Lei Ji's large body gave off a powerful pressure as he quickly moved through the western region of the Alliance. Not far away, there were rays of sword energy. It was a group of Allheaven cultivators.
The person leading was one of the Earth Celestials. When he first saw Lei Ji's huge body, he became vigilant. Even the cultivators behind him were prepared to face a formidable opponent and there were flashes of spells.
Just as this moment, the leader's eyes narrowed as he saw Wang Lin and the big-headed boy on Lei Ji's back. He gasped, immediately retreated a few steps, and respectfully said, "Greetings, Thunder Celestial."
The name "Xu Mu" was illustrious in Allheaven, and he had personally witnessed Wang Lin's heroic deeds. He admired Wang Lin a lot, and his admiration was completely sincere.
Wang Lin slightly nodded and didn't speak. Lei Ji's speed was very fast, so he quickly flew by these cultivators. It wasn't until Wang Lin was far away that that cultivator looked back with envy and said, "Someone with a mount like that is indeed worthy of being Allheaven's Thunder Celestial."
He wasn't the only one who envied Wang Lin. The other cultivators all felt admiration and envy toward Wang Lin.
As Lei Ji moved forward, they encountered even more Allheaven cultivators. It was obvious that this area was completely occupied by Allheaven. When those cultivators saw Wang Lin, they all became respectful, and when they saw Lei Ji, they were filled with shock and admiration.
After Xu Mu appeared, it became known by all Allheaven cultivators as rumors spread. During this period of time, there were a lot of rumors about Xu Mu.
A vast majority of them were that Xu Mu didn't dare to battle or had betrayed them to join the Alliance. Xu Ting was happy to hear this and secretly fueled the rumor.
The older generation of Allheaven cultivators didn't say anything to stop this. In addition, Wang Lin did disappear first, so the rumors became more and more exaggerated.
For example, things like "Xu Mu is a spy from the Alliance" became more widely believed.
Lei Ji's movements caught the attention of a lot of cultivators. A lot of cultivators looked at Wang Lin with respect, but there were also many looking at him with a playful gazes, as if they were waiting to see a good show.
A day later, Lei Ji stopped outside an abandoned planet. There wasn't much spiritual energy left in this planet; even the Allheaven cultivators that occupied it didn't care much and only left several people guarding it.
Wang Lin carefully looked at the abandoned planet. This place was indeed remote. Although it was occupied by Allheaven cultivators, it didn't obstruct Wang Lin from doing his closed door cultivation here.
After pondering for a bit, Wang Lin stepped off Lei Ji's back and walked toward the abandoned planet. The big-headed boy and Ta Shan immediately followed. As for Lei Ji, his body shrank back to a 30-foot-tall man and followed behind them.
When he got near the planet, he heard roars coming from the planet. Although it was abandoned, there were still a large amount of fierce beasts on the planet. These beasts had no intelligence and relied on instinct to survive.
There were snakes dozens of feet long and tigers with wings; those were all very common.
The moment Wang Lin landed on the planet, the several cultivators stationed here were awakened from their cultivation. They hesitated for a bit before flying over on rays of sword energy.
The place Wang Lin picked was a mountain peak. This mountain was very weird; it was like a finger pointed straight at the sky as if it was going to pierce the sky.
While standing on the strange mountain, Ta Shan immediately punched the mountain to create a cave. He did this without even waiting for Wang Lin's order.
At this moment, several rays of light flew through the sky and the cultivators stationed here closed in. The five or six people stopped 1,000 feet away and respectfully said, "Greetings, Thunder Celestial."
Wang Lin slightly nodded and slowly said, "I need to cultivate a celestial spell here. Don't disturb me."
These cultivators quickly nodded before clasping their hands and excusing themselves.
After these people left, Wang Lin's right hand formed a seal and Annihilation restrictions flew out. As his hand continued to move, Wang Lin placed restrictions everywhere, until there were traces of restrictions all over the mountain.
After placing the restrictions, Ta Shan and the big-headed boy sat down in the distance to guard Wang Lin. Lei Ji also found a place to sit. He had felt his bloodline ability undergo a mysterious change. He was silently pondering and comprehending this change.
Wang Lin closed his eyes and the surroundings went completely quiet aside from the occasional roar from the distance. After Wang Lin placed the restrictions, the fierce beasts all left. Although they had no intelligence, they felt that this place was very dangerous.
Wang Lin's mind was clear in this relatively quiet atmosphere. The two Celestial Emperor celestial spells appeared in his mind!
Summon the Rain, Magic Arsenal.
Summon the Rain. Once, when Wang Lin used Call the Wind, he accidentally condensed a drop of rain. However, when he tried later, he wasn't able to form it again.
After Qing Shui gave him the inheritance, he realized the issue. Call the Wind and Summon the Rain were deeply connected. The two could transform into each other and compound together.
As he pondered, Wang Lin opened his arms and silently comprehended Summon the Rain.
Summon the Rain involved gathering the origin energy of the world for Wang Lin to use and then using the spell to condense said origin energy into rain. Each raindrop contained dense origin energy.
It could be said that it was already part of law.
While comprehending, large amounts of dark clouds condensed in the sky above Wang Lin.
This scene was very spectacular.
Looking at the rain, Wang Lin was completely immersed. However, at this moment, the rain seemed to stop and two people came from the void.
Before the rain could fall on the these two people the rain would immediately disappear and turn into large amount of mist. Not a single drop of rain fell on these two.
"Xu Mu, do you recognize your crime?" A roar came from one of them. This person was an old man; Wang Lin had seen this person before. If Wang Lin remembered correctly, this person was the elder in charge of punishments!
Master Flamespark stood beside his person with a gloomy expression as he stared at Wang Lin with a cold gaze. The rain turned into large amount of clouds, as if there was a flame burning, and this made it feel like he gave off unimaginable pressure. It was as if he could use these clouds to make the world collapse with just a thought.
"What crime?" Wang Lin's expression was calm as he looked at the old man.
"This old man is asking you where you were and what you were doing during the war with the Alliance! You are the Thunder Celestial of the Allheaven Star System, yet you disappeared before the war. How is that not a crime?"
Master Flamespark still hadn't spoken, but his expression became colder. Throughout the past few days, his divine sense had been spread out in the Allheaven territory, and he had been unable to find Wang Lin. As for places that were even further away, he was cautious and didn't dare to carelessly explore there.
Wang Lin's expression was still calm as he calmly said, "I went to kill the Alliance Slaughter Domain's Killer Yu Fei."
After he spoke, the old man was startled and Master Flamespark's eyes shined.
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Paul Simon Has Sold His Entire Catalog, NBC News Tries To Pick Him Apart
Alyson Camus|April 3, 2021
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Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, David Byrne, Fleet Foxes, Iron and Wine, Paul Simon, Rostam, Sufjan Stevens, Vampire Weekend
Paul Simon has sold his entire catalog: here performing at the Hollywood Bowl
When I saw the names of Paul Simon, then Bob Dylan trending on Twitter, I worried for a few seconds: both men are 79 after all! However, it didn't take me too long to find out they were only trending because of this article written by Jeff Slate, and published by NBC News. Like many other singer-songwriters of his generation, Paul Simon has sold his entire catalog to a Publishing company, Sony this time.
'I'm pleased to have Sony Music Publishing be the custodian of my songs for the coming decades,' declared Simon in the online statement. 'I began my career at Columbia/Sony Records and it feels like a natural extension to be working with the publishing side as well.'
The financial deal was not completely revealed but considering that Bob Dylan sold his catalog of 600 songs to Universal Music for more than $300 million, we can assume that Simon also a good amount for his 400 titles, as, like Dylan, Simon sold 100 percent of his songwriting rights. In comparison, 'Neil Young sold half of his copyrights to Hipgnosis Songs Fund for a price estimated at $150 million, and Stevie Nicks sold a majority of her rights in a deal that valued her catalog at $100 million,' wrote the New York Times.
Many iconic artists are selling their high-profile catalogs, and whatever the reasons behind their decisions – one logical reason is that they are all getting older and may think it will be easier to divide money than songs – there is absolutely no reason to attack Paul Simon for doing it.
However, this is what Jeff Slate chose to do, as he starts his assassination-piece with the mean statement: 'He'll [Paul Simon] still end up a historical footnote to Dylan.' He continues with the ridiculous idea that Simon sold his catalog just because Dylan did it: 'Always a ruthless operator, Simon no doubt saw the sale by Dylan to the rival company as a golden opportunity.'
Slate presents Dylan and Simon as two artists in constant competition, and this is honestly laughable: they are both 79 (who is still competitive at that age?) and have been on friendly terms for a long time; they even did a world tour together in 1999, singing each other's songs, even duetting on Simon's most famous song, 'The Sound of Silence.' Interestingly, when I saw them during this tour, Dylan played first and Simon second, but they cleverly traded places each night, making it clear they were both headliners and openers of each other.
Anyone is free to prefer Dylan to Simon, this is just a question of taste and expectation for music — I hate these types of comparisons — but there is simply no reason to undermine Paul Simon's work the way Slate is doing it in his opinion piece: 'And let's face it: Simon hasn't had any kind of hit in more than a decade, and he is hardly part of the cultural firmament anymore,' Slate writes. This is certainly another ridiculous statement, as very few people above 60 have hits: pop culture undeniably belongs to youth. It's true that Bob Dylan's 'Murder Most Foul' topped the chart last year but it was his first No. 1 under his own name on any chart. It took him 60 years to have a number 1 hit song. And does this devalue his art? Of course not.
Then, saying that Simon's music is not part of the culture anymore is ignoring plenty of indie music. Sure, you are not going to find much of him in the current rap/hip hop generation, but didn't Jeff Slate read all these Paul Simon references in reviews of Vampire Weekend? Didn't Rostam sample 'The Obvious Child'? Didn't Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst call Simon a major influence a few years ago? 'But as I got into songwriting, I realized how profound what he does actually is. His work over the years is a treasure trove of ideas.' You hear Simon's touch in many contemporary songwriters and his name has come up in Fleet Foxes or Iron and Wine reviews… Sufjan Stevens' own label even described his 2010 EP as 'a dramatic homage to the Apocalypse, existential ennui and Paul Simon's Sounds of Silence,' and David Byrne has also credited 'Graceland' with rejoining American music to its African roots
So calling Simon's music 'a period curio' and writing that 'the vast majority of the songs that Sony bought from Simon will become all but worthless in the not-so-distant future' simply sounds more like a personal attack than anything else. Any generation ignores the icons of the previous generation, I don't think many Gen Zs listen to Presley or the Beatles anyway, and so what? Not only Paul Simon packed the Hollywood Bowl 3 times in Los Angeles during his 2018 farewell tour, a 32-date world tour, and, for what it's worth, the bowl was filled with people of all ages.
A part of the article also tries to pick Simon's personal life apart, and if it's hard to find any real scandalous event, the most obvious one is the idea that Simon appropriated world music and acted like an 'imperialist conqueror' when he recorded his famous 'Graceland' album. Everything has been said on the subject, and the final hug between Simon and Dali Tambo, the South African co-founder of Artists Against Apartheid at the end of the movie 'Under African Skies' provides the best answer. Just like Cameroonian guitarist Vincent Nguini, who contributed to Simon's 1990 album 'The Rhythm of the Saints' and toured with him for decades. He had just died when Simon did his farewell tour, but I remember him mentioning Nguini with emotion while presenting his young recruit, an excellent Nigerian musician.
'He's cashing out while he can in the hope that the broader commercialization of his greatest works might just secure him a better place in history,' writes Slate. The problem with this statement is that Paul Simon has always been clear, he doesn't care about legacy. 'I don't believe in legacy,' he told CNN's Amanpour in 2018. 'I don't believe that there's any importance to it.' I don't believe there's any importance to this NBC News article either.
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Mika Koskinen on April 5, 2021 at 5:07 am
Dylan got 400 $ dollar, said Merck Mercuriades from Hipgnosis. Mr. Slate said that too. You must remerber Pulitzer prize 2007 and worlds most prestigious prize Nobel laureate from 2016. Dylan is always relevant.

