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Racial Bias Found In Review Of 100 Million Police Stops
Three years ago, an unmarked police car tailed Richard Jackson into an alley behind his home on Chicago's West Side and pulled him over.
Jackson, a black Navy veteran, had become used to being stopped by police for what he believed was no reason since returning to Illinois from the military in 2012.
But this time was different. After an officer ran his driver's license, then said he was free to go, Jackson pointedly asked what he had done wrong. The officer, who is white, said Jackson had cut him off, which Jackson denied. The officer then issued Jackson citations for failing to yield at a left turn and stop sign, which Jackson also denied.
Although the officer did not allude to Jackson's race, the veteran believed that was why he was stopped. He successfully fought the two citations and filed a complaint with the Chicago police.
"With this racial profiling — I'm not just going to roll over," Jackson, 36, said.
The Chicago police did not respond to a request for comment.
Jackson's encounter with the Chicago police reflects the experiences of people of color across the country, who describe being stopped and searched by officers without a good reason. Like Jackson, many believe their race played a role.
Now, Stanford University researchers have compiled the most comprehensive evidence to date suggesting there is a pattern of racial disparities in traffic stops. The researchers provided NBC News with the traffic-stop data — the largest such dataset ever collected — which points to pervasive inequality in how police decide to stop and search white and minority drivers.
Using information obtained through public record requests, the Stanford Open Policing Project examined almost 100 million traffic stops conducted from 2011 to 2017 across 21 state patrol agencies, including California, Illinois, New York and Texas, and 29 municipal police departments, including New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and St. Paul, Minnesota.
The results show that police stopped and searched black and Latino drivers on the basis of less evidence than used in stopping white drivers, who are searched less often but are more likely to be found with illegal items. The study does not set out to conclude whether officers knowingly engaged in racial discrimination, but uses a more nuanced analysis of traffic stop data to infer that race is a factor when people are pulled over — and that it's occurring across the country.
"Because of this analysis, we're able to get to that anecdotal story to say this is really happening," said Sharad Goel, an assistant professor in management science and engineering at Stanford and a co-author of the study.
Police pull over about 20 million drivers across the United States each year, according to researchers. And while the extreme cases grab the spotlight, such as the fatal police shootings after traffic stops of Walter Scott in South Carolina, Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati and Philando Castile in suburban Minneapolis — all black men — most end without anyone getting hurt. Still, for drivers of color who are stopped by police, the suspicion that racial bias played a role can linger.
"There's no longer the idea of Officer Friendly, who might help you understand why they pulled you over. Now, it's about using racial profiling to control people and place fear in them," said David Lowery, founder of the Living & Driving While Black Foundation in Chicago, an advocacy group calling for an end to racial profiling.
"Then, you've got money tied up into this," he added. "Who can write the most tickets? Who can put the most people in jail and into the court system? It's no longer about a simple traffic stop for safety."
The Stanford study sliced the data in three distinct ways to search for evidence of racial bias:
Police stops: A "veil of darkness" test was done to analyze whether black drivers are being pulled over at a higher rate during the day than at night, when officers would have a harder time distinguishing race from a distance. After adjusting for the variation in sunset times across the year, researchers found a 5 to 10 percent drop in the share of stopped drivers after sunset who are black, suggesting black drivers are being racially profiled during the day.
Police searches: Researchers reviewed the rate at which drivers were searched and the likelihood that those searches turned up illegal drugs and guns. There was evidence that the bar for searching black and Latino drivers is lower than that for white drivers, even though white drivers were more likely to have contraband. Across states, contraband was found in 36 percent of searches of white drivers, compared to 32 percent for black drivers and 26 percent for Latinos.
Impact of marijuana legalization: After the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington state, there has been a reduction in searches of both white and minority drivers. But the search rate remains twice as high for minorities, a trend also noted in a 2017 Stanford study.
Stanford's research is based on numbers provided by state and city agencies, but not all police departments track that data or are willing to release it. While the majority of states responded to the Stanford group's public records requests and offered at least some traffic stop data, four states said they didn't have information on drivers' race and 15 failed to say whether they collect any data at all.
Cheryl Phillips, who launched the Stanford Open Policing Project in 2014, said the patchwork of responses highlights how government agencies "don't make this a priority."
Illinois, which requires officers to document every traffic stop, has been at the forefront of the practice since it began doing so in 2004. Rachel Murphy, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, said the effort has been effective in drawing attention to the need for more police accountability.
"Not only does it provide transparency for the public, but it also is a tool for departments to show the public that they're committed to eradicating racial disparities and ensure their own policies aren't contributing to these racial disparities," she said.
In response to a January report by the ACLU of Illinois that found racial disparities in police stops, Chicago police said the numbers failed to note the high volume of crime and calls for service made in the predominantly minority neighborhoods where police also conducted the most stops.
James Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police organization in the country, said police officers are trained to stop drivers based on behaviors and not what a person looks like. Often, when a driver is pulled over from behind, his or her race is obscured, he said.
While Pasco hadn't seen the latest Stanford study, he said racial-bias-related studies in general might not consider whether minorities do more driving in some areas compared to white drivers, and that police officers patrol higher-crime areas that also have larger minority populations, and therefore, more minority drivers.
"We're conscious of that potential bias, to train against it, recruit against it, and promote against it," Pasco said. "Very few of the researchers have ever been out in a patrol car in the middle of the night and know what it's like."
Still, transparency around traffic stop data can be a first step toward reforms, civil rights advocates say.
In St. Paul, which employs more than 600 officers, numbers for traffic stops as well as 911 calls and traffic crashes are released each year. St. Paul police spokesman Steve Linders said the move is part of a directive that Police Chief Todd Axtell issued in 2016.
Linders said the department has used its numbers, which include breakdowns by race and location, to "make sure traffic stops are based on facts instead of implicit bias."
"There are inequities in traffic stops. It's fact. Our data shows that," he added.
Among the department's latest initiatives: Officers' traffic-stop data is shared with them so they can better understand the drivers they're pulling over and why. All employees are mandated to go through implicit bias training annually. And last year, a mental health unit was formed to go out on calls and review cases to prevent situations from escalating.
Linders said that the department has yet to see any measurable decrease in stops that appear to be based on bias, but stressed that officers are "doing their jobs with professionalism, compassion and public safety at the top of their minds."
Goel, the co-author of the Stanford study, said he hopes law enforcement agencies will look at their own numbers and recognize racial disparities as well as potential remedies. One option is to have police patrol high-crime neighborhoods but not necessarily stop drivers for a relatively minor offense, such as failing to signal or for a broken light.
"It's important stops are done quantitatively, rigorously, and to make sure it's not based on bias," he added.
Jackson, who joined the military at 18 and is now an immigration officer, said he hasn't been pulled over since the last time in 2016 near his home. The complaint he filed with Chicago police's Internal Affairs Division was closed after his citations were thrown out — without addressing any of his concerns about racial profiling.
Still, he has no regrets about speaking up to the officer who stopped him.
"I gave up too much time in my life to fight for this country to have my rights trampled on," Jackson said. "If that means I get shot, killed, honestly, then that's what's going to happen. But I'm going to make sure my rights are not violated."
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A Q&A with Professor of Education Debra Myhill.
How did you become involved in education? What drew you to this subject area?
Before I moved into university teaching, I was a secondary English teacher. I wanted to teach English because I loved the subject myself and wanted to share that love with other young people. But I also felt that reading literature helps us to understand ourselves and our world: novels, poems and plays deal with all the gritty issues of human existence, and I still believe that reading is not just an intellectual pursuit, but a fundamentally important way of learning about human enterprise and the human condition.
Once I was teaching in real classrooms, I became much more aware of social disadvantage and alongside my love of literature, I became more and more socially conscious: I saw firsthand the enormous disadvantage some children have to deal with, and how others have such a strong headstart in education just because of the accident of birth. Education changes lives, and as a teacher, I wanted to be part of that change, including challenging social injustice in the education system, and believing that children of all social backgrounds can be successful, with the right support.
