Today is the national holiday honoring the birth of Martin Luther King Jr, the man who forced America to examine our history of racism for a short while. I was only 12 years old when he was cut down in the prime of his life, but I remember the day of his assassination just as clearly as I remember the day President Kennedy was cut down.
Awhile back, I submitted a column to our local newspaper, now named “InsideNoVa.com,” formerly “The Potomac News.” My column submission was triggered by a report that about 80 percent of Prince William County were “OK” with the way our police department were handling the anti-Hispanic immigration resolution passed by our Board of County Supervisors back in 2007.
I was deeply offended by this information, and submitted my column.
Mildred Jeter Loving passed away yesterday at the age of 68. I didn’t know her or her late husband Richard Loving who passed away in 1975. But Winnie and I are benefactors of their legacy, especially now that we are living in Virginia.
…And A Resolution on My Anti-Immigration Complaint
Yesterday morning I did contact my financial adviser and discussed Sunday morning’s incident with the home nurse. Our agent became noticeably upset over my description of the event, and promised to pass the information to the medical agency. She asked some questions, and apologized several times for what happened. She promised the incident would be taken care of.
…and another Ugly Example of Anti-Immigration Hysteria
Winnie and I are currently in the process of buying some additional life insurance. Not a big deal or at least it shouldn’t be. Part of the process now-a-days to buy life insurance is take a medical exam, and the insurance companies actually make this part easy by sending a nurse-practitioner to the prospective client’s home for administering the forms and lab work.
Yesterday, we had our home visit. As part of the nurse’s visit, she subjected me to some of the ugliest anti-immigration crap I’ve been personally subjected to. As a side bonus, she performed what at best would be the sloppiest blood sample draw, on Winnie, I’ve ever experienced or witnessed. Ever.
Our local Prince William County, Virginia, newspaper “The Potomac News” ran a letter to the editor today that ranks as one of the most hateful screeds against immigration that I have ever read, anywhere. Even though I have already pegged this particular newspaper as a hard-core conservative newspaper, I was still shocked they would print such a letter. I had to respond.


How this former Vedantu cofounder is taking on Instagram and Snapchat to build social media for teens
Uablehad started off as an online life skill development platform for students aged 6-12 in 2020.
- In its current form, Uable is a mix of LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, but only for teens.
- Zee5 and Big FM’s former CEO Tarun Katial is also working on a similar offering that focuses on women.
AdvertisementAfter spending nearly seven years building one of India’s biggest edtech companies, Vedantu, Saurabh Saxena is now on a journey to take on
His latest venture Uable had started off as an online life skill development platform for kids aged 6-12 in 2020. The company had also raised close to $5 million from marquee investors like 3one4 Capital, Inflection Point, Pine Labs’ Amrish Rau and others.
Saxena claims that the other model was working just fine, both parents and students enjoyed their method of skill development in a creative manner. Saxena’s seven-year-old daughter was also a user of the platform. However, Uable decided to pivot its business model to focus on a much larger audience. This switch in model was one of the reasons why Chiratae Ventures had decided to back the company in the first place.
The company decided to move on to become a social media platform for teens as there were no dependencies on convincing parents to buy the product for their kids or on salespeople to sell the product. “That [the previous model] becomes a very non-scalable or very different proposition that I didn’t want to do as a founder or a team member as well,” Saxena told Business Insider.
Previously, Saxena has built two edtech ventures — chain of institutes Lakshya and edtech company
Where does the social network come into play?
Saxena explained that Uable is a mix of LinkedIn, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, but only for teens. The platform allows an open and free space to teens on the internet, without exposing them to harmful content that is currently available online. It also helps students explore academic, career and learning opportunities.
“Teenage is a great age to build a social product for… They spend so much time on the Instagrams of the world, Snapchats of the worlds. What they end up consuming, I mean it’s okay, I won’t say everything is crap. But at the end of the day what I believe is that social platforms need to change and become more and more valuable,” he added.
Saxena said, “The core value proposition for Uable is this is the place where a teenager comes, can explore a diverse set of interests right from gaming design, art and design, love and relationship, career, skills, exams. We have a club on exams also if you want any help, if you want to join any study group also. So you explore your interests, you make new friends… Teenagers are looking to make interest-based friends and expand their network.
There are only two kinds of crowd allowed on the platform. First, the teens themselves. Second, verified businesses that serve this segment or have opportunities for them. It is the second set of users that offers monetisation opportunities for Uable.
The company rewards teens in the form of virtual coins to use each feature on the platform — liking photographs, uploading content, interacting with others and more. These coins can then be used to avail discounts on the sellers and businesses listed on the platform.
The company wants to expand these businesses available on the platform and grow its library of e-books, audiobooks and more such digital assets for platforms.
Ensuring safety for children online
Indian media executive and business professional Tarun Katial — who has previously led Zee5 and Big FM as founder chief executive — is also working on a similar offering called Eve World, but solely focusing on women. He started working on the platform in 2020 after his wife, media veteran Monisha Singh Katial, was trolled on social media platforms.
While there is no such motivation for Saxena, he does believe that there is a need for such a platform where teens can brainstorm and grow their own social circles. The company is also ensuring safety of these teens on the platform by filtering out harmful, abusive and disturbing content on the platform. Teens can report any negative comments on the platform, the content would be taken down and users may be blocked too.
Uable will also bar the use of certain words on the platform — both publicly and in private chats. The company has however ensured that it would not be reading out any of the private chats of these teens, respecting their privacy, but will enable some alerts for certain words to prevent bullying on the platform.
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BY PATRICK JARAMOGI
Bulambuli, Uganda: Before they ventured in massive commercial rice growing, Kingdom Rice trading as FOL Logistics were the largest rice importers in the country, importing over 90,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice from Pakistan.
Now trading as Zeus Agro Limited, the firm that stopped rice importation last year and invested USD8 million (UGX30billion) in a 10,000-acre rice farm in Bulambuli district is now crying foul over government failure to construct an 11 km access road to the rice farm.
For the last 24 months, surveyor and engineers have had it rough surveying and accessing the rice farm located some 10kms along with the Bududa landslide victim resettlement camp at Busangi, Mbunambutye Sub County in Bulambuli district.
Towards the end of 2019, Zeus Agro Limited was due to harvest their first totaling 3,700 metric tonnes of rice.
Management cry foul
Adito Geoffrey, the farm director revealed that on 27th September 2019, before they begun harvesting, they wrote to the Minister for Works seeking help regarding the construction of the access road to plot 170 Bulambuli Zeus Agro Limited Rice Farm. On 14th November 2019, the farm management again wrote to the Works minister under reference (Ref: ZAL/MOWT/09/2019) see letter attached.
“Hon Minister we refer to our letter dated 27/09/2019 where we requested for your assistance in the construction of access road to our 10,000-acre rice farm. We are greatly disappointed that ever since we started requesting for assistance in the construction of this road no Government department has come up to our rescue,” Adito complained in the letter.
He went further: “The road situation has completely gone bad that without tractors the farm is inaccessible. The rain that has frequently been falling has left no road. A few snapshots of the current situation have been documented
here for your knowledge.”
“We expect to harvest the equivalent of 150 containers loads (3,700MT) of
paddy in the coming month of December, Hon. Minister, with the current
state all that we shall harvest if we cannot transport to the mill out of
the farm for processing, will all go to waste.”
Adito explained to the Minister that for the previous 45 days they had not been able to service the farm with diesel fuel to run the generators and irrigation pump neither
were they able to get water delivered for use on the farm.
“Other than the employees of the farm we have 45 soldiers deployed for security who are also suffering with us due to lack of supply of food rations occasioned by no road,” he said in the letter.
To make matters worse, when we visited the farm we observed that the farm was not connected to the electricity grid, which stops some 6kms at the Bududa Landslide victims’ resettlement camp.
Adito explained: “The farm is not on the Government electricity grid supply neither is serviced by National water supplies. We have to depend on this now impassable road to get those supplies. Hon. Minister if you do not come to our rescue as a matter of urgency, this investment that is so far estimated at 8 million US dollars is all headed to collapse.”
“We stopped rice importation to go into backward integration to service the rice mill as agreed in the Memorandum of understanding signed with Statehouse and Uganda Investment Authority (UIA). To our disappointment, we have been left alone with no support to get this working.” According to the farm managers, no response has come from Minister for Works, neither Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA).
Zeus Agro Rice Farm had plans of integrating over 20,000 farmers in the Lango sub-region to act as out-growers of the rice to boost their production target of 200,000 metric tonnes of rice annually. Read (https://shiftmedianews.com/zeus-agro-limited-to-train-20000-farmers-in-modern-rice-growing)
Zeus Agro Limited CEO writes to Finance Minister
Similarly on 27th September 2019, under REF ZAL/MOFPED/09/2019) Mohammed Ahmed Bawazir, the Chief Executive Officer Zeus Agro Limited penned a letter to the Hon, Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaijja (That we have obtained).
“Hon Minister we wish to report to you that our first rice harvest from our farm at Busangi, Mbunambutye Sub County in Bulambuli District, Bugisu sub-region is ongoing and the results are amazing. We are however worried of how we are going to transport the harvest to our processing point with impassable roads that we have.”
Mohammed explained further: “Hon Minister, the 11 KM access road to the 10,000-acre farm that we constructed at the beginning, has now become impassable.”
Mohammed said the two new excavators e machines that they had brought along with low loaders and excavators got stuck and sunk on the road.
“We need to hire a 50-ton crane from Kampala to recover both hired trucks and the excavator. The farm is expected to produce 120,000 metric tonnes of rice per annum, that is needed to meet the country’s shortfall that is being imported,” said Mohammed
“The 120,000 MT can be transported by 6000 trucks each of 20MT. The road capacity, therefore, that is needed for this should handle over 12,000 trucks,” he said in his letter to Matia Kasaija.
He noted that the road doesn’t only the farm, but also the UPDF officer deployed in the areas as well as the farmlands of the Bududa Landslide victims.
Matia Kasaija responds
On November 12th, 2019 the Hon. Minister for Finance, Planning & Economic Development, Matia Kasaijja wrote to the Minister for Works Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala asking that he acts as per the request of the Zeus Agro Rice Farm Limited (See letter attached). “Reference is made to the attached letter Ref: ZAL/MOFPED/09/2019 dated 27th September 2019 from the Chief Executive Officer Zeus Agro Limited requesting for construction of the 11-kilometer access road to their 10,000-acre rice farm. The CEO has indicated that while they had earlier on constructed the above-stated road, it has now become impassable yet they are harvesting their first rice crop.”
Kasaija added: “They are expected to produce 120,000 MT of rice per annum (Also read: https://shiftmedianews.com/special-report-uganda-to-stop-rice-importation-as-kingdom-rice-boosts-production-in-17-sq-mile-farm/) and will, therefore, go a long way in improving the country’s trade balance through import substitution. The construction of the road will not only enable Zeus to transport the harvest from the farm and market it to different communities across the country but will also facilitate the movement of people from neighboring communities and UPDF who use the road as a security road for the resettled Bududa landslide victims.”
Kasaija concluded his letter to Gen. Katumba Wamala with a directive: “The purpose of this letter, therefore, is to request you to prioritize the construction of this road within the budget of Ushs133.74 billion allocated to the project 0307 Rehabilitation of District Roads under your Vote for the FY2019/20.”
The Farm Manager told this reporter at the farm that five months down the road nothing is forthcoming. “Our investment is ruined, it’s gone, look at the stuck trucks, Works, UNRA, Office of the Prime Minister have all abandoned us. We can’t do anything right now given the start of the new rain season,” said Faizal
Gen. Katumba Wamala Reacts
All our efforts to get UNRA Boss Allen Kagina were futile, when we contacted Mark Ssali, the Communications Director at UNRA, he said: “Let me find out from my colleagues.” The Mbale UNRA officials, when contacted, said they don’t have money.
But the Minister for Works, Gen. Katumba Wamala in a communication dated 17th January 2020 (that we obtained) addressed to the Director Zeus Agro Limited titled: URGENT REQUEST FOR SECURITY DEPLOYMENT AT OUR RUCE FARM ON PLOT 170 BULAMBULI said: “Reference is made to your letter ZAL/MOW01/2020 dated January 12th, 2020 on the above subject matter.”
“This is, therefore, to respond as here below: The request for security should be directed to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) or the Inspector General of Police.”
“The Intervention by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) was because of the cry by the company but the road is a farm road and not on the UNRA Network, However, UNRA will finish what it started.”
The letter from Gen, Wamala was copied to the Minister of State for Works, State Minister for Transport, The Permanent Secretary, Works and Transport, the Chief of Defence Forces as well as Allen Kagina the Executive Director UNRA.


