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Nathan Heaney and Ryan Aston to go head to head for the Midlands Area Middleweight Title
Nathan Heaney and Ryan Aston go head to head for the Midlands Area Middleweight Title.
Unbeaten Heaney will also defend his '0' against the strong southpaw, who is from Dudley, after Tyler Denny vacated the belt last month.
They headline BCB Promotions' show at King's Hall, in Stoke-on-Trent, on Friday June 21.
"It's a good fight between two good fighters," explained BCB's Head of Boxing, Errol Johnson. "They are both BCB fighters and both will feel they have the advantage – Nathan as an unbeaten fighter and Ryan with his experience. It should be a real Fight of the Year Contender."
Five supporting acts will precede the title fight.
Luke Caci, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, is a product of the Orme Gym in action and is unbeaten himself, with seven points successes.
The 29-year-old is maneuvering his way down to the super middleweight division, having boxed mostly at light heavy so far.
Former Midlands Area Welterweight Champion Rob Hunt hails from Stafford and will be undertaking his 33rd bout, at 33 years old.
Hunt, who has been a pro for 13 years, recorded his 25th and last victory under the King's Hall lights, outpointing Ryan 'Stewart' Davies for British Challenge honours.
Tom Stokes has previously challenged for the area crown at middleweight. The 24-year-old, from West Bromwich, is in double figures for wins having turned over at the age of just 19.
Liam Davies, from Donnington in Telford, is another hopeful making his way as a pro after success in the unpaid ranks.
The super bantamweight, 23, has already secured three wins, with his maiden TKO last time out with an impressive second round stoppage of Pablo Narvaez.
It came after two spotless points results in his favour, easing past Georgian Khvicha Gigolashvili by whitewash before bashing around Bulgaria's Stefan Slavchev.
The son of former Midlands champion Tristan Davies previously racked up 100 amateur contests for his father's Donnington Boxing Club and boxed for England.
Lauren Johnson, who hails from Willenhall near Wolverhampton, will lace on the gloves for the first time in a year and is going up a weight to super welter.
'The Black Widow,' 34, returns after claiming the eight-round British Challenge strap in her previous outing, by making it a hat-trick of paid points successes.
Tickets, priced at £35 standard or £65 VIP ringside with a buffet and waitress service, are on sale now. It will be £40 for entry on the door. For more information, contact the boxers.
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Lifestyle Parenthood
How Parents With Young Children Can Survive Without Buying A Car
When Heartland Boy announced to family and friends that Heartland Girl was pregnant with Olympia a couple of years ago, a common response was, "So, presumably you would be getting a car as well?" While it was clear that they had decided to add a baby into the family then, they were equally adamant NOT to add a car to their lives. The biggest motivation in going carless is undoubtedly the financial cost of owning a car in Singapore. Well, Olympia turned 18 months not too long ago and Heartland Boy is pleased to announced that they have thus far survived parenthood without a car. Of course, it is very important to recognise that different families have different needs and priorities. What works for the Heartland Boy household might not work for others. For parents with young children who would like to adopt such an arrangement (not owning a car in Singapore), here are some tips from Heartland Boy's personal experience.
1. Buy The Right Infant Stroller
This is easily the most critical equipment that enables the Heartland household to go car-free. Heartland Boy needed an infant stroller which could double up as a car seat, was compact and portable. After extensive rounds of research online, reading reviews and trying them out at baby fairs, he found that the Doona Car Seat & Stroller fit the bill perfectly. (Heartland Boy recommends you wait for a sale to get it from the Jarrons& Co on Lazada, which was what he did for Olympia's Doona Liki Trike) The Doona Car Seat & Stroller is a fully integrated travel system that transforms from car seat to stroller in seconds as shown in this video.
Parents would empathise that our hands are often full from carrying multiple items. Therefore, the ability to collapse, fold and transport the stroller can turn out to be a life-saver. Often times, Heartland Boy would transform the Doona Stroller into its car-seat form and carry it like a basket to move easily over staircases and uneven footpaths. While the Doona Stroller is definitely not the most affordable option in the market, Heartland Boy felt that its versatility more than justify the premium price tag that comes with it.
Diagram 1: A satisfied customer
As the Doona Stroller is recommended for babies up to 13kg, Heartland Boy is now considering similar devices for his toddler who has already grown to 10kg. So far, he has shortlisted the Urban Kanga Portable or the hifold the Fit and Fold Booster seat as the next car accessory that would accompany Olympia's next growth milestone. Other possibility include the mifold Grab and Go which serves as a portable booster seat.
Anyway, Heartland Boy had such a good experience with the Doona carseat stroller that he also bought the Doona Liki Trike. He paired it with a cheap helmet from Decathlon for extra safety when Olympia goes cycling!
2. Take Public Transport
In a country where car prices are exorbitant, the public transport system is thankfully an excellent and affordable way of getting around. Without a car in the household, it goes without saying that the Heartland Household relies on the public transport system as their main form of transport. It also helps that Singapore's public transport has become increasingly family-friendly. For instance, Heartland Boy appreciates that strollers can now be left open and pushed on board buses and even be attached to the stroller restraint system as shown in Diagram 2.
Diagram 2: Stroller-restraint system rolled out on buses in Singapore (Source: Today Online)
3. Use Ride-Hailing Services Or Rent A Car
Babies make multiple trips to the polyclinics or pediatricians for regular vaccination programmes and health check-ups. Admittedly, certain circumstances might necessitate the need for a private vehicle. Some examples would be to avoid getting caught in the rain, to transport your shopping bags from baby fairs (or have them delivered via Amazon), to avoid unwell crowds (COVID-19) etc. During such situations, Heartland Boy thinks that paying a premium for ride-hailing services is worthwhile. With the advent of such service providers, a ride is conveniently only a touch or button away. When not taking public transport, parents should be mindful that it is paramount that their baby is safely secured in the vehicle.
This is where the Doona Stroller, which meets the strictest US Standards for Car-seats, Strollers and Hand-held carriers, provides Heartland Boy with the option of choosing any private hail-ride options. This means that he is not restricted to simply taking private cars that comes with car-seats (GrabFamily) and taxis (exempt by law on car-seats requirements) only. The Doona Stroller proved extremely handy when they took Uber/Bolt in Australia as the enforcement there was very strict.
If renting a car for a couple of hours would be more cost-effective than a return trip on the ride-hailing service, one can consider renting an electric car from BlueSG. Heartland Boy has not tried it personally yet, but several of his friends in similar situations (have newborns and do not own cars) found this to be a cost-effective substitute.
4. Choosing An Accessible Neighbourhood
Heartland Boy went to great lengths to design their lives around the choice of going carless by choosing to stay in an accessible neighbourhood. This became the main key criterion in choosing the location of their BTO – i.e. it must be incredibly accessible and located in a mature estate which offers plenty of amenities. The MRT station is less than 5 mins walk from home and it is faster to travel to the malls by train than by car (when you add in traffic congestion and time to find parking lot). Once the Circuit Breaker is over, Olympia will also be enrolled in a child-care centre that is just 2 streets across their house.
To ensure a place in the BTO project, Heartland Boy even gave up the luxury of space (choosing a 3BR over a 4BR HDB flat) to increase his chances at the ballot. That is the trade-off they have consciously made.
Do I Need A Car In Singapore
Parents on the other side of the camp informed Heartland Boy that he is still managing only because he has just 1 young child so far. When the kids start enrolling in after-school activities, it would increasingly become a logistical nightmare. Heartland Boy acknowledges that these are valid arguments and he may eventually come to realise it. However, not buying a car so soon (when child is still young) is a conscious personal finance decision that he has made. From an economics standpoint, it is not difficult to understand why since it adds significantly to the cost of raising a child. It costs on average more than $2,000 a month to own a car in Singapore (Source: Gov.sg, 2016) and by ditching the car for public transport, it is fair to say that Heartland Boy has already saved up an amount sufficient to fund a local university programme for Olympia. In addition, he is doing his part as a global citizen by reducing his carbon footprint. That's another reason to go carless for as long as possible.
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QL says
Hi Heartland boy,
Since the Doona Car Seat & Stroller is able to pass the strict enforcement law in Australia while you were taking Uber/Bolt, I guess there should be no issue for Doona stroller to double as a car seat in SG while taking Grab/Ryde/Taxi?
So far i face no issue getting on private hailing services and taxis with the doona stroller
Yuantai says
I guess it is all about your priorities.
There are definitely pros and cons to having your own private transport, not least the trade off of time and money.
Thanks for sharing! A perspective that we can all consider.
For me personally, I will try to put off having private transport as long as possible,
Until our parents are immobile.
Happy coach,
Yuantai
Fatty's Finance says
I have two young kids and no car. We travel everywhere by public transport or walking. It builds patience and forces you to exercise. The only downside is Singapiore's weather is too hot. Otherwise I will be perfectly happy with public transportation.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Your family is an inspiration!
Wen says
Hello! Your family is an inspiration too we're looking to purchase a travel system as we're not getting a car so soon! May I ask if the Doona car seat base is portable enough though? Many thanks (:
Thanks for your kind words. I didnt buy the car seat base so i cant comment on that. What i can say is that i didnt see a need for it at all!
Y2Mom says
Not having a car is a conscious decision for us too! Apart from the financial reasons, with both of us working full-time and having limited time with the kids, counting the number of red cars (or green buses and so on ) together at the passenger seats just feels much more meaningful then driving. I also share with them the reason we are not buying a car (yet) to educate them on the thought process and decision making. It's often too easy to give in and buy something for them. So not buying something is a precious opportunity to learn!
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I truly agree with your POV. I am sure your child(ren) will grow up to be financially savvy!

