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__label__cc	0.582802	0.417198	Exhibiting Artists Home Exhibiting Artists Please note: The ‘search by name’ facility is case sensitive. Capital letters do matter! Also: Remove the filters between searches! Mai studied graphic design at the College of Art, Nihon University, in Tokyo, and after graduating she joined a TV and Theatre Design Company and became a Production Designer. She has a particular passion for architecture, picked up from her early years watching her architect father at work, and designing different buildings for the stage was a dream job for her. Being trained as a set designer, important aspects of her work are ‘light’ and ‘dimensions’ with which she creates a scene without actors and on to which the viewer can project their own stories and imagination. Since moving to the UK her enthusiasm for architecture, particularly old buildings, has grown and she took time out to write a book a book on British Church Architecture for the Japanese market using her own watercolour drawings, which was published in 2012. She has always been fascinated by the old stone building of this country and started to draw them as a way of studying ancient buildings closely, she wanted to know what it must have been like to be a mason or an architect. Drawing is too easy a way to explore the complex process that masons had to go through as they struggled to create such wonderful works in stone. The physical process of creating a perfect print is as much a challenge for a printmaker. Because of this she finds printmaking much more satisfying. Since Mai became Artist-in-Residence at Ochre Print Studio, she has been concentrating on an innovative safer etching process using the studio’s exclusive new facilities. This process creates exactly the affect she is looking for both in drawing and sculpture and is the perfect technique for an ongoing project she started a few years ago. Great British Architecture series of prints celebrating the architectural treasures she has visited and been inspired by during her travels around the British Isles with her husband, Christopher Winn, illustrating his ‘I Never Knew That’ book series. E: m.osawa@btinternet.com W: www.mai-osawa-art.com The Prentice Piller Traingular Lodge Mai Osawa West Front, Duomo di Milano Nike of Samothrace Kirkham Priory Wells Staircase Chichester Cross	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1216
__label__cc	0.696855	0.303145	Habs Top Picks Trouble for Timmins? Published on June 19, 2017 August 19, 2017 by J.D. Lagrange With the NHL Draft coming up, Trevor Timmins and his team are working alongside Marc Bergevin to determine the Montreal Canadiens’ next moves when it comes to replenishing the prospects’ cupboards. The Canadiens’ General Manager has always been reluctant to trade his draft picks, particularly his top rounds picks, and when he does (see the Andrew Shaw trade), he usually tries to get them back somehow (see the Lars Eller trade). There is little doubt that the loss of Mikhail Sergachev, the team’s top prospect, sacrificed in the trade to acquire Jonathan Drouin, has contributed to depleting the quality and depth of the prospect pool. Sergachev, who many including myself saw as Andrei Markov‘s eventual replacement, had some immense potential and time will tell if he reaches it. But looking at the Canadiens’ top picks over the last few years, one has to wonder if he will. Those of follow this blog will remember the complete analysis of Timmins’ track record with the Canadiens since 2003 proving that he did quite well, but when taking a closer look at the top two rounds of the draft, it seems like his record isn’t as shiny as his overall performance. But as you know, I’m not one going on speculations rather than facts so let’s get right to it and look at Timmins’ picks in the top two rounds over the years, and where those players are today. Notice how 2007 was a homerun year for Timmins in the top two rounds… Andrei Kostitsyn – 1st round, 10th overall – 398 NHL games played Cory Urquhart – 2nd round, 40th overall – 0 NHL games played Maxim Lapierre – 2nd round, 61st overall – 614 NHL games played Kyle Chipchura – 1st round, 18th overall – 482 NHL games played Carey Price – 1st round, 5th overall – 509 NHL games played Guillaume Latendresse – 2nd round, 45th overall – 341 NHL games played David Fisher – 1st round, 20th overall – 0 NHL games played Ben Maxwell – 2nd round, 49th overall – 47 NHL games played Mathieu Carle – 2nd round, 53th overall – 3 NHL games played Ryan McDonagh – 1st round, 12th overall – 467 NHL games played Max Pacioretty – 1st round, 22nd overall – 562 NHL games played P.K. Subban – 2nd round, 43rd overall – 500 NHL games played Dany Kristo – 2nd round, 56th overall – 0 NHL games played Louis Leblanc – 1st round, 18th overall – 50 NHL games played Jarred Tinordi – 1st round, 22nd overall – 53 NHL games played Nathan Beaulieu – 1st round, 17th overall – 225 NHL games played Alex Galchenyuk – 1st round, 3rd overall – 336 NHL games played Sebastian Collberg – 2nd round, 33rd overall – 0 NHL games played Dalton Thrower – 2nd round, 51st overall – 0 NHL games played Michael McCarron – 1st round, 25th overall – 51 NHL games played Jacob De la Rose – 2nd round, 34th overall – 64 NHL games played Zachary Fucale – 2nd round, 36th overall – 0 NHL games played Arturri Lehkonen – 2nd round, 55th overall – 73 NHL games played Nikita Scherbak – 1st round, 26th overall – 3 NHL games played Noah Juulsen – 1st round, 26th overall – 0 NHL games played Mikhail Sergachev – 1st round, 9th overall – 4 NHL games played I don’t know about you, but I was shocked at the number of misses in Timmins’ top two rounds, guys who didn’t even make the NHL in some cases. Granted that drafting is not a perfect science as you are not only evaluating a players’ skills at 17-18 years olds amongst peers of his own age, but you are asking recruiters to trying to predict not only the ceiling of those teenagers, but their development as well. This is why I am a strong supporter of moving the draft age up from 18 to 19 years of age. Not a huge difference, but an improvement none the less. At the time of writing these lines, Timmins will have six players to select on Friday and Saturday in Chicago. The Canadiens will select 25th overall in the first round, then will be speaking twice in the second round: their own pick at 56th and the Washington Capitals’ pick at 58th, obtained in the Lars Eller trade. The Habs also have two third round picks as they will speak at 68th, the pick they received from the Buffalo Sabres for Nathan Beaulieu, and again at 87th with their own pick. They will then pick again at number 149, in the fifth round before calling it the day, unless trades occur. Categories Hockey topics•Tags Canadiens, Habs, Marc Bergevin, Mikhail Sergachev, Montreal Canadiens, Nathan Beaulieu, NHL Draft, Trevor Timmins Previous Drouin in: What’s Next for the #Habs? Next Top Cheese: June 2017 Edition 2 thoughts on “Habs Top Picks Trouble for Timmins?” Pingback: Timmins and Churla: The Drafting Kings – The Instigator Pingback: Habs’ Prospects: When Quality Meets Quantity – The Instigator	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1217
__label__cc	0.73138	0.26862	Glenvill Group is a highly accomplished & progressive property business. The Glenvill Group is a dynamic, multi-faceted company encompassing all aspects of design, development and construction. Beyond this core business, the group also has divisions active in multi-unit housing developments, house and land packages, investment packages, project construction and interior design consultancy. In addition to tens of thousands of homes, we have designed and built high-rise offices, luxury apartment towers and retirement villages both in Australia and in the United States. The Glenvill Group is comprised of four individual yet complementary businesses; Glenvill Homes, Aplace, Glenvill Developments and Glenvill Projects. Each business operates completely independently yet at arms length to one another. This enables them to enjoy synergies, financial security and collective know-how that is derived from operating across interdependent disciplines and sectors. We continually invest into the ongoing development of our team and promotion of a positive work culture. A company isn’t anything but a collection of people working towards the same goal. It’s a very simple philosophy that has helped the Glenvill Group become the business we are today – a company with a rich 50 plus year heritage, many thousands of satisfied customers and that has received over 100 awards. We know that it is our people who are the driving force behind that success. Staff retention is incredible at Glenvill and is a testament to our culture with a staff turnover of less than 5% each year, with more than a third of our staff have been with us for over nine years, this is something we are very proud of. In attracting outstanding talent and providing career paths that nurture and develop that talent, Glenvill Group’s never be ordinary approach applies to the very people we seek to further this cause. A Glenvill Group design is defined by innovative ideas, seamless planning and supreme attention to detail. Register to receive updates about Glenvill Thank you, your subscription has been sent. Sorry, your subscription cannot be submitted at this time. Please contact us directly by email at reception.glenvill@glenvill.com.au Or phone 03 9573 8393 Head Office & Design Centre Cremorne VIC 3121 Telephone 9573 8393 Facsimile 9429 1657 Email enquiry@glenvill.com.au	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1218
__label__wiki	0.879404	0.879404	News, Pakistan, Politics, Sindh, Sindhi PPP has miserably failed to deliver & lost its image – says Ayaz Latif Palijo 21/05/2010 iaoj 2 Comments Ayaz Latif Palijo President Awami Threek AT supports PPP govt despite ‘anti-Sindh policies’ – DAWN THATTA, Nov 14: Leaders of the Awami Tehrik have opposed attempts to dislodge the PPP government. Speaking to participants of a long march off the National Highway, they said that although the government adopted anti-Sindh polices and failed to solve basic issues of people, the AT would not anyone to topple its government AT leader Rasool Bux Palijo, president Ayaz Latif Palijo and Sindhiani Tehrik leader Zahida Shaikh were addressing participants of the long march off the National Highway on Saturday. Hundreds of people joined them to express solidarity. Participants raised slogans and staged a sit-in. Songs were also sung in solidarity with the People’s Party. Rassol Bux Palijo said that since the independence, leaders and bureaucrats had been protecting their vested interests. Now when Pakistan had gone bankrupt, leaders were accepting charity on specified terms laid down by the US. He said the AT was a practical party and fought for the rights of Sindhis. The long march would ensure legitimate rights of Sindh. Ayaz Latif Palijo said that there was no doubt that the PPP tilted towards the US, which had damaged its popularity. He said that it miserably failed to deliver and lost its image by supporting an ethnic group. He said the PPP remained a silent spectator on the murder of Benazir Bhutto, but the AT would never allow democratic process to derail. He said that it was always people’s struggle which solved their problems, therefore the long march would also redress injustices done with the people. Other speakers said that the proposal of Kalabagh Dam was not scrapped, but was in pipeline. They said that after completion of Raini Canal, lower Sindh would not get even a drop of water. Earlier, participants were accorded a warm welcome in Thatta where they reached on the 38th day of long march, which had started from Kashmore. Courtesy: Daily dawn, Sunday, 15 Nov, 2009 Source – http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/at-supports-ppp-govt-despite-antisindh-policies-519 Awami ThreekAyaz Latif PalijoPakistanPPPRasool Bux PalijoSindh Previous PostPakistani Journalist Linked To Ex-ISI Officer’s KillingNext PostAwami Jamhoori Council (AJC) held Latif Day (Jashan-e-Latif) 2 thoughts on “PPP has miserably failed to deliver & lost its image – says Ayaz Latif Palijo” Talat says: So you think people should vote now for so called nationalist parties ? BALLS………………………………….. PPP is not a party – It is a religion. Don’t expect PPP lovers will ever leave PPP. Jabbar says: Burying our head in the sand won’t change the situation. I disagree with Ayaz Latif Palijo that PPP has miserably failed to deliver. PPP inherited numerous issues such as sinking economy, loadshedding, energy crisis and so on. I don’t say to bring down the house on performance of PPP government but at least they are trying to address issues and concerns of people which is good omen and should be appreciated. Since critics of present government spare no effort to undermine the efforts that are being made in order to stabilize the situation. Despite severe criticism PPP did not closed its doors. It is addressing issues of all provinces and taking along all its allied parties. I don’t agree that PPP has lost its image, recent poll results in Baltistan really shows the sentiments of people toward Pakistan People’s Party.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1220
__label__wiki	0.975442	0.975442	Jon Hammond holding his SK1 Jon began his musical career at age 12 in the San Francisco Bay Area playing organ and accordion in bands and solo engagements, first recording studio dates 1968 when he met Robert Moog who personally delivered the Moog III to San Francisco Radical Laboratories where Jon was working at the time and jamming daily with members of Quicksilver Messenger Service, he next joined original rock band Hades with which he played until moving East to attend Berklee. Playing 7 nights a week in Boston’s notorious Combat Zone next lead to touring with successful show band Easy Living and then became house organist at the exclusive Wychmere Harbor Club Cape Cod MA where he played private parties for Tip O’Neill Speaker of The House. Returning to SF for a reunion concert in 1980 with Eddie Money and members of Tower of Power, next Jon moved to Europe where he lived and played for a number of years, still playing annually where he has an enthusiastic following. Jon began hosting his own TV show “The Jon Hammond Show” in 1984 and is now in 27th year on cable TV in Manhattan and heard daily on KYOU Radio HammondCast Show with regular appearances at international trade shows.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1224
__label__wiki	0.606865	0.606865	REC 4.8 The section 298 procedure View REC 4.8 as PDF View REC 4 as PDF View REC as PDF REC 4.8.1G 01/04/2013 RP A decision to: revoke a recognition order under section 297 of the Act (Revoking recognition) or (for RAPs) regulation 4 of the RAP regulations; or3 make a direction under section 296 (FCA's 4powers to give directions) or (for RAPs) regulation 3 of the RAP regulations; or3 refuse to make a recognition order under section 290 (Recognition orders) or 290A (Refusal of recognition on ground of excessive regulatory provision) or (for RAPs) regulation 2 of the RAP regulations32; is a serious one and section 298 of the Act (Directions and revocation: procedure) and (for RAPs) regulation 5 of the RAP regulations set 3out procedures 4(see REC 4.8.9 G) which the FCA will follow unless, in the case of a revocation of a recognition order, the recognised body concerned has given its consent (see section 297(1) or regulation 4(1) of the RAP regulations3) or:4 (G (a) in case where the FCA proposes to make a direction under section 296 it considers it is reasonably necessary not to follow, or to cut short, the procedure (see REC 4.8.7 G); or (b) (for RAPs) in a case where the FCA proposes to make a direction under regulation 3 of the Rap regulations, it considers it is essential not to follow, or to cut, short, the procedure. The FCA's4 internal arrangements provide for any of these decisions to be taken at an appropriately senior level. In considering whether it would be appropriate to exercise the powers under section 296 or section 297 of the Act or (for RAPs) regulation 3 or 4 of the RAP regulations,3 the FCA4 will have regard to all relevant information and factors including: its guidance to recognised bodies; the results of its routine supervision of the body concerned; the extent to which the failure or likely failure to satisfy one or more of the recognised body requirements 31may affect the statutory objectives. In considering whether or not to make a recognition order, the FCA4 will have regard to all relevant information and factors, including its guidance to recognised bodies and applicants and the information provided by applicants. Details of the application processes and other guidance for applicants are set out in REC 5 and (for overseas applications) REC 6. The procedures laid down in section 298 of the Act and (for RAPs) regulation 5 of the RAP regulations 3are summarised, with the FCA's4 guidance about the actions it proposes to take in following these procedures, in the tables4 at REC 4.8.9 G and REC 4.8.10 G respectively4. Before exercising its powers under section 296 or section 297 of the Act or (for RAPs) regulation 3 or 4 of the RAP regulations3, the FCA4 will usually discuss its intention, and the basis for this, with the members of the management body5 or other appropriate representatives of the recognised body. It will usually discuss its intention not to make a recognition order with appropriate representatives of the applicant. REC 4.8.7G 01/04/2013 [deleted]4 3Key steps in the section 298 procedure4 The FCA4 will: give written notice to theRIE4 (or applicant); The notice will state why the FCA4 intends to take the action it proposes to take, and include an invitation to make representations, and the period within which representations should be made (unless subsequently extended by the FCA)4. (2)4 receive representations from the RIE or applicant concerned;4 The FCA4 will not usually consider oral representations without first receiving written representations from theRIE (or applicant)4. It will normally only hear oral representations from the RIE4 on request. write promptly to RIE (or applicant)4 who requests the opportunity to make oral representations if it decides not to hear that person's representations; The FCA4 will indicate why it will not hear oral representations and the FCA4 will allow the RIE (or applicant)4 further time to respond. have regard to representations made; (when it has reached its decision) notify the RIE4 (or applicant) concerned in writing. REC 4.8.10G 01/04/2013 RP 4For RAPs, key steps in the regulation 5 procedure The FCA will: give written notice to the RAP (or applicant); The notice will state why the FCA intends to take the action it proposes to take, and include an invitation to make representations, and the date by which representations should be made. take such steps as it considers reasonably practicable to bring the notice to the attention of the members of the RAP or of the applicant, as the case may be; The FCA will also notify persons individually (as far as it considers it reasonably practicable to do so) if it considers that the action it proposes to take would affect them adversely in a way which would be different from its effect on other persons of the same class. publish the notice so as to bring it to the attention of other persons likely to be affected; receive representations from the RAP or applicant concerned, any member of the RAP or applicant, and any other person who is likely to be affected by the action the FCA proposes to take; The FCA will not usually consider oral representations without first receiving written representations from the person concerned. It will normally only hear oral representations from the RAP (or applicant) itself or of a person whom it has notified individually, on request. write promptly to any person who requests the opportunity to make oral representations if it decides not to hear that person's representations; The FCA will indicate why it will not hear oral representations and the FCA will allow the person concerned further time to respond. (when it has reached its decision) notify the RAP (or applicant) concerned in writing; (if it has decided to give a direction, or revoke or refuse to make a recognition order) take such steps as it considers reasonably practicable to bring its decision to the attention of members of the RAP or applicant and to other persons likely to be affected. The FCA will usually give notice of its decision to the same persons and in the same manner as it gave notice of its intention to act.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1225
__label__cc	0.715281	0.284719	Founding Membership Pledge Haverhill Matters To the Haverhill Community, We bring you good news about news: at long last, Haverhill can again have the kind of timely and comprehensive community-focused reporting that our city needs and deserves – if we really want it. Haverhill has the good fortune to have been selected as the pilot city for a new approach to community news: a co-op publishing company owned not by distant investors but by hundreds of local people like us, whose motivation is to better our community. It will produce a Web publication called Haverhill Matters, free for all to read and different in character from most journalism today: With deep community roots, it will cover the news in ways that are in accord with our needs. It will welcome co-op members’ collaboration and offer easy ways for members to join others to work for constructive community change. In a culture awash in unreliable information, it promises to be worthy of your trust: Local co-op ownership ensures that the professional staff will be accountable to the people of our community. Here’s where the “if we really want it” part comes in: For Haverhill Matters to happen, hundreds of us must first step up to become member/owners of the co-op. As leaders of institutions devoted to Haverhill’s well being, we can’t imagine letting this opportunity get away. So we’ve committed not only to becoming founding members but also to serving as the co-op’s organizing committee. This letter is our public pledge to do all we can to promote membership, to raise money, and to gather other needed resources. Please join us in pledging to become a member! Membership gives you an ownership stake and a vote in governing an institution whose mission is to ensure the community-focused daily reporting that Haverhill needs and deserves. Filling out the secure Web membership form should take you less than a minute – and no money is due until we reach a critical mass of pledges. Act now to make Haverhill Matters happen sooner – and invite Haverhill people you know to read this letter and join this important effort. Haverhill Matters is a new, locally owned and edited news organization that will deliver a robust flow of reliable, timely and trustworthy journalism to you and all the people of Greater Haverhill. Learn More. © 2017 Haverhill Matters. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1230
__label__cc	0.645226	0.354774	Intervention-Based Clustering Title: Intervention-Based Clustering Dates: 2016 – 2020 Researchers: Igor Kulev and Pearl Pu Keywords: activities of daily living, machine learning, timeseries analysis, clustering While an increase in physical activity levels has been shown to be the most effective and important intervention strategy to improve health in elderly populations, it is notoriously difficult to increase physical activity, mobilization, and rehabilitation among older adults. We propose a lifestyle recommender system to help senior adults with sedentary habits to become more active. In that context methods are developed to cluster existing users based on how a given intervention of behavior change affects their current habits modelled as time series data. Sponsor: REACH Links: Main Page Behavior Recommender Systems Title: Behavior Recommender Systems Dates: 2013-2017 Researchers: Onur Yuruten and Pearl Pu Keywords: Activities of daily living, activity recognition, data mining, time series analysis, statistical analysis, behavior recommenders Abstract: Sedentary lifestyles influence the onset of many serious health problems. Healthy behavior change is an arduous task, but behavior recommenders can help their users achieve it. This novel type of recommender system can suggest its users to pair up with an exercise partner, or propose a day-by-day plan to increase their physical activeness. We quest for understanding the factors that influence well-beings of people, and develop a behavior recommender system that exploits these factors to provide suggestions for healthier lifestyles. Toward this end, we analyse various aspects of activities of daily living, such as physical exercises, work, sleep, social interactions, and daily routines. We utilize state-of-the-art timeseries analysis methods to explore trends, repetitive patterns, regularities and correlations from data such as bluetooth proximity, cell-tower locations, calorie expenditure, and other various information collected from pervasive, wearable sensors. We also show that traditional factor analysis methods can also be applied to sensor data. Sponsor: Nano-tera Dystemo Title: Dystemo: Distant Supervision for Emotion Recognition in Tweets Researchers: Valentina Sintsova and Pearl Pu Keywords: emotion recognition, social media analysis, distant supervision, twitter Emotion recognition in text has become an important research objective. It involves building classifiers capable of detecting human emotions for a specific application, e.g. analyzing reactions to product launches, monitoring emotions at sports events, or discerning opinions in political debates. Most successful approaches rely heavily on costly manual annotation. To alleviate this burden, we propose a distant supervision method—Dystemo—for automatically producing emotion classifiers from tweets labeled using existing or easy-to-produce emotion lexicons. The goal is to obtain emotion classifiers that work more accurately for specific applications than available emotion lexicons. Emotion Recognition of Influential Users Title: Emotion Recognition of Influential Users Dates: 2013 – present Researchers: Lionel Martin and Pearl Pu Keywords: emotion recognition, influence detection, prediction, social media analysis, natural language processing, Geneva Emotion Wheel People increasingly rely on other consumers’ opinion to make online purchase decisions. Amazon alone provides access to millions of reviews, risking to cause information overload to an average user. Recent research has thus aimed at understanding and identifying reviews that are considered influential. Most of such works analyzed the structure and connectivity of social networks to identify influential users. We believe that insight about influence can be gained from analyzing the affective content of the text as well as affect intensity. We employ text mining to extract the emotionality of thousands of reviews in different domains to investigate how those influential users behave. We analyze whether texts with words and phrases indicative of a writer’s emotions, moods, and attitudes are more likely to trigger a genuine interest compared to more neutral texts. Sponsor: Swiss National Science Foundation Title: Visual Analytics for Pervasive Sensor Data Dates: 2013 Keywords: Activities of daily living, visual analytics, visualisation Advances in sensor technology have enabled the deployment of pervasive healthcare systems in increasingly larger scales. There is a ‘quantified self’ movement, which involves using wearable sensors to quantify external activities of daily living (ADL) and internal metabolism. Many studies show that these systems can improve well-being of their users via presenting such information with self-reflection tools. However, there is a lack of visualization tools to aid analytical investigations over the data collected from these systems, which could improve our understanding on factors that influence well-being, and guide the design for better wellness management systems. We develop a visual analytics tool to discover the interpersonal and intrapersonal patterns of ADLs. With this tool, we aim to observe possible influencing factors of well-being, which could be use to construct or validate models for statistical analysis. This project is part of a larger framework of lifestyle recommenders research, and proceeds in parallel with “mining and analysing factors of well-being project. HealthyTogether: Exploring Social Incentives for Mobile Fitness Applications Title: HealthyTogether: Exploring Social Incentives for Mobile Fitness Applications Researchers: Yu Chen and Pearl Pu Keywords: Mobile fitness applications; gamification; competition; cooperation, group interaction. Abstract: A crucial element in many mobile fitness applications is gamification that makes physical activities fun. While many methods focus on competition and individual users’ interaction with the game, the aspect of social interaction and how users play games together in a group remains an open subject. To investigate these issues, we developed a mobile game, HealthyTogether, to understand how users interact in different group gamification settings: competition, cooperation, or hybrid. We describe the results of a user study involving 18 dyads (N=36) over a period of two weeks. Results show that users significantly enhanced physical activities using HealthyTogether compared with when they exercised alone by up to 15%. Among the group settings, cooperation (21% increase) and hybrid (18% increase) outperformed competition (8% increase). Additionally, users sent significantly more messages in cooperation setting than hybrid and competition. Furthermore, physical activities are positively correlated with the number of messages they exchanged. Recognizing Emotions in Olympic Tweets Title: Fine-Grained Emotion Analysis in the Tweets about Olympic Games Dates: 2012-current Keywords: Emotion Recognition, Social Media Analysis, Emotion Visualization, Human Computation Description: Social media platforms such as Twitter or Sina Weibo have become a common way for people to share opinions and emotions. Sports events are traditionally accompanied by strong emotions and the 2012 summer Olympic Games in London were not an exception. This project aims to develop tools for analysis of the emotions expressed in social media during the Olympic Games or other popular sports events. We use the 20 fine-grained emotion categories of GEW to allow users to distinguish the personal reactions with more details. We work both on the automatic extraction of those emotions in the tweets and on their compact visualization. Links: Main Page (images, visualization demo and video, AMT task demo, emotion recognition poster and paper) Empatheticons Title: Empatheticons: Designing Emotion Awareness Tools for Group Music Experience Keywords: Group music player, user experience, social interaction, group influence, emotion awareness, emotion presentation Description: Online group music players provide music playlists for a group of people. In such systems, group members sometimes listen to group songs individually. How to create the sense of connectedness for members who are listening to music in different time and locations is understudied. In this project, we investigate the roles of emotion awareness tools and how they may enable connectedness. We first describe the design of empatheticons, a set of kinetic emotion representations. We then show that they allow users to represent, annotate, and visualize group members’ emotions in GroupFun, a group music player. An in-depth user study (N = 18) with GroupFun demonstrates that empatheticons enhance users’ perceptions of the connectedness (immediacy) and familiarity (intimacy) with each other in a non-collocated and asynchronous setting. Furthermore, users’ emotion annotation for group songs can be influenced by other group members. We conclude with design implications and directions for future research. Links: main page (images, video, demo, paper) ResQue Title: ResQue: A User-Centric Evaluation Framework for Recommender Systems Researchers: Rong Hu, Li Chen and Pearl Pu Keywords: Recommender systems, quality of user experience, e-Commerce recommender, post-study questionnaire. This research was motivated by our interest in understanding the criteria for measuring the success of a recommender system from users’ point view. Even though existing work has suggested a wide range of criteria, the consistency and validity of the combined criteria have not been tested. In this paper, we describe a unifying evaluation framework, called ResQue (Recommender systems’ Quality of user experience), which aimed at measuring the qualities of the recommended items, the system’s usability, usefulness, interface and interaction qualities, users’ satisfaction with the systems, and the influence of these qualities on users’ behavioral intentions, including their intention to purchase the products recommended to them and return to the system. We also show the results of applying psychometric methods to validate the combined criteria using data collected from a large user survey. The outcomes of the validation are able to 1) support the consistency, validity and reliability of the selected criteria; and 2) explain the quality of user experience and the key determinants motivating users to adopt the recommender technology. The final model consists of thirty two questions and fifteen constructs, defining the essential qualities of an effective and satisfying recommender system, as well as providing practitioners and scholars with a cost-effective way to evaluate the success of a recommender system and identify important areas in which to invest development resources. CoFeel Title: Designing emotion annotation interface for group recommender systems Keywords: Emotion awareness; emotion annotation; group recommender systems; group influence Abstract: Group recommender systems help users to find items of interest collaboratively. Support for such collaboration has been mainly provided by interfaces that visualize membership awareness, preference awareness and decision awareness. However, these mechanisms do not address group influence issues: how members may affect each other. In this paper, we investigate the roles of emotion awareness interfaces and how they may enable positive group influence. We first describe the design process behind an emotion annotation tool, which we call CoFeel. We then show that it allows users to annotate and visualize group members’ emotions in GroupFun, a group music recommender. An in-depth pilot user study with GroupFun suggests that emotion awareness features have the potential to enable group influence on preferences among group members. Most importantly, users reported CoFeel as a promising tool to annotate group recommended items in terms of accuracy and engagement. Finally, we provide design implications for emotion awareness interfaces in group recommender systems. Visualization of Sensor Data HealthyTogether Factors of Well-Being Emotions in Olympic Tweets GroupFun	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1232
__label__cc	0.5036	0.4964	Fourth of July and Not For Nothing, But I woke this morning with a proverbial start. Self, I thought to myself, people are maybe gonna think your post two days ago with the mermaid statue was some sort of commentary on the brouhaha surrounding Disney’s casting of the Little Mermaid. Uggh! It was none commentary. Lucie and I were at a friend’s house for dinner and swimming, and our friend has that mermaid statue. So, I took a photo of it. I posted the photo with a little haiku. Then, after the post, I saw, on social media, people losing their little, white minds because a black actress has been cast as Ariel for the live version of Little Mermaid. Here’s my unequivocal take on that: Being so overtly, publicly angry over who plays a character, no matter how beloved the character, is a complete waste of outrage. How fragile are we, as white Americans, we’re unable to share anything with people of color? I’ve never seen the animated movie, but, so far as I know, there’s no compelling requirement for Ariel to be white. It’s not a central part of her character. It doesn’t define her in any way other than her appearance. What does this casting choice hurt? Nothing. It doesn’t hurt anything. It doesn’t take anything from anyone. It doesn’t erase the original, animated film. It hurts nothing but the delicate sensibilities of folks who can’t abide anything not about themselves and their own experience. She’s half fish, for crying out loud. She’s fictional. Although, now that I think about it, they’d better keep her fish parts green. They’d better not change that. If they make her tail blue, ohhhhhh! I’ll be sooo mad. I’ll be outraged! Happy Birthday, America; these are not your best years. Or Not, You Know, Do What You Wanna Do Underestimate me and you’ll be sorry. Overestimate me and you’ll be disappointed. Estimate me…and… That’d be good; I guess. That’s alright. Estimate me. T.W. Fowler Poultry Elementary Presents: Pilgrim Day From Ms. Gobbler’s first grade art class… artwork by Tommy T. Little did I know, all along, the hat had been wearing me… © Steve Mitchell 2019 and this one Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I love you. You Feel These Things In Your Colon: “Watch out!” She yelled. “It’s an exclamation point!” “A question mark?” he asked. “No! It’s – Oh, never mind; it’s a period.” Best To Do In-Store Pick Up If you’re ever home alone, late at night, and you hear a knock at the front door, pause a moment. Sure, whoever has knocked might announce themselves, “Greetings Sir or Madam. I am the BasinBot 2000 you recently purchased. Behold the future of bathroom technology.” But you don’t really know who it is. It could be anybody. It could be an imposter! Let that sink in. Or, wait. Ahh. Well. You know.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1238
__label__cc	0.554199	0.445801	Tag Archives: The Twins FX Have You Bean to Brum? Jack and the Beanstalk: The Birmingham Hippodrome Panto 2014 Another year, another hilarious Hippodrome panto – it’s hard to believe that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was so long ago, but here we are again. This Christmas, Jack and the Beanstalk sees its murderous giant brought to life in stunning 3D by Whizzbang 3D Productions before a squealing audience. On press night at least, there were also a few squeals of a rather different sort directed at the show’s leading man, Blue’s Duncan James. Assisting the wicked giant is the slimy, treacherous Fleshcreep, played by Coronation Street‘s Chris Gascoyne, looking excellent in a sweeping black coat, top hat, shades and thick eyeliner. Meanwhile, helping out our hero on the good team are Jane McDonald’s glamorous Enchantress and returning comedy trio Gary Wilmot, Paul Zerdin and Matt Slack, as Jack’s mum, Dame Trot, and his two bonkers brothers, Simple Simon and Silly Billy. As ever, the show is an absolute visual feast – and not just because it features enough beans to feed a family for weeks and a comedy routine centred on the names of different chocolate bars. Stunning sets, beautiful backdrops and gorgeous, glittering lights are all in abundance, while the fabulous array of costumes includes the Enchantress’s dazzling dress, Fleshcreep’s gothic get-up and a whole host of fluffy farm animals who gallop, trot and pad across the stage for a charming dance sequence with the Dame. As well as the giant, the special effects also encompass a beanstalk so tall it looks as though it might topple (don’t worry – no audience members were harmed in the staging of this performance, as far as we know), and an amazing helicopter and animatronic giant that operate with a similar mechanism to last year’s Black Country dragon. Throughout the show, there’s a brilliant chemistry between Jane McDonald’s and Chris Gascoyne’s constantly clashing helper characters, and Wilmot, Zerdin and Slack are back on form, bouncing off each other and providing the driving energy behind this production. There are some great set pieces in Act I, including the aforementioned chocolate bars skit, some well-timed slapstick from Silly Billy, and a couple of nice moments with Simple Simon and his cheeky puppet, Sam. However, it’s in the second half that the comedy really picks up, with a hysterical 12 Days of Christmas routine which last night saw one viewer almost knocked out by flying loo rolls. Up in the giant’s castle, Dame Trot and her boys keep up their spirits with a rendition of “All About That Bass”, and the end of the show features some audience participation when Paul Zerdin invites some of the little ones up onto the stage for a sing-song – and, of course, some human ventriloquism. But the gags aren’t the only thing guaranteed to have you leaving the theatre with a smile on your face: brilliantly choreographed, the big dance numbers to the classic “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and Pharrell’s irresistible “Happy” will have you grinning and humming along whether or not you mean to. Once again, Michael Harrison and Qdos bring you panto at its finest. Oh yes they do. Jack and the Beanstalk is showing at the Birmingham Hippodrome until Sunday 1st February, with a special relaxed performance on Thursday 29th January. For more information and to book tickets, visit the Hippodrome website, and don’t forget to watch out for a Radio 2 broadcast about Britain’s biggest pantomime on Christmas Day. \| Tagged #brumpanto, Ben Cracknell, birmingham hippodrome pantomime, birmingham panto, Birmingham Pantomime, Blue, Chris Gascoyne, Christmas, Coronation Street, Drew McOnie, Duncan James, Gary Wilmot, Hippodrome panto, hippodrome pantomime, Ian Westbrook, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jane McDonald, Matt Slack, Michael Harrison, Mike Coltman, panto, pantomime, Paul Zerdin, Qdos, Qdos Entertainment, Radio 2, relaxed performance, Robert Willis, Robyn Mellor, Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Twins FX, Whizzbang 3D Productions \| Leave a comment	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1241
__label__wiki	0.844305	0.844305	Langue d'interface Si vous disposez d'un compte auprès de l'un des services ci-dessous, vous pouvez le lier à votre compte fleex afin de pouvoir vous authentifier directement à travers lui : Se connecter via Facebook Se connecter via Google Mot de passe oublié ? Cliquez ici ! Pas encore de compte fleex ? Tag 'Health' How to make stress your friend Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress Why do we sleep? Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives. In this talk, Foster shares three popular theories about why we sleep, busts some myths about how much sleep we need at different ages -- and hints at some To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking. Initially innocuous, these internal narrators became increasingly antagonistic and dictatorial, turning her life into a living nightmare. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, All it takes is 10 mindful minutes When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment. (No need for incense or sitting in uncomfortable positions.) A guerilla gardener in South Central LA Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys." Are we born to run? Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive -- and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today? At TEDxPennQuarter, McDougall tells the story of the marathoner with a heart of gold, the unlikely ultra-runner, and the hidden tribe in Mexico that runs to live. The opportunity of adversity The thesaurus might equate "disabled" with synonyms like "useless" and "mutilated," but ground-breaking runner Aimee Mullins is out to redefine the word. Defying these associations, she shows how adversity -- in her case, being born without shinbones -- actually opens the door for human potential. Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem? As a young surgeon, Peter Attia felt contempt for a patient with diabetes. She was overweight, he thought, and thus responsible for the fact that she needed a foot amputation. But years later, Attia received an unpleasant medical surprise that led him to wonder: is our understanding of diabetes right? Could the precursors to diabetes cause obesity, and not the How healthy living nearly killed me For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could -- from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned. New insights on poverty Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing. Asia's rise -- how and when Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will outstrip the US. Anthony Atala on growing new organs Anthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs -- from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that "prints" human tissue. How bacteria "talk" Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves. “Am I dying?” The honest answer. Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt patient asks him: “Am I going to die?” What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose Five years ago, TED Fellow Jennifer Brea became progressively ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness that severely impairs normal activities and on bad days makes even the rustling of bed sheets unbearable. In this poignant talk, Brea describes the obstacles she's encountered in seeking treatment for her The hidden influence of social networks We're all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits -- from happiness to obesity -- can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don't even know. How I fell in love with a fish Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain. Could we cure HIV with lasers? Swallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially better way? Lasers. In this passionate talk, TED Fellow Patience Mthunzi explains her idea to use lasers to deliver drugs directly to cells infected with HIV. It's early days yet, but could a cure be on the horizon? A doctor's touch Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam. Help the body heal itself Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself. Visualizing the wonder of a living cell Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell. Got a meeting? Take a walk Nilofer Merchant suggests a small idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a "walking meeting" -- and let ideas flow while you walk and talk. Let's treat violence like a contagious disease Physician Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When he returned to the United States, he thought he'd escape brutal epidemic deaths. But then he began to look more carefully at gun violence, noting that its spread followed the patterns of infectious diseases. A mind-flipping look at a problem that too many Let's talk crap. Seriously. It's 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. And when there's no loo, where do you poo? In the street, probably near your water and food sources -- causing untold death and disease from contamination. Get ready for a blunt, funny, powerful talk from journalist Rose George about a once-unmentionable problem. Mental health for all by involving all Nearly 450 million people are affected by mental illness worldwide. In wealthy nations, just half receive appropriate care, but in developing countries, close to 90 percent go untreated because psychiatrists are in such short supply. Vikram Patel outlines a highly promising approach -- training members of communities to give mental health interventions, empowering Life's third act Within this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy -- and these years aren’t just a footnote or a pathology. At TEDxWomen, Jane Fonda asks how we can think about this new phase of our lives. The good news of the decade? Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreported -- piece of front-page-worthy good news: We're winning the war against child mortality. Along the way, he debunks one flawed approach to stats that blots out such vital stories. In praise of slowness Journalist Carl Honore believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life. But there's a backlash brewing, as everyday people start putting the brakes on their all-too-modern lives. A taboo-free way to talk about periods It's true: talking about menstruation makes many people uncomfortable. And that taboo has consequences: in India, three out of every 10 girls don't even know what menstruation is at the time of their first period, and restrictive customs related to periods inflict psychological damage on young girls. Growing up with this taboo herself, Aditi Gupta knew she wanted to Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational Armed with bracing logic, wit and her "public-health nerd" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today's political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations -- from junkies in prison to sex workers on the street in Cambodia -- demonstrates the sometimes counter- The future of early cancer detection? Along with a crew of technologists and scientists, Jorge Soto is developing a simple, noninvasive, open-source test that looks for early signs of multiple forms of cancer. Onstage at TEDGlobal 2014, he demonstrates a working prototype of the mobile platform for the first time. What do we do when antibiotics don’t work any more? Penicillin changed everything. Infections that had previously killed were suddenly quickly curable. Yet as Maryn McKenna shares in this sobering talk, we've squandered the advantages afforded us by that and later antibiotics. Drug-resistant bacteria mean we're entering a post-antibiotic world — and it won't be pretty. There are, however, things we can do ... if we The US needs paid family leave — for the sake of its future We need women to work, and we need working women to have babies. So why is America one of the only countries in the world that offers no national paid leave to new working mothers? In this incisive talk, Jessica Shortall makes the impassioned case that the reality of new working motherhood in America is both hidden and horrible: millions of women, every year, are Toward a new understanding of mental illness Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for depression and schizophrenia? The first step in this new avenue of research, he says, is a crucial reframing: for us to stop thinking What if our healthcare system kept us healthy? Rebecca Onie asks audacious questions: What if waiting rooms were a place to improve daily health care? What if doctors could prescribe food, housing and heat in the winter? At TEDMED she describes Health Leads, an organization that does just that -- and does it by building a volunteer base as elite and dedicated as a college sports team. What makes us get sick? Look upstream. Rishi Manchanda has worked as a doctor in South Central Los Angeles for a decade, where he’s come to realize: His job isn’t just about treating a patient’s symptoms, but about getting to the root cause of what is making them ill—the “upstream" factors like a poor diet, a stressful job, a lack of fresh air. It’s a powerful call for doctors to pay attention to a patient How I repaired my own heart Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer -- he knows piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with his doctors' medical knowledge to design a better repair job. The simple power of hand-washing Myriam Sidibe is a warrior in the fight against childhood disease. Her weapon of choice? A bar of soap. For cost-effective prevention against sickness, it’s hard to beat soapy hand-washing, which cuts down risk of pneumonia, diarrhea, cholera and worse. Sidibe, a public-health expert, makes a smart case for public-private partnerships to promote clean hands — and The world's killer diet Stop wringing your hands over AIDS, cancer and the avian flu. Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined -- and it’s mostly preventable. Dr. Dean Ornish explains how changing our eating habits will save lives. The coming crisis in antibiotics Antibiotic drugs save lives. But we simply use them too much — and often for non-lifesaving purposes, like treating the flu and even raising cheaper chickens. The result, says researcher Ramanan Laxminarayan, is that the drugs will stop working for everyone, as the bacteria they target grow more and more resistant. He calls on all of us (patients and doctors alike) How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place At TEDxChange, Thailand's "Mr. Condom," Mechai Viravaidya, walks us through the country's bold plan to raise its standard of living, starting in the 1970s. First step: population control. And that means a lot of frank, funny -- and very effective -- talk about condoms. How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's When faced with a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, most of us respond with denial ("It won't happen to me") or extreme efforts at prevention. But global health expert and TED Fellow Alanna Shaikh sees it differently. She's taking three concrete steps to prepare for the moment -- should it arrive -- when she herself gets Alzheimer's disease. How can Formula 1 racing help ... babies? During a Formula 1 race, a car sends hundreds of millions of data points to its garage for real-time analysis and feedback. So why not use this detailed and rigorous data system elsewhere, like ... at children’s hospitals? Peter van Manen tells us more. (Filmed at TEDxNijmegen.) The potential of regenerative medicine Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself. Could the sun be good for your heart? Our bodies get Vitamin D from the sun, but as dermatologist Richard Weller suggests, sunlight may confer another surprising benefit too. New research by his team shows that nitric oxide, a chemical transmitter stored in huge reserves in the skin, can be released by UV light, to great benefit for blood pressure and the cardiovascular system. What does it mean? Well, it A new strategy in the war on cancer Too often, says David Agus cancer treatments have a short-sighted focus on individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to diagnose and treat the whole body. How social networks predict epidemics After mapping humans' intricate social networks, Nicholas Christakis and colleague James Fowler began investigating how this information could better our lives. Now, he reveals his hot-off-the-press findings: These networks can be used to detect epidemics earlier than ever, from the spread of innovative ideas to risky behaviors to viruses (like H1N1). The lies we tell pregnant women "When we tell women that sex isn't worth the risk during pregnancy, what we're telling her is that her sexual pleasure doesn't matter ... that she in fact doesn't matter," says sex researcher Sofia Jawed-Wessel. In this eye-opening talk, Jawed-Wessel mines our views about pregnancy and pleasure to lay bare the relationship between women, sex and systems of power. Why genetic research must be more diverse Ninety-six percent of genome studies are based on people of European descent. The rest of the world is virtually unrepresented — and this is dangerous, says geneticist and TED Fellow Keolu Fox, because we react to drugs differently based on our genetic makeup. Fox is working to democratize genome sequencing, specifically by advocating for indigenous populations to get Steven Johnson tours the Ghost Map Author Steven Johnson takes us on a 10-minute tour of The Ghost Map, his book about a cholera outbreak in 1854 London and the impact it had on science, cities and modern society. The emotion behind invention Soldiers who've lost limbs in service face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us. At TEDMED, Dean Kamen talks about the profound people and stories that motivated his work to give parts of their lives back with his design for a remarkable prosthetic arm. How to reduce poverty? Fix homes In 1985, architect Paul Pholeros was challenged by the director of an Aboriginal-controlled health service to "stop people getting sick" in a small indigenous community in south Australia. The key insights: think beyond medicine and fix the local environment. In this sparky, interactive talk, Pholeros describes projects undertaken by Healthabitat, the The hunt for "unexpected genetic heroes" What can we learn from people with the genetics to get sick — who don’t? With most inherited diseases, only some family members will develop the disease, while others who carry the same genetic risks dodge it. Stephen Friend suggests we start studying those family members who stay healthy. Hear about the Resilience Project, a massive effort to collect genetic Your health depends on where you live Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it's not part of your medical records. At TEDMED, Bill Davenhall shows how overlooked government geo-data (from local heart-attack rates to toxic dumpsite info) can mesh with mobile GPS apps to keep doctors in the loop. Call it "geo-medicine." It's time to redesign medical data Your medical chart: it's hard to access, impossible to read -- and full of information that could make you healthier if you just knew how to use it. At TEDMED, Thomas Goetz looks at medical data, making a bold call to redesign it and get more insight from it. What doctors can learn from each other Different hospitals produce different results on different procedures. Only, patients don’t know that data, making choosing a surgeon a high-stakes guessing game. Stefan Larsson looks at what happens when doctors measure and share their outcomes on hip replacement surgery, for example, to see which techniques are proving the most effective. Could health care The quantified self At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending -- just about everything in daily life you can measure -- in gloriously geeky detail. Marvin Minsky on health and the human mind Listen closely -- Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice. We can start winning the war against cancer Learn about the latest advances in the war against cancer from Stanford researcher Adam de la Zerda, who's working on some cutting-edge techniques of his own. Using a remarkable imaging technology that illuminates cancer-seeking gold particles injected into the body, de la Zerda's lab hopes to light the way for surgeons to remove even the tiniest trace of deadly Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. At TEDxEast, she launches The 30 Project -- a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics. Why civilians suffer more once a war is over In a war, it turns out that violence isn't the biggest killer of civilians. What is? Illness, hunger, poverty — because war destroys the institutions that keep society running, like utilities, banks, food systems and hospitals. Physician Margaret Bourdeaux proposes a bold approach to post-conflict recovery, setting priorities on what to fix first Programming bacteria to detect cancer (and maybe treat it) Liver cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to detect, but synthetic biologist Tal Danino had a left-field thought: What if we could create a probiotic, edible bacteria that was "programmed" to find liver tumors? His insight exploits something we're just beginning to understand about bacteria: their power of quorum sensing, or doing something together once they Kary Mullis' next-gen cure for killer infections Drug-resistant bacteria kills, even in top hospitals. But now tough infections like staph and anthrax may be in for a surprise. Nobel-winning chemist Kary Mullis, who watched a friend die when powerful antibiotics failed, unveils a radical new cure that shows extraordinary promise. The big idea my brother inspired When Jamie Heywood's brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the disease as well. The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses -- and they discovered that the collective data had enormous power to comfort, explain and predict. The wireless future of medicine Eric Topol says we'll soon use our smartphones to monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. At TEDMED, he highlights several of the most important wireless devices in medicine's future -- all helping to keep more of us out of hospital beds. Visualizing the medical data explosion Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information and determine what's useful? At TEDxGöteborg, scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows us sophisticated new tools -- like virtual autopsies -- for analyzing this myriad data, and a glimpse at some sci-fi- HIV -- how to fight an epidemic of bad laws There is an epidemic of HIV, and with it an epidemic of bad laws -- laws that effectively criminalize being HIV positive. At the TEDxSummit in Doha, TED Fellow Shereen El-Feki gives a forceful argument that these laws, based in stigma, are actually helping the disease spread. The single biggest health threat women face Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz shares what we know and don't know about women's heart health -- including the remarkably different symptoms women present during a heart attack (and why they're often missed). HIV and flu -- the vaccine strategy Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global threats -- from AIDS to malaria to flu pandemics. How we'll stop polio for good Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever. Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed They've been called the "saints of Somalia." Doctor Hawa Abdi and her daughter Deqo Mohamed discuss their medical clinic in Somalia, where -- in the face of civil war and open oppression of women -- they've built a hospital, a school and a community of peace. Protecting the brain against concussion In a lively talk from TEDxDU, neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens makes the case for better protecting our brains against the risk of concussion -- with a compelling pitch for putting helmets on kids. Are we filtering the wrong microbes? Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist and TED Fellow Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of microbes, but the wrong kinds: the ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens. Asher Hasan's message of peace from Pakistan One of a dozen Pakistanis who came to TEDIndia despite security hassles entering the country, TED Fellow Asher Hasan shows photos of ordinary Pakistanis that drive home a profound message for citizens of all nations: look beyond disputes, and see the humanity we share. Gregory Petsko on the coming neurological epidemic Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we'll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, as the world population ages. His solution: more research into the brain and its functions. Larry Brilliant wants to stop pandemics Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that can identify and contain pandemics before they spread. Ernest Madu on world-class health care Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that -- with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve -- it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world. Are we over-medicalized? Reuters health editor Ivan Oransky warns that we’re suffering from an epidemic of preposterous preconditions -- pre-diabetes, pre-cancer, and many more. In this engaging talk from TEDMED he shows how health care can find a solution... by taking an important lesson from baseball. How low-cost eye care can be world-class India's revolutionary Aravind Eye Care System has given sight to millions. Thulasiraj Ravilla looks at the ingenious approach that drives its treatment costs down and quality up, and why its methods should trigger a re-think of all human services. Take health care off the mainframe At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US health care system is like computing circa 1959, tethered to big, unwieldy central systems: hospitals, doctors, nursing homes. As our aging population booms, it's imperative, he says, to create personal, networked, home-based health care for all. Laurie Garrett on lessons from the 1918 flu In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever. Your genes are not your fate Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually increase. Larry Brilliant makes the case for optimism We've known about global warming for 50 years and done little about it, says Google.org director Larry Brilliant. In spite of this and other depressing trends, he's optimistic and tells us why. From Skoll World Forum, Oxford, UK, www.skollfoundation.org The ethical dilemma of designer babies Creating genetically modified people is no longer a science fiction fantasy; it's a likely future scenario. Biologist Paul Knoepfler estimates that within fifteen years, scientists could use the gene editing technology CRISPR to make certain "upgrades" to human embryos — from altering physical appearances to eliminating the risk of auto-immune diseases. In this Why I am an HIV/AIDS activist For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV/AIDS. She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson Mandela to meeting a little African girl in a desperate situation. Paul Ewald asks, Can we domesticate germs? Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald drags us into the sewer to discuss germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign? Searching for answers, he examines a disgusting, fascinating case: diarrhea. Crowdsource your health You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? At TEDxMaastricht, Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are changing the way we save lives, including a crowdsourced map of local defibrillators. Kristen Ashburn's photos of AIDS In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa. Why not eat insects? Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness. Why I speak up about living with epilepsy Once homebound by epilepsy, mental health advocate Sitawa Wafula found her strength in writing about it. Now, she advocates for others who are yet to find their voices, cutting through stigma and exclusion to talk about what it's like to live with the condition. A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases Where did Zika come from, and what can we do about it? Molecular biologist Nina Fedoroff takes us around the world to understand Zika's origins and how it spread, proposing a controversial way to stop the virus — and other deadly diseases — by preventing infected mosquitoes from multiplying. What really matters at the end of life At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it’s simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a palliative care physician at Zen Hospice Project who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. Take the time to savor this moving talk, which asks big questions about how we think on death and honor life. Alzheimer's is not normal aging — and we can cure it More than 40 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and that number is expected to increase drastically in the coming years. But no real progress has been made in the fight against the disease since its classification more than 100 years ago. Scientist Samuel Cohen shares a new breakthrough in Alzheimer's research from his lab as well as a message A tribute to nurses Carolyn Jones spent five years interviewing, photographing and filming nurses across America, traveling to places dealing with some of the nation's biggest public health issues. She shares personal stories of unwavering dedication in this celebration of the everyday heroes who work at the front lines of health care. Why school should start later for teens Teens don't get enough sleep, and it's not because of Snapchat, social lives or hormones — it's because of public policy, says Wendy Troxel. Drawing from her experience as a sleep researcher, clinician and mother of a teenager, Troxel discusses how early school start times deprive adolescents of sleep during the time of their lives when they need it most. What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned A simple way to break a bad habit Can we break bad habits by being more curious about them? Psychiatrist Judson Brewer studies the relationship between mindfulness and addiction — from smoking to overeating to all those other things we do even though we know they're bad for us. Learn more about the mechanism of habit development and discover a simple but profound tactic that might help you beat your Could a drug prevent depression and PTSD? The path to better medicine is paved with accidental yet revolutionary discoveries. In this well-told tale of how science happens, neuroscientist Rebecca Brachman shares news of a serendipitous breakthrough treatment that may prevent mental disorders like depression and PTSD from ever developing. And listen for an unexpected — and controversial — twist. What's wrong with our food system 11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production. Following the mercury trail There's a tight and surprising link between the ocean's health and ours, says marine biologist Stephen Palumbi. He shows how toxins at the bottom of the ocean food chain find their way into our bodies, with a shocking story of toxic contamination from a Japanese fish market. His work points a way forward for saving the oceans' health -- and humanity's. Your words may predict your future mental health Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reflects on ancient Greece and the origins of introspection to investigate how our words hint at our inner lives and details a word-mapping algorithm that could predict the development of schizophrenia. "We may be Gene editing can now change an entire species — forever CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations, opening up the possibility of altering entire species forever. More than anything, the technology has led to questions: How will this new power affect humanity? What are we going to use it to change? Are we gods now? How my mind came back to life — and no one knew Imagine being unable to say, "I am hungry," "I am in pain," "thank you," or "I love you,” — losing your ability to communicate, being trapped inside your body, surrounded by people yet utterly alone. For 13 long years, that was Martin Pistorius’s reality. After contracting a brain infection at the age of twelve, Pistorius lost his ability to control his movements and The brain may be able to repair itself — with help Through treating everything from strokes to car accident traumas, neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch knows the brain's inability to repair itself all too well. But now, she suggests, she and her colleagues may have found the key to neural repair: Doublecortin-positive cells. Similar to stem cells, they are extremely adaptable and, when extracted from a brain, cultured and When Black women walk, things change T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women — and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million women and girls to prioritize their self-care, lacing up their shoes and walking in the direction of their healthiest, most fulfilled The problem with race-based medicine Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine. Even today, many doctors still use race as a medical shortcut; they make important decisions about things like pain tolerance based on a patient's skin color instead of medical observation and measurement. In this searing talk, Roberts lays What really happens when you mix medications? If you take two different medications for two different reasons, here's a sobering thought: your doctor may not fully understand what happens when they're combined, because drug interactions are incredibly hard to study. In this fascinating and accessible talk, Russ Altman shows how doctors are studying unexpected drug interactions using a surprising resource: search How early life experience is written into DNA Moshe Szyf is a pioneer in the field of epigenetics, the study of how living things reprogram their genome in response to social factors like stress and lack of food. His research suggests that biochemical signals passed from mothers to offspring tell the child what kind of world they're going to live in, changing the expression of genes. "DNA isn't just a sequence of The taboo secret to healthier plants and people Our poop and pee have superpowers, but for the most part we don't harness them. Molly Winter faces down our squeamishness and asks us to see what goes down the toilet as a resource, one that can help fight climate change, spur innovation and even save us money. How we'll fight the next deadly virus When Ebola broke out in March 2014, Pardis Sabeti and her team got to work sequencing the virus's genome, learning how it mutated and spread. Sabeti immediately released her research online, so virus trackers and scientists from around the world could join in the urgent fight. In this talk, she shows how open cooperation was key to halting the virus ... and to A few ways to fix a government Charity Wayua put her skills as a cancer researcher to use on an unlikely patient: the government of her native Kenya. She shares how she helped her government drastically improve its process for opening up new businesses, a crucial part of economic health and growth, leading to new investments and a World Bank recognition as a top reformer. Eva Vertes looks to the future of medicine Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s. What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's Alzheimer's doesn't have to be your brain's destiny, says neuroscientist and author of "Still Alice," Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science investigating the disease — and some promising research on what each of us can do to build an Alzheimer's-resistant brain. An intergalactic guide to using a defibrillator If Yoda goes into cardiac arrest, will you know what to do? Artist and first-aid enthusiast Todd Scott breaks down what you need to know about using an automated external defibrillator, or AED — in this galaxy and ones that are far, far away. Prepare to save the life of a Jedi, Chewbacca (he'll need a quick shave first) or someone else in need with some helpful A smarter, more precise way to think about public health Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health — an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequencing and other innovative tools — to solve the world's most difficult medical problems. It's already helped cut HIV transmission from mothers to babies by nearly half in sub-Saharan Africa, and now it's being used to address alarming infant Mothers helping mothers fight HIV In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV infections are more prevalent and doctors scarcer than anywhere else in the world. With a lack of medical professionals, Mitchell Besser enlisted the help of his patients to create mothers2mothers -- an extraordinary network of HIV-positive women whose support for each other is changing and saving lives. The troubling reason why vaccines are made too late ... if they’re made at all It seems like we wait for a disastrous disease outbreak before we get serious about making a vaccine for it. Seth Berkley lays out the market realities and unbalanced risks behind why we aren't making vaccines for the world's biggest diseases. Say your truths and seek them in others In a lyrical, unexpectedly funny talk about heavy topics such as frayed relationships and the death of a loved one, Elizabeth Lesser describes the healing process of putting aside pride and defensiveness to make way for soul-baring and truth-telling. "You don't have to wait for a life-or-death situation to clean up the relationships that matter to you," she says. "Be There's no shame in taking care of your mental health When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society that's uncomfortable with emotions. As he says: "Being honest about how we feel doesn't make us weak — it makes us human." Want kids to learn well? Feed them well What can we expect our kids to learn if they're hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former White House Chef and food policymaker Sam Kass discusses the role schools can play in nourishing students' bodies in addition to their minds. © fleex 2019 Politique de confidentialité CGU FAQ Jobs Apprendre l'anglais avec les films Apprendre l'anglais avec les séries Grammaire Blog	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1248
__label__cc	0.711839	0.288161	The Future of Scams Targeting the Cloud By Lewis Robinson Tuesday March 14, 2017 2016 saw a huge increase in phishing (which continued to be the #1 attack vector for the year). This is nothing new, but what is new is the target: cloud storage. These days, phishers are moving away from financial organizations; instead, they increasingly started going after storage platforms like DropBox and Google (Vijayan), according to an extensive report from notable security vendor, PhishLabs. What's Driving this Change? One of the most common theories as to the rise in cloud storage attacks is that more and more websites are moving away from using usernames and gravitating towards utilizing the user's email address instead. This has essentially simplified a phisher's work, because now they can "mass-harvest" the credentials they need for their scams from a single site; before, they had to individually target email providers, which didn't stop phishing, but it made it more difficult. It Gets Worse... The proliferation of email usernames has also inspired phishers to attempt more password reuse attacks. Users should make a special effort to protect themselves. The democratic (some would say "anarchistic") nature of the internet has allowed a thriving cottage industry for spoofing forms, which allow phishers to emulate the websites of many top companies. In this piece from Dark Reading, security researcher Crane Hassold said that we've now created the "ideal conditions" for password and data harvesting. How Much has Phishing Changed in Recent Years? In the year 2013, only about 10% of phishing focused on cloud storage, compared to nearly 25% in 2016. That means that roughly the same percentage of attacks were leveled at financial institutions as were directed at cloud storage. Following current trends, it's projected that in 2017, phishing attacks on cloud storage may even overtake the number of attacks on banks and other financial institutions. What Does this Mean for Users? Most likely, this will mean a notable uptick in phishing emails in your inbox (or hopefully, your spam folder). In keeping with the tradition of phishing emails, they will try to get you to give them your cloud storage information, including your email address and password. It goes without saying that you should never provide this information to a source you're not 100% sure of. If you're interested in learning more about the threat, we really enjoyed Security Intelligence's article on the subject. An Example of a Common Phishing Ploy While phishing tactics vary, a common attempt to steal cloud storage access is to send a user an email claiming that a friend has shared a picture or file with them. The email then directs them to provide their Google, DropBox, or less frequently, OneDrive account information. Staying Safe: Moving Forward There are many methods you can use to protect your information, or your business's from phishing attacks. A few of the most popular and effective methods that could be implemented include Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), more advanced spam filtering, and differing passwords for various accounts. While we haven't the time or space to thoroughly delve into preventative measures, luckily a writer for ComputerWorld compiled a fairly-complete, handy list of things you can do. Phishing isn't going anywhere. Methods are continually evolving, working to beat new systems and security measures. Protecting yourself online is no easy feat, so we wish you the best of luck. With the right knowledge and defense strategy, you can protect your identity, your secure information, and your money. SMS Phishing Security Threats Lewis is a business consultant specializing in CRM and sales. He's begun multiple corporations and currently freelances as a writer and personal consultant. 2018 Is The Year AI Redefines Data Science Get an Edge Over Your Competition with These 5 Tips How Big Data Can Help With Website Development PHP Security: SQL Injection (Part 3) PHP Security: Validation and Input Filtering (Part 1) Stealing from Home Forget Old Passwords, Biometric Passwords Are the Future How to Save and Protect Passwords On Your Computer WannaCry Tops List of Malware Instances at 3500 Machines per Hour Have You Made A Decision to Adopt Multi-Cloud Environment? Then, Learn Its Security. 4 Major Tips to Enhance Existing Business Network Perimeter Security	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1254
__label__cc	0.729156	0.270844	Jack Salamander Freaky, funny, funky mind-bending music direct from Chicago. Among other things Jack is the World's Greatest Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band Tribute Band. “I'm walking down 18th Street in the Bottom on a Saturday and I see this big guy in a tux with a lime green tie and green suede shoes standing on top of a Jeep, wailing on a guitar. After some staring and eye contact, he points to the door of the Cobblestone Brewery and tells me to go in, so I do. The rest of the night was an experience I won't forget. The big guy, Lem Roby, is one hell of a guitar player and showman. He walked around the bar talking to people while he played, strolled into the pool room, grabbed a cue stick, and played some of the best slide I've heard in a while. His band, Jack Salamander, covered everything from John Lee Hooker to Zappa.” –Richmond Music Journal The live shows have been called: “Tasteful and tight, filled with the magical experience of the unexpected.” “Our kids had as much fun as we did!” FOR BOOKING CALL 224 730-9446 The Return of the Dark Side SO excited to reprise The Dark Side of the Moon May 12th. Rehearsals have been amazing, and new technical heights have been achieved! See you all there. Jack On The Range Saturday, April 6 @ 8:00PM Sat, Apr 6 @ 8:00PM Ranger Studios and Sound, 450 Dominic Court, Franklin Park, IL 60131 Jack is Back! Live at Ranger Sound and Studios. We'll be recording audio and video as well as live streaming on facebook. BYOB and come help us be ourselves this time! Jack Salamander's Dark Side Of The Moon CAU and Ranger Studios and Sound present Mind Bending Lunar Excursion Music! Come to this fantastic new venue and see Jack transform themselves into Pink Frog! Hear The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety and all your favorite JackHits as well! BYOB, so YOU can be assured your favorite drink will be in stock! No marked-up bar prices! All Ages, so no babysitter excuses! Streaming live on Facebook, so no "I live too far away" excuses! 10 bucks cover, cheap, cheap! Friday, July 29, 2016 @ 9:00PM Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 9:00PM Underground Lounge, 952 W. Newport, Chicago, IL The first emergence from the studio of 2016! Jack will be melting faces. !0 buck cover, totes worth it.