I got my middle name, my love of antiques, and my smile from my Grandma. She was Minnie Anna Carter. As a little girl she started calling me Lorri Anna Banana. Soon Mom and Pops could be heard calling "Lorri Anna Banana" when it was time for me to come inside and eat dinner. It was my second nickname and to date it is my favorite.
When I started kindergarten my mom had a toddler and an infant in tow. She had not had the time to sit me down and fill me in on the basic facts every kid should know. I didn't know my colors, or my phone number, or how to tie my shoes. I had never played with crayons or even picked up a pencil.
On my first day of school Grandma came to the house to watch the boys while Mom walked me down the street to the elementary school. Mom showed me where the crossing guard was and how to find my class. She told me to pay close attention because the next day I would need to make my own way to school. This was a big responsibility, at this time I wasn't allowed to cross the street, but the next morning I would make the three block walk on my own.
Mom took me to my classroom and my teacher Mrs. Anderson greeted us at the door. She directed me to a table with crayons and paper. Mom said goodbye and walked back home. I sat there staring at the crayons until a red-haired girl named Connie sat down next to me. I watched her as she gripped the crayon and drug the tip across the paper – I was astounded! I was also embarrassed that I had no idea how to do what she was doing. As I saw the other kids all drawing with ease I was almost afraid to try. I picked up a crayon and tried to mimic the grip I saw the other kids using, but I dared not touch it to the paper.
Crayons – exciting and new!
Here I am at 4 years old, blissfully unaware of the existence of crayons and my last name.
Clearly this woman was confused, I was in the wrong class. I walked out the door and back down the three blocks to my house. Mom was stunned, "What are you doing home?" I told her I was in the wrong class and went to find a pencil and paper to see if I could figure out this drawing thing.
The next morning Mom walked me to school again. We stopped by the office and double checked on what classroom I belonged in. We were directed to the same class. Mrs. Anderson was waiting for us in the doorway. "Mrs. Carter – oops, Mrs. Banana, I presume." I left them in the doorway and tackled those crayons. I was ready to draw, and nothing was going to stop me.
Only a year later and I knew my name, my address, my colors, and how to tie my shoes.
So on my second day of school I made my first work of art and learned that my surname was not Banana.
Since Pops was an only child and we were raised near his family the only aunts and uncles I saw regularly were Grandma and Grandpa's siblings. My life was filled with great aunts and uncles whose kids were grown, it was more like having auxiliary grandparents. Most of Grandma's siblings lived in either California or Las Vegas. Grandma had 7 siblings. Her mom had three sets of twins and poor Grandma was a single in the middle of the pack. When she moved to Vegas her oldest sister Muriel, and her younger brother Newt, along with her baby sister Beula eventually joined her.
All the Cox siblings except Muriel worked at Safeway at one time, Minnie is on the far right. Newt is 5th from the left. Beula must have missed picture day.
By the time I came along Newt had moved to Northern California. Muriel was a bit of a recluse. Beula and Grandma were close, even so they seemed to had a ridiculous sibling rivalry. If Grandma and Grandpa bought a new Chevy, Beula and her husband Tommy would buy a Caddy. Grandma and Grandpa were homebodies and were bored with casinos. Beula and Tommy liked to gamble, they spent most evenings at the Showboat Hotel and Casino. They always talked about how they were comped meals. They made it sound like they always came out ahead, but everyone in Vegas who is honest with themselves knows that the house always wins in the long term.
Tommy and Beula's home away from home.
Beula had a huge personality. She smoked with a long cigarette holder and had a house full of fun and interesting collections. I loved going over there. She would let me play with her lighter collection and I would spend hours sorting through them – there were hundreds stored in dozens of round tins. She talked tough, but you could get her to do just about anything for you if you just called her "Aunty Boo Boo".
All of us in Beula's kitchen in 1962 – I'm the baby by the right wall. Beula is front and center holding some other kid.
When I was very small I came down with German Measles while my mom was pregnant. The doctor had told my parents that I needed to be away from Mom until I was no longer contagious and I think she went through some special treatment to prevent her from getting sick. I stayed with Beula during this time. I was confused, sick, and away from my mom. No one explained why I was away. I remember very little except that I felt a longing for my own home and for my mommy.
As the time for the baby to come got closer the plan was for Grandma and Grandpa to get Mom to the hospital if Pops was at work. Pops would join them as soon as he could. Beula would take care of me for a couple of days. This would be a fun few days – much better than the quarantine visit.
To be honest I was kind of oblivious to things like pregnancy. I hadn't been told anything about mom being pregnant or even what that meant. Mom lost a baby between Max and I so she may have been unable to talk to me about it. It could also be that Mom was the youngest child of a mom who was sick her whole life. Maybe her mom didn't have the opportunity to share things with her. Mom kept a lot to herself, plus she was young, only 19 when I was born. She had been pregnant 4 times by the time she was 24.
Captain Oblivious. I somehow did not notice that my mom was pregnant.
One day Beula picked me up in the mid afternoon and we met Tommy at the Showboat. We went directly to the bowling alley. I had never been bowling, I was only about 3 years old, but I remember Beula and Tommy changing their shoes and her helping me to roll a ball. It was fun. After some eating out, bowling, sleeping, and more of the same over the next few days I went home to discover that there was a tiny baby at our house. I was thrilled. I had a real live baby doll named Max to play with.
Sadly iced tea and Polaroids don't mix. Even so this is one of my favorite photos of me and my first brother.
Two years later it was both Max and I who Beula picked up. Again, we left the house and went bowling. By now I was about 5 and was really getting the hang of the process. Not the math, of course, but the idea of trying to hit the pins by rolling a ball. After we bowled we ate at the coffee shop, everyone there knew Beula and they brought me an ice-cream sundae after dinner. Then we bowled some more. We spent a few days with Beula and Tommy bowling and eating. Again I returned home to a brand new baby brother, this time his name was Ronnie.
Beula and my Grandma dressed up for Eastern Star. No my Grandma was not a confederate. In the 60's Nevadans referred to Las Vegas and the University as "Southern" – our mascot was the "Running Rebels".
Wanna go bowling? Babies are fun!
I had no idea where baby girls came from.
Our house was a spec house – it was built by a builder hoping to sell it and to use it as a model to sell other houses. It had some nice custom features – mahogany cabinets, copper hardware, open modern floor plan. It was built in 1961 and had the clean lines of the tail end of the mid-century modern look. When we moved in it had light grey wool carpets with very fine colored pinstripes that emphasized the openness of the rooms. By the time my baby brother came along I remember mom looking for new carpet that was closer to the color of beer or iced tea.
Mom had been intrigued by the mediterranean style furniture was all the rage in the 60s. We rarely purchased new furniture. My grandparents had an upholstery shop and it was very common for someone to bring a piece into the shop only to find that they didn't want to spend the money to recover it. My grandfather had the idea of converting one of these pieces to suit mom's tastes. He showed her a brutally ugly brown couch and chair and she was rightfully skeptical. The couch was a behemoth – 8 feet long! Grandpa built an ottoman to go with the matching chair. He stripped the set down to it's frame and reshaped all the cushions. He added dark wood accents and covered it in the most luxurious sculptured velvet he could find. Twenty-five bucks a yard! That stuff was tough as nails – it survived spilt milk and baby poop, vomit and motor oil. Mom shampooed the set once a year whether it needed it or not. Who am I kidding, it always needed it. It's massive length allowed for simultaneous nappers on both ends. The couch alone could hold our entire family, all our pets and a few neighbors. We had that fake mediterranean couch and chair in our living room from 1966 until about 1983 – it never frayed or faded. It was probably the most consistent thing in our childhoods at the Carter house. The world might fall apart, the car might not start, Pops might quit his job, Mom might burn a roast – all this can and did happen, but through it all, the couch was there for us. The day we hauled it out the front door and to the curb I shed a tiny tear as we took out a utility knife to cut that sucker open to see how much loose change was trapped inside it.


