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NPR: "Reconsidering The Pilgrims, Piety And America's Founding Principles"
Here. A taste:
Historians, however, have disputed the extent to which the Pilgrims can be counted as among America's founding fathers.
"This is one little pocket of colonial America," says John Fea of Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Penn. He has written widely on America's early religious history.
"It's hard to make the same argument if you're studying Virginia or Pennsylvania or the Carolinas or Georgia," Fea says. "We've taken that New England model and extrapolated from it over the last 200 or 300 years into some kind of view of the nation as a whole."
Fea notes the absence of any reference to the Bible in either the Declaration of Independence or the U.S. Constitution.
"There are a lot of arguments that say, 'This was just in the air. The Bible would have influenced their construction, even though it's never mentioned,'" he says. "But as a historian, I need a smoking gun. Maybe they left it out because they deliberately wanted to leave it out."
George Makari Publishes Long Article about John Locke
In Salon here. A taste:
John Locke didn't quite fit the Deist mold, for he fully believed in miracles and biblical revelation. Furthermore, while Deists argued that the rational soul with its heavenly heritage could unveil God's work, Locke's mind had no such power. Worse, his rejection of innate ideas actually undermined Deism. For if the mind was a net of imperfect associations, prone to prejudice, superstition, and delusion, then it was hardly dominated by a universally endowed right reason, but rather pedestrian, often wrong, reason. Nonetheless, Locke's ethics echoed some Deist views and attracted its advocates, since he also believed God's desire was encoded in His design and could be found in natural law.
Among the most prominent of Deists was the Irishman John Toland. In 1696, he penned his Christianity Not Mysterious, a book deeply indebted to Locke's Essay on Human Understanding. Reason, though deeply vulnerable to deception, was still the only grounds for certitude. Matters of faith should always be rational. Even biblical commandments must stand up to logic before becoming law. Hauled before a grand jury, Toland became notorious. Shunned as a pariah, he ended up homeless and destitute. Thirty years later, incensed believers, still bitter, assaulted his idea that God was an analogy.
In 1707, Locke's pupil Anthony Collins dared to publish An Essay Concerning the Use of Reason, which denied religious mysteries and revelations, and argued that all morality rested on logic. Another Lockean, John Trenchard, used the master to debunk superstitions, noting how easily the mind could be fooled to worship shadows and clouds as gods. The deistic Matthew Tindal wielded Locke like a whip to demand that reason test all Christian beliefs.
Late 19th Cen. Book on Essex Street Unitarian Church in England
The book is entitled "Centenary of Unitarism in England," Charles H. Brigham - 1874.
I've long written about unitarianism and its impact on the political theology of the American Founding. It's important to distinguish between theological unitarianism and Unitarianism as an "official denomination." Theological unitarianism is old and became en vogue during the Enlightenment, leading to official Unitarianism presenting itself at that later time.
The opening of the Essex Street Chapel in England in 1774 marked the first of its kind: They called themselves Unitarian. The preacher was Theophilus Lindsey. In attendance that day were among others Ben Franklin and Joseph Priestley.
Various obstacles had been placed in the way of opening a Chapel with so odious a name. It was intimated that the State would interfere to prevent such sacrilege. The enemies of the Chapel tried to hinder the judges at Westminster from granting license to a house in which the Godhead of Jesus would be denied and the scheme of his Atonement be explained away. Vexatious delays were interposed, and the judges were urged to pause before they authorized a form of Dissent that denied the foundations of dogma as well as the rules of church discipline. When the Chapel was opened, it was really opened without a license, without any written warrant from the authorities of the State. Its preacher might have been arrested, and its doors summarily closed. This fact, nevertheless, did not hinder nearly two hundred persons from coming together in the Upper Room; and it is mentioned that there were about ten coaches at the door; "which I was glad of," says John Lee, the friend of the modest and glad preacher, "because it gave a degree of respectableness to the congregation in the eyes of the people living thereabouts." There was a nobleman in the congregation, Lord Despenser, Dr. Franklin was there; and the famous Dr. Priestley; and Dr. Chambers and Dr. Hinchley, and other clergymen of the Establishment.
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WND/Charles: "Was Benjamin Franklin a Christian?"
I'm critical enough of World Net Daily when they get their facts wrong as they often do. Joshua Charles seems to get it right here. A taste:
Franklin believed that Jesus had more regard "for the heretical but charitable Samaritan" than for "the uncharitable though orthodox priest and sanctified Levite" (see Luke 10:25–37), and "thought much less of these outward appearances and professions than many of his modern disciples. He preferred the doers of the Word to the mere hearers" (see James 1:22). In response to some of his family members who were concerned about the state of his soul, Franklin responded not by appealing to secular arguments, but like many of the other Founders, to the Bible, which he called "that excellent book." "I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue; and the Scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined for what we thought, but what we did; and our recommendation will not be that we said Lord! Lord! but that we did good to our fellow creatures. See Matthew 25."
That's right, Franklin didn't believe in the Protestant doctrine of "Sola Fide" that men are saved through faith or grace alone. But rather that good works/virtue were at the least a component for salvation.
Franklin also didn't affirm orthodox doctrines like the Trinity and Incarnation. Mr. Charles references Franklin's end of life letter to Ezra Stiles noting this.
Hall on Religious Liberty Accomodations
Writing at The Daily Signal, Mark David Hall argues for religious accommodations. A taste:
In the midst of World War II, some schoolchildren refused to salute and pledge allegiance to the American flag for religious reasons. In spite of pleas that state laws requiring these practices were necessary to promote national unity, the United States Supreme Court ruled in 1943 that the First Amendment demanded an exemption for these students. America was still able to win the war.
During Prohibition, religious Americans were permitted to use wine for sacramental purposes. Today, Native Americans are allowed to use the narcotic peyote in religious ceremonies. The abuse of alcohol and drugs has caused great harm, but few would attribute this damage to these accommodations.
In Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972), the Supreme Court famously ruled that Amish families could not be forced to violate their religious convictions by sending their children to public schools. Quakers and others are permitted to affirm rather than swear oaths, in spite of concerns that allowing them to do so poses a risk to the integrity of the judicial system.
The short piece mainly argues for such accommodations on policy as opposed to constitutional grounds and that is good because whether the First Amendment's Free Exercise clause, properly understood, guarantees such is a complicated matter contested on grounds that transcend politics. Legal scholars on the Left and Right fall on both sides of this question.
Justice Scalia, Philip Hamburger and Marci Hamilton on the one side (that the Free Exercise Clause doesn't guarantee such accommodations) v. Justice O'Connor, Douglas Laycock and Michael McConnell on the other (that the FEC does).
I endorse the notion in Smith that the FEC clause does NOT guarantee such accommodations on constitutional grounds. But on policy grounds (statutes, etc.), I support such. Likewise as a libertarian I believe every consenting adult should be able to do peyote regardless of the motivation behind the action.
Tillman: "Justice Jackson's Biblical Metaphor in Youngstown"
From Seth Barrett Tillman writing at The New Reform Club here. A taste:
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) (Jackson, J., concurring):
Just what our forefathers did envision, or would have envisioned had they foreseen modern conditions, must be divined from materials almost as enigmatic as the dreams Joseph was called upon to interpret for Pharaoh.
Id. at 634 (emphasis added).[1]
As usual, Justice Jackson's writing is beautiful and engaging. But is his metaphor apt and sensible?
First, Pharoah's dreams were only enigmatic to Pharoah's courtiers; Joseph—if we take the text at face value—knew precisely what the dreams meant. Thus, the dreams were not inherently "enigmatic". Rather, they were only enigmatic to some people. Second, whether Pharoah had dreams (to use the plural) was the core issue being contested. Joseph's position was that Pharoah only had a "single" dream, not dreams. [Genesis 41:25.] In both these ways, Jackson was wilfully rejecting the plain meaning of the text.
Furthermore, Jackson's point of view is odd. It was Joseph's position which (at the time) was adopted by Pharoah's courtiers: his court. [Genesis 41:37.] In other words, not only is Jackson rejecting plain meaning, Jackson is wilfully choosing to restate the story—not through Joseph's eyes—but through Pharoah's courtier's eyes prior to the time they consented to adopt Joseph's interpretation. Only in this limited way can Jackson make his biblical metaphor work.
Welcome to modernity.
Yes, this -- "modernity" -- is part of the Whig-Enlightenment history that can revise the biblical narrative to "fit" proper outcomes, like the revisionist notion that the Hebrews had a "republic." (When in actuality, they did not; the idea of a "republic" originated in the Greco-Roman tradition and was eventually adopted into the Judeo-Christian one, with an interesting revisionist tale that sold the idea.)
The Latest Notable Piece Criticizing David Barton
Is found at Salon here. A taste:
David Barton is a self-styled historical revisionist who has made it his life's work to instill in doctrinaire conservative Evangelicals and fundamentalists that America was founded as an explicitly Christian nation — that, in fact, it was designed to be a theocracy. (The formal term for his belief system is Christian reconstructionist.) He has written books, given speeches, traveled around the world giving advice on history and government, and he is close to many prominent conservative politicians, preachers, pundits and thought leaders. He runs an organization called Wallbuilders which is "dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America was built." He is one of the most influential "thinkers" in the conservative movement.
The boldface is mine.
If what is written in boldface is true, then God forbid.
Just When I Thought ....
The World Net Daily was getting honest in its approach to religion and the American Founding, they pull me back in. See Drs. John Fea and Warren Throckmorton for the details.
A taste from Throckmorton:
First, [you know who] said Simon & Schuster was going to publish it. They declined.
Today, World Net Daily announced plans to publish a new edition in 2016.
I am looking forward to learning the identity of the "academic endorsements." Why not just post them now on the WND page promoting the book?
Michael and I are up for another round. We have a few academic endorsements of our own.
WND: "John Adams: Unorthodox Christian"
Glad to see they have finally noticed. The comments are also interesting. A taste:
John Adams was a bit more nuanced and definitely more philosophical than Washington in his approach. Without a doubt he always considered himself a Christian, even though he did not believe in the Trinity, placing him by default in the category of an unorthodox Christian (with orthodox for our purposes being defined by the Nicene Creed, which affirms the Trinity). "The human understanding is a revelation from its maker, which can never be disputed or doubted. … No prophecies, no miracles are necessary to prove this celestial communication. This revelation has made it certain that two and one make three, and that one is not three nor can three be one," he once argued. And while he considered Christianity itself a divinely revealed religion, he harbored grave doubts as to the divinity of Jesus, registering his consternation with his much more orthodox son: "An incarnate God!!! An eternal, self-existent, omnipotent omnipresent omniscient Author of this Stupendous Universe, Suffering on a Cross!!! My soul starts with horror at the idea, and it has stupefied the Christian world. It has been the source of almost all the corruptions of Christianity."
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Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Pseudonym: Deotyma (* 1. Juli 1834 in Warschau; † 23. September 1908 ebenda) war eine polnische Schriftstellerin und Dichterin der Romantik.

