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Program provides support to Pakistani entrepreneurs by connecting them with American investors and mentors,
Surge in recent years reflects the increasing involvement of organized crime.
International Red Cross will resume visiting detainees in Burma's prisons.
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to impose new sanctions on North Korea in response to its rocket launch last month.
The ACRES Education Center and Auditorium will promote awareness about the wildlife trade, conservation, and a host of animal welfare issues.
Regarding the Senkaku islands, Secretary Clinton reiterated the U.S. desire to see the parties peacefully resolve the matter through dialogue.
The United States affirms that NATO will remain a strong, flexible alliance capable of dealing with 21st century challenges.
2013 has brought no respite to the Vietnamese government's crackdown on dissent.
Consultations reaffirmed the historic strategic partnership between both countries.
Questions remain following a statement by the Government of Laos on Sombath Somphone.
Authorities made extensive use of vague anti-state laws to silence dissenting political views.
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This mod is a space combat only modification. You will be able to command the UNSC or Covenant fleet. What will you do? Help the UNSC defend all her colonies? Or will you join the Covenant and destroy every single human piece of filth in your way?
Just a small message to plug a friend's mod. He'll be making a Halo mod for Star Citizen. The things he's produced so far are already incredible. Go check...
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This is the final update with new UNSC models. All that remains now are some neutral ships and then I'll be doing the wildcard round. I can't wait...
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It's been a long, long time. But here I am bringing you textured Covenant models. After this it's just one more Covenant ships and some UNSC and neutral...
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The Covenant are starting an uprising in this, and the coming, update. They must be gathering for something big ...
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It has been a while, and I have been very very busy with a lot of stuff other then H:FC but I bring lots of new goodies.
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Lots of things were done and I even had some help here and there. A lot of new stuff to show all of you.
familiar faces
Alright, so instead of 1 month like I hoped, it turned into 2 months like I feared. Still, come take a look at what I brought along.
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The time leading up to this update has been a very uneven and weird, but as usual, I do have some awesome stuff to show you all.
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Though this update took a lot longer than usual I do also have a lot more to show you all this update. Ranging from new models and new ideas to reworked...
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This updates brings us new techs, meaning new toys. For two sides.
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Progress, progress, progress. Ascendancy Studios is progressing to a new mod but we've got this progress to show you for this mod.
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Today I show you some new models from the past. Pre-daters and a remodeled ship.
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In this latest update I show you the full model of my last uploaded picture. Also I have a piece of art to show you all made by Anh Nhan specially for...
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Next Dance -
Saturday, February 1, 2020,
Fragrance free event.
Please do not wear perfume, cologne or after-shave.
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Mark Your Calendars For The Upcoming Mendocino English Country Dances
To be held at the Caspar Community Center
Map to Caspar Community Center
Dances start at 8:00pm - Beginners Instruction & warm-up 7:30pm
$10.00 (to pay for the hall)
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What is English Country Dance?
English Country Dance is the dance form that was popular in England and America in the 1600's, 1700's and early 1800's. It is one of the dance forms from which modern contra and square dance are descended. If you like contra or square dancing you will love English country dancing.
When asked what makes English country dancing special or unique for him, Gene Murrow gave an expansive reply: "The beauty of the music; the intimate relationship of the music to the dance; the experiencing of artistic vision as a participant; the accessibility of fine art to almost everyone; the social interaction among individuals and the creation of community; the connection with the past; the continuing evolution of the genre"
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Lyrics to the 'This House is not for sale' album by Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi's first full studio album since The Circle, This House is Not For Sale features classic Jon Bon Jovi lyrics. The first single from the album, was the name of the album! Good on ya Jon.
The video for the song can be watched online here.
Lyrics and Track listing for This House is Not for Sale.
This House Is Not for Sale
Living With The Ghost
Labor Of Love
Born Again Tomorrow
New Year's Day
Devils In The Temple
Scars On This Guitar
God Bless This Mess
Come On Up To Our House
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AmberDonia Bakery - Scranton, PA
NOTE: This location is now closed, but Amberdonia is open in Kingston and Wilkes-Barre.
AmberDonia is located on Farr Street, just two blocks off of Main Avenue in West Scranton. It's in a neighborhood, so I found it to be an interesting location. The place is relatively small but clean, well decorated, and really gives you a European vibe. There is a large counter and several display cases showing off the vast selection of baked goods. I spotted a couple of tables where you can eat in, but I took my pizza to go. I noticed there is a small porch on the front, and I wondered if I could come back and have a nice table for two out front on a nice summer day. I wish I took a little more time to examine the baked good case, but unfortunately I was in a rush as usual and didn't take the time to get any specifics on what they offered. There is no menu yet at this point, as the person at the counter who I presumed to be the owner told me the menu is all in his head, which was kind of neat. He mentioned that most of his ingredients are imported from Italy, and that he is waiting to determine ingredient availability before developing a menu.
Now, after picking up the pizza, I decided this was going to be a review on the run. Don't try this at home kids, save the eating and driving for the pros! When I opened the box, I noticed that the pizza didn't fill the 14 inch box all the way up, but with wood fired pizza and the flimsy dough that is used, a misshapen pizza is to be expected. I was very impressed with the color scheme of vibrant reds, bright whites, deep greens, and some browning. The smell of the imported cheeses was intoxicating and the whole thing was begging for me to chow down on it. I grabbed my first slice and took my first bite. The flavors were pretty intense. You could tell that the tomatoes were fresh and high end. They didn't need much seasoning at all because they did all the talking. The sauce was slightly chunky, but I would have liked a little more texture to it. The fresh basil and herbs were a perfect complement to the ripe tomatoes. Although I couldn't see it (while I was driving) I think I detected some sort of Romano or Parmesan cheese blended in to go with the fresh mozzarella cheese. The fresh mozzarella was good, although I would have liked it to be applied a little more liberally as it melted and dispersed so thinly that it was difficult to pick up the flavor. It also kind of muted the tomato flavors rather than adding to the flavor combination creating a lack of balance that I seek in a high end pizza. All in all though, I would say between the sauce and cheese, AmberDonia is using some of the finest quality ingredients in the area and I give kudos for that.
Now, anyone who enjoys a good wood fired pizza knows that the crust is the best part when you add in that slight smokey wood fired flavor. Anyone who has made wood fired pizza knows that this is probably the most difficult pizza to make. You have to maintain the ovens constantly, which operate at a much higher temperature than gas. The higher temperature means that pizzas generally cook in less than five minutes. So pulling a pizza out 30 seconds too early or 30 seconds too late can really make a huge difference. In my case, I think the pizza was taken out too early, there was not much charring, which is what I need to see on this type of pizza. The underside of the pizza was very light, where I would have expected a nice deep brown. The dough did have some nice air pockets, but they were pretty uniform, and I would expect some unevenness throughout. I also found the dough to be quite chewy, where in my opinion a Margherita Pizza should be light and crispy. There was a slight crispness, but it was definitely more chewy than crispy.
