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FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 8/10
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8/10/1887 three Saint Louis, Missouri firefighter died "while fighting a fire in the Bishop and Spears Peanut Warehouse at 510-512 North Second Street, a collapse occurred taking the life of three firefighters."
8/10/1930 a Manhattan, New York (FDNY) firefighter "of Ladder 3 was working on top of a thirty-five-foot ladder on the Third Avenue "EL" for a rubbish fire on the tracks (at Cooper Square & St. Marks Place, Manhattan). He was about ten feet above the tracks when a train that ignored a firefighter waving a red lantern to stop, hit the ladder. The train sideswiped the ladder, throwing him to the ground, killing him instantly."
8/10/1937 a New Haven, CT firefighter "died after suffering the effects of smoke inhalation."
8/10/2018 a Friendship, OK firefighter died "at a dwelling at the intersection of county roads 206 and 160 about a mile north of Altus, OK, SW of Oklahoma City. Firefighters arrived to find the home well involved. The cause of the fire is unknown, but the home is a total loss. Firefighters from Altus, Blair and Altus Air Force Base all operated at the fire. The firefighter was performing suppression operations on the structure fire, when during the operation, the structure collapsed pinning him under the roof of the structure."
8/10/1978, three teenage girls died after their 1973 Ford Pinto is rammed from behind by a van and burst into flames on an Indiana highway. The fatal crash was one of a series of Pinto accidents that caused a national scandal. In June, 1978 Ford voluntarily recalled all 1.9 million 1971-1976 Pintos and 1975-1976 Mercury Bobcats (which had the same fuel-tank design).
8/10/1955 a gas explosion and fire killed twenty-two and injured at least eighteen in a row of buildings on the Andover (OH) village square. The Gateway Restaurant was at the center of the disaster in the resort area of Pymatuning Lake. The restaurant and a dairy store were in a 2-story wood frame-building that disintegrated. "No one was certain what caused the explosion. Firefighters, however, speculated that accumulated gas was set off either by a bolt of lightning or a spark from electrical equipment in the basement, flooded by the heavy rains."
8/10/1924 a fire at the Old Hickory Powder Plant in Jacksonville, TN destroyed 45,000,000 pounds of explosives and 50 buildings.
8/10/1908 York, PA a roller mill boiler explosion killed eight and several injured. "The head of the boiler, about four feet square, was hurled nearly a block."
8/10/1895 twenty-two buildings were destroyed by fire in Lockport, IL
8/10/1886 Hardin, TX Hardin County Courthouse, a wood-frame structure, was destroyed by fire.
8/10/1993 a collision of three ships in Tampa Bay, FL results in a spill of 336,000 gallons of fuel oil; around 6:00 a.m. two fuel barges heading into Tampa Bay and one phosphate freighter heading out collided.

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STORY IDEAS - PAGE 2
For Adrenaline Junkies
In the Fayetteville area, adrenaline junkies can experience once-in-a-lifetime thrills. From hiking, mountain biking and running miles of trails throughout Fayetteville's many parks to climbing to new heights at indoor facilities including the Climbing Place and Triangle Rock Club, adventure activities for any fitness level are available. Thrill-seekers can also experience one of USA Today's 10 Great Ziplines at ZipQuest Waterfall and Treetop Adventure, soar to new heights at Paraclete XP SkyVenture and slide through the summertime at Fantasy Lake Waterpark. Follow the links below to explore further.
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The Climbing Place
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Cape Fear River Trail (part of the East Coast Greenway)
For more information, contact Melody Foote, Director of Communications at (910) 483-5311.
Exploring Fayetteville's Past and Present
Fayetteville is home to some of the country's most prestigious military history museums outside the Smithsonian. Paired with notable military landmarks and dedicated sites not found anywhere else, Fayetteville inspires visitors to step back in time and honor those who fought for America's freedom. Featuring hundreds of rare artifacts, the Airborne and Special Operations Museum preserves the feats of the airborne and special operations forces, while the JFK Special Warfare Museum spotlights the proud history of the US Army Special Forces units. The 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial museum maps the history of the prestigious 82nd Airborne Division. Fayetteville is also home to the NC Veteran's Park, the first state park dedicated to military veterans from all branches of service. The park incorporates many natural and architectural elements that represent the entire state. The Patriots, Past & Present Cultural Heritage Trail maps the community's military history from the Revolutionary War era to today. Follow the links below to explore further.
Airborne & Special Operations Museum
82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
JFK Special Warfare Museum
Fort Bragg's Military Monuments
Patriots, Past & Present Cultural Heritage Trail
Cumberland County's Military History
Self-Guided Tour of Fort Bragg
Natural Wonders Inspire Visitors
Showcasing the natural arts, nature-lovers can take refuge in the Fayetteville area's breathtaking landscapes and environmental wonders, including the Cape Fear Botanical Garden's more than 70 landscaped acres, the historic Fayetteville Rose Garden, Carvers Creek State Park, Cape Fear River Trail, and the Fayetteville State Planetarium. Filled with cultivated gardens, wildflowers, nature trails, numerous species of native plants and more, the botanical garden also showcases special exhibits and events. A perfect complement to the botanical garden, the Fayetteville Rose Garden is made up of more than 1000 roses creating an inspirational oasis for visitors to enjoy. In nearby Spring Lake, Carvers Creek State Park offers acres of walking trails in the rare Longleaf pine ecosystem. The area is home to many endangered species. View the historic Long Valley Farm, the winter estate of James Stillman Rockefeller. The Cape Fear River Trail, a 5.3-mile trail that runs adjacent to the Cape Fear River, is part of the East Coast Greenway. The East Coast Greenway is an urban alternative to the Appalachian Trail. After taking it all in on the ground, explore the wonders of the sky and over 2,300 stars at the Fayetteville State University Planetarium. The Patri-Arts & Gardens Cultural Heritage Trail directs visitors to Cumberland County's outdoor wonders. From land to space and beyond, visitors will revel in the Fayetteville area's natural wonders.
Cape Fear Botanical Garden
Fayetteville Rose Garden
Carvers Creek State Park
Fayetteville State Planetarium
Cape Fear River Trail
Patri-Arts & Gardens Cultural Heritage Trail
Indulge in International Cuisine
Fayetteville is home to a robust multicultural community and as such offers, unique culinary standouts outside of the state's traditionally southern-inspired specialties. Locals have infused the city with their cultural traditions which include their cuisine, allowing tourists' taste buds to span the globe without ever leaving. Far off fare including Greek, Turkish and Mediterranean specialties at Sherefe Mediterranean Grill; the best German fare at Max & Moritz Restaurant and Bakery; rustic Italian cuisine at Pierro's Italian Bistro; and authentic African plates at Taste of West Africa can be enjoyed. Discover the story of Fayetteville's culinary melting pot and learn more about how these chefs are bringing a taste of their homeland to North Carolina. The International Cuisine Trail highlights some of the finest locally-owned international establishments.
International Cuisine Trail
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Joe the Plumber turns foreign correspondent
