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Without Apps Local-Mobile Search Queries Won't Beat the PC in 3 Years
Wed, 04/18/2012 - 10:38 by Greg Sterling
BIA/Kelsey has just put out a prediction that local-mobile search will surpass local search on the PC in 2015. The following year (2016) BIA "expects mobile local search to exceed desktop local search by more than 27 billion annual queries."
There's a certain logic here -- 40% of mobile search carries a local intent (per Google) and mobile is growing faster than PC search -- but I think the crossover date is farther out than three years from now. (In developing countries it may be much sooner.) The press release doesn't mention apps and I suspect the prediction is largely or entirely about query volumes coming from the search bar on the mobile browser (which is 95% Google).
Source: Performics, 3/11
To achieve the local query volumes projected and surpass PC search equivalents by 2015, however, apps would need to be included in the calculation. Right now nobody really knows how much "search" and local search is happening in the context of apps. Nobody is actively tracking it. However, the recent Local Search Study from 15Miles, comScore and Localeze suggests that a substantial percentage of local-mobile search is happening within apps.
The survey of 4,000 US adults found that 49% of smartphone and tablet owners are using apps to find local information. I speculated that half of "local search" query volume, which might otherwise be on Google or other search engines on the PC, might be going through apps on smartphones. It's a leap but one not without some merit.
According to 2011 US survey data from Performics (chart above), 60% of mobile search users conduct fewer than 20 mobile searches per month, while 40% do 20 or more searches monthly. There are other data and surveys I could cite; this is just one. It illustrates, however, that there's a significant gap currently between PC and mobile search today. On the PC, comScore said last year that US adults conduct an average of 107 search queries per month.
If we use Google's 20% PC local search number, it would mean that in March there were roughly 3.7 billion local searches on the PC in the US. If we use Yahoo's 30% figure it would be more like 5.5 billion. The average of the two is 4.6 billion monthly local queries. (I believe these figures probably under count PC local intent search volumes.) If there are now roughly 125 million smartphone users in the US and roughly 90% of them use search, that means in any given month 112.5 million people are searching for stuff. If we assume they're all doing 20 queries a month (near the top end of the Perfomics range) that comes to 2.25 billion mobile queries monthly in the US. However only a subset of those are local.
If we use Google's 40% (of mobile search is local) figure, then roughly 900 million mobile search queries have a local intent on a monthly basis. (This number is likely higher than what's actually happening in the market given the assumption of 20 searches per month on average.) And again this doesn't account for local search queries happening in apps, which is probably hundreds of millions at least.
Indeed, "search" takes many forms on mobile devices, and much of it isn't running through a traditional search engine like Google. Yet mobile queries on Google are also growing rapidly. While overall mobile search volumes will continue to grow and while they could grow from 900 million to more than 4 or 5 billion monthly queries in three years I just don't see that happening unless we count app-based query volumes as part of the equation.
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We know Scrooge was no fan of using heat, so what would he drink to warm up? Coffee or tea? Or perhaps hot chocolate? What would be the favorite hot drinks of some favorite fictional characters if they lived today (or maybe even in their own time and place)?
If relaxing in cooler weather or needing a pick-me-up, here are the picks for seven beloved literary characters.
Count Dracula obviously would require some type of red drink for his chosen hot beverage to at least remind him of his favorite liquid.
The choice of Orpheus would have to be something sweet to remind him of Eurydice.
Nothing fancy for Scrooge—just regular black coffee. After all, who needs to spend money on cream and sugar? And none of that fancy cafe or coffee shop stuff, either…bah, humbug!
Apple cider just reminds this favorite hobbit of the Shire, taking a walk in the woods and of simpler times in Hobbiton.
Any mild or herbal tea with honey is likely to be served at a tea party with Winnie the Pooh.
A good and robust English breakfast tea is perfect for the ruler of Camelot.
A strong espresso is the hot beverage of choice for Dorian Gray—and unlike Scrooge, Dorian's tastes are geared more toward fine coffees found only in the most exquisite coffee establishments.
Being an archaeologist, Anna enjoys green teas, which are available in many areas she would travel during an expedition.


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'Ready, set, renovate'; Saranac schools to begin bond project work
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SARANAC — Almost 11 months after it was passed, a bond project is scheduled to begin at Saranac Community Schools.
The first phase of renovations and school improvements to the district is scheduled to begin Monday, April 1, said Saranac Community Schools Superintendent Jason Smith.
The $5.5 million bond passed in last May's election. There were 637 yes votes for the bond — or 73.73 percent, according to official Ionia County election results.
Saranac schools received monies in August and began planning — finding quotes and contractors, Smith said.
The project covers roadwork, safe and secure entries for buildings, renovations at the high school building and upgrades for technology and buses. The safe and secure entries and high school renovations are the biggest pieces of the $5.5 million.
Construction on the high school building began in 1963.
"The classrooms that were built then were never truly renovated," he said. "They're pretty outdated. This is the first time they get a facelift."
Saranac received $35,699 via the 2018 Competitive School Safety Grant Program from the Michigan State Police. About $20,000 from the grant will go into the safe and secure entries project for all buildings.
"That became a pretty big priority for our community as well," Smith said.
For high school renovations, Smith said classrooms will become more of a 21st century learning environment with updated technology and Wi-Fi spots.
There are three phases for the project, with phase 1 launching Monday. Phase 2 is expected to begin in the summer with roadwork, Smith said. The whole project is expected to be completed by next year.
Work will begin with the renovation of the west end of the high school building. Temporary classrooms have been set up in the library and gym as rooms are vacated.
"It's exciting," Smith said. "It's a lot of work. The kids are excited."
There are 17 contractors working on the project, which includes plumbers, electricians, masons, heating and cooling and excavators.
Temporary walls in the high school building will separate construction from classes during the school year, Smith said.
The Saranac school board asked about a bond a few years ago. When Smith became district superintendent in June 2017, one of his first tasks was working on the bond.
"It's really happened pretty quick," he said. "We planned for the election about nine months before the election. It seems like it's been fast. It's kind of like ready, set, renovate."
The last construction project in the Saranac school district was in 2006, with additions to some buildings, Smith said.
After receiving community support, people are thrilled with the renovations — including students who have offered to help.
"Everyone is excited and willing to help and I think that's phenomenal," Smith said. "I think that just speaks so highly of our kids."
— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at esasiela@sentinel-standard.com. Follow him on Twitter @SalsaEvan.
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Can You Transfer Cash From a Credit Card to a Checking Account?
In most cases, a credit card that offers users a cash advance option will allow you to transfer money from your available balance into your checking account. However, that doesn't mean this is a good idea. The fees and interest rates associated with these cash advances is high enough that you're better off using this approach only as a last resort.
You can transfer funds from your credit card to your checking account through a cash advance.
If you have a PIN associated with the credit card, you can withdraw the money at an ATM or with a bank teller and place the cash directly in your account. In many cases, credit cards have a limit on how much can be withdrawn from an ATM over a given day, and only a certain percentage of your total credit line may be used for these advances. If you need to increase the amount available, you'll have to call your credit card company and see if it is willing to up your limit.
Different cards allow you to transfer cash from the credit card to the checking account in various ways. Wells Fargo, for example, asks customers to call a 1-800 number and speak to an operator. Bank of America allows you to transfer money as a bank cash advance or as a direct deposit from your credit card, each with different fees attached. In some cases, your bank may allow one of its credit cards to serve as overdraft protection in case the checking account is overdrawn.
The speed in which funds are made available depends on both the credit card company and the bank. If it's all the same provider – the bank behind the credit card is the same bank you use for your checking account – the funds could be available instantly. If you're making the transfer via a convenience check, the transfer generally falls under the bank policy for personal checks, meaning some or all funds could be available on a delayed schedule. An online transfer from your credit card company to your bank could take several days.
Compare the cost associated with the cash transfer to those you will incur without it. Most banks charge both a one-time fee for accessing the cash and a higher interest rate for cash withdrawals, that they begin calculating immediately. If it's a case where an important bill can't be paid with a check or credit card and you're risking a denial of service, or where a small transfer can save you from having several checks bounce, that might be worth the cost. Pay the credit card bill as soon as possible, though, to avoid watching those interest charges create a situation where you'll need more cash advances in the near future.