After reading the previous material, you might think that I wasn't the biggest fan of this pizza, when that really wasn't the case. I'm grading this small to medium size pizza at a price point of $10.95. For the record, I ate the entire thing, but I don't think two people would leave with full bellies if they split a pie. The high price point, all the buzz surrounding this pizza, and the category of pizza in which it resides caused me to hold this to a higher standard. Overall, I have to say, this is a very good pizza which is on the cusp of being great. The person who reviewed the pizza with me who dined in summed it up in a few words calling the pizza "good not great." The other person who reviewed the pizza said "It's really good. It has a great sauce, good cheese, which makes for a really good overall pizza for its category." He also expressed that he was surprised at how soft the dough was.
I think the consensus was that we all thought that this pizza was somewhere between good and really good. It's definitely a great addition to the wood fired pizza category which we are sorely lacking here in NEPA. Personally, I will be back again to have another pizza with some toppings next time. I do recommend this pizza to my readers, and my one tip here is don't call ahead because the pizza takes literally no time to make. They are quick and courteous, so you might as well wait a few minutes for the pie as it's being made and pick up a tasty baked good or two while your at it!
Date: March 2013
Pizza Ordered: Margherita Pizza
Eat In/Take Out: Take Out
Sauce: 4.5/5
Cheese: 4/5
Overall Taste: 4/5
Crispy/Cooked Properly: 3.5/5
Overall Value: 2.5/5
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Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich have filed two petitions with the U.S. Supreme Court, attempting to delay the start of the former governor's corruption trial until a critical ruling is rendered by the high court within the next six weeks.
The petitions, sent by overnight mail, ask the court to order a halt in the proceedings until it rules on the so-called "Honest Services" statute, under which Blagojevich was charged.
The first is a 20-page petition for a writ of certiorari, which would be considered by the full court. The second, a five-page emergency application for a stay of trial proceedings, would go directly to Justice John Paul Stevens, who is assigned to matters stemming from Chicago's seventh judicial circuit.
Stevens has the power to order a halt himself, to pass the matter to the entire court, or to reject it if he deems that it is without merit. He is, coincidentally, a native Chicagoan, and recently announced he would retire from the court at the end of its current term.
Blagojevich faces, among other charges, accusations that he deprived the citizens of Illinois of his honest services as governor through various alleged misdeeds.
The high court is currently considering a constitutional challenge to the honest services law and is expected to rule by the time the justices adjourn on June 30.
Prosecutors recently re-indicted the former governor on parallel charges, hedging their bets as they await the same ruling. It is their contention that the trial can proceed without delay, since the same testimony would apply no matter which laws are left intact at the end of what is expected to be a lengthy proceeding.
Judge James Zagel agreed and refused to delay the trial. It is scheduled to begin June 3.
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Foxy scampers onto the scene just in time to help Emily complete her special valentines in this holiday sequel (Foxy, 2012).
Emily's looking for inspiration when Foxy slips in through the window to offer his assistance. He listens to his friend's thoughts on what she loves, and then, with a magical swish of his tail, he produces them for her. Only problem is, he often misunderstands what she says. Raccoons appear instead of balloons, larks and tarts but not hearts float about, and when Emily wishes for flowers, she finds herself covered in flour. Another sweep of Foxy's tail always sets things right, and Emily seems to delight in it all. The preschool set will giggle over these silly misunderstandings while noticing that Foxy continues to expect Emily to mention him as one of the things she loves most. Dodd digitally renders a charming Emily with an oversized head topped with curly red hair and simple black eyes. Foxy has a more cartoonish look, with big eyes, a contrasting small mouth and a dramatically oversized tail. Once Foxy has conjured up the many objects Emily loves, he gently explains, "Valentine's Day is not about what you love….It's about who you love." Of course, Emily needs no help knowing who that is.
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WASHINGTON — In an intense but civil town-hall-style event broadcast live on television, gun rights activists repeatedly pressed President Obama on Thursday night to justify his gun control efforts, putting him on the defensive over an issue that has divided the nation's capital and the presidential campaign trail.
The blunt exchanges came on the same day that Mr. Obama pledged in an Op-Ed article published by The New York Times that he would not "campaign for, vote for or support" any candidates, including Democrats, who do not support "common-sense" gun control measures.
Taken together, the twin public-relations efforts reflect the president's desire to demonstrate for his supporters a commitment to gun control even as he seeks to reassure gun owners that he has no intention of confiscating their weapons.
In the article, Mr. Obama urged Americans who agree with him on gun control measures to join him in pushing to elect new lawmakers in Congress.
He said the effort to confront gun violence would require the same "relentless focus" of civil rights campaigns in the past.
"We need the vast majority of responsible gun owners who grieve with us after every mass shooting, who support common-sense gun safety and who feel that their views are not being properly represented, to stand with us and demand that leaders heed the voices of the people they are supposed to represent," Mr. Obama wrote.
What Happens After Calls for New Gun Restrictions? Sales Go Up
More guns were sold in December than almost any other month in nearly two decades after President Obama called for new gun-buying restrictions.
The election-year warning is a reminder by the president to the Democrats campaigning to replace him, including Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, that they must not stray too far from his agenda. Mrs. Clinton has pushed aggressively for more gun control measures, and Mr. Sanders, who has been accused of being too friendly to the firearms industry, also says he backs Mr. Obama's actions.
Democratic congressional candidates in conservative rural states who oppose gun control measures may lose Mr. Obama's public backing, though it is unclear whether his support would be a benefit anyway. Some of the most high-profile Democratic opponents of gun control have been defeated or have retired, including former Senators Mark Begich of Alaska, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Max Baucus of Montana.
Aides to the president have long been frustrated that his push for new gun laws — which began in the days after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012 — has been characterized by some gun rights activists as part of a conspiracy intended to seize their guns and take away their freedom.
Earlier this week, Mr. Obama made an emotional plea during a White House event where he announced executive actions intended to expand background checks. At the forum on Thursday night, a rape victim, an Arizona sheriff and a gun shop owner each questioned Mr. Obama, urging the president not to make it harder for law-abiding citizens to obtain guns.
"I have been unspeakably victimized once already, and I refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids," the rape victim, a woman named Kimberly, told the president. "Why can't your administration see that these restrictions that you are putting make it harder for me to own a gun?"
