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\section{Introduction}\label{sec1}
How topics are covered in the news frames public debates and profoundly impacts collective decision-making, such as during elections \cite{dellavigna2006fox,Budak2019}. News may be subtly biased through various forms, such as word choice, framing, intentional omission or misrepresentation of specific details \cite{Hamborg2019d}. In extreme cases, ``fake news'' may present entirely fabricated facts to intentionally manipulate public opinion toward a given topic. A rich diversity of opinions is desirable, but systematically biased information can be problematic as a basis for decision-making if not recognized as such. Therefore, it is crucial to empower newsreaders in recognizing relative biases in coverage.

In this paper, we thus seek to answer the following research question. ``How can we effectively communicate instances of media bias in a set of news articles reporting on the same political event?'' Instead of identifying and then communicating each of the various forms of bias individually, we focus on person-oriented polarity, which is a fundamental effect resulting from various bias forms \cite{Hamborg2020a}. While the problem statement misses bias not related to persons, coverage on policy issues is largely person-oriented, e.g., because decisions are made by politicians or affect individuals in society. Our key contributions---especially when comparing to prior work---are: (1) We present the first system that is able to identify even subtle forms of media bias affecting the perception of persons by imitating the manual content analysis procedure from the social science. (2) We present modular visualizations to communicate media bias during daily news consumption. (3) We conduct a large scale user study using conjoint analysis to measure effectiveness of our analysis, visualizations, and individual components therein.

We publish the survey materials, including questionnaires and anonymized answers, articles, and visualizations freely at: \url{https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5517401}

\section{Related Work}
\label{sec2}

Media bias has been long studied in the social sciences, resulting in a comprehensive set of models to describe it, such as political framing \cite{Entman2007a} and the news production process defining causes, forms, and effects of bias \cite{Hamborg2019d}, and effective methods to analyze it \cite{Hamborg2019d}. Established methods, such as content analysis and frame analysis \cite{Davis1975}, typically include systematic reading and labeling of texts. Despite their high effectiveness and reliability, they are largely conducted manually and do not scale with the vast amount of news. In contrast, many methods in computer science concerned with media bias employ automated and thus more efficient approaches but yield non-optimal results \cite{Hamborg2019d}, e.g., because they treat bias as only vaguely defined ``topic diversity'' \cite{park2011politics} or ``differences in [news] coverage'' \cite{Munson2009}. Though, methods for the identification of biased words exist for other domains, such as Wikipedia articles \cite{Recasens2013}.

Helping news consumers to become aware of media bias is an effective means to mitigate the negative effects of slanted news coverage, such as polarization \cite{Munson2009,mullainathan2005market}. Moreover, most studies find that automated approaches concerned with the communication of biases in the news can successfully increase bias-awareness in news consumers \cite{Kong2018,Park2009b,Park2011,Hamborg2020b}. However, previous approaches suffer from at least one of the following shortcomings. First, researchers cannot quantitatively pinpoint which individual components facilitate bias-awareness \cite{Kong2018,Park2009b,Park2011,Hamborg2020b}. Instead, studies measure overall effectiveness of analysis or visualizations. Second, approaches are concerned with the identification or communication of biases only in titles \cite{Kong2018}, on the article-level \cite{Munson2009,Hamborg2020b}, or outlet-level \cite{AllSides.com2021}. Considering only the overall article or even properties of its publisher, may lead to incorrect classification or missing instances of bias, e.g., that affect readers' perception on the sentence-level.

In sum, many approaches effectively communicate biases to users and most studies indicate how society benefits from doing so. However, many approaches identify only vaguely defined or superficial biases, e.g., because they do not use the established, effective models and analyses. Further, none of the reviewed approaches narrows down effectiveness regarding change in bias-awareness to individual analysis and visualization components. Lastly, to our knowledge, no approach identifies biases on the sentence level in news articles.

\section{System}
\label{sec3}

Given a set of news articles reporting on the same political event, our system's analysis aims to find groups of articles that frame the event similarly using four analysis tasks. These groups are later visualized (\Cref{sec4}) to enable non-expert news consumers to quickly get a bias-sensitive synopsis of a given news event.

For \textit{(1) article gathering}, we extract news articles reporting on one event \cite{Hamborg2017a}, currently for a set of user-defined URLs, or by providing texts to the system. We then perform state-of-the-art NLP \textit{(2) preprocessing} using Stanford CoreNLP. \textit{(3) Target concept analysis} finds and resolves person mentions across the topic's articles, including also broadly defined and event-specific coreferences that are otherwise non-coreferential or even opposing, such as ``freedom fighters'' and ``terrorists'' \cite{Hamborg2019d}.

\textit{(4) Frame identification} determines how articles portray persons and then groups those articles that similarly portray (or frame) the persons. This task centers around political framing \cite{Entman2007a}, where a frame represents a specific perspective on an issue, e.g., which aspects are highlighted when reporting on the issue. While identifying frames would approximate content analyses as conducted in social science research on media bias more closely, it would yield lower classification performance \cite{Card2015,Card2016} or require infeasible effort since frames are typically created for a specific research-question \cite{Entman2007a}. Our system, however, is meant to analyze media bias caused by framing on any coverage reporting on policy issues. Thus, we seek to determine a fundamental effect resulting from framing: polarity of individual persons, which we identify on sentence- and aggregate to article-level. To achieve state of-the-art performance in target-dependent sentiment classification (TSC) on news articles, we use a fine-tuned RoBERTa-based neural model ($F1_m=83.1$) \cite{Hamborg2021b}.

The last step of frame identification is to determine groups of articles that similarly frame the event, i.e., the persons involved in the event. We currently use a simple, polarity-based method that first determines the person that occurs most frequently across all articles, named most frequent actor (\textit{MFA}). Then, the method assigns each article to one of three groups, depending on whether the article's MFA mentions are mostly positive, ambivalent, or negative. We also calculate each article's relevance to the (1) event and the (2) article's group using simple word-embedding scoring.

\section{Visualizations}
\label{sec4}
The overall workflow follows typical online news consumption, i.e., users see first an overview of news events and then view individual news articles. To measure effectiveness not only of our visualizations but also their constituents, we design them so that their components can be altered. To more precisely measure the change in bias-awareness concerning only the textual content, the visualizations show texts of articles (and information about biases in the texts) but no other content, e.g., photos and outlet name.

\subsection{Overview}
\label{sec4:overview}

The overview aims to enable users to quickly get a synopsis of a news event. We devise three visualizations. \textit{(1) Plain} represents popular news aggregators. Using a bias-agnostic design similar to Google News, this baseline shows article headlines and excerpts in a list sorted by their relevance to the event (\Cref{sec3}). \textit{(2) PolSides}, which represents a bias-aware news aggregator \cite{AllSides.com2021}, and \textit{(3) MFAP} share a bias-aware, comparative layout but use different methods to determine which frames or biases are present in event coverage.

The layout of PolSides and MFAP is vertically divided in three parts, two of which are shown in \Cref{fig:teaser}. The event's \textit{main article} (part A) shows the event's most representative article. The comparative \textit{bias-groups} part (C) shows up to three frames present in event coverage, by showcasing each frame's most representative article. PolSides yields these frames by grouping articles depending on their political orientation (left, center, and right) \cite{AllSides.com2021}. For MFAP, we use our polarity-based grouping (\Cref{sec3}) so that the resulting groups represent frames that are primarily in favor, against, or ambivalent regarding the event's MFA. Conceptually, PolSides employs the left-right dichotomy, which is a simple yet often effective means to partition the media into distinctive slants. However, this dichotomy is determined only on the outlet-level and thus may incorrectly classify event-specific framing, e.g., articles with different perspectives having supposedly identical perspectives (and vice versa). Finally, a list shows the headlines of \textit{further articles} reporting on the event (bottom, not shown in \Cref{fig:teaser}).

\begin{figure*}
  \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{overview-explained-cropped}
  \caption{Excerpt of the MFAP overview showing three primary frames present in news coverage on a debt-ceiling event.
  }
  \label{fig:teaser}
\end{figure*}

In each overview, further components can be enabled depending on the conjoint profile (cf. \Cref{sec5}). \textit{PolSides tags} (shown close to D in \Cref{fig:teaser}) and/or \textit{MFAP tags} are shown next to each article headline, and indicate the political orientation of the article's outlet and the article's overall polarity regarding the MFA, respectively.

