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Look before You Leap: The Effects of Cognitive Impulsiveness and Reasoning Process on Rational Decision Making
23 Pages Posted: 7 Feb 2017
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Ana Paula Jelihovschi
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE)
Ricardo Lopes Cardoso
Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration; Rio de Janeiro State Univ., FAF
Alexandre Linhares
Date Written: February 6, 2017
Impulsivity may lead to several unfortunate consequences and maladaptive behaviors for clinical and non-clinical people. It has a key role in many forms of psychopatology. Although many studies discuss the negative impact of it, few of them emphasize the relationship between cognitive impulsiveness and decision making in non-clinical subjects. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of cognitive impulsiveness on decision making and explore the strategies used by non-clinical participants to solve problems. For this purpose, we apply two measures of impulsivity: the self-report Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) and the performance based Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT). This is the first study that compares self-report impulsiveness based on BIS-11 with performance-based reflectivity measured by CRT. Moreover, we evaluate participants' reasoning processes employed to answer CRT questions based on the calculation expressions and data organization they made while answering the CRT, notice that we apply the instruments with pen and paper. These reasoning processes are related to the role of Executive Functions for decision making and its relationship with impulsiveness. The sample consists of 191 non-clinical adults, either professionals or undergraduate students from the fields of business, management or accounting. Results show that cognitive impulsiveness may negatively affect decision making, and that who calculate CRT questions on the paper sheet make better decisions. Moreover, there is no difference in strategies used by impulsive and non-impulsive people during a decision making. Finally, people who inhibit their immediate answers also perform better during a decision making.
Keywords: Impulsivity, BIS-11, Reflectivity, CRT, Executive Functions, Dual Process, Reasoning Process, Decision Making
JEL Classification: I12
Jelihovschi, Ana Paula and Cardoso, Ricardo Lopes and Linhares, Alexandre, Look before You Leap: The Effects of Cognitive Impulsiveness and Reasoning Process on Rational Decision Making (February 6, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2912428 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2912428
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As the pulse trend continues to gain momentum in packaged foods, Detroit-based Banza is rolling out its chickpea pasta (penne and shells) nationwide at 1,700 Target stores after a successful trial in 315 outlets.
Launched in August 2014 by brothers Brian and Scott Rudolph, Banza - pasta made from chickpeas - promises to rival the taste and texture of regular wheat pasta, but has twice the protein and four times the fiber, and is now in c.4,500 stores nationwide from Sprouts to Meijer and Shoprite.
While non-wheat-based pasta is hardly new, rice-, corn-, soy-, lentil- and quinoa-based products are still seen by many consumers as niche items for people avoiding gluten, argues Banza, which is also gluten-free [ingredients: chickpeas, tapioca, pea protein, xanthan gum], but is aimed squarely at mainstream consumers who are looking for pasta with fewer empty carbs and more nutrition, but are not prepared to compromise on taste or texture (no mushy pasta).


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Remaking Cities Congress, Pittsburgh (part 2)
Oct 2013 | CDF
Reflecting on the Remaking Cities Congress in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which took place in mid-October, I can honestly say it exceeded my expectations and surprised me in a number of ways. I felt privileged to have been invited to this second Congress, the first of which took place 25 years ago.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is on the east coast of America is a captivating mix of the old and new, with the former heavily shaping the latter. By this I mean the significant wealth generated by oil, steel and glass manufacturing from the late 1800s to early 1900s which have both influenced the built and social infrastructure into this century. Pittsburgh has managed to convert its decline from a wealthy but dirty, industrial past with high unemployment and outward migration during years of depression and recession, to a thriving economy. And by investing in its heritage and working across sectors, the city is now consistently voted the most smart and liveable in the US.
The superbly organised programme of activity – talks, presentations, visits – culminated in the core activity of all‐day Theme Workshops that dealt with post‐industrial cities in five areas of concern:
1. Re‐Positioning the City in the Global Economy
2. The Physical city
3. The City as an Innovation Hub
4. Urban Systems and Infrastructure
5. Planning and Social Innovations
Four common themes permeated all five Theme Workshops: sustainability; wise allocation of resources; equity; and public engagement. Equity emerged as the overriding theme in all its manifestations – social, economic and environmental.
I felt the workshop headings belied the thrust of the debate as I was taken by surprise by the strength of feeling for community involvement in all aspects of urban design and planning for and allocation of resources. This is usually a non-profit mantra and so it was pleasant hearing it from a largely public and private sector audience.
In the workshops, we developed propositions for each theme on the key messages we wished to convey through our own countries and networks and voted on them the following day. Below I have included some of the high-scoring highlights, relevant to CDF's work:
1. Invest in neighbourhoods for equity
Post‐industrial cities need to commit to sustained investment in under‐valued and blighted neighborhoods over the long‐term. They must demonstrate measurable strategies to achieve social and economic equity.
Score: Strongly agree 54%; Agree 29%
2. Provide financial incentives for re-use.
The Post Industrial Cities of the Future must develop a wider range of creative financial incentives to encourage residents and small developers to reuse existing lands, buildings and neighbourhoods.
3. Provide wealth-building investments at the community scale.
The Post Industrial Cities of the Future must create innovative financial and wealth building strategies for development of the physical city (community‐ invested development, community land banking, micro‐loans, rent‐to‐own programs, etc.).
Score: Strongly agree 59%; Agree 30
4. Direct innovation funding to underserved communities.
Cities should direct innovation funding to include a portion of the resources invested to training, education, mentoring, and participation for underserved communities.
I was proud to be able to contribute to these propositions and cited both Community First and Big Local programmes as examples in the UK where resources and decision-making has been successfully devolved to local communities.
Where we could effectively learn, though, is from the US banking sector and non-profits who collaborate locally and, whilst things aren't perfect – there are still financially underserved communities – it brings into sharp contrast the weaknesses and lack of financial diversity in the UK. I shall be using this experience to reinforce the messages of the Community Investment Coalition campaign and expand the horizons of UK policy-makers.
The final extreme I experienced was the acceptability of the term 'community development' which is embedded in American narrative, in contrast to the UK. In the US no-one is expected to explain community development – it is accepted as fundamental good practice for all sectors working together for the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of communities. In fact the Pittsburgh revival began in 1944 with the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. Here in the UK the principle has been whittled away, with its raison d'etre undermined by financial pressures and a political propensity for new, shiny ideas.
