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With the graduation of former Kettle Run quarterback Elijah Chumley, there was left an opening for someone to take the role. Brentsville transfer Beau Lang showed up to compete for the starting quarterback spot. Beau and Abram Chumley were the two considerations for starting quarterback. The coaches ultimately decided to have Beau as quarterback and have Abram play tight end.
Beau describes himself as a dual threat quarterback, an efficient passer, but also able to run the ball if the play breaks down. He does not shy away from contact and is willing to fight tackles for extra yardage if needed. He's been fitting into the offense very well and is learning very quickly.
On August 20th, the Cougars played a preseason scrimmage at Eastern View. Beau had an outstanding first half, throwing 3 touchdown passes and 2 two-point conversions. He made some very impressive throws during the scrimmage; running outside of the pocket with heavy pressure from a defender, he connected with Jordan Tapscott for a touchdown.
Following the Eastern View scrimmage, Beau also played great during the cougars first game against Heritage. Throughout the game he threw for 175 yards and 1 touchdown pass. On top of the passing game he had 127 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns. Beau made some very impressive runs throughout the game, especially the spin move he used to get around a defender for an extra couple of yards. He isn't just a flashy runner, he also is an extremely physical runner. Multiple times Beau hit a defender and continued to push for more yards, where most other quarterbacks would just slide to avoid taking a hit.
When asked about his goals for this year, Beau responded "A personal goal of mine is to be an All-Region Quarterback." He also added to the response saying "I want to help lead the team to a regional final game and win the county."
It's safe to say Kettle Run football is in good hands with Beau Lang in the backfield.
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Are there election systems where voters cast a vote on the final composition of the legislature, rather than individual parties or candidates?
Asked 14 days ago
As an example, Germany is well known for having the problem of forming a coalition due to a large number of parties being elected to their legislative body. I imagine this can be frustrating to some voters who might prefer a stable coalition, even if it means their favorite party can no longer participate. One way to achieve this is to have people vote on the final composition of the parliament, rather than individual parties. This would be highly convoluted, but same can be told of many theoretical voting systems.
Does such a system exist, at least in voting theory?
political-theory voting-systems
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JonathanReezJonathanReez
Doesn't first past the post kind of do this, especially in two party systems like the US?
– Stuart F
Do you mean a system in which each voter gives percentages (eg) "CDU 40%, Green 30% AfD 9% SPD 11% FDP 10%" , and then these are "averaged" in some way to get a composition of the chamber?
@JamesK correct!
– JonathanReez
In some regional elections in Germany, the voters can cast multiple (usually three) votes for different lists or candidates (Panachage). This allows them to give 1/3 and 2/3 of their vote to different parties, or even discard one and split the remainder 1/2 to 1/2. There are some wrinkles how the party list interact with individual votes, but the voter can cast votes for up to three parties.
o.m.o.m.
A plurality voting equivalent (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_non-transferable_vote) also sees some use around the world, primarily in local elections, although I'm not sure this is strictly in the spirit of the original question.
– origimbo
While some systems allow voters to cast multiple votes that can be split between candidates or parties, no system allows one to vote on the total composition of the body elected. It isn't even clear what such a system would look like.
Perhaps the closest analogy would be voting systems within legislative bodies regarding an overall budget for a governmental entity, in which one could have each member allocate the available governmental funds as they see fit and aggregate the preferences of individual legislators.
But, no system in existence or seriously proposed does that for a legislature. There is really no good reason that it should, as it would be very confusing and the vast majority of voters simply want to maximize the power of their favorite parties or candidates, rather than having some particular balance of parties.
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Romantic Poetry Essay
During the romantic period poets had elements to help write their material. Such as strong emotion, common man, daily life, super natural, and nature. Lord Bryon wrote "Grecian Urn", it is about a lover who lost his most prized possession his significant other. "Come What May" was used in the movie "Moulin Rouge" to represent that love between two people could never die. Both written materials use romantic elements including nature, strong emotion, and super natural.
The romantic element nature is used a great deal in poems, movies, stories, and songs.
Nature is used to help show and describe feelings, thoughts, and settings. "Seasons may change, winter to spring, But I love you until the end of time?" (Christian) he is saying no matter what season it is or what happens he will love her. "Your leaves, nor bid the spring adieu"(22) Bryon uses nature in the same way but he is saying that it wasn't her time to go because she didn't say good-bye, but he will still love her. "And there's no mountain to high, no river to wide"(Christian) and "What little town by river or sea shore, or mountain-built with peaceful citadel"(35) are lines that are saying that love can over come all obstacles now matter how challenging they are. Challenging like climbing a mountain, crossing the sea, or jumping across the river. Nature plays a major role in life, love, and happiness so when a written needs to describe feelings without being so upfront and bold about it they'll use nature instead.
Not only is nature used to describe feelings and challenges in life, supernatural is also a common romantic element. Whether its giving a none living thing or a living thing an unusual characteristic. Like for example in "Come What May" the line is "Listen to my heart, can't you hear it sings: Telling me to give you everything" normally hearts don't sing, but in writings they could do anything. And in "Grecian Urn" Bryon writes, "What leaf-fring" legend haunts about thy shape of deities or mortals, or of both, in Temple or the dales of Arcady?" which is saying that there is immortal things among us or that he believes there is something there but there really isn't. "Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place, suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace"(Satine) is saying that the power of love is so incredible that it can blind and make you believe that crazy things are happening. There are many other ways to use supernatural in your writing. But there are other romantic elements to use or refer to when writing your material.
Strong emotion happens to be one of the most common romantic elements to use in writings. In "Come What May" strong emotion is the bases of the song. It provides the right amount of emotion to set the mood and also the capabilities of the human heart. "I will love you until my dying day" (Satine)is letting each of the lovers know that they will never love another. "Though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve; she cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, for ever wilt thou love, and she be fair" (18) even though his lover is gone away his feelings for her will never change. Even though there are obstacles in life love tends to conquer over them. Sometimes its not love that is being shown it could be grieving, anger, sadness, confusion, and frustration. In "Grecian Urn" the lover asks "who are these coming to the sacrifice?" he is upset that people coming to grieve for his lover and he doesn't understand why. But when it all comes down each writer has his/her own way to express strong emotions.
Even though poetry, music, stories, and movies are written in different time periods they all seem to have some similarities. Whether they are written about love, death, fear, or everything its how you read it and its how they write it. Many poems are written with romantic elements including "Grecian Urn" and the song "Come What May". Each writer has his/her own way of writing and way of using romantic elements. The romantic elements that were used in these written materials were supernatural, nature, and strong emotion.
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Kaye Scholer Represented MAAX Corporation in Sale to Tricap Partners Ltd.
On September 18, 2008, MAAX, a leading North American manufacturer of award-winning bathroom products and spas for the residential housing market, sold substantially all of its assets to Tricap Partners Ltd. ("Tricap"), a private equity fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management.
In connection with the sale to Tricap, Kaye Scholer, acting as U.S. legal counsel, advised MAAX and its affiliates in developing a strategy that involved cross-border insolvency issues in Canada and the U.S. Following the signing of an agreement with Brookfield Bridge Lending Fund Inc. ("BBLF"), an affiliate of Tricap, whereby BBLF credit bid approximately $270 million for substantially all of MAAX's assets and the assumption of certain liabilities, MAAX and its Canadian subsidiaries filed for protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in Montreal. After securing approval for its sale from the Canadian court, certain of MAAX's U.S. subsidiaries filed Chapter 15 bankruptcy petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for recognition of the Canadian proceedings and to complete the sale.
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Real Madrid came from two goals down to swiftly reclaim top spot in LaLiga with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Villarreal.
Having been displaced at the summit a few hours earlier when Barcelona won at Atletico Madrid, Real were facing up to the prospect of two defeats in five days when the home side went 2-0 up before the hour through Manu Trigueros and Cedric Bakambu.
But Gareth Bale, starting for the first time since November, reduced the deficit, Cristiano Ronaldo converted a controversially awarded penalty to level and substitute Alvaro Morata nodded in a 83rd-minute winner as Real's relentless pressure eventually told.
It maintained the one-point cushion they held over Barca heading into the day, with Zinedine Zidane's men also holding a game in hand on their great rivals.
Having scored in the previous 43 games, Zidane also had the luxury of utilising Karim Benzema, Bale and Ronaldo together in attack for the first time in three months, but they were facing LaLiga's stingiest defence.
And they were showcasing their attacking talent too as Mario brought a good save out of Keylor Navas after good work from Trigueros while Adrian Lopez's deflected effort went just wide.
Real were able to produce just a solitary effort across the opening 45 minutes when Benzema diverted Marcelo's deep cross towards goal only for Sergio Asenjo to claw it away with both hands.
The Frenchman had been unable to get a clean contact on his effort and that allowed Asenjo time to make the stop, though he hurt himself in doing so and had to be withdrawn for Andres Fernandez.
The visitors were unable to test the back-up stopper and were posing a threat at the other end as Jonathan dos Santos' deflected effort went wide and Samu Castillejo almost converted a deep cross from Jaume Costa.
They may not have found a way through in the opening 45, but within 11 minutes of the second period Villarreal were two goals up.
The first came courtesy of Trigueros, who managed to keep his volley down and direct it into the far corner after Castillejo headed Adrian's cross back to him.
That lead was doubled six minutes later when Bruno Soriano's through ball was reached by Bakambu, and the powerful forward held off Sergio Ramos before finishing beyond Navas.
At 2-0 down, and with Isco brought on, Real finally stirred, though Ronaldo's vicious volley crashed against the woodwork, suggesting it might not be their day.
Bale did his best to dispel that theory by heading one back with 26 minutes to go from a perfect back-post cross from right-back Dani Carvajal.
The key moment then occurred in the 74th minute when Real won a contentious penalty for a debatable handball against Bruno.
From Toni Kroos' shot, Victor Ruiz stuck out a leg to block the effort and the ball struck Bruno, standing a couple of yards away, on the arm for what the referee deemed a penalty.
The Villarreal bench was furious and manager Fran Escriba appeared to be sent off for his protestations, as Ronaldo put aside the lengthy delay to fire beyond Fernandez with an effort into the left corner that was too powerful to keep out.
And the travelling side continued to push for a winner which they got when Marcelo's left-wing delivery was met by Morata's head, with Fernandez unable to prevent the chance squirming beyond him.
Dos Santos fired a good chance to level wide, while Morata missed a chance to increase the margin of victory, but Real were able to return to the summit they vacated for just a few hours having staged a remarkable comeback.
The only concern for Zidane would have been the sight of Bale appearing to injure his left ankle again when miscuing a shot, though the fact he walked off when being replaced by Lucas Vazquez suggests he may have avoided serious damage.


