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Viscosity of liquids: Aliphatic alcohols, glycols and glycerol.
ESDU 06006 tabulates the viscosity of 20 straight chain alkan-1-ols, 6 straight chain alkan-2-ols, 3 straight chain alkan-3-ols, 8 branched chain alkanols, 9 straight chain alkanediols, 2 branched chain alkanediols, 3 polyethylene glycols and glycerol at saturation pressure, for temperatures from close to the melting point to approximately 0.9 of the critical temperature. Experimental data extracted from the literature were fitted by an equation for the logarithm of dynamic viscosity as a function of reduced temperature. The equation contains four constants and the values determined for them are tabulated for each compound. The constants were chosen in such a way that within each compound group (homologous series), their values varied progressively throughout the series and, simultaneously, provided acceptable fits to any reliable data. Viscosities are tabulated at 10 K and 10 degree Celsius intervals, together with an assessment of the uncertainty in each value. The sources of the data for each compound are listed, and the critical temperature is given. It is noted that viscosity increases by 1 per cent for a pressure increase of 1 MPa, and an equation is suggested for calculating the effect of pressure up to 50 MPa. A full bibliography is given of the sources consulted.
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Marvel's Defenders Look Pretty Exhausted in This First Teaser
Or maybe they just don't want to be seen with Iron Fist.
By Emma Dibdin
With all four of their solo shows now available to watch on Netflix, Marvel's Defenders are together on screen at last—and having about as much fun as you'd expect.
A newly released teaser for the upcoming team-up series shows our heroes—Charlie Cox's Daredevil/Matt Murdock, Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones, Mike Colter's Luke Cage, and Finn Jones's Iron Fist/Danny Rand—standing in an elevator looking exhausted. Once Jessica notices that they're under surveillance in "Midland Circle Security Elevator B," she cuts the camera, either for stealth reasons or just because she doesn't want to be seen with Jones's less-than-beloved Danny Rand.
The timecode in the upper right corner of the video keeps ticking until the feed cuts, ending at 8:18:20:17. Since August 18 just happens to be a Friday this year—aka the day of the week on which Netflix always releases its new originals—this feels like a covert release date announcement. Marvel's The Defenders: probably coming to Netflix on August 18, 2017.
Emma Dibdin Contributor Emma Dibdin writes about television, movies, and podcasts, with coverage including opinion essays, news posts, episodic reviews and in-depth interviews with creatives.
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Liverpool John Moores University (22.5.2012)
London School of Economics and Political Science (15.12.2010)
London South Bank University (LSBU) (26.11.2013)
Loughborough University (15.12.2010)
Manchester Metropolitan University (26.11.2013)
Newcastle University (7.9.2010)
Northumbria University (19.1.2013)
Nottingham Trent University (19.1.2013)
Oxford Brookes University (22.5.2012)
Plymouth University (5.9.2011)
Portsmouth University (22.5.2013)
Queen Margaret University Edinburgh (7.9.2010)
Queen Mary University of London (27.1.2012)
Queen’s University Belfast (27.1.2012)
Royal Veterinary College (27.1.2012)
Scottish Funding Council (22.5.2012)
Sheffield Hallam University (19.1.2013)
SOAS University of London (22.5.2012)
St George's University of London (26.11.2013)
Swansea University (15.12.2010)
Teesside University (22.5.2013)
The Open University (19.1.2013)
University College London (26.11.2013)
University of Aberdeen (15.12.2010)
University of Bath (5.9.2011)
University of Bedfordshire (22.5.2013)
University of Birmingham (5.9.2011)
University of Brighton (27.1.2012)
University of Bristol (15.12.2010)
University of Cambridge (15.12.2010)
University of Central Lancashire (5.9.2011)
University of Chester (19.1.2013)
University of Cumbria (26.2.2016)
University of Dundee (5.9.2011)
University of East Anglia (3.9.2012)
University of Edinburgh (7.9.2010)
University of Essex (1.5.2014)
University of Exeter (7.9.2010)
University of Glasgow (15.12.2010)
University of Greenwich (19.1.2013)
University of Hertfordshire (15.12.2010)
University of Huddersfield (5.9.2011)
University of Hull (27.1.2012)
University of Kent (22.5.2013)
University of Leeds (15.12.2010)
University of Leicester (5.9.2011)
University of Liverpool (5.9.2011)
University of Manchester (5.9.2011)
University of Nottingham (5.9.2011)
University of Oxford (27.1.2012)
University of Reading (7.9.2010)
University of Salford (7.9.2010)
University of Sheffield (3.9.2012)
University of South Wales (26.11.2013)
University of Southampton (27.1.2012)
University of St Andrews (22.5.2012)
University of Stirling (5.9.2011)
University of Strathclyde (5.9.2011)
University of Sunderland (26.11.2013)
University of Suffolk (15.6.2017)
University of Surrey (27.1.2012)
University of Sussex (22.5.2013)
University of Ulster (19.1.2013)
University of Warwick (19.1.2013)
University of West England (27.1.2012)
University of the West of Scotland (1.6.2016)
University of Westminster (26.2.2016)
University of Winchester (1.6.2016)
University of Wolverhampton (22.5.2012)
University of Worcester (1.6.2016)
University of York (7.9.2010)
HRS4R New Application Modalities
Please note that as of 15 May 2018, ALL institutions interested to initiate the application for the "HR Excellence in Research Award" shall use the HRS4R E-tool - the European Commission's official platform, facilitating the management of the HRS4R process.
Enrolment in the HRS4R is voluntary and non-binding.
HRS4R implies a long-term commitment throughout many years, including joint efforts and coordination with various internal and external stakeholders. It is nevertheless a rewarding process as it ensures institution's transition from progress to quality, in terms of the implementation of the 40 principles of the Charter and Code.
For detailed information regarding the application process, please consult the technical guidelines below. Further questions should be addressed to the functional mailbox RTD-CHARTER@ec.europa.eu
Download the Technical Guidelines for the Initial Phase (1.95 MB)
HRS4R E-tool – Access Elements
Once an institution makes a decision to endorse the C&C and apply for the "HR Excellence in Research Award", it must secure access to the HRS4R E-Tool.
In order to access the HRS4R E-Tool, interested institution need an organisation account on EURAXESS. Registration and membership are free of charge.
Organisation has to assign a contact person to be granted the role of HRS4R Organisation Administrator (Admin). Only this designated person will have access to the HRS4R E-tool to upload data and to be the interface with the European Commission, on behalf of the institution, regarding the HRS4R process.
How to register an organisation account on EURAXESS
1 Register an individual EURAXESS member account
If you do not already have an EURAXESS account, you can:
Navigate to https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/
Click on the “LOGIN/REGISTER” menu item
Perform the steps under the “Create new account” section
After performing the steps, you will receive an email with a link to the EURAXESS portal where you have to complete a form.
2 Register an organisation
Once you have your individual member credentials, log in into the MY EURAXESS section and click the button ''I want to register an organisation''.
The details of the newly created organisation will be checked by the Help Desk to avoid duplicate registrations of the same institution. Once the organisation is approved, you will be informed by email and you can proceed with the next steps.
Normally registration requests are treated within the same working day.
3 Fill in the organisation profile details on EURAXESS
From MY EURAXESS dashboard, select from the left-hand side of the menu the section called "Organisation" and fill in the fields required.
How to be granted the role of the HRS4R Organisation Administrator
Please note that in order to be granted the HRS4R Admin role, your organisation should be first registered as an EURAXESS member. The following rules also apply:
The domain of your email must be in the URL of the organisation.
Only one user per organisation can be granted the role.
Request the role of HRS4R Organisation Administrator using the button below:
HRS4R Organisation Admin
How to create an application for the HR award in the HRS4R E-TOOL
The HRS4R designated admin for the organisation account on EURAXESS will access the MY EURAXESS dashboard, the HRS4R section, and by clicking on the yellow button "Create a case & apply for the HR Award" will be able to fill in the required tasks of this stage.
Initial Phases – tasks, responsibilities and timelines
Endorsement of the Charter & Code and submission of the Endorsement Letter
The letter should clearly express that the institution is committed to start the procedure and will undergo all subsequent cycles of the implementation phases.
The institution can use own text and format to draft the commitment letter, however the below elements should be considered as mandatory requirements:
The letter should be written in English.
The letter should be signed by the current highest management representative within the organisation.
The letter should be recently dated (not older than 12 months before submission).
The letter should clearly state both the endorsement of the 40 principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, as well as the commitment to implement the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R).
The pdf version of the endorsement letter will have to be uploaded in the HRS4R E-TOOL and submitted to the European Commission for review.
Check the examples of endorsement letters published in the Policy Library or read the Technical Guidelines (1.95 MB) for more details.
Gap-Analysis, OTM-R and Action Plan Design
After the receipt of the confirmation letter by the European Commission, the institution has 12 months to fill in the Gap Analysis, the OTM-R and the Action Plan templates in the HRS4R E-tool. Check/Download the templates and read the Technical Guidelines (1.95 MB) for more details. Should you encounter difficulties, please contact the functional mailbox: RTD-CHARTER@ec.europa.eu.
GAP Analysis - Process (15.98 KB)
GAP Analysis Overview (17.07 KB)
OTM-R Checklist (17.13 KB)
Action Plan (83 KB)
After the successful submission of the "HR Excellence in Research" award application, the institution proceeds to the next level of the process, which consists of two separate steps:
The administrative eligibility check of the application
It is performed by the European Commission and it is intended to validate an application in terms of its compliance with the application procedure. The check has nothing to do with the quality of the data provided, but with the quality of application as a whole, as suitable or not for assessment.
The institution will be informed if the application is compliant and has passed the administrative eligibility check within 4 weeks after submission.
If the application is considered non-compliant, the institution will be required to update it based on the feedback provided by the European Commission, within 2 months.
The assessment of the application
It happens only if an application has passed the administrative eligibility check.
It is performed by a team of 3 experts/individual peer reviewers who are selected by the European Commission in a transparent process, based on several criteria, such as personal competence, geographical distribution (from three different countries other than the applicant institution).
The experts use standard templates and criteria for all applications in order to ensure fair treatment is offered to all institutions.
One of the 3 individual peer reviewers is assigned the role of lead-assessor and will prepare the commonly agreed consensus report integrating the input provided in the individual assessments.
The institution will have access to the consensus report within 3 months aDownload the been communicated as positive.
Download the Technical Guidelines for the Initial Phase (1.95 MB) for more details or browse the standard forms used for assessment in order to get insight into specific requirements and needs:
Initial Assessment - Individual Report (135 KB)
Initial Assessment - Consensus Report (164 KB)
Granting of the "HR Award"
The outcome of the assessment is officially announced via email (the email address provided as contact when completing the first step of the application process), where the "HR Excellence in Research" emblem is also attached, together with the branding guidelines. Experts' comments and recommendations can be found in the detailed consensus report which can be found in the HRS4R Organisation Admin's dashboard.
From this moment on, the institution can use the "HR Excellence in Research" emblem associated to its name on the institution's website, on social media, on marketing materials and collaterals, etc. in order to promote its stimulating and favourable work environment for researchers.
As a EURAXESS member institution, the award emblem will be activated on the EURAXESS portal as well. Every time the institution will publish a vacancy on EURAXESS, the "HR Excellence in Research" icon will appear next to its name.
The institution will be also listed on the EURAXESS portal under the header of "HR Acknowledged Institutions" together with a link to your HR Strategy published on the institution's website.
After the “HR Excellence in Research Award” is granted, the participating organisation must document progress and quality of the actions and accompanying measures (such as embedding the HRS4R process into their current policies and practices).
The organisation must submit to the European Commission an Internal Review on how its Action Plan has been implemented. The first Internal Review must take place within 24 months after the award was acknowledged (for Interim Assessment). The second Internal Review will be performed within 36 months after the outcome of the Interim Assessment. The HRS4R process will continue in a cyclical way, with new Internal Reviews every 36 months for Award Renewal (alternating the organisation of site visits).
Starting 20 September 2018, ALL institutions enrolled in the Implementation and Award Renewal processes of the HRS4R procedure can use the HRS4R E-tool for reporting purposes.
What phase is your institution in?
Check the specific process flows for details about responsibilities and timelines.
Internal Review for Interim Assessment Internal Review for Award Renewal
Preparing the Internal Review for the Implementation or Award Renewal Phase?
Secure your access to the HRS4R E-Tool.
The purpose of the Internal Review is two-fold. It allows the participating organisation to assess own activity and report on the status of achievement for each of the actions previously planned, alter actions or timing of actions if necessary, also to create new actions for the upcoming years.
If the deadline for the Internal Review is approaching (at least 3 months before), the institution should contact RTD-Charter@ec.europa.eu for assistance regarding access to the HRS4R E-tool and online management of the reporting process.
How to access the HRS4R E-Tool?
You will receive assistance from the RTD CHARTER team at the European Commission in order to have a smooth and quick transition of your institution’s application files from paper to digital, in the HRS4R E-Tool. Whenever you encounter difficulties throughout the process, you can send an email for clarifications to RTD-CHARTER@ec.europe.eu.
When sending an email to RTD Charter, please make sure you mention the full name of your institution, country, case number in the HRS4R E-Tool (if applicable), contact person and the exact stage in the HRS4R process.
In order to access the HRS4R E-Tool, interested institution needs an organisation account on EURAXESS. Registration and membership are free of charge.
You can find step-by-step details on how to perform the above on the HRS4R webpage or in the Technical Guidelines for the Initial Phase (1.95 MB) published on EURAXESS
Where to find the Internal Review form for Interim Assessment/Award Renewal in the HRS4R E-tool?
Once you have secured your access to the HRS4R E-tool and you have been granted the role of HR Organisation Admin, please consider the below:
a) Create an HRS4R case for the institution as if it were a newcomer to the process:
The application is launched in the HRS4R E-Tool the moment you fill in the first task of the Initial Phase - Endorsement of the C&C, which consists in the upload of the pdf version of the endorsement letter and the indication of the contact persons in charge of and engaging the institution in the HR process.
N.B: You should upload in the system the version of the endorsement letter provided by the institution to the European Commission the moment it initially enrolled in the process.
Please consult the Technical Guidelines for the Initial Phase (1.95 MB) if you need more details on how to proceed.
b) You receive from the European Commission a confirmation email including a case number assigned to your institution in terms of the HRS4R project.
c) The European Commission will collect all the files already provided by your institution part of the application and acknowledgement of the “HR Award” (the Gap-Analysis, the OTM-R checklist, the initial Action Plan, the assessment consensus report) and will upload them as pdfs in the HRS4R E-Tool, thus helping your institution to cover the rest of the tasks of the Initial Phase and be able to move quickly to the Implementation Phase to report on the Internal Review.
The European Commission will confirm by email once the files are uploaded in the tool and the HRS4R Organisation Admin can start filling in the Internal Review.
d) The institution’s HRS4R Admin will log in to the EURAXESS account and through MY EURAXESS dashboard will have access to the HRS4R E-TOOL in order to manage the reporting process.
The click on the corresponding tabs of the phase - “Implementation Phase” (for Interim Assessment) and similarly Award Renewal will illustrate as below the next task with the status “Pending” and the corresponding deadline.
The Internal Review file can be easily accessed at a click away.
How to fill in the Internal Review forms in the HRS4R E-Tool?
The Internal Review template to be used for the reporting in the HRS4R E-Tool is similar in structure to the one filled in for the initial action plan and comprises four separate parts:
1. Organisational information
This section is intended to illustrate the larger context in which the institution performs, its structure, its impact upon the communities it serves, as well as the resources leveraged. There are two categories of data required:
• Staff indicators to be presented as full-time positions (FTEs), and
• Budget and funding, if applicable, to be expressed as amounts in euro.
The institution must also provide a description of the “Organisational Profile”.
2. Strengths and weaknesses of the current practice
In this section, the institution must provide an overview of its current state and practice under the four thematic headings of the C&C (Ethical and Professional aspects, Recruitment and Selection, Working Conditions and Social Security, Training and Development). Information on current practices related to OTM-R should be also included here.
We strongly recommend elaborating on both strengths and weaknesses (although there is only one text block provided for both), as they will highlight the institution's rationale for setting and implementing actions.
Click on the name of each of the four thematic headings of the Charter & Code to open the editor and provide your answers. There will be several text blocks for each heading:
Strengths and weaknesses (expressed in the Initial Phase for the application to the award),
Strengths and weaknesses at Internal Review for the Interim Assessment/Award Renewal.
N.B. The institutions enrolled in the HRS4R E-Tool at the Implementation /Award Renewal Phase will have to fill in only the text block regarding the “Strengths and weaknesses” at their current phase.
If the institution is willing to provide more information about the way the strengths and weaknesses context evolved or changed from the Initial to the Implementation/Award Renewal phase, there is a “Remarks” section within each of the tabs corresponding to the four headings of the C&C that can be used for this purpose.
The institution is also required to provide answers to specific questions regarding the way the organisation has operated after the acknowledgement of the ‘HR Award’. A text block is offered for the following questions, with the indication to elaborate the reply in maximum 500 words for each of them:
Have any of the priorities for the short- and medium term changed?
Have any of the circumstances in which your organisation operates, changed and as such have had an impact on your HR strategy?
Are any strategic decisions under way that may influence the action plan?
3. Actions
For the third section of the Internal Review – Actions, the institution has to report on the status of achievement for each of the actions planned in the previous phase, alter actions or timing of actions if necessary, also to add new actions to be implemented in the next 36 months, after the Interim /Award Renewal Assessment:
a. Establish the status of achievement of the actions already planned:
The Actions section of the Internal Review form will be empty, in the sense that the institution will not find automatically imported the list of actions set in the initial phase (as it is the case of the institutions which have used the e-tool for the application to the ‘HR Award’).
In order to report on the status of achievement, the institution will have to fill in first the actions set in the previous action plan, with the details provided at that time (the gap they address, timing, responsible unit, indicators (KPIs), etc. If the status is “In progress” or “Extended”, the institution has to update the timing of achievement.
An action can address multiple gap principles. The “Select principle” menu will provide the opportunity to quickly select from the 40 principles of the C&C the one(s) the action addresses. The status of achievement will be set using the four options of the “Current Status”, as below. Details on the implementation process, difficulties or challenges encountered can be added in the “Remarks” column.
A list of the Gap principles not selected in any action is provided in order to facilitate planning and keeping an easier track of the principles that have to be addressed throughout the implementation and award renewal process.
b. Add new actions to the action plan for the next 36 months:
Once you have finalised the self-assessment regarding the status of achievement of the actions previously planned, you can proceed with adding new actions to be further implemented in the next 36 months.
The institution can customise planning based on its own priorities and creativity. There is the possibility to add as many new actions as needed. The click on “Add another row” will create a new field in the form for the addition of a new action, the Gap principle it addresses, the timing of implementation, the responsible unit and the KPI(s). For the new actions, the “Current Status” will be “New”.
There must always exist a match between the gaps identified in the Gap Analysis at Initial Phase and the actions planned in such a way as make sure all gaps are addressed throughout the HRS4R process, based on the institution’s own priorities and tactics.
Find details on how to plan actions on the EURAXESS website or in the Technical Guidelines for the Initial Phase (1.95 MB)
N.B. The institution must publish on the website the extended version of the reviewed/improved action plan/HR Strategy (including the OTM-R policy, as a mandatory requirement for the Award Renewal Assessment).
4. Implementation/Embedding the HRS4R process
This section must include information on how the HRS4R was implemented and embedded inside the institution through working groups, alignment with HR policies/internal mechanisms, etc.
Besides describing the overall implementation process in a free text field, there is also a mandatory checklist with questions to answer, as below. The answer to each question should be detailed in maximum 500 words.
Should the same answer be applicable to more than one question, please state clearly if this is the case instead of duplicating replies.
If needed, the institution can also add details on the implementation process in an additional text block created specifically on this purpose.
Do I have to fill in the OTM-R checklist at this stage?
If the institution has not made its self-assessment against the OTM-R checklist at the Initial Phase (per the strengthened HRS4R in force since January 2017), it will have an additional task to perform for the Interim/Award Renewal Assessment (see details on the EURAXESS website or Technical Guidelines for the Initial Phase (1.95 MB) .
The Actions form also includes a dedicated section to OTM-R policy and practices.Although there may be some overlap with a range of the actions already planned as emerged from the Gap Analysis, the institution must provide a short commentary demonstrating the implementation of the OTM-R policies and practices, since the acknowledgement of the ‘HR Award’ to the moment of the Internal Review. The institution will have to make the link between the OTM-R checklist and the overall action plan in a free text section.
Publication of the reviewed HR strategy/action plan and OTM-R policy
The reviewed Action Plan/HR strategy must be published in English and in an easily accessible location on the organization’s website. The URL to the corresponding webpage must be included in the Action Plan template on the HRS4R E-Tool.
If the organization already has a recruitment strategy which implements the principles of Open, Transparent and Merit-Based Recruitment, it must also provide the web link where this strategy can be found on the organization’s website, if the location is different than the one where the reviewed HR Strategy is located.
N.B. Please be aware that your OTM-R policy should be ‘embedded’ into the institutional HR strategy at the renewal phase at the latest.
External Assessment – description, timeline
After the successful submission of the Internal Review using the HRS4R E-Tool, the institution proceeds to the next level of the process, which consists of two separate steps:
The administrative eligibility check of the application – performed by the EC
The administrative eligibility check is intended to validate an application in terms of its compliance with the application procedure (i.e. all formal requirements are met; i.e. templates are completed in the HRS4R E-tool: the OTM-R Checklist was also filled in by the institutions which joined the process before 2017 when the strengthened procedure entered into force; i.e. templates contain sufficient information for the application to be further assessed, etc). The check has nothing to do with the quality of the data provided, but with the quality of the application as a whole, as suitable or not for the interim assessment.
The institution will be informed if the application is compliant and has passed the administrative eligibility check within four weeks after submission.
If the application is considered non-compliant, the institution will be required to update it based on the feedback provided by the EC. In this case, the institution's task is moved backwards on the process flow and the templates of the initial application can be further edited.
If required to make changes in the application templates, the institution will have to resubmit the updated version of the application within two months, after it receives the outcome of the administrative eligibility check.
The assessment of the application – performed by a group of external experts/individual peer reviewers.
The assessment of the application is the second step of the External Assessment phase and can only be initiated if an application has passed the administrative eligibility check.
Each application will be assessed by three experts/individual peer reviewers, ideally the same involved in the previous assessment phase(s).
The experts use standard templates and criteria for all applications in order to ensure fair treatment for all institutions.
N.B: The template used by the individual assessors can be downloaded from the Policy Library. It is strongly recommended to look into it carefully before submitting the Internal Review, in order to make sure every specific requirement has been considered.
At this stage, progress and quality of the actions and accompanying measures (such as embedding the HRS4R process) are assessed by the experts.
The assessment at this stage consists of a detailed assessment followed by recommendations.
External Assessment - Outcome and next steps
Interim Assessment – outcome and next steps
One of the three individual peer reviewers responsible for the interim assessment of your institution’s file will be assigned the role of lead-assessor and will prepare the commonly agreed consensus report integrating the input provided in the individual assessments.
The consensus report is the official feedback that the institution will receive in terms of their specific Internal Review. It is also based on a standard template, and it includes customised recommendations regarding the implementation of the HRS4R procedure.
The outcome of the assessment is officially announced via email (the email address provided as contact when completing the first step of the application process in the HRS4R E-Tool).
The institution will have access to the consensus report within three months after the confirmation of the administrative eligibility check.
The institution is not in jeopardy of losing the "HR Award" but receives important recommendations on how to continue the implementation of the revised action plan for the next 36 months. At this stage, the assessors might also issue a warning in case the institution is not deemed to sufficiently progress or if there is a lack of evidence.
Check the next task – Internal Review for Award Renewal.
Award Renewal Assessment – outcome and next steps
The outcome of the assessment is officially announced via email (the email address provided as contact when completing the first step of the application process in the HRS4R E-Tool). The institution will have access to the consensus report within three months after the confirmation of the administrative eligibility check.
In case a site visit is organised part of the assessment process, please note that the period may be longer.
The general assessment, provided as part of the consensus report, indicates whether the institution was granted the renewal of the ‘HR award. Three outcomes may be possible:
The application meets the criteria and the EC renews the ‘HR award’.
The experts may comment on the submission asking for future focus on a particular aspect/criterion, if appropriate. For example, they may say that they would like to see something addressed in the longer term but acknowledge that the submission meets the criteria for Award Renewal.
Accepted pending minor modifications
The institution broadly meets the criteria, but the external assessors have some concerns/questions about specific areas, in which case the institution is moved backwards on the HRS4R process flow in order to reflect on the feedback and act upon it.
The institution should consider for immediate action the recommendations mentioned as mandatory in order to have the award renewed. The other recommendations can be addressed during the next phase of the HRS4R process.
The institution is required to update the documentation in the HRS4R E-tool and resubmit the application for review within two months.
The assessors will review only how the institution has followed up on their feedback, which is why it is strongly recommended to act upon the specific recommendations and clearly detail the actions in the revised application.
N.B: Special attention is needed when resubmitting the revised application as only one resubmission is allowed at this stage.
Should the institution face difficulties in complying with the deadline, there is always the possibility to ask for a deadline extension provided that the deadline is not overdue. The request should be made in the HRS4R E-tool and must be previously accepted by the EC. The extension is offered only once, and it is standard for all institutions (one month from the previously set deadline).
Declined (major revisions)
The institution does not meet the criteria to have the ‘HR award’ renewed and is required to make the appropriate changes taking into account the recommendations of the assessors. In this case the institution is moved backwards on the HRS4R process flow in order to implement what is requested.
The institution is required to update the documentation in the HRS4R E-tool and resubmit the revised application for review within 12 months.
N.B: Special attention is needed when resubmitting the revised application as only two resubmissions are allowed at this stage.
Should the institution face difficulties in complying with the deadline, there is always the possibility to ask for a deadline extension provided that the deadline is not overdue. The request should be made in the HRS4R E-tool and must be previously accepted by the EC. The extension is offered only once and it is standard for all institutions (one month from the previously set deadline).
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From Second to First: The Changing Face of Auction Dynamics
by Lindsay Rowntree on 20th Mar 2018 in News
The discussion around auction dynamics is shifting. Many believe the second-price auction has dominated for too long; and with a greater focus on transparency across the programmatic supply chain, maybe a first-price auction model is the answer. At Advertising Week Europe on 22 March, PubMatic chairs a session to discuss just that, asking experts from both buy and sell sides to discuss why auction dynamics are shifting, and whether the first-price auction really is the future. Ahead of the discussion, ExchangeWire speaks with panellists Dan Larden, global strategic partnerships director, Infectious Media; David Hayter, data and technology director, Shortlist Media; and PubMatic’s chief growth officer, founder, chairman, and the session’s moderator, Amar Goel (all pictured) about the changing face of auction dynamics.
ExchangeWire: Why have second-price auctions been the model of choice for so long?
Dan Larden, Infectious Media: From an economics standpoint, the second-price auction should drive the behaviour with the best outcomes for both buyer and seller. It encourages people to bid at the maximum level they are comfortable with, safe in the knowledge that market demand will decide the best price.
Amar Goel, PubMatic: Second-price auctions have seen widespread adoption, from eBay to Google AdWords, because they incentivise buyers to bid their true value while the meaningful gap between bid price and closing price delivers ‘buyer happiness’. Classic auction theory suggests they are the most efficient auctions.
David Hayter, Shortlist Media: The second-price model in itself is a good model. Simply, it works.
I believe it keeps buyers and sellers honest. As a publisher, it’s really difficult for me to game a second-price auction and it forces buyers to bid honestly if they want to win.
ExchangeWire: Yet the model has its detractors. What are the pitfalls of the second-price auction?
Dan Larden, Global Strategic Partnerships Director, Infectious Media
Dan Larden, Infectious Media: Second-price auctions fall down in online display for two reasons. Firstly, there is an excess of supply versus demand, meaning many auctions only have a single participant. Secondly, people tend to bid too high for each impression because they don’t consider the volume of potential impressions that fit their targeting criteria.
These two factors lead to a cacophony of DSPs bidding the same amount for every auction. Add to this, publishers implementing variable price floors to deal with auctions with a single participant; and this generates inefficiency in the market that harms publishers.
David Hayter, Shortlist Media: Unfortunately, the second-price model is easy for companies in the middle to hide fees to both sides. If it hadn’t been for some great investigative work by various publishers (such as the Guardian and more recently News UK) then I’m not sure we’d be having this debate.
What is driving the shift to the first-price auction model?
Dan Larden, Infectious Media: Header bidding has been the major driver of this. Last year, before publishers or SSPs started being transparent on auction dynamics, we were able to use bid data through our DSP to determine which were header auctions. Our analysis showed 90% of header auctions were non-transparently first-price.
With so many SSPs competing for each impression, this makes sense. It has triggered a ‘race to the top’, with each SSP trying to pass on the highest price to have the best chance of delivering the winning bid.
Amar Goel, PubMatic: Many SSPs have implemented strategies, including dynamic floors or modified second-price auctions, to be competitive within a header-bidding environment and improve publisher yield. This has resulted in significant inconsistency across auctions and a lack of transparency for buyers into how auctions are operating. Moving to first-price auctions helps address some of these challenges.
David Hayter, Data & Technology Director, Shortlist Media
David Hayter, Shortlist Media: Estimates are that 60-80% of publishers are now using header bidding; and that’s a great thing. The rise in header bidding, though, has lead to a huge jump in costs for the DSPs that are having to process so many more bids. As publishers, we are running multiple second-price auctions and then making them compete in a first-price auction. This has meant that neither side (buyer or seller) is always able to recognise the true value of a bid.
The other key factor is transparency. The second-price model does leave room for ad-tech players to take undisclosed fees; and whilst the first-price model on its own doesn’t solve this problem, it makes it much more likely that anyone taking these fees will be caught.
What are the outcomes from the perspective of the buyer and the seller, when moving to first-price?
Dan Larden, Infectious Media: The first outcome will be that the less sophisticated bidders, that bid the same amount each time, will stop providing any kind of performance results for their clients. This will create a short-term boost to some publishers’ CPMs, although sell-through will probably drop as overall budgets themselves will not change.
However, there will be more and better competition for premium inventory, as buyers, who were accidentally second-priced out of a first-price auction, get to properly compete. More importantly, it should end the gaming of the system, with publishers varying their floors and tech partners pretending auctions are second-price when they’re actually first.
Ultimately, we should see better valuations of premium and non-premium inventory, which should hopefully reduce the number of impressions, thereby increasing overall yields for publishers.
Amar Goel, PubMatic: Simplification of how the auction works is one key benefit of the move to first-price auctions for both the buyer and seller. The buyer gains clarity about auction mechanics so they can develop efficient bidding strategies. Unfortunately, the seller is short-changed in a true first-price auction because they no longer truly understand how much the buyer was willing to pay for inventory, but only what they are paying (i.e. the bid).
David Hayter: Shortlist Media: Communication and planning is key. From a seller’s perspective, it’s vital to have open conversations with buyers to ensure they can support or will bid into a first-price model. In mid-2017, Shortlist looked into adopting a first-price approach, but only two of our top 20 programmatic buyers could, or would, support a first-price model. At the time, it was felt best to stick with the second-price model and look at ways we could make this work better for both us – the publisher and our buyers.
Communication between publishers and their exchanges is also key: knowing what fields are passed in the bid request from SSP to DSP and making sure these correctly flag the auction type.
How does a first-price auction affect a buyer’s bidding strategies?
Dan Larden, Infectious Media: Those on the buy side who have invested in their algorithms will not be badly affected in terms of an initial increase in price. It is the ones who bid at USD$15 flat on a very large number of auctions and expect to win only a small amount and net out at USD$2 who will be affected.
Amar Goel, Chief Growth Officer, Founder & Chairman, PubMatic
Amar Goel, PubMatic: The most important factor affecting buyers’ bidding strategies is consistency of auction mechanics. In a true second-price auction, many buyers would bid their true value for an impression to maximise their likelihood of winning the auction. However, in a first-price auction, many end up reducing their bids below their true willingness to pay to ensure they retain value. In this scenario, the determination of bid price would no longer be based upon the value of an impression, but rather by how little the buyer can pay to win. This will cause publishers to make less money, over time.
What effect does moving to a first-price auction have on publisher monetisation?
Dan Larden, Infectious Media: There should be a short-term CPM increase which should, over time, change to a long-term yield increase. However, not all publishers will benefit since there are a lot of non-premium impressions that are probably being overvalued right now. There will definitely be some normalising of the market over the next few months, which should be interesting to watch.
Amar Goel, PubMatic: In the short-term, moving to first-price auctions increases publisher monetisation, as the gap between bid price and closing price is eliminated. However, this is also because most buyers and DSPs have not built sophisticated technology to handle this. But, over time, we believe that buyers will develop algorithms to help minimise the price they would otherwise pay for inventory.
David Hayter: Shortlist Media: For publishers, moving to a first-price model appears to only offer benefits. Personally, I’m not yet convinced. I think there is a misheld belief that moving to a first-price auction will increase prices when, what I think will happen, is that prices eventually return to their current levels. Publisher CPMs will increase short term as buyers are made to alter their strategies but, once they have, we’ll see an adjustment in prices that leads buyers to pay roughly what they are paying now.
There are no changes I can see from an operational perspective. The header bidding setup we have now works for us. I suspect that, overtime, we’ll see a drop in bid density as buyers find a single route to buy a user; and that’s no bad thing.
Is the first-price auction the answer? Is there another solution whereby the SSP and the DSP are both operating with maximum visibility into the bid stream?
Dan Larden, Infectious Media: First-price is an easy answer to the valuation problem. But it doesn’t really help visibility. The only way of doing that is to start providing winning bid prices to all the buyers who didn’t win the auction, using loss notifications. This would allow algorithms to better understand how the market is valuing each impression and bid smarter depending on the real supply/demand curve at the time.
This would require a huge change in mindset, however, as many buyers think this would expose too much information about their intentions. It would be interesting to see if an exchange or SSP decides to start trialling this in future to see what effect it has on bidding behaviour and overall valuation of each impression.
Amar Goel, PubMatic: The industry moved to first-price relatively quickly; and we believe quite irresponsibly. For one SSP to say they are moving every buyer and publisher over automatically without any real discussion has substantially contributed to the lack of transparency issues in the industry. PubMatic supports both first- and second-price auctions, and we understand how the industry got here, but we also understand that first-price auctions can reduce efficiency for both the buyer and seller. To be truly transparent, we should continue to iterate the RTB spec so that all of the major variables (including whether an auction is first-price, true second-price, or modified second-price) in an auction can be communicated via an RTB request.
David Hayter: Shortlist Media: First-price auctions offer an answer. I’m not sure if it is the answer. If we look at what has brought about the rise in first-price auctions, it’s supposed to combat hidden fees being taken from both the buyer and seller. From my experience, I would argue that an ad-tech company can just as easily manipulate a first-price auction as they can a second-price model. I think that the second-price model can be made to work, it just requires us to rethink where the auction is being closed. Where publishers working with multiple SSPs are running multiple seconds-price auctions, and then making these compete in a first-price model, we need to get to a world where all exchanges submit first-prices and all bids close using a second-price model. Regardless of the auction model that succeeds, SSPs and DSPs need to give more insight into raw log-level bid-stream data. By doing this, then we move towards a place where buyers and sellers have full transparency over their part of the bid-stream, without risking exposure of any commercial agreements.
PubMatic are hosting the panel discussion, ‘From Second to First: The Changing Face of Auction Dynamics’, at Advertising Week Europe on Thursday, 22 March on The Guardian Stage at 10:55am.
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Florida seniors earned $150 million through Airbnb in 2017
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Airbnb Florida, the Sunshine State’s leading community driven hospitality company, released a report today documenting the economic impact of home sharing and vacation rentals for Florida’s senior community.
In Florida, over 45% of Airbnb’s 40,000+ hosts are seniors. Floridian seniors earned over $150 million through the Airbnb platform in 2017, indicating the capacity of home sharing to produce supplemental income for older generations and sustain retirement.
“We’re happy to see seniors throughout our state utilizing technology to take full economic advantage of their properties and sustain their retirements,” said Jeffrey S. Bragg, Secretary of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. “Under the Scott Administration, we will continue to support the efforts of private sector platforms like Airbnb to facilitate economic opportunities for older Floridians.”
Southwest Florida is the most prominent Florida hub for senior hosts, with over 50% of hosts in the region ages 55+ and up. Throughout all of Florida, seniors account for the fastest growing and the best reviewed Airbnb host demographic.
“Many older Floridians are realizing that sharing their home provides benefits like preventing isolation, which itself is a significant risk to physical and mental health, while offering the opportunity to continue to learn and grow by encountering new ideas and cultures that come from interaction with other people,” said Jeff Johnson, AARP Florida State Director. “Several models of home-sharing, from online platforms to old-fashioned roommate-hunting, provide the additional benefit of revenue or cost-sharing for older home owners, allowing them financial security and the ability to age in place.”
Airbnb Florida Senior Data
Florida seniors earned $150 million through sharing their homes in 2017
Over 18,000 Florida seniors share their homes or a vacation rental through Airbnb
Seniors are the most prevalent age demographic of Airbnb hosts in Florida
Seniors are the fastest growing age demographic of Airbnb hosts in Florida -- with 46% year-over-year growth in total senior hosts
Seniors are the best reviewed Airbnb hosts in Florida -- 85% receive 5-star reviews
Females account for 60% of Airbnb’s Florida host community - the highest proportion of any other age demographic
The typical Florida senior host earns $6,400 a year in income through Airbnb
Cities Where Over 50% of Airbnb Hosts are Seniors
Fort Myers Beach -- 65% of Airbnb hosts are seniors
Bonita Springs - 64%
Saint Augustine - 63%
Cape Coral - 61%
Marco Island - 60%
Naples - 59%
Fort Myers - 53%
Panama City Beach - 50%
Daytona Beach - 50%
About Airbnb
Founded in 2008, Airbnb is a global travel community that offers magical end-to-end trips, including where you stay, what you do and the people you meet. Airbnb uniquely leverages technology to economically empower millions of people around the world to unlock and monetize their spaces, passions and talents to become hospitality entrepreneurs. Airbnb’s accommodation marketplace offers access to millions of places to stay in more than 191 countries, from apartments and villas to castles, treehouses and B&Bs. With Experiences, people can see a different side to a destination through unique, handcrafted activities run by locals, while a partnership with Resy provides access to the best local restaurants in selected countries. All of this is brought together in one easy-to-use and beautifully designed website and app.
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Home F365 Features Depay next? Five times British clubs used buy-back option…
Depay next? Five times British clubs used buy-back option…
Date published: Monday 25th March 2019 12:26
Manchester United are constantly urged to use their buy-back option on Memphis Depay whenever the flaky winger does anything of note. It would be a rare occurrence…
5) Benik Afobe (Wolves)
The forward’s relationship with Wolves is best described as ‘complicated’. Afobe scored 23 goals in 46 appearances in a year-long stint at Molineux up to January 2016 when he was sold, reluctantly, to Bournemouth for £10million.
“Benik was no longer trying to play for us,” Wolves’ chief Kevin Thelwell explained. “That was undermining everything we were trying to achieve.” Jex Moxey added: “We were forced into doing a deal that we didn’t want to do.”