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Access to health information may improve behavior in preventing Avian influenza among women
Ajeng T. Endarti
Shamsul A. Shah
Keywords: avian influenza, behavior, gender, health promotion
Background: Improving human behavior toward Avian influenza may lessen the chance to be infected by Avian influenza. This study aimed to identify several factors influencing behavior in the community.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2008. Behavior regarding Avian influenza was measured by scoring the variables of knowledge, attitude, and practice. Subjects were obtained from the sub district of Limo, in Depok, West Java, which was considered a high risk area for Avian influenza. The heads of household as the sample unit were chosen by multi-stage sampling.
Results: Among 387 subjects, 29.5% of them was had good behavior toward Avian influenza. The final model revealed that gender and access to health information were two dominant factors for good behavior in preventing Avian influenza. Compared with men, women had 67% higher risk to have good behavior [adjusted relative risk (RRa) = 1.67; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.92-3.04; P = 0.092]. Compared to those with no access to health information, subjects with access to health information had 3.4 fold increase to good behavior (RRa = 3.40; 95% CI = 0.84-13.76; P = 0.087).
Conclusion: Acces to health information concerning Avian influenza was more effective among women in promoting good behavior toward preventing Avian influenza. (Med J Indones 2011; 20:56-61)
Endarti AT, Shah SA. Access to health information may improve behavior in preventing Avian influenza among women. Med J Indones [Internet]. 2011Feb.1 [cited 2022Jan.20];20(1):56-1. Available from: http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/428
Copyright (c) 2011 Ajeng T. Endarti, Shamsul A. Shah
Nazarudin Safian, Shamsul A. Shah, Shaharudin Idrus, Wan M. Hamzah, Cluster analysis of typhoid cases in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia , Medical Journal of Indonesia: Vol 17 No 3 (2008): July-September

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Christopher Etheridge
cetheridge@ku.edu
Biography —
Chris Etheridge joined the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications faculty in 2020 as an assistant professor. He researches media representations of crime and community storytelling. His current work focuses on information-seeking behaviors of community groups and the ability of media outlets to serve those information needs. He also studies digital adoption of technology in rural communities and related relationships between news organizations and their audiences.
Etheridge previously served on the faculty of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Minnesota Duluth. He also has worked as a news reporter and in marketing and communications. He teaches courses on media and society, reporting and editing techniques, and media ethics.
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B.A. in Chemistry, Knox College
M.S. in Journalism, Northwestern University
Ph.D. in Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Minnie S. & Eli A. Rubinstein Research Award, 2018
Joseph L. Morrison Award for Excellence in Journalism History, 2017
William Francis Clingman Jr. Ethics Award, 2017
Roy H. Park Doctoral Fellowship, 2015
Ida M. Tarbell Memorial Prize for Investigative Reporting, 2005
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Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Southeast Colloquium chair, Newspaper and Online News Division, 2020
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Deep in the jungle, on the lost temple, I structurally prune the tree growing at the top. A little bare at the moment, but the jungle always fills in. This is the second video on this tree, go to the playlist section of the channel to view the first.


We aren't. In fact, we're odd. And we're proud of it.
The Oddbox story starts in Portugal, at a food market filled with wonky fruit and veg. It looked weird and kind of ugly, but it tasted delicious. It got our founders, Deepak and Emilie, thinking about why we only see the same perfectly shaped fruit and veg on our supermarket shelves. Why was there no variety? And what happened to all that produce that didn't qualify in the supermarket beauty stakes?
They were appalled to find out it got wasted. In fact a shocking 20-40% of produce in the UK is wasted before it even leaves the farms meaning a lot of unnecessary waste for the planet, a raw-deal for producers and a whole wonky world of missed opportunities for people like us to eat.
Determined to battle food waste and give ugly, wonky veg a better, more beautiful future, they visited farms, talked to producers and came up with the idea for Oddbox.
Delicious misshapen and surplus produce delivered straight to your door.
Since then we've gone from just a handful of customers and suppliers and packing our boxes in a small room every Saturday morning, to delivering over 25,000 boxes across London.


China has launched its most advanced warship for export. Built by the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, the frigate, named Independent, is made for the Bangladeshi navy and is due to be delivered next year.
This will become the Bangladeshi navy's most advanced warship, and be a real boost to its coastal defence capability.
25 knots sailing speed, anti-radar design, highly adaptable to weather and oceanic conditions, and decked out with powerful weapons.
The frigate "Independent" is made to be an all-rounder.
Researchers at the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation have redesigned the ship's structure to suit the complex conditions of the Indian ocean.
Designers also gave a boost its mobility and survivability.
"It has two engines and two propellers. They can work independently. This design makes it more reliable and durable. Its powerhouses are separately located, improving its survivability," Sun said.
The newly launched frigate will stay in the port for months while electronic equipment and weaponry systems are installed.
And after 6 months, the "Independent" will leave her mother port, and take up her post as a mighty guard on the Indian Ocean.


