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ABOUT ATWT
Everything you need to know about ATWT
The latest ATWT news
Oakdale family trees
20+ years of ATWT recaps
ATWT and the Daytime Emmys
Katie must have magical DNA. She saved her sister Margo with a liver transplant a few years ago, and now she's going to save Johnny with a bone marrow transplant. Craig, the way things are going, you may want to make nice with your little sis, pronto.
Missing: The Snyders, the Hughes', the Stewarts and the other residents of Oakdale
Last seen: Christmas week, before a bevy of new faces took over the town
It's no secret that I endorse change the way that Hitler endorsed diversity. That said, I don't mind new faces or characters cropping up in Oakdale from time to time. Done correctly, they can infuse new energy, bring fresh stories, and complicate the lives of already established characters. However, it's never - I repeat, NEVER - a good idea to recast four key characters simultaneously (Lucy, Maddie, Craig, and Jade), when there are already plenty of fairly "new" faces floating about town. (Brian, Derek, Josie, I'm talking about you.)
Frankly, I'm shocked that the show honchos would even attempt to introduce so many new faces at once. It was enough to have Craig back, but adding Lucy, Maddie and Jade was complete overkill. I'm pretty sure that many of you aren't going to care about any of these newbies, because you're not invested in them anymore, and why should you be? The girl running around claiming to be Maddie has none of the traces of the character we loved. Maddie 2.0 is a needy boring mess, pathetically throwing herself at a guy who is clearly not interested. And Lucy, well, she's dull as dishwater and about as believable as a doctor as I am. (Sigh...)Where is Lucy, the spitfire, who oozed chemistry with Dusty and everyone else?
Of the three new ladies, Jade seems to be the only one to exhibit the traits of her former character, and actress Davida Williams is making some interesting choices that make me pay attention. Jade has potential, if written correctly, but I fear she'll be lumped in with the other newbies and not given a fair shake. As for Craig, Jon Lindstrom is reeling me in with every word. He gets Craig. I just hope this time around, the writers will, too. There is one lesson, though, that needs to be learned here: too much change at once is NOT a good idea, if you want to keep your audience. Call us old-fashioned, but it's those familiar faces that make us tune in, not a bunch of new kids on the block.
And what's more -- two of the new Oakdale faces have already been let go! click here to read Soap Central's news coverage of that.
Meanwhile:
--Paul's visions are back. Can I get a "Woo HOO?" I love psychic Paul, as opposed to psycho Paul. (Hey, it's not my fault those have been our only choices this year.)
--Emily, can you please pass on your copy of "He's Just Not That Into You" to Maddie and then Lucinda? Thanks.
--Katie must have magical DNA. She saved her sister Margo with a liver transplant a few years ago, and now she's going to save Johnny with a bone marrow transplant. Craig, the way things are going, you may want to make nice with your little sis, pronto.
--Happy 16th birthday Parker Munson Snyder! It seems like just a few years ago you were playing cowboys with "Uncle Craig" and now you're making out with your girlfriend in the backseat of a car. Oh, how time flies, especially when you're a child on daytime. Sage, you've been warned.
--I'm loving Craig and Carly. They have oodles of chemistry, can match each other quip for quip, and their friendship will drive Jack totally mad. Bring it! If anyone in town can understand what it's like to make mistakes and ask for forgiveness, it's Carly. Here's hoping these two commiserate about their past mistakes more frequently at Metro.
--I applaud the fact that ATWT is giving characters of color some storylines, but why is the focus on Derek and not poor Dallas, who has been simmering on the back burner so long that I sometimes forget he's even in the kitchen?
--For the completely shallow comment of the week, Luke looked smoking hot on New Year's Eve. Yowza! Noah must be blind or straight to have ditched Luke to comfort Maddie.
--Can someone please explain to me why Craig is supposedly such a horrible father, not worthy of even seeing his own son, but no one is lobbying to remove crazy, homicidal Paul from his child's life? Paul is much nuttier than Craig ever was, but I don't see anyone kidnapping Eliza to keep her away from Paul. Or why is it that Dusty can be abusive to women, scare little kids, and bully anyone who doesn't agree with him, but still be lauded as a great guy and father? I know Craig screwed up with the kidnapping scheme for Lucy, but I don't think he's as awful as the entire town has made him out to be. And he's Johnny's biological father, NOT Dusty. So, call me crazy Scoopers, but I think Craig deserves a chance to be with his son. (And before you send me the hate mail, no I don't agree with the fact that he gave Parker the keys to his car, but still, Paul consistently tries to kill people. Hello!)
--Note to Luke: It's not cool to hit on your grandmother's new husband, no matter how drunk you are or how sexually confused he is. NOT cool.
--I guess Margo and Tom had a happy new year. We wouldn't know of course, since all we heard of it was Casey telling us he was supposed to meet them for dinner, as he rolled around naked in Alison's bed.
--Dusty is impressive. He got the Lakeview clerk not only to tell him that Lucy wasn't registered there, but that Craig was and Alison, too. The last time I checked, hotel clerks won't tell you anything about registered guests. The ice machine, sure. But not registered guests.
--Call me nuts, but I can't help but think that Henry and Katie's story isn't finished. This week when he mentioned his failed marriage in a conversation with Maddie, it dawned on me that Katie and Henry could be a fantastic storyline to revisit. The writers could toy with the possibility of Katie being the real reason Henry can't commit, despite claims that he loves Vienna.
--As a writer myself, I apparently need to move to Oakdale, where aspiring authors can not only get their work read, without the submission from a literary agent, but can also get published and make the best-seller list within a matter of weeks. I had to chuckle when Henry met with an editor from Simon and Schuster who wanted to publish his novel. My experience has been that the big publishing companies seldom accept unsolicited manuscripts without an agent. Help me, Henry. I'm sitting on a best seller here, if I could only get someone to read it. Maybe I need to take a clue from Vienna, put on my hottest dress, march into a publishing company, and demand that someone read it... Maybe not; that only works on television. In the real world, security would be escorting me to the door.
--OK, Scoopers, help me out here. Did Meg and Dusty go to high school together, as they discussed this week? I recall the storyline with him and Lily in school together, when Brian Bloom played Dusty, but I don't recall Meg in the picture. I, along with several other readers, am confused.
--I saw the signs a few weeks ago that were pointing toward a potential Casey and Alison romance, but I have to say I didn't expect them to end up in bed together so quickly. Casey's overt flirting paid off, I guess. Thankfully, Ali put the brakes on though. I hope she thinks through the consequences of bedding her sister's ex, again.
--Funniest use of history: During a parking make out session near the woods when Liberty joked that she felt like she was in a slasher movie, Parker commented that indeed a few years ago there was a slasher in the woods that killed people.
--There is one thing on soaps I find unacceptable: rewriting history to fit a plot. Believe me, there are plenty of past storylines I'd like to erase (Simon stealing jewels, anyone?) but the reality is that once it hits the screen, it's a part of ATWT history. So, I'm spitting mad that once again Craig Montgomery is being blamed for the death of his son Bryant, to make Craig look more evil than he is. I thought with this new version of Craig that the show would stop blaming him for something that wasn't his fault. But, no. Last week, several characters flung that insult at him, and I had to refrain from firing off an angry letter to CBS. Writers, if you weren't on staff during this era then I'm begging, please, pick up the history book of the show and read the transcripts. If you're too lazy to do that, then here's a brief rundown of what happened, so I hopefully, never, ever, ever have to hear this piece of absolute ridiculousness spewed again. The night Bryant died, he caught his girlfriend Jennifer Munson sleeping with his best friend and cousin Billy. He became agitated, obviously, and tried to call his dad to talk. Craig wasn't home, so Bryant left a message on his machine and then got in his car without buckling his seatbelt. He was emotional and began speeding and crashed his car, resulting in his death. The only thing Craig was guilty of that night was not being home. Prior to that, he had been a good father to Bryant. They did have a fight over Bryant's trust fund that Craig had embezzled money from, but they were close. Craig was not responsible for Bryant's death. I am so sick of repeating this fact, I could scream. Please writers, stop making up history.
As we look ahead to 2009, here are some ideas of what could happen. Please put on your sarcasm and sense of humor hats:
--Barbara refuses to work with an "unstable" Paul, so he gets a job at the Psychic Friends Network to pay the bills.
--Bonnie gets some new law clients, so she can afford to go shopping and finally retire that red dress that she wears almost every day.
--Casey realizes that his career as a janitor is not for him and embraces his one obvious talent. He becomes a gigolo and sets his sights on the one Stewart woman he hasn't yet seduced: Susan.
--Lucinda finally gets some loving from a man she doesn't have to beg to take her to bed, when John Dixon returns to town to see Dusty. She files for divorce from Brian citing "fraud" instead of irreconcilable differences, and gets some makeover tips from Luke on how to be more attractive to men.
--Luke joins a local dating service and realizes that there are plenty of gay men in the fashion industry that work for Barbara Ryan, but we just never see them.
--After failing nursing school, Alison colors her hair once again and realizes her real talent is in hair styling. She opens a salon and convinces Dusty to get a shave, haircut and color.
Best Lines of the Week:
(Craig proves he's a "Three's Company" fan, while trying to convince Carly to drive to the farm and deliver Christmas gifts.)
Craig: "Don't you want to crash Jack and Chrissy's Christmas?"
Carly: "It's Janet."
Craig: "I've always been partial to blondes."
(Craig shows up at Carly's door.)
Carly: "What part of 'go away' consistently confuses you?"
Craig: "The part where I'm supposed to believe you mean it."
(Craig sees Alison again with her needle, after he ran into her earlier taking residents' blood samples.)
Craig: "Vampira, still out for blood?"
Reader Spotlight:
(From Two Scoops reader Opal.)
It's Christmas Eve afternoon and I was eager for the annual ATWT Christmas message, delivered by Dr. Bob. Where was the Hughes family? I am so disappointed.
(From Two Scoops reader Connie.)
I just wanted to comment on a couple things about this year's show. First, is there some new rule about how long a story can take to unfold and play out? Is it two weeks or less? All these stories seem so unrelated and disjointed compared to the baby swap story (Jen & Gwen's babies) of a couple years ago. I'd compare the show lately to a book of short stories written by different authors. It's jarring, sometimes. Also, I'm not going to get too attached to any new or recast character. More than likely, they'll disappear as quickly as they blew into town. Finally, I want to say it's hard to imagine any group of actors with more talent than the ones we see on As the World Turns. With Michael Park and Maura West leading the way, they're all terrific.
(From Two Scoops reader Marie.)
Forget "How many times can somebody try to kill Paul?" My question is has Meg found a new career as a suitcase packer? How many times can she pack up and move out in one year?
That's all for now. Happy New Year Scoopers! See ya next time.
Jennifer Biller
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No matter our ambitions, our beliefs or our experiences, there is one universal thing that binds us all - we all want to be happy.
You might get annoyed at those people on Insta that always seem really happy but they're that way because they have happy habits, more likely anyway!
Having something to look forward to always helps whether it's weekly, every fortnight or even once a month. A coffee date with an old friend, a flat meal, or a Netflix-binge day to reward all that coursework. What are you waiting for? Get organising those plans!
When one thing knocks you back it's easy to feel like shots are being fired at you from all angles. So start being resilient and learn from your mistakes and come back fighting.
Happy people see the difficult tasks they have as a challenge to complete them first- then breathe a huge sigh of relief when they're finished! It reduces stress which increases happiness too.
Kindness is contagious. When you do something good for someone your brain produces hormones that make it easier to build relationships with them, sending positive feelings all round. Basically, it's good karma!
If someone asks for help with something and it makes you feel anxious, it's ok to say no. Sometimes it's vital to put your own needs before others because well, that's what happy people do.
Seen as today is International Happiness Day, embrace it and hopefully banish your negative vibes for the rest of your year not just today!
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Q: Como criar um Pop UP que tenha o botão fechar Olá a todos da StackOverflow, primeiramente queria pedir desculpas caso esteja perguntando de forma errada, é a primeira vez que uso o SO.
E pedir desculpas também pela minha ignorância em HTML e JS. De fato, só sei o básico.
Estou com um problema, pesquisei em diversos fóruns e não consegui resolver.
Tenho um site de marketing gostaria de criar um POP UP simples para o mesmo, porém não estou conseguindo de nenhuma forma.
O Pop UP seria semelhante como este: http://i.imgur.com/KSD4mvk.png
O mesmo deve aparecer quando a página é carregada no lado direito do final da página e deve ter o botão de fechar, para não incomodar o visitante.
Espero de coração que alguém possa me ajudar, pois isso é muito importante para mim.
Minha eterna gratidão a quem puder ajudar.