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Posted on November 24, 2014 March 27, 2015 Articles Evolution Literacy, Book Reviews, Editorials The Standard Times, Recommended Books, Scientific Literacy
Dehumanizing Academia by Dismantling the Humanities
New England Science Public – An Initiative for the Public Understanding of Science – on Twitter @EvoLiteracy – @gpazymino
Dehumanizing Academia
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"…our history and future survival as prosperous civilizations will depend on the integration of what we discover about ourselves via science, about our bodies, brains and cultures, and on what we internalize from such discoveries via the humanities, the sentinels of knowledge in society…"
Harvard Professor Edward O. Wilson during the interview posted online by BBC2's Newsnight
In his latest book (2014), "The Meaning of Human Existence," Harvard Professor Edward O. Wilson, 85, makes an unwise remark: he calls Oxford Professor Richard Dawkins, 73, an "eloquent science journalist." If Wilson's intention had been to plea for higher standards in contemporary media reporting, then Dawkins' exquisite communication skills, proficiency in science, sharp intellect, and always controversial presence (in the right journalistic sense), would have made him a robust role model for investigative journalism. But Wilson aimed at demeaning Dawkins by invoking the character of a profession, one that has given coverage to Wilson's career during half a century.
The Guardian (U.K.) titled the Wilson vs. Dawkins exchange a "biological warfare." Perhaps by now the reader realizes how journalistically treasured are these scuffles. But The Guardian's story itself fed on a previous BBC2's Newsnight interview, where Wilson reiterated his judgment about Dawkins. Via Twitter, Dawkins responded by reaching out to his one million followers: "anybody who thinks I'm a journalist, who reports what other scientists think –as Wilson described Dawkins' work— is invited to read 'The Extended Phenotype'." The latter, published in 1982, is a follow up to the famous "The Selfish Gene" of 1976; both outstanding scientific contributions to theoretical biology.
Before going any further, it is indeed imprudent to use the term "science journalist" as a dishonor, to discredit a colleague, and to inattentively belittle a vital occupation.
The Wilson-Dawkins crossfire was triggered by Dawkins' review of Wilson's earlier book "The Social Conquest of Earth" of 2012. In it, Wilson drifted away from a well established concept in biology, called Kin Selection, which helps understand why organisms that cooperate with close relatives, more than with strangers, can improve survival and reproduction, thus leaving descendants who carry the traits that make them social and altruistic. The evolution of high sociality, cooperation, altruism and intelligence in the human animal are often explained under kin selection theory (natural selection ultimately favoring kin).
Kin selection is an experimentally documented phenomenon, supported by most evolutionary biologists, to the point that when Wilson and collaborators wrote an article for Nature, in 2010 (which became part of a contentious chapter in "The Social Conquest of Earth"), challenging the kin selection principle and suggesting that high cooperation and altruism can still evolve regardless of kinship, 137 world scientists authored and signed a debunk-letter-to-the-Wilson's position, which Nature published the following year. [Note that in a paper published in PLoS Biology, March 23, 2015, authors Liao, Rong and Queller completely dismiss the Wilson's team proposal of 2010; in fact, Liao et al. state that "all… apparently novel conclusions –in the Nature's 2010 article– are essentially false"].
In the 2010 paper, Wilson and associates acknowledged that kin selection could still work, but that an alternative scenario based on a combination of individual and group selection, not necessarily closely related members, results in a mathematically sounder model than the "elderly" –ossified– kin selection. The same assertion appeared in Wilson's "The Social Conquest of Earth," about which Dawkins –after borrowing words attributed to American poet and satirist Dorothy Parker— declared: "this is not a book to be tossed lightly aside. It should be thrown with great force." And sincere regret (Dawkins' emphasis).
"…Creationists, of course, grew excited about the scientists' disagreement. Not so fast. Evolution is true regardless of the dispute over kin selection…"
Creationists, of course, grew excited about the scientists' disagreement. Not so fast. Evolution is true regardless of the dispute over kin selection [note that researchers are constantly reexamining hypotheses and paradigms, for example, see discussion about Standard Evolutionary Theory SET versus Extended Evolutionary Synthesis EES in Nature]. And both Wilson and Dawkins, as evolutionary biologists, are secular, openly and vigorously opposed to creationism, including Theistic Evolution, Creation Science, Intelligent Design, and Evolutionary Creation; all represent belief-based views of reality, which impose a Creator or Designer in the background of causality. Wilson and Dawkins have categorically stated that there is no scientific evidence in support of any style of creationism.
"…[the] American universities… seem committed to turning off the humanities, dismantling the social sciences, and replacing them with for-profit, translational research to generate goods for patents and commercialization…"
Unfortunately, the message Wilson sought to convey in "The Meaning of Human Existence" was eclipsed by the exchange with Dawkins; Ed threw unnecessary punches, while Richard diverted them back with customary power; a fight with no winner. And Wilson's book is crucially important to raise awareness about the current dehumanization of academia at American universities, which seem committed to turning off the humanities (philosophy, history, archeology, anthropology, arts, law, literature and linguistics), dismantling the social sciences, and replacing them with for-profit, translational research to generate goods for patents and commercialization; a path leading to the extinction of curiosity-driven science and risk-taking ideas, which have modernized fundamental scientific work: wisdom driven.
In closing, Wilson makes an excellent connection between human evolution and the humanities. He reasons that our history and future survival as prosperous civilizations will depend on the integration of what we discover about ourselves via science, about our bodies, brains and cultures, and on what we internalize from such discoveries via the humanities, the sentinels of knowledge in society (including journalism, my emphasis). And he envisions the relevant humanities under no faith: "the best way to live in this real world is to free ourselves of demons and tribal gods." — © 2014 by Guillermo Paz-y-Miño-C. all rights reserved.
Fragmentary Truths and the Intellectual Imbalance in Academia
The Incompatibility Hypothesis: Evolution vs Supernatural Causation
Bill Nye defeats Ken Ham at Creation Museum
Evolution Stands Faith Up: Reflections on Evolution's Wars
On Francis Collins' and Karl Giberson "The Language of Science and Faith"