We, in India, have grown up on a steady diet of movies in which identical twins get separated at birth due to unforeseen circumstances, acts of god, strange twists of fate, odd behaviour of birth attendants, ... what have you. They are usually taken in by people as different from each other as possible, and grow up not knowing their reality. Hilarity/ confusion often arises out of situations that arise due to mistaken identity. Then we have the sudden and inexplicable bursting into song and dance, with everyone around joining in - whatever the mood of the song. And the hero who is the 'good son' of an underworld don! So many components to a formula that can be put together arbitrarily, and have perfect nonsensical sense!
A woman dies while giving birth to identical twin girls. For reasons best known to herself, the midwife deposits one of them at an orphanage and then puts the other in a reed basket which she sets afloat on the river, which is then picked up by a movie producer. The girls grow up in disparate circumstances, and one day, both of them separately meet a 'boy'.
We all know how it might go on from here - though with a significant difference. For Nirmala will be Nirmala, the movie heroine, and Normala will be Normala, the 'normal' one. Though the 'normal' is debatable - there can be many shades of normal!
Personally, I liked Normala more - she certainly seemed a more believable character, a 'real' person, than Nirmala, who was the plastic sort of person, as if she were merely following a script. That, I suppose, is the success of the writers. The graphic novel format made the narrative very visual, which, again, was a masterstroke - almost as if a movie were unfolding in front of you - fitting in with being a spoof of movies, be it from Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood, or any other sort of wood.
A couple of grouses, though. One, is that the narrative lacked a certain depth that would have made it more interesting - something was missing. Two, is that the authors have missed the opportunity of making it funnier by having the two protagonists' paths cross. After all, they are identical twins with a difference only in the placement of moles - a classic trope of this genre. That way, the movie spoof would have been more complete. As it is, I felt a wee bit cheated! Not paisa vasool enough!
This book would certainly be a hit among the intended age group, if the lengths I had to go to take it off my teen and a visiting friend are any indicator - they were glued to it, giggling away as they read!
Image courtesy Penguin Books India.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review. The opinions are all mine.


