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The following 44 stories are a selection of acts of kindness which have appeared in our quarterly newsletter, The Kindness Network, established in 1995.
Someone dragged a coin along the bonnet of a car belonging to a friend of mine. He took it to a smash repair company near his work for the scratch to be touched up. When he went to pick up the car, he was surprised to be told that there was no charge. A little overwhelmed by it all, my friend mentioned that if he ever had an accident, he would bring his car to that establishment for repair. The owner replied, "Sir, I hope you never have an accident."
I have made it my goal to do something nice for somebody every day that I live. I find myself waking up each morning with new and exciting ideas of things to do for others, and the rewards have been wonderful.
The afternoon was cold and windy as I walked through the shopping centre of my little suburb. A busker, perhaps in his late fifties, wearing clothes that had gone well beyond their 'use by' date, played his guitar rather badly. "Don't encourage him!" called a passer by as I dropped a coin into the box. I crossed the road and entered a shop where I made regular purchases. I noticed the assistant would occasionally look out of the window at the busker. She turned to me and asked, "Would you mind the shop for a minute?" Surprised, I agreed, whereupon she took a pie from the warmer, ran across the road, and gave it to the busker. I have since learned that this was not an isolated example of her generosity.
Recently my son, who is a regular user of public transport, caught the bus home from school. Unfortunately he got on the wrong bus, but instead of just being told to get off and wait for another bus to take him home, the driver phoned me and said he would look after my son until he could be placed on the next bus home. I received a call from the second driver, confirming my son had been transferred to his bus. He also told me the time my son would arrive home. Thank you to both of these men who took the extra effort to ensure the safe arrival of my son.
The other day I fell on my way back from shopping. Fortunately all that was injured was my dignity, but I was touched by the actions of a passing motorist. When she saw me fall she stopped her car and waited until I had stood up again. Seeing I was OK, she drove off.
Once when working at the Department of Social Security, I was talking to a coughing client on the phone, so when I sent her the requested claim form, I enclosed a couple of Allen's Butter Menthols in the envelope. She rang to thank me the following day, and said that my act had made her feel better than the cough lollies had! It made me feel pretty good, too.
I have become involved in helping to run a small shop at a local aged people's hostel. We sell at cost items like biscuits, lollies, greeting cards, etc., small luxuries that old folk can't get out and buy for themselves, and that are not provided by the people who run the hostel. I've noticed that some old people come into our shop, not to buy things, but simply to talk to someone from "the outside." This brings home the to me that some old folks are just dumped in places like these, and are seldom visited by their loved ones. I think it vital that they should be visited, and to be shown that someone cares. During the next school holidays I intend to take my 9-year-old granddaughter into the shop with me, as I feel both she and the old folks would mutually benefit from the interaction.
I was talking to my doctor recently, and was amazed to learn her act of kindness for Australia's National Kindness Day last year was to treat all of her patients she saw on the day for free!
Standing in a long queue at the post office, I overheard one of the staff tell a woman at the counter that the parcel for her was heavy, and an awkward size. He invited her to go around to the side door where she could look at the parcel and decide what she wanted to do. A man in the queue overheard the conversation, and volunteered to drive the woman home with her parcel.
The lights turned green at the pedestrian crossing and the traffic had just begun to move forward when a stooped elderly lady, obviously unaware of the 'don't walk' sign, stepped on to the crossing. The cars braked and waited patiently while the woman slowly made her way across the road, oblivious of the kindness of the drivers.
Four years ago on New Year's Eve my husband had a serious hang-gliding accident and was airlifted off to intensive care in Melbourne. It was getting late at night by the time I learnt the details of the accident and by then he was far away in a Melbourne hospital, but which one I knew not. We were camping at Mt Beauty and knew no one in the camping ground, and I had a busy 5-year-old, as well as being pregnant! Our situation was made so much more bearable by the many acts of kindness from fellow campers. Money was given for the long distance phone calls to the hospitals, so I could find out where, and how, my husband was. Meanwhile neighbours looked after our little boy who was kept happy playing with their son. The next day, after an unsettled night, I began to prepare for the drive to Melbourne. Another neighbour rose early (and also woke his sons) to help me pack up the large tent and gear, and pack it all in the car. They even washed the car, and his wife prepared us a cut lunch! Not only that, she offered her home in Melbourne for as long as we needed, and asked if I'd like her to accompany us on the drive down, and said she would catch the train back (I had never met this wonderful lady before this day). The family minding our boy gave me their street directory with a line marking all the way to the hospital - I'd never driven to Melbourne before, so this was a great help. These two special families saw us off with hugs and best wishes and, I learnt later, both phoned the hospital to see how my husband was. He recovered and is looking forward to more (accident free) flying, and I will always remember these kind-hearted people who helped me so much (Our little boy, too - he was so good during that time, I couldn't have asked for more).
When my youngest child started school I returned to teaching. I made it a rule to praise every child every day. The happy smiles they gave me were reward enough.
Six years ago I was left to fend for myself when my husband left me for my so called friend. I was sad, scared, but mostly lonely. After the news became common knowledge, one acquaintance of my husband began to ring me every evening at around 10.30 pm to say, "Goodnight and God bless." I finally asked him why he was doing this. His response was, "I can't stand to think of you being alone and sad without anyone to say goodnight to, so I want to do it while you are so sad." This was a wonderful act of kindness from a man I hardly knew, but it made me feel cared for and not so alone. This man kept up the goodnight greeting for three months until I didn't sound or feel so sad, and then they stopped. I've never seen or heard from him since, but I bless his loving heart often.
My current mission is to promote the Kindness Revolution with all the young people I come in contact with, so far with success. The idea of being kind appeals to my two special little friends Amy and Jessie. Jessie sends me monthly reports of her kindness activities which are really cute, especially the one about her 14 month old baby brother playing 'Barbies' with her. Jessie considers this brother less important than a worm normally.
I would love to tell you of a kind act I had the opportunity to participate in, because of a strong feeling to help someone, who was not in a position to help themselves. A lovely lady in her nineties is a very good friend of my daughter's Godmother. I made a winter basket for her with all sorts of goodies, including a warm hat for the winter. It was such a pleasure to receive her phone call, she was so thrilled.
I went to a cake shop recently and was waiting to be served. There was this little old lady being served, she was asking the price of this and that. I told the man who served me that I would pay for the lady's choice. He whispered this to the sales woman, and I paid for mine and hers. However, she wasn't finished, and ordered a large apple pie as well - oops! The man raised his eyebrows at me, I thought for a brief moment and nodded my head - what the heck! When I was given my change I got out of there as fast as I could, as I didn't want to get sprung.
I wonder if people going about their normal duties realise they can brighten up someone's day. My children's favourite day is Friday - rubbish bin day. As soon as they hear the truck they race to the door to watch. When the driver waves to them it always brings a big smile to their faces. The wave doesn't cost him anything, but it means so much to them. Thank you to all the people who take the time to smile or greet others while doing their job.
Doing my normal Saturday morning shopping, I was attracted by the sound of a flute. Casting my gaze about I spied a man of about 50 standing on a nearby corner. As I walked closer there was something about him that caused me to think I should donate more than the usual one or two dollars. I walked up to him and stuffed a five dollar note into the top pocket of his coat. He stopped playing and said, "Thank you very much, that's very kind of you." As I walked away he began playing again, this tune was decidedly more up tempo than the previous one.
After many years as a city dweller, the opportunity came to move to a small town. Without having any job prospects, I decided to make the move. I hadn't been there very long when I mentioned to someone that I was going to buy a pot plant when I had the money, and put it on the front porch of the house I was living in. The next day, much to my surprise and delight, I found a pot plant on the front porch! It is so lovely to be away from the meanness and bustle of the city, to be in a place where people have the time to talk, to be sympathetic and respond to people's needs. I'm sure all Australians are like that, it's just that the pressure to perform is so much greater in the city, and we seem to be sucked into the 'rat race' all too easily.
One of my friends in Melbourne suffers from an unpleasant illness which robs her of energy and leaves her severely depressed. Despite this, her capacity for appreciation has been highly developed. She asked me to share this example of kindness with you, a reminder that small actions can make a big difference to a person's day. My friend was seeking some refreshment but was deterred by the crowded café. Summoning courage a second time she entered the café, but felt daunted by the lack of available space. A man seated with a friend quickly perceived my friend's dilemma, and carried a chair to a table without seating, so she could sit down. My friend was greatly touched by the man's awareness and swift response. She was able to enjoy a coffee and no doubt her faith in human kindness was strengthened.
My husband and I have a stall at our local market selling fruit, flowers and plants. During the week I look around a couple of Op Shops and pick up the odd Teddy or toy, which we take along to the market. When an irritable child comes along with a stressed mother, we give the child a toy and distract them for a while in conversation. It's amusing how the child shuts up, and it brings a smile to the mother's face.
I was standing in a long queue at Coles Supermarket. The woman in front of me approached the check out with three items - milk, bread and margarine. She paused as she hunted through her purse and pockets for money. "I definitely had $5 here" she kept saying out loud to her husband, who merely scowled at her and walked off, leaving her with two little kids. In desperation, she tipped the whole contents of her bag onto the counter and looked through it. Meanwhile, I was getting really upset for this young mother. I looked in my purse and decided I would have enough to pay my groceries and have $10 left over. So I just handed her $5 and said, "There you are, have a nice day, and don't forget to pass it on." I don't need to tell you how she reacted, and I thought she was going to kiss my feet. Out of sheer embarrassment I said, "Go on, get out of here and have a lovely day." The next thing I know the check out lady is handing me a bag full of free magazines and muesli bars. "Here," she said. "I'm astounded and so touched by what you did. Never in all my years have I seen anyone do that before."
We have a stall at the markets on Sundays, selling flowers. We look for people in wheelchairs or the elderly, also mums that look really unhappy, and we hand them a bunch of flowers for free - it's wonderful to see their reaction. Only two people have ever refused to take them.
A friend of mine was told he had cancer of the liver and had only a few weeks to live. I called on him and he was looking pretty crook, so I phoned for an ambulance to take him to hospital. At home I tried to think of our past conversations about his son, and where he lived. I remembered it was somewhere near Campbelltown in N.S.W. I dialled the operator and gave her the name I wanted, explaining my difficulties. I said, "Just give me anyone with that name and I'll try my luck." I was told there was no one with that name in Campbelltown, but she said there was one in Picton. "OK, I'll try that," and the computer gave me the number. I dialled the number straight away. A woman answered and I asked her if her husband's name was Kevin. It was, and I told her to tell him to get to Bundaberg ASAP, as his dad was sick and needed him. Kevin rang twenty minutes later, and said he would catch the next available plane. I'm so glad he did, because 48 hours later, on Valentine's Day, his dad died. I feel so good that Kevin was able to talk to his dad and hold his hand and say goodbye, and I feel even better that my friend died happy and loved. Was it just a coincidence that the operator looked in another area for the number - I wonder?
Someone phoned recently and told me the following story. Many years ago a child was reprimanded severely by her parents for something she had done. The little girl (let's call her 'Emma') was distraught, and was found wandering down the street, crying, by someone who lived near by. When the woman heard Emma's story, she considered that the punishment had been excessive, and out of sympathy took Emma to a shop and bought her an ice cream. This was a rare treat for Emma, as her family was destitute and there was no money available for ice cream. Emma maintained contact with the woman over the ensuing years, but this was lost when Emma was of an age where she was able to leave home. Years later, when Emma was in her mid thirties, she chose to visit a nursing home in the hope of being able to bring some cheer to the residents. Much to her surprise and delight, Emma discovered one of the residents, now old and lonely, was the kind woman who bought her the ice cream. Emma became a regular visitor, and spent many hours bringing comfort and friendship to the old woman, until she passed away. Emma told the story to a mourner at the funeral, who in turn told it to the person who rang me.
When I was fifteen, a man kidnapped me, attacked me and tried to take my life. I ended up with a shattered back and serious internal injuries. My family was fractured and were not supportive, but the kindness of strangers saw me through. A lady held my hand one night, and cried over me. The nurses wept, and cheered when I took my first steps months after my back was broken. A nurse called Tony made me laugh and took me out to the gardens, where we would talk for ages. A priest sat by my bedside at five o'clock each morning. Then Tommy came into my life and showered me with kindness. These special acts and special people are never forgotten, and the memory of their kindness is conjured up, and is as new as freshly-baked bread. Sometimes we feel helpless, and wonder what we can do to help. While we may not have much money, time or resources, the simplest acts are often the most powerful [As a post script, the Tommy she speaks about later became her husband].