Adrian Peterson To Reportedly Visit New Orleans Saints Next Week
But like...what if AP becomes a Saint?
Former Saints fullback Heath Evans, who now reports for NFL Network, has cited an informed source stating that Adrian Peterson is set to visit the Saints next week.
This would be Peterson's third visit with an NFL team, as he previously visited Seattle, who signed Eddie Lacy, and New England, who didn't offer him a contract. It is reported that he hasn't set a price-tag, and is hoping to find the perfect fit.
Peterson just made 32 in March, and missed most of last season with a torn meniscus.
Would the Saints benefit from a veteran power runner, when they still have Mark Ingram who is coming off of his best season yet, and has more than one dimension in Drew Brees' pass-heavy offense?


Mumbai: Stock markets opened with a buoyant note on Monday as the new financial year began ahead of the general elections.
At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was up 315 points at 38,988 while the NSE Nifty 50 gained 75 points at 11,699.
The gains were broad-based with most sectoral indices in the green. At the National Stock Exchange, the banking index was up nearly half percent.
Hindalco traded high by 5.6 percent, Tata Motors 4.3 percent, Vedanta 4.2 percent and GAIL 2.6 percent.
However, Indian Oil was down 3.6 percent, ONGC 2.2 percent, Indiabulls Housing Finance 2.1 percent and Coal India 1.8 percent.
Meanwhile, other Asian stocks too rallied with market sentiment supported by positive Chinese factory data and signs of progress in US-China trade talks. The Caixin/Markit purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed the manufacturing sector returning to growth.
The United States and China said they made progress in trade talks that concluded on Friday in Beijing.


Emmy-nominated director/writer/producer Ron Oliver started his career with the cult hit Prom Night II–called “the Blue Velvet of high school horror movies” by the Los Angeles Times–and since then has directed and/or written award-winning theatrical feature films and television ratings hits for Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Fox, and The Walt Disney Co.
Canadian-born Oliver’s work has been twice nominated for the prestigious Director’s Guild of America Award. He has traveled around the world to film in London, Paris, Berlin, Johannesburg and all the way back home to Hollywood, California. He is also a published author of award-winning short fiction as well as penning an acclaimed series of comic essays on filmmaking in the well-regarded “MovieScope” magazine.
He is currently in production on Amazon Studios’ reboot of the classic Sid and Marty Krofft Pictures “SIGMUND AND THE SEA MONSTERS”.


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The US White House on Tuesday (local time) has expressed serious concern over the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, calling for de-escalation of tensions between both countries by establishing a two-state solution.
After the US announced travel restrictions on India which are set to start on May 4, the Biden administration has further announced that certain categories of students, academics, and journalists are exempted from the new set of travel restrictions.
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The White House on Friday (local time) assured that the United States would be working closely with Indian officials on identifying ways for Washington to provide assistance as India reports its highest daily COVID-19 cases on Friday.
President Joe Biden will host President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in in the second half of May to discuss the relationship between two countries and looks forward to his meeting with Japan's prime minister, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a briefing on Thursday.
US Senator from Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn on Sunday said China is aggressively testing President Joe Biden's administration, calling it part of a 'new axis of evil'.
The United States is engaged with Russia, Ukraine, as well as its European allies diplomatically on the current situation in eastern Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, said in a press briefing on Friday (local time).