Herkunft
Deotyma ist die Tochter des Staatsrats, Kämmerers und Kaiserlich-Russischen Kammerjunkers  Wacław Józef Łuszczewski (1806–1867) und die Enkelin des polnischen Ministers Jan Paweł Łuszczewski (1764–1812). Über dessen Großmutter Constance Jauch und deren Nachkommenschaft ist sie eine Cousine zweiten Grades des polnischen Schriftstellers, Autors von Quo Vadis und Nobelpreisträgers für Literatur Henryk Sienkiewicz (1848–1916) und eine entfernte Nichte des polnischen Freiheitskämpfers Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861). Ihre Mutter war die Magdalena gen. Nina Łuszczewska geb. Żółtowska (1806–1869), die einen bedeutenden literarischen Salon unterhielt. Ihr Großvater war der Brigadegeneral Edward Józef Żółtowski (1775–1841), der im polnischen Armeekorps unter Józef Antoni Poniatowski auf Seiten Napoleons kämpfte und unter anderem Teilnehmer der Schlacht an der Beresina und der Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig war.

Wirken
Deotyma unterhielt in der Tradition ihre Elternhauses einen bedeutenden literarischen Salon und war neben ihrem schriftstellerischen Wirken als Stegreifdichterin bekannt.

Ihr bekanntestes Werk ist der Roman "Das Mädchen am Fenster", 1964 unter der Regie von Kaniewski verfilmt und 1968 als Oper von Paciorkiewicz uraufgeführt.

Werke
Tomyra
Improwizacy i poezye (Gedichtsammlung, 2 Bände, Warschau 1854–1858)
Lech (1859)
Polska w Piesni (Geschichte Polens in Gesängen) (2 Bände, Warschau 1859–1860)
Panienka z okienka (Das Mädchen am Fenster) (1898)
Sobieski pod Wiedniem (1908)
Pamiętnik (Erinnerungen) 1834–1897 (1968)

Literatur
Kaczkowski: Deotyma in Krakau, 1854
Aleksander Kraushaar: In Sachen Deotyma, 1922
Aleksander Kraushar: Salony i zebrania literackie warszawskie na schyłku wieku XVIII-go i w ubiegłym stuleciu, Warschau 1916
Polski Slownik Biograficzny Band XVIII, S. 581 ff
J. Rokoszny: Erinnerungen an Deotyma, Radom 1934
Hipolit Skimborowicz: Magdalena (Nina) z Żółtowskich Łuszczewska, wspomnienie pośmiertne, Kłosy. 1869, nr 221, S. 177–179

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Biographie: Deotyma – Jadwiga Łuszczewska (polnisch)
Genealogie Jadwiga Łuszczewska auf Seijmwielki (polnisch)
Film: "Panienka z okienka (Das Mädchen am Fenster)" (polnisch)

