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What causes objects such as stars and black holes to spin?
Physicists Rhett Herman and Tsunefumi Tanaka of Radford University in Virginia offer this explanation:
Image: RENEE KRAAN-KORTEWEG, PATIRCK A. WOUDT AND PATRICIA HENNING
GREAT ATTRACTOR. The core has been identified as galaxy cluster Abell 3627, which appears both in a visible-light image (background) and in x-ray observations (contours). Such giant cosmic structures spun out from the Big Bang, retaining a part of the early universe's initial angular momentum.
Every object in the universe--from a basic star to an exotic black hole--spins, and the origin of that spin can be traced back to the very beginning of time. Within instants after the Big Bang, the primordial fireball of energy expanded at an incredible speed, then later cooled and solidified into all the matter in the universe. Had this fireball been uniform in all directions, everything we see today would be completely homogeneous: There would be a perfectly uniform distribution throughout space of primordial hydrogen and helium, and cosmic microwave background radiation (CBR).
But this fireball was not perfectly uniform, as satellite observations of the CBR show. Some regions were denser than others, and some expanded more rapidly. The denser regions in the universe began to collapse under their own gravitational force, forming the clumps of matter that became giant cosmic structures. An example is the Great Attractor, a huge wall of galaxy clusters that stretches hundreds of millions of light-years across and is located nearly half a billion light-years away from us.
The spin of such cosmic objects is described by a conserved quantity called angular momentum, which accounts for both the speed of the rotating mass and its distance from the spin axis. The largest clumps of matter in the universe had an initial angular momentum--and these clumps broke up into ever smaller clumps, forming smaller clusters of galaxies, groups of galaxies, individual galaxies, solar systems within galaxies and ultimately, individual stars and planets. The smaller clumps each got their own share of the original total angular momentum, continuing down in scale so that everything today has some spin. This process is much like the continuing breakup of turbulent water, spinning off ever smaller individual vortices, each with its own characteristic angular momentum.
For example, in our own solar system, both the planets and our sun spin in the same direction because they were formed from the same primordial cloud of gas and dust. (One of the exceptions to this general trend is Uranus, which may have been knocked over onto its side by some titanic collision in its distant past.) The planets orbit the sun in the same direction in which the sun spins. So, too, moons formed at the same time as their respective planets orbit those planets in the same direction as the planet's spin.
Black holes formed after the Big Bang as stars evolved and died. And because the stars that created the black holes were originally spinning, so were their progeny. Indeed, even though stars eventually run out of nuclear fuel, they maintain their spin after death.
When stars are in the midst of their normal life cycles, their hot lower layers exert enough pressure to support the tremendous weight of their upper layers. But once stars run out of fuel and their fusion reactions end, they can no longer hold up this weight and collapse onto themselves. In the supernova explosions that precede the formation of black holes, some of the mass of the star is blown off, carrying away part of the total angular momentum of the star. The remaining matter falls towards the center of the star, spinning faster and faster as it goes. Just as a skater who brings his arms closer to his sides speeds up, so, too, a collapsing star winds itself up and spins faster when it is contracting. This acceleration enables the universe to conserve its total angular momentum; as matter falls in closer to the spin axis, it must increase in speed.
Image: WOLFGANG BRANDNER, EVA K. GREBEL (Universitat Wurzburg), et al., and the European Southern Observatory
SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION. Sher 25 (arrow) is a massive blue star, surrounded by an hourglass nebula it ejected 6,600 years ago. Most probably, it will explode as a supernova, paving the way for the formation of a black hole.
By the time this matter has fallen past the point of no return, called the event horizon, it has concentrated the angular momentum of the black hole into a very small volume, which greatly distorts the surrounding space-time. The angular momentum persists even after the matter that caused it has cut itself off from our universe, collapsing beyond the event horizon.
Presently, a team of researchers at Stanford University is designing the Gravity Probe satellite to measure the distortion of space-time due to the angular momentum of our own spinning Earth. Although the space-time distortion near Earth is exceedingly weak compared to that around a black hole, the same physics are at work. Measuring this distortion would offer further support for Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.


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Square Enix's open-world action shooter Sleeping Dogs (formerly True Crime: Hong Kong) looks to have a long life past its release date. The publisher announced plans to offer downloadable content packs for six months after the game's release today. These packs will range from new missions, character outfits, vehicles and the like, with the Racing Pack, Retro Triad pack and SWAT theme available starting this week.
"Sleeping Dogs is a game we know fans will want to keep on playing, so over the next six months we'll be creating a series of new content packs giving players everything they need to keep enjoying the game." promised Lee Singleton, General Manager of Square Enix's London studio, "We want to create something to suit everyone's play style from cool cars and high-speed missions to outlandish outfits and game-extending mission packs. The game launch is just the beginning."
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27 "world class" rowers make GB Senior trials grade
[img_assist|nid=2941|title=Anna Bebington (left) is a world class start graduate who took Olympic bronze in Beijing|desc=Photo: Peter Spurrier|link=none|align=right|width=313|height=162]27 rowers, who have been identified or nurtured by the ARA's World Class Start Scheme, sponsored by Siemens and supported by the National Lottery, are in action today at GB Rowing's Senior Trials in Belgium.
World Class Start is the system devised by the ARA just over six years ago to identify new talent and nurture emerging talent. The scheme measures potential athletes when they are 16 at school and/or when they are first year University students. Potential recruits undergo a battery of physiological, strength and other tests and, if suitable, are selected to go further with the scheme.
Every season, the Senior Trials constitute the final stage of assessment for a coveted place in GB Rowing's senior squads for the coming season and provide the rowers with a final opportunity to impress the GB Rowing coaches.
Two-years ago UK Sport also generated publicity for potential new recruits to rowing through their Sporting Giants launch and four rowers, identified through the Giants initiative, and since developed by GB Rowing through World Class Start, have been invited to the trials.
Ben Johnson and Georgie Hazell, training at Reading University Boat Club, and Gemma Akers and Vicky Thornley, both training at Minerva Bath and the University of Bath, all took up rowing less than two years ago. Since then, they have been absorbed into GB Rowing's World Class Start scheme. They have now progressed enough and recorded good enough results at earlier trials to be invited to the final stage of the trials process.
Meanwhile 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Anna Bebington (Leander Club) and 2008 Olympic silver medallist Annabel Vernon (Marlow RC), both graduates of World Class Start, will be joined in Hazewinkel by fellow graduates Alex Gregory and Sam Townsend (both Reading University), who narrowly missed qualification for the Beijing Olympics in the men's quadruple scull.
Marcus Bateman (Leander Club), another former World Class Start rower and who narrowly missed selection for the Olympic squad for Beijing, will also race at Senior Trials following several excellent results at trials earlier this year.
Bill Lucas, who was a member of the senior men's quadruple scull that narrowly missed qualification for the 2008 Olympics, will race at the assessment, as will Charles Cousins, with whom Lucas won a 2008 gold medals and a 2007 bronze medal in the under-23 men's double.
World Class Start has seen great success with developing talent to under-23 level, and several former under-23 rowers have been given the opportunity to impress senior squad coaches at the Senior Trials.
After taking a year out of the GB Rowing programme to join the Army, 2007 under-23 gold medallist Heather Stanning (Army RC) will race at the Trials. She will be joined by 2008 under-23 rowers Dan Ritchie (Reading Uni) and Mohamed Sbihi (Molesey BC). Sbihi was also a bronze medallist in the 2007 under-23 World Championships.
Meanwhile Tees RC scullers Chris Boddy and Bob Hewitt, twice selected for GB's under-23 lightweight team, have been invited to race for the senior lightweight squad.
Other rowers from the scheme in action at Hazewinkel this weekend are: Olivia Whitlam; Ben Rowe; Nicky Bartlett; Lindsey Maguire; Brendan Crean; Jenny Farmer; Monica Relph; Davd Marshall; Helen Wood; Katherine Copeland and Adam Freeman-Pask.


