The normally noisy Daluotian was unusually quiet. But everyone knew that there were countless eyes looking collectively toward the direction of Nine Nether Palace.
Everyone was waiting for Nine Nether Palace's reaction.
Time was passing little by little, and a number of people furrowed their brows. Was Nine Nether Palace really going to resort to their most disadvantageous plan, which was to avoid the battle?
But what was the point in avoiding it now? Lord Blood Hawk was precisely aiming to discredit Nine Nether Palace. If Nine Nether Palace faced this sort of situation by avoiding the battle, it would be practically worse than losing to Blood Hawk Palace.
Could it be that Nine Nether Palace was really going to resort to such a foolish idea?
Just when countless powerful people in Daluo Territory were having their suspicions, suddenly, a monstrous fighting spirit soared up into the sky from the direction of Nine Nether Palace. Everyone instantly shifted their attention to it.
They could only see dark clouds rising from the sky above Nine Nether Palace, and suspended in the sky was the Nine Nether Troop. There was a slender shadow standing straight at the forefront of the troop that was emitting a feeling of sharpness similar to that of a pike capable of piercing the sky.
"Blood Hawk Troop, we, the Nine Nether Troop, quietly await your presence at the battleground!" Beneath the presence of that vigorous and firm spiritual power, the young man's cool and bright laugh resounded throughout every corner of Daluotian.
The moment Mu Chen finished speaking, the Nine Nether Troop immediately turned into a dark cloud, swept across the horizon, and flew toward the direction of Daluotian's battleground.
The whole of Daluotian was in an uproar, for Nine Nether Palace had finally made a move. Furthermore, judging by their direct acceptance of Blood Hawk Palace's offensive, it looked like things were about to get lively!
Thus, when the sound of streams of wind suddenly resounded throughout the horizon, they could only see countless shadows soaring up into the sky from every direction. They covered the sky and earth as they streaked toward the direction of the battleground.
In Blood Hawk Palace, Lord Blood Hawk originally had a joyous smile on his face, but when he heard Mu Chen's laughter, the metal balls in his hand were immediately turned into dust. An ominous glint swept over his blood-red eyes as his lips curved into a cruel smile.
Wu Tian was in the audience hall and immediately answered, "Yes, my Lord!"
"Lead the Blood Hawk Troop there. From today onwards, I do not wish to see that brat's face in Daluotian ever again," Lord Blood Hawk said indifferently with his eyes slightly drooped.
"Understood!" There was also a ray of ferocity emerging from Wu Tian's eyes. He grinned and with a shift in his stature, he immediately swept out of the audience hall. Soon after, he waved his palm, and a blood ray capable of covering the sky and earth soared up to the sky from Blood Hawk Palace.
Suddenly, the aura of death permeated the air.
The battleground was situated at Daluotian's northwest area, and it was different from other training grounds. This battleground was the most extensive piece of land in Daluotian due to the fact that those who would usually carry out their fights and swap pointers here would not do it alone but rather with a whole troop.
The many legions in Daluotian had also carried out quite a number of competitions and swapped pointers there. Thus, the area was actually arranged to look like a battlefield and was filled with a killing aura.
No doubt the battleground was certainly bustling with noise, and the reason for this liveliness was naturally due to the eventual crossing of swords between Nine Nether Troop and Blood Hawk Troop.
The sound of objects piercing the air overwhelmingly resounded through the sky before a dark cloud immediately made its descent. Finally, it fell like iron lances in a perfectly straight manner and stuck itself firmly in the ground. The earth was shaking, but they remained unmoving.
Mu Chen had also landed lightly in front of the Nine Nether Troop. When he saw that Nine Nether Troop's gazes were filled with fighting spirit, he nodded in mild satisfaction.
Although there was a flaw in the Nine Nether Troop's numbers, their vigor was not weak at all. This legion definitely had potential. If they were all able to promote themselves to the Sovereign-level, then it would even be possible for them to directly kill a Grade Five Sovereign.
When Nine Nether Troop landed on the battlefield, there were also continuous streams of light and shadow streaming towards the same spot from afar. It looked like the fight this time had already captured the attention of everyone in Daluo Territory.
Moreover, everyone could see that the crowd actually included the physical presence of Daluo Territory's other princes. This showed how much interest the fight had created.
Nine Nether, Tang Bing, and Tang Rou had also rushed over promptly. They stood high up in the sky. Behind them, there were also quite a number of Nine Nether Palace's forces. This time, it was clear that Nine Nether Palace had turned out in full strength.
Boundless attention converged on them. There was a shift in their expressions as they turned their heads to look over in the other direction and could only see that blood-red sky.
That sort of blood-red was spreading toward them at a terrifying speed. Eventually, like a blood-red rainstorm, it covered the earth and sky as it descended on the battlefield. Finally, only a thudding sound could be heard before the earth began to shake and patches of blood-red color began to permeate the air.
Everyone's eyelids twitched. The Blood Hawk Troop had finally appeared.
In the sky, Lord Blood Hawk also appeared in a flash. He stood high up in the sky and glanced at the Nine Nether Troop with a shady expression. An awe-inspiring smile swept across his face. Soon after, he smiled at Nine Nether and said, "Nine Nether, if you lose this fight, then it looks like the Blood Hawk Palace will gain another King class affiliated force."
Nine Nether glanced at him coldly before she lightly said, "You would still have to have the good fortune to enjoy it. So you ought to prepare those hundred cities and Heavenly Pills first."
Lord Blood Hawk chuckled. "As long as you all have the ability, Blood Hawk Palace would be more than willing to offer them," Lord Blood Hawk said with a smile. He waved his big hand and said, "Cut the crap and let's just start."
The moment he finished speaking, a heavy gale began to blow in the area where the fog of blood was permeating, and the blood ray was slowly dissipating. The streams of silhouettes wearing blood armor accompanied by the thick smell of blood lingering on their bodies were appearing one after another into everyone's line of sight between the sky and land.
The Blood Hawk Troop was all wearing identical blood armor. On the blood armor there was a Blood Shadow rune for tearing their prey, and an inauspicious air was seeping out from their bodies.
At the forefront of that Blood Hawk Troop, Wu Tian was also wearing blood armor while holding a bloody spear. He had an intensely cold smile on his face. His eyes were fixated on Mu Chen and the Nine Nether Troop, and had the look of a predator about to capture a mouse.
"Mu Chen, seeing how everyone here is from Daluo Territory, if you admit your defeat now, I can still show some mercy to avoid the outcome whereby Nine Nether Palace's heavy loss would prove to be an obstruction in Daluo Territory's incoming battles of conquest. What do you think?" Wu Tian said as he looked at Mu Chen with a smile.
Hearing this, Mu Chen smiled before saying, "Actually, you said the words I initially wanted to say to you."
"You're so stubborn," Wu Tian said with a faint smile. "Looks like you refuse to be convinced until you are faced with the grim reality. In that case, don't blame Blood Hawk Palace for not having any consideration for your feelings."
Mu Chen glanced at the size of the Blood Hawk Troop. He wanted to say something, but suddenly he paused when he saw a strange smile appear on Wu Tian's lips.
"Something is not right!" It seemed that Nine Nether had also become aware of something at that moment, as her pretty face looked toward the battlefield with a slight change in her expression. She discovered that the blood cloud behind Blood Hawk Troop had yet to actually dissipate.
The earth was shaking, and the sound of orderly footsteps could be heard. There was a slight change in the expressions of the people who were looking over at that rich blood cloud. The appearance of streams of silhouettes could be seen once again.
These silhouettes slowly stepped out of the blood cloud and appeared at the rear of the Blood Hawk Troop. Impressively, it was once again bulk upon bulk of Blood Hawk Troops!
Suddenly, the sound of surprise resounded through the sky and land. This time, even Xu Qing and Zhou Yue's expressions changed slightly. Blood Hawk Palace actually dispatched all their Blood Hawk Troops!
But was Wu Tian truly able to control that amount of Blood Hawk Troops with his current capabilities? Was this fellow not afraid of being devoured by the fighting spirit?
Numerous whispers resounded through the sky and land. Clearly no one expected this move from Blood Hawk Palace.
"Looks like Blood Hawk Palace really did take out all of their capital," Mu Chen said while looking at the scene with slightly furrowed brows.
Wu Tian chuckled. "It's too late to regret now." Wu Tian looked at Mu Chen with a smile as well as a ridiculing gaze.
"With your capabilities, are you not afraid of being devoured by the fighting spirit?" Mu Chen said.
Wu Tian smiled. Soon after, there was a flash of light between his two fingers, and a medicine pill flickering with Spiritual Light appeared. Then, he lightly stuffed it into his mouth. His smile became increasingly sinister.
"I can do it now."
"That is… the Ethereal Pill?! How despicable!" When Tang Bing and the rest saw this, the expressions on their faces changed immediately as they exclaimed while gritting their teeth. It looked like she knew the effects of the Ethereal Pill.
The expression on Nine Nether's beautiful face was becoming increasingly cold. It was clear that Blood Hawk Palace really wanted to win, by hook or by crook.
Lord Blood Hawk chuckled. "Nine Nether, we did not place a restriction on this in our provisions," Lord Blood Hawk said when he saw Nine Nether's cold expression.
Nine Nether glanced at Lord Blood Hawk before clenching her pale hands.
But it did not matter if they were fans of it or not, for they could not say anything about it. After all, it was true that there was no restriction on it in the fight this time. Now Nine Nether Palace's plight was getting further away from a good outcome.
Nine Nether did not pay attention to those pitiful looks but instead her pretty eyes were only focused on Mu Chen. As if he felt her gaze, Mu Chen also turned his head before smiling while nodding at her.
When she saw Mu Chen's response, Nine Nether also nodded. Her taut heart was slightly at ease.
Luckily, they did not come completely unprepared.
Mu Chen reached out his palm towards Wu Tian and said with a gentle smile, "Make your move. I hope such tricks will be of use to you."
"We are already at this point and yet you are still reluctant to admit your defeat…" Wu Tian sighed before saying with a sinister smile, "But believe me when I say, you will have no choice but to admit it very soon!"
The moment he finished speaking, he firmly stamped the the bloody spear in his hand.
Behind him, all the Blood Hawk Troops had also stamped the bloody spears in their hands. Immediately, the earth was shaking, and the blood-red fighting spirit engulfed the sky and land like the permeation of a bloody sea.
There was a solemn expression on the faces of countless people.
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Нили Лату (; 19. фебруар 1982) професионални је рагбиста и капитен репрезентације Тонге, који тренутно игра за Њукасл. Висок 182 цм, тежак 101 кг, игра у трећој линији скрама. 8 година играо је у јапанској лиги за НЕЦ Грин Рокетс, а 3 године провео је на Новом Зеланду играјући за Беј оф Пленти, Чифсе и Херикејнсе. За репрезентацију Тонге је до сада одиграо 43 тест мечева и постигао 23 поена. Бранио је боје Тонге на 3 светска првенства.

