Split (1)

train · 448k rows

pred_label stringclasses 2 values	pred_label_prob float64 0.5 1	wiki_prob float64 0.25 1	text stringlengths 133 991k	source stringlengths 40 45
__label__wiki	0.864958	0.864958	On our radar: Countdown to SPECTRE's release - All the updates News, Images, Posters and Videos Posted by Unknown on Google+ On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Sam Mendes' James Bond follow up to Skyfall - SPECTRE is just over a month away from smashing into UK cinemas on the 26 October 2015. Even though we have been following the production it feels like its imminent release kind of snuck up on us. Since seeing Skyfall we have been positively hanging to see what Sam Mendes does with Bond 24 or SPECTRE as it is now known. But it has been a bit of a bumpy road - what with Bond screenwriting duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade confirming they would be leaving the franchise just as Skyfall became its biggest success. Thankfully they did a turnaround. Sam Mendes hinted he may not return after Skyfall but again after some persuasion he has, unfortunately master cinematographer Roger Deakins has moved on despite being nominated for an Oscar for his stunning work on Skyfall. Their efforts on Skyfall resulted in an all time high for the Bond franchise. Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond film, was a worldwide box office phenomenon, opening #1 in 70 territories around the world, taking over $1.1 billion worldwide and setting a new all-time box office record in the UK by becoming the first film to take over £100 million. Not to mention the critical acclaim. The 23rd Bond Film Wins More Than 30 Awards. As well as breaking international box-office records and being named in the “top 10 films of the year” lists by over 90 globally renowned film critics, SKYFALL’s cast and crew also won a number of prestigious filmmaking awards. For the first time ever a Bond film, that is Sam Mendes' Skyfall was nominated and won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film at the 66th British Academy Film Awards. It had been 31 years since John Glen's For Your Eyes Only received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song in 1981 and 47 years since a Bond film was nominated for anything other than a sound related Oscar with Terence Young's 1965 Thunderball being nominated and winning the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the 38th Academy Awards. In total Skyfall racked up 5 Oscar nominations; Best Score, Original Song, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Cinematography. That is just slightly less than the 7 Oscar nominations that all the other 22 Bond films combined. Since Daniel Craig exploded onto screen as James Bond in Martin Campbell's 2006 rebirth of Bond - Casino Royale the Bond franchise has slowly been building upwards in both Bond's character growth as well as success. But how do you top Skyfall? Well I think Esquire Magazine has for the most part covered this in their exclusive interview with SPECTRE lead and co-Producer Daniel Craig: We did have the conversation: it’s got to be bigger and better,” Craig says. “The stunts, the action, every department.” He holds out his palm, flat. It’s shaking. “I’m all jangly at the moment because it’s over. Sam has to lock the picture off for 7 September, so he’s got fuck-all time, basically. That’s it. Can’t go back and do it again. Tough shit.” He doesn’t want to jinx it but, “I feel like we’ve all done our absolute fucking best and that’s a good feeling. Whether that makes a better movie we’ll see.” Is the “classic Bond” ethos still in place, I wonder? “Times 10!” Craig almost shouts, momentarily revelling in his role as hype man. He repeats it when I laugh, holding his beer in the air. “It’s Skyfall times 10!” And that is a point he is keen to make. For all the soul searching, he says, Spectre is “a celebration of all that’s Bond”. There is a new supercar, the Aston Martin DB10. There are beautiful women, played by the va-va-voom Italian bombshell Monica Bellucci and the kittenish Léa Seydoux. There are signature set pieces: a thrilling opening in Mexico City; a car chase through Rome; action sequences in the Austrian Alps, in Tangier and in London. There’s a thuggish henchman (the first of Craig-era Bond) played by the former wrestler Dave Bautista. And there’s an evil megalomaniac, played by the great Christoph Waltz, devilish star of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. - Excerpt from Daniel Craig's interview with Esquire Magazine Reading the synopsis for SPECTRE it looks like the Bond team are again delving into the personal story of the man behind the mythos, how James Bond becomes 007 as well as slowly bringing more of the formulaic elements to the fore. But with some certainty all we can expect is the unexpected as the story rolls out and hopefully puts elements into play that push out into Bond 25 and beyond, bringing the same team together again to make some magic. As the release is imminent and whilst the memories of the production in London are still fresh I thought I would put together a post that would be the equivalent of an extended cinematic montage training scene of all the SPECTRE production news in the build up to the release of SPECTRE. We can expect to see Sam Mendes' SPECTRE in UK cinemas from the 26 October 2015. In the meantime I'll be updating this post with all the official news you need to know about SPECTRE. A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. Ian Fleming, John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Dave Bautista, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear New James Bond Madeleine Swann Day of Dead SPECTRE One Sheet Poster (Enlarge) Watch the Sony Made for Bond Advert 17 James Bond themes you haven't heard First Look: SPECTRE Thames MI6 Film Location First Look: SPECTRE Camden Film Location First Look: Daniel Craig as Bond in Austria All the SPECTRE launch Announcments Bond Legends launch Bond in Motion Exhibition 1 Chris Corbould talks Bond Special Effects Ben Collins talks Bond in Motion Vic Armstrong talks Stunts of Bond Taschen release the Ultimate James Bond Archives Quantum of Solace MI6 Science Department Thunderball Emilio Largo Lair Location Behind The Scenes: You Only Live Twice We look at the similarities between Bond & Batman ALL THE SPECTRE UPDATES! 