Question: Describe the features and advantages of Common Lisp.

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Common Lisp has long been the leading language for software research and advanced development projects. Its ability to tackle the biggest problems is unmatched.
Common Lisp has grown and evolved over time, acquiring features and supporting paradigms as they've entered the world of computer science. It is now supported by an ANSI standard (ANSI X3.226:1994). This standard includes the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS); features like multimethods and dynamic class redefinition make CLOS among the most advanced object systems in the world.
Machine-independent language model. All operations are performed in terms of program objects, not raw bits.
Iterative design process. Common Lisp supports exploratory programming, making programmers more productive.
Dynamic patching. Common Lisp programs can be updated while they are running. The ability to install field patches without interrupting service is important for many mission-critical applications.
High-level debugging. All debugging is performed within the language model, preventing system crashes and other out-of-language errors.
Common Lisp Object System (CLOS). Common Lisp provides advanced object-oriented programming, including multiple inheritance, multimethods, class redefinition in running programs, and dynamic type creation. No other language provides an object system so rich in features.
First class functions and classes. First class higher-order functions provide control systems that are elegant and powerful.
First class classes let you manipulate the object system in running programs, giving you finer degrees of control.
Extensive data types. Objects, structures, lists, vectors, adjustable arrays, hash-tables, and symbols are just a few of Common Lisp's myriad data types.
Advanced numeric types. The Common Lisp arithmetic package includes unlimited size integers, fractions, complex numbers, and a complete floating point library. Conversion between numeric types occurs automatically.
Complete IO library. Common Lisp includes a portable interface for streams, the file system, and other IO facilities.
Extensive control structures. Complex looping, guard expressions, non-local transfer of control and lexical closures are among the control structures offered by Common Lisp.
Condition system. The Common Lisp condition system is object-based, and supports recovery as well as escape from errors and other exceptional situations.
Consistent syntax. Common Lisp uses a simple consistent syntax that is easy to learn and easy to use from day one.
Macros. A convenient macro system lets Common Lisp programmers create embedded languages, essentially turning their Lisp environment into a domain-specific problem solving tool.
Programs as data. Common Lisp is a fully reflective language, supporting genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming, and other self-referential programming techniques.
Late-bound types. By leaving type declarations to the programmer's discretion, programs can be simpler and prototyping faster.
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Question: Hey, what's going on with your podcast today?

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Hayes and Sean start with “Late Night Snack”, where they discuss Jimmy Fallon’s greatest moments and play a game of laugh vs. yawn with Engineer Sam. Then, college comedy professor and podcast pro Matt Gourley is on to talk guns, robots, his classroom process, and lead the guys in a classic mirror exercise. Finally, the Popcorn Gallery is back to bring up topics like weird experiences with women, mummies, Cabo St. Lucas, and then Matt tells a bonus story about bully vengeance.


Question: Describe the new features and changes in the latest version of GNU Guix and GuixSD.

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We are pleased to announce the new release of GNU Guix and GuixSD, version 0.15.0! This release brings us close to what we wanted to have for 1.0, so it’s probably one of the last zero-dot-something releases.
The release comes with GuixSD ISO-9660 installation images, a virtual machine image of GuixSD, and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your GNU/Linux distro, either from source or from binaries.
The unloved guix pull command, which allows users to upgrade Guix and its package collection, has been overhauled and we hope you will like it. We’ll discuss these enhancements in another post soon but suffice to say that the new guix pull now supports rollbacks (just like guix package) and that the new --list-generations option allows you to visualize past upgrades. It’s also faster, not as fast as we’d like though, so we plan to optimize it further in the near future.
guix pack can now produce relocatable binaries. With -f squashfs it can now produce images stored as SquashFS file systems. These images can then be executed by Singularity, a “container engine” deployed on some high-performance computing clusters.
GuixSD now runs on ARMv7 and AArch64 boxes! We do not provide an installation image though because the details depend on the board you’re targeting, so you’ll have to build the image yourself following the instructions. On ARMv7 it typically uses U-Boot, while AArch64 boxes such as the OverDrive rely on the EFI-enabled GRUB. Bootloader definitions are available for many boards—Novena, A20 OLinuXino, BeagleBone, and even NES.
We further improved error-reporting and hints provided by guix system. For instance, it will now suggest upfront kernel modules that should be added to the initrd—previously, you could install a system that would fail to boot simply because the initrd lacked drivers for your hard disk.
OS configuration has been simplified with the introduction of things like the initrd-modules field and the file-system-label construct.
There’s a dozen new GuixSD services: the Enlightenment and MATE desktops, Apache httpd, support for transparent emulation with QEMU through the qemu-binfmt service, OpenNTPD, and more.
There were 1,200 new packages, so we’re now close to 8,000 packages.
The manual is now partially translated into French and you can help translate it into your native language by joining the Translation Project.
See the release announcement for details.


Question: What do you know about the potential arrest of Saudi preacher Abdulaziz al-Fawzan?

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 What do you know about the potential arrest of Saudi preacher Abdulaziz al-Fawzan?

