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Timeless and the Miracle of Christmas: A Message of Hope
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Sweet clockblockers, our time together has wrapped up in a sad little bow but that's okay. The best things in life don't always last a lifetime, sometimes, the best things can be found in two seasons plus a movie. And Timeless was special from the very first jump to the last — it never once failed in evoking all sorts of emotions, and I suppose, in reality that's the best kind of final episode. Do I wish certain things went differently? Yes, and I won't go quietly about it, but in the end, I found myself filled with hope above all things engulfed with gratitude because this show gave me one of my favorite characters in existence (Lucy Preston), and one of the most exemplary showcases of friendships that series in this genre are often lacking in. "The Miracle of Christmas" wasn't perfect, understandably so, but it was a beautiful finale meant to showcase the power of goodness above all things.
Timeless' final episode reminded us of what the show's often done a gorgeous job of representing — free will and the significance of our choices. The ongoing debates of fate vs. free will has easily been the reason I'd decided to write about this show in the first place, and in "The Miracle of Christmas" especially, it tackled those themes in a way that felt suitable for the holiday spirit remarkably. And I suppose, it's only when I avidly choose to look at this way that I can understand why my least favorite part of the finale had to happen. Garcia Flynn has had one of the strongest character developments I've seen in a long time, and I was rooting for his happiness from the very beginning. I was rooting for him to find himself in the aftermath of defeating Rittenhouse and I was rooting for him to find a purpose in the world again despite the encompassing grief that had fueled his actions. There's always a clear distinction between heroes and villains, and while the world of fiction benefits from multifaceted characters who are neither, in this case, Garcia Flynn's place in the hero column and the acknowledgement matters.
December 27, 2018 mgcirclesmedia	abigail spencer, claudia doumit, connor mason, denise christopher, garcia flynn, garcy, goran visnjic, jiya marri, lucy preston, lyatt, malcolm barrett, matt lanter, nbc timeless, riya, rufus carlin, sakina jaffrey, sony timeless, the miracle of christmas, timeless, timeless christmas, tr, wyatt logan	Leave a comment
2018 Best of the Year Reviews: 10 Episodes
This is always the hardest category to write about but simultaneously my absolute favorite. The best part of it is remembering the very first time I watch the episode and think, "Yup, I need to talk about this for year-end reviews." But it's interesting because I was a little stumped this year. I didn't want to repeat episodes from shows and I wanted a wide variety. We can thank Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place for making my choices so hard with a ton of amazing episodes. Oh how I adore the comedies on TV right now.
For more end of the year reviews, check out our Top 10 Performers, 10 Characters, and 10 Relationships.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: I don't know how Katie (Nerdy Girl Notes) would cover this show weekly because I could never find the right words. And I especially can't find the words for "Start." The final episode of The Americans needs to be seen by every single TV enthusiast in the world. I can understand that the genre may not be everyone's cup of tea, in all honesty, at times, it was even too heavy for me, but I'm grateful to know that I've seen the best thing on TV. (This sentence was not meant to rhyme, but we're sticking to it.) "Start" was the perfect conclusion. It wrapped the series up in the most finely crafted bow I've ever seen, tying loose ends so wondrously not many before it have mastered. It gave its audience some of the most haunting images to hold onto and I'm sure, without even trying, rendering many of us utterly speechless. Maybe eight years from now when I'm less distraught over "They'll remember us. They're not kids anymore." I'll be able to talk about just how encompassing "Start" was, but today's not that day. Or maybe when I've finally gotten Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell's meticulously somber expressions and the stoic, yet crumbling physicality out of my mind, I'll be able to talk about it more. But for now, let this just serve as my plea to get you all to watch The Americans because it's truly unmatched. There are no words that could rightfully encapsulate the magnitude of this finale's greatness.
December 22, 2018 mgcirclesmedia	2018 year end reviews, a discovery of witches, a life in the day, adow, b99, best of 2018, best of the year, blackish, brooklyn 99, brooklyn nine nine, new girl, queer eye, the americans, the good place, the magicians, the marvelous mrs. maisel, timeless, tmmm, year end reviews	4 Comments
2018 Best of the Year Reviews: 10 Relationships
After I've found characters whose lives I'm invested in, my brain then automatically goes towards intricately analyzing the relationships they've got — both platonic and romantic because I'm a big believer in the fact that no one should ever be alone in this world. No one can accomplish anything alone. And ultimately, we as people aren't meant to be alone. Each of the relationships chosen for this category are ones that have done an exemplary job of teaching viewers what it means to compromise, to trust, to believe, and to love deeply. Each, in their own unique ways, have effortlessly made people better. Heck, Marvel's T'Challa wouldn't be as successful as Black Panther if he didn't have such a loving team on his side. Relationships shape us, break us, and teach us some of the greatest things we could ever learn in the world. And to love with a profound intensity in our hearts often does the trick in bringing our souls to ease even when nothing else is going our way.
For more end of the year reviews, check out our Top 10 Performers, 10 Characters, and 10 Episodes.
Matthew Clairmont and Diana Bishop
A witch and a vampire walk into a library. . .If you'd told me a year ago that I'd be sitting here today writing about a fantasy romance between a witch and vampire, utterly compelled by their story I would've told you you're crazy. But yet here we are, wine in hand, crying into the glass over the relationship I didn't know I needed in my life. Matthew and Diana are magic together. (I kid you not, friends, the show's theme song just came on shuffle. Magic.) Personally, a brooding man who hasn't known love for centuries finding light and wonder in a woman is right up my alley of tropes, for it tells the all-consuming story of what it truly means to be destined for someone, bound by an unseen but potent line that's been fortified through time and continues to grow beautifully when it begins to intertwine with adoration. There's so much that could be said about how beautifully their meeting plays a significant, inspiring role in their lives, specifically, at this point in time, Matthew's love for Diana, which has brought out the magic in her. And in retrospect, how effortlessly she's brought light back into his life. The laughter, the sincerity, and the unshakeable belief in one another continues to stun me. Matthew and Diana have found something powerful with each other that's helped them both not only see the greatness in themselves, but the resilience, too. Belief from another person can serve as unparalleled strength and inspiration, thereby, the tireless choices they each make to hearten and challenge one another has made their story that much more captivating. I can't conclude this without paying homage to Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer's exquisite chemistry with one another, each playing on the other's emotions beautifully in a poetic rhythm, which results in each moment, even the quiet, most delicate spectacles of intimacy feel like a work of art.
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2018 Best of the Year Reviews: 10 Characters
For the past few years, this category's been the most difficult — trying to pick through my favorites without too much repetition from past years and the desire to give other characters the opportunity to be on here as well. But my inability to choose could've been due to the fact that there just weren't that many options in the first place. And this year's special — in both the TV verse and cinematic. And these ten characters are ones I'm certain I could not love more even if I tried. Some old with exceptional growth and some new pushing me into a state of gratitude for just how great TV's been this year.
For more end of the year reviews, check out our Top 10 Performers, 10 Relationships and 10 Episodes.
Lucy Preston
I don't think there's ever been a character as adored as quickly as Timeless' Lucy Preston. And season two pulled the darling historian through the darkest of revelations only to have her come out of it even more generous than before. Lucy's heart is inexpressible –there hasn't been a character like her in a while, and it's been a stunning ride watching her continuously open her heart despite the fact that the one person she trusted most in her life turned out to be the villain in her story. Whether it was fighting alongside the women who were to be executed during the Salem Witch Trials, standing with Suffragette Alice Paul, or welcoming Jessica to the team despite her feelings for Wyatt — Lucy's benevolence is selflessness in its most evident form. She is nobility personified, for even when she could be choosing for herself, fighting for her own future, the other person's effect is always taken into deep consideration, too. But the thing I appreciate most about Lucy is that even with all the compassion running in her veins, she's not one to allow anyone to take advantage of her — she understands that goodness and naiveté aren't the same thing. She's fought back when she needs to. She's cried when she's been in pain. She's doubted. She's believed. She's gotten excited. She's shown viewers a wide range of emotions authenticating the fact that women are beautifully complex. She's many things, but above all, she's a woman who's walked through fire and instead of letting it burn her, she's used it to fuel the good fight instead. She's walked out with the flames as phoenix feathers — stronger, wiser, and even more compassionate than before.
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2018 Best of the Year Reviews: 10 Performers
There's nothing I appreciate more every year than performances that make me want to ramble and scream about over rooftops. Performances that are so well done, words suddenly become nonexistent. And this year especially, the top performers were so fascinating, I couldn't even choose as easily as I often do. I almost added more than I could write for because there were a far more than 10 of them I wanted to talk about.
For more end of the year reviews, check out our Top 10 Characters, 10 Relationships and 10 Episodes.
The Actors
The Emmy winning performance of the year. (It gives me unbelievable pride and joy to say that, as if I know Rhys myself and he is some distant uncle of mine.) But truly. There's been nothing quite like this year's most intensely gripping performance that I've yet to find the words for. Phillip caught a bit of a break from the spy life this season, but that meant a lot more work for Rhys in order to show us sides of him that we'd not known in the last five years. And while Phillip was seemingly calmer, Rhys was actually showing us a more frantic angle, especially when it came down no longer understanding his wife or being able to converse with her. It was during the simplest, most quiet moments that Rhys was reminding us of just how much is at stake and just how fleeting this new life of his would be. But then the final few moments of the series happened and just when you think Rhys has probably outdone himself, the confrontation we've all been waiting for takes place, and the greatest mic drop in TV history occurs. The Americans excels in a number of ways, but its strongest suit has been the carefully nuanced performances, and although this was the scene we've long waited for, I don't think any of us could've imagined the vulnerability it would've been filled with. Vulnerability we should've probably been prepared for, but at the end of the day, we could never — or rather, at least I couldn't have. The sheer pain and utter shame Rhys projected while they "confessed" everything to Stan was nothing short of brilliant. The faint break as he states "I finally got caught" or the most sincere reveal throughout the confrontation, "You were my only friend in my, in my whole shitty life" shattered me. Finales in the espionage genre often have their actors go out with a bang, but with The Americans, the bang surprisingly doesn't involve a gunshot, instead, "Start" concluded with a man and a woman on a bridge, in a country they can no longer call theirs, trying to remain hopeful. And hope is an emotion The Americans has had a special way of revealing. Rhys' tensed jawline, the palpable dejection in his eyes, and the damaged, hollowed spirit that stood before us was the very paradigm of greatness. Matthew Rhys (And Keri Russell) have always spoken far more in silence than they have with words, and such robust silence can only be described with so few words, it demands to be felt. And it was.
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Timeless 2×09 "The General" and 2×10 "Chinatown" Review
Who lives. Who dies. Who tells your story?
Episode Summary | Time in History: Where didn't we go is the question? What didn't we do? Who didn't we meet? Timeless' explosive, remarkably bold two-hour finale did a number on our hearts and there are no words. (Seriously though, there are no words. I've been staring at this article for an hour now.) Both "The General" and "Chinatown" carried the weight of sincerity in an encompassing finale that explored raw human emotions beautifully. Timeless and its characters are a representation of its viewers, they're terrorized, broken, privileged, hurting, loving, fearful, strong, and so much more. And if this two-part finale reminded us of anything, it's that the world we live in is not only far more vast than we can imagine, but it was an acute ode to the fact that every human being's story matters. We are made up of our beliefs, our fights, our journeys, our heartaches, and sometimes, our quiet solitude. It's been one heck of a season with none of our characters in the same place as they begun and if that's not superb character development through intricate storytelling, then I don't know what is.
There's a fight in all of us. There's a fight in all of them. And to find that fight is to find ourselves, only we must be cautious that through every little change, we choose each other over and over again. The human race is dependent on kindness. It's dependent on adoration. And it's dependent on stories. As much as this is a homage to season two, a review of these episodes that aired, it's also a plea for a renewal — it's the choice to dissect why these stories matter. And no matter what this show's future holds, this two-part finale left us with an extraordinary message — find your fight and run towards it. Don't stop until you have it.
May 14, 2018 mgcirclesmedia	abigail spencer, claudia doumit, connor mason, denise christopher, garcia flynn, garcy, jiya marri, lyatt, malcolm barrett, nbc timeless, riya, rufus carlin, the time team, timeless, tr, wyatt logan	Leave a comment
Timeless 2×08 "The Day Reagan Was Shot" Review
Episode Summary | Time in History: 1981! Sometimes, we save historical figures but other times, we save one of our own, and this week on Timeless, that's exactly what we did. When the time team follows the mothership to the 80s, they quickly come to find that the Rittenhouse sleeper agent's objective is to wipe out Denise Christopher from existence. Jiya accompanies them in the fourth seat because Flynn's alive at the time so he can't do so. Rufus is still extremely anxious over his forthcoming "death" (let's be real, that's not happening, or at least, it better not.) Jessica drops a massive bombshell on Wyatt. Flynn and Lucy discuss the journal. And once again, conversation saves the day. Also, Denise Christopher for President.
Timeless continues to shine for its authenticity — consistently being the series that chooses to have significant conversations through a groundbreaking, organic approach. While there's a great amount of progress that's taken place in our world today, there's still a lot of hesitation, cultural and religious approaches that play a massive role in the lack of acceptance. But the importance of conversation is the key to achieving that all-inclusive love that I presume all Holy books discuss. While I can personally only vow with the Christian perspective as The Bible is the only one I've read, I imagine that every religion's foundation is love. There's no holy book out there that teaches the world to hate, and to deny this fact is an insult to the God who's served. That said, incorporating both Indian culture and Hinduism into the episode in order to tell us Denise Christopher's story was a remarkable way of illuminating something that's a rarity in the television realm. It was a bold, beautifully raw form of representation that easily left me, and presumably many others, speechless. It's not often that we see an Indian woman in charge of a prodigious operation, and it's even rarer when they're a part of LGBTQ+ community, which is where Timeless excels at giving us diversity at its supreme.
This is a show that chooses to tell the stories that aren't often told because there's a great understanding of diversity, the celebration of all sorts of human beings and its importance for future generations. "The Day Reagan Was Shot" had very little to do with President Reagan himself but everything to do with our Time Team and the choices they've made to be where they are today. And it's the choices they've made to engage in honest conversations that has led to impeccably life altering moments, all while saving their lives.
May 7, 2018 mgcirclesmedia	agent christopher, claudia doumit, denise christopher, garcia flynn, garcy, goran visnjic, jessica logan, jiya marri, jiya x rufus, karen david, lucy preston, malcolm barrett, nbc timeless, riya, sakina jaffrey, the time team, timeless, timeless nbc, timeless review, tr, wyatt logan	Leave a comment
Timeless 2×07 "Mrs. Sherlock Holmes" Review
Be loud. Be proud. "It was we the people, not we the white male citizens, but we the whole who formed this Union."
Episode Summary | Time in History: 1919, New York City and a lot's at stake for women when Suffragette Alice Paul is arrested then killed by a sleeper agent before she makes her noteworthy speech meant for President Woodrow Wilson. The team, now accompanied by fourth member, Flynn attempt to save the day by seeking the help of detective Grace Humiston, our very own Mrs. Sherlock Holmes. A surprising ally however manages to help the team save women's rights as we know it and while rummaging through the products they've collected from the Rittenhouse raid, Mason and Agent Christopher make a discovery about one of their bunker mates.
I keep thinking that perhaps Timeless is done surprising us, but the reality is each episode will probably feel like a punch in the guts when we look back at how far we've come and how far we could still go. And as a woman writing this, "Mrs. Sherlock Holmes" was as evocative as an hour of television can be, managing to stun me so often that live-tweeting became challenging. (Sorry, show, but you're just too good.) There was a great deal to appreciate about this episode and there's a great deal to discuss, but the choice to remind us of the fact that our voices matter was bravery at its finest. Credit where it's due is always something that I'm a fan of, which is why it's so important to acknowledge that Timeless show runners are men because so often, writing of this caliber is done by women, and it's amazing to see that on this show, it's men, showcasing as proof of the fact that we can be equal in gender stereotypes without the hidden misogyny that's unfortunately present in fiction when men attempt to tell stories through the eyes of women. So, hats off, gentlemen – this show's certainly a special one. And hats off to episode writer David Hoffman for the astounding screenplay.
"Mrs. Sherlock Holmes" gave us a glimpse into a darkness that isn't often revealed and it did so by reminding us of the fact that our characters are all so multifaceted, so exceptionally complex it's the ultimate treat to have the thematic elements of the show be brought to life through their eyes.
April 30, 2018 mgcirclesmedia	clockblockers, emma whitmore, garcia flynn, garcy, jiya marri, lucy preston, lyatt, nbc timeless, riya, rufus carlin, timeless, tr, wyatt logan	2 Comments
Timeless 2×06 "The King of the Delta Blues" Review
Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, and Lando Calrissian walk into a bar. . .
Episode Summary | Time in History: Over the hills and far away some life changing deals are made. Music is saved and all is well with Robert Johnson's musical career with the help of Lando Calrissian, in our world known as Connor Mason who's finally been given the terrifying opportunity to travel in his own time machine. That's right, the fourth seat is now available and Connor gets to accompany Rufus, Lucy, and Flynn to 1936 San Antonio.
"The King of the Delta Blues" was the kind of episode that effortlessly served as proof of the fact that the relationships we have with others are ridiculously important and potent to our growth. And it also served as an acute reminder of the fact that this show's impeccable with developing its dynamics. They're all so easy to love, it almost seems surreal. In the case of ensemble casts such as this one, each character deserves the opportunity to shine on their own and through the relationships they're in. And finally giving Connor Mason that moment in an episode that emphasized the importance of being someone's fan was an excellent choice. (Kudos to Timeless for the fact that they've not had a filler episode so far.) This week, we're diving into a time period that would impact music hugely and that's easily appreciated here because not only are we massive music fans, but we're excited to explore history apart from politics, too.
April 25, 2018 mgcirclesmedia	claudia doumit, connor mason, garcy, goran visnjic, jiya marri, lucy preston, lyatt, malcolm barrett, nbc timeless, paterson joseph, riya, rufus carlin, the king of the delta blues, timeless, timeless review, tr, wyatt logan	Leave a comment
Timeless 2×05 "The Kennedy Curse" Review
Choices. They matter. And I suppose, beer does, too.
Episode Summary | Time in History: A long time ago in a … just kidding, we didn't actually time travel this week, well we did, but not in the traditional sense. We actually just brought young John F. Kennedy to the present with us — all the way from 1934! Yikes. But it's still an adventure when Kennedy escapes from the bunkers, finds himself partying, and the Time Team needs to make sure they find him before Rittenhouse does. Flynn's left behind to take care of the sleeper agent in 1934, and Jessica accompanies Wyatt and Lucy on their mission. Agent Christopher deals with her own little adventure in the hands of Carol Preston, and Rufus and Jiya coordinate things from the bunker.
"The Kennedy Curse" was yet another solid episode authenticating the fact that where there's good company, hardships are bearable. It's not only vital to confide in people, but it's absolutely necessary to speak up about the things that are within us because there's nothing more therapeutic than conversation. There's nothing that strengthens people the way that honesty and vulnerability does — they're traits of great importance that ultimately make for exceptional television, and thankfully, Timeless has got it covered. I know that perhaps I shouldn't be surprised at how great this season is so far, but I'm a big believer in TV's terrible two — so kudos to Timeless writers for somehow making this season as great as the first, a genuine rarity in this verse. "The Kennedy Curse" took each of our characters on emotionally moving journeys allowing for their circumstances to be changed based off the choices they made in order to make things better and worthwhile. And all while trying to preserve history, because if Kennedy never became President, who knows what could've happened to America.
April 17, 2018 mgcirclesmedia	abigail spencer, carol preston, denise christopher, garcia flynn, garcy, jessica logan, jiya marri, liya, lucy preston, lucy x jiya, lyatt, nbc timeless, riya, rufus carlin, sakina jaffrey, timeless, tr, wyatt logan	Leave a comment


