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I always watched the shows like Thousand Ways to Die and I never would've expected my thirteen year old self almost becoming one of those dumb deaths. It was the end of 2012, I was with my family in Orlando. In a neighborhood we somehow felt safe in. The entire Hispanic family roamed and gathered out on the front lawn. Patchy grass underneath their shoes, all of them had streamers, horns, and kazoos.
From inside the house, bachata swayed my grandma's hips– a full glass of liquor raised in the air. My father was out by the tree, fireworks in hand. My mother was trying to understand the Spanish that flooded quickly out of my cousin's lips like Hurricane Katrina. I wandered through the large crowd, past the awkward younger cousins and grabbed myself a kazoo. This kazoo will soon play an important role in my almost death.
I heard the scream of my cousins, aunts, and uncles as the countdown began. All around me was screaming family members that I didn't remember. The little kids jumped up in excitement some playing with chalk, attempting to spell out, "2013." I saw my grandpa inside on the couch slyly drinking whiskey, the rim of his glasses reflecting the countdown.
I joined in with my family's wails of decreasing numbers while fidgeting with the wobbly exterior of the kuzoo. When it reached zero we all screamed. The adults kissed on each other and the children blew their horns into the next year. As for me when I went in to blow on my kazoo, the first inhale brought in a part from the toy.
It flew and got jammed in the back of my throat. I felt my heartbeat in my eyes and my temples grew enlarged like a reptile. I couldn't breathe or even speak. But, I was around happy screaming people that didn't know I was desperately trying to cough up my life. Through my coughs, I heard laughter and soon the fireworks flew up in the air. It was like everything was in slow motion, my family was celebrating my death.
I watched them kiss each other on the cheek while my eyes watered in fear. It wasn't until my last cough that the broken part fell out of my mouth and I took my first breath of air since 2012.


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I awoke the next day and I just knew that I couldn't get out of bed, until I had spent time with God. I didn't want to keep feeling this way and I knew it was wrong, to think of a person, as belonging to me in such a way.
Whilst I was praying, I had this vision of myself and I had handcuffed, my ex- husband to me. I then saw Jesus and he was holding the key to the handcuffs. He said, "let him go, set him free so you can both be free." I wanted to. I really wanted to be free, but I just couldn't do it. In the end, I asked Jesus to do it for me, and he did. He then walked off with his arm around my ex-husband. I wanted to call him back and to put the handcuffs back on, but I heard God say "No, set him free you need to be free." I didn't call him back. I was crying, I looked around and all I could see was blackness. Where there was once hope, there was now none. I realized, that in this whole time, I had never really put my hope in God, like I thought I had. It had been placed in my own wants and desires, in wanting my husband back. I then saw Jesus standing in front of me. He said, "Debbie, I am your way, follow me." I clung to him for dear life. He was all there was left. Every thing else had turned to black. I realized once more, that Jesus really is the only way for me. There is no other way. I felt such a great sense of relief and freedom. I was now free to be my own person, in God.
I was no longer forcibly, dragging my ex-husband around with me. (Even though, he wasn't really handcuffed to me.) He might as well have been. I didn't realize, the weight that this burden had been on me, until Jesus finally set me free and it was Great. At these times, when Jesus is just so close, you know he is the way. You know he is the Truth and you know he is the light. At these times, you would follow Jesus anywhere, thankfully and with so much hope.
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This photo of an undefeated Kane Volleyball team is from the pages of the 1998 Hurri-Kane. The Lady Wolves finished the regular season 16-0 and won the Kane Tournament, Sheffield Tournament and Ft Lebouef Tournament, as well as the District 9 Championship. Team members included Daura Driscoll, Jen Giordano, Denee Driscoll, Sue Finnefrock, Rikki Pierotti, Miranda Depto, Helena Beranova, Amber Rakiecki, Ann Raymondo, Rachel Coleman, Heather Hayes, Mary Costanzo, Kate Kennedy, Gretchen Sterba, Tara Gentile and coached by Judy Kessler.


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I rarely touch on topics that are heavy. It's not that I don't want to, I just see myself as an optimist and I like to write about fun and silly things in a world that continues to be downright scary. However, there was no way I could not write about this.
The first thing I want to say is, if you have not checked out this hashtag on twitter, whether you are male or female, I highly suggest you do. It is a powerful hashtag to say the least and the reasons why women aren't reporting, haven't reported, and continue not to report bring us into a harsh reality that many may not be willing to accept.
Do you know who is a victim of assault? Me. Does it define me? No. But it's important. Because there are many other people just like me; your friends, your family, your spouse. You never know who is a victim. The reasons that women do not stand up for themselves or report is because it is extremely hard to get people on our side. It's not a process that is made easy and comfortable. It is hard, it is scary, and many times you don't get any sort of relief or justice but ultimately feel even worse that you chose to report it in the first place.
Out of this hashtag many statements have been made. Here are a few that stood out to me at first glance.
Anyone can assault anyone else. It isn't always the same situation but it is a lot more common than most think. The amount of untested kits and tests that are sitting throughout the country, while predators continue to walk the streets because women aren't reporting and when they do, the information isn't being tested in order to catch these men, are just a few of the small and minute reasons that women don't report. Another huge issue is that women don't report because they are afraid of the repercussions that they will receive, the blame that will be placed on them for drinking too much, wearing something too tight, or not being believed at all are major problems. I can tell you its not an easy process, its not a fun process, it does not make you feel happy and warm inside, and sometimes you go through it all and don't get a single ounce of comfort. But i promise, that speaking up and speaking out does pay off in the end, if for your mindset more than anything else.
I beg of you that if you take nothing else from this blog post today, you think about your response before you say it when you find out someone you know has been a victim. Encourage anyone you know to report something that has happened and make sure to support them as they demand the justice they so deeply deserve. Help change the story.
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On Friday, AllHipHop.com's exclusive interview with Havoc shook Hip-Hop to its core when Havoc admitted to sending those tweets accusing Prodigy of being bisexual. Check out Part I and Part II of the interview below.
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Well, the following day, after the initial video with Havoc broke, Prodigy responded on Twitter. Somehow those tweets went under the radar, but we have them for you below. Oddly enough, Prodigy gives Havoc props for his work on HNIC, but also tweets out some telling lyrics. Check out Prodigy's response to Havoc's confession to sending the tweets:
"jealousy, n*ggas want bullets in my head envy, n*ggas wanna catch me slippin', but never that… http://youtu.be/KcnvRW_mc0o," he tweeted July 28th.
