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     "body": "<html>\n<head>\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"/>\n\n</head>\n<body dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nThe second Sappo of the academic year is upon us!</div>\n\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\n<i>Hot </i>off the presses is the news coming out of our own department, in what will go down in the history books as\r\n<b>the week of two fire alarms<sup>+</sup></b>, burnt-out** light fittings in HP that were smoking caused staff to raise a genuine alarm the day after a drill which rudely interrupted the internal seminar. We have it on good authority that the light fittings\r\n have been informed that if they must, they can smoke outside away from the building and have been introduced to Nicorette<span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><a class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj_vL-G_YSJAxUoh_0HHayiAM4QFnoECBkQAQ\" href=\"https://www.nicorette.co.uk/products/nicorette-quickmist-mouthspray\" id=\"LPlnkOWA3ed0739b-352c-8a29-dd06-8c3efb0c3eaf\" style=\"text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\">®</a></span> QuickMist<sup>TM</sup> to\r\n help them quit.</div>\n\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nIn more <i>scorching </i>news, the local <a href=\"https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24592604.fire-breaks-montys-cafe-reading/\" id=\"LPlnk\" title=\"https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24592604.fire-breaks-montys-cafe-reading/\">\r\nMonty's Cafe was also beset by fire-unsafe appliances</a>, ironically with a drinks fridge starting an electrical fire which closed roads around all night and the cafe for several days. Punters we've spoken to since the cafe's re-opening have spoken highly\r\n of their new range of <i>smoked</i> cheese sandwiches.</div>\n\n<div style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nIn other <i>torrid </i>news, it would be remiss of us to omit the biggest meteorological story of the week in which \"Hurricane force winds\" of\r\n<a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kjrp2rngzo\" id=\"LPlnk648723\" title=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kjrp2rngzo\">\r\n13000 mph and 400 C temperatures were presented to users of the BBC weather app</a>. Rumour has it some of our mischievous\r\n<a href=\"https://research.reading.ac.uk/met-spate/\" id=\"LPlnk134120\" title=\"https://research.reading.ac.uk/met-spate/\">\r\nspace scientists</a> gained access to the servers and swapped the Earth forecast for Venus*.</div>\n\n<div style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nAcross the pond, in Washington state, a woman was <a href=\"https://news.sky.com/story/woman-forced-to-flee-after-around-100-raccoons-besiege-home-demanding-food-in-us-state-of-washington-13231201\" id=\"LPlnk101404\" title=\"https://news.sky.com/story/woman-forced-to-flee-after-around-100-raccoons-besiege-home-demanding-food-in-us-state-of-washington-13231201\">\r\nforced to flee after hundreds of raccoons besieged her home</a> demanding food. Similar sights have been observed by PhDs descending on the BH coffee area when there is left over event food.</div>\n\n<div style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nSpeaking of, meet in the coffee area at 5:00pm today before walking to park house!</div>\n\n<div style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nToasty regards,</div>\n\n<div style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nThe Sappoteers<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n</div>\n<div style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">*</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> any mischievous space scientists reading this: you're telling me this doesn't happen on a planet with giant scorpions??</span></div>\n<div style=\"direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\n** This mental health awareness week look out for your colleagues and friends and take time for yourself in your busy schedule. Maintain balance.</div>\n\n\n<br/>\n<hr/>\n\n</body>\n</html>\n"
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+  {
+    "subject": "WHAT IS SAPPO!? RETURNS 👻",
+    "date": "2024-10-18",
+    "sender": "Ankit Bhandekar <ankit.r.bhandekar@PGR.READING.AC.UK>",
+    "flyer_image": "_images/The_Forecast_Sappojpeg.jpg",
+    "body": "<html>\n<head>\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"/>\n\n</head>\n<body dir=\"ltr\">\n\n<div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(237, 92, 87);\">\n<b>WE ARE AGAIN INTERRUPTING OUR NORMAL PROGRAMME TO BRING YOU THE FOLLOWING:</b></div>\n\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nWHAT IS SAPPO!? The start of another academic year and the age-old question that haunted me is back again, now in the minds of new students. No, it is not the South African Pork Producers' Organisation. I got this result too at the top of the search when I\r\n googled SAPPO after I received my first Friday Met-Social email. The South African Pork Producers' Organisation has really got their search engine optimisation game strong. But fret not! Move aside, South African Pork Producers' Organisation, it is now the\r\n time for <a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://thesappoteers.github.io\" id=\"LPlnk838590\">\r\nhttps://thesappoteers.github.io</a> to <i><a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://research.reading.ac.uk/meteorology/people/keith-shine/\" id=\"LPlnk551184\" title=\"https://research.reading.ac.uk/meteorology/people/keith-shine/\">shine</a></i>. Yes! We have done it!