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BTS is Now The First Foreign Artist to Top Oricon's Yearly Artist Rankings
BTS always finds a reason to treat its fans. The popular K-pop band BTS achieves a new milestone as it becomes the first foreign artist in history ever by topping Oricon's year-end artist rankings for the year 2021.
This big announcement has been made on Friday, 24th December by Oricon which is the largest music statistics site in Japan.
Oricon officially revealed that BTS had made it to the top of its year-end rankings for this year and has now become the best-selling artist of the year 2021 in Japan.
BTS tops the Oricon's Yearly Artist rankings and becomes the first foreign artist to achieve this feat
The annual rankings are calculated by taking into account the aggregate sales of an artist's albums, DVDs, singles, online streaming data for that particular year.
With this new record, BTS has now become the non-Japanese artist to top Oricon's year-end artist rankings.
BTS officially ranks #1 on Oricon's 2021 Annual Artist ranking, earning 18.48 Billion Yen in revenue this year (over 160M USD)
They become the first foreign artist in history to top the year-end artist chart in Japan. 🇯🇵
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On 22nd December, BTS has already achieved the feat of becoming the first foreign group in history to top Oricon's year-end album chart for 2021 with their Japanese compilation album "BTS, THE BEST".
The album which was released in June this year has successfully sold 993,000 copies in Japan which made it the best-selling album in the country this year.
At the end of every year, Oricon publishes its annual rankings of the best-selling albums as well as singles by compiling sales data. For releasing this year's rankings, the company has taken into account the sales data within Japan starting from 28th December 2020 to 20th December 2021.
As per Oricon, the group took the top spot of this year's artist rankings owing to the huge success of "BTS, THE BEST", the blockbuster single "Butter," and also because of the popularity gained by the group after the success of their 2020 hit "Dynamite". All contributed much to BTS topping the artist rankings for 2021.
On this achievement, the BTS members thanked their fans by commenting, "We are truly delighted and grateful to claim No. 1 on Oricon's yearly rankings for 2021. We believe this is all thanks to ARMY [BTS's fandom], who are always supporting us. Thank you so much for always giving us your unchanging love and support."
As such, BTS has now become the first foreign group to top Oricon's year-end album chart as well as the first foreign artist to record this feat in the past 37 years. 37 years ago, Michael Jackson achieved this feat by topping the 1984 chart with "Thriller."
Well, "BTS, THE BEST" also holds another Oricon record as it previously recorded the highest first-week sales by a foreign male artist earlier in 2021.
Oricon, while revealing the BTS achievement had stated, "'BTS, THE BEST' also sold 782,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 1 on the weekly album chart (for the week of June 28), setting a new record for the highest first-week sales of any foreign male artist."
We congratulate BTS on recording another big achievement which is known for recording new feats every now and then!
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Beijing urged Tokyo to accelerate the dialogue on trade issues
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Chinese President XI Jinping during the bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 in Argentina, called on the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe to accelerate negotiations and come to agreement on the regional Comprehensive economic partnership (VREP, RCEP) and the trilateral free trade agreement with South Korea, said in a statement on the website of the Chinese foreign Ministry.
«In the new circumstances, China and Japan have appeared much more favourable conditions for the development of relations than before, and the potential economic and trade pragmatic cooperation is enormous. Both sides should fully implement the existing mutually beneficial advantages, to deepen and expand cooperation,» said XI.
In his words, «the parties shall endeavour to as soon as possible to agree on a Comprehensive regional economic partnership (VREP, RCEP) and the trilateral free trade agreement between China, Japan and South Korea».
RCEP involves the signing of a free trade agreement between the 10 ASEAN members (Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) and the six partner countries of the ASEAN free trade agreements (Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand). This Association in absentia competed with the TRANS-Pacific partnership, which previously involved the United States.

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Selection of an ergonomic chair should be considered an investment, both in finance terms and as an investment inside your good health. Correct support and posture when seated is certainly proven to improve well-being and increase productivity. One of the best-selling chairs has been around for many years however remains a firm favourite. Yet why is the Aeron Chair still so popular? Designed in 1994 by Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick, the Herman Miller Aeron Chair is one of the few office chairs identifiable by name. It has a iconic status in the ergonomic chair market with millions sold worldwide since its launch. Irrespective of its high price tag, that remains one of the best-selling, in cases where not the best-selling, business office chairs in the world. Undoubtedly, the most appealing features is its looks. The Aeron Chair is a design basic and is on display in New York's Museum of Modern Art work. Manufactured from modern materials, it is well proportioned, with an unusual but distinctive design. It is use of a 'Pellicle', a skinny, taut membrane of mesh, rather than conventional foam covers, revolutionized office chair style. Many manufacturers now provide a mesh option in their seat ranges. With arms halted from the back rest structure, the chair appears quite minimal from the side perspective but very substantial from your front or rear.
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If you are a daily Instagram user, you will know that there are so many new features introduced on Instagram that have several different uses. The video-sharing platform, Facebook-owned photo, and many other features also include the privacy of the stories and your profile. There is one feature of privacy or private setting that is mainly to protect the teenager on the platform, which is under 16, and some of them are under 18. It sets the profile of the user on private it means no one can follow them without their consent.
It has also limited the advertiser for the account under 16; it has been said that advertisers will not be able to target the account that is under 18. Not just the privacy option, there are several other options too which you can use, which makes the use of Instagram even more interesting. You can make stories ig reels, and many other things that feel so good, and you will enjoy it. If you want to know about all of them, you can just check out this article and learn about different features available n instagram.
New features on Instagram
There are plenty of new features that you can find on Instagram which can offer you so many great advantages. If you want to know about those features, then you can check out the points that are mentioned below-
Advertisers will no longer target people under 18 on Instagram and Facebook, and if they will, then it will be based on the audience's interests.
If you love making Instagram reels, you can now make the videos or reel, up to one minute or 60 seconds in length.
The platform has also tested the collab features for the influencer and creator. It means they can get collab easily with the business or brands without getting any problem.
Another feature is one of the best features that you can get, and that is you can translate the text that comes to the Instagram Stories. It means if you are not good at any language, you can just translate it, which will become even so amazing.
The ads that are shown on the Instagram reel will now be available to the advertiser in more than 116 countries in the whole world. It is now becoming the best place where you can increase your business through advertisement which will be seen by so many people in the world.
It has been said that Instagram is no longer can be called the square photo-sharing app. It means you can now use the platform for several different purposes, such as you can now add videos, IGTV, stories videos, Live, and even make reels.
There are so many features that you can enjoy while using Instagram, and many new has been introduced. However, you will get to know about all of them only if you use the application properly.
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Modifying folder options in Windows Vista is a bit different than Windows XP and may throw you off if you are not familiar with how to modify these options. Instead of modifying the options through the toolbar it is done through the control panel in Windows Vista. Follow the simple steps below to modify the same types of folder options as Windows XP.
Open Control Panel: Click on the Windows icon in the bottom left of your start screen and click on Control Panel from the pop up menu.
Open Appearance and Personalization: Double click on Appearance and Personalization.
Open Folder Options: Double click on Folder Options. This will bring you to a screen similar to Windows XP folder options that used to be accessible from the menu bar.


