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Catharine “Cappy” Hill ’76 will be the 17th President of Williams College. You read it here first. We need (or, the powers on the search committee will argue that we need) a quick hire, known to Williams, comfortable with our culture, and experienced with both leadership and hard economic choices. Cappy Hill fits those criteria perfectly.
Quick Hire: The financial crisis makes this the most dangerous era for Williams in a generation. We need new leadership and we need it now. Although it would be nice to conduct a nationwide search lasting a year or more, perhaps installing an interim President like Carl Vogt ’58 in 1999-2000, the College lacks the luxury of time. Hard choices must be made and the earlier they are made, the less damage to Williams. Although Morty will serve as a good steward for the next 9 months, he is in no position to demand sacrifices from various stakeholders nor to make promises as to future benefits. He is a lame duck, with at least one eye focused on his responsibilities at Northwestern. So, Greg Avis ’80 (chair of the executive board of the Trustees and of the Presidential Search Committee) will want to have the job filled no later than this summer. That means a fast search, with a preference for those candidates that Williams knows well already.
Known: Members of the search committee will know Cappy as well as they know virtually any other candidate. She is a Williams alum, a former faculty member and senior administrator. She was a finalist for the presidential search in 1999 that selected Morty. She is a known quantity. Select Cappy and there will be no surprises. The biggest mistake made by the Trustees in the last 20 years was the selection of Hank Payne. They won’t make an error like that again.
Comfortable: Cappy is as comfortable with the Williams ethos as anyone can be. One son is an alumnus and another is a current student! She knows what makes Williams tick, what makes it special. She bleeds purple. And she is a golfer! The greens of Taconic are calling . . .
Leadership: If you had to design the perfect President to lead Williams through a period of economic turmoil and difficult spending cuts, you would have two conflicting goals. First, you would want someone who knew Williams inside and out, who had served as Provost (more or less the chief financial officer of Williams) for many years. Second, you would want someone with experience outside of Williams, ideally someone who had already served as a college president, someone who has insider knowledge of how another elite liberal arts college prioritized its spending, ideally a less-rich college than Williams, a place that spent fewer dollars while providing the same quality education. Unfortunately, those two qualifications are almost never found together in one person, unless that person is named Cappy Hill.
1) Williams would not steal Cappy away from Vassar. Hah! Williams stole both John Chandler and Hank Payne from Hamilton without hesitation, after only 5 years in office. Indeed, Cappy is following precisely Chandler’s path of faculty member, department chair, senior administrator and then a different college presidency for seasoning. If Williams was willing to steal Chandler and Payne, we will steal Cappy. Her short tenure (3 years as of this summer) will make Greg Avis ’80 feel guilty, but only a little. His responsibility is to Williams.
2) Williams passed over Cappy once and will do so again. Perhaps. There was something that made Williams choose Morty over Cappy and maybe that something will happen again. But I doubt it. Being runner-up to Morty is still a good showing and her winning the Vassar job means that there was nothing substantively wrong with her application.
3) Williams may want Cappy but she will turn us down. Perhaps. Chair of the Vassar Board of Trustees William Plapinger should be a nervous man. He led the search committee that selected Cappy. He would hate to lose her. If he is smart, he is calling her right now, trying to (gently) pin her down on her future plans, double-checking that her committment to Vassar is as strong now as it was three years ago. He will not want to be so crass as to demand a promise from Cappy that she will remove herself from the Williams search, but he will strongly imply that it is unfair of her to expect him (and other senior trustees) to work hard on the current capital campaign unless she is fully committed to the future of Vassar. Luckily, Cappy is smart enough to put him off.
4) Cappy is a great candidate but there are a dozen others. True! There are many good candidates (and future posts will handicap the race) but none as perfect as Cappy. In fact, I can’t come up with anyone who comes close, at least according to the criteria I outline above. (Suggestions welcome!) She is an even money bet, at worst.
Allow me to be the first to welcome her back to Williams.
Well, I imagine she would be a good choice. The fact that Williams has never had a female Pres, and that she is an alum, can only help. But I think you slightly overestimate her chances of leaving. Two years on the job is a big difference from five years on the job, especially if they are, as you say, right in the middle of a capital campaign. She may not want to be seen as leaving the school in the lurch. And it’s not as if Williams is SUCH a huge step up from Vassar — the two schools are reasonably comparable in size and reputation. Plus, there is more upside to the Vassar job — Williams is already the top liberal arts school in the country, where can you go from here, while Vassar has a great tradition and history at the top of the LA pyramid, but perhaps is not as highly-regarded as it once was, so it’s a place a President can make a huge impact. Then again, a chance to lead her alma mater is so rare and unique that folks may be more understanding of her motives.
I also note that according to her bio her husband heads a private school in NYC, which is significantly closer to Vassar than Williamstown. The paucity of comparable jobs in this area may also play a role in her decision, assuming she becomes the top choice.
Oh, and one other thing — while the appeal of an economist is self-evident in tough economic climate, the faculty as a whole, even if they like Cappy, may not be thrilled with two straight econ profs (indeed, two straight profs who focus some of their research on the same area of econ) as President — there may be an internal desire for intellectual diversity / not to be seen as overly-econ focused. Now, a desire to be led by someone they know and trust may ultimately prove to be more powerful a sentiment, but that is something else to consider.
Dave – I scooped you on this possibility days ago.
But I agree with Jeff that there are drawbacks, even if she’d want the job.
Two years on the job is a big difference from five years on the job.
Chandler/Payne only had 4 years on the job at the point they were chosen. Cappy will have served three years by next summer.
I believe that she and her husband have done the Williams/NYC dual career thing for many years.
You overestimate how much sway the faculty has in this decision. Professors on the search committee will matter, of course, but you can be sure that Avis doesn’t want to have anyone who is anti-econ. To the extent that there is a contingent on the faculty that wants a non-economist as president (and I doubt that), they won’t have a meaningful impact on the search. And most of the faculty I know seemed to like Morty’s use of data and expertise on the topic.
Again, in any search, there are a lot of moving parts and I don’t think that the odds for Cappy are any better than 50-50 right now. But they are certainly better than 1 in 5, and I can’t think of a different candidate with odds that good.
We will know a lot more in a month, when a smart reporter for the Vassar student newspaper will ask Cappy about it. If she doesn’t remove herself from consideration, her odds go up to 75% or better.
Also, I am not sure that Vassar is in a capital campaign right now. They either are or they are planning one.
DK – It’s time for you to send an assignment to the Editor-in-Chief of the Vassar student newspaper, cc’ing the Record Editor-in-Chief and the Poughkeepsie local paper. Smoke that scoop right out.
Good post. Great discussion. I think Jeffz identified the pivotal issues. Two years is a bare minimum. The change would lead undoubtedly to more separation in home life. Both excellent small LACs are roughly comparable, so its a bigger plus on the alma mater scale than as a career move. Beyond financial crisis managment, what opportunity exists to accomplish something great for Williams?
Maybe she would have the vision of something great for Williams that has not yet occurred to the rest of us. On the other hand, even making Williams more uniformly great, strengthening places that aren’t what they could be (such as the technology issues others have raised), creating a lean and efficient management structure, improving student life, etc., etc. across the board could be a proud, wonderful and fitting legacy of the next President. It doesn’t have to be buildings or flashy things.
Happy Vassar parent here… Putting aside questions of Cappy’s loyalty and commitment for the moment (although I hope they weigh heavily if she has an opportunity at Williams), I think of Vassar as a warm, calm, supportive environment without the intensity or nearly as many strivers as Williams seems to have. Vassar is a place that doesn’t seem to take itself too seriously… Mightn’t Cappy just plain be happy there?
Larry, something great that escaped the collective wisdom of Ephblog? Could such a thing be possible :)?
To address your point in another thread, I think we could have an interesting holiday break discussion, in a whole new post, about the ideal attributes / vision of a new President in the abstract, without naming any names whatsoever. If someone else doesn’t, I’ll start one of those in the next few days, and I’ll crystallize my own thoughts, already expressed in piecemeal fashion, on that topic there.
lurkingmom – As you can see, we (as alumni) are proud of her and admire her. I view Vassar as fortunate to have Cappy in the presidency there, as any school would be.
In looking at the Vassar website over the past two years to see how and what Cappy was doing, I have been struck to see that more “laid back” atmosphere you describe reflected in her announcements and other writings from the President’s office, and I’ve wondered to what extent it was the ethos of the school rubbing off on her. The irony for me is that, when one of my cousins went to Williams in the early ’60s and another to Williams, Vassar was very intense and serious, while Williams, by contrast, was rather laid back. They’ve reversed roles in a way.
I could see how she would not want to leave. Loving Williams as many of us do, we tend to feel a strong pull toward the place and to overlook both the virtues of other places and the drawbacks and challenges to trying to return to Williamstown.
Whatever happens with this (and I do think Cappy will be high on the list unless she removes her name), I hope it works well for all the institutions that may be involved.
Re #10 – Jeff, I’d really like to see that. The only problem may be timing, as I would anticipate that traffic may be way down over Christmas week. On the other hand, if we can bump the thread up a few times, we might actually have students (gasp!) participate, as I seem to remember that they drop in more often than usual during Winter Study. There was a WSO thread on the topic, but it fizzled out pretty quickly after exams were done and students were traveling instead of procrastinating – you might check it before you write your post. Thanks in advance for doing this.
I’ve undoubtedly said this elsewhere but I’d like for the new President to give the whole place a top-to-bottom review, eliminating inefficiencies and fixing nagging problems (but that would take a very skilled and patient people, as well as systems, person as there are lots of sacred beasts that would need to be slaughtered in the process).
I’m not sure if that much has changed. I’ve definitely never thought of Williams as a place that takes itself too seriously. Williams certainly takes itself much less seriously than the vast majority of its academic peers (Amherst, Swarthmore, HYP, etc).
What brand of gravit-o-meter are you using?
Institutionally, Williams seems to take itself very seriously. I’m think of the layers and layers of committees dealing with something like student life or housing. At times, there almost seems to be a wall of bureaucracy that gives the administration and student government a very formal, officious air.
hwc, I can think of a lot of ways to describe Williams. I could even find ways in which it might occasionally take itself too seriously, or more specifically, I might be inclined to say that some of it’s grads take themselves a bit too seriously, but not ever, in any way, from my first visit with my son, to the dealings I have had with the school since, would I describe Williams as having a “formal” and “officious” air.
Larry, I’ll hold off on that thread until after New Year’s so that people will be more inclined to see it; the next two weeks everyone is on the road, good point.
I think Williams does a lot of things, and has a lot of little traditional / campus flourishes, that undermine the idea that it takes itself too seriously. Starting with the campus itself, which is not a traditional brick / gothic quad-laden place that screams out to any passers by, look, this is place where serious thought happens. Rather than dripping with austerity, we have the eyes on Lawrence lawn, the ironic columns, Mission shaped like a (I formerly said eagle, now i say Rorschact test), perpetually purple Jessup, and other assorted goofiness. Our mascot is a puple cow (who is featured prominently on some admissions mailings). We have moutain day, and winter study, and the walk, and free university, and all-night trivia each semester right before finals for god’s sakes, and KAOS. Even the fonts and lists of facts and general tenor of admissions mailings give off a far more laid-back vibe than many competitors. All of those funky little Williams quirks undermine the notion that it is an overly-serious place. In fact, my sense from people like HWC was that the criticism of Williams from some quarters was that it didn’t take itself seriously enough — not enough students having deep intellectual / annoyingly pretentious (depending on how you look at it) conversations deep into the wee hours of evening, not enough students passionately engaged / being liberal posers (ditto) with off-campus social issues.
All generously overladen with an ordinarily unspoken and invisible but omnipresent attitude of arrogance (except with respect to Harvard).
I suspect it could very well be Robert Oden, president of Carleton College. Never underestimate the Fay Vincent connection.
jeffz – Is Jessup really purple? I always thought it was more of a mauve.
I see now that the story about a donor mandating that the building be painted purple, one that I repeated often as a tourguide, is in fact apocryphal. Oh well.
I’ve never said anything even remotely resembling the words you attempt to put into my mouth above.
Cappy would be an outstanding candidate but make no mistake, there is *a world* of difference between two years and four year on the job. To say the least, it would be extremely bad form to express an interest in leaving after only two years as a college or university pres. In higher ed time, that’s the corporate equivalent of four months. Yes, it does happen now and then. Most often, the pres is leaving a toxic situation of someone else’s creation—or the jump is truly meteoric. I think the pres of Iowa left for Cornell after a short tenure, probably doubling or even tripling his salary overnight–and he had some personal reasons for moving. My impression is that people feel more comfortable “jumping ship” if the originating institution is public and the reasons for departure can be attributed to politics, state budget cuts, or bad chemistry with the state coordinating board. In any case, I would not assume that there is only one eminently qualified “perfect” person to become the next president of Williams—or that only someone steeped in Williams is capable of leading Williams–or that the chair of the search would not shy away from “stealing” a president of a peer.
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This research was conducted by Andrius Aucinas, performance researcher at Brave, and Dr. Ben Livshits, Brave’s Chief Scientist.
Back in March we announced the development timeline for the newly redesigned Brave 1.0 browser for desktop operating systems, one that uses Chromium’s native interface and that supports nearly all Chrome features and extension APIs (referred to as Brave Core in this article). In addition to featuring leading privacy and security benefits, Brave Core (the latest milestone is available for download here) is showing radical performance improvements (beyond what is achieved by simply blocking unwanted content), offering average and median load time savings of 22%, which translates into as much as 8-second faster page loads on certain sites. In this post, we take a detailed look at Brave Core performance improvements and how this new version is going to benefit the user. Our main focus is on page loading times and our “weapon of choice” is the tracing infrastructure exposed by the underlying Chromium code base, which exposes detailed performance timelines. Future posts will address performance results on mobile devices, memory consumption, as well as comparisons with other leading browsers and general benchmark testing.
Browser performance is mainly measured across 2 metrics: how quickly it loads the pages and how much resources, mainly CPU, it uses. Both of them directly depend on the content loaded as well as network conditions. All tests were performed on a Macbook Pro laptop with Intel Core i5, dual-core CPU and compared Brave 0.24.0 version against Brave Core 0.55.12 Beta release.
Update: Note that we are comparing released versions; Brave 0.24.0 is based on Chromium build 69.0.3497.100, while Brave Core 0.55.12 uses a newer Chromium build 70.0.3538.45. We do not expect the move to a later underlying Chromium version to be responsible for significant performance variations. We don’t observe a statistically significant difference for unthrottled measurements—in fact, Chrome 70 is sightly slower for the sites we considered.
An inherent property of computer networks is their varying performance – latency and bandwidth can both change quickly and there are no minimum quality of service guarantees. This combined with varying server response times and even more – different content delivered in response to subsequent requests create some challenges in detecting performance differences due to changes in the application itself.
Reddit.com – User-generated news links. Votes promote stories to the front page.
Cnn.com – News, weather, sports, and services including e-mail news alerts and downloadable audio/video reports.
News.google.com. Aggregated headlines and a search engine of many of the world’s news sources.
Nytimes.com – Online edition of the newspaper’s news and commentary.
Theguardian.com – Home of the Guardian, Observer and Guardian Weekly newspapers plus special-interest web sites.
Indiatimes.com – Covers home and international updates, sports, entertainment, health and lifestyle. With sections for weird and trending news.
Weather.com – Offers forecasts for cities worldwide as well as radar and satellite maps. Also includes news stories and allergy information.
News.yahoo.com – Daily news and full coverage of current issues.
Washingtonpost.com – Daily. Offers news, opinion, sports, arts and living and entertainment. Includes archives since 1977 and subscription information.
Foxnews.com – Breaking News, Latest News and Current News from FoxNews.com. Breaking news and video. Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.
The sites that are crossed out have paywalls or consent / GDPR compliance walls when visited from Europe and are excluded from further evaluation.
We measured page load times across both browsers using the built-in developer tools, with load times exposed with standard Performance.timing APIs supported by all browsers. While Brave Core makes a lot more sophisticated instrumentation possible, not everything is available on the older version, and we used the manual approach to maintain identical measurement methodology.
Developers often forget that while themselves and many power users may be tech-savvy and own the latest hardware – the reality is that the majority of people might not have the latest computers on the fastest networks. It’s important to think about these devices when building for the web, and especially so for Brave, with the browser very popular among mobile users. Although a proper deep-dive into mobile web performance is due in a separate article, we also look at the effects of Brave Core performance changes in realistic environments.
Ben Schwarz in his 2017 article on real world performance compiled some information on real network access out there, with a few pieces of shocking news: 60% of the world’s average mobile connections are 2G and the cost just 500mb of data can be a few days worth of work for some people in India, Brazil or Indonesia. Suddenly a fast 3G connection sounds pretty good!
The same settings are used in Google Lighthouse throttling. Among other limitations, the browser does throttling at request level, rather than packet, which would leave the throttling presets too optimistic, and the Chrome team have worked out that they should use latency and throughput multiplier factors of 3.5x and 0.9x in Lighthouse as well as Chrome to simulate realistic network conditions.
We separately tested our chosen websites with webpagetest.org to confirm the choice of throttling settings with two devices: iPhone SE and Motorola Moto G4. Over 21% of iOS users are still using the iPhone 6s / 6s Plus / SE (all with the same chipset) and the Moto G4 is often the choice for a mid-range, budget Android device. We compared the times of loading live versions of the chosen websites on a Fast 3G connection using standard web browsers (Safari for the iPhone and Google Chrome – for Moto G4) when comparing the upcoming Brave 1.0 browser with 4x and 6x CPU throttling. As expected, there is a lot of variance when comparing real load times against emulated ones, however the Moto G4 is slower than the iPhone, iPhone is closer to 4x CPU throttling and Moto G4 – to 6x.
Overall throttling does give us an idea of how the browser performs on a “much slower device”, but we shouldn’t expect direct per-site comparison to be accurate as the results are noisy when compared to real mobile devices. We hypothesise that some of the bigger differences are due to natural performance variations across the browsers, e.g. on foxnews.com, Safari appears a lot faster than Google Chrome. Chrome’s approach of emulating mobile CPU by simply slowing down the main thread running on a multi-core x86 CPU is only meant as crude approximation of the actual performance a generic resource-poor device that might be running on a lower-frequency ARM CPU with a completely different architecture.
We measured page load times on both Brave Core and Muon-based Brave to see if there are any differences, unthrottled (running on a laptop, with all requests served locally from a replay cache) as well as with the different permutations of network and CPU throttling. As mentioned before, some content cannot be replayed completely deterministically and we see some missed content in page traces, e.g. in the case of theguardian.com 4 requests out of more than 260 fail to be replayed.
Slightly surprisingly, the unthrottled case also demonstrates the biggest relative gains, with the tested pages loading 22% on average (with 18% median), which saves between just 100ms for weather.com and up to 1.3s for Fox News, half a second in the median case. When only CPU is slowed down by a factor of 6, the saving is still around 20% on average (24% median), but the absolute saving goes up to over 4 seconds in the best cases, however for Google News we observe a performance degradation. Noticeably, Google News adds last bits of styling by lazy-loading some images and stylesheets after a delay, annotating stylesheets with “data-late-css”, and CPU throttling appears to be interfering with the specific way of late-loading the less critical resources.
While load times due to network throttling can be affected by the changes in how ad-blocking is done within the new browser core, in some cases with both network and CPU throttling we see very small gains or losses that can be attributed to measurement noise. In some cases, the total difference adds up to 9.3s for weather.com and 12.3s for Reddit. This is caused by a combination of how the different bottlenecks in loading a page actually change depending on processing and network speed, as well the limitations of the throttling approach. In fact, the differences with real mobile devices on webpagetest.org highlight the necessity to test on specific hardware, as the very crude approximations do not necessarily paint a realistic picture.
Using browser performance tools, we looked at the details of two pages: 1) theguardian.com, because the savings are very different in throttled and unthrottled cases, and 2) reddit.com, because the savings are big in both cases. It is worth noting that performance tracing adds overheads of its own, so the numbers are not directly compared to the tests above with tracing disabled.
When loading The Guardian with throttling, Rendering and to some extent Scripting and Loading consumed more time, however with network as the bottleneck their impact on load time was hidden. This difference in CPU use, although not necessarily noticeable for the user, would add up to significant differences in energy use, or cause more prominent effects when browsing on a faster network. This is why with no network limitations the difference in load time becomes large, adding up across Loading, Scripting, Rendering and Other tasks with virtually the same idle time.
In the case of Reddit, the most notable difference is in time spent on Scripting as well as Rendering – with CPU throttling those differ by over 6 seconds and almost 3 seconds respectively, with a few more spent on Other tasks. Without CPU throttling, the differences in Scripting and Other tasks cover most of the difference in overall loading time. With the computationally heavy site Brave Core improvements in rendering tasks deliver as much as 8 seconds faster page loads with no additional ads or trackers blocked.
We found a number of interesting results when comparing the upcoming Brave 1.0 browser with the current version of Muon-based Brave on a desktop (laptop) computer. We also looked at what performance might look like on a much slower device by emulating CPU and network slowdown.
Savings on the desktop: For today’s common laptops with fast connections, we observe load time savings of 10% – 34% on the tested popular media websites with same page content and blocking. Average and median load time savings are 22% and 18% respectively.
Slower Environments: For slower processors similar to what is found on today’s average Android device on a fast 3G connection, our savings range up to 44%, with the mean and median of 14% and 4% respectively.
CPU utilization: CPU utilization is better in Brave Core, with all computationally intensive tasks running faster across all tested websites and configurations. We plan to explore the importance of multi-core capacity on the browser speed in an upcoming post.
Emulation: Emulating hardware and network conditions real users are likely to use helps us see a realistic picture of browser performance improvements. We plan to provide a much more detailed look at mobile performance in the future.
In future posts, we plan to explore performance measurements on mobile devices, for a much more detailed look at what real users gain from using Brave on their mobile devices. We will also be writing about improvements in memory consumption and the importance of multi-core capability on browser speed. Finally, with the recent improvements in browser performance with Brave Core, we have a great platform for further privacy and performance features, some of which we have already written about and some in the works. We will be writing about them too, so stay tuned!