This week I suffered a home invasion. A bloke pulled off my security screen and smashed a large glass window in the middle of the night while I was at home in bed. I was lucky that only an empty handbag was stolen and that I wasn't bashed. The response from friends has been incredible. I am President of a 50+ Leisure Club, which has in excess of 100 members. Many of them have either rung me to make sure I am OK, or have passed messages of goodwill through other friends. Some have visited me, bringing gifts of flowers and Lotto tickets and (most important) hugs. One or two have offered me a bed for a few nights until I've got over the initial trauma, while others have offered to come and stay the night to give me a feeling of security. I have been given silent phone numbers, with instructions to ring any time, day or night, if I need to talk. Two people have even offered to give me a dog to deter intruders. I have received supportive emails and advice on how to better secure my home. All this wonderful kindness has touched my heart. How on earth can I say thank you? It seems such a hackneyed phrase for a very sincere feeling of gratitude. If friends were wealth, I'd be very rich indeed.
I was waiting with a patient to see her Oncologist. A man walked by and offered us a chocolate each and we thanked him for his kind gesture. A few minutes later, he was called into the doctor's room, came out, and then it was our turn. The Oncologist then offered us chocolates, on behalf of his patient whom, he informed us, buys 12 chocolates every day and offers them to 12 people so that he can make 12 people happy, and be happier himself 12 times more!
I am writing to you regarding an act of huge kindness toward me and my children that I considered worth sharing with you. I am a sole parent of three children aged 7 years, 4 years, and 10 months. My first partner died a few years ago, and the father of my youngest has gone his separate way. A couple of weeks ago I was unfortunate enough to get pulled over by the police doing roadside vehicle checks, on the way to school to pick up my children. The result was a yellow sticker for faults with my old but 'faithful' Commodore. This presented a major problem for me as the car is an absolute necessity, and finances as a single parent don't allow for unforseen emergencies. I was very distressed by the whole situation. In steps my friend Jennifer, and her husband Paul, with an offer of assistance. They ended up spending the whole weekend working on my car. Paul then requested half a day off work on Monday to ensure the work was completed before the vehicle examination that day. Another act of kindness by Paul's boss, who was made aware of the situation and allowed him time off. As a result, my car went through the inspection with only minor things to rectify. And of course, Paul again helped with these. Further to this, some other very kind friends of mine, Caroline and Denver, gave hours of their time to work on the car. And while they were there they also pruned all of my big trees and took a trailer load of rubbish to the tip. The happy ending to this long story is that these wonderful people turned around a seemingly impossible situation. The sticker has been removed and the car is starting to look like new.
The other day I was in a busy shopping centre car park with little room to manoeuvre large vehicles, when I saw a lady getting flustered trying to reverse her large 'tank' of a car out of it's parking spot, without much success, and a queue of cars waiting for her. I stood in the middle of the car park and it took a while, but with me directing her, she eventually got out and was most grateful. It turned a tense situation into one we had a laugh about - and that's what life is all about. And in closing, one of the many gems I try to live by: "Happiness does not come from what you have, but from what you are."
I was in a supermarket recently, and an elderly man had bumped a vein in the back of his hand and it was bleeding. He said, "Oh, how silly of me," and got his hanky out and blotted it. I was standing nearby, and stood there compassionately. He went on his way and came back a few minutes later with a packet of band aids. He asked me whether I could put one on his hand for him, which I did after it had stopped bleeding. He thanked me and went on his way. I smiled for the rest of the day, with joy in my heart.
A friend of mine told me a story that recently took place at Woolies. She had noticed that the man behind her in the queue had only a few items in his shopping basket, and he seemed to be in a hurry - so she let him go before her. He was so touched that he bought her a chocolate bar from the display at the check out, and thanked her. She said that she and the check-out operator just smiled at each other in disbelief.
Last October, we had to have our 16½ year old much loved family dog put to sleep by our vet, who had cared for Mindy for most of her life. The week following, the vet sent me a lovely letter saying how sad we must have felt at our loss, and thanking us for our care of Mindy. I really appreciated this letter.
The other week I was in one of those bargain shops. I saw a plastic file which I thought would come in handy to keep some documents in. The girl at the check out counter said they were good, and she would like to get one for school (she was working in the school holidays). She said she didn't have the money at that time and would get it later. I thought there might not be any left 'later', so I bought her one. She was so pleased, and it was her birthday in a few days. It made me feel glad that I could help her.
As I was waiting in the supermarket queue, I noticed the man in front of me had three tins of meat and vegetables, and I thought that they were probably were his next three meals. When the tins were scanned he presented a credit card and asked for $10 in cash. I thought that $10 was a small amount to ask for, and guessed he didn't have much money. The card was scanned several times, but the message "Refer to card holder" kept on appearing. The man, obviously embarrassed, told the girl he'd have to leave the tins. I told the person I would pay the six dollars and something, and the poor man, now highly embarrassed, mumbled a thank you and rushed away with his tins.
In 1983, the Ash Wednesday bushfires destroyed homes in Mt Macedon, Victoria. My chiropractor came from Melbourne to Woodend (to our place), with his car loaded to the brim with goods for the unfortunate people who lost everything. He and his wife were the only ones who bothered to come visit us, who cared enough. Our house was filthy, but still standing.
Four years ago my son was left with two kids (one just a baby), one teddy bear, and his car, plus all the outgrown kid's clothes, which were absolutely useless to him (his wife refused to let the kids have their toys or their clothes). A friend from my school days arrived with a car load of kid's clothes, books and toys for Steve's kids. My friend had spent every cent she'd earned that week (coaching) on the kids. It didn't finish there! She also gave Steve a single bed, cupboards, a bike, etc. The trailer was overflowing and so was the station wagon. I was in tears.
There was an old lady in the supermarket queue in front of me. She had a tomato and a few other vegetables, and a tin of ham. When the value of the goods was totalled, she looked in her purse and told the check out person she didn't have enough money. The check out person said, loudly and rather rudely I thought, "Well, which ones can you afford to pay for?" The woman opted to leave the ham. I was tempted to pay for the ham, but didn't have the cash to hand over.
I put my purchases through, trying to 'think' the girl to move quickly before the woman had disappeared, and when I presented my credit card, told the girl I would pay for the tin of ham she had put to one side. "Why would you do that?" she asked. "Because it was probably for her next meal!" I replied.
I ran out of the supermarket and fortunately she wasn't too far away. I caught up with her and gave her the tin of ham. "What's this?" she asked. "It's yours" I replied. "But I can't pay for it" she said. "You don't have to" I said, and hurried off, leaving her standing there staring at the tin. When I drove away she was still standing there, staring at the tin.
I was driving along in the left hand lane when at the last minute realised it led only onto the freeway. The lane next to me started to fill up with cars stopping for a red traffic light. There was a car behind me so I couldn't go anywhere. Just then two cars in the lane beside me reversed to let me in, when they realised I was in the wrong lane. That just made my day!
My youngest son (I am now a sole parent) and I were standing at the local supermarket check-out recently with a full trolley. I noticed an elderly man behind me with only a few items, so I told him to go first. He was very appreciative. After he had paid for his things he walked away, only to return a few minutes later with a beautiful bunch of pink carnations. He gave them to me and said, "Thank you. You've taught me to be giving." I was stunned, as was the checkout girl. My son was so impressed he said to me, "You should marry that man." What a sweet gesture!
As a teenager I had a very bad time, lots of abuse and things like that. One day I decided that I'd had enough, and I was on my way to hurl myself off the bridge and into oblivion. As I was walking I was sort of in a dream, not really aware of anything, but a voice lifted me out of the fog. There was an old man smiling at me, a gentleman, as he'd been wearing a hat and he had removed it and was holding it in one hand above his head, like you see people do in some old movies. I said something like, "What?", and he said to me, "It's a lovely day - don't you think?" I said I suppose it was, and he put his hat back on and walked away.
I watched this small elderly man with a sprightly step walk down the path for what seemed like hours, and I finally sat down on a bench nearby. Yes, it was a lovely day, I thought, and why was I thinking of taking my life on such a lovely day? I moved out of home as soon as I had finished school, got a job as a waitress and did a secretarial course part time. After completing the course I worked for a small manufacturing company as a secretary, married my boss, and we have three lovely daughters. That incident happened about 15 years ago, yet it is still so vivid in my mind. I remember every word that stranger said to me, and those soft blue eyes of his. I think of him as my guardian angel, who took on human form to save my life.
I was on a teaching prac. recently, teaching a 4/5 class. I told them about the 12 Days of Kindness and they thought it was really cool. Anyway, for "Children's Day" I organised an activity where each child wrote his/her name on a piece of blank paper. All the papers were laid out on the table, with the name facing upwards. Then each child (and the teachers too) went around, turned over the paper and wrote a nice thing about each child. At the end of ten minutes, the children each had a piece of paper filled with compliments. They were so excited to read them, but I collected them to hand out the next day (I wanted to read them first, and add my own message to each one). The next day I handed them out. The atmosphere in the room was amazing, as it was the previous afternoon when they were writing down the compliments. Before they left the room, I told them that Sunday was "My Day" and that it's important to give yourself compliments, so they each had to write down one nice thing about themselves. Self esteem is so vital, and it has to be fostered when young!
I work as a checkout operator at a large chain supermarket, which is a job that leaves me feeling quite anonymous at times. However, I always make an effort to be cheerful and greet all my customers with a smile and a pleasant "How are you?", which, I can assure you, isn't always easy some days! Recently, I had an enjoyable experience serving a very friendly, bubbly lady who smiled right back at me and engaged in pleasant chitchat the whole time I was serving her. As many people simply ignore my efforts of friendliness, this was a lovely experience in itself. However, this lovely lady, unbeknown to me, then went on to see the manager solely for the purpose of complimenting me on my service and thanking him for employing such a friendly member of staff. The manager then bought me a box of chocolates as a thank you for my efforts. Well, as you can imagine, I was truly touched by this gesture, both from the customer and the manager. It really made me feel valued and loved, and I still feel teary when I think about it. It really doesn't take much to make someone feel so wonderful.
I went into the bank today to draw out cash to tide me over the next two weeks. There was a woman at the teller next to me and I overheard snatches of the conversation between her and the teller. There was talk about her having a food voucher from Vinnies, and the teller informing her that her account was already overdrawn, so she couldn't withdraw any further funds. It seemed she was a visitor to Sydney, and would be going home in a couple of days. She asked the teller if there was someone else in the bank she could talk to about withdrawing money, but naturally was advised that there was nothing that could be done, bank policy and all that. I pulled one of my precious $50 notes I had just been given, said, "Happy Christmas!" as I placed it in front of her on the counter, and walked out of the bank.
I then went to a cake shop across the road and just happened to glance through the glass door as she walked past. Our eyes met, she paused and mouthed a 'Thank you!' before hurrying off. There are times when life is good, and we need to cherish those moments, as their memories can surely help us through the not-so-good times.
I recently had an operation on my leg for a damaged ligament. In my conversation with the anaesthetist prior to the operation, he said he noticed that the operation was self funded, and asked me about it. I told him that years ago I'd dropped out of the medical benefits system because of lack of money. He then asked whether payment would be a problem, and I said that it would be nice if I could pay the $500 fee in several smaller payments rather than in a lump sum. He squeezed my hand and said he would see what he could do. When I received his invoice after the operation, I was delighted to see that the $500 had been reduced to $380! We hear stories about people being ripped off by medical services, but it is nice to know there are doctors out there who have compassion and kindness. In a post-op discussion I had with the surgeon, he said that when the ligament had healed he would tell me about a natural remedy that would help prevent the problem from reoccurring. I thought that was a nice gesture, too.
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A south London man has been jailed for more than three years after police uncovered a huge cannabis factory he had set up under the arches of Sheffield railway station, in South Yorkshire.
Todor Karzhev, from Clapham, was caught red-handed last February after a Network Rail employee smelt cannabis as he was carrying out routine fire safety checks at premises under the railway arches.
The employee called the British Transport Police and officers headed to the scene.
When officers forced entry through a fire escape into the building, they discovered a cannabis factory with two large Portacabins housing nearly 300 mature plants as well as an irrigation system and water tanks.
CCTV cameras were also set up around the building and officers found they were connected to a broadband router streaming live images.
As the premises were being searched, Karzhev, 44, rang Network Rail asking why people were in his rented building.
He had seen the officers in the factory on streamed CCTV.
A full search of the premises led officers to the discovery of nearly 8kg of cannabis with a street value of more than £76,000.
When interviewed, Karzhev claimed he had sub-rented the property and was unaware that the drug factory existed.
But when detectives searched his home address, in Stirling Road, they discovered phone and sat nav records which placed him at the scene on several occasions.
Karzhev admitted to running the factory on Tuesday (January 30) at Sheffield Crown Court.
He was sentenced to 38 months in jail.


