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 Why are drugs being sold online? Respond in detail.

We must address the elephant in the room and tackle the real issue why drugs are being sold online.
Bitcoin is a currency that is born out of the Internet and is used on networks both for legal and illegal purposes - the intervention of the state at some level is a foregone conclusion. When it comes to the sale of drugs online, the issues are complex and serious and there is more than what meets the eye.
Recently, Ross Ulbricht, a man who also went by the name of “Dread Pirate Roberts” online, lost his appeal for a new trial. He was the man behind the infamous Silk Road marketplace and operated the website between 2011 and 2013. The marketplace sold things such as drugs, weapons and other contraband.
Ulbricht has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and his original sentence will stand. Silk Road payments were made in Bitcoin and, in fact, $15 mln worth of Bitcoin was recovered from Ulbricht’s computer when he was arrested.
In a story titled “Opioid Dealers Embrace the Dark Web to Send Deadly Drugs by Mail,” the New York Times published the news of the death of two 13-year-olds, Grant Seaver and Ryan Ainsworth.
According to the same report, there are more than 21,000 listings of opioids and more than 4,100 for fentanyl and similar drugs on AlphaBay, a dark web marketplace.
The answer perhaps lies hidden in the darkness of the dark web. Often, drug dealers and consumers have to go underground to get their drugs, exposing themselves to ruthless drug dealers who will sell to anyone who has the money.
Ever since Nixon popularized the term “the war on drugs,” there has been a consistently wrong policy applied to tackling the issue of drugs and addictions. Many countries have created systems where drug users are branded as criminals and we have filled prisons with people who are not inherently criminal.
The best policy could be the legalization of drugs and an above board selling these substances so that the users can get rid of the stigma and get the help they need.
The often cited example is Portugal, where the government treats drug-related issues as one of health and not criminal matters. According to the NPR, drug-related HIV infections in Portugal have since dropped 95 percent. Clearly, there are side benefits associated with the legalization of drugs.
Bitcoin is a medium of exchange and even if it disappears one day, people who are forced to go underground to procure their fill of drugs will simply use another medium to get what their addicted bodies need.
The regulation of Bitcoin is not going to achieve anything significant in either the upliftment of people who abuse substances nor would it benefit the law enforcement authorities. It would simply be chasing symptoms instead of tackling the real problem.


Question: Respond in 1 sentences. Who was Robert Burns?

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Robert Burns (December 12, 1792 – June 26, 1866) was an American and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.


Question: "What do you think of President Obama's move to make William Lynn deputy defense secretary?"

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Editor's note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN's "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull" at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary during the "Cutting through the Bull" segment of Friday night's broadcast.
CNN's Campbell Brown is disappointed by Obama's moves to make William Lynn deputy defense secretary.
(CNN) -- Just a couple of nights ago, we heaped praise on the new president for announcing what he called a new era of openness, where in his administration, transparency would rule the day.
And the lobbyists that he was so critical of during the campaign? Well, he told us they will now face even tougher new restrictions.
President Obama: "The executive order on ethics I will sign shortly represents a clean break from business as usual. As of today, lobbyists will be subject to stricter limits than under any other administration in history. If you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on, or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years. When you leave government, you will not be able to lobby my administration for as long as I am president."
That's what he said two days ago. But as we first told you Thursday, and sadly we are learning more about this Friday, President Obama already wants an exception to his own rule.
You see, what happened is, there is this former lobbyist for a big defense contractor called Raytheon. His name is William Lynn.
President Obama wants him to be deputy defense secretary. So, the Obama administration wants a waiver to its own rule.
That basically means they are saying, we will mostly put tough new restrictions on lobbyists, except when we won't.
Really? Is this how it is going to be?
Please, please don't make us all any more cynical than we already are, Mr. President.
If you have no intention of abiding by your new rules, then don't make new rules. That would be "actual" transparency.


Question: Describe the reaction to Representative Marsha Blackburn’s proposed “Open Internet Preservation Act.” Respond in 7 sentences.

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Tennessee House representative Marsha Blackburn has just announced a new “Open Internet Preservation Act,” which early reports suggest would not prevent Internet providers from engaging in “pay-to-play” paid prioritization schemes. The legislation comes on the heels of the Federal Communications Commission’s resoundingly unpopular December 14th decision to repeal common sense consumer protections, and is being slammed by net neutrality advocates.
“Marsha Blackburn is not fooling anyone. She’s so desperately out of touch with how the Internet works that it would be funny if she wasn’t in a position of power.
“Marsha Blackburn is the poster child for telecom funded corruption in Congress. Over her career she has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from big ISPs. The last time her party followed her lead and voted to gut Internet privacy rules, they invoked the wrath of the Internet and sparked massive bipartisan backlash.


Question: What's 808 Sports Leagues all about?

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808 Sports Leagues is a charity focused, co-ed social sports league in Honolulu for Hawaii adults. We organize sports leagues (dodgeball, volleyball, kickball, flag football) and social events to encourage Hawaii adults to have fun while exercising and networking.
As a charity-focused organization, 808 Sports Leagues helps teams "play for their charity" - the winning teams' prize money (donated by corporate sponsors) will be given to their local charity of choice. We are a Hawaii-based organization, and we would like to give back to Hawaii's community by keeping the donations within our aina (land).
808 Sports Leagues is all about getting out, having fun, and meeting new people. Participants may sign up as an individual, group, or a full team. After games, we encourage everyone to meet up at our local sponsor bars to enjoy the awesome atmosphere and drink specials provided to our players.
Thanks to our sponsors, over $59,000 has been donated since 2007!
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Question: Have you ever encountered two Starbucks' in the same place?