Two years later – in January 2018 – Afobe and Wolves buried the hatchet by arranging a loan deal for the forward as the Championship leaders looked to wrap up promotion. His six goals helped Wolves do just that, and when the Championship title was won, the club exercised their option to buy back Afobe by basically giving Bournemouth their money back.
But Wolves were banking on Afobe for a quick profit, rather than Premier League goals. Just 11 days after re-signing for Wolves, the striker was sent to Stoke – initially on loan, though the relegated Potters were obligated to buy Afobe in January for £12million. At the time Stoke handed over that wedge, they had received six Championship goals in return for their investment.
4) Trevor Steven (Rangers)
The England winger moved from Rangers to Marseille, in the process equalling the highest transfer fee involving a British player with his £5.5million deal coming a month after David Platt had moved to Bari for the same figure.
Rangers insisted on having first refusal should Steven ever return to Britain and that option was presented to them rather quicker than they probably imagined. Marseille’s finances had unravelled spectacularly and halfway through Steven’s first season in the south of France, Gers chairman David Murray knew a return was on the cards, with Marseille struggling to afford the remaining £2.2million due to the Glasgow club.
“We insisted on having the first option on Trevor in our agreement with Marseille,” he said. “The final payment from them is due on March 31 but we all know that French football is in a bad way. If they can’t make the payment, we’d be delighted to have him back.”
Newly-crowned English champions Leeds were interested in Steven but Rangers exercised their right to reclaim the player, who picked up another five title medals before retiring in 1997.
3) Juninho (Middlesbrough)
The little Brazilian didn’t want to leave Boro upon their relegation in 1997 but with his national team place at stake, he knew he had no option. “I had an offer from Liverpool – their coach even phoned my dad,” he later told FourFourTwo. “The problem was that the numbers were much lower than those Atletico Madrid had sent us. Manchester United also thought I was too expensive and didn’t make a move.”
So off he went to Madrid, though Boro remained hopeful that it was the not the end of a beautiful relationship. They inserted a buy-back option into the £12million deal that took him to Spain. “That option is not there for show,” said Boro chief executive Keith Lamb. “It’s there because we have a genuine interest. If he wants to leave Spain, we can have him back here at Middlesbrough.”
After a disappointing, injury-ravaged spell at the Vicente Calderon, Boro – by now back in the Premier League – followed through on that interest but only a loan could be agreed in 1999, when Juninho scored four times in 24 games. A brief return to Brazil preceded Juninho eventually going back to Teesside on a permanent basis, where he remains a legend.
One last Juninho highlight from that: him taking approximately zero shit from Philippe Albert and Colin Hendry. pic.twitter.com/rQKPm9d7e2
— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) August 26, 2016
2) Ian Rush (Liverpool)
Juventus bought Rush for £3.2million – a record for a deal involving a British club – in 1986 but allowed him to stay at Liverpool on loan for the 1986-87 season. The Wales centre-forward wasn’t worth the wait for Juve, for whom Rush only scored seven goals. “It was like living in a foreign country,” Rush said. Or not. Kenny Dalglish is presumably still sniggering to himself over that one.
Liverpool’s first refusal was more of an informal agreement, according to The Guardian, with the Reds quite willing to give Juve £2.8million of their money back in return for bringing Rush back to Anfield. As you would, really.
It wasn’t the first time Liverpool had made such an arrangement with a European club. The Reds inserted a buy-back clause into the deal which took Kevin Keegan to Hamburg in 1977, though Reds chief Peter Robinson was not sure the club would be able to exercise it: “I would not like to say whether this agreement is legally binding,” he said at the time. “It could possibly be considered a restraint of trade. But it was willingly signed by Kevin, who has said that he would not do anything without talking to us.”
Keegan later recalled the conversation between Southampton boss Lawrie McMenemy and Robinson when the player was looking to return to England: “Peter said ‘No, we won’t be signing him, definitely, we don’t need him.’”
Ian Rush and his mum celebrate his move to Juventus. pic.twitter.com/dElJjXMZUU
— These Football Times (@thesefootytimes) May 16, 2014
1) Luther Blissett (Watford)
Blissett’s 27 First Division goals for Watford led AC Milan to make the Hornets a £1million offer they couldn’t refuse, according to Graham Taylor: “Milan offered us a deal that we couldn’t turn down and it would have been morally wrong to prevent Luther from going.”
But Blissett struggled in Serie A, scoring only five goals, with the Rossoneri refusing to play to the new boy’s strengths. “In some games here you’re lucky if you get a single chance and it’s usually no more than a half-chance,” he said in mitigation of his failure. “I keep telling them to knock the ball over the top but they won’t risk it. They’re scared to hit 30-yard balls in case they lose possession. It couldn’t be more different from Watford.”
It was suggested that Milan had bought Blissett by mistake when it was John Barnes they actually wanted, but there was at least an escape route back to Hertfordshire. Blissett, who apparently complained that “no matter how much money you have here, you can’t seem to get Rice Krispies”, had a clause in his contract offering Watford first refusal if he was to leave the San Siro. “Of course I would like to go back there,” he said and the Hornets granted his wish while pocketing a tidy profit after completing the deal for just over half the amount they received the year before. With a belly full of snap, crackle and pop, Blissett bagged 21 goals during his first season back in English football.
Ian rush Juninho Memphis Depay
Daniel James, Memphis Depay and the worst segue ever…
Awful, awful stuff on the new Manchester United man. Plus, England for the English and more...
June 24 2019, 12:09 pm
Report: Liverpool send scouts to watch Man Utd flop Depay
Liverpool have reportedly sent scouts to watch Lyon winger and former Man Utd flop Memphis Depay.
Pogba and four other players with ideas above their station
Paul Pogba isn't the only player to struggle in justifying his own hype...
April 11 2019, 12:40 pm
Gossip: Man United line up £153.9m trio with seven leaving
Seven Man United players are considering their futures, which means over £100m worth of replacements.
April 7 2019, 8:41 am
Owen ‘blames Rush’ over his move from Liverpool to Real
Michael Owen has joked that he blames Ian Rush for the inner turmoil over a move to Real Madrid.
March 28 2019, 8:32 am
F365’s early loser: Memphis Depay, failing to walk the walk
Memphis Depay spoke of his desire to "transfer to a top-level club" last month. He is trying to run before he can walk the walk.
February 20 2019, 4:02 pm
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Man arrested after fleeing crash
CORINTH - A Corinth man was arrested over the weekend after fleeing the scene of a crash that injured two people.
State police said the crash happened early Saturday morning at the intersection of West Corinth Road and Black Road in Corinth.
The driver, 22-year-old Dylan Caruso, ran from the scene of the crash and had to be tracked down by a state police K-9. He was found 5 miles away.
State police said Caruso is facing multiple charges. His two passengers suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
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Concussion, brain injury blood test gains FDA approval
By Thomas Barrabi Published February 14, 2018 Health CareFOXBusiness
Kurt Warner on a new drug to improve the healing process from concussions
Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner and Prevacus President Dr. Jacob VanLandingham on a new drug to reduce the effects of concussions.
A new blood test that could help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries such as concussions in adult patients gained approval on Wednesday from the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA’s ruling allows Banyan Biomarkers, a biotech company, to begin marketing for the blood test.
While the blood test cannot currently detect concussions conclusively, it does allow doctors to scan brain cells for proteins that indicate brain bleeding and other neurological injuries after a blow to the head, the Associated Press reported.
“A blood-testing option for the evaluation of [mild traumatic brain injury]/concussion not only provides health care professionals with a new tool, but also sets the stage for a more modernized standard of care for testing of suspected cases,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a press release.
Traumatic brain injuries contributed to about 2.8 million emergency room visits and nearly 50,000 deaths in 2013, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Separately, the increase of concussions is an ongoing issue in professional sports. The NFL and other sports leagues have earmarked millions of dollars to study the problem.
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The blood test for concussions and other traumatic brain injuries will initially be used in emergency rooms and could eventually be used to treat possible head injury victims in sports and the military, the AP reported. Use of the blood tests could begin as soon as this year.
At present, medical professional use Cat scans, which expose patients to radiation, to test for concussions and other brain injuries.
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Man who admitted Hawaii concert scam wants plea change
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Published February 22, 2018 MarketsAssociated Press
A North Carolina man who admitted defrauding the University of Hawaii of $200,000 by lying about being able to produce a Stevie Wonder fundraiser concert wants to take back his guilty plea, but a prosecutor said Thursday he could risk more jail time if he succeeds and is eventually convicted.
Marc Hubbard had been scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Honolulu Thursday but filed a motion to withdraw his plea a day earlier.
He pleaded guilty in 2016 to wire fraud, saying he lied about his ability to secure Wonder for a concert. In 2012, the university paid a $200,000 deposit, began selling tickets and then learned neither Wonder nor his representatives had authorized a show.
Thousands of tickets were refunded, embarrassing the school.
Details about why Hubbard wants to withdraw his guilty plea were not clear because his motion was sealed. Defense attorney William Harrison in a court hearing alluded to a "coercive nature" of Hubbard's plea deal with authorities but did not provide details.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Wallenstein argued that Hubbard should not be allowed to take back his plea because nothing changed in the year and four months since he accepted the plea deal.
Wallenstein said a decision by Hubbard to plead not guilty could mean the end of the sentencing deal, which called for him to have his Hawaii sentence served at the same time as a six-and-a-half year sentence he received for a similar conviction in Pennsylvania.
Hubbard under the plea deal would likely be released after serving the Pennsylvania sentence, Wallenstein said, but faces an additional sentence of about six years without the deal.
"I hope Mr. Hubbard sees the folly of what he's doing," Wallenstein said.
Harrison had asked the judge to close Thursday's hearing to the public, but U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi refused — saying there was no compelling reason to block courtroom access. She said portions of Hubbard's plea request could be made public in the future but instructed Wallenstein not to discuss details.
Harrison said Hubbard believes he now has new evidence, which Kobayashi said he can submit in a fresh court filing.
Kobayashi postponed Hubbard's sentencing and set a hearing for March to discuss whether he will be allowed to withdraw his plea.
Doing so will be an "uphill battle," she said.
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Beleaguered North Carolina 'D' looks to keep Virginia Tech from putting up big numbers
Clemson's Germone Hopper (5) makes his way to the end zone for his second touchdown of the first half as North Carolina's Brian Walker (28) and Donnie Miles (15) gives chase during an NCAA college football game in Clemson, S.C., Saturday Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone) (The Associated Press)
North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora on the sideline during the first half against Clemson during an NCAA college football game in Clemson, S.C., Saturday Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone) (The Associated Press)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Maybe this is the week North Carolina's beleaguered defense will finally catch a break.
Or maybe it's the week Virginia Tech — and its rather pedestrian offense — becomes the latest team to hang a big number on the Tar Heels.
North Carolina (2-2, 0-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) has allowed 70 and 50 points in its past two games.
The challenge is to keep the Hokies (3-2, 0-1) from doing the same thing.
No power-conference team is allowing more yards (543) or points (44) per game than UNC. It ranks 123rd nationally in scoring defense and 120th in total defense.
Coach Larry Fedora says the 50-35 loss at Clemson is deceptive because the Tar Heels held the Tigers to 92 yards rushing — although they also allowed six touchdown passes.
"When you look at the whole body of work, and you really break it down, there were some really good things," Fedora said Monday. "You hold them under 100 yards (rushing). We had multiple guys getting to the football. We tackled much better. So there were some bright spots defensively, yes."
But clearly not enough of them.
For the second straight week, North Carolina's defense was responsible for a rewrite of a record book.
Clemson freshman DeShaun Watson set a school record with his six touchdown passes in the victory — with four of them covering at least 33 yards.
"As a front seven, we did what we were supposed to do — we stopped the run," defensive tackle Ethan Farmer said. "We've just got to get better in the secondary."
That came after a humiliating loss at East Carolina in which the Tar Heels gave up school-records of 70 points and 789 total yards.
"We understand how good East Carolina is," said Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer, whose team lost at home to the Pirates the week before they routed UNC.
"That's No. 1. No. 2 is some breakdowns," Beamer added. "They had some breakdowns and they cause long plays. It's been most of the long plays that got the stats like that but if you look at them, they're very, very capable."
It might be the Hokies' turn to pad the stat sheet.
"You cannot fall into that trap," Tech quarterback Michael Brewer said. "If you give them life and let them make some plays and stick around, they're going to be really tough."
Virginia Tech is 63rd in total offense, 69th in scoring and doesn't rank better than the mid-50s in any of the major offensive yardage categories.
While that's markedly better than the Hokies were last year — when they had the second-worst total offense in the ACC — their current average of 421 total yards is only good enough for 10th in the league.
Brewer, a transfer from Texas Tech, has an ACC-best 118 completions in five starts but also has thrown 10 interceptions — tied for the most in the conference.
Fedora intimated that it might be up to the offensive and special teams units to help bail out the Tar Heels' defense, saying "you have to understand when one side's down, you have to pick them up."
North Carolina is scoring in bunches — leading the league with an average of 40.8 points — but also is giving up points at an even higher pace.
"I don't have the luxury of being a fan and saying, 'This side is the reason we didn't win the football game,'" he added. "There's going to come times when the offense is going to struggle and the defense is going to have to pick it up, and they're going to have to make it happen for the offense."
AP Sports Writer Hank Kurz Jr. in Blacksburg, Virginia, contributed to this report.
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Garcia-Lopez topples Nadal in Thailand
By | Reuters
By Martin Petty
BANGKOK (Reuters) - World number one Rafa Nadal suffered a surprise 2-6 7-6 6-3 semi-final defeat by unseeded Spanish compatriot Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at the Thailand Open Saturday.
The U.S. Open champion looked set to cruise into the final after a polished first-set performance but had no reply to Garcia-Lopez's thrilling fightback that led to a second-set tiebreak where Nadal's game started to unravel.
The 53rd-ranked Garcia Lopez will face Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, who continued his impressive run with a 6-3 6-2 win over Germany's Benjamin Becker to reach his first final of the season.
Nadal had only himself to blame for squandering 24 of 26 break points and making costly errors in a scintillating final set. He lost he cool and handed the advantage to his opponent midway through the grueling two-hour, 45-minute encounter.
Garcia-Lopez sought treatment for hip and back injuries after the first set but showed his resolve by keeping Nadal at bay and frustrating him with pinpoint forehands and precise drop shots.
"I've never beaten a world number one before, this was the best match of my career," Garcia-Lopez told reporters.
"For the moment, I'm shocked. He had so many chances to break me but I stayed in the match. I played really, really good.
"Everything was moving so fast. I knew that if I thought about beating Rafa Nadal, I'd have a problem so I tried not to think about it," he said.
MISSED CHANCES
The turning point came in the fourth game of deciding set, when Nadal, who also holds the Wimbledon and French Open crowns, needlessly drove a simple smash into the net.
Garcia-Lopez then made his break, chasing after Nadal's poorly struck dropshot and blasting the ball down the line to steal an advantage he never gave up.
"He took his chance and after that, I lost chance after chance," Nadal said.
"He never gave in. I gave up too many chances. It was one of those matches -- I probably have one like that every two years.
"He played very, very well. This is a difficult loss to accept. But when you waste chances like that, winning becomes very unlikely."
In the other semi, Nieminen had both the edge and the fortitude in a close battle with the hard-hitting German and was made to work for his victory.
Nieminen served well and made the break in the second game, coolly handling Becker's repertoire of spin-loaded returns that had him pinned down and darting around the court in a match packed with long rallies.
Becker worked tirelessly to get back into the match but paid the price for too many wayward shots.
"It feels great to be back in the final, it's been a long time and it really feels like a long time," Nieminen said.
"I felt good, I haven't dropped a set and I'm playing really well, I just need to keep executing my game."
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Harsher punishment for pitchers who throw at hitters' heads may do more harm than good
By Ken Rosenthal | FoxSports
Here is the problem with baseball imposing harsher discipline for pitchers who throw at hitters heads:
The players do not want stronger penalties and the clubs are not inclined to press the issue, sources said.
So, while Red Sox right-hander Matt Barnes received only a four-game suspension after throwing at the head of the Orioles Manny Machado on Sunday, the punishment was in accordance with precedent and the disciplinary process that the players and clubs created.
If baseball tried to impose a suspension of say, 20 games on Barnes, the players union would have filed an immediate grievance and almost certainly won a significant reduction in the penalty due to the lack of precedent.
Unlike in off-field matters, which are resolved by an independent arbitrator, the person who hears appeals in cases involving on-field discipline is a representative of the commissioners office, executive vice-president of administration John McHale.
The union agreed to such a system with the understanding that baseball would adhere to precedent as well as pay players during suspensions for on-field misconduct, sources said.
Any change in precedent would have to be agreed upon by the parties in advance so that players would be on notice of the discipline that would be imposed for the act, an official from the players union said.
Under the current system, a 20-game penalty would require a team to play a man short for the duration of the punishment while continuing to pay the suspended player his salary an arrangement that would not be in the clubs best interest.
The union, meanwhile, is sensitive to excessive punishment for pitchers who might have acted at the behest of a management representative such as a coach or manager, and suspicious of anyone who claims to know intent.
Balls do get away from pitchers and banging a guy 20 games for that is pretty onerous until someone comes up with a way of reading the pitchers mind to determine intent, the union official said.
It is always a delicate proposition at best to make assumptions as to intent. As a result, the players being able to address it on the field still has value as those involved work through a particular on-field issue.
The players call it policing themselves, and the dispute between the Red Sox and Orioles grew ugly only because of the Soxs failure to react to Machados slide into second baseman Dustin Pedroia on Friday in the generally accepted manner.
The incident likely would have resolved with little additional tension if the Sox had thrown at Machado the next day and hit him in a meaty part of his body. Instead, the Sox waited two days to throw at the Orioles All-Star, and Barnes fired his pitch dangerously close to Machados head.
Television cameras captured Pedroia shouting across the field to Machado moments later, saying that if it were up to him, the Sox would have hit Machado the next day.
If youre going to protect guys, you do it right away, Pedroia told reporters later. He knows that. We both know that. Its definitely a mishandled situation.
Pedroia, who missed two games with knee and ankle soreness but would have played Tuesday if the Red Sox had not been rained out, added that he would expect retaliation if he put an opponent at physical risk -- even if, like Machado, he appeared to act unintentionally.
If I slid into third base and got Mannys knee, I know Im going to get drilled, Pedroia said. I get drilled, and I go to first base. Thats it.
The unwritten rules regarding retaliation seem antiquated to many, an unnecessary invitation to injury. But the current process, formal and informal, is not going away until the players and clubs want it to go away.
That day is not coming anytime soon.
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Mets' Maine heads to DL with 'shoulder weakness'
NEW YORK (AP) — Mets pitcher John Maine is heading to the disabled list with right shoulder weakness, a day after getting pulled from his start after only five pitches and getting into a dugout spat with manager Jerry Manuel.
The move was announced before the opener of a three-game series against the New York Yankees on Friday night, and only a couple hours after Maine stood in front of his locker in the Mets clubhouse and insisted that he felt fine.
Maine spent three months on the disabled list last year with a tired right shoulder.
"I feel the same right now as I did since the beginning of the season," said Maine, who will have tests on the shoulder next week. "That's what I said last night."
Maine had finished warming up Thursday night in Washington when pitching coach Dan Warthen came in from the bullpen and told Manuel that he didn't think Maine was throwing more than 80 mph. The velocity didn't improve much against leadoff hitter Nyjer Morgan, who drew a walk, and Manuel and Warthen immediately went to the mound.
Raul Valdes quickly replaced Maine, and the Mets went on to win 10-7.
"It was the first batter of the game," Maine said. "The first pitch wasn't hard, but the last few were 89, which is where I've been all year. I didn't see anything different."
Television cameras caught Maine in a heated argument with Manuel in the dugout after he was removed, though both dismissed the incident even before they spoke to each other.
"I was trying to get him to understand why he was coming out, and you know, he wanted to compete, and I'm trying to protect him from what I thought could be a dangerous situation for him and the team," Manuel said. "That was basically the confrontation was about, him competing and me trying to protect him."
Said Maine: "I'm not on bad terms with anybody. I understand their position, but I hope they understand my position. I want to pitch."
Maine has struggled all season, going 1-3 with a 6.13 ERA, and hasn't made it past the sixth inning in nine starts. Part of the problem has been his command, which has forced him out of games early and taxed the Mets' bullpen.
He walked the first three Florida batters he faced on 12 pitches in his previous start.
"John Maine is a very, very, very competitive young man, very competitive," Manuel said. "We have to make decisions not only on him, but what's best for the team."
The Mets' rotation was already scrambling after Jonathon Niese went on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring. The injury forced Hisanori Takahashi, one of their top relievers, into making his first major league start Friday night against the Yankees.
The team called up right-hander Elmer Dessens from Triple-A Buffalo to take Maine's place, and made roster space by transferring right-hander Kelvim Escobar to the 60-day DL.
The Mets are still without injured outfielder Carlos Beltran, and stars like Jose Reyes and David Wright have struggled at the plate. The result has been a May swoon that has dropped the club into the NL East cellar and left Manuel's job outlook uncertain.
"I look at it as 100 and however many games we have left," Manuel said. "I still have to do what's best for the team."
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France's Le Pen says the people revolting against the elite
By ELAINE GANLEY and SYLVIE CORBET | Associated Press
French far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine le Pen arrives for a national homage to killed police officer Xavier Jugele, in the courtyard of the Paris Police headquarters, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. A gunman shot and killed Jugele last Thursday on the famed Champs-Elysees just days before the first round of the French presidential vote. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, center, enters his car after a ceremony marking 102nd anniversary of the slaying of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in a brief ceremony, Monday April 24, 2017 in Paris. Macron, a centrist with pro-business, pro-European views, will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the May 7 runoff of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron pays respect during a ceremony marking 102nd anniversary of the slaying of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in a brief ceremony, Monday April 24, 2017 in Paris. Macron, a centrist with pro-business, pro-European views, will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the May 7 runoff of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) (The Associated Press)
PARIS – Far-right presidential contender Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that people are revolting against the elite and predicted that could translate into a "very big surprise" when ballots are cast May 7 in France's final round to choose a new leader — and it will be her.
Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, the independent centrist candidate who is her rival in the upcoming vote, sparred in successive television appearances, tossing insults as each launched a political offensive to win new voters before the balloting in less than two weeks.
Macron placed first in the first-round of the election, followed by Le Pen, and he is viewed as the favorite. Nine other candidates were eliminated.
"There is a revolt of the people against the elite" seen in Britain's Brexit vote and "probably" in the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, Le Pen said in a TF-1 television show.
"The people will probably reserve a very big surprise for the oligarchy," the anti-establishment candidate said, referring to elite decision-makers, including Macron, who is a former economy minister and investment banker.
For Macron, Le Pen's anti-European Union, anti-immigration platform is based on "hatred for others" and contrasts with his desire to "calm" the country.
The pro-business candidate said he belongs to the "progressive camp" with a project "to make France succeed ... in a stronger Europe" that his rival wants to leave.
Those are "two clear offers that come face to face," Macron said on French public television.
Le Pen holds out a still starker comparison, saying French voters will be making a choice between "uncontrolled globalization and the nation."
She contended Macron's plan for France amounts to "fratricide," saying it would pit people and companies against each other, with the strongest winning in a land where "the markets are the boss, money the king."
Le Pen started her day at the Rungis wholesale market outside Paris, calling for more food to be produced and consumed in this country known as the gastronomic center of the Western world.
She said the French government must promote meat from France.
"Let's promote the 'eating French' especially in (school) canteens where our children must take advantage of healthy, quality products," she said.
Le Pen was booed by some workers in the fruits and vegetables section.
Criticism came from all quarters Tuesday, including from her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the long-time nationalist leader who questioned her campaign.
He told France Inter radio that he thinks his daughter has produced a "too laid-back" campaign. He said that in her position, he would have done a "Trump-style" campaign that would have been "very aggressive against those who are responsible for the country's decadency."
He still supports her candidacy in the presidential runoff.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who repeatedly has been convicted of crimes based on anti-Semitism and racism, founded the National Front party that his daughter took over, but a feud has divided the two.
In 2015, Marine Le Pen pushed him out of the party because he refused to desist from anti-Semitic provocations that were undermining both her bid to become French president and her bid to make the National Front an acceptable political alternative.
Le Pen announced Monday she was stepping down from the party leadership while running her campaign.
Associated Press writer Philippe Sotto contributed to this report.
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Influential Ukrainian politician detained in graft probe
MOSCOW – Ukrainian investigators have detained an influential former lawmaker suspected of embezzlement.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau said late on Thursday that it is preparing to file charges against Mykola Martynenko, former chairman of the parliament's energy and fuel committee, on suspicion of embezzling $17.3 million in arranging purchases of uranium ore concentrate for a state-owned company which provides uranium for the country's nuclear power stations.
Martynenko, a top ally of former prime minister Arseny Yatsenyuk, had served in the Ukrainian parliament since 1998 but stepped down in December following reports of his involvement in money laundering in Switzerland. Martynenko has often been described as the financier behind Yatsenyuk's People's Front party.
Martynenko is expected to face a court hearing later on Friday on his possible arrest.
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Militants ambush convoy with off-duty Iraq soldiers, kill 10
Soldier with the Iraqi special forces walk through the streets of Mosul as fighting between Iraqi forces and the Islamic State group continues on Saturday, April 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)(AP Photo/Bram Janssen) (The Associated Press)
A soldier with the Iraqi special forces reloads his weapon on a rooftop in west Mosul as fighting between Iraqi troops and the Islamic State group continues, Sunday, April 23, 2017.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen) (The Associated Press)
A sniper with the Iraqi special forces aims at an Islamic State position inside a house in west Mosul as fighting between Iraqi in the city continues, Sunday, April 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen) (The Associated Press)
BAGHDAD – Iraq's military says militants have ambushed a convoy of off-duty soldiers near a town in the country's sprawling western desert, killing at least 10 and wounding 20.
Maj. Emad al-Dulaimi said on Monday that the attack took place the night before near the town of Rutba. He says the militants were armed with assault rifles and rockets.
It wasn't immediately clear who carried out the attack but al-Dulaimi blamed the Islamic State group.
IS has carried out many similar attacks targeting Iraqi forces in the past months to detract from the ongoing battle between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in Mosul.
Rutba lies about 390 kilometers west of Baghdad in the country's vast Anbar province. It's the last sizable town on the way to the border with Jordan.
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Australia’s Top 10 Most Culcharully Powerful People Revealed
By Chris Daniel
We may not have made the list again this year, but Rebel Wilson did!
The Cultural Power List has been released inside the Power issue of AFR Magazine, available in The Australian Financial Review this Friday, October 6.
According to the press release, The Cultural Power List is a reflection of the diverse nature of Australian society, highlighting ordinary Australians who used their voices to help improve the nation, measuring their ability to define what it means to be Australian. This year’s list includes five women, two indigenous figures, YouTube stars, three actresses and one openly gay person. In comparison to last year, 2017 welcomes nine new entrants to the list, farewelling individuals including Pauline Hanson and David Walsh.
“The 2017 Cultural Power List, out of all the rankings in this year’s Power issue, gives the greatest snapshot of the diversity existing within Australian society at present,” said Matthew Drummond, editor of the Australian Financial Review Magazine.
“In particular, we see the greatest representation from women and minority groups, who exert a significantly higher degree of power in Australia’s cultural space than in areas like politics and business.”
Endemol Shine Australia CEO’s Carl and Mark Fennessy, the producers behind TV smashes MasterChef, Offspring, Australian Survivor and Australian Ninja Warrior, debut at #1 on the 2017 AFR Magazine Cultural Power List off the back of their pervasive influence across TV channels.
The company’s greatest ratings success for 2017 – Australian Ninja Warrior – averaged more viewers than the Rio Olympics and became the most watched new TV show in five years. In a time where video-on-demand platforms were at an unprecedented high, Endemol Shine showcased 15 unique shows across Seven, Nine, Ten and SBS networks.
Coming in at #2 on the list is the AFL Women’s League, which in its inaugural season drew 200,000 match goers; 5.6 million combined TV viewers and made female players such as Erin Phillips household names.
Surprisingly low on the list, at #3 were ‘The Murdochs’, whilst Gold Logie-winner and social commentator Waleed Aly features on the list at #4. Aly’s ‘Something We Should Talk About’ editorials on Network Ten’s The Project and his ability to engage politicians and tackle current affairs in ways that resonate with Generation Y justified his inclusion as one of Australia’s top cultural power brokers.
At #5 were those crazy YouTube pop culture/stunt sensations RackaRacka, whilst Rebel Wilson debuts on the list at #9 after her recent legal triumph over Bauer Media.
Rounding out the list were Nicole Kidman, actor/playwright Leah Purcell, and Creative Director of Dark Mofo, Leigh Carmichael.
2017 marks the first year where an independent panel was assembled specifically to rank the Cultural Power List. Panelists included Oscar-winning actress Rachel Griffiths, and CEO of Screen Australia, Graeme Mason.
The full Cultural Power List is currently available online at www.afr.com. The Cultural Power List, along with Covert and Overt Power Lists, will be available inside the Power issue of AFR Magazine, available in the Financial Review this Friday October 6.
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(eBook) How to build a fire station
NJ judge approves conditional firefighter layoffs
Judge Julio Mendez gave the state the OK to use layoffs to cut the fire department from 195 to his court-ordered minimum of 180, but not before giving 60 days notice
By Amy S. Rosenberg
Philly.com
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Superior Court judge who nixed the state's most drastic plan to pare back Atlantic City's fire department has given a green light for the state to lay off a smaller number -- but not until February, when a new governor may in fact end the state takeover altogether.
In a ruling issued Wednesday, Judge Julio Mendez gave the state the OK to use layoffs to cut the fire department from 195 to his court-ordered minimum of 180, but not before giving 60 days notice after a federal grant expires Nov. 30.
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The state had previously sought to go as low as 125 firefighters, but was blocked by the judge, who ruled that any reduction below 180 would compromise public safety in the casino resort city. Mendez recommended relying on attrition and retirement to achieve the lower number. He concluded in his latest ruling that the legislation authorizing the takeover gives the state the authority to use layoffs to reduce the department. As recently as last January, the department had 225 firefighters.
The judge's timeline pushes any layoffs to February, allowing the department to pursue other funding sources, the judge's ruling stated. Both gubernatorial candidates, Democrat Phil Murphy and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, have indicated that they may end the state takeover as governor. There could also be a new mayor, as Democrat Frank Gilliam is challenging incumbent Mayor Don Guardian.
The state assumed vast powers over the near-broke Atlantic City government last November, and Gov. Chris Christie essentially outsourced that authority to a West Orange law firm run by his longtime ally Jeffrey Chiesa, a former state attorney general who served briefly as an appointed U.S. Senator. He bills at $400 an hour.
The law firm, using a dozen or more of its partners and associates, is approaching $3 million in fees for its work, billable by the hour, much of it stemming from lawsuits involving efforts to change the contracts of the city's police and fire departments. The state also renegotiated tax appeals due the Borgata and other casinos, defusing those crises but keeping the city deep into debt for the foreseeable future.
Messages to the Fire Department union president, the state and the mayor's office were not immediately returned.
Copyright 2017 Philly.com
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
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Indie Somali Pirate Drama 'Fishing Without Nets' Debuts New Trailer
"These waters are my home. But now, our nets are coming up empty." This outstanding film is one of the best discoveries of Sundance this year, a riveting and extremely well-made thriller called Fishing Without Nets, filmed in Africa following Somali pirates. Fishing Without Nets is the feature debut of up-and-coming filmmaker Cutter Hodierne, adapting his own short film into a full-length feature using mostly non-actor locals. I caught this at Sundance and was very moved by it, one of those films that has stuck with me ever since then. This is a fantastic trailer giving you just a glimpse of the story in the film, as well as the complex character development that makes it better than expected. I strongly recommend giving this film a chance.
Here's the full official trailer for Cutter Hodierne's Fishing Without Nets, direct from Vice's YouTube:
Shot in East Africa using Somali non-actors, Fishing Without Nets tells the mesmerizing and sobering story of the bandits from the Somali point of view. First-time feature filmmaker Cutter Hodierne combines the epic cinematic vision of a glorious action-thriller with intimate, textured qualities of an art film, humanizing the pirates by bringing us inside their moral dilemmas and gut-wrenching struggles. Cutter debuted this first as a short at Sundance in 2012, winning the Grand Jury Prize for Short Film. The feature film, which just premiered at Sundance 2014, won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Best Director award. Vice Films will be releasing Fishing Without Nets in theaters starting September 26th, plus VOD in October. Official site.
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Trailer!
Xerxexx on Sep 19, 2014
So basically capt phillips 2.0 ? Not wasting my time. Try creating something new you talentless schmucks
Vincent Cipollone on Sep 19, 2014
you truly are stupid, and I use that word with all of its emphasis, for you to write what you did is pure stupidity. Sure cap phillips came out before this, but that takes nothing away from the amount of time it takes to create a film. I can see you have never done anything remotely close to what this crew, filmmakers, cast, editors, composers etc. have done here. Now who's the talentless schmuck again?
cg on Sep 19, 2014
Fishing Without Nets began a short long before there was a Captain Philips movie. It won the top prize for best short at Sundance in 2012. Movies take time. These are two very different perspectives.
alicia shepard on Sep 19, 2014
Captain Phillips was bad. This looks much better...
shiboleth on Sep 21, 2014
"A highjacking" came out months before Captain Phillips did.
SCAL-LA-BREEN-E on Sep 25, 2014
I'm the Captain NOW. Poor people.
DAVIDPD on Sep 20, 2014
Hopefully the movie ends with them all being drone-striked.
Tim on Sep 23, 2014
That's really sad. People without choice making bad ones... In many parts of the world, that's the way of that same world...
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Home Business Changing Child Custody: Understanding the Legal Essentials
Changing Child Custody: Understanding the Legal Essentials
Provided by Tessmer Law Firm PLLC
All states maintain individual laws regarding child custody. These include statutory provisions that deal with changes in custody. However, some elements of child custody law that stay relatively consistent from one state to another, including the overall legal requirements.
Issues surrounding child custody represent some of the most legally complicated and emotionally challenging in the U.S. judicial system. While you can study the basics of this issue online or in books, you should consult with an experienced child custody attorney for a thorough analysis of your case.
Overview of the Child Custody Standard
All U.S. states utilize the same general standard regarding how a court determines child custody, such as during a divorce or paternity case. The measure also comes into play when a parent wants to desires to alter or amend an existing child custody order.
The best interests of the child standard, which requires a court to carefully examine the specific facts and circumstances of a case in making a custody determination, involves a case-by-case review of critical points. These factors typically include the physical, mental, and emotional health of the parents. The court is likely to consider which parent historically has provided primary care for a child, and each parent’s current living situation.
Material Change of Circumstances and Time Frame for Seeking Alteration of Custody
In addition to applying the best interests of a child standard, a change of custody will not proceed until the complaining party demonstrates a significant or material change of circumstances. In other words, the conditions that underpinned the original custody order need to have changed to such a degree that may warrant a new arrangement. Such changes may include a custodial parent who develops a substance abuse issue or gets diagnosed with a severe health condition that limits physical abilities.
Most states set specific time frames in which the party can file their motion for change of custody. For example, barring a real emergency, a state might require a certain amount of time to lapse before a parent can pursue a motion.
Motion to Change Child Custody
The parent who decides to pursue a custody change must prepare a motion setting forth specific contentions as to why a custodial change is necessary. The proposal needs to delineate a set of facts that support the overarching claims contained in it.
The motion gets filed with the clerk of the court that issued the existing child custody order. A copy is then sent to the other parent or his or her attorney if represented by legal counsel.
Hearing on Child Custody Motion
Once a motion to alter custody gets filed, the court schedules a hearing where each parent has the opportunity to present evidence to the judge and make arguments in support of their positions. The parent who files the motion must be able to prove that a material change of circumstances occurred and that granting them custody would be in the child’s best interests.
Agreement to Change Custody
Judges in custody cases typically encourage parents to attempt to settle differences. That includes working to reach a formal written agreement regarding a change of custody that can evolve into the order of the court.
If the parents reach an agreement (as is often the case), they put it in writing and submit it to the court for review. Even when parents agree that a change of custody should occur, the court must review the agreement reached by the parties to ensure that it meets the best interests of a child.
Due to the complexities of custody law and associated court procedure, parents are wise to seek legal advice and representation. A child custody attorney will typically schedule an initial consultation at no charge. During an initial appointment, the lawyer provides a case evaluation, and the prospective client has the opportunity to ask questions and obtain answers.
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Trump: Draghi should oversee Feds
Mario Draghi arrives for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) governors group photo at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington on April 13, 2019. (Bloomberg pic)
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said the US should have Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, at the helm of its monetary policy – “instead of our Fed person” – and reiterated that he has the right to demote or fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
“Nobody ever heard of him before, and now I made him and he wants to show how tough he is,” Trump said Wednesday of Powell, speaking in an interview on Fox Business Network. “OK, let him show how tough he is. He’s not doing a good job.”
Trump has criticised the Fed for making credit more costly last year and for failing to lower interest rates last week. Policy makers “blew it” on June 19 when they kept the benchmark overnight rate unchanged, Trump tweeted on Monday. He compared the Fed to a “stubborn child.” He’s also recently denied that he threatened to demote Powell but says he has the authority to do so.
Trump reiterated those points on Fox Wednesday, saying: “I have the right to demote him. I have the right to fire him,” but Trump “never suggested” he would actually take such an action.
Powell said at his post-meeting press conference last week that “the law is clear that I have a four-year term and I fully intend to serve it.”
Republican Senator John Kennedy said he didn’t know whether Trump could demote Powell. But the Louisiana lawmaker and Senate Banking Committee member said the Fed chairman was doing a “good job” and that the central bank should be free of political interference.
“It is very, very important that Powell and the Fed should be allowed to do their job,” Kennedy said in a Bloomberg Television interview to be aired later on Wednesday. “The Federal Reserve is and should be an independent agency.”
Earlier this month, Trump attacked Draghi in a tweet, after the ECB chief signalled more monetary stimulus may be on the way for the euro area.
Trump tweeted that such a move would make it “unfairly easier for them to compete against the USA. They have been getting away with this for years, along with China and others.”
On Tuesday, at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Powell highlighted the importance of the central bank’s autonomy from political interference – even though he didn’t mention Trump by name.
“The Fed is insulated from short-term political pressures – what is often referred to as our independence,” Powell said. “Congress chose to insulate the Fed this way because it had seen the damage that often arises when policy bends to short-term political interests.”
Also on Tuesday, Powell reiterated that downside risks to the US economy have increased recently, reinforcing the case among policy makers for somewhat lower interest rates.
A consensus is building that Powell and his colleagues will cut interest rates in coming months, as trade disputes hurt the outlook for the world economy. Last week, at its policy meeting, the Fed decided to leave rates unchanged but opened the door to a cut.
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You Can't Transfer All Of Your Old Pokemon To Sword And Shield
You can only transfer Pokemon from Home if they already appear in the Galar Pokedex.
By Kevin Knezevic | @kevknez on June 14, 2019 at 10:23AM PDT
Pokemon Sword / Shield
Nintendo revealed a lot of new information about Pokemon Sword and Shield in last week's Pokemon Direct, but we also learned some new tidbits about the games during a Treehouse livestream segment that followed Nintendo's E3 2019 presentation. In particular, we learned more about how the recently announced Pokemon Home service will work with the Switch titles, and it appears there will be some limitations.