Here at CDF we admire the role these cross-sector partnerships can play in supporting effective community development, which can help achieve the ambitious propositions that the Congress supported. I am hopeful that a common political appetite for ideas from across the pond, the re-emergence of community development dialogue amongst local UK public servants and the evidence from CDF's work, could result in a contemporary revival of the practice. One which encompasses all sectors and is part of our accepted national narrative.
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George Lucas, Venus Williams, Stephen Colbert—and the Teachers Who Inspired Them
By Sasha Jones — May 07, 2018 5 min read
This Teacher Appreciation Week, May 7-11, comes on the heels of a school year defined by teacher walkouts and protests in response to low wages and insufficient school funding.
As this wave of teacher activism has shown, teachers have long struggled with feeling undervalued. According to Gallup, almost half of teachers in the United States say they are actively looking for a different job or are watching for new opportunities. And yet teachers—who make up the largest profession—are beginning to use their collective power to demand change.
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Education Week has collected quotes from celebrities and other prominent figures about the impact teachers have made on their lives.
In a provided statement, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos named two teachers who made the biggest impact on her "for very different reasons"—her 2nd grade teacher and her high school civics teacher.
"I'm a lefty and learning to write in cursive can be more difficult for some of us. [My 2nd grade teacher] was always very encouraging of me and helped me to embrace my uniqueness," DeVos said. "The next teacher I recall having a big influence in my life was my high school civics teacher, Mr. Pothoven. He really piqued my interests in politics and civic engagement. I give them a lot of credit for influencing me and the work I've been doing over the last 30 years."
In his 1991 Academy Awards acceptance speech, filmmaker George Lucas gave a special shoutout to teachers.
"From kindergarten through college, their struggle—and it was a struggle—to help me learn to grow and learn was not in vain, and it is greatly appreciated," said Lucas, the creator of the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" franchises. "I've always tried to be aware of what I say in my films because all of us who make motion pictures are teachers, teachers with very loud voices. But we will never match the power of the teacher who is able to whisper in a student's ear."
During the 2017 Academy Awards, several award winners—including "Moonlight" actor Mahershala Ali and "La La Land" songwriter Justin Paul—gave their teachers a shoutout in their acceptance speeches.
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart said in a 2016 Parade article, "My favorite teacher was Irene Weyer, my 3rd grade teacher at Yantacaw School Nutley in New Jersey. She was a small lady and ruled with an iron fist. She was always pleasant. She inspired me so much that I always wanted to be a teacher."
In 2011, as part of a Teach.gov campaign, President Barack Obama remembered his 5th grade teacher. "I don't think there is any job that is going to give somebody more satisfaction than teaching," he said.
According to Parade, tennis player Venus Williams credited Sandra McManus as being her favorite teacher. "She believed in not only us, but a lot of students," Williams said. "Some of the students that had a tough time, she never gave up on them. That's what I loved about her. It takes a lot to stay motivated and not become jaded as a teacher because you so often see so many cases you can't help. But she never thought of it that way."
In a speech at an awards gala in 2015, actress Rene Russo, who is known for her roles in movies "Nightcrawler" and "Lethal Weapon 4," didn't mince words about how one teacher actually saved her life: "I want to thank my 8th grade Spanish teacher. Hola! ... for navigating me through all those f--ed-up a-hole football players. They called me Jolly Green Giant. You didn't keep me from dropping out of high school, but you did keep me from killing myself."
Meanwhile, 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she has had many excellent teachers, according to Parade.
"One I've never forgotten is my 6th grade teacher, Mrs. King. She would say, 'Hillary, don't put your light under a bushel basket!' I didn't exactly understand the metaphor at the time, but I knew she was telling me to work hard, be true to myself, and stand up for what I believe," Clinton said. "Every child should have someone in their life who helps them see, from the very beginning, that they have something of value to offer the world. That's what Mrs. King did for me. She was so encouraging, and it meant the world."
In recognition of teachers in 2012, composer, director, and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda of "Hamilton" fame tweeted:
Shout out to Dr. Herbert, Mrs. Fogler, Mr. Sherman, Bill Francisco, Ms. Wells, some of my favorite teachers! Everyone loves you!
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) October 23, 2012
Comedian Stephen Colbert, who has been a big proponent for DonorsChoose.org, which helps teachers get donations for their classrooms, sat down with his 4th grade teacher for a walk down memory lane on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" two years ago:
Along similar lines, talk show host Oprah Winfrey reunited with her 4th grade teacher in 1989.
Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan also met with his favorite teacher in 2010:
Mike Massimino, a former NASA astronaut and current professor, has recognized his high school English teacher, Krista Boseling, as his "favorite teacher amongst many favorites."
"She saw potential in me and encouraged me to fulfill that potential," he said. "Ms. Boseling not only shared her love of writing and the classics with me and my classmates, she also taught us to use our talents wisely and that the sky was not the limit."
And New York Times op-ed columnist Charles M. Blow expressed his gratitude for teachers in his 2011 column, "In Honor of Teachers," writing: "So to all of the Mrs. Thomases out there, all the teachers struggling to reach lost children like I was once, I just want to say thank you. You deserve our admiration, not our contempt."
Last but not least, in an unpublished memoir, Ronald A. Wolk, Education Week's founder who died on April 28 at age 86, remembered the English teacher who encouraged him to pursue college.
Had it not been for one persistent English teacher, I probably would be a retired steelworker living in Homestead, Pa. On the last day of classes in my senior year at Munhall High School in late May 1950, my English teacher, Miss McClatchey, asked everyone planning to go to college to raise his or her hand. Out of 30 or so students, perhaps five hands went up. Mine was not among them. When the bell rang, and I was leaving the classroom, Miss McClatchey called my name and signaled me to wait for a minute. "Why aren't you going to college?" she asked when my classmates were gone. I replied that I had no money and had not applied anywhere. She went to her desk and got an application to Westminster College, her alma mater—a small church-related school about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh. We filled out the application, she wrote a check for $5 or $10 dollars to cover the application fee. "And how do I pay for it," I asked. "We'll see what we can do," she replied. A few weeks later, I received a letter telling me that I was admitted and had a job in the dining hall that would cover my room and board. A loan would be arranged to cover my tuition."
Did a teacher inspire you? Use the hashtags #WhyTeachersMatter and #ThankaTeacher to express your gratitude.
Post updated with quotes from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
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Sasha Jones was an editorial intern at Education Week.
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At the moment, FBI workers were using computer techniques that have been based mostly on Eighties technology. These systems couldn't run basic web-primarily based software packages. Interoffice communication at some resident companies was hampered by sluggish dial-up connections utilizing solely 56K modems. And, many of the FBI's databases and computer methods have been operated through stand-alone terminals and didn't combine with different techniques in other programs throughout the FBI.