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HAUGE, HANS NIELSEN (1771–1824), Norwegian Lutheran divine, was born in the parish of Thunö, Norway, on the 3rd of April 1771, the son of a peasant. With the aid of various religious works which he found in his father's house, he laboured to supplement his scanty education. In his twenty-sixth year, believing himself to be a divinely-commissioned prophet, he began to preach in his native parish and afterwards throughout Norway, calling people to repentance and attacking rationalism. In 1800 he passed to Denmark, where, as at home, he gained many followers and assistants, chiefly among the lower orders. Proceeding to Christiansand in 1804, Hauge set up a printing-press to disseminate his views more widely, but was almost immediately arrested for holding illegal religious meetings, and for insulting the regular clergy in his books, all of which were confiscated; he was also heavily fined. After being in confinement for some years, he was released in 1814 on payment of a fine, and retiring to an estate at Breddwill, near Christiania, he died there on the 29th of March 1824. His adherents, who did not formally break with the church, were called Haugianer or Leser (i.e. Readers). He unquestionably did much to revive the spiritual life of the northern Lutheran Church. His views were of a pietistic nature. Though he cannot be said to have rejected any article of the Lutheran creed, the peculiar emphasis which he laid upon the evangelical doctrines of faith and grace involved considerable antagonism to the rationalistic or sacerdotal views commonly held by the established clergy.
Hauge's principal writings are Forsög til Afhandeling om Guds Visdom (1796); Anvisning til nogle mörkelige Sprog i Bibelen (1798); Forklaring over Loven og Evangelium (1803). For an account of his life and doctrines see C. Bang's Hans Nielsen Hauge og hans Samtid (Christiania; 2nd ed., 1875); O. Rost, Nogle Bemaerkninger om Hans Nielsen Hauge og hans Retning (1883), and the article in Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopädie.
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Date: Wednesday, 19th October, 2022
Time: 15:00 – 17:00 CET
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In this Salon, organized jointly by CREATE and the Amsterdam Time Machine (ATM), we discuss how historical knowledge about the management of urban challenges in the past is a potential source of inspiration to design sustainable solutions for the future. We do so with Boudewijn Koopmans from the Amsterdam Time Machine, Indira van 't Klooster from Arcam (Architecture Center Amsterdam), Wietse Balster from 3DAmsterdam, and Clemens Beck from the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) of Jena. These partners have collaborated at the pilot project 'Living with water in Amsterdam', which aims to collect, analyze, and visualize historical data on water in the city. The project has materialised in an exhibition at Arcam showcasing interactive installations of the past, present, and future of Amsterdam's relation with water in the Kattenburg area. The FSU Jena has made available a semi-automated pipeline and a prototype VR application to visualize historical image-based reconstructions of disappeared buildings.
Amsterdam Time Machine: How knowledge of the past helps us dealing with the future
Boudewijn Koopmans | Project Manager of Amsterdam Time Machine (ATM)
Boudewijn Koopmans has been project manager of the ATM since mid-2022. As a project manager, Koopmans is involved in forging partnerships in the field of research, the technical infrastructure of the ATM, and multimedia applications. He will be working on the generation of additional funding that will help bringing the Time Machine's dream closer. Koopmans was educated at the Amsterdam Academy of Banking and Finance and in 2014 he obtained a Master's degree in Art and Culture Studies at the Open University. His career started in telecom & multimedia and in 2008 he moved to the museum sector, where he worked successively at the Cobra Museum, the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis and the National Maritime Museum, responsible for fundraising, relationship management and collaboration with business communities and social organisations.
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Indira van't Klooster | Director of the Amsterdam Architecture Center (Arcam)
Indira van 't Klooster is the director of the Amsterdam Architecture Center (Arcam), where she has been exploring with many parties how a city model with digital layers can be a tool in the use of data for the big design questions for the future. At Pakhuis de Zwijger she presents various events on current themes in architecture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of A10 new European architecture magazine and cooperative, as well as senior advisor on architectural policies for politicians, clients and architects at Architectuur Lokaal. She graduated as architectural historian at the University of Amsterdam in 1996.
3D Amsterdam as vehicle to time travel
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Wietse Balster has been working for the City of Amsterdam since 2008 and has a background in geo-information/GIS and Spatial Planning. As Product Owner, he has been leading the development of 3D Amsterdam since 2019: a project in which the entire city is recreated in a Virtual 3D environment to be used for a wide range of applications. One is time travel.
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Clemens Beck is a Research Associate at the Junior Professorship Digital Humanities at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (FSU) where he coordinates the two research projects 'DFG 3D-Viewer' and 'Jena 4D'. Between 2020 and 2022, he was Research Associate at the Institute of Computer Science at FSU, working on the research project 'CORE-H: a digital research environment for the humanities. Requirements analysis and first prototypical realization using the example of research on southwestern and central German humanism'. Prior to that, he was Research assistant at the Goethe and Schiller Archive of the Klassik-Stiftung Weimar and lecturer at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, University of Erfurt, and at FSU. He has a background in History and Economics (BA) and in in interdisciplinary medieval studies (MA) and holds a PhD from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, with a PhD scholarship from the Hans Böckler Foundation and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.
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I've used Rainmeter on Windows 10 Pro for many months but the past couple of days it crashes on opening.
I've followed all the steps from https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=27981 and totally uninstalled Rainmeter and deleted all the folders. I've then updated my video driver to the latest and installed both 4.3 Beta Release - 3279 & 4.2 Final Release - r3111 of Rainmeter, both crash on opening with no skins apart from the default.
I have a similar issue. It crashes after the latest Windows 10 update. I guess it may be somehow connected. I've found one more thread with the same issue. No solution mentioned though. I tried to rename and delete Rainmeter. Didn't help.
Update: works with Windows 8 perfectly well.
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both crash on opening with no skins apart from the default.
So, unless I didn't understand something wrong, the default skins doesn't crash Rainmeter. So probably one of the installed skins is guilty. You have to figure out which one. Here is a description of how to do this.
Anyway, assuming you have a clean installation of Rainmeter, and are running only the default skins that come with Rainmeter, then it feels to me like you have some kind of issue with your system.
1) Install the latest drivers for your video card. Where you get these will vary depending on the video card / chipset that you have in your computer.
2) Open a Command Prompt or Powershell window "as administrator" and run sfc /scannow. This will take a few minutes to run and will fix any corruption of any system files. If it finds and fixes anything, reboot and run it again. Do this until it comes back clean.
3) Open a Command Prompt or Powershell window "as administrator" and run DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth. This will take some time, maybe 10-20 minutes to run, and will correct anything that wasn't correctly installed by a Windows update, or that has been subsequently changed. If it finds and fixes anything, reboot and run it again. Do this until it comes back clean.
If my initial assumptions were in fact true, I'm betting one of these actions corrects the problem.


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'If South Africa win with Siya Kolisi as captain, it'll be monumental'
Springboks' first black captain has been an inspiration to the team and country
Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 05:00
Gerry Thornley
South Africa's captain Siya Kolisi celebrates his side's victory over Wales at International Stadium Yokohama. Photograph: Ashley Western/PA Wire
It's impossible, from this juncture anyway, to ascertain the social significance of Siya Kolisi potentially captaining the Springboks to victory in next Saturday's World Cup final. But, almost akin to Barack Obama winning the US elections, the possibility would have been utterly unthinkable at least until the mid-90s.
"You don't dream about that where I am from," Kolisi said after Saturday's semi-final, even though he had already taken rugby nine years before he watched the 2007 final at the age of 16.
Before the tournament started Bryan Habana, the hero of the 2007 triumph, placed the scenario on a par with Nelson Mandela handing the trophy to Francois Pienaar at Ellis Park in 1995.
"If South Africa go on and win with Siya Kolisi as the captain, it will be absolutely monumental. For us as a country to have that inspiration, for 70 per cent of our population to have that example, would be immensely important – on a par with Mandela in '95 if not greater. It would be historic."
Right path
Unlike Habana, who was at Ellis Park in 1995, Kolisi revealed after their 19-16 semi-final win over Wales that he watched the 2007 final when South Africa beat England in Paris from a tavern in a Zwide township.
