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Apple’s change in operating system amounts to “an illegal restraint of trade,” WiseWear alleges in the bankruptcy court filing.
Gerald Wilmink, WiseWear CEO and president who founded the company in his garage, was traveling Thursday and couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
WiseWear says a Chapter 11 filing makes more sense than a Chapter 7 liquidation because its management is “necessary for prosecuting the Apple claims to their fullest extent.” WiseWear says it has lined up attorneys who have agreed to pursue the claims against Apple on a contingency-fee basis, subject to bankruptcy court approval.
A call to Apple’s corporate communications office was not immediately returned.
WiseWear’s management team also will oversee the marketing of its intellectual property “in an orderly fashion through the Chapter 11 process to allow for the greatest return to the unsecured creditors,” according to the filing. The company holds six issued patents and has seven patents pending.
WiseWear says its assets range from $500,000 to $1 million and its liabilities range from $1 million to $10 million.
Among WiseWear’s largest creditors and amounts owed are a company affiliated with San Francisco venture-capital firm Founders Fund, $500,000, and Schoff Enterprises of Ohio, $355,000. Both hold convertible notes.
WiseWear already has engaged auctioneer Tranzon Asset Strategies to sell the company’s physical assets — subject to court approval.
Police found a 27-year-old woman dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside an apartment early this morning in Fontana.
Fontana officers received a call just before 2 a.m. about shots fired in the 17200 block of Barbee Street, said Sgt. Jeff Decker. Police surrounded the area and found the victim inside an apartment.
Police had identified a suspect in the shooting, but the person was not in custody.
Trump predicted he’d have an “extraordinary” relationship with Putin. He was right.
Scenes like the Helsinki summit still seem strange to us. But we’re getting numb to them.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on Monday.
This, at least, is one promise which Donald Trump has already lived up to.
It is impossible to know which artifacts of the Trump era future historians will seize upon to illustrate the full craziness to which we bear daily witness on our television screens. Perhaps some things that are escaping our notice among the incessant onslaught of depressing news will, with the benefit of hindsight, turn out to have terrifying significance. Perhaps all of the insanity of the past months will seem minor in comparison to what is yet to come. Or perhaps, as comedian Kumail Nanjiani points out, the very people who are committing daily outrages against our most basic values will one day get to write the history books. And yet, it is hard to believe that any hour of video could better sum up the extraordinary mind meld between the president of the United States and one of the world’s most ruthless and effective dictators than the press conference which concluded their meeting.
Our sincere anger is tempered by an even more powerful dose of numbness.
But if the content of the Trump–Putin press conference was extraordinary, then the resigned reaction to it on behalf of journalists and politicians was even more so. There was outrage, of course. There were viral tweets slamming the president for his all too obvious failures. There were a few carefully worded criticisms from congressional Republicans. And yet it all felt perfunctory.
We have come to expect Trump’s outrages. We know they will barely affect his standing in the polls. We have long ago realized that the Republican Party will fail to hold him to account. And so our sincere anger is tempered by an even more powerful dose of numbness.
In one sense, the warnings against normalization that filled so many column inches in the direct aftermath of the presidential election have come to look paranoid: even today, it seems heart-piercingly abnormal that Donald Trump is representing our country on that stage in Helsinki. But in another sense, they have come to look naïve: As recently as 18 months ago, it simply did not occur to us that people who fully understand just how abnormal the president is could nevertheless become willing tools of his power. And that’s why it isn’t Trump’s refusal to stand up for the values or the interests in the United States that make his summit with Putin so extraordinary; rather, it is just how ordinary the consequences for his abject failure are likely to be.
It’s amazing just how much thought goes into the musical score for a television series like Game of Thrones. The fact the show has so many characters and houses, each deserving of it’s own theme but figuring out how and when to introduce them so it isn’t a jumbled mess. And keeping all of those themes unique without making them seem out of place. That’s a hell of a job and it falls to Ramin Djawadi, a German-Iranian composer who has worked on Iron Man, Warcraft, Pacific Rim, Westworld, Prison Break and Person of Interest.
In the video below, Djawadi goes through his process of scoring a scene. Talks about the various themes and how they planned their introductions and using as man different instruments as possible.
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Tanzanians wait before the polls open for their turn to vote in the general election, Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Oct. 25, 2015.
Tanzanians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president and parliament in what was expected to be a tight race in the East African country.
VOA correspondent Jill Craig visited several polling stations in Dar es Salaam Sunday. She reports that voting was peaceful in the capital and appeared to run smoothly, with no incidents of violence or unrest.