Although the cultural imperialism paradigm appears passé, and despite allegations that Arab media foment anti-Americanism, US interventions in the Arab world raise the question of whether imperialism theory can help to explain the editorial policies of dominant Arab TV channels. Drawing on ideas about elite collaboration, this paper examines reasons behind the launch and expansion of two Saudi-owned satellite television networks, MBC and Rotana, as well as the Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera network, which added Al-Jazeera English in 2006. It goes on to look at the Pentagon's policing of Arab television news reporting and at Gulf deals with Hollywood studios. It finds that Arab ruling families' dependence on US military backing has been reflected in decisions they make about Arab satellite TV.


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President Mohamed Nasheed has today proposed Mr Ali Rasheed Umar as the new Auditor General for approval by the People's Majlis.
Mr Umar, who is a Chartered Certified Accountant, holds a bachelor's degree in accountancy from the University of Liverpool.
He previously held the position of President of Anti-Corruption Commission and several other positions at the Anti-Corruption Board including Assignment Officer, Assistant Director, Deputy Director and Director.


The festive holidays are upon us and we all find ourselves reverting back to our childhood memories of putting up the first Christmas decorations, roasting chestnuts and eagerly anticipating the ever-growing sight of presents under the tree.
Transitioning your home to fit into the new season is one way of inspiring everyone to get into the holiday spirit. From funny jumpers, sitting around a crackling fire with a hot chocolate or simply lighting a candle, make sure you take the time, this festive period, to enjoy every precious moment of it.
Food memories are incredibly rich and full of layers which, if tapped into, can unlock a wealth of sensory delights. Whether you're indulging in a Sunday roast, an apple crumble or an indulgent chocolate brownie Lakeland have all your baking necessities that friends and family will remember your Christmas party by for years to come.
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Take your pick of autumn reads this season and cosy up on the sofa with a glass of mulled wine or a cup of hot chocolate. H&M's homeware range is the perfect place to start when shopping for autumnal inspired pieces for your home, from printed table runners, cushions, throws and more.
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Discover the wellbeing benefits of Chai this festive season with Whittard's Christmas Chai. Cherished in India, this powerful blend of teas, herbs and spices is known to preserve good health and instil peace of mind. Brew yourself a cup and then spice it up with your own selection of spices such as clove, cinnamon and ginger.
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Olfaction – also known as 'sense of smell' – is the most mysterious of senses we have and what better feeling is there than cosying up on the sofa, with a freshly baked chocolate brownie, a cup of hot chocolate and the warming smell of gingerbread, cinnamon and even pine in the air? Visit Clintons during your lunch break and browse their inspiring Yankee Candle range.
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Q: @Named behaving different from @ManagedBean I'm currently migrating a project from JBoss 4.2.2 to JBoss 6.0.0 and I'm also adding Dependency Injection with CDI and migrate from JSF 1.2 to JSF 2.0. I added a beans.xml file to both the ejb-package, as well as the war-package.
Now I have a xhtml page that uses the managed bean LoginBean.java. The beans had been configured in the faces-config.xml like this:
<managed-bean>
    <description>Sample description</description>
    <managed-bean-name>loginBean</managed-bean-name>
    <managed-bean-class>com.sample.managedbeans.LoginBean</managed-bean-class>
    <managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>

So, at first I removed above configuration and added @ManagedBean @SessionScoped to the class itself. Because I wanted to add CDI to the project, I changed @ManagedBean to @Named (in relation to question 2930889).
Now when I submit the form of the corresponding xhtml, the fields username and password (used in the JSP as #{loginBean.username} ) are null. When I change back to @ManagedBean, it works fine.
Am I missing something here?
Kind regards,
  Sebastian

A: There are actually two @SessionScoped annotations now in ee6, @javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped which comes from the jsf 2 spec and only works together with @ManagedBean and then there is @javax.enterprise.context.SessionScoped from cdi. My guess is that you are using the jsf annotation, which is ignored by cdi, and so cdi creates a new instance of your bean.

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Redźki (biał. Рэдзькі, ros. Редьки) – wieś na Białorusi, w obwodzie mińskim, w rejonie mołodeczańskim, w sielsowiecie Lebiedziewo.

W XIX w. siedziba okręgu wiejskiego.

Przynależność państwowa i administracyjna
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 1917 – 1919
 1919 – 1920 , Zarząd Cywilny Ziem Wschodnich, okręg wileński
 1920
 1920 – 1922 , powiat oszmiański
 1922 – 1945
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 Ziemia Wileńska (1922 – 1926)
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 powiat:
 oszmiański (1920 – 1927)
 mołodeczański (od 1927)
 gmina Bienica
 1945 – 1991 , Białoruska SRR
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Uwagi

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Bibliografia

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Brock Cole (né le  à Charlotte) est un auteur et illustrateur américain de littérature d'enfance et de jeunesse.

Biographie
Né dans le Michigan, Brock Cole obtient un doctorat de philosophie à l'université du Minnesota. Il enseigne à l'université du Wisconsin avant de commencer à écrire des livres pour enfants.

En tant qu'illustrateur, il a illustré des romans comme L'Indien du placard de Lynne Reid Banks, ou Un chien à New York (Gully's Travels) de Tor Seidler.