Surreal scene: first there is the huge plain in the middle of mountains covered with a velvet cloak … Stunning beauty, the soul rises! Then the road cuts the plain in two equal sides (photo 1) and leads to the famous village Castelluccio di Norcia (around fifty inhabitants all year).
We are in the Parco Nazionale Monti Sibillini, a natural reserve located in the regions of Umbria and Marche.
Getting out the car, I have the impression of entering in a film, a road movie of Wim Wenders. I think of the steppes to Central Asia where I've never been. I feel so far away, dazzled by the beauty of the landscape. Finally I feel the journey begins.
I did not grow up surrounded by animals and initially had some misgivings … Honestly, I've never imagined myself riding on a donkey (lol)! I did a horse ride in a Baja California desert years ago! Basta!
Thanks to Roberto Canali of La Mulattiera for guiding my donkey, so I was able to really appreciate these beautiful landscapes (with big laugh every acceleration of Geronimo!). Roberto, a Rome native, perfectly knows these mountains!
Traditionally for centuries in this poor region of central Italy, they have used mules (muli) for transportation and agriculture and donkeys (asini) for transportation.
After our donkey-trekking stopped by heavy rain, a late lunch on the heights of the village. I am pleased to relax a bit in the agriturismo restaurant Il Fienile managed by Tiziano and Giovanni Coccia brothers.
Mountain menu. I really liked the extra lean local fresh ricotta, made with sheep milk (yummy!) and lenticchie di Castelluccio IGP, the tasty lentils grown without chemical pesticides. The IGP is a protected appellation meaning "Protected Geographical Indication".
For norcineria lovers: the prosciutto di Norcia, coppa, cojone di Mulo and Norcino. On the first photo of the photo montage above: the roveja, this local specialty is a kind of wild peas with the taste of chickpeas.
And if you want to extend the experience … In winter, the road to Castelluccio di Norcia is often impracticable. With a little luck and lots of snow, you might get stuck a few more days. The Antica Cascina Brandimarte has comfortable rooms with lovely views over the plateau and mountains.


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Indian-origin journalist wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing China's Uighur internment
US-based Indian origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan
Rajagopalan and her colleagues used satellite imagery and 3D architectural simulations to expose China persecution of Uighur
Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan has won the Pulitzer Prize, USA's highest honour in journalism for a series of innovative articles exposing China's mass detention camps for Uighur Muslims and other minority ethnicities.
The 2021 awardees that were announced by the Pulitzer Board on Friday had Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News win the coveted prize in the International Reporting Category.
The Prize was conferred on the trio for a series of clear and compelling stories that used satellite imagery and architectural expertise, as well as interviews with two dozen former prisoners, to identify a vast new infrastructure built by the Chinese government for the mass detention of Muslims.
Rajagopalan and her colleagues used satellite imagery and 3D architectural simulations to buttress her interviews with two dozen former prisoners from the detention camps where as many as a million Muslims from Uighur and other minority ethnicities were interned.
"I'm in complete shock, I did not expect this," she said.
According to the publication, she and her colleagues, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek, identified 260 detention camps after building a voluminous database of about 50,000 possible sites comparing censored Chinese images with uncensored mapping software.
Rajagopalan, who had previously reported from China but was barred from there for the story, travelled to neighbouring Kazakhstan to interview former detainees who had fled there, BuzzFeed said.
"Throughout her reporting, Rajagopalan had to endure harassment from the Chinese government," the publication said.
The series of stories provided proof of Beijing's violation of Uighurs' human rights, which some US and other Western officials have called a 'genocide'.
Another journalist of Indian-origin, Neil Bedi, won a Pulitzer in the Local Reporting Category for resourceful, creative reporting that exposed how a powerful and politically connected sheriff built a secretive intelligence operation that harassed residents and used grades and child welfare records to profile schoolchildren.
Bedi shared his prize with an editor at the Tampa Bay Times, Kathleen McGrory.
In recognition of the proliferation of citizen journalism in the digital age Pulitzer Prizes were also awarded to the Minneapolis Star Tribune for their coverage of George Floyd's killing by police and its aftermath.
Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded the viral video of Floyd's death, received a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize for her courage in filming the killing of George Floyd, the African-American who died in police custody in Minneapolis last year.
The video clip made on her smartphone went viral and set off prolonged nationwide protests against police brutality and led to measures in many states and cities to reform policing.
This is the 105th year of the Pulitzer Prizes awarded by a board at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York recognising the outstanding work.