\subsection{Article View}
\label{sec4:articleview}
The article view shows an article's text and optionally the following visual clues to communicate bias information: \textit{(1) in-text polarity highlights}, \textit{(2) polarity context bar}, \textit{(3) PolSides tags}, and \textit{(4) MFAP tags} (with identical function to those in the overview). These clues are enabled, disabled, or altered depending on the conjoint profile.

In-text polarity highlights aim to enable users to identify person-targeting sentiment on the sentence-level. We test the effectiveness of the following modes: \textit{single-color} (visually marking a person mention using a neutral color, i.e., gray, if the respective sentence mentions the person positively or negatively), \textit{two-color} (using green and red colors for positive and negative mentions, respectively), \textit{three-color} (same as two-color and additionally showing neutral polarity as gray), and \textit{disabled} (no highlights are shown).

The \textit{polarity context bar} aims to enable users to quickly contrast how the current article and others portray the MFA. The 1D scatter plot depicted in \Cref{fig:polarity-context-bar} places articles as circles depending on their overall polarity regarding the MFA.

\begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=.7\linewidth]{articleview-polarity-context-bar}
    \caption{Polarity context bar showing the current and other articles polarity regarding the MFA.}
    \label{fig:polarity-context-bar}
\end{figure}

\section{Experiments}
\label{sec5}
To evaluate the effectiveness of our system in supporting non-expert users to become aware of biases in news coverage, we conducted a user study consisting of two conjoint experiments. The study seeks to answers two research questions. \textit{What are effective means to communicate biases to non-expert news consumers when viewing an overview of a news topic (RQ1) and when reading a single news article (RQ2)?} The first experiment (E1) focuses on improving the general design of the overview (RQ1), while the second experiment (E2) focuses on answering both RQ1 with improved visualizations and RQ2. All survey data including questionnaires and anonymized respondents' information is available freely (\Cref{sec1}).

\subsection{Methodology}
\label{sec5:methodology}
In both experiments, we used a conjoint design to ``separately identify \textelp{} component-specific causal effects by randomly manipulating multiple attributes of alternatives simultaneously'' \cite{Hainmueller2014}. Respondents are asked to rate so-called ``profiles,'' which consist of multiple ``attributes,'' which are for example the overview, which topic it shows (or which article is shown in the article view), and if or which tags or in-text color highlights are shown. In conjoint design, these attributes are chosen randomly and independently of another for each respondent, which allows an estimation of the relative influence of each component on the bias-awareness (called Average Marginal Component Effects (AMCE)) \cite{Hainmueller2014}.

We selected three news topics to ensure varying degrees of expected polarization as an indicator for biased coverage: gun control (high polarization), debt ceiling (high-mid), and Australian bushfires (low). We selected a single event for each topic. To ensure heterogeneity in content and writing styles, we manually retrieved a balanced selection of ten articles from left-, center, and right-wing US online outlets as self-identified by them.

We conducted both experiments on Amazon Mechanical Turk. Respondents had to be located in the US, have a history of successfully completed, high quality work, and were compensated 1-2\$ depending on the study duration. In E1, we used data of 260 (of 308) respondents, which satisfied our quality measures, i.e., we discarded 48 respondents that, e.g., were unrealistically fast or answered test questions incorrectly. To keep cognitive load low, respondents were shown only a single topic in the overview, which was randomly drawn from the aforementioned selection. In E2, we used data of 98 (of 110) respondents. To increase cost efficiency, we only showed a selection of overview variants that exhibited positive trends in E1 (instead of fully randomly varying all attributes as in E1). Further, we showed respondents three tasks (resulting in 294 tasks in total), where each task consisted of a single overview and article view.

Our study consists of seven steps. A \textit{(1) pre-study questionnaire} asks demographic data \cite{Spinde2020}. \textit{(2) Overview} (as described in \Cref{sec4:overview}). A \textit{(3) post-overview questionnaire} operationalizes the bias-awareness in respondents by asking about their perception of the diversity and disagreement in viewpoints, whether the visualization encourages contrasting the individual headlines, and how many perspectives of the public discourse were shown. While it is ``intrinsically difficult to objectively define what bias is'' \cite{Park2009b}, on a high level we expect bias to be \textit{perceived} in the form of differences in and opposition of the slant of articles; hence, we operationalize bias-awareness as the motivation and skill of a person to compare and contrast perspectives and information presented in the news using a set of 10-point Likert scaled questions, such as ``When shown the overview, did this encourage you to compare and contrast the different articles?''
\textit{(4) Article view} (as described in \Cref{sec4:articleview}). A \textit{(5) post-article questionnaire} operationalizes bias-awareness in respondents \cite{Spinde2020}. In a \textit{(6) post-study questionnaire}, users give feedback on the study, i.e., what they (dis)liked. E1 consisted of steps (1--3, 6). E2 consisted of all steps, where (2, 3) may be skipped depending on the conjoint profile and (2--5) were repeated three times since three topics were shown.

\subsection{Results and Discussion}
We found positive, significant effects on the change in bias-awareness when using the overview variants PolSides or MFAP (RQ1) in E2. Tags also increased bias-awareness significantly. Regarding the article view (RQ2), E2 yielded insignificant results.

Prior to E2, we focused our evaluation of E1 on qualitatively identifying flaws in the design of visualizations and the study, due to the lack of significant trends in E1.
For example, 35\% users experienced a lack of clarity and transparency, e.g., how the visualized information was derived. This weakness was exaggerated if respondents felt the shown information was incorrect (6\% PolSides, 11\% MFAP), e.g., an article that seemed negative from its headlines was labeled as ambivalent.
Prior to E2, we addressed all the major lines of criticism, e.g., by adding brief explanations about all visual clues and in particular about the bias grouping (see B in \Cref{fig:teaser}).

The goal of E2 was to test the set of overviews that had positive trends in E1 (to answer RQ1) and to test components in the article view (RQ2). E2 showed positive, significant effects of both bias-sensitive overviews, where the best overviews were PolSides (with PolSides tags) and MFAP (without tags). The AMCEs in \Cref{tab:effectiveness-e2} show that both overviews have very high and strongly significant effectiveness (PolSides $Est=7.83$ and MFAP $Est=6.13$, which are not significantly different to another albeit one being slightly higher \cite{Gelman2006}). Quantitative (by analyzing the effects on the individual questions composing the overall post-overview score) and qualitative analysis of both overviews suggests that MFAP reveals biases that are \textit{actually present} in the news articles, whereas PolSides \textit{only facilitates} the visibility of biases---a typical issue of prior approaches for automated bias detection \cite{Hamborg2020b}. By imitating the content analysis, our system yielded substantial frames as shown in \Cref{fig:teaser} whereas PolSides showed, e.g., the following headlines of rather ``artificial'' frames: ``Trump Announces Deal On Debt Limit, Spending Caps'' and ``Trump, Congress Clinch Debt-Limit Deal After Tense Negotiations.''
MFAP (random), an overview where articles were randomly assigned to one bias-group, yielded $Est=5.76$, indicating that only pointing out possible biases already increased bias-awareness.

\begin{table}[]
\caption{Effects in E2 (excerpt). Names in parentheses indicate enabled tags (except for ``random''). Baselines are italic.}
\label{tab:effectiveness-e2}
\begin{tabular}{llrrrr}
\toprule
\textbf{Attribute} & \textbf{Level}       & \textbf{Est.} & \textbf{SE} & \textbf{z}  & \textbf{Pr(\textgreater{}|z|)} \\
\midrule
\multirow{10}{*}{Overview} & PolS. (PolS.)             & \textbf{7.83}  & 2.06  & 3.79  & <.001***         \\
 &MFAP (both)      & 5.87  & 1.73  & 3.39  & <.001***         \\
 &MFAP (none)        & \textbf{6.13}  & 2.00  & 3.05  & .002**          \\
 &MFAP (MFAP)      & 5.67  & 2.10  & 2.69  & .007**          \\
 &MFAP (PolS.)  & 5.60  & 1.85  & 3.02  & .002**          \\
 &MFAP (random)         & \textbf{5.76}  & 2.40  & 2.39  & .016*           \\
 &Plain (both)     & 3.66  & 1.90  & 1.92  & .053            \\
 &Plain (MFAP)     & 1.28  & 2.24  & 0.57  & .568            \\
 &Plain (PolS.) & 3.04  & 2.07  & 1.46  & .142            \\
 &\textit{Plain (none)} & 0  & -  & - &    -         \\
\midrule
\multirow{3}{*}{Topic} & Debt Ceiling    & -1.52 & 0.78  & -1.93 & .052            \\
 & Gun control         & -1.14 & 0.84  & -1.34 & .179     \\
 & \textit{Bushfire}         & 0 & -  & - & -     \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

\end{table}

In MFAP, showing no tags yielded the highest effectiveness ($6.13$ compared to $5.87$ when both tags were shown). This indicates that the MFAP design reveals ``enough'' bias information and further visual clues may yield too complex visualizations. None of the tags alone have significant effects when combined with the Plain version, indicating that a bias-group layout is necessary for bias-awareness.