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Literatur (19. Jahrhundert)
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Data from: No speed dating please! Patterns of social preference in male and female house mice
Linnenbrink, Miriam, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
von Merten, Sophie, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.21873
Linnenbrink, Miriam; von Merten, Sophie (2018), Data from: No speed dating please! Patterns of social preference in male and female house mice, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.21873
Background: In many animal species, interactions between individuals of different sex often occur in the context of courtship and mating. During these interactions, a specific mating partner can be chosen. By discriminating potential mates according to specific characteristics, individuals can increase their evolutionary fitness in terms of reproduction and offspring survival. In this study, we monitored the partner preference behaviour of female and male wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) from populations in Germany (G) and France (F) in a controlled cage setup for 5 days and six nights. We analysed the effects of individual factors (e.g. population origin and sex) on the strength of preference (selectivity), as well as dyadic factors (e.g. neutral genetic distance and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) dissimilarity) that direct partner preferences. Results: Selectivity was stronger in mice with a pure population background than mixed individuals. Furthermore, female mice with a father from the German population had stronger selectivity than other mice. In this group, we found a preference for partners with a larger dissimilarity of their father's and their partner's MHC, as assessed by sequencing the H2-Eß locus. In all mice, selectivity followed a clear temporal pattern: it was low in the beginning and reached its maximum only after a whole day in the experiment. After two days, mice seemed to have chosen their preferred partner, as this choice was stable for the remaining four days in the experiment. Conclusions: Our study supports earlier findings that mate choice behaviour in wild mice can be paternally influenced. In our study, preference seems to be potentially associated with paternal MHC distance. To explain this, we propose familial imprinting as the most probable process for information transfer from father to offspring during the offspring's early phase of life, which possibly influences its future partner preferences. Furthermore, our experiments show that preferences can change after the first day of encounter, which implies that extended observation times might be required to obtain results that allow a valid ecological interpretation.
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My Yorkie, Willow, suffers from Dermatitis, which is a group of skin conditions that includes atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, and stasis dermatitis. The exact cause is often unclear and can be hard to treat. Dermatitis causes intense itching, skin irritation, redness, sores, and can lead to skin infections, and other awful symptoms.
I have tried so many shampoo options in the past, that I had a hard time keeping track of them all! When I finally found a few options that helped heal and soothe her skin, and didn't make her itching worse, I was thrilled.
There are several reasons why your dog may be experiencing discomfort in the skin he's living in. Let's look at a few causes of itchy skin, and then talk about some great shampoo options to try with your pup to give him some relief, or at least keep his condition from getting worse.
1. Dry Skin – It is very possible that your dog is simply suffering from dry skin. Dry skin can occur from: forced air heating in your home, allergies, parasite infestation, malnutrition, fatty-acid deficiencies, extreme cold, low humidity conditions, and even bathing with the wrong shampoo, and/or bathing too often, can seriously dry out your dog's skin.
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It can be hard to pinpoint the reason why your dog is itching. Dry skin tends to present itself with dry flaky skin patches and dandruff, itching, and possibly some scabs from the constant scratching and the dry skin cracking. However, if dry skin is left untreated for too long, it can quickly turn into a fungal infection because your dog is itching and breaking the skin so often. Fungal infections typically cause a lot of itching and excessive licking which can lead to many or all of the symptoms listed above. Allergies can also cause many of the symptoms above, and can lead to fungal infections as well. Parasite infestations have different symptoms depending on the type of parasite. Fleas and ticks are small, but can be seen, so check your pet over very carefully if new itching episodes have begun.
Because there are so many conditions that can cause itching and skin infections in a pet, be sure to take your pet to the vet as soon as possible when you notice abnormal itching or licking. The sooner you diagnose what is causing the itching, the sooner you can be on the road of comfort and healing for your pet!
Dog Shampoo to the Rescue!
Often times a dog's itchy skin problem cannot be cured by shampoo alone, however it can provide some relief for your dog, help prevent the skin irritation from getting worse, and in some instances it CAN take care of the issue completely.
Today I am going to talk about my favorite dog shampoo options for each of the conditions above, and hopefully one of them can help to heal your dog's itchy skin as well!
1. Nature's Specialties Colloidal Oatmeal Pet Shampoo – This Shampoo is GREAT for dogs that are suffering from dry skin. It contains a blend of: protein, vitamins, aloe vera, emollients, anti oxidants and colloidal oatmeal. Colloidal oatmeal and aloe vera are great for soothing itchy skin, and bringing moisture back in to prevent further flaking and itchy episodes.
– User Reviews – Many said that this was an amazing shampoo with a great scent. It is a gentle shampoo, and helps a pup with dry skin to be comfortable and have a glossy coat once again. There were a few that said it was a bit expensive.
*My Experience – This did help with Willow's dry skin, however she was still itchy, which is what told me that her skin issues went deeper than just a dry skin episode… unfortunately.
– Burt's Bees Oatmeal shampoo and conditioner – *This is also a great option for dry skin. I used this shampoo a lot on my pup the first few years of her life, but as her allergies worsened, she needed a stronger shampoo to help soothe her skin problems.
2. Douxo Calm Shampoo – This shampoo is a great choice for a dog suffering from allergies. It is medicated, and contains hinokitiol and phytosphingosine to help soothe and control skin irritation and severe itching. It is recommended that you speak to your vet about using this product before you try it, and read the directions carefully before using it on your pet.
– User Reviews – The majority of reviews for this shampoo are very good with owners getting great results for their allergic pets! Many people show before and after pictures of their dog with an incredible difference. Hair has grown back, skin is no longer dry, scabbed, or irritated. Some did not see results with this shampoo, but most did!
*My Experience – This shampoo works great for skin allergies, and has helped my Willow immensely, however when she developed yeast infections, sometimes she required the Douxo AntiSeptic shampoo instead.
3. Douxo Chlorhexidine PS AntiSeptic Shampoo – This shampoo is for dogs with severe skin problems and infections. It is medicated as well and contains chlorhexidine and phytosphingosine salicyloyl (0.05%), lipacide c8g (2.5%) and chlorhexidine(3%). This shampoo is made to protect your dogs skin from irritation and loss of moisture. This should be used for the management of superficial and severe skin conditions that are responsive to chlorhexidine. Again, speak to your vet about your dogs condition, and get permission from your vet before giving this product a go.
– User reviews – There are hundreds of amazing reviews for this product. Some buyers have said that it has taken their dog's itching away completely. Others say that it helped wounds heal practically overnight, and bald spots began growing new hair quickly! Many say that it was their last hope, and one even said, "It is nothing short of a miracle." Only a few people mentioned that it did not seem to help their pet.
*My Experience – My vet introduced me to Douxo products for my Yorkshire Terrier, and we never went back. She itched less, hair began to grow back around her eyes and armpits, and her hyperpigmentation started to go away! Douxo products have changed the lives of dogs and cats everywhere, giving them back their quality of life, and turning them into a happy and comfortable pet once again!
– I have listed some other Douxo products that you can use for management in between shampoos below.
Douxo Chlorhexidine PS Micro-Emulsion Spray – Sprays directly onto the pet to keep skin feeling great between baths.
Douxo 30 Count Chlorhexidine 3-Percent PS Pads – These wipes are great for targeting problem areas, like paws, legs, or armpit areas, that bother your pet the most. I have used these to wipe my pups feet after she comes inside to help control her allergies.
4. Adams Plus Flea & Tick Shampoo – This shampoo uses Precor to kill fleas, ticks, flea eggs, flea larvae, and lice. It is VERY effective and worked great when my little Willow got fleas one time. It provides 28 days of control of pre-adult fleas and contains soothing additives such as: lanolin, oatmeal, and coconut extract.
– User Reviews – Most people say that this product worked great for their pet, killing all the fleas and ticks and leaving their pet's skin and coat in good condition. However a few people said that it dried out their dogs skin and/or hair.
–Wahl Dog/Pet Flea and Tick shampoo – Wahl's Flea and Tick Shampoo is a great option for flea and tick control without the use of toxic chemicals. It is formulated with rosemary, mint and cedar oil to naturally repel fleas and ticks for up to 1 week! Plant derived ingredients ensures safety for your dog and yourself when using this product to prevent against fleas and ticks. They only use safe ingredients approved for human use, unlike other options, and it is PEG-80 Free.
*Note* This product will not kill off a flea infestation, but it works great in preventing them in the first place.
I cannot stress enough how important it is to talk to your vet about your dog's skin. They see these problems every day, can recognize different issues quickly, and recommend the best treatment plan for your pet.
*Did you know that itchiness can also be caused by food allergies? I have created a post about some of the best dry dog food for Yorkies, but they really are great choices for all small dogs! All of my top picks are grain free, and a few of them have protein options that are geared towards a food sensitive dog. Check it out here!
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Hi Sarae, Thank you so much for all the work you have done sourcing these shampoos and trying them out on Willow to find the best one. My daughter-in-law has a little long haired dog, not a true yorkie but close enough and very cute too. I know they have a lot of problems with his skin so I will certainly tell her about all these shampoos and she can try them out until she find which would be best for Buddy.
Great recommendations! I know that it can be so hard to watch your dog when he has itchy skin. My dog would break out every fall due to a pollen allergy. I wish I had known about these shampoos sooner! Thanks!
Thanks for all of the information! My little Dachshy has flaky, dry skin, so I'll be looking into these products.
even if your dog is not itchy, is it a good idea to use these? I mean… why wait for the itch, would this be good for preventative measures?
wow, very well written and elaborate guide you've written there. Thank you so much for taking the time trying and comparing all those shampoos. I thinks it's pretty cool that all of them worked and that none of them is a scam (or even worse, harms your dog). I am wondering, though: Do these shampoos work for ALL dogs (with all different kinds of fur? Or would you suggest different shampoos for dogs with shorter fur, for example?