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The French Third Republic, (in French, Troisième Republique, sometimes written as IIIème Republique) (1870/75-10 July 1940) was the governing body of France between the Second French Empire and the Fourth Republic. It was a republican parliamentary democracy that was created on September 4, 1870 following the collapse of the Empire of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War. It survived until the invasion of France by the German Third Reich in 1940.
In many ways it was an accidental and unloved republic that stumbled from crisis to crisis before its final collapse. It was never intended to be a long-term republic at all.
Napoleon III had become the second Emperor of France in 1852, following in the footsteps of his uncle Napoleon I. However, the French Second Empire lasted only eighteen years because of the emergence of another world power, one that was to profoundly transform the balance of power in Europe - the German Empire.
Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of Prussia, who sought to bring his state to ascendancy in Germany, realized that if a unified German state was to be created, some unifying force was needed to bring this about - a nationalist war with France seemed the perfect force to bring the other German states into line with Prussia. A resulting German defeat of France would firmly establish the new Germany on the world stage within secure borders. Through clever manipulation of the Ems Dispatch, Bismarck and French public opinion goaded France into declaring war on Prussia, beginning the Franco-Prussian War. After Napoleon's capture by the Prussians at Sedan, General Louis Jules Trochu and the politician Léon Gambetta overthrew the Second Empire and established the "Government of National Defence" which later became the conservative Third Republic. Its creation was overshadowed by the settlement of peace terms with Prussia and the subsequent revolution in Paris known as the Paris Commune, which maintained a radical regime for two months until its bloody suppression in May 1871.
In the aftermath of the collapse of the regime of Napoleon III, the clear majority of French people and the overwhelming majority of the French National Assembly wished to return to a constitutional monarchy. There were two competing claimants to the throne, each supported by political groups. The Legitimists supported the heirs to Charles X, recognising as king his grandson, Henri, Comte de Chambord, alias Henry V. The Orleanists supported the heirs to Louis Philippe, recognising as king his son, Louis-Philippe, Comte de Paris. However the two groups came to a compromise, whereby the childless Comte de Chambord would be recognised as king, with the Comte de Paris recognised as his heir. Consequently in 1871, the throne was offered to the Comte de Chambord. In 1830 Charles X had abdicated in favour of Chambord, then a child, and Louis-Philippe had been recognised as king instead. In 1871 Chambord had no wish to be a constitutional monarch but a semi-absolutist one like his grandfather Charles X, or like the contemporary rulers of Prussia/Germany. Moreover - and this became the ultimate reason the restoration never occurred - he refused to reign over a state that used the Tricolore that was associated with the Revolution of 1789 and the July Monarchy of the man who seized the throne from him in 1830, the citizen-king, Louis Philippe, King of the French. However, much as France wanted a restored monarchy, it was unwilling to surrender its popular tricolour. Instead a "temporary" republic was established, pending the death of the elderly childless Chambord and the succession of his more liberal heir, the Comte de Paris.
In February 1875, a series of parliamentary Acts established the organic or constitutional laws of the new republic. At its apex was a President of the Republic. A two-chamber parliament was created, along with a ministry under a prime minister (named "President of the Council") who was nominally answerable to both the President of the Republic and parliament. Throughout the 1870s, the issue of monarchy versus republic dominated public debate.
On May 16, 1877, with public opinion swinging heavily in favour of a republic, the President of the Republic, Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, himself a monarchist, made one last desperate attempt to salvage the monarchical cause by dismissing the republic-minded prime minister Jules Simon and appointing the monarchist leader the Duc de Broglie to office. He then dissolved parliament and called a general election (October 1877). If his hope had been to halt the move towards republicanism, it backfired spectacularly, with the President being accused of having staged a constitutional coup d'etat, known as le seize Mai after the date on which it happened.
Republicans returned triumphant, finally killing off the prospect of a restored French monarchy. MacMahon himself resigned on January 28, 1879, leaving a seriously weakened presidency, so weakened indeed that not until Charles de Gaulle eighty years later did another President of France unilaterally dissolve parliament. To mark the final end of French monarchism as a serious political force, in 1885 the French Crown Jewels were broken up and sold. Only a few crowns, their precious gems replaced by coloured glass, were kept. In 1889 France flirted briefly with the possibility of a dictatorship or a constitutional tyranny during the Boulanger crisis, but the republican leaders were able to avert the threat.
Though France was clearly republican, it was not in love with its Third Republic. Governments collapsed with regularity, rarely lasting more than a couple of months, as radicals, socialists, liberals, conservatives, republicans and monarchists all fought for control. However others argue that the collapse of governments were a minor side effect of the Republic lacking strong political parties, resulting in coalitions of many parties that routinely lost and gained a few allies. Consequently the change of governments could be seen as little more than a series of ministerial reshuffles, with many individuals carrying forward from one government to the next, often in the same posts.
In 1905 the government introduced a controversial series of anti-clerical laws, ostensibly separating church and state, but in fact banning religious involvement in education and dissolving many Catholic institutions and religious orders. These laws added to the divisions within France.
The Third Republic survived the First World War, having found allies to support it against Germany. Some historians argue that this was the greatest success of the regime.
Throughout its seventy-year history, the Third Republic stumbled from crisis to crisis, from collapsing governments to the appointment of a mentally ill president. It struggled through the German invasion of World War I and the inter-war years. When the Nazi invasion occurred in 1940, the Republic was so disliked by enemies on the right - who sought a powerful bulwark against Communism - and on the far left - where Communists initially followed their movement's international line of refusing to defend "bourgeois" regimes - that few had the stomach to fight for its survival, even if they disapproved of German occupation of northern France and the collaborationist Vichy regime established in the south.
When France was finally liberated, few called for the restoration of the Third Republic, and a Constituent Assembly was established in 1946 to draft a constitution for a successor, established as the Fourth Republic that December.
Adolphe Thiers, the first president of the Third Republic, called republicanism in the 1870s "the form of government that divides France least." France might have agreed about being a republic, but it never fully agreed with the Third Republic. France's longest lasting régime since before the 1789 revolution, the Third Republic was consigned to the history books, as unloved at the end as it had been when first created seventy years earlier. But its longevity showed that it was capable of weathering many a storm.de:Dritte Republik (Frankreich) fr:Troisième République he:הרפובליקה השלישית ja:フランス第三共和制 nl:Derde Franse Republiek pl:Trzecia Republika ro:A Treia Republică
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A New York developer wants to build a 135-unit apartment building in Logan Square, joining a swelling list of builders pushing multifamily projects on the Northwest Side.
A venture of Property Markets Group Inc. wants to develop its building on a vacant lot at Milwaukee and Talman avenues, according to a zoning application it recently filed with the city.
Amid strong apartment demand and low supply on the Northwest Side, builders are trying to kick-start new rental developments from West Town to Wicker Park to Logan Square.
The bet is that tenants are ready to plunk down higher rents for new residences near Blue Line transit stations, restaurants and other amenities. Property Markets' development and others will test whether rents in fast-changing Logan Square have risen to at least $2 per square foot, considered the minimum necessary to justify the costs of a new project.
WHAT RENT CAN YOU GET?
Designed by Chicago architecture firm Brininstool + Lynch Ltd., the 79-foot-tall apartment complex also would include 15,000 square feet of ground-level retail space, 141 parking spaces and 144 bike-parking spaces, according to the zoning application. The 135 units would include one-, two- and three-bedroom rental options, Mr. Gottlieb said.
He wouldn't say how much the firm would seek in rent but said it can charge at least $2 per square foot.
Property Markets' Chicago portfolio includes several smaller apartment buildings around the city, according to the company's website. In New York, the firm is part of a group developing a 1,350-foot-tall residential tower south of Central Park, among other projects there, and is also creating new towers in South Florida.
One the biggest challenges Property Markets faces in Logan Square is persuading neighbors near the site and ultimately Ald. Joe Moreno (1st), who represents the area in the City Council, to support a zoning change that would allow the project to go forward.
Recently, some Logan Square residents resisted Chicago-based Savoy Development LLC's proposed 63-unit apartment building at 2340 N. California Ave. in Logan Square, according to DNAInfo Chicago, describing that project as too dense.
Mr. Gottlieb said his firm presented the proposed development to the Greater Goethe Neighbors Association, a Logan Square community group, and has incorporated feedback from area residents into the project. He declined to comment on discussions with Mr. Moreno.
The developer also must buy the land parcel where it wants to build from Chicago-based Gibbons Construction LLC, which acquired it for about $1.1 million in 2012, records show.
Mr. Gottlieb declined to say how his firm will pay for the parcel. Patrick Gibbons, owner of his namesake firm, did not return calls.