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ALL AROUND RIFLE AND SIDE ARMS
It has often been said that the all-round rifle has not yet come out. When you hear a statement like this it is nothing but propaganda favoring the different firearms. It has been out ever since the birth of the 32-20.
In this caliber we have at least two makes and the lever and pump action to choose from. My preference is the Winchester 32-20 carbine. It is good on small game such as squirrels and groundhogs yet its bullet has enough velocity and weight to give ft sufficient killing power for deer and black bear, if vitally hit. Even the high-powered rifles will not kill if their bullets miss the vital spot.
The 32-20 will penetrate a good-sized telegraph pole, and this to my notion is powerful enough for most big game at the average killing range. In my judgment the best side arm is the 38 Colt automatic military model pistol, with six-inch barrel. They are very accurate. I have killed squirrels and other small game with mine. It has good penetration, and it will also shoot through a good-sized telegraph pole. They are accurate and powerful enough to hit and kill a bear or deer at fifty yards.
In closing will say that I think these a perfect combination of all-round guns.
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When John and Barbara Tokarz were preparing to retire, John was ready to pursue the off-the-shelf Midwestern dream: Arizona and endless sunshine.
"Then my wife woke me up," he explained. "She said, `What about our grandkids, what about our kids?' "
So four months ago, they moved to one of the new retirement meccas anyway: Huntley, home of the Del Webb Corp.'s first Frost Belt community, in a part of northwest suburban Chicago where cows still moo.
"Now I'm getting the things I missed with my own kids, when I was working and didn't have time," Tokarz said. He has taken his six grandchildren whitewater rafting and camping. Yet the Tokarzes appreciate the social opportunities of being around people their age. "In the old community, people were moving in and out, and you didn't know the younger ones. Here everybody's in the same boat."
And that boat is looking more and more like a ship. Though it's too early to predict exactly where the growing crowd of retirees will be heading as the Baby Boomers begin calling it a career in 2001 at the early-retirement age of 55, some retirement observers are speculating that change is on the way as to where people retire.
"The whole business of retiring to Arizona and Florida, I think, has run its course in the last 20 to 25 years," said Joyce Cohen, a board member of the International Society for Retirement Planning and a life-planning specialist with Unconventional Wisdom of Huntington, Conn. The rage is to stay put (with a home in the area) but travel more or retire to smaller communities or college towns."
But the notion of most Yankee retirees heading south to live is a myth anyway, according to a guru on census figures and retirement. Charles F. Longino Jr., a sociology professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., and author of "Retirement Migration in America" (Vacation Publications, $39.95), said the vast majority of retirees, about 75 percent, don't move an inch at retirement, according to the 1990 census, which was in line with previous censuses. (This excludes the "snowbirds," of course, who may spend a couple of months in warmth during the winter.)
Of all age groups, people aged 65 and older are the least likely to move, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Only 4.5 percent of them change locations annually versus 31.8 percent of people aged 20-29, the group most likely to move.
Of the retirees who do move, about 10 percent stay within their county, another 10 percent move outside the county but stay within their state, and only about 5 percent cross state lines, according to Longino's analysis of census figures.
Among the retirees heading out of Illinois, about 25 percent go to Florida, according to Longino's figures, but surprisingly, slightly more choose Wisconsin over Arizona, 8 percent versus 7.9 percent respectively.
Wisconsin performs the same function for Chicago as Cape Cod does for New York, Longino said, and the percentage of retirees moving into neighboring Midwestern states overall is equal to the number moving to Florida.
Longino expects the 2000 census to reflect the same retirement migration trends of previous decades, but this census basically will be the final chapter for the World War II generation.
"Veterans were more inclined to go to the old popular destinations of Florida and Arizona," Longino explained. He speculated that this might have been because of wartime travels. "But the (World War II) veteran population is dying out," he added. "We could have a falling off of that trend."
Nevertheless, because the Baby Boom generation will so swell the retirement population, doubling it to about 70 million by 2030, even a trickle percentage-wise will still look like a torrent at the Florida and Arizona borders. Only after the Baby Boom tapers off, Longino said, will the popular retirement destinations feel a pinch.
Dennis Donnellan of Grayslake, still spry at 80, reflects the GI trend. He fell in love with the Southwest while patrolling the Mexican border on horseback for the Army at the outbreak of World War II. When he retired, he and wife Justine headed back, buying a home in the original Sun City near Phoenix in 1978.
"If you couldn't find something to entertain you there," he said, "you were in a casket." But his wife's health problems brought them back to the Chicago area in 1994. "She got arthritis and wanted to be near the children and the grandchildren," he said. "Although she'd be better off down there, she didn't want to be away from the family when she wasn't feeling well."
Donnellan acknowledged that there are pluses to being back: "When that grandchild holds your finger, there is no other feeling that can match it."
Being savvy about how retirees think and feel is essential to the Del Webb Corp. The granddaddy of Sun Belt retirement-community developers quickly figured out the math in retirement migration, and opened its Huntley community in spring 1998.


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From the website newsrama, we have a summary of the innovations that we see planned in the USA in the month of February from Marvel.
Let's start from the exchange of creative teams: it will be the designer Valerio Schiti take over at Jim Cheung on Marvel Two-In-One #3, while America #12 will be illustrated by Stacey Lee.
Amazing Spider-Man #795 will be taken care of by Mike Hawtrone and superstar Stuart Immonen will draw the following #796.
Paulo Siquiera will draw Atonishing X-Men #8. Finally, the penciler Nico Henricon salt to the edge of Doctor Strange #387.
Let's analyze now the main news on the most important titles.
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The doctor Stephen Strange will have the opportunity to have his revenge against Loki, the new sorcerer supreme. Will the doc get his powers? The answer to Doctor Strange #385/386
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It will be the month of good for the return of Tony Stark? Iron Man #597 will provide us with the answer: “IronHeart will be born again, Dr. Fate will fall, and Tony Stark ermergerà from the shadows!”
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Lawrence High School junior Jordan Ott recalls feeling many things in the wake of his brother Isaiah’s suicide in 2013.
Jordan, now 17, recalls he was a little bit young to realize exactly what was happening, but it’s a sense of loss that sticks with him every day.
This also drives him to bring awareness to make more people aware of potential triggers to suicide and possibly help those at risk of suicide.
He is organizing the “We Got Your Back – Suicide Awareness Walk” from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 23, at the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Teen Center, 2910 Haskell Ave. in Lawrence. There will be counselors available and private areas for those who want to talk. He’s been working with staff members at the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence to bring awareness to the event.
Prioritizing prevention in behavioral health is a key strategy in the current Douglas County Community Health Plan. The county's age-adjusted mortality rate is 16.3 per 100,000 population, which is higher than the Healthy People 2020 goal of 10.2 suicide deaths per 100,000 population.
With Jordan’s work, he hopes to help the community work to reduce suicide rates. For one, he has noticed it’s typically only talked about when it happens, and by then it’s too late to help that person and his or her family.
He works to humanize and tell stories as often as possible about his brother, Isaiah. They grew up playing sports together. They had a brotherly rivalry often. Things could be frustrating for Jordan as the younger brother. Basketball has been a huge part of the boys’ lives, as their father, Elwood Ott, coaches basketball at Haskell Indian Nations University.
“Isaiah was just so driven to succeed in sports. I found things in his room that showed how dedicated he was to his workout regimen, and things like that,” Jordan said.
He also recalls one of the final times he heard his brother’s voice on the phone when he called him from Oklahoma. Jordan was stressed about his own things, and Isaiah — instead of needling him — told him how proud he was of him.
“He said, ‘I love you,’ and I’ll never forget that,” Jordan said.
Maybe it’s something he took for granted, but he hangs onto that moment now. And it keeps him going as he seeks to help bring awareness to suicide prevention. He talks about how he’s learned to help support friends and family who might be showing signs.
“I would do whatever I could take your mind of it, even if it’s just for a little bit. I’d get you some Skittles, if that was your favorite candy,” Jordan said. “Then I’d make sure to keep checking in with you. Make sure you got the right help and that I was not being judgmental about it.”
- Jordan sat down for a conversation recently with his longtime friend, Analise Reeder, and her mother Christina Gentry, the Health Department’s community liaison.


Another difficult choice with at least five comments in the race.
This isn’t a single comment, it’s a conversation of sorts between a pair of numpties and an interloper who’s trying to talk sense. This was found on Damian Thompson’s blog, which usually tends to attract a fair number of weirdos and cranks.
It’s the one whose username is a series of asterisks who writes…
and an awful lot of money could be returned to the UK treasury by selling the BBC to the Arabs, since it is already their principal propaganda outlet in the UK.
…that gets me.
“*****” presumes the BBC is part of some New World Order Eurabian conspiracy to force Sharia law onto us. The BBC isn’t “pro-Arab” at all – unless you’re watching a Bizarro World version of the Beeb.
“Fred Scuttle” makes a sensible point but then “binliedto” comes along and wishes he would “set [himself] on fire” Charming. Are the moderators actually doing their job?