A: Primeiro vamos ao html.
Crie uma página qualquer, index.html por exemplo
<!DOCTYPE html>

      <title>PopUp - SO</title>
      <meta charset="UTF-8" />

x

CONTÉUDO DA PÁGINA

O seu CSS deve ficar da seguinte forma
*{margin:0; padding:0;}

body{
  background:#F1F1F1;
}

.wrap{
  width:100%;
  height: 100%;
  position:fixed;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}

.wrap .box{
  width:400px;
  height:300px;
  background:#FFF;
  position: relative;
  left:calc(50% - 200px);
  padding-left:5px;
  padding-right:5px;
}

.wrap .box span{
  float:right;
  cursor:pointer;
}

Agora onde a mágica acontece.
document.getElementById("close").onclick = function(){
  document.querySelector(".wrap").style.display = "none";
}

Tentei resumir e deixar o mais básico possível, até porque já existem vários tutoriais de como se fazer isso. Boa sorte XD

A: Você irá encontrar muita coisa pronta, principalmente com JQuery. Uma opção sem adicional de plugin é usando somente css, algo como:

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Então fazer uso das propriedades visibility, opacity e z-index para exibir sobre os demais componentes.
JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/lbclucascosta/z8yyo2st/

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Here you can see a series of tables that include the `operator` and `corresponding methods`. The corresponding method must be implemented in the specified class by various possibilities.

