymen about him to work in hospitals and prisons, became interested in the reforms proposed by the Council of Trent, and proposed a new congregation of secular priests. Great opposition to his proposal developed, but in 1583, his association (formally designated Clerks Regular of the Mother of God in 1621) was recognized by the bishop of Lucca with the approval of Pope Gregory XIII. John was aided by St. Philip Neri and St. Joseph Calasanctius, and in 1595, the congregation was confirmed by Pope Clement VIII, who appointed John to reform the monks of Vallombrosa and Monte Vergine. He died in Rome on October 9th of plague contracted while he was ministering to the stricken. He was venerated for his miracles and religious fervor and is considered one of the founders of the College for the Propagation of the Faith. He was canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI. His feast day is October 9th.


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Any way to get the multi-size in there?

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State of small business
by Dana D. Kelley | January 12, 2018 at 1:52 a.m.
Small business is a critical component of local economies, especially in rural communities. In small states, with lower per capita income, small business matters even more. Local civic support is driven by owners and entrepreneurs of small enterprises, who not only donate a larger percentage of their income to charity--but also keep it very local.
For every dollar a small business gives to philanthropy, 90 cents goes to hometown causes.
According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), there are nearly 30 million small businesses--one for every 10 Americans--employing 58 million workers, which is nearly half of the U.S. work force.
Looking at national maps, the one that shows population density per county looks like a film negative to the one that shows small business employment by county. As population density goes down, the percentage of people working in small businesses goes up.
Arkansas is no exception to that rule. We're not only a natural for small business, but we also outperform the national averages in some choice statistics, like percentage of veteran-owned companies.
The SBA reports nearly a quarter-million small businesses in Arkansas, which account for nearly 500,000 jobs.
Economic indicators are pointing upward for businesses of all sizes. Since the 2016 election, the Wall Street Journal Dow Industrial average has set more than 90 record highs. Unemployment is low, interest rates are low, optimism is high. In fact, when the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its index of small-business optimism this week for December, the headline was "All Time Record in 2017."
That's pretty impressive news for a quarterly survey that's been taking the temperature of small-business attitudes for 45 years. Consumer confidence has been in lockstep with the NFIB's reporting, riding 17-year highs of late and currently at levels more than six times higher than in 2009.
Importantly, the SBA chart comparing business startups to exits has flipped since 2009. Data from 2016 show a strong, positive gap: more than 230,000 startups against 200,000 exits, with a net employment retention of more than 100,000 jobs. In 2009, exits outpaced startups by 10 percent, with a net job loss of 150,000 employees.
The tax-reform bill also portends well for small businesses, with the blessing of the NFIB (which panned the earlier version) and other business organizations and publications. It offers particular benefits for pass-through entities, which many small businesses are, where business income flows through directly to be reported on an individual's personal tax return.
Opportunities appear to abound for small-business states in general, and in particular for Arkansas in one critical area.
The SBA's mission since its creation in 1953 is to "aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation."
With higher poverty and lower income levels among the states, a disproportionate tax burden, and a landscape dominated with rural and sparsely populated areas, Arkansas ought to be the poster child for an organization devoted to helping people "start, build and grow" small businesses. Yet by the SBA's own reporting admissions, Arkansas lags.
From its state entrepreneurial data, we ranked 43rd in SBA loans per 100,000 people in 2015. That's a linear disparity with our population rank (25th), and even more skewed considering our positive small-business environment considerations.
There is a slight silver lining: We were second in the nation in growth of loans per 100,000 people from 2012-2015. And we were ranked seventh in the size of average SBA loan.
But amid all the optimism and consumer confidence of 2017, Arkansas saw a slight dip in SBA activity. Arkansas businesses received 337 loans in the SBA's popular 7(a) program in fiscal 2017 totalling $191 million. Not only is that a drop in the national bucket of 62,470 loans and $25 billion, but it's a dramatically smaller one than our representation in both number of small businesses and their employee rolls.
Our state's share of SBA loans, calculated proportionately just on numbers, should be at least 60 percent higher. Factored for population, more than that.
In addition, the SBA loans approved in 2017 are down slightly from 2016 (363 loans and $221 million), and across both years a large portion of loans are made in more populous areas of the state, rather than lower-density areas with higher small-business employment rates.
This spells opportunity within our state borders for small businesses serving small communities.
Self-employed entrepreneurs are the engines to job creation here and across the country. Technology continues to spur new thinking, new ideas and new ways of doing almost everything, and the barriers to small business functionality are constantly falling away.
Maybe you've heard ads for outsourcing live receptionists to "delight customers" (callruby.com) or using your cell phones to "look like a national company" (grasshopper.com)?
The competitive tools for small business are more powerful--and more numerous and affordable--than ever. Coupled with real tax reform with a decidedly pro-small-business tilt, and an underserved SBA population, that makes Arkansas entrepreneurs well-positioned for 2018.
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Dana D. Kelley is a freelance writer from Jonesboro.
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The government wants excellence, access and relevance within existing budgets. The first problem it faces is to define which students and qualifications count as higher education.
Prime minister Tony Blair inadvertently created the problem when he announced at the Labour Party conference in 1999 his target of 50 per cent participation for 18 to 30-year-olds by 2010.
There is no adequate definition of which students aged between 18 and 30 and which qualifications count towards the initial entry rate (IER) to higher education.
The rate measures those starting a higher education course for the first time. It is currently about 40 per cent, according to the Department for Education and Skills.
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge said: "We need to define what we mean by participation. We are working on this definition to find out what counts as higher education."
A focal point is the interface between higher and further education. Confusion here undermines government's aim to make it easy for learners to progress smoothly from school to college to university.
One difficulty concerns level-four and level-five national vocational qualifications, nominally equivalent to degrees and higher degrees. These count towards the IER. The same is true of sub-degree higher national diplomas and certificates as well as the new foundation degrees.
But NVQs and related vocational qualifications are funded by the Learning and Skills Council and not by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. HNDs, HNCs and foundation degrees are funded by Hefce.
A spokeswoman for the DFES said that Hefce had no plans to take over the funding of NVQs. But she said that the funding council took on funding for HND and HNCs "with the intention of extending this to all higher education programmes accredited as higher education level by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority".
By 2003, the QCA should have accredited NVQ and vocationally related programmes submitted by colleges and exam bodies. It is currently assessing the level at which these qualifications should be offered and is working with the Quality Assurance Agency to ensure comparability between the academic and vocational streams.
Ms Hodge is determined to achieve parity of esteem between vocational and academic awards. This may prove challenging while qualifications of comparable level are funded by different bodies. Furthermore, NVQs and other vocational qualifications are quality-assured by the Adult Learning Inspectorate, not the QAA.
Education ministers want more collaboration between schools, colleges and universities to increase higher education opportunities for poorer people. Simplification of higher vocational structures is key to ensuring collaboration.
Already, 40 per cent of people in higher education come from further education colleges. Collaboration and rationalisation of the academic and vocational routes could increase this proportion.
The government will be keen to exploit the inbuilt gearing between the two sectors. The further education sector has over 4 million students compared with just over 1 million in higher education. A modest increase in college students going on to university would have a significant impact on higher education entry rates.
Colleges' success in widening participation means that higher education entrants from further education are more likely to be the the students the government wants - those from poorer and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Many in further and higher education see huge problems in expanding the IER to 50 per cent.
One of the thorniest problems is student support. Ministers, including Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, agree that whatever is devised should not deter people on grounds of cost.
But what the DFES, Downing Street and the Treasury cannot agree on is how this should be achieved. Graduate tax and loans bearing real interest rates are two options. What is not clear is if this will mean more money overall for students.