One year on: How iPhone has influenced SKorea
It may just be a phone to some but the one-year anniversary of the Apple iPhone’s introduction to the South Korea market has prompted a number of the country’s media to reflect on how the device has changed society for the better.
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of Apple’s iPhone debut in Korea. Prolonged regulatory bickering had been long delayed its release, coming more than a year after its release in the U.S. and other countries.
But late as it was, the iPhone’s impact was bigger than most market observers ever expected. The iPhone has influenced how people live, work, as well as socialize and entertain, as it did to Chang [a citizen whose usage of the iPhone is profile at the beginning of the article].
In fact, Chang’s profile offers a snapshot of the iPhone’s user demographics, according to KT, Korea’s No. 2 mobile service provider and the iPhone’s exclusive seller. Seventy-seven percent of iPhone users are in their 20s and 30s, while 16 percent are in their 40s and 4 percent are teenagers, KT says. Sixty-one percent of iPhone users are men, and 69 percent live in a metropolitan area.
KT says high data usage is one of the most notable changes brought about by the iPhone to the telecommunications industry. An average smartphone owner uses 507 megabytes of data per month – 40 times the data used by owners of nonsmartphones.
The article also credits the iPhone with igniting the country’s smartphone industry:
But the iPhone boom is not just a story of a single well-selling handset. The iPhone triggered the releases of many other smartphones in the market.
“Changes in the market and society can either occur from within or outside,” said Kang Jeong-su, a researcher at Yonsei University’s communications lab. “The iPhone is a humongous shock that came externally.”
The iPhone is also credited with helping grow the country’s app industry, helping business learn how to monetise mobile and increase mobile banking usage.
The Korea Herald is similarly full of praise for the effects the iPhone has had on the country’s smartphone industry, including social networking:
Smartphones have also made it easy for people to engage in online social networking ― such as on Twitter, Facebook and Cyworld ― mainly using mobile applications. The number of Korean-language mobile apps at Apple’s App Store also saw a huge jump ― up to 316 percent in the past year ― to 7,475 this month, from 2,367 in December last year.
While operator KT is perhaps the most obvious beneficiary as the country’s iPhone carrier:
The introduction of the iPhone has also improved the reputation of its exclusive carrier KT by transforming its company image from a slowly-changing public corporation to an innovative firm unafraid of the “mobile big bang” in Korea.
“KT has been in the lead of the so-called ‘smart innovation’ through establishment of its networks and the introduction of the iPhone,” said Pyo Hyun-myung, president of the company’s mobile business group. “We’re further planning to go beyond telecommunications and take the frontrunner position in open eco-innovation and cloud computing for a new revolutionary era of information and communication technology.”
To give some background the below infographic from KT shows ownership numbers illustrating just how prolific the popularity of the iPhone has been since its launch late last year. Particularly strong growth has occurred in the latter stages of 2010.
More than just a phone, perhaps, but there is no doubt that the iPhone launch in South Korea came at just the right time and in conjunction with the (initially) small growth in interest in western social media, which continue to see greater attention in the country although none have yet to challenge the ruling domestic social networks. Perhaps the continued growth of the iPhone, and the likely introduction of the iPad, will help the likes of Twitter and Facebook grow their userbase in the country?
While KT will be keen to remain the device’s sole vendor in the country, it seems likely that might change given iPhone has expanded from exclusive agreements in many other Asia markets.
Finally, on the topic of iPhone and its potential impact, there is some closely related (and excellent) futuregazing over at Motley Fool who asks ‘Is China the iPhone’s Next Growth Engine?‘:
With some analysts going so far as predicting that China has a market for 100 million high-end smartphone buyers (a target that’s probably a bit too high right now), there’s no denying the vast potential in the country. U.S. smartphone penetration rates are still around 30%, and growth rates will begin slowing in the next few years, as a saturation point hits and those still without smartphones are unwilling to pay the extra monthly data fees that are required with advanced phones.
That leaves areas such as China, India, and Latin America as key growth engines to replace a developing-country slowdown.
A million contract users [which iPhone currently has in China, with arguably inferior operator Unicom] pales in comparison with other countries, but it also illustrates the potential that can be unlocked if or when the iPhone bolts to China Mobile.
That said Gang Lu over at Mobinode has a post revealing that China Mobile is advertising the iPhone despite the fact it is not an official partner – read more here.
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One in five students show signs of mental problems, yet their symptoms are often ignored or misunderstood. Left unacknowledged, these symptoms can develop into debilitating disorders that plague our education system. WAMU 88.5 education reporter Kavitha Cardoza recently partnered with NPR to report on the Washington region’s experience with mental health issues in school. We discuss her findings with her and several mental health experts.
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The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong welcomes the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who had been jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar.
Over the 16 months the pair spent behind bars, the FCC Hong Kong and other press organisations had repeatedly called for the charges to be dropped and for the two men to return home to their families. They were only doing their jobs, and had not committed any crimes.
The FCC Hong Kong congratulates them on their long overdue freedom and reunion with their families.
Reporters in Myanmar continue to face prosecution for public-interest reporting as well as pressure to self-censor, even under the elected civilian-led government of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate who had been the country’s most famous political prisoner for many years.
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October 9, 2018
Ideas matter. In fact, we are largely at the mercy of our ideas. Emotions are important as well, but while they are wonderful servants, they are terrible masters! The greatest issue of our day involves the credibility and implications of a specific idea. This idea is so pervasive, it is in the very air we breathe even though most have not heard of the idea, or at least its name. That idea is scientism. Because I doubt that many would have this on their top ten list of today’s crucial ideas, let me take a step back and justify its selection.
It is on the basis of knowledge—not faith, mere true beliefs, or deeply felt convictions—that people are given the authority to speak and act in public along with the courage and boldness to do so. For example, dentists have the cultural authority to deliver public lectures and act in certain ways—e.g., fill molars!—and the courage to do both because we take them, quite rightly in this case, to possess the relevant body of knowledge. If my dentist told me that he actually did not know anything about molars, but he did have very deep feelings and faith commitments about them, he would not get within 100 miles of my mouth!
Thus, cultural authority to define a relevant range of reality, truth, and what it is rational to believe is deeded by people in that culture to those who have (or, at least, are taken to have) the relevant body of knowledge. The most important idea in a society is its understanding of who does and does not have knowledge, who gets to define reality, truth and rationality and who doesn’t.
Here is where scientism comes in. It is the idea that the only way—or the vastly, vastly superior way—to gain knowledge of reality and truth resides in and only in the hard sciences. As one advocate of scientism told me, if something like religious, ethical, or related claims cannot be quantified and proven in the laboratory, then the claims are nothing but hot air, mere expressions of feeling that cannot carry any authority.
Scientism has led to cultural chaos in many ways. I shall mention three. First, a Barna study discovered that there were six reasons why Millennials are leaving the church and Christianity. All of them involved doubts and various intellectual issues of which one was key: the claim that the church was not adjusting to the discoveries of modern science. Scientism implies that Christian claims are mere expressions of feeling with no authority to command belief.
Second, scientism has marginalized the church. Given our numbers, our impact on culture should be orders of magnitude greater than it is. Why is this? Because we lack boldness and courage and society believes our religious ideas are irrelevant and not authoritative since they cannot be known. Ever witnessed to someone and he/she responds with “You can’t prove that scientifically.” The person may not know it, but he/she is assuming scientism. If you can prove the Bible is true scientifically, then I have to believe it. But if you can’t, I can reject it since there is no other way outside the hard sciences to know things. Scientism makes one reason stupidly.
Finally, scientism has led to Postmodern Relativism according to which all reality (e.g., gender) is a social construction, and reality, truth, and values are relative to a group with the same feelings. If a science teacher said there was hydrochloric acid in a beaker, no one would accuse him/her of legislating chemistry because we take such claims to be items of knowledge. But one is, in fact, accused of legislating religion or morality if one claims one’s views are true since according to scientism, such claims are unknowable expressions of emotion.
The issue of scientism is one of the most important topics contemporary Christians must understand. In my book Scientism and Secularism, I provide a clear understanding of scientism, explain in detail why it is so dangerous, offer a hard-hitting critique, and finish with advice for how Christians should relate their truth claims to those of science. It may be the most important book I’ve ever written.
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The historic Sumner Cemetery at 12324 Valley Avenue East was vandalized the evening of Jan. 30 and the early morning of Jan. 31.
Sumner Police Department has determined more than 80 headstones were vandalized.
Some antique granite stones were tipped over, while others were carried to other areas of the cemetery.
Sumner police have begun an investigation while City Shops and Parks crews help cemetery staff restore the headstones.
Those with any information are encouraged to call police.
The Sumner detectives’ tip line is 253-299-5678.
The cemetery experienced similar vandalism in 2005.
Two suspects were caught and were sentenced to community service.