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Wynton Marsalis Ranked In Fortune Magazine's 50 Greatest Leaders
By David La Rosa |	 Mar 21, 2014, 07:31 PM
Wynton Marsalis has been listed as one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine.
The nine-time Grammy award winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient is ranked 39th in the list, which includes the likes of The Pope, the 4th richest man in the world Warren Buffett, and former President Bill Clinton. Marsalis also stands ahead of the CEO of YouTube and the CEO of the world's largest steelmaker, Lakshmi Mittal.
Marsalis' ranking is based on his leadership in thought, composition, and education throughout his illustrious career. He currently serves as the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York where he leads some of the largest audience development and education work ever undertaken in Jazz and plays a key role in organizing hundreds of Jazz concerts every year at JALC; all while leading the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
American Express CEO Ken Chenault, who ranked 18th in the same list, said Marsalis has, "developed a generation of musicians." Having spent decades in the spotlight as a prominent musician and a strong advocate for what American jazz 'should be,' no one can deny Marsalis' leadership has influenced millions of people throughout the world. He is one of just two musicians to make the list; the other being Bono for his charitable efforts over the past two decades.
Marsalis, 52, was also recently appointed as the Director of Jazz Studies at prestigious performing arts conservatory Juilliard.
Watch Wynton Marsalis introduce Jazz to a new generation of children on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 1986 below:
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Follow the interactive journey of the top fantasy football scorers of 2020
Yahoo Sports Fantasy Staff
5 January 2021, 7:13 pm ·1-min read
If there's something completely true about fantasy football, it's that how your players perform in Week 1 will almost certainly not be how they do in Weeks 16/17. That's why they say, fantasy championships aren't won in the draft, they're won during the season. And the 2020 season was no different.
Remember when it looked like Russell Wilson was going to be the run-away top quarterback scorer in fantasy? He ended up in sixth place. Remember when David Montgomery was a punch line? Yeah, not so much by season's end.
And now that Week 17 is in the rearview mirror, let's take a look at the trajectory of the final four top scorers at each position:
Note: The scoring displayed is for half-point per reception. You can toggle each position on or off by clicking on their respective colored square (following Travis Kelce pull away from the tight end field is particularly the fun). You can also pause at any moment to take a closer look.
Did anyone surprise you? Did any of these players win a trophy for you? Let us know @YahooFantasy!