Kolisi's mother, Phakama, was 16 when Siya was born and his father, Fezakele, was in his final year of school. Kolisi's mother died when he was 15, leaving his late grandmother, Nolulamile, to raise him.
In an interview in the Japanese media before the Rugby World Cup, Kolisi said, "It's tough to stay on the right path because sometimes hunger makes you do things that you never thought you would do. Some of my friends would steal and some passed away because they got into bad things."
Kolisi "never dreamed of being a rugby player" as a child and now says the sport was "my way out". After trying rugby for the first time when he was seven years old, Kolisi not only quickly took an immediate liking to it, but stood out so much that at the age of 10 he was spotted by his primary school trainer, Eric Songwiqi, who brought him up to the local club, African Bombers.
At the age of 12, Kolisi impressed scouts at a youth tournament in Mossel Bay and was awarded a bursary at the leading Port Elizabeth rugby school, Grey High, where Ireland's incoming attack coach, Mike Catt, was also once a pupil.
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Kolisi's star grew through the Eastern Province Kings youth set-up between 2007 and 2009. He played in the famed Under-18 Craven Week and for the SA schools team before being offered his first contract at Western Province at age of 18 by Rassie Erasmus.
Kolisi played for the South African under-20s side in the 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Championships, and in 2012 he graduated to the Stormers squad before making his Springbok debut in June 2013 against Scotland at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. He replaced the injured Arno Botha in the fifth minute and was named man of the match in a 30-17 win.
South Africa's Siya Kolisi and Duane Vermeulen celebrate after beating Wales. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Erasmus appointed Kolisi as the Springboks' first black captain in its 126-year history in May 2016, and in Saturday's final he will win his 50th Test cap.
Kolisi married Rachel Smith, a former marketing executive, in 2016 and they have two children from their inter-racial marriage, a son Nicholas Siyamthanda (four) and daughter Keziah (two). Since 2014, his half-siblings, Liyema and Liphelo, children of his late mother, have been part of the Kolisi household, after five years in orphanages and foster care in Port Elizabeth.
All the while, Kolisi's roots remain in Zwide, which he frequently revisits.
"He was from my primary school, Emsengeni Primary, and I took him to the local club, African Bombers. I also coached him there," Songwiqi said last week.
"Even then, he showed discipline and those leadership qualities. Working with the other boys, they understood one another. There were two other boys who also did well. But Siya as an individual, I could see he would reach the highest point in life in rugby.
"Looking at his attributes and the commitment he showed, I could see that he could make it one day; the dedication and that enthusiasm. He was so passionate about what he was doing.
"When we heard the news [of Kolisi being made captain], it was an exuberant moment in the Zwide community, knowing him, and that he was a disciplined boy. He has ploughed back into the community, and the school where he played rugby. He is not looking after himself alone.
"He looks after the poorest communities and clubs in Zwide. He is playing a vital role to change the lives of youngsters and players."
Before the semi-final, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa made a video call to Kolisi in which he wished the Springboks well ahead of the semi-final against Wales, prior to which Kolisi dedicated their performance to the people of South Africa.
"I have seen what winning a World Cup does for our country," said Kolisi. "I am old enough to remember the 2007 World Cup and I remember what it did for the country then and I know what it will do for the country now.
"We have many different races in our country, and we have 11 official languages. It's one of the positives in our country; it's really beautiful and that's why we're called the Rainbow Nation. We have different races in the team as well, which is really beautiful, and I think it's very important for the country for us to do well, and for us as a team.
"It just shows that when we decide to work together for one goal as a team or a country we can make anything happen. We can achieve all our dreams or goals. That's why we want to give our best this week and hopefully do the same in the final."
Kolisi has endeared himself to supporters back in South Africa with his regular messages and insights into the squad on social media, and in the aftermath of the Boks' win over Wales he posted a video of the squad celebrating in the dressing room.
"We just want to say thank you so much for your support. It really means a lot to us. We gave our best today for you and please one more week to go, six more days... Keep on supporting us and send the messages. We appreciate it," Kolisi said with his team-mates in the background.
Ramaphosa will be in attendance next Saturday. Pressure? More like inspiration, and with Kolisi as captain, plenty of it.
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IndyCar Fills Empty Schedule With Virtual iRacing Rounds Until Month of May
The series is still holding out for a potential return to racing at the Indianapolis 500.
byCaleb Jacobs| UPDATED Mar 22, 2020 8:00 PM
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Much like its counterparts at Formula 1, NASCAR, and IMSA, IndyCar will be replacing its coronavirus-affected calendar dates with virtual races. As such, the American open-wheel series is set to run its first official iRacing sim event on Saturday, March 28 at a track selected by the fans. Each race will feature stacked entry lists with real IndyCar drivers and be streamed online, lasting between 90 minutes and two hours.
What's more, there will be six IndyCar iRacing Challenge events in total, the last of which is planned for May 2. With any luck at all, the traditional Month of May festivities will still take place at the real-life Indianapolis Motor Speedway, though the outlook isn't bright at the moment. Roger Penske has explained that he's currently evaluating the situation and will continue to make decisions as the COVID-19 situation develops. Regardless, the half-dozen esports contests leading up to the Indianapolis Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500 will take place remotely, but with real-deal fan experiences.
IndyCar will host a 15-minute virtual autograph session, similar to what's being spread across racing Twitter right now, ahead of each event. Race winners will also take part in live interviews with reporter Katie Hargitt after crossing the finish line, just like they would if they were at the track.
Following the first race, the IndyCar iRacing Challenge will visit Barber Motorsports Park (April 4), a "Driver's Choice" track (April 11), "Random Draw" track (April 18), Circuit of The Americas (April 25), and a non-IndyCar "dream" track (May 2). Fans can cast their vote for the kick-off race's location between now and Thursday with a 12-hour window kicking off daily at 10 a.m.
Competitors will take part in a qualifying session ahead of every contest, filling out a nearly full race-day schedule. They'll all take place at 3:15 p.m. EST each Saturday between now and May 2, with races beginning at 4 p.m. IndyCar.com will stand as the main site to view these streams, though they'll also be broadcasted to the series' YouTube and Facebook pages, as well as the official iRacing Twitch account.
Drivers will be able to customize their cars' liveries to reflect that of their real rides or preferences, and as part of the sim series, the Dallara Indy cars will be fitted with Aeroscreen cockpit safety devices that are slated to debut in the flesh this season.
An overall champion won't be crowned for the IndyCar iRacing Challenge, though IndyCar will make a donation to one of its partner charities at the series' end.
The official entry lists, as well as the voter-selected first track, will be revealed next week.
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Buying a home is one of the biggest purchases most people will make.
There are many things millennials must consider when buying a home, like speaking with a mortgage broker rather than relying on real estate websites, finding an inspector, and sticking to a budget.
After a year and a half of searching, my partner and I finally bought a house, though there are a number of things I wish we had known before starting the process.
I've always thought buying a house was a milestone I would reach by 30. I'd own that perfect, stately colonial on a beautiful tree-lined street in a nice suburban town.
I'm turning 30 this year, and the search for my perfect home has been complicated beyond measure, with the foremost obstacle being affordability. It turns out I'm not alone among people of my generation – according to CNBC, a growing number of millennials are struggling to save any money at all, nevermind enough for a down payment.
And it doesn't help that, as of 2018, US home prices are the least affordable since 2008, according to Attom Data Solutions.
I live in New Jersey, and looking for a home in a town with a good school district that's within a reasonable commuting distance to New York City is a tall order at any budget. According to the 2019 Best School Districts in New Jersey list from Niche, only a handful of towns within a 30-40 mile radius of NYC rank in the top 25 school districts. When you cross reference that list with the average sales price of homes in the area, affordability plummets.
After a year and a half of searching through half a dozen New Jersey towns, my husband and I are finally ready to close on our first home.
As a millennial, here's what I learned about buying a house that I wish I knew when I started the process.
With websites like Zillow just a click away, it's easy to start shopping for a house immediately. But it can be helpful to get realistic by reviewing your finances and your credit score and talking with a mortgage broker first to see what you can actually afford with your income and lifestyle.