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Walking around the ritzy (relatively speaking) area of downtown Vancouver during our recent trip there, I came across a scene that I thought existed only in the world of late-show monologues: a street corner with two Starbucks Coffees.
The photo above is horrible, of course, but all I have to show for the slightly-memorable event. You can sort of see the green Starbucks awnings on the building catty-corner across the street.
Despite some odd quirks (which I've written about), I like the coffee at Starbucks, but while in Vancouver, we sought out small, local cafes when we could, and were never disappointed.
June 7th, 2005 What's the problem with Starbucks?
I have seen the same thing (2 Starbucks) in Denver, Colorado as well.
I believe that the comedian Lewis Black considers this to be a sign of the Apocalypse.
Near the 4th and King Caltrain stop, there’s a Starbucks immediately next to an in-Safeway Starbucks.


Question: Describe the outlines of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process.

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The outlines of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation process are clearer than ever.
The whole "accuser" thing is driving me crazy. There is a carefully nuanced pejorative lurking in the syllables there that makes me uneasy.
Anyway, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and her legal team on Thursday proved themselves to be not only brave, but also shrewd. They told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Dr. Ford would be happy to testify before it next week. But not on Monday, and not until certain completely reasonable conditions are met.
Obliquely, of course, this invites Charles Grassley and his merry majority to line up with the anonymous callers and the cyberthugs who are making life miserable for Ford and her family. All they have to do is turn her down.
It also draws a nice bright line under the consequences Dr. Ford has suffered since coming forward. Kavanaugh's eating at the White House mess, while Ford and her family are eating takeout at some Motel 6. Only one of them has anything at risk behind what they have to say. Ford and her lawyers are offering Grassley a chance to be decent in front of the whole wide world. Their next move, of course, if Grassley declines the offer, will be to write him a letter expressing regret that he couldn't see fit to provide Dr. Ford with measures to ensure her safety. Grassley will certainly enjoy that, I'm sure.


Question: Describe the features of the Lifetime Triton Angler Kayak.

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The Lifetime Triton Angler Kayak has great stability and performance. The kayak features an integrated skeg to improve tracking. The kayak also includes two flush mount rod holders and one adjustable rod holder. Other features like the molded in footrests, bungee storage straps, adjustable seat back and seat pad, and the built-in water bottle holder will let you ride in comfort while including the necesities of a successful trip. The toggle handles on the bow and stern, and the molded-in center carry handle, provide an easy way to transport the kayak to the water.


Question: Respond in 2 sentences. What kind of plant is a pixie mop?

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Petrophile linearis, commonly known as pixie mops, is a species of shrub in the plant genus "Petrophile". It is endemic to south-west Western Australia and produces soft, pink flowers, between August and December.


Question: What is the plot of the film 'In the Border States'? Respond in 35 words.

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In the Border States is a 1910 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.


Question: Describe the context surrounding the gun control bill debate in the state of Florida.

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 Describe the context surrounding the gun control bill debate in the state of Florida.

TALLAHASSEE — Roughly a dozen Florida state senators who supported a sweeping gun control bill Monday have received small jars of tar and feathers at their offices from unknown senders.
“They are tiny jars full of feathers with poop emojis in them,” said state Sen. René García, a Hialeah Republican who supported the bill. Garcia sponsored an amendment that watered down a provision to train and arm school staff, including teachers. The proposal was compromise language needed to secure a narrow 20-18 vote out of the Senate.
Tallahassee is abuzz this morning with talk that the powerful National Rifle Association is going after bill supporters now that it’s clear the Republican-controlled Legislature is moving quickly to pass gun reforms.
But the group’s top Florida lobbyist, Marion Hammer, said the organization was not behind the jars.
“First I’m hearing of it,” she said.
Bill sponsor and incoming Republican Senate President Bill Galvano also received a jar full of tar and feathers. Galvano told POLITICO that he received the jar at his office Monday but didn’t know who it was from. He said he understood that several other Republicans had also received the jars after his chamber passed the gun-safety bill Monday.
“It is related,” said Galvano (R-Bradenton). “Several of us received a jar of tar and feathers in our offices as a message of opposition to the bill."
Katie Betta, a spokeswoman for Senate President Joe Negron, said about a dozen lawmakers have received similar jars so far, including Democrats José Javier Rodríguez and Gary Farmer, both of whom opposed the bill but have been vocally anti-NRA, and Lauren Book, a Democrat from Plantation who voted for the bill.
Book told POLITICO her staff saw a man with tattoos walk into her office and drop the jar off before the Sergeant at Arms escorted him out of the building.
"There’s an award for you, violating the second amendment," Book said her staff recalled him saying before he left the building Monday.
The plan that passed the Senate on Tuesday, FL SB7026 (18R), would ban so-called bump stocks, which allow semiautomatic weapons to mimic fully automatic ones, and increase the age limit on buying any firearm to 21. The plan would also allow some teachers to carry firearms — a measure supported by the NRA — but the Garcia amendment greatly narrowed that provision by exempting “classroom” teachers.
The bill will get its first hearing Tuesday in the House, where the outcome is not yet certain. Racial tensions flared last night during a House Democratic caucus dinner between black Democrats, who universally oppose the bill, and some white members considering supporting it.
“You don’t do s--- for our community. ... White Democrats take us for granted,” one dinner attendee recalled to POLITICO.


Question: Who was Ursula Parrott? Respond in 1 sentences.

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Katherine Ursula Towle (March 26, 1900 – September 1957) better known by her pen name Ursula Parrott, was an American writer of romantic fiction stories and novels.


Question: Describe the proposed changes recently announced by the Trump administration concerning the Obama-era rule requiring large employers to submit detailed logs of workplace injuries and illnesses to the federal government.

