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Making sense of the BuzzFeed bombshell — and what, if anything, went wrong
On January 23, 2019 May 22, 2019 By Dan KennedyIn Media
BuzzFeed News reports that "two federal law enforcement officials" have seen evidence that President Trump "directed" his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie under oath when he testified before Congress about a Trump Tower project in Moscow. Special counsel Robert Mueller takes the unusual step of having his spokesman denounce the story as "not accurate." BuzzFeed's reporters and their editor vociferously insist that they and their unnamed sources are standing behind their account.
Within 24 hours last week, what looked like a serious threat to the Trump presidency had collapsed into one big honking mess. Nor does it appear that we're any closer to resolution. A number of media observers have pointed out that no other news organization has been able to confirm BuzzFeed's reporting. That's significant, of course. But no one has been able to knock it down, either.
So what is going on? Let me offer a speculative answer, based on the belief that Mueller's office, BuzzFeed's journalists, and their sources are all trying their best to tell the truth: everyone is right. BuzzFeed's story is essentially accurate, but is flawed in some important way that hasn't been explained. Mueller, worried that Trump might blow up the investigation, took advantage of those flaws to discredit the entire story. If that was Mueller's intention, it worked, as Trump praised him after the statement was released.
In the past few days we've heard much about the famous mistake that Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein made when they were hammering away at the Watergate story for The Washington Post: They attributed an otherwise accurate account of corruption within the Nixon White House to grand jury testimony that did not exist. Their error was seen as so damaging that they offered their resignations.
"Look, reporters make mistakes. News organizations make mistakes. In Watergate, we made a mistake, a very serious mistake," Bernstein said this past Sunday on CNN's "Reliable Sources." But, he continued, within days the Post was vindicated when it became clear that the information they had reported was true.
The parallels between BuzzFeed's story and Woodward and Bernstein's erroneous attribution, though, only go so far. I think a closer analogy involves James Comey's testimony in June 2017 before the Senate Intelligence Committee shortly after Trump had fired him as FBI director. Comey was asked about a Times story that had been published four months earlier claiming that members of Trump's campaign "had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election." Comey replied that "in the main, it was not true."
As with the BuzzFeed report, no details were offered as to what was wrong with the Times story. Here we are, more than a year and a half later, and we still don't know what Comey was referring to. Was it the sourcing? The underlying facts? The Times article reporting on Comey's complaint noted that there was considerable evidence of contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russian government even then. Today, of course, there is far more evidence, going all the way up to Trump's extremely guilty campaign manager, Paul Manafort.
If we assume that the basic facts of BuzzFeed's report are correct, then what might have gone wrong enough for Mueller to issue his extraordinary statement? Writing at Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall speculated that the information came not from the special counsel's office but, rather, from the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York. The BuzzFeed story specifically cited the special counsel's office, but Marshall pointed out that it's not always clear who is doing what. "The SDNY is notoriously more porous to the press than the Special Counsel's Office," Marshall wrote. "So we have a kind of information that seems more likely to come out of New York and an office there that seems considerably more likely to leak."
National security blogger Marcy Wheeler, while praising the BuzzFeed report in some respects, was also critical of it for making "an absurd claim that this is the first time we've heard that Trump told someone to lie." She added: "The BuzzFeed story is important for the concrete details it adds to a story we already knew — and these reporters deserve a ton of kudos for consistently leading on this part of the story. But it has unnecessarily overhyped the uniqueness of Trump's role in these lies, in a way that could have detrimental effect on the country's ability to actually obtain some kind of justice for those lies."
The journalists who worked on the BuzzFeed story are first-rate. Jason Leopold, despite some serious ethical lapses early in his career, is a dogged investigative reporter who was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2018. Anthony Cormier, whose byline also appeared on the story, won a Pulitzer for investigative reporting in 2016 when he was with the Tampa Bay Times. BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith is well regarded.
And yet there was one obvious shortcoming. According to The Washington Post, BuzzFeed's outreach to Mueller spokesman Peter Carr for comment before publication was unacceptably vague: "Importantly, the reporter made no reference to the special counsel's office specifically or evidence that Mueller's investigators had uncovered." When the story was published a short while later, the Post continued, "it far exceeded Carr's initial impression."
If BuzzFeed failed to give the special counsel's office fair notice of what was coming, that would help explain the controversy that broke out after they hit "publish." But it still doesn't tell us what, if anything, BuzzFeed got wrong — or whether we'll ever know.
The tainted BuzzFeed News blockbuster: Where do we go from here?
On January 19, 2019 January 20, 2019 By Dan KennedyIn Media
Last night on "Beat the Press" (above) we took on the BuzzFeed News blockbuster and talked about how much credence the media should give to a story that they hadn't independently verified. Among other things, I said that BuzzFeed News has a good reputation and that it has owned the Trump Tower story. I'll stand by that.
Then, a few hours later, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller denied the story, which claimed that President Trump had personally directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress under oath about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. The Washington Post's account is brutal:
Inside the Justice Department, the statement was viewed as a huge step, and one that would have been taken only if the special counsel's office viewed the story as almost entirely incorrect. The special counsel's office seemed to be disputing every aspect of the story that addressed comments or evidence given to its investigators.
BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith said that he stands behind the story.
In response to the statement tonight from the Special Counsel's spokesman: We stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the Special Counsel to make clear what he's disputing.
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) January 19, 2019
So where do we go from here?
First, this reminds me of James Comey, shortly after he'd been fired as FBI director, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee and claiming that The New York Times had gotten an important Trump-Russia story wrong. Comey offered no specifics, and we still don't know what he was referring to. Likewise, Mueller's spokesman did not say what BuzzFeed News had gotten wrong — other than "every aspect," as the Post suggests.
Second, there's been some well-informed speculation by Josh Marshall (sub. req.) and others that BuzzFeed's sources are in the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, not the special counsel's office. National security blogger Marcy Wheeler believes that BuzzFeed "unnecessarily overhyped the uniqueness of Trump's role in these lies," and that Mueller issued his statement in order to take the temperature down and keep his investigation on track.
Third, BuzzFeed News does, in fact, have a good reputation. Smith is a fine editor. As you may have heard, one of the two reporters on the story, Jason Leopold, was caught in several ethical lapses earlier in his career, and it's not unfair to take that into account. But there have been no reported problems since 2006, and in 2018 he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. The other reporter, Anthony Cormier, won a Pulitzer in 2016 when he was at the Tampa Bay Times.
Smith, Leopold and Cormier knew what the stakes were before this story was published. I would imagine that even BuzzFeed chief executive Jonah Peretti was involved in the decision to hit "publish." There may turn out to be some significant problems with the story. But unless we see evidence to the contrary, I think it's likely that everyone involved satisfied themselves that they had the goods. Did they? I hope we'll find out.
Sunday update: Trump's lawyer-in-charge-of-digging-the-hole-deeper, Rudy Giuliani, weighs in:
Rudolph Giuliani tells @CNNSotu that Trump may indeed have spoken to Michael Cohen about his congressional testimony beforehand. "And so what if he talked to him about it?" Denies Trump told Cohen to lie.
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) January 20, 2019
And here's BuzzFeed reporter Anthony Cormier refusing to back down:
BuzzFeed reporter @a_cormier_ on his story: "I have further confirmation that this is right. We are being told to stand our ground … The same sources that we used in that story are standing behind it, as are we." https://t.co/rejBGLYLqC pic.twitter.com/Oe3yz5G0Dk
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) January 20, 2019


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Elliot Tyson (* 20. November 1952 in Santa Monica, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Tontechniker.