In the article view, only showing the PolSides tags had a significant positive effect on bias awareness ($2.45$). There were no significant effects for the MFAP tags and polarity context bar. Analyzing respondents' criticism in the post-study questions, we attribute this to two shortcomings. First, too few in-text highlights to have a consistent effect (21\% of the article views had $\leq5$ highlights, 7\% had none). When controlling for the number of highlights, they had a significant, positive effect on bias-awareness.
Second, there was a strong influence of individual topics on the effectiveness, e.g., respondents reported the debt ceiling topic was ``too complicated'' or ``boring'' to follow. We plan to address this by conducting a study with more respondents and a wider range of topics, to ensure a better representation of the public discourses.
Doing so will also strengthen the generalizability of the results and allow to investigate the effects of users' demographic data on their bias-awareness and change thereof
\cite{Coe2008}. Due to the small sample size in E2, our current analysis was inconclusive regarding demographic effects.

Although we did not filter for a representative sample of the US population, the distributions of our samples are approximately similar to the distributions of the US population in key dimensions such as age and political education.\footnote{For statistics of the sample please refer to the online resources, see \Cref{sec1}.} However, we propose to verify the generalizability of the study's findings to the entire US population or other countries using a larger respondent sample. Further, in E1 and E2 we assumed that MTurk workers are mostly non-expert news consumers. To verify this, we propose to explicitly ask for participants' degree of media literacy.

\section{Conclusion}
We present the first system to automatically identify and then communicate person-targeting forms of bias in news articles reporting on policy events. Earlier, these biases could only be identified using content analyses, which--despite their effectiveness in capturing also subtle yet powerful biases--could only be conducted for few topics in the past due to their high cost, manual effort, and required expertise. In a large-scale user study, we employ a conjoint design to measure the effectiveness of visualizations and individual components. We find that our overviews significantly increase bias-awareness in respondents. In particular and in contrast to prior work, our bias-identification method seems to reveal biases that emerge from the content of news coverage and individual articles. In practical terms, our results suggest that the biases found and communicated by our method are actually \textit{present} in the news articles, whereas the reviewed prior work only \textit{facilitates} detection of biases, e.g., by distinguishing between left- and right-wing outlets. In sum, our exploratory work indicates the effectiveness of bias-sensitive news recommendation as a promising line of research for future work.

\begin{acknowledgments}
  This work is funded by the WIN program of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, financed by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments that helped to improve this paper.
\end{acknowledgments}

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I have been kwilting for over 25 years.
This is a good sample of my kwilting obsession.
My heart is in Modern Kwilting.
My roots are in traditional kwilting!
Beautiful! I especially like the Red Bird Holiday, it's stunning.
Very pretty kwilts, indeed! :) I love the paint chip challenge quilt with the hand print petals :) Clever! And the echo quilting looks really nice!
I really like the Boomerang quilt. Love the colors and scrappy look.
Beautiful quilts! My favorite was the Autumn in Florida.


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Hundreds of comic book enthusiasts flocked to their nearest comic book store Saturday to get their hands on their favorite titles.
Participating comic book shops in Corpus Christi included Texas Toyz, Comics Plus and Collector's Comics and Toys.
The book stores in Corpus Christi Saturday featured, special guests, door prizes, raffles and other giveaways.
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Bungie is Developing a New Destiny Game.
The listing for a Senior Content Artist position is thanks to TheGamePost, which states that the job involves working on "new games" and not on content for Destiny2. According to the job description, the hired person would be expected to "continually push aesthetics in the Destiny universe" and have "experience with and passion for competitive games" as a preferred skill. While the job description isn't particular, it does indicate that Bungie is working on something in the Destiny universe. This would be a competitive game and not Destiny 2. It seems unlikely that Bungie would want to create a Destiny 3 that moves on. Therefore, it is most likely the game is a spin-off. We'll have to wait and watch.
Destiny 3or it may not, it seems like it will have some living elements and working on concept art for "guns and characters, armours, vehicles [and] environments." The listing also mentions that the artist would assist with "seasonal arts needs," which could refer to seasonal content updates.
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A new game is not in the works, but Destinyfans have plenty of video games. Destiny2 is currently in the Season of the Haunted, which will run until August 23. You can find more information about that in the calendar guide. If you are a true Destinysicko looking for regular updates on the game's status, visit Fanbyte Destiny2hub. It contains all of our coverage of current events in Bungie's shooter, including news and commentary.
EA discontinues BioWare points and makes DLC available with them free.
It's a game inspired by 'Princess Mononoke, and it looks amazing


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The Hot Chick Review
Rob Schneider is probably just north of Adam Sandler in the automatic critical scorn machine. As with Sandler, I don't share that instant bad opinion. While not everything he has done has made me laugh, most of it has. I fully realize that his humor is immature easy jokes, but they have made me laugh more often than not. I liked Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Animal, so I thought I might like The Hot Chick. This one was a little hard for even me though.
Jessica Spencer (Rachel McAdams) is the "hot chick," one of the most popular girls in high school. She has everything a girl could want: she is the head cheerleader, a faithful and loving boyfriend named Billy (Matthew Lawrence), and a loving (though a little weird) family. Her family consists of her mom, Carol (Melora Hardin), her dad, Richie (Michael O'Keefe), and her cross-dressing younger brother, Booger (Matt Weinberg.) Jessica doesn't fully appreciate all that she has. She thinks she is above all others and makes fun of her fellow classmates, like the overweight Hildenburg (Megan Kuhlmann) and the goth/Wicca-girl Eden (Samia Doumit.) She gets ironically punished for her actions when an ancient spell involving earrings bought in the mall causes her to accidentally switch bodies with Clive Maxtone (Schneider), a goofy 30-year-old criminal. After waking up the next day in Clive's body, she freaks and goes to her best friend, April (Anna Faris), for help. It takes a little convincing, but soon April, and later their friends Lulu (Alexandria Holden) and Keecia, a.k.a. Ling-Ling (Maritza Murray), try to figure out what to do about this unusual dilemma. Clive, now looking like Jessica, is doing the same, eventually taking advantage of his new status as a hot chick to commit more crimes. The first thing the friends try to do is make Jessica look better as a woman inside a man's body, which eventually results in making April hot for him/her, even though she has a boyfriend too named Jake (Eric Christian Olsen.) April's attraction of Clive worries her mom, Julie (Leila Kenzle), which in turn makes her father Stan (Robert Davi) think that mom is crazy. At the same time, Jessica, looking like Clive, ends up being mistaken by Jessica's dad as the new gardener (who dad calls Taquito.) Later he/she gets a job as a janitor working for Vice Principal Bernard (Lee Garlington) by relying on previous knowledge of the V.P.'s love of the tuba. Jessica and her friends try to find out if rival cheerleader Bianca (Maria-Elena Laas) or someone else is responsible and how to reverse the switch, which they don't have much time to do with the cheerleading competition and the prom coming up.
I have finally figured out why my fellow Denver critic Reggie McDaniel doesn't like this type of humor. He doesn't find humor in making fun of stereotypes. I think if jokes based on stereotypes are done correctly and with a little heart, they can be very funny. You could lump me into two categories: fat guys and geeks (one stereotype is that all geeks are either fat or beanpoles. Unfortunately, I'm not yet an exception on that front.) This movie plays with many stereotypes. Fat girls eat all the time and have a facial hair problem. Goth-girls practice witchcraft. Ling-Ling specifically falls into two stereotypes. Her Asian decent conflicts with her African-American decent, so she wears kimonos and "bling-bling." I will admit, not all of the stereotype jokes worked for me. I thought fat jokes were better handled in last year's Shallow Hal. I also didn't understand the gender jokes, specifically when it came to men. This movie seems to indicate that all men have no problem making rude noises around other men they hardly know and that we hit each other all the time. Huh? Maybe I'm a wuss, but I don't go around hitting my guy friends, much less a stranger.
I would be giving The Hot Chick a much lower rating if it hadn't made me laugh a decent amount of times. This isn't Schneider's best movie, but it was okay. I'm looking forward to his next movie, where by an unfortunate accident, he becomes a carrot! (Okay, I stole that from "South Park.")
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This marionette of Astrid Lindgren's well-known character Pipi Longstocking has a classic skeleton of wood.
Her hands and face are cast from a unique plaster-like compound then beautifully hand-painted. Notice the accessories and attention to detail, slingshot and colorful clothing.