Joe the Plumber's now got a new career. Joe's now a "journalist" and in part, Joe the journalist represents the ascendancy of infotainment over news, writes Jeff Sparrow.
You might not remember Joe the Plumber, a fellow who catapulted into history during the US election after confronting Obama about his mildly progressive taxation policy: it was, he, declared, "one step closer to socialism".
Well, Joe's now got a new career for the conservative group Pajamas Media:
Joe the Plumber has set aside his wrenches to become a rookie war correspondent, covering Israel's side of its two-week-old military offensive in Gaza.
The people of Sderot "can't do normal things day to day" like get soap in their eyes in the shower, for fear of rockets, said America's most famous plumber, who's real name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher.
"I'm sure they're taking quick showers," he said. "I know I would."
Wurzelbacher's status as a rookie was evident when he stood in front of a pile of spent rockets and said: "I have thousands of questions but I can't think of the right one."
"Why hasn't Israel acted sooner?" Wurzelbacher asked. "I know if I were a citizen here, I'd be damned upset."
He described himself as a "peaceloving man," but added, "when someone hits me, I'm going to unload on the boy. And if the rest of the world doesn't understand that, then I'm sorry."
Wurzelbacher, who underwent intense media scrutiny during the campaign, said he was enlisted to cover Israel because he's "an expert on media bias."
"I was on the short end of the stick," like Israel is now, he said.
When Wurzelbacher joined Republican Sen. John McCain on the campaign trail, he agreed with a supporter who asked if he thought "a vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Israel."
Some might complain that Joe the Plumber's not actually a journalist. But that's okay: his name's not Joe (it's Sam) and he's not a plumber, either (or, at least, he doesn't have a licence). Still, he's milked his fifteen minutes to get out a book (Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream) and explore a country music career, and now he's (why not?) on location as a reporter.
In part, Joe the journalist represents the ascendancy of infotainment over news, as the traditional model of journalism (exemplified by broadsheet newspapers) enters its prolonged death throes. But he also embodies a growing trend in contemporary conservatism, one strand of which now openly embraces ignorance and backwardness.
As Mark Lilla explains in the Wall Street Journal, the Right's decade-long Culture War against inner city elitism initially aimed to replace the so-called tenured radicals with a new breed of conservative intellectuals. But along the way, the campaign against pinko professors morphed into something a little different: a crusade against knowledge itself:
Over the next 25 years there grew up a new generation of conservative writers who cultivated none of their elders' intellectual virtues — indeed, who saw themselves as counter-intellectuals. Most are well-educated and many have attended Ivy League universities; in fact, one of the masterminds of the Palin nomination was once a Harvard professor. But their function within the conservative movement is no longer to educate and ennoble a populist political tendency, it is to defend that tendency against the supposedly monolithic and uniformly hostile educated classes.
They mock the advice of Nobel Prize-winning economists and praise the financial acumen of plumbers and builders. They ridicule ambassadors and diplomats while promoting jingoistic journalists who have never lived abroad and speak no foreign languages. And with the rise of shock radio and television, they have found a large, popular audience that eagerly absorbs their contempt for intellectual elites. They hoped to shape that audience, but the truth is that their audience has now shaped them.
There was some of this in the support for George W. Bush as a man who decided with his gut rather than, like, his brain, and there was a lot more of it in the campaign for Sarah Palin for the vice-presidency because — and not despite — of her evident lack of qualifications. Janet Albrechtsen, for instance, judged Palin the "perfect VP choice" not because she possessed any relevant experience but because she was "entertaining" and "scruffed up the Left".
Joe the Plumber represents the final destination of that particular journey: a man sent to report on Gaza entirely on the basis that he knows nothing at all about reporting and nothing at all bout Gaza. Doubtless he'll pop up soon explaining climate change in the Australian.
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I don't think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what's happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I-I think it's asinine. You know, I liked back in World War I and World War II when you'd go to the theater and you'd see your troops on, you know, the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for'em. Now everyone's got an opinion and wants to downer–and down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers. I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting. You know, war is hell. And if you're gonna sit there and say, 'Well look at this atrocity,' well you don't know the whole story behind it half the time, so I think the media should have no business in it."
– Joe the Plumber
Brian Haill
Truly, the Israeli propaganda machine is now plumbing the depths…….
Dave Liberts
Absolutely shameless effort on behalf of the right. Why can't the left get equally shameless? I'm happy to put up posters showing photos of overflowing morgues in Gaza all over Adelaide. I wonder how that would go down?
Tom McLoughlin
Now I get it, Joe is going to find the WMD – they're in Gaza. Saddam was such an evil genius after all. And there we were thinking he sold them to Liberal National Coalition for storage at Christmas Island (for a rainy day) in return for wheat contracts.
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the man is a complete waste of oxygen
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Magpie Education, a firm that aims to inspire students in STEM subjects, through its engaging, cost-effective, AI driven resource tool, has secured seed investment from the British Robotics Seed Fund (BRSF).
The investment sees Magpie Education join a portfolio of UK firms in robotics related fields, from Zoa Robotics to Botskill and Tethered Drone Systems. Funding will be used to market and develop the tool for UK schools, and expand internationally, in the future.
Magpie Education launches in Spring 2018 with plans to grab a share of the UK EdTech market, which is expected to reach £3.4 billion by 2021 and is growing 22% year on year. UK EdTech companies are predicted to grow, on average, at 29% a year, over the next two years, based on 102 startups.
Tackling low levels of interest in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics), and the shortage of skilled teachers, Magpie Education provides a platform that incorporates lesson planning, curriculum mapped activities; tailored learning journeys and training (CPD), to deliver inspiring STEM lessons. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the tool helps teachers to accurately assess students' progress to improve learning outcomes.
The simple to use resource tool enables teachers to cross over from other subject areas and teach Computer Science, which is crucial for primary schools with limited teaching resources. Pre-prepared cross-curricula lessons incorporate emerging technologies, such as robotics.
Dominic Keen, CEO of Britbots concluded: "To catch up with STEM teaching on a global scale, we need more tools like Magpie Education's. We invested as the business has a proven model in a dynamic market, with a highly capable CEO and management team with deep experience in EdTech at the helm.