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The Legend of Drunken Jack
The Legend of Drunken Jack (As told by Captain Mack Oliver)
In the early 1600's, bands of pirates and plunderers roamed the open seas, but the most famous scourge of them all was Edward Teach, better known as "Blackbeard." Blackbeard's ship stopped at a small island off Murrells Inlet to unload and bury a surplus or hijacked rum. The pirates buried all but a few of the dozens of casks on the island and then enjoyed a feast of oysters and shrimp washed down with gallons of rum.
After a night of wild and riotous boozing, the crew all fell into a drunken stupor and slept the night away. The next morning they sailed, forgetting about a crewman named Jack, who was still sleeping off his massive hangover.
Eventually Jack was missed, but in the heat of a running battle the ship moved far into the Caribbean and there was no chance to go back and pick him up.
It was two years before the ship made its way back to the little island off the coast of South Carolina to recover its valuable rum cargo and Jack. The crew found 32 empty casks of rum scattered up and down the beach and over by the edge of the myrtle and palmetto scrubs, the bleaching bones of old Jack. Hence the name "Drunken Jack's Island." In tribute to the tale of "Old Jack" there is a spirited and intriguing restaurant overlooking his island and bearing the name Drunken Jack's. Over the past quarter century Drunken Jack's has become a legend in its own right, entertaining a new breed of pirates with the best that our bountiful inlet and the Carolina Coast have to offer.