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In basic_upload there are 5 columns assigned_group, img (not yet implemented), about, and date (not yet implemented).  Img and date I haven't completed yet - mostly as i'm still working out file upload and date picker.
Background: I'm running xampp on windows and created the database in phpmyadmin.
Can anyone tell me how to get it to store in the db?
savetodatabase.php

  <title>PHP Test</title>

 <?php
$connection = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", ""); // Establishing Connection with Server
$db = mysql_select_db("timelineinfo", $connection); // Selecting Database from Server
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){ // Fetching variables of the form which travels in URL
$group = $_POST['group'];
//$img = $_POST['img'];
$about = $_POST['about'];
//$date = $_POST['date'];
if($group !=''||$img !='' ||$date !=''||$about !=''){
//Insert Query of SQL
$query = mysql_query("insert into basic_upload(assigned_group, about) values ('$group', '$about')");
echo "

Data Inserted successfully...!!";
}
else{
echo "
Insertion Failed
 Some Fields are Blank....!!
";
}
}
mysql_close($connection); // Closing Connection with Server
?>

index.html
<form action="saveToDatabase.php" method="post" >

What group does the event belong to?

<select name="group" class="form-control">
  <option>1</option>
  <option>2</option>
  <option>3</option>
  <option>4</option>
  <option>5</option>
</select>

Upload a Picture

//to be completed

Description

Please enter text to describe the achievement (300 Characters Max)

  Comment:
  <textarea class="form-control" rows="5" id="comment" name="about" ></textarea>

 <input type="submit" class="btn btn-info" value="Submit Button" name="submit">

</form>

A: As a beginner, i would suggest you to use error_reporting(E_ALL);.You will get to know about the errors.
Change this condition
if($group !=''||$img !='' ||$date !=''||$about !=''){

To
if($group !=''||$about !=''){

This is because, $img and $date will always have empty, and acually you should get error undefined variable.

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NHS England partners with pharma companies on push to eradicate hep C
NHS England has teamed up with three drug makers in its own massive effort to eradicate the disease. NHS England signed on with Gilead Sciences, Merck & Co. and AbbVie to purchase hepatitis C drugs at competitive prices and implement programs to find patients around the country. The government awarded Gilead "gold status" for hepatitis C drug procurement,
NHS aims for the England to be first country to eradicate hepatitis C
NHS England has put out plans for England to become the first country to eliminate hepatitis C, at least five years prior to the WHO's target date of 2030. It is hoped that the next round of procurement, which launches in February and deemed to be the largest medicines procurement ever done by the NHS,
Three new treatments approved for use on NHS Scotland, including hepatitis C
Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has published new advice accepting three new medicines for use by NHS Scotland, offering patients new treatment options for soft tissue sarcoma, acromegaly and hepatitis C. Eli Lilly's Lartruvo was approved for the treatment of advanced soft tissue sarcoma, a rare type of cancer that affects the soft, supportive tissues within

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Cynda Williams was an actress who founded her entertainment career success with roles in film. Williams began her acting career in film, appearing in such titles as "Mo' Better Blues" (1990), "One False Move" (1992) and "The Ghost Brigade" (1993). She also appeared in "Condition Red" (1995). She kept working in film throughout the nineties, starring in the Daryl Hannah thriller "The Tie That Binds" (1995), "Spirit Lost" (1996) and "Machine Gun Blues" (1996). Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in the crime drama "Stingers" (1998) with Richmond Arquette, "Relax...It's Just Sex" (1999) with Mitchell Anderson and the Thomas Jefferson Byrd III drama "Macarthur Park" (2003). She also appeared in the dramatic comedy "When Do We Eat?" (2006) with Michael Lerner and "Divine Intervention" (2007) with Wesley Jonathan. Williams most recently acted in "With Or Without You" (2010). Williams's husband was Billy Bob Thornton.
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Three Dividend-Paying Cybersecurity Investments to Buy
By: Paul Dykewicz, July 27, 2020
Three dividend-paying cybersecurity investments to buy feature household names such as Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and other companies in the field that are included in a well-regarded exchange-traded fund for investors who want diversification within the industry.
The three cybersecurity investments to purchase offer ways to profit from intellectual property protection and their importance shined on July 21 when the U.S. Department of Justice announced an 11-count indictment by a federal grand jury charging two hackers who work for the People's Republic of China with invading the computer systems of hundreds of victims. The companies, governments, non-governmental organizations, dissidents, clergy and democratic and human rights activists in the United States and abroad were among the targets of this alleged state-sponsored espionage.
The indictment asserted that the hackers stole terabytes of data to pose a "sophisticated and prolific threat" to U.S. networks. The alleged cyber thieves also targeted Western medical researchers who are seeking to develop a vaccine to help fend off the devastating human toll of COVID-19, a virus that originated in Wuhan, China.
Cisco Systems Ranks as 1 of the 3 Cybersecurity Stocks to Purchase in Pursuit of Growth
Cisco Systems' stock and its 3.04% dividend yield offer appeal for investors who want to buy shares in a technology company that pays them to stay patient amid market plunges.
Cisco Systems, of San Jose, California, develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products. It managed to overcome the challenge of U.S.-China trade disputes in the last few years when its top leaders mitigated almost the entire effect of 25% tariffs by improving its supply chain position and by increasing its prices, according to an analysis by Goldman Sachs.
Mark Skousen, PhD, an economist who is a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University, recommends Cisco as one of the Flying Five stocks in his investment newsletter, Forecasts & Strategies, offering dividend-paying companies that feature a handful of the five lowest-priced stocks among the 10 highest-yielding ones in the Dow Jones 30. Those stocks are updated each August and tend to outperform the market annually, but not always since he began using the strategy in 1994.
Mark Skousen, a descendant of Benjamin Franklin, meets with Paul Dykewicz in Philadelphia. Skousen's premium investment services consist of Home Run Trader, Five Star Trader, TNT Trader and Fast Money Alert.
Tech Giant Shines Among 3 Dividend-Paying Cybersecurity Investments to Buy
The Flying Five did not keep up with the high-tech boom of the late 1990s and the strategy further faltered in 2008, when three of the Flying Five stocks stopped paying dividends. Since then, the Flying Five strategy beat the markets for 11 straight years, until falling short by less than 3% in 2019-2020.
Skousen's recommendation of Cisco on March 9 to replace another stock nearly kept the Flying Five's streak of beating the market intact as the new position soared 25.0% from $38.20 to $47.02, aided by a 3.07% dividend yield that has included 72 cents per share in payments.
Cisco, a high-end industry leader in technical performance, has been locked in a global competitive struggle against China's Huawei for years. It costs plenty of money to keep packing more ports and connections into Cisco's devices every year to keep up with network load, so the company passes that research and development (R&D) expense along to customers who need the premium speed, said Hilary Kramer, host of a national radio program called "Millionaire Maker."
Columnist and author Paul Dykewicz interviews money manager Hilary Kramer, whose premium advisory services included 2-Day Trader, IPO Edge, Turbo Trader, High Octane Trader and Inner Circle.
China's Huawei Competes with 3 Dividend-Paying Cybersecurity Investments to Buy
On the other side, there is China's Huawei, which treats networking as a commodity business in which the company simply throws routers and switches at a problem to offer a solution, as long as the equipment is built cheaply enough and replaced in large volumes when it breaks, said Kramer, who leads the Value Authority and GameChangers advisory services. These are not meant to be "disposable devices," but the lowest-cost approach appeals to small, price-sensitive enterprise customers with limited budgets, she added.
Cisco Systems remains a technology leader and has impressed Goldman Sachs and others with its resilience. If the company's management stays on course, its shareholders could be rewarded with further strong returns. The company received a downgrade to neutral from overweight on July 16 from JPMorgan due to a lack of visibility about the company's return to revenue growth. However, the investment firm maintained its price target of $50, which now is less than $3 away.
The company gained mixed reviews in June from Bank of America, which upgraded the stock to "buy" from "neutral" and boosted its target price to $55 from $48. Investment firm RW Baird reduced its rating on Cisco to "neutral" from "outperform" but held its target price at $48.
HACK Rises More than 15% in 2010 as 1 of 3 Dividend-Paying Cybersecurity Investments to Buy
Pension fund Chairman Bob Carlson answers questions from Paul Dykewicz during an interview before social distancing became the norm after the outbreak of COVID-19.
Bob Carlson, leader of the Retirement Watch advisory service and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Virginia's Fairfax County Employees' Retirement System with more than $4 billion in assets, told me a conservative but profitable way to invest in cybersecurity is through ETFMG Prime Cyber Security (NYSEARCA:HACK).
The exchange-traded fund (ETF), launched in 2014, has trailed broad technology indexes during bull markets, Carlson said. On the other hand, the ETF so far has had good defensive characteristics, he added.
The fund achieved a positive return in 2018 of 6.72%, when most equities and especially technology stocks declined for the year. The ETF also is up more than 15% since Carlson recommended it to me for a column on December 31, 2020, aided by its 1.81% dividend yield.
Pension Fund Chairman Likes Spreading the Risk of Cybersecurity Investing in an ETF
Top holdings in the fund include Sophos Group PLC (NASDAQ:SPHHF), Carbonite (NASDAQ:CARB), Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK), Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) and Avast (NASDAQ:AVST). The ETF seeks to each holding to no more than 3% of its overall portfolio.
Since the ETF is thinly traded, take care when investing in it, Carlson counseled. Use a purchase price limit instead of a market order, he added.
"You don't want a short-term surge in buying to push your purchase price artificially higher," Carlson continued.
HACK includes cybersecurity stocks recommended by Andrew Nowinski, an analyst with D.A. Davidson, an investment firm headquartered in Great Falls, Montana, that covers technology closely.
"Cisco is the top holding of HACK, so you get exposure that way," Nowinski said. "Moreover, many of the other top 10 holdings of HACK are actually best-in-class solutions in their respective markets."
The fund's top holdings, Cloudflare (NYSE:NET), SailPoint (NYSE:SAIL), Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) and CyberArk (NASDAQ:CYBR), all are winning market share, Novwinski added.
Non-Dividend-Paying Stock Does Not Qualify as 1 of 3 Cybersecurity Investments to Buy
"My favorite stock in the cybersecurity space is Fortinet Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT)," said Jim Woods, who leads theIntelligence Report, Successful Investingand Bullseye Stock Trader advisory services.
The company's software helps customers build a virtual "fortress" around their data, and it does this chiefly through its firewall software, Woods said.
"Fortinet also has targeted the latest trend in the cybersecurity markets, the so-called software-defined wide area networks. This is a relatively new computer networking technology, and experts say this is the next frontier in the cloud computing and cybersecurity technologies."
"The world is going to keep getting more and more cyber, and that means opportunists of all sorts are going to try to exploit the weaknesses in cyber systems," said Jim Woods.
Paul Dykewicz meets with Jim Woods before COVID-19 to discuss new investment opportunities.
Sunnyvale, California-based Fortinet, a holding in HACK, reported first-quarter 2020 revenue of $577 million, a 22% jump year over year. Billings jumped 21% year over year, reaching $667.8 million. Earnings per share rose 30% to 60 cents per share. However, Fortinet currently does not pay a dividend, so income investors will need to look elsewhere for now but may want to track this stock.
Woods also teams up with Skousen on the Fast Money Alert trading service and recently notched a 93%-plus gain for those who follow their recommendations, fueled by the runaway rise in electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA).
Microsoft Makes List of 3 Cybersecurity Investments to Buy
"Microsoft is all about the cloud," Woods told me. "The pandemic has created a work-from-home society, and that has created greater demand for safe and secure cloud computing services such as those offered by the software giant."
Woods recommends MSFT, which offers a current dividend yield of 1.01%, in his Prime Movers portfolio in Successful Investing, and he recently banked a 16.3% in the stock in his Intelligence Report Tactical Trends Portfolio.
Microsoft retreated after reporting its latest quarterly results that showed reduced growth and raised questions about its current valuation. In a zero-interest-rate environment, Microsoft's price peaked at 37 times forward earnings and 8 times its revenue.
"That's the kind of valuation that makes traditional investors nervous," Kramer counseled.
But in a world where leverage is cheap and growth is scarce, a little hope goes far, Kramer said. While the quarantines slowed Microsoft, do not expect earnings deterioration, she added.
Microsoft's management affirmed guidance for earnings growth of about 7% in the coming year. Compared to the S&P 500, where profit contracted 44% last quarter, and may end 2020 with a 20% drop, dividend-paying Microsoft stands out.
"Everything else being equal, I'd rather own Microsoft than the S&P 500 as a whole," Kramer said. "However, the time to buy in was when the stock had been beaten down to $135 just four months ago. At the bottom, mighty Microsoft was available for only 23 times earnings. This was clearly a bargain that Wall Street couldn't ignore."
Nowinski cautions that Microsoft perennially loses market share in the cybersecurity niches of email, identity and endpoint security where it operates. The company is more focused on fixing "vulnerabilities" in Windows, which is a "huge source of breaches," than in providing a best-in-class solution in any of those three areas, he added.
COVID-19 Crisis Fails to Crush 3 Dividend-Paying Cybersecurity Investments to Buy
The COVID-19 crisis has caused 15,668,380 cases and 638,243 deaths globally, along with 4,106,346 cases and 145,333 deaths in the United States, as of July 24. America has more cases and deaths of any other nation, including China, where COVID-19 first arose.
Nevada, Oregon and Tennessee became the latest states to report their highest single-day death figures on July 21, as a variety of reasons from reopening so-called non-essential businesses to public protests without social distancing and universal mask keep COVID-19 infections spreading. These three dividend-paying cybersecurity investments to buy offer ways to profit despite the current public health crisis.
Paul Dykewicz, www.pauldykewicz.com, is an accomplished, award-winning journalist who has written for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, the Journal of Commerce, Seeking Alpha, GuruFocus and other publications and websites. Paul, who can be followed on Twitter @PaulDykewicz, is the editor of StockInvestor.com and DividendInvestor.com, a writer for both websites and a columnist. He further is editorial director of Eagle Financial Publications in Washington, D.C., where he edits monthly investment newsletters, time-sensitive trading alerts, free e-letters and other investment reports. Paul previously served as business editor of Baltimore's Daily Record newspaper. Paul also is the author of an inspirational book, "Holy Smokes! Golden Guidance from Notre Dame's Championship Chaplain," with a foreword by former national championship-winning football coach Lou Holtz. The book is endorsed by Joe Montana, Joe Theismann, Ara Paseghian, "Rocket" Ismail, Reggie Brooks, Dick Vitale and many others.


