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Fascist-Democracies are the Best Bet for the Future
A Facist-Democracy in Action
Though 'democracy' is pegged as a quintessential 'Western Value', the fact is most of Western History was not marked by democracy or even republican forms of government. Most Greek city-states were not democratic in the manner of Athens, and even Athens underwent profound changes in its forms of governance. Roman Republic soon gave to imperial rule, and the long stretch of Western European history from the Fall of Rome to the early 20th century was characterized by feudalism, aristocracy, theocracy, and monarchy than by 'democracy'.
Does this mean that most of Western History was not 'western' since it wasn't 'democratic' and 'liberal', supposedly the quintessential attributes of the West?
Furthermore, Byzantine and Russian Europe hardly experienced any democracy at all except in the late modern period. And huge swaths of what had been Byzantium came under Turkish, Kurdish, or Arab rule where democracy is either non-existent or practiced differently from 'Western' standards. If a people-and-culture are defined by a set of ideas, are they no longer that people-and-culture if the ideas were to change? If we say the samurai system and ethos are the indispensable essence of what it means to be Japanese, then are we to assume that the Japanese stopped being Japanese once they abandoned the samurai order and embarked on the path of Westernization? While it is true that samurai culture and mindset left a huge imprint on Japanese history, isn't the core essence of Japanese-ness the story of Japanese people in their homeland? Likewise, while it's true that political democracy & individualism originated and came to fruition in the West, the core essence of the West goes far deeper than any philosophy or set of ideals. More than anything, it's about the people, the land, and their sense of history REGARDLESS of whatever ideas or values they may have espoused. Thus, barbarian Vikings were no less a part of the West than Republican Romans. And Spanish living under autocratic Franco were no less part of the West than Swedes living under Social-Democracy. France was just as much a part of West under monarchy as under revolutionary populist ideals. So, the notion of distilling the entirety of the Western Experience into a bottle of 'democracy' is rather glib and shallow.
Also, there is no need to fetishize democracy. The historical lesson of democracy has been as much about failure as success, doom as well as hope. Democracy, by its ruthless autistic-logic, has often led to rootlessness, confusion, decadence, and demise.
For democracy to thrive and ensure survival of the civilization it serves, it must be fascist. This is why the fascist-democracies of Iran, Israel, and Turkey face more secure futures that the decadent-democracies of the West that are now prone to spouting such sentiments such as "there is no such thing as French Culture" or "Great Britain has always been a 'nation of immigrants'." In Iran, Israel, and Turkey, the democratic institutions serve, respectively, Iran-ness, Jewishness, and Turkishness. Democracy serves than dissolves nationalism. (A fascist-democracy allows liberal freedoms and free elections BUT enshrines the core fascist themes into the Constitution whose primary function is to secure the survival and well-being of a particular ethnos on a specific territory justified by a certain narrative. The danger of autocracies is the power becomes concentrated in the hands of a few that grow increasingly paternalistic and corrupt. The danger of democracies is the people become fractured into atomized individuals succumbing to appetites and alienation, thus allowing cynical elites to gain plutocratic power behind the scenes. In contrast, a fascist-democracy provides direction & meaning to freedoms that ultimately go to preserving the ethnos and mythos. Thus, people do enjoy freedoms and choices as individuals but are inculcated from cradle to find meaning as organic members of a larger community of blood-and-soil. Too many people tend to see politics in terms of right-wing aristocracy vs left-wing democracy, but democracy can be made to serve nationalism via fascism, which also allows for compromise between capitalism and socialism.)
America's rise to prominence owed to its being a fascist-democracy, a land of liberty and freedom bound to powerful sense of racial identity, cultural heritage, and core moral values. A democracy without fascist themes to keep it loyal to a people & culture will eventually dissipate because an idea serving an idea(instead of something specific and tangible) will grow weak and decadent. In time, the people are made to value the idea more than the realness of their own existence as ethnos and culture upon a territory. Thus, French people no longer believe their political system exists to defend and preserve the French nation. Instead, the French people and nation now exist to serve the Idea that, in a state of abstraction, becomes universal and is no longer specifically bound to the national interests of France as blood-and-soil. (While the cosmopolitan ideal of the French Enlightenment is not a new one, its corrosive impact had been tempered in the past by nationalism, traditionalism, and chauvinism that favored the French over their colonial subjects who, furthermore, had little chance of moving to France. Today, it's so easy for millions of non-whites to invade white nations every year. What had been the privilege of the affluent has become the tangible dream of countless mobs in the Third World. The practice of cosmopolitan universalism went from rich & educated white Europeans traveling to exotic places to millions of Africans and Muslims arriving in France and UK to shake their booties to rap and shake down whitey for free gibs.)
Just imagine the future of Israel if Jews were to adopt the autistic-logic of abstract democracy over the current fascist-democracy. Israeli democracy would go from freedom & liberty for Jews in a proud Jewish State to 'tolerance' and 'diversity' for all of humanity that may want to migrate to Israel to enjoy 'universal rights'. Since the Iron Law of Human Organismic Behavior is "poorer folks move to richer folks", Israel will soon be swamped by Africans and Arabs from less developed parts of the world.
That is precisely what is happening in the decadent-democracies of Europe, and if current trends are left unchecked, the future of Europe will be doom and demise.
A fascist-democracy uses freedom and liberty to protect and strengthen the people & culture of a nation.
A decadent-democracy offers freedom and liberty to foreign invaders to take over and destroy the native population that has been demoralized and deracinated by PC. If some native people do remain idealistic and passionate in a decadent-democracy, it's only in welcoming racial and national suicide in the name of serving the ideas of 'democracy' and 'openness'... and 'diversity', another essential 'Western Value' recently discovered or invented by PC. It goes to show that 'Western Values' are really dictated by whomever wields the power to control the narrative. Deracinators or 'Deracists' are the biggest danger to the Advanced World.
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Dan Martin saved by team after falling long way back on Tour stage 5
Dan Martin had a mechanical and then he fell a long way behind the bunch as the pace was just cranking up. However, his team pulled the brakes, waited for him and got him back on
Dan Martin and his team passed a nervous test towards the end of today's stage 5 on the Tour de France when the Irishman suffered a mechanical.
While normally not an overly nervous moment for a rider a long way from the finish, the problem today – gears that stopped working – took a long time to recover from.
Martin was left waiting by the roadside for a service for a long period before getting a spare bike and getting underway again.
And while his team mates waited for him and they all regained contact, they were well over one minute down at one point just after the race had entered the last 50km.
The riders still had two climbs to go at that point; the 4.9km Côte des Trois-Epis and the 4.6km Côte des Cinq Chateaux.
The early breakaway was also still being hunted down when Martin's gears gave up and forced him to stop for a bike change.
And with some of the teams keen to jettison the pure sprinters on the final climbs, Martin and his UAE Team Emirates men had a hard chase back.
Simon Clarke leads what was a very strong breakaway
The race leader looking sharp and relaxed in yellow
Team Sunweb pull on the front after the breakaway in a bid to set up Matthews
The pace was increasing at the time and though Martin lost no time, it was unwanted drama – not to mention dipping a little into his reserves – ahead of a big stage tomorrow.
However, on the upside the team really swung into action in support of him; something that hopefully bodes well for the racing to come.
The stage – some 175.5km from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges to Colmar – was won by Peter Sagan of Bora-hansgrohe in a bunch sprint.
Nicolas Roche's Team Sunweb did a lot of riding for Michael Matthews today; trying to bring back the breakaway and then set him up for a shot at stage victory.
However, in the final sprint to the line Matthews got squeezed and had to be content with 7th; scant reward for his team's efforts.
Martin and Roche finished in the bunch today on the same time as winner Sagan; in 66th and 77th positions respectively.
It was all about Peter Sagan at the first; a superstar in green and back on top
The early breakaway today was a strong one, featuring yesterday's attacker and king of the mountains Tim Wellens of Lotto-Soudal.
He got clear with Mads Würtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin), Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) and Simon Clarke (EF Education First).
However, they were caught and while Dan Martin's team mate Rui Costa put in a strong lone attack with just under 8km to go, he too was overhauled.
Sagan then won the stage from Wout Van Aert (Jumbo Visma) and Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton Scott).
There was no change in the overall with Deceuninck-QuickStep's yellow jersey wearer Julian Alaphilippe finishing 10th on the stage.
He was in the bunch on the same time as Sagan and never looked troubled during his second day in yellow.
Going into what could be a decisive stage tomorrow, the French rider enjoys a lead of 14 seconds of Wout van Aert of Jumbo Visa.
In 3rd place, and some 25 seconds off yellow, is another of the Jumbo-Visma men, Steven Kruijswijk; who may take the race lead tomorrow.