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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would not be demanding any apology from British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron over his diplomatic gaffe, describing Nigeria, along with Afghanistan as 'fantastically corrupt'.
President Buhari said instead, he would demand action from Cameron, by returning Nigeria's stolen money and assets stashed in the United Kingdom. Buhari made this clear as he addressed a Commonwealth conference in London this morning in the wake of Mr Cameron's diplomatic gaffe.
The Presidency and several other Nigerians, have however, lashed back at the British PM for that scathing remark. This came as the Presidency, yesterday, expressed 'shock' at the unguarded comment, saying that Cameron must have been looking at an old snapshot of Nigeria.
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Mandatory paid sick leave for all small businesses. A living-wage requirement for retailers. Curtailed development subsidies. Higher unincorporated business taxes for filers making more than $500,000. A tax hike on hedge-fund managers.
No matter how the Sept. 10 primary elections shake out, ideas anathema to the business community are more likely to become reality starting next year, as City Council liberals go into overdrive on causes hitherto bottled up by outgoing City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Indeed, left-wing lawmakers are systematically crafting an agenda and a battle plan to accomplish their goals. During the past year, they have held off-the-record strategy sessions with like-minded thinkers, laying out their ideas in a dozen academic papers on everything from public safety to economic development. The premise: Government must address economic inequality—and compel businesses to help. "I'm hopeful with a Democratic mayor and a more progressive council we will be able to do more of these things," said City Council Progressive Caucus Co-Chairman Brad Lander, a leader of the effort. Organized labor will put more wind at their backs, as many council-race winners and probably the next mayor will owe their victories, in part, to union support. Though business interests will likely find city government more hostile in 2014, only the real estate industry has pushed back, spending more than $7 million to influence the outcome of more than two dozen council races. Real estate insiders complain about candidates demonizing developers and their tax breaks but say that efforts to expand wage mandates should be of greater concern to restaurants and small businesses. "The business community, unlike the real estate owners, has failed to invest in developing relationships with council members, since they have not seen their relevance," said Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City. "But the truth is that the council, along with the mayor, sets the tone for the business climate in the city."
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The progressive group A Better Balance is seeking long-term paid family leave for municipal employees, even though the city already provides 71 cents in benefits for every dollar it pays workers. Business groups oppose such measures, saying they lead to higher taxes.
Making development subsidies contingent on job creation is also on the left-wing wish list. The progressive groups have embraced a policy paper written for the advocates by University of Pennsylvania assistant professor Laura Wolf-Powers to reduce as-of-right development subsidies, which, she said, would more evenly spread income growth and increase economic mobility for low earners. She proposes tax abatements for employers that hire from the city's vocational training programs, as well as public-works projects to employ struggling workers. Mr. Lander said the new mayor should also seek to tax hedge-fund "carried interest" income as ordinary income, allowing it to be subject to the city's unincorporated business tax. In addition, James Parrott of the labor-supported Fiscal Policy Institute wrote a paper laying out a city budget agenda for the cause, calling for a $100 million tax hike on $500,000 earners by denying them the city's unincorporated business tax credit. That would require approval by the state Legislature, as would a three-year tax surcharge on the top 1% of city earners pitched by Mr. de Blasio and a permanent tax hike on the top 4% proposed by the labor-backed Working Families Party. Albany is not about to approve tax hikes, but it's a possibility if Democrats recapture the state Senate in 2014, when the dynamics of this year's city campaigns could well be repeated in the statewide election.