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Sunday, 22 May 2022, 09:07 HKT/SGT
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nybl Joins World AI Show & Awards as The Official Artificial Intelligence Partner
The 35th global edition of World AI Show will bring together global AI leaders, investors, media outlets, and government officials under one roof. Leading AI company nybl will participate as the Official Artificial Intelligence Partner.
DUBAI, May 22, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Held under the patronage of the Private Office of HH Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, a member of the royal family of Dubai, World AI Show & Awards, is set to take place on 25-26 May 2022 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai. Noor Alnahhas, Chief of Dreaming Stuff Up, nybl will shed light on the role of "Humanity in AI".
nybl deals with humans like humans and leaves the machine stuff to the robots. The culture at nybl and choices in partnerships are all dictated by a fundamental belief that humanity comes before all else. During his keynote, Noor Alnahhas will outline the secret behind nybl's success and specifically the secret sauce to conquering AI, and the role of humanity in this approach.
From pandemic breakthroughs to recent humanitarian journeys, nybl will take attendees on a trip that is nothing short of inspirational. "To leave Emirates Towers as a start-up in Cohort 4 with Dubai Future Accelerators and return as a leading sponsor and "Official AI Partner" at the World AI Show in less than 2 years is proof that nybl is doing a lot of things right!" Noor further adds, "nybl is everywhere at the World AI Show; we've planted a workshop space, booth and attendees can also catch us at a panel discussion, where we will be delving into the future of investing in AI."
Noor, a serial entrepreneur boasts over 15 years of experience in developing and scaling new technology. Currently, Noor serves as a member of the AI Ethics Advisory Board for the Government of Dubai and as a Strategy and Growth Advisor to several global start-ups in the Artificial Intelligence, Shared Economy, and Tech industries. He holds a Bachelor's in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the University of Houston, and has earned numerous leadership training from INSEAD & Wharton.
Mithun Shetty, CEO of Trescon reflects on the excitement leading up to the event. "We are extremely honored to feature nybl as the Official Artificial Intelligence Partner for the event. Their innovative solutions have replaced training data with turnkey intelligence based on subject-matter expertise and proven data behavior models."
About nybl
nybl is a deep tech development company that delivers an end-to-end AI platform and provides solutions through actionable intelligence to customers' most critical and difficult challenges. nybl's AI platform can be applied in any industry and allows partners and clients to obtain real-time, effective analyses on crucial equipment and processes to predict and safeguard against any potential disruptions.
To learn more about what we do, click here: https://nybl.ai
About World AI Show:
World AI Show is a thought-leadership-driven, business-focused, global series of events that takes place in strategic locations across the world.
The show is a one-of-a-kind gathering of pre-qualified CIOs, CEOs, CTOs, Heads of AI, Chief Digital Officers, Heads of Innovation and International AI experts.
Witness powerful keynotes, workshops, use-case presentations, product exhibitions, panel discussions and tech talks to find solutions for issues and trends within the AI and RPA space.
About Trescon:
Trescon is a global business events and consulting firm that provide a wide range of business services to a diversified client base that includes corporations, governments and individuals. Trescon is specialized in producing highly focused B2B events that connect businesses with opportunities through conferences, roadshows, expos, demand generation, investor connect and consulting services.
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Dear Lord, please forgive the unimaginable evil that we are witnessing at the hands of Democrat lawmakers in America.
Today, conservative activist, Caleb Hull tweeted an astounding video that shows Ralph Northam, the Democrat governor of Virginia expressing his support for infanticide (the killing of a baby after he or she is born) in the state of Virginia.
Ted Cruz retweeted the video of the WTOP radio interview, saying: Heartbreaking: VA gov's pro-abortion dogma is so extreme that he advocates taking the life of babies AFTER they are born. Watch the video. Every human life is precious—a gift from God—and the modern Democratic party's embrace of late-term (or post-birth) abortion is truly tragic.
The dutiful media will go above and beyond what is required of the propaganda machine that never sleeps, to cover the tracks of soulless Democrat lawmakers.
The sniveling snowflake and anti-Trump Washington Post reporter, Aaron Blake, is no exception, as he quickly jumped in to stop the governor's public relations bleed. Blake attempted to soften the Democrat Governor Northam's remarks by tweeting a statement from the Democrat Governor's spokesman who clarified the conditions in which it would be okay to murder a baby after he or she is born.
Perhaps Aaron Blake missed the viral tweet by Dr. Hamad, a Nashville, TN, OB-GYN, had to say about full-term abortions? Last week, following the horrific decision by New York lawmakers to allow babies to be killed up until the moment before they are delivered, Dr Omar Hamada, a former US Spec Ops LTC Flt Surgeon & Dive Medical Officer, who's delivered over 2,500 babies, sent out this tweet that infuriated Democrats.
He was also interviewed by Fox and Friends host Katie Pavlich where he talked about the death threats he's received for telling the truth about how there is never any reason—ever—to kill a baby in the third trimester.
What do you think? Is America rapidly becoming a culture of death? Will the moves by Democrat lawmakers to kill babies at full-term and even AFTER they are born, backfire on their party, or will it give them a boost in popularity? We'd love to know what you think in the comment section below.


