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Numerical estimation of maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis from storm-derived boulders
Kenta Minamidate, Kazuhisa Goto, Hironobu Kan
Basic Structure of Human Societies
Estimating the magnitudes of potential large earthquakes and associated tsunami hazards along a subduction zone is important for risk evaluation. Coastal boulder deposits can serve as valuable geological indicators in intertidal zones with high wave velocity, even though finer sediments are generally washed away. This report presents a new method to constrain the maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis using boulders of storm wave origin as a constraint in numerical simulations. The fundamental assumption is that presently observed storm-derived boulders have not moved a great distance by past tsunami waves. This illustrative case study uses the sizes and spatial distributions of storm wave boulders on the reef at Kudaka Island, Okinawa Prefecture, which faces the Ryukyu Trench. In all, 47 tsunami scenarios with different locations and fault parameters were assumed. Results show that tsunami waves with a maximum water level of 2.2 m and maximum flow speed of 1.5 m/s at a beach of Kudaka Island did not strike the island. Under this condition, earthquakes of Mw≥8.3 are unlikely to have occurred in the central Ryukyu Trench if one obeys an empirical scaling law for subduction earthquakes or ≥2 m of maximum possible slip near the trench if the fault size is fixed as 100 km × 50 km. Those tsunami and earthquake sizes could not have been generated during this period if one assumes that the reef of Kudaka Island and emplacement of storm boulders began more than 3500 years ago. This finding implies that the seismogenic mechanism of the Ryukyu Trench and the risk of a giant earthquake differ from those of other trenches such as the Japan Trench and the Chilean Trench, where giant earthquakes of Mw≥9.0 have occurred repeatedly during the past. The proposed method would enable researchers to estimate the maximum possible sizes of the paleo-earthquakes and tsunami waves in any region, even in regions with a vague or unknown history of past events because of a lack of sandy tsunami deposits or seismic records.
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Minamidate, K., Goto, K., & Kan, H. (2022). Numerical estimation of maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis from storm-derived boulders. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 579, [117354]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117354
Numerical estimation of maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis from storm-derived boulders. / Minamidate, Kenta; Goto, Kazuhisa; Kan, Hironobu.
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 579, 117354, 01.02.2022.
Minamidate, K, Goto, K & Kan, H 2022, 'Numerical estimation of maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis from storm-derived boulders', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 579, 117354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117354
Minamidate K, Goto K, Kan H. Numerical estimation of maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis from storm-derived boulders. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2022 Feb 1;579:117354. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117354
Minamidate, Kenta ; Goto, Kazuhisa ; Kan, Hironobu. / Numerical estimation of maximum possible sizes of paleo-earthquakes and tsunamis from storm-derived boulders. In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2022 ; Vol. 579.
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Q: IBM Notes FTSearch: searching multi-value number fields Is it possible to do a full-text search in Notes (LotusScript or Java, or simply in the search bar) using a number field containing multiple values? E.g.
field xyz > 1000 and field xyz < 2000

so that any of the available values is used for the test?
What we see here is that documents with multiple values in the field xyz are just excluded from the results. Only documents with a single value field xyz are shown.
Can it be done, or is it just impossible?
Thanks for your help.

A: I don't think full-text search will work in your situation. Maybe you can try ordinary search and put results in a folder.
Dim s As New NotesSession
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim collection As NotesDocumentCollection
Dim query As String

Set db = s.Currentdatabase

query = { Field1 > 1000 & Field1 < 2000 }
Set collection = db.Search(query, Nothing, 0)

MsgBox "Documents found: " & collection.Count

Call collection.PutAllInFolder( "MyFolderWithResults" )

Instead of putting collection in a folder you can also perform full-text search on the resulting collection collection.FTSearch.

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Posts Tagged Ashley Tufts
American Express fires recruiting scam merchant "7F"
After realizing they'd been ripped off for thousands of dollars by phony recruiters when they used their American Express cards to pay for "services," Cate Bruner and John Rice (not their real names) found an active discussion about SevenFigureCareers (a.k.a. 7F) on this website.
Rice learned the 7F lawyer who had threatened him into silence was bogus. Bruner learned the private equity partners she had interviewed with were frauds.
Other readers who had been solicited and scammed by 7F recruiters shared their experiences, as well as documents, phone numbers, voice mails and e-mails they'd saved. Crowd-sourced evidence was quickly gathered in the community and late last week American Express fired the recruiting scam merchant — SevenFigureCareers.
"We did our own research based on some of the things you highlighted," said American Express spokesperson Ashley Tufts. "We have cancelled the merchant."
UPDATE : Sometime today, Oct. 12, 2016, the SevenFigureCareers.com website went dark.
