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I'm watching the panel on the role of journalism as part of the Digital Democracy and it's the first teach-in of the day that feels like a teach-in. Nonetheless, I'm not sure that I'm finding it terribly useful – probably because I've thinking about the issues from a slightly different perspective at the moment. Which reminded me that a few weeks ago I got an e-mail from Kabir Chhibber asking about my views of journalism and weblogs generally, which I responded to with a whole range of thoughts. I was thinking about neatening it up and presenting it online in a more clearly worked-through form, but perhaps this is as good a time as any… So what follows is a rather rough and badly-written assemblage of replies to a series of question. Take from it what you will:
First of all, could you reflect on the following two quotes by Salam Pax? Do you think they are acurate? How do have any experiences which demonstrate or contradict his statements?
'I think that I can tell after this experience what, for me, is the difference between a journalist and a blogger is. A journalist has to actively run after things, a blogger just watches (and lives his life) and takes things as they come.'
Salam Pax is an insightful and courageous writer, but I think (as he says himself) he's talking more about his own experience of being a weblogger rather than anything intrinsic to weblogging in general. Certainly it's my belief that the vast majority of weblogs are a representation of a person's voice and that-as such-what they write about will be about their opinions, experiences and the events that occur around them, but I don't agree that it's necessarily quite such a passive experience. There are webloggers – many webloggers – who at one or more points in their online lives have decided to investigate something in more depth and have become for a short period of time amateur (by which I mean 'for the love') journalists – seeking out information, researching material and running after things. In a sense, then, some are born journalists (Dan Gilmore, perhaps), some achieve the status of journalists, and many others have journalism thrust upon them.
"The point about blogging is that it has to be very personal. Bloggers, you always have to remember when you are reading them, do not act like journalists. You're just talking about your life and your opinions. You're not writing something for a big newspaper where someone is going to take it as fact. Always be suspicious."
Again I can see what he means – and it's representative of the vast majority of weblogs out there-but I don't think it tells the whole story. Again I think it comes down to weblogs being representations of people. If you met someone in the street for the first time, you wouldn't believe their opinions. But if you had built up a relationship with someone over time, you would evaluate how trustworthy they were, how much you believed them, what you thought of their opinions generally. It's almost exactly the same thing that happens with the press – journalists get themselves associated with brands that say 'we fact-check' and 'we have a reputation to protect' because individuals have come to have a relationship with those brands 'they have come to trust them over time. And yet how many of us would still take the word of a close friend who had seen the events first hand over the reportage in a newspaper?
I think it's clear that there are differences between journalists and webloggers. The first main difference is that webloggers aren't associated with a brand and with a support structure that is designed to communicate the idea that facts have been checked, that the journalist is trustworthy and that the news they are reporting is of legitimate interest. That's the first function of professional organisation and it's based on the fact that we can't know the reputation, skill-set or expertise of every journalist that we might encounter in the world. To an extent of course, this is changing-knowing webloggers means that you can start to evaluate their expertise-but I think it's unlikely that there's any real threat of all professional journalists being deposed from their positions of authority by this tendency alone.
The second difference is a nice easy one. Organisations with money that can support a number of journalists can afford to provide access to a variety of different research tools that individuals don't have at their disposal. At the moment of course individuals have more access to more information than ever before (via the internet) but there remain feeds of data that are simply outside the scope of individuals to get access to. This includes photo libraries, research databases and detailed archives. This may change in time too.
The third function of professional journalism that can't be met by the weblogsphere is that it's designed to deal with a massive scale differential between the number of SUBJECTS of news (small) and the number of people who could possibly want to ask them questions (enormous). By this I mean that not every journalist or weblogger in the land can go to a preview screening of a film, or be in the White House press room or talk to the police at a crime scene or be invited to product launches. These things have limited space available – they are journalistic bottlenecks. And these bottlenecks are resolved by selection – the most established and trustworthy journalists are invited to participate in these events because they can communicate to the largest amount of people. And that's never going to change. We might see a few webloggers transition into celebrity – there's no doubt that if this happens then they'll end up invited into these kinds of gathering, but for the most part there's always going to be a distinction between the masses and the few when it comes to one-on-one access to certain primary sources.
Your blog started off quite personal and has become more political as it (and you) developed. I have seen this in other blogs too. Why do you think this is?
Basically I think it's a question of scale. Things you feel comfortable talking about to a small number of people feel more and more awkward when more people start reading your site – particularly when they start being people you know in a professional context. At a certain point you end up moving from writing about personal stuff into writing about things you care about. In my case that's ended up being a mix of films, politics, social software and technology stuff. It's still my voice, it's just not talking about who I have or haven't been dating.
What do you think about the current high-profile of weblogs? What kind of quality is out there – do you think it matches the NY Times or The Guardian?
I love the fact that weblogs have been getting such a lot of attention – and more particularly I like the fact that the bubble hasn't burst yet despite frequent assurances by some nay-sayers that it would at any minute. People genuinely enjoy the ability to make their voice heard whatever the medium and even if they're only talking to a few people with similar interests or aspirations.
I'm slightly nervous of the way the press treats weblogging, though. When journalists write pieces – particularly feature pieces – they're not only trying to write something honest, they're also trying to write something that people and editors will think is interesting. It's a necessary flaw in mainstream journalism that means that writers are continually looking for the next big thing, or something enormous and surprising and transformative that they can present to their editors. And when they write the pieces they have to justify all that initial enthusiasm by producing a piece that explains why the thing they're talking about is so very terribly interesting and important. I think weblogs have suffered from this a bit, as those journalists who like weblogs have written inflated and melodramatic pieces that then other journalists have then spent 400 words dismissing as rubbish. In the background-of course-webloggers just get on with it like normal, neither directly saving the world nor destroying it
When you have discussed big issues, like gay marriage and war with Iraq, what kind of responses have you gotten?
Very very mixed ones. Both of those have generally received responses that are measured and intelligent – whether they directly agreed with me or not. But a whole range of other people have responded very differently. When I said that a proportion of warbloggers seemed almost blood-thirsty in their need for war, dozens and dozens of sites started a competition called the Tom Coates Most Blood-Thirsty Warblogger Award in which they'd compete for the right to be the most vicious, and writing large tracts about what an 'idiotarian' I was and how stupid and weak my views and opinions were. It got down to the level of shouting abuse from them to the extent that I started to not write about politics at all. Considering that all the way through the Iraq war my main objective was to talk about the complexities of the issues rather than to back any side, I found that quite difficult to deal with. Some people take to that like a duck to water and find value in it, but just as often these little self-reinforcing circles of fury get completely out of hand.
Do you feel any need to be a journalist when talking about these things – be fair or objective? Or to discover the truth?
Personally I feel a great deal of pressure not to lie and a certain amount of responsibility to correct myself and apologise when I've made a mistake. I'm not sure I think it's necessarily the responsibility of an individual weblogger to spend a lot of time researching their statements-sometimes it's best to get initial impressions and throwaway thoughts-but I think that has to be left to the individual conscience of the individual. Again-it's about establishing a relationship between weblogger and weblog-readers (who may be other webloggers)-and as such, unlike journalism where often the individual commentator is kind of effaced, it pays to put your cards on the table and be as open as possible. Let people understand where you're coming from.
Do you write for an audience? As your audience grew, did you begin to feel any obligation to take their interests into account?
I am certainly aware of the fact that there are eyeballs out there that read what I write-sometimes it's a lovely feeling, sometimes it's a terrible thing. At times I feel a pressure to 'perform' that can be quite debilitating. And yes-I will scout around some issues rather than talk about them because I'm not prepared to get engaged in a long-term battle around them. But with regard to writing things because people want to hear about them, no-not really. I avoid some controversial areas that I don't consider myself qualified to comment upon or wish to take considerable heat for, but otherwise I say what I want when I want. I don't really think of them as an audience-they're more like peers. I imagine most of the people who read my site have sites of their own, and that I'll read many of theirs as well.
What role do you see for bloggers and journalists in the future? Will things like Insta-Pundit means journalists will be competing with their own audiences…?
As I've said, I think there are a few major differences between professional journalists and webloggers and what they're able to accomplish. Certainly it seems that hard news material is unlikely to be replicable by the weblogging culture, and to be honest I'm more comfortable with that material being generated by these established organisations anyway. I see the role of webloggers being more of second-order journalism-the journalism that results in newspapers full of comment pieces and editorials, features and opinions. And those places are likely to be either heavily cannibalised by webloggery or to experience a renaissance of voices (because people will expect more varied opinions to be represented). That's the area that webloggers excel in and where I think they act alongside news journalism-contextualising, correcting, editorialising and adding interpretation to it.
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Very interesting indeed! And I think you're right. Especially in the sense where people – or should you say 'bloggers' / 'blogger-readers' might want a broader view on things (there are still people who like the one-sided view because it is uncomplicated), since they have access to so much information. And it works perfectly as a democratic principle in itself.
But in the future it will also be harder to distinguish between facts and fiction, not only in blogs but also in respected media, since media tends to become 'populistic' (mostly because of ratings > shareholder stocks ($)) and thereby shallow (not in general of course, and it can also happen from story to story) and since you do not have any way of checking up on things from the Net unless you a) trust the source or b) are researching upon it yourself.
This requires a great deal of the observer of news & blogs (& the Internet & media in general), because you have to be very analytical and critical as a reader in order not to get sucked into self-proclaimed truths or misinformation. But I guess this problem has always existed – it's just that we have so much more information to deal with these days. I just wish that this can become just as an important curriculum in schools all over the World as math and reading/writing is…
Charmainesays:
For a rough draft, your ideas come off very succinct and put together. I think the distinction between blogger and journalist is a very interesting one. But I also really like where your conclusions leave the issue — there are webloggers and journalists but there is also that overlapping grey area. And rather than comparing the two on valor, we can accept and appreciate the symbiotic nature of the relationship.
My question would be (and this coming from a journalism student), when was it determined that journalism is so truly "objective" — that the opinions and personalities of journalists, or that of their editors never come into play?
My question would be (and this coming from a current journalism student), when was it determined that journalism is so truly "objective" — that the opinions and personalities of journalists, or that of their editors never come into play?
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The recent unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Iran, and other despotically ruled nations once more shows the innate human desire for freedom from tyranny. It remains to be seen whether these protests will produce political situations where freedom may flourish. Yet on a higher level the Lord Jesus Christ "preached freedom for the prisoners…to release the oppressed" through the shedding of His own blood (Luke 4:18; Eph. 1:7.) He was willing to suffer the heinous torture of crucifixion in order to free repentant sinners. Rather than sending others to die for spiritual liberty, Christ Himself gave His life on the cross. By pouring out His blood He paid the redemption price to liberate people from the tyranny of sin, Satan, the grave, and hell. His resurrection shows that the rescue has been accomplished. Only the Lord Jesus can grant true eternal freedom to lost sinners.
[i] Thomas Jefferson, "Letter to William S. Smith, 13 November 1787;" accessed here on 2/28/11: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/tj3/writings/brf/jefl64.htm ; emphasis mine.
[ii] An abbreviated version of this article originally appeared on the Carryduff Gospel Hall website (http://www.carryduff.org/ ) the week of February 21, 2011.