The bluntness of the questioners selected by CNN, which proposed and moderated the forum, created an environment for Mr. Obama that is unusual for a president who is more often surrounded by loyal aides, allies and handpicked supporters.
But it also served a purpose that White House officials said they wanted: to let Mr. Obama respond to what he believes are incorrect or misleading arguments about his positions.
Why People With Mental Illness Are Able to Obtain Guns
A major background check loophole, variation in state laws and incomplete record-sharing leave openings for people with mental illness to purchase guns.
Mr. Obama was polite but firm throughout the event, insisting that his efforts to improve the existing background check system would have no real effect on their ability to purchase guns.
He rejected accusations that he wants to confiscate guns, calling that a ridiculous idea.
"Yes, it is a false notion that I believe is circulated either for political reasons or commercial reasons in order to prevent a coming together of people of good will" to solve the problem of gun violence, Mr. Obama told the audience and Anderson Cooper, who moderated the forum.
The session was held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., a suburb of Washington. In his opening remarks, Mr. Obama urged firearm owners, hunters and other gun rights activists to join him in support of tougher laws that would target criminals while preserving the Second Amendment rights for law-abiding citizens.
Doing otherwise, the president said, would condemn the United States to continue suffering through mass shootings, suicides, gang violence, domestic abuse and accidental shootings that have killed tens of thousands of Americans.
"I respect the Second Amendment; I respect the right to bear arms," Mr. Obama said. "All of us can agree that it makes sense to do everything we can to keep guns out of the hands of people who would do other people harm."
With help from Congress to mandate a more efficient universal background check system, Mr. Obama said, "We may be able to save a whole bunch of families from the grief that some of the people in this audience have had to go through."
In his Op-Ed article, Mr. Obama was unsparing in his criticism of gun manufacturers and their allies, accusing the industry of being "almost entirely unaccountable" for gun violence, and he said Americans needed to stand up to "the gun lobby's lies."
In the article and during the live forum, Mr. Obama advocated research into new gun technologies that could make it possible for a gun to be fired only by its owner, not a criminal or a child who accidentally picks up a loaded weapon.
"At a time when manufacturers are enjoying soaring profits, they should invest in research to make guns smarter and safer, like developing microstamping for ammunition, which can help trace bullets found at crime scenes to specific guns," Mr. Obama wrote in the article.
Some of Mr. Obama's toughest critics were not at the forum.
In a statement posted on CNN's website, Andrew Arulanandam, an N.R.A. spokesman, said, "The National Rifle Association sees no reason to participate in a public-relations spectacle orchestrated by the White House."
The presence at the event of gun rights advocates was expected to lead to sharp exchanges, and the session did just that.
But the forum also provided an opportunity for supporters of Mr. Obama's position to express their views. A priest from a Chicago church thanked Mr. Obama for his efforts to expand background checks. Mark Kelly, the husband of former Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, urged Mr. Obama to dismiss the conspiracy theories about his intentions.
And an 18-year-old black man from Chicago told the president that he had lost his brother and "countless family and friends" to gun violence. He asked for Mr. Obama's advice about growing up surrounded by poverty and violence.
Mr. Obama urged him to be a role model and to resist peer pressure.
"You're really important to the future of this country," Mr. Obama said, but he added that "I think it is critical in this debate to understand that it's not just inner-city kids who are at risk in these situations."


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In order to enrol fugitive killer Zhebin Cong in English-language training programs to help his mental health treatment, his psychiatric team worked to get official identification documents for the Chinese national, National Post has learned.
It is not known whether new identity papers materialized or helped him leave Canada, but Cong, found not criminally responsible for a brutal 2014 murder on account of mental disorder, is now an international fugitive after fleeing a psychiatric facility in Toronto and boarding a plane out of Canada.
His flight should not have been a surprise.
Cong, 47, repeatedly declared a "concrete" plan to return to China if he had the chance, his psychiatric records say.
He was "very fixed" on returning to China and adamant about not continuing English classes because it will be useless to him when he gets back home.
His treatment team had difficulty arranging for his discharge from a psychiatric facility to live in the community because of his fixation on moving back to China, his reports say.
"He is stuck on this and seems a little surprised that his discharge can only be done by the hospital approving his accommodation," say his Ontario Review Board records from April 9, 2019, obtained by the Post along with four years of Cong's board records.
"A focal point going forward will be to keep trying to convince Mr. Cong that, despite his wish to return to China, he should look at possible accommodation options while he is here," the April report says.
Cong, 47, went missing July 3 while on an unaccompanied pass to the community.
Toronto police say he boarded a plane for an international flight that same day, but wouldn't say where it was headed.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) notified police the day he failed to return. CAMH has launched an internal review of the incident with the "highest level of attention," according to a written statement. CAMH would not respond to questions about his escape saying it is now a police investigation.
It seems probable Cong made good on his repeated statements to his treatment team that he would return home and possibly even seek another "cleansing ceremony" from a Tao master in China, like one he said made him feel better in 2013 when he sought relief for depression and suicidal thoughts there.
He retained close ties to his homeland.
Cong was born in China and immigrated to Canada in 2010. His mother still lives in China, whom he spoke to regularly over Skype, and he visited his homeland on a four-month-long trip in 2013, according to his records.
Cong grew up an only child in China. His father died when Cong was 16 years old. He then completed an electrical engineering degree and started working at age 23.
He married but divorced within six months.
After moving to Toronto, he struggled with English. He found work as a computer programmer but was fired in 2012 for issues related to his mental illness, he told his doctors. He attempted suicide but called for an ambulance to say he had cut himself.
When in hospital, he was diagnosed with major depression with psychotic features.
About a year before the murder, Cong spent his savings on a four-month trip back to China.
The visit signifies he was in good standing with the Chinese government and had the ability to travel there, including a passport, at the time.
When Cong returned from China in March 2014, he moved into the basement of a rooming house with a roommate who he would kill six months later.
There was no dispute Cong killed San Tai Yuan.
Cong was in his bedroom on Sept. 14, 2014, when he got up, grabbed a meat cleaver and attacked Yuan in their shared kitchen, according to court records. He said he had the paranoid belief his roommate intended to hurt him or his mother.
Their landlady came to investigate the commotion and called 911. Cong was sitting near Yuan's body when police arrived.
He had no previous criminal record.
At trial, Cong was found not criminally responsible for second-degree murder on account of mental disorder and detained at a secure forensic psychiatric facility.
Cong told doctors "ghosts" and "spirits" were all around him and controlling him. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
On April 9, Cong had the most recent of his annual assessments by the Ontario Review Board to decide whether he posed a threat to the safety of the public and to what degree he must be supervised during his reintegration into the community.