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1256
__label__cc	0.50182	0.49818	Malaysian trans rights activists fight back against the state – Archer May 11, 2015 May 26, 2016 / jarniblakkarly Photo of Thilaga, taken by Jarni Blakkarly. On Friday 7 November last year after a long legal battle, three Malaysian trans women secured a historic victory as a Federal Appeals court ruled that a state Islamic law criminalising trans-women is unconstitutional. Malaysia has a two-track legal system with separate Islamic laws on civil matters only decided by the conservative religious ministry which apply only to the Muslim population. The Federal Appeals court ruled that the Islamic law in the southern state of Negri Sembilan under which ‘a man dressing as woman’ could be punishable by up to three years imprisonment, breached the constitution. Despite many discriminatory laws still in place across the country and with the government set to launch its own challenge to ruling, activists have celebrated the ruling as a legal precedent. Archer caught up with Thilaga, who wanted to only go by one name, from the grassroots trans-rights organisation Justice for Sisters who organised the case. Full Article – http://archermagazine.com.au/2015/04/malaysian-trans-rights-activists-fight-back-against-the-state/ Here Comes Omar Musa – Peril →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1259
__label__wiki	0.919186	0.919186	No Indication That Any World Cup Matches Won’t Go Ahead: ICC CEO By WebDesk On Feb 20, 2019 New Delhi: The International Cricket Council does not foresee any change in the schedule for the upcoming World Cup, despite speculation surrounding the India-Pakistan clash at the mega-event starting on 30 May. In the wake of a suicide attack in Pulwama, former India player and 2011 World Cup winner Harbhajan Singh wanted the Indian team to call off its World Cup 2019 runner against Pakistan, scheduled to be played in Manchester on 16 June. But ICC Chief Exexutive Dave Richardson, when quizzed about the same by news agency PTI on Tuesday, 19 February, made it clear that the world governing body has no indication as of now of the match being cancelled. “Our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by this terrible incident, and we will be monitoring the situation with our Members,” said Richardson, offering his condolences on the ghastly attack on 14 February which martyred 40 CRPF jawans. The former South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman added that sport has the power to unite communities. Men who matter in the BCCI, too, have told PTI that not playing Pakistan in the World Cup is a “long shot” as of now. “Harbhajan had shared his point of view but he didn’t clarify what happens if we are again pitted against them in semi-final or suppose final. Does that mean that we will be forfeiting World Cup semi-final or final? So we are all talking about hypothetical situations,” said a senior BCCI official. “For the record, India played Pakistan in a World Cup game in England in 1999 edition when Kargil War was at its peak,” the official added. On Monday, 18 February, Harbhajan told a news channel: “India should not play Pakistan in the World Cup. India are powerful enough to win the World Cup without having to play Pakistan.” Several affiliated units of the BCCI – the Cricker Club of India, the Punjab Cricket Association, the Rajasthan Cricket Association and the Karnataka State Cricket Association – have also removed pictures and portraits of Pakistani crick ‘If Dhoni doesn’t quit, he may not be automatic pick in team’ England win their first-ever World Cup after beating New Zealand in nerve-wrecking… Kohli unhappy with World Cup format after semi final loss India-New Zealand semifinal pushed to reserve day	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1269
__label__cc	0.57458	0.42542	EDUCATUS Hillingdon, West London Outer London MPS/UPS NHGEPHILLSEPT Schools, Secondary teaching, Geography Geography Teacher Wanted: Exciting opportunity had arisen at a fantastic school in Hillingdon, West London for September 2019. They are looking for an inspiring Geography Teacher, can you help? Experienced or NQTs are welcome at this truly inspiring school in Hillingdon, West London. Inspirational School looking to become World Class, why not join them! If you’re an Geography Teacher looking to work in a wonderful school, with excellent support and professional development opportunities, this is the school for you. Get in touch today, before it’s too late. @ Geography Teacher Needed @ Permanent Post, September 2019 @ Main/ Upper Pay Scale (£28,000 - £44,000) @ Experienced & NQTs Welcome @ NQTs Paid from July 2019 @ State of Art Facilities & Resources @ Inspiring School, outstanding Leadership @ Great Location in Hillingdon, West London Are you a passionate Geography Teacher looking for an exciting challenge from September 2019? Would you like to work in a School, that has inspirational leadership and some of the best results in Hillingdon? Maybe you’d like to work in a school that has students with impeccable behaviour, and those who are keen to learn? Well, this Hillingdon Secondary School could be just what you’ve been looking for. THE SCHOOL: Located in Hillingdon, West London an easily commutable area, this large, thriving secondary school & Sixth form is well known. Last year they gained fantastic GCSE results putting them in the top 5% of schools in West London. Geography is an ever-popular subject at this school, hence the need for additional member of staff. With top of the range resources, this is one of the best schools to teach Geography, so don’t miss out on a fabulous opportunity. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR: From September, this Hillingdon School is looking for an additional Geography Teacher for their expanding department. Ideally, you’ll be outstanding, creative, and have a talent for innovation. With KS5 teaching also on offer, you’ll need to be confident in your abilities, set high standards, and come with excellent communication skills. THEY CAN OFFER: For an experienced Geography Teacher looking for something extra, this school can potentially offer a pastoral leadership role, which would come with a TLR, and additional leadership PPA time. For an Geography NQT, this school has an outstanding mentor/ induction programme, which will have you up and running with minimal fuss. The school also has one of the best CPD programmes, and an amazing support network. Visits to the school are welcome, but with the closing date soon approaching, if you’d like to work at this amazing Hillingdon school, we’ urge you to get in touch as soon as possible. If you’re an Geography teacher looking to work in an innovative, vibrant Hillingdon School, starting September 2019, email a CV & Covering letter to Nigel Horne at Educatus Recruitment ASAP. CAREER TEACHERS Hounslow (City/Town), London (Greater) CLARUS EDUCATION Secondary teaching jobs in London (West) Geography jobs in London (West) Schools jobs in London (West)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1273
__label__cc	0.700708	0.299292	June 7, 2019 / 5:30 PM / a month ago Russia's economy minister: "wrong" for c.bank to own commercial banks ST PETERSBURG, June 7 (Reuters) - Russian Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin said on Friday he believed the central bank should not control commercial banks, and supported more competition and private capital in the sector. “I believe that the central bank should not own commercial banks. One organisation cannot regulate, supervise and also own assets - that’s wrong,” the minister said. “It appears our central bank is the biggest proponent of increasing the government’s role in the economy. We believe the banking sphere is one where there should be more competition and more private capital,” Oreshkin said, speaking on the sidelines of the St Petersburg economic forum. (Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; Writing by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1276
__label__wiki	0.960429	0.960429	DU Cut-Off Almost 22,000 students shift from private to Ahmedabad Municipal Schools in five yearshttps://indianexpress.com/article/education/almost-22000-students-shift-from-private-to-ahmedabad-municipal-schools-in-five-years-5265517/ Almost 22,000 students shift from private to Ahmedabad Municipal Schools in five years This shift, board authorities claimed, had picked up after it opened English-medium schools. However, overall enrollment in municipal schools shows a continuous drop in the same period. Written by RITU SHARMA \| Ahmedabad \| Updated: July 19, 2018 9:22:29 am More than 21,000 students have in fact shifted from private schools to the AMC School Board-run municipal schools in the last five years, many because they could not afford the fees or for falling education standards. (representational photo) Twelve-year-old Zaid Mansuri has stopped going to Vishwa Bharti Bal Vidyalaya, a private school near his house. The Class VI student now goes to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run Shahpur Gujarati School number 11. When his grades showed no improvement after five years in the private school, his father Hasanbhai decided to transfer him to the municipal school in which he had studied almost five decades ago. “Zaid’s results were poor in Class V, that too in Gujarati medium. The principal told me they had done their best. What is the point in paying Rs 590 a month plus Rs 700 in two instalments every six months?” said Hasanbhai, 60, who runs a small grocery shop in Mirzapur. Hasanbhai’s sister also got her son shifted from a private school to this municipal school in Class VII. Contending that municipal schools were better than private ones, Hasanbhai said, “Till Class VII, I was in a municipal school and I never failed. Then I switched to a private school as the municipal school was only till Class VII, and I failed.” He had failed to clear a subject twice in Class XII. Hasanbhai said that others too had shifted their wards from Class III of Vishwa Bharti Bal Vidyalaya because they could not afford the fees. “Municipal schools are better now. There were no computers and internet then,” he added. More than 21,000 students have in fact shifted from private schools to the AMC School Board-run municipal schools in the last five years, many because they could not afford the fees or for falling education standards. This shift, board authorities claimed, had picked up after it opened English-medium schools. However, overall enrollment in municipal schools shows a continuous drop in the same period. AMC School Board Administrative Officer L D Desai attributed the shift — witnessed across schools, zones and gender — to multi-pronged efforts to improve the quality of education at municipal schools and its image among parents. “We have improved school infrastructure from constructing new buildings, renovating old ones, installing computers and smart learning projects. Innumerable meetings were held with parents so that they start believing in our schools again,” said Desai. Imran Khalifa, another alumnus of a municipal school and a barber shop worker, has shifted his seven-year-old daughter to Danilimda English Municipal School in Class II, which opened in 2014. “When I was studying in the same municipal school, there was no English medium. But my daughter now studies in English medium. These schools are better now,” said Khalifa, a Class VII dropout. Others have also cited cases where private schools make it compulsory for children to take tuitions after school hours and go on trips they cannot afford. “In addition to a monthly fee of Rs 300 for one child, the school forced my ward to take tuition for Rs 200. We took the tuition but it failed to improve results,” said Dilshad Ansari, mother of three who runs a small kitchen in her house in Vatva area. She withdrew two of her children, Saniabano and Mohammad, both in Class VII, from Nandish Primary School, a private school nearby, after six years. Principal of Nandish Primary School Smitaben Shah refuted the allegations. “I do not know who and how many have left my school based on these complaints,” she said. Sharing the figures of children who had migrated from private schools to Isanpur Municipal School, its principal Veerabhai Patelia said this trend became more evident since 2014-15. “This year, nearly 50 such students got admission from Class II to VIII, 25 each in our two schools running in morning and afternoon shifts. In the last two years, nearly 40 students each year registered similar admissions,” said Patelia. The school offers only Gujarati medium in both shifts. Asked if the Gujarat Self Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Act 2017 had helped boost this shift, Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said, “It is not fee regulation but better infrastructure and quality of education at our municipal schools. The results of an effort in the social sector like education are not instantly evident, but takes years. So our continuous efforts of all these years have started showing positive results.” AMC-run English-medium schools offering nursery and KG were started in 2013, with the first school coming up in Shahpur. The numbers rose to 4, 5 and 8 in 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. Seven-year-old Nirav Bharwad shifted from Balkrishna Vidyalaya to Saraspur Municipal School number 26 in Class II. Four other children were also transferred from this school to the same municipal school. “He hardly learned anything in the private school despite the fees of Rs 300-350 a month. We know education at municipal schools is good since my other two sons have completed Class V and VIII from the same municipal school,” said Nirav’s mother Saritaben Bharwad, whose husband works at a printing press. Anant Upadhyay, spokesperson and a senior teacher at Balkrishna Vidyalaya, a higher secondary grant-in-aid school, said, “We do not have vacancies across classes. I do not know any student from our school who has shifted to municipal schools.” However, replying to more questions, he cited income of parents as a reason. “Since people with low income live here, at times they fail to afford the fee. This is the only reason they leave,” he said. 1 Now, Punjabi too brought under ‘Parho Punjab’ project 2 Punjab govt to increase enrollment for students opting for science by 20% 3 Jio Institute projects Rs 100 crore revenue from student fee in first year	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1280
__label__wiki	0.979617	0.979617	In Madhya Pradesh’s theatre of farm rage, BJP puts its money on crop insurancehttps://indianexpress.com/article/india/in-madhya-pradeshs-theatre-of-farm-rage-bjp-puts-its-money-on-crop-insurance-assembly-elections-5402046/ In Madhya Pradesh’s theatre of farm rage, BJP puts its money on crop insurance Apart from the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the BJP is also counting on the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY), to neutralise rural anger ahead of the elections. Written by Ravish Tiwari \| Dewas, Ujjain \| Updated: October 15, 2018 9:49:55 am BJP will make Maharashtra Congress-mukt, says party state chief Chandrakant Patil Sabka saath DMK, BJP spar over alleged imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu There were protests by the Congress after five farmers were killed in police firing in MP’s Mandsaur in 2017. (Express Achive) After the violent protests of June 2017 and unremunerative prices for most crops in the last one and a half years, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has one trump card — a Rs 5,000 crore-plus insurance payout under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) — that could still tilt farm votes in the ruling BJP’s favour in the November 28 Assembly elections. In conversations with farmers in the Ichhawar, Sehore, Sarangpur, Kalapipal, Bagli, Hatpipliya, Nagda-Khachrod, Ghatiya and Alot Assembly segments — spread across Sehore, Rajgarh, Dewas, Ujjain and Ratlam in the state’s Malwa region — the slump in crop prices, especially those of soyabean and garlic, emerge as a major issue. These areas witnessed powerful farm unrest, and led to deaths in police firing in Mandsaur last June. READ \| Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Rs 30,000 crore reached farmers in one year What is interesting, though, is the vocal support for the BJP from farmers who have benefitted from the PMFBY. For the 2017 kharif season that followed the agitations, the total claims paid to farmers across the country under the Centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme amounted to Rs 15,181 crore, over a third of which — Rs 5,081.86 crore — was paid out in Madhya Pradesh. With 16.37 lakh beneficiaries, it translates into an average payment of Rs 31,036 per farmer. That the “Mandsaur effect” may have had a part to play is suggested by the figures for the previous (2016) kharif season. That season saw total PMFBY claims of Rs 10,424.80 crore being paid, with MP’s share being just Rs 1,839.45 crore or 17.6 per cent of the all-India total. Only 11.05 lakh farmers in the state benefitted, each of whom received a mere Rs 16,642 on average. READ \| Ahead of Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, Amit Shah gives call for winning more than 200 seats Narayan Patel, who is in his early fifties and whose large joint family together cultivates about 200 acres, said, “Together, we got Rs 32 lakh from PMFBY as compensation for the crop damage that happened last year.” Patel belongs to the Gujjar community, and is a resident of Satvas village in Bagli Assembly constituency. He proudly shows a text message from the bank that has credited Rs 5 lakh of the insurance money into his account. Patel was among the farmers who attended a rally that BJP president Amit Shah addressed at Jaora, close to Mandsaur town, earlier this month. Apart from the PMFBY, the BJP is also counting on the Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY) — a scheme in which the state government pays farmers the difference between the official minimum support price (MSP) and the average market rate for the quantity of crop sold by them — to neutralise rural anger ahead of the elections. Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Tufan Singh, a Rajput farmer who has just sold his soyabean crop at the Pachore whole grain market in Rajgarh district for Rs 2,900 per quintal, declared his support for the BJP, citing the BBY. He is confident that the price shortfall payment of Rs 500 per quintal — over the Rs 3,399 MSP for soyabean declared by the Centre — will be credited to his bank account very soon. But there are also those that haven’t benefited from schemes like the PMFBY and BBY, and are impatient for change after 15 years of BJP rule. “I have decided to vote Congress this time,” said Rajkumar, who is in his mid-30s, and also belongs to the Rajput community. Standing around him at the Pachore mandi in Sarangpur Assembly constituency, several other farmers nodded their heads in agreement. “Look at the price of garlic. It doesn’t cover our production costs, even after accounting for Bhavantar payment,” said 50-year-old Funda Singh from Rajakhedi, a village in Ratlam district’s Jaora tehsil that comes under the Alot Assembly constituency. “It is a pittance,” the farmer said, displaying the receipt he received from the trader for the garlic he sold to raise cash before sowing his wheat crop. He, too, said he would vote Congress. “They are making it seem as though PMFBY is a favour to us. But the money is, after all, coming from the farmers’ premium, and is being paid by the insurance company. What does the government have to do with it?” said Mann Singh, a Gujjar from Barkheda village, who too, is inclined to vote Congress this time. Digging deeper, it emerges that 147 out of the 217 farmers in his village in Sehore district received the crop insurance payout from 2017; and he is among the 70 who did not. At Sodhan village in Ghatiya Assembly segment of Ujjain, a group of angry farmers were venting their anger against the BJP. Their grouse is about prices, but it turns out that they have also not benefited from the PMFBY. “When the Congress was in power at the Centre, we got up to Rs 5,000 per quintal for our soyabean. Now, even Rs 3,400 after Bhavantar is being projected as a big achievement,” said Prakash Patidar, sitting along with Mann Singh. Their Assembly seat of Nagda-Khachrod is part of the Ujjain Lok Sabha constituency and district. But there are many farmers who have received PMFBY benefits as little as Rs 7,500, and are rooting for the ruling party. In a sense, the cushioning effect of PMFBY and BBY have somewhat weaned away farmers from going wholesale against the Chouhan government, which, until the June 2017 incidents, had cultivated a pro-rural image through assured MSP-based procurement of wheat, and investments in irrigation, electricity, road and mandi infrastructure. The one big source of uncertainty, though — and which could spell trouble for the BJP — is the delay in the announcement of the BBY scheme for the current kharif crop that is being marketed. The protein-rich oilseed crop, which has been planted on over 54 lakh hectares in MP (out of the all-India area of 108.4 lakh hectares), is now trading at Rs 2,800-3,000 per quintal in mandis across the state. Many farmers have already harvested and sold their produce, as they need money to buy seed, fertiliser, pesticide and other inputs for the about-to-be planted rabi wheat, chana, masur, onion and garlic crops. “We couldn’t have waited for the scheme to be announced. We are told that it will be announced after October 20 and we have sold in the hope that the payment will come,” said 62-year-old Gajraj Singh, echoing the sentiments of other farmers at the Pachore mandi. But given the already operational Model Code of Conduct, the launch of BBY’s new edition will require clearance from the Election Commission. In the event of that not happening, it could upset the calculations of both farmers and and the BJP. Shivraj Singh Chouhan 1 ‘Stand by accusations, will fight’: Five women journalists on MJ Akbar’s statement 2 How a Punjab farmer is showing the way in crop burning fight 3 #MeToo movement: MJ Akbar digs in heels, says allegations ‘fabricated’, threatens legal action	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1281
__label__wiki	0.922097	0.922097	Shekhar Gupta Shekhar Gupta was the Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express. He has to his credit some of the most significant newsbreaks in Indian journalism. He had joined the Indian Express as a cub reporter at its Chandigarh edition in 1977. Three years later, at just 23, The Indian Express sent him to India’s troubled north-east where he covered the then raging insurgencies and civil unrest. As a reporter, and then an editor, with India Today, Shekhar has always brought to readers in India a ringside view of contemporary history from Operation Bluestar to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the student uprising in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Gulf War from Baghdad, Jerusalem and Kuwait, the first “jihad” in Afghanistan and the many twists & turns in the troubled 1983-1993 decade in Sri Lanka’s Tamil North. Shekhar uncovered LTTE training camps in India, the truth behind the falsely implicated scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation in a spy scandal. And seven years before the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, he travelled across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Germany, the US and the UK, to report extensively on the threat from pan-national fundamentalism, including its links with Osama bin Laden. Shekhar’s weekly column called National Interest is one of the most credible and independent voices in the media. It is a touchstone for new ideas in politics, governance, society, business and sports. He also hosts an interview-based programme Walk the Talk on NDTV 24×7. A regular guest speaker at prestigious forums including the Asia Society, New York, National Defense College and Defense Services Staff College and the World Economic Forum in Davos and its India summits, Shekhar has authored Assam: A Valley Divided and India Redefines Its Role, published by the Oxford University Press and by the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London, where he is a member of the Council. Over the years he has engaged as one of the pre-eminent voices from India on issues ranging from domestic politics and society to security and international affairs. Shekhar is the recipient of several awards and honours, including the 1985 Inlaks award for young journalist of the year, G K Reddy Award for Journalism, the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Memorial Award for National Integration. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2009. Articles By Shekhar Gupta ‘Our essential qualifications have changed… but a reporter’s life is more fun than before’ Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta writes a farewell note to ‘The Indian Express’ newsroom Walk the talk with Piyush Mishra: I don’t call myself talented Shekhar Gupta talks to actor-writer-singer-composer Piyush Mishra about missed opportunities, Bhagat Singh, his journey to Mumbai and his songs. National Interest: 8,618 That’s the number of characters this farewell column has. Why I have inflicted this on you, dear reader. ‘Governance needs to be digitised. We cannot look at ministries, need a process that runs across ministries’ In this Walk the Talk, Tata Consultancy Services CEO Natarajan Chandrasekaran talks about re-imagining governance and why he believes in the concept of a unique identity. First Person Second Draft: 1 Assassination, Countless Murders The assassination of Indira Gandhi caught me on the wrongest foot possible: in transit from New York to New Delhi. First Person Second Draft: Since 1984 “Opium is quite enough, SHO saab bahadur, why are we wasting pistols, we don’t have that many and we keep needing them again.” The audacity of incompetence The first of this three-part series concluded yesterday, saying the rise of Bhindranwale and his death with Operation Blue Star was a phase of madness. Now, an argument for why we must never forget it. First Person, Second Draft: Once upon a bloody time There lived and died a man called Bhindranwale. National Interest: Talk less That’s what Modi should tell his ministers before they shoot their mouths off and damage his hard earned political capital. National Interest: 156-inch heart That’s what you need after a 56-inch chest delivers you a majority. Modi knows this as he takes a national stage and makes it global. Modi: Your time starts now He delivers first single-party majority in 30 years, shatters age-old assumptions. Writings on the wall: Before the secular dip, hold your nose A thug wanted for murder has joined the fight against communalism, a firebrand secular isn’t pleased they threw eggs at his rudraksh. Writings On The Wall: Taking the poor out of Poorvanchal Teaching is the sunrise industry in Uttar Pradesh — a better future its most wanted product. But Mulayam, trapped in a political time warp, doesn’t get this. His promise: I will raise the poverty line (so more of you can call yourself poor!) Writings on the wall: Huggies diapers in Vaishali, Muslim-Dalit IIT-JEE coalition Over nine years of good governance, exemplary law and order and record growth, Nitish Kumar pulled Bihar back from the brink. ‘God has assigned a job to every individual. (Yogis) jumping in to become popular and entering the political sphere… it pains me’ Yoga guru B K S Iyengar speaks on popularising yoga in the West and how he helped violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin regain his creative energy and nd why he thinks BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi “may do something good” Writings on the wall: The rich and the ostrich The vicious Badal family feud plays on, while the youngest political entrant, AAP, courts ghosts buried long ago. There’s an aeroplane on my roof The rest of the country has moved on but Punjab has become a prisoner of its boisterous old stereotype. ‘Not once did Modi say Amit Shah be made UP in-charge. Not once. Shah ka selection keval aur keval mera hai’ BJP president Rajnath Singh explains why they are so confident of returning to power, says Muslims have no reason to be scared of the party, and calls Modi an organisation man. Anticipating India A selection of the pieces from the book (HarperCollins Publishers India and Express Book Series) that foreshadowed the big changes. Writings on the wall: Navi Calcutta Mumbai is a tired city with chronic fatigue syndrome. And yet, there is also Padhayi Gali, a patch of sidewalk paved with four young men’s dreams of gold.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1282
__label__wiki	0.730117	0.730117	Andrew Yates/Reuters Boris plan to heal country isn’t ‘serious analysis’ either Boris Johnson’s columns for the Telegraph should not be taken as “serious, empirical, in-depth analysis of hard factual matters”. At least that was the newspaper’s defence when one of Johnson’s articles was referred to the press watchdog for inaccuracy. Johnson’s article on January 6 claimed that “of all the options suggested by pollsters” a no-deal Brexit was the one which was “by some margin preferred by the British public”. The Telegraph argued it was “clearly comically polemical”. But the watchdog, Ipso, ruled the article included “significant inaccuracy, because it misrepresented polling information” and the Telegraph should make a correction. Now bear in mind the lack of “serious, empirical, in-depth analysis” when you read Johnson’s Telegraph offering this week, in which he asserts that “only a proper Brexit can spare us from… toxic polarisation”. All the evidence points to this being highly unlikely. The much better way to heal the divisions in this country is to recognise that our best deal – for our peace, prosperity, power and people – is the one we’ve already got inside the EU, and to choose to stay. The most democratically legitimate way to do that is to put the decision to the people. Rather than acknowledging this, the former foreign secretary predicts “an outbreak of unity, and violent agreement on the way forward” among members of his own Conservative party if only we leave the EU. That’s despite this weekend several formerly proud Conservatives defecting to pro-European parties and even former Tory chancellor Ken Clarke reportedly considering leaving if Theresa May’s successor were a hardline Brexiter. Even among those Conservatives who don’t jump ship, the immediate aftermath of passing a Brexit deal will be more infighting. The first move will be a leadership contest, reports The Times. What’s more, the Tory Brextremists of the ERG will be incandescent when they see the scale of rule-taking involved in any deal, and will blame their colleagues who backed it just as much as they blame EU officials. Johnson insists that after Brexit the government will have “the time to focus on the real priorities of this country” such as tackling crime and housing shortages. The reality is that Brexit will still dominate everything. Leaving the EU is just stage one of Brexit. The big policy issues – our future trading relationship, security cooperation, immigration policy – will all need to be negotiated with the EU for years afterwards. Johnson also writes about a “great pent-up tide of cash waiting to flood into this country, as soon as we have got the thing done”. But which international businesses and investors will enthusiastically put their money in the UK when they still have no idea what our relationship with the giant single market on our doorstep will be? So that’s less money for “investing in our health service and our schools”, as Johnson promises. It’s important to point out that leaving with no deal – which one suspects is what Johnson means by doing Brexit “properly” – would be even worse. We’d still have to renegotiate our relationships with Europe and the rest of the world. But we’d be starting from scratch, having burned our previous arrangements. In the context of the economic chaos of a no-deal Brexit, there’s a high likelihood negotiations with the EU would be acrimonious. Meanwhile at home politicians would be blaming each other for the pain inflicted on the country. We’ve now been told by Johnson’s own paper not to take his analysis seriously. His plan for ending the toxicity of Brexit should be treated no differently. The way out of this mess is to put the decision back in the hands of the people. Demand a vote on the Brexit deal Tags: Boris Johnson, IPSO, no deal, Telegraph Categories: UK Politics Sensible Tories shouldn’t follow Rudd into Johnson’s cab... Rudd says no deal should be part of our “leverage”. That may keep her in Cabinet. Other Tories will have more leverage from backbenches. Grieve scores victory against no-deal, but more are needed Coalition of MPs required to block Johnson crashing out is building. But to be sure of success, Tory MPs will need to be much braver. 7 Responses to “Boris plan to heal country isn’t ‘serious analysis’ either” David Quinn says: Why does anyone listen to Boris Johnson any more? Surely his credibility is zero but why then does the Daily Telegraph still employ him ? William Lonergan says: Because the Daily Telegraph is the House Journal of the stupid wing of the Conservative Party. Is that why some people refer to the former foreign secretary as Bllx Johnson? Probably. And if you just say it most people don’t notice. Peter Van der Mark says: Funny how there still are people who take Johnson’s spouts seriously. The man has no understanding of the words “reality” and “truth”, probably finds them boring anyway and therefore has no inclination to ever live up to them. Sad to see the despair among brexiteers that the Telegraph expects to increase sales from publishing that rubbish. As a journalist, Boris’ articles are entertaining, colourful use of language, and not boring. I think Boris has an inner ‘angst’ of being thought of as ‘boring’. To spice up his articles a bit, he needs to throw in some outrageous analogies adding the odd vulgarity. Publishing boring writers’ and articles is not what newspapers are primarily in business for. However, such details come back to haunt you as a serious career politician. Accuracy is one of the first casualties. Boris is best suited to sticking with journalism where the damage he can do is serious, but not necessarily fatal. Alex is, of course, dead right. Newspapers are in the business of selling copy, and the more outrageous the headlines the better. Viz. the Sun’s headlines on any day of the week. (I seem to remember that a few years ago, there was a.suggestion that the Sun should be reclassified as a comic). This man is a proven fraud, liar and adulterer hiding behind a thin veneer of classical education that does nothing to hide his innate stupidity. Sadly, he’s not the only one in public life. 22nd April 2019 at 1:49 pm Neil McCart says: Confirmation, if it were needed, that Johnson is a liar.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1284
__label__cc	0.610223	0.389777	TumblingRun/Flickr Liam Fox’s US fantasies unravel faced with facts of life by Michael Emerson \| 26.10.2017 Michael Emerson is Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels. Liam Fox used to trumpet a comprehensive free trade agreement with the US. Now the trade secretary envisages only a services deal, according to the Financial Times. What’s going on? Has the hardline Brexiter discovered that a comprehensive free trade agreement is going to be more difficult that he thought? For sure he suffered the embarrassment of slipping on chlorinated chicken on his first mission to Washington. Maybe he wants to skip agriculture, given the formidable firepower of the US agri-food sector? But how will the US react to that? Ivan Rogers, Britain’s former ambassador to the EU, told MPs yesterday that Washington won’t agree to a trade deal without a big agricultural component because Congress cares more about agriculture than anything else. Is this novice in international trade beginning to learn the facts of life? The first thing he has seen is that there ain’t no special relationship with the US in this business. The prime minister discovered it in telephoning the Trump, complaining that the Boeing-driven punitive tariffs of over 200% being imposed against Bombardier threatened jobs in the wing factory that the Canadian company has in Northern Ireland. London muttered that this risked hurting Boeing’s business prospects in the UK. Response from Washington: zero, or get lost. The problem here is that the UK’s vague threat of counter measures lacked credibility. But then something else happened. Europe’s Airbus dashed in to save Bombardier by buying a controlling stake for one euro (sic, one euro!), announcing the plan to assemble the new Bombardier model at its US plant in Alabama. This neatly gets around or over the US punitive tariff. So the moral of the story is: the UK cannot save its jobs in Northern Ireland, but the EU can and actually is doing so. Airbus and Boeing are equal powers in aerospace. The US cannot punish Airbus like little Bombardier, without devastating counter-punishment for Boeing. Maybe Fox has not yet noticed that, while the EU does not have a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with the US, it does have a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) since 1999, which greatly reduces the costs of implementing divergent technical product standards. For those willing to get their minds round this arcane feature of trade rules, the MRA allows accredited conformity assessment bodies in the exporting country to certify conformity with the importing country’ standards, dispensing with the need for further certification in the importing country. This is really important. Non-tariff barriers are well understood to be more important between the EU and US than the low prevailing tariffs. So this MRA is already a good part of the way towards an FTA. Maybe Fox has been briefed on this, but does not speak of it since it is for him a politically inconvenient truth. The UK will not forge ahead of the EU here, but can only play catch-up. Good luck on services So Fox wants to focus on services. Good luck to him. On financial services, New York is savoring repatriation of part of its banking business as a response to London losing its full “passport” to the EU market. Next in importance is civil aviation, where the EU and US share an agreement. So here too the UK will not be forging ahead, only playing catch-up. Then there are the dozens of business services: consultants, lawyers, media, etc. The key point about liberalising these markets is that they rely upon freedom of movement of personnel – so much for controlling migration. Then there is the important area of open competition in public procurement, otherwise known on the other side of the Atlantic as the “Buy America Act”. Trump is not going to soften that for anyone. And now turn to the digital titans of Silicon Valley – Google, Microsoft et al. Only the EU competition department has had the guts and power to call them to account for their super-low tax bills in Europe and abuse of market power. The UK in this case has no hope of even playing catch-up on its own, and can only hope to hang on to the EU’s coat-tails. It is so often said that the EU’s weight in international trade is a big asset in the tough world of trade negotiations. So often, that the point seems to be overlooked. Today’s concrete realities show this to be a real asset that Fox wants to throw away. Why does he not go back to the job he knows: Dr Fox, the GP? Tags: Agriculture, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, free trade agreements, non-tariff barriers, Northern Ireland, services, Theresa May, Trade, USA Categories: Economy Dublin’s unicorn: no land border checks in no-deal Brexit Varadkar says there could be checks at ports on whole island of Ireland if UK crashes out. It’s not just Brexiters who believe in fantasy. If we Brexit, will UK appoint its ambassadors… or Trum... by David Hannay \| 09.07.2019 Attacks on Kim Darroch after leaks is latest sign of pressure heaped on civil servants thanks to Brexit. New PM must not stand for it. 6 Responses to “Liam Fox’s US fantasies unravel faced with facts of life” I’ve said it so often. All INFACTS information needs to be disseminated to the uninformed and ignorant rump who voted to leave. I am, and always have been, one of the converted so there’s no need to preach to the choir. Find some way of counterbalancing the nazi press. Ron Medlow says: Absolutely right. I have been thinking the same for some time. How do you reach the ill-informed in the large Leave areas? JG Irwin says: Perhaps one reason why Fox is backing away from a comprehensive US trade deal is related to the research his department has done on the prospects for such a deal. The findings at the end of the summer, not much talked about because Fox suppressed them, were, apparently, dismal. The gloomy outlook of his own department has been overshadowed by the well publicised demands to make public the Treasury studies. My guess is that as far as trade is concerned his department’s work is every bit as revealing. James Cook says: Could not agree more, Why do we not see any of this on main stream. media? Could it be government policy! I wonder! 1st November 2017 at 5:07 pm I think we need to be very careful about throwing in our lot with the Americans. The main dangers I see are that an agricultural deal with the US would see us lowering our food safety and enviromental standards, which are unquestionably lower than in the EU. We had a flavour of that with the chlorinated chicken rumble. Our farmers would be under commercial pressure to lower their standards in response as well. The other area is allowing US companies unregulated access into the medical services and products market. I would be very wary about undermining of the NHS by such companies. The problem is, we know Fox has a very close relationship with US politics and US business. 2nd November 2017 at 4:16 pm Adrian Webster says: Dear Michael – good piece. But I have to tell you that I would not trust the utterly appalling & contemptible Dr Fox with an ingrowing toenail (which come to think of it he himself is!).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1285
__label__wiki	0.610022	0.610022	Bakersfield Wastewater Treatment Plant #3 Magnolia Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Bonneville Fish Bypass P1-102 Activated Sludge Sacramento Regional Primary and Grit Handling Areas Rehabilitation Everglades Pump Stations G-404 and G-409 Everglades Pump Station G-337 Somerton Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Pleasant Grove Wastewater Treatment Plant Mauldin Road Wastewater Treatment Plant RM Clayton Headworks Improvement Project Bakersfield Wastewater Treatment Plant #3 - Bakersfield, Calif. The City of Bakersfield awarded Kiewit Pacific Co., a subsidiary of Kiewit Corporation, a $219 million project to upgrade the existing Bakersfield Wastewater Treatment Plant. The scope of work involves expanding the plant's capacity of 16 million gallons per day to 32 million gallons per day as well as to provide secondary and tertiary treatment processes, odor control systems, a new operations building and a new maintenance shop. To date, this project is the largest contract the City of Bakersfield has ever awarded and is expected to be completed in 30 months. The scope of work involves constructing a new headworks structure that includes mechanically cleaned bar screens, influent pumps and grit removal tanks. The team is also constructing a new activated sludge secondary treatment system, which consists of aeration basins, fine bubble air diffusers, aeration blowers, a blower building, secondary clarifiers, return activated sludge/waste activated sludge pump station and a plant process water pump station. In addition, crews are constructing upgrades to a two-million-gallons-per-day tertiary treatment system , which includes a rapid mixer, cloth media continuous backwash filter, chlorine contact tank, flocculation and disinfection chemical facilities, six new effluent disposal percolation basins, dissolved air flotation sludge thickeners. The overall project quantities include more than 1.5 million cubic yards of scraper excavation; 42,000 cubic yards of structural concrete; and 120,000 linear feet of aboveground and underground pipe ranging from one-half inch to 90 inches in diameter.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1304
__label__wiki	0.555646	0.555646	Another letter in the SMH What do you think about this, published today? Multimedia stance on monitoring minors I can understand why some parents want to police their children's Facebook activities (''Facebook could become adults-only in Australia'', July 22). But would they also think it's OK to open their snail mail? Same principle. http://www.smh.com.au/national/letters/why-stop-at-halftime--theres-a-buck-in-injuries-20110722-1hsxf.html#ixzz1Su7401ph Labels: Federal politics, Herald letters, Regulation Journo's link endemic police corruption to bikies - but not to prohibition The extraordinary lead story in today's Sydney Morning Herald details deep and ongoing leaks from key Victorian police in the pay of bikie gangs. The leaks have seriously compromised several high-level investigations. The central role of prohibited drugs is mentioned only tangentially towards the end of the story, which stays firmly within the usual media mindset of not connecting the rot to that proverbial elephant in the room, not questioning prohibition itself. The gangs have million of dollars at their disposal, most probably earned through drug dealing. In one attempted transaction alone the bikies reportedly tried to buy a $700,000 phone tapping device from the Middle East. The Herald reports: Senior bikie figures have also been given information about the contents of one of the most secret documents held by a police force - a joint state and federal law enforcement organised-crime target list. So it's clear that law enforcement in this country is rotten and a major source of the rot is illicit drugs. No matter how the authorities crack down on such corruption, the enforcers themselves remain vulnerable to the sweet allure of easy cash. While prohibitionists go on about the harms of drugs, the harms of prohibition are far greater - not least because it fosters an international drug distribution network which ensures unregulated drugs are easily available to anyone who wants them, including under-aged teens. Meanwhile the SMH continues its moronic verbatim reporting of some drug junk-science produced by Dr Wendy Swift from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. The study recycles the myth that cannabis is a gateway drug but the story contained no opposing or expert comment. I'll look further into this but it looks to me as if the study proved only that people who like drugs, like drugs. Nor does the story recognise that all the study subjects, under prohibition, appear to be able to get any drug they want... That would mean exiting the prohibition mindset. Result: The uncritical reader will have their belief in prohibition reinforced. It's brilliant propaganda (Yes I know I said it was moronic but that refers more to the idiots who reported and edited this tripe. The brilliance lies in the slick prohibitionist machine behind it and the ability of these researchers to produce results that guarantee more funding from a government which needs to justify its unjustifiable drug policies.) Labels: Drugs and prohibition, Junk science Near carbon-copy echo in the room? Just joking. Ian Verrender in the SMH today began his article on the carbon tax almost identically to my post from yesterday, writing: Brace yourselves for the onslaught of the ideologues. He presents some interesting points which confound climate-denier rhetoric. While deniers scream 'why should Australia go it alone?' Verrender points out that 32 other countries have similar schemes including all of Europe, which now wants to increase its 2050 carbon cuts to 95 percent and has started taxing all airlines that fly into Europe. He concludes his story: If you truly believe that the amount of crap we've pumped into the atmosphere during the past 200 years has had no impact on the environment, good luck getting the sand out of your ears when you finally extract your head... A price - whether through a carbon tax or a trading scheme - minimises the heavy hand of government. And there we have the ultimate irony. Both sides of Australian politics are committed to reducing carbon emissions. But in an odd twist, Labor is pushing for a market-based solution while the Coalition advocates government intervention. It's a funny old world. Carbon tax will put the cat among the pigeons Rupert Murdoch's screamers today - The Tele is totally negative (they could have said 'What the tax will do for the planet') and The Australian, which declared last year it would "destroy The Greens", affirms the end of Gillard's government. The lead headline actually read: "Gillard's clean energy crusade", 'crusade' implying an ideological folly. That's not news, it's propaganda. Brace yourself for a propaganda battle now Australia has a firm carbon price, modest though it is. I think the package and its compensations go a long way to making a nonsense of the naysayers' predictions of economic disaster. Opposition leader Tony Abbott unsurprisingly declared war on it, urging TV viewers to join him in a campaign to stop it becoming law before it is due to kick in next July. Personally I'm very happy about the $18,000 tax-free threshhold. It's a good progressive reform that helps every taxpayer but is of proportionately greater benefit to low income earners, unlike the Coalition version which always most-benefited the rich. It will also encourage people to get off welfare and into work as such a move will more likely offer an immediate increase in income. The commentariat this morning predictably split into their ideological niches but I liked this story from two scientists in the SMH. It concludes with the following paragraphs which I think put it all into perspective: Surprise surprise - Kings Cross residents like the nightlife As reported in the SMH today: The University of Western Sydney's City After Dark project found 88 per cent of residents in neighbourhoods such as Kings Cross and Darlinghurst said nightlife added to the appeal of their suburb, a view particularly strong among younger renters. Fortunately even Clover Moore seems to have got the message that the local temperance union are a minority who simply moved into the wrong suburb, and pandering to them is a vote loser. Her rhetoric has changed from talking about "shocking evidence" of alcohol fuelled mayhem to a more balanced approach of fostering a diverse night time economy. Let's hope. Now if I could only find a small bar where I could afford the drinks... Labels: Diversity, Local politics, The War on Kings Cross Journo's link endemic police corruption to bikies ... Surprise surprise - Kings Cross residents like the...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1306
__label__wiki	0.559473	0.559473	Home › News One Fat Joe, Wife Split Due To Cheating? Written by 99.3/105.7 KISS FM 1.13K reads After 17 years of marriage, Lorena Cartagena (pictured), Terror Squad front man Fat Joe‘s wife, is reportedly breaking up with her husband due to cheating, according to the YBF. SEE ALSO: Halle’s Stalker Sentenced To 386 Days In Jail The alleged cheating began almost a year ago, after Fat Joe, born Joseph Antonio Cartagena, dropped the hefty pounds that garnered his name. According to a source close to the couple, the weight loss supposedly emboldened the renewed MC to begin having an affair with a 26-year-old woman from Dubai. The YBF reports: We’re told Joe has allegedly been having a year long affair with a 26 year old woman from Dubai, who goes by the uber original name ‘Ms. Dubai.’ She resides in Miami–where Joe, Lorena, and their 5-year-old daughter live as well. And Joe has supposedly flown her to several places with him and even brought her out in public to parties and such. Lorena reportedly found out about the affair through text messages and pictures that were sent to her by a close friend. Fat Joe began his career in 1993, after releasing his debut album, “Represent.” While the South Bronx-born rapper would make five more albums, his 2004 collaboration with Terror Squad member Remy Ma for “Lean Back” would be his most popular hit. There’s no word yet as to when official divorce papers will be filed. Read the rest at the YBF. 10 Best Oscar Roundtable Moments Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club Shuts Down One Day After Reopening More By 99.3/105.7 KISS FM What’s Your Ethnicity?’: Kellyanne ‘Alternative Facts’ Conway Asks A Reporter When Questioned About Trump’s Racism Also On 99.3-105.7 Kiss FM: See Pictures From The Radio One Toy Drive Distribution	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1307
__label__wiki	0.532107	0.532107	Parametric Glacier Pavilion \| A Magnificent Urban Pavilion for a City By Land8: Landscape Architects Network on February 27, 2017 No Comments / 1154 views Article By Aybige Tek – A review of Parametric Glacier Pavilion, by Didzis Jaunzems Architecture, in the Dome Cathedral garden, Riga, Latvia. The Parametric Glacier Pavilion was a hypnotic architectural centerpiece inside a garden courtyard at Riga’s Dome Cathedral atrium this past fall. The 24-hour installation was part of a contemporary art forum called White Night. The pavilion was nestled within a square-shaped, traditional landscape. Parametric Glacier Pavilion The Cathedral Garden The atrium floor is divided into four sections of grass and pathways in the shape of a plus sign. The traditional design of the garden is surrounded by a grass pathway that follows the circumference of the building’s edges. Orange annual and perennial flowers, purple matsumoto flowers, and green leaves brings an element of color to the space. There are only a few trees; however, they are tall and old. This space is only a short walk away from Riga’s waterfront. Parametric Glacier Pavilion. Photo credit: Uldis Lapins The Pavilion as Hypnotic Centerpiece The pavilion looked like an icy igloo, with the color white and transparency creating a hypnotic feeling. It was easy to play with it through light, color or sound. The structure took on a cylindrical form with load-bearing frames. Each cone was installed individually, with pieces on both sides of the wall. The cones were super thin and transparent. At the top of the cylinder, an X shaped structure held the wall in place. The overall effect was that of an ancient lantern. The pavilion stood 6.444 meters wide and 6 meters tall. The entrance had two sizes: 2.380 meters from the inside and 2.925 meters from the outside. The entrance was a small, intimate space that held only a few people at a time. Inside the structure, the diameter was 4.760 meters. The wall thickness was 54 centimeters. The parametric, computer-aided design of the exterior ice cones and the structure together are a blend of nature and manmade architecture. The designers found a way to prove that everything can co-exist without destroying each other’s individuality. Concept and Philosophy The pavilion functioned as a shelter, enclosure, exhibition area, concert area, and attraction point in the city, with a stunning view at night that served as a light source for the atrium. The geometric ornamental tower delivered fresh breath to the old traditional cathedral building complex and its garden. It produced a statement in its landscape design saying: “Opposite philosophies can live together in harmony.” The Parametric Glacier Pavilion brought architecture, science, sound, and light together in harmony. Night views were suitable for light games. By using only one tower as a center object in the garden, the designers makes us think about the natural vs. artificial — and how close they are to each other in reality. The Didzis Jaunzems architects said this: “Natural processes are recreated with computer-generated form, organic polymer materiality, interactive sound installation, and artificial light.” The computer-aided façade and structure design served as a bridge for connecting old traditional architecture and nature. The Parametric Glacier Pavilion brought in many visitors and succeeded in its attempt to show naturalness and artificiality in one structure inside a landscape design that was right in the center of a square focal point. People gathered around it and inside of it, enjoying the geometry, transparency, lights, and sound effects. The whole object looked like natural ice, but was totally artificial. Plexiglass material created the ice effect, and the other technologies enhanced the natural feelings of this art installation. At the end of the day, this artwork shows us how different disciplines can blend into each other in our daily life. What Activities Can a Temporary Pavilion Offer? Concerts, exhibitions, light games in the winter using transparency and reflection, seminars, and art workshops are some of the activities a temporary pavilion can offer. Community gathering is one of the main priorities of these projects, which designers and architects have started to build lately all around the world. Wallpaper Magazine has this to say about such spaces: “Providing meeting points and shelter, they are socially minded centers for activity, debate, and celebration – challenging people to integrate, interact, and approach their environment in a new way.” A New Trend There are a lot of public use pavilion projects being produced, and temporary structures are blooming as a new trend in landscape architecture around the globe. Examples include the Mirrored Sight Pavilion in China, the Gulliver on a rooftop in Prague, Urban Clippings (Mirror in the Sky) in China, and Eye_Beacon Pavilion in Amsterdam. How about you? Do you know of any such public pavilions in your city? Full Project Credits For Parametric Glacier Pavilion: Project Name: Parametric Glacier Pavilion Location: Dome Cathedral garden, Riga, Latvia Landscape Architect: DJA (Didzis Jaunzems Architecture) Light Installation: BANG! Load-Bearing Structure: RJK Builders: Hansa Film Services, FAD Photos: Uldis Lapins Completion: September 2016 Recommended Reading: Becoming an Urban Planner: A Guide to Careers in Planning and Urban Design by Michael Bayer Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature by Douglas Farrs eBooks by Landscape Architects Network Article by Aybige Tek Land8: Landscape Architects Network 8 Essential Tips to Make a Knockout Landscape Portfolio The Dark Art of Conceptual Design in Privately Funded Public Space 10 Ways to Keep People From Falling Asleep During Your Presentation Out of This World Bamboo at Arashiyama Bamboo Forest Utilize the Power of ArcGIS in Your Work to Create Informed Urban Designs Landscape Architecture Portfolio – 10 Things You Should Include How the Aberdeen City Gardens Blend Buildings and History with the Landscape Can Copenhagen Become The Best Cycling City in The World? Lighting Scheme Transforms Public Space	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1309
__label__wiki	0.901892	0.901892	Rep. David Schweikert is confident House ethics probe nearing end By KTAR.com PHOENIX – It’s been nearly a year since a House Ethics panel subcommittee launched an investigation into U.S. Rep. David Schweikert and his former chief of staff over possible misuse of funds. The committee has said a continued investigation wasn’t an indication that there had been any violation. Schweikert, who has a 2020 re-election campaign to run, isn’t troubled by the probe. “I think it’s going to turn out fine. We’re probably going to get fussed at, saying we should have caught the reimbursement problem,” Schweikert told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Chad Benson Show on Tuesday. The committee set the probe into motion June 28, 2018, assigning an investigative subcommittee to look into allegations that included the congressman had received illegal campaign contributions from then chief of staff Oliver Schwab and other staffers. Rep. David Schweikert not sweating Tipirneni's congressional challenge House expands ethics investigation into Arizona Rep. David Schweikert An April report from the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended further review of the claims, noting there was enough reason to “believe that Rep. Schweikert authorized expenditures from his (Members’ Representational Allowance) … that were not for permissible official expenses.” Schweikert has said an employer who had been fired made the accusations. Schwab resigned last July after seven years in his position. “No one took any money,” Schweikert said. “We can demonstrate that the stuff from the fired employee is crazy, but we did find an area where we were doing reimbursements the wrong way.” Schweikert estimated, “This will be over in probably another three months because things move incredibly slow (in Washington, D.C.),” noting the panel will read years’ worth of his personal text messages and emails as well his work communications. Three Democrats have announced their intentions to run for Schweikert’s District 6 seat – Dr. Hiral Tipirneni; Anita Malik, whom he defeated in 2018; and small-business owner Stephanie Rimmer. Follow @KTAR923 Check your body, save your life The difference between men and women when it comes to pain Comment guidelines: No name-calling, personal attacks, profanity, or insults. Please keep the conversation civil and help us moderate comments by reporting abuse.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1317
__label__wiki	0.608878	0.608878	The Financial & Risk business of Thomson Reuters is now Refinitiv All names and marks owned by Thomson Reuters, including "Thomson", "Reuters" and the Kinesis logo are used under license from Thomson Reuters and its affiliated companies. Visit Refinitiv.com Jeff Tjornehoj Jeff manages Lipper’s research efforts in the U.S. and Canada. His responsibilities include general industry knowledge, performance, flows, and methodology. He is a regular contributor to Lipper’s Fund Flows and Closed-End Funds reports and writes and presents Lipper’s quarterly performance review, with an emphasis on fixed income markets. He is widely quoted in the financial media, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, SmartMoney, CNBC, Ignites.com, and more. Jeff joined Lipper in 1997, serving as a fee and expense analyst and later a portfolio research specialist. For the past ten years, he’s been in the research department where he assumed his current role. Jeff has completed Level I of the CFA program and holds a BA in economics from Metropolitan State College. Jeff is also a member of the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee. Other recent articles by Jeff Tjornehoj: Ho-Hum Week for Flows Activity Hot Launches Thomson Reuters Lipper Weekly US Fund Flows Video Series— April 27, 2016 Oil, China Correlations Still High Quiet Week for Equities Doesn’t Stop Equity Fund Redemptions Lipper 2016 Q1 U.S. Fixed Income Mutual Fund Performance Review WebEx Replay Fund Insight Lipper Fund Flows: Best Showing In Months For Muni Bond Funds by Jeff Tjornehoj. For the fund-flows week ended November 11, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 165 points to settle at 17,702. Equity mutual fund investors made net redemptions of $1.7 billion for the week (of which $765 million was from large-cap funds), while equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw net inflows of $643 million; investors backed out of SPDR S&P 500 (SPY, -$1.5 billion) and made modest contributions to iShares Russell 2000 (IWM, +$1.6 billion) and iShares Core MSCI EAFE (EFA, +$1.3 billion). A sour market in bonds (a decline of 0.64% for the week) may have led bond mutual fund investors to redeem shares. Overall, taxable bond mutual funds saw net outflows of $875 million for the week, which was the first outflow after four previous weeks of inflow activity. With no end in sight to the asset bleeding, Lipper’s Loan Participation Funds classification (-$213 million) marked 16 weeks of outflows by retail investors. Like their equity counterparts, High Yield Funds suffered outflows (-$543 million) among mutual fund investors, but unlike equities also saw net outflows on the ETF side (-$1.3 billion). Overall, bond ETFs saw $2.8 billion of net outflows. The week’s biggest bond ETF net outflows belonged to SPDR Barclays High Yield (JNK, -$1.2 billion), while iShares Core US Aggregate Bond (AGG, +1.3 billion) led the net-inflows list. Municipal bond mutual fund investors added $229 million net to their accounts, and those funds now have had inflows for six straight weeks—for their best showing since March. Money market funds saw net inflows of $6.5 billion, of which institutional investors added $11.3 billion and retail investors cashed out $4.8 billion. Article Keywords Lipper Fund Flows Lipper Global Fund Flows Lipper US Fund Flows Fund Investors Remain Cautious in June, But Not APs For the second month in a row, investors were net purchasers of mutual fund assets, ... Domestic Equity Mutual Funds Revert to Their Losing Ways Domestic equity mutual funds suffered net outflows (-$2.6 billion) for the twenty-second ... Lipper U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Money Market Funds Drive this Week’s Net Inflows Lipper’s fund asset groups (including both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds) took ... Lipper U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Funds Take in Net New Money for the Fourth Straight Week Lipper’s fund asset groups (including both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds) had ...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1325
__label__cc	0.672478	0.327522	Mountain Men Children's Activities by Jaimie Zinski The tales of the original mountain men who called the rugged terrain of the United States home throughout portions of the 19th century are now stuff of legend. Teach children about this fascinating chapter of hunting, trapping and survival in America's history by planning enjoyable and educational games and activities. Animal Scavenger Hunt Teach children about the types of animals mountain men subsisted on by planning an animal scavenger hunt. Create a list of animals mountain men commonly consumed, processed or tanned, such as including bison, beaver, elk and deer. Escort the children to an animal preserve or zoo and hand each a list. Search the zoo for the animals on the list and instruct the kids to mark them off once discovered. Once an animal is found, discuss why it was vital to the mountain man's survival. For example, the mountain men used beaver pelts for clothing and trade. Elks provided meat and hide that the mountain men either used themselves or traded for other goods. Trapping and Trading Teach the children about the vital role trapping and trading played in a mountain man's life. Divide the kids into teams of two, three or four participants, depending on the group's size. Designate half the teams as “mountain men” and give them slips of paper featuring items often trapped and processed, including beaver pelts, elk meat or squirrel meat. Designate the remaining teams as representatives of trading companies, and provide them with slips of paper featuring objects mountain men needed to survive, such as “tools” and “weapons.” Instruct each team to acquire a certain number of pelt slips, meat slips, tool slips and weapons. Allow the kids to trade slips with one another until all have enough slips to survive the winter. Constructing Log Cabins Lead the children through the process of constructing the cabins mountain men required to survive the winter, only on a much smaller scale. Hide boxes filled with a wooden toy log cabin tips in the woods. Divide the children into teams and provide each a map into the woods. The map leads the kids to the toy log cabin kit, which they must build in a set amount of time, such as 30 minutes. The team that's able to find the log cabin kit and build it successfully are the winners. Campfire Tales Telling tales around the campfire is one of the ways mountain men entertained one another during cold winter nights. Encourage the kids to create their own tale of mountain men around the campfire. Instruct one child to begin the tale by giving the mountain man a name and back story. For instance, the mountain man's name is James and he moved from France to the United States to trap beavers. Instruct the next child to continue the story for one minute. The story continues until each child has added to the mountain man's tale. Ask one adult to complete the tale, and give the mountain man story a happy ending. Scouting Vermont: History of Mountain Men Utah Education Network: Mountain Men Measurement Rendezvous National Park Service: Mountain Men: Suggested Pre-Visit Activities Residing in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Jaimie Zinski has been writing since 2009. Specializing in pop culture, film and television, her work appears on Star Reviews and various other websites. Zinski is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in history at the University of Wisconsin. Creatas Images/Creatas/Getty Images How to Bake Frozen and Pre-Breaded Chicken Fun Activities for a Teen Lock-In Bible Games for Teens About Making Choices Easy Spring Activities & Games for Kids Kids Activities in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Catholic Catechism Curriculum for Preschoolers Halloween Mummy Activities Train Theme Activity & Games for Kids Indoor Activities for Children in Northeast Pennsylvania Christian Ice Breakers for Kids	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1327
__label__cc	0.669057	0.330943	East of West #15 East of West "THE GREAT BEAST" The son of Xiaolain and Death faces the Horsemen and becomes everything that the Message foretold. Apocalypse: Year One concludes with EAST OF WEST #15. Nick Dragotta Vol. 3: There Is No Us This is the world. It is not the one we wanted, but it is the one we deserved. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse roam the Earth, signaling the End Times for humanity, and our best hope for life, lies in DEATH. Seven To Eternity The God of Whispers has spread an omnipresent paranoia to every corner of the kingdom of Zhal; his spies hide in every hall spreading mistrust and fear. Adam Osidis, a dying knight from a disgraced house, must choose between joining a hopeless band of magic users in their desperat e bid to free their world of the evil God, or accepting his promise to give Adam everything his heart desires. Writer In the far distant future, the sun's premature expansion has irradiated Earth, sending humanity to the lowest depths of the seas, hidden within radiation-shielded cities, while probes scour the universe for inhabitable worlds to relocate to. After tens of thousands of years, a single probe returns, crashing on Earth's surface, a now-alien place no human has seen for many millennia. Frequent collab	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1333
__label__wiki	0.983649	0.983649	We'll figure it out: Ryan Reynolds on possibility of 'Deadpool 3' International By PTI Thu, May 17, 2018 Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds downplayed the chances of another 'Deadpool' movie, saying the team will cross that bridge when they come to it. The 41-year-old actor, who is awaiting the worldwide release of 'Deadpool 2', said currently he is not the frame of mind to think about a third installment to the film. "At this point, I don't even want to think about it. Down the road, I'm sure we'll figure it out," Reynolds said at the red carpet of the premier of the David Leitch directorial. He added, "There are talks about 'X-Force' film, which is not really 'Deadpool 3' but it's a group effort." Leitch gave an update the development of the 'X-Force' movie with screenwriter-producer Drew Goddard. "(Goddard's) a great writer and a great filmmaker and I think they're trying to take these characters and develop this universe," he said. 'Deadpool 2' co-writers Rhett Reese said he along with Paul Wernick intentionally wrote their script to accommodate more movies. "We took great pains to try to set it up in this movie at the end. So I think you'll have some nice combination of those characters that you see at the end of this movie forming X-Force," Reese said. 'Deadpool' creator comic artiste Rob Liefeld said the success of the new film will only lead to the expansion of the franchise. "The door is wide open: X-Force, more Deadpool, the fans are going to speak this weekend," Liefeld said. Meanwhile, Reynolds said he wants to work with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine in a 'Deadpool' film, an idea that he has been campaigning for quite some time now. He quipped, Jackman, who is overtly reluctant, needs to agree for the dream to become a reality. They appeared in 2009's critical flop, 'X-Men: Wolverine'. "Sadly, it's Hugh Jackman that's the skin-covered speed bump on the road to that sort of happiness," Reynolds said. Jackman's adamantium-clawed mutant is dead as per last year's 'Logan'. A film is possible if the story is set before the events of James Mangold-directed film. The film releases this Friday. Bollywood dance moves for Dhanush in Indo-French comedy Each Batman film is a different genre: Nolan Deadpool grooves on Celine Dion's ballad Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and other divas turn heads in Cannes Kristen against the Cannes 'no flats' policy Ananya Panday talks about the paparazzi culture What is the VB6 diet? Benefits of being an ovo lacto vegetarian	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1334
__label__cc	0.686622	0.313378	Celebrate Social Media Day With Mashable in New York City By Tania Kasongo 2012-06-12 09:37:36 UTC Mashable launched Social Media Day in 2010 as a way to recognize the digital revolution happening around the world. This is a global celebration of the technological advancements that have given rise to the connected generation. Come celebrate with Mashable and Motorola Mobility, our exclusive global sponsor, for our 3rd annual Social Media Day on June 30, 2012 in New York City. New York City’s event will be held at Canal Room, and we will have an awesome live performance from a soon to be named act. Stay tuned for this exciting announcement! This event is free, but due to the live act and limited capacity, please make sure to register and arrive promptly as this event will be first come, first served. Join the Mashable staff, Motorola Mobility and our NYC community for an afternoon of networking, dancing, food, drinks and gadgets! For updates and to find out what others are up to for Social Media Day, follow our @mashsmday Twitter account and like our Social Media Day Facebook page. Mashable is pleased that Social Media Day 2012 is presented by Motorola Mobility. Like Mashable, Motorola Mobility’s mission is to connect people around the world through innovative technologies and this is exactly what Social Media Day celebrates. We look forward to celebrating Social Media Day with you. NYC Social Media Day Details Date: Saturday, June 30, 2012 Time: 5 to 8 p.m. Location: Canal Room, 285 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 Hashtag: #smday Highlights from Social Media Day 2011 Social Media Day 2011 An awesome Social Media Day cake was made for #SMDay Cincinnati, the winners of our Most Social City contest. Photo by Christiaan Todd Photography. Detroit had more than 1,000 people attend their Social Media Day events held at Soundboard in the MotorCity Casino Hotel. Guests were treated to djs, prizes and speakers. Photo by Ese Esan of the Detroit Metromix and Detroit Free Press. Mashable Director of Communications Stacy Green and attendees at the Social Media Day celebration in Key West, Florida. Miami's Social Media Day celebration was hosted by SocialBuzzTV at Sugarcane Raw Bar and Grill. Mashable celebrated Social Media Day at Brooklyn Bowl, where many attendees took to the lanes. Photo by Stephanie Haberman. NYC Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne presented the city's proclamation declaring June 30 Social Media Day to Mashable Publisher Sharon Feder and Community Manager Meghan Peters. Photo by Stephanie Haberman. Tunisia's capital city held a large Social Media Day celebration at Barista's Cafe. Mashable staffers Kate Hayden, Louis Dorman, and Jennifer Van Grove celebrate Social Media Day with Mashable fans at House of Air. More than 100 people met up in Istanbul, Turkey for Social Media Day. The organizers said they even made frozen shot glasses with the #SMDay logo on them. Sao Paulo, Brazil had several Social Media Day Meetups, including one led by Anderson Criativo that had 1,000 attendees. "The most successful part was the engagement of our community," Criativo said. Social Media Day 2012 Is Presented By Motorola Mobility Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE:MMI) fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information, visit motorola.com/mobility. Topics: Events, Social Media, U.S.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1336
__label__cc	0.702829	0.297171	Product ID B5871 100 mg $689.10 Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor that displays anticancer chemotherapeutic and antiviral activity in vitro, in vivo, and in clinical settings; it is clinically used or in trials for treatment of glioma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), mantle cell lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. In glioma cells, bortezomib induces activation of caspase 3 and apoptosis; its inhibition of the proteasome stimulates angiogenesis through an increase in production of VEGF and HIF-1α. In colorectal cancer cells, bortezomib increased levels of ROS, inducing G2/M phase cell cycle arrest. Additionally, bortezomib induces neuropathy, potentially through increasing polymerized tubulin levels in neurons. In models of Rift Valley Fever Virus, bortezomib decreases viral load by suppressing nonstructural S-segment protein formation of nuclear filaments. C19H25BN4O4 [(1R)-3-Methyl-1-[[(2S)-3-phenyl-2-(pyrazine-2-carbonylamino)propanoyl] amino]butyl]boronic acid Velcade, PS-341 DMSO 77mg/mL White to off white powder B5871 MSDS PDF B5871 Info Sheet PDF Keck F, Amaya M, Kehn-Hall K, et al. Characterizing the effect of Bortezomib on Rift Valley Fever Virus multiplication. Antiviral Res. 2015 May 19. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 26001632. Bota DA, Alexandru D, Keir ST, et al. Proteasome inhibition with bortezomib induces cell death in GBM stem-like cells and temozolomide-resistant glioma cell lines, but stimulates GBM stem-like cells' VEGF production and angiogenesis. J Neurosurg. 2013 Dec;119(6):1415-23. PMID: 24093630. Staff NP, Podratz JL, Grassner L, et al. Bortezomib alters microtubule polymerization and axonal transport in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons. Neurotoxicology. 2013 Dec;39:124-31. PMID: 24035926. Du XL, Chen Q. Recent advancements of bortezomib in acute lymphocytic leukemia treatment. Acta Haematol. 2013;129(4):207-14. PMID: 23295437. Hong YS, Hong SW, Kim SM, et al. Bortezomib induces G2-M arrest in human colon cancer cells through ROS-inducible phosphorylation of ATM-CHK1. Int J Oncol. 2012 Jul;41(1):76-82. PMID: 22552540.