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Many companies are in the habit of treating clients as a havoc which is not a good practice. All clients must be treated with a respect and moreover as a partner. It is observed through a survey that many companies prefer to keep a distance from clients.
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Transfer gossip is never hard to find and Love Sport have trawled the globe for today's biggest lines - and assessed their validity so you don't have to.
Paul Pogba, and more publicly his agent Mino Raiola, appears ready to leave Manchester United for a second time as the rift between the player and manager Jose Mourinho continues to grow.
Barcelona is the most likely destination for France's World Cup-winning midfielder but ESPN claim the board at the Camp Nou is split on whether to make a move for him.
However, reports that the financial aspect of a deal for Pogba is beyond Barca's means are said to be wide of the mark and this decision simply comes down to one of footballing matters.
And The Sun claim Pogba has reiterated his "him or me" ultimatum with regards to Mourinho remaining at the club.
Love Sport verdict: You would think United will say goodbye to Jose, to ensure they hang onto Pogba whether Barca's board they decide to bid for him or not.
Kylian Mbappe lit up the world at the age of just 19 this summer, more than adequately justifying his £150million (and more) move to Paris Saint-Germain.
And while Manchester City have made it their business to ensure they buy the world's best talent wherever possible, the Independent are one of those going hard on Pep Guardiola's quotes stating he is .
"Manchester City aren't going to spend the money that Mbappe deserves, or that PSG deserves," Guardiola said.
Love Sport verdict: Crucially, Guardiola did not say he would not sign Mbappe. Hardly surprising, given his obvious talent. That's not to say we expect a U-turn, but things change quickly in football.
Ramsey to swap Arsenal for Real?
Aaron Ramsey looks increasingly likely not to sign a new deal with Arsenal and is set to leave the club at the end of the season.
The Welsh midfielder has been with the Gunners for a decade but will have to seek pastures new and Teamtalk claim Real Madrid are one of a number of clubs interested.
Love Sport verdict: The bigger sides will not take the risk of waiting until the summer for a deal, especially if the price-tag for Ramsey is a bargain one. Perhaps Gareth Bale could tempt Ramsey to Spain? It seems far-fetched though at this stage.
Under Arsene Wenger, Arsenal were famous for finding gems in France. Now, Unai Emery looks like he might be following in his footsteps.
The Mirror report that Lille winger Nicolas Pepe is being scouted by the Gunners; he has already scored five goals in eight games this season.
However, the Ivory Coast international is also being tracked by Everton, Barcelona and Sevilla.
Love Sport verdict: Goal-scorers are hardly a "need" for Arsenal at the moment. Their concerns at the back are far greater and if Emery is going to shell out £30m, it's probably not going to be on a wide man with an eye for goal.
Declan Rice has caught many eyes in West Ham's midfield - not least that of Gareth Southgate.
Rice has played three international friendlies for the Republic of Ireland but representatives of England have approached him about switching allegiances to represent the country where he was born.
The Times claim he has turned down another call-up by Ireland ahead of their squad announcement this Thursday - but also state that he will not join England either.
Love Sport verdict: It seems Martin O'Neill is resigned to losing Rice which leaves him more than open to Southgate's seduction. It's the waistcoat. It's irresistible.


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AAA airs grievances
by Mary Frances McGowan
As the tide of the racial justice movements initiated by students at the University of Missouri continues to extend to Yale, Fordham, University of Michigan and Loyola of Chicago, among others, John Carroll University is no exception.
On Thursday, Dec. 3, members of the African American Alliance entered classrooms unannounced and presented students in attendance with a list of demands previously presented to the Rev. Robert Niehoff, S.J., on Friday, Nov. 20. The African American Alliance (AAA), the black cultural organization on campus, occupied Niehoff's office and presented him with a list of 10 demands that ask for systematic changes attempting to cease instances of racial injustice on campus. AAA is now aiming to have their message heard by the broader campus community.
The students' demands include a student-led diversity committee, a black cultural center, hiring more black professors and implementing a more effective bias reporting system.
During last week's demonstration, members of AAA spoke with students and professors, answered questions and invited students to participate in an open forum discussion being held Thursday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. in the D.J. Lombardo Student Center. In describing AAA's reasoning behind disrupting classes, member Tyra Sadler said, "We wanted students to feel the way we feel in our classes on a day to day basis. We often are the only black students in our classes and we feel uncomfortable, which sometimes distracts us in class as well."
Associate professor of political science, Sara Schiavoni, had her lecture interrupted by AAA. Coincidentally, the class was addressing civil rights and was discussing AAA's demands.
"The students came in very respectfully and held signs that said, 'we demand to be heard' and 'we demand to speak,'" Schiavoni said.
"[They] simply discussed their demand letter and asked if the students had any questions."
"I understand what the students are trying to do," Schiavoni continued. "And I appreciate that they have identified institutional issues and have offered solutions."
Sophomore Calli Dieglio, a student in Schiavoni's class, added her opinion. "There were maybe eight to 10 of them standing in the front of our classroom and then they explained to us that if we feel uncomfortable, that it is okay because that is how they feel on a daily basis."
John Yost, associate professor of psychology, also had his class interrupted by the demonstration. "They respectfully asked me to stop what we were doing so that they could make their statement. A student in the class thanked the members of AAA as they left," said Yost. "I'm 100 percent for it as I do not think they would be taking the measures that they are taking if they did not think it was necessary."
While Yost and Schiavoni were supportive of AAA's method of activism, Schiavoni explained that doesn't apply to all faculty.
"I've spoken to some other colleagues and I think that some faculty members were uncomfortable, especially so close to finals, feeling like they needed to get through material," she said.
Other members from AAA also facilitated conversations about their demands and asked department heads to distribute them. Associate professor and department chair of philosophy Dianna Taylor was among them.