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The Loxia 2/35 will cost $ 1,299.00, the Loxia 2/50 will be $ 949.00.
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The world’s largest gay dating app, Blued, has launched a surrogacy service.
According to its website, BluedBaby connects Chinese couples with surrogates in the US, Canada and Russia.
Bloomberg reports the first baby born through Blued’s service will be born next month.
Blued CEO, Geng Le, was inspired by his own experiences of finding a surrogate in California, according to Bloomberg.
As surrogacy is illegal in China, the process is long and costly. Geng told Bloomberg the process cost him US$200,000.
BluedBaby, with an office in China’s capital Beijing, walks clients through choosing an egg donor, finding a surrogate, signing contracts, and navigating paperwork and cultural differences.
‘We want to showcase a Chinese company diligently serving the LGBT community,’ Geng told Bloomberg.
‘Showing that we do things with value, with philanthropy’ Geng Le told Bloomberg.
Geng Le, whose birth name is Ma Baoli, was working as a policeman when he started up a popular gay website.
His employer discovered the site and told him he could keep his job if he shut it down.
Instead, he found investment of US$30 million and created a smartphone app.
It now claims to have 40 million users, making it the largest in the world.
Blued differs from other gay networking apps with a video broadcast feature.
Followers can reward broadcasters with cash gifts, and Blued takes a cut.
Blued is also trying to get into pharmaceuticals, according to Bloomberg. It is applying for a license to market PrEP in China.
Earlier this year, Blued stopped accepting new users for a week.
It conducted a ‘comprehensive content audit and regulation’ after newspapers reported underage users contracted HIV from dates arranged on the site.
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Q&A: After marathon talks between the US envoy and the Taliban, is Afghan peace at hand?
ISLAMABAD — The longest direct talks ever held between the United States and the Taliban concluded this week with both sides citing progress toward ending the 17-year war in Afghanistan, but many questions remain unanswered.
The Taliban are negotiating from a position of strength: They effectively control half the country, and President Donald Trump has made clear he is frustrated with America's longest war and determined to bring the troops home. The two sides have reached a draft agreement on the withdrawal of U.S. troops — a longtime Taliban demand — and the insurgents have rebuffed U.S. efforts to get them to negotiate with the Kabul government.
U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad can claim some success. The Taliban have said they will prevent Afghanistan from being used as a base for launching terror attacks, as it was prior to 9/11. But the insurgents have provided no specifics on what that would entail, and it remains unclear whether they are willing or able to confront other militant groups, some of which are longtime allies.
The marathon talks extended for 13 days and saw Khalilzad meet face-to-face with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co-founder of the Taliban and veteran battlefield commander. That alone marks a major change after three successive U.S. administrations — including Trump's — rejected direct talks.
Khalilzad said they reached two "draft agreements" covering the withdrawal of U.S. troops and guarantees that Afghanistan would not revert to a haven for terrorists. But he was unable to persuade the Taliban to launch talks with the U.S.-backed government in Kabul, which the insurgents view as a corrupt and dysfunctional American puppet.
Instead, the Taliban agreed to meet with a wide array of prominent Afghan figures, including some government representatives. That would further undermine President Ashraf Ghani, who is increasingly being cast as part of a chorus of Afghan voices.
The two sides seem to be in agreement about the withdrawal of American forces, but divided over the timeline and whether a residual force would remain.
Taliban officials have told The Associated Press that the insurgents want a full withdrawal within three to five months, but that U.S. officials say it will take 18 months to two years. The Americans are likely to insist on a residual U.S. force to guard the American embassy and other diplomatic facilities, and may press for a counterterrorism force as well.
Even if the Americans accept the Taliban's demands for a more rapid pullout, they could encounter logistical bottlenecks in withdrawing more than 10,000 American soldiers and heavy equipment from the central Asian country.
WILL THE TALIBAN KEEP THE PEACE?
Both sides have continued to battle it out even as they negotiate, and no cease-fire has been reached.
The highly-disciplined Taliban can be expected to halt their military operations once they agree to do so, but whether they can or will act against other militant groups is a thornier question.
The Taliban have clashed repeatedly with an upstart Islamic State affiliate in recent years but have been unable to dislodge it from its strongholds in the eastern Nangarhar province. U.S. forces have had more success against IS, but air power has played a crucial role and may no longer be available after a withdrawal.
Other militant groups, like al-Qaida and the Haqqani network, have longstanding ties to the Taliban and are still active in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan. Ayman al-Zawahri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as the leader of al-Qaida after he was killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan in 2011, is believed to be in hiding in the region, and still counts hundreds or perhaps thousands of followers in the two countries.
The Taliban might be able to convince such groups to lie low, but are unlikely to wage a Western-style counterterrorism campaign against them. And if an attack on Western interests were traced back to the region, the Taliban could evade responsibility by saying it came from the Pakistani side of the porous, mountainous border.
The U.S. has spent 17 years and tens of billions of dollars propping up the government in Kabul, and Ghani himself owes his office to then-Secretary of State John Kerry, who negotiated a power-sharing arrangement after the 2014 election was marred by allegations of massive fraud.
But in recent months, the U.S. envoy has acquiesced to Taliban demands to keep the government on the sidelines. The Americans say they are working closely with the Afghan government and favor an Afghan-led process, but Ghani has yet to secure a seat at the table. Khalilzad said an Afghan dialogue will be held but there were no promises of a leading role for Ghani.
It remains unclear whether the government would survive in its present form without extensive aid from the U.S. and NATO, which have provided crucial air support during major battles with the Taliban. There are also numerous heavily armed factions within the government that could fight among themselves, as they did in the early 1990s. After years of poor governance and widespread corruption, many Afghans might be happy to see the government go.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR AFGHAN WOMEN?
During the Taliban's ultra-conservative rule in the 1990s, women were largely confined to their homes and girls had no access to education.
Women secured gains after the U.S.-led invasion, but those were largely confined to upper-class bastions in major cities, while in the countryside women and girls must still abide by the country's conservative cultural values.
The Taliban have moderated their tone in recent years, saying they are no longer opposed to women working and girls attending school. The U.S. has said it is up to the Afghans to determine how their country is governed.