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Technology, faith and human shortcomings – Billy Graham
This is a clergyman. You can imagine how out of place I feel, I feel like a fish out of water or maybe an owl out of the air. I was preaching in San Jose some time ago and my friend Mark Quami. Who helped introduce me to this conference? Brought several CEOs and leaders of some of the companies here in the Silicon Valley to have breakfast with me or with them. And I was so stimulated. And had such it was an eye opening experience to hear them talk about the world that is yet to come.
Through technology and science. I know that we're near the end of this conference and some of you may be wondering why they have a speaker from the field of religion. Richard can answer that because he made that decision, but some years ago, I was on an elevator in Philadelphia coming down. I was to address a conference at a hotel. And on that elevator, a man said, I hear Billy Graham is staying in this hotel and another man looked in my direction, said, yes, there he is, he's on this elevator with us.
And this man looked me up and down for about ten seconds and he said, Man, what an anticlimax.
I hope. I hope that you won't feel that these few moments with me is not a is an anticlimax after all this tremendous. Talks that you've heard and addresses which I intend to listen to every one of them, but I was. On an airplane in the east some years ago and the man sitting across the aisle from me was the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, his name was John Belk. Some of you would probably know him. And there was a drunk man on there and he got up out of his seat two or three times and he was making everybody upset by what he was trying to do it.
And he was slapping the stewardess and pinching her as she went by and everybody was upset with him. And finally, John Belk said, you know who's sitting here? And the man said, no. He said, it's Billy Graham, the preacher. He said, your own son. And he turned to me and he said, put her there. He said, Your sermons have certainly helped me.
And I suppose that that's true with thousands of people. I know that you have been peering into the future and as we've heard some of it here tonight. I would like to live in that age and see what is going to be. But I won't because I'm 80 years old, this is my eighth year and I know that my time is brief. I have phlebitis at the moment and both legs. And that's the reason I had to have a little help in getting up here because I have Parkinson's disease in addition to that and some other problems that I will talk about.
But this is not the first time that we've had a technological revolution. We've had others, and there's one that I want to talk about. In one generation, the nation of the people of Israel. I had a tremendous and dramatic change that made them a great power in the Near East. A man by the name of David came to the throne. And King David became one of the great leaders of his generation. He was a man of tremendous leadership.
He had the favor of God with him. He was a brilliant poet, philosopher. A soldier with strategies in battle and conflict that people study even today. But about two centuries before David. The Hittites. Had discovered the secret of smelting and processing of iron and slowly that skill spread, but they wouldn't allow the Israelis. To look into it, to have any but David changed all of that and he introduced the Iron Age to Israel and the Bible says that David laid up great stores of iron in which archaeologists have found that in present day Palestine, there are evidences of that generation now instead of crude tools.
Made of sticks and stones. Israel now had iron ploughs and sickles and Hosn. Military weapons and in the course of one generation, Israel was completely changed. The introduction of iron in some ways had an impact. A little bit like the microchip has had on our generation. And David found that there were many problems that technology could not solve. There were many problems. Still left and they're still with us and you haven't solved them and I haven't heard anybody here speak to that.
How do we solve these three problems that I'd like to mention? The first one that David saw was human evil. Where does it come from? How do we solve it? Over again and again in the sounds, which Gladstone said was the greatest book in the world. David describes the evils of the human race, and yet he says he restores my soul. Have you ever thought about what a contradiction we are, on one hand, we can probe the deepest secrets of the universe and dramatically push back the frontiers of technology, as this conference vividly demonstrates.
We've seen under the scene three miles down or galaxies, hundreds of billions of years out in the future. But on the other hand. Something is wrong. Our battleships. Our soldiers on a frontier now almost ready to go to war with Iraq now, what causes this? Why do we have these wars in every generation and in every part of the world and revolutions? We can't get along with other people, even in our own families, we find ourselves in the paralyzing grip of self-destructive habits.
We can't break racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death. Even the most sophisticated among us seem powerless to break this cycle. I would like to see Oracle. Take up that arm. Some other technological. Geniuses work on this, how do we change, man? So that he doesn't lie and cheat and our newspapers are not filled with stories of fraud in business or labor or athletics or wherever. The Bible says the problem is within us, within our hearts and our souls.
Our problem is that we're separated from our creator. Which we call God, and we need to have our souls restored. Something only God can do, Jesus said, four out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. The British philosopher Bertrand Russell was not a religious man. But he said it's in our hearts that the evil lies and it's from our hearts that it must be plucked out. Albert Einstein, I was just talking to someone who when I was speaking at Princeton and I met Mr Einstein, he didn't have a doctor's degree because he said nobody was qualified to give him one.
But he made this statement, he said it's easier to denature plutonium, that the nature of the evil spirit of man and many of you, I'm sure, have thought about that. And puzzled over it, you've seen people take beneficial technological advances such as the Internet we've heard about tonight and twist them into something corrupting. You've seen brilliant people devise computer viruses that bring down whole systems. The Oklahoma City bombing with simple technology horribly used. The problem is not technology.
The problem is the person or persons using it. King David said. That he knew the depths of his own soul, he couldn't free himself from personal problems and personal evils that included murder and adultery. Yet King David sought God's forgiveness and said, you can restore my soul. You see, the Bible teaches that we're more than a body and a mind. We are a also. And there's something inside of us that is beyond our understanding. That's the part of us that yearns for God of something more than we find in technology.
Your soul is that part of you that yearns for meaning in life and which seeks for something beyond this life. It's the part of you that yearns really for God. I find young people all over the world are searching for something. They don't know what it is, I speak at many universities. And I have many questions and answer periods, and whether it's Cambridge or Harvard or Oxford, I've spoken at all those universities. I'm going to Harvard in about three or four.
No, it's about two months from now to give a lecture. And I'll be asked the same questions that I was asked the last few times I've been there. And it'll be on these questions. Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? What's life all about? Why am I here? Even if you have no religious belief, there are times when you wonder that there's something else Thomas Edison also said, when you see everything that happens in the world of science and in the working of the universe, you cannot deny that there's a captain on the bridge.
I remember once I sat beside Mrs. Gorbachev. At a White House dinner, I went to Ambassador Brenin, whom I knew very well, and I've been to Russia several times under the Communists, and they'd given me marvelous freedom that I didn't expect. And I knew Mr. Dobrynin very well and I said, I'm going to sit beside Mr. Gorbachev tonight. What should I talk to her about? And he surprised me with the and he said, talk to her about religion and philosophy.
That's what she's really interested in. I was a little bit surprised, but that evening, that's what we talked about and it was a stimulating conversation and afterwards she said, you know, I'm an atheist, but I know that there's something up there higher than we are. The second problem that King David realized he could not solve was the problem of human suffering, writing the oldest book in the world was Jobe and he said, man is born into trouble is the sparks fly upward.
Yes, to be sure, science has done much to push back certain types of human suffering. But I'm. In a few months, I'll be 80 years of age, I admit that I'm very grateful for all the medical advances that have kept me in relatively good health all these years. My doctors at the Mayo Clinic urged me not to take this trip out here to this to be here. I haven't given a talk in nearly four months. And when you speak as much as I do three or four times a day, you get rusty.
That's the reason I'm using this podium and using these notes. Every time you ever hear me on the television or somewhere I'm ad libbing. I'm not reading. I never read an address. I never read a speech or a talk or a lecture. I'll talk ad lib. But tonight I've got some notes here so that if I begin to forget, which I do sometimes. I've got something I can turn to. But even here among us. Most in the most advanced society in the world, we have poverty, we have.
Families that self-destruct, friends that betray us, unbearable psychological pressures bear down on us. I've never met a person in the world that didn't have a problem or a worry. Why do we suffer? It's an age old question that we haven't answered. Yet David again and again said. That he would turn to God, he said, the Lord is my shepherd. The final. Problem that David knew he could not solve with death. Many commentators have said that death is the forbidden subject of our generation, most people live as if they are never going to die.
Technology projects the myth of control over our mortality. We see people on our screens, Marilyn Monroe is just as beautiful on the screen as she was in person, and yet many young people think she's still alive. They don't know that she's dead or Clark Gable or whoever it is, the old stars that come to life. And. They're just as great on that screen as they were in person. But death is inevitable. I spoke some time ago to a joint session of Congress last year, and we were meeting in that room, the stature room, about three hundred of them were there.
And I said, there's one thing that we have in common in this room, all of us together, whether Republican or Democrat, whoever. I said, we're all going to die and we have that in common with all these great men of the past that are staring down at us. And it's often difficult for young people to understand that it's difficult for them to understand that they are going to die. As the ancient writer of Ecclesiastes wrote. He said there's every activity under heaven, there's a time to be born and there's a time to die.
I've stood at the deathbed of several famous people whom you would know. I've talked to them, I've seen them in those agonizing moments when they were scared to death. And yet a few years earlier. Death never cross their mind. I talked to a woman this past week. Whose father was a famous doctor. She said he never thought of God, never talked about God, didn't believe in God, he was an atheist. But she said. As he came to that, he set up in the side of the bed one day and asked the nurse if he could see the chaplain.
And he said for the first time in his life, he thought about. The inevitable. And about got. Was there a god? A few years ago, a university student asked me. What is the greatest surprise in your life, and I said the greatest surprise in my life is the brevity of life. It passes so fast. But it does not need to have to be that way, Wernher von Braun. In the aftermath of World War Two concluded, quote, Science and religion are not antagonists, on the contrary, they're sisters.
He put it on a personal basis, I knew Dr. von Braun very well, and he said, speaking for myself, I can only say that the granda of the cosmos serves only to confirm a belief in the certainty of a creator. He also said in our search to know God, I've come to believe that the life of Jesus Christ should be the focus of our efforts and inspiration. The reality of this life and his resurrection is the hope of mankind.
I've done a lot of speaking in Germany and in France and in different parts of the world, one hundred and five countries, it's been my privilege to speak in and I was invited one day to visit Chancellor Adenauer. Who is looked upon as sort of the founder of modern Germany since the war? And he went and he said to me, he said, young man, he said, Do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ? And I said, sir, I do.
He said, so do I. He said, When I leave office, I'm going to spend my time writing a book on why Jesus Christ rose again and why it's so important to believe that. In one of his plays, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Depicts a man dying who says to those gathered around his bed, the moment when it's terrible to feel regret is when one is dying. How should one live in order not to feel regret when one is dying?
Blaise Pascal ask exactly that question in 17th century France, Pascal has been called the architect of modern civilization. He was a brilliant scientist at the frontiers of mathematics, even as a teenager. He is viewed by many as the founder of the probability theory. And a creator of the first model of a computer. And of course, you're all familiar with the computer language named for him, Pascal explored in depth human dilemmas of evil, suffering and death. He was astounded at the phenomena we've been considering that people can achieve extraordinary heights in science, the arts and human enterprise, yet they also are full of anger, hypocrisy and half and self-hatred.
Pascal saw us as a remarkable mixture of genius and self-delusion on November. Twenty third sixteen fifty four, Pascal had a profound religious experience. He wrote in his journal these words. I submit myself. Absolutely to Jesus Christ My Redeemer, a French historian said two centuries later. Seldom has so mighty unintellectual. Submitted with such humility to the authority of Jesus Christ. Pascal came to believe not only the love and the grace of God could bring us back into harmony.
But he believed. That his own sins and failures could be forgiven and that when he died, he would go to a place called heaven. He experienced it in a way that went beyond scientific observation and reason, it was he who penned the well-known words. The heart has its reasons. Which reason knows not all. Equally well known as Pascal's Wager, essentially, he said this, if you bet on God. And open yourself to his love, you lose nothing even if you're wrong.
But if instead, you bet that there is no God, then you can lose it all in this life and the life to come. For Pascal. Scientific knowledge paled beside the knowledge of God, the knowledge of God was far beyond anything that ever crossed his mind. He was ready to face him when he died at the age of thirty nine. King David lived to be 70 a long time in his era. Yet he, too, had to face death and he wrote these words.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. This was David's answer to three dilemmas of evil, suffering and death. It can be yours. As well as you seek the living God and allow him to fill your life and give you hope for the future. When I was 17 years of age, I was born and raised on a farm in North Carolina, milked cows every morning and had the milk the same cows every evening when I came home from school and there were 20 of them that I had that I was responsible for.
And I worked on a farm and tried to keep up with my studies. I didn't make good grades in high school. I didn't make them in college until something happened in my heart. One day I was face to face to face. With Christ, he said, I'm the way, the truth and the light. Can you imagine that I am the truth and the bottom of all truth? He was a loyal. Or he was insane. Oh, he was what he claimed to be, which was.
I had to make that decision, I couldn't prove it. I couldn't take it to a laboratory and experiment with it. But by faith, I said, I believe him. And he came into my heart. And changed my life and now I'm ready. When I hear that call to go into the presence of God, thank you and God bless all of you.