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Ishinomaki in the Snow, 1935
by Hasui (1883 - 1957)
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Original Hasui (1883 - 1957) Japanese Woodblock Print
Kawase Hasui - Born in Tokyo in 1883, this great master of the twentieth-century shin-hanga (new prints) school spent most of his adult life as a woodblock printmaker. Unlike earlier ukiyo-e artists whose landscapes typically featured famous sites, Hasui was one of the first artists to record the unknown rural places and urban corners that he found so captivating. He traveled often and recorded the scenic wonders of Japan with drawings and watercolor paintings, which became the basis for many of his prints.
In the face of rapid modernization during the twentieth century, Hasui's prints evoke a sense of nostalgia for old Japan and a respect for traditional culture. His romanticized views emphasize the beauty of the natural landscape; figures are absent or often small and insignificant in comparison. His talent for capturing a mood, illustrating a scene, and drawing the viewer into the image makes for some of the most appealing Japanese woodblocks ever created. Hasui was known for his spectacular snow, rain and night scenes. These wonderful atmospheric landscapes are among his best work.
A prolific artist, Hasui created about six hundred woodblock print designs during his long career, the majority of them for publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. In 1953 the Japanese government bestowed its greatest artistic honor on him by commissioning a print, Snow at Zozoji Temple, and designating it as an Intangible Cultural Treasure.
Comments - Serene winter view of snow falling at Ishinomaki, two boats moored along the edge of the shore. The rooftops and tree are blanketed with snow, and the distant mountains are silhouetted in soft gray. The softly shaded, muted color palette of blues, grays, and white conveys a sense of stillness and quietude. A beautifully rendered Hasui landscape.
Signed - Hasui with red artist's seal "sui"
Sealed - Publisher Watanabe, 7mm seal, later edition original, from original blocks
Artist - Hasui (1883 - 1957)
Image Size - 14 3/8" x 9 1/2" + margins as shown
Condition - Excellent, no toning, tears, not mounted, full margins


I remember going to the book fair in second grade and buying new editions of Captain Underpants. Now I'm writing about a rapper making a song for the new animated Captain Underpants movie. This is my "I used to read Word Up magazine" moment. Kind of. Not really? Alright.
Well, the soundtrack for Captain Underpants — along with the movie — was released last night. Rap's resident carefree young kid, Lil Yachty, makes an appearance on the 11-song soundtrack, which also features the likes of Weird Al Yankovic, Kevin Hart (he's in the movie) and others, with "Oh Yeah." The song has a simple trap beat as Lil Boat raps about being too cool for school. Keep getting them checks.
Listen to "Oh Yeah" below.