During the Treehouse livestream, game producer Junichi Masuda revealed that not every previous Pokemon will be transferable to Sword and Shield. "Players will be able to transfer their Pokemon from Pokemon Home only if they appear in the Galar region Pokedex," Masuda said through an interpreter. What that means is that if a Pokemon isn't already obtainable within Sword and Shield, you won't be able to transfer it over from Pokemon Home.
Masuda acknowledged this is a change from how the previous Pokemon cloud service, Pokemon Bank, worked and explained the rationale behind this controversial decision:
"In previous games that worked with the Pokemon Bank service, you were able to--for example, in Sun and Moon--bring over any Pokemon, even if they weren't in the Alola Pokedex," Masuda said. "But with the transition to the Nintendo Switch hardware, being much more powerful [and] allowing us to be much more expressive with each of the individual Pokemon ... at Game Freak we really spent a lot of time thinking about what the best way to move forward was, really preserving the quality of all the different Pokemon while also taking into account the battle balance, having so many different Pokemon available, all within a limited development time so we don't keep fans waiting too long for every new entry in the series. And after a lot of discussion, we decided to come to a new direction."
One of the new features in Sword and Shield that undoubtedly proved to be a hurdle in this regard was Dynamaxing, which can supersize a Pokemon for a limited time during battle. Given that there are more than 800 Pokemon in the series, Game Freak would have had to make new assets for hundreds of different monsters to account for this feature. We also don't yet know how many Pokemon will be available in Sword and Shield; we've only gotten a glimpse at a handful of them thus far, but we've already seen a number of fan-favorites among them.
Pokemon Sword and Shield launch for Nintendo Switch on November 15. The games will be compatible with the Poke Ball Plus accessory. We also learned some new details about Raid Battles during the Treehouse segment, which you can watch in its entirety above. For more on the titles, be sure to check out our Pokemon Sword and Shield pre-order guide.
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LucasArts vs Sierra Part Two: The Remembering
By GamesRadarTylerNagata 2009-05-27T00:35:04.146Z Feature
Who made the best adventures games? We look back on the most beloved point-and-clickers of all time
Above: Sierra’s in the lead with a cotton gin and two Gelflings. But LucasArts has a David Bowie and Bruce Campbell. It’s still anyone’s game
Does our amazing scoring system confound you? Don’t worry. Just head hereto catch up on what went down in part one of our retrospective.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Lucasfilms’ second adventure game that used their proprietary SCUMM engine introduced adventurers to Francis Zachary McKracken, a tabloid reporter who finds himself roped into a quest to save Earth from hostile aliens who want to make humans dumber than they already are.
Above: Zakku Makkurakken-san sure looks in the Japanese version of the game
Above: You’ll find out that Elvis is an alien along with other “truths” that tinfoil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorists have known for years
King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
The fourth entry in the King’s Quest series introduced Princess Rosella, one of the first major adventure game protagonists to be widely recognized for her lack of a penis. The game sent you on a quest to the land Tamir to search for a magical fruit that could heal King Graham, who suffered a near fatal heart attack.
King Graham: “I’m not quite dead yet.”
Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places)
The smarmy protagonist still has a gigantic forehead and is still looking to get laid. The sequel slightly played down the sexual content and discarded the dating sim-like gameplay in favor of a more linear design, disappointing many pre-pubescent gamers looking for hot pixelated action.
Above: The game begins with Larry mowing the lawn of the woman he lusted after in the finale of the original. Unfortunately, she can’t remember who he is
Police Quest II: The Vengeance
Police Quest II put you back in the role of Sonny Bonds. This time, we found our hero once again in pursuit of the drug dealer Jessie Bains, who has escaped prison and plans to extract his revenge on everyone involved with his capture in the original. The sequel also featured a little more gunplay, but as always, the focus is on good detective work and following the proper procedures.
Tangent: Having a gun is one of the coolest things about being a cop
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The Legend of Zelda 1986 - 2016: The Evolution of Link
By Anthony John Agnello 2016-02-19T17:30:00.49Z Feature
30 years ago, a stubby elf dude in a green windbreaker was told it was dangerous to go alone. He picked up his sword, held it up high, and wandered out into the world, taking us with him. We never looked back. The Legend of Zelda has spent three decades defining adventure in video games, each entry in the series doubling as both a new quest and a definitive statement about the capabilities of the Nintendo hardware it appears on.
Link, living up to his name, ties the series together. He’s always there, jaunty green cap and sword in tow, ready to save the day. But just like the consoles his games appear on, Link has changed and grown in ways both subtle and dramatic. Here is how he's evolved from 1986 to 2016.
As both a tiny sprite on the Famicom Disk System as well as the warm cover art adorning his debut, Link was indeed a nubby fellow. What he lacked in stature, he made up for in maneuverability and versatility. The original Link was fast for an action RPG hero, and his arsenal of items found in dungeons or purchased in shops gave him impressive reach. The boomerang extended his ability to grab errant rupees and hearts from across a screen, the bomb let him pound through walls, and the power bracelet let him move heavy objects just to name a few. He was nowhere near as expressive as he was nimble, but he had his signature move down pat: whenever he found a new item or a piece of the Tri-force, he’d hold it straight up in the air like a champ. While most Links appear in multiple games, the design of the original has never popped back up. His diminutive size and brown shock of hair is most closely echoed in the 3DS’ Link Between Worlds.
The Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
Link grew up strong and he grew up right after all those mean Hyrule nights. Everything changed in Zelda 2. The overhead adventuring changed to a weird hybrid of map wandering, fetch questing for townsfolk, and sidescrolling, platforming action. Link himself grew as well, turning into a tall young man with a perpetual grin on his elfin face. Swordplay evolved even though Link’s reach was shortened. He could stab up or down while jumping, and even level up his health and attack power by gaining experience from downing the game’s insanely aggressive enemies. He also traded in his armory of attack items for a series of spells that granted physical abilities like increased defense or turning into a fairy. He also met a guy in the woods named Error. That’s pretty cool. This Link, along with the wild sidescrolling elements, disappeared after this entry.
Returning to the seamless overhead structure of the original, A Link to the Past transformed Link from a largely unreadable avatar to a gloriously personable cartoon character. Gone were the blank stares of the Link in 1 and 2. This guy bobed up and down, jogging around Hyrule and Ganon’s Dark World, his little hat flopping around on a head of weirdly punk rock pink hair. Thanks to a massive upgrade to his item store, Link also had a variety of new moves. He could run thanks to a pair of snappy boots, swim thanks to some flippers, and even genuflect at a desert shrine after finding an ancient book. He also turns into a bunny at one point. A Link Between Worlds for 3DS may borrow Link’s look from the original NES, but it’s A Link to the Past that is the basis for most of his moves and his nearly identical Hyrule.
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
The strangest thing about Link’s 1993 transition to the technologically inferior, black and white Game Boy was that it also gave us a look at the hero in multiple art styles for the first time in game. Zelda 2 let us see Link tiny in the overworld and big in action stages, but Link’s Awakening opens and closes with bonafide cutscenes depicting Link as a wide-eyed anime hero. That incarnation of the character would stick around for two more games on Game Boy Color, Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons. Game Boy Link’s moveset wasn’t dissimilar to the one in A Link to the Past, but he did pick up the ability to play multiple instruments rather than just the usual one flute. This was also the first time that a predominantly overhead view Link gained the ability to jump. He also hangs out with an owl who is secretly the soul of a magic space whale.
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
The Nintendo 64 brought Link into the third dimension, broadening his combat skills dramatically. Nintendo’s ‘90s-tastically named Z-targeting system locked Link’s perspective onto an enemy, letting him circle around like a proper sword fighter. The hero could dodge, roll, dive, and pull off a variety of swipes and stabs. More dramatic, though, was the ability to play as Link at two different stages of life. At the beginning, you play as an adolescent Link, short and able to use only a limited number of items. Later on, though, you play as Link as a young adult when he can wield heavier weapons and ride a horse. Travelling back and forth through time lent this Link a previously absent physicality, an intimate sense of how he related to the environment around him. This young Link appeared later in the deeply unsettling Majora’s Mask. His girlfriend is also a fish lady.
When Zelda made the jump to Gamecube, it reimagined Link’s world as a primary-colored cartoon archipelago whose emotive inhabitants looked wholly unique. Squat and barely into his teens, Toon Link moves more swiftly than the Nintendo 64 Link as he sails from island to island above a long sunken Hyrule. While this Link grunts and yells like the newly vocal Ocarina Link, his face was even more communicative, the broad cartoon features expressing fear, doubt, impatience, determination, and real giddiness. For the first time he also teamed up with other characters, mentally directing friends Medli and Makar around dungeons using the titular Wind Waker baton. Toon Link popped back up in two Nintendo DS adventures, The Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. His mentor is also a boat possessed by an old man.
The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords
What began as a side game in the Game Boy Advance version of a Link to the Past ultimately expanded into two more games on Gamecube and Nintendo DSi, as well as the excellent GBA adventure The Minish Cap. As indicated by the title, this Link used the mystical Four Sword that lets him split into four different bodies. In addition to his traditional green tunic, he also splits into red, blue, and purple garbed Links as well. Many of the Four Sword quests involve puzzle solving focused around using multiple bodies, an unusual spin on the spatial challenges common in Zelda games. The Minish Cap version is even weirder because Link’s hat is an irascible warlock that can shrink him down to the size of a ratty old sock.
After years of running around as a kid, the young adult Link returned in the surreal Twilight Princess. And like most young adults, he had a pretty rough job. This Link is a goat herder, and nothing says high adventure like goat herding! Actually, he stops herding goats and goes on a quest to save Hyrule from being eternally merged with the spooky Twilight Realm, but there’s still a lot of goat herding up top. While the costume tweaks didn’t bring this Link too far from the adult version in Ocarina of Time, he did have one significant new characteristic. When he’s in the Twilight Realm, he forcibly turns into a wolf who bites enemies glowing shadow hearts directly out of their chests. Pretty hardcore. He also meets a yeti and has to help make soup for his sick wife because he’s nice like that.
For better or worse, Link changed a lot in his marquee Wii exclusive. The console’s motion controller recast the Zelda swordplay as a series of exacting puzzles, with each motion of your actual arm being mimicked by Link on screen and needing to slash enemies in specific ways. (In theory at least. Skyward Sword’s motion controls can vary wildly in terms of precision based on the environment it’s played in.) But this Link was different in other ways too. For starters, he has a stamina meter that can run out if he sprints too long or climbs a cliff face too quickly. He’s also a craftsman now, gathering up raw materials to make new items and improve old ones. Skyward Sword Link also hangs out with a giant red bird with a hilariously oversized beak and his sword is also an irritating, over-sharing artificial intelligence that loves to skate.
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New vaulted glass roof brings sun lit year round shopping to a Devon town
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“Weather has had a greater effect on sales than economic numbers, we’ve known that forever”.
“Weather has had a greater effect on sales than economic numbers, we’ve known that forever”. So said former John Lewis managing director Andy Street, alluding to a longstanding challenge for British retailers – how to keep shoppers coming out on cold, wet and windy days.
At one traditional shopping centre at the heart of a Devon town, the solution is architectural – enclosing the previously open-air pedestrianised street with a large glass roof in order to create a space that can be enjoyed all-year-round.
Originally built in the 1970s, the Market Walk shopping centre in Newton Abbot, South Devon, was bought by Teignbridge District Council in 2016.
The £13 million acquisition of Newton Abbot’s Market Walk shopping centre was the largest investment in Teignbridge‘s history and gave Teignbridge a greater ability to positively influence the future development of Newton Abbot’s central shopping district as well as regular and reliable source of income.
Teignbridge later invested £2 million in upgrading the centre and modernising the appearance of the busy retail centre.
Devised by architects LHC group, the project involved a comprehensive upgrade of shopfronts and paving, including re-cladding units and installing new furniture to create a more modern, welcoming street-scene. But, the defining feature is the barrel-vaulted roof, which will flood the space with light while protecting it from the elements.
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A key part of delivering the architect’s vision for the scheme was constructing a roof that obstructed the view of the sky as little as possible. This was achieved using a discreet steel structure of tension-chord-supported arched beams, holding Pilkington Planar™ structural glass units which are attached to the spans with the system’s stainless steel 905J fixings.
The 4-point stainless steel Nexus castings allow the units to be anchored to the steel beams at the corner intersections by single bolts, minimising the hardware required and delivering a more unobstructed outlook. The glass itself also contributes to the clarity, with Pilkington Optiwhite™ true low-iron glass being used to deliver a sky view with the most natural colours possible.
A total of 475 sq m of laminated glass was used in the project, featuring 10mm and 6mm glass sandwiching a Trosifol® SentryGlas® interlayer. The canopy is almost the size of two tennis courts, and from the perspective of a visitor at street level, the span of the roof recedes behind the roofs of the shops, helping to maintain the original outdoor appearance.
Shopping for all seasons
Tony Watson, interim head of commercial services, at Teignbridge District Council said: “We all know that, across the country, the high street is changing rapidly, and we’re confident that the investment we have made here brings Market Walk Shopping Centre up to the standards consumers expect from a modern shopping destination.
“The weather of course plays a major role in many people’s shopping habits, so we believe the pleasant covered space this project has created will be attractive to people all year round, to the benefit of local residents and business alike.” Paul Williams, managing director at Vitrine Systems said: “Visiting the precinct still feels just like walking under an open sky, but with the benefit of being protected from the weather – so it’s a pleasant experience all year round.
“The new roof has also allowed the concrete rain shelters that previously sheltered the shopfronts to be removed, creating a greater sense of space and making the main boulevard feel much wider and more open.”
Jason Eggerton, UK Specifications Sales Manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, said: “This project is a great example of how the Pilkington Planar™system can bring a contemporary architectural appearance to an existing building without altering its original character.
“The minimal framing means the glass itself becomes the most notable feature of the installation, rather than the hardware supporting it, allowing architects to use glass to enhance the functionality of spaces without impacting excessively on their aesthetics.”
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Is Greece on the Road to Recovery?
The global financial crisis exposed the fragility of Greece’s heavily indebted economy, as it was one of the worst-hit nations in the downturn. While much of the world has since recovered, Greece’s economy has struggled, slogging through eight years of recession, a slew of austerity measures, and tense negotiations with creditors. After nearly a decade, is Greece finally on the mend?
In this piece, we seek to shed light on this question by exploring:
The origins of Greece’s debt crisis
The delicate balance between Greece’s government, creditors, and its economy
What is the outlook for Greece?
Before 2009, Greece appeared to the outside world as a dynamic, fast growing economy. From 1999 to 2009, the nation averaged 3.6% annualized GDP growth, qualified to join the Eurozone, and earned the ‘developed market’ classification from index provider MSCI.1
Many of these economic accomplishments, however, were fueled by excessive borrowing. The Greek government took advantage of low borrowing costs to fund unsustainable public benefits and spending programs and hid the extent of its indebtedness from investors.
As the global financial crisis spread in 2009, Greece’s debts became unmanageable. A 15% budget deficit that year led credit rating agencies to downgrade the country’s debt, causing Greece’s public borrowing costs to soar.2 Despite an effort in 2010 to rein in spending, the country eventually acknowledged that it was headed towards a possible default. Given the amount of Greek debt held by major financial institutions around Europe, the ramifications of such a default were massive, even calling into question the Eurozone’s survival. To prevent a potential catastrophe, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and EU extended a €110 billion bailout in exchange for various austerity measures. Shortly after, the European Central Bank (ECB) launched its Securities Market Program to purchase Greek government debt, among other distressed European nations.
Since 2010, Greece has enacted 14 austerity packages to bring its budget back into balance.3 These austerity measures included various tax hikes, cuts in public spending, and reductions in public pensions and benefits.4 Economically, these measures have amounted to a dramatic fiscal tightening regime in the midst of a recession, a move that has surely stunted the country’s ability to recover from recession. Yet at the same time, the country successfully reversed its deficit from an alarming 15%, to a modest primary budget surplus in 2016, indicating progress has been made to get its debt levels under control; a necessary condition to eventually return the economy to sustainable growth.ii
While Greece has shored up its annual deficit, the country’s staggering amount of debt has kept the country dependent on a steady stream of additional loans to pay off maturing issues. The necessity for creditors like the IMF to continually reach agreements with the Greek government in exchange for new loans has led to periods of brinksmanship and bouts of extreme volatility in the domestic stock market.
Creditors want meaningful progress on austerity measures in order to reduce the overall debt burden, while the Greek government must manage economic growth and answer to its constituents’ calls for less harsh policies. If creditor negotiations break down, additional funds may not be released, and in turn, risk increases for of a possible sovereign default or even a Eurozone exit, coined as “Grexit.”
While the impact of a possible Grexit is unknown, many economists expect it could cause a bank run, as depositors would seek to cash out their euro-denominated assets rather than face a potential conversion to a less valuable new currency. A bank run, combined with rising sovereign credit risk, would dry up liquidity, reduce bank reserves for lending, and cause interest rates to spike, threatening the nation’s fragile economic recovery. In short, the Greek government and creditors have significant incentive to avoid a Grexit, but tense negotiations around bailout terms hasn’t stopped both sides from bluffing at times.
While the Greek economy remains fragile, recent developments have given investors reason to believe the tide may be turning after a difficult 8 year period. Returning the country to a primary budget surplus has ‘stopped the bleeding’ by somewhat alleviating tensions in creditor negotiations and stabilizing the overall economy. In the first half of 2017, Greece demonstrated 0.8% economic growth driven by rising consumption and exports, possibly setting the country up for its highest annual economic growth since 2007.5,6 If all goes well, Greece could exit the current bailout program in August 2018, leaving behind its harsh constraints, and relying on the bond markets for capital instead. Greece recently successfully completed its first bond offering in three years and credit rating agency Fitch recently upgraded Greece from CCC to B- and issued a positive outlook.7
While the road to a full recovery is still a long one, strengthening equity markets in Greece this year demonstrate support for the country’s recent accomplishments. The markets appear to be celebrating Greece’s “repair and recover” approach rather than demanding immediate economic growth via less sustainable measures. As the country whittles down its debt load and returns to normalcy by exiting its bailout, the country could eventually return to a path of sustainable long-term economic growth.
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1. World Bank, 2017. In November 2013, Greece was downgraded to emerging market status by MSCI.
2. OECD, 2017
3. BBC, “Greece Profile – Timeline,” Jun 19, 2017.
4. BBC, “Greek Government Austerity Measures,” Oct 19, 2011.
5. DW, “Greek PM Alexis Tsipras: Athens in no Danger of Grexiting,” Sep 9, 2017.
6. World Bank, 2017
7. The Business Times, “Fitch Upgraded Greece Debt, Sees Steady Improvement,” Aug 19, 2017. From higher credit rating to lower, Fitch’s rating scale ranges from AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C, & D. In addition, they may assign a + or – alongside each letter interval to indicate slightly higher or lower credit quality.
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Approval of Subzone Expansion; Flemish Master Weavers; Sanford, Maine
A Notice by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board on 07/12/2019
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On May 8, 2019, the Executive Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board docketed an application submitted by the City of Waterville, grantee of FTZ 186, requesting an expansion of Subzone 186A on behalf of Flemish Master Weavers in Sanford, Maine subject to the existing activation limit of FTZ 186.
The application was processed in accordance with the FTZ Act and Regulations, including notice in the Federal Register inviting public comment (84 FR 21325-21326, May 14, 2019). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed the application and determined that it meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant to the authority delegated to the FTZ Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR Sec. 400.36(f)), the application to expand Start Printed Page 33224Subzone 186A was approved on July 3, 2019, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13, and further subject to FTZ 186's 2,000-acre activation limit.
Dated: July 8, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Winemakers turn to wild fermentation
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Reactions: Oakridge winemaker David Bicknell is spruiking the wonders of wild yeast fermentation. Photo: Eddie Jim
It was one of those penny-drop moments.
We were tasting two glasses of pinot noir, blind, and the questions were: is there any difference between them? If so, how are they different?
Glass One was full purple-red in colour and smelled fresh and fruity, delightfully primary, with a bright raspberry aroma that was almost like bubble gum. It was pristinely clean, delicate, light on the palate and charming, but ultimately rather simple.
Glass Two had a darker colour and blacker fruit aromas, more complex and mysterious. Similarly, in the mouth it was fuller-bodied, richer and deeper, with greater textural interest, fleshier and denser, with more tannin. A beautiful wine, too, but much more profound and captivating than Glass One.
Winemaker David Bicknell then announced to the gathering that the only difference between the wines was that Glass One had been fermented with a pure yeast strain and Glass Two had undergone a wild ferment. That means no yeast had been added: the juice had been fermented by whatever yeast strains happened to be in the air at the time.
''Both wines were picked from the same Upper Yarra Valley vineyard on the same day, and everything in the winemaking was the same except the yeast,'' announced Bicknell, who is the winemaker at Oakridge. The class was asked to try to pick the wild ferment and say which wine they preferred. The great majority nominated the correct glass, and liked it more. There was nothing wrong with Glass One: it was simply that Glass Two was better - every way you looked at it.
The ''class'' was a wild-yeast workshop at the recent Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference in Sydney. The ''students'' consisted mainly of experienced winemakers. No average class.
It was the first time I'd experienced such a stark demonstration of the effects of wild ferments - which some people call natural ferments (although all fermentations and all yeasts are surely natural). Some prefer to call ''wild'' yeasts ambient or indigenous yeasts. There are arguments over the naming.
Suffice it to say that the environment, especially the air, contains hundreds of thousands of strains of yeast, most of which occur naturally. The species present depend on what flowers, fruits, trees and grasses are in that locality. Recent New Zealand research has shown that yeasts are territorial, and the species present vary according to the place. Hence, some argue, yeasts are part of the ''terroir'' of wine, just as soil and local climate are. Theoretically, wines taste different according to their ''terroir'' - and different-ness (or somewhere-ness) is a highly prized thing in top-end wine. Every winemaker wants to prove his or her wine is unique.
Back to the workshop, which was organised by Paul Henschke and Chris Curtin, research microbiologists at the Australian Wine Research Institute. During the workshop we were served 30 wines, some of them purely experimental, others intended to be commercial. Pairs of Hardys' Eileen Hardy chardonnay and Mount Pleasant Hunter chardonnay, all 2013 vintage, one of each ''wild'' and the other seeded with cultured yeast, showed more permutations of character. With Mount Pleasant, the wild wine was cloudy in appearance, and quite stinky, but also showed density of flavour and richness, while the regular wine was good but not as interesting. The winemakers seemed to think the stinky one would clean up after a period of lees-stirring.
Of the Hardys wines, the regular ferment looked bright and clear in the glass, and was pristinely clean, intense and lively, with a spring water-like lightness of texture. The wild ferment was cloudy, smelled of cashews, bread, smoky oak, sulfides and spices, but the real difference was in the mouth. Its texture was far more rich and dense, fleshy and rounded, smooth and harmonious.
Eileen Hardy winemaker Tom Newton said he believed the sulfides were related to the wine's greater textural density. Indeed, all winemakers I've quizzed who practise wild fermentation believe it gives their wines greater length of palate and improved texture as well as extra flavour complexity.
Even riesling responds to this ''rougher than usual handling''. Kerri Thompson's wild-ferment Clare Valley riesling was a graphic illustration. Served beside a conventional Clare riesling, which was a perfectly good wine in its way, her KT Pazza Riesling 2013 was turbid (not clear) and smelled of apple, pear, yeast and a hint of nuttiness from time spent in old barrels. It was a more expressive, more textural and more layered wine than the conventional one. It's on sale soon at $29.
And perhaps the most beautiful, exotic, fascinating wine of the day was Cullen's Kevin John Chardonnay 2011. This was slightly feral and very exciting. It lives dangerously. Biodynamically grown and wild fermented, it's a pioneer and benchmark of the genre. It's so complex it's difficult to describe, although honey and oak and what I call ''balsamic'' (like the smell of balsamic vinegar, without the vinegar or sweetness) aromas are all involved, welded to a razor-sharp, crisply tart, long and linear palate structure.
It's a great wine. But is it great because it was wild fermented? Probably the reason for its greatness is a combination of factors: great vineyard site, mature vines, expert viticulture and winemaking, and wild ferment are some of them.
If all this sounds esoteric and a bit like navel-gazing, winemakers don't believe drinkers need a crash course in microbiology in order to enjoy their wines.
Wild ferments are just one of many things winemakers experiment with in their constant quest to make better and better wine for our delectation.
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Where the wild things grow
If wild ferments give so much better results, you might wonder why winemakers ever moved away from them. There are reasons. Pure yeast cultures were developed to make winemaking easier, with more predictable and consistent results. This was and still is the best way to mass-produce large volumes of inexpensive wines. Pure yeast cultures (just one strain of yeast conducts the entire fermentation) provide greater reliability than wild ferments (in which there could be hundreds of strains). Wild ferments can produce strange, even bizarre, aromas and flavours. It seems to make sense, though, that single-yeast ferments produce simpler wines.
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Justin Hartley Shares Story About "This Is Us" Superfan Who Allegedly Harassed Him
"I’m not afraid to say this, because I think she should be ashamed of herself."
By Eileen Reslen
When Milo Ventimiglia's character, Jack Pearson, died on This Is Us, the actor told Jimmy Kimmel that fans approached him asking for a hug, so they could cope with his heartbreaking death scene. But his costar, Justin Hartley, said he's had a fan go way beyond just wanting a hug — and it crossed the line into sexual harassment.
"I’m not afraid to say this, because I think she should be ashamed of herself," Hartley told GoodHousekeeping.com at a Morningstar Farms event in New York.
Hartley, who plays Kevin Pearson on the hit NBC show, recalled a moment when an overly aggressive fan approached him at a restaurant in Chicago. He was hanging out with a group of close friends when the fan interrupted them. Hartley couldn't recall exactly what the woman looked like, but says she was "old enough to be drinking a lot."
Justin Hartley as Kevin, Chrissy Metz as Kate, Sterling K Brown as Randall on This Is Us.
"This woman – who I don’t know, a stranger to me – recognized me and started screaming, going crazy," he said. "She ran over and started kissing me." He claims he immediately backed away, and told the unnamed woman to do the same. He then asked her to take yet another step back to make it clear his personal space had just been violated.
"I said, ‘You do not walk up to people that you do not know and put your mouth on their face. If I did that to you, I would be in prison. Please do not do that. And not that I’m trying to teach you life lessons, but I feel like this is a really good one for you. Don’t do that to anybody ever again," Hartley says.
Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson on NBC’s This Is Us.
After he dismissed the woman's advances, Hartley says she seemed embarrassed and they decided to smooth things over. "We had a little breaking of bread, if you will, and everything calmed down," he says.
"I’m not taking photos with you after you sexually harassed me."
Hartley says he continued his meal as usual with his friends, but that wasn't the end of his ordeal. The woman approached him again, and this time she wanted a photo with him.
"I said, ‘I’m good,'" he told us. "I’m usually really good with photos, but I’m, like, ‘I’m not taking photos with you after you sexually harassed me. I’m good without a photo.’"
The woman, according to Hartley, really wanted a photo and did not take him saying "no" well at all. "As she was leaving, she was, like, ‘Justin Hartley is a jerk,’ but not really jerk – something more foul," he says. "I was, like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’"
Eileen Reslen I’m Eileen, the digital news reporter at Hearst Digital Media.
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Our New Winnebago 2016 Trend 23B
We traded in our Winnebago View and took possession of a 2016 Trend 23B on May 5, 2015. We had the View 23B for 7 years and enjoyed it for 92,000 miles. The following review compares our 2007 View to the 2016 Trend and explains why the Trend was a good choice for us. Click on any photo to enlarge it.
The 2016 Trend is a dream to drive compared to the 2007 View. The Trend is much quieter, less prone to sway from passing trucks and going over speed bumps at any angle. I can hear the radio now at 62 mph which was hopeless on the View. In its day diesel was the only way to go with the View but the gas engine in the Trend is very quiet, it has a 6 speed transmission which shifts very smoothly compared to the View. The rear view mirrors on the Trend are much larger than the View and make it safer to drive. The lower part of both mirrors is a convex mirror which provides a view of the blind spot on both sides. In its day the premium price of diesel was closer to gas and diesel was much more efficient. Now gas is $2.35 per gallon and diesel is $2.85. Our View consistently achieved 16.1 mpg with the first tank of gas on the Trend delivered 13.6 mpg. (Score Trend 5, View 3)
The Trend has only four wheels vs six on the View. I could could write a whole page on the problems with measuring tire pressures on the View, with valve stem issues, and wheel covers that fell off. The Trend's wheels are solid aluminum so there are no wheel covers. The Trend has an invisible tire pressure monitoring system but so far the only way to test it is to let the air out of the tires. The manual says there will be a warning if the pressure is too low. I will just use a tire pressure gauge to check the tires. (Score Trend 5, View 2)
The View had bunk beds at the back in fixed positions. We really liked them and the storage space underneath was amazing. The bunk beds were in a separate area. There even was a curtain you could hang to make the bunk area private. We never used it, but at times Mavis liked to read at the dinette after I got in my top bunk. The top bunk had very little air space which took a while to get used to. The Trend has a loft bed which is lowered down electrically so the amount of air space above is adjustable at the expense of whoever is underneath. This is mainly the long couch or lower bunk and the dinette table. We spent two nights so far and the bunk situation is workable. (Score Trend 3/View 5)
The outside awning on the Trend is really special. The View awning was such a hassle to put up or take down it was rarely ever used. The Trend goes up and down silently with the press of a button. There is strip of LEDs on the roller that light up the patio area under the awning. Both awning supports are high enough that I don't walk into them anymore. (Score Trend 5, View 1)
The cruise control on the View was a wand that was easily moved up to set and speed up, and down to slow down. You pull it toward you to resume or away from you to disengage. The Trend has a wand with a switch you rotate to turn on the cruise control, press down to set and up to speed up. There is a button on the end of the wand to resume. The Trend control gets mixed up with the separate wand for the turn indicators and lights control. I liked the View design better. (Score Trend 3, View 4)
Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
Winnebago says the DRL are standard, Chrysler says Winnebago didn't order them. This is a major boondoggle in my mind since Canada law requires them. They are also a proven safety feature on two lane roads and Interstates(if someone is going the wrong way). The only practical solution is to leave all lights on all the time or to order fog lights to be installed by a Dodge ProMaster dealer. I have opted to pay for the fog lights. (Score Trend 0, View 5)
Gas Spring
When you open the coach door a 15 pound gas spring literally tears the door out of your hand and opens the door to a stopping point. If anyone is standing on the step they will be flattened by the door. Pulling the door shut requires a lot of strength to reload the gas spring. I am hoping Cullum & Maxey can find a 5 pound spring that will do the job just as well. The View had a rod you inserted into two hooks to keep the door open without swinging. A simpler solution but only if the rod was not misplaced. (Score Trend 3, View 3)
Coach Door Window
The door window is frosted glass which means you can't tell who is knocking on the door, friend or foe. This problem is compounded by the gas spring described above. Motorhome magazine just wrote a story on how to replace this window with a smoked glass window for about $150. That looks like the best solution. (Score Trend 2, View 5)
The water pump that comes with the unit is very noisy. We replaced the water pump on our boat with a variable speed pump that is about 200% more expensive but well worth it. We did the same on the View and now on the Trend. (Score Trend 1, View 1)
The View came with a ladder on the back that allowed you to climb to the roof. It also provided a place to mount clamp on supports for a flag pole. The Trend does not come with a ladder nor will Winnebago supply or install one. Since the main thing we ever used the ladder for was the flag pole, Cullum & Maxey agree to screw the supports into the back surface of the Trend. This problem was solved easily. (Score Trend 4, View 5)
Power Cord Storage
The power cord storage on the View is under a lift up fiberglass door on the bottom of the unit. It is hard to get at. The Trend has a small storage bin behind a door at waist level. It is much easier to use than the View's cabinet. The Trend design is far superior on this point. (Score Trend 5, View 1)
Trik-L-Start
The View in storage depletes the chassis battery after about 30 days. This occurs because of the parasitic load from the step computer. When you return you have a dead battery. I had to add a solenoid device from Trik-L-Start that eliminated the problem by allowing the power convertor to charge the coach battery. Since the View was always plugged in when in storage this worked well. This solenoid failed last summer resulting in the alternator not being able to charge the house batteries when we were underway. The ProMaster engine has an easy to get at clip under the hood (photo center) where a trickle charger's positive lead can be attached. The negative lead connects to a ground point. This same clip is used if a jump start is required. That is the solution for the Trend . . . much simpler, cheap, and just as effective. (Score Trend 4, View 2)
The View had four steps to get to the floor level of the coach. The Trend has three steps to get to the floor level. The floor is flat from end to end because the Trend is front wheel drive. The View has a step down in the cab because of the drive shaft. The Trend is easier to get into. It also has a step on each side of the cab. The View did not have these at all. (Score Trend 5, View 3)
The View had two holding tanks for black and grey waste. The two tanks were separated by the rear axle so there were two dump valves separated by about eight feet. This meant having to move the unit and the dump hose whenever dumping the holding tanks. The Trend connects the two tanks together with two valves and a single dump port. (Score Trend 5, View 1)
The View had twice the storage space of the Trend. Over the years we gradually reduced the stuff we carried and should be able to live with the storage available on the Trend. The 2016 Trend has a major improvements in storage compared to prior year models. There is an outside door on the passenger side (left photo) that uses space under a dinette seat and adds a plastic tub for even more room underneath the floor. It's great place for heavy tools. The other outside door (right photo) is at the back and I have made plywood shelves which make it easy to store our flag pole, chairs, table, dump hose, 20 leveling blocks, space heater, and more. The space under the mid-ship dinette seat is much larger than before because a large seat belt anchor has been removed and replaced with more sensible anchors. The arrangement of the TV and microwave has been improved with six 15 inch deep drawers. There is a small cabinet between the TV and microwave, and a space under the TV for a Blu-ray player and/or a satellite receiver. There is lots of room in this cabinet for DVDs, remote controls, etc. The niche space beside the entrance door on the older models is gone. (Score Trend 3, View 5)
The Trend has more floor space between galley and the fridge. The View had less space between the galley and the bathroom which meant you could not pass someone without bumping into them. (Score Trend 4, View 2)
We ordered the Trend with the fabric upholstery rather than the ultraleather. We really like the fabric and compared to the wild spots on the View upholstery (left photo) it is much better (right photo) with a lot of stitching to avoid wrinkles after several years. The View fabric was really tough and even wine spills came out easily. We have yet to spill wine on the Trend fabric. (Score Trend 5, View 2)
I always joked about the View that it had never had a slide-out failure. I will continue with this story for the Trend (Score Trend 5, View 5)
One of the Winnebago product engineers told me at a rally two years ago that in his opinion the View 23B was probably the best designed Class C ever. The 2016 Trend 23B has exceeded my expectations and in my opinion is an even better design. (Score Trend 73%. View 64%)
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Crown enters stay of proceedings on child luring charge against former Annapolis Valley tennis instructor
Kirk Starratt (kirk.starratt@kingscountynews.ca)
Published: Dec 05, 2018 at 2:04 p.m.
The Crown has entered a stay of proceedings on one charge of child luring against former Annapolis Valley tennis instructor Aaron Byron Cumberland. - File Photo
Preliminary inquiry on other charges scheduled for Dec. 10
KENTVILLE, NS - The Crown has entered a stay of proceedings on a charge of child luring against a former Annapolis Valley tennis instructor.
Aaron Byron Cumberland, 28, of no fixed address, was present in Windsor provincial court in custody on Dec. 4. He was scheduled to stand trial on a charge of communicating with a person under the age of 18 by means of telecommunications for the purpose of facilitating an offence relating to child pornography. It’s alleged that Cumberland committed this offence in Windsor between March 1 and June 30, 2017.
The Crown entered a stay of proceedings on the charge. This means that the Crown has discontinued prosecution of the accused but may resume prosecution for up to one year or the charge is withdrawn.
Cumberland is facing other sex-related charges, including communicating with a person under age 16 by means of telecommunications for the purpose of facilitating the offence of invitation to sexual touching; making sexually explicit material available to a person under age 16 and invitation to sexual touching.
It’s alleged that Cumberland committed these offences in Windsor between Nov. 2 and 5, 2017. Cumberland has elected Supreme Court trial by judge and jury on these charges. A preliminary inquiry is scheduled for Dec. 10. Charges against Cumberland have not been proven in court.
CROWN SEEKS TO REVOKE BAIL FOR FORMER ANNAPOLIS VALLEY TENNIS INSTRUCTOR FACING CHILD LURING CHARGES
FORMER ANNAPOLIS VALLEY TENNIS INSTRUCTOR DENIED BAIL ON SEX CRIME CHARGES
ONE COUNT OF CHILD LURING AGAINST FORMER ANNAPOLIS VALLEY TENNIS INSTRUCTOR DISMISSED
The remaining charges involve a single alleged victim from Kings County. The identity of the alleged victim is protected by a publication ban.
On Oct. 10, a charge of communicating with a person under the age of 18 by means of telecommunications for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence relating to child pornography was dismissed with the Crown offering no evidence. It had been alleged that Cumberland committed the offence in Kentville between March 1 and June 30, 2016.
Conditional release revoked
Cumberland was released from custody on his own $1,000 recognizance with conditions following a Nov. 20, 2017 appearance in Halifax provincial court. His release conditions included not using or possessing electronic devices capable of accessing the Internet and surrendering his passport to the Lower Sackville RCMP.
The court revoked Cumberland’s conditional release on Sept. 4. He is being held in custody on a due-course-of-law remand.
Along with two people from Fredericton, Cumberland was apprehended on May 31 on the American side of the Maine-New Brunswick border. U.S. border patrol officers charged them with unlawful entry after they were seen walking near Houlton, a spot that isn’t designated as a point of entry.
An affidavit submitted to the U.S. court alleged that Cumberland had a cellphone and laptop computer in his possession when he was arrested in Maine.
Before being returned to Nova Scotia, Cumberland was deported from the U.S. to New Brunswick, where a warrant was issued for his arrest on charges of breaching conditions of his recognizance.
Cumberland, a former Kentville resident, was named Tennis Nova Scotia’s Coach of the Year in 2013. He worked as executive director of the CANgaroo Athletic Association, which put on tennis skill development sessions - including school programs - in several Kings and Hants county communities.
Kirk.starratt@kingscountynews.ca
With files from Ian Fairclough, the Chronicle Herald
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Preview: Leyton Orient v Pools
Leyton Orient v Hartlepool United
We turn our attentions to the weekend's big game with a full and in-depth previe
Leyton Orient v Pools
Saturday 13th October 2018, 3pm
Just like Pools, Leyton Orient have had their fair share off-field drama during the last few years but things now seem to be coming together well at the newly-named Breyer Group Stadium.
The O’s were relegated alongside Pools in 2016/17 amidst ownership issues but they’ve now cast them aside and have made a strong start to the new campaign under boss Justin Edinburgh.
Orient are tucked in just behind leaders Salford City in the National League table going in to the weekend on the back of a run which has seen them win four out of their last five.
The only setback was the surprise defeat to Sutton United last time night on home soil and they’ll be looking to put that behind them against Pools when they’ll be backed by a near sell-out crowd after introducing a Football for a Fiver offer for the game.