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Rogers McVaugh (né le  à New York et mort le  en Caroline du Nord) est un botaniste américain.

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Botaniste américain
Naissance en mai 1909
Décès en septembre 2009
Centenaire américain
Décès à 100 ans
Étudiant de l'université de Pennsylvanie


The Eagles have landed. The Silver Eagles, that is. It's one of the most popular silver bullion coins ever issued by the United States Mint. Here's your chance to have the complete set minted, this year, in Philadelphia and San Francisco as well as at the West Point Mint. This Limited Edition, First Day of Issue Set makes a wonderful addition to any collection, and it's a great way to commemorate a special occasion.
The United States Mint announced that, in 2017, it also produced limited amounts of these bullion silver eagles at the Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints.
However, as a United States Mint bullion product that carries no mint mark, there is no obvious physical distinction as to where these 2017 American Silver Eagle Bullion Coins were produced.
Great mint set, Will be welcomed into my collection. The red oak box needs an up grade, glad it was free.All in all it is very nice.
Only source for this mix of coins, looks great, hope values increase over time. presentation Box extremely good make coins look top notch.
This is an amazing set to start out with. The coins are just as advertised in perfect condition. Case also in great shape. To get the 2nd lowest minted silver eagle is a steal at this price. I was so impressed I just ordered 2 more sets.
The coins and their certified slabs were in perfect condition and I look forward to their growing in value as Mike has stated. The wooden display box they came in is another story. The velvet lining was cracked and broken in several places, so I was disappointed there, but I guess your buying the coins not necessarily the box they came in.


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175: Babysitting
We listen in on a ritual that happens in millions of families every week: kids getting dropped off at the babysitters. Six-year-old Dylan and nine-year-old Sarah explain what they can and can't get away with when they have a babysitter.
After that, host Ira Glass has a few words about Mary Poppins, who is the Gold Standard of all fictional babysitters. The movie Mary Poppins contains the classic modern song about babysitting. We hear several versions of the song over the course of the program. The first is by Chicago girl punk/pop band, the Dishes. (5 minutes)
Download song: "The Perfect Nanny, from Mary Poppins", The Dishes
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Act Three: A Criminal Returns to the Scene of the Crime
Sometimes criminals return to the scene of their misdeeds — to try to make things right, to try to undo the past. Katie Davis reports on her neighbor Bobby, who returned to the scene where he robbed people and conned people.
627: Suitable for Children
Act Three: The Questionnaire
Over the last few years, there's been a flood of kids from Central America who've arrived in the United States by themselves.
617: Fermi's Paradox
Act Three: Rosie's Paradox
One night Rosie's father, busy working, told Rosie, then 9, to stop distracting him with her questions.
Starlee Kine tries to write the perfect break-up song with some help from Phil Collins.
The Night in Question
Conspiracy theories about the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin continue to shape Israel's politics and future.


Sagaing Region government minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation said today at the assembly that some foreigners were working illegally at watermelon and muskmelon farms in Sagaing Region and they using illegal pesticides.
Minister Kam Zar Hmong said at assembly session that some foreigners stayed and worked illegally at watermelon and muskmelon farms with produce being exported through 105-milepost Sino-Myanmar Trading Centre. 38 illegal aliens were deported last year and this year and one of these illegal foreigners were prosecuted.
The Minister answered a question from Aung Kyaw from Butalin constituency regarding illegal Chinese nationals working at these watermelons and muskmelons farms he also said that the government did monthly regular foreigner control and verification work.
Legislator Aung Kyaw told Myanmar Now that minister did not disclose the nationality of these deported foreigners at assembly session but they were possibly Chinese nationals.
After having high demand in the Chinese market the watermelon and muskmelon farms flourished rapidly in Sagaing Region and there were over 31,000 acres in this area in a 2107-18 financial year.
The minister said that officials from the Agriculture Department found illegal pesticide and fertilizers used on these farms.
The minister said that Sagaing Region government prosecuted two companies for using fertilizers which were not registered in Myanmar and they seized nearly 1,500 bags of fertilizers with labels in the Chinese language which were to be sprayed on leaves.
The minister added that they informed retailers of fertilizers and pesticides not to use products unregistered with Myanmar government.