26 Oct: Watch the Red Carpet live stream of The CTBF Royal Film Performance World Premiere of SPECTRE 20 Oct: Sony release the latest 007 Vlog focussing on Sam Smith's SPECTRE theme song Writing’s On The Wall 06 Oct: Love GREAT Britain release an exclusive behind the scenes vlog on SPECTRE filming on location in London 04 Oct: Sam Smith releases the official music video for his SPECTRE theme song The Writing's on the Wall 02 Oct: The final SPECTRE trailer is unleashed online and it's a cracker! 01 Oct: Gillette USA release their rousing "Bond Moments campaign" advert 25 Sep: Musician Sam Smith talks about his SPECTRE theme song The Writing's on the Wall 22 Sep: 007.com release the sixth SPECTRE Vlog focussing on the Action of SPECTRE 22 Sep Bond Promotional partner Heineken release their "The Chase" Bond advert starring Daniel Craig 16 Sep: SPECTRE World Premiere announced as the CTBF Royal Film Performance 15 Sep: Jaguar Land Rover Reveal Their Vehicles Starring In The New Bond Film SPECTRE 14 Sep: Sony launch their Made for Bond campaign 11 Sep: New International No Mercy TV Spot 10 Sep: 007.com releases 3 new pieces of poster art for SPECTRE 10 Sep: 007.com release an official Day of the Dead standee artwork 09 Sep: Belvedere Vodka release their "Excellent Choice, Mr. Bond" advert featuring SPECTRE Bond lady Stephanie Sigman 08 Sep: Sam Smith announced as SPECTRE Musical Artist and title of SPECTRE theme song is "Writing's On The Wall" 07 Sep: Vue announce box office booking for SPECTRE now open! 07 Sep: Singer Sam Smith tweets a very suggestive SPECTRE photo 03 Sep: New SPECTRE One Sheet Poster released 24 Aug: 4 New SPECTRE Mexico Production photos from the Day of the Dead Opening scene are released 24 Aug: Sony announce SPECTRE Advance Box Office opens September 7 14 Aug: Two new SPECTRE production images featuring The Bond Women of SPECTRE Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci are released 13 Aug: SPECTRE Production Vlog alert! The Woman of SPECTRE July 2015 - SPECTRE filming wraps 24 Jul: New SPECTRE Production photo featuring Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx released 22 Jul: First full SPECTRE Trailer explodes onto screens 22 Jul: 12 New Production stills from SPECTRE released 17 Jul: SPECTRE UK Release & World Premiere Announcement June 2015 - SPECTRE on location in Morocco & United Kingdom 28 Jun: @007 Tweets a photo of a sandstorm in Morocco 21 Jun: @007 Tweets a clapperboard from SPECTRE location in Morocco 15 Jun: Watch the SPECTRE Mexican Day of The Dead Vlog 15 Jun: 2 Production stills from the Mexico Day of The Dead shoot are released 13 Jun 2015: @007 Tweets a clapperboard from Westminister Bridge SPECTRE location 10 Jun: First SPECTRE TV Spot released May 2015 - SPECTRE on location in United Kingdom 30 May: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE production shot from the HM Treasury building location in London 23 May: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard from a London location, presumably the kitchen of Rules restaurant 09 May: @007 Tweets a photo of the two SPECTRE boats at an undisclosed location London 01 May: @007 Tweets a photo of a SPECTRE clapperboard with a motorcycle in the background, that looks like a Norton Commando 961 with machine guns April 2015 - SPECTRE on location in Mexico, Morocco & United Kingdom 30 Apr: New SPECTRE Production Vlog: On location on Rome Supercar chase 30 Apr: 2 SPECTRE Production stills from Rome released 19 Apr: The US gets 2 a SPECTRE Title treatments 18 Apr: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE production photo from the London City Hall filming location March 2015 - SPECTRE on location in Italy & Mexico 30 Mar: 3 New Rome SPECTRE Production stills released 27 Mar: First SPECTRE Teaser Trailer is unleashed 21 Mar: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard photo from the Day of the Dead shoot in Mexico 19 Mar: International One Sheet Poster released 17 Mar: Second SPECTRE Teaser Poster released - It's a UK Quad 12 Mar: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard shot from the interior of James Bond's London apartment 17 Mar: SPECTRE US Mono One Sheet Poster released 10 Mar: Columbia Pictures announces Stephanie Sigman has signed on to SPECTRE 03 Mar: 2 New SPECTRE Production stills are released giving us a first look at Mr. Hinx and Léa Seydoux's character February 2015 - SPECTRE on location in Austria, Italy & United Kingdom 26 Feb: The second behind the scenes Vlog from SPECTRE is released Director Sam Mendes speaks 26 Feb: First image of Director Sam Mendes on the set of SPECTRE released 24 Feb: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard from the Rome super car chase shoot 18 Feb: Sony release Rome photocall pictures 12 Feb: First look at SPECTRE in Austria and Daniel Craig as James Bond in SPECTRE 11 Feb: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard from the home of Sir Winston Churchill- Blenheim Palace 07 Feb: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE Production photo from snowy Sölden, Austria January 2015 - SPECTRE on location in Austria & United Kingdom 22 Jan: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE Production photo showing a snowy Sölden set on Q Stage Pinewood 07 Jan: Sony release Austria photocall pictures 05 Jan: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE Production photo of Lake Altaussee, Austria December 2014 - SPECTRE starts shooting Monday 8th December 2014 for 7 months - SPECTRE on location in United Kingdom 18 Dec: The Establishing Shot