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Mr. John Navy - District 1
Councilman
Mr. John Navy
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John Navy is serving his third consecutive term of office representing District 1 on the Terrebonne Parish Council. He has served as the Budget & Finance Committee Chairman six times and as the Council Chair.
Mr. Navy is employed by the Terrebonne Parish School District as a Guidance Counselor at Ellender Memorial High School. He earned his B.S. in Sociology and M.A. in Mental Health Counseling from Southern University at Baton Rouge. He also attended Nicholls State University and Louisiana State University while working on his Master's Degree. Mr. Navy worked towards obtaining his certification in Infant Mental Health from Tulane University. He is currently pursuing his Ph. D in Public Policy at Southern University.
Mr. Navy is a 2000 graduate of Leadership Terrebonne and has served on the Houma-Terrebonne Regional Planning & Zoning Commission, chaired the Houma Police and Fire Civil Service Board, served as a sponsor of the Terrebonne Boys & Girls Club and Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program, a member of the Terrebonne Parish District Attorney Committee to establish a Children's Advocacy Center, member of the Louisiana Democratic Party Executive Committee, and various community boards & commissions. Mr. Navy is also a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
During his tenure, he has introduced and supported legislation to:
- Address the wearing of saggy pants in public places
- Address abandon and blighted properties
- Address Slum lords and derelict rental properties
- Provide oversight of Recreation districts and the expenditures of funding
- Promote the donation of adjudicated property for use as affordable housing through non-profit organizations
- Create a process to ensure districts have back-up generators for pump stations
- Place crime cameras in parks and areas prone to criminal activity
- Implement provisions to address dangerous and vicious dogs
- Establish procedures for criminal background checks for individuals employed as recreational officials, coaches, administrators, etc.
- Seek funding for the dredging of Bayou Sale
- Promote the sale of local seafood
A servant of the public with a vision of progression, Mr. Navy has worked toward providing services such as:
- Recreational/educational training and mentoring programs for youths as well as a Summer Camp Program
- Social engagement and housing programs for the elderly
- Created the L.E.N.S. Program as method of combating criminal activity in various high crime areas
- Created and assisted in funding the YEY and Job Readiness Program
- Implemented a Lighting Crime Prevention Program
- Provided funding for Summer Camp Programs in District 1
- Assisted in creating part-time employment for youths with disabilities
- Established Community Public Health Outreach Programs
- Established a Baccalaureate Scholarship for Parish students attending college
- Sponsored and raised funding for the annual Merry Kappa Christmas Bikes and Toys Christmas Festival and Give-a-way
- Sponsored a crime prevention summit to address the concerns of citizens
- Organized a community Health Fair
- Elderly Meals Program and Holiday Social
- Sponsored the East Houma Trunk or Treat Event
Some of the projects Mr. Navy is working on or has completed are:
- Renovation of the Mechanicville Gym
- Construction of the Mechanicville Memorial Multi-purpose Building
- Mechanicville and Houma Airbase Splash parks
- Construction of a Dog Park on the Houma Airbase
- Seeking funding for a Village East Community Center
- Seafood Festival
- Requested the creation of an African-American Genealogy Committee
- Cultural Diversity Programs for Native Americans/Indigenous and African-Americans
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WTF Moments From Famous Seasonal Songs
December 15, 2011 by Stefan Blitz
Ahhh…. The Christmas/Holiday/Soltice Season.
A season of warmth and gentleness in the midst of an otherwise cold and dreary winter.
A time to celebrate family, remember the past year, and look forward to the blessings of the coming year.
And a time to sing beloved songs that, quite honestly, have more than their share of "WTF" moments.
Overall, a relatively harmless celebration of Victorian-era winter fun… at least until we get to the second verse, which reads: "The horse was lean and lank / misfortune seemed his lot / we got into a drifted bank / and then we got upsot."
Translation: the horse was powerful and uncontrollable, sending the sleigh crashing into a snowbank. Yeah… if there's anything that says "Christmas" to me, it's a traffic accident.
"He sees you when you're sleeping / he's knows when you're awake." Santa does it, and he's beloved by millions.
Somebody else does it, and it usually results in a trip in a nice car with festive red and blue lights atop, to a cheerful building where one's picture is taken, and then one is placed with a bunch of similarly cheerful revelers.
Yes, it's a Holiday Season standard, but just listen to the lyrics.
A rather lecherous man attempts to get his lady friend to stick around and get hammered. Even includes a line that strongly implies that one of her drinks has been doctored, or at least spiked.
Post-drink, Pre-Elves Gone Wild
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Blatant novelty song. Free pass.
Hmmm…. Santa is able to get reindeer to fly, pulling a sleigh at speed that would make Chuck Yeager drool, and yet somehow he's stymied by a little fog????? If only there was some way to attach a light source to a vehicle.
"Santa, before you go galavanting again, watch John Carpenter's The Fog and see if it scares the crap outta you…"
Not so much an "WTF" moment, but more of a language shift. Let's just say that "don we now our gay apparel" has changed meaning in the past century or so.
Is this lady trying to seduce Kris Kringle? Is she that starved for a date that she's trying to become the next Mrs. Claus???
I've been naughty, Nick…
Dominic the Donkey
See "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"
The first verse is fairly innocuous… just a wish of Season's Greetings, really.
Yet the 2nd and 3rd verses create the "WTF" moment. The second states "So bring us a figgy pudding," while the third one states "We won't go until we get some."
In the space of three verses, we've gone from greetings of the season, to demands for food, to a bunch of singers who won't leave until they get fed.
On the surface, it's just a song about missing a loved one.
Yet, look a little deeper.
"You'll be doin alright, with your Christmas of white. But I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas." In other words… the loved one is having a merry old time, perfectly happy without the singer, while the singer wallows in mire. Sounds like a rather unhealthy obsession to me.
"Oh, Little Red Headed Girl…"
Hope you have enjoyed this little examination of the surprising aspects of famous Christmas/Holiday songs.
May this Season, however you celebrate it, be filled with laughter, love, and oh yes, song.
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Decision trees are one of the most powerful directed data mining techniques, because you can use them on such a wide range of problems and they produce models that explain how they work. Decision trees are related to table lookup models. In the simple table lookup model described in Chapter 6, such as RFM cubes, the cells are defined in advance by splitting each dimension into an arbitrary number of evenly spaced partitions. Then, something of interest — a response rate or average order size, for instance — is measured in each cell. New records are scored by determining which cell they belong to.
Decision trees extend this idea in two ways. First, decision trees recursively split data into smaller and smaller cells which are increasingly "pure" in the sense of having similar values of the target. The decision tree algorithm treats each cell independently. To find a new split, the algorithm tests splits based on all available variables. In doing so, decision trees choose the most important variables for the directed data mining task. This means that you can use decision trees for variable selection as well as for building models.
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John Patrick Musca
DUI Lawyer Serving Sharpes, FL
Vigorous DUI Defense; Over 150 Total Yrs of Experience
I'm an experienced Florida DUI/DWI defense lawyer and represent clients who have been arrested or who are facing a DUI/DWI charge. I will vigorously fight for your rights and help you at every stage of your case. Read More »
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Jordan H. Kramer Esq.
Florida DUI Attorney with 18 years of experience
I have been practicing as a criminal defense attorney since 2006 and currently manage my own firm, Jordan H. Kramer, P.A. Prior to opening my firm, I worked as a partner with Howze, Monaghan, Theriac & Kramer, PLC... Read More »
Amanda Sampaio Bova
Cocoa, FL DUI Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(321) 800-3400 956 N. Cocoa Blvd. Ste 1125
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
Harley Ives Gutin
Cocoa, FL DUI Attorney with 27 years of experience
(321) 633-7337 5190 N Cocoa Blvd
Free ConsultationDUI, Cannabis Law, Criminal and Personal Injury
Criminal defense: 30%
Sex crimes, homicide, drug related, driving and white collar charges in State and Federal Court
DUI and DWI: 30%
I have been representing citizens charged with DUI for over the last 20 years and before that was a prosecutor in the State Attorneys Office.
Family: 30%