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The news conference followed a threatening post made Feb. 26 against the school specifically targeting black students.
Lt. Ryan Frashure, Anne Arundel County police spokesman, said investigators have identified the student who posted that threat — an African-American student who was charged as a juvenile with disrupting school activities.
The unnamed student's motives are not known, but the cultural Marxist motives of the moonbats who took his threatening post and ran with it are obvious.
They would have preferred to base the NAACP spectacle on a hate crime committed by a Caucasian. But since those don't happen very often, they had to make do.
Tillett … also discussed disparity in achievement and discipline for minority students compared to whites in Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
About 18 percent of African-American students passed the 2017 PARCC Algebra 1 exam countywide, compared to 26.9 percent of Hispanic students passed, 55.7 percent of white students passed and 64.2 percent of Asian students.
The federal Department of Education's Civil Rights Data Collection shows figures from 2013 indicating that while 21 percent of the system's student population was black, they comprised 44 percent of suspensions.
The stats above are presented as evidence that the problem is white people, who are racist.
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The Sign of Jonah: Baptism
"What sign can you do?" (Jn 6:30): is it the taunt of Messiah-chasers, or the hunger of the shepherd-less? As our ruthless self-sustenance proves insufficient, we simply must come to terms with having nowhere else to go. Meanwhile, however, the culture of skepticism produces the sign-seeking, angle-seeking generation (authors of "the fine print," the "hidden agenda")—which turns out to be every generation.
In another place, Jesus declared that the only sign given to such persons is "the sign of Jonah" (Mt 12:38-42): the "Son of Man" (Jesus' most-used Self-description) would emerge from a three-days'-darkness lodging, in the same way the Prophet Jonah was preserved amid the deep waters by a large fish (commonly considered a whale).
We might consider this sign a "type," or foreshadowing, of the sacrament of Baptism. The rebellious prophet tried to escape from God's choice of him; he is cast into the waters; he is rescued from/through the waters into safety. Water is at once a sign of death and life: you can drown in water, yet you live only because of water. Incidentally, the big fish is a type of the Church, the "vessel" that preserves us amid the storm. As a bonus, the fish was an early symbol that Christians would use to mark their sacred assemblies, subjects of chronic persecution. The five letters of the Greek word for fish (ιχθυς) stood for "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior."
Baptism comes from the Greek word "to plunge." The original method of immersion conveys the sign most vividly. The entire body makes contact with the water because the entire person—body and soul—needs redemption. Your Reverend Writer has not employed this method in his ministry, but has admired those who do.
If water is a reliable descriptor of Baptism, so is light. For every celebration of it we ignite the Paschal Candle that easterly proclaims the triumph of the risen Christ over sin, suffering, and death, precisely because each plunge makes that triumph clear in that subject's life. The belly of the fish is darkness, but once evacuated, the child is, as it were, assaulted by brightness. It must be too much to bear at the outset, and indeed all life long.
If light is a reliable descriptor of Baptism, so is enclosure. The child's white garment enfolds her even as her mother's womb once did. The fearsome fish's belly, known now as the Church, is the child's safety net. Whoever sticks with us, has a chance in this crazy, mixed-up world. By "us" of course we mean "The Church," but on the local, intensest level, we mean faithful parents and godparents who, by virtue of their familiarity with both the child and the Church, represent one to the other.
Reflect with me, often and gratefully, on God's most supreme gift by which He frees us from the original sin, makes us brothers and sisters of Jesus, temples of His Spirit, heirs of heaven, and franchises of grace and mercy (so long as we deal in them by obedience to the Commandments).
Steven Wright and the Eucharist (A misleading title for the first of seven articles on the Sacraments)
One of the pastoral prerogatives is the direction of, and contribution to, the content of parish communication organs, whether it's the message board out front (which we don't have...yet), the various social media (for us, definitely a work in progress), or the reliable weekly bulletin. Since my first weekend at St. Michael the Archangel nearly two years ago, I have written a bulletin column called "To Inspire, To Inform, To Entertain" (IIE) That's not the actual headline because I write too much to be able to fit the title, but those words do appear above a nearby quotation, which I take from sources as diverse as Steven Wright and Flannery O'Connor.
Fondly I tell of how I met Steven Wright. I flew to Boston to compete in the Marathon in 2017. While hanging out at Logan International Airport before my return flight, I saw a bearded man with a Red Sox cap wheeling his luggage in my direction while I was approaching (where else?) Dunkin' Donuts. From several dozen yards the man's identity seemed clear, although he was either trying to conceal it or just be a regular citizen. He seemed somewhat surprised I could spot him. I identified myself as a Catholic priest and a big fan. Wright, himself raised Catholic, seemed genuinely humbled by a priest's respect. I told him I feature diverse quotations in my weekly bulletin. "You mean that paper you get in church? Wow! That's neat." We gave a fist bump (WHY DIDN'T I REQUEST A SELFIE, COUTH BE DAMNED?) and he went on his way. I got in line for coffee, feeling a bit better for having competed earlier that week, even though my time was far slower than I'd desired.
IIE has featured series on the Spirituality of the Twelve Steps, Indulgenced Prayers (in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation--"just to show 'em," God forgive me), and, more recently, the Seven Sacraments. For your penance, here is the first of the seven columns, largely unedited. You are always free to read past bulletins--nothing like "yesterday's news!"--archived under the relevant tab on our parish website.
I was thinking about doing some sort of series on the Sacraments for the next seven weeks, because 1) there are seven of them; and b) for the next five weeks, the Gospel reading will be taken from the sixth chapter of Saint John's Gospel. Permit me to do something unconventional by starting with the Eucharist. Think of Baptism as the egg and Eucharist as the chicken. In this series I declare that the chicken comes before the egg, in terms of both time and significance.
John 6 presents the famous "Bread of Life Discourse" in which Jesus declares the necessity of eating His flesh and drinking His blood in order to share in the Son's eternal-life relationship with the Father. This chapter takes the place of "institution narratives" found in the other ("Synoptic") Gospels, where Jesus offers His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity for our salvation in the forms of bread and wine, first in the Upper Room with His Apostles on Holy Thursday, then on the Cross on Good Friday.
The Church's Code of Canon Law presents a theologically rich description to lead off its treatment of each of the seven Sacraments. For Holy Eucharist, the Code references the Second Vatican Council's liturgical document when it says, "The Eucharistic sacrifice, the memorial of the death and resurrection of the Lord, in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated through the ages is the summit and source of all worship and Christian life, which signifies and effects the unity of the people of God and brings about the building up of the Body of Christ. Indeed, the other sacraments and all the ecclesiastical works of the apostolate are closely connected with the Most Holy Eucharist and ordered to it."
That's right, Catholics: Mass makes Calvary as real for us today as it was for Jesus Himself, those who dared to stand with Him, those who fled in fear, and for those who neither knew nor cared about the event. Through the Eucharist we share in the Paschal Mystery in more than a merely spectatorial manner. When we are all together at Mass, even if we don't spiritually "have it all together," insofar as we are "all together," at least we have a chance. Moreover, every good work of ours finds its force from the Best Work of the God-Man. We are well reminded that we don't, can't, save ourselves.
"We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works. We should not stay away from our assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near" (Heb 10:24-25).
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An Annual Labor of Love
It is hard for me to imagine that the former Saint Kieran Parish in Heckscherville actually had two auxiliary chapels in nearby patches: one in Buck Run and the other in Greenbury. The latter, dedicated to Saint John (the Baptist? the Evangelist/Teacher/Divine?), collapsed some years ago, leaving miraculously untouched a lovely grotto of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The territories of New Castle Township and the patch of Greenbury came together in the name "Castle Green Grotto." At this lovely edifice, locals still convene to pray the Rosary and otherwise enjoy a lovely slice of Paradise.
For about a decade, several dedicated folks have organized an annual Mass on Labor Day. About 100 citizens attend, many of them former St. Kieran parishioners. The local Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies' AOH form an honor guard. Several area clergy have been the celebrants of the Mass over the years. As the local pastor, it has been my honor to join them. This year I was privileged to preach the occasion. Storied reporter John E. Usalis of the Pottsville Republican-Herald aptly summarized my words, which, lacking a written text, I certainly could not have done:
"We're grateful to God and so the greatest act of gratitude to almighty God that we can offer is this sacrifice of the Mass. We do it specifically on Labor Day mindful of how God has labored on our behalf and how we labor for God. [...]
"So this day is dedicated to the honor of working. And not just the burden of it, but the honor and privilege of expending ourselves for the glory of God and for the betterment of man," Zelonis said. "What a day to be able to do that with the liturgy, which is Greek and means 'our work for God' or 'God's work for us.' It actually can be translated either way. The sacred liturgy is God's work on our behalf, which I would say primarily because God is always the first agent, but then it is our work for God, our return to him as we hear in the Psalms. "What can I do for the Lord for all that he has done for me. I will take up the cup of salvation" (Ps 116:12-13). The bread of life and the cup of salvation will be offered, the bread and wine will become the body and blood of Christ, and we join to the bread and wine our prayers, our works, our joys and our sufferings.
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Expansion Rejected for Qatar World Cup
By Sukanya Chakraborty
One of the most celebrated men's football league FIFA World Cup in 2022 season was in talks of expansion for quite some time now. CONMEBOL, the South America Football Confederation introduced the plan to FIFA, asking the 22nd FIFA World Cup 2022 hosted by Qatar to have 48 teams instead of its previous resolve of 32 teams in 2018. With the vote of FIFA president Gianni Infantino, the expansion seemed as an obvious step and a possible outcome as well with a proposed idea Gianni himself to adding additional host countries.
However, the whole plan met with a wild blow when FIFA congress rejected the proposal stating, the plans cannot be finalized after being discussed among all the relative stakeholders which arrived at this conclusion, as under the current circumstances this expansion cannot be realized. With short time in hand FIFA decided not to further pursue this option. However, the plan for 48 teams is on board for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in United States, Canada and Mexico. With massive number of stadiums, logistic probably won't be an issue for 2026 World Cup, whereas it is one reason behind the rejection in 2022 World Cup. This is just not the only problem, as The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and non-Gulf state Egypt has been in constant disagreement with Qatar following which transport, political and trade ties with Qatar were compromised and this too will affect the games.
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Lessons for Employers from Uber's Nightmare Start to 2017
Posted on March 25, 2017 March 25, 2017 by Amanda Shelton
To say that it has been a rough start to 2017 for the ride-sharing company Uber would be putting it mildly. A pioneer of the ride sharing economy, estimated by some to be worth $66 billion, Uber has encountered one headline-grabbing problem after another since January 1st.