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Excellent concert at St Peter's Church with Barnstaple MVC. Good singing and very good company. Well done to all concerned!
A very Happy Birthday to Michael, our Musical Director, which he celebrated on Saturday by conducting us at the Concert in Sidmouth, which was in aid of Church Development Fund. What a star he is! And what a lovely concert it was!
Jim Dowie, a member of the best section of the choir, has just completed a round of golf on 300 different courses worldwide.
Well Done to all the ladies in the Support Group who raised a magnificent £273.62 at the Budleigh Gala Day yesterday where they had a stall selling cakes, jewellery, toys, books etc.
Third place at the Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival which took place in The Hall for Cornwall in Truro on Saturday 1 May 2015. Well done to all and many thanks to Michael Graham our Musical Director for all his hard work which resulted in our award.
After 15 years together Firefighter Chris Swindle, one of the Baritones, proposed to his partner Janet at 12.30am at the top of the Empire State Building after admiring the fantastic night skyline. Initially she said no as she could not believe that he had popped the question after all this time, but they are both very happy to announce their engagement.
According to Amanda Edwards the Chief Officer of the Ottery Help Scheme the concert on Saturday 4th October provided "a fabulous evening of entertainment for a full house". Budleigh Salterton Male Voice Choir and the River City Chorus from Exeter sang their hearts out in aid of funds for Ottery Help Scheme.
During the weekend of 12th to 15th September, 40 members of the choir with their wives and partners enjoyed a wonderful tour to Derbyshire and Yorkshire. Most members travelled by coach, arriving at Ticknall in Derbyshire for a concert, organised by Baritone Dave Samuel who lived and worked there for many years.


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Q: Causative verb using have/has I can understand the causative form (quite less frequently, we simply say causal verb) with make and get but when used with have/has, it sometimes makes me think differently. Of course, I can understand the construction like the following.

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*I had a barber cut my hair yesterday.