In the era of "blended" families I have many clients who are married and going through a divorce and many who are not married and litigating custody issues under the heading of a paternity case.
Personal injury: 10%
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Stephen Mays
(321) 636-4488 600 Florida Avenue
DUI, Criminal, Divorce and Traffic Tickets
Stephen has been a resident of Brevard County for over 20 years. He has seen this county change from an orange grove field to the booming cities we see now. Stephen attended most of his schooling here in Brevard, including Tropical Elementary, Thomas Jefferson Junior High and Merritt Island High School. Stephen is also a graduate of Stetson University and Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville. Through out his career, Stephen has dedicated himself to helping those who are lost in the legal system. From his time spent working in Legal Aid, working at the Public Defenders office in...
Heather C Harris
Merritt Island, FL DUI Attorney with 25 years of experience
(321) 452-7055 650 S Courtenay Pkwy #101
DUI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Family
Mrs. Harris is no stranger to the courtroom, having spent thirteen years as an Assistant State Attorney specializing in sex crimes and child abuse cases. This experience taught her the importance of communication. She strongly believes in keeping her clients informed of every step of the legal process. The law can be very confusing and overwhelming when faced with a legal issue. Communication helps guide the client through this process. Passionate about the law and its possibilities, Mrs. Harris provides her clients with the knowledge and experience that help them to succeed.
Kenneth Erwin Rhoden
Rockledge, FL DUI Attorney with 36 years of experience
(321) 549-3162 881 Barton Blvd, Suite 5C
DUI, Criminal, Divorce and Family
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Kevin John Mawn
Titusville, FL DUI Lawyer with 37 years of experience
(321) 264-8800 1820 Garden Street
Titusville, FL 32796
Free ConsultationDUI, Appeals, Criminal and Traffic Tickets
As an experienced trial lawyer, Kevin has handled more than 200 jury trials in the last 32 years. Although he has represented many clients charged with serious felony and capital offenses, a vast majority of his work involves defending citizens accused of DUI. Mr. Mawn is the recipient of the 2000 Brevard County Bar Association Professionalism Award and was a Master in the Vassar B. Carlton Inn of Court. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Bar Association and as chairman of the 18th Judicial Circuit Florida Bar Grievance Committee.
Terrence James O'Sullivan
Melbourne, FL DUI Lawyer with 19 years of experience
(321) 848-2144 2407 Deercroft Dr
Free ConsultationDUI and Criminal
My name is Terrence O'Sullivan. I have been practicing Criminal Defense since 2003. I have tried cases all over the State of Florida and in the United States District Courts throughout Florida.
I have handled 1000's of cases from misdemeanor marijuana to DUI to murder charges. I give every case my full attention. My career in Criminal Defense has shown that every case affects each client differently.
I have been in private practice as well as a public defender in South and Central Florida for 16 years. I have extensive trial experience throughout the State of Florida.
What sets...
Ernest Leo Chang
Melbourne, FL DUI Attorney with 32 years of experience
(321) 255-6300 6767 N Wickham Rd.
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University
Ernest L. Chang is an experienced Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer, having practiced exclusively in the field of Criminal Defense since his admission to the Florida Bar in 1990. Mr. Chang obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor degree in law from Nova Southeastern University. Mr. Chang has also appeared pro hac vice, in other jurisdictions, most recently in the State of Arizona. Past experiences include prosecuting Felony trials as a Certified Legal Intern with the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office, Former Public Defender with the 18th Judicial Circuit and Criminal Defense with...
Arna Cortazzo
ROCKLEDGE, FL DUI Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(321) 690-2363 ROCKLEDGE, FL 32956
DUI, Bankruptcy, Criminal and Personal Injury
Nova Southeastern University and University of South Florida
Arna Cortazzo grew up in South Florida. Her love for the ocean and Florida's beaches began at a young age, so did her quest for justice.
As a lawyer, Arna has protected the rights of Floridians for more than 30 years. While in her last year of law school, Arna began the practice of law in the juvenile division of the Broward County Public Defender's office as a legal intern certified by the Florida Supreme Court. Upon graduation from law school and passing the...
Bryan Andrew Lober
(877) 529-1888 1329 Bedford Drive
Free ConsultationDUI, Animal and Criminal
Joseph C. Warren
(321) 878-8577 6767 North Wickham Road
Suite 400 BB
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDUI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
Joseph C. Warren has handled thousands of criminal cases and has over 25 years of experience in criminal trial practice. During his years of practice, Mr. Warren has represented many clients in criminal cases in both Circuit and County Courts.
Before joining the Musca Law Firm, Mr. Warren worked both as a prosecutor and defense attorney. As a prosecutor, Mr. Warren handled all types of criminal cases including Governor assignment cases in Brevard, Sumter, and Marion counties.
As a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Warren has defended the accused in every phase of the case, from intake through trial. Mr. Warren...
Jason Allen Hicks
Cocoa Beach, FL DUI Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(321) 868-2585 104 North Orlando Avenue, Suite 201
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
Jason Hicks is a trial attorney in Cocoa Beach who offers high quality and personal representation in the areas of Criminal Defense, Driving Under the Influence (DUI), Suspended Licenses, Traffic Tickets, and Auto Accident cases. Our firm, located in Cocoa Beach, takes pride in highly personalized and effective legal representation in the Central Florida area. Jason Hicks is a former prosecutor who represents clients in all of Central Florida including Brevard, Indian River, Orange, and Seminole Counties. Jason was raised in Brevard County, Florida. He attended Titusville High School and graduated in 1996. Jason graduated from the University of Central...
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Free ConsultationMelbourne, FL DUI Attorney with 18 years of experience
DUI, Criminal and Domestic Violence
I have been practicing as a criminal defense attorney since 2006 and currently manage my own firm, Jordan H. Kramer, P.A. Prior to opening my firm, I worked as a partner with Howze, Monaghan, Theriac & Kramer, PLC and before that I worked as an Assistant Public Defender in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Brevard County) where I quickly earned the reputation as a zealous advocate of my clients constitutional rights. I have successfully defended hundreds of misdemeanor and felony cases in both the Circuit and County Court. During law school, I worked as an extern with the Wayne County...
Rebecca Sonalia Esq.
Melbourne, FL DUI Lawyer
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal and Domestic Violence
After completing her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan, Attorney Rebecca Sonalia received her Juris Doctor from Michigan State University College of Law, graduating cum laude. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and the State of Michigan. Criminal defense law involves helping people through very traumatic times in their life. Attorney Sonalia takes this aspect of her profession very seriously. Her compassionate nature and diligence in keeping her clients informed has truly been an asset to the success of the firm. Musca Law clients have consistently expressed their gratitude...
Samuel Bookhardt
(321) 433-0464 1980 Michigan Ave
DUI and Criminal
Hernan Castro
(321) 690-3315 1535 Cogswell St
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Christopher C Cloney
(321) 631-3336 661 Brevard Ave
DUI, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Criminal
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(321) 632-4656 984 Florida Ave S
John Joseph Camerota
(321) 453-3880 190 Fortenberry Rd
Jeffrey Glenn Thompson
(321) 253-3771 1329 Bedford Dr
DUI, Business, Criminal and Personal Injury
Curtis Noel Flajole
5430 Village Dr
Gregory Warren Eisenmenger
(321) 504-0321 5450 Village Dr
DUI, Criminal, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
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(321) 633-2090 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way
DUI, Criminal, Employment and Personal Injury
Sam Baxter Bardwell
(321) 269-0606 503 S Palm Ave
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(321) 725-8858 1014 Barclay Ct
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(321) 254-2114 4910 Flora Dr
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Corey I. Cohen
Orlando, FL DUI Attorney with 19 years of experience
(407) 246-0066 21 Park Lake Street
DUI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
Corey Cohen is a former public defender and state prosecutor for the 18th and 5th judicial circuit of Florida. He received his law degree from Barry University School of Law and his Masters of Law in Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University School of Law.