But, what are Science and technology? Science is the intellectual and practical exercise encompassing the systematic examine of the structure and habits of the physical and pure world by way of remark and experiment (Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, Eleventh Version). It is the examination of the understanding of the pure world. Technology is the appliance of scientific information for practical functions (Oxford Superior Learners Dictionary). It's the usage of the assets made obtainable by nature to procreate and make adjustments.
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Relax. This is a simulation planned by your medical school to teach emergent cardiorespiratory support as part of your pulmonary physiology course. No one's life is in danger. Furthermore, unless you have read far ahead, you should not know the answer to the nurses' question yet, especially since you are a long way from caring for patients in an ICU.
The modern medical school simulation uses an integrated approach to place the information learned in class within the wider clinical context. Simulations can be further classified as human simulators (mannequins that mimic physiological states), task trainers (standard mannequins/tools), humans (standardized patients) or virtual reality platforms. In the curriculum, simulators are used for both instruction and assessment.
The first simulators for medical training were Resusci-Anne, designed in 1960 to teach CPR, and the ever-beloved Harvey, designed in 1968 by the University of Miami to teach cardiac murmurs. In line with their original uses, simulators are still frequently used to teach Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
Simulations are integral to the curriculum for a few reasons. Foremost, they are excellent teaching aids; indeed, this is why the Association of Standardized Patient Educators has provided standardized patients for the USMLE Step II CS since 2005. They help students hone their craft in a low-risk setting. In the above example, when you became tongue-tied while your patient's oxygen saturation drops, no one was harmed at the expense of your learning. Simulations also offer the convenience of being able to manipulate the simulators to portray scenarios that align with the student's coursework and skill level. This provides more targeted learning, which is not always possible in real and complex patients. Additionally, simulations often involve students from different schools and different programs, which helps students enhance their interdisciplinary communication as well as understand the tasks and skills of other health care professionals. Finally, simulations offer the opportunity to receive real-time constructive feedback from one's preceptor and simulator. Standardized patients have the added advantage of assessing one's interpersonal skills and professionalism.
Simulations are also a way to provide exposure for students. For example, simulators can teach the clinical skills for which a student may not have ready access to real patients, such as performing pelvic exams. These types of physical exam skills are vital to learn prior to performing them on real patients, given their invasive nature. Additionally, simulators are able to portray the gamut of ages and disease stages that students might otherwise not see on the wards.
It should be noted that knowledge and skills rarely become memorable after a one-time simulation. This is why simulation centers in medical schools, which are accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, allow students unfettered access to repeatedly practice skills on their own time and integrate their own learning into their simulation experience.
The use of simulations also provides a better understanding about some of the clinical skills used in multiple residencies, most notably surgical specialties and emergency medicine. Many of the skills used in these fields that intimidate medical students, such as placing central lines via ultrasound guidance, are now being routinely taught in medical schools by residents and attendings. Subsequently, medical students are more comfortable with the work of various specialties as they start assessing potential choices for residency.
Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of medical school simulations. Chakravarthy et al. showed that simulations help with retention of basic science lessons while Aboumatar et al. and Bearman showed that simulations help students develop communication, safety skills, and empathy. Furthermore, going beyond medical school, Vadnais et al. showed that the ability of physicians to use a skill was related to the degree of short-term confidence they gained after undergoing a simulation for that skill.
While simulations have many benefits, they do have their limitations, especially when used within the first two years of medical school. Firstly, even though the setting is low-risk, it is quite daunting to perform a skill while one is still trying to grasp its theoretical underpinnings and remember all its steps; this contributes largely to the hesitance I have seen among medical students during simulations. Fortunately, this improves after one has experienced a few simulation sessions. Secondly, the skills taught in simulations, such as administering CPR correctly, are best remembered through repeated practice — practice which is cemented by clinical exposure. Since the first two years of medical school are classroom-based, students may see or perform these skills during only one simulation session. While some students do have free access to their school's simulation centers, unless one is enthusiastic about the skill and dedicates time to practice it, the deluge of coursework may easily assume a greater priority.
Fortunately, both of these limitations can be remedied by integrating more simulations into the curriculum! For this reason and due to the many benefits of simulation enumerated above, the use of simulators should continue to play a central role in medical school education.
Image credit: "The Simulation Center" (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by IU School of Medicine.


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Despite COVID-19 – UAE FDI value up to 174 billion in 2020
The FDI inflows to the UAE grew 44.2 percent in 2020 to $19.88 billion as compared to 2019, despite the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic which has taken its toll on the global economy, according to a report by the Ministry of Economy. The cumulative value of foreign direct investments inflows amounted to $174 billion, a growth of 12.9 percent during the reference period.
FDIs covered all economic platforms, primarily the Oil & Gas, considering the massive investment partnerships struck by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) with a number of foreign companies. The UAE has drawn FDIs for digital economy, including Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, blockchain, medical knowhow, augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), robotics, self-drive automobiles, renewable energy, innovation, agri-tech, etc. In terms of FDI outflows, they amounted to $9.2 billion and covered various vital economic sectors, including aviation, transportation, mining, renewable energy, real estate, construction, communication, oil & natural gas, traditional & renewable energy, logistics, ports and infrastructure, tourism, leisure, banking, and agriculture sectors.
Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Cabinet Member and Minister of Economy, said, "The investment landscape of the UAE has been steadily developing over the past years with the rapid introduction of progressive measures that have earned the nation a coveted position internationally while leading regionally thanks to the directives of our wise leadership to provide a business-friendly environment conducive to facilitating doing business and development that serves the greater good of the country." He added that the next period will see more measures to strengthen the investment landscape and grow investor confidence in priority sectors.
Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, said the significant growth levels secured by the UAE in terms of FDIs are reflective of increased investor confidence in the country's investment ecosystem. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic in 2020, the UAE was able to strengthen its position as a global economic and financial hub. Taking advantage of its strategic geographical location, thriving business ecosystem and quality of life, more multinational corporations selected the UAE, creating new jobs and attracting global talent to live and work in the country.
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Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)/YMMV
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Fanfic Recs
And the Fandom Rejoiced: The obvious reaction to the 2011 comic book.
Big Name Fan: Chris Fischer, Michael Demcio, and Matt Plotecher to name just a few.
Canon Fodder: Loads of it; for example, Gadget's past and the fate of her father has never been explored.