In its passive form, it can be written as

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*I had my hair cut yesterday (by a barber).

I can also understand that the preceding sentence (passive construction) cannot be rewritten as follows.

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*I had cut my hair yesterday.

If it's modified in this way then both the sentences have a significant difference in meaning that I can understand.

The thing I don't understand properly when a bare infinitive is replaced with an infinitive in such kind of constructions, such as.

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*He has his wife cook dinner for him.

What happens, if the bare infinitive i.e cook is replaced with an infinitive like the following.

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*He has his wife to cook dinner for him.

At a glance, you will be able to understand the difference between them but for me, it's not English but it's my native language in which as far as I know there is no difference between these two sentences and even the causative construction is simply made by just using some suffixes to the main verb in a sentence. So please take it easy. Could you please expose the important difference between these preceding two sentences?

A: He has his wife cook dinner for him means that he asks or orders his wife to cook his dinner.
He has his wife to cook dinner for him means something on the order of He doesn't need to hire a cook because he has a wife who will cook his dinner for him.
The first is causative, but the second is merely descriptive.

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Smiles of Innocence Memorial Charity
December 13, 2012 by City Life Staff
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The Smiles of Innocence Memorial Charity is an organization of caring individuals dedicated to promoting awareness and raising funds through various activities in the community. On Nov. 10, 2012, its Annual Gala attracted over 1,000 attendees at Le Parc Dining and Banquet hall in Markham, where guests enjoyed an entertainment-filled evening with performances by Sensations, Blue Soul and Brass Transit. The charity event also hosted silent and live auctions, as well as many raffles, including a $5,000 shopping spree prize at Radiant Fine Jewellers. The Smiles of Innocence Memorial Charity is an organization that supports high-priority programs at the Hospital for Sick Children. To date, it has raised over $2.5 million for the SickKids Foundation.
www.smilesofinnocence.ca
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Tags: charity, Fundraiser, Gala, GTA, smiles committee, Smiles of Innocence Memorial Charity, Toronto, Vaughan, wine, Woodbridge, York Region
Ladies on the Links
On Sept. 27th, 2012, the hard-working businesswomen of the Brampton Board of Trade tore up the links at Brampton Golf Club for the 12th Annual Ladies on the Links Golf Tournament. The Brampton Board of Trade thanks Dolce Media Group and other proud sponsors for their support of Brampton's business community.
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Tags: Brampton Board of Trade, Brampton Golf Club, charity, Fundraiser, GTA, Ladies on the Links Golf Tournament, Toronto
Gourmet Food & Wine Expo
The 18th annual Gourmet Food and Wine Expo took place on Nov. 15 – 17, 2012, at the North Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Guests had the opportunity to sample gourmet cuisine, as well as an assortment of 1,500 wines, beers and spirits. Expo highlights included an All You Need is Cheese Stage, a Connoisseur's Corner, a Fine Wine Tasting Lounge, a Spiritology Pavilion and tutored tastings. The forthcoming Gourmet Food & Wine Expo will take place on Nov. 14 — 17, 2013 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
www.foodandwineexpo.ca
Tags: All You Need is Cheese Stage, beers, Connoisseur's Corner, Fine Wine Tasting Lounge, Food, Gourmet Food and Wine Expo, GTA, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Spiritology Pavilion, spirits, Toronto, tutored tastings, Vaughan, wines, York Region
Vaughan Film Festival
December 13, 2012 by Amanda Storey
Toronto, Cannes, Vaughan! The magic of the movies hit Vaughan this year when the city announced its first Vaughan Film Festival. Established by local filmmakers Antonio Ienco and Mark Pagliaroli, the VFF will celebrate local and international artists by selecting 20 to 30 short films to screen and crowning the Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director with Golden Reel Awards.
www.vaughanfilmfestival.com
Tags: Antonio Lenco, Marc Parliaroli, Maurizio Bevilacqua, Toronto, Vaughan, Vaughan Film Festival, Woodbridge, York Region
The 3rd Annual Stems of Hope Gala: Heroes Among Us
October 5, 2012 by Athaina Tsifliklis
Filed under People & Places, Web Exclusives
Over 1,000 guests came out to support Three To Be, a charitable foundation for children with neurological disorders, at the 3rd Annual Stems of Hope Gala: Heroes Among Us. When guests arrived at Kool Haus on Sept. 29, they were immediately transported into the pages of an animated comic-book story, featuring retro decor, live action heroes, sumptuous "super" foods and non-stop entertainment, including incredible performances by the Heroes of Hip Hop.
Anne Mroczkowski and Leslie Roberts of Global Toronto were the hosts for the evening. Honouring the heroic efforts of individuals making a difference in the lives of children, Three To Be's Community Hero Awards were presented by founders Dana and Jared Florence and paralympian Josh Cassidy. The winners included Heather Hamilton for the Families category, Jacob Trossman for the Champions category and Yaffi Ulman-Scheinberg for the Believers category. The $500,000 raised at this year's gala is supporting The Hospital for Sick Children's Stem Cell program, led by the renowned Dr. Freda Miller, as well as Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital's research in brain-computer interfaces and the March of Dimes Canada Academy of Conductive Education (ACE).
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October 5, 2012 by City Life Staff
On the last Sunday in September, 62,000 men, women and children joined together at one of 22 run sites in Ontario for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure. Participants ran for their mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters and friends. Their amazing efforts mean that the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation will continue to invest in relevant and innovative research and continue to support and advocate for the breast cancer community. Together they raised $13.1 million in Ontario and over $30 million nationwide. Next year's run is taking place on Oct. 6, 2013.
Tags: breast cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, CIBC, CIBC Run for the Cure
Shoppers Drug Mart Gala Honours Noah Facecchia
September 26, 2012 by Athaina Tsifliklis
Spending most of his time in a wheelchair with open but unresponsive eyes at the Hospital for Sick Children's Critical Care Unit, Noah Facecchia is not living the life of an average seven-year-old. On the morning of Jan. 9, 2011, tragedy came down on his family as he was rushed to the hospital with persistent and uncontrollable seizures in his brain. The condition, idiopathic refractory status epilepticus, was brought on by an undiagnosed life-threatening disease, leaving Noah's loving family confused and with very few answers. Noah remains unresponsive.
On Oct. 20, 2012, Shoppers Drug Mart at 4000 Highway 7 in Woodbridge, Ont. is hosting a gala in honour of Noah. Fifty per cent of $10 ticket sales will be donated to the family, helping them find a cure and raise money for all of his care-giving needs. Doctors have Read more
Tags: Facecchia Family, Gala Tickets, Hospital for Sick Children's Critical Care Unit, idiopathic refractory status epilepticus, Prayers for Noah, Shoppers Drug Mart, Shoppers Drug Mart Gala Honours Noah Facecchia
A Heart Ahead of its Years
September 6, 2012 by Amanda Storey
Putting in 1,000 hours of volunteer work may be 25 times the required amount for most high school students, but for 14-year-old Harnoor Gill, offering a helping hand is a pleasure. With a lengthy charity record ranging from environmental causes to welcoming young immigrants to Canada, this young activist from Georgetown, Ont. has gathered a collection of experience and wisdom that exceeds his years. "Sometimes it can be hard," he explains, "but I have my parents to support me. I believe volunteering is just a good thing to do, just reaching out to others."