After graduating from Barry, Corey was employed by the Public Defender's Office where he represented criminal defendants in hundreds of cases. Later in this career, Corey accepted an appointment with the State Attorney's Office where he prosecuted criminal cases. In his experience with both the Public Defender's office and as a State Attorney he has...
Jeremy Lasnetski
Altamonte Springs, FL DUI Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(407) 228-2019 409 Montgomery Rd
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDUI, Criminal and Domestic Violence
Jeremy Lasnetski is focuses his practice on criminal defense and immigration law. Mr. Lasnetski works in the Jacksonville office of Lasnetski Gihon Law. Lasnetski Gihon Law has two office locations in Jacksonville and Orlando.
Richard Hornsby
Orlando, FL DUI Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(407) 540-1551 1217 East Robinson Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Cannabis Law, Criminal and Domestic Violence
Richard Hornsby is a third generation Central Floridian and a second generation criminal defense lawyer. In addition to his law degree from the University of Florida, he also holds a master's degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida and a master's degree in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, with a concentration in Forensic Science, from the University of Florida. He is Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law by the Florida Bar and Board Certified in Criminal Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He serves as the Legal Analyst for the Central Florida...
Orlando, FL DUI Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(321) 558-2704 200 E Robinson St
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Attorney Rahul Parikh is an award-winning criminal and civil trial attorney located in Orlando, Florida with an extensive track record of success both in and out of the courtroom. Due to his unrelenting commitment to excellence, Mr. Parikh possesses a 10.0 Superb Avvo Rating was selected as Florida Trend Magazine's Up and Comer in 2019, Expertise's Best DUI Lawyers in Orlando in 2020, and was included in The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40.
He is best known for his trial skills, diligent and pragmatic approach to solving problems for his clients and aggressive posture toward litigating cases.
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John P. Guidry
(407) 423-1117 320 N Magnolia Ave
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I've been helping people with criminal accusations since 1993. My law firm helps folks stuck in all kinds of sticky situations, ranging from serious felonies to minor misdemeanors. People come to my office with major problems, and we help them get their life back together.
Steven G. Casanova
(321) 725-3700 2323 South Babcock Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal and Juvenile
Mr. Casanova vigorously defends the accused in all cases ranging from misdemeanors to serious felonies. He practices in both State and Federal Courts.
His experience with DUI's, drug trafficking cases, drug possession and sale cases, aggravated domestic battery cases and all misdemeanors and felonies gives him a perspective on criminal law that can provide you with a significant advantage in today's legal system.
Mr. Casanova is a member of the Florida Bar Association, The Brevard County Bar Association, The National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, lifetime member of The Florida Association of...
Douglas Randolph Beam
(321) 723-6591 25 W New Haven Avenue
DUI, Civil Rights, Criminal and Personal Injury
University of Tennessee College of Law
Doug Beam is a trial lawyer, and has been since 1985. He's handled thousands of personal injury, civil, and criminal cases. Doug understands the importance of taking cases to trial and holding large institutions and corporations accountable for their actions.
Throughout his career, Doug has achieved numerous multi-million dollar verdicts, settlements, and judgments in cases involving brain injuries, deaths, and other catastrophic injuries. On a daily basis, Doug fights against insurance companies and corporations who undervalue his client's injuries or do not accept any responsibility for the damage done to his clients.
Jay R. Rooth
(407) 377-0150 115 Granada Court
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfOrlando, FL DUI Attorney with 20 years of experience
DUI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
As a former Assistant State Attorney in Orange and Osceola County, I have the unique experience to understand both sides of a criminal Law. I have been practicing Criminal Law in Central Florida since 2003.
Moses and Rooth Attorneys at Law is a Criminal Defense Law firm handling both State and Federal cases.
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Patrick Michael Megaro
(407) 255-2165 33 East Robinson Street
Free ConsultationDUI, Appeals, Civil Rights and Criminal
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Sanford, FL DUI Attorney with 15 years of experience
(407) 268-3688 4195 N 17-92
Free ConsultationDUI, Criminal, Juvenile and Traffic Tickets
As a former Assistant State Attorney in Daytona Beach I handled over 5,000 cases. Working as a prosecuting attorney gave me a great deal of experience in DUI, theft, domestic violence, battery, assault, driving while license suspended, juvenile crimes, drug charges, misdemeanors, motions to suppress, motions in limine, traffic tickets and trial advocacy. I was exposed to numerous criminal defense strategies. This experience taught me what works and what issues The State Attorney's office faces when trying to prove their case. As a former member of the Big 12 championship Nebraska Cornhusker football team I have the mental and physical...
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(407) 274-2598 390 North Orange Ave.
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Christopher Parker-Cyrus is an attorney handling cases throughout state of Florida. Christopher Parker-Cyrus, Managing Partner of the law firm PARKERCYRUSLAW.COM, received his law degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1993, after attending the University of Miami as a visiting student. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1993. Since that time, he has handled several thousand cases in court proceedings, including well over 100 trials and many more hearings, motions, and various other proceedings. His vast experience as a trial lawyer includes many cases in which clients...
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(321) 256-1141 200 East Robinson Street
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Matzo Lasagna for Passover aka Tortino di Azzime
by Evan Kleiman
Italian Jewish culinary culture is fascinating. Not Ashkenazi, not sephardi it's its own mashup of flavors and dishes. So it isn't surprising that Italian Jews actually figured out a way to enjoy pasta during Passover. Like pretty much everything Italians do, their matzo is prettier than ours, often round and punched out to look like a lacy doily. However our square shaped giant crackers are perfect for constructing a "lasagna" or as my staff started calling it "mazzagna" (matzo+lasagne). I've heard these "pies" layered with matzo called Tortino, Mina or Scacchi. You might think that this idea is a poor substitute for the real thing, but actually it's pretty great. The matzos which are soaked prior to layering, absorb the tomato sauce and become light and fluffy.
You can use this idea to make any kind of "tortino" whether you construct it with a meat sauce (made with groung lamb perhaps) or vegetables as I do here. At Angeli we decided that the best use of the Mazzagna/Tortino was as a vegetarian option/side dish for all. If you're keeping kosher or doing a traditional meat meal than leave out the parmesan. If not, then go for it. Either way your guests will be happy to have something on the table that's light(ish).
Homemade Chocolate Caramel Matzo with Salted Almonds
by James Moore
Matzo (or matzoh or matzah) is the perfect crunchy, flaky base for a thin coating of buttery caramel, melted chocolate and a sprinkling of chopped nuts salt. It's an addictive treat that's perfect for Passover.
Matzo is unleavened bread that first appeared on the "market" when the Israelites had to flee Egypt and did not have time to let their bread rise.
It has been eaten for centuries during the Jewish holiday of Passover as a reminder of that exodus by forgoing cakes, cookies, pasta and noodles — anything made to rise with yeast, baking soda, etc.
The Perfect Passover Dessert…Strawberry Mousse
by Cathy Pollak
I know this looks like ice cream. But IT'S NOT. It's Strawberry Mousse. And it has all the creamy mouthfeel that ice cream exudes. Best of all it's quick and easy to put together. What could be better than that?
Oy Vey, I am not Jewish, however, the Wild Boar is. So when there is a Jewish Holiday (however it seems as though lots of non-Jews, goyim, are celebrating Passover these days), I like to take on my "perfect goy wife" role and put something together, a traditional treat during the holiday period. I know, I know, I'm good.
The Wild Boar does not follow Jewish dietary laws (he eats everything) but like I said, it's fun to make traditional things. If there is a holiday, I'll join in and do what I need to do for a celebration. I love parties.
This mousse is considered perfect for Passover because it is non-dairy with no leavening, an important consideration for Jews following traditional dietary laws with a meal where meat is usually present.
