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The Identity Crisis of Twitter
Posted on December 14, 2018 by sdshamshel
To a great many, social media is just a part of life now. Whether it's Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, or Twitter, these websites and apps are practically glued to us due to the ever-increasing ubiquity of smartphones. But each form of social media in certain ways replicates the online communication tools of old, and I find that with Twitter in particular, its strengths and weaknesses come from being essentially a highly modular chatroom. The problem is that, while the scope of this "chatroom" can be large or small, individual users only have so much control once it gets beyond a certain size, which leads to Twitter and its users running into an identity crisis of sorts.
It's true that if you want an absolutely private experience on Twitter, you can more or less make it happen. Set your account to private, only follow a handful of people, and maybe even communicate primarily through direct messages. You can actually just make it about you and your friends. However, there are a few aspects that limit the Twitter experience once you move past that point and want to utilize the site as most others do, which is to operate in this massive space where you can instantly search for what people are saying about any given topic.
Traditionally, chatrooms were less people-focused and more concept-focused. Even in the earliest days of AOL, you scrolled through a potential list of chats, picked one that matched your interests or desires, and then joined. Even if it was just to ask A/S/L to everyone, there was a sense that you were stepping into a shared, localized space. Web 1.0 had this feeling in general. With Twitter, you are essentially your own chatroom moderator, and it's up to you to constantly manage who you want to listen to and who you want to interact with. This kind of customization certainly has its merits, as it lets you really control your experience on Twitter to a certain degree, but having to potentially police your own twitter feed constantly is practically a recipe for decision fatigue. A user doesn't have to care that much, but that can lead to the next problem: if you choose to take a relatively hands-off approach, that means you can't control the people who are peering inside.
A common story of many a Twitter faux pas is that a user (often a fairly prominent one) treats their very public and well-known account like it's still a small, localized experience when things have in fact changed. This person might be using in-jokes that appear crass or downright offensive to outsiders, but is considered to be innocuous teasing by their more immediate circle. They might even get called out by their followers for those words and asked to apologize, and those followers might even have a point. Even so, it can feel like there's a disconnect between what this particular user thinks is their Twitter experience (shooting the breeze with friends) and what the users at large think is the Twitter experience (a public forum where any and every statement hangs in the air for all to see).
Consider two scenarios of a person in real life who says something racist, not expecting it to be an issue, only to be reprimanded by someone listening. In scenario #1, it's a private setting where a friend is warning this person that what they're saying is messed up, and they need to watch how they think and use words. In scenario #2, it's an open space where everybody's listening and a stranger shouts down the speaker for being so damn racist. Both cases involve someone rightly pointing out racist speech and that it needs correcting, but there's a fundamentally different experience between someone who says something around those with whom they're familiar and while surrounded mostly by strangers. The issue with Twitter is that it can seem like the former on the surface, only for a user to discover that it's been a public square all along. The perception of extremely public vs. relatively private space explodes and collapses in a way that doesn't happen when you actively search for servers and chatrooms on IRC or the more modern Discord.
I believe that this folding of public and private on Twitter is also what makes harassment on the platform especially insidious. It's no secret that certain groups (especially the alt-right) have learned to almost weaponize Twitter's idiosyncratic behavior. They can make a statement, "innocently" @ another user, and sit back and let their followers dog-pile that user. They can search out people who are discussing a topic, and attack total strangers in their replies. Users might want to interact through Twitter as if they're just talking to their friends and acquainances, but the search function makes it possible to seek out holders of different opinions and try to verbally abuse them. It's all too easy to find someone you disagree with on Twitter, and to see them as the enemy.
Chatrooms aren't and weren't ever peaches and rainbows. They come with their own hosts of problems, from power-abusing moderators to the active nurturing of toxic spaces by users if they should so choose. I used to be part of a chatroom or two where there were some people with gigantic chips on their shoulders—folks who seemed a little too trigger-happy with their hostilities. I remember a time where I talked about my surprise that a couple of anime voice actors were married to each other, only to get shouted at about how I must be one of those shallow folks obsessed with following the frivolous minutiae of celebrities (but of course said in a much less polite way). I thought the guy was being an asshole, but I also went into that chat knowing that this was a possibility, and that I was ready to fight back and call him out on being unnecessarily angry. Not everyone is willing or should be willing to have to fend off trolls and angry mobs, but Twitter's public/private collapse makes that fight all the more inevitable for anyone discussing a controversial topic.
I've been on Twitter for over ten years now, but I've come to realize that I've reduced my utilization of its chatroom-esque qualities a long time ago. I still do communicate with friends and mutuals to an extent, but a lot of it is me shouting into the wind and seeing what sticks. Much like this blog here, I use it as a place to experiment with an express thoughts and ideas. Analyzing this shift in Twitter behavior, I think it's largely because a certain degree of distance is necessary. Those who jump onto Twitter with bleeding hearts inevitably attract sharks. But while there were always sharks, even among the islands of Web 1.0 and 2.0, the social media age means being surrounded by potential predators on all sides.
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Spirit vs. Letter in Social Media Harassment Policies
Posted on November 12, 2017 by sdshamshel
Social media platforms have been under fire by critics recently due to the way they've let radical groups take advantage of their platforms to attack and discredit others. People on Twitter are harassed, receiving death threats and worse, yet their harassers remain unbanned. Facebook has suffered from the inundation of fake news created by Russian propagandists, as well as racist advertising using their own ad system. A recent article by Sarah Wachter-Boettcher, titled "Facebook treats its ethical failures like software bugs, and that's why they keep happening," argues that Facebooks's approach lacks a true human dimension, and fails to account for the subtle and nuanced ways that people end up using social media. In other words, using a wack-a-mole method to deal with this ignores, unintentionally or otherwise, the underlying issue of people being attacked online.
I concur with this sentiment, but would like to add something. It's not just that treating problems like racist ad targeting as bugs or glitches is the wrong way to go, but that trying to govern social media platforms with hard and fast rules creates a rigid system that inevitably lends itself to loopholes that can be exploited.
I recently had a few discussions with friends and acquaintances, all programmers and software engineers. In one discussion, I had a small debate with a friend, who argued that laws should not be open to interpretation—what says, goes, ideally. Having "wiggle room" makes things messy. In another, the subject of self-driving cars came up. Among many of the programmers (but not all, mind), there was a shared stance that giving humans more control than self-driving cars would be to open up the efficient and organized traffic of the future to the unpredictable and poor decision-making of the average driver. Additionally, any problems that occur due to the incompleteness of the self-driving AI could be solved after they arise.
I don't mean to stereotype programmers as all having a certain way of thinking or a certain set of beliefs (you'll find them on all sides of the political spectrum, for example), but there's a certain desire for the human-created mechanics of the world to make consistent, logical sense that I find common to programmers—i.e. the main people driving social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter behind the scenes. A faith (or perhaps desire) in these systems, and the idea that they can just increase the granularity of their rules, instead of trying to take a more humanistic direction, leads to holes that can be exploited.
No matter what parameters Twitter puts in for defining harassment, people will always find ways to attack others without "technically" breaking the rules. This, I believe, is the reason so many people appear to be unjustly banned while other accounts that spew hate and encourage online attacks can manage to stay active. One side is likely ignorant of rules X, Y, and Z, while the other deftly skirts them. Intent, something that requires a closer analysis, is left by the wayside.
Krang T. Nelson, a Twitter user named after a certain cartoon warlord from Dimension X, recently tested these limits. In a Vice article, Nelson describes how he decided to troll white supremacists by crafting the most intentionally absurd tweet possible, about "antifa supersoldiers" planning on beheading white parents and small business owners. Not only was it a clearly tongue-in-cheek call-out of alt-right talking points, it was also loaded with buzzwords that white nationalists actively look for. Nelson then discusses how the white nationalist movement understands the ways to take advantage of Twitter's policies, and that they used this knowledge to get him (temporarily) banned over a facetious remark. Here, we see clear evidence that the groups known for Twitter harassment also know how to exploit its technicalities and parameters for their own ends.
Adhering to the letter and not the spirit of policies and laws is what fuels the abuse of online social platforms. Having actual people at all levels checking to see how Twitter, Facebook, etc. are being used, and relying not on hard and fast rules, is where things need to change. Granted, having "wiggle room" in rules means they can be exploited in a different way, but overly strict interpretations are also clearly not working.
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Critical Mass: Gatchaman Crowds
Posted on October 8, 2013 by sdshamshel
What is the best way to describe Gatchaman Crowds? Though I don't think it's valid to say that Gatchaman Crowds is Gatchaman "in name only", it's certainly nothing like the original. Whereas Science Ninja Team Gatchaman was Super Sentai before Super Sentai was a thing, a team of costumed warriors dispensing martial arts beatdowns and bird missiles, Gatchaman Crowds is far more conceptually driven series that brings up and explores a variety of ideas pertaining to heroism, human motivation, living within an interactive and digitally connected world, and the advantages and limitations of large and small-scale group efforts.
Gatchaman Crowds follows a team of warriors who have the ability to transform with slick armor and powerful abilities. Their newest member is main character Ichinose Hajime, a relentlessly hyper and comfortably honest girl whose sheer energy is simultaneously both exhausting and invigorating. Assigned to fight an alien menace, their efforts as heroes are contrasted by another character, Ninomiya Rui, whose social networking service GALAX brings people together to collectively solve problems, Rui's ultimate goal being a world where people realize the inherent value in helping others. Two shades of optimism interact with each other, sometimes cooperating and sometimes conflicting.
Crowds was my favorite anime of the summer for a number of reasons. Its presentation is extremely slick, with character designs reminiscent of Kyousogiga and Heartcatch Precure!, and 3DCG work on the Gatchaman outfits that really brings out the individuality of each character. It doesn't just present a wide variety of ideas pertaining to large-population interactions and moralism, but actively explores them from a variety of angles. Its characters are streamlined extensively, but in a way which supports the overall sense of an exchange of ideas.
In terms of the show's ability to encourage an evaluation of how we perceive problems, there are two aspects of Gatchaman Crowds which impress me in particular. The first is that it says there's a difference between criticism and cynicism. Often when a text or a work of fiction presents a "QUESTION EVERYTHING" attitude, there's a sense that it wants you to feel as if the world is in a neverending death spiral and that trust is a fantasy. As Hajime demonstrates numerous times throughout the series, however, just because you're optimistic doesn't mean you're unable to see a situation from a variety of perspectives, or unable to make informed decisions. The second is that Gatchaman Crowds actually makes an effort to show how there are problems in the world that are best solved without violence, without resorting to an overblown or shallow "killing is wrong" message, or that it's just a matter of trust.
When the Gatchaman are fighting the MESS early on in the series, strange alien creatures resembling alien rubik's cubes who take over inanimate objects, it's Hajime's ability to think outside the box which allows her to try and communicate with the MESS instead of constantly fighting it out like the rest of the team. However, with the other alien presence Berg Katze (loosely based on the antagonist from the original Science Ninja Team Gatchaman), Hajime realizes that Katze is different and dangerous. At the same time, Berg Katze is someone who can't be defeated through force because of the way it turns the characters' own fears against them, and so a different and more creative solution is needed.
Speaking of Berg Katze, I find Katze to be a powerful antagonist because of the way its most diabolical skill is attacking people psychologically, whether that's creating chaos through deception, or by openly mocking a person's efforts in the most grating way possible in order to compromise their self perception.
As for the role of heroes in a digital world, Gatchaman Crowds reminds me somewhat of Tiger and Bunny, but whereas that series explores the image of heroes with respect to mass media, Gatchaman Crowds explores it with respect to "media of the masses." In particular, it looks at the concept of gamification, an idea that's been gaining traction lately, which posits that much can be accomplished if you turn tasks and activities into "games" complete with points and high scores and such, from regular exercise to organizing files for your company. One of the key drawbacks of the concept of gamification is that it appears to imply that people are less capable of accomplishing something if there isn't a carrot dangling in front, and Gatchaman Crowds asks the viewer to look at this from both sides. Rui's desire to "update" the world hinges on an almost socialist view of the modern masses in which proletariat and capitalist are able to work together.
Overall, if you really want an anime that encourages you to think, then check out Gatchaman Crowds. It's thoughtful without getting bogged down by the weight of its ideas, and even if you don't agree with its conclusions, I think it's still worth ruminating over what it has to say. You can watch the show for free on Crunchyroll.
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Physical exercise could be an effective way of reducing the symptoms of schizophrenia says a new study by UCLA.
The findings support other recent studies that also suggest that physical activity can relieve the symptoms of other mental concerns such as depression and anxiety.
Previous research has also already shown that computer-based brain games can be beneficial for those with schizophrenia, reversing some of the deficits that sufferers can experience in the areas of memory, thinking skills and social cognition.
However the team of researchers at UCLA found that these benefits are even greater when patients also partake in aerobic exercise.
In their first study nine young adults who had recently experienced their first schizophrenic episode took part in a computerized course in memory skills, neurocognitive training for perception, and social cognitive training for emotional intelligence.
A further seven young adults also took the same course, but in addition took part in 150 minutes a week of aerobic exercise.
The team found that those who only took the computer course showed no change in cognitive performance, however those who also had the aerobic sessions showed significant cognitive improvements.
And in a second study, 32 participants who had also just experienced their first episode of schizophrenia completed the same computerized course, with 16 participants also taking part in vigorous exercise.
This time even more significant results were seen, with those who exercised improving three times more on a series of cognitive tests than the others.
The reason for these improvements say the team, is a brain protein called brain-derived neurotrophic growth factor (BDNF), which is released during aerobic exercise and stimulates new neuron growth as well as new connections between neurons in the hippocampus area of the brain, responsible for learning and long-term memory.
In the second study, levels of BDNF in the group who exercised increased by 35 percent, whereas levels of BDNF did not change at all in the group that did not exercise.
The team now believe that adding exercise to computerized programs and medication as early as possible after the first schizophrenic episode could be an effective way of helping to significantly reduce the symptoms of the illness.