"RT #Scorpios are intensely loyal to those they love and care about"
"i love the 90's. but i aint stuck in that mu'f*cka."
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Personal Injury Accident in Terril Involving a Motorcycle - 5/28/16
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On Saturday May 28th, 2016 at around 4:11pm the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and a Fed Ex van in Terril.
Bryan Gifford (61) of Estherville was operating a 2006 Harley Davidson. Tyler Simington (27) of Ruthven was driving a Fed Ex van. Both vehicles were northbound on Schooley Street when Simington slowed to turn onto Adams Street. Gifford went to go around the van, but lost control in the process. The motorcycle went into the ditch and collided with a sign. Gifford was transported to Lakes Regional Healthcare with incapacitating injuries. No other injuries were reported.
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The 14 Most Bizzare Moments From The Gucci Spring 2017 Campaign
The 14 Most Bizzare Moments From The Gucci Spring 2017 Campaign
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
There's no one whose vision is weirder or stranger than Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele. It's a point of pride. It's also how this relatively unknown designer skyrocketed to fame practically overnight, with his refreshing POV and eclectic mash-up of ideas. And it's exactly what he tapped into—the weird, the strange, the utterly bizarre—for the luxury brand's spring/summer 2017 campaign.
Under the direction of Michele himself and shot by Glen Luchford, the campaign is inspired by intellectuals and artists who call Rome their home, paying homage to the likes of Cy Twombly, Mario Schifano, and Laura Betti. As such, the narrative follows a cast of characters clad in signature Gucci threads in Rome performing both everyday and abnormal acts in surreal scenarios. There they are feeding grapes to giraffes at the Parco degli Acquedotti, and then again swimming at the Trevi Fountain with, impressively, a tiger.
The result: A series of eccentric, wonderfully Gucci snaps. Behold, the 14 most bizarre ones.
1. Fanciest Head Massage Ever
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2. Playing Tourist in a Tux
Cheesin' in Gucci.
3. Sunbathing at the Trevi Fountain
When you mistake a historical landmark for the beach.
4. Midnight Munchies
Burger + fries = life
5. When Your Jaguar Is Hangry
No limbs are safe.
6. First Thought: Are Those Latex Socks?
Second thought: Terrified for whatever's in the tiger's line of vision.
7. Tiger Photobomb
8. Couple's Pic Gone Wrong
Take 100.
9. When You're On Hold
Perfect time for dessert.
10. Cuddle Buddies
Cue: "We Found Love"
11. Guest of Honor: Sophie the Giraffe
Being fanned and fed grapes? Life, made.
12. Shoes On the Bed
13. The Most Casual Lean
14. Who's Watching the Tiger?
No one.
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This story was written by Andrea Cheng and first appeared on InStyle.com


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The film footage shows a 5-year-old Marissa Tansino in the biting rain, pink raincoat on, pink umbrella in hand, reporting the news as she stands in the rubble of what had been her grandparents' concrete wall. Her crew: her dad and his Sony Handycam.
"The wall has fallen down," Tansino tells her audience. "But nobody got hurt."
Sixteen years later, Tansino '17, a journalism major in the Harrington School of Communication and Media, is ready for her first professional gig: multimedia journalist at WMBF News in Myrtle Beach, S.C. In pursuing a journalism career, she joins an illustrious group of alums including Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas J. Farragher '77, this weekend's graduate school commencement speaker; CNN's Christiane Amanpour '83 and John King '85; and Vladimir Duthiers '91, CBS News correspondent and undergraduate school commencement speaker. Tansino hopes to take her place among them one day with her eye trained on reporting for Boston's WHDH, the television station she watched when a child.
"My hope is that we have people who want to hear the truth and not just what entertains them. I went into this with an open mind. I know this isn't easy."
Tansino talks of her future and the future of journalism with tempered enthusiasm. She enters the profession at a tumultuous time—an era of public mistrust and out-and-out animosity that has given rise to terms such as "fake news," "alternative facts," "citizen journalists," and "dishonest media." The weight of responsibility that comes with being a journalist is one Tansino is willing to bear. "Journalists right now are faced with a huge obstacle with the emergence of stations that are opinionated and lines that are being blurred.
"People selectively perceive what they want to perceive and it's scary because people become narrow-minded. My hope is that we have people who want to hear the truth and not just what entertains them," Tansino said. "I went into this with an open mind. I know this isn't easy. What I learned confirmed what I already knew about the business."
The student has learned her lessons well, and the influence of John Pantalone, associate professor of journalism and department chair, is evident in her words.
"There is a path for students who want to do serious reporting," Pantalone said. "And if the public embraces a renewed sense of the importance of the watchdog role of the journalist then maybe they will support journalism again."
The obstacles are many for the aspiring journalist. First, there is the issue of money. Salaries start low and sometimes stay low. There is the aforementioned issue of public distrust. Then there is the scope of the work journalists do. Print journalists, for example, are no longer simply charged with writing about the news conference after the fact; they're expected to Tweet as it's happening, Pantalone said. URI's journalism program has taken this in stride: making its journalists also photographers, videographers, filmmakers, broadcasters, editors, and social media strategists.
Uncovering the truth
URI alumnus Tom Farragher '77 knows first-hand the kind of dexterity and flexibility that's needed today. A member of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team that won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its investigative series on the sex abuse scandal involving the Archdiocese of Boston, he noted that such layered work was being done then, too.
Spotlight broke the Boston clergy sex abuse story on January 6, 2002, with the headline "Church allowed abuse by priest for years." It was to be the first of a two-part story. Instead, it was a watershed event. By the end of that year, Spotlight reporters had written 600 related stories and on December 11, 2002, the head of the Catholic Church in Massachusetts, Cardinal Bernard F. Law, resigned. To do that work required a small army of Globe reporters, editors, researchers, photographers, graphic artists, filmmakers, web editors, designers and lawyers. The Globe had an online presence and a network-quality, feature-length film, Spotlight On Spotlight, accompanying its print stories. The story garnered international attention and Hollywood notice. In 2016, Spotlight, the movie, won the 2016 Oscar for Best Picture.