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Press release: Jan 2017 | WW UK
WARDROBE WASTERS: 55 PER CENT OF WOMEN'S CLOTHES ARE NEVER WORN
£10.5billion of unworn clothes hanging in nation's wardrobes
30 per cent of clothes no longer fit, but owners will never throw out
New film, YES, released starring four people who have lost over 380lbs to inspire weight loss
New research out today reveals that 55 per cent of the clothes in an average woman's wardrobe and 47 per cent of clothes in a man's wardrobe are never worn, but one in ten (11 per cent) refuse to throw out or give away redundant clothes.
Added up across the country, women spend more than £5.4billion on more than 365 million items of clothing they will never wear. Men are no better, spending more than £5.1billion on more than 223 million unworn clothes. Combined and placed on one clothing rail, unworn items of clothing would stretch to over 18,000 miles – the equivalent of London to New York five times.
The research of over 2,000 men and women was commissioned by Weight Watchers to mark the release of YES, a new film by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Gary Tarn, which follows four Weight Watchers members who collectively lost more than 27 stone (384lbs) by adopting healthier food habits, being more active, attending weekly meetings and using Weight Watchers suite of digital tools. The film documents the moment they achieved their target weight – including Anabel Bonner, 29, who lost seven stone in order to fit into her dream wedding dress.
A third of people (30 per cent) of people say 'no longer fitting' is the primary reason for so many clothes hanging dormant in wardrobes across the country, with a quarter of people (25 per cent) hanging on to the belief that they will one day lose enough weight to fit into their old clothes. Other reasons for holding onto unworn clothes are guilt because of money spent (20 per cent) and the belief that they will come back into fashion (8 per cent).
Despite taking up 55 per cent and 47 per cent of their wardrobe space (women and men respectively), 10 per cent of women, and 21 per cent of men, say they have never spring cleaned their wardrobe.
The top ten items of clothing women say they leave unworn in the wardrobe are:
Skinny jeans and jeans
The top ten items of clothing men say they leave unworn in the wardrobe are:
Julia Westgarth, Programme Development Manager at Weight Watchers comments: "This research reveals we are a nation of clothes hoarders, collecting outfits in our wardrobes in the hope that one day we will be able to fit back into them or that they will come back into fashion. Fashion fads are out of our control, but a little weight loss could unlock a whole back catalogue of clothes. The stars of the YES film show that combining a motivation, support and practical advice can translate into a lot of weight loss, so hopefully it will inspire others and help in their own weight loss journeys."
Gary Tarn, filmmaker, comments: "Each person I filmed has been able to reach their goal weight, and in some cases completely transform their appearance. But what I was more interested in showing was how success is often measured in ways we might not expect – for example, fitting into that dream wedding dress, or being happy to look at oneself in the mirror – rather than simply by the numbers on a scale, and so the film focuses on those moments. It's a different way of looking at how people have managed their weight, both intimate and honest, and I hope these stories will resonate and inspire others."
Julia continues: "Weight Watchers holistic approach to weight management encourages men and women to focus on their lifestyle as a whole, not just the number on the scales - and our unique SmartPoints and No Count plans teach members how to have a positive relationship between food, mind and body for good. And it's working. With a 24 hour, 360º support network of meetings and online tools, research shows you could lose up to seven times more weight with Weight Watchers than on your own."
The top ten cities or towns that are the biggest wardrobe wasters are:
Glasgow, 55 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £211 per person
Norwich, 53 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £212 per person
Birmingham, 53 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £217 per person
Nottingham, 53 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £214 per person
Sheffield, 52 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £226 per person
Edinburgh, 51 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £239 per person
Newcastle, 51 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £193 per person
Cardiff, 51 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £208 per person
London, 51 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £216 per person
Leeds, 50 per cent of clothing unworn, worth £226 per person
YES stars:
Anabel Bonner, 29, Brough, Yorkshire
Anabel comfort ate in her youth after her parents divorce, but decided to lose weight when she got engaged, as she wanted to fit into her perfect wedding dress. Starting her journey as a size 22, Anabel joined Weight Watchers and lost seven stone through relearning how to cook and eating healthily. She knew she had hit her target when she was able to walk down the aisle in a size 14 dress.
Anabel's top weight loss tip: "Set smaller goals along your journey and treat yourself – whether it is a new pair of shoes, a handbag or a smaller size of clothing."
Caroline Kulemeka, 31, Birmingham
The weight piled on for Caroline when she started working and had no time for cooking. When she reached a size 18 her health became an issue so she joined Weight Watchers and her Coach helped with her eating plans and encouraged her to take up exercise. As she began to lose weight, she decided to take up running. She now finds it easier to control her eating and runs most days. She knew she had achieved her target when she was able to run non-stop for 30 minutes. Caroline has lost eight stone.
Caroline's top weight loss tip: "Do not be too hard on yourself. Every movement and effort, no matter how small, makes a difference – even if it is just drinking more water than usual in a week. Your body recognises this and gives you back tenfold."
Nigel Johnson, 31, Oxford
Nigel decided to join Weight Watchers after a holiday at Disney World in Florida where he could not fit into the seat of his favourite ride. He uses the Weight Watchers app to track his meals and activity and has lost over ten stone. Nigel knew he had achieved his target when he was able to look at himself in the mirror again.
Nigel's top weight loss tip: "If you do not see results on the scales, it is OK. You should never feel let down, because a non-scale victory is as rewarding as a scale victory."
Dee Edgar, 61, Thames Ditton, Surrey
Dee joined Weight Watchers after she turned 50 and used her weekly meetings as 'me time' during a stressful period of her life. She had always been interested in acting and modelling after starring in shows as a young woman. Dee lost over two stone after her mother suggested she needed to. She knew she had achieved her target when she felt confident enough to step in front of the camera again.
Dee's top weight loss tip: "Use the support of others as strength. Although I am a more solitary person who likes to quietly get on with little fanfare or fuss, I found the camaraderie, support and friendship of my meeting group invaluable, inspirational, and confidence boosting."
For more Weight Watchers stories and tips go to https://www.weightwatchers.com/uk/success-stories. Twelve members who collectively lost close to 92 stone will be appearing in the March issue of Weight Watchers Magazine on sale February 1st at all Weight Watchers meetings, the online shop and all major retailers.
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Weight Watchers questioned 2,000 men and women across the UK with Censuswide between 16 and 55 in December 2016 and January 2017.
Population figure of 24,783,927 adult British males and 26,125,171 adult British females taken from the Office of National Statistics 2014 census. Respondents admitted to 23 total outfits in their wardrobe of which 51 per cent are not worn. £5.1billion on 223 million unworn clothes taken from the £208 men respondents spent on clothes no longer worn and the average 9 unworn outfits. £5.4billion on 365 million items of clothing taken from the £209 women respondents spent on clothes no longer worn and the average 14 unworn outfits. An average clothes rail equivalent to 1.5 metres designed to hold 30 items of clothing. Distance between London and New York is 3,459 miles.
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Weight Watchers International, Inc. is the world's leading commercial provider of weight management services, operating globally through a network of Company-owned and franchise operations. Weight Watchers holds more than 32,000 meetings each week where members receive group support and learn about healthy eating patterns, behaviour modification and physical activity. Weight Watchers provides innovative, digital weight management products through its websites, mobile sites and apps. Weight Watchers is the leading provider of paid digital subscription weight management products in the world. Weight Watchers offers a wide range of food products, publications and programmes for those interested in a healthier lifestyle.
Weight Watchers was ranked number 1 in U.S. News 2017 Best Diets Ranking for Best Fast Weight-Loss Diet, Best Weight-Loss Diet, Easiest to Follow and Best Commercial Diet Plan. U.S. News & World Report is the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, offering rankings of 38 diet plans across nine categories. To calculate the rankings, U.S. News consulted an expert panel of top nutritionists, dietary consultants and physcicians speicalising in diabetes, heart health and weight loss.


To celebrate the completion of my "Cool Girl" art series, I've made a t-shirt design that emulates the pop-art vibes that are seen in each "Cool Girl" art piece.
If you've ever wanted to support my art without breaking the bank, this is a great way to do just that!
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"Cool Girl" is a series of acrylic paintings by Josie Koznarek.
Cool Girl #10. Acrylic on glass. 28" x 41". . By far the largest of the set. I wish all of them could have been this big.
It is a playful, tongue in cheek recognition of the current cool girl aesthetic and both the vapidness and the beauty that comes with it.
Cool Girl #7.2. Acrylic on glass. 10" x 8". . Redid the shoe one by scraping off the paint and totally changing the design. You can go back in my timeline to see the original Cool Girl #7 and decide for yourself if it was working or not.
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1 December 2010 Method for Casting Large Numbers of Clay Eggs for Use in Studies of Artificial Nests
Joel D. Martin, Raymond D. Dueser, Nancy D. Moncrief
Joel D. Martin,1 Raymond D. Dueser,1,2 Nancy D. Moncrief2
1aDepartment of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84321 (JDM, RDD)
2bVirginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA 24112 (RDD, NDM)
The Southwestern Naturalist, 55(4):591-596 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1894/JG-08.1
We describe a method for making clay mimics of bird eggs. These eggs can be used in experiments that require many uniform, accurate artificial eggs. We developed methods and made about 1,000 clay eggs at a cost of $0.55 each.
Joel D. Martin, Raymond D. Dueser, and Nancy D. Moncrief "Method for Casting Large Numbers of Clay Eggs for Use in Studies of Artificial Nests," The Southwestern Naturalist 55(4), 591-596, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.1894/JG-08.1
Received: 6 February 2009; Accepted: 1 April 2010; Published: 1 December 2010
The Southwestern Naturalist
Joel D. Martin, Raymond D. Dueser, Nancy D. Moncrief "Method for Casting Large Numbers of Clay Eggs for Use in Studies of Artificial Nests," The Southwestern Naturalist, 55(4), 591-596, (1 December 2010)


SJ 38 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The resolution is a recommendation of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission. The resolution is identical to HJ 31.