__unary operator__

 Operators | Functions
----|----
 +a | a.unaryPlus()
 -a | a.unaryMinus()
 !a | a.not()
 a++ | a.inc()
 a-- | a.dec()
<br/>

__binary operator__

 Operators | Functions
----|----
 a + b | a.plus(b)
 a - b | a.minus(b)
 a * b | a.times(b)
 a / b | a.div(b)
 a % b | a.mod(b)
 a..b | a.rangeTo(b)
 a in b | a.contains(b)
 a !in b | !a.contains(b)
 a += b | a.plusAssign(b)
 a -= b | a.minusAssign(b)
 a *= b | a.timesAssign(b)
 a /= b | a.divAssign(b)
 a %= b | a.modAssign(b)

__array operator__

 Operators | Functions
----|----
 a[i] | a.get(i)
 a[i, j] | a.get(i, j)
 a[i\_1, ..., i\_n] | a.get(i\_1, ..., i\_n)
 a[i] = b | a.set(i, b)
 a[i, j] = b | a.set(i, j, b)
 a[i\_1, ..., i\_n] = b | a.set(i\_1, ..., i\_n, b)

__is equal to operator__

 Operators | Functions
----|----
 a == b | a?.equals(b) ?: b === null
 a != b | !(a?.equals(b) ?: b === null)

Equal operators are a bit different, in order to achieve the correct and appropriate checks to do a more complex conversion, because to get an exact function structure comparison, not just the specified name. The method must be implemented as follows:

```kotlin
operator fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean
```
The operators `===` and `!==` are used for identity checking (they are `==` and `!=` In Java, respectively), and they can not be overloaded.

__function call__

 Method | call
----|----
 a(i) | a.invoke(i)
 a(i, j) | a.invoke(i, j)
 a(i\_1, ..., i\_n)| a.invoke(i\_1, ..., i\_n)

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Reviving a Legacy
In the early 1960s, Cleveland writer Raymond DeCapite made a name for himself with two books about dreamers. In one, Fabrizze is an immigrant who works hard; speaks in big, broad language; charms his buddies into betting on the stock market; gets run out of town when he loses it all; but lives to weave cotton candy out of thin air another day. In the other, Paul Christopher is a young man who looks out for his old dad but, showing little ambition beyond selling watermelons and playing the harmonica, gets kicked out of the house and is then adrift.
The Coming of Fabrizze and A Lost King received glowing reviews from The New York Times, the New York Herald Tribune, and the Saturday Review. DeCapite won the second Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature in 1962. And then, as is the case with more than a few wonderful books that have failed to build instant buzz, ... nothing. The titles have been out of print for 50 years.
Although Fabrizze ranks among the handful of classic novels set in Cleveland, it's nearly unobtainable in the city except for several copies buried in the downtown Cleveland Public Library. The novels aren't physically available enough to be a cult phenomenon. Their muscular yet lyrical prose — wry humor, rawness and energy distilled into short bursts — are more of a fanciful legend, a memory of something great that a friend heard of but hasn't gotten hold of yet.
Raymond DeCapite died in July 2009, at age 84, having published five novels and three plays. His oeuvre reads like a long poem to the working-class West Side, the spare descriptions conjuring up the blue chug of steel mills and the 2 a.m. sizzle of fried eggs amid the cold blade of life lived by punching a clock.
His son, writer Mike DeCapite of Brooklyn, N.Y., has long been on a mission to get his father's books reissued. "For as long as I can remember, I've put those books in front of people," he says. "I sent them to agents and editors. I've tried to get them in front of movie directors." He even got author Don Delillo, a National Book Award novelist who had Fabrizze on his bookshelf, to send a copy to The New York Review of Books with the hope it would reissue DeCapite's work in its Classics Series for overlooked fiction. All he heard back was silence.
Then, before Raymond's death, Mike received word that Kent State University Press would be reissuing Fabrizze and A Lost King. "I was really happy to be able to tell him that was going to happen," Mike says. "It just always seemed really a shame that those books were out of print. They've never gotten their due. I think they've been ghettoized as Italian-American regional fiction."
During one of their last visits together, Mike read his dad the new foreword to Fabrizze, which should be in bookstores with A Lost King this month. Mike is also in the process of organizing a series of readings in Cleveland — and if all goes as planned, New York — to promote the books. "It counterbalances his death a little bit," Mike says. "It's nice that I have this to do. I don't have any unrealistic expectations about what's going to happen. But hopefully, the word will get out, and people will have a chance to read them."
Laura Putre