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It's back. My weekly newsletter of … interesting things I found to read on the web about journalism, media, politics and all the other weird cult-thinks and nonsense I am into. Subscribe to it here.
I often mention the grief and abuse that I get sent on social media and through email about the work that I do, but I wanted today to add something else to that. Since I started doing the London leg of the Guardian's US politics live blog I have also received so many lovely, warm, light-hearted, appreciative emails from readers, like no other thing I've ever worked on. It's been really heart-warming.
"The secretary of state for culture is trying to ignite a fake 'culture war' in the arts, museums and heritage sector. Dowden trained his sights on the Museum of the Home, a non-departmental public body, in Hackney, London. The museum had recently changed its name from that of the slave trader Robert Geffrye, and a public consultation was considering community demands for a 1912 reproduction of a statue of Geffrye to be relocated from above the entrance. 'As the prime minister has stated, we cannot pretend to have a different history,' Dowden warned in a leaked letter to trustees."
"The UK government is trying to draw museums into a fake culture war" – Dan Hicks
Paul Clarke made me laugh here with this line up in the opening pars: "I do know that lawyers are never, ever going to be rewarded for underestimating a risk".
He's a photographer and this is an interesting look at what happens when something goes viral in a way that wasn't intended – in this case the fateful photoshoot of a model dressed as a ballerina who later became Fatima, the ballerina who the government wanted to retrain as *checks notes* 'cyber'.
Amazing first person piece by journalist Georgia Coan about living with OCD that opens "I'm insecure about my hands".
"Nowadays, it seems that the Black people being favoured as 'community spokespeople' by the mainstream media are the ones who are keen to downplay anti-Blackness, and minimise or deny the existence of racism altogether. Hardcore right-wing organisations such as Toby Young's Free Speech Union and Turning Point UK have dedicated themselves to fighting "wokeness" by recruiting these people, just to place them front and centre and deflect accusations of racism. "Some of our best friends are Black." Blah, blah, blah. The age of these people is also interesting to me. They all seem to be fairly young and lack life experience. There's no appreciation for the sacrifices made by their elders that enable them to live life as freely as they do. They don't seem to understand what life was like when Teddy Boys roamed the streets looking for Black people to violently attack. They have no grasp of how frustrating it was before legislation forced a tiny crack in a few doors open, to allow a few Black people to gain management positions."
"Black right-wing 'spokespeople' do not speak for me" – Ava Vidal, gal-dem
The Guardian have informed us this week that unless you are required to be in the office for specific roles, they anticipate we will all be working remotely until at least the end of January. I feel strangely mixed about it. I've got a perfectly good office set-up at home, and I'm mostly covering events 3,000 miles away so it hardly matters if I'm in Walthamstow or Kings Cross. And even if they re-opened the office, there's no way I'd want to go back to commuting five days a week. And yet it feels quite a heavy and monotonous burden looking that far ahead and seeing no change.
A fab new thing from the ever-excellent VOLE.WTF stable of Matt Round.
"We trained a neural network on street art to create GANksy, a twisted visual genius for unsettled times. You can buy the full-size signed art to print/resell/whatever, starts at £1 but rises by a quid each time one's bought…"
The murky depths of this…
"At the heart of the problem are programs or apps that can rapidly calculate near-perfect moves in any situation. To counter these engines, players in more and more top matches must agree to be recorded by multiple cameras, be available on Zoom or WhatsApp at any time, and grant remote access to their computers. They may not be allowed to leave their screens, even for toilet breaks. In some cases they must have a "proctor" or invigilator search their room and then sit with them throughout a match. It has also suggested eye-tracking programs may be a way to raise a red flag if a player appears to be looking away with suspicious frequency."
Chess's cheating crisis: 'paranoia has become the culture' – Archie Bland
"An actor writing their own character sounds like a recipe for an insane ego trip" writes James Cooray Smith as he has a look at *checks notes* famously ego-free William Shatner writing Star Trek books and comics about *checks notes* famously ego-free James T Kirk. Along the way I was reminded that Walter Koenig wrote a script for Star Trek: The Animated Series. What a time to be alive the 1970s was.
"Star Trek: When actors write" – James Cooray Smith
If they introduce Premier League B-teams into the lower leagues I will simply just not renew my season ticket. I will never pay to watch my club's first XI be forced to play somebody else's reserves in a training exercise masquerading as a league fixture. I will just never do it.
Emma Garland for Vice on how she literally wouldn't exist if it wasn't for live music.
"My dad's band played at my mam's 21st birthday party, which is something they discovered several years later when they actually met. At some point, their paths crossed; two music lovers thrown together by the heaving local gig circuit of the South Wales Valleys in the 1980s. Nights out at Llanharan Rugby Club and The Navel in Tonypandy; group coaches to London to see bands at The Marquee; dinner in someone's front room – socialising involved music, always, not just for my parents but for anyone with a passing interest in rock music."
It's a lovely tribute to growing up in a family obsessed with music and gigs.
Talking of which I AM ABSOLUTELY CURSED about going to see OMD. I'd manage to get a very limited ticket to go and see their socially distanced gig at the O2 next weekend. It's just been cancelled, for very understandable reasons – Andy got Covid and travelling from Tier 3 Merseyside to Tier 2 London is currently a no-no. This is now the fifth consecutive OMD gig in the space of twelve months that I have had tickets for that has either then been cancelled, or I have been suddenly unable to attend because reasons.
Frustrated but heartfelt plea from Marc Almond on the current plight of musicians.
As you may have noticed, since lockdown relaxed I have been doing a series of online shows with various London based Musicians I have the pleasure of working with. Most of these shows have been free with a choice of donating to pay musicians, studio and costs. So many of you around the world have been generous and supportive and participated in these unique events for our time. The past two Marc Life shows have been ticketed shows. This is because the shows involved a lot of work and many people taking part, many who currently have no or not much work. Costs have been high. I hoped the shows would have done better and, once again, many of you put your hand in your pocket to buy a ticket. Sadly, viewing figures were far less than the previous live shows for maybe a number of reasons. It's a shame as the Bolan show in particular involved a lot of work. I hoped it would do better but it ended up covering nowhere near the costs. The same with the first Marc Life featuring an exclusive Soft Cell performance. Sadly, I now have to abandon this format all together as in this time it's hard for me to make such losses.
He goes on to say that he is very privileged, but a lot of people in the industry are now really suffering financially.
Incidentally, Gary Numan has also abandoned his plans for series of paid for online acoustic videos because they were getting pirated.
Phil BC asks "Why do the Tories Hate the Arts?"
This is a lovely review of a lovely song by a lovely person I know. Honestly, my heart just crashes to the ground as it slides into the chorus. As they say, "it also conveys the strength of somewhat obsessional thoughts and the slowly dissipating energy of becoming stranger when once you were intimate".
Popoptica review: Charley Stone – Does She Mention Me?
There's some free electronica happening tonight* online: Plugged IN is on from 7pm and features Ned Rush, Halina Rice, Perplex On, Azzura and Arconic. The event page is here.
[*assuming you opened this email very very promptly, and why wouldn't you?]
Can I also point you in the direction of VEMOM #8 on Twitch? It is on Thursday 22 October 2020 at 8pm, and will feature a plethora of live sets and videos from electronic artists. There will be 10 minutes of my spooky tunes from m-orchestra wedged in there somewhere. Subscribe to twitch.tv/vemomtv
I can't recommend the new Catherine Anne Davies and Bernard Butler record enough.
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Aberfan →