With Training Camp Starting This Week, See The Detroit Lions Podcast Writers' Takes On Who To Watch At Camp.
Last year, the Lions drafted Michael Roberts out of Toledo and thought that they were getting a good blocking tight end with large hands who could catch touchdowns. He is a solid blocker, but as the tertiary option at TE last season, he produced four catches for 46 yards. Fast forward to this year and the Lions have no clear number one at the tight end position. The time is right for Roberts to make a big step forward in development. He'll have the opportunities, it'll just be a matter of whether or not he can figure out how he can use his body to get separation for catches as he was able to do at the collegiate level.
Detroit has one of the best wide receiver corps in the NFL. With the deep threat of Marvin Jones and the YAC king Golden Tate who can either take you deep or turn a five-yard catch into a 55-yard touchdown. Sophomore Kenny Golladay can hopefully turn it around after a decent rookie year that saw him deal with injuries and TJ Jones had his best year last season as the number three/four guy, he could see a bigger role as well.
This corps can even be better with rookie UDFA Teo Redding. Redding impressed during the Lions minicamp and has a real chance to make the 53 man roster, if not the practice squad at least. Redding totaled 1,328 yards on 94 catches and 14 touchdowns in four years at Bowling Green State. He dealt with a knee injury last year and his head coach said if it wasn't for that he would have hit 1,000 yards alone last season, instead, he was held to 624.
Momentum is on Redding's side and if he can continue to surprise the coaches on the team, he could sneak in and be a good depth wide receiver. Preseason is a big test as well as he will have to showcase what he can do during a game over a practice. Preseason is roughly two weeks away, and these practices are where he needs to show that he can be another weapon for quarterback Matt Stafford.
For me, the person that needs to improve the most is cornerback Teez Tabor. There are a few reasons for this in my mind. The first reason is that he was a second-round draft pick who didn't contribute much in his opening season. That's not unheard of, especially at the corner position, but he had the opportunity to lay down a marker last year and he didn't quite do it. He did play well when he was playing but he needs to solidify that number two position this season.
Another reason has to do with star cornerback Darius Slay. With him solidifying his position as a top corner in the NFL that means he'll receive fewer targets his way. Also while he follows the number one receiver around that opens the door for the number two corner to have an easier matchup. These two factors will make whoever is lining up in the number two position more likely to be targeted. That guy should be Tabor.
The final reason is the defensive change. With Patricia coming in and with the way he has run defenses before he gives his corners more chances to make plays as they'll have over the top help more often. For Tabor that is fantastic as his only weakness, and why he dropped into the second round, was his speed. When not relying on speed he made tons of plays in college and was a real ball hawk. He needs to translate this to the NFL and coming into his sophomore year it is his chance to do so.
In his rookie season, linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin did not do a lot for the Detroit Lions defense. He recorded 30 tackles and two passes defended in 14 games (none of which were starts). However, Reeves-Maybin is a player I think can make a big jump in year two, starting in training camp.
Reeves-Maybin's biggest strength is in pass coverage. He already started playing defense on passing downs as a rookie midway through the season last year and was a big upgrade over every other player in Detroit's linebacking corps.
Where Reeves-Maybin needs to improve is in run defense. Not only does he need to get better at diagnosing plays and deciding which offensive line gaps to attack, but he simply needs to bulk up, but so he can be more powerful in tackling and do a better job of getting off blocks. Coming into the NFL, he was only 6'0″ and 230 pounds. If he bulks up a little bit while maintaining his speed, he can become a Pro Bowler in the NFL.
Reeves-Maybin already has what it takes to be an effective linebacker against the pass, but if he can improve his game against the run during training camp, he has the potential to become a future star player on the Lions defense.
Jalen Reeves-Maybin had an underrated first season in my opinion. Coming into the NFL from the University of Tennessee, Reeves-Maybin was undersized for the linebacker position. At the NFL Combine, he measured in at just 6'0″, 230 lbs. Coming off of a knee injury as well, there was some skepticism of how much muscle growth he could get going into the season.
Due to the knee injury, the Lions were slow to introduce him. Down near the end of the season, they threw him in more and he began to stand out the more he played. He was an electric player at Tennessee, and as he got healthier and stronger in 2017, the more he returned to form.
However, going into 2018, Reeves-Maybin is in a tougher position. The team is transitioning from a base 4-3 to a multiple defenses under new head coach Matt Patricia.
It's worth noting this defense could look quite similar in 4-3 and nickel defense looks. However, the concepts employed by Patricia in New England would suggest a change in defensive philosophy.
Instead of the defensive lineman penetrating to disrupt plays like in previous years. The scheme design has been predicated on interior defensive lineman forcing double teams and holding gaps, to free up their linebackers to attack downhill.
Which is why I think Reeves-Maybin needs to have a great camp. Linebackers Jarrad Davis and Devon Kennard have the MIKE and SAM linebacker roles likely solidified. The WILL role was his down the stretch last season. However, the Lions also signed veteran linebacker Christian Jones, who has played every linebacker position in his career and done so effectively.
Reeves-Maybin has been special at times, but he needs to prove he can play effectively at the weight they need him to be, as well as maintain his health. I do not see him getting cut unless he has a terrible camp, but also has a real shot at being a week one starter if he can continue to build on his late 2017 growth.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- After serving in the U.S. Air Force for nine years, attorney Mark L. Rockefeller was ready for new challenges. He returned from Iraq in May 2008, just as the financial crisis was starting. After an academic stint at Columbia University, he joined a Wall Street law firm. But he felt something was missing, and he personally longed to help the military community that had become like family.
Tens of thousands of military veterans were leaving the service and starting businesses. But banks weren't lending to support this special breed of business owners. In 2013, Rockefeller partnered with Mickey Konson, a senior executive and credit expert at Capital One. Together, the two created StreetShares.
In a recent conversation, Rockefeller shared details about the offering and how investors can benefit from doing good.
StreetShares offers Veteran Business Bonds, through which individual investors fund a pool of capital, for which they receive a 5% fixed interest rate. StreetShares in turn lends that capital out, along with institutional capital and capital from its own balance sheet, to military veterans and other main street business owners.
StreetShares is not a bank with expensive overhead and branch offices. Rather, StreetShares is an online lender that can efficiently assess risk and deploy capital to qualified businesses. Military veteran business owners are able to secure funding for their small businesses at rates that are often lower than the rates offered by other institutions.
Tell us why you started StreetShares.
After leaving military service, veterans go into business at a higher rate than the rest of the population. But they can run into difficulty getting small business loans because they often lack the capital that banks and other traditional lenders require. StreetShares provides the critical funding they need, and at lower interest rates than they typically can find elsewhere. And Veteran Business Bonds are a major source of lending capital for StreetShares.
Investors get a flat 5% return. It's a three-year note. If you would like to withdraw earlier than that, there is 1% penalty. However, on every anniversary of your investment there is a two-week window when one can withdraw penalty free. For details, please see StreetShares' Offering Statement available at SEC.gov or accessible through our site at StreetShares.com. StreetShares has also put an Offering Summary together as a great place to start learning about Veteran Business Bonds.
What protections do investors have?
StreetShares is not a traditional peer-to-peer lender. Investors are not taking pass-through risk on any particular underlying loan made. Rather, the funds are diversified across the entire portfolio.
StreetShares can make this commitment because all loans are underwritten with by an experienced underwriting team looking at cashflows and small businesses with demonstrated ability to pay back their debt.
But beyond that, there is something special. We're not a bank. We're not a hedge fund. Veterans know that when they borrow money, it's coming from fellow veterans and patriotic supporters. In essence, we harness the loyalty within the military community and channel that to make financial transactions safer. That's our secret sauce.
For more information about StreetShares, contact Jeslyn Stiles at jstiles@streetshares.com or visit us here.
StreetShares, Inc. (the "Company") has qualified with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for a Regulation A offering of StreetShares Notes, also known as "Veteran Business Bonds." The only offering to sell securities is found in the Company's Form 1-A and amendments and supplements thereto (collectively, the "Offering Statement"), which can be obtained from the SEC EDGAR filing website. No decision to invest in StreetShares Notes should be made without reading the Offering Statement. Neither the SEC nor any state securities regulator has passed upon or endorsed the merits of any investment decision in StreetShares. The Company does not give investment, legal, or tax advice. You are urged to consult your investment, legal, and tax professional before making any investment decision. Note: The default term for StreetShares Notes is 36 months, with the option for the Company to call, redeem, or prepay at any time. This offering is being conducted as a continuous offering pursuant to Rule 251(d)(3) of the Securities Act, meaning that while the offering of securities is continuous, sales of securities may happen sporadically over the term of the offering as we are able to process subscriptions. As a result, the active solicitation of investors, whether via the StreetShares platform or otherwise, may at times be briefly paused, or the ability to subscribe may be periodically restricted to certain individuals to allow the Company time to effectively and accurately process and settle subscriptions that have been received. Subject to SEC Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C), non-accredited investors who are natural persons are limited to investing the greater of 10% of their annual income or net worth and non-accredited investors who are non-natural persons are limited to investing up to 10% of the greater of their net assets or revenues for the most recently completed fiscal year. Additionally, the Company's current per-person minimum investment amount is $25, and the maximum is $500,000 (subject to adjustment through the StreetShares Referral Program). The Company's minimum and maximum investment amounts are subject to change at the Company's discretion. StreetShares Notes are a non-deposit investment product. Not FDIC insured. No guarantee. May lose value.
Nothing contained herein shall be relied upon as a promise or a representation of past or future performance. For informational purposes only. THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES. Copyright © 2018 StreetShares, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


We will present some of the shops at the fair in the next few days. Sorry, we can't do all but there are just too many of them.
One is the top from Zaara. It comes in a wide variety of colours and has a lovely flower attachement for each colour. And when you buy the fatpack (as I did) you get 2 multi-coloured attachements as well.
And the other is the new CARESSE shoes by N-Core. I got the fatpack again cos I just can never make up my mind which colour I want. And you can change everything (and I mean that) on these shoes … wear them with or without socks or stockings, plus the leather straps are colour changeable as well as the different parts like the metal and heels. The nail polish is changeable as well. All pretty easily done with a HUD.
Well, to be honest with you: When I first tried Atena I was not quite sure about it. First thing I saw were the so not Second Life-typical eyebrows. I'm used to the-thinner-the better- shaped eyebrows. Atena on the other hand has quite strong eyebrows. So I put the skin on and took it off … on and off. Wore it for a day, changed again. Still couldn't make my mind up.
But then I started looking into her a bit closer, I eventually found her to be quite attractive. She's not the typical perfect young fresh face. But she has character and maturity. The texture is very detailed and that gives her a huge portion of reality. One thing I must say, in all honesty it wasn't love at first sight, but at second. This skin is perfect for real women, who are bored with being perfect and love to be different, but still very attractive.
Yaay, LostAngel Industries finally released something new. What a nifty little thing that futuristic chair is to play with. 5 colours included in the pack and 12 poses to try. LostAngel Industries is known for doing the not so common things and that's why you'll find the poses are different, but in a good way different. Demo it at the shop and I bet you'll love it as much as I do.
Oh and you might want to check their new site here.