Though he has a heart for all different forms of charity, Gill is particularly passionate about the environment. He is actively involved in P.O.W.E.R. (Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources), a not-for-profit environmental protection organization. During the 2011 Diwali Festival, he shared his earth-loving ideas through a collection of articles, inspiring others to think innovatively for the sake of our planet's health.
All this extracurricular commitment means an overload of work for this teen. When asked what energizes his philanthropic spirit, Gill says he hopes to motivate other young people to get involved, too. "My overall message to youth is that age is not a barrier," he says. As a volunteer who began his journey at the age of three, selling cookies door-to-door in his native Hong Kong town, Gill has certainly become an inspiration not only for youth, but for all ages.
Tags: A Heart Ahead of its Years, Citizen (Youth) Award, Community Volunteer Award, Hanoor Gill, P.O.W.E.R., Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources, Red Cross, volunteer
Gratitude Gala 2012
September 4, 2012 by Madeline Stephenson
How often do you say 'thank you' in a day? A month? A year? It's a word that Serge Kaptegaine believes should be heard more often, and it's a word he'd like to repeat at the Canadian Centre for Refugee Employment's (CCRE) Gratitude Gala on Sept. 20, 2012. Kaptegaine, director of the CCRE, is taking this opportunity to recognize the mentors, employers and organizations that have aided his organization in its mission to ease newcomers into Manitoba — a province that offered him peace when he emigrated from unspeakable circumstances in war-torn DR Congo in 2005. "To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to help others to achieve greatness, it makes me believe that the human race can live together in harmony," says Kaptegaine. By raising awareness and creating a platform for refugees to gain the skills and knowledge necessary for employment, the CCRE has created opportunities Read more
Tags: Canadian Centre for Refugee Employment, CCRE, DR Congo, Gratitude Gala 2012, Milt Stegall, Serge Kaptegaine
August 29, 2012 by Michael Hill
Filed under Auto, Web Exclusives
Toyota captures lighting in a bottle with its now wildly successful flagship hybrid, the Prius. Its popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, and the Japanese auto manufacturer has made a recent push to replicate that potent electric-gas magic, releasing various Prius iterations and hybridifying other models, like the Camry and Highlander.
Lexus is following suit. Riding the wave of Prius-induced hybrid fever, Lexus has padded its roster with a hybrid for virtually every segment. If you're on the market for a hybrid, there's a Lexus for that.
The most recent addition to the family is the compact CT 200h. While the Prius is tailored for the eco-minded utilitarian, the CT 200h is out to add some zest to the green. With a sporty esthetic, low price point Read more
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A Wrongful Conviction 'Destroyed' This Man's Life
August 11, 2016, 5PM EST
532635326353263A Wrongful Conviction 'Destroyed' This Man's LifeDion Harrell was convicted of rape in 1999. Over 20 years later, DNA proved his innocence and cleared his record, but not after prison and years of living on the sex offender registry destroyed his life.2016-08-11 04:06 pmdisabled2365822234true
By Andrew Schmertz
He comes across as reserved and as a reluctant spokesperson for a miscarriage of justice. But who can blame Dion Harrell, who just last week was formally cleared of a 1988 rape, even the prosecutor now admits, he did not commit.
Schmertz: Can you describe to me your feeling when at least at that point this chapter of your life was over?
Harrell: I felt good.
Harrell and his attorney, Vanessa Potkin from The Innocence Project, sat down with us to share Harrell's story — a tortured journey through the justice system that began on the streets of Long Branch.
Going from accused, to convicted to eventually cleared. A woman had accused him of raping her, and it is largely on that testimony that he went to jail.
Harrell: It was crazy.
Schmertz: Why?
Harrell: It was like a shock, man. I was getting arrested for something. They took me downtown. They kept questioning me. I kept asking them what they were locking me up for. When they told me I just flipped out.
Schmertz: And that does happen. People think eyewitness testimony is so compelling, but the cases seem to suggest that without additional evidence it's often wrong.
Potkin: That's right. The mind is not like a tape recorder — people think you can go back and replay exactly what happened. In this case the victim was working at McDonalds and she was on her way home, she lived about a block and a half away, when she was attacked. Dion happened to live across the street from that McDonalds. He was 22 years old at the time. You know, he was just in the McDonalds parking lot when she saw him and thought he was her attacker.
So in 1988, Harrell was arrested and charged with rape. At just 22 years old, Harrell couldn't afford an attorney, so he was represented by a public defender, who he says kept pushing for him to plead guilty.
Harrell: From the door, she tried to get me to cop out. I told her she was crazy. I'm not going to cop out to nothing.
But Harrell did go to trial, and was convicted in 1992 and spent four years in prison. In 1996, upon release, he had to register as a sex offender. Then in 2013, after receiving numerous letters from Harrell, The Innocence Project, a nonprofit co-founded by famed OJ Simpson attorney Barry Scheck, agreed to take the case.
But they faced an obstacle, New Jersey wouldn't allow DNA testing for defendants if they weren't currently in jail.
Schmertz: What was your reaction when you found out at first the state would not test the DNA because you were out of prison.
Harrell: I don't quite understand that part.
Schmertz: You feel like they should have done that.
Harrell: They should have took the DNA before they put me in jail, or try to. You don't put someone away because someone says you did something to them — that's wrong.
It wasn't until 2015 that the state changed the law. Harrell's DNA was tested, it didn't match the assailants and last week the conviction was tossed out.
But not before Harrell spent 20 years on the sex offender registry — a publicly accessible list created by Megan's Law. Megan Kanka was a 7-year-old girl from Hamilton Township who was raped and murdered by a known-sex offender.
Schmertz: Then you got out, and the ordeal was not over. Because now you had to register as a sex offender. What was your reaction to being told you had to do that?
Harrell: Confused.
Schmertz: And you didn't want to do it at first?
Harrell: Nope.
Schmertz: How did it impact your life?
Harrell: It destroyed my life. Tore my whole life up. Took me away from my family for years.
Schmertz: You couldn't live, you were going to move in with a family member who had children?
Harrell: Couldn't do it.
Schmertz: Couldn't do it. What about employment?
Harrell: That was a struggle, too.
Schmertz: What do you say to people who say that this list is very important, that people should be aware of potential sex offenders, that despite the cases where there's wrongful convictions, the good from it outweighs the bad?
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The Monmouth County prosecutor issued the following statement: "Our goal as prosecutors is to see that justice is done. Mr. Harrell's 1992 conviction was based upon the best evidence available at that time. Advancements in science have now provided evidence of Mr. Harrell's innocence, and our duty to act is clear."
New Jersey does have a program to compensate those wrongly convicted of crimes, but The Innocence Project says it only covers the years spent in jail — not the years of stigma that follow.
Schmertz: What is your message for people in a similar situation that you went through?
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Q: inconsistent space between subfloats in subfloatrow There is an inconsistent space between the second and third subfloat in subfloatrows. I don't understand where it comes from and how to remove it. (OMFSM, MWEs can take a really long time to assemble!)
\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage{mwe}
\usepackage{duckuments}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\usepackage{floatrow}