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HUD said as a result of "robust increases" in median housing prices and required changes to FHA's floor and ceiling limits, which are tied to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's increase in the conventional mortgage loan limits for 2019, the maximum loan limits for FHA forward mortgages will rise in 3,053 counties. In 181 counties, FHA's loan limits will remain unchanged.
It is important to understand that that while the FHA loan limit in Santa Cruz will be $726,525 for 2019, the maximum purchase price of a home is not limited - merely the size of the loan is limited. FHA does require a minimum down payment of 3.5%, so with a down payment that size the maximum purchase price would be $752,875.
However, Santa Cruz home buyers can put much more than 3.5% down on a home loan - however even if borrowers put down 20% on a FHA mortgage, the borrower will still be required to pay mortgage insurance for the life of the loan. Most borrowers with higher down payments will use conventional financing, but FHA loans are the "go to" loan for buyers with smaller down payments.


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The hospital offers the possibility of preparing the bed of the person accompanying the patient between 7 pm and 10 pm. The maid (cleaning staff) will enter the room to ask whether you want the bed prepared for the accompanying person. If this service is not d at that time, the maid will leave everything necessary on the sofa-bed so that you can make the bed when you wish. The following day, the bed clothes that you would like changed will be given to the auxiliary nurse when they pass to collect the towels. Additionally, if you wish to request extra towels for the accompanying person, you should ask the same auxiliary nurse.
If your diets permits, we offer you the possibility of choosing between 3 starters and 3 mains, to adapt more to your personal tastes.
Patients and relatives who come to the hospital for a procedure have access to a VIP room in which they can rest and relax during the procedure and while the admission processes, such as room assignment, are being carried out.


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The final table is your chance to finally win a tournament that you have been playing for hours. It might take you days, weeks, or even months of play before you ever reach a single final table, so you need to take advantage of these rare opportunities. There are a number of different ways to approach final table strategy, but they all revolve around your relative stack size and the opponents you are facing.
A short stack is going to play very differently than a big stack at a table. While your stack size is vital in determining how you should play, you should also consider how many players are left as well as the playing styles of any other players left in the event. There are innumerable variables that will also come into play, but these are the three main aspects that you should be focusing on at all times.
Final table play is usually very fast. Before you know it the tournament will go from 9 or 10 players to just a few. Some tournaments will have blind structures that allow for a decent amount of play even when you reach the final table, but for the most part, final tables will force you to be all in on a very regular basis.
This is something that naturally makes a lot of players uncomfortable. No one really enjoys getting all of their money in the middle hand after hand, but it is an absolute necessity if you want to succeed at final table play. Aggressive play is what wins tournaments, but reckless play is what will lose a tournament.
Deciphering the difference between aggressive and reckless is one of the biggest obstacles that you will face in a tournament. You can get away with a mistake here or there when a tournament is just starting out, but once things start to get more serious, each and every mistake is going to be punished.
Every single final table is going to be different from the next. Adjustments will make or break your chances of winning. Spotting who is too loose and who is too aggressive will make it a lot easier to take down pots with relative ease. There is no final table manual that you can follow. This is why tournaments are so much different than cash games or even sit and gos. Sit and gos and cash games can be played pretty much the same way over and over again, but this couldn't be further from the truth with final tables at tournaments.
If you try to adhere to a certain strategy at each final table you play, it is a near guarantee that you will fail more often than you will succeed. Don't be afraid to make changes if they will increase your odds of winning a tournament.
The beginning of a final table is when you can start to plot out your end game plan. Look for a few players who will be able to steal and re steal from. Aside from the players who you do want to attack, you should also consider who you are going to try and avoid. There is merit to avoiding players who can destroy your chances of a win. Anyone who has your stack covered is an immediate threat. The players who have you covered will either be your best friend (when they double you up) or your worst enemy (when they knock you out).
If you have a small stack, try to double up as quickly as possible. Small stacks don't even have time to try and move up into a higher payout. If you sit around and wait in hopes of earning a little bit more than a min cash, you may very well go out first anyway when the blinds eat away at your stack. Passive players seldom make it far at the final table unless they are able to catch an incredible run of cards.
If you have a big stack, however, you should be picking on the small stacks. There isn't a need to aim for the stacks who are average or could otherwise harm you. Go after the easy targets, the guys who will either give up without a fight or the players who will give up when you re raise or go all in. The big stack is not a time to coast along, instead it is your chance to ensure that you can earn a win.
Heads up play will ultimately decide whether you win or lose. Second place will pay a good amount, but first place might pay close to double what second place is worth. Aside from all of this, think about how many chances you will have to actually win a tournament. It is an accomplishment to make a final table, it is even more of an accomplishment to make it to heads up, but none of that matters if you can't seal the deal with a win.
Heads up play will be affected by the relative stack sizes. If you have a big edge, be prepared to shove around the other player. You can either try and get them all in whenever you have a random ace (or better) or you can simply try to steal whenever the opportunity arises. What you don't want to do is wait for a big hand. Your opponent should be making their own moves, so you can't let a small stack dictate what you do.
If you are left with the short stack in heads up play, there will be no other choice but to go all in over and over again. Ideally you will have a strong hand when you put all of your chips in the middle, but the odds are against you. Each hand could cost you 10%, 20%, even 30% of your stack from the price of the blinds alone. There is no time whatsoever to wait for solid hands, so get the money all in even when you have the most mediocre of hands. Hope for the best, and with a little bit of luck, you just might turn the tables in your favor.