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1339
__label__wiki	0.791174	0.791174	A few passing clouds, otherwise generally clear. Low 59F. Winds light and variable.. A few passing clouds, otherwise generally clear. Low 59F. Winds light and variable. Asotin County sheriff wants to add staff ASOTIN — New voter-approved gun laws in Washington have triggered concerns in Asotin County about lack of manpower to perform enhanced background checks on semiautomatic firearms. Photo: High fire danger Commissioners ‘optimistic’ about reviving rail line Juliaetta man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter Vandals not shy about their goals SPOKANE — For every Big-Sky-model-of-consistency Eastern Washington, there’s a 2018 UC Davis, or a 2017 Southern Utah. There are steady favorites, and ostensibly out-of-the-woodwork contenders that amass little hype, yet vie in the league (albeit, the Aggies will likely be top-tier for a whi… Thomas blowing in the wind at Tour de France’s latest race Goalie hits back at claim USWNT doesn’t welcome Christianity LEGION: Lewis-Clark Twins double up Medford This editorial was published by the Idaho State Journal of Pocatello. It’s fine with Republicans if Trump plays race card A rainbow flies on top of the Tacoma Dome Whether she knows it or not, Scott’s right By MARTY TRILLHAASE Elsewhere in this Sunday Opinion section, columnist Chuck Malloy quotes renegade state Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, attacking the legislative process, to the chagrin of a top lawmaker. Scott misfires much of the time. When she calls the process “corrupt,” and complains about committee chairmen abusing their power by killing bills they don’t like, Scott is playing fast and loose with the facts. But what has Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill steamed is Scott’s core indictment: Idaho lawmakers have been “bought-n-paid-for” by lobbyists and special interests. “Of all the things that were said, I think that is the one that is most irresponsible,” Hill said. “Those are harsh words to level against your colleagues, particularly when you realize these are people you need to work with to be successful.” So where would Scott get such an idea? How about Hill’s campaign finance reports, for starters. Madison County, which sends Hill to Boise, is one of the reddest — if not the reddest — counties in the United States.Last fall, Hill collected 83.6 percent of the vote against Democratic challenger Robert S. Nielsen. Hill also out raised and outspent Nielsen better than 10-to-1. Coming in and out of Hill’s campaign coffers last year was close to $65,000. He ended the year with nearly $43,000 in reserves. Poor Nielsen came up with a little more than $6,100 and had a cash balance of $436. Consider who provided Hill with all this cash. The list reads like a who’s who of corporate Idaho: Idaho Forest Group, CenturyLink, JR Simplot Co., Idaho Power, Micron Technology, Allstate Insurance, Monsanto, Farm Bureau, AT&T, Midas Gold, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Chevron, Pfizer, Hecla Mining, Molina Health Care, Agri-PAC, as well as the lobbies representing bankers, real estate brokers, truckers and car dealers. Not every lawmaker who faces no or only token opposition at home accepts these contributions. For instance, former Sen. Jeff Siddoway, R-Terreton, collected no money in his last four campaigns. Why would so many corporate interests cut checks to a guy who doesn’t need the money to get reelected? For one answer, consider how Hill spent that money. He spread at least half of it among nearly 40 fellow Republican lawmakers. Among those collecting the largest checks from Hill were Sens. Jim Guthrie, R-Inkom, Fred Martin, R-Boise, Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, C. Scott Grow, R-Eagle, Mary Souza, R-Coeur d’Alene and Dave Lent, R-Idaho Falls. Some of that makes sense. Martin won reelection in a squeaker. But others weren’t even close. Lodge got more than 77 percent of the vote. Grow came close to getting 70 percent. Some of the people who received help from Hill — among them Sens. Mark Harris, R-Soda Springs, Jim Patrick, R-Twin Falls, Bert Bracket, R-Rogerson, and Chuck Winder, R-Boise — ran unopposed in the November election. So what’s going on here? Corporate Idaho is buying access to one of the most powerful, if not the single most powerful, legislator in the state. It’s also helping Hill buttress support within his caucus, which he needs to hold onto his leadership post. But it doesn’t explain everything. For instance, why would Hill’s campaign account cut checks to members of the House — such as House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, or Reps. Caroline Troy, R-Genesee, Judy Boyle, R-Midvale, or Gary Collins, R-Nampa? Here’s one bet: No single source can contribute more than $1,000 in the primary election and then again in the general election to a legislative candidate. Providing gobs of money to a legislative leader such as Hill, who can then turn around and allocate it to like-minded Republicans, is one way to legally circumvent those spending limits. All of which goes a long way toward explaining how the Idaho Legislature works, Hill’s protestations to the contrary. Score this round for Scott. She may have been more right than she knew. — M.T. Brent Hill Heather Scott C. Scott Grow Robert S. Nielsen GRITMAN MEDICAL CENTER-CLASS CENTURY 21 PRICE RIGHT RAINBOW HOTEL CASINO/PEPPERMIL COLDWELL BANKER TOMLINSON ASSO TENDER CARE HOMES BLUE RIBBON LINEN CO INC RIVER CITIES REAL ESTATE SIMON AUDIOLOGY & TINNITUS	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1340
__label__wiki	0.670776	0.670776	University Administration The university administration is responsible for service, management, and coordination of certain central, overarching administrative areas at the university. The office of student affairs first at Linnaeus University to be LGBTQ certified News Per Brolin University director perbrolinlnuse Office of Student Affairs The Office of Student Affairs is responsible for central study counselling, admission, degrees, Ladok, Kursinfo, the Student Welfare Office and help for student with disabilit… Office of Human Resources The members of staff at the office of human resources are Linnaeus University's internal consultants within the human resources area. Our work is to contribute to efficient an… Office of Facilities Management and Services Office of External Relations The Office of External Relations provides expertise and support for external funding, innovation, cooperation with society and internationalisation. Get in touch with us! Linnaeus University receives criticism from the Swedish Higher Education Authority News IT Office The IT Office is part of the university's administrative organisation. We ensure that the university's IT services run smoothly and match the organisation's requirements. The ofice has a co-o… Finance Office The finance office manages the administration of financial processes within the university. We are responsible for the production of the university's financial statements and provide fin… Executive Office The primary task of the executive office is to offer service and support for decision-making to the senior management team and the university board. Communications Office The communications office has a supportive function at the university when it comes to establishing, developing, and strengthening internal and external relations – regionally, na… Christina Karlsson Communications officer christinakarlssonlnuse	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1341
__label__wiki	0.860223	0.860223	LopezAthletics.com Father Lopez Catholic Green Wave Athletics Home Fall Winter Spring Year-Round Camps & Clinics Photos Inside Athletics Booster Club More Cross Country Football Golf Swimming Volleyball Basketball Competition Cheer Soccer Weightlifting Baseball Beach Volleyball Lacrosse Softball Tennis Track & Field Weightlifting Cheerleading Competition Cheer Dance Team Administration Department Forms Employment Facilities Live Stream Social Media Sponsorships Ticket Office Varsity Letters Varsity Jacket Order Information Videos Alumni Calendar Contact Directions Get Alerts Event Volunteers Facility Calendars Athletic Staff Portal Girls JV Girls Varsity Competition Cheer Department Forms Varsity Letters Varsity Jacket Order Information Athletic Staff Portal Father Lopez Catholic Mission Statement 'The Father Lopez Catholic Athletic Department strives to provide the absolute best possible extracurricular experience for the 490 students that attend our institution. Through positive coaching, relationship building, detail orientated teamwork, and the dedication to a set of common goals, we strive to be successful on the field, in the classroom, and in our community each and every day.' Assistant Principal for Athletics: Scott Drabczyk CAA, M.Ed A thirteen year veteran to interscholastic athletic administration, Scott Drabczyk was named the Assistant Principal for Athletics, Facilities, and Student Services in July of 2018 after serving four years as the Director of Athletics for Father Lopez Catholic High School. Prior to arriving on the FLC campus he served as the Director of Athletics and Activities for Ocoee High School overseeing the 2,100 student Orange County school for four years. At Ocoee he oversaw 32 different sports programs which included over 700 student athletes and coaches which competed in the Metro Conference, one of the state of Florida's most competitive athletic divisions. Prior to his tenure at Ocoee, Drabczyk served as the Assistant Athletic Director, Head Golf Coach, and Assistant Baseball Coach at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando for four seasons. In addition to his duties at Father Lopez, Drabczyk served as the President of the Florida Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association in 2017-2018, and currently serves as the organizations Past-President and Chair of the Hall of Fame and Nominating Committees. His work extends to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association working as the committee chairman for the national Hall of Fame Committee, and is a part of the FHSAA Representative Assembly and Florida Athletic Director Advisory Committees. He serves on the national teaching faculty for the Leadership Training Institute 501 Course: "Athletic Administration: Philosophy, Leadership Organizations and Professional Development" as well as on the state of Florida teaching faculty for the LTI course 502 " Athletic Administration: Principles, Strategies and Methods." A 2005 graduate of Bethune-Cookman University, Drabczyk was a four year college athlete competing in golf. He earned his masters degree in Educational Leadership from Stetson University in 2011 as well as his CAA (Certified Athletic Administrator) certification from the NIAAA in 2010. Associate Director of Athletics: Gordon White Entering his 10th year at Father Lopez, Gordon White was named the Associate Director of Athletics at Father Lopez Catholic High School in the summer of 2018. White has served as the Assistant Boys & Girls Basketball Coach for the past ten seasons, as well as served as an instructor in the physical education department for the past four years. A 1999 graduate of Father Lopez Catholic, White played basketball for the green & white helping lead the Green Wave to the 1999 State Final Four. He is a 2014 graduate of Flagler College with a degree in Sports Management. White will oversee the day to day operations of the Father Lopez Catholic Athletic Department overseeing scheduling, compliance, finance and game day operations. Boys Varsity Cross Country (A) Saturday Aug 17 @ 7:00AM vs Ron Norris Time Trial/Fun Run Girls Varsity Cross Country Girls Varsity Swimming (H) Saturday Aug 17 @ 10:00AM vs Preseason Scrimmage Meet @ Father Lopez Catholic HS Boys Varsity Swimming Girls JV Volleyball (H) Tuesday Aug 20 @ 5:00PM vs Atlantic High School (H) Tuesday Aug 20 @ 6:00PM vs Atlantic HS Father Lopez Catholic High School 3918 Lpga Blvd The official website of Father Lopez Catholic High Father Lopez Athletics https://lopezathletics.com Get key announcements and game updates from the official Father Lopez Catholic High School athletic calendar!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1344
__label__wiki	0.740405	0.740405	Late-night terror treats at 37th Cambridge Film Festival Horror News October 8, 2017 PR monster The 37th Cambridge Film Festival, taking place 19th – 26th October 2017, has announced its full programme of 92 feature-length films, 127 shorts, with 18 UK premieres and 4 World premieres representing titles from 33 countries. http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk As ever Cambridge Film Festival 2017 presents a typically diverse and outstanding film programme and, for those who wish to venture into the weird, wonderful and downright strange world of cinema, another late-night, boundary-pushing selection of features and accompanying shorts at Arts Picturehouse cinema with the Lates @APH strand. Icelandic horror RIFT directed by Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen and starring Björn Stefánsson, Sigurður Þór Óskarsson, Guðmundur Ólafsson is the first late-night treat on Friday 20/10 (and again on Monday 23/10). After receiving a strange, distressed phone call from his ex-boyfriend, Einar. Gunnar drives up to the isolated cabin where Einar is holed up and they begin to dissect the remains of their broken relationship. Meanwhile, someone or something seems to be lurking outside the cabin, wanting to get in… Thoroddsen builds waves of queasy suspense to a spooky climax that redefines and refreshes the parameters of modern horror. The accompanying short The Distant Sea (Nic Wassell) is set on the east coast of England where a scientific researcher’s day takes on a sinister tone when two young girls take her on a journey to a strange house nearby, with an even stranger inhabitant. In TONIGHT SHE COMES (Matt Stuertz) a girl goes missing and two of her dumb friends plus a sinister set of strangers find themselves drawn to the cabin in the woods where she disappeared. They will laugh, they will drink, they will kiss, they will make love, and THEY MUST DIE. It all might sound reassuringly familiar (look out for a homage to one of Jason Voorhees’ best-loved kills) but prepare to be dazzled as the rednecks show hidden depths, the final girl is the first to die and jump scares are replaced by gleeful gore – complemented perfectly by a great Carpenter inspired score. Plus, fresh from FrightFest, Kate Herron’s comedy horror Smear peeks behind the curtain at a not-so-routine smear test. Your appointment is confirmed for Saturday 21/10. FASHIONISTA, directed by Simon Rumley, is set in the ‘weird’ capital of the world, Austin, Texas and stars Amanda Fuller, Ethan Embrie and Eric Balfour. April and Eric own a vintage clothing store and they’re happily in love – or so it seems. As things go awry with her relationship, April relies increasingly on her clothes as an emotional crutch. When she meets a handsome stranger in a random bar, her life starts to spiral out of control and she has to rely on her clothing fetish to maintain some kind of sanity. It screens on Sunday 22/10 along with short The Stylist (Jill Gevargizian the story of a lonely hairstylist with an unnerving desire to escape her disappointing reality. Tarantino fans will love WELL’s violent and quirky style from Hungarian director Attila Gigor. A man arrives at a gas station which squats on a freeway in the middle of nowhere, hoping to reconcile with his estranged father. Their reunion is interrupted when a Swiss pimp pulls up to the pumps, accompanied by three charismatic, brooding sex workers. Their van has broken down, and can’t be fixed any time soon. The dusty outskirts of Csákvár look great on 35mm, and the cramped gas station is the perfect backdrop for the trouble that’s brewing, as each character’s suppressed emotions and guilty secrets bubble to the surface. Tuesday 24/10. Manchester-set chiller HABIT (Simeon Halligan) stars Elliot James Langridge, Jessica Barden and William Ash. Michael divides his time between the job centre and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her ‘Uncle’ Ian, and a heavy night on the lash, lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlour. After witnessing the violent death of one of the ‘punts’, Michael experiences blood-drenched flashbacks and feels himself being sucked into a twilight world that he doesn’t understand but that is irresistibly attractive. When he eventually finds out what goes on in the room below Cloud 9, Michael’s life will never be the same again. Monday 23/10 THE FOREST OF LOST SOULS is an elegant, modern gothic fairytale of the grimmest kind. Ricardo, a grieving father, and Carolina, a cynical young woman, meet in a notorious Portuguese suicide forest, where a mutual fascination develops. Carolina lends Ricardo a pen and paper so that he can write a farewell note to his family, and explains that the forest is a regular haunt. But does she really visit the woods to contemplate suicide – or is she an angel of death, stalking lost souls? Writer-director José Pedro Lopes’ debut feature balances black-and-white comedy with a wolfish charm and menace and brings the Lates @ APH strand to a chilling close on Wednesday 25/10. Cambridge Film Festival, FASHIONISTA, news, Simeon Halligan About PR monster He literally eats, sleeps and excretes horror news. View all posts by PR monster → Horror Favourites – Thomas Jakobsen & Justin Monroe Freehold T-shirt and Poster Comp	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1346
__label__cc	0.554651	0.445349	Take Shelter (2011) Review Horror Film Reviews, Psychological November 25, 2011November 28, 2011 Deadite Thick black clouds begin to take shape in the Ohio sky. They burst and unleash a torrent of oily rain and drench a solitary man. It’s an eerie, tone-setting opening vision seen by Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon), superb in its quiet subtlety. Curtis works in the local sand mine and is married to Samantha (Jessica Chastain). Together they live with their hearing-impaired six-year-old daughter and the family dog. Their homely life soon becomes disrupted as Curtis is haunted by his disturbing visions; apocalyptic storm clouds gather, an oily rain comes and faceless assailants attack him and his child. After being savaged by the family dog in one particularly vivid dream, he finds the pain is very real for the remainder of the day. The visions increase and continue to plague Curtis, affecting his grip on reality. As his perception of sense and terror begin to blur, he questions if this deepening inner torment is a genuine warning of impending doom or something much closer to home. When he decides to build a storm shelter in the garden, Curtis struggles to keep his family together and his friends onside, willing to risk everything for survival. The only question remains; is he hiding from the storm or from himself? Take Shelter is a slow burner, understated in its execution, allowing Curtis time to develop his fears and anxiety. At its core the narrative is one man’s desire to protect his family, a parallel with Nichols who wrote the film at the beginning of the economic downturn having just become a husband and father himself. It’s the fear that something terrible is coming that drives Curtis. Jeff Nichols holds the film together, from his own script, with tight direction and arresting visuals. There’s a social realism that makes Curtis ordeal all the more terrifying as he is an everyman. The leads are fantastic. Shannon, finally with a role worthy of his talents, is outstanding as Curtis, none more so than the scene where he erupts at a community gathering. It’s a powerful scene that illustrates Shannon’s range, as he is sympathetic and aggressive at once. As Samantha, Chastain brings compassion and affection to a wife struggling with her husband’s ever increasing erratic behaviour. There is tenacity to the character that anchors Curtis through his ordeal. At 120 mins the film doesn’t feel as though it should end any sooner, the pace is gentle but never feels protracted. The final act is both heart breaking and heart-warming, to say any more would give it away. Take Shelter is an excellent indie and I can’t wait for Nichols’ next film. Jeff Nichols, Michael Shannon, Take Shelter (2011), Take Shelter (2011) Review About Deadite During the chaos in Army of Darkness, you may or may not remember one of the deadites sneaking off through the portal and into (our) present day...More View all posts by Deadite → Maniac Cop (1988) Review Dream House opens Today	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1347
__label__cc	0.60617	0.39383	ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) Comedy Horror, Horror Film Reviews, Zombies October 18, 2010October 20, 2010 zombie2 With an amazing and ridiculous name like Zombies of Mass Destruction you may be thinking ‘oh no not another zombie comedy’ but this brilliant and brutal hilarious horror has a serious satirical bite that takes a tasty chunk out of American paranoia and Islamophobia post 9/11. It is 2003 and as the Iraq war wages, much closer to home on the island of Port Gamble a microcosm of American prejudices and preconceptions is being played out by the people of the sheltered community. A fire and brimstone reverend preaches of the evils of homosexuality; a right wing politician campaigns against his hippie neighbour to become town mayor; Tom (Doug Fahl), a local boy returns to the island with his boyfriend to come out to his narrow-minded mother; and Frida (Janette Armand) and her Iranian refuge father struggle against the racism and stupidity of the locals who keep thinking they are anti-American Muslims from Iraq. But the folk of this small idyllic town are about to have a much bigger problem than fighting with each other as an invasion is coming, an invasion of flesh eating unstoppable undead zombies. As the streets slip into chaos and the locals lose control to fear and paranoia, it appears the only people who can save them all are the very people the town has already turned against. Replacing Islamic fundamental terrorists with zombies is a brilliant concept which lets the film work not only as intelligent exploration of U.S fear, racism, religion and politics during Bush’s reign in the White House but as a great horror comedy too which is genuinely both funny and scary. Braindead style zombie slap-stick – like the laugh out loud scene when Tom comes out to his mother who has already turned – is blended with some more serious and disturbing moments, such as when Frida is tortured by her hick neighbour who thinks the zombies are a terrorist plot she is involved in, all working wickedly well. Director Kevin Hamedani, who also co-wrote the script based on his own experiences as an Iranian American growing up in a small-minded suburb, balances the various elements perfectly. Delivering on all fronts with shocks, gore, laughs and some cutting insights into the American mentality. The cast of relative unknowns is excellent, especially the leads. And although the script delights in dealing with broad stereotypes the characters are all well fleshed out before they are devoured by the flesh eating and slow moving monsters. Obviously influenced by Romero’s allegorical use of the undead, Zombies of Mass Destruction is a clever, funny and very entertaining horror comedy that offers something different from the usual zom-com by getting you to think before you have your brains feasted on. It also contains one of my favourite zombie movie lines ever, when the town preacher reassures his fearful congregation by saying “We have history’s greatest zombie on our side – Jesus Christ.” zmd, Zombies, zombies of mass destruction review Mega Shark in Malibu (2009) The Collector competition	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1348
__label__cc	0.738705	0.261295	A globally recognized Thought Leader Are In-House Firms Doomed After the Pepsi-Kendall Jenner Ad? May 19, 2017 June 25, 2019 / in: advertising, American Life, brands, Change, Insights, marketing, Mass Media, Public Relations, Social Media, Trends, Youth Originally posted on PRWeekcom. Marketing and communications veterans Marian Salzman and Peter Land take sides on whether Pepsi’s ill-considered ad starring reality-show star Kendall Jenner spells doom for in-house agencies. Marian Salzman, CEO, Havas PR North America Trendspotter and author of several marketing communications books The ad behind the recent Pepsi debacle was conceived in an echo chamber and not gut checked with real-world, diverse consumers. Could using an outside agency have prevented the embarrassment? Perhaps. Are in-house agencies doomed to fail? If they are insular, yes. It’s not a matter of who owns the agency: in-house versus independent, big versus creative boutiques. The real issue is insular versus open. This includes being open to input at all levels—including consumer testing and feedback ahead of the big reveal. While testing can occasionally dull great creative expression, it can also ensure blooper avoidance—although the Pepsi catastrophe was bigger than a blooper. The risk of being insular is the expanded and commercial version of the echo chamber effect: We naturally seek out sources that support our beliefs. Generally speaking, Trump voters socialize with others who share their political views, as do Obama supporters and Sanders fans, etc. We like the sound of our own thoughts and love to hear our brilliance repeated. Many companies are echo chambers, and teams become isolated. From where I sit, this isn’t a debate about agency versus in-house, but about genuine diversity of thinking styles, perspectives, ages, sexual orientations, and, yes, taste. How can we curate that kind of uncomfortable Petri dish where all voices—even the ones that seem contradictory—can resonate and be heard? And while I hope this was an isolated incident, I empathize with the folks who made the mistake, or rather mistakes, as it was a series of errors, starting with a tone-deaf story, evolving into an execution that badly misread cultural cues. Had the creative and strategic levels of the typical agency been in play, there would have been great internal debate—lots of it—before this concept was unveiled to the public. I don’t blame the in-house concept, but this highlights one of the advantages of working with an agency: an assurance that a greater variety of voices, including the all-important consumer, will be represented. Or in other words, the echo chamber will be closed for business. Peter Land, Partner, Finsbury Former top communications executive at AOL and PepsiCo, and former global managing director at Edelman Do the names Peter Moore and Tinker Hatfield mean anything to you? While there is still debate as to who coined the phrase “Air Jordan,” there is no debate about Moore and Hatfield. They were the primary designers who conceived Nike’s multibillion-dollar Air Jordan franchise—and they worked for Nike. One of the many things that have made Nike successful is it considers itself a challenger brand that defies convention and takes creative risks. I have friends who have worked there, and they’ve said that spirit infiltrates the company at its core. The best challenger brands foster strong and collaborative agency relationships and give their firms the same license. That, too, led Nike’s Air Jordan franchise to flourish. Pepsi—full disclaimer, I used to work there—is a challenger brand. It has and always will be part of Pepsi’s DNA. There has been consistency to its approach. That goes not only for the people who work on the brand, but also for various agencies that support Pepsi. I applaud what Brad Jakeman, president, global beverage group, and others have been doing and saying: deepening its in-house design capabilities, pleading for diversity, and shaking up traditional marketing models. That includes experimenting with in-house creative. In Pepsi’s case, I don’t believe the origin of the campaign—Pepsi’s in-house agency—is relevant. It’s plausible the concept and execution of the Kendall Jenner spot could have come from one of Pepsi’s agencies—and it still would have had to clear the same hurdles. So, instead of pointing the finger at Pepsi’s “in-house agency,” let’s use the campaign as a teaching moment to examine how companies can best marry internal and external talent and capabilities. How can companies remake their marketing departments and encourage experimentation and innovation with their own talent and their agencies? Let’s view the Pepsi example through the lens of how companies and agencies can work together to grow each other’s business and create enduring relationships. After all, I still have my 1986 Air Jordans. PRWeek’s View: Companies need diversity—and they also need diversity of thought. If they’re not getting that from internal units or in-house agencies, they should look outside for a greater range of opinions. 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__label__wiki	0.994755	0.994755	Roy Joseph, Katie Robertson, Stephen Peacocke, Kat Stewart and Doris Younane star in the TV series Five Bedrooms. Channel 10 Offspring veterans reunite in new Aussie drama 15th May 2019 4:00 PM LIVING in a share house is a rite of passage for many young adults. But the new Aussie drama Five Bedrooms takes the concept to a not-so-far-fetched extreme. The series centres on five singles who meet at a wedding. The idea of pooling their collective borrowing power to get a leg up in the Melbourne property market is jokingly suggested, but they go through with it - co-investing in a multi-million-dollar property. The "commune" of misfits, as they're known on their street, come from different walks of life. There's uptight lawyer and divorcee Liz, her best friend Harry - a 30-year-old doctor who's scared to come out to his Indian mother - knockabout tradie Ben, real estate agent Lachlan and hopeless romantic Ainsley (plus the involvement of Ainsley's friend and former landlord Heather). "We went out to dinner the first week (of filming) and I remember looking around thinking I would not expect to see us at a dinner table together, let alone a house," Kat Stewart, who plays Liz, says during a visit to the show's Melbourne set. Roy Joseph, Kat Stewart, Stephen Peacocke, Doris Younane, Hugh Sheridan and Katie Robertson star in Five Bedrooms. Channel 10 "You've got these five people and two are women over 40. We are not a cookie-cutter, traditional cast. "This show is about so much more than just sharing in your 20s... this is a huge risk and act of faith in such a chaotic and spur-of-the-moment way. It feels very current and timely, and the idea was inspired by real life." The role has reunited Stewart with Offspring writers Michael Lucas and Christine Bartlett. "I was conscious and I'm sure they were conscious that I would play someone different (to Billie in Offspring)," she says. "Liz has got courage and vulnerability, characteristics Billie had in spades, but Billie didn't have filters and Liz has filters with a capital F. "Liz has a lot of status anxiety. She's very appropriate and she cares about how she's been perceived by other people." Hugh Sheridan, Katie Robertson, Roy Joseph, Kat Stewart and Stephen Peacocke in a scene from Five Bedrooms. Channel 10 Working with Stewart was a deciding factor for Stephen Peacocke. The former Home and Away heartthrob plays happy-go-lucky tradie Ben in his first Aussie TV role in two years. "I remember when I initially auditioned and got the role and my wife said 'Is Kat Stewart doing it?'," he says. "I said 'Yeah' and she said 'Well you've got to do it because everything she does is so good'." Unlike her beloved Offspring character, Stewart understands Liz will be a tough nut to crack emotionally. "The challenge is for her to open up with these other people," she says. "It might take the audience a bit longer to warm up to her than the other characters, but from my perspective she's been a delicious challenge." Five Bedrooms premieres tonight at 8.30pm on Ten/WIN. Why Lisa Kudrow refuses to watch Friends channel 10 five bedrooms kat stewart offspring television	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1358
__label__cc	0.61025	0.38975	on July 1, 2019 No Comments What Is the F-Factor Diet—and Is It Healthy? Registered dietitian Tanya Zuckerbrot calls fiber the “miracle carb.” She loves it so much, in fact, she designed an entire diet around it. Since 2007, fans have been following her bible The F-Factor Diet, and Zuckerbrot claims the average F-Factor dieter sheds 8 to 10 pounds in the first month—without hunger or feelings of deprivation. And it’s making waves again after a new research review published in The Lancet found that those who eat more fiber (between 25 to 29 grams per day) reduce their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 15 to 30 percent, compared to those who eat about 20 grams or less per day. So is Zuckerbrot full of it—or has she finally found a weight loss solution for those who don’t want to count calories or kick it in ketosis on the keto diet? What Is the F-Factor Diet, Exactly? “The F-Factor Diet is a lifestyle that focuses on consuming high-fiber carbohydrates combined with protein at every meal to keep you satisfied and allow you to lose weight while consuming fewer calories,” explains Lauren Harris-Pincus, M.S., R.D.N., founder of NutritionStarringYOU.com and author of The Protein-Packed Breakfast Club. “Plus, aside from weight loss, the health benefits of fiber such as improved cholesterol, blood sugar, regularity, and sustained energy levels are a side bonus.” About 95 percent of Americans don’t come close to hitting the amount of daily fiber recommended by the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, says Harris-Pincus, which is 14 grams per 1,000 calories or approximately 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men each day. The F-Factor promotes aiming for a minimum of 35 grams daily and tracking them via a food journal to keep yourself accountable. Zuckerbrot even shares an example journal and additional tips on her website, and she recommends three meals and one snack per day. There’s zero promotion of exercise on the F-Factor diet. In fact, Zuckerbrot suggests avoiding cardio, in particular, saying that it increases your appetite so much that you’ll end up eating more calories than you burn. What Can You Eat On the F-Factor Diet? The F-Factor diet focuses on “net carbs”. Since carbs from fiber aren’t digestible, “you subtract the fiber content from the total carbohydrate on the label to arrive at ‘net carbs’, meaning the grams of carbs that are available for digestion by the body,” says Harris-Pincus. (BTW, here’s exactly how many carbs you should eat a day.) F-Factor dieters follow several phases and increase total net carb consumption as they inch closer to their goal. • Phase 1: Less than 35 grams net carbs per day, or about three servings • Phase 2: Less than 75 grams net carbs per day, or about six servings • Maintenance Phase: Less than 125 grams net carbs per day, or about nine servings Low-net carb foods Zuckerbrot recommends while on the F-Factor diet: • Beans and legumes of all varieties • High-fiber vegetables such as beets, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, and sweet potatoes • High-fiber fruits including apples, berries, oranges, and pears • Nut butter • GG Crackers • High-fiber cereals • Whole-wheat bread (P.S. Here’s the difference between whole wheat and whole grain.) She also sells F-Factor protein powder and bars for additional on-the-go options. Alcohol (wine, spirits with calorie-free mixers) is permitted, as long as consumption is in moderation and within your daily net carb limits. “It’s surprisingly easy to follow when dining out and traveling with a few simple substitutions,” says Harris-Pincus. Is the F-Factor Diet Healthy? Now that we’ve covered the basics, here are the nutrition facts about the F-Factor Diet, straight from Harris-Pincus and Kris Sollid, R.D., senior director of nutrition communications for the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation in Washington, D.C. 1. Fiber IS great for you. Simply put, Americans consume way too many refined grains and high sugar foods that do not provide adequate nutrients and fiber, says Harris-Pincus. “Foods that are high in fiber are healthy, nutrient-dense foods like fruits, veggies, nuts, beans, seeds, and whole grains,” she says. “You should be eating these plant-based foods as the majority of your daily intake—in addition to lean proteins. They contain essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals.” All of those factors mean that “fiber helps to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by lowering blood cholesterol, reducing blood pressure, decreasing inflammation,” says Sollid. It’s also been linked to lower the risk of many cancers. It also adjusts the rate at which your digestive system processes foods, making you more regular and boosting the health of your gut microbiota, adds Sollid. (Related: Is the Microbiome Diet the Best Way to Promote Gut Health?) “Fiber-rich foods also tend to provide more volume than lower-fiber foods, which is thought to generate a greater feeling of fullness in fewer calories,” she says. “Additionally, high-fiber foods will require you to chew more. This simple action means it takes longer to eat, which could also lead to eating fewer calories overall.” (Related: These Health Benefits of Fiber Make It the Most Important Nutrient In Your Diet) 2. But be aware: you can consume too much fiber. All that being said, “you can overdo it with fiber, so try to increase your fiber intake gradually over time and drink plenty of fluids while doing so,” says Sollid. “Too much too quickly, and not drinking ample fluids during the F-Factor diet—or any high-fiber diet—can contribute to nausea or constipation.” 3. There’s not just one kind of fiber. Technically, “net carbs” don’t have a legal definition, and the term isn’t accepted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the American Diabetes Association, says Harris-Pincus. However, the difference between soluble and insoluble fiber is defined by the FDA: • “Soluble fiber dissolves in water to form a thick gel-like substance in the stomach. It is broken down by bacteria in the large intestine and provides some calories.” • “Insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water and passes through the gastrointestinal tract relatively intact and, therefore, is not a source of calories.” Since some fibers are partially-digestible and provide a couple of calories per gram, Harris-Pincus recommends that individuals with Type 1 diabetes who are following the F-Factor diet (or any diet plan) should be supervised by a registered dietitian or doctor. 4. You still need to be “calorie aware” on the F-Factor diet. You count and track carbs and fiber on the F-Factor diet, but it’s still important to be calorie aware (no need to be a calorie counter!), says Harris-Pincus. (Related: Counting Calories Helped Me Lose Weight—But Then I Developed an Eating Disorder) “The more fiber you consume from nutrient-dense foods, the more satisfied you are,” she says. Still, you can easily fall victim to consuming on more calories than you might think. “Often people believe that they are consuming ‘healthy’ food, but the portions are too large given then calorie content such as avocados or nuts,” says Harris-Pincus. “I always recommend measuring those higher-fat and higher-calorie items when trying to lose weight on any diet.” Bottom Line: The F-Factor Diet may be beneficial for weight-loss if you’re looking for a diet plan that doesn’t require counting calories. Still, fiber can help you sneakily fill up. “Ultimately, the number of calories you consume will determine how your weight changes,” says Sollid. “But fiber can play a role in that. Many high-fiber foods are also low in calories, like vegetables, and eating a variety of fiber-rich foods can help keep you feeling satisfied by delivering a larger volume of food to help keep you feeling full with fewer calories.” Just don’t forget to add another important “F” to this plan to keep your muscles strong and your heart healthy: fitness. [“source=shape”] Here is why people include Jamun in their diet 10 warning signs that you may need to change your diet Halim Seeds For Weight Loss: Add Garden Cress Seeds To Your Daily Diet To Shed Kilos Exercising in winter can help your immune system ward off cold and flu viruses Malaika Arora welcomes the week with some workout, yoga and a smile – Pics Ram Kapoor’s weight loss transformation – All you need to know about the 16:8 diet plan How skin care and K-beauty became big moneymakers for the beauty industry 2019© meditcult Theme by meditcult	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1363
__label__cc	0.657153	0.342847	Phoenix , the Romanian Whistle in the Sky Phoenix – Fluier in cer / Whistle in the Sky “Fluier in cer, noaptea e ziua-n care pier/ Whistle in the sky, night is the day when I die Fluier in cer, liber si prizonier/Whistle in the sky, free and prisoner Viu vioriu, singur de cand ma stiu /Alive blue, alone since I’ve known myself Ochiul de apa-n pustiu/The pond of water in the desert Viu si iar viu, chiar s-a facut tarziu/Alive and still alive, it’s really late Fluier in cer sangeriu/Whistle in a bloody sky Fluier de foc, viata si moarte la un loc/Whistle of fire, life and death together Fluier de jar, ceru-i de cihlimbar/Whistle of glow, the sky is of amber Lumea se lumina, din lumini eram/The world was getting filled of light, I was made out ou light Lumea se auzea, cantec si balsam/One could hear the world, song and balm Lumea se lumina ca si la inceput/The world was getting filled of light like in the beginning Lumea se limpezea, se auzea cum batea inima/ The world was getting clear, one could hear the heart beatting Fluier de vant, sunt cel mai singur pe pamant/Whistle of wind, I am the loneliest on Earth Fluier de vant, ceru-i asa rotund/Whistle of wind, the sky is so round Viu vioriu, singur de cand ma stiu/Alive blue, alone since I’ve known myself Viu si iar viu, iar s-a facut tarziu/Alive and still alive, it’s llate again Fluier in cer sangeriu/Whistle in a sky of blood Fluier si-aud vuietul marilor din sud/I whistle and I hear the roar of the southern seas Fluier si-aud tipat de ne-nascut/I whistle and I hear scream of unborn translation: memyselfandela, 2012 Phoenix is one of the most prominent Romanian Rock bands of the latest decades, and also the first one to take musical inspiration from ancient Romanian folk themes.Formed in the 1960s, it began by doing covers of Beatles songs. However, they soon had to change their style since the Romanian communist regime disliked any form of western culture. The communist regime suggested that all rock oriented bands should look for inspiration within the Romanian culture. These restrictions made the band’s leader Nicolae Covaci search within the Romanian folklore, which gave them a unique sound. Phoenix band (or Transsylvania Phoenix, the way it’s known abroad) was born in Timisoara, Romania, in 1962, under the name of “Sfintii”, which means “The Saints”. Due to the harsh nature of political measures, regarding the limitations of freedom of speech, the name was changed into Phoenix, a curious movement, considering the future events and the destiny of the band. Their original music style was influenced by the most famous bands of the 60’s, such as The Kings, The Beatles, especially the highly-appreciated Lennon-McCartney duo, but soon, Phoenix found it’s own style, free of other external influences. A highly-cultural type of music, based on romanian processed folklore and crude force of instrument, is what made the band Phoenix unique in Romania and other Balkan countries…But then again, using a powerful social message and influencing the masses was qualified as illegal and dangerous by communist state authorities, circumstances that led to a foreseeable verdict: the band was banned in 1974. In 1975, Phoenix releases the album “Cantafabule”, considered to be Romania’s best rock album of all times, despite being banned. Wishing to perform and create in conditions of freedom, the band members leave communist Romania in 1977, hidden in the sound installation that was crossed overboard by the leader Nicu Covaci, in illegal conditions. Between 1977 and 1990, Phoenix was reborn in Germany, choosing different types of music, in need to accommodate with western requirements, but keeping the background substance that defined their origins and beliefs.Still, the ashes were kept in Romania, the music was alive in the souls of millions of people, the educative message was not forgotten – a fact that was proven in 1990, when the band returned home, to reborn once again from it’s own ashes and to continue the education offered to the masses, through rock music and responsibility. Over the years, more than 50 artists have put their mark on the Phoenix music and shared their creations on the stage, adding a personal note to every concert and song, but keeping the original direction and feeling, avoiding commercial music and compromises. Phoenix band remained until today a tremendous, vast, boundless project, with it’s own personality, insensitive to changes that occure in music fashion, appreciated and respected by all music listeners, of all categories. Over the years Phoenix approached over the years different genres: beat, ethno rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock. November 14, 2012 \| Categories: Music, Phoenix, Poetry, Quotes, Rebel, Rock, Romanian, Translations, Video \| Tags: Engleza, English, lyrics, Music, Phoenix, Quotes, Rock, Romana, Romania, Romanian, traducere, translation, Video \| 4 Comments	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1367
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__label__cc	0.584192	0.415808	Should moderators use their abilities for personal reasons? Moderators on S[OFU] have a number of privileges above and beyond those of normal users. These are necessary in order for them to perform their duties as moderators: keeping the peace, identifying and mitigating abuse, etc. However, most moderators also participate on these sites in a fashion similar to ordinary users: asking and answering questions, voting on posts, etc. And it occurs to me that while so engaged they might occasionally find their moderator tools useful for purposes not directly connected to their jobs as moderators of the site... For instance: Moderators can view the email addresses of users who have provided one in their profile. Upon answering an unclear question and encountering disagreement from other users who interpreted the question differently, they might find it expedient to email the user directly rather than or in addition to leaving a comment on the question itself. Moderators can view full names (if specified) and IP addresses, potentially allowing them to track down the physical location of a user. If a question has been edited by its original author such that the answer originally provided by a moderator no longer applies, the moderator could dress himself in a feathered suit and dance in front of the OP's house, creating a spectacle for the neighbors. Moderators can see who leaves votes on posts. A moderator whose question is down-voted without comment could find out which user had done so, and ask them privately for an explanation. [edit by Jeff Atwood: not true -- striking this out because it borders on dangerous misinformation. See my answer, below.] Moderators can leap tall buildings in a single bound. A moderator who found himself unable to answer a question due to the interference of a tall building could leap over it. Note that I'm not claiming any of this actually occurs on S[OFU]... Merely that it could. And here's why I think it should: Q&A on SO is intended to be valuable beyond a single Asker-Answerer interaction: a good question and corresponding answer can be valuable long after the original authors have moved on. While it might seem unfair that moderators would be able to obtain improvements to questions and/or promote their own answers in situations where other users are not, the end result justifies the means... If normal users could be trusted with the means, they would be allowed, nay, expected to achieve these ends as well! In order to be fair to other users, a moderator must first be true to himself. If a moderator sees another user a user down-voting his answers without explanation, he might be tempted to retaliate, at which point guilt might prevent him from fairly resolving the disputes of other users. Rather he should sate his curiosity and move on, perhaps even encouraging another user to do a better job of participating in the site. Leaping tall buildings is cool, regardless of the motivation. Kyle Cronin And they can answer questions faster than a speeding bullet... no, actually, they can answer questions exactly as fast as a speeding bullet. Only Jon Skeet breaks speeding-bullet-speed. – mmyers Mar 15 '10 at 20:13 I believe moderators cannot look at individual votes, only at vote clusters. – Georg Schölly Mar 15 '10 at 20:17 Moderators should be like jedi knights, emotionless – juan Mar 15 '10 at 20:19 We need stakes, gas and matches to solve this issue once and for all - Burn, mod, burn! – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 20:21 @John: you have many to choose from: meta.stackoverflow.com/about (+ Sampson and Gumbo) – perbert Mar 15 '10 at 20:23 @voy: I'll get them all! – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 20:25 I'll bring the torches, let's go! – juan Mar 15 '10 at 20:27 @Downvoter: I don't care... – Ivo Flipse Mar 15 '10 at 20:29 @Ivo: you don't care about the emotionless jedi part, or the burn at the stake part? – perbert Mar 15 '10 at 20:30 Well, we did do the nose. – dmckee Mar 15 '10 at 20:31 @Ivo: But we care :] – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 20:31 @Pek: We just burn him! You never know! (I hate it when comments get deleted which I answer.) – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 20:47 @John sorry. :) Original question: If a moderator deletes these comments, will it have been for personal reasons? – Pëkka Mar 15 '10 at 21:11 @shog9 - you forgot to add that moderators have access to flagging info (i.e. the flag link) which can be used for nefarious purposes. – Kev Mar 16 '10 at 4:15 @Shog9: I'm not disappointed in that edit. :) Also, the rep-report hole that Kyle pointed out is now fixed. Moderators can no longer see other users' rep-reports. @Kev: I suppose we could do that if we wanted to make our own jobs more difficult. I'm more interested in putting out fires than in throwing gasoline on them. ;) – Bill the Lizard Mar 22 '10 at 1:54 I think some misinformation is being presented here. It is not possible for moderators to see who voted for a particular post. Moderators can see a summary of who has cast the MOST votes for / against a particular user, but it is presented as summary data, and it is not tied to any particular question or answer. Good to know... I must admit that there've been times when I've been reluctant to vote on moderator posts because of this misconception - I have been called out before, and was never sure afterward if it was inside information or just a guess. – Shog9♦ Mar 16 '10 at 1:30 Was it ever possible to see individual votes? – alex Mar 16 '10 at 7:40 @alex not that I know of (edit: I forgot we used to have the votes tab on the users page, and mods could see that. But we pulled the votes tab a while back because it wasn't very useful). It's also not possible to change votes as a moderator, not without direct (and rather tedious) database manipulation. This is [by-design].. – Jeff Atwood Mar 18 '10 at 4:16 So it's as it should be. Glad to know :) – alex Mar 18 '10 at 6:44 Just to clarify, there were a few obscure and relatively painstaking ways you could see individual user histories (basically, visibility of /recent/ and /reputation/ to moderators). These routes have been changed so only development team members can see them.. which is sensible, because the dev team has access to the underlying database anyway. – Jeff Atwood Mar 22 '10 at 2:28 The most important attribute of a moderator is a thick skin. The second most important attribute is an inordinate amount of patience. The third most important attribute is wisdom, both in knowing when and how to act and more importantly when not to act. The fourth most important attribute is the ability to separate out your participation in the forum (for lack of a better term) from your actions as a moderator. Ergo, a moderator should never use his moderator powers to enhance his participation in any way. Even, if it is just to look up an email address on an unrelated matter, he should respect the privacy wishes of the user in question and refrain from using anything other than publicly available data except in when performing his moderator duties. tvanfossontvanfosson Not that it's directly applicable (and thus not in my answer), but the SAGE Code of Ethics (sage.org/ethics) would be a great resource for moderators and potential moderators. – tvanfosson Mar 15 '10 at 20:59 ... AMONG our attributes are a thick sk... Blast it, I'll come in again. Nobody expects the Moderating Inquisition! – perbert Mar 15 '10 at 21:00 That means we need a reelection. – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 21:01 @John: What do you have against the moderators? Do you have specific complaints or do you just dislike any authorities? – mmyers Mar 15 '10 at 21:10 Oh @mmy! Who likes authority figures? – perbert Mar 15 '10 at 21:14 Could happen or has happened? The first case, shows that you care about the site even if it might sound a little paranoid, the second case would be a really, really really scary precedent. No moderator should contact any user regarding downvotes, unless there is voting fraud. perbertperbert I donno, man... Bottling up one's emotions can be harmful to the psyche. And we certainly don't need psycho moderators running around! Wouldn't you rather a moderator you'd annoyed emailed you privately, rather than storing up his terrible anger until it erupted in a catastrophic bloodbath of mass-deletion? – Shog9♦ Mar 15 '10 at 20:16 @Shog9: No, I wouldn't. If a mod has any kind of opinion about me, then it is his problem. If a mod were systematically checking who is downvoting them, then they are not fit to be a moderator. A good moderator doesn't let emotion get in the way. – perbert Mar 15 '10 at 20:21 @Dow: Downvoters should be like Sith: cold-blooded and merciless! – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 20:23 Hear hear! – Welbog Mar 15 '10 at 20:24 Responses to the first four bullet-points in order: We should resolve any disputes about question and answer content on site if at all possible. We can see your email so that we can contact you when there's a need for confidentiality. Question and answer interpretation should be done in the open for everyone to see. If there's some confusion, I'd rather iron it out with everyone at once rather than just with one person via email. I've actually been tempted to do this, but resisted. It's irritating when someone changes a question to render formerly correct answers incorrect, but the right thing to do is to modify your answer or accept the down votes. (Since it's you, @Shog9, I know you're going to change the question now. How can you change it to make this answer hilarious?) We can't see who voted on individual posts. There's a script that looks for voting anomalies that reports if one user votes another user up or down a lot, and we can see the results of that, even for our own profile. So if you vote down an abnormal number of my questions or answers I might notice it eventually. (That doesn't mean I'll take retribution, though.) Only while jacked in to the Matrix. I will not give up this ability willingly. Interesting... I based #3 on a comment made here once (by Marc, I think) about seeing users down-vote his answers after posting their own. Can't find it now though, might not have remembered the details correctly. – Shog9♦ Mar 15 '10 at 22:10 @Shog9: I was just shown by another moderator (via email) what I had missed before in regards to another matter. – Bill the Lizard Mar 15 '10 at 22:14 @Shog9 I was downvoted on SO once. Another user responded in the comments asking for a reason, to which I stated that I knew who it was (not by using any magical-mod-powers). This resulted in one particular user getting upset that moderators (with a bit of searching) can find out who downvoted them an excessive number of times. – Sampson Mar 15 '10 at 22:17 @Jon: Maybe you should resist your "magical" powers and do not call people out (not even mentioning that you could or imagine that you could). It's a good habit for every SOFU user, mod or not. – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 22:21 @Jonathan: Mmmm, I've seen this before, and it's never ended well. It's a big reason why I support anonymous voting, and try to discourage users from speculating in comments on who is voting how: being wrong is only slightly worse than being right... @Bill: ah, good to know I'm not crazy ;-) – Shog9♦ Mar 15 '10 at 22:23 @John I didn't call anybody out, and I didn't use any magical powers either. In fact, I don't even think I mentioned that I could. I mentioned merely that from my history, I had a hunch. – Sampson Mar 15 '10 at 22:24 @Shog9 I agree. I am also in favor of the anonymous voting. Calling people out by name can't end well, as you stated. – Sampson Mar 15 '10 at 22:26 @Jon: Are you even aware that you are contradicting yourself? – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 22:29 @John No. Care to point out where? – Sampson Mar 15 '10 at 22:30 @Jon: "to which I stated that I knew who it was" - Shog9:"discourage users from speculating in comments on who is voting how" - "@Shog9 I agree. I am also in favor of the anonymous voting." – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 22:38 @John: I don't see the contradiction. I did state I knew who it was (not via mod-abilities), but I mentioned no names. I didn't speculate about who It may be. Voting is anonymous (as it should be) and I made no indication that it should be otherwise. – Sampson Mar 15 '10 at 23:15 The relevant comments stackoverflow.com/questions/2381323/… I knew I had seen that somewhere before. – perbert Mar 16 '10 at 1:57 You found it @voyager. I was going to hunt it down just for reference, but you beat me to it. +1 – Sampson Mar 16 '10 at 2:10 Looks like you can see the trail of up/downvotes now through the rep report. – random Mar 21 '10 at 3:05 @random: Jeff fixed this earlier today. Moderators no longer have access to any reputation reports but their own. You now need direct database access to see other people's reports, so basically only the dev team can get at that information. – Bill the Lizard Mar 22 '10 at 1:49 Moderators most definitely should not use their abilities for personal reasons. I can't think of a single instance where this would be appropriate. The only instance I can think of that would appear similar would be if the Moderator was a victim of malicious activity, in which case they could react in a professional capacity to address the problem as they would for any other victimized user. SampsonSampson What constitutes malicious activity? – perbert Mar 15 '10 at 22:15 @voyager Inappropriate edits, for starters. Targeted voting is another possibility. The system watches for this type of stuff, but it's velocity-based. To supplement this, the system also keeps a running track of excessive voting against particular users over time - this is not velocity-based. This is helpful for finding users who are targeting one or more users. – Sampson Mar 15 '10 at 22:21 In cases of malicious activity, I would hope that the moderator would step aside and let another moderator handle it. It's really hard to be impartial, so the safest route is to avoid any suspicion right from the start. – Ether Mar 16 '10 at 0:48 @Ether Absolutely correct. – Sampson Mar 16 '10 at 2:12 Plain and simple, the potential for abuse is always there, no matter who is at the controls. Maybe we finally annoy Jeff for stupid new features enough that he disables the vote-collusion script and goes on a massive downvoting spree the likes of which we've never seen. I've been an administrator on a public forum before (though it was private with a much smaller community), so I know where you're coming from with your questions. It's good to address these issues, but in truth, they really aren't a big deal. I think the most important thing is that we continue to select moderators based on character by holding public elections. It's important that the community trusts its leaders. Should that trust ever be in doubt, there certainly are mechanisms by which the community can voice their opinions. Even moderators themselves can be proactive and question their own actions. Jon SeigelJon Seigel He could just do an update users set reputation = 1 and forget the where clause – juan Mar 15 '10 at 20:36 @Downvoter: Yes, he could. But that's why we have redundancy in place: both in terms of people and data. – Jon Seigel Mar 15 '10 at 20:38 Surely they do that already, unless they're on the payroll. the moderator could dress himself in a feathered suit and dance in front of the OP's house, creating a spectacle for the neighbors This is perfectly acceptable, provided YouTube videos are taken. I'll wait for the visit then shall I? Phil LelloPhil Lello I really don't care. They put a lot of time and effort into the community, and for what, exactly? If they want to play, "I see you!" then hey - it's just like every other large website run by a team of people with elevated privileges. Unless there's obviously egregious abuse of their ability, it really doesn't affect how I, or anyone else, really uses the site. More power to them, the job they do isn't fun or glamorous. Adam DavisAdam Davis Run, you fool! – Ladybug Killer Mar 15 '10 at 21:46 @John It's too late for me! Save yourself! – Adam Davis Mar 16 '10 at 0:23 Add a way for moderators to cast a normal, non binding close/open vote Moderator Accountability Request Give moderators a tool to invalidate votes between users What checks are in place to prevent high rep users and mods from abusing their privileges? Optional Activity-Broadcasting Reputation system is too easy to game What can Moderators and Trusted Users see that others can't? How to ask a moderator to check if someone is not downvoting by revenge? Should Community Moderators be “elected for life”, or have terms? What Experts-Exchange thinks of Stack Overflow Stack Exchange Moderator FAQ Global auth is dead! 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__label__wiki	0.923736	0.923736	Liverpool complete striker signing metrowebukmetroThursday 24 Jul 2008 11:13 am Liverpool have signed highly-rated teenage striker David Ngog from Paris St Germain. The 19-year-old has repeatedly been linked to the Reds in recent weeks and has signed a four-year contract with the Barclays Premier League club. He will go straight into the Merseysiders’ first-team squad, joining fellow summer arrivals Andrea Dossena, Diego Cavalieri and Philipp Degen. Ngog, who is the cousin of former Rangers and Newcastle defender Jean-Alain Boumsong, struggled in an under-performing Paris St Germain team last season as the French club barely maintained their Ligue 1 status. He scored just once in 18 appearances but has been far more effective at various levels for France. The pacy forward has scored at every youth level for his country, including a brace against England Under-19s last season. His exit from the Parc des Princes seemed inevitable from the moment he refused to sign a new contract with Paul le Guen’s side as he entered the final year of his deal, and Liverpool soon stepped in with a bid thought to be around the £1.5million mark. Ngog’s arrival adds welcome reinforcement to manager Rafael Benitez’s strikeforce following the departure of Peter Crouch for Portsmouth. Andrea DossenaDavid NgogDiego CavalieriJean-Alain BoumsongLiverpool FCNewcastle United FCPeter CrouchPhilipp DegenRafael Benitez	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1372
__label__wiki	0.950865	0.950865	Sir Roger Moore’s James Bond films are returning to cinemas with proceeds going to UNICEF Joe GampFriday 26 May 2017 9:27 pm Sir Roger Moore died from cancer (Picture: WENN) He was one of the most dashing, suave and cheeky British actors of the last half century, but actor Roger Moore will be remembered for doing what he does best – making the role of James Bond his own. Bond 25 gets license to thrill in Scotland for first time since 2012's Skyfall The actor, who passed away on May 23 aged 89 following ‘a short but brave battle with cancer’, is set to return to the screen in a posthumous run of his two finest outings as Commander James Bond. The films, due to be screened worldwide from May 31 in 4k HD, include 1977’s For Your Eyes Only and 1981’s The Spy Who loved Me. pic.twitter.com/0zwKfyFF5g — Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) May 26, 2017 A post on Roger’s Twitter feed, written by Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, confirmed that half of the proceeds from the films will be donated to UNICEF, a charity that Roger was a goodwill ambassador for. ‘In honour of Sir Roger Moore, we are delighted these Bond screenings will benefit UNICEF which was the charity closest to his heart.’ reads the statement. Gary Barber, Chairman and CEO of MGM added: ‘Sir Roger Moore left an indelible imprint on audiences worldwide. ‘There is no better way to remember Roger’s legacy than bringing back his iconic performances as James Bond to cinemas across the world while aiding UNICEF, the charity he steadfastly supported.’ His other appearances as 007 include The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, Live and Let Die, A View To Kill and Moonraker. English actor Roger Moore stars as 007 in the James Bond film ‘For Your Eyes Only’ (Picture: Keith Hamshere/Getty Images) More: Film Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy is on The Lion King soundtrack as album cover revealed Brad Pitt rumoured to join Emma Stone in Damien Chazelle’s upcoming film Babylon Brad Pitt questions why Leonardo DiCaprio didn't 'squeeze on the door' in Titanic Meanwhile it has come to light that Moore, ever the joker, had requested that he be remembered with ‘a procession through Stockwell’, the South London area in which he grew up. When asked if he feared dying, he told The Telegraph in 2008: ‘What would be the point? I’ve not planned my funeral. I’m not the Queen. ‘A procession through the streets of Stockwell would be nice, I suppose. But when I go, I’d just like everyone to say: “He lived longer than anyone I knew”.’ The warm and candid quip was typical of the iconic Bond star – and his fans have been remembering his natural wit on social media after his death was announced on Tuesday. And everyone from Bond girls to Bond actors have lined up to pay tribute to the iconic actor. Bond girl Britt Ekland, 74, paid an emotional tribute to Sir Roger Moore, who she famously starred alongside in The Man With The Golden Gun. My Bond is gone, am filled with great sadness. Roger was the epitome of Bond, witty, sofisticated, elegant, funny. Rip — Britt Ekland (@BrittEkland) May 23, 2017 MORE: ‘My Bond is gone’: Britt Ekland pays emotional tribute to Sir Roger Moore MORE: Sean Connery pays tribute to fellow James Bond Sir Roger Moore: ‘I will miss him’ James BondRoger Moore James Bond actor was murdered by chemsex killer's drug dealer Robert Downey Jr’s first MCU screentest revealed – and nobody else could have played Iron Man Lashana Lynch will be ‘introduced to Bond 25 audiences as the new 007’ Brad Pitt questions why Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t ‘squeeze on the door’ in Titanic death scene Is Thor 4 happening? Taika Waititi ‘signed on to direct’ When is The Lion King UK release date? Home › Entertainment › Film	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1373
__label__wiki	0.727366	0.727366	Video released of suspect in 2017 killings of Indiana girls FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, Indiana State Police Peru post public information officer Tony Slocum provides the latest details of the investigation into the murders of teenage girls Liberty German, left, and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Ind. Indiana State Police are to make an announcement about the investigation into the 2017 killings of the two teenage girls found dead on a hiking trail. State police say Superintendent Doug Carter will discuss how the investigation has gone in a "new direction" during a Monday April 22, 2019 news conference in Delphi. J. Kyle Keener / AP INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities on Monday released video of a man suspected of killing two Indiana teenagers two years ago and urged the public to scrutinize the footage, which shows him walking on an abandoned railroad bridge the girls visited while out hiking the day they were slain. The Indiana State Police also released a new sketch of the suspect, which State Police Superintendent Doug Carter said was produced thanks to “new information and intelligence” collected during the investigation into the February 2017 killings of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams. During a briefing in the girls’ hometown of Delphi, he said a previously released composite sketch that depicted a white man with a goatee, cap and hooded sweater is now secondary to the new sketch, which shows a clean-shaven, younger looking man. Investigators still haven’t said how the teens were killed, and they declined to take questions at Monday’s briefing. Carter said investigators believe the suspect is between the ages of 18 and 40, and that he either lives or lived in Delphi or regularly visits or works in the area. He vowed that police will solve the case and he addressed the suspect directly during the briefing. “We believe you are hiding in plain sight. For more than two years, you never thought we would shift gears to a different investigative strategy, but we have,” he said. Carter also taunted the suspect, calling him “a coward” and saying authorities have likely already interviewed him or someone close to him. He also suggested that the man’s friends or family might suspect that he killed the girls “because of how different you are since the murders.” “The question to you: What will those closest to you think of when they find out that you brutally murdered two little girls? Two children. Only a coward would do such a thing,” Carter said. The brief video of the suspect and additional audio that was also released Monday came from German’s cellphone, from which police previously released grainy photos and audio. Authorities have hailed German as a hero for recording potentially crucial evidence before she was killed. Carter urged the public to pay close attention to the mannerisms of the man in the video, which shows him walking across an abandoned railroad bridge near Delphi, which is about 60 miles (95 kilometres) northwest of Indianapolis. “Do you recognize the mannerisms as being someone you might know? And remember, he is walking on the former railroad bridge, and because of the deteriorated condition of the bridge the suspect is not walking naturally, due to the spacing between the ties,” he said. Police also requested the public’s help in determining the identity of a motorist who had parked a vehicle along a county road in Delphi near the Hoosier Heartland Highway between noon and 5 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2017 — the day the girls were slain. The girls’ bodies were found the following day in a rugged, wooded area about a quarter-mile from the bridge, which is near a local trail network the girls had planned to explore. Carter asked the media not to contact the girls’ relatives for at least two weeks, saying they had only learned of the new evidence Monday morning. Within days of the killings, investigators released two grainy photos of a suspect walking on the bridge and an audio recording of a man believed to be him saying “down the hill.” The audio clip released Monday includes that same audio but is longer and captures the suspect saying, “Guys, down the hill,” said Sgt. Kim Riley with the State Police. Investigators have reviewed thousands of leads looking for the man, but no arrest warrants have been issued and no arrests have been made. Police might be releasing the video and additional audio now — more than two years after the killings — because of the time-consuming work that’s often involved in enhancing digital evidence, said Kathy Guider, a former FBI agent who is now vice-president of Veracity IIR, a Carmel, Indiana, security company. Guider, who isn’t affiliated with the case, said that by speaking directly to the suspect and taunting him during the briefing, police might be trying to provoke an emotional response from the killer that could cause him to make a misstep. She said authorities have used such an approach in several high-profile murder cases. “In those national cases, they were trying to evoke some type of an emotion, some type of an action that will help them solve the case, to help them generate new information, new leads,” she said. Follow Rick Callahan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ callahanwrick The police tip line for the case is 844-459-5786. Tips can also be reported by emailing Abbyandlibbytip (800) 382-7537, Carroll County Sheriff: (765) 564-2413. State Police website on Delphi killings: http://www.in.gov/isp/delphi.htm  Montreal faces climate transition and resilience head on with new position While you were sleeping: Kid successfully calls 911 to order McDonalds Quebec's new credit card payment minimums kick in on Aug. 1 Class action lawsuit against Apple approved by Quebec Superior Court What the Puck: Just how great is the Canadiens' prospects pool? Stu Cowan: Secrecy over Kavis Reed firing paints Alouettes in bad light Airbnb party pad a year-long headache for Old Montreal neighbours	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1382
__label__wiki	0.680161	0.680161	Found Her: The search for female founders at Outdoor Retailer February 7, 2018 / Essays, In The News, Read / By GuestContributor / 3 comments For three days straight at the 2018 Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver, I switchbacked every aisle, ducked my head into countless booths, and pounded the entire expo hall floor. But my goal was different than most attendees. I wasn’t there to try on the latest Gore-Tex-coated boot. Or learn about the newest lineup of splitboards. And I definitely wasn’t there to schmooze the CEO of a retail powerhouse while discussing our plans for the industry’s next mega-partnership. I was, however, on a mission to introduce myself to as many retailers, brands and organizations as I could, asking one common question along the way: “Was this company founded by a woman?” What I heard nine out of 10 times (spoiler: “No.”) was unsurprising. OR is a conference for an industry that’s been dominated by men, white men, for well, ever. Of my favorite answers: “I’m sorry that the owners are male.” “My wife owns 51 percent of the company so it’s technically female owned.” “It’s not woman-owned, it’s family-owned.” “I mean, we like women.” This year’s Outdoor Retailer seeped with irony, especially when you consider the theme of the show: “An Industry Reimagined.” Some conversations focused on recognizing and promoting more women at the executive level. Other talks focused on knocking down the walls that keep individuals of diverse backgrounds (including people of all colors, abilities and cultures) from being appointed to leadership positions, let alone recognized. Yet, a “friendly bro culture,” permeated every ounce of event — a statement that rang true from a panelist at the keynote breakfast that couldn’t even break a 50 percent threshold of women CEOs on the panel. Not to mention, men’s gear and apparel displays towered three times the size of women’s on the expo floor. And a small group of diversity panelists were left out of breath, running from one small stage to another. It’s clear the industry still has much to tackle. For promoting women in the industry, that means inspiring and mentoring young girls with dreams of building their own outdoor startup. Supporting female founders on the cusp of growth for their business ventures. And amplifying the voice and awareness of women-owned businesses who already have a presence in the industry. My mission of finding female founders at winter OR was put to the test. That said, I did find some you should know about. Here are nine introductions to female founders that don’t quite get the recognition they deserve: Noso Patches nosopatches.com Kellie Jones, Founder & CEO Kelli Jones’ idea for Noso Patches was born out of an unfortunate situation: ripping her brand new jacket on a branch in the backcountry. Refusing to patch the tear with duck tape, Jones grabbed an exacto knife and cut some spare fabric into fun shapes to cover up the hole. Her now durable, waterproof and self-adhesive ‘no sewing required’ patches — from hearts and stars, lighting bolts and unicorns — eliminate the need to toss torn jackets, pants, tents and backpacks. “We want to save the world one patch at a time,” said Jones. McGovern & Company mcgovernandcompany.com Colleen McGovern Wagner, Founder & Chief Adventure Officer When she couldn’t find a vintage-style map of Grand Teton National Park, Colleen McGovern Wagner asked her friend, who doubled as a cartographer, to design exactly what she was looking for. McGovern Wagner loved the map so much, she taped it to the front of her canvas messenger bag, showing it off everywhere she went. After more compliments than she could count, McGovern Wagner began printing her vintage park maps on apparel, accessories and bandanas. Today, McGovern & Co. a is trusted partner of the U.S. National Park gift stores and has become best known for their Bana buff and Inside Out Mug that reveals a map hidden inside the cup once you’ve finished your drink. Coalition Snow Jen Gurecki, Co-founder & CEO After years of hearing about women settling for skis and snowboards that weren’t suiting their needs, Jen Gurecki set out to build the first ever line of female-only skis and snowboards. Their motto “Shred the Patriarchy” is a proud testament to the company’s mission of creating outdoor gear made by women, for women — a community that’s largely been sidestepped in terms of quality equipment. Two women will ride Coalition Snow equipment in the 2018 Winter Olympics. “We start with women’s strengths and go from there,” said Gurecki. “And we provide the same quality across all of our products.” OUT There Adventures outthereadventures.org Elyse Rylander, Founder and Executive Director With a passion for bridging the gap between queer youth and the outdoors, Elyse Rylander started OUT There Adventures with outdoor educational programs. The organization’s simple goal — empowering queer young people through their connection with the natural world — has been tough. Rylander admits it’s difficult to reach LGBTQ+ youth who need it most since many keep their identity hidden from disapproving parents, friends and societal norms. “That’s just the unfortunate reality we live in,” said Rylander. In 2018, Rylander will bring her programming cross country with stops in a number of cities to reach kids outside of the organization’s roots in the Pacific Northwest. crazeeHeads crazeeheads.com Margaret Spiegel, Founder & President It’s not every day you see a panda (or bear or pig or racoon) on the slopes. But Spiegel’s crazeeHead plush animal helmet covers bring twelve different mammals, reptiles and mythical creatures to the mountain. Speigel’s idea came after a big ski crash that forced her to wear a helmet — keeping from sporting the panda-head hat she was known for wearing while she skied. “It’s been very difficult to start my company,” said Speigel. “But it’s also very satisfying to build a business on your own.” Bold Betties boldbetties.com Niki Koubourlis, Founder & CEO Niki Koubourlis realized it wasn’t easy for women who love the outdoors to find each other, which is why she created Bold Betties, an online adventure platform that connects women and helps them get out there and explore. For $10 a month, Bold Betties members receive discounts on apparel, gear and experiences around the globe, and the organization also have a number of free programs in 39 states across the country. “Even in 2018, we are very black and white when it comes to mission-driven companies,” said Koubourlis. “Bold Betties is one example of an organization proving that’s not true for the outdoor industry.” It Goes Equipment Ivy Akers, Founder & CEO Ivy Akers was inspired to start her own line of women only climbing and mountaineering equipment after having such a hard time finding women’s climbing equipment that stood up to the men’s versions. Her mountaineering brand, named after Lynn Hill’s cry, “It goes, boys!” after summiting The Nose of El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley in 1994, is still in development, but Akers is eager and excited to make her equipment available for women who love climbing. “You can’t even find down suits used to summit Everest in women’s sizes,” said Akers. “It Goes Equipment is for women who are tired of mediocre gear.” johsonwoolenmills.com Stacy Barrows Manosh, Owner Stacy Barrows Manosh isn’t technically a founder, but she is the fourth generation owner of Johnson Woolen Mills, a wool apparel outfitter started by her great-grandfather 176 years ago in Johnson, VT. Today, you can still find 93-year-old Yvonne Allen sewing together clothes in the factory. She started at the company in 1946 and has worked there a total of 72 years and refuses to put away her sewing machine. “When I’ve got more problems than a math quiz, I think back to how my family kept the company working through hard times like World War II and the Great Depression,” said Manosh, who always knew she’d own the family business but knew she “had to work twice as hard” to prove herself as a woman. SheJumps shejumps.org Claire Smallwood, Co-Founder & Executive Director With the mission of increasing the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities, friends, Vanessa, Lynsey, and Claire, created SheJumps to address the ‘token’ women in groups of guys doing outdoorsy things. SheJumps local chapters span the country and programs range from Jr. Ski Patrol and Wild Skills youth camps to an all-women’s ski mountaineering course. “Our organization challenges women to ask themselves the question: what great thing would you dare to accomplish if you knew success was the only possible outcome?” said Smallwood, who always encourages women to, “find the balance of constantly pushing yourself while never forgetting why you’re there.” [divider]Contributor[/divider] Erica Zazo is a writer, hiker, and adventure-lover based in Chicago. Author 309 Articles We welcome guest contributors to Misadventures! Want to submit an already-written piece or pitch a story? See our submission guidelines here: misadventuresmag.com/submissions February 8, 2018Reply Senita Athletics is a female owned brand that I love. They’re more fitness apparel than outdoor apparel, but their pants and capris are my favorite for hiking since the pockets can hold my phone and maps. HI you missed me!! O Loves M Bags is women owned by me! Please reach out anytime:) Cassy Campbell February 14, 2018Reply Hi Misadventuresmag, I’m a women owner of stripesgear.com. This great little base layer company was founded by a women and I carry on growing it as a mother of 2 boys, caregiver of my quadriplegic husband and lover of all things skiing! Thank you for highlighting women owners! American Backcountry 2019 Tees: Save a Bottle, Wear This T-Shirt Gear Review: Ever Sweatflow Leggings \| Are they the best leggings…Ever? Gear Review: Watershed’s Ocoee Drybag Swift Stitches the New Sonora Pannier About Misadventures We spotlight inspirational feats and figures, beautiful spaces, honest-to-goodness adventures, and discoveries of all sorts.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1395
__label__cc	0.722698	0.277302	Location 1107 University Ave, Columbia, MO, 65201 Phone 573.443.7460 E-mail director@mizzouhillel.com Hours M-F 10:00am - 4:00pm Make Friends. Get Involved. Be Jewish. Jewish Learning Fellowship Perspectives Israel Trip 2019-2020 Internship application Parents & Alumni Fall 2019 Kickoff Programs Jeanne Snodgrass first joined Mizzou Hillel in February 2013 as Interim Director and moved into her current role in June 2013. She holds a BA (1998) from the University of Iowa and a MFA (2007) in Dance from the University of New Mexico. Jeanne grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA. Before coming to Missouri over ten years ago she had also lived in Iowa City, IA; Jackson Hole, WY; and Albuquerque, NM where she was active in chavurah groups and Reform and Conservative congregations as a teacher and in program and curriculum development. As a college undergraduate Jeanne studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She returned to Israel in 2004 for a summer study program at the Conservative Yeshiva and most recently has been leading Mizzou students on their Taglit-Birthright Israel trips. Jeanne has extensive experience in arts non-profit organizations and community outreach and education and, along with her husband Dave, was an independent business owner. She is an active member of Columbia’s Congregation Beth Shalom where her three daughters attend religious school. Jeanne is particularly interested in the ways we find connections to Judaism in a diverse and pluralistic society and in the relationships we, as Jews, build with one another. She loves the potential for continued growth that she sees at Mizzou Hillel and looks forward to working with students and community from MU and the nearby mid-Missouri colleges to build meaningful Jewish programming. Jeanne invites students to come visit and get involved at Hillel. Interested in learning more about Hillel or just contacting Jeanne? Call Hillel at 573-443-7460 or E-mail her at director@mizzouhillel.com Springboard Ezra Jewish Education Fellow Program and Engagement Associate This position is funded with support from Hillel International, a Priority Outcome Investment from the St. Louis Jewish Federation, and the Community Legacy Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City Spencer Kaseff Spencer is originally from the suburbs of Kansas City and just graduated from Chapman University in Orange County, California As an active member of Hillel on his campus, Spencer experienced Hillel as a life changing experience, and is excited to continue his work at Mizzou! Spencer believes that Hillel is an incredible organization and an amazing chance to bring Judaism to the life of college students in a fun and exciting way. He can’t wait to play an even bigger role in that on a brand new campus! Get to know Spencer –email or stop by to see him at Hillel. Mizzou Hillel believes in empowering our Jewish students and we rely on our student leaders to create, implement, and lead programs. Check out our amazing Student Interns and Jewish Student Organization Board. The first thing you miss about Israel is the delicious food... even including the nutrient-rich grasshoppers. #mizzewish D R E A M B I G Building a mosaic of peace one visitor at a time ✌️ 👋 Jerusalem! Thanks for the mems! Next stop 🚌 TEL AVIV 🤙 Heading to Israel for our first Mizzou Perspectives trip! #mizzewish 🐯🇮🇱 Are you Columbia this summer and interested in meeting incoming students and helping out Hillel while making some money? We’re looking for people to table us for summer welcome! Dm us for more info!