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The US National Security Agency has tapped directly into communications links used by Google and Yahoo to move huge amounts of email and other user information among overseas data centres, the Washington Post has reported.
It was unclear how the NSA accessed the links.
The report, based on secret NSA documents leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden, appears to show that the agency has used weak restrictions on its overseas activities to exploit even major US companies' data to a far greater extent than previously realised.
Previously reported programs included those that allowed easy searches of Google's, Yahoo's and other Internet giants' material based on court orders.
But because the interception in the newly disclosed effort, code named MUSCULAR, occurs outside the US, there is no oversight by the secret intelligence court.
Google, which recently said it is speeding its efforts to encrypt internal traffic, said: "We're troubled by allegations of the government intercepting traffic between our data centres, and we are not aware of this activity."
Like other major companies, Google and Yahoo constantly send data over leased and shared or exclusive international fibre-optic telecommunication lines as they sync information.
The newly disclosed program, operated jointly with the UK's Government Communications Headquarters, amassed 181 million records in one recent 30-day span, according to one document reported by the Washington Post.
It could not be learned how much of that included material from US residents, how the agency redacted data on them or how much of the information was retained.
An NSA spokesperson said in a statement that the suggestion in the article that the agency relies on a presidential order on foreign intelligence gathering to skirt domestic restrictions imposed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and other laws "is not true."
A Yahoo spokeswoman said: "We have strict controls in place to protect the security of our data centres, and we have not given access to our data centres to the NSA or to any other government agency."
The report is likely to add to growing tensions between the US intelligence establishment and the tech companies, which have been struggling to assure customers overseas that they need not fear US spying.
Meanwhile, the US Justice Department has joined a lawsuit filed by a whistle blower against the firm that vetted Edward Snowden who leaked documents about US spying efforts.
While the lawsuit is not about the firm's review of Mr Snowden, it alleges that United States Investigations Services failed to perform quality control reviews in connection with its background investigations.
The lawsuit adds to the pressure on the firm, which also cleared government contractor Aaron Alexis, who killed 12 people at the Navy Yard last month.
The firm has had a contract since 1996 to vet individuals seeking employment with federal agencies.
Such background checks include investigative fieldwork on each application.
But since 2008, the firm used software to release investigations that were not yet complete in order to meet revenue targets, the government said.
The firm concealed the practice, known as "dumping," and improperly billed the federal Office of Personnel Management for the work, the DOJ said.
The lawsuit was filed by a former employee of the firm, Blake Percival, under the False Claims Act, which lets people collect rewards for blowing the whistle on fraud against the government.
A representative of the firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The news of the lawsuit came the day before a Senate hearing scheduled to examine government clearances and background checks.