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Johann Wilhelm Wolfgang Breithaupt (* 22. November 1738 in Helmstedt; † 29. November 1818 in Braunschweig) war ein deutscher evangelischer Theologe und Lieddichter.

Leben
Breithaupt, Sohn eines Helmstedter Predigers, wurde 1772 Diaconus in Clausthal, 1776 Pastor an der Braunschweiger Martinikirche und 1786 zusätzlich Superintendent der Inspektion Querum. Bekannt wurde er auch durch sein öffentliches Eintreten für die Existenz eines personhaften Teufels gegenüber seinem aufgeklärten Kollegen August Christian Bartels.

Schriften
Breithaupt veröffentlichte unter anderem:
 Heilige Lieder. 1.–3. Sammlung, Hemmerde, Halle 1767–1771 (von denen mehrere ins braunschweigische Gesangbuch aufgenommen wurden)  Band 1, Band 2,  Band 3.
 Von der Unsterblichkeit und dem Zustande der Seele nach dem Tode. Hemmerde, Halle 1771, .
 Heilige Reden nach den Grundsätzen des Christentums. Meyer, Braunschweig 1777, .
 Unterricht in der Religion nach den Grundsätzen des wahren Christenthums. 1778.
 Von dem Vernunftmäßigen in dem, was die Bibel von den heiligen Engeln erzählt. 2. Aufl. 1788.
 Etwas über die Versuchung Christi in der Wüste. 1788.
 mit August Christian Bartels: Collegialische Antwort auf die collegialische Zuschrift des Herrn Pastor Bartels. 1788, .
 Erbauliche Betrachtung der Erde. Meyer, Braunschweig 1806, .
 Gedächtnispredigt auf Friedrich Wilhelm Herzog von Braunschweig. Späth, Berlin 1816, .
 mehrere Predigtsammlungen und einzelne Predigten.

Literatur

Weblinks
 Schriften von Breithaupt, Johann Wilhelm Wolfgang auf worldcat.org

Einzelnachweise

Lutherischer Theologe (18. Jahrhundert)
Kirchenlieddichter
Person (Helmstedt)
Lutherischer Geistlicher (Braunschweig)
Deutscher
Geboren 1738
Gestorben 1818
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Q: JasperReports: JRViewer causes exception to be added in container in JInternalFrame I have created a swing application. I have created a report with iReport 5.6.0. Now whenever I call the report and tried to add the report in JInternalFrame it throws exception. I am sharing my code bellow.
Report Viewer
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Can anyone help to find out to overcome the problem. I am using iReport 5.6.0 and JDK 1.7.0 version

A: This was a bug on the Jasper. Just use the last version.