Macauley Bonne has underlined his reputation as one of the most dangerous strikers at National League level by hitting double figures already this season.
The front man handed The O’s a massive boost in the opening month of the campaign by signing a new two-year deal with the club and has gone on to score 10 goals in 15 games since.
The 22-year-old has found the net six times in his last five games, including a hat-trick in Orient’s 5-1 win at Braintree Town at the end of last month.
Saturday’s game will be the 51st competitive meeting between the sides and it’s been fairly well matched over the years, though Pools just edge it historically having won 21 to Orient’s 20.
Pools did the double over The O’s last term, winning 2-1 in front of the BT Sport cameras in the capital last September thanks to goals from Jonathan Franks and Rhys Oates before Louis Laing scored the only goal in the return fixture in April.
There hasn’t been a draw in the last nine games between the teams – the last one came back in November 2011 when Neil Austin’s penalty cancelled out Dean Cox’s opener at Brisbane Road.
Adrian Quelch will oversee his first-ever Pools game this weekend when he’s the man in the middle for our trip to Leyton Orient.
He’s now in to his third season on the National League’s list of referees and has so far presided over six games during the current campaign.
Quelch saw Orient draw on home soil with Ebbsfleet United in the opening week of the season, while his most recent outing was for Solihull Moors’ win at Havant & Waterlooville a fortnight ago.
Mark Simpson will be providing live commentary on Pools PlayerHD direct from The Breyer Group Stadium from 2.50pm on Saturday.
Click here now for more information on joining Pools PlayerHD and accessing live commentary on every game in 2018/19 for as little as £24.99.
This game is now ALL-TICKET for Pools fans and all orders must be placed by 4pm on Friday with tickets then made available for collection from Orient on Saturday.
Click here for full ticket information on our trip to The Breyer Group Stadium.
Leyton Orient have been installed as 3/4 favourites for three points this weekend, though Pools look good value at 7/2 and the draw is priced at 5/2 with our friends at Sky Bet.
Click here to see a full list of Sky Bet odds ahead of Saturday's big game.
Leyton Orient vs Hartlepool United on 13 Oct 18
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Highsnobiety Review
Sheck Wes Shows Moments of Brilliance on the Otherwise Uneven ‘MUDBOY’
By Contributor in Music
If you’ve been to a hip-hop show or a nightclub in the last couple of months, you’ll have seen what Sheck Wes is capable of doing to a room. In London, let alone in his native New York, the Harlem rapper’s breakout single “Mo Bamba” has been turning crowds into unruly, bouncing mobs without fail since summer.
Almost a year after its release, “Mo Bamba” has earned young Sheck Wes co-signs from Drake, Travis Scott, and Kanye, the latter of whom have signed Wes to G.O.O.D. Music / Cactus Jack under the umbrella of Interscope, in addition to a spot on the soundtrack for the game NBA Live 19 and a credit in the score for the latest Purge film. His debut album MUDBOY has been anticipated as a moment-defining record for a rap world in flux.
However, on MUDBOY, Sheck Wes doesn’t really make a case for being hip-hop’s future. At 14 tracks long, only half that number that warrant repeat listening. MUDBOY is more a plod through some of modern rap’s worst habits than it is the frenzied dash into the future that “Mo Bamba” promised.
A lackluster, dingily mixed beat opens the record, with Wes mumbling incomprehensibly for well over a minute before he kicks off “Mindfucker” in earnest. Once he begins to rap things pick up, and the energy in his voice offsets the murky beat. Synths pulse dramatically, promising a chorus or at least something that will signal the start of this album. Sadly, nothing happens. Where there should be a hook, Wes’ flow trails off, and he instead begins to talk about “fucking everything with your mind.” The synths keep pulsing. The song ends.
“Live Sheck Wes” starts on a more promising note; Super Mario-coin sound effects give way to a gothic trap beat, a chanted mantra of “Live Sheck Wes/ bitch I’m dying Sheck Wes” bringing the first glimpse of that “Mo Bamba” energy. Wes launches into a relentless verse and then back to the chorus. The beat peels back and bursts back to life. It’s simple, it’s stripped back, and it ends with Wes screaming ‘gang’ over and over again. Why isn’t this the album opener?
“Gmail” keeps the same energy with bubbling, almost rave-worthy keys providing the backdrop for a MUDBOY manifesto. Some moments make you screw up your face, and there’s the odd bar worthy of Sheck Wes’ copious ad libs. The second half of the track is punctuated by huge drum hits that demand your attention and underline his bars with dramatic flair. Unfortunately, Wes’ vocals disappear before the song is over, and the energy that’s been built up evaporates as the next cluster of tracks begins.
Getting into the core of the album, “Wanted” and latest single “Chippi Chippi” take the haunted house trap vibe a little too far, with the spooky production and overblown bass threatening to overwhelm a pair of low energy performances from Wes. “Wanted” redeems itself in places and when you can hear the bars properly there are some gems (notably “I got asthma, can’t never leave the pump”), but neither track does enough to hold your attention.
“Never Lost” and “WESPN” are attempts at balladry that should have never made it onto this album. While the latter comes through with a catchy hook, Wes’ singing is out of tune and needlessly dreary. His declarations of “Sheck Wes been in a sad state” and “you ain’t never been through shit/ you ain’t never had to shoot shit,” feel like Lil Uzi Vert-lite. Follow-up “Kyrie” is higher energy and sees Wes back on his game, employing countless basketball references and riding a genuinely chilling beat with refreshing energy.
The Exorcist-inspired keys that serve as the opening of “Mo Bamba” come as a huge relief after a series of hit or miss tracks. The clarity of vision with which Wes delivers both his verses and ad libs on it is still as infectious and impressive as it was back in January when the music video dropped. The drone of the chorus is staggering, as is the raw energy of the beat switch midway through. It’s irresistible.
Another key highlight is “Jiggy on the Shits,” the most soul-searching track on the album. It finds Wes singing in Wolof and reflecting on his time spent in Senegal, his parents’ home country, as a teenager. Setting the scene in English, he raps ‘seventeen years old, in this country alone…’ before switching languages to detail his misadventures and loneliness in Touba, the country’s second largest city. It’s the best illustration on MUDBOY of the variety that Wes is capable of as a rapper.
Between its grandiose, soaring instrumental and Sheck Wes’ in your face Harlem rap, “Vetements Socks” is one of the best closing tracks of the year, and might be the only moment on the album better than “Mo Bamba.” Rapping over a gloriously rich beat, Wes is triumphant, dropping braggadocious bars left and right, reveling in the height of rap stardom. It’s also the first moment on the album where he sounds truly happy, declaring “listen, young man, don’t be stressin’/ Bullshit’s part of life, it’s a life lesson” and delivering a series of almost flawless verses. Compared to some of the drearier moments at the start of the album, “Vetements Socks” practically emits golden beams of sunlight from your speakers.
Despite the strength of its closer, the main takeaway from MUDBOY is that there’s just too much of it. When Sheck Wes is good, he comes close to being generation-definingly great, but when he’s bad, MUDBOY dissolves into SoundCloud-fodder. Parts of the album feel incomplete and included for the sake of bolstering the tracklist. Coming so soon after “Mo Bamba”’s success, the record ultimately feels rushed and overstretched, its lesser moments outshining its best.
Sheck Wes’ ‘MUDBOY’ is available to buy or stream. For more of our album reviews, head here.
Words: Mike Vinti
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HHV Recap | The Roots – TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
July 2, 2019 by HHV Leave a Comment
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC – June 28/2019
Words: John Zee @johnzee23
Pictures: David Dalley
The start of the Canada Day long weekend was welcomed in by none other than arguably Hip Hop’s greatest band of all time, Philadelphia’s own The Roots. The 10 piece band founded by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter in 1987, absolutely rocked the house at Queen Elizabeth theatre for the annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
The show started off with a brief solo opening by Jeremy Ellis, who took us on a journey through his MPC as he looped various samples and drum beats live. Heavy 808’s and up tempo battle break rhythms fused beautifully into Latin and Caribbean inspired vocals and melody’s. An engaging and fun segment to get the evening started as people settled into their seats.
Immediately as the remaining 9 members took the stage, the audience rose to their feet and gave an enthusiastic show of appreciation. Black Thought simply acknowledged the applause with a simple salute and wave, and before we knew it The Roots were all together delivering “The Next Movement” as their first song of the evening.
Following this was a solo by Mark Kelly on bass guitar, which ended up being the first of many solo’s that each member of the band would showcase. It was clear right off the jump that this wasn’t going to be your average rap show. That point was made apparent not only by the sheer professionalism that The Roots embody, but also by the vast range in demographics of the audience in attendance. As I looked around I smiled when I could see people in their early 20’s next to elders and older folks who could have easily been their parent’s age. All coming together to enjoy a live Hip Hop show.
Black Thought & Mark Kelly of The Roots at Queen Elizabeth Theatre for Vancouver Jazz Festival 2019
The sound on this night was immaculate, which I know was something that fans who attended Wu-Tang days prior at this same venue were frustrated with. The Roots had seamless transitions that would go from more recognizable songs such as ‘Here I Come’, ‘Web’ and ‘As I Proceed’, then into interludes of freestyle jam sessions where everyone would just flex and get loose.
Something that makes The Roots extra unique is their ability and willingness to do cover songs. Much like any band, The Roots are influenced by other music and artists themselves and it showed when they covered Main Source’s “Looking At The Front Door”. This would be the start of a string of Hip Hop covers that mashed through such classics as T.I. “What You Know”, ATCQ “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo”, Lil Wayne “A Milli”, Jay-Z “Big Pimpin’, Wu-Tang “C.R.E.A.M.”, Arrested Development “Everyday People”, Big Pun “Still Not a Player”, Gangstarr “Mass Appeal”, Mobb Deep “Shook Ones”, Pharcyde “Running Away”, Black Sheep “The Choice Is Yours” and Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”.
More impressive solos would take place as Damon “Tuba Gooding Jr.” Bryson showed us just how cold he is on that tuba all while expressing a fun, childlike humor to his performance. Kamal Gray, who’s been down with The Roots since the early days, laced a smooth showcase on the keyboard, while Stro Elliot impressed us by singlehandedly smashing through a percussion session that included synthesised electric bongo drums. However the most impressive solo for me on this night was by Captain Kirk Douglas on lead guitar. Shortly after BT and Questlove had a brief freestyle session together, Kirk ripped through a wild solo that left jaws wide open and was as rock star worthy as any head banger legend would do. At times he would scat in unison with his guitar and while also including small riffs to hint at songs such as Dr Dre’s -‘Xxplosive’, Outkast’s – ‘Spottieottiedopalicious’ and Lil Nas X – ‘Old Town Road’.
Not to leave fans without the classics, The Roots delivered such fan favourite joint as “You Got Me” (Ft. Erykah Badu) and “The Seeds 2.0”, which also included a cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “Moving On Up”. Other highlights for me was being able to witness and appreciate just how amazing of a rapper/frontman Black Thought truly is. Many people have him in their lists of being one of the best rappers to ever exist and now that I’ve seen him live, I can see why that is. His voice is an instrument all on its own and his breathe control is some of the best I’ve ever heard. He can easily blackout and rap for what seems like forever, all while staying completely in the pocket and never overshadowing his bandmates.
The Roots are a well-oiled machine of seasoned musical veterans. Not only did they crush every aspect of this particular performance without skipping a beat, it’s important to also keep in mind that these professionals literally flew across the country from New York to Vancouver hours earlier after filming The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallen.
When it was all said and done, the audience all gave a boisterous standing ovation and The Roots bowed and waved goodbye, as they quietly exited the stage without the need for an encore.
Thanks to Coastal Jazz for having us out. To learn more about Coastal Jazz and the Jazz Festival, visit: https://www.coastaljazz.ca/
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Tierra del Fuego - Land of Fire & Ice - Holland America Line Cruises
A LAND OF FIRE AND ICE
Tierra del Fuego is a maze of islands, sounds, inlets, and narrow waterways rich in biodiversity and breathtaking scenery.
This archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America was given the name Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) by passing Spanish explorers who observed bonfires lit by the local native inhabitants. In stark contrast to the fire from which it receives its name, the region is home to some of the most spectacular glaciers and icy water fjords found anywhere on earth.
Glacier Alley
Charles Darwin documented this area during his voyage of discovery aboard the HMS Beagle (1831–1836). Darwin described how the “beryl blue” color of the glaciers here contrasted with the foreboding landscape of rock, mist, and steel grey water.
Situated to the west of the port of Ushuaia along the Beagle Channel (named for the ship of Darwin fame), Glacier Alley lives up to its name as five named glaciers can be seen: Holanda, Italia, Francia, Alemania, and Romanche. Best seen from the deck of a cruising vessel, these majestic monoliths have carved great chasms into the terrain with their tons of slow-moving ice. While passing by, visitors can see small waterfalls trickling from their edge, and the lucky few may experience first-hand one of nature’s most impressive displays of force, glacial calving — the breaking off a giant piece of ice. The Patagonia Ice Cap — an ice field covering over 6,000 square miles stretching through Argentina and Chile — feeds all five of these glaciers. Opportunities abound for viewing unique local wildlife such as penguins, elephant seals, and cormorants.
Further to the north, along the Chilean coast, lies a stretch of wild and untouched territory where the mountains meet the ocean, creating a network of fjords rivaling those seen in Scandinavia. Here sub-Antarctic forestlands and tidewater glaciers hug the deep icy waters, providing sanctuaries for all manner of wildlife, including rare Chilean dolphins, humpback whales, seals, and Andean condors.
The climate here is a bit more temperate compared to the lands and straits to the south, allowing the opportunity for hiking to the peaks and panoramas that abound in this wild land. Tours by small Zodiac watercraft let visitors explore steep fjords, small islands lush with vegetation, and hidden lakes and waterfalls.
Let Holland America Line take you on your own voyage of discovery to experience this majestic, wild region of South America.
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April 17, 2018 9:00am PT by Lesley Goldberg
'Westworld' Creators Set Futuristic Drama Series 'The Peripheral' at Amazon
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Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan
Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan will adapt William Gibson's book 'The Peripheral' as a script-to-series project for the retailer and streaming outlet.
Days before the highly anticipated second season of Westworld debuts on HBO, creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan are looking to their next project.
Joy and Nolan, via their Warner Bros. Television-based Kilter Films banner, are set to adapt William Gibson's book The Peripheral as a drama for Amazon Studios. The project landed at Amazon in a competitive situation, with the retailer/streaming outlet handing out a script-to-series order. (Meaning that should the script for the drama come in well, it would be picked up straight to series rather than going through the traditional pilot process or pay a sizable financial penalty.)
The Peripheral revolves around Flynne Fisher, a woman in a near-future America in which technology has started to subtly alter society. Flynne discovers a hidden connection to a very different reality — and the dark future of her own.
Scott B. Smith (who earned an Oscar nomination for adapting 1998's A Simple Plan) will pen the script and executive produce alongside Nolan, Joy and their Kilter Films topper Athena Wickham. Steven Hoban (Splice) and his producing partner Vincenzo Natali (Westworld) also will exec produce, with the latter set to direct the drama. The potential series is a co-production between Warner Bros. Television and Amazon Studios.
For his part, Gibson is considered to have pioneered the sci-fi subgenre known as cyberpunk and coined the term "cyberspace" in his 1982 short story Burning Chrome. His works include Neuromancer and The Difference Engine. The Peripheral, published in 2014, spawned a sequel, Agency, due this month.
At Amazon, The Peripheral arrives as the company is looking to find its version of Game of Thrones under a mandate from CEO Jeff Bezos. To that end, Amazon Studios and new head of programming Jennifer Salke have developed a genre-focused slate that includes a Lord of the Rings TV series, Consider Phlebas and a reboot of Hanna, among others.
For their part, married duo Nolan and Joy adapted Michael Crichton's Westworld to become a hit for HBO. The series ranks as HBO's most-watched freshman drama ever, and scored 22 Emmy nominations. They each have separate overall deals with Warners. Their Kilter banner also counts CBS' Person of Interest as well as interactive and transmedia marketing projects around Westworld, including special spots for the Super Bowl and interactive experiences at events including SXSW and San Diego Comic-Con.
Joy and Nolan are repped by WME and Bloom Hergott. Smith, who also wrote the screenplay for Keanu Reeves feature Siberia, is with ICM Partners, Circle of Confusion and Behr Abramson. Natali, who has directed Orphan Black, Hannibal and American Gods, is repped by CAA and the Gotham Group. Hoban, who produced Splice and Oscar-winning animated short Ryan is with CAA and Holmes Weinberg.
Season two of Westworld premieres Sunday on HBO.
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Fully-quantitative PET for improved diagnosis and therapy response monitoring in breast cancer
HOST INSTITUTION: Philips Electronics Nederland B.V.
Philips Research is one of the largest industrial Research organisations in the world, focusing on the area of Health Technologies. The mission of the Oncology Solutions department is to develop innovative concepts, systems, and solutions in oncology with focus on precision diagnostics, image-guided therapy, and information management solutions. In Oncology Solutions, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary research team, collaborating with other functions in the markets and businesses.
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This is a 3-y full time position as an early stage researcher (ESR) under the auspice of the ITN programme. The successful PhD candidate will develop a reconstruction framework, which expands an existing static reconstruction framework towards dynamic PET reconstruction. The proposed methodology will serve as a proof-of-concept for a scheduled product development of a next generation 4-dimensional reconstruction architecture with a specific focus on breast cancer diagnosis and therapy response monitoring. The development of the method will be done using Monte-Carlo(MC) simulation with final evaluations using phantom data, clinical breast cancer data (PET/CT), and simultaneously acquired PET/MRI data from HYBRID partners using dynamic FES- and FDG-TOF-PET.
The research fellow appointed at Philips Healthcare (B10) will graduate from Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH, PO11) Aachen under the formal supervision of Prof. Volkmar Schulz. With the beneficiary’s offices being in Eindhoven (NL) close to Aachen, regular visits are easy to organise, to maintain sufficient information exchange and supervision/mentoring.
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A Touch of Humanity
It is a sad but incontrovertible fact that one of the unfortunate effects of technology is that it provides some people with the excuse they need to abrogate all sense of personal responsibility or discretion. Note that I don't say the rise of technology causes people to behave in particular ways, just that it creates conditions in which such people can thrive.
This was epitomised and satirised by the Little Britain sketches on the theme of 'The computer says 'no'!" (See below for an example.)
Automated menus are another manifestation of this phenomenon. The worst ones are the ones where you end up in a sort of closed time loop, in which, after ten minutes of increasingly 'niche' destinations you end up in the same menu you started at.
Possibly the absolute worst one was the one which, after ten minutes getting me to the extension I wanted, announced that the office was now closed and that I should try again in the morning. I quite like the automated answering machine script in this context.
The Oyster CardYesterday I raced for a bus and placed my Oyster Card against the automated reader. The Oyster Card is a kind of cashless travel ticket that stores details of all your journeys on the Transport for London system. It probably also stores how many cups of coffee you've consumed, the point you're at on your circadian rhythm cycle and details of your DNA.
The wretched machine bleeped twice.
"What does that mean?", I asked.
"It means you haven't got any money left on the card", came the response.
"OK, how much is it then?"
"Two pounds."
"Two pounds?!" I exclaimed. "Good grief."
I rummaged around for some money, but found just a few loose coins.
"Can you change a ten pound note?" I asked.
"Where are you going?"
"The station".
"Forget it", said the driver.
"Really?", I said. "You are a gentleman, Sir."
In times gone by I would have written to the bus company, giving the time and route on which I was travelling, to thank them for such commendable service. If I did that now, he'd probably lose his job for not following some set of rules to the letter.
But it was a pleasant experience to meet someone who could exercise a bit of judgement, and show a touch of humanity.
In Diary, On the lighter side, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags autobiography, automation, discretion, judgement
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Activist Tools for Equanimity
March 29, 2018 - Posted by Lisa Levinson
TAG: Activist Support, Animal Activism, In Defense of Animals, Sustainable Activism
How we show up as activists is largely dependent upon the soil in which we plant our intentions. If we want to skillfully change the external world, it’s essential that we change our inner world. Join our webinar with Ari Nessel, who shares mindfulness practices that can calm and focus our minds to foster a sense of wellbeing, presence, and equanimity.
Ari Nessel is the founder of The Pollination Project, which has made over 2,500 seed grants of $500 to $5,000 in over 100 countries to passionate individual change-makers working in areas such as environmental sustainability, social justice, and community health/wellness.
After an epiphany in 1997 changed the way Ari related to food, his heart opened up to the impact every person’s life has on countless beings and the world at large. Soon after this insight, Ari had a vision of himself attaining his worldly goals and dreams, yet he was left feeling empty inside. This led him to ground his life with practices such as mindfulness, compassionate eating, philanthropy, service, and transformational entrepreneurship.
Ari actively experiences the challenges of being a modern-day yogi and knows it’s a delusion that life can be compartmentalized into separate boxes such as family, work, service, health, and spirit. He remains constantly challenged to live his life in alignment with his values, and to utilize the numerous privileges he has been given to turn seeds into blossoms, and blossoms into fruit.
Ari shares essential activist tools for equanimity during our next Sustainable Activism Webinar on Thursday, April 5, 5 pm – 6 pm PT (8 pm – 9 pm ET). You can join this live webinar via phone or online or listen to the replay later.
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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Review
In-Saiyan action.
By Leah B. Jackson
Posted: 6 Aug 2014 12:06 am
The thought of seeing Goku, Vegeta, and the gang again after a 10-plus-year absence from my Cartoon Network days was enough to get me excited for the English theatrical debut of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. Sure a version of it screened in Japan last year, but seeing the beautifully crisp animation along with the triumphant return of the original English voice actors Seán Schemmel (Goku) and Christopher R. Sabat (Vegeta, Piccolo) is awesome. And of course, a handful of especially brutal fight scenes made the limited-time experience (you can only catch DBZ: Battle of Gods in theaters from August 5-9) even more powerful. But I wish I could have blasted a Kamehameha through all the campy filler plaguing almost half the film.
Battle of Gods’ first act introduces us to the smarmy, cat-like God of Destruction, Lord Beerus. He may look small and purple, but looks can be deceiving. Even though no one has mentioned him throughout DBZ’s 291-episode run, we learn about him through some fun cameos by the lovable and knowledgeable Kais. It turns out Beerus cat-napped through some of the most epic battles in history, after instructing Frieza to destroy planet Vegeta, home of the Saiyans. It’s neat for viewers to learn that Frieza had some orders from above, but what’s more interesting is how Beerus reacts to someone defeating the ruthless Galactic Emperor.
The whole scene basically acts as a Saiyan history lesson for those who aren’t quite up to date on how the powerful, gold-haired fighters work. While the recap is nice, I was also hoping to see an example of Beerus’ strength here, but instead, he simply reveals his vision of a mighty Super Saiyan God who looks exactly like Goku, and how he must take this arch-rival out, even if it involves destroying Earth.
Soon enough, Beerus makes his appearance on Earth known and the movie starts getting campy. For maximum destructive potential, all the Z Fighters and their families are gathered in one place, and I enjoyed seeing the return of staple DBZ characters like Chi Chi, Master Roshi, Piccolo, and even Krillin. The movie takes place after Majin Buu has been defeated but before the start of Dragon Ball GT, so we even get to see a few antics with young Goten and Trunks. Even Emperor Pilaf and his lackeys Shou and Mai from Dragon Ball show up for a silly side-plot.
I thought Lord Beerus would immediately get as impatient as I was growing at all the festivities, but instead he joins in and can’t get enough of the food. Vegeta, Bulma’s husband, and more importantly the Prince of the Saiyans, is the only one who realizes who Lord Beerus is (thanks to King Kai) and is humorously walking on eggshells the entire time the God of Destruction is there.
At one point, Vegeta even performs a disgraceful song and dance in an attempt to get Beerus’ attention, and while it’s sad to see the proud Prince of the Saiyan race stoop to such a level, it also goes to show just how scary Beerus must be. When Beerus eventually erupts in anger after a pudding altercation, a full on fight breaks out between him and everyone at the party, and we finally get to see some action.
The fight scenes in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods are tremendous. Each punch and kick has a great sense of power behind it, and the way the camera swerves and glides in new 3D angles makes each battle exhilarating, even if the good guys aren't always winning.
While the fights are awesome overall, I would have loved to see some more iconic Z Fighter abilities, like Krillin’s Destructo Disk, Tien’s Tri-Beam, Piccolo’s Special Beam Cannon, and especially Goku's Kamehameha. Instead, we only catch the tail end of one towards the end of the film, and it isn't even that powerful.
When the Super Saiyan God finally appears and he and Beerus duke it out in an explosive, fast-paced battle, it's more action-packed and awesome than I was expecting. There’s even a song that starts up in the background that got me even more hyped for the assault. The two Gods trade powerful punches for a while and the assault is definitely the highlight of the film in terms of action.
The last 20 minutes seemed to all be set up for another film, with Beerus hinting that there are other universes with beings even stronger than he is. Yikes!
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods has a lot of what you’d expect from any full season of the show. An over-the-top villain, a ton of explanation of things that don’t make much sense, epic battles, and maybe a little too much campy filler. Seeing some of my favorite characters return, and even more of them duke it out in some of the most exhilarating fight sequences I’ve ever seen is special though. While I would have appreciated seeing more signature abilities, it’s still a treat to jump back into this world once again.
Rated "PG"
DeveloperN/A
Release DateAugust 5, 2014
Platformstheater
DBZ: Battle of Gods has a lot of awesome animated fight sequences. Unfortunately, it also has too much campy filler.
Minecraft Earth Beta Goes Live in London and Seattle
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Directed by Tom Hooper
A new period of separation from Abigail looms when Adams is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France along with Benjamin Franklin. Their mission is to secure French financial and military support for America's Revolutionary War effort. Abigail insists that Adams take along their son, John Quincy. The two endure a rough ocean voyage - and a skirmish with a British warship - in making their way to France. Their arduous journey includes the deaths of several seamen and impresses upon Adams the human costs of war. Once John and John Quincy arrive in France, the difference in styles between Adams and Franklin, the relaxed libertine, become apparent. As Abigail dines with a French Admiral in her husband's stead back home, Adams endures a series of uncomfortable encounters in Paris. His strident demands that France increase their naval commitment to America's war effort upsets the French diplomats and draws the wrath of Franklin, whose credo is that a good diplomat "can accomplish much by appearing to accomplish little." Vexed after learning Franklin has been appointed sole minister to France, Adams heads to Holland to solicit funds, with little initial success. After sending John Quincy to Russia to serve as secretary to the American envoy there, Adams falls victim to a long illness and fever, helpless to further advance the revolution he helped spawn.
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Shampoo (The Criterion Collection)(Blu-ray)(Region A)
Shampoo Blu-ray
Criterion | 1975 | 109 min | Rated R | Oct 16, 2018
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Shampoo (The Criterion Collection)(1975) Blu-ray
George is one of L.A.'s most desirable men, a Beverly Hills hairdresser who makes all his clients look and feel better than ever. Encouraged by his girlfriend Jill (Goldie Hawn) to open his own salon, George approaches conservative businessman Lester (Jack Warden) for financing. Unbeknownst to Lester, George is sleeping with his wife (Lee Grant), his mistress (Julie Christie) and his teenage daughter (Carrie Fisher).
Director: Hal Ashby
Writers: Warren Beatty, Robert Towne
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Jack Warden, Lee Grant, William Castle
- NEW 4K DIGITAL RESTORATION, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
- New conversation between critics Mark Harris and Frank Rich
- Excerpt from a 1998 appearance by producer, cowriter, and actor Warren Beatty on The South Bank Show
- PLUS: An essay by Rich
- New cover based on an original poster; photo by Herb Ritts
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Ex-lawyer given three years for defrauding clients
By Scott North Herald Writer
Friday, October 31, 2008 5:26pm
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SEATTLE — A former Everett lawyer apologized and wept Friday before being sentenced to three years in federal prison for convincing clients to invest in a real estate investment scheme that helped line his own pockets.
A tearful Barry Hammer, 62, said he never intended to hurt anyone. Some of his clients lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“I assume full responsibility for all of my errors,” Hammer said. “I did it all myself. I have no one to blame but myself, and I do blame myself.”
Hammer told U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman that he “was blinded by the expected return that I would get” after he acquired 35 acres of developable land near Sultan for far less than its value.
Hammer bought the land when it was auctioned by the federal government because its owner refused to pay taxes. He then tapped clients for funds to help develop the land. He violated ethical prohibitions against lawyers going into business with their clients. He broke the law when he misrepresented the true nature of the investments and the risks, the judge was told.
It wasn’t a typical fraud case where the victims were conned by somebody who offered a get-rich-quick scheme by somebody of dubious credentials, assistant U.S. attorney Mark Parrent said.
“Here the investors were doing the most cautious thing possible,” Parrent said, relying on the advice of their attorney.
Hammer in May pleaded guilty in to a single count of wire fraud. As part of the plea agreement, he admitted engaging in a scheme to bilk clients of up to $1 million. In addition to working as an attorney and preparing tax returns, Hammer offered tax shelters and retirement funds through his law practice.
He did not warn clients that the money they gave him in many cases wound up in his pockets, or that his investments often were bankrolled by little more than his promises to pay.
Hammer’s business dealings and law practice dissolved in a complex $13 million bankruptcy. His fraud was exposed in 2004 when a former law partner realized what was happening and reported the violations to the Washington State Bar Association.
He later surrendered his attorney’s license in lieu of disbarment.
Hammer’s law firm was a fixture in downtown Everett for 29 years. His attorney, Russell Aoki, said Hammer still faces crippling debt as a result of his poor decisions, and scant prospects for landing a well-paying job.
He asked that Hammer receive two years in prison, a bit more than half as long as prosecutors requested.
When the judge asked Hammer to detail his efforts to find work since he lost his law practice, he launched into a lengthy story about trying to be hired to administer the affairs of a nonprofit organization in Everett that helps abused children.
Hammer said he’d called the county prosecutor three times in a week, asking for an interview, but never got a call back. Hammer said he understood, but also appeared surprised.
Pechman told Hammer that he will need to humble himself, and take a job flipping hamburgers or pumping gas to start trying to repay the money he took from clients.
She said the three year sentence — about a five months less than the least punishment under advisory guidelines for sentencing federal crimes — reflected the good Hammer had done with much of the rest of his life.
She also sentenced Hammer to 250 hours of community service, and encouraged him to spend his time in prison thinking hard about why he wound up on a criminal track.
“There is something about yourself that I think you need to examine closely,” Pechman told Hammer.
Reporter Scott North: 425-339-3431 or north@heraldnet.com
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Cornell scientists develop new technology that makes large-scale carbon capture possible
A team of scientists has devised a new technology that turns carbon dioxide into a variety of useful chemical substances, while at the same time producing sizeable amounts of electrical energy. Recently published in Science Advances journal, the current research could help reduce environmentally-harmful CO2. At present, techniques for large-scale carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (or…
Science and Tech July 6, 2016
Saturn’s largest moon Titan might be home to non-water-based life, simulations suggest
While the rest of the world is rejoicing at the possibility of life on Mars, new research by scientists at Cornell University indicates that non-water-based life form could be found on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. According to the team, computer models have revealed that the distant natural satellite might possess unique prebiotic conditions that could…
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Incredibly elastic luminescent display could pave the way for mood-sensitive robots
Scientists from Cornell University have designed an incredibly elastic electroluminescent display that could pave the way for innovative mood-sensitive robots. The versatile “skin”, according to the researchers, is capable of displaying patient’s pulse and temperature, while also reacting to his or her mood. The breakthrough, the team believes, could result in significant advances in the…
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Scientists from Cornell University develop the world’s first self-assembling superconductor
Scientists from Cornell University have developed an entirely new superconducting material that is capable of self-assembly. Unlike the magnets present inside an MRI machine, which are usually quite hard and rigid, the new substance is remarkably soft, almost like a plastic bottle. According to the researchers, it can arrange itself into a three-dimensional, gyroidal structure…
Science and Tech May 12, 2015
NASA funded robotic eel is envisioned to explore the icy oceans of Europa
A robot conceptualized solely for exploring the expansive oceans of Europa (a moon of Jupiter) is enticing enough as it is. However, Cornell University researchers has gone beyond the realm of enticing to reach out for extraordinary - by putting forth their wild idea for an eel-like robotic rover that will not only explore icy…
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Working Mothers releases its 'Best Companies for Dads' list
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Working Mother released is first Best Companies for Dads list. The magazine selected 35 organizations for leading in the areas of paternity leave, flexible schedules, telecommuting opportunities, phase-back programs and other initiatives that help working fathers. Winning companies include American Express, Bank of America, EY, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, RSM, Unilever and Visa. Unilever, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, EY, MetLife, Boston Scientific, RSM and Microsoft make up the founding sponsors of the initiative.
All companies on the list offer fully paid paternity leave for an average of nine weeks, compared to a nationwide 29% of companies. All winning companies also offer fully paid adoption leave, averaging 10 weeks, compared to 28% of employers nationwide. More than 85% of the companies offer financial benefits for in-vitro fertilization, as well. Among the men working at these companies, 85% of men use flexible schedules and 82% occasionally telecommute.
"In order for companies to advance working mothers, they must support their working fathers," said Subha V. Barry, president of Working Mother Media, in a statement. "The level of enthusiasm we received from our founding sponsors was through the roof and speaks volumes about how organizations are recognizing the importance of supporting both working moms and dads. The Working Mother Best Companies for Dads strive to create a supportive environment for all working parents, and we hope other organizations take notice and follow their lead."
Companies may see good results when they ensure fathers have ample time off after a new baby arrives, but they'll probably notice that paternal leave impacts mothers at their organizations, too. When employers offer maternity leave but don't make paternity leave available, they may foster discrimination toward women who take off time after having a baby then get passed over for a job or a promotion because they need to go out on leave.
Organizations failing to offer equal amounts of parental leave might also risk litigation. Estée Lauder settled a suit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over claims that its paternity leave policy violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by giving fathers less paid parental leave than mothers, thereby discrimination against men because of their sex.
Leaders looking to amp up their organizations' slates of parental benefits may want to keep an eye on other companies' initiatives. Some have introduced flexible schedules, return-to-work phase-in programs, telecommuting and development opportunities, all of which can help couples balance their caregiving responsibilities between them, while preventing women's careers from being shortchanged.
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Hudgell Solicitors™ | Abuse | Abuse in Scouts, Cubs, Guides
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Criminal Injury Claims
Child Abuse in the Scouts, Girl Guides & Youth Groups
Children who attend youth groups such as the Scouts or Girl Guides do so because they want to learn skills, be adventurous and have fun, and many people hold life-long, treasured and happy memories from their days in such groups.
Shamefully though, some adults have used their positions within such organisations to prey on young people and inflict abuse on those who were supposed to be in their care.
Unfortunately, this unimaginable sexual and physical abuse leads to many suffering in silence for years and being psychologically and emotionally damaged.
This type of traumatic abuse has not just been exclusive to the Scouts Association, with other organisations such as Cubs, Girl Guides and youth groups also failing to properly protect children.
If you or a loved one has suffered abuse from a scout leader, adult helper, volunteer or person running a youth group, the perpetrator has committed a crime and abused their position of trust. Our specialist child abuse claims solicitors can help you receive justice and compensation for your suffering.
Understandably, survivors of abuse can find it emotionally difficult to come forward. But even if the incidents took place decades ago, we may be able to make a successful case and hold the perpetrator to account.
Our lawyers are specially trained in this area and support both men and women who have been abused during childhood.
Whilst no amount of money can heal events from the past, the abuse survivors we help often find it enables them to access professional counselling or support whenever they need it. It can also bring a degree of closure.
At Hudgell Solicitors, we provide access to justice without any financial risks to you by funding most cases on a ‘No win, no fee’ basis. Get in touch with our experienced child abuse solicitors for free and confidential legal advice
Malcolm Johnson
Senior Solicitor
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Who would the claim be against?
If you or a loved one suffered abuse whilst a member of the Scout Association or a youth group, it may be possible to bring a claim against the abuser, the Association or both.
Should the perpetrator have sufficient assets to warrant lodging a claim against them, a case can be brought against that person.
The Scout Association and similar youth groups can also be held liable for the wrongdoing of their employees, leaders, assistants and volunteers.
If it can be proven that they knew about the abuse – or should have known about it – and they failed to act, they can also be liable for negligence. For example, if they failed to make checks on an employee or any volunteers, or if they failed to act on allegations about abuse which were raised. Claims of this nature are usually paid for by their insurance company.
You may also be able to seek compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), a fund which was set up by the Government and paid from taxes, which compensates innocent victims of crime.
Enlist our expertise and we will advise you about the best way to successfully achieve justice and recover the maximum compensation.
Reporting incidents of child abuse
Sexual, physical and emotional child abuse is a crime. If you or a loved one has suffered child abuse in the scouts or another youth group setting we would urge you to report it to the police immediately.
All police forces in England and Wales have a specialist child protection unit to handle current and historical abuse complaints. If necessary, we can act on your behalf and make the initial contact.
Whilst a successful outcome in criminal proceedings could assist with your case, a failure to secure a criminal conviction will not necessarily prevent you from bringing a claim for compensation.
What time limits apply to making a claim?
If you suffered child abuse in the Scouts or a similar youth group like Cubs or Girl Guides, it can be difficult to reveal the nature of the abuse. However, when you feel the time is right to do so it’s important to receive expert advice.
Whilst there are strict time limits for bringing a compensation claim, it is still possible to pursue justice even if the offence took place many years ago and it’s important to speak to an expert lawyer to protect your claim.
The courts do understand why survivors find it hard to disclose what’s happened in these highly-sensitive cases and can waive or extend these time limits. We would encourage anyone who wants to seek redress through the legal process to get in touch at the earliest opportunity.
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AP source: Tesla Motors selects Nevada as site for $5 billion electric car battery factory
RENO, Nev. - Tesla Motors has chosen Nevada as the site for a massive, $5 billion factory that will pump out batteries for a new generation of electric cars, a person familiar with the company's plans said Wednesday.
The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made, said work would soon resume at an industrial park outside Reno.
Four other states — California, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico — were vying for the project and the estimated 6,500 jobs it will bring.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's office said only that the governor would make a "major economic development announcement" Thursday afternoon. A spokesman for Tesla, based in Palo Alto, California, said company representatives would be at the Capitol for the announcement but offered no other details.
Tesla has done site-preparation work at the Reno Tahoe Industrial Center but had not publicly committed to building in Nevada, instead waiting as other states put together their best packages of economic incentives.
This spring, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company would take the extremely unusual step of spending millions to prepare sites in two states — or perhaps even three — before choosing the finalist.
The person familiar with Tesla's plans told The Associated Press that a second site would still be prepared, in case Nevada is unable to deliver the incentives it has promised — or possibly to build a second factory.
Tesla needs what it calls the "gigafactory" to make cheaper batteries for its Model 3, a mass-market electric car the company hopes to sell by 2017 for around $35,000.
Currently, Tesla offers only the Model S sedan, which starts at $70,000. Tesla will pay about half of the factory's cost; the other major investor is Panasonic, which will manufacture the lithium-ion battery cells and invest in equipment.