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The administration has moved to roll back an Obama-era requirement that big employers submit info about workplace injuries to the government.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has moved to roll back an Obama-era safety rule requiring large employers to submit detailed logs of workplace injuries and illnesses to the federal government.
Many employers are already required under federal law to keep records of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. But the Obama administration created a new regulation requiring those with 250 or more employees to electronically submit detailed forms to the Department of Labor, which would then post some of the data publicly.
If the Trump administration prevails, these employers will no longer be required to provide the government with records describing individual injuries and illnesses in detail. (One example described by a required form: "When ladder slipped on wet floor, worker fell 20 feet.") Instead, they will only have to submit records tallying the total number of workplace injuries, illness and days of work missed, according to proposed changes that the Occupational Health and Safety Administration unveiled on Friday.
The Department of Labor said the original rule threatened workers' privacy, as detailed data about individual incidents could be subject to Freedom of Information Act requests. The proposed changes would "better protect personally identifiable information or data," while reducing the burden on employers, it said in a press release.
The proposal drew sharp criticism from public health advocates and former Labor Department officials who developed the rule.
"The existing rule is in place to protect workers," said Sean Sherman, an attorney at the Public Citizen Litigation Group, which is suing the Trump administration over the way it's handled the rule. "The idea that you can protect workers by rolling back a strong worker protection is absurd."
"This is about the administration listening to employers who don't want workers and the public to know about dangerous conditions," said Debbie Berkowitz, a former OSHA official who worked on the original rule. The new data, she said, would help officials better understand why workers are getting injured on the job and how to protect them, adding that the agency could easily redact any sensitive information before posting the records publicly.
The Labor Department denied that its proposal would put workers at greater risk.
"This proposal maintains safety and health protections for workers while protecting sensitive worker information from public disclosure," communications director Megan Sweeney said in a statement. "The data OSHA continues to collect is robust and enables the agency to most effectively protect workers on the job."
But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which sued the Obama administration over the new requirements, said that the Trump administration did not go far enough in its proposed rollback.
Under the proposed revisions, which must go through the formal rule-making process to take effect, employers would still have to submit forms that contain "confidential business information," including the number of hours worker and number of employees, said Marc Freedman, the Chamber's vice president of workplace policy.
Publishing employer data on injuries and illnesses could also be used to malign businesses unfairly, he added.
"Not all injuries that have to be recorded reflect on an employer’s safety program," said Freedman, whose group has been lobbying the Trump administration on the rule. "We don't think they’ve fully taken care of the problem."


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Portugal was represented by Nonstop in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Coisas de nada" ("Meaningless things").


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Question: Respond in 4 sentences. Provide a brief explanation of how this list of Phoenix Suns players is arranged.

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This is a complete list of former and current Phoenix Suns players organized by jersey number. Players who have worn more than one number while playing for this team will appear multiple times. Under each number, players are listed in chronological order, with the player who most recently wore the number listed last. Players who were at one time on the Suns roster but never actually appeared in a regular season or a playoff game for the team are not included.


Question: Respond in detail. Describe Stephen Curry's performance in the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic

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HAYWARD, Calif. -- Stephen Curry shot 4-over 74 on Friday -- his second consecutive 74 -- at the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic, but it wasn't enough to extend his first professional golf event into the weekend.
He missed the cut by 11 shots against professional golfers who are one notch below the PGA Tour, although the two-time NBA MVP for the Golden State Warriors looked respectable.
"It was great to play alongside the next and greatest in the golfing world and see how competitive [they are] and how much talent they have," Curry told ESPN's Michael Collins. "For me, just to hit some good shots, get tested with my nerves, and kind of understanding what it's like to play tournament golf on a big stage ... it was an unbelievable experience, and the environment out here was crazy."
Curry opened with a 74 on Thursday at TPC Stonebrae and needed a career round to stay for the weekend. Wearing basketball sneakers, he shot a 74 again on Friday to finish tied for 148th.
He bogeyed two of the first three holes on Friday and shot a 39 on a three-hour front nine before picking up his play on the back nine. He made five straight pars and birdied No. 14, but he played the final three holes at plus-1 with two bogeys and a birdie (helped by a 12-foot putt) on No. 17.
FIRST BIRDIE!! Steph Curry makes birdie on the driveable par four 14th hole. A spectacular bunker shot set up the 10' effort. That takes Curry back to +3 on the day and +7 for the tournament.
"I hit some really good shots but a lot more poor shots," Curry told Collins. "To shoot, like you said, 74-74, I'll take that."
Curry said his nerves were much better Friday and that his comfort level was the biggest difference between his two rounds.
"Just feeling a little bit more comfortable in my shoes out here on the golf course," he told Collins.
Curry finished ahead of four players, while the 66 players who shot 3-under or better advanced to weekend play.
Stanford alum Andrew Yun shot a 62 on Friday and finished the two rounds at 8-under 127 for sole possession of the lead. Fellow American Brandon Harkins is two shots back after rounds of 64 and 65.
Curry's statistics over the two days mostly ranked on the lower end of the 156-player field.
The All-Star point guard was tied for 121st in driving distance (293.5 yards) and tied for 147th in both driving accuracy (50 percent) and greens in regulation (47.2 percent). His 58 total putts -- a mark that didn't include a three-putt in the first round -- were tied for 91st.
Overall, Curry played the par-3 holes in plus-3, the par-4s in plus-5 and the par-5s at even.
Curry left quite an impression on some of golf's best players, including Hall of Famer Jack Nicklaus. Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Zach Johnson and Paul Casey, who were all competing at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, also were impressed with how Curry fared.
"That was awesome, what he did," said Spieth, the British Open champion. "I think he certainly beat most everybody's expectations, but I don't think that really surprised him. It was pretty cool -- really cool -- to see."
Added Casey: "I was asked if I thought he was going to break 80, and that's the hand grenade question. But 4 over is really good. It's a lot of pressure, and he exceeded my expectations."
Curry was humbled -- and excited -- by all the attention.
"My wife's probably hot at me because, all day yesterday, that's all I was doing -- just checking like who said what type of thing. I don't usually do that, but for golf I felt it was cool to kind of hear the chatter that was going on," Curry said. "A lot of guys texted me that I know on the PGA Tour, some guys on the Champions Tour reaching out, congratulating me on a solid round. Then got into the social media stuff, too, about a lot of people had their foot in their mouth a little bit.
"So that was cool just to kind of set a little fire in that regard. ... I love to play golf, but I don't live in the golf world, so that was cool."
Not much was expected of Curry, who last year played in the pro-am at the PGA Tour's season opener in Napa, California. The Ellie Mae Classic field included players who have competed in majors this year and seven players who have won on the PGA Tour.
The Associated Press and ESPN's Michael Collins and Stats & Information contributed to this report.