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Welcome! I am the Program Director for the Pacific Shark Research Center (PSRC) and a research faculty member at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML), and an honorary research associate for the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) and the California Academy of Sciences Department of Ichthyology (CAS). I have been researching chondrichthyans around the world for more than three decades and having conducted research on six continents and in over 20 countries. I have authored 20 books, including a popular field guide to the Sharks of the World and most recently revised the Food and Agriculture Organization's (United Nations) Catalogue of Sharks of the World.
I have published over 360 scientific papers and book chapters, and contributed over 100 IUCN Shark Specialist Group Red List species assessments. I am the regional co-Chair of the IUCN Northeast Pacific Regional Shark Specialist Group, IUCN Vice Chair for taxonomy, and a member of the American Elasmobranch Society and Oceania Chondrichthyan Society. I currently serve as an advisor and consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, on Chondrichthyan related issues.
In 2014, I was named the CSU Monterey Bay Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center Mentor of the year "For his inspiring commitment to student achievement, and his leadership in fostering research and educational partnerships." I have supervised more than 40 graduate students, and enjoy mentoring and helping develop aspiring marine biologists.
My current research focuses on "Looking for Lost Sharks", a global effort to find and discover those little known, or unknown, sharks and their relatives the batoids and ghost sharks that make up nearly one-half of all Chondrichthyan species that have been listed by the IUCN Red List as data deficient or have not been assessed due to a lack of information. These lost sharks have been overshadowed, and forgotten, by a few high-profile charismatic species. In an effort to seek out and find these species my students and I have been on a global search for these little known and unknown species. For more information on this project please see our new forthcoming updated web page and follow us on Facebook.
Collaborators and Friends
Douglas Long (Saint Mary's College of California)
Paul Cowley (South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity)
Dominique Didier (Millersville State University)
Lisa Natanson (NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
William White (CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research)
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GET TO KNOW ALVINA BOKHARI
Whether in campaigns for Mara Hoffman and Opening Ceremony, or on her Instagram in a high-cut black swimsuit or glittering gold sari, designer and model Alvina Bokhari is striking. She has thick black hair, almond-shaped eyes and emits an aura of self-confidence. But that wasn't always the case: "If you saw my high-school pictures, you could see I was like screaming," she told Kajal, an arts magazine for the South Asian Diaspora. "I wasn't in an environment where I felt confident in myself. I was the only brown girl at school." Now 23, Alvina is proud to be a "brown-skinned girl," and uses modeling as a way to advocate for diversity and uplift other people of color. "I believe having representation through media can contribute new ways of thinking," she explains in the following Q&A. Continue reading to learn more about Alvina.
On Her Background:
I was born in Virginia and raised in New York. [My family is from] Lahore, Pakistan. The impact my culture has had on me is so major and apparent — from beauty regimens to the way I eat with my hands. I'm so thankful that my parents preserved our culture in our household.
On Her Experience as a Pakistani Woman in the Modeling Industry:
I've had ups and downs in the industry. Although some brands are trying to be more inclusive, there's still a small space for WOC, and it creates a competitive energy just to be tokenized. But the experiences I've had with WOC in the industry has been uplifting and I felt supported throughout all aspects. I'm so grateful for all the opportunities presented to me and I feel inspired to encourage other women to pursue their passions.
On Diversity:
Diversity matters because other people exist — and diversity shows us how we're different but also alike. Without diversity, people are not exposed to something that's not familiar to them and they aren't expanding and growing.
On Self-Care:
I take time to stretch and do yoga. Recently, I started writing and collaging things from my experiences. It's so therapeutic. Or, I take myself out on a date. I appreciate "me time."
On Her Personal Style & Where She Shops:
I believe in recycling clothing. I shop vintage and thrift. Fave spots in NYC are Salvation Army and Tokio 7. I work in design and learned that designers all seek inspo from the past and they rework vintage and thrifted pieces. It can be challenging to shop when things aren't catered for you, but with patience you can find the best "one of kind" pieces. And, there's a special feeling shopping ethically.
What Brings Her Joy:
My cat, hand massages, the beach by my parent's home, home-cooked meals, a good song, nature, karaoke, my friends, riding my bike, dancing poorly in front of the mirror.
About Her Cat:
I was gifted Prince for my 21st birthday and he's the best present I ever received. He truly replicates his name! He's super spoiled from all the love he receives and also has a sexy powerful strut, which reminded me of the late singer. Also, I'm pretty sure he's the most handsome cat in the world.
The Album She Could Listen to Forever:
Channel Orange was one of the first I connected to as a young adult. Recently, I've been binge listening to Assume Formby James Blake and Matangi by M.I.A. And I'm currently listening to "Drown" by Melika Dave and "Vale" by Maribou State on repeat.
Her Favorite Quote:
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." (Audre Lorde, 1981.) As humans, it's hard not to victimize ourselves, and although our struggles can be valid, there are other people who are going through it as well. The world likes to pin us up against each other, but I want all of us to flourish.
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Review and Discussion Questions
2. What is the objective of assembly line balancing? How would you deal with the situation where one worker. although trying hard, is 20 percent slower than the other 10 people on a line?
3. How do you determine the idle-time percentage from a given as emblem line balance?
4. What is the essential requirement for mixed-model lines to be practical?
5. Why might it be difficult to develop a group technology layout?
6. In what respects is facility layout a marketing problem in services? Give an example of a service system layout designed to maximize the amount of time the customer is in the system?
7. Visit a major hotel in your area and describe the layout of its operations?
8. Describe the layout of a branch office of a bank?
9. How might you design the layout for a walk-in clinic?
10. Visit two different supermarkets. What similarities do their layouts share in common?
As we saw in the opening vignette. the choice of which type of facility layout to adopt can have a significant impact on the long-term success of a firm. This decision. therefore should not be made lightly but only after an in-depth analysis of the operational requirements has been completed.
A major issue to be addressed in facility layout decisions in manufacturing is: How flexible should the layout be in order to adjust to future changes in product demand and product mix?' Some have argued that the best strategy is to have movable equipment that can be shifted easily from place to place to reduce material flow time for near-term contracts. However while this is appealing in general the limitations of existing buildings and permanently anchored equipment and the general plant disruption that is created make this a very costly strategy In service systems particularly with multilocation chains the study of layout has become extremely important because the selected layout can be replicated at hundreds or even thousands of facilities. Indeed a layout error in a fast-food chain has a more immediate and generally a more fa reaching impact on profits than a layout error in a factory.
Spatial Layout and Functionality
Unlike manufacturing firms where the goal in designing a layout is to minimize the cost of moving material between areas one of the goals of a service operation is to minimize the travel time of employees and in some instances customers. At the same time, the service firm is trying to maximize revenues per customer by exposing them to as many opportunities as possible to spend their money. For example, the long lines to get into the shows at Las Vegas casinos wend their way through slot machine areas so customers will play the slots while waiting. Operations such as IKEA a hail of Swedish furniture stores and Stu Leonard's Dairy Store in Norwalk Connecticut are designed so the customer after entering the store must go through the entire facility to e it not unlike a maze with a single path through it.
Ambient Conditions
These refer to the background characteristics of the operation,including noise level lighting and temperature. (It often is said that the prices in restaurants are inversely related to the amount of lighting the darker the restaurant the more expensive the food) Hanging lights over tables as seen in some of the better restaurants suggests privacy recessed lighting in ceilings on the other hand as seen in many fast-food operations send different signals to the customer.
Layout Considerations in Services
to be taken into consideration. First, the cost per square foot for retail locations is u ually very expensive (in comparison to that for a manufacturing facility). Service retail operations. therefore, must design their facilities to maximize the sales generated per square foot (or square meter). To accomplish this, operations such as restaurants have reduced the percentage
of area devoted to the back-of-the-house operations, like the kitchen, to allow more area for the customer in the form of additional seating. One way this is accomplished, as discussed in an earlier chapter, is through the use of a quasi manufacturing facility or central commissary where food can be economically prepared in a relatively low-cost area. Another approach is taken by Benihana's of Tokyo, a chain of Japanese steak houses. There the strategy is to move the kitchen to the front of the house so customers can actually participate in the food preparation process.
Another service unique factor that needs to be taken into consideration is the costumer's presence in the transformation process. As a result, the decor package of the service operation plays an important role in determining the customer's overall satisfaction with, the service encounter, Mary Jo Bitner has introduced the expression servicescape t? describe the physical surroundings in which the service takes place." The servicescape ofan operation comprises three major elements:
(a) the ambient conditions, (b) tile spatial layout and functionality,I and (c) the signs, symbols, and artifacts.