Lance Gilman, principal and director of the Reno Tahoe Industrial Center 15 miles east of Reno, said he had not been told of the decision.
"It would be the most exciting news of the century to me," he said.
Juliet Williams in Sacramento, California, contributed to this report. Pritchard reported from Los Angeles. Contact him at https://twitter.com/lalanewsman
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Area 45 is a Hoover Institution podcast devoted to the Trump administration and the policy avenues available to America’s forty-fifth president. It is hosted by Hoover fellow, Bill Whalen.
Just as area 45 is a medical term for a frontal portion of the human brain, Bill and his guests take a cerebral approach to governing in this toxic political climate. There will be no rancor, no partisanship, just Hoover fellows’ keen insights on such thorny matters as taxation and economic growth, health care reform, national security, government entitlements, and improving schools.
Check out the most recent episodes:
George Shultz – Learning From Experience
A conversation with George Shultz about his lifelong passion for public service and his current policy pursuits.
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Covering John McCain With Jeff Barker
Jeff Barker, a Baltimore Sun reporter who covered Senator John McCain from 1991-2000, talks about what he learned about Senator McCain in the years leading up to the “Straight Talk Express.”
The Kavanaugh Hearings With Michael McConnell
Examining the confirmation process and the immediate impact Kavanaugh will have on the High Court.
The Hoovers— A Family Tradition Of Leadership And Public Service
Herbert Hoover’s Journey from a Two-Room cottage in Iowa to the World Stage.
What Survey Data Indicates About The Parties’ Chances This Fall
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Taxes, GDP Growth, And The Trump Economy
John Cochrane on the good and the bad of “Trumponomics.”
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A Blue Wave In The November 2018 Election?
What are the most important factors in the odds of the House flipping for a third time in a little over a decade?
The 2018 Summit Featuring President Trump And Kim Jong-Un
The summit in Singapore was, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, not the end of isolation. But it is, perhaps, the beginning of a new relationship with North Korea, the US, and the world.
The US Navy – Ready for Anything
What all’s involved in training today’s warriors for combat? CDR Michael Nordeen, a Hoover Institution National Security Affairs fellow and decorated naval aviator, discusses the tools and technology necessary to keep the US Navy at a state of readiness. With the filming of the “Top Gun” sequel underway, he also speculates on the career path of Lt. Pete Mitchell (aka, Tom Cruise) and the automation and human skills needed to pilot an F-18 jet.
Anticipating Global Insecurity With Amy Zegart
In a world complicated by terrorism, cyber threats and political instability, the private sector has to prepare for the unexpected. Amy Zegart, the Hoover Institution’s Davies Family Senior Fellow and co-author (along with Condoleezza Rice) of Political Risk: How Businesses And Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity, explains lessons learned in keeping cargo planes moving, hotel guests protected – and possibly coffee customers better served.
The 2018 Election – A Second Quarter Update
In basketball parlance, the fourth and decisive quarter of this year’s election doesn’t commence until after Labor Day. But that doesn’t mean important trends haven’t developed. Hoover senior fellow and renowned pollster Doug Rivers explains what current survey data suggests about the political fortunes of President Trump, Republicans and Democrats.
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Iran Nuclear Deal – The Aftermath Of Withdrawing
Now that President Trump has made good on a major campaign promise – pulling the U.S. out of the JCPOA Iran nuclear deal – the debate has begun whether it was the right move. Abbas Milani, a Hoover research fellow and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University, offers his opinion and explains how the change affects both the politics of Iran and the Middle East region.
Unleashing The Economy With John Cochrane
Four of the Dow Jones’ greatest single-day swings occurred in a one-week stretch in February. Was it an aberration, or the new normal in the Trump economy? John Cochrane, the Hoover Institution’s Jack and Rose-Marie Anderson Senior Fellow and author of the Grumpy Economist blog, assesses the health of the financial markets and other economic bellwethers worth watching.
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Magdan D. Cvitesic
Magdan Daniel Cvitesic is an avid reader, digital marketing enthusiast, gamer, and a complete car nut based in Zagreb, Croatia. After attaining a business degree at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, he honed his copywriting ability writing for software startups internationally. Interested in all things content, Magdan is now a Marketing Specialist at a Blockchain company and HotCars.com organic list writer for Valnet, Inc.
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In addition to officially announcing a massive slate of 9 brand-new superhero movies, on October 28, 2014 Marvel Studios also confirmed what fans have long speculated: everything in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been building to massive battle, with the Infinity Gauntlet and its six Infinity Gems (called Infinity Stones in the MCU) at the center of it all.
At the end of Marvel's presentation, the studio played a short teaser video for Avengers: Infinity War. The clip mostly re-used footage from previous Marvel films, specifically lingering on the Tesseract from Captain America, the Chitauri Scepter from The Avengers, the Aether from Thor: The Dark World, and the Orb from Guardians of the Galaxy.
But at the end of these moments, the sizzle reel showed one short new clip: MCU big bad Thanos, with an Infinity Gauntlet, and all six of its Stones in his possession. This confirms that many of the MacGuffins at the center of several Marvel films are indeed Infinity Stones.
There are six Stones in total, with six distinct powers: Space, Power, Mind, Soul, Reality, and Time.
The Stones We've Seen in the Movies
The Space Stone (The Tesseract)
First Apperance in MCU: Thor (End Credits)
Additional Information: A comic released as an MCU tie-in prelude, "Thor: The Dark World".
The Mind Stone (Loki's Sceptre Gem/Vision's Forehead Gem)
Color: Yellow/Gold
First Appearance in MCU: The Avengers
Additional Information: Following Avengers Age of Ultron, we can now see that the Mind Stone is embedded in Vision's forehead.
The Reality Stone (The Aether)
First Appearance in MCU: Thor: The Dark World
Additional Information: While the Aether appeared in Thor: The Dark World as an energy source with almost liquid-like properties, it is likely that when the Aether appears in future MCU titles, it will appear in its gem/stone form. Thor, when having his glimpses of the future in Age of Ultron, saw the Aether in its solid form as an Infinity Stone.
The Power Stone (The Orb)
First Appearance in MCU: Guardians of the Galaxy
Additional Information: While it appeared that the Power Stone engulfed and then obilerated Ronan at the close of Guardians of the Galaxy, it might be premature to imagine the Galactic Warlord gone for good. Multiple creative leads at Marvel Studios and Marvel Comics have slyly suggested that, in true comic form, villains apparently killed or destroyed by Infifnity Stones, such as Ronan or the Red Skull, might not be dead, but instead, transferred to different galactic planes of existence. Given the Infinity Stones' capability to sunder the Universe in the comics, this could be part of their lore we see in future MCU entries.
The final two stones, the Time and Soul Stones, have yet to make their true first appearances in the MCU, even though we most recently caught a glimpse of them in Age of Ultron as green and orange gems.
Where Are the 4 Known Infinity Stones Now?
The Tesseract was last seen safely in Thor's possession at the end of The Avengers. It is assumed he brought it back with him to Asgard to store in Odin's Trophy Room, which contains several other powerful Marvel artifacts.
The Mind Gem was last seen embedded in The Vision's forehead. After Ultron broke the protective casing of Loki's Chautari scepter, Ultron retrieved the Mind Gem, which he eventually used to bring life to the Vision. However, before it was in possesion of Ulton and the Vision, It was in Baron Von Strucker's underground laboratory, where he was using it to experiment on Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
The Aether was given to the Collector -- who resides in a space hub called Knowhere -- during the post-credits scene of Thor: The Dark World. It was given to him for safekeeping by Volstagg and Sif of Asgard.
The Orb, which was in possession of the Guardians of the Galaxy, was given to the Nova Corps on the planet Xandar for safekeeping.
What About the Other 2 Infinity Stones?
That remains to be seen.
These are the Marvel Studios movies that have yet to come out.
Avengers: Infinity War, Part 1
It's hard to speculate much on movies that are still years away, but it's a safe bet that we will see the remaining two Stones in some of them.
Note: Because none of this has been explicitly stated in the movies yet, these conclusions should be regarded as speculation. That said, with the comics and interviews with the movie makers as our guide, these seem like the safest guesses.
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Motion graphics animator based in Maine
From telecoms satellites orbiting the earth to recipes that can turn even Brussels sprouts into something tasty, animator Stephen Turcotte has the motion graphics skills to get his client’s message across in mere seconds. His secret? It’s a mix of great design, an ability to work with both graphical and photo-realistic imagery, and an instinctive sense of how to keep a communication clear and engaging.
Based in Maine, Stephen works on CG and video-based projects, injecting them with life, colour and expressive animated elements, and ensuring that everything is seamlessly put together with clean, well-designed transitions. He works with a range of software, depending on what look and feel is required for the project, and often experiments with new techniques and technologies that can give his clients a visual edge.
When he’s not sketching, storyboarding, creating graphics or editing live action video, Stephen loves distance running. He competes in two marathons a year in the beautiful Maine countryside – the Mount Desert Island Marathon which takes a coastal route every autumn, and the Millonocket Marathon which traces the logging roads of Northern Maine in the winter.
His visual inspiration comes from artists like Chuck Close, MC Escher, Damian Ortega and studios like Buck and Man Vs Machine. He’s also fascinated by mycology – the study of fungi.
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Stephen trained in technical drawing at the Wentworth Institute of Technology before studying for a BA in Media Studies at the University of Southern Maine, where he focused on digital video production.
The approach Stephen takes to a project depends on whether it is pure motion design work, or video with integrated motion graphics. For the former, it all begins with sketches on his iPad as he plots out concepts and the composition of key frames. Then he creates the assets using the best tools based on the look and feel required, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Cinema 4D, X-Particles, Redshift Renderer and Premiere. If there’s video involved he’ll edit and colour grade the footage, layering in the most fitting motion graphics and type treatments for the project. Camera tracking and compositing 2D and 3D objects or rotoscoping graphics to match the video backdrop – neither presents a problem for Stephen.
As you can see in his animation portfolio, Stephen favours a clean and polished style that deploys clear graphics so that every message is as legible as possible for the viewer in 2D and 3D. Some of his work leans towards the playful and expressive, with embellished colours, type, physics and sound design, while other projects require a bit more realism and fine detail. Whichever approach suits the project best, he’ll guarantee a smooth, professional and convincing final production.
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More than 32,000 people to lose their medical card as unemployment falls
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More than 32,000 people will lose their medical card this year as more fall outside the income threshold.
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The number of full medical cards issued after an income assessment has fallen in recent years.
In particular, people who previously qualified for a card when unemployed but are now in a job are finding they are no longer eligible.
Ireland is approaching full employment, with the unemployment rate hitting 4.4pc, according to the most recent Central Statistics Office figures. Full employment is generally around the 4pc mark - 0pc is never reached because there are always people between jobs.
At the same time, the number of GP visit cards will increase by more than 24,000.
The trends show more are losing the full benefits of a medical card, which entitles a person to free GP visits, medications and hospital care. A GP visit card allows free GP visits but the holder must still pay for medications and hospital fees, such as the A&E charge of €100.
At the end of the year, around 1.5m will be covered by a medical card and 528,079 will have a GP visit card.
Meanwhile, the Citizens Information Board said that during the first quarter of the year there continued to be an increase in the number of questions from people about medical cards.
Over 80pc were classified as administrative or operational difficulties, with the most common concern being difficulties for clients in applying for and renewing their medical cards online.
There were also cases where applicants reported lost documentation. Others said they faced repeated requests for documents.
It also seems "that difficulties continue to be reported for clients who cannot access GPs who are willing to take them on as medical card patients", the report said.
In response, the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service, which runs the medical card scheme, said the launch of its online service mymedicalcard.ie in January 2018 was a most significant innovation in customer service.
This streamlined service allows applicants submit the full range of supporting documentation digitally, including photographs of relevant material and also negates the need for a GP of choice to sign and stamp the application forms.
A total of 73,036 applications for eligibility were submitted for assessment using the national medical card online service between January 2018 and May this year.
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Galway boss Kevin Walsh hit with double blow as brothers opt out of panel for 2019
Patrick Sweeney of Galway celebrates against Kerry
John Fallon
January 11 2019 10:16 AM
Galway manager Kevin Walsh will have to plan without twins Patrick and Cathal Sweeney after they opted out of the squad for 2019.
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And Walsh, whose fifth year in charge of the Tribesmen kicks off on Sunday when they take on old rivals Mayo in the semi-finals of the FBD League, will also be without experienced forward Adrian Varley for most of the league.
Varley is to undergo surgery on a troublesome shoulder injury which is set to sideline him for several weeks.
"It's unfortunate as Adrian contributed a lot to us last year but hopefully he will be back before too long once this is sorted out.
"There will be opportunities for others when club action and injuries are taken into account, but that's what it is all about," said the former All-Ireland winning midfielder.
The versatile Sweeney twins, who are also from Walsh's club Killannin, have opted out due to other commitments this year but the Galway manager said the door was open to them if they are in a position to return.
The twins, who turned 28 this week, have been an integral part of Galway squads in recent years with Patrick finding the net last summer to seal their first championship win over Kerry in 53 years.
Walsh, who has recently welcomed back Liam Silke after he spent the summer in America and Cillian McDaid, who had a year playing Aussie Rules, said they had to take the demands on players into account.
"Since we took charge we have tried to take have players' welfare into account as much as possible.
"The demands on players are huge and there are other commitments for them as well so we need to try be as accommodating as possible.
"Hopefully, Patrick and Cathal will be able to come back, they have contributed a lot to us in the past few years," added Walsh.
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The Chocopocalypse (Hardcover)
By Chris Callaghan
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 9781524719159, 240pp.
Library Binding (10/10/2017)
Fans of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and readers of Chris Grabenstein and Wendy Mass will love is an action-packed mystery about what happens if the world is about to run out of chocolate!
Life for Jelly Welly—or Jennifer Wellington—is totally and utterly normal in Chompton-on-de-Lyte. She lives with her mum and dad and gran, has nosy neighbors who like to gossip, and really needs to think of a science project that will get her a good grade.
But when news breaks of an impending chocopocalypse, her whole world—and the world at large—is thrown into utter chaos.
With only six days left until no more chocolate, Jelly has a sneaking suspicion that something isn’t right. She and her gran investigate, picking up on a mysterious trail of clues.
Is it really the dreaded chocopocalypse, or is there a mastermind behind the madness?
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fans and mystery enthusiasts will also enjoy this chocolatey adventure."-School Library Journal
"[The Chocopocalypse] will likely find a place among readers who enjoy [Roald] Dahl's humor."-Kirkus Reviews
Chris Callaghan’s debut novel is The Chocopocalypse. He loves reading and writing (and chocolate) and, as an author, has taken inspiration from his various jobs, from fixing aircraft as a member of the Royal Air Force to checking pollution from pudding factories as an environmental scientist. Chris lives in England with his wife and daughter, who have to endure his bouts of “groovy kitchen dancing.”
Learn more about him and the looming chocolate crisis at chris-callaghan.com and on Twitter and Instagram at @callaghansstuff, or find out what he eats for dinner on Facebook.
Praise For The Chocopocalypse…
"[The Chocopocalypse] will likely find a place among readers who enjoy Dahl's humor."-Kirkus Reviews
“Jokes, silly accents . . . and a galloping narrative. . . . There will be laughter—and maybe some chocolate.” —The Mirror (UK)
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Donald Trump Called More Things ‘Fake’ In August Than Ever Before, Not Just ‘News’ In Record-Setting Month
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Donald Trump has long used his Twitter account to declare things that he doesn’t like or that he perceives as critical to be “fake,” or some other word indicating unreality. In fact, as far back as 2012, Trump took to Twitter to declare President Barack Obama’s birth certificate to be “fake,” saying that his claim had been proven by “Israeli science.”
As he ran for the nation’s highest office, and following his unexpected election victory, Trump repeatedly posted Twitter messages decrying “fake news,” which judging by his tweets recorded by the Trump Twitter Archive, almost always referred to news reports critical of Trump himself. The archive shows that Trump has posted on Twitter about “fake news” 280 times since December 10, 2016 — most recently on Sunday when he declared on Twitter, “@Rasmussen_Poll just came out at 48% approval rate despite the constant and intense Fake News.”
But according to an analysis by NPR of Trump’s Twitter activity since his January 20, 2017, inauguration, the recently completed month of August, 2018, set a new record for Trump declaring things “fake” or “phony” or “rigged” on Twitter.
“This is part of a trend,” NPR reporter Tamara Keith wrote. “As Trump’s presidency has gone on, these kinds of tweets have increased over time, with peaks coming in months with particularly bad headlines for the president.”
Donald Trump has been calling things fake in his Twitter account for years. Featured image credit: Scott OlsonGetty Images
August saw Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen plead guilty to eight federal crimes, implicating Trump in two of them involving “hush money” payments to women who say they had sexual relations with Trump, as the Inquisitr reported. His 2016 campaign chair, Paul Manafort, was convicted of eight federal felonies involving tax and bank fraud, and Trump posted a personal-high 46 Twitter messages in which he declared news and other things “fake,” according to the NPR analysis. That represents an average of 1.48 accusations of something being “fake” every day.
A great day in Puerto Rico yesterday. While some of the news coverage is Fake, most showed great warmth and friendship.
“Last month he tweeted about ‘fake books,’ ‘the fake dossier,’ ‘fake CNN,’ and he added a new claim — that Google search results are ‘RIGGED’ to mostly show only negative stories about him. He also accused NBC News’ Lester Holt of ‘fudging’ the tape of his May 2017 interview conducted shortly after Trump fired FBI director James Comey,” Keith recounted.
Will Bruce Ohr, whose family received big money for helping to create the phony, dirty and discredited Dossier, ever be fired from the Jeff Sessions “Justice” Department? A total joke!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 20, 2018
NPR created a graphic showing Trump’s month-by-month accusations of fakery on Twitter.
Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake News Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of....
The graphic shows that March, 2016, was Trump’s least-busy month for calling things “fake,” with fewer than 10 tweets in that category. But prior to August, his most recent three months all showed Trump obsessing about fake things, reaching at least 30 in each of June, July, and August.
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Local Angle: A Community Foundation Making a Big Push for Health Equity in a Small State
October 26, 2018 / Alice Dickow
Photo: Arthimedes/Shutterstock
When it comes to health equity, names like Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kresge, Kellogg and the California Endowment come quickly to mind. We have reported extensively on the big foundations working in the equity space. But many local foundations are also making their presence known. Smaller health legacy foundations, often working well off the beaten path, have emerged as key players in regional efforts to expand access to care and improve population health. Community foundations are also doing more to advance health equity, leveraging their connections to local institutions and donors.
Take Rhode Island as an example. This small state best known for its beaches and restaurants also has chronically high unemployment and lagging incomes. It also has seen a dramatic increase in immigrants, who comprise the majority of children under five in the state. Although Rhode Island also has one of the highest rates of health insurance coverage in the U.S., health equity has been a challenge.
The Rhode Island Foundation is engaged in a major push in this area, most recently with the recent award of $3.6 million in grants to six nonprofits working to reduce chronic disease and health disparities in the state.
A Deliberate Strategy
This is the latest round of grants through the Fund for a Healthy Rhode Island, established in 2008, when Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island endowed $20 million for “the provision of quality and affordable healthcare services in Rhode Island.”
The foundation undertook a locally focused process of assessment to determine how best to use these funds. With input from stakeholders and the community, it developed its priorities, emphasizing access to primary care first, “given its importance and relevance to the health of all Rhode Islanders.”
The foundation says it has made steady progress in the past decade to increase primary care access, utilization and quality. Now, it’s turning its attention to other determinants of health—looking upstream, like so many other health funders these days. “Roughly 75 percent of your health status is influenced by social, economic and environmental factors related to where you live. Living a healthy life is more likely when you are part of a community that promotes health and healthy choices,” said Neil D. Steinberg, the foundation’s president and CEO.
The six nonprofit organizations that received funding will work with community partners to reduce disease, promote health equity and address the medical and behavioral health challenges of underserved populations in more than one-third of the state’s cities and towns.
The recipients were selected based on how well they brought together clinical and community-based organizations, engaged residents, proposed measuring outcomes and leveraged other funding or in-kind support. A list of the grantees is available here. This kind of collective impact approach is increasingly common in health equity funding efforts.
Building on An Existing Initiative
Funding from the foundation will support the activities of Health Equity Zones in six communities, including West Warwick, Woonsocket, Providence, Central Falls, Newport and all seven communities in South County. Health Equity Zones (HEZs) are geographic areas where existing opportunities emerge and investments are made to address differences in health outcomes. Through a collaborative, community-led process, each Health Equity Zone conducts a needs assessment and implements a data-driven plan of action to address the unique social, economic and environmental factors that are preventing people from being as healthy as possible. The key idea here is “community-led.”
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Creating Sustainability for the Long Run
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is leveraging various federal, state and local sources of prevention, categorical disease, and population health funding to support these place-based HEZs. However, the HEZ initiative is more than a grant. Funding from RIDOH is intended to be an initial seed investment. Communities need sustainable, flexible funding to continue addressing their diverse needs over the long term. The goal is for each HEZ to sustain additional investments that will drive transformative change in their communities. This is exactly the type of funding provided by the Rhode Island Community Foundation.
Philanthropy has always been essential to moving forward health equity initiatives, often in partnership with other sectors. While many counties or towns across the country are embarking on this critical work, Rhode Island as a small, densely populated state is in a unique position to make health equity a reality on statewide level.
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Morning Brief: SEC Probes Banks, Brokers Over Fake Bond Prices
The regulator is investigating whether banks used inflated bond valuations to attract hedge fund clients by boosting their returns.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether a dozen banks and brokers fudged the prices of bonds sold to hedge funds in order to secure their business, according to Bloomberg.
The SEC is questioning whether the banks and broker provided inflated prices on debt securities, enabling the hedge funds to show higher returns to investors, Bloomberg said, citing unnamed sources.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup are two of the banks named in the probe, which focuses on valuations of mortgage securities and other thinly traded bonds where swings of just a few cents can have a big impact on returns, according to the report.
London-based Winton Group claimed hedge funds don’t run nearly as much money as is widely reported – but the real takeaway could just be that fewer hedge funds are charging 2-and-20 fees.
The new study argues that what Winton defines as “true” hedge funds run only $850 billion, not the $3.6 trillion that the SEC reported as of March 31, 2017, and less than a third of the assets measured by leading data providers, including Hedge Fund Research Inc. and Preqin.
Winton said the discrepancy stems from the various definitions of what constitutes a hedge fund, which the report acknowledged is “somewhat ambiguous.”
“A ‘hedge fund industry’ managing $3 trillion - one that is lightly regulated and characterized by a 2-and-20 fee model, low transparency, illiquidity, and extensive use of leverage and shorting – does not exist,” said Jonathan Levy, head of product research at Winton.
Firms that meet all of Winton’s criteria, including charging, at minimum, a 2 percent management fee and 20 percent performance fee, manage an estimated $848 billion, Winton said.
When firms that charge fees greater than “1-and-10” are included, the the figure grows to approximately $2.5 trillion, according to Winton.
Former Fortress hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz, who plans to launch one of the biggest cryptocurrency hedge funds, thinks more women need to get involved in the craze that has sent Bitcoin prices through the roof, reaching $11,800 yesterday.
“It feels to me that 85% of the crypto community is male,” he tweeted Tuesday. “For the revolution to thrive we need more women on the team. i [sic] know its a complex issue but change starts with awareness."
Novogratz plans to launch a $500 million cryptocurrency fund through his new firm, Galaxy Investment Partners. His strategy could include shorting Bitcoin: At a Coindesk conference last week, he said the digital currency is “going to be the biggest bubble of our lifetimes by a longshot.”
Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital Management is continuing to pare down its stake in funds run by Clough Capital Partners. It sold 600,530 shares of the Clough Global Opportunities Fund last week, leaving it with 6.56 percent of the company.
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Publishing house "Internauka" / Scientific journals / International scientific journal "Internauka". Series: "Juridical Sciences" / DOI Digital Identifier
DOI Digital Identifier
DOI is the identifier of a digital object, namely the designation of a website page that couldn’t be changed or deleted. The site could be deleted, its content could be changed, but the page assigned with the DOI remains unchanged.
DOI is the standard with which publishers from all over the world work. In addition, the world scientific community does not recognize electronic publications without a DOI number, then without it the article is not stable well on the Internet and it could disappear, which negatively affects on the indexing of citations. More about DOI in Wikipedia.
The publishing house "Internauka" has renewed a direct contract with Crossref, the official registration agency DOI for scientific and professional publications. The prefix of our publisher is 10.25313, with which you could find us on the list of affiliated organizations on the Crossref website.
Advantages of using the DOI digital object ID:
DOI (Digital object identifier) or digital object identifier is a modern standard for providing information to the Internet, it uses by all major international scientific organizations and publishers. DOI - the standard is accepted by all leading publishing houses of the world (400 publishing houses);
DOI uses the European Union's official publications by the EU. DOI adopted in the English-speaking scientific environment to exchange of data between scientists. In fact, the DOI is the way of a document in a general information-virtual space (usually on the Internet) to obtain the necessary information.
Scientific research data sets by DataCite is a consortium of leading research libraries, technical providers, information and scientific data centers.
Permanent global identifiers for commercial video content through the Entertainment is ID registry, commonly known as EIDR.
Quotations in scientific publications (journal articles, books, e-books, etc.) by CrossRef is a consortium of about 3,000 publishers.
The number increasing of citations of the author's articles automatically multiplies it citation index and the personal index of Hirsch is the most important scientometric indicators at the present stage of the development of science.
When an article is quoted with a DOI by one of the journals wich included in Scopus, the Web of Science or some other prestigious bibliographic database, these articles and the authors are also recorded in these databases.
DOI greatly facilitates the procedures for citing, searching and localizing of scientific publications.
Assignment of the DOI provides a reduction of the loss of links. A DOI code which, unlike a bibliographic reference, could be recognized without errors.
Assignment of the DOI provides protection of intellectual property.
Search by DOI number is on the sites of International DOI Foundation (IDF) and CrossRef. To search an article, you have to type the DOI code in the search box.
An example of a scientific article for a list of literature with assigned a digital identifier DOI:
Skuratovskaya D.V. Ways ti improve management costs // International scientific journal "Internauka" - 2016-N 6. DOI 10.21267/IN.2016.6.2294
Certificate will be sent each author in electronic form after the assignment of the digital identifier DOI.
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17 Highlights from Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019
By Mary Middleton
New Nordic, Old Nordic, Soft Nordic, and Nordic Minimalism were all given floor space at the biggest event celebrating Scandinavian design, the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair, held February 5-10. More than 650 exhibitors filled the halls of Stockholmsmässan, with upwards of 80 percent of them based in region; this is, after all, a furniture show that still represents Scandinavian craftsmanship.
Interior Design Hall of Fame member Neri & Hu was this year’s guest of honor. The award-winning Chinese design and architecture studio created a site-specific installation, called The Unfolding Village, addressing the issue of the disappearing village culture in China. Inspired by the “alleyways and street life of clan-based villages,” the team created an impressive black-timber structure, which folded to create a maze of rows and dead ends that revealed Neri & Hu designs inside.
The new Loafer sofa SC25, designed by Space Copenhagen for &Tradition, is a complimentary piece to the Loafer chair SC24 designed for the SAS Royal Hotel. Available in two- and three-seater versions. Photography courtesy of Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair.
The enduring appeal of Nordic design is often attributed to its simplicity, minimalist approach, and the quality of its materials. However, the industry’s sustainable production methods—which are inherently part of the Scandinavian way of life—proved that protecting natural resources is a successful formula. Winner of the Best Stand Award, Baux, revealed a line of biodegradable acoustic panels, called Baux Acoustic Pulp. The 100 percent bio-based product is a paper-like material developed with Swedish industrial design studio Form Us With Love in collaboration with scientists from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
Product sustainability was championed in a quiet, unassuming Swedish way at Blå Station, which displayed its new Bob Home sofa. Meanwhile at Nordgrona, which makes sound absorbers from Reindeer Moss, the sustainably harvested product was gaining attention for its colorful display. Norwegian brand Flokk offered its latest chairs alongside the raw materials from which they are made, highlighting that it uses 95 percent post-consumer recycled materials in all of its aluminium parts. Green-minded international furniture manufacturers were not left out either, with Emeco, whose product range is made of post-industrial waste, presenting their collection on a minimal and ultimately reusable stand.
The annual Greenhouse exhibition represented 20 design schools with 37 designers and design groups sharing their prototypes. Photography courtesy of Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair.
The annual Greenhouse exhibit attracted the participation of 37 designers and design groups showcasing up-and-coming talents and their prototypes.
This year also saw the unveiling of a new award: Born Classic. Given to a Scandinavian piece of furniture or lighting that has qualities that could make it a design classic of the future, the inaugural award went to a mirror produced by Swedese and designed by Front.
Design duo Färg & Blanche created The Bakers House to showcase their design contributions to a variety of brands, including Gärsnäs and Petite Friture, among others. Photography courtesy of Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair.
Outside the fair in the wider Stockholm Design week, which brings together a variety of spaces, exhibitions, and events, snowy conditions did not deter the design-hungry cognoscenti. Färg & Blanche’s installation “The Baker's House” showcased the designers’ works over two floors of a historical townhouse built in 1889. Across the city, the Danish design studio Frama presented its latest collections in the newly renovated offices of Andreas Martin-Löf, set in a modernist building overlooking the water.
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Part work of art, part camp, and all tongue in cheek, Brit Piers Atkinson‘s riotous hats are topped with Barbies and pom-poms, diamantes and quills. Although his newest millinery-collection has been touted his most wearable (previous seasons included neon, enormous crepe Mickey Mouse ears or clown-inspired balaclavas), the berets, beanies, and caps are more at home at, say, Lucky Cheng’s than used as Sunday brunch wear.
Son of a hat-maker himself, Atkinson has worked as a costume designer, publicist (with PR maven of the fringe fashion world, Mandi Lennard), fashion editor at Disorder Magazine and trend consultant before his first full collection in 2008. Collaborating with UK-brand Ashish for the runway and dressing stars like Lily Allen and Cate Blanchett for editorial, Atkinson’s hats may be club-ready, but are versatile enough to be sported by anyone who has the guts.
Currently a part of Stephen Jones’ hat anthology at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Piers Atkinson’s work unabashedly combines fashion and art, using the hat to play with silliness and melodrama. This season’s theme, titled The Princess and the Frog, perches lonely doll heads on cloches or wool caps that can be pulled down so the wearer becomes a frog. Of course, the last look of the collection features spring-action and naked Barbie and Ken posed in greenery, showing that there is nothing too over-the-top—as long as it fits on your head.
Hats: An Anthology is on view through May 31.
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Based on the information provided by our suppliers, and to the best of our knowledge, Invertek Drives Ltd designates that all current product ranges with CE marking are RoHS compliant and conform to the European Union's restrictions of the use of hazardous substances (RoHS) category 11.
Confirmation by our suppliers of the status of compliance is either because the products do not contain any of the restricted substances referred to in article 4(1) of the RoHS directive, or the levels of concentration are below the maximum limit for all of the hazardous substances shown below.
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Lead (Pb) 1000
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Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP):(added in 2015) 1000
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Home > Data Security > What’s in Your Privacy Policy? New Oregon Law Requires Accuracy
What’s in Your Privacy Policy? New Oregon Law Requires Accuracy
By Brian Sniffen on June 1, 2017 Posted in Data Privacy, Data Security
On May 25, 2017, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law H.B. 2090. This new law will make materially inaccurate claims related to the collection, use, disclosure, maintenance, and disposal of consumer data an unlawful trade practice subject to enforcement by the Attorney General. The law applies not only to claims made on websites (privacy policies come to mind), but also in consumer agreements (ISP and cloud hosting agreements come to mind).
Businesses typically review their standard contract forms on a regular basis during negotiations with customers and vendors. Those reviews provide an opportunity to identify claims related to data security that may no longer be accurate. But website privacy policies—rarely the subject of negotiation—are much more likely to be neglected for long periods of time. A best practice is to routinely review your contract forms and privacy policy to ensure they still accurately reflect how you collect, store, and use data. This new Oregon law provides extra incentive to keep those contracts and policies up to date!
If you have any questions about how to craft a privacy policy, or how to describe your data security practices in contracts, please let us know. We’d love to help.
Tags: Consumer Agreements, Contract Review, Privacy Policy, Website Privacy Policy
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The Twyford region is sited on the Heretaunga plains in the Hawkes Bay. The alluvial plains were formed by the Tutaekuri, Ngaruroro and Tukituki Rivers as they flow to the Pacific Ocean. They extend inland to the southwest, taking in an area of about 1000 km². The settlements of Napier, Taradale, Hastings, Flaxmere and Havelock North are located on the plains.
The fertile soil and warm, temperate climate of the area make the plains an excellent site for food production. Vineyards, orchards and vegetable growing makes the Hawke's Bay region one of New Zealand's finest producing areas.
The Twyford area is adjacent to and bounded by the Ngaruroro River on the outskirts of Hastings. It is a defined area of approximately 1600 hectares in a triangular shape on the south of the Ngaruroro bordered by a bend in the river and the Napier Hastings motorway and Omahu road.
The Ngaruroro River provides recharge to the groundwater under the Twyford area which in turn feeds the Raupare stream as it drains the area. The Twyford area is described as a pre-eminent growing region and boasts a variety of crops from arable, vegetable and horticulture enterprises. Pipfruit production is the main land use, of which Twyford has a reputation for high production. The locality has a high water table and has been transformed progressively from swampy ground into sheep fattening country, dairying and now into its current use.
The regional authority are the Hawkes Bay Regional Council (HBRC) whose responsibility includes water quality and air quality, whilst the Hastings District Council (HDC) remains responsible for land use. The HBRC manage the fresh water resource on the Heretaunga plains.
Membership includes all consent holders in the district, approximately 220 consents with a mixture of (207) groundwater bores and (15) surface water takes from the Raupare and other streams, fed from many freshwater springs which derive their water from the Ngaruroro and from the Heretaunga plains aquifer. Formation catalyst
The catalyst for the formation of the group was a consent review. In late 2008 the HBRC as part of a consent review engaged with the consent holders trying to inform and up-skill them on the consenting process. There was little engagement from the consent holders and often there was a lack of awareness of what an irrigator did or didn’t have in comparison to what they actually used. Previously the renewing of consents had not been too onerous with a large number of consents just rolling over with little regard to changed circumstances.
There was some measurement of takes but often irrigators were unaware of what they were using in total. Most were aware of the application rate to their respective crops but being in what was considered a water rich area – a resource that was needed for approximately only 4 months per year, the need for absolute accuracy was not fully appreciated. It was considered that the actual take was only a small proportion of what was available.
With little engagement from consent holders, and with current water allocation being questioned over potential adverse effects on some surface streams, coupled with ongoing arguments over Ngaruroro river low flows from other stakeholders, the HBRC in May 2009, decided to place the Twyford area water consents were put into a hearing process to determine water consents and their conditions.
Process of initiating group
At this time a small group of concerned water users started to take shape and by November 2009, the Twyford water users group (TWUG) was formed very unofficially to help facilitate and coordinate consent holders efforts. TWUG essentially represented most of the 222 total consents and new consents coming on board. At March 2010 a mandate was formally achieved that allowed TWUG to represent consent holders at hearings process.
At that point TWUG was formed. The confined zone (71) consents were essentially rolled over for a further 10 years and TWUG joined the discussion on the river low flow.
In 2006 a hydrology report [1] concluded the Twyford area was a mix of the three zones, unconfined, semi confined and non confined, in respect to groundwater recharge of the aquifers. This in effect also split the community into three, corresponding with the boundaries of the zones.
A further report sponsored internally by HBRC in October 2009 titled ‘Twyford Consent Area Technical Report - Groundwater Impact Assessment’ discussed potential adverse effects on the surface waters flowing through Twyford. The treatment of some groundwater takes was altered and tied to the minimum flow on the Ngaruroro River. For the Twyford area the water resource was ‘technically over allocated’ and the review process enabled some allocations to be changed. In short after the review process had ended and consents had been issued there were three quarters of consent holders happy with what they have while the remaining was unhappy. As a result some of that number has entered an appeal process against HBRC.
With the consent review process there was a focus and purpose for the group to get going. Getting people involved was not easy despite all having a vested interest in the outcome of the review.
TWUG was formed with significant support and coordination from Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) as they represented the majority of the irrigators business in the area. This is an important point as it gave the group access to considerable resources when they needed them. HortNZ provided leadership through a board member who chaired the group. Having the support of HortNZ meant that the Twyford user group could act as a conduit for information to consent holders and the contacts and institutional knowledge that HortNZ had was able to be tapped. Existing contact lists and secretarial capabilities of HortNZ and Hawkes Bay Fruitgrowers Association (HBFA) were used.
To inform and gauge support two community meetings were held in local halls once it had been established that the consents were to go through a hearing process. The database of both HortNZ and HBRC was used to identify all the consent holders, businesses and people involved. Speakers with relevant expertise in areas of concern were invited to speak. From the meetings a name for the group was agreed on and a key group of six representatives was elected to act as a committee.
Purpose of the group
The community meetings came up with explicit instructions to ‘work with the council’ and two key objectives of
longer duration of consents
Secure allocation.
The leader of the group had previously been involved with another similar group and was able to draw on the learning’s from that group’s process and dealings with the regional council and other stakeholders. A key learning that was applied was that the irrigators had not engaged with the submitters early in the consent hearing process. With this in mind the Twyford group engaged with Iwi, Fish and Game and the Department of Conservation before the hearing and was able to get a written side agreement with these organisations. It took a significant amount of time and effort but kept good relationships to the point where there were no negative submissions from them at the hearing. The agreement aimed to give the consent holders 35 year consents with an initial period of 15 years and then a further 20 years for ‘good behavior’. This is a significant outcome and comes as a result of direct dialogue between disagreeing factions and avoiding the combative hearing process. From the negotiations the Raupere enhancement society was formed which has the focus of preserving and improving the stream.
After the consent review process the purpose of the group is changing its focus to campaigning towards audited self management of the water resource. They would like to see a global consent within the zone with related transfer/sharing arrangements. The group feels this would allow some flexibility and could ease some of the tensions that have developed through the report and consent review process. Alongside this purpose the group would like to influence the HBRC processes and costs to allow the change in management regime.
With the close connection to HortNZ communicating with the members of the group was aided significantly with the detailed and accurate database and the secretarial capabilities. Information was able to be sent out piggy backing on existing structures. This combined with a confined geographical area meant communications were effective. The evidence of this is the two public meetings that were held with very good attendance.
Engaging early and having meaningful discussions with groups that potentially could object to the consents was a key communication strategy that worked in the groups favour.
There were however some critical assumptions made and attitudes held that in hindsight were incorrect. The major error was the assumption that growers were measuring their takes and knew what their consents were in relation to what they needed or took. Although there was a level of this knowledge it was not comprehensive enough when challenged in the hearing setting. This is a key lesson for the group that this detailed level of knowledge is critical both to defend what irrigators already have and to have the ability to manage going forward. Being able to communicate effectively within the group is as critical as being able to communicate with outside stakeholders.