"America First," said then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump last year, as he promised his voters a prosperous new era of hundreds of thousands of new jobs and a flourishing economy, should they chose him to be the 45th President of the United States of America. And indeed, since his surprise victory in November, the job increase has exceeded forecasters' expectations with 227,000 added jobs versus the predicted 180,000—stocks have also been on an incredible and seemingly unstoppable upswing, with the S&P 500 rallying nearly 10%. But looking more long-term, what is the market's future under Trump's presidency?
The S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average, and the Nasdaq all hit all-time highs for five straight days, making for the longest such streak in 25 years. The Dow and Nasdaq are up 13 percent since Trump's win, and the S&P is up 10 percent. Stocks have not witnessed a 1% decrease since October 11, which is the longest streak since 2006. Consumer confidence is the highest since over a decade as retail sales picked up a 0.4% gain in January, which in turn exceeded the expected 0.1% gain.
The S&P trades at about 27 times earnings, well above its long-term average of around 16, and at its highest level since June 2004. The S&P is 9 percent higher than its 200-day average, however, this is often a signal that a correction is ahead. The view on Wall Street is that Trump will deliver tax cuts and unshackle corporate America from regulation, but running a country is different from running a private business and changes may not take effect that quickly. Investors may already now treat stock prices like a cut in the corporate tax rate to 20 percent or lower within the year, together with a growth to 3 percent or better by next year, while it's not guaranteed to happen that quickly.
In fact, global investors are are questioning if the rally is exhausting itself, as they already see markets as overpriced. Some are cautious since the president is know to be unpredictable, which in turn may favor investments in bonds or stocks from other countries over the U.S. stock market. Concerns have grown enough to cause the committee steering T. Rowe Price's target-date retirement funds and other balanced funds to view stocks as less attractive investments than bonds.
This shift is significant because it's the first time this has happened since 2000, when the dot-com bubble popped. In all fairness, the trend has been moving in that direction for years, since stock prices have risen faster than corporate earnings, which in turn makes them look more expensive. Still, it was only very recently that the committee decided to favor bonds instead of stocks. Then today, February 24th, today, U.S. indexes were falling modestly, ending Dow Jones industrial average's 10-day winning streak.
Some strategists are also worried about the result of Trump's constrictions in international trade. He not only killed the President Obama-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership, but also had tough words with Mexico, Japan, China, and Germany about their exports. If U.S. loses its place in international trade, someone else will fill it. China, for example, may end up replacing the U.S. as a big trading partner for other nations. This will hurt the U.S. economy immensely in the long run.
A 20 percent tax on imports will likely hurt trade in the long run, even ff it doesn't apply to exports. If the dollar adjusts by rising sharply, it will head off any inflation from a new tax on goods. But if the dollar doesn't adjust, the new costs will end up hitting consumers.
Conservative media outlets, however, have pointed out how Trump managed to reduce the US national debt by a staggering 12 billion dollars during his first month in office. On February 21st, just a month after Trump taking office, the US debt load stood at $19,935 billion instead of of $19,947 billion. It's the first time in decades the debt clock is turned backwards.
Time will tell how the market will turn out during the next four, possible eight years, of a Trump presidency. Right now the stock market is seeing an incredible upswing, and new jobs are being created just as promised. However, we might be in a stock market bubble right now, which will burst soon. There are also concerns of how taxes on international trade will affect the economy long term. Stay tuned!
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Worster Brook in Berwick, Maine, sometimes called Worster's River, takes its name from Moses Worster/Wooster or Worcester, who built a mill there in 1709 with Timothy Wentworth, according to the book "Piscataqua Pioneers." Born November 10, 1643 in Salisbury, Mass., Worster was known as "Old Contrary" and lived to at least age 88. He first farmed for many years on 200 acres in present-day Eliot near Sturgeon Creek, but at 66 built his mill on the creek at Berwick.
Worster's River can be seen today from a small bridge where it runs under Route 236 between South Berwick and Berwick.
Worster Brook flows into the nearby Salmon Falls River. During the conflict between English settlers and Native Americans known as King Williams War in 1689/90, the brook became the scene of a skirmish following an attack on the settlements of Salmon Falls, Quamphegan and Newichawannock, now in South Berwick. Settlers whose family members had been taken captive made an unsuccessful effort to recover the hostages before they were taken to Canada.
Worster's River as shown on the map of the town of Berwick below, taken from the York County Atlas of 1872.