Tyson wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichnet, u. a. 1990 mit einem Oscar für den besten Ton im Film Glory und im selben Jahr mit dem BAFTA Award für den besten Ton im Film Mississippi Burning.

Tyson ist mit der Produzentin und Drehbuchautorin Beverly Baroff verheiratet.

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Trump sows confusion
Aug. 11, 2020 at 7:34 am Updated Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:30 pm
President Donald Trump holds up one of the four executive orders that he signed addressing the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump issued several new executive orders aimed at extending the COVID-19 economic stimulus that has offered some financial relief to millions of Americans. But instead of bringing clarity, the orders have generated a raft of confusion. Are they even constitutional? Will they go into effect?
For your convenience, here's a simple rule of thumb for what the president can and cannot do on his own, without Congress: No to new money; yes to relaxed collection of money you owe the government.
Under the Constitution, only Congress can initiate new spending. The president may spend only money that has already been appropriated. He's supposed to spend it on the purpose for which Congress appropriated it in the first place; but in real life, he has pretty wide discretion to say whether a given expenditure fits under a given appropriation.
This is the reason Trump's proposed supplemental unemployment benefit of $400 may not last long, if it goes into effect at all. Congress hasn't allocated any new money (yet) for a new benefit. So Trump can only spend money already appropriated for other, related purposes in FEMA emergency funds. He can't overspend the existing appropriation. (He may be gambling that if he uses up money that's supposed to be spent on hurricanes and other natural disasters, Congress will hurry up and appropriate more money.)
Someone will probably file a suit saying that Trump can't use the FEMA emergency funds for the supplemental benefit. But in practice, a court would likely defer to Trump's executive discretion on what counts as a reasonable use of emergency funds.
There is one quirk to be noted: $100 of the $400 is supposed to come from states, and Trump's order seems to say you can only get the federal $300 if you first qualify for the state's $100. Trump can't control what states do. And it is uncertain whether the president can condition receipt of the $300 benefit on states first providing $100. The Supreme Court has held that a condition on federal aid can't be a "gun to the head" of states. This condition could conceivably count as a gun, pressuring states to comply or lose $300 per qualified citizen. (There are technical reasons to think it might not count as a gun, though, mainly that this is new condition on a new benefit — not a removal of an existing benefit.)
The constitution also gives the president a lot of leeway in seeing federal laws enforced. He can delay enforcement or even announce that he won't enforce certain laws, the way President Barack Obama used his discretion on immigration enforcement to create DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
That means the president can delay the collection of both student loans and the federal payroll tax. To be sure, the president can't waive the debts. Only Congress could do that. You will still ultimately owe your student loan payments — and your payroll taxes. The president's enforcement leeway only extends to the time of enforcement, not eliminating the laws that create the obligations. (Similarly, DACA can't turn Dreamers into citizens. Only Congress could pass a law doing that.)
That leaves Trump's proposed federal ban on evictions. It's actually written to allow the Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC to take potential action — not to do anything yet. It says only that:
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of CDC shall consider whether any measures temporarily halting residential evictions of any tenants for failure to pay rent are reasonably necessary to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 from one State or possession into any other State or possession.
It is far from clear what legal authority, if any, the executive branch would have to block evictions based on state landlord-tenant law. This Trump proposal would likely be unconstitutional if it actually had any teeth — which it doesn't.
Whether you're one of the people who need immediate relief, or one of those whose businesses and investments depend on the extra support for consumer spending, there are still a lot of question marks here. But a little 8th-grade civics lesson is all you need to see that these orders are a pretty flimsy shield.
Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is a professor of constitutional and international law at Harvard University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter.

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Q: Seguridad al Consultar BD de un servidor a una app Estoy creando un aplicativo móvil el cual se conecta a la base de datos de un servidor. El problema es la seguridad de la base de datos: según mi investigación la mejor manera de conectar la base de datos es con un api rest con php, el cual sería así:
<?php

$conexion =mysqli_connect('localhost','usuario','contraseña','basededatos');
if(!$conexion)
{
    echo "error en conexion";
}

$nombre = $_POST['nombre'];
$correo = $_POST['correo'];
$direccion =$_POST['direccion'];

$query = "INSERT INTO usuario(nombre,correo,direccion) values('$nombre','$correo','$direccion')";
$resultado =mysqli_query($conexion,$query);

if($resultado){
    echo "datos insertados";
}else{
    echo "datos error";
}
mysqli_close($conexion);
?>

El cual se subiría al servidor. Lo que me preocupa es que ya que la contraseña de la base datos está puesta, cualquiera podría hacer una enumeración de directorios y descubrir dicho archivo y hacer consultas y hasta ingresar datos.

La duda que tengo es cómo puedo evitar eso, cómo podría cambiar para que sea más seguro o cómo se podría hacer un api para la consulta de la base datos más segura.