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This could be your chance to make the big leagues. After six years of lurid publicity, the defense has suddenly unearthed a surprise witness. After six years of delays, the defense claims a witness called them today, for the first time.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times:
Testimony from a woman who says she had a sexual encounter with R. Kelly and an underage girl could be undermined by another witness in the singer's child pornography trial who claims to know damaging information about the woman.
The judge abruptly halted proceedings Wednesday about an hour before the woman, who is from Georgia, was set to testify that she had an encounter with both the R&B superstar and the female who is depicted in a sex videotape at the heart of case. The Georgia woman also was expected to tell the jury that the woman was a minor at the time of the video recording.
The show will go on. I'm just a bit surprised at this development. How likely is it that a new witness no one apparently knew about would call the very day this woman was set to testify? That's downright uncanny, as if this witness, a man, had some kind of sixth "R. Kelly" sense.
The defense appeared to be as shocked as well:
"We never knew about the witness until 9 a.m. [Wednesday]," defense attorney Sam Adam Sr. said. "The witness called us."
Want to be a witness at the R. Kelly trial? Apparently there are still openings.
This one ain't over until R. Kelly sings.
Will Bush free George Ryan?
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Former Illinois Governor George Ryan received bleak news today as the United States Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal. According to the Sun-Times:
Ryan was convicted in April 2006 of steering contracts to lobbyists and other friends, tax fraud, misuse of tax dollars and state workers and squelching an investigation of links between bribery and fundraising.
He was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison.
Earlier today, former Illinois Governor Jim Thompson announced that he would ask President George W. Bush to commute Ryan's sentence, thereby releasing Ryan, who has been in prison since last fall.
Ryan is 74-years-old. He would be eligible for a 15 percent reduction in his sentence for good behavior.
I don't know what the president is going to do. Bush has nothing to gain from this, and he has nothing left to lose. He already commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff. Would he do a solid for another convicted member of the GOP?
I suspect he might.
Bush may decide to wait until the 11th hour and commute Ryan's sentence on January 19, 2009. There are justice issues to contend with, but Bush doesn't seem to have much of a passion for justice, nor does he demonstrate any deep understanding of or respect for Constitutional law.
Of course, Ryan could be out by Saturday and working as a consultant for Halliburton by Monday.
College students going green
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A group of students at Ohio's Oberlin College are demonstrating leadership in efforts to reduce carbon emissions. With so many efforts to educate the public about global warming being dismissed as political stunts by liberals, it's nice to see common sense thinking from our young people.
The New York Times highlights one effort at a new sustainability house — SEED, for Student Experiment in Ecological Design — at Oberlin. The students time their showers, earning bragging rights when they're the first to turn the water off:
Lucas Brown, a junior at Oberlin College here, was still wet from the shower the other morning as he entered his score on the neon green message board next to the bathroom sink: Three minutes, according to the plastic hourglass timer inside the shower. Two minutes faster than the morning before. One minute faster than two of his housemates.
Mr. Brown, a 21-year-old economics major, recalled the marathon runner who lived in the house last semester, saying: "He came out of the shower one morning and yelled out: 'Two minutes 18 seconds. Beat that, Lucas!' "
The concept is billed as a sustainability house — SEED, for Student Experiment in Ecological Design — "a microcosm of a growing sustainability movement on campuses nationwide, from small liberal arts colleges like Oberlin and Middlebury, in Vermont, to Lansing Community College in Michigan, to Morehouse in Atlanta, to public universities like the University of New Hampshire," according to the NYTimes.
"It's not about telling people, 'You have to do this, you have to do that,' " Mr. Brown said. "It's about fitting sustainability into our own lives." And hoping, he added, "that a friend will come over, recognize that it's fun, start doing it, and then a friend of theirs will start doing it."
And, sorry, Jon Stewart, the students do not watch television. In fact, it sounds like they decided to put into practice what many teach. For example, they've decided to unplug one of the house refrigerators, further reducing their carbon footprint.
The unplugging of the refrigerator was not so easy. The house is divided in two, and each half has a kitchen. With everyone eating meals at a nearby student-run co-op, a decision was made to save energy by disconnecting the refrigerator and appliances in one kitchen. But which one?
"The fridge was kind of controversial," Ms. Bob-Waksberg said. "We kind of had a little feud going on for a while. We talked it out."
These students are simply demonstrating leadership in an area that is still new to many adults.
My high school students are not so easily convinced that global warming is real. Much of this is due to the influence of their parents, who see it as a completely political issue.
But to what end, I wonder? Why would the overwhelming majority of scientists, who, incidentally, are not paid by oil companies, speak with such a unified voice that we need to take steps to save our planet now?
Any discussions I've had with people who are not convinced about the reality of global warming inevitably turn to arguments economic — not scientific. Serious acknowledgment of the reality of global warming, after all, would mean reconsideration of our national policies on energy, and, specifically, on oil. We could not have this discussion without seriously reconsidering our national policies on oil.
Why should we take global warming seriously at all?
Why, indeed? Unless the risk of non-action resulted in disaster for the human race, and the universe going on without us?
Senator Kennedy rushed to hospital
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The Pittsburgh Channel sent a newsflash indicating that Senator Edward Kennedy was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital after falling ill at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport. Kennedy, 76, spent two hours in the emergency room before being transported via MedFlight helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
CNN reported Kennedy had symptoms consistent with a stroke.
Kennedy maintains a vigorous schedule. According to he web site, yesterday he was keynote speaker at a ribbon cutting ceremony at New Bedford Whaling National Park:
BOSTON, MA- Senator Edward M. Kennedy today joined Congressman Barney Frank, Dennis Reidenbach, the Director of the National Park Service for the Northeast Region, Lisa Sughrue of the Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE), State Senator Mark C. Montigny and State Representative Antonio F. D. Cabral at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly named Corson Maritime Learning Center in New Bedford. The event celebrated the successful preservation of the Corson Building after a fire destroyed it in 1997, as well as the reopening of the structure that now holds new exhibits, theaters, and educational and archival space as part of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.
Senator Kennedy said, "Today, we celebrate New Bedford's history and reaffirm our commitment to build on the great legacy of those who came before us such as, Herman Melville and Frederick Douglass to build a strong future for this unique city, a city that Melville called the 'dearest place to live in, in all New England.'"
Senator Kennedy and Congressman Frank have secured $6.4 million in appropriations through the United States Department of Interior for the renovation of this historic building. For more information on the Corson Building and the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, please visit www.nps.gov/nebe/.
His remarks for the event as prepared for delivery follow:
A little less than two years ago, we broke ground for this extraordinary facility, and today we can see that it was easily worth all the effort that so many put into this impressive project.
When this National Park was created over a decade ago, thanks to the vision and hard work of Tony Souza and WHALE, we knew it would be a success. But we had no idea how much it would actually add to the fabric of our city and to all the wonderful things going on in downtown New Bedford.
We could barely imagine how well the Park would work with the Whaling Museum, the new ferry service to the Vineyard, the AHA! arts programs, the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the renovated Star Store, and the revitalized shops and restaurants to bring people downtown and add to our city's vitality.