Glitz and glamor, though, are not the day-to-day experience of the average reporter, Farragher said.
"There's this Hollywood version of what reporting is, that can be glamorous, this chasing and running down bad guys and that really isn't what it is. A lot of it is drudgery and shoe-leather reporting. You're in an office and you're going through boxes and boxes of documents and then marbled in with that you're developing sources and trying to get them to tell you things they don't want to tell you or shouldn't tell you or they're risking their jobs if they tell you. That takes time and that takes patience.
"You need to look these people in the eye and make them feel like the public will benefit from the story that will be told."
It's important, at times, even heroic work. And in that context, URI's selection of two award-winning journalists to deliver its undergraduate and graduate commencement addresses seems a hopeful act.
"I don't shake my fist at the heavens," Farragher said when asked if he misses the halcyon days of print journalism. Rather, he's energized. "Those were great days but these are, too. I think the ability to tell our story on so many different platforms is great.
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This location is the setting where the story takes place. It is also where don Juan lives.
These figures are the leaders of a group of seers. Once they obtain impeccability, their entire party goes with them. Don Juan and Julian are examples of these.
This is the practice of naguals to see the Eagle's emanations and obtain truth through awareness.
Heightened awareness
This state is also known as perceptual clarity and must be achieved in order to see.
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Don Juan teaches the narrator these lessons. They must be learned on the path to become a seer, which the narrator's lessons lead toward.
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The application process for postgraduate training positions is an involved one, and demands both your and our attention to many details and deadlines.
For each of the major phases of the process, we will communicate with you through office emails. It is important for you to read the information carefully and respond promptly. If you have any questions or if problems arise, please feel free to make an appointment with the Associate Director of Student Affairs or one of the Deans at any time during the year.
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME). Each year, the NRMP conducts a residency match that is designed to optimize the rank ordered choices of students and program directors. In the third week of March, the results of the match are announced. There are four categories of programs participating in the Match:
Categorical: Programs that begin in the PGY-1 year and provide the training required for board certification in medical specialties.
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Physician: Programs that are reserved for physicians who have had prior graduate medical education. Physician programs are not available to senior U.S. medical students.
The NRMP is not an application service or a job placement service. Applicants must apply directly to residency programs in addition to registering for the Match. Most programs participate in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), which transmits residency applications to program directors via the Internet.
The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) transmits residency applications, letters of recommendation, Dean's Letters, transcripts, and other supporting documents from your medical school to the programs you are applying to via the web.
ERAS ID Tokens to the system are available from the OSA in July. ERAS does not eliminate the important first step of contacting programs you are interested in for brochures and fact sheets or viewing their web sites. The deadlines for your application documents should be included in this material. ERAS does not set deadlines; all deadlines are set by the individual residency programs. For more information, please contact the Office of Students Affairs, or visit the ERAS website.
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There's a reason lots of folks rely on prepackaged and takeout foods: It's easy. If simply finding time to cook is one of the most common obstacles to making healthy meals at home, then sharing our best timesaving ideas with each other sounds like a great idea. For starters:
Timesaver #1: Batch-Process Produce. When you get home from the grocery store or farmers market, take a few minutes to rinse, spin, chop and properly store your fruits and veggies so they'll be ready to use.
Timesaver #2: Soak Beans Overnight. This is a no-brainer. Beans can be used in so many different ways, so why not soak some tonight, just in case?
Timesaver #3: Make Double Batches. Next time you build a lasagna, roll up enchiladas or layer a vegetable gratin, make an extra pan and freeze it for a quick dinner in the near future.
Timesaver #4: Use a Slow Cooker to eliminate time spent standing over the stove. Added benefit: Using a slow cooker is a great way to make use of less-expensive ingredients that benefit from low-and-slow heat, such as tougher cuts of meat, and beans and rice.
• For recipes that she uses time and time again, Jeanette Romine of Libory, Neb., measures out the required spices and dry ingredients and stores them in labeled packets for later use.
• Frankie Odom of Middleburg, Fla., learned a trick working in restaurants. Put a roast in the oven before bed (at 200 degrees Fahrenheit), then pop it into the fridge in the morning. An hour before dinner, put it back in the oven (350 degrees) and add potatoes and onions. She says the roast ends up wonderfully tender, with the extra perk of heating up the house in winter and preventing it from getting too hot during the daytime in summer.
• Whenever Lindsay Koehler of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sees an opportunity to do advance prep, she seizes it — with the help of the freezer. When she opens a can of chipotle peppers or chops ginger, for example, extras get divvied up by the tablespoonful, and into a freezer bag they go. Past-their-prime bananas accumulate in the freezer until there are enough to bake muffins. Pesto gets frozen in a log, then sliced off with a sharp knife to use as needed.
• Anytime she cooks a turkey or other large roast, Elizabethe Walton in Palmyra, N.Y., puts the extra meat into jars covered with the drippings, so she can pressure-can it after dinner. The job is usually done by bedtime, and the family then has the main ingredient for several wraps, sandwiches and rice or pasta dishes ready to go, with no need to defrost.
• Jill Nussinow of Santa Rosa, Calif., thinks pressure cookers are "fast and easy and can change your life." She says without one, you're missing out on "the best timesaving kitchen appliance available." (Oh boy, do we agree! See Choosing a Pressure Cooker. — MOTHER)
• Breakfast is a snap at Kate Thompson's house in Dyersburg, Tenn. When she buys sausage, she patties half of it up, then crumbles and cooks the other half. Both portions go into the freezer until needed for a recipe. When she buys bacon, she cooks the whole package in a broiler pan in the oven and freezes it, too. She says reheating the meat in a pan is quick and "makes the whole bacon-egg breakfast thing really fast."
• Heather Franklin keeps a large container of diced onions in her refrigerator in Houston pretty much all the time, because she uses them in virtually every dish.
• When she's watching TV in Homewood, Ill., Ginger Li performs time-consuming tasks, such as cracking nuts, shelling beans or peeling garlic. These often-used ingredients are then ready to go whenever she needs them.
• Annie Sires (La Plata, Md.) and Danielle Vickers (Wylie, Texas) are both big believers in the timesaving power of cleaning up as you go.
• Laura Simons of Aurora, Colo., cooks her carbs early in the week so she'll have gallon-sized bags at the ready of brown rice, pasta, potatoes, quinoa and more. That way she can make about any dish in the spur of the moment.