Doctors were pleased with his progress.
A Mandarin-speaking psychiatrist said in 2017 that Cong seemed "genuinely remorseful" for Yuan's killing. In 2018, doctors said he was "on a positive trajectory."
But even then, in June 2018, Cong was already saying he wanted to return to China.
His treatment team "would continue to explore that option," 2018 board documents say. "However, at present the hospital is not recommending travel passes."
In 2018, doctors were already starting discharge planning and encouraging his integration in the community, including English classes and visits with a Chinese community mental health group.
He was deemed capable of handling his own financial affairs but not capable of making his own treatment decisions.
At his 2019 review, in April, the board noted Cong made "extensive use" of passes into the community on indirect supervision, with no concerning incidents.
"There have been no incidents in the past year of violence towards co-patients or staff, and no aggressive impulsive behaviour."
The April decision allowed Cong to live in the community in accommodation approved by his treatment team. It is unclear precisely where he was living.
There is no mention of Cong having travel documents or any concern over whether travel documents should be withdrawn or confiscated.
In a public statement Wednesday, Toronto Mayor John Tory called the incident "very troubling" and urged everyone involved to work together for answers about how Cong could flee the country.
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If you are fascinated with the Amazon, EGT has a great game that you can play. It's called Amazing Amazonia Slot Machine.
This is a stunning game with a lush green background and realistic symbols which depict the Amazon justice well. It has five reels, ten bet lines, seven animal symbols, four wooden letter icons, a wild Amazon River wild and a scatter butterfly.
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The E3 Career Jumpstart Program is designed to give working adults extra skills to help them compete in the job market. It's part of the Middle Georgia Regional Commission's Office of Workforce Development.
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Boron is a non-metal.
Aluminium is a metal. It is used to make "alloy". An alloy is a mixture of metals and has slightly different properties than the individual metals it is composed of. Solder is a mixture of lead and tin. It has a lower melting point than either lead or tin. What you might call alloy (as opposed to an alloy) is a mixture of aluminium and magnesium and is used to make alloy wheeels. This is stronger than either pure aluminium or magnesium, but very much lighter than steel.
Gallium is a metal.
Indium is a metal.
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Electrons have a very tiny mass: they don't have "Zero Mass" as it says in the animation. However, you don't need to take account of their mass when you are calculating molecular weights: for your purposes, the atomic mass is calculated by adding the number of neutrons to the number of protons.
Since electrons do actually have some mass, they cannot travel at the speed of light. They would need an infinite amount of energy to travel this fast. However, they do buzz around the atomic nucleus at very fast speeds.
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Commentary on the intersection of fashion, art, books, history and life by Ingrid Mida. Bergman gave us classy without having being dressed up in the toned down style that would epitomize fashion for the duration of the years of Globe War II when fabric restrictions and the demands of the military produced a new appear that changed women's apparel forever. Since fakes are distinguishable by their poorer good quality, there is nevertheless a demand for luxury goods, and as only a trademark or logo can be copyrighted, numerous fashion brands make this one particular of the most visible elements of the garment or accessory.
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Atarincë or Atarinkë was the mother-name of Curufin, fourth son of Fëanor. It is translated as "little father" since he bore great physical resemblance to his father (and later to his father in mind).[1]
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Philosophy or physics? Medicine or mathematics? Law or a language? One of the distinguishing features of a Liberal Arts and Sciences program is that you do not have to choose. The Liberal Arts and Sciences educational concept is based upon the idea that today's most complex problems can no longer be solved with a mono-disciplinary approach. This is the 'opening of the mind' the founding fathers of the Artes Liberales had in mind. Our program allows students to find a bachelor's program which suits all of their interests. Students at University College Roosevelt construct their own academic program, tailor-made to their individual interests. In doing so, the program prepares them for a world whose demands and challenges will grow more complex each year, while optimally preparing them for the master's program or the job of their choice.
UCR's three-year program, with two semesters a year, requires students to take four courses per semester. A total of at least 24 courses is needed to obtain either a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree, awarded by Utrecht University. Mid-way through each semester, students meet with their Tutor to review the semester and to decide which courses to take in the next. They can make any number of course combinations, provided that they fall within the choice rules. All of the more than 200 courses UCR offers are part of one of our four departments: Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Academic Core. A fifth department, Engineering (ENG), will be added in 2020, enriching the Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum.
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Virsto software adds support for XenDesktop VDI environments
Seeing its technology as a good fit for solving VDI storage woes, Virsto Software extends its support to Citrix Systems' XenDesktop VDI environments.
Virsto Software Corp. has identified improving virtual desktop storage performance as a major area where its software aimed at improving virtual machine (VM) I/O can help. This week it released a beta version of Virsto for Citrix Systems Inc.'s XenDesktop 5.5 virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) platform on VMware vSphere.
Virsto for XenDesktop follows the company's vSphere support release in January and its initial product launch for Microsoft Hyper-V in February 2010.
"VDI happens to be one [use case] where we continue to get drawn in because of the value proposition and what we solve in virtualized environments," said Gregg Holzrichter, Virsto's vice president of marketing. "It is especially well suited for the extremely random I/O, write-intensive workloads of VDI, and the challenge of very high cost of storage in VDI environments."
Administrators load Virsto's storage hypervisor as a virtual storage appliance (VSA) on each physical host and select the Virsto option when provisioning storage for VMs. A VM then presents I/O to a Virsto vDisk storage mount point, which aggregates the I/O at the VM level.
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Monday, March 30, 2015
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I've been dying to try potato soup for the longest time. Now that winter is here, I feel like a permanent chill has settled into my bones. And the best way to remedy that is to drink a bowl of hot, comforting soup!
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
Mushroom and Spinach Stuffed Omelet
Just when I start thinking that spring is finally here in the gloomy Midwest, it started snowing again! Say what?!
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Oreo Truffes
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Sunday, March 15, 2015
No Bake Mango Cheesecake (and Eggless!)
I know I've been going strong on the desserts these past weeks. Well, I have a confession to make. I have a major sweet tooth. I feel the need to have dessert after every meal or it just doesn't feel complete.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Molten Lava Cake
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Just how corrupt is Rod Blagojevich? Trying to place him in the long annals of the financial scandals of American history is like trying to rank the world's greatest pieces of art. Well, the world's greatest pieces of forged art.
So now we begin Countdown's list of the 25 most financially corrupt politicians in this nation's long, and bribe-filled history. The headline here is -- American politics has in large part been animated by the spirit of Zero Mostel, as he expressed it in the original version of "The Producers": "Ohhhhhh! I want that money!"