As long as I've been a teacher, I've had parents ask me for book suggestions. I struggle the most with suggesting books for advanced readers. So many popular book series are set in middle school and contain content that I consider inappropriate for my elementary students. My third graders don't need to be reading about girlfriends/boyfriends, over the top violence, any reference to alcohol or illegal substances, or foul language.
In order to be able to suggest books to parents that are academically challenging yet age-appropriate, I've compiled this list with the help of Scholastic Book Wizard, Common Sense Media, GoodReads, and some teacher friends on Instagram. I hope it helps you out!
*Books marked with asterisks were suggested by other 3rd grade teachers and then researched, but I haven't actually read them myself!
Are you looking for some appropriate yet super-engaging read alouds for your third grade class? Look no further! I've got you covered right here.


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Log-structured Memory for DRAM-based Storage Best Paper on FAST 2014. Provided by RAMCloud Group.
First,the workload allocates 50GB of memory using objects from a particular size distribution; it deletes existing objects at random in order to keep the amount of live data from exceeding 10GB. In the second phase the workload deletes a fraction of the existing objects at random. The third phase is identical to the first except that it uses a different size distribution (objects from the new distribution gradually displace those from the old distribution).
In doing this, memory consumption increased by an additional 30% and application experienced occasional pauses of one second or more.
An ideal memory allocator for a DRAM-based storage system such as RAMCloud should have two properties. First, it must be able to copy objects in order to eliminate fragmentation. Second, it must not require a global scan of memory: instead, it must be able to perform the copying incrementally, garbage collecting small regions of memory independently with cost proportional to the size of a region. Among other advantages, the incremental approach allows the garbage collector to focus on regions with the most free space.
RAMCloud uses DRAM as the main storage, this is the master module, and uses local disk or flash memory to store backup copies of data, this is the backup module. These two module runs co-located on a single node.
The RAMCloud use a simple key-value data structure to manage the memory. New object are allocated at the log head. To retrieve a object RAMCloud search the object key in the Hash Table. To delete the object RAMCloud marks the object as garbage in the Hash Table. As a result, allocation, read, write and deallocate are all very fast. This log-structure is commonly used in SSDs, but the write operation in RAMCloud do not need a prepended erase operation.
Upon a removal of an object, fragmentation will emerged. RAMCloud defined two-level garbage collection.
The first level of cleaning, called segment compaction, operates only on the in-memory segments on masters and consumes no network or disk I/O.
The second level of cleaning is combined cleaning, cleans both disk and memory together.
It is easy to perform cleaning on multiple segments concurrently because there is no conflicts. However, hash table updates need to be immutable.


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Q: Custom www-data user in Ubuntu I use apache2-mpm-itk to run one of my web applications with a custom uid and gid, both for audit and security reasons. This works nicely, however I am not sure what kind of privileges this user would need. I am currently doing something like useradd mywebapp -U -d/tmp -c"Custom webapp User" but that creates pretty much a regular user.
So first a newbie question: how do I add a 'system' user that can that cannot be used for e.g. ssh'in or does not appear in the login screen on Ubuntu Desktop?
And what kind of privileges would I need to give this user? E.g. I assume that www-data can write to the Apache log files, so it needs something more than a regular user. But at the same time I don't want to give it more privileges than necessary to run my webapp, definitely not root.

A: sudo useradd username

will work just fine for your requirement. It creates the user with unset/random password. If you insist on disabling shell access to the user you could change the shell option for this user to /bin/false with commands like
sudo chsh username

As for not showing username in GDM login screen, you need to give the username UID below 1000. This makes Ubuntu treat the user as a system user, which then won't show up on the login screen.
Add the user in whatever way you prefer(maybe just like above), and then run:
sudo usermod -u 599 username

Where 599 is an unused UID below 1000, and username is your new user.