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IWPOY will soon launch its 2015 Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year Competition and in a brand new section for 2015 we will also be looking for the very best female photographer from the Isle of Wight.
Do you have what it takes to capture a prize-winning image? IWPOY are looking for inspiring photographers whose winning photos will take pride of place in an exclusive exibition at Dimbola to mark the bicentenary of Julia Margaret Cameron’s birthday.
The 2015 bicentennial anniversary of Julia Margaret Cameron’s birth creates a timely opportunity to generate renewed interest in one of the most important and experimental photographers of the 19th century and celebrate her timeless photographic prowess.
IWPOY Founder, Professional Photographer & Tutor Gary Early, said: “We’re really excited about this years IWPOY and hope to receive a great selection of images. This is a ‘money can’t buy opportunity’ and a chance for everyone on the Isle of Wight to showcase their photographic talents.
Every Picture Tells A Story: Thirty stunning photographs that capture life from every corner of our globe were shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Isle of Wight photography award.
Island photographer Victor Saltmeris was announced last night as this year’s winner of the coveted IWPOY prize for his image ‘Young and in Love’. Second place was awarded to Keith Towers for ‘A Quiet Space’ and third place ‘Cleaning up after a long day’ went to Ian Johnston.
Michael Cooper’s image of a Misty Morning on the island has won him the title of Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year 2010.
Now in its 5th year and building on the success of previous Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year Awards.
The island-wide photography competition themed ‘Elements – earth, wind, fire, and water’ offered photographers, of all abilities, a great subject to capture and entries were as expected of a very high standard.
It is with great pleasure that we are now able to announce the judges for the IWPOY 2008 and to thank them in advance for the difficult task that they have already started. With such diversity and quality of images this year their task is not an enviable one however, their photographic skills and backgrounds have equipped them well for this challenge.
Steve was born in Coventry in 1973. After achieving ‘A’ Levels in Art and Photography, Steve started his career as a photojournalist, before gaining the opportunity to become a photographic hand printer for a leading company in the field. Here he spent 10 years learning the skills and artistry involved in crafting photographic prints for some of the country’s top photographers.
Steve started Available Light Photography after moving to the Isle of Wight in October 2000. Struck by the allure and variety of the Island’s landscape, Steve decided to use his years of photographic experience to capture this beauty. His grounding in traditional photographic techniques helped immensely when Steve took the plunge and ‘went digital’ in 2003. No longer constrained to the darkroom, Steve now has more time to concentrate on taking the unique images he sells, and printing them using the latest archival inks and papers that outlast traditional photographic media.
Chris was born on the Island way back in the sixties and showed an early interest in photography, setting up a school darkroom and becoming the official unofficial photographer of 1024 squadron air cadets (of which he was a member).
After a school career, in which Chris mostly stayed out of trouble, he spent some time on the mainland learning about photography at college.
Returning to the Island he worked for a photographer and then moved into colour and black & white processing before going into retail. Chris has spent some time as a member of several camera clubs over the years and carried out photographic judging work in the 80’s and 90’s.
Chris has worked for the Island Photo Centre for 18 years, seeing the company evolve to provide different services such as photo restoration, image recall, in-store large format printing, in-house teaching and product photography.
Based at his studio in Bembridge on The Isle of Wight, where he runs his company Island Images, Ben is best known for his signature black and white marine photography and his highly successful landscape images from his book The Island. However, since re-locating to the island from London ten years ago Ben has diversified into motor-racing, equine and shooting photography.
His most recent exhibition Equus showed in London and Paris and featured 40 prints from the polo fields of Apremont and the race tracks of Chantilly and Longchamps. The shell series started as a private commission and has since developed into Ben’s most current project. The shells and coral are sourced from all over the world and then photographed using very soft light in his studio. In the printing stage the giclee paper is given extra texture by applying a glaze over the image.
Ben also takes on commercial commissions for a wide range of advertising, architectural and design clients and is represented in London by Getty Images and Corbis.
Please take a little time to view the competition judge’s websites – there are some great images in their galleries and as photographers we can all gain some benefit from their skills and professionalism.