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SPLC — Mark Potok Interview
Recently, we discovered an extensive interview on the Internet Archive with the Southern Poverty Law Center's public relations chief, Mark Potok, in which he discusses the origins of the SPLC, its mission and its tactics. You can find the audio files to the interview here.
We'd like to highlight some of Mr. Potok's more interesting comments, but, as always, we remind the reader to not simply take our word for it. Any time you select excerpts from a larger work you run the risk of cherry-picking, or taking things out of context, and we're certainly not professional transcriptionists here at Watching the Watchdogs. Listen to the interview and come to your own conclusions.
As to the origins of the interview, it was recorded and posted on the Internet Archive by Bill Holiday, a high school teacher from Vermont. A number of students, and at least one other teacher, are asking Mr. Potok questions about his work. The interview apparently takes place at the SPLC's Montgomery headquarters, and several references in the conversation seem to date it to the first half of 2008.
In Track One, Mr. Potok explains the origins of the name of the organization:
"In the 70's… "poverty law" was actually the phrase… it was a phrase used that just applied to… essentially… civil rights law… to kind of human rights legal actions."
"I know a couple years ago there was a big discussion internally [at the SPLC], 'Should we change our name to something else?' People think, you know, that it's all about, sort of, defending poor people, and that's not really, exactly what our mission is. By that time, people knew the name so well that, you know, we made, I think, the obviously right decision not to change the name."
"People think, you know, that it's all about, sort of, defending poor people, and that's not really, exactly what our mission is." Interesting. One wonders how many donors are under the impression that a "poverty law center" might actually be in the business of defending poor people, no? Why change the name just because the mission changed? You don't just toss out a multimillion dollar brand name for the sake of accuracy. More on this to follow.
Track Two includes an astonishingly candid assessment of how some critics view the SPLC:
"I think a lot of people feel, 'Oh, groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center, they find, you know, the two hundred Nazis running around the country, they build them up into great big groups, they make a big deal about it and then ask for your money,' right? In other words, it's kind of a scam. You hype up this little tiny threat into something scary, uh, and then go and try to make money off of it."
Well, Mr. Potok, you took the words right out of our mouth. Since 2009, Watching the Watchdogs has been documenting exactly this kind of behavior by the SPLC, and you have summed things up nicely. We have reported numerous times on the fact that there is no legal definition of "hate group," and that you pretty much make them up as you go along.
Your "Hate Map" fundraising tool includes hundreds of alleged "hate groups," (again, per your own definition), but you provide no information on these groups that researchers could use to verify their existence. In fact, you couldn't even bother to make up locations for more than 200 of them. In 2012, you added 20 chapters of something called the "Georgia Militia" to that state's "hate map," but you couldn't locate 18 of them!
And the "Hate Map" is the keystone to all SPLC fundraising, Mr. Potok. You promote it widely in the Media as being factual and accurate, even after admitting directly to Watching the Watchdogs that your numbers are "anecdotal," "a very rough measure" and the result of "an imperfect process."
The donors believe your numbers, Mr. Potok, and that's why they sent you nearly $37 million donor-dollars last year, and that figure does not include the nearly $36 million dollars in tax-free interest generated by the $281 MILLION in cash in the SPLC's bloated "Morris Dees Legacy Fund."
And so, Mr. Potok, you really do hype up these minor threats, provide absolutely no documentation for your claims and then very successfully make a lot of money from it. I believe the term you used was "scam." What would you call it?
In Track Five, Mark Potok relates the details of an event where a Klansman named Jeff Berry gives an interview to a news crew, then, thinking better of it, demands the tape of the interview from the crew at shotgun-point. Potok says the police did nothing in response to the reporter's complaint and then makes an insensitive joke about gang rape.
"About a year later… well, we sued very quickly… well, it was shortly after that, and we easily won a judgment against Berry. You know, this was absolutely false imprisonment, right? I mean, it was a felony crime."
A felony crime, Mr. Potok? Just for holding someone at shotgun-point? Oddly enough, On page 101 of his 1991 autobiography, A Season for Justice, your boss, SPLC founder Morris Dees, writes with great relish about holding a man at shotgun-point. He even makes a little joke about it at the end.
Was this not a felony crime too, Mr. Potok? Was this not also false imprisonment? Or are you willing to overlook the crime because the felonious perp signs your $3,000 dollar-a-week paychecks? Just a modicum of consistency would be SOOOO welcome here, Mr. Potok.
In Track Eight, Potok discusses what he labels "Nativist Extremist" groups and their failure to resort to traditional political means to achieve their objectives.
"These are groups that don't merely say… that don't target the policy… In other words, they don't simply say 'Immigration should be lower… because of whatever reason,' right? 'It's bad for the economy or the environment or, you know, whatever… depresses wages in this country, therefore we're going to write our congressmen or hold a rally or a parade or whatever.' In other words, you know, engage in some kind of democratic action, right? Some kind of effort, you know, to have laws changed or whatever it is."
The irony here, as we've pointed out time after time, is that while Mr. Potok denigrates these groups for allegedly not engaging in "some kind of democratic action," the legend on his "Hate Map" fundraising tool clearly states that:
"Hate group activities can include criminal acts, marches, rallies, speeches, meetings, leafleting or publishing."
While we continue to be amazed that a so-called "civil rights group" would deliberately conflate six of the most fundamental democratic civil rights with "criminal acts" and "hate group activities," here we find Mr. Potok damning people both for participating and allegedly not participating in these activities. No contradictions there, Mr. Potok.
Track Nine covers the SPLC's criteria for designating its "hate group" brand name:
"Our criteria for a "hate group," first of all, have nothing to do with criminality, or violence, or any kind of guess we're making about 'this group could be dangerous.' It's strictly ideological. So we look at a group and we say, 'Does this group, in its platform statements, or the speeches of its leader or leaders… Does this group say that a whole group of people, by virtue of their group characteristics, is somehow less?'"
"It's strictly ideological." No crime, no violence, just "wrong thinking." Even the most rudimentary reading of SPLC fundraising materials and press releases, (redundant, we know..), finds repeated examples of you lumping conservatives and Christians as part of a diabolical "radical right" and anyone who believes that this nation's existing immigration laws should be enforced and respected is immediately smeared as a "nativist."
Labeling and name-calling are one of the eight central pillars of the propagandists' stock and trade, Mr. Potok, and you have mastered them all.
And the suckers sent him over $100,000 dollars a day last year, every day. No wonder he doesn't want to change the name of the company. "Civil rights" doesn't get any better than this.
A slightly longer quote from Track Ten, but it really is telling:
"Let me just say one other thing while I'm thinking about things to say. A lot of our criticism… let me think about how to say this… If there were just… if these groups just operated on the margins of the margins of society and ran around saying, you know, 'We should kill all the Jews, we should kill all the gay people,' and that was sort of all there was to it, yes, they would be scary in the sense that, every so often one of them goes off and kills somebody, but, you know, but would it really be a huge or serious threat to the society? I think obviously not, right?
I mean, first of all, it's not a message that flies very far…'Let's kill all the Jews. Let's, you know, build new gas chambers,' or whatever. But the reality is, and especially since the immigration debate has become sort of the centerpiece of their world, is that their propaganda is getting out way beyond their little fringe world."
"[W]ould it really be a huge or serious threat to the society? I think obviously not, right?" On this point, Mr. Potok, we can agree. We may find many of the messages produced by some of these groups to be patently offensive and despicable. The problem arises when self-appointed vigilantes like you and the SPLC come along and decide who gets to speak, based on your own extremely nebulous criteria.
Once you start abrogating the civil rights of one group simply because you don't like what they have to say, it's only a matter of time before all groups are threatened by this same lynch-mob mentality.
As for the nature of the threats these alleged groups pose, Mr. Potok, please remember that not very long after you gave this interview in your office you made the following statements:
"And I would say as a general matter, it is extremely unusual these days for an organization to plan and carry out a criminal act where mainly for the reason that they are so likely to get caught.
So what we really see out there in terms of violence from the radical right is by and large what we would call lone wolves, people operating on their own or with just one or two partners. As opposed to, you know, being some kind of organizational plan." (October 30, 2008, NPR.org, Assessing White Supremacist Groups in the US)
"Still, [Potok] said the public should remain vigilant about the activities of hate groups, even though individuals are responsible for the majority of hate crimes in America." (www.courier-journal.com, July 21, 2009)
And speaking of ideology, Mr. Potok, if your goal in life was simply to debate those people with whom you disagree, it would be one thing. But to rake in tens of millions of dollars a year in the process of stifling any discussion whatsoever is dubious, at best.
Potok continues:
"I think our more major concern has been, especially recently, is how this propaganda has been put into the mainstream and is now treated like fact."
And this, Mr. Potok, is precisely how your "Hate Map" and other fundraising propaganda work. You broadcast these spurious claims to the donors and the media, and everyone takes you at your word. Few, if any, will perform even the most rudimentary fact checks, not that you provide much for them to actually check.
Track Twelve deals with the origins of the SPLC and its mission; at least in the good old days:
"It started with two lawyers, Morris Dees and Joe Levin, and they came from here [Montgomery] and that's why we're here, and they are still… here. So, you know, it was a very, very small non-profit law firm and it did some of that… yes… defending people who were accused… black people who were accused of things they hadn't done, and so on.
But, you know, the cases tended to be… I mean, they were classic civil rights cases. In one of our early cases, had as a tactic, we sued the Alabama Highway Patrol, right, the State Police here because it was a 100% lily-white police force. You can imagine what the thinking on that is, right, I mean it's a bad thing in a society that is not all-white to have the people with guns be all white, right? I mean, I think it just makes it obvious to society who's running the show and, you know, what's behind it."
"I mean it's a bad thing in a society that is not all-white to have the people with guns be all white, right? I mean, I think it just makes it obvious to society who's running the show and, you know, what's behind it."
And we agree with you wholeheartedly once again, Mr. Potok. It a bad thing when an organization that purports to serve a diverse population is run by all whites, especially in Montgomery, Alabama, the birthplace of the American Civil Rights Movement. It really does send a message.
That being said, this year, once again, Watching the Watchdogs pointed out that for the 43rd consecutive year, the top leadership of your organization is as "lily-white," to use your phrase, as it was on the day that Dees and Levin opened for business in 1971.
"So, it was very important to the lawyers here to desegregate the Alabama Highway Patrol, and in fact they won, like, a very important judgment that… they're… I don't know if this is still true, but at least a couple of years ago they were the most integrated police force in America. Right here in Alabama… twenty-five percent… which is, you know, something."
Wouldn't it be "something" if the SPLC's Executive Suite was integrated and twenty-five percent of its highly paid top executives were from diverse backgrounds? Mr. Potok, just how thinly do you think we can spread the term "ironic" before it rightly morphs into "hypocritical"?
"I don't know if that answered your question. We did a lot of different kind of cases that were all over the, kind of, civil rights map. There was a lot of death penalty defense work done here in the early years. We don't do that, really, any more, because, basically, a lot of other lawyers got good at it and now do that work."
"We don't do that, really, any more, because, basically, a lot of other lawyers got good at it and now do that work." That's a rather dubious explanation, Mr. Potok. If anything, genuine civil rights groups like the Innocence Project, which actually do work with the poor, and on a fraction of your bloated budget, have demonstrated that the need for this kind of legal work has never been greater.
If you are no longer in the poverty law business, you really need to change the name of your company and just be honest with your donors.
And finally, from Track 13, Mr. Potok cuts to the chase and lays out what his company's agenda really is:
"We see this political struggle, right? And it's very different from what Teaching Tolerance does, right? I mean, we're not trying to change anybody's mind. We're trying to wreck the groups, and we are very clear in our head, this is… we are trying to destroy them. Not to send them to prison unfairly or not take their free speech rights away… but as a political matter, to destroy them. And the way we learned to do it, I think personally is cool, is we use facts, and when we use their own facts… So, often, the battle is to make it stick, right?"
"We see this as a political struggle, right?" If that's the case, Mr. Potok, and the SPLC is little more than another PAC, then stop hiding behind the sham that your company is somehow a civil rights organization. It's doubtful your donations will decline, and they may even increase.
"I mean, we're not trying to change anybody's mind. We're trying to wreck the groups, and we are very clear in our head, this is… we are trying to destroy them."
So, Mr. Potok, you've already stated that the SPLC isn't interested in criminality or potential for violence, it is, as you say, "all about ideology," and yet you have the gall to claim that you're not trying to take their free speech rights away?
If it's all about ideology, Mr. Potok, and these groups aren't advocating crime or violence, then isn't what they're saying, regardless of how offensive many people may find it, protected free speech? And yet, you're dying to "destroy" them?
These groups aren't breaking any laws, but you want to silence them because you don't like what they say. Isn't that textbook vigilantism, Mr. Potok? Taking the law into your own hands because you don't like the way the democratic system works?
You said the exact same thing in 2007 at a luncheon in Michigan, in this grainy video. The crowd laughed and cheered. They're all psychopaths, you said, and you can't wait to "destroy" them.
"And the way we learned to do it, I think personally is cool, is we use facts, and when we use their own facts… So, often, the battle is to make it stick, right?"
Well, Mr. Potok, we cannot agree more about the efficacy of that technique. Watching the Watchdogs will continue to "track" your company, making meticulous notes of your comments, press releases and financial statements and report them to the public at large.
Unlike your office, though, we will continue to cite all of our sources and we will not take a dime for our efforts… as opposed to the nearly $2,000,000 donor-dollars you've earned for your efforts since 2001.
And rather than lead our readers to preconceived conclusions, which is, after all, the textbook definition of propaganda and the basis of your position at the SPLC, Mr. Potok, we will continue to urge people to look at the documentation for themselves and come to their own conclusions.
We'll keep putting the evidence out there in the hope that someday we can make it "stick."
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El Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol 1983, conocido oficialmente como «Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol 1983», fue la 25.ª edición del Campeonato nacional de fútbol profesional de la Primera División en Ecuador. El torneo fue organizado por la Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. Hubo descenso a la Segunda División.