But the truth is, I make this on a whim because it is so darn yummy and simple to throw together. It's light, fluffy and refreshing. You'll be saying Mazel Tov before you know it. I know you will.
The First Night of Passover - Celebrating With Family
by Susan Salzman
It's tradition that you create a Seder meal the first two nights of Passover. Like most holiday's, Passover is a time to gather with family, honor our heritage and traditional foods, and show gratitude to those that sacrificed before us. In the past, Passover was the holiday dreaded by my boys. Giving up foods, for one week, was almost as bad as shutting off the satellite for two weeks (yes, I really did that). Since giving up gluten, Passover is much less of a challenge than it has been in years past.
This year, the first night of Passover will be celebrated in our home. This is not a holiday that I generally host. But with my sister-in-law's house under construction, I offered to create the meal. I like to plan, so cooking for 22 and not just the usual 5, is not as daunting to me as would be for others. I always make it a point to make a few new dishes. This year I plan to make my friend, Lisa's Matzoh Kugel (deli-sh!), gefilte fish, and a feta cream spread for the patties.
I do admit to eating the Gefilte fish that comes in a jar. I know, it's kind of gross. Making it yourself, using Ungar's frozen loaves is my newest Passover must have and obsession. I read a bunch of chat rooms on how best to cook it and for me, simply placing it in a small dutch oven with some carrots, onions, celery, Celtic sea salt, pepper, and paprika, and covered with water was the path that I took. Baked in the oven for about 1 1/2 – 2 hours and refrigerated overnight – it's that easy. This is one of those dishes that I could become addicted to.
All Things Jewish
by Fredrica Duke
As a half-and-halfer who leaned too much to the gentile side, I might have secretly liked one Jewish holiday -- Passover. To be honest, it's the only one I knew. Barely. "We're going to Seder dinner at Celie's," my dad would announce each year. Celie was my dad's younger sister who treated him like the baby of the family. My dad, known as Duke, and stricken with polio as a child, walked his whole life with a brace & cane. It was Celie, till she died, who hand made for him the flesh-colored, stretchy compression socks that improved his circulation. Chappy, my aunt Celie's husband -- okay, my uncle -- would conduct a pretty serious, religious event. He was sanctimonious, no-nonsense, and an easy foil for my fun-loving dad. I always came starved, but ate very little.
This was a rowdy, boisterous group -- a ton of aunts, uncles and cousins that all knew each other well and lived in the VALLEY. They seemed to include my brother in their group. Me, not so much. So, I clung to my dad for comfort, laughing at and enjoying everything he said, hanging on like it was his last day on earth. That's how it was with us all my life. He was an older dad. Magical. My hero. And out there in the Valley I was often petrified. I secretly longed for that other soon-to-be-celebrated holiday, Easter -- with the gentiles.
For some reason, I identified much more with my mother's side. If my father's chaotic mishpucha was like Alvy Singer's in "Annie Hall "(with dad as Uncle Joey Nickels) for my mother's family, think Grammy Hall. Only stranger and more white trash. Yep, I was more comfortable in a room full of pathologically quiet people who just kind of stared blankly into space. Occasionally, someone like my uncle R.T. might whisper a word or even an incoherent monologue. Something inaudible.
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Chocolate Jelly Ring Sorbet
by Joseph Erdos
As a kid I always loved eating chocolate-covered jelly rings by the handful. I eagerly looked forward to that time of year when the grocery stores stacked towering boxes of them in the Passover aisle. I still love eating them, but now am glad that I can only find them once a year, otherwise I'd eat them all the time.
Last spring my friend Caroline introduced me to Uncle Louie G's Italian ices and ice cream shop in Brooklyn. Their many flavors are astounding, but what caught my eye that first visit was the chocolate jelly ring Italian ice. I knew right away that I would love it and there was no doubt that I would order it. As Passover rolled around this year I saw those towering boxes of jelly rings in the supermarket and the first thing that popped into my mind was that I had to make a dessert with them.
Here is my kosher for passover dessert, a rich chocolate sorbet made with high-quality melted chocolate and an entire box of chopped jelly rings stirred in. It's a bit different, and some of my Jewish friends may have thought I was crazy for doing it, but once you have a taste, you will surely understand my obsession.
Seder in Studio 8H
It probably never would have happened had it not been for the fact that we were trapped in Studio 8H for camera blocking for hours on end which was business as usual. A group of us were sitting around the Green Room, which was next to Lorne's office on the 9th floor overlooking the studio stage.
This was where we took our meals between the dress rehearsal and the live show. It was also where we got notes and the chopping block for sketches. But you'd never know that kind of carnage took place at any other time in this unassuming spot. It was furnished with the kind of couches and chairs that said 'we don't give a crap about this late night summer replacement show, let's give them the stuff we have in storage'. The color palate was 'tan 70s vomit'.
In the room were Gilda Radner, Paul Schaffer, Cathy Vasapoli (Paul's girlfriend, now, his wife) Marilyn Miller, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, and me. We were all in varying stages of exhaustion (the writers, obviously, even more so) and were draped over the furniture like the kids in the "Going Steady" number from Bye Bye Birdie.
"Hey, isn't it pasacccchhhhhhhhhh?" Zweibel asked, shredding his throat and getting the laugh his sacrifice deserved.
Passover Spinach Ricotta Dumplings
Spinach ricotta gnudi, made with no wheat flour, are my latest recipe, just in time for Passover. Since the Israelites had to flee their oppressors quickly they didn't have time to allow bread to rise, so the story goes. To commemorate that time, during Passover Jews eat foods made with matzo meal or matzo cake meal, but not with regular flour. Most other non-wheat flours are also not allowed.
Gnudi are a little larger and plumper than gnocchi but somewhat similar. Some people think of them as "ravioli without the pasta." This recipe is very easy because you use one of those "blocks" of frozen spinach. The secret is getting as much water as possible out of the spinach. You want the dough to be very stiff.
Rolling the dumplings in potato starch also helps keep them from falling apart in the water when you boil them. Since I used potato starch instead of flour, these gnudi are also gluten free. I adapted my recipe from the Weelicious recipe for Spinach Gnocchi.
Not Exactly Aunt Lil's Matzo Ball Soup from the New Jewish Table
We really wish someone was making this for us tonight...or perhaps their Cabernet-Braised Lamb Shanks with Root Vegetables.- The Editors
When Chef Todd Gray, who grew up Episcopalian, married his wife, Ellen Kassoff, their union brought about his initiation into the world of Jewish cooking. More than a love story about what one can do with fresh ingredients, Todd and Ellen talk about the food they grew up with, their life together, and how rewarding the sharing of two people's traditions—and meals—can be.
In 1999, Chef Todd Gray combined his love for farm-to-table ingredients with his passion for Jewish cuisine opening the acclaimed Equinox Restaurant in Washington, D.C. The restaurant is a gathering place for Washington lawyers, deal makers, and it even welcomes Presidents and their wives who want a quiet meal alone in the real world.
Gorgeous design, appetizing full-color photographs and sidebars from Washington's elite including: BET co-founder and president of Salamander Hospitality Sheila C. Johnson, R.W Apple Jr's wife Betsey Pinckney Apple, Chef Jose Andres, The New Jewish Table: Modern Seasonal Recipes for Traditional Dishes is sure to please everyone from traditional Kosher cooks to high-holiday hosts.
Passover Chocolate Pistachio Cake with Chocolate Glaze
Passover is essentially a gluten free holiday. With the absence of wheat, rye, barley, spelt, and oats for 8 nights, creates limited choices. Protein and veggies are easy. It's the carbs, the desserts, actually the stuff that most of us crave, thus find satisfying become absent. What I have found in creating a gluten free household is that mealtime as well as snack time is every bit as tasty, if not tastier than how we previously ate.
For my kids, Passover elicits emotions of dread and doom. However, this past week, as I tested and retested recipes, the kids were quite emotional about what was coming out of our kitchen. Even a failed attempt at a gluten free passover doughnut this morning, were gobbled up. Eli coined it a "makee" – a cross between a muffin and a cake and one of the best gluten free treats to date!
So, in testing recipes for the first night of Seder, I started with this Amaranth, Quinoa and Dark Chocolate Cake from La Tartine Gourmande. The first go around, I made it exactly according to the recipe. Delicious! Perfect! And it disappeared within minutes. But with 14 adults and 9 kids, sitting down to dinner, this wasn't going to go very far.
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package org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.loadbalance;