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Nashville, Tenn. (July 1, 2020) — Christopher Reeves, DPM, FACFAS has been named medical director of the surgical division at Upperline Health. Dr. Reeves currently serves as a physician and surgeon at Orlando Foot & Ankle Clinic, an Upperline Health company serving patients throughout central Florida.
"Dr. Reeves brings unparalleled leadership and surgical expertise to the Upperline Health team," said Michael King, DPM, Chief Medical Officer at Upperline Health. "We are excited to work together to expand our surgical services across the country with Dr. Reeves leading our surgical program."
About Christopher Reeves, DPM, FACFAS
Dr. Reeves specializes in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery and total ankle replacements. He is the immediate past president of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. He is a research director at Advent Health Hospital System and faculty of the Advent Health East Surgical Residency. Dr. Reeves is a Diplomate with the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and is board certified in both foot surgery and reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery.
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Tara Reade, Class, and Credibility
Tracy Clark-Flory
Tara Reade in Washington in the early 1990s, during the time she worked for Joe Biden.
Photo: AP/Tara Reade
For months, journalists have worked to corroborate Tara Reade's allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Joe Biden in 1993. Much of that reporting has focused on the particulars of the allegation: journalists have interviewed 74 former Biden staffers and dug up tape appearing to show Reade's mother calling into a long-ago Larry King Live episode to discuss her daughter's "problems" with a "prominent senator," all in an effort to confirm details of the alleged assault.
Some of these stories, though, have focused on establishing Reade's "credibility" as an accuser, by relying on sweeping interviews with friends, relatives, co-workers, and landlords going back decades. A narrative has emerged from this reporting that ties questions of Reade's trustworthiness to her financial background. Economic class is brought in as character evidence.
In May, the New York Times published a lengthy report that forwards this framing. It spins Reade's economic background, financial struggles, and history of intimate partner violence into a tale of a "messy life," a "tumultuous journey," a "shambolic life." As the article puts it, "If the national stage is new for Ms. Reade, the sturm and drang is anything but." Much of that "sturm and drang" relates to abuse and poverty, yet the piece includes no discussion of how these two things are cyclical and interconnected. Instead, in the Times piece and others like it, a case is made for the way that trouble has followed Reade around—the implication being that she creates it.
Reade's class permeates the Times' discussion of Reade's time working in Biden's office in the 1990s. "The Biden Senate world was populated by striving Type A's, and had a small-c conservative culture in which Ms. Reade didn't quite fit," the piece reads. "Former aides remember her as prone to storytelling and oversharing personal information." It continues to note that she "rarely socialized with colleagues after work" and chafed "at the Ivy League tilt of the staff" while :arguing for more interns from state schools." These facts set the stage for interpreting Reade through the lens of an outsider, that she didn't gel with the staff is seen as a telling detail of her character.
Additionally, the Times reports that Biden's office manager "admonished [Reade] to dress more modestly," which not only has potential class insinuations but also recalls the long history of sexual assault victims being assessed by their clothing. This is not the first time reporters have clung to the subject of Reade's attire in Biden's office. Previously, in late May, Buzzfeed interviewed former Biden staffers and "two people brought up the clothes [Reade] wore to work—specifically recalling that she wore capes and dressed in a 'hippie' style." Cara Ameer, then a legislative correspondent, said, "You were in a professional environment, so you wanted to be professional in every way—to look and act that way." Ameer added, "She definitely seemed to me to march to her own drum. Maybe she didn't like us. Maybe she thought we were a bunch of preppy Capitol Hill staffer types. If there was a mold of a Capitol Hill staffer, I would kinda say we probably fit it. We were well dressed."
The assessment of her dress is not merely aesthetic but rather mired in class-based assumptions. This evaluation recalls Paula Jones, who in 1994 alleged that Bill Clinton exposed himself to her. (Note that Jones' allegation came a year after Reade alleges that she was assaulted by Biden. ) In return, she was relentlessly mocked as low class: James Carville famously responded to her allegation by saying, "If you drag a $100 bill through a trailer park, you never know what you'll find." A journalist from Newsweek referenced her reputation as "just some sleazy woman with big hair coming out of the trailer parks." Four years later, Jones got a makeover and the Washington Post's Robin Givhan wrote: "Her braces are gone. She has smoothed the frizzy mane of curls that once reached to such dazzling heights. Her makeup is now subtle and based on natural, not neon, hues. Her clothing is inspired by the boardroom instead of the secretarial pool." By modeling herself on the aesthetics of DC's professional set, Givhan wrote that Jones had "embraced the markers of dignity, refinement and power." Most relevantly: the markers of class. "She is not white trash. She is not a big-haired floozy," her spokesperson said of the image overhaul.
The Times continues its focus on Reade as an outsider in discussing a later job as an aide for State Senator Jack O'Connell, reporting that "two people familiar with her tenure said she regularly failed to appear at constituent meetings." Then, "as the complaints about her work continued, Ms. Reade confessed that she was having a hard time at home, these people recalled." Those hard times are unspecified, but the Times notes that Reade had feared for her safety after her then-husband, Ted Dronen, responded to news of her pregnancy by "slamming things around the house." The Times continues, "She was given a lighter schedule, but when the behavior repeated itself, she and the office agreed to part ways." The "behavior repeated itself" is an awfully blameful way to refer to a woman who is, it is implied, struggling at work alongside fear of her own husband. The Times fails to note research showing, as a Purdue University report puts it, that the impacts of domestic violence can "lead to tardiness, absenteeism and lack of productivity." Reade's fears only increased:
On the night of Feb. 21, 1996, Ms. Reade said in a court document, Mr. Dronen "slammed me up against the wall with such force that my neck, arms, shoulder and back are bruised. He punched my stomach and upper chest with a closed fist." Public divorce records show that Mr. Dronen admitted to spousal abuse, and that Ms. Reade got a temporary restraining order. During an ensuing custody battle, Ms. Reade said she feared Mr. Dronen would beat their daughter if left alone with her for too long.
The Times follows this disturbing account of abuse by uncritically giving space to an "official evaluation" by a court evaluator that "suggested that Ms. Reade was exaggerating the threat, describing her as having 'personality characteristics that predispose her to dramatically respond to a variety of situations.' Ms. Reade's fear for her daughter, the evaluator wrote, was based less on a realistic assessment of risk than on her 'unresolved anger towards her ex-husband.'" Then space is further given to Dronen, who "declared, 'abuse, sexual harassment and other traumatic incidents' in Ms. Reade's life were the 'underlying psychological reason' she was 'making me out to be some sort of monster.'" That is to say, the Times allows Reade's ex-husband, who admitted to spousal abuse, to write-off her fear as the creative imagination resulting from her prior trauma.
This court case is not used to document Reade's alleged history of abuse, but instead serves as an unverified character assessment by suggesting that she is capable of wrongfully making men into monsters. Again, the man suggesting this is her admitted abuser, and the Times lets this go not only unchallenged but also supported by that "official evaluation." It is not noted how sexism often enters the courtroom in cases of intimate partner violence, including in evaluations like these. It isn't noted that abuse is cyclical and thus repeated instances are not suspicious but rather depressingly predictable.
Lately, Reade's experience of intimate partner violence has been key in classing the narrative around her. Last month, Politico spoke with several of Reade's former landlords, one of whom called her a "manipulative, deceitful, user." (The only evidence for these impugning words was that the landlord had lowered Reade's rent in response to her story of domestic abuse and yet she still struggled to pay it.) The implication throughout the Politico piece was that Reade exploited her story of abuse for financial gain, and it is much the same in the Times article, which speaks with landlords who allege that they took sympathy on Reade because of her "history of abuse" by helping her to move, ignoring her lack of credit, forgiving the lack of security deposit, and reducing the rent. "I knew it was a red flag, but I just walked right over it because she seemed so nice and I thought I could help a domestic-abuse victim and her daughter," said Austin Chung, one of the landlords.
The Times writes that "there are the former friends who describe how she spun her way into their confidence with her story of abuse and perseverance, only to leave them feeling disappointed and duped." It isn't mentioned that poverty and abuse are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are deeply connected: As a recent study on intimate partner violence put it, "Though it cuts across race, socioeconomic status, age, geography and sexual orientation, those communities plagued by poverty experience disproportionate rates." Instead of examining Reade's story through this evidence-based lens, a conservative middle-class morality is imposed on her struggles with no consideration for the privilege that enables such a stance.
Similarly, as a law student, Reade is portrayed by the Times as "so poor she had to borrow law books and occasionally brought her daughter to class when she couldn't find child care." The Times continues, "She also harbored a secret. She had never obtained the undergraduate degree required for law school admission." Of course, this is not in the service of teeing up of a discussion of how money acts as a barrier to education, but rather to drive home, again, Reade's "shambolic life." "But a legal career would not come together," reports the Times. "She did not pass the bar exam... ." At her new job, the Times says, she "frequently appeared at work late and had difficulty managing money as she tried to establish an upper-middle-class veneer for her daughter." Reade's economic struggle and striving should be irrelevant to her accusation of sexual assault. Instead, it's emerged as a defining narrative.
It's hard to have a "tidy" life—as opposed to a "messy" one, in the Times' wording—without resources.
None of this is to say that class was unimportant in Reade's life; clearly, it defined it in many ways. It influenced how she was regarded by co-workers and superiors, which inarguably impacted her career. That she escaped domestic violence, struggled to pay rent, went into debt, and attended law school with a kid in tow all speak to the salience of economic disadvantage. It's hard to have a "tidy" life—as opposed to a "messy" one, in the Times' wording—without resources. But these facts take on new meaning within the frame of an investigation prompted by an accusation of sexual assault. The Times article isn't the kind of profile meant to create intimacy with a public figure by exploring early beginnings, but rather a deeply reported evaluation of Reade as a high-profile accuser.
Here, facts are not facts, they are selected within a classed frame that implies significance around credibility. That frame reveals the enduring myth of the "perfect victim" and casts histories of abuse and poverty as incriminating evidence.
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You know, I can understand how, at first glance, the NYT piece can read as classist.
Ms. Reade, through her own pluck and smarts and powers of persuasion, overcame an unsettled and abusive childhood to find opportunities on the big stages of acting, politics and law. She won praise for what friends took as a sincere commitment to helping other abuse victims and to animal rescue.
BUT. This woman has lied. A LOT. About receiving an undergrad degree. About her qualifications to testify as an expert witness. And about her upbringing:
In the course of multiple phone interviews with CNN in recent weeks, Reade confirmed some biographical details that appear on her now archived website. She has described an idyllic-sounding childhood of running around on a farm in northern Wisconsin. She said she was immersed in nature and fell in love with horseback riding.
So, which is it? An unsettled and abusive childhood or an idyllic childhood? TBH, it really doesn't sound like this white lady came from any sort of "disadvantaged" background, and I don't understand why on earth anyone would try to set HER story up as one of oppression, particularly after the events of the past few weeks. I really don't think class has anything to do with why people are questioning Tara Reade's credibility.