Saudi preacher Abdulaziz al-Fawzan may be arrested soon, according concerns on twitter. The “Prisoners of Conscience” account reports that al-Fawzan has suffered increasing levels of harassment by authorities.
Al-Fawzan, a professor of comparative jurisprudence at the Higher Institute of Judiciary at al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, forwarded a mysterious tweet that he considered to be a warning of his imminent arrest.
He tweeted saying: “My loved ones everywhere, do not forget to mention me in your prayers, may Allah be our defender”.
This comes a few days after Al-Fawzan announced his total rejection of the Saudi state’s repression of sheikhs, scholars, on twitter. He also criticized apparently liberal reforms in an interview on al-Majd TV.
"لاخير في كثير من نجواهم إلامن أمر بصدقةأو معروف أو إصلاح بين الناس ومن يفعل ذلك ابتغاء مرضات الله فسوف نؤتيه أجراعظيما"
In response to these tweets, liberal writers and academics launched a campaign, named “Abdulaziz al-Fawzan the heretic”, accusing him of inciting to challenge state policies and stand against change. Al-Fawzan holds a bachelor’s degree from Al-Qassim University of Sharia and Theology. He taught at the same institute after graduating, where he has been head of the Fiqh Department for years.
These concerns over al-Fawzan come in the context of a large-scale arrest campaign against Saudi clerics. Most recently this has included Professor Mosaed al-Tayar, who teaches Koranic science and interpretation at King Saud University. The “Prisoners of Conscience” account attributed the preacher’s arrest to his “silence and refusal to go through politics or to praise the policies of Saudi rulers as required from university professors by the authorities”.


Question: What is stepping in programming?

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Program animation or Stepping refers to the now very common debugging method of executing code one "line" at a time. The programmer may examine the state of the program, machine, and related data "before and after" execution of a particular line of code. This allows evaluation of the effects of that statement or instruction in isolation and thereby gain insight into the behavior (or misbehavior) of the executing program. Nearly all modern IDEs and debuggers support this mode of execution. Some testing tools allow programs to be executed step-by-step optionally at either source code level or machine code level depending upon the availability of data collected at compile time.


Question: Provide a definition and overview of Legal Sea Foods.

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Legal Sea Foods is an American restaurant chain of casual-dining seafood restaurants.
The company was founded by George Berkowitz who opened the Legal Cash Market grocery store in 1950 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and opened the first restaurant next door to the market in 1968. The current company headquarters is located in the South Boston Seaport District and as of 2019, the group operates 34 restaurants in five states, plus the District of Columbia, with most in the Greater Boston area. The restaurant serves over 7 million customers annually with an average restaurant size of . Legal Sea Foods also operates an online fish market and ships fresh fish anywhere in the contiguous United States, as well as a retail products division.


Question: What's the latest news on coL.cs?

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Today we are announcing a change in our CS:GO division. After extended discussion, the team including players, coaching staff, and management has made the decision to move Peter "ptr" Gurney and Alec "Slemmy" White to backup (inactive) status. We would like to thank Peter for all of his hard work and dedication over the past 9 months as well as Alec for stepping in on such short notice.
We are excited to welcome Shahzeeb "ShahZaM" Khan and Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz to the team. Our entire organization is thrilled to have such talented players join us as we take this roster in a new direction for the remainder of the 2018 season.
Thank you for your continued support of compLexity and coL.cs.


Question: Write a brief description of the career of Antonio Neal Phelon.

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Antonio Neal Phelon (born June 7, 1973) is an American gospel musician and music producer, as well as a Christian R&B, Christian hip hop, urban gospel and black gospel recording artist and singer. He started his music career, in 1999, with an independently-made album. His first studio album, "Days of My Life", that was released by EMI Gospel. His only hip hop music album, "Bible Megamix", was released Anshar Forever Records, in 2009. The only extended play, "Welcome Home", a contemporary R&B work, was released by Madison Line, in 2014. He has won two GMA Dove Awards, one for his songwriting and another for his music production work.


Question: Who is Derrick Branche?

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Derrick Branche (born 1947) is a British actor, best known for his role in the film "My Beautiful Laundrette" and television roles in "The Jewel in the Crown" and "Father Ted".


Question: What can you tell me about the 2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team?

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The 2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2015 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).


Question: What do we know about Ubisoft and the Oakland Police Department's connection?