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Q: атрибут для разделения по строчкам Есть radiobuttongroup в котором 4 radiobutton. Эти кнопки идут на разметке в ряд. Как сделать так, чтобы 2 кнопки были на одной строке, а другие соответственно на следующей.
<com.example.radiobutton.PresetRadioGroup
    android:id="@+id/preset_time_radio_group"
    android:layout_width="397dp"
    android:layout_height="125dp"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_marginStart="3dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
    android:layout_marginEnd="3dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="3dp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="3dp"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:weightSum="4"
    >

         <com.example.radiobutton.PresetValueButton
            android:id="@+id/preset_time_value_button_30"
            style="@style/PresetLayoutButton"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1.1"
            app:presetButtonValueText="@string/title_time_preset_normal" />

        <com.example.radiobutton.PresetValueButton
            android:id="@+id/preset_time_value_button_60"
            style="@style/PresetLayoutButton"
            android:layout_width="1dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0.8"
            app:presetButtonValueText="@string/title_time_preset_fat" />

        <com.example.radiobutton.PresetValueButton
            android:id="@+id/preset_time_value_button_120"
            style="@style/PresetLayoutButton"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0.6"
            app:presetButtonValueText="@string/title_time_preset_dry" />

        <com.example.radiobutton.PresetValueButton
            android:id="@+id/preset_time_value_button_150"
            style="@style/PresetLayoutButton"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1.5"
            app:presetButtonValueText="@string/title_time_preset_combined" />
</com.example.radiobutton.PresetRadioGroup>


Jamshedpur : Gripped with slow down the local manufacturers and companies are pinning hopes on mega trade fair, 'Canvas India-2013 to increase their market share in the time of festive season. Former CM Arjun Munda inaugurated the fair. The fair will continue till October 2 at Gopal Maidan.
More than 600 stalls with more than 300 brands, representing the spectrum of consumer goods to residential apartments, will attract the fair enthusiasts of the city during the mega event.
Companies of all the sectors are participating in the fair that is likely to witness 3lakh footfalls during the two weeks odd event.
Hundreds of companies from, FMCG, automobile, IT, electronics, telecom, real estate and life style among others, will showcase its new and branded products in the fair.
Banglore based, The Concern India Shows, which is the principal host of the trade fair, said that along with a range of discount offers the consumers will be subjected to the maximum entertainment with cultural evenings during the fortnight the event.
A dealer of major automobile company said that trade shows offer a profitable way to showcase products and services to interested buyers.
At the time of slump in market there are exciting events for companies as well as customers. Attending a trade show offers one a concentrated venue for presenting your products or services to a high percentage of people who are already interested in buying them.
"You can showcase your popular products and introduce new products to new contacts and meet current customers in person with out of the ordinary trade show promotions. You can also see what the competition is offering," said another participant.
Jyoti Kumar, managing director, Concern (India), said that international and national brands and manufacturers are participating in the fair. They are offering new products and products together with attractive discounts and offers.


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Retail uses tech and data to engage its consumers — why can't healthcare?
Humana's chief medical officer said that healthcare already has the tools it needs to anticipate patients' needs and close gaps in care.
By Dave Muoio
Healthcare is often referred to as a "system," but frequently it's anything but. A patient being discharged from emergency services might not have the details of their condition shared with a primary care physician, and that patient frequently won't speak with a provider until their condition has taken a severe turn for the worse.
Humana SVP and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roy Beveridge highlighted these gaps in care and communication during his time on stage at the HIMSS19 Patient Engagement and Experience Summit on Monday. He said that the healthcare industry needs to better leverage technology so that it can connect its disparate services, anticipate the needs of the patient, and provide an all-around more convenient product.
Doing so will hardly be simple, he noted, but there is certainly a precedent that systems and plans can look to for guidance.
"You know, when smart devices were introduced a number of years ago, clinicians just said 'What a dumb piece of technology. It just tells people whether someone walked 5,000 steps or 8,000 steps,'" Beveridge said during the session.
"But the retail sector was very smart. They took the data from steps and they combined it with purchase history. And all of a sudden there was an explosion of understanding. … You could see from someone's purchase that they bought a pair of shoes. And then six months later, they had walked 1.5 million steps. Anyone on the retail side would say 'those shoes are broken and you need a new pair of shoes.' They would advertise for that, and that's beginning to think about things in a very, very different way. … How can we take a consumer-centric approach in healthcare? And, how we get information into systems so we're anticipating people's needs before they need them?"
To illustrate his point, Beveridge painted the picture of Gino, a hypothetical 75-year-old patient with diabetes and congestive heart failure. With just these conditions alone, Gino would already be a candidate for 30-day readmission following discharge.
"But what data systems don't flow in right now is that he's a widower and he's socially isolated," Beveridge said. "That might not seem like a lot to you, but what happens if I told you people who are socially isolated have a 30 percent higher mortality rate because of it, compared to people who are not socially isolated? Is that something that's important for an algorithm to understand in terms of how to take care of you? I think so."
Even beyond incorporating his social determinants, Gino's case still has several potential scenarios in which it could break down, Beveridge continued. He could be having difficulty managing and administering his own medications, but be too uncomfortable to reach out to a provider or family caretaker for assistance. He could develop an ulcer during his time at the hospital and require prompt follow-up from his doctor, but never see an adjustment in his care plan because the primary care physician wasn't informed.
These failures and others could be addressed within a system that automatically collects, analyzes and communicates patient data between stakeholders, Beveridge said.
"Think about who has data on Gino — physicians, pharmacy, the hospital has a ton, the health plan has got a lot, the daughter has some," he said. "So, everyone has so much data, and you think about the retail world. What did the retail world do with all of this? They linked all the data together, right? They began understanding from an analytics standpoint how they were going to take care of the issue — and the issue in this case is Gino."
In some respects, the culture shift required to close these gaps has already begun, Beveridge said. Even if many systems have not yet deployed a comprehensive system to support their patients' care, providers are steadily becoming more understanding of the hurdles some patients are facing.
"I have a confession to make," he said. "When I was in practice and someone was discharged from hospital and they didn't show up a week later, I got irritated. Doctors at that point would use the expression 'the patient was non-compliant with medical orders.' That's a shocking statement. If you start thinking about it from the patient's perspective, Gino is going to have trouble getting to my office. Gino's got a whole bunch of problems, and it's not that he's not compliant, he's got issues in terms of how to get there."
Equally encouraging is that, by and large, the technology needed to connect healthcare services and guide the patient through their care has already arrived, he continued. Gino's numerous risk factors could be flagged by an automated system that would trigger telephonic interventions from a staffed care coordinator. That coordinator could also schedule food deliveries or stress the importance of eating to a family caregiver, or a home care nurse could be deployed to monitor his recovery using a mobile clinical workstation — otherwise known as an iPad.
"Every part of what I just talked about are things that actually occur at this point. There's nothing there that we don't actually have the ability to do. We have glucometers that are attached by Bluetooth, we have scales that measure someone's weight in terms of their congestive heart failure risk. We have all of these things — they're just not coordinated," Beveridge said. "When you compare it all to the retail world, it's all the same story. We're just 10 to 20 years behind."
Consumerization of Healthcare
In April, we'll look at the consumerization of healthcare from a variety of angles, including how to treat patients as customers.
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Q: jQuery find img

How to find the last image on the page, that have "thread_" after last "/" in its src attribute?
Script should throw src to some variable.
Ajax is used to find the images on external page
$.ajaxQueue({
 url: link,
 type: 'GET',
 success: function(data) {
  var src = $('.slide img', data).attr('src');
 }
});

It gives attribute of the last image from .slide block.
Thanks.