I became self-employed about a year before my husband and I started looking for a house, but our lender required that I have two years of self-employment before we could use my income for our mortgage. This meant we would be reliant on a single income to look for a home, which didn't allow us to afford the towns we were looking to purchase in.
Our broker's advice at this point was invaluable, and while we could have purchased something, we decided to wait until we had a better story to tell through our finances. The numbers are the numbers, and we appreciated the candid conversations and wouldn't have known to wait had we not had a reputable mortgage broker to talk with.
When you want to buy a home, your credit score is more important than ever. Sites like Credit Karma offer lets you see where you stand for free.
This way, you'll know if there's anything wild on your credit report, like a fraudulent credit card or outstanding utility bills from an old apartment, that you weren't aware of. These are things you should address before moving forward in your search.
We saw nearly a hundred homes, both with and without our agent. Every weekend, we would drive out of the city and hop from one open house to another.
Zillow is a great resource for finding potential homes, but until you see a house in person, you may not know if it's the right fit. For instance, a number of homes we viewed were seemingly perfect online but completely disappointing in person.
Lastly, you never know what you'll fall in love with – our new home was one of those open houses that we ended up visiting but perhaps wouldn't have gone to see with our agent because it was priced outside of our budget.
It was only after visiting and talking with the agent that we were compelled to make an offer we were comfortable with. We wouldn't have wanted to waste our agent's time, but were totally fine doing the legwork on our own.
A few months ago, we were in contract on a home that we loved. The house needed work, but we were committed to renovating once we closed.
That is until we received an inspection report with 100 pages of issues we needed to fix before we even started to talk about what we wanted to do with the home. We asked the sellers to address the issues but we couldn't compromise, so the deal fell through.
While some of our requests sounded remedial, like grinding out a termite-infested stump in the front yard and fixing railings outside of the home, the laundry list of issues left us uncertain about how the home was cared for. You want an inspector, and you want a good one.
If you're thinking about renovating or doing work to a home, it's a good idea to find a local contractor who won't mind visiting a home or two that you're serious about.
Bringing them along and asking for a quote will help you to know for sure if the renovations the home needs are financially feasible for you and what your timeline might look like for the amount of work it will take.
This way, you can make an educated offer that factors in the cost of renovation.
Many times I found myself wanting to go over budget in our search for a home. "It's only $US30,000 over budget," I would think about a house, before my reasoning would kick in and remind me that we just couldn't afford it.
Try not to get into the habit of looking at houses beyond your budget. But if a home is on the market for long enough, and you love it, it may be worth making an offer.
The sellers could be motivated to close, and if you're a good buyer offering them terms they like, then you might just have an opportunity to get in there for a steal.
We would always patrol what was sitting for a few months and watch some favourites to see if there were price adjustments. This way, we were ready to pounce if a house came within our budget. When negotiating, always keep your number in mind and stay there.
If there's one time in your life when it's time to get your act together and do things quickly, it's when you're a renter buying your first home (with no property to sell).
This strategy worked to our advantage, as some sellers prefer a quick close so there's less time for problems like cold feet or mortgage delays. Our lender was able to commit to getting all of the financials done within 30 days, and this was a key figure in securing our deal.
If you have the ability to close quickly, emphasise that in your offer to your sellers, but also note that you are 100% flexible to their timeline. After all, if they have nowhere to go, they won't want to hand over the keys in a month.
Throughout the process, we learned a couple of rules of thumbs that helped to keep our process successful: Get things in writing in case things get confusing, everything is negotiable, and be patient.
We learned to be flexible where we felt comfortable, and stand strong where we didn't. This held true for negotiating with sellers, and the costs for attorneys, inspectors, home insurance and even mortgage rates, which are at times negotiable. And of course, to be patient. The right house will come along. A house is only worth what it's worth to you.


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Professor Called For House Republicans To Be 'Lined Up And Shot'
"Republicans are a f***ing joke and their voting block runs the gamit [sic] from monstrous to ignorant."
A mere month before a gunman shot four people at a Republican congressional baseball practice, a college professor called for Republicans to be "lined up and shot." The Daily Caller summarizes:
Dr. John Griffin, a professor of Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Washington, decried Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare back on May 4 and posted on Facebook his suggestion to shoot Republican House members. In another post, Griffin used an expletive to refer to the GOP.
Republicans "should be lined up and shot" for their votes, wrote Griffin. "That's not hyperbole; blood is on their hand," the professor added.
"Republicans are a f***ing joke and their voting block runs the gamit [sic] from monstrous to ignorant," he posted later, demonstrating that one doesn't even have to be able to spell to be a professor today.
The Blaze reports that Griffin, whose school is located just outside of Washington D.C., later edited his original post to include an apology: "It's been pointed out to me that language I had used in reference to the House of Representatives was inappropriate, especially from someone of my profession. This is true. It is inappropriate. And I apologize for using them," Griffin said. "I regret my words. I regret the fear that stoked them." He concluded by saying, "I ask for your forgiveness.
The Blaze reported that the professor explained he has a pre-existing condition that caused him to "lash out" on social media.
Indeed he does. That pre-existing condition is called progressivism, and a majority of academics across the country are afflicted with it.
His info seems to be missing now from the faculty page at the Art Institute of Washington, and his Twitter account appears to be missing as well.
Chicagoland: Gangs Firing on Rival Members' Funerals 'Getting Out of Control'


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Flight Lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt in the RAF; FLTLT in the RAAF and RNZAF, F/L in the former RCAF) is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force [cite web |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/structure/commissionedranks.cfm |title=Ranks and Badges of the Royal Air Force |accessdate= 2007-12-01 |year=2007 |publisher=Royal Air Force] and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. It ranks above Flying Officer and immediately below Squadron Leader. The name of the rank is the complete phrase; it is never shortened to "Lieutenant". In informal usage, a flight lieutenant is sometimes referred to as a "flight lieuy".
It has a NATO ranking code of OF-2, and is equivalent to a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy or a Captain in the British Army or the Royal Marines.
The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) (until 1968) and Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) (until 1980) was Flight Officer.
On 1 April 1918, the newly created RAF adopted its officer rank titles from the British Army, with Royal Naval Air Service Lieutenants (titled Flight Lieutenants and Flight Commanders) and Royal Flying Corps Captains becoming Captains in the RAF. In response to the proposal that the RAF should use its own rank titles, it was suggested that the RAF might use the Royal Navy's officer ranks, with the word "Air" inserted before the naval rank title. For example, the current rank of Flight Lieutenant would have been Air Lieutenant. Although the Admiralty objected to this simple modification of their rank titles, it was agreed that the RAF might base many of its officer rank titles on Navy officer ranks with differing pre-modifying terms. It was also suggested that RAF Captains might be titled as Flight-Leaders. However, the rank title Flight Lieutenant was chosen as Flights were typically commanded by RAF Captains and the term Flight Lieutenant had been used in the Royal Naval Air Service. The rank of Flight Lieutenant has been used continuously since 1 August 1919.
Although in the early years of the RAF a Flight Lieutenant commanded an aircraft flight, it is rare that a Flight Lieutenant is in command of a flying unit in the modern air force. However, ground flights which are administrative sub-divisions of squadrons are ordinarily commanded by Flight Lieutenants. In the Air Training Corps, a Flight Lieutenant is usually the Officer Commanding (OC) of a squadron.
The rank insignia consists of two narrow blue bands on slightly wider black bands. This is worn on both the lower sleeves of the tunic or on the shoulders of the flight suit or the casual uniform. The rank insignia on the mess uniform is similar to the naval pattern, being two band of gold running around each cuff but without the Royal Navy's loop.
Other air forces
The rank of Flight Lieutenant is also used in a number of the air forces in the Commonwealth, including the Bangladesh Air Force, Ghana Air Force, Indian Air Force, Pakistan Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force. It is also used in the Egyptian Air Force, Hellenic Air Force, Royal Air Force of Oman, Royal Thai Air Force and the Air Force of Zimbabwe.