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The Alfa Romeo Giulietta (series 750 and 101) was Alfa Romeo's first, successful foray into the 1.3-litre class. From 1954 to 1965, a total of 177,690 Giuliettas were made with the great majority in Berlina saloon, Sprint Coupé or Spider Roadster body-styles but also as Sprint Speciale, Sprint Zagato Coupés and Promiscua estate variants. In mid 1955, the open two-seat Giulietta Spider, featuring convertible bodywork by Pininfarina was introduced. The car used unibody construction and a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout.
According to Alfa Romeo Automobilisimo Storico, this stunning car was manufactured on 19th July, 1961 and sold on 13th September, 1961 in Milan, Italy. This car was manufactured in San Giorgio, just north of Turin and was first sold just east of there in Milan in 1961. During most of its life, this Spider remained in and around the regions surrounding Milan and as such has enjoyed a preserved existence in a dry climate.
This is a beautiful example is presented with a flawless Alfa Rosso exterior. The pretty design begins with a nest of sparkling chrome work featuring a delicately composed grille proudly displaying the Visconti badge. The Giulietta illustrates a smooth and elegant design that is only briefly interrupted by the raised rear quarter haunch with excellent panel fit and finish.
The undercarriage has been sympathetically restored to tally correctly with the outstanding presentation on top. The two tone cabin has survived remarkably well with the vinyl seats in near perfect order. The carpet set is clean and tidy, with no unsightly marks or tears whilst the padded dash features chromed instrumentation housing a novel oil/water and petrol gauge; a simple yet stylish touch typical of the era. Door cards remain taught and smooth, home to a glowing selection of chrome handles.
Mechanically, the car runs smoothly with good oil pressure and temperatures. All gearbox syncros enable trouble-free gear changes both up and down ratios, with the action remaining light and easy to use, whilst the engine bay presents brightly with no unsightly corrosion. Crucially this car retains it's original and correct engine and gearbox. The car sits on period correct steel wheels, pleasantly brightened by chrome hub caps featuring the Visconti/Milano badging and the drum brakes operate smoothly and pull up the lightweight Spider with a minimum of fuss. A full report on the restoration of the underside is present alongside original Italian papers and ownership documentation. The car is UK registered having been imported from Italy late 2014 and is supplied with an MoT test certificate valid to April 2018. A superbly rare motorcar and one of the most iconic and beautiful post war designs.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


text: It's cloudy outside. The world is delineated in every detail. Every little shadow and line is accented sharply by the ominous thunder rumbling across the belly of the sky. The bits of color in the flowers reach but cannot leave much of a mark on the pervading gloom. The inside of the house is warm and well-lit, peaceful and serene. The laughter of carefree children echoes down through the centuries of its wooden frame. Hospitable, smelling of a home-cooked meal, one gazes through the glowing panes of glass and can only conjure memories of rustling skirts covered by wide aprons, full-chested mothers sweeping and elbow-deep in dough, scolding their children and wiping away their tears. The house now stands abandoned and empty, only dust and cobwebs covering the windows. Long ago and far away, I recognized the nostalgia of the times that came before as I look down the neon street, the first drops starting to hurtle down from the dark heavens above.