%% http://texblog.org/2014/12/04/continuous-figuretable-numbering-in-latex/
%% functionality from chngcntr included in memoir class
\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}
\counterwithout{section}{chapter}

\usepackage{cleveref}

\begin{document}

\blindduck

\newcommand{\figh}{21mm}
\begin{figure}[h]
    \centering     %% centering the subfloatrow doesn't work.
    \RawFloats     %% without it, no main caption. No idea why.
    \begin{subfloatrow}
        \ffigbox[\FBwidth]{%
            \subcaption{sf1}\label{fig:sf1}
        }{%
            \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-10x16}
        }%
        \ffigbox[\FBwidth]{%
            \subcaption{sf2}\label{fig:sf2}
        }{%
            \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-9x16}
        }%
        \ffigbox[\FBwidth]{%
            \subcaption{sf3}\label{fig:sf3}
        }{%
            \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-golden-upright}
        }%
        \ffigbox[\FBwidth]{%
            \subcaption{sf4}\label{fig:sf4}
        }{%
            \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-1x1}
        }%
        \ffigbox[\FBwidth]{%
            \subcaption{sf5}\label{fig:sf5}
        }{%
            \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-a4}
        }%
    \end{subfloatrow}
    \caption{A long caption. Six different images included in the \textsc{mwe} package: \cref{fig:sf1} a 10 by 16 image, \cref{fig:sf2} a 9 by 16 image, \cref{fig:sf3} an image with the golden ratio, \cref{fig:sf4} an example square, \cref{fig:sf5} a downscaled image of an A4 page.}
\end{figure}

\blindduck

\end{document}

A: I'm inclined to think of a bug in floatrow. If I remove the first subfloat, the wrong space is again between the remaining second and third ones. The behavior repeats when commenting out the new first item:

Note that there is no space when the spurious ones you have in the code are removed: the correct input should be
    \ffigbox[\FBwidth]{%
        \subcaption{sf1}\label{fig:sf1}% <--- HERE
    }{%
        \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-10x16}% <--- HERE
    }

and similarly for the others.
I think you're better served with subcaption tools, taking also into account that loading floatrow in memoir raises an error. The bug doesn't depend on the class and the behavior is exactly the same with book.
\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage{duckuments}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{cleveref}

%% http://texblog.org/2014/12/04/continuous-figuretable-numbering-in-latex/
%% functionality from chngcntr included in memoir class
\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}
\counterwithout{section}{chapter}

\begin{document}

\blindduck

\begin{figure}[h]

\newcommand{\figh}{21mm}

\centering     %% centering the subfloatrow doesn't work.

\subcaptionbox{sf1\label{fig:sf1}}{%
  \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-10x16}%
}\qquad
\subcaptionbox{sf2\label{fig:sf2}}{%
  \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-9x16}%
}\qquad
\subcaptionbox{sf3\label{fig:sf3}}{%
  \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-golden-upright}%
}\qquad
\subcaptionbox{sf4\label{fig:sf4}}{%
  \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-1x1}%
}\qquad
\subcaptionbox{sf5\label{fig:sf5}}{%
  \includegraphics[height=\figh]{example-image-a4}
}

\caption{A long caption. Six different images included in the
  \textsc{mwe} package: \cref{fig:sf1} a 10 by 16 image, \cref{fig:sf2}
  a 9 by 16 image, \cref{fig:sf3} an image with the golden ratio,
  \cref{fig:sf4} an example square, \cref{fig:sf5} a downscaled
  image of an A4 page.}