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Gail believes that Weber Shandwick’s highest purpose is “solving” – addressing the toughest problems and issues of clients across the globe in a way that delivers measurable, positive impact. She oversaw the development of the firm’s evolved service delivery model, designed to drive the kind of deep integration it takes to solve for clients, whether it be locally, regionally or globally. She is dedicated to continuing to build an organization differentiated by the depth of its specialist expertise, its commitment and willingness to innovate and its culture of collaboration.
Gail has spent the better part of her career at the epi-center of solving through idea-creation. She brings a relentless pursuit of ideas that touch, move, build, transform and deliver results. In recent years, Gail has accelerated innovation and activation across the firm’s global practice areas, with a particular focus on its digital services and analytics operations. Gail has helped to build brands and burnish reputations for organizations across the industry spectrum – from the technology and finance sectors to food & beverage and healthcare.
Gail was a catalyst in Weber Shandwick being named as the only PR agency to the prestigious Ad Age Agency A-List in 2014, 2015 and 2020, and featured as an A-List “Standout” Agency in 2017 and 2018. Ad Age also named Weber Shandwick to its Best Places to Work list in 2019. Weber Shandwick was also honored as PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year four years in a row (2015 to 2018) and PRovoke‘s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Under Gail’s leadership, Weber Shandwick has won nearly 100 Cannes Lions in partnership with leading brands around the world. Gail has served on three juries at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity: President of the Public Relations jury in 2012; a member of the inaugural jury for the Glass Lions, which celebrate work that breaks through gender bias and stereotypes, in 2014; and a member of the Cannes Lions Titanium jury in 2018.
In 2020, Gail was named the PR Agency Head winner in Campaign’ inaugural U.S. Agency of the Year awards. In 2019, she was honored twice by PRWeek as US Agency Professional of the Year and Global Agency Professional of the Year. In 2016, she was inducted into PRWeek’s inaugural Hall of Femme, recognizing female trailblazers in communications. And in 2015, Gail was named to PRovoke’s North America Innovator 25 list, which celebrates individuals who accelerate innovation and push boundaries within the public relations industry. Earlier in her career, Gail was named an Ad Age Woman to Watch.
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Evidence for life on other planets may already be sitting on a hard drive on Earth, but we may not realise that’s what it is, a science philosopher claims.
The question of whether we are ‘alone in the universe’ is one that has been pondered by scientists, writers and philosophers for generations.
There have been dozens of missions launched to search for life beyond the Earth and authors have written countless books on the subject.
Scientific philosophy professor, Dr Peter Vickers, from Durham University, says scientists need to have an open mind when considering life elsewhere.
In an article for The Conversation, he says conventional thinking or any bias towards life as we know it could be causing us to miss out on a major discovery.
‘Plenty of breakthroughs happen by accident, from the discovery of penicillin to the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation left over from the Big Bang’, the philosophy professor said in the article.
‘These often reflect a degree of luck on behalf of the researchers involved. When it comes to alien life, is it enough to assume ‘we’ll know it when we see it’?
One of the techniques scientists can use in trying to identify alien life is to look for biosignatures – that is any substance that provides scientific evidence of past life.
It could be an element, isotope or molecule that would need life in order to be present in any given environment.
‘Recent years have seen changes to our theories about what counts as a biosignature and which planets might be habitable, and further turnarounds are inevitable’, said Dr Vickers.
‘But the best we can really do is interpret the data we have with our current best theory, not with some future idea we haven’t had yet.’
A recent study found that it is common for distant exoplanets orbiting faraway stars to have water in their atmosphere.
Scientists from the University of Cambridge scoured the composition of 19 worlds for five years and found that water is often spotted but in low amounts.
A total of 14 of these worlds had water vapour floating in its atmosphere, and key chemicals sodium and potassium were each present on six.
It is vital researchers approach any future search for life with an open mind and be prepared to discover ‘the unexpected’, he wrote.
‘Studying the universe largely unshackled from theory is not only a legitimate scientific endeavour – it’s a crucial one.’
There are a lot of world’s in the universe, so the chance of alien species evolving, event at a microbial level, is very high, say astronomers.
One of the most famous Hubble Space Telescope images is of nearly 10,000 galaxies in a small region of the night sky called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
In each of the galaxies there are an average of about 100 million stars and each star is likely to have at least one planet, according to exoplanet researchers.
Space agencies are launching ever more sensitive instruments in search of exoplanets and alien life within those distant galaxies and within our own Milky Way.
Some are even hunting much closer to home.
There are four missions launching for Mars this year and three of them have the hunt for life on the Red Planet as a primary objective.
Missions are also being planned to search the moons of the gas giants and telescopes are hunting for planets in the habitable zone of other stars.
One example is NASA’s planned $7 billion HabEx telescope that will launch in the 2030s on a 10-year search for a ‘second Earth’ within the Milky Way galaxy.
The European Space Agency has launched its Cheops satellite that will hunt for habitable planets and NASAs TESS has been finding exoplanets since 2018.
With the discovery of more than 3,500 exoplanets, and another one found every day, the search for life has started to shift away from the solar system.
There are dozens of ‘potentially habitable planets’ orbiting alien stars – when looking for those in a similar position to Earth and with an Earth like make up.
Dr Vickers says scientists need to consider a wider approach to the search.
‘In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists must be thoroughly open-minded’, he said in the article.
‘This means a certain amount of encouragement for non-mainstream ideas and techniques.’
He said each and every new exoplanet discovered by scientists is rich in physical and chemical complexity.
‘It is all too easy to imagine a case where scientists do not double check a target that is flagged as ‘lacking significance’.
‘However, its great significance would be recognised on closer analysis or with a non-standard theoretical approach.’
He says we need to be prepared to search in unexpected places and take a less rigid approach when hunting for life elsewhere in the universe.
‘One thing I have learnt, having spent over 20 years in this field of exoplanets, is to expect the unexpected’, said Scott Gaudi of Nasa’s Advisory Council.
‘The only way to know for certain if they have life is to go out there and look.’


UNC board chair resigns following presidential search
The much-criticized chairman of the University of North Carolina's governing board is quitting now that the search for a new top administrator of the state's public universities is done.
UNC officials said Monday that Charlotte attorney John Fennebresque resigned his seat on the Board of Governors, which oversees the 17-campus University of North Carolina.
Fennebresque in January engineered the early removal of university system President Tom Ross. Fennebresque praised Ross and explained the move by saying only that he and the board decided it was time for a change.
Former U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings was announced on Friday as the next UNC president. That process was panned by fellow board members as too secretive.
Asheville attorney Louis Bissette Jr. steps in until the UNC board elects a new leader.


Rookies and veterans report Tuesday for the Carolina Panthers hoping some key roster changes could lead to a more successful third year for head coach Matt Rhule.
Rhule, who has won five games each in his first two seasons, could be feeling some heat, as evidenced by his decision to pursue another option at quarterback, newly traded for Baker Mayfield. Fortunately, Mayfield offers benefits to a company desperate for improvement.
Training camp location: Spartanburg, SC
Rookie Report Date: July 26th
Veteran’s Report Date: July 26
Key Acquisitions: QB Baker Mayfield, S Xavier Woods, RB D’Onta Foreman, OL Austin Corbett, OL Bradley Bozeman
Main losses: QB Cam Newton, CB Stephon Gilmore, DT DaQuan Jones, LB Hason Reddick
In almost every way, Mayfield has outperformed former starter Sam Darnold in the NFL so far, so asking him to step up offense seems like a safe bet.
A bigger question for the Panthers might be how much help they can provide to Mayfield.
DJ Moore was a consistent performer on the outside, but he’s had to make it on his own too often as Christian McCaffrey struggled with a multitude of injuries.
D’Onta Foreman can be expected to help, and the offensive line has been strengthened in the draft and freehand (no small feat). McCaffrey’s health and durability is still a priority.
Defending with Impact players like Brian Burns, Shaq Thompson and Derrick Brown is probably good enough to give the team a chance. Now it’s the turn of the offensive to improve.
Browns at Panthers, 1 p.m. ET
Line: Browns -1 (FanDuell)
It’s perfect that Mayfield’s first game with the Panthers will be against his former team, the Cleveland Browns. Do you think Mayfield, who’s been a fiery guy in the past, might be a little jacked for this? Historically, the Panthers have a 4-2 advantage in the series, although the Browns last won 26-20 in December 2018.
Most over/under bets currently hover around seven wins and pay +105 to +230 or so. If you think Mayfield can turn the tide of the Panthers in a pivotal year for Rhule, why not jump on the wild card prop bet team instead? Last year’s wild card only required nine wins, and if the Panthers win nine and can sneak into the wild card, it will pay +750 (MGM) in return.