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text: Unforeseen financial hardships can happen to anyone, and sometimes can force families into difficult situations. Kevin and Gina Taylor had lived in their home in Magna for 18 years, since it was built. They had raised their four children there and built rock gardens in the front yard out of stones collected on family vacations over the years. Then, ten years ago, Gina fell ill and was unable to work and the Taylor family could no longer afford their house payment. They sold their home in a short sale to a buyer who then allowed them to rent the house from him. This allowed them to remain in their house, but no longer building equity as homeowners. They continued to live there as renters for ten more years, until unexpectedly in October 2013, their landlord gave them three weeks’ notice to vacate, as he intended to sell the house. Kevin and Gina wanted to buy their house back, but were turned down by multiple mortgage companies, as they hadn’t had time to set money aside for a down payment. The Taylors were devastated to have to move away from the house their family had lived in for 28 years. They quickly moved their belongings into storage and moved into a motor home parked in Kevin’s brothers’ driveway while they figured out what to do next. “It was killing us to think we’d have to try to start over again,” Kevin said. “All of the kids’ memories are here. We’ve done all the landscaping and the rose bushes in the yard were originally my mothers’.” Eventually, they were referred to CDCU by a mortgage lender.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Winchester Cathedral is a beautiful Anglican cathedral in the county of Hampshire, southeast England. The present structure, dating mostly from 1097, it is the longest cathedral in the country.
A Saxon church was built on this spot in 648 and was soon used by a Benedictine monastery which came to be named the Priory of St. Swithun.
Saint Swithun (d. 862) was bishop of Winchester and a tutor to young King Alfred. Despite his importance in life, the saint humbly requested that he be buried outside upon his death, so that "passers by might tread on his grave and where the rain from the eaves might fall on it." He was initially buried in the churchyard in accordance with his wishes, in a highly prestigious position.
The present church, the longest medieval cathedral in Britain, dates from 1079, and was built in the Norman (Romanesque) style. St. Swithun's remains were moved to the new church in 1093. The cathedral was at the heart of a powerful diocese that stretched from the Thames River to the Channel Islands and attracted many pilgrims who came to pray at the tombs of Swithun and other saints.
The influential and wealthy bishops of Winchester further developed and adorned their cathedral throughout the Middle Ages. The east end was expanded in the 13th century. Even more remodeling and expansion took place in the 14th century, including the Gothic nave, west front and choir stalls.
Stephen Gardiner (1531-55) was the last important Roman Catholic bishop of Winchester, during the reign of Queen Mary I. He officiated at her marriage to Philip of Spain, which took place in Winchester Cathedral.
The soaring Perpendicular Gothic nave of Winchester Cathedral, the longest in England, is the highlight of the building. Also impressive are the chantry chapels, the reredos (late-15th-century ornamental screens), and the elaborately carved choir stalls featuring flowers and plants, owls and monkeys, dragons, knights and green men.
Jane Austen is buried here; her grave is marked with a commemorative plaque. Also buried in Winchester Cathedral are the bones of many Saxon kings, the remains of the Viking conqueror Canute and his wife, Emma, and the remains of William Rufus (William II), son of William the Conqueror.
The transept and crossing tower are survivors from the Norman period (11th century), as is the crypt. The crypt has an unusual feature: it still floods periodically in the winter. In the center of the crypt is Sound II, a modern sculpture by Anthony Gormley that was designed to stand in water.
The cathedral's library contains over 4,000 books, including several illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages. Especially notable are Bishop Morley's 17th-century book collection and an exhibition room contains the 12th-century Winchester Bible.
The Triforium shows sculpture, woodwork, and metalwork from 11 centuries and provides magnificent views over the rest of the cathedral.
The Close once contained the domestic buildings for the monks of the Priory of St. Swithun. Most of these buildings were destroyed during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Below is a location map and aerial view of Winchester Cathedral. Using the buttons on the left (or the wheel on your mouse), you can zoom in for a closer look, or zoom out to get your bearings. To move around, click and drag the map with your mouse.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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The lecture begins by discussing examples of photonic time-frequency processing of ultrafast and broadband signals, demonstrated initially using bulk or discrete optical components. Selected applications of optical microresonators and other integrated photonics devices for analog signal processing of ultrafast and broadband light are then reviewed. Topics include radio-frequency and optical arbitrary waveform generation, optical frequency combs, and time-frequency entangled photons.
Andrew Weiner, the Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, is best known for pioneering work on programmable femtosecond pulse shaping and ultrafast signal processing. Weiner is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Inventors and has received numerous awards, including the OSA Wood Prize and the IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award. He has published over 300 journal articles, is author of the textbook Ultrafast Optics, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Optics Express.

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Dancers lie on the floor in a scene from a “STAGED?” performance.
In Maria Hassabi’s slow, meticulously articulated theater piece “STAGED?,” texture begets emotion and seemingly inadvertent placements — a touseled head near a shoulder here, a hand on a thigh there — can carry the weight of ages. Presented by the Institute of Contemporary Art Friday and Saturday night, the 75-minute work is a journey through the intricacies of connecting (and not), revealed in almost achingly deliberate movements — and stillnesses — wrought by Hassabi and her three dancers.
From the beginning, “STAGED?”, with its elongation of time, is disconcerting: It rattles you awake. The audience enters directly on the stage — covered in red carpet that later fades to pink — to take their seats on risers surrounding the dancers, who lie like linked puzzle pieces in the center of the space. Oisín Monaghan, facing front in denim pants and colorful shirt, blinks. You wonder: Who are the watchers and who are the watched?
Indeed, we quickly realize we, too, are part of the performance: me scribbling notes, a man checking his glowing texts, people leaving early, the exit door clanging behind them.
Eyes play as large a role as limbs and torsos in this slow-motion scene of connections and separations, starts and stops. The performers never stand; rather, neck tendons strain and parts of bodies distort and twist, extend and tremble, laying bare the Herculean muscular control necessary to move with such intention.
Jessie Gold, enunciating a curve, slips to the floor, vertebra by vertebra. Hristoula Harakas, with her feet and back on the ground, raises her pelvis so high the sheer physics of the move turn her sideways. Hassabi, her yellow nailpolish a pinpoint, nuzzles her head, then also her chest into Harakas. The stage is a sea of color: Victoria Bartlett’s outfits vibrate with shapes in red, green, orange, gold, black, white, and more. Images of Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” flit before me. As time passes, the dancers shape-shift from a clump to a diagonal line, with elbows, knees, and heads forming peaks and valleys. The transformation has been so subtle, you’ve missed how they got from here to there.
Composer Marina Rosenfeld’s score — cracklings and subtle thrumming lit by individual notes — operates like a leitmotif. It enters and exits your consciousness, underlining the now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t ephemerality of not just “STAGED?” but dance in general.
Hassabi’s is a world of “living” sculptures. Her preoccupations are not new: The rebels of the Judson Dance Theater of the 1960s, among them Yvonne Rainer, Lucinda Childs, and Steve Paxton, strove before her to plumb the meaning of what “dance” is. Hassabi’s interpretation, however, is all her own: a confluence of visual art, movement, sound, and dramatic lighting with fashion and, yes, theatricality part of the mix.