Can you tell us a little bit about the MA in Education and why it's a good choice for someone considering an advanced degree?
We should never stop learning! I can't imagine a time when I cease to be interested in learning something new or having a new experience. And as a teacher, teacher educator and researcher, what I love about my job is that I am continuously learning about what it means to be a better teacher or learner. The MA is a strong impetus for this kind of critical and reflective learning, linking your own professional experience with international research in the field. It will make you think differently about teaching and learning, and if you are an educational professional, it has the potential to change your practice.
An online course can be a new experience for many potential students. Can you talk a little bit about what the experience is like and how Exeter supports its students?
Studying online is becoming an increasingly common way to study. Its big advantage is that you can study in your own home and often at a time that suits you. This is particularly valuable for students who are also working, which is very often the case on MA Education programmes. It can be a very satisfying experience because of this flexibility, but it can also be a little lonely. So one thing we have done at Exeter it is to try and create a vibrant online community, where you can collaborate with others on the course, and engage in online debate.
What advice, if any would you have for incoming students?
My principal advice to incoming students is simple: you will get as much out of this course as you put into it, so commit yourselves to really engaging with all aspects of the programme.
On a more practical level, be very disciplined about managing your time: decide when you will be working on your studies and stick to it! And read, read, read!


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Report: Jefferson Farfan has MLS options after departing Lokomotiv Moscow
Aug 10 2020mlssoccer.com
Report Upon becoming a free agent when his Lokomotiv Moscow deal ran out, Peru national team forward Jefferson Farfan is being linked with a move to Major League Soccer. That's the latest from Peruvian journalist Gustavo Peralta Coello, who details that Brazil could also
LA Galaxy's first six matches of continued Major League Soccer season announced
Aug 08 2020lagalaxy.com
LOS ANGELES (Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020) – Major League Soccer today announced that following the conclusion of the MLS is Back Tournament, the league's 25th season will continue in the home markets of the 26 clubs beginning August 12.
MLS to restart season in home markets
Aug 08 2020espn.com
MLS revealed its plans for resuming its regular season in home markets, with the first game set to take place on Aug. 12, the day after the final of the MLS is Back Tournament.
Major League Soccer adds 19 clubs to elite player development platform
MLS Soccer Teams
Major League Soccer announced on Tuesday the addition of 19 youth soccer clubs from across the United States into its newly created elite youth development platform, taking the total number of participating academies to 113 and encompassing over 11,000 players.
MLS Cup parades: Best moments from victory celebrations in recent years
Nov 11 2019mlssoccer.com
MLS Soccer & Seattle Sounders
The Seattle Sounders broke CenturyLink Field attendance records for their 3-1 MLS Cup win over Toronto FC on Sunday, and odds are thousands will turn out for the club's victory parade on Tuesday.This sort of celebratory event has produced plenty of memorable moments in recent years, including some from the Sounders in 2016.
Are the Seattle Sounders a dynasty? Players dampen buzz after second MLS Cup
The Seattle Sounders weren't touching the 'D' word with a 10-foot pole on Sunday. Defeat? No, the stomach-churning specter of a humiliating loss to Toronto FC in front of the biggest crowd in their club's history was very real to the MLS Cup hosts; postgame, goalkeeper Stefan Frei admitted that the idea kept him tossing and turning the night before, uncharacteristically limiting him to a half-hour's worth of sleep. And the visitors' assertive performance left the Sounders working against the ball for far longer stretches than they'd hoped or planned for until a deflected strike from right back Kelvin Leerdam broke the deadlock in the 57th minute.
Each time Seattle scored in the MLS Cup final, the fans' reaction registered on earthquake measuring devices
Nov 11 2019cnn.com
MLS Soccer Playoffs & Seattle Sounders
The Seattle Sounders FC scored three goals in their win over Toronto FC in the MLS Cup championship and fans were so excited, their celebrations registered on earthquake-sensing equipment.
Sold-out 2019 MLS Cup is the hottest ticket in recent MLS history
Garth Lagerwey, general manager of the Seattle Sounders, wasn't kidding when he called tickets for Sunday's MLS Cup Final the hottest in the Emerald City. And it's not just that CenturyLink Field sold out its capacity of around 70,000 fans in several hours, adding to the momentum before the Sounders host Toronto FC (3 pm ET on ABC, Univision. TUDN, TSN, TVAS).
How much have Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC rosters changed?
Seattle Sounders & Toronto FC
It's safe to say over the past four years, the rosters of the Seattle Sounders and Toronto FC have seen an evolution, not revolution. It's little surprise, considering each team has an MLS Cup title in their trophy cabinet in that span and are going for another Sunday, when they square off in 2019 MLS Cup (3 pm ET | ABC, Univision, TUDN in US; TVAS, TSN in Canada).
Seattle Sounders aim for "perfect completion to the trilogy" vs. Toronto FC
Don't count Seattle Sounders general manager Garth Lagerwey among those surprised to see the Rave Green playing for another MLS Cup when they take on Toronto FC at CenturyLink Field Nov. 10 (3 pm ET | ABC, Univision, TSN, TVAS).
Seattle Sounders knock LAFC from playoffs with Raul Ruidiaz brace
Oct 29 2019espn.com
Seattle Sounders & MLS Soccer Playoffs
Raul Ruidiaz scored twice and Nicolas Lodeiro added a goal and two assists as the visiting Seattle Sounders upset host LAFC 3-1 Tuesday night in Major League Soccer's Western Conference final.
Soccer: St. Louis voters to decide whether to help fund MLS stadium
Apr 02 2017sltrib.com
A year after the NFL's Rams abandoned St. Louis for Los Angeles, the city has a chance to again become a three-sport town if voters agree to help pay for a stadium for a new Major League Soccer franchise.
The best and worst of Major League Soccer's opening month of March
Apr 01 2017espnfc.com
With the opening month of the Major League Soccer season in the books, ESPN FC's Jason Davis takes a look back at the highs and lows from March.
San Diego MLS expansion bid garners required petition signatures
Mar 30 2017mlssoccer.com
San Diego's MLS expansion bid appears to have considerable local support, following the news that the bid group obtained well more than the required number of signatures, and in record time.
55,000 United fans proved Atlanta is a soccer town
Mar 06 2017sbnation.com
At an ancient college football stadium, something new emerged.
Seattle's MLS Cup triumph leaves Toronto and the Sounders in disbelief
Dec 11 2016espnfc.com
Despite the contrasting emotions of heartbroken Toronto FC and the MLS Cup winning Seattle Sounders, they shared one feeling: disbelief.
Frei's transcendent save sparks Seattle to MLS Cup
Dec 11 2016si.com
Stefan Frei made the greatest high-stakes save in MLS history with his unbelievable swat to deny Jozy Altidore in MLS Cup.
TFC vs. Seattle: Who wins head-to-head matchups in MLS Cup?
Dec 09 2016thestar.com
There isn't much separating Toronto FC from its MLS Cup final opponents Seattle Sounders on paper. The Reds and the Sounders go into Saturday night's match with near-identical records since the end of July. Both are considered attacking teams whose strings are pulled by a creative playmaker.
Toronto or Seattle: Who will win MLS Cup? Vote now!
It's all to play for when Toronto hosts Seattle in the MLS Cup final; our writers predict which team will be crowned champion of MLS.
Portland Timbers earn decisive 3-1 victory over FC Dallas in first leg of Western Conference Championship
Nov 22 2015oregonlive.com
Portland Timbers & MLS Soccer Playoffs
The Timbers Army unveiled an expansive green and gold tifo ahead of Sunday's Western Conference Championship game. In the center of the display, two words stood out: "Cup Bound." Right now, the Portland Timbers look like a team that is bound for the MLS Cup.

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Photo: Cows in fields. Not something I see a lot of in Italy but in the Alps they are as common as cyclists.