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FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants Qatar to have a co-host and will present an expansion proposal at June's congress in Paris.
ESPN FC's Jeff Carlisle reports from the FIFA council meeting in Miami, which opened the door for a 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
The draw for the first phase of Asia's qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup finals featuring the continent's lowest-ranked nations was made on Wednesday, even though FIFA has yet to decide how many teams will participate in the tournament.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino continues to promote his plan to expand the tournament from 32 to 48 teams and potentially share the hosting duties originally awarded to Qatar with other nations in the Middle East.


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The original copy of the charter establishing the College of William and Mary in Virginia was apparently lost about the time of the American Revolution. The contemporary manuscript copy in the Special Collections Research Center is thought to have belonged to Sir Edmund Andros, the royal governor of the colony of Virginia at the time of the founding of William and Mary.
The most complete story of the Royal Charter of the College of William and Mary is found in Frank B. Evans' monograph on the subject published by the Botetourt Bibliographical Society in 1978. Professor Evans taught in the Department of English at the College.
Professor Evans began his article with the statement: "The story of the royal Charter granted in 1693 to found the College of William and Mary would be simpler, but less interesting, were it not for the story of a document which is lost."
The annual celebration of Charter Day at the College of William and Mary was primarily a twentieth century development that was initiated by President John Stewart Bryan in 1937.
1 Issuing of the Charter
2 Disappearance
3 Charter Day
4 The Contemporary Copy of the Charter in the Special Collections Research Center
5 Material in the Special Collections Research Center
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Issuing of the Charter
The Charter passed through 4 formal stages before being issued as a public decree. These stages, each represented by a document, were as follows:
1.	It was written in English by the office of the Treasury and all of its stipulations were detailed in this original request called The Warrant. The Warrant called for the Attorney General to incorporate all the provisions of the Charter into a document that would pass under the Great Seal of England.
2.	Under the direction of the Attorney General it was then translated into Latin and written in an italic hand on 5 large sheets. The King then signed at the top of each of those sheets. This document is known as the King's Bill.
3.	The next document which is also in Latin in an italic script is called the Writ of the Privy Seal. At the top the joint sovereigns direct the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal to make the document patent.
4.	The fourth document is the Enrollment. This copy is made onto the Patent Rolls. It is done in Latin, but in the traditional chancery hand. This is not, in fact, the final copy of the Charter, but the official copy of the record with the government. The five different versions of the Charter that we know exist today all appear to be copied from the Writ of the Privy Seal, whether they are in English or in Latin.
The only mention of the disappearance of the original charter is an extract from the Proceedings of the Faculty for March 28, 1791. This extract was written by a professor of history at William and Mary, Robert J. Morrison, who taught at the College from 1858 to 1861. The original minutes no longer exist. The extract, which is held in manuscript form at the Library of Virginia, reads as follows:
"The Society being informed by M. Bellini that the original charter of this College which is lost, was some years past seen by him in the possession of a certain Karjavina, a native of Muscovy, who declared that it was his intention to deposit the same among the archives of St. Petersburg in Russia. Resolved etc."
The granting of the charter by King William III and Queen Mary II is celebrated during the College of William and Mary's annual Charter Day festivities. The annual celebration of Charter Day at the College of William and Mary was primarily a twentieth century development that was initiated by President John Stewart Bryan in 1937.
The Contemporary Copy of the Charter in the Special Collections Research Center
This copy, which was acquired in 1977, is the oldest copy of the charter in the University Archives. The charter has also appeared in printed form including a Williamsburg edition of 1736.
In a 1978 study of the charter, Prof. Frank B. Evans speculated that perhaps Ralph Wormeley, Secretary of the colony of Virginia, made this translation from Latin into English for Governor Andros.
Charter Day exhibit, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The story of the royal charter of the College of William and Mary, Frank B. Evans, Williamsburg, Va. : Botetourt Bibliographical Society, College of William and Mary, 1978. Swem Stacks and Archives Books: Z732 .V8 B6 no.4
"Charter" and "Charter Day" files, University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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Jammu: Twelve people were killed and four more were injured on Tuesday when a passenger vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, police said.
The accident took place near the Marmat area of the hilly district, Senior Superintendent of Police, Doda, Mumtaz Ahmad . Two children were among those killed in the accident, the officer said.
The injured were rescued and admitted to hospital, he said.
Officials said the vehicle was headed for Gowa village of Marmat from Kleeni when the driver lost control while negotiating a blind curve and the vehicle fell into the gorge around 3.25 pm.
A rescue operation is underway, they said.
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For water managers, conservation organizations, water investors and other entities with an interest in more accurate, up-to-date analysis of water resources, Upstream offers a suite of technologies that are combined into an easy to use, cohesive dashboard. Upstream will also be working closely with Natel's development team to create repeatable, economically viable projects by leveraging Upstream's platform to scale Natel's Restoration Hydro framework.
Natel commissioned a new hydraulic test facility capable of continuously running hydroEngines® at full head and flow. The upgraded test facility will enhance Natel's ability to conduct performance and durability testing on full-scale machines in advance of field installations.
Natel commenced assembly of its first commercial-scale Linear Pelton hydroEngine. The unit will be subjected to durability testing on Natel's hydraulic test facility, with field installation planned for 2018.
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Attack on Titan: Junior High Season 1 2015
The story follows Eren Yeager and Mikasa Ackerman entering Titan Jr. High, a school where humans and Titans study in the same area in coexistence. Because of a "traumatic" event, where the Colossal Titan ate his lunch back in middle school, Eren hates the Titans, and is constantly trying to find a way to rid the earth of their kind. Because of this, he has a hard time making friends, much to Mikasa's worry.
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy
Stars: Yuki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Hiroshi Kamiya, Yu Kobayashi
Director: Taeko Hamauzu, Kazuhiro Arai, Hajime Isayama, Tetuya Takahashi, Midori Goto
1. Starting School! Titan Junior High School 2015-10-04
2. Chasing! Titan Junior High School 2015-10-11
3. Dodgeball! Titan Junior High School 2015-10-18
4. Cleanup! Titan Junior High School 2015-10-25
5. Studying Hard! Titan Junior High School 2015-11-01
6. Love Letter! Titan Junior High School 2015-11-08
7. Showdown! Titan Junior High School 2015-11-15
8. Spine-chiller! Titan Junior High School 2015-11-22
9. Sweet Summer! Titan Junior High School 2015-11-29
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South Park (1997)
Attack on Titan (2013)
Robot Chicken (2005)
The Transformers (1984)
Count Duckula (1988)
The Venture Bros. (2004)
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (2017)
Attack on Titan: No Regrets (2014)
Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets (2015)
Pop Team Epic (2018)
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (2018)
Steins;Gate 0 (2018)
Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017)
Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (2021)
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016)
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Ajin (2016)
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Orange (2016)
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The truth about St. Nicholas is complicated. Instead of a jolly old guy bringing presents to children, the real saint, born in the fourth century in what is now Turkey, once slapped a heretic and is said to have saved three women from a life of prostitution by dropping bags of dowry gold through their windows. The patron of Russia, he's also said to watch over travelers, sailors and children. In medieval times, mariners would greet with other with the phrase, "May St. Nicholas's hand be at the tiller." Today is his feast day, celebrated in many cultures by setting out stockings or shoes for the saint to fill with oranges or chocolate.
Indianapolis poet Terry Kirts, who this very day is masterminding the IUPUI English department's holiday party, has written a midlife poem in which he measures his own life against the saint's. In our latitude, this day is often dark, and Kirts uses the wintry feast to meditate on solitude, longing, and hospitality. Peel some of those foil-wrapped chocolate coins, and have a look.
Another dim morning, I stare into my shoes.
of peppermint, his sachet of bittersweet gold.
while the rooftops rattle with nothing but wind.
sufficient with her orange, her licorice whip.
in windows like a confessional's opaque screen.
One candle to stave off longing and one to bring it back.
burned idolaters' churches, saved the innocent three?
whisper a prayer above the oven's hot gush.
on the tiller, the twin spires of his miter thwarting the storm.
This poem appeared in Terry Kirts's To the Refrigerator Gods (Seven Kitchens Press, 2010).


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This piece is a real musical trip! Adding excitement to the choral rendition are two tenors who join in at the beginning as they ride high-flying above the choir. Reflecting the shape-note performance tradition, the composer next cleverly weaves solfege syllables into the fabric of the tunes; and in one section, we hear the distant sounds of a chain gang creating an underlay to the song. There's a whole lot happening here. Singers will love this piece.


JD: David let me talk to you about what Syria is saying. In fact, they're making a vowel to recapture the Golan Heights. They say they're going to do it by any and all means whatever it takes they're going to get the Golan Heights back. Boy that's quite a threat.
DD: It's the strongest statement we've had so far from the Syrians in actually many decades Jimmy, indicating that they do plan on military action. This was Walid Muallem the Foreign Minister speaking on Thursday. He said, "US President Trump's decision on the occupied Syrian Golan has a single affect it only enhance US isolation." He went on to say "that every inch of the occupied Syrian territories will be liberated". So they are obviously saying they're ready to go to war. He's talking about the North of Syria too that all US forces need to get out of there. Then no Turkish forces but of course Iran is still in the country and that's the main problem.
So it's a very strong statement and of course it came on the same day as Prime Minister Netanyahu was in Russia meeting with Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in Syria. He made it clear we're going to continue to go after them and we need to coordinate that with Russia. The fact that the Russians were willing to meet with him Jimmy and so quickly and of course at the top level with Vladimir Putin and then the other things that happened with the return of an Israeli solider, the other things that happened indicate that Russia at least will allow Israel to continue to act. But Syria is stating quite clearly now that they don't see it as fair game. They are going to not only attack Israel if it goes after Iranian positions but they are going to eventually attack Israel to get back the Golan Heights. So a declaration of war essentially from Syria a very important development indeed.
JD: David Dolan with the details on the Syrian threat that they will use any and all means possible to recapture the Golan Heights.
The Syrian threat made by the Syrian Foreign Minister that his nation is going to recapture the Golan Heights by any means needed is a page that is right out of the prophetic passages of God's word. Ezekiel 38, Psalm 83 and Daniel 11 reveal that a coalition of Islamic nations will endeavor to destroy the Jewish State of Israel. Daniel 11:40 says that Syria will make the first move in that military operation. It is at that time that Damascus is destroyed, that's Isaiah 17. When Syria moves to take the Golan Heights the stage will be set for Bible prophecy to be fulfilled.


This is the stuff of legend. Born to Run had been released to unanimous acclaim. Bruce and band went to the U.K., where they were hyped as the band to see—and with the stakes so high, they didn't back down. These are definitive performances. "Thunder Road" has never sounded more naked and vulnerable. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is clutch, a tight, affirmative performance that swings and punches with authority. "Spirit in the Night" slinks and unfolds like the New Jersey shoreline. The mix from Bob Clearmountain points up the band's incomparable chemistry, unlocking the magic and spotlighting the instruments while never sacrificing the wall of sound. By 1975, Springsteen had a complex web of songs with the most inventive structures imaginable. From the ethereal organ haunting the ghosts of "Lost in the Flood" or the simple piano accompaniment driving "For You" to the wistful memories of "Backstreets" and the urban sprawl of "Jungleland," Bruce and The E Street Band were never more operatic or intense.


There is only one choice – to do, or not to do?
How to do is not important and it is never important than the above question.
或者漸凍的是人心, all of us follow the PROCEDURE, but none of us believe the procedure it right. But an excuse for faults.