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I want to send a campaign with the list "Contacts". How can I use the attributes to filter the list of users "contacts" who should receive the campaign?
ie: Submit a campaign only to users of the "contacts" that are the "United States" as default attributes "Countries in the world", properly configured and users who meet this attribute list.
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You need to install a plugin , see https://resources.phplist.com/plugin/attributeselect.
I don't understand what you mean, but you should now use the Segment plugin which is more flexible.
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Bridgestone Investing $250M In Costa Rica Tire Plant Expansion
Bridgestone Americas will add 160 jobs at its tire manufacturing plant in Heredia, while bot management and account security firm Arkose Labs opens an office in San Jose.
Bridgestone Americas will invest approximately $190 million to renovate and expand its tire manufacturing plant located in Belén de Heredia, Costa Rica. The investment is on top of more than $60 million already planned for 2022-2026, bringing the company's total investment to more than $250 million over the five-year period. These investments will enable the company to extend its facilities and increase its production capacity up to 36% by 2026 and add more than 160 new permanent jobs.
"This new capital investment represents an important step for Bridgestone's tire production capacity, and it also reinforces our commitment to contributing to Costa Rica's economic and social development," said Alfonso Zendejas, president of Bridgestone Latin America North, Bridgestone Americas. "This investment strengthens Bridgestone's commitment to Costa Rica as a strategic location for local and global business activities and further contributes to our ability to maximize value for all of our stakeholders."
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From 2020 to date, Bridgestone Costa Rica has invested more than $38.5 million, of which $36 million has been destined for modernization and efficiency projects for the tire manufacturing plant, $2 million for the expansion of the plant in Turrialba, and $500,000 to strengthen the operations of the Bridgestone Business Services operations, according to CINDE, the Investment Promotion Agency of Costa Rica.
"At Bridgestone, we believe in the great potential of the Latin American market, as well as the high levels of quality and reliability of the local workforce. Thanks to the trust of the corporation and the daily commitment of our teammates, Latin America will remain one of the most outstanding regions for the company worldwide," said Celso Villalva, vice president of Latin American Manufacturing, Bridgestone Americas.
The expansion of the Costa Rica plant supports the Bridgestone E8 commitment that places sustainability at the center of the company's strategy. Bridgestone E8 consists of eight values: Energy, Ecology, Efficiency, Extension, Economy, Emotion, Ease, and Empowerment. This includes the adoption of new machines and manufacturing technologies, as well as the replacement of two fuel-oil boilers with electrical ones, resulting in more efficient production with zero carbon emissions.
"With the expansion of the plant, we will be able to continue to meet the current and future needs of our customers, focusing on the production of premium tires for domestic and export markets and sustainable solutions with products that will be ready for the digital age," explained Pablo Jiménez, manufacturing director of Bridgestone Costa Rica, Bridgestone Americas.
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Technically Compatible adds trio to team
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 09:55
A TRAIL-BLAZING SaaS business that matches employers with the perfect tech talent, has added to its own team with three significant appointments.
Technically Compatible, a Sunderland Software Centre based business that helps recruiters make better hires and chief technical officers build stronger teams, has announced the appointment of a new chair of the board, a head of customer success and a marketing manager, as it continues on a pathway of rapid growth.
The company, which offers software that allows businesses to test the technical competency of potential recruits as well as their existing staff, is fast growing and currently operates in over 40 countries worldwide including the Philippines, the US and Australia. It has ambitious plans to double its customer base and more than double revenues in the coming year.
Newly appointed chair, Ross Miller, who had a high-flying career at Compaq before getting into the world of tech startups in the early noughties, has vast experience of scaling ventures and raising funds to achieve highly profitable businesses. He believes Technically Compatible is a start-up that is going places, and see his own appointment and that of his two executive colleagues in amplifying this growth.
He said: "Technically Compatible is a tech disruptor; we have transformed the way our clients recruit and a great many employers will feel the benefit of software that allows them to make more informed recruitment decisions.
"I am delighted to be joining Technically Compatible at such an exciting time in the company's development. I'm looking forward to what we can achieve, working with Mike and the team."
Ross replaces Maurice Whittle, who has chaired the board for five years. He is joined by new executive recruits Isabel Herrera and Kevin Clohesy who joined in April and May respectively.
New marketing manager Isabel moved to the business from Newcastle Building Society, where she held a position as marketing manager for advice and third party products, having relocated to the region in 2018. Kevin, who will lead a customer service focused team ensuring client projects run as smoothly as possible, has joined the firm from tech giant Sage Plc, where he was pre-sales manager, having been with the business for almost 15 years.
Speaking of the appointments, Mike Rohan, CEO of Technically Compatible, said: "These are important new appointments that signify the ambition that exists in the business.
"Adding Ross as chair of Technically Compatible will focus the board towards accelerating the growth of the business, ensuring we maximise the funding we have attracted to date. And our two executive appointments, Kevin and Isabel, are equally important.
"Kevin has learned from the best when it comes to designing service propositions that delight customers and his attention to detail in the delivery phase is second to none, while Isabel brings a wealth of marketing expertise, having built a career with global brands that will serve her well as we grow this business. Her track record, combined with her creative flair and attention to detail, make her the the best marketer I've ever had the privilege to interview.
"We're delighted to have them on the team."
Since an injection of finance in October 2018, the company has recruited - on average - one person per month, with more appointments in the pipeline, including a junior developer who will start in June. By then end of the year the company plans to have doubled in size compared to last year, and is moving into a new office space within the Software Centre to accommodate its growth.
Mr Rohan added: "We really do have a category-killing product, and one that we know is valuable to customers not only on our doorstep, but nationally and internationally. We've assembled a team that can catapult the business forward. Our market position is only growing stronger as we make key strategic appointments such as these."
The company boasts a client list that includes Sage, Next, the Home Office, Land Registry and NHS Digital, as well as global corporations such as KPMG.
Its growth has been well-supported by Sunderland City Council's business investment team.
Deputy leader of Sunderland City Council, Councillor Michael Mordey, said: "Technically Compatible is just one of many fast-growing technology businesses that are thriving in Sunderland, creating jobs and economic advantage for the area.
"Mike and the team at Technically Compatible are blazing a trail in their market and with three key new appointments, we look forward to watching them further their growth in the city."
For more information about Technically Compatible, visit www.technicallycompatible.com, emailhello@technicallycompatible.com or follow Technically Compatible on LinkedIn. And to find out more about Sunderland as a place for software, visit www.makeitsunderland.com, call 0191 561 1194, or email info@makeitsunderland.com. Or follow @MakeitSund on Twitter for updates from the city.
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Team Captains Danielle McVeigh and Gemma Butler will bring strong teams to the European Women and Girls' Team Championships next week.
Irish Women's Open Stroke Play Champion Maria Dunne (Skerries) alongside fellow Curtis Cup and Vagliano Trophy teammate Olivia Mehaffey (RCDL) will lead an experienced team to Portugal for the Women's European Team Championships. Paula Grant (Lisburn), Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) and Sinead Sexton (Lahinch) who have all represented at European Team Championships in the past, will be joined by Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) who will be making her Senior International debut.
French U18 Champion Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) alongside Valerie Clancy (Killarney), Mairead Martin (Kanturk) and Rachel Thompson (Cork) will return from the 2016 Girls' European Team. They will be joined by Lauren Walsh (Castlewarden), who holed the winning put at the Girls' Home International matches on her Irish debut in Conwy last year, and Sara Byrne (Douglas) who having posted some very positive results thus far in 2017, most impressively a 3rd place finish at the prestigious Fairhaven Trophy earlier this month, earned herself a spot on the Junior Vagliano Trophy team who competed against the Continent of Europe in Italy last week.