There is, for example, the trade secret lawsuit brought by Google and triggered by Uber's acquisition of the self-driving automobile technology company Otto, which was founded by a former Google employee. In February, the New York Times revealed details of Uber's Greyball program that it allegedly used to deceive authorities and law enforcement in jurisdictions where Uber was banned. After taking an Uber home from a Super Bowl party, CEO Travis Kalanick was caught on video arguing with the driver. The company can't seem to hang onto talented executives, either.
Then there is the blog post written by a former Uber employee that described her experiences working for the company in some detail. They were concerning, to say the least, and Uber's approach to handling complaints of discrimination and harassment should serve as a roadmap for other employers on what not to do.
Employment at Uber: A Pattern of Willfully Turning a Blind Eye
Susan Fowler joined Uber in late 2015 as a site reliability engineer. After initial training, she was added to a team of other engineers – and on her first day was allegedly propositioned by her new manager via the company's internal chat system. She took screenshots of his messages and reported them to HR.
Fowler alleges that, rather than acting on the issue, she was told by HR that she could either find another team or stay on the current one working for the same manager but "would have to understand that he would most likely give [her] a poor performance review and there was nothing they could do about it." HR said this would not be retaliation because she had been provided with the choice to leave that team. She was also told the manager had been given a "stern talking to" and the company didn't want to ruin his career over his "first offense."
Fowler left that team, joined another, and soon found out that she was far from the first woman to have reported that manager to HR. In fact, many had reported him before she joined. All of them had allegedly been given the same choices, and told the "first offense" story. After Fowler left the manager's team, another woman reported him to HR for similar behavior. At that point, the issue had been "escalated as far up the chain as it could be escalated" but there was no action from management.
This was not the only issue Fowler confronted at Uber. After receiving glowing performance evaluations, her request to transfer to another team was blocked for no apparent reason. When she followed it up she was told her review had been changed and she no longer qualified for a transfer. Later, she found out the real reason: she made her manager look good so he blocked her transfer. "I overheard him boasting to the rest of the team that even though the rest of the teams were losing their women engineers left and right, he still had some on his team," she wrote.
Things did not get much better, and Fowler eventually had a meeting with HR to discuss the fact that she kept reporting allegedly sexist or harassing behavior to HR. Even though every report she made came with "extensive documentation" and followed accepted protocols, "The HR rep began the meeting by asking me if I had noticed that *I* was the common theme in all of the reports I had been making, and that if I had ever considered that I might be the problem."
That meeting was followed by one with her own manager who said she was "on thin ice" for reporting another executive to HR and reminded her that California is an at-will employment state, "which means we can fire you if you ever do this again." She told him that was illegal, and reported the conversation to HR, but nothing was done – allegedly because the manager who threatened Fowler was "a high performer."
A week later, Fowler had a new job offer and left Uber. Her post about her year working for the company quickly went viral.
The Uber Takeaway: Treat Complaints of Harassment and Discrimination Seriously
In the wake of Fowler's post, Uber announced it had hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to run an internal investigation into how the company handles complaints of discrimination and harassment. By that point, however, the matter was headline news, had done significant damage to the company's reputation, and likely made it a potential target for employment litigation.
Uber is famous for its disruptive behavior, and seems to have taken that same careless disregard for established rules and procedures into how it manages employees. That is not, however, something an employer can do, as exemplified by Susan Fowler's experience.
Employers must take all complaints of harassment and discrimination seriously, particularly if an employee provides strong documentation, as Fowler seems to have done with Uber's HR department. Complaints should be investigated and action taken if found to be true. Crucially, investigations should happen as complaints happen and not only after the situation gets so out of hand that the company is forced to do so.
Performance reviews and promotions must also be handled in a consistent, equitable fashion. There should be checks and balances in place to ensure a manager with a grudge – or a hidden agenda for personal advancement – cannot derail the career paths of the people he or she manages.
Uber also seems to have valued productive employees over providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. While care should be taken not to damage another employee's reputation on the basis of unproven allegations, companies likewise cannot give a pass to someone simply because they are valuable to the bottom line. Abusive or predatory employees cannot be allowed free reign under any circumstances. There is just too much liability for the company – and the impact on other employees is potentially too damaging.
Finally, Uber is a compelling case for why all employers must have policies and procedures that are clearly laid out in employee manuals – and then followed consistently. If Susan Fowler's HR rep and managers had followed the rules, she would have likely remained a happy, productive Uber employee – and never written her blog post.
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Asaf Avidan (Hebrew: אסף אבידן) (born March 23, 1980) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician. He is also the creative force and front-man of Asaf Avidan & the Mojos, an Israeli folk rock band that he established in 2006 in Jerusalem.
Listen to his wonderful cover of I Wish You Were Here too!!
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<- Previous | First | Next -> MonkeyNotes-Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
SCENE Summaries and Notes
Act I, Scene I
King Henry V is dead; his captains are gathered about his bier
mourning his untimely death. They see it as an act of fate
against England or as a result of sorcery used by the French.
One messenger after another interrupts their council with
tidings of cities last to the French and of English armies
scattered in defeat. The reason, behind this, lies in the internal
disunity of the English. Lord Talbot, one of the bravest English
generals has been defeated and captured by the French. This
occurs because he is deserted by a cowardly Sir John Fastolfe,
in the midst of battle. Swearing revenge Duke of Bedford
leaves to go to prepare for battle in France. The Duke of
Gloucester, who is protector to the King leaves to organize the
ammunition and make arrangements for Henry VI's
coronation. The Duke of Exeter, the young king's special
governor departs to ensure the King's personal safety. Left
alone, the Bishop of Winchester discloses his intention of
becoming the real power behind the crown.
Scene I is a key scene, it introduces all the key elements of the
play. Henry V, the hero-king is dead and is mourned by the
entire nation. It had been his initiative that had led to English
victories in France. His nobles look upon his death as
something preordained by "the bad revolting stars." They
suspect that the French used black magic to destroy a man who
proved invincible in the earthly realm. It is important to
observe the strong superstitious beliefs that the noblemen hold.
They ascribe events to supernatural causes and see the French
as "conjurers and sorcerers."
The death of Henry V is followed by monumental English
losses till all they have left are " some petty towns of no
import." The losses described in this scene actually occurred
over a period of twenty-two years. But the playwright
compresses this time period, to that of just one day, for the
purpose of dramatic effectiveness. This scene also reveals the
reason for the English loss. One of the messengers has the
explanation "you maintain several factions" he informs the
noblemen. The English generals lack unity of purpose and
vision and are thereby weakened and defeated.
This scene also serves as an introduction of Lord Talbot. He is
one of the main characters in the play, with the largest number
of lines. He is a valiant general and very highly esteemed by
the English. He is defeated and captured by the French, not due
to any lack of valor on his part but because he is betrayed by
the cowardly desertion of one of his men, Sir John Fastolfe.
This is symbolic of a greater theme that runs throughout the
play. Lord Talbot is the personification of the valor and
bravery of the English soldiers. Fastolfe personifies the
disunity that exists in the English ranks. Thus, it is his
desertion, not the French might that leads to Talbot's defeat.
The French victories are due to weakness in the English, not
due to any inherent strength in the French themselves.
The noblemen gathered during the funeral have key positions
in the English hierarchy of power. And the animosity that
exists between two of them, namely Gloucester and Winchester
is underlined by their acrimonious exchange of insults.
Through this exchange, too, runs the thread of disharmony that
is sapping the English strength.
Exeter reminds those present of their oaths to the dead king,
namely, the destruction or subjugation of the Dauphin. This is
the central theme of the play; it deals with the French wars and
subsequent losses that occur during the reign of Henry VI.
The scene ends with matters closer to England: the upcoming
coronation of Henry VI as King. Winchester's words, said
aloud when he is left alone, reveal that his ambitions run in the
direction of assuring real power behind the crown of the child
king. With his words the focus shifts from the action in France
to the political undercurrents in England.
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Category: Edward John Eyre - Vol 1 - Ch 8
Written by Edward John Eyre
September 18.—Upon taking a view of the country, this morning, previous to starting, it appeared so low and level, and held out so little prospect of our finding water, that I was induced to deviate from the course I had laid down, and steering S. 20 degrees E. made for some hills before us. After travelling four miles upon this course, I observed a native fire upon the hills at a bearing of S. 40 degrees E. and immediately turned towards it, fully hoping that it was at a native camp and in the immediate vicinity of water.
At eight miles we were close under the hills, but found the dray could not cross the front ridges; I therefore left Mr. Scott to keep a course parallel with the range, whilst I and the native boy rode across to where we had seen the fire. Upon arriving at the spot I was greatly disappointed to find, instead of a native camp, only a few burning bushes, which had either been lit as a signal by the natives, after noticing us in the plains, or was one of those casual fires so frequently left by them on their line of march. I found the hills scrubby, barren, and rocky, with much prickly grass growing upon their slopes. There were no watercourses upon the west side of the range at all, nor could I by tracing up some short rocky valleys coming from steep gorges in the face of the hill find any water. The rock was principally of ironstone formation. Upon ascending to the summit of the hill, I had an extensive but unsatisfactory view, a vast level field of scrub stretching every where around me, interspersed here and there with the beds of small dried up lakes, but with no signs of water any where. At S. W. by S. I saw the smoke of a native fire rising in the plains. Hurrying down from the range, I followed the dray, and as soon as I overtook it, halted for the night in the midst of a thick scrub of large tea–trees and minor shrubs. There was a little grass scattered among the trees, on which, by giving our horses two buckets of water each, they were able to feed tolerably well. During the day we had travelled over a very heavy sandy country and through dense brush, and our horses were much jaded. Occasionally we had passed small dried up salt lakes and the beds of salt water channels; but even these did not appear to have had any water in them for a long time.
Upon halting the party, I sent Mr. Scott to explore the range further south than I had been, whilst I myself went to search among the salt lakes to the southwest. We, however, both returned equally unsuccessful, and I now found that I should be compelled to send the dray back for a supply of water from Baxter's range. The country was so scrubby and difficult to get a dray through that our progress was necessarily slow; and in the level waste before us I had no hope of finding water for some distance further. I thought, therefore, that if the dray could bring a supply to last us for two days after leaving our present encampment, we should then be enabled to make a fresh push through a considerable extent of bad country, and might have a better chance of finding water as we advanced to the south–west.