Readers have reported the firm is doing business on Facebook and at Manta:
https://www.facebook.com/ArthurFrench.SevenFiguresCareerS/
http://www.manta.com/c/mx6hngr/sevenfigurecareers
American Express fires SevenFigureCareers
When I contacted American Express, the credit card company immediately put its fraud team on the matter. Within a matter of days, it took action.
"We always want to do what's best for our card members," Tufts told me, "and one of our policies is that if it's a fraudulent charge our card members aren't liable for that."
She could not comment on exactly what AmEx found when it researched SevenFigureCareers, but said, "We did determine that we wanted to cancel the relationship. They will no longer be able to accept American Express cards. They're no longer a merchant."
What to do if you got scammed by 7F
7F uses so many business names that I gave up trying to track them all down. Most are permutations and abbreviations of Seven, 7, figure, and careers. The scam usually starts with an e-mail from Tony French or Art French. For more details, see 7F: Anatomy of A Recruiting Scam.
"If a Card Member has questions about their purchases with this merchant, they should call the number on the back of their Card," advised Tufts.
So how did 7F slip by?
7F victim John Rice said he put aside his misgivings about signing a contract with 7F when he saw the big American Express Partner logo on 7F's website: "It gave me the confidence to do business with them, because I figured I could get my money back if anything went wrong." And boy, did it go wrong.
"They promised interviews for six- and seven-figure jobs," said Rice, "but delivered short phone calls with illiterate phonies."
Rice filed disputes with AmEx, but didn't get anywhere. "They said, 'I'm sorry,' and I was out $2,500, but I learned a lesson."
But it seems credit card fraud — whether it's AmEx, VISA or MasterCard — usually pertains to unauthorized charges being made on your card, or to merchants not delivering what was promised. It seems the credit card companies have a harder time identifying phony merchants.
I asked American Express a few questions
1. How does AmEx verify that a merchant is legitimate before authorizing it to collect payments?
"We have a number of steps we go through when signing up a merchant to accept American Express, including reviewing both information provided by the merchant and information from external sources. We also require that merchants abide by applicable laws and regulations. After account set-up, we provide ongoing monitoring of merchant accounts."
2. What is AmEx's process for investigating and issuing refunds?
"Customers can contact us any time they have a concern about a charge on their American Express Card. Whether it's a charge they don't recognize, a service that wasn't delivered by the merchant or any other reason for a billing inquiry, we are happy to investigate, taking into account both the Card Member and merchant perspectives."
But giving up is not the answer if a credit card company rejects your dispute. It's up to you to provide additional information — and that's what happened here. Loads of people helped crowd-source evidence about SevenFigureCareers.
"We may investigate an inquiry further," said Tufts, "if a Card Member or merchant provides new or additional information after we review the initial supporting documentation regarding a disputed charge. Based on the investigation, American Express will determine if the Card Member is eligible for a refund."
3. Doesn't this kind of thing hurt American Express's reputation?
"American Express maintains the right to…terminate Card acceptance with merchants that may be harmful to our brand, are illegal or high-risk."
I judge people and businesses by whether they deliver. American Express jumped on this when I brought it to their attention. Tufts did exactly what she said she'd do, and followed up with me several times by phone and e-mail, when she said she would.
I'll be happy when I learn John Rice and Cate Bruner have gotten their $2,500 back. I'll be impressed when I learn American Express has contacted all card holders who lost money to a merchant that AmEx now knows has been operating illegally and fleecing card holders. To me, that's what brand means.
Will anyone get a refund?
American Express made it clear to me that's between AmEx and its card holders. Tufts could not disclose to me whether refunds will be issued — the card holders will be contacted directly.
To avoid fraudulent transactions, consumers can visit AmEx's Security Center to learn more about steps they can take to protect themselves from fraud. It seems we're all a bit too trusting when we buy stuff — but there's no assurance that using a credit card will protect you from phony vendors. So check the link and think!
Meanwhile, if you got scammed by SevenFigureCareers, don't let it slide — this is your chance to try to get your money back again. If you succeed, please let me know.
7F vs. AmEx, MasterCard, VISA
I asked Tufts whether, as a result of identifying a scammer merchant, American Express will notify MasterCard and VISA.
"Yes," she wrote me. "We may report a business name and the name of their principals to the MATCH™ (Member Alert to Control High Risk Merchants) listing maintained by MasterCard."
It's ironic — I reported in another article that Art French touts 7F's cool new technology of the same name!
"7F has developed an automated MATCH technology platform, a different approach to executive recruiting which gives us a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace."
It's poetic justice: MATCH™ is being deployed against a phony MATCH. We'll see which works better — the one that rips people off, or the one that stops fraud.