We begin with Number 25, Arkansas Congressman Tommy Robinson, a kind of symbol of one of the widest, but shallowest scandals in American history: 1992's Rubbergate. The official bank for the House of Representatives used to give Congressmen overdraft protection - and then some. The bank had no computers, just pencils and accounting books. So in the late '80s and early '90s only a few Congressmen were found to have overdrawn their accounts -- about 450.
Congressman Robinson was among 21 criticized by the House Ethics Committee for having had the most checks overdrawn for the longest period of time:
He had 996 of them for sixteen months.
Twenty third on our list of the most financially corrupt American politicians: the Governor of Illinois, prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.
No, not Blagojevich, the guy before him: Governor George Ryan -- the third of Blagojevich's six elected predecessors to go to the big house. His crime: a scheme to award trucking licenses to people who didn't really know how to drive trucks, in exchange for bribes.
At Number 22: the 1970's Chairman of the House Administration Committee, Wayne Hays of Ohio. His job was obscure, but his colleagues in Congress feared him, because if he didn't like you, he could literally shut off the air conditioning in your office. So nobody said boo when Hays used Administration Committee funds to hire one Elizabeth Ray to be a staff secretary. The scandal only broke when she went to The Washington Post and complained, "I was good enough to be his mistress for two years but not good enough to be invited to his wedding."
Number 21 on our "Blagojevich List" -- another Illinois Democrat; Dan Rostenkowski. His transgressions were bush-league compared to the Governor's, but they did show that same kind of panoramic versatility. He was accused of putting fake employees on his payroll, using Congressional funds to buy gifts like chairs and ashtrays for his friends, and, most bizarrely, getting several thousand dollars worth of stamps from the Congressional Post Office and trading them in for cash.
The rest, is history.
If the abuses of Number 19, recent Ohio CongressmanJames Traficant, had begun and ended
Eighteenth on the all-time list of American financial political corruption: the dapper mayor of New York in the '30s, Jimmy Walker. Walker's New York was so rancid that innocent people were often pulled off the street and accused of crimes they had not committed, with an array of professional witnesses ready to testify that they did it. An investigation found that at least 51 guiltless women went to jail when they wouldn't, or couldn't, bribe their way out of the extortion scheme. Walker was so guilty he not only resigned as mayor, he resigned and took the first boat for Europe.
Our number 17 is an obscure figure from the most consistently financially corrupt presidential administration ever: Orville Babcock, the personal secretary to President Ulysses S. Grant. He was the lynchpin in the "Whiskey Ring" of 1875, in which Republican politicians, including many connected to Grant, siphoned off millions of dollars in federal taxes on liquor sold in St. Louis. And Chicago. And Milwaukee. And Cincinnati. And New Orleans. And Peoria, Illinois.
At 16, another corrupt member of the Grant Administration: William Belknap, his Secretary of War. At a time when trading outposts in the Wild West were incredibly lucrative, Belknap decided they should be incredibly lucrative for him too. So he sold them to the men appointed as official U.S. Post Traders. Belknap was such a crook that, to this date, he remains the only Cabinet member in history to be impeached!
Coming in at fifteenth on the Blagojevich list, Dusty Foggo. Little more than two months ago he made a plea deal to get out from under a mountain of charges as one of the inside men for the infamous California congressman Duke Cunningham. "Inside" for Foggo was at the CIA, where he was Executive Director. He admitted to one count: taking a bribe to steer an Agency contract to a lifelong friend.
At Number 14 - not necessarily the most financially corrupt of all the Congressmen in our history, but he scores this highly because of the "Colorful Details Factor." The just-forcibly-retired gentleman from Louisiana, Mr. Bill Jefferson, who officially only took $100,000 while hidden FBI cameras rolled. But he took it in 100 dollar bills -- that'd be a thousand hundreds -- and 900 of them would be wrapped neatly in aluminum foil, stuffed inside frozen-food containers, and packed away in the freezer in his home.
At Number 12: former House Speaker Jim Wright. The venerable Texas politico was a master at evading the rules about how much a Congressman could make on the side. He was accused of forcing supporters to give his wife a no-show job, and of doubling his fees for speeches by insisting that groups also make bulk purchases of his book, "Reflections of a Public Man."
Placing eleventh, a reminder that you really should be nice to those on the way up, because you'll meet them on the way down: Congressman J. Parnell Thomas, who persecuted Hollywood writers as head of the House Unamerican Activities Committee in the '40s. He was sent to the pen after it turned out that for eight years, he had padded his Congressional payroll with at least five fictional employees, $20 thousand of whose salaries, he kept for himself. Congressman Thomas wound up in the Federal Penitentiary at Danbury, Connecticut -- a couple of cells down from two of the very same Hollywood writers he'd branded as Communists.
Our tenth all-time money-grabbing great? Congressman Andrew Jackson May of Kentucky. During the second World War, ordnance officers throughout the Army were barraged with phone calls from Congressman May, insisting they award war contracts to the Garsson brothers, two businessmen from New York. The Garssons, of course, were paying Congressman May. But it wasn't just the money involved. The Garssons were no good at making military materials. Their mortar shells tended to detonate at the wrong time - they killed at least 38 American soldiers.
At number nine on the list: Simon Cameron, President Lincoln's first Secretary of War. He was the Pete Best of the Lincoln Administration, the fifth member of the "Team of Rivals" -- the one Lincoln fired for corruption after not ten months in office. Lincoln supposedly asked Congressman Thaddeus Stevens about Cameron's honesty and Stevens replied, "I do not believe he would steal a red hot stove." Cameron demanded a retraction, so Stevens said he might have been wrong about that.
As the Secretary of War as the Civil War broke out, Cameron invested heavily in the Northern Central Pennsylvania Railroad, because it had the only tracks going from Harrisburg to Baltimore. Soon, Cameron, the Secretary of War, was shipping U.S. military men and supplies on the railroad largely owned by Cameron, the Investor.
Eighth is the infamous Albert Fall, the Secretary of the Interior in the Harding Administration, and centerpiece of what was, before Watergate, the consensus choice for worst political scandal in U.S. history: Teapot Dome. Fall was not, as legend has it, the man for whom the term "The Fall Guy" was coined, but he got a lot of coin. Naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, were transferred by President Harding to Fall's Department of the Interior. Fall promptly leased them to oil barons Harry Sinclair and Edward Doheny. They made millions; Fall got first an interest-free loan of $100,000, then another pay-off. This at the time when Babe Ruth only made about $80,000 a year.