One mission proved easier than the other. By breakfast I had learnt than I'm riding with Chris, David, Gabriel, Gregg, Jeremy, Ronnie, Simon, Steve and our two support van drivers and guides Paul and Thomas. Job done.
Photo: Ready to start an up and down week. L-R: Ronny, Colin, Jeremy, Steve.
Not so easy to climb the Cols. Due to us taking various routes to the start of the Col de Joux Plane (needless to say I followed the route exactly) I ended up last to start and remained in that position until 3k before the summit where I found a few riders waiting for me. We rode the last 3k together before a mighty descent into Samoëns for rubbish French coffee (this opinion was unanimous, including our two support guys, who are both French).
Across the valley through Cluses before starting the Col de la Colombière. There were 17 kilometre markers to pass, each one telling you the elevation and the average angle of the climb for the next km. As I was born in 1960 I decided on a 60's strategy. I kept my cadence at about 60 and my heart rate at a maximum of 160. This worked really well. I started last again but finished ahead of two riders. A consistent rhythm was a good strategy. It was tough though. My thighs were really suffering over the last 3km, especially as it ramps up to 11% during the final stages. I made it. A Tour de France climb, only not quite the same speed as the Pros.
I completed the climb in 1:24:59 on the day that a guy called Andrew Feather (ex elite cyclist) set a new Strava King of the Mountain time of 41:33.
Dinner was early at 7pm as everyone was so tired and needed to get some sleep to recover for the next day's climbing. We discussed the best and worst bits of France, Italy and the UK. If only we could pick the best bits of each, what a fantastic place to live that would be.
Good work Colin, 2 signature climbs completed. Nice!
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Fraud Saiyaan movie review: Arshad Warsi is the only somewhat tolerable part of this yawn-inducing film on a serial marryer
Arshad Warsi's charm is hard to resist and his comic timing sometimes lifts lines that do not deserve him, in Fraud Saiyaan.
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Some people work for a living. Bhola marries gullible women.
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A still from Fraud Saiyaan. YouTube
When he finally comes up against a problem, he sets out to solve it by — what else? — marrying again.
Bhola's accomplice in his serial fraudulence is a fellow called Murari who seems to be a double agent of some sort since, on the one hand, he abets the protagonist in his crimes while on the other hand he appears to be plotting the fellow's downfall.
Male infidelity — not female infidelity — has been a subject of Bollywood comedies for decades now because, well, you know how it is: men who cheat on their wives and girlfriends are funny, while women who cheat on their spouses are social issues, I suppose. If you don't mind a revisitation of an age-old formula, and your tastes lie in the direction of women being treated lightly, then on the face of it, Fraud Saiyaan is a project with promise. Arshad Warsi is, after all, one of the finest — even if unfortunately undervalued — actors in the Hindi film industry, and if you loved his team-up with Saurabh Shukla in 2013's sleeper hit Jolly LLB, then of course their new film together is worth looking out for. (Warsi plays Bhola and Shukla is Murari.)
The thing about Fraud Saiyaan though is that it gives these two talented artistes little to do. Bhola's deception is detected by one wife, and then another, and then another, and then ... yawn ... who needs sleeping pills? Warsi's charm is hard to resist and his comic timing sometimes lifts lines that do not deserve him, but there is only so much even a gifted actor can do with a script that is running on empty.
Worse, how much misogyny is one expected to close one's eyes to in the name of comedy? Sure, I get that a man who marries women at the drop of a hat and drops each wife like a hot brick as soon as he has stolen her money will perforce be a man who has little respect for women. The point here though is that director Sourabh Shrivastava, writers Amal Donwaar and Sharad Tripathi themselves seem to see these women as trivial objects. And so we are served an array of pretty human females with tiny waistlines and bulky bosoms heaving inside tight little low-cut sari blouses, their pallus strategically placed just so, Bhola gets to grab them and fling them down on beds at will, but not one of them has an interesting enough character graph to make them memorable.
So poorly written are the women that at one point I began to wonder whether the female actors in Fraud Saiyaan were picked by the casting director or the props department.
Never mind the hero's attitude to women. The film's own attitude to women is exemplified by the shooting of the 'Chamma Chamma' remix featuring Elli Avrram in microscopic clothing, executing a series of crude dance moves. The issue here is not the choreography or her outfit — the issue is, the human being in the outfit matters so little to the director that he has chosen graceless, awkward attire for a graceless, awkward dancer who seems to have been deemed irrelevant beyond her willingness to be semi-nude in the scene. Avrram's limitations as a dancer are underlined when Warsi joins her briefly on stage — his relatively fluid movements show her up for the poor dancer that she is. In comparison, Rajkumar Santoshi may claim to have delivered high art via Urmila Matondkar in China Gate where this song was originally featured.
The climax of Fraud Saiyaan reminds us of another dictum on which many Bollywood comedies rest: men who cheat on their wives are funny and worthy of redemption, while women who cheat are irredeemable, despicable, contemptible jerks. Warsi's continuing career struggles may explain why he agreed to be a part of this formulaic, dull, misogynistic rubbish, but what is worse is that Fraud Saiyaan is a Prakash Jha Productions presentation, with the senior producer-director's daughter Disha Prakash Jha as one of its producers. Seriously Jha-saab, why?
Updated Date: January 23, 2019 12:25:36 IST
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What happened to his vote?
What was he thinking? That was the question on election day last week when General Sarath Fonseka admitted that he was unable to cast a ballot for himself because his name was not on the registration list. Taking advantage of this surprise revelation, President Mahinda Rajapaksa's campaign team immediately called a press conference to declare that Fonseka was ineligible to be president. Never mind whether or not this was true.
Although the government's lies said more about their own insecurity than about Fonseka's eligibility (if they were confident of victory, why threaten to block Fonseka's election?), the question remained: How had Fonseka failed to register? The UNF's first answer — that Fonseka had sent in his registration card in 2008 but somehow hadn't made it onto the voting rolls — was implausible. After all, wouldn't Fonseka have checked his registration status before election day? The only possible answer was the simplest one: Fonseka, like so many other busy people, just forgot to register. Speaking to The Sunday Leader, SLFP (M) Leader Mangala Samaraweera confirmed that Fonseka failed to send in his registration application.
But was Fonseka really "unable" to register? Surely the Commander of the Army could have asked one of his minions to fetch him an application. As with many other busy people, it would seem, registering to vote slipped his mind. How could he have guessed that in a year he would be running for president against the man whose orders he was currently following? That explains why Fonseka didn't register in 2008, but what about in late 2009 when he began considering a run for office? Either it was too late to register or — more likely — Fonseka was too embarrassed to admit he wasn't eligible to vote and wanted to conceal this fact until the last moment.
The UPFA, meanwhile, continues to use this to impugn Fonseka's reputation. Minister of Construction and Engineering Services Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, speaking to The Sunday Leader, accused Fonseka of never registering to vote even before the most recent election.
"He was not interested in getting himself registered to vote for the 2007 election either," Senaratne said. "He may never have voted. His family members weren't registered either.
According to Samaraweera, however, Fonseka didn't mention his ineligibility to vote because he considered it irrelevant to the campaign.
No matter what the explanation, no one can deny the curiosity of a presidential candidate who isn't able to vote for himself. Nearly every foreign media report from Sri Lanka mentioned this strange turn of events, adding an additional twist to the already gnarled narrative of the country's sixth presidential election. Minister Senaratne told The Sunday Leader that he has never heard of such a thing happening in any election around the world, and a quick Google search seems to confirm the validity of his observation.
In the end, though, Fonseka's non-registration was a side-show to the momentous events of the past week and a reminder that not everything that happens during an election can be attributed to some sinister conspiracy. Politicians are human (at least we think so), and humans make mistakes. If only all their mistakes were as innocent as Fonseka's.
Fonseka blamed the Rajapakshes for the omission, in the interview he did at the Hotel corridor with a foreign journalist, surely his mind is unstable, if he says one thing during the day and another at night, or he is deliberately lying at one instance?