In a recent meeting among Who What Wear editors, we chatted about some of the most panic-inducing trends from the fall 2018 runways. Some of them, such as neon, made us unanimously cringe, but others, such as long leather gloves, had our team divided. Quick clarification: It's not that we don't admire these trends from afar; it's just that the idea of wearing them in our real, everyday wardrobes seems like a sartorial challenge we're not ready or willing to tackle.
All of this got me thinking about what I'll actually be wearing in the season ahead and which pieces I'll leave behind. Though I have an appreciation for all of the fall trends—even the out-there ones—I won't be trying all of them out IRL. I can sit back at a runway show or behind the screen of my iPhone clicking through street style shots and acknowledge the genius of some of the daring trends and outfits but, at a certain point, admit that they aren't something I'm going try for myself. Ahead, I'm breaking down the only fall trends I personally care about wearing (and the ones I won't touch).
I grew up in Arizona, so the culture of Western fashion is deeply ingrained in my DNA. It should come as no surprise, then, that one of the fall trends I'm most excited by is the turn to Americana and the Wild West. I love the sleek new takes on cowboy boots and neutral, earthy tones. Where I draw the line is anything that's too prairie-inspired.
Though many have lived to regret the over-the-top trends from the '80s, I'll be trying some of them out again in the form of puffy sleeves, crystal earrings, and power blazers. One I'll be skipping, though? Neon.
When it comes to bold pieces, I'm very into animal prints in all their forms, including leopard, zebra, and tiger prints. I'm still warming up to iridescent hologram pieces, though.
In my opinion, one of the most elegant trends for fall is anything in crocodile, as seen at The Row. I'm especially gravitating toward accessories like boots and structured bags. On the other hand, an accessory that sounds terrifying to me is the ski mask, which was spotted all over the runways.
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module Stupidedi
  module Reader