The Royal Canadian Air Force used the rank until 1968, when the three armed services were unified and Army-type ranks were adopted; Flight Lieutenants became Captains. In official French Canadian usage, a flight lieutenant's rank title was "capitaine d'aviation".
Notable flight lieutenants
*Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician who twice served as his country's president.
*Sir Patrick Moore, British astronomer.
*Arthur C. Clarke, British author and inventor.
*Christopher Lee, British actor, served in RAF Intelligence during World War II.
*Alex Coomber, British skeleton racer.
*Roald Dahl, British children's writer.
* RAF officer ranks
* Comparative military ranks
* Lieutenant (for pronunciation)
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flight lieutenant — flight lieutenants also flight lieutenant N COUNT; N TITLE In the British air force, a flight lieutenant is an officer of the rank below squadron leader … English dictionary
flight lieutenant — noun : an aviation officer (as in the British Royal Air Force) equivalent in rank to a captain in the army * * * flight lieutenant noun A Royal Air Force officer of rank corresponding to naval lieutenant or army captain • • • Main Entry: ↑flight… … Useful english dictionary
flight lieutenant — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flight lieutenant : singular flight lieutenant plural flight lieutenants an officer of middle rank in the British air force … English dictionary
flight-lieutenant — see flight lieutenant … English dictionary
flight lieutenant — flight lieu tenant n a middle rank in the British air force, or someone who holds this rank … Dictionary of contemporary English
flight lieutenant — noun A rank in the RAF, between that of flying officer and squadron leader, of a person in charge of a flight of aircraft … Wiktionary
flight lieutenant — /ˈflaɪt lɛftɛnənt/ (say fluyt leftenuhnt) noun 1. a commissioned rank in the Royal Australian Air Force above that of flying officer and below that of squadron leader, equivalent to captain in the army, or lieutenant in the navy. 2. a similar… … Australian English dictionary
flight-lieutenant — 'Good morning, Flightlieutenant Jardine,' says a nurse to a patient in The Face Maker, by Richard Gordon. A flightlieutenant is a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force. His rank corresponds with that of a naval lieutenant or an army… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
flight lieutenant — noun Date: 1914 a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a captain in the army … New Collegiate Dictionary
flight lieutenant — commissioned officer in the air force (in Australia, Britain and Canada) … English contemporary dictionary


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Royal Valley Schools to Recognize PBP Nation at Cultural Extravaganza
Mayetta, KS – On Friday, January 25, 2019, Royal Valley Unified School District #337 in collaboration with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is hosting a tribal culture extravaganza at the Royal Valley High School Gymnasium, 101 East 1st Street, Hoyt, Kansas.
The Royal Valley School District is one of few in Kansas that serve the membership of a tribal nation, allowing the formation of a unique and special relationship with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Due to a large portion of Royal Valley's basketball players being Prairie Band Potawatomi tribal members, both the tribe and school agreed basketball season is an opportune time to feature aspects of the Prairie Band Potawatomi culture in a positive celebration for the entire community.
The evening activities include:
– An Indian Taco Fundraiser will occur in the gym commons hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Food sales begin at 5 p.m.
– The PBP Nation's color guard, We-Ta-Se Post 410 will post flags at approximately 5:30 p.m., prior to the start of the Royal Valley Lady Panthers varsity game. Tribal members will also perform a flag song, a vocal rendering with the same significance as the American national anthem.
– The Royal Valley boys and girls Varsity Basketball teams will unveil new warm-ups provided by the PBP Nation. Orange and yellow features on the side of the warm-ups signify the Prairie Band as Keepers of the Fire, along with the term, "Shïpshiyēk," from the Prairie Band Potawatomi language, which translates to "Big Cat," a term signifying the Royal Valley panther mascot. The back of the warm-ups will feature the PBP Nation seal.
– A special guest from Haskell Indian Nations University will announce each school's lineups and scoring during the varsity games.
– Closing out the evening activities, the Royal Valley Singers and Dancers, the school's Native American dance troupe will perform during half time of the Boys Varsity game showcasing their talent.
Royal Valley Lady Panthers Head Basketball Coach, Kyle Porter was instrumental in bringing the idea to life after being inspired by Nike N7 and their celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Nike N7 provides turquoise uniforms to colleges and universities with significant Native American student populations promoting fellowship, friendship and harmony. The Kansas State High School Activities Association holds rules specific to uniforms but providing unique warm-ups that incorporate Native American culture is allowable.
Porter said, "As a coach and teacher at Royal Valley I am excited to see our school find ways to celebrate positive components of our school and support the special partnership we have with the Potawatomi tribe." The evening's activities seek to promote the unique and diverse school district of Royal Valley. Approximately 221 students within the Royal Valley school district are Native Americans or descendants, and of those 60% are Prairie Band Potawatomi tribal members.
PBPN Chairman Joseph Rupnick said, "I'd like to thank Coach Porter and the entire Royal Valley School staff for their acknowledgment of the Prairie Band Potawatomi culture and providing an avenue for inclusion in the community. The Nation looks forward to Royal Valley's continued support in recognizing and celebrating Native students and their culture."


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The property has 73m² and consists of an entrance hall, a well equipped kitchen with separate utility area, 2 double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, 2 bathrooms (1 is ensuite to the master bedroom), and a lounge/dining room which leads out to the terrace.
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Lauryn Hill: Interview Hear an interview with the singer and rapper whose voice is the story of the hip-hop generation.
Lauryn Hill performs in January in Sydney, Australia.
Hill became a star with the hip-hop trio The Fugees. Their second album, The Score, came out in 1996, and it was an instant classic. The group — Hill, Wyclef Jean and Prakazrel Michel — sounded like they were in perfect sync. On the first single, "Fu-gee-la," Hill sang the hook, rhymed a verse, then sang again. She was the total package, more so than any other rapper, male or female, has been.
She's one of slickest rappers ever: Her rhymes are dexterous, spiritual, hilarious, surprising. Without a doubt, she was the best-looking rapper the world had ever seen. And Hill was a soul singer with a real old-school, almost militant, politic. The second single was Hill's cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly." That recording has never really gone away, and its success built the expectations for Hill's solo record to a fever pitch. Particularly to women and young girls who listened to her then, she was a revelation. There was steel in her voice when she rapped; she sang like she really cared about our hopeless crushes and our impotent rages, like she really loved us. We thought maybe we could grow up to be like her.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill came out in 1998. It was like LeBron James' rookie year in the NBA. You knew he had the potential to be great after seeing him in high school — and then, right out of the gate, he's one of the best ball players in the league.
Jayson Jackson, part of Hill's management team, described the recording process this way: "The record was already inside her. She would go into the studio, and it would just pour out of her."
Lenesha Randolph sang backing vocals on Miseducation, and she describes herself today as the backing vocals "to all your favorite artists." She's on tour with Lady Gaga right now, but a formative influence on her singing was her work in the studio singing backup for Hill.
"I don't know if people are gonna like this album, because I'm just singing, and nobody wants to hear rappers sing," Hill told Randolph at the time. Randolph says she couldn't believe it. "I was like, 'What are you talking about?' " Randolph says. "I would just stare at her, like, look in her mouth! Because when you hear her sing, and then hear her speak — it had such power and volume and rasp. It was something to strive for."
The feeling that you get [when you hear me sing], I get first.
In 1998, everyone was listening to her sing: mothers, daughters, college students and little kids. As the rapper Nas described his audience, "listeners, bluntheads, fine ladies and prisoners." Miseducation crossed demographics and genres. It made people dance and cry and blast it from their speakers as they drove around with their best friends.
Jay Smooth, a longtime radio DJ, remembers there was a little sadness in the hip-hop community that there was less rhyming on the album than during Hill's time with The Fugees. "We may have missed out on the best rap album of all time," he says. Nevertheless, the album was a note that longtime fans of hip-hop had been craving for someone to hit. Smooth says that for people his age — the same age as Hill, the same age as people like Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls — "we saw our generation create something so powerful and innovative. They were speaking with a love and righteousness that we, perhaps naively, believed could change the world at that time."