Company brand & community responsibility
Where does this episode end? With a few people getting their money back? With a phony merchant losing its ability to collect payments using credit card accounts?
If the merchant is operating illegally, this ends when the merchant gets hauled before the authorities, goes to court, is tried, fined and goes to jail. I believe that's AmEx's responsibility — and VISA's and MasterCard's — to the community it serves and does business with.
If all a credit card company does is cut off a crooked merchant's account — that's not responsible community behavior. And it's not a smart brand strategy.
Community responsibility means:
Taking legal action against scofflaws to protect the community and the company's brand.
Notifying all AmEx card holders who've been scammed by SevenFigureCareers — whether last month, last year, or two or more years ago — that their money was taken illegally.
Using all legal means to get all victims their money back.
I realize AmEx can't disclose its legal matters. But if the company files charges against SevenFigureCareers, that's a matter of public record, so AmEx should make its actions public.
A company's brand is defined by how it treats its community.
Only American Express has all the evidence and information necessary to prosecute SevenFigureCareers. Will it protect its brand by protecting its community?
How did we bust SevenFigureCareers?
It's important to understand what kind of crowd-sourced information led to this consumer win. I'll lay it out in the next Ask The Headhunter newsletter and here on the website: WWEJSS: How does a fake recruiting firm get a credit card merchant account?
Thanks to members of this community for looking out for one another, and thank you to American Express for its timely action.
Sign up for the newsletter if you don't already get it — it's free, it's weekly, it arrives in your e-mail, and it's loaded with answers to daunting job-search challenges real people face, in a Q&A format.
Then join us here for the post mortem to learn how to recognize recruiting and career scams — including funky contracts and con artists. There's lots more to this story!


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Why Limerick?
16 Oct Gardens building a wonderful 'Open House'
Posted at 08:19h in Gardens by admin1
'Architecture is Story' was the engaging strapline for Open House Limerick 2017 and a special chapter unfolded at our Gardens International Office for those who took time to explore the city's many wonderfully designed buildings and monuments over this special weekend.
With visitor numbers having to be restricted due to it being an active construction site, it was no surprise that the three daily tours were oversubscribed for this gem of Limerick architecture on Henry Street.
Built in 1808, at the height of the Georgian era, the stunning building formed part of merchant and banker William Roche's rooftop 'Hanging Gardens'.
Underneath the Gardens, which were unique in an Irish or UK context at the time, were bonded warehouses with stunning vaulted arches that are still standing today and will be impeccably preserved as part of the transformation of the old building into an international standard, 100,000 sq ft Leed Gold certified office block capable of accommodating 800 employees.
Limerick Twenty Thirty has painstakingly planned to merge the old with the new at this captivating site. When completed in Q3 of next year, the site will embark on another proud chapter, retaining all the old character yet, in doing that, still facing very much into the future.
Visitors to the site for Open House Limerick 2017 were given an overview of Limerick Twenty Thirty's wider plans by Project Manager Aidan Malone, while site architect Louise Cotter took the tour groups through the remarkable history of the old building and plans for its future.
Said Louise Cotter: "This stunning building is one of the most fascinating fragments of Limerick's history. It was a bonded warehouse for storing goods like tobacco, whiskey, wine, etc. Its owner William Roche, who had set up a bank on O'Connell Street, stored the goods for people until duty was paid and he earned quote a lot of revenue from it.
"He then built beautiful hanging gardens on top of the structure. They were unique what were then the 'British Isles' and there are stories about pineapples, banana trees, green houses with mangoes and all sorts of exotic fruits. It really must have been an incredible sight."
She explained that much of the famous gardens were destroyed in the next century and replaced by a courtyard complex of buildings, which were in use for the General Post Office (GPO).
Some of the complex was partially demolished for an office development in the early 2000s which was part developed but languished uncompleted for seven years. That was until Limerick City and County Council purchased the site and established Limerick Twenty Thirty to develop it and other key strategic properties in Limerick to bring the ongoing economic resurgence here to a new level.
As for the merging of old and new at the stunning Henry Street property, the lead architect said: "What we are developing here is quite an interesting mosaic of old and knew and that's what's fascinating about the project for us as architects. We have a combination of old historic structures which need to be restored appropriately and new uses found for them alongside the frame of a recent structure that is part built.
"By the time it is finished, we will have a state of the art office building. Limerick City and County Council also purchased the corner site next store, No. 19, on Henry Street, so that will be a brand new building. All of these discreet elements will be linked by a two-storey foyer clad in bright white marble. One of the keys to a successful workplace is daylight and having sustainable structures that make the best use of energy. We will make good use of the roof gardens and will have a new garden on the roof which will make for a very interesting workplace. As well as working with the sustainable principals of the project, we will also be providing good amenities for the workers who will be coming into this building day by day.