Following the rally we will march from the Athletic fields to Highland Recreation Center, an early voting site for Catawba County. Any registered Catawba County voter can early vote on that day!
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GOD FRIENDED ME: Actor Joe Morton discusses Arthur's motivations – interview
By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/19/2018
In CBS's freshman Sunday night comedy/drama GOD FRIENDED ME, someone claiming to be the Almighty friends New York resident Miles Finer (Brandon Micheal Hall). Miles is an atheist, so he doesn't believe the account belongs to God, but he can't deny that whoever it is makes some very helpful suggestions about what Miles should be doing. Miles' belief system and the sexuality of Miles' sister Ali (Javicia Leslie) are both challenges for their very traditional father, Reverend Arthur Finer, played by native New Yorker Joe Morton. Morton has just come off six years in his Emmy-winning role on SCANDAL as […]Read On »
SUPERGIRL: Carl Lumbly on playing Martian Manhunter's father and Season 3 – Exclusive Interview
The CW's SUPERGIRL, in its third season on Monday nights and renewed for a fourth, is part of the network's DC-verse, a slate that also includes ARROW, THE FLASH, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, and BLACK LIGHTNING. The headline extraterrestrials in SUPERGIRL are obviously Kryptonians – Supergirl, aka Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist), Kara's slightly less-famous cousin Mon-El (Chris Wood) and Kara's slightly more famous cousin, recurring guest character Kal-El, aka Superman (Tyler Hoechlin), to say nothing of their sometimes adversarial relatives. However, SUPERGIRL also has Martians. First, there was the Department of Extraterrestrial Affairs director Hank Henshaw (David Harewood), who turned out […]Read On »
Movie Review: JUSTICE LEAGUE
By RACHEL REITSLEFF 11/17/2017
Rating: PG-13 Stars: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Ciaran Hinds, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams Writers: Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon, story by Zack Snyder and Chris Terrio, based on characters created by Bob Kane & Bill Finger and William Moulton Marston and Joe Shuster & Jerry Siegel Director: Zack Snyder Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: November 17, 2017 JUSTICE LEAGUE has been awaited with some skepticism. Part of this is due to the fact that a lot of people weren't too wild about its direct predecessors, MAN OF STEEL, which brought forth Henry […]Read On »
Exclusive Photos from the World Premiere of JUSTICE LEAGUE in Hollywood
By SUE SCHNEIDER 11/15/2017
Warner Bros. Pictures held the World Premiere of JUSTICE LEAGUE November 13th at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Fans were everywhere on the street and even lining inside up to the stairs inside the Hollywood/Highland complex. JUSTICE LEAGUE is a big screen epic action adventure featuring a lineup of DC Super Heroes. The stars that are portraying these Super Heroes all showed up. Seen walking the carpet: Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Ben Affleck (Batman), Henry Cavill (Superman), Jason Momoa (Aquaman), Ezra Miller (Flash), Ray Fisher (Cyborg), Amber Heard (Mera), JK Simmons (Commissioner Gordon), Connie Nielsen (Queen Hippolyta), Diane Lane (Martha […]Read On »
Dorking Out – Episode 57: The Dunkirk Goes To Comic-Con Edition
By SONIA MANSFIELD 07/24/2017
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Welcome back to the POP SHOW PODCAST starring Anthony C. Ferrante. This week we get a sneak peak at all the new music the band Quint performed for SHARKNADO: THE FOURTH AWAKENS. We also get some more behind-the-scenes teasers to the movie that debuts on the SyFy channel on July 31. We also have a nice discussion about some of the new trailers that were shown during the 2016 San Diego Comic Con including JUSTICE LEAGUE, WONDER WOMAN, STAR TREK DISCOVERY, BLAIR WITCH and more. This week Anthony is joined by Ryan Mitchelle, Chris Smith (@JettJergens), Sonia Mansfield (@TheSoniaShow) and myself […]Read On »
DORKING OUT – Special Bulletin: The Comic-Con Trailers Edition
Hey there, dorks. What do you call it when there's a bunch of trailers together? A herd? A gaggle? A murder? Anyway, a bunch of new trailers that were unveiled at Comic-Con last week. We could wait until next week's episode to talk about them, so we have a very special episode of Dorking Out for you. We're calling it Dorking Out: Special Bulletin. AssignmentX's own associate editor Peter Brown joins us, and we talk about a lot of great trailers from JUSTICE LEAGUE and WONDER WOMAN to FX's series LEGION and KING ARTHUR, which for some reason leads to a […]Read On »
SUPERGIRL: David Harewood on playing a Martian superhero – exclusive interview
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Q: Unpack dictionary that contains a list of dictionaries and insert in columns With the data below, I'm trying to unfold a dictionary that contains a list of dictionaries, and then group each key with the corresponding values of the other dictionaries together. For example:
result = {
    'themes' : [{
            'a' : 'orange',
            'b' : 6,
            'c' : 'neutral',
            'd' : 6,
            'e' : 0.24
        }, {
            'a' : 'banana',
            'b' : 6,
            'c' : 'neutral',
            'd' : 6,
            'e' : 0.16
        }, {
            'a' : 'phone',
            'b' : 5,
            'c' : 'neutral',
            'd' : 5,
            'e' : 0.02
        }
    ]
}

...should become something along these lines:
themes={'a' : ['orange','banana', 'phone']}

count={'b' : [6,6,5]}

s_score={'c' : [neutral, neutral, neutral]}

...and so on.
I've looked here, here, and here among other places, but couldn't find something close enough to what I want to do. This came pretty close, but it's checking for at least one or more common values, whereas mine should group common keys. I know I can separate the outer key from the values like this:
>>>(k, v), = result.items()
>>>k
>>>'themes'
>>>v
>>>[{
        'a' : 'orange',
        'b :6,
        'c' : 'neutral',
        'd' : 6,
        'e' : 0.24
    }, {
        'a' : 'banana',
        'b' : 6,
        'c' : 'neutral',
        'd' : 6,
        'e' : 0.16
    }, {
        'a' : 'phone',
        'b' : 5,
        'c' : 'neutral',
        'd' : 5,
        'e' : 0.02
    }
]

but how do I get the v list of dictionaries to the way I described? Do I have to convert them to sets first?
To make my intention clear, my ultimate goal is iterate through the list of values of the keys that I want to keep, so I can enter them into their respective columns in my fairly basic flask-sqlalchemy SQLite database. So in the end I'll be able to query and get them displayed as html:
+-----------------+----------+----------+-------+
|       a         |    b     |    c     |   d   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+-------+
|     orange      |   2.4    | neutral  |   6   |
|     banana      |   1.6    | neutral  |   6   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+-------+

A: You should first flatMap all your values in the list of tuples ([('a', 'orange'), ('c', 'neutral'), ('b', '6')..]) and then groupBy first element. I would do it this way:
import itertools

pairs =  itertools.chain.from_iterable([d.items() for d in result["themes"]])
result = {}
for key, elem in pairs:
    result.setdefault(key, []).append(elem)
print result

A: dict1 = {}
for eachKey in list(set(",".join(each.keys()) for each in result["themes"]))[0].split(","):
    dict1[eachKey] = [each[eachKey] for each in result["themes"]]
print dict1

It will reduce your result to following dictionary-
{'a': ['orange', 'banana', 'phone'], 'c': ['neutral', 'neutral', 'neutral'], 'b': ['6', 6, 5], 'e': [0.24, 0.16, 0.02], 'd': [6, 6, 5]}

A: Try this using defaultdict
from collections import defaultdict
d = defaultdict(list)
for i,j in result.iteritems():
    for k in j:
        for l,m in k.iteritems():
            d[l].append(m)
>>>d
defaultdict(<type 'list'>, {'a': ['orange', 'banana', 'phone'], 'c': ['neutral', 'neutral', 'neutral'], 'b': ['6', 6, 5], 'e': [0.24, 0.16, 0.02], 'd': [6, 6, 5]})

Now you can parse it by
themes = {'a':d['a']}
>>>themes
{'a': ['orange', 'banana', 'phone']}

And so on.Hope this helps

A: You can keep themes, count and score in one dictionary -- final_dict.
In code:
>>> lst = result['themes']
>>> final_dict = {}

>>> for d in lst:
...    for (k, v) in d.items():
...        final_dict.setdefault(k, []).append(v)
>>> print final_dict