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After playing Watch Dogs 2 and marveling at the accuracy of Ubisoft's recreation of the Bay Area, investigative journalist and researcher for the Electronic Frontier Foundation Dave Maass wanted to know if Ubisoft partnered with the local government to do it. So, as he detailed for Motherboard, he filed open records requests with government agencies in San Francisco and Oakland. He was looking for anything related to Ubisoft working with police departments to create the game, which is set in the near future and features hackers exploiting ubiquitous computer systems to fight back against the police state.
His request to San Francisco Police Department confirmed that in 2014, filmmakers working for Ubisoft had approached the SFPD to shoot an internal-only documentary. Ubisoft wanted realistic interviews and footage of officers that it could use as inspiration for the game. Though SF officials eventually turned down Ubisoft's documentary team, they responded to Maass's request quickly. Oakland Police Department, on the other hand, dragged its feet so much that Maass ended up filing a lawsuit in May of this year to force the department to release the documents. In August, because of Maass’s lawsuit, Oakland Police Department's Internal Affairs division launched an investigation into the department's handling of open records requests.
“We in the Internal Affairs Division are committed to ensuring professionalism and accountability throughout the Oakland Police Department by aggressively investigating all allegations of misconduct and improper procedures or service within the organization,” a letter sent to Maass states.
Last week, OPD finally turned over the relevant documents.
"WHEREAS...Dave Maass has been mildly annoying San Diego's politicos for the past three years"
There was no scandal hiding in the email archives at Oakland City Hall, but making use of open records laws is itself the entire point, Maass said. Open records laws like the Freedom of Information Act or the California Public Records Act are there for the public to use and government agencies to obey.
"[Open records law] is one of the primary tools that allows us to hold the government accountable. It starts with the principle that that government belongs to us and the things they create belong to us and we have a right to look at them—within reason,” he told me. “But in a world where the government is able to operate in secret, even when there's no reason for secrecy, that's when corruption and waste and abuse and fraud happen. That's when decisions that aren't in the interest of the people get made. So it's very important to not only have these laws but to use these laws and stand up for the integrity of these laws when they're being abused—even when it's in a seemingly low-stakes situation."
"If this results in a better public records system, that's the most I could have hoped for"
Maass has in the past filed requests for records pertaining to Comic Con, a staged Viking funeral, and the process behind renaming a city street after Star Wars actor Mark Hamill. The city of San Diego named February 13, 2013, "Dave Maass Day" with a proclamation that is, frankly, masterful: "WHEREAS...Dave Maass has been mildly annoying San Diego's politicos for the past three years...and WHEREAS Dave is personally responsible for no less than three staffers in the City Clerk's officer hired to handle his endless Public Records Act Requests." Maass enjoys filing records requests that show how the wheels of government interact with various "geeky" pursuits that he admits are unimportant.
But more to the point, putting these laws to the test often is important. Sensitive records of ongoing investigations are often exempt from open records requests for legitimate reasons. Filing seemingly frivolous requests is one way for the public to stress-test the system: Is Oakland not turning anything over because records are sensitive, or does Oakland PD have a systemic problem with how it responds to these requests?
"It's... very difficult to get lots of police records for criminal investigations, new technology—those can be a real hassle," Maass said. "But if you ask for something related to a video game, maybe that shows you how the process works because there's not a lot for them to exempt."
Maass says other activists have had trouble getting records out of the Oakland government. He's hopeful that his lawsuit and the internal affairs investigation will fix Oakland's public records processes so it can respond appropriately in cases where it really matters.
"If this results in a better public records system, that's the most I could have hoped for," Maass said. "Obviously it would have been awesome if they'd given me 200 pages of going back and forth with Ubisoft, but that doesn't seem to be what happened."
Ubisoft and Oakland Police Department did not respond immediately to comment on this story.


Question: Explain Google's recent decision to remove 'Don't be evil' as its unofficial slogan.

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Google is no longer telling its employees not to be evil.
In a rather surprising move (or perhaps a sign that the world’s most seemingly perk-filled, laid-back workplace is going corporate), Google has removed its unofficial motto from its code of conduct. Previously, the company’s corporate code of conduct included this simple yet powerful edict: “Don’t be evil.” But now, that’s no longer the case. As Gizmodo reports, archives from the Wayback Machine, a digital archive, show that this turn of phrase was removed sometime either in late April or early May.
For nearly two decades, “Don’t be evil” has been the Google mantra. In 2015, when Google reorganized itself to be a part of parent company Alphabet, it created a slightly different version of the mantra — “do the right thing.” But Google held on to its previous “don’t be evil” slogan until sometime in the last month or so.
This wasn’t just a phrase that employees read once in their handbooks. Rather, the notion was deeply ingrained in the company’s culture — in fact, a version of the saying apparently served as the Wi-Fi password on Google shuttles used in the Bay Area.
Curiously enough, the company’s code of conduct says that it hasn’t been updated since April 5, 2018, which seems to be incorrect given these rather obvious changes.
The timing of the change comes at a rather interesting point in Google’s history. A number of employees have recently left the company following its controversial decision to remain involved in the Pentagon’s secret Project Maven, noting that they could no longer work for a company that did not share their values. We’ll update you with any statements from Google on the new code of conduct.


Question: "Have you heard about the 2013 ENnie Awards? Anything you want to submit?"

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Voting is now officially open for the 2013 ENnie Awards! Use the links below between now and the end of the day on Wednesday, July 31, to vote for your favorite products and 2014 ENnies Judges. Good luck to everyone!
Lamentations and Kenzer are both listed twice under Fan Favorite Publisher, splitting their votes.
Huh, weird. I didn’t submit any products to the Ennies, since Tenra Bansho Zero officially dropped April 2013, not in 2012… But yeah, Tenra Bansho Zero (me!) is a game by Kotodama Heavy Industries (me!). If this is for a write-in vote, then I’m honored! But yeah, they’re the same(ish); one a game, the other the actual imprint/publisher.


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About 100 cars were destroyed in Monday’s fires and riots in western Sweden. Now the police want to “talk” with the parents of the minors who are responsible for the inferno, broadcaster SVT reports.
Police in western Sweden wrote this morning on their website that there were about 80 cars that “burned in the region” with Gothenburg and Trollhättan being the most hardest hit areas.
“When the majority of fires started within a short period of time, it cannot be ruled out that there is a connection between the fires,” writes the police.
Police later tell news outlet SVT that a total of 100 cars have been damaged or burned out.
According to police, they have a good idea of who the perpetrators are. Several of them are minors. The events are classified as gross arson, vandalism and fierce riot.
“We have already begun interviews under caution with the parents of the young people who participated in the events of morning. We chose not to arrest anyone on site but have identified them,” says police spokeswoman Ulla Brehm to SVT.
In Frölunda over 60 cars were burned and in Trollhättan, about 40 youths blocked roads, threw stones at police and burned cars, reports GP.
“We have identified some young people who have been seen in Trollhättan, and had so-called parental conversations during the evening. But no one has been linked to any crime at this time,” said police Hans Lippens to GP.
The police are now working with “safety-enhancing measures”, witness testimony and also surveillance images from the areas in question.


Question: What do you know about Otto I?

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 What do you know about Otto I?

Otto ( – 30 November 912), called the Illustrious () by later authors, a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duke of Saxony from 880 to his death.


Question: Have you had a chance to try the onion fritters?