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Curt Young
Title: Curt Young
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Curt Young with the Oakland Athletics, 2012
Oakland Athletics – No. 41
Pitcher/Pitching coach
Born: (1960-04-16) April 16, 1960 (age 54)
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
June 24, 1983 for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
July 5, 1993 for the Oakland Athletics
Win–loss record
Earned run average
Strikeouts
As Player
Oakland Athletics (1983-1991)
Kansas City Royals (1992)
New York Yankees (1992)
Oakland Athletics (1993)
As Coach
Oakland Athletics (2004-2010, 2012-Present)
Boston Red Sox (2011)
Curtis Allen Young (born April 16, 1960 in Saginaw, Michigan) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball, and currently serves as pitching coach for the Oakland Athletics.
1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
Young was drafted by the Athletics in the fourth round of the 1981 draft. He joined the big league club in 1983 and played with the A's through the 1991 season, starting opening night for them in 1987. In 1992 he played for both the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees before rejoining Oakland in 1993.
Young pitched a pair of one-hitters in his career - October 5, 1986, vs. the Royals and June 9, 1987, against the White Sox - and played in the 1988 and 1990 World Series.
Coaching career
Prior to his appointment as A's pitching coach in 2004, Young spent four seasons in the same capacity within the Oakland minor-league system. Young left the A's after the 2010 season, following an offer of a one-year contract.
Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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Oakland Athletics current roster
4 Coco Crisp
5 John Jaso
7 Nate Freiman
8 Jed Lowrie
10 Daric Barton
11 Jarrod Parker
12 Andy Parrino
13 Jerry Blevins
15 Seth Smith
16 Josh Reddick
18 Alberto Callaspo
19 Jemile Weeks
20 Josh Donaldson
21 Stephen Vogt
23 Michael Taylor
28 Eric Sogard
29 Scott Sizemore
31 Andrew Werner
32 Shane Peterson
33 Fernando Rodriguez
35 Michael Choice
36 Derek Norris
37 Brandon Moss
47 Pat Neshek
48 Ryan Cook
49 Brett Anderson
52 Yoenis Céspedes
57 Tommy Milone
58 Evan Scribner
60 Jesse Chavez
61 Dan Otero
62 Sean Doolittle
64 A. J. Griffin
65 Pedro Figueroa
66 Michael Ynoa
67 Dan Straily
68 Arnold Leon
Manager 6 Bob Melvin
Bench coach 14 Chip Hale
First base coach 46 Tye Waller
Third base coach 2 Mike Gallego
Hitting coach 30 Chili Davis
Pitching coach 41 Curt Young
Bullpen coach 51 Darren Bush
Coach 59 Ariel Prieto
Special assistant -- Chris Pittaro
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Name Young, Curt
Short description American baseball player
Date of birth April 16, 1960
Place of birth Saginaw, Michigan
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SMASHPOP BIRTHDAY 2014 - BBQ GARDEN KL LIVE
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It's our best friend's birthday again, Jason Goh aka smashpOp!
We had a celebration at the new BBQ Garden, roof top of KL Live,
Luckily the night was cooling and windy, we enjoyed the BBQ session..
Food was good, so much, and so full.
Happy Birthday Jason Goh!
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Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2019
Published: Tue, Dec 10th 2019 @ 11:53 am EST
Sponsored by: Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA7] in the 116th congress
To provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.
Read more about Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2019
Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act
Published: Fri, Nov 15th 2019 @ 10:13 am EST
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA5] in the 116th congress
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect the well-being of soldiers and their families, and for other purposes.
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Border and Refugee Assistance Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX34] in the 116th congress
To expand in-country processing of family units and minors in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to provide relief to the southern border and uphold access to humanitarian protection consistent with U.S. laws.
Read more about Border and Refugee Assistance Act of 2019
Published: Thu, Jul 11th 2019 @ 12:22 pm EDT
Sponsored by: Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL19] in the 116th congress
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a skills-based immigration points system, to focus family-sponsored immigration on spouses and minor children, to eliminate the Diversity Visa Program, to set a limit on the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States, and for other purposes.
Read more about RAISE Act
Families, Not Facilities Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL23] in the 116th congress
To reduce the ability of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to engage in inappropriate civil immigration enforcement actions that harm unaccompanied alien children and to ensure the safety and welfare of unaccompanied alien children.
Read more about Families, Not Facilities Act of 2019
E-bonding for Immigration Integrity Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King [R-IA4] in the 116th congress
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose e-bonding requirements on certain nonimmigrant visa applicants, and for other purposes.
Read more about E-bonding for Immigration Integrity Act of 2019
NO BAN Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA27] in the 116th congress
To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens.
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JOLT Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL5] in the 116th congress
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to stimulate international tourism to the United States, and for other purposes.
Read more about JOLT Act of 2019
GRACE Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA19] in the 116th congress
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a minimum annual goal for the number of refugees to be admitted, and for other purposes.
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Stop Harmful Adolescent Marriage Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA50] in the 116th congress
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a spouse must be at least 18 years of age, and for other purposes.
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Salary History Ban
Closing the Gender Wage Gap
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Leading the Way in the Fight for Equality
On January 6, 2020, a new salary history ban aimed at bringing New York one step closer to narrowing the gender wage gap takes effect. The new law prohibits all employers - both public and private - from asking prospective or current employees about their salary history and compensation. It also prohibits businesses from seeking similar information from other sources. For many women, if you start your career making a lower wage - often less than men working the same jobs - it's hard to catch up.
Governor Cuomo believes that in New York state, we are committed to fairness for all workers. That is why, acting on recommendations from the New York State Gender Wage Gap report, the Governor introduced the bill and signed into law this new legislation aimed at breaking the cycle of unfair compensation and further closing the gender wage gap.
New York State is Committed to Fairness for All
Breaking the Cycle of Unfair Compensation
Information about the Salary History Ban for job seekers and businesses.
"In New York, we will never stop fighting until we reach full gender equality and economic justice for all."
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Headlines / Riviera Maya | By Riviera Maya Times
Riviera Maya to return to front of Barcelona's Espanyol shirt in €12m deal
According to insideworldfootball.com, Espanyol de Barcelona professional Spanish soccer club has agreed a six-year main sponsorship deal with Mexico's Riviera Maya tourist destination. The deal, estimated to be worth €12 million ($14,358,600 USD), will begin in January 2018 running through to 2023.
Riviera Maya is in the state of Quintana Roo and has been a partner with Espanyol since 2011. Originally on the front of the first team shirt, Riviera was replaced by Rastar Group and the Power 8 brand, and took the sleeve sponsorship instead. Now it is returning to the main position.
As well as the shirt position, Riviera Maya will have brand exposure at the RCDE Stadium and the Dani Jarque Sports City as well as across all Espanyol media, with a particular emphasis on the club's digital channels.
Riviera Maya to return to front of Espanyol shirt in €12m deal (Photo: insideworldfootball.com)
Espanyol CEO Ramon Robert said: "The agreement includes having the Riviera Maya brand on the front of the shirt, the possibility of developing soccer academies and other aspects. This agreement gives security, a guarantee and demonstrates the loyalty that exists between the two parties."
The base deal is €2 million a year with bonuses pushing the total spend to more than €16 million if the club qualifies for European competition.
Riviera Maya Tourism Promotion Director Darío Flota said: "Being tied to a football team will allow our brand to reach many countries where it is nowhere." He also said he was excited by the signing of a Mexican player by Espanyol and hoped they would play a friendly in Mexico.
"It would be nice to have a photo of the whole team with our background beaches," he said.
Source: insideworldfootball.com
AMLO announced that Tren Maya will advance on a cable-stayed bridge in the Tulum-Playa section
Mexican Caribbean companies are a total failure when it comes to environmental care
Experts warn about more negative impacts derived from the Maya Train Project


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If you're an outdoor person in warmer climates, your best bet is to run before 11 a.m. or after 6 p.m. But even the early-morning hours in the Sunshine State may be too hot for running. On hot days, consider moving your workout inside. You tend to burn more calories by running outside than on a treadmill, but you can always adjust the incline on the treadmill to increase the intensity of your workout. The scenery may not be as nice, but working out in a gym has its advantages, and you can add a little variety to your cardio routine by trying out other equipment, like the stair stepper or elliptical machine.