And what about what happened between Monterey Jack and Gadget's father? Or what Monterey Jack was doing before he met the Rangers (and how exactly he got those "cheese attacks," because they don't seem to me to be something he got from his parents [both of which appeared during the show's run]).
The cheese attacks can be explained by Rule of Funny.
Contested Sequel: Any official comics. Those released by Boom! Comics in particular, for unlike every other official CDRR release, they came almost two decades after the last official story, and they came after the fandom and its Fan Fiction culture had been established.
Crazy Awesome: Dale's plans make him just this.
Die for Our Ship: Poor Sparky. While he isn't usually outright hated, because he gets a Ship Tease with Gadget in the episode he appears in his existence has been known to make quite a few Chip/Gadget or Dale/Gadget shippers uncomfortable.
Draco in Leather Pants: Lahwhinie.
Ear Worm:
The theme song.
The Fat Cat Stomp from "Adventures in Squirrelsitting".
The Coo-Koo Cola jingle in "The Case of the Cola Cult".
Even some of the background music.
Ensemble Darkhorse: Foxglove. Oh dear god, Foxglove.
Gadget qualifies too. Disney was honestly surprised with her popularity.
Tammy's gotten popular on the Internet.
Then there's Sparky. Especially in comparison with his buddy Buzz who gets next to no recognition by the fandom, probably because Buzz didn't appear in Of Mice and Mayhem.
Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: "Gadget Goes Hawaiian" and Hawaiian mythology. Lahwhinie and Shaka Baka might remind you of Pele and Kamapua'a respectively.
Evil Is Sexy: Lahwhinie, although she is basically the Evil Twin to Gadget. Also Desiree D'Allure.
Fan Community Nickname: We're the Rangerphiles, and proud of it!
Fan Nickname: Battlesphere and Gyrotank, to list just a few, are names coined by fans as they remained unnamed in Canon. The same would apply to Chip and Dale's last names.
And then there are the many Tolkienesque Fan Nicknames created for The Rangerillion and now widely adopted by fans.
Fanon: Chip Maplewood and Dale Oakmont was coined by Michael Demcio in Rhyme and Reason; it's been used by pretty much every fanfic writer ever since.
To lesser degrees, there are more examples such as Gadget's coffee addiction or Tammy as a nurse.
There's also the death of Gadget's mother (who went unmentioned in the series, and has been given many different names) and father (who was only mentioned in the pilot). There's been countless theories created by the fandom, but pretty much everyone agrees that Gadget's mother died well before Geegaw.
When Lahwhinie appears in Fanfic, she's related to Gadget (usually her long lost twin sister) more often than not.
Tammy as a nurse may have become canon, depending on how canonical one views the BOOM! comics.
Fan-Preferred Couple: The one great debate is not about whom Gadget shall be together with. It is about whether ("pro") or not ("anti") Gadget shall be together with Chip. No matter whom she'd end up with, if anyone, if not with Chip. The majority of fans, by the way, seems to be in favor of Chip/Gadget. Also, Dale/Foxglove. More obvious, but less debated.
Interesting side fact: Prior to the premiere of "Good Times, Bat Times", Dale and Gadget were the major Fan-Preferred Couple.
You'll notice not many people ship Gadget with the One-Shot Character Sparky, a lab rat and basically Gadget's equivalent to Dale's Foxglove; a one episode Ship Tease. This is basically the pairing pros and antis can both agree to dislike.
Ficdom: A few fans declared that they're bigger fans of the Fanfic than of the show itself.
Follow the Leader: The comic book parodied this by having several knock-offs of the Rescue Rangers actually appear within the stories. The first group they encountered was revealed to be working for Fat Cat, though.
Furry Fandom: Everyone is furry for Gadget. No exceptions.
Some people find Tammy to be pretty sexy as well.
There's also Foxglove and Queenie that needs to be mentioned here.
Genius Bonus: Monterey Jack is obsessed with cheese. Monterey Jack is also the name for a blend of cheese from Monterey, California.
This leads to a little bit of Fridge Logic when you consider that he's Australian, but named after a cheese from California.
Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Judging from the fanart from that particular country, a sizable portion of the Rescue Ranger fandom comes from Russia.
Girls Need Role Models: Gadget.
Hilarious in Hindsight: The voice Jim Cummings uses when he plays Monterey Jack's father Cheddarhead Charlie on the episode "Parental Discretion Retired" is actually the voice Cummings used to play Monterey Jack after Peter Cullen left the show. It's also worth noting that "Parental Discretion Retired" was one of the early episodes that had Monterey Jack voiced by Peter Cullen.
In "Le Purrfect Crime," they meet a French rat named Ratatouille.
Monterey Jack talked a lot like Steve Irwin already before the latter was even known outside Australia.
And then there's "A Chorus Crime" which features large quantities of penguins tap-dancing on the ice.
"You're just jealous 'cause you don't have a hat.
Internet Backdraft: Ranger War II, aka St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1998.
Iron Woobie: Tom from the episode "Robocat" qualifies for this in spades.
Just Here For Gadget: Some viewers are like this.
And then there are the episodes "Adventures in Squirrelsitting" and "Good Times, Bat Times" where even more people are Just Here For Tammy and Just Here For Foxglove respectively.
Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Gadget. It still causes Internet Backdraft sometimes.
Memetic Sex Goddess: Everyone is furry for Gadget. No exceptions. Her bikini and red dress scenes proved this.
For a small group of beyond-hardcore fans in Russia, this trope is literal. They actually worship Gadget Hackwrench.
Nightmare Fuel: Seeing Fat Cat casually strolling through the Tower of London's torture chamber in "Ghost of a Chance" while trying to decide what he'll do with the captured Rangers, not to mention the thing he finally chooses. Also the Canterville Cat, which is actually Fat Cat's henchmen in a costume, but still disturbing anyway.
And again in "A Lad in a Lamp".
"Seer No Evil" is a Nightmare Fuel episode.
Especially the end of the second act where Chip looks above the entrance and sees the gigantic grinning and teetering elephant which was the final part of Cassandra's prediction.
"Pound Of The Baskervilles" is also another good example of this.
"Robocat" has the sequence where Fat Cat switches Tom's video game cartridge to make him evil. Nightmare Fuel indeed.
"Chocolate Chips", the episode with mosquitoes that turned people into zombies.
Sending Stuff to Save the Show: Has been done ever since the mid-90s. 1990 if you count the fan-written episode "Miami Munks".