It's about time we realize what a "jerk" he is!
මීට මාස කීපයකට පෙර දේශප්‍රේමී රණ සෙන්පතියකු ලෙස රටේම ගෞරව බහුමානයට පාත්‍ර වූ කීර්තිමත් හමුදාපතිවරයා තමාට නුසුදුසු, නොගැලපෙන සහ කළ නොහැකි දෙයක් වූ දේශපාලනයට අවතීර්ණ වී අවසානයේදී දේශෙද්‍රෝහී ලේබලය ද ගසාගෙන පරාජිත දේශපාලනඥයකුගේ තත්ත්වයට ඇද වැටීම කොතරම් ඛේදජනක ද යන්න ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකාට සහ ඔහු එම අගාධයට තල්ලු කර දැමූ දේශපාලන හා මාධ්‍ය අවස්‌ථාවාදීන්ට අද අත්වී තිබෙන ඉරණම දෙස බැලීමේදී පෙනී යයි. යුද ජයග්‍රහණයේ යුද නායකත්වය පිළිබඳ ගෞරවය සහ හිමිකම ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකාට පමණක් තනිව හිමි විය යුතු දෙයක් නොවන බවත්, යුද්ධය ජය ගැනීමට ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් හේතු වූ දේශපාලන නායකත්වයේ එකම හිමිකරුවා ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා පමණක් බවත් සාමයට හිතැති රටේ බහුතරයක් වන කළ ගුණ දත් දේශප්‍රේමී ජනතාව මෙවර ජනාධිපතිවරණය තුළින් තහවුරු කර ඇත. පොදු අපේක්‍ෂක සරත් ෆොන්සේකා ඔහු ත්‍රස්‌තවාදයට එරෙහිව රජය කළ යුද මෙහෙයුමේදී කවර වීරෝදාර භූමිකාවක් නිරූපණය කළද ජනාධිපතිවරණය තුළ කටයුතු කළේ මේ බෙදුම්වාදීන් සමඟ එක පෙළටය. ආර්. සම්බන්ධන් වැනි මේ සක්‍රීය බෙදුම්වාදී නායකයන් සමඟ උරෙන් උර ගැටී ඔහු දියත් කළ මැතිවරණ ව්‍යාපාරය දකුණේ ඵල නොදරන සැටිද ඊළාම් සිතියමට අදාළ ප්‍රදේශ තුළ ඵල දරන සැටිද තේරුම් ගැනීමට කිසිවකුත් මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ වාදියකු විය යුතු නැත. තම සටන අතහැර නොමැති බෙදුම්වාදී සහ එල්. ටී. ටී. ඊ. වාදී ලෝක ඩයස්‌පෝරාවේත්, ආර්. සම්බන්ධන් වැනි ටී. එන්. ඒ. නායකයන්ගේත් මැදිහත්වීමෙන් ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කෙරුණු ඒ ජයග්‍රහණය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය දිනා ගැනීමේ හෝ දූෂණයට එරෙහිව නැගී සිටීමේ හෝ ජයග්‍රහණයක් වශයෙන් හැඳින්වීම චීස් යෑයි සිතා සබන් කෑල්ලක් අනුභව කිරීමක් වැනිය..
his right hand doesn't know what his left hand is doing.you are useless go back to USA.
මීට මාස කීපයකට පෙර දේශප්‍රේමී රණ සෙන්පතියකු ලෙස රටේම ගෞරව බහුමානයට පාත්‍ර වූ කීර්තිමත් හමුදාපතිවරයා තමාට නුසුදුසු, නොගැලපෙන සහ කළ නොහැකි දෙයක් වූ දේශපාලනයට අවතීර්ණ වී අවසානයේදී දේශෙද්‍රෝහී ලේබලය ද ගසාගෙන පරාජිත දේශපාලනඥයකුගේ තත්ත්වයට ඇද වැටීම කොතරම් ඛේදජනක ද යන්න ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකාට සහ ඔහු එම අගාධයට තල්ලු කර දැමූ දේශපාලන හා මාධ්‍ය අවස්‌ථාවාදීන්ට අද අත්වී තිබෙන ඉරණම දෙස බැලීමේදී පෙනී යයි. යුද ජයග්‍රහණයේ යුද නායකත්වය පිළිබඳ ගෞරවය සහ හිමිකම ජෙනරාල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකාට පමණක් තනිව හිමි විය යුතු දෙයක් නොවන බවත්, යුද්ධය ජය ගැනීමට ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් හේතු වූ දේශපාලන නායකත්වයේ එකම හිමිකරුවා ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා පමණක් බවත් සාමයට හිතැති රටේ බහුතරයක් වන කළ ගුණ දත් දේශප්‍රේමී ජනතාව මෙවර ජනාධිපතිවරණය තුළින් තහවුරු කර ඇත. පොදු අපේක්‍ෂක සරත් ෆොන්සේකා ඔහු ත්‍රස්‌තවාදයට එරෙහිව රජය කළ යුද මෙහෙයුමේදී කවර වීරෝදාර භූමිකාවක් නිරූපණය කළද ජනාධිපතිවරණය තුළ කටයුතු කළේ මේ බෙදුම්වාදීන් සමඟ එක පෙළටය. ආර්. සම්බන්ධන් වැනි මේ සක්‍රීය බෙදුම්වාදී නායකයන් සමඟ උරෙන් උර ගැටී ඔහු දියත් කළ මැතිවරණ ව්‍යාපාරය දකුණේ ඵල නොදරන සැටිද ඊළාම් සිතියමට අදාළ ප්‍රදේශ තුළ ඵල දරන සැටිද තේරුම් ගැනීමට කිසිවකුත් මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ වාදියකු විය යුතු නැත. තම සටන අතහැර නොමැති බෙදුම්වාදී සහ එල්. ටී. ටී. ඊ. වාදී ලෝක ඩයස්‌පෝරාවේත්, ආර්. සම්බන්ධන් වැනි ටී. එන්. ඒ. නායකයන්ගේත් මැදිහත්වීමෙන් ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කෙරුණු ඒ ජයග්‍රහණය ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය දිනා ගැනීමේ හෝ දූෂණයට එරෙහිව නැගී සිටීමේ හෝ ජයග්‍රහණයක් වශයෙන් හැඳින්වීම චීස් යෑයි සිතා සබන් කෑල්ලක් අනුභව කිරීමක් වැනිය.
Perhaps Fonseka and his family are cleverer than we thought, and realized that it didn't matter a damn who you voted for, you still got a load of rascals.
Very soon he will loose his citizenship in Srilanka.
That is the reward you should give to a Army Commander who led the Army to wipe out terrorism from the Country.
Definitely yes! because even though he did the good deed of wiping out terrorism he reversed all that by making false allegations against his own soldiers and generals of war crimes.
Fonseka probably never been registered to vote, the reason may be he never believed in democracy. It shows clearly not accepting the defeat. If not such an absent mined man how he decide as that he is the winner as election votes are very personal and confidential. Sometime you are not sure your own family whom to vote. What a JERK.
There are no words to describe how miserable Sri Lankans can be to elect a corrupt thug of a president to rule the country. Enough with the blatant corruption that the government so openly enjoys. This ongoing corruption is unacceptable and must be stopped as soon as possible to ensure a proper development for the country. Along with corruption, democracy and freedom of expression must be restored before Sri Lanka becomes the next Cuba or Iran. Enough is enough!
Enough is enough!! thats exactly the verdict which the nation gave on the 26th of January 2010. Now just live with it man!! the nation has spoken.. so its time for you to shut up!
u silly piece of faeces, people do keep their mouth shut cos they know what happens to all those people who open their mouth. gooda mahindas thug democracy takes over and the thug rule of law dispenses justice to those unfortunate critics.
u suckers can go on howling at us from a position of thug strength because nothing is gonna happen to u piece of faeces.