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Dealer's Choice: Mallett
Giles Hutchinson Smith
The art market is full of personalities, but dealers and gallerists often operate behind the scenes. In this regular series, Apollo asks art dealers to introduce themselves and their businesses. Giles Hutchinson Smith, managing director of Mallett, is preparing to exhibit at TEFAF Maastricht this week.
Tell us a bit about the history of your business
Mallett is the oldest established antique dealer in the world: we are currently celebrating our 150th year. Founded in Bath in 1865 by John Mallett, our business has grown to become the principal name in our field with showrooms on Dover Street, London and Madison Avenue, New York, plus a client list that stretches across the world.
What are your specialist fields?
18th- and 19th-century English and Continental furniture and decorative arts.
What's the most exciting work you're currently offering?
A pair of late George II giltwood torcheres, hailing from the private collection of the Rothschild family at Mentmore Towers. Having not appeared on the market for over four decades, the rare survivors will be joining us at TEFAF 2015.
What's been your greatest triumph as a dealer?
Bringing the former palace of the Bishop of Ely back to life when we moved our flagship London gallery to the spectacular Ely House on Dover Street in 2012.
And your greatest professional regret?
Whilst selling through private treaty allows us access to exclusive and fascinating areas of the art market, it prevents us being able to share some of our greatest acquisitions and successes.
How has the market in your field changed since you started dealing?
It's a very different world. The pieces in our London and New York gallery are no longer just pieces of utilitarian furniture, they are works of art in their own right.
Do you collect yourself? And in the same field as you deal?
Yes I do; I love unusual pieces full of colour and life.
Which work have you been sorriest to part with?
A George II ceremonial walnut chair: a one-of-a-kind piece that was made for the dining club of the Anti-Gallican Society. The stunning workmanship was a joy to have at Ely House.
If you weren't an art dealer, what would you be?
A full-time skier in the Swiss Alps.
Mallett will be exhibiting at TEFAF Maastricht, from 13–22 March.
The New Deal: Paul Durand-Ruel
The Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel played an instrumental role in the rise of the Impressionists
Paul Durand-Ruel: Gambler, Discoverer or Inventor?
By mid September, the same show will have toured three cities, in three countries, and will have picked up three different titles along the way
Why London doesn't need the Garden Bridge
The proposed Garden Bridge over the Thames is impractical as a park and misguided as a river crossing


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Rossini in Wildbad is a bel canto opera festival in Bad Wildbad, Baden-Württemberg, specialising in the lesser-known operas of Gioachino Rossini and his contemporaries.

The festival commemorates a stay by Rossini at the town's spa in 1856, which apparently invigorated him enough to start composing again.

The festival was founded in 1989 by the conductor .

List of operas performed

References

External links
 Website of the Rossini in Wildbad Festival in English.

Opera festivals
1989 establishments in West Germany
Music festivals established in 1989
Gioachino Rossini


This season, OHS Mock Trial is facing the competition with the "Owatonna" team composed of a majority of newcomers, and the "Owatonna White" team composed of mainly veteran members. In mock trial, students are given a case and then imitate a trial. The team is presented with a case from the MN Bar Association, and they are given three months to practice. Competitions against other schools take place in a real courtroom, with real judges, where students gain a real experience involving what actual lawyers and witnesses do. Students are scored based on their ability to present their facts and case, or their character rather than whether they win or lose the case. In this year's case, a county commissioner filed a civil lawsuit against a local newspaper, suing for defamation of character, alleging that a story ran about them was entirely false.
The Owatonna teams bring talented and passionate members to each of their meets. Junior Ellie Youngquist, who portrays a witness for the "Owatonna White" team, said, "The season has been great. All of our teams have been doing pretty good especially some of our newer members." The "Owatonna" team began their season with one win and one loss at the Minneapple Tournament in Apple Valley, MN. Unfortunately, for the "Owatonna White" team, they came out of the first competition with two losses. During the first round of the competition, both teams won against United South Central's two mock trial teams. However, some complications arose for the two Owatonna teams during the second round of the competition.
In the second round of mock trial, the two Owatonna teams had to compete against each other. This battle has shaken things up within the club. The two teams had to go nearly the entire time without comparing notes or bouncing ideas off of each other like they usually do. Teams had to practice in separate parts of the building and when the time came, lawyers had to grill some of their closest friends on the stand. Mock trial coach, Mrs. Ann Christensen said, "Even though we are two teams, we are one team. You do not want to have competition within the two teams. Usually, they are supportive of each other, but for that one-week things were complicated." In the end, the "Owatonna White" team won.
The team's most recent meet was Friday, Feb. 1 at the Rice County Courthouse. The two teams from Owatonna faced two of Northfield's teams. The "Owatonna" team came out of this round with a win against "Northfield White" with a score of 199-169. The "Owatonna White" team fought hard and came out of the trial on top of "Northfield" by one point. Christensen said, "The teams have been working very hard and the results are showing in their trials." Owatonna's next meet is Friday, Feb. 8 at the Dodge County Courthouse. "Owatonna White" will go against "Rochester Century" and "Owatonna" will go against "Rochester Lourdes." After this round of the competition teams will know whether or not they will move onto regionals.
For more information on this year's mock trial teams, visit a previous article here.


Where there's a theme, there's a way! Sweet Baby Ray's turned one last weekend and she celebrated with a beach BBQ and TONS of sweets! The party was fully equipped with every Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, fresh sunflowers by East End Flower Shop and a dessert bar that did not disappoint.
It was her first birthday, so let's start with the smash cake. We did a very simple vanilla cake with a 'naked' vanilla buttercream- obviously baby Ray loved it. The large cake for everyone was a favorite too! A lemon cake with a simple textured buttercream was refreshing and fitting with the theme. The best part about this cake was the red and white gingham inside to match with all the decor. The cake sat on top of our clear Poppies for Grace cake stand that was filled with the fresh sunflowers.
The rest of the dessert bar was easy to grab and go, which was perfect for all the kids (or the parents chasing them). We added a chocolate dessert with the sunflower cupcakes, complete with chocolate sprinkle centers.
The desserts on a stick like the cake pops and rice crispy treats were definitely the favorite. We did a simple white frosting and red accents to keep it clean and pretty. I love the royal icing sunflower detail not the rice crispy treats!
Another hit were the burger cookies- a BBQ must have. Each cookie was a different layer of a cheese burger and everyone really I got a kick out of the 'dessert imposters'.
Of course, what's a dessert bar without macarons? These adorable macarons were filled with raspberry buttercream and lemon curd- fresh summery flavors that are SO yummy together. The hand piped sunflowers along the edge were a challenge but added such a sweet detail!
Such a fun theme to execute- everything came together so perfectly! The birthday girl enjoyed all the treats, and was a happy girl! Mission accomplished!