Œuvres

Albums pour enfants
The King at the Door (1979)
No More Baths (1980)
Nothing but a Pig (1981)
The Winter Wren (1984)
The Giant's Toe (1986)
Alpha and the Dirty Baby (1991)
Buttons (2000)
Larky Mavis (2001)
Fair Monaco (2003)
Good Enough To Eat (2007)
The Money We'll Save (2011)

Livres pour adolescents
The Goats (1987) ; traduction : Boucs émissaires, L'École des loisirs, 1988.
Celine (1989) ; traduction : Céline, L'École des loisirs, 1990.
The Facts Speak For Themselves (1997)

Notes et références

Liens externes

Auteur américain de littérature d'enfance et de jeunesse
Illustrateur de livres d'enfance et de jeunesse
Illustrateur américain
Naissance en mai 1938
Étudiant de l'université du Minnesota
Étudiant du Kenyon College
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[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/geitoodevs/GEImagePicker)
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Easy image picker - Closure callback with status - Permission Check - Action Sheet tool

You can easily pick a picture from your Camera, Album or Library in one call and a **closure as response** with the picture selected and the final status. You can also decide if you want to let the user crop the picture or not (**editMode**).

In addition this tool will check the app **permissions** for accessing to the Camera or Library and it will let you go to the application settings panel in order to get them activated.

It was added an **actionsheet** for making easier the selection of the picture.

![ActionSheet](Resources/action_sheet.png)

## Usage
You only need to add the GEImagePicker.swift file to your project and start using the available methods.

To use it in your own project

* Directly setting the source:

```swift
// In this case we are going to pick a picture from PhotoLibrary and
// I will be able to crop it because I set the editMode to true

GEImagePicker.pickImage(.photoLibrary, whereViewController: self, editMode: true) { (image, status) -> () in

    switch status {
        case .cancelled:
            print("Cancelled")
            break
        case .noSource:
            print("No source")
            break
        case .notPermission:
            print("No permissions")
            break
        case .ok:
            print("OK")
            break

    }
}
```

* Throughout the action sheet tool

```swift
GEImagePicker.pickImageActionSheet(self, editMode: true) { (image, status) -> () in

    switch status {

        case .cancelled:
            print("Cancelled")
            break
        case .noSource:
            print("No source")
            break
        case .notPermission:
            print("No permissions")
            break
        case .ok:
            print("OK")
            break

    }
}

```

## Info
* We can receive several status from the callback:

```swift
enum GEImagePickerStatus {
    case ok
    case cancelled
    case noSource
    case notPermission
}
```

* In addition you can select the source for picking the picture

```swift
enum GEImagePickerSource {
    case camera
    case savedPhotosAlbum
    case photoLibrary
}
```

## Requirements

iOS 8.0

## Installation
Copy GEImagePicker.swift file to your project and start using the functions available.

## Author

Miguel Rodríguez, www.miguelios.com

## License

GEImagePicker is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

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Adam Żmudziński
Adam Artur Żmudziński (born 18 January 1956) is a Polish bridge player. After 2014 competition, he ranked 22nd among Grand Masters by World Bridge Federation (WBF) masterpoints, five places behind his longtime partner Cezary Balicki. They ranked 26-27th among more than 100 all-time Grand Masters by placing points that do not decay over time.
Żmudziński won the World Transnational Open Teams in 2000 and 2009, European Open Teams in 1989 and 1993 as well as the London Sunday Times Invitational Pairs in 1994. His team finished second in the 2000 World Team Olympiad, 1991 Bermuda Bowl and 1994 Rosenblum Cup. With his regular partner, Cezary Balicki, won the bronze medal at the World Open Pairs held in Geneva in 1990.
On 26 September 2015, the World Bridge Federation Credentials Committee announced that the invitation extended to Balicki and Żmudziński to play in the 2015 Bermuda Bowl in Chennai, India had been withdrawn, one day before play was due to start. No reason was given.
Bridge accomplishments
North American Bridge Championships (12)
Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2013
Vanderbilt (2) 2001, 2007
Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2009
Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (4) 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010
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Alex Boyce is a Royal Air Force veteran from Kelowna, British Columbia.
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Local doctor offers personal prescription for Haitian crisis
By Vershal Hogan
Published 12:05 am Sunday, September 13, 2015
Natchez physician Lee England has made four medical mission trips to Haiti on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. His photographs of the country, at left, give a glimpse of the life of Haitians. England, above right, recently paid the tuition for medical school for a young Haitian, Stanley Charles, above left. Charles was Dr. England's interpreter on the mission trip, but also expressed an interest in a medical career. (Ben Hillyer / Natchez Democrat)
Four years ago, Dr. Leslie England met the future of Haitian medicine in a clinic with no windows to block the dust and flies coming in.
England, a Natchez-based internist who also serves as the district health officer for Mississippi's Public Health District 7, has made four medical mission trips to the impoverished nation on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
The island has too few doctors to address the needs of a population in which 7-out-of-10 people are unemployed, and when England would go on the week-long trips, locals would form hours-long lines seeking treatment at the clinic in Port-au-Prince.
Residents speak French and Haitian Creole, and while England knows some French he still relied on a translator. That's how he met Stanley Charles, a then 18-year-old Haitian man who had as an 11th grader declared to a friend that there was nothing in his heart he wanted more than to study medicine.
"I was learning English, and I had a friend who knew I spoke English, so she asked me to come and be a translator for the clinic," Charles said. "Being in the clinic, seeing how the doctors treat people, I wanted to do that — it was a very good experience that opened my mind and showed me that."
The two men struck up a friendship, getting to know one another between patients, and Charles told England of his desire to become a doctor.
When England returned to Port-au-Prince two years later, they worked together again.
By then, Charles had finished high school, but hadn't been able to pursue medical school, which in Haiti is a seven-year process that incorporates what would translate in the United States as a bachelor's degree.
Charles had several siblings, he had told his parents not to worry about paying for his education and to focus on theirs instead.
He had hoped to get into public University of Haiti's Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, but when he went to take the admissions test, 6,000 others joined him, all vying for only 125 available seats.
"It was very competitive, a very difficult contest," he said.
Following that second trip, England asked Charles if he could support the student through a private medical school.
"I had watched him with patients and saw him around the clinic, and you could tell he was a very bright guy who just didn't have the opportunities others did," England said. "You could see he had a good head on his shoulders."
England was able to help Charles get into the private Université Lumière's Faculty of Medicine program. He recently finished his first year of school.
Charles has spent the last three weeks in the United States, one shadowing England at his practice in Natchez and the previous two shadowing a doctor at Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The doctor in Tennessee, who had also worked with Charles in Haiti, arranged the trip. That doctor had also wanted to pay for Charles' medical school, but since that was taken care of had arranged for him to be able to see medicine practiced in the United States.
Getting to observe a robotic surgery was a memorable experience, Charles said, and the opportunity provided him with a chance to really see how technology can be incorporated into medicine.
England said the doctors are looking to eventually try to arrange an internship in the United States for Charles, who said he wants to study neurology and neurological surgery before returning to Haiti and establishing a practice in a rural area.
And that's part of why England said he has taken an interest in seeing Charles finish his education.
"I can go down there for a week, but he can be there permanently," England said. "Even after I couldn't go down there anymore, he would still be there seeing patients."
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"I'm travelling to China for the first time next March, and I want to know where I should eat. I love Chinese food and street food and I want to be adventurous, but I don't speak Chinese and I don't know where to start. Can you offer any suggestions?"
Every week, readers send me questions like this.
So I've put together a list of the five apps I find most helpful when travelling in China. I use all five regularly. Without being able to speak or read a word of Chinese, with the help of these apps you'll be able to find the best street foods and restaurants, translate menus, and order food.
Disclaimer: I have not been paid to write about any of these apps. Damn.
How it works: Dianping is China's largest restaurant review site, for eaters, by eaters. It has a staggering 75 million users per month, and works much the same way as Yelp. For travellers hunting for culinary lost treasure, Dianping is like being handed the map with a great big X marks the spot. It's just that the map is totally in Chinese.
Dianping works in every single huge metropolis and tiny backwater in China. No matter where you are, someone has already been there and written a review about the local eateries. That's China for you.
You can narrow your searches to just local cuisine, or just street food/snacks, or just a particular area.
There is a handy map feature showing all options within a set radius from your current position, handy if you know nothing about the area where you're staying.
You can use it to search for hotels.
There's no getting around this - it's in Chinese. My next post will give you a step-by-step guide to navigating Dianping for non-Chinese speakers. Believe me, it's absolutely worth the effort.
How it works: Once you've used Dianping to find that amazing hole-in-the-wall that only locals know about, you discover the menu is entirely, completely in Chinese. Rather than adopt the 'point and hope' method, use Waygo. You hover the box over the Chinese text, and hey presto, a translation appears instantly.
The inimitable Gary from Full Noodle Frontity put me on to this app. I absolutely love it and I can't wait 'til the developers bring out a Beijing version.
How it works: This is a comprehensive guide to Shanghainese restaurant food, with hundreds of dishes divided into groups like soups, noodles, and hot dishes. It is my go-to guide for all things related to Shanghai cuisine.
It has no restaurant listings - but it will be useful for Shanghainese restaurants anywhere in the world.
How it works: This is a very simple app for learning Chinese food vocabulary, but it doubles as a handy tool for buying fresh food in shops and wet markets. Can't find the potatoes? Show the vendor the picture with accompanying text.
How it works: This is a photo editing app that allows you to apply filters, then text in either Chinese or English to your shots. The results look great, and although it is Chinese only, it will be completely intuitive to users who are accustomed to Instagram. Once edited with text, the photos are saved automatically to your phone.
Now you have those five apps under your belt you're a bona fide Chinese food expert! Test yourself with this fun Chinese food character quiz.
Got any other great food apps to share? Let me know!