"It's quite unique. When you think of the mix of structures from different ages. It's very interesting for us as it's all about repairing cities, making new spaces in the heart of cities and not about demolishing everything and starting from scratch or moving to new, green-field sites. I think that is what is so fascinating about it as its delving into the history of Limerick city and recovering something of what was happening in that time. The Georgian era was Limerick's heyday, if you like, and we are discovering the beauty of that time. I'm hoping they people who come to work here will feel a sense of belonging to the city and its history, no matter where they come from. They will have a snapshot of what the place used to be and what it can become."
The letting agent for this historic property is John Buckley, Cushman & Wakefield. john.buckley@cushwake.ie
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STRATEGIES FOR DIGITAL VALUE CREATION
BIG DATA ANALYTICS TO UNDERSTAND YOUR FANS
ABOUT USkamikaze2019-06-19T12:34:17+00:00
THE PIVOT SPORT TEAM
Teresa AguilarCEO
Teresa is CEO of Pivot Sport.
She has more than 15 years experience in advisory and management consulting, and was involved in other ventures in advisory and digital marketing prior to Pivot Sport.
Teresa holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She loves fitness, skiing and is passionate about women in sport.
Rachel JonesAssociate Director
Rachel is an Associate Director, focusing on commercial operations and finance.
Prior to joining Pivot Sport, Rachel was head of finance and operations for a technology company based across the UK, Finland and Singapore. Previously, she worked at PwC in the London advisory business and Singapore's M&A practice.
Rachel holds an MA in Modern History from the University of Oxford and is a qualified member of the ICAEW.
She enjoys running, skiing and diving.
Atul KailaCTO
Atul is the Chief Technology Officer and Big Data Architect.
He has over 15 years of experience in banking, insurance and retail projects in the areas of Business Intelligence (BI) / Data Warehousing (DW) projects and software development.
Atul has extensively worked on more than 10 complete project lifecycles following the typical SDLC process (Plan, design, development and support).
His favourite sports are Formula 1, Football and Cricket.
John GoodyearDirector, Client Services
John is the Director of Client Services.
He has experience in applying big data analytics technology to real client business issues, and solving them from both a conceptual perspective as well as a data analysis one.
Before joining Pivot Sport, John worked for L.E.K. Consulting across a broad range of industries. He studied Mechanical Engineering (MEng) at the University of Bath, including work placements at Dyson and McLaren Racing.
Passionate about sports, he is a keen football player, supporter of Hull City, skier and Formula 1 fan.
Christina PomboExecutive Assistant
Christina is a professional Executive Assistant, with extensive experience in the education sector, specialising in international and qualification development relations and the travel industry.
In her experience, she has supported a range of Senior Managers and Executive Directors across various industries.
Christina has a Joint BA(Hons) in European Studies and Spanish from London Metropolitan University.
Christina practises yoga, enjoys running and plays badminton.
Nacho RiosNon-Executive Director
Nacho is a Non-Executive Director and has more than 20 years of experience in consulting, focusing on media, telecommunications and infrastructure.
Prior to joining Pivot Sport, Nacho was a Senior Partner for 5 years at Bain & Company in Spain, where he lead the Iberia Industrial Goods and Services (IGS) and EMEA Infrastructure Practices. Prior to this, he was a Senior Partner at Monitor Group, where he worked for 16 years in the TMT practice.
Nacho holds an MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering.
Nacho is based in Madrid and practices golf, snowboarding, swimming and is passionate about football.
Richard StylesSenior Commercial Advisor
Richard is a Senior Commercial Advisor and has over 25 years of experience in the technology and sports industries. He played a key role in the huge success of Morse Group, which became 3i's most successful ever investment, selling his stake in the business in 1998 as part of a secondary MBO. He also founded Kitbag.com, an e-commerce business, which was successfully sold in 2006 at a time when the sector was in the aftermath of the dot com crash. Richard has recently transition out of his role as Chairman of Pulse Films, where he played a leading role in growing the company's turnover from £2.5m in 2008 to £29m in 2014.
Paul VaughanSenior Commercial Advisor
Paul is a Senior Commercial Advisor and has over 35 years of experience in the sport and leisure marketing industry.
Throughout his career, he has founded and co-lead multiple leading rights holders and marketing agencies, providing strategic advise at launching and developing successful live consumer engagement initiatives, such as The Stella Artois Grass Court Championships, The Heineken European Cup and The Whitbread Round the World Race.
Rachel is an Associate Director at Pivot Sport, focusing on commercial operations and finance.
Atul KailaBig Data Solutions Architect
Atul is Big Data Architect at Pivot Sport.