I could recall presidential candidate Hector Cobbekaduwa was unable to vote when he contested against JR Jayawardena in 1982 because someone else had already used his ballot paper. He was given a different colour ballaot paper to vote but it would not be counted as per the election law. Hector Cobbekaduwa was nominated as the SLFP presidential candidate as civil's rights of Srimavo Bandaranayakes were deprived by JR Jayawardena.
People are human and they make mistakes and they will pay for their mistakes. Mangala is giving all kind of excuses to defend Fonseka, because he is the one who pull this guy to this unnecessary escapade. It is too late; he has to understand the game. The main element of the election is casting a vote to elect the person of your choice. If the person who is running does not care to register, it talks a great deal about his belief in participatory democracy. Should we elect a person who does not believe in democracy, and who does not care for his civic duties? This is a basic right and it is a basic duty of a citizen to exercise his voting rights, and this man was running for presidency of the country. It is not a mistake it is a proof of his character, the opposing party has the responsibility to the people to expose the character. People should not try to whitewash this negligence as mistakes.
No no no. He is in COLOMBIAN LAND!! the land of daydreams, bubble gum, gold bracelets, and 10000 rupee salary increments!!! hahaha.
In 2005 Elections I went to the polling booth(Kandy) for my vote but my name not appeared in the register. I offered all my identity cards to the officers but I was rejected. I don't care that but I found what happend to my vote.
my home people properly filled the Form and handed over to the Grama Sevake(GS). The GS cut my name as I was serving in Polonnaruwa District as an engineer. One day I met him and asked what happend? He told me that I was living far away from the home town and he cut down my name because some people use to put the address for admission of children from other provinces.I think the same could happend to Hon.SF too as he was serving far away from the home town.
This may be an administrative problem.
There were so many people who were searching their names in the registers to see why they didn't receive their vote paper in the Post Offices as well as in the Election Secretariat. Of course this was shown in the private channels. Even my mother whose name has been entered into the application do not have a vote. Many human errors could happen. Besides SF must have never thought at that time that he will one day will be contesting not for Presidency , but even for a MP post. During his carrier he did not take any side in Politics .
EXCUSE ME PEOPLE!!! MANGALA ITSELF ADMITTED THAT SARATH FAILED TO EVEN FILL HIS REGISTRATION FORM!!!! read the above news article without just reading the headline.
"The only possible answer was the simplest one: Fonseka, like so many other busy people, just forgot to register.
Speaking to The Sunday Leader, SLFP (M) Leader Mangala Samaraweera confirmed that Fonseka failed to send in his registration application.
I don't know whether my experience relates to Hon.SF but that same administrative error occured to other people too in the same polling booth and don't forget that they were a mixed composition(SLFP,UNP, JVP….ete). In this case we have to forget party politics.
we have to do lot of things to upgrade our Administrative system introducing Advanced Computarisation considering the people as clients. I came to know through a Sinhala newspaper that second hand computers were installed in some Administrative offices all over the country with a Foreign Funded Project.if it is true what a crime?
GEN; FONSEKA 'SNAME WAS NOT REGISTERED OR NOT INTHE ELECTION REGISTRY IS NOT A BIG DEAL WHAT IS BIG DEAL IS WETHER THE ELECTION WAS FREE AND FAIR.
I am not entirely convinced that Sarath Fonseka simply forgot to register. The question nobody seems to have asked is whether he is registered to vote in USA. I am sure the answer to this is yes and it was the guilt in his conscience for having two votes that must have stopped him registering in Colombo as well.
I f SF's name was not on the Electoral list whose fault was that?. How does anyone know that he/she is not on the Electoral Roll? Does the Govt send out reminders to every citizen by Post, Email or even Mobile Phone!
The Govt organisation that looked after those aspects of the Election should be overhauled to make sure that every person entitled to vote is be on the voting lists. In other democratic countries people are punished for not casting their vote or questioned as to why they did not vote. We hope that a thorough check of the voting lists is done before the general Election by the relevant Authorities.
You must ask this question from Mr.Gotabaya Rajapakse or mr.Basil Rajapakse who are citizens of the USA.
We said Mr. Hardy! It's ridiculous why people make such a big deal out of SF being unable to vote. It's not required as the EC said, and he merely lost a couple of votes for himself, not MR. He may have submitted the paper late like we did, and so lost the chance to vote this time. Perhaps he didnt care about politics and voting at that time. Who would when your fighting the most ruthless terrorist organization in the world? He was certainly right not to tell anyone before. Why give another pointless reason for the "cheerleaders" to scream about? They are just very sad to have gotten to know it at the last minute!! At least we spectators were spared of that!
Who said that Fonseka was busy with the war that is why he could not send her papers to register a a voter. He had time to go to China during the last stages of the war when things were really crucial. The forms are normally collected from your residence and you need not take it anywhere. I tell you these people were lying during the campaign. JVP says something, UNP says something else. Fonseka says something in the morning and something else in the evening. Mangala appears with some JVP jokers in front of the press with some paper cuttings to prove what they say but just garbage. So everyone lost his/her trust in this group of losers. Fonseka lost his own birth place, Ambalangoda and so is Mangala , Matara!
1.8 million majority shows the strength of the President. Countryside solidly stood by the president. More they keep on defending more votes they will lose in the next general election. As I see it Fonseka is not normal now…….every hour we hear something new from him. Poor Fonny, it is JVP gave him the D-Rope to contest. Somawansa has to be careful, Fonny is a dangerous guy any time he can burst out.
Old man could fly in the air. You will read this news very soon in the newspapers!
Judging from the comments that appear in your newspaper, SriLankans cannot think rationally. It is all emotional and vituperative personal rubbish.
At least, you can laugh from your mourning of losing your "leader" who asked 14 year olds to chew Cynide & he came in all his fours to surrender and beg pardon. You must be ashamed of yourself before talking of Lankan politics. Isn't it better to keep your mouth shut and keep mourning till you get an Eelam in your next birth.
Guys .. can someone pls clarify whether a dual citizen is eligible for a vote in both countries ?
JVP selected this mut with some purpose of manipularing him the way they want-if he wins- Many didn't know that wa a big IF and not a small one. This is the first time a presidential candidate who didn't have a vote in the whole world. He didn't have time to register his name but had plenty of time to go to USA to renew his Green Card. So this is the type of man some people wanted to make the president of our country.We thank God millions time for it did not happen. Some people were dancing the devil seeing the support for him in Colombo not knowing how strong Mahinda was in the country side and in other provinces except North and East. Sarath is ideal to serve as the Eelam president since his own home town, Ambalangoda has rejected him by a big margin. I would suggest that he should go back to his second home USA and live peacefully with his family. If stays longer JVP will take what is left of him . Make a personal appeal to the president and seek his pardon for all the nasty things you said about him, in return for all the favours he did for you. What an ungrateful person are you. You don't, definitely, suiot our country. JVP and UNP said there is an exodus in the government camp but now see where the exodus is? They offloded truck loads of lies, this is one of the reasons for the people to hate them.
what is the point of voting when BR go to election commissioner and threat him.Why is the hell, he has to see independent election commisioner other than threatenning him and got release rigged results.
Ask all this guys, did they really won by democratic means.????????????????
Disgusting, For telling the truth asked to leave Swedish lady to get out.
we all knew the truth, we knew who won the poeple hearts and minds.
Another example SF. Do you reckon all the Lankans are gulilble like you to believe that an electio can be rigged like this? What were the SF's henchmen who officiated at polling booths, counting centres and so on doing? Were all of them deaf & blind? We feel relly sorry for people like you.


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Overdose deaths tied to antianxiety drugs like Xanax continue to rise
Many fatalities involving benzodiazepines also involve opioids
SERENITY PILL Benzodiazepines, such as Valium and Xanax, are widely prescribed to treat anxiety and insomnia. Also highly addictive, the drugs are involved in more and more overdose deaths.