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Nicole Beharie to Return to TV
24 सप्टेंबर, 2022
Actress, Nicole Beharie, best known for her hitmaking role playing Abbie Mills on the Fox drama, Sleepy Hollow, is having a career resurgence. After leaving the show in 2016 and later claiming she was blackballed, Nicole is returning to television via the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show.
Nicole will reportedly play the role of Christina Hunter, described as a "grounded, competitive, and charismatic millennial." The show presently stars Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, and revolves around the cutthroat world of morning television at the fictional UBA network.
In addition to The Morning Show, you can presently see Nicole starring alongside John Boyega in "Breaking" and "Honk for Jesus," which stars Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown.
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Carnage at the Capitol – CPC Newsletter
By Jordan Bruneau
Carnage at the Capitol: Five people, including a San Diego woman and a Capitol Police officer, are dead after rioters seized the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a scene that looked from some developing world dictatorship. We strongly condemn any violence or rioting, in all its forms, whether committed by MAGA or Black Lives Matter supporters....
TAGS: California Policy Center, Trump
Waivers, lawsuits, pandemic pods and school choice legislation
Last week, the school wars intensified on many fronts. Since Governor Gavin Newsom's July 17th edict closing all but a handful of schools in California, much has transpired. First, it was uncovered a few days later that schools in the Golden State could apply for a waiver to reopen, something Newsom mysteriously omitted in his...
TAGS: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Federation of Teachers, California Policy Center, CDC, Gavin Newsom, Kerry McDonald, Lamar Alexander, Larry Sand, pandemic pods, Randi Weingarten, school choice, teachers union, Tim Scott
The Janus decision and teacher freedom: One year later
What has happened, what hasn't happened, and why. On June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government workers no longer had to pay dues to a union as a condition of employment, and the ensuing hysteria was a sight to behold. Loopy headlines like "How The Supreme Court's Janus Decision Could Cripple Public...
TAGS: AB 119, Association of American Educators, California Policy Center, California Teachers Empowerment Network, Freedom Foundation, Janus v. AFSCME, Larry Sand, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Mike Antonucci, National Education Association, teachers union
Union schemes, scams and some pushback
In light of the Janus decision, union rule-rigging and ensuing lawsuits continue. As the Janus case (which ultimately would give public employees a choice whether or not to pay money to a union as a condition of employment) was headed to the Supreme Court, many unions saw the writing on the wall and cooked...
TAGS: AB 119, American Federation of State, California Policy Center, California Teachers Association, County and Municipal Employees, EdSource, John Fensterwald, Liberty Justice Center, National Right to Work Foundation, teachers union, United Teachers of Los Angeles
The #WeSue movement
The Janus decision in June has opened the door to litigation. Lots of litigation. It has been almost six months since the Janus ruling, which allows government workers to avoid paying a union as a condition of employment. But that was just a beginning. The decision has shone a light on many other union abuses...
TAGS: California Policy Center, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Janus ruling, Larry Sand, Liberty Justice Center, National Right to Work Foundation, release time, teachers union, Thomas Few, Trey Kovacs, United Teachers of Los Angeles, worker freedom
The unions keep rigging the rules as workers sue them
  Legislation and litigation ramp up in light of the Janus decision. The public employee unions have not been at all contrite since their 41 year run of legalized theft came to an abrupt halt. On June 27th, the Supreme Court overturned 1977's abysmal Abood v. Detroit Board of Education decision and ruled...
TAGS: AB 119, California Policy Center, California Teachers Association, Edward Ring, Freedom Foundation, Janus v. AFSCME, Larry Sand, Mackinac Center, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, teachers union
2013 CalPERS Payouts Online at Transparent California
By Mark Bucher
CalPERS financial struggles are draining state taxpayers. The ever-increasing contribution rates it demands from state and local governments have already bankrupted several cities. Even for more financially stable agencies, increased CalPERS contributions have crowded out other spending priorities or tax relief. While discussions about unfunded liabilities and projected rates of return are necessary and important,...
TAGS: California Policy Center, CalPERS, TransparentCalifornia.com, unsustainable pensions
The Poor Teacher Canard Redux – Part I
"Mid-and Late-Career Teachers Struggle With Paltry Incomes" is the latest flawed study to claim that American teachers are underpaid. Leave it to the left-leaning teacher-union-friendly Center for American Progress to come out with a flatulent report lamenting the allegedly lousy state of teacher pay in the U.S. Even worse, much of the acolyte media dutifully...
TAGS: American Enterprise Institute, American Federation of Teachers, Andrew Biggs, California Policy Center, Center for American Progress, Heritage Foundation, Jason Richwine, Jay Greene, Larry Sand, Manhattan Institute, Marcus Winters, National Education Association, Randi Weingarten, teachers union, Transparent California
Pasadena Unified Superintendent Promoted, $55,000 Raise, Despite District's Failing Performance
By Robert Fellner
Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) superintendent Jon Gundry has just been tapped as the new superintendent for the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE), despite PUSD's failing marks under his tenure from 2011 to 2014. His base salary will rise from $240,000 to $295,000 with the promotion effective August 1. In 2013, the PUSD...
TAGS: California Policy Center, Transparent California
Transparent California Releases 2013 Payroll and Pension Data
Today, the California Policy Center (CPC) released 2013 payroll and pension data (the most recent data available) on TransparentCalifornia.com, the largest ever online database of California state and local government employee pensions, salaries, and benefits. The data shows that public compensation in California is growing more out of control, threatening the solvency of the state...
TAGS: California Policy Center, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, Transparent California