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Governance, Markets and Institutions: Russia and Germany Compared 27 September — 10 October 2015, Institute for East European Studies,Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2015. Т. 16. № 5. С. 150–156 [содержание номера]
The Summer School "Governance, Markets and Institutions: Russia and Germany Compared" was held from September 27 to October 10, 2015 under the coordination of the Institute for East European Studies, Free University of Berlin (Berlin) with the participation of Hertie School of Governance (Berlin), German Institute for Economic Research (Berlin), Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and European University at St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg). The Volkswagen Foundation (Volkswagen Stiftung) provided the Summer School with necessary financial support. Around thirty doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars (both EU and non-EU) from a variety of disciplines including sociology, political science, economics, social anthropology, law, history and geography took part in this academic event. In addition, eight Russian MA students from social and political sciences were admitted as participants with special support from the Higher School of Economics.
The keynote speakers and lecturers from the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) were Alexander Chepurenko, Victoria Antonova, Fuad Aleskerov, Lilli DiPuppo, Andrei Melville, Yuval Weber, Andrei Yakovlev, Vladimir Zuev, Alexey Zakharov and Christopher Gerry. Nikita Lomagin presented his research on behalf of the European University at St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg). Among the participants from the Free University of Berlin (Berlin) were Katharina Bluhm, Carsten Schröder, Sabine Kropp, Tanja Börzel, Klaus Hoffmann-Holland, Philipp Engler, Klaus Segbers and Aron Buzogany. A number of scientists and researchers from other universities also took part in this academic event, including Klaus Desmet (Southern Methodist University, Texas), Volker Schneider (University of Konstanz, Konstanz), Nikolaus Wolf (Humboldt University, Berlin), Panu Poutvaara (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich), David Woodruff (London School of Economics and Political Science, London).
Ключевые слова: переходные экономики; российско-немецкие отношения; государственное управление; финансовая система; неформальное предпринимательство; неравенство и культурная диверсификация; организационная культура; неформальные и формальные институты
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מרה אוסמן was 4 years old when World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Nazi Germany is the common English name for Germany between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party (NSDAP) controlled the country through a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state that controlled nearly all aspects of life via the Gleichschaltung legal process. The official name of the state was Deutsches Reich until 1943 and Großdeutsches Reich from 1943 to 1945. Nazi Germany is also known as the Third Reich, from German Drittes Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", the first two being the Holy Roman Empire and the German Empire. The Nazi regime ended after the Allied Powers defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
מרה אוסמן was 20 years old when Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for dominance in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations that occurred following World War II, aided by captured German missile technology and personnel from the Aggregat program. The technological superiority required for such dominance was seen as necessary for national security, and symbolic of ideological superiority. The Space Race spawned pioneering efforts to launch artificial satellites, uncrewed space probes of the Moon, Venus, and Mars, and human spaceflight in low Earth orbit and to the Moon.
מרה אוסמן was 27 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. Born in Atlanta, King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, tactics his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi helped inspire.
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מרה אוסמן was 45 years old when Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, was released. Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he was one of the most popular entertainers in the world, and was the best-selling music artist during the year of his death. Jackson's contributions to music, dance, and fashion along with his publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
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מרה אוסמן was 64 years old when The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,996 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage. Additional people died of 9/11-related cancer and respiratory diseases in the months and years following the attacks.


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The Martian är en amerikansk science fiction-film från 2015, regisserad av Ridley Scott med Matt Damon i huvudrollen. Filmen är baserad på Andy Weirs roman Ensam på Mars från 2011 och manuset är skrivet av Drew Goddard. Den handlar om en astronaut från Jorden, Mark Watney, som under ett uppdrag blir kvarlämnad på planeten Mars och måste kämpa för att överleva. Filmen visades på Toronto International Film Festival den 11 september 2015 och hade biopremiär i USA den 2 oktober 2015 och Sverigepremiär samma dag. På Oscarsgalan 2016 fick The Martian sju nomineringar för bland annat bästa film, bästa manliga huvudroll till Matt Damon och bästa manus efter förlaga, men den vann inte en enda Oscar.