April 18, 2016
By Maisie Loh
PARIS, Miami, SINGAPORE – ATEME recently announced that FRANSAT, the satellite TV bouquet of Eutelsat in France, broadcast the Vienna Opera ballet “Le Corsaire” live in Ultra High Definition (UHD) on April 2, in partnership with Arte channel.
The show was available in France, as well as the rest of Europe, Mediterranean region and Middle East through the satellite HOT BIRD. In parallel, the satellite signal was transcoded by IRT using TITAN to power a fine-tuned UHD DASH OTT real-time delivery on Arte’s HbbTV portal for smart TVs. DASH packetization was supported by an Anevia NEA LIVE Advanced Origin server that directly fed the Akamai content delivery network (CDN) worldwide.


Fire crews in East Moline are trying to figure out what caused an early morning barn fire at a local farm. Local 4 was the first on the scene as crews were still putting out flames. It happened at Bohnert Jerseys on 112th Street North just after 1am. Owners of the farm tell local 4 that they woke to the sound of an explosion. What they saw next were flames engulfing parts of one of their barns. The barn had livestock inside at the time of the fire. So far, they believe they were able to save all the animals.


Kewa Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Abuse Charge
ALBUQUERQUE – This afternoon Aaron M. Coriz, 22, a member of Kewa Pueblo who resides in Taos, N.M., pled guilty to an indictment charging him with intentional child abuse under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
During today’s plea hearing, Coriz admitted abusing an Indian child under the age of 12 years on April 21, 2010. In his plea agreement, Coriz admitted punishing the child victim by striking the child on the buttocks, back, hips, legs, with his hands, resulting in redness, raised skin, and bruising on those areas of the child’s body. Coriz committed this offense on Kewa Pueblo land.
Under the terms of his plea agreement, Coriz faces up to six months of imprisonment to be followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the Court. Following his arrest on Nov. 27, 2012, Coriz was released to a half-way house under conditions of release. He remains on conditions of release pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services, Southern Pueblos Agency, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Niki Tapia-Brito.


Rio de Janeiro authorities plan to build fast bus lanes and press centres in the Vila Autodromo favela for the Olympics, rights groups say, moving thousands of poor Brazilians from their homes.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For 20 years, Inalva Brito has lived under threat of eviction from her house in the poor community of Vila Autódromo. The Rio government has given several reasons why demolition of housing here is necessary, but a stronger motive lies behind the latest pressures -- multi-million dollar projects for the 2016 Olympic Games.
This 66-year-old teacher is one of the 170,000 Brazilians who are at risk of losing, or who have already lost, their homes in forced evictions linked to preparations for the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, according to human rights organization Witness.
The one-year countdown to the World Cup kickoff began on Wednesday for Brazil, but the country is far behind schedule on many projects to host the prestigious games.
In Rio alone the government has resettled 19,220 families since 2009, according to government officials. But the Popular Committee for the World Cup and Olympics, a watchdog group monitoring preparations for both events, says about 40,000 people are going through eviction in Rio, maybe more.
“One year away from the start of the World Cup, we hoped that these great sports events would be beneficial for the population, based on the right for citizens to participate in the discussions regarding their city”, says Renato Cosentino, a member of the Rio Popular Committee and researcher at the Brazilian human rights watchdog Global Justice.
“But we are seeing a series of human rights violations, especially when it comes to the right to housing,” he said. Groups plan protests on Saturday in Rio and Brasilia over displacements.
Inalva said that since the government first sent bulldozers into Vila Autódromo and residents filed their first civil action against their removal in 1993, there has been no dialogue or public consultation.
“The municipal government has always acted in an authoritarian way,” she said.
Renato agrees. “Many of the evicted communities don’t even know the reason for it, nor have they seen a project. There is a lack of information,” he said.
Rio’s Housing Office told Thomson Reuters Foundation that evictions in Vila Autodromo are part of a citywide drive to “provide comfortable and safe urban mobility to its citizens.” Six hundred families who currently “live under precarious conditions in the favela will have to be resettled,” the office said by email in response to a query.
The city plans to construct a major bus terminal and two new high-capacity fast lanes for the buses on the Vila Autodromo land to connect to Rio’s international airport in time for the Games. The remaining land will be used during the Games for the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) and the Main Press Center (MPC) in the Olympics Park. “After the Games, it will become a public area”, the housing office said.
Inalva doesn’t fully trust the official statements. She suspects business interests are also behind the eviction threats. “There is a project to build condos in our land after the Games. The evictions will have a lot to do with real estate business interests, which will be higher than it currently is here because of the Olympics”.
According to Renato, 75 percent of the Olympics Park area will be made available to the private sector for hotels and apartment buildings.
The Rio government told Thomson Reuters Foundation that it offered Vila Autódromo residents the option to move to a housing project under construction in partnership with the federal programme, one kilometre from their community. The My House, My Life project is due for completion by 2014. Alternatively, they were offered subsidized rent of $187 per month, while waiting for a housing unit to be built in another area.
The resettlement process is handled in the most “democratic way, while respecting the rights of every family,” the housing office said. Families are notified in advance, and the importance of the resettlements in the broader public interest explained, it said.
However, Inalva said residents have the right to remain and will not agree. “This is public land, we have the Title of Use document, and it should be designated for the people who have been living here for over 40 years,” she said.
“The only residents who agreed on moving to the government buildings were the ones who don’t have their own houses, live in vulnerable conditions, in illegally occupied and risky areas. And the city hall never regulated their situation intentionally, so that they would have an excuse to remove us at any time,” the teacher added.
Twenty percent of Vila Autodromo residents have agreed to move. To protest the evictions, the Popular Committee for the World Cup and Olympics is organizing in Rio a “Popular Cup” of community teams on June 15 – the day the Confederations Cups kicks off in Brazil.
(Editing by Stella Dawson)
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Let it never be said that Michael Czysz doesn't value HFL's community. Yesterday, in our interview with Mission Motors racer Steve Rapp and marketing man David Salguero, T Diver asked Michael for a shot of one of his bikes pulling a wheelie. This morning, Michael sent over these exclusive images from the TTXGP race at Laguna Seca. "It is a pretty sorry wheelie," Czysz explains. "But it is a pure power wheelie and not due to 200lbs of batteries behind the rear wheel."
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The NFSA shares newly digitised footage of Prince Philip in Australia.
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Guest author Julie Kalceff writes about creating her award-winning web series.
A tribute to actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who has passed away at age 73.
Curator Jenny Gall talks with Laura Gordon about starring in the film Undertow, for which she's been nominated for Best Actress at the 2020 AACTA Awards.
Production designer Melinda Doring has donated her mother's unique collection of home movies, including never-before-seen footage of The Beatles.
Listen to Dr Andrew Pike's special presentation at the NFSA about Australian film icon, Chips Rafferty.
After successful seasons in Canberra, Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Bathurst, the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition now opens in Geraldton, WA.
The NFSA has acquired 24 glass slides by Walter Scott Griffiths illustrating his alternative vision for Australia’s future capital city.
New film and sound recordings have been added to the Anzac Sight Sound website to coincide with the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June, contributing to the final phase of First World War commemorations.
A look at Betty Bryant, once Australia’s most famed film ingénue, who features in the exhibition Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits, now open on the Gold Coast.
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Ellen DeGeneres won the Teen Choice Awards' "Choice Twit"! Congratulations, Ellen!
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VIJAYAWADA:The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has decided to construct a shelter for streetdogs along with a sterilisation centre for them here. It has hitherto been dependent on a local NGO for their sterilisation. The decision was taken at a meeting of the VMC Council here on Thursday.
Responding to complaints of the corporators from all the 59 divisions in the city that the streetdog menace had increased in their areas, VMC commissioner G Veerapandian said that the civic body had submitted proposals for the construction of the Streetdog Sterilisation Center (SSC) at Ajith Singh Nagar here at a cost of Rs 50 lakh. He added that the VMC also planned to distribute Raksha Anti-Rabies Vaccine worth Rs 20 lakh to various hospitals and that tenders had been called for this.
In other decisions, the council decided to equip the 30,000 street lights in the city with LED bulbs in the next 10 days at a cost of Rs 25 crore budget and hoped to cut down the power cost by 50 per cent.
The Council meeting witnessed heated exchanges between ruling Telugu Desam Party and YSR Congress Party corporators over the measures taken by the corporation on augmenting drinking water supply in the city during the current summer season.
YSRCP corporator U Bahadur demanded that the council should discuss the measures taken by the corporation in this regard. Responding, the Mayor appealed to the corporator to raise the issue later. When Bahadur refused to heed to the Mayor’s advice, TDP Floor Leader G Hari Babu intervened in the matter leading to heated exchanges with the YSRCP leader. Then as the Mayor suspended Bahadur, he staged a protest walkout.