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By Aimee Cunningham
As public health officials tackle opioid addiction and overdoses, another class of prescription drugs has been contributing to a growing number of deaths across the United States.
Benzodiazepines, such as Valium and Xanax, are commonly prescribed for anxiety and insomnia. The drugs are also highly addictive and can be fatal, especially when combined with alcohol or opioids. In the latest sign of the drug's impact, the number of overdose deaths involving "benzos" rose from 0.54 per 100,000 in 1999 to 5.02 per 100,000 in 2017 among women aged 30 to 64, researchers report January 11 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. That's a spike of 830 percent, surpassed only by increases seen in overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids or heroin.
Overall, there were 10,684 overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines in the United States in 2016, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In 1999, the total was 1,135.
Benzodiazepines have a sedating effect, and are particularly dangerous when used with other drugs that slow breathing, such as opioids and alcohol. In combination, the substances can "cause people to fall asleep and essentially never wake up again," says Anna Lembke, an addiction psychiatrist at Stanford University School of Medicine. Benzos and opioids are often prescribed together, and opioids contribute to 75 percent of overdose deaths involving benzos.
The rising number of deaths involving benzos hasn't stopped the flow of prescriptions. The number of U.S. adults who filled a prescription for benzos rose from 8.1 million in 1996 to 13.5 million in 2013, a jump of 67 percent, a study in the American Journal of Public Health in 2016 found. The quantity of benzos acquired more than tripled over the same time.
Increasing deaths
The number of overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines has gone up from 1999 to 2016, now reaching close to 11,000. Deaths among men and women are both on the rise.
Number of U.S. overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines, 1999–2016
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Benzodiazepines work by enhancing the activity of a chemical messenger in the brain that has a calming effect. The drugs help to distribute this neutrotransmitter, called gamma-aminobutyric acid, more widely in the brain. The drugs also work quickly, bringing fast relief.
Benzos are relatively safe for intermittent use over a few weeks. But with daily, long-term use the brain adapts to the drugs. As a result, they become less effective at relieving symptoms, and a person "needs more and more to get the same effect," Lembke says. "It's really easy to get people on these drugs, and hard to get them off again."
Many of those who take the drugs aren't using them properly, according to a study published online in Psychiatric Services in 2018. Of 30.6 million adults who reported using benzodiazepines, 5.3 million acknowledged misuse, such as taking benzos without a prescription or in a way not approved by a doctor.
National efforts to combat the opioid crisis should also target benzodiazepines, to reduce overprescribing and to educate doctors and patients about the drugs' risks, Lembke and colleagues wrote in a February 2018 commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Safer treatments for anxiety and insomnia are available, including antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and therapies to change behaviors and learn coping strategies. Lembke says that benzodiazepines are more appropriate for short duration, low-dose treatment in severe circumstances, such as for seizures. That's "how the evidence supports their use."
A version of this article appears in the February 16, 2019 issue of Science News.
J. VanHouten et al. Drug overdose deaths among women aged 30–64 years — United States, 1999–2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Vol. 68, January 11, 2019, p. 1. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6801a1.
D. Maust, L. Lin and F. Blow. Benzodiazepine use and misuse among adults in the United States. Psychiatric Services. Published online December 17, 2018. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201800321.
A. Lembke, J. Papac and K. Humphreys. Our other prescription drug problem. New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. 378, February 22, 2018, p. 693. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1715050.
M. Bachhuber et al. Increasing benzodiazepine prescriptions and overdose mortality in the United States, 1996–2013. American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 106, April 2016, p. 686. doi:10.2015/AJPH.2016.303061.
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Management Of Networked IoT Wearables – Very Large Scale Demonstration of Cultural Societal Applications
The MONICA project, funded by H2020, provided a very large demonstration of multiple Internet of Things technologies that help cities deal with sound, noise and security challenges at big, cultural, open-air events in the city. Solutions were developed in six major cities in Europe: Copenhagen, Bonn, Hamburg, Leeds, Lyon and Torino involving more than 100.000 users in total.
MONICA demonstrated a large-scale IoT ecosystem that can handle a multitude of devices, sensors, networks and heterogeneous data integrated into an interoperable cloud-based platform which is capable of offering multiple applications with at least 10.000 simultaneous end users. Innovative applications include the establishment of sound zones at outdoor concerts for noise mitigation as well as security measures improving crowd information and management.
The pilot sites have chosen applications based on their current challenges and deploy them at large cultural events such as concerts, festivals and sport events, involving the use of multiple devices such as wristbands, smart glasses, video cameras, loudspeakers and mobile phones.
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (DE), Tivoli Gardens (DK), City of Copenhagen (DK), Movement Entertainment Srl (IT), City of Hamburg (DE), Hamburg University of Applied Science (DE), Acoucité, Greater Lyon's sound observatory (FR), City of Bonn (DE), Leeds Rugby and Yorkshire County Cricket Club (UK), Leeds Beckett University (UK), Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration (DK), Technical University of Denmark, Electrical Engineering (DK), Kingston University, Computer Science & Mathematics (UK), Dexels BV (NL), DigiSky S.r.l. UAV & Robotic systems (IT), Optinvent S.A. (FR), Telecom Italia S.p.A. (IT), VCA Technology Ltd (UK), Atos IT Solutions and Services (SK), LINKS Foundation (IT), CERTH Information Technologies Institute (GR), CNet Svenska AB (SE), Rinicom Ltd (UK), In-JeT ApS (DK), Praesidio Group (DK), Ring Advocacy ApS (DK), Vaeksthus Zealand (DK).
Project in Torino
The City of Torino undertook demonstrations on two events for the MONICA project. The first one was the Kappa FuturFestival, organized by the project partner Movement Entertainment Srl. It is the first Italian 100% daytime summer festival that takes place every year with concerts and events from 12 am to 12 pm in a residential area, attracting around 20.000 people with consequent problems of crowd management and security and noise propagation.
The second happening was the Movida in the San Salvario District, the nightlife rapidly becoming protagonist of this city district thanks to a lot of bars, restaurants, liquor stores and multi-ethnic shops and a lively programme of events. The Movida contributed to the requalification of the district that was especially known for its drug dealers. So, it is of interest for both citizens and the public administration to find a good balance between amusement, security and quality of public spaces. The nightlife centre is represented by Largo Saluzzo and Via Baretti, where crowds gradually occupy the public spaces and cause huge side effects: noise, traffic blockages, irregular parking, obstruction of driveways and security issues.
Involvement of the local stakeholders for a shared knowledge about the Movida in San Salvario District;
Management of a questionnaire to collect data from residents on the level of disturbance and on the evaluation of the actions carried out by the City, also to support the validation of new indicators;
Equipment in Largo Saluzzo: improved data network for video surveillance and sensors and the integration of the current platform for acoustic monitoring;
Improvement of the equipment of the Municipal Police;
Test of new generation sensors, with wifi sniffer, for counting anonymized attendance, beacons for proximity messages and microphone arrays for a better characterization of attendance from a quantitative, acoustic and communication point of view;
Purchase of analytics platforms, training of staff for the analysis of the data collected and the identification of predictive models on the phenomenon;
Organization of a hackathon to identify new business models, sustainable and transferable in other similar contexts and involving local stakeholders through information, awareness and empathy;
Experimentation of different communication strategies (social mediation events through art and street performances, entertainment events in neighboring areas, proximity marketing campaigns, etc.).
Total EU fund: € 14.999.73,26, out of which € 374.500,00 to the City of Torino (100% funded by the European Union)
Duration: 39 months (January 2017 – March 2020)
Partners in Torino: LINKS Foundation, Movement Entertainment Srl, DigiSky S.r.l. UAV & Robotic systems, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
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Ok so I forgot today was Sunday, but now I'm really excited about it being the end of the week....GREY's ANATOMY is on in 2 hours. Frickin A...I love that show. Well I better finish laundry before it comes on.