Rollista (i urval)
 Matt Damon – Mark Watney
 Jessica Chastain – Befälhavare Melissa Lewis
 Kristen Wiig – Annie Montrose
 Jeff Daniels – Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
 Michael Peña – Major Rick Martinez
 Sean Bean – Mitch Henderson
 Kate Mara – Beth Johanssen
 Sebastian Stan – Dr. Chris Beck
 Aksel Hennie – Dr. Alex Vogel
 Chiwetel Ejiofor – Vincent Kapoor
 Mackenzie Davis – Mindy Park
 Benedict Wong – Bruce Ng
 Donald Glover – Rich Purnell
 Chen Shu – Zhu Tao
 Eddy Ko – Guo Ming
 Nick Mohammed – Tim Grimes
 Naomi Scott – Ryoko
 Lili Bordán – Blair

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I maj 2013 köpte 20th Century Fox filmrättigheterna till boken Ensam på Mars av Andy Weir. Drew Goddard blev anlitad som manusförfattare och skulle regissera. Men regin hamnade hos Ridley Scott. Huvudrollerna spelas av Matt Damon och Jessica Chastain.

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package strategies

import (
	"github.com/unleash/unleash-client-go/context"
	"github.com/unleash/unleash-client-go/strategy"
	"strings"
)

type userWithIdStrategy struct{}

func NewUserWithIdStrategy() *userWithIdStrategy {
	return &userWithIdStrategy{}
}

func (s userWithIdStrategy) Name() string {
	return "userWithId"
}

func (s userWithIdStrategy) IsEnabled(params map[string]interface{}, ctx *context.Context) bool {
	value, found := params[strategy.ParamUserIds]
	if !found {
		return false
	}

	userIds, ok := value.(string)
	if !ok {
		return false
	}

	for _, u := range strings.Split(userIds, ",") {
		if strings.TrimSpace(u) == ctx.UserId {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

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Robert Hurt announces retirement from Congress
Published Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, 10:37 am
Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released a statement Wednesday announcing his intention to not seek re-election in 2016.
"To the people of the Fifth District of Virginia:
"For the last 15 years it has been a high honor to represent you, my fellow-citizens, in elective office. I was first entrusted to represent my neighbors as a citizen-legislator here on the Chatham Town Council and then in the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond in both the House of Delegates and in the Senate.
"For the past five years I have had the rare privilege of serving as the representative in the U.S. Congress for Virginia's Fifth District. The first member of Congress to represent this district was, of course, James Madison who was elected in 1789 and used his influence as the Father of the Constitution to win adoption of our Bill of Rights — our third charter of freedom — during that First Congress.
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"And so it is with these two thoughts in mind that I look forward to returning to private life at the conclusion of my current term and declare that I will not seek re-election to Congress next year.
"Please accept my enduring gratitude for the opportunity to serve you, and I thank you for your gracious hospitality as I have traveled all across the 23 counties and cities of the Fifth District over these years. I have been blessed to work with an outstanding staff that has always put the people we represent first. And my greatest debt of gratitude goes to my family who has singularly made this journey possible and worthwhile.
"As we approach the New Year, I look forward to continuing to serve the people of the Fifth District in Washington with the same level of representation that they have come to expect from our office."