Shared Universe: The Legend of the Chaos God puts CDRR into the same universe as Darkwing Duck, Tale Spin, DuckTales (1987), and Goof Troop. Some fans in turn believe that CDRR takes place in the same universe as The Rescuers or even The Great Mouse Detective.
Bizarrely, unlike Darkwing, Tale Spin, Ducktales, and Goof Troop, CDRR is set in some version of the real world, minus the talking animals with anthropomorphic qualities, where humans are the dominant species and are not aware of the animal society that exists alongside them. In other words, somehow Legend of the Chaos God enables these shows to exist simultaneously in the same and alternate realities!
Shipping: Chip/Gadget, Dale/Foxglove, et al. If there's even one hint of a ship in the series, someone's supported it somewhere in the fandom.
In fact, even if it's never touched anywhere in the series, chances are good it can be found in Fanfic, particularly thanks to the Untold Ranger Tales.
Ship-to-Ship Combat: The debate over the Chip/Gadget ship led to two flame wars known as the Ranger Wars (one in 1997 and the other in 1998), and it will probably never be settled.
Speaks Fluent Animal: There are a few humans in the show having conversations with animals, that is, both speaking to them and understanding their talk. Winifred from "Good Times, Bat Times" is the most famous example. There are discussions occurring from time to time, though, whether these are special cases of humans who can understand Animal Talk or whether all humans would understand it if animals actually talked to them because other situations in the show indicate the latter.
Tear Jerker: When Gadget leaves the Rangers in "Case of the Cola Cult". You just can't see her cry.
Also, in "Seer No Evil", when they think Chip has been crushed by a trunk.
Every time Dale is truly humiliated and cries. You just can't help but to feel sorry for the little guy.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks: "What? Chip and Dale are no longer being chased by Donald Duck?!".
Too Good to Last: The creators only had the contract for 8 volumes of the comic book.
Ugly Cute: Zipper's pretty cute for a bug.
Foxglove still manages to be very cute, without being a Humanoid Female Animal.
The Woobie: Gadget can have amazing Woobie appeal when she loses confidence in her piloting or inventing skills, such as in "To the Rescue" and "The Case of the Cola Cult".
Dale also counts considering how much he's made fun of, and is hurt in the process.
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It's a tiny wings joint near Club Drive and Pleasant Hill, and it has a unique (I'd say very good) wings sauce. The sauce has more in common with a finely ground salsa than the tomato soup consistency of a vinegar based wings sauce. For that reason, I'd suggest trying it out.
You can see black and red pepper specks in their wings sauce.
It's Asian run, if not Asian owned. I'd guess Korean owners. The iconography is cute, the inside is clean and neat, the tables are nice, and I hope this place makes it. The finely ground nature of the sauce comes though in the specks of pepper you can see on your wings (both black and red). They're not afraid of spice here, something that leaves me smiling big time.
Eating food at the Johns Creek Smashburger is a kind of Russian Roulette. You pay your money and you take your chances. I saw plenty of happy people there on the day we arrived, a store dealing with a restaurant perhaps 70 to 80% full. If, on the other hand, they manage to mess up your order, you end up in a kind of living hell, because this restaurant currently lacks the people skills to overcome multiple staff mistakes.
That's a little unfortunate, as the menu is dynamic and versatile and very diabetic friendly. That versatility is one reason that we went back to Smashburger as my wife spied it on the way home. Further, glowing reviews, such as the one Grant Goggans gave here, led me to believe this place was a step above most fast food fare and comparable to a poor man's Farm Burger.
No, unfortunately, what we experienced is a version of the classic bad fast food experience, with all the problems and mistakes one comes to expect of bad fast food restaurants. I'll simply quote what I recently posted on Urbanspoon.
The manager of this restaurant took the order and he messed it up in multiple ways. The food in the ticket delivered to his staff was not the food delivered to our table. When my wife went to ask for the things that were forgotten, she was asked to stand in line once again, a rather long one. 20 minutes after she made her second order, my daughter asked, "Isn't the guy who was standing behind you now eating?" 10 minutes after that, my wife went up to ask what happened to her order, and they ignored her one more time.
At that point we left.
This was the worst customer experience I've suffered in the ATL since I began food blogging over 3 years ago.
If McDonald's is your standard for burgers then this place is an upgrade for you …slightly though.
at this point I can only agree. The lack of skill at this location is telling.
Caesar salad. Tomatoes struck me as a little odd, but they're listed as part of the online menu. The mixture of greens is also off putting. IMO, they should simplify this salad to classic caesar ingredients. Tastes fine, though.
Spicy Baja burger and veggie fries. The veggie fries were a little oily, but the kind of thing that could make this chain useful to diabetics. Certainly, it's a superior side to the classic french fry. The burger was decent, not really impressive.
My daughter's BBQ burger and fries. We found the sauce too sweet. And for want of some fries, our patronage was lost.
The burgers weren't the highlights of our meal. My wife regarded her chicken as good. My daughter had a disagreement with the sauce on her barbecue burger, but otherwise the ingredients weren't bad. The best thing about the meal were the oversized $4.99 salads, which had plenty of greens and were served in enormous bowls.
The fries – my daughter actually received hers – had a mixed reception. She didn't like them much, I thought they were a fine enough version of the thin fry.
i had my first smashburger experience when i visited charlotte, nc for the weekend – and either i was STARVING, or it really was one of the best burgers i'd ever had. upon hearing that smashburger was opening up in johns creek, i got really excited!…until i actually ate here.
i came here with a friend for dinner one evening, the first thing i noticed when i came in was that the restaurant was FREEZING. it was very uncomfortable to even sit inside, so luckily there was patio seating outside. when we went up to the counter to order, we were greeted by a very unenthusiastic cashier who didn't really know the menu (or the cash register) that well, and ordering our food took a very long time. i created my own burger, and the portion was extremely small and not very filling. i ordered the regular fries, which were bland, limp, and cold. my friend ordered the smashfries, which supposedly had rosemary, olive oil, and garlic – but just tasted exactly like my regular fries, with a few sprigs of rosemary tossed on the top. disappointing.
but like all hopeful foodies, i came back here once more with another friend, hoping that i just had one bad experience, and that smashburger wasn't really that bad. nope.
probably won't be coming back here again.
In short, I don't think the chain is a bust, but I do believe this location is a misheard order away from becoming a food disaster. Staff are well meaning I believe, but incompetent when it comes to service. How much do fries cost Smashburger? Ten cents of potato, perhaps? How big a loss would it have been to have just comped my wife's fries when they were found to be missing? The notion that you can do these kinds of things and please customers is exactly what's missing at this Smashburger.