    class SegmentTok
      include Inspect

      # @return [Symbol]
      attr_reader :id

      # @return [Array<CompositeElementTok, SimpleElementTok>]
      attr_reader :element_toks

      # @return [Position]
      attr_reader :position

      # @return [Position]
      attr_reader :remainder

      def initialize(id, element_toks, position, remainder)
        @id, @element_toks, @position, @remainder =
          id, element_toks, position, remainder
      end

      def pretty_print(q)
        q.pp(:segment.cons(@id.cons(@element_toks)))
      end

      def blank?
        @element_toks.all(&:blank?)
      end

      def present?
        not blank?
      end
    end

    class << SegmentTok
      # @group Constructors
      #########################################################################

      # @return [SegmentTok]
      def build(id, element_toks, position, remainder)
        new(id, element_toks, position, remainder)
      end

      # @endgroup
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    end

  end
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iDenfy introduces a multifunctional end-to-end Business Verification platform
The new Business Verification services have every automated tool needed for compliance officers to ensure a company's safety
Kaunas, Kauno Jun 16, 2022 (Issuewire.com) – The digital identity verification and fraud prevention startup from Lithuania, iDenfy, broke down the news about its approach to Know Your Business (KYB). From now on, the startup will provide Business Verification services in an easy-to-use platform that's designed to automate and simplify the job for compliance officers.
Modern KYB requirements mean that companies need to perform Know Your Customer (KYC) checks on their customers as well as disclose all Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs). According to iDenfy, by using its new Business Verification platform, companies ensure that their partners and customers aren't engaged in any criminal activity, such as money laundering or terrorist financing. By focusing on reviewing the validity of a business rather than a single customer, iDenfy's Business Verification services help companies maintain an effective risk-based approach and avoid complex compliance operational management.
With the help of stricter regulatory requirements, more companies are pushed to implement KYB services. According to Domantas Ciulde, iDenfy's CEO, a great example of such change is the Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD), which informs that organizations that do business with another entity that's involved in money laundering, and even if it was an accident, will face major penalties.
Ciulde further explains that, naturally, criminals are getting smarter with their money-laundering schemes, and that's why iDenfy had a goal to create an easy-to-use solution for other businesses that could help detect fraudulent activity and concealed identities through business relationships. According to iDenfy, its KYB services provide multiple data points in a matter of minutes. iDenfy's clients can review specific companies' overall information, internal information, and related persons' information, including personal information, and conduct Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance information.
iDenfy's Business Verification platform also provides other organizations with the option to download additional reports, such as Government registers, Credit reports, or balance sheets that can be used for internal investigations. iDenfy claims that its automated services minimize the need for manual controls and help businesses save their compliance teams' time.
Using iDenfy's services, compliance specialists can leave comments and track their history logs to see every change that was made on the platform. This way, according to the company, it's hard to miss important details since the reports, compliance information, and general company data are gathered in one place. iDenfy also offers custom automation services for its clients to customize the new Business Verification platform based on their preferences. For instance, iDenfy's Manager Rotation automation assigns selected compliance managers to review flagged pieces of data on the platform automatically.
As per the Lithuanian startup, its Business Verification platform supplies Credit bureau reports along with Business registry information without the need to outsource different report providers. With iDenfy's automated Business Verification system, companies can quickly gain insight into different businesses and their relationships. iDenfy helps determine the company's business status, confirm its registered details, such as address information, and review the entity's legal status. The new Business Verification platform runs identity verifications of the companies' CEOs and performs PEP, Adverse Media, and Sanction checks to understand the whole company ownership structure better.
"Companies must ensure that their business partners aren't involved in dangerous crimes since such entities damage their reputations and leave the other organization with hefty fines." – comments the fraud prevention company's CEO, emphasizing that iDenfy's Business Verification has a built-in Website and Address audit services that help other companies to prevent such damaging consequences. For example, the Website audit shows how well the audited website is built, how many pages it has, and how it is indexed by search engines or social media.
The Address audit investigates any company's address by inspecting the list of neighboring companies, the office's address, and the type of building. iDenfy's audit even shows map and street view photos, providing the full picture of the company's headquarters and the potential risks behind such parameters.
According to iDenfy, its Business Verification platform detects shady entities and shell companies that are being used for fraudulent activities. As per the Lithuanian startup, this is an important factor in today's Business-to-Business (B2B) sphere. Domantas Ciudle explains that screening companies in consequence of the Russian war in Ukraine is essential, adding: "Many countries have already adopted stricter sanctions to exclude Russia from the global ecosystem and their partnerships list. Business."
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Memphis pulled the plug on Tubby Smith a year before a lot of people thought it should. That timing has proven essential to Penny Hardaway's success.
Imagine if the University of Memphis hadn't fired Tubby Smith after just two years and hired Penny Hardaway. Imagine how different things would be.
Alex Lomax wouldn't have received his release from Wichita State and then signed with Memphis. He'd be getting ready to play for a conference rival.
Tyler Harris wouldn't be joining Lomax in an all-Memphis backcourt. Even if Harris had somehow signed with Memphis — and odds are he was headed to Baylor — the previous staff essentially had conceded there was no way to get both players.
Antwann Jones wouldn't have signed with Memphis on Sunday night. That's yet another top-150 recruit who would not be here.
Isaiah Maurice wouldn't have signed with Memphis on Sunday, either. He'd be headed to play at New Mexico.
If Memphis hadn't fired Smith and hired Hardaway, Memphis would not have a top-30 recruiting class on the way.
Memphis would not have sold thousands of new season tickets.
The Redbirds would not have sold nearly 6,000 penny tickets to their opener.
Life as a Memphis sports fan might seem sad and drab.
Instead, Memphis basketball fans are having as much fun as any college basketball fans in the country. Sometimes, it's not just that you do something, it's when you do it.
That's the point of this column, truly. It's not to pile on the departed Smith.
Timing matters. He who hesitates is doing it wrong. In coaching as in life.
It would have been easier for Memphis to keep Smith for a third season. It would have produced much less national criticism.
Three seasons is considered the appropriate amount of time to give a college coach to turn a program around. It's the industry standard. It's polite.
But fire a coach after two years?
That practically guarantees bad press.
In his piece, DeCourcy directed much of his criticism at the decision to hire Smith in the first place. That criticism was entirely accurate. But it points to another reason it would have been easier for Memphis to keep Smith another year. Firing him after two years was essentially admitting — and drawing attention to — a massive mistake.
Memphis made the change anyway. And that is to the credit of university President David Rudd and everyone else involved. Because another year wouldn't have just been another year. It would have been a potentially devastating missed opportunity.
Another year would have cost Memphis Lomax, Harris, Jones, Maurice and what has somehow turned into a top-30 recruiting class.
Another year would have meant four years of Lomax suiting up for Wichita State.
Another year would have meant Mike Miller taking an assistant's job at Florida or TCU.
Another year would have meant Memphis having no shot at Bryan Antoine, Scottie Lewis, Matthew Hurt or Trendon Watford, the four five-star recruits with close ties to Miller.
Another year almost certainly would have cost Memphis the best local recruits — including James Wiseman, the No. 1 player in the country — in 2019.
Hardaway was able to persuade Lomax and Harris to join him at Memphis, even though he just got the gig. But he couldn't have raced in and scooped up Wiseman at the last minute like that. Now Hardaway and Miller have time to work on assembling a top-10 recruiting class in 2019. All because Memphis made the change when it did.
This lesson applies to more than basketball, of course. It applies to all of us. If we're going to make changes in our lives, might as well get started. No reason to put off the inevitable.
It was inevitable that Smith wasn't going to work out at Memphis. It was inevitable that Memphis would have to pay him an embarrassing amount of money to go away. But because Rudd didn't let that embarrassment or potential criticism stand in the way of making the change, the Memphis basketball program has more momentum than it has had since the earliest days of Josh Pastner.
Another year would have continued the slide in season tickets.
Another year would have made it that much more difficult to win back disaffected fans.
Another year would have ruined this recruiting class as well as the next one.
Another year would have been no fun at all.
Instead, we're in the midst of a civic mania. A civic mania that is both over the top and indispensable for a program that was in danger of fading into irrelevance. All because university administrators had the nerve to make a hard decision instead of putting it off for a season.