Skills and attributes needed
The ability to have conversations across stakeholders and bring a wider national perspective to the group is valuable and the negotiation of the agreement with the Iwi, Fish and Game and the Department of Conservation utilised the skills that the leadership possessed. Networking and bringing in outside perspectives and expertise when it was required helped to achieve the groups goals. Patience was considered a key attribute needed to enable a successful outcome in the negotiations. Structure and leadership
The group was formed in March 2009. It is an unofficial group with no legal entity although it has been expressed that forming an incorporated society would be desirable. It is recognized with the HBRC as the voice for irrigators of the area but relies heavily on the resources and structures of HortNZ and to a lesser extent the HBRC.
The chairperson is a HortNZ board member and is able to tap into the resources at their disposal. With wide exposure to other groups and similar situations the chairperson is able to draw on contacts, experiences and networks to advance the interests of the group. As a grower, irrigator and an industry representative he has credibility with both the irrigators and other stakeholders.
Out of the initial public meetings a key group of six people were elected to lead the group. This strong network of has a good mix of experienced growers and consultants that is able to again network and keep in touch with the members.
Apathy - getting everyone engaged
People not considering neighbours
Amount of work involved
Assumptions made that growers were measuring water
Making sure everyone’s paperwork is correct
Defined objectives from the outset
Utilising the HortNZ capabilities and support structures
Getting comprehensive contact and consent information
Learnt from experience of similar groups
Being proactive and initiating communications with consent holders
[1] Heretaunga Steady-State Ground-Water Model – April 2006
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WalkTogether
ISB asks you to join us and #WalkTogether on 7 July to remember 7/7, ten years on
Ten years ago, terrorists tried to divide us. Today a broad coalition of people, from all faiths and backgrounds, is calling on the public to come together and show that they failed.
Please join us and walk the last stop of your journey on 7 July, and show your support by sharing a photo using #WalkTogether.
7 July 2005 was just another Thursday morning and Londoners were on their way to work. But at ten to nine, terrorists detonated four bombs at Kings Cross, Aldgate, Edgware Road and Tavistock Square. 52 people lost their lives and over 770 were injured.
The victims were all of us: young and old, black and white, different faiths and none.
The tenth anniversary is a day to remember those whose lives were lost or changed forever. It’s also an important moment for London and for Britain – a chance to stand up for the country we all want to share.
On that terrible day 10 years ago, London was shocked but it didn’t grind to a halt. That evening, with public transport shut down, thousands of people walked home. But we were not divided – we walked together.
On Tuesday 7 July, we are asking people to walk together once again – to get off the bus, train or tube one stop early and walk, in a quiet moment of unity and remembrance of those who lost their lives.
#Walktogether is a new initiative supported by Faiths Forum for London, Hope Not Hate, Islamic Society of Britain, Faith Matters, Trust for London, The Big Iftar, British Humanist Association, St John Ambulance, New Horizons in British Islam, City Sikhs, Inspire, JW3 Jewish Community Centre London, Hindu Council UK, Armed Forces Muslim Forum and British Future. Our media partners the Evening Standard announce the initiative in the paper today and will feature it further over the coming week.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has also voiced his support for #WalkTogether, together with mayoral candidates Zac Goldsmith, Tessa Jowell, Syed Kamall, Sadiq Khan, David Lammy and Caroline Pidgeon.
We hope it will will provide a way for people all over the country to be actively involved in remembering the lives lost on 7/7 – and also present a message of hope and of unity across people of different backgrounds, as Britain reflects on the ten years since 7/7.
The decade that has followed has been an anxious one for Britain. But none of us wants fear and hate to win.
The power of #WalkTogether will come from people all over Britain taking part. You can walk at any time of day, wherever you are, with friends and colleagues or on your own. Please show your support by sharing a picture of your walk using the #WalkTogether hashtag.
Join us and #WalkTogether.
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Juicing is a unique way to naturally process your fruits and vegetables to maximize the nutrition you get from your foods. By chopping, crushing, and squeezing fruits and vegetables, you are helping to release all the micronutrients found within the cell walls [1] These micronutrients are very beneficial to your health and can benefit nearly every aspect of your health. Simply put, Juicing is good for you! One of the most effective means to ensure you are getting the most of these powerful enzymes and micronutrients is to juice with a high-quality juicer made just for juicing! Research has shown that using juicers, rather than blenders, is a much more effective way to release natural anti-oxidants found in fruits [2].
Lift the handle release (see Use and Care booklet for part names; the handle release is a rectangular shaped knob) and turn one quarter turn, rotate handle clockwise to extend. Lock handle release with one quarter turn. To fold for storage, allow the unit to cool, lift the handle release and turn one quarter turn, rotate handle into folded position, and lock handle release with one quarter turn.
Cuisinart is one of the most well-known kitchen appliance companies, with products like coffee makers, outdoor grills and many others. The Cuisinart Juice Extractor CJE-1000 holds up to the company's standards by providing everything you need to commit to a cup of fresh juice every day or for a full-on juice fast. Its extra-large 3-inch chute means you can drop in whole apples, pears and oranges without having to remove seeds, which saves time. All of the Cuisinart Juice Extractor's impressive features have earned it our Top Ten Reviews Gold Award.
Hurom introduced one new juicer in 2017, and two in 2016, but we don’t think any top our picks. The Hurom H-AA Slow Juicer is part of the company’s newer Alpha Series. The only differences we found on the H-AA from previous models like the Hurom Elite are the shape of the juice spout and a minor adjustment to the blades on the auger, both changes that won’t significantly improve juicing performance. In 2017, Hurom released the HZ, which has the same design and technology as the H-AA but in a different, stainless steel casing (that costs $100 more). In our tests, the Hurom Elite didn’t handle different types of produce well, and jammed. The Hurom HP is a compact vertical juicer with a smaller footprint than the H-AA (7½ by 7 by 15½ inches versus 8¾ by 7¾ by 16 inches) and less capacity in the juicing assembly. Hurom has a loyal fanbase, including Oprah, and we can’t deny that these machines are good juicers. But Hurom juicers fall short in their warranty coverage, parts availability, and customer service. Hurom’s warranty covers the motor for 10 years (good) and all other parts for two years (not so good).
Breville’s top of the line commercial-grade centrifugal juicer doesn’t disappoint. Boasting a super strong and fast 1000-watt motor with 2 speed controls this machine plows through piles of fruits and vegetables in a flash and gets highly rated juicer reviews. The variable speed options give you more control–Breville recommends using the high speed setting (13,000 RPM) for hard fruits and vegetables and low setting (6,500 RPM) for softer fruits and vegetables. While it does make noise equivalent to a blender, it works so quickly you won’t have to listen long. A 3” feed tube lets you juice whole fruits and vegetables with significantly less prep time. This juicer is built to last with titanium reinforced cutting blades that stay sharp longer and made entirely of die-cast materials but be aware that it only has a 1 year warranty. Breville does sell replacement parts on their website. We love the included 1-liter juice jug with built in froth separator and cover. This juicer is perfect for juicing in bulk–it has a large capacity external pulp container so you can juice piles of fruits and vegetables with no breaks. It didn’t extract as much juice out of kale as other models we tried did; but unless your juicing emphasis is on leafy greens this juicer is perfect for high volume juicing.
This machine has a very pleasant look to it and offers a more sophisticated spout than most of the electric juicers we considered. You can adjust it for the speed of juice flow. You remove the lid by pressing your thumb down on a spring-loaded button. This design is different from any of the other juicers and gives it a sophisticated look. The juicer lid is the only one that operates on a hinge. We like this feature as it allows you to keep the lid open, hands-free, when cleaning or leave it open to air-dry after washing.
The high RPM associated with centrifugal juicers also generates a lot of foam which drives more oxygen bubbles into the juice, resulting in the lower shelf life of the juice. Juice extracted by centrifugal juicers spoil rather quickly due to the oxygen-laden foam and must be consumed immediately. With this, you cannot hope to make a bulk of juice and store for later.
It does a superior, although not perfect, job with hard produce and zips through soft produce easily. It leaves some pulp that doesn't have all the nutritious fluid extracted from it but not enough to be a problem. On the downside, we had to do quite a bit of chopping ahead of time so that the pieces of fruit and vegetables would fit through the food chute. This juicer is easy to care for. It takes only a little time to assemble and clean, and various parts are dishwasher-safe. The machine also comes with a cleaning brush, as well as a froth separator and a tall pitcher. This is a big machine, and it is noisy but at a decibel level comparable with other good-quality juicers. You can get help with the juicer over email, but there is no phone number for customer support.
In our testing, we focused on making green juice from 8 ounces each of curly kale and green grapes. This test showed us how each machine handled both soft fruit and tough greens. Fibrous greens are hard to break down, and a high-quality juicer will squeeze more juice from leaves than cheaper models. Soft fruit, like seedless grapes, is a challenge for juicers for the opposite reason—it lacks the fiber that helps the juicer pull the fruit completely through the chamber, and can gum up the works.
Features: Low Speed Juice Extractor Product Description Adding more fruits and vegetables to your diet is a great idea, and the Hamilton Beach Low Speed Juice Extractor can help keep you going strong, whether you're adding juicing to your lifestyle or just love a fresh glass of juice to start your day. Having a juice extractor at home makes it easy to prepare delicious, wholesome juices using your favorite fruits and vegetables with no added ingredients or preservatives. And the low-speed, quiet motor is perfect for extracting all the goodness from vegetables, fruits, leafy greens, and wheatgrass. This juicer assembles very quickly with a few twists. When you are ready to juice, simply plug it in, set up the juice and pulp cups, turn it on, and begin adding fruit or vegetables to the chute. The slow juicer's masticating action crushes and s...
The Tribest handled a constant stream of kale and supersoft grapes without gumming up or stalling out, unlike the Hurom Elite, which had to be thrown into reverse a couple of times. In 2015, the yield from one pound of greens and grapes was 12.15 ounces by weight, the highest yield of all the juicers we tested. When we put the Slowstar and the Omega VSJ843 (our runner-up) in a head-to-head 1-pound spinach challenge, the Slowstar produced exactly one ounce more juice than the VSJ843.
While its blade chamber is super effective for firm fruits and veggies like carrots or apples, it doesn’t work that well on separated thin leaves. It spins and sends most of the leaves into the pulp collector before even shredding them. You can create some juice by packing the leaves together, but it still wastes too much of the veggies to consider it worth the effort.
An efficient design allows the Slowstar to crank out a high volume of juice within a small footprint of 6½ by 8 inches. The feed-tube opening is a relatively wide 2½ by 1½ inches—wider than the 1½-inch chute on the Omega J8004—which helps reduce the amount of vegetable prep you’ll have to do beforehand. The solid waste collects cleanly in a waste container that’s included. The Slowstar has a reverse button in the back in case you need to dislodge stuck vegetable matter, but I never needed to use it.
Whereas the Omega J8004 is a commercial-quality machine, the Omega NC800 is designed for household use. When it came to green juice, the output was almost identical. The carrot juice was a different story, though. The NC800 yielded only 12.3 ounces. John Kohler at DiscountJuicers.com said that this machine put out 15 percent more juice than its predecessor, but we found that it actually put out 25 percent less carrot juice than the J8004. The nice feature of this juicer is that it boasts a larger feed tube than its predecessor, which makes prep a little easier.
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Privacy Policy of www.iubenda.com
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We're pleased to announce that Art Papas, Founder and CEO of Bullhorn, the cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organizations transform their businesses, has joined the JA Worldwide Global Council, a body of distinguished individuals committed to helping young people succeed in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Global Council members have an abiding belief in the mission of JA Worldwide, an interest in engaging in JA’s regional and global events, the capacity and desire to significantly support JA, and an enthusiasm for attracting additional supporters to the organization. Members are senior professionals of exceptional stature who can inspire young entrepreneurs, participate in JA events, and mentor JA’s global staff.
“I’m thrilled to join the JA Worldwide Global Council,” Papas said. “JA Worldwide is an outstanding organization that’s committed to fostering our youth’s entrepreneurial ideas. I’m excited to share my entrepreneurial background and, along with my other council members, help positively impact the lives of young people who are seeking to create encouraging business changes across the world.”
Papas recently spoke at the opening of the first-ever European Summit for Entrepreneurship Education, hosted by JA Europe. The summit gathered experts, educators, researchers, business representatives, and policymakers to discuss how Europe can become more competitive by providing more entrepreneurship education to young people. During his discussion, Papas reflected on his own education and advocated that JA can help students achieve their entrepreneurial goals.
Named both an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and a Glassdoor Highest-Rated CEO, Papas joins JA Global Council founding member William Schawbel, whose JA involvement dates to 1956, as well as a number of globally minded corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, JA alumni, former board members, and organization supporters.
“Art Papas is a perfect fit for the JA Global Council, especially as our organization approaches our Centennial and commits to serving even more young people across the globe,” said Brandie Conforti, JA’s Global Head of Development. “Art’s experience as both a successful entrepreneur and a respected CEO more than qualify him to serve with our other prestigious Global Council members. We’re incredibly grateful for Art’s commitment to helping JA reach more students in more areas in more innovative ways.”
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DeSean Jackson Wishes More Coaches Understood That He Doesn’t Need To Practice Much
D-Jack says he wants to play for the Rams
And now we understand more about Bucs malcontent wide receiver DeSean Jackson.
Jackson was talking yesterday and took fans deeper into his mindset — and perhaps why he wants to leave the Bucs. And before you Jackson backers start arguing that with Joe, Jackson was clear he wants to play for the Rams and reunite with head coach Sean McVay.
“I would like to kind of end up in L.A. being a Ram,” Jackson said. “Sean McVay, you know, we got some connection from when I was in D.C., but we’ll see how it plays out, man. Right now, I got another year in Tampa.”
Along with his friend Michael Vick, Jackson spoke on The Simms And Lefkoe podcast recorded in Atlanta hosted by Adam Lefkoe and former Buccaneers QB Chris Simms.
Addressing Vick and Jackson, Simms noted the pair are a unique breed in NFL history.
“You’re kind of like urban legends,” Simms said. “Alright, you really are, where I feel like maybe you debunk some of the normal rules of the NFL, you know, the step-in-line culture. Because you guys are so talented, that, not to say you can get away with [violating] rules, but you can get away with things other guys could not get away with. I mean, [because] they knew you were [going to perform]. That’s the way the NFL works.
Jackson jumped in quickly and praised Simms for his mentality.
“I think you have a 100 percent correct way of thinking about it,” Jackson said. “But I think where I’ve been able to come to in my career, it like we as athletes, professional athletes, having so much success and early on in our career being in Pro Bowls and being players who has done some things that no other players have done, you kind of create that model and that mold behind that. Like, ‘I know what it takes to get the job done.’
“But then you have some coaches that have the old school mentality, ‘You gotta go to practice. You gotta do it this way.’ But we like, as long as when Sunday comes in between the white lines we do what it takes, we know what needs to be done. So it’s like I love [your] mentality and I wish a lot more coaches in the NFL kind of take that [approach for] certain players. Now the younger players, you have to go through [practice] and get it. But it’s just hard, man.”
Translation: Jackson doesn’t like practice. And guess what, later in the interview he talked about how he looked up to notorious practice-hater Allen Iverson.
Simms told Jackson there’s only a finite number of times a guy like Jackson can flash his top-end speed during practices leading up to a game, and coaches don’t understand that. Jackson agreed wholeheartedly.
Vick explained that when he was an Eagles teammate of Jackson, the two had an understanding that Jackson wouldn’t run hard on Fridays and Vick would adjust his passes accordingly. Of course, Vick said, this was an idea hatched by Jackson, who laughed about it.
Joe soon will have more from Jackson, specifically explaining why he’s a bad fit for a young quarterback.
63 Responses to “DeSean Jackson Wishes More Coaches Understood That He Doesn’t Need To Practice Much”
Yes but Desean, others need to practice wit you.
Get him the eff OUT!
The Buc Realist Says:
Its funny to hear complain about this, when they gave a full pass to K win-slow when he did the same thing!!!!!!!! But when favorites fail it is easier to distract, deflect and blame others!!!!!!!! Side note, the back up QB seemed fine “without practicing”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 2019 season will reveal answers to the sheep, That the “real” fans already know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bucfan999 Says:
That’s probably why the timing between Jameis and Jackson was always poor. Jameis can hit Godwin and Evans on long balls but always seems to miss Jackson. Now we know why, Jackson is lazy and selfish…BYE BYE lazy Jackson.
WalkdaPlank Says:
LOL at Tmax for thinking this guy is not “mediocre”.
Maybe if he were as good as Allen Iverson on the gridiron he could skip practice but he ain’t, and he also has terrible chemistry with his starting QB.
What a clown this guy is, bring back hump and ship Fraction Jackson to the Jags so he can whine some more.
AlteredEgo Says:
January 30th, 2019 at 10:00 am
DJax imagines himself playing this Sunday if Licht had made the trade of DJax’s wishes….IMO he ain’t coming back because he wants to play for a SB ring and that in his estimation ain’t happening next year with the Bucs. This is ALL on Licht for not seeing the big picture and selfishly protecting his ego and job with the Glazers….the situation is 10 x’s worse now and a lingering reminder along with the sickening feeling and realization that his trade value is greatly reduced now as opposed to at the trade deadline….everybody would be happy if a trade was made last fall
danr Says:
i do get the idea that there are only so many times you can go 100% in a week and keep up your energy throughout a year.
but i feel like coaches get that too. I feel like jackson doesnt get that practice is still valuable at 75% and in the offseason 100 person is worth it to get the timing down.
He be gone soon……. know what I be sayin’?
Pryda..sec147 Says:
Rams won’t take him lol
That’s y JW can’t hit proper long balls in games , he doesn’t know what speed DJax is running , also I bet when that ball is not suppose to go to him , DJax slow down on his routes like moss use too.
Mitch Says:
@Realist you are forgetting that Winslow’s knee/leg was forever affected from his motorcycle accident in 05. He played in pain for the remainder of his career. Desean has had no such career altering injury or chronic pain that has been reported. He is just a narcissist whose only concern is getting what he wants.
DJax needs a QB with a quick whip of an arm…like KC has…anyway his trade value is 2-3 rounds later now than it would have been before the deadline…Bone head Licht…football acumen aside…Licht has character flaws that will doom as a believable GM…
Buccaneer Bonzai Says:
Remind me again…when is that he last time his way resulted in 1,000+ yards?
Capt Kidd Says:
This whiny ass loser can’t leave soon enough!
Anthony Dickson Says:
How does everyone think that kind of mentality will mesh with how B.A. wants his players to practice.
@The Buc Realist
As I recall, very few gave Winslow a ‘pass’.
I said he would not work out when he was signed, and I was right.
stpetebucsfan Says:
I agree completely with TBBF…it’s not just improving yourself in practice…it’s about helping your teammates get their timing and expectations down as well.
Iverson is an absolutely horrible example. There is no sport I can think of….perhaps hockey comes closest…that is more favorable for one man play and the NBA is the epitome. I like LeBron but when he brings the ball up the court in a tight situation…the other four might as well figure out rebound angles because he’s going to let it fly over 90% of the time when the games on the line. Same for Iverson.
Football has eleven guys on the field that need to perform in some semblance of unity.
DJAX is a cancer. We all feared this when he was signed. So our worst fears have been realized and it’s time to cut bait and move on. It has been a failed experiment.
The first step into fixing a problem/mistake is admitting you have the problem or made the mistake. Licht has made plenty of mistakes as have all NFL GM’s…some GM’s are better than others in admitting that others hang on far too long because of their egos. Licht is really looking like that latter group.
You all can name players Licht should have discarded and moved on from but it APPEARS that Licht SOMETIMES has difficulty admitting his mistakes. DJAX needs to be gone before guys report in April! I’d like to see him traded (given away) to Jacksonville.
This cat gets it. You can’t run a car at 8,000 RPM’s for long. Same with people.
He knows he’s only got limited time left on that speed and he wants to use it scoring TD’s not running for some qb who can’t hit a deep ball to a fast WR.
The Pats will take him and it’ll be like when Randy Moss played there.
Lamarcus Says:
Rams better not sign him and/or don’t even bring him around Goff. If this happens it will doom the Rams.
zzbuc Says:
This clowns are destorying sports…Is all about there own ego´s and their legacy….How long with this arrogant will last with Billicheat or Parcells or Cower…..This is getting ridiculous…..Tired of the Lebron´s of the Antonio Brown´s and the list is really big…… De sean you are a lucky person with great physical skills but there is nothing in between your ears it´s empty…….This is not tenis or golf, thjis is a team sport you arrogant fool!!!!
Chucky had a fast WR named Joey that sat out a lot of practices!
but what does Chucky know.
listen to bonzai, the grown man with a dragon fetish. sheez.
Couch Fan Says:
Can we just get rid of this turd already? Its no wonder he cant seem to stay on any team for to long. I was excited when we got him now I just want this loser gone pronto. Terrible example for the other players, especially the young ones.
It was the last time that jw3 was not his qb for the season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brandin Cooks is pretty fast too and already has a contract with the Rams. Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp aren’t bad either. MeJax would be a decent rotational guy with the Rams but he won’t make anywhere close to 10 mil a year there.
Hodad Says:
He’s an L.A. guy, should’ve shipped him there before the trade deadline. Thanks Licht for keeping the cancer here, you are the real reason we’ve sucked for the last five years. Only wish Licht was on the next plane out with all his other failed FA attempts.
BucsFIRE Says:
DJAX
“……you have some coaches that have the old school mentality,
‘You gotta go to practice.”
LOL, all that I needed to read.
Get the F out of here you LOSER.
We don’t want or need you.
I don’t like to practice either which is why I don’t play. That and the fact that I’m old and have no talent.
JJV Says:
What a waste of salary cap space on a player that has poor chemistry with our starting QB. He was brought here for being a deep threat with his speed. But what good is it if it rarely is successful. Some may say it is the threat and attention he brings to the table. But I doubt that is really taken serious when the defenses know that most of the time it fails with him. Is it really worth all that money when there are cheaper options that may produce much better results?
Bucsfan951 Says:
Here you have Jackson talking about how he doesn’t like to practice and how good he already is while a guy like Tom Brady goes to practice everyday and has team friendly contracts to help out as much as possible. That is why one is great while the other hasn’t even came close to sniffing that success.
@Robert poor example. Gruden allowed that to happen due to his injury history. Joey Galloway blew out his knee 00 and has documented hamstring problems that culminated when he was left sidelined for six weeks in 04. In an effort to overcome those issues he further utilized a workout regimen that he mastered during his time at Ohio State. Gruden allowed for that regimen to supplement his time in training camp to save his legs. This was also all when Galloway was 35/36 years old. Desean only just turned 32. Desean is not a team player while playing a team sport. Galloway was the ultimate team player during his time in Tampa. You can not compare them.
wrong yet again!!!!….lol….
carry on…..its getting comical….lol….
#REALISTKNOWSNOTHING!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!!
“Practice?? PRACTICE???? We talking about practice??!” – Legendary Allen Iverson
Hey joe what about all those other buccaneers that actually came to practice???
OH YEAH THAGS RIGHT THEY F#$KING SUCKED!!!!!!!
5-11 is what showing up to practice gets you!
Once again Joe demonizes Jackson’s statements when in reality Djax lit the field up in the first four games of the season. So whatever Djax says about how he prepares for a game actually works!!
BUT THEN mediocre DUMB DUMB Jamies came in and ruined Desean Jackson promising season!
Suck on that Joe
Bucs practices SUCKS!!!!!!!
Wausa Says:
Even if DJax is correct.
You can’t operate a football team with certain players loafing at practice or deciding when he can and can not practice.
If age is catching up with him and he can only practice a few times a month then a team needs to consider whether he is worth a roster spot or not.
He is not worth $10MM per year in my opinion.
Dbwbucs1 Says:
I think Bucs fan7423 and Bucs realist are the same guy. The Bucs had a winning record before Djax got here. Does he have rings I’m not sure I thought the eagles won after he left but I’m not sure
Mike Johnson Says:
Why is it takin so long? Please Arians get rid of this malignant Cancer!
DJ should not hit the practice Bucs practice field this year. At this point, I could care less what we get for him in return.
Freaking grimes and Jackson! To say Koetter was clueless and didn’t know his locker room is an understatement. The two guys people thought they needed the most are the two biggest drama queens outing the team on podcasts.
Crickets from any veterans or team captains. Too many mentally weak players that love football on your roster licht because free agents come here a Debo your roster every season
AlabamaBucsFan Says:
This explains alot. This is why we sucked that last few years. No discipline or work ethics but rather selfish attitudes. We have Desean that doesn’t like to practice and Grimes who does not feel he gets paid enough to cover elite WR. Bunch of complainers!
#7423 isn’t a hypocrite like Realist
Keyword is “a” as in JUST ONE SEASON WITH A WINNING RECORD!!!!
Jezus christ you guys are low standard morons
That’s why your team sucks
Buc50 Says:
Galloway caught a lot of hitches and slants. Jackson doesn’t get those passes thrown his way so the comparison makes no sense.
As for Iverson, basketball is such a different sport that it’s no comparison there either. Both sports need practice but a talented player in basketball can get by much easier.
D-Jax, Grimes, Swaggy Baker….man we were infested with cancerous attitudes in the locker room. That explains a lot when the chips were down.
“And I was like, and she was like and then they were like…. oh my gaad. Can you believe he actually wants moist to practice? I’m like I could actually break a nail or something. No way. Like I just can’t do that, not now. Like no way. Do these jeans make me look fat?”
Gettinthebucs Says:
Lol can’t wait till the Commish gets a hold of this one😂😂😂
while everyone is debating, deflecting and blaming, we need to really examine why this is just a symptom of the “real” problem!!!!!!! And that is not have a clear priority and single direction to head too!!!!!!!!!!! for example, you have a young QB who needs many reps to perform, and you bring in a talented vet who can’t perform all those reps in practice!!!!! Who is at fault??????
Its the same as the higher ups, saying they are all about winning, then send a home game across the globe so that they can host parties and superbowls!!!!!!
Its the same as saying to the coach to develop the QB, but to has to win now to keep the job!!!!
Its the same as having GMC, but cannot run another scheme because it does not fit GMC, and the scheme that seems to fit gmc does not work, with out a truck load of great, talented, players!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you pull in too many directions, you end up going no where!!!!! and that is exactly where the Bucs are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck new coaches, you will need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SW500CAL Says:
I say ship his ass to Buffalo and let him fade away. Sign Hump and let’s move on from Jackson’s whiny attitude. Maybe Jackson could put a good word in for Grimes in Buffalo and Miko can drive the bus. LOL!
BucDan Says:
This is all about ME attitude.
The TRUE greats are turning in their graves and and those that are still with us are cringing at the quote.
All I hear when somebody says “I am good enough to not have to practice” is “I do not want to reach my full potential”.
I do not care how “good” you are. You could be better.
dirk had 4 years to develop winston!!!!!!….every HC in the NFL has to win games in order to keep their job regardless if they have a young QB or proven vet!!!!!!!
face it, dirk fail miserably and got fired for underachieving!!!!!!!!….simple as that!!!!!!!!
stop making excuses and hold dirk accountable!!!!!!!…he failed and was fired!!!!…get over it!!!!!!!
theres a new sheriff in town!!!!!….get behind him or follow dirk to ATL!!!!
Ben the Ga Buc Says:
Yet he wants to go to the Rams that have an even younger QB. Smh. What an idiot.
Trade him for Brandon Cooks a la Keyshawn for Galloway…
firethecannons Says:
Dude sets a piss poor attitude example. He gets overthrown more often than not and that is on him. Sell him to the Cardinals , he can help with their rebuild–LOL!
Jean Lafitte Says:
If he can’t be professional enough to wrap his head around the fact that he has a contract obligation in Tampa to give us 100% participation, then let’s get rid of him. I understand he’s older and feels he can get away from hard practices but it’s the wrong perception for a young team that’s trying to change the culture of losing. Djax can be an asset for us but not if he’s not truly committed to be here.
Personally I think that’s what’s wrong with this franchise. When players don’t want to be here they play like crap to get out. If you asked every single rookie coming in what team they would like to play for, I would guarantee the Bucs would probably be chosen the least.
…and I believe it’s another reason why we struggle to sign top FA
RustyRhinos Says:
Dump this non team player to the curb, when you do not practice as much as you can with the QB, then you wail about not getting the ball thrown to you where you “like” it . I do not want a player who thinks like this on our team. To form a chemistry between the players all players need to practice together as much as they can. If you do not want to do that do not complain about lack of catchable balls. Practice makes perfect.
Send him to the Rams, cut him, or trade him if you can.. but good riddance to you sir.
GTFOOH
No way is that attitude gonna fly with BA.
By contrast – Koetter was brown nosing DJax like crazy his entire two years here. Likely because he was afraid of DJax turning into a legit lockerroom cancer if coach didn’t sing his praises and state that he was “always open” on multiple occasions…
Alaskan Abdominal Snowman Says:
He wants to be a Ram?
Great, trade him to Arizona.
Three words can describe DJax:
Narcissistic personality disorder
It’s #BellLetsTalkDay and this guy is definitely mentally ill and should see a therapist.
Ed chase Says:
Get a 3rd or 4th rounder and resign Humphreys.
Wesley Says:
I’m also better at working part time.
Old School Athlete Says:
Allen Iverson’s NBA Championships: 0
Desean Jackson’s NFL Championships: 0
Guess disliking practice and former coaches are not their only similarities.
Bucs 14 Says:
January 31st, 2019 at 12:59 am
Plz release this POS today.
John B Says:
Yeah, Jerry Rice is so stupid for training like he did
Mesean is so much better…..
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The week ahead in state government starting Monday, May 13, 2019
by: Bob Mercer
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Here’s a look at upcoming meetings and hearings of state government boards and commissions for the week starting Monday. (The Legislature doesn’t have any meetings in the week ahead.)
Dept. of Social Services, rules hearing on various changes, including expanding child-care assistance eligibility to 209 percent of federal poverty level, 4 p.m. CT, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre. Public notice: https://rules.sd.gov/Uploads/514_PublicNotice.pdf.
Public Utilities Commission, 8 a.m. CT, room 413, Capitol. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2JyhApQ.
Pardons and Paroles Board, 8:30 a.m. CT, Jameson Annex, State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2I9O4e7.
Regents Board, 9 a.m. CT teleconference. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2qISjCB.
Division of Insurance, rules hearing on various changes, 10 a.m. CT, 124 S. Euclid Avenue, Pierre. Public notice: https://rules.sd.gov/Uploads/515_PublicNotice.pdf.
Building Authority, 10 a.m. CT teleconference. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2smNsrI.
Economic Development Board, 1 p.m. CT teleconference. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2qJNJE1.
One Call Notification Board, 8 a.m. CT, AmericInn, 312 Island Drive, Fort Pierre. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2jOabYQ.
Technical Education Board, business meeting 8:30 a.m. CT, rules hearing, 9 a.m. CT, Lake Area Technical Institute student center, 1201 Arrow Avenue NE, Watertown. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2KSFuxW.
Minerals and Environment Board, 10 a.m. CT, 523 E. Capitol Avenue, Pierre. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2rBs3K9.
Government Accountability Board, 10 a.m. CT, 415 N. Dakota Avenue, Sioux Falls. Agenda:
Railroad Board, 11 a.m. CT, 700 E. Broadway Avenue, Pierre. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2IdCESy.
Banking Commission, 1:30 p.m. CT, 1500 W. Fifty-first Street, Sioux Falls. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2HAz0WI.
Visitation Grant Advisory Group, 9 a.m. CT videoconference. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2qJ0aze.
Water and Natural Resources Board, 10 a.m. CT teleconference. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2lpAw07.
Developmental Disabilities Council, 8 a.m. CT, 3200 W. Maple Street, Sioux Falls. Details: https://bit.ly/2HAz7jT.
Examiners for Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists, 9 a.m. CT, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2He7N7Q.
Technical Professions Board, 9:30 a.m. CT / 8:30 a.m. MT, 2525 W. Main Street, Rapid City. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2I9Yn1w.
Juvenile Justice Act Council, 10 a.m. CT, 1400 Eighth Avenue NW, Aberdeen. Agenda: https://bit.ly/2JlZEU4.
Education Standards Board, 9 a.m. CT, 111 Twenty-Sixth Street South, Brookings. Details: https://bit.ly/2roWNOq.
Note to readers: KELOLAND Capitol Bureau Reporter Bob Mercer in Pierre assembled this list Saturday morning. State law requires state government boards and commissions to post public-meeting notices 72 hours in advance, not counting the day of posting or Saturdays, Sundays and official state holidays.
Please check boardsandcommissions.sd.gov for any meetings of state boards and commissions that were posted after this weekly listing was assembled. Broadcasts of some meetings are available at sd.net. Many meetings are available by teleconference. Check agendas for audio availability.
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Asean leaders and Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the recently concluded Asean-Australia Special Summit, in Sydney. Reuters
The multilateralisation approach remains Asean’s best way forward as it faces challenges for deeper regional integration, argues Jayant Menon.
The importance of Asean in the broader region was highlighted again last fortnight when Australia convened the first Special Summit of Leaders in Sydney. There were even calls for Australia to join the grouping and become its eleventh member! While all of this may point to Asean’s geopolitical and strategic importance, how has it fared economically?
Assessments of Asean as a regional integration endeavour often fail to separate the organisation’s underlying objectives from those that appear on the surface. Analysts assume, perhaps understandably, that the primary purpose of regional cooperation agreements is to increase regional integration.
If this were the case, traditional quantitative measures of integration – such as shares of intra-regional trade and investment – would be the right metrics for assessing performance.
On these metrics, Asean would be judged a failure. Intra-regional trade has remained low and stagnant at 25 percent for almost two decades.
Barely one-fifth of foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into Asean countries originates from within the region. The regional share of other forms of capital flow has also stayed tepid.
But should Asean be judged this way? What if there are broader objectives being pursued? What if regionalism is only a means toward greater ends?
Asean is indeed pursuing broader objectives. The implementation of the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA) provides a clear example. Asean’s original members used this agreement as a stepping-stone to broader liberalisation, and, in turn, to promote globalisation.
The evidence lies in the deliberate decision by original members to offer preferential tariff rates to non-members on a most favored nation (MFN) basis.
More than 90 percent of Asean countries’ tariff lines have a preference margin of zero, where preferential tariffs are no lower than the MFN rate. Over 70 percent of intra-Asean trade is also conducted at MFN rates at zero. Asean rarely uses preferences because there are hardly any preferences to use.
Multilateralisation of preferences has minimised trade diversion effects, and in part accounts for the stubbornly low intra-Asean trade shares. These are a sign of success, not failure.
Most intra-Asean trade is supply chain-related trade in parts and components. These parts mostly travel duty free because of product-specific arrangements such as the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement, or general ones like duty drawback schemes, bonded warehouses, or special economic zone privileges.
The decision to multilateralise the AFTA tariff reductions have supported value chain-driven trade due to the fact that final markets for the finished goods lie predominantly in industrial country markets outside the region.
Though multilateralisation has subdued intra-regional trade, it has promoted rapid growth in overall trade. Asean is the fourth largest exporting region in the world, trailing only the European Union, United States and China.
Although Asean accounts for just 3.3 percent of global GDP, it produces more than 7 percent of exports. Trade volume and the terms of trade matter most for welfare, not with whom trade is conducted.
If intra-Asean trade is to increase in the future, it should be driven by factors other than preferences. Reducing non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in a non-discriminatory manner has potential to increase trade in services. For all services and increasingly goods as well, NTBs are the primary problem.
For goods, progress in tariff liberalisation has been offset by the rise in non-tariff impediments to trade, which increased from 1,634 to 5,975 between 2000 and 2015. This poses a new challenge for Asean.
NTBs are not only likely to be more restrictive than lower tariffs, but they are opaque and more difficult to dismantle. In addition, NTBs are a moving target because they can take on new forms as soon as they are targeted or dismantled.
While NTBs may be more difficult to identify, track and dismantle, this does not discount the effectiveness of the multilaterisation strategies. Unlike tariffs, it is either difficult or costly to exchange concessions in NTBs in a preferential manner, given the “public goods” nature of a lot of the reforms required and the consequent ease of free riding.
Whether it is tariffs or NTBs, the multilateralisation approach remains Asean’s best way forward.
In the original design of the Asean Investment Area, the bloc flirted with the idea of providing preferential treatment to investors from member countries. It however quickly abandoned the idea and reaffirmed its commitment to a non-discriminatory and open foreign investment climate, mirroring the regimes in individual member countries.
FDI inflows have flourished, even if intra-Asean flows remain little changed.
As with trade, it is not where FDI comes from that matters, but rather its volume and form. The massive economic transformations that the world has witnessed in Asean’s original member countries – and continues to observe in the newer members – would not have been possible if Asean had chosen the preferential route.
This is Asean’s defining achievement, and this is how it should be judged.
Jayant Menon is lead economist in the Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department at the Asian Development Bank, and adjunct fellow at the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at the Australian National University. This is an abridged version of an article that first appeared in the East Asia Forum Quarterly (January – March 2018).
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Mexico Tenants Speak Out
8 years 7 months 8 hours ago Thursday, December 16 2010 Dec 16, 2010 Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:01:50 PM CST December 16, 2010 in News
MEXICO - Some of the tenants at Chevy Chase apartments are furious with their landlord Donald Robinson.
They claim their apartments are in terrible condition, with mold, poor insulation, cockroaches and water leakage. And the residents believe it's because the units are for low income people who have limited options for living.
"There's no management, if something goes wrong, there's no one here to fix it," said tenant Laura Fischer.
According to resident Charles Williams, Robinson has neglected to fix the problems at the apartments correctly because the tenants are elderly, disabled, and have low income.
"The items he said he's going to fix, he's never fixed," said tenant Charles Williams.
KOMU8 tried repeatedly to call Robinson Thursday, but he didn't answer or return the calls.
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Assam Floods 2019: Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag & Other Cricketers Pray for People Affected by the Deluge (Read Tweets)
In the time of agony, many people from cricket fraternity have appealed the public to support the people of affected stated. Renowned faces like Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, and others took down twitter to express their sorrow and also asked people to put their hands up in the time of crisis. Check out the tweets.
Sachin Tendulkar Said This to Kane Williamson While Handing Him Player of the Tournament Trophy Post CWC 2019 Final
Your game was appreciated by all and you had a great World Cup," said Sachin Tendulkar to Kane Williamson while handing him the Player of the Tournament trophy after New Zealand lost a thrilling final of the 2019 edition of the showpiece event.
‘MS Dhoni Should Retire After ICC T20 World Cup 2020,’ Says His Childhood Coach Keshav Banerjee Who Feels ‘Mahi Has Enough Left in Him to Contribute in T20 Format’
MS Dhoni retirement news is making speculation these days and every individual has a different view on MSD's exit from Internation. However, Dhoni has not yet stated anything on his plans to retire. Dhoni's childhood coach Keshav Banerjee feels that Mahi still has enough left in him to play a major role in the Indian team at ICC T20 2020 World Cup in Australia. MS Dhoni has played 85 T20I and scored 1617 runs with an average of 37.6 and strike rate of 126.13.
Ravi Shastri May Continue to Be Team India Head Coach and Guide Virat Kohli and Co, Says BCCI Official
Under the coaching of Ravi Shastri, the Indian team has become number one in Test Cricket. Men in Blue were enjoying the top spot in ODIs also, however, they shifted to number two position after England dominating performance in ICC CWC 2019. Ravi Shastri currently earns 8-crore plus from the BCCI.