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This article deals with the importance of landlord insurance and the types of policies available in the market. It is the responsibility of every landlord to insure his property against unforeseen events.
Being a landlord can be a rewarding experience, both in monetary and non-monetary terms. However, he/she has to shoulder enormous responsibilities. In addition to being accountable for the regular maintenance and upkeep of the apartment/building, he has to protect himself against a number of factors that may cause damage or loss to his rental property. Since a home insurance policy is meant to protect the occupant of the house/apartment, it does not protect the landlord in case of unforeseen events. Hence, a landlords' insurance is a must in case the property is purchased with the intention of letting it out on rent.
This is one of the most basic types of insurance that covers the apartment/building and its permanent fixtures. A permanent fixture is generally identified as a physical structure that cannot be removed without inflicting damage to the building. This insurance does not cover non-permanent fixtures, like washing machines. Hence, one needs a policy that provides a comprehensive coverage.
A contents insurance is aimed at protecting articles that are stored within the apartment/building. While renting a furnished apartment, a property insurance would not suffice, since any damage to the furniture would have to be borne by the landlord. In this case, one would require a contents insurance. In case the landlord owns the entire building, it might be a good idea to opt for a contents insurance in addition to a building insurance. This will be beneficial since the lobby of every building is usually furnished.
A landlord is responsible for any injury a tenant might suffer on account of negligence on his part. The tenant, however, needs to be able to prove that the landlord fell back on regular upkeep and maintenance. This type of insurance policy covers the cost of medical bills and any other expenses that might accrue to the tenant on account of the injury sustained.
This is the most preferred form of insurance, that combines the features of building, contents, and liability insurance. Most landlords tend to opt for this policy.
Natural disasters can cause destruction of the rented property. These catastrophic events cause extensive damage. Hence, it is necessary to insure against them. Since the liability is high in these cases, the premium on such a policy is also high. These events are not covered by 'the buy to let insurance'.
Insuring against this calamity is a must if the property is located in a flood-prone area. A higher premium needs to be paid in order to avail the facility of a flood insurance.
This is an important policy for landlords who are yet to pay off the mortgage on their rented property. In the event of their untimely death, the insurance company pays off the remaining mortgage balance on the rented property.
This insurance assumes importance in case the apartment becomes inhabitable due to unforeseen events. In this case, the lost rent is covered by the insurance company.
The amount of premium on various policies is directly related to the risk. Greater risk would imply a greater premium. The premium is paid on a quarterly, monthly, or yearly basis.
The amount of coverage provided by the insurance company can be of 2 types: actual cost or replacement cost. Actual cost coverage would imply that the depreciated value of a product is deducted from the cost price while determining the amount of coverage. Replacement coverage, on the other hand, provides the ability to replace the product.
Insurance of any important investment is essential. More so in case of fixed assets like apartments, whose replacement cost is very high, and the loss incurred on damage is generally unsustainable.


The football gods are sadistic. After slowly climbing out of the depths of obscurity, the Raiders finally are contenders. Not only that but the football gods have to tease us with the possibility of a super bowl run before throwing a wrench into the machine with a cruel twist of fate. Penn's first sack allowed all season was the one that Derek Carr broke his fibula on.
Things look bleak but alas there is hope. The defense has been playing better, held the explosive Colts offense to 14 points before Carr's injury, and looks to continue their upward trend. The main concern right now is how the offense will perform without Carr at the helm. The organization seems to genuinely have a lot of confidence in Matt Mcgloin and fortunately, the burden won't be completely on his shoulders. The run game has stepped up late in the season and the offensive line is getting in sync. They aren't only adding new schemes into the mix, they are making adjustments, correcting each other mistakes, but most importantly they are working together as a unit.
The Raider run game have been good all season, but with all of the talent on the line they were underachieving. The only offensive line that could rival the Raiders individual talents are the Dallas Cowboys, yet the Raiders spent the middle season outside of the top five in rushing. They would hit big plays, but could not consistently get efficient runs. On any given run play, two or three players would dominate but someone would miss a block which would lead to no gain or negative yardage. The Raiders seem to be getting in sync though, averaging 157 yards per game in the last four games.
The big gains on the ground are now coming in bunches and a large part of that has to do with how comfortable the offensive line is becoming with the scheme and each other. When they could play fast without thinking, there is no stopping this line.
The Raiders have not had much of an outside run game to compliment their punishing inside zone game, but against the Colts, they ran the sweep to perfection. In the second quarter, they ran they play three times in a row, each time with different adjustments, to get into scoring position.
The first time the Raiders ran the play, Carr saw the front and checked into the play. Mcgloin has a reputation as a tireless worker and student of the game, so hopefully he would be cognizant enough to make the same types of checks. The sweep play involves the center and guard pulling outside and getting to second level, while the rest of the line would pin or reach depending on the defensive alignment.
The sweep is to the left. Left tackle, Donald Penn, is supposed to reach the defensive end for the pullers and running backs to get outside of him, but he sees that the end is lined up to wide for a reach, so instead he wisely kicks him out to create a gapping hole. The pulling center, Rodney Hudson, sees this and goes into the hole Penn created and instead of going outside. Osemele who is supposed to pin the defensive tackle misses his block (a rare occurrence) but the pulling guard, Gabe Jackson gives him an assist by over taking his block instead of getting to the second level. The hole created is so big that even though Jackson didn't get to the backside linebacker, running back, Jalen Richard, is able to squirt through for a nice gain.
On the next play, the Colts are in the same look, so Carr figures to check into the play again.
I wouldn't be surprised if Osemele thanked Jackson for the assist on the last play, but told him, "Now, I got this!" because instead of pulling around, Jackson takes a downfield cutoff angle to block the backside linebacker. Osemele makes his block, Jackson gets to the second level, and Watson is able to make a difficult block on the backside to spring Richard for another nice gain.
For the third play in the row, the Raiders would run a sweep this time they run it to the right to the strong side (tight end side).
Tight end, Clive Walford, who is making big strides in the run game, makes an excellent reach block on the defensive end. Jackson gets outside of him and to the second level, while Hudson takes the cut off angle to the backside linebacker. The key block is Osemele on the one technique defensive tackle. This is extremely difficult because the Tackle is lined up closer to the play side than Osemele is, but he is not only able to get in front of the tackle, he is able to turn him into the opposite direction, which creates yet another clean lane for Richard to run through.
The Raiders lined up with a tight end, extra offensive lineman (Jon Feliciano), and wide receiver (Andre Holmes) all next to the line, to the left of the screen. The adjustment is that Feliciano would kick out the end, while Holmes would fold inside of him and act like a lead block right into the hole. The offensive line all step to the right of the screen, which influences the linebackers to that way, leaving a gap to the left. The only defender there is the safety (32), who Holmes lays a devastating block on, to spring Washington for a wide open touchdown.
Little adjustments and creativity like this are going to be key down the stretch, as Mcgloin and the offense are surely going to see extra defenders in the box.
Last week, I talked about how the Raiders are running more of the "power" concept which makes a lot of sense because the Raiders have maulers upfront. They continued to run power with success this week, which is a good sign moving forwards.
One thing to note is that not only is the line getting in sync with the run game, the tight ends and wide receivers are as well. On the play side of the play, Walford, Roberts, and Crabtree all make key blocks on the frontside.
It's one thing to run a lot of concepts, but quite another to run them all well. The Raiders are running multiple concepts well and that shows in their consistency and how they are able to work in sync to make adjustments on the fly. This will a hard running game for defenses to prepare for and it will certainly be Mcgloin's best friend against Denver and going into the playoffs.
With that said, I will leave you with a couple of GIFs from Gipsy Safety that highlight Richard and Washington's playmaking ability. The Raiders will need to see more of this in week 17 and in the playoffs.