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Breaking and Capoeira
"When I first arrived here in New York I did a lot of work at the public schools. I frequently went to the Bronx and before break dancing was considered a style of dancing, or was successful, there wasn't even music involved at that time. I used to see boys break dancing their breaks at school, in the streets and on the street corners, mainly during the summer. This was in 1975 and these boys, from the public schools, sometimes participated and began to be introduced to capoeira....
It was like a show, a lecture. At that time, we did not speak English, so there was a person who translated everything for us. Loremil and I, both with our berimbau, would put a vinyl record on because there was no one to play for us while we were showing the boys capoeira. They were crazy about it. After each show, everybody wanted to talk to us and invited us to their break dancing circles. At that time, break dancing was totally different than it is today. It was more of a cultural movement than a commercial thing, and it also had identification and styles within each neighborhood."
-Jelon Vieira
Dance at Bronx River: Obie West and the Royal Koso Dance Ensemble
Before the formation of the Zulu Masters/Zulu Kings, there was another youth dance group resident at the Bronx River Community Center. This was the Royal Koso Dance Ensemble, started by Chicago native Obie G. West in either 1970 (according to internal Bronx River documents) or 1972 (according to newspaper articles), with musical direction by Aziz Akmed, and specializing in the dances of Senegal and Guinea. The initial students were "female associates and a few male members" of the Black Spades street gang.
By 1975, the group was struggling for money, and applied for a grant from Bronx River Youth Services System (YSS) to pay West and Akmed to run a dance workshop five days a week. In June and October of 1975, the troupe travelled to Chicago to perform together with the Darlene Blackburn Dance Troupe, which like West's group, incorporated African folklore, storytelling, and African American playground games into their performances. Both Blackburn and West were heavily influenced by the work of Katherine Dunham on Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Brazilian dance. Shortly after these appearances, West moved to East Lansing, Michigan, and by 1976 was living in Chicago again, where he remained.
Here's the big question- when West left New York, did his dance troupe somehow transform into the Zulu Masters/Zulu Kings? Other than the obvious parallels of time and place, there are a few linguistic oddities I've noticed. Both dance groups' names are composed of a word for monarchy (Royal, Kings), and a clearly African proper name (Koso, Zulu). The name of the Royal Koso's drummer, Aziz Akmed, and the name Koso itself, are imperfectly echoed in the street names of the five original Zulu Masters (Shaka, Zambu, Aziz, Ahmed and Kusa). These parallels could be coincidental, but it's curious.
Edited to add: I just searched the Bronx River Houses open FB group for the word "Obie" and found dozens of comments from residents who studied with him. I learned that the first African dance teacher at Bronx River, before Obie West, was Tarhia Morton-Huggins (who lived in the "same building as Bam"). Learned that the drummers were "Aziz and Mustapha and Hakim." Learned that Obie was a "tall guy with a wild Afro." Learned that they practiced on the second floor of the Center (the same practice location as the Zulu Kings, according to bboy Kusa).
It could be that this "Mustapha" is the same as the "Mustafa" that Afrika Bambaataa wrote about in a letter to Carmen Luciano, director of the South Bronx (YSS) on 3/5/75. Eric White was the Bronx River "mobilizer," or group leader, for the YSS. I've transcribed the letter in full:
Dear Carmen,
I enjoyed the retreat to camp Minisink a lot. I have never been to a camp before. When we got to camp Minisink, there was a bit of separation between the Blacks and White, but after our great cookers cook up a beautiful dinner, we had a rap session to see why the whites don't communicate with the Black cadre members. After we discuss our different views, I feel us Black and White cadre member got a better understanding of each other. After we did get an understanding of each other, we got into different activities with each other. So I say that it was unity up there in Camp Minisink.
I also feel that the South Bronx Youth Service System is really going to progress. I believe it is really going to work out. I would also like to say is that Mustafa (Eric White) really keeps our Cadre together and also gives us a good understanding of something which we don't really understand, like on different problems to do with the Youth Service System, plus he could bring a good understanding to relating to Black and White Cadre members.
All I have to say is more power to the Youth Service System and Right On to Mustafa.
BamBaaTaa- Khayan -Aasim
Below is a scrapbook of newspaper articles and document scans. The document images didn't come out as well as I would have liked. Click on the images to enlarge, or on this link for the originals. They are courtesy of the University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives. Most of the newspaper clippings come from the Chicago Defender, archived in the Proquest Historical Newspapers Database (no direct link available, only accessible to those with an academic subscription).
The Grant Proposal
Lance Taylor (aka Afrika Bambaataa) Bronx River Youth Cadre member (separate document)
Mr. Obie West, Art Director (separate document)
The Record (Hackensack, NJ) December 18, 1975
Black Sports Magazine (April, 1974)


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We also had the $5k crane cost. They have used a crane multiple times, I tried to query it but told it was required. We do have overhead powerlines in street.
Was that part of your site costs and did you get charged the 7k as well for tiger tails?
Hi MangoC, it was listed separately to site costs under OHS but we didn't have the tiger tails cost, we did sign a long time ago and I know of other builds both with Arden and other builders to have tiger tails included in their costs.
Thanks Ezza. Its hard to know what is a legitimate cost and what can be pushed to be avoided.
Looks like this this will the first post for 2019 here!
- so Really, apart from the fridge and 'backup' units - I don't see any change in the specifications to warrant the price increase - although it does state up to $43k of site costs included.


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Q: Derivative of standard gaussian hypergeometric function $_2F_1$ I have a very simple question on the first derivative of a standard guassian hypergeometric function.
When I input the following command
D[Hypergeometric2F1[x, a, b, c], x]
Mathematica returns
$Hypergeometric2F1^{(0,1,0,0)}[x, a, b, c]$
Could anyone tell me what the above hypergeometric function means, especially the superscript?
Thank you so much for your help!

A: According to K. Oldham, J. Myland, & J. Spanier, An Atlas of Functions, Ch. 60, Springer,
$$\frac{d}{dx}~_2F_1(a,b;c;x)=\frac{ab}{c}~_2F_1(a+1,b+1;c+1;x)\\
\frac{d^n}{dx^n}~_2F_1(a,b;c;x)=\frac{(a)_n(b)_n}{(c)_n}~_2F_1(a+n,b+n;c+n;x)
$$
where $(a)_n$ is the Pochhammer polynomial, of course.


World Series of Boxing participants, the British Lionhearts have released a statement after being caught up in the terrorist attacks that took place in London on Wednesday.
Four people were confirmed dead when two men crashed into pedestrians at London's Tower Bridge, including a policeman who was stabbed near Westminister.
The Lionhearts were in the vicinity at the time, but moved to confirm all boxers and staff escaped without any injuries afterward.
It was also noted that an upcoming match-up against Italy will go ahead as planned.
"GB Boxing can confirm that boxers and coaching staff from its British Lionhearts boxing team (who are due compete against Italia Thunder in the World Series of Boxing at York Hall) were at Westminster on Wednesday and witnessed part of the attack at the Houses of Parliament.
"The boxers and staff have spoken to the police and security forces and are assisting them with their enquiries into the incident.
"The team is completely focused on preparing for the fixture and will not be making any further comment on today's incident until after the match is over and would like to ask journalists and the media to respect this and leave the boxers free to complete their preparations without any further disturbances.
"The team will review this position once the match is completed.