{'a': ['orange', 'banana', 'phone'], 'c': ['neutral', 'neutral', 'neutral'], 'b': [6, 6, 5], 'e': [0.24, 0.16, 0.02], 'd': [6, 6, 5]}

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Mary Beth Susman
by Emma Hennessey | Mar 6, 2019 | District5 | 0 comments
Running for: District 5 (incumbent)
Supervised-Use Sites & the Opioid Crisis
Nationally, people are now more-likely to die from an opioid overdose than from a car crash. In Colorado, opioid-related deaths have tripled in the past fifteen years, and Denver's rates of opioid- related deaths are markedly higher than that of the rest of the state. Last year, Denver City Council authorized a pilot supervised-use site, which would provide a safe space with trained professionals and medical supplies for people who use drugs but aren't yet in recovery. Such sites are proven to drastically reduce harm and prevent death by overdose. They provide a pathway to recovery and there has been a positive association between using a supervised use site and starting in addiction treatment.
Do you support the continuance of the city's plan to open a supervised use site in Denver (pending state legislation)?
In addition to your support or opposition of supervised use sites, what are your plans to address the opioid crisis in Denver?
It looks like this issue died in the state legislature for this year, but yes I supported the plan. I also hope that this year will provide us more research data on its effectiveness. I learned that in Denver about 80% of opioid deaths occur inside a home. I'd like to work on that problem even more, particularly because of how it must be affecting my constituents.
Cash Bail
When people are accused of a crime, they often spend extraordinary amounts of time in jail because they are not able to afford and quickly pay even low amounts of bail. The longer a person sits behind bars, the higher their chance of experiencing physical and mental health issues due to inadequate care is. Additional consequences can include loss of employment and/or housing. The bond industry further exacerbates the health effects of the cash bail system by exploiting low-income people and people of color, adding stress and fear to an already difficult situation, and worsening the inequitable negative mental and physical health outcomes of the accused.
Do you support ending cash bail in Denver? Why or why not?
What other policies would you pursue to reduce the detrimental health effects of the existing criminal justice system?
Absolutely. As for other effects, I see that our jails have become de factor mental health institutions and our officers mental health workers. I have and will continue to work to strengthen and broaden our mental health system, continue to approve increases in budget for 1st responders to get training, hire social and mental health workers.
Tobacco & E-Cigarettes
Colorado's kids use e-cigarettes at twice the national rate and 91,000 of our youth will die prematurely from the health effects of tobacco. Annual health care costs in our state from the effects of smoking are $1.89 billion. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death and disability in Denver. There are a number of proven ways to stem the tobacco and e-cigarette crisis: licensure of tobacco and e-cigarette sales, increasing taxes on those products, and raising the age of purchase to 21 are some the most effective.
Do you support raising the age of purchase to 21 for cigarettes and other tobacco products such as chewing tobacco?
Do you support enacting licensure requirements and increasing the taxes on tobacco and nicotine products for the city of Denver?
Yes and Yes. Although the campaign against cigarettes that made it uncool for teenagers (and everyone) had the biggest effect on decreasing use by all, more than age restriction, advertising bans, health warnings combined.
Mental Health Care
The need for improved mental and behavioral health care in our city is vast: 20 percent of Denverites deal with a daily mental health or addiction issue. In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for those between the ages of 10 and 24 and 1-in-8 Denver Public School students have seriously thought about suicide. Currently, only 40 percent of people with daily mental health or addiction issues receive adequate care. Recognizing the severity of the issue, Denver voters in 2018 overwhelmingly passed Initiated Ordinance 301, also known as Caring 4 Denver. The 0.25 percent sales tax will fund mental health services, facilities, suicide prevention, opioid and substance use prevention, first-responder training, and more.
A to-be-determined nonprofit organization will be administering the Caring 4 Denver funds. How would you prioritize utilizing the funds to address mental and behavioral health and addiction needs in the city of Denver? What can the city do beyond Caring 4 Denver to address these issues?
I voted against the Caring 4 Denver issue because I think it adds just another darn layer to people receiving care. Also it was another sales tax increase which is a regressive tax where lower income people will pay a larger percentage of their income for the service than higher income people will. And the accountability, criteria, expected outcomes of the non-profit organization are murky. I might have voted for it if it increased the funding for Denver Health's mental health services, Denver Mental Health Center services and housing inventory, and other extant mental health providers directly, and used another source of funds than a sales tax. I would rely on our mental health professionals to prioritize the use of the funds.
Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
In Denver, the number of individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness between 2015 and 2018 has increased 58 percent – from 827 to 1,308 people. Unsheltered means persons not in places meant for habitation, i.e. streets, bridges, abandoned buildings, and outdoor camps. Moreover, 30 percent of the Metro Denver homeless population reported experiencing chronic homelessness. The City of Denver is seeking solutions to assist individuals experiencing homelessness in our community that strike the right balance between housing options, shelters, and resources for these individuals to transition into a stable environment long-term.
How do we best serve the needs of people who are experiencing homelessness in Denver?
What specific policies would you pursue and/or ordinances would you modify?
We need to build homes for homeless people. "Housing First" has been shown to be the best route out of homelessness. In the meantime, we have to up our game in the shelters, making them more commodious, having shelters that allow couples, and give them some privacy, shelters that allow pets, etc. The city council has approved about $30 M/year to the effort to provide affordable housing. A similar infusion of funds is needed for the homeless situation. And for those with severe mental health problems, or drug addictions, we need to increase our funding for places with wrap around social and medical services.
Colorado is facing disproportionate effects of climate change. Here in Denver, we are seeing substantial increases in the number of days each year topping 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Those temperatures exacerbate illnesses like asthma and cardiovascular disease, cause earlier snow melt, increase ozone pollution, and worsen long-standing water supply problems. The city has created the 80×50 Climate Action Plan, which highlights key strategies in the three sectors most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions in the city: buildings, transportation, and electricity generation. Denver's long-term greenhouse gas reduction goal is to reduce emissions 80 percent below 2005 baselines levels by 2050. Today, many clean energy technologies, such as wind, solar, and battery storage, are available.
Do you support the city's 80×50 Climate Action Plan?
What additional policies or practices should be implemented to protect our air, water, and the public's health?
Yes, and I led the city council committee on the Green Roofs initiative to increase the scope of building construction that reduces carbon, the urban heat island effect, the use of fossil fuel energy. I also encouraged the building department to expect that new construction have accommodation for electric cars such as charging stations. We are replacing the city's fleet of automobiles to electric as we go. I am working with urban drainage to create more permeable spaces in our neighborhoods and daylighting underground streams so that storm water can be cleaned better as it flows to the Platte. I am the council representative on the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District , a body made up of representatives from the greater metropolitan area that work on cleaning up all the water in our region. I sat on the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District for four years, a regional group also managing water. I could bore you to tears about clean water practices as they effect municipalities.


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Are the Buckeyes back in the Big Ten race?
Black/White Who is really prejudice?
The facts on Ohio State!!
Trev Alberts Is A Joke!!!
Ohio St. Cornerbacks: Who are they and how will Miami exploit them?
Fiesta Bowl...Pregame Hype & Trash Talk!!!
My breakdown and prediction of the Fiesta bowl Ohio St vs Miami!!
If you STILL don't think Ohio State should be there?
Great article for Buckeye fans!!
Is anyone else tired of hearing this?
Was it a pass interference?
Apology to Dirk and WWE!!!
2 National Titles in OHIO!!!!
Miami's weapons who are they and how will Ohio St exploit them??
Why so many Bucks fans?
Final Poll - Miami #2?
Miami sucumbs to O.S.U. defence !!!
How do you think John Cooper Feels Today?
Wow....Willis McGahee Tore 3 Ligaments!!!
iS THEIR A dOCTOR IN THE hOUSE?
Should There Be A Playoff ???
possilbe rematch in the sugar bowl next year.
Best Bowl Game Performance Ever??
It's official Louis Irizary to Miami !
Ohio St National title on NOW!!
Div 1-AA Non Scholarship Schools?