visits SPECTRE Thames shoot location 16 Dec: Belvedere Vodka announces their partnership with SPECTRE 11 Dec: The Establishing Shot scoops the first London SPECTRE shoot location 08 Dec: @007 Tweets the first product shot from SPECTRE featuring M's desk 05 Dec: SPECTRE Teaser One Sheet Poster released 04 Dec: SPECTRE Production announcement 02 Dec: Bond 24 Live Announcement Slideshow: SPECTRE 26 October 2015: Watch the Red Carpet live stream of The CTBF Royal Film Performance World Premiere of SPECTRE Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment present THE CTBF ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCE™ 2015 THE WORLD PREMIERE OF in the presence of THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, AND PRINCE HARRY at THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL ATTENDING FROM THE MOVIE: DANIEL CRAIG (James Bond) CHRISTOPH WALTZ (Oberhauser), LÉA SEYDOUX (Madeleine Swann), BEN WHISHAW (Q), NAOMIE HARRIS (Moneypenny), DAVE BAUTISTA (Hinx), MONICA BELLUCCI (Lucia) ANDREW SCOTT (Max Denbigh), RALPH FIENNES (M) RORY KINNEAR (Bill Tanner), STEPHANIE SIGMAN (Estrella), JESPER CHRISTENSEN (Mr. White) MICHAEL G. WILSON & BARBARA BROCCOLI (Producers) At 5:00pm GMT today the SPECTRE Red carpet live stream will commence and run live till 7:20pm. Thereafter it will loop for the next 24 hours. It can be watched below. David Walliams, Susanna Reid and Rick Edwards, will host the SPECTRE red carpet for the YouTube homepage. The stream will be packed with exclusive interviews with the cast and filmmakers as well as clips from the film and all the action on the red carpet. Video: The Royal World Premiere SPECTRE 007 - 26 Oct 2015 20 October 2015: Sony release the latest 007 Vlog focussing on Sam Smith's SPECTRE theme song Writing’s On The Wall At 5:00 pm UK time today, Tuesday, October 20, the latest vlog from the set of SPECTRE will be released on www.007.com. Focusing on “Writing’s On The Wall,” singer/songwriter Sam Smith’s theme song for the film, the vlog features comments from Sam Smith, director Sam Mendes, and producer Barbara Broccoli. Sam Smith said, For me, the most timeless thing you can do, outside of making your own records… is Bond. It’s the most timeless, classiest thing to me there is to do.” The Establishing Shot: 007.COM THE MUSIC OF SPECTRE VLOG - 26 OCT 2015 06 October 2015: Love GREAT Britain release an exclusive behind the scenes vlog on SPECTRE filming on location in London An exclusive peek behind-the-scenes of the brand new James Bond adventure SPECTRE, filmed on location in Britain Video: Exclusive SPECTRE Vlog 04 October 2015 : Sam Smith releases the official music video for his SPECTRE theme song The Writing's on the Wall Video: Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall (from Spectre) Download Now on iTunes Order on CD & Vinyl Order on HMV 02 October 2015: The final SPECTRE trailer is unleashed online and it's a cracker! Watch the final trailer for SPECTRE. A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by Christoph Waltz. Released in the UK on October 26, and in the US on November 6, 2015. The Establishing Shot: FINAL SPECTRE TRAILER - 26 Oct 2015 01 October 2015: Gillette USA release their rousing "Bond Moments campaign" advert I have to say of all the Bond related adverts so far - Gillette certainly have the most rousing campaign. Tapping into danger, glamour, high adventure, a dab of poetry and that elusive Ian Fleming lifestyle for their adverts they come the closest to the mark in capturing the Bond ethos. And even though I favour a classic straight razor, coincidentally gifted to me on Skyfall's release by Nick (yes, that's really his name) of shaving-shack.com and haven't looked back since. I would feel invigorated using a Gillette blade after seeing this advert. And that's before I even found out Bond costume designer Jany Temime has partnered with Gillette to provide style tips to help men feel confident and look their best "so they are prepared for their Bond Moments." To benefit from Ms. Temime's Bond style knowledge take to Twitter on the 10th October (2015) and follow Gillette or the conversation using hashtag #BondMoments Even the way in which a man shaves in the morning is well worth recording." - Ian Fleming Video: Gillette and SPECTRE present: Bond Moments advert Made for Bond Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond Novels, once said "Never say no to adventures. Always say yes". Prepare for your Bond Moment. And here is the shorter more poetic Bring out the 007 in You cut: Video: Bring out the 007 in You \| Gillette and SPECTRE advert Made for Bond 25 September 2015: Musician Sam Smith talks about his SPECTRE theme song The Writing's on the Wall Sam Smith says: I wanted to bring out something timelessly classic that works with the project and the film. I'm not writing this for me, this isn't about me.” The Establishing Shot: SAM SMITH TALKS SPECTRE THEME - WRITING'S ON THE WALL - SPECTRE 26 OCT 2015 22 September 2015: The Action of SPECTRE vlog released The sixth vlog from the Bond team focuses on the action of SPECTRE and how the Bond production philosophy is applied to it. Focusing on the action sequences in the film, the vlog features comments from director Sam Mendes, special effects supervisor Chris Corbould, 2nd unit director Alexander Witt, and first assistant director Michael Lerman. Sam Mendes said, The tradition for Bond is always real stunts, real action, real explosions…” Chris Corbould added, It’s going to be a real rollercoaster ride.” The Establishing Shot: 007.COM THE ACTION OF SPECTRE VLOG - 26 OCT 2015 22 September Bond Promotional partner Heineken release their "The Chase" Bond advert starring Daniel Craig On Tuesday 22 September Heineken released their The Chase beer advert online and a day later onto TV and in cinemas. Heineken are the only partner to actually feature Bond - Daniel Craig in their campaign, building on the fleeting glance of Craig in their 2011 