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1396
__label__wiki	0.761122	0.761122	Tag Archives: Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC, Eastern Conference, Team Updates MLSFemale TV: Atlanta United Kit Launch February 21, 2019 ayasofaya Leave a comment Join Aya as she recaps the Atlanta United Kit Launch Event and goes through the changes of the new season’s jersey featuring the 2018 MLS Cup winners’ star! Follow and chat with Aya on Instagram // @ayasOfaya Also on Instagram @mlsfemale Atlanta United FCAya SofayaFeaturedjersey launchMLSFemale TV Atlanta United: Back in Action May 31, 2018 rsaghini Leave a comment Official Atlanta United Reporter By Robyn Saghini // @robynsaghini Hello again! Sorry for the lack of reporting from the ATL this month; I’ve been traveling for fun and work and haven’t had much time to write. In the meantime, though, Atlanta United have had an…interesting month. Let’s dive in to some quick recaps, shall we? May 5th @ Chicago; W 1-2 May started out pretty well. The $15M kid, Ezequiel Barco got his first goal for the Five Stripes. Darlington Nagbe and Josef Martinez combined for the go-ahead goal. Over 100 ATLUTD supporters traveled for the eighth straight game undefeated. May 9th vs SKC; L 0-2 Unfortunately, that undefeated streak didn’t go further. The first home loss of 2018 came at the hands of Sporting KC on a Wednesday night at the Benz. Tata made some lineup changes and there were some questionable calls, like Martinez’s goal called back as offside after Video Review. One call that was (unfortunately) correct was the DOGSO red on ATL keeper Brad Guzan for taking Khiry Shelton down in the box in the 37th minute. ATL’s second and third goalies were both out with injuries and they had to sign 4th round draft pick (2018) Paul Christiansen to temporary hardship contracts for a couple of weeks. Christiansen did pretty well, getting a couple of good (maybe lucky) saves early on, but SKC ended up getting a couple of goals by him in the second half. On a side note, my brother is no longer allowed to attend ATLUTD games. o_o And Tim Melia is a gosh-darn unicorn. That’s for you, @khoogs. May 13th @ ORL; W 1-2 Atlanta United still have not lost to Orlando City (2-0-2). That is all. (We play them two more times this year; I’m sure there will be MUCH more to talk about soon enough) May 20th vs NYRB; L 1-3 Sigh This is where it gets ugly. This game was the first home game I’ve missed in ATL’s short history. I screamed at the TV in my hotel room in El Salvador so many times, I’m surprised security wasn’t called. The refereeing, though…so bad. I haven’t re-watched the game and I don’t want to, so all I can remember is that ATL lost the plot in the second half. Leandro Gonzalez Pirez got a yellow card for some reason, which meant he was out for the next game on accumulation. Greg Garza got a straight red for a dangerous (but possibly unintentional) tackle, where he also re-re-re-injured his left shoulder (originally injured in the 2017 All-Star Game). Garza has been wearing a brace to keep his shoulder together since last season, but after this injury, he decided to go ahead and get the surgery to fix it rather than wait until a “better time.” He’s now out for four to six MONTHS. crying emoji May 30th @ NE Revs; D 1-1 And finally, Wednesday night’s game. All in all, not a terrible game, but ATL has definitely had much better games. The New England Revolution‘s keeper practically stood on his head to make some really good saves. Barco and Miguel Almiron would have had a couple of goals each if it wasn’t for him. Martinez did manage to get a really easy goal when he caught NE’s defense sleeping. There was some more slightly questionable refereeing in this game, although not as bad as in the previous two games. Kevin Kratz was called for a (soft) foul in the box and NE was given a PK, which they converted. Earlier in the game, however, Mikey Ambrose was not given a PK for a similar (soft) foul on the other side of the field. shrug The next couple of weeks will be rather busy for ATLUTD, with four games in 11 days. I expect to see quite a bit of line up changes, especially for the US Open Cup game on 6/6. Fortunately (or unfortunately?) for Atlanta, we aren’t losing any players to the World Cup this summer, so I’m hoping to keep that first place spot for a while… Despite a run of unspectacular form, #ATLUTD still in first place in the East and in the Supporters’ Shield race 🔛🔝 pic.twitter.com/jzPQKCOLaR — ATL UTD Fan TV (@atlutdfantv) May 31, 2018 Featured image: atlutd.com Follow and chat with me on Twitter // @robynsaghini Atlanta United FCFeaturedGreg GarzaJosef MartinezRobyn Saghini King Kratz the First of Atlanta United May 2, 2018 rsaghini Leave a comment Saturday, April 28: 4-1 Win I woke up way too early on Saturday, but for good reason. Breakfast/brunch tailgates are amazing. Also, I got to meet Jillian Sakovitz, who is part of the Atlanta United/Fox Sports South broadcast team this year (and gave her an MLSFemale pin – Too bad it didn’t make it on air, but it was on social media), so that was cool. The highlight of the tailgate was the return of Brittany Arnold, who was replaced by Jillian this year. Brittany was at the game as a fan this time, so she came early and hung out at the tailgate before going in and later on after the game, too. The game itself, though…The boys had us worried for a minute (or 57). Montreal Impact bunkered from the start and even more so after going up a goal in the 13th minute. Atlanta United had 73% possession, and most of it was spent trying to get something into the box and past the defense. At the half, coach Tata Martino decided to make a tactical sub, replacing DM Jeff Larentowicz with forward Tito Villalba, who was getting his first minutes in a month since a hamstring injury in March. Unfortunately, Tito wasn’t much of an impact in this game, although it was good to see him make a few runs and nearly get a goal. The first Atlanta goal came in the 70th minute when Miguel Almiron crossed a ball to Chris McCann in the box and Chris’ shot was deflected by Chris Duvall‘s arm, resulting in a handball PK for Miggy. Miggy. Automatic. We’re level. https://t.co/1m1XtNGBbc — Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) April 28, 2018 Greg Garza came out in the 75th minute to make way for Kevin Kratz, which turned out to be the best decision Tata has made all season. Three minutes after Kratz came into the game, Miggy was fouled just outside the Montreal box and Kratz stepped up to take the free kick and well… Kratz. Country. Watch every replay of this one 😱 https://t.co/9IlTttf4Kn A few minutes later, Miggy and Josef Martinez combined for the only goal that wasn’t from a set piece. He can’t be contained. Miggy electric on the counter to make it 3-1 ⚡️ https://t.co/XbOCzXoifs And finally, ten minutes later, another foul outside of Montreal’s box gave Kratz a chance to get a second amazing golazo. Incredible.@KevinKratz32 drills his second free kick of the match from deeeeeep! https://t.co/YHKKg2Et3W Atlanta is currently still undefeated at home and has gone undefeated in their last seven games (6W, 1D). The next few games will really test the team, though. Three games in 8 days, two of which are away games: away at Chicago Fire this Saturday, at home on Wednesday vs Sporting Kansas City and away at Orlando City the following Sunday. In the meantime, though, here are some additional news bits this week: Almiron was named MLS Player of the Week Miggy was also on the MLS Team of the Week for the third week in a row Kratz and Barco were “on the bench” for Team of the Week Tito Villalba and Franco Escobar are healthy and ready to play again! Also, I got to meet Escobar last week when he did a player appearance heart eyes emoji Franco Escobar and me image: Robyn Saghini Featured image courtesy: atlutd.com Atlanta United FCFeaturedFranco EscobarKevin KratzRobyn Saghini Atlanta United Blanks Los Angeles (again) April 25, 2018 rsaghini Leave a comment #AtlantaUnitedAfterDark Coming off what coach Tata Martino called Atlanta United‘s best home game to date, a 2-2 draw vs NYCFC (see Keira Smith’s Rise Up, NYCFC article for a recap, since I didn’t have time last week), the team flew out to Los Angeles for the first time to take on Zlatan Ibrahimovic and 10 other guys who are not Zlatan. ATL UTD’s objective for this game was to keep Zlatan from getting the ball in LA Galaxy‘s attacking third to prevent him and/or the not-Zlatans from getting any scoring opportunities. It seems their plan worked since the Galaxy were kept to only eight shots, only one of which was on target. Zlatan had zero shots. [Note: Sorry, not sorry for all the Zlatan references. J. Sam Jones from Dirty South Soccer had me cracking up when he was live tweeting the game Saturday night. See below.] Not Zlatan attempts a bicycle kick and he sure did attempt it — Dirty South Soccer (@DirtySouthSoc) April 22, 2018 This game was also the first start for Atlanta’s shiny new toy, Ezequiel Barco, who came in as a sub vs NYCFC last week. He was incredible, too. I think once he gets a few more games under his belt to really get in sync with the rest of the team, no one will know what hit them. The whole team played incredibly well together, though. Leandro Gonzalez Pirez managed to not get carded in a road game, Darlington Nagbe and Julian Gressel were blowing by LA’s defense, and Chris McCann now has Zlatan in his pocket. hahahahahahahahaha mccann just left zlatan on the ground pic.twitter.com/ZNL30KpUWq — Joe Patrick (@japatrick200) April 22, 2018 Atlanta has now outscored all MLS teams from Atlanta 11-0 in three games over two seasons. It could have been 12-0 if Josef Martinez hadn’t hit the post on his PK attempt (it may have been deflected by David Bingham, but I couldn’t tell from the replay). Fortunately, he made up for that a few minutes later when Gressel lobbed in a ball that hit the crossbar and Martinez defeated a couple of LA defenders to push the ball over the line. Peppering the goal 💥@JosefMartinez17 pokes home the opener after Gressel smacks one off the bar pic.twitter.com/JBWlcRNYrV Atlanta United is now one point behind NYCFC in the East and one point behind NYCFC and Sporting Kansas City (tied for first) in the Supporters Shield table. Josef Martinez is by himself at the top of the Golden Boot race and Brad Guzan has the most clean sheets (3). In ATL UTD 2 news, the boys drew 1-1 against defending USL champs Louisville City FC on Saturday, bringing their record to 1-0-3. Andrew Carleton started for the first time in an Atlanta kit and missed one PK opportunity, but was given a second PK late in the game and converted that one. The 90′ equalizer 💪@andrewcarleton7 scores his first goal for ATL UTD 2. pic.twitter.com/RjgrN2mX77 — ATL UTD 2 (@atlutd2) April 22, 2018 On Tuesday night, the boys suffered their first defeat at the hands of the Charleston Battery, 0-3. Two of Charleston’s goals were scored by Gordon Wild, one of ATL UTD’s SuperDraft picks, who is on loan to Charleston this year. This Saturday, Atlanta hosts the Montreal Impact in an early game (1pm ET) at the Benz. While I’m looking forward to the game, what I’m really excited about is the brunch tailgate before the game! 😉 Watch my IG story (@robynsaghini) for pics during the day. Atlanta United FCEzequiel BarcoFeaturednot ZlatanRobyn Saghini Double the soccer fun in 2018 for Atlanta fans March 28, 2018 rsaghini Leave a comment Saturday, March 17: 4-1 Win This past Saturday, March 24th, I was a witness to history – for the second time. I was at the season opener for ATL UTD’s USL team, ATL UTD 2. Season ticket holders for the first team were all given three free tickets for the USL team and after just one game, I was sold – and bought season tickets for them, too, even though they’re an hour away from me. It’s a chance to see guys on the first team roster that don’t usually get minutes in the Benz as well as some new guys who have yet to break into the first team. All in all, it was a good time. The fans brought the noise and chants and the team brought the goals. ATL UTD 2 won the game 3-1 over NYRBII. After watching that first game, there’s no doubt this team will be fun to watch this year. March 24th, 2018. A day that’ll never be forgotten. pic.twitter.com/3JiQxxEjhU — ATL UTD 2 (@atlutd2) March 28, 2018 And now, back to the first team. Coming off a home opener that saw Atlanta United finally get that D.C. United raccoon witch curse off their backs, it was time to figure out how to defeat the tallest team in the league. Some will say we got “lucky” on St. Patrick’s Day, but Vancouver Whitecap‘s Kendall Waston was awarded a red card early in the game for an elbow to Leandro Gonzalez Pirez‘s head on a corner kick. That red card was later rescinded by an Independent Panel after the Whitecaps filed an appeal. Waston’s reaction to the red card will never not be funny, though. Kendall Waston thought Leandro Gonzalez Pirez had been given a straight red card in #ATLvVAN, only to realize that it was actually being shown to him: (cc Face of the Week arbiter @MattDoyle76) pic.twitter.com/cvTn7B8mjN — Charles Boehm (@cboehm) March 18, 2018 After Waston’s exit, it was pretty much all Atlanta. Josef Martinez had an amazing game – and got his fourth MLS-career hat trick. Atlanta’s own Andrew Carleton got some actual first team minutes and notched an assist on Josef’s third goal of the night, which ended up being the MLS Goal of the Week. All the goals, all the glory! Relive our victory over Vancouver ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/h2M65Ba6df — Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) March 18, 2018 There were a few not-so-good things that came out of that game, too, though. Miguel Almiron still hasn’t found his right foot; Franco Escobar got a knee or elbow to the head from goalie Brad Guzan and is currently in concussion protocol, so not sure if he’ll be playing this week or not; and LGP and Michael Parkhurst still have some work to do on communicating in the back and not letting those “consolation” goals through. This weekend’s game is at Minnesota United FC – possibly in the snow again. Last year, we defeated them 6-1 at home and Josef got his first hat-trick. They defeated us at the Benz last year, but I think we got this one. Bring on the orange ball! We’re nearing the end of #BarcoWatch2; there’s a tiny possibility of him playing in MN this weekend, but more likely that he’ll play vs LAFC at home next week. Fingers crossed Carleton and Chris Goslin were called up to the U20s Men’s National Team last week and got a trip to Spain. Miggy was called up for the Paraguay national team and Darlington Nagbe for the USMNT for the USAvPAR game in Cary, NC on Tuesday, 3/27. The US won the game 1-0. Both of the ATL UTD players played at least 90 minutes and no one was injured, so all of Atlanta is breathing a sigh of relief. Featured image courtesy: Robyn Saghini Atlanta United FCFeaturedJosef MartinezLeandro Gonzalez PirezRobyn Saghini Oops, we did it again breaking ALL the records in Atlanta Sunday, March 11: 3-1 Win After a miserable season opener at Houston last week, Atlanta United FC redeemed itself by breaking the “raccoon witch curse” and the fans proved once again that soccer is thriving in Georgia. In 2017, ATLUTD could not manage to scrape together a draw against DC United, let alone a win and the “raccoon witch curse” was born. Those raccoons at RFK Stadium obviously performed some unholy magic that somehow allowed the second-worst team in the league last year to defeat ATLUTD all three times they met. In our home opener for 2018, though, the tables turned. Coach Tata Martino made some adjustments to the formation (more on that in a bit) and ATLUTD wins 3-1, with goals from Josef Martinez, Miguel Almiron, and Tito Villalba. My friend (and Mouths of the South podcaster), Jay Riddle had a theory: Tata: “You were the key, Asad. I told you by sending you to DC United we’d break the curse of the Raccoon Witch together. Your sacrifice is everything. They suspect nothing.” https://t.co/KVIPVcGr7a — Jay W. Riddle (@jay_riddle) March 12, 2018 ATLUTD played in a 3-5-2 formation this week (different from the usual 4-2-3-1) and Tata put Jeff Larentowicz (aka “Larry”) back as a defensive midfielder, Miggy back in at CM, and moved Greg Garza to left wing and Julian Gressel to right wing. #ATLUTD‘s Starting XI against @DCUnited pic.twitter.com/Jnlu6aRqzv I’m usually a bit leery when Tata starts changing things around, but it was easy to see the guys had much better control this week. I was still nervous with only a 1-0 lead at the half, but then Miggy scored. And not even two minutes later, Tito scored (and I missed it because I was posting a picture of T.I. on the supporters stage to the MLSFemale IG story, which is how I got caught on ESPN, so there’s that). An EPIC day in The 🅰️ pic.twitter.com/aobP9GC4Ba Our old pal Yamil Asad may have scored DCU’s first goal of the season, but he wasn’t much help to them this weekend. Asad got some applause from the early fans when he walked into the stadium and hugged all of his former teammates when DCU came out for warmups, which nearly made me cry. However, he did have some trouble getting past Gressel and Franco Escobar on the right. The only goal for DCU was scored by Darren Mattocks, who slipped by Leandro Gonzalez Pirez and somehow managed to get a shot by Brad Guzan. For a third time, ATLUTD broke the MLS single-game attendance record with 72,035 in Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday. The club also announced on Monday that they will open the full stadium for a fifth game (Oct 21 vs Chicago Fire, the final regular season game) this season. A friend of mine did the math and said this will bring us to just over 900,000 people at ATLUTD games in 2018. I’d like to see them open it up two more times (for a total of seven full-stadium games) so we can go over 1,000,000! We set the bar high. But the 5-Stripes don’t stop. Another attendance record broken! #UniteAndConquer pic.twitter.com/9Ia1ioIFs0 In other news this week, Julian Gressel made the MLS Team of the Week (with Almiron on the bench), and Miggy’s goal is up for Goal of the Week. I think ATL fans broke MLS’s system last year, so now you can only vote once (instead of once per hour like last year). A stellar performance from @JulianGressel! Congrats on MLS Team of the Week honors 👏 📝: https://t.co/g2GaeixIzq pic.twitter.com/KzuokV2UXQ This coming Saturday, 3/17, ATLUTD host the Vancouver Whitecaps, who have an impressive streak of 18 road games undefeated. Vancouver got the best of our boys last year, but so did DCU – until they came to the Benz, so we’ll see what Tata and the boys do this week. I’m not betting against my boys and the home crowd, though. 😉 Atlanta United FCFeaturedMiguel Almironraccoon witch curseRobyn Saghini So that happened to ATLUTD… March 6, 2018 rsaghini Leave a comment Saturday, March 3, 2018: 4-0 Loss Atlanta United‘s preseason was…not ideal. They managed a single win against soon-to-be MLS rival Nashville SC in some crazy weather conditions and then a loss (vs Columbus Crew) and two draws (MNUFC and USL side Charleston Battery) during the Carolina Challenge Cup in Charleston, SC. During the week between the final game in Charleston and our first regular season game at Houston, it was announced that our brand new toy, Ezequiel Barco, sustained a quad injury in training and would be out for 4-6 weeks. This brought back nightmares to the ATLUTD faithful, as Josef Martinez suffered a similar injury early in the 2017 season while playing for the Venezuelan national team. Barco’s injury and the fact that Michael Parkhurst was still recovering from an injury forced coach Tata Martino to make some pretty big changes in the lineup for the Houston Dynamo game. #ATLUTD‘s Starting XI to face @HoustonDynamo pic.twitter.com/F0fGWb6p47 — Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) March 3, 2018 Miguel Almiron, who has made the most impact at central attacking midfielder was pushed out to the left to cover for Barco. 2017 MLS Rookie of the Year Julian Gressel was slotted in to replace Almiron, Chris McCann was added as a defensive midfielder, and Jeff Larentowicz was pushed back to center back to replace Parkhurst. This was, however, our first regular-season lineup with offseason acquisition Darlington Nagbe in it. We saw some lovely things from him in the preseason, but this game didn’t go as well for him – or any of the midfielders or CBs, for that matter. It pains me to say this, but Leandro Gonzalez Pirez probably played his worst game ever. He ended up with a yellow card (Despite saying he was trying to get fewer cards this year; not such a great start there, LGP) was subbed out late in the first half with a hip contusion. Maybe he was still hungover from his birthday celebration earlier in the week? Or he was distracted by the fact that he’s going to be a first-time dad later this year? I don’t know what got into him, but he was not himself this weekend and while ATLUTD is reporting that he’s day-to-day (did not practice on Tuesday) with this hip contusion, he could easily be out for 1-2 weeks or more. While our list of injured players grew longer, at least our defense managed to shore itself up in the second half of the game on Saturday. After giving up four goals (!!) to Houston in the first half, the second half was scoreless. This is the first time ATLUTD fans have been on this side of a score like that. And it was not fun. My social media timelines were not a pleasant place to be on Sunday. Thankfully, it was just the first game of the season. We have 33 more games to go and I have faith that they’ll figure it out soon enough. Here’s an interesting stat for folks who may want to overreact to some of the opening weekend’s #MLS results: None of the past 4 MLS Cup champions won their season opener in their title season (0-2-2). In fact, none of them even scored a goal. — Ives Galarcep (@SoccerByIves) March 5, 2018 In the meantime, we have our first home game of the season to look forward to (or not) this Sunday vs the only team that got the best of us three times (angry emoji) last season, DC United. DCU snuck around during the offseason and picked up Yamil Asad on loan from Velez Sarsfield in Argentina. If you read any of my columns last year, you’ll know Asad was a fan favorite here in Atlanta in 2017. He will always be remembered for scoring the very first regular season ATLUTD goal and throwing ‘bows out on the field early in the season. He even went on to score DCU’s first goal of the season last week at Orlando (ha!). ATLUTD take on DC United this Sunday, 3/11 at 3pm ET at home in front of a potentially record-breaking (again) crowd. The upper level will be open, which means 70k+ in attendance at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 2018 season openerAtlanta United FCFeaturedLeandro Gonzalez PirezRobyn Saghini ATLUTD’s Best Season Ever November 26, 2017 rsaghini Leave a comment The inaugural season for Atlanta United was full of highs and lows. Highs like going undefeated against Orlando City SC (we are the #KingsOfTheSouth, after all) and drawing against both the first and second place teams from 2016 – twice against Toronto FC, thank you very much. Lows like losing all three games against DC United and Josef Martinez and Miguel Almirón getting injured. Still, so many good things happened this year. First of all, WE HAVE A TEAM! And they did very well when no one really expected them to. They were the only expansion team to have made the playoffs in their first season since Seattle Sounders did in 2009. The 70 goals they scored this year is the second most in MLS this season and the highest ever for an expansion team. The +30 goal differential is also the highest for an expansion team and fourth in MLS this year. The defense did some really good work this year as well. Alec Kann and Brad Guzan had a total of 12 clean sheets this season. MLS newbie Leandro González Pirez and veteran Michael Parkhurst teamed up in the back to become a formidable defensive presence. In the few games LGP didn’t play, it was definitely noticeable. For all of the complaining about the team’s name in the last two years, it really has become very appropriate. This team really did unite this city like nothing has ever done before. Atlanta United supporters broke the single game attendance record – TWICE in five weeks – and then broke the playoff attendance record. ATLUTD supporters also had the highest average attendance for the regular season, with an average of just over 48,000. ATLUTD is racking up the awards this post-season. Julian Gressel ran away with the Rookie of the Year award and Miguel Almirón won Newcomer of the Year. Both Goal of the Year (Tito Villalba’s rocket vs Orlando) and Save of the Year (Brad Guzan vs NYRB) were both awarded to ATLUTD, proving once again that #ATLWinsTheInternet. In addition to those awards, three of the 24 Players Under 24 were from Atlanta (Villalba, Asad, and Almirón, who was #1), and five of the top selling jerseys in MLS were Atlanta players. We also have two players up for MVP (Almirón and Martinez) and coach Tata Martino is up for coach of the year. After all of the successes in 2017, what do Atlanta supporters have to look forward to in 2018? For one, a team that’s been together for a year and knows each other pretty well now. Despite some post season roster moves and a few players who’s futures are up in the air (at least to the general public right now), Atlanta United have a solid core and any offseason moves will likely only enhance that. Thankful for our fans!#Thanksgiving \| #UniteAndConquer pic.twitter.com/VZCTg9ZAMj — Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) November 24, 2017 Second, we’re getting a USL team! It was announced recently that Atlanta United will kick off a USL team in 2018 and they’ll play in Gwinnett County, about 35 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. In a baseball stadium (sigh) with a little over 10,000 seats. Word is that they will eventually play at the ATLUTD training ground, but right now, the show pitch there only seats 2,500 and the USL minimum is 5,000. The USL team is exciting because we have three new homegrown players being added to the roster next year and this will be our chance to really see them play. The new homegrowns will join U-17 National Team standouts Andrew Carleton (who saw a few minutes with the first team earlier in 2017) and Chris Goslin. Third, now that we’ve moved into the Benz, we won’t have to worry about crazy schedules with 8 games in 24 days or months without a home game. Plus, we’re hosting the 2018 MLS All-Star Game! While 2017 was tremendous for us here in the ATL, 2018 promises to be even better. And we’ll be there, rowdy & proud as ever. Atlanta United FCFeaturedInaugural Seasonrookie of the yearsave of the year Rookie Goals FTW Official Atlanta United FC Reporter By Robyn Saghini @robynsaghini In their fourth road game in as many weeks, Atlanta United finally got the win we’ve all been waiting for in Salt Lake this weekend. They managed to get through an entire game with no red cards for either side (but a few yellows), and one of the teenagers scored his first MLS goal. First things first, though: earlier this week, ATLUTD successfully appealed the red card given to Leandro Gonzalez Pirez in last week’s game with Montreal Impact (I did say it was questionable last week, and the independent panel agreed). We also got Yamil Asad back from his red card suspension and Tyrone Mears back from his ankle injury. Unfortunately, Josef Martinez is still out with his quad injury and there have been no comments on when he will be back yet. ATLUTD trotted out yet another lineup this week at Rio Tinto. Kenwyne Jones was back for his second start, Asad was back in the left midfield, Miguel Almiron in center mid, with Carlos Carmona and Jeff Larentowicz behind him. Julian Gressel was on the bench, which was weird (he came in in the 78th minute for Tito Villalba). Also of note, rookies Brandon Vazquez and Miles Robinson were in the 18 for this game and brought in late, but more about Vazquez later. Tonight’s Starting XI at @RealSaltLake#UniteAndConquer pic.twitter.com/T0zyoD2D3r The game got off to an awkward start for ATLUTD. Sloppy passing and bad giveaways were way too abundant in the first 20 minutes. Tito did manage to get a ball past Nick Rimando for ATL’s first goal in the 9th minute, though. Almiron tried first, but his shot was saved, then Tito followed up and Rimando saved it, but it bounced right back to Tito, who launched it into the back of the net. uno, dos, TRES ⚽️#ATLUTD 1 – 0 @RealSaltLake pic.twitter.com/ktIPtoQ03r Once the boys got their first goal, things started to fall into place a little easier. The first half ended with ATL up a goal on the hosts, and the second half saw Yamil Asad getting his second goal of the season in the 46th minute. .@YamilAsad11 doubles the advantage for #ATLUTD pic.twitter.com/9BkAILvzvD Real Salt Lake pulled to within one with a goal by Rusnak in the 69th minute. While we managed to get out of this game with no red cards (on either side, for a change), ATL still managed to bring home four yellow cards with those three points. Carmona was shown a yellow in the first half for a hard tackle on Kyle Beckerman. In the second half, Greg Garza was shown yellow for a hard challenge and a few minutes later, Almiron was awarded a free kick from a hard challenge, missed his shot and got a yellow for wasting time on the corner kick. The final yellow was shown to goalie Alec Kann for wasting time as well – something ATL’s commentator Kevin Egan mentioned would probably happen early on in the game. The big story of the night was 19-year-old Brandon Vazquez scoring his very first MLS goal three minutes into his professional debut for ATLUTD. And he made it look so effortless, too: 3 minutes is all he needed. Congrats on your first ever @MLS goal, @Brvndonv 👏 pic.twitter.com/VnmuHRmXIL All in all, not the best performance from ATL – I think they played better last week, but Almiron made the MLS Team of the Week for the third time already this season, so that’s pretty good, right? I was quite sad to see that Leandro Gonzalez Pirez was yet again left off the Team of the Week. He’s been so amazing on the field so far and it’s rather disappointing that he’s not been recognized for that yet. My friends at Dirty South Soccer feel the same way: LGP is love. LGP is life. #LGPAppreciationDay https://t.co/krBCa4l39t Other notes from this week: We heard this week that the opening of Mercedes Benz Stadium has once again been delayed because of construction complications with the roof. This time, though, it means that an ATLUTD game will not be the first event in the new stadium. The first ATLUTD game scheduled to play at the Benz now is vs FC Dallas on 9/9. This also means that a few games have been rescheduled. Our first home game vs Orlando City was shifted up a day to 7/29 and will be played at Bobby Dodd, which has been our temporary home since the beginning of the season. Two more games (vs MNUFC and LA Galaxy) that were scheduled to be played at the Benz in August are being moved, likely to October since our schedule in September is already pretty crowded. Our next game is FINALLY at home vs DC United this Sunday, 4/30. It was announced earlier today that the game is the third consecutive sell out. Not bad, Atlanta, not bad at all. Another interesting tidbit that my pals at Dirty South Soccer calculated this weekend was that ATLUTD have only trailed for 19 minutes this season. Details here. Follow and chat with me on twitter: @robynsaghini Check us out on instagram! @mlsfemale Subscribe + get caught up: Weekly Dispatch 2017 Atlanta United FCFeaturedKevin EganLeandro Gonzalez PirezTito Villalba Red Cards, Fouls and No-Calls, Oh My! Saturday, April 15: 2-1 Loss For our third road game in as many weeks, Atlanta United traveled back up to Canada to meet up with Montreal Impact. Everyone and their brother expected ATL to come out of this one with three points, but due to a couple of questionable calls – and maybe some fouls that weren’t called – ATL ended up with their second loss of the season. It was also the first loss that actually felt like a loss. The first loss happened in week one, another 2-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls, but because it was the first game and the atmosphere was amazing, everyone was still smiling and laughing leaving the stadium. We may not have gotten any points out of that game, but we had a team and that trumped whatever the final result was. This loss, though…this one hurt. All the indicators before the game said that ATL would come out of this one with a win. Montreal hadn’t won a game yet this season and early on in the week, their player Nacho Piatti was still questionable for Saturday’s game, but when the lineups came out around noon on Saturday, there he was. The lineups also showed some changes for Atlanta. With Yamil Asad out on a red card, coach Tata Martino moved Miguel Almiron out to the left and brought in Kenwyne Jones up top for his first start. Ty Mears was a late scratch due to an ankle injury, so Mark Bloom got his first start at right back. For Atlanta, the two top stories out of this game were Kenwyne’s first MLS goal and the (rather questionable) red card for Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, both of which happened late in the first half. Carlos Carmona intercepted a Montreal goal kick at mid-field and passed to Tito Villalba, who got in a cross to Kenwyne for his first goal in MLS. It was a great shot that was perfectly executed and the celebration afterwards deserved five stars. The celebration we’ve all been waiting for Congrats on your first-ever @MLS goal, @kenwynejonestt! pic.twitter.com/3g96hFRzyR The bigger story, though, was the red card to Pirez. The Argentinean defender has been nothing short of amazing in the first five games. In about the 45th minute, both Pirez and Montreal’s Matteo Mancosu were in the box, trying to recover a pass. Arms and legs were tangled and it ended with Mancosu on the ground, a penalty called, and a red card for Pirez. Below are a couple of different angles of the play. You judge for yourself. Here’s the call on LGP. Seems very harsh. pic.twitter.com/HAu1s3OUJk I was okay with the pen earlier, but from this angle… that’s really just a well-done dive. Disgusting. #ATLUTD https://t.co/UZ9khljjuS — Atlantan Knight (@ATLknight7) April 16, 2017 And then there was this play where a foul was called, but only a yellow card was given to Montreal: A) lovely touch by Almiron B) Yellow card to Cabrera #MTLvATL pic.twitter.com/OCMgDPUmLL — Total MLS (@TotalMLS) April 15, 2017 And for a full report on the fouls called (or not) during the game, skip to 7:12 in Simon Borg’s Instant Replay. At least Simon didn’t think it should be a red card. In a nutshell, ATLUTD got MLS’d this weekend. PROReferees have been inconsistent at best and that’s disturbing. But that’s a story for another day. ATLUTD’s front office says it is their policy to not comment on whether they will appeal the red card, so we’ll just have to wait and see if Pirez is exonerated or not. Fingers crossed The second goal for Montreal came in stoppage time of the second half and was maybe one of the weirdest “how the heck did that happen” goals I’ve seen yet. La précision d’Anthony Jackson-Hamel!@ajacksonhamel‘s dramatic goal! 🔥#IMFC #MTLvATL pic.twitter.com/Dh6WepcgY8 — Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) April 16, 2017 HOW?! Next week is the final away game in this stretch and it’s out to Salt Lake City to take on the new and improved Real Salt Lake under new coach Mike Petke and his famous sweater collection. (If you want some laughs, follow @PetkesSweater on Twitter) Here’s to hoping we can hand my former favorite coach his first loss next Saturday. In other (happier) ATLUTD news, lots of other things have happened this week: ATLUTD held the grand opening of their $60 million training facility and I was there! Check out that story here. Homegrown players Andrew Carleton and Chris Goslin and Academy player Zyen Jones have been called up to the U-17 Men’s National team to compete in the CONCACAF U-17 Championship in Panama. While this means we’ll lose Carleton and Goslin as options for the next month, we are SUPER proud of them! Called Up ⚽️🇺🇸@andrewcarleton7 & @chrisgoslin17 join U-17 MNT for FIFA WCQ DETAILS \| https://t.co/MCRyC80hzE pic.twitter.com/LNQbOSLxCE Sunday, April 16th marked the third anniversary of the MLS Atlanta announcement. Happy 3rd birthday, ATLUTD! Charleston Battery player and ATLUTD loanee Romario Williams had a pretty good game on Saturday: You gotta watch Romario Williams’ hat trick from Saturday. #ATLUTD #CB93 https://t.co/nmyqTFBOMx Atlanta United FCFeaturedKenwyne JonesLeandro Gonzalez PirezTata Martino	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1398
__label__wiki	0.735552	0.735552	Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry are Engaged Oana Oprea Photo source: cnn.com A broken bottle of champagne, a helicopter and a broken coat are the perfect ingredients of an unforgettable marriage request. We do not say it, but Katy Perry, who had a full-grown engagement! In the Jimmy Kimmel’s show, the artist detailed the moment when her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, asked her for marriage, even Valentine’s Day. It seems the question came during a helicopter ride. “We had dinner and thought we were going to a museum, but we stopped in front of a helicopter. The funny part is that I had helicopter champagne and the ring box was in his pocket and he wrote everything he wanted to say on a note,” Katy Perry recalls. And here’s all the madness. While Orlando was reading the note, Katy heard the bottle of champagne crashing, and Orlando struggled to take out the box with the ring in her coat pocket, eventually breaking it. WOOOOW! This really seems like a scene in comedy movies. Well, everything is good when it ends well. Things were resolved and the helicopter landed on a roof in Los Angeles, where they were welcomed by the closest. Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry Previous articleBebe Rexha was criticized after the release of the video ‘LAST HURRAH’ Next articleDan Balan and Katerina Begu release “Dragostea din Tei” Oana is Senior Features Writer, she like to write about the latest buzz in headlines.In the past she work in UK at a television, she moved here to work with us because she like very much. E-mail: [email protected]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1406
__label__cc	0.621144	0.378856	NEW REPUBLIC OF TEXAS American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God Category: History of Texas MICHAEL HOFFMAN – REVISIONISTS AS BIBLICAL AMALEK -Bitchute There are few men I admire and trust in the world today, of which I am aware. Don’t mean there are not a hell of lot more good men and women out there, than everyone thinks. Just most don’t know where the others are, and the MSM & WASHINGTON DC, sure as hell are not going to help you wind each other. But the English Author David Irvin has my respect. If he introduces this man in this matter, I have no doubt of this mans’s truth and honor, as David Irvin would not recommend him so highly, if he were not a true warrior on the side of the Light. If you are new to some of the teachings of the so called Judaic religion, well, it has a whole lot of real evil nasty shit in them, the “Jews”, (Non Semitic Kharzarian) cult members believe that are entitled to do to any but another cult member. According to their religion, want to rape a goy child, women, man, rob them, murder them, it is no sin, they are cattle, to be farmed and slaughtered. Raping their own cult children is fine, as long as it is not done past three years and one day. Now, there are a whole lot of people out there, think of themselves as “Jews”, because they were born into it, don’t know shit from shenola about the real teachings, never read the books. Same with a lot of “christians”, born into it, goes to churchy, sings Holy-HJoly_holy, hopes they don’t go to hell for all those sins they keep lying about doing, never read the Bible through. SO give it a listen. If you are a zionist christian, these soul-less Khazarian animals mean you no good, they are not Hebrews, God is not going to judge America if it do not kiss Israhell’s ass. But God bis going to Judge America if the do not find some balls, and Kick Israhell’s Ass! John C Carleton https://www.bitchute.com/video/TqqMtTIKCZfk/ Author John C CarletonPosted on July 5, 2019 Categories History of TexasLeave a comment on MICHAEL HOFFMAN – REVISIONISTS AS BIBLICAL AMALEK -Bitchute DNA Testing Shows 1/3 Of “Asylum” Seekers Faked Being Family of Children To Claim “Asylum” DNA testing found that 30 per cent of those tested had lied about family ties. Central Americans who cross the border illegally with children can claim asylum and avoid any lengthy detention in most cases. ICE ran the pilot for a few days this month in El Paso and McAllen, Texas About 30% of migrants tested with rapid DNA were lying about familial relations Migrants with children can claim asylum and avoid detention in most cases If you have not figured it out yet, just because the Pope tells these people to breed like rabbits, so he has more church members, don’t mean The Occopied Republic of Texas, or the other occupied North American States, can take all these Anti American, hands out, American hating gentuza. Send them to Washington DC and the Vatican. Get them the hell out of Texas! Get them the hell out of North America. They are not our problem. Washington DC on the other hand, is our problem. It is the USA, the Occupying by military force of the Occupied Republic of Texas, which is forcing these Anti-American hands out, “and oh yes we hate you”, third world people on the Occupied Republic of Texas, and the Occupied States. For you slower ones, USA/Washington DC, is trying to make the Occupied Republic of Texas, and the Occupied North American States, third world Shit Holes! About time to stop this evil Anti-American shit by USA/WASHINGTON DC. Oh yes, San Antonio folks, remember, mayor PendejoBerg and his Merry band of Hairless chihuahuas on “San Antonio city council”, are in favor of flooding San Antonio with these thieving, child molesting, murdering gentuza. Crime has gone out of sight in San Antonio because of “city hall’s” criminal actions against Texicans. Author John C CarletonPosted on July 2, 2019 July 2, 2019 Categories History of TexasLeave a comment on DNA Testing Shows 1/3 Of “Asylum” Seekers Faked Being Family of Children To Claim “Asylum” Occupied Republic of Texas yankee Occupation “government” “School Board” Considers Introducing Sex Education For Kindergartners Grooming Children for Pedophillia perhaps? Grooming For Pedophillia Perhaps? The Texas State Board of Education is considering new policies that would begin sex education during kindergarten. Texas Education Board Commissioner Mike Morath made recommendations in his health care review that include lessons about healthy relationships and reproduction. Brae’Lee Stewart is six years old and just finished kindergarten a few months ago. Her mother Brae’Lynn said the idea of her daughter learning anything about sex at her age makes her cringe. https://www.sott.net/article/415815-Texas-school-board-considers-introducing-sex-education-to-kindergartners Author John C CarletonPosted on June 29, 2019 June 29, 2019 Categories History of Texas1 Comment on Occupied Republic of Texas yankee Occupation “government” “School Board” Considers Introducing Sex Education For Kindergartners The Writing On The Wall-Vimeo Author John C CarletonPosted on March 21, 2019 Categories History of TexasLeave a comment on The Writing On The Wall-Vimeo A Colt 45 Peacemaker Educates a Zionist Yankee Professor In 1882, my grandfather was sixteen years old. His father, my great grandfather, was medical doctor, a Methodist circuit riding minister, and a Confederate veteran, living in occupied Texas. A lot damn carpet bagger zionist, (Puritan back then), came to the Southern occupied States to see what they could steal, opportunities to run it over the conquered Southerners. One such was a very large man, not fat, tall and muscular, who came to Texas, and set up a school. Things were tough in Texas during reconstruction, and schools were few and far between. To show all the kids he was boss, the coward picked out a girl who’s father was dead, accused her of some small infraction of the rules, took her to the front and was beating her unmercifully. My grandfather was sixteen, the second oldest and largest boy in the school. He and the older boy both stood up and called the Professor as he called himself, down. Told him that was enough. The professor, being a cowardly yankee, held a grudge. Professor had a teachers pet. The teaches pet and my grandfather were outside during noon one day, teachers pet started some trouble, so they started fighting. Here comes the professor yelling, “Will Carleton, I’m going to whip you. So my grandfather told him he did not believe so, and quit school. About a week later, he was running an errand for his dad, driving a one horse hack. About a block from the school, kids saw him, the teachers pet came down, grandfather stopped the hack, got down started to finish the fight. Professor sees this, come running down there yelling, “Will Carleton, i’m going to whip you”. Grandfather climbs back in the hack, the professor started climbing up after him. Grandfather reached under the seat, pulled out the Colt 45 Peacemaker that was kept there, put the end of the barrel up the teachers nose, eared the hammer back and said, “I don’t think so”. The professor ran back to his school so fast his own heels was kicking him in his own ass. Grandfather said nothing about it, but about a week later, someone told my great grandfather. He called my grandfather in, asked him what happened. Grandfather told him. He said, “Stay away from that school”. Great grandfather went to have a talk with the Professor. Told him that his being unfair, had caused my grandfather to leave the school, that if he ever tried to mess with the boy again, he would be messing with the old man, he asked if the professor understood. The professor understood perfectly. There was never any more trouble with the professor getting out of line. It seems to me, the only thing keeps a zionist in line, is a double barreled shotgun or a good 45 pointed at them, seems they CAN control that zionist virus when they want to. Seems a good weapon pointed at their ass makes them want to behave. Time to educate yourselves Mr. and Mrs. America. Time to get a Peacemaker. time to get er done. Author John C CarletonPosted on March 7, 2019 Categories History of TexasLeave a comment on A Colt 45 Peacemaker Educates a Zionist Yankee Professor A 12 Gauge Double Barrled Shotgun Trumps a Zionist Virus Infected Yankee My grandfather Carleton, was born under a military dictatorship. Born in Texas under occupation military “government”. When he was nine years old, still under Zionist Yankee “reconstruction” occupation, a lot of carpet baggers were coming South to see what they could steal from the Southern people. My great-grandfather was Methodist Circuit riding Minister, and a medical doctor. He was gone a lot. Seems the reason Carletons had so many boys, was so the boys could work the farm, while the father, could travel around the country. At nine, my grandfather was living on the family farm out side Llano, Texas. There was a wagon road came within distance to the house so that travel could be heard. Two wagon tracks ran out to the wagon road, which took a curve around the property. Wagons did not move that fast, so one took the wagon path heading in the direction on the road, one was going to travel. One day, my grandfather heard travel on the road, so he and his bulldog walked down to see who was moving. Around the bend comes several wagons. In the lead wagon was a self-rightious, smart ass, thieving zionist yankee. At that time they called themselves “Puritans”. He stopped his wagon and called my grandfathers dog over and tied him to his wagon. My grandfather said, Hey Mister, thats my dog”. Damn zionist yankee said, “he’s my dog now”. People in the rearward wagons, told the ass, “Don’t take the boys dog”. He Just laughed and said, “I told you I was going to get a good dog before we got there”. Climbed in his wagon and drove off. My grandfather ran all the way back to his home, grabbed the 12 gauge double barrel, and ran all the way out the other track. When the wagons came around the curve, my grandfather was standing in the middle of the road pointing the business end of the shotgun at the yankee scum. He eared bothe hammers back. So mad he was crying, he told the thieving yankee, “mister, if you don’t turn my dog loose, i am going to kill you”! The Zionist, very carefully got down and turned my grandfather’s dog loose. The wagons drove off. Now, i do not know if he got a dog or not, but i do know he did not get my grandfathers. The moral to this story is that a good twelve gauge shotgun trumps Zionism every time! Time to Get a good 12 gauge double barrel. Author John C CarletonPosted on March 6, 2019 Categories History of TexasLeave a comment on A 12 Gauge Double Barrled Shotgun Trumps a Zionist Virus Infected Yankee The Interesting Court Case of Texas v. White Salmon P. Chase How secession was finally declared illegal. In a legal examination of the right of secession no case has been thrown in our faces as Texas v. White. With this case the Supreme Court of the United States declared secession was not constitutional. The case concerned some government bonds owned by the State of Texas. By Texas law they could only be sold with the governor’s approval and signature. After secession, the State of Texas needed money to continue its war effort. The Texas legislature voided the requirement of the governor’s signature and sold the bonds. After the War, the Reconstruction government of Texas sued to reclaim the bonds on the grounds that the sale was illegal. The only way that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction was if the suit was between “a State and Citizens of another State” (US Constitution, art. III, sec. 2, para. 1) and Texas had purported to secede from the Union. In order to write Radical Republican doctrine into the Constitution, Chief Justice Chase found it necessary to hold that secession was unconstitutional (Texas never left the Union), but that the Reconstruction government of Texas (a government created by the U.S. Congress) had standing before the Court. He did so in a single paragraph: The Articles of Confederation had declared the Union “perpetual”. The preamble to the 1789 Constitution had declared that the Union was even “more perfect”. “What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect is not?” This doctrine of the perpetual Union made more perfect would be reaffirmed in White v. Hart where the Court declared that the State of Georgia had never left the Union. In making his ruling Chase ignored many of the legal arguments that had bearing on this case. First, the Articles of Confederation had been superseded by the Constitution. The ratification of the Constitution had dissolved the “perpetual Union”. Chase also ignored the larger problem that the ratification of the Constitution initiated a secession from the government created by the Articles. Even though only nine States needed to ratify the Constitution for it to become part of “the supreme law of the land”, the Articles could only be altered by the approval of all thirteen States! Thus, when nine States had ratified the Constitution and put aside the Articles in favor of the Constitution this was an act of secession. Second, it had never been assumed that the preamble was legally binding, but simply a statement of the intent of the Constitution. Thus, the preamble recognized that the Constitution was an attempt to form a more perfect union, but it did not legislate that “more perfect Union” as law. Third, Chase stated that the seceding states had forfeited their rights, but not their obligations. He never addressed the question of how this could be if, as he contended, the States had never left the Union in the first place. If the Confederate States had never left the United States they would still retain all their obligations (White v. Hart) and all their constitutional rights. The doctrine of lost rights with retained obligations was a concept of the Radical Republicans created by them to reconstruct the South in their own image. Fourth, Chase never addressed the fact that earlier Supreme Court decisions had declared Confederate State governments de facto governments (Thorington v. Smith, Delmas v. Insurance Co., and Mauran v. Insurance Co.) in all acts that did not further the aims of the rebellion. While he could have argued that acts supporting the secession could be punishable as treason (art. III, sec. 3) he never did. Interestingly, while these acts might have been considered treasonable, that did not in and of itself prove them to be unconstitutional (Yet another can of worms that Chase chose to ignore). Also, even though States were forbidden to “engage in War”, the Constitution contains an exception in the cases of actual or threatened invasion (art. I, sec. 3). While Chase could have argued that the invasion clause did not apply to federal troops seeking “to enforce constitutional law” he did not. Fifth, Chase never addressed the constitutional question of the legality of secession, just declared it illegal. An interesting argument in favor of the right of secession can be found in “A View of the Constitution of the United States”, by William Rawle. Chase basically ignored all previous case law and the supremacy clause, and accepted without supporting argument the standard Radical view of a one-sided secession: The Southern states had lost their rights, but not their obligations. Although Texas had not left the Union, it had forfeited its right to sue. This was a pretty shaky thesis; if Texas was still a State, article III give it the right to sue. Justice Grier, the lone dissenter, protested, saying that if Texas had not left the Union, it had the power to repeal its own laws. Chase and company couldn’t accept that line of reasoning without destroying the Reconstruction Act. Charles Fairman in “History of the Supreme Court of the United States, vol. VI, Reconstruction and Reunion 1864-88, part I”, says that the objective of this particular decision was to promote Chase’s firm belief that suffrage should not be limited by the laws of the past. He wanted a new start in who would govern the state, and required that the new citizens created by the fourteenth amendment participate in making the new start. Most of the Southern States had now completed that course of restoration (reconstruction). However, Texas was not of that number. Texas remained subject to the declaration of the Reconstruction Act. Its government was not “legal” but “provisional only”. “It suffices to say,” the Chief Justice concluded, “that the terms of the Acts necessarily imply recognition of existing governments; and that in point of fact, the governments thus recognized, in some important respects, still exist.” The conclusion was that the suit was properly brought and was within the original jurisdiction of the Court. This ruling also legitimized and “constitutionalized” the Reconstruction governments created by the Radical Republicans. Professor David P. Currie, University of Chicago Law School, in, “The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years,1789-1888” says, “In Texas v. White the Court went out of its way to embrace the Radical position that secession and all acts that served it were illegal, that the seceding states had nevertheless forfeited their rights, and that Congress could determine under the guarantee clause how they were to be governed. It did so essentially by fiat, without serious consideration of the opposing arguments … In Texas v. White, Chase finally succeeded in writing most of the Radical philosophy of Reconstruction into the Constitution.” Courtesy of Mike Purdy Confederate Memorial Camp #1432 Stone Mountain, Georgia Author John C CarletonPosted on March 6, 2019 Categories History of TexasLeave a comment on The Interesting Court Case of Texas v. White Carpet-Baggers Carpetbagger was the pejorative term applied to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, specifically those who joined state Republican parties formed in 1867 and who were elected as Republicans to public office. Southern Democrats immediately saw that the newcomers were corrupt and dishonest adventurers, whose property consisted only of what they could carry in their carpetbags (suitcases made of carpeting), who seized political power and plundered the helpless people of the South. This assessment of the carpetbagger became standard in late-nineteenth-century histories and retains its currency among some historians today. Since the 1950s, however, revisionist historians have challenged the validity of the traditional view and assessed the carpetbaggers more favorably. [Ed. note: It is a well-known maxim of war that ‘to the victor go the spoils.’ The victor in the War for Southern Independence has claimed, as part of his spoils, the right to record and enforce his point of view as the official and accepted history of the war.] The Reconstruction Act of 1867 placed Southern governments under military rule. The South was divided into five military districts, each run by a general in the U.S. Army. The five districts were (1) Virginia; (2) North and South Carolina; (3) Georgia, Alabama, and Florida; (4) Mississippi and Arkansas; and (5) Texas and Louisiana. Tennessee was the only prior Confederate state that was not placed under military rule. Around 200,000 troops were placed in the South to enforce military rule. Thousands of government officials were removed from office in the South and replaced with military commanders. Different commanders ruled in different ways. Some were very good at their jobs, and some were not. They had very few restrictions. They could be cruel and unfair and get away with it. It was a very harsh time for the population in the South. One thing all military commanders did because they were told to do so by Congress was to place former slaves in positions in government. These former slaves knew nothing about government or money. They were not trained for their jobs. Nearly all were puppets under the control of army officials. The reaction was the KKK. Military rule in the South lasted for 10 years, until 1877, when the Republican party agreed to return Southern states to home rule in exchange for their support of the Republican candidate for president, Rutherford B. Hayes. Author John C CarletonPosted on March 5, 2019 March 6, 2019 Categories History of TexasLeave a comment on Carpet-Baggers The Texas Rangers were unofficially created by Stephen F. Austin in a call-to-arms written in 1823 and were first headed by Captain Morris. Author John C CarletonPosted on March 1, 2019 March 5, 2019 Categories History of TexasLeave a comment on Texas Rangers For The Good Times-bitChute California Governor Clarifies That Free Healthcare Only Offered To Illegal Immigrants Who’ve Made It Safely Out Of The Womb Tehran’s Imam Suggests Missile Strike On Israel’s Nuclear Reactor-NRT The Presidents Family’s, Behind The Illusion of Mom, Apple Pie and Chevrolet-! 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__label__cc	0.584211	0.415789	Must-See Art Guide: Canada This week's guide features Maud Lewis, David Drebin, Rita Leistner, and more. Tatiana Berg, October 26, 2017 Maud Lewis, Covered Bridge in Winter (1966). Courtesy of Oeno Gallery. Canada is in the art world spotlight this week with the opening of Art Toronto. Now in its 18th year, the annual fair serves as one of the country’s biggest cultural events, attracting an increasing number of national and international galleries each year. But it might be in for some competition soon, since Montreal just announced it will start hosting its own major fair starting next year. So on that note, let’s not to overlook the rest of Canada’s local art scenes, and check out the list we’ve rounded up current exhibitions on view across Canada’s most important cities. Let’s start with Toronto: Stephen Bulger Gallery presents the photo project of Canadian artist Rita Leistner. Previously having worked as a war photographer, Leistner turns her uncompromising lens on the tree planters that on the front lines of maintaining Canada’s ecosystem and the sustainability of its forests. If you’re willing to travel a bit further afield outside of city limits to visit Oeno Gallery, you’ll be rewarded with an intimate exhibition of beloved folk artist Maud Lewis. For anyone in Vancouver, not to be missed are the labor-intensive abstract paintings of local artist Randall Steeves, or the wryly funny solo show of Ron Terada titled “TL;DR.” (That stands for “too long, didn’t read” for those of you who don’t spend your time in online comment threads. Not that you should.) Find our full list of picks below, eh. Exhibition: “Maud Lewis” When: September 16–November 12, 2017 Where: Oeno Gallery, 2274 Prince Edward County Rd 1, Bloomfield, Canada Medrie MacPhee, Going the Distance (2016). Courtesy of Barbara Edwards Contemporary. Exhibition: “Medrie MacPhee” When: October 6–November 25, 2017 Where: Barbara Edwards Contemporary, 1069 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Canada Stephen Appleby-Barr, Petit Prince, Rearing (2017). Courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery. Exhibition: “Stephen Appleby-Barr: Corvidae” When: October 5–28, 2017 Where: Nicholas Metivier Gallery, 451 King Street West, Toronto, Canada Rita Leistner, Russell Robertson (2017). Courtesy of Stephen Bulger Gallery. Exhibition: “RITA LEISTNER: The Tree Planters” When: October 21–November 18, 2017 Where: Stephen Bulger Gallery, 1356 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada “Micah Lexier: Here, Not Here.” Courtesy of Birch Contemporary. Exhibition: “Micah Lexier: Here, Not Here” Where: Birch Contemporary, 129 Tecumseth Street, Toronto, Canada David Drebin, Floating Dreams (2016). Courtesy of Galerie de Bellefeuille. Exhibition: “David Drebin” When: October 21–31, 2017 Where: Galerie de Bellefeuille, 1366 Avenue Greene, Montreal, Canada Clive Head. Courtesy of Landau Fine Art. Exhibition: “Art & Fashion: Modern Masters Gallery Exhibition” When: October 2017 Where: Landau Fine Art, 1456 Sherbrooke Street, Montreal, Canada Paul Béliveau, Vanitas 17.01.25 (2017). Courtesy of Duran Mashaal Gallery. Exhibition: “Paul Béliveau” Where: Duran Mashaal Gallery, 4030 Rue Saint-Ambroise #455, Montreal, Canada Tanis Saxby, Intimacy 1 (2016). Courtesy of Z Gallery Arts. Exhibition: “Intimacy \| Tanis Saxby” Where: Z Gallery Arts, 102-1688 W. 1st Avenue, Vancouver, Canada “Ron Terada: TL;DR.” Courtesy of Catriona Jeffries. Exhibition: “Ron Terada: TL;DR” When: September 15–October 28, 2017 Where: Catriona Jeffries, 274 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, Canada Randall Steeves, Forces of Nature. Courtesy of Elissa Cristall Gallery. Exhibition: “Randall Steeves: New Work” Where: Elissa Cristall Gallery, 2239 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada Tatiana Berg 34 Unmissable Gallery Shows to See in New York City This November By , Oct 26, 2017 Must-See Art Guide: Berlin	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1416
__label__wiki	0.866332	0.866332	Will Picasso Litigation Force Gagosian to Reveal His $100 Million Mystery Buyer? The art world is abuzz about who it could be. Eileen Kinsella, January 14, 2016 Larry Gagosian. Courtesy of David Crotty, © Patrick McMullan. Picasso Bust of a Woman (Marie Therese) (1931) is currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art. Will the legal fight over a $100 million Picasso ultimately reveal the mystery buyer? A noteworthy aspect of the current battle between Gagosian Gallery and a representative for the Qatari royal family—the latter of whom says it rightfully purchased the sculpture in 2014 for about $42 million—is the demand for “testimonial and document discovery” from Larry Gagosian and Picasso’s granddaughter Diana Widmaier-Picasso about their roles in a subsequent $100 million-plus sale transacted this past spring. If the detailed, multi-year access being sought by Pelham Europe—which is run by Christie’s former Impressionist and modern department head Guy Bennett—is ultimately realized, the name of Gagosian’s presumably billionaire buyer could be made public. According to legal documents, this third-party “mystery” buyer is ready to swoop in and pick up his or her new prize as soon as the Picasso show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where it is currently on display—ends on February 7. Pablo Picasso’s Granddaughter Is Selling a Huge Part of Her Private Collection at Sotheby’s By Sarah Cascone , Jan 11, 2016 Neither Gagosian nor his attorney responded to artnet News’ request for comment. Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, which is representing Pelham Europe, also declined to comment. Larry Gagosian. Image: ©Patrick McMullan. David Crotty/PatrickMcMullan. The prospect of this type of client confidentiality breach clearly has rattled Gagosian, however. In a December 8 filing in the Southern District of New York, an opposition he filed says if the court is persuaded to grant Pelham’s request for information “the proposed subpoena to Mr. Gagosian should be drastically modified…” It continues: “Pelham seeks information concerning a transaction between [Gagosian] and a third party who agreed to purchase the work from [Gagosian]. This request is of particular concern because [Gagosian] is contractually bound under the purchase agreement [he] signed with the third party buyer not to reveal the purchase price, or other terms of the sale, such as the buyer’s identity.” Gagosian further reiterated these claims in a legal complaint filed in Southern District Court on January 12 where the gallery is named as plaintiff and Pelham Europe is a defendant. According to the complaint, Gagosian Gallery is seeking “a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against Pelham Europe as well as for an order quieting title to property located in this District.” Of course, the art world is buzzing about who the mystery buyer could be. One name that immediately popped up is former hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, a frequent Gagosian client who owns a number of important Picasso paintings and has spent large sums on other blue chip sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, including $141 million for Pointing Man (1947) at Christie’s this past May and $101 million on Chariot (1950) in November 2014 at Sotheby’s. Steve Cohen’s Modigliani and $75 Million Leonardo at Heart of Yves Bouvier Case By Lorena Muñoz-Alonso , Mar 13, 2015 Billionaire Lily Safra, who also dropped more than $100 million on a Giacometti life size bronze Walking Man I in 2010, is also being eyed as a possible buyer. The reported purchase price of “well over $100 million,” according to legal documents is far higher than the current auction record for a Picasso sculpture—$29.2 million for Tête de femme (Dora Maar) (1941) at Sotheby’s in November 2007. Earlier in his opposition memo, Gagosian called Pelham’s request for information “part of a desperate attempt to enforce an unconscionable agreement with an elderly woman in poor health,” a reference to the earlier deal struck with Picasso’s daughter Maya Widmaier-Picasso. That deal was brokered on her side through the now defunct advisory firm Connery, Pissarro, Seydoux. According to Pelham’s memorandom of law filed in the Southern District of New York this past November, the discovery is linked to “two concurrently pending foreign proceedings.” The first case is pending in Switzerland, and deals with “Widmaier-Picasso’s breach of the Sale Agreement,” while the second is a contempt proceeding pending in Paris “arising out of Widmaier-Picasso’s apparent breach of a Writ of Seizure.” In the second case, “Pelham alleges that Widmaier-Picasso violated the writ by disposing of the Sculpture.” Both parties must submit documents concerning the sale to the Southern District in Manhattan by February 29. Further depositions related to the case must be concluded by April 1. Access the data behind the headlines with the artnet Price Database. Eileen Kinsella Senior Market Editor Gagosian And Qatari Royal Family Reach Temporary Agreement in Picasso Ownership Dispute By Henri Neuendorf , Feb 2, 2016 Gagosian Fights Qatar Representatives for Right to Buy $100 Million Picasso Sculpture By Eileen Kinsella , Jan 12, 2016 8 Secrets to Larry Gagosian’s Success Revealed By Cait Munro , Aug 5, 2015 Dvir Gallery to Open a Second Branch in Brussels By , Jan 15, 2016 Izumi Kato’s Unusual Solo Show Captivates at New York’s Galerie Perrotin	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1417
__label__wiki	0.649974	0.649974	Flint Hills Resources Employees Go 10 Years With No Serious Injuries A decade with no injuries resulting in time away from work Employees of Flint Hills Resources extended their string of consecutive days without a lost-time injury to 3,652 – 10 years – on Dec. 23. “During this holiday season, I, along with everyone in the Flint Hills Resources family, am giving thanks for continuing our safe work record,” said Phil Gaarder, vice president and manufacturing manager for Flint Hills Resources. “More than 900 dedicated individuals do their jobs with a focus on safety – they know that comes first and I am proud to be part of this team. There are very few facilities of this size that have achieved such a milestone. ” Both the East and West plants within the Corpus Christi refining complex have earned STAR certification in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs – its top workplace safety designation. The original certification was earned in 2000. have also received the Gold, Merit and Safety Achievement awards from the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association for their outstanding safety performance. Flint Hills Resources, a leading refining and petrochemical company, has operations in Texas, Alaska, Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan. Flint Hills employs about 3,500, including about 900 in Corpus Christi. Koch IndustriesMedia Resources Press Releases 2010 Flint Hills Resources Employees Go 10 Years With No Serious Injuries	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1419
__label__wiki	0.949072	0.949072	Man sectioned after armed police arrest outside Ukrainian embassy Police say man who drove car directly at officers has been held under the Mental Health Act after officers arrested him. Sunday 14 April 2019 17:14, UK Image: Onlookers described seeing armed officers armed and a suspect being 'wrestled' to the ground A man arrested after a car was driven at police outside the Ukrainian embassy in west London has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Armed police rushed to the embassy on Saturday after the Ukranian ambassador's car was "repeatedly rammed". They opened fire when the car was driven directly at police officers, and a man in his 40s was then arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after officers used a Taser to detain him. The man was not injured but was taken to hospital as a precaution. He is now in custody at a central London police station. Chief superintendent Andy Walker said: "As is standard procedure, an investigation is now ongoing into the discharge of a police firearm during this incident. "While this takes place, I would like to pay tribute to the officers involved in this incident who responded this morning and put themselves in harm's way as they do every day to keep the people of London safe." Onlookers described seeing officers armed with sub-machine guns and a suspect being "wrestled" to the ground. More from London Simon Brown: Govia Thameslink fined £1m over death of passenger who 'put head out of window' Aron Kato: Search for missing father turns into murder inquiry Train delayed in London as commuter's hair extensions get stuck in door Westminster crash: Salih Khater guilty of attempted murder Rapper Unknown T charged with murder over New Year's party stabbing Road rage victim's anger as attacker avoids sentencing again The ambassador, Natalia Galibarenko, was not at the embassy at the time and no other staff were injured. Police said the incident is not being treated as terror-related. A neighbour who witnessed the arrest believes the suspect reversed into the ambassador's car while backing away from an oncoming police car. Image: The silver Mercedes involved in the incident outside the embassy Emma Slatter said: "It seems like he was moving erratically or wanting to move away from being boxed in, maybe not realising there were police behind him as well. "That was when he collided backwards. I think I heard about half a dozen shots." Heather Feiner, a mother-of-two, originally from the US, said: "My kids were hanging out in the living room. They said, 'Mum, is that firecrackers?' "I saw all this police activity. I thought, 'Oh my gosh, what's going on?'" She added that there were four marked police cars outside by the time she reached her ground floor window. "From the time I heard the shots until I got to the window, which took about 15 seconds, all these police cars were already there," she said. "I'm wondering if they were already trying to stop this person. "I could see a police officer that fired the shots. I could see them pointing their gun at the car."	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1421
__label__wiki	0.506906	0.506906	Arsenal vs Bayern Munich TV channel and live stream: How to… Fortnite Save the World free codes coming soon? Hopes raised for… Gossip Girl Is Getting a Reboot: Where Are the Original Stars… Cats the movie first video of Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, James… Home Top Stories World Africa's top shots: 5-11 July 2019 A selection of photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week: On Saturday a model struts her stuff in a fashion show in the South African city of Durban… … the pageant showcased creations by local designers. It was celebration time for protesters in Sudan’s capital city Khartoum on Friday… … ruling generals and protest leaders announced they had reached an agreement to share power… … and hold elections in three years, as the protesters had demanded. However the deal has still not been signed… … on Tuesday, a mother mourns her son who was killed during anti-government protests in Khartoum. And hands were also wide open for one Senegal football fan at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday. They won 1-0 against Benin to reach the semi-finals. … It was a win for Nigeria fans too, 2-1 against South Africa… … that South African goal was originally ruled offside but the video assistant referee (VAR) allowed it. Further south in Ethiopia, a store of bananas catches the light. Also on Tuesday, a man awaited a much more serious fate as a group of African asylum seekers in north-western Mexico waits to enter the US…. … Asylum seekers claimed Mexican migration officials were selling spots in the line to get an interview with US migration authorities. and it was that Friday feeling in Alexandria, Egypt on… well, Friday. Pictures from AFP, Getty Images, Nur Photo and Anadolu Agency source: bbc.com Previous articleIrina Shayk poses topless as she addresses marriage after Bradley Cooper split Next articleGolf: Dream start drives Diaz to John Deere lead Black sheriff's deputy in Ohio sues after white IRS security guard put a gun to his back Saudi Arabia intercepts drone launched by Yemeni rebels Ursula von der Leyen admits no deal Brexit fears and claims UK cannot escape the backstop Nobel Winner’s Reputation Marred as Crackdown Triggers Refugee Crisis Democratic socialism can succeed in the Midwest – by any other... Prague bus crash horror: At least three dead and 30 injured... Last night wasn’t a wave. It was a realignment.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1422
__label__wiki	0.691944	0.691944	Indian Schoolgirls Beaten With Sticks After Protesting Sexual Harassment A Fake Doctor Arrested At Bwaila Hospital In Malawi Oregon Governor Signs First Gun Law Since Florida Massacre Anti-gun pupil, Sandra Parks, 13, shot dead in home Haniya Said Sagar Jailed 10 Years Over Police Station Attack ‘Cornerstore Caroline’: Woman calls the Police On 9-year-old Boy For Sexual Assault Baby trafficking: ‘They stole my son from me’ Traffic Collision Saves Kidnapped Woman In China Housewife Chinyere Odum Sets 13-Year-Old Son Ablaze In Abia, Nigeria Florida Babysitter Nora Jackson Tied Crying One-Month-Old Baby To Ceiling Fan For 26 Hours Ruth Coppinger Calls For Strike On International Women’s Day 2019 During Rape Trial Judge Orders Baby Returned To Mother Rebecca Sanders Custody Dispute Ghanaian Woman, Theresa Nkrumah in court for allegedly burning husband, girlfriend to death Married US Science Teacher Arrested Over ‘Sexual Relationship With Boy, 14 Couple Face Prosecution If They LOOK At Their Neighbour’s Home Couple face prosecution if they LOOK at their neighbour’s home after police were called in over building work row. Nigel and Sheila Jacklin, from E Meghan Markle shuts down social media accounts Blind woman left stranded after taxi driver refused to pick her up Janet Holt: ‘I’m a Murderer …So Why Do The Police Not Believe Me?’ Couple face prosecution if they LOOK at their neighbour’s home after police were called in over building work row. Nigel and Sheila Jacklin, from East Sussex, were issued with a ‘community protection warning’ after they complained about their neighbours. The couple, from Norman’s Bay, East Sussex, have now been warned by officers they face prosecution if they are “perceived by any person to be looking into any neighbour’s property”. They have also been banned from walking directly to the beach past their neighbour’s home because it now forms part of an “exclusion zone” imposed on them. The Jacklins have lived in their £600,000 five-bedroom home for 26 years and it is just yards from the beach in the hamlet near Bexhill-on-Sea. But five years ago clinical psychologist Dr Stephane Duckett and partner Norinne Betjemann bought a 120-year-old, disused glass glazing workshop opposite their house. The couple, from London, then set about converting it into a £400,000 weekend holiday home. Mr and Mrs Jacklin made a series of complaints about their new neighbours to the authorities, including allegations about noisy builders, verbal abuse and light pollution. However the Jacklins were then “investigated” by the Rother District Council and given a “community protection warning letter”. Dad-of-two Nigel has branded the punitive action “ridiculous” and says they will fight the decision all the way. Mr Jacklin, 55, said: “The police treated us like criminals even though we had reported problems with Dr Duckett and Ms Betjemann for five years. “We live by the beach because we like to go to the sea; this action prevents us from enjoying the beautiful location we live in.” He added: “The notice is preventing us from doing something that we’ve done for 26 years and caused no harm. “If we walk through the village we have to keep our heads hung low. We can’t walk to and from the beach or through the village without fear of being prosecuted.” A Rother District Council spokesman said: “Community Protection Notices (CPNs) are aimed at preventing unreasonable behaviour that is having a negative impact on residents’ quality of life. “Before a notice can be issued a warning letter is sent to the individual in question advising them that their unreasonable behaviour must cease otherwise a CPN will be issued. “In this case, Sussex Police issued a warning letter on behalf of the council in an attempt to resolve a long-standing neighbourhood dispute. “A CPN would only be served if there was further evidence of anti-social behaviour.” Mr Duckett and Ms Betjemann declined to comment. Sussex Police also said they were unable to comment on the case. Source: thesun.co.uk LAW & CRIME 475 Community Protection Warning 1 Couple Face Prosecution 1 UK News 362 Mauritius: Marriage & Concubinage Under 18: Engaged Citizens Say Stop	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1423
__label__wiki	0.57775	0.57775	NEWSiNi The hottest new London hotel openings of 2019 Jul 12, 2019 02:02 am LifeStyle 21 The latest lifestyle, fashion and travel trends London is home to a myriad of stunning and iconic hotels. From The Ritz’ old-world glam, to Claridge’s art deco splendour and Ham Yard’s distinctive design – there’s a hotel for every taste. But, there’s always room for more. This year, there will be a number of new hotels popping up across our capital. Whether you prefer a boutique hotel or a Scandi-inspired skyscraper, below are the best hotel openings of 2019. The Standard, London in King’s Cross Bold colours set off the '70s vibe at The Standard (The Standard) Opened: July 2019 With outposts in New York and California, The Standard has debuted its first property outside of the US. Situated in a prime location for tourists and commuters directly opposite King’s Cross and St. Pancras Station, The Standard is housed in the historic Camden Town Annex. The new building celebrates the historical architecture while keeping The Standard’s distinctly modern design. The hotel boasts 266 rooms, with some including outdoor terraces and bathtubs overlooking St. Pancras Station. The destination rooftop restaurant by Peter Sanchez Iglesia won't open until September but will be accessible by an exterior lift which gives visitors stunning views 360-degree views over London. Inside, you'll find a modern twist on '70s decor with interior architecture by Archer Humphryes inspired by 'punk rock bands and the mischievous underbelly of King's Cross' - think plush brown leather sofas, bold colours and an abundance of mood lighting. Rooms from £199 per night, standardhotels.com/ The Hoxton, Southwark One of the chic new bedrooms inside The Hoxton (The Hoxton) Opening: September 2019 The Hoxton brand is opening its eighth outpost and third London hotel in September, adding to its Shoreditch and Holborn offerings. Located on the south side of Blackfriars Bridge, The Hoxton, Southwark will sit in a 14-storey new build property and feature 192 rooms that come in five of the brand's signature categories: Shoebox, Snug, Cosy, Roomy and Biggy. Expect Crittall-style windows, concrete ceilings and bare brick walls which will contrast with luxury panelled headboards, leather lounge chairs an handmade glassware all curated by Ennismore Design Studio which is responsible for the hotel brand's interiors. There will be a rooftop restaurant, with views across the Thames, alongside a ground floor restaurant serving Mediterranean-inspired fare. Early bird rates start from £123 per night if you book before June 22. Regular rates start from £209 per night. thehoxton.com/southwark/ Hard Rock Hotel, Mayfair The reception lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel (Philip Durrant/courtesy of Scott Brownrigg) Opened: May 2019 This spring, London welcomed an iconic addition to its hotel scene: the Hard Rock Hotel. Found on the corner of Oxford Street and Park Lane, the Hard Rock Hotel is a new haven for music lovers as this 900-room hotel boasts two buzzing bars, plus a Hard Rock Cafe set to serve American cooking with a British twist. The curated memorabilia also has a distinct London vibe - think David Bowie’s “Relax” t-shirt, Freddie Mercury’s piano from his family home in Middlesex and one of Paul McCartney’s iconic Beatles suits. You can read our full review of the Hard Rock Hotel, London here. Rooms from £322 per night, hardrockhotels.com/london The Dixon, Tower Bridge The Provisioners Coffee Bar at The Dixon (Paul Winch-Furness) Opened: January 2019 This new boutique hotel is part of Marriott's Autograph Collection and opened its doors in January. Located on Tooley Street, near London's iconic Tower Bridge, The Dixon is close to many of the capital's landmarks, like Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe. The design of the hotel takes inspiration from the area's vibrant cultural heritage and has 193 rooms, including 10 suites, with a new bar and restaurant as well. You can read our full review of The Dixon here. Rooms from £199 per night, thedixon.co.uk/ Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park has recently undergone the most extensive renovation in its 117-year history (Mandarin Oriental) Opened: April 2019 After a blaze tore through this iconic hotel last summer it has been refurbished, and re-opened its doors in the spring. The Mandarin Oriental London opened in its entirety on April 15, with most of the 118 guest rooms offering stunning views of Hyde Park and the London skyline. The renovation is the most extensive in the hotel’s 117-year history and designer Joyce Wang was at the helm of the guest room interiors, taking inspiration from the peaceful parkside location, as well as the glamour of the early 20th century’s Golden Age of travel. You can read our full review of the revamped Mandarin Oriental London here. Rooms from £660 per night, mandarinoriental.com/london/ Page8 Page Hotels is opening its first UK outpost this autumn (Page Hotels) Opening: Autumn 2019 After launching the first of the Page Hotels in Hong Kong in January this year, the brand isn't wasting any time in moving to the UK market. Page8 will open in autumn and will be found at the south end of St. Martin's Lane, just steps away from London hotspots Trafalgar Square and The National Gallery. With 138 rooms, the design-led hotel will boast a rooftop restaurant and coffee bar - names still to be announced - and will feature large windows overlooking some of London's most iconic landmarks. Experiencing London is an important part of the hotel's ethos, which is why it's created a website called 'Journal', which will help guests curate a bespoke itinerary during their stay. Rates start from £280 per night,pagehotels.com/ nhow London A quirky new hotel is coming to Shoreditch(nhow) Opening: August 2019 A new design-led hotel is coming to Shoreditch this summer. Based on the theme ‘London reloaded’, the nhow hotel will combine traditional British icons with unconventional contemporary elements. Part of the 250 City road Development, the hotel will boast colourful textures and contemporary art in each of the 190 vibrant rooms spread across eight floors. The hotel will also house a ‘reinvention of the British pub’, a bar and a gym. We already know where we’re going for an after work tipple this summer. Rates TBC, nhow-hotels.com/ Great Scotland Yard Hotel An artist's rendition of the bar at Great Scotland Yard Hotel (Hyatt) Opening: late 2019 A new 152-bedroom hotel is set to open in the heart of Westminster this year in a Grade II-listed Edwardian building that was once London’s Metropolitan Police headquarters. It will be the first UK hotel to join Hyatt’s ‘Unbound’ collection and will preserve much of the building original architecture. In a statement by Hyatt, the hotel will have ‘sophisticated food and beverage offerings’ by the acclaimed Robin Gill once opened. Rates TBC, hyatt.com/ Belmond Cadogan Hotel Chelsea's legendary Belmond Cadogan Hotel has been refurbished (Belmond) Opened: February 2019 While the Belmond has been in operation since 1887, the recently renovated and refurbished hotel in the heart of Chelsea now boasts 54 incredibly chic rooms with a mix of modern and traditional British design, laced with Edwardian splendour. The Cadogan Place Gardens are reason enough to visit the hotel, so be sure to visit in the summer to experience London’s hidden oasis in full bloom. Rooms from £423 per night, belmond.com/ Vintry & Mercer, City of London Inside Vintry & Mercer, the City of London's newest hotel (Vintry & Mercer) Opened: February 2019 Nestled in the heart of London along a narrow street, you’ll find our capital’s newest luxury boutique hotel. The 92 bespoke rooms and suites draw interior inspiration from the historic trading guilds of the City of London and create a unique hideaway in the bustling borough. The Vintry Kitchen can be found downstairs, where you can sample delicious Asian tapas before heading to the terrace for a tipple overlooking iconic London sights like St Paul’s Cathedral and The Shard. Before bed, be sure to head to Do Not Disturb, the hotel’s basement bar oozing with retro glamour and vintage cocktails that will transport you back to 1920’s New York. You can read our full review of the Vintry & Mercer here. Rooms from £195, vintryandmercer.com/ The Biltmore, Mayfair Mayfair's newest hotel, the Biltmore (Jack Hardy) Opening: summer 2019 Mayfair's newest luxury hotel will also be a first for the UK - as it will be the first UK property from LXR Hotels & Resorts, the new luxury branch of The Hilton hotel franchise. Designed by Goddard Littlefair, the hotel will house 257 opulent rooms alongside 51 curated suites reflecting the property's origin as a sophisticated London private residence. The Biltmore is located just moments from Bond Street, with Hyde Park and Green Park on its doorstep. The hotel will also be home to a year-round alfresco terrace, cocktail bar and gymtech fitness suite. Patrick Fitzgibbon, senior vice president of development, EMEA, at Hilton, said in a statement: “The Biltmore, Mayfair is a stunning addition to the new collection and prestigious extension to Hilton’s growing luxury portfolio in London. Guests will experience first-class service in the heart of Mayfair, and the unique craftsmanship and historic surroundings of the hotel will make for a truly memorable stay.” Rates TBC, millenniumhotels.com/ Lincoln Plaza London, Canary Wharf An artist's rendering of Lincoln Plaza London (Lincoln Plaza London) Opened: January 2019 Canary Wharf welcomed another high rise earlier this year with the addition of Lincoln Plaza London. The sleek exterior is influenced by London’s commercial and financial hub while still drawing on the area’s industrial heritage. In the rooms you’ll find bespoke artwork and downstairs you can dine at Mr Todiwala's Kitchen, have a tipple at Jack Speak and grab a sandwich at the Grocer. The in-house fitness centre has classes, a 24-hour gym for the nocturnal fitness fiends, a pool, whirlpool, steam room and sauna. Rooms from £229 per night, lincolnplazalondon.co.uk/ The Stratford at Manhattan Loft Gardens, Stratford The Stratford is filled with distinctive Scandi-inspired interiors (Manhattan Loft Gardens) Opening: spring 2019 The Jubilee Line is about to become your new best friend as you’re going to want to take multiple trips out to Stratford to visit Manhattan Loft Gardens’ latest offering. The Stratford Hotel can be found inside a double-cantilevered tower which also contains a number of living spaces, three sky gardens and two restaurants. The design hotel features Scandinavian-inspired interiors by Space Copenhagen, with each of the 145 rooms filled with natural light and unique artworks. Minimalism at its finest. Rooms from £132 per night, manhattanloftgardens.com/the-stratford/ More about: \| Hotels \| New London Hotels \| London Hotels \| Travel \| Staycation hottest london hotel openings A Lack of Affection in a Relationship: Is It... Cape View Clifton review: a luxurious... 