Smooth compares the idealism of the hip-hop generation to the hippies before it. But just as the optimism of the '60s gave way to what he describes as "the malaise of the '70s," Smooth says that hip-hop had lost its way. The music grew more commercialized, and consequently more violent and self-involved, culminating in the deaths of Tupac in 1996, and then Biggie Smalls in 1997.
"It was right after that, in 1998, that Lauryn Hill's album came out," Smooth says. "And it seemed that she was that voice inside our soul — coming out and asking all of us, 'How could we have gone so wrong?' and 'Can we have some grown folks talking about loving ourselves, before it's too late? If it's not already too late?' "
Hill raked in the Grammys, including Album of the Year. But that same year, some of her collaborators filed suit, saying they weren't properly credited on the album. They settled out of court, and the stir over the suit prompted what seemed like a fall from grace for Lauryn Hill.
Shortly after the Grammys, in the winter of 1999, Hill disappeared from public life. For years afterward, her fans traded rumors — the prevailing theory was that she'd had some kind of breakdown. Smooth says he thinks the pressure put on her to save the hip-hop generation from itself might have broken her. She was also a busy mother: Over the past 10 years, she's had five children. Her MTV Unplugged album, which came out in 2002, seemed to reveal a person worn thin.
After Unplugged, those of us who grew up listening to her missed her voice in the same way we missed our hopeful youth. That powerful sound that represented great potential being fulfilled was silent.
"No one ever stops missing her," Smooth says. "Every time you say her name — like, 'Lauryn Hill walked into Home Depot' — you'll be hoping she starts tapping on a table and making a beat and singing."
This could be the year.
Lauryn Hill took the stage at the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, Calif., just a few weeks ago. She's barely performed at all in the U.S. in the past 10 years. The band was restless and loud behind her, almost drowning her out at times. She looked completely regal, even in a carnival balloon-style jumpsuit, with her hair blown out and dyed maroon to match. She pranced around the stage in huge heels, shouting directions to the band, as though they were in rehearsal. When she rapped, her words flew by so fast, it seemed she was barely breathing. But when the sound guy brought her mic up and the band would breathe for a moment, her voice soared over the crowd. It was the same voice I'd grown up with, just as raw and present and full of soul as I remembered.
The reputation that surrounds Hill is wild — it's hard to know what to believe, because she does so few interviews. She's got handlers on top of handlers, publicists and managers who, you think, will lead you to her, and then they turn out to be red herrings. My editor and I chased them all down during the weekend of the Harmony Festival. I was told by various people to not touch her, don't look her in the eye; that instead of talking directly to you, she writes on a Post-It note and sticks it to your chest. I've also been told repeatedly not to call her "Lauryn" anything — she goes by Ms. Hill. This is the only rumor that turns out to be true, in my case. Because after her performance in Santa Rosa, when we ask Ms. Hill if we can ride with her back to the hotel and ask her some questions, she tells us to get in the car.
I ask her the question her fans have been asking each other for years: Why did you stop putting out music?
"There were a number of different reasons," she says. "But partly, the support system that I needed was not necessarily in place. There were things about myself, personal-growth things, that I had to go through in order to feel like it was worth it. In fact, as musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment — and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the [music] industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society, or at least some aspect of society. And it's important that people be given the time that they need to go through, to grow, so that the consciousness level of the general public is properly affected. Oftentimes, I think people are forced to make decisions prematurely. And then that sound radiates."
This would sound self-important coming from many other artists, especially popular artists. But to someone who grew up with Hill, it makes sense. She did have a hand in shaping how we were feeling, or it seemed that she did. And the disappointment of her disappearance is just one in a catalog of disappointments that we experienced as we grew up.
Her voice sounds just the same: low and raspy, full of intensity and soul. It's no wonder. She tells me she grew up singing along with mostly male soul singers — "the Donny Hathaways, the Stevie Wonders, the Jackie Wilsons." As for her rhyming skills, she says she used to have a rapping voice and a singing voice. But now the voices have to become one, in order for her to get the kind of music mix that she wants in a live performance. It's a work in progress. It's so funny to hear that Hill is still working on her extraordinary voice — holding it out in front of her, waving it like a sheet to see what more she can shake out of it.
"I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more," she says. "With The Fugees initially, and even with Miseducation, it was very hip-hop — always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more."
How You Gonna Win When You Ain't Right Within?
I ask her what it feels like to sing, and she flips the question on me — "Well, what's it like to hear me?" I tell her listening to her sing makes me feel both happy and sad. It feels like her voice comes from a higher place. I'm paraphrasing all the people I've interviewed about her.
"The feeling that you get," she says, "I get first. I think you have a delayed experience with the feeling that I usually get. When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction — but, you know, the healthy kind."
I ask her about having a voice that moves so many people, if there isn't a certain amount of responsibility that comes along with that.
"I think about it, and yet I don't think about it," she says. We pull into the hotel parking lot and she's about to continue, but we're interrupted by one of the festival employees, who comes up to the car to ask if someone-or-other's keys are in the Suburban we're riding in.
"No," Hill says with a laugh. "No one in here has those keys." After all, it's just Hill, me, the driver and my editor in the car. As the man walks away, Hill says, "He looks just like Matthew McConaughey. First, second cousin. He does! ... What I was I saying? Oh, I think if I was created with such power or an ability, then what's also been put in me is the blueprint for the responsibility part, as well. I have to take care of myself in order to take care of this gift, which has affected so many. I don't treat it lightly. It's important to me to be healthy and to be whole."
And Hill seems healthy and whole, squished up next to me in the car, making cracks about ridiculous-looking actors, chin in her hand as she thinks through the answers to my questions. She doesn't tell me to move back, or that she doesn't want to answer something. Watching her perform earlier in the day made me uneasy. I felt like I was watching a captain who had spent a life at sea, then lived on land for 10 years, stumbling a bit her first time back on the deck of a boat. But hearing her steadiness now, I feel hopeful. It's also a reality check: Why did we demand so much of this woman?
"I don't know if you know this, but I have five children," she says. "The youngest is 2 now, so she's old enough that I can leave her for a period of time and know she's going to be OK. That's one reason [Hill is starting to perform again]. And I think it's just time. I'm starting to get excited again. Believe it or not, I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first. I think people might realize, you know, 'We love the way she sounds, we love the music, but I think we just love how fearless she is. How boundless she is, when it comes to what she wants to do.' And I think that can be infectious."
This closes the interview. I thank her. She says, "You're welcome," and my editor and I leave the car. We sit on the stairs for a few minutes to catch our breath. We spent all weekend chasing Lauryn Hill, hoping to have this conversation about her voice. I compared it to a video game with infinite levels you didn't even know existed, like when you beat a level and you think you won, but then you go through a door and there's a whole other world you have to conquer. Getting to Lauryn Hill was like that.
Sara Sarasohn, my editor, compared the chase to the Israelites rising up and following the cloud over the Tent of Meeting. In the Torah, when the Israelites are wandering in the desert, there was a cloud over the Tent of Meeting, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. When the cloud lifted and moved, the Israelites would see it and know that it was time for them to move as well in their journey through the desert. It was like the presence of Hill was this cloud that we could see in the distance, and we were trying to follow it, and finally, we got to the Tent of Meeting.
Sitting on the stairs together, Sara and I couldn't help but cry, just a little. We talked to Lauryn Hill. And she's doing fine.


I've never given much consideration to cream colored ponies. But strudels are a different story. Especially after spending time in the narrow brick lined corridors that make up Vienna's city center.
Strudel is everywhere in that part of the world. From Hungary to Slovakia and Germany, this pulled-dough pastry can be found, filled with everything from apples to curded cheese, poppy seeds and cherries. I came home from that trip (happily) five pounds heavier and ready to govern a strudel super-pack.