Question: Describe how to access the Stack Exchange data dump.

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@Taryn and the kind folks at Stack Overflow publish their data export periodically with your questions, answers, comments, user info, and more. It’s available as an XML data dump, which I then take and import into SQL Server for teaching performance tuning.
You can download the 38GB torrent (magnet), which gives you a series of 7Zip files that you can extract to produce a ~304GB SQL Server 2008 database. You can then attach it to any 2008-2017 SQL Server. (If you want a smaller 10GB version, check out the mini 10GB version circa 2010.
Badges – 27M rows, 1GB data.
Users – 9M rows, 1GB.
Votes – 151M rows, 5GB.
And a few smaller supporting tables: PostHistoryTypes, PostLinks, PostTypes, and Tags.
As always, it’s open source, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, as is the source data dump.
The new PostHistory table makes this one way bigger.
The Posts table holds questions and answers. The PostHistory table tracks events that have happened to a post over time, like edits. One of my favorite features of the Stack sites is the ability for people to edit each others’ questions and answers. You can jump right in and improve someone’s question by adding more details, or edit their answers, too.
I haven’t included this table in the past because it’s so large, and I wanted people to be able to do Stack query demos on smaller machines. However, we’ve solved that problem by distributing a separate 10GB StackOverflow2010 database (1GB 7zip) showing data from 2008-2010.
BrentOzar.com/go/querystack – my page about the SQL Server export with more info about how I produce the database.
Data.StackExchange.com – a web-based SSMS where you can run your own queries against a recently restored copy of the Stack databases, or run other folks’ queries.
Watch Brent Tune Queries – free sessions where I take different queries from Data.StackExchange.com and tune it live.
How to Think Like the Engine – free videos where I show the Users table to explain clustered indexes, nonclustered indexes, statistics, sargability, and more.
I will download and seed.
Wow, great blog post! Time to go looking!
On a related subject, I have read/heard that a VMWare host with a mix of large and small core count guests, for example 8+ core SQL Servers and 2 core application servers, can cause CPUI starvation for the larger servers. Have you heard of that phenomenon?
Bennett – for questions, head on over to a Q&A site. Hey, speaking of Q&A sites – that’s what the post is about! Head on over to https://dba.stackexchange.com.


Question: Describe the life of Michel Lotito.

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During his lifetime, Michel Lotito (France) (b. 15 June 1950) of Grenoble, France, known as Monsieur Mangetout, ate metal and glass throughout his lifetime, beginning in 1959. Gastroenterologists X-rayed his stomach and described his ability to consume 900 g (2 lb) of metal per day as unique.
His diet since 1966 included 18 bicycles, 15 supermarket trolleys, seven TV sets, six chandeliers, two beds, a pair of skis, a low-calorie Cessna light aircraft and a computer. He is said to have provided the only example in history of a coffin (handles and all) ending up inside a man.
He first became aware of his ability when a glass from which he was drinking, broke and he began chewing the fragments. By October 1997, he had eaten nearly 9 tons of metal. He said that bananas and hard-boiled eggs made him sick.
Mr Lotito died of natural causes on June 25, 2007.


Question: Hi, can you tell me about Drazen Petrovic and Andrew Bogut? Respond in 16 sentences.

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Andrew Bogut at the Petrovic Memorial in the Mirogoj Monumental Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia. July, 2003.
Andrew Bogut placing a candle at the Petrovic Memorial.
Andrew Bogut at the Petrovic Memorial. Andrew is wearing his Toni Kukoc (from Split, Croatia) Milwaukee Bucks #7 jersey. Photos provided by Aunt Dijana.
Biserka Petrovic, mother of Drazen Petrovic, and Andrew Bogut at Biserka's and Drazen's home in Sibenk. Andrew is wearing a Petrovic Nets #3 jersey. Note house number is 3.
Drazen Petrovic memorial as it stood on June 27, 2008.
Drazen Petrovic statue at the Drazen Petrovic Museum in Zagreb, Croatia.
Your Andrew Bogut webmaster, Keith, outside the Drazen Petrovic Museum.
Another of the Petrovich posters outside the Drazen Petrovic Museum.
Original material © 2005-2008 Keith Brewster. Others as noted.


Question: Describe the situation involving Yashar Soltani, an Iranian journalist facing legal repercussions for exposing corruption in the mayor’s office of Tehran.

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 Describe the situation involving Yashar Soltani, an Iranian journalist facing legal repercussions for exposing corruption in the mayor’s office of Tehran.

