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Rosoka is proud to be partnered with Norwich University, whose students have recently been published in "The Journal on Terrorism and Security Analysis."
From Strategy to Tactics: Analyzing al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's Inspire Magazine, Issue 17
Anthony Aversano and Timothy Weinhold
Published Spring 2018
This article analyzes Inspire Magazine issue 17 – Al Qaeda's propaganda magazine –from its strategic ideological preaching to its tactics. As Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) continues to rally and call to action those willing to detest all enemies of Islam, it is vitally important to explore how the organization continues to recruit at the individual level using Inspire Magazine. We examine the magazine's format and content to better understand how a reader could potentially sympathize with their cause(s), internalize their ideology, and implement the proposed tactics. Using Rosoka, a natural language processing (NLP) software, we stratify our analysis into a strategic and tactical prospective. The strategic analysis focuses on diagnostic frames, ideological concepts, and image analysis, while the tactical analysis explores entity organizations, persons, weapons, and targets. As a tactic, Inspire 17 prioritizes targeting means of transportation with a focus on derailing trains using a simplistic train derailment tool.2 Derived from the intelligence provided in the magazine, our team presents a worst-case scenario to bring to light the potential lethal implications. In conclusion, we discuss four recommended courses of action aimed at both the prevention of train derailments and the monitoring of Inspire Magazine publications.
Accuracy Metrics for Entity Extraction
Kelly Enochson, PhD; Gregory Roberts
Rosoka Software, Inc. 950 Herndon Parkway, Suite 370, Herndon, VA 20170
Published January 2017
Entity extraction software is typically evaluated based on the widely-accepted accuracy metrics of precision, recall, and F-measure. These metrics are certainly useful but limited in their scope. Additional factors including the types of errors, the cost of different error types, the facility of making changes to the system, and the efficiency of the system compared to human tagging should also be incorporated when evaluating entity extraction software. This paper illustrates the need for these additional factors and demonstrates how they can be implemented in evaluation.
Analyzing Newswire and Social Media Data Using Multi-Vector Sentiment Analysis
Kelly Enochson, PhD; Gregory Roberts; Michael Sorah; Jamie Thompson
Rosoka Software, Inc., 950 Herndon Parkway, Suite 280, Herndon, VA 20170
The vast amount of written text available on the Internet provides a treasure trove of information for intelligence and security analysts, but only if the useful data can be quickly identified among all the irrelevant information. Many analytical tools available provide information about the sentiment of written texts; however, these tools typically utilize only one measure of sentiment in their metrics. Rosoka Software leverages psycholinguistic research across multiple sentiment vectors to provide precise information about an author's language and pinpoint documents that do not follow predicted patterns. Rosoka's multi-vector sentiment analysis uses four metrics to help analysts identify outliers in their data, recognize heightened emotional language, sort data by media type, and subset large data sets into only the documents that require further assessment.
Parserless Extraction; Using a Multidimensional Transient State Vector Machine
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Ranveer Singh And Deepika Padukone Were Offered To Play Ranbir Kapoor's Parents In Brahmastra
What could have been an interesting casting coup of sorts, DeepVeer were offered important roles in Brahmastra - that of Ranbir's parents. But before you jump to a conclusion, read the full story!
2020-02-21T13:03:43+05:30 Ranveer Singh And Deepika Padukone Were Offered To Play Ranbir Kapoor's Parents In Brahmastra
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's Brahmastra is definitely one of the most awaited films of 2020. Although there have been a few delays, sources tell us that the makers have put in a lot of effort to make it a visual extravaganza. Apart from the film's lead, it features a terrific ensemble that has Amitabh Bachchan and Mouni Roy in primary roles and Shah Rukh Khan, Dimple Kapadia and South superstar Nagarjuna stepping in for special roles.
But amid all this, there were strong rumours that Ayan Mukerji had approached Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone to step in for two important parts in the whole mythological sci-fi flick. A source close to the development tells us, "Brahmastra is written in a way where many characters who will hardly have a role to essay in the first part, come into play in a major way in the next two parts of the trilogy. Ayan needed two actors from the younger generation - in their mid-30s - to step in to play Ranbir aka Shiva's parents. He had then approached Ranveer and Deepika for the same."
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Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility
Evolving Concepts of Nature
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Young People Against Prostitution and Trafficking
Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders Against Modern Slavery
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis – Ceremony for the Signing of the Faith Leaders' Joint Declaration Against Slavery
I thank all the religious leaders gathered here for their commitment in favour of the survivors of human trafficking, and all those present for their intense participation in this act of brotherhood, especially toward the most suffering of our brothers and sisters. Inspired by our confessions of faith, today we are gathered for an historic initiative and concrete action: to declare that we will work together to eradicate the terrible scourge of modern slavery in all its forms.
The physical, economic, sexual and psychological exploitation of men and women, boys and girls, currently holds tens of millions in inhumane and humiliating bondage. Every human being — man, woman, boy and girl — is the image of God; God, who is love and freedom, gives himself through interpersonal relations; therefore every human being is a free person, destined to live for the good of others in equality and brotherhood. Every person and all people are equal and their freedom and dignity must be recognized. Any discriminating relationship that does not respect the fundamental conviction that the "other is like me myself" constitutes a crime, and very often an abhorrent crime.
That is why we declare in the name of all people and of everyone of our own Creed that modern slavery — in the form of human trafficking, forced labour, prostitution or the trafficking of organs — is a crime "against humanity". The victims of this are from every walk of life, but most are found among the poorest and the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters.
We declare on behalf of those who are calling our communities to action, that every systematic deprivation of individual freedom for the purpose of personal and commercial exploitation be rejected entirely and without exception.
Despite the great efforts of many, modern slavery continues to be an atrocious scourge that is present throughout the world on a broad scale, even as tourism. This crime of "lèse-humanity" masquerades behind seemingly acceptable customs, but in reality claims its victims through prostitution, human trafficking, forced labour, slave labour, mutilation, the sale of organs, the consumption of drugs and child labour. It hides behind closed doors, in particular places, in the streets, automobiles, factories, the countryside, in fishing boats and many other places. And this happens both in towns and villages, in the reception centres of the wealthiest nations as well as in those of the poorest. And the worst thing is that this situation, unfortunately, grows more serious every day.
We call to action all people of faith, leaders, governments, businesses, all men and women of good will, to give their strong support and join in the action against modern slavery in all its forms.
Sustained by the ideals of our confessions of faith and by our shared human values, we all can and must raise the standard of spiritual values, common effort and the vision of freedom to eradicate slavery from our planet.