El Nacional se coronó campeón por séptima vez en su historia.

Sistema de juego
El torneo empezó con 14 equipos, que jugaron bajo la modalidad de sistema de todos contra todos en la primera etapa. De esta serie de enfrentamientos, 26 para cada equipo, los 3 primeros clasificaron con bonificación a la tercera etapa; los 6 últimos jugaron en la segunda parte del torneo un hexagonal del no descenso.

La segunda etapa estuvo dividida en 2 fases: la octagonal con 8 equipos, cuyos primeros 3 clasificados llegaron a la tercera etapa, y la hexagonal del no descenso, cuyo último equipo bajó de categoría.

La tercera etapa fue un hexagonal, en el que se disputaba el título.

Relevo anual de clubes

Datos de los clubes

Equipos por ubicación geográfica

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Primera etapa

Partidos y resultados

Tabla de posiciones
PJ = Partidos jugados; PG = Partidos ganados; PE = Partidos empatados; PP = Partidos perdidos; GF = Goles a favor; GC = Goles en contra; DG = Diferencia de gol; PTS = Puntos; PB = Puntos de bonificación

Evolución de la clasificación

Segunda etapa

Partidos y resultados

Tabla de posiciones
PJ = Partidos jugados; PG = Partidos ganados; PE = Partidos empatados; PP = Partidos perdidos; GF = Goles a favor; GC = Goles en contra; DG = Diferencia de gol; PTS = Puntos

 NOTA: Manta Sport clasificó al ser mejor ubicado de la tabla acumulada.

Evolución de la clasificación

Hexagonal del No Descenso

Partidos y resultados

Tabla de posiciones
PJ = Partidos jugados; PG = Partidos ganados; PE = Partidos empatados; PP = Partidos perdidos; GF = Goles a favor; GC = Goles en contra; DG = Diferencia de gol; PTS = Puntos

Evolución de la clasificación

Hexagonal final

Partidos y resultados

Tabla de posiciones
PJ = Partidos jugados; PG = Partidos ganados; PE = Partidos empatados; PP = Partidos perdidos; GF = Goles a favor; GC = Goles en contra; DG = Diferencia de gol; PTS = Puntos; PB = Puntos de bonificación

Evolución de la clasificación

Campeón

Goleadores

Véase también
 Segunda Categoría de Ecuador 1983

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos
 RSSSF - Ecuador 1983
 Artículo Oficial de El Nacional Campeón Nacional 1983 en la página web del Diario El Universo
 archivo futbol ecuatoriano - NOTA 1983
 archivo futbol ecuatoriano - AÑO 1983
 Línea de Tiempo de eventos y partidos de Liga Deportiva Universitaria
 Calendario de partidos históricos de Liga Deportiva Universitaria
 Sistema de Consulta Interactiva y Herramienta de consulta interactiva de partidos de Liga Deportiva Universitaria

1983
Fútbol en 1983
Ecuador en 1983

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That's one of the challenges of being ones own editor and publisher. Not that I expect my work to go gangbusters. Who knew personal accountability would be such a hard sell?
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Was it wrong to bring them into it? To keep the discussion of the problem among the KnightsMage, Reggie and I? According to Alliance Law these girls are their own legal guardians…nothing here is logical, and the only answer I could see was to take the reigns and cover all the angles.
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Earlier this year, Kamaiyah blessed her fans with her latest project Got It Made, her first independent release since her departure from Interscope. The new mixtape isn't the first time Kamaiyah and Capolow linked up, as Got It Made features their collab song "Digits." She's blessed fans with a slew of visuals this year, including "Go Crazy," "Extravagant," and "Project Baby."
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The first of a series of videos from Project Veritas filmmaker James O'Keefe was released on Monday, claiming to show Democrats hiring provocateurs [persons hired to make trouble] to incite violence at some Donald Trump's rallies.
The video was met with collective silence from the mainstream media.
1. The media has been sharply critical of Trump and his supporters. Consider the amount of support given to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (96% of media members' donations went to support Clinton).
a) Do an internet search for James O'Keefe Project Veritas videos. How many media outlets (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, etc.) are reporting this major story?
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2. a) Ask a friend to watch the video with you and then to answer the question: why do you think the media will not report on this story? Please explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent to watch the video and answer the same question.
c) How do your friend and your parent's answers compare?
b) The non-reporting on this story is an example of bias by omission, story selection and spin.
Wikileaks has also revealed the ongoing collusion between a growing number of journalists and the Clinton campaign. Emails hacked from campaign chairman John Podesta show media personalities aiding Clinton and her campaign by secretly passing her debate questions, "teeing up" problematic stories for them, volunteering as informal advisors, and more.
Gallup reports trust levels in the media have hit their lowest since the polling company began tracking them in 1997. Only 32 percent of respondents say they have a "great deal" or "fair" amount of trust in the media.