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Carter: Hey Christmas! Stop creeping on Halloween
By S. Wayne Carter Jr.
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Halloween is probably my favorite holiday. It has been since I was a kid.
My love for the scariest holiday is probably because my mother went all-in for Halloween when I was young, especially when it came to costumes. She was insistent on making mine, because the store-bought ones just wouldn't do. These days, you can go to a Spirit Halloween store, Party City or Walmart and find a pretty decently made costume. This was back when the store-bought costumes for kids consisted of a jumpsuit with the consistency of a cheap garbage bag with places for your arms and legs, and a scratchy plastic mask with a string like a happy birthday hat that would break by the third time you lifted it up to make sure you could safely cross the street while trick-or-treating.
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I still fondly remember her making an Oscar the Grouch costume for me with green fur from the fabric store and a trash can made from light blue posterboard with lines drawn on it in black marker and elastic straps stapled to it to hold it up. I won first place in the kindergarten costume parade that year. Later, it was homemade Batman and Ninja Turtle costumes. Those were equally awesome.
Mom may have passed down her love of Halloween, but not her sewing abilities. My kids have to rely on the store-bought costume (which are much better, albeit more expensive, these days), but the kiddos desire to embrace the entire holiday — and not just the free candy — makes my heart happy, after years of failing miserably to convince my wife it's fun to get dressed up, then scare the bejesus out of trick-or-treaters.
One of my favorite things about Halloween is decorating the house. This is actually probably my favorite thing about Christmas too. Christmas Day is great and all, but I take a real joy in decorating the house with old school C9 lights, wrapping the columns on the front porch with red ribbon to make them look like candy canes, and filling the front yard with tinsel Santas, snowmen, reindeer and presents. Doing so seems to extend the holiday season and, for me anyway, really makes me feel the spirit of the holiday.
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Halloween is the only other holiday where you can really do this. Only instead of tinsel Santas and red ribbons, styrofoam grave stones, skeletal arms coming out of the ground and spooky strobe lights and sounds effects.
A few years ago, former Times reporter Jacob deNobel, himself a Halloween enthusiast, passed along his strategy for decorating: A little bit of fake spider webs go a long way, and splurge on one nice new decoration each year. To my wallet's detriment, I've done that, adding a fog machine, an animatronic pumpkin monster and, this year, a window projector. I'm still on the first bag of fake spider webs and can probably get another year out of it.
This year, though, I've been a bit troubled by how quickly the Christmas retail monster has not only snuck up on Halloween, in many stores it has completely overtaken it.
While shopping at a Lowe's store in Baltimore County on Oct. 15, I decided to take a look at the Halloween decorations. They were already limited to a clearance section of projectors on an end cap, and a shelf of some pretty lame decorations. At Big Lots in Westminster earlier this week, the Halloween decorations were limited to a display in between aisles. The Target store in Carroll County had a few aisles still dedicated to Halloween in the back corner of the store a little over a week ago, but at all three stores, Christmas decorations had long taken over the seasonal aisles in a big way. (Kudos to the Eldersburg Walmart, which still had Halloween front-and-center when I stopped in last week.)
"The Christmas Creep" is a term that is used in the retail industry to describe how holiday merchandise continues to be introduced earlier and earlier each year, sometimes as soon as the fourth quarter begins on Oct. 1, as stores look to close the year with a bang. I get it, but I was taken aback this year how quickly this year it pushed Halloween to the wayside. After all, the National Retail Federation survey indicated Halloween spending to be approximately $9 billion for the second straight year. Of course, I guess that pales in comparison to the roughly $720 billion the NRF is predicting for holiday spending in November and December.
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Hmm… on the other hand, "The Christmas Creep" sounds like it could be a pretty frightening Halloween costume next year. I wonder if my mom could sew it for me?
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After three days of continuous grilling, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader T.T.V. Dinakaran has finally accepted that he met Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the man alleged to be the middleman in his bribery dealing with the Election Commission of India (ECI).
After three days of continuous grilling, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader T.T.V. Dinakaran has finally accepted that he met Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the man alleged to be the middleman in his bribery dealing with the Election Commission of India (ECI). Dinakaran, sources say, intially refused to have known Sukesh. He later accepted meeting him when Sukesh himself gave the details of his meeting with the former. Dinakaran, who is accused of trying to bribe an Election Commission official in a bid to retain the 'two-leaves' symbol of the AIADMK, however, maintained that he did not pay any money to Sukesh.
The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police now has to establish the possible reasons for which the two might have met. For this, they have sought of the help of the EC official who helped him dealing with the poll watchdog. Searches are also being conducted at Sukesh's Kochi residence to trace the amount paid to him. Details of calls made and received, and messages sent and received are also being sought. It is being said that the Crime Branch is trying to get to the core of the issue and believes a nexus is at work, which is run by a higher authority. Hence, there is no respite for the AIADMK leader as he has been called for questioning again today at 5 p.m. Dinakaran's lawyer has also been asked to appear in the Crime Branch office at 11 a.m. today, while his Personal Assistant (PA) Janardhanan has been summoned at 2 p.m. Earlier on Sunday, Dinakaran was cross examined along with his 'friend' Mallikarjuna and P.A. Janardhanan, sources state. They were quizzed about the money trail of the alleged bribe. Also, the matter of Dinakaran staying over with Mallikarjuna for around 10 days after an FIR was filed against him was also brought up during the interrogation. On Saturday, Dinakaran was given a set of questions by the Delhi Police in connection with the case.
According to sources, Dinakaran was given a questionnaire and an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) questioned him. The questionnaire included queries about the money trail, his association with Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the middleman alleged to have struck deal for Rs. 50 crore to help Dinakaran's AIADMK faction keep the 'two leaves' poll symbol, how many times he met Sukesh and whether any meeting with the Election Commission officials took place, or not, etc. On Thursday, a team of the Delhi Police Crime Branch reached Chennai and served a notice on Dinakaran and asked him to join the probe. The Delhi Police had issued a lookout notice against Dinakaran on Tuesday. The police had arrested and sent Sukesh to custody for allegedly striking a deal of Rs. 50 crore to help the Dinakaran faction keep the 'two leaves' poll symbol.
The Crime Branch recovered approximately Rs. 1.3 crore and two luxury cars, a BMW and a Mercedes, from Chandrashekhar. Chandrasekhar was picked up from the Hyatt hotel and was produced at the residence of Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry, who allowed the Delhi Police's plea to interrogate the accused for eight days. Dinakaran was also named as an accused in the FIR, filed by the Delhi Police Crime Branch. Dinakaran's faction contested on the hat symbol for the R.K. Nagar assembly by-polls, after the Election Commission froze their two leaves symbol while acknowledging the split in the party. The polling was later cancelled by the Election Commission.