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While closing the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari would be a great achievement for Williams this season, Claire Williams says keeping Red Bull behind would be even better.
Last season Williams finished third in the championship but while the year prior they were behind Mercedes and Red Bull, in 2015 it was Mercedes and Ferrari.
Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa were regular top-ten finishers while also adding four podiums to the team’s tally.
This year deputy team principal Williams is hoping to continue that upward trend, saying the goal is to close the gap on Mercedes and Ferrari – and if they can keep Red Bull at bay that would be even better.
“We need to cut the gap down to Mercedes and Ferrari,” she told Autosport.
“That would be a real achievement for a team like us when our resources aren’t as strong as some other teams.
The ultimate goal, though, is to win grands prix and World titles, the latter of which Williams last achieved back in 1997.
Williams added: “The ambition at Williams is always to win races and fight for that title.
“We’ve had two years of finishing third and we have to make performance improvements and take the fight to those at the front.
“We should all remember how amazing it was to see our two cars go into that first corner at Silverstone in the lead after overtaking the Mercedes.
“It was brilliant to see two Williams do that, particularly on home soil and I will never forget that race.
“We proved in that one race alone, in those few laps, that we are back as a team.
“For the team itself, that is a motivation point to remind everyone what it feels like to do well in F1 and to be successful and to lead a race.

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DH and I were both raised in emotionally abusive families. His mom tended more towards control & manipulation, while mine tended more towards neglect. For the most part he's pretty self aware of how his parents screwed him up, same as I am, but sometimes the narc fleas get to us. Every couple months we have the same exact fight. It's frustrating and I don't know how to fix this.
I'll try to explain how it happened today because it's always very similar.
I was asleep when he got home from work. I had taken the kids on a school trip this morning while he was at work. While we were there I had a bad allergic reaction and we had to leave early. I managed to get home safely and take my allergy meds, fix the kids lunch, and park them in front of the TV before the meds knocked me out. (Don't worry, they are old enough to cope.) DH got home at the usual time and I heard the kids telling him what happened but I couldn't fully wake up right away. When I did wake up the kids were yelling about finding their library cards. From what I could put together, he was going to take them to the library and Walmart. It was almost dinner time and I wasn't sure why he was doing this right then. I was confused and still a bit loopy but I was trying to make sense of it.
Finally I stopped him in the hallway and asked him what was going on. He told me he was going to take them out so I could rest. I told him that was nice but not necessary, I'd already rested enough and it was almost dinner time. He said it was fine, he already told them they could go. As he's telling me this, my daughter is having a meltdown about putting on socks, and my son is panicking because he still can't find his library card. I told DH that they had been in a bad mood all day, and by this time they would be hungry & whining for snacks before he even got to Walmart. I told him it might go easier if they ate first and then went. He said he would have them back in an hour, it was fine. (Ha!) I know I gave him a skeptical look at that. During this entire conversation the kids are nonstop yelling about one thing or another, so finally he shouts NEVERMIND WE'RE NOT GOING! The kids were happy.
The rest of the evening he was quiet and pouty. After the kids were asleep I asked him what he was mad about. (I usually have to drag info out of him when he gets like this.) I asked him if he was upset I was asleep when we got home, he said "that's not it." So something else then. Eventually he tells me it's because he can't just decide to do something without "being grilled" over it. He meant taking the kids out. I told him I just wanted to know why it was such an urgent thing that it couldn't wait till after dinner, but he gets defensive. To that he says that I don't trust his judgement and I badger him until he changes his plans and ends up doing what I tell him. Seriously? I was trying to spare him being stuck at Walmart with 2 hungry, whiny kids! But that makes me controlling and I don't let him do anything his way. Once he says this he won't talk about it any more.
We've had more or less that same argument so many times I've lost count. He decides to do something and won't tell me any details, and gets mad when I ask. If I make any suggestions or ask for details he will throw his hands up and cancel the plan. Most of the time it's stuff regarding the kids, which is extra touchy because they both have special needs that make last minute changes especially rough. I'm so tired of having this same fight.
Thank you in advance. If there's anything that needs clarification just ask.
I kinda think he's right. If he took the kids and they threw tantrums and were in a bad mood, etc. Maybe he would have come to the same conclusion as you in the future, but you basically argue with him about how he's wrong until he gives in. Why not let him be wrong? Your both parents and, at least in this situation, nobody is in danger, etc. Let the kids put off dinner for an hour. Or is this about how important it is that the kids have dinner at the same time and he doesn't follow the schedule? Just trying to better understand why you didnt just let them go... ?
Oh I have let him go for it, on more than one occasion. Every single time he'll come dragging back in and say "I'm tagging out" or "their all yours" or something so I know it was really bad. Occasionally he'll even say "never let me do that again." He knows how annoying they are when they are hungry and/or tired.
So then you're not making him agree with you, you're reminding him that he already agrees with you. Tricky.
Kinda sorta. I know we both have selective memory when it comes to our kids and how an outing will go. That's the whole reason I talked myself into taking them on that horrible school trip this morning instead of staying home!
Hey there! I hope you guys are doing alright. If he seems unwilling to talk, in my experiences, some people will open up only at certain times, like at night. This could be because he feels that he has to hide his emotions and motives from being overcontrolled. I've been there.
He seems to maybe be feeling that if he messes up and is wrong about something, then you'll "hate him" for it. I'm just speculating here of course, you know him better than I do. You could observe how he acts when he's wrong about a minor thing. If he tries to act as if he can't ever be wrong, he could be trying to protect his feelings then. It's not a mature way of handling a mistake, but he needs to learn that sometimes you're wrong, and he won't be abused for it.
Try to do something intimate (not necessarily sexual) and let him be vulnerable if you want to open more dialogue because it's impossible to talk to a wall!
That's good advice, thank you. I know this is a sore spot for him because of his mom but it's hard to see a clear way through it. I can say he's not afraid to admit he's wrong, but it's more like he always feels he's wrong, again because of his mom. She battered down his dad and brother to the point where they hardly have any thoughts or will of their own. Honestly it's a miracle he turned out as normal as he did. But he overreacts to being questioned at all because he's so used to being shot down. I have to walk on eggshells.


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Predictive analytics firm Endor has launched a blockchain-powered tool allowing businesses and cryptocurrency holders to ask and answer questions based on big data. The company confirmed the launch in a press release provided to Cointelegraph on April 4.
Endor, founded by two MIT researchers, has offered enterprise prediction solutions since 2014. Today’s announcement reports on the newly added Endor Protocol, which will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze data sets.
In addition to business strategy, the protocol will also be able to offer insights into areas such as ERC-20 token performance, executives say, including likely price and volume behavior.
The protocol has its own token, EDR, which has circulated since June 2018, several months after Endor completed its initial coin offering (ICO).
Endor’s product has the ability to analyze encrypted data without decrypting it, a feature the company says helps bolster user data security.
In February, Endor hired Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Charles Hoskinson as an advisor prior to the rollout.
“This is an important step towards democratizing access to AI and Data Science, as such advanced technologies were previously available only to large companies with deep pockets,” he said about the protocol launch.
At the end of March, fellow predictive startup Numerai announced that they raised $11 million in an ICO, which will go towards hiring engineers for their decentralized unit Erasure. Erasure will operate by enabling users to sell their predictions to any investment fund in the public network.

industry_corpus2: Artificial Intelligence


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Home » News » Water Justice Wins!
We sincerely thank our funders and donors who make these achievements possible. Together, we can create a world that values water as a public resource, and not as a commodity to be bought and sold.
Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero.
Brazilian court suspends licenses for Belo Sun mine in Brazil!
July 1, 2014 – 9:23am Toronto-based Belo Sun Mining Corp. plans to build Brazil’s largest gold mine, the Volta Grande open-pit gold project.

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A GROUP of mystery residents in Chester collectively scooped a fortune on the National Lottery last year - but they all remained tight-lipped about their big wins.
Figures released by lottery operator Camelot show that £21m was won by mystery gamblers in the city last year, according to a survey which names the luckiest Lotto towns and cities in the UK.
Chester is placed third in the luckiest locations league table, behind second-placed Manchester with £27m and Newcastle with £38m.
The luckiest people in the Lottery are builders and the luckiest star sign is Cancer.
Bosses at Camelot say the people of Chester must be more conservative than others across the UK, who have chosen to tell the world about their lucky wins.
The figures account for wins of £10,000 upwards - Chester's £21m total shows a number of people must have scooped the jackpot but kept quiet.
Camelot is not able to say how many winners in Chester hit the big one last year, nor can it reveal how many millionaires were created in the city and its surrounding areas.
A Camelot spokesman said: 'When a winner chooses to remain anonymous, it remains a secret to us, as it does to the Press.
'For that reason, we can't talk about individual prizes as it could compromise winner anonymity.
'If someone in Chester won £10m last year and chose to keep their winnings secret, the Press would then start a witch-hunt to find them.
The only people who may know some of Chester's big winners in 2003 are Camelot advisers who assist people with advice on how to handle their cash.
The total paid out in jackpots nationwide last year to both identified and anonymous winners was almost £500m - creating 133 millionaires.