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I am mildly oil-conscious and don’t often have deep fried snacks, but these onion fritters are really beginning to spoil me.
They are crispy, spicy, oniony, and so tasty. And the best thing is how easy it is to make them.
Just prepare the ingredients, mix them up, deep-fry them, and you’re done!
These onion fritters taste best (and crisp) when served hot. I tried them hot and cold and the difference is night and day.
Scoop a tablespoon of the mixture and give it a deep-fry until one side turns golden brown. Then flip and fry the other side until it too turns golden brown.
Transfer the fritters onto a paper towel. Serve them hot with ketchup.


Question: What is Trakt and why is it risky to use for streaming content? Respond in 22 sentences.

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 What is Trakt and why is it risky to use for streaming content? Respond in 22 sentences.

Trakt is a great service that allows people to track their TV-show and movie viewing habits through Popcorn Time, XBMC and other popular platforms. There's one problem though. Trakt is heavily used by pirates who may not realize that they're broadcasting their downloading habits to the rest of the world, copyright holders included.
The service allows users to keep track of the videos they watch throughout the week, either manually or automatically via media players such as VLC, XBMC and Popcorn Time.
Trakt processes and stores downloading habits so its users can keep track of what they’re watching. By default it also allows others to see this information as well, and that’s where things start to become problematic.
Trakt appears to be relatively popular among pirates. A quick glance at the most popular movies shows that most are still playing in theater. These could technically all be manual entries, but the “currently watching” lists shows that this isn’t the case.
For example, at the time of writing there were several Trakt users watching the latest box-office hit “Interstellar” via XBMC and Infuse. Also, the overview of the movie “Lucy” shown below lists several Popcorn Time users checking in a pirated copy of the film.
Of course people have to decide for themselves if they want to display their piracy habits to the rest of the world, but they shouldn’t complain if a movie studio comes knocking on their door.
We’ve just spent a few minutes looking through the profiles of several Popcorn Time users, who all display their browsing habits in public. Needless to say, this offers unique opportunities for copyright trolls.
Copyright holders only have to write down a few usernames and ask the court for a subpoena to expose their personal info.
Trakt is very clear about the fact that it helps private parties to enforce and comply with the law, and will have no other option than to hand over the requested information if they’re faced with a subpoena.
So without too much hassle rightsholders can get their hands on pirates’ IP-addresses, email addresses, payment information, a database of files watched and at what times, etcetera.
And then there’s the added risk of running into scammers.
Many “pirating” Trakt users have profile images and usernames that can easily lead to a person’s identity. It took us less than a minute to dig up an email address of a Popcorn Time user, info that scammers could exploit to falsely threaten legal action while posing as a copyright holder.
That’s trouble waiting to happen.
Most pirating Trakt users are probably not aware of the risks above, but in any case it might be wise for the privacy minded to avoid the service.


Question: Describe Markey's stance on extending the International Space Station's funding.

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 Describe Markey's stance on extending the International Space Station's funding.

Sen. Ted Cruz walks down a platform after taking a tour of a mockup of the International Space Station at the Johnson Space Center Monday, August 8, 2016 in Houston.
Federal funding for the 20-year-old space station currently is scheduled to end after 2024, but Congress can extend that date, and has in the past. President Donald Trump's $19.9 billion budget for NASA in the coming year, however, would eliminate federal funding for the space station by the end of 2024, transitioning operations to commercial entities.
His budget still must be approved by Congress, but Congressional leaders, including Cruz, have questioned this suggestion, calling the idea "foolish" and the date "arbitrary."
They fear that commercial companies will not be able to step up to fill the government's funding role. Just in fiscal year 2017, NASA spent $1.45 billion on the space station — and that does not count costs to transport astronauts and supplies there.
"We cannot afford to allow funding for the space station to crater in 2025," Markey said at a June Congressional hearing. "What we need is a nuanced transition plan for the next great space age that reflects the commercial market and the space community. That's not what this administration put forward."
NASA officials already have said that the space station can safely remain operational until at least 2028.
The space station acts as a science laboratory in the stars, allowing researchers to study myriad problems in a zero-gravity environment. Already, these studies are showing promise for solving problems, such as muscle atrophy, on Earth.
Cynthia Bouthot, with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, said in June that companies already are getting nervous about the mere suggestion that federal funding may end. The Florida-based center manages the space station's lab.
"We already have anecdotal evidence from companies that once they heard the 2025 date, they really started pulling back and questioning," she said.
The full bill text can be found here.
"This bill is a great step forward in providing certainty and a firmer launchpad for our commercial space industry," Markey said in a statement Thursday. "This industry is booming, and our legislation will help it achieve new heights and protect small businesses and the scientific research that benefits all Americans through innovation and discovery."


Question: Write a humorous/satirical response to the 2016 US Presidential Election.

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 Write a humorous/satirical response to the 2016 US Presidential Election.

Donald J Trump has decided that Indiana Governor Mike Pence should be his Vice Presidential candidate. Much like no one checking Melina’s speech before it was delivered at the convention for potential issues regarding plagiarism of Michelle Obama, did no one think that Trump Pence could be shortened to TP which is itself a acronym for Toilet Paper.
And if you feel the need to laugh at Hillary Clinton too then head over to this cartoon.
I remember the slogan being changed to “Make America Hate Again”. Good bumper sticker. I don’t display bumper stickers. Nothing against bumper sticker but I do believe too many Americans never research deeper than a bumper sticker.
This is too true. Your country has gone down the toilet. He’s like a bad joke that keeps getting worse.
You still have room on that couch right?
I’m going to need a bigger place.
And just so nobody tries to kill me or at the very least send me death threats, I’m apolitical.
Isn’t that sad that we can’t joke without someone trying to kill us?
And I thought I was the Friggin Loon …sheez!!!!