A: $('.slide img[src*=\\/thread_]:last', data) might do it

A: You can iterate through ALL of the images you have & perform regex on them, like this:
$('.slide img', data).each(function(index){
   src = $(this).attr('src');
   stringarray = src.split('/');
   last_piece = stringarray[stringarray.length-1]
   regexpatt = /thread_/
   if ( regexpatt.test(last_piece) )
   {
      alert('we have a winner!');
   }
   else
   {
      alert('that was disappointing');
   }
});

I am sure there is probably a more elegant way - you should probably search through the jquery docs for it, but this works... :)

A: var src = $(data).find('.slide img').last().attr('src');

A: You can use Regex in selectors
http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/regex-selector-for-jquery/
jQuery selector regular expressions
Hope this can help
Regargs.

A: Try the following.
var srcAttr = $('.slide img[src*=\/]', data).filter(function() {

            var src = $(this).attr('src');
            return src.substr(src.lastIndexOf("/")).indexOf('thread_') >= 0

        }).last().attr('src');

Here I am doing the following things.

*

*The selector gets us all the images
with their src tags having a "/".

*Filtering the images that have
"thread_" after the last "/"

*Taking the last image of all such
images

*Taking the src attribute of it.

A: Best guess, use a little .filter() with a RegExp, and then the .last() element in the set, grab its src using .attr('src')
var src = $('.slide img', data).filter(function() {
  // only keep  whos src have '/thread_' without another '/' before the end
  return $(this).attr('src').match(/\/thread_[^\/]*$/);
}).last().attr('src');

jsfiddle demo


This is the story about how AustrianStartups was founded and what vision we chase. In this article you can read about what a startup is and how YOU can help to shape the vision for Austrian startups.
This is the story about how AustrianStartups was founded and what vision we chase. What was started as simple Facebook Group in 2007 initiated by Jürgen Höbarth (who has now moved to Hong Kong), is now becoming a much bigger initiative.


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I had the good luck to begin sharing images from Eric Lanuit's magazine Character on The Advocate's website in 2011. Finding the right images to share on an LGBTQ website that pack a powerfully sexual punch, but don't scare the horses in the street is a challenge. I was delighted to work with Eric. But we had to be careful. There are many images in Eric's book that left the horses shivering in their stables. Whether Eric creates a loving homage of Tom of Finland or makes a truly shocking image with statuette of Jesus, Eric brings a level of perfection of execution and a lightness of touch that makes it all work beautifully. It's called good taste, kids.
Nudity is not enough for Eric. His images need to have a point of view, and attitude, and he has a surprising freedom. He is irreverent but maintains a strong reverence and dignity for the male body. He plays with dreamy homages to classical art that don't sink into imitations because he injects Pop Art freshness and a zip of kitsch. Even when presenting giant solidly erect cocks he is unafraid to turn his photos into art.
The joy that Eric brings to some of the dependable tropes of male characters he renders keeps them from feeling like imitations of everything you know already. He is obviously having fun. At the same time, we can see his own sexuality igniting the pages of the book by keeping the details front and center.
Completing the cornucopia of offerings there are male images fully clothed of course, because as Tom of Finland said, "To me, a fully dressed man is more erotic than a naked one." Hence the details in the Orientalism images, the Renaissance photos, even a Royal Canadian Mountie all feel saturated in sexual appeal.
Ultimately this is a record of Eric Lanuit's first 10 years of erotic imagination. It's an enormous treasure to be savored and kept out on the table where the brave and unafraid can enjoy it.
Christopher Harrity
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UF Expert: Industrial Sugar Users Benefit Most If Sugar Policy Ends
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Andrew Schmitz schmitz@fred.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-1845, ext. 415
GAINESVILLE — A University of Florida international trade expert says industrial users of sugar such as candy and ice cream manufacturers — not consumers — will receive the largest share of cost savings if the federal sugar policy is discontinued.
Andrew Schmitz, an eminent scholar and professor with UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, said the General Accounting Office relied on two economic models to reach its conclusions in its new report, "Sugar Program: Supporting Sugar Prices Has Increased User's Costs While Benefitting Producers," which was released June 9.
But Schmitz said that one of the models contained in the report — one that has consumers receiving all the cost savings — is unrealistic.
"The GAO essentially implies in its conclusion that all the cost savings from removing the sugar program are going to be passed on to the consumers, and the industrial users are not going to gain anything, which isn't true," said Schmitz. "In terms of relative magnitude, the industrial users of sugar will by far benefit the most if the sugar program is ended."
He said the unrealistic model used in the GAO report assumes that the full drop in the price of raw sugar following the program's end will be passed on to consumers. But he said that historically, it doesn't work that way.
"Since the 1996 farm bill passed, wholesale refined sugar prices have dropped 26 percent in the United States," Schmitz said. "In the same period, retail refined sugar prices have not dropped at all and the prices of finished products like cereal, ice cream and candy have increased by about 7 to 9 percent."
Schmitz said that based on the more realistic model estimated by the GAO, some of the cost savings will make it to the consumer, but with industrial sugar users reaping the greatest benefits. If the sugar policy had been ended in 1998, the GAO estimates that producers would have lost $1.05 billion while consumers saved $769 million. The net savings to manufacturers and sugar refiners would have been $1.06 billion.
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Q: Android Native App Install Banner Is Not Working I am trying to get a native app install banner for my Android app on my site. My manifest.json looks like this:
{
    "short_name": "App Name",
    "icons": [
        {
            "src": "launch-icon.png",
            "sizes": "144x144",
            "type": "image/png"
        }
    ],
    "prefer_related_applications": true,
    "related_applications": [
        {
            "platform": "play",
            "id": "my.app.id"
        }
    ]
}

It meets all the critiera list here:

*

*Served over HTTPS

*short_name

*144x144 icon

I am skipping the engagement checks for testing by setting the chrome flag:
chrome://flags/#bypass-app-banner-engagement-checks
I have tried the example page and it works as expected, i.e. the banner shows. However I cannot see any difference between how my manifest is set up vs. the one in the example. I have used remote debugging to verify that the manifest file does get fetched.

A: It looks like you have most of the requirements met. There is one missing criteria: multiple different icon sizes are required. Those sizes are 36x36, 48x48, 72x72, 96x96, 144x144, 192x192.
Also, the start_url can be . to set the current path.
Here's an example:
{
  "name": "App Name",
  "short_name": "App Name Install Banner Sample",
  "icons": [
    {
      "src": "icon-0-75x.png",
      "sizes": "36x36",
      "type": "image/png"
    },
    {
      "src": "icon-1x.png",
      "sizes": "48x48",
      "type": "image/png"
    },
    {
      "src": "icon-1-5x.png",
      "sizes": "72x72",
      "type": "image/png"
    },
    {
      "src": "icon-2x.png",
      "sizes": "96x96",
      "type": "image/png"
    },
    {
      "src": "icon-3x.png",
      "sizes": "144x144",
      "type": "image/png"
    },
    {
      "src": "icon-4x.png",
      "sizes": "192x192",
      "type": "image/png"
    }
  ],
  "prefer_related_applications": true,
  "related_applications": [
    {
      "platform": "play",
      "id": "com.google.samples.apps.iosched",
      "url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.samples.apps.iosched"
    }
  ],
  "start_url": ".",
  "display": "standalone"
}

As a reminder:

*

*Enable this flag in chrome chrome://flags/#bypass-app-banner-engagement-checks

*Login to Google Play on your Android device or emulator (make sure the emulator has the play store)

*The app should not already be installed on the device

*Follow the requirements listed at the top here

*Inspect the sources tab in your browser to see if the manifest is served correctly and remember to check the console for any errors (warnings are fine)

A: First, troubleshoot using this answer.
Second, make sure the app is not already installed.
Third, if you are testing this on an emulator, make sure you have actually signed in to the Play Store app.


With Spring well and truly on its way, we all need an extra bit of tender loving care, especially for our skin.
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Tel Baẕul (hebreiska: תל בצול) är en kulle i Israel.   Den ligger i distriktet Norra distriktet, i den nordöstra delen av landet.

Terrängen runt Tel Baẕul är kuperad västerut, men österut är den platt. Terrängen runt Tel Baẕul sluttar österut. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km sydväst om Tel Baẕul. Runt Tel Baẕul är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Bet She'an,  km sydost om Tel Baẕul. Trakten runt Tel Baẕul består till största delen av jordbruksmark.

Stäppklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är januari, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är juli, med  mm nederbörd.

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