Taylor said that, following AAA's demonstration, she did research pertaining to other Jesuit colleges with black cultural centers. She found that not many Jesuit schools have them.
"I think this would be a way that John Carroll could be a leader among the Jesuit schools to step up and do something," Taylor said. "I think it is important for students who are underrepresented on this campus to have their own space."
"They are asking to be heard," she continued. "That indicates that they are not being heard. To be clear about that, I don't mean that they 'think they aren't being included,' they're right, they're not."
Despite this support, there has been some backlash following AAA's demonstration. Students were vocal via Yik Yak, an anonymous social medium. After AAA disrupted classes, the app quickly became a center for negativity. Some posts included derogatory language and insults toward the organization.
In response to the negative feedback, Sadler said, "As people continue to mock us, we still stand proud and bold. We have not yet disrupted the peace and we are fighting for what we believe in."
The next known step for AAA is a meeting with Niehoff on Monday, Dec. 14.
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Carlsbad, California – October 22, 2012 – Realcomm Conference Group, LLC, a global leader in providing education, information and networking opportunities on the topic of technology, automation and innovation for the commercial, corporate and institutional real estate industry, announced today that it will sponsor a group of San Diego high school girls in a project that will send an experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). The program will be one of seven student-designed robotic micro-labs that will be tested on the ISS in February 2013. The micro-lab will spend one month in orbit in micro-gravity, traveling approximately 15 million miles at an altitude of about 250 miles above the Earth. CALIT2, a UC San Diego/UC Irvine partnership and globally recognized organization that develops futuristic cross-disciplinary technology-driven projects, is a supporting sponsor of this project.
Realcomm is partnering with BE WiSE (Better Education for Women in Science & Engineering), an initiative that strives to makes a difference for talented young women who are encouraged to pursue careers in science and engineering. BE WiSE is a program of the San Diego Science Alliance, which is a catalyst for improving K-12 science education in San Diego County.
BE WiSE will also be working in alliance with The Quest Institute for Quality Education and the AMSE Institute of Valley Christian High School (VCHS) of San Jose, the founder of this extraordinary ISS program. This space station opportunity is made possible by NanoRacks, LLC, via its Space Act Agreement with NASA's U.S. National Lab. In addition to developing four of their own ISS experiments, VCHS students will also be designing, testing, qualifying and launching a communications satellite from the International Space Station in the Summer of 2013 via its relationship with NanoRacks.
This collaboration is an exemplary example of an extraordinary project that will stimulate interest in math and science. It allows these young women to apply what they have learned in the classroom, to work with engineers and professionals in the field and learn real-world scientific industry techniques and new technologies. It is the groundwork for engaging girls in math and science and producing the next-generation of leaders who will ultimately keep the economy moving in the right direction and the United States at the forefront of innovation.
For more information on the ISS BE WiSE program, visit: www.sdsa.org/programs/be-wise/programs/be-wise/international-space-station-academy.
Realcomm Conference Group, LLC is the leading research and educational institution that produces annual conferences and expositions on technology, automated business solutions and intelligent buildings strategies for executives in commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate. Realcomm was founded in 1999 with the goal of bringing industry leaders together to discuss, demonstrate and debate the latest innovations that impact the industry. Today, in addition to the annual conferences, Realcomm conducts webinars, workshops and other strategic services to educate industry professionals about the latest business solutions and technologies to improve commercial real estate development, leasing, management and operations. For more information, visit www.realcomm.com.
BE WiSE makes a difference for talented young women who are encouraged to contribute to science and engineering professions. BE WiSE invites girls in grades 7 and 8 to Science Overnights to explore their interest in science, hosts events for BE WiSE alumnae in high school to encourage their selection of more courses in science and math, and exposes these girls to adult women scientists who share their knowledge and passion and experiences with science and engineering careers. BE WiSE selects girls from all across San Diego County and has sustained contact with over five hundred girls over the past 12 years. The first BE WiSE alumnae entered college in June 2003. BE WiSE is a Program of the San Diego Science Alliance (SDSA), the catalyst for improving K-12 science education in San Diego County. SDSA delivers quality experiential programs, builds bridges between the region's diverse business, education and scientific research communities and fosters public/private partnerships to increase science literacy. For more information, visit www.sdsa.org/programs/be-wise.
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The six members of Eclipse originally met while performing in a public relations /ambassador-oriented group that was part of the department of Programs and Entertainment at Utah State University. They began by arranging their own vocal covers of popular songs and performing them on campus and in the Logan area. Increasing public interest and performance opportunities led to the recording of their first album, "Once," which was released in April 2001.
In 2003, Eclipse was named "Best Vocal Group" in Utah's Best of State awards and "Group Recording Artist of the Year" in the Faith Centered Music Association's Pearl Awards. In 2004, Eclipse received three more Pearl Awards, including " Holiday Album of the Year," and were the runners-up for "Best Holiday Album" in the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards. They also received two Just Plain Folks Music Awards (the world's largest music awards program, honoring independent musicians in over 85 countries).
After eight years of sharing their music, Eclipse felt very grateful for success and the opportunities they had to share their love of music around the world. So, it was with this gratefulness in mind that they released their fifth album, "Grateful Praise," an album that could express the notion that worship through music transcends style and that, regardless of setting, there will always be a level of praise inherent in music that cannot be achieved by any other means.