Water is the universe's natural life bringer. Without it there would be no life on Earth, or anywhere else for that matter. Where there is water, there's life, it's that simple. Water is absolutely vital, and it's no different when it comes to our bodies either. We can survive for days, possibly even weeks without food, yet just a couple of days without water could prove fatal for a majority of people. The human body is comprised of almost 80% water, so that alone should tell you how important water actually is for us. When it comes to exercising, water really comes into its own and is absolutely essential for ensuring that we stay hydrated and perform at our best. But why do we actually need water, and why is it so important?
Why should we be drinking water during exercise? – Water helps to keep us hydrated during exercise, which helps in a whole variety of different ways, for starters it helps our muscles to perform more efficiently and more effectively. If you're wondering how exactly, then here's a look at some of the more basic examples of why drinking water is so crucial.
Water helps transport energy – The human body relies on glucose, oxygen, and other nutrients in order to provide it with vital energy to help get it through the day. When you exercise, the body's natural energy requirements are obviously very dramatically increased, as the body uses the energy much quicker than if you were just sat around watching TV. Think of a car, if you drive the car with your foot flat on the accelerator pedal, driving at top speed, the car will use its fuel much quicker than if you were driving slowly. Well, the same principle applies in your body. The muscles, or rather the cells within the muscles all require energy, and it is water that helps to transport this energy around the body so that they get it.
Water keeps you hydrated – When you exercise you perspire and sweat. Within this sweat you will lose water and vital minerals and electrolytes that the body thrives upon. When you lose this water and these nutrients, you will obviously need to replace them as quickly as possible, or else you run the risk of suffering from dehydration. Dehydration can lead to painful muscle cramps, a severe drop in energy, nausea, sickness, dizziness, headaches, and much more on top of that, including the inability to regulate body temperature. To help to counteract these effects, you need to consume water before, during, and after bouts of physical exercise, no matter how intense or slow paced this exercise may actually be.


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Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) or Socialist Party of Malaysia is a left political party in Malaysia. Although the party was registered by it's founding members on 30th April 1998, the government only approved the registration in August 2008 after a 10 year battle taking the government to task.
The party symbol is a white clenched left fist symbolizing unity of the people rising up to struggle for a fair, equitable and democratic society. The red signifies the struggle, while the white signifies the sincerity in our struggles and work.
The party has got branches and representative members throughout has an extensive grassroot movements among plantation workers, urban poor, students, farmers, Orang Asli communities, workers etc.
The party embraces socialism that strives for an economic system that ensures fair distribution of wealth in a democratic and equal society, free of exploitation.
The party is convinced and committed to the class struggle and will continue to propagate class politics, going against the normal nouns of communal and religious politics practiced in Malaysia. The party will work hard towards empowering the masses and liberating them from the clutches of capitalism.
While PSM is committed to Marxist analysis, the party will have an open policy as far as left tendencies are concerned and we are against sectarianism. PSM has not joined nor aligned to any international socialist or left organizations. While we learn and are inspired by the various attempts of socialist governments in power and their policies, PSM believes that socialism in Malaysia has to be of local context and be built from a bottom up approach by Malaysians. PSM continues to open its doors for criticism and differing views among the left. At the end of the day, we want people to be treated with human dignity and enjoy the fruit of their labour.
Why we need a Socialist Party in Malaysia
Malaysia's economic system which is entrenched in the capitalist model of development has failed to uplift the lives of the majority. It has only enriched a few through exploitation, land grabs, cronyism, corruption and destruction of the environment.
Unfortunately, there is no political party in power or in opposition that understands and accepts that capitalism is the problem and it cannot be reformed but we need to replace it with a new economic and political system that puts people not profits first.
We need a party that questions capitalism and builds an alternative economic, political model through participatory democracy and people's power. A welfare government with a top down approach will not address the key core issues of exploitation that continue to perpetuate poverty.
We need a socialist party that address the problems of society as a class problem not a racial one. For far too long in Malaysia, racism has indoctrinated our mainstream political discourse, hiding from our view the reality that it's a class issue between the haves and have not's.
PSM was built from struggles of the common working people and we need to bring back class politics to fight for our basic needs, such as fair wages, housing, healthcare, affordable education, resisting sexism, homophobia and xenophobia.