The silencing of a journalist who is being kept in solitary confinement after exposing corruption in Tehran’s mayor’s office is drawing a huge backlash in Iran and is being widely condemned as shooting the messenger.
Yashar Soltani, the editor of Memari News, an architecture and urban development website, was arrested on 17 September after publishing a letter that showed the office of Tehran’s mayor had sold or relinquished public land and apartments worth up to £500m to officials and members of the municipal council under extraordinary discounts and other favourable arrangements.
Soltani’s arrest came after the mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, an influential politician with a military background, and Mehdi Chamran, the chair of Tehran’s city council, filed a suit against him. Judiciary officials later said he was arrested for publishing classified documents although others have questioned the veracity of the claim, saying that Memari News merely published what had been leaked and that it did not have any secret information.
Soltani’s detention, however, has brought the issue to the forefront of public consciousness in Iran. Before his arrest, the journalist was only known among the elites, particularly by those following architecture news, but his investigations and subsequent arrest have touched a nerve, prompting huge reactions across Iran.
The revelations have embarrassed Ghalibaf, who has presidential ambitions and has put his name on the list as a candidate in the past. He has largely been seen as a successful mayor, transforming the city and pursuing ambitious plans, such as commissioning bold architecture in recent years.
The leaks also impacted a number of municipal council members who were later named as the beneficiaries of the sale. The letter was written by the national inspection office, tasked with policing corruption in state sector, and was addressed to a senior official at the mayor’s office, stating that the sale was illegal and giving an ultimatum for further clarifications.
“Tehran’s municipality has suffered losses of around 1.5tr rials [about £33m] as the result of granting unfair and discriminatory concessions,” the letter reads. It says that some beneficiaries received discounts of up to 50% on prices that had been undervalued in the first place.
“Yashar Soltani is in jail merely for doing his job as a journalist and is now in Evin prison for revealing corruption in the municipality under Ghalibaf,” tweeted one Iranian.
Omid Memarian, an Iranian journalist, wrote that Soltani’s detention showed that the authorities were not serious about tackling corruption and that “in reality they only target those who reveal corruption”.
Another journalist, Yeganeh Khodami, said Tehran badly needed journalists like Soltani to “stay alive”. Other users have been tweeting #FreeYashar to raise awareness about his plight. “In another country, he would have become a national hero, a symbol of investigative journalism, and would have dominated front pages. In Iran? Solitary confinement,” wrote one.
Soltani, speaking to the local Nazar News a few days before his arrest, spoke about the pressure he was facing and said that whether the sale had been legal or illegal, the public had the right to know about it. Access to Memari News was blocked before his arrest and the website was still inaccessible on Friday.
The new revelations have come at a sensitive time in Iran, where a few months ago another scandal surrounding vast salaries paid to government officials prompted nationwide fury. It led to the resignation of a number of senior officials, including the head of the state insurance regulator.
The public anger at Soltani’s arrest has been such that even a number of MPs, in a rare expression of solidarity with imprisoned journalists, have come to his defence. The outspoken MP Ali Motahari, who is allied with the reformists politically but has conservative social views, criticised his incarceration and said journalists should not resort to self-censorship under pressure.
Up to 700 journalists have written to the judiciary calling for Soltani’s release, the semi-official Ilna news agency said.
There was also outrage about reports that Soltani appeared to have been forced to disclose the source of the leaked document. Tehran’s prosecutor announced that the journalist, while in jail, had named a member of Tehran’s city council as the whistleblower. Ahmad Hakimipour later confirmed he had leaked the letter to Soltani.
Late in October, Iran’s prosecutor general said on state television that 45 individuals had received properties from the mayor’s office under illegal arrangements. At least 36 contracts were reported to have been annulled.


Question: Provide information about the song "Black-Eyed Susan" by Prairie Oyster. Respond in 44 words.

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"Black-Eyed Susan" is a song recorded by Canadian country music group Prairie Oyster. It was released in 1994 as the third single from their fourth studio album, "Only One Moon". It peaked at number 7 on the "RPM" Country Tracks chart in January 1995.


Question: Respond in 8 sentences. What is known about Philinus of Agrigentum?

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Philinus of Agrigentum (3rd-century BCE) was a historian who lived during the First Punic War, who is said to have written history from a pro-Carthaginian standpoint. His writings were used as a source by Polybius and Diodorus for their descriptions of the First Punic War. Although Polybius uses Philinus' writings, he also accuses him of being biased and inconsistent. Philinus maintained that the initial Roman intervention in Sicily at the start of the First Punic War violated a treaty between Rome and Carthage from 306 B.C.E. which recognized Roman sovereignty on the Italian peninsula and Carthaginian control in Sicily. Polybius was unable to find this treaty in the treasury of the aediles in the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus alongside other treaties between Rome and Carthage, and claimed that it could not have existed. However, evidence from Servius suggests that there may have been a real treaty, thereby potentially exonerating Philinus' account. There is, as yet, little scholarly consensus about this treaty nor has Philinus' account been thoroughly proven or disproven.


Question: What did Isaah Yeo achieve at the Panther's awards night?

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Panthers backrower Isaah Yeo won the coveted Merv Cartwright Medal at the club's end of season awards night in Penrith on Wednesday.
The award is recognition of Yeo's immense contribution to the success of the Panthers in 2018.
Known for his commitment and consistency, Yeo averaged 31 tackles and 112 running metres per game this season.
The 23-year-old stepped up as captain of the side when James Maloney was unavailable, and provided impeccable leadership to help guide the team through the challenges of 2018.


Question: Write about your journey in recovery and how it's different today than all the other times in the past. Respond in 1020 words.