\r\n Stopping the first-year students from asking us this question is not its primary objective, as some would argue. DTS made me do it! Why do they keep making\r\n<a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/itsnews/2022/09/06/changes-to-email-distribution-lists\" id=\"LPlnk\" title=\"https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/itsnews/2022/09/06/changes-to-email-distribution-lists\">\r\nchanges to the email distribution lists</a>! All the previous (precious!) Sappo Emails and Flyers are now gone from the MET-SOCIAL Archives! With\r\n<a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://thesappoteers.github.io\" id=\"LPlnk880870\">https://thesappoteers.github.io</a> we want to bring archived SAPPO emails and flyers back to life — the Sappo Email\r\n<a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"http://RainfallRescue.org\" id=\"LPlnk123350\" title=\"RainfallRescue.org\">\r\nRescue Project</a>! So if you are one of those people like me who just leave thousands of emails in their inbox instead of deleting them, please get back to me with those ancient Sappo emails. Thank you.</div>\n\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(237, 92, 87);\">\n<b>THANK YOU FOR WAITING, NOW BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL PROGRAMME:</b></div>\n\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nIt’s time to go <i><a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylp8gg2k9o\" id=\"LPlnk815723\" title=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clylp8gg2k9o\">bonkers for conkers</a></i> again! Whether you're\r\n<i>holding your nuts</i> tight or <i>smashing </i>them to pieces, the World Conker Championships promise a\r\n<i>treemendous</i> good time. The rules are <i>nut-hing </i>to scoff at: players must hold their nuts at least eight inches from their knuckles and take turns whacking each other's conkers until one\r\n<i>cracks under pressure </i>(no<i> nutty </i>business allowed!) This year’s event delivered quite the\r\n<i>shell-shocking</i> drama when an 82-year-old veteran, dubbed <i>King Conker</i>, found himself in a bit of a\r\n<i>conker-fuffle</i> after being <a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e9k72qz7xo\" id=\"LPlnk\" title=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e9k72qz7xo\">\r\naccused of swapping his trusty chestnut for a sneaky steel imposter.</a> Chairman of the event dismissed it all as sour grapes, proving it’s impossible to\r\n<i>steel</i> the crown without <i>cracking</i> a few nuts! It seems the event has really\r\n<i>grown</i> over the years, <i>branching</i> out, as in the end, American Kelci Banschbach\r\n<i>cracked</i> the overall competition wide open, becoming the new <i>Queen Conker!</i></div>\n\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nThe BBC weather app fiasco of last week brought to mind that cloudy moment in Sappo history which is today’s image of the day. This famous scene from the iconic\r\n<i>\"The <s>Last</s> Forecast Sappo\"</i> (attached herewith) captures the moment which Sappo shared with his\r\n<i>weather-weary</i> disciples during his weather forecast when the typical British weather betrayed him! </div>\n\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nThe Nobel Prize committee went full silicon valley, <a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03310-8\" id=\"LPlnk135428\" title=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03310-8\">\r\nwith AI making its way into the prestigious Nobel spotlight this year, winning big in\r\n</a><i><a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03310-8\" id=\"OWA1997ca88-9685-e1d5-7366-f1751e7a739a\" title=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03310-8\">physics and chemistry?!</a></i> The physics prize\r\n<i>neural-networked</i> its way to Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, leaving some physicists in a\r\n<i>quantum state of superposition</i> between excitement and confusion. Meanwhile, the chemistry prize decided to\r\n<i>protein-shake</i> things up by awarding half to AlphaFold's creators — talk about the committee\r\n<i>folding under pressure</i>! But while these AI <i>geneiuses</i> are computing their acceptance speeches, our PhD students are still\r\n<i>byteing</i> off more than they can chew with truly Nobel-worthy problems: <a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/27/why-ai-cant-spell-strawberry/\" id=\"LPlnk\" title=\"https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/27/why-ai-cant-spell-strawberry/\">\r\ncounting the 'r's in 'strawberry' (apparently it's two, according to our artificially stupid friends)</a>,\r\n<a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/9-11-or-9-9-which-one-is-higher-6efbdbd6a025\" id=\"LPlnk601739\" title=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/9-11-or-9-9-which-one-is-higher-6efbdbd6a025\">\r\ndeciding whether 9.11 or 9.9 is higher (a question so tricky, it's got our silicon-brained pals more\r\n</a><i><a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/9-11-or-9-9-which-one-is-higher-6efbdbd6a025\" id=\"OWA674be94e-688f-3449-7acb-31610a1cfc0d\" title=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/9-11-or-9-9-which-one-is-higher-6efbdbd6a025\">RAM-bled</a></i><a class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/9-11-or-9-9-which-one-is-higher-6efbdbd6a025\" id=\"OWA0a997323-72f7-d974-c397-a62acc6ea3a6\" title=\"https://towardsdatascience.com/9-11-or-9-9-which-one-is-higher-6efbdbd6a025\"> than\r\n a computer with a virus)</a>. As we celebrate these <i>AImazing</i> achievements, let's raise a glass of binary code to the future of science — just remember, if an AI ever asks you to help it pass a CAPTCHA, just say no. We don't want them getting too smart,\r\n or they might start <i>SIRIously</i> considering world domination! </div>\n\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\r\nSCR later? 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️<br/>\n<br/>\n</div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\" id=\"Signature\" style=\"color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\n<b>YOURS SUPPORTIVELY,<br/>\r\nTHE SAPPOTEERS</b></div>\n\n</div>\n<br/>\n<hr/>\n\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n<html><head>\n<meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"/>\n</head>\n<body dir=\"ltr\">\n\n\n\n</body>\n</html>\n"
+  },
   {
     "subject": "Groundhog Sappo Predictions",
     "date": "2024-02-02",