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Parsons, Denys (1914– )
British administrator and documentary film director who
for some years was joint honorary secretary of the Society for
Psychical Research, London. He was born on March 12, 1914,
in London, England. He was educated at Eton, the University
of London (B.Sc., 1936), and the Imperial College of Science
and Technology, London (M.S., A.R.I.C., 1938). He was a research
chemist (1939–45); a director of scientific, medical, and
industrial films (1945–51); a manager with Applied Physics
Group, National Research Development Corporation, London
(1952–73); and the head of press and public relations for the
British Library, London (1973–80). Parsons published a number
of humorous books and guides and edited The Directory of
Tunes and Musical Themes (1975). Parsons took special interest
in research relating to quantitative evaluation of extrasensory
perception, on which he published a number of articles.
Parsons, Denys. ''Attempts to Detect Clairvoyance and Telepathy
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As it is half term, a few teams are not in action. One of those teams is the women's 3s who are at the top of the table, at least until Saturday morning. Great work girls!!
The men's 2s are also top of the league. They are at home this week against mid-table Driffield. After a less than ideal game last week, where they dropped two points with a depleted team, a win is vital to maintain the cushion between them and Durham Uni, Brigg and Leeds. It is really important our 2s go up this season. It is a very hard league to get out of and the men's 1s need their reserves to be playing at as high a level as possible.