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GSOC-UAW Local 2110 Stands Against Academic Censorship
December 29, 2016 March 27, 2019 GSOC
GSOC-UAW-Local 2110 Stands against Academic Censorship
Statement Ratified by the Assembly of Stewards on December 29th 2016
On Sunday, December 25, 2016, Drexel University published a statement in response to outcry over one of its professors' personal social media activity. Acknowledging "the right of its faculty to freely express their thoughts and opinions in public debate," Drexel found sufficient exception to that right in George Ciccariello-Maher's Twitter feed to call a meeting with their employee. In response, 7,000 people signed a petition in defense of Ciccariello-Maher. After this notable display of solidarity, Drexel University "reiterated their support for faculty who participate in vigorous public debate, as well as concern for the safety of myself, my family, and others in this unpredictable post-election climate," as stated by Ciccariello-Maher. This is an important victory for academic freedom and indicates that the far right can be defeated through collective action.
The tweet, which Drexel's statement characterized as "utterly reprehensible" and "deeply disturbing," read, "All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide." Any familiarity with the term "white genocide," its uses or its origin, makes it clear that this was an act of satire. As Ciccariello-Maher explained in an earlier statement, "'White genocide' is an idea invented by white supremacists and used to denounce everything from interracial relationships to multicultural policies." In this context, calling for a "white genocide" is calling for an end to white supremacy. The term is used by the "alt-right"—white supremacist, misogynist, xenophobic, Islamophobic extremists—to claim a position of victimhood when it feels threatened in its unjust privilege and fantasy of natural superiority. It has nothing to do with genocide, apart from its utter failure to understand the term and what it means for so many people, the vast majority of whom have not historically identified as "white." Ciccariello-Maher's mockery of this racist, violent claim is neither disturbing nor reprehensible. It is rather a continuation of the steadfast commitment to opposing racism that has won the professor so much admiration and respect among students and colleagues.
But Ciccariello-Maher's tweet is not what matters here. Nor is it that a sincere attempt to read the statement with any reflection—on the feed, on the author, or on the recent etymology of "white genocide"—would have made sense of its openly mocking gesture. But this is not the point: the relevant point is that it was wrong for Drexel to censure its employee's critique of white supremacy in response to spurious reactionary outrage. And it continues to be wrong that Drexel has kept its reversed position private.
The Graduate Student Organizing Committee of the UAW, representing approximately 2,500 graduate workers at New York University, remains critical of Drexel's apologies to a racist twitter mob. At the same time, we welcome its more recent commitment to stand with Ciccariello-Maher and call on the administration to make its support of him public. Furthermore, we urge Drexel to follow the University of Wisconsin in its decision last week to keep its "Problem of Whiteness" course, despite the cries of those who would forbid universities to acknowledge the mere existence of racism in the United States (also agitated by Breitbart and its ilk). Drexel has the opportunity to affirm that universities can and will protect their students, workers, faculty and administrators from these McCarthyite attacks on educators who stand up to white nationalists, even and especially now, as the latter are getting louder all the time.
It is deeply disturbing to see openly racist campaigns targeting radical academics with the support of reactionary media outlets. Workers are facing the looming task of fighting the incoming Trump administration. It is vital in this difficult political climate that we defend the right to academic free speech from the racist far right and the university administrations that cower before them.
GSOC-UAW stands with Professor Ciccariello-Maher and for academic freedom from institutional censure unequivocally. We urge other unions to join us in defending this key aspect of our working conditions and encourage individuals to contact Drexel directly. On this and other fronts we are committed to not retreating a single inch.
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Filmibeat 22 December 2018
The handsome and ravishing Yash is beyond any doubt, one of the most sought-after young heartthrobs in the Kannada film industry today. A self-made star, he enjoys a solid fan-following thanks to his raw looks and simple nature. He has also won hearts because of sincere performances and dedication to the craft. At present, he is in the limelight because of his film KGF. The film hit the screens on December 21, 2018 and it has set the box office on fire.
Now, here is some bad news for all the 'Rocking Star' fans out there.
KGF Falls Prey To Piracy
In a sad development, KGF has fallen prey to piracy. The film has been leaked online by Tamilrockers and is available for 'free download'. The Tamil and Telugu versions have been leaked and this is bound to leave those in the industry in a state of shock.
Will This Affect The Collections?
KGF is a magnum opus and has been shot against a budget of at least Rs 50 Crore. Directed by the young film-maker Prashanth Neel, the film has been released in 5 languages(Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam) and many feel that it could be the next Baahubali. Given the enviable scale, it needs to do exceptionally well at the box office in order to be a hit. As it has fallen prey to piracy, the box office collections are likely to take a hit.
In Case You Did Not Know
The issue of piracy has been haunting the film industry for quite some time now. The notorious gang Tamilrockers has previously leaked films such as Sarkar,Next Enti, 2.0 and Kaatrin Mozhi and created a problem for those associated with these films. Similarly, Odiyan and the Bollywood biggie Thugs Of Hindostan to suffered the same fate.
To Conclude...
In the past, several government agencies have taken steps to combat piracy. Similarly, the likes of Vishal and Vijay Deverakonda have spoken against piracy and asked the fans to refrain from indulging in it. Despite their efforts, the problem has not been solved yet. Piracy is an illegal act and it must not be supported under any circumstances. Enough said!
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May01 Point-and-Click Adventure Games and Me
Here's a little something about me: I love point-and-click adventure games. However, I'm not particularly versed in the genre, so to speak. I'm like that kid who says he's a huge fan of a band, when in reality he's only actually heard a couple of tracks off of a greatest hits album. The first two Broken Sword games, Shadow of the Templars and The Smoking Mirror, respectively, are two games that defined my childhood. If I were to make one, they would both appear pretty high in a list of my favourite games of all time. They're two games that I know like the back of my hand, having played through them many, many times throughout the years. Anyone who has an interest in classic point-and-clicks who hasn't played them, should play them. My bias aside, they're generally considered to be among the best classic adventure games ever made, the first in particular often finding itself in best-of lists.
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Point-and-click adventure games are among the few types of video games that, in my opinion, generally age pretty well. Good 2D art will always age better than bad 3D graphics, and there's not much room for improvement on the basic point-and-click gameplay of classic adventure games. And because the main focus of adventure games is the story, which obviously doesn't "age" in the same way that other aspects of a game would, means that adventure games are generally much easier to enjoy years down the line. With other types of games, playing them after they've aged isn't always easy, due to the lack of gameplay features and innovations that've come since and that we're used to and often can't look past. Not to mention the old-looking graphics in the case of 3D games (go back and look at some early 3D games from the mid-to-late-90s, that shit ain't pretty). Adventure games generally don't have that problem.
So, why haven't I played all that many adventure games? Truth is, I have no idea. Another thing about me: I love a game with a compelling story, which makes it all the more strange I have played all that many of these games, what with compelling stories being the main focus of them. This is something I plan to correct, with a reasonable number of point-and-click adventures sitting on my massive backlog of games.
In fact, I've already started. I played through Beneath a Steel Sky last week, a very highly revered game by Revolution, the same dudes who made those Broken Sword games I love so much. Because of that, I figured it would be a good place to start. That and the fact the game has been completely free since around 2004 or so. I would like to pick up a physical copy at some point, since I love having physical copies of games. The day gaming becomes purely digital will be a sad, sad day. But that's a story for another day.
The plot and setting are of BaSS is pretty different than that of Broken Sword, although Revolution's charm and humour are definitely there. Steel Sky is set somewhere in a dystopian future in Australia, where most of the NPCs have ridiculous British accents. The game is worth playing for that alone. Some of the voice acting is absolutely hilarious. While the scope of the game is pretty limited compared to their later offerings (Steel Sky only being Revolution's second release, after Lure of the Temptress, another game on my hit-list), the world is surprisingly well realised, even if the majority of the game only takes place in a handful of different areas.
The game isn't terribly long, but then again, most classic adventure games (to my knowledge) aren't particularly long. I can plough through Broken Sword in a couple of hours tops. The puzzles in BaSS are also pretty well done as well. Not super-easy, but not so hard that they make my primitive brain struggle and resort to a guide. The game, for the most part, does a decent job explaining what you need to do to continue, which is good because, in a story-focused game, more often than not the only thing I want to do is see more story. So, I guess I could call that a recommendation. If you have any sort of interest in adventure games and you haven't played Beneath a Steel Sky, you really owe it to yourself to play it. And it is free, after all. Hard to argue at that price.