If I may be allowed an entirely politically incorrect notion, I'll note that this store is just across the road from a Tilted Kilt. This class of restaurant, including the better known Hooters, are places where service is everything. Without waitresses that can serve and charm, there is no business model for these eateries. So, in a fantasy world where I would be king for a day, I'd fire the entire staff of this Smashburger and replace the manager with a Tilted Kilt bartender. Whether that person could run the restaurant, I do not know, but that person would have forgotten more about customer service than this staff currently displays.
I have entirely biased feelings towards the chain "Sonic". When I first arrived in the Atlanta area, I was staying in a weekly hotel on Cobb Parkway, about half way between the Marietta Diner and the Big Chicken. The closest restaurant to that hotel was a Sonic, and especially on days when I had little if any money, I was living on Sonic Jalapeno Double Cheeseburgers, onion rings, and a large fruit slush.
These days I live near Snellville, and the closest Sonic to my house is the one on 820 Oak Road, near the corner of Oak and Dogwood, just across the street from Danthai. A number of my daughter's friends have worked at this one, on and off, and it tends to gather a teen aged crowd in the afternoons. These days, the Jalapeno Double Cheeseburger, as a menu item, is long gone. You can approximate it, though, by ordering a Double Cheeseburger, add japalenos.
Among other things, Sonic is serving a Chicago Dog these days.
Tater tots, one of a variety of sides offered.
It's the rich variety of options that sets this restaurant apart. You have all kinds of side items, a crazy-quilt selection of drinks. It has a way of making customers feel like kids all over again.
Double Cheeseburger, add jalapenos. It's been my Sonic staple for over 17 years.
Some food reviewers from Snellville have tried to make comparisons between 5 Guys and Sonic, as in, which one is better. To me, that's an apples and oranges comparison. A typical 5 Guys is a small restaurant, compact. A 5 Guys restaurant would live well in a crowded urban downtown, and the menu is focused on doing just a few things well. Sonic, by contrast, is selling a past that never existed – seriously, these burgers are just too big to be 1950s and 1960s authentic – and doing so in expansive fashion, with a big menu. I could imagine sneaking a 5 Guys franchise into San Francisco, but I can't see it being done easily with Sonic.
Not surprisingly, when we get relatives in from San Francisco, they like going to Sonic, with the caveat that to a San Franciscan, nothing ever beats an In and Out Burger.
But to summarize, Sonic is good greasy fun. It has large burgers with decent options, plenty of sides, and over the top drinks that make this a kid pleasing place to park a family.
Local Republic was a chef's recommendation, a bar, and on Urbanspoon, it's classed as a gastropub. On a bright spring day, I was able to head up Highway 29 and into Lawrenceville and try it out recently.
To note, 'gastropub' is a moniker that is controversial in this town, because of Meridith Ford Goldman's negative use of the term in her review of Salt Factory Pub (named Red Salt at the time). And of course this represents a problem, because her review really never bothered to say what a gastropub was.
So what is a gastropub? If only a name chef is required, then HD1 is a gastropub. If only great food is required, then Ria's Bluebird is a gastropub. And since no one has bothered to tell Meridith Ford that an absence can't define, we're more or less left with a critical status quo that has Holeman and Finch as a gastropub, perhaps Leon's Full Service as well (but maybe Leon's is just too 2010 to count anymore), and that Red Salt isn't (because, of course, burgers disqualify you as a gastropub, unless you're Holeman and Finch and only sell them when vampires are afoot).
What is clear is that Local Republic is an ambitious eatery for its place and location, that serving escargot in a bar is not typical fare, and that putting a nice little proto-gastro-eatery right across the street from McCray's is also quite gutsy. The owner isn't afraid to take risks; witness his excellent looking Johnny's in Grayson. The location is cute, has its own parking (important for an eatery close to the square in Lawrenceville), and some good outdoor seating.
In terms of beer selection, Local Republic has ten craft beers on tap. The selection varies, and they don't print a beer list. On a blackboard, they keep a list handy.
So, the question: is Local Republic a gastropub? Let's talk about the food we had and get back to that.
Local Republic has some very attractive small plates, and that's what we focused on. Yes, the signature dish here is supposed to be shrimp and grits, but that's dinner fare and we had been nibbling before lunch began.
My daughter had their escargot. That was the most successful dish of the night. She liked it, and my sample was flavorful, buttery, earthy at times.
Escargot. Our favorite dish when we ate.
The salad was a delight, tender leafy greens, but not in any sense ambitious.
The gumbo was something of a quandry. Yes, it was good tasting, smoky, some complexity in the broth, but really didn't "hit the mark" as a gumbo, and there was no spice, or heat, to speak of. I'd had a good gumbo recently at the Froghead Bar and Grill in Mississippi, with on point flavor and spicing. Local Republic's fare isn't anything like the gumbos I grew up on in Lousiana. Nevertheless, it was interesting.
The mussels were an enormous serving, and the size of the serving presented a problem. The mussels were better when dipped in the broth that came with the seafood (milky, with bits of garlic in it), but there were so many mussels, you really needed 3 bowls, one for the mussels, one for the shells, and a third for the broth. Dry, the mussels weren't as delicious as they were when dipped.
So, is it a gastropub? Personally, there weren't enough "wow" moments to class this eatery in the same strata as H&F or Leon's. A more appropriate comparison would be Salt Factory Pub. That said, any eatery with this level of ambition and execution automatically becomes a factor on the northeast side. Any foodie from Tucker to Suwanee to Lithonia would be well served by the trek to Lawrenceville Square to try this eatery out.


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I wrote script in python to validate the JSON file using JSON schema.
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A: The idea of validating that a string in JSON "only contains UTF-8" is meaningless. JSON strings are Unicode strings; the idea of a string within a JSON document having an encoding is mistaken. You already decoded it as part of decoding JSON; now it's just Unicode, agnostic of any encoding. JSON itself is always supposed to be encoded as UTF-8. So as near as I can tell, the pattern you want is .*.

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Police have confirmed a male pedestrian has died following a collision on the M1 on Wednesday.
Inspector Gary Irvine said: "The single-vehicle collision involving a lorry occurred around 4:50pm, eastbound on the M1, just past the Lurgan junction. There were no reports of any other injuries.
"We are working to establish what happened and we are keen to speak to anyone who saw a Black Saab Vector on the M1 travelling eastbound before the collision was reported. We are also keen to hear from anyone who saw a male on the M1 in this area prior to the collision.