I ask the Lord to grant us today the grace to convert ourselves in the proximity of every person, without exception, offering active and constant help to those we encounter on our path — whether it be an elderly person who has been abandoned by everyone, a worker unjustly enslaved or unappreciated, a refugee caught in the snares of the underworld, a young man or woman who walks the streets of the world, as a victim of the sex trade, a man or a woman driven to prostitution by the deception of people who have no fear of God, a boy or a girl mutilated for their organs — and who call to our conscience, echoing the voice of the Lord: I say to you whatever you do to the least of my brothers, you do to me.
Dear friends, thank you for this meeting. Thank you for this transverse commitment, which involves us all. We are all reflections of the image of God and we are convinced that we cannot tolerate that the image of the living God be subject to abhorrent treatment. Many thanks!
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Symphony orchestras are embracing film music big time these days. It sells, and if they can throw images up on the big screen too, the experience can be electrifying. For this Gene Kelly tribute, the RSNO got into bed with Warner Bros and Kelly's third and final wife, the writer Patricia Ward Kelly, all of which amounted to a generous evening of anecdote, informative insight, and assorted film clips celebrating the whiter-than-white side of the man who made ballet relevant to popular cinema, not just as a dancer, but as writer and producer.
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I just binged "The Terror" :( I couldn't stop. Absolutely loved it. It's horrifying in that... a lot of what happens is probably how it went down in reality. It's based on a real expedition but if you want to avoid spoilers; don't look it up. Everyone dies. The ships were lost. Found again in 2008. Didnae take long.
Blows my mind imagining young fuckers 100+ years ago signing up to go to the fucking ARCTIC! "We don't have a TV or a PC or a Playstation.... let's wander the fucking Arctic and most likely die!" "I hear Blackheath have just started up a football team?" "Football! lol It'lll never take off mate... to the Arctic we go!"
Glad you mentioned that because I started watching it a while back then realised after it went off it was the airing of the first bleeding episode. So decided to wait until the series finished then forgot about it in the meantime.
Starting to now wish I never got Netflix because I can't get a sniff in anymore due to her watching crime documentaries.
slick, May 4, 2018
MickeyPaul Merry Christmas!
They're doing a season 2 of "The Terror" weirdly but using a completely different story. I knew of the expedition beforehand Slick (googled it) and was really interested to see how they'd realise it on screen. It's brilliant in my opinion; even knowing how it ends. WATCHING THEM FALL APART is fascinating. Oh! And the writer added a supernatural element to it. Brilliant acting too. Looks amazing. I'd applaud it if I wasn't typing.
Any Black Mirror fans in? Can't remember if I spoke about it here because I've posted so much about it over the years. Another show that keeps me awake at night. "Yeah.. fuck... imagine if.... oh God.. OH GOD!!"
Anyway! I love Charlie Brooker and even Adam Buxton and they had chat that I found funny and interesting.
8:34 the interview begins
MickeyPaul, May 25, 2018
Cheers Mickey, I'll watch it all in one arrow when I get the chance.
Seen's a big Black Mirror fan, I tried to get into it but just couldn't so sacked it after about 3 or 4 episodes, in fact it was the episode where some woman's husband dies and she orders another one by mail order, thought it was fcuking crackers lol.
My daughter loves it too but I just didn't get it.
slick, May 29, 2018
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Just finished the series finale of The Americans. Excellent throughout the 6 seasons.
Seen, Jun 13, 2018
Been watching 'The Staircase' on Netfix over the weekend.
It's a behind the scenes court case about the Writer Michael Peterson who found his wife dead at the bottom of their staircase with her head caved in.
His argument is that she fell down the stairs and bashed her head while the defence claim he gave her a twatting with a blow poke.
It's been brilliant, I usually switch off when I watch long court case type dramas but this has me hooked,s o much so that I've been getting up fcuked since I've been watching it because I've been watching 'just one more episode' before bed which leads to another one before bed then another,
slick, Jul 16, 2018
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Cheers Slick, I might give that one a go.
Finished Killing Eve, was pretty good. Currently watching Travelers, a time-travel show which is quite entertaining. 2nd season is getting a bit confusing with the current events changing the future, but still worth a watch.
Just started watching the comedy Sick Note about a layabout lad who is misdiagnosed with cancer but decides to keep up the pretence as everyone is treating him nicely for a change. Pretty funny so far.
Seen, Jul 17, 2018
Bosh series 4 is out
Better call Saul series 4 is also out next month I believe.
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Yes, think it's 6th August in the US, a day later in Spain, I'd guess it's the same for you in the UK too Been re-watching series 3 this week, can't remember half of what happened
rcgills, Jul 25, 2018
Yeah, think I'll have to do that.
Went straight into the 4th series of Bosch and didn't have a bleeding clue what was going on even with the wee recap intro before it started.
Just seen as well that they've already confirmed there's going to be a series 5 of Better Call Saul
rcgills, Aug 1, 2018
Already been mentioned on here but i've just started watching Ozark. First episode has got me going in for more.
Punter, Aug 28, 2018
Ozark's great, seems forever though since the series ended. Must be due series 2 sometime soon.
slick, Aug 28, 2018
Two days time, i think.
Watched The Staircase on your recommendation, Slick. Really enjoyed it. Opinion of whether or not he did it swung back and forth throughout. Whichever argument you could put forward for one side can be countered I feel, I guess we'll never know.
Seen, Aug 30, 2018
Season 2 of The Sinner is currently halfway through, can't remember if we talked about Season One previously on this thread but it's well worth a watch - especially with the tremendous Carrie Coon in it.
Sasha Baron Cohen's Who Is America sees him almost back to his best, imo. Some proper cringeworthy moments, half of his victims are threatening to sue
Films I've watched lately, Ready Player One was a decent romp, worth a watch even if you're not in to gaming. Features the best CGI I have ever seen, some breathtaking scenes, especially the race early on in the movie.
A Quiet Place was really good too, a suspenseful thriller where most of the human race has been wiped out by sightless creatures who hunt by sound, they are brutal and fast and will kill anything that makes a sound. Wouldn't have thought a movie with hardly any dialogue could be pulled off this well but it does it perfectly. A sequel is due out in 2020 I think.
A Prayer Before Dawn is based on a true story of a guy who gets flung in prison in Thailand, let's just say these prisons are not like you'd find in the UK and it's brutal as fuck. Well worth checking out.
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I was the same but by the end of it I think I was more swayed towards him doing it, did you see the 'Owl' theory put forward in the little clip at the end of the series, apparently it could have held some weight from what I read about it afterwards but wasn't submitted by the defence.
I enjoyed 'A quiet place' although at times the suspense nearly killed me when they started doing silly things like having a bleeding baby amongst it all , It was good and a few things happened that I didn't expect which I'll keep mum about in case anybody else wants to watch it.
'A Prayer before dawn' sounds like something that's up my street, I'll try and give it a watch this weekend.
If anybody's thinking of watching 'Hereditary', Don't, it's two and half hrs you'll never get back.
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Yip, the whole 2nd series has just come out on Netflix.
slick, Sep 3, 2018
Punter likes this.
Started watching Ozark series 2 last night and have to admit after 15 mins I was lost, ended up watching the last two episodes of series one for a recap and to get back into the swing of things.
It's excellent and series 2 jumps straight back into the action.