\end{figure}

\blindduck

\end{document}


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Louise Brooks defied all odds in becoming the defining cult figure in early cinema, despite the fact that her brief stardom was as an American actress in European films. Although Brooks lacked initial recognition, she was far more contemporary and provocative than established stars such as Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, and Marlene Dietrich.
Known as "America's Sweetheart", Mary Pickford was the female superstar of the silent era. She was huge box office, married the swashbuckling matinée idol Douglas Fairbanks (theirs was the first Hollywood celebrity wedding) and together they built their famous mansion PickFair. Astutely, Pickford learned the business of filmmaking: editing, cinematography, lighting and production. She was the first woman to form her own production company and, later, with Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin, she built the mega studio United Artists. She was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. While politicos were battling over woman's right to vote, Pickford's voice was such an influential one that the Academy awarded her what was perhaps an undeserved Oscar for her first talking performance in the wretched Coquette (1929). Pickford and Fairbanks were Hollywood Royalty, wining and dining the famous, from Albert Einstein to H.G. Welles. Alas, royalty has its price. Coquette flopped at the box office. With the advent of sound the public wanted new faces, and because of their "royalty" status, Pickford and Fairbanks were seen as the old establishment. Although Pickford had an exceptionally fine voice, her career, along with that of her husband's, came to an end. Still, even in reclusive retirement, Mary Pickford was treated as a pioneering queen of Hollywood, receiving numerous accolades and tributes while the outsider Louise Brooks went through winters of extreme poverty. Today, Mary Pickford is virtually forgotten and Brooks is remembered. There are plenty of reasons for this.
Pickford's virginal child persona dates her. The bulk of her films are heart-on-sleeve rudimentary melodramas, soaked in so much religiosity that they make saccharine contemporary fare like "7th Heaven" or "Highway to Heaven" look like cutting edge dramas. Pickford herself doubted the value of her films after she retired, and left instructions for her work to be destroyed. Thankfully, this wish was not carried out (although her films were kept out of circulation until the DVD age). Despite the Victorian halo, Pickford's screen persona is a curiously bewitching one, due to its archaic, ethereal nature coupled with an irresistibly delicate feistiness. Her mastery of comedy and drama in the pantomime form, her finger on the pulse of Americana, and her thematic sympathy for the less affluent adds to her appeal.
Sparrows (1926) was Pickford's last role in her child persona. It's also her most compelling film. The religiosity is there, but it is so audacious as to be startling. Amazingly, William Beaudine directed. Beaudine later became known as "One-Shot Beaudine" because of his penchant for shooting single takes in poverty row programmers. Although he was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, with over 400 films to his credit, the bulk of these were "penny dreadfuls." For all the sympathy fans have for Bela Lugosi suffering under an amateur Ed Wood, poor Bela was not a stranger to slumming it in One-Shot films like Ape Man (1943-Lugosi's most embarrassing project), Ghosts on the Loose (1943), and Voodoo Man (1944).
Beaudine's presence makes Sparrows all the more surprising. Pickford and Beaudine had worked together previously in Little Annie Roonie (1925), which was an unremarkable box office hit (it had returned Pickford to her irascible waif persona after several failed attempts to play an adult). Sparrows was produced by Pickford, photographed by her favorite cinematographer Charles Rosher, and written by C. Gardner Sullivan (Hell's Hinges, Tumbleweed, Sadie Thompson, All Quiet On the Western Front), all of which may explain the film's being an exception to the general Beaudine rule. However, Sparrows would be Pickford and Beaudine's final collaboration. The star vowed never to work with Beaudine again after his supposed bad treatment of the children in the cast. Beaudine vehemently denied Pickford's allegations, claiming she fabricated them for the sake of publicity. Beaudine's defense is backed by others' recollections. More than likely, Pickford and Beaudine clashed over artistic control. Art Director Harry Oliver created the stylish swamp, which was merely a few acres on a backlot. Alligators, with wired jaws, were brought in for "dramatic effect."
In this Dickensian Gothic melodrama, Pickford plays Molly, the oldest of a group of orphans being used for slave labor on a potato farm. Despite being about twenty years too old for the part (!), Pickford pulls it off with plucky perfection. The potato farm is actually a baby farm, with Molly as the self-appointed mother of the brood. Every melodrama needs a good villain. Sparrows has a superb one in Gustav von Seyffertitz as the aptly named hunchbacked baby thief, Grimes. Seyffertitz was a favorite silent era villain and his portrayal here is saturated in mire. When his racket is threatened with exposure, Grimes has no qualms about "chucking them babies in the swamp." News of Grimes' plan reaches Molly. A chilling, breath-taking chase scene follows, which probably influenced Charles Laughton's Night of the Hunter (1955). Molly leads her charges through the bayou, facing gators and quicksand. There is an early casualty amongst the children and none other than Jesus Christ Himself appears to escort the poor lad's corpse into heaven!
Sparrows is a model of art direction. Every detail counts. It was hailed as a masterpiece by Ernst Lubitsch (who called it one of the eight wonders of the world) and Chaplin (who typically hated Pickford's films). The late (and much-missed) film historian William K. Everson loudly sang its praises. Everson was rarely off, and he wasn't here either.
1926Black and WhiteMary PickfordMelodramaSilent FilmWilliam Beaudine
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Tally Isham says:
Nice article, thanks. I haven't explored much of silent cinema (I have an aversion to it for some reason), but since recently checking out some Dr Mabuse stuff, my mind has been opened. I hope to check out a couple of items you've mentioned.
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Literature about WSC
Family: Theridiidae / Genus: Canalidion
Canalidion montanum (Emerton, 1882)
Rank: Species (Genus type)
Described:
LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008533]
Distribution: North America, Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to Far East)
External Resources *:
araneae - Spiders of Europe
Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Theridion montanum Emerton, 1882: 10, pl. 1, f. 3 (Dmf).
Allotheridion montanum Archer, 1950: 19 (Tmf from Theridion).
Theridion montanum Levi, 1957a: 71, f. 251-256 (mf).
Theridion montanum Palmgren, 1974b: 27, f. 6.15-18 (mf).
Theridion montanum Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 223, f. 2497-2499 (mf).
Theridion montanum Fritzén, 2006: 32, f. 2-5 (mf).
Canalidion montanum Wunderlich, 2008b: 387, f. 609-613 (mf).
Theridion montanum Le Peru, 2011: 480, f. 832 (mf).
Canalidion montanum Vanuytven, 2021: 48, 89, f. A.37e, B.48a-c (m).
Archer, A. F. (1950). A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 30: 1-40. -- Show included taxa
Emerton, J. H. (1882). New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 1-86. -- Show included taxa
Fritzén, N. R. (2006). Klotspindeln Theridion montanum funnen i Sverige. Fauna och Flora 101(4): 32-35. -- Show included taxa
Le Peru, B. (2011). The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522. -- Show included taxa
Levi, H. W. (1957a). The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1-124. -- Show included taxa
Palmgren, P. (1974b). Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. V. Theridiidae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fennica 26: 1-54. -- Show included taxa
Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003). Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251. -- Show included taxa
Vanuytven, H. (2021). The Theridiidae of the World. A key to the genera with their diagnosis and a study of the body length of all known species. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 35(Supplement): 1-363. -- Show included taxa
Wunderlich, J. (2008b). On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 140-469, 792-794, 796-800, 803, 819-859. -- Show included taxa
External Resource References
As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.
GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]
Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A., Kropf, C.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 05.2018. doi: 10.24436/1
2021-02-16 New taxonomic reference entry Vanuytven, 2021 n/a


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Featuring Li, Charli XCX, Cat Power, and a special acoustic set from Courtney Love.
Futuristic pop singer's last full-length, Sucker, hit shelves more than four years ago.
Plus, Sivan talks with The Tonight Show host about his smash album, Bloom.
Long-awaited sophomore LP features Diplo, Charli XCX, Empress Of, Two Feet, and What So Not.
Maggie Rogers, Charli XCX, and Troye Sivan also highlight this week's playlist.
In which they reference the Matrix, Titanic, Nokia phones, Skechers sneakers, the Spice Girls, AIM, and so much more.
Plus, Sivan gives the live debut to his Boy Erased song "Revelation".
The all-star pop collaboration comes complete with throwback, Matrix-themed artwork.