In little more than a decade, because of all your outstanding work, the Whaling National Historic Park has set a shining example for cities across the country – an example of the power of historic preservation and the importance of cultural awareness and education bringing the community together and promoting economic development.
What you have all built here will ensure that generations to come will learn about New Bedford's remarkable history and enduring spirit. Needless to say, we also owe thanks to the National Park Service and its staff who have worked so hard and well with our community to make this new vision a reality.
I especially commend the Piva and Florek family members who have worked with all of us to turn the tragedy of the fire that ravaged the historic Corson building in 1997 into an opportunity to build an enduring new home for the National Park, and create this impressive learning center we're opening here today. It would not have been possible without you.
Today, we celebrate New Bedford's history and reaffirm our commitment to build on the great legacy of those who came before us such as, Herman Melville and Frederick Douglass to build a strong future for this unique city, a city that Melville called the "dearest place to live in, in all New England."
We're also blessed to have had such a strong group of committed civic leaders supporting us led by our great Mayor Scott Lang. We're proud of New Bedford and its amazing history, and we're sure that our Whaling City's greatest days still lie ahead.
So, I thank all of you for the impressive job you've done. Congratulations on this major accomplishment, and I look forward very much to our work together in the years to come.
Gay marriage around the corner
Gays and lesbians will soon have the irrefutable right to marry. It's inevitable. Even John Roberts' Supremes won't be able to stop it as a matter of law.
Today California's Supreme Court ruled that state laws prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriages violate state constitutional rights of gay people. The 4-3 opinion came from three Republican and one Democratic appointee.
According to Lisa Keen at the Windy City Times:
The legal issue before the court was whether state laws banning the legal recognition of same-sex marriages in California violate the state constitution's guarantees of equal protection, freedom of expression, right to privacy or the fundamental right to marry. The laws banned both the licensing of same-sex marriage in California and the recognition of same-sex marriages licensed elsewhere.
The 172 page opinion comes in a case that consolidated six appeals. The court acknowledged the magnitude of the present moment:
We are in the midst of a major social change. Societies seldom make such changes smoothly. For some the process is frustratingly slow. For others it is jarringly fast. In a democracy, the people should be given a fair chance to set the pace of change without judicial interference. That is the way democracies work. Ideas are proposed, debated, tested. Often new ideas are initially resisted, only to be ultimately embraced. But when ideas are imposed, opposition hardens and progress may be hampered.
We should allow the significant achievements embodied in the domestic partnership statutes to continue to take root. If there is to be a new understanding of the meaning of marriage in California, it should develop among the people of our state and find its expression at the ballot box.
Same-sex marriage is as inevitable as the next network broadcast of The Wizard of Oz.
We're not in Kansas any more.
House votes to cut off funding for war in Iraq
According to Ilya Sheyman at TrueMajority.org, the U.S. House of Representatives has just voted 149 to 141 to cut off funding for the war in Iraq. According to Sheyman, "This was followed by votes to put significant restrictions on President Bush's war policy, including a timeline for withdrawal, and creating a new GI Bill to help returning veterans."
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I have no more right now, and will update as more information becomes available.
Obama's "Sweetie" Nightmare
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Barack Obama called reporter Peggy Agar "Sweetie," and now he's apologizing for it. That bodes well for America. We have yet to hear the first apology from George "Great job, Brownie" Bush.
This is all absurd, yet another sanctimonious diversion from real-world issues.
Saying "Sweetie" is so "Chicago" of Senator Obama.
I moved here from Pittsburgh in 1990. I remember begin surprised when I would go to restaurants and the waitress would call me "Hon," "Honey," or "Sweetie." Turns out it's all over Chicago, too easily slips off our tongues.
I can see that it might sound odd to the ears of others outside the Chicagoland area, but, here, well, Sweetie, it's all the rage.
John Edwards to Endorse Barack Obama
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The alerts just started pouring in from the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and others:
John Edwards will endorse Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination tonight at a campaign event in Grand Rapids, a spokeswoman for the Obama campaign said.
This is tremendous news for the Democrats, and should seal the deal for Obama.
Dwight Welch knows how to spend your money, C.C. Hills
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With one grand jury investigation currently investigating the use of Country Club Hills firefighters to demolish a pool house at the home of Mayor Dwight Welch, the Sun-Times reports Mayor Welch continues to turn his nose up at the taxpayers of Country Club Hills with a $27,000 weekend training seminar for "some aldermen, department heads and city employees." The seminar was held at the The Abbey Resort, billed as "Only Full Service Resort And Spa On The Shores Of Lake Geneva [sic]," according to their Internet ads.
$27,000.
Welch defended the expense.
"That was the deal, $27,000. We [rented] a room for [each] person. If they were married, they could bring their husband or wife. That's like it is on any convention. . . . It's not like we were going to some exotic place," Welch said.
The seminar was conducted by Dr. Paul Craig, according to the Sun-Times. Craig is "a senior fellow in the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and Public Affairs in Champaign."
Country Club Hills spent $1,447.50 to bring Craig along, "$1,000 for the seminar, $187.50 in travel expenses, $60 for meals and $200 for lodging."
That leaves $25,552.50 for the remaining members who attended.
I know Dr. Craig. He's worth every penny they spent on him and more. If anyone can help a politician find his soul, it's Dr. Craig. He's extremely well-read, perceptive, and, most of all, ethical.
But the student needs to be open to the lesson.
Look, this just all smells bad.
When the news about the demolition of the pool house first came to light, one Country Club Hills resident, Robert Darnell, expressed his support for Mayor Welch, "Mayor Welch has done such a good job, I can not say anything bad about him," Darnell, 73, said.
That's admirable. Not everyone was so impressed:
One 67-year-old woman, a 20-year resident, said Welch "gets all kinds of perks," and joked that firefighters "can paint my deck and back porch. I can't tell you my name. If I did, they'd be out tomorrow, tearing down my garage," she said.
What are residents saying now? Is a weekend at a luxury hotel and resort acceptable to the taxpayers of Country Club Hills?
Too often, public officials start to believe they're royalty, pampering themselves, spending taxpayer dollars as if it was their own.
$27,000 for a weekend away? Did they really need to go to Wisconsin, to a luxury resort?
Nero wouldn't bat an eye.
Have we been too tough on Todd Stroger?
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People tell me I should be more understanding of what Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is going through.
The media has been relentless. The Chicago Sun-Times today ribs Stroger's choices for a new county hospital board: Hospital board slights suburbs.
They tell me we have to understand "the way things are." When Stroger was running for office, I heard one Democratic Committeeman say just that to a college student who was critical of Stroger's candidacy. This young lady wanted to know why she should support Todd Stroger, that it seemed that Stroger was on the ballot simply because he was John Stroger's son.
"Young lady, you need to understand the way things are," this committeeman replied. He then went on to describe what a great man John Stroger was (he's right), and why Todd has earned this (he's wrong).
I'm told President Stroger is young, still new on the job, and we should be patient. He'll learn. He'll catch up. His father was a tremendous man (they're right), and Todd will prove himself before long (still waiting).
I don't buy that at all.
Todd Stroger chose to run for Cook County Board President, and he has not handled things well.
Let's look at this latest blunder. Regarding Stroger's choices for the new county hospital board:
Six of Stroger's choices live in Chicago, while the others are from Evanston, Flossmoor and Naperville, in DuPage County. None is from the heavily populated northwest or southwest suburbs — areas Stroger has been hammered by for perceived slights, and where there has been talk of breaking away from Cook County.
DuPage County? Did we really have to go all the way to DuPage County to find someone qualified to sit on a board in Cook County? Why did Stroger choose Jorge Ramirez of Naperville?
It makes one wonder, was Ramirez owed any favors?