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Remember when I said you never know what tomorrow will bring? Or as Tom Hanks charater in cast away said:
"… keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise, and you never know what the tide will bring."
Bob Boilen of National Public Radio wrote this piece.
The story of Bernie and the Believers is the most powerful I've ever come across at the Tiny Desk. It's about a beautiful act of compassion that ultimately led to this performance, and left me and my coworkers in tears.
I discovered the music of Bernie Dalton among the thousands of Tiny Desk Contest entries we received earlier this year. The band's singer, Essence Goldman, had submitted the entry and shared Bernie's story. You can hear her tell it in her own words at the Tiny Desk (and I choke up every time I hear it) but she said that a few years ago, Bernie — a father, a songwriter and a musician in his mid-forties, and an avid surfer with a day job as a pool cleaner — answered an ad Essence Goldman posted offering voice lessons. In addition to being a singer, she was a performer trying to manage her own career as a single mom, and Bernie was trying to improve his talents.
Bernie drove 90-minutes from Santa Cruz to San Francisco, eagerly showing up early to his voice lessons with Essence. But not long after they started working together, Bernie lost his voice. They didn't think much of a it at first, but then things got worse. He had trouble swallowing and eating. Essence encouraged Bernie to see a doctor and after some tests Bernie Dalton was diagnosed with bulbar-onset ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He began to lose the use of his hands and, along with it, the ability to play guitar.
With a prognosis of only one-to-three years left to live, Essence offered to raise money so that Bernie and his daughter could travel together. But what Bernie wanted more than anything was to make a record. So he asked Essence to not just be his voice teacher, but his voice. From there, they got to business. Essence pulled together a team of producers, engineers and musicians, while Bernie guided the creative direction through gestures and a dry-erase board. They wrote and recorded a new song every day. Their first single, "Unusual Boy," was the one they included in their 2018 Tiny Desk Contest entry.
Now Bernie's friends have gathered here in Washington, D.C. to perform his songs. All the while, Bernie watched and listened from his hospital bed on the West coast, communicating with us in a live video feed through his eye-gaze device. What you are about to witness is the ultimate act of love: Essence sacrificing her own musical ambitions to fulfill the dreams of Bernie Dalton. Through tragedy there was beauty.
I don't know Bernie or Ms. Goldman, but after watching this, I believe they are worth helping. If you can, watch the entire piece. Ms. Essence Goldman told the story at the 9:02 minute mark.
Here are the key links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPQsEoYHekg
Band Page: https://www.bernieandthebelievers.com
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This group of talent artists understand the power of love. Beautiful.
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The Man to Send Rain Clouds – Essay
Over the last twenty years, the general development of scholarship about women' s lives and art parallels an unprecedented flowering of creative writing by American Indian women. But in view of these parallel developments, American Indian women have shown little interest in the feminist movement, and conversely mainstream feminist scholarship has paid strikingly little attention to the writing of American Indian women.
Leslie Silko's Storyteller (1981), a product of this literary florescence, has remained virtually undiscussed as a whole by critics of any stamp. With its emphasis on women tradition bearers, female deities, and its woman author's personal perspective, Storyteller seems to ask for a feminist critical treatment….
Particularly applicable to Silko's Storyteller are feminist critical strategies to reclaim as legitimate literary subjects, women's experience and female mythic power. Sandra M. Gilbert sees this strategy as a matter of re-vision, seeing anew: "When I say we must redo our history, therefore, I mean we must review, reimagine, rethink, rewrite, revise, and reinterpret the events and documents that constitute it." [Feminist Criticism: Essays on Women, Literature, and Theory, edited by Elaine Showalter, 1985].
Silko's Storyteller represents just such a revision of the world from her vantage point as a Laguna Indian woman. In fact, understanding her re-vision and reinterpretation of personal and tribal memory leads us past the easy impulse to call Storyteller a collage, a family album, or pastiche, on into a conception of its unity and significance as a literary work. In seeing anew, Silko expresses a deeply unified view of the world, reclaiming as central to her craft the tribe, the significance of ordinary women's and men's lives, and the set of values arising from the female power of the primary Keresan deities….
Silko presents a highly personal view of tribal ways and at the same time a tribal slant on her personal memories, richly fed by the foremothers and forefathers whose words inspire Storyteller. Through the book she reclaims both personal and tribal traditions about men and women, animals and holy people, community and creativity….
"The Man to Send Rain Clouds" returns to themes of creativity and community. In accordance with Keres tradition, Old Teofilo, even in death, is still a valued member of the community, for the people are looking to him to send them big thunderclouds. There is seriousness and ceremony, but no sorrow at his death. He is not lost, just redefined within the community as a Kat'sina spirit associated with the cloud beings who bring rain.
[A. La Vonne] Ruoff observes that the strength of Indian tradition for Silko is not in rigid adherence to old ways, but in creative incorporation of new elements [MELUS, 5, 4, Winter, 1978]. In "The Man to Send Rainclouds," modern Indian people not only create new ritual, but offer community to an outsider. The gift of water for the old man' s spirit comes from the Catholic priest whom Leon induces to participate in the funeral, on Indian terms. But the priest remains an outsider, suspicious of "some perverse Indian trick—something they did in March to insure a good harvest". Nonetheless, his action brings him to the edge of the community: "He sprinkled the grave and the water disappeared almost before it touched the dim, cold sand; it reminded him of something—he tried to remember what it was, because he thought if he could remember he might understand this." The flexibility that can find needed ritual power and extend the hand of community to the outsider assures the continuance of life, like water and thunderclouds.
Ira Mark Milne (Editor), Short Stories for Students – Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Short Stories, Volume 8, Leslie Marmon Silko, Published by Thomson Gale, 2000.
Linda L. Danielson, "Storyteller: Grandmother Spider's Web," in Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 30, No. 3, Autumn, 1988, pp. 325-55.