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3.2 Sub-state forms of nationalism
The advancement of democracy in contemporary Western nation-states and the intensification of globalisation processes have encouraged the re-emergence of nationalist movements representing oppressed or silenced nations that demand the right to self-determination. In the case of ethnic groups formed by people of immigrant origin, democracy has provided them with the tools to pursue the right to develop and practice their indigenous culture and language alongside those of the host country. One
3.1 What makes a nation, a state or a nation-state?
Why do England, Scotland and Wales take part in the Six Nations rugby championship alongside Italy, Ireland and France? Are they all 'nations'? What do we mean by calling them 'nations'? The nation has become one of the most contested concepts of our times. Scholars, politicians and political activists present different definitions of the nation, usually focusing on a variety of cultural, political, psychological, territorial, ethnic and sociological principles. The lack of an agreeme
2.5 Summary of Section 1
England, Scotland and Wales are nations.
Wales was conquered by the English in 1282 and its parliamentary union with England took place in 1536.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain was formed by the Act of Union of 1707, although the term Great Britain had been in use since 1603, when James VI of Scotland became James I of England (including Wales). Later unions created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
2.4 Northern Ireland
Ireland was long considered a de facto province of England, a colonial possession dominated politically and militarily by its more powerful neighbour to the east. The English divided Ireland into counties for administrative purposes, introduced English law and established a Parliament in England and Ireland in 1297, within which only the Anglo-Irish were represented. By the fourteenth century Irish discrimination by the English had prompted widespread protests, which had resulted in a revival
2.3 Wales
In 1282, Edward I conquered Wales and the Statute of Rhuddlan (or Statute of Wales, 1284) established English rule. Rather than involve the assimilation of the Welsh by the English the conquest saw 'a colonial system … established in those parts of Llywelyn's Principality which were by 1284 in the hands of the king' (Davies, 1991, p. 166). In 1400, Owain Glyndwr led the most outstanding and successful rising in Wales against the new order and the tyranny of the English border barons, wh
2.2 Scotland
Having enjoyed political independence until 1707, the survival of many of Scotland's institutions – notably its systems of law, religion and education – after Union with England contributed to the preservation of its singular identity. The different way in which Scotland was incorporated into the UK, through a monarchical take-over rather than by conquest (as was the case in Wales and Ireland), may account for the lesser impact the development of the UK exerted on Scottish distinctiveness
England played a dominant role in the medieval history of Britain, and the history of the UK is undoubtedly the history of the political and cultural domination of the English nation over those of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. In the making of the UK, each component nation played a different role: the English and Scottish kingdoms, the incorporation of Wales into the English Crown, and the subjugation of Ireland. The making of the UK was complex and fraught with violent confrontations, particu
1 The politics of devolution
This unit examines the politics of devolution and the relationships between the various nations that constitute the UK. It does so by examining the transformation of the UK from a centralised unitary state into a decentralised unitary state. (If you want a quick summary of the terms of devolution, you will find one in Section 5.5.) The uni
After studying this unit, you should be able to:
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relate this process to both historical developments and to the wider context of contemporary events in Europe;
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The major thematic contrasts of European development in terms of unity and diversity, and conflict and consensus, thus persist at the beginning of the twenty-first century, although aspects of unity and consensus had tended to prevail following the relaunching of the European project after 1945. Although this represented something of a break with tradition for modern Europe, it was by no means clear that this represented a full-scale transformation or pointed to the emergence of a Europe that
3.1 Gender-based disadvantage
The post-war period has seen a significant increase in the participation of women in the labour market, with women now making up around 45 per cent of the UK workforce. Although women still undertake the major share of family responsibilities and domestic activities, an increasing number of women are entering the labour market. This increase is evident in many countries and has been associated with an improvement in the relative earnings of women. This trend towards greater equality is eviden
3.2 Poverty as natural/inevitable
There is a construction of poverty that identifies it as a necessary feature of social life: some people will be better endowed, try harder or be more successful than others, and inequality will be an inevitable result (see, for example, Herrnstein and Murray, 1994, who argue that low levels of intelligence are the main determinants of poverty in the USA). Interfering with this natural order of things is dangerous, particularly because it prevents poverty acting as a spur to try harder. This
2.1 Common sense and social problems
This concern with social construction may seem troubling or even a distraction from the real business of studying social problems. However, it is built on one of the starting points of the social scientific approach, namely that in order to study society we must distance ourselves from what we already know about it. We need to become 'strangers' in a world that is familiar. The defining characteristic of a 'stranger' is that she or he does not know those things which we take for grant
4.2.2 ATM layer
The primary functions of the ATM layer are associated with the routing and switching of ATM cells. Because ATM cells are packets, the switches are packet switches and the switching operation can be called forwarding, but by convention, because the ATM layer provides a connection-oriented service, the term 'forwarding' is generally not used.
The path cells take and the resources allocated to them depend on their service category. This is determined when a virtual connection is
3.5 Internet protocol (IP)
At the time of writing (2002), two versions of IP are available: versions 4 and 6. In this section I shall describe version 4, which is abbreviated to IPv4, as it is the more widely available version. Version 6 may eventually replace version 4 because it has some additional features that may prove essential for multiservice networks.
IPv4 is the main TCP/IP protocol in the internetwork layer of the TCP/IP reference model. It supports a connectionless service between hosts in an interne
2.2 Vertical communication
Figure 6 shows the OSI view of adjacent layers. The interface between two layers in the same system is called a service access point (SAP). One of the features of a service access point is that it has an identifier, or an address, which allows each communication between adjacent layers to be uniquely identified. The processes that communicate across the interface are called entities. These are typically software routines, but may also be hardware components. The notation in Figu
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This section has looked at simulations, in which digital models of key aspects of the real world can be manipulated by programs. The examples included models of the world's climate, the early cosmos, stock markets, biological evolution and fantasy worlds and personalities. I've offered the view that simulation has far reaching implications for science, politics and society and will invite you to question that view in the final section.
5.5.5 Summary
In this section I've briefly considered the very contentious question of what digital representations mean, but this debate must be left to another course. I have also described some of the devices that take digital information back into the analogue world of sight and sound, presenting it in a form that is meaningful to human eyes and ears.
5.5.4 Loudspeakers
Speakers also produce an analogue output. The audio program inside the boundary converts the digital encoding of the sound to a series of electrical pulses that are sent to the speaker, where they cause a cone of stiffened paper (or some synthetic material) to vibrate in and out. This makes the air vibrate in the characteristic sound wave.