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Maybe it's good the rich have more political power
Whenever the mournful dirges start about the supposed death of American democracy and how the rich have too much power, I've never stopped and asked if that's always a bad thing.
This morning a book review from Tyler Cowen stirred an idea that will bring me blank stares and quiet frowns from my friends, but it's still important to ask. Do we really want the poor to have more political power?
The argument that the rich have too much influence over legislation is usually constrained to the realm economic issues, and it props up the myth that richer Americans on average pay a smaller percentage of their income in in federal income taxes as a result of their political influence. What about other issues?
Cowen references his mood affiliation fallacy concept, which means mistakenly rejecting an idea because it criticizes something you think deserves a better reputation. He wrote:
I would be falling prey to the fallacy of mood affiliation if I simply assumed the author wanted policy to be more responsive to the wishes of the poor and middle class. Still I can ask whether this would be a desirable end. Aren't they less educated and less well-informed on average? Don't they also care about politics less and derive less of their status from political processes and outcomes? Do I want them to have a greater say over social issues, including gay marriage? No.
We know that education correlates with both higher incomes and higher support for gay marriage, so that issue could regress under power redistribution. Cowen also listed contradictory wishes from the uneducated, such as wanting tariffs and cheaper goods. These are impossible and more power from uneducated voters would hurt the poor.
Matthew Yglesias made a similar point:
Needless to say, the disproportionate influence of the rich on the political system is also troubling from an accountability perspective. It suggests that elected officials will be more responsive to the objective needs of the prosperous at the expense of those whose objective needs are more pressing. But pining for a world in which policy outputs precisely reflect the views of the public is neither here nor there in terms of obtaining a better political system.
No one wants a system where the poor have no political power. However, believing that giving more political power to the poor will produce benefits universally is flawed and reads like a chapter out of The Myth of the Rational Voter. The average American leftist would have a tougher time passing the social issues he or she cares about if the poor had a larger platform and voted more
This should be uncomfortable idea for anyone who believes in representative government.
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David July 22, 2012 at 6:56 PM
I would argue that a good portion of the poor in first world nations are politically enlightened compared to those in third world regimes. In fact, I'd go further and argue that it's not an issue of enlightenment, since the basic principles aren't obscure -- they're well defined. Every citizen of a Western first world democratic nation has more or less, some sort of familiarity with these principles. The issues which encompass these principles are fuzzier, and that's where public discourse should be solicited to clarify and sort the issues of most importance to us, with respect to local conditions. (Someone from NYC may have a different perspective on regulation of the finance sector than someone from a small town, for example).
Now *why* might the poor (not even universally) care less about politics? What is this statement in reference to? What part of the political system/process? I don't think it's a case of willful ignorance so much as cynicism and apathy masked as ignorance. Not to deny that the poor are on average less 'educated'. I don't see that lack as an excuse for preserving the status quo. It's misleading. Lack of basic education (towards critical thinking) is cause for alarm. Past an arbitrary threshold? No concern.
In fact, there are legitimate reasons for dodging what is currently referred to as 'politics' altogether. Why involve yourself with the current, extremely limited electoral process if you don't hold a healthy stake in it? If you use critical thinking, conversely, you will seek out alternative methods as you realize the current democratic process is biased toward those with great political power. As it stands, the 'uneducated' ignorance is taken advantage of to trick them into voting against their own interests. If the poor don't vote for lower corporate taxes, the corporations will pull the strings to get their way.
What does this mean? 'Educated' or not, voting, as a staple vector in the Western democratic model, currently affords very little political power on an individual level. You're informed enough about an issue? Great! If you vote against it, Congress will find another way to pass the resolution if met with sufficient opposition. The public mandate is an excuse to push private agendas. It's not the close-fitting concept it seems to be, either. What policies do a majority of Amerians agree on? What's happened to reforming Medicare? Ending foreign wars? Do you need to be 'educated' to honor the basic principles of a decent society? No. As a citizen, you're familiar to some degree with those same issues already.
That some people lack instruction in a particular direction doesn't imply that they're necessarily disconnected enough to warrant exclusion from the process. In other words, the minority shouldn't define the public interest. Just exactly what constitutes the public interest is a separate but pressing manner. Before we push the status quo, we should question the values, us being citizens of democracy, universally cherish. The issues springing from those values should be open to public scrutiny.
The 'basic principles' I was referring to: consent of the governed, to name one.
I think most (even on a global scale) will agree that consent of the governed is a positive thing. What is the scope of this concept? Does it end when a party gets a mandate to govern? What if it tries passing legislation like SOPA? In the same vein, this mandate should be scrutinized when our governments try to goad us into supporting them in baseless wars.
The public by definition does not have a say in whether or not the country goes to war -- it can oppose or support it, but it doesn't make the decision. In other words, the State does not require consent of the governed to push policy goals in this direction. Surely this is unfair, as we're forced to subsidize the expenses of the State, and most don't condone wanton bloodshed anyhow. Losses are collectivized, profits are privatized.
You don't need to be educated to grasp 'consent of the governed'. It follows that you don't require much further extrapolation to understand that something is very wrong when we have States declaring war on a hypothetical public mandate where one is absent in actuality.
And so, one issue which should be open to public scrutiny is the financing of wars and technology related to advancement of these goals. Not merely that we don't have a public mandate. But also because the
conclusions of these wars and the principles they utilize stand in stark contradiction to the values of a civilized society: loss of individual autonomy, mutual co-operation, freedom of expression, political participation, as well as consent of the governed.
In short: Soldiers aren't free. Neither are the victims they help conquer for the State. The State is a public apparatus -- we should hold exclusive purview over these so-called 'vital' State functions. Continually assess their use to us, and if of exhausted utility, discard them for more fruitful endeavors.
Ian Random August 14, 2012 at 3:41 AM
Forgive my horrible reading comprehension, but I think I agree with David and in fact I feel that people leaching off the working class have too much power. I wish you had to give-up something of value to get unearned assistance.
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Good News: Active Shooters Increase Prayer in Schools
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Americans need look no further than public education to see how far the country has abandoned its principles. From taking God out of the Pledge of Allegiance to banning corporal punishment, reversing the moral decay plaguing our schools can seem impossible.
But a new Duke University study provides a glimmer of hope.
Researchers have discovered a strong correlation between the rate of prayer and the frequency of active shooter incidents on school grounds.
"The data shows conclusively that kids in school who are shot at pray more," lead researcher Dr. Byron Gellemed says. "And this new science provides a sound basis for lawmakers and other leaders who believe in the power of prayer to be thankful for the increased rate of school shootings in our country."
The compelling data inspired North Carolina State Representative Preston Crawford to introduce new legislation expanding the number of school shootings, which he says will bring God decisively back into America's schoolhouses.
"The code-red lockdown prayer rate was just 25 percent in 2016, according to the Duke study, but then we had more shootings in 2017, and the prayer rate miraculously rose to 40 percent," Rep. Crawford said, citing the study in his address to the House of Representatives. "Those are remarkable numbers. We need to keep that trend going. We can average at least 33.7 more prayers per shooting incident with this bill. We just need more shootings."
The bill would allow community volunteers to enter any secular school with a duffel bag full of firearms and pipe bombs and begin firing at will to give children the chance to commune with Jesus Christ through prayer. If a shooting takes place, the bill stipulates that children who aren't Christian would be shot only after they receive a last-minute baptism, administered by a school official.
Graduating seniors are encouraged to embark on mission trips, visiting and shooting in schools around the country to spread the gospel. It's a small start, but Rep. Crawford believes it will put the country back on the path of righteousness.
"The Lord smiles down on a room full of children crouched against the wall frantically texting loved ones their favorite Bible verse, and you can truly see God in their eyes," Rep. Crawford said. "I myself have shot countless children."
Upon completion of any shooting, Rep. Crawford recommends all children attend a sermon in the gym to give thanks to the shooter for sparing them and bringing them and their deceased friends closer to the Lord.
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José D'Elía Correa (Treinta y Tres, 21 de junio de 1916 - Montevideo, 29 de enero de 2007) fue un sindicalista y político uruguayo.