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New Pixies Box Set Is All About the Art, Not the Music ... Sorta
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It's true that the Pixies have new, limited- and deluxe-edition box sets available but band leader Black Francis (aka Frank Black) warns fans that the set, entitled 'Minotaur,' is more about the package than the music. Kind of.
"If you're not really interested in the art angle then this is probably not for you," Francis tells Spinner, unapologetically. "I would recommend that you just go burn the records off the internet if you just want to hear the music."
His caveat is based on the fact the the limited-edition set, which is a hefty 25 pounds, comes in a '2001: A Space Odyssey'-inspired clamshell, and includes a 96-page hardcover fine-art book of new Pixies artwork and photos, two posters, and additional bells and whistles. But it doesn't really offer hardcore Pixies fans any music that they haven't heard before or that they don't already own (except for, notably, a live DVD and Blu-ray from the band's 1991 show at London's Brixton Academy).
"The music contained basically consists of the five albums," he explains. "To put it in a more romantic way, you could say that those five records are the Pixies' manifesto. B-Sides and that kind of thing qualify only as extra banter, but are not really part of the manifesto."
from: http://www.pastemagazine.com/around...-box-set-is-all-about-the-art-not-the-mu.html
"If I knew where good songs came from I'd go there more often." Leonard Cohen
"I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes..." Leonard Cohen
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Лінійні  кораблі типу «Міссісіпі» були передбачені морським бюджетом 1903 року: «Міссісіпі» та «Айдахо» отримали імена на честь 20-го та 43-го штатів відповідно.

Конструкція
Це були  останні додредноути, спроєктовані для ВМС США, але не останні побудовані, оскільки ще один корабель попереднього типу був побудований у відповідності до військово-морського бюджету 1904 року.  Хоча якість та технологічність озброєння та броні були високою, воно включало суміш розмірів гармат, найбільшого, проміжного, допоміжного калібрів (при чому кількох). Відповідна конфігурація озброєння, характерна для пре-дредноутів, застаріла до моменту добудови кораблів.

Перші роки 20-го століття були періодом переходу і коливань у військово морській стратегії та тактиці США, а також підходах до конструювавння кораблів. Додредноути типу «Міссісіпі» разом з попередніми [[Панцерники класу «Коннектикат»|типу «Коннектикут»]], будувалися, виходячи з досвіду, набутого у Іспано-американській війні. Але ще у період їх будівництва події Російсько-японської війни, штабні навчання та експерименти сформували нові концепції будівництва основних кораблів. Їх головний калібр мав бути єдиним, сформувався концепт "лише великі гармати", які доповнювали лише невеликі гармати меншого калібру для оборони від невеликих кораблів, насамперед міноносців на невеликій відстані.

Кораблі типу «Міссісіпі» мали менші розміри, ніж кілька попередніх типів лінкорів США. Їх конструкція була спробою зменшити швидке зростання розмірів і вартості американських  основних кораблів. Крім того, серед впливових морських лідерів, включаючи Дьюї та Магена, існувала теорія, що багато менших лінкорів можуть бути стратегічно корисними, так само як і невеликі лінійні кораблі у 18 та 19 століттях. По суті, кораблі типу «Міссісіпі» були зменшеними версіями попереднього типу «Коннектикут» з фактично таким же озброєнням і бронею, але зі зменшенням довжини, розмірів машини та запасів палива. Це знизило їх швидкість та обмежило автономність.  Інші компроміси у конструкції призвели до того, що вони мали проблеми з рульовим керуванням, стабільностю та морехідністю.