Skyfall marketing tie in with "The Express". In "The Chase" we also get a glimpse of Herve Villechaize, Bond villain Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) or The Man with the Golden Gun's henchman Nick Nack. As with "The Express" which had a Joseph Wiseman Dr. No cameo his appearance is a jest. In "The Chase": James Bond unwittingly draws a bystander into the action as he tries to throw off his pursuers. Can she rise to the occasion and navigate in Bonds World? Video: Heineken \| The Chase advert Made for Bond 16 September 2015: SPECTRE World Premiere announced as the CTBF Royal Film Performance LONDON, September 16, 2015 - Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that the 24th James Bond adventure, SPECTRE, has been selected for The CTBF’s Royal Film Performance 2015. The World Premiere will be attended by Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, and will take place on Monday 26th October at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The CTBF Royal Film Performance is annually held in aid of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the charity for the UK film, cinema and commercial television industries, dedicated to providing support for those working behind-the-scenes in times of hardship. SPECTRE will be the third Bond film chosen as an RFP title since its inception in 1946. The World Premiere will also be attended by the film’s leading actors Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, David Bautista, Monica Bellucci, and Ralph Fiennes. The cast will also be joined on the red carpet by director Sam Mendes and producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, vice patrons of the CTBF. For the first time ever, the film will open on the same night at cinemas across the UK and Ireland. Following the World Premiere and the release in the UK and Ireland, SPECTRE will begin its rollout in territories around the world. The film will release in the US on November 6, 2015. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli commented, We are honoured that Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend the Royal Film Performance of SPECTRE and delighted the CTBF will be the beneficiary of the event.” The President of the CTBF, Barry Jenkins OBE, commented, We are absolutely thrilled that the World Premiere of SPECTRE has been selected as The CTBF Royal Film Performance 2015 and are most grateful to the Royal Family for their continued support.” 15 September: Jaguar Land Rover Reveal Their Vehicles Starring In The New Bond Film Spectre Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled the stunt vehicles that will be used in the latest James Bond movie “Spectre.” Video: Behind the scenes at the Land Rover SPECTRE event FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 15: A general view during the presentation of the Jaguar Land Rover vehicles starring in the new Bond film 'Spectre' on September 15, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover) (Enlarge) The Jaguar C-X75, Range Rover Sport SVR and Land Rover Defender have been introduced at the palatial Thurn und Taxis in Frankfurt in the presence of Spectre cast members Naomie Harris (Moneypenny) and David Bautista (Hinx). The Jaguar C-X75 plays an important role in the 24th James Bond film, as the concept car is seen driving through the moonlit streets of Rome in one of the movie’s most iconic high speed chase scenes. The C-X75 supercar was provided by Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) in collaboration with development partner Williams Advanced Engineering headquarters in Oxfordshire, England. The specially modified Land Rover Defenders and the Range Rover Sport SVR also star in major action sequences shot in Austria. The Defenders were built by the JLR Special Operations division with huge 37-inch diameter off-road tyres and enhanced body protection to tackle the challenging terrain of the snow-covered mountain roads where the scenes were shot. FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 15: Naomi Harris ( James Bond Spectre, Miss Moneypenny ) and Dave Bautista ( James Bond Spectre, Mr. Hinx ) next to a Jaguar C-X75during the presentation of the Jaguar Land Rover vehicles starring in the new Bond film 'Spectre' on September 15, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover) (Enlarge) To have the opportunity to be a part of an iconic chase scene in a Bond movie and to drive the C-X75 supercar was like a dream come true for me. It truly is a beautiful beast of a car that will go down in movie history,” actor David Bautista said. I made my Bond debut in the Defender, and I have so many fond memories shooting that sequence in Turkey. It’s such a special franchise to be a part of, and I’m thrilled to be here in Frankfurt with the Jaguar Land Rover team,” added actress Naomie Harris. FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 15: Dave Bautista ( James Bond Spectre, Mr. Hinx ) and Juergen Vogel during the presentation of the Jaguar Land Rover vehicles starring in the new Bond film 'Spectre' on September 15, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images for Jaguar Land Rover) (Enlarge) Video: Behind SPECTRE 14 September 2015: Sony launch their Made for Bond campaign We are less than two months away from Sam Mendes' SPECTRE, the 24th cinematic outing of Ian Fleming's James Bond, exploding on to screen in the UK - on 26 October. In the run up to SPECTRE's release Sony have a little surprise for Bond fans and released a Bond inspired advert for their new Xperia Z5 smartphone and compact RX100 IV Cyber-shot camera. To create the advert they asked Danny Kleinman – the man behind many of the legendary Bond title sequences to direct and Miss Moneypenny herself - Naomie Harris to take the lead in the 60 Second advert highlighting the advanced functionality of both the Sony Xperia Z5 smartphone and compact RX100 IV Cyber-shot. All set to the iconic backdrop of Bond's home - London. Full