Head to Melbourne Central and The White Room Interiorsfor some retail therapy. Relax by the water at St. Kilda Beach and Gunnamatta Beach. Explore Melbourne's surroundings by going to Mentone beach (in Mentone), Eastern Beach Reserve (in Geelong) and The Great Ocean Road (in Torquay). And it doesn't end there: kick back and relax at Sandridge Beach, choose your vessel at Melbourne Boat Hire, browse the eclectic array of goods at Degraves Street, and take in nature's colorful creations at Royal Botanic Gardens.
For where to stay, other places to visit, traveler tips, and tourist information, read Melbourne trip itinerary tool .
If you are flying in from Singapore, the closest major airport is Melbourne International Airport. December in Melbourne sees daily highs of 30°C and lows of 14°C at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 10th (Mon) to allow enough time to travel back home.


After adding domain name to magento 2 website, admin panel not working properly.
When I didn't add domain to the droplet, everything works fine. But when I add the domain, the admin panel of the magento 2 website is not working properly. the submenu content is blank after loading.
I am using the CloudFlare to mange the domain, and I simply add a record with the ip address of the droplet. The website is running without any errors. I cannot find any useful information and there is not log for the problem which is showing in the picture below.
The problem is showing in the link below.
You need to update your base_url in the database and then clear the cache.
Please make sure you've made a backup of the database before doing such commands. I would even recommend doing a snapshot in the control panel of DigitalOcean, so you can restore the entire server in case something goes wrong.
The error is happening after I update the website with the new domain and I have already updated the URL in the database as well. And then I cleaned the cache.
I even make the exactly setup in my local vps, it is working perfect in my local server. Also I made another droplet and set up the LAMP again, the submenu still not showing. After I change the ip back, and clean the cache. The website works fine. I checked all log, and there is no errors.
How about setting up a new droplet - add the domain - then install Magento?
I've been running Magento for several years and this is how I move domains, but I must admit that I haven't used Magento2 for anything other than testing.
Could you enable debug logging in Magento, since you say nothing is logged in the Apache log?
Good idea, I will try again and get back to you. Cheers man!
The issue still there, I cannot find any error in the website.
Here is the login and password for the domain.
I setup a demo, if there anyone know what is wrong with the droplet, please tell me.
The problem still cannot be solved... Until now I still cannot figure it out. And the problem only happened on digital ocean.


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Credit Card Delinquencies and Usage Both Fall
Impact Lab > Business > Credit Card Delinquencies and Usage Both Fall
Business, Economy, Latest Trend, Money Talk
Consumers are avoiding racking up debt.
Credit card delinquency rates fell at major U.S. lenders in November as fewer consumers fell behind on their bill payments, signaling they are recovering from the stress of the financial crisis.
But consumers are also avoiding racking up more debt on their credit cards, even during the holiday shopping season, a sign that lenders will be struggling to rebuild their card businesses for some time to come.
Credit card lenders including Bank of America Corp , JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc said the rate of late payments in November fell to the lowest levels this year.
"We thought on a seasonal basis we'd see some weakness, and instead we saw a relatively benign to a very positive picture," analyst Henry Coffey of Sterne, Agee & Leach said. "We were more pleased than displeased with the numbers."
Delinquencies are the first sign that consumers are having trouble paying their bills and that lenders may eventually have to write off the debt. The steady decline in delinquencies this year at the top U.S. credit-card lenders signals that American consumers have recovered from the worst of the financial crisis.
Charge-offs offs ticked up slightly at some lenders, including JPMorgan and Capital One Financial Corp , but they were still much lower than at the beginning of the year.
Losses — and loans — on credit cards usually rise at the end of the year as consumers splurge during the holiday shopping season.
But consumers are reluctant to take on more debt this year. Only 16.3 percent of consumers used credit cards over the Black Friday weekend — the start of the holiday shopping season — down from 30.9 percent last year and an all-time low, according to a survey by America's Research Group and Swiss bank UBS. [ID:nN30280519]
GRADUAL RECOVERY
Lenders file monthly credit-card performance reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bank of America had the worst credit card loss rate in November — 9.92 percent, down from 10.15 percent in October. The largest U.S. consumer bank has recovered somewhat from the beginning of 2010, when charge-offs were more than 13 percent. Its delinquency rate fell to 5.47 percent in November from 5.6 percent in October.
Citigroup's charge-offs dropped to 9.4 percent in November from 10.27 percent in October. Its delinquency rate declined to 4.71 percent from 4.74 percent.
At the other end of the spectrum, American Express Co continued to report the lowest level of charge-offs and delinquencies among the major U.S. lenders.
The credit-card lender and transaction-processing network said its charge-off rate fell to 4.4 percent in November from 4.7 percent in October. Delinquencies fell to 2.2 percent from 2.3 percent.
American Express is increasingly looking to its transaction-processing business for growth and has cut back on lending to all but affluent consumers who mostly pay their bills in full every month.
At JPMorgan, which is increasingly competing with American Express for the most affluent credit-card customers, the delinquency rate fell to 3.68 percent in November from 3.81 percent in October. Its charge-off rate edged up to 7.16 percent from 7 percent.
Like American Express, Discover Financial Services lends directly to consumers but also competes with Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc to process credit card transactions for banks. Discover said delinquencies fell to 4.15 percent in November from 4.34 percent in October. Its charge-offs dropped to 6.72 percent from 6.83 percent.
Capital One said accounts delinquent for at least 30 days fell to 4.26 percent in November from 4.45 percent in October. Its charge-off rate rose to 7.56 percent from 7.26 percent but was still much improved from more than 10 percent in January.
Shares of the six major lenders were mostly lower in Wednesday afternoon trade, with Citi down more than 2 percent at $4.59.
Via KUNC
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The business of documentary, photojournalism and assignment photography has been in a deep depression for a long time now.
New technologies, obsolete business models, and a major decline in media advertising revenues have disrupted "business" across all forms of media — from news publishers to advertising agencies, from photojournalists, to videographers, producers, and documentary makers. To say these industries have been completely turned on their heads — with no clear directions for economic survival — is not an exaggeration.
Budgets have been cut or completely eliminated at many media outlets. As a result, many long-time permanent staff photographers have been fired worldwide, and forced to go freelance. Travel budgets have disappeared. But the need for news and other visual content is never-ending, and perhaps even more urgent in our always-on era of the internet and streaming feeds.
So, editors and creative directors are forced to rely on local photographers — who are already on the ground where and when they need them — to deliver the goods, quickly. But how do you find the best photographers, anywhere in the world, at the moment you need them?
A promising new start-up may be the answer to a lot of these problems.
Blink (blink.la) is a new, real-time location platform connecting media companies (and other people who buy photography services) with a global network of vetted freelance media professionals — photographers, video producers and other storytellers. Blink was founded by two senior photo editors at The Wall Street Journal and a serial entrepreneur who saw the need for innovative networking tools in the media space.
Since launching earlier this year, the Blink network has attracted over 170 industry leading media companies, 70 agencies, and 4000+ photographers and videographers in more than 120 countries. And its network is growing daily.
instant messaging via computers and smartphones.
At its core is a robust search capability.
How do you describe a typical Blink interaction?
"Whether you're shooting a lifestyle story in Mendocino, California or a breaking news event in Kabul, Afghanistan — Blink connects the dots between companies who need content and the creatives who can deliver high quality work," says Blink CEO Matt Craig (who had spent five years working as Page One Photo Editor at "The Wall Street Journal").
"This isn't just a tool for editors on the hunt — Blink is a two way street. We empower our members by giving them access to all the buying companies on the network. Search Blink for News and Photo Editors, Art Directors and Producers and connect in seconds," Craig says. "This is one step networking that is making everyone's lives a little easier — even down to online invoicing and payments."
"There are many, many different examples" says Julien Jourdes, Co-founder & COO (who previously served as World News Photo Editor at "The Wall Street Journal" and Newsweek, as well as Editorial Director of Magnum Photos Paris). "For instance, Guillem Valle is a World Press photo winner and part of the young Spanish collective called ME-MO. They were just featured in Lens Blog a few days ago."
"Michael Christopher Brown is Magnun photographer. The classic example of someone who you never know where he is. One week he is in the Congo, then Rwanda, then in New York, then back out to Africa and suddenly back in Paris. Blink is perfect for him and for his clients, so that the two can always stay in touch about upcoming assignments and the constantly changing world."
Matt: "As you can see in the slideshow presented here in LensCulture, Blink includes a diverse range of people: talented fine art shooters, commercial work, photojournalists, documentary storytellers and so on — a group of people who are representative of the new wave of photographers, videographers, storytellers, content makers. They are shooting for a range of clients — from J. Crew to a media publishers to NGOs — and using many different mediums."
What about the increasing demand for video rather than still photography?
Matt: "Our community (photographers) produces the best visuals and know how to work intimately. But I think photographers need to hone their skills a lot faster towards working in multimedia, in video. The photo community needs to get into workshops and learn how to do video. The pay-point for video is so much higher than photos. If I produce a 3-minute video, I can get $9,000. Where a day rate may be $1,000 for a photographer. But video is not easy to make. It's a lot harder to do than high-quality photography. So from the clients' side, finding high-quality video producers is paramount. On Blink, we hope to build a network so you can hire a DP, a sound guy, and lighting in 5 minutes. That's the goal. "
What will be your measure of success with Blink?
Matt: "As far as commercial success, we want Blink to be an economic engine so that people can get more work, network faster, and connect efficiently. And I think the market is even greater than just covering news events. I think everyone needs content. Everyone wants high-quality photo and video. Blink allows any company to connect with a photographer or a videographer or whatever. A buyer doesn't have to go through agency structures; it allows individual professional relationships."
Julien: "From an editorial point of view, as the world is going faster, and you need to assign and publish faster and faster, everyone lacks the time to vet and approve photographers. And this is what Blink is as well. Blink is a reliable platform that vets professionals for you. It's a place where you could assign work very fast, knowing that the work will be of the highest quality. So, the best photographers and media companies want to be on this platform, to have a good vetting system that represents the best of the best."
He continues: "A vision for the future is that the world is becoming faster and faster — the next step is instant feeds. It's already happening now, when websites use live Instagram feeds so that the photographer updates the website instantaneously. That could start to work for video and photojournalism, for everything. Blink can be the tool for instantaneous commissions: the photographer on the ground in Ukraine, the videographer already at the concert, the storyteller who's living in the village in the Outback. People want to find the best creative who is vetted and professional — and they want great, reliable results, fast. That's what Blink enables."
It's the best new business model we've seen so far.