Служба

США
Ці кораблі служили у ВМС США з 1908 по 1914 рік, коли були продані Греції. Більший проміжок часу на службі США провели у складі Атлантичного флоту. Втім ці кораблі не могли повноцінно діяти в операціях флоту через їх меншу швидкість і меншу дальність. Кораблям часто доручали виконання спеціальних завдань самостійно, включаючи візити в іноземні порти, а «Міссісіпі» деякий час використовувався як плавуча база гідролітаків. Обидва кораблі брали участь у військових інтервенціях США в Мексиці та Карибському морі, включаючи висадку морської піхоти та підтримку одних з перших повітряних операцій.

Греція
У 1914 році обидва лінійні  кораблі типу «Міссісіпі» продані Греції, якою перейменовані на «Кілкіс» та «Лемнос». Це був єдиний в історії продаж лінійних кораблів з флоту США іноземному уряду. З 1914 до початку 1930-х років кораблі активно використовуваоись ВМС Греції, виконуючи в основному функції берегової оборони та обстрілів узбереж. У цих місіях і у більш спокійних водах Середземного моря обмеження, які накладала їх конструкція, були менш вираженими. Кораблі брали участь у інтервенції на території України за часів визвольних змагань та у Греко-турецькій війні. До середини 1930-х років вони були переведені у резерв або виконували допоміжні функції.  З «Лемнос» (колишній «Айдахо») зняли гармати для посилення берегових укріплень. Обидва були потоплені літаками   Люфтфаффе у 1941 році та підняті у 1950-х роках для продажу на металобрухт.

Примітки

Класи лінкорів
Лінійні кораблі Греції
Лінійні кораблі Першої світової війни

Додредноути США


GODUS empowers you in the role of a god, allowing you to sculpt every inch of a beautiful world that you look down upon, on which a population of Followers settle and multiply.
NOTE: If you buy this game now on Mac Game Store you will receive a key which you can redeem on Steam to get access to the GODUS via Early Access and download all subsequent updates.
GODUS empowers you in the role of a god, allowing you to sculpt every inch of a beautiful world that you look down upon, on which a population of Followers settle and multiply. As you mould every aspect of your unique utopia, a civilisation will blossom across your land and offer you their belief. The more Followers that believe in you, the more powerful you will become.
Whilst you are free to lose yourself in this tranquil experience, other gods reign outside of the ever-expanding reach of your influence. If you so wish, you may challenge other gods and their civilisations to epic multiplayer battles that involve hundreds of Followers fighting in your name whilst you cast devastating god powers from the skies above. As you conquer more lands, your powers will grow allowing you to nurture the advancement of your own Followers.
Broadband Internet connection for download and multiplayer.
Unfortunately if you are looking for god sim, look elsewhere.
Game is not finished, possible abandoned by its creators :(.
That's a pity we need modern populous !!!
The game is still only half done. The never update it.
It was a promising game, but actually is more like a free Smartphone game.