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Skyscanner.com – cheap flights. The highlight of the this site is the ability to type in a city of origin and then type "Everywhere" as your destination.
Kayak.com – backup to Skyscanner, not as flexible but still useful.
Airbnb – local accommodations for cheap, sometimes with the owners, sometimes solo.
HomeAway – vacation rentals; often condos / apts cheaper than hotel rooms.
Couchsurfing – an interesting phenomenon in the land of free accommodations. Ask me about my experience.
XE currency converter – necessary albeit typically depressing.
Hotels.com – stay 10 nights, get one free!
Wordreference.com – online dictionary aka life-saver.
ESLprintables – immense collaborative site for sharing worksheets and templates. Account creation necessary.
Chronicle of Higher Ed – up to date news from the higher education arena.


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is a railway station on the Takayama Main Line in the city of Hida,  Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).

Lines
Sugisaki Station is served by the Takayama Main Line, and is located 153.6 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at .

Station layout
Sugisaki Station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History
Sugisaki Station opened on December 25, 1952. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area
The station is located in a rural area with a few houses nearby.

See also
 List of Railway Stations in Japan

External links

Railway stations in Gifu Prefecture
Takayama Main Line
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1952
Stations of Central Japan Railway Company
Hida, Gifu


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On January 10, 2014 By Andrew G LockhartIn Book Review, Writing and Publishing
The Subtle Knife
The Subtle Knife is the second book of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
At the end of Northern Lights, we left Lyra on the bridge from her universe to another. Now the author leaves us in suspense to introduce a new protagonist. Will Parry is a twelve-year-old boy who lives with his mother in OUR Oxford. When he disturbs and kills a burglar, he leaves home in search of his missing father, who is an explorer. By accident, Will climbs through a mysterious hole in the air and finds himself in Cittagazze, a tropical seaside universe inhabited by feral children, soul-eating spectres and zombie-like grown-ups. Lyra, we find, has reached Cittagazze too.
"As he stood wondering, the door burst open and something came hurtling at him like a wild beast … a girl about his own age, ferocious, snarling, with ragged dirty clothes and thin bare limbs."
The two children join forces. Pursued by the evil Mrs Coulter and Sir Charles Latrom, a rich entrepreneur, Lyra and Will have to live on their wits to survive in this hostile world. Sir Charles steals Lyra's alethiometer (the Golden Compass of the Hollywood film), and in order to recover it Will has to find the Subtle Knife, with which the bearer can cut windows into multiple universes. Without knowing it, the children have a special task to perform, one foretold in a prophecy, and on which the very survival of the Cosmos depends. Fortunately, they have allies. There is the witch Serafina Pekkala and her kin, who helped rescue Lyra and her friends from Mrs Coulter's experimental facility in the Arctic. We meet again Texan aeronaut Lee Scoresby, a friend of Lyra who hopes to find the mysterious shaman Stanislaus Grumman. And there is the Oxford physicist Mary Malone, whose specialty is elementary particles, which in Lyra's world are called Dust.
Waiting meantime in the wings, and amassing his forces for a war to end war with the Magisterium , is Lord Asriel. He too wants the knife and sends two of his angel agents to bring Will to him in his mountain headquarters.
"Beneath this colossal fortress, fires glared and furnaces smoked in the darkness of early dawn …"
Although written, like Northern Lights, for children and young adults, The Subtle Knife is a novel to be enjoyed by all ages. It is filled with unforgetable characters, both human and fantastical. It is a book about growing up, about friendship and ultimately sacrifice. However, as in the first book, it also deals with some very adult themes and concepts. The ending prepares the way for the final volume in which (hopefully) all will be resolved to the reader's satisfaction.
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4 thoughts on "Not all universes are the same (part two)"
Nice post! These three books make my favorite fantasy trilogy ever. I am glad you say that The Subtle Knife can be enjoyed by all ages.
Thanks, Anastasia. Appreciate your comment. I read your post on LOTR. You might also enjoy reading Carpenter's biography of Tolkein.
Funny how I agree with everything you say here, yet I still enjoyed the first book so much more :).The heavily adult focused concepts are probably what sets this trilogy apart from most other fantasy series. Plus the integrated physics of course!
'Integrated Physics' – that's one way of putting it.
I can't really say tha I enjoyed one part more than the others. I think that was because, like LOTR, I read it all as one novel.


When the Spring rolls around, I reach for softer pink and coral lip colors to match my pastel clothes and ashier blonde hair. I'm sharing 3 of my go-to lipsticks for this transitional time of year.
This matte lipstick smells like vanilla and applies smoothly. To keep the color as true to its bottle color, I apply concealer to my lips first to create a blank canvas and then I apply 2 coats. I go over this lipstick with a pale pink lip pencil around the border of my lips to keep it looking precise and clean. I love to pair this pale pink lipstick with pastel colored clothing to keep the look monochromatic and fresh.
I received this neutral pink lip crayon in my Lip Monthly bag from February. It's easy to apply as a crayon and deeply moisturizing. This is a trusty, everyday color that looks just "my lips, but better." If you love lipstick and enjoy experimenting with different colors, give Lip Monthly a try. I have yet to write a review, but I enjoy getting the little goody bag of 4 lip products every month, especially when it comes with such a practical color like this one.
This rosy coral lipstick glides on with strong pigment and emits a delicious orange oil scent. It's has a silky satin finish, but requires blotting. The only caveat about this comfortable, moisturizing lipstick is that it can get on your teeth pretty easily. One of my students told me I had it on my teeth (…embarassing, haha!) and I am extra mindful now. It slips off my lips if I'm not checking it every hour. Otherwise, the formula is deeply hydrating and the golden bullet packaging is fun to use and feels sophisticated.
So, tell me: do you rotate lipsticks seasonally? What are your Spring lipstick colors and brands?


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Q: Add NAs to make all list elements equal length I'm doing a series of things in dplyr, tidyr, so would like to keep with a piped solution if possible.
I have a list with uneven numbers of elements in each component:
lolz <- list(a = c(2,4,5,2,3), b = c(3,3,2), c=c(1,1,2,4,5,3,3), d=c(1,2,3,1), e=c(5,4,2,2))
lolz
$a
[1] 2 4 5 2 3

$b
[1] 3 3 2

$c
[1] 1 1 2 4 5 3 3

$d
[1] 1 2 3 1

$e
[1] 5 4 2 2

I am wondering if there's a neat one liner to fill up each element with NAs such that they all are of the same length as the element with the maximum items:
I have a 2 liner:
lolz %>% lapply(length) %>% unlist %>% max -> mymax
lolz %>% lapply(function(x) c(x, rep(NA, mymax-length(x))))

$a
[1]  2  4  5  2  3 NA NA

$b
[1]  3  3  2 NA NA NA NA

$c
[1] 1 1 2 4 5 3 3

$d
[1]  1  2  3  1 NA NA NA

$e
[1]  5  4  2  2 NA NA NA

Wondering if I'm missing something quicker / more elegant.