• Kathleen Phillips of Mansfield, Pa., eats a lot of raw and juiced meals to save time, but when she needs to be in the kitchen for a while to make baked goods, her husband sits down and reads to her to pass the time. Awww.
On my day off, I boil a dozen eggs, make rice in the rice cooker, this always gets used in some way. I use a lot of beans so usually I soak a huge amount overnight, drain, and put in freezer bags and freeze without cooking. When ready for a meal, I take out the amount I want and cook them. The freezing does not detract from the taste/ texture at all and they keep a long time in the freezer. Arghhh! I know-plastic bags. Here's how I reuse some of them: If they just had bread or similar dry product in them, I store the used plastic bags right in the freezer by folding them in half and tucking them along the side of the freezer. Before getting a new one, I look to see if I have one in the freezer. I don't reuse if they had meat in them.
Dust and dryer vent lint goes in the compost pile with finger and toe nail clippings. I shot numerous wild Mouflon sheep a year for dog food. I cook it cut it up, put in qt Baggies and freeze. When I feed it I take it out of the bag while still frozen, turn the bag inside out wash, and put in the garage to dry. I have no idea how many times some of these bags have been used. If Baggies are subjected to the heat and sun in a greenhouse they turn to dust.
We keep a roll of masking tape and a marker on our refrigerator so we can quickly label and date all foods before putting them away. On our fridge door are two white boards: one with the week's menus and another nearby that we keep a running shopping list on. Empty grocery bags and produce bags are hung together on our front doorknob so that we can just grab the bags as we head out to the store.
We reuse the containers that foods like like butter or whipped topping come in instead of plastic bags. It works so well that I only buy a small box of those plastic bags about once every couple years. The buckets that ice cream comes in also work well for storing larger meals or as canisters and "cookie jars".
Great tips, but not the plastic bags!!! Remember Mother Earth readers that there is a garbage dump several times the size of Alaska floating in the Pacific Ocean made of plastic. Google "great Pacific garbage dump" for pictures. Let's use our petroleum resources wisely. There are reusable containers (of glass or food-grade plastic) that can last for years and stack nicely in freezer and fridge and are dishwasher safe.
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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – Tiger Woods will play the Turkish Airways World Golf Finals in October his manager confirmed to GolfChannel.com on Thursday.
The event, which will be played in October and feature an eight-man field, is not sanctioned by any tour and is designed to bolster Turkey's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games. According to reports in July, Woods had agreed to play the event but at that time his manager, Mark Steinberg, said his participation was not finalized.
"He's going to play," said Steinberg following Woods' round at the PGA Championship.
This year's field will include Woods, Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel, Hunter Mahan and Webb Simpson playing for a $5.3 million purse. World No. 1 Luke Donald announced last month he was not playing the event and there has been no announcement regarding his replacement.
The match play event will be played Oct. 9-12, the same week as the Frys.com Open which Woods played last year.


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Confident that the use of wholesome, creative activity would allow children to develop alert minds, healthy bodies, and strong character, Virginia Tanner established the Tanner Dance Program in 1937. An important pioneer and visionary, she dreamed of bringing "a measure of beauty into the life of a child." The Tanner Dance Program is an arts auxiliary of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah and is dedicated to the University's mission of teaching, research, and service. Inherently, the program nurtures an appreciation of dance, music, literature, theatre, and the visual arts. The Tanner Dance Program remains committed to Virginia Tanner's original mission – creating worthwhile human beings who contribute to their community. This unique vision of giving students the opportunity to share their own voices through the arts has grown until today the program serves more than 40,000 students annually at the University of Utah and in our community through the organization's programs and services.
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(From 2004) "Lights? Camera! Programming!"
"Do you suffer from indigestion? You may have a disease. Doctors recommend you take Ouch. Caution is urged when taking this drug as its side effects may be more hideously painful than your indigestion. This drug is only available through your doctor's prescription. The corporate-medical industry brings this message to you".
This statement may resemble any number of advertisements you have seen and heard on your television. This ad and all other ads, along with the "entertainment" are all geared to program you.
If its important that you consider yourself an independent person and have a television or multiple televisions in your home, you may want to adjust your . . . hold it! Don't attempt to change your horizontal, your vertical, your perceptions, we're in charge.
The Birth of the Beast
· "Our goal is simple: come September 7, 2002, we want everybody who turns on a television set to know that date is the anniversary of the day the medium arrived on this planet – and to know the name of the man who delivered it."
–Paul Schatzkin, author of "The Boy Who Invented Television"
It is little known that the inventor of the television as we know it today, were the results of the dreams and desire of a l4-year old farm boy, Philo Taylor Farnsworth, born in Beaver, Utah.
At the 2002 Emmy Awards telecast, Philo Taylor Farnsworth was honored as "the inventor of electric television". And the inventor's 94-year old widow, Pem Farnsworth and family members (their favorite program is the West Wing) were invited to take part in the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Invention of Television: September 7, 1927 – September 7, 2002.
Philo Farnsworth, it has been said that at the age of six he had confided to his father his heart's desire, that he had been "born an inventor". By age 12 he was demonstrating a natural affinity for all things electrical. Then came ideas, and at age l4, the design, of which dominated his thoughts: "pictures that could fly through the air" by radio waves. With that came the experiments. Experiments that would continue until he was 20 years old.
Though it was 1930 when Farnsworth was granted patents, it was 7 September 1927, when his experiments in his lab were a success. He had created the basic electrical design of transmitting images that is still used in the manufacture of every video system in the world today. And it was here in Farnsworth's lab that Vladimir Zworykin had come to visit Farnsworth. It has been reported Zworykin said, during that visit, he wished he had been the inventor when he saw Farnsworth's Image Dissector.
During the 1930's he fought the formidable Vladimir Zworykin and the Radio Corporation of America, (RCA) to hold on to his patents. The patent war went to trial and in 1932 Farnsworth won the patents for his invention, to include the camera tube Farnsworth had named the Image Dissector. In 1939, RCA agreed to pay royalties for Farnsworth's patents.
World War II was the focus of most citizens and industry; television didn't make its debut until the late 1940's. By then the name of television's principal inventor Philo T. Farnsworth, had slid into obscurity. The corporation RCA had won. It went on to dominate the television market. Encyclopedias credited his arch rival at RCA, Vladimir Zworykin with inventing television.