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Are you coming back next weekend?
The Uni is part library, part classroom, and entirely portable. We use it to transform public space and to open a new front in the effort to educate, support, and inspire urban kids. The walk home from school is cluttered with opportunities to consume—let's put some books and learning out there instead. Make a year-end donation here, and keep our team rolling. Thanks!
Below is a year-end letter from Leslie, sent by email to our supporters this morning:
Dear Friends of the Uni,
That's what Alberto of Corona, Queens asked me on a Saturday night as we packed up the Uni. Ten years old at most, he was holding a book about seals.
My goal: be able to tell Alberto, yes, the Uni will be back next weekend. Count on it.
What we put at street level matters, especially to kids. In a Queens neighborhood where the Uni visited often this year, we met recently-immigrated parents determined to educate and support their children. We also saw an urban landscape dominated by fast food franchises, cell phone vendors, and video game stores. The contrast is jarring. When the Uni appears in public space, kids and adults are openly excited to be part of something that makes reading and learning prominent and a source of community pride. Together, we transform a piece of sidewalk into a meaningful experience.
In 2012, the Uni deployed ten times in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, with a range of partners, including the Brooklyn and Queens Public Libraries. Our volunteer librarians tested new ways to expand a culture of learning beyond the walls of schools and libraries. We added outstanding cubes with the help of institutions like the New York Hall of Science and Museum of Chinese in America. We've now got a waiting list of communities that want us in 2013. The Uni is catching on fast, and we're in it for the long haul.
Now is the time to build on our momentum. We're planning fifteen Uni deployments in 2013. To prepare, we're expanding our collection, doubling our team, and forging new partnerships. In 2013, we'll also work with three established NYC organizations to help them launch and operate their own portable reading rooms. As a result, there will be not one but four Unis operating in New York City next year.
Help us inspire new readers and learners all across New York by making a year-end donation to the Uni Project. We keep costs low, so even small donations ($10, $20, $50) have a significant impact on the ground. Click here to donate.
Thanks for supporting the Uni. Peace in 2013.
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About our "new" name… Street Lab.
Street Lab began in Boston in 2006. In 2011, we moved the organization to NYC and launched the Uni Project, which was a portable reading room that roamed the city. In 2020, we are re-introducing our original name Street Lab to tie all this work together going forward, with much more to come.