Biografía
Su padre, Germán D'Elía, fue un coronel del Ejército vinculado al Riverismo, sector conservador del Partido Colorado liderado por Pedro Manini Ríos. Su madre, Elisa Correa, hija de un hacendado brasileño establecido en Rocha, era fervientemente católica y siempre se manifestó preocupada por la cuestión social.

Empleado en el ramo de comercio, desde muy joven participó en la actividad sindical, así como en movimientos de apoyo a la II República Española durante la Guerra Civil española, y de combate a los movimientos nazis y fascistas. Integró la Federación Uruguaya de Empleados del Comercio y la Industria (FUECI), y como tal participó en 1942 en la creación de la Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT), de la que fue elegido prosecretario general. En 1945 participó en la fundación de la Federación Sindical Mundial, como delegado uruguayo. Asimismo, en el plano político, militó desde su juventud en el Partido Socialista, de cuya rama juvenil fue cofundador. En el período comprendido entre 1964 y 1966, fue protagonista fundamental de la última fase de la unificación del movimiento sindical uruguayo, que finalizó con la creación de la Convención Nacional de Trabajadores (CNT), de la que D'Elía fue presidente.

Durante la dictadura militar fue proscripto y perseguido, si bien no llegó a estar encarcelado. En ese tiempo contribuyó a la formación del Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores que se conforma en 1984 como PIT-CNT. Ese mismo año, en las primeras elecciones tras el régimen militar, D'Elía, que fue cofundador del Frente Amplio y miembro de su Plenario Nacional durante largos años, fue candidato a Vicepresidente de la República por dicha fuerza política en noviembre de 1984, acompañando a Juan José Crottogini, en fórmula alternativa presentada por el Frente Amplio debido a la proscripción de su máxima figura, el General Líber Seregni.

En 1993 renunció a la Secretaría del PIT-CNT, siendo designado su Presidente honorario. Entre 2000 y 2003 integró la Comisión para la Paz, creada para investigar el paradero de los detenidos-desaparecidos durante la dictadura militar, en representación de la central sindical.

En febrero de 2005 la Universidad de la República lo nombró Doctor honoris causa por su "notable contribución a la cultura y el bienestar del pueblo uruguayo". Fue el primer no universitario en recibir este galardón por parte de dicha casa de estudios, en un homenaje por su trayectoria, que lo convirtió en un símbolo y referente indiscutible del movimiento obrero uruguayo.

Falleció en 2007 y fue sepultado en el Cementerio del Norte de Montevideo.

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911 calls released in JPSO arrest video
Viral altercation sparks debate
Updated: 9:17 AM CDT Apr 10, 2014
Andy Cunningham
A week after an arrest video went viral, showing an altercation between a Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy and a man in River Ridge, WDSU obtained the 911 call from the neighboring home where the incident happened.
The 911 tapes that lead to a heated debate surrounding the arrest of a River Ridge man were released Wednesday, a week after video of the altercation between a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputy and a man in River Ridge went viral.Watch reportA husband and wife claimed their neighbor's friend wouldn't stop cursing at them, so they called 911."Jefferson Parish 911?" answered a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office dispatcher."Yes, ma'am, I need a unit at 211 Marmandie. I got a neighbor cursing at my wife," said Caller 1."It's getting heated, can you get someone here, please?""I'm sending him out there. Does anyone have any weapons?" asked the dispatcher."Not that I know of," the caller said. "OK, I'm going to send him out there," the dispatcher said.In addition to profanity, the couple said they smelled marijuana. When the deputy arrived to investigate, the JPSO incident report said, the deputy also smelled marijuana and requested 26-year-old, Don Rell Breaux's license.But after repeating the request, Breaux continued to refuse according to the report. That's when the deputy said Breaux resisted arrest and he forced his way inside the home.At that time the complainants wife called 911."Hi, we need backup, the cop next door is having issue with the guys, we're at 211 Marmandie," said the female caller."He, he needs some help out here. They're in the house, I don't know if he's been able to call for backup, you need to get somebody else out here," the caller said."Did you all hear anything?" asked the dispatcher."No, he, I could hear them, they're screaming and stuff, but he's by himself, there's nobody else out here."Breaux was arrested on charges of battery of police officer, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.The Sheriff's Office said Breaux has previous arrests on charges of terroristic threats and acts at a school in Georgia, reckless conduct, manufacturing, distribution and possession of marijuana, simple criminal damage to property. What's not clear is whether Breaux was convicted on any or all of those charges.Breaux told WDSU he will fight the charges he's accused of.Related:JPSO provides context of deputy actions in River Ridge arrestMan seeks answers as Jefferson Parish arrest video goes viralSign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!13484466
The 911 tapes that lead to a heated debate surrounding the arrest of a River Ridge man were released Wednesday, a week after video of the altercation between a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's deputy and a man in River Ridge went viral.
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A husband and wife claimed their neighbor's friend wouldn't stop cursing at them, so they called 911.
"Jefferson Parish 911?" answered a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office dispatcher.
"Yes, ma'am, I need a unit at 211 Marmandie. I got a neighbor cursing at my wife," said Caller 1.
"It's getting heated, can you get someone here, please?"
"I'm sending him out there. Does anyone have any weapons?" asked the dispatcher.
"Not that I know of," the caller said.
"OK, I'm going to send him out there," the dispatcher said.
In addition to profanity, the couple said they smelled marijuana.
When the deputy arrived to investigate, the JPSO incident report said, the deputy also smelled marijuana and requested 26-year-old, Don Rell Breaux's license.
But after repeating the request, Breaux continued to refuse according to the report. That's when the deputy said Breaux resisted arrest and he forced his way inside the home.
At that time the complainants wife called 911.
"Hi, we need backup, the cop next door is having issue with the guys, we're at 211 Marmandie," said the female caller.
"He, he needs some help out here. They're in the house, I don't know if he's been able to call for backup, you need to get somebody else out here," the caller said.
"Did you all hear anything?" asked the dispatcher.
"No, he, I could hear them, they're screaming and stuff, but he's by himself, there's nobody else out here."
Breaux was arrested on charges of battery of police officer, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.
The Sheriff's Office said Breaux has previous arrests on charges of terroristic threats and acts at a school in Georgia, reckless conduct, manufacturing, distribution and possession of marijuana, simple criminal damage to property. What's not clear is whether Breaux was convicted on any or all of those charges.
Breaux told WDSU he will fight the charges he's accused of.
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Siri The Viking: Mimir's Well
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In a hardcover edition with extra material, the first album was released this summer. Second volume this fall, and a whole new adventure next spring. More albums are in progress. Nyström / Demervall has already signed an agreement with a Turkish publisher, publishing will start in 2021.
Per Demervall received the Adamson statue 2018 for, among other things, Siri's adventure. The motivation was: "neither more nor less than a major work", "a children's comic in full class with the best continental works."
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User privacy is one of the most important things Facebook has worked upon really hard. You have given full control over your profile's privacy. For example, you can manage who can see your photos, status, albums, shares, and other things.
You might have added so many people on your Facebook profile. By default, your friend list privacy is set to public which means that everyone visiting your profile can see who you are friends with on Facebook.
If you don't want other people to see your friend list, you can easily hide it from them. This tutorial will guide you how to prevent other people from viewing your Facebook friend list.
First of all, open Facebook desktop site and login to your account.
Next, go to your profile and tap "Friends" option under the cover photo.
Now tap the pencil edit icon and click "Edit privacy" option.
In a pop up window that appears, click the audience selector button next to "Who can see your friends list" option.
Now select the audience you want to allow who can see your friend list.
Public: This is default option set by Facebook. Public means everyone who visits your profile can see your friend list.
Friends: When you select this option, only your Facebook friends will be able to view your friend list.
Only me: This will hide from friend list from everyone.
Custom: Under custom privacy, you can particularly select those people who you want or don't want to see your friend list.
More options: If you have created separate groups for friends, family, work, school or location, you will find them under more options.
Note: When you hide your friend list, people won't be able to see how many friends you have on Facebook. Although, they can see mutual friends.
The user interface of Facebook mobile app is totally different from the desktop site. Here's how you can hide friend list on Facebook mobile app (Lite version also).
Open Facebook app and login to your account.
Tap menu button (three parallel lines at the top of the screen).
Next, scroll down and click "Account Settings" option.
Now click "Privacy" and then click "Who can see your friends list" option.
Finally, select the audience you wish to show your friend list. That's it.
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The University Medical Center Mainz (UMC-Mainz) encompasses more than 50 clinics, institutes and departments, and houses two central health care centers, a pharmacy, and a transfusion center. UMC-Mainz is also a teaching and research hospital with research units in almost every clinic and institute. Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz has a strong research focus and regularly achieves very good positions in international rankings. The Welcome Center for visiting scholars and students provides support for all contractual, insurance, visa and accommodation issues.
UMC-Mainz as part of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz has an established structured doctoral training program and offers a large variety of courses open to PhD students, ranging from presentation skills to project management, proposal writing, and financial management to conflict resolution.
Dr. Endres' lab (located in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy) is interested in exploring the impact of the gut microbiota in health and disease, e.g. how microbial commensals are influenced by the host's genetics and by environmental experiences and how this reflects on the host. She is looking forward to hosting a Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow. Please get in touch in order to talk about your project idea and a possible application to the program.