Tanzanians wait in line to vote in the general election, Mbuyuni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Oct. 25, 2015.
Poverty: Many voters say the ruling CCM party has done too little to reduce widespread poverty in the East African nation. Both the CCM and the opposition Chadema party are promising to focus on creating jobs and improving people's lives.
Development: Authorities are under pressure to develop offshore natural gas resources that could generate jobs and new revenue. Analysts have said the deposits are big enough to meet Tanzania's needs and export to other countries.
Corruption: The government has a reputation for graft that has hurt the CCM's popularity. But Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa resigned as prime minister in 2008 over corruption allegations.
Time for change: The CCM has ruled Tanzania for all of the country's 54 years of independence, and some voters think its time for another party to run the country. This is the first time opposition candidates have united behind a single candidate.
The longtime ruling CCM party is facing increasing pressure to speed up the country's development and deal with a persistently high poverty rate, but analysts still predict a victory for it.
The party was challenged in the polls by a coalition of opposition parties that nominated former prime minister Edward Lowassa as its presidential candidate.
The National Electoral Commission of Tanzania said it expects to announce the winner of the presidential vote within three days.
Commission chairman Judge Damian Lubuva expressed confidence Sunday that the electoral process will be judged free and fair, despite reported problems at some polling stations in the country. Appearing on a live VOA Swahili broadcast, Judge Lubuva admitted there were some discrepancies at some polling stations, including lack of voting materials, but he said there will be no repeat voting exercises, except in constituents where the process was postponed.
More than 140 international poll observer missions were in the country to monitor Sunday's presidential, parliamentary and local elections.
EU observers at a polling station in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015.
According to the World Bank, Tanzania's population between the ages of 14 and 25 almost doubled in 20 years, from 4.4 million in 1990 to 8.1 million in 2010. It is expected to increase to 11 million by 2020 - numbers that should be of great interest to Tanzania’s politicians, regardless of political party.
VOA's Swahili service contributed to this report. Correspondent Jill Craig contributed to this report from Dar es Salam.
Rome's top landmarks are as storied as the city itself, relating a history that dates back to 753 B.C. and detailing moments that changed the world, like the rise and fall of the ancient Roman Empire and the formation of the Roman Catholic Church. Many of Rome's top landmarks, deemed so by established travel guides like Frommer's and Fodor's, remain easily accessible via the city's tram, bus and underground metro system.
Erected in 125 A.D. by Emperor Hadrian, the Pantheon was built to honor and worship the gods of ancient Rome. Constructed of concrete, the 142-foot-tall structure features 20-ton bronze doors and a domed roof with an 18-foot opening which streams in the light. For those visiting this site, there are no entrance fees and no queues.
Once home to ancient chariot races, the sprawling Piazza Navona now features outdoor cafes, street performers and vendors. The historic piazza is also lined with terracotta buildings with wrought-iron balconies; Sant'Agnese in Agone, a 17th-century Baroque twin-towered church; and two 17th-century fountains by Bernini, the Fountain of the Four Rivers and the Fountain of the Moor.
One of Rome's most iconic sites, the Colosseum dates back to 80 A.D. Visitors may tour the amphitheater which used to host violent gladiator fights, battles with lions and mock naval battles during which the arena was flooded with water. The ancient three-story stone and concrete structure, which used to seat 50,000 spectators, features 80 arched entrances supported by columns. The full price ticket costs 12 Euros, but is valid for up to two days after purchase.
The Roman Forum served as the city center for ancient Rome, highlighted by temples, covered markets and the meeting site of the Roman Senate. Tourists can make their way through the remnants of the past, including such ancient ruins as towering columns, archways and ornately-designed marble floors.
Trevi Fountain, in the Trevi district of Rome, displays an elaborate Baroque design featuring a massive statue of Neptune made of white marble, clamoring through the sea on a chariot led by seahorses. The myth surrounding the 1732 fountain states that visitors must toss a coin into the fountain to ensure a return visit to the Eternal City.
Built in 1725, the Spanish Steps draw hordes of tourists interested in people watching and sunset views. A host of high-end hotels and Via dei Condotti, Rome’s bustling shop-lined street, sit at the top of the stairs while the Piazza di Spagna lies at the bottom.
Perched along the banks of the Tiber, Castel Sant'Angelo was originally constructed as a mausoleum for Hadrian. Erected in the 2nd century, the massive circular structure wound up serving as a fortress, citadel, dungeon and papal residence throughout history and presently serves as a museum.