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USF names Dr. Steve Currall as university's next president
by: WFLA 8 On Your Side Staff, Victoria Price
Posted: Mar 22, 2019 / 04:41 PM EDT / Updated: Mar 22, 2019 / 11:23 PM EDT
The University of South Florida has appointed Dr. Steve Currall to be its next president.
The school's board of trustees unanimously voted to appoint Currall, who has served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Southern Methodist University (SMU).
The move comes after Dr. Judy Genshaft announced she would be stepping down from the job in July 2019. Genshaft served USF for 19 years.
Currall will be the university's seventh president.
"The legacy of President Genshaft and the momentum that this university has is really like no other in the country," Currall said Friday afternoon while addressing the trustees for the first time as President-elect. "Just thrilled to have an opportunity to be a part of the community."
Currall's appointment concludes a six month search for USF's new leader, which was whittled down to four finalists this week.
"We're really excited about this time and starting a new era under your leadership," Genshaft said to Currall and the trustees. That sentiment was echoed by both the incoming and outgoing student body presidents, both present at Friday's board of trustees proceedings.
"He seems like a great person and I can't wait to see what he puts forth for the university," said Britney Deas.
"I'm really proud and excited to see what Dr. Currall is able to do," said Monneer Kheireddine, who previously recommended another candidate before voting for Currall along with the trustees on behalf of the student body.
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After exhausting my own reading materials on a recent Southwest Airlines flight to Baltimore, I thumbed through the air carrier's in-flight magazine entitled Attache. What I found in its pages was very interesting. Nearly every single page of advertising (probably half the entire magazine) had something to do with Las Vegas. Either a plug for a Vegas casino, a specific show at one of the Vegas casinos, or most frequently, a new high-rise condominium project in Vegas.
The constant marketing of Vegas with each turn of the page showed me that growth in that city may very well be peaking. After all, can construction there really accelerate from here? With so much capacity being added to Las Vegas, I can't help but wonder how all of it is going to be filled. The new Wynn hotel recently opened to much fanfare, and there was even an article about MGM's new massive building project along with all of those ads. No fewer than a dozen new condo buildings are going up, with the likes of Ivana Trump gracing their colorful advertisements.
While demand may be high, I doubt so much more supply is going to be good for the city. With vacant desert land as far as the eye can see, I sure hope people keep coming to Vegas, both vacationers and new residents. If the economy were to slow down noticeably, travel would likely decrease, leaving billions in new projects at risk. Investing in Vegas now, whether it be via the companies that are building there, or directly in the local real estate market seems like a risky bet to me.
As attractive as the growth opportunities for the country's largest gaming companies are, I am having a hard time justifying Vegas-related investments at this point in time. The rapid growth could very well continue for several more years, but the downside risk is evident enough to me that I prefer looking elsewhere for my consumer discretionary holdings. In fact, I have sold all gaming related stocks aside from a hedged pair trade of long WYNN, short LVS.
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The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission confirmed today that it has received a new application to review the conviction in the case of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi.
Mr Megrahi was convicted in 2001 of the murder of the 259 passengers and crew on board Pan American World Airways flight PA 103 from London to New York, and 11 residents of Lockerbie on 21 December 1988. He subsequently appealed his conviction and his first appeal was refused by the High Court in 2002.
Mr Megrahi then applied to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission for a review of his conviction in 2003, and, after a full review, his case was referred by the Commission to the High Court for a new appeal in 2007. Mr Megrahi subsequently abandoned that appeal in 2009. He was released from prison on compassionate grounds shortly thereafter. Mr Megrahi died from cancer in 2012.
The Commission received a further application in June 2014, which was made on Mr Megrahi's behalf. The Commission rejected this application in 2015, concluding that it was not in the interests of justice at that time to proceed with the review. The reasons for this were detailed in our press releases issued on 5 and 6 November 2015 (currently available on our website). The main reason however was that despite various requests having been made of the Megrahi family, and of the late Mr Megrahi's previous solicitors, Taylor & Kelly, for access to materials relating to the 2007-2009 appeal, these had not been forthcoming.
In rejecting the application in 2015 the Commission made it clear that it remained open in the future for the matter to be considered again by the SCCRC, but that it was unlikely that any future application would be accepted for a review unless it was accompanied by the original appeal materials to be sourced directly from Mr Megrahi`s solicitors.
"As it does in every case the Commission will now give careful consideration to this new application. In particular, we will immediately be looking to see that this fresh application fully addresses the matters which we identified as missing from the application in 2015, and in particular provides access to the original appeal papers from Mr Megrahi`s solicitors.
The Commission does not intend to make any further comment at this time.
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission was established as an independent body on 1 April 1999 to review alleged miscarriages of justice in Scottish convictions and/or sentences. Under section 194A-L of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, as inserted by section 25 of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997, the Commission may refer a case to the High Court if it believes that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred and that it is in the interests of justice that a reference should be made. Once the Commission refers a case to the High Court, the case will proceed as a normal appeal.
Where a convicted person has died, court rules allow the High Court to consider an appeal where it considers the person taking the appeal has "legitimate interests" in the case. The determination of whether a person has a "legitimate interest" is a decision for the High Court to make.