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What's The Buzz?: Whatever, Karen!
Karen Doesn't Want Kids to Play!
What's the Buzz is right back at ya with some ridiculousness, some hypocrisy, and a dash of stupidity in encounters of the Karen kind. The last several weeks have been so full of revelations the mainstream media refuses to report on, it's really hard to choose what to tell you. Of course, I am open to suggestion, but for now, we'll start with the Karens.
Yes, that's right. There are a plethora of Karens running around Karening up the place, but a few really stand out for obvious reasons. Besides, #KarenStrikesAgain is trending. And without further ado, I bring you the cop who has had enough Karen for one day:
Have you had a "Karen" experience? If so, how did you handle it.. Even cops are frustrated, maybe they should start fining these callers for frivolous calls! #MemorialDay #KarenStrikesAgain #karensgonewild pic.twitter.com/h6sfwcTv3W
— Who Gonna Clean That Up (@urnews_my2cents) May 25, 2020
Apparently kids in a bouncy house who are screaming too loudly is a matter for the authorities nowadays. The Karen in this particular incident is unknown, because obviously the officer couldn't share that info. But it does make absolute sense Officer Evans was just done with it even though this was only her first experience with Karenism.
Leash Your Dog, Karen!
Melody Cooper's brother, Chris, had an encounter with a Karen which was as unnecessary as it was racist (Yes it was!). Apparently the man is an avid bird watcher who knew Karen should have her dog on a leash in the area of Central Park known as The Ramble, and yet there she was with puppy running loose tearing up plants. And here is what happened when Chris politely asked Karen to put a leash on her dog.
Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY's Central Park, where it is clearly posted on signs that dogs MUST be leashed at all times, and someone like my brother (an avid birder) politely asks her to put her dog on the leash. pic.twitter.com/3YnzuATsDm
— Melody Cooper (@melodyMcooper) May 25, 2020
There actually are repercussions for being a Karen, especially when the video of you behaving unseemly goes viral. This particular Karen (who will remain simply Karen) had several happen. First the company she worked for, Franklin Templeton, chose to terminate her employment (effective immediately) after an internal investigation. And then she "voluntarily" surrendered the poor cocker spaniel she was busy strangling while she threatened a man with police action for no obvious reason other than that he was black.
Chris Cooper had this to say to ABC 7: "At some point she decided to make it a racial thing and at that point, I guess my thinking was: I can sort of capitulate to this racial intimidation or I can just do what I'm doing and continue recording and document what's going on here. And that's what I did." Good on you, Chris.
Incidentally, the dog had enough of Karen as well…
https://twitter.com/NYCShopGuide/status/1265104505957482498
Never Go Full Karen, Mika!
Speaking of frantic Karens with not much between the ears, Mika Brzezinski (or Morning Mika) had an epic meltdown last week when the President mentioned an "incident" her homewrecker turned husband was thought by some to be involved in. It started with this confoundingly stupid question at 8:16 am:
.@twitter need to know why trump is not banned?
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) May 20, 2020
Apparently Mika is unaware that the President is on a federally protected Twitter account. He cannot be banned from Twitter because that involves deleting the whole thing. And they can't do that because every tweet on either the @realDonaldTrump account or the @POTUS account is considered a federal record. But I guess Mika didn't know that. She didn't stop there either. She followed it up barely a minute later with this:
I will be reaching out to head of twitter about their policies being violated every day by President Tump. Hope my call is taken. Please retweet if you agree
So this tweet raises quite a few questions, including how Mika was able to obtain any contact information for the head of Twitter, and why she has such privileges. Not to mention which of Twitter's policies he supposedly violated. Of course, this is the same woman who thinks it's her job to decide what everyone else should think. Mika's Karenism went a bit further than that, though.
.@jack At what point is @Twitter a part of this? TAKE DOWN TRUMP's ACCOUNT— the world world be safer. Retweet if you agree
AHH! His tweets are endangering the whole world! Or maybe, Mika, just maybe, he could be ostensibly saving your life by bringing the "real story" behind Lori Klausutis' death to the attention of those who may wish to finally solve it. Which apparently is not her eternally grieving widower, who was so hurt by the President talking about a "cold case" involving Homewreckin' Joe, he apparently wrote a letter to Twitter.
A Joke?
Something that set the President off was Scarborough "having fun" at Klausutis' expense, along with Don Imus, in 2003 when they "joked" about murdering an intern. Not to mention Morning Joe's propensity to push the debunked Russia conspiracy, claiming Trump does Putin's bidding. The straw that broke the camel's back was Joe saying, without evidence, that Trump really wasn't taking the drug Hydroxychloroquine as a preventative against coronavirus. Never mind the fact that Trump and his doctor both said he was.
President Trump is asked about tweets accusing Joe Scarborough of killing his intern.
"Very sad and very suspicious… I saw a clip with Joe and Imus where they were having fun at her expense and I thought it was totally inappropriate… I hope somebody gets to the bottom of it" pic.twitter.com/FoUY2vy1r8
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 26, 2020
Kayleigh McEnany, the Trump administration's Press Secretary, had this to say: "Well, I would note that the president said this morning that this is not an original Trump thought, and it is not. In fact, in 2003 on Don Imus' show, it was Don Imus and Joe Scarborough that joked about killing an intern — joked and laughed about it. So that was, I'm sure, pretty hurtful to Lori's family, and Joe Scarborough himself brought this up with Don Imus, and Joe Scarborough himself can answer it."
Ever the loving wife, Brzezinski took her Karening to the three or four staunch and faithful viewers of Morning Joe:
https://twitter.com/morningmika/status/1263131777696235520?s=20
You Ain't Black!
And while we are on the subject of boneheads hardly anyone listens to anymore, Joe Biden showed his inner Karen on Charlamagne tha God's show, "The Breakfast Club," earlier in the week. The babbling buffoon claimed that if people couldn't figure out who to vote for, himself or Donald Trump, then "you ain't black!" That staggering claim should prove even to the average Democrat who the real party of racism is, as it clearly depicts the mindset of someone who believes they own another human being's thoughts and decisions. So much for Republicans "gonna put you all back in chains!"
https://twitter.com/realjuliasong/status/1263828938213580801?s=20
For a few years now, Black America has executed a mass exodus from the Democrat party, which is constantly using fear and skin color to control and manipulate them. Young leaders in the community such as Candace Owens have been leading the movement, coined the Blexit movement, taking thousands (if not, millions) with them. I requested a few comments from Black Twitter on the subject of the former Vice President's remarks, and here are a few replies:
I'm a "blended" Irish , French & African American, yes my ancestors were slaves. I voted for Trump & I will again. And even though I'm pretty light I took offense as a human. Where does he get off telling anyone they are meaningless if they don't vote for him
— ArtWitch (@artwitch) May 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/KessenaO/status/1265609960857182210?s=20
https://twitter.com/avaaaah224/status/1265533924500963330?s=20
These weren't the only Black Americans who had a few things to say to Sloppy Sleepy Joe the Muddle Headed Child Sniffer. A few blue check responses for you:
https://twitter.com/Diddy/status/1263882245800067072?s=20
I'm black, and I'm not voting for Joe Biden. I support President @realdonaldtrump and here's why!https://t.co/YZKrnLqbHU
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) May 23, 2020
And the ever incredible Diamond and Silk let him have it too.
Never was a truer word spoken by the former Veep than when he said "I'm going to beat Joe Biden!"
Good morning to everyone except people who think this is completely normal:
Biden: "I'm Going to Beat Joe Biden"
pic.twitter.com/PtxrzJaaaQ
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) May 25, 2020
I will leave you with this incredibly powerful video of Black Voices speaking truth to swampy power:
These Black Americans have a strong message for you, @JoeBiden!
They will NOT be voting for you this November and you are NOT entitled to their vote! 👏pic.twitter.com/YDPWO7xejM
— Students For Trump (@TrumpStudents) May 23, 2020
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Elias Says: March 20, 2018
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James leads all players in the "big three" categories for the 51st time, passing Chamberlain
LeBron James led all players with 40 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Cavaliers' 124–117 home win over the Bucks. It was the 51st time in his career that James led or tied for the game high on both teams in points, rebounds, and assists, passing Wilt Chamberlain (50) for the most such games in NBA history.
At age 33, James is the second-oldest player in NBA history to produce a 40-point triple-double in a non-overtime game. Elgin Baylor was 34 at the time of his 40-point, 14-rebound, 12-assist performance against the Suns on Nov. 3, 1968. Who was the youngest player to score 40+ points in a triple-double? None other than LeBron James, who at age 20 on April 9, 2005 finished with 40 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists against Milwaukee.
Aldridge goes on 11–0 run in fourth quarter
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 11 straight points, turning a 65–61 deficit into a 72–65 lead in the fourth quarter of the Spurs' 89–75 home win over the Warriors. The last San Antonio player to on a personal fourth-quarter run of 11–0 or better was Manu Ginobili at Chicago on Dec. 8, 2003 (also 11 straight).
Shorthanded Warriors score 75
The Warriors, playing without Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and Klay Thompson, lost 89–75 at San Antonio. Dating back to the start of the 2013–14 season, Golden State has failed to reach the 80-point plateau in three of its nine regular-season games at AT&T Center, having lost 76–74 on Nov. 8, 2013 and 87–79 on March 19, 2016. The Warriors have scored fewer than 80 points in just one of their other 390 games over that span – a 91–75 home loss to Charlotte on Feb. 4, 2014.
Drummond has the most 15-rebound games since the Worm
Andre Drummond grabbed 16 rebounds in the Pistons' 106–90 win at Sacramento. It was the 45th time this season that Drummond collected at least 15 boards. That's the highest total by any NBA player since the Spurs' Dennis Rodman notched 54 15-rebound games in 1993–94.
Embiid collects 19 rebounds in two straight wins
Joel Embiid scored 25 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead the 76ers to a 108–94 win over the visiting Hornets Monday night. In Philadelphia's last game, a win over the Nets on Friday, Embiid finished with one fewer point and the same number of boards. The last Sixers player to grab 19+ rebounds in two straight games, both wins, was Charles Barkley in November 1991.
Lakers lose despite strong performance by frontcourt starters
The Lakers lost 110–100 at Indiana, despite getting at least 20 points and eight rebounds from starting center Brook Lopez (23 pts, 8 reb) and forwards Kyle Kuzma (27 pts, 8 reb) and Julius Randle (21 pts, 9 reb). The last time all three members of the Lakers' starting frontcourt had games like that was on Jan. 26, 1984 in a 131–102 home win against the Rockets. L.A.'s front line in that game consisted of three future Hall of Famers: center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (26 pts, 10 reb) and forwards James Worthy (23 pts, 12 reb) and Jamaal Wilkes (20 pts, 8 reb).
Miami's offense comes alive very late
The Heat outscored the Nuggets 21–13 in the second overtime of their 149–141 home win on Monday. Miami's 21 points over those five minutes tied the third most in NBA history by a team in a "multiple" overtime period (i.e. excluding the first OT). The Heat scored 22 in the second overtime against the Bucks on Dec. 21, 1994. The Bucks also scored 22 at Cleveland in OT number two on Dec. 9, 2002. And the Cavaliers put 21 on the board in the second extra period against Indiana on April 2, 2017.
Guards struggle from the floor in New York
None of the four starting guards in the Knicks' 110–92 home win over the Bulls made as many as 30% of their field-goal attempts – Emmanuel Mudiay was 2-for-8 and Courtney Lee was 2-for-7 for New York; Justin Holiday was 0-for-6 and Cameron Payne was 2-for-12 for Chicago. The last NBA game in which the starting guards for both teams attempted at least five shots and shot worse than 30% was an 89–81 Philadelphia win over Charlotte on Feb. 7, 2015. The last time this happened in a game in which there were at least 200 combined points scored was in a 109–97 Knicks win at Miami on April 20, 1993.
Russell is cold from downtown, but his teammates aren't
The Nets made 40% of their three-point shots (16-for 40), overcoming D'Angelo Russell's 1-for-10 performance from downtown, in their 118–115 win over the visiting Grizzlies. Brooklyn is the sixth team to shoot 40% or better from three-point range in a game despite having a player shoot 10% or worse on 10+ long-range shots. The others were Atlanta in March 1996 (Mookie Blaylock 1-for-10), Miami in January 2005 (Damon Jones 1-for-11), Cleveland in November 2016 (J.R. Smith 1-for-10), Houston in November 2017 (Eric Gordon 1-for-10), and Golden State in February 2018 (Klay Thompson 1-for-11).
Cats blank Habs again
Roberto Luongo posted his second consecutive shutout versus the Canadiens and the Florida Panthers' third straight shutout against them with a 2–0 win in Montreal on Monday. Luongo blanked the Habs 5–0 in Florida on March 8, after James Reimer beat the Canadiens 2–0 in Sunrise on December 30. The 2017–18 Panthers are only the second team ever to shut out the Canadiens in each of three consecutive games in one season. The other team to do that was the Rangers in 1939–40, with Dave Kerr in goal for New York for all three games.
Donato notches three points in debut
Former Harvard University and U.S. Olympic Team player Ryan Donato, making his NHL debut one day after signing a contract with the Bruins, tallied one goal and two assists in Boston's 5–4 overtime loss to the Blue Jackets. The only other player who made his NHL debut with the Bruins and tallied at least three points in that game is Jarno Kultanen, who posted three assists in his first game (a 4–4 tie against Ottawa on Oct. 5, 2000). Six other active players produced at least three points in their first regular-season NHL game: Justin Williams (1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points), Dominic Moore (0–3–3), Derek Stepan (3–0–3), Jonathan Huberdeau (1–2–3), Auston Matthews (4–0–4), and Will Butcher (0–3–3).
Ryan's father, Ted Donato, made his NHL debut with the Bruins in March 1992 and went on to play a total of 796 games over 13 seasons in the league, including 528 games for Boston. The only other current NHL player whose father also played in the league and debuted with the same franchise as his son is Paul Stastny. Paul debuted in the NHL with the Avalanche. His father, Peter, did so with the Quebec Nordiques, who moved to Colorado in 1995.
Rinne wins 40th in 53rd game
Nashville's Pekka Rinne hit the 40-win mark for the third time in his NHL career with a 4–0 shutout against the Sabres in Buffalo. Rinne reached 40 wins this season in his 53rd game, the second fewest games needed by any goaltender to achieve that level in one season. Washington's Braden Holtby set the standard when he got to 40 wins in his 52nd game in 2015–16. The Finnish-born Rinne's shutout was his eighth this season, a new career high. The only other goaltenders born in Finland who recorded at least eight shutouts in an NHL season are Miikka Kiprusoff (10 for Calgary in 2005–06), Niklas Backstrom (8 for Minnesota in 2008–09) and Tuukka Rask (8 for Boston in 2016–17).
Carter scores in overtime
Jeff Carter's second goal of the game was the overtime winner for the Kings in their 4–3 victory at Minnesota. It was the 13th regular-season overtime goal for Carter in his NHL career, third-most among active players, behind Alex Ovechkin (22) and Daniel Sedin (15). Carter's goals in Monday's game were the 150th and 151st in his seven seasons with the Kings. Carter began his NHL career with the Flyers, for whom he scored 181 goals in six seasons. The only other active player who has scored at least 150 goals for two different NHL teams is Joe Thornton (Bruins 169, Sharks 228).
Vanek reaches familiar 20-goal plateau
Thomas Vanek reached the 20-goal mark for the 11th time in his 13 NHL seasons when he scored for the Blue Jackets in the third period of their game in Boston on Monday. The only active players with more 20-goal seasons in the NHL than Vanek are Patrick Marleau (15), Rick Nash (13) and Alex Ovechkin (13). Vanek has scored 34 goals in his 64 career games against the Bruins. That's his highest goal total versus any NHL team and the highest goal total against the Bruins by any current NHL player. The only other active players with 20 or more goals versus Boston are Ovechkin 21) and Jason Pominville (21).