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__label__wiki	0.682342	0.682342	Crowdsourcing campaign to find ideas for $4 million Mobility Unlimited Challenge Global crowdsourcing campaign launched to identify solutions to the challenges faced by people with lower-limb paralysis, as part of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge Digital campaign will ask people with lower-limb paralysis to share their thoughts and views using the hashtag #mymobilityunlimited Insights from the crowdsourcing campaign will help inspire entrants for the $4million Challenge intended to push innovation and transform the lives of people with lower-limb paralysis Inspired by Toyota’s worldwide partnership with the International Paralympic Committee, the Toyota Mobility Foundation is “starting their impossible” through the Mobility Unlimited Challenge Tokyo, Japan (Thursday, March 8) - Today the Mobility Unlimited Challenge is announcing a crowdsourcing initiative, aimed at helping inspire entrants in their quest to develop life-changing technology for people with lower-limb paralysis. The #MyMobilityUnlimited campaign will invite people around the world to share their life experiences with lower-limb paralysis and the solutions they would like to see to the challenges they face every day. The Toyota Mobility Foundation, in partnership with Nesta’s Challenge Prize Centre, launched the $4 million dollar global challenge in November 2017, with the aim of changing the lives of people with lower-limb paralysis. The Mobility Unlimited Challenge is seeking teams around the world to create game-changing technology that will help radically improve the mobility and independence of people with paralysis. This Challenge will culminate in the unveiling of the winners in Tokyo in 2020. The Challenge is encouraging a user-centered approach and will invite people with lower-limb paralysis, across the world, to take part in a global conversation about the types of mobility technology innovations they would like to see, using the hashtag #MyMobilityUnlimited. These suggestions will then be used to inspire entrants to create genuinely life-changing technologies which directly address the issues faced by users on a day-to-day basis. The Challenge is supported by a number of public figures from around the world, including Mallory Weggemann, NBC reporter for the Winter Paralympics in South Korea; Ade Adepitan, British wheelchair basketball player and television presenter; Sama Bullock, Brazilian wheelchair tennis player and model; and Martyn Sibley, journalist and broadcaster; all of whom have lower-limb paralysis and star in this video. Many have created their own personal videos and tweets, in which they share their hopes and ideas for the Challenge, and they are asking others to follow suit. Watch the introductory video here. The challenge is also backed by a number of global ambassadors include: Aki Taguchi, Director, Paralympian Association of Japan; August de los Reyes, Head of Design at Pinterest; Preethi Srinivasan, Indian athlete and campaigner; Dr Rory A Cooper, director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh; Sandra Khumalo, South African rower; Sophie Morgan, British TV presenter; Tatyana McFadden, US track & field athlete; and Yinka Shonibare MBE, Turner-Prize nominated British/Nigerian artist. Hi-Res images of international ambassadors available The Challenge will drive and reward the development of personal mobility devices incorporating intelligent systems. The mobility solutions of the future could include anything from exoskeletons, to artificial intelligence and machine learning, from cloud computing to batteries. Watch the Mobility Unlimited launch film here to understand our vision. In order to open the challenge up to as many people as possible, ten Discovery Award prizes of $50,000 will be presented to support small, early stage innovators. A panel of expert judges will then pick five finalists who will each receive $500,000 to take their concepts from an intelligent insight to a prototype. The Challenge winner will receive $1,000,000 to make the device available to users- with the winning concept unveiled in Tokyo in 2020. Interested innovators can apply online by 15 August at mobilityunlimited.org. Around the world, millions of people have lower-limb paralysis (the most common causes being strokes, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis). While there are no statistics on paralysis worldwide, the World Health Organization estimates there are 250,000-500,000 new cases of spinal cord injury globally every year. For more information please visit mobilityunlimited.org Sarah-Jane Rumford +44 (0)7810434636 / +44 (0) 0203 740 5325 sj@89up.org About Toyota Mobility Foundation The Toyota Mobility Foundation was formed by Toyota in 2014 with the aim of creating a truly mobile society that will help people live better lives no matter where they are. The Foundation aims to support strong mobility systems while eliminating disparities in mobility. The Toyota Mobility Foundation works to provide innovative mobility solutions across the globe, from traffic calming in the world’s busiest cities to hydrogen energy solutions. The mission of the Toyota Mobility Foundation is to enable more people to go more places by sharing knowledge, partnering with others and using their innovative spirit to build a more joyful mobile society. It utilizes Toyota’s expertise in technology, safety, and the environment, working in partnership with universities, government, non-profit organizations, research institutions and other organizations to address mobility issues around the world. About Nesta’s Challenge Prize Centre Nesta is a global innovation foundation, and its Challenge Prize Centre is an internationally renowned center of expertise in the design and development of challenge prizes for societal impact. The Challenge Prize Centre uses prizes to stimulate innovative solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face, including: The Longitude Prize, created to tackle growing levels of antimicrobial resistance and reduce the use of antibiotics. The Inclusive Technology Prize, a challenge prize to encourage innovations that gives disabled people equal access to life's opportunities. The UNDP’s Renewable Energy Challenge Prize, to find a renewable energy solution capable of providing off-grid power to cover the needs of war-returnee families in rural Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Dynamic Demand Challenge Prize, created to reduce carbon emissions by shifting energy demand to off peak times or through excess renewable generation. To find out more visit http://challengeprizecentre.org/ Dr Rory Cooper (USA) - #1 web res Tatyana McFadden (USA) #1 web res Aki Taguchi - Web Sandra Khumalo (South Africa) - #1 web res Paralympian - Sandra Khumalo - Ambassador Sophie Morgan (UK) - #1 web res August de Los Reyes (USA) #1 web res Preethi Srinivasan (India) - #1 web res Yinka Shonibare MBE (UK) - #1 web res Add me on LinkedIn (opens in new window) Mark Mildon Senior Manager, Corporate & Online Communication Mark.Mildon@toyota-europe.com Sylvie Caira Manager, Corporate & Online Communicaton Sylvie.Caira@toyota-europe.com Carol Coolsaet Corporate & Online Communication Carol.Coolsaet@toyota-europe.com Christopher Barrow Christopher.Barrow@toyota-europe.com An Dua An.Dua@toyota-europe.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1425
__label__wiki	0.784691	0.784691	[Event Report] Tales of Festival 2016 Jul. 17, 2016 04:07 For the past 9 years, the "Tales of Festival" has gathered far and wide fans of the Tales series, a massive franchise started by Namco Ltd. (now Bandai Namco Entertainment), dating back to the year 1995 and consisting of 16 console games, plus spin-offs and mobile app games. The first “Tales of Festival”, a grand celebration of all things Tales, was held in 2008. Regardless of the franchise’s age, since then the event has only grown with each coming year. This year’s celebration, like the last few preceding it, was held at the Yokohama Arena (capacity of 17,000), and spanned over two days. The theme of this year’s event was “Natsu Matsuri”, or the traditional Japanese “Summer Festival”! Yokohama Arena Front The TOM Team had the very lucky chance to participate in this exciting event, and we hope that we can bring fans a taste of what it was like to be a part of this spectacular gathering! Tales of Friends Cafe! Arriving at the Yokohama Arena on a rainy afternoon, despite being 2 hours early for the event, the venue itself was already buzzing with energy. My first stop was a fun outdoor festival food spot with Tales themed food and drink outside of the venue. This line was insane Turning a corner, I lined up where I thought must have been the entrance to the event, judging by how the line snaked around the entire building, but it turns out to just have been the line for official merchandise. It looked to be at least an hour or two wait just to gain access to the booth! Considering the event started at around 3:30 pm and ended at 8 pm, this event really was a whole day affair. After meeting up with the rest of the team, we made our way through the press entrance and into the venue’s lobby. We passed by a human-wall of attendees; and stopped to photograph the impressive display of flower-stands lined up outside of the arena entrance. Yuri..! Sending flower bouquets to events is common practice for companies/sponsors as good luck and congratulations. But for anime, game, or idol events, groups of fans will often come together and purchase extravagant flower bouquets dedicated to their favorite character(s)! These unique arrangements typically cost anywhere around $200 ~ $500 and are one of the highest shows of dedication from fans to their beloved characters. Showing off your character love with uchiwa and "ita-bags"! But what better way to show your dedication than decking out your own clothing? It’s not a summer festival without some traditional Japanese summer gear. Despite the overcast outside, it was full on summer festival mode inside with the crowds of event goers in pretty yukata and festive wear! Fans could also be spotted wearing the official “happi” and decked out in merchandise of their favorite characters. After escaping the sea of fans waiting to purchase goods near the merchandise booth, we wandered into the 2nd floor which was much emptier in comparison. It was now about a half hour before the start of the event, but we hear the music inside erupt in the same moment as the audience’s collective cheering. Stage before the event started Leaving the mission of light-stick and pamphlet acquisition to my teammate, I took a peek inside the arena hall and was greeted with a mind blowingly impressive stage setup, surrounded by an ocean of light. With each new Tales series opening song that was being played, event goers were changing the colors of their light-sticks to match the image color of the game that it belonged to! Watching the crowd light up in one color after the next was just another testament to the love and energy that could be felt for a timeless series like Tales brought forth by the power of its fans. Live Skit The main event starts with a bang, featuring the cast members of the Tales games in a live skit, as well as a small themed talk show section. This year a total of 14 cast members from the Tales games appeared for the first day. Voice actors of Zelos (Onosaka Masaya) and Edna (Fukuen Misato) who served as MCs of the event were charismatic, beyond energetic, and downright hilarious. This year’s “summer festival” themed skit was performed in-character and accompanied by in-game skit visuals shown on the big screen, drawing in endless laughs from the audience, with thrown in tongue-in-cheek interactions through the camera screen for the thousands of live-viewers tuning in to the event via movie theaters across the country. Secret guest Velvet (Rina Satou), the main character for the newest Tales game, Tales of Berseria, made her entrance just in-time for announcements about the upcoming title! Velvet you look beautiful Announcements for the Tales franchise in the upcoming year included brand new PV and new character visuals revealed. It was confirmed that the new Tales of Berseria game (releasing Aug. 18, 2016 for PS3/PS4) will be a tale of revenge, unlike most of its predecessors. And for the first time in Tales history, the game will star a female heroine as the stand-alone main protagonist. New characters “Artorius”, a man once called “brother” by the protagonist Velvet, and “Seres”, a fire-spirit whose allegiance still remains a mystery, were also introduced. The Original Soundtrack for the game will be released on Sept. 28, 2016. Tales of Zestiria the X, the new anime starting this season for Tales of Zestiria also has some exciting events coming up, including exclusive live screenings of the anime, limited-edition Blu-ray box sets releasing on Dec. 22, 2016, and the official ending song “calling” (by fhana) to be released on Aug. 3, 2016. Exciting news for fans abroad as well, starting from July 12, ufotable cafe will be hosting a collaboration themed cafe for Zestiria the X! Another popular otaku tourist destination, Akihabara UDX, plans to host the ufotable 15th anniversary exhibition, which will exhibit stills from the anime along with other ufotable works. "Burn" - Tales of Berseria Opening Song by FLOW "Kaze no Uta" - Tales of Zestiria the X Opening Song by FLOW Last but not least, the opening songs for Zestiria the X (“Kaze no Uta”) and Tales of Berseria (“Burn”), both performed by rock band FLOW, will be released as a double a-side single on Aug. 24, 2016. The announcements lead into a special mini-concert by guest star FLOW, firing up the audience to new heights during the latter half of the event. The set list starts with “Burn”, and continues with “Colors” and “Steppin’ Out”, firing up the audience with the classic anime song “GO!!” before their finale. They end with a passionate rendition of “Kaze no Uta”, and the crowd cheered fervently as the band and cast members all line up for one last hurrah of “Viva! Tales Oh!” with everyone at the end of the night. Cast members shout "Viva! Tales Oh!" with the audience During the end call, cast members shared some final laughs with the audience, and genuine messages of love for the Tales series game as a whole, reminding us that next year will be the year to watch for as the “Tales of Festival” event moves into its 10th year anniversary. Tales of Vesperia, one of the most popular games in the franchise, will also be 10 years old come 2017. The second day of the event included new guest cast members, as well as several new announcements including new mobile game Tales of The Rays, a hello kitty and ToZ collaboration, and a ToZ and Idol-master mobile game collaboration. The power of love and support for this timeless series was truly moving and positively contagious, an experience that we would recommend to even casual Tales fans! Fans can watch the new Tales of Zestiria the X anime on Daisuki, available worldwide. Lastly, western fans can watch out for the launch Tales of Berseria in 2017! Official Website (JP) This is a Tokyo Otaku Mode original article by Jessica T. with photography by Takemori S. Check out our Tales series products here! Check out the Gallery below for more awesome pictures from the event! Tales of Xillia 2 Fans showing off their character pride with uchiwa and "itabags"! "Tales of Friends Cafe"! Venue lobby Merchandise Line Flower stand dedicated to Yuri Lowell (voiced by Toriumi Kousuke) Tales of Berseria (releasing Aug. 18th) Silver Tape rain down at the end of FLOW's concert Various Flower Stands Main Visual for Tales of Festival 2016 Live Skit (voice actors of Zelos and Edna) Live Skit (voice actor of Yuri) Velvet, main character from new game Tales of Berseria Yuri + Estelle / Zelos Uchiwa Tales of Vesperia and Zelos "Itabag" Shing Flower Bouquet (voiced by Kakihara Tetsuya) Yuri character shirt Merchandise Booth Outside venue Lloyd "Itabag" Official "Tales of Festival 2016" happi Venue entrance Tales series character lineup Tales of Zestiria and Tales of Berseria Rubber straps Visual frame: ToZ, ToB Upcoming ToZ, ToB merchandise Tales of Zestiria glass cups Tales of the Abyss Blu-ray display Tales of The Rays promotional area Tales of Berseria ebten Pre-order bonuses Edna's umbrella Mikleo Towel + Tales of Festival 2016 official towel Join the TOM Fan Club to learn TOM Senpai's secrets. 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__label__cc	0.710675	0.289325	Meet The Mediators Situational Mediation How Mediation Works How Much Does Divorce Mediation Cost? Divorce Without Lawyers Same-Sex Divorce Mediation Children and Divorce Impact of Grief Managing Anger Psychodynamics of Conflict Addiction and Families Other Mediation Legal Separation Mediation Stop Litigating, Start Mediating Change Child Support Amount Change Custody, Child Support, Time-Sharing, and/or Other Child-Related Matters Unmarried Parents – Co-Parenting Agreements Doc Prep Getting a Marriage Annulled in Arizona In Arizona, there are two ways to end a marriage: divorce and annulment. When you end a marriage with divorce, you get what is technically known as a dissolution of your marriage and there are legal records of the marriage. When you end a marriage with annulment in Arizona, it essentially removes the marriage from the record, as though it never existed. An annulment is a statement that there were sufficient grounds that demonstrated that there was never a valid marriage. What is Required When Filing for Annulment? To petition the courts for a marriage annulment in Arizona, you or your spouse must have lived in Arizona for at least 90 days. You must meet at least one of the pre-determined grounds for annulment in Arizona to file your petition for annulment. A marriage of any length can be annulled as long as the necessary grounds are met. What Must Be Demonstrated to Get an Annulment in Arizona? Demonstrating that there was never a valid marriage is the key to acquiring an annulment. These grounds could be fraud, mental illness, mental incapacity, bigamy, forced consent, one or both individuals were underage at the time of the marriage, marriage is between two close relatives, or inability to consummate marriage. How Does the Arizona Annulment Process Work? Once you have filed your Petition for Annulment in Arizona, the petitioner must provide additional copies. You must then take 3 copies to the Arizona Superior Court and pay all necessary fees. Next, if you are filing the forms, you must pay for a registered process server to serve your spouse with the annulment papers. Then, court proceedings can be scheduled and begin. Arizona Annulment Court Proceedings During the court proceedings, evidence that you meet the grounds for an annulment must be demonstrated for a judge. The judge will then review all information supplied and decide. It is important to note that not all annulments are granted and if this is the case, you must then seek a divorce. Arizona State Legislature explains what will happen if an annulment is granted, “If grounds for annulment exist, the court to the extent that it has jurisdiction to do so, shall divide the property of the parties and shall establish the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to any common or adopted children in accordance with the provisions of section 25-320 and chapter 4, article 1 of this title.” Serving Arizona With Our Valleywide Mediation Locations Scottsdale: 8350 E. Raintree Dr. Suite A-205 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Glendale: 20325 N. 51st Ave., Suite 134, Glendale, AZ 85308 Mesa: 1830 S. Alma School Road, Suite 104, Mesa, AZ 85210 Phoenix: 2942 N 24th St Suite 114, Phoenix, AZ 85016 Mediation Office 8350 E. Raintree Dr. Suite A-205 admin@outofcourtsolutions.com Copyright 2019 Out-of-Court Solutions, All Rights Reserved \| Resources \| Court Filing Fees \| Privacy Policy \| Refund Policy \|	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1429
__label__wiki	0.96377	0.96377	Longtime Prince execs to manage star’s estate June 17, 2016 \| 8:56am Prince AP LOS ANGELES — The entertainment assets of Prince‘s estate will be managed by two key figures in his career. L. Londell McMillan, the artist’s longtime attorney, manager and friend, and business executive Charles A. Koppelman have been chosen for the task by the court-approved special administrator. Bremer Trust National Association confirmed Thursday it was retaining the pair. The decision was first reported by the music magazine The Source, which is owned by McMillan. McMillan, chairman and CEO of The NorthStar Enterprises Worldwide, worked with Prince for more than a decade, during which the star was freed from his Warner Bros. contract. Koppelman, chairman and CEO of CAK Entertainment Inc., signed Prince to EMI for his “Emancipation” triple album. Prince died of an accidental overdose of the narcotic painkiller fentanyl in April at his Paisley Park compound in a suburb of Minneapolis. Last week, a Minnesota judge authorized the trust company to hire entertainment industry experts to help manage and preserve the deceased superstar’s musical legacy while the court sorts out who’s entitled to inherit his estate. No will has surfaced. The judge wrote that he intends Bremer Trust “to take all prudent steps” to generate money from Prince’s intellectual property, so that it can raise funds for administering the estate and for paying what’s expected to be a hefty tax bill that’ll come due in January. Filed under celebrity deaths , prince Andy Griffith's longtime manager dies	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1430
__label__wiki	0.964742	0.964742	Former ‘Bachelorette’ Kaitlyn Bristowe is heading to Broadway By Paige Gawley October 24, 2017 \| 2:15pm Kaitlyn Bristowe WireImage kaitlyn bristowe 'Bachelorette' alum Jason Tartick confirms Kaitlyn Bristowe romance Shawn Booth addresses 'painful' breakup from Kaitlyn Bristowe 'Bachelor' stars Kaitlyn Bristowe and Shawn Booth call off engagement 'Bachelorette' Kaitlyn Bristowe suffers epic Emmys wardrobe malfunction Former “Bachelorette” Kaitlyn Bristowe is accepting Broadway‘s rose. The reality TV star, who found love with fiancé Shawn Booth on the competitive dating show in 2015, announced on Monday she’ll make her Broadway debut this November. “If you had asked me when I was little, like, ‘Imagine you were on Broadway,’ I’d be like, ‘Yeah, right,'” Bristowe told Booth, 30, on her podcast “Off the Vine.” “I grew up dancing and singing and I just love everything about that. I love going to Broadway shows.” Originally slated to take place in Las Vegas, “Home for the Holidays” has been relocated to New York and is set to take over the August Wilson Theater this November and December. “It’s a big deal!” gushed Bristowe, 32. “I get to go do a show, every single night on Broadway.” Bristowe is serving as the family-friendly show’s host and is set to contribute to a few of its songs, which will feature stars from “American Idol,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Voice” and YouTube, as well. Nashville-based Bristowe is looking forward to calling New York home for a bit. She’ll continue her podcasting duties and return to the love that was there before Booth was in the picture — performing. “That’s what dreams are made of, if you ask me,” Bristowe said. Filed under broadway , kaitlyn bristowe , the bachelorette Chris Brown has it bad for Jennifer Lopez	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1431
__label__cc	0.748513	0.251487	The School District of Palm Beach County » Students & Parents » Adult and Community Education ESOL Courses for Adults Family ImPact Fun and Leisure Classes GED®/Adult High School Project Transition Adult and Community Education News Adult and Community Education Events Calendar Download our ACEofPBC Mobile App Earn A High School Diploma Earning a State of Florida High School Diploma opens the door to new opportunities and pathways in your life! Upon successful completion of the GED® test, you are awarded a State of Florida high school diploma and are considered a high school graduate. Learn More English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) is an educational program to help adult students learn English. We offer ESOL classes all year. Adult ESOL programs are offered in our community schools, the Adult Education Center, and several satellite sites. The different skills that are covered in ESOL classes are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Learn More Discover a New Activity What's your activity? Everyone has a fun activity...indulge in yours! Fun & Leisure class offerings include arts & crafts, music, sports & fitness, cooking and a wide variety of personal enrichment topics. With hundreds of classes to choose from, students can explore a new hobby, develop new skills and cultivate new friendships. Click here to view our full PDF catalog and here for our online catalog. Career and Technical Training Our CTE program is designed to get you career-ready in less than a year. Choose from a career as a Home Health Aide (HHA), Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Electrocardiograph Technician (EKG), or a Phlebotomist. Learn More Not sure which trade is right for you? Explore various trades through our Pre-Apprenticeship Program while also advancing your academic skills. Trades include Plumbing, HVAC, Carpentry, Electrical & Welding. Learn More ParaPro Assessment The ParaPro Assessment is a general aptitude test that is required in many states for paraprofessional certification. Start now and take the necessary steps to become a teacher's assistant. Learn More Welcome Message from Fred Barch, Director of Adult & Community Education Watch the video and find out all about the amazing features and resources when you download the ACEofPBC mobile app	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1432
__label__wiki	0.566559	0.566559	Forum » General Discussion » General Talk » Dozens of brand-new Jeeps destroyed in “spectacular” Nevada train derailment Dozens of brand-new Jeeps destroyed in “spectacular” Nevada train derailment Source: Fox 13 Salt Lake LINCOLN COUNTY, Nevada — Dozens of brand-new cars and pickup trucks were destroyed after 33 train cars derailed near Caliente, Nevada, on Wednesday. Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee confirmed the crash just after 9:00 a.m. and said it happened about 30 miles from the Utah-Nevada border. Lee said the crash was the most spectacular mess he has seen, with mostly new Jeep Rubicons and pickup trucks destroyed in the derailment. County road 4230 from Elgin, Nevada, to Carp, Nevada, is completely closed until Thursday, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, and it will remain partially closed for the next 7-10 days because construction equipment, train cars and debris are blocking the road. Lee said the train had cars hauling hazardous material but none of those cars were impacted by the crash. A hazmat tanker was two cars away from the derailed section of the train, according to Lee. Lincoln County borders Utah and Arizona and ends just north of Mesquite, Nevada, on the south side. Caliente, Nevada, is just over 100 miles from St. George, Utah. Re: Dozens of brand-new Jeeps destroyed in “spectacular” Nevada train derailment All going to be scrapped. When a train derailed outside of Yuma in Sept of '90, a whole bunch of brand new "F" body cars were scrapped. (Trans-am, Firebird, Camaro) GM donated 4 cars to each of the area schools and the local college. Did a LOT of teaching on those things. Brakes, EFI, suspension, etc. I kind of wondered if the earthquake over the weekend in Ridgecrest had anything to do with the train derailment. I've seen lots of roads that buckled, couldn't train tracks do the same? Hello from Northern Nevada Law.74 Introduce Yourself! 1 09-13-2015 05:42 PM BRC: NEVADA - Federal Plan Threatens OHV Access In Nevada Desert dzJeepChic Land Use & Environmental Concerns 0 03-05-2015 06:32 AM 12V Air Compressor [Unknown Brand] $65 dzJeepChic Classifieds: Parts & Equipment For Sale 8 03-01-2014 09:32 AM FJ Rock Sliders Made By All-Pro. (brand new) JWFAB Classifieds: Parts & Equipment For Sale 0 10-19-2011 04:39 PM New brand of flares hitting Cherokee market PMA4x4 Jeep Specific 4 08-22-2011 08:22 PM	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1445
__label__wiki	0.878424	0.878424	All Yours All Mine Ashrr Artist: Ashrr Hometown: Los Angeles, California Members: Josh Charles, Steven Davis, Ethan Allen TrunkSpace: Ashrr formed in early 2018 and you will already be releasing your debut album, “Oscillator,” just over a year later on May 10. Creatively did everything just click right away when you first came together musically? Charles: It was instant chemistry when we met and started working together. We just started writing songs and a real camaraderie developed which made it very apparent to us that this was very special. TrunkSpace: Can you tell us a little bit about what the creative process was like leading up to “Oscillator,” especially with it all coming together so quickly. Were you continuing to bring new material to the table while laying the foundation for what the album would ultimately become? Charles: Our process involved Ethan (Allen) and myself working together in the studio to create feels, sounds, grooves – and melodic ideas would emerge from our subconscious (nonsense lyrics) until we all got together and wrote the lyrics to the songs. It was a year in the making so I’m not so sure that’s quick… TrunkSpace: What are you most proud of with the album? Charles: When you listen to “Oscillator,” there’s a cohesive sound and feel that works on both a musical and lyrical level. We’re just so proud of the material and all the work that went into making the album. TrunkSpace: The band recently released the single “All Yours All Mine.” What does that track say to listeners who are hearing Ashrr for the first time? Why did you choose that particular song as the tease of what’s to come? Charles: We call that song an electrified public service announcement because of not only the lyrics, but the music has a vibe that goes throughout and really becomes hypnotic and draws you in as a listener. TrunkSpace: What do you get being in a band that you couldn’t achieve in a solo capacity? Does the creativity of everyone else fuel your own creativity? Charles: You can’t rely just on your own gut instincts and there has to be a consensus among the band in everything we make. In other words, we have one rule, “Don’t make anything that we wouldn’t listen to and that isn’t good.” TrunkSpace: You guys all have very different musical backgrounds. How did those different creative points of view influence the collective Ashrr sound? Charles: We’re all adults and that helps when discussing things we like or dislike, allowing for creative energy to flourish without confrontation. Everyone has a very strong opinion about what we like and we’re in a safe space where we’re able to express how we feel and somehow always reach a compromise without sacrifice. TrunkSpace: Is the Ashrr sound set in sonic stone or do you envision it branching out into something uniquely different as time goes on? Will the next album be a departure from “Oscillator” or more of a companion? Charles: I think we’re always going to challenge ourselves to produce the best art we can possibly make and we have such a wide array of influences that it’s limitless to what we’re capable of making in the studio. The live band will be used more in the next recordings but each song on “Oscillator” sounds different, so I think our sound is really starting to emerge in a beautiful way. TrunkSpace: What has been the highlight of your career thus far? Charles: I’ve had some great moments as a solo artist including recording and performing with my heroes, including John Oates, etc. I can say right now I’m so excited about our band and I can’t wait to get on the road and take this music to the people. Charles: I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else, so YES! “Oscillator” is available May 10. - COLLECT THEM ALL - - TrunkSpace Comic Universe -	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1456
__label__wiki	0.617278	0.617278	View ORCID ProfileAriane Lewis, Steven Galetta Steven Galetta Ariane Lewis ORCID record for Ariane Lewis Ariane Lewis, Steven Galetta Neurology Jul 2019, 93 (2) 85; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007759 In “ALS-specific cognitive and behavior changes associated with advancing disease stage in ALS,” Crockford et al. presented data that show that patients with ALS have impaired cognition and behavior and that these deficits worsen with increasing severity of disease. Raaphorst et al. question whether these changes are the result of frontotemporal dementia or nocturnal hypoventilation due to ALS-associated respiratory muscle weakness. They suggest that it would be helpful to have data on the number of stage 4 patients (patients with respiratory or nutritional insufficiency requiring intervention) who required noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and the extent of each subject's respiratory dysfunction. Abrahams and Crockford reply that 27.78% of stage 4 patients required NIV, but that there was no significant difference in cognition or behavior and requirement for NIV or lack thereof. However, they agree with Raaphorst et al. that given that respiratory dysfunction is a feature of late-stage ALS and memory impairment is associated with advanced-stage ALS, ventilatory support could potentially improve memory deficits in this population. They emphasize that further research on the relationship between respiratory dysfunction and cognition/behavior in ALS is required, as the current data on this topic come from a single small study. In “ALS-specific cognitive and behavior changes associated with advancing disease stage in ALS,” Crockford et al. presented data that show that patients with ALS have impaired cognition and behavior and that these deficits worsen with increasing severity of disease. Raaphorst et al. question whether these changes are the result of frontotemporal dementia or nocturnal hypoventilation due to ALS-associated respiratory muscle weakness. They suggest that it would be helpful to have data on the number of stage 4 patients (patients with respiratory or nutritional insufficiency requiring intervention) who required noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and the extent of each subject's respiratory dysfunction. See letter	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1465
__label__cc	0.605198	0.394802	Asian Tsunami+5: It’s governance, stupid! 26 December 2009 — Nalaka Gunawardene Kalutara beach in south-western Sri Lanka before & during the 2004 tsunami - Satellite image courtesy Digital Globe This montage of satellite images was taken by the DigitalGlobe Quickbird satellite. It shows a portion of the south-western coast of Sri Lanka, in Kalutara, some 40km south of the capital Colombo. The lower image was taken on Sunday 26 December 2004, at 10.20 am local time, shortly after the moment of impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami that wreaked havoc in South and Southeast Asia that day. For comparison, we have an image of the same location on a normal day a few months earlier. The tsunami was one of the most widely photographed and videographed disasters in history. In fact, it marked a turning point for citizen journalism in Asia. For many of us in the media and communication sectors, this was the biggest story of our lives. Because the killer waves hit numerous coastal locations in several countries, this disaster’s ‘Ground Zero’ was scattered far and wide. Not even the largest news organisations could see, hear and capture everything. Everyone had to choose. And not just geographically, but thematically too, the tsunami’s impact was felt across sectors, issues and concerns. That provided both ample scope and many challenges for journalists, aid workers and others who rushed to the multiple scenes of disaster. But there was a downside. Because the tsunami’s scale was so vast and its effects spread so wide, no single individual or organisation could comprehend the full picture for months. For many of us in the Indian Ocean rim, culturally unfamiliar with tsunamis, it was as if a Godzilla had stomped through our coasts. Grasping the full, strange phenomenon was hard. Countries affected by 2004 Dec tsunami - map courtesy BBC Journalists, professionally trained to hastily produce ‘first drafts of history’, found it a bit like being close to a huge tapestry still being woven: we all absorbed parts of the unfolding complexity. We reported or analysed those elements that held our interest. But we were too close, and too overwhelmed, for much perspective. Five years on, we can ‘zoom out’ more easily to see the bigger picture. When I do, one overarching factor stands out as the most important and lasting lesson of the tsunami: the need for better governance. The absence of good governance was at the root of most major stories about the tsunami. It cut across every level in our societies — politics, public institutions, corporate sector, humanitarian agencies, academia and civil society. This is the thrust of my latest op ed essay, written in time for the tsunami’s fifth anniversary being marked today. I briefly recall three aspects of the tsunami that I covered as a journalist — early warnings, deluge of aid and environmental lessons — to show how the absence of governance aggravated matters in each case. The lesson is not simply one of academic interest: it holds many practical, survival level implications. I end by quoting Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who argues that democracy and good governance are also the most important elements in climate change adaptation. Read the full essay online: Media Helping Media (UK): Tsunami five years on – the lessons learned OneWorld.Net (UK): The big lesson of the tsunami: better governance DNA newspaper (India: condensed version): The Tsunami Effect Groundviews.org: Better governance – The Biggest Lesson of 2004 Tsunami Himal Southasian Online edition: Better Governance: The biggest lesson of 2004 tsunami The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka): Better Governance: The biggest lesson of 2004 tsunami Posted in Asia, Broadcasting, Citizen journalism, Communicating development, Communicating disasters, Journalism, majority world, Media, New media, Sri Lanka, Tsunami. Tags: Better governance, DigitalGlobe Quickbird satellite, DNA, early warnings, environmental lessons of tsunami, first drafts of history, Groundviews, Indian Ocean Tsunami, Kalutara beach, Media Helping Media, OneWorld.net, President Mohamed Nasheed, tsunami aid. 1 Comment »	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1466
__label__cc	0.647981	0.352019	Atlanta Falcons training camp primer 23 mins ago Sanders, Lindsay ready for start of Broncos camp 23 mins ago A look at the AFC South drafts By Greg Gabriel Last year both Houston and Tennessee came on to show improvement. Houston was in the playoffs for the first time. This year we see a changing of the guard in Indianapolis with the Colts going from Peyton Manning to first overall draft pick Andrew Luck. How did the rest of the division do in the draft? There has been much written about Andrew Luck. I feel he is the best quarterback prospect I have seen since Peyton Manning. He has many of the same intangibles that Manning possesses such as work ethic and passion for the game. It won’t be long before the league sees how good this player can be. Second pick Coby Fleener is another in the line of “new breed” tight ends. They are not really tight ends because they seldom line up as inline blockers. They are usually flexed out or in motion. Fleener is perfect for this role with his speed and athleticism and of course he has already played with Luck. Dwayne Allen is different than Fleener in that he is a more traditional tight end. He got a bum rap from some draftniks who said he wasn’t a strong blocker. Wrong! All they had to do was go back and look at 2010 tape when Clemson ran a different offense and they could see what kind of blocker Allen really is. T.Y. Hilton is a very fast slot receiver who doubles as a more than adequate return specialist. Going to a 3-4 defense, the Colts had to find a traditional nose tackle. They found their guy in Josh Chapman from Alabama. He should do a good job anchoring the middle. Vick Ballard doesn’t have any special trait but he is a tough and consistent inside runner. He won’t be the bell cow type but should be excellent in a rotation. ICONWhitney Mercilus led the country with 16 sacks in 2011 and has the athleticism to play on his feet. The biggest need Houston had going into the draft was finding a replacement for Mario Williams. They got the perfect guy in DE/OLB Whitney Mercilus from Illinois. A junior coming out, Mercilus led the country with 16 sacks and has the athleticism to play on his feet. I thought it was a great pick. Had DeVier Posey not missed the first 5 games because of an NCAA suspension he might very well have been thought of as a second round receiver. Posey has size and speed and is a good fit for the Texans offense. Third round pick guard Brandon Brooks from Miami (Ohio) is a huge player who despite his size is very athletic. This player has a lot of upside. Ben Jones is a tough, well coached center who can also play guard. Keyshawn Martin may be a fourth round steal. He is an ideal slot receiver to go along with having top return skills. Going into the 2011 season Jared Crick was thought of as a potential first round pick. He had a subpar beginning to the season and then tore a pectoral muscle which required surgery, ending his season. If he can revert back to his 2010 form the Texans got an excellent 5 technique player. Jacksonville was in need of a big play receiver to help Blaine Gabbert. They got the receiver who most felt was the best receiver in the draft in Justin Blackmon. Blackmon has size, speed and hands to go along with big play ability and immediately becomes the best receiver on their roster. Andre Branch gives the Jags a top edge pass rusher. Some felt he was more of a 3-4 OLB but I feel that he is a great fit for what Jacksonville does on defense. Punter Bryan Anger has a big leg and should upgrade their punting game. Brandon Marshall is a productive four year starter at SAM linebacker but durability was an issue with some teams. Marshall has already had 2 knee scopes on his left knee. Mike Harris is a former JC transfer who was not a fulltime starter at Florida State but got a lot of playing time as the 3rd corner in the games he didn’t start. Harris has adequate size and speed and should develop into a solid nickel corner for the Jags. Seventh round pick Jeris Pendleton is a developmental small school defensive tackle. Kendall Wright is an ideal NFL slot receiver. He is fast and explosive with big play ability. He is a threat to make a big play any time the ball is in his hands. Zach Brown may be the most athletic linebacker in the draft, but one scout told me the equipment manager loved him at North Carolina because he never had to wash his uniform….he never hit anyone or got dirty! Mike Martin is a short but explosive defensive tackle with a non-stop motor. He is active versus the run and pass and though he doesn’t get a high number of sacks, he gets consistent pressure from the inside. Corner Coty Sensabaugh is only a one year starter at Clemson but played well and led the team in pass breakups. Sensabaugh has adequate size and speed and is still developing. He will help on special teams while he learns the nuances of playing corner in the NFL. Tight end Taylor Thompson isn’t a top blocker but gives the Titans an athletic pass catching threat at the position. He too is a developmental type. The Director's Report Draft Review – The NFC North The Bears had three goals going into the 2016 NFL Draft, get younger, get faster and get more athletic. Looking at their selections over the three day event and you can see that they achieved those goals. First pick Leonard Floyd the edge player from Georgia was the most athletic pass rusher in First pick Leonard Floyd the edge player from Georgia was the most athletic pass rusher in the draft. Yes he needs toad strength and bulk but when you look at his frame, speed and overall athleticism he has the necessary tools to be exactly what the Bears want. Second pick Cody Whitehair played left tackle at Kansas State but will move inside to guard. He tested out as one of the more athletic offensive linemen at the Combine. Bears offensive line coach Dave Magazu is looking for players who have versatility and the ability to play in space which matches the skill set of Whitehair. The Bears passed up chances to draft Alabama defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson and Jarran Reed in the second round and selected Florida’s Jonathan Bullard in the third because they again wanted athleticism and pass rush ability. Bullard may not be as stout versus the run as the Alabama players but he is a far better pass rusher. Linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski is a tackling machine who will provide depth and special teams play as a rookie. Safety Deon Bush from Miami has a chance to start at strong safety and Northern Iowa’s Deoiondre’ Hall has rare height and length for a corner. He is very similar to Charles Tillman coming out of college. Fifth round running back Jordan Howard from Indiana is a north-south power runner who gives the Bears the type of inside power running that Jon Fox prefers. With a new General Manager handling the Lions draft, not many knew the direction the Lions would take. The Lions needed to add depth to both lines and that’s exactly the area where General Manager Bob Quinn would go. In the first round Quinn selected Ohio State tackle Taylor Decker who should be able to play on the left or right side. Decker is a big, powerful mauler who instantly upgrades the Lions line. Second round selection A’Shawn Robinson from Alabama is a physical defensive tackle with upside. Robinson will be a 21 year old rookie and has only beginning to scratch the surface of how good he can be. Third round pick Graham Glascow from Michigan has the versatility to play guard or center. My guess is that he will line up at center first. Safety Miles Killebrew is a physical strong safety type who could also fill the nickel linebacker role in sub packages. Joe Dahl played left tackle at Washington State but will move inside to guard in the NFL. He is strong physical and athletic. Jake Ruddock the quarterback from Michigan gives the Lions a developmental type quarterback behind Matthew Stafford. General Manager Ted Thompson has always been a strong believer of building through the draft and since he has been in charge the Packers have drafted extremely well. This year was no different. With B.J. Raji retired, the Pack needed a powerful interior defensive lineman and got that in UCLA’s Kenny Clark. Clark is best suited to play on the nose, but he can also play the 5-technique. Second round pick Jason Spriggs was one of the more athletic tackles in the draft. HH He has all the physical tools to be a top notch left tackle in the league. While his athletic numbers are second to none, he does have a tendency to play tall which he will have to correct once he gets to training camp. Third round pick Kyler Fackrell should be able to play either inside or outside linebacker in the Packers defensive scheme but he is more suited to play outside. He has very good size and strength. Dean Lowry from Northwestern will be a rotational player along the defensive line. I feel sixth round pick Kyle Murphy the tackle from Stanford is a steal. Like many college linemen, he needs to get stronger, but he is technique sound and has versatility. No one can complain about the Vikings first two selections. Until his pro day when he didn’t run as well as expected, Laquon Treadwell was thought of as the best receiver in the draft. While he won’t be a deep thread, he will be an Anquan Boldin type possession receiver and put up big numbers for the Vikings. Second round pick Mackenzie Alexander has to be a steal. Many felt he was a late first round type. He has excellent press cover skills and will challenge receivers. His height and timed speed hurt his overall draft value. Willie Beavers is a developmental tackle. He has the size, length and athleticism to play left tackle nut needs to use his hands and position himself better when in pass protection. Beavers has a lot of upside. Don’t be surprised if Kentrell Brothers becomes a starter early in his career. He was perhaps the most instinctive inside linebacker in the draft. His timed speed (4.8) dropped him some on value boards. Wide receiver Moritz Boehringer has excellent physical traits, but no one is more raw. He played in a German league that isn’t as competitive as the Division III leagues here but with his size, speed and overall athleticism to warrant a look. He will most likely need a year on the practice squad as he adjusts to NFL style football. The NFC East Draft Review When Andy Reid was Head Coach in Philadelphia, he thought it was both necessary and good business to draft a young quarterback if not every year at least every other year. With Howie Roseman back in charge of football operations, the Eagles are going back to that same philosophy. With that thought in When Andy Reid was Head Coach in Philadelphia, he thought it was both necessary and good business to draft a young quarterback if not every year at least every other year. With Howie Roseman back in charge of football operations, the Eagles are going back to that same philosophy. With that thought in mind, the Eagles traded up from the 8 slot to number 2 overall to draft one of the two top quarterbacks in this draft. It’s my opinion that Roseman and the Eagles wanted North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz all along. Regardless ofJared Goff going first overall, Wentz has more upside than any other quarterback in the draft. He is big, strong, athletic and has played in an NFL style system while at NDSU. Will there be a learning curve? Of course and it would serve him better if he can sit and learn for a year, but in the end, the Eagles got themselves a potentially great player. Isaac Seumalo has size, strength and versatility. He has experience at guard, center and tackle. That versatility will let him be one of 7 linemen that dress on Sunday’s a rookie. While Seumalo may not be ready to start as a rookie, he will be a starter by year two and has very good upside. At 5’10 – 208, Wendall Smallwood does not have ideal size but he has exceptional speed (4.41). In today’s NFL, more and more teams are going to a rotational back scheme and Smallwood will fit very well into that type of roll. He is quick to the hole, has power, can make people miss and is a very reliable receiver. Auburn’s Blake Countess will be a slot corner and can be very good matching up against the smaller quicker slot receivers in the league. Jalen Mills can be a 7th round steal. While he had some off field issues that caused him to drop, his talent level is more of a mid-round type of prospect. Word out of New York was that the Giants were looking at Michigan State’s Jack Conklin as their top choice. After the draft day slide of Laremy Tunsil, Conklin went at number 8 to the Tennessee Titans after they traded up to get him. That left the Giants looking at Georgia linebacker Leonard Floyd, but the Chicago Bears sensing that moved ahead of the Giants to draft him. The Giants then chose Ohio State corner Eli Apple. Apple with his size and length has the talent to be outstanding. He still had two years of college eligibility left so he is raw, but there is no mistaking the upside. In my opinion, Oklahoma receiver Sterling Shepard was the best slot receiver in the draft. He is an exceptional athlete with very good ability to get in and out of cuts. His hands and run after skills are excellent also. Boise State free safety Darian Thompson is an interception waiting to happen. He has great awareness and anticipation playing the backend to go along with great ball skills. B.J. Goodson is a throwback type of Mike linebacker. He has strength and power at the point of attack and can stuff the run. There is no way UCLA running back Paul Perkins should have lasted until the 5th round, but except for Zeke Elliott, all the backs fell in this draft. Around the league it was believed that Cowboy Head Coach Jason Garrett was pushing hard for the selection of Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott. He felt that after the Cowboys lost DeMarco Murray in free agency the run game went downhill quickly. Elliott is similar to Murray in that he is very physical but he is also an improvement in the pass game over Murray. No one knows when or if Jaylon Smith will ever step onto the football field again, but with the Cowboys orthopedic surgeon having done the surgery on Smith, they know better that anyone else as to the prognosis. If the Cowboys guessed right, Dallas got two picks with top 5 value. Maliek Collins can play on the nose or the 3-technique in Rod Marinelli’s defense, but I believe he will be better off at nose. Charles Tapper gives Dallas a pure edge rusher who very well could have gone much higher in the Draft. Quarterback Dak Prescott showed much improvement from 2014 to 2015. That said, he is still a work in progress and it will take time for him to adjust to playing in a pro-style offense. The Cowboys have to hope that Tony Romo is around at least a couple of years to help Prescott with the transition. Anthony Brown is a developmental press corner with size and length. He may need a year on the practice squad. I felt that Josh Docson was the best receiver in this draft. While he may not have the natural physical traits of Corey Coleman, he is a better route runner and can be effective both short and deep. Washington lists Su’a Cravens as a safety, but I feel he is more of the nickel linebacker type who many teams covet right now. He has experience at both safety and linebacker and has coverage skills as well as defend the run type traits. A very solid pick! Corner Kendall Fuller is coming off a knee injury but when he is ready to go he will fit nicely into the Redskins scheme. He may start out as the team’s third corner as upside to becoming a very good second corner. Matt Ioannidis is a tough physical inside defensive lineman who will most likely play on the nose. Nate Sudfeld is a developmental quarterback. Some thoughts on the 2016 NFL Draft I have been involved in some way with the NFL Draft since 1981. That said, the 2016 NFL Draft was one of the strangest drafts I have ever witnessed. A month ago no one would have thought that quarterbacks would go first and second. Up until the Tennessee Titans traded away the number one pick I have been involved in some way with the NFL Draft since 1981. That said, the 2016 NFL Draft was one of the strangest drafts I have ever witnessed. A month ago no one would have thought that quarterbacks would go first and second. Up until the Tennessee Titans traded away the number one pick to the Los Angeles Rams on April 14th, Laremy Tunsil the big tackle from Ole Miss was looked at as the likely first pick in the draft. The following week the Philadelphia Eagles traded up from the number 8 slot for the second overall pick. Those two trades assured us that for the second consecutive year quarterbacks would be selected with the first two picks and Tunsil was basically out of luck. Now the question was “when will Tunsil get selected”? At first, many thought that San Diego with a need on the offensive line would be the team to select him. Then a few days before the draft, word got out that if San Diego did draft a tackle, it would be Notre Dame’s Ronnie Stanley. With it pretty much a certainty that both Dallas and Jacksonville would pass on drafting a tackle that meant the earliest Tunsil could go was the sixth pick to Baltimore. Now, fast forward to the night of the Draft. About 15 minutes before the start of the Draft, someone hacked Tunsil’s twitter account and posted a video of Tunsil with a gas mask and a bong smoking marijuana. In all the years I have been involved with the draft, I have never seen anything like this. A damaging social media post cost a player at least $7 million dollars! Granted it was Tunsil in the video, but it was also obvious that the video was made a few years earlier as Tunsil looked much younger. Still, NFL clubs had to immediately make a decision and for many it was “pass” and Tunsil kept dropping. The Miami Dolphins finally took a chance at number 13 and made Tunsil their first round selection. Getting one of the premier members of this class at 13 is a steal though the pick does come with some risk. This was the first time that social media had an influence on where a player got drafted. Something tells me it won’t be the last! The Jaguars are in a must win situation in 2016 and in order to do that, the defense has to show improvement. Part of that improvement will come with last year’s first round pick Dante Fowler Jr. stepping on the field. Fowler suffered a knee injury before training camp even started and missed the season. His presence will give the Jags a gifted edge pass rusher. In free agency, Jacksonville added former Denver Bronco Malik Jackson who will give the Jags another top pass rusher. In the draft, Jacksonville concentrated on defense as well with their first pick being Florida corner Jalen Ramsey. In the second round they chose UCLA linebacker Myles Jack who until it was revealed that he had an arthritic knee condition was thought to be a top three selection. In the third and fourth round, the Jaguars selected edge rusher Yannick Ngakoue from Maryland and explosive 3-technique Sheldon Day from Notre Dame. In the sixth round Jacksonville selected Montana edge rusher Tyrone Holmes who ran in the mid 4.6’s on his pro day. The common denominator for the Jacksonville draft was speed and athleticism. With the players they acquired, the defense became much faster. This could turn out to be a great draft for Jacksonville. When a club has a rookie General Manager running his first draft there are always questions as to how good their draft will be. In the case of new General Manager Jon Robinson, he scores an A for what he achieved. The first thing Robinson did was trade the first pick in the draft to the Los Angeles Rams for a number of picks both this year and in 2017. The he made the most of those picks. Loaded with enough ammunition to move around in the draft, Robinson traded up from the 15 slot to number 8 in order to draft Michigan State tackle Jack Conklin. That took care of the offensive tackle need the Titans had. In the second round, Robinson had three picks and made the most of them. With the first two he selected Clemson defensive end Kevin Dodd who can play the 5 or outside linebacker. Next he took big Penn State defensive tackle Austin Johnson who can play on the nose or defensive end. He closed out the round by selecting Alabama running back Derrick Henry who could be the second coming of former Titan great Eddie George. You could argue that both Dodd and Henry were first round caliber talents. After the second round, Robinson loaded up with players to add depth to a roster that needed turnover. Many will argue that Middle Tennessee safety Kevin Byard selected in the third round will compete for a starting spot and even win it. Tennessee is well on their way to staying out of the AFC South basement. Leading up to the Draft, there was a lot of speculation as to where Notre Dame Linebacker Jaylon Smith would be drafted. As you all know, Smith suffered a severe knee injury in the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State. Smith tore his ACL and LCL ligaments as well as suffer nerve damage. While the ligament injuries are healing nicely, there is still nerve dame that is causing a drop foot condition. At the Scouting Combine medical re-checks in mid – April it was said that the nerve dame had not shown much noticeable improvement since the Scouting Combine ended in late February. Because of this, it became almost impossible to predict when Smith would be drafted. Most if not all the NFL teams are in agreement that there is no way Smith will be able to play this season. Being that there is nerve damage there is also no telling as to when if ever Smith will be able to resume playing football. Some analysts felt Smith would be drafted in the third round, while others felt he would not get selected until Day 3 of the Draft. The advantage that the Dallas Cowboys had in the matter concerning Smith is their Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Dan Cooper performed the surgery. No one knows Smith’s knee and prognosis better than Dr. Cooper. With that knowledge in hand, the Cowboys selected Smith in the second round knowing full well that he probably won’t be able to pay in 2016. While a question mark remains as to when/if Smith is able to play, if the Cowboys get a player even close to the Jaylon Smith we saw the last three years at Notre Dame, they got the steal of the Draft. Gabriel’s Mock Draft 4.0 for the 2016 NFL Draft When I did my first “final” mock draft yesterday, I inadvertently left out Paxton Lynch, so here we go again. Obviously with the Lynch addition, there are some changes from yesterday. For the record, I expect at least two more trades within the top 10. Los Angeles Rams – Jared Goff – QB – California Los Angeles Rams – Jared Goff – QB – California – Personally, I like Wentz better but I’m hearing that Goff is the Rams guy. Philadelphia Eagles – Carson Wentz – QB – North Dakota St – I think that the Eagles wanted Wentz all along as he has the best upside of the two quarterbacks. San Diego Chargers – Laremy Tunsil – OT – Mississippi – This could very well be a defensive pick but for now the Chargers get a player who can help keep Philip Rivers on his feet. Dallas Cowboys – Joey Bosa – DE – Ohio State – A week ago I would have gone with Myles Jack, but with both Randy Gregory and DeMarcus Lawrence getting suspended, the Cowboys don’t have a pass rusher. Jacksonville Jaquars – Jaylon Ramsey – DC – Florida State – David Caldwell adds another strong player to the defensive side of the ball. Baltimore Ravens – Ron Stanley – OT – Notre Dame – The selection not only fills a need, but gives the Ravens the best player available. San Francisco 49ers – Paxton Lynch – QB – Memphis – With the 49ers saying that there is a good chance Kaepernick gets traded this weekend, they have a huge need for a quarterback. Lynch may be Kelly’s type because of his great athleticism and passing skills. He played in an Oregon type offense at Memphis. Cleveland Browns – Ezekiel Elliott – RB – Ohio State – I think Elliott goes in this slot but it may not be to the Browns. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Vernon Hargreaves III – DC – Florida – Hargreaves is from the Tampa area so this will be a very popular selection in the Tampa Bay area. And by the way, it also fills an important need. New York Giants – DeForest Buckner – DT – Oregon – The Giants took care of defense in free agency and may go offensive tackle here but Buckner is too good to pass on. Chicago Bears – Shaq Lawson– OLB – Clemson – A strong edge pass rusher that the Bears need. A big 5-technique could also be in play here. New Orleans Saints – Sheldon Rankins – DT- Louisville – Rankins gives the Saints a versatile defensive lineman who can be an explosive inside pass rusher. Miami Dolphins – Derrick Henry – RB – Alabama – I know, this is a surprise but The Dolphins need a RB and I’m a big fan of Henry’s Oakland Raiders – Reggie Ragland – ILB – Alabama – Personally I feel this is too high for Ragland, but the Raiders are said to be enthralled with his traits. Tennessee Titans – Jack Conklin – OT – Michigan State – The Titans would have selected a tackle had they stayed at one, Conklin is the best one available, though he probably goes higher. Detroit Lions – Leonard Floyd – LB – Georgia – Floyd gives the Lions and combo OLB/Edge pass rusher. The Lions could go for a pure DE here also. Atlanta Falcons – Myles Jack – LB – UCLA – Who knows how far Jack will fall, my guess is here. Indianapolis Colts – Eli Apple – DC – Ohio State – The Colts would prefer an O-Linemen, but the top ones are gone. Apple gives them a tall, long corner who matches up well against the taller receivers in the league. Buffalo Bills – Kevin Dodd – DE – Clemson – With Mario Williams gone, the Bills have a strong need for an edge rusher. Dodd gives them an excellent replacement. New York Jets – William Jackson III – DC – Houston – The Jets would prefer a quarterback, but there is not one worth taking at this time. Washington Redskins – A’Shawn Robinson – DT – Alabama – Robinson has the versatility to play the 5-tech or on the nose. Houston Texans – Corey Coleman – WR – Baylor – Coming from the Baylor offense, Coleman isn’t the most polished receiver, but he has by far the most talent. Minnesota Vikings – Josh Doctson – WR – TCU – Docson is the most ready to play receiver in this draft class. He can help the Vikings right away. Cincinnati Bengals – Darron Lee – LB – Ohio State – The Bengals got rid of A.J. Hawk. Here is his replacement. Pittsburgh Steelers – Mackenzie Alexander – DC – Clemson – The Steelers have don an inordinate amount of work on corners. Alexander is the best corner available. Seattle Seahawks – Jarran Reed – DT – Alabama – Reed can play either tackle spot in the Seahawks defense. Green Bay Packers – Emanuel Ogbah – DE – Oklahoma State – Ogbah can play OLB or at the 5-tech in the Green Bay defense. He is one of the better natural pass rushers in this draft. Kansas City Chiefs – Artie Burns – DC – Miami – Burns replaces Sean Smith who was lost to the Raiders in free agency. Arizona Cardinals – Ryan Kelly – OC – Alabama – Kelly is the highest rated interior offensive lineman in the draft. Can play center or guard and will start right away. Carolina Panthers – Chris Jones – DT – Mississippi St. – Jones is young and raw, but has a lot of upside. Needs to play with a bit more consistency. Denver Broncos – Connor Cook – QB – Denver doesn’t have a quarterback who is good enough to start in the NFL. Cook is by far the best quarterback left on the board and has starter traits. Gabriel’s Final 2016 Mock Draft A month ago we never would have thought that QB’s would be the first two picks of the 2016 NFL Draft. After trades we all know that it’s now a lock. Los Angeles Rams – Jared Goff – QB – California – Personally, I like Wentz better but I’m hearing that Goff is the Rams Los Angeles Rams – Jared Goff – QB – California – Personally, I like Wentz better but I’m hearing that Goff is the Rams guy Philadelphia Eagles – Carson Wentz – QB – North Dakota St – I think that the Eagles wanted Wentz all along as he is the best upside of the two quarterbacks. San Diego Chargers – Leremy Tunsil – OT – Mississippi – This could very well be a defensive pick but for now the Chargers get a player who can help keep Philip Rivers on his feet. San Francisco 49ers – Myles Jack – LB – UCLA – If there wasn’t a question about Jacks knee, he may have gone a few slots higher. Atlanta Falcons – Darron Lee – LB – Ohio State – Lee is in the mold of Myles Jack, an athletic versatile playmaker. Cincinnati Bengals – Jarran Reed – DT – Alabama – Reed will be an excellent complement to Geno Atkins in the Bengals front four. Seattle Seahawks – Chris Jones – DT – DT – Mississippi State – Jones is a bit raw, but has tremendous upside. The Seahawks can afford to wait on that talent. Carolina Panthers – Vernon Butler – DT – Louisiana Tech – The Panthers would love to take a corner here, but there are none rated high enough to take at this time. The Top Guards in the 2016 NFL Draft The offensive line class this year has depth and there are a number of players who have the athletic traits to play more than one position. Such is the case with most of the players talked about here. All of these prospects will line up at guard first with some being able to play outside The offensive line class this year has depth and there are a number of players who have the athletic traits to play more than one position. Such is the case with most of the players talked about here. All of these prospects will line up at guard first with some being able to play outside at tackle and others able to also play center. Vadal Alexander – LSU – Alexander is a four year starter with position versatility. He has shown durability and has started 45 of 49 career games. Alexander was moved to right tackle in 2015 after starting at right guard in 2013 and 2014. He is more suited to play guard at the NFL level. Alexander is a massive man who is well coached and plays hard. He is very strong and though he can get tall at times he still keeps his feet moving on contact and is able to get movement. In pass protection he shows a good punch, can mirror and anchor. He played at over 330 during the season and was at 326 at the Combine. May want to keep his weight at about 320 to be most effective. Cody Whitehair – Kansas State Cody is a four year starter with experience at both tackle positions as well as guard. At 6’4 – 301 with 32.5” arms, he is more suited to play inside at guard the NFL level. He may also be able to play center. Whitehair is tough and competitive with good to real good play strength. He is alert and does a real good job picking up stunts and blitzes. He shows quick hands and plays with bend. Has some explosiveness on contact and can generate movement in the run game. In pass protection he shows he has the lateral agility to stop wide speed and the recovery quickness to mirror versus counter moves. Played from mostly a 2-point stance at Kansas State so he will have to learn to play with his hand on the ground at the NFL level. Joe Dahl – Washington State – Another player with position versatility. He has started games at both tackle and guard but it has been two seasons since he last played inside. Dahl measures 6037 – 301 with 32.75” arms, so with that frame there is no way that he will play outside in the NFL. Dahl is very strong and physical and plays at a high level of intensity. He is easily athletic enough to play in space and adjust on the move. Joe plays a physical style game, always looks to finish blocks and also had a strong week at the Senior Bowl. In the run game, he has some snap through his hips and though he isn’t the biggest guy, he can play with power. Had foot surgery following the eighth game but came back to start in Washington States Bowl game. Josua Garnett – Stanford – In recent years, Stanford has put out some fairly good defensive linemen and Garnett is another one that is similar to those before him. He is productive as both a run and pass blocker, knows how to use his hands and is very alert. If there is a negative to his game, he doesn’t consistently play with good bend and he is more strong than explosive. Still he keeps his feet moving on contact and is able to generate movement. He is well coached with good technique. While he played his entire career at guard, I see no problem with him also being able to play center. Will come in and start for most teams as a rookie. The Top Centers in the 2016 NFL Draft I have always thought of center as an undervalued position. By the nature of the position, the center is the leader of the offensive line group. He not only has to be productive, he also has to smart, aware and instinctive. It’s his job to recognize defensive formations and instantly make the line calls and I have always thought of center as an undervalued position. By the nature of the position, the center is the leader of the offensive line group. He not only has to be productive, he also has to smart, aware and instinctive. It’s his job to recognize defensive formations and instantly make the line calls and protections. That said, the group this year is as strong as I have seen it in years. Not only are there some quality players at the position but there are also s few guards that can also slide over and play center in a pinch. I will talk about those prospects when I write up the guard group later this week. Ryan Kelly – Alabama Kelly is a fifth year senior, a three year starter and the Remington Trophy winner. At 6’4 – 311 with 33 5/8” arms he has ideal size to go along with outstanding smarts and instincts. He has the strength and power to move big nose tackles and the athleticism to adjust on the move and get to the second level on combo blocks. In pass pro, he sets quickly, has a strong punch, can mirror and anchor as well as pick up blitzes and stunts. Earlier in the scouting process, I felt that he would easily start as a rookie, but as I have watched more tape, I can see that Kelly is the type of player who will be a future Pro Bowl type player. He will be the first center selected and could perhaps get drafted in the later part of the first round. Nick Martin – Notre Dame Martin was a three year starter for Notre Dame and has starts at both center and guard. He is also the younger brother of All Pro guard Zack Martin of the Dallas Cowboys. While at Notre Dame he accumulated 37 starts. Martin has good size at 6’4 – 300. While his arms are a bit short at 32 ½”, he has very good strength and power to go along with very good overall athleticism. Martin grades out well as both a run and pass blocker. He stays low coming off the ball and has some snap in his hips on contact. He demonstrates good hand use, keeps good position and can anchor and mirror in pass protection. He easily gets to the second level and does a good job in space. When at guard he can pull and adjust on the move to hit a moving target. While Martin may never be an All Pro like his brother, he will be a solid starter who should be able to come in and start as a rookie. Max Tuerk – USC Earlier in the process I had Tuerk as my number one center. That was before he tore a ligament in his knee, had surgery and missed the rest of the season. He was unable to work out for any clubs during the post combine evaluation period. Tuerk has excellent size (6’5 – 300) to go along with very good overall athleticism. He has made starts at center, guard and tackle for USC during the course of his career. Tuerk is a sound technician and plays with strength and power. He plays an aggressive game and demonstrates the movement skills to be very good in space. He shows he can play with bend and he is a consistent run and pass blocker. If he has a negative, it’s that his lower body is a bit on the lean side. To compete at a high level in the NFL he will need to add some lower body strength and bulk. If his knee is sound once camps open, I see no reason why he can’t come in and start as a rookie at either center or guard. While he has the talent to be drafted as high as the second round, his draft status will be determined by far along he is in the rehab process with his knee. The Ever Changing First Round The one thing that is certain about the NFL Draft is that nothing is certain until the draft begins a week form Thursday. We can look at all the pre-draft predictions we want and they all are meaningless. All 32 NFL clubs keep getting relevant information until shortly before the start of the draft. As The one thing that is certain about the NFL Draft is that nothing is certain until the draft begins a week form Thursday. We can look at all the pre-draft predictions we want and they all are meaningless. All 32 NFL clubs keep getting relevant information until shortly before the start of the draft. As information comes in, raft boards can change and remember, no two draft boards are alike. Last week we had the big trade between The Rams and the Titans. That trade changed how the top five and more than likely the top ten will come off the board. The other event that could have a drastic effect on how the players come off the board was the medical re-checks in Indianapolis last Thursday and Friday. Let’s look at the trade first. With the Rams now holding the first overall selection, we know one thing and that is a quarterback will be selected first. What we don’t know is who that quarterback will be. It could be Carson Wentz or it could be Jared Goff. The other thing that is certain is that the second pick will most likely be the quarterback that the Rams don’t select. AT this time, I’m hearing that Cleveland want Goff, so id Goff goes first, Cleveland will try and trade out of the second pick. Teams around the league are wondering what it will be like dealing with the Browns when it comes to draft day trades. The Browns front office is very inexperienced when it comes to draft day deals and no club has a clue right now how a deal will come about. That said, it would not surprise me if the Browns trade out of number two before the draft begins. If the draft falls the way I think it will, with Goff and Wentz being the first two selections, it’s anyone’s guess as to who the to five falls. Does San Diego select Leremy Tunsil who a week ago looked like a safe bet to go number one? Or do they stay with a defensive player as they originally planned? That pick could be the key to how far Tunsil falls because it’s safe to say that Dallas won’t be selecting an offensive lineman at number four. Getting back to the quarterbacks, if in fact Goff and Wentz are the first two picks, when does Paxton Lynch get selected? Will a club with a quarterback need trade up into the top 10 or 12 to take Lynch? Before the trade went down, I thought it was a safe bet that Lynch would go at 15 to the Rams. I felt that was the floor for Lynch. Now I am thinking it could very well be somewhere between 6 and 12. After the medical re-checks, it was revealed that some teams are not good with UCLA linebacker Myles Jack knee. The question is not if Jack can play this year, but rather how sound is his knee and will his injury prevent him from having a healthy career. Arthritic conditions can have a huge effect on a player’s longevity. Having sat in on numerous pre-draft medical meetings, I know and understand how each team can look at an injury differently. There will be some clubs who downgrade Jack because of his condition, others will say he is good to go. We won’t know how they really feel until the night of April 28th when he actually gets selected. If Jack does not go in the top five, then clubs are truly worried about his knee. We still have 10 days to go before the draft and the top half of the first round already looks much different than it did a week ago. I can guarantee one thing, between now and April 28th it will change even more> The Top 4 Tight Ends in the 2016 NFL Draft Looking at this tight end class, it may be one of the weakest in years. There are some prospects who can potentially turn into fairly good move type tight ends but there are very few prospects who can make a living playing the “Y” tight end. This isn’t a fault of the players, it is Looking at this tight end class, it may be one of the weakest in years. There are some prospects who can potentially turn into fairly good move type tight ends but there are very few prospects who can make a living playing the “Y” tight end. This isn’t a fault of the players, it is what the college game is producing at the position right now at the position. There is little or no premium put on in-line blocking. Hunter Henry – Arkansas – Henry has only been a fulltime starter for one season (2015), before that he was a part time starter and played in a rotation. This year he lined up in the slot, flexed out and in tight. He is athletic and run well. He didn’t run at the Combine but came back to time 4.67 at the Arkansas pro day. Henry is a good route runner who does a good job working to get open. He shows he can get in and out of cuts quickly and can gain separation. After the catch he shows good run skills. Where he needs work is in the blocking game. He plays with no power, seldom gets movement and lacks snap in his hips. AT Indy he only did 13 reps of 225 which is poor for the position. He came back 3 weeks later to do 21 reps at his pro day. In all honesty, in over 30 years of doing this work I have never seen a player improve by eight reps in three weeks. Three or four reps maybe but not eight. Something is wrong with this equation. Austin Hooper – Stanford Probably the most “complete” tight end in this class is Stanford’s Austin Hooper. By the nature of the Stanford offense, Hooper has to line up as a “Y” at times and block at times He just may be the best blocker in the position group this year. That said, he still needs to play with more strength and aggressiveness as a blocker. As a receiver he is a good route runner who shows he can uncover versus man and zone. While not a “burner” he has enough speed to get open deep as well as underneath. Hooper has soft hands and does a good job adjusting to the ball. After the catch he shows strong run skills. Being that Hunter was only a third year sophomore with two year of eligibility left, he is very young and has upside. He could very easily get drafted in the second round or third round. Nick Vannett – Ohio State When you look at Vannett physically, he looks like the proto-typical NFL tight end. He’s 6’6 – 257 pounds and runs 4.85. You would think that with his frame, he is a top blocker. He isn’t! In the Ohio State offense Vannett was used more as the move tight end than the “Y”. Vannett shows a willingness to block and he is able to get good position but he is not explosive and does not consistently get movement. He does a much better job when blocking on the move. As a receiver, he lacks top end speed but he can uncover versus zone coverage. He will never challenge a defense deep but he can be a consistent short range theat. Tyler Higbee – Western Kentucky Higbee was having a strong 2015 at Western Kentucky until a knee injury cut short his season and he missed the final four games. In nine games, he had 38 receptions for 563 yards and 8 touchdowns. He is a good route runner, can adjust to the ball, has soft hands and is a good runner after the catch. As a blocker he is adequate. He shows a willing ness but lacks the strength and power to get movement at the NFL level. He has the frame to get bigger and stronger, so the ability to develop as a blocker is there. What hurts Higbee going into the draft are obviously his knee injury and also he had a recent assault arrest. How clubs feel about his knee was found out at the medical rechecks this weekend in Indianapolis. As for the criminal charge, clubs will have to do their research to see if it is a situation that makes Higbee undraftable. The Top 5 Outside Linebackers in the 2016 NFL Draft When we say outside linebackers, I am talking about mostly Sam’s and Will’s. I have already covered the top guys that I see as edge pass rushers who would play outside in a 3-4 though there may be a one or two here that could fill that role here. Myles Jack – UCLA – Jack Myles Jack – UCLA – Jack has great versatility in that he can play multiple positions. I see him best suited at Will but he can play strong safety, Sam or even outside in a 3-4. He is so athletic that he will never come off the field and will be an asset in coverage. While he isn’t a real physical point of attack player, he does everything else almost effortlessly. He is a rare athlete with to body control, speed and agility. With today’s game having such an emphasis on passing a linebacker like Jack is what everyone will be looking for. Darron Lee – Ohio State – Lee is a third year sophomore and a two year starter who entered the draft as an underclassman. Like Jack, he is an excellent athlete and is very good when playing in space. AT Ohio State he was often walked off and played man wide receivers. Also like Jack, he isn’t a real physical point of attack player, but once he gets a little bigger and stronger he will easily be able to adapt to that role. I see his best fit at Will in a 4-3 but he has the athleticism and versatility to play in any scheme. Being as young as he is, he hasn’t begun to scratch the surface of how good he can be. Leonard Floyd – Georgia – I keep seeing people list Floyd as a pass rusher and in my opinion he isn’t. In his three years at Georgia he had a total of 17 sacks with only 4.5 coming this year. Floyd is tall and long with a bit of a narrow frame. On tape he looks like a 235 pound guy but showed up at the Combine at 246 and moved extremely well. While he is very athletic, he lacks to strength and power. He is the type of player who would rather go around or elude a block than take one on. While he can get away with that in college, he won’t in the NFL. He will have to get stronger and learn to stack and shed. Overall, I think he has to be in the right scheme. Right now he reminds me of Barkevious Mingo and we all know how he has turned out. I see him as a Sam in a 4-3 not a 3-4 edge guy. Su’a Cravens – USC – Coming out of the Combine, I had Cravens listed number two behind Myles Jack. I dropped him down after his very average Pro Day and then his agent saying he wouldn’t be doing any private workouts. After seeing the Pro Day numbers, not doing a private workout is ludicrous. On tape, Cravens looks and plays like a poor man’s Myles Jack. He didn’t test that way. While he plays like a guy with about 4.58 speed, he actually ran 4.7 and his vertical was only 30.5”. he will be drafted to play as a hybrid linebacker and will be used in coverage a lot. He has played some safety at USC and has very good coverage skills. He still needs to get stronger and become more physical at the point, but the tolls are there to eventually be very good. Remember, he doesn’t turn 21 until just before training camp opens. Terrance Smith – Florida State – Another guy whose best fit seems to be at Will in a 4-3. He is a very good athlete with play speed and the frame to get to 240 – 245. Smith has good instincts and reacts quickly. He plays well at the point and is also very good in pursuit. Smith shows he can play in coverage and is able to match up versus tight ends and running backs. On the downside, Smith has missed some time with injuries the last two seasons, so durability is a concern. While his best fit is in a 4-3, if he can get to 245 and add some strength he should also be able to play inside in a 3-4. Another young guy with upside. The Top 5 Inside Linebackers in the 2016 NFL Draft This is not what I would call a great inside linebacker class. Before his horrific injury, Notre Dame’s Jaylon Smith would have been a top five selection, perhaps top three but until after clubs get more information at this weekend’s medical rechecks, he is a wild card. Jaylon Smith – Notre Dame Before his Before his injury, Jaylon Smith was one of the best players in this draft. He had all the traits needs to be a great player at inside or outside linebacker. His plays shows, instinctiveness, strength, power, speed and explosiveness. He was the type of player that offenses had to game plan for because he could single handedly destroy and offense. The only question I have about his play is why Notre Dame didn’t use him to rush the passer. There is a tape that I have and that was sent to all 32 NFL clubs that shows Smith being used as a pass rusher in practice. No Notre Dame tackle and that includes Ron Stanley who will be a top 10 selection this year could block him coming off the edge. His combination of speed, explosiveness and power is hard to find. The unanswered question on Smith is when/if he will return to the player he was before the injury. He tore two ligaments (ACL, LCL) and had some nerve damage. While clubs will get an updated prognosis this weekend, there is still no way to tell how good he can be again until after he gets on the football field. Reggie Ragland – Alabama With Smith’s injury, the first inside linebacker who will be drafted this year will most likely be Alabama’s Reggie Ragland (unless you count Myles Jack as an ILB, I don’t). We have all seen Ragland pop up as a mid to late first round pick in many mock drafts. Personally, I feel that is too high for him, as I see him as more of a guy who goes in the early second round. Why? As good as Ragland is, he does not have first round athletic numbers (4.72 speed, 7.55 3-cone, 9’8” LJ. 31.5” VJ). He also is more of a reactor than an instinctive anticipator. Ragland plays behind an NFL quality defensive line which also helps his numbers. He has size and strength, can shed and stack at the point. While he is used at times to rush the passer that is not really a strong point. He should become a solid 3-4 ILB starter in the NFL. Kentrell Brothers – Missouri Brothers actually measured bigger than he looks. On tape he looks like a 5’11” – 6’ type but measured at 6005 – 245. While he only ran 4.89 at Indy, he came back to run 4.82 at the Mizzou pro day. He is so instinctive and quick reacting that he plays like he is a 4.70 type. He is a fun guy to watch on tape as he is a playmaking machine. In the last two seasons he was credited with 274 total tackles including 17 tackles for loss. Brothers plays with strength and explosion and is quick to shed, he has good range and shows very quick lateral agility. While his 40 time may take him out of the second round, Brothers will come in and start as a rookie for most teams….he’s that good! Josh Perry – Ohio State Perry is what a proto-typical 3-4 inside linebacker should look like. He is 6035 -255 and runs 4.68. He doesn’t get the notoriety of some players because he play on a star studded Ohio State team. Perry is a presence in the middle and was a three year starter for an OSU team that went 38-4 over that span. Perry reads and reacts quickly, is strong at the point, can shed at make plays at the line of scrimmage. He shows the speed and range to make plays on the perimeter. In coverage, Perry is adequate at best and at early in his career he may only be a two down player. Still he has upside as he will get better in coverage as he gains experience. I doubt you will ever see him locked up in man coverage that often. Blake Martinez – Stanford When it comes to inside linebackers, I have to admit I am a bit “old school”. I prefer guys who are strong at the point of attack, instinctive, can shed and make plays at the line of scrimmage. That is exactly what Blake Martinez does. His speed is at the enough level (4.71). He is alert, around the ball and makes plays. Weighing in at 237, he needs to get a little bigger but that should be no problem once he is in an NFL weight room and nutrition specialists. Martinez is a very consistent tackler both at the point and in space. In coverage he gets depth with his drops, has good receiver awareness and can transition. I feel he has the versatility to play Mike in a 4-3 or either 3-4 ILB position. With smarts, instincts and toughness, he will be an NFL starter early in his career. The Top 5 Running Backs in the 2016 NFL Draft In the 2013 and 2014 NFL Drafts there wasn’t a running back drafted in the first round. Last year the running back class was good and we saw two get selected in the first. Todd Gurley from Georgia went 10th overall to the Rams and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon went at 15 to the San Diego In the 2013 and 2014 NFL Drafts there wasn’t a running back drafted in the first round. Last year the running back class was good and we saw two get selected in the first. Todd Gurley from Georgia went 10th overall to the Rams and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon went at 15 to the San Diego Chargers. This year I feel that we will again see two backs selected in the opening round of this year’s Draft. Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott and Alabama’s Derrick Henry should both be gone by the end of the first day of the Draft on April 28th. Ezekiel Elliott – Ohio State At 6000 – 225 with 4.47 speed, Zeke Elliott has the size. Speed, power and run instincts to become a very good NFL running back. In three seasons at Ohio State Elliott ran for over 3900 yards and 43 touchdowns. He is quick to the hole with excellent vision and instincts. He seldom makes a poor decision. He shows the ability to create and has the power to consistently break tackles and get yards after first contact. As a receiver he has soft hands and can work to uncover. When asked to pass block he will face up his opponent and can anchor. There really isn’t anything he doesn’t do well. Some analysts feel he is a legitimate top 10 selection. I’m not quite that high but I do feel he should go in the 10 to 15 area. While he is very good, he isn’t special like an Adrian Peterson. If a club is going to use a top 10 pick on a running back, he has to be “special”. Derrick Henry – Alabama It’s no secret that every year Alabama recruits some of the best running backs coming out of high school. In their 2013 recruiting class, they got one of the best in Derrick Henry. While some players never live up to the high school hype. Henry did. In his first two years at Alabama he had to play in a rotation with another top recruit T.J. Yeldon. With Yeldon off to the NFL following the 2014 season, Henry got his chance to be the bell cow in 2015. He responded with 2219 yards and 26 touchdowns. When you watch Henry play, it’s hard to come up with a player that is similar. The one I feel he is closest to form the past id Eddie George. Like George, Henry has rare size to go along with outstanding speed for one so big (4.54). He is an outstanding inside runner with top vision/instincts. Henry can move the pile and get the tough yards and can also take it the distance if a seam is there. With his size and power, Henry wears a defense down and he is actually better in the fourth quarter than he is in the first. Not only can Henry be productive as runner but he is very reliable as a receiver and is an outstanding blocker. While I know there are some who feel he is overrated, I can’t help but laugh at that notion. Derrick Henry will be a feared running back in the NFL starting next September. Alex Collins – Arkansas Like Henry and Elliot, Collins was highly recruited out of high school and he lived up to the hype. The 5010 – 217 pound back ran for over 1000 yards in each of his three seasons at Arkansas. He finished 2015 with 1577 yards and 20 touchdowns. He also has 13 pass receptions. Collins runs with good lean and is quick to the hole and is a very good decision maker. He is patient, with quick feet. Excellent cutback skills and jump cut ability. He is not a speedster (4.59) but he is quick and has a burst. Collins is best as an explosive inside runner who can consistently get yards after contact. He also shows that he can make defenders miss both in – tight and in space. Alex is a very reliable receiver and a willing blocker but he will need work on his pass blocking technique. Can start for a team with a need as a rookie. Jordan Howard – Indiana Howard began his career at Alabama – Birmingham and then transferred to Indiana for the 2015 season after UAB dropped football. His final year at UAB he ran for 15 87 yards and in only 9 games at Indiana he had 1213 yards. Howard has size and power (6000 – 230) to go along with fairly good speed (4.62). He is a productive inside runner who can get the tough yards and move the pile. As an outside runner, he shows vision and patience but lacks the top end speed to be a break away type. I see him starting out as a rotational back and he should become a solid starter in his second or third year. C.J. Prosise – Notre Dame When you look at the numbers that Prosise put up in 2015, it’s hard to believe that he has played the running back position for less than a year. He came to Notre Dame as a safety, then moved to wide receiver before making the switch to running back for the 2015 season. As a rookie running back he ran for 1032 yards, 11 touchdowns and a long run of 95 yards. At 6000 – 220 with 4.48 speed he has the natural traits to be an outstanding NFL runner. While he is still raw, his upside is unlimited. What impressed me the most about Prosise, is his natural run instincts. He makes quick decisions and has the elusiveness to make people miss both in tight quarters and in space. Once he gets in space he’s gone with his speed and acceleration. On the negative side, Prosise runs tall and needs work on his pass blocking. He shows a willingness to block but needs to use his hands better and learn how to position himself. These will come as he gains experience at the position. Because of his inexperience at the position I don’t see him playing in a rotation as a rookie but if progresses the way I feel he will, he will be a solid starter by year two. Three Non-Combine Sleepers for the Draft Every year it’s the same situation. 335 players get invited to the Scouting Combine, 255 players get drafted and out of those 255 player there are always about 30 to 35 players who did get invited to Indy get drafted. This year will be no exception and some of the non-Combine guys could get drafted Every year it’s the same situation. 335 players get invited to the Scouting Combine, 255 players get drafted and out of those 255 player there are always about 30 to 35 players who did get invited to Indy get drafted. This year will be no exception and some of the non-Combine guys could get drafted as high as the third or fourth round. The following are three players who fit the mold of the non-Combine player whose college production and Pro Day warrant being drafted. Jordan Canzeri – RB – Iowa Size – 5080 – 194 – 4.43 Strong Points – Quick, fast and explosive. Had 183 carries for 984 yards and 12 TD’s. Also had 20 receptions for 208 yards and 1 TD. Had 2073 career rushing yards. Quick to the hole with good vision/instincts. Runs low, has power on contact and consistently gets yards after first contact. Is a quick cutter with a burst when he finds day light. Has the speed to break long runs. Quick footed and can make defenders miss both inside and in space. Lacks size but willing as a blocker and will face up. Good hands and receiving ability. May be able to return kickoffs. Weak Points – Short and lacks Ideal size but he should be able to get to 200. As a receiver he is used mostly on screens and check downs, will have to develop his route running skills. Can’t be an every down back at his size. Summation – In 2013 and 2014, Canzeri played as part of a running back rotation. This past season he became the bell cow and put up very good numbers. Canzeri is short, but he is strong and powerful. Had a great Pro Day, running 4.43, a 6.55 3-cone, 34.5” VJ and 20 reps of 225. He played in a pro-style offense and is quick to the hole and a very good decision maker. He runs low, has the strength to break tackles and get yards after contact. He is alert with very good instincts. He shows he can make a cut in the hole or cutback to find a seam. Has the speed to go the distance if the opening is there. As a receiver, he has good hands and adjusts to the ball. He is used mainly as a check down type or on screens and swings. He gets upfield quickly after the catch. Shows a strong willingness to block, is alert to pick up blitzes and shows he will face up pass rusher. He is very tough and competitive. Might be able to be used as a kickoff returner. Overall, I see him as a role player/complimentary back who should also produce on special teams. A solid late round selection. Roy Robertson-Harris – Edge – UTEP Productive player at a mid-major conference. Tall with long arms, has the frame to carry 275 easily and maybe more. Athletic with good body control, runs well, has good change of direction and balance. Plays both down and on his feet. Quick to react. Makes plays, flashes as a pass rusher. Competitive and his motor keeps running. Can be quick off blocks. As good as he is, he still has just scratched the surface. Needs to lean better technique. Gets himself out of position at times. A fifth year senior who wasn’t invited to the Combine. He is tall with a muscular lean frame and has the ability to easily get better. Has played both on his feet and down but plays the majority of the time with his hand in the dirt. Quick off the ball, can get tall at times but he has long arms and knows how to play with leverage. Needs to further develop his technique but has some “wow” plays. He is athletic quick and explosive. Shows good pass rush talent and can close off of blocks to the quarterback. Shows consistent ability versus the run, can hold the point, shed and get to ball. Good lateral agility, can clear piles and get to the play. Has dropped some but still doesn’t look comfortable. His best fit is as a 4-3 defensive end but has the traits to play OLB in a 3-4. Will go through a learning curve as far as learning how to drop and play in zone. May never be a starter but can play in a rotation after a period of adjustment. Tyrone Holmes – Edge – Montana 6024v – 253v – 4.62v Good size, speed and overall athleticism for an edge player. Dominated FCS level of competition with 18 sacks in 2015 and 34 sacks for his career. Very explosive player. Has a quick first step. Shows he can put counter moves together and can close to the QB. Aggressive player and a strong tackler. Plays at a lower level of comp. Still raw. Has a tendency to get tall at times. Has to further develop his hand use and moves. Does not have a lot of experience in coverage. Tyrone was not a Combine invitee, but gathered a lot of attention by putting up some outstanding numbers at his pro day, Ran 4.62, did 28 reps of 225, had a 37.5” vertical jump and a 7.12 3-cone. This was all done outside in only 50 degree weather. He has totally dominated FCS competition as a pass rusher but he is still a bit raw. Needs to play with a lower pad level and learn to use his hands better. Explosive pass rushers are hard to find and this guy has the natural traits to work with. It will not be a surprise if he comes off the board in the third or early fourth round. A player on the come. The NFP 2016 NFL Mock Draft 1.0 As many of you know, I am not a big fan of mock drafts. As soon as the first trade comes about, it throws off the whole order. That said, NFL fans love the mocks as they can argue whether or not they like an analysts selection for their club. Also, as I get further As many of you know, I am not a big fan of mock drafts. As soon as the first trade comes about, it throws off the whole order. That said, NFL fans love the mocks as they can argue whether or not they like an analysts selection for their club. Also, as I get further into the round, I am doing a lot of best available player type picks. 1 – Tennessee Titans – Laremy Tunsil – OT – Ole Miss – The Titans have their pick of the whole draft class and with the selection of QB Marcus Mariota last year they have to have quality linemen to protect him, Tunsil is the best tackle in this draft. 2 – Cleveland Browns – Carson Wentz – QB – North Dakota St. – Wentz might not be the second best player in this draft, but he is hands down the best quarterback and Cleveland has to finally get a quarterback in which to build a team around. 3 – San Diego Chargers – Jalen Ramsey – DB – Florida State – Ramsey has the versatility to play corner or safety and the Chargers have a need at both positions. He becomes an immediate upgrade. 4 – Dallas Cowboys – Jared Goff – QB – California – Jerry Jones has gone out of his way to say the Cowboys won’t draft a quarterback with this selection. This is the lying season, so why would Jones be telling us the truth? Tony Romo doesn’t have much left in the tank and this could be the Cowboys best chance to draft a top flight signal caller. 5- Jacksonville Jaguars – Vernon Hargreaves III – DC – Florida – The Jags like to stay in the State when they make their top selection. This year they are basically getting two top five picks as last year’s first round pick Dante Fowler hasn’t played yet. This year, Fowler’s teammate helps shore up the secondary. 6 – Baltimore Ravens – Joey Bosa – DE/OLB – Ohio State – The Ravens stay with their highest rated player on their board and select a guy who can give them a strong outside pass rush. 7 – San Francisco 49ers – Myles Jack – LB – UCLA – The 49ers could have gone this route or selected Oregon defensive lineman DeForest Buckner. Looking at the San Francisco linebacker corps, the selection of Jack makes more sense. 8 – Philadelphia Eagles – Ronnie Stanley – OT – Notre Dame – The Eagles have done a lot of research on quarterbacks, but the #8 slot is too high to take Memphis QB Paxton Lynch. Unless they trade down, Stanley gives them a very good offensive lineman with upside. Some evaluators were down on Stanley going into his pro day, but he lit it up to solidify a top 10 selection. 9 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers – DeForest Buckner – DL – Oregon – Buckner might not fill a need, but he is clearly the best player on the board. The Bucs could look to trade down here with a team looking to get a shot at Buckner. 10 – New York Giants – Jack Conklin – OT – Michigan State – The Giants have to protect Eli Manning and Conklin is rated as the second best tackle in this draft by many clubs. Conklin gives the Giants a solid starter the day he signs his contract and will work well with last years’ top choice Ereck Flowers. 11 – Chicago Bears – Shaq Lawson – DE/OLB – Clemson – The Bears have to get some outside pass rushers. If Lawson’s shoulder gets by the medical people, this could very well be the player the Bears choose. 12 – New Orleans Saints – A’Shawn Robinson – Alabama – Yes, the Saints just signed free agent Nick Fairley, but the defensive line still needs more. Robinson just turned 21 and has unlimited upside. He could well be a very good one for years to come. 13 – Miami Dolphins – Zeke Elliott – RB – Ohio State – Some people have Elliott as a possible top 10 guy. I think that is too high for any running back. This could be is landing spot as RB is very important in an Adam Gase offense. 14 – Oakland Raiders – Corey Coleman – WR – Baylor – With Amari Cooper taken last year, wide receiver may not be a need, but put Coleman next to Cooper and Derek Carr has two potent weapons. 15 – Los Angeles Rams – Paxton Lynch – QB – Memphis – If Wentz and Goff go as high as I think they will go, the team wanting Lynch may have to trade up to get him. Lynch is the last of the legitimate first round QB’s and has great value here. 16 – Detroit Lions – Taylor Decker – OT – Ohio State – The lions have to find a way to protect Matt Stafford. Decker is the next best tackle on the board. 17 – Atlanta Falcons – Darron Lee – LB – Ohio State Atlanta has been active in free agency and they signed Courtney Upshaw recently, but Lee gives them a Will linebacker with speed and instincts. He will never come off the field. 18 – Indianapolis Colts – Eli Apple – DC – Ohio State – I’m going with value here as Apple is the next best player on the board. 19 – Buffalo Bills – Kevin Dodd – DE – Clemson – Dodd had a very strong 2015 with 12.0 sacks and we are just beginning to see how talented he is. Buffalo needs a pass rusher and he is the best one available. It wouldn’t surprise me if he went higher than this. 20 – New York Jets – William Jackson III – DC – Houston – I’m going with value again here as Jackson is the best player available and gives the Jets a potential great press cover corner across from Darrelle Revis. 21 – Washington Redskins – Sheldon Rankins – DT – Louisville – Rankins lacks ideal height, but he is very explosive and provides an inside pass rush. 22 – Houston Texans – Josh Doctson – WR – TCU – The Texans go with an in-state player who just happens to be the next best receiver available. 23 – Minnesota Vikings – Laquan Treadwell – WR – Mississippi – Until last week when Treadwell held his pro day, most felt he would be the first receiver off the board. When he ran 4.62 that dropped his stock. Still the tape shows he plays faster and he catches everything that gets close. 24 – Cincinnati Bengals – Kenny Clark – DT – UCLA – A strong inside player who will line up next to next to Geno Atkins. Clark is strong and can occupy blockers and that should free up Atkins. 25 – Pittsburgh Steelers – Mackenzie Alexander – DC – Clemson – Alexander lacks ideal size but he is a strong cover guy who can play man and zone. 26 – Seattle Seahawks – Chris Jones – DT – Mississippi St – Jones is a size/speed athlete whose best football should be in front of him. Will flourish in the Seahawks defense. 27 – Green Bay Packers – Jarran Reed – DT – Alabama – With B.J. Raji retired, the Pack needs to get some quality players with size on the D-Line. 28 – Kansas City Chiefs – Artie Burns – DC – Miami –One NFC scout told me Burns was the best corner in his area and he also saw Hargreaves and Mackenzie. Burns can be undisciplined but he has excellent natural talent. 29 – Arizona Cardinals – Derrick Henry – RB – Alabama – Do I feel that the Cards will select Henry? No, but I do believe someone will trade up and grab him in this area of the first round. 30 – Carolina Panthers – Keanu Neal – DS – Florida – The Panthers don’t have a lot of weaknesses but they could use a good young safety. Neal fits the mold of the other Panthers defensive players….tough and aggressive. 31 – Denver Broncos – Ryan Kelly – C – Alabama – Not really a huge need here, but Kelly is another player who I feel will get drafted in the later part of the opening round. The Top Safeties in the 2016 NFL Draft I wouldn’t call the safety class this year “great” by any means, but it is above average and clubs can find some players who can come in and play right away. There is a good mixture of both free and strong safety types as well as some players who can most likely play either position. Keanu Neal – Florida Neal is an underclassman with size, length and athleticism. He looks and plays faster than the 4.59 that he timed. He does a very good job keeping things in front of him and he is a very aggressive run support player and tackler. In short, he is a quick twitch athlete with explosiveness and instincts, He has the flexibility to turn and run with receivers and can transition and close. Neal has the capability to play strong or free and will start very early in his career. Vonn Bell – Ohio State Like Neal, Bell does a good job keeping things in front of him. He is instinctive with quick reactions. Bell is more quick than fast but he can cover man to man and is very alert in zone. Vonn will need to get a little bigger and stronger to play at the NFL level but he has the traits to play either free or strong safety. He has good ball reactions and hands as his 9 career interceptions show. Bell should be rafted sometime in the second round. Darian Thompson – Boise State Going into the Combine, Thompson was one of my favorite safeties in this class. On tape he looked and played fast and was a big time playmaker. He had 19 career interceptions while at Boise. At Indy, Thompson did not run well and some evaluators got a bit down on him. It turns out that he had a stomach virus and that was the reason for his poor time. Earlier this week he ran 4.52 at the Boise St. Pro Day and that time puts him back up with the better safeties in this draft. In short, Thompson is a ball hawking free safety. He has great instincts and you seldom see him out of position. He plays the run well and for the most part he is a consistent tackler. He can be so aggressive trying to make a tackle that he will get out of control and miss. That weakness should be easily corrected. I can see Thompson going in the second or third round. Justin Simmons – Boston College Like Thompson, Simmons did not run as well as expected at Indy. He came back at his Pro Day with a time in the low 4.5’s. Simmons is a former corner with excellent height and length. While he has a bit of a narrow frame, he is strong (16 reps) and explosive (40” VJ). I see him as being the ideal NFL free safety. He has awareness and range in coverage and reacts very well to the ball in the air. His experience at corner helps in that he is a better man to man cover guy than most safeties. Simmons is a solid run support safety and consistent tackler. I see him coming in and starting right away for most clubs. He is a solid day two selection. Tyvis Powell – Ohio State At just under 6’3 – 211 with 4.46 speed, Powell is just what clubs are looking for in a strong safety. He has the frame to easily carry 220 without losing any speed. Powell is a consistent run support player and a good tackler. He has registered over 70 tackles in each of the last two seasons. In coverage he is best on zone where he shows awareness and range. While he is very fast, he lacks the suddenness needed to be a top man cover guy but he should have no problem with NFL tight ends. Powell isn’t a finished product by any means, but he has the traits and upside to continue to improve. His physical capabilities are hard to find. Karl Joseph – West Virginia Had Joseph not been injured, he would be ranked right up near the top of this list. In the fourth game of last season, Joseph tore an ACL and missed the rest of the season. He is not ready to play yet and where he gets drafted will be determined more by the medical people than the personnel staff. Rest assure when he is ready to go, he is an excellent prospect and he will become a very good NFL free safety. The Top 5 Quarterbacks in the 2016 NFL Draft Last September, I was having a conversation with a Personnel Director friend and he asked me if I had looked at North Dakota State QB Carson Wentz yet. I told him I hadn’t and that I would do it right away. A day later, I called him and told him that I felt Wentz was Last September, I was having a conversation with a Personnel Director friend and he asked me if I had looked at North Dakota State QB Carson Wentz yet. I told him I hadn’t and that I would do it right away. A day later, I called him and told him that I felt Wentz was easily a late first and maybe by the end of the season he would move up to a mid -first round type. A few days later I started evaluating California true junior quarterback Jared Goff. At that time I wrote here in the NFPost that while I recognized Goff’s talent, I felt he would be better off staying in school another year to further develop his game and get bigger and stronger. The way the college game is being played, the colleges are not doing a very good job preparing quarterbacks to play in the National Football League. Most schools play in some variation of a spread offense and seldom do we see quarterbacks play from under center and have to read a whole field. While many of these quarterbacks have the traits to become solid NFL players, they aren’t ready to line up and play. An added problem is these quarterbacks are over drafted and because of that they are forced to play before they get a chance to develop and feel comfortable like Aaron Rodgers did. That has led to over 50% of the first round quarterbacks either outright busting or failing to live up to the position in which they were drafted. That is not going to change, because there is a lack of quality quarterbacks in the NFL clubs with a need at the position will take a quarterback higher than he deserves and play him before he is ready. It’s a vicious cycle that I don’t see changing in the near future. That said, the quarterback class of 2016 is not very deep and again players at the position will be drafted higher than their talent level. A General Manager friend of mine told me that if when scouting a quarterback I don’t see him as a potential starter in the league than don’t draft him. Looking at this year’s class I only see six and maybe seven quarterbacks who have a chance to become eventual starters in the league. There will be many more than that drafted in four more weeks and the cycle will continue. Carson Wentz – North Dakota State There is no question that Wentz is very talented and deserves to be the first quarterback drafted. He played in a more sophisticated offense than all of the other top five quarterbacks except Kevin Hogan from Stanford. Wentz has great size and is an outstanding athlete for his size. He has a very strong arm can spin the ball, is accurate short and deep and can make every possible NFL throw. He may very well get drafted within the top two or three slots of the Draft. My question is if he is ready to be drafted that high? Like other before him, he isn’t ready to jump in and play. Playing at the FCS level is much different than the NFL. What Wentz has going for him are the intangibles. He is very smart, has outstanding football character and is a natural leader. I think he will become a much better player than Blake Bortles once he established himself in the League. I can also see the Browns selecting him pick #2. Jared Goff – California I feel now the same way I felt in October. Jared Goff should have stayed in school. Yes, he is talented and yes he will be the second quarterback selected, but is he ready to compete in the NFL? Goff is intelligent and has leadership skills but from a physical viewpoint he needs to get bigger and stronger. While he spins the ball well, he has just a little better than average arm strength and I don’t see him every having close to the arms strength Wentz or Lynch have. His small hands don’t help either when it comes to ball security. Still he has a quick release and is a good decision maker. I don’t see the accuracy that others do because the offense he played in is geared to complete 70% of a QB’s throws. He still needs work on ball placement and timing and be more consistent with his deep ball. There is no question that Goff has upside and if he gets drafted by the right club, he will be able to sit and learn until he is ready. I see him going to Dallas at #4. Paxton Lynch – Memphis Earlier in the process, I had Lynch as my number one quarterback. He is a very good athlete for his size, has a very strong arm and is capable of making all the necessary throws. I have dropped him down to the third rated quarterback because of the offense he played in at Memphis and because of reports that he struggled on the board some when meeting with coaches at the Combine. Lynch has as much upside as any quarterback in this draft but he clearly isn’t ready to step in and play. From a physical standpoint he has as outstanding talent but he needs to learn and understand the concepts of an NFL passing attack. There will be a period of adjustment for him once he gets to the league, but in three years it wouldn’t be a surprise to me if he is the best quarterback of this years group. Kevin Hogan – Stanford Hogan doesn’t have the physical tools of some of the other quarterbacks in this draft but his intangibles are right up at the top. Hogan has been trained in the most sophisticated pro-style passing attack in college football. Once he gets to the NFL his learning curve will be much less than the other quarterbacks. Not only has he been well trained but he has excellent football character and he is a very good leader. Yes. He needs to work on his throwing mechanics but that part is easy. You can’t teach his maturity and decision making ability. He will come into the league as a solid backup and will eventually become a winning starter. While he may not take a team to a Super Bowl, he will be able to get his club to the playoffs. Connor Cook – Michigan State Cook is almost the opposite of Hogan. He has excellent natural tools in which to work with but he isn’t close when it comes to the intangibles. Like Hogan, he has been trained in a NFL style offense and has a lot of experience playing form under center. He has been a three year starter and a consistent winner in a very good conference. What people in the league question is his passion for the game, leadership and overall work ethic. He was a three year starter and was not voted as a captain. That is a huge red flag for any quarterback. There is no question that Cook can play the game at high level. He will be one of the bigger risk/reward players in this draft. How he turns out, won’t be known for a few years at least. The Top 4 Edge Rushers in the 2016 NFL Draft The 2015 NFL Draft was loaded with edge rushers. We saw players like Vic Beasley, Shane Ray. Dante Fowler all go very high. There was depth at the position last year also as clubs were getting talented pass rushers into the middle rounds of the draft. Such is not the case this year. While the The 2015 NFL Draft was loaded with edge rushers. We saw players like Vic Beasley, Shane Ray. Dante Fowler all go very high. There was depth at the position last year also as clubs were getting talented pass rushers into the middle rounds of the draft. Such is not the case this year. While the pass rushing talent isn’t what we saw a year ago, the defensive tackle class is huge. That happens every year, as there are some positions that just have more talent than others. Emmanuel Ogbah – Oklahoma State I could have very easily put Ogbah in the 4-3 defensive end group, but after his Combine performance, many of the 3-4 clubs are looking at Ogbah as a potential outside linebacker on base downs and as a pass rusher on pass downs. At 6’3 – 273, Ogbah has position versatility. His Combine numbers were excellent, running the 40 in 4.63, leaping 35 ½” in the vertical, 10’1” in the long jump and a quick 7.26 in the 3-cone. Ogbah is a natural pass rusher with 28 career sacks. He has the hand use and redirect skills that all good pass rushers have. As good as Ogbah has played, he has moments where he doesn’t consistently play to that high level. Because of that he will be most likely drafted in the bottom half of the first round. If he gets with the right team, he could put up some big numbers as a pro. Shilique Calhoun – Michigan State Calhoun played down as a 4-3 defensive end at Michigan State. While he can play that position in the NFL, I feel that he will get a strong look form each of the 3-4 teams. Calhoun is easily athletic enough to play on his feet and looked good dropping into coverage at both the Combine and the Michigan State Pro Day. Calhoun didn’t run as well as anticipated (4.82) but he showed exceptional quickness and change of direction. With his quickness he plays much faster than he times. Calhoun lacks great size (251) and I doubt he can get bigger than 260 so OLB may be the better position for him at the next level. One thing is certain, on pass downs he will be rushing the passer and that’s what he does best. He can use his hands and has a variety of moves. Jordan Jenkins – Georgia Jenkins is one of my favorite players in this draft. While teammate Leonard Floyd gets all the recognition, Jenkins is the guy who does the dirty work and makes plays. Jenkins didn’t waited until his pro day to show what kind of athlete he is. He measured 6’3 – 259 and ran a 4.77. He also leaped 38” in the vertical jump, 10’3’ in the long jump and had a 7.41 3-cone. On tape, Jenkins plays with strength but he didn’t show top strength when he lifted (16 reps). He is a high motor guy who makes plays and is consistent player versus the run and can rush the passer. He is the type of player that will be a better pro than a collegian. Yannick Ngakoue – Maryland Ngakoue has had 19.5 sacks the last two seasons at Maryland. Added 45 quarterback pressures. He’s a very good athlete with quickness and explosion. Yannick is a pass rusher first and that takes him out of some plays because he gets undisciplined. He also has to improve upon his awareness in coverage but the traits are there. Will most likely be a designated pass rusher early on while he learns the NFL game. My Bonus Sleeper Candidate Tyrone Holmes – Montana Holmes was not invited to the Combine and took part in the University of Montana Pro Day on March 21st. Holmes measured 6024 – 253 and ran 4.62. He also had a 37 ½” vertical jump and a 9’5” long jump. His agility drills were very good also going 7.12 in the 3-cone and 4.28 in the 20 yard shuttle. To top things off he put up 28 reps of 225. Holmes has excellent pass rush ability, he finished the season with 87 total tackles including 24 tackles for loss and 18 sacks! He finished his career with 34.5 sacks. Holmes lacks ideal defensive end size and is more suited to play outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme. He has an explosive first step but he does have a tendency to get tall. He closes off a block very well. With his pro day numbers, he is sure to gather a lot of attention in the next few weeks and will most likely have a number of private workouts in the coming weeks. The Top 5 Offensive Tackles in the 2016 NFL Draft Looking at the offensive as a whole, the 2016 NFL Draft is not nearly as strong on that side of the ball as some of the recent drafts. However that is not the case at the tackle position, where as many as four or five players could be selected in the opening round of the Looking at the offensive as a whole, the 2016 NFL Draft is not nearly as strong on that side of the ball as some of the recent drafts. However that is not the case at the tackle position, where as many as four or five players could be selected in the opening round of the Draft next month in Chicago. Laremy Tunsil – Ole Miss As of right now, Tunsil is the odds on favorite to be the first pick in this year’s Draft. He has the natural physical tools to be a quality starter for years to come. Tunsil has height, bulk, length, athleticism and skill. He is a natural knee bender who is explosive on contact. In short he makes things look easy. Playing in the tough SEC, Tunsil has had to go against some of the best defensive linemen in college football and has consistently shown well against them. He can mirror in pass protection and doesn’t give ground versus bull rushers. He has no real negatives other than he missed half of the 2015 season due to an NCAA suspension. When he came back he looked as if he never missed a beat. He will become a starter the day he signs his contract. Jack Conklin – Michigan State – This name might surprise you. In league circles, the race for the number two tackle to be drafted is a close one between Conklin and Notre Dame’s Ron Stanley. At the Combine, Conklin proved to be bigger, faster and stronger than Stanley in every drill. On the field, Conklin plays with a more consistent intensity. Conklin has proved to be a physical run blocker who gets movement and consistently finishes. He can get to the second level and adjust on the move. In pass protection, he has a quick set and can mirror and anchor. He shows a strong punch and is able to control his opponents. Conklin is an underclassmen entering the draft so he is still young and will still get bigger, stronger and better. Some clubs are looking at Conklin as the safer pick at this time. Ron Stanley – Notre Dame Going back almost a year, Stanley has been looked at as being a possible top five type selection. There is no question that he has the physical traits and skill set to become a very good NFL tackle but there is a group of NFL people who question his intensity and demeanor. Watch tape and you see a tall guy with great feet and length. He can slide and recover as well as anyone. In the run game, he shows his inconsistency. He lacks the power at this time to consistently get movement and you will see some stalemates. His intensity level varies form play to play. When he was at the Combine, he did exceptionally well in the position drills, but his performance in the measurable drills (3-cone, 20 yard shuttle, long jump, vertical jump) was very average. He also did not bench. In a recent interview on Sirius XM he stated that he felt he would do only 20 reps of 225 which is well below average for a lineman. Next week, is the Notre Dame Pro Day and Stanley has his work cut out for him to regain the number two slot on many draft boards. Taylor Decker – Ohio State Turn on the tape of any Ohio State game and it’s easy to see why Decker is so highly thought off by NFL evaluator. He is a very physical guy who plays at a consistent high level of intensity. While he didn’t test out as being an overly strong guy (22 reps at the OSU Pro Day), he has a lot of power in his lower body and through his hips and he is consistently able to get movement with run blocks. In pass protection he can set, punch, anchor and mirror. He can get a little wide with his hands but that can be easily corrected. While Decker played his entire career on the left side at Ohio State, it wouldn’t surprise me if he at least starts his career on the right side in the NFL. Though he is very tall at 6’7, he has shorter arms (33 ¾”) for one so tall. His lateral agility is good, not outstanding and for those reasons he may be better suited for the right side. Germain Ifidi – Texas A&M In recent years. Texas A&M has done an outstanding job in developing offensive lineman. They have had a number of lineman taken in the premium rounds and this year will be no exception. Germain Ifidi entered the Draft as an underclassmen and he should have a bright future. His first two seasons as a starter were at guard and he moved outside to tackle this past season. He has tackle height and length (6’6”, 36” arms) to go along with good strength (25 reps). He also has good natural size (324). With only one year of experience at tackle, he still needs to improve his footwork and technique but the tools are there. Having only played on the right side at Texas A&M, I assume that is where he will play in the NFL. He may lack the required lateral agility to make the move to the left side. The Top Five Wide Receivers in the 2016 NFL Draft The last two NFL Drafts have been two of the strongest wide receiver drafts in history. In comparison, the class this year doesn’t compare. While there are still some very good prospects, the speed and overall depth of this year’s wide receiver class is average to say the least. Throw out the last two drafts, The last two NFL Drafts have been two of the strongest wide receiver drafts in history. In comparison, the class this year doesn’t compare. While there are still some very good prospects, the speed and overall depth of this year’s wide receiver class is average to say the least. Throw out the last two drafts, and the average number of wide receivers drafted in the opening round is three and four. That could well be the case this year. Laquon Treadwell – Mississippi As I write this on March 21st, Treadwell holds on to the top spot on the list, but he there is no way he has a lock on that spot. Treadwell did not run or do any of the agility drills at the Combine. His 33” vertical jump ad 9’11” long jump were very average by today’s standards. Next Monday at the Ole Miss Pro Day, Treadwell has to really excel or he will really drop on many teams drafts boards. Everyone knows he is not a burner, but he still has to run 4.555 or better to be the first or second receiver drafted. He has terrific skill set, with great hands, he can adjust to the ball, runs good routes and is strong after the catch. At the wide receiver position though, speed can be the determining factor on draft position. Corey Coleman – Baylor Coleman is a superb athlete. While he didn’t run at Indy, he did have a 40.5” vertical jump and a 10’9” long jump. At his Pro Day he ran a quick 4.37 and showed fluid change of direction. What hampers Coleman compared to the other receivers on the board is that he ran a very limited route tree at Baylor. At his Pro Day he showed he could get in and of cuts quickly, adjust to the ball and make the difficult catch. He will have to go through a period of adjustment for sure but in two years he may well be the best receiver to come out of this draft. Josh Doctson – TCU Doctson’s game is similar to Treadwell’s only he is a little faster and more explosive. He showed that explosiveness at the Combine with a 41” vertical jump and a 10’11” long jump. His agility drills were also very good. Like Coleman, Doctson played in an unsophisticated spread offense with a limited route tree. Because of that he will need work early on in developing his route running skills but in the end he will make some team very happy. In today’s NFL game, clubs covet big receivers and that is exactly what Doctson is. He measured 6’2 – 202 and had big 9 ¾” hands. Will Fuller – Notre Dame Will Fuller’s game is speed and he has an abundance of that trait. Fuller was the fastest receiver at Indy, running the 40 in 4.32. On tape he runs deep routes and makes the over the shoulder catch as well as any receiver. Fuller has some negative traits also. He has a very lean frame and his hands were the smallest of any receiver at the Combine (8 ¼”). He also lacks strength, and has a small receiving radius. While he catches the deep ball well, he struggles with other catches and had over 20 drops the last two seasons. Many feel he is a bit of a wild card this draft. His home run ability could get him drafted in the bottom of the first round, but because of his limitations others feel he is more likely to go in the second. Tyler Boyd – Pittsburgh Boyd is one of the more complete receivers in this draft. He has size, quickness, body control, runs outstanding routes and has very good hands. What he lacks is elite speed. He ran a 4.58 at Indy and clubs were hoping he would run faster than that before the Draft. He did just that at the Pitt Pro Day, clocking a 4.52 on March 16th. When you watch tape, he is smooth and acrobatic and can make things look easy. He has excellent run after the catch skills and he can block. I don’t see Boyd getting drafted in the opening round but he should go within the first 12 picks of the second round. He will start early in his career. Follow Greg on Twitter @greggabe The Top Five 4-3 Defensive Ends in the 2016 NFL Draft. Like with the 3-4 defensive ends there are some quality 4-3 defensive ends who also have the positional versatility to be able to play on their feet in a 3-4 as an outside linebacker. Having the athleticism and versatility to play more than one position enhances their value come draft weekend, Joey Bosa – Joey Bosa – Ohio State Bosa will most likely be a top five selection come April 28th. He is easily the best 4-3 defensive end on the board and is one of those players with scheme versatility. Right now, Bosa stands about 6’5 – 275. He could easily get to 285+ and play as a 5 technique in a 3-4. At his present size and athletic ability he is the most dominant 4-3 end available and he showed at his pro day that he could easily drop in to coverage if used as a 3-4 outside linebacker. Regardless of where he plays and in what scheme, on passing downs his hand will be in the dirt and he will be rushing the passer. Bosa had 26 career sacks and is regarded as one of the best pass rushers in this draft. Others have compared him to J.J. Watt. If he can get to 285 and keep his speed and athleticism, I am one who believes he can be a similar type player. Bosa has no rea weaknesses and can be a force versus the run or pass game. Shaq Lawson – Clemson The last few years, Clemson has been loaded with excellent defensive linemen and because of that players like Lawson and teammate Kevin Dodd had to wait their turn to be the front line players. It showed this year as Lawson went form 3.5 sacks in 2014 to 12.5 in 2015. Lawson has an exceptionally quick first step, very good hand use and the bend and flexibility to be a very difficult person to block on passing downs. He also has the instincts and quick reactions to be a force versus the run. At his present size and speed (6027 – 267 – 4.70) he can also play OLB in a 3-4. The only negative I see right now is that it was recently reported that Lawson has to return to Indianapolis in early April for the medical rechecks because of a shoulder injury. Granted he played with the injury all season, but if it is a problem whereas he needs surgery, he could drop a little on draft night. Right now he looks like a solid top 10 selection. Kevin Dodd – Clemson Like Lawson, Dodd is a player who really came on during the 2015 college season. By the end of the season, he was one of the most dominant outside players in the country. Dodd finished the season with 62 total tackles and 12 sacks! At 6’5 – 272 – 4.80, Dodd has the frame to get bigger and stronger and the athleticism to play in any scheme. He is best suited to play as a 4-3 defensive end but he can easily get up to 280+ and play as a 5 tech and he can also standup as a 3-4 OLB. Being that Doss is an early entrée into the draft he has a lot of upside and has the told to be a dominant NFL play. I can see Dodd getting drafted somewhere between the 10 and 20 slots. Noah Spence – Eastern Kentucky After a very strong season at Eastern Kentucky and with a dominant week at the Senior Bowl, many were anticipating Spence’s workout at the Combine. The wind came out of the sails there as Spence did not run nearly as fast as people thought he would. He ran 4.80 at Indy and then came back a week later at the Eastern Kentucky Pro Day to run a 4.77. Scouts and coaches were estimating that he would run in the high 4.6’s to low 4.7’s. Regardless of his timed speed, Spence is one of the better edge pass rushers in this draft and he can also play the run extremely well. He is strong and explosive and quick to find the ball. What hurts Spence besides his average speed is his off field issues. He has tested positive on multiple occasions and that got him booted from Ohio State and then he got ticked for a DUI while at Eastern Kentucky. It’s those issues that make Spence a bit of a wild card during the draft. Talent says round one, the issues may drop him a little. Like the others, Spence has the versatility to play up or down in either defensive scheme. Bronson Kaufusi – BYU One of the most physically impressive specimens at the Combine was BYU’s Kaufusi. He stands 6’6 – 285, runs a 4.85 and has 34 1/2” arms. All his measurable tests at Indy were as good as any at the defensive end position. Kaufusi came on strong in 2015 with 64 total tackles and 11 sacks. He has experience playing both linebacker and defensive end. With his size and upside, I see him as either a left end in a 4-3 or either end in a 3-4. He is strong at the point, can shed and finds the ball. If there is a fault it’s that he doesn’t make as many plays as he probably should. Still with his natural physical talent, he most likely will get drafted in the second round. There aren’t many plays as physically gifted as Kaufusi.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1469
__label__wiki	0.69354	0.69354	Comic Books and Pro Wrestling. Why? Because they're awesome. Panels of Awesomeness Astonishing Art Epic Covers Tag Archives: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #16 (2017) A Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 4 Review – When Zordon Steals the Show TITLE: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 4 AUTHORS: Kyle Higgins, Ryan Ferrier PENCILLERS: Hendry Prasetya, Bachan, Daniel Bayliss. Cover by Goni Montes. COLLECTS: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #13-16 PUBLISHER: BOOM! Studios *WARNING: Spoilers lay ahead.* By Rob Siebert Editor, Fanboy Wonder The first act in the larger story of Lord Drakkon comes to an end in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 4. Tommy’s evil doppleganger looks great here, and we also get an awesome character spotlight. Overall, this MMPR series still has a big up side. But once we get into issue #16, particularly the last few pages, things start to get rocky. When we open the book, Tommy and Billy are still trapped in an alternate universe where the Green Ranger remained with Rita Repulsa after the events of “Green With Evil.” This turn of events led to the destruction of the Power Rangers, and Tommy’s rise as the evil Lord Drakkon. Now the Tommy and Billy that we know must join up with a resistance force (led by familiar faces) to bring Drakkon down. Meanwhile, Jason and the others face Rita and her minions with reduced powers, and without Zordon. And where is Zordon anyway? We get the answer to that last question in issue #15, and it’s the creative highlight of the book. Zordon has been absent for several issues at this point, so it’s obviously good to check in with him. But this issue goes above and beyond, following him into a rift between the dimensions. We see him meet his counterpart from Drakkon’s world, and how Zordon has continued to play a role in the conflict despite current predicament. More importantly, after witnessing how events have unfolded in this alternate reality, we see him speak from a place of uncertainty. We aren’t always shown that perspective from a wise old sage character like this. It’s an intriguing change up, which in the end cuts to the very heart of who Zordon is. Daniel Bayliss hits a home run with the pencils, inks, and colors. His renderings of a full-bodied Zordon interacting with the time warp around him, and later his other self, are compelling, gorgeous, and hit the mark emotionally. He also gets to play around with some of the the war sequences we’ve seen in previous issues. We get some familiar images of Rita’s forces in Washington, Drakkon holding the Red Ranger helmet, and a few glorious shots of the Thunderzords. Bayliss can’t come back to the Rangers soon enough. We closed the previous volume with the reveal of Trini, Bulk, and Aisha (who we know as the future Yellow Ranger) as members of the resistance. Having Aisha show up is a nice bit of fan service. But that’s all it amounts to. I won’t complain about that, considering how much griping I’ve already done about Tommy and Billy seeing things from their future. For whatever reason, this series is bound and determined to cast the fun-loving Zack as a brooder. We get more of that here. But it’s an alternate version of Zack, who has lost nearly everything and become the leader of the resistance. Given how dark the world around him has grown, I’m alright with this version of Zack being more dour. It even makes for a cool little moment with the canonical Zack toward the end. This volume also sees Finster create Goldar clones of all builds and sizes to fight against the Rangers. I love this idea. It makes sense. Goldar has failed Rita time and again, so she has Finster “improve” on him. This might have worked as an idea for the show, time and costumes permitting. We even get to see Goldar without his armor on the very first page. I didn’t even know he could take the armor off. Kyle Higgins deserves a lot of the credit for the more sinister Finster we’ve gotten from the BOOM! books. The crowning example is what we got from Trey Moore and Frazer Irving in the 2017 annual. But the Finster we get in this book has a nice underlying creepiness to him. By comparison, the Finster we got on the show was almost a kind old man at times. One of the subplots we get in this book involves the Trini of Drakkon’s world coming to grips with seeing Billy, as the Billy of her world died saving her life. If Higgins and Hendry Prasetya are playing at an eventual Billy/Trini romance, they’re doing it in a very subtle manner. The potential romance between Billy and Trini thing is something some of us have been talking about since we were kids. They almost have to address it at some point. Even if it’s just an issue about how they don’t have those kind of feelings for each other. Matters aren’t helped when you consider Prasetya’s strengths are the super-powered action scenes, and not the quiet interpersonal stuff. So one can argue that material isn’t fully maximized. On the flip side, Prasetya’s fight sequences with a morphed Lord Drakkon are epic in the inevitable good Tommy vs. evil Tommy fight. This is obviously the first time we’ve gotten to see that costume in action. It’s very evocative of classic Power Rangers. The costume is obviously visually similar to the White Ranger suit. Darken is even holding Saba for much of the battle. You can easily hear Jason David Frank’s cheesy “evil” voice when reading some of Drakkon’s dialogue. (“Hello again, Tommy.”) There’s also a teamwork theme in effect here, which is something that’s remained present for the entire series. The Yellow Ranger also gets a Battlizer of sorts in issue #16. It comes out of nowhere, but looks cool enough. I also appreciate that it’s Trini who gets it. She was always the most underdeveloped character on the show, and remains that way in the comics. So this is a cool moment for her. At this point we’ve built this Lord Drakkon story up for four books. Everything has built to this confrontation between the two Tommys, and the Power Rangers finally striking back against Rita’s forces. The ending makes sense. But when I read issue #16 during it’s initial release, I was disappointed. We’d built to those big showdowns for so long, only for them to pass fairly quickly. This felt like it should have been a big, epic finale. The Megazord makes a big comeback against the Goldar clones, and Tommy and Drakkon make some kind of startling discovery about each other that leads into the next phase of the story. Instead the resolution, particularly the bit with the teens back at school, feels very rushed and slapped together. All the right ingredients are there. But we aren’t given enough time with them. However, I will say that what happens to Drakkon at the very end has the potential to be very interesting… Our Bulk and Skull back-up stories are no more, now replaced by “The Ongoing Misadventures of Squatt & Baboo.” Like their predecessors, these stories were fairly benign additions to each single issue that are now collected long form. Ryan Ferrier and Bachan set a similar goofy tone. But while the Bulk and Skull stories got old after just a few issues, I somehow find Squatt and Baboo’s adventures a little more palatable. Perhaps it’s because they got a fraction of the screen time Bulk and Skull did, so there’s a refreshing quality to them getting the spotlight here. The collective story is about them visiting an alternate dimension and running into Goldar. It’s mildly amusing, and Bachan has a cool take on our “heroes.” Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Vol. 4 has a few more problems than the previous volumes do. But all the elements that make the series great are still there. Namely, Higgins’ willingness to write an objectively silly concept in a more serious and dramatic voice, Hendry Prasetya’s awesome work on the words and costumes, and the added depth injected into the characters. For Power Rangers fans young and old, this series remains a must-read. Follow Primary Ignition on Twitter, or at Facebook.com/PrimaryIgnition. This entry was posted in Comic Books/Graphic Novels and tagged Aisha Campbell, Bachan, Billy Cranston, BOOM! Studios, Bulk & Skull, comic book reviews, Daniel Bayliss, Finster, Goldar, Goni Montes, Goni Montes Power Rangers, graphic novel reviews, graphic novels, Green Ranger, Lord Drakkon, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #13 (2017), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #14 (2017), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #15 (2017), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #16 (2017), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (BOOM! 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__label__cc	0.534771	0.465229	Switch to: References Citations of: If It's Clear, Then It's Clear That It's Clear, or is It? Higher-Order Vagueness and the S4 Axiom Susanne Bobzien In B. Morison K. Ierodiakonou (ed.), Episteme, etc.: Essays in honour of Jonathan Barnes. OUP UK (2012) Add citations You must login to add citations. Order: Most recent First author Export: Choose a format.. Formatted textPlain textBibTeXZoteroEndNoteReference Manager Not Much Higher-Order Vagueness in Williamson’s ’Logic of Clarity’.Nasim Mahoozi & Thomas Mormann - manuscriptdetails This paper deals with higher-order vagueness in Williamson's 'logic of clarity'. Its aim is to prove that for 'fixed margin models' (W,d,α ,[ ]) the notion of higher-order vagueness collapses to second-order vagueness. First, it is shown that fixed margin models can be reformulated in terms of similarity structures (W,~). The relation ~ is assumed to be reflexive and symmetric, but not necessarily transitive. Then, it is shown that the structures (W,~) come along with naturally defined maps h and s (...) that define a Galois connection on the power set PW of W. These maps can be used to define two distinct boundary operators bd and BD on W. The main theorem of the paper states that higher-order vagueness with respect to bd collapses to second-order vagueness. This does not hold for BD, the iterations of which behave in quite an erratic way. In contrast, the operator bd defines a variety of tolerance principles that do not fall prey to the sorites paradox and, moreover, do not always satisfy the principles of positive and negative introspection. (shrink) Reply to Rosanna Keefe’s ‘Modelling Higher-Order Vagueness: Columns, Borderlines and Boundaries’.Susanne Bobzien - 2016details This paper is an expanded written version of my reply to Rosanna Keefe’s paper ‘Modelling higher-order vagueness: columns, borderlines and boundaries’ (Keefe 2015), which in turn is a reply to my paper ‘Columnar higher-order vagueness, or Vagueness is higher-order vagueness’ (Bobzien 2015). Both papers were presented at the Joint Session of the the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association in July, 2015. At the Joint Session meeting, there was insufficient time to present all of my points in response to Keefe’s (...) paper. In addition, the audio of the session, which is available online, becomes inaudible at the beginning of my reply to Keefe’s comments due to a technical defect. The following is a full version of my remarks. (shrink) The Stoic Account of Apprehension.Tamer Nawar - 2014 - Philosophers' Imprint 14:1-21.details This paper examines the Stoic account of apprehension (κατάληψις) (a cognitive achievement similar to how we typically view knowledge). Following a seminal article by Michael Frede (1983), it is widely thought that the Stoics maintained a purely externalist causal account of apprehension wherein one may apprehend only if one stands in an appropriate causal relation to the object apprehended. An important but unanswered challenge to this view has been offered by David Sedley (2002) who offers reasons to suppose that the (...) Stoics (or at least Zeno, the founder of the Stoa) did not make such a causal stipulation. I offer a defence of the traditional, causal reading against the challenges raised by Sedley but also argue, against the traditional view, that the Stoic account incorporated an internalist element. On the hybrid account defended here, in order to apprehend not only must the agent stand in an appropriate causal relation to the object apprehended but the agent’s appearance of the object must also be clear (a feature which is accessible to the epistemic agent). The traditional scholarly view rejects internalist interpretations because it is thought that such interpretations cannot make sense of the Stoics’ discussion of the ‘automatic assent’ produced by kataleptic appearances and a purely externalist view is taken to be charitable insofar as it saves the Stoics from a vicious regress which they would otherwise face (were they internalists). I spell out how the regress might be taken to function and defend an internalist interpretation against both these charges. The internalist element embraced by the Stoics does not lead to the problems it is often thought to and the account defended here not only does justice to the textual evidence but also sheds light on the Stoic debates with their sceptical opponents and grants the Stoics an epistemic account fit for purpose. (shrink) Higher-Order Vagueness and Borderline Nestings: A Persistent Confusion.Susanne Bobzien - 2013 - Analytic Philosophy 54 (1):1-43.details ABSTRACT: This paper argues that the so-called paradoxes of higher-order vagueness are the result of a confusion between higher-order vagueness and the distribution of the objects of a Sorites series into extensionally non-overlapping non-empty classes. Supervaluationism and Good Reasoning.Timothy Williamson - 2018 - Theoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 33 (3):521-537.details This paper is a tribute to Delia Graff Fara. It extends her work on failures of meta-rules for validity as truth-preservation under a supervaluationist identification of truth with supertruth. She showed that such failures occur even in languages without special vagueness-related operators, for standards of deductive reasoning as materially rather than purely logically good, depending on a context-dependent background. This paper extends her argument to: quantifier meta-rules like existential elimination; ambiguity; deliberately vague standard mathematical notation. Supervaluationist attempts to qualify the (...) meta-rules impose unreasonable cognitive demands on reasoning and underestimate her challenge. (shrink) Higher-Order Vagueness and Numbers of Distinct Modalities.Susanne Bobzien - 2014 - Disputatio (39):131-137.details This paper shows that the following common assumption is false: that in modal-logical representations of higher-order vagueness, for there to be borderline cases to borderline cases ad infinitum, the number of possible distinct modalities in a modal system must be infinite. (Open access journal). II—Modelling Higher-Order Vagueness: Columns, Borderlines and Boundaries.Rosanna Keefe - 2015 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 89 (1):89-108.details According to columnar higher-order vagueness, all orders of vagueness coincide: any borderline case is a borderline borderline case, and a third-order borderline case, etc. Bobzien has worked out many details of such a theory and models it with a modal logic closely related to S4. I take up a range of questions about the framework and argue that it is not suitable for modelling the structure of vagueness and higher-order vagueness. I—Columnar Higher-Order Vagueness, or Vagueness is Higher-Order Vagueness.Susanne Bobzien - 2015 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 89 (1):61-87.details Most descriptions of higher-order vagueness in terms of traditional modal logic generate so-called higher-order vagueness paradoxes. The one that doesn't is problematic otherwise. Consequently, the present trend is toward more complex, non-standard theories. However, there is no need for this.In this paper I introduce a theory of higher-order vagueness that is paradox-free and can be expressed in the first-order extension of a normal modal system that is complete with respect to single-domain Kripke-frame semantics. This is the system QS4M+BF+FIN. It corresponds (...) to the class of transitive, reflexive and final frames. With borderlineness defined logically as usual, it then follows that something is borderline precisely when it is higher-order borderline, and that a predicate is vague precisely when it is higher-order vague.Like Williamson's, the theory proposed here has no clear borderline cases in Sorites sequences. I argue that objections that there must be clear borderline cases ensue from the confusion of two notions of borderlineness—one associated with genuine higher-order vagueness, the other employed to sort objects into categories—and that the higher-order vagueness paradoxes result from superimposing the second notion onto the first. Lastly, I address some further potential objections. (shrink)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1479
__label__cc	0.668852	0.331148	Curated Reporting Philadelphia Sunshine Project <Philadelphia Woman Faces Charges for Allegedly Attempting to Join ISIS New Details on Body Cameras, Gunshot Detection Surveillance Revealed During Police Budget Testimony> In Fighting Disclosure of Philly License Plate Reader Records, Officials Claim Every Driver is ‘Under Investigation’ Dustin Slaughteron April 9, 2015 /5 comments A mobile Automatic License Plate Reader mounted on a Philadelphia police cruiser crawls through Center City. Photo: Dustin Slaughter By Dustin Slaughter The City of Philadelphia does not want you to know in which neighborhoods the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) is focusing their use of powerful automatic license plate readers (ALPR), nor do they want disclosed the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of this technology, as they continue to fight a Declaration public records request filed in January with MuckRock News. City officials argue in their response that every metro driver is under investigation, in an effort to exempt so-called criminal investigatory records from release under PA’s Right-to-Know Act: We appealed the city’s decision last week and await the state’s Office of Open Records (OOR) decision, although because these records are deemed “investigatory”, even if the OOR rules that the city’s denial lacks merit, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office will have the final say, and OOR does not have enforcement powers. That would leave open the possibility of a lawsuit. The city did see fit to include what they claim is a two week summary of the department’s ALPR usage, although without the raw data we requested, there is no way to verify its accuracy: The current leg of our investigation seeks a two week glimpse of raw license plate reader data, specifically to determine which neighborhoods the surveillance technology is most prevalently used, as well as its impact on crimes ranging from minor infractions such as outstanding traffic tickets and lapsed insurance, to more serious matters like car thefts and counterterrorism efforts. We also want to determine if PPD is disproportionately targeting with its ALPR program low-income neighborhoods and areas where people of color predominantly reside. Last year, The Declaration began an investigation of PPD’s use of license plate readers. We learned that the police department has an ALPR fleet consisting of at least ten units that comb city traffic, snapping thousands of plate images per minute, and storing them on a server located inside the Philadelphia Police Department’s fusion center, known as the Delaware Valley Intelligence Center; read our previous reporting to learn more about how plate data is pooled and likely accessed by federal officials at the fusion center. According to a policy document first obtained by Philly-based journalist Christopher Moraff, the police department retains this plate data for an entire year, regardless of whether drivers are under investigation. Moreover, police store this information indefinitely should plate data be used as part of an investigation. Legal advocacy organizations including the ACLU of Southern California and Electronic Frontier Foundation are currently fighting a protracted legal battle with the Los Angeles Police Department over that agency’s ALPR records. Last year, the LAPD used a legal argument similar to Philly’s, maintaining that all ALPR scans (whether or not those scans were later used in criminal investigations) are investigatory in nature, and therefore must be withheld from the public. Los Angeles Superior Court agreed with the LAPD. The ACLU and EFF appealed the decision in January and are awaiting an appellate court’s ruling. EFF had more success with obtaining records from the Oakland Police Department, however. Comparing just eight days of raw data this year to Census statistics, EFF’s analysis found that OPD targeted its ALPR program in neighborhoods with significantly lower per-capita income, and those populated largely by African Americans and Hispanics. EFF also discovered that police “did not use ALPR surveillance in the southeast part of Oakland nearly as much as in the north, west, and central parts of Oakland, even though there seems to be just as much crime.” While there is no question this technology can be useful in certain instances, such as this 2014 incident involving a ‘road rage’ shooter in Center City, the department’s lengthy data retention period raises significant privacy and Constitutional issues, because of the glimpse it provides into innocent people’s lives, including activities many people assume are not subject to law enforcement scrutiny, such as visits to a doctor’s office, or whose residence we visit – information, according to PPD’s own policy, that police can access with relative ease. The department launched its ALPR program in or around 2011, according to Newsworks’ reporter Tom MacDonald. Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey told MacDonald he believes ALPRs are a highly effective crime fighting tool: “I used them when I was in the District of Columbia and the number of arrests for auto theft went up pretty dramatically.” A 2013 Boston Globe investigation by journalist Shawn Musgrave found a significantly different picture of ALPR use by that city’s police department, however. After the Boston Police Department accidentally released over 68,000 unredacted license plate numbers in response to a records request from Musgrave, an error that raised serious questions about BPD’s ability to responsibly handle sensitive data, the release also revealed repeated failures to follow-up on license plate “hits”. For example, the Globe reported that a stolen motorcycle “passed license plate scanners a total of 59 times between Oct. 19, 2012, and March 13, 2013. It was often recorded on sequential days or multiple times in a single day, all by the same scanner and almost always within the same half-hour span in the early evening,” but was never stopped by police. As a result of the Globe‘s reporting, Boston police discontinued its license plate reader program pending review by then-commissioner William Evans. Musgrave this week told The Declaration that two years later, BPD has not resumed the program. For the latest on our Philly police ALPR reporting and other law enforcement stories, subscribe to us via email and follow us on Twitter and Facebook. You can also check out MuckRock News for updates on our ongoing records request, and other FOIA-based reporting. If you enjoyed this story, please donate to the Declaration to support more investigative journalism like this. If you cannot view our donate buttons because of your browser security settings, please donate here. 