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Did a Support Rep Confirm a Sprint-Bound iPhone?
Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016
Alongside the iPhone 5 rumors we hear on a seemingly daily basis, there has also been a lot of speculation that Apple would be expanding its carrier partnerships this Fall. Although they've come a long way from 2007, there's still a huge opportunity for growth.
The gossip thus far has focused on a possible deal with China Mobile and their 600 million subscribers, but there has also been some chatter regarding the 2 major U.S. carriers left that don't carry Apple's smartphone…
T-Mobile and Sprint — the latter being the most important, as the former is merging with AT&T. That would leave Sprint as the last man standing (so to speak) without the extremely popular device.
But there have been a lot of rumors regarding a Sprint-bound iPhone over the last several months, and another one just surfaced. Beatweek is reporting that it has been sent information regarding the nation's 3rd largest carrier and one of the country's hottest smartphones.
Apparently, the site has acquired screenshots of a conversation between a Beatweek reader and a Sprint support rep. After some dillydallying, the conversation ends up on the topic of the iPhone:
"First question from our reader: "Is there any possibility of an iPhone on Sprint in the near future?" And the answer from the Sprint rep: "Please know that we are planning to launch the phone," and then she went on to explain that there's no specific release date for it and that we should be watching Sprint.com for updates…"
As TheNextWeb notes, you can pretty much draw 2 conclusions from this conversation. The first would be that Sprint has been doing a little too much talking internally, and the rep really has heard that they'll be carrying the device.
The other, more likely scenario, is that the rep was just trying to retain a customer. It's not at all a common business practice to share private information like this with low-level support reps, so my money's on she's full of it.
Sprint's bleeding customers right now, and I'm sure a fair amount of them have named the iPhone as their reason for leaving. Why not tell them that you'll eventually get the device? After all, it's almost inevitable, right?
While it's heavily expected, there has been no official word of a Sprint-bound iPhone. Adding the carrier would mean another 50 million customers, but Apple has survived just fine up to this point without them. I guess we'll find out in September.
What do you think? Will the iPhone be on Sprint this Fall?
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Executive Chef Natasha Clement and Buddy Boe are set to open their original culinary concept Santos in August.
Signature jumbo lump blue crab cakes with corn maque choux, classic shrimp and grits with a Latin twist, a braised carnitas tamale stack with Santos rocoto sauce and cotija and shrimp remoulade stuffed arepas – new flavors are coming to St. Charles Parish at Santos restaurant.
"It's Louisiana roots with Latin attitude," Executive Chef Natasha Clement, a former contestant on MasterChef Season 6 and a contestant and winner of Food Network's All Star Academy Season 2, said of the restaurant she and Buddy Boe are set to open the first week of August.
The restaurant partnership came after years of friendship.
"It was very early on after I won the Food Network show that there was an interview I did and they asked me if I'd like to have a restaurant and I said, 'Yeah, a brick and mortar would be fantastic,'" Clement recalls.
Boe read the article, and his wheels started spinning.
"I messaged her on Facebook and said, 'You want two restaurants?'" he said laughing.
Boe had a plan. He knew he would be taking over Buddy B's Restaurant in Garyville from his parents, and he wanted to create an umbrella of food services. Boe and Clement formed Sophisticated Hospitality Group, which will feature Clement's already established catering and private chef business Sophisticated Southern Plates, Buddy B's and Santos – their St. Charles Parish restaurant that will be housed at 12713 Hwy 90 in Luling, which was formerly Catahoulas.
"A single stand-alone restaurant is tough to turn good margins, but if you can spread some overhead costs out you can make decent profits," Boe said. "We started that dance in 2020 and started Sophisticated Hospitality group and then Covid hit. Covid was just about survival last year – for her with her catering and me with Buddy B's."
Boe said he and Clement are excited to offer something new to the River Region.
"Santos is going to be sophisticated casual," he said. "It's a place where you feel comfortable but you know the food is elevated. It's Southern with that Latin attitude and flair. We're going to do shrimp and grits but with Latin spices and a Latin pastalaya … elevated comfort food."
Boe said he has no doubt people will fall in love with Clement and her food.
"Her food is so beautiful and her personality is so big that I think people of the River Parishes are going to experience a comfortable setting but feel like they're in the French Quarter," he said. "I know Natasha has put her heart and soul into this menu. We want to add to the local food palate with something a little different. People are going to taste new flavors but in a way that's comfortable."
Clement said the idea behind Santos is to bring a twist to the Southern comfort food of the River Parishes.
"It's those familiar, historic dishes with a Latin attitude," she said. "I'm super excited for people to try new things. We're stepping outside the box a little bit. People around here know how to cook, so you have to make it different and exciting and bring something new."
Boe said the restaurant – which will feature a full bar that includes craft cocktail offerings – will open with lunch and dinner offerings and will expand to brunch options in the fall. An outdoor dining and outdoor bar setup will also be phased in as it gets cooler.
"We're in the process of hiring right now and finishing touches are being done on the physical space," he said, adding the restaurant will employ upwards of 20 people. "The space has been totally renovated from top to bottom … everything from paint and construction to fixtures."
Boe said the restaurant will work to partner with local industry for deliveries, and that the hospitality group will offer its employees maximum growth opportunities and flexibility.
"That's rare in the food and beverage industry," he said. "We're hoping that having the multiple places allows our people to stay longer and grow more."
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"Orlosian Warriors Limited Edition Boxed Set 2"
Happy 2023! I hope yours has started off with promise :-) This is what I've been working on for the past few weeks. I'm starting this year off with an updated "Orlosian Warriors" collection. This is something I have wanted to do for quite a while, so I finally took the time to complete rewrites, add a few scenes, design new covers, reformat each book in the series and publish an updated boxed set. This set includes every book released so far plus the origin story. I'm planning to release the next sequel, "Rehobeth's Passion: Orlosian Warriors Book 4" this Spring.
Getting this done has been a challenge to say the least. We've had 2 family deaths, major surgery, and a hospitalization and we haven't even made it out of January yet, so managing to get this set published is a major accomplishment for which I am very grateful. Writer life at its finest. I've got big plans for this year so overcoming this challenge was important. Life is constantly hitting all of us with unknowns, and focusing on this set gave me an escape, a feeling of accomplishment in the midst of events that were outside my control. So, let me tell you more about it...
Orlosian Warriors are the vampire-like descendants of Nephilim, children of angels and human women. The set includes:
CALM ASSURANCE: ORLOSIAN WARRIORS BK. 1
A Nephilim warrior of regal lineage is sent to guard a human trouble-magnet, but following his instincts could cost him his soul.
Last time, he destroyed an entire city. What's a strait-laced Nephilim-descendant to do when a human trouble-magnet steals his heart?
When Asriel - Orlosian Warrior, descendant of Nephilim, law enforcer – is sent to guard Malina, a human with a penchant for drawing trouble like a tornado, she becomes his obsession.
With no hope of finding love in his dimension, he breaks the cardinal rule, leaving his home to protect her, but she has also drawn the attention of his enemies, and he is forced to face demons from his past. If Asriel chooses to stay with Malina, not only does he risk forfeiting his right to ever return to his dimension, but he will need her blood to survive.
DESTINY'S FAVOR: ORLOSIAN WARRIORS BK. 2
His world shifted the moment she was born. Now, nothing can stop him from making her his…
Imagine a man who looks like an angel, wings and all. What would you do if you met such a man, and he told you that he exists for only one purpose, to claim you and only you?
Destiny Carter is a feisty, take-charge, Rubenesque beauty with a tough façade. She finds herself caught in that age-old quandary of always being the bridesmaid but never the bride. A string of lackluster relationships leaves her hopeless and ready to settle for whatever comes along, until she meets Japheth, the man her fiancé claims is his best friend. Japheth's arrival is heralded by an attack on Destiny's life, but somehow, from some instinct deep within her, she knows this is only the beginning.