As for other games on my adventure hit-list? There's certainly quite a few. I bought the remake of The Secret of Monkey Island off XBLA way back when, and got a couple of hours into it, though never finished it, so I probably owe it to myself to see that one through, as well as the second game which got a similar makeover. I plan to get around to playing the games that Tim Schafer is known for as well: Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. I'm actually eyeing up a copy of Full Throttle on eBay at the moment, and I've been trying to get an original big-box copy of Grim Fandango, though the past couple auctions have slipped me by, and the buy-it-now listings are a little more pricey than I'm willing to pay right now. One day though. One day.
As for more modern day games, I'm a couple of hours into Gemini Rue, which was on sale a little while ago on Steam, and I'm definitely enjoying that, even if it does have a pretty clunky combat mechanic. I've heard great things about the Blackwell series by the same guys as well, so I'd love to check them out. I also want to play some of the games by Pendulo Studios. Giant Bomb recently did a Quick Look of Yesterday and that definitely looked like something I wanted to play and I hear their back catalogue is of similar quality.
Having said all that, I currently have a fucktonne of other, non-adventure games on my backlog as well, which I would love to get through. I haven't been doing all that much gaming lately, even with the amount of free-time I generally have. I'm often plagued by lack of motivation, and sometimes it's almost as if I enjoy reading and talking about video games more than I enjoy playing them.
Maybe I'm just getting old.
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The Scars of History in the Response to the Ukrainian Crisis
Posted byeuropeanstudiesreview 28th Feb 2022 Posted inUncategorized
By Courtney Weigal
Russia has finally launched an invasion into Ukraine, bringing Europe to war once again. Most European nations have diplomatically sided with Ukraine, sending equipment to Ukrainian forces while severely sanctioning Russia. However, the responses of support have varied by country.
At the start of this conflict, Germany had been noticeably silent, reserved about implementing sanctions on Russia due to its reliance on Russia for gas. American officials have warned the European Union about this vulnerability for years, and with war's arrival on the European continent, the EU is now forced to face the consequences of its actions. One major project that faced significant American condemnation was the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline. NS2 is a pipeline expected to supply 10% of European gas from Russia. Germany froze its Nord Stream 2 plans a few days ago, announcing a new green energy plan, but it is already too late. The pipeline's cancellation is less of a sign of solidarity, but rather a panicked reaction.
The area that will be most affected by the energy crisis is Eastern Europe. Finland, the former Eastern Bloc, and the states of the former Soviet Union rely on Russia for almost 100% of their gas. The most vulnerable nations in this situation are the Baltics and Poland. These nations share a border with Ukraine and Russia, with fears amongst civilians that they will be targeted by Russia next. 93% of Latvia's gas and 79% of Estonia's gas comes from Russia, as well as almost half of Lithuania's and Poland's. Most of these countries also lack efficient public transportation and green energy options, making affordable gas a necessity. Hence the part of Europe most vulnerable to energy shortages is those nations that also border Russia.
Despite all of this, these are also the countries that have been the most vocal in supporting Ukraine, sending military supplies both before and after the invasion. The Baltics sent anti-tank and aircraft missiles to Ukraine back in January and have professed their undying support for their former Soviet ally. Poland has prepared itself for millions of Ukrainian refugees along with providing a large supply of crucial military equipment to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Germany has been notoriously hesitant about supporting Ukraine, with its offer to supply helmets met with ridicule.
The difference between Eastern and Western Europe is crystal clear. The scars of the Iron Curtain are still visible, giving these four nations the motivation to fight to the bitter end. The sight of Russian troops brought back memories of repression, deportations, and executions under Russian rule, a life these nations refuse to return to. Lithuania lost a fourth of its population to the Soviets. Poland has centuries of tumultuous history of fighting for sovereignty against oppressive regimes from the East. Even if it means plunging their nation into an energy crisis, these citizens are willing to do whatever it takes to keep Ukraine out of Russia's jaws.
Germany's fear of war has taken priority over the security of its Eastern allies, furthering the divide between Eastern and Western Europe. The nation's hesitancy is also rooted in its history: fear of being compared to its World War Two past has made Germany very cautious about anything that could be perceived as escalation. The Schluss-Strich (line of shame) is a swirling debate in Germany around the question of how long Germans must bear the guilt of World War II. This hardline pacifism has spread to the rest of Western Europe through Germany's leading role in the EU. This guilt has also caused a lack of assertion regarding the Soviet Union's successor state, Russia. Germany still carries guilt for the millions of Russians killed during World War II, which led to Germany's trade-based relationship with Russia. This guilt along with their desire to avoid conflict led to Germany's dependence on Russian gas. As Germany tried to avoid being compared to its Nazi past, it became apathetic to the plight of its neighbors, favoring keeping the peace with Putin over the security of its allies.
Having experienced Ukraine's suffering, Poland and the Baltics are not afraid to bare their teeth when threatened with Russia, despite their vulnerability, hoping to keep Ukraine from suffering under Russia again. While Poland and the Baltics are emboldened by their history, Germany's history prevents it from making crucial security decisions. While it is important to learn from history, history should not deter policymakers from taking necessary risks.
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Temenos Wins 'Technology Provider of the Year' at 2020 FStech Awards
Temenos' pioneering cloud-native cloud-agnostic and AI-driven technology acknowledged by judges at the 20th annual FStech Awards
Press Releases, March 20, 2020
Temenos	– Company
GENEVA, Switzerland – March 20, 2020 – Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced it has been awarded 'Technology Provider of the Year' at the 20th annual FStech Awards. Temenos' commitment to innovation and growing global footprint impressed judges from key financial institutions, including Nationwide and Deutsche Bank. The panel selected Temenos as the category winner out of ten competing vendors, agreeing that the business had 'the most successful year in serving the financial services sector' in 2019.
FStech recognized Temenos as the banking software company with the winning combination of the most advanced cloud technology and the richest, broadest banking functionality. In early 2019, Temenos launched cloud-native, cloud-agnostic Temenos Infinity and Temenos Transact, bringing to market the leading products for the new era of banking for both distribution and manufacturing. By benchmarking its banking software at the end of 2019, Temenos proved its ability to handle over half the world's banking transaction volumes.
Temenos' leadership in innovation also differentiated it from the competition. Through the strategic acquisition of Logical Glue, Temenos is embedding the most advanced next-generation Explainable AI (XAI) into all its banking products. Temenos also acquired Kony, the SaaS digital banking leader in the US, which accelerated Temenos Infinity and significantly enhanced Temenos' scale and capabilities in the US. Furthermore, Temenos held its biggest ever Innovation Hackathon to date, using its vast ecosystem of open APIs which are available on Temenos Base Camp.
Temenos showed dedication to helping banks achieve tangible business value from their IT investment. In 2019 Temenos unveiled the results of its Value Benchmark, a strategic, survey-based program providing in-depth analysis of how software capabilities impact a bank's profitability. According to the findings, Temenos' software enables its top-performing clients to achieve cost-income ratios of 26.8%, half the industry average, and returns on equity of 29%, three times the industry average.
Steen Jensen, Managing Director – Europe, Temenos, said:
"We are thrilled to be recognized as this year's 'Technology Provider of the Year'. Temenos' growth shows that we are the technology partner of choice, helping banks accelerate their digital transformation. A key factor in this is our relentless investment in technology – we are proud to be the only banking software company to invest 20% of its revenues in technology, the highest in the industry. This means we retain a laser focus on product development and last year we demonstrated this by enhancing Temenos Infinity, Explainable AI and our cloud and SaaS capabilities. Temenos has experienced incredible growth and success over the years and we are excited to build on this momentum and continue to serve and benefit the banking industry."
The FStech Awards celebrate technology excellence and innovation within the UK and EMEA financial services sector. The winners were announced at the 20th annual awards ceremony on 19 March 2020.
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According to a recent survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), for Temenos, only cyber security will be a bigger primary focus for technology investment than AI in the next few years.
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Q: Iterate over a nearest Neighbours search - Sklearn, python I am trying to use sklearn.neighbors to run a search on a set of names, longitude and latitude coordinates.
                        name        lat        long
        0   Veronica Session  11.463798   14.136215
        1      Lynne Donahoo  44.405370  -82.350737
        2      Debbie Hanley  14.928905  -91.344523
        3     Lisandra Earls  68.951464 -138.976699
        4         Sybil Leef  -1.678356   33.959323