A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said: "NIAS dispatched one Rapid Response Paramedic, one Paramedic Officer and one Emergency Ambulance crew to the scene.
The crash was reported to the ambulance service just after 4.45pm.


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Aids and the teenager – 16 May 2008
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Aids and the teenager
First Published- 16 May 2008
As the number of infected people continues to rise, Aids education is all the more dire for our society
CLEMENT MESENAS
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DR ROY Chan smiles bleakly as he tells of his fight against Aids, a battle he has been waging since the first reported case of HIV infection in Singapore in 1985.
It has been a long hard slog.
And the result? "We have hardly moved from the time we began 20 years ago. The number of infected people has been growing. The trend these last few years shows a jump which is alarming — 357 in 2006, up from 317 the year before," he says. Last year, the figure shot up to 422.
"The ever increasing number of HIV infections from year to year is a clear sign that we need to review our programmes and improve efforts to increase safer sex behaviour among Singaporeans," he told Today in an exclusive interview.
The number of persons infected with HIV between 1985 and 2007 totalled 3,482, the Ministry of Health said, adding that 1,144 have died.
The actual number of those afflicted could well be doubled, says Dr Chan, the founder and president of Action for Aids (AFA), a non-governmental organisation.
In 1985, only two people, both males, were reported infected with Aids.
The biggest hurdle in the fight against Aids in Singapore, is stigmatisation, says Dr Chan, who is the director of the National Skin Centre. And, due to this, gay men stay in their closets, and a considerable number of people shy away from testing and hence do not know that they could be HIV positive.
HAVE WE LOST OUR FEAR OF AIDS?
Yes, we have. Aids is still an incurable disease. But bright, young people tend to think they won't catch it.
They tell themselves: "No I am not in one of the high-risk groups", even if they engage in unsafe sex with new partners picked up from say, a pub. They are engaging in Russian Roulette.
WHO ARE IN THE 'HIGH -RISK GROUPS?
They are MSM (men who have sex with men), heterosexual men who have sex with sex workers, men who go overseas for sex and spouses of such men.
But, I am most concerned about teenagers — they would fall into one of the highest risk groups.
They have the strongest sexual urges but they lack the negotiation skills to so say "no" to casual sex, or see the need to practise safe sex with the use of condoms.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT MORE TEEN AGERS ARE COMING DOWN WITH HIV?
More of them are coming down with STDs (sexually-transmitted diseases) — I see this trend in my job at the Skin Centre. From STDs, the next step could well be HIV, and I am addressing this issue with the AFA.
WHAT MORE MUST BE DONE TO HELP THOSE WHO HAVE HIV/AIDS?
Three things — HIV sufferers need help to buy expensive retroviral drugs, employers must not discriminate against employees who contract HIV, and three, educational programmes must reinforce the drive for safe sex.
Retroviral drugs could cost $1,200 a month. The average Singaporean, with say $6,000 in his Medisave account, would deplete the fund in less than two years, if he draws $300 a month, as he is allowed to.
Government subsidies would provide a solution. Malaysia and Hong Kong have subsidised HIV treatment for their communities. A step forward is to have insurance policies which provide for people with Aids.
WHAT ABOUT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES ?
Programmes must stress the virtues of adherence to a single partner rather than on abstinence, which would tend to cloud the focus of an HIV prevention programme. The difficulty of stressing a single-partner relationship (when it comes to MSM) is that it runs counter to the intent of Section 377A, a legacy of the Indian Penal Code introduced by the British during colonial times, which criminalises sex between mutually consenting adult men.
The AFA has been pulled up for putting out material targeting MSM. This is tragic as education and the message of safe sex needs to be kept up.
And even if MSM are in the minority, this minority is entitled to protection in the face of a homophobic majority, which is the case in Singapore.
There is the difficulty of disseminating the message of safe sex and condoms to the underage, who do not frequent bars — they cannot afford the lifestyle. They stay at home, suffering from low esteem as they are afraid to be found out by family and friends.
Lack of publicity is the biggest thing affecting AFA's programme.
IS THERE ANY READY SOLUTION?
What we need is a public face for Aids, somebody brave enough to come out and tell people that those with Aids must not be marginalised, that society must accept them as they would anyone with a disease, be it cancer, diabetes or renal failure.
The person must be courageous, strong and emotionally resistant to gossip, sniggering, criticism and possible backlash by colleagues, employers, family and friends.
He or she will need a cohesive and reliable support network. So far, only one Singaporean has spoken out: Paddy Chew broke his silence over having the disease in 1998. He died of it a year later.
YOU WERE ON A STUDY MISSION TO NEW SOUTH WALES WITH NGOS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS?
In Australia, the government, the NGOs, the researchers and the community groups work together as a partnership. They understand that they have an equal role to play in the fight against Aids and they are proud of their progress.
YOU WORK FOR GOVERNMENT AND ALSO HEAD THE AFA. ANY CONFLICTS IN YOUR APPROACH TO PROBLEM-SOLVING?
I believe clinicians should also be advocates for their patients. It is not enough to treat one aspect of a patient's problems, for instance medical problems and ignore other aspects.
Doctors need to be more holistically involved. I am not alone in being an advocate for his patients — there are several eminent physicians in renal medicine and rheumatology for example, who are similarly committed.
CAN S'PORE LICK THE PROBLEM OF AIDS ?
If you cannot control HIV in Singapore, where else can you do it? We have the infrastructure, our educational standards are high, and there is no dire poverty.
In the early days, I was optimistic, but I did not realise we were so prejudiced and small-minded. It's a matter of getting rid of this backward attitude that we have. We have to see Aids as a disease.
Clouding the issue with the morality aspects only impedes the treatment and prevention of the disease. Finding a solution is crucial. The risk factors have gone up and are much greater now.
There is the Internet, and its impact on social norms is enormous and insidious. There's globalisation too and the rapid spread of the disease. Our attitudes towards Aids seem to be frozen in the past. We cannot have an effective programme based on 20-year-old principles. We have to keep up with the changing times. TODAY FILE PHOTO
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Mario Victoria Henao is a designer and businesswoman. She is the wife of a late notorious drug lord and cocaine terrorist Pablo Escobar. Maria Victoria Henao is a very beautiful lady. She had supported her husband throughout her life. Mario married Escobar in 1976 before he became the leader of the cocaine empire. Escobar died in 1993 but people still remembered him and Escobar's life story is featured on Netflix's TV series Narcos.