import org.apache.dubbo.common.Constants;
import org.apache.dubbo.common.URL;
import org.apache.dubbo.common.extension.ExtensionLoader;
import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.Invocation;
import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.Invoker;
import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.RpcInvocation;
import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.RpcStatus;
import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.LoadBalance;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import com.alibaba.fastjson.JSON;
import org.mockito.Mockito;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;

/**
 * RoundRobinLoadBalanceTest
 */
@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
public class LoadBalanceBaseTest {
    Invocation invocation;
    List<Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest>> invokers = new ArrayList<Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest>>();
    Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> invoker1;
    Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> invoker2;
    Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> invoker3;
    Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> invoker4;
    Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> invoker5;

    RpcStatus weightTestRpcStatus1;
    RpcStatus weightTestRpcStatus2;
    RpcStatus weightTestRpcStatus3;

    RpcInvocation weightTestInvocation;

    /**
     * @throws java.lang.Exception
     */
    @BeforeAll
    public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
    }

    /**
     * @throws java.lang.Exception
     */
    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() throws Exception {

        invocation = mock(Invocation.class);
        given(invocation.getMethodName()).willReturn("method1");
        given(invocation.getArguments()).willReturn(new Object[] {"arg1","arg2","arg3"});

        invoker1 = mock(Invoker.class);
        invoker2 = mock(Invoker.class);
        invoker3 = mock(Invoker.class);
        invoker4 = mock(Invoker.class);
        invoker5 = mock(Invoker.class);

        URL url1 = URL.valueOf("test://127.0.0.1:1/DemoService");
        URL url2 = URL.valueOf("test://127.0.0.1:2/DemoService");
        URL url3 = URL.valueOf("test://127.0.0.1:3/DemoService");
        URL url4 = URL.valueOf("test://127.0.0.1:4/DemoService");
        URL url5 = URL.valueOf("test://127.0.0.1:5/DemoService");

        given(invoker1.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(invoker1.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(invoker1.getUrl()).willReturn(url1);

        given(invoker2.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(invoker2.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(invoker2.getUrl()).willReturn(url2);

        given(invoker3.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(invoker3.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(invoker3.getUrl()).willReturn(url3);

        given(invoker4.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(invoker4.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(invoker4.getUrl()).willReturn(url4);

        given(invoker5.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(invoker5.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(invoker5.getUrl()).willReturn(url5);

        invokers.add(invoker1);
        invokers.add(invoker2);
        invokers.add(invoker3);
        invokers.add(invoker4);
        invokers.add(invoker5);
    }

    public Map<Invoker, AtomicLong> getInvokeCounter(int runs, String loadbalanceName) {
        Map<Invoker, AtomicLong> counter = new ConcurrentHashMap<Invoker, AtomicLong>();
        LoadBalance lb = getLoadBalance(loadbalanceName);
        for (Invoker invoker : invokers) {
            counter.put(invoker, new AtomicLong(0));
        }
        URL url = invokers.get(0).getUrl();
        for (int i = 0; i < runs; i++) {
            Invoker sinvoker = lb.select(invokers, url, invocation);
            counter.get(sinvoker).incrementAndGet();
        }
        return counter;
    }

    protected AbstractLoadBalance getLoadBalance(String loadbalanceName) {
        return (AbstractLoadBalance) ExtensionLoader.getExtensionLoader(LoadBalance.class).getExtension(loadbalanceName);
    }

    @Test
    public void testLoadBalanceWarmup() {
        Assertions.assertEquals(1, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(0));
        Assertions.assertEquals(1, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(13));
        Assertions.assertEquals(1, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(6 * 1000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(2, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(12 * 1000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(10, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(60 * 1000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(50, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(5 * 60 * 1000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(50, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(5 * 60 * 1000 + 23));
        Assertions.assertEquals(50, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(5 * 60 * 1000 + 5999));
        Assertions.assertEquals(51, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(5 * 60 * 1000 + 6000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(90, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(9 * 60 * 1000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(98, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(10 * 60 * 1000 - 12 * 1000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(99, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(10 * 60 * 1000 - 6 * 1000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(100, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(10 * 60 * 1000));
        Assertions.assertEquals(100, calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(20 * 60 * 1000));
    }

    /**
     * handle default data
     *
     * @return
     */
    private static int calculateDefaultWarmupWeight(int uptime) {
        return AbstractLoadBalance.calculateWarmupWeight(uptime, Constants.DEFAULT_WARMUP, Constants.DEFAULT_WEIGHT);
    }

    /*------------------------------------test invokers for weight---------------------------------------*/

    protected static class InvokeResult {
        private AtomicLong count = new AtomicLong();
        private int weight = 0;
        private int totalWeight = 0;

        public InvokeResult(int weight) {
            this.weight = weight;
        }

        public AtomicLong getCount() {
            return count;
        }

        public int getWeight() {
            return weight;
        }

        public int getTotalWeight() {
            return totalWeight;
        }

        public void setTotalWeight(int totalWeight) {
            this.totalWeight = totalWeight;
        }

        public int getExpected(int runCount) {
            return getWeight() * runCount / getTotalWeight();
        }

        public float getDeltaPercentage(int runCount) {
            int expected = getExpected(runCount);
            return Math.abs((expected - getCount().get()) * 100.0f / expected);
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return JSON.toJSONString(this);
        }
    }

    protected List<Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest>> weightInvokers = new ArrayList<Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest>>();
    protected Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> weightInvoker1;
    protected Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> weightInvoker2;
    protected Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> weightInvoker3;
    protected Invoker<LoadBalanceBaseTest> weightInvokerTmp;