Question: Explain the batting order of different MLB teams.

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 Explain the batting order of different MLB teams.

Shane Bieber debuted for the Cleveland Indians last week, as did Dennis Santana for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The first time through the Minnesota Twins lineup, Bieber allowed one hit while striking out 3 and of course, didn't walk a batter. The next time up, hitters were 4-8, including an Eduardo Escobar double on an 0-2 pitch, and the Twins scored two runs in the 5th inning. Bieber came back out for the 6th inning, and got two quick outs before Logan Morrison and Escobar hit back to back home runs and Max Kepler singled before Bieber was removed from the game.
Santana did not start the game for the Dodgers, as Los Angeles used Scott Alexander as the "opener". Santana entered the game in the 2nd inning, with one out. He got Ian Desmond to line out to shortstop, but things quickly fell apart. Chris Iannetta hit a double, Santana hit the opposing pitcher, DJ LeMahieu singled and the Charlie Blackmon tripled before Nolan Arenado lined out to center to end the inning. The next time he took the mound, Santana set the Rockies down in order, striking out Carlos Gonzalez. In the top of the 4th inning, Dennis Santana (a converted SS) hit a bases loaded double, scoring two. Santana would pitch 3.2 innings, allow 5 earned runs and strike out four batters.
Bieber was sent back down to AAA-Columbus but Santana will get another "start" on Thursday, against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
After dominating minor league hitters, the St. Louis Cardinals called up Alex Reyes for a start against the Milwaukee Brewers, but that ended after just four innings. Reyes was returning from Tommy John surgery, but that is not why he was pulled from this one. He is now dealing with a lat injury that will force his to miss "significant time." The Cardinals, who already feature Jack Flaherty in their rotation, have Ryan Helsley looking MLB ready since being promoted to AAA-Memphis. Helsley made 7 starts at AA before the call up and over four AAA starts has pitched 23.2 innings with a 31:7 K:BB ratio. Dakota Hudson isn't far behind either! Carlos Martinez is working his way back from an injury and Adam Wainwright isn't even eligible to return from the 60-day DL until the middle of July. Miles Mikolas and Michael Wacha (almost a No-No!) have been leading the Cardinals pitching staff as of late, while Luke Weaver continues to figure things out.


Question: Describe the Tovala smart oven and meal delivery service.

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 Describe the Tovala smart oven and meal delivery service.

We probably don't have to tell you this, but here at TT, we love cooking. Sure, sometimes we find comfort in spending hours tackling a difficult recipe, but we also love convenience. Planning a meal, hitting the grocery store and cooking after a long day is often the last thing we want to do—and we know we're not alone.
So the idea of a smart oven on the market that combines forces with a meal delivery service to make delicious home-cooked meals seemed too good to be true. Once we saw the gadget in action, though, we were eating our words.
Tovala, the new Wi-Fi-connected steam oven with accompanying ready-to-cook meals, is a godsend for anyone with a busy schedule. First, meals are created by Tovala chefs (who have training from Noma, Alinea and Moto under their belts), and are then packaged and delivered to customers' doorsteps. Tovala owners then use their smart ovens to scan the bar code on each meal, place the prepackaged ingredients inside and press start: The oven knows exactly how long to cook each meal, and most are ready in less than 20 minutes. The best part? Prep work and cleanup are virtually nonexistent. Customers can even track the cooking process on their phones and also create meals of their own to cook in the smart oven.
Though the process may sound suspiciously similar to microwaving a frozen dinner, the quality of the food and creativity of the meals couldn't be more different. By utilizing a combination of steam, convection baking and broiling, and by par-cooking some aspects of the meal before packaging, the Tovala is able to perfectly cook different ingredients in the same amount of time. (Think roast broccoli and tender salmon or creamy baked pasta.) These meal subscriptions cost just $36 for three weekly meals for one person, or $72 for two people at three meals a week.
Currently, the Tovala has the ability to cook two to four meals at a time, depending on the dish (pasta dishes are one-pan meals, while others featuring protein, vegetables and grains require two pans per person), but cofounders David Rabie and Bryan Wilcox, and their growing team, are exploring larger oven options for families as well.
Ringing in at $369 for presale and $399 thereafter, and with menu options that change regularly, this gadget is a no-brainer for busy cooks everywhere. And while we'll still spend weekends chipping away at our favorite recipes, these quick and easy meals beat takeout any night of the week.


Question: What is the Big East Conference Baseball Tournament?

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 What is the Big East Conference Baseball Tournament?

The 2015 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament will be held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska from May 21 through May 24. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determines the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2015 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


Question: Hey, what's up? I heard something about a music festival - what's that all about?

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 Hey, what's up? I heard something about a music festival - what's that all about?

MoonTower Music Festival will return for it’s third installment August 27, 2016 at Masterson Station Park in Lexington. The festival pulled out all this stops this year, once again upping ante for the Lexington music festival scene. This year, MoonTower will be headlined by indie/alt rock powerhouse Manchester Orchestra and alt/southern rockers Drive-By Truckers.
MoonTower Music Festival is not only a music festival connoisseur’s event, it’s family and dog friendly as well! The event also includes local food trucks, breweries as well as arts & crafts by local artisans. General admission passes are only $49, full event info and tickets can be found on the MoonTower website.
Be on the lookout for continued coverage of MoonTower coming soon. Meet us at the MoonTower!


Question: Explain what happened when Keith Schiller and Alan Garten visited Dr. Bornstein's office.