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Chance-Credence Principles
HEMPEL'S RAVEN PARADOX:
A LACUNA IN THE STANDARD BAYESIAN SOLUTION
Peter B. M. Vranas
IowaStateUniversity
Abstract. According to Hempel's paradox, evidence (E) that an object is a nonblack nonraven confirms the hypothesis (H) that every raven is black. According to the standard Bayesian solution, E does confirm H but only to a minute degree. This solution relies on the almost never explicitly defended assumption that the probability of H should not be affected by evidence that an object is nonblack. I argue that this assumption is implausible, and I propose a way out for the Bayesians.
1. Introduction.[1]
"What do you like best about philosophy?" my grandmother asks. "Every philosopher is brilliant!" I unhesitatingly reply. "That's hardly believable" my grandmother responds. To convince her I perform an experiment. I choose randomly a person, Rex, from the telephone directory. Predictably enough, Rex is neither brilliant nor a philosopher. "You see," I crow, "this confirms my claim that every philosopher is brilliant!" My grandmother is unimpressed.
I repeat the experiment: I choose randomly another person, Kurt. Surprisingly, Kurt is both a philosopher and brilliant. Now my grandmother is really impressed. "Look, grandma," I patiently explain, "you are being irrational. The fact that Kurt is both a philosopher and brilliant confirms the hypothesis that every philosopher is brilliant—or so you accept. But then the fact that Rex is both nonbrilliant and a nonphilosopher confirms the hypothesis that everything nonbrilliant is a nonphilosopher, and thus also confirms the logically equivalent hypothesis that every philosopher is brilliant—or so you should accept."
"Young man, you are being impertinent" my grandmother retorts. "You just rehearsed Hempel's paradox; I do remember my philosophy classes. But it's called a 'paradox' precisely because its conclusion is absurd."
"Is it, though?" I shamefacedly reply. "Not according to Bayesians. They argue that the fact that Rex is neither brilliant nor a philosopher does confirm the hypothesis that every philosopher is brilliant—although only to a minute degree, this is why we have the illusion that it doesn't confirm it at all."
"Young man, you are being superficial" my grandmother responds. "Go through the Bayesian argument. It relies on the assumption that the fact that Rex is not brilliant should not affect the probability of the hypothesis that every philosopher is brilliant. What on earth justifies this assumption?"
I'm dumbfounded. What, indeed? Apparently nothing that the Bayesians themselves have said: the assumption in question is almost never explicitly defended in the literature. After some serious thought, I conclude that my grandmother is right: the assumption is implausible. The standard Bayesian solution to Hempel's paradox has a lacuna.
In §2 I formulate more carefully Hempel's paradox, the standard Bayesian solution, and the disputed assumption. In §3 and §4 I examine respectively arguments for and against the assumption. In §5 I propose a way out for the Bayesians. I conclude in §6.
2. Hempel's paradox, the standard Bayesian solution, and the disputed assumption.
Hempel's paradox can be formulated as the argument from NC and EC to PC:[2]
Nicod's Condition (NC):For any object x and any properties F and G, the proposition that x has both F and G confirms the proposition that every F has G.[3]
Equivalence Condition (EC):For any propositions P, Q, and Q, if P confirms Q and Q is logically equivalent to Q, then P confirms Q.[4]
Paradoxical Conclusion (PC):The proposition (E) that a is both nonblack and a nonraven confirms the proposition (H) that every raven is black.[5]
The argument is valid: the proposition that a is both nonblack and a nonraven confirms (by NC) the proposition that everything nonblack is a nonraven, and thus confirms (by EC) the logically equivalent proposition that every raven is black.[6]
The standard Bayesian solution to the paradox tries to vindicate PC. Bayesians argue that E does confirm H—but only to a minute degree, given that there are overwhelmingly more nonblack objects than there are ravens. Bayesians also claim that PC looks unacceptable (i.e., we have the impression that E does not confirm H at all) because we implicitly realize that the degree to which E confirms H is for all practical purposes negligible (and is much smaller than the degree to which the proposition that a is both black and a raven confirms H).[7]
More formally, let R, , B, and be respectively the properties of being a raven, a nonraven, black, and nonblack; then E Let the degree to which E confirms H be P(H|E) – P(H),[8]P being a subjective probability measure. It can be shown that:
(1) [9]
If it is part of the background knowledge that a is drawn randomly from a population containing overwhelmingly more nonblack objects than ravens, then is minute[10]—and thus so is which is by definition and thus does not exceed P(Ra) / It follows that namely is very close to 1; say it's 1–2 (with  minute) and substitute in (1).
Bayesians standardly assume that P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) should be equal; this is the disputed assumption. Equivalently, and (and thus also and P(H)) should be equal. Then (1) gives that P(H|E) – P(H) should be P(H)[(1–2)–1–1], namely P(H)2/(1–2); this is both positive[11] and minute, just as the Bayesians claim. It follows that the disputed assumption is sufficient for the Bayesian claim that E confirms H to a minute degree. To my knowledge, however, it has escaped notice that the assumption is also approximately necessary for the Bayesian claim. (1) entails that P(H|E) – P(H) is positive exactly if > 1–2, and is minute—say less than 2—exactly if < (1–2)[1+(2/P(H))]. Assuming that P(H) is not much more minute than 2, it follows that P(H|E) – P(H) is both positive and minute exactly if is very close to 1; equivalently, P(Ba|H) P(Ba). I conclude that for all practical purposes the disputed assumption is necessary for the standard Bayesian solution to work.[12]
3. Attempts to defend the disputed assumption.[13]
Despite being essential for the standard Bayesian solution, the disputed assumption is almost never explicitly defended in the literature.[14] The only argument that I have encountered in support of the assumption was adduced by Woodward: "in the absence of some special reason for supposing otherwise, it seems reasonable that my estimate of the number of masses in the universe should not go down (or up) when I learn that they all obey the inverse square law" (1985: 415). More formally, let P and P+ be respectively my subjective probability measures right before and right after I learn that H is true. Woodward's argument might be formalized as follows: (1) P+(Ba) and P(Ba) should be equal; (2) P+(Ba) and P(Ba|H) should be equal; thus (3) P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) should be equal. How convincing, however, is premise (1)? One person's modus ponens is another's modus tollens: granting (2), someone who denies (3) will find (1) implausible. In other words, if my prior probability measure P is (rationally) such that P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) differ, then (given (2)) P+(Ba) and P(Ba) should differ—my estimate of the percentage of black objects should go up or down when I learn that they include every raven. Of course for all I said it may still be the case that it's epistemically irrational to have a prior which violates (3); my present point is only that Woodward's argument doesn't show this to be the case.
Another attempt—this one not in the literature—to defend the disputed assumption appeals to the following Principle of Conditional Indifference (PCI): if none of H1, H2 gives more reason than the other to believe E, then P(E|H1) and P(E|H2) should be equal. Whether or not every raven is black seems irrelevant to whether the (randomly selected) object a is black, so PCI gives that P(Ba|H) and P(Ba|H) should be equal; this is equivalent to the disputed assumption.[15] PCI, however, bears a suspicious resemblance to the notorious Principle of Indifference (PI): if E gives no more reason to believe one of H1, H2 rather than the other, then P(H1|E) and P(H2|E) should be equal. PI is well known to "yield inconsistencies with alarming ease" (Howson & Urbach 1993: 59), but one might argue that PCI does not do so. PI yields an inconsistency if it is applied to two partitions of logical space, {H1, …, Hn} and {H1, …, Hm}, which have different numbers of members (nm) but share a member—say H1 = H1. Indeed, PI in such a case entails that P(H1|E) should be equal to both 1/n and 1/m. PCI, by contrast, in such a case entails that P(E|H1) should be equal to P(E),[16] a value independent of the partition. Nevertheless, in the Appendix I argue that PCI does lead to inconsistency in the context of the disputed assumption. So this attempt to defend the assumption by using indifference fails.
There is a general reason why the disputed assumption is hard to defend. Suppose one somehow refutes the claim that my estimate of the percentage of black objects should go up or down when I learn that they include every raven. The disputed assumption does not follow: it does not follow that my estimate should remain the same. What follows instead is that my estimate may remain the same. Indeed: denying that my estimate should go up or down is compatible with affirming that it may go up or down and thus does not entail that it should remain the same. So even if there is no reason why P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) should differ, maybe there is no reason why they should be equal either: maybe they may differ and they may also be equal. But why understand the disputed assumption as the claim that P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) should be—rather than may be or are—equal? Because the assumption is used to defend the claim that E confirms H, and this is most reasonably understood as the claim that P(H|E) should exceed P(H); as Horwich (1982: 52) puts it, "reason requires" that P(H|E) exceed P(H).[17] I conclude that the disputed assumption makes a relatively strong claim ("should" rather than "may") and is for that reason hard to defend. In any case, it seems that no adequate defense of the assumption exists.
4. Attempts to refute the disputed assumption.
Opponents of the disputed assumption have been more diligent than proponents: I have found in the literature three attempts to refute the assumption. I will argue, however, that all three attempts fail.