Ellen Barkin, Famke Janssen and French-Canadian actor Marc-Andre Grondin ("Che") have joined the cast of the psychological thriller "The Chameleon" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Jean Paul Salome directs and co-wrote the story which revolves around the reunion of a young man (Grondin) and his family after being positively identified in an unsolved missing-persons case.
The reunion turns bittersweet when suspicions arise about whether he really is their son.
Barkin will play the mom, and Janssen is an FBI agent. Nick Stahl and Emilie de Ravin also star.
The story is inspired by a New Yorker article about a man named Frederic Bourdin who assumed at least 39 identities, three of them missing teens.
Bill Perkins, Cooper Richey, Ram Bergman and Marie-Castille Schaar are producing.


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Brexit gives Indian investors pause
N Chandra Mohan	| 08/09/2016 11:20 am
The UK's decision to leave the EU is forcing Indian investors to reconsider their operations in the country, particularly regarding steel production and IT services.
The UK's referendum decision to exit the European Union has created a lot of uncertainty for foreign investors from India, at least temporarily. Investors seek stability in the business environment. Brexit has upset the calculations of big investors like the Tata family and those who have used the UK as a base to explore the European market. India is the third largest source of FDI into the UK and the largest manufacturing employer. It is an even larger source of greenfield investment than China with $14.4bn of investments in 352 projects since 2003 according to data from fDi Markets.
First, Brexit has stalled Tata Steel's plans to sell its loss-making business in the UK that is losing £1m a day. The company placed its decision on hold after inviting bids, because the referendum raised concerns over the viability of the steel business. Tata Motors' profits from Jaguar Land Rover are affected as it sources 35% to 40% of its auto components from Europe, which will become costlier following the pound's depreciation against the euro post-Brexit. In addition, if there are higher duties on car exports to Europe, this will further hit the company's bottom line.
Beyond steel
Indian IT and pharmaceutical companies based in the UK are also affected. IT company Infosys secured a contract in 2003 from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to build applications for Williams & Glyn, which was to be listed as a separate bank in the UK. Following the referendum, however, RBS cancelled this contract, affecting 3,000 Infosys employees and revenues of at least $40m this financial year. If other banks similarly re-evaluate their UK operations, other Indian IT companies catering to this lucrative business could be affected.
However, it is not all bad news for Indian foreign investors. Brexit has not obstructed companies using London as a financial centre to raise funds for infrastructure. The successful issue of rupee-denominated masala bonds of £1bn in the past few months is a case in point. The UK is also the third largest investor in India, spending $23bn from April 2000 to March 2016 according to India's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. Post-Brexit, two-way flows of FDI can still increase, depending on the trade deals concluded between India and UK.
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Forget 'cultural appropriation' — it's about censorship
It seems to me the debate about so-called "cultural appropriation" is really about censorship.
Cultural appropriation — which can be positive or negative — is inevitable.
Without it, Shakespeare doesn't write The Merchant of Venice, Joseph Conrad doesn't write Heart of Darkness, John Howard Griffin doesn't write Black Like Me and Gord Downie doesn't write The Secret Path.
The fact that they all did is a positive thing.
So is the fact that through the appropriation of black music and musicians like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and many others, white artists like Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and many others popularized black music.
That led to the blues, Motown, R&B, rap and hip hop breaking into mainstream culture, which in turn made global superstars out of Beyonce, Drake, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Rihanna and for that matter, Eminem.
All art is derivative, either "appropriated" from what came before, or as a rebellion to what came before. That's how art evolves.
That said, it's understandable why many indigenous people see the Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo logo as an insult, or Victoria's Secret using Native-American style headdresses on its models, or Katy Perry aping a geisha at the AMAs, or Miley Cyrus twerking at the VMAs.
As (ironically) pop/hip-hop superstar Nicki Minaj told New York Times Magazine in calling out white singers like Cyrus who mimic black culture:
"You're in videos with black men, and you're bringing out black women on your stages, but you don't want to know how black women feel about something that's so important? Come on, you can't want the good without the bad. If you want to enjoy our culture and our lifestyle, bond with us, dance with us, have fun with us, twerk with us, rap with us, then you should also want to know what affects us, what is bothering us, what we feel is unfair to us. You shouldn't not want to know that.''
But what about when a group like Black Lives Matter absurdly describes any objection by whites to anything it says or does — such as demanding no uniformed police in Toronto's Pride Parade — as white racism and white privilege, while gutless politicians meekly fall in line behind them?
What about the indigenous groups, and indeed, whites, who denounced Sen. Lynn Beyak as a racist, resulting in her practical excommunication even from her own Conservative party, for pointing out that residential schools, for all the evil they did, did some good as well, a view shared by some indigenous people?
That isn't about cultural appropriation.
It's about silencing people — and points of view — by leveling false allegations of racism against them and intimidating others who share their views.
Beyak ran into a shirtstorm because she touched the third rail of Canadian politics, how best to allocate the billions of tax dollars spent year in and year out on indigenous issues such as high unemployment, poverty, disease, suicide, drug abuse and imprisonment.
Do we stick with the status quo — which clearly isn't working because we can't even get clean drinking water onto many reserves — or do we deploy our resources to better integrate indigenous people into society, which inevitably attracts knee-jerk charges of assimilation, racism and white privilege, often from those who benefit from the current broken system.
That's what's really going on here. It's the censorship of ideas. Call it what it is.
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New Details on Pop Smoke's Murder Surface: Report
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More details have been released surrounding the tragic murder of Pop Smoke.
On Wednesday morning (Feb. 19), several news outlets reported more information around the fatal shooting, which happened hours earlier at a home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles where Smoke was apparently staying.
According to TMZ, surveillance video has been obtained and it shows "at least" four men in masks and hoodies break into the home just 10 minutes after the occupants locked the deadbolts on the front door.
This aligns with an LAPD press conference from earlier this morning where a spokesperson stated there were varying reports of two to six suspects. The report also states that the house alarm was not turned on by the occupants, which aided the people breaking into the home.
The police have yet to officially name Pop Smoke, born Bashar Jackson, the victim of the crime. However, ABC News is reporting they have confirmed the rapper was the person killed during the break-in.
The label Pop Smoke called home, Republic Records, has released a statement regarding his untimely passing.
"We are devastated by the unexpected and tragic loss of @POPSMOKE10," it reads. "Our prayers and thoughts go out to his family, friends and fans, as we mourn this loss together."
Local news outlet ABC 7 also reports that detectives are calling the incident a gang-related shooting. They state that LAPD authorities are in talks with local and federal law enforcement officials in New York to investigate whether the incident had anything to do with Smoke's recent arrest. The rapper was accused of stealing a Rolls-Royce that was loaned to him for a music video in Los Angeles and transporting it to New York without permission. Pop Smoke maintained his innocence.
It was also recently discovered by social media users that the night before the murder, Smoke posted gift bags sent to the home on his social media and accidentally showed the address. The video remains on the rapper's official Facebook page as of press time. It appears to have been posted around 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening (Feb. 18), just hours before the break-in around 5 a.m. on Wednesday. Pop had also just posted a series of photos on Instagram that show him and a friend holding a large amount of cash, which could have contributed to a motive for the intruders.
Police have interviewed witnesses and neighbors about the crime, but as of press time, no one has been apprehended. During a press conference on Wednesday morning, authorities revealed they were notified about the situation after they received a call from "back East" from a person reporting that a friend of theirs' home was being broken into.
Many of Pop Smoke's peers have shared their shock and condolences on social media including 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj and Snoop Dogg.
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Source: New Details on Pop Smoke's Murder Surface: Report