Extensively worked on more than 10 complete project lifecycles following the typical SDLC process (Plan, design, development and support).
John GoodyearSenior Consultant
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I came home tonight to find that my Internet connection had crapped out, but that's not what this post is about. This post is about how Billion – that is, the company rather than the oft-misused numerical value – software engineers are perhaps not the sharpest tools in the box.
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That's the DDNS service complaining that things might go wrong if it doesn't know the current time – followed by the NTP service updating to the current time. Apparently making those two things run the other way around is too logical.
Google has unveiled a new addition to the Google Maps for Mobile fold: Latitude. Basically, it's a service which tracks your location – or, technically, the location of your 'phone – and tells your friends where you are. Obviously, you can see your friends' locations too.
It's pretty snazzy, and integrates well with the Google Maps interface. You've also got the option of running it as a background task in order to keep your location completely up to date: although this functionality only triggers every few minutes and doesn't keep a packet data connection open it slaughters the battery – I'm down to half charge on my N95 8GB after a single day's use, although to be fair I've been fiddling with Google Maps in general a lot too.
There are slightly creepy, Orwellian overtones to the whole thing – and anyone who thinks Google is probably an NSA shadow op will be putting their tinfoil hats on as we speak – but it's also bloody good fun. I've got a bunch of friends from work added already, and when the iPhone version comes out I'll be adding some more.
Whether it'll end up being anything other than a brief novelty – and how long I keep sacrificing battery life for the ability to tell people where I am at any given moment – remains to be seen.
Turns out that Microsoft have blocked the version of the protocol Pidgin's MSN plugin uses to communicate with their servers. While this is bound to be fixed in an updated version of Pidgin soon, I got impatient and fixed it myself.
To sort this error out, simply install the MSN Pecan plugin and restart Pidgin. If you edit your accounts, you'll see a new option for account type – WLM. Choose that instead of MSN and it'll start working again.
MSN Pecan is available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS and is fully open source – albeit unsupported by the main Pidgin developers.
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Air & missile defense forces must keep pace with evolving threats
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Increased interoperability and improved data sharing with international partners are key goals of U.S. Air and Missile Defense, or ADM, especially in the Pacific and U.S. Central Command theaters, said ADM force leaders."Today we have air and missile defense forces in nine countries, four combatant command areas of responsibilities," said Col. Clement Coward, deputy commander of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, speaking at an Association of the United States Army Hot Topic forum in Arlington, Va.U.S. Army Patriot missile units have been deployed or forward stationed for 22 of the last 25 years, Coward said."On any given day, nearly half of the Army's Patriot batteries are outside the continental United States," Coward said.Adding, "We've also begun forward deploying THAAD [Terminal High Altitude Area Defense] batteries while we continue to grow the THAAD force."However, we are rapidly approaching an inflection point where we face the risk of breaking our AMD force."At the current tempo of forward deployments, not only is equipment likely to fail more frequently, Coward said, "[but] critical modernization efforts" could be delayed, possibly hindering the force from keeping pace with evolving threats.Since uncertainty in the global security environment is unlikely to reduce the demand for AMD forces, Coward said security cooperation initiatives with allies can serve several purposes."Ongoing theater security cooperation initiatives can help lessen the demand on U.S. Patriot forces, reduce the risk to our forces while setting the conditions to increase our AMD partner capabilities."The U.S. Air and Missile Defense partnership with the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC, achieves several objectives, including enhancing interoperability, Coward said.The GCC includes the member nations of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.However, the "largest gap" in improving interoperability is data sharing, Coward said, noting that policies and procedures need to be implemented to facilitate digital data sharing."Capacity building can reduce reliance on U.S. Army AMD forces in the region, while interoperability deters potential regional adversaries that may desire to employ theater missile and unmanned aerial system technologies to sow instability in the region," Coward said.Despite daily interaction with international partners, "we still have a way to go to achieve reduced reliance on U.S. AMD forces," Coward said.Col. Robert Lyons, deputy commander of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, said building partner capacity and theater security cooperation are key focus areas for the 94th in the Pacific theater."We've worked hard to gain commonality in the way we fight," Lyons said."From a PACOM [Pacific Command] perspective, AMD forces can provide a very tangible deterrent effect in the theater and they're very helpful in stabilizing the theater," Lyons said.Col. Kelly Spillane, deputy commander of Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, said "the expanding threat set" coupled with the need to reset and modernize U.S. forces will necessitate greater dependence on allies and partners.
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Following similar bans recently passed in Los Angeles and San Francisco, a proposed bill that would ban the sale of fur within New York City limits will soon be voted on—and it needs your support! This bill, cosponsored by council members from across the city, would protect animals exploited in the fur trade, the majority of whom spend their lives in cramped cages before they're beaten, gassed, or electrocuted; their necks are broken; or they're skinned alive. Animals trapped in the wild suffer, too—sometimes languishing for days in excruciating pain before trappers return to bludgeon, strangle, or shoot them to death.