A: You could use
lapply(lolz, `length<-`, max(lengths(lolz)))
# $a
# [1]  2  4  5  2  3 NA NA
#
# $b
# [1]  3  3  2 NA NA NA NA
#
# $c
# [1] 1 1 2 4 5 3 3
#
# $d
# [1]  1  2  3  1 NA NA NA
#
# $e
# [1]  5  4  2  2 NA NA NA

or
n <- max(lengths(lolz))
lapply(lolz, `length<-`, n)


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Q: Zend framework Multi Checkbox How can I make the checkbox checked in Zend Framework. I have the following code for multicheckbox and I want to check my checkboxes by default when page loads. I have tried the following code but does not work.
$type = new Zend_Form_Element_MultiCheckbox('referenceType');
        $type->addMultiOptions(array('1' => 'payment','2' => 'purchase'));
        $type->setValue(array(1,2));
        $this->addElement($type);

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Review by Samcrom Patron
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 2019 ★★★½
Watched Jul 25, 2019
Samcrom's review published on Letterboxd:
A glamorized recreation of 60's L.A, a look behind the glossy front of the film industry and a sprawling map to how influences and perceptions are mediated by film.
Once Upon a Time offers a behind-the-scenes look into the past-- both with a loving fidelity to the spirit of the times, but also with a will to re-shape and re-imagine. Its Hollywood refracted back upon itself; a representation of an era shaped by how it has been passed up to the present through TV, movie, and pop culture. Through the impressive details of the production design, this experience is brought to life in a vibrant celebration of the iconography of the time, with lots of hippies, kung fu, cowboys, chain-smokin' and beer drinkin'.
There's a high energy-- especially in the beginning-- as it bounces from the life of Rick Dalton to his stunt double Cliff Booth, with generous glimpses of Dalton's work hunting bounties and frying Nazis. Yet around the middle, the momentum falters. The initial promise of Dalton grappling with being washed-up doesn't fuel enough narrative propulsion to last the entire runtime. The film becomes scattered as it tries to offer the full breadth of the era, and balance its screen-time between the three main characters. It certainly doesn't try to be plot-driven. Nor even character-driven-- for while Dalton and Booth both have an excellently established sense of character, they have little in the way of development (especially in terms of the film's length). So, I think the film primarily tries to be world-driven, and in that respect it succeeds. Yet, in building this world of screens-within-screens and dazzling personas, it veers too much into digressions and meanderings, at points becoming drawn out, even languid. A number of scenes-- while great in and of themselves-- aren't able to unite, and lacking a thread to draw them together, end up feeling diffused and disparate.
Without going into spoilers, I'll say that the film ends on a high note. In its climax, it manages to have its cake and eat it too, as the saying goes; it succeeds in both revelling in Golden-age Hollywood, while also critiquing it (although it is perfectly happy erring more on the glorify than the critique side). Once Upon a Time shows life from all sides of the camera: the actor in front, struggling to find his role in the future; the rising actress, a spirit of innocent optimism; the laid-back stuntman, content with his place behind the lines... and finally, the director, Tarantino himself, who uses his camera to craft this expansive, vibrant homage to Hollywood.
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Please Grant Andrew Sullivan Citizenship
As regular readers know, I've interned at The Atlantic and guest blogged for Andrew Sullivan on several occasions. It's always been a privilege — his audience is huge and exceptionally intelligent, and everything one posts garners intelligent rebuttals from sundry perspectives.
Today this post moves me to write. It reminds me that after all these years, Andrew isn't accorded status as a United States citizen. Immigration is a fraught subject, but I submit that Mr. Sullivan's status as an "in limbo" legal immigrant lays bare obvious, nonsensical aspects of the system that we use to grant or deny permanent status to foreigners.
Consider all the qualities one might want in a new citizen. Mr. Sullivan earns a six figure salary, enjoys unusual job security, demonstrably loves the United States, grasps even obscure details of our civic system, and possesses sufficient savings to bankroll his lifestyle even if he is fired tomorrow.
Mr. Sullivan writes:
I've been in the US for a quarter of a century, have paid taxes when I was working, am married to an American and have never asked for a dime of public help. But the US – alone among developed nations – still persecutes non-Americans for having HIV and regards my civil marriage as null and void and my husband as a total stranger to me.
Britain doesn't persecute people with HIV and never has; moreover, Britain would allow my husband and I to relocate together to England at any point. I'm not sure people fully understand what it's like to build a life with someone and to do all you can to contribute to a society – and yet be vulnerable at any moment to having your family torn apart by the government. But it's a strain that eventually becomes crippling: you have no security, no stability, no guarantee that you have a future you can count on. And that affects an American citizen, my husband, as well.
Why has America become such a callous outlier on these matters?
I couldn't agree more. But Andrew answers his own question as to why America has become such a callous outlier, where he writes in the post you linked: "The federal government is simply paralyzed with red tape."
He says the immigration ban on HIV was lifted in July 2008, but it's still in force because of "the bureaucratic nightmare."
So it's still in force because of the blunt instrument we call the federal government.
I suppose that your question is, Conor, when are we going to make all illegals, legal? Because the federal government is big and stupid, we should give amnesty to all illegals. Am I making too big a leap? Please tell me that's not at all what you're implying.
Please explain why millions of people who have the good fortune of living just south of the Texas border, should be allowed to cut in line ahead of Andrew Sullivan. Please explain how I'm misrepresenting your position. Seriously.
— jd · Sep 23, 12:01 PM · #
Red Tape isn't isn't the problem.
jd bragged that Cali was against gay marriage, membah?
Conservative white protestants are homophobes. Until recently they made up the majority of the electorate….so they made the laws.
— matoko_chan · Sep 23, 12:13 PM · #
"Conservative white protestants are homophobes"
Stereotype much?
— tomaig · Sep 23, 02:25 PM · #
Analysis based on empirical data is not stereotyping.
I don't think this is a problem that will go away.
Andrew's sin isn't that he has HIV. It's just that he can't vote yet. No one cares about the powerless (illegal or legal).
I'm not very concerned, however, since he is well-connected and pulls a lot more clout than most immigrants going through the same sort of red-tape headaches and process. Andrew will be fine.
Of course, simply opening up the gates to immigrants would be the best thing the government could do for us.
But I don't see why Sullivan's credentials should matter so much.
Why not let people enter regardless of earning power or education. We don't just need professionals, but laborers – (The fact that there are illegals here, jd, means there is a big demand for them – may as well give the market a legal supply, instead of viewing them as illegal substances)
I don't see why should favor the rich over the poor on this matter. Health status at least makes more sense in terms of consequences and fairness.
But this doesn't seem to be a priority for Obama, even though it would cement his legacy much more than creating new government agencies. He seems very focused on just one issue right now.
We'll see, but I suspect Sullivan's enemy Bush was the last best hope we may have had for any significant (though imperfect) immigration reform for a long time.