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package org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast;

import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 *
 */
public abstract class BroadcastOperationRequest<T extends BroadcastOperationRequest> extends ActionRequest<T> {

    protected String[] indices;

    private BroadcastOperationThreading operationThreading = BroadcastOperationThreading.THREAD_PER_SHARD;
    private IndicesOptions indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.strict();

    protected BroadcastOperationRequest() {

    }

    protected BroadcastOperationRequest(String[] indices) {
        this.indices = indices;
    }

    public String[] indices() {
        return indices;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public final T indices(String... indices) {
        this.indices = indices;
        return (T) this;
    }

    @Override
    public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Controls the operation threading model.
     */
    public BroadcastOperationThreading operationThreading() {
        return operationThreading;
    }

    /**
     * Controls the operation threading model.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public final T operationThreading(BroadcastOperationThreading operationThreading) {
        this.operationThreading = operationThreading;
        return (T) this;
    }

    /**
     * Controls the operation threading model.
     */
    public T operationThreading(String operationThreading) {
        return operationThreading(BroadcastOperationThreading.fromString(operationThreading, this.operationThreading));
    }

    public IndicesOptions indicesOptions() {
        return indicesOptions;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public final T indicesOptions(IndicesOptions indicesOptions) {
        this.indicesOptions = indicesOptions;
        return (T) this;
    }

    protected void beforeStart() {

    }

    protected void beforeLocalFork() {

    }

    @Override
    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
        super.writeTo(out);
        out.writeStringArrayNullable(indices);
        out.writeByte(operationThreading.id());
        indicesOptions.writeIndicesOptions(out);
    }

    @Override
    public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
        super.readFrom(in);
        indices = in.readStringArray();
        operationThreading = BroadcastOperationThreading.fromId(in.readByte());
        indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.readIndicesOptions(in);
    }
}


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Q: How to Center Titles in Forest Trees? Here goes my third question. I am actually drawing Game Theory trees using the package Forest, and I have a small issue with the title of some Trees that I cannot manage. Essentially, I order LaTex to put the titles centered, but its behavior is to center them at the top node of the tree. This is fine when the tree is symmetric or almost symmetric, but looks rather strange when the tree is not. Then, I was wondering if there is any way to center the title such that it is in the centre of the entire tree and not centered in the top node. In sum, this is the tree I currently have, and I would like to slightly move the title to the right (if possible).

The code I am using is this one:
\begin{center}
\begin{forest} for tree={l sep=4em, s sep=8em, anchor=center}
[$P_1$, circle, draw,
    [{2, 2}, edge label={node[midway,left]{$D$}}]
    [$P_2$, edge label={node[midway,right]{$A$}}, circle, draw,
        [{1, 1}, edge label={node[midway,left]{$d$}}]
        [$P_1$, edge label={node[midway,right]{$a$}}, circle, draw,
            [{0, 0}, edge label={node[midway,left]{$D$}}]
            [{3, 3}, edge label={node[midway,right]{$A$}}]]]]
\node[above=30pt,align=center,anchor=center] {\textbf{Figure IV.} Extensive Form of a Centipede Game Variant};
\end{forest}
\end{center}

PS: If anyone knows how to slightly separate the letters that designate actions (D,A,d,a,D,A) to avoid that they overlap with the branches of the tree, it will be just awesome.

A: That's because you're setting the caption as a node, which is also not the standard way of doing this. Captions are added to figures in a Latex document externally to the picture, i.e. they are not part of it.
Also, you're manually assigning a number to your figure and this makes the use of Latex a bit pointless, because one of the great advantages of using Latex is that captions are automatically numbered.
You can customize them, but they are automatic, so if you add another figure, they are all automatically fixed, while in your case, you'd have to fix each one manually. And that is not good in a long document.
You can add \renewcommand{\thefigure}{\Roman{figure}} to your preamble to make figure numbering with uppercase Roman numerals, and \usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption} to make it bold.
Output

Code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{forest}
\usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}

\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\Roman{figure}}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\caption{Extensive Form of a Centipede Game Variant}
\medskip
\begin{forest} for tree={l sep=4em, s sep=8em, anchor=center}
[$P_1$, circle, draw,
    [{2, 2}, edge label={node[midway,left]{$D$}}]
    [$P_2$, edge label={node[midway,right]{$A$}}, circle, draw,
        [{1, 1}, edge label={node[midway,left]{$d$}}]
        [$P_1$, edge label={node[midway,right]{$a$}}, circle, draw,
            [{0, 0}, edge label={node[midway,left]{$D$}}]
            [{3, 3}, edge label={node[midway,right]{$A$}}]]]]
\end{forest}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

A: Alenanno is entirely correct about how to handle figure captions. However, it might nonetheless be useful to know how to centre a node relative to the tree.
This can be done by centring the node relative to the current bounding box of the picture, after the entire tree is drawn, rather than centring it relative to some particular node.
    \node at ([yshift=10pt]current bounding box.north) {Centred within Tree: Extensive Form of a Centipede Game Variant};

Zarko is quite correct, as well, but I'm lazier and prefer to handle things automatically. So I'd use something which made specifying the tree, including the labels, a bit simpler by modifying the tree's preamble a bit.
  \begin{forest}

First, let's create a style with the options common to all edge labels. This will be some positive inner sep and midway.
    /tikz/my edge label/.style={inner sep=5pt, midway},

Now for the tree configuration.
    for tree={
      l sep=4em,
      s sep=8em,
      anchor=center,

We'll delay our changes a bit to make sure the options are set.
      before typesetting nodes={

If the node is the first child going from right to left, then any edge labels should be set on the right, as well as using the style for all edge labels. Also, the edge label specification is essentially the same in all cases, so we might as well do the whole node ... thing here as well.
        if n'=1{
          edge label/.wrap value={\noexpand node [my edge label,right] {$#1$} }

If not, the node must be on the left, because all parent nodes have exactly zero or two children. (Either n=1 or n'=1 except for the root node which couldn't have an edge label being nobody's child at all.)
        }{
          edge label/.wrap value={\noexpand node [my edge label,left] {$#1$} }
        },
      },