Farnsworth's early prediction made to his high school science teacher that some day every one would have his device in their homes is very near to its mark.
Approximately 98% of U.S. households own one TV set, 64% have two or more sets.
Scientists have been studying the effects of television for decades. A sentence taken from a book written in 1972 by George Gerbner has been quoted to read as follows, "Less attention has been paid to the basic allure of the small screen – the medium, as opposed to the message."
Purpose Corporate Dominance
· "We are no longer an industrialized society; we aren't even a post-industrial or technological society. We are now a corporate society, a corporate world, a corporate universe. This world is a vast cosmology of small corporations orbiting around larger corporations who, in turn, revolve around giant corporations, and this whole endless, eternal, ultimate cosmology is expressly designed for the production and consumption of useless things . . . "
–Written by Paddy Chavefsky, author of the 1976 movie "Network"
AOL Time Warner is the largest media conglomerate worldwide. The $165 billion mega-merger between AOL and Time Warner, approved by the FCC in January 2001, is the largest media merger in history. Its interests are in Film, Internet, TV, Publishing, Recreation (Sports teams), and a string of music interests.
A $50 billion merger between Viacom and CBS Corporation was completed in May 2000. Viacom is now the second largest media conglomerate worldwide.
This conglomerate is comprised of Television Networks, Radio Stations, Theater Operations, Video, Internet, Publishing, Famous Music Publishing (copyright owners), Theme Parks, Paramount Parks, Infinity, Outdoor TDI Worldwide – the largest outdoor advertising group in the U.S., and the Star Trek franchise.
The Walt Disney company is the third largest global media conglomerate. You know how big Disney is it's everywhere! But, this gives you an idea of how mammoth AOL Time Warner and Viacom must be! Goofy, Mickey and Nemo and still third!
The Satellite industry isn't any slouch either. An industrious competitor, Rupert Murdoch's New Corporation, plans to take over Direct-TV, the largest and most powerful provider of satellite service across the nation.
Resistance Battle
· TV-Free America -Turnoff Network, a national nonprofit organization was founded in 1994. The Turnoff Network's mission is to encourage children and adults to watch less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities. This year's National TV-Turnoff week that took place in April, over 7 million people participated in over 17,000 organized Turnoffs this year, in every state in the U.S., as well as numerous other countries.
Although the Turnoff Network acknowledges it may be unrealistic to think participants will never watch TV again, it is plausible each hour away from television will tend to promulgate other activities. Also this turn-off may offer insight as to how the TV exerts its pull and may help individuals gain better control over their lives. For many, when the TV is turned on again, they'll discover they regard TV in a much different way.
You might be inclined at this point, to ask about the nature programs, what harm is that? The Turnoff Network suggests, simply go do your own investigating of nature. The interaction is more rewarding and stimulating. Vicarious living or substitute living, for example, is the root of the recent TV reality shows, like "Survivor".
While one may take this stand; the hoopla stirred by a nosey lot of busybodies regarding watching television, is an infringement on the right to live their life any way they want and if that includes watching TV, butt out! Then the case in point is in their favor. However, the advocacy is not about watching TV, but rather more likened to a caution. After all, we can't all be foolish enough to believe that brain-washing doesn't exist, unless the years of media programming was more wildly successful than believed possible!
"I thank the Congress for reducing the chances that the hours spent in church or synagogue or in discussion around the dinner table about right and wrong and what can and cannot happen in the world will not be undone by unthinking hours in front of a television set."
–Former U.S. President Bill Clinton upon signing the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on the V-Chip, designed to help parents block out violence on television.
Nationally recognized specialist's in the fields of health and mind, express concern and remedies to cut down on TV watching. To name a few, the U.S. Surgeon General, American Academy of Pediatrics and Physicians for Social Responsibility and the National Educator's Association.
Their contributions, the result of their studies, are generally recognized as a guideline from which we draw our core skills in growing our children. And furthermore their contributions are also beneficial to the adult as well. Adult's that adopt and utilize their learning and teaching methods attain the desire to take responsibility.
American schoolchildren are estimated to spend more than 1,000 hours in front of the television each year – more time than they spend in school. Even children as young as 2 years old typically log hundreds of TV-hours annually.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has made clear, as statement of policy, that television is bad for young children under the age of 2 years and reportedly has advised their pediatrician members to urge parents to avoid placing these children at risk by exposing them to television viewing. Also, their advice is that babies and toddlers have a critical need for direct interactions with parents or significant care givers, for healthy brain growth. Which is necessary for development of appropriate social, emotional and cognitive skills.
One report states the responses from some media commentators when asked about this Academy policy, was a mixed bag of responses. " Nonsense", offered one commentator, while another hastily defending their program " . . . it's safe because . . ." and yet another responds, " . . . anything done in moderation . . ." A cynic may be inclined to wonder are these commentators aliens?
For those earth people who are interested and believe the 55,000 Academy members, the Academy further advises its members to ask parents of children that have eating disorders and are obese, about their media habits. This report and the fact derived from a study in 1996 that exposure to television caused delayed acquisition of language in toddlers, makes a powerful argument against TV.
How many parents turned the television set into a nanny, or a babysitter, for their children who are now parents themselves repeating the process with their little ones?
Does your child care center or designated caregivers have a television? Is it on every time you deliver and pick up you child?
Students who watch less than one or two hours of TV a day consistently have better reading skills than other students do – and this disparity increases at higher-grade levels. Watch less – be smarter!
Watching less television also means less exposure to a wide array of antisocial behaviors, including violence, over-consumption, and racial and gender stereotyping. Which can quite logically, based on our good doctor's reports on their studies, lead to the development of a personality of indifference and callousness.
· There are ad's intentionally aimed at the kiddie viewers to establish an allegiance, to seal the fate of the future consumer. Do the purveyors of ads and programming know this? It's like asking does a dog bark? Of course they know. Is Barbie popular? And do most young children demand specific items by trade brands?
The ad people are our fellow human beings and there may be a strong possibility that within this group, some are probably mommies and daddies. They know what we know and then some, its their job to know. But is there an ethical process?
They have access to many areas of research. One area of research is a joint project of Cornell and Ithaca Colleges: The Center for Research on the Effects of Television, (CRETV). This project boosts an impressive following of organizations and businesses to include TV Networks and TV-Free America.