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__label__wiki	0.710508	0.710508	Purchase Vintage Photographs on Ebay Here Chicago Socialite with Flower: Marjorie or Rosepha P. Chisholm PhotographerEugene R. Hutchinson MediumPlatinum View Additional Information & Tags Fashion, Flowers, Hats, Portrait: Woman Image Dimensions: 23.8 x 18.1 cm Support Dimensions: 26.7 x 20.1 \| 27.1 x 20.3 cm A grouping of four platinum studio photographs taken by Eugene Raymond Hutchinson (1880-1957) in 1908 and 1910 was acquired by this archive in early 2017. Based on the learned identity of Dancer Marjorie Chisholm (1887-1967) for one of the photos, we are tentatively assigning attribution to other Chisholm family members for these remaining three photographs. Family background: Marjorie Chisholm Her father was Samuel Sidney Chisholm, (born Ontario, Canada: 1841-1901) believed to be an industrialist who manufactured excavating equipment in Chicago but who died in New York City. Her mother was Rosepha Blanche (Pratt) Chisholm. (1857-1935) Marjorie had an older sister, Rosepha P. Chisholm; (1886-1970) an older brother Sidney L. Chisholm; (b. 1885) and a younger brother: Donald Chisholm. (b. 1892) Rosepha, Marjorie’s older sister, was described in one 1918 account as an authority on publicity stunts, advertising methods and poster advertising, and was at the time treasurer of the Phoenix News Publicity Bureau headquartered in New York City. A Broadway database additionally lists her that year as a performer in the play Electra. Marjorie’s husband, at least later in life, whom she is buried with along with her mother and older sister at Marshfield Hills Cemetery in Massachusetts, was Almeron Whitehead “Barry” Bacon. (1870-1936: “A. Barry Bacon” & Marjorie C. Bacon inscribed on gravestone) One year before his death, Bacon was elected president of the mother church, First Church of Christ Scientist of Boston. His career had been spent as the oriental rug buyer for Boston’s Chandler & Co. (in business since 1817) during the early 1910’s. He went on to become a director there in the 1920’s, and in 1930, the firm’s president upon the death of his brother Charles. print notes recto: signed HUTCHINSON 1910 in lower right corner print notes verso: tertiary mount lacking, with corner adhesive remnants Eugene R. Hutchinson Self-Portrait 1 Image Bridal Portrait by Eugene Hutchinson 2 Images Dancer Marjorie Chisholm 1 Image Chicago Socialite Rosepha B. Chisholm 1 Image Bringing to Light the Growth and Artistic Vision of 19th & 20th Century Photography PhotoSeed Blog A Day for Rainbows About / Subscribe / Home © Copyright 2010-2019 PhotoSeed Manage Lightbox	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1483
__label__cc	0.645471	0.354529	Futuristic solar-powered Dutch family car hailed 'the future' Solar Team Eindhoven's "Stella Vie" was hailed as the future of sun-powered motoring as the 3,000-kilometre World Solar Challenge wrapped up A futuristic Dutch family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid was hailed as "the future" Sunday as the World Solar Challenge wrapped up. The innovative bi-annual contest, first run in 1987, began in Darwin a week ago with 41 vehicles setting off on a 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) trip through the heart of Australia to Adelaide. Dutch car "Nuna 9" won the race for the third-straight time, crossing the finish line on Thursday after travelling at an average speed of 81.2 kilometres per hour (55.5 mph). It was competing in the Challenger class, which featured slick, single seat aerodynamic vehicles built for sustained endurance and total energy efficiency. But there was also a Cruiser class, introduced to bridge the gap between high-end technology and everyday driving practicality. German team HS Bochum was the first to arrive Friday with its stylish four-seater classic coupe, featuring sustainable materials such as vegan pineapple leather seats. But another Dutch team, Eindhoven, was set to be crowned overall champion based on a system taking into account design, practicality, energy efficiency, and innovation, organisers said. Their family car, "Stella Vie", carried five people at an average speed of 69 kilometres per hour, with event director Chris Selwood saying it was a practical demonstration of what the future might look like. "These incredible solar cars have been designed with the commercial market in mind and have all the features you'd expect in a family, luxury or sporting car," he said. "Team Eindhoven are to be congratulated on their achievement to date—clearly the most energy efficient solar car in the field, capable of generating more power than they consume. "This is the future of solar electric vehicles. When your car is parked at home it can be charging and supplying energy back to the grid." Cars in the race were mostly developed by universities or corporations, with teams hailing from around the world. They were allowed to store a small amount of energy but the majority of their power had to come from the sun and the vehicle's kinetic forces. Team Eindhoven said its vision had been to build a family car with a balance between aerodynamic, aesthetic and practical design. "We think we succeeded very well with a car that is more efficient than its predecessors and includes some state-of-the-art technologies to not only generate energy but also supply it back to the grid," they said. "Through a smart charging and discharging system she charges the battery when the demand of energy from the grid is high and vice versa. Any surplus energy generated can easily be supplied back to the grid." Of the 12 Cruiser class cars that started, six finished. As well as the German and Dutch entrants, vehicles from Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States also crossed the finish line. Flying Dutch win world solar car race in Australia Citation: Futuristic solar-powered Dutch family car hailed 'the future' (2017, October 15) retrieved 17 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2017-10-futuristic-solar-powered-dutch-family-car.html Epic world solar car race begins in Australia Dutch team reveals 'energy-positive' family car Student team unveils world's first solar-powered family car Lightyear is set for 2019 debut of its solar-powered car Dutch team wins Australian solar car race Researchers achieve highest certified efficiency of organic solar cells to date "A futuristic Dutch family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid was hailed as "the future" Sunday as the World Solar Challenge wrapped up." How gullible do they really think people are? The green fairy tales are just as unbelievable as the ones told in my childhood. tblakely1357 I wonder how many of these 'cars' would pass today's safety standards? betterexists Solar Cars? Old By Now! What we need are Millions of Solar Panels/newer Laser driven Panels Floating at TOP of Atmosphere, Constantly Transferring Energy to Various Projects ! Whoever uses it should pay the bill. antialias_physorg One step at a time. The basic idea behind this is bigger than is evident at first glance: Harvesting the energy that is present in the environment and storing it for later use and at the same time making the things that use it efficiently - so that the lines of energy harvested and energy used intersect. (This should be the goal for all of our gadgets in the future - from phones to cars to houses) Others can worry about making this stuff crash safe. Heck, maybe when these types if cars are autonomous there will no longer be a point in making them crash safe (to today's standards) because there will be no more crashes? gculpex True, but here in the States we'll be burning coal to get around ... Coal-fired cars, classic! To bad they don't tell you the Dutch use space-grade crystalline solar cell panels which are prohibitively expensive. The usual nonsense unrealone1 Is Al Gore driving one? I think Gore is driving he's Yank Tank. TheGhostofOtto1923 It does look like a big wooden shoe doesnt it? A little? Expensive compared to what? Since the car uses less batteries (which are currently the most expensive part of an EV) it can well be worth it to put top dollar solar cells on the roof. There's also a number of ideas for reducing the amount of high grade solar cell needed (e.g. concentrator solar cells). In any case: Solar cells have come down in price quite quickly. I wouldn't worry about their price - least of all until something like this car makes it to mass marker production. Eikka That's always the issue with these things. "Other people" can solve the practical issues. Adding passenger safety measures means adding mass, which needs bigger tires to steer and stop the vehicle safely, which results in higher rolling resistance, higher peak power demand, higher energy consumption in general, and whoops - the car can no longer produce enough energy to drive itself. The basic idea behind this is bigger than is evident at first glance The basic idea behind all these "car of the future" propositions is that if we toss all practical considerations out of the window, we can make a car that runs on wish. You can't just hand-wave it away like: Heck, maybe when these types if cars are autonomous there will no longer be a point in making them crash safe Yep, until one malfunctions and crashes anyways. Then people start asking, why were these things built from twigs. If the high-tech multijunction solar cells cost as much as the batteries, then that isn't really solving anything because either way it costs too much, and is unsafe, and impractical. The Nuna 9 is literally a paper-thin fiberglass shell hung up on two parallel bicycles with a solar panel deck in between like a catamaran. If the driver farts, it will roll half a mile. The competition organizers are gradually introducing stricter rules, like demanding that the wheels are treaded instead of slicks, or that the vehicles have to have four wheels instead of three etc. and that is making it more difficult to achieve the results. The cruiser class winner Stella Vie isn't much different. It's a tube frame and fiberglass box on thin moped wheels. It's so sleek the top of the windows are below hip-height, so you can't see anything out of it. https://www.desig...-003.jpg Hard to imagine any legislator would allow such a thing on the roads. The most obvious bit of hyperbole here is the claim of being able to supply a meaningful amount of energy to the grid and still store enough energy to be useful as a form of transportation. greenonions1 MR and Eikka once again claiming to be all knowing about the future. Look guys - an FAA certified electric plane - that will get 3 hours of flight time. How long ago was it that you were proclaiming this was impossible? https://cleantech...r-seats/ Progress comes a step at a time - but it does come. The first commercial electric plane flights are about 10 years away - https://planefind...rs-away/ I am sure you guys have declared this to be impossible too. Progress is impossible in your world - for as Churchill said "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Captain Stumpy @antialias_physorg there will always be a need to make them crash safe, especially so long as there are: 1- humans 2- animals 3- nature (rock, tree's floods. storms) 4- potential power, OS and/or mechanical failures even specialised motorway's aren't necessarily safe - http://www.nydail....3554146 i think autonomous vehicles and AI will improve our survivability, but it can only do so much considering the creativity of the human race to get itself into hazardous situations david_king Seeing as this technology is all an "impossible" fairytale I'll have to go back to riding my bicycle which somehow miraculously stays upright even when I go around corners and has slick tires that somehow grip wet pavement. The future will obviously never arrive in my lifetime. Look guys, the car's ability to contribute power to the grid is inherently limited by the area of its solar panels and the amount of daylight hours. It would be very lucky to produce enough power to charge the batteries for it's own use unless you only want to drive it when the sun shines and there is no rain forecast. Look guys, the car's ability to contribute power to the grid is inherently limited by the area of its solar panels and the amount of daylight hours. Of course. So what? What if you use concentrated solar - and park the thing under a giant fresnel lense? The point is simply that this is all an emergent technology - and the visionaries are the ones looking at the possibilities - and the pessimists cannot help themselves from having to know the future - instead of just letting it unfold. I have to be honest MR - I truly hate you and your kind for not caring that your negative attitude holds us back in ignorance. You are so arrogant - that you will not even take the simple step of shutting up - and letting the future unfold. You have to prove to everyone how smart you are - because you know that progress cannot happen. EnricM As gullible as making our country one of the top innovators in any field, we even beat the Chinese in producing cheap lenses for mobile phones, we just made the first 3D printed bridge, small but the design is scalable, we have structures in place in our dykes and dams that can be seen from space. AND we are really, really trying to make the fairy tales true, because we don't like to think on a future whit Vladimir Putin deciding our policies by controlling our energy sources. The real question is what are you doing reading this site? How long ago was it that you were proclaiming this was impossible? That would be never, but good job constructing yet another strawman to make an irrelevant complaint. Of course. So what? So that the marketing on these things is obviously false hype. What if you use concentrated solar - and park the thing under a giant fresnel lense? Can you say that three times with a straight face? You are so arrogant Look who's talking. You couldn't tell progress from a hole in the ground because you're completely non-critical about it. There's two parts to innovation: coming up with ideas, and shooting down ideas. If the idea survives the latter part, it's a good idea. Only fools and charlatans argue that we should not be skeptical and critical, even pessimistic about things, because true progress survives the naysayers while false progress will not come to pass no matter how much you hype it. You only lose your money It would be very lucky to produce enough power to charge the batteries for it's own use unless you only want to drive it when the sun shines and there is no rain forecast. The car in this case contains a 12 kWh battery and a 1.2 kWp solar panel. The point of the car is its extremely low energy consumption and extremly high efficiency of the electronics. The trick is to drive it slow enough, on a level road, preferably with favorable wind conditions, that you aren't using more than ~1 HP so the solar cells can keep it topped up. The driving time of the challenge was 9 hours between 8 am - 5 pm. The Stella Vie maintained an average speed of 43 mph (68.8 kph) during the trip, though the cruiser class were allowed to start with a full charge, and charge from an external source along the way, so they could spend more power than the panels provided, up to about 1.8 HP at peak. Correction: 1.2 kW is 1.64 HP, and the battery power spread over 9 hours is 1.82 HP, so the peak power available during the day for the Stella Vie would have been around 3½ HP. Hence the low average speed. The team claims that the car is capable of travelling a 1000 km a day - which may be technically true with the amount of energy they're able to collect - but practically not because they can't go fast enough, especially when the sun is low in the sky. None of these come under the heading of normal road hazards (especially not once these cars are autonomous). Crash safety is basically needed when you're up against either static/massive or moving/massive obstacles. Both would be moot points with autonomous vehicles. Crash safety also needs to be considered relative to speed. (Also note: we do allow stuff like motorcycles on the road despite a total lack of crash safety) Seeing as this technology is all an "impossible" fairytale And yet they crossed a continent. Under less than perfect conditions. At a good clip too. I don't call that an "impossible fairytale". Experiment trumps opinion every time. Crash safety is basically needed when you're up against either static/massive or moving/massive obstacles. Both would be moot points with autonomous vehicles. Why? You think a moose can't jump in front of an autonomous vehicle? (Also note: we do allow stuff like motorcycles on the road despite a total lack of crash safety) Which is why motorcycle drivers need to wear helmets and in some jurisdictions padded clothes with reinforcements on the knees and elbows. However, driving a motorcycle instead of a car is a personal choice. Forcing cars to be built with no safety for the sake of extreme energy efficiency is a completely different proposition. And yet they crossed a continent. And the vikings crossed the atlantic in longships. Does that mean they're practical in the modern context? "I don't call that an "impossible fairytale"." "and charge from an external source along the way, so they could spend more power than the panels provided, up to about 1.8 HP at peak." The impossible fairy tail part was the ability to provide power to the grid while still being useful as a car. Also, if a car is being charged by grid power along the way it is nothing more than a glorified Tesla. Crash safety also needs to be considered relative to speed. It is a well known fact that road safety improves as the average speed approaches zero. The impossible fairy tail part was the ability to provide power to the grid while still being useful as a car. If you put five square meters of solar panels on an electric moped - which is about what the Stella Vie is - it will provide more energy in an average day than you'll spend driving it around. It may also be illegal to take it on the highway because of how slow it is. In the Solar Challenge, they always had a safety car driving ahead and behind with a big warning sign so people wouldn't run them over, because they were doing less than 70 kph in a 110 kph zone. In some states you can get ticketed for that. My biggest gripe is that fact that they embellish the truth. Obviously the writer did not think that the teams accomplished anything of merit since he/she had to add supplying power to the grid as part of the accomplishment. I have read 10s of article about devices that produce microwatts of power where the author claims that it can help charge a cellphone. I respect reality and not green daydreams. Also, reading the race diaries: Eindhoven's strategy seems to be to recharge each night, and adjust their energy use by reducing the number of people to match the available energy from the sun to ensure that they meet the deadline of 2 pm on Friday. So basically, to maintain speed, throw out the passengers! Another gotcha in the race rules. The same passengers don't have to be along for the whole ride: the final energy efficiency score is calculated based on total passenger-kilometers, so the car can have only the driver on-board during early morning and late afternoon, and a full crew at noon when the available power is at peak. The missing people travel in the support vehicles. None of these come under the heading of normal road hazards (especially not once these cars are autonomous) according to ntsb.gov they're all major hazards and reasons for accidents (i used far more general categories) my point is very general, as noted in the end of my post even if you build a specialised motorway that denies typical human pedestrian traffic, you will still get atypical traffic for various reasons (see: subway) the AI will definitely help improve the odds of survival in a crash, but i don't see it as being flawless considering the inability to predict human behaviour, which is a major point so the problem isn't really moot until it's perfected, and that may well be decades (or centuries) down the road (definitely not in out lifetime anyway) even if you build a specialised motorway that denies typical human pedestrian traffic, you will still get atypical traffic for various reasons Sure, but the last time I heard a report of a human getting run over on highway was...erm...never? Crash safety only makes sense if there is a high enough incidence of such crashes. If the incidence is low then there comes a point where the number of crashes that do occur are acceptable (see: airplanes). If autonomous vehicles are really that safe then at some point having all this crash safety around is just pointless. They don't need to be 100% non-crash-assured for this to make sense (people do accept that there are crashes where all their crash safety features aren't 100% enough - and still drive). And as noted. Motorcycles. Even though they are a horror to be on in a crash that doesn't really figure into whether one would feel safe to ride one (or buy one). There is no doubt that autonomous vehicles will create a huge change in safety, speed and convenience. Perhaps there will be no need to even own a vehicle if the existing ones can be rented as needed on a few minutes notice. BTW it is easy to determine if a particular person harms or dirties the inside of the car. They could be banned and or billed extra as the case may be. I could also see allowing autonomous vehicles to travel at higher speeds on a given road than cars driven by humans. In fact that will be a necessity since most drivers drive 5 to 10 above the limit any way. If this is not allowed there will be some serious accidents created by speed differences between vehicles and the multiple lane changes that will ensue. i wasn't talking from ignorance: Analyzing the severity of accidents on the German Autobahn. ...Accidents caused by the collision with roadside objects, involving pedestrians and motorcycles, or caused by bad sight conditions tend to be more severe. We discuss the measures of the 2011 German traffic safety programm in the light of our results. https://www.ncbi....23628941 just because you specifically don't hear about it doesn't mean it never happens They don't need to be 100% non-crash-assured for this to make sense isn't my point, either it's simple: humans have a knack for being very, very stupid, regardless of the rules, laws or methods for preventing accidents (as in: pedestrians on the autobahn or freeway) 2Bcont'd @AA_P cont'd Crash safety only makes sense if there is a high enough incidence of such crashes. If the incidence is low then there comes a point where the number of crashes that do occur are acceptable (see: airplanes). If autonomous vehicles are really that safe then at some point having all this crash safety around is just pointless. and this is essentially part of my point - not that AI will make things perfect, but that the biggest threat to AI traffic will be humans and their capacity for stupidity one thing you won't remove from a vehicle is the ability to withstand the most probable accidents, and that will absolutely be the above mentioned threats, regardless of the vehicle path and it's off limits status (see subway/autobahn) so the threat, even with AI, will be the unpredictable nature of humans, animals and nature and AI's need for power, linkup for traffic and or analysis and it's shortcomings (or potential sabotage, etc) I don't think it is a straw man. Today's article is yet another example of how you and MR seem obsessed with being negative about progress - and have to prove how you know the future. It is not being skeptical to be consistently/persistently negative. You are willing to lie - in order to prove how progress cannot happen. I will give an example. Years ago when discussing renewable energy - and how it could never supply more than an insignificant % of electricity - you argued that in Europe - commercial fossil fuel power was being supplied at 2 cents Kwh. I asked you for support for the assertion - and all you could muster was a link - showing thermal energy being supplied at that price. I challenged you - and you never responded. So what if there is some hyperbole in some articles. Perhaps it is people getting excited about the future. Crash safety only makes sense if there is a high enough incidence of such crashes. You're making the very same argument as Ford made with the exploding Pinto. Not a very popular choice. I don't think it is a straw man. Today's article is yet another example of how you and MR seem obsessed with being negative about progress You're begging the question. You're forcing the point that this is progress, in order to argue that people are anti-progress. I say it isn't progress - these solar cars are not a practical proposition that anyone could or would actually use, in the same way how we don't cross the oceans on rafts of reed even though Thor Heyerdahl proved that it is possible. You are willing to lie you argued that in Europe - commercial fossil fuel power was being supplied at 2 cents Kwh all you could muster was a link - showing thermal energy being supplied at that price That was the point! You misunderstood the argument! I challenged you - and you never responded. That was because you were arguing with yourself, not me. You again forced the point. The original point of that discussion was, as far as I remember, that renewable energy has to address all energy use of the society - not just the most expensive forms of energy such as electricity. The point I was making was exactly that renewable energy has to displace fossil fuels in things such as heat production which is actually far bigger than the electricity market, where it has to compete against gas and coal, which do come in the range of couple cents per kWh. It was you who decided to ignore the point, pretend that I was talking about something else and again wrongly accuse me of lying. You're constantly making up these strawmen and making irrelevant complaints to distract from the point, which is why I usually just have to ignore you. Perhaps there will be no need to even own a vehicle if the existing ones can be rented as needed on a few minutes notice. The relative cheapness of rental cars is dependent on the fact that the company can cash out the residual value of the car on the second hand market when it is no longer suitable for rental use. If people don't own cars, instead depending solely on the rentals and public transport, there's no second hand market and the residual value is lost. Because the rental companies can't run their vehicles to the ground to extract their full utility - for liability, insurance and PR reasons - they have to toss the vehicles for scrap much earlier than the private owners could, and the cost of operation, hence the price of renting a car goes up dramatically. You are willing to lie - in order to prove how progress cannot happen. The lie is on your part, in identifying what is and what isn't progress. You blindly accept the assertion that e.g. some project or technology Y is progress by definition, without considering that it might not actually be worth the money and time invested. You judge progress by the claims, not the results, so that when someone points out the results don't actually match the claims - meaning that what claims to be progress isn't actually progress - you jump up and try to shoot the messenger. We can't be anti-progress where there isn't any in the first place. So what if there is some hyperbole in some articles Because such propaganda is dangerous. It gives the wrong impression that we already have all the right solutions and they are actually working, such that when real working solutions are presented they don't get the attention they need because "who needs X, we already have Y". The problem is that the fake solutions and the hyperbole always sounds easier than the real working solutions. The false progress is a nirvana solution with apparently few to no downsides - at least far fewer than the next best thing - except for the fact that it doesn't actually stand up to the promise. So when you have a problem like peak oil, climate change, energy crisis, fossil fuel pollution, it's easy to get caught up in the hype and dismiss real progress. That's how false promises and hyperbole ends up hurting their own cause. Unless of course the cause is just to sell you shit - clickbait or subsidy-grabs - without a real regard for solving any problems. Pessimism and criticism cannot hurt progress, because progress is made by necessity, by what works despite the counter-arguments and anti-theses. Unwarranted optimism and hype can hurt progress because it leads people into wild goose chases and only benefits the cheaters who would exploit your naivety. The problem is that the fake solutions and the hyperbole always sounds easier than the real working solutions And so engineers attack the problem - and progress happens. Nothing has been harmed - by an enthusiastic person saying "This may be the future of cars" We are now on gen 2 electric cars, and gen 3 are probably coming pretty soon. The real world problems are being solved. Progress is happening. The really interesting point is the people like yourself and MR - who need to prove that you know better than the engineers - that this progress cannot happen. As pointed out above - you are even willing to lie - to prove your superior knowledge. Your whole re-write of the discussion - does nothing to change the fact that you told a lie (electricity is being sold at 2 cents Kwh). In the past - you guys insisted that renewable energy would never get past being a minor "bit" player in the generation of power. You were wrong. The problem with propaganda like this is that many will believe it and take if for fact when voting. Why allow fossil when your sun powered car can power the grid and provide transportation? This is just like the fact that roof mounted solar panels are used as a justification in the voters mind to shut down fossil power plants. Nefarious politicians and business owners make promises that are financially and scientifically impossible using this type of propaganda it sway the voters and enrich themselves. The world will not run on batteries using the technology that exists right at this moment. Could it with a yet as unknown technology? Yes but it is not prudent to set policy based on unknown breakthroughs. Just the other day I spoke with a college educated woman who presented Al Gore's latest movie as proof of warming. Propaganda works better than the average person knows. @mr1666 Propaganda works better than the average person knows 1- no, it doesn't, unless it's the only source of any news or updates 2- AGW and warming isn't propaganda, otherwise it would have been debunked by scientists, because science is nothing if not hell bent on proving others wrong 3- the strength of "propaganda" is the willingness of the receiver to believe it. you are the perfect example of #3, or someone who believes propaganda, as you refuse to accept any proven science for the sake of your personal beliefs but it is not prudent to set policy based on unknown breakthroughs where is this happening? links and references please... and no blogs or belief sites either produce the policy from the GOV or the scientific studies that demonstrate a policy is based upon "unknown breakthroughs" one thing you won't remove from a vehicle is the ability to withstand the most probable accidents, and that will absolutely be the above mentioned threats Yes, people will always be able to willfully cause accidents to happen. I see no reason to therefore mandate that everyone drive in portable bunkers. Heck, I drive one of these https://en.wikipe...Roadster , and that is probably no more crash safe than their solar vehicle (though I have seen some pretty impressive post-crash pics against trucks where this car came out looking remarkably fine). I'd have no qualms about switching to a solar car. If they come up with a solar motorcycle I'd be sold immediately (but I fear there's just no way to get the kind of area decrease and efficiency increase needed to ever make this work) Can't access the article you linked to, but we're talking an all-autonomous scenario which eliminates every one of those factors Can't access the article you linked to, try looking it up at Department of Social and Economic Statistics, University of Cologne, Germany but we're talking an all-autonomous scenario which eliminates every one of those factors but my point is that it can't eliminate all those factors unless you eliminate humans entirely, and even that will leave nature and power/OS/equipment failure I see no reason to therefore mandate that everyone drive in portable bunkers. not bunkers - crash safe vehicles you know, like the ones we continually adapt today? older vehicles (like, say... a '56 chevy) are "bunkers" in that they can smash into today's vehicles (like say... a Kia Rio5) and still drive off - but it also transfers a great deal of energy to the occupants leading to a higher death rate i didn't mean safety as in "bullet proof"... i meant, like today's vehicles, survivable in an impact ever had it above 160kmph? please tell me you don't have an automatic! LOL i wouldn't mind taking one for a spin through the mountains, or through the Schwarzwald, but i also have my dog, so it's not practical for us and it doens't have 4WD either Nothing has been harmed - by an enthusiastic person saying "This may be the future of cars" Indeed, if they were saying only that - but they tack along other claims such as "this car drives you around AND powers your home", which is a lie, and spreading lies has the problem that some people end up believing in them and that meaningless noise is making it harder to get the pubic to buy into the real solutions as the society is living in a false optimism bubble. Look at how many people are thinkering with absolutely nothing and going "We're doing it! We're making it happen! This is it!" - and then ten years later nothing has changed and the conspiracy theorists start tossing blame around - everywhere except on the idea that never had a chance of working in the first place. We are now on gen 2 electric cars, and gen 3 are probably coming pretty soon. Actually, we're on Gen 5 or 6 electric cars now. Late 1800's were first, then 1910 - 1920 was another generation, then 70's had a third generation with the oil shortages, then the 90's hype over electric cars in California, then the late 00's brought Tesla, which has had a couple revisions already. The idea has been tried and found lacking over and over, and each time the electric car has re-surfaced to the public conciousness, the hype-mongers have gone "this is it! The future is here!" - and then it wasn't, and it turns out they were just shifting goalposts and lying to the public. This kind of hype has had numerous ill consequences. Take for example the common consensus that the automakers could make cars that consume arbitrarily little fuel, but simply choose not to, which has lead to public support of fuel economy regulations and taxes which directly lead to the diesel scandal. tgforscience Apparently, in your childhood, you must have missed Jules Verne's book or fairy tale, "From Earth to the Moon", written in 1865. Miraculously, on July 20, 1969, 104 years later the journey ended with three men as imagined. It took many brilliant scientists mostly in tiny incremental steps in dozens of fields to make this happen over time. The point is, if you can imagine a fairy tale, like "solar power", the nearest almost infinite energy source available to earth, scientists and engineers are creative enough to find ways to harness and use it productively, efficiently and affordable. This article tells us about such a tiny step. Private enterprise will ultimately produce useable solar products and services. Wait awhile MR166, the Jetsons, another fairy tale is just around the corner. The world will not run on batteries using the technology that exists right at this moment It certainly CAN. https://cleantech...project/ So you see - you make statements that are clearly lies. Of course the transition to renewables is going to take a long time. The transition should be done in a controlled manner - as is currently happening. Oklahoma - where I live - now has around 7 GW of wind power - around 25% of generation. We have amazing solar potential - but that industry is just getting started here. I pay 6 cents Kwh for most of my power (we use smart metering) which is very cheap power. Wind has not caused prices to spike as the negativists claimed - and prices will probably come down - as the technologies mature. So who is pushing propoganda? That may be true, but the way Al Gore presents it IS propaganda. He's selling fear like how the NRA is selling guns. The late 90's brouhaha over Michael Mann's hockey stick curve brought about such a panic about the climate that it helped drive policies like Energiewende in Germany, which has seen hundreds of billions of taxpayer money thrown away with little to no effect on the CO2 emissions in Germany. However, now as the subsidy-driven renewable energy industry has been entrenched and so many people are making a living out of it, people no longer want to take a critical look on what they're doing because they might find out they need to stop and do something else - so they throw a fit and start lobbying every time someone suggests pulling the FiT. It certainly CAN. 4 MWh Li Ion battery storage provided by Tesla.. Please. That project you posted is peanuts, and very very expensive peanuts at that. So you see - you make statements that are clearly lies. You lie by omitting the truth. Eika The idea has been tried and found lacking over and over Which is why the model S has the highest satisfaction ratings of any car, the model 3 has 1/2 million pre-orders, and every car company out there is announcing their EV line up. Oh right - you know more than all those engineers. I am aware of the history of EV's. The latest push began with cars like the Leaf, i3, and the Imev. Range around 80 miles. 2nd gen is the Bolt, and model 3. New battery tech like the Toshiba SCIB is looking very positive for the next gen. So your comment about 'found lacking over and over' just shows how little you know about reality, and progress happens - despite your negativism. It certainly CAN. https://cleantech...project/ So you see - you make statements that are clearly lies. Onions that statement just proves that you could be a poster boy for the detrimental effects of propaganda. There is not enough lithium on earth today to store a weeks worth of grid power and power automobiles. BTW I did say utilizing the battery technology that exists today. Teslas make great 2nd or 3rd cars. Quick question how many Teslas are owned by one car families? BTW I did say utilizing the battery technology that exists today. The battery technology I linked does exist today. how many Teslas are owned by one car families? Why don't you learn to use google? One hit - https://www.quora...rom-home But so what? EV's certainly do not currently meet the needs of all drivers. They are also too expensive. So what? It is early days - and the indications we have currently are that they will be equivalent to gas cars - and need less maintenance - some time soon. Is it 5 years away, or 50 years away - well that requires a crystal ball. I would rather be excited about science and technology - and the potential for a better tomorrow, than a small minded troll. Remember that in the last 100 or so years - we have seen incredible technological advances. Please. That project you posted is peanuts, and very very expensive peanuts at that Irrelevant to the argument. The technology exists today to convert the world to renewables. I don't advocate doing that - as it would be expensive. I do support an orderly transition to renewables - which is what is happening. Predictions are that the pace will accelerate - as the cost continues it's downward trend. https://www.manuf...e-energy @eikka ... IS propaganda. He's selling fear like how the NRA is selling guns excuses excuses the NRA represents all guns/owners just about as much as you or gore represent the US the problem with gore isn't his alarmist tactics... the problem is that he has to use said stance to elicit fear because the idiot public are being lied to by corporations and entities with a vested interest in hiding facts and truth (demonstrated: http://www.drexel...nge.ashx ) current stupidity regarding AGW is propaganda it's not only forced down everyone's throat in the media, it's also politically forced spin dr's then use media coverage as a tool to establish it as "valid" - but it isn't then unscrupulous people use it as an excuse to line their pockets and the public fall for it obviously facts don't change people's minds, so the idiot gore uses fear @eikka cont'd regarding the following The late 90's brouhaha over Michael Mann's hockey stick curve brought about such a panic about the climate that .... 1- the point was for verifiable and valid references or links and not just statements, otherwise the only thing needed to refute is to simply state "nuh-uh. it didn't happen that way" 2- Mann was validated (eventually. more than once) 3- not to be offensive, but you're not showing any detailed verifiable links or references that GE made policies off a singular study (specifically: Mann et al 1998) in this case, perhaps you should just let mr1666 actually link his references?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1484
__label__wiki	0.727648	0.727648	This Punch is Spiked Bands, Bassists Back in July I visited Nashville for the first time, consuming bourbon, beer and burgers in Broadway bars and soaking up the hurting songs of Merle Haggard and George Jones played by a couple of fantastic, authentic country bands. Both bands repeatedly and pointedly lamented that they were among the few remaining local purveyors of “real” country music—unlike most of the bands on the strip, who were playing some kind of watered down country that consisted mostly of classic rock covers performed on Telecasters. I felt for them. And I preferred the music they were playing. As I looked up at a sign on the wall that read Hank You, I felt like I was appreciating and supporting a powerful and unique part of music history. It does seem that a lot gets lost along the way when it comes to musical tradition… those who pioneer the genres are rarely equalled by those who follow. But from time to time, we see musicians who value and understand the traditions, but also dare to take them to another level. Punch Brothers, led by charismatic mandolin virtuoso/singer Chris Thile, are a perfect example of this. Several members of the group started performing professionally as children in bluegrass bands. They honed their chops (to a very high level) and, along the way, were influenced by a wide variety of other musical styles. In the documentary “How to Grow a Band”, which chronicles the early years of Punch Brothers, we see Chris on the phone with a British promoter, complaining that they’re being billed as a bluegrass band—and should not be. In another scene, John Paul Jones talks about the rare creative opportunity that the band saw and seized. Unlike the commercial bands on Broadway in Nashville, Punch Brothers are true artists, doing what great artists do: creating something new out of everything that went before. They play classical music, Radiohead covers, progressive indie pop and polyrhythms, and still evidence a profound respect for their roots. There’s no sacrilege here, just glorious creation. One thing that creative freedom leads to is, you guessed it, effect pedals (you knew I was leading up to this somehow). Does this look like a traditional bluegrass band to you? I see a lot of hardware on that floor… Punch Brothers on Letterman Here’s Chris Thile checking out the Envelope Phaser at a rehearsal in Brooklyn: Bassist Paul Kowert, who studied with Edgar Meyer, has been using the Disnortion pedal liberally both live and on the band’s latest album Who’s Feeling Young Now? “Disnortion is working every day and kicking ass,” says front-of house engineer David Sinko. “I brag on it everywhere.” Check out this live video for a taste: I’m told that guitarist Chris Eldridge has taken possession of an Infinity Looper, so the Punch Brothers stage is likely to only get more cluttered… If you want to hear some incredible musicianship in a truly fresh context, do yourself a favor and check out Punch Brothers! www.punchbrothers.com Tags : Chris ThileEnvelope Phaserinfinity looperPaul KowertPignortionPunch Brothers David Koltai and Pigtronix Design Team Inducted into Guitar Player Hall of Fame Phasing Laswell’s Envelope Peter Murray Sam Ash Pedal Workshop – Cerritos CA – Tuesday Oct 1, 6:30 PM Delicious Audio Pigtronix Infinity Looper Review Gear Man Dude! Pigtronix Bass Pedals, Envelope Phaser, Infinity Looper Demo Infinity Looper Review in Guitarist Magazine Song Premiere- Pigtronix Artist Marzi Montazeri – Phil Anselmo & The Illegals Pigtronix Infinity Looper Review in Guitar Player Magazine	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1485
__label__wiki	0.79136	0.79136	Pitt women’s basketball team batters Bryant, 76-60 Pitt sophomore forward Brenna Wise (50) led the Panthers with 25 points Tuesday against McNeese State. Anna Bongardino \| Staff Photographer By Ryan Zimba \| Staff Writer The Pitt women’s basketball team won a decisive 76-60 contest against the Bryant Bulldogs on Tuesday night, scoring a staggering 28 points off turnovers in the game. The Panthers (7-2) defense proved to be too much for the Bulldogs (4-4) as Bryant turned the ball over 25 times during the non-conference home game. But Pitt’s 24 fouls made the performance less than perfect in the eyes of Pitt head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio. “I can’t say that it was the prettiest of games as far as defensively,” McConnell-Serio said. “Us putting a team to the free-throw line 35 times … you look at half their points coming from the free-throw line …” First-year guard Jasmine Whitney led the Panthers early, scoring the team’s first six points on a pair of layups and a jump shot, but Bryant took an early 8-6 lead after a free throw by center Morgan Olander. With just under five minutes remaining in the first quarter, the Panthers cut the deficit to one after a shot by guard Aysia Bugg. Less than a minute later, Pitt took an 11-10 lead on a layup by forward Kalista Walters. The Bulldogs turned the ball over seven times in the first quarter, but Pitt allowed them to stay competitive and led by just one point after the opening 10 minutes of play. Bryant scored four straight points to open the second quarter and took a 19-16 lead. The Panthers responded quickly, going on a 7-0 run behind five points from leading scorer Brenna Wise. Fouls became a problem for Pitt in the latter part of the second quarter, as Bryant was in the bonus with over four minutes left. Regardless, the Panthers kept stretching the lead due to the Bulldogs’ poor shooting. Pitt took a 30-23 lead on a three-point play by Wise with 3:55 to go, but Bryant kept the score close, making the last four points of the half and going into the locker room down 32-27. The Panthers’ defense was the difference in the first half, as the Bulldogs turned the ball over 15 times in the first half. Pitt scored 15 points off those turnovers, resulting in their five-point lead. Determined to begin the second half aggressively, Pitt forced turnovers on each of Bryant’s first three possessions. The Panthers capitalized, going on a 6-0 run — including four points off turnovers. The Panthers took their double-digit lead of the game on a layup by Bugg with 6:30 to go in the quarter. Soon after, Wise added to the lead, forcing a turnover and making a transition layup to put Pitt up 44-31. The Bulldogs were able to keep the game within reach to end the third quarter, as forward Alex Klein made eight consecutive free throws. Going into the fourth quarter, Pitt held a 52-43 advantage. Klein continued to cause the Panthers issues, getting to the foul line twice to start the quarter. She converted three of the four shots, cutting the Panthers’ lead to 52-46. “Watching [Klein] on film, she has been very effective,” McConnell-Serio said. “I think she’s very skilled on the block, and both post players … watching them on film, they played really well together with the high-low game.” Pitt responded, taking a 61-48 lead with 5:43 to go after a three-pointer by Whitney, forcing the Bulldogs to take a timeout. The Panthers’ offense continued to have success against the Bulldogs’ defense coming out of the timeout, putting the game away. Pitt went on to win 76-60. Wise was again the star for the Panthers, achieving a double-double late in the game and finishing with a season-high 23 points and 10 rebounds. Wise gave her teammates credit for her performance. “I think my teammates really look for me. They open up the floor for me,” Wise said. “I think my teammates created most of my points for me, so I think they deserve some of them as well.” The Panthers now travel east to play in-state rival Penn State in their first road game of the season. The game tips off at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. When asked if she was excited for the rivalry game, Wise simply said, “Oh yeah.” Tags: Bryant Bulldogs, pitt women's basketball Federer falls short in Wimbledon epic Where is Pitt’s 2018 MLB Draft class now? The 6 biggest winners of the 2019 NBA offseason 4 Panthers sign with MLB teams Pittsburgher beats world no. 1 at Wimbledon, falls to Serena Williams Lyke responds to low Pitt sports rankings A runner’s guide to Pittsburgh Take 5: Once and future Panthers Coach Bridgette Mitchell joins Pitt women’s basketball Going beyond the gyms: Fitness at Pitt	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1486
__label__wiki	0.996424	0.996424	Albert Gallatin High School (1) Allderdice High School (1) Allegheny Valley High School (3) Avonworth High School (4) Baldwin-Whitehall High School (3) Baltimore City College (1) Belle Vernon High School (1) Bethel Park High School (6) Bishop Canevin (1) Bishop Canevin High School (1) Brashear High School (1) Brentwood Borough High School (2) Brentwood High School (2) Brownsville Area High School (1) Burgettstown Middle/Senior High School (1) Butler High School (3) Canon-McMillan High School (1) Carlynton High School (3) Carrick High School (1) Central Catholic High School (1) Charleroi High School (1) Chartiers Valley High School (5) Clairton City High School (4) Cornell High School (3) Deer Lakes High School (5) Derry Area High School (3) Duquesne City High School (3) East Allegheny High School (9) Elizabeth Forward High School (3) Fairview High School (1) Fox Chapel High School (5) Franklin Regional High School (4) Gateway High School (3) Greater Latrobe High School (2) Greensburg Central Catholic High School (1) Greensburg Salem High School (3) Hagerstown High School (1) Hampton Township High School (3) Hempfield Area High School (1) Highlands High School (4) Hopewell High School (1) Indiana Area Senior High School (1) Jeannette High School (1) Keystone Oaks High School (5) Knoch High School (1) Kokomo High School (1) Ligonier Valley High School (4) Linden High School (2) Marion Center High School (1) McKeesport Area High School (5) Monessen High School (1) Montour High School (5) Moon Area High School (3) Moshannon Valley High School (1) Mt. Lebanon High School (10) North Allegheny High School (5) Northgate High School (4) North Hills High School (3) Norwin High School (1) Obama Academy (1) Paw Paw High School (1) Penn-Trafford High School (1) Penn Hills High School (5) Penn Trafford High School (2) Perry Traditional Academy High School (1) Peters Township High School (2) Pine-Richland High School (3) Plum Borough High School (3) PPS Charter High Schools (1) Quaker Valley High School (3) Ringgold High School (2) Riverview High School (3) Sci-Tech (1) Seton-LaSalle High School (1) Seton LaSalle (1) Shaler Area High School (8) South Allegheny High School (4) South Fayette Township High School (4) South Park High School (4) South Side Area Senior High School (1) Springdale High School (3) Steel Valley High School (4) Sto-Rox High School (5) The Neighborhood Academy (2) U-Prep (1) Uniontown High School (1) Upper St. Clair High School (5) Valley High School (3) Waynesburg Central High School (1) West Allegheny High School (3) Westinghouse High School (1) West Jefferson Hills High School (3) (-) West Mifflin High School (7) Wilinsburgh High School (1) Wilkinsburg High School (2) Woodland Hills High School (3) Albert L. Pranatis Scholarship Fund For graduating high school seniors from the City of Duquesne who attend East Allegheny or West Mifflin High Schools. Clara Williams Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund For graduating seniors of the City of Duquesne, Duquesne PA who attend East Allegheny or West Mifflin. John C. Meighen Memorial Scholarship Fund (West Mifflin High School) For two graduating seniors who live in Duquesne, PA 15110 with the highest GPAs . Deadline: Inquire in the school's Guidance Office. Laura E. Elden Educational Trust For students who have a residence in Allegheny County. Myer H. Sparks and Rose Sherman Sparks Scholarship Fund For students planning on attending the University of Pittsburgh. Phyllis Wheatley Literary Society Scholarship Fund For graduating seniors of West Mifflin High School or East Allegheny High School. William C. Comptaro Educational Fund For students who are residents of Allegheny County.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1487
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__label__cc	0.695337	0.304663	News New servers, less push-ups! New servers, less push-ups! we’re happy to announce that GO Hub has moved to a new server infrastructure! The new infrastructure should enable us to deliver our content to more users with higher reliability and less server crashes. As you may have noticed, over the past few weeks we’ve suffered quite a few server crashes, mostly due to high incoming traffic from our Twitter followers and regular readers. Honestly, we didn’t anticipate this – we couldn’t imagine that the Hub will grow so much so fast. But it did! 🙂 Over a mere week following the Raids release, we gained 5000 new Twitter followers, 4500 new Facebook likes and overall gained a staggering amount of traffic across all our sites: the Hub, the Hub Database and the Hub Forums. We have grown from 25k to 30k followers in less than a week! Thank you for your support!! pic.twitter.com/KtxvtEHDDc — Pokémon GO Hub (@PokemonGOHubNet) June 24, 2017 As millions of readers flocked to see what’s new, our old infrastructure was struggling to keep up with the load. Our American and Canadian readers had an especially bad experience as they suffered a significant increase in loading times. As you may have seen on our Twitter, Antonio also had a REALLY, REALLY bad time: GO Hub is back up! Fun fact: Every time the server crashes, Antonio has to do 50 push-ups. pic.twitter.com/iLzHjq4kjm Our old infrastructure was with us for more than 10 months and it was hard to give it up, but in order to have a stable and consistent up-time, we decided to move to a new hosting provider, a new datacenter and a new cache engine. By doing this, we managed to (theoretically) double the amount of traffic we can handle and improved loading times significantly. We’ll be monitoring the performance over the next few days, but early metrics suggest it’s a lot better than it used to be. Thank you for your continued support and understanding, and a special thank you for all the “Antonio-jokes” on Twitter – we had a blast over the past few days teasing him. This is Antonio after work hours pic.twitter.com/u0i0DNDSO9 — Matheus Almeida (@TryAlmeida) July 4, 2017 Hub Staff, over and out.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1492
__label__cc	0.533506	0.466494	Georgia Tech Women's Tennis Rolls on Day One of Lady Gamecock Classic ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech women’s tennis team was nearly perfect on Friday, winning all but one match on the first day of the Lady Gamecock Classic in Columbia, S.C. The three-day tournament is being held at the Maxcy Gregg Tennis Center on the campus of the University of South Carolina. The day got off to a strong start in singles play, as the Yellow Jackets did not lose any of their seven matches in singles competition on the day. In the “A” draw, junior Jaime Wong got things started with a win over Moreiia of College of Charleston in straight sets by a 6-4, 6-1 score. Wong will now face South Carolina’s Kenoyer in the flight semi-finals at 9:00 a.m., Saturday. Senior Laura Ozolins and freshman Catherine Gunn, both of who earned straight-set victories, followed Wong in the “B” draw. Ozolins won her opening match in strong fashion, dropping only two games in the match, defeating Barnett of UNC Wilmington by a 6-0, 6-2 count. She will face Charletson’s Carmago on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m., in the second round. Gunn was equally impressive as she dropped Peel of UNG Greensboro by a 6-3, 6-3 score. She will be matched up with Charleston’s Valkenhoff in the second round tomorrow morning. Tech’s final two singles wins came in the “C” draw, as both junior Mason Miller and sophomore Kristen Roberson picked up a pair of wins on the opening day. Roberson opened things with a win over Louisville’s Torres and followed that with a straight-set win over Greensboro’s Evtzler by a 6-2, 6-2 score. She will face Wojdyto of South Carolina in the draw semis tomorrow morning. Miller was dominant in the opening round as she dropped Gibbons of UNC Wilmington by a 6-1, 6-0 score and followed that with a win over George of South Carolina by a 6-3, 6-4 count. She will be paired with the Gamecocks’ Brown in the semis on Saturday. The Jackets went 1-1 in doubles play, as Ozolins and Gunn won their first-round match by an 8-2 score over Barnett and Bowles of Wilmington, the duo will face Magory and Camargo of Charleston on Saturday afternoon. Tech’s team of Wong and Roberson dropped a 6-8 decision to Moreiia and Valkenhoff of Charleston and will face Orellana and Peel of UNC-G on Saturday. The tournament will continue on Saturday and conclude on Sunday. Full tournament draws and results are available at www.uscsports.com. Georgia Tech Singles Results Jamie Wong (GT) d. Moreiia (CC), 6-4, 6-1 Laura Ozolins (GT) d. K. Barnett (NCW), 6-0, 6-2 Catherine Gunn (GT) d. Peel (NCG), 6-3, 6-3 Kristen Roberson (GT) d. Torres (LOU) Kristen Roberson (GT) d. Evtzler (NCG), 6-2, 6-2 Mason Miller (GT) d. Gibbons (NCW), 6-1, 6-0 Mason Miller (GT) d. George (SC), 6-3, 6-4 Georgia Tech Doubles Results Moreiia/Valkenhoff (CC) d. Wong/Roberson (GT), 8-6 Ozolins/Gunn (GT) d. Barnett/Bowles (NCW), 8-2 June 21, 2019 Lin Tabbed to All-ACC Academic Women’s Tennis Team Georgia Tech women’s tennis’ Jeanette Lin named to team Lin Tabbed to All-ACC Academic Women’s Tennis Team June 12, 2019 Jackets Sign Blue Chip Tennis Prospect Georgia Tech women’s tennis signs Rosie Garcia Gross to grant-in-aid Jackets Sign Blue Chip Tennis Prospect	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1508
__label__cc	0.713512	0.286488	Will Republicans Pay a Political Price for Trump's Trade War? The GOP's willingness to follow Trump down an anti-trade cul-de-sac risks alienating voters who could be crucial on the margins of close races. Eric Boehm \| 9.24.2018 1:00 PM (DAN KOECK/REUTERS/Newscom) China is canceling contracts to buy soybeans from North Dakota farmers, costing the state "hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business," says Charles Linderman, standing knee deep in a field of soy plants and looking directly at the camera. The ad, launched last week by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, takes direct aim at comments made by her Republican challenger, Rep. Kevin Cramer. Linderman accuses Cramer of "attacking farmers" who complain about the costs of the trade war. All politics are local, and North Dakota's status as one of the nation's leading producers of soybeans means that the consequences of Trump's trade war with China will be litigated more intensely in this Senate race than in many others happening this fall. Still, there is a national angle hinted at in the Heitkamp ad too. Should voters continue to trust Republicans, the ad seems to ask, with so much control over the economy? It's a fair question, since Republicans in Congress largely have been happy to turn a blind eye to the ill-advised—and potentially illegal—protectionist measures pouring out of the White House this year, even as the costs of the trade war have started piling up. Farmers have been particularly hard hit, but new rounds of tariffs announced last week by the U.S. and China will spread the pain around by hiking prices on a wide range of consumer goods. History suggests that raising taxes is a surefire way to find your party out of favor with the electorate, and tariffs are taxes on imported goods, so it seems like voters will eventually get around to blaming Republicans for the trade war. But how soon will that happen? In places like North Dakota, where the soybean harvest will come before the midterm elections, Republicans face a greater risk that the trade war's economic pain will lead to voters delivering political pain. But the newest round of tariffs seems carefully—some might say cynically—calculated to hit hardest after the midterms and after the holiday shopping season. The 10 percent import taxes taking effect Monday will transform into 25 percent tariffs on January 1 of next year. Even if the consequences are not yet being felt, the tariffs have created a political opportunity for Democrats in crucial Senate races. Politico reports that Democrats are pressing the trade issue in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, and Nebraska—a set of states that are likely to determine control of the chamber. In those states, Democrats may find fertile ground for a pro-trade message from voters who have become disenchanted with Trump-style protectionism, as well as those who never supported it in the first place. Indeed, Republicans may be confusing conservative support for President Donald Trump with support for his administration's policies. Trump used his celebrity and culture-war issues to win over conservatives, but that's hardly the same as convincing voters that autarky is preferable to trade. Polls show that most Americans do not believe tariffs will improve the economy. And while Republicans are more likely to be skeptical of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which Trump has threatened to tear up even as he tries to renegotiate it, voters generally believe it has been beneficial to the country. On the more basic question of whether international trade is good or bad, a recent Morning Consult poll of Ohio voters found a nearly two-to-one edge in favor of trade. The GOP's willingness to follow Trump down an anti-trade cul-de-sac risks alienating voters who could be crucial on the margins of close races. It's an unforced political error. Democrats were unlikely to pivot to trade issues in key Senate races like those in North Dakota or Indiana if the Republican hadn't created that opening. In short, a farmer like Linderman would not be starring in an campaign ad if Trump hadn't ignited the trade war. What have Republicans gained in exchange for creating this new political vulnerabilty? Chinese officials pulled out of scheduled trade talks this week after the new tariffs went into effect, the promised renegotiation of NAFTA is far from finished, and the White House has already had to promise a $12 billion bailout for farmers hurt by the trade war. In other words: nothing. If the economic consequences of tariffs won't get Republicans to reconsider their support for Trump, perhaps the political consequences will. NEXT: Mom Regains Custody of 10-Month-Old Son Who Was Taken By CPS Because She Left the Hospital Too Quickly Eric Boehm is a reporter at Reason. Free Trade Tariffs Senate Election 2018 September.24.2018 at 1:04 pm They will pay a price for the “trade war”, the moment the economy stops doing so well and their opponents are able to pin it on the “trade war”. Until that happens, no they won’t. And the more time passes that it doesn’t happen, the more foolish those screaming “trade war” look. At some point the facts have to force you to at least moderate your views. That doesn’t mean you have to change your position. You can still be for all free trade all the time under any conditions. It does, however, mean that at some point you stop claiming that the country not doing that is going to cause the sacred trade monster to rise from the sea and punish the wicked. To take it a step further..and you can tell reason is relying too much on others to do their research for them… My states democrat, ardently liberal, creton of a senator Bob Casey is running anti/im tough on china ads here in Pennsylvania. Chances are probably just as likely dems hop on board if it benefits them, like casey, especially in union strongholds like pa. And are likely to hop off in states with lots of farming like the dakotas. loveconstitution1789 The price will be more seats in Congress for Republicans. Trump will be reelected in 2020 and even more seats will go to Republicans. Trump captured the hearts and minds of Americans blue collar workers. Kongming We can only hope. Watching the right unmask itself as being out-and-out protectionists has been one of the most infuriating parts of the Trump Experience. JWatts “Watching the right unmask itself as being out-and-out protectionists has been one of the most infuriating parts of the Trump Experience.” That’s just silly. There was no unmasking going on. There have always been protectionists on both sides of the aisle. Pat Buchanan has been running as a Republican Presidential candidate for decades. That being said, traditionally the Democrats have been more app to demand tariffs and protections for American jobs. But it’s hardly been a decisive Left versus Right issue. Brandybuck “”out-and-out tax loving protectionists”” Gilbert Martin In order for the Dem’s to get any traction out of it they would have to make the public believe that the have suddenly become free trade advocates. Which is something that they have never been and never actually will be, They are also the party of perpetually wanting higher taxes and have just spent lots of time criticizing Trump’s tax cuts and making false claims about who does and doesn’t benefit from them. Bubba Jones Hillary ran against TPP and NAFTA. I call it an “emergency vote” whenever I vote for a major-name democrat, even though there is a down-ballot libertarian running for office. I do it when a Republican candidate scares the crap out of me, or makes me spitting mad. I have done this only once in the past 30 or 40 years. This fall, I will do it again, to send Trump and His Minions a “message”, mostly related to this utterly stupid trade war. I suspect that millions of others will be doing similar things at the ballot… Here comes a blue wave… Millions of others will not be doing that. If they vote in D legislators, it’s because they are sick of the R sellout they’re voting against. It certainly won’t be for things like trade protest votes. >>>It’s an unforced political error. Is it? Opposing T seems to be the “political error” right now mad.casual And will it cleanse the gigatonnes of shit they’re heaping on themselves obstructing Kavanaugh? Ending the trade war sounds like a good idea unless you bundle it with basally fucking the domestic social structure. One would think that Democrats have an opportunity to reconnect with working class voters after ignoring them these last odd 40 years. I’m not holding my breath though. NoVaNick Not sure if the tariffs will drive the farmers to vote for dems who want to grab their guns and micromanage their land use. The democrats biggest problem is that they have nothing to run on other than “Trump is a big poopy head”. Should voters continue to trust Republicans, the ad seems to ask, with so much control over the economy? Should voters continue to trust that a SINGLE MAN can unilaterally decide who you can or cannot trade with? So far the Democrats haven’t figured out that they gave way too much power to the office of the President, and the Republicans don’t fucking care because they’re currently in power. Putting aside the issue of whether tariffs are good or bad (they are bad), shouldn’t this stuff at least be decided by treaty or something? Why is a man whose been bankrupt four times, whose every business venture outside of real estate has failed, be in charge of who gets to buy what? EscherEnigma Why is a man whose been bankrupt four times, whose every business venture outside of real estate has failed, be in charge of who gets to buy what? Republican voters. And spare me the “but Hilary!” nonsense; before voters (at large) were choosing between Clinton and Trump, Republican voters were choosing between Trump and a half-dozen other Republicans. And he was their choice. So why is President Trump the President? Because Republican voters wanted him more then any other Republican candidate per their agreed-upon rules for selecting their nominee. David Nolan Republican voters were choosing between Trump and a half-dozen other Republicans. And he was their choice. You may have that backwards. He won the nomination BECAUSE there were so many others. He was the choice of a mere 37% of the primary voters, roughly the same number of Republicans who believe Obama was born in Kenya. I find it … amusing … that you people say “he was elected” to cover any or all blunders, corruption, obstruction and collusion. Obama was elected, too, but the GOP ignored that. Double standard much? And you ignored the question. with a diversion into tribal Republican talking points. Why should one man be in charge of deciding what we buy? This is a libertarian site. Do YOU agree with Trump, that his tariffs are a matter of national security — which is the ONLY way he can set tariffs on his own. Was he elected to abuse his power here also? P.S. Stop confusing primary and general elections Left – Right = Zero DiegoF So why is President Trump the President? That really wasn’t at all the question he was addressing tho Here’s the math. Trump existing tariffs will already cost $500 to every household in America. And he threatens to double that The latest round is a 10% tariff on $200 billion = $20 billion . Divide that by 122 million households = $160 tax increase for every household in America. But it jumps to 25% next year, so 250% of $160 = $400 for every household.in America. We already have a 25% tariff on $50 billion. That’s 1/4 the recent one. So add 25%, he’s already at $500 for every household,. He threatens tariffs on ANOTHER $250 billion of Chinese goods, which would double that to = $1,000 per household. Every household in America. This is Bastiat’s broken window fallacy, famously used by liberals. Show the steel jobs, and ignore the consumer prices. Trump’s blue-collar base is taking the worst hit.. He’ll blame Hillary’s email server. (lol) Trump is not draining the swamp; he’s pumping more shit into it!. Trump has already added more new 8-year debt in less than two years, than Obama added in eight years. (current forecast vs Obama actual) He campaigned on paying off the entire debt in 8 years. Instead of $0 by then, he’s taken us over $33 Trillion,. Trump was a Democrat most of his life. Now we know what a Republican New Deal looks like. If we just keep looking only where he tells us to … will his base keep chugging the Kool-Aid.? buybuydandavis 4% growth Lowest unemployment Seems like it’s working, despite the dogmatic denials from Reason that we must be in a depression because tariffs are bad, m’kay? Ellis Wyatt 4.2%. Obama had 4 quarters higher, one over 5%. dogmatic denials from Reason that we must be in a depression because tariffs are bad, m’kay? Grow up. And deal with reality, Trump’s existing tariffs will increase prices by $500 per every household in America, and he threatens to double them. That would be $1,000 per household (average) Trump may declare tariffs unilaterally ONLY to deal with threats to national security. That’s the law, Describe for us these threats to national security, m’kay? Mister Bear September.24.2018 at 10:58 pm I know that you don’t know this because you live in your Reason “I Hate Trump No Matter What” echo chamber, but believe it or not, many conservatives have been quite outspoken against the tariffs. Conservatives are free trade folks. They like free trade. They don’t like tariffs. It’s also possible to disagree with someone on a few policy points but agree with that person on everything else, leading to an overall support for that person. Umm, libertarians have known that for 50 years, which is WHY we think Trump is a menace. And you just admitted that many conservatives ALSO strongly oppose Trump on this. you live in your Reason “I Hate Trump No Matter What” echo chamber (chuckle) I am the 0.000000013% Trump reverses himself all the time on his most bombastic initiatives. I would like to believe that sometime in the next couple weeks he’ll come out against some of his tariffs in return for these groups changing their criticism to praise. If the tariffs do reduce Trump’s leverage after the upcoming election, then I’ll believe he’s just a doofus who got lucky with the economy so far. John Galt Jr Trump inherited the longest recovery EVER for an incoming President — from Obama, who had inherited the second WORST recession since the 1930s. He lies about 4.2% GDP growth being a record. Obama beat it four times, including one quarter over 5%. If we look at GDP and employment , on historical charts, they show the identical slope for ten years. Unemployment is down for the same reason it often was with Obama, record-low Labor Force Participation. Too many have STILL given up. Also still a record high working part-time whio seek full-time. Yeah, it’s lot easier when you walk in to the 7th year of a recovery. As with Trump’s life, he was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple! But the signs are harder to ignore. Trump has already added more 8-year debt in less than two years, and the only President EVER to increase deficits over 50% … in a single year … nevertheless a booming economy! moschinoonline October.16.2018 at 5:18 am Those smartest people were pointing out that tariffs must first hurt consumers before they can hurt foreign producers. Foreign producers are hurt when domestic consumers buy less of their stuff, and domestic consumers buy less of their stuff because tariffs make that stuff more expensive. This hurts consumers because now they get less stuff for their money. The fact that consumers must be hurt before tariffs can have their desired effect of hurting foreign producers is ignored, denied, or dismissed by protectionists. That is what the smartest people say anyway. Moschino Logo Swimsuit Red moschino backpack maxes December.1.2018 at 10:25 am http://www.Mesalary.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1512
__label__cc	0.722944	0.277056	6 New Official Ska & Reggae Videos – August 2015 Sorry for the delay. In August 2015, some fine new videos reached us. All have been included in our Video Of The Year 2015 playlist. If you can’t open the embedded Video Of The Year 2015 playlist, go here. Like to know more about the new Ska & Reggae Videos? We gathered some info for you. 05.08. Akatz – Skandalo! Hailing from Bilbao (Basque Country/Spain), the band has been spreading their old-school Jamaican Ska vibe for more than 15 years. The video to „Skandalo!“ shows them walking and dancing through Bilbao’s pedestrian zone and making loads of people happy and more beautiful on the way. 10.08. Chainska Brassika – Knowledge is King „Knowledge Is King“ is the second single to herald Chainska Brassika’s debut album „Skinna“ that is coming on 20th November. The UK band switch between reggae and ska, as well as between sing-along chants and driving horn riffs. The band’s drummer Seth produced the graphic animation video. 12.08. Aggressors BC – Hallways Very likely one of the catchiest tunes of the year 2015 comes from Aggressors BC, representing Belfast, Northern Ireland. The six-piece band who snatched Reggae Steady’s Ska „Album Of The Year“ title in 2013 with „Tone Of The Times,“ have released a self-titled EP in August 2015 on their own Black North records and Mad Butcher records internationally. The song „Hallways“ features female singer Patreece on vocals, the black-and-white video was done by Kev Mc Keown. 14.08. 65 Mines Street – Summers End French early reggae experts 65 Mines Street flew around half the world to record their album in Los Angeles with Brian Dixon of Aggrolites fame. Once they were over there, probably when Dixon finished the mixes, the band used the free time to shoot the video to „Summers End“ in the Hollywood Hills. Video by John Hafner (Ochermedia). The song is on the band’s third album”Sick & Bitchin’“, released in september 2015 on Casual Records and 65 Mines Street Records! Also available on bandcamp. 22.08. Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra & Riger János – Részeg Ska fans worldwide know PASO’s frontman Kristof as a sharp-dressed singer, dancing from one side of the stage to the other. In the video to „ Részeg“ he comes off very differently, sporting a half-open balloon silk jacket, beer bottle in hand while walking a dog and accompanied by a bunch of friends Celebrating a lifestyle of booze, tattoos, piercings and not giving a fuck. It’s a hit. 22.08. Ska Jazz Messengers – Cuando te miro These seven top musicians from Caracas, Venezuela, add a special spice to the global ska mix. A mix that has been missing before. It’s the influence of laid-back Brazilian music, bossa nova style. The smooth chords and horn lines, as well as the video to „Cuando Te Miro“ tell the melancholic tale of a love lost. What’s your favourite new video? You’re welcome to vote it in our monthly poll. Vote here. (Login is easy, via Facebook, Twitter or Email, community functions are being added). We made it obligatory to log in to take part in our polls to make sure that it’s “one person, one vote”. For any shout-outs, you are welcome to use the comment section. Plus, there should also be “Album Of The Month” poll. Check our current polls here. [button size=large style=less_round color=yellow align=center url=https://reggae-steady-ska.com/vote-the-video-of-the-month]VOTE NOW![/button] [one_third_last] [/one_third_last] Deadline for voting is 8:00 pm, Monday, 26 October 2015 (Central European Time). The winner will be featured on the Reggae Steady Ska until next month’s winner has been voted. Ska VideoSka VideosVideo Of The Month Previous Article2 Fab New Ska & Reggae Albums – August 2015Next ArticlePainting Music – An interview with Horace Panter – Part 1 Our Video Of The Month May 2015 is … These Are The Nominees For Video Of The Month May 2015 Our Video Of The Month April 2015 is … These Are The Nominees For Video Of The Month April 2015 Our Video Of The Month March 2015 is … These Are The Nominees For Video Of The Month March 2015	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1516
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__label__cc	0.70904	0.29096	Should this engineering paper have been retracted? The journal Safety Science has retracted a 2013 paper by a group of engineers from Brazil who had published the article previously, albeit in a much abbreviated form, a year earlier. What makes this case more than a straightforward matter of duplication/self-plagiarism is that the authors greatly expanded upon the earlier article. The initial paper also appeared in a conference proceedings — the 18th World Congress on Ergonomics – Designing a Sustainable Future — priority that, at least in the minds of some, doesn’t really constitute a true publication. Here’s what the retraction notice has to say about the matter: This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. A shorter version of this paper (about 50% different, it had 5106 words, while this paper has 10,788 words plus 5 original Figures) was submitted to a conference, whose proceedings were published as a special issue of the WORK journal [Work 41 (2012) 3069–3076. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2012-0565-3069]. When submitting the paper to the conference, authors did not noticed that copyright had been automatically granted to this journal. Thus, they did not know the short paper will be published when they submitted an extended version to Safety Science. The third author of the Safety Science paper (Dr. Éder Henriqson) was not co-author of the conference paper, and not aware of its publication in WORK. We have seen cases in which journals have retracted abstracts from supplement issues. Toxicology, for example, yanked several last year. We’re tempted to ask whether this is a spat between publishers over copyright rather than a slam-dunk case for retraction. What do you think? Take our poll. Posted on December 27, 2013 Author Adam MarcusCategories brazil, duplication retractions, elsevier, engineering, freely available, safety science 26 thoughts on “Should this engineering paper have been retracted?” Lo Mein says: First and foremost they should cite their previous paper/proceedings and clearly describe where the results of the last paper end, and where the new results start. If that is done properly, then it is up to the editor and reviewers to determine whether the new paper is novel enough to warrant publication based on the journal’s standards. When previous work is properly cited I think there’s nothing wrong with this mode of publication, given that there is additional value/insight/data in the new paper. I find it surprising that the authors weren’t aware that their paper was published (5K words isn’t an extended abstract or something short and meaningless), assuming that there had to be some proofing-approval process. Bob Roehr says: I agree. An abstract generally is a couple of hundred words; this was a short paper. While the longer one may haave been substantially different, it still should have cited the earlier version. JATdS says: This is a no-brainer. Retraction was perfectly appropriate. When one submits a longer paper, authors do not “accidentally” forget to report a previous paper. In this case, fogetfulness was intentional, of the authors were careless, or reckless. Authors who fail to declare such previous papers, even if only ONE figure or table was previously published, are, in plain talk, unethical (or, to be gentle, careless). This is not the 1920’s. We live in an age where most higher institutes of learning have courses even dedicated to scientific publishing, ethics and protocol. If authors don’t even know such basic aspects of honesty and publishing protocol then they deserve the retraction. Moreover, if they feign ignorance and add the “I didn’t know what I was doing” mask, then they deserve the retraction even more. What does their research institute say? And what does this say about their research institute? Plain copying = unacceptable. Repeating data, tables or figures is acceptable only when full and open declarations of previous data has been openly declared upon submission AND within the submitted paper (perhaps in the Acknowledgements section?). Safety Science has done the right ethical thing (as has Elsevier – let’s give Elsevier credit when credit is due), independent of copyrights. However, this story should start to wake scientists up as to how we are simply pawns in the tug-of-war for intellectual property rights (or copyrights). We are nothing any longer, just the industrial machine that pumps out intellectual property for the BIG GRAB. Sylvain Bernès says: Dear Lo Mein. Please could you explain me why the conference paper appears with a copyright line that reads: © 2012 – IOS Press and the authors. The “Author Copyright Agreement” released by IOS Press, the Publisher of the conference proceedings, also reads: “You may use the article, in whole or in part, as the basis for your own further publications or spoken presentations”. For the full agreement, see: http://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/author-copyright-agreement/ It’s puzzling, at least for me, because that seems to mean that authors are allowed to use the conference material for future publications, although they are not authorized to do so by Elsevier. Sorry. My comment was directed to Carl Bussjaeger. … The thread evolves very quickly, and my comment is now also directed to JATdS, who endorses the retraction (note regarding the poll: I voted no). My logic Sylvain, is that copyright is secondary. Copyright is used by publishers as a smoke screen. The real, primary issue is duplication. Plain and simple. And lack of declarations to the editor upon submission. And the lack of declarations within the paper itself. Hope this answers your query. Dear JAT ds What’s wrong with addressing different audiences? The whole copyright issue puzzles me. All the expenses incurred during the preparation of any article are paid for by the author’s institution or the funding agency. In addition, different audiences have access to different journals. (No?) CR says: If objective was to address different audiences, or if copyrights belonged to authors, whatever was the case, this repetition should have been made clear in the acks section or as a footnote to the papers front page. Presenting unoriginal material without disclosure is unfair with readers and editors, who may lose time and money on it. Dear CR This seems obvious in hindisght. I did not understand what you meant by losing time and money, if the other paper had more than 5000 original words. Perhaps readers will be more annoyed by finding that they cannot read and cite the full version of the paper. Carl Bussjaeger says: “…authors did not noticed that copyright had been automatically granted to this journal.” Say what- automatically? Unless contracts in the sci publishing world are very, very different from others, the journal would have _print rights_ but not copyright (except the overall compilation right for the entire issue, which does _not_ supersede copyright on an individual article. In the literary world, a contract might confer rights to _specified_ derivative works (i.e.