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 File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pika/adapters/blocking_connection.py", line 560, in basic_publish
    (properties, body), False)
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pika/adapters/blocking_connection.py", line 1147, in _send_method
    self.connection.send_method(self.channel_number, method_frame, content)
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pika/adapters/blocking_connection.py", line 267, in send_method
    self._send_method(channel_number, method_frame, content)
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pika/connection.py", line 1504, in _send_method
    self._send_frame(frame.Header(channel_number, length, content[0]))
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pika/adapters/blocking_connection.py", line 410, in _send_frame
    self.process_data_events()
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pika/adapters/blocking_connection.py", line 236, in process_data_events
    raise exceptions.ConnectionClosed()
ConnectionClosed

Rabbitmq server log
=INFO REPORT==== 3-Mar-2014::15:11:03 ===
accepting AMQP connection <0.26625.0> (127.0.0.1:41846 -> 127.0.0.1:5672)

=ERROR REPORT==== 3-Mar-2014::15:38:12 ===
closing AMQP connection <0.326.0> (127.0.0.1:58580 -> 127.0.0.1:5672):
{heartbeat_timeout,running}

=WARNING REPORT==== 3-Mar-2014::16:11:04 ===
closing AMQP connection <0.26625.0> (127.0.0.1:41846 -> 127.0.0.1:5672):
connection_closed_abruptly

=INFO REPORT==== 3-Mar-2014::16:11:05 ===
accepting AMQP connection <0.27016.0> (127.0.0.1:37776 -> 127.0.0.1:5672)

=ERROR REPORT==== 3-Mar-2014::17:41:05 ===
closing AMQP connection <0.27016.0> (127.0.0.1:37776 -> 127.0.0.1:5672):
{heartbeat_timeout,running}

It's running on ubuntu 13.10. RabbitMQ 3.1.3
I don't understand what happened. Can you explain?

A: Relevant log line: {heartbeat_timeout,running}.
Something prevents BlockingConnection from sending heartbeats, so RabbitMQ considers your client unreachable or dead. You have 3 options:

*

*Avoid the blocking behaviour

*Increase heartbeat interval

*Try alternative connection implementations, e.g. Tornado.

A: Well, the actual problem was that I've stopped rabbitmq-server. And pika doesn't deal with disconnects.

A: I had some tests that I want to run. Everything is fine when I run it in my localhost. But, when I run the tests in a server, I had exactly the same problem and situation as this one. I checked my pika version, it's 0.9.13. I'm using BlockingConnection too, by the way.
First, I tried to call process_data_events() periodically. It didn't work.
Second, I tried to open a new connection and channel whenever I publish a message or open a new queue. It didn't work.
Third, I tried to upgrade pika to 0.9.14. It didn't work.
Somebody on a thread here: https://github.com/pika/pika/issues/397 mentioned the possibility of a socket bug. So, I checked the python version, hypothesizing that maybe there IS a bug, and it was fixed in the later version of python. In the server, the python version is 2.7.3, and in my localhost it's 2.7.12. To test if python version is really the problem, I installed conda and created an environment with python version 2.7.3. I ran the tests and it passed (I can't reproduce the issue).
After all of the above attempts, I came up with another hypothesis that maybe it's a bug in my server's rabbitmq-server. I compared the versions: in localhost it's the latest (3.6.5), in my server it's 2.8.4. To verify that this is the actual problem, I ran the tests, but I used a remote rabbitmq with a later version. Everything worked fine. So, I upgraded the rabbitmq-server and, lo and behold, the problem disappears!
TL;DR:
The solution is to upgrade your rabbitmq-server!

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<?php
// src/SdA/CoreBundle/Entity/Vote.php

namespace SdA\CoreBundle\Entity;

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use FOS\CommentBundle\Entity\Vote as BaseVote;
use FOS\CommentBundle\Model\VotableCommentInterface;
use FOS\CommentBundle\Model\SignedVoteInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 * @ORM\ChangeTrackingPolicy("DEFERRED_EXPLICIT")
 */
class Vote extends BaseVote implements SignedVoteInterface
{
    /**
     * @ORM\Id
     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
     * @ORM\generatedValue(strategy="AUTO")
     */
    protected $id;

    /**
     * Comment of this vote
     *
     * @var Comment
     * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="SdA\CoreBundle\Entity\Comment")
     */
    protected $comment;

    /**
     * Author of the vote
     *
     * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="SdA\UserBundle\Entity\User")
     * @var User
     */
    protected $voter;

    /**
     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
     * @var int
     */
    protected $score = 0;

    /**
     * Sets the score of the comment.
     *
     * @param integer $score
     */
    public function setScore($score)
    {
    	$this->score = $score;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current score of the comment.
     *
     * @return integer
     */
    public function getScore()
    {
    	return $this->score;
    }

    /**
     * Increments the comment score by the provided
     * value.
     *
     * @param integer value
     *
     * @return integer The new comment score
     */
    public function incrementScore($by = 1)
    {
    	$this->score += $by;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the owner of the vote
     *
     * @param string $user
     */
    public function setVoter(UserInterface $voter)
    {
    	$this->voter = $voter;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the owner of the vote
     *
     * @return UserInterface
     */
    public function getVoter()
    {
    	return $this->voter;
    }
}