Law professor Adam J. Levitin often pays with cash, reasoning that parting with greenbacks makes him a more prudent spender.
But for his students at Georgetown Law in Washington, D.C., cash continues to lose cachet.
"Almost none of them carry cash," says Levitin, 42, who teaches courses on the federal regulation of financial institutions and consumer finance.
Though not as often as his students, the professor sometimes turns to a mobile app on a smartphone to make a so-called peer-to-peer (P2P) payment electronically. He's used a digital money-transfer service, Venmo, to split a bar tab with friends, or, if he forgets to bring a check, pay for his kids' music lessons.
While Venmo and its competitors are popular, especially among young adults, Levitin and other experts urge consumers of all ages to pay attention to detail when they embrace new payment technologies. Such services are marketed as fast and easy — even fun — but the transactions carry fewer consumer protections than those done with credit and debit cards. And when cybercrooks prowl the platforms, the ease and speed of the new services can hasten misdeeds, experts say.
Fast apps can trigger faster fraud, experts say.
Launched in 2009, Venmo is a mash-up of "vendere" (Latin for to "sell") and "mobile." Based in New York, the firm in 2018 processed $62 billion in payments, a 79 percent increase from a year earlier, according to Venmo spokeswoman Juliet Niczewicz.
Venmo, owned by PayPal Holdings Inc. in San Jose, Calif., works this way: Users download the Venmo app and create an account tied to a bank account or debit or credit card. They send money or receive funds from other users, and if there's a balance in a Venmo account, it can be transferred to a bank account.
But unlike money in the bank, funds parked in a Venmo account are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and do not earn the user interest. Venmo invests account balances and keeps all interest and earnings, according to the company's 37-page user agreement. The firm charges for some services, such as instantly transferring money from a Venmo account to a debit card.
Levitin, the professor, says one set of problems arise when you use Venmo or another service and transmit money to the wrong person. Funds are transmitted to a named person, handle (@username), phone number or email. Since he and a sister have similar emails, a few misplaced keystrokes means "my sister gets the money and says, 'Thank you very much.' And good luck getting it back from her," Levitin says.
On the flip side, you as a seller who ships an item can get stiffed.
Venmo's user agreement bars people with personal accounts from doing business with other personal account holders to buy or sell goods. That's not the case when people buy things from businesses authorized to use Venmo.
Young adults were the most likely — and boomers the least — to use person-to-person payments. Only 18 percent of people 55 and older reported using a service such as Venmo or Cash App in the last 30 days, according to Al Pascual of Javelin Strategy & Research in Pleasanton, Calif.
In research last year, top P2P usage was among people ages 25 to 34 (59 percent said they used one of the apps in the prior month). Next were people ages 18 to 24 (48 percent), ages 35 to 44 (37 percent) and 45 to 54 (21 percent).
With respect to all online payment services, the Federal Trade Commission tallied 7,826 consumer complaints in 2018, nearly twice the number from a year earlier. Separately, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a searchable database with redacted complaints about P2P services on its web site. The bureau did not respond to requests to comment for this story.
Complaints to the CFPB about Venmo included someone who sent $450 to a daughter's account, which later was frozen so the funds couldn't be accessed; hundreds of dollars in Venmo charges appearing on a credit card held by a person who had never heard of the company; and an account holder who lost $600 worth of concert passes to a scammer.
Asked about these cases, spokeswoman Niczewicz declined to discuss "specific accounts" but says the service is designed for payments between people who trust one another.
A Venmo competitor, Zelle, takes its name from the "quick and elegant" gazelle, says spokeswoman Meghan Fintland. Zelle launched a mobile banking app in 2017 and processed transactions totaling $119 billion last year, Fintland says. The figure represents about a 59 percent jump from the previous year.
The network is owned by Early Warning Services LLC in Scottsdale, Ariz., which in turn is owned by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other big banks.
Zelle, too, has been subject to complaints about frauds and scams, but Fintland declined to say how many such cases were reported last year. She says the network has had "very few incidences" of fraud "amongst the millions of transactions" processed daily.
Zelle tells users to send money only to people they trust and advises against using its P2P service purchases on online bidding or sales sites. It helps participating financial institutions investigate unauthorized transactions and removes emails and mobile phone numbers from the network if an account has been compromised, Fintland says.
If you transfer money from your P2P account balance to a bank account, confirm with the bank that the deposit went through, since a transfer could take a few days, or longer if it's flagged for additional review.
If you're selling goods online, transfer a P2P payment to a bank account and ensure it's in that account before shipping the item.
Check your bank account settings to enable multi-factor identification requiring a PIN or using fingerprint recognition.
Since some payment apps share data on social media, adjust account settings based on what you're comfortable telling the world.
AARP's Fraud Watch Network can help you spot and avoid scams. Sign up for free "watchdog alerts," review our scam-tracking map, or call our toll-free fraud helpline if you or a loved one suspect you've been a victim.


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You can already personalize your most wanted car on every company's website, but Mercedes-Benz makes this feature available on Instagram, in order to promote the new model among the younger audience.
The German car manufacturer introduced the Build Your Own GLA on Instagram, with the help from Razorfish, one of the world's largest interactive agencies. The feature lets users customize their cars. They can choose between different colours, wheels, roof and grill options. There are 132 available configurations for this model, depending on what options the users settle for.
Mark Aikman, responsible for digital marketing and CRM at Mercedes-Benz USA said that "Instagram has been a very important platform for Mercedes-Benz and continues to grow in popularity among the younger millennial consumer that we are trying to introduce the brand to." Furthermore, he added that the new feature allows then an interactive experience within Instagram, between Mercedes-Benz employees and users.
Mercedes-Benz used Instagram last year as well when launching the CLA model through the "Take the Wheel" campaign,making Instagram a new major social channel for the automaker. The "Take the Wheel" campaign generated more than 87 million impressions on Instagram. Furthermore, the #GLAPacked campaign led to 25,000 more followers for Mercedes-Benz USA and an increase of almost 540 percent, measured by the increase in site traffic. Aikman added that the key was to come with great organic content, since Instagram doesn't have the option to redirect to another landing page.
Thus, Mercedes-Benz hopes to reinvent its past success on Instagram and boost its 175,000 followers on it and, in order to do this, the engagement metrics are the overall likes, comments and followers.
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JOHANNESBURG – Russian President Vladimir Putin's upcoming state visit to China is of great significance to the planning of the next-phase growth of China-Russia relations, said China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Sunday.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks while meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Formal Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs here.
President Putin is scheduled to pay a state visit to China on June 8-10 and attend the Qingdao Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), said Wang.
It will be President Putin's first visit to China in a new presidential term and it will also be the first time for President Xi Jinping and President Putin to meet each other in this year, which will be of great significance to the planning of the development of China-Russia relations in the next phase, said Wang.
China is willing to enhance coordination with the Russian side in order to ensure that the visit will be successful and fruitful and inject strong impetus into the development of bilateral relations, he said.
For his part, Lavrov said Russia attaches great importance to President Putin's upcoming state visit to China.
Russia is pleased with the progress in preparations for the visit and stands ready to make joint efforts with China to ensure that the visit will meet its expected goals, said Lavrov.
During the talks, the Chinese foreign minister also said that faced with an ever-changing international landscape that is full of uncertainties, China and Russia, as comprehensive strategic partners of coordination, should further strengthen coordination and cooperation to uphold the fundamental principles of international relations, maintain international fairness and justice and protect the overall interests of emerging markets and developing countries.
China and Russia should make joint efforts to ensure that the SCO Qingdao Summit, which will be the first such summit after the SCO admitted new members, continues to promote the "Shanghai Spirit", achieve positive and practical outcomes and send out a message of solidarity, said Wang.
The two countries should strengthen strategic coordination on the platform of BRICS cooperation, hold well the Formal Meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and make good political preparations for the upcoming leaders' summit in July, Wang added.
Lavrov said that Russia fully agrees with China in its thoughts about the current international situation and is willing to strengthen coordination with China in multilateral mechanisms such as the SCO, BRICS cooperation, the Group of 20 and the United Nations.
Russia will make joint efforts with other emerging market countries to oppose unilateralism and protectionism and to safeguard world peace and stability, said Lavrov.
During their meeting, the two foreign ministers also exchanged views on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and agreed to further enhance coordination and cooperation to make efforts towards and contribute to the realization of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula of lasting peace and stability.


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California Educators, Employers Look to Boost "STEM" Programs
KPBS | By Ben Adler / Capital Public Radio
Published November 18, 2013 at 12:38 PM PST
Ben Adler, Capital Public Radio
Caleb Leung (left) and Scully Randlett, 7th graders at Alice Fong Yu K-8 Chinese Immersion School in San Francisco, build a cantilever bridge Monday using paper rolls and scotch tape at the STEM Symposium in Sacramento.
California Educators, Employers Look to Boost "STEM" Programs
California's education community is focusing on science and math courses this week. It's looking at how to expand "STEM" programs in California schools. "STEM" stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
California's education community is focusing on science and math courses this week.
It's looking at how to expand "STEM" programs in California schools. "STEM" stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said too few students are graduating with the necessary "STEM" skills that employers are looking for.
"We have to have the engineers graduating from our schools to fill the jobs," Torlakson said. "There are tens of thousands of jobs in engineering and science — in this state, today — that are unfilled, that employers cannot find the talent to do the inventing, to do the improvements in technology that will make for a better life and a strong economy."
A two-day "STEM" conference that began Monday is drawing 2,000 people to Sacramento — from educators and students to business and philanthropy leaders.