    @BeforeEach
    public void before() throws Exception {
        weightInvoker1 = mock(Invoker.class, Mockito.withSettings().stubOnly());
        weightInvoker2 = mock(Invoker.class, Mockito.withSettings().stubOnly());
        weightInvoker3 = mock(Invoker.class, Mockito.withSettings().stubOnly());
        weightInvokerTmp = mock(Invoker.class, Mockito.withSettings().stubOnly());

        weightTestInvocation = new RpcInvocation();
        weightTestInvocation.setMethodName("test");

        URL url1 = URL.valueOf("test1://127.0.0.1:11/DemoService?weight=1&active=0");
        URL url2 = URL.valueOf("test2://127.0.0.1:12/DemoService?weight=9&active=0");
        URL url3 = URL.valueOf("test3://127.0.0.1:13/DemoService?weight=6&active=1");
        URL urlTmp = URL.valueOf("test4://127.0.0.1:9999/DemoService?weight=11&active=0");

        given(weightInvoker1.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(weightInvoker1.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(weightInvoker1.getUrl()).willReturn(url1);

        given(weightInvoker2.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(weightInvoker2.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(weightInvoker2.getUrl()).willReturn(url2);

        given(weightInvoker3.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(weightInvoker3.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(weightInvoker3.getUrl()).willReturn(url3);

        given(weightInvokerTmp.isAvailable()).willReturn(true);
        given(weightInvokerTmp.getInterface()).willReturn(LoadBalanceBaseTest.class);
        given(weightInvokerTmp.getUrl()).willReturn(urlTmp);

        weightInvokers.add(weightInvoker1);
        weightInvokers.add(weightInvoker2);
        weightInvokers.add(weightInvoker3);

        weightTestRpcStatus1 = RpcStatus.getStatus(weightInvoker1.getUrl(), weightTestInvocation.getMethodName());
        weightTestRpcStatus2 = RpcStatus.getStatus(weightInvoker2.getUrl(), weightTestInvocation.getMethodName());
        weightTestRpcStatus3 = RpcStatus.getStatus(weightInvoker3.getUrl(), weightTestInvocation.getMethodName());

        // weightTestRpcStatus3 active is 1
        RpcStatus.beginCount(weightInvoker3.getUrl(), weightTestInvocation.getMethodName());
    }

    protected Map<Invoker, InvokeResult> getWeightedInvokeResult(int runs, String loadbalanceName) {
        Map<Invoker, InvokeResult> counter = new ConcurrentHashMap<Invoker, InvokeResult>();
        AbstractLoadBalance lb = getLoadBalance(loadbalanceName);
        int totalWeight = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < weightInvokers.size(); i ++) {
            InvokeResult invokeResult = new InvokeResult(lb.getWeight(weightInvokers.get(i), weightTestInvocation));
            counter.put(weightInvokers.get(i), invokeResult);
            totalWeight += invokeResult.getWeight();
        }
        for (InvokeResult invokeResult : counter.values()) {
            invokeResult.setTotalWeight(totalWeight);
        }
        URL url = weightInvokers.get(0).getUrl();
        for (int i = 0; i < runs; i++) {
            Invoker sinvoker = lb.select(weightInvokers, url, weightTestInvocation);
            counter.get(sinvoker).getCount().incrementAndGet();
        }
        return counter;
    }

}

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We Have Real Proof Russia Is Running Out Of Missiles in Ukraine
Alia Shoaib
Russian Artillery Firing. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The Russian military and its leader, President Putin, have a serious problem: they are running out of missiles to sling at Ukraine. A partial way out of this problem seems to be to use older cruise missiles and strip out the deadly nuclear warheads. Could this work until more missiles can be produced? Is Russia really this desperate?
Russia is likely removing the nuclear warheads from aging cruise missiles and firing them into Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.
The improvisation indicates how depleted Russia's stocks of long-range missiles are, it said.
The defense ministry said that open source imagery appeared to show an AS-15 KENT air-launched cruise missile that had been shot down in Ukraine.
The missile was designed in the 1980s to be used as a nuclear delivery system, and the department noted that the nuclear warhead had likely been replaced with ballast, some kind of heavy material to balance it.
Such an "inert system" can still produce some damage through the missile's kinetic energy and unspent fuel, according to the department.
However, the unarmed munitions are "almost certainly" being used as decoys to confuse Ukrainian air defenses, the department said, as they are unlikely to achieve any "reliable effects on intended targets."
Ukrainian and western officials have previously suggested that Russia's stockpiles of missiles and shells are rapidly dwindling, following Moscow amping up missile attacks on infrastructure targets across Ukraine.
US officials previously said that Russia is likely struggling to replenish its stockpiles due to sanctions and supply chain disruptions, the Associated Press reported.
Russia has not provided any information about its missile supplies, and there is no data to assess it independently.
Alia Shoaib is a junior news reporter on the weekend team, based in London. She was previously an editorial intern at The Economist's 1843 magazine and a social media fellow at The Economist. Prior to that she was a part-time researcher for The Times foreign desk. Alia has written articles for the The Independent, The Guardian, 1843 Magazine, The Economist, and others. She also has an MA in International Journalism from City, University of London. This first appeared in Insider.
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Alia Shoaib is a junior news reporter on the weekend team, based in London.
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In particular, those companies representing the Indonesian, Malaysian and Philippines markets are all quite buoyed and excited about all the opportunities afforded to them by having the ability to easily incorporate mobile payment solutions to their existing products and services, or how they can add value to their services by offering airtime top-ups and other remittances with white labeled products.
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Q: what is wrong with this reasoning? 14% of people are left handed, if we want to find the chances of a brother and a sister both being left handed, we might be tempted to multiply .14 by .14. What is wrong with this reasoning when trying to find out the probability of both of them being left handed?

A: The main problem is that the events that the brother and sister are left handed are not known to be independent (and I would expect them not to be independent if there are either genetic or environmental factors which influence handedness). It is only when you know that events $A$ and $B$ are independent that $P(A\cap B) = P(A)P(B)$.
Similarly, if $5\%$ of the population is named Smith, and the siblings are too young to have changed last names, then the chance they are both named Smith might be close to $5\%$ rather than $5\% \times 5\%$.
A more subtle issue is whether your handedness is independent of the number of siblings you have.

A: You have to take into account the total number of people you took that 14% number from.
Lets say 50% of people are left handed. If you sampled that number from the brother and sister, the probability that both are left handed is 0%.
If the brother and sister are not part of the sample your reasoning would be correct.
We have 0.14=left-handed/total people=L/T
The correct cacluation would be P=L/T*(L-1)/(T-1). For a large sample P approaches (L/T)^2