This site is so old. but there just aren't any RW sites out there anymore and I miss that. So here is what I have. Please enjoy this little piece of anime history.
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Yoroiden Samurai Troopers © Sunrise Animation/Nagoya TV. Ronin Warriors © Gras Entertainment/Ocean Studios.


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Calvary Flamborough CRC has been on the corner of Middletown Road and Concession 2 for almost 30 years. We were originally composed of a group of families branching off from Calvin CRC on Highway 5 when that congregation became too big for its building. Since then we have grown to be the church we are today.
In our relatively short history as a church, we have seen a great deal of change both within and outside our walls – all of which has helped to shape our character and help us grow. We have a strong sense of being part of a larger family and are exceptional at caring for one another. We also have a really big heart for needs in both our local and global community. Every year for the past 21 years we have run a community food drive for the Flamborough Food Bank, averaging about 10,000 pounds of food per year gathered from the local community. For one week every summer, we host well over 100 kids from the local community and CityKidz at our Kidz Connect program. This has been a great opportunity for kids to connect with each other, with God, and for us to connect with the kids. We have seen many kids come up through the whole program who are now returning to help lead. Globally, we have a strong partnership with the country of Honduras through our Carpenteros and Friends. This year we will be celebrating 16 years of involvement in Honduras.
As our name suggests (CRC), we are part of the Christian Reformed Church in North America – a bi-national collection of churches who ascribe to the same doctrinal standards and church governance structure. Although each individual church has autonomy as far as the shape of its ministry, we are united in our core beliefs and practices. If you would like to learn more about the CRC, we would invite you to visit the denominational website at www.crcna.org.


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Tina Mabry est une réalisatrice et scénariste américaine originaire de Tupelo, dans le Mississippi.

Biographie

Enfance et formations

Tina Mabry est née à Tupelo, dans le Mississippi, en 1978. Après avoir vu Boys Don't Cry, de Kimberly Peirce, et Love & Basketball, de Gina Prince-Bythewood, alors qu'elle était étudiante à l'université du Mississippi, elle a décidé de se lancer dans le cinéma et a déménagé à Los Angeles.

Carrière
Mabry debute sa carrière cinématographique avec son court-métrage Brooklyn's Bridge to Jordan (2005). En 2007, elle a écrit le scénario du film Itty Bitty Titty Committee. Le film a été réalisé par Jamie Babbit et a été présenté en première au 57e Festival international du film de Berlin.

Mabry a fait ses débuts de réalisatrice en 2009 avec Mississippi Damned, qu'elle a également écrit et dont elle reconnaît qu'il s'inspire d'aspects de sa propre vie. Elle a reçu une bourse de Kodak qui lui a permis de tourner le film. Le film a connu le succès dans le circuit des festivals, remportant les premiers prix au Chicago International Film Festival, à Outfest, à l'American Black Film Festival et à l'Urbanworld Film Festival. Il a été diffusé pour la première fois sur Showtime en 2011 et est actuellement diffusé en continu sur Netflix grâce à ARRAY d'Ava DuVernay.

Mabry a écrit et réalisé deux épisodes de FutureStates produits par ITVS, dont Ant avec Guillermo Díaz.

En 2015, Mabry a été engagée en tant que productrice, scénariste et réalisatrice sur la série OWN Queen Sugar, créée par Ava DuVernay et Oprah Winfrey.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Réalisateur américain
Naissance dans le comté de Lee (Mississippi)
Naissance en février 1978


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Jan IV of Oświęcim (; 1426/1430 – by 21 February 1497), was a Duke of Oświęcim during 1434–1456 (until 1445 with his brothers as co-rulers) and Duke of Gliwice from 1465 to 1482.

He was the third son of Duke Casimir I of Oświęcim by his first wife Anna, daughter of Duke Henry VIII of Żagań.

Life
At the time of his father's death in 1434 Jan IV was still a minor, so was placed under the care of his older brother Wenceslaus I.

In 1441, Wenceslaus I agreed to become a vassal of the King of Poland in exchange for the rights to govern the Duchy of Zator (it would be given to them in 1440 and in 1441 Wacław would officially become a vassal). This step was also followed by Jan IV and his brother Przemysław.

On 19 January 1445 was made the formal division of the Duchy between Casimir I's sons. Despite the fact that he was the youngest brother, Jan IV received Oświęcim, the capital of the Duchy, and the towns of Kęty, Żywiec and half of Gliwice.

Since the beginning of his reign Jan IV joined in adventurous politics with his Silesian cousin. One of his first decisions was not recognized the purchase of Siewierz by the Bishop of Kraków, Zbigniew Oleśnicki. This has led to increased tensions between him and the Polish nobles, even resulting in some border wars (common for that period in medieval Europe). The struggle for Siewierz lasted until 1447, when Jan IV finally accepted the ownership of the Bishop.