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Words in various Algonquian Indian languages.
The impact of Algonkian languages on English.
Pilling's venerable survey of Algonquian linguistics.
More recent, expanded survey of Algonquianist literature.
Modern translation of a 1910 survey of Algonquian grammar.
Historical linguistics compilation of original Algonquian language roots.
Bibliographies of Algonkian language materials.
Demographic information about the Algonquians and their languages.
Population and language use information for Algonquian Indians.
Essay overviewing the Algonkian language family.
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Chart comparing vocabulary from four Algonquian languages.
Glossary of numbers in thirty Algic languages, with posited Proto-Algonquian forms.
Algonquianist papers and resources from an annual linguistics conference.
Algonquian Indian language distribution and the migration of the Algonquians.
Linguistic classification of Algonkian languages in British Columbia.
Discussion of the Algonquian origin of the city's name.
Explanation of the terms Algonquin, Algonkin, Algonquian, and Algonkian.
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PM: Transfer to the bus terminal.
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"Sweaty; Complex; Supple," these are just a few words used to define the Bay Area trio, Frozen Folk. Eluding conventional definition, this band digs rusty hooks of thrashing energy into the frothing mouths of innocent bystanders, and reels them in with the lilt of bizarre lyrics and melody. Singer/songwriter Owen Kelley aims to unite influences like Jesus Lizard, Pixies, The Urinals, Eric Dolphy and Thelonious Monk. Patrick Friedman, drummer since the age of 12, and Tim Platz, bassist and jack of all trades musician since the age of 6, lay a brick-wall-backbeat that drives the complex and sonorous machinery of Owen's chickin' pickin' style guitar work.


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Elizabeth B. Gaydos, 64, beloved wife of Rudolph A. Gaydos, Jr., of Vernon, died Monday (January 13, 2003) at Rockville General Hospital. Born on February 5, 1938 in Sugar Loaf, PA she had lived in Vernon for the last 37 years. She was employed by the former Connecticut Bank & Trust Company (CBT). Mrs. Gaydos was a member of the Emanuel Lutheran Church, Hartford, was a member of the senior choir for many years, had been the librarian and was a member of the craft group. She enjoyed gardening and her family. Besides her husband she leaves two daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret and William Wink of Eastford and Stephanie and Patrick Fonner of Mystic; and two grandchildren, Violet Elizabeth and Andrew John. A memorial service will be Sunday, 2 p.m., at Emanuel Lutheran Church, 311 Capitol Ave., Hartford, with the Rev. John Corgan, officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Emanuel Lutheran Church, 06106. Samsel & Carmon Funeral Home, South Windsor has care of arrangements.


When I first started the production of the Documentary "Olive Tree: The Gift of the Goddess" while searching around, I found an old book from Mytilene – Lesbos describing the bottling and distribution of the Olive oil from the mid of 19th century to the mid of 20th century.
I was impressed because the industrial production of Olive Oil, having painters to create the labels of the Olive Oil bottles. The paintings were very well paid because it took months of work for the labels to be stuck on the bottle.
The color choices and the painting lines of the creators made these labels small pieces of art.I've been collecting them since I started my documentary production.
At first I had decided to give them a minute into the Documentary, but sometimes things have their own way. The labels did not have the minute they deserved. In our production team meeting about the documentary structure, I had seen some faces full of disappointed. They wanted the labels to be included.
In the coming 2 new episodes labels will be on board.
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Who said Singaporean men aren't romantic or don't express their love to their wives?
In My Mrs. My Valentine, we interviewed two fathers on how how's their Valentine and their secret to a successful marriage.
Now, hear what other Singapore fathers have to say about their own love story and share their personal stories in their special Valentine's Day post.
Divine Intervention by Daddy Nick Pan: How did a game of Romance of the Three Kingdoms helped Nick to find his perfect partner?
A Valentine's Day 2014 tribute to the lady in my life by Daddy Eddie: Who followed Eddie when he needed to leave Singapore For Bangkok?
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Who is Daddy's Valentine by Daddy Andy: Who married his first love?
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SubTopic Career development
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Contributor(s): Tom Gambardella
The chief executive officer (CEO) is the top position in an organization and is responsible for implementing existing plans and policies, ensuring the successful management of the business and setting future strategy.
The CEO is ultimately responsible for the success or failure of the organization. As such, the CEO oversees the organization's various functions, including compliance, finance, human resources, legal, marketing, operations, sales and technology. The CEO oversees these functions while considering the needs of different constituencies, or stakeholders, including employees, customers and investors.
The CEO title is most often used by for-profit businesses large enough in terms of employee numbers or revenue to justify this top position. Some nonprofit organizations also choose to have their most senior person hold the CEO title. Business laws also influence whether the term is used within an entity. Corporations, by law, must have CEOs, other chief officers and boards of directors. A limited liability company (LLC) can structure itself like a corporation and have a CEO, but it is not required by the laws governing LLCs.
Additionally, some business and nonprofit entities have their top leader function as a CEO, yet opt for other titles, such as president or executive director.
CEO responsibilities and roles
Although a CEO's key responsibilities are generally the same from one organization to the next, a CEO's exact duties can vary based on a number of factors, including the size of the company and whether it is a public company or privately held. The CEO at a startup or a small family business generally performs more day-to-day operations and management tasks than the CEO of a large company.
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One of the CEO's key tasks is developing, communicating and implementing strategy. In this regard, the CEO determines the plan of action for the organization in terms of which budgets, investments, markets, partnerships and products, among others, to pursue and implement to best fulfil the organization's mission -- whether it's to maximize profits, in the case of most businesses, or to meet specific humanitarian or philanthropic goals, as is the case with nonprofits, but also some for-profit enterprises.
Other key tasks include organizing leadership and staff to meet strategic goals; ensuring that appropriate governance and controls are in place to limit risk and to comply with laws and regulations; identifying and then delivering value to the various stakeholders; and providing leadership at all times, including in the event of a crisis.
CEO role in staff hiring and retention
The CEO is also responsible for hiring the leaders who make up the executive team; the CEO is equally responsible for firing those who do not perform up to the standards set by the CEO. These other chief officers are tasked with advising the CEO on functional areas; the chief financial officer (CFO) advises on finances, the chief marketing officer (CMO) on marketing and so on. These executives help the CEO formulate strategy and implement the policies and directions that the CEO then sets. In turn, these executives are in charge of managing their functional areas on the CEO's behalf.
The CEO is also responsible for setting the organization's culture by helping to determine the attitudes, behaviors and values he or she wants the organization's employees to exhibit and then by modeling those stances and ensuring that other leaders, as well as the HR department, support those.
An organization's board of directors generally hires and evaluates the CEO; it also determines compensation and can fire the CEO if it is unhappy with the CEO's performance. The CEO, who can also hold the position of president or chairman of the board of directors, is expected to regularly inform the board.
Similar positions
As a C-suite position, the CEO is part of the executive staff that sets a company's strategy. While most of the lower ranking employees in a company require technical know-how, C-suite executives need leadership and team building skills. Additionally, C-suite executives often require better business acumen because their decisions have big influence on a company's overall direction and success. Other C-suite positions include the CFO, the COO, and the CIO.
The role of a CFO includes compiling budgets, tracking expenses and revenue, analyzing financial data, and reporting this information to the CEO. Another part of the role of a chief financial officer is being the liaison between a company and any banks, money lenders or financial institutions with which the company does business.
Another similar role is the COO (chief operating officer). The chief operating officer usually oversees operations and day-to-day functions within a company, particularly when a company is too large for a CEO to do so. The chief operating officer reports directly to and advises the CEO, while also working closely with the CIO and the CFO.
There are other C-suite positions with titles such as chief media officer and chief digital officer, but the exact titles and roles vary from company to company. For example, a healthcare company would require a chief medical officer, and cutting-edge technology companies often employ a chief innovation officer.
Examples of successful CEOs
The best CEOs are able to excel at improving the success of their companies financially while simultaneously improving the conditions and lives of their employees.
One example of a CEO who did this is Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen CEO Cheryl Bachelder, who took over in 2007 when Popeye's stock was plummeting and revenue was stagnant. To turn the company around, Bachelder adopted a philosophy of serving those who "had invested the most in Popeyes." Bachelder reached out to franchise owners and used their input to transform the Popeye's workplace into one that prioritized respect in the workplace, but one that also challenged employees to perform at the highest level.
By 2014 Popeye's sales were up 25% and profits were up 40%, and its stock price had more than tripled since Bachelder took over.
In the tech world, great CEOs often have a unique vision. For example, in 1994 Jeff Bezos walked away from a hedge fund job to found Amazon, which began as an online bookstore run out of Bezos' garage. Bezos later said the motivation for doing included the fast rate that internet usage was increasing at the time.
Eventually, Bezos' vision turned Amazon into an "everything store" where customers could buy a wide range of products. To bring this to fruition, Bezos focused on optimizing customer experience. First, Amazon offered more book titles than any brick and mortar bookstore could. Following this, Amazon aimed to further optimize customer experience by offering perks such one-click shopping, and by publishing both good and bad product reviews. While these ideas are commonplace now, the ideas were revolutionary in 1997 when Amazon went public. This customer-first culture has continued at Amazon and in 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States by market capitalization.
Another CEO in the tech industry who had a unique, but clear vision is Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Jobs founded Apple with a mission "To make a contribution to the world by making tools for the mind that advance humankind."
While CEO of Apple, the company developed products such as the Macintosh computer, the iPhone and the iPad, and revolutionized digital music revolution through iTunes. Job's ambition and vision transformed Apple into one of the world's most successful and influential by the time of his death in 2011.
This was last updated in June 2018
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Ron Paul Salutsky authored the poetry collection Romeo Bones (Steel Toe Books, 2013) and translated Anti-Ferule (winner of the Toad Press 2015 International Chapbook Series) from the Spanish of Uruguayan poet Karen Wild Diaz. Ron's interests include poetry & poetics, rock climbing, edible landscaping, and home construction. He was born and raised in Somerset, Kentucky, and educated at Western Kentucky University (BA-English/Sociology), the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (MFA-Poetry), and Florida State University (PhD-English). Ron lives in the Upper Ochlocknee Watershed and owns Red Oak Real Estate, LLC, a firm that rehabilitates midcentury homes in the Florida Panhandle.