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Johnson & Associates, Inc. would like to pay you money for the work you've put into building your web design or web hosting business!
You dreamed about how great it would be to work out of your home building web sites for all your friends. You took courses at the local college, vo-tech, or training seminar. You purchased software and computers to make it all work. You contacted local businesses about having you build them a web site. Many said yes. You built. You hosted. You did your best and now have a client base of 50, 100, 200, 500 or more clients which you help maintain and/or host their web sites. You may even have your own dedicated hosting servers. However, for whatever reason, it's time for a change. A new opportunity has arisen, there's been a change in your circumstances, or you just need a break.
However, it's left you with a problem: many of your clients have become your friends and you don't want to leave them in a lurch. You'd like to see them taken care of - and it would be nice if you could also come away with some cash to show for your efforts.
We purchase your company/client base and equipment, and you move on to other things.
We take over servicing your client base and continue to pay you an on-going commission on existing and future sales.
Do you want to continue to be involved with the organization after the purchase? If so, in what capacity?
How soon would you like to get out? Are you able to offer any transitional support? If so, for how long?


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Casino gross operating profits in Atlantic City fell by 15% for 2018, to $582m.
Despite a 7% increase in net revenue to $2.9bn, overall profit growth was down for the year in New Jersey’s casino hub.
Atlantic City saw five of its 12 casinos close down between 2014 and 2016, although the Ocean Resort Casino reopened in June 2018 and the addition of the Hard Rock saw five become seven.
Both of these casinos reported a gross operating loss for 2018. Ocean Resort lost $17.8m, while Hard Rock lost $9.1m.
Tropicana and Golden Nugget were the only casinos to have increased gross operating profits of those which had been operating since the beginning of 2018.
Golden Nugget’s gross operating profit was up by 13% to $45m, while Tropicana saw a 1% rise to $93.4m.
For Q4, meanwhile, Atlantic City’s casinos saw a decline in gross operating profit of 41%, to $75.1m.
Hard Rock President Joe Lupo said: "The launch of a new property and the acquisition of new customers are always costly, but we’re very happy with the volumes and momentum into 2019."


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What the team is known for: Experienced team representing all types of oil and gas clients in transactions and disputes, both in and out of state. Key areas of expertise include title examination services, royalty and lease disputes and environmental regulatory compliance.
Work highlights: Defended Superior Pipeline against an oil and gas producer’s claim to a percentage of Superior’s proceeds from its condensate sales. A successful outcome was achieved at district court, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals and Oklahoma Supreme Court levels, with the last tribunal also awarding Superior 100% of its attorneys’ fees.
Acted in a complex deal for a client purchasing a crude oil pipeline in the Houston region from an entity in which it had a 50% interest. The transaction, valued at over $1 billion, also entailed the client’s agreement to a third party taking over the remaining 50% stake in the pipeline’s original owner.
Terry Ragsdale acts chiefly for energy companies on transactional and contentious matters, and is particularly experienced in handling royalty-related class actions and complex contractual disputes.
Steven Adams recently joined the practice from Fellers Snider, and has a reputation as a “fine lawyer.” He has extensive experience in trials at state and federal level, including as a district judge, and has handled a number of oil and gas royalty underpayment and environmental contamination cases.
Rob Robertson is a well-known and highly regarded litigator of oil and gas and other energy-related disputes. His familiarity with royalty class actions is noted in particular.
Richard Noulles enters the rankings this year due to increasing market recognition for his oil and gas litigation practice. He is highly experienced, and acts extensively on disputes concerning royalties, title claims and severance tax demands.
What the team is known for: Provides a comprehensive litigation and alternative dispute resolution service for businesses, government entities and private individuals. Particularly well known for its work in the oil and gas, construction and healthcare sectors. Other areas of expertise include appeals and class actions, and financial services and product liability disputes.
Work highlights: Successfully defended Aetna Life Insurance in a Tenth Circuit appeal concerning a plaintiff’s claim that the company acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying her ERISA-related disability benefits after consulting five independent experts and preferring their assessment to that of two treating physicians.
James Sturdivant has the experience of more than 100 trials over half a century of practice, in areas such as antitrust, securities, trade regulation and business disputes. He is particularly familiar with the oil and gas sector.
Steven Barghols enjoys “a really good reputation” for his skills as a mediator, with sources indicating that his services are very much in demand. He also appears in arbitrations and maintains a litigation practice focusing on disputes within the oil and gas sector.
David Bryant is described by one source as GableGotwals’ “flagship litigator,” while other sources confirm that he is an excellent practitioner deserving of wide recognition. He specializes in contractual, insurance and tort litigation, and in professional liability disputes.
Sidney Dunagan is best known for handling class actions and also acts on matters of product and professional liability. He is especially familiar with disputes arising from oil and gas and environmental law questions.
Dean Luthey is best known as one of Oklahoma’s leading Native American law practitioners, but sources are eager to stress that he is by no means limited to that sphere and enjoys a reputation as “a very fine lawyer” and a smart, hard-working and “very able business litigator” across a wide range of areas. He has acted on matters up to US Supreme Court level, and is particularly well acquainted with disputes within the oil and gas, securities and gaming sectors.
What the team is known for: Long-established association with the Oklahoma oil and gas industry and a growing profile in the representation of MLPs, healthcare providers and financial institutions. Also offers expertise regarding complex loan transactions, workouts and banking and financial services compliance issues.
Robert Glass acts across the full range of transactional, regulatory and contentious healthcare issues and has been selected by a number of provider institutions to act as outside general counsel.

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Home Events Can plastics be environmentally acceptable and provide engineering solutions?
Can plastics be environmentally acceptable and provide engineering solutions?
Updated 27th October 2015: The full programme details of the next annual plastics seminar organised by Manchester Polymer Group (MPG) and the Polymer Society have been announced.
Taking place on Monday 23rd November, the event this year, entitled ‘Polymers: Environmental and Engineering Conflicts’, will focus on the apparent conflicts between meeting increasing environmental demands and satisfying cost-effective performance and specification requirements from a variety of polymer types.
The programme will feature a keynote paper from Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council, followed by Polymer contributions from 3M, Victrex and Axion Polymers talking about upcycling fluoropolymers, high performance aromatic polyketones working for and against the environment in the energy industry and the challenges of delivering a circular economy for plastics in the automotive sector.
The important roles for flame retardants, stabilisers and organic peroxide additives will be covered by Polymer Tailoring, BASF and Hubron Speciality.
Biodegradability issues will also feature Oxo-biodegradable additives and an overview of bio-polymer functionality from Wells Plastics and the Biocomposites Centre at Bangor University respectively.
Regulation and Testing is not forgotten when ‘Waste Licensing – REACH – Insurance and Quality Issues and the Frontiers of Thermal Analysis’ are covered by COSTDown and Mettler Toledo.
The event, as previously, will be held at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Manchester, and will also feature a mixture of papers, Table Top displays and networking opportunities alongside the seminars themselves.
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The customer wanted a clean garage where there was enough cabinet space to house all items. Walls covered floor to ceiling with cedar slatwall for aesthetics and function, with no visible screws was requested. A custom border was integrated into the slatwall, with a change of angle and thickness for visual interest. The floor also had a failing coating which was removed. A new Epoxy and Polyaspartic floor coating was applied. LED lighting over the workbench was incorporated along with room for an under-cabinet refrigerator in workbench area.
The border was made utilizing copper blaze material matching the cabinets in 5 inch wide strips. Three-forths thick copper blaze had a 2 inch section of 3/8 inch thick Black TFL inset to add visual interest to border. All slatwall utilized a hidden fastener system.
THE CLOSET HAS EVOLVED The cure for the common closet is here.
It’s called ENGAGE. With a wide array of stylish, easy to install components on full-extension, soft closing slides, ENGAGE is a product which leaves everyone smiling. These coordinated hampers, dividers, shoe organizers, folding stations, storage boxes and more are available in Nickel Matt with Slate fabric or Oil-Rubbed Bronze with Beach fabric. Standard sizes include 18”, 24”, 30” and 36” widths.