James Neesham’s Childhood Coach David James Gordon Died During Super Over of ENG vs NZ ICC CWC 2019 Final
Former Auckland Grammar School teacher and coach David James Gordon breathed his last moments after New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham hit a maximum during the Super Over in a thrilling World Cup final against England.
Yuzvendra Chahal Shares His Old Pictures Using FaceApp on Instagram, and It Will Make His Fans Say ‘Old Is Gold’
Indian Cricket team right-arm leg break spinner Yuzvendra Chahal shares picture on social media with old age filter. The 28 years old Chahal is looking stunning in that picture. The Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal from Haryana took 12 wickets with an economy rate of 5.97 in CWC 2019.
Smriti Mandhana Birthday Special: Here's a Look at Indian Opener's Best Batting Performances
The southpaw grabbed a lot of limelight through her stellar performances in the ICC Women's World T20 in 2018. Mandhana scored 178 runs in five matches and was tournament's third-highest run aggregator. On the occasion of her birthday, let's have a look at some magnificent innings played by Smriti Mandhana on the cricket field
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USC rolls again in Pac-12 opener, wins seventh in a row
USC forward Chimezie Metu (4) defends as Washington State guard Charles Callison (23) puts up a shot in the second half on Friday.
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USC struggled on the road last season, but Coach Andy Enfield played down the fact that the Trojans opened the Pac-12 Conference season with a road win Friday night.
“We didn’t win too many games [last season] at home, either,” Enfield joked after the Trojans scored 54 points in the first half and cruised to a 90-77 victory over Washington State.
One year after a young USC squad finished last in the Pac-12 at 3-15 — including 0-9 on the road — the Trojans won their seventh consecutive game to improve to 12-2. USC led from the opening basket and three times went up by 25 before taking a 54-37 lead at the half.
“They played with much more energy and tempo than we did, and therefore they controlled the first half,” Washington State Coach Ernie Kent said. “It looked like a highlight reel out there.”
“Our players were ready to go,” Enfield said. “We got off to a good start defensively. That was the key to getting our offense and our transition going.”
Nikola Jovanovic, one of five Trojans who scored at least 11 points, led USC with team highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds. Jordan McLaughlin scored 16 of his 19 points in the first half.
“We’re just an improved team now. [More] maturity and more skills,” McLaughlin said.
USC’s total and first-half points, as well as its 52.9% shooting, were all season highs.
"[The Trojans] play with tremendous freedom and poise in their transition game,” Kent said, “and we knew that was the No. 1 thing we needed to stop. I don’t think we did a very good job of it.
“I thought they were exceptional in terms of their confidence, their focus,” he added.
Josh Hawkinson led Washington State (8-5, 0-1 Pac-12) with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Ike Iroegbu, the only other Cougar to score in double figures, had 13.
Hawkinson and Kent said they were encouraged by Washington State’s improved energy and play in the second half. Brett Boese hit a three-pointer to narrow USC’s lead to 87-75 with four minutes to go, but the Cougars’ only other basket came on a last-second dunk by Hawkinson.
Julian Jacobs scored 12 points for USC, and Katin Reinhardt and Elijah Stewart each had 11.
USC to play its first-ever FCS opponent when it hosts UC Davis in 2021
USC announced Friday it had scheduled a game with UC Davis in 2021, the first time the Trojans will play a team from the Football Championship Subdivision.
Ex-USC football assistant alleges he was forced out after reporting possible NCAA violations
A former member of the USC football coaching staff alleged in a lawsuit Monday that undergraduate students were paid to pose as graduate assistants from the team to take online classes on their behalf and fulfill their degree requirements.
USC’s Bennie Boatwright has size and skill, but will he get an NBA chance?
In the seconds after Fred VanVleet’s three-pointer gave the Toronto Raptors the lead over Golden State in their Game 6 clinching victory of the NBA Finals, Bennie Boatwright became inspired.
USC’s Kevin Porter Jr. chases NBA dream to honor a father he barely knew
On a cold January night in the middle of Oregon, Kevin Porter Jr. felt himself tumbling into that lonely place he goes when the disappointment of a bad game turns crippling.
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Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Deborah's Voice
All Themes Racism, Classism, and Sexism Family and Faith Progress vs. Privacy Technology and Globalization Immortality and Its Costs
All Characters Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot (the author) Deborah (Dale) Lacks David (Day) Lacks Dr. George Gey Joe Lacks (Zakariyya) Lucille Elsie Pleasant Roland Pattillo Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield
All Symbols HeLa Statue of Jesus Johns Hopkins Clover and Lacks Town Henrietta’s Fingernails and Toenails Tuskegee Institute Crownsville State Hospital
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Chapter 33 Summary & Analysis
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Rebecca explains that she has promised to help Deborah find out what happened to Elsie. After visiting Christoph’slab, the two women travel to Crownsville. They plan to stop at Clover and Roanoke on the way back.
Rebecca has essentially promised to take a journey through the past with Deborah, visiting both Elsie’s and Henrietta’s final resting places.
The two arrive at Crownsville, which has a beautiful, 1200-acre campus. The main office is abandoned, and Rebecca feels that the place is ominous. Eventually they find an old man named Paul Lurz, who is the hospital’s director of performance and improvement, but also has a passion for history. He asks Deborah to tell him about Elsie, and she shows him her sister’s death certificate. Lurz takes the women to a room full of records, although most have been destroyed. He eventually finds documentation from 1955, the year that Elsie died, and even—to his surprise—discovers a photo of Elsie in the pages. She is in terrible physical condition, and looks desperately unhappy. The hands of a white woman are holding her head.
The entire journey to Crownsville has an eerie and ominous feel—appropriate, given the ghosts of Elsie and Henrietta that haunt this passage, as well as the terrible history of Crownsville as an institution. That Paul Lurz is even able to find Elsie’s records, let alone a picture, is something of a miracle; but it’s also not a very happy miracle, as it only confirms Deborah’s fears about her sister’s misery.
Along with the picture, the group also finds Elsie’s autopsy report, which states that her mental challenges most likely were due to syphilis, and that she had been vomiting up blood for six months before her death. As they read, an administrator storms into the room and questions what the women are doing there. Lurz states that they are Elsie’s family. He offers to give Deborah a copy of the autopsy report, and of Elsie’s picture. He also gives her the two newspaper clippings about the terrible conditions at Crownsville during the time that Elsie lived there.
Even in the 21st century, medical officials are still trying to keep information away from the Lackses. This passage also offers confirmation that Elsie, as well as Henrietta, was mistreated by the medical establishment. As is often the case, the most vulnerable patients—a mentally challenged black girl—were also the most taken advantage of.
Rebecca describes the nightmare of 1950s Crownsville, which was packed full of black patients, who were kept in tiny, filthy cells. Violence and sexual abuse was rampant, and scientists often conducted experiments on inmates without consent. Deborah, meanwhile, worries that Elsie believed herself forgotten by her own family.
Sklootemphasizes how horrifically Elsie was treated in Crownsvilleso we can better understand the full Lacks family saga, and the trauma that they have endured, from multiple fronts. Crownsville itself is also compared as an institution to Hopkins—the one for black patients having terrible facilities, and the one for primarily white patients being a state-of-the-art hospital.
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Deborah thanks Paul Lurz before she and Rebecca leave. The pair decide to go to the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis to find more records, although Rebecca worries that Deborah needs a break. They arrive to learn that the archives have no record of Elsie. They then move on to Clover, where an excited Deborah repeatedly shows passersby her new picture of Elsie. She grows increasingly distraught about her sister’s fate, to Rebecca’s dismay.
Deborah seems to be in a kind of shock as the two women leave Crownsville, and doesn’t have time to process what she has just learned. For readers who are themselves horrified by Elsie’s treatment there, it is nearly unthinkable to imagine the pain that Deborah is facing.
Deborah begins telling Rebecca repeatedly that when they stop for the night, the reporter may finally look at Henrietta’s medical records. That night, she drops the records off in Rebecca’s hotel room, adding, “Knock yourself out.”
After a fairly traumatic day, it seems that the bond between Deborah and Rebecca has at last been cemented, and that Deborah finally believes that Rebecca is not trying to steal from her.
Hoyt-Disick, Gabrielle. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Chapter 33: The Hospital for the Negro Insane." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 29 Jun 2016. Web. 17 Jul 2019.
Hoyt-Disick, Gabrielle. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Chapter 33: The Hospital for the Negro Insane." LitCharts LLC, June 29, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/chapter-33-the-hospital-for-the-negro-insane.
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Lancaster, Simpson, Robbins inducted into MCHS Football Hall of Fame
Charles Lancaster, Sr., Todd Simpson and the late Jeff Robbins were inducted into the Hall of Fame before the football team’s district game against the Mercer County Titans on Friday - a 48-20 loss for the Knights.
Lancaster has been the voice of Marion County football for more than 40 years. He’s been involved football longer than that, serving as an announcer at St. Joseph’s College - which closed in May - in Indiana from 1954-58. He also played St. Augustine School from 1952-54.
VOLLEYBALL: Lady Knights sweep seasons series against Adair
Top to bottom, start to finish, Marion County was dominant.
The Lady Knights turned in one of their most dominant performances this season, defeating a struggling Adair County squad in three sets, 25-15, 25-10, 25-12, at the Roby Dome last Monday. The win gave Marion County a sweep of the regular season series against the Lady Indians.
“We knew this wouldn’t be much of a contest so we worked on some of our new offensive schemes and tried out some different personnel groups,” Marion County Head Coach David Hibbard said.
BOYS SOCCER: Marion County falls to Anderson County in rainy outing
The rain falling and picking up as the game progressed, Marion County and Anderson County dueled in a defensive showdown at Elmer J. George Field on Sept. 12, playing to a scoreless tie at the half.
FOOTBALL: Knights fall to 0-5, set sights on district opener
No goal line stands this time. No comebacks this go around.
In a dominating performance Friday in Springfield, the Washington County Commanders blew past the Marion County Knights 42-6, sending the Knights to an 0-5 start.
“We didn’t play well in any facet of the game, on offense, defense or special teams,” Marion County Head Coach Allen Harmon said. “We didn’t execute.”
GIRLS SOCCER: Lady Knights grab first win of the season
The Marion County Lady Knights soccer team are winless no more.
Marion County clinched their first win of the season against the Monroe County Lady Falcons Saturday in the Trojan Classic, 2-1.
VOLLEYBALL: Offense hot as Lady Knights grab win
Marion County’s offense was hot. Very hot.
Three Lady Knights hit double-digit kills and Marion County grabbed a four set win over the Boyle County Lady Rebels (26-24, 25-17, 24-26, 25-13) on Sept. 11 in Danville.
“This was a good win for us against a very scrappy team,” Marion County head Coach David Hibbard said. “We played solid all night and our offense was as good as I have seen it. When you have over 50 kills in a night, you're doing some good things.”
BOYS SOCCER: Knights lose halftime lead, fall 6-3 to Boyle County
Marion County changed their strategy up, trying to catch the Boyle County Rebels off guard during their match-up on Sept. 5. For the first half, it was working, with the Knights grabbing a 3-2 halftime lead. Eventually, Boyle County got settled in, finding their stride and finding victory, 6-3, over the Knights.
“We didn’t run the offside trap because [Chris] McMann knows what style we play,” Head Coach Greg Conley said, “so we changed it up and caught them [Boyle County] off guard in the first half.”
FOOTBALL: Marion County still in search of win after loss to Lloyd Memorial
The Marion County Knights are still in search of their first win of the season after falling to the Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts Friday evening on John J. Boswell Field, 42-6.
“I thought the team played with a lot of competitive spirit,” Knights Head Coach Allen Harmon said. “We didn’t take advantage of some opportunities in the red zone, but we still played with a lot of fight.”
A pretty grand start
Hurricanes, 30-point comebacks, double overtime thrillers and a whole lot of cheering fans.
College football has officially begun ladies and gentlemen! The usual elements are at play - thrilling games and cheering fans among others - but early in this 2017 season, several new factors are also at play, creating everything from headaches, to newness, to excitement.
GIRLS SOCCER: Lady Knights shut out for fifth straight game
For the fifth straight game, the Marion County Lady Knights were shut out, this time by the Franklin County Lady Flyers, 10-0, on Sept. 7 in Frankfort.
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Hello, Longshanks readers! I'm Rhiannon, and this week we're going to start off on a new biweekly article series: Guild Spotlights! Every two weeks, I'll introduce you to one of the factions of Guild Ball and give you a brief overview of its general playstyle. Each Spotlight article will give you a quick summary of a guild, tell you about its models, and set you up with a sample team and a few tips to try them out. On weeks where you don't get a Guild Spotlight, we'll look at each model a bit more in depth with a Scouting Report, where you'll get more information on the specific roles a model fills, along with tips for constructing a 12-man roster!
That's enough overview for now though, let's get to the good stuff: the Alchemists Guild!
The Alchemists Guild is a surprisingly flexible team whose true strength can be difficult to see at first glance. They rush over the field, fast as a dancing flame and as slippery as a toxic spill. Alchemist teams can find themselves in the enemy's face or staying back behind walls of fire and acid. They offer a much different approach to the game when compared to many other teams. Your first few games may seem like an uphill battle, but once you figure out the chemistry between their different models, you'll unlock a veritable gold mine of power!
Alchemists are probably the guild for you if:
You like to force difficult choices on your opponent.
You like to stay just out of your opponent's reach.
You like solving puzzles!
You should probably avoid Alchemists if:
You hate missing your character plays.
You like to roll fistfuls of dice.
You enjoy straightforward playstyles.
The thing that makes the Alchemists guild feel special is their ability to turn conditions into a resource. Just as their name suggests, they are a guild of transformation, and that often takes the effect of removing the burning or poison condition from another model for a bonus. These bonuses take the form of free character plays, extra dodges, and more! A big part of the puzzle that Alchemists represent is figuring out how to apply conditions that will stick around long enough for another model to use them, and which model is going to make use of those conditions.
Alchemist teams will typically lean towards one of two directions: either a fast slippery team that aims to score three goals as quickly as possible or a team that spends the game loading conditions onto their opponents, doing damage bit by bit, then finishing off four models and ending the game with a powerful goal. Each of their two captains leans towards one of these styles.
Midas is a cunning, slippery striker and support piece. His 4/8" kick and many movement options make him the perfect leader for a 3-goal team. He'll often bring along other models with strong scoring capabilities, like Vitriol or Crucible. These teams will use the most of their easily-accessible or playbook results to gain extra distance before dodging away and taking shots on the goal. Midas himself also lends extra movement to his team with Lure of Gold, allowing him to get even more range out of his strikers.
Smoke is as difficult to catch as her namesake and has a similar effect of slowly choking the life out of your opponents. Don't let her 4"/6" MOV stat fool you – she is one of the most mobile captains in the game thanks to her Smoke Jumper ability. She plays a game of spreading out conditions to the enemy models and then using those conditions to deal a ton of damage. It might not seem like too much, but it adds up very quickly. Models with ranged character plays like Mercury or Calculus compliment her playstyle, allowing you to force your opponent to choose between healing their damage or removing their conditions with Momentum.
Has the lure of the Alchemists Guild drawn you in? Great! For your first game, I would suggest taking the following list: Smoke, Flask, Mercury, Original Calculus, Venin, and original Katalyst. This team generally looks for a 4/1 game plan – you'll want to take out 4 models and then use Smoke to jump in and score a goal. Here are some tips for your first game:
If given the choice, you want to kick off with Smoke. Getting the last activation with her is crucial - it will allow you to spread around her conditions and earn momentum safely, then activate her again and pull her back to safety after dealing a ton of damage.
Katalyst and Venin are very important on the first turn, because they provide conditions for Calculus to use for her free character plays. Don't forget to put poison on Venin earlier in the turn for the extra armor, then take it off later with Calculus to avoid the damage at end of turn.
Venin is very vulnerable to good counterattacks – make sure to use Secretion before the attack if you are worried about it and remember that his heroic play is a strong way to deal damage!
You want to keep your distance from your opponent, so make use of the huge range on Mercury and Calculus' character plays!
You'll likely feel a bit disoriented after your first game playing Alchemists, but if you stick with them, they can be very rewarding! They are a puzzle to solve, and once you've figured out the equation, you'll be like Midas' hand – Solid Gold!
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Jose Mourinho would delight in getting rid of Paul Pogba in January and one ex-Manchester United player believes the influence of Sir Alex Ferguson could help him do so.
Mourinho benched around £200million of talent last night when he named both Romelu Lukaku and Pogba as substitutes for a crucial clash with Arsenal.
United avoided defeat in a frenetic 2-2 draw with Unai Emery's Gunners but the result has done nothing to solve the problems at Old Trafford, with the club still sitting eighth in the table and eight points off even Champions League qualification.
However, former United defender Derek Brazil is unsure what level of backing Mourinho will get in January - even if he does have strong links within the club's hierarchy.
"If they're going to get rid of Jose at the end of the season, are they really going to let him spend £150million in January?" Brazil told Ian Stone's Comedy Breakfast (weekdays 6.30am-10.30am).
"But I think against Arsenal the players went out and put a shift in. However - and I will stick up for Pogba or Lukaku and I have done in the past - even in the last 15 minutes when Pogba came on and I was saying 'go on, prove your worth now' and he just looked disinterested.
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"He's one of those players that Jose would like to get shot of in January if he could. The word is he's a bit of a bad egg at the moment.
"Mourinho has got a lot of pull at United. People forget that Alex Ferguson has got a big say at the club still and I think he's a big ally of Mourinho."
He added: "United are playing like a mid-table team but I don't think the players and the squad are a mid-table team. I love Jose. Everyone's against him but I like his passion on the touchline.
"But I don't know where he goes from here.
"Everyone is against him and eventually I fear his players will turn against him. I don't think they have, looking at the Arsenal performance.
"But it will be interesting to see what he does in January with the Pogba situation and if the club will allow him to do anything."
United are understood to be desperate not to cut their losses on record signing Pogba, whose value is increased by his popularity and commercial links.
But Mourinho must also find a way to shore up his defence, which leaked two eminently preventable goals once again last night. "I thought Rojo did well up until that point considering he hasn't played first-team football for a while," Brazil added.
"He looked a bit tired and that was just his point that he went. Unfortunately it cost a goal. I think I was delighted with the team Mourinho picked.
"After Saturday at Southampton, I'm glad Pogba was on the bench. I'm glad Lukaku was on the bench.
"If you look at what their performances were like, they had to change.
"They did have a lot of defenders out against Arsenal but I thought they looked snappy.
"Rashford was very, very good but again there were defensive mistakes and they've cost us again.
"I think Bailly did really well but he's got a mistake in him all the time. He always looks vulnerable to that error. He did well enough but United looked shaky.
"Towards the end of the game, I thought Arsenal were the stronger team and I thought they looked confident."
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In a Crowded Room: Catching the Eye of a Cover Girl
I would hope most people have had a moment of seeing a stranger and getting a good feeling. It might be their style, their action, the way they speak, or something so intangible it just presents itself as a feeling. There's a shadow of familiarity in them. You might be brave enough to catch their eye; you want to see if they're worth reading. They have only two options: reciprocate and invite conversation, or avert the gaze away and decline further access. It is the process in which we discover and interact with people and things; intrigue and risk. This evocative stranger is the cover girl of a magazine.
Eye contact is underrated and powerful. If somebody asked you to picture a magazine, you're most likely to conjure an image of a face. It's a tactic and a choice which personifies the product, makes it approachable and easier to fall into the hands. It is used on music, men's lifestyle and photography publications, but most of all, women's lifestyle and, trumping all categories, fashion.
Whether it is a sultry stare or wide-mouthed smile, this person personifies their product. When you lock eyes with a mag, and the gaze is sustained it is an invitation to leaf through: discover what this person has to say; with whom she associates, what her interests are; even where she eats and especially what she wears. The cover girl is the collective and has to convey the entirety of the issue or at least enough to get you to part the pages.
Within, it can be hit and miss. Whatever coyness was portrayed on the cover to entice the reader must either be continued as a playful personality trait of the issue or rectified with the clarity of laying itself bare. Many have been misled, finding themselves underwhelmed or immediately disinterested by an expected style not carried through. It also works the other way, too, with an unassuming cover girl unveiling vibrant typography, luscious photography and impeccable design. It is everything you've ever wanted and more; you only had to ask.
'The cover girl is at once obtainable, unattainable and aspirational. She is, and therefore the magazine is, everything you are and want to be.'
Using a famous woman on the cover makes the process more linear, such as The Gentlewoman's use of its illustrious interviewees (Kirsten Dunst, Zadie Smith, Sofia Coppola, to name a few recents). Most of the time, anonymity creates relate-ability, allowing the potential buyer to project themselves onto the model; Peppermint is especially good at this. The vast world of fashion is a mire of It Girls, fresh faces and seasoned pros; their eyes are widest, even in their half-shut effortlessness.
The cover girl is at once obtainable, unattainable and aspirational. She is, and therefore the magazine is, everything you are and want to be. The articles suit your interests, those interviewed are people you've never known you wanted to know so much about, the photography has an attitude that inspires. When done well, she is the perfect introduction. Very often she doesn't speak the whole truth, but there's a difference between creating anticipation by withholding information and lying.
As described in FRANC, a model needs a character and on the cover it gets to headline the performance of the magazine; she got your attention, but she might not be the thing that clinches the deal. If you judge a book by its jacket, you judge a magazine by its face and the cover girl bears the brunt. She's not going to appeal to everyone, she might not typify the magazine before you've opened it, she might be outright lying, but, right or wrong, she's there for a reason. She's caught your eye.
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Frantiska (who everybody knows as Frankie) is aged 12 and a half, plays football and rugby, loves dancing and is the proud owner of a scruffy dog called Jordy. She has a passion for fashion and loves reading books.
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Susie is a journalist from Somerset, bred from Welsh stock, but with, she hopes, a more worldly perspective (although she does like sheep and hills).
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Mackey Apartments
(R. M. Schindler 1939)
Mackey Apartments, interior view
Mackey Garages & Garage Top
Mackey Garages & Garage Top, interior view
The Mackey Apartments
The Pearl M. Mackey Apartments (R.M. Schindler, 1939) in the Mid-Wilshire District of Los Angeles are home to the MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence program MAK Artists and Architects in Residence Program]. The Republic of Austria purchased the building on the initiative of the MAK in 1995 and the program designed for visiting emerging international artists and architects was launched in the same year.
Located on a flat lot in a residential neighborhood, the originally four-unit (since converted to five) apartment building is one of a series of residential projects built by Schindler in the 1930s. Unlike international-style architects, Schindler seldom designed identical apartment units; his apartments are as complex, individual, and innovative as his houses. The Pearl M. Mackey Apartments possess typical Schindler characteristics: compact apartment layout, exceptional incorporation of natural light, built-in furniture, variable ceiling heights, and private outdoor gardens or mini-balconies.
Restoration work on the apartments began in 1995 by the Central Office of Architecture, and continued with Los Angeles architects SPACE International in 2001 and 2004/05. In all phases of renovation, the objective was to recreate the room layout, complex lighting, and the use of materials for surfaces and color schemes in keeping with the architects original intentions. Ultimately, the renovation has created a refreshing building that testifies to Schindlers love of open spaces, airiness, and versatility.
In the last phase of restoration in 2009/10, the desolate garages, which are used as working and exhibition space by the artists and architects-in-residence, could be renovated and the new Garage Top was added to the propertyagain thanks to funding from the Buildings Program of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labor. Designed by SPACE International, the Garage Top resembles a black box cantilevered above the five newly renovated ground floor garages at the rear of the lot. Clad in Wetsuit, a dark industrial material used for waterproofing, and fronted by a wall of translucent, sliding window panels, the new addition stands distinct from the original Mackey Apartments.
The Garage Top interior provides a single uninterrupted space flooded with natural light. In the interest of simplicity, a soffit masks all infrastructure and service areas are discretely set at the far end of the space. Designed for flexibility, the Garage Top is well suited for a variety of MAK Center programming, including performances, seminars, the newly launched exhibition series Garage Exchange Vienna L.A., and MAK Center Residents activities.
Schindler Lab Online Publication
This publication documents an exhibition-oriented initiative that prompts artists and architects to develop installations highlighting Rudolph M. Schindler's domestic experiment.
Each year the MAK Center greets a myriad of local, national, and international visitors intrigued by this early (1922) example of Los Angeles modernist architecture. They often ask detailed questions. They are curious about Schindler's thought process when designing and constructing the house; how the house has been used, understood, and canonized throughout the decades; and how the house is holding up today.
Inspired by these visitors' questions, the MAK Center, in collaboration with series initiator Sara Daleiden, developed Schindler Lab. Initiated in 2011, the initiative not only presented artistic projects that reframed the experience of the house, it also foregrounded the intricate process of discussion, debate, deliberation, and creative problem solving behind every Schindler House exhibition. That process is embodied in the online publication at SchindlerLab.org. / March 2015
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Exhibtions,
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MAK-Schindler Scholarship Program at the Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles
MAK Center Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program
The Austrian Federal Chancellery / Arts Division in cooperation with the MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, annually awards a total of six scholarships for residency at the Mackey Apartments, Los Angeles. These scholarships are open to free-lance artists, advanced students of architecture ("2. Studienabschnitt"), and graduates of architecture immediately after completion of their degree.
MAK Center Archive
On-line Archive for the MAK Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program
Expositur
The Schindler House
The home and studio of the Austrian-American architect Rudolph M. Schindler on Kings Road in West Hollywood serves today as the homebase of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles. This seminal building was declared an architectural landmark by the World Monument Fund in 2002. Today Schindler counts as one of the most important modern architects.
The Fitzpatrick-Leland House
The Fitzpatrick-Leland House R.M. Schindler, (1936) on the corner of Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills was donated to the MAK Center in 2007. Today the house serves as an active hub for research, contemplation, and conversation about modern architecture, contemporary art, and urban space.
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Containerships in first SIMOPS boxship bunkering
Image credit: Containerships
Containerships performed its first simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) bunkering, which allows for the concomitant bunkering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and execution of loading and unloading procedures.
An unprecedented achievement improving Containerships’ operational efficiency and highlighting the Group’s leading role in the energy transition of the shipping industry
On July 4th, 2019, Containerships successfully carried out SIMOPS bunkering on its LNG-powered CONTAINERSHIPS NORD vessel in the Port of Rotterdam. The vessel thus became the first container carrier performing SIMOPS in Europe by means of “ship-to-ship” bunkering.
To ensure a fluent and safe ship-to-ship bunkering, Containerships worked closely together with Shell, its bunker supplier, with the Port of Rotterdam and with the RST Terminal. The vessel received approximately 200 tons of LNG.
This unprecedented achievement paves the way for this procedure to be performed on other LNG-powered vessels, including the recently delivered CONTAINERSHIPS POLAR, the sister ship of the CONTAINERSHIPS NORD.
Thanks to SIMOPS, the ship’s stay in the port can be reduced significantly and operational delays avoided. Therefore, transit times can be reduced, offering CMA CGM Group customers a highly reliable and fast connection between Northern Europe and the Baltics.
With LNG, the CMA CGM Group reaffirms its commitment to the protection of the environment
With LNG, Containerships as part of the CMA CGM Group reinforces its commitment to the protection of the environment and the energy transition of the maritime industry. The use of this fuel indeed represents a real technological breakthrough which yields significant benefits compared to traditional heavy fuel oil:
Up to 25% less CO2 emissions,
99% less Sulphur emissions,
99% less fine particles emissions,
85% less nitrogen oxide emissions.
A pioneer in the use of LNG to power container ships, CMA CGM is set to take delivery of 20 LNG-powered vessels by 2022, including nine 22,000-TEU ships which are scheduled to be delivered from 2020.
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Höegh Trapper Back to Mackay
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Connection Compass of 100 Liner Services
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Businesses in Liverpool back £5m masterplan to make the city centre safer and cleaner
Liverpool BID Company wins ballot for a further term of Retail & Leisure BID
Businesses in Liverpool have backed a £5m masterplan to make the city centre safer and cleaner.
Liverpool BID Company secured a resounding 66% yes vote on the month-long postal ballot from its BID levy payers for a further term of the Retail & Leisure BID in the city centre, which incorporates well-known areas such as Bold Street, Cavern Quarter, Church Street, Williamson Square, Clayton Square, Queen Square, St Johns and Metquarter. The BID now includes new areas such as Renshaw Street, Victoria Street and the Bluecoat.
Set up in 2005, the Retail & Leisure BID, formerly City Central BID, will continue working for a fourth term, from November 1, 2018 – May 31, 2023, with the Liverpool BID Company delivering on the business plan to improve safety and cleansing and boost footfall through events and animation in the city centre.
Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool, said:
“We have one of the best BIDs in the country and it is fantastic news to hear that businesses have recognised the huge role Liverpool BID Company plays in supporting and promoting the city centre economy by voting yes for another term of Retail & Leisure BID. I look forward to working with Liverpool BID Company in our shared vision to enhance the city centre’s reputation as a great place to work, visit and live.”
Ian Strettle, centre manager at Clayton Square and chair of Retail & Leisure BID, said:
“This is a fantastic vote of confidence from our levy payers in the retail and leisure community for the work Liverpool BID Company has done over the past 13 years and for our ambitions for the next term. We will now begin to roll out our business plan, working with our partners at Liverpool City Council, Merseyside Police and the private sector, to make the city centre a safer, cleaner and more thriving place.”
Jennina O’Neill, centre manager at Metquarter and deputy chair of Retail & Leisure BID, said:
“This is not only a brilliant result for businesses in the city centre, but for customers and visitors who frequent our shops, restaurants and bars. We’re now in a strong position to drive the city centre forward together with the support of the Liverpool BID Company.”
Bill Addy, chief executive, Liverpool BID Company, commented:
“We always listen to our levy payers, and never take their vote for granted. We are delighted that they have voted yes for another term of the Retail & Leisure BID and promise to deliver on the business plan we set out – representing a £5m investment to support their trading environment. We have a big job to do and now we are going to get on and do it.
“A thriving city economy relies on the success of its high street. We will continue to play a key role in supporting our levy payers in this rapidly changing sector, providing additional services to create cleaner and safer streets, along with a well promoted and animated city centre that encourages visitors to return time and again. In this current climate where austerity measures have been placed upon our local authority and police service – it is more important than ever that we all work together for the future growth of our city.”
After the successful ballot among its levy payers, the Liverpool BID Company will be able to deliver the business plan for Retail & Leisure BID, focusing on the following:
Continuing to work alongside Merseyside Police, Liverpool City Council and levy payers to tackle anti-social behaviour, shoplifting and street dwelling to ensure the BID is a safe place to visit and work in. This will include the ongoing funding of the BID Safety Partnership which involves a dedicated police presence to deliver a responsive policing service, enhancements to the BID Radio Link service, and further provision supporting the Evening and Night Time Economy (ENTE) levy payers and City Watch’s responsiveness.
Actively work alongside Liverpool City Council in creating a cleaner district, whose environment actively encourages businesses to thrive and visitors to return. This will be through added investment for a dedicated on-street team in addition to the city’s baseline in a coordinated manner; improved public realm schemes and enhancements to street lighting and green spaces.
Animation and marketing
Facilitate a programme of events that animate and populate the streets throughout the year – attracting local, national and international visitors, and raising the profile of the area to encourage repeat visits. These will include, among others, Celebrating Bold Street and continued partnerships with city-region partners on seasonal and Christmas campaigns.
Business support and connectivity
Continue to champion the voice of its levy payers. Proactively work to develop employee skills and encourage high standards in customer service through its Mystery Shop programme. Continue to support the full exemption from the Late Night Levy for its Evening and Night Time Economy (ENTE) levy payers. And improve accessibility, wayfinding and free Wi-Fi.
For more information about Liverpool BID Company’s business plan for Retail & Leisure BID, please visit http://www.liverpoolbidcompany.com/ballot
And join us on social media:
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Dr Sharon McLennan PhD, MPhil
School of People, Environment and Planning
Sharon McLennan's current research projects include:
Cuba in the Pacific: Marsden Faststart award ($300000) for research on how Cuban medical cooperation contributes to health and development in the Pacific. This project will run from 2018 - 2021.
New Zealand’s sanctions enforcement and maritime security in the Pacific: Multi Agency Research Network (MARN) research seed funding to develop a framework for anctions enforcement and maritime security in the Pacific (2019-2020)
Global citizenship education: Reseach exploring the way in which global citizenship is taught in NZ, with a particular focus on the BA core citizenship papers.
Voluntourism and Volunteering for development: I have a long-standing interest in international volunteering and most recently have undertaken research on volunteer tourism in Fiji, with a particular interest in the links between global citizenship, social media and development.
Previous research projects include ICT-based networking and social media for development in Honduras (PhD research, 2008-2012), and a post-doctoral fellowship (2013-2016) exploring community perceptions of corporate community development initiatives of mining and tourism multinationals in the Pacific .
Supervision Interests:
Volunteering and voluntourism
ICT and Social Media in development
Regional interests in the Pacific and Latin America
Dr Sharon McLennan's research explores new and alternative actors in international development and global health, and the interface between development, citizenship and globalisation. These themes are reflected in her current and past research in Latin America, the Pacific and New Zealand .Sharon teaches international development, and is the distance coordinator for 230.210 Global Encounters. She also has a background in health as a registered nurse and international volunteer in the Philippines and Central America.
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Ph: 83662
Location: 5.11, SST
Campus: Turitea
Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2012)
Master of Philosophy - Massey University (2006)
Marsden Fast Start Award ($300,000): Cuba in the Pacific - Royal Society of New Zealand (2018)
Massey University Research Fund Early Career Award ($4000): Global Citizenship Education in Aotearoa / New Zealand - Massey University (2017)
Massey University Research Fund Early Career Award ($9413): Voluntourism in Fiji - Massey University (2016)
South-South development cooperation
-Cuban Medical Aid in the Pacific
International Volunteering and voluntourism
-Voluntourism in Fiji
-Private development volunteers in Honduras
ICT4D & Social Media for development
21st Century Citizenship, Health and Well-being
Field of research codes
Anthropology (160100): Anthropology of Development (160101): Citizenship (160602): Human Geography (160400): Human Geography not elsewhere classified (160499):
Medical And Health Sciences (110000): Pacific Peoples Health (111715):
Political Science (160600):
Public Health and Health Services (111700): Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified (111799):
Studies In Human Society (160000)
Latin America (particularly Cuba and Honduras)
Voluntourism / Volunteer Tourism
ICT and Social Media for Development
Project Title: Multiple coincidences: Cuban medical cooperation in the Pacific
Date Range: 2018 - 2021
Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand
Dr Sharon McLennan - Project Leader
Richardson, E., Hughes, E., McLennan, S., & Meo-Sewabu, L. (2019). Indigenous well-being and development: Connections to large-scale mining and tourism in the Pacific. CONTEMPORARY PACIFIC. 31(1), 1-34
[Journal article]Authored by: McLennan, S.
McLennan, S., & Banks, G. (2019). Reversing the lens: Why corporate social responsibility is not community development. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 26(1), 117-126
[Journal article]Authored by: Banks, G., McLennan, S.
McLennan, SJ. (2017). Passion, paternalism, and politics: DIY development and independent volunteers in Honduras. Development in Practice. 27(6), 880-891
Farrelly, T., Stewart-Withers, RR., McLennan, S., & Gibson, L. (2017). Collective memory-work as method and resistance. SITES: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies. 14(2), 1-26
[Journal article]Authored by: Farrelly, T., McLennan, S., Stewart-Withers, R.
Banks, GA., Scheyvens, RA., McLennan, SJ., & Bebbington, A. (2016). Conceptualising corporate community development. Third World Quarterly. 37(2), 245-263
[Journal article]Authored by: Banks, G., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.
McLennan, SJ. (2016). Techno-optimism or Information Imperialism: Paradoxes in Online Networking, Social Media and Development. Information Technology for Development. 22(3), 380-399
Mclennan, S. (2014). Networks for development: Volunteer tourism, information and communications technology, and the paradoxes of alternative development. Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 37(1), 48-68
McLennan, S. (2014). Medical voluntourism in Honduras: 'Helping' the poor?. Progress in Development Studies. 14(2), 163-179
McLennan, SJ., & Prinsen, G. (2014). Something old, something new: Research using archives, texts and virtual data. In R. Scheyvens (Ed.) Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide. (pp. 81 - 100). : SAGE
[Chapter]Authored by: McLennan, S., Prinsen, J.Edited by: Scheyvens, R.
McLennan, SJ., Storey, D., & Leslie, H. (2014). Entering the field. In R. Scheyvens (Ed.) Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide. (pp. 143 - 159). : SAGE
[Chapter]Authored by: McLennan, S.Edited by: Scheyvens, R.
Breheny, MJ., & McQuaid, R. (2018). H.T.U.K. The development of the United Kingdom's Major Centre of high technology industry. In The Development of High Technology Industries: An International Survey. (pp. 296 - 354).
[Chapter]Authored by: McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.Edited by: Scheyvens, R.
McLennan, SJ. (2012). An alternative model for development?: promise and politics in the projecthonduras network. (Doctoral Thesis, Massey University, New Zealand)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: McLennan, S.Edited by: Andrews, R., Scheyvens, R.
McLennan, S., Huish, R., & Leslie, H. (2018, December). Cuba in the Pacific: Solidarity, Sustainability and Transformation. Presented at DevNet Conference: Disruption and Renewal. Christchurch, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: McLennan, S.
McLennan, S. (2018, June). Cuban solidarity in the Pacific: addressing inequities and challenging power in health and development. Presented at Global Inequalities: UK Development Studies Association Conference. University of Manchester.
McLennan, S. (2018, March). Cuba in the Pacific: Counter-hegemonic solidarity and anti-colonialism in health and development. Presented at New Geographies of Global Inequalities and Social Justice Conference. University of Melbourne.
Hazou, RT., Forster, M., & Mclennan, S.Encountering group work in Tū Rangaranga. . Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Forster, M., Hazou, R., McLennan, S.
McLennan, . (2017, July). ‘It’s a personal thing’: Voluntourism, social media and the creation of global citizens in Fiji. Presented at Connecting the Dots: International Conference on Tourism, Ethics and Global Citizenship. Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
McLennan, SJ., & Stewart-Withers, . (2017, July). First do no harm: What fieldwork ethics can contribute to voluntourism practice. Presented at Connecting the Dots: International Conference on Tourism, Ethics and Global Citizenship. Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: McLennan, S., Stewart-Withers, R.
McLennan, SJ. (2016, December). Community development meets personal development: A case study of youth voluntourism in Fiji. Presented at DevNet (Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network). Victoria University, Wellington.
McLennan, SJ. (2015, December). Promises, pitfalls, partnerships and politics: Networking volunteers for development in Honduras. Presented at Workshop: Development partnerships: The role of international volunteering. National University of Singapore.
McLennan, SJ., & Banks, GA. (2015, September). Power, agency and the anticipation of dependency: Community expectations of corporate community development the mining and tourism sectors in the Pacific. Presented at UK Development Studies Association Annual Conference. Bath, UK.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., McLennan, S.
McLennan, SJ. (2015, September). Facilitating global solidarity in a neoliberal age? Exploring voluntourism and development in Honduras and Fiji. Presented at UK Development Studies Association Annual Conference. Bath, United Kingdom.
McLennan, SJ. (2015, September). Global work and the contact zone: Exploring development voluntourism in Honduras and Fiji. Presented at Royal Geographical Society / Institute of British Geographers Annual International Conference. Exeter, UK.