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Study Finds Reduction in Audible Joint Vibration, Sounds Before and After Spinal Therapy
Researchers have noted an association between crepitus (audible tissue and joint noises) and posterior spinal joint deterioration. There may also be an association between increased joint stiffness and subtle crepitus. While previous studies have found a link between cavitation and increased vertebral mobility after spinal manipulations, a new study 1 examines the link between inaudible and audible lumbar crepitus and spinal manipulative therapy (SMT).
Noises associated with biochemical structures and mechanisms may indicate the existence of stress adhesions in the connective tissues surrounding the zygapophyseal (Z) joints. Lower back pain (LBP) patients may have more muscle tension, which can contribute to the compression of the articular surfaces in the Z joints, leading to greater crepitus. The process of SMT may assist in breaking up the adhesions and allow for freer (and silent) movement of the joints.
Ten male and female subjects between the ages of 18-65 years –five healthy, and five who suffered from lower back pain—participated in the study, which was approved by the National University of Health Sciences IRB. There were strict inclusion and exclusion criteria which ensured the healthy patients had no recent history of LBP, and the LBP patients had experienced recent and debilitating LBP but had not had spinal surgery or been diagnosed with disc degeneration or other serious spinal pathologies in the past.
For the purposes of comparison and research on the relative efficacy of methods in future studies, the subjects of both groups were fitted with several strategically-placed accelerometers and microphones, which were taped along the midline and on either side of the spine. Recordings of sound data occurring prior to, during, and after SMT were then displayed on a computer-based oscilloscope.
The study participants were led though a series of motions, including: flexion, extension, left and right lateral flexion, and left and right axial rotation. Both groups then received side-posture lumbar SMT on each side, and audible and subtle data was recorded after SMT.
Two highly qualified observers analyzed the recordings and noted each incidence of crepitus, as well as the precise location and amplitude of its occurrence. They also paid attention to any deviances between the two recording methods.
The results of the study indicated that crepitus is more common in those suffering from LBP than in people with no history of lumbar pain and that the audible and subtle sounds of crepitus increase incrementally as patients age. SMT significantly decreases crepitus, which indicates the measurement could, with further study, be considered a reliable measure of the effect of SMT on Z joint function. There was insignificant deviance between the data collected via accelerometers and microphones, though the microphones did pick up audible sounds that may have been caused by external interference, which suggests that the use of accelerometers alone may be considered an efficient means of collecting data in future studies. Due to the limited scope of this study, its authors suggest future studies should be conducted on a larger population to determine the overall relevance of crepitus as a means of therapeutic measure.
A Feasibility Study to Assess Vibration and Sound From Zygapophyseal Joints During Motion Before and After Spinal Manipulation ↩
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How to manage notifications on Android 11
December 18, 2020 by Aleksandar Ognjanovic
Android 11 is here for a couple of months and more and more OEMs are slowly but steadily transitioning to it from Android 10. Chances are not all of them will implement Google's approach to certain features, but what we definitely want to see is the way stock Android 11 handles notifications. Today, we decided to guide you on how to manage notifications on Android 11. Learn all you need to know below.
Notification changes on Android 11
Android 11 brought a lot of small but important changes to notifications. The first thing one notices when moving from Android 10 are Conversations. Now, all conversations (SMS and instant messages) are grouped at the top of the notification shade.
Under the Conversations section, you'll see standard Notifications and, under that, Silent notifications. With the introduction of Silent notifications, users won't be notified by a sound every time something unimportant pops-up. This is, by far, the best and the most clutter-free notification experience in years.
By tapping and holding on a Conversation in the notification shade, you can set it to Priority or move it to the Silent section. Additionally, there are some interactions like suggestions to open links while previewing messages in the Notification shade.
Other important additions are Bubbles that bring Facebook Messenger-like chat heads to more messaging apps and better-organized Notification history.
What's Notification history
Notification history was a thing even on older iterations of Android. However, it looks like it only now looks better, both aesthetically and practically. With it, you can access all closed and snoozed notifications and see details. That way, you can get back to any dismissed notification in the last 24 hours.
On Pixel devices, you can even access it by tapping on the top left corner (clock) of the home screen. It can be really useful for quick access to recent notifications history. Alternatively, you can go to Settings > Apps & notifications and access the Notification history there.
Chat Bubbles and how to enable them
On Android 10, Facebook Messenger was the only messaging app that comes with Chat bubbles (chat heads). For those of you who are not familiar, we are referring to small overlays that float on the home screen and draw over other apps. That way, you can get back to the conversation and continue chatting in a glimpse.
Now, with Android 11, there's an API that allows developers to include Chat bubbles in their instant messengers and bring Chat bubbles to more apps. At this moment, Bubbles are supported by Google Messages and Telegram, but we can expect more apps to join the party. Slack and Skype are on the way, based on some reports.
You can dismiss bubbles by drawing them to the bottom, switch between conversations, or open recent conversations with ease (tap the Plus icon). It also combines all available apps so all chat bubbles will stick together.
If you are unsure how to enable chat heads (Chat Bubbles), here's how to do it:
Choose Apps & notifications.
Open Notifications.
Tap Bubbles.
Enable the Allow apps to show bubbles option.
Alternatively, you can open All apps and the app, say, Telegram.
Then, open Notifications and then Bubbles.
There you can select all conversations or just selected conversations to bubble.
If you are, for some reason, unable to utilize Chat bubbles on Android 11, check this how-to article.
Tweak individual notifications for each app
To manage notifications on Android 11 is, more or less, the same as on Android 10. But, the mere introduction of separate sections, like Conversations, Notifications, and Silent notifications, allows for better notification management.
You won't get the cluttered wall of notifications as they will group under one tile until you expand them. If you tap and hold on a notification in the Conversations section, you can either set them as the Priority (this will keep them at the top) or tap Silent.
You can also switch to Bubbles by selecting the icon at the bottom, mute notifications or, set a reminder for later, or reply without opening the message, which is quite handy.
Genuinely great job by Google and we can only hope many OEMs use this as a base in their Android 11 development.
And, on that note, we can conclude this article. Thank you for reading and don't forget to check our Facebook and Twitter pages for more informative articles.
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Yesterday, I got a new friend request on Facebook with a note: Haha… I remember you from when I was like 10 years old! He's the nephew of a friend of mine that I spent a lot of time with in high school and early college.
Said 10-year-old is now 25.
As you know, I've been working on my second book this week. The main character is a 16-year-old girl named Delilah. In one scene, she finds letters that her grandfather wrote to her grandmother while he was overseas in the war. Now, I can't speak for all of you readers out there, but when I think of "grandfather" + "war," I think of WWII, or maybe the Korean War, like my grandfathers served in.
But then… I did the math. Math in the morning is never a good idea, but since I hadn't yet had my coffee, the common sense gene lie dormant at the time.
This book will be published in 2010.
Let's say her parents are kind of young – 25 when my reader was born.
That means her parents were born in 1970.
Assume her grandparents were also mid-20s when they had her mother.
That means her grandparents were born in the 1940s.
So, unless grandpa was born on the beach at Normandy, there's no way he was in WWII.
My target audience has grandparents that served in Vietnam.
I need a Manhattan and some Ben-Gay. Writing is stressful.
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We started doing some of that funky math at my workplace the other day. I work in a marketing firm with LOTS of 20-somethings. The other day we figured out that the year I graduated from high school some of them were babies or had just been born. They, on the other hand, graduated from high school in the 21st century.
Whaaa?? When did I get this old?!
Easy there. I was born in '71 and I'm too young to have a teen child!! I didn't know you were writing Gen X horror novels!