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Batwoman: Elegy Review
Today, I am reviewing one of the best Batwoman stories out there today, Elegy. This ran from 2009 to 2010, a Story arc from the Flagship title 'Detective Comics' that ran from Issues 854 to 860. Written by Greg Rucka and Art by J.H. Williams III, it is a notable story that replaced it's a regular feature Character, Batman due to his apparent death in DC's Event Final Crisis and the aftermath of Batman RIP, what was planned in stages since Batwoman's first appearance in 52 (a series that took place during the missing year after the end of Infinite Crisis.) But onto what this story is about, Batwoman faces a madwoman named 'Alice' who was inspired by the story Alice in Wonderland, the woman sees her life as one big fairy tale and everyone around her as expendable. Batwoman must stop Alice before she unleashes a toxic cloud over Gotham, but Alice, who is mad as a hatter has more up her sleeve than the poison she is about to unleash, can Batwoman stop Alice?
Image Credit: DC Comics
Here we are, reviewing another Story written by Greg Rucka, that isn't a bad thing when I say it because of writers like Greg and J.H. Williams III that know how to properly write a female lead (referring to my review of the first issue of Lois Lane,) and a compelling story. When you're watching or reading a story about either Batman, the Batfamily or heck, even about Gotham City itself its a matter of the creative team getting the pulp, gritty atmosphere down that made Detective Comics worth reading, as mentioned before about the regularly featured character was changed due to what was supposed to be Bruce's death in Final Crisis but unbeknownst to the Batman's Allies, Bruce was sent back in time (which is part of the story 'The Return of Bruce Wayne', a series I'll review later.) One of the things that makes Kate Kane different from Bruce is her motivation for fighting crime was not because of a traumatic past, but a sense of duty, similar to Superman almost.
One of the other things that were done right was the representation of LGBT, Maggie, and Kate weren't caricatures, it wasn't exaggerated and felt natural; Kate's back story was tragic, during the era of Don't Ask, Don't Tell when her country rejected her due to her sexuality was something that a lot of Gay and Lesbians who had served at the time could relate to. She didn't fight crime alone, she had her father, who, like Alfred, had Kate's back when she needed it, just as Alfred did with Bruce. Batwoman's Rogue Gallery is what won me over when it came down to that age-old question, "Why would you like Batwoman?" These villains weren't like Riddler, Penguin, Joker, but the Religion of Crime was one of the most messed up criminal organizations out there, Mistress Alice is indeed mad but also serves to be a reminder to Kate is that all it takes is one bad day, something to drive her to the edge and become like Alice.
Image Credit: J.H. Williams III, DC Comics
Next, we'll go over the artwork in this story, J.H. Williams III handles the pencil work and his detail is phenomenal, but the team involved in this hardcover story such as Jock, Scott Kolins, Dave Stewart also brought us the story 'Cutter' accompanied by Elegy, about Batwoman's search for a crazed murderer who abducts young women and cuts off parts of their faces to try to create the perfect woman. Overall with a creative team involved did an outstanding job on bringing Kate Kane to the modern age, this leads J.H. Williams to be nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Penciler/Inker and Best Cover Artist; not to mention bringing Kate to her own book during the New 52.
Elements of the Elegy Story was incorporated into the new series Batwoman on the CW Network, the season just recently ended, but you can catch the full season on the CW app.
Final Grade:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Never send a Batman to do a Batwoman's job! Kate Kane, of the Gotham City Kanes, drops into the spotlight in the comic-inspired DC Gallery statue! With her striking red hair and black costume, Batwoman is ready to leap into action in this approximately 8-inch tall sculpture. Made of high-quality vinyl with exacting paint details, it comes packaged in a full-color window box. Designed by Caesar and sculpted by Jean St. Jean!
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What Would a Brexit Mean for your Employment Rights?
With the referendum looming, there has been a lot of discussion over what would actually happen if we were to leave the EU and go our separate ways. A topic that many people understandably have concerns over is our employment rights. Will they still stand should a Brexit occur? Or will we be left in the lurch when it comes to our jobs? In the past, many basic rights that we perhaps take advantage of in the workplace, such as maternity leave, holiday pay and the right to work free from any discriminations have been neglected from debates. The debates tend to focus on migrant welfare and child benefits, so what will really happen to our rights in the workplace that supposedly exist because of our EU involvement, if we decide to go?
The laws within the work place such as maternity leave, were introduced to the UK in the form of directives from the EU, but then implemented with new laws in the UK, so if they were to be overturned, they couldn't be without parliamentary permission. This basically means that our employment rights may not be in as much danger as some might think. In fact, our rights in the workplace often exceed what is the EU minimum, maternity leave for example being 52 weeks in the UK, a big difference to the minimum of 14 weeks that the EU requires, leaving it doubtful that much change would occur should we leave. The same goes for holidays, with UK exceeding what is required in the EU.
Little to no change
Brexit know that any changes to these rights would be extremely unpopular with the British public and is not likely to swing voters, so they are keen to show how things will not change. We have strict discrimination laws within our workplaces and any changes to these would not be met with open arms. If things were to change, and Vote Leave won the vote, the withdrawal from the EU would be a lengthy process, and the status quo is not likely to change during this time. Although no-one knows what a Brexit would mean for the UK's relationship with the EU until it happens, it is likely that the UK government will be required to stick to existing employment laws. Although sometimes forgotten/taken advantage of, a worker's basic employment rights such as the right to breaks and paid holiday is important to them, and a government that dares mess around with something that is so ingrained into the way the UK works, would be an unpopular one – something of which they are extremely aware. Needless to say, if any unlikely change to rights did occur, aspects such as the minimum wage do not derive from our EU membership and so would not be affected.
However, there are some rights that hang in the balance ahead of the big decision, such as holiday entitlement to those that go off sick, workers may not have the right to carry their holiday entitlement to another year. Redundancies may also be affected, with a Brexit meaning workers may not have the right to be informed or consulted of redundancies before they occur. As it stands, compensation can be provided to anyone that successfully files a discrimination report, with no caps or restrictions, leaving the EU may restrict this. The treatment of agency workers at the moment, are expected to be the same as those in permanent employment, as well as requiring record keeping, that is a pet hate with employers. It is believed this right may suffer in the hands of a Brexit.
Life after the EU
Life after the EU, should Britain choose to leave, is pretty much unknown at the minute, but it is unlikely that a relationship built over 40 years, will completely breakdown. At a minimum, it is expected that some form of trade relationship will remain, and there would be a possibility of alternative set-ups such as a unique relationship between the EU and the UK. All of this being said, it seems that there should be little concern over what will happen to our employment rights should a Brexit occur, as things probably wont change much from what we already know.
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Entrepreneur Anthony Del Rio shares his insights on how to successfully sell on Amazon.
Having created his Amazon dropshipping business and attained much accomplishment, Anthony now wants others to learn about the business and excel in it.
Anthony has done exceptionally well as a Amazon seller and now after achieving much success wants to share his secrets which can help others capitalize on this opportunity and make it big. He has come up with his course 'Steady Ecom', which gives insight and step by step instructions on how to carry on the Amazon Drop Shipping business in the right manner.
Many are still in doubt about how this business can give attractive returns without much investments in inventory or advertising? Its unbelievable, but one does not need to maintain stocks and just has to take the orders and fulfill the delivery on time. Interesting, isn't it? "Just a couple of dedicated hours and one can excel as a Amazon Seller for sure," says Anthony. Is this as real as it looks from a distance? "Yes", says the ace entrepreneur who has spent years learning about the business and excelling in it. Anthony explains that just by becoming a Amazon Seller one cannot expect overnight results and has to go through the proper path to make it a success. It might be one of the best marketplaces for consumers worldwide but one just cannot expect it to speed up from the word go as one has to have patience and keep following the right procedures to make it a success. Anthony has come up with a course which educates people about the Amazon Dropshipping business and how they can follow the right strategies to boost their sales. Like any other business a proper marketing strategy is essential for the success of Amazon Selling business too as you just cant put up your products and expect customers to purchase them, a robust marketing strategy is required to spruce up your online business.