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 Explain what happened when Keith Schiller and Alan Garten visited Dr. Bornstein's office.

Bornstein said he felt "raped" after White House aide Keith Schiller and lawyer Alan Garten showed up unannounced and took Trump's files.
A framed 8-by-10 photo of Bornstein and Trump that had been hanging on the wall in the waiting room now lies flat under a stack of papers on the top shelf of Bornstein's bookshelf. Bornstein said the men asked him to take it off the wall.
Bornstein said he was not given a form authorizing the release of the records and signed by the president known as a HIPAA release — which is a violation of patient privacy law. A person familiar with the matter said there was a letter to Bornstein from then-White House doctor Ronny Jackson, but didn't know if there was a release form attached.
"If Ronny Jackson was the treating doctor, and he was asking for his patient's paperwork, a doctor is obligated to give it to him to ensure continuity of care," said NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres, "but it has to be given in a secure fashion. Nobody who doesn't have HIPAA clearance can see the patient records."
Bornstein said the original and only copy of Trump's charts, including lab reports under Trump's name as well as under the pseudonyms his office used for Trump, were taken.
Another man, Trump Organization chief legal officer Alan Garten, joined Schiller's team at Bornstein's office, and Bornstein's wife, Melissa, photocopied his business card.
I couldn't believe anybody was making a big deal out of a drug to grow his hair that seemed to be so important.
The story also quotes Bornstein recalling that he had told Rhona Graff, Trump's longtime assistant, "You know, I should be the White House physician."
After the article ran on Feb. 1, 2017, Bornstein said Graff called him and said, "So you wanted to be the White House doctor? Forget it, you're out.' "
"I couldn't believe anybody was making a big deal out of a drug to grow his hair that seemed to be so important. And it certainly was not a breach of medical trust to tell somebody they take Propecia to grow their hair. What's the matter with that?"
Bornstein, 70, had been Trump's personal doctor for more than 35 years.
During Trump's presidential campaign, Bornstein wrote a letter declaring "unequivocally" that Trump would be the healthiest president in history. He called Trump's health "astonishingly excellent." The Trump campaign released the letter in December 2015.
That's a different story than the one Bornstein told in 2016, when he said he wrote the note while a limo sent by the candidate waited outside his office.
"It wasn't meant to be a serious comment," Bornstein told NBC. "I guess people don't have that sense of humor but I get that sense of humor."


Question: What is the "orbit spectrum"?

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 What is the "orbit spectrum"?

Orbit spectrum is a segment of a radio spectrum that became available due to the placement of satellites into orbit. This spectrum, also called the satellite spectrum, is a limited resource for every country. In order to ensure optimum utilization of orbit spectrum, the national administrations of countries worldwide undertake regular monitoring exercises. This orbit spectrum is used by service providers to implement satellite broadcasting, communication satellite, and weather satellite services. To ensure quality of services, this orbit spectrum must be used by service providers as per terms and conditions approved by the respective Government. Regulatory measures must be enforced. This practice of regulating the spectrum within the limits of permissions or licenses is part of spectrum management.


Question: What is the status of the Scarborough Subway extension and when will a cost update be available? Respond in 624 words.

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 What is the status of the Scarborough Subway extension and when will a cost update be available? Respond in 624 words.

Mayor John Tory was told an updated cost of the one-stop Scarborough subway extension would be available in September — at least a month before the municipal election.
In an October 2017 briefing prepared for the mayor and obtained by the Star through a freedom of information request, the TTC told Tory that the updated costs would be ready ahead of voting day.
But city staff have said they won’t report the updated figure until after the election — in January 2019 — because there are no council meetings scheduled after July of this year. The cost is expected to rise above the current $3.35 billion.
On Tuesday, Tory would not commit to making the updated cost public before the election.
In March 2017, council voted that staff should report back to executive committee when the subway has reached 30 per cent design. At that point, council will decide whether to proceed with the project.
Tory, who has said he’ll seek re-election on Oct. 22, has faced continued criticism of his support of the subway extension — a promise he made in 2014 as he faced off against Rob Ford and then Doug Ford, who were subway backers.
Questions about the city’s transit priorities — Tory has championed both the Scarborough subway and his “SmartTrack” plan he promised would bring “city-wide” relief — have been renewed as overcrowding on the Yonge line has raised safety concerns.
Numerous transit experts, including former TTC CEO Andy Byford, have repeatedly said a downtown relief line subway is desperately needed and should be the top priority.
To date, there is no money committed to fund construction of that line from Pape station on Line 2 to Line 1 at Queen and Osgoode stations, estimated at $6.8 billion. The city and province had committed $100 million for planning.
In December 2016, Tory and a majority of councillors voted against a motion asking staff to determine the priority of Toronto’s infrastructure projects to be funded by any new revenue tools based on evidence-based planning and need.
Tory’s critics on council, academics and transit advocates have said the support of a Scarborough subway defies evidence that a light-rail alternative that was previously planned and scrapped by council under Rob Ford’s administration would have provided more transit access, serving more people, for less money.
Council endorsed a plan to bolster the amount of new transit in Scarborough with an extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT east from Kennedy Station to the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus.
Staff initially said that line could be funded from within existing funds set aside for the subway. But with only $3.56 billion available, the subway as currently costed already eats up nearly all the funding.
In December, Tory and a majority of councillors again rejected a motion from Matlow to see a value-for-money comparison of the subway to the LRT alternative.
That kind of analysis has never been done.
A draft analysis done by the provincial transit agency Metrolinx and buried by the province, which the Star obtained through a different freedom of information request, concluded that the subway was “not a worthwhile use of money” when compared to the LRT.
The current $3.35 billion estimate was made at a time when very little of the subway’s design work had been completed. The last cost update saw the price for the subway increase by $1 billion.
It was unclear if that means before the election. City staff refused to answer that question.
Buried in a later staff report was the first indication the update wouldn’t actually be coming until 2019.
Because there is no committee or council meetings after July, city staff now say the next opportunity to report through the council process is in 2019.