post here! Video: Made for Bond 2015 advert Made for Bond 11 September 2015: New International No Mercy TV Spot The Establishing Shot: NEW INTERNATIONAL SPECTRE NO MERCY TV SPOT - 26 OCT 2015 10 September 2015: 007.com releases 3 new pieces of poster art for SPECTRE Three new pieces of SPECTRE artwork have been released today. New James Bond Madeleine Swann Day of Dead SPECTRE UK Quad Poster (Enlarge) Spectre James Bond Day of the Dead wide banner (Enlarge) 09 September 2015: Belvedere Vodka release their "Excellent Choice, Mr. Bond" advert featuring SPECTRE Bond lady Stephanie Sigman A #ShakenNotStirred Belvedere Vodka martini. Excellent choice. Starring Stephanie Sigman. Video: Excellent Choice, Mr. Bond (UK) - Extended Cut advert Made for Bond 5 September 2015: 007.com release an official Day of the Dead standee artwork Here’s your first chance to see the SPECTRE standee art which will be in cinemas from the end of September. The artwork features Daniel Craig as James Bond and Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann. SPECTRE is released on October 26 in the UK, and in the US on November 6, 2015. 007.com official SPECTRE Standee Artwork (Enlarge) 8 September 2015: Sam Smith announced as SPECTRE Musical Artist and title of SPECTRE theme song is "Writing's On The Wall Sam Smith SPECTRE Theme song The Writings on The Wall Pack Shot (ZOOM) SAM SMITH TO SING TITLE SONG TO "SPECTRE" CULVER CITY, Calif., September 8, 2015 - Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment today confirmed that Sam Smith has recorded "Writing's On The Wall," the theme song to SPECTRE, the 24th James Bond adventure. SPECTRE will be released in the UK on October 26 and in the US on November 6. The song, released by Capitol Records, will debut and be available to purchase and stream on September 25. Multi-platinum selling artist Sam Smith has co-written the title song, "Writing's On The Wall," with fellow GRAMMY® Award winner Jimmy Napes. It is the first James Bond theme song recorded by a British male solo artist since 1965. Smith's debut album In The Lonely Hour launched at No. 1 in the UK and bowed in at No. 2 in the US, and has since earned five No.1 UK singles, four GRAMMY® Awards, three Brit Awards, six MOBO Awards, Q and AMA Awards. Commenting on the announcement, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the producers of SPECTRE, said, "Sam and Jimmy have written the most inspirational song for SPECTRE and with Sam's extraordinary vocal performance, 'Writing's On The Wall' will surely be considered one of the greatest Bond songs of all time." Smith said: "This is one of the highlights of my career. I am honoured to finally announce that I will be singing the next Bond theme song. I am so excited to be a part of this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some of my biggest musical inspirations. I hope you all enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed making it." The 23 previous James Bond theme songs make up some of the most memorable movie music of all time. The previous Bond theme song, "Skyfall," was performed by Adele, and was honored with the Academy Award® and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Sam Smith will sing the theme tune to James Bond Spectre 7 September 2015: Vue announce box office booking for SPECTRE now open! SPECTRE Vue box office bookings now open Book SPECTRE tickets now Don’t miss your chance to get the best seats in the house because Bond is back on the big screen. Book now to join 007 on a thrilling globetrotting mission and we’ll enter you into our exclusive prize draw to win a trip to Rome, London or Morocco. In the latest release, Bond must solve the biggest mystery in secret agent history – is he finished or just getting started? Starring the brilliant Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris. 07 September 2015: Singer Sam Smith tweets a very SPECTRE suggestive photo pic.twitter.com/0anlLMQSWZ — SAM SMITH (@samsmithworld) September 7, 2015 03 September 2015: New SPECTRE One Sheet Poster released SPECTRE One Sheet Poster (ZOOM) 24 August: 4 New SPECTRE Mexico Production photos from the Day of The Dead opening scene are released Director Sam Mendes on location in Mexico City shooting the opening sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Director Sam Mendes on location in Mexico City shooting the opening sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (ZOOM) Stephanie Sigman plays Estrella in the opening sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE, on location in Mexico City. Stephanie Sigman plays Estrella in the opening sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE, on location in Mexico City. (ZOOM Bond (Daniel Craig) runs along the rooftops in pursuit of Sciarra in Mexico City in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE.. Bond (Daniel Craig) runs along the rooftops in pursuit of Sciarra in Mexico City in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE.(ZOOM) The Day Of The Dead parade is recreated in Mexico City for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. The Day Of The Dead parade is recreated in Mexico City for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (ZOOM) 24 August 2015: SPECTRE Advance Box Office opens September 7 SPECTRE ADVANCE BOX-OFFICE OPENS - 07:00, MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER At 07:00 UK time on Monday 7th September, the box-office for SPECTRE will open across the UK and Ireland, giving cinema audiences the opportunity to book their tickets in advance to see Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment’s SPECTRE. For the first time ever, the film will open to the public on the same night as the World Premiere in London, giving audiences the opportunity to be the first in the world to see the hugely-anticipated 24th film in the James Bond franchise. Following the World Premiere and release in the UK and Ireland on 26th October, SPECTRE will begin its rollout in territories around the world. The film will release in the US on November 6, 2015. Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond film, was a worldwide box office phenomenon, opening #1 in 70 territories around the world and earning over $1.1 billion worldwide. Skyfall set a new all-time box office record in the UK by becoming the first and only film ever to earn over £100 million, a record which remains unbeaten. Peter Taylor, Managing Director, Sony Pictures Releasing UK commented The success of Skyfall proves yet again the enduring appetite of audiences for great stories from the world of James Bond. SPECTRE will enhance, continue and develop that world, and we are delighted to give audiences the opportunity to ensure they will be amongst the first to experience it by booking their seats in advance.” 14 August 2015: Two new SPECTRE production images featuring the women of spectre Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci are released Léa Seydoux in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (ZOOM) Monica Bellucci and Director Sam Mendes on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE (ZOOM) 13 August 2015: The Woman of SPECTRE vlog released The latest vlog from the set of SPECTRE features Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, as well as director Sam Mendes, the footage gives viewers a glimpse of the roles these actresses play in SPECTRE. In SPECTRE, the two women who Bond hooks up with, both have great mystery, they both have depths and for that you need fantastic actresses.” Regarding her character, Léa Seydoux said, She’s a doctor, she’s intelligent and very sensitive…” About her character, Monica Bellucci adds, She’s an Italian widow with secrets.” The Establishing Shot: 007.COM THE WOMEN OF SPECTRE VLOG - 26 OCT 2015 24 July 2015: New SPECTRE Production photo featuring Dave Bautista as Mr. Hinx released Dave Bautista in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions action adventure SPECTRE. Dave Bautista in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions??? action adventure SPECTRE. (ZOOM) 22 July 2015: First full SPECTRE Trailer explodes onto screens The Establishing Shot: JAMES BOND 24 SPECTRE FULL TRAILER - 26 OCT 2015 22 July 2015: 12 New Production stills from SPECTRE released Stephanie Sigman in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Stephanie Sigman in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Andrew Scott in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Andrew Scott in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE.(Enlarge) Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Léa Seydoux in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Léa Seydoux in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz) chairs a meeting in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz) chairs a meeting in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Ben Whishaw and Daniel Craig in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Ben Whishaw and Daniel Craig in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Mr. White (Jesper Christensen) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Ralph Fiennes in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Ralph Fiennes in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Naomie Harris in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Naomie Harris in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) 22 July 2015: A full synopsis for SPECTRE is released A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. Directed by: Sam Mendes Written by: John Logan and Neal Purvis & Robert Wade Produced by: Michael G. Wilson Barbara Broccoli Cast: Daniel Craig Christoph Waltz Lea Seydoux Naomie Harris Ben Whishaw David Bautista with Monica Bellucci and Ralph Fiennes as "M" 17 July 2015: SPECTRE UK Release & World Premiere Announcement ALBERT R. BROCCOLI’S EON PRODUCTIONS, METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS, AND SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE WORLD PREMIERE AND UK RELEASE DATE FOR “SPECTRE”: MONDAY, 26 OCTOBER LONDON, July 17, 2015 - Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment are delighted to announce that the World Premiere for SPECTRE will take place in London on Monday, October 26, 2015. For the first time ever, the film will open on the same night at cinemas across the UK and Ireland, giving audiences the opportunity to be the first in the world to see the hugely-anticipated 24th film in the James Bond franchise. Following the World Premiere and release in the UK and Ireland, SPECTRE will begin its rollout in territories around the world. The film will release in the US on November 6, 2015. 28 June 2015: @007 Tweets a photo of a sandstorm in Morocco Dust to dust. #SPECTRE Dust to dust. #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/OGv10abjDT — James Bond (@007) June 28, 2015 21 June 2015: @007 Tweets a clapperboard from SPECTRE location in Morocco Tangier. Morocco. #SPECTRE Tangier. Morocco. #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/4nR1N5OMj0 15 June 2015: Watch the SPECTRE Mexican Day of The Dead Vlog The latest vlog from the set of SPECTRE features Director Sam Mendes, Costume Designer Jany Temime, Costume Supervisors Anna Terrazas and Kenny Crouch, Crowd Hair Supervisor Tracey Smith, Line Producer Stacy Perskie and Make-Up Designer Naomi Donne, the footage gives viewers a glimpse of the spectacular costumes created for 1500 extras in Mexico City for the opening scene of SPECTRE. The Establishing Shot: 007.COM SPECTRE ON LOCATION - MEXICO DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL - 26 OCT 2015 I wanted the audience to be dropped right into the middle of a very, very specific, very heady, rich environment. It’s the Day of the Dead, everywhere you look there’s colour and detail and life. We’ve built floats and maquettes, the costumes are extraordinary and the craftsmanship is amazing.” One of fifteen