Anthony says that through his course 'Steady Ecom', he teaches students on how to succeed in the dropshipping business by consistent efforts using the right strategies.
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Excerpts from
The Suffragette Bombers
Britain's Forgotten Terrorists
Simon Webb
Pen & Sword Books, Barnsley, 2014
Financed by the Rich and Powerful
It must always be borne in mind that the sort of people who joined the WSPU and became suffragettes, particularly after 1907, tended to be those who hoped to benefit from a simple change in the law, which would give them the same rights as male householders and university graduates. This meant that suffragettes were more likely to come from well-to-do families. For instance, once suffragette militancy was under way, the police complained that they were often outwitted by the suffragette bombers and arsonists because they were using fast cars and high-powered motor bikes. Quite a few of the police reports on bombings and fires mention that motor cars had been heard roaring away from the scene. A hundred years ago, only the very wealthy were likely to have access to a car. Special Branch detectives said that sometimes suffragettes were evading pursuit by switching from one car to another. That teams of bombers could be operating with multiple motor vehicles suggests that money was no object to some of those involved.
There is also the matter of the way in which the WSPU was funded. In 1908, the Labour Party, which was beginning to take off politically, had an annual income of just £9,674. This money was raised from working men and women, who paid small subscriptions. The WSPU, by comparison, had an income in 1909 of £21,213 – over twice as much as the Labour Party. On the whole, this did not come from the shilling payments of those who joined, but was given in the form of large donations by wealthy sponsors. This was an organisation financed by the rich and powerful. A glance at the list of major subscribers to the WSPU is revealing: Lady Wolsely; Viscountess Harberon; Lady Sybil Smith; the Hon. Mrs Hamilton Russell; Muriel, Countess de la Warr; Princess Sophia Dhuleep Singh; the Hon. Mrs Haverfield; Lady Barclay; and Lady Brassey. These were the kind of women who subsidised the WSPU and upon whom the very existence of the suffragettes depended. A number of these rich women were giving over £1,000 a year, equivalent today to an annual donation of perhaps £80,000. (p. 8)
Bombs for Cash
The violence increased inexorably over the next few years. Each increase in militant actions resulted in greater publicity and inspired more wealthy backers to come forward. Conversely, any diminution in violence meant a slump in income. The only year that the WSPU saw a drop in contributions was during the time that they eschewed violence during a truce which they called. It must have been obvious that abandoning militant tactics would cause their wealthy backers to withhold their financial help.
Of course, once the WSFU had found such a winning strategy, they had no motive for abandoning it. From breaking windows, the suffragettes moved to starting fires and then causing explosions. They may have been reaping the benefits of increased income and wider publicity from these tactics, but as the violence became more extreme so the membership of the organisation declined. At the same time, larger suffragist groups were growing rapidly. This meant that one of the smaller groups was being treated as though it was of greater importance, purely because it was the most aggressive and likely to engage in dangerous activity.
Other democratic groups at this time, such as trade unions and socialist parties, relied for their income upon regular, small contributions from ordinary members. This helped to ensure that they remained genuinely democratic. When the rank and file are paying, they expect to exercise some control over the party or union. This was not the case with the Women's Social and Political Union. They were being subsidised by wealthy people in Kensington and Chelsea, who handed over their money to the leaders of the suffragettes. Since the WSPU refused after the first few years to hold Annual General Meetings, this meant that they could spend the money more or less how they pleased.
The amount of money coming into the Women's Social and Political Union from rich donors is quite simply staggering. Cash receipts for the year 1913/1914 totalled £46,875. This approximates in modern terms to perhaps £3,750,000. Of that enormous sum, less than £50 came from the fees paid by new members. A number of donors were giving over £1,000 a year to the organisation and the only people who decided what this money should be used for were Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst.
For comparison, the average wage at that time was a little over £1 a week, although many women earned much less than this, perhaps 15s (75p) a week. The WSPU funds enabled the Pankhursts and their close friends in the organisation to give up work and live on the donations pouring in from rich sponsors. (pp. 45-46)
Expenses Exposed. Letter Bombs
The hearings which took place in May [1913] were conducted before Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett, the chief metropolitan magistrate. He made no secret of his feelings about the man – Edwy Clayton – and women in the dock and was soon a figure of hatred for the suffragette movement. When an application for bail was made on behalf of Flora Drummond, on the grounds that her health was bad and that she was suffering from an 'internal complaint,' Sir Henry remarked sourly, 'She's suffering from extensive bad behaviour.'
The newspapers reported details of the WSPU's financial arrangements which must have made many people ask what was going on. The sums of money mentioned were so enormous that one wonders what the average working person made of it all. To give just two examples, it was mentioned that a cheque from one of the WSPU's bank accounts had been drawn in favour of Beatrice Saunders, an officer of the organisation, for the sum of £3,706 2/6. There was a good deal of speculation in the press as to what Miss Saunders could have been doing to receive such a huge sum. Working-class women who had paid their shillings to join the WSPU would typically have to have worked for a hundred years to earn this much money!
It is hard to avoid the suspicion that information like this was being produced in court because it was precisely the kind of thing that the newspapers would pick up on. There was no suggestion that any of the figures being bandied about during the hearings at Bow Street were untrue. At any rate, neither the women in the dock nor their lawyers challenged any of it.
Another tidbit that found its way into the papers was that Christabel Pankhurst, who had for over a year been living in Paris, was paid £175 over four months in salary and expenses. This would have worked out at over £500 a year, ten times as much as the average person was earning at that time. What Christabel Pankhurst was spending this salary on, we do not know, though it is possible that some of it went towards entertaining foreign royalty.
Even the minor expenditure of the WSPU was lavish. It was the custom to give members badges and medals for various acts, such as going on hunger strike. According to the papers seized by the police during their raid on the headquarters, £90 had been spent with one firm alone on such trinkets. This represents two or three years' wages for a female textile worker at that time.
If the intention of reading out details of the WSPU's financial dealings in open court was to blacken them in the eyes of the public, then it probably succeeded. So steep was the decline in applications for membership after that month that the WSPU soon stopped publishing the figures. The overall impression was of a bunch of very highly paid people for whom money was no object.
Another bomb attack was carried out against a sporting target on 12 May and even by the odd standards of the suffragettes, it was a very strange place to plant a bomb. At 5.30am, George Cook, caretaker of the premises of the Oxted Badminton and Lawn Tennis Club, arrived to work and at once became aware of an ominous ticking when he entered the clubhouse. It was coming from a metal canister with a clockwork mechanism attached to the top. He put it in a fire bucket full of water and then called the police. The bomb turned out to contain nitroglycerine. A card was later found in the grounds of the club, upon which was written, 'Votes for Women.'
Perhaps it was because of the bad publicly that was generated by the committal proceedings, this publicity being encouraged by the magistrate, that some of the suffragettes decided to try and assassinate Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett. On 14 May, a parcel was sent to him at Bow Street. It aroused the suspicions of staff there and they called the police. The package was an ingenious letter bomb – a tin full of gunpowder had a round of ammunition fixed, so that it pointed at the explosive charge. A nail was held in place over this, with the point resting on the percussion cap of the cartridge. A sharp tap would have been enough to detonate the device.
We tend to think of letter bombs as a weapon of modern terrorists, but actually it was the suffragettes who first devised them. Later on, more sophisticated letter bombs were made, using phosphorous. Lloyd George was the intended recipient of one of these lethal packages.
When the letter bomb failed to kill Sir Henry, more direct methods were adopted. A few days after being sent the lethal package, Sir Henry was walking along the cliffs near Margate, in Kent. Two women walked towards him. He did not realise his danger until one of the women shoved him hard, trying to knock him off balance, and the second then grabbed hold of him and attempted to push him off the top of the cliff. He was very shaken by this experience, after which he was assigned detectives who accompanied him everywhere. (pp. 116-118)