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I wonder if we all are given one recovery that is going to stick but the thing is we don’t know which time it will be. Will it be the first time we try to get clean and have it work and never use again? Or will you be like me and not have your time come until after your hard head gets beat up so bad that on attempt number 9,364 we succeed in attaining long-term sobriety or something that resembles that anyways. I just wonder is all because my recovery is so very different today than it ever has been. I mean I don’t even work a traditional program although I have one that works.
It just blows my mind to think that most of what I had been taught about how to recover did not work for me and it has for so many others. The basics are still the same don’t use and you won’t get high. It really is that insanely simple for me today always has been the problem was I could not stop picking up the pipe and no program or set of rules was going to stop that, only God and I could. My Higher Power gives me the wisdom and strength to do it and I at some point muster up the courage and warrior mentality it will take to win the war and do battle on the daily. That is my program in a nutshell along with much, much, service anyway I can. That mainly takes place online here but I will help wherever I can be of service. I like to help it makes me happy today.
I am not sure why this time is so much different than all the others but I do know this much. In all my past attempts at recovery, I never wanted it like I do now. I never had the feeling like it was finished like I do this time. It has no hold on me any longer and I know some may think that is dangerous to say but knowing that Ill say it again because I know this as my truth today. Time shall tell lets hope I am right huh? My mindset about recovery going into this was even different. It was not so strict. I said I am going to do whatever I need to in order to at least improve my quality of life not knowing what I really meant at the time just leaving myself open to all options presented to me was all. I was completely open and willing to try about anything other than the 12 steps again to recover.
So I did, I found a relationship with myself through yoga I had never known before and that strengthened the one I already had with my Higher Power, I enrolled in therapy with a clinician vs the traditional treatment programs I usually attend and I quit going to meetings and got on some meds and somehow with my writing that is what works for me yet I had no idea until this go around that I needed to try something different. Here I thought this whole time that the problem was just me and it wasn’t I just was not giving myself my best chance. I think that sometimes we lose sight of the fact that we are all individuals in recovery and individuals do things individually not exactly the same! Correct me if I am wrong.
Another biggy is that although recovery is deadly serious for most it does not have to be so uptight you don’t allow yourself to breath. To be able to just chill out and have fun not constantly consumed with the fact your maybe an addict in recovery. It is important to try and simply relax whenever we can get the time too, especially early on because recovery has enough stress without us adding more that is not really needed. I think we have too much of a tendency to walk on eggshells around our recovery and I think that aids in perpetuating our relapses, makes sense to me anyway. It is serious, life-threatening, but if we are not able to relax enough to enjoy the miracle of our struggle then odds are as addicts we won’t do it for long. Hence my constant and continuous relapses over the years.
This has played a huge factor in my recovery this time you all. Recovery this time has been harder than it ever has but I appreciate and understand my struggle is necessary today in order for me to thrive tomorrow. This I did know before or did not care to know not sure which one. Never the less, by relaxing and yes with the help of medications, I have been able to do this. On the medication note. If it is suggested that maybe you try some by your doctor it does not mean you are crazy, or even going crazy. It may not even mean you have a mental illness.
I have found that sometimes we have to go through things in life that are let’s say extra difficult and sometimes we may find we don’t handle the extra difficulty very well. If that’s the case and meds are suggested by your doctor give yourself a break and consider trying some. They may help you. You also may only be on them a short time just to get through early recovery. Some may say, well if you’re on meds your not in recovery. I say, flip them the bird, move on, and take care of your damn self because no one else will! I am going to end this on that bomb drop and with an extra special I love you all, stay blessed.
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I think it’s important to find joy in recovery, as you said, not be so uptight about it.
In fact the more I see the freedom of not drinking, the lighter I feel!


Question: Provide an update on the rollout of the HTC U12 Plus update with details on its features and benefits.

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Update, August 1, 2018, (02:39AM EST): The HTC U12 Plus has been criticized for its pressure-sensitive hardware buttons, as some felt it was a poor substitute for proper volume and power keys.
Fortunately, the Taiwanese firm has an update on-hand and it’s now landing in the U.S., according to Android Police and HTC global PR head Jeff Gordon. The update, which carries the version number 1.21.617.3, weighs in at 437MB and includes the June security update.
The HTC U12 Plus update improves the accuracy of the pressure-sensitive buttons, while also delivering battery life and performance enhancements. Other noteworthy additions include an “auto zoom” feature for video recording, and 4K video recording without a time limit.
Users have noted better Edge Sense squeezing as part of the new update too, which seems to echo the update for Taiwanese customers.
Hopefully, the pressure-sensitive buttons function far better now, because they were poor — our own Jimmy Westenberg actually said they were “terrible” in his HTC U12 Plus review. “Whenever I use this phone, I genuinely try to avoid using the side buttons. They’re that frustrating,” he wrote.
Original article, July 13, 2018 (4:06PM EST): A new official update to the HTC U12 Plus is rolling out now to people in Taiwan, via XDA Developers. Although we don’t know exactly when the rest of the world will see the update, hopefully it’s soon, as included therein is a tweak of the U12 Plus’ worst feature.
I am, of course, referring to the pressure-sensitive hardware buttons that line the sides of the U12 Plus. One of the biggest complaints about the device is the fact that these non-pressable buttons have poor feedback and are counterintuitive.
While the software fix obviously doesn’t swap out the stationary buttons for ones that move as they should, it does make them more responsive and synchronized. Users are also reporting that double-tapping the Edge feature is more reliably accurate than it was before the update.
There are some other fixes and tweaks included as well in this Taiwanese software rollout. There’s the usual Android security patch (from June instead of July for some reason), and there’s also a new feature for the camera that’s questionably called Auto Zoom.
I say “questionably” because it doesn’t really “auto zoom” in on anything. Instead, it’s a new way to manually zoom when using the camera by swiping on a gray dot.
The 422MB update brings the system software version to 1.21.709.3, but different parts of the world have different software versions, so yours might not match. Hopefully, U12 Plus owners outside of Taiwan will get this update soon, as I’m sure they would love some better haptic feedback when they hit the volume keys.
NEXT: At this point, what can HTC do to save itself?


Question: Describe the events surrounding Venezuela's bond refinancing effort.