Our seventh most financially corrupt, is one of the most overshadowed figures of American political greed: Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon's vice president. Between 1967, when he failed to report $29,500 in bribes while governor of Maryland, and 1973, when he resigned as V-P to escape jail time, Agnew took at least a hundred grand, almost all of it in cash, and much of it in paper bags, the last few of which were handed to Agnew as he sat behind his desk in the White House.
For pure take-home money -- even in the context of the famous FBI sting in the '80s that laid him low -- number six, Congressman Richard Kelly, Republican of Florida, was hardly the greatest offender; in fact he got the shortest sentence of any of those convicted. But the less-than-ingenious way he took his payoffs in the "Abscam Scandal", combined with the advance of technology, push him near the top of our list. Kelly was convicted after prosecutors produced at his trial, grainy videotape of him taking $25,000 in cash from the FBI agents dressed up as Middle Eastern businessmen and stuffing the money into his coat pockets. The Congressman then turned to one of the agents and asked, "Does it show?"
And now to the top five.
And if you put up an online petition to urge President Bush to pardon you, and in three years
Fourth on our "Blagojevich List" – yet another American Vice-President: Schuyler Colfax was the presumed successor to President Ulysses Grant. But then the "Credit Mobilier" scandal broke, and even the ethically-laissez-faire Grant dropped Colfax from his reelection ticket. Colfax had supposedly done a masterful job concealing his role in the most massive swindle of the 19th Century, the building of intercontinental railroad lines for the Union Pacific. $72 million was spent - $72 million in 1872 money -- but Credit Mobilier built only $53 million worth of rail lines. The scandal was so big, it rocked the U.S. economy.
They got Vice President Colfax on one check -- for just $1,200 bucks.
This is mostly based on degree of difficulty. To think -- in any year after the invention of the first recording device of 1877 -- that you could get away with selling a senate seat, and nobody would find out! Just think what he could've done with a little more time. And a little less wiretapping.
But who could possibly top B-Rod? Well, the runner-up for all-time most financially corrupt American politician is, at number two, probably the most cold-heartedly venal of all our politicians: Charles Forbes, President Harding's choice to head up the then-brand new Veteran's Bureau, in 1921. In his three years on the job, the total budget for the Bureau was $1.3 billion. He embezzled close to 250 million of it.
Forbes sold supplies meant for the vets and kept the money, took huge kickbacks during the building of VA hospitals, and maybe worst of all, he managed to make himself a Colonel in the Army, an especially galling outcome considering he had deserted from the Army in 1912.
And so to the top of the list, and, to paraphrase Sherlock Holmes, the Napoleon of Political Crime: None other than the almost mythical William Marcy "Boss" Tweed.
The living monument to his blinding felonious brilliance is the Tweed Courthouse, still standing.
Even in the 1870's, the three million dollars it actually cost to build was a phenomenon of largesse. But the city didn't pay three million for it. Your cost? Thirteen million!
When finally arrested in October, 1872, Boss Tweed was held on bail of $8 million -- the 2008 equivalent of bail of $137 million. And because, sadly, he lived long before wiretaps or careless boasting, we will never know exactly how much he stole. But academic research estimates it could have been as much as $250 million -- about $3.2 billion today.
Eat your heart out, Rod Blagojevich!
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The PSNI has been accused of insulting Celtic fans in the lower Falls after comments made by an officer about attacks on traffic from a Divis footbridge.
In an email conversation between a number of agencies about the proposed removal of unsightly barbed wire from the Cullingtree Road footbridge, a police officer laid the blame for attacks on Westlink vehicles on local Celtic fans.
"Historically," the officer wrote in an email sent to officials at Belfast City Council and the Department for Regional Development, among others, "there has been an issue with local kids/teenagers climbing on to the top of the footbridge, running back and forward across the span and, if Celtic win a big match, dancing on the bridge. However, if Celtic lose, then they drop objects on passing traffic."
The comments have caused outrage among residents in the lower Falls and one community worker says the remarks show a complete lack of understanding of local issues.
While acknowledging anti-social activity in the area surrounding th bridge, Mary McConville, who is standing in Court Ward for Sinn Féin in May's local election, said the incidents described have never happened.
"I have been very concerned that comments like this can be made," she said. "These comments are wholly inaccurate and do not reflect Celtic supporters in this area. To be honest, this has never happened
"Sinn Féin argued from the beginning for the extension of the wire to go across the bridge and we also got the barbed wire due to anti-social activity. To try to blame Celtic supporters is an insult and that's how it has been taken by residents of this area."
Terry Quinn of the Falls Residents' Association said the officer has needlessly complicated what's purely a crime and anti-social behaviour matter.
"This barbed wire has been up for over a year and was campaigned for by the MLA for the area, Fra McCann," he said. "It was always designed to stop anti-social behaviour. To blame Celtic fans for this absolute nonsense shows a lack of knowledge of what actually happens in this area and is entirely miselading.
"The PSNI have branded Celtic fans as thugs and brought a sectarian element into what is a clear anti-social issue. If they are going to blame Celtic fans then they don't understand the issues here. We would like an apology, as I'm sure would Celtic fans who have been insulted and branded in this manner."
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The d:fine™ 4266 Omnidirectional Headset Microphone combines the legendary sound of the d:fine™ 4066 Omnidirectional Capsule with a lightweight and flexible headset system. This condenser mic is easy and fast to adjust and it offers clean and transparent sound quality with lots of headroom. The capsule itself is the same type as the d:fine™ 4066, but is attached to an interchangeable boom arm.
Like all of the microphones in the range, the d:fine™ 4266 Omnidirectional Headset Microphone offers accurate, natural voice intelligibility and very high SPL capabilities. Users can both speak and sing into the mic with no hint of distortion.
This microphone is available as an earset (d:fine™ 4166) or headset (d:fine™ 4266). Earset variants are the quickest to put on and often the best choice when miking needs to be fast and easy for example for conference use. Headset variants sit more securely around the head and are ideal for active performance situations where the person wearing the headset won't feel the presence of the microphone. Both types are ergonomically designed to fit comfortably and easily. This mic adjusts to fit any ear size and head shape while at the same time it mounts securely and is hardly visible. By rotating the boom and the ear hook, the microphone can be easily used on either the left or the right ear. The connector splits the cable from the microphone boom allowing you to swap broken cables and / or wireless connectors quickly.
Three boom lengths are available to accommodate different applications and head sizes: 40 mm (1.6 in), 90 mm (3.5 in) and 110 mm (4.3 in). The 110 mm (4.3 in) is the standard choice for most users.
Legacy or CORE by DPA – The choice is yours
CORE by DPA is a powerful new technology at the heart of our miniature microphones. We've minimized distortion. From a whisper to a scream, you will experience increased clarity and openness.