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Mokihana
American Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News VA
Name Mokihana
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 7,460 tons
Completed 1921 - Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp, San Pedro CA
Owner Matson Navigation Co, San Francisco CA
Homeport San Francisco
Date of attack 19 Feb 1942 Nationality: American
Fate Damaged by U-161 (Albrecht Achilles)
Position 10° 38'N, 60° 30'W - Grid ED 9889
Complement 45 (0 dead and 45 survivors).
Route Baltimore (2 Feb) - Port of Spain, Trinidad - Middle East
Cargo 7300 tons of lend-lease war material
History Completed in October 1921 as West Prospect for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1927 renamed Golden Sun for Oceanic & Oriental Navigation Co, San Francisco CA. 1938 renamed Mokihana for Matson Navigation Co, San Francisco CA.
Post-war:
1948 sold to Greece and renamed Frixos for M.A. Embiricos, Andros. Broken up at Osaka in March 1954.
Notes on event
At 05.32 hours on 19 Feb 1942, U-161 attacked the harbour of Port of Spain, Trinidad and torpedoed the Mokihana lying at anchor in the approaches, which was seen to sink so that only the bow was visible. The British Consul at anchor was also hit, caught fire and sank in shallow waters. However, both ships were salved.
The Mokihana (Master Charles Porta) lay two miles from the wharf in 40 feet of water with all anchor, cargo and port lights burning and silhouetted against the lights on shore. One torpedo struck on starboard side, just forward of the bridge. The explosion opened a hole of 35 feet by 45 feet in the hull and the ship sank to the bottom. There were no casualties among the eight officers, 28 crewmen and nine armed guards (the ship was armed with one 3in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns).
After temporary repairs, the Mokihana left Port of Spain on 2 May 1942, but the ship came in troubles due to unsatisfactory repairs three days later in 16°40N/65°12W and had to be towed to the Virgin Islands and then to San Juan, Puerto Rico by USS Partridge (AT 138) and the tug USS Mankato (YNT 8), arriving on 12 May. After more repairs, she arrived at Galveston, Texas on 15 June for permanent repairs and returned to service in September 1942.
On board We have details of 1 people who were on board.
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Is Former President Jimmy Carter's Carter Center Illegally Using Our Tax Dollars to Fund Anti-Israel Terrorists?
Is The Carter Center Illegally Funding Terrorists?
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Every year, the United States government gives money to charities that do work around the world giving aid to those who need it most. Unfortunately, however, one of the pitfalls of this kind of generosity is that sometimes the money can end up in unexpected places, and if it falls into the wrong hands can be used for causes that otherwise go against our nation's interests.
Investigations from other groups and sources have exposed a very troubling set of circumstances: over the last several years the Carter Center—President Jimmy Carter's non-profit in Atlanta—may have been diverting some of its funds to provide "material support or resources" to Palestinian terrorist groups like Hamas. In doing so, the Carter Center has not only gone against American interests, but has also very possibly violated federal laws that criminalize the provision of "material support or resources" to such organizations.
18 U. S. C. §2339B makes it a federal crime to "knowingly provid[e] material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization." The Supreme Court has recently made clear that this goes far beyond providing cash with the intent of directly funding terrorist activities. It criminalizes nearly any support or resources given to a terrorist organization for any purpose, including "'training' and 'expert advice or assistance'" for purportedly humanitarian reasons.
On the outside, the Carter Center has pushed for reconciliation between Israel and the Palestinian people, with the proposed outcome of a two-state solution. However, as recent history and other evidence has shown, the Carter Center – including through its office In Ramallah – consistently exhibits preferential treatment towards Palestinian organizations and groups, to the point of detriment toward the State of Israel. Perceived anti-Israel statements on the part of President Carter have even led many of his long-time advisors to stop their work with him and publicly denounce his actions.
We at the ACLJ maintain that anyone is allowed to think and say what they want, and that free speech is part of what makes a democracy work. But when that speech turns into actual harmful conduct – and especially when U.S. tax dollars are concerned – then the government needs to step in. From 2015 to 2016 alone, the Carter Center took in more than $306 million, including significant contributions from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The Carter Center has also been open about the fact that that it maintains close contacts with both Fatah and Hamas, two key organizations within Palestinian circles. While Fatah has made some attempts to legitimize its efforts, there is no question that in the eyes of many governments—including the U.S. government—that Hamas is a terrorist organization and that any aid rendered to them is aid rendered to terrorism. Therefore, the haphazard manner in which the Carter Center supports these groups cannot be allowed to continue. Nor can we continue to allow our tax dollars to be funneled to efforts that provide "material support or resources" to terrorists.
In our effort to discover the truth and protect American interests abroad, the ACLJ has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the federal government to obtain all records and correspondents involving the Carter Center and any funding they may have purposefully or accidentally provided to Hamas and other terrorist organizations.
We are concerned that the Obama State Department was ensuring the Carter Center was getting U.S. tax dollars, and that it has continued to this day through the deep state bureaucracy, while turning a blind eye to the Carter Center's open ties with terrorist organizations and sympathizers in potential violation of U.S. law.
With the millions of dollars that the Carter Center takes—through either private donations or contributions from the U.S. government—it is quite likely that some portion of it has found its way to supporting terrorist activities against America's leading ally in the Middle East, Israel.
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Starting off a new tradition with the Pikelets for their first Christmas by heading out to Big Fella Cherries and picking our very own juicy cherries.