Currently the below code reads the first row. Taken from an answer to my previous question.
nn = NearestNeighbors(metric="haversine")
nn.fit(df[["lat", "long"]])
new_example = pd.DataFrame({"lat": [0], "long": [0]})
nearest = nn.kneighbors(new_example, n_neighbors=3, return_distance=False)
nn_route = pd.DataFrame(df.iloc[nearest[0]])
nn_route_pd = pd.DataFrame(nn_route)

I would like this to run on each set of coordinates, forming an overall "optimum" route. As well as filter out non unique locations (i.e a nearest neighbor already identified from a previous coordinate).
I have adapted this into a while loop however this does not iterate through the code as desired and is still only running the search on one set of coordinates.
How can I improvise my while loop to apply the NN search to each row and filter out non unique locations?
loc= 0
new_example = pd.DataFrame({"lat": [loc], "long": [loc]})

#For loop to cycle through each row and increment by 1
while True:
   if loc < 99:
       for i in df:
           new_example
           nearest = nn.kneighbors(new_example, n_neighbors=2, return_distance=False)
           loc += 1
           nn_route = pd.DataFrame(df.iloc[nearest[0]])
           nn_route_pd = pd.DataFrame(nn_route)
   else:
       break

A: The question is really asking about a greedy solution to the traveling salesman problem with latitudes and longitudes. A complication is that these locations may include near-duplicates, and the solution should try to coalesce these near-duplicates into a single location.
Consider something like this, showing an array of latitudes and longitudes containing one "duplicate" point:
from scipy.spatial.distance import euclidean
import numpy as np
from random import randint
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

locations = np.array(
    [
        [11.463798, 14.136215],
        [11.463797, 14.136214],  # <-- similar to previous
        [44.405370, -82.350737],
        [14.928905, -91.344523],
        [68.951464, -138.976699],
        [-1.678356, 33.959323],
    ]
)

At a high level: we can do the following:

*Initialize using a randomly selected location

*Maintain a frontier of remaining locations

*Greedily choose the next location with minimum distance

*If the distance between the current location and another location is smaller than some predefined threshold, we will mark it as a "duplicate" for removal. (This threshold approach may require tuning, or may require some prior knowledge. For example: if we were designing a delivery system, locations that are within a few hundred meters of one another may be considered within walking distance, while all others should be approached by car).

*Return the total distance and the indexes of the route.

And an implementation using euclidean distance could look something like this:
def find_greedy_route(locations, threshold=0.01):

    indexes = list(range(locations.shape[0]))
    route = [indexes.pop(randint(0, len(indexes) - 1))]
    total_distance = 0.0

    while indexes:
        at = locations[route[-1]]
        distance, nearest = np.inf, -1
        duplicates = []

        for i in indexes:
            if (next_distance := euclidean(at, locations[i])) < distance:

                if next_distance <= threshold:
                    duplicates.append(i)
                    continue

                nearest = i
                distance = next_distance

        indexes.remove(nearest)
        route.append(nearest)
        total_distance += distance
        for d in duplicates:
            indexes.remove(d)

    route.append(route[0])
    total_distance += euclidean(locations[route[-1]], locations[route[0]])

    return total_distance, np.asarray(route)

The route depends on the starting location, so running this multiple times reveals: (1) the total distance depends on the starting location, (2) our thresholding approach means that all routes will contain either 0 or 1, but not both.
total_distance, route = find_greedy_route(locations)

279.87 [3 2 4 1 5 3] # <--- contains 1
221.86 [4 2 3 1 5 4] # <--- contains 1
251.73 [1 5 2 3 4 1] # <--- contains 1
228.58 [5 0 2 3 4 5] # <--- contains 0

Plotting the routes may also lend some insight:
plt.plot(locations[route][:, 0], locations[route][:, 1])
plt.scatter(locations[route][:, 0], locations[route][:, 1])
plt.show()

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The experts were all wrong about the Brexit vote and its after effects. The Weichert Report was the only one right. Now, we at TWR, are beginning to fear the political, cultural, and geostratetic implications of a continued Chinese slowdown in demand. Things might not be pretty, but if you read this piece, you'll know what to look for.


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Revelations hit North American 3DS systems on February 7, 2012, as a survival horror, single-player madhouse with co-op Raid mode. Or, more fittingly to the plot, madboat. The revamped version includes fresh HD graphics, Hunk as a new playable character in Raid mode, a new enemy, a harder difficulty, and brand new weapons and custom parts in Raid mode.
ENB and SweetFX for Resident Evil Revelations / Biohazard Revelations. This is a Place and Play, no adjustments required.


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Even though Shazam! (2019) was announced a while ago and the role of the villain Black Adam was given to Dwayne Johnson, we are still left in the dark on who will play Billy Batson. This poll is for the casting of the adult version of Billy. When young Billy says SHAZAM he is given immense power and is turned into an adult but still acts like his childish self.
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Browse: Home / 2020 / November / 20 / News Release: JLL Selected to Market Five Building 674,000-Square-Foot St. Vincent's Medical Center Campus (Los Angeles)
News Release: JLL Selected to Market Five Building 674,000-Square-Foot St. Vincent's Medical Center Campus (Los Angeles)
The company is overseeing leasing and marketing at property
LOS ANGELES, November 20, 2020 – JLL announced today that it has been hired to assist the owner to lease and reposition the five building, 674,000-square-foot St. Vincent's Medical Center campus in Los Angeles, California. The campus was purchased from Verity Health in April 2020 by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.
The campus includes:
• St. Vincent's Medical Center, a 391,000-square-foot hospital building located at 2131 W. 3rd Street. After shuttering in January, the hospital building was leased by the State of California to serve as the Los Angeles Surge Hospital for patients infected with COVID-19 as well as researching the progression of the disease. The lease to the State of California expired September 30th.
• 2200 W. 3rd Street, a 46,273-square-foot Class A, medical office building.
• 2222 Ocean View Avenue, a 34,449-square-foot medical office and life science building.
• 201 S. Alvarado Street, 110,003-square-foot medical and administrative office building.
• 262 S. Lake Avenue, a 92,927-square-foot residential building.
• More than 1,300 parking spaces throughout, including surface lots, a six-level parking structure and multiple subterranean garages.
JLL's Chris Isola, Bryan Lewitt, Tony Morales and Kellie Hill are overseeing leasing at the campus.
Currently the campus can immediately accommodate office or medical office users ranging from 10,000 to over 600,000 square feet. There are immediate opportunities in the 2200 W. 3rd Street medical building for providers seeking space from 1,000 square feet and up. Other potential uses for the campus include healthcare, media/technology, post-acute care, rehabilitation, oncology, transitional care, behavioral health and social services, housing, life science, biotech, clinical research and higher education.
"The St. Vincent's Medical Center campus is one of Los Angeles' premier properties that will help boost the region's economy and strengthen its position in the medical and life science industries," said Chris Isola, JLL Executive Vice President. "The 7.5-acre campus presents a rare opportunity for a company to position itself as a market leader and attract highly skilled professionals in a competitive workforce environment."
St. Vincent's Medical Center campus is ideally located in Downtown Los Angeles' Westlake district just minutes from the US-101 and SR-110 Freeways, providing convenience access to neighboring communities throughout greater Southern California.
About JLL
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. JLL shapes the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $18.0 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of over 92,000 as of September 30, 2020. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.
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Email: david@ebelingcomm.com
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Authorities investigating Middletown house fire
By: WCPO Staff, John Genovese
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- A Middletown man was forced to escape through a window when his home went up in flames Monday morning, and authorities said they are still trying to determine the cause of the fire.
Residents of the area around Court Donegal in Middletown woke up Monday to the alarming sight.
"It was just flames shooting 50 feet high in the air, it seemed like," said Mike Huff, who lives nearby and witnessed the scene. "I called 911 right away and they told me to run down, stay on the line and make sure the owner was out of the house."
Huff said he ran outside and saw the man who lived in the house, 58-year-old Ross Compton Jr., walking down the driveway. Authorities said the man had escaped from the burning home through a window; he was treated at a hospital and released.
Later that day, the burned home was cordoned off with yellow tape, and police served a search warrant at the property. Fire officials said that their investigation is still in an early stage, but they are actively looking for the cause of the conflagration.
"There's an extensive amount of work that needs to be done to attempt to try and determine the cause," said Deputy Chief Jeff Spaulding of the Middletown Fire Department.
Spaulding estimated that the fire caused around $400,000 in damages to the structure and its contents. The 2,000-square-foot home, which has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, was build in 1977 and valued at $179,000, according to the Butler County Auditor.
No human beings were harmed by the fire, but Compton's cat did not escape, according to investigators.