Question: What have you heard about FBG Capital?

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Crypto hedge funds have become an increasingly common sight in this flowering industry, as investors seek alternative mediums to invest into crypto assets and their underlying technologies. FBG Capital, a crypto-centric fund based in China, has become one of the largest players in this expanding sub-industry, garnering support from an array of industry leaders.
Following his post-secondary education foray, Zhou got picked up as an IT consultant and technology legends at IBM’s Bejing office, later making a move to Oracle. Working in the technology space has its perks, with Shouji, or Vincent as he is also known, discovering Bitcoin in its early stages, quickly allocating $10,000 of his savings into the volatile asset.
After seeing success as a cryptocurrency trader, taking advantage of the countless arbitrage opportunities across worldwide exchanges, Zhou left Oracle to go full-time crypto. His original $10,000 investment quickly grew to nearly $100,000, or a near ten-fold increase in a years time. In what other industry can you generate such a return?
As the investor continued to outperform legacy and crypto market, his ambitions grew, as the crypto expert sought to bring his trading and analysis prowess to higher places. Zhou eventually joined a collective of “like-minded” individuals, who were also prominent Chinese traders, to raise over $20 million in seed funding.
As 2017 rolled around, the joint investment fund, which is now named FBG Capital, began to heavily invest in promising ICOs, like the ever-popular Tron, MakerDAO, and Decentraland project. As the ICO madness continued, FBG began to adopt the ideology of “high risk, high reward,” with the firm often taking insurmountable risks for a chance at hitting the elusive crypto jackpot.
Depsite the fact that the details of this strategy weren’t mentioned, the demanding levels of due diligence resulted in FBG partners traveling across the globe non-stop, in an attempt to actively meet with teams and industry experts and leaders.
This hard work has produced great returns, with some of the firm’s high-return investments, or “unicorns” as some traders refer to immensely successful trades as, including a 33x gain on OmiseGo, along with a 567% return on Zillqa.
It is important to note that the firm’s revenue streams do not consist of only ICO investments, with moves also being made with arbitrage, along with “event-driving trading,” which sees FBG bet on how certain factors and occurrences will affect the prices of crypto assets. Another one of the firm’s less-known tactic is the leveraging of relationships with cryptocurrency exchanges to aid ICOs in receiving a listing spot on popular exchanges. While many see this as devious, Zhou clarified that his firm only makes “recommendations” to an exchange’s listing team, not outright changing the outcome of a verdict.
This statement may be alluding to the firm’s often secretive business model, employees from FBG have continually denied these accusations. While critics can think as they like, the fund has continued forward with new projects, recently opening a fund that has attracted funding from VC giant Sequoia, the aforementioned PolyChain fund, and Bitmain.
As the market progresses, so-called “pump and dump” schemes will begin to disappear altogether, so only time will tell whether the speculative statements from FBG’s critics hold credence.


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Ran is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Jan in Wade–Giles. Ran is listed 301st in the Song dynasty classic text "Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2008, it is the 178th most common surname in China, shared by 670,000 people.


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Hillary Clinton wants you to believe she is Barack Obama.
Clinton kept tying herself to the president throughout Thursday night’s Democratic debate. She had nothing but praise for Obama and scorn for Bernie Sanders’s criticism of him. “I don’t think he gets the credit he deserves,” Clinton said of Obama, citing his handling of the financial crisis and Republican obstructionism. Clinton accused Sanders of calling Obama weak and disappointing.
Of course, that’s because Obama polls at an average 87 percent among Democratic voters nationwide. In the next primary, South Carolina, Obama receives 93 percent approval among registered Democrats, according to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Sanders took issue with Clinton’s characterizations, because he too is well aware of the president’s popularity.


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It's a versatile AI assistant. Also it helps connect your family by voice messages.
Vobot Clock is a smart bedside alarm clock with Amazon Alexa, Sleep Coach and Daily Routine programs.
Helps you relax and get to fast, sound sleep with various kinds of gentle music or natural sounds.
Brings you an energetic morning with different genres of wake-up music or your favourite in progressive volume. It will remind you to stay on your schedule.
Just tap and talk, it can play streaming music, check weather, read the latest news, update the traffic condition, find the nearest restaurant, etc.
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Vobot can be a music speaker at your party time, a story teller and a book reader. You can access to any playlists from iHeart Radio, Tuneln and Amazon Music.
Setup Vobot with its companion Web App is effortless and easily. Once connected, Vobot will become a stand-alone smart device in your house.
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Bat conservation is particularly compelling because it impacts us all. If you think that you don’t live near bats or that your life isn’t impacted by bats, think again! Bats are literally everywhere – except for the regions surrounding the North and South poles, and remote islands. Unlike the picture painted by myths and superstitions, bats do not live their lives isolated in dark caves; rather, they interact on a daily basis with the same fields, forests, and waterways that we do. Likewise, their services to the environment, to agriculture, and to human health and welfare are available all around us, sustaining our ways of life. Whether you realize it or not, there is a close connection between bats and people around the globe, and so bat conservation is in our common interest, as the benefit is for all to enjoy.
As the map above demonstrates, the areas of greatest bat diversity typically occur near the equator and in areas characterized by great biodiversity richness and varied habitat types. With at least 219 species, Indonesia has more bat species than any other country.
This is owed in large part to the diversity of habitat offered by Indonesia’s archipelago of 13,000+ islands spread along the equator throughout Southeast Asia. Colombia comes in second, with at least 195 bat species. Its richness is due to the country’s vast array of ecological conditions comprised of coastlines with the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the high elevations of the northern Andes, the lush Amazon rainforest, and everything in between. Even apart from these countries with particularly high bat species richness, bats are uniquely adapted to live in virtually all environments. With more than 1,300 species of bats in the world, spread across six continents, and ranging in size from smaller than your thumb to as heavy as 2.5 lbs. (1.2 kg), it makes sense that different types of bats have evolved to live in different environments – from arid deserts to tropical rainforests, and everything in between. In fact, depending on the species and location, bats are known to spend time living in all of these types of roosts: caves, mines, rock and cliff crevices, tree hollows, plant foliage, tree bark, roofs of homes, attics, football stadiums, bridges, artificial bat houses, etc.
With such great diversity and geographic spread, be assured that bats are nearby, and that their role in maintaining the health of local ecosystems and human economies is bigger than you realize.Bats are everywhere, and we wouldn’t want it any other way!
Watch out world, the Bat Squad! is here!