Amid the furore surrounding the arrival of one of Glasgow's worst snow storms, picket lines and speeches have continued at the main campus. A return to full-service on Monday will coincide with week three of the UCU's planned strikes, and as students and staff prepare for 4 more days of industrial action, there is optimism that a resolution is not far away.
After two weeks of both sides stating that they want to restart negotiations, the UCU and UUK will return to the table on Monday with the latter having come under intense pressure to rethink its reforms to pension schemes for teaching members of staff.
In Glasgow, University Principal Sir Anton Muscatelli joined the picket line last week in a show of solidarity with striking staff, urging those in higher authority to resume talks in the hope of finding a viable solution. On a national scale Cambridge University, who have considerable influence in the UUK, finally called for a solution to be found following disruption caused by the strike.
The unprecedented wave of industrial action has caused significant disruption, as deadlines are pushed back, presentations cancelled and exam papers requiring some rewriting to take in to account the teaching time lost.
Despite the resumption of talks this week, it is possible that strike action will continue as normal, causing disruption on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The picket line will remain in place as it has done from 8am-1pm each day, however those organising the campaign of solidarity have also organised a number of events for students to participate in over the coming days.
Wednesday will see a series of workshops take place in the QMU from 1-5pm. These are not all linked with the strike, instead discussing a wide range of issues from "how accessible is our campus" to a session learning protest songs and their backgrounds.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday evening a party has been organised to celebrate the half way point of the strikes, and the significant work that students and staff have undertaken in solidarity.
The adverse weather looks to be over, and the coming weeks will again reveal students and staff hopeful that weeks of intensive campaigning will be enough to finally pressure both parties into meaningful negotiations.