It seems mighty strange these two powers are sifting through the same box of knowledge and facts to achieve opposite goals.
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· So, knowing all this do you think you are impervious to the programming promoted through the use of TV? Let's check it out.
Even researchers who study TV for a living marvel at the TV's hold on them personally. Percy Tannenbaum of the University of California at Berkeley has been quoted to say, " Among life's more embarrassing moments have been countless occasions when I am engaged in conversation in a room while a TV set is on, and I cannot for the life of me stop from periodically glancing over to the screen. This occurs not only during dull conversations but during reasonably interesting ones just as well."
You spend hours staring at a piece of furniture. Why?
A report from "Voice of America" states that in Baghdad, satellite dishes have "mushroomed" since the city fell victim to the bombings. An owner of one of the dishes, whose wife was reported as saying the dish cost $250.00, but worth it, because out of the 200 available channels she could watch one of her favorite stations, "Al Jazeera". And when asked about how this product has affected her five children she responded, "They have to go to bed by 9 p.m. and can only watch certain programs."
The tease works, bring something strange into a home and tell the curious young that they can't investigate it. It has dominion over the home.
Surveys have consistently shown that roughly 10 percent of adults call themselves TV addicts.
In a typical American household, a television set is on for seven hours every day. American adults spend an equivalent of two full months every year watching television.
Author and New York University Professor Neil Postman, is reported to say, "on television, discourse is conducted largely through visual imagery, which is to say that television gives us a conversation in images, not words . . . " He goes on to say, "The world as given to use through television seems natural, not bizarre," he adds. "Our culture's adjustment to the epistemology of television is by now all but complete; we have so thoroughly accepted its definitions of truth, knowledge, and reality that irrelevance seems to be filled with import, and incoherence seems eminently sane."
According to Harvard Economist Juliet Schor, she has been reported to say the images we see on television inflate our sense of what is normal, introduce us to a new richer reference group, and in turn raise our aspiration to consume.
A study by the Merck Family Fund found a correlation between how long people watch TV and how heavily indebted they are. As the number of viewing hours increase so does the increase in spending.
The U.S. Surgeon General warns of the seductive ads on TV for junk foods. Obesity is now the number two cause of preventable death in the U.S., second only to smoking. The obesity rate is more than one in four American adults and more than one in 10 children. A Memphis State University study has shown that while watching TV the metabolic rate drops down an average of 14.5 lower than it would be if lying in bed – no other waking activity is as sedentary as watching TV.
Many seniors spend a lot of time in front of the TV, according to a study. An average senior devotes 26 hours a week or 56 days a year solely to the TV. One doctor of physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist is reported to say, "Seniors can quickly become mentally and physically disabled if they watch too much television." And he adds, "Television viewing not only ages your body, it impairs your mind. Television simply isn't an activity that exercises your brain very much."
World Dominance
· "Using a television without an appropriate licence is a criminal offence. Every day we catch an average of 1,200 people using a TV without a licence. There is no valid excuse for using a television and not having a TV Licence, but some people still try – sometimes with the most ridiculous stories ever heard. Our detection equipment will track down your TV. The fact that our enquiry officers are now so well equipped with the latest technology means that there is virtually no way to avoid detection."
–From the official website of the British Television Licensing Authority, May 2003
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a government agency that has the power to tax and enforce laws. A color television license is around $192.00 a year and a black and white TV cost is around $64.00 a year. The cost goes up each year. The Television Licensing Agency (TVLA) keeps track of all the TV sets in the country and who owns them. Each TV has an oscillator (low power transmitter) that relays data that keeps the TVLA posted on its whereabouts.
A perspective that televisions are merely television sets, tools that are used as mechanisms in which desired outcomes may be attained, is not lost on the UK.
· Arbitron Inc., is currently testing their newest intelligence technology to rival the science named "Big Brother is Watching" (BBIW). As you may know, Nielsen (as in, "rating") has been the long-standing partner of BBIW. However, Nielsen may be asked to step down for a new hi-tech replacement, the "portable people meter" or PPM. Its modern sleuthing technology will focus on tracking its victim's voracious and fickle appetites that have been successfully commercial-generated.
PPM is reported to be the size of a hand held pager, which means you will be happy to have a technologically contrived device in your hand 24 hours a day, particularly the kids and teenagers. To convey harmlessness and the ease of use there isn't any skill required for its operation. You may continue on with your everyday activities while it automatically identifies what you see and hear.
Whaddaya think? The kids will love it! And while we're at it, let's buy another TV.
· "By accepting the universal neurosis, the individual is spared the task of forming a personal neurosis".
–Sigmund Freud


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Jimmy ValenTime is a fixture in the New York City underground having been featured on major media outlets as well as NBC. The South Bronx native, born to a Dominican / European mother, experienced a lot of strife and witnessed a lot of violence growing up. All of which have driven his ambitions in Hip Hop, and life, overall. In the remix to his single, "On Your Own," produced by Newo Tha Kid, ValenTime captures … Continue reading


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What Is Global Encounter?
The Global Encounter program hosts current and potential international students. Participants will experience American culture and history and be exposed to educational institutions in New England. Students are also provided with educational programming that allows them the opportunity to practice English speaking and listening skills. Our program can be tailored to a specific time, goal or age group (age 8-adult). Packages are available in 7, 10 or 12 night stays.
Where Is Global Encounter?
Our program takes place at Pine Brook Camp and Conference Center, in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. Pine Brook sits on 40 acres of land surrounded by beautiful woods and walking trails. Pine Brook has been host to generations of people throughout New England and now, through Global Encounter, is able to host generations from around the world!
Why Choose Us?
The Global Encounter Program is devised to give participants a multi-dimensional experience. Students are housed in a camp setting that allows them to work, learn and experience American culture collectively. This unique venue provides a backdrop to these experiences by exposing them to outdoor adventures, seasonal activities, games and team building. Global Encounter is located in an area with beautiful mountains, close proximity to Atlantic Coast beaches and cities with rich historical backgrounds. This setting allows students to experience history and culture throughout New England and beyond. Pine Brook staff will work to tailor a program experience that will be educational, beneficial and enjoyable. Participants will walk away enriched and have long lasting memories.