— Taury · Sep 23, 03:58 PM · #
My beloved bride is from Canadia. She moved here under a Fiance Visa and, lemme tell ya, it was a bureaucratic nightmare. She and I are both college-educated English speakers and we had NO idea even where to start.
We eventually contacted my congressman and talked to his INS liason (!) and she explained the process, explained where to get forms, explained what forms we needed, what forms we didn't need, what to include (phone bills! pictures of us holding hands! plane ticket stubs!), and when I should worry if I hadn't heard back.
Again, she and I are fairly intelligent folks who speak the language and we had to talk to my congressman to navigate the maze.
And this was in the 90's. I can't imagine what it's like post-9/11.
— Jaybird · Sep 23, 04:04 PM · #
taury,
But this doesn't seem to be a priority for Obama ……..now.
/wicked grin
There is a reason O is doing healthcare first….both to distance it from 2010 and to act while Horrorshow Bush is still fresh in the minds of the electorate.
I believe he plans to execute on immigration reform in 2010, where we liberals will be vastly entertained by the Epic Spectacle of the GOP trying to hispander the demographic timer on non-hispanic caucs while the base chews them a new asshole.
lulz.
You'll have to forgive m_c, he ghost wrote The Bell Curve and never got the credit he felt he deserved.
— Erik Siegrist · Sep 23, 04:30 PM · #
Jaybird, I'm going through the same process now with my Mexican wife, and it is miserable. Just a ridiculous situation. She has a tourist visa, but she's not allowed to enter the US until her spouse visa comes through, because that would for some reason constitute fraud (two different lawyers told me that, the idea being she can't come in as a tourist if she is married to American. If you fail to catch the logic in that assumption, you are not alone). The whole thing is supposed to take ten months, but of course that's just an estimate, it could be longer, which makes it very hard for us to plan to move to the States with any advance. I'm using a lawyer, who I'm not 100 percent convinced is on top of the situation, but will wind up being quite expensive. The whole thing is just a disgrace, why should this take ten months? I'm not a private enterprise for everything guy, but can you imagine a business taking ten months to basically conduct one interview and a routine background check?
— pc · Sep 23, 04:31 PM · #
/sigh
Erik, chan means young lady.
I didnt' write the Bellcurve, but I did kill the Puppetmaster and help Batou to bring down the Locus Solos Corporation.
My german born riding trainer recently married an american equine dentist. They had to provide all the proof that jaybird cites and they have to go back every two years and prove they are still married, for 10 years.
I guess if they divorce INS will deport her.
Amazing that eight years of Horrorshow Bush has resulted in deterring high IQ professionals from immigrating to the states, encouraging high IQ professionals to emmigrate because of our shitty healthcare system, and importing millions of low to middle IQ illegals.
How about them apples, Sailer?
Reverse brain drain.
The US should be welcoming to all. A handshake and a retinal scan for everyone at the door.
— Kristoffer V. Sargent · Sep 23, 05:39 PM · #
"Why not let people enter regardless of earning power"
Because we have trillion budget deficits even without the new health entitlement. If the health plan passes people with poor earning power will receive far more in government benefits then they will pay in taxes.
— Mercer · Sep 24, 01:40 AM · #
Conor: You seem somewhat confused about the citizenship process. It sounds like Sullivan has been unable to secure lawful permanent resident status. I agree that some of the reasons for that are lamentable. Normally, one must be a lawful permanent resident for 3 or 5 years, depending on the situation. Time spent in the United States on other types of visas (work permits, investor visa, etc.) doesn't count. Source: USCIS
— RW Rogers · Sep 24, 03:41 AM · #
Where's Steve Sailer when you need him?
IIRC, whether a potential immigrant would be a net positive to the US is not a major factor in determining immigration status, so the fact that it is in the US interest to keep both Sullivan and, presumably, Mr. Sullivan doesn't really enter into the equation.
With that said, I totally agree that gay marriage should be legalized and should count towards immigration status.
I also mostly agree that HIV status should not count, although as we move towards public health care, I would want to think about the implications some more before I finalized my opinion on that issue.
— J Mann · Sep 24, 02:14 PM · #
"Married to an American?" Not in my state Andrew. Also, he borders on crazy a lot of the time, and he smokes marijuana in violation of the law…and gets special consideration when doing so. So, do pomocons believe we need more drug taking, social leftists, who careen wildly from one position to another and take advanatage of their special position to avoid prosectuion? The Kennedy family is enough.
— jjv · Sep 24, 03:28 PM · #
jjv, the issue isn't how good a guy Andrew Sullivan is, or what good he's done or not for the U.S.A.—(P.S. I'd give him a shoutout for once upon a time rallying public opinion towards getting rid of the Hussein dynasty!)
Rather, the question concerns a) specific laws and bureacratic rules, one which concerns HIV, b) gay marriage, and c) INS backload/incompetence and what to do about it c1) collectively, and c2) as it effects individual cases.
But do note how Andrew and Conor both attempt to conflate all of these distinct issues. It's almost as if they didn't know (Aristotle 101) that when you have laws, sometimes they are going to to be blunt instruments that do harm in specific cases, but that you can't simply over-rule them on the basis of those cases unless you want to do without the rule of law. It's almost as if they didn't know (Madison 101) that having the reps of democratic majorities write and decide your laws gives you some pretty mediocre and bad laws.
Nah…it's Obama-talk for them, i.e., SURELY THIS IS SUCH A SCREWED UP SITUATION THAT A READY-AT-HAND ANSWER TO FIX IT RIGHT NOW, (as NOW is ever the time) MUST BE AVAILABLE. (And note the shame-shame "last developed nation" trope so typically turned to…)
In sum, I'd say to Mr. Sullivan, use your personal example to push for specific changes, by all means, but please do it like an adult who understands that LAWS and DEMOCRACY are facts of life, and they often are more problematic facts of life when you live in country that doesn't put a board of experts in charge of every damn decision. Were it up to me, I'd certainly grant Andrew citizenship, but all "were it up to me" talk is quasi-monarchical. Let's debate the actual rules here, one at a time. Or would that be "callous"?
— Carl Scott · Sep 25, 07:09 PM · #
Go to NRO today for a link (couldn't do here…I plead incompetence) to a recent Reader's Digest poll indicating that 52% of French persons polled would like to move to the U.S. if "no political or economic" barriers to doing so existed.
It's facts like that that force us to have LAWS that might treat people "callously" from time to time.
I'm surprised that Sullivan's sickening toadying to The Anointed One hasn't gotten him granted citizenship by now. I guess the DoJ figured squashing his Federal bust for smoking dope in a National Park was sufficient payback.
— Sam · Oct 1, 08:19 PM · #
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Guard is fired after his gun goes off in elevator of Omaha business | Local News 1 min read
Guard is fired after his gun goes off in elevator of Omaha business | Local News
A 25-year-old armored car guard lost his job after he admitted that he accidentally fired his handgun in the elevator of a west Omaha office building.
The incident occurred Thursday at the corporate offices of Methodist Health Systems near 169th and Leavenworth Streets. The building's safety director told police that an employee heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot coming from an elevator.