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International medical imaging IT company Sectra (STO: SECT B) announces that the South African radiology group Dr's De Beer and De Jager is investing in Sectra's enterprise image management solution for its practice. With this solution, the radiology services across the group's sites will benefit from efficient sharing of both images and workload. Having access to the complete patient history regardless of the imaging center that the patient has attended will also benefit patient care. Sectra recently announced an agreement with a distribution partner in South Africa and this is the first order in that market.
Dr's De Beer and De Jager has its main operation in Pretoria, South Africa. Sectra's solution will be used at the group's main imaging centers—the Muelmed Mediclinic, Lifestyle Radiology and Medforum Mediclinic. Eleven radiologists will use the solution to review examinations from more than 30 imaging modalities across the three imaging centers and two medium sized hospitals, each having more than 200 beds.
"Our group prides itself in being a radiological practice that combines best of breed innovation with a human-centered approach to healthcare. Sectra's solution, with its track record of extremely high system availability and continuous development, suits us very well. In addition, with Sectra's solution we will be able to efficiently expand the system to other departments if we want to do so in the future," says Dr Marthinus Malan at Dr's De Beer and De Jager.
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Melanie Martin Reflects On Procreating With Aaron Carter During Romantic Trip
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by MLC Posted on January 19, 2023 at 8:30 pm
Melanie Martin is feeling nostalgic for Aaron Carter's touch.
The former fiancée of Carter recently shared a rather personal video of her with him to her Instagram Story.
The video, which was originally posted by the late singer, is from a February 2021 trip they took to Park City, Utah together.
Melanie Martin Reflects On Romantic Trip With Aaron Carter
Instagram | Melanie Martin
Carter and Martin are chilling in a hot tub and engaging in some steamy (literally) PDA.
He captioned the original video, "Engagement Valentine Week ❤❤❤."
Martin shared her own caption on the video, which contained some intimate information.
"And then the Prince was made🤴," she wrote.
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Obviously, this is a reference to procreating and making their son, Prince Carter.
He was born on November 21, 2021 and turned one-year-old in November 2022.
Instagram / Melanie Martin
If you do some simple math, February to November is nine-months, which is the gestation time for a fetus.
On Wednesday, January 18th, Nick Carter and his sister, Angel Conrad, held a benefit concert for their brother.
Angel is Aaron Carter's twin sister.
She and NSYNC member, Lance Bass, hosted the event titled, "Songs for Tomorrow."
"Songs for Tomorrow"Benefit Concert Held For Aaron
All proceeds benefitted "On Our Sleeves," a movement to help children's mental health.
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Nick, Angel and Bass were joined by Backstreet Boys member, AJ McLean, and Ryan Cabrera at the event.
The event was inspired by Carter's struggles and held at Bass' West Hollywood nightlife venue, HEART.
A description for the concert read, "At an early age, Aaron started showing symptoms of mental illness. Unfortunately, as is common for many individuals experiencing mental health difficulties, Aaron did not receive the treatment that could have helped him, despite the tireless efforts of Angel and those who loved him. His life is a cautionary tale and one that has inspired Angel to work with On Our Sleeves to raise awareness and help other families by giving them the opportunity to write a different story."
Carter shared a BTS snapshot of him, McLean, Bass and others rehearsing for the event to his Instagram.
"We are so thankful for all of the love & support in advance of tomorrow night's benefit concert. It is so wonderful to see so many people come together for such an important cause," he wrote.
It appears she attended the benefit concert with her friend James Del Toro.
Later in her IG Story, Martin shared what appeared to be a guest book and memorial table with Carter's picture on it.
Melanie Attended Benefit Concert
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She captioned the snapshot, "I wrote you something I couldn't say enough of. & let Prince know how much he means to you, & to all of us that'll love him barely as much as you do."
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His mother, Jane Carter, is still waiting for the coroner's toxicology report to come back in order to determine what was in Carter's system when he died.
According to reports, Jane and Martin were told by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office that there was no water found in Carter's lungs.
This is evidence that proves drowning was not a potential cause of death.
The late-singer's mother wants law enforcement officials to open an investigation into a possible drug deal that went down the night of his death.
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Q: Copy an object in Java I have an object that I need to copy in Java. I need to create a copy and run some tests on it without changing the original object itself.
I assumed that I needed to use the clone() method, but this is protected. Having done some research on the net, I can see that this can be overriden with a public method in my class. But I cannot find an explanation on how to do this. How could this be done?
Also, is this the best way of achieving what I need?

A: For test code Serialization is maybe the safest answer, especially if the object is already Serializable try Apache Commons SerializationUtils for an implementation.

A: Another option by using Copy Constructor (from Java Practices):
public final class Galaxy {

    public Galaxy (double aMass, String aName) {
        fMass = aMass;
        fName = aName;
    }

    /**
    * Copy constructor.
    */
    public Galaxy(Galaxy aGalaxy) {
        this(aGalaxy.getMass(), aGalaxy.getName());
        //no defensive copies are created here, since
        //there are no mutable object fields (String is immutable)
    }

    /**
    * Alternative style for a copy constructor, using a static newInstance
    * method.
    */
    public static Galaxy newInstance(Galaxy aGalaxy) {
        return new Galaxy(aGalaxy.getMass(), aGalaxy.getName());
    }

    public double getMass() {
        return fMass;
    }

    /**
    * This is the only method which changes the state of a Galaxy
    * object. If this method were removed, then a copy constructor
    * would not be provided either, since immutable objects do not
    * need a copy constructor.
    */
    public void setMass( double aMass ){
        fMass = aMass;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return fName;
    }

    // PRIVATE /////
    private double fMass;
    private final String fName;

    /**
    * Test harness.
    */
    public static void main (String... aArguments){
        Galaxy m101 = new Galaxy(15.0, "M101");

        Galaxy m101CopyOne = new Galaxy(m101);
        m101CopyOne.setMass(25.0);
        System.out.println("M101 mass: " + m101.getMass());
        System.out.println("M101Copy mass: " + m101CopyOne.getMass());

        Galaxy m101CopyTwo = Galaxy.newInstance(m101);
        m101CopyTwo.setMass(35.0);
        System.out.println("M101 mass: " + m101.getMass());
        System.out.println("M101CopyTwo mass: " + m101CopyTwo.getMass());
    }
}

A: You can use org.apache.commons.lang3.SerializationUtils class for object cloning,
- Class should implement Serializable interface.

*

*ClassName copyobject = SerializationUtils.clone(classobjectTocopy)

SerializationUtils.clone is also supported on Google App Engine instance

A: There are two popular approaches.  One is to provide a clone method as you mentioned, like so.
public class C implements Cloneable {
    @Override public C clone() {
        try {
            final C result = (C) super.clone();
            // copy fields that need to be copied here!
            return result;
        } catch (final CloneNotSupportedException ex) {
            throw new AssertionError();
        }
}

Pay attention to the "copy fields ... here!" part.  The initial result is only a shallow copy, meaning that if there's a reference to an object, both the original and result will share the same object.  For example, if C contains private int[] data you'd probably want to copy that.
...
final C result = (C) super.clone();
result.data = data.clone();
return result;
...