The legacy d:fine™ 4266 Omnidirectional Headset Microphone has always been, and still is, one of the most clear, consistent and robust miniature microphones you can find on the market. It's known for working across a wide dynamic range as well as exhibiting low distortion across all SPLs. If you need to squeeze a little more performance out of your mics, choose CORE. The d:fine™ CORE 4266 Omnidirectional Headset Microphone gets a 14 dB increase in Dynamic range as the 1% THD point is higher. What can't be seen on the specifications is that the CORE delivers an even more open and clear sound.
CORE by DPA availability
The d:fine™ 4266 Omnidirectional Headset Microphoneis available with CORE by DPA. The earset version (d:fine™ 4166) will be available with CORE in May 2018.
A bit about omnis
An omnidirectional microphone has sensitivity at all angles – in principle picking up sound equally from all directions. This gives you extremely natural and realistic sound compared to a cardioid mic. Omni mics are often used for picking up ambient sounds, as well as miking a large sound source such as a choir in a recording situation. Unfortunately, due to their pickup pattern, omnis can also produce a lot of feedback in live situations.
Nonetheless, we recommend that you try a DPA omni first because, when used close to the sound source, the equal frequency response makes these mics a flexible addition in your audio toolbox. It will often give a more natural sound, it can handle extremely high sound pressure levels, it does not suffer from proximity effect and is not as sensitive to wind, pop or handling noise.
Adapter system gives you flexibility
The adapters for wireless systems give you flexible, simple and affordable possibilities. You are no longer bound to one wireless system. As circumstances change, you can just switch your adapter, instead of incurring the cost of a completely new microphone. When you make the switch, you won't hear any loss or change in sound quality.
The d:fine™, d:screet™ and d:vote™ series of miniature microphones work with all leading wireless mic solutions, such as Lectrosonics, Sennheiser, Shure, Sony, Wisycom, Zaxcom and many more. DPA Microphones' ingenious adapter system is one of a kind in the industry. It protects your investment in fantastic sound for years to come. Features • Pristine audio quality
• Lightweight and flexible
• Easy mounting to the left or right
• Minimal visual impact
• Resistant to humidity
• Flexible adapter system fits most professional wireless systems
Technical specifications
• Directional pattern: Omnidirectional
• Principle of operation: Pressure
• Cartridge type: Pre-polarized condenser
• Frequency range: 20 Hz - 20 kHz
• Frequency range, ±2 dB: Soft boost grid: 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 3 dB soft boost at 8 - 20 kHz. High boost grid: 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 10 dB boost at 12 kHz
• Sensitivity, nominal, ±3 dB at 1 kHz: 6 mV/Pa; -44 dB re. 1 V/Pa
• Equivalent noise level, A-weighted: Typ. 26 dB(A) re. 20 µPa (max. 28 dB(A))
• Equivalent noise level, ITU-R BS.468-4: Typ. 38 dB (max. 40 dB)
• S/N ratio (A-weighted), re. 1 kHz at 1 Pa (94 dB SPL): Typ. 68 dB(A)
• Total harmonic distortion (THD) - Legacy: < 1% THD up to 123 dB SPL peak, < 1% THD up to 120 dB SPL RMS sine
• Total harmonic distortion (THD) - CORE: < 1% THD up to 137 dB SPL peak
• Dynamic range - Legacy: Typ. 97 dB
• Dynamic range - CORE: Typ. 111 dB
• Max. SPL, peak before clipping: 144 dB
• Output impedance: From MicroDot: 30 - 40 O. From DAD6001: 100 O
• Cable drive capability: Up to 300 m (984 ft) with DAD6001-BC XLR Adapter
• Output balance principle: Signal balanced with DAD6001-BC XLR Adapter
• Common mode rejection ratio (CMRR): > 60 dB from 50 Hz to 15 kHz with DAD6001-BC XLR Adapter
• Power supply (for full performance): Min. 5 V to max. 50 V through DPA adapter for wireless systems
• Current consumption: Typ. 1.5 mA (microphone). 3.5 mA with DAD6001-BC XLR Adapter
• Connector: MicroDot
• Color: Black, beige or brown
• Physical dimensions; ...
• Weight; Single Ear: 10 g (0.35 oz)
• Weight: Dual Ear ....
• Microphone diameter: 5.4 mm (0.21 in)
• Microphone length: 12.7 mm (0.5 in)
• Cable length: 1.25 m (4.1 ft)
• Cable color: Black, beige or brown
• Cable diameter: 1.6 mm (0.06 in)
• Polarity: Positively increasing sound pressure produces positive-going voltage at MicroDot pin (and pin 2 on DAD6001 XLR adapter)
• Temperature range: -40°C to 45°C (-40°F to 113°F)
• Relative humidity (RH): Up to 90%
|Polar Pattern (Direction)
|Microdot: 30-40 / DAD6001: 100 ohms
|6 mV/Pa; -44 dB re. 1 V/Pa
|Frequency Response
|20 Hz - 20 kHz
|Wired / Wireless
|1 x MicroDot
|10 g
|Including Shock Mount
|Including Pop Shield
|Including Mic Clip
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DCers - Join Mike Allen tomorrow for the fourth leg of Axios' Smarter Faster Revolution tour at Howard University! He will be discussing the Future of Work with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, comedian and activist Baratunde Thurston, AOL co-founder and Revolution CEO Steve Case, and MSNBC's Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle. To RSVP click here.
Uber crash could put brakes on self-driving cars
It's finally happened. A self-driving car has hit and killed a pedestrian, a scenario everyone in and out of the industry knew would eventually happen. Uber, which operated the car in question, has put on hold its self-driving car effort in three cities and the NTSB is investigating.
So now what? There are two big mistakes that we could make as a society in dealing with self-driving cars.
- The first would be not to recognize that giving the keys to a machine is a big deal and to think we can let the industry proceed without any guidelines or regulations.
- The second, and in my opinion more dangerous, would be to dramatically slow the development of self-driving car technology just because it isn't yet 100 percent perfect. Human drivers kill lots of people.
The real challenge, then, is to set some sort of safety standard for determining when the technology is "good enough." How much more should we demand of autonomous vehicles — should they be twice as good as human drivers, 10x better, 100x?
Yellow light: There were lots of calls on Monday to slow down, including from the head of the well-regarded self-driving car lab at Carnegie Mellon. Opposition could kill an already stalled bill in Congress that would have allowed testing of self-driving cars to proceed with minimal oversight from the NHTSA.
- "This crash should be a clear wake-up call for Congress to halt this flawed legislation and add desperately-needed minimum performance requirements and safety standards," said Cathy Chase, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety.
- Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told reporters on Monday that "[i]t should change the calculus, it should change the dynamic to make people more aware of how risky these vehicles potentially are. They are extraordinarily dangerous at this point. Moving them to the roads hastily or recklessly could be the consequence of this bill."
In retrospect, Arizona may need changes
In some ways, it's not surprising that Arizona was the place where the first pedestrian was killed by a self-driving car.
Why? Arizona has touted itself heavily as the place for testing, promising limited regulation and wooing the likes of Waymo, Uber and Lyft.
At the same time, Arizona is the state with the highest rate of pedestrian fatalities.
Facebook reaches a tipping point — and the hits keep coming
Of all the news crises Facebook has faced during the past year, the Cambridge Analytica scandal is playing out to be the worst and most damaging. Here's just some of the fallout:
- Facebook shares fell nearly 7% at market close on Monday. Its stock hasn't seen this type of a drop in response to any of the major scandals its faced over the past year. Even during the Russia hearings on Capitol Hill, Facebook stock hit record highs.
- Republicans were unusually swift to call for action. GOP Sen. John Kennedy and Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley calling on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress. Republican Sen. John Thune said he'd send questions to Facebook Monday night.
- The FTC is looking into whether Facebook violated the terms of a 2011 settlement regarding how it uses personal data, Bloomberg reports this morning.
- In Europe, regulators are calling on Zuckerberg to testify before the U.K. Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. The British Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, said her office was "investigating the circumstances in which Facebook data may have been illegally acquired and used."
- Consumers are balking at the news, with the hashtag #DeleteFacebook sweeping across Twitter, somewhat ironically.
- Media scrutiny is intensifying for Facebook, especially in light of the way it has responded to the news reports about the story. The story was the subject of cable news reports all day on Monday.
More importantly: It's not clear how many more shoes there are to drop. The New York Times reported late Monday that chief security officer Alex Stamos plans to exit the company after clashing with others over how to disclose and handle issues related to Russian disinformation. Stamos had been looking into Russian interference as far back as June 2016, per the NYT.
- The Verge reports this morning that Facebook plans to hold an emergency meeting to let employees ask questions about the Cambridge Analytica situation.
Kim Hart and Sara Fischer have more in the Axios stream.
The common thread: Techlash is looming
Salesforce chief product officer Bret Taylor pointed out the string that ties the Uber and Facebook stories together: the harsh, bright spotlight shining on Silicon Valley.
"The top two stories in both WSJ and NY Times are about Facebook data being used improperly to manipulate elections and a self-driving Uber killing a pedestrian," Taylor tweeted. "So much nuance to these stories, but one thing is clear: the world's relationship with technology has changed."
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On Tap
- Game Developers Conference (GDC) continues in San Francisco.
- Retail/e-commerce trade show Shoptalk continues in Las Vegas.
- IBM's Think conference is also in Las Vegas.
- Y Combinator is hosting its Winter Demo Day in Mountain View, Calif.
- Two congressmen, Ohio Republican Steve Stivers and Illinois Democrat Bill Foster, will hold a patent reform event.
Trading Places
- Lyft has hired two former Googlers to its management ranks. Nilka Thomas is joining as VP of talent and inclusion, while Sam Arons has been hired as director of sustainability.
- Comcast promoted Mitch Rose to senior VP of congressional and federal government affairs.
- Vevo and DoorDash co-founder Evan Charles Moore has joined Khosla Ventures.
- Lawyers for AT&T and the Justice Department sparred in court Monday over which evidence should be allowed in the forthcoming trial over the AT&T-Time Warner deal. Opening arguments are expected on Wednesday.
- President Trump signed an executive order blocking Americans from buying Venezuela's Petro cryptocurrency.
- The Daily Beast reports that popular trivia app HQ had some headaches, first from a winner who turned out to be a cheater and then because it forgot to update a credit card and found itself briefly removed from the App Store.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Silent Night Read-a-thon, Day Three!
Oh boy, this has been a very slow start for me. I knew the weekend was going to be a bit sketchy, but I was hoping to get a bit more accomplished today. Wrapping presents and fighting off this nasty cold has definitely been a hindrance, but that is the reason I created this read-a-thon, to help force myself to read during this joyous yet busy season. As of right now I have finished two books (The Second Empress, and The Last Romanov) and am half way through a third. The Ruins of Lace is my current read, and I'm determined to finish it tomorrow so I can start on The Oracle Glass.
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Forest Essentials brings luxurious Ayurveda to your lips with the launch of the first lip scrub from the brand – Cane Sugar Lip Scrub. Enriched with a combination of soothing and nourishing ingredients including Virgin vegetable oils, Kokum butter, Organic Beeswax, fine Cane Sugar crystals and fresh fruit and flower juices, the Lip Scrub leaves lips buffed and smooth.
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Tous Les Jours, a bakery chain run by CJ Foodville, participated in the KCON 2017 in L.A., introducing a Korean premium bakery to global customers.
The bakery chain had an event at the CJ Cultureplex, a space for the KCON convention held at Staples Center in L.A. and L.A. convention Center, from August 18 to 20 (local time) to provide about 85,000 visitors with an opportunity to experience its popular products and Korean bakery culture.
In order to raise the global brand awareness, Tous Les Jours displayed popular products in North America, such as champagne, baguette, pain au chocolat, and danish and pound cakes, and had a sampling event, receiving favorable reviews. Also, the bakery had an event for visitors to capture coupons in the wind at the phone booth shaped "Blowing Fortune Booth." It also installed a photo zone with the motive of its stores and products and had a social media photo contest and OX quiz event.
An official from CJ Foodville said, "We are happy to take part in the KCON Hallyu festival, which is getting popular every year, and communicate with global customers. We will keep increasing our opportunities to introduce Tous Les Jours, which is to jump into the global No.1 bakery, in the future."
Tous Les Jours, which has entered the U.S. market in 2004 for the first time, currently operates approximately 40 stores in major regions including L.A., New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. It also runs 330 stores in seven countries around the world such as China, Vietnam and Indonesia.


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Natalie Cox, PhD, MA, is adjunct faculty of anthropology at San Francisco City College and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her doctoral research explored Bay Area African immigrants and asylum seekers' struggles with the US immigration system, in the context of bureaucratic backlogs, Bay Area gentrification, and increasingly racialized immigration politics.
For her Master's research in medical anthropology, she investigated the barriers to HIV/AIDS testing, counseling, and treatment faced by Francophone West African immigrants in the Bay Area. Natalie is committed to collaborative, applied anthropology and advocacy, and she has completed several community-based participatory research projects in partnership with the African Advocacy Network.


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