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Innovative and everlasting: 9 urban renewal projects changing Paris
By Charlotte Chiron , Published: 20 January 2019, 18:45
© Sou Fujimoto Architects et Manal Rachdi - OXO Architects, Compagnie de Phalsbourg et Ogic - Morph — The Eiffel Tower will always be the main symbol of the City of Light, but these new testaments will illustrate the future of the grand city of Paris. - db.videoAccessibility
Paris is always reinventing, and to meet the challenges of these changes, the whole city must be prepared to adapt. Classic Paris, with its red-awning cafés and limestone-and-iron buildings, will always represent the City of Light, but the most curious visitors will be entranced by the capital's metamorphosis. To showcase these developments, here's a taste of 9 urban renewal projects that will represent Paris' future. In Paris, regarding icons, innovations, and ecology, it's already tomorrow.
After the rennovation of Les Halles and the development of the waterways, Paris has continued to shake off the limits of the Périphérique (the outer limits of Paris proper). At the border, the famous road ring will gain footbridges. The capital city and its neighboring communities have orchestrated impressive projects, inspired by innovative technology and putting culture and environmental protection first. Rehabilitation of industrial wasteland and old workspaces, transformation of train stations into living spaces, and the creation of green neighborhoods are all a part of this rejuvenation. Read on for some details of the most iconic projects!
The Périphérique forest
© Sou Fujimoto Architects et Manal Rachdi - OXO Architects, Compagnie de Phalsbourg et Ogic - Morph — The Mille Arbres (Thousand Trees) project will re-greenify the Périphérique atla Porte Maillot.
A true architectural challenge to marry nature and design, the "Mille Arbres" project, at the Porte Maillot level, will become the green lung of north-western Paris (not far from the Arc de Triomphe). Thanks to the thousands of trees planted throughout the building, visitors completely forget the roadway, while the forest combats pollution. Taking on the form of an inverse pyramid to optimize the amount of space and sunlight, this futuristic construction will attract architecture fans.
A new panoramic point of view
© David-Chipperfield-Architects — The Morland project, on the banks of the Seine and in the heart of Paris
The heartbeat of Paris is the center of the city. On the banks of the Seine there's a site unknown to the general public—currently, they are the Ateliers Parisiens d'Urbanisme (Parisian Urban Workshops) which occupy 40,000 m² (430,556 ft²) of the building. Transforming the building without denaturing its spirit is one of the big themes of this project, "Morland mixed with the Capital." Hotels, offices, gyms and shops will decorate this space in the future, giving it multiple functions. Hot tip for panorama lovers: at the very top of the building, you can get a 180 degree view of the city!
Featuring sports
© Woodeum SAS Hardel et Le Bilhan architectes — Situated at the bottom of the Périphérique, building will consecrate 2,500 m² (26909 ft²) to the practice of various sports.
A bridge between Paris and Vanves, the project named "Sport, nature and woods" tears down the border between Paris and its neighboring communities. This large building is intended as space to live and practice sports in the south of the capital. In the dynamic days before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the 2,500 m² (26909 ft²) will be dedicated to physical activities. It will be the place to be for fitness fans.
The rehabilitation of Les Halles Pouchard
© D.R. — The rehabilitation project of Les Halles Pouchard in Pantin notably will include a vast green space.
Formerly dedicated to the fabrication of steel pipes, Les Halles Pouchard has been offered a new lease on life. Ideally located on the Ourcq Canal in northern Paris, with its feet in the water, the "Great Green Spaces" project is a true transition from former industrial space into an innovative community space. The building will welcome a hotel, a theatre, art galleries and restaurants. There's no doubt that culture and architecture fans will fall head over heels for the colossal 100,000 m² (1,076,391 ft²) project.
"At the green" Porte de La Chapelle
© D.R. — The "Triangle Éole Évangile" will be a highlight of green spaces.
Between the Porte de la Chapelle and the Parc de la Villete, Éole-Évangile forms a great triangle of nearly 13,000 m² (139,931 ft²). The project? Transform the space into a new neighborhood, a model of urban ecology and sustainable development—that's the principle that will guide the creation of these residences, offices, businesses, and cultural and athletic spaces. A great garden of 4,700 m² (50,590 ft²), open to the public, will also be created, forming a flowered pathway between the different sites. It takes the French concept of flânerie (a sort of poetic wandering) into the 21st century!
"Creating cultures" at La Courneuve
© D.R. — A renewal project at les halles Babcock at La Courneuve.
Former factories of industrial boilers, the industrial wasteland "Babcock" in northern Paris offers a gigantic space of 52,000 m² (559,723 ft²) to welcome the "Fabrication of cultures" project. The ambition: pay homage to the past and apply the technologies of the future. Converted into cultural and athletic spaces, housing, commercial and workspaces, this former wasteland wants to be a catalyst of creation for Greater Paris thanks to the "Augmented Image," a new motor of cultural innovation of the metropolis.
A place of memory in Romainville
© D.R. — A new space celebrating greenery and life with the "Grand Lilas" project at Fort de Romainville.
The Fort de Romainville is one of the 16 forts that constituted the line of defense in Paris in the beginning of the 19th century. The entire neighborhood is beginning the transformation into an eco-neighborhood with the "Grand Lilas" ("Grand Lilacs") project, which will welcome different cultural and artistic locations. History buffs will appreciate the opening of a museum to the Résistance movement (against the Nazi occupation of WWII). At the heart of the greenery and very accessible by public transport, the "Grands Lilas" project will open up a great new hub of biodiversity and agriculture—it will be a breath of fresh air in the northeast of Paris.
An urban farm in northern Paris
© Cabinet Bond Society pour Cultivate — A potage garden on the roofs of northern Paris
The vast international Chapelle site has begun their first phase to open the doors to goods in Paris. The second phase will inaugurate the sports rooms, lodgings with a view of Sacré-Cœur, commercial enterprises, and above all, an urban farm of 7000 m² (75,347 ft²) installed on the roof of the building. The objective of this project (named "Mushroof"): provide neighborhood traders with locally grown products, sustainably grown. Soon, we'll all be going crazy over the 100% La Chapelle products!
A haven for connected entrepreneurs
© D.R. — New digital technology is waiting here at 2030 in Ardoines.
Here Paris is preparing itself as a center for future enterprises. Here 2030, the immense site of Vitry-sur-Seine in the south of Paris will incarnate the model of a productive 21st century city. The "Ardoines Station center" is positioning itself specifically on digital technologies, with the welcome of FabLabs, the 3.0 event workshop. All of this will be housed in a true haven for connected entrepreneurs, with green terraces and animated kinetic façades.
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Q: RestTemplate "no suitable HttpMessageConverter" i realize that something wired goes on with a project i try to create. I'm using the RestTemplate. And i'm trying to connect with a server and retrieve data. All went good until the time i decide to broke my program in more than one controller classes. Look what i did. In each one of these new classes i insert at each one of them:
RestTemplate restTemplate= new RestTemplate();

In order to retrieve data i'm using the JAXB annotations only(for data binding) and i can retrieve whatever i want. But when i'm trying to execute this line of code in the new class:
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I'm taking this exception: RestClientException "Could not extract response: no suitable HttpMessageConverter found for response type [AClass] and content type [application/xml]"
If i put it back in the previous class can be executed without problem. Really i don't understand why. Probably because i'm using in the new class  a new RestTemplate.I try to declare  different RestTemplates and also to declare this way:@Autowired but the problem remains.  Should i declare something new in the dispatcher servlet?Moreover can i call in many classes the object restTemplate(RestTemplate restTemplate=new RestTemplate()). Should i declare it in a specific class and call it from there? What should i do?I expect your propositions.

A: How did you previously have your restTemplate instance set up? You have to register a MarshallingHttpMessageConverter with the RestTemplate instance, or it won't know how to unmarshal the XML. Something like this:
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Until Supreme Grand Chapter launched a fund named the RA 2013 Appeal, to celebrate 200 years of Royal Arch Masonry and to raise funds for the Royal College of Surgeons, there had been no charitable fund raising on a national basis. This was launched in November 2010 and closed in December 2013 with the target to raise one million pounds. At its conclusion, it raised a grand total of two and a half million and Hertfordshire Royal Arch Masons contributed the magnificent sum of more than £171,000.
The Provincial Grand Chapter runs a Benevolent Fund Relief Chest where monies are distributed to worthy causes by our Most Excellent Grand Superintendant. This could be for local charities but in the time of a Craft Festival our Most Excellent Grand Superintendent will support the Provincial Grand Master and donate to that Festival. Likewise Chapters are encouraged to support our benevolent fund, local charities and in the times of a Craft Festival, our RW Provincial Grand Master.
The current Craft Festival runs until 2019 and is in support of the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls & Boys. Monies raised for this charity are collected by the RMTGB directly. This means that your Chapter doesn't need to have their own Relief Chest to attract an extra 25% Gift Aid. It is a simple matter of distributing RMTGB envelopes, which you will find in the lobby of all Masonic centres, collecting the cash and sending a covering cheque directly to the RMTGB with the correct form. Should you be unsure of the procedure please get in touch with me by email or telephone.
It is worth adding that with this Festival, any money you give whether in your mother Lodge, Chapter or any unit you visit will be added to your own personal account and count towards your honorifics.