A citywide ban on fur sales would protect consumers, too: As fur has changed from a status symbol to a social liability, dozens of retailers have been caught selling real dog and cat fur from China labeled as faux fur. Consumer fraud has become so widespread that a straightforward fur ban is the only way to get to the root cause of such unlawful and unethical behavior.
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Dear Council Member, As a constituent of New York City and your district, I am appalled by the cruelty endured by animals in the fur industry and urge you to support the commonsense proposed legislation Intro 1476, which would ban the sale of fur citywide. The majority of animals exploited for their fur spend their lives inside cramped cages before they're beaten, gassed, or anally or vaginally electrocuted; their necks are broken; or they're skinned alive. Animals trapped in the wild (such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats) suffer, too—sometimes languishing for days in excruciating pain before trappers return to bludgeon, strangle, or shoot them to death. Mother coyotes with cubs waiting for them to return have been known to chew off their own legs in an attempt to escape. It's clear that cruelty to animals has no place in a civilized society. Major U.S. cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco have already banned the sale of fur in their jurisdictions, and hundreds of fashion houses—such as Versace, Chanel, Gucci, Donna Karan, and Burberry—have shunned fur in favor of innovative and luxurious faux-fur materials that spare millions of animals intense suffering and a violent death. There's so much suffering in the world beyond our control—it's up to us to eliminate whatever cruelty we can, especially when it's for something as unnecessary as fur pelts and trim. Please cosponsor Intro 1476 and help make fur a relic of the past in New York City.


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Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone DVD Review
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone DVD (2013)
Harry Potter... arrives with a 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer (a separate release with a 4:3 transfer is also available). It certainly makes the most of the film's vibrant colour scheme with nary a trace of dot crawl or grain in evidence. However, there is some obvious ringing and edge enhancement in a number of brighter sequences, which stops the disc receiving a perfect score.
The film's Dolby Digital 5.1 EX mix does pretty much everything you'd expect of it. Dialogue is pinned to the centre speakers, while the surrounds come in for plenty of ambient use throughout. Things pick up substantially during the Quidditch match and the climactic showdown with some appropriate bass extension and masses of action across the rear speakers.
This two-disc set includes what initially appears to be a respectable collection of extras. These include: interviews with the director and producer; visits to Snape's, McGonagall's and Flitwick's classrooms; an opportunity to watch scenes from the film in eight different languages; interactive tours of Hogwarts and Diagon Alley; a guide to Quidditch including an interactive game; character guides; and DVD-ROM material such as weblinks, further games, personalised owl mail, screensavers and more.
Sadly, this is really a case of quantity over quality. There's no denying that a lot of the material here is fairly cutting edge, with the interactive guides taking you through almost all of the locations used in the film. But in reality these are little more than very attractive animated slideshows narrated by Jim Dale with very few interactive options other than being able to move around within a 3D recreation of the locations. These interactive elements more often than not turn out to be little more than clips from the film, which fans will already be familiar with. Even young children (who the disc is undoubtedly aimed at) will soon become bored with what's available as there is actually very little substance or replay value to anything. The only two additional features that will appeal to adult consumers in any way at all, will be the two interviews and the seven deleted scenes. However as access to the latter requires users to go through all of the other interactive elements looking for clues to find them, many will probably become bored and give up trying (go to page 8 to cheat). This issue also adds to the problem with the disc for children; for a reward for going through the disc they are presented with some deleted scenes, surely they would prefer to have a teaser trailer for the second film?
As a final point, we'd just like to tell anyone who claims that we are being churlish and that the title is made for children and all they want is games to take a look at what Buena Vista does with its two-disc sets for all the animated Disney DVDs. They prove that there is plenty of opportunity for a package that provides lots of quality supplementary material for everyone.This pack will sell regardless of what we say, and the transfer is fine, but as a two-disc set it is something of a bust.


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Halloween can be a festive and fun time for children and families. But for pets? Let's face it, it can be a nightmare. Skip the stress and keep your pets safe this year by following these 10 easy tips.
1. Trick-or-treat candies are not for pets.
All forms of chocolate—especially baking or dark chocolate—can be dangerous, even lethal, for dogs and cats. Symptoms of chocolate poisoning may include vomiting, diarrhea, rapid breathing, increased heart rate, and seizures. Halloween candies containing the artificial sweetener xylitol can also be poisonous to dogs. Even small amounts of xylitol can cause a sudden drop in blood sugar and subsequent loss of coordination and seizures. "Xylitol ingestion can also cause liver failure in dogs, even if they don't develop symptoms associated with low blood sugar," adds Dr. Jennifer Coates, veterinary advisor with petMD. And while xylitol toxicity in cats has yet to be established, it's better to be safe than sorry.