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Research Society for American Periodicals at the American Literature Association May 22-25, 2014 Washington, D.C. Call for Papers RSAP seeks proposals for the American Literature Association's 25th Annual Conference, 22-25 May 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.
1. War and/in American Periodicals after 1914 As spaces of dialogue and dissent, American periodicals have played a formative role in the negotiation of war's meaning in American culture. This panel seeks 15-20–minute papers that might address any aspect of this topic, including but not limited to: seriality and war; soldier newspapers; trench journalism; periodicals and the home front; fictional representations of war in periodicals; periodicals as spaces for dialogue and dissent about war; anti-war publications; responses to war in black periodicals; war in visual culture; the imagined communities of wartime America; literary style and war correspondence; etc. Please email 300-word abstract and C.V. to Amanda Gailey at gailey@unl.edu<mailto:gailey@unl.edu> by December 15, 2013; please put "RSAP panel submission" in the subject line.
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How to Create Your Own Custom News Sections with Google News
Andrew Kalinchuk
Google News is a great way to stay up to date with the most current news stories relevant to you and the country that you live in.
Google News' articles are broken down into categories, some that are created by Google employees and others that are provided by other users. You can use a built-in search function (duh, it's Google after all) to look for specific news sections that interest you. If you do find a great section, you can preview before adding it to your News front page.
But sometimes what appeals to us reflects an interest that is unique to only us. Maybe there are no Custom sections that focus on bizarre alien encounters, and maybe that is the only thing that you want to read about. Wouldn't it be great if you could create your own section of Google News that would find and collect those articles for you?
Creating Your Very Own Custom Section
Step 1: Send your browser to the Google News homepage, specifically the Custom section directory. Notice that the generic categories are listed on the left-hand side.
Step 2: Find the Add a section button (shown below) in the top right-corner, under the search bar, and give it a click to continue on your journey.
Step 3: You must then click on Create a custom section to begin the process of creating your very own Custom News Section.
Step 4: Here is where you get to the meat of the guide.
You are asked to give your news section a title, I chose Lunar Landings as I planned to create a section that contained only news stories about landing on the moon.
Then you must specify keywords to define your chosen topic, these are listed under Search terms and separated by a comma. A nice inclusion is the automatically updated list of articles that appears to the right of the creation window. With each new keyword, the list is updated to reflect the changes. It makes it a whole lot easier to ensure that you are achieving your desired effect.
You then must choose a language edition and there is also the choice of specifying a source location if you only want news articles from a specific area.
Once you have made all of your choices, hit Create.
Note: If you would like to share your custom news section with others, put a check mark beside Publish this section to the directory. Your news section will then become available to the public.
Step 5: Your new category will no appear in your Google News homepage. As you can see, my custom news section titled Lunar Landings now appears in my list of categories. Mission accomplished.
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Savannah State University athletic administrative staff members Marissa Campbell and Daijah Freeman have been selected to attend the 2020-21 NCAA Leadership Academy Workshop.
Campbell, a Savannah native and a graduate of Jenkins High School and Georgia Southern, is the SSU Assistant Athletics Director for Operations while Freeman, a Flowery Branch, Georgia native and a 2017 SSU alumnae, is the SSU Compliance Coordinator.
"I'm excited to be selected for the NCAA Leadership Academy Workshop and look forward to using the knowledge I acquire to enhance the department," said Campbell. "During this process I hope to learn how to effectively build a program that will prepare our students for a successful life after college," she added.
Freeman stated that she was grateful and thrilled to be provided the opportunity to be a part of this NCAA Leadership Academy Workshop cohort. "It is an honor to represent Savannah State Athletics Department and the University alongside Marissa Campbell."
"I am excited to build and implement this leadership program to cater to the unique needs of our student-athletes. It is important that we prepare student-athletes to be leaders not only within their respective sports and within our department. The knowledge and tools they will gain will assist them far beyond their time at Savannah State University. With this experience, we have been afforded the opportunity to develop a leadership program to better service our student-athletes," added Freeman
Held virtually for the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Leadership Academy Workshop is structured into three learning modules (Foundations, Applications and Implementations) taking place over an eight-month period. Participants will meet once weekly during each module and will have the ability to engage with members of their cohort throughout the program.
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Australian Election Turnaround
Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 23 May 2019 > In the News
Australia's Liberal National Coalition has scored a surprise victory in the federal election called by Liberal Party Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The minority coalition in power was behind in opinion polls for a year, and no one expected them to win. Scott Morrison was the sixth Prime Minister in six years, with both parties having a history of ousting their leaders. Morrison took over as PM after his party dropped Malcolm Turnbull as leader, and had only been in the post for nine months.