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Q: Base64 Decode not working correctly along with Cipher.Decrypt in android Here's a string :
String msg="dpbqNszFN2cpmtlzPi3myV9M1ctlkSIQD95ue+T+9rz13T+Pe/aLZ8Pd5geI+PhEM/b0UeRS1cAzKybQsKICTBhh3ke5Jjw6BHWGESJWBnUT54lAlTvzkgOxpQ5stBh2cPPSn3KLyKmXifr8ClbV5s1k3Gy5C7HitA5KLw7hRxAmIGSWQG7PaiLNEVRbgicNfJ7Ic7VIdGA/UA51vK8mpywIR2YQUDPv30ThGq4DuclaJ3X4aVWVj8VYChcfM+82sViVU8HO3DF9CCU4EIADNET503olxiDZBp7WMYmJvWq0KhhZXkLSY3QFmcSMX6IThtdKKCcZp6hu3TtC+7aP7Q==";

So the byte array is
[1] => 100     [2] => 112     [3] => 98     [4] => 113     [5] => 78     [6] => 115     [7] => 122 ..

Which should be decoded to
[ I used PHP base64_encode() for encoding into the above form & base64_decode() for getting this output ]
[1] => 118     [2] => 150     [3] => 234     [4] => 54     [5] => 204     [6] => 197      7] => 55     ...

But the problem I'm facing is that ( In android , Using Base64.decode(String) ) it's getting decoded to  :
[118, -106, -22, 54, -52, -59, 55, 103, 41, -102, -39, 115, 62, 45, -26, -55, 95, 76, -43, -53, 101, -111, 34, 16, 15, -34, 110, 123, -28, -2, -10, -68, -11, -35, 63, -113, 123, -10, -117, 103, -61, -35, -26, 7, -120, -8, -8, 68, 51, -10, -12, 81, -28, 82, -43, -64, 51, 43, 38, -48, -80, -94, 2, 76, 24, 97, -34, 71, -71, 38, 60, 58, 4, 117, -122, 17, 34, 86, 6, 117, 19, -25, -119, 64, -107, 59, -13, -110, 3, -79, -91, 14, 108, -76, 24, 118, 112, -13, -46, -97, 114, -117, -56, -87, -105, -119, -6, -4, 10, 86, -43, -26, -51, 100, -36, 108, -71, 11, -79, -30, -76, 14, 74, 47, 14, -31, 71, 16, 38, 32, 100, -106, 64, 110, -49, 106, 34, -51, 17, 84, 91, -126, 39, 13, 124, -98, -56, 115, -75, 72, 116, 96, 63, 80, 14, 117, -68, -81, 38, -89, 44, 8, 71, 102, 16, 80, 51, -17, -33, 68, -31, 26, -82, 3, -71, -55, 90, 39, 117, -8, 105, 85, -107, -113, -59, 88, 10, 23, 31, 51, -17, 54, -79, 88, -107, 83, -63, -50, -36, 49, 125, 8, 37, 56, 16, -128, 3, 52, 68, -7, -45, 122, 37, -58, 32, -39, 6, -98, -42, 49, -119, -119, -67, 106, -76, 42, 24, 89, 94, 66, -46, 99, 116, 5, -103, -60, -116, 95, -94, 19, -122, -41, 74, 40, 39, 25, -89, -88, 110, -35, 59, 66, -5, -74, -113, -19]