hundred extras dressed and made up to be part of the Day of the Dead parade in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. One of fifteen hundred extras dressed and made up to be part of the Day of the Dead parade in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Bond chases Sciarra through the Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City. Sciarra's helicopter swoops in to collect him in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Bond chases Sciarra through the Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City. Sciarra's helicopter swoops in to collect him in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE Enlarge) 13 June 2015: @007 Tweets a clapperboard from Westminister Bridge SPECTRE location In the still of the night. #SPECTRE In the still of the night. #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/KuimgUY1kt 10 June 2015: First 60 Second SPECTRE TV Spot released The Establishing Shot: SPECTRE FIRST TV SPOT 60 SEC. - 26 OCT 2015 30 May 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE production shot from the HM Treasury building location in London London calling #SPECTRE London calling #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/tSsZlUUGZl — James Bond (@007) May 30, 2015 23 May 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard from a London location, presumably the kitchen of Rules restaurant If you can't stand the heat... #SPECTRE If you can't stand the heat... #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/2VeSJxgjjo 9 May 2015: @007 Tweets a photo of the two SPECTRE boats at an undisclosed location London Pushing the boat out #SPECTRE Pushing the boat out #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/i0QILwthFn — James Bond (@007) May 9, 2015 1 May 2015: @007 Tweets a photo of a SPECTRE clapperboard with a motorcycle in the background, that looks like a Norton Commando 961 or possibly the new Norton’s Dominator SS with machine guns Sneak peek #SPECTRE Sneak peek #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/OtNeUAhUe6 The motorbike is a nod or at least very reminiscent of Thunderball SPECTRE agent Fiona Volpe's (Luciana Paluzzi) BSA motorcycle with custom missile launchers which 007.com tweeted about in April. Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) is the head of SPECTRE’s Executive Branch in THUNDERBALL (1965) pic.twitter.com/Y7d4JHhzfU — James Bond (@007) April 17, 2015 30 April: New SPECTRE Production Vlog: On location in Rome Supercar chase Bond fans can see the latest vlog from the set of SPECTRE. The behind-the-scenes footage focuses on a car chase with the Aston Martin DB10 and the Jaguar C-X75, featuring Director Sam Mendes, actor Dave Bautista (Mr. Hinx), Special Effects Supervisor Chris Corbould, Stunt Coordinator Gary Powell, and Action Vehicles Technical Coordinator Neil Layton. The Establishing Shot: 007.COM SPECTRE ON LOCATION ROME SUPERCAR CHASE VLOG - 26 OCT 2015 I love the idea of this fantastic car being in a one-on-one battle with another incredible car from Jaguar, which is similarly extraordinary actually. So it’s a cat-and-mouse game through the night time streets of Rome, at great speed, between two of the fastest cars in the world.” Dave Bautista (Mr. Hinx) It’s amazing. It’s one of those scenes that’s going to be very iconic. Just with the two cars racing through the streets of Rome – I mean, how often do you see that? It’s one of those things you only see in a James Bond film.” 30 April 2015: 2 New SPECTRE Production stills from Rome released Hinx chases Bond through the streets of Rome in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Hinx chases Bond through the streets of Rome in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Dave Bautista (Hinx) with crew in Rome on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Dave Bautista (Hinx) with crew in Rome on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) 19 April 2015: The US gets two SPECTRE Title treatments SPECTRE Official 007 Title Artwork Black (ZOOM) SPECTRE Official 007 Title Artwork White (ZOOM) 18 April 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE production photo from the London City Hall filming location On location in London. #SPECTRE On location in London. #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/QwA2YdC1Z6 30 March 2015: 3 New ROme SPECTRE Production stills released Monica Bellucci on location in Rome on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Monica Bellucci on location in Rome on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Oberhauser played by Christoph Waltz (center) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Oberhauser played by Christoph Waltz (center) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) 27 March 2015: First SPECTRE Teaser Trailer is unleashed The Establishing Shot: JAMES BOND 24 SPECTRE TEASER TRAILER - 26 OCT 2015 21 March 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard photo from the Day of the Dead shoot in Mexico Skeleton crew, Mexico City #SPECTRE Skeleton crew, Mexico City #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/6LPTy3u7C0 — James Bond (@007) March 21, 2015 19 March 2015: New International SPECTRE One Sheet Poster released New SPECTRE One Sheet Poster (ZOOM) 17 March 2015: Second SPECTRE Teaser Poster released - It's a UK Quad Today we received a second SPECTRE teaser poster it's a UK quad featuring a steely eyed Daniel Craig. SPECTRE UK Quad Teaser Poster (ZOOM) SPECTRE ©2015 Danjaq, MGM, CPII. SPECTRE, 007 Gun Logo and related James Bond Trademarks, TM Danjaq. All Rights Reserved. 