Mario welcomed two children with her late husband Pablo Escobar. The family of three currently resides in Argentina.
The widow of late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, Maria Henao was born in 1961 in Colombia. Henao has two siblings; Carlos Mario Henao Vallejo and Pastora Henao Bayen. She is Colombian by nationality and belongs to the mixed ethnicity.
According to some online tabloids, Henao's older brother, Carlos Mario Henao worked with Escobar while he had been still spreading his network in drug crime. Until this time, she was not familiar with Escobar. As Henao's brother was an important member of Escobar, she got an opportunity to meet him while she was only 13 and soon, they fell in love and in a short period of time, they got married.
Living with her husband, Pablo Escobar, Maria has maintained an incredible net worth in her life. As per estimation many by various online sources Henao has a net worth of over $10 million, in 2019. Her husband has a net worth of $30 billion by the early 90s. He was one of the richest men in the world in his prime.
Escobar created and bought numerous residences and safe houses. The luxury house contained a colonial house, a sculpture park, and a complete zoo with animals from various continents, including elephants, exotic birds, giraffes, and hippopotamuses.
Escobar also owned a home in the US under his own name: a 6500 square foot, pink, water-front mansion situated at 5860 North Bay Road in Miami Beach, Florida.
Maria Victoria Henao was born in 1961, in Columbia. She is a Columbian by nationality and belongs to the Columbians ethnicity. Henao has reached the age of 58 now. She currently lives in Argentina with her family.
Henao married Escobar, a Columbian drug lord, and narco-terrorist on March 29, 1976. She met the Cocaine King at the age of 13. They fell in love and dated for some years before getting married. Despite the age gap, they started dating and decided to get married.
Henao's elder brother had worked with Escobar in small-scale enterprises for a long time. Despite, her family disproved the relationship, as Escobar was socially inferior to them.
But the couple did not care, and finally got married. She was at the age of 15, whereas Escobar was 26 years old at that time. They had a romantic relationship and there was no sign of divorce between them.
Henao gave birth to a son named Juan Pablo (now Sebastian Marroquin) in 1977, and a daughter named Manuela Escobar Henao in 1984.
Escobar was a notorious man, as he had countless affairs and mistresses. He had committed several crimes in his life and had been arrested for many times.
Despite his dissipation, Henao remained faithful to her relationship and never left him. Journalist Virginia Vallejo published the memoir named Amando a Pablo, Odiando an Escobar (Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar) in September 2007, in which she describes having a romantic relationship with Escobar.
Escobar created or bought numerous residences and safe houses, with the Hacienda Nápoles gaining significant notoriety after becoming wealthy. He also owned a house in the U.S. under his name. Henao now resides with her children in Argentina.
Maintaining a low profile at the moment, Maria doesn't want to attract unnecessary both public and media attention. Her daughter Manuela also authored a book titled Pablo Escobar: My Father.
Henao changed her name to Maria Isabel Santos Caballero while moving to Argentina to escape from the police. She resided a low-profile life in Buenos Aires apartment with her children.
As reported by BBC News, Henao changed her name to Victoria Henao Vallejos, and was arrested along with her son, Sebastian on "suspicion of money laundering." According to the report, their detention was ordered shortly after a local television show revealed their presence in the country.
Though Henao and her son were brought before a judge, they were not officially charged.
During that time, Henao told the press that she is a prisoner in Argentina for being Colombian. She also added they want to try the ghost of Pablo Escobar to prove that Argentina is combatting drug trafficking.
Her son, Juan Pablo changed his name to Sebastian Marroquin and is currently working as an architect, designer, and lecturer. He is also an author and has written a book named Pablo Escobar: My Father. Following their release, Henao has remained out of the mainstream and is still leading the low profile life too.
However, Sebastian is an inspirational speaker who made his life traveling through Latin America delivering anti-violence talks and pushing drug policy reform.
Henao's daughter, Manuela Escobar changed her name to Juana Manuela Marroquin Santos. The family currently resides in Argentina.
Her husband, Pablo Escobar died on December 2, 1993, in a shootout by Search Bloc after 16 months of his escape from La Catedral.
Escobar who was born on December 1, 19949, in Rionegro grew up in the nearby city of Medellín. Escobar is thought to have started his criminal career in his teenage days, allegedly stealing gravestones and sanding them down for resale to local smugglers.
His brother, Roberto Escobar, denies this, instead claiming that the gravestones came from cemetery owners whose clients had stopped paying for site care and that he had a relative who had a monuments business.
A Colombian electronic surveillance team, led by Brigadier Hugo Martínez, used radio triangulation technology to track his radiotelephone transmissions and later found him hiding in Los Olivos, a middle-class barrio in Medellín.
Henao fled from Columbia with her two children in 1994, after Escobar's death. Her husband's money was seized by Colombian authorities and left the family broken. They took refuge in different countries for a short time, as many governments refused to accept them.
Maria Victoria Henao's age as of 2019 is 58 years.
She has perfect height and body shape.
The video depicts her life after the death of her husband Pablo Escobar.


Most people don't know that I have a small business.
But a lot of them are unknowingly seeking it out.
Which means that, inevitably, there are a lot of break-ups.
As irritating as it can be to listen to someone compose an oral expose on why their relationship is so fairytale-perfect, it is even worse listening to them weep over a failed relationship.
What do you say? How do you console the unfathomable heartache of someone who has lost their love of the past two months?
I apologize for my general snarkiness. But I am so glad you asked.
Times are tough. I'm in college and, therefore, broke. So I have decided to expand and monetize my advice-giving services. I believe that my personal relationship experiences make me uniquely qualified to give advice on handling a variety of situations.
When I was 5 years old, I married Wesley Price, the neighbor boy, in my sandbox. As soon as we swore to love each other, in health or in cooties, drama erupted. My little sister was upset that I made my friend Lauren the flower-girl instead of her. Little Julianne Christmas ("J," as I called her) was furious that she wasn't invited at all. I was crushing on Sean, the boy who lived next door.
You learn a lot from a failed marriage.
The summer before 4th grade, my family was preparing to move when Sean asked me to be his girlfriend and offered me a little silver band with tiny blue stars. I had moved on, but agreed, because I didn't want to hurt his feelings. Then our family moved and I learned the importance of communication in a relationship.
So keep your head up! Sometimes things fall apart so better things can fall together. It's always darkest before the dawn, but tomorrow is a new day. You only fail if you stop trying – someday, you'll meet someone who loves you just the way you are.
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