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Interested in Teaching? All the reasons why you're on the right path to making a difference HERE
These videos "What to know when applying to teacher training" and "Tips for your Teacher Training application" may also help.
There is also a wealth of information on the Get into Teaching website found HERE.
CORONAVIRUS - UPDATE NOVEMBER 2021
We are continuing to recruit for September 2021 in conjunction with Brighton, Sussex and Chichester universities.
The drastic and sudden cuts in bursaries to schools for the salaried routes has resulted in many of the salaried places being closed. Apologies for this - the resulting shortfall in the salary funding is too great for schools at this time.
The Universities that we are linked with
Our three Partner universities are Brighton, Sussex and Chichester. Please note that UCAS refers to universities as 'providers'.. you may also hear them referred to as HEIs (Higher Education Institutions).
For further School Direct information from their websites, please click the links below:
Further links for the University of Brighton:
UoB School Direct
Further links for the University of Sussex:
UoS School Direct
Further links for the University of Chichester:
UoC School Direct (same as PGCE)
General School Direct Information
There are eligibility requirements for Teacher Training and applicants will need to check the Eligibility Rules carefully.
Basic requirements are:
A good UK undergraduate honours degree or a recognised equivalent qualification.
A GCSE grade C or above in English and mathematics.
Additionally, a GCSE grade C or above in a science if you are applying to teach primary or key stage 2/3 (ages 7–14).
'Equivalent' qualifications will not be accepted – the applicant must have a degree. If the degree was taken in another country applicants would need to go to the National Academic Recognition Centre (NARIC) website to find out if qualifications are of an equivalent level to UK GCSEs, A levels and an undergraduate degree.
Applicants need to have a strong knowledge of the subject they wish to teach.
The Two School Direct routes
In order to help tailor training to your skills and experience, there are two separate School Direct training options. These are Tuition (also called non-salaried) and Salaried.
School Direct Tuition route
You could be eligible for a tax-free bursary of up to £26,000, depending on the subject you want to teach and the degree class that you hold.
In order to encourage the best people to enter the profession, if you are applying for initial teacher training (ITT) courses, you will need at least a 2:2 degree to be eligible for a training bursary.
School Direct Salaried route
Any applicant who wishes to apply for this route must have had three years' work experience after graduation. This does not need to be in an educational setting. As with both of the School Direct routes, candidates will be expected to demonstrate an ability to relate well to children, but the salaried placement applicants will need to show that they can work independently as this will be essential for the training route which will be predominantly classroom-based.
You will be paid a salary by the school in which you train. This salary will be in line with the unqualified teacher pay scale. You will not need to pay fees to cover the cost of your qualified teacher status (QTS) award - this is paid by your school. You will not be eligible for a training bursary.
The salary is in the region of £17,340, but you will be taxed and NI-ed on this.
SCHOOL DIRECT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE
Because the financial awards change each year, we have linked to the relevant pages on the Dfe website, rather than give details here.
Please click HERE to find out more.
In essence, it boils down to three basic facts:
On the Tuition route, the trainee pays the university £9250K for their training year. This can be financed by a government loan from Student Finance.
On the Salaried route, the trainee is not liable for any fees, but is paid a salary between £16,00-£21,000 depending where the school is based. The school must pay the university a fee for the time their trainee spends at university. Some subjects
There are scholarships (Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computing) and bursaries available for both routes, but these are dependant on the degree class and the subject. Look for the table entitled training Bursaries to find relevant information for you.
Degree Equivalency
Please note that the TDA commissioned a grade comparison exercise, carried out by UK NARIC, of all international awards that are considered comparable to British Bachelor (honours) degree standard. Applicants with a degree from outside the UK should refer to the equivalency table (PDF, 1MB) to see if their degree is likely to attract a bursary, or should consult their chosen training provider.
Advice about writing a personal statement
What is a personal statement?
It is your opportunity to stand out from all other applicants. It is important that you convey why you want to teach, what you can offer, and why you will make a good teacher. You will need to explain how you know that teaching is right for you, and in what way the school-based experience you have had confirms this.
What should I demonstrate in my personal statement?
A strong commitment to becoming a teacher
Be enthusiastic about your subject and show that you want to share this enthusiasm with pupils
Identify specific reasons for wanting to become a teacher
Demonstrate a desire to work with young people
A good understanding of what life as a teacher is really like
Recent experience of a secondary or primary school as appropriate, including observing lessons, ideally in the subject area you wish to teach.
Ability to analyse the teaching you have observed and describe what you have gained from the experience.
Understanding of what life as a teacher is really like
Understanding of the skills needed to be a teacher and work with young people
Appropriate personal qualities and values, for example:
Ability to work and interact with others
Ability to think on your feet
How should I structure my personal statement?
Why teaching and why you?
Relevance of and reflections upon your school-based work experience
Why your chosen subject?
Any additional factors in support of your application
Further personal statement information is available through UCAS. Click HERE to access.
Please note that we cannot give individual advice on Personal Statements.
Any further queries about the School Direct training routes should be made to Caroline Carroll, Teaching School Director at Millais School on caroline.carroll@millais.org.uk
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Copenhagen (DK), November 2017 - Simon Gerts Larsen is a teacher in Københavns åbne Gymnasium. He will bring his experience into Session ENG 02, 07 December from 12.15 to 13.00, entitled "Inside and Outside of School: The Impact of Social Media Today". The continually evolving and changing world of social media is an intimate part of the lives of most young learners. Should social media education fall on the shoulders of educators?
How have Danish high school students been using social media in the recent past?
Simon Gerts Larsen: Social media have taken more and more of the students' time and concentration. It's a daily battle to make them put their devices away. I have to devote a lot of class time to trying to establish a dialogue. I would say they are in a dependent relationship with their mobile phones. The worst thing is that they have to make decisions on whether to reply to the message or notification. This takes some of their decision-making power. This, in turn, influences their learning ability. Ten years ago, we did not have these kinds of problems.
How have teachers and schools reacted to this?
Simon Gerts Larsen: The teachers in our school are pretty frustrated. Some have experimented with collecting students' phones before every class. This works in some classes, but in others it doesn't. Such a decision has to go through our student council. We will try to make them discuss this topic again very soon.
Some teachers have taken another approach: They try to use the devices as an active asset in class. This, too, is not a perfect solution. My own private opinion is that phones should be collected before every class, placed in a locker, and released after class.
Can personal experience and life at school be separated when it comes to social media?
Simon Gerts Larsen: No it cannot. Everything is one big pool of messages and notifications: parties, work, homework, etc. Our students generally feel a lot of stress. Social media are a key factor in this context. I am sure a great number of things influence the stress level, but I'm sure social media are a big factor.
Do you think this type of separation is desirable?
Simon Gerts Larsen: As you may have guessed, I am a big fan of separating things - not for me, but for the students' well-being. Some can handle it, but most of the students can't. I think it is our duty as professional teachers to help them.
This leads me to the main focus in our session: online bullying and shaming, which is becoming a pretty big issue. It is a realm in which one student can control another's life on social media. The problem is that they cannot predict, or control, what happens to pictures and movies they upload to shame somebody. This is our main issue, and we have had a few unpleasant incidents in our school.


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Here's What Lavender and Green iPhone 11R Could Look Like
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Mark Gurman of Bloomberg recently shared what he says are two shards of glass that will be the next substitute for the iPhone XR, and they are two new colors. They are said to be lavender and green; the two new colors are being retouched in the existing ones and we must say that they look quite impressive. However, as pointed out by the French site iPhonesoft.fr, it is not so easy to see how an iPhone will look like from a couple of pieces of glass.
For that reason, they broke the image editing app of their choice and started doing magic. The result is some images that show how surprising these new colors can be. Assuming that Gurman's last loss is in the money, of course.
iPhone 11R New Colors
The first series of images shared by the site in French shows how the new colors would appear based on existing iPhone 11R representations that have been shared several times. These renderings include the double configuration of the camera on the back, complete with a square camera bump. The second series of images shows what the new colors will be on the current iPhone XR, for the purpose of comparison.
We have to say that we love the iPhone XR with the colors available at the moment, but these new colors increase things. In fact, that color of lavender could be our second favorite color for iPhone, included in the post only by the always beautiful red iPhones.
We will know more about September exactly as the new iPhone line will be this year, but we color with enthusiasm.
(Source: iPhonesoft.fr [Google Translate])
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New Delhi (IANS) The video streaming market in India has exploded — thanks to Reliance Jio — with 65 per cent of video consumption coming from rural India that has only 40 per cent Internet connectivity, says TV Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum (BIF).
According to him, the viewing habits have changed and digital service providers — from Netflix to Hotstar — are bombarding users with original videos-on-demand, threatening the very existence of cable TV with a set-top box.
"Unlike the common thought that urbanites are watching more content online, 65 per cent video consumption is coming from the rural parts of the country thanks to cheap data plans, especially from Reliance Jio, and affordable smartphones. Those who cannot afford to buy a smart, connected TV are now streaming OTT content on phones," Ramachandran told IANS.
On a question about the debate of providing a "level-playing field" between the telecom service providers (TSPs) and digital service providers, Ramachandran said it holds no merit.
"Telcos have the network and data while OTT players are software-driven platforms. Telcos need to build a synergy with OTT players. There is no question of 'level playing' field as these are two different entities.
"An OTT player cannot become a TSP but a TSP can become an OTT player so it is actually the other way around. OTT players who have low-entry barrier can actually demand a level-playing field as TSPs strive to enter the original video-streaming space," noted Ramachandran.