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CARACAS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venezuela’s cash-strapped government insisted it had successfully begun efforts to refinance some $60 billion in bonds, though creditors disagreed following fruitless talks and a ratings firm declared the nation in selective default.
Venezuelan bonds slid on Tuesday after S&P Global Ratings announced that Venezuela was in selective default for failing to make $200 million in overdue coupon payments on its 2019 and 2024 global issues within a 30-day grace period.
Investors, meanwhile, voiced concern after President Nicolas Maduro’s negotiators met briefly with bondholders in Caracas on Monday but failed to present firm proposals to alleviate the OPEC nation’s crippling foreign debt amid an unprecedented economic meltdown.
“The process of refinancing Venezuela’s foreign debt began with resounding success,” the socialist government said late Monday, complaining about U.S. financial sanctions and what it called unfair assessments from international ratings agencies.
The government repeated pledges to honor all its foreign debt and said Monday’s talks were attended by 100 or so participants, including bondholders from Venezuela, the United States, Panama, Britain, Colombia, Chile, Japan and Argentina.
However, attendees at the meeting came away confused over how Venezuela plans to avoid a default, given its parlous state finances, and how any refinancing could be worked out amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions.
The U.S. measures block the issuance of any new Venezuelan debt and impose sanctions on the country’s chief negotiators, Vice President Tareck El Aissami and Economy Minister Simon Zerpa, on drug and corruption charges.
Venezuela has dismissed those accusations as politically motivated fabrications by Washington to tarnish the country’s reputation.
“The bondholder meeting in Venezuela was a non-event, lasting only 20-30 minutes with reports of only 10 non Caracas-based investors...and the only official that spoke was drug kingpin VP Tareck El Aissami” said Siobhan Morden, head of Latin American fixed-income strategy at Nomura, who did not attend.
Four years of recession in the South American nation, fueled by failing socialist economics and a plunge in global oil prices, have hit Venezuelans hard. Many skip meals or suffer from malnutrition and preventable diseases, due to severe shortages of food and medicine and triple-digit inflation.
With some $9 billion in payments looming for 2018, a default would be a short-term relief for the government, enabling Maduro to spend on desperately-needed food and medicine imports ahead of next year’s presidential election.
But that strategy could also backfire if it sparks aggressive legal challenges from abroad, including moves to seize assets of state oil company PDVSA, [PDVSA.UL] which is the cash-cow for Venezuela’s socialist system.
Despite concern that U.S. sanctions could prevent Venezuela hiring advisors, the government has appointed lawyer David Syed - a former partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe - to advise it, working alongside a team at global law firm Dentons, according to IFR, a Thomson Reuters news service.
On another flank of the country’s creditworthiness, a committee of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) is looking into whether PDVSA triggered a credit event through late payment of its 2017N bond this month.
The group said it would reconvene on Thursday to continue discussions of whether or not PDVSA was in default.
ISDA also said on Tuesday it had received another request from investors as to whether Venezuela had triggered a credit event due to the late payment of the coupon on its sovereign bonds.
Bondholders had told Reuters on Monday they had not yet received payments on the 2019 and 2024 bonds but were unconcerned about the delay, which they said was partly due to increased bank vigilance following the U.S. sanctions.
In its statement on Monday, S&P Global Ratings said it could raise Venezuela’s ratings again if the government made payments on the overdue coupons and remained timely on other payments before the restructuring is completed.
However, it said it saw a one-in-two chance that Venezuela could default again within the next three months and it listed a further four bonds with overdue coupon payments due in the coming weeks, with unpaid obligations totaling $420 million.
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange said on Tuesday said it was temporarily halting trading of Venezuela’s 2019 and 2024 bonds due to the “event of default” in order to make changes to the way in which the securities are traded.
Venezuela’s sovereign bonds, already the most distressed in the benchmark JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus (EMBI+) 11EMJ, have whipsawed over the past week.
The index measures the spreads of 13 Venezuelan sovereign bonds versus benchmark U.S. Treasuries.
Last week, as the Caracas talks loomed, investors bought Venezuela’s bonds on speculation there might be progress in finding a solution, driving a 1,095 basis-point narrowing in spreads from Nov. 7 through Monday.
However, on Tuesday, spreads ballooned by 714 basis points as investors dumped Venezuelan bonds.


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Question: Explain why classic GN'R drummer Matt Sorum isn't participating in the band's reunion shows.

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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum says that he isn't participating in the band's comeback shows because he wasn't asked to take part in the reunion of GN'R's classic lineup.
Only singer Axl Rose, guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan from GN'R's "Appetite For Destruction"-era lineup took part in this past weekend's Las Vegas shows and the April 1 surprise gig at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. They were joined by keyboardist Dizzy Reed, guitarist Richard Fortus and drummer Frank Ferrer. Also appearing with them was second keyboardist Melissa Reese.
Asked by a fan on Twitter if he is going to perform with GN'R on the reunion tour, Sorum answered: "No Sir , they didn't ask me"
Adler last year spoke about how he would feel about a hypothetical reunion of the classic GN'R lineup which would include Matt Sorum on drums instead of him. "Matt wouldn't do it," Adler said. "I see Matt practically every Monday night, and we talked about it. He wouldn't do it unless I was a part of it. And I said, 'Well, dude, I would do it without you.' And he said, 'But you're the original guy. You're the sound of GN'R. I'm not. So it's different.' And I said, 'If I did it, if Axl wanted to play the '[Use Your] Illusion' songs, I would have you right next to me. You come up and I'll either take the throne or sit where I sit.'… Sort of like [the way we did it] at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame [induction in 2012]. They didn't show that part on TV, I don't think, but [Matt] played 'Brownstone', and then I came up and played 'Sweet Child' and 'Paradise City'."
Sorum told The Pulse of Radio in a 2009 interview that if the classic GUNS N' ROSES band reunited, they should perform with both him and Adler. "If it's me on drums or Steven or whatever, if it happened, it'd be great, you know. I would actually say to them, 'Hey, bring both of us back,' you know. Let me play the other stuff. We'll have two drum kits. I don't care. If 'Appetite' ('For Destruction', the band's debut) sounds better with Steven playing it, have both guys up there. They can afford it."
GUNS N' ROSES was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in April 2012. Adler, Sorum, Slash and Duff McKagan attended the ceremony, while Rose and former guitarist Izzy Stradlin stayed home.
GUNS N' ROSES are still scheduled to play two shows in Mexico City and two gigs at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival starting next weekend. A full North American tour is on tap for this summer.