All non-terminal nodes get the options circle and draw, so we don't need to specify the options manually each time.
      if n children=0{}{
        circle,
        draw,
      }
    }

With this configuration in place, we can specify the tree in the following way.
    [$P_1$
      [{2, 2}, edge label=D]
      [$P_2$, edge label=A
        [{1, 1}, edge label=d]
        [$P_1$, edge label=a
          [{0, 0}, edge label=D]
          [{3, 3}, edge label=A]
        ]
      ]
    ]

to produce

Complete code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{forest}
\usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}

\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\Roman{figure}}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \caption{Extensive Form of a Centipede Game Variant}
  \medskip
  \begin{forest}
    /tikz/my edge label/.style={inner sep=5pt, midway},
    for tree={
      l sep=4em,
      s sep=8em,
      anchor=center,
      before typesetting nodes={
        if n'=1{
          edge label/.wrap value={\noexpand node [my edge label,right] {$#1$} }
        }{
          edge label/.wrap value={\noexpand node [my edge label,left] {$#1$} }
        },
      },
      if n children=0{}{
        circle,
        draw,
      }
    }
    [$P_1$
      [{2, 2}, edge label=D]
      [$P_2$, edge label=A
        [{1, 1}, edge label=d]
        [$P_1$, edge label=a
          [{0, 0}, edge label=D]
          [{3, 3}, edge label=A]
        ]
      ]
    ]
    \node at ([yshift=10pt]current bounding box.north) {Centred within Tree: Extensive Form of a Centipede Game Variant};
  \end{forest}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

A: Regarding  distance between edge labels and edges, see if the following addition to Alenanno's code gives what you looking for:
\tikzset{el/.style = {% edge label
    midway, outer sep=1.5mm, #1} % <--- #1: for position (left, right)
        }

Put this before \begin{forest} and than instead of edge label={node[midway,left]{...} use
edge label={node[el=left]{...}

or
edge label={node[el=right]{...}

depending on which side of the edge the label should go. With it the graph becomes:

A: Another example of using the istgame package. You can simply use the abbreviations [al] or [ar] to get some distance between action labels and branches.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{istgame}
\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\caption{Extensive Form of a Centipede Game Variant}
\bigskip
\begin{istgame}
\setistEllipseNodeStyle{7mm}
\setistmathTF111
\xtdistance{6em}{10em}
\istrooto(0){P_1}
  \istb{D}[al]{2,2} \istb{A}[ar] \endist
\istrooto(1)(0-2){P_2}
  \istb{d}[al]{1,1} \istb{a}[ar] \endist
\istrooto(2)(1-2){P_1}
  \istb{D}[al]{0,0} \istb{A}[ar]{3,3} \endist
\end{istgame}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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7/5/2018, 10:27pm
Crime Alert signs aim to reduce high number of Como burglaries
Second Precinct burglaries have increased more than 39 percent from May 2017 to May 2018.
By Hannah Ovcharchyn
Tony Saunders
Minneapolis police posted signs along Como Avenue SE urging people to lock their doors and keep lights on because of an uptick in burglaries in the area.
Neon yellow Crime Alert signs around Southeast Como are a new community outreach tactic by the Minneapolis Police Department to combat the high rate of burglaries in the area.
MPD Crime Prevention Specialist Nick Juarez said these bright, eye-catching posters placed around Como are to draw attention to the simple strategies homeowners can use to prevent crime, particularly burglaries. Incidents of burglaries, the second most common crime in the neighborhood behind auto thefts, have risen significantly in the past year.
"We wanted good visibility that shows there's been burglaries in Como and the police are aware," Juarez said.
The number of burglaries in the Second Precinct, which includes Como, Prospect Park and Marcy-Holmes, have jumped more than 39 percent from May 2017 to May 2018, according to the MPD crime dashboard. There have been four burglaries in the Como neighborhood in the past week alone.
Cody Hoerning, Southeast Como Improvement Association board member, said burglaries are incredibly common around the neighborhood.
"Theft, theft involving a motor vehicle and residential burglary comprise nearly 75 percent of all crime that takes place in the Como area," Hoerning said in an email. "These are crimes that can largely be prevented with simple actions."
The majority of burglaries in Como occur when homeowners fail to lock their doors, Juarez said. Burglars tend to enter open homes late at night when residents are asleep and steal readily available valuables.
Homes in Como are often occupied by several people, which can create confusion. It can be hard to determine if a noise heard in the middle of the night is a roommate or a burglar, Juarez said.
It's also difficult to prevent burglaries when residents fail to report to the police, Juarez said. Residents often turn to online community forums, like a neighborhood Facebook page or the Nextdoor mobile app to air their concerns, he said.
Although this creates awareness among residents, Juarez said it's strongly encouraged to file a report with MPD so officers can be aware.
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Q: How to hide items on Main Activity after a Login? I have two activities. The Main Activity and Login Activity. I already have a bunch of code in the Main Activity that is programmed to hide items when the int value is set to a specific number. But the problem is, how can I make it where after I login, it should hide all the items after sending the new int value?
In this case, how can I make it where after I login as UserAccount 1, it should hide menuItem_manage_geofence?
This is the method that I use to call the Login class from the Navigation Drawer.
                    Intent loginActivityIntent= new Intent(getApplicationContext(), LoginActivity.class);
                    startActivity(loginActivityIntent);

And my if methods to hide items
    if (UserAccountType == 0) {
        menuItem_manage_geofence.setVisible(false);
        menuItem_login_out.setVisible(false);
        menuItem_acccount_management.setVisible(false);
    }

    if (UserAccountType == 1) {
        menuItem_login_in.setVisible(false);
        menuItem_manage_geofence.setVisible(false);
    }

    if (UserAccountType == 2) {
        menuItem_login_in.setVisible(false);
        menuItem_manage_geofence.setVisible(true);
    }

    if (UserAccountType == 9) {
        Log.d(TAG, ehc.error_debug_mode);
        Toast.makeText(this, ehc.error_debug_mode, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

A: Use startActivityForResult and after successfully logging-in then on your MainActivity override onActivityResult to handle the response back from LogInActivity.  On success you hide the view you want.

A: Send your UserAccountType value in intent.
Intent loginActivityIntent= new Intent(getApplicationContext(), LoginActivity.class);

                Bundle bundle=new Bundle();
                bundle.putInt("UserAccountType",your value);
                loginActivityIntent.putExtras(bundle);
                startActivity(loginActivityIntent);

And in onCreate get the value and check for it.

A: Intent loginActivityIntent= new Intent(getApplicationContext(), LoginActivity.class);
loginActivityIntent.putExtra("userType",yourvalue);
startActivity(loginActivityIntent);

And in MainActivity();
Intent in = getIntent();
int userType = in.getExtras("userType");

A: To move Login Activity to MainActivity you should use intent like that:
In Login Activity
Intent intent =new Intent(this,MainActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("accountType",1);
startActivity(intent);
finish();

In MainActivity
int UserAccountType =getIntent.getIntExtra("accountType");

After this you may check the condition in MainActivity


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Jesse Money – Famous Singer
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Jessica Money (Full name Jessica Mahoney) is an American singer, songwriter, and TV star. Jesse is probably most famous for being a popular singer as well as the daughter of Eddie Money (Who is also a popular singer and songwriter).
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Jesse spent most of her childhood on Long Island. She was raised by her father, Eddie Money, and her mother, Laurie Money (Who is a model, producer, as well as a TV star herself). Jesse was not an only child and had not one but four brothers, Zachary, Joseph, Desmond, and Julian. The latter two are also musicians, while her brother Zachary is a businessman.
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What was her childhood like
Even as a toddler, Jessica would be brought on stage by her father while he was singing. The young girl became increasingly interested in music from an early age. She went to school at her local high school "Westlake High School." During her junior year, Jesse began taking professional singing lessons, simultaneously also learning to play guitar and the piano, both of which she became proficient in playing by the age of 12.
Her singing career
Jesse officially launched her music career at the age of 18, after becoming the backup singer for her brother Desmond and father's musical band. She also became a TV personality after appearing in an episode of the popular TV reality show "Rock the Cradle," which aired on MTV.
In the middle of 2018, she began playing in the "Real Money" reality TV series that followed the lives of her own family, mostly following her father's life. Later on, in 2019, she appeared alongside her dad in the "Eddie Money: The Real Money Concert" TV show, which was a commercial success and attracted plenty of viewers.
Jesse can also play a remarkable array of instruments such as guitar, cowbell, tambourine, and even maracas. She is probably most well known for her singing of her father's hit songs, including "Take Me Home Tonight," while she can also be heard in other people's songs, such as Janis Joplin's "Turtle Blues."
Her Social Media
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