An indirect attempt to refute the disputed assumption was made by Horwich (1982: 58-9). He argued that the assumption has the counterintuitive consequence that H is slightly disconfirmed by the proposition that a is both black and a nonraven.[18] This consequence was called "awkward" by Swinburne (1971: 324, 1973: 158), "a minor embarrassment" by Horwich (1982: 58), "unintuitive" by Maher (1999: 61), "a paradox" by Hooker and Stove (1967: 307), "unacceptable" by Pennock (1991: 66 n. 21), and "a debilitating weakness" by Rody (1978: 289). I don't see, however, why Bayesians should be embarrassed. To the charge that on their account confirms H, Bayesians reply that the degree of confirmation is minute. Similarly, to the charge that on their account disconfirms H, Bayesians can reply that the degree of disconfirmation is minute.[19] If one accepts the first reply, then why reject the second?[20]
Another attempt to refute the disputed assumption was made by Swinburne: "But now h, 'all 's are ' is added to our evidence. This is going to lead us to suppose that there are more 's and less 's than, without it, we had supposed" (1971: 325). This argument is analogous to Woodward's (see §3) and might be similarly formalized: (1) P+(Ba) should exceed P(Ba); (2) P+(Ba) and P(Ba|H) should be equal; thus (3) P(Ba|H) should exceed P(Ba). I reply again that one person's modus ponens is another's modus tollens: if my prior probability measure P is (rationally) such that P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) are equal, then (given (2)) P+(Ba) and P(Ba) should be equal. Again, for all I said it may still be the case that it's epistemically irrational to have a prior which violates (3), but my present point is only that Swinburne's argument doesn't show this to be the case.[21]
A third attempt to refute the disputed assumption was made by Maher: "There are just two ways can be true," namely and and H rules out "since [H] does not rule out any of the ways in which a can be black, it is plausible that" should exceed (1999: 60). Maher's conclusion is equivalent to the claim that should exceed which is in turn equivalent to the claim that + should exceed + Maher points out that should be zero. Does then Maher's argument amount to no more than the (clearly unwarranted) assertion that, because the former of the last two sums has two potentially positive terms but the latter has just one, the former should exceed the latter? Maher might note in response that the only potentially positive term in the latter sum, namely "corresponds" to one of the terms in the former sum, namely But how would this correspondence help Maher's argument, unless he assumed that the corresponding terms should be equal? And clearly he would not be entitled to make this assumption (I am not saying he does make it), which is equivalent to the claim that and P(H) should be equal: this would beg the question against the Bayesians, who claim that does confirm H. I conclude that Maher's argument fails.[22]
Where does this leave us? I think that Swinburne's and Maher's arguments were bound to fail because they tried to show too much, namely that P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) should differ.[23] To refute the disputed assumption it's enough to show instead that these two quantities may differ, and to show this one could try to rebut every putative reason why they should be equal. In §3 I rebutted the only two such reasons of which I am aware. Although the disputed assumption is thereby made implausible, it is clearly not decisively refuted. Still, until further reasons are adduced, it seems sensible for those Bayesians who rely on the assumption to look for a way to stop relying on it.
5. A way out for the Bayesians.
It is important to distinguish two questions that a full solution to Hempel's paradox must address:
Prescriptive question:Should exceed P(H) (i.e., does confirm H)?
Explanatory question:Why do people believe that and P(H) should be equal (i.e., that is confirmationally irrelevant to H)?
The standard Bayesian solution answers the prescriptive question with "yes, but marginally", and answers the explanatory question with the claim that people mistake marginal confirmation for confirmational irrelevance. If the disputed assumption is false, then the Bayesians must give up the above answer to the prescriptive question: may be equal to or different from P(H), and which of these cases should hold depends (approximately) on whether P(Ba|H) is equal to or different from P(Ba).[24] But the Bayesians can still produce a plausible answer to the explanatory question: they can supplement their previous answer to this question with the claim that people mistakenly take the disputed assumption to be true. Why do people make this mistake? Because, I suggest, they reason by indifference (see §3). Take a standard example (van Fraassen 1989: 303): given that a cube comes from a factory which produces cubes with edge length at most 2 cm, what is the probability that the cube has edge length at most 1 cm? Most people, I conjecture, would say it's 1/2. Similarly, I conjecture, most people would say that P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) should be equal. Reasoning by indifference comes naturally to people; it takes some thought to realize that such reasoning leads to inconsistencies.[25]
Bayesians who want to pursue the above suggestion have a lot of work to do: given that the explanatory question is empirical, they need to go beyond considerations of plausibility and examine evidence on how people in fact reason (cf. Humberstone 1994). So I hope it is clear that my suggestion is not intended as a full defense of a Bayesian solution to Hempel's paradox. (Such a defense would also need to address the numerous objections that have been raised against the standard Bayesian solution.) My suggestion has instead the limited but useful purpose of showing how the Bayesians can cope with a little noticed but particularly perfidious obstacle: the implausibility of the disputed assumption.
6. Conclusion.
The disputed assumption, namely the claim that P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) should be equal, is both sufficient and approximately necessary for the standard Bayesian claim that –P(H) should be positive but minute; i.e., the claim that does confirm H but only marginally. I argued that the assumption is implausible: P(Ba|H) and P(Ba) need not be equal. This is not to say that they should differ: they may differ but they may also be equal. If so, then the standard Bayesian answer to the prescriptive question must be given up: and P(H) may differ but they may also be equal. The Bayesians, however, can still produce a plausible answer to the explanatory question: people, reasoning by indifference, mistakenly take the disputed assumption to be true, and then mistake marginal confirmation for confirmational indifference. I conclude that, even if the assumption is false, there is still hope for the Bayesians.
Appendix: The Principle of Conditional Indifference leads to inconsistency.
Suppose that an object a is drawn by simple random sampling from a finite population. Let the random variables X, Y, and Z represent respectively the percentages of ravens, of black objects, and of black ravens in the population (so that the percentage of ravens that are black is G = Z/X). Define the (Bernoulli) random variable R to have the value 1 if a is a raven and 0 otherwise. Then P(R=1|X=x) should be x. Given that the population contains overwhelmingly more nonblack objects than ravens, the space of all possible values for <X, Y, Z> is S = {<x, y, z>: 0 zx2(1–y) 2zy},with 2 minute (ignoring, to simplify, the complication that x, y, and z can take only discrete values). To simplify the exposition, I will deal with the intersection S of S with the plane (e.g.) y = 1/2. S corresponds to the largest triangular area in Figure 1, the hypotenuse corresponding to H.
The key to generating an inconsistency by means of PCI is that a sample space can be partitioned in multiple ways. The family of lines {z = gx; 0 g 1} gives one partition of S; the family of lines {z = xn; n 1} (plus the line z = 0) gives another partition. (Strictly speaking, these are not partitions, because every line includes the point <0, 0>; but PCI is not limited to partitions.) Since a given value g of G is compatible with all possible values x of X, g provides no information on the distribution of R (which is determined by x); so PCI entails that, for any g and g, P(R=1|G=g) and P(R=1|G=g) should be equal to each other—and thus also to P(R=1). It follows that R and G = f1(X, Z) = Z/X should be independent. Similarly, PCI entails that R and N = f2(X, Z) = lnZ/lnX (this comes from Z = XN)should be independent. In the end, PCI will entail that R and <X, Z> should be independent, a conclusion incompatible with the claim that P(R=1|X=x) should be x.
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British Land and Oxford Properties have today announced that level 42 of the iconic Leadenhall Building will be transformed into an events space in the summer.
The move will see the building house the capital's highest dedicated events space – it is capable of hosting everything from product launches and parties through to receptions, conferences and one-off dinners.
The venue is over 5,000sq ft. in size and can host up to 300 standing or 250 seated guests.
Event was granted access to the venue last week. Key features include floor-to-ceiling windows that span the entire front half of the space, enabling guests to enjoy views of the Thames as well as a number of the city's major landmarks and tourist attractions.
Caterers Create Food and Party Design will be responsible for the food and beverage offering at events, meanwhile Vibration Group will handle the production side of things. Both companies will be able to provide bespoke services to clients.
The space is currently undergoing a complete fit-out and will be equipped with the latest sound and LED lighting systems, making it a turn-key events space.
The project is a joint venture between the building's owners, British Land and Oxford Properties and events agency Xcite, which has delivered several successful events in the building in the past.
Dave Stevens, head of office and residential marketing at British Land said: "British Land and Oxford Properties are delighted to be offering businesses a unique opportunity to stage high-end events at The Leadenhall Building.
"This project fulfills our plan to deliver alternative and exciting utilisation of The Leadenhall Building, which is now 84% let or under offer."
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Q: Why is the average shot damage global statistic so high? I just beat normal, again with variable damage and variable upgrades and some of the other settings.
At the end of the game it compares your stats to the worlds.
One that jumped out is I did about 6.94 damage per shot where the worlds average damage was 16.xx
How is that possible?
I wish I took a screen shot