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The Sex Ratio Question," describes how the balance of men and women has had a profound effect on society, from sexual norms to economic power.
When there's an excess of marriage-eligible men, research suggests, the dating culture — in which men are traditionally the active ones seeking partners, rather than the other way around — involves more romance, because men must compete for the attention of fewer women.
"In other words, the dating pool for straight, millennial, college graduates has four women for every three men," Birger says.
Some research suggests that the gender ratio has a big influence on dating and marriage — women on campuses with more women and fewer men say they go on fewer dates but have more sex, for example.


Environment Canada’s special weather statement continues today (Monday) for the first heat event of the season affecting all of the Kawarthas.
A warm and humid airmass moved over southern Ontario on Sunday. Low temperatures this morning remain above 20 degrees, providing little relief from yesterday’s heat.
Maximum temperatures will be slightly cooler today, but are still forecast to reach the high 20s with humidex values possibly reaching 37.
A cold front later today is expected to bring precipitation (possibly including thunderstorms) and cooler air into southern Ontario.
On Tuesday (June 19), temperatures will be in the low 20s, gradually increasing to the mid to high 20s later in the week.


By Vicki L. Friedman | May 24, 2019
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BALTIMORE — Here we go yet again for Boston College or university women’s lacrosse. The Eagles are in the national championship match for a 3rd consecutive season but nevertheless in lookup of that elusive happy ending.
The Eagles (22-one) will have to acquire down the sport’s normal bearer if they are to capture their initial NCAA women’s lacrosse title.
Boston University will encounter off from Maryland (21-1), a thirteen-time NCAA winner, Sunday at noon ET on ESPNU at John Hopkins’ Homewood Discipline. It can be a rematch of the 2017 national championship match, and these Eagles have purpose to imagine they can soar after triumphing fifteen-14 over North Carolina in Friday’s exhilarating national semifinals. No surprise that Sam Apuzzo, the reigning nationwide player of the calendar year, obtained unfastened for the video game winner 1 minute, 12 seconds into the second additional time.
It was Boston College’s 35th shot of a thriller that aired on ESPNEWS but is a guaranteed applicant for ESPN Common. Even Tar Heels mentor Jenny Levy touted the energy despite her workforce slipping in the semifinals for the second consecutive year.
“A 15-14 extra time thriller on ESPNEWS way to go, women’s lacrosse!” Levy stated. “10 thousand folks in the stands. We’re striving to grow this recreation, and we set on a display tonight.”
Announced attendance was essentially 8,508, but this position was pumped and packed.
And that was before Maryland, participating in significantly less than an hour from its campus, exploded for the most goals in an NCAA women’s semifinal. It was however a further milestone for the school’s all-time winningest coach, Cathy Reese, in her thirteenth year. In profitable 25-thirteen, the Terps led wire to wire from Northwestern to avenge their only decline of the time.
“It’s late, we are fatigued, but that was a heck of an energy by our staff tonight,” Reese explained at a information meeting a number of minutes just after midnight. “To continue to keep our foot on the gasoline and perform as very well as we did in opposition to a top rated crew like them is good.”
It was Reese’s three hundredth job victory, 269 of them coming at her alma mater.
The nightcap lacked the drama of the 1st video game but had a different variety of tension, beginning twenty five minutes late owing to a shot-clock malfunction. Northwestern (16-5) gained the attract count by just one, but most of the sport was an offensive onslaught that provided ten scores by two unrelated Griffins. Junior Brindi Griffin scored six situations. Sophomore Grace Griffin additional 4 aims.
Even defender Julia Braig scored a goal — the initial in her 4-calendar year job.
“It was seriously great,” mentioned Braig, beaming from that as very well as from keeping the Wildcats to one of 7 free-situation shots.
As heralded as the Terrapins are in these parts — fans in crimson lined the streets to cheer the workforce bus as it approached the personal stadium showcasing the 4 finest groups in the activity — this night will be remembered for the Boston College’s gritty perform.
The Apuzzo laser that introduced Tar Heels goalie Elise Hennessey to her knees was the end result of a gritty effort and hard work that could have performed out either way. Hennessey made a brilliant preserve at the conclusion of regulation, and Carolina senior Gianna Bowe observed a shot strike the publish in the very first overtime.
But, as regular, Apuzzo was clutch. Soon after the rating, the Boston College star twirled all around subsequent to the cage, the place she was quickly fulfilled by fellow All-People in america Kenzie Kent and Dempsey Arsenault.
“Wonderful players make excellent plays in the moment,” Levy said.
“Let us go!” Apuzzo shrieked, racing to the sideline, the place her aged neighborhood close friends from Very first Street back again in West Babylon, New York, held up a cutout of her confront, sharing hugs and superior-fives more than the fence.
A 50 %-hour later on, Boston College’s most adorned star at any time sat pretty much expressionless in the workforce news convention, unwilling to get caught up in winning the one prior to the big 1 again.
“The ladies all-around have been carrying out their work and creating it simple for me and I had a one particular-v-1. I took my possibility and was able to end, luckily,” was all Apuzzo would say about her 269th career intention, a program mark she retains together with the most draw controls and points.
Forgive Apuzzo for refusing to get much too enthusiastic in spite of her staff rallying from a six-intention deficit. She’s currently in the books with each sizeable particular person honor. Staying in this location two times prior to and coming away empty on the final working day has a way of subduing even a instant as huge as Friday’s, when the Eagles avenged their only decline of the time, to these very same Tar Heels (17-four) in the ACC championship activity.
“We’re seeking to continue to be composed and not enable our nerves get to us, generating guaranteed we’re using it enjoy by enjoy and not finding overwhelmed by the cameras and all that things and focusing on our staff and what we will need to get performed,” Apuzzo said. “This yr we are seriously remaining regular and remaining quiet.”
Two decades back, the Eagles had been the hometown favourite in the finale a coach trip from their own Chestnut Hill campus. Substantial Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, hosted the team’s very first vacation to the championship. The position was so overwhelmingly big that BC supporters wore brilliant yellow T-shirts so the Eagles could place them in the stands, a custom that ongoing in Friday’s cozier location. Back again then, dual-sport star Kent, an excellent ice hockey participant for the Eagles, amassed 10 details and turned the first participant in event record to gain the Most Exceptional Participant award for a staff that didn’t earn. Rather it was who else but Maryland that prevailed, sixteen-thirteen.
Very last 12 months Apuzzo was the unflappable a person, sneaking her workforce past the Terrapins in the nationwide semifinals, a victory that finished Boston College’s -fourteen streak vs . Maryland. But much less than 48 hrs later, the Eagles were being outplayed by James Madison sixteen-15.
So the giddiness right after Friday’s successful goal promptly gave way to the “just one game at a time” mantra that has outlined the Eagles this year.
“Just one perform at a time,” is how Boston College’s Lauren Daly described the comeback work that noticed the Eagles rally from trailing five-, 7-1 and 8-three. A gritty North Carolina protection, with confront guards protecting against the trio of Apuzzo, Kent and Arsenault from doing their usual damage, stymied the Eagles’ offense to begin with. But that still left unheralded Cara Urbank free of charge to go off. And she did, with a group-significant four ambitions.
“We slowly and gradually came back again and ended up on leading,” Urbank explained.
That’s in which Maryland stayed through its semifinal. Now a closing game is all that is remaining for the two groups.
“I want to go out there and have entertaining. I get 60 additional minutes with my most effective mates,” claimed Maryland senior goalie Megan Taylor, credited with 14 will save. “In my 4 yrs, I constantly wanted to participate in 22, 23 game titles, and last calendar year we arrived up a very little little bit quick. The seniors didn’t get to don the Maryland uniform just one previous time. Now we do.”
“The last four was four wonderful groups and I assume that the countrywide championship could have been any one particular of the 4 teams,” Northwestern coach Kelly Amonte Hiller explained. “Of course, BC has a whole lot of fire to want to acquire this, a thing they have not achieved, but I think Maryland in all probability has an equal amount of money of fire. It will be a good recreation, a great showcase for our activity.”