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USAF SSP Mustang – Dragon Chaser
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Riding a wingspan roughly as wide as a 10-story building is high, the U-2 pilot, insulated in a full pressurized flight suit and astronaut-like helmet, grips the stick and makes a final check on his alignment with the runway. The Lockheed spyplane is in the final seconds of a long, high-altitude recon mission overflying volatile hotspots to see what the bad guys have been up to lately.
Despite the hostile areas it just visited, the most dangerous part of the mission is landing. The U-2 was made to fly, but it's a handful to land. Its long wings amplify every breeze, but they must be kept level. Just a few degrees off horizontal will drag the wingtip, risking a crash. Those long wings give it so much lift that landing becomes an unnatural act. The technique is to get close to the ground, then stall it and just drop onto the runway.
Very tricky.
So tricky that a second pilot, also familiar with the U-2's quirks, accelerates down the runway with the U-2 in a high-performance car or "mobile," spotting the pilot and coaching him down via radio.
In service since 1957, some will remember the U-2, a.k.a. the "Dragon Lady," as the plane in which Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, and which detected the Soviet missiles in Cuba in October 1962.
It's not just any car that can hang with jets. Initially the Air Force used Ford station wagons with large V-8s, then switched to El Caminos from the '70s through 1986. But when GM announced the El Camino's discontinuation in 1987, the USAF began looking for a replacement that would be up to the challenge.
The search began in 1986 at Beale Air Force Base near Marysville, California, where the local California Highway Patrol provided one of their light and agile Mustangs for testing. Priorities for the USAF were immediate throttle response and rapid acceleration, which the Mustang delivered in spades. The USAF immediately called the 5.0 Fox-body Mustang into active duty.
The U.S. Air Force testing a CHP Mustang at Beale AFB, Summer 1986
Just 19 Special Service Package (SSP) Mustang LX 5.0L coupes were built for USAF use between 1986 and 1991.
1986 'Mobile' at Alconbury UK
One of the eight ordered in 1988 is our feature car, owned by Keith Suzuki of Concord, California. Prior to its delivery to Beale AFB, this automatic transmission–equipped LX was resprayed in nonmetallic USAF Strato Blue over the factory-applied Dark Shadow Blue Metallic. The black alloy wheels were shot in the Strato Blue as well. From there a two-way aircraft radio, an aircraft-type wedge antenna, a Whelen Edge amber lightbar, and USAF "Official Use Only" door decals were added.
The Mustang was then tagged "United States Air Force Mobile Unit One," and its identification number was stenciled under the hood: 88B 9971, AFE RAF A, which decodes to its USAF license number, Air Force Europe, Royal Air Force-Alconbury. It was then placed in a transport plane with an identical '88 SSP tagged "Mobile Unit 70" and flown to RAF Alconbury in England where it would serve for a number of years with the 17th Reconnaissance Wing and the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron.
RAF Alconbury was the largest U-2 base outside the United States. There were originally three Mustangs stationed there—an '86 and the two '88s, but by the time the Persian Gulf War got underway, the '86 had been totaled and only the '88s remained. While stationed in England, the last pilot to crash a U-2 at Alconbury survived and rode from the crash site in this Mustang. In the excitement, he left his hat in the car where it was later discovered between the seats during the restoration. His name and the three U-2 bases he served at are written inside the hat.
In March 1995, Unit One was sent to the English RAF-Fairfield Station before being transferred to serve at Istres Air Force Base in France in January 1996 and later to the Aviano and Sigonella Air Force Bases in Italy. Mobile One was taken out of service in October 1999, stripped of its lightbar and radio equipment and sold through the DRMO in Aviano, Italy. American serviceman Michael Abela was stationed in England and purchased it. He drove it across Europe to Calais, France, and hitched a ferry ride to England. The Mustang was then shipped back to the States, and approximately a year later it was purchased by Charles Ricks.
Charles had Mobile One shipped from New York to his home in Hanford, California, and prepared for the subsequent restoration. Hours of research were done before the restoration in 2002 to make sure everything was accurately reproduced. He even tracked down an original lightbar. With 53,000 ticks on the odometer, Charles stripped the Mustang down to a shell. Engine bay, underside of the decklid, and doorjambs were all correctly resprayed in the factory Dark Shadow Blue, while the exterior and wheels were reshot in Air Force Strato Blue. No mirror-like finish here as the paint was left with some orange-peel texture and overspray to reflect how the Air Force would have originally painted the vehicle. Also, precautions were taken to preserve the original USAF stenciling under the hood.
Concord, California, resident Keith Suzuki entered the picture in October 2003. As a citizen volunteer for the Concord Police Department's Neighborhood Patrol Division, Keith had always yearned for a Police Package Mustang. He stumbled upon the USAF Mustang while searching the www.sspmustang.org website's For Sale section, and since Charles' Hanford residence was just three hours away he decided to have a look. Keith was sold on it immediately after seeing that the extremely rare car was almost completely restored, had great documentation, and could be driven legally in California sporting its amber lightbar.
Keith took the car home and prepared to have it ready for the upcoming show season. He immediately installed the lightbar that Charles had acquired, and added the light switches, USAF door decals, aircraft antennas, and radio microphone. Keith continues to search for the correct aircraft band radio, but with no photographs of interior shots of the U-2 chasers, he doesn't exactly know what he should be looking for. He also set out to correct some detail items in the engine compartment.
SSP Mustangs came with few frills and were meant to be all business—vinyl seats instead of cloth, crank windows, block-off plate instead of power door-lock switch, and a radio without the tape deck. It does have air conditioning, though. SSP Mustangs have:
relocated trunk-release button
oil-to-water sandwich-style engine-oil cooler
automatic transmission fluid cooler
130-amp heavy-duty alternator
certified calibration 140-mph speedometer
reinforced floorpans under front seats
deleted underhood sound-absorber pad
single-key locking system
aircraft-style hose clamps
heater-hose restrictor sleeve
full-size spare tire
Keith has done very well in show competition. Besides awards in local shows, he won a Gold Award in the Concours Driven class at the '07 Mustang Club of America show in Concord. Last October he won a First-Place trophy in the Special Service Pursuit Package category at the Ripon Police emergency vehicle show. There's always a crowd at shows asking what exactly what it is.
Keith is extremely happy with his U-2 car. "It's stealthy," he says. "It's not as noticeable as a CHP." Other drivers on the highway at times refuse to pass him thinking he's in some sort of in-service patrol unit.
Approximately 15,000 SSP Mustang LX 5.0Ls were built from 1982 to 1993, the majority patrolling our highways and catching "bad guys." Then there are those select few that played a small but important role in our national security.
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