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The Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association awards five students $2,000 scholarships each through its growing scholarship fund. The five students hail from across the nation and are pursuing careers as aviation maintenance technicians, aviators and airline management.
"As costs rise for an aviation career, scholarships are becoming critically important," says RACCA president, Stan Bernstein. "For that reason we have been expanding the number of awards each year, thanks to the generosity of our members and associate members. These outstanding young people are well-deserving. The RACCA Aviation Scholarship was designed for exactly the type of student represented by these outstanding young people and who have expressed interest in the air cargo industry. All excel in their academic work as well as athletic or community service. We are proud to be help them on their journey."
The five include John Tucker, Center, CO; Luke McKenzie, Rochester, MN; Maxwell Cote, Marston Mills, MA; Kathryn Benhoff, Troy, IL; and Ruby Jacobs, Novato, CA.
Ruby Jacobs, a freshman at Bridgewater State in Massachusetts, always wanted to pursue aviation and worked to build an airplane with other students at San Marin High School. During this time she met retired pilots who served as mentors and who transformed her love of aviation into a career path. Her pursuit of aviation, she hopes, will help break gender stereotypes about pilots and encourage other women to pursue careers in aviation. Jacobs grew up in Swampscott, MA, and expects to rise through the ranks to become a certified flight instructor before moving to a small regional airline and a regional cargo carrier. Her ambition is to fly jets out of Boston Logan Airport.
John Tucker attends Colorado Northwestern Community College. After watching crop dusters over the farms in his hometown, it wasn't until college he developed a strong passion for aviation, leading him to become a pilot. A top-level student, Tucker is a member of the collegiate flight team and placed second in the region, qualifying for a national competition. In addition to his studies he assists in the college's aircraft maintenance program. A regular on the dean's list, Tucker is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. He is actively pursuing building time and will use his scholarship to fund flight hours. He plans on flight instructing after graduation before joining a regional cargo carrier. He expects to ultimately make his way up the ranks. An avid 4-H member, Tucker is an award-winning competitor in robotics and has volunteered in local schools introducing student to robotics and STEM. He is also a participant in the RoboRave International competition in both the U.S. and Japan.
Hailing from Southwestern Illinois College, Kathryn 'Kate' Benhoff is seeking a career as an aviation maintenance technician after demonstrating a high degree of scholastic and mechanical ability. She wants to pursue aviation safety and is keen to interact with pilots and mechanics to work through important safety improvements within the industry. She worked hard to earn her flight instructor ratings before transitioning to aviation safety and maintenance school. With a strong maintenance background, she is pursuing a well-rounded knowledge base to improve the industry. In the upper one percent of her class, Benhoff has also displayed her abilities as a leader. She has worked with the National Transportation Safety Board where she learned the importance of maintenance and safety.
Maxwell Cote attends Cape Cod Community College's aviation maintenance technology program. Cote follows his parents into aviation after growing up as the son of two professional airline pilots. His love of aviation was fostered by constant visits to the local airport where he did numerous odd jobs, including sweeping the hangar and cleaning planes. He chose aviation maintenance for its work and life balance. Cote just completed his 15-month AMT program. He is also a certified airframe technician as well as a peer tutor. He is currently a mechanic helper at Cape Air, where, after receiving his powerplant rating, he will become an airframe and powerplant technician. He will continue his education at CCCC to earn his associate in applied science degree in aviation maintenance technology in 2019. He ultimately plans to earn a bachelor's degree in aviation management and feels it essential to have on-the-job experience for managing such operations.
An aviation management student at the University of North Dakota, Luke McKenzie was inspired to pursue an aviation career after reading Hard Landing by Thomas Petzinger. McKenzie always had "a burning passion to be up there" in the air. He is pursuing an aviation management career and is a member of the Student Aviation Management Association. McKenzie, who considers himself lucky to be bitten by the aviation bug, hopes to join a regional cargo carrier and ultimately rise through the piloting ranks to management after receiving his Multi-Engine Instrument Commercial pilot certificate. He is an officer of the Delta Chapter of Alpha Eta Rho, an international aviation fraternity, and a member of the Student Aviation Management Association. He also received the UND Presidential Scholarship. In addition to his studies and tutoring new Americans at Red River High School, McKenzie is assistant manager at a 92-unit apartment complex.


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This July, we will be celebrating the centennial anniversary of London's First International Eugenics Conference of 1912. One century later, on July 11, 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (the largest private foundation in the world) and the British government will co-host a new London conference on eugenics with global coalition partners such as American abortion chain Planned Parenthood, British abortion chain Marie Stopes International, and the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA). The only difference is that the July 2012 London conference will never acknowledge that eugenics is its driving idea. Melinda Gates has claimed that the conference, which is officially dedicated to "deliver[ing] more modern family planning tools to more women in the world's poorest countries," should involve "no controversy."
But what is eugenics and what has forced it to go incognito over the last century?
Eugenics is the infamous idea that governments should decide which kinds of citizens ought to be considered desirable (the 1912 consensus was that these tended to be white, athletic, intelligent, and wealthy) and which kinds of citizens ought to be considered undesirable (these tended to be black, Jewish, disabled, or poor) and employ the power of the state to encourage increases of desirable citizens (positive eugenics) and encourage decreases of undesirable citizens (negative eugenics). The founder of eugenics, Sir Francis Galton, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin, formulated the idea that the protection afforded by civil society had prevented the kind of natural selection occurring in Darwin's Origin of Species from happening in humans, thus perpetuating the existence of weak and feeble-minded people who would have been unable to survive in the state of nature.
Eugenicists differed on whether eugenics should be practiced in a soft manner, with taxpayer-underwritten incentives, or in a hard manner, using coercive and often deadly force. The movement claimed many adherents. Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and her British counterpart Marie Stopes were both involved in their national eugenic societies. Margaret Sanger viewed her activism as a way to "assist the race towards the elimination of the unfit." Marie Stopes lobbied for "the sterilization of those totally unfit for parenthood [to be] made an immediate possibility, indeed made compulsory."
The public appetite for open eugenics greatly waned after the fall of Nazi Germany and the Nazis' attempt to use eugenic justifications for the Holocaust at the Nuremberg Trials.
Unfortunately, the idea lives on. Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, said recently, "Government leaders ... are now beginning to understand that providing access to contraceptives is a cost-effective way to foster economic growth ... Governments should provide all women with access to family planning tools that are safe and effective and meet the needs of all women." This is a succinct summary of soft negative eugenics: for economic reasons governments should use taxpayer dollars to underwrite the decisions of citizens to pursue recreational sexual activity. The underlying economic assumption is that the prospective children of the poor citizens likely to utilize such government-funded programs would be likely to hamper economic growth if they are born.
However, the "no controversy" mantra on the soft eugenics push has been complicated by the fact that hard eugenics has recently been making resurgent splashes in the news. China's One Child Forced Abortion Policy has been highlighted by the heroic escape of Chen Guangcheng, a blind dissident sentenced to four years in prison by the Communist government for exposing the brutality of its forced-abortion policy, to the US embassy. Governor Romney has made the One-Child Policy an issue on the campaign trail by vowing to discontinue funding to the United Nations Population Fund, which the Obama Administration has helped finance in spite of its support of the One-Child Policy. The Guardian Newspaper has exposed the fact that the British government has spent millions of pounds funding a policy of forced sterilization of the poor in India as part of an effort to reduce human population to help combat climate change.
The governments of China and India -- underwritten by American and British tax dollars -- practice hard eugenics, coercive measures undertaken by governments to decrease citizen population. The exposure of support for hard eugenics causes denial and backtracking. UNFPA claims to support "voluntary family planning" in China. They assume that women who know that conceiving a second child will result in a forced abortion have the liberty to be "voluntary." The British government claims its support of forcible sterilization is "about to change."
Hard eugenics is the ideology that dare not speak its name. But soft eugenics is based on the same disturbing belief -- that government should spend its resources to prevent the propagation of those whom the government believes to be detrimental to society and economic growth.
And that should be deeply controversial.
Andresen Blom is the Executive Director of American Principles Project, a public policy organization committed to rededicating the United States to its founding principles. James Bell is policy adviser.


As America turns another year older this week, the government, just like its citizens, struggle to keep up with technological change. While the Executive branch and its agencies are embracing the crime-fighting advantages technology has to offer, the other two branches are pushing back. Legislatures in Delaware and Pennsylvania are working to protect the privacy rights of their citizens by enacting new social media laws. In New York, a judge showed that social media sites are not above the law by ordering Twitter to turn over subpoenaed Tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester. With the different branches disagreeing on where the line should be drawn between technology and the law, perhaps we are seeing separation of powers at its best. Just one more reason to celebrate America this patriotic season.