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Dual-mode Wi-Fi and cellular services could make it big this summer as Cincinnati Bell Wireless and T-Mobile both launch new services.
Cincinnati Bell Wireless has launched a new service that allows people to use one handset that switches between a Wi-Fi and cellular network.
The service, called CB Home Run, works using a dual-mode Wi-Fi and cellular phone that lets users switch between the two networks depending on which one offers the best signal. Cincinnati Bell is using the Nokia 6086 handset, which contains radios for both Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity. The operator is offering the phone for about $65 with a $15 rebate. It works with Wi-Fi networks in homes and offices as well as with Cincinnati Bell's more than 300 Wi-Fi hotspots around Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio.
The phone company claims that calls made using the Wi-Fi network provide better reception in problematic areas, such as basements and elevators. And for $10 extra a month, subscribers can make unlimited calls when those calls originate on the Wi-Fi network.
The service uses technology referred to as UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access), which allows a single mobile-phone number to work over both the GSM cellular and Wi-Fi networks.
T-Mobile USA has been testing a similar service in Seattle for several months. And it's expected to take the service nationwide later this summer.


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Mae Klong Railway Market (Hoop Rom Market) is a local market in Samut Songkhram Province, It is considered one of amazing-Thailand attractions in the province. Spreading over a 100-metre length, the market is located by the railway near Mae Klong Railway Station, Mueng District, Samut Songkhram Province. It is a common fresh market selling seafood, vegetable, fruits, fresh and dried food, meats and other miscellaneous goods. Then visit Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Ratchaburi is one of the most popular floating markets in Thailand. Every day many Thai and foreign tourists travel here to shop, eat, and absorb the atmosphere of Thailand water markets that have been like this for over a 100 years.
Pick up the tour participants from various hotels.
Arrive at the Mae Klong Train Market (locally called as Talad Rom Hoop). You will see a train passing through the busy market place and watch the market vendors chaotically pulling aside their tables of vegetable, local produce and meats out of the way. It is a unique and breathing-taking scene.
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Nija Charles - Biography
Songwriter, Record producer
LoveHappy, Ring, I Do
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Born on :
October 20, 1998 (age 22)
Birth Name /
Nija Charles
Union, New Jersey, USA
Father's Name:
"Pookie"
Mother's Name:
Tracy Charles
Siblings:
Zoe Charles (younger sister)
Union High School
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Who is Nija Charles?
Nija Charles is an American songwriter.
Credit: Instagram (Nija Charles)
Nija Charles: Age, Family, Education
Nija Charles' birth took place on October 20, 1997, in Union, New Jersey, United States. Her mother's name is Tracy Charles and her father goes by the stage name Pookie. She has a younger sister too named Zoe, who is 16 years old (as of December 20, 2019).
Education, Ethnicity
Charles studied at the Kawameeh Middle School and later at the Union High School. While in high school, she ran track, was a cheerleader and graduated with honors from the same. She went on to enroll at the New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. As her career was already on the rise and having to fly to the studio every weekend tired her out, she dropped out.
Her ethnicity is African-American.
Nija Charles: Family Inspiration
Her father worked as a D.J. while her mother is a dancer. She is not the second generation in her family to be musicians. Her grandmother was in a choir while her uncle and aunt produce.
So, Nija Charles started playing musical instruments from an early age. She shared that her mother was the one who made both her and her sibling- sister Zoe learn to play at least one musical instrument. Recalling, she said,
"My mom made it mandatory in our house that my sister and I had to learn one instrument. I started off playing the flute in third grade. I'm a short girl and I had short fingers, but I didn't really want to play the flute at first — I wanted to play the saxophone.
But because my fingers were so small, I had to play the flute instead. I just wanted to learn to play all different instruments. I learned to play the piano a little bit by ear."
Credit: nj (Nija Charles)
When she was around 7 years old, she saw her uncle and aunt produce music with Fruity Loops. Inspired, she hassled them until she got to try it herself.
At the age of 13, she asked her mom for a mini keyboard so that she could produce. Her mom agreed on one condition- she needed to bring straight A's. Nija Charles delivered the A's and soon was "banging" on the piano. She then turned to songwriting. At college she was making beats from her dorm room.
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Nija Charles: Relationship, Boyfriend, Affair
Nija Charles is in a romantic relationship. But the name of her boyfriend, the guy she is dating has not been introduced to the public. She did wish her man happy valentine's day on February 14, 2019 via Instagram.
Credit: Instagram (Nija Charles with her boyfriend)
Nija Charles captioned the picture "Life is good...but even better with you in it. #happyvalentinesday??"
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Nija Charles: Career
After dropping out of college, she moved to Glendale, California. She already was working with major artists while a student at the college, starting from February 2017. Through her manager, Christian McCurdy, she had the opportunity to work with J Grand, the A&R executive from RCA. Grand needed writers and Charles had 10 minutes time to rush in and grab the opportunity.
In November 2017 she signed a deal with Universal Music Publishing Group and worked on three songs of Meek Mill's album Champions. The album reached at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In 2017 she also collaborated with Lecrae, Lyrica Anderson, Daniel Skye, Tone Stith, The Carters, Christian Lalama, Kid Ink.
The following year in 2018, she worked with Bia, Kodie Shane, among others. The same year she worked on albums of Cardi B, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Meek Mill and 21 Savage's album I Am > I Was. She worked with Cardi B in songs such as Ring, I Do, One Me while writing for Mill Meek's Uptown Vibes featuring Fabolous and Anuel AA, and 24/7 featuring Ella Mai.
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Nija Charles wrote Heard About Us with Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and LoveHappy with Beyonce, Jay-Z and songwriting duo Nova Wav. Three of her songs were nominated for the 61st Grammys and celebrated Grammy wins for albums of Cardi B, Beyonce, and Jay-Z.
As of March 2019, Charles is already working with Sean Paul, Stefflon Don, Eric Bellinger, OG Parker, ELHAE, Big Krit, Rich The Kid.
Meet Beyoncé, 21 Savage, Jay-Z and Cardi B's songwriter who started making beats from her dorm room!
Nija Charles: Net Worth, Salary
Her net worth has been estimated at around $300k while the figure on her annual salary has not been shared with the public.
Nija Charles: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
On social media Nija Charles is active on handles including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter with thousands of followers.
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[* black] Take a dry can blower. Or if in lack, use an empty plastic bottle, without moisture inside, and use it to blow on the autofocus sensors.
[* black] They are located at the bottom under the mirror. NOTE Do not blow with your mouth, small amount of moistermoisture will hit the CCD also located here.
[* black] Reattach the lens. Push the lens, white point to white point and turn the lens in place.


Here you will be able to view our bakery items and see prices.
Here you are going to find an amazing variety of dog treats in many different shapes and flavors, handmade with natural, organic, and non-GMO ingredients.
Of course we can customize and personalize your order!