I'd love to...I probably would have this weekend, but I had bbq's and babysitting all weekend. Kent said it'll cost me...head...yeah! LMAO. Are you worth that?


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Reddit expands into Germany
Reddit has opened a new office in Berlin as part of its long-term commitment to the German market and expansion beyond English-speaking countries.
US-based social news aggregator reddit has opened a new office in the Mitte neighbourhood of Berlin, Germany. Germany is home to Reddit's fifth-largest user base, with 47% user growth year-over-year. German users contribute a total of 151 million posts, comments and votes on the platform monthly.
The company has hired local staff across sales, operations, community, product and engineering. The team will focus on growing more German communities and enabling German advertisers to connect with its users.
Reddit global president and executive vice-president of advertising Harold Klaje commented: "The German advertising market is significant to our global sales strategy and a key part of our international growth plan. While we have been fortunate to enjoy steady organic growth in the country and have seen this attract advertisers in Germany, Reddit's official market entry will accelerate our existing momentum in a more focused way."
The Berlin office opening follows Reddit's expansions into Sydney and Toronto earlier in 2021.
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I have officially finished my first order of custom soaps! A customer came to me asking if I could stamp other words into the soap after they saw my "Revive" stamped in. I let them know I would have to order a custom stamp for them, but that would be no problem at all. They ended up ordering 60 Blue Fir bars stamped with the words "The River House" to put in their vacation home.
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The stamp turned out great and the customer was so happy with the soaps!
If you are interested in getting some custom soaps, please contact me for more information! I would love to work with you and creating soaps for your vacation home, half bars with your initials for a wedding, corporate gifts with your company logo, and anything else you might have in mind. Not only can we customize the stamp, we can also customize scents and colors to match anything.
Looks great we've been doing a lot of custom orders as well. Love the stamp and the blue in soap is lovely.
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Madness magic at the Norfolk Showground
Jo MaloneMadness magic arrives in Norfolk this Saturday. As the county is chosen as one of only three UK venues for a massive outdoor concert, Jo Malone looks forward to the band bringing new fans into the two-tone foldJo Malone
They were disco essentials back in the days of stilettos and leggings, wide belts, big hair, shoulder pads - or pork pie hats and sharp shiny suits.
It simply wasn't a party without Baggy Trousers, House of Fun, My Girl, It Must Be Love and the essential One Step Beyond, the song that had everyone - from baby brother and sister to mum and dad - doing some pretty daft dancing.
Not much has changed!
We still love those ska legends and some of us are still insisting on those classics before we get up and dance and embarrass our own children with silly walks. It is, we insist, 'proper music - music that you can dance to'.
What's more, our kids agree - and Madness are still the two-tone kings, a band with a great feel good factor and a band still releasing top tunes.
Their new album, The Liberty Of Norton Folgate, debuted at number five in the charts earlier this month, and it's certainly not just the 40-somethings remembering those Friday night disco dancefloors who are buying it.
Madness are keeping the fun alive - and the fans and themselves young and enthusiastic - with a lively touring schedule with new songs, and a good smattering of those ska classics.
They play the Norfolk Showground on June 13, supported by reggae treasures Aswad and busker brothers the Dualers.
We haven't seen the Nutty Boys, as they're affectionally known, in Norfolk since what some described as a rather subdued gig at Blickling two years ago. Fans are hoping the showground event will be more in the style of the awesome concert they pulled off at High Lodge in Thetford Forest four years ago.
There the band gave the 6,000 strong crowd an exciting proper party night full of music they loved.
Tickets for the showground are now available and, with the band arriving fresh from a night in Madrid a couple of days earlier and excited about the success of the new album, it looks set to be quite a performance.
Norfolk is one of only three massive open-air concerts in the UK to celebrate 30 years at the top of the ska two-tone genre.
The other celebrationary gigs are at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire and Hampshire and then they are off touring around Europe before the return of Madstock at London's Victoria Park on July 17.
Lead singer Suggs is looking forward to what is sure to be one of the biggest shows of the summer:
'Madstock for us is musically, socially and geographically our homecoming. There is no other day like it, for us, our families and for the people that come to see us,' he said.
Unlike many bands of their generation, Madness is still the Madness of old, complete with the original band members.
That's the increasingly charismatic Suggs, Mike Barson (Monsieur Barso), Lee Thompson (Kix), Chris Foreman (Chrissy Boy), Daniel Woodgate (Woody), Mark Bedford (Bedders) and Carl Smyth (Chas Smash).
Not just ministers of silly dances, they're an award winning band too, having picked up the Ivor Novello Award twice (1983 and 2000) and the Mojo Hall of Fame Award (2005).
That all followed that amazing debut album One Step Beyond, which was in the UK charts for 37 weeks, touching number two but never actually making it to the top spot.
There have been eight albums since then, with 2005's The Dangermen Sessions Vol.1, the most recent until The Liberty of Norton Folgate.'
This new album is inspired by Norton Folgate, a small area of East London that was historically known for literally being a law unto itself with an eclectic mix of artists and craftspeople, writers, actors and innovators.
'Having had a great deal of fun going back to our Dublin Castle roots a couple of years ago and making an album of ska and reggae covers as The Dangermen we felt it was time to make a great British pop record in the best traditions of our previous work,' said Suggs.
So even if you haven't heard the new album yet, if you loved those Madness tunes of old, it could be right up your street - and the 30th birthday party gig later this month is the party to hear it all!
t Madness play Norfolk Showground, Costessey, on Saturday, June 13. Gates open 4pm and the show is at 6pm. Tickets �32.50. Inquiries tel 0871 224 1113 www.ticketeast.co.uk


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I have a whole Pinterest board of lovely farmhouse entryways, and I hope to someday have space for hooks, bins, benches, and everything else that makes for a beautiful and functional entryway. But for now we just have this small space to work with, so we've kept it simple, practical, and added a touch of farmhouse charm.
Sweet antiques, lace, polka dots, pops of yellow, and this super adorable welcome mat makes this tiny farmhouse entry space feel sweet and welcoming.
I searched forever for a milk can at a reasonable price because I thought it would make the perfect umbrella stand.
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But for now, I'm so happy with this simple little space. A place to say hello to the world when I leave for the day and a place to welcome me home when I return.
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Your entry way looks simple and charming & I love your "hello" door mat!
Megan, this is a sweet little entry way! Precious and inviting! Thanks for sharing more bits of your home. It's beautiful!
This is such a great idea!! Every year my Dad writes me a letter on my birthday and its way better then any gift I could ever get! Thank you for sharing, I signed up for it!!
What a charming entryway. I love the pop of the yellow boots. Don't they say yellow is a welcoming color? It would say it is.
Thanks, Debra! I agree that yellow is such a fun and welcoming color. I hope to add more yellow and some aqua to our home because those colors make for such a cheerful space!
Such a lovely and charming entry! I love the contrasting white, black and pops of yellow. It's so inviting and serene.
This is so lovely (love the pop of color!) Stopping by from TT&J!
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Meg, those rain boots are absolutely adorable. This is so much more than just a simple farmhouse entry. It has loads of fun and whimsy. The yellow accents make it so bright and airy and I wish I could find something like that to store my umbrellas in. The quest is never over! Thanks for the sweet inspiration. Pinning and sharing.
I love that door mat! Your entry way is so cute and happy. Love it! Thanks for joining us for the Wednesday Showcase this week.
Thank you, Jenna! Happy is definitely what I was going for! :) Nothing cheerier than bright yellow!
Thank you, Nikki! I can't wait until we get it all finished up!
I love love love that hello doormat! I'll be coming back to order one through your link in a couple of weeks when we get moved into our new-to-us house!
Thank you, Paula!! You will love it! Can't wait to hear all about your new home!
Meg, I just love your entryway!! It's so welcoming. The milk can, the welcome mat and those memory filled yellow boots make for an inviting space.