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The following products are what we use to keep our cats looking pretty.
We happily announce we now have a limited amount of Ciderm Shampoo available. This newly developed active chlorine dioxide antiseptic kills bacteria,viruses, fungi, spores and amoebic organisms in approx one minute and leaves the coat beautifully soft and clean. Non toxic it can be used on puppies and kittens and is highly effective in preventing the transfer of skin conditions between animals housed together. Fight ringworm and win with Ciderm Shampoo. The newest anti fungal shampoo on the market. The Dioxicare system is a two part mixing system. Upon mixing the chlorine dioxide gas is immediately generated and active for approx 6 hours. It cleans and exfoliates dead skin and can be used as a normal shampoo too. Used as directed it is very effective.
Ciderm Shampoo Dual containers 32 oz 20KD. SOLD OUT .
Eye Envy is the ultimate in tear stain removal systems. Externally applied, this safe, non-irritating and effective cleanser and beautifier removes unsightly stains and inhibits dark staining production. Eye Envy is safe for use on kittens.
The Starter Kit includes all the essential products needed for the cleansing and beautification process. Packaged in a shimmering Gingham bag, the kit contents include: 2oz bottle of solution, ½ oz jar of application powder and a jar of dry non-woven application pads.
4 oz EE Powder Price KD8 sold out.
Eye Envy is the ultimate in tear stain removal systems. The application powder is widely used in competition showings, as an enhancer within our tear stain removal system. Highly recommended for whites and light coloured breeds, the application powder is designed to help repel tears and as an aid in controlling dark stains.
Groomers Goop. cream . The first step to degreasing coats.
Degreases and gives a deep cleaning to all long haired breeds.
This will leave the coat beautifully clean and fresh.
Works well on all long haired breeds.
Groomers Goop Glossy Coat Conditioner, 16 ounce squeeze bottle. Step 3. Use after steps 1 and 2 for the perfect finish. Leaves your show cat or dog with a beautifully conditioned shiny coat.
Made with human grade cosmetics. A safe way to remove stains.
Crown Royale Grooming Powders, Price KD 4. varieties available. Normal grooming powder (sold out), which produces a thicker fuller coat, or whitening powder which gently bleaches white hair and removes most stains without making the coat brittle.
Removes plaque and tartar, freshens breath, brightens teeth. Contains organically derived chlorophyll. Simply add to drinking water daily.

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There are just some things that defy my comprehension. In this instance, I am referring to the recent decision by the Trump administration to rescind the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program — a move that leaves nearly 800,000 young people in a sort of legal limbo. That the administration gave congress 6 months to come up with a long-term solution is potentially positive, but with the bitterness, acrimony and lack of willingness to compromise by most everyone in Washington, I'm not holding my breath that anything will be accomplished. The cynic in me says that the Administration did this in an attempt to broker a deal for the wall — i.e.
, the "Dreamers" as they are called, may stay, in exchange for congressional approval of funds to build the wall — a multi-billion dollar boondoggle in my opinion.
It is unfortunate that our immigration debate has become so political. I think that most of us would agree that there is a need for some type of comprehensive immigration policy. For example, I know of no one that is in favor of allowing bomb-toting anarchists or drug cartels to immigrate to the United States. And once we all agree upon that, then the debate is really over "where" we draw the line, not whether or not one needs to be drawn.
In the current situation, DACA was implemented by Presidential order (which arguably wasn't the best way to create this safety net, but considering the lack of compromise that existed at the time, it may have been the only way for this to be achieved). The basic tenant of DACA is that if you were a child whose parents came to this country, you weren't going to be deported. To be eligible, each person seeking DACA status had to apply. They were screened predicated upon several factors, which included attending school or serving in the military, along with passing a criminal background check. The DACA kids aren't street thugs and hooligans. They are responsible young people seeking access to the American Dream and a better way of life for themselves.
Interestingly the Trump Administration has already approved over 200,000 DACA applications so it appears that the administration wasn't really questioning the legality of the order, but rather was fulfilling a campaign promise and posturing for a more comprehensive immigration policy, which while most of us would probably agree is long overdue, will be nearly impossible (nearly?) to achieve in 6 months.
Think for a moment about the youngsters that are now exposed to potential deportation. Many of them don't even speak Spanish. They are "cultural Americans" having grown up in this country. Many of them have siblings born subsequent to their parents' arrival in this country that are American citizens. Are we really going to create a situation where we are separating children from their families? And for what?? We are not talking about deporting a criminal element. In reality, a young man or woman who served in the military and was deployed overseas fighting for our freedoms could be sent back to the country of their parents' origin — a place they may never have even visited.
I am "pro-life" along with many of my Republican colleagues, but I've always thought that "pro-life" wasn't merely a quantitative stance, but rather a qualitative one as well. It is anathema to me to see someone claiming the "moral high ground" relative to abortion, turning a blind eye to the potential suffering of these 800,000 young people who have done absolutely nothing wrong. They were brought here by their parents as children — often as infants and their only crime is the "sins of the father/mother being visited upon the generations." If you are truly "pro-life" then I challenge you to muster the same level of outrage at the decision to rescind DACA as you might at a pro-life rally.
That many Republican lawmakers are coming out against this action is heartening, and I applaud Colorado's own, Senator Cory Gardner, who said that he would work together with Senator Michael Bennet in supporting a bipartisan bill that would shield young immigrants from deportation and also give them a pathway to citizenship.
It is imperative that we solve this problem in an appropriate manner. Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat or an Independent, our collective conscience should demand that we do the right thing and find a way to allow the DACA youth to remain in this country. President Trump gave the Congress 6 months to fix this. That means that we all most start contacting our Legislators today and expressing our desire to see America — a country of immigrants, find a solution that is predicated upon our collective humanity and one that supports the "Dreamers" as they dream of and live into our great country.


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Hello, my name is Quyen Tran and I am a fully qualified acupuncturist, graduating from the International College of Oriental Medicine (ICOM), where I achieved a Bachelor of Science Degree in Oriental Medicine.
I am a registered Member of British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC).
The type of acupuncture that I practice is a classic style called Stems and Branches, which looks into a patient’s own constitutional strengths and weakness. It treats the root cause of the condition rather than the symptoms, by tailor-making a treatment individual for the patient.
I also practice Micro Needle Therapy and facial acupuncture for facial rejuvenation. This treatment helps to promote Qi and blood flow through the face and improve collagen. This can reduce fine lines and wrinkles to achieve healthier looking skin.
I am also a qualified Reiki practitioner and offer Reiki as a stand alone therapy or in conjunction with acupuncture.
I learned Tui Na massage during my studies at Asante where I achieved a diploma in this subtle but profoundly effective style of Chinese healing massage.
I grew up in southern Vietnam, in Ho Chi Minh city where I was surrounded by Traditional Chinese Medicine: acupuncture, cupping, Gua sha, Tui Na, herbs and moxibustion.
I have experienced first hand the tremendous healing power of acupuncture. I was always fascinated by how it works and ever since I was a child I always wanted to be an acupuncturist.


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Okay, so maybe being open isn't the 'only' way to find happiness, but it certainly helps.
It's often said that mindset has a big impact on the things that happen to us, and after a couple of years of working on adopting a more positive outlook, I really believe this to be true.
Once we get into a negative mindset, it can be really easy to grab onto it and settle there. It feels like we have to try really hard to stay positive and optimistic, which often leads us to rest in the arms of our negativity and close ourselves off, which perpetuates our unhappiness by leaving us feeling isolated, miserable, and dissatisfied with our lives. More often than not we don't even realise that we've succumbed in this way, and instead it just feels like things are going wrong for no apparent reason, and we often place the blame on luck or karma. However, we can break out of this cycle through awareness. By becoming aware of how things are and how we feel, perhaps noticing that we've started to default to negative rather than positive thinking, or that we're closing ourselves off to the people and opportunities around us, we can start to tackle those issues and open ourselves back up. We can start trying to replace those negative thoughts with more positive, constructive ones, and we can start to work towards opening ourselves up to the universe and to others. All it takes is an open mind and an open heart – an acceptance of our circumstances, an acceptance of who others are, and an openness and honesty with our own thoughts and feelings.
By being open and honest, we attract others and encourage them to feel more comfortable with being open themselves, which in turn creates more trust, honesty and communication, leading to healthier, happier relationships. Being open to what is happening around us also allows for so many more opportunities. When we're in a negative state, our inclination is to close ourselves off, and we become blind to what is being offered to us, but when we become open the world suddenly seems full of opportunities, and life becomes much more eventful and exciting, particularly as one opportunity leads to another, leading us to new places, new things and new people.
This open mentality literally opens us up like a door, allowing love and light and positivity to pass both in and out of that door, which ultimately leads to better relationships, more opportunities and greater happiness.
Be open, and allow happiness to come to you.


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Demone del Mana Empireo is an approximately 10% chance drop from Guk, a "rare" NPC introduced in patch 6.2.2 (September 2015) that spawns in the non-instanced highmaul area of Nagrand (coordinates inside a small building). Guk respawns quickly, within minutes, but you only get one chance per day at non-gold loot from him. The actual drop is a Cristallo Arcano Splendente, which you use to learn the pet.
Una creatura scintillante di pura energia arcana. Guardarla direttamente fa male agli occhi.