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Cryptocurrency Are 'Cyber Tokens' Not a Money, Says South African Reserve Bank
Kerin May 25, 2018
Cryptocurrency doesn't meet the requirements of money says Francois Groepe, Deputy Governor of South African Reserve bank. Mr. Groepe perceived cryptocurrencies as "Cyber Tokens".
According to the Bloomberg's reports on May 24th, 2018 the South Africa's Central Bank pointed cryptocurrencies as 'Cyber tokens'. Since, crypto doesn't meet the requirements of money says Deputy Governor of Bank.
Francois Groepe is the Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, he explained the position of the bank:
"We don't use the term "cryptocurrency" because it doesn't meet the requirements of money in the economic sense of the stable means of exchange, a unit of measure and a stable unit of value. We prefer to use the word 'cyber-token'".
Though, there is a rapid popularity in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, several countries are still struggling with regulators. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank has formed a self-regulatory organization and fintech developments to control cryptocurrency. It also helps to bring up a relevant policy framework and regulatory rules.
Groepe said,
"We want to ensure or establish whether there is still compliance with the relevant financial surveillance or exchange-control regulations".
However, it is proven that South African Reserve bank isn't the first to raise voice about the cryptocurrencies.
Moreover, there are many central banks all over the word that have come up to cryptocurrencies with different angles of uncertainty and disapproval. In a month of February, 2018, Mark Carney, Bank of England's chief made a sentence that 'bitcoin failed as a currency by standards'.
Seeing the highest flexibility in a price of Bitcoin since December 2017, the UK's Central Bank chief, Mark Carney proposes a controversial statement about Bitcoin. He says Bitcoin is not its niche as a currency by its standards, and also it's not a store of value to buy things.
Carney said;
"It has pretty much failed thus far on … the traditional aspects of money. It is not a store of value because it is all over the map. Nobody uses it as a medium of exchange".
Recently, Financial institutions are required to stop crypto trading and transactions following an order by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). RBZ registrar of banking institutions, Norman Mataruka released a circular saying that the move will help to protect the public. And safeguard the integrity, safety, and soundness of the country's financial system.
The circular reads:
"Financial regulators around the world have identified the dangers and risks presented by virtual currencies to financial stability which include risk of loss due to price volatility, theft or fraud, money laundering and other criminal activities. Further, cryptocurrencies can be in use to facilitate tax evasion as well as externalization of funds in violation of a country's laws".
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Stephen Gary Wozniak  (San José, Califòrnia, 11 d'agost de 1950) és un enginyer electrònic nord-americà convertit en filantrop.
Els seus invents i màquines estan reconeguts com a grans contribucions a la revolució de l'ordinador personal en els anys setanta. Wozniak va fundar Apple Computer juntament amb Steve Jobs i Ronald Wayne el 1976 i va crear els ordinadors Apple I i Apple II a mitjans dels anys setanta. S'afirma que Steve Jobs i Wozniak són també els pares de l'era PC. L'Apple II es va convertir en l'ordinador millor venut dels anys setanta i inicis de la dècada del 1980, i és sovint reconegut com el primer ordinador personal popular. Wozniak té diversos sobrenoms, com «(El) Woz» i «Mag de Woz». Aquest últim és també el nom d'una companyia que ell va fundar. Woz també és conegut pel seu caràcter introvertit, i troba el seu nivell de celebritat una cosa una mica molesta.

Wozniak viu a Los Gatos, Califòrnia. El seu joc favorit és Tetris. A la dècada de 1990 va enviar tants resultats alts al Nintendo Power que ja no els hi publicaven. Llavors va començar a enviar-sota el nom de "Evets Kainzow", que és el seu nom invertit.

També és membre de la maçoneria. El 1980 es va iniciar en Charity Lodge No 362 a Campbell, Califòrnia.

Està casat amb Janet Hill. Segons la seva ex-núvia Kathy Griffin, "Ell la va conèixer i molt aviat ja estaven promesos. He sopat amb ells i ella és mil vegades més apropiada que jo. "

Des de la dècada de 1980 és usuari del teclat Dvorak

Primers anys

Steve Wozniak va néixer i es va criar a San José, Califòrnia, fill de Margaret Louise Wozniak (de soltera Kern) (1923-2014) de l'estat de Washington(p18) i Francis Jacob "Jerry" Wozniak (1925-1994) de Michigan.p18 El seu pare, Jerry Wozniak, era enginyer a la Lockheed Corporation.(p1) Es va graduar de Homestead High School en 1968, a Cupertino, Califòrnia.

El nom que figura en el certificat de naixement de Wozniak és "Stephan Gary Wozniak", però la seva mare va dir que pretenia que s'escrivís "Stephen", que és el que ell usa.p18) Wozniak ha esmentat que el seu cognom és ucraïnès i ha parlat de la seva ascendència ucraïnesa i polonesa.(p129–130)

A principis de la dècada de 1970, el disseny de la caixa blava de Wozniak li va valer el sobrenom de "Berkeley Blue" dins de la comunitat phreaking.

Wozniak ha acreditat haver vist Star Trek i haver assistit a convencions de Star Trek mentre era jove com a font d'inspiració per a la seva fundació Apple Inc.

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 Entrevista amb Woz en Colbert on Demand
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 Patent 4136359 dels EUA  microcomputer for use with video display
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 Entrevista: Museu de tecnologia de Sant Josep
 Entrevista amb Steve Wozniak: en els fitxers d'àudio del Digital Village
 Steve Wozniak parla de manera improvisada sobre la seva història en GnomeDex 2004
 Biografia de Steve Wozniak
 Participació de Wozniak a This Week in Tech
 Pàgina de Dot Eaters on parlen sobre un article de Wozniak i la fuga d'Atari
 Entrevista amb Steve Wozniak a Stanford Cardinal inquirir el 2005
 Wozniak descriu com va crear l'Apple I i l'Apple II
 Entrevista amb Woz extret del Failure Magazine de juliol de 2000