This holiday season I was very fortunate to receive a Wii. Much as many others out there, I had been wanting this amazing little unit ever since it came out. The fact that it's the most affordable of all three next-gen systems does make it more appealing, though it's high demand means that you're lucky to find one anywhere. Especially for Christmas. Now that the holidays are behind us, we can only hope that supply will begin to catch up with the demand.
I have read and heard many wonderful stories about the Wii of course. Yet I must say, that nothing really compares to trying it out first hand. When it comes to the exciting new control method that is the Wii Remote, playing is believing. Though right now our library is limited, with three titles including the obligatory Wii Sports, as well as Wii Play and Cooking Mama, it suffices in generating excitement about this new technology.
We must have spend pretty much all of Christmas day playing the Wii, and that's just with the first two games as we got Cooking Mama more recently. The first thing I noticed is just how strange it felt to be moving this much while playing a game! Sure I've played my share of Guitar Hero and DDR, but this is rather different. These are not rhythm games, so it's a new experience all together. Some of Wii Sports is fairly leisurely, but other parts of it, such as Tennis, Baseball, and Boxing are much more physically intense. At one point after three rounds of Boxing I started to actually break a sweat. Awesome.
The original idea was to set up the Wii on Christmas Eve and subject the rest of my family to its hypnotic powers, but it just didn't happen. I pleaded, but my family just wasn't into it at all. Plus it was late and everybody was tired. Oh well. So I yet have to convince them of just how great this piece of equipment really is. Since the move,there hasn't been any time to arrange a get-together, but I hope to remedy this in the coming months.
So yes, the Wii is excellent for getting you more physically engaged with its games, and yes it is also fairly intuitive to pick up thanks to the Wii Remote controller. However, I find there is one other aspect of this console that makes it smarter than other consoles. Beyond playing games, the main menu on the Wii is arranged into "channels." Two channels in particular caught my interest. Aside from your Mii Channel, Photo Channel, and the Shop Channel you also have a Forecast Channel and a News Channel. The latter both get the most current information off the net, and I found myself spending a bit of time with both.
When you access these channels, you have the capability of spinning the globe by holding and the dragging on the map next to your particular news or weather item on screen. This essentially provides several functions. For one, as the article or weather item fades away, you are left with an interactive globe which is just fun for a quick geography lesson (and even a little star gazing!). Consequently you can check the weather in most other places in the world, which is in fact of particular interest to me. And finally, when in the News Channel, you can see various articles placed on the globe to read wherever you're looking. So if I'm spinning the globe towards Asia, and I see some articles piled up in Japan, I get curious as to what's going on over there and generally read some of them.
Yes, these are all very simple devices, and you can certainly access all of that information and more online. Still, this intuitive visual model of information around the world brings the element of curiosity into play the way that using Google does not. I suspect that this may be particularly useful for a younger audience. Perhaps it will help to make Wii users around the world more informed as to what's going on globally. I don't know, but I think the potential is there. Besides, one can always hope.
Ultimately, I am very much a fan of the Wii. I think it has opened the door for a multitude of applications that are unconventional and innovative which we have but only glimpsed the beginning of. Is the Wii going to save the world? No not really. Will it help to make the world a better place? Well, maybe. Is it going to revolutionize the future of electronic gaming? Absolutely.


L-R: Lee Pepper, Councillors Catherine McKenney, Tobi Nussbaum and Jeff Leiper. Photo courtesy of CCOC.
On May 19th, Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation (CCOC), at its Annual General Meeting, hosted a panel of city councillors. As a CCOC Board member, I was fortunate to have the opportunities to quiz the councillors about their opinions on topics ranging from zoning to gender dynamics to citizen engagement.
What followed was a lively discussion among Councillors Catherine McKenney (Somerset Ward), Jeff Leiper (Kitchissippi Ward), and Tobi Nussbaum (Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward), centering around the role of the City in creating diverse, inclusive communities.
We present this discussion as a series today isolating each councillor's responses. To read what Councillors McKenney and Leiper had to say, click on their names above.
As councillors, you face the challenge of keeping up to date on everything that goes on in your ward, so I'm thinking you must be great people to ask for recommendations! Could you let us know some of your favourite hidden gems in your ward, whether it's a restaurant, a park, or a small business?
Nussbaum: The other side of the Rideau River might sound far to you, but there's great infrastructure connecting Rideau-Rockliffe to Centretown. One of my hidden gems is the new Adàwe Crossing. If you want to venture farther, just east of the Governor General's residence is Rockliffe Park. For Centretown residents, it's like the country: there's a gazebo, and it's a great place for picnics. I worked with the NCC last year to get a bike path along the interior road.
Councillor Nussbaum at the opening of the Adawe Crossing. Photo from tobinussbaum.ca.
What drove you to run for Council, and what drives you and motivates you to continue in this work on a day-to-day basis?
Nussbaum: My day job was in international affairs, but I believe that the change that really matters happens at the local level. At the end of the day, you can measure the impact you're having to improve quality of life.
Knowing what you know about CCOC's values, and with your perspective as members of Council standing committees, what role can the city play to make Ottawa's neighbourhoods diverse and inclusive?
Nussbaum: I think about the triad of civic engagement, trust, and social capital. How do you engender that kind of participation? The first factor is making sure that you have a mixed-use community where people can bump into their neighbours. The second factor is economic diversity. It looks like the city will now have inclusionary zoning as a tool to make sure that new developments include housing for low- and middle-income people.
The buzz from bureaucrats and politicians is that "the stars are finally aligned". All three levels of government, municipal, provincial and federal, have made affordable housing a priority issue. Since the late 80s when the federal government devolved the responsibility for housing to the provinces, there has been a lack of clarity around the role of each level of government on this issue. In your opinion, what is the role of each level of government?
Nussbaum: There's no question that all three levels of government play a role. The feds doubled the amount of funding for affordable housing, which is wonderful news. The provincial investments come from the perspective of concern about climate change, with funding for retrofits. I think it is important that cities keep control of the decision making, because we know the landscape and work most closely with social services.
How would you describe the dynamics around the Council table and on Councillors Row? What strategies do you use to achieve your goals?
Nussbaum: When I joined council, I realized I had been extremely naive. I entered the job thinking, based on my reading and study, that the evidence was clear on what makes a good city, so all you had to do was implement it. But it's not that easy: politics is way more complicated. One thing that is important is not to personalize disagreement: you can disagree vehemently on an issue, but I try very hard to make it about the issue and not about people.
As city councillors, what are some ways you would like to see citizens becoming more involved, engaged, or informed?
Nussbaum: A couple of weeks ago, I went and door-knocked in a low-income part of my ward to try and create a community association. We only had eight people show up, and that was discouraging. On the other hand, when Janette Sadik-Khan, former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, spoke at an event here recently, close to 1,500 people showed up, and I know that those people are fighting for the same types of issues that we are fighting for.
Predict the future! Based on the decisions being made by Council today, what will your ward look like in 20 years?
Nussbaum: I hope that in 20 years, we have a city core with a revitalized vibrant market where you would choose to spend the day, with a playground and a mix of retail, cultural, and art uses. I hope that we will have a new public library in the core of our city that is a meeting place and hub for all residents. I hope that people will take the LRT to the library and be proud of it. I hope that people will be able to kayak down the river and enjoy a beer by the canal.
Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation (CCOC), established in 1974, is a community-based, tenant and member directed, non-profit housing organization whose mission is to create, maintain and promote housing for low and moderate income people. Learn more at ccochousing.org.


Getting to the Provident Stadium in Odsal (Bradford) by bus. The service numbers below, link through to the timetable for that service.
Odsal is about 2 miles (3.5 km) south of Bradford city centre.
The bus service numbers below link through to timetables for that service.
Rooley Avenue will be closed each time there is an event at Provident Stadium: 30 minutes before the event commences and 30 minutes after it finishes.


Steen Sports Park features a 3.15 mile cross-country trails around the perimeter of the park. If you enjoy the trails and want to donate to contribute to their upkeep please consider a donation to Steen Sports Park. Dogs are permitted on a leash.
*Dogs are not permitted in any of the buildings or on any playing field. Dogs are welcome in other locations when properly leashed.


YI Fife Chairman Jack Neill responds to the University of East Anglia's decision to ban a Mexican restaurant from handing out Sombrero's to students.
"As a half-Mexican student I am disgusted by the ban on sombreros by the University of East Anglia's Student Union. The sombrero is a proud symbol of Mexico, its culture and history, just as the kilt is for Scotland. Banning it is an insult to all Mexicans. British people without Mexican heritage are happy to eat our food and drink tequila; they should also feel free to wear our national hat.
Once again a handful of student union hacks are making all students look stupid. We go to university to learn and have our minds opened, not to have bullying political loonies close them.
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