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Württemberg-Baden was a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was created in 1945 by the United States occupation forces, after the previous states of Baden and Württemberg had been split up between the US and French occupation zones. Its capital was Stuttgart. In 1952, Württemberg-Baden merged with Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden into the present state of Baden-Württemberg.


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Final charges against Joseph Weekley, a police officer who shot dead a 7-year-old girl, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, in Detroit in May 2010, were dismissed on Friday, leaving a family bereft and raising serious concern among national groups over an increasingly militarized police force.
In an echo of deaths at police hands that rocked the US last year, including those of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York, Officer Weekley is white and Stanley-Jones was black.
On Friday, Hathaway dismissed a lesser second charge, of reckless use of a firearm. The dismissal was at the request of Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy, who called the decision, which by law cannot be appealed, “unfortunate”.
Scott said a civil suit had been filed and an appeal made to US attorney general Eric Holder to pursue a case for the violation of Aiyana’s civil rights.
On 16 May 2010, Aiyana was shot dead by Weekley in the middle of the night, as she slept on a sofa inside her home on the east side of Detroit. Her grandmother, Mertilla Jones, was close by.
The home was the target of a midnight Swat-style operation designed to arrest her uncle – who was living in the apartment upstairs and was the main suspect in the murder of a teenager a couple days before. Weekley was the first officer to enter the home, seconds after a flashbang grenade – a war device created by the British SAS in the 1960s to disorient with a blinding flash and a temporarily deafening noise – was lobbed into it.
Outside, a reality television crew filmed the events for A&E.
Seconds after entering the house, where the grenade had caused Aiyana’s blanket to catch fire, Weekley fired one fatal shot. It went straight through the child’s head. Weekley said it was an accident and accused Jones of wrestling with his gun immediately as he entered the abode, causing the fatal shot.
Jones was arrested, and though she was quickly released it was not before she and two other family members – Aiyana’s parents – had been forced to sit in their child’s blood for hours, Scott said.
Jones broke down during testimony and had to be escorted out amid sobbing after addressing Weekley – who was also in the courtroom – directly.
“She was only a baby, man. She was sleeping and I told you all ‘Let me get my granddaughter’, and you didn’t give me a chance. Why you do this to me?
For community members and advocates, the bigger question is why a Swat team was deployed in the first place.
Based on the findings from a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in June 2014 and entitled “War Comes Home: The Excessive Militarization of American Policing”, which looked at thousands of documents from police departments across the country, Ezekiel Edwards, the director of the ACLU’s criminal law reform project, says needlessly deploying Swat teams is part of a trend among nationwide police forces which “increasingly [see] themselves as military tactical units”.
Instead of being protected, communities are treated like the enemy, the report found – with a disproportionate effect on communities of color.
Impoverished communities such as Detroit, which is almost 83% black and has a poverty rate of 39%, have been on the receiving end of a decades-long war on drugs, which has made the US the country with the largest number of people behind bars, ahead of China and Russia.
Specifically, since 1997 a “1033 program” has enabled the transferring of billions of dollars’ worth of military equipment from the Department of Defense – including mine-resistant protected vehicles originally developed by the South African defence force – to thousands of small American communities.
This has helped reinforce a culture shift within police departments.
The ACLU report found that only 7% of Swat raids were in hostage or active shooter situations – situations that justify such extreme responses – and 79% were effectuating search warrants, situations that do not call for Swat interventions.
“The problem once the police start amassing these kinds of weapons and tools and absorb a certain mentality, is it just increases the probability that they are going to deploy it even when not warranted,” Edwards says.
In the case of the night Aiyana was killed, many feel the situation did not call for a military-style bust at midnight. Chauncey Owens, the uncle wanted on murder charges, was said to be going in and out of the house as normal and could have been apprehended during the day. The presence of children in the house was known.
There is speculation that the attending television crew may have increased the incentive for a glamorised, military-style operation.
Dante Barry, a 26-year-old organizer and executive director of the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice, said the outcome of the case was “disappointing but not surprising”.
Barry, who has been active in demonstrations against police violence and whose organization has mounted a formal campaign to demilitarize the police, said there were two separate justice systems in the US.
Barry, who said he had been gassed and maced and had guns pointed at him while attending demonstrations, including in Ferguson, Missouri, said the militarization of police was part of a long history and heritage of crackdown on communities of color in America, including the post-9/11 crackdown on Muslim and Arab communities.