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Good Morning! Today we are happy to take part to the Piccolo First Birthday. I cannot believe that Piccolo has been launched just last year. I do remember when I first purchased them as I was desperately looking for a vegan/vegetarian baby food option for my girls. And when I first found about Piccolo last year, I had no idea of how "new" they were in the market place but I did notice that they were not available before. We have enjoyed lots of Piccolo Goodness this year and we have been delighted by the new flavours that they have introduced too.
Now "My Little Piccolo" is like part of our family as it is the only "Baby food" in our home, in our cupboards otherwise I cook everything. They are seen like a special treat, and it is a healthy one :). So definitely, we naturally joined in the fun!
We have tried to create a birthday cake recipe adding some Piccolo pouches in it. My daughters favourite flavour is the Raspberry and apple pouches so we decided to integrate them in our cake. I wanted to try a british favourite and classic recipe: THE Victoria Sponge cake with a Cheese cream twist. We do not eat lots of cakes or biscuits and #1 loves fondant icing, that's why I decided to decorate the cake with it and it helped me a lot for the Piccolo!
You can also use the Banana and blueberry flavour for the filling and for a healthier cake, decorate with fresh fruits!
Please have a look at my recipe:
It is a really easy cake to bake , so feel free to personalize it and use it for Easter!
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At NeoSystems, we offer a wide range of consulting services to prepare your organization for its next growth opportunity. Our team has extensive experience in developing back office system strategies for clients using Deltek and IBM Cognos products.
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E-XMLMedia's XMLizer product is in production use at
Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, also known as the CB
credit card. CB manages the protocols used by
170 member organizations. A team of protocol designers create
new protocols at the request of member organizations. The
complete lifecycle of the creation of a protocol may take a
year or more before it is implemented by associated
organizations. The XMLizer is used to manage protocol
specification documents. The management system contains a
unique feature in that the telecommunications cost of a
protocol specification may be computed directly from cost
factors specified as part of the protocol. This cost
computation helps member organizations determine the return on
investment of a particular protocol.
The architecture of the system uses a relational database for
storage of the document specifications and cost
factors. XMLizer extracts XML from the relational database. XSLT
is used to generate PDF format output from XML extracted from
the relational database
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E-XMLMedia's repository has been delivered into production
use for the Senate of France. In cooperation with Teamlog,
the Senate of France manages and disseminates legal
texts via the Internet. The application applies E-XMLMedia XML
expertise to enhance a classical three-tiered architecture
consisting of:
XML is used to model and represent a mix of documents and
data. This information is stored in an XML database tightly
integrated with Oracle. To optimize performance, E-XMLMedia
developed an XML cache and integrated it with the Repository.
The presentation of documents is accomplished by XSL.
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I absolutely adore this family! I have had the privilege of photographing Brigita, Yuri, and their sweet daughter, Chloe, several times over the past couple of year. Our first session together was to celebrate Chloe's second birthday and just a few months ago we did another family session after Chloe turned four.
I was so excited when Brigita told me she was expecting again. When we originally spoke, she had mentioned how much she wanted to have her maternity photos taken in gorgeous gowns and I am so thrilled I was able to help bring that dream come to life. We photographed her beautiful maternity photos both in and out of the studio. Brigita is such a natural in front of the camera! We also photographed a few more family moments since Chloe was sick on the day of her four-year-old session.
Brigita and Yuri, wishing you all the best as your family grows!
As always, thank you for choosing me to document your precious memories.
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Current Democratic Ald. Manny Sanchez (D-3) is joined by fellow Democrats, Eva Magnuszewski, Yvonne Muniz, Katie Breslin and Richard Reyes as the Democratic candidates for At-Large City Council members, facing Republican Desiree Costa and incumbent Republicans Tremell Collins (R-AL), Jim Sanders, Jr. (R-AL) and Daniel Davis (R-AL) and the Republican Council Leader Daniel Salerno (R-AL).
Five of the fifteen members of the City Council are elected citywide, and are referred to as "At-Large" Council members. Voters may vote for up to five At-Large Coucil candidates and top five are elected. Currently, all five At-Large seats are held by Republicans.
Democrat Manny Sanchez is a two-term veteran Council member, currently representing Ward 3. This year, he is running for an At-Large City Council. He serves on the Planning, Zoning and Housing Committee and the Consolidated Subcommittee. He also serves as Council Liaison to the Board of Education, Civil Service Commission, Fair Rent Commission, Housing Authority, Municipal Development, and Board of Police Commissioners.
Sanchez strongly advocated against the sale of New Britain's Patton Brook Well. He and fellow Alderman Carlo Carlozzi fought against the plan on the Planning Zoning and Housing Committee. Though the Republican-dominated Council approved Republican Mayor Erin Stewart's plan to sell the well, Sanchez continued to advocate against it until pubic pressure forced Republicans to black away from the plan.
Sanchez says he believes in working hard in his capacity on the Council. Saying he believes strongly that, "If you want to get something done, give it to a busy person," he says he believes it is important to study in advance, the substantive details of an issue before the Council and balance official reports with reports and opinions that constituents and peers bring to his attention.
Sanchez says that he is on guard against wasteful city expenditures, particularly those that can result in tax increases. He says that he argued against a 2017 proposed increase in water rates because he believed it was actually a disguised tax hike. He pointed out that other parts of the budget should have been reduced so the water rate increase would not have been necessary.
In running to represent the entire city as an At-Large Council member, Sanchez says that his priorities will likely focus on the city's school system and a higher level of educational achievement and working to increase the city's economic and commercial viability.
Speaking about Democratic Mayoral Candidate, Merrill Gay, Sanchez says, "I admire his temperament and his ability to work with all people."
Former Ald. Eva Magnuszewski is running, once again, for a seat on the City Council. She had previously served as an Alderwoman for eight years.
Magnuszewski is running this year on a platform of creating growth in economic development, improving education and defending New Britain's water supply. She says that she is very committed to protecting New Britain's water sources, saying that while, "There are alternatives to heat and electricity, there is no alternative to water."
A first generation Polish immigrant, Magnuszewski reads and speaks fluently in Polish. A political volunteer for 12 years, she first became involved with the New Britain Democrats during Democrat Jason Jakubowski's campaign 2005 campaign for Mayor.
Magnuszewski is an Account Executive at a Bristol based manufacturing company where she recently celebrated working for 12 years. A Vegan, she is a passionate advocate for animal rights and regularly testifies at the State Capitol on animal legislation.