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July arrest of Jamar Clark detailed, as activists continue push for video
Jamar Clark, whose fatal shooting by police last month sparked rallies and protests, was arrested in July after leading police on a chase in a stolen car, according to reports.
WCCO obtained dash cam video of the arrest by Minneapolis police, and breaks down a lot of what's happening in the footage.
It shows a pursuit through a residential neighborhood, which stops in a yard. The driver, identified as Clark, gets out of the vehicle with his hands up and is taken to the ground by a police officer.
After his arrest, he claimed police punched him multiple times and said he was unconscious. According to the Star Tribune, the incident report filed by police says the officer punched Clark once in the face then handcuffed him.
A lot of what happened after Clark is taken to the ground is not in frame in the dash cam video.
Two teenagers were also in the car at the time, WCCO reports. Neither were injured.
Clark was charged with fleeing a police officer.
The police department's Internal Affairs department is investigating, part of its normal procedure, the Star Tribune says.
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Update on protests, shooting charges
Clark's death sparked an occupation of the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct and multiple rallies and marches.
MPR recently spoke with multiple witnesses about the night of the shooting. Four people told the news organization Clark was subdued or handcuffed at the time, which contrasts sharply with what officials have said.
Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau has said there was a confrontation between Clark and police, after he interfered with paramedics at the scene who had responded to a suspected assault. The head of the Minneapolis Police Union told the Star Tribune three days after the shooting Clark was attempting to disarm one of the officers and was not handcuffed when police shot him.
Though the occupation of the Fourth Precinct in North Minneapolis was broken up last week, activists (including Black Lives Matter) are still pushing for authorities to release surveillance footage from when Clark was shot, on social media using the hashtag #releasethetapes. Officials have said that will not happen until the investigation is complete.
The Associated Press meanwhile detailed what it describes as a "riff" within the activist community over how to proceed.
Gov. Mark Dayton saw one video and called it "inconclusive."
Booking photos of shooting suspects released
The Minneapolis Police Department released mug shots of the men charged in connection with a shooting near the Fourth Precinct protests, nearly two weeks after their arrest.
Allen Scarsella, 23, of Lakeville, is charged with one count of second-degree riot and five counts of second-degree assault.
Joseph Backman, 27, of Eagan, is charged with one count of second-degree riot.
Daniel Macey, 26, of Pine City, is charged with one count of second-degree riot.
Nathan Gustavsson, 21, of Hermantown, is charged with one count of second-degree riot.
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Problems with cochlear implants for deaf children are rare, with only some three percent of children who got the implants at one hospital needing new ones because of technical problems, Canadian researchers said.
Their report, in the Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, also showed that only a few of those children suffered a drop in hearing or speaking skills after the new devices – which transmit sound directly to the auditory nerve – were implanted.
"People used to say the complication rate is higher in children, the failure rate is higher in children, and we found that that was not the case," said Blake Papsin, director of the cochlear implant program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, who was senior author for the study.
While cochlear implants don't allow deaf children to hear in the same way that other children do, the devices do mean they can go to regular schools, have normal conversations and listen to music.
The study included 738 children, most born hard of hearing because of genetics. They all received a cochlear implant in at least one year between 1990 and 2010 and had the procedures when they were an average two or three years old.
During that time, the hospital treated 34 children whose implants had stopped working and who needed surgery to put in a new device.
When the researchers took out the seven children who got their original implant at another hospital, they found that just under three percent of the patients they treated with a first cochlear implant needed a second due to malfunctions over six years of using the devices.
Almost all of the children who needed a new device implanted maintained or improved their hearing and speaking abilities after the second procedure. Just two had a significant drop in those skills.
"Once these things fail, replacing them does tend to get the kids' hearing back to or close to where it was before the device failed," said Josef Shargorodsky, who studies hearing problems at Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and wasn't involved in the new study.
He added that the number of device failures in this study was lower than in most previous reports, possibly because cochlear implant technology is improving.
But despite the low rate of failures, almost all deaf children will probably eventually need a new implant, although it's hard to know if a typical person would need just one or a few, said Papsin, who is on the speaker's bureau of the Cochlear Americas Corporation, which markets the devices.
"It's pretty clear that these devices are unlikely, even though beautifully made, to last a lifetime," he told Reuters Health.
More than 200,000 people globally have received cochlear implants, including about 70,000 in the United States.


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André Leon Talley's Marrakech Diary Part I
Photo: Nigel Barker
When Sarah Jessica Parker stayed at the newly restored Hotel La Mamounia while filming Sex and the City 2, she spotted Brazilian designer Adriana Bittencourt walking through its restaurant wearing a top of her own design, somewhere between a Romanian peasant blouse and an Ipanema beach cover-up. "She came up to me, and said, 'Excuse me, I have been here for weeks and haven't found a thing to buy,' " Bittencourt told me over cocktails at her home with friend Daniella Issa Helayel, who designed the navy silk dress Catherine Middleton wore the day her engagement to Prince William was announced. So Bittencourt literally gave Parker the shirt off her back. "What else could I do?"
Bittencourt has been designing caftans for seven years under the label Nour—in Pucci-esque prints, leopard motifs, and the best in gauze-like cottons embroidered in silver passementerie, or bright peasant blouses, perfect over bikini bottoms. Gisele Bündchen, Roberta Armani, Delfina Delletrez have all worn her clothes; Marc Jacobs and Margherita Missoni have worn her jewelry. She prefers to sell by appointment out of her extraordinary three-story riad in the old Medina section of Marrakech, designed by Bill Willis, who accompanied Talitha and Paul Getty on their honeymoon and ended up living here for 41 years before his death last February.
"His first house was for Talitha here, and he thought I reminded him of her," says Bittencourt, "so he decorated my house as his last project." In the drawing room, a signature Borromini-style white plaster fireplace is the focal point (above). Her bedroom on the second floor, painted a bright Marrakech blue, was inspired by the lines of Talitha's bedroom, with a beautiful inlaid mirror cut like an arch behind the bed.
Willis, a friend of Yves Saint Laurent, also lived in a great house with a living room topped by a grand cupola that looked out onto one of the oldest cemeteries in the city. Bittencourt has a room on the second floor dedicated to YSL, where his Love Christmas greetings are framed and where she shows clients her designs.
When Barbra Streisand was in town recently, she spent two hours trying on caftans and was so thrilled with her spree, she left a happy squiggle in the guest book. Katie Lee is also a fan, and celebrated the completion of her first novel, Ground Swell, a roman à clef of sorts to be published by Simon & Schuster in June, with a holiday trip to Morocco, traversing the Atlas Mountains by Jeep and sleeping in Berber tents in the Sahara desert.