The Vatican is a sovereign state located in Rome and serves as the home of the Roman Catholic Church and its pope. Visitors may tour St. Peter's Basilica, the massive and ornate Catholic cathedral, and, in the pope's Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel with the famed ceiling fresco which took Michelangelo four years to complete.
Entering through a 4th-century church, the Catacombs of St. Domitilla features 10-plus miles of underground tunnels lined with more than 150,00 burial spots. The catacombs include exposed bones and a 2nd-century fresco depicting the Last Supper. Tours last anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour.
Located inside Villa Borghese Park, Galleria Borghese houses works of art from Cardinal Scipione Borghese's private collection, accrued during the 17th century. The gallery features works from such luminaries as Raphael, Bernini and Caravaggio. Call ahead for reservations as guests are permitted in two-hour intervals.
Rendon, Leah. "Top Ten Landmarks in Rome." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/top-ten-landmarks-rome-106655.html. 26 January 2018.
The opening of “Cartel Land” drops viewers into an outdoor Mexican meth lab at night; the head chef sits down for an interview. The scene might be enough of a jolt to viewers, but what they won’t know — unless they’re familiar with meth cooking — is that it was shot over two nights. The filmmaker, having gone to great lengths to secure access once, insisted on going back a second time to film more of the days-long drugmaking process.
“It was important to help fill out that scene,” said Matthew Heineman, who directed “Cartel Land” and served as its primary cinematographer. The movie, which opens next Friday, tells the stories of two vigilantes who challenge the cartels: a surgeon in Michoacán, Mexico, who is a leader of a group called the Autodefensas, and an American veteran in Arizona who has formed his own border patrol. One particular outbreak of gunfire that begins when Mr. Heineman is in the back of a car is as slick as anything in a big-budget Hollywood production.
It is perhaps counterintuitive, but even fly-on-the-wall (or vérité) documentaries like “Cartel Land” involve choices — of lighting, composition, to some extent, direction. (Jumping out of the back seat of the car, Mr. Heineman can be seen adjusting the image’s exposure in the scene.) To nonfiction filmmakers, this is business as usual, but manipulation in documentaries is a touchy subject — especially for viewers expecting unvarnished truth.
“Is the problem that we have an unfettered capacity for credulity, for false belief?” asked Errol Morris, the director of “The Thin Blue Line,” discussing re-enactments, in a blog post for The New York Times in 2008. Earlier this year, the HBO series “The Jinx,” in which the real estate heir Robert Durst seemed to confess to three murders at the show’s end, came under fire for manipulating chronology — which some viewers saw as a violation of trust.
“As an audience member, you want as much information as possible to understand how this film was constructed,” said Thom Powers, who programs documentaries for the Toronto International Film Festival. But at the same time, he added, no audience member wants to watch a hundred hours of footage. “Your pact with your director is that you’re going to give him or her license to make some decisions for you,” he said.
Those decisions start on set, well before the editing. Steve James, who worked in a vérité style on “The Interrupters” and “Hoop Dreams,” remembered a scene from “Hoop Dreams” in which a guidance counselor confronts the Chicago high school basketball player Arthur Agee about his coursework. Mr. James had been tipped off about the confrontation, but while shooting the scene, he felt that the counselor, Aretha Mitchell, was soft-pedaling the talk for the camera.
The result is the scene used in the film. “It was only because of me intervening and coaching her, in some ways — talking to her — that we got something that I think was more true,” Mr. James said.
Even nonfiction directors associated with the noninvolvement school of documentary are quick to emphasize their authorial hand. Despite a policy of never asking questions or including title cards, Frederick Wiseman has always been open to manipulation. “The issues that I think I have in editing the films, I think, are similar to, but not the same, as someone writing a novel,” he said by phone from Paris. “I have issues with characterization, abstraction, passage of time, metaphor.” Like Mr. James, he doesn’t feel strictly bound by chronology.
Sometimes aesthetic choices stem from necessity. Laura Poitras, who won an Oscar this year for the Edward J. Snowden documentary “Citizenfour,” spoke of a scene from her 2006 Iraq documentary, “My Country, My Country,” in which, on almost no notice, she filmed a black-market arms deal in a hotel room. Needing more light, she turned on the television, which she said helped to give the scene an illicit quality.
Ellen Kuras, who has shot documentaries for Martin Scorsese (“Public Speaking,” “The 50 Year Argument”) and Michel Gondry (“Dave Chappelle’s Block Party”) and directed one of her own (“The Betrayal”), echoed the sentiment. “The best camera people, both in fiction and in documentaries — in a way, they edit in their mind,” she said.