- film versions, sequels, rewrites, etc), but unless that was specified, a derivative — greatly expanded (nearly twice as long with admitted new material) — artuicle would be a new work property of the authors. I’d have to see the actual Safety Science contract to be sure, but the journal’s claim strike me as BS. Other than contracted works for hire and inheritance (author dies, estate takes over the copyright), I can’t offhand think of a deal where the journal would own the individual article copyright. I wouldn’t sign such a contract unless the upfront payment was godawful high. ferniglab says: This is unfortunately how academic publishing works, except for Open Access journals such as the PLOS and BMC stables. So the publisher is likely to own the lot. Wow. I took a look at the Elsevier FAQ on author’s rights and responsibilities, along with a similar doc from Wiley-Blackwell. Apparently the “Copyright Right Transfer Agreement”* is the norm in this world. That’s… insane. I can’t imagine that they’d offer me enough money to sign one. “Publish or perish” is clearly worse than I thought, and I’m beginning to understand why so many “authors” try to game the system. In this particular case, though, a rational person would expect that this author right: “Preparation of derivative works (other than for commercial purposes)” http://www.elsevier.com/journal-authors/author-rights-and-responsibilities …would apply, since they prepared an expanded derivative paper from the short original. * I will note that a CTA is still something that has to be signed and is not merely “automatic”. Carl, an astute observation. If only scientists knew what they were doing when they are signing copyright transfer forms or agreements, then they most likely wouldn’t do it. Knowing all too well the psychology of this intellectual transfer crossroad, what Elsevier and Springer (not sure about Wiley) have now done is a really slimy move that basically traps scientists into forcing them to sign over copyright (whether they like it or not). How, you may ask? When one wants to access the proof of an accepted paper, one has to go through an online questionnaire that, in its many stages, requests the corresponding author to sign the copyright transfer (or pay 2000-3000 US$ to keep their own intellectual rights!!!!) and agree with 100% of all conditions. Of course, which scientist is, at this point of the game, going to say “I don’t agree with the transfer of my intellectual achievement to this company”? I would hazzard a guess. None. So, basically, after months or years of doing research, fighting in some cases a bitter or tough peer review, will any scientist not sign over the copyright just to see their intellect represented as a PDF file? That is why we all press the Elsevier and Springer “Continue” button to access our proofs, in the process signing over all of our intellect in a single mouse click. This is a classical evolution of the sublime to the ridiculous, i.e., bathos. Carl, I would argue that it isn’t so much “publish or perish” that is responsible for this, as the science community and institutions (universities, research institutes, governments and non-profit/charitable funders) abdicating their responsibilities to a third party: journals. When most journals were published by learned societies, handing over copyright was not a problem, since the community owned the learned societies and all profits were ploughed back into science. The commercial sector grew, to the extent that ISI, originally a not for profit organisation, was absorbed into the commercial sector. This marks a watershed, when people needed to wake up. As ever, they woke up (only some of them!) a few decades later. Meanwhile, the commercial sector has become entrenched, is extremely profitable (in the 1990s their journal subscription inflation was around 40% per year, whereas learned societies, mindful of members’ library strained budgets, was around 8%). Many governments and hiring panels, understanding little, use metrics provided by the commercial sector to determine research performance. I have yet to be on a hiring panel where people have not said “S/he published in great journals”, a guarantee that they have not read any of the candidate’s papers. Worse, in many of the “new science” economies and the developing ones, these are used to reward researchers – yes, salary bonus. This is a lesson in democracy: we seem to throw away our hard fought gains with ease, out of complacency. The fight back will be long and bloody, if history is anything to go by. I can only encourage people who are making decisions to actually read a few papers, it never hurts…. …and comments if there are any on PubMed and PubPeer… failuretoreplicant says: Conference proceeding first followed by peer-reviewed journal article seems like a good strategy to get important and potentially useful findings out into the world quickly, with the journal article serving to disseminate widely. Given that the paper was also substantially expanded upon, I don’t see an issue. I view proceedings papers as preliminary, with the subsequent journal article as being the complete story. Thought that this was pretty common, especially in human factors and ergonomics. However, I guess the authors might have checked with the editor first to avoid this problem. Dan Zabetakis says: There seems to be little alternative to a retraction, on copyright grounds. It seems that 50% of the work is owned by a different journal. The lesson is to be careful what you are signing when submitting to conference proceedings. I think they should have known they were barring future publication of the work, but I think it is not too unusual for scientists to be quite innocent of ‘business’ matters. If they have 5 figures and 5000 words of novel material, I think they should be able to get a new paper out of it. ” priority that, at least in the minds of some, doesn’t really constitute a true publication.” Publication of conference proceedings is complicated, and may or may not represent ‘publication’. If the proceedings are merely abstracts, then I think most people would agree that the reported work remains unpublished and can be considered as ‘novel’ for submission to a journal. If, as in this case, the meeting presenters prepare an actual paper which is then published in an actual journal, then I think most people will consider that paper to be the ‘original’ and submission of the same work to another journal would be duplication (or indeed copyright infringement). There is unfortunately a huge grey area where conferences publish proceedings that are only distributed at the meeting, and often are in the form of ‘extended abstracts’ rather than full papers. The ethical and legal status of these works is open to interpretation. I get around all this myself by two methods: 1) I never attend meetings; and b) as a federal employee my work is not subject to copyright. Miguel Roig says: I fully agree with Lo Mein’s position and wish to elaborate on failuretoreplicant’s response. The problem with conference proceedings’ papers is that these can take a variety of forms: From traditional length abstracts that are about 3/4 of a page long to full IMRD versions of the presented papers. If the latter are of sufficient detail to allow others to replicate the work, and especially if these proceedings are given wide dissemination (e.g., they are published in a journal or the proceedings are freely available), then such a proceedings paper qualifies as a primary publication. As such, any republication of that material, even if it is in expanded form constitutes a case of duplicate publication. Darn! I hadn’t seen Dan Zabetakis’ post when I posted my response. Sorry, Dan, didn’t mean to plagiarize you. I need an assessment about Acta Horticulturae (http://www.ishs.org/acta-horticulturae), the official publication of the International Society for Horticultural Science (www.ishs.org). Would some of the logic and rationale explained above apply to this long-standing “proceedings” journal (now with > 55,000 articles) that carries both an ISSN and an ISBN? I am of the opinion (after post-publication peer review) that many (I can’t quantify better than this because I only have made random samples) papers in Acta Horticulturae contain reams of bad science, in some cases, duplicated data, text, or tables, without due attribution to the original source. Some level of ethical consciousness has been apparent in more recent volumes, but older issues frm about 2010 back are simply attrocious. Yet the ISHS was, until late 2013, fighting aggressively to obtain an impact factor. When Thomson Reuters refused to assign one, then the ISHS turned aggressively against Thomson Reuters, as represented by Prof. Yves Desjardins’ perspectives: http://www.ishs.org/news/use-and-abuse-impact-factor-scientists-rebel My query is: if bad science, fake data, duplicated or self-lagiarized data, text, figures or tables are detected in Acta Horticulturae, then should papers be retracted? Allow me to give you a clearer example of what I want to say. Paper 1: Eeckhaut T, Van Huylenbroeck J (2011) Development of an optimal culture system for callogenesis of Chrysanthemum indicum protoplasts. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 33(4), 1547-1551 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11738-010-0660-1 (copyright Springer) Paper 2: Eeckhaut T, Van Huylenbroeck J (2012) Chrysanthemum indicum protoplast callus induction and culture. Acta Horticulturae 961, 139-145 http://www.actahort.org/books/953/953_45.htm (copyright ISHS) Paper 2 copies I estimate about 90% of the text, data, tables and figures of Paper 1. Paper 2 does, however, include a small new bit of data, but it is a duplicated paper nonetheless. I should add that Paper 1 represents one of the more impecable pieces of chrysanthemum tissue culture research, so this is not about the scientific quality of the research. Out of concern of what I was observing, I made a formal query to the ISHS about 4 months ago. Zero action to date. Why would something that I perceive as being a clear-cut case of duplication not be perceived equally by the ISHS? Is there something wrong with my interpretation? Personally, I see two grounds for retraction of Paper 2: a) it duplicates about 90% of a previous paper; b) it violates Springer’s copyright. Why should the ISHS continue to make profit (actual or hypothetical) from PDF downloads of a paper whose copyright belongs to Springer? Input by a copyright specialist or lawyer would advance the conversation immensely amongst scientists on this blog. Isn’t it time that a council with an ethical conscience be voted in at the ISHS? http://www.ishs.org/news/ishs-elections-update-your-membership-account-now PS: I have recently called for urgent increased post-publication peer review in plant science (http://www.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00485/full) primarily because we are not only dealing with lack of ethics by authors, we are also dealing with chronic lack of responsibility be editors, flawed peer reviews, and failure by publishers to do the right thing. That means that the scientific community now has to take the “law” of science publishing ethics into its own hands. Step aside COPE. We can do the job for free. Please inform me: who pays COPE and for what? A quick read on COPE’s website will show that membership is paid annually and there are possibly other $$ sources. This is a private organisation. I can´t see who benefits from this retraction. Authors have their reputation damaged. Editor/Publisher have their credibility affected by posting an ambiguous retraction notice – as this discussion shows, they may have been too rigorous (an erratum or corrigendum could have been suficiente, COPE gives this option for honest errors). Also, readers are deprived from citing the full version of the paper. I think we should be more critical of the super powers granted to editors and publishers. Self-plagiarism is acceptable within certain limits, and it may be even desirable in certain portions of the paper. Journals should indicate which their threshold of self-plagiarism is and how authors can check if they are OK. Publishing extended versions of conference papers in journals is also accepted practice everywhere. Journals even encourage that by asking the authors of the best conference papers to submit extended versions of their papers. It seems that sometimes editors behave like blind rule-followers. This could not be more inadequate for a safety journal. The result of the pool is clear about the dominant perception in this blog. Leave a Reply to Sylvain Bernès Cancel reply Previous Previous post: Stiff sentence for French researcher found guilty of plagiarizing Next Next post: Weekend reads: Snarky acknowledgement sections, journal editors on fraud	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1526
__label__wiki	0.576195	0.576195	Tag Archives: Batman & Robin The Lost Boys: Classic. I’m a huge fan of the Coreys and vampire movies. So why wouldn’t I watch The Lost Boys for kicks? This amazingly 80’s film explores every young boys fantasy of being the next Van Helsing, and lookin’ classy with quaffed hair. The featheryness makes me laugh to no end, and there’s even a classic saxophone player with spandex and a mullet. What could be better about the original Lost Boys? In reference to Peter Pan’s own Lost Boys, this movie highlights a few adorable 80’s Some 80’s flair. hearthrobs entering into their later teen years (or around those parts). Throw in a bit of fantasy horror and you got yourself a cult classic. But you wouldn’t expect anything less from Batman Forever and Batman & Robin creator, Joel Schumacher. I’ve seen The Lost Boys: The Tribe, and let me tell you, Joel Schumacher was needed on the set of that one. It didn’t have a tenth of the flair this one did. Catch me in Speed 2! Michael (Jason Patric, star of failed sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, but still a very hunky 80’s dude) is moving with his single mother Lucy (Dianne Wiest) and younger brother Sam (Corey Haim, classic.) to a fictional town in California based on Santa Cruz, where it was filmed. Moving in with their farty and cantankerous old fool of a grandpa (Barnard Hughes), they find the night life of the boardwalk to be too enticing. There are some other characters who find the boardwalk just as… delicious. David (Kiefer Sutherland) is the leader of a gang of vampires who patrol the boardwalk, looking for recruits and meals alike. Drawing in Michael with the use of a female counterpart named Star (Jami Gertz), Michael is tricked into drinking vampire blood and participating in their 80’s hoodlum outings. Sam recruits the help of the Frog Brothers (Corey Feldman and Jamison Classy Edward Hermann. Newlander) in order to classically fend off and kill a whole den of the bloodsuckers of the night. This movie is just too classic to even consider talking smack about. It’s a cult classic, it’s renowned for its classic scenes and 80’s cast of the who’s who of actors. It has both the Coreys. What more do you want? All you need is Corey Haim and the Feldog, don’t you? Can I talk a little more about the Coreys? I think this clip from Robot Chicken can sum up my adoration for the Lost Boys. The Two Coreys Robot Chicken You see what I mean? Nothing could be better. Lost Boys Style. A bit bug-eyed, eh? This movie sticks to the classic ideas about vampires and all that jazz. Stakes, garlic (not really though), sunlight (but it only bothers them if they’re being transformed), batlike appearance at times, sucking blood, invite into the house, etc. But it’s more about the 80’s. There is a man, Tim Cappello, who plays the saxophone in this movie so provocatively and strangley that it stands out. You know why? That’s why. Sexy Sax Man Sergio Flores. The best. Tim Cappello in this movie inspired this prank video. Far reaching, right? What more is there to talk about? The acting is fine, and the cast, well, it’s phenomenal. Dianne Wiest of my favorite Hallmark Channel original, The Tenth Kingdom? She was a frightening Queen Witch in that shizz. The Coreys, enough said (Goonies, Stand By Me, etc. etc.) Jami Gertz from Still Standing the TV show? Keifer Sutherland, the badass of 24 making Bill the Biker. Lost Boys Style! one of his first films other than Stand By Me? That’s a wonderful little beginning right there. Alex Winter, the infamous Bill of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey? He’s even in with The Red Hot Chili Peppers (i.e. directed a music video!). And classic Edward Hermann providing the voice of documentaries and TV specials for years. Standout cast right there. So just watch this. You know you want to. Anytime you feel down, this movie will pick you right up, just like any good 80’s movie does. No question, 10 out of 10. Gotta love the Feldman’s deep and froggy voice in this one. 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__label__cc	0.547305	0.452695	Tag Archives: devastating blows The Protector: Tony Jaa Destroys All What more is there to say than The Protector is the best of all of Tony Jaa’s films? I’ve watched them all. I’ve seen them all. Time and time again, this is the best of the best. Tony Jaa performs at his finest in this film, in every scene. This is one nonstop action/display of skills that you cannot miss. The Protector is the story of the ancient Muay-Thai fighters who raised and protected the elephants that would one day serve as the steeds of the nobles. The protectors raised the elephants to have strong legs and never fall, and in this way strengthened themselves. This practice extends even into modern day as a discipline among the protectors and elephants alike. And this premise makes for one amazing film. Kham (Tony Jaa) is the son of a elephant protector who is raising a family of elephants to be viewed by the king for his own personal use. As Kham grows, That's some ridiculous training. the elephants have a child, Kohrn, and that elephant grows with Kham. It is then that one day the “king” wishes to see the elephants that Kham’s father has raised. The king’s inspectors turn out to be working for an Asian crime syndicate located in Australia, and they kill and kidnap Korhn and his father. Thus begins Tony Jaa’s journey of revenge on every single member of the Australian/Asian gang. And not a single member is left without at least a broken arm. This movie, for lack of a better word, is epic. In its scope, in its stylistic vision, in its stunts and fluidity, everything. Tony Jaa pushes himself to the limit in all of his moves and stunts. Which needs to be reiterated. Tony Jaa That's Jaa right there. does all of his own stunts. No wires, no CGI, no stuntmen. Nothing. This film is pure Tony Jaa. At no point in this film do I ever think, “That wasn’t really that impressive.” Everything that Tony Jaa does makes my heart stop. It is literally insane the amount of things that Tony Jaa can perform in the way of stunts and acrobatics with his body that could lethally kill someone or otherwise. Suffice it to say that Muay-Thai boxing and the style of Muay-Thai fighting in general is severely brutal. This is what drew me to Tony Jaa’s films in the first place. Unlike most martial arts films, Tony Jaa’s are more brutal, less about the finesse (although it’s there) and more about the fluid, detrimental way and in which to take out your opponent. Let’s put it this way. A full force knee into your chest from an expert in Muay-Thai is like getting in a 30 mile an hour car crash with no seatbelt. Yeah. He screams devastation. And people might say, hey, you just have some absurd love for Tony Jaa. You are obsessed with him. That may be true. In comparison to most other martial artists in the film industry, Tony Jaa brings something new. Brutal. Something brutal. Something eye opening. And he literally hasn’t stopped. Ever since the first Ong Bak back in 2003, Tony Jaa has given the world 8 years of solid, amazing films in the martial arts genre. And for an actor who is only really meant to do stunts, he’s not that bad of an actor in general. He’s pretty damn good at crying. But yeah, this movie in general is a display of just how mind-blowing Tony Jaa truly is. There are about, I’d say, 4 amazing scenes throughout the film spread out by about 15 minutes each. You have the initial interrogation with boat chase, the warehouse X-games beat down, the restaurant shuffle, and the bone shattering ending. And with each one, they just get better. So it is to you Prachya Pinkaew that I tip my hat, for bringing us Tony Jaa in The Protector and Ong Bak. The world would truly be missing something if it weren’t for you. And yes, Tony Jaa, you can destroy me anytime. 10 out of 10. Leave a comment \| tags: acrobatics, amazing scope, Asian crime syndicate, Australia, beatdown, best display of skills, best martial arts film ever, boat chase, bone shattering ending, broken arms, destroyed, detrimental fluidity of moves, devastating blows, elephant protector, elephants, epic, eye opening, film industry, fluidity, heart stopping stunts, initial interrogation, insane moves, journey of revenge, Kham, Kohrn, lethal killer, martial artists, modern discipline, Muay Thai Boxing, Muay-Thai fighters, no CGI, no stuntmen, no wires, noble steeds, nonstop action, Ong Bak, Prachya Pinkaew, protectors, pushes to the limit, restaurant shuffle, severely brutal, stunts, stylistic vision, take out opponents, The Protector, Tony Jaa, warehouse, X Games \| posted in Movies	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1528
__label__cc	0.620089	0.379911	Tag Archives: Mila Kunis American Psycho 2: Patrick Bateman Is Shamed… I am glad to hear the author of American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis, disowned this film. This film is trash. Being a gigantic fan of Mary Harron’s American Psycho, I went into this one knowing it wasn’t going to be as good as the first. But I had to idea how bad this was going to be. I was in for 90 minutes of comedic pain. This movie does in fact shame Patrick Bateman and his legacy. So what should I say about this movie? Well, Mila Kunis is average. I’ve never expected much out of her from any film, so I’m never disappointed. Oh well… As for playing the Wow, threatening… psychotic main character who will ironically do anything to get into Quantico for criminal profiling? Oh how funny that is… When you see a movie and William Shatner is a better actor than a lot of the other people? That’s emotionally disturbing. The plot. Rachel Newman (Mila Kunis) is taken on a special date with her babysitter. It’s Patrick Bateman, and you can bet it’s not Christian Bale. They got a toolish looking Cro-Magnon man to take the role of his stunt double or some shit. Rachel stabs him and this is the point that she decides she wants to kill other serial killers. What a rational and normal turning point for a 12 year old child. Let me also remind you the terror and gore in this movie is below par. Below humanly realistic levels. It’s SyFy $2,000 budget cheesy. Sickening in itself. Giving the best actor in the film a back rub… Now at a prestigious psychology school, Rachel plans to do anything to get to be Prof. Starkman’s (William Shatner) teaching assistant. She has 3 other competitors, so what do you think she does? Obviously asks them out to a diplomatic dinner or lets her grades do the talking. No, she kills them. Blandly. Thus becoming what she wanted to fight. How sad. With a constantly running inner dialogue and cliche puns and lines, Mila Kunis attempts to embody a emotionless corpse. She accomplishes the emotionless thing. She’s not that good of an actress. She just looks good on camera. There’s a constant soundtrack overpowering the movie with some lighthearted Thanks to whoever made this picture. Lifetime channel “I’m beating my wife and it’s a dark secret” soundtrack. It’s awful, ruining any chance of a proper slasher scene. There is no semblance of reality in a film that claims the opposite of American Psycho 1. First of all, I can’t call this American Psycho 2, so I’ll call this Psycho B.S. : The Movie No One Should See. Good running title. The police are terrible with missing person’s reports. The bumble around and allow Mila Kunis to kill in broad daylight. She chokes out this dude with a condom. How many B.S. flags do I need to raise? She leaves dead bodies lying around and has a rotting corpse in her closet. She would’ve been caught after attempting the first one. She’s in a COLLEGE DORM. There are people everywhere who would figure something is up. Everyone in this film is stupid. Damn straight. But what can I expect from a movie directed by Morgan J. Freeman. He’s the dude creating/directing all the 16 and Pregnant episodes. He’s perpetuating a idea that it’s cool to get pregnant in high school to be on T.V. Those girls don’t need attention, they need to be placed in boxes. That show is a what not to do when it comes to sex or anything of the sort when it comes to living. I don’t feel bad for them or Freeman’s work. It’s all shit. Basically, don’t watch this movie. It is a travesty to American Psycho and horror movies everywhere. Case closed. 0 out of 10. 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People may get pissed off at me for this one. I… laughed quite a bit at Black Swan. It wasn’t a bad movie overall, but the things I found strange or wrong with this movie made me laugh out loud, kinda like watching a dark comedy. Although this movie wasn’t a comedy. Oh well, it can’t be helped. I hope Natalie Portman never sees this post and hates me for the rest of eternity if some infinitesimal chance allows me to meet her. Let’s just keep this post a secret. What a beautiful pout. Still in love with her since I was 9. So this is a movie about the ballet Swan Lake. The twist? The ballet she is performing is Swan Lake and she is living out the events of Swan Lake. Oh the twist! Other than the WTF middle section of the film, yeah, it follows it pretty closely. Prince has party, Prince meets White Swan, fall in love, Black Swan tricks Prince, Prince and White Swan commit suicide for love. The end. I think it’s the liberties that Darren Aronofsky took at assuming ballet is synonymous with sex. I would sayyyyyyy… No. That is an artistic leap and assumption I wouldn’t necessarily associate. So… plot now. Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) is an up and coming ballerina at her dance studio. She’s nice and quiet and just hopes to make a bigger name for herself. And then her dance director Mr. French McCreepy Bastard, Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) announces they’ll be having a Swan Lake run at their production company. He, like every other pompous director who thinks they’re a visionary, says they’ll be doing it differently than ever before. I guess he was going for more rape and sexy. Alright there Leroy, that’s your own choice. Ah yes, the creepy mother. Nina begs for the position and gets mouth fondled by Cassel, because for some reason in 2011, it’s still shocking for a director/boss to take advantage of his cast/employees. With all that said and done, Nina takes on the lead role of the White and Black Swan. From this point on comes some “messed up” and thriller like elements that push the boundaries of what’s real and what’s not. The arty version of The Matrix, if you will. And don’t call me sexist or naive or ignorant at this point. People can have their opinions about a film, negative or not. I can say these ignorant things because from what I’ve seen of the hundreds of movies I’ve seen before, this movie isn’t necessarily anything impressive in the way of Vincent Cassel, crossing toolish lines since… this movie. groundbreaking. It seems more important for me, at this point, to say how disappointed I was with this film. Because, as serious and mentally disturbing as it was supposed to be, I still laughed. Should I talk about my problems with this film? Let’s go. I knew there was going to be a conflict when Nina’s mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) flips out. She’s bought Nina this nice big cake for getting the part and Nina simply says no, I can’t eat right now, my stomache is upset. Reasonable reason right? “Well that’s fine, don’t have any.” The music becomes serious and tension filled, she heads towards the can with the cake. A simple pleading no from Nina and you see the smile instantly and bizarrely return to her face. I laughed. Hard. Yes, this was supposed to point out the stressed and overprotective relationship that sparks Nina’s problems in the film. But it was campishly delivered and I enjoyed it. For any Tim and Eric fans out there, this scene may tickle your fancy. I wanted to put this next to the word “lesbian”. All the lesbian/finger banging scenes in this film feel out of place. That’s probably because I don’t make an automatic connection in my mind between ballet and sex. For me, ballet in particular, is a purist sport. It has a set amount of moves that allow you to express a gamut of emotions. Other forms of dance, sure, why not? There’s sex everywhere at a high school dance. Just not with ballet. Nina is exploring her sexuality and, for the whole film, until she said it, I thought she was 18, maybe 21 at most. Living with her mother threw off my radar on her age and calling her Mommy (with her room and clothing choices) I assumed 18. Why would a 28 year old dancer be attempting to get big in dance? Her prime is gone. Error right there. I disliked Vincent Cassel in this movie. I think you’re supposed to. To the extent I did, maybe was a bit extreme. Not death threat level, I’m talking more ruined any scene he was in for me. As a sex icon in the movie? Didn’t really believe it. Mila Kunis though? She was her normal, old relaxed That 70’s Show self in this one. Typical Mila out for a good time, who just happens to be a diabolical dancer. I did love You made this movie better Winona. Natalie Portman’s performance in the film. She did have to do a lot of things you never typically see her do in this film. And I was IN LOVE with Winona Ryder’s performance in this film. The fallen dancer and raging spurned lover? That was a convincing and devastating performance for her. Let the weird begin. Other than that, I don’t really wanna shit on this movie too much. I just didn’t like it. It wasn’t my cup of tea. I do see how this movie didn’t beat The King’s Speech for best film. It was too edgy for the Oscar community. But it was a well done film itself. The cinematography was jarring and uncommon, something I just can’t stand. Watch this movie again and see if the still shots outweigh the fluid and nauseating moving shots. You’d be surprised. The acting for the most part is what you would expect from a movie with Oscar buzz and all that good stuff. Just not my film. And because I’m the one rating for my own interest, I have to give this movie a 4 out of 10. 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__label__cc	0.635111	0.364889	More skills, less pain with Library Carpentry January 29, 2019 January 29, 2019 bloggERS! Editors1 Comment By Jeffrey C. Oliver, Ph.D This is the second post in the bloggERS Making Tech Skills a Strategic Priority series. Remember that scene in The Matrix where Neo wakes and says “I know kung fu”? Library Carpentry is like that. Almost. Do you need to search lots of files for pieces of text and tire of using Ctrl-F? In the UNIX shell lesson you’ll learn to automate tasks and rapidly extract data from files. Are you managing datasets with not-quite-standardized data fields and formats? In the OpenRefine lesson you’ll easily wrangle data into standard formats for easier processing and de-duplication. There are also Library Carpentry lessons for Python (a popular scripting programming language), Git (a powerful version control system), SQL (a commonly used relational database interface), and many more. But let me back up a bit. Library Carpentry is part of the Carpentries, an organization is designed to provide training to scientists, researchers, and information professionals on the computational skills necessary for work in this age of big data. The goals of Library Carpentry align with this series’ initial call for contributions, providing resources for those in data- or information-related fields to work “more with a shovel than with a tweezers.” Library Carpentry workshops are primarily hands-on experiences with tools to make work more efficient and less prone to mistakes when performing repeated tasks. One of the greatest parts about a Library Carpentry workshop is that they begin at the beginning. That is, the first lesson is an Introduction to Data, which is a structured discussion and exercise session that breaks down jargon (“What is a version control system”) and sets down some best practices (naming things is hard). Not only are the lessons designed for those working in library and information professions, but they’re also designed by “in the trenches” folks who are dealing with these data and information challenges daily. As part of the Mozilla Global Sprint, Library Carpentry ran a two-day hackathon in May 2018 where lessons were developed, revised, remixed, and made pretty darn shiny by contributors at ten different sites. For some, the hackathon itself was an opportunity to learn how to use GitHub as a collaboration tool. Furthermore, Library Carpentry workshops are led by librarians, like the most recent workshop at the University of Arizona, where lessons were taught by our Digital Scholarship Librarian, our Geospatial Specialist, our Liaison Librarian to Anthropology (among other domains), and our Research Data Management Specialist. Now, a Library Carpentry workshop won’t make you an expert in Python or the UNIX command line in two days. Even Neo had to practice his kung fu a bit. But workshops are designed to be inclusive and accessible, myth-busting, and – I’ll say it – fun. Don’t take my word for it, here’s a sampling of comments from our most recent workshop: Loved the hands-on practice on regular expressions Really great lesson – I liked the challenging exercises, they were fun! It made SQL feel fun instead of scary Feels very powerful to be able to navigate files this way, quickly & in bulk. So regardless of how you work with data, Library Carpentry has something to offer. If you’d like to host a Library Carpentry workshop, you can use our request a workshop form. You can also connect to Library Carpentry through social media, the web, or good old fashioned e-mail. And since you’re probably working with data already, you have something to offer Library Carpentry. This whole endeavor runs on the multi-faceted contributions of the community, so join us, we have cookies. And APIs. And a web scraping lesson. The terrible puns are just a bonus. Tool and TechniqueMaking Tech Skills a Strategic Priority, tools IEEE Big Data 2018: 3rd Computational Archival Science (CAS) Workshop Recap January 22, 2019 bloggERS! EditorsLeave a comment by Richard Marciano, Victoria Lemieux, and Mark Hedges The 3rd workshop on Computational Archival Science (CAS) was held on December 12, 2018, in Seattle, following two earlier CAS workshops in 2016 in Washington DC and in 2017 in Boston. It also built on three earlier workshops on ‘Big Humanities Data’ organized by the same chairs at the 2013-2015 conferences, and more directly on a symposium held in April 2016 at the University of Maryland. The current working definition of CAS is: A transdisciplinary field that integrates computational and archival theories, methods and resources, both to support the creation and preservation of reliable and authentic records/archives and to address large-scale records/archives processing, analysis, storage, and access, with aim of improving efficiency, productivity and precision, in support of recordkeeping, appraisal, arrangement and description, preservation and access decisions, and engaging and undertaking research with archival material [1]. The workshop featured five sessions and thirteen papers with international presenters and authors from the US, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Bulgaria, South Africa, and Portugal. All details (photos, abstracts, slides, and papers) are available at: http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/ieee-big-data-2018-3rd-cas-workshop/. The keynote focused on using digital archives to preserve the history of WWII Japanese-American incarceration and featured Geoff Froh, Deputy Director at Densho.org in Seattle. Keynote speaker Geoff Froh, Deputy Director at Densho.org in Seattle presenting on “Reclaiming our Story: Using Digital Archives to Preserve the History of WWII Japanese American Incarceration.” This workshop explored the conjunction (and its consequences) of emerging methods and technologies around big data with archival practice and new forms of analysis and historical, social, scientific, and cultural research engagement with archives. The aim was to identify and evaluate current trends, requirements, and potential in these areas, to examine the new questions that they can provoke, and to help determine possible research agendas for the evolution of computational archival science in the coming years. At the same time, we addressed the questions and concerns scholarship is raising about the interpretation of ‘big data’ and the uses to which it is put, in particular appraising the challenges of producing quality – meaning, knowledge and value – from quantity, tracing data and analytic provenance across complex ‘big data’ platforms and knowledge production ecosystems, and addressing data privacy issues. Computational Thinking and Computational Archival Science #1:Introducing Computational Thinking into Archival Science Education [William Underwood et al] #2:Automating the Detection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in Japanese-American WWII Incarceration Camp Records [Richard Marciano, et al.] #3:Computational Archival Practice: Towards a Theory for Archival Engineering [Kenneth Thibodeau] #4:Stirring The Cauldron: Redefining Computational Archival Science (CAS) for The Big Data Domain [Nathaniel Payne] Machine Learning in Support of Archival Functions #5:Protecting Privacy in the Archives: Supervised Machine Learning and Born-Digital Records [Tim Hutchinson] #6:Computer-Assisted Appraisal and Selection of Archival Materials [Cal Lee] Metadata and Enterprise Architecture #7:Measuring Completeness as Metadata Quality Metric in Europeana [Péter Királyet al.] #8:In-place Synchronisation of Hierarchical Archival Descriptions [Mike Bryant et al.] #9:The Utility Enterprise Architecture for Records Professionals [Shadrack Katuu] #10:Framing the scope of the common data model for machine-actionable Data Management Plans [João Cardoso et al.] #11:The Blockchain Litmus Test [Tyler Smith] Social and Cultural Institution Archives #12:A Case Study in Creating Transparency in Using Cultural Big Data: The Legacy of Slavery Project [Ryan Cox, Sohan Shah et al] #13:Jupyter Notebooks for Generous Archive Interfaces [Mari Wigham et al.] Updates will continue to be provided through the CAS Portal website, see: http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas and a Google Group you can join at computational-archival-science@googlegroups.com. Several related events are scheduled in April 2019: (1) a 1 ½ day workshop on “Developing a Computational Framework for Library and Archival Education” will take place on April 3 & 4, 2019, at the iConference 2019 event (See: https://iconference2019.umd.edu/external-events-and-excursions/ for details), and (2) a “Blue Sky” paper session on “Establishing an International Computational Network for Librarians and Archivists” (See: https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=356). Finally, we are planning a 4th CAS Workshop in December 2019 at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2019) in Los Angeles, CA. Stay tuned for an upcoming CAS#4 workshop call for proposals, where we would welcome SAA member contributions! [1] “Archival records and training in the Age of Big Data”, Marciano, R., Lemieux, V., Hedges, M., Esteva, M., Underwood, W., Kurtz, M. & Conrad, M.. See: LINK. In J. Percell , L. C. Sarin , P. T. Jaeger , J. C. Bertot (Eds.), Re-Envisioning the MLS: Perspectives on the Future of Library and Information Science Education (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 44B, pp.179-199). Emerald Publishing Limited. May 17, 2018. See: http://dcicblog.umd.edu/cas/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/06/Marciano-et-al-Archival-Records-and-Training-in-the-Age-of-Big-Data-final.pdf Richard Marciano is a professor at the University of Maryland iSchool where he directs the Digital Curation Innovation Center (DCIC). He previously conducted research at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California San Diego for over a decade. His research interests center on digital preservation, sustainable archives, cyberinfrastructure, and big data. He is also the 2017 recipient of Emmett Leahy Award for achievements in records and information management. Marciano holds degrees in Avionics and Electrical Engineering, a Master’s and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Iowa. In addition, he conducted postdoctoral research in Computational Geography. Victoria Lemieux is an associate professor of archival science at the iSchool and lead of the Blockchain research cluster, Blockchain@UBC at the University of British Columbia – Canada’s largest and most diverse research cluster devoted to blockchain technology. Her current research is focused on risk to the availability of trustworthy records, in particular in blockchain record keeping systems, and how these risks impact upon transparency, financial stability, public accountability and human rights. She has organized two summer institutes for Blockchain@UBC to provide training in blockchain and distributed ledgers, and her next summer institute is scheduled for May 27-June 7, 2019. She has received many awards for her professional work and research, including the 2015 Emmett Leahy Award for outstanding contributions to the field of records management, a 2015 World Bank Big Data Innovation Award, a 2016 Emerald Literati Award and a 2018 Britt Literary Award for her research on blockchain technology. She is also a faculty associate at multiple units within UBC, including the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, Sauder School of Business, and the Institute for Computers, Information and Cognitive Systems. Mark Hedges is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London, where he teaches on the MA in Digital Asset and Media Management, and is also Departmental Research Lead. His original academic background was in mathematics and philosophy, and he gained a PhD in mathematics at University College London, before starting a 17-year career in the software industry, before joining King’s in 2005. His research is concerned primarily with digital archives, research infrastructures, and computational methods, and he has led a range of projects in these areas over the last decade. Most recently has been working in Rwanda on initiatives relating to digital archives and the transformative impact of digital technologies. Issue of Interestbig data, blockchain, computational archival science, conference recap A Recap of “DAM if you do and DAM if you don’t!” January 10, 2019 January 9, 2019 bloggERS! Editors1 Comment by Regina Carra When: December 3, 2018 Where: Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), New York, NY Stephen Klein, Digital Services Librarian at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY) Ashley Blewer, AV Preservation Specialist at Artefactual Kelly Stewart, Digital Preservation Services Manager at Artefactual On December 3, 2018, the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)’s Digital Preservation Interest Group hosted an informative (and impeccably titled) presentation about how the CUNY Graduate Center (GC) plans to incorporate Archivematica, a web-based, open-source digital asset management software (DAMs) developed by Artefactual, into its document management strategy for student dissertations. Speakers included Stephen Klein, Digital Services Librarian at the CUNY Graduate Center (GC); Ashley Blewer, AV Preservation Specialist at Artefactual; and Kelly Stewart, Digital Preservation Services Manager at Artefactual. The presentation began with an overview from Stephen about the GC’s needs and why they chose Archivematica as a DAMs, followed by an introduction to and demo of Archivematica and Duracloud, an open-source cloud storage service, led by Ashley and Kelly (who was presenting via video-conference call). While this post provides a general summary of the presentation, I would recommend reaching out to any of the presenters for more detailed information about their work. They were all great! Every year the GC Library receives between 400-500 dissertations, theses, and capstones. These submissions can include a wide variety of digital materials, from PDF, video, and audio files, to websites and software. Preservation of these materials is essential if the GC is to provide access to emerging scholarship and retain a record of students’ work towards their degrees. Prior to implementing a DAMs, however, the GC’s strategy for managing digital files of student work was focused primarily on access, not preservation. Access copies of student work were available on CUNY Academic Works, a site that uses Bepress Digital Commons as a CMS. Missing from the workflow, however, was the creation, storage, and management of archival originals. As Stephen explained, if the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model is a guide for a proper digital preservation workflow, the GC was without the middle, Archival Information Package (AIP), portion of it. Some of the qualities that GC liked about Archivematica was that it was open-source and highly-customizable, came with strong customer support from Artefactual, and had an API that could integrate with tools already in use at the library. GC Library staff hope that Archivematica can eventually integrate with both the library’s electronic submission system (Vireo) and CUNY Academic Works, making the submission, preservation, and access of digital dissertations a much more streamlined, automated, and OAIS-compliant process. A sample of one of Duracloud’s data visualization graphs from the presentation slides. Next, Ashley and Kelly introduced and demoed Archivematica and Duracloud. I was very pleased to see several features of the Archivematica software that were made intentionally intuitive. The design of the interface is very clean and easily customizable to fit different workflows. Also, each AIP that is processed includes a plain-text, human-readable file which serves as extra documentation explaining what Archivematica did to each file. Artefactual recommends pairing Archivematica with Duracloud, although users can choose to integrate the software with local storage or with other cloud services like those offered by Google or Amazon. One of the features I found really interesting about Duracloud is that it comes with various data visualization graphs that show the user how much storage is available and what materials are taking up the most space. I close by referencing something Ashley wrote in her recent bloggERS post (conveniently she also contributed to this event). She makes an excellent point about how different skill-sets are needed to do digital preservation, from the developers that create the tools that automate digital archival processes to the archivists that advocate for and implement said tools at their institutions. I think this talk was successful precisely because it included the practitioner and vendor perspectives, as well as the unique expertise that comes with each role. Both are needed if we are to meet the challenges and tap into the potential that digital archives present. I hope to see more of these “meetings of the minds” in the future. (For more info: Stephen and Ashley and Kelly have generously shared their slides!) Regina Carra is the Archive Project Metadata and Cataloging Coordinator at Mark Morris Dance Group. She is a recent graduate of the Dual Degree MLS/MA program in Library Science and History at Queens College – CUNY. Issue of InterestArchivematica, conference recap, DAM, Duracloud, open source software	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1533
__label__wiki	0.721688	0.721688	Samuel Rooke / July 5, 2015 James Cameron’s “The Terminator” is as much slasher as science-fiction. It’s unusually intelligent and restrained for the genre, and Cameron displays an excellent handle on tension and release. The film is not an action film like its sequel, with the bursts of violence fairly rare. It’s mainly comprised of tension-building scenes, explorations of the iconic science-fiction world and story, and characterisation for Sarah Connor. Cameron’s films build up character well-enough that near everyone is invested in the action when it eventually hits. Schwarzenegger plays the part of the Terminator perfectly, not just in terms of physicality, but also in embodying the robotic precision and directness. Linda Hamilton plays protagonist Sarah Connor excellently, eminently human and relatable. Micaehl Biehn makes for a squirmy and uncomfortably Kyle Reese, clearly from a very different time, and really sells the idea of the terrible future. I prefer the first Terminator film to the second, and while a lot of that comes down to me preferring quieter and slower science-fiction like this to the second film’s more outright action film status, some of it comes down to the first film just being plain paced better (I’ve seen both cuts of the second film, and neither work perfectly for me in terms of pacing). Slasher films lend themselves well to slow escalations in tension, and Cameron perfectly deploys the bursts of violence when appropriate. The romance arc is fairly rushed, I suppose, but Hamilton and Biehn sell it. I love the use of colour and darkness; Cameron is always tantalising the viewer. This plays into the worldbuilding as well. Cameron had a limited budget, but absolutely succeeded in creating the idea of a hugely expensive-to-depict apocalyptic future in the viewer’s mind through dialogue and the few sequences set there. The film is a science-fiction classic for a reason; it’s excellent film-making not only in a science-fiction sense, but through a plain basic storytelling sense. The characters are relatable. The world is built up slowly, and Cameron never overwhelms the viewer with information. The film is a master-class in tension and restraint, with not only the Terminator himself built-up perfectly through the film’s slow escalation, but the worldbuilding and narrative similarly paced perfectly. I give it three and a half phase-plasma rifles in the 40 watt range, and a dollop of ice-cream. July 5, 2015 in Movie Reviews. ← Koyaanisqatsi (1982) Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1538
__label__cc	0.587124	0.412876	Dee Dee Myers and Leadership Lessons Learned - Finding Common Ground, Listening and Creating Real Change Задачи государственной политики в 21 веке Виргинский университет This course introduces class participants to the political significance and societal consequences of challenges facing U.S. and international policymakers. It is designed to help participants develop skills to analyze policy proposals and advocate for their preferred options for issues on the public policy agenda ahead. The class assumes basic knowledge about governing institutions and democratic processes, while recommending supplemental materials for further study to complement reading links provided. The course focuses on future policy challenges, while examining the broad historical context in which policies are adopted and implemented. As the course evaluates how issues are advanced by private sector interests, non-governmental organizations, and government policymakers, it examines how groups become effective policy advocates. Particular attention is paid to how winning coalitions are formed and how issue framing shapes the outcome of policy campaigns. The goal is neither to produce partisan talking points, nor to favor one governance philosophy over others. Rather it is to clarify the public policy challenges ahead and to enhance participants’ understanding of how policy options are adopted in the real world arena of contemporary politics. The course was refreshing in the way it made use of various public personalities to deliver lectures based on their personal and professional experiences. I highly recommend it. This course was extremely interesting and I am glad that the Frank Batten School of Public Policy and Leadership decided to have this course open to the general public. The Media and Changing Nature of Politics Clinton White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers explains issue framing, coalition building and how modern media in shapes public policy options. Student Introduction to Lecture with Dee Dee Myers1:08 Gerry Warburg Lecture Introduction to Dee Dee Myers5:44 Dee Dee Myers Career Path from Mondale to Clinton and Beyond4:46 Dee Dee Myers and the Evolution of Media in Politics8:53 Dee Dee Myers and the Political Environment Today9:23 Dee Dee Myers and Leadership Lessons Learned - Finding Common Ground, Listening and Creating Real Change8:15 Dee Dee Myers Answers UVa Student Questions8:11 Dee Dee Myers Continues to Answer UVa Student Questions12:58 Gerry Warburg and Dee Dee Myers Post Lecture Discussion10:42 Professor Gerry Warburg Professor of Public Policy, Assistant Dean for External Affairs Выбор языкаАнглийскийАрабский I just want to talk about a, just a few of the kind of leadership lessons, that I think are applicable. Or that I've kind of observed over the years. And, you know, the thing about all sort of truths, is that they're not that complicated. The most important. I don't know if the most important. Maybe the most important aspect of leadership is listening. Right? That's not complicated. But when I was, I was you know, when I was at the White House Newt Greenwich was Speaker of the House. And he you know, lead the charge to impeach Bill Clinton. And so, he's not always been my favorite guy. But I was you know, I see him occasionally in the green room when I'm doing a TV show and I've gotten to be rather friendly with him. And one day he was talking about you know, sort of Bill Clinton's leadership and I was kind of sort of taken aback by that. I said what we know Mr. Speaker what, what is it about you know, President Clinton that you, that you admire? What is it about his leadership style that you think is more successful than the current president? And he said, Bill Clinton always, always, always was listening. He was always listening for that little piece of common ground, that little agreement where you could begin to make a deal. He said, you know we didn't agree on everything, but we always found something that we could agree on. And that's where you start a conversation. So, that's one element of listening. The other thing is, people need to feel like they are heard in order to be part of the conversation. And to feel invested in the solution. Even if you don't always agree with them and they feel like you have listened to them and heard their perspective. They're much more likely to join you and support you even if they're not 100% with you. And so, listening becomes incredibly important. One of the other, this has been, been another observation that's maybe a little counterintuitive. Which is that, you know, all out wins, big wins. Where one side wins and the other side loses can often be short-term. If you're going to make big change, you cannot. It, it often cannot be successful if you have a whole group of people who are invested in its failure. Okay and the Affordable Care Act maybe an example. So I hope I'm, I hope this is wrong, and, and history may prove that this is not an example. But you know, and again, Patrick, Daniel Patrick Moynihan and others have often said that when you make big policy changes. You, you shouldn't do those things 51, 49, or whatever the equivalent is in the Senate now, 60, 40. That you need to, you need to do them 75, 80, 85 to, to a small minority. And you need to get to a place where most people can agree so that they're invested in the success of those big programs. Those big social changes which take generations to really take root and to be successful and to prove successful. And they need, and they all of them invariably 100% of them, need to fixed and improved and changed. You know as the commanders as, as the generals in the, in the military will always say, no battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy. And the same thing is true in public policy. No program, no matter how thoughtfully conceived, no matter how hard people have worked to get it just right. Is ever going to survive first contact with reality. It needs to be changed. And if you have half of your political body invested in the success, the failure of your program,. How you do that? And we're seeing a lot of that around the ACA. Now I, I don't, I mean I don't know that President Obama, I don't think President Obama had a lot of alternatives right? He was going to pass healthcare reform in this environment. He wasn't going to do, there, there were no Republicans who willing at that point to get on board. We could have a long debate about maybe, you know, things went off the rails a little sooner and, and there should have been a way to do that. But I, But I'm not sure that that's true. Nonetheless, by the time it got, you get to passing a big, huge program like the ACA with no, no bipartisan support, no Republican support. You set up the dynamic which we're now living through. Which is one party is invested in killing it. And the other party is struggling to keep it alive. If the, you know, if, if it proves successful, if millions of people are able to sign up, as they have been. Get Affordable Care and that care turns out to be high quality and they're happy with it. Then that will be an exception to what I think is in fact a rule. That big change cannot be successful over the long term if you have half of the country invested in its value. So how do you get past that? And then one other thing that I think is, is, is an obvious. You know, it seems fairly obvious in, in, in this kind of m, m, m, m, generation that we're living in. And this is a in many ways an outgrowth of my book Why Women Should Rule the World. Where I looked a lot at the effects of, of women in leadership positions. That diverse groups of decision-makers make better decisions than groups that are homogeneous. And that's not just an opinion, there is a huge and growing body of academic research. And experience that suggests that that's true, that if you have. You know the five smartest people in the world and they all have basically the same experience. They went to the same kinds of schools. They came from the same kinds of neighborhoods. They you know, have done the same kind of work. Then they tend to get stuck in the same place. Right? And they don't see around the obstacles that present themselves. But if you have a diverse group of decision makers. If the, if people are, are from different points of view and different genders, different races, different cultures, different ages. Whatever the differences are, that you can spark a different kind of conversation. That people will find somebody will find a way around the obstacle. And so diversity is a full force multiplier. There's a professor, at the University of Michigan. And I'm going to forget this name, who has actually created something call The Diversity Theorem. It's a mathematical theory that actually proves why and how diverse decision makers make their decisions. So I think that is a very exciting, reality, right? That as we, we as a country become more diverse, as the world becomes more integrated. As people from, you know, different backgrounds first of all have access to the, to the tools that allow them to participate in the decision. And then are recognized to bring value. I think our ability to solve our problems you know, can, can, can, can grow in really important and, and, an, and dramatic ways. So those are just, I could talk for hours about, about other lessons of leaderships. And I hope, I hope if you guys have questions, that we can get into it more. But I think you guys come to this in a particularly challenging environment. Every generation, I say every generation has faced its challenges and it's and, and the obstacles and also the opportunities. As you sort of en, enter in to the policy world. Try to fix the myriad problems that the rest of us have created and failed to fix. But I do think that you guys have a, a, a greater challenge. And you're going to have to figure out not only how to solve the problems. But how to restore people's confidence in our collective ability in the government, and particular collective ability, to do that. The gap between what Republicans and Democrats think about the ability of government to, to, to serve. And, and, and, and, and to solve, i, i, is, is great, the cynicism about big institutions they said is, is, is, is substantial. You know, this sort of disaffection with politics and the political process is you know, you guys know it's, it's palpable. So you face you know, not only the big problems in increasingly complex world. But the big problems of a, of a tired, of a, of a country that's tired of the way things work. So you know, we're ready to turn it over to you. We can't wait for you to fix it. Hope you do, hope you rise to that challenge. Not every generation does. I hope you guys do. I hope you challenge me on that. And with that I want to say, you know, best of luck going forward. And I'm happy to take any questions that you all have. About anything we've talked about or anything we haven't talked about.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1545
__label__wiki	0.911394	0.911394	Saudi Forces Intercept Yemeni Rebel Drones Targeting Cities RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's air force intercepted and destroyed three Yemeni rebel drones before they could reach targets in the southern Saudi cities of Jizan and Abha, a military spokesman said Tuesday.Col. Tukri al-Maliki was quoted in the state-run Sau... Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet’s Session 2 Jeddah The Minister said that the Cabinet counted the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ranking second among the G20 countries, in terms of the amount of radio spectrum awarded to operators in globally identified frequency bands for public mobile telecommunication se... Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet’s Session Jeddah, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Tuesday afternoonAt the outset of the session, the King briefed the Cabinet on the results of KSrelief distributes 204 food baskets in Marib Governorate, Yemen Riyadh, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 204 food baskets to displaced people in Marib Governorate, Yemen, benefiting 1,224 individuals.This aid comes within the framework of humanitarian and relief assistance b... Acting Governor of Riyadh Region receives Chad’s Ambassador Riyadh, Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, Acting Governor of Riyadh Region, received here today the Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to the Kingdom Zakaria Fadoul Kitir.During the meeting, they discussed issues of common interest.Source:... Houthis target Saudi Jazan airport and the Arab Alliance announced the downing of two drone planes in the Yemeni airspace BAGHDAD, Forces of the Houthi group announced on Tuesday they targeted Jazan airport in southern Saudi Arabia.A spokesman for the Houthi forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sari, said in a statement issued on Monday evening that "the drone aircraft carried... Iraq, Saudi Arabia Inaugurate Ar’ar Border Crossing For Iraqi Pilgrims BAGHDAD, Iraq and Saudi Arabia inaugurated the Ar'ar border crossing on Tuesday to cross the first batch of pilgrims in the presence of the head of the Supreme Hajj and Umrah Authority Sheikh Khalid al-Attiyah and Saudi Ambassador Abdul Aziz Trump Says Iran ‘Can’t Test Missiles’ After Zarif Raises Idea of Talks WASHINGTON, President Donald Trump has responded to Iran's top diplomat raising the idea of talks about its missile program by saying Iran cannot test ballistic missiles that are seen by the U.S. as vehicles to carry nuclear bombs. Speaking to	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1549
__label__cc	0.695012	0.304988	Filtering by: Author Mannix, Brian F. Remove constraint Author: Mannix, Brian F. GW Unit Regulatory Studies Center Remove constraint GW Unit: Regulatory Studies Center Keyword Regulatory policy Remove constraint Keyword: Regulatory policy Why Does Benefit-Cost Analysis Seem Blind to Job Impacts? My chapter in a new book published this week, Does Regulation Kill Jobs?, explores some of the reasons why the human welfare metric, as it is typically calculated in a BCA, appears to be insensitive to the employment effects that loom so large in the perceptions of the public and its elected... Mannix, Brian F. Federal government, Commentaries, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, and Regulation Regulatory Studies Center The Social Cost of Foregoing Public Participation in the SCC The Department of Energy (“DOE”) is seeking public comment on whether it was appropriate to rely on an estimate of the “social cost of carbon” (“SCC”) in a final rulemaking without undergoing public comment. When DOE published a proposed rule to set energy efficiency standards for microwave ovens... Dudley, Susan E., Mannix, Brian F., and Miller, Sofie E. Federal government, Commentaries, Regulatory policy, Regulation, Public policy, and Regulatory studies Should Unfunded Regulatory Mandates Be Subject to Legislative Approval? Unfunded federal regulatory mandates on state, local, and tribal governments continue to present a fiscal challenge to those governments. Congress is considering several proposed amendments to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, or UMRA, to hold federal agencies more accountable for the costs they... Remembering Ed Clarke: How Can We Know the Benefits of Public Decisions? Ed Clarke, who passed away last week, was the first EPA Desk Officer in OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs when it was created in 1981. From the beginning, the EPA desk was OIRA’s liveliest, always contending with the most controversial regulatory decisions. But Ed was a wise... Federal government, Commentaries, Regulatory policy, Regulatory studies, Public policy, and Regulaliton A Personal Recollection of an Extraordinary Teacher, James Q. Wilson, 1931-2012 In 1977, as a second year student in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, I lived that nightmare of showing up for a final exam only to discover that something has gone inexplicably and horribly wrong. My professor was the political scientist James Q. Wilson, who died last Friday.... Commentary5 Mannix, Brian F.[remove]5 Dudley, Susan E.1 Miller, Sofie E.1 Regulatory Studies Center[remove]5 Commentaries5 Public policy5 Regulatory policy[remove]5 Regulatory studies5	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1552
__label__wiki	0.735735	0.735735	Premier League: Manchester City reclaim top spot, Guardiola urges team to win all remaining games Raheem Sterling scored twice as City rarely looked troubled despite having failed to beat Palace in their last two meetings. Apr 14, 2019 · 10:07 pm Raheem Sterling (L) was in good form again for City \| Reuters Manchester City took top spot from Liverpool with a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace on Sunday and manager Pep Guardiola insisted his team must keep the title race in their control by winning their remaining five Premier League games to retain the title. The English champions move a point ahead of Liverpool, who host Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday, with five games remaining for both sides. “We think Liverpool is able to win all the games,” said Guardiola. “In the Premier League the position is in our hands and we need to win all the games. “There is no other chance if we want to make back-to-back (titles).” Guardiola’s men had to see out a nervous finale at Selhurst Park to ramp up the pressure on Liverpool when Luka Milivojevic’s free-kick gave Palace hope of a dramatic comeback nine minutes from time. Instead, City broke to seal the three points on the counter-attack when the outstanding Kevin de Bruyne teed up Gabriel Jesus to make it 3-1. The trip to south London kicked off a massive week for City with Tottenham to visit the Etihad Stadium twice in the next six days for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final and a vital Premier League clash with implications for both the title and top four race. City must overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit against Spurs to progress to the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday. Yet, Guardiola’s starting line-up seemed stronger than the one he named in defeat to Mauricio Pochettino’s men in midweek. And he claimed he will be just as interested in Tiger Woods’s bid for Masters glory at Augusta as what happens at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. “Now is time to rest, take the bus. One ear for Liverpool-Chelsea, another one for the Masters, Tiger Woods and rest for next Wednesday,” added the Catalan coach. Sterling should have opened the scoring on 11 minutes when after a patient build-up, David Silva got to the by-line and picked out the England international, who somehow sliced wide with an open goal at his mercy from close range. After a similar sitter at Burnley last season, Guardiola quickly hooked Sterling in his frustration. However, Sterling showed his maturity and why he is a contender for player of the year awards by redeeming himself in emphatic fashion just four minutes later. A rare Palace foray forward left them exposed at the back and De Bruyne’s sensational through ball allowed Sterling to break clear before side-footing the ball high beyond Vicente Guaita. “The one at Burnley was worse,” added Guardiola with a smile. “Sometimes the most important action in our game is the next one. Sometimes you miss, but his reaction was positive. The pass from Kevin was outstanding, but the finishing from Sterling was incredible.” Palace inflicted City’s only home league defeat of the season with a shock 3-2 victory in December thanks in part to a wonder strike from Andros Townsend. But the hosts were camped in their own half and unable to spring a counter-attack for the pace of Townsend or Wilfried Zaha as City enjoyed over 75 percent possession in the first 45 minutes. A similar pattern continued after the break and City finally struck the killer blow just after the hour mark when Leroy Sane’s driven cross was turned home at the back post by Sterling. City had to withstand an aerial bombardment after Milivojevic’s free-kick from the edge of the box reduced the deficit to 2-1, but they made the game safe when substitute Jesus took his time before beating Guaita at his near post. I want people here to be happy: Man City manager Guardiola warns Sane amidst Bayern Munich links	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1558
__label__wiki	0.944125	0.944125	Google Walkout Organizers Accuse Company of Retaliation Last November's walkout sparked more than 20,000 Google employees to protest workplace harassment at the tech giant. Now the company is facing accusations that it's taken retaliatory measures against the walkout's organizers. Last November's massive walkout at Google protesting workplace sexual harassment was initially met by some support from the company's top brass. But now two employees behind the walkout claim that Google has begun to retaliate. On Monday, the two organizers, Claire Stapleton and Meredith Whittaker, posted a letter to the company's internal mailing list, accusing the tech giant of taking the retaliatory actions, according to Wired. Google allegedly punished Stapleton, a YouTube marketing manager, with a demotion and by pulling a project she was originally involved in. "My manager started ignoring me, my work was given to other people, and I was told to go on medical leave, even though I'm not sick," she said in the letter. "Only after I hired a lawyer and had her contact Google did management conduct an investigation and walked back my demotion, at least on paper. While my work has been restored, the environment remains hostile and I consider quitting nearly every day," Stapleton added. The same letter claims that Google is punishing Whittaker, an AI researcher, by pressuring her to scrap her ongoing work. Whittaker was also among the employees who protested Google's appointment of a conservative thinker to a company-sponsored AI advisory board, which it dissolved earlier this month. "Just after Google announced that it would disband its AI ethics council, I was informed my role would be changed dramatically," she said. "I'm told that to remain at the company I will have to abandon my work on AI ethics and the AI Now Institute, which I co-founded, and which has been doing rigorous and recognized work on these topics." The letter goes on accuse Google of retaliating against "several" walkout organizers, not just Stapleton and Whittaker. "Google has a culture of retaliation, which too often works to silence women, people of color, and gender minorities," the letter adds. "Retaliation isn't always obvious. It's often confusing and drawn out, consisting of icy conversations, gaslighting, project cancellations, transition rejections, or demotions." However, Google is denying that it ever engaged in retaliatory behavior against any employee. "We prohibit retaliation in the workplace, and investigate all allegations. Employees and teams are regularly and commonly given new assignments, or reorganized, to keep pace with evolving business needs," a Google spokesperson said in an email. "There has been no retaliation here." Nevertheless, both Stapleton and Whittaker plan on organizing a response. According to their letter, the two will be hosting a "Retaliation Town Hall" this Friday so that employees can share stories about any alleged retaliatory incidents at Google.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1559
__label__cc	0.602389	0.397611	SECO & County EOCs Prepare for Hurricane Irma SECO Energy serves almost 200,000 members in Sumter, Lake, Marion, Citrus and in small parts of Levy, Hernando and Pasco Counties in Central Florida. Currently, no mandatory evacuations are in effect for the counties SECO serves, but Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) activated and are open to assist the public throughout Central Florida. Sumter County: EOC Citizens’ Hotline is 352-689-4400. Shelters will be opening and schools are releasing early on Friday. Lake County: EOC Citizens’ Hotline is 352-253-9999. Nine shelters are now open and schools are releasing early Friday and are closed Monday. Marion County: EOC Citizens’ Hotline is 352-369-7500. Shelters are open only for Marion County residents – no host shelters available. Schools are closed on Friday and Monday. Citrus County: No Citizens’ Hotline open. No school closures or shelters have been determined at the time of this release. Floridians can access www.floridadisaster.org/shelters for shelter information by county, including general population shelters, pet-friendly shelters and special needs shelters. As of Thursday afternoon, Hurricane Irma is maintaining its Category 5 intensity and wind speeds of 175 miles per hour. Irma continues its west-northwestward path at 16 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center predicts Irma will make landfall in south Florida early Sunday morning. SECO members will likely feel Irma’s effects late this weekend and early next week. SECO’s service area will likely experience tropical storm force winds, torrential rains and the possibility of tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Irma. Members should be prepared for the possibility of lengthy power outages. Gather your emergency supplies and if you plan on running a portable or backup generator, now is the time to test that it is working properly and you have an adequate supply of fuel. Never use a portable generator in an enclosed area. Generators emit carbon monoxide gas that is a silent, odorless killer. Visit SECO’s website for storm preparation tips and to view an emergency checklist. Members with smartphones and tablets should bookmark SECO’s Storm Center for easy outage reporting and updates. SECO’s emergency restoration plan determines the system’s restoration priority of each affected feeder. Essential services such as hospitals, shelters, schools and government agencies are the highest priority. Line repairs that will restore power to large groups of members are next, and then individual electric services in less populated areas. To avoid scams and dangers, do not accept restoration assistance from someone who is asking for payment on the spot and is not a SECO employee or contractor. Under no circumstances would SECO ask for payment in the field during a storm restoration event. Do not attempt to reconnect services yourself. SECO’s employees are Storm Ready and waiting to respond if outages occur. As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, SECO is dedicated to being our members’ first source for accurate storm information. “Like” SECO’s Facebook page and “follow” the company on Twitter to stay updated about storms affecting our area.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1561
__label__cc	0.616938	0.383062	Home » Cars » Citroen C5 Aircross – new SUV debuts in Shanghai Citroen C5 Aircross – new SUV debuts in Shanghai In 2017 Shanghai Motor Show, Cars, Citroën, International News / By Jonathan Lee / 18 April 2017 6:16 pm / 5 comments Copyright William CROZES @ AUTOMOBILES CITROËN Citroën has revealed the first details and photos of the new C5 Aircross SUV. The production version of the Aircross concept will make its debut at tomorrow’s 2017 Auto Shanghai show, with sales kicking off in China in the second half of the year. Europeans will have to wait quite a lot longer for it, however, as it will only go on sale there at the end of 2018. Looking at the finished product, the influences of the show car are clear to see, although it lacks the strong stance and massive wheels of the concept. At the front sit distinctive dual-tier headlights and grille, plus triple air intakes lower down for a more aggressive look. Moving back, the blacked out A- and D-pillars provide a floating roof look, while the side windows are framed by C-shaped chrome trim pieces that echo the concept. Bumps low down on the rockers, similar to the Airbumps on Citroën’s other crossover, the C4 Cactus, protects against dings and scratches. William CROZES@AUTOMOBILES CITROËN At the rear, the four-chamber tail lights are a touch reminiscent of the Mercedes-Benz GLA, but apart from that it’s fairly distinctive, with a large rear valence coming with twin integrated tailpipes. Completing the look are the 19-inch two-tone alloy wheels shown here. A horizontal dashboard design greets you as your step inside, giving a greater sense of width. Fitted to it are vertical air vents, a 12.3-inch digital instrument display and an eight-inch central touchscreen, plus a wide and tall centre console that provides the front occupants with a cocooned feel. Citroën claims the “soft and warm materials” enhance the sense of protection and comfort. The C5 Aircross is built on the PSA Group’s EMP2 platform, and will have a wheelbase spanning 2.73 metres – putting it smack in the middle between the Peugeot 3008 (2.68 metres) and the seven-seater 5008 (2.84 metres). Under the skin is what Citroën terms the “Progressive Hydraulic Cushions” suspension – although whether it’s a proper hydraulic setup like the company’s larger offerings of yore remains to be seen. Safety-wise, there are features such as Active Safety Brake, Active Lane Departure Warning and Adaptive Cruise Control that will go all the way down to a standstill. Also fitted is Hill Active Descent Control, as well as Grip Control that provides a modicum of off-road capability using the stability control system. Citroën has not detailed the powertrains that will be made available, but expect the company’s latest engines, including the ubiquitous Prince 1.6 litre THP turbo four-cylinder petrol mill, a 1.2 litre PureTech turbo petrol three-pot and a 1.6 litre BlueHDi turbodiesel; a plug-in hybrid model will also feature. Transmission options should include a six-speed manual and a new eight-speed automatic. The C5 Aircross won’t be the only member of the Aircross family – Geneva’s C-Aircross concept previews another crossover, badged the C3 Aircross and positioned under the C4 Cactus. Research Citroen Cars at Citroen DS5 RM 198,888 Citroen DS7 Crossback RM 199,888 2005 Citroen C4 1.6 2018 DS Automobiles DS5 NEW Citroen 2019 Citroen Grand C4 Spacetourer MPV Citroen DS3 1.6 VTi 120 Peugeot 208 Ford Fiesta LOW MILAGE FULL SERVICE RECORD After trying to pursue a career in product design, Jonathan Lee decided to make the sideways jump into the world of car journalism instead. He therefore appreciates the aesthetic appeal of a car, but for him, the driving experience is still second to none. Kinte so jealous on Apr 18, 2017 at 6:23 pm Classic and elegance MTA on Apr 19, 2017 at 5:54 pm New vw tiguan front ducatiscrambler on Apr 18, 2017 at 9:09 pm Wouldn’t mind having a rebadged Citroen with a Proton badge on it. Please Proton get your shit together. john on Apr 18, 2017 at 11:56 pm U like constant breakdowns, long stay in workshop waiting for parts, and bad RV, or even no 2nd dealer wanna take when futilely trying to dispose it? Semi-Value (Member) on Apr 18, 2017 at 11:54 pm im not even mad, this is awesome Previous Post: Qoros akan memperkenalkan Model K-EV di Shanghai Next Post: Mercedes-Benz Concept A Sedan officially revealed	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1574
__label__cc	0.500922	0.499078	Samsung Android Go smartphone won’t likely run stock Android Sovan Mandal Several images of the first Android Go smartphones from Samsung has emerged and from what seems evident, the devices won’t likely be running stock Android as was beign speculated. Instead, the images revealed the smartphone running Android Go apps installed. As a refresher, the Android Go apps are designed to be a lot less demanding on the hardware. That makes it capable of running on even devices with sparce specifications, thereby making such devices offer almost a perfect Android experience on even ultra budget handsets. Not much else is known of the upcoming Android Go smartphones from Samsung though rumour has it that it might be named as the Samsung Galaxy J2 Core. SamMobile further reported that the new phones will come pre-installed with Samsung’s Smart Manager app that used to be the standard fare on all of Samsung’s smartphones before 2016. That said, the intended functionality would still be the same as on any other of the company’s latest smartphones. What is a surety with the new Galaxy J2 Core is that it would run Android 8.1 given that that version is the least that you can have while still supporting Android Go apps. The security patch on board the device will be the same as from December 5, 2017 and it remains to be seen if the latest security patch is made available once the device gets officially launched. Specifications that the device will come with is also anybody’s guess at the moment though given that it would be running Android Go apps, those will hardly be exciting enough. The device will also come with on-screen navigation controls, as has been revealed in the pictures that has been leaked online. The lack of the physical capacitive buttons might also be another reason for the display to not have any size restrictions though there isn’t a surety if the phones will come with infinity displays. The price of the phones is also a mystery as of now though what is a surety is that its going to be in the ultra low cost price range. More details are awaited. Xiaomi Redmi 7 Review – A Solid Value for Money Smartphone Redmi Y3 Review- Made for selfie lovers! Infinix Hot 7 Pro Review – Best triple camera phone under 10K	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0073.json.gz/line1575

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