Scheyvens, ., Banks, GA., Bebbington, A., McLennan, S., Hughes, EL., & Richardson, E. (2014, April). Can corporations do community development? An examination of the mining and tourism industries in the Pacific.. Presented at Association of American Geographers. Tampa, Florida.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., Hughes, E., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.
McLennan, SJ. (2014, November). Techno-optimism or Information Imperialism: Paradoxes in Online Networking, Social Media and Development. Presented at DevNet (Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network). Otago.
McLennan, SJ. (2014, November). Business as a development agent in the Pacific: Perspectives from mining and tourism. Presented at DevNet (Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network). Otago.
McLennan, SJ., Banks, G., Scheyvens, ., Hughes, E., Richardson, E., & Bebbington, T. (2014, November). The future is now: Exploring corporate community development initiatives in the Pacific. Presented at The Development Studies Association Annual Conference 2014. London, United Kingdom.
McLennan, SJ., Scheyvens, R., Banks, G., Hughes, E., & Richardson, E. (2013, November). Corporate community development: Unpacking the rhetoric. Presented at Sustainability Conference. Massey University, Albany.
McLennan, SJ. (2013, December). Culturescapes of Corporate Community Development in Mining and Tourism in the Pacific. Presented at Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Ethnoscapes, Culturescapes: Anthropologies for the present,. Raglan, NZ.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: McLennan, S.Contributed to by: Banks, G.
McLennan, SJ. (2013, December). Reflections on a disjuncture: Politics and promise in the projecthonduras.com network. Presented at Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand: Ethnoscapes, Culturescapes: Anthropologies for the present. Raglan, NZ.
Banks, G., Scheyvens, R., McLennan, S., & Bebbington, A.Conceptualising corporate community development.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Banks, G., McLennan, S., Scheyvens, R.
McLennan, SJ. (2012, December). The paradox of social media for development: the case of projecthonduras.com. Presented at Devnet International Development Conference: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice. Auckland University, NZ.
McLennan, SJ. (2012, December). Intersecting identities / diverging responsibilities: Balancing family and research in post-coup Honduras. Presented at Devnet International Development Conference: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice. Auckland, NZ.
McLennan, SJ. (2012, July). Deceptive and disingenuous? Prioritising the (Honduran) margins in representations of the (North American) centre. Presented at Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia (AILASA) X Biennial Conference. Victoria University, Wellington, NZ.
McLennan, SJ. (2010, September). Online networking for development: an exploration of projecthonduras.com. Presented at International Network for Postgraduate Students in the Area of ICT4D Conference. Barcelona, Spain.
McLennan, SJ. (2010, December). DIY development: Questioning “social engagement” with the poor. Presented at DevNet (Aotearoa New Zealand Development Studies Association) Conference Making. Development Sustainable: Connections, Learning, Commitment. Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ.
McLennan, SJ.Human Capital x ICT = A formula for alternative development? Exploring the projecthonduras.com network. : ACM conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (Doctoral Colloquium)
[Conference Paper in Published Proceedings]Authored by: McLennan, S.
McLennan, SJ. (2018, March). ‘It’s a personal thing’: Voluntourism, social media and the creation of global citizens in Fiji. Presented at Massey University, Palmerston North.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: McLennan, S.
McLennan, SJ. (2014, November). Exploring corporate community development initiatives in the Pacific. In Anthropology department, London School of Economics.
Consultancy and Languages
Last used: Daily
Spoken ability: Average
Written ability: Average
Development Theory
Globalisation and Development
Development and Inequaltiy
Development Research
230.210 Tū Rangaranga: Global Encounters
Natalie Slade - Doctor of Philosophy
Constructing 'refugeeness': Exploring mediated discourses of hospitality, welcome and refugee (self)representation in New Zealand
2018 - Sharon Bell - Doctor of Philosophy
Health justice for all: The development of alternative health system capabilities in the conflict-affected context of Shan State, Myanmar
2017 - Dorcas Shumba - Doctor of Philosophy
The Gender Dimensions of Environmental Change: An Exploration of the Experiences and Perceptions of Rural Men and Women in Zimbabwe
Corporate Community Development Project
Voluntourism - Radio NZ - interview on Sunday Morning programme, Jan. 2016
The Honduran 'Caravan' - Radio NZ interview, November 2018
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Check, Please: THE FINAL CHAPTER
We’re closing out the season the best way we know how: with overtime!
Cameron Berkman
(Photo: Mike Wulf/CSM /LANDOV | Licensed to Alpha Media Group 2013)
A Rock and a Hard Place
The Bruins were able to withstand a flurry of offense from the Blackhawks as well as an uncalled power play in OT (only one this time) to even the series on a wholly uninteresting goal. As noted last week, this is an incredibly evenly matched series and it will probably come down to who’s tougher or (oh please lord no) officiating. The most interesting thing about this original six match-up is the lack of the true superstar on both teams, and the gelling of all the lines into one giant, salty, defensive hockey stew.
The lockout not only devoured a good portion of the season, and but it took the Vegas award show that hits at season’s end too (presumably taking many dollars out of the underwear of hardworking strippers with it). Alex Ovechkin beat out Sidney Crosby for the Hart Trophy (MVP), likely because of the amount of time Sid was out with a broken face, and Jonathan Huberdeau took home the Calder Trophy (rookie of the year) as well as the award for “most fun name to say.”
BOBROVSKY!
Speaking of the NHL awards, Sergio Bobrovsky took home the Vezina trophy for the best goaltender this season. In celebration of that, here is an amazing compilation of Sportscentre (that’s the Canadian version, eh?) anchor Jay Onrait screaming his name like he’s a sergeant disciplining a rogue cop.
See you next season (for all 82).
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by Brian Obert | Jul 6, 2019 | News
U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines recently announced more than $8 million in federal funding to upgrade 13 airports across Montana. Helena received $3 million, Lincoln $500,000 and Three Forks $65,000.
When the general public thinks about airport service, we think of our flight to our vacation, or the transportation to a worksite or a business conference. However, if you come down ill when you are enjoying yourself in Lincoln, or floating the Beaverhead River near Dillon, speedy access to emergency care is paramount. Last week the FAA Airport Improvement Program announced $8 million dollars in grant funds that will be used to maintain 13 airports across the state, but will also give residents and vacationers in general a fighting chance if your outing goes sideways.
In an age of limited funding for basic infrastructure, our rural airport maintenance can be overlooked in comparison to potable water and functioning sewage treatment. When you are hurt though, access to a life flight airport can make the difference between life and death. Or when that summer smoke starts to billow, having a location for an initial attack firefighter airplane or helicopter to land can be the difference between a summer of enjoyment or the long trudge of a smoke-filled summer.
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Paving the way for trailblazers
Annual Report 2013 : track the journey, lower the risk
Dallas’ Lyda Hill is determined to help solve “the mystery that is cancer.”
BY Sarah Watson
Photo: David Woo
To that end, she’s pledged an astounding $50 million to MD Anderson’s Moon Shots Program.
“It represents a different direction for research that crosses disciplines and offers new hope for breaking cancer’s codes,” Hill says. “I’m pleased to offer my support to this historic effort.”
In recognition of Hill’s enormous generosity, the institution will name the Lyda Hill Cancer Prevention Center in her honor.
A senior member of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Hill is a longtime proponent of scientific research and biomedical advancement. She’s president of LH Holdings and the Lyda Hill Foundation, which supports initiatives that increase the understanding of nature and science.
The breast cancer survivor says her family has been impacted tremendously by cancer. And she’s encouraged by today’s strengthened focus on prevention.
“Since my first mastectomy more than 31 years ago, we now have the word ‘prevention.’ Prevention was never in the same sentence with cancer back then,” she says. “It’s our hope for the future. I’m honored that the Cancer Prevention Center will carry my name.”
Funding the fight
Thanks to the generosity of donors such as Lyda Hill, the Moon Shots Program received significant private philanthropic commitments in its first year. Other major gifts include:
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, $10 million
Marathon Oil Corporation, $3 million
The Cullen Trust for Health Care, $2 million
Bosarge Family Foundation, $2 million
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kyte, $2 million
The John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation, $1.5 million
Lyda Hill talks about her commitment to the Moon Shots Program at Lyda Hill's Gift.
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As a dermatologist and dermatopathologist, Kenneth Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., has set his sights on preventing squamous cell carcinoma — the second most common form of skin cancer in the United States.
Working for inheritors of higher risk
People with inherited conditions that raise their risk of developing certain cancers, such as colon cancer, deal with a lot of anxiety that comes from uncertainty about their health. Hopefully, the work of Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez will one day alleviate that risk.
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MD Anderson's 'protein pioneer'
In 1983, Robert Bast Jr., M.D., and his colleagues published a seminal paper in the New England Journal of Medicine detailing his discovery of the protein CA-125 and its value in helping to predict if ovarian cancer might recur.
A revolutionary war against cancer
Imagine if oncologists around the world had access to the expertise of MD Anderson’s physicians. The standard of cancer care would be greatly improved, and lives would be saved.
The resistance fighter
Historically, research and patient care have been kept separate or “siloed.” Guillermo Garcia-Manero wants to change that.
Triumph after a trial and tribulations
When Mary Cates was told she had cancer, she didn’t flinch . . . either time.
Cracking the cancer code
Cancer is a genomic disease, and Harshad Mahadeshwar’s job is to decode its weaknesses.
The Oncology Expert Advisor
MD Anderson system is bolstered by Graduate Medical Education’s homegrown experts
With two, they’ve won
A year in, this duo of deans is racking up the accomplishments
Unleashing the immune system’s attack dogs
The first drug to improve the survival of people with end-stage melanoma works because of what it doesn’t do: attack tumors directly.
Trial fits attack on melanoma to a T
By boosting the number of T cells in his patients, Patrick Hwu is watching their immune systems defeat cancer.
Michael Gunter’s had time to think about melanoma.
Born to beat cancer
Marit Peterson may be genetically predisposed to melanoma, but the disease was no match for her and her team.
Strength in numbers: Send in the reinforcements
When immune system T cells that can’t kill a patient’s cancer get a shot at those same tumor cells in the lab, it’s another story altogether.
The Cancer Center Support Grant
Building a better T cell
Treatments relying on T cells, a key component of the body’s immune system, have had significant success, but a new experimental method customizes naturally produced cells to sharpen their attack on cancer.
When good genetic mutation goes bad
Generally speaking, hypermutation and DNA damage in a cell are bad things. That is, unless you’re talking about an immune system B cell.
The Nocturnal Program: Care, uninterrupted
The Nocturnal Program ensures a seamless transition from day to night for patients
Nights are a good fit for Day
When Lakeisha Day sees a patient in the wee hours, she knows she needs to make the most of their limited time together.
Acts of kindness are completely voluntary
By Will Fitzgerald
Getting a lot out of giving
Gloria Ayala walked into a hospital room and found a mother pacing while her daughter lay in bed. When Ayala was greeted with a big hug, she realized the experience was what being an MD Anderson volunteer was all about.
A convenient truth
By exposing cancer cells, fluorescence makes surgeons’ jobs easier.
Team is the heart of the Head and Neck Center
Treating cancer while preserving form and function.
Free of cancer and full of thanks
Gift of gratitude boosts head and neck cancer research
Growing network of hospitals expands opportunities to end a global crisis
Navigating MD Anderson? There’s an app for that
By Laura Nathan-Garner
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Hall & Oates Bring Out The Best In Brands, Naturally
by Larry Dobrow , Featured Columnist, February 11, 2016
What’s the official record for number of brands simultaneously boosted, burnished or otherwise bettered by/in a single video? Maybe two?
I’m sure there have been instances in which multiple entities hitched a ride to brand glory on each other’s coattails, but I’m hard-pressed to think of any. In most such cases, one plus one equals negative-six. Case in point, though not specifically from the realm of video: How are we feeling about Pepsi and the NFL after Sunday’s halftime extravaganza? The notion of a diabetes-juice merchant and a brain-trauma denier concluding their mutual endeavor with a message of peace and love is cynical even by my advanced standards, and I’ve long suspected that the Make-A-Wish Foundation is a front for the gun nuts or the bias [sic] liberal media.
This is why I’m blown away, or at least as blown away as one can be by a 55-second helping of content, by the brand clip dropped this week by Live Nation, Hall & Oates, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, IFC and Rolling Stone. Yes, it’s officially hosted on the Live Nation YouTube page, which gives LN official authorship and bragging rights. But it’s as collaborative an effort of this kind as we’re likely to see, and one that elevates every entity that has anything to do with it.
Its impenetrably abstruse title notwithstanding, the purpose of “Daryl Hall & John Oates - Summer 2016 Tour” is to alert you, me and superfan Sheila to an imminent series of concert appearances (a “tour,” if you will) by Hall & Oates, which will take place during the summer of 2016. But rather than travel the expected announcement route for a legacy act - some vintage photos overlaid atop a five-pack of theduo’smostlovedsongs, with details conveyed via a thick, lustrous baritone voiceover - Hall & Oates (or Live Nation, or whoever) had the good sense to bring in Fred Armisen and Bill Hader to add promotional luster.
They do so as Gene Allen and Clark Honus, the ragey purveyors of gentle-as-a-meadow-breeze songthings they portray on IFC’s “Documentary Now!” Hall & Oates, it seems, used to open for Blue Jean Committee, Allen’s and Honus’ band. Every party within the intertwined relationship felt deep feelings deeply, it seems, in a manner eerily parallel to those shared in History of the Eagles. Allen/Armisen and Honus/Hader find plenty of material upon which to turbo-riff, including groupies (Hall & Oates attracted more) and cheesesteaks (the transcendent cultural identifier for all Philadelphians).
Thus Armisen and Hader are winners here, owing to the ease with which they transform an easy shill job into something funnier and more pop-culturally informed. But everybody else comes off really well, too. Elwood, fetch me my thought-delineating bullets!
IFC: IFC’s original iteration, as the Independent Film Channel, wasn’t for me. I demand a six-explosion minimum for all movies (including historical dramas set in Elizabethan England… ESPECIALLY historical dramas set in Elizabethan England) and thus am not curious about I Am Curious (Yellow). But a few years back, when IFC formally and willfully lowered its brow, I found myself gravitating to the net’s offbeat sensibilities – “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret,” “Maron” and now “Documentary Now!” IFC’s archness feels borderline revolutionary, especially when pitted against the “funny” offerings of pretty much every traditional network (read: non-Internetty) entity. Associating “Documentary Now!” and the IFC brand with the Hall & Oates tour and a monolith like Live Nation, then, lands in the sweet spot between “lark” and “desperate stab at self-mainstreaming.”
Rolling Stone: I grew up worshipping every word published in Rolling Stone and thus have complicated feelings about the modern-day version of the mag (cue regularly scheduled refrain of “everything was better when I was young, except mobile communications and sandwich kiosks and ultimate-fighting consortiums and children’s car-seat latches and okay nothing was better when I was young and nostalgia is the saddest of the sad opiates”). Because the magazine has moved on and I have not, I only check in when it gets an audience with Mr. Springsteen or one ofhis associates. And yet it appears that RS was given the first crack at “Summer 2016 Tour” – or if it wasn’t, among all other publishers RS most effectively viralized it. That bodes good things for its ability to remain relevant in these end times for established magazine brands.
Live Nation: Because my event-attendance days are largely behind me, I don’t subscribe to the “Live Nation is evil, because $14.90-per-ticket convenience fees aren’t rock and roll! It used to be about the music, man!” Those fees suck, clearly, but they’re kind of like hotel taxes in one’s home state: Any tax/fee that lands on somebody else is one that doesn’t land on me. In any event, while “wry” and “self-aware” rank right up there alongside “frisky” and “socialist” in the list of adjectives that have rarely been used to describe Live Nation, the “Summer 2016 Tour” clip suggests that the LN brand might have a bit more spring in its step than heretofore demonstrated.
Hall & Oates: How cool is it when the zeitgeist comes back around on a worthy, broadly appealing act like Hall & Oates? Very cool, that’s how cool. Even if Mssrs. Hall and Oates have no idea this video exists, which seems entirely possible, they deserve huge props for vesting it with its raison d’être. Go Daryl! Go John! Fellow underappreciated1980s-eratitans, take note.
music, online video, video
Larry Dobrow is a contributing writer for MediaPost. Reach him at LDobrow@gmail.com.
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Net#work BBDO wins at 2017 Epica Awards
20 Nov 2017 16:30 Marketing 645
Net#work BBDO was awarded a Bronze Award at the 2017 Epica Awards. The agency continues to scoop awards across the globe for its '#vaginavarsity' campaign, on behalf of Libresse.
The agency walked away with an Epica Bronze Award in the Health, Beauty, and Fashion Digital Campaigns category, making this accolade the group’s 14th international award for the campaign.
Brad Reilly, ECD at Net#work BBDO, says, "The Epica Award is special in that they are judged by non-partisan journalists working in the marketing and advertising industries from all over the world. We were the only South African agency awarded, and it’s further validation that brave and honest work pays off. There is simply no substitute for effectiveness and creativity."
"Like Libresse, we had to make sure that our campaign is fearless and daring, in a space that’s traditionally very quiet and discreet," concludes Reilly.
The Epica Award will be placed in Net#work BBDO’s cabinet alongside Loeries, Cannes, Assegai, PRISM’s, and Apex recognition already garnered for the campaign.
For more information, visit www.networkbbdo.co.za. Alternatively, connect with them on Facebook, Twitter or on Instagram.
Net#work BBDO Epica Awards 2017 Libresse South Africa #Vaginavarsity
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Christian worldview commentary from the Colson Center, featuring radio co-hosts Eric Metaxas and John Stonestreet. | Follow us on Twitter: @BreakPointCC.
Since 1991, BreakPoint—a program of the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview—has provided believers around the U.S. with a Christian perspective on today’s news and trends. Our daily BreakPoint commentaries, co-hosted by Eric Metaxas and Colson Center President John Stonestreet, air on some 1,400 radio outlets with an estimated weekly listening audience of eight million people. Its "BreakPoint This Week" counterpart, also hosted by Stonestreet and Ed Stetzer of Lifeway Research includes a weekly conversation with leading Christian writers and thinkers on topics ranging from the sanctity of life to marriage, religious liberty, and the restoration of virtue and ethics to public life. Over at BreakPoint.org, Stonestreet and Metaxas are joined by other thoughtful Christian writers through columns and feature articles equipping believers to live and defend the Christian worldview. Check us out online for great worldview content and resources, including book reviews for teens and preteens, need-to-know news headlines and more.
The Point: Growing Babies? - Break Point
An Asian couple in New York spent $100,000 in order to get two baby girls by IVF. The babies came out boys. And not Asian. Naturally, the couple is suing. Is this mishap really “unimaginable” like the headline proclaimed? I don’t think so. #Biotech https://hubs.ly/H0jMGss0
When babies are a menu item, an order can get mixed up.
Norman L. Geisler: An Appreciation - Break Point
#NormanGeisler was more than a teacher and a fighter. He also had the heart of an evangelist. He was often described as a cross between Billy Graham and Thomas Aquinas: an evangelist with a steel-trap mind. https://hubs.ly/H0jMGs80
Norman Geisler, 1932-2019
What to pray for this week:
1) Pray that God would remind us of His care for the unborn, from their earliest days.
2) Ask God to show us the preciousness of all human life and how we have been created for Him.
3) Pray that God awakens in our country a profound hunger for Him, and a growing desire that all might know their Creator and Sustainer.
Download 21 Days of Prayer for Life! https://hubs.ly/H0jMG6n0
The Point: Euthanasia by Any Other Name - Break Point
#Euthanasia is illegal in #France. But in name only. Over the weekend a French court denied an appeal by the family of #VincentLambert to prevent doctors from withholding nutrition and hydration to the 42-year-old. https://hubs.ly/H0jMzF_0
Death by any other name is still death.
Do I Need Scientific, Forensic Evidence to Prove Christianity Is True? - Break Point
I’ve seen many juries arrive confidently at the correct decision with no scientific evidence at all. We don’t need evidence of this nature to make a criminal case, and we don’t need scientific, forensic evidence to prove Christianity either. https://hubs.ly/H0jMzDT0
The relationship between science and faith continues to be hotly debated in our culture today.
1) Pray that people would realize the awful responsibility before God they have when considering abortion.
2) Pray that this realization would cause them to stop before they commit this deed.
3) If it is too late for that, pray that the Lord would convict them of their sin and convince them of His grace.
Download 21 Days of Prayer for Life! https://hubs.ly/H0jMzBw0
BP This Week: A Death in France - Break Point
John Stonestreet and Warren Smith start the show by sharing the good news of Joni Eareckson Tada's recovery from cancer--and her unwavering commitment to advocate against euthanasia and assisted suicide. This led them to discuss the case of Vincent Lambert, a 42-year old French citizen who died this week after a French judge allowed doctors to withhold hydration, despite pleas from his mother and the Catholic Church. Clearly, France is marching to the drum of the culture of death.
Also in this episode: The strange morphing of the hit series "Stranger Things" from family friendly to, well, not; WORLD magazine's report on secular feminists rallying against porn.
John Stonestreet and Warren Cole Smith discuss the news of the week from a Christian worldview perspective.
"That was the day I learned something vital about Norman Geisler: He was not merely a teacher, as noble a vocation as that is, he was intentionally a teacher of teachers. Josh McDowell was just one of thousands of people he taught over the years, many of whom – including Josh McDowell and Ravi Zacharias and Frank Turek and … well this could go on for a very long time."
Many modern reproductive technologies turn babies into commodities, consumer goods for purchase. This is, of course, a bad idea. Bad ideas have victims.
For example, a recent headline from CBS: “Couple says wrong embryos implanted by IVF in ‘unimaginable mishap.’”
Apparently, an Asian couple in New York spent $100,000 in order to get two baby girls by IVF. The babies came out boys. And not Asian. Naturally, the couple is suing.
Is this mishap really “unimaginable” like the headline proclaimed? I don’t think so. In fact, later in the article, it reads, “Human error . . . is not uncommon at IVF facilities.” That’s because human error is, well, common everywhere. But we seem to forget this fact whenever it comes to science and medicine, especially artificial reproductive technologies.
And, one expert quoted in the article lamented how facilities are “too careless with people's most important genetic material.” Not their children? We are deceiving ourselves and people are paying the price.
BreakPoint: Have You Been Outside Today? - Break Point
"Today, the benefits of modern technology have effectively cut us off from the natural world and the general revelation of God that it offers, perhaps more than any other time in history."
Nearly every book of the Bible is bursting with references to creation
The Point: Healing vs. Enhancing - Break Point
But when we use technology to enhance humans—to improve humans or even create super humans—we usurp God’s role as creator, and re-imagine ourselves in our own image. #biotech #ImagoDei https://hubs.ly/H0jLzxx0
We’ve lost the difference between healing and enhancing.
BreakPoint: So the Next Generation Will Know - Break Point
All of this to say, we’ve got some serious thinking to do about how we can transmit the truths of the Gospel and the worldview that flows from it to Generation Z. To start with: what has worked for previous generations may not work for them. https://hubs.ly/H0jLzw60
Every generation of Christ-followers faces a challenge: how do we pass the faith to the next generation?
1) Pray that all—abortion supporters and abortion opponents—would see that sin is a matter of the heart, and that no one is immune.
2) Pray that God would reveal our evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, and all the other sins our Lord listed here.
3) Ask Him to show how abortion begins not with outward circumstances, but with inward dispositions.
4) Then ask Him to give us new hearts when it comes to the killing of innocent human life
Download 21 Days of Prayer for Life! https://hubs.ly/H0jLzpW0
We live in a challenging culture, and those of us responsible for equipping the next generation often find ourselves fumbling in the dark for how to help our youth. In their new book Sean McDowell and J. Warner Wallace shed light on the unique struggles this younger generation is facing and offers readers practical guidance on how to explain Gospel truth to these young people in ways that are realistic and easy to understand. Get your copy now. https://hubs.ly/H0jrWHw0
Podcast: The Heroes of the Faith, with Mama Maggie Gobran - Break Point
Today on the BreakPoint Podcast we present Mama Maggie Gobran, this year’s winner of the Colson Center’s William Wilberforce Award
Recognized for her decades of work among the poorest of the poor in Cairo’s garbage slums, Mama Maggie tells us what makes a true hero of the faith.
Mama Maggie tells us what makes a true hero of the faith.
Euthanasia is illegal in France. But in name only. Over the weekend a French court denied an appeal by the family of Vincent Lambert to prevent doctors from withholding nutrition and hydration to the 42-year-old.
A quadriplegic since a 2008 motorcycle accident, Lambert can breathe on his own, swallow and digest food, but some doctors say he’s in a “vegetative state.” Other doctors disagree, saying instead that he has “minimum consciousness.”
His mother puts it this way: “Vincent is not a vegetable . . . I’ve never seen a vegetable turn its head when called.”
Nonetheless, and despite pleas from the Catholic Church and groups that pledged to care for Lambert, doctors may now stop hydration. That means Lambert will die of thirst.
It’s a horrible precedent for France. As the European Center for Justice noted, should Lambert be euthanized, some 1,700 French citizens “in the same state of health” could face the same fate.
"I’ve seen many juries arrive confidently at the correct decision with no scientific evidence at all. We don’t need evidence of this nature to make a criminal case, and we don’t need scientific, forensic evidence to prove Christianity either."
BreakPoint: Virtual-Reality Reality - Break Point
The “simulation hypothesis” proposes that the world around us, our bodies, and even our own minds might not be real. Instead, they could be the illusions of a sophisticated computer program created by a super-intelligent being or beings.
Ever wonder if some scientists have too much time on their hands?
Weekly Review - Break Point
Weekly Review: Warren Cole Smith looks at the headlines from a Christian worldview perspective. Divorce Rates, Greek Elections, Border Chaos, Teen Suicide, and L’affaire Lambert. https://hubs.ly/H0jKvgP0
Divorce Rates, Greek Elections, Border Chaos, Teen Suicide, and L’affaire Lambert
On Being Hated for the Right Reason - Break Point
Yes, Christians are going to be portrayed as the bad guys no matter what. That doesn’t give us leave to play the part. Yes, the world is going to hate us. But Jesus said they would hate us on His account. God help us if it’s for any other reason.https://hubs.ly/H0jKvXp0
Yes, Christians are going to be portrayed as the bad guys no matter what. That doesn’t give us leave to play the part.
Demographic Anxiety
Even a cursory reading of the Pauline corpus will reveal that ethnic homogeneity wasn’t high on the list of the Apostle’s priorities. On the contrary, much of his writing is devoted to working out what it means to say that “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
The New Testament is filled with examples, both implicit and explicit, of demographic anxiety at work.
President Filby Named Colson Fellow - Greenville University :: Christian University in Illinois
Greenville University President, Ivan Filby, is now a Colson Fellow after successfully completing the program. Filby says the Fellows program helped him "develop a compelling Christian worldview and defend a biblical view on topics like human sexuality, abortion and end of life issues.”
https://hubs.ly/H0jHWvN0
President Filby joins approximately 1,300 other Colson Fellows worldwide who have cultivated a robust Christian worldview helped by a program initiated by Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship.
Advances in medical technology have far outpaced our ethical abilities to use them well. That’s why I’m committed to warning about CRISPR gene editing technology, for instance, which can be used to alter the human genome.
Of course, medical advances can also save lives. Case in point: According to WORLD magazine, “Japanese and Australian scientists have developed an artificial womb that could help save extremely premature babies.”
So how do we celebrate the good and resist the bad? It’s not easy to draw ethical lines in medicine, but here’s a reasonable starting point: Embrace technologies that heal but be very wary of those that enhance.
Healing vs. enhancing. The first is part of being created in God’s image—using our creativity to care for creation, especially other image-bearers.
But when we use technology to enhance humans—to improve humans or even create super humans—we usurp God’s role as creator, and re-imagine ourselves in our own image.
"All of this to say, we’ve got some serious thinking to do about how we can transmit the truths of the Gospel and the worldview that flows from it to Generation Z. To start with: what has worked for previous generations may not work for them."
BreakPoint: GLAAD Not Happy About Declining Acceptance of LGBT - Break Point
Back when it was just an LGB movement, we were told that what happens in the privacy of one’s bedroom is no one else’s business. Those days are long gone. Today, “tolerance” means supporting “drag queen story hours” at public libraries for children. https://hubs.ly/H0jJfSM0
LGBT politics could be leading some people to rethink how they think about these issues in the first place.
The Point: That’s Not How Forgiveness Works - Break Point
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Antinomianism is a sure sign that our faith might be as fake as a reality TV drama.
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"Yes, Christians are going to be portrayed as the bad guys no matter what. That doesn’t give us leave to play the part. Yes, there will be young people who leave the church in disgust. If Jesus was being serious in Matthew 18:6, we had better hope their disgust wasn’t valid. Yes, the world is going to hate us. But Jesus said they would hate us on His account. God help us if it’s for any other reason."
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Transhumanism takes a variety of overlapping forms united around a common commitment.
The Point: Why We Need to Learn to Be ‘Mean,’ Kind of… - Break Point
American Conservative blogger Rod Dreher recently shared the sobering account of a veteran college minister who says that a huge percentage of the students he’s worked with have abandoned Christian orthodoxy regarding sex since graduating and now affirm same-sex relationships. Why? The minister suggests “they are terrified of being seen as mean.”
Of course, peer-pressure is nothing new, but Christian young people seem uniquely prone today. They’ve been taught to love people as Christ did and in today’s culture, loving people means tolerance, acceptance, and affirming their every choice. And above all, not being mean.
Dreher offers an obvious-but-radical solution: We’ll need to teach our kids how to be okay with being called mean—and how to stand up for what they believe, anyway. We’ll have to counter the idea that being liked means they’re right and being called mean means they’re wrong.
After all, if what they’ve been taught is true, then the least loving thing we can do is lie.
It is possible to love your neighbor without being liked by them.
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Civilians Massacred in Aleppo by Iranian Backed Militia
The bloody fall of Aleppo, Syrian opposition forces’ last major urban stronghold, is now certain. Without outside assistance, the rebel groups found it impossible to withstand a ruthless air and ground onslaught by the Iranian-led military forces that are propping up the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Tens of thousands of rebels and civilians are currently trapped in the city hoping for a tenuous ceasefire will permit their evacuation with their survival shrouded in uncertainty. Soon, through brutal military force or negotiated evacuation, the Iranian-run forces will control all of Aleppo – a significant blow to the opposition forces and the popular Syrian revolution that started more than five years ago.
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While the world community is deploring massive bloodshed and human suffering in Aleppo, Iranian leaders are celebrating the “liberation” of Syria’s second largest city as a “strategic victory” over America and regional Sunni governments. They also see the seizure of Aleppo as a “turning point” that could bolster Iran’s docile ally in Damascus and expand the Islamic Republic’s ideological and physical sphere of influence across the broader Middle East.
“The alliance between Iran, Russia, Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah brought about Aleppo’s liberation,” bragged Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a senior military aide to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and former head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). “In our region, Americans have realized that… Iran’s geopolitical weight is mightiest and most influential in the region,” he added. IRGC’s deputy commander, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, echoed a similar remark: “What happened today was an obvious defeat of policies of America, a number of European countries and some of their regional allies. It was a clear victory for the resistance front.”
Iran’s role
Iranian leaders’ claim that without the intervention of Iran and Russia, Damascus would have collapsed is perfectly true. Even Russia’s military intervention in Syria reportedly came about after a request by Iran. Once on the verge of collapse, Assad now controls all key urban population centers.
Since the very beginning of the Syrian uprising, the IRGC has deployed its senior commanders and mobilized tens of thousands of Shiite militiamen to help the Baathist dictatorship in Damascus. Upon IRGC’s request, the Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran-run Iraqi Shiite militias have played an instrumental role in defending the Assad regime.
The IRGC has recruited thousands of “volunteer” Afghan and Pakistani Shiites to fight in Syria. Last month, a senior Iranian official admitted that more than 1,000 combatants dispatched by Iran to fight in Syria had been killed. And with the Syrian army overstretched, Iran and Hezbollah are currently helping Damascus to form a new elite force, the Al-Filq Al-Khamis-Eqteham (Fifth Assault Corps), to recruit and mobilize more militia fighters.
Interviews with leaders of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in IRGC-affiliated outlets show that Tehran is also encouraging more PMF units to join the Syrian war after the Islamic State is ousted from the Iraqi city of Mosul.
But while the fall of Aleppo is a cruel victory for Iran and its allies at least in the immediate term, it will not end the Syrian war. Violence and bloodshed, which has already claimed more than 400,000 lives, will continue, and probably escalate even further.
Emboldened by its latest victory, Iranian-led forces in Syria will likely seek more aggressively to replicate the success in Aleppo to capture other regions currently held by rebel groups – causing more mayhem and human suffering.
And as in Iraq, Iran-run Shiite militias are already engaging in targeted killing of Sunni rebels and civilians still trapped in Aleppo, which will exacerbate sectarianism and draw more Sunni youths to the ranks of extremist and terrorist groups such as the Islamic State and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (Al-Nusra Front).
On December 14, Iran-backed militias violated a Turkish-Russian evacuation deal and denied rebels and civilians a safe passage from Aleppo. According to the United Nations officials, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nuaba, an IRGC-affiliated Iraqi militia group, was involved this week in the massacre of at least 82 civilians in eastern Aleppo, including several women and children.
Finally, with the balance of power tilting toward Iranian-led forces, opposition forces and the international community may also now find it more difficult to force Damascus and Tehran to negotiate a political settlement to the Syrian tragedy.
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The SMITE World Championships kicked off yesterday in Atlanta, GA and things got heated as teams go after the coveted prize. For the first day of the event, eight teams fight for their spot in the quarterfinals in 8 1v1 matches.
The matches started off with Isrurus taking on Episilon Esports, but basically handing the win to them while failing to get even a single kill. As the rounds continued PaiN Gaming beat OMG B. and earned the right to go up against Epsilon later in the day.
Round 3 saw Enemy beat Avant Garde while Fnatic took out QG in Round 4. This set up the next four rounds as Epsilon vs PaiN, Enemy vs Fnatic, Isurus vs OMG B., and Avant Garde vs QG.
At the end of the day, Epsilon beat PaiN, landing them a spot in the 4th quarter final against Fnatic — who lost to Enemy. Both PaiN and Enemy will compete against each other in the 2nd quarter final.
Meanwhile, Isarus was knocked out of the tournament by OMG B, who will take on Paradigm in the 1st quarter final event. And in the final game of the day, QG took the win, landing a spot in the third quart against the defenders of the title, Cloud 9 GTA.
The quarter finals are kicking off soon and promise a lot of exciting action. Stay tuned to this post for updates on all the games as the week progresses.
**UPDATE 1** Paradigm VS OMG B.
In the best two out of three rounds, OMB B. went up against the European titans, Paradigm. The team from China put up a good fight but in the end they lost the first two round, negating the need for a third. Paradigm landed the first slot in Round 1 of the Semi-finals, where they will either battle Enemy or PaiN Gaming.
**UPDATE 2** Enemy VS PaiN Gaming
In match two of the quarter-finals PaiN gaming made a valiant effort against Enemy; even taking the lead at the beginning of the second round — looking like they were going to make a comeback after losing the first one. However, by the end of it, Enemy had regained control of the match and took the match, landing them a spot in the semi-finals against Paradigm.
**UPDATE 3** Cloud 9 G2A VS QG
The third match of the quarter-finals was a fairly one-sided set, with C9 gaining control of both the rounds very early one and effectively toying with QG — allowing them to take some of their towers while they farmed. In the end of each round C9 was way ahead of QG and took their titan without any effort.
**UPDATE 4** Fnatic VS Epsilon
In the final match-up of the Fnatic took on Epsilon in tightly contested battles. Both teams stayed fairly even, practically trading kills before Epsilon took the first round. The second round found Epsilon taking an earlier lead, pulling way ahead of Fnatic in both points and kills by the 15 minute mark, holding onto it until they took Fnatic’s titan — completely skipping the phoenixes — at the very end, and secured their place against C9 in the semi-finals.
So tomorrow’s lineup for the semi-finals will be Enemy vs Paradigm and Epsilon vs Cloud 9 G2A in two Best of 5 matches. These will determine the final two teams to compete in the SMITE World Championship Finals on Sunday.
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Apple to make iPhone 5S with varying display sizes: Rumor
By Jonathan Pereira On Apr 10, 2013
While Samsung launched its flagship Galaxy S4 with two different processors, Apple also seems to be adopting the strategy but with different screen sizes.
According to Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets, the upcoming Apple iPhone 5S would feature multiple screen sizes thus allowing customers to decide from 2 or 3 different sized displays. White says that Apple has finally realised that the “one size screen fits all” approach doesn’t stand in the new market.
While the various expected sizes of the Apple iPhone 5S were not mentioned, Apple is known to be repeatedly increasing the screen size of its iPhone’s since the iPhone 4S. White also claimed that Apple is working on a low-priced iPhone for the economical markets. But unlike others who claim that the low-price iPhone should be below the $200 mark, White says it would touch the $300 range. Would this strategy help Apple fight the dominant Android?
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Taylor Swift will shutter freemium mobile app
Singer Taylor Swift is the latest celebrity whose mobile app is being shut down. "The Swift Life," developed in partnership with freemium game developer Glu Mobile, announced in a tweet that the app is no longer available to download and will stop working on Feb. 1.
Current app users have until then to spend any virtual currency they accumulated to see exclusive content or to buy Swift-inspired emoji called "Taymoji." The announcement of the shutdown suggested the app's launch was tied in with the promotion of her sixth studio album "Reputation," for which her tour ended in November.
"The Swift Life" users earned virtual currency in the form of music notes when they completed actions such as "liking" user posts or sharing them in the app, which acted like a social network for fans. Users could level up more quickly to unlock Taymoji packs by paying for virtual guitar picks with real money or by watching video ads, MarketWatch reported.
The shutdown of Taylor Swift's mobile app is the latest sign that the craze for celebrity apps has run its course after several years of popularity. Glu Mobile didn't list the app among its top performers in Q3 2018, when its bookings hit $100.7 million, according to a presentation to investors. "The Swift Life" likely generated less than $300,000 during the three-month period, given that Glu's chart of top apps cuts off at that level.
While Glu's celebrity game apps such as "Britney Spears: American Dream," "Katy Perry Pop" and "Nicki Minaj: The Empire" also weren't listed among the company's top apps, the "Kim Kardashian: Hollywood" game app, first released in June 2014, posted bookings of $7.1 million during the quarter, making it one of Glu's top-performing apps. However, the Kardashian-Jenner sisters this year shut down their non-game apps that showed exclusive content not available on other social platforms like Instagram, Twitter or Snapchat.
The shutdown of Swift's mobile app — along with those of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters — suggests that celebrities are more focused on developing their networks on social media platforms, which have stepped up their advertising and commerce functionalities. Notably, Snapchat last year expanded commerce to let influencers earn money from products sold through their posts. The platform's partnership with Kylie Jenner gave her Kylie Cosmetics brand easier access to consumers without requiring them to download a specific app.
People The Kardashian-Jenner Sisters Are Shutting Down Their Apps: 'We've Had An Incredible Experience'
MarketWatch I tried Taylor Swift's new app and it was awful
Mobile Marketer Snapchat expands commerce to influencers, partners with Kylie Jenner
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