This weekend, the weather changed. And my heart leaped like it has since I was a little girl. Because autumn, as it is for many of us, is my favorite season. It is, perhaps, what deep down I hope heaven will be like; knitted scarves, the babbled tones of game-day football commentators coming from the TV in the next room over, copious amounts of apple cider in pottery mugs, apple picking, bowls of chili, picnics on quilts (I argue that picnics are meant for fall, not summer), boots caked in mud and leaves after a strenuous hike, and…of course…baking.
There are more than a few strudel tutorials floating around cyberspace and sitting on library bookshelves. I did my research, jotted notes from Google translated websites, and landed on the recipe below. A blend of three strudel variations that seemed to need some overlapping on each other.
Don't be intimidated by what you are about to see. It's harmless. Enjoyable, in fact.
It's definitely doable by your lonesome, but it's more fun with someone else. I happen to have a dashing 12 year old chef as a son…lucky me.
2. For the pulling of the dough, you need a large table. Spread a clean tablecloth over the table or kitchen island. Flour the cloth (lightly) and turn the dough from the bowl in which it was resting, out onto the center. With a floured rolling pin roll it out long and narrow, as much as possible. This should be easy to do and the dough should be soft and supple. Brush the dough evenly with melted butter.
3. Now it is time to begin stretching and pulling the dough. Lift and stretch the dough to about double its size. This takes time. No need to rush it – try treating it as an active meditation time.
4. The dough should be thin enough to read a page through.
5. Lift and stretch the dough (including the middle) until it hangs over all the sides. When finished stretching, remove the thickened edge by rolling it on a hand as it is torn off.
6. Brush the dough evenly with melted butter.
7. On one end of the long edge (about 6-10 inches from the edge), sprinkle with the bread crumbs, then mix the sugar, apples, raisins (if using) and cinnamon in a bowl and pile it, as shown, on your stretched dough.
8. Fold the dough over by lifting the cloth and quickly flipping the dough over onto itself. Roll up the dough by grabbing the cloth on both ends of the filled side and lifting it so that the strudel rolls gently.
9. Lift the roll in an S shape into a buttered pan (I buttered parchment paper).
10. Brush the strudel with melted butter. Bake in a pre-heated 400F oven for about 10 minutes, then lower temperature to 350F. Bake until light brown for approximately another 25-35 minutes.
10. Let the strudel cool a bit before cutting it into pieces. Best served when still warm from the oven. Can be frozen and reheated.
I have a sweet tooth. It's a manageable one (most days). Usually just a nibble of something sugary at the tail end of a meal is good enough, with no need for secret candy drawers in the studio or late night ice cream binges (although I have considered taking up that practice).
At any rate, I think dessert is a treat we should enjoy regularly. Daily, in fact.
I bought a big heaping pile of plums not too long ago. Some were put in lunch boxes (not sure if they were eaten by the three little bears...I prefer they just not tell me as I also believe ignorance is bliss.) Some were quartered and put on the charcuterie board Mike and I like to construct a couple of times a week (pre-dinner snacks aren't just for kids) and the rest were sitting in a bowl on the butcher block counter - gathering a small contingent of fruit flies.
With a mid-day break at the studio, the usual itch to bake and a fruit fly issue beginning to unfold (there were only like 2 of them...my tolerance is low), I crafted this little diddy. Its actually healthy, which wasn't necessarily my goal. But its so, so, so doable to make healthy desserts that actually taste spectacular, that I find myself doing it without intention.
Also another note: This recipe is for a small batch. You can up the quantities for a larger portion. You also don't have to use the ramekins I'm using (pictured). This recipe, as are most of the recipes I develop, are super flexible. I prefer to give common sense instructions that can be manipulated and customized.
*Coconut sugar retains quite a bit more nutrients than refined sugar. Stuff like iron, zinc, calcium and potassium and has a lower glycemic index than regular sugar. I buy mine at Trader Joes.
Plum Crumble with Vanilla Coconut "Cream"
Cut the plums into bite sized chunks. I like some variation in sizing of mine so I tend to have some larger bits and some smaller ones. Mix with the coconut sugar and set aside.
Pulse the almonds in a food processor, a blender or go to town with a sharp knife on a cutting board. Get the almonds to a coarse chop and add the oats, continuing to pulse/chop until you get a good looking 'crumb' for the crumble. The coconut manna is a bit like a hard butter. So it needs to be worked in with you fingertips to make a nice crumb topping for your plums. If you don't have/don't want to get coconut manna (butter), then opt for a binder like olive oil. Taste the crumble and see if you might want to add a bit of the coconut sugar to it. I like to sprinkle a bit of salt into mine. Key here is taste, taste, taste. Let your taste buds help you become a chef!
Divide the plums into small ramekins or any sort of baking dish (ceramic or glass is ideal). Sprinkle the crumb topping over the plums. At this point, you can bake. Or you can wrap your little plum crumble in some saran wrap and store it for a later time. Waiting a few hours gives your plums even more time to soften and sweeten, but obviously, instant gratification is pretty remarkable too.
Baking time is going to range between 35-45 minutes at a temperature of 375 degrees. Keep an eye on it and if you get to the 45 minutes mark and want to see some more browning and bubbling on your crisp...then keep it going a bit longer.
Simmer the coconut milk in a small saucepan until it begins to simmer. Add the coconut sugar and then the cornstarch slurry and whisk to fully incorporate into the coconut milk. Continue to simmer/gently boil the coconut milk until it thickens. If its not thick enough for your liking as a cream sauce, make another small batch of cornstarch slurry and add, simmer, wait, assess. Once the 'cream' is looking lusciously pourable, turn off the heat and add the vanilla. Taste. Thoughts? More sweet? More vanilla? A hit of salt? Again, this is your dessert - so make your tastebuds sing.
When the crumble is browned and the cream is thickened, its time to get those two married on a plate. Both components do really well in the fridge and devoured over the course of a few days afterwards.


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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said that while China still wanted to work toward a trade deal with the United States, it wouldn't be afraid to "fight back" against the U.S., CNBC reports.
"As we always said we don't want to start the trade war but we are not afraid," Xi told a U.S. business delegation. "When necessary we will fight back but we have been working actively to try not to have a trade war."
"We want to work for a Phase 1 agreement on the basis of mutual respect and equality," Xi added.
The U.S. delegation included several former U.S. officials, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.
The tone of both sides regarding a trade agreement has generally been positive recently, but specifics on what "phase one" of the deal would entail are still blurry, according to the network.
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Kentucky secures land for homes near flood-ravaged Hazard
(The Center Square) – State officials have secured a second site in Eastern Kentucky to help the region rebuild from the disastrous flooding that struck the area six months ago.
Gov. Andy Beshear announced a 50-acre site has been obtained near the city of Hazard in Perry County. The high-ground land is near a regional hospital, schools and shopping centers.
A release from the governor's office said houses built there will be paid for in part by the $13.1 million raised through the state's Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund in conjunction with local nonprofit builders.
The land is expected to accommodate about 150 homes, and additional acreage will become available for future developments.
"This land is located near the heart of Hazard and can be a real boost to the community," said Paul Ison, whose family provided the land. "There's really no better use for such a great piece of land than to improve housing. Better and more housing attracts better jobs and a better future."
Perry County Judge-Executive Scott Alexander said in a statement that the county faced a housing crisis before last July. It became "catastrophic" after the floods.
"To be at this point so quickly is a great day for the community," he said.
Last month, Beshear announced the state received a 75-acre plot in Knott County and plans for a mixed-use development there could swell to 300 acres.
Beshear said the state continues to seek land in Breathitt, Knott, Letcher and Perry counties. Those four were among the hardest hit areas in the region and accounted for three-quarters of the homes destroyed.
"Rebuilding on high ground is a chance to lift up entire communities with upgraded infrastructure and safe, affordable, energy-efficient homes," Gov. Beshear said. "But our work in Eastern Kentucky is not done until there is prosperity in the entire region."
A dozen counties in Eastern Kentucky were declared disaster areas after torrential storms produced sweeping floods across the region. The flooding caused more than 40 deaths in the region.
According to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, the July 26-28 flooding in Eastern Kentucky and parts of Missouri caused at least $1 billion in damages. It was one of 18 such weather or climate emergencies in the U.S. last year that produced such losses.