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Fresh garlic stir-fried with pepper, scallion and cilantro on bed of lettuce.
Fresh slice ginger stir-fried with onion, carrot, red and green bell pepper, green onion, and mushroom.
Cashew nut stir-fried with fresh carrot, onion, green and red bell peppers stir fried with sweet and sour gravy sauce.
Pineapple, cucumber, tomatoes, carrot, onion, green and red bell peppers stir-fried with sweet and sour gravy sauce.
Green bean with shredded kaffir lime leaves stir-fried with spicy house sauce.
Golden crisp chicken, tossed with homemad sesame sauce served with steamed vegetables.
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ANOTHER hit-and-run trip to Victoria has been ruled out by colourful trainer Kevin Pizzuto.
Originally looking to contest next week's Cranbourne Cup with Tiger Tara, Pizzuto has elected to miss the Group Two ahead of the stallion's trip across the Tasman.
Winner of last weekend's Victoria Cup, Tiger Tara is due to leave Australia during the first week of November before tackling the New Zealand Cup on November 13 and the Free-For-All three days later.
Planning to give Tiger Tara another start before heading to the Shaky Isles, Pizzuto had considered returning south of Murray.
Following the eight-year-old's success at Tabcorp Park Menangle last night, Pizzuto explained his decision to stick locally.
"I'm not sure if he will even have another start before we go across now," Pizzuto said. "I was considering going back to Victoria, but that's when I thought Tiger Tara was able to get on a direct flight to our New Zealand destination.
"Now that he isn't I won't be doing the extra travelling to Victoria.
Driven by regular reinsman Todd McCarthy, Tiger Tara began quickly to work to the lead from barrier 10, with the remainder of the Group Three becoming a procession.
Never seriously challenged, the son of Bettors Delight completed a two-and-a-half metre win from Joes Star Of Mia, with Outrageous El a half-neck away third in 1:55.4 over 2300 metres.
"He is right back to his best and showed it again last night," Pizzuto said. "The 2300 metres suits him better than the mile and he did it pretty easily.


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Clearwater, Fla. — After five scoreless innings to start the game, the University of Maine softball team could not prevent three-run innings in the sixth and seventh, falling to Chattanooga 6-0 on Thursday morning at the Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex.
Lilly Volk started on the mound for the Black Bears (6-13), pitching four scoreless innings, while allowing five hits and no walks to the Mocs (12-14) in a no-decision . Chattanooga's Allison Swinford tossed a complete game in the win, while Kyleigh O'Donnell (1-5) was charged with the loss, allowing just one earned run in one and two-thirds innings pitched. Annie Kennedy pitched the final inning and a third, allowing three hits and an earned run.
After a flawless first inning, Volk allowed two hits in the second inning, but forced a fly out for the third out in the frame with a runner on third base to get out of a jam.
Volk retired the side in order in the third, but the Mocs had a runner on second in the fourth with just one out, but Volk forced back-to-back fly outs to exit the game unscathed.
In the bottom half of the inning, Laurine German and Rachel Carlson tallied two of Maine's three hits on the day with one out. However, the Black Bears could not capitalize leaving two runners on base in the frame.
O'Donnell came into pitch in the top of the fifth for the Black Bears. With the Mocs having runners on first and third with two outs, she struck out a Chattanooga batter swinging to escape the inning with no damage.
The Mocs took advantage of two Maine errors in the top half of the sixth inning by plating home three runs. German earned a two-out double for the Black Bears in the Maine half of the sixth, and Alyssa Derrick and Rachel Carlson followed with walks to juice the bases. The Black Bears could not plate a run home however, with the third out coming on a pop out to left field.
Chattanooga added three runs in the top of the seventh on three hits. Kristen Niland drew a walk with one out in bottom of the seventh to keep Maine's hopes alive, but a foul out and a ground out ended the Black Bears' chance at a comeback.
Maine's 10th game of the Tampa spring trip begins tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. against Butler.


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Sorcero CEO Dipanwita Das Discusses Language Intelligence On Silicon Valley Insider
Dec 11, 2019 10:40:00 PM
Sorcero CEO Dipanwita Das spoke to Silicon Valley Insider's Keith Koo at Plug and Play's Winter Summit, where some of the nation's most innovative startups connect with business leaders. Das talked about Sorcero's focus on Artifical Intelligence solutions that empower expert workflows in insurance and life science industries.
"Automation is really not the solution here," said Das. "Because the subject matter experts that are driving these businesses with their analysis, with their understanding, with the decisions they're making, they're not replaceable by a machine and they probably never will be."
Sorcero is building a Language intelligence platform that achieves a deeper understanding of workflows in the life science and insurance industries by leveraging their shared sources of knowledge.
"What we're finding is that there's this magical interplay between certain industries," Das continued. "If you think of a life sciences, and health and life insurance, they're using the same data, from the same sources, to often the same end. And the people who are making those decisions and going through the data have the same subject matter expertise. So there's room there for standardization, both of workflow and data usage, and we're working towards that."
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The Loudoun Branch was a railroad that almost happened.
It was planned as an extension of the Manassas Gap Railroad. Chartered in 1850, the railroad company promised to link merchants, urban markets, and the port of Alexandria with the rich farmland of the Northern Virginia region.
The map shows the planned route of the Lincoln railroad.
The planned path of the railroad began near Centerville in Fairfax County where it connected with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The route continued in a northwesterly direction, cutting through Mount Gilead of Catoctin Mountain to reach the heart of Loudoun Valley, the breadbasket of Loudoun County. Following the curves of this landscape, gently winding its way through the fields of Loudoun Valley, it entered Lincoln on a path to Purcellville. The Loudoun Branch was expected to eventually extend to Harpers Ferry where it was to intersect with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
A small surveying team completed its work by 1853. The company reported that "a very considerable force" was digging the trail for the Loudoun Branch in May 1855. Railroad crews cut through soil and rock from hills and slopes. They moved this material, using it as fill in some places, leveling the grade of the intended path. Culverts, designed and built of stone, allowed stream water to flow unobstructed under the railroad line. A partial tunnel was constructed under Mt. Gilead, where the line entered the valley.
Work stopped in May 1857. A declining economy, overexpansion by the railroad company, and the high cost of labor were contributing factors. The Civil War and Reconstruction ended the project. Economically distressed Virginia diverted its resources elsewhere.
A section of stone culvert, designed to carry water under the railroad to fuel steam engines, remains intact near Lincoln.
Sections of the unfinished railroad bed remain intact running through private property from Sands Road and points east along North Fork/Crooked Run toward Mt. Gilead, although some surviving sections are partially hidden by new undergrowth and trees. As recently as 2001, this unfinished rail line between Lincoln and Purcellville was still being used as a clear and graded walking path.
Some of the historically significant and impressive stretches are in areas threatened by development such as those in and around what is locally known as "Irishman's Field". Already, a 200-acre development, at the former Frazer Farm (now known as Fawn Meadow), and the Southern Collector Road in Purcellville are infringing upon portions of the remaining railroad beds. A historical marker on Sands Road is a reminder of this area's history, placed incongruously in the backyard of a new home some 100 feet north of the actual location.
Learn more about Manassas Gap Railroad, see additional photos and learn about the historical significance of Lincoln and the Goose Creek Historic District at lincolnpreservation.org.