Note that you don't need to copy primitive fields, as their content is already copied, or immutable objects, as they can't change anyways.
The second approach is to provide a copy constructor.
public class C {
    public C(final C c) {
        // initialize this with c
    }
}

Or a copy factory.
public class C {
    public static C newInstance(final C c) {
        return new C(c);
    }

    private C(final C c) {
        // initialize this with c
    }
}

Both approaches have their respective properties.  clone is nice because its a method, so you don't have to know the exact type.  In the end, you should always end up with a "perfect" copy.  The copy constructor is nice because the caller has a chance to decide, as can be seen by the Java Collections.
final List c = ...
// Got c from somewhere else, could be anything.
// Maybe too slow for what we're trying to do?

final List myC = new ArrayList(c);
// myC is an ArrayList, with known properties

I recommend choosing either approach, whichever suits you better.
I'd use the other approaches, like reflective copying or immediate serializing/deserializing, in unit tests only.  To me, they feel less appropriate for production code, mainly because of performance concerns.

A: Joshua Bloch has some interesting things to say about cloneable. Depending on the size/construction of the object, I'd add a copy constructor to the object, or serialise/deserialise using one of the solutions mentioned above.

A: There are multiple ways to copy object in java(shallow or deep).
This Answer will help you.

A: Some options:

*

*You can implement Cloneable for your object and put clone() method as public. See full explanation here: http://www.cafeaulait.org/course/week4/46.html
However, this produces a shallow copy and might be not something you want.

*You can serialize and deserialize your object. You will need to implement Serializable interface for the object and all its fields.

*You can use XStream to perform serialization via XML - you won't have to implement anything here.

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SimWars Gain Popularity in Ireland
By Shawn S. Albers, BSc, MSc, Ryan T. Sless, BSc, MSc, Danielle Gillette, BSc, Kathryn Lesko, AB, MHS, Kevin Barry-Murphy, BSc, Haleeda Hilmi, MB BCh BAO (Hons) and Ann Payne, MB, BAO BCh, MRCPsych, MA(CBT), CPsychI, FFSEM | 10.23.19
SimWars has grown since 2017 to become a national, intervarsity simulation competition in acute emergency medical and surgical scenarios in Ireland. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
The scene is set. It's a cool, fresh morning, with a slight breeze in Cork, Ireland. More than 100 students from all six medical schools across the Republic of Ireland arrive at the break of dawn armed with coffees, water, trepidation and many dark hours of training under their belt.
It's 8 a.m. in the state-of–the-art simulation center at the University College Cork (UCC), ASSERT.
Twenty-two healthcare professionals are in position and at their stations and await the arrival of the competitors. This senior team includes doctors, advanced nurse practitioners, nurses, paramedics, over 20 volunteers and staff from four gracious sponsors.
The first group of five students competing in SimWars await their instructions. Suddenly, a trainer appears and says: "Code Blue. Arrest team upstairs to Room One."
The five students with various experience ranging from first year students to seniors, dressed in color-coded scrubs, race up the stairs to begin their first of three test scenarios.
The winners of the 2019 Ireland SimWars National championships were, for the second year in a row, from the University College Cork, in Cork, Ireland. The winning UCC team was made up of first-and-second-year medical students. Their final scenario occurred in front of a full live audience and team of 20 judges with them competing against two other teams. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
The winners of the 2019 Ireland SimWars National championships were, for the second year in a row, from the University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. The winning UCC team was made up of first-and-second-year medical students. Their final scenario occurred in front of a full live audience and team of 20 judges with them competing against two other teams. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
Students compete in real scenarios with real and simulated patients. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
SimWars Ireland was initiated in 2017 with the goal of helping facilitate medical students' exposure to stressful and difficult situations and promote professionalism and teamwork with colleagues prior to graduation. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
Irish medical students from all years of training assume the role of a first response team as they stabilize and manage simulated patients during Ireland's SimWars. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
The winning students in 2019 credit their success this year with having been past competitors of SimWars, forging early links and engaging relationships with faculty staff of UCC School of Medicine as well as access to ASSERT center training facility, which played a pivotal role in SimWars 2019. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
The simulated, high-fidelity setting provides an opportunity for medical students to extend beyond the classroom and launch into a real-life, high-intensity setting while working alongside paramedics, EMS, nursing staff and senior colleagues. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
The "patients" range from complex multiple trauma, to ectopic pregnancy, respiratory failure and sepsis; all very real and challenging emergency scenarios. (Photo by Haleeda Hilmi)
How SimWars Began in Ireland
SimWars Ireland was initiated in 2017, by two medical students from University College Dublin (UCD), Jamie Condren and Tiarnan Byrne. The goal was to help facilitate medical students' exposure to stressful and difficult situations and promote professionalism and teamwork with colleagues prior to graduation. 1, 2
It has grown since 2017 to become a national, intervarsity simulation competition in acute emergency medical and surgical scenarios. Medical students from all years of training assume the role of a first-response team as they stabilize and manage the simulated patients.
The 'patients' range from complex multiple trauma, to ectopic pregnancy, respiratory failure and sepsis, all very real and challenging emergency scenarios. This simulated, high-fidelity setting provides an opportunity for medical students to extend beyond the classroom and launch into a real-life, high intensity setting while working alongside paramedics, EMS, nursing staff and senior colleagues.
The competition format creates a carefully planned and implemented stressful environment, which mimics reality and provides for increased self-awareness and student's preparedness for the clinical setting.
A faculty of "Attending Consultants" (physicians in Ireland) and Residents from various specialties from Emergency Medicine, to Psychiatry, and a team of paramedics and nursing staff, volunteer to train the teams in their free time to enrich the undergraduate clinical education program in the six months prior to the competition event.
The winners of the 2019 Ireland SimWars National championships were, for the second year in a row, from the University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland. The winning team was made up of first and second-year medical students. Their final scenario occurred in front of a full live audience and team of 20 judges with them competing against two other teams.
Their case began with a professional handover from volunteer paramedics. They then set to work as a team to resuscitate a young male, multiple trauma case, with a seizure thrown in for good measure!
In the previous six months, these five students from different backgrounds, who met for the first time, merged into a working functioning group demonstrating confidence, communication, teamwork, and a trust in each other that would be difficult to engender in a purely academic setting.
SimWars continues to be organized exclusively by students each year who volunteer for many sleepless nights, grey hair and caffeine overdoses. However, the secondary benefit is the experience gained in managing a tricky matrix of people (trainers and students) to be in the same place at the expected times, multiple time per week, over a period of six months. An added benefit is the training occurs in all six medical schools in the Republic of Ireland.
The students in UCC this year (authors Shawn Albers, Ryan Sless, Danielle Gillette, Kathryn Lesko, Kevin Barry Murphy) were from Ireland, Canada and the United States. The students credit their success this year with having been past competitors of SimWars, forging early links and engaging relationships with faculty staff of UCC School of Medicine as well as access to ASSERT center training facility, which played a pivotal role in SimWars 2019.
The UCC SimWars committee is no stranger to awards. In November 2018, after their local UCC SimWars competition took place, their three teams were chosen from 60 students chosen to compete at the national event. This competition was recently awarded with the honor of 'Best Academic Event' at UCC for the 2018-2019 academic school year.
Ms. Kathryn Lesko, (Graduate Entry medical student, Year 3) won Bene Merenti, a Societies Guild Award for 'Best Individual Contribution.' In addition, the SimWars committee were awarded 'Best Financial Management' award for their outstanding achievements in sponsorship and fundraising, which was pivotal to the success of the event.
The SimWars committee, trainers and student participants would like to encourage all frontline professionals and trainees, in all spheres to consider simulation as a medium for training.
1. Bird G, Swampillai C, Lacey O, et al. Recently graduated doctors' self-reported preparedness in the management of acutely ill patients. A 5 year review of London deanery's foundation programme simulation training: a clinical challenge for medical education? IntensCare Med. 2012. 38:S301.
2. Ali J, Dunn J, Eason M, Drumm J. Comparing the standardized live trauma patient and the mechanical simulator models in the ATLS initial assessment station. J Surg Res. 2010.