In 1448 it seemed that the Jan IV's anti-Polish politics were definitively ended when he signed a border agreement with Kingdom of Poland: however, soon their relations worsened. In 1452, and for unknown reasons, Duke Przemysław of Toszek attack Siewierz. The Polish troops, under the command of Piotr Szafraniec, used this as an excuse to attack Jan IV, and sieged his castle of Barwałd. The Duke of Oświęcim saved his lands only after the payment of 2,000 fines to Piotr Szafraniec. But Jan IV, after these humiliating conditions, refused to surrender, and with the plague over the Poland, he looted Polish borderlands, advanced over Lesser Poland and even approached Kraków, the Polish capital itself, on a daring raid.

The reaction of the Polish King wasn't long in coming. In 1453, a large Polish army under the command of the Starost Jan Szczekocki and the Chamberlain Jan Kuropatwa, invaded his Duchy in retribution. Unable to face the powerful Polish army, he was defeated and on 25 January he decided to capitulate. The Polish King gave him two choices: the vassalization or selling of the Duchy.

Despite his defeat, Jan IV didn't change his conduct and soon after he began the siege of Oświęcim, then under the hands of Jan z Czyżowa. This expedition was unsuccessful, so Jan IV withdrew to the Wolek Castle, from where he conducted trips to the Lesser Poland area.

Eventually, Jan IV accepted that he had lost all chances for victory, and in 1454 he finally agreed to sell his Duchy to the Kingdom of Poland for 20,000 groszes. The sale was confirmed in the act of homage made by the Duchy on 19 March 1454, during the festivities for the King's marriage with Elisabeth of Austria. The Act came into force on 11 October 1456, when King Casimir IV promised to Jan IV the payment of 21,000 pieces of gold and 4,300 fines.

Jan IV briefly joined the Prussian Confederation army as a mercenary during the Thirteen Years' War (one of the Polish-Teutonic Wars). However, the Polish king, Casimir IV Jagiellon, delayed the payment of the promised amount in 1454 and he returned to his homeland with mercenaries and allies from Prussia and located his base of operations in Myślenice, and began his efforts to recover his lost Duchy. Eventually, on 26 June 1458 in Bytom, the Polish King decided to pay him fully to stop the troubles (at the end, the King only gave him 11,000 pieces of gold and he would finish the payment only in 1462) and Jan IV retired from Myślenice, who was burned by the Polish troops.

In 1460, after the death of Bolko V the Hussite, Duke of Opole, Jan IV tried to claim his domains, but was defeated by Bolko V's brother, Nicholas I.

In 1462, with money from the Polish King, he bought Gliwice with its castle from his brother Przemysław, as well as nearby Ujazd from the Bishopric of Wrocław and he became the Duke of Gliwice in 1465.

In 1471, Jan IV and his brother Przemysław supported the election of Władysław Jagiellon as King of Bohemia, which resulted in the beginning of hostile relations with the other candidate for the throne, the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus. On 27 February 1475 during a meeting in Racibórz, King Matthias arrested Jan IV, and only released him after he give up half of his lands and later. However, the King only secured the fidelity of Jan IV on 12 August 1479, when he paid homage to him in Olomouc.

In 1482, and for unknown reasons, Jan IV sold the rest of his lands in Gliwice; in 1484 he inherited Toszek after the death of his brother Przemysław, but almost immediately the land was confiscated by King Matthias, who claimed more dubious rights to them.

Little is known about Jan IV's last years. He probably retired to the Duchy of Karniów, inherited by his second wife in 1491. Jan IV died around 1496–1497 and was probably buried in Karniów.

Marriages and Issue
By 30 December 1465, Jan IV married firstly with certain Katharina, whose origins are unknown.

Around 1475, Jan IV married secondly with Barbara (b. 1445 – d. 27 April 1510), daughter of Duke Nicholas V of Karniów. She succeeded in 1491 as Duchess of Karniów. They had one daughter:
Helena (b. 1478/80 – d. aft. 1524), married in 1492 to Baron George of Schellenberg.

Ancestry

References
 Jan (Janusz) IV Oświęcimski (Gliwicki) (genealogy, heraldics, timeline)

Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan

Further reading
 Krzysztof Rafał Prokop, Księstwa oświęcimskie i zatorskie wobec Korony Polskiej w latach 1438–1513. Dzieje polityczne, Polska Akademia Umiejętności, Kraków 2002
 Marcin Spórna, Piotr Wierzbicki, Słownik władców Polski i pretendentów do tronu polskiego, Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa, Kraków 2003
 Stanisław Szczur, Krzysztof Ożóg, Piastowie, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1999

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1496 deaths
Dukes of Silesia
Polish Roman Catholics
Piast dynasty


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After some three+ decades of beeing around I came to a shocking conclusion that I might actually have something reasonable to share with the world from time to time.
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Red wine is a drink that has been enjoyed by people of various cultures for thousands of years. Made from a variety of grapes, red wind obtains its color or shades of red and even dark purple, during the fermenting process from the skin mixing with the juice.
Red wines come in varietals and bodies. Varietal is just a word to describe the various wines that are obtained from specific varieties of grapes. Examples of varietal wines include: Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Bodies are classified as light, medium, and full. Also, wines are characterized by the amount of tannins. Tannin refers to the "pucker power" of a wine, and its flavor comes from seeds, skin, and the stems. Often you will find that the tannins are stronger in younger wines.
Merlot can be considered medium or full bodied and, has smooth tannins. This wine will also have a dry taste and unlike most wines, Merlot is best when it's young, rather than aging for some time. A typical Merlot will have grape scent to it, accompanied with a floral scent. Some various flavors of Merlots include: cedar, green olive, tobacco, black pepper, mint, ect. The fruits can range from cherries, plum, raspberries, and black berries.
Merlot comes from Berdou, a region located in France. It is now grown all throughout the world. In American, it is grown in Washington, Texas, and California. Australia, France, and South America are all areas where Merlot is grown and is quite popular.
When it comes to making Merlot, the grapes ripen much quicker than you would find for other wines. They are hand picked or machine picked and then fermented in wooden casks or in tanks. The fermentation can last anywhere from 7 to 18 days. After this, the wine is stored in oak barrels or chips. This is where the Merlot will age. Depending on who is making the wine, typical aging is from 6 months to 18 months. Finally, the wine is bottled.
When it comes to serving Merlot, there are several things to keep in mind. First, it is best with lamb or, some other type of red meat. You will want to serve it at a temperature just below room temperature, usually around 56°-58°F. Next, you will want to decant the wine, which simply means pouring the wine into a decanter, a large glass (see image). Wait about 15 minutes before pouring the wine into a wine glass, one that is deep and wide, with a rim that is slightly smaller. Make sure the glass is only about 1/3 full, swirl the wine in the glass, holding it by the stem so that the heat from your hand does not warm the wine. Be sure to first take a small sip and hold in your mouth for a few seconds.
If for some reason you spill your wine, there are several ways to remove the stain but, washing it first with white wine will neutralize the red wine, and take most of that stain out. Follow up with washing it with some club soda.
Red wines, like Merlot, are said to be good for your overall heath, as they provide high amounts of antioxidants. Drinking wine in moderation, about a glass per day, has been said to help with protecting against certain cancers, heart disease, and have positive effects on a person's blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Another great thing about Merlot is that you can enjoy this wine on any budget. If you are looking for a high end, expensive Merlot, for about $200, you might want to try the 2001 Paloma Merlot Spring Mountain District.
For a great Merlot priced around only $10, a 2001 The Bridgeview is recommended. It has a nice medium body with blueberries and black cherries. For the less expensive wines, you might want to avoid ones that do not provide a cork but, a twist off cap. These tend to give the drinker a hangover more often. Enjoy your Merlot in moderation.