Born more than 200 years ago, Japheth looks like an angel, but he's far from it. In his world, the ratio of men to women is 500 to 1, and although he's a superior being, he's willing to break the most sacred law of his brothers, even to drink human blood, if it means having the one that he believes is meant for him alone. When he meets Destiny, he knows she's the one he's been searching for. To claim her, though, Japheth will have to betray a friend, risk his life, and, perhaps hardest of all, humble himself enough to win her love.
OUTREACH: AN ORLOSIAN WARRIORS NOVELLA
Broken dreams, an ancient enigma tainted by the past, and a mystical bond beyond time and space.
Thrilled about receiving funding for her new outreach program, Jaci meets Andreus and embarks on a journey wrought with mystery and answers to questions that have plagued her for years.
Three years after the accident, Jaci Allen believes she is as lost now as she was the day she awakened to the sudden, tragic deaths of her husband and two-year old daughter. Throwing herself into her work has allowed her to avoid the reminders of her broken dreams, leaving her dangerously empty inside, always seeking…something.
Accused and convicted of the murder of his adoptive mother's husband at the age of sixteen, Andreus admits his guilt, but acknowledges to himself that his memories of the night the abusive man was killed remain incomplete at best.
Meeting Jaci ignites the awakening of Andreus' frightening special gifts – gifts he has not only tried to hide from the rest of the world, but from himself. Can two shattered souls find a way to heal one another?
GIDEON'S LIGHT: ORLOSIAN WARRIORS BK. 3
Gideon always thought he'd be the last to fall. His life depended on it.
Iris Johnson is a brilliant astrophysicist who has always believed in keeping her emotions under wraps. Adopted as a baby, she has never felt truly loved. After a terrible accident and a failed relationship, she swore off men, content with working long hours and stargazing.
Born nearly 200 years ago, Gideon is an Orlosian Warrior, a descendant of angels, and in his world, the ratio of men to women is 500 to 1. Willful, insubordinate, and impetuous, he is one of the most feared seekers – elite law enforcers – because of his exceptional ability to kill.
When Gideon is severely injured in battle, his contact with Iris puts her life in danger and awakens desires he has never known. To save her, he will have to make impossible choices, commit a cardinal sin, and break the law he has sworn to uphold and defend.
ALERIAN'S WAR: AN ORLOSIAN WARRIORS SHORT STORY
To pass through the Forbidden Zone, she needs him, but one of his kind killed her father. Can she trust an assassin?
Children of the Fallen - or children of the Appointed. Only one can survive.
Appointed Nephilim High Priestess Alerian values her family above all else, and trusts only one person in the entire world – her brother, the newly anointed Nephilim High Priest. After undertaking a deadly, forbidden vendetta, she is forced to rely on a mysterious warrior whose disdainful glare only serves to ignite forbidden desires.
Nephilim assassin Anael has always been a loner, bound only by his own code of honor, but the moment he witnesses Alerian in battle, something inside him shifts. Unable to reconcile the angelic vision haunting him night and day with his current mission, he takes a post beside her brother as a way to stay close to her, but Alerian can never know his true identity.
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Great White Shark viewing is available at the Neptune Islands in South Australia, South Africa, Isla Guadalupe in Mexico, and New Zealand – where Great White sharks are viewed using shark cages to keep the diver safe. Except for Isla Guadalupe where because of the exceptional visibility underwater more outside the cage diving is done than anywhere else.
The Great White industry was founded in the 1970s by pioneer Australian diver and Great White attack survivor Rodney Fox in South Australia. He was the sole world-wide operator until the South African industry was founded in early 1989 by Pieter van der Walt. He was joined shortly thereafter by pioneer diver and underwater photographer George Askew who handled promotions and put South African cage diving "on the map" with the publicity he got – until they split in Jan 1992, after they, together with famous Australian divers, Ron and Valerie Taylor, did the world's first dive amongst Great White sharks without a cage and completely unprotected.
This 'Frontier Pushing' dive was directly responsible for the upsurge in Shark Tourism – esp free-diving (i.e. Out of cage) swimming with big sharks. When would be operators around the world became aware of these four mad people who proved that the Great White was quite approachable and not likely to attack – thought that then maybe all the other 'Bad Boy' sharks like Tigers, Bulls and Oceanic's were safe to swim with too. This proved to be the case and shark tourism has become a multi-million-dollar a year industry.
The Bahamas is a favorite region for Category 2 sharks. Whilst divers in the Bahamas experience Reef Sharks and Tiger Sharks while they are hand-fed. Isla Guadalupe located in Mexico has been named a Bio-Sphere Reserve in an effort to control the shark diving activities there. Although the practice of shark diving proves to be controversial, it has been proven very effective in attracting tourists. Whale Sharks, while not traditionally harvested for their fins but are sometimes harvested for their meat, have also benefited from Shark Tourism because of snorkelers getting into the water with the gentle giants. In the Philippines snorkelers must maintain a distance of four feet from the sharks and there is a fine and possible jail time for anyone who touches the animals.
All manner of Reef Shark species are prevalent at the many shark feeding dives within the Pacific Region. Grey Reef sharks are the main diners in places such as the Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia and Tahiti. Silvertips and Black Tips Reef Sharks tend to be more seen around the PNG coastlines. Bull Sharks are around Mexico, Playa del Carmen in particular.
Passive and active forms of shark tourism are believed to conserve the species by generating commercial value to their lives in the natural world. In North Carolina wreck divers regularly visit the World War II shipwrecks to dive with the Sand Tiger sharks that make the wrecks their home.
Tourism providers often provide food to attract sharks to areas where they can be more easily viewed, although this is controversial. In Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the states of Hawaii and Florida shark feeding is prohibited. Hawaii had several issues with the banning of shark feeding. The initial law that prohibited it was passed in 2002, but many locals realized the tour companies were not following this law and pushed for stricter enforcement.
Sharks, or "mano" as they are called by the local Hawaiians, are viewed as sacred. Early Hawaiians worshiped and protected the sharks which they saw as family gods or "aumaka". In recent years, shark cage diving has become a very profitable tourist attraction in the state. Native Hawaiians were not pleased with this at first due to the fact that the companies were luring in the sharks using bait; they viewed these animals as sacred and feeding them for entertainment was said to be unjust. There was also speculations that by feeding them, the sharks would begin to associate the boats and humans with food. For this reason, a bill was passed in Hawaii in 2002 that banned the feeding of sharks in state waters, which is about 3 miles off shore.
Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia is the site of an annual whale shark aggregation. This site is a very popular tourist site, as whale sharks are incredibly gentle creatures that pose very little threat to humans. Introduced in 1997 and revised to its current version in 2013, the Department of Parks and Wildlife is responsible for a whale shark management program designed to protect the whale shark species and regulate human interaction with them.
The shark tourism industry is meant to educate and increase awareness of the natural environment as well as generate profits for the local people. The whale shark management program of Ningaloo Marine Park relies on the Conservation and Land Management Act of 1984 (CALM Act) and the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1950. The CALM Act requires tour operators to obtain a commercial tourist activity licence, and the Wildlife Conservation Act requires a wildlife interaction licence for each protected species a tour may come in contact with. This includes the whale sharks but is not limited to whales, other shark species, and dugongs. Under these laws, the Western Australian government is able to regulate how tourists interact with whale sharks and to what extent. A maximum of 15 operators are allowed to obtain licences at a given time. In addition, only one tour vessel is allowed to travel to the whale sharks while the rest must stay 250 metres away. Only ten swimmers are allowed in the water at a time, which controls the crowding of the area, and tourists are prohibited from feeding or touching the whale sharks.
Whale sharks are considered a vulnerable species and have been targeted by fishermen for many years. In Ningaloo Marine Park, they are entirely protected. The whale sharks in the area are considered highly valuable in the ecotourism industry, as the industry provides numerous jobs to local people and brings in $12 million USD annually. Tourist interest in wildlife tourism continues to grow, and the whale shark tourism industry is expected to increase through the year 2020.