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It was one of those days in which Dwight Howard wills his team to victory (116-110 over the Knicks). Suddenly, the paint is impenetrable and you can have three guys hangin' on Howard's shoulders and he'll still slam that ball. Dwight Howard finished with 30 points and 16 rebounds , becoming the youngest player in NBA history to grab 7000 rebounds.
The Knicks dominated for nearly three and a half quarter, leading by 11 at half time, including a 37-15 second. The Anthony(25)-Amare(30)-Billups(30) triangle worked perfectly, but didn't get enough help. The bench scored 11 points, while the Magic's scored 44. The clamp down on defense led to a Knicks 37.2% shooting night. The Magic can get tough from time to time, but not often enough. It takes Dwight Howard to get pissed at everybody and start yelling for all the guys to wake up. He can't do this every night. The Knicks? Dangerous team, but the depth is gone, and despite that win in Miami, I don't see them getting further than a conference Semi Final.
Meanwhile, in Minnesota, the Lakers won their fifth straight (90-79) game since the All-Star break. Kobe Bryant scored 24 points, killing Kevin Love (47th straight double-double) and the Wolves on the boards. The Lakers grabbed 18 offensive rebounds, with Gasol-Bynum-Odom combining for 35 rebounds.
That's the advantage the Lakers have over other teams, that and Kobe Bryant when he's up for it. A win over Minnesota isn't a real indication, but as long as Bynum, Gasol and Odom play with passion and fire, which hasn't happened a lot this season, the Lakers are a scary team. Problem is I don't think they can bring the needed intensity, all three of them, when it'll matter the most. Not this time.
Memphis didn't have Rudy Gay, the Spurs without Tony Parker. The Memphis Grizzlies had no problem against the league's best record holders, the San Antonio Spurs, beating them 109-93. The Spurs had only one player, one(!!!), Gary Neal, score in double figures, with 14 points. It was a confused night from the Spurs, finishing with 22 turnovers and allowing Memphis, led by Zach Randolph and Darrell Arthur (21 points) to shoot over 52% from the field.
With the Mavs looking unstoppable right now, with Tony Parker out for a few more weeks, George Hill needs to grab hold of the starting position and do it fast. The Spurs still have a comfortable edge on top of the Western rankings, but nights like these show that they are vulnerable team when missing a key piece, maybe the most important piece, in Pop's puzzle.
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Q: Disable Istio default retry on errorcode 503 I am not sure, whether we are talking about the smae issue.  I will try to explain the scenario which I am trying. I have 2 services appservice-A and  appservice-B, both are in the same namespace "mynamespace" and both have seperate Virtual service called VS-A and VS-B.
In MyAPPLICATION, there is a call from appservice-A to appservice-B , and I want to disable the retry when the ServiceB throwing a 503 error, and the ServiceA should not retry again.  So what I enabled is in the VS-B,  I added the retry-attempt to 0, by expecting that appservice-A wont retry an attempt if the appservice-B throws a 503 error.. Which is not working for me.
I performed a testing again with the sample for you by making the attempt 0 in the VS-B. but still there is no change is happening to the retries, still showing 2.
apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1beta1
kind: VirtualService
metadata:
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
  name: appservice-B
  namespace: mynamespace
spec:
  gateways:
  - istio-system/ingress-gateway
  hosts:
  - appservice-B.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local
  - appservice-B.mycompany.com
  http:
  - match:
    - uri:
        prefix: /
    retries:
      attempts: 0
    route:
    - destination:
        host: appservice-B.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local
        port:
          number: 8080
        subset: v1

this is the  proxy config routing rule out put which generated from appservice-A
istioctl proxy-config route appservice-A-6dbb74bc88-dffb8 -n mynamespace -o json
                "routes": [
                    {
                        "name": "default",
                        "match": {
                            "prefix": "/"
                        },
                        "route": {
                            "cluster": "outbound|8080||appservice-B.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
                            "timeout": "0s",
                            "retryPolicy": {
                                "retryOn": "connect-failure,refused-stream,unavailable,cancelled,retriable-status-codes",
                                "numRetries": 2,
                                "retryHostPredicate": [
                                    {
                                        "name": "envoy.retry_host_predicates.previous_hosts"
                                    }
                                ],
                                "hostSelectionRetryMaxAttempts": "5",
                                "retriableStatusCodes": [
                                    503
                                ]
                            },
                            "maxStreamDuration": {
                                "maxStreamDuration": "0s",
                                "grpcTimeoutHeaderMax": "0s"
                            }
                        },
                        "decorator": {
                            "operation": "appservice-B.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local:8080/*"
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "includeRequestAttemptCount": true

So,  suspect that , whether I am trying right things for my scenario, If this also right, any workaround  like  Is there achange the property of status codes or headers  from responses to disable, so that istio wont retry appservice-B from appservice-A if a 503 errorcode got from appservice-B ?

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Cyber Expert Formerly Appointed by Obama, Camille Stewart, Aims to Change the Way We View Cybersecurity
Shanique Yates. Nov 5, 2020.
As a force within the tech space, attorney and executive, Camille Stewart has had many roles. In the leading government and private sector, she's worked for companies such as Deloitte, Google, and the Department of Homeland Security.
A woman of many hats, Stewart uses her knowledge in cyber, national security, and complex technology to serve as a guiding force to the way that we navigate through privacy, global cybersecurity, and election security/integrity.
AfroTech sat down with the cybersecurity expert to discuss the importance of safe cyber practices, how to apply those same practices to our everyday lives, and her passion for creating opportunities for people in spaces where individuals don't always look like them.
Importance of National Security Issues
As the former Senior Policy Advisor for Cyber, Infrastructure & Resilience Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, Stewart is no stranger to why our national security is something everyone should take seriously.
Appointed by former President Barack Obama, Stewart shares her most memorable contributions to Cyber Security Policies under his administration.
"Serving a president whose policies and positions you really believe in is a lot of work, but also extremely rewarding," Stewart said. "The mission around the work we were doing was something I was extremely passionate about."
Stewart hones in on the fact that cybersecurity is one of those areas that is very human-focused where everyone has a specific role to play. She encourages us all to have strong cybersecurity hygiene practices like the use of a password manager and being cautious about who can see and access our information.
Passion For Diversifying the Cyber Space
Today, Stewart is the Head of Security Policy for Google Play and Android at Google where she leads everything from security to dis/misinformation. Here she focuses on the mobile experience so if you have an android phone, her responsibility is to ensure there are policies in place for how developers and applications can get access to your information.
She is most passionate about helping other women and people who look like her level-up in cyberspaces where she says there's still a lot of work to do when it comes to diversity and inclusion.
"Eradicating systemic racism is vital to our success," Stewart said. "Technology does not work as well as it should because there is still bias wrapped up in it."
One way Stewart is pushing for change is through her Share The Mic In Cyber campaign on social media that she says is all "about amplifying Black cyber practitioners in the wake of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and beyond and ensuring that people are putting action behind their words to do better." Stewart says she does not want cyber to be left out of those initiatives for diversity.
People have asked if #ShareTheMicInCyber is a "solution" to systemic racism. The answer is NO but YOU can be! This campaign is an opportunity to empower individuals in #cyber to understand their a role in changing our industry. I continue to hope this is a catalyst for action. @lzxdc & I are so proud if this work and grateful for each participant, the organization & individual support across the industry, & Katelyn & Prachi for dedicating their time & talent to help. #ShareTheMicInCyber is a movement. Thank you for believing in that! Look at this reach! ??????????
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"We're not doing the job right if we're not diverse and not paying attention to race," said Stewart.
She has also partnered with Aspen Digital to bring together a number of cyber practitioners from the majority to the minority leaders, junior folks, senior folks, you name it, to help them pay attention to the issues involving race and lack of diversity in the space.
Stewart also sits on the Board of Directors for Girl Security and is a member of the advisory board for Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security & Conflict Roles where she aims to "empower underrepresented voices."
For more on Camille Stewart, click here.
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