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Q: Compiling vim with xterm_clipboard support I checked out latest vim7 from cvs repository.
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@vim.cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/vim checkout vim7

I tried:
./configure --enable-xterm_clipboard
but I got -
WARNING: unrecognized options --enable-xterm_clipboard
I tried:
./configure --with-x
but I got -
configure: error: unrecognized option: --with_x.
Can someone please tell me the correct way to configure with xterm_clipboard support?
Edit
I tried ./configure --with-feature=normal --with-x --with-gui in the src directory, but got WARNING: unrecognized options --with-feature, --with-gui at the end.

A: by looking at src/feature.h you can see that:

#ifdef FEAT_GUI
# ifndef FEAT_CLIPBOARD
#  define FEAT_CLIPBOARD
#  ifndef FEAT_VISUAL
#   define FEAT_VISUAL
#  endif
# endif
#endif

#if defined(FEAT_NORMAL) && defined(FEAT_VISUAL) \
    && (defined(UNIX) || defined(VMS)) \
    && defined(WANT_X11) && defined(HAVE_X11)
# define FEAT_XCLIPBOARD
# ifndef FEAT_CLIPBOARD
#  define FEAT_CLIPBOARD
# endif
#endif

*

*having --with-features=normal

*having --enable-gui

*having --with-x
you should get your xterm-clipboard

A: To easiest way to get vim working with xterm_clipboard is:
sudo apt-get install vim-gnome

A: On Ubuntu, the flags above worked for me, but I also had to install the xorg-dev package
sudo apt-get install xorg-dev

./configure --with-x --enable-gui=auto  --with-features=huge

A: It looks like you aren't running configure in the src directory, but rather one level up.  If you do chdir src; configure --with-x it should work okay.
But keep in mind two points:

*

*With Vim, the preferred way of modifying configure options is to modify src/Makefile

*The default is to enable the GUI, and thus +xterm_clipboard, and as far as I know you can't have +xterm_clipboard without the GUI being compiled in.

A: I use this solution.
I like to copy and paste over the clipboard with vim(very nice for copy between two remote vim session)
Most distro don't compile vim with clipboard support(slackware for example) but compile gvim with clipboard support(slackware again).
So simply use gvim,after edit .vimrc with this line(if you want like me to copy over vim)
set clipboard=unnamedplus