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Account holders with problems with their social media profile can contact Facebook phone support to discuss the issue. For all problems related to account creation or setup use the online page.
With millions of users, and thousands of employees, Facebook phone support is still possible if you can reach someone. The number is 650-543-4800 in the USA. International callers from the UK, Canada, Australia or other locations outside of the USA should put a 1 in front of the number. This would be 1-650-543-4800 to call Facebook phone support to report your problem.
When you call this customer service number a recording will come up directing you to several options for getting help online at https://www.facebook.com/help/ which is the official help center for the online social media service. Direct all complaints or requests to have your issue looked at the fastest without experiencing wait times.
In the Help Center the following options are available: Login and Password, Getting Started for new accounts, Manage your account, Privacy, Security, News Feed, Sharing, Messaging, Connecting, Pages, Mobile, Popular Features, Ads, Report Something, Safety tools and Resources, Apps and Games, Profile and Timeline, and Community resources when a agent is unavailable.
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Texas highway patrol stops suspected drug smugglers for drug bust
AUSTIN, Texas—An Ohio highway patrol sergeant was arrested after officers spotted him with what appeared to be a "pot-like substance" at a traffic stop on Interstate 49, authorities said Monday.
Scott Smith, 29, was arrested by the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Ohio after he failed a roadside breath test on Sunday and then was spotted with a substance in his possession on Tuesday, officials said.
A deputy at the scene smelled marijuana and saw Smith sitting in a dark SUV, authorities told ABC News.
A preliminary investigation determined the drug was "pot," which could have been "pot" or a mixture of both, the Harris Police Department said in a statement.
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The Kutztown Invite, the largest women's collegiate tournament in the country, is on tap this weekend. What's more, the home fans will get to cheer one of the top teams in the country.
The Golden Bears (40-20, 9-7 NEC) had a 13-match winning streak in the season's first half and is currently ranked ninth in the country. A big reason for the team's surge is the play of senior Deanna Dirado, who after averaging a shade over 186 last season, is averaging more than 200 so far this season.
Kutztown hopes to bounce back from a disappointing performance in its last outing, a 3-4 weekend at the NEC conference tournament.
"The team struggled to execute shots throughout the day," head coach Joseph Ambrose said. "We definitely know what we need to work on for the second half of the season."
The team to beat this weekend in Reading may just be second-ranked Maryland-Eastern Shore. The Hawks ended 2013 with a perfect weekend, posting a 10-0 record against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's (MEAC) Northern Division teams in Hampton, Va. The wins moved the Hawks to 40-5 overall and 19-1 in league play.
UMES has a pair of players averaging more than 200 recently. The fact that senior Megan Buja -- a former MEAC Player of the Week -- is doing it may not be much of a surprise, but to get that type of play from freshman is.
Sara Pelayo averaged for than 212 in Hampton, but that's just the start. Making her collegiate debut, Pelayo worked her way through the lineup over the first two days of the FDU Jamboree in early April before settling in at anchor on Day 3. There she anchored the team to wins over Valparaiso and Adelphi. In the match against Valparaiso, Pelayo need a strike on the fill ball of the tenth frame to tie game three. Down 2-0, she crossed over and got the strike Brooklyn-style.
Fourth-ranked Stephen F. Austin, fifth-ranked Fairleigh-Dickinson, seventh ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater and eighth-ranked Vanderbilt also take to the lanes at Kutztown this weekend.


To engage in a mentioned activity will make one feel crazy, depressed, or anxious. When we're feeling dejected or disappointed, it's always tempting to fixate on what might have happened in our lives, had we made different choices, but let me tell you: that way madness lies.
People say that way madness lies or that way lies madness to mean that doing a particular thing will cause you to go crazy. I've given up trying to tidy up after him. That way madness lies. Lie to anyone you want, but don't lie to yourself. That way lies madness. Note: People also say this way madness lies or this way lies madness. I keep thinking about Richard, and this way lies madness.
it is ill-advised to pursue a particular course of action as it will cause distress or anxiety.
This phrase is a quotation from King Lear, taken from the speech in which Lear shies away from contemplating the ingratitude of his daughters Regan and Goneril.
But don't expect me to say that's what I'm looking for, because that way madness lies,'' he continues.