If you suffer from depression and you are trying to get pregnant, you better wait until you've been off your anti-depressants for a year. It's not an official recommendation, it just makes sense based on the most recent findings that connect a mom's anti-depressant use to an increase in children with autism.
FROM ABC: News of a widely-used class of drugs --and a growing problem among children.
New research suggests a possible link between some anti-depressants taken by expectant mothers-- and childhood autism.
Out of four million children born each year in the United States, about 36-thousand five hundred will be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. For an article in the Archives of General Psychiatry, the authors reviewed the medical records of over 16-hundred children and their mothers in California.
298 of the kids had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The authors found that six point seven per cent of those children's mothers had taken a class of drugs called SSRI anti-depressants in the year before they had their babies.
By contrast, three point three per cent of mothers with non-ASD children had taken the same drugs. So a pregnant woman's use of SSRI anti-depressants was associated with a two-fold increase in the risk of autism spectrum disorder in her child.
Still, the authors say less than three per cent of ASD cases might be attributed to anti-depressants.
Snd they say these findings clearly should be considered preliminary pending more research and that pregnant women should not stop taking anti- depressants without their doctors' advice.
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Forecasting future demand for your business can be an ongoing struggle as it requires analysis of past sales data and monitoring of market trends. In terms of market trends, building permits and housing starts are key leading indicators of future demand in the HVAC industry.
The value of Canadian building permits unexpectedly soared in December 2011, as $6.8 billion were issued. (discussed in a previous blog post). The 11.1 percent m/m increase was powered by plans for new condos and apartments in Ontario and commercial buildings in Alberta. In the residential sector, the value of permits rose 16.1 percent to C$4.5 billion, led by Ontario. Non-residential permits rose 2.8 percent to C$2.4 billion, with construction of office buildings and warehouses in Alberta.
As industrial professionals know, HVAC installations are required when constructing a building, meaning that all construction sites should be seen as an opportunity for business. With high production of buildings in the near future, HVAC industry should expect increased business activity as installations gain higher demand.
Looking through the data, apartment and condo planning emerged in Eastern Canada while Western provinces consisted more of non-residential construction. This shows that there is an increasing level of Eastern Canadians moving to urban centers. Settling in urban areas could be a result of the price of oil being higher than the cost of living, making workers less likely to drive to work, forcing them to live closer to the city. Positively, development in urban residential areas brings increasing HVAC business activity, seeing that apartments require more ductwork that commercial buildings.
In conclusion, Eastern Canada may experience substantial amount of business this year, while the Western provinces will encounter less, but overall promising news for a strong future demand in the Canadian HVAC industry.


DURBAN – At the launch of their YES programme, of 27 YES graduates were welcomed into the Adcock Ingram family.
After President Cyril Ramaphosa's official launch of the YES Programme during the first quarter of 2018, Adcock Ingram took up the challenge to help close the gap of bringing 1 million youth on board within three years.
Adcock Ingram will be taking on a new group of YES graduates each month up until March 2019. After the first-year cycle draws to an end and the graduates complete their one-year experience, a new cycle will start.
Basadi Letsoalo Executive Director for Human Capital and Transformation for Adcock Ingram said, "We are proud to be part of such a remarkable programme and to help make a difference to our country in terms of helping to reduce the rising unemployment levels".
She added that at Adcock Ingram, they believe in the mantra of ‘adding value to life’, and under the transformation pillar of the company's strategy, they focus on attracting and keeping talent as well as developing our people.
Adcock said that they are focused on being a catalyst for change within South Africa and is keeping an eye out for opportunities to make an impact on society. The company believes that young talent in South Africa need to be afforded opportunities because they are the leaders of tomorrow.
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Peter and Paul. When handling Vatican funds, the pope said it is best to follow what some people describe as a “widow’s.
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In 2017, his report to the Vatican recommended that Corradi and Corbacho should receive the maximum sentences. expressed.
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On November 18, the Pope addressed the participants of the meeting during a private audience in the Vatican, in the presence.
The pope said that reports of corruption coming from inside the Vatican are a sign that controls are working. “To guarantee this? Look, it’s the first time. it is discovered from the inside,” he.
Local organizers confirmed Hakamada was at the Mass, but the Vatican declined to say if the pope met with him as his.
Worship Hymns Active RNS subscribers and members can view this content by logging-in here. A wave of resignations hits Willow Creek. Finding hope in a refugee camp. Singing new (and old) hymns of protest. Oct 25, 2018. You might notice I said “'hymns' are better than contemporary worship songs.” Not “old hymns.” Or “classic hymns.” Just “hymns.”
Best Wireless Mics For Church About 25 percent of the country’s wireless microphones will have to be modified or replaced, according to federal projections. The ruling affects schools, colleges, sports stadiums, churches, theater. Several groups, including the National Association of Broadcasters, wireless microphone makers and some churches, protested the FCC’s decision, saying the agency and tech firms have not demonstrated.
Three people, including Mr. Corradi, have been charged. He left that position in 2017, amid misconduct allegations, and.
In a report previously submitted to the Vatican, Simon requested the maximum canonical penalty for Corradi. Corradi’s name.
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and introduced Christianity to the Japansee people. A visibly happy Francis recalled this history just one hour after his.
A Vatican investigator believed his sole accuser was a victim of abuse. and said that in its view the responsibilities and punishments for the alleged crimes should be established. “As part of the.
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Five Vatican employees were suspended following a raid by the Vatican gendarmes on Oct. Francis said there’s a presumption.
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Participants of the Synod of Bishops’ special assembly on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment with Pope Francis in.


Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper), MEPs face a busy week of legislative matters in the coming five days. First up, the Industry and Budgets committees will vote on the set-up of a Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform.
This is designed to support EU projects in developing critical and emerging strategic technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, renewable energy, and medical technologies.
According to the proposal, STEP could mobilize up to €160 billion in new investments. As part of the revision of the EU’s long-term budget, MEPs propose an additional €3 billion.
Elsewhere, the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee will adopt its position on the so-called Euro 7 standards for emissions from cars, vans, lorries, and buses.
The objective of the proposal is to improve air quality, with a particular emphasis on urban areas, by reducing air pollutant emissions from road transport.
Meanwhile, the Legal Affairs and Internal Market and Consumer Protection committees will adopt their position on the update of the EU Product Liability Directive, which is nearly 40 years old.
The proposal aims to bring the EU’s product liability regime up to speed with the digital age and protect consumers more effectively, including from psychological harm and data corruption caused by defective products, by including software and artificial intelligence in the rules for the first time.
In a joint secret vote in the Foreign Affairs and Development committees and the Human Rights Subcommittee, MEPs will choose the three finalists for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The winner will be chosen by Parliament’s Conference of Presidents on 19 October.
Political groups will also prepare for the 16-19 October plenary session, where MEPs will debate and vote on setting up a Ukraine Facility to support the country’s recovery, reconstruction and modernization.
Other items include the 2024 EU budget, the Commission’s work program for 2024, fisheries control rules to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and the European Citizens’ Initiative “Fur-Free Europe”.
MEPs will also debate their priorities for the 26-27 October European Council and vote on a resolution on the relations between Serbia and Kosovo after the recent deadly clashes.
On Monday, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will be in Birgu, Malta, where she will hold two meetings with students, one at De La Salle College and a second at St Edward’s College. On Tuesday, in Brussels, she will present the book ”Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology”, with the author Anu Bradford.
On Tuesday, the S&D MEP Udo Bullmann and Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen took part in a seminar on “Tackling inequality: paving the way for a sustainable future”.
Also on Tuesday, the international community marks World Homeless Day.
An S&D spokesman said, “Our goal is to put an end to the discrimination that homeless people endure, as well as to eradicate this form of precarity. Ensuring decent and affordable housing is the way to achieve that.”


Sep 9, 2013, 11:19 AM EDT
Cubs right-hander Scott Baker was terrible while rehabbing from Tommy John elbow surgery in the minors, posting a 5.46 ERA in eight starts along with reports of mid-80s velocity, yet yesterday in his first MLB start since 2011 he tossed five shutout innings against the Brewers.
Baker obviously hasn’t provided the type of return the Cubs wanted when they signed him to an incentive-laden one-year, $5 million deal and stuff-wise he’s not back to where he was for the Twins before the elbow injury, with Tony Andracki of CSNChicago.com writing that he topped out in the high-80s yesterday.
However, he needed just 55 pitches to record 15 outs and threw 39 of them for strikes before exiting for a pinch-hitter. Considering his last start was more than two years ago and his rehab assignment didn’t provide much reason for optimism it was a helluva return for Baker, who’ll likely be looking for another incentive-heavy one-year contract as a free agent this offseason.
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