Sometimes the challenges are more mundane. Having filmed in courtrooms for two decades with his directing partner, Bruce Sinofsky (who died in February), Joe Berlinger (“Brother’s Keeper,” “Paradise Lost”) encountered a new hurdle in “Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger,” about the trial of the Boston gangster.
Federal trials don’t allow cameras in the courtroom, Mr. Berlinger explained. His workaround — a way of staying true to the case while not compromising the vérité principles he absorbed as a Maysles protégé — was to have lawyers read from the transcript. “I felt like I was being a little too Hollywood,” he said.
All the teachers at West Pembroke School have called in sick today.
1. The reinstatement of a lower learning support teacher to support the academic needs in the first three year levels. Research has proven that early intervention is the key to academic success.
2. The need for an additional para-educator in the Autism Spectrum Disorder classroom due to the increasing student population.
4. Ministry to delay the implementation of Standards-Based Grading by providing comprehensive professional development to the entire school system.
5. Ministry to improve the technological infrastructure of all schools so that important functions such as inputting grades, attendance, incorporating technology into lessons can be facilitated. The internet bandwidth is insufficient [10 megs for the entire school] and causes major delays.
Minister of Education Diallo Rabain met with staff at that time to hear their concerns.
Today, Mike Charles, General Secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers [BUT], told Bernews “I understand the teachers have called in sick today. There are a number of situations happening at the school. They’ve attempted to get the Ministry to sort it out.
“They’ve had problems with their autistic programme,” he added. “It’s not supported well. They don’t have enough personnel there.
“They cannot do the job they would like to do, and they are supposed to do because of insufficient support. They’ve taken it to the Ministry; they’ve had discussions with the Ministry, and nothing gets done.
He added said a meeting would hopefully happen over the weekend to address the issues.
Bernews has reached out to the Education Ministry for comment, and will update as able.
To all the great teachers out there, stand firm most parents stand behind you.
BS!! To call in sick is a cop out and we are not all behind these teachers who are supposed to lead by example! Get back to work you lazy lot!
Please inform us of the proper way to protests. Your thinking is in line with the POTUS who doesn’t understand when NFL players take a knee. Protest are not meant to be comfortable or convenient.
It’s not a protest when you call in sick. That is a selfish act that takes no one else’s feelings thoughts, or well being into consideration other than their own. Calling in sick gives them the ability to still get paid. Again thinking of nobody but themselves. A normal person would have approached the government and stated that if their concerns were not by the end of the upcoming holiday then they would not return to work. That would allow parents to plan and put measures in place so that their kids could be safe. However something tells me that you’re still too thick in the skull to understand the difference.
If you’re on strike, go on strike. Calling in sick is lying and weakens your case.
Better yet, YOU GO DO THE JOB AND TEACH!!
Education in Bermuda is in crisis. We have had more ministers of education over the last 30 years than one can count. All have been sincere and well meaning but ultimately completely ineffective.
Our politicians must for once place their egos to once side and come together in a bipartisan manner to resolve the matter. How may more generations of children are we prepared to fail?
I really believe the PLP and the OBA need to stand shoulder to shoulder on this one, pledge to take politics completely out of education and do the right thing for our children.
I hope this action by the West Pembroke school teachers will lead us to make the right decisions.
For the price we pay we should put our kids in boarding schools.
In all fairness to the countless Ministers on both sides of the political divide, they don’t run Education though they are the public face of it.
The real problem for decades has been the DOE that works in a nice cosy cocoon with their jobs for life no matter how bad their performance. They are the ones who are supposed to carry out any Ministerial policy, not do their level best to get in the way.
The DOE should be taken apart & reassembled as a much smaller leaner & meaner overseer of public education. When was the last time most of them saw the inside of a classroom?
Time to throw another Wakanda party!! Ha ha ha!!
ha ha, plp has all the answers.
If the parents support the cause that says alot. Theres people telling the teachers to get on with it and stop complaining. Those people likely have never been managers and never will be with that attitude. That school of thought suggest the teachers should deal with the issues even if it means the well being of childrens education suffering all because some of you dont like that your “tax paying dollars” are funding a sick out.
Has everyone missed the obvious, if there has been many Ministers but many of the players remain the same in the DOE you are literally expecting one person to break “team of individuals that do things a certain way that seem to end up in either failure or confusion. You probably need a change management team to address the root of internal operations.
So it’s OK to lie?
Not a very good example to set for your kids.
Will this count as an actual sick day?
While we all support the teachers and students having the best conditions possible for their education, we all must realize that these problems were not created overnight and cannot be fixed overnight.