And for console without x or for people who don't like gui?
gvim -v


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Tags: Climate Change | Coronavirus | Global Warming | United Nations | greenhouse gas | lockdown | carbon emissions
UN: Surge in Greenhouse Gases Sustained Despite COVID-19 Lockdowns
A woman wearing a facial mask makes her way across 6th Avenue near Radio City Music Hall during a coronavirus lockdown on March 29, 2020, in New York. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Emma Farge Monday, 23 November 2020 07:34 AM
Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop in emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday, warning against complacency.
Many scientists expect the biggest annual fall in carbon emissions in generations this year as measures to contain coronavirus have grounded planes, docked ships and kept commuters at home.
However, the WMO described the projected 2020 drop as a "tiny blip" and said the resulting impact on the carbon dioxide concentrations that contribute to global warming would be no bigger than normal annual fluctuations.
"In the short-term the impact of the COVID-19 confinements cannot be distinguished from natural variability," the WMO's Greenhouse Gas Bulletin said.
The annual report released by the Geneva-based U.N. agency measures the atmospheric concentration of the gases — carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — that are warming our planet and triggering extreme weather events.
Levels of carbon dioxide, a product of burning fossil fuels that is the biggest contributor to global warming, touched a new record of 410.5 parts per million (ppm) in 2019, it said.
The annual increase is larger than the previous year and beats the average over the last decade.
"Such a rate of increase has never been seen in the history of our records," WMO Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas said, referring to a rise of 10 ppm since 2015, calling for a "sustained flattening of the (emissions) curve."
WMO's head of atmospheric environment research Dr. Oksana Tarasova said the magnitude of the increase in carbon dioxide levels over the past four years was comparable to changes seen during the shift from ice age to more temperate periods but, back then, the transition happened over a much longer timeframe.
"We humans did it without anything, with just with our emissions, and we did it within four years."
Global data is not yet available for 2020 but the trend of rising concentrations appears to be intact, the WMO said, citing initial readings from its Tasmania and Hawaii stations.
Like other scientific bodies, the WMO said it expects annual global carbon emissions to fall this year due to COVID-19 measures, and ventured a preliminary estimate of between 4.2% and 7.5%.
Such a drop would not cause atmospheric carbon dioxide to go down, but would slow the rate of increase temporarily on a scale that falls within normal variations, it said.
"Our whole economy and our consumption patterns wire us to extremely high emissions even if we all sit in lockdown," said Tarasova.
Irrespective of what we do to curb emissions today, much of the carbon dioxide already emitted decades ago remains in the atmosphere and contributes to global warming, climate scientists say.
Over the 2018-2019 period, concentrations of the more potent heat-trapping gas methane increased by 8 parts per billion, the report said — slightly lower than the previous year-on-year change but still above-average over the last 10-year period.
Methane concentrations data is closely watched by scientists as the gas is prone to unexpected leaks such as those from the fossil fuel industry. That can make its atmospheric levels harder to predict than carbon dioxide.
Levels of nitrous oxide, which erode the atmosphere's ozone layer and expose humans to harmful ultraviolet rays, also increased in 2019 but at a lower rate than the previous year and on par with the average growth over the last decade.
Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop in emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the World Meteorological...
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Civil War Trust's 1861 3D Photo Exhibit at Willard Hotel
Washington DC, May 12, 2011 — The Civil War Trust and the Willard InterContinental proudly present a thrilling, three-dimensional photographic exhibition of Civil War images. The exhibit is part of a yearlong calendar of Civil War-related events presented by the Willard in conjunction with Destination DC's Civil War to Civil Rights commemoration. The free display is open to the public seven days a week, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., June 24 to July 15, in the hotel's Peacock Alley area.
Developed in association with the Center for Civil War Photography and HISTORY Television, the exhibition will include a multimedia documentary-style program focusing upon the Civil War's first, but bloodless battle, Fort Sumter. The exhibition will present more than three dozen Civil War-era photographs in the manner in which they were meant to be seen – in 3D. Special #D glasses will be available at the hotel for correct viewing of the exhibition.
A lively presentation, Civil War Washington in Pictures, will be held in the hotel's Peacock Lounge on June 24 at 2:30 p.m. admission is free. Join historian Garry Adelman for a unique glimpse into Civil War Washington from 1861 to 1865. The city of Washington transformed from a backwater town into a capital city we know today. From president-elect Lincoln's arrival to the garrisoning of the city to battles in and around town to assassination, hangings and healing, Washington's Civil War photographic coverage is unmatched by any other city. Garry Adelman is the author, co-author or editor of more than 30 books and articles concerning the Civil War. He is the vice president of the Center for Civil War Photography and has been a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg for 16 years. He works full time as Director of History and Education at the Civil War Trust.
From secession to civil war, from Abraham Lincoln to Jefferson Davis, and from Fort Sumter to Bull Run, see the Civil War in depth and how the art of photojournalism was born. In 1861, America was torn apart and thrust into civil war. States seceded from the Union, armies were raised, battles were fought, leaders emerged and the nation began an inextricable series of changes. This upheaval was not only captured by the lenses of a growing army of photographers, but was recorded using 3D, stereoscopic cameras.
As America marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War in 2011, the Willard InterContinental highlights its significant history of the period with Willard Hotel and the Civil War. This yearlong event in conjunction with Destination DC's regional Civil War to Civil Rights commemoration highlights various aspects of the Willard's history during this period, through exhibitions, lectures, tours, concerts, discussion panels and related events. The Willard's programming includes partnerships with such cultural and historic entities as Lincoln at the Crossroads Alliance, The International Spy Museum, Ford's Theatre, the Civil War Trust and The Washington National Opera.
The Willard was a center for political and social life in Washington, DC, throughout the Civil War. Located close to the White House, the six-story building upon which the New Willard Hotel was later built in 1901, was at the crossroads of society and politics. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Willard's was "much more justly called the center of Washington and the Union than the Capitol, the White House or the State Department."
Barbara Bahny, Tel.202.637.7309, Barbara.bahny@ihg.com
Jim Campi, Tel. 202.367.1861 x7205, jcampi@civilwar.org
Mary Koik, Tel. 202.367.1861 x7231, mkoik@civilwar.org
About the Civil War Trust:
The Civil War Trust is the largest nonprofit battlefield preservation organization in the United States. Its mission is to preserve our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields and to promote appreciation of these hallowed grounds. To date, the Trust has preserved more than 30,000 acres of battlefield land in 20 states. Learn more at www.civilwar.org, the home of the Civil War sesquicentennial.
The Willard InterContinental is located in the heart of the nation's capital on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, the Smithsonian museums and the downtown business and theatre districts. The Willard epitomizes world-class hospitality as the hotel of choice for heads of state and leaders of the world's business, cultural, social and political elite. The hotel's 335 well appointed guestrooms include 41 elegant suites. Dining options include Café du Parc, the popular French bistro with seasonal outdoor seating, the Occidental Grill & Seafood, traditional Afternoon Tea in Peacock Alley and the classic Round Robin Bar. The luxurious Red Door Spa offers a wide array of pampering treatments.
An American institution, the Willard has hosted nearly every U.S. president since 1853. It was at the Willard that Julia Ward Howe wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic, where President Ulysses S. Grant popularized the term "Lobbyist," and where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King finished his renowned "I Have a Dream" speech. The Willard is also noted for its 100% wind power, recycling and charitable initiatives including Anacostia River clean-up, the hotel's "adoption" of a Pershing Park, and support of a school prom for disabled youth.
The classic Willard InterContinental combines heritage and luxury with contemporary comfort and the latest technology.
Tel. 202-628-9100, 1-800-827-1747, or Web site: www.washington.intercontinental.com.
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Three Mini-Presentations at the June Harrisburg Civil War Round Table
Columbia PA cemetery has black vets of 54th Mass and USCT
Excellent new Gettysburg book from York Countian
Summer reading: Civil War Tails
2019 Schedule of Gettysburg Park Ranger Talks
Irish Railroad Workers Museum and Shrine
One-tank trips: Shenandoah Valley Civil War Museum


Minnesota continues to have the highest foreclosure rate in the Upper Midwest, according to new Realty Trac data for the month of August.
Minnesota now has the 21st highest housing foreclosure rate in the nation, up from 25th in the country back in November 2008. During that nine-month span, foreclosures have risen 67 percent in the Gopher State – from 1 out of 1,044 housing units to 1 out of 625.
The good news for Minnesota is that its foreclosure rate, like its August unemployment rate, is down from July, by 10.6 percent. Foreclosure rates also decreased across the Upper Midwest during the past month in South Dakota (-28.1 percent) and North Dakota (-34.0 percent), but increased in Iowa (+20.6 percent) and Wisconsin (+3.9 percent).
Nearly 75 percent of Minnesotans are home owners, according to both 2007 census data (73.5 percent) and an aggregation of monthly 2009 polling by SurveyUSA (74.5 percent). That puts the Gopher State at the 14th highest ownership rate in the nation.
Iowa ranks 12th in the country (73.7 percent), with Wisconsin at 27th (70.5 percent), South Dakota at 28th (70.4 percent), and North Dakota at 42nd (66.5 percent). The national average for home ownership in 2007 was 68.1 percent.
Although Minnesota has the highest foreclosure rate in the Upper Midwest, and even though there has been a 67 percent increase in housing foreclosures in Minnesota since the 2008 election, the Gopher State has not experienced the biggest uptick in foreclosures in the region since last November.
· South Dakota has endured the largest increase during the past nine months – with foreclosures rising 159.0 percent – although its rate of 1 per 3,027 units is just 45th in the nation, up only one slot since November.
· Wisconsin's rate has increased 99.4 percent, from 1 out of 1,288 units to 1 out of 646. Wisconsin now has the 23rd highest foreclosure rate in the country, up from 29th last November.
· Iowa's rate is up 37.9 percent from November 2008, to 1 foreclosure out of 1,834 units, but has dropped in the national rankings from 38th to 42nd.
· North Dakota, one of the few states in the nation not facing budget gaps and with unemployment statewide scarcely over 4 percent, has actually seen its foreclosure rate decline during the past 9 months – by 40.5 percent. Only 1 out of 9,411 housing units are being foreclosed in North Dakota, good for 50th in the nation (down from 44th last November).
Minnesota's rate of 1 out of 625 units is still much lower than the national average of 1 out of 357 units, with high foreclosure rates in heavily populated states like Florida (1 out of 140) and California (1 out of 144) elevating the national average.
5 Comments on "Minnesota Housing Foreclosure Rate Still Up 67 Percent Since Election Day"
But seriously…those mods? I'm sure they're working out REAL well. Given when a lot of that started, they may actually ADD to the rates of default later this year since a huge share are going to just be delayed foreclosures. All depends on the timing, but ultimately, they'll make the past problem look worse in the future.
Banks aren't real estate management companies. They have little to no incentive to widen the pipe for foreclosures. In cases where they are just servicing the mortgage, they have no incentive to do so. They keep stringing people along because they are forced too, or are behind on processing defaults.
Here's a Wachovia Alt A deal, think these properties will be hitting the market at some point? 22pct serious dq, only 6.4pct REO.
45% Florida + CA 2006 vintage.
I'm bracing for a good turn-around for 2010.
It's been three years since this article was written and foreclosures are still running rampant. The cause and effect have been felt by many. We need to look at the Fed for answers. Real Estate runs in cycles. The banks loosened their lending guidelines three to five years ago and allowed a lot of people to get into houses they couldn't afford and it's happening again right now. This will result in the next wave of foreclosures. We the people as a whole, need to learn to live within our means.