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The University of Rhode Island women's basketball team continued to grind through the early goings of a fresh season, earning their first win against Marist College in their Sunday home opener, 82-61, before falling on the road to the University of Toledo, 65-50, Tuesday night.
Rhode Island (1-2) put the blowout loss versus Syracuse on Friday behind them, and bounced back in a big way versus Marist (0-3) on Sunday afternoon. The Red Foxes started the game with a 5-0 run, but URI responded with 10 unanswered points. The score was tied 12-12 near the end of the first quarter, until URI went on a 7-0 run to give them a 19-12 lead they would never relinquish. The game firmly shifted into the Rams' control when Marist became ice cold from 3-point range.
Rhode Island's defense neutralized all shooters except guard Allie Clement, who managed 19 points on 8-of-17 shooting. The Red Foxes could not overcome the disparity in size or physicality, rarely entering the paint with any success. They continued to fire shots from beyond the perimeter, only connecting on 22 percent of their attempts. It became clear before the end of the half that head coach Daynia La-Force had a game plan conducive for victory.
The Rams' defense kept the Red Foxes out of sync in every aspect of their offense. The guards never got comfortable, and as a result of URI's immense pressure, which they were able to continuously apply due to their implementation of a deep bench, Marist was prone to a high turnover rate. Marist had 16, while Rhode Island committed 14, but the Rams were the more aggressive team, coming away with 10 steals. Marist, despite their inability to find a consistent rhythm, found itself within two points of their opponent with less than four minutes remaining in the first half.
The Rams, just like on defense, were propelled by a balanced attack led by junior Charise Wilson and went on a quarter-closing run to once again seize control of the game. Redshirt junior Morgan Johnson capped off the 14-5 run with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, one of four on a day in which the guard scored a career-high 12 points. The Rams comfortably led 41-30 at the break.
URI effectively put the game out of reach in the beginning of the second half, showcasing their depth en route to building an 18-point lead in the first four minutes of the third quarter. Sophomore Amari Johnson and freshman Ednaija Lassiter each totaled career-highs in scoring, coming off the bench to provide 13 and 11 points respectively. Lassiter helped make the 3-point shot a viable option for her team, shooting 3-of-5 from downtown, as the Rams shot a respectable 33 percent from long-range. La-Force was pleased by the complete effort by her team, knowing how important it will be for all of her players to consistently contribute.
The Rams clinched the win with a final of 82-61, rebounding from what La-Force believed to be a learning experience in Syracuse with a successful performance on both ends of the courts. Wilson amended for her own woes in the Carrier Dome with a stat line that included 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting, eight rebounds and five assists, one of which was a highlight reel, no-look pass to Jalissa Ross for a lay-up. Wilson knows she will need to maintain her strong form going forward, but credits her continued growth to the chemistry of the team as a whole.
The Rams were unable to maintain similar intensity on the road in their matchup against Toledo (2-0) in Ohio's Savage Arena. A competitive first quarter saw the Rockets leading the Rams 14-10. The complexion the game soon changed in the second frame when Toledo increased their lead to double-digits, with the Rams trailing 36-21 at halftime. This time, it was URI who was bit by the turnover bug, committing 11 through the first 20 minutes of action, and 24 for the game. The backcourt of Dominique Ward and Wilson fell victim to the traps that plagued them against Syracuse in the opener, combining for 11 turnovers.
Offensively, the Rams were rendered ineffective, shooting 20 percent from the field and 30 percent from behind the 3-point line. Freshman center Nicole Jorgenson came off the bench and gave the Rams their only means of efficient production with 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting for a career-high performance. Wilson, the team's primary scorer, slid back into the shooting slump that plagued her against the Orange, and shot just 1-of-16 from the field and 0-of-9 from 3-point range.
The game was never in the Rams' grasp during the second half, as Toledo continued to apply the same defensive pressure that URI used to limit Marist days earlier. Both teams played to a tie in the half, with URI's mini-run at the game far too insufficient to avoid the 65-50 defeat.
Rhode Island hopes to get back on track when they return to the Ryan Center Friday at 7 p.m. to face Ivy Leaguer the University of Pennsylvania.


Skakoon J.G., The Elements of Mechanical Design, ASME Press, 2008.
It can be bought at Lucid (study association Industrial Design) or lent from the university library.
Use exact constraint when designing structures and mechanisms. Never overconstrain a design!
Plan the load path in parts, structures and assemblies.
Avoid bending stresses. Prefer tension and compression.
Manage friction in mechanisms. Use friction deliberately or avoid it.
The presentations I give using this book can be found here: Elements.pdf and BasicEnergyElements.pdf .
Rosielle P.C.J.N., Constructieprincipes voor het nauwkeurig bewegen en positioneren, lecture notes 4C620, TU Eindhoven (in Dutch).
Koster M.P., Constructieprincipes voor het nauwkeurig bewegen en positioneren, Uitgeverij Universiteit Twente, 1996 (in Dutch).
Beitz W., Kuettner K.H., Dubbel Taschenbuch fuer den Maschinenbau, Springer Verlag (in German).
Leijendeckers P.H.H.et al., Poly-Technisch Zakboekje, Reed Business Information, 2005 (in Dutch).
Cross N., Engineering Design Methods, Strategies for Product Design, John Wiley & Sons, 1995.
Rosielle's lecture notes and Koster's book are about the principles of Mechanical Design. Both are very good but in Dutch.
Dubbel is the "bible" of Mechanical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing. It is called a pocket book but it is so complete it does not fit in your pocket anymore.
The book of Leijendeckers is a small book covering a lot of things of engineering in general not just Mechanical Engineering.
The book of Nigel Cross covers the more general topics about design methodologies.