Before going into national politics in 2007, the Sydney native had been managing director of Visit Australia, in charge of attracting tourists to the country. Then he became Immigration minister and controversially stopped boats of asylum seekers reaching Australian shores by holding them on island processing centres. He seems to have turned the marketing magic on himself for the election, projecting a reassuring image of a suburban dad, flanked by his wife and young daughters.
He embraced the nickname "ScoMo", wore a baseball cap and promised a strong economy. Facing Labor Party leader Bill Shorten in a TV debate, when the moderators gave the men the opportunity to ask two questions to their opponent, Shorten used his to promote Labor policies. Morrison used his to attack Shorten.
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Many climate change activists had hoped that the environment would be the big issue of the election. Australia was one of the first countries to join Greta Thunberg's school climate strikes, and ongoing protests have delayed the opening of a large coal mine in Queensland by several years. Protesters oppose the mine, being constructed by Indian company Adani, because they believe it will endanger the local environment, and increase carbon emissions when the coal is burned to create electricity.
But in the end, Labor, which opposes the mine to some extent, did worse in Queensland than elsewhere. And the Coalition, which supports the mine, has regained a majority in the House of Representatives.
Australian Parliaments are elected for a maximum of three years, but, as is the case in the British system, the government can choose to hold elections before that term. The election which took place on Saturday 18 May concerned the whole of the House of Representatives and half of the seats in the Senate.
Voting is compulsory in Australia – citizens can be fined if they don't go to the polls. For this election, a record 96.8% of those eligible had signed up to vote.
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New Student-run Cafe Opened July 6 to Community of South Central Los Angeles
Dole Packaged Foods, Kogi, CRCD and Jefferson High School Launch a Student-run Community Enterprise LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES – July 8, 2013 – On Saturday, July 6, South Central Los Angeles welcomed the new 3 Worlds Café, a student-run enterprise that offers healthy beverages and snacks representative of the diverse neighborhood it's in. Conceptualized and brought to life by student, company and community partnerships, 3 Worlds Café is a collaboration of Dole Packaged Foods, Kogi, the Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) and students from Jefferson High School to not only offer healthy food options, but to serve as a community hub committed to providing job skills and business training for youth, and highlighting the culture of the area through art, music and literary exhibitions.
Initiated in 2011, the 3 Worlds Café concept began when Dole and award-winning chef Roy Choi of Kogi reached out to the urban neighborhood to provide assistance and healthy food training at one of the oldest schools in L.A. With three standout diverse cultures representing the past and present communities of the area, the students named this project and began serving smoothies and other fruit items with a neighborhood twist, including fruit paletas, coconut milk infused smoothies and boba drinks, twice a week on lunch fruit cart. Made with Dole ingredients and enhanced by the culinary expertise of Roy Choi, the administration, staff and most importantly, the students, quickly took to these healthy offerings that represented their community.
A growing neighborhood interest and dedication from students and partners alike attracted the attention of the CRCD, which offered a storefront space and staffing to further this venture into the community.
"When we started this project two years ago it was about a passion for giving back to the community with healthier food options," said Stuart McAllister, Director of Field Sales for Dole Packaged Foods. "It is an honor to see the café now open to the public and knowing it is a giant step in making change for good in Los Angeles."
To further this concept, Dole provided start-up equipment, design and ingredients. Kogi provided recipe development, graphic design, operations training and marketing. Jefferson High School students provided artistic and concept direction, and will benefit from on-the-job training and education on how to run a successful and sustaining business.
"It has been my mission to prove that great food doesn't have to cost a great amount, and thanks to all the partners and the passion and dedication of the students, we have established this amazing concept," said Roy Choi, chef and co-founder of Kogi. "Food has always brought people together in my life, and as a guy from Los Angeles, I am honored to be a part of this cultural community highlight."
Open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., 3 Worlds Café, 3310 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, 90011, will offer fruit paletas, chili lime fruit, Coco Nuts (a blend of fruit with coconut milk), Boba Fet (Fruit boba with seasoned fresh juices), fruit smoothies, DoleWhip (soft serve frozen dessert) with fruit toppings and Banana Dippers (frozen chocolate dipped banana slices) all for around $3 to $5 range.
All profits from 3 Worlds Café will go directly into the operations of the café. Any additional profits will benefit the CRCD and the training and development of youth.
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Thanksgiving of 2008, Kogi BBQ had first rolled out as the little Korean-taco-truck-that-could, peddling $2.00 Korean barbecue tacos on the streets of L.A. Within a few months, Kogi became an icon of LA street food, a roving symbol of rebellion, independence and the belief that excellent food can be had on a dime budget. Within a few short years of putting street food on the map and on the minds of the everyday diner, Kogi has become a kind of iconoclastic symbol wherein legends are born and rules are made to be broken. The Kogi family has since opened up its counters in Culver City at Alibi Room and its first sit-down restaurant Chego! in Palms and Chinatown. Co-founder of Kogi, Roy Choi, is a classically trained chef, who after twelve years of gourmet cooking, took to the streets of his hometown in L.A. to create the gourmet food truck movement we know today. Using Twitter to help fans locate the truck, Choi's efforts with Kogi have been dubbed the "first viral eatery" by Newsweek.
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