A: Lets look at the nice weapons table on the XCOM:EU Wiki. The average damage for any weapon is nowhere near 16.xx. Even with the 100% bonus of HEAT ammo and similar abilities, it would be difficult to get a single weapon to consistently generate a damage of 16+. Let alone, average ~16+ across all weapons.
If we assert that damage above 16 is rare in vanilla XCOM:EU, that can suggest that modding maybe responsible for biasing the World's average damage.

A: The World Statistics are a little bit borked because there is little validation done of the records submitted (just look at the tens of thousands of "average" scientists).
While it's impossible to determine how this statistic is calculated without delving into the code (do Rockets count as shots? Is Rapid Fire one "shot" or "two"), it is possible to do More than this in a single shot:
A heavy with HEAT ammo shooting at a Shredded target, for instance, can easily do upwards of 30 damage. Plasma Snipers and Crit-Specced Assaults can also break into the 20s, if properly set up.
So while my bet is on mods for many of the "outlier" statistics, it is certainly plausible for average damage to be that high, especially if Rockets count as a single shot.

A: It is possible that people could just avoid ending the game for a long time and keep running more and more missions with maxed out troops.
Taking numbers from: http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Damage_(EU2012)&oldid=45621
An Assault Colonel with Killer instinct and Bring 'em On and an Alloy Cannon will do 16-30 damage (crit presumed) depending on the number of targets and the order these modifiers are applied.
(15 + 5) * 1.5 = 30
(15 * 1.5) + 5 = 27
(10 * 1.5) + 1 = 16

An Assault Colonel with Killer instinct and an Alloy Cannon does 15-20 damage (crit presumed).
A Sniper with Headshot and a Plasma Sniper rifle does 19-21 damage on a crit.


Sunday November 3 and Monday November 4 at 7pm.
Exhibition on view: Sunday November 3 – Saturday November 9.
Making connections between the industrial revolution, class struggles (past and present), the recent tragedies at the Ran Plaza clothing factories in Bangladesh, the production and consumption of luxury goods, and both fine art and fashion, Ganahl's project, underscored by his persistent use of humor, draws inspiration from sources as diverse as artists Kazimir Malevich, Blinky Palermo, Richard Serra, and Joseph Beuys; designer Karl Lagerfeld; fashion houses Comme des Garcons and Hermes; high street brands such as Benetton and Joe Fresh, and whistle blower Edward Snowden.
The clothing and accessories – designed by Ganahl – will debut in two catwalk fashion shows to be held on the evenings of Sunday, November 3 and Monday, November 4. With the clothing organized into thematic categories such as: "Marx 4 Kids", "Comme Des Marxists", "Snowden Marx" and "Karl Marx Visits David Zwirner on 20th Street", the catwalk shows will feature predominantly amateur models, many drawn from New York's community of artists.
The resulting installation – on view until November 9th – at White Columns will feature all of the clothing and accessories, video documentation of the catwalk shows, and drawings and works relating to Ganahl's larger fashion project.
Catwalk shows: Sunday and Monday, November 3rd and 4th at 7pm. Admission is free, but space is limited and offered on a first-come basis.
"Comme Des Marxists" is presented in collaboration with PERFORMA 13 and is supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum, New York.
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Rainer Ganahl (b.1961) is an Austrian artist based in New York. He studied Philosophy and History at the University of Innsbruck, Austria; at the University of Applied Arts (in the class of Peter Weibel), Vienna; and at the Kunstakademie, Dusseldorf (in the class of Nam June Paik). He was a member of the 1990/91 Whitney Independent Study Program. Ganahl's work has been shown extensively since then including jointly representing Austria at the 1999 Venice Bienniale. Recent solo exhibitions/projects include Kunstforum, Vienna; Kunstverein Neuhausen; Alex Zachary, New York; Elaine Levy Projects, Brussels, among others. In 1991 he had a solo White Room exhibition at White Columns. His 'Classical Music Concert' was staged at the El Mundo department store in East Harlem in 2013 and is the subject of a new publication and live recording from Mousse Publishing and Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany.


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Q: Nginx timeout for websocket I'm connecting a client with websocket through Nginx (as a reverse proxy) to an asp.net core application. Between server and client there are heartbeat commands to keep websocket connection open.
My Problem is when a client disconnects by unplugging the network cable the connection remains open. I would like to set a timeout that when the client doesn't send anything for a certain time that the connection gets closed.
I tried multiple timeouts without any effect. (proxy_send_timeout, client_body_timeout, keepalive_timeout, send_timeout...) The only timeout I managed to set was proxy_read_timeout. What I didn't like was that this timeout was reset every time the server send anything (and not the client).
Which timeout do I have to set to disconnect the client if the client doesn't send anything for x seconds?
Many thanks in advanced!

A: I think you should also check system tcp timeout's,
For linux based.
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_intvl
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_probes
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_retries2

For windows based,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services: \Tcpip \Parameters

TcpInitialRTT: Defines what the initial time-out settings are for new connections. This number in seconds is doubled each time it retransmits before timing a connection out. Defaults to 3.

TcpMaxConnectRetransmissions: Defines the number of retransmissions before timing a connection out. Defaults to 5.