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Re: "Compton loses court case, remains ahead in District 4 supervisor race"
Vladimir Putin and other Russian propagandists have been successful in persuading many Americans to continually blog and post comments that spread distrust of and contempt for United States law and government.
We see evidence of it everyday in San Luis Obsipo County. Look at the comment section in our various news outlets andyou will find anonymous trolls and those operating under pseudonyms posting propaganda to support Putin's efforts to divide and weaken America.
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New Times readers need to understand that there is a on-going, deliberate effort by right wing extremists to weaken democracy and suppress voting rights of ethnic minorities. There are a number of despicable lobbyists tied to this effort who are operating in San Luis Obispo County, using phoney names and using the Compton campaign as lleverage and to help publicize and spread their absolute lies meant to destroy honorabl men and women who are working tirelessly to uphold the law and civil rights in the face of those who are doing whatever the think they can to trump the law and the democratic process. This is serious and it is shameful that Lynn Compton, Debbie Arnold and John Peschong continually allow themselves to be used in this despicable effort.
Do the research. Observe. The truth becomes clear to any and all who honor the truth and believe that upright character and honor in office is more crucial than party affiliation.
It is obvious, and the courts have confirmed, that Tommy Gong is doing his job honorably and fairly. The fact that there are trolls attacking him for that is more evidence of the conspiracy against democracy that now infects the Central Coast and threatens all good men and women who believe in the vision of the United States that our great and heroic Founding Fathers gifted us with. We need to honor and respect that in the face of those who try to destroy it for their own selfish and greedy interests.
Re: "Zeros"
The courts have confirmed that Tommy Gong was 100% correct in his interpretation of the law and his protection of the rights of voters of all parties.
Mr. Gong was both fair and heroic in his efforts to stand up against despicable forces working hard to strip ethnic minorities of their voting tights and weaken democracy throughout our nation.
There is nothing in the law that requires ballots with missmatched signatures to be counted within 8 days. Nothing. And the courts have confirmed that.
John Davis has no respect for the law, democracy or truth.
Tommy Gong did his job honorably and properly and heroically while facing off against the most despicable trolls and lobbyists to ever infect San Luis Obispo County.
Tommy Gong helped protect the rights of voters of all parties. The courts have confirmed that.
Re: "Protect our way of life"
Please notice that the letter writer in "support" of Compton, doesn't live anywhere near Compton's district. That's typical for Compton "supporters." That's a serious red flag!
It's no joke or exaggeration when someone tells you Compton gets much of her instruction and direction from an extreme rightwing corporate lobbyist who doesn't live in SLO County, who she confers with weekly, if not more often. That is NOT serving her constituents.
Please make sure you vote. This election is important. Tell your friends. Paulding is the kind of politician we need leading us into the future. It's nice to be part of the "Paulding Phenomenon", something we can tell our grandchildren about one day.
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In Space, There Might Be North by David Shoemaker
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Thelemite, psychologist, composer and musician David Shoemaker lives and works in Sacramento, California. He began his musical studies as a child, focusing on guitar and piano. At 16, he briefly studied with legendary guitarist Robert Fripp. While he has focused in his adult life on his work as a psychotherapist, author and lecturer, music has always had a place at the table as well. He composed the soundtrack to the feature film, "Elsa Letterseed" in 2003, and he released his first solo compilation, "Workings 2000-2010" in 2010. He is also known for his work in the band Last Three Lives. In addition to Fripp, his primary musical influences include David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Michael Brook, Richard Barbieri, and Philip Glass.
This track appears on the album "Workings: 2000-2010", available on iTunes and CDBaby. See also David Shoemaker's artist page on CDBaby.
Music and lyrics written by David Shoemaker
Copyright 2010 Anima Solis Music and Publishing (ASCAP)
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The Hermetic Library Anthology Album – Magick, Music and Ritual 1 by The Hermetic Library
The full track list for this inaugural anthology album consists of 15 tracks by 15 artists, 66 minutes of fantastic music:
Kim Cascone – Black Flame
David Shoemaker – In Space, There Might Be North
Mahatma Dalí – Whence Came You
Alka – Nether
Last Three Lives – Memory
Crossways – Invocation of the Kundalini
Ego and the Ids – Post-Apocalyptic Ho-down
The Moon is a Spaceship – Sweet Revenge of the River Bollo (Part 2)
The Contrarian – The Magician
NVSBL – NVSBL
Whip Angels – Hermes
Pandemonaeon – Heart Girt With A Serpent
yzzy☥kyzy – 93
SickTanicK – Path of Initiation
J Simpson – Strange Angels
The Hermetic Library at Hermetic.com has an overall vision of Archiving, Engaging and Encouraging the living Western Esoteric Tradition. This is an anthology album of tracks by artists inspired by or who incorporate ritual and magick in their work. This anthology album will help promote artists to the audience of the Hermetic Library and beyond. It will also further raise awareness about the connection between magick, music, and ritual.
Over the last year, as a project of the library, I have created a group at SoundCloud, the Hermetic Library audio pool, for tracks and artists inspired by or manifesting the Western Esoteric Tradition. With this group I've been working to raise awareness that music and performance can be a form of ritual and magick. This has been a space for artists to share their music and other audio, as well as connecting artists who feel drawn to these topics and ideas, or, especially, incorporate and manifest ritual and magick in their works with other artists and a larger audience.
I encourage you to check out the Hermetic Library at Hermetic.com, if you aren't already familiar with it, as that's the reason this project exists and may also offer inspiration to you. The site was started in 1996 and has ever since consistently been an extremely popular resource for students and researchers interested in the Western Esoteric Tradition. You may also wish to check out other posts at the Hermetic Library blog and the Twitter and Facebook reflections to see how the library engages people in a living Western Esoteric Tradition.
Please join the Hermetic Library in promoting these artists who have contributed their work to this benefit anthology album project. All proceeds from album sales will support the library to help cover hosting costs and other expenses like materials acquisitions.
Additionally, this album is being released on the birthday of hermetic.com which was Dec 3, 1996. This release date marks the Hermetic Library's 15th year in existence.
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"News flash, honeys, the equipment you're born with has nothing to do with how strong or weak you are. It hasn't nothing to do with anything about you. You don't have to prove anything to anyone. Besides, some people would kill for what you've got."
"There's something you don't want me to know about you. Why, there's something you're ashamed of. Or is it something you can't afford for me to know?"
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"There's something you don't want me to know about you. Why, there's something you're ashamed of. Or is it something you can't afford for me to know?"
"News flash, honeys, the equipment you're born with has nothing to do with how strong or weak you are. It hasn't nothing to do with anything about you. You don't have to prove anything to anyone. Besides, some people would kill for what you've got."
He looked at me. "I don't know what she might have told you, miss, but—" "My name's Sarah Jane," I told him. "Sarah Jane Dillard." He sighed. "But the first thing should have been not to share your name with any stranger you might happen to meet in the woods." "He's right about that," Aunt Lillian said. "I've heard so much about you," I said. "I didn't think you were a stranger." "No, he's a stranger, all right," Aunt Lillian corrected me. "That's what you call folks you never see."
"That's right, just get rid of me you weirdoes, so you can talk about your stupid make believe stuff," he replied. "Don't be ridiculous Angus we're only going to talk about you," Sue laughed at him. "Well off you trot then."
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New trial over talc, cancer link: What you need to know
September 26, 2016 / 3:12 PM / CBS/AP
TRENTON, N.J. Two lawsuits ended in jury verdicts worth $127 million. Two others were tossed out by a judge who said there wasn't reliable evidence that the talc in Johnson & Johnson's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer.
This week, yet another lawsuit is going to court, alleging that a California woman's use of talcum powder over many years caused cancer. Her lawsuit accuses Johnson & Johnson of "negligent conduct" in making and marketing its baby powder.
So who's right? And is baby powder safe?
Most scientific research finds no link or a weak one between ovarian cancer and using baby powder for feminine hygiene, a practice generations of American mothers passed on to their daughters. Most major health groups have declared talc harmless. Johnson & Johnson, whose baby powder dominates the market, says it's perfectly safe.
Yet some 2,000 women have sued, and lawyers are reviewing thousands of other potential cases, most generated by ads touting the two big verdicts. Jury selection in the latest trial began Monday.
A look at the issue:
What is talc?
Talc is a mineral that is mined from deposits around the world, including the U.S. A naturally-occurring mineral, talc is mainly made up of the elements magnesium, silicon, and oxygen. The softest of minerals, it's crushed into a white powder. It has been widely used in cosmetics and other personal care products to absorb moisture since ancient times, and Johnson & Johnson's Baby Powder has been sold since 1894. But it's mainly used in a variety of other products, including paint and plastics.
In its natural form, talc can sometimes contain asbestos, which is known to cause cancers in and around the lungs when inhaled. But all talcum products sold in the U.S. have not contained asbestos since the 1970's.
Does it cause ovarian cancer?
Like many questions in science, there's no definitive answer. Determining the cause of cancer is difficult. It would be unethical to do what's considered the best type of controlled study, asking a group of women to use talcum powder on their genitals and wait to see if it causes cancer, while comparing them to a group who didn't use it.
While ovarian cancer is often fatal, it's relatively rare. It accounts for only about 22,000 of the 1.7 million new cases of cancer expected to be diagnosed in the United States this year.
Factors that are known to increase a women's risk of ovarian cancer include age, obesity, use of estrogen therapy after menopause, not having any children, certain genetic mutations and a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer.
What research can be done?
Two other kinds of studies are possible. Neither of them, though, can conclusively prove something causes cancer. One looks back in time, after an illness has occurred. It compares two groups of people, one with the illness, one without, and asks about past exposures that might be factors. But people don't always accurately remember details years later.
The second approach tracks a large group of people over time. It assesses their health at the start and follows them for years, recording any illnesses they develop while tracking possible influences such as diet and use of medication, alcohol or other substances. Scientists generally find these "prospective" studies more reliable.
What research shows
The biggest prospective studies have found no link between talcum powder applied to the genitals and ovarian cancer. But about two dozen smaller, look-back studies over three decades have mostly found a modest connection – a 20 percent to 40 percent increased risk among talc users.
However, that doesn't mean talc causes cancer. Several factors make that unlikely and there's no proof talc, which doesn't interact with chemicals or cells, can travel up the reproductive tract, enter the ovaries and then trigger cancer.
One large study published in June that followed 51,000 sisters of breast cancer patients found genital talc users had a reduced risk of ovarian cancer, 27 percent lower than in nonusers. An analysis of two huge, long-running U.S. studies, the Women's Health Initiative and the Nurses' Health Study, showed no increased risk of ovarian cancer in talc users.
If there were a true link, Dr. Hal C. Lawrence III says large studies that tracked women's health for years would have verified the results of the smaller look-back ones.
"Lord knows, with the amount of powder that's been applied to babies' bottoms, we would've seen something" if talc caused cancer, said Lawrence, vice president of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Similarly, Dr. Francisco Xynos, a gynecologic oncologist at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis, told CBS affiliate KMOX Radio earlier this year that the scientific evidence of a cancer link is weak.
"I think the concern for the general population should be negligible, because there is no scientific proof of that," Xynos said.
The National Cancer Institute's Dr. Nicolas Wentzensen says the federal agency's position is that there's not a clear connection.
"It is very hard to establish causal relationships," he said. "A lot of ovarian cancers occur in women who have never used talc, and many women have used talc and not gotten ovarian cancer."
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization, classifies genital use of talcum-based body powder as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."
The American Cancer Society (ACS) says more research is needed on the topic.
ACS research director Elizabeth Ward says it is unusual to have so much discrepancy between studies. "The risk for any individual woman, if there is one, is probably very small," Ward said.
What lawyers and courts say
Like the studies, courts have produced mixed results.
In the first trial two years ago, a South Dakota jury found Johnson & Johnson liable for one woman's ovarian cancer but didn't award any damages. This year, state court juries in St. Louis awarded plaintiffs $72 million and $55 million – verdicts the company is appealing.
But U.S. District Judge Nelson Johnson in Atlantic City, New Jersey, threw out the first two of the 400 lawsuits in his court. He reviewed the research and testimony from two doctors who are the plaintiffs' key expert witnesses and concluded they aren't reliable, noting they had previously written that there was no proof talc causes ovarian cancer. Other courts approved them as experts, noted the plaintiffs' attorney, Ted Meadows of Montgomery, Alabama.
J&J attorney John Beisner says the health care giant plans to fight every lawsuit, rather than settle, "for the fundamental reason that the science on which they're based is totally lacking."
Most of the pending cases are in Missouri, California and New Jersey, where J&J is based.
In the case that began Monday in St. Louis, lawyers for Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, California, say she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 after years of talcum use. Her lawsuit accuses the company of "negligent conduct" in making and marketing its talc.
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First published on September 26, 2016 / 3:12 PM
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Congressman Jim Jordan, ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, spoke the truth today during the Michael Cohen hearing. Stating the obvious and bringing to the attention of the American people certain dynamics related to this morning's hearing that House democrats hoped no one would mention, the Congressman held little back proving once again he is a man of character and honor.
Michael Cohen's prepared statement to congress was made public.
President Trump's former attorney, Cohen, is set to testify today before Congress.
After reading Cohen the Rat's statement, I expect total media coverage, 24-7, for days maybe even weeks.
A fabrication, from beginning to end, the statement has Hillary's uranium delivery-boy, Robert Mueller's paw-prints all over it. The only thing Cohen, in his statement, doesn't accuse President Trump of is the Lindbergh abduction.
Newly obtained social media posts from the accounts of Ilhan Omar, who is currently serving as a Congresswoman for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, reveals that she and Keith Ellison, who currently serves as Minnesota's Attorney General, championed voter fraud by encouraging people in Minnesota to "Vote Twice".
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Q: how to excute code on webrick server I start a webrick server like this:
dell@dev:/var/www/ruby$ ruby -run  -httpd. -p 5000