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Home Educators meeting with the ERO and MoE 12 July 2011
July 18, 2011 By Barbara
Liaison Meeting
National Council of Home Educators NZ
ERO office in Wellington, Tuesday 12 July 2011.
Present: Chris Close of Auckland Home Educators (AHE); Audrey Wells of NCHENZ & AHE; Nina Wright of Canterbury Home Educators (CHE); Paulette Fawcett of Christian Home Educating Families (CHEF); and Craig & Barbara Smith of Home Education Foundation (HEF). Jenny Clark, National Manager Public Affairs, ERO; Rob Williamson, Senior Review Officer, ERO; Ralph Lane, Senior Advisor, MoE.
Apologies: Penny Bilton of NCHENZ; Graeme Stoop, Chief Review Officer, ERO.
Jenny Clark opened the meeting at 11:01am by welcoming us all, offering cups of coffee and tea and passing round a plate of biscuits to accompany the water already on the table. She explained that Ralph Lane was there as an observer only. Mr Lane said he was happy to interact, take notes and discuss any issues he needed to with his MoE colleagues later on (and presumably get back to us).
We home educators had previously submitted a number of written questions for the agenda, and these were addressed first of all. Here are the questions, straight from the agenda with commentary added in italics according to the ensuing dialogue:
ERO issues :
1. Summary of reviews over the past year
Rob informed us that in the past 12 months only 16 reviews had taken place, despite being contracted for 30 reviews. 3 in the Nelson area, 3 in the Wanganui area and 10 in the Auckland area. The Auckland reviews comprised of only 3 families, one of 5 children, one of 4 and one of 1 child (adding up to 10). Of these, only one was found to be "not taught as regularly and well as in a registered school," and this was in the Wanganui area. Reviews are only done upon request and all the requests come though Ralph Lane. They always send two reviewers around to do the review. Rob & Ralph both said they do point people who are being reviewed to local support groups.
Comments from Rob Williamson: He said the issue prompting the review is often a lifestyle issue more than a concern over academics. He reminded us of how broad the academic standards can be "since home educators are not required to follow the national curriculum." When we reminded Rob of how there were no blanket reviews (just like today's situation) from 1994 to 1999, he said that Brian Donnelly brought the blanket reviews back in at that time due to a need for some accountability for the home schooling allowance being paid out.
Comments from Ralph Lane: That most complaints sparking a review came as a result of a marriage split. He gets the complainant to write down all the information they can to make a case. Then he asks himself, "Is it urgent?" Then he'll pass it on to the ERO. They can get referrals from Child,Youth and Families, but they only want educational information from them. Unless the complainant can come up with specific educational issues, Ralph tells them in effect to "go away."
2. Christchurch Situation. – how do things stand for Christchurch post-earthquakes.? Rob said the ERO are not doing institutional reviews (of schools) unless the school is doing well and can cope given the post-earthquake situation.
– where they ERO at with physical location and reviews in Christchurch?
– what staff are covering our area currently?
– how serviced are Christchurch home educators?
– how many reviews have been done in Canterbury over the past year? Rob said there were recently two requests for reviews of home educators in the Canterbury area. He would encourage anyone having a review to agree to do it rather than refuse, for then he would need to put in a negative ERO Review Report, and "We really don't want to put in a negative report."
3. How will the merger of ERO with NZQA affect the review process – are the people being retained the ones with the knowledge and experience of reviewing homeschoolers?
MOE issues
1. Christchurch Situation.
– are Canterbury exemption applications being fast-tracked?
– what is the current turn around time?
– any increase in number of exemption applications recently?
– how firm is truancy surveillance in Canterbury at present? It was confirmed that truancy was back in full force in Canterbury: yes, children needed to be in school, if aged 6 or over, before parents submit an exemption. The Canterbury home educators present seemed to think things were clicking along nicely at present, earthquake issues notwithstanding.
2. What if parents change from what they originally wrote on their exemption applications? (Rob made some brilliant comments: "The application really is an intent. And that's fine." He mentioned how people will change from one approach to another, from one resource or curriculum to another, and said, "That's what a good practitioner does." "It's low risk.")
3. Are there any specific subjects that we need to include to make sure we get the exemption? Occasionally a parent will ring to say they were told they need to include 'Social Studies' or 'Technology'. Ralph Lane said an MoE officer might suggest such topics should there appear to be a rather wide and significant gap in the curriculum as described in the application. It is his opinion that to teach "as well as in a registered school" means to touch on a similar topic base.
4. We understand that home educators may continue to be considered as home educators by the Ministry of Education when they go beyond their 16th birthdays, as long as they are still being 'taught at least as regularly and well as in a registered school', and that they may continue to receive the home education allowance, and that this may even include taking one or two papers a year with the NZ Correspondence School. Would all of this still hold true if, instead of taking papers with the NZ Correspondence School, the young person took classes at the local Polytech? Or with The Open Polytech? Or at a NZ University? This was a policy issue which Ralph Lane would need to look into.
5. Will the proposed overhaul of the MOE affect homeschoolers, and if so how? Jenny Clark said that they couldn't really say, as these kinds of changes take place all the time. Just "wait until you hear" was her advice.
1. Purchasing tuition from the NZ Correspondence School for homeschooled teens, as Young Adults, from Term 1 of the year they turn 16, instead of on their birthday. There was some round table discussion on this question. Again, this is in the realm of policy which no one person can determine. Home educators were urged to present their ideas to the Correspondence School and the MoE. One of the ideas was that maybe home educators could even pay a proportion of the NZ Correspondence Fees. The fact that home educators were in a small class of their own, being exempted from both enrolment and attendance at registered schools, may be an angle of approach to create new policy in this area, especially since any policy change would only apply to this small group and not open the flood gates of the general population.
2. Retaining / securing affordable access to NCEA for home educated teens. Positive mention was made of how the Correspondence School had put NCEA material up on their website for access by earthquake affected people, and in fact all people. No one was sure if it was still available in this way. But to have it permanently available to home educators would be a policy decision Te Kura (The Correspondence School) would have to make, perhaps at the suggestion of home educators.
National Evaluations
Jenny Clark had copies of recent publications to hand out: "Literacy in Early Childhood Servidces: Teaching and Learning"; "Framework for School Reviewws"; "Evaluation Indicators for School Reviews". She suggested these documents would help home educators understand how the ERO approaches the Review process and the kind of thing they're looking for. She also mentioned a document that was to be posted on the ERO website shortly titled, "Directions for Learning" which was looking at the NZ Curriculum and exploring the idea of "teaching as enquiry." She thought this also might be of some interest among home educators.
1. A home educator brought up a question on the exemption application about timetables. Ralph Lane said they were after some indication of one's programme in terms of a "timetable", "however you want to explain it. What's the plan for delivery?"
2. Chris Close said that in Auckland they do annual evenings with the MoE wherein people such as Steve McGregor and his manager Clare would explain the exemption process for enquirers.
3. Audrey Wells thanked the MoE for the statistics available on the Education Counts website.
4. Chris asked Ralph Lane if there were any questions or comments the MoE might have for us home educators. "Not that I can think of…Sometimes the applications are on the thin side." He said the numbers of applications coming in do fluctuate according to the time of year. A couple of things he said he'd like to see on exemption applications are some indication of longer-term plans and an attempt to match progress with National Standards. Then Ralph Lane said it would be good if exemption applicants would contact people such as us first so that their exemptions could be accepted first time around, without the MoE having to send them back for more information.
The meeting broke up very amicably right on 12 noon.
Extra comments from Craig on the ERO and MoE meeting 12 July 2011
http://hef.org.nz/2011/comments-from-craig-on-the-ero-and-moe-meeting-12-july-2011/
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Hillsborough and Orange County collaborate plans for development
By Janna Childers
February 28, 2016 | 2:19pm EST
Commercial, economic and residential development was discussed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners at a joint meeting Thursday to grapple with plans of economic development in the face of projected town and county growth.
"We need to be partners with you folks," Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens said. "We need to work together."
Stevens encouraged conversation and collaboration between commissioners and staff as different issues that faced the town and county were brought forward.
Commissioner Earl McKee urged the town to focus on commercial development rather than residential development.
"Unless those houses are very expensive houses, it's not a positive for the county," McKee said. "I would like to see some component, a significant component, that would be commercial development."
Stevens said Hillsborough is committed to a balance between commercial and residential development, including trying to bring more businesses to the Waterstone drive area, building the Collins Ridge residential complex, as well as adding hotels for visitors to the town.
"I think one of Hillsborough's assets, from a tourism perspective, is its people," said Laurie Paolicelli, community relations director for the Community Relations and Tourism office for Orange County.
Paolicelli said Hillsborough was a welcoming place and tourism in the town and county is growing.
Orange County will be the pilot county for a new application premiering in June that will promote agro-tourism, said Paolicelli. The app will connect tourists with farms where they can stay and pick their own food.
Stevens said the Hillsborough population is expected to double from 6,000 to 12,000 by 2030 and the main constraints to growth would be a limited water supply and problematic traffic patterns.
"We're still a very small town, so we're still very dependent on our relationship with others, especially the county government," Stevens said.
Notable:
Orange County will roll out a new town slogan next week.
"And I can simply say 'ditto' to all that," McKee said in response to Stevens' opening remarks.
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New public salary system to boost transparency
For general workers (such as drivers, guards, cleaners) , their salaries will be based on their negotiations with their employers. — Photo anninhthudo.vn
Nguyễn Quang Dũng, director general of the Department of Salary Affairs under the Ministry of Home Affairs, speaks to Vietnam News Agency about proposed changes in the future wage system. The proposals will be discussed at the Party Central Committee's meeting, which opens today in Hà Nội.
What are the challenges Việt Nam is facing with its current salary system?
Since 1960, Việt Nam has carried out four salary reforms (1960; 1985; 1993 and 2003). But until now there remains a lot of issues that need to be addressed. A basic salary of some VNĐ 1.3 million ($57) is set to calculate the salary systems for common wage earners nation wide. For example, a fresh university graduate will have a wage scale of 2.34 which is equal to a little over VNĐ 3 million per month.
The monthly salary of a government official is based on a wage scale that is also the mutiplication of the basic salary depending on many diffenrent factors.
Besides the monthly salary, a wage earner also receives some allowances. In fact, for many people the monthly allowances received is higher than their actual salaries.
All the above mentioned elements have made our current salary system become very complicated.
How will these issues be resolved in the upcoming proposal for reform of our salary system?
According to the proposal on the reform of our current salary system which will be presented to the up coming plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee, salaries shall be paid according to job positions to make them in accordance with the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants. Under this proposal, the salary of a senior Party/Government Official will be paid in accordance to their job position to bring it in line with the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants.
We have intended to design a salary scale for senior Government Officials. For example, we set a VNĐ17 million for monthly salary of a department general director. So whoever is promoted to that position will have his/her monthly salary of VNĐ17 million.
Of course, in the up coming salary reform, people with talent will be given special treatment to encourage them to contribute more to the homeland.
For general workers (such as drivers, guards, cleaners) , their salaries will be based on their negotiations with their employers.
According to the proposal on salary reform, all public employees, civil servants or Government officials will only have their monthly salary and will not receive any extra income. What is your response to this proposal?
In the proposal on the salary raise for all public employees and Government officials, we hope that they and their dependants can enjoy a decent life on their salaries.
In the old system, the many allowances were created to compensate for cadres and civil servants' low salary. The new salary payment will allow our public financial budget to operate in a more transparent manner.
Of course, the other point in the salary reform is to contribute to our current fight against corruption and to raise the labour productivity of all salary earners.— VNS
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