As you can see , some  characters ( which are not readable though) , are not getting decoded correctly.
Edit(2) : bytes are signed in java and  unsigned in PHP . Thanks @Jon and @Tony for clearing that idea. But the bug remains in my code.
Edit(1):
Code Segment:
KeyFactory fact = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
BigInteger e=new BigInteger("65537");
BigInteger n=new BigInteger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
RSAPublicKeySpec keySpec=new RSAPublicKeySpec(n,e);
PublicKey pubKey = (PublicKey) fact.generatePublic(keySpec);
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA");
cipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, pubKey );
String msg="dpbqNszFN2cpmtlzPi3myV9M1ctlkSIQD95ue+T+9rz13T+Pe/aLZ8Pd5geI+PhEM/b0UeRS1cAzKybQsKICTBhh3ke5Jjw6BHWGESJWBnUT54lAlTvzkgOxpQ5stBh2cPPSn3KLyKmXifr8ClbV5s1k3Gy5C7HitA5KLw7hRxAmIGSWQG7PaiLNEVRbgicNfJ7Ic7VIdGA/UA51vK8mpywIR2YQUDPv30ThGq4DuclaJ3X4aVWVj8VYChcfM+82sViVU8HO3DF9CCU4EIADNET503olxiDZBp7WMYmJvWq0KhhZXkLSY3QFmcSMX6IThtdKKCcZp6hu3TtC+7aP7Q==";
byte[] bytes=msg.getBytes("UTF-8");
byte[] enc_bytes= Base64.decode(bytes,Base64.DEFAULT);
byte[]  dt = cipher.doFinal(enc_bytes);
String code=new String(dt,"UTF-8");
System.out.println(code);

Cipher decrypted String comes out as ( At the second system.out )
05-10 21:05:27.501: I/System.out(11809): �ќ2`��H&��'Va�x�m��0G�����V�T�����)^����/|���BG,f_r    fK�B7?�a��n������Jl�y�yL���}��΂Ճ������JZj�+�|�-#ș%u�1�z�c�G��nl�5����HELLO HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 H

The Base64_encoded & signed data is "HELLO HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 HI1 H"

[Solved]
Huge thanks to @JonSkeet .
cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA/ECB/PKCS1Padding"); removed all the junk data prefixed to it.

A: All looks fine to me - you just need to remember that bytes are signed in Java. So a value of -106 in Java corresponds to an unsigned value of 150. Once you bear that in mind, I think you'll see that all the values in PHP correspond to the values in Java.
Note that you ought to distinguish between bytes and characters. So when you say:

As you can see , some characters ( which are not readable though) , are not getting decoded correctly.

You actually mean some bytes... and there's no such concept as a "readable" byte.
EDIT: I see no sign that you've actually decrypted the data at all.
You're converting the still encrypted result of the base64 decoding into text using the platform default encoding:
String tmpr=new String(baser);

You shouldn't be doing that - you should be using baser as the cipher-text to decrypt.
It's not at all clear where the tmp value you're passing to doFinal comes from at all...

A: Your issue is one of sign.  The first sample 'the should' is treating the output bytes as 8-bit unsigned.  The Android version is treating them as signed bytes.
Is your code actually failing?
Edit
cipher.final() seems to be designed to finish decryption. Did you call cipher.update() first? See the example here, and look for update(...) stackoverflow.com/questions/3150830/android-encryption
Here's the Android Cipher documentation, for your convenience.

A: Try this on your byte array
byte[] bytes = Base64.decode(data, Base64.DEFAULT);
String string = new String(bytes, "UTF-8");

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