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Wikimedia commons FAMILY DAY Premier John Horgan has long held the view that B.C.'s Family Day should be rescheduled to the third Monday of February to align with the other provinces.
Last week it was reported that the NDP government was exploring the idea of shifting Family Day in B.C. to coincide with the rest of Canada. The response since then from B.C.'s tourism and ski sectors has been quite clear: Reschedule the holiday and the provincial economy will suffer.
In a statement last week, the Premier's Office said NDP leader John Horgan has long held the view that Family Day should be aligned with other provinces, allowing British Columbians to celebrate with family and friends across the country.
But industry warns that moving the date from the second to the third Monday in February — which coincides with Presidents' Day in the U.S. — would place unnecessary strain on B.C.'s tourism sector.
"(Presidents' Day) is a popular holiday where many resorts and destinations throughout the B.C. are near capacity, and in the case of Whistler, we're pretty close to being sold out," explained Tourism Whistler (TW) president Barrett Fisher.
"The thinking was, if we truly want this to be a British Columbia holiday, we want to pick a weekend where B.C. residents can get away and make a long weekend of it."
According to TW figures, hotel occupancy rates in Whistler for the Presidents' Day weekend already average in the high 90s. Leading up to the first Family Day in 2013 (excluding the anomaly of Whistler's 2010 Olympic year), Fisher estimated the resort averaged occupancy in the mid-70s; after the holiday was instituted, that shot up to the low- to mid-90s.
It's a trend observed across B.C.'s ski resorts, with the Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA) estimating that the current timing of B.C.'s Family Day generates an incremental $7 to $10 million in visitor spending at ski areas in the province.
"This is important to the thousands of B.C. families supported by tourism jobs, and the many more residents that benefit from government services provided by tax revenues," said CWSAA president Christopher Nicolson.
"The ski industry is included in this but (the economic impact) is definitely not limited to (skiing)."
The majority of British Columbians, when polled, supported the holiday's current timing: In a 2012 survey of 31,146 residents, 58.4 per cent were in favour of holding Family Day on the second Monday of the month, with 30.3 per cent preferring the third Monday (11.3 per cent of respondents stated no preference).
What's more, said Whistler Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden, is that locals and visitors to the resort stand to miss out on discounted holiday rates if Family Day ends up being rescheduled.
"There are various enticements provided for families to celebrate the day: cheaper admissions fees for various activities, lift tickets at a reduced rate, and so on," she said. "That just won't be possible on the third Monday of February because we're already at capacity."
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"Our hope would be that the government would look at all the arguments before making a final decision," said Fisher. "We certainly respect and support that they have broad interests they must represent, but we think there's a really strong argument for keeping it where it is and we certainly want to share that argument."
The NDP has not said whether a change would come before the 2018 Family Day, which falls on Feb. 12.


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Q: Error: Extra }, or forgotten \right in split Can someone tell me what's wrong with this? because i can't figure out where the missing \right( is.
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
Μ=&-\pi \rho \frac{c^{2}}{4}
  \left[c\left(\frac{α}{c}-\frac{1}{2}\right)\ddot{h}+Uc\left(\frac{3}{4}-
    \frac{α}{c}\right)\dot{\alpha} +\frac{c^{2}}{4}\left(\frac{9}{8}+
     \frac{4α^{2}}{c^{2}}-\frac{4α}{c}\right)\ddot{\alpha} \\
 &-\left(\frac{4α}{c}-1\right)U C(k) \left(-\dot{h} +U\alpha +
c \left(\frac{3}{4}-\frac{α}{c}\right)\dot{\alpha}\right)\right]
\end{split}
\end{equation}

A: Here is the code that compiles:

Notes:

*

*The left[ on the first line needed a closing \right. before the \\.

*An opening \left. was added on the second line after the alignment point to match the closing right] at the end.

Code:
%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
    Μ = &-\pi \rho \frac{c^{2}}{4}
        \left[ c
                \left(\frac{α}{c}-\frac{1}{2}\right) \ddot{h} + Uc
                \left(\frac{3}{4}-\frac{α}{c}\right) \dot{\alpha} + \frac{c^{2}}{4}
                \left(\frac{9}{8}+\frac{4α^{2}}{c^{2}}-\frac{4α}{c}\right) \ddot{\alpha}
        \right.
        \\
        &\left.
            -\left(\frac{4α}{c}-1\right) U C(k)
            \left(
                -\dot{h} +U\alpha +
                c \left(\frac{3}{4}-\frac{α}{c}\right) \dot{\alpha}
            \right)
        \right]
\end{split}
\end{equation}
\end{document}

A: I think a different alignment and smaller parentheses would look better;
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{mathtools}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\begin{equation}
 \begin{aligned}
 M = -π ρ \frac{c²}{4}
   \left[
 c\Bigl(\frac{α}{c}-\frac{1}{2}\Bigr)\ddot{h} Uc\Bigl(\frac{3}{4}-\frac{α}{c}\Bigr)\dot{α} + \frac{c²}{4}\Bigl(\frac{9}{8} + \frac{4α^{2}}{c²} - \frac{4α}{c}\Bigr)\ddot{α} \right.\enspace &
 \\
 \left.-\Bigl(\frac{4α}{c}-1\Bigr)U C(k) \Bigl(-\dot{h} +Uα + c \Bigl(\frac{3}{4}-\frac{α}{c}\Bigr)\dot{α}\Bigr)
 \right]&
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\end{document}


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This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl (Hardcover)
By Esther Earl, Lori Earl, Wayne Earl, John Green (Introduction by)
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