There comes a time when our cats have reached a certain age whereby s/he begins to move slower and be less active than before. It is at this point, we will find our once energetic, playful cat for so many years becomes a calm, thoughtful and understanding friend that sits by your side or curled around your lap or feet. Hence, it is our responsibility as cat owners to understand this particular life stage and provide special attention & comfort to our cats to live a longer, healthier life in his or her golden years.


Why doesn't the the American Bar Assoc. sanction Mueller and his team for abuse of the legal system. Justice does not include the badgering of citizens for not lying when placed under extreme duress. Isn't testimony illicited by duress considered inadmissable. What the hell is happening to our legal system? It is now a tool to intimidate, harass and badger persons at will. This is pure Bull**ap at all levels.
and WE the People thought this was a Russian connection Investigation...How silly of us! It would seem that Mueller is going after ANYONE who may have hurt Hitlery...WE ALL KNOW THAT THE DNC AND HITLERY paid for that dossier...Why dot go after these people...Trump KNEW in 2016 that he was being investigated, phone taps, etc., yet no one believed him...He knew who was doing it and yet THEY are NOT going to jail or being interrogated. Why is this so one-sided? Enough!


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West Decatur is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of West Decatur was 453.

It lies in the southeast corner of Boggs Township along Blue Ball Road just south of U.S. Route 322 between Wallaceton and Philipsburg. It was also known as Blue Ball, for the nearby blue ball clay deposits, but the local post office received the name West Decatur.

West Decatur lies along the old Philipsburg and Susquehanna Turnpike, which was part of a through route between Philadelphia and Erie, and is thus now called Old Erie Pike. The community was also on the Clearfield Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, opened by the Tyrone and Clearfield Railway in mid-1868 from Philipsburg to Blue Ball, and extended to Clearfield in 1869. Successor Conrail sold it to R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines in 1996, but it has since been abandoned.

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Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania


The Ferrero Group has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. confectionery business from Nestle for US$2.8 billion.
The acquisition will make Ferrero the third largest confectionery company in the U.S. A Business Wire article says Nestle's U.S. confectionery business had sales of about US$900 million in 2016.
Ferrero will pick up more than 20 major American chocolate brands such as Butterfinger, BabyRuth and Wonka, acquires the exclusive right to the Crunchbrand for confectionary and certain categories in the U.S., and also acquires sugar brands such as SweeTarts and Nerds.
Ferrero is already well known in North America for its TicTac breath mints, Ferrero Rocher chocolates and Nutella hazelnut spread.


The shared object for the language handler must be compiled and installed into an appropriate library directory. This works in the same way as building and installing modules with regular user-defined C functions does; see Section 12.5.7.
The special return type of OPAQUE tells the database that this function does not return one of the defined SQL data types and is not directly usable in SQL statements.


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Suicide - Is It Normal to Think About?
Hi, I am 15. I have thought about killing myself though I don't think I would ever do it, however just thinking about it makes me kind of nervous and scared. Is it normal to think these thoughts? I know where its coming from and that is because I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. My parents are on the brink of divorce and other things. I don't feel comfortable talking to my parents and I hate talking to counselors. I do have a friend I could talk to but we are not on good terms right now plus she might tell someone out of concern. I am really confused because some advice pages say its normal and some do not. Please help me. I don't know what to do.


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Ehuasso est une localité de l'est de la Côte d'Ivoire et appartenant au département d'Abengourou, Région du Moyen-Comoé. La localité d'Ehuasso est un chef-lieu de commune.

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I've always wanted a garden sink. I remember wanting one as a child even. Is that weird? I have no idea why I wanted to wash up outside so badly but I've finally got a home of my own and the garden we've built surely justifies a garden sink, right?
Now let me break it down for you. The sink basin is just a small square bucket with a hole cut in the bottom and one of those food-catcher drain thingies dropped in. We had 3 but only needed 2 so I raided the cabinet under the kitchen sink and donated it to the cause. That smaller bucket sits in a larger bucket so the water falls into that.
Now, this sink isn't for washing paint off our hands or any other bad stuff, this sink is for washing dirt from our hands after a day of gardening. It's for rinsing vegetables after harvesting them for dinner. When the washing is done, the bottom (scoop away) bucket can be removed and emptied on a garden bed or into the rain barrel to be used instead of wasted.
The white hose you see coiled there is a special boat hose that is more pliable than a standard hose, shorter and doesn't contain chemicals that would make drinking the water from this particular location unsafe. I grew up drinking from the hose and I'm pretty sure it's ok on occasion but the fact that it's definitely safe means I feel better about washing our food here. I picked up a nozzle for it then drilled a hole in the top of the cabinet to feed the hose through.
One detail you can't see though is that I added a (wobbly) line of caulking around the edge of the hole for the sink. I wanted to be able to remove the top bucket for various reasons so I didn't want to caulk it into place but I did want to minimize the amount of water that would run from the top of the counter area into the cabinet so I just added a thick line of caulking all around and allowed it to dry before putting the bucket into place. I'm sure it won't be perfect but it'll help.
I also added a little rack to the wall above the sink so we can put a nail brush, maybe some baking soda (to scrub our hands with) and perhaps a cup or two for quick drinks.