Democrat Richard Reyes, a retired principal at Slade Middle School, says that he wants to put his financial and educational leadership acumen to work in helping to better advance and use city finances so that the city does not have to raise taxes, and perhaps even provide some tax relief.
Reyes says that he would like to bring his professional career as a middle school principal and his continuing interest in training and education to add a deep and useful knowledge base to the Council's decision-making. He says that he would like to bring his skill at planning and adhering to budgets to help ensure personal and public accountability and a better return-on-investment for city taxpayers.
Reyes taught grades 5 to 12 during his 35-year career as an educator. He says that he wants to help achieve better outcomes for New Britain's students, including meaningful job-training and apprenticeship experiences that will help young people pursue and succeed in good jobs that pay a living wage.
Reyes sees multiple priorities to address as Alderman-At-Large, including examining the tax increases implemented during the past four years. He believes that the city's high taxes call for more honest reporting about spending, and more research into finding new sources of revenue. He also says that he plans to work for job creation for the city and its citizens, especially its young people.
Reyes serves as Chairman of the Education Committee of the New Britain Latino Coalition and as treasurer of the New Britain School Administrators Union Local 51. He says that he lives by his philosophy of giving back to the community, and says he is proud to be on the Democratic slate led by Merrill Gay, who he sees as a candidate of high integrity, demonstrating good judgment and a long record of successfully partnering with individual and groups to make New Britain's future brighter and more secure.
Reyes' favorite quote from Abraham Lincoln's regarding city leadership is that, "If you want to learn about a person's character, give him or her power."
Democrat Yvonne Muniz is running a platform focusing on education, after attending New Britain schools from elementary to high school and having her two daughters attend local schools as well.
Holding a Bachelor Degree in Human Services and a Master's Degree in Social Work, Muniz has spent over 18 years working in the fields of Social work, Social Services, Mental Health Therapy and Educational Consulting. Currently serving as the DDS Transition Advisor for the State of Connecticut, and coming from humble roots of a single parent household with three siblings in New Britain, Muniz believes great success stories can come out of our city. She says that she believes her two daughters will be able to say the same.
Muniz has been involved with the local Democratic Party and Town Committee, serving as an Associate of the Town Committee and working on campaigns including those of Merrill Gay and Terry Gerratana, and says that she, "feels honored to serve with loyal members all working on the same mission to provide the best advocacy for people's rights."
Democrat Katie Breslin says that she plans to work on the Council to prioritize education and create more business development in New Britain. She says that she wants to improve our city without making things tougher on the homeowners taxes. She says that she plans on, "Reforming the tax structure of the city so that costs do not overwhelmingly get shifted to taxpayers."
Breslin has been active on the New Britain Democratic Town Committee since 2009 and involved in state politics since 2007. She works as a Communications and Membership specialist at the CT Community Non-Profit Alliance. She graduated St. Joseph's with a Bachelors of the Arts in Sociology and volunteers with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
Editor's Note: City Republicans were asked for candidate profiles on their candidates and did not respond by the publication of this article.


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"Chinita Princess" Kim Chiu danced to the hit track of Justin Bieber's "Despacito" last Sunday (July 16, 2017) on the "ASAP" stage.
The Kapamilya actress showed off her incredible dance moves on ASAP. Kim Chiu was sizzling hot, moving her hips while dancing to the beat of the famous song "Despacito". On Instagram, she shared a clip of her dance to fans and even tagged the Instagram account of Justin Bieber on the caption.
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Probably the most "visible" graph database out there, and also the oldest, Neo4J has been around since 2007, hitting 1.0 in 2010. As a result it occupies prime real estate in the enterprise market and this shows in its editions - they can get away with not providing clustering or high availability on the free community edition.
This blog post isn't about Neo Technologies' licencing policies. So I'll just get back on topic and summarize my experience here.
This blog post isn't about Neo Technologies' licencing policies. So I'll just get back on topic and summarize my experience here.
- Used upto version 2.2
- Used in production for powering a social graph
- Wouldn't trust it to master the data it contains, so make sure a more reliable storage backend contains data which can be backfilled into Neo4J if it ever crashes on you
- Until version 2.3, it lacked range indices (so sorting the user nodes a celebrity user node is linked to via incoming follow relations to by user_name is terribly inefficient). Unfortunately I haven't had the time to revisit Neo4J 2.3 to see how the problem is solved now.
- A lot of data "naturally" gets modeled as a graph
- Cypher is a pleasure to write graph queries in
- Full ACID support if you need that sort of thing and no dirty reads by design.
- The web based workbench is extremely user friendly and gets the job done quickly. It spoils you.
- https://github.com/jmcvetta/neoism and https://github.com/thingdom/node-neo4j are respectively amazingly written drivers for Go and Node.js (the two environments I wrote code in during 2015)
- Great for bootstrapping the prototyping phase as you can model a lot many things in it while easily growing the data model with more and more relationships. Sort of like using PostgreSQL and joining the living daylights out of every table but with a friendlier query language and web interface (neither scales much though as obvious).
- Lucene based full text indexing available (but as a negative, poorly documented)
- Free startup and opensource licenses available for the enterprise edition making things easier on the wallet.
- Proprietary clustering and high availability. I am a poor citizen of the third world.
- Poor performance under heavy read/write load due to mandatory ACID enforcement - forget about reading from a node you visit while it is being updated.
- Above issue makes it a bad idea to store frequently updated data like counters and profile information on a user node in the graph if it is part of relationships you regularly traverse.
- No internal sharding and distributing ability - all your data needs to fit on one machine (thus restrict use to containable data like social graph).
- For pagination, you are restricted to skip and limit which is very inefficient. I assume range indexes support in Neo4J 2.3 must mitigate this, which I am yet to investigate.
- Probably still the most mature free/opensource (atleast partially) database out there. For enterprise use, I doubt there are going to be competitors for a long time.
- As a developer, don't be that guy who models every single thing as a graph and then starts crying about performance and scalability.
- With range indexes and a lot of stability added to version 2.3 (see this and this) the project is heading in the right direction.
- Personally though, I'll try OrientDB and TitanDB (probably in that order) first before taking a look at Neo4J again because these two are fully opensource and relatively a lot more feature rich.