Question: Describe a memory you have of playing Mortal Kombat in the 90's and share your thoughts on the classic trilogy. Respond in 11 sentences.

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I remember sneaking home in the early 90's with my best friend. Concealed under his sweatshirt, he had a copy of Mortal Kombat for the Sega Genesis neatly tucked away. I had been clearly told by parents that i was NOT allowed to play Mortal Kombat under any circumstances. It seems that they had watched a news report about the game and the idea of pixelated blood absolutely terrified them (even though you had to enter a cheat code to see it!).
When I think back on the original trilogy, I am filled with a sense of joyful nostalgia. They were genre defining games that inspired a generation of future game developers. Those 2D games with all their violence, atmosphere and fatalities seem so tame and harmless by todays standards. In fact I recently told my kids that they were NEVER allowed to play Mortal Kombat X!
Anyway check out some of the awesome Mortal Kombat t-shirts below. My personal favourites are the two featuring the absolutely classic Scorpion and Sub-Zero fatality scenes! The two robe sets are also a lot of fun, especially if you wear them the next time you're calling for room service!


Question: Describe the impact of the housing crisis in Reno, Nevada.

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This photograph taken Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in downtown Reno, Nev., shows one of the weekly motels that increasingly are becoming the last stop before homelessness for hundreds of working families who can't afford to live anyplace else. An economic boom spurred by the arrival of thousands of new employees at Tesla, Google, Apple and other corporate giants has created an unprecedented housing crisis in the area. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner).
Reno, Nev. • They were the toast of Reno in the 1950s, when the growing casino industry sparked a boom that for a time turned northern Nevada into the West’s top gambling destination.
Dozens of downtown motor lodges provided spare but comfortable retreats for motorists who took to the nation’s new highways to see the bright lights of the self-proclaimed “Biggest Little City in the World” and try their luck at the slot machines and blackjack tables.
Today, the lodges still standing are in disrepair and rent rooms by the week. But there is one similarity to their heyday: Reno is booming again and so are the lodges — just not with vacationers or fortune-seekers.
They have become the housing of last resort for Reno’s down-and-out, a population that has soared in recent years as red-hot housing and rental markets have priced out more and more people.
California is partly to blame.
Silicon Valley firms from Apple to Tesla have set up operations in the Reno area, bringing waves of well-paid tech and manufacturing workers. At the same time, California’s soaring home prices and rents have sent thousands of people across the state line looking for more affordable housing.
Four of every 10 people who will move to Nevada this year will be from California, and most of those arriving in Reno and its suburbs are from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Along with that human stampede have come rising home prices and rents — as well as rising anxiety for those living on the margins.
He and his partner pay $850 a month for a small studio in the Fireside Inn, cooking food they get at a pantry on a small portable skillet they place next to the bathroom sink. Both are thankful they are no longer on the streets but say many of their neighbors are senior citizens or the disabled who are on fixed incomes and just one rent increase away from homelessness.
An estimated 4,000 people — mostly working-class families, seniors and the disabled — live in the pay-by-the-week motels. For many, the lodges are the last stop before being forced onto the streets or to live in their cars.
The growing number of homeless in and around Reno is among the most visible effects of the area’s recent population surge, bringing to Nevada a crisis that has been plaguing California and other West Coast states for years.
Reno’s homeless shelters are overflowing, and local police periodically clear makeshift homeless camps from the banks of the Truckee River, which flows through downtown. They’re places Wendy Wiglesworth doesn’t want to return to.
Last year, she finally was able to save enough money for an apartment after years of being homeless. A few months later, she got bad news: The building was being sold to developers who wanted to tear it down to make way for student housing near the University of Nevada.
She ended up at one of the old motor lodges, which typically rent for about $800 a month — $500 less than rent for the average two-bedroom apartment.
Its owners have so far refused similar purchase offers, but Wiglesworth said she lives in constant fear that could change.
Last year, 27 indigent people, identified by service groups as homeless, died in Washoe County. That’s a statistic that is personal for Aria Overli, an organizer with the community group ACTIONN.
A few years ago, her sister moved into her apartment after being evicted from her own place. Rising medical bills left her unable to afford rent.
Last March, she took her own life.
Civic groups such as ACTIONN, local elected representatives and interfaith clergy toured several of the motor lodges over the summer, hoping to create a strategy to address Reno’s housing problem.
“We were not ready for such robust growth rates and are in many ways still not recovered from the downturn,” she said, identifying housing and homelessness as the most pressing issues facing the city.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition ranks Nevada last among all states for providing affordable housing for its poorest families.
Over the past year, the Reno City Council expanded homeless shelter capacity, beefed up inspections of the weekly motels and budgeted $1 million to identify the most promising housing ideas.
The city and county have used federal block grants to build 342 affordable housing units over the past year and have another 1,200 under review or being built.
Creating a special fund dedicated to making affordable housing more widespread is another potential strategy, but one that will require approval by the state Legislature. A main supporter of that approach is Eric Novak, president of Reno-based Praxis Consulting Group, which helps various groups finance affordable housing projects.


Question: What is Korfa Bay?

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Korfa Bay () is a bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula coast of the Bering Sea in Russia.