I also wanted to let you know that I'm featuring your entryway this week at Sweet Inspiration.
Wow thank you, Keri!! I really appreciate it!
Meg, you are being featured today over at Sweet Inspiration. Come on over and grab your feature button and congratulations.
Cute and charming :) Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful posts with us this week for Snickerdoodle Sunday! Pinned to share!
I love your entry! The pops of yellow really speak to me. Thanks for sharing at the Wednesday Showcase!
I love the pops of yellow with the boots and umbrella.Such a sweet story about the rain boots. Thank you for sharing your lovely farmhouse entry at Vintage Charm.
Meg, Thanks for sharing your front entry. I love the rug and especially the yellow boots. Sylvia D.
SO sweet! I have a milk can too. I just love it. Thanks for sharing your sweet space!
This is really lovely! I love the milk jar for holding your umbrellas!
Thank, Mary! I looked forever for that milk jug & I was so excited when I finally found it!
Isn't it funny how those old utilitarian items are just oozing with charm to us? I wonder what our ancestors would think!
You said you searched forever for that milk can. Where did you find it? I've been looking for good deals on things like this for my Arkansas farmhouse. =-) Thank you! So cute!!!
I managed to find this milkcan at an antique store for $20. Quite a deal considering I usually see them at $30-60! It was already painted black & I loved the look!
Love those bright yellow boots most of all! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!
What a beautiful entry way. Love the bright colors!
This is so simple and beautiful! I'm excited to follow along with your blog because renovating a 100-year-old house is my dream! I'm here from Create Link Inspire.
Thank you, Jessica! I hope you find your dream farmhouse someday soon!
This is darling! Thank you so much for sharing with us at The Gathering Place!
Love the black and yellow! So cheerful!
Your doormat is so cute! And I love the pops of yellow. It totally brightens things up. We went with a yellow theme farmhouse theme in our guest bathroom and it is one of my favorite rooms in our house!
unique thoughts on this subject. Really.. many thanks for starting this up.


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Security Sense: Terrible Security Practices Have Become Indistinguishable from Parody
Troy Hunt | Aug 23, 2017
So I was watching my Twitters earlier this week and someone shone me the proverbial Bat Light (which usually takes the form of "wow, look at this terrible security posture, cc @troyhunt") at a tweet from Virgin Media in the UK where they attempted to justify a 10 character password limit:
"For the vast majority of users, simplicity is better which is why we've set the limitations where we have."
Which is clearly terrible advice. I'd even go so far as to say it's almost unbelievable, especially in an era where password guidance is now pretty explicit about these thingswith even the UK gov frowning upon practices like this. But hey, I've seen stranger things on the web.
A few days later, it was @PoIiceScotIand's turn where they clumsily berated the value proposition of HTTPS outside of use cases which involve passwords or credit cards (a tweet that has since been deleted). This is by no means a new misunderstanding, indeed it's one that happens time and time again. Many people are unaware of the value proposition of HTTPS nor do they realise that as of October, life is going to get increasingly difficult for websites without it. But as with Virgin Media, it was just another day on the internet.
Until people began pointing out that @PoIiceScotIand is not @PoliceScotland and in case that reads strangely, it's only one you look at the account URL of the former with everything represented in lowercase that it actually makes sense: https://twitter.com/poiicescotiand/
The original tweeter is a parody account, although unfortunately bereft of a clear explanation of that fact yet replete with official police logo and identical account description, bar the first 2 characters. A penchant for impersonating the official police account whilst replying to people who were attempting to communicate with the real cops didn't make things any less confusing. (Incidentally, several people subsequently pointed out that impersonating a police officer generally isn't received real well.)
But here's the point and it's really not about a fake police account alone: we've gotten to the stage with security now where I genuinely have no idea whether a story is legit or not. People have always fabricated stories, no changes there, but rather the security landscape has gotten so weird that the truth is often stranger than fiction.
A little while back I wrote the Here, hold my beer… post that highlighted many of the ridiculous things that have become the norm. Sites putting passwords in cookies for the "remember me" feature, a company logging a bug report with Mozilla because Firefox now shames logins with no HTTPS, a security question that was simply "What's the capital of California" and much, much more.
Whilst we're clearly in an era where "fake news" is a real thing and we're all pretty unhappy about that, it's not the fake security reports I'm worried about, rather it's the fact that the real ones show we're in some serious dire straits. And as for @PoIiceScotIand, I suspect they may be well on their way to a call from @PoliceScotland.


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Police say neighbors watching out for each other is the best deterrent against crime.
National Night Out is all about taking back your neighborhoods!
It's a chance to turn on your porch light and get to know your neighbors.
Who knows what's going on in your neighborhood? who's watching out for you and your home.
Corporal Kevin Foust from the Jonesboro Police Department said, "People in our neighborhoods and in our community can help us. "
National Night Out is a chance to meet and greet those people that have your back.
Police, fire, EMS and most especially your own neighbors.
Mary Ellen Warner is part of the West End Historical Association, they are on their 4th year. "That's part of the purpose of this event. Just to build relationships and we can see the response after this is our fourth year we've got a bigger crowd coming this year."
As a whole Americans don't visit over the back fence anymore, sometimes we don't even know who lives next door.
Foust, "The concept behind it is knowing your neighbors, visiting with your neighbors. It's about communicating with each other about crime when you see it."
For law enforcement one of the best deterrents is neighbor watching out for neighbor.
Foust, "They know what goes on in their neighborhoods, they know the people that are coming and going. Lot of time they can tell you vehicles, tag numbers and descriptions of people."
But your neighbors can't help you if they don't know you or you don't know them.
Warner, "We love where we live and we just want to meet our neighbors as often as we can and build up relationships so we can come together for different things."
Knowing someone has your back is very reassuring whether calling 911 for a fire, injury or crime. It's important for neighbors to help neighbors.
Cpl. Foust, "We need that help from the community, We can't do it all by ourselves."


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Get out: What's happening around the Ozarks on Wednesday
Group West Coast Swing Classes, 7 p.m., Sonshine's Royal Ballroom, 1329-H E. Republic Road. Two-step at 8 p.m. with Don. Admission: $10 per person; $15 per couple for both classes. 417-882-3269
Bike Night, 6-10 p.m., American Legion Post 639, 2660 S. Scenic Ave. Music, friends and beer. http://www.post639.com/
Botanical Garden Drawing Classes, 10 a.m., Botanical Center, 2400 S. Scenic Ave. Learn botanical drawing techniques with Peter Longley. No previous experience necessary. For adults. Fee: $10. 417-891-1515
Haunted Springfield, 6 p.m., Midtown Carnegie Branch Library, 397 E. Central St. Local History Associate John Rutherford will share eerie tales about local buildings with haunted pasts. For adults. Free. 417-862-0135; www.thelibrary.org
Little Acorns: Bear Tales, 11-11:45 a.m. and 1:30-2:15 p.m., Springfield Conservation Nature Center, 4601 S. Nature Center Way. Learn about the amazing black bears. Little Acorns programs are limited to one per month. Ages 3-6. Free. 417-888-4237.
Rockin' Wednesdays, 3:15 p.m., Midtown Carnegie Branch Library, 397 E. Central St. Hang out and listen to music, play games and chill with your friends for the afternoon. For grades 6-12. Free. 417-862-0135; www.thelibrary.org
David Nail: I'm a Fire Tour with Native Run, 7 p.m., Gillioz Theatre, 325 E. Park Central East, Tickets: $19.99-$35. 417-863-7843; http://www.gillioz.org
Air and Military Museum of the Ozarks, open noon-4 p.m., 2305 E. Kearney St. Admission: $5; $3 for ages 7-12; ages 6 and younger free. 417-864-7997
History Museum on the Square, 155 Park Central Square. Hours: 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.. Admission is $3 for adults, $1.50 for children. 417-268-7760; historymuseumonthesquare.org
James River Farmers' Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 2936 W. Republic Road. 417-887-1424