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The monumental legacy of Augusto F. Villalon
He maintained an approach to conservation that was more compassionate than draconian, which the rest of the world honored, perhaps more than Filpinos have
By: Dominic Galicia Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:05 AM May 01, 2019
Heritage conservation is now a growing field of interest among Filipino architects and other professionals, many of whom have realized that our built environment contains few structures less than a hundred years old.
This belated but growing awareness owes much to one man, whom many consider to be the father of Philippine heritage conservation.
Augusto Fabella Villalon, fondly called Toti, was a Yale-educated architect with dreams of making his own mark on the landscape of his homeland. He returned to Manila to set up his practice, but soon found himself unable to sit back and watch passively the rampant demolition of our architectural patrimony.
Villalon began writing his influential column "Pride of Place" for the Inquirer in 1994, lobbying for the protection of our architectural heritage. It was Mayor Lito Atienza's July 2000 demolition of the 1939 Jai Alai Building in Manila, lauded as one of the finest Art Deco buildings in Asia, which was, in many ways, the spark that ignited the country's heritage conservation movement, with Villalon leading it.
Villalon was instrumental in the inscription of four of the six Philippine sites on the Unesco World Heritage List. In local and international conferences, he championed the cause of Philippine conservation in a way that adhered to universal principles, while also extolling the importance of the local community and its needs.
He trained as a sociologist before studying architecture, which explains why he maintained an approach to conservation that was more compassionate than draconian.
The rest of the world honored and rewarded him, perhaps more than we have. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) did honor him with the "Dangal ng Haraya" in 2002, but it was really outside the country that he was accorded greater prestige.
Villalon was the first person from Southeast Asia to be named an honorary member of Icomos (International Council on Monuments and Sites), the professional organization that advises Unesco on the sites that comprise the World Heritage List.
The month of May is now National Heritage Month.
Villalon was born in May 1945, and died in May 2018, which seems peculiarly fitting. He would have been 74 this May.
A towering figure in the cultural landscape, he sacrificed his own creative dreams in pursuit of, for him, a more urgent need—the protection of our collective architectural heritage.
He left behind an invaluable and enduring legacy, an awakened national realization that it is up to each generation to affirm, protect and defend the inherited wealth of our nation.
Perhaps, in due time, a grateful nation will accord him the greater prestige which he did not receive in his lifetime. —CONTRIBUTED
The author is head architect of the National Museum of Natural History.
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package com.example.helloworld.resources;

import io.dropwizard.hibernate.UnitOfWork;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;

import com.example.helloworld.db.FortuneDAO;
import com.example.helloworld.db.model.Fortune;
import com.example.helloworld.resources.views.FortuneView;

@Path("/fortunes")
@Produces(MediaType.TEXT_HTML + ";charset=UTF-8")
public class FortuneResource {

	private final FortuneDAO fortuneDAO;

	public FortuneResource(FortuneDAO fortuneDAO) {
		this.fortuneDAO = fortuneDAO;
	}

	@GET
	@UnitOfWork(transactional = false) // Needed only for Hibernate - not for Mongo or JDBI
	public FortuneView dbTest() {
		final List<Fortune> fortunes = fortuneDAO.list();

		fortunes.add(new Fortune("Additional fortune added at request time."));

		Collections.sort(fortunes);
		return new FortuneView(fortunes);
	}
}


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package com.google.android.exoplayer2.extractor.mp4;

import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import com.google.android.exoplayer2.extractor.Extractor;
import com.google.android.exoplayer2.testutil.ExtractorAsserts;
import com.google.android.exoplayer2.testutil.ExtractorAsserts.ExtractorFactory;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;

/** Tests for {@link Mp4Extractor}. */
@TargetApi(16)
@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
public final class Mp4ExtractorTest {

  @Test
  public void testMp4Sample() throws Exception {
    ExtractorAsserts.assertBehavior(
        new ExtractorFactory() {
          @Override
          public Extractor create() {
            return new Mp4Extractor();
          }
        },
        "mp4/sample.mp4");
  }
}


CBS Boston reports that today's tornadoes have caused 4 deaths.
A tornado touched down in Springfield, Massachusetts late this afternoon, CNN reports.
22 News WWLP says the tornado formed at about 4:20 this afternoon. At least one person was killed, many injured and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said he has declared a state of emergency for Massachusetts, per CNN.
A second tornado touched down in nearby Westfield, Massachusetts just a few hours later.
Patrick said as many as 26,000 people were without electrical service, and that at least 19 communities were affected by the storms.
WTNH News has posted pictures to its Twitter feed and has a live report.
Click here for another picture from WTNH.
You can watch a live report at WWLP 22 News.


Do you feel that you can't meet your potential? Are you critical or judgemental of yourself? You might suffer from a low self-esteem.
Self-esteem and confidence are very important in our lives. Self-esteem represents your opinion about yourself; the value that you attribute to yourself and your attitude towards yourself. The way that you see yourself affects your interactions with yourself, others and the world. That view can be positive or negative, but a positive, healthy and realistic perception of who you are is vital if you want to feel happy and content with yourself and to maintain healthy interactions and relationships with others.
Self-confidence represents your assurance, certainty and faith in your abilities to act in a certain way and to support your actions. If you have low or negative self-esteem, you are very likely to procrastinate or to fail to make the right decisions.
Many factors can affect self-esteem and confidence, such as losing your job, breaking up with a partner or experiencing something traumatic. Childhood and family interactions also play a role in the development of a positive or negative image of yourself.
Both low confidence and self-esteem are underlying factors for many psychological, social, emotional, interpersonal and work-related problems, since they are related to our perception of who we are, what we can do and what our abilities and strengths are. People with low confidence and self-esteem issues can get caught up in a vicious circle of negativity, that they feel they are unable to get out of.
Low self-esteem and confidence can prevent you from achieving your dreams and goals and it can affect your everyday life, in situations such as applying for a job, giving a presentation and meeting new people. People from all backgrounds can be affected from a low self-esteem and confidence.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is based on strengthening your 'ego' and restoring your self-worth by exploring childhood and current issues, patterns and interactions. Identifying your current beliefs, such as how you view yourself, others and the world around you, as well as finding out how you think others perceive you, is very important. The next step is to modify these beliefs so that they become more balanced and healthy ones.
Consequently, altering the way you think affects the way you feel and behave. You will soon feel better and be able to make different decisions in your life. Developing coping skills, learning new tools, and identifying your strengths are very important parts of therapy.
Overcoming Low Self-Esteem – A Self-Help Guide (1999) by Melanie Fennell.
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