2. Don't leave pets out in the yard on Halloween.
Vicious pranksters have been known to tease, injure, steal, and even kill pets on Halloween night. Inexcusable? Yes! But preventable nonetheless. Black cats are especially at risk from pranks or other cruelty-related incidents. In fact, many shelters do not adopt out black cats during the month of October as a safety precaution. Make sure your black cats are safely housed indoors around Halloween.
3. Keep pets confined and away from the door.
Indoors is certainly better than outdoors on Halloween, but your door will be constantly opening and closing, and strangers will be on your doorstep dressed in unusual costumes. This, of course, can be scary for our furry friends, which can result in escape attempts or unexpected aggression. Putting your dog or cat in a secure crate or room away from the front door will reduce stress and prevent them from darting outside into the night…a night when no one wants to be searching for a lost loved one.
4. Keep glow sticks away from pets.
5. Keep Halloween plants such as pumpkins and corn out of reach.


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Almost all of are here (in the United States) because of immigration. Whether it was you, your parents, your grandparents, or a passenger on The Mayflower, someone in your family decided that he or she wanted a better life and left a lot behind to come here. How long you've been here doesn't really matter. What does matter is what you're going to do while you're here; however, being new to the country brings a lot of challenge. Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians is a Philadelphia, PA based non-profit that "connects newly arrived individuals from around the world with the economic opportunities that they need to succeed." The Center has been around for a decade now, and in that time they've helped more than 8,000 people from well over 100 countries.
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There's always someone who knows more than you. Instead of seeing them as competition try to work with that person.
Blog coach Jonathan Milligan has a group on the 48days.net network called Blogging Your Passion where he dispenses a lot of free advice about blogging. If you want to learn how to blog better then take advantage of his blog coaching there. If you want some one on one time then I suggest you go there and sign up for a time with him. As of the posting of this he's still got some time slots open. Will he try to sell you some further blog coaching? Maybe. Is he worth every penny if you ever do give him one? Yes.
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Lost engagement ring returned to couple on Christmas more than 20 years after it was flushed down the toilet
Posted by Carlos Garcia | Dec 29, 2022 | The Blaze | 0 |
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A couple got a shocking surprise on Christmas morning when they opened a present and found an engagement ring that had been flushed down the toilet more than 20 years ago.
Shaina Day and her husband Nick Day of Lakeland, Florida, told their story to WTVT-TV.
Shaina described how she had accidentally lost the ring two decades ago while living with her then-fiancé at his parents' home.
"I'd taken my ring off. It was sitting on the counter, so when I sopped up the water, I guess I didn't pay attention very well snagged my ring in the process and tossed it in the toilet and flushed it," she said.
They went so far as to look for the ring in the house's septic system.
"I climbed down into the septic tank with a hose that I had to suck up everything that was down there, and I pumped it through a hose over a screen, a window screen into a 55 gallon drum," Shaina explained.
That effort proved fruitless and they gave up hope.
Years later, the parents said they made a stunning discovery while renovating the bathroom. Apparently the ring had been stuck in the toilet that entire time. A plumber set the toilet into their bathtub to drain out the water inside and out popped the missing ring.
The parents placed the engagement ring in a small ceramic toilet and wrapped it for their gift to open on Christmas morning.
They recorded a reaction video of the couple opening the present.
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The diamond was still intact on the ring, which was thoroughly cleaned.
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"It brought tears to both our eyes," he concluded.
Here's a local news report about the flushed ring:
Flushed engagement ring returned after 20 yearswww.youtube.com
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Intel Inspector General suggested whistleblower had concerns about multiple actions
The intelligence community inspector general suggested to the House Intelligence Committee Thursday that the controversial whistleblower complaint , which is at the center of a dispute between the director of national intelligence and Congress, raised concerns about multiple actions but would not say if those instances involved President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the closed-door briefing told CNN.
One source said that Inspector General Michael Atkinson referenced "a sequence of events" and "alleged actions" that took place. However, another source disputed that the IG provided substantive details regarding the whistleblower claim. The whistleblower's complaint deals at least in part with Ukraine, The New York Times and Washington Post reported Thursday night.
CNN had earlier reported, citing a source familiar with the case, that the complaint was prompted by concerns over communications between the President and a foreign leader. The alleged whistleblower didn't have direct knowledge of the communications that partly prompted the complaint to the inspector general, an official briefed on the matter told CNN on Thursday. Instead, the whistleblower's concerns came in part from learning information that was not obtained during the course of their work, and those details have played a role in the administration's determination that the complaint didn't fit the reporting requirements under the intelligence whistleblower law, the official said.