and have this code in abc.rb:
require 'webrick'

root   = File.path '/tmp/public_html'
server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new :Port => 5000, :DocumentRoot => root

trap 'INT' do server.shutdown end
server.start

ary = {  "0"=>"fred", "1"=>10, "2"=>3.14, "3"=>"This is a string", "4"=>"last element", }
ary.each do |key, value|
   puts  "#{key} #{value}"
end

When I run this code it shows me the same code on browser
http://localhost:5000/abc.rb

How can I view the output this code, I have already asked this question and did not get any correct answer :(
Is it the right code? I want to know this, where this code place
require 'webrick'

root   = File.path '/tmp/public_html'
server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new :Port => 5000, :DocumentRoot => root

trap 'INT' do server.shutdown end
server.start

if any one give me step by step ans to run this code i am very thankful.. I don't understand the ans :( how to do this

A: From the documentation:

The easiest way to have a server perform custom operations is through
  WEBrick::HTTPServer#mount_proc. The block given will be called with a
  WEBrick::HTTPRequest with request info and a WEBrick::HTTPResponse
  which must be filled in appropriately:
server.mount_proc '/' do |req, res|
  res.body = 'Hello, world!'
end

Remember that server.mount_proc must server.start.

So:
require 'webrick'

root   = File.path '/tmp/public_html'
server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new :Port => 5000, :DocumentRoot => root

server.mount_proc '/abc.rb' do |req, res|
  ary = {  "0"=>"fred", "1"=>10, "2"=>3.14, "3"=>"This is a string", "4"=>"last element" }
  res.body = ary.map do |key, value|
     "#{key} #{value}"
  end.join("\n")
end

trap 'INT' do server.shutdown end
server.start

Also, I believe the correct way to start your WebBrick is by running:
ruby abc.rb


A team from the Ron Hull Group completed a 40 mile Charity Bike Ride in aid of Children with Cancer in late 2013. The gruelling ride followed the path of the River Trent from Gringley-on-the-Hill, passing through Gainsborough, Owston Ferry towards Scunthorpe then back!
Among the Ron Hull team was Health and Safety Managers Mick White and Kevin Clarke, ex Commercial Director David Wall, Destruction Manager Dennis Welbourn and Business Development Assistant Oli White. Overall the group managed to raise in excess of £900 for a well-deserved charity!


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GCP_REGION="asia-east1"

PROJECT_ID=$(gcloud config list project --format "value(core.project)")

BUCKET_NAME="image_style_transfer"
# BUCKET_NAME=${PROJECT_ID}-ml
TRAIN_BUCKET=gs://$BUCKET_NAME

# バケットを作成する
gsutil mb -l $GCP_REGION $TRAIN_BUCKET

# 画像データをアップロードする
gsutil cp -r image $TRAIN_BUCKET

JOB_NAME=image_style_transfer_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
GCP_SOURCE_DATE_DIR=$TRAIN_BUCKET/image
CONTENT_DATA=$GCP_SOURCE_DATE_DIR/input/input_01.jpg
STYLE_DATA=$GCP_SOURCE_DATE_DIR/style/style_01.jpg
gcloud ml-engine jobs submit training $JOB_NAME \
    --package-path=trainer \
    --module-name=trainer.task \
    --staging-bucket="$TRAIN_BUCKET" \
    --region=$GCP_REGION \
    -- \
    --train-steps 1000 \
    --content-file $CONTENT_DATA \
    --style-file $STYLE_DATA \
    --output-file $TRAIN_BUCKET/output/synthesized_image.png


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He Hated Christianity and Decided to Covertly Attend a Bible Study to 'Dismantle' Biblical Arguments. Then, This Happened.
"I grew up in high school hating Christians..."
Something entirely unexpected happened when a teenager decided to attend a Bible study and pretend to be a Christian in an effort to "dismantle" biblical arguments: he came to embrace the very faith he so fervently sought to deride.
Caleb Kaltenbach, who decades later is now the pastor of Discovery Church in Simi Valley, California, recalled being turned off to the Christian faith as a child after seeing the flagrant mistreatment of the gay community.
After all, the issue was incredibly personal, considering that both his mother and father had begun living gay lifestyles after divorcing when he was just two years old.
Kaltenbach — author of the forthcoming book "Messy Grace" — told The Church Boys podcast that his mom "came out very loud and proud" and she and her partner wanted him to "experience the LGBT community," so they began bringing him to parades and events at a young age.
At one of those events, he saw people identifying as Christians holding up signs that read, "God Hates You" and "Turn or Burn," recalling how these protesters sprayed water and urine on the gays and lesbians who were marching for their cause.
"I looked at my mom. I was in elementary school and I still remember these words. I said, 'Mom, why are they acting like this?'" Kaltenbach remembered. "And she said, 'Well Caleb, they're Christians. Christians don't like people who are different from them.'"
Listen to Kaltenbach share his experience as well as his attempt to "attack Christianity" at the 45:30 mark below:
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It was a message — and a perception of Christians — that stuck with him. So, when Kaltenbach was in high school he decided to attend a Bible study in an effort to prove to Christians that they had their ideology and theology all wrong.
"I grew up in high school hating Christians, and so I decided that I wanted to attack Christianity," he said. "Here [was] my plan, and it didn't work out too well. I got invited to this Bible study by a friend ... so I thought, 'Okay, I'm going to go pretend to be a Christian, I'm going to learn about the Bible and I'm going to dismantle their arguments because no one should follow somebody like Jesus who hates people."
Kaltenbach started attending the Bible study, but quickly learned that Jesus was actually loving and was nothing like the people on the street who were holding hateful signs and throwing urine; it was a lesson that forever changed his life.
"Jesus definitely has standards that he calls us to for holy living, but as far as the way that I had seen people in my mom's community treated, there was truth but no grace, love, compassion," he said. "So, I just saw Jesus in a different light. I gave my life to the Lord."
When Kaltenbach went home and announced that he had become a Christian, his parents initially grounded him, and when he explained that his views on sexuality had changed and that he "didn't believe that same-sex relationships were part of God's plan," he was briefly disowned.
But Kaltenbach stood by his convictions, spending a great deal of time processing biblical passages that address the subject of homosexuality.
"I hunkered down and really started to study passages ... both the Old and New testaments have a pattern of saying that God defines sexual intimacy between one man and one woman in marriage," he said. "I really tried to look at the exegesis and historical setting of these passages."
Kaltenbach, who does not believe the Bible condones same-sex relations, eventually became a pastor, and his parents independently started attending his church. Before long, they, too, had accepted Jesus. Today, he said that neither of them are in same-sex relationships.
Now, through "Messy Grace," which releases in October, he's trying to help Christians learn how to "hold true to what the Bible says about sexuality and be gracious at the same time." Find our more here.
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