To many, Kanye West's remarks of running for president in 2020 was just but one of his many trademark outbursts. Since then, he's pulled out a few more surprises based on his constant political saga.
Apparently, the rapper isn't toying around with the idea. But he has decided to push his presidential campaign by 4 years after a meeting with Donald Trump. Perhaps we'll be seeing him on the ballot come 2024.
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Front L/R Tom Muldoon 15 and Ellie Ainsworth 15, with Back L/R David Lowrie 14, Saffron Fenton 14, Michael Wright (HEAD TEACHER), Ellen Morgan 15, Alex Bury 15, Stephen Burton (school curriculum lead for citizenship), DS Mark Whelan (Lancashire Constabulary's Engage Team) and Clive Grunshaw (Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire).
"Don't be x-ploited online" – that's the message of a new hard hitting campaign designed by Lancashire school pupils to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation.
The new poster campaign is the latest phase of Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner and Constabulary's the More You Know, the More You See campaign and are being released to coincide with national CSE awareness day on Friday, March 18.
The posters were designed by youngsters from St Augustine's High School, in Whalley and further enhanced with comments and suggestions from school children all across Lancashire at the young people's CSE conference late last year.
Mr Grunshaw said: "Our campaign, which also uses the social media hashtag #knowthesigns, started three years ago to help professionals and those who come into contact with young people to understand what grooming and exploitation may look like.
"The latest phase of the campaign is designed to reach out to the young people themselves and understand the risks they face encouraging conversation and debate that hopefully will help prevent them and their friends from being abused.
"Both victims and groomers can come from any background - this campaign makes that clear encouraging youngsters to question why people may be befriending them or their peers.
"As well as the message that groomers can come from any walk of life, they also aim to highlight the role of on-line gaming as an avenue which can be exploited by those looking to exploit boys too."
Detective Superintendent Sue Clarke from Lancashire Police Public Protection Unit said: "I am thrilled with the enthusiasm and innovation demonstrated by the young people in further developing Lancashire's much recognised CSE campaign materials 'The more you know, the more you see'.
"These new resources will help us continue our work preventing the exploitation of children and young people in Lancashire and working with partners to bring offenders to justice."


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6 Financial Benefits of a College Degree
Making Higher Education Pay Off
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Kelci Lynn Lucier
M.Ed., Higher Education Administration, Harvard University
B.A., English and Comparative Literary Studies, Occidental College
Kelci Lynn Lucier has worked in higher education for over a decade. She is the author of "College Stress Solutions" and features on many media outlets.
A college degree takes a lot of hard work — and often costs a lot of money. As a result, you may wonder if going to college is worthwhile, but it's an investment that nearly always pays off. Here are some of the many financial benefits often enjoyed by college graduates.
1. You'll Have Higher Lifetime Earnings
People with a bachelor's degree earn about 66 percent more than their peers with only a high school diploma, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A master's degree can net you twice as much as someone with a high school education. But you don't have to take on that degree of academic investment to see the benefits: Even those with an associate's degree tend to earn 25 percent more than those with high school diplomas. Figures vary by occupation, but your earning potential is highly likely to increase with your level of education.
2. You're More Likely to Have a Job at All
Unemployment rates are lowest among Americans with advanced degrees. Even two years of extra education can make a big difference, as people with associate's degrees have a significantly lower unemployment rate than people with high school diplomas. Keep in mind it's very important to actually get your degree in order to increase your earning potential and chances of employment because people with some college and no degree don't fare much better than people with just a high school diploma.
3. You'll Have Access to More Resources
Going to college means you can take advantage of your school's career center or internship programs, which can help you land your first post-graduate job.
4. You'll Have a Professional Network Before You Start Working
Don't underestimate the value of connections. You can leverage the relationships you've made in college and your school's alumni network well after you've graduated, like when you're looking for new job opportunities. That's decades of value from an investment of just a few years.
5. You'll Experience Indirect Financial Benefits
While having a degree won't automatically improve your credit rating, for example, having a good job that you got because of your degree can indirectly increase your credit score. How? Earning more money means you're more likely to be able to meet your financial obligations, like regular bills and loan payments. That can help you avoid paying bills late or having a debt go to collections, which can hurt your credit. On top of that, increasing your earning potential can also improve your ability to save money, which can help you avoid debt. Of course, earning more money doesn't guarantee you'll manage it well, but it can certainly help.
6. You'll Have Access to Jobs With Better Benefits
There's more to any job than just the take-home pay. Better-paying jobs, most of which require a college degree, can also offer better perks, like retirement contribution matching, health insurance, health savings accounts, childcare stipends, tuition reimbursement and commuter benefits.
Lucier, Kelci Lynn. "6 Financial Benefits of a College Degree." ThoughtCo, Feb. 16, 2021, thoughtco.com/financial-benefits-of-a-college-degree-793189. Lucier, Kelci Lynn. (2021, February 16). 6 Financial Benefits of a College Degree. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/financial-benefits-of-a-college-degree-793189 Lucier, Kelci Lynn. "6 Financial Benefits of a College Degree." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/financial-benefits-of-a-college-degree-793189 (accessed January 18, 2022).
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Jan-Ove Becker advises companies on national and international employment and labor law. He concentrates in corporate reorganization, restructuring and corporate transactions. He also advises on labor relations matters and negotiates with group, company and local works councils. He has an industry focus on technology, media and entertainment. He is also advisor to numerous venture capital funded companies. Jan-Ove is a member of our practice groups focussing on newly emerging legal playing fields like robotics, artificial intelligence and automation as well as human rights and corporate social responsibility. He litigates high-profile cases up to Federal Employment Court and the European Court of Justice.
Jan-Ove is a self-published author and has been editor of a journal on bankruptcy law for several years. He was admitted to the bar in 2012.