The whistleblower's attorney, Andrew Bakaj, had no comment when asked about the claim that the individual did not have direct knowledge of the communication in question. When asked if the complaint deals with Ukraine, Bakaj again had no comment.
A source close to the whistleblower's legal team pushed back strongly against the assertion that the intelligence Community's Inspector General would accept "third-hand disclosures" and that what the official "outlined about lack of personal knowledge and not within their course of work seems like the beginning of a smear by those trying to discredit the whistleblower."
Atkinson was pressed for details but was mostly resistant to the queries during Thursday's briefing, saying he is not allowed to provide details of the substance of the complaint because he was not authorized to do so, the sources said.
The New York Times was first to report there was more than one action at the heart of the whistleblower complaint.
Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told reporters following the briefing that Atkinson told the committee that he was not allowed to provide details related to the substance of the complaint nor say whether the White House was involved in denying its release to Congress, because he was not authorized to do so, said , when speaking to reporters after the briefing.
White House involvement
CNN reported Thursday that the White House was involved , advising the nation's top intelligence agency that the controversial complaint is outside intelligence activities covered by laws governing intelligence whistleblowers, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Atkinson would only discuss the process for his handling of the whistleblower's concerns, Schiff said. Lawmakers pressed for details nonetheless, though their efforts ultimately went unanswered.
That process was sharply criticized by Democrats, including Schiff, who said that his committee may take legal action if the complaint isn't turned over to Congress.
Rep. Mike Quigley, a Democrat on the committee, attacked the Justice Department and Attorney General Bill Barr for their involvement .
"In their mind it's to protect the President. And it doesn't matter if that violates the laws," he said.
Asked if lawmakers were told the Justice Department intervened in the process, Quigley answered: "The Department of Justice Opinions."
Quigley also added that "there's a lot more we have to learn."
The briefing was described in advance by Schiff as focusing on the "handling" of the complaint.
The Senate Intelligence Committee will also be briefed by Atkinson and acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire behind closed doors next week, a spokesperson told CNN Thursday, noting an exact date has not yet been selected.
Senate intelligence committee chairman, Republican Sen. Richard Burr and vice chairman Sen. Mark Warner, have been has been working with both officials and Warner has been significantly less outspoken about the complaint than Schiff, but the Senate spokesperson told CNN that the two men have been engaged in a bipartisan effort to ensure the situation is resolved and that the whistleblower's rights are protected, adding these cases should not be negotiated in the press.
The inspector general does not have the authority to discuss the details of the complaint with Congress because Maguire has not shared the actual report with the committee and has apparently not otherwise authorized Atkinson to share those details.
The intelligence whistleblower act does not allow for details to be provided until the actual complaint has been given to Congress, CNN legal contributor Steve Vladeck explained.
Democrats contend the DNI is violating the law, something the office disputes.
Inspector general did not agree with decision to withhold complaint
A source familiar with Tuesday's briefing told CNN that the inspector general indicated to lawmakers that he did not agree with the administration's assertion that details in the whistleblower complaint should be withheld from Congress.
Atkinson explained that he could not disclose the details in the complaint as the Justice Department stated it was outside the jurisdiction of DNI and therefore outside of the jurisdiction of the inspector general, the source said.
He also explained that "privileges" were being asserted by the administration, leaving lawmakers with the impression that the White House was directly involved in blocking the information from being turned over to Congress.
After Tuesday's briefing, the House Intelligence Committee released a new letter from Atkinson, dated September 17, saying he had determined he and the acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire were at an impasse over the issue of whether a whistleblower could contact Congressional lawmakers directly with "appropriate security practices."
That letter was sent Schiff and Ranking Minority Devin Nunes.
A communication between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader prompted the whistleblower complaint, a source familiar with the case told CNN.
The concern was first revealed by The Washington Post, which reported that an official in the American intelligence community was so bothered by a "promise" Trump made to a foreign leader that the official filed a formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general of the intelligence community, citing two former US officials familiar with the matter. CNN has not independently confirmed the detail about a "promise" made to the foreign leader.
The source who spoke to CNN would not disclose the foreign leader with whom Trump was alleged to have spoken.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment. The White House has not responded to CNN's request for comment.
The President dismissed the reporting on Thursday morning, rhetorically asking if there is "anybody dumb enough to believe" it.
"Virtually anytime I speak on the phone to a foreign leader, I understand that there may be many people listening from various U.S. agencies, not to mention those from the other country itself. No problem!," he tweeted.
"Knowing all of this, is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially 'heavily populated' call. I would only do what is right anyway, and only do good for the USA!" Trump said.
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