An officer from Armored Knights, who had picked up some money, got off the elevator and exited the building. An investigation of the elevator found a bullet hole that had gone through the inside door and partially through the outside door. A dent protruded outward on the outside of the elevator door.
Surveillance video showed the Armored Knights guard getting off the elevator and leaving the building soon after the noise was heard.
A company supervisor contacted the guard, who admitted that his Springfield 9 mm pistol with hollow-point ammunition had accidentally discharged but that he was too scared to say anything.
The guard told police that his holster was too far back on his belt, digging into his side and pulling his pants down. He said he tried to remove the gun from the holster in the elevator to decrease the weight on the belt. He told the officer that his finger must have been on the trigger when he pulled out the gun. The guard said he usually doesn't keep a round chambered and was surprised when it went off.
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Editorial: ORBT is an Omaha transportation innovation worth embracing | Editorial 1 min read
Editorial: ORBT is an Omaha transportation innovation worth embracing | Editorial
A new ORBT bus heads west on Dodge Street during testing on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020.
CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
Forward-looking communities build toward their future through smart planning. Omaha's new rapid bus line, which begins service Wednesday, provides a key example.
ORBT — Omaha Rapid Bus Transit — is notable in several ways. It responds to local demand for public transportation innovation. It uses technology to achieve efficiency and consumer convenience. It demonstrates Omaha's ability to coordinate complex new civic projects. And it opens the way toward eventual expansion to additional parts of the city, to better park-and-ride stops and to Council Bluffs.
"This is really about thinking about the future, what we're going to become and where we're headed," says Stephen Osberg, director of transportation development for the Greater Omaha Chamber, which is developing a regional transport strategy for the metro area.
ORBT buses will run between downtown and Westroads Mall, using a technology to hold a green light longer, with a dedicated lane east of 30th Street. A rapid transit bus will arrive at about 10-minute intervals, and a full ride along the 27-stop route will take around 26 minutes.
The stations will have Wi-Fi and ticket kiosks. Buses will provide Wi-Fi and onboard bike racks. A raised platform, train station-style, will ease riders' entry and exit. It's a smart, efficient approach that's worked well in cities including Cleveland; Indianapolis; Kansas City, Missouri; Fort Collins, Colorado; and Eugene, Oregon.
One teen dies, another is injured in two-vehicle crash in Nebraska | Omaha State and Regional News 1 min read
One teen dies, another is injured in two-vehicle crash in Nebraska | Omaha State and Regional News
One 17-year-old girl died and another 17-year-old girl was injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night just east of Eagle, Nebraska, in Cass County.
The crash occurred about 8:45 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 34 and Nebraska Highway 63, Cass County Sheriff Bill Brueggemann said. The names of the girls, both Lincoln residents, were withheld pending notification of family.
The girls were taken to Lincoln's Bryan Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead. Investigators determined that the girls were the driver and passenger in a 2011 Nissan Altima that was southbound on Highway 63 when it failed to halt for a stop sign at the intersection with Highway 34.
The Nissan collided with a 2013 Dodge Charger before coming to a rest on its front end against a telephone pole, Brueggemann said. The driver of the Nissan was ejected, and her passenger had to be extracted from the vehicle.
The Dodge Charger sustained heavy front-end damage and came to a halt in the southside ditch just off Highway 34. The driver of the Dodge, Macy Persinger, 18, of Eagle, and her passenger, Hunter Tucker, 18, of Ashland, Nebraska, were not seriously injured.
The collision remains under investigation.
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Some people, whether they're Hellenic Polytheists, Pagans, or just historians, tend to think of ancient Greek religion as being sexist to some degree. I've even read this from other ancient Greek Pagan authors such as Laura Perry. I think it's clear, however, that some authors and historians simply desire to stick to their own one sided view of things, because they never talk about something even as ancient as the Homeric Hymns saying that Hera is revered "no less" than Zeus. In other words, they are equal in the powers of Divine Male and Female. There is no sexism there. They also won't mention how the most revered religious leader in the Greek world was always a woman (the Oracle of Delphi), nor do they bring to light the societal powers that Spartan women held. I'm not saying there weren't women-haters in ancient Greece, but it's unfair to judge an entire culture by the opinion of one playwright, or even the opinions of 20 philosophers. But this post isn't strictly about historical records. Instead, it's regarding the interesting fact of my own Hellenic worship.
When I am praying to the Gods, calling out male and female names, there's never, in my mind, a dependent connection between their power and their gender. In other words, I don't think Zeus is King because He's male. I think He's King simply because He's King. I don't think Athena to be the champion of battle because She's female, but simply because She is. Besides, with most Divinities of the Greek world, you can normally find a reasonable gender counterpart, such as Poseidon and Amphitrite, or Aphrodite and Eros. It's true their sexes are essential parts of their identities, and it's disrespectful to call them something they're not, but a gender preference never occurs to me. Sexism is just not something that makes itself a relevant factor, nor should it. To me, the Gods simply are, requiring no other reason. And indeed, there are certainly female Gods who hold positions higher than some male Gods.
I suppose for some people, no matter their religion, it may be hard to see Deity as someone different from their own self, but when it comes to a Polytheist I think we understand the immense diversity of the universe and all the life around us, that we as humans are but one part, and everything and everyone doesn't have to reflect our personal selves to be powerful, beautiful and relevant.


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Weekly U.S. jobless claims jump to 474,000
By Jeffry Bartash
Published: May 5, 2011 8:30 a.m. ET
JeffryBartash
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The number of people who filed new applications for jobless benefits leaped 43,000 last week to 474,000, the highest level in almost nine months. A Labor official attributed much of the increase to temporary layoffs in the auto sector and in the state of New York, where workers in the educational field such as bus drivers are eligible for compensation during the week of spring break. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected claims to fall to seasonally adjusted 412,000 from the prior week's revised level of 431,000. The average of new claims over the past four weeks, meanwhile, climbed by 22,250 to 431,250, the highest level since November. The four-week average is considered more accurate a gauge of employment trends because it lessens week-to-week volatility in the data. Also, the government said the number of workers who continue to receive state compensation increased by 74,000 to a seasonally adjusted 3.73 million in the week of April 23. Altogether, 8.01 million people received some kind of state or federal benefit in the week of April 16, down 171,547 from the prior week.


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