17 MARCH 2015: SPECTRE US MONO ONE SHEET POSTER RELEASED 12 March 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard shot from the interior of James Bond's London apartment. We can guess that 007.com are hinting that this is James Bond's apartment as the book in the photo A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies is a real book written by ornithologist James Bond and was on Ian Fleming's bookshelf at his home GoldenEye in Jamaica. Upon thinking about a name for the character in his recently completed "spy story to end all spy stories" Casino Royale, Fleming drew inspiration from A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies. The quote below is repeated in almost every book about Ian Fleming - but originally attributed to a Reader's Digest interview with Ian Fleming. A 2002 Collins Edition of A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies can be seen in possession of Pierce Brosnan's Bond in Lee Tamahori's 2002 Die Another Day when Bond pretends to be an ornithologist in Havana. If you watch the video over here on the official Ian Fleming website you'll notice the copy of A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies that Ian Fleming is carrying is a battered 1960s edition and has the same cover as the one which will presumably be on the bookshelf of James Bond's London apartment. I wonder if this is Ian Fleming's personal copy on loan from The Ian Fleming Estate? I say wonder as I believe I recently saw a copy of A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies on loan from The Ian Fleming Estate and it was actually a "Green" 1947 Second Edition. It struck me that this brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon and yet very masculine name was just what I needed, and so a second James Bond was born"... I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, and 'James Bond' was much better than something more interesting, like 'Peregrine Carruthers.' Exotic things would happen to and around him, but he would be a neutral figure — an anonymous, blunt instrument wielded by a government department." - Excerpt from For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond By Ben Macintyre 007 tweet #SPECTRE 007 tweet #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/Nl2rCXM1uE 10 March 2015: Columbia Pictures announces Stephanie Sigman has signed on to SPECTRE Stephanie Sigman Special Shoot for Columbia Pictures' SPECTRE 2015 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Danjaq, LLC and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved Stephanie Sigman Special Shoot for Columbia Pictures' SPECTRE 2015 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Danjaq, LLC and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved (Enlarge) Filming on SPECTRE has now moved to Mexico City with Producer Michael G. Wilson and actress Stephanie Sigman (Estrella) taking part in a press conference to mark the occasion. During the past 53 years, the James Bond movies have been renowned for filming in the most beautiful and exotic locations in the world,” says Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. For the opening of SPECTRE, we are filming an exciting sequence in Mexico City featuring the Day of the Dead festival. Mexico City was chosen for the film because of the authentic needs of the story. This is the fourth time Bond has been to Mexico and indeed LICENCE TO KILL was shot almost entirely in Mexico City.” 03 March 2015: 2 New SPECTRE Production stills are released giving us a first look at Mr. Hinx and Léa Seydoux's character Director Sam Mendes and Léa Seydoux on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. Director Sam Mendes and Léa Seydoux on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) Dave Bautista in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) 26 February 2015: The second behind the scenes Vlog from SPECTRE is released - Director Sam Mendes Moviegoers can see the second vlog from the set of SPECTRE on www.007.com. Focusing on director Sam Mendes, the behind the scenes footage features Daniel Craig as James Bond 007 as well as cast members Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, and Ben Whishaw. The Establishing Shot: 007.COM SPECTRE SAM MENDES DIRECTOR VLOG - 26 OCT 2015 Director, Sam Mendes says, "The reasons I’m doing the second Bond movie are the reasons I would do any movie, really, which is all to do with the story. And in this movie, ‘Spectre,’ what you have is a movie entirely driven by Bond. He is on a mission from the very beginning.” Additionally, “It’s about whether or not to pursue the life he’s always pursued, whether he matters and is he going to continue or not. And you’re going to have to come to see the movie to find out whether he does.” 26 February 2015: First image of Director Sam Mendes on the set of SPECTRE released Director Sam Mendes on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Production action adventure SPECTRE. Director Sam Mendes on the set of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Production action adventure SPECTRE. (Enlarge) 24 February 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard from the Rome super car chase shoot featuring the Aston Martin DB10 & Jaguar C-X75 Two supercars, one beautiful city Two supercars, one beautiful city @astonmartin @jaguar #ROME #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/qI9U6W5iX0 — James Bond (@007) February 24, 2015 18 February: Sony releases new photos from Rome photocall ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 18: EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Rome, Italy for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. The full photoset can be viewed here. ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 18: EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Rome, Italy for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig. Event date: February 18, 2015. Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig commence filming in Rome, Italy for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE (ZOOM) ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 18: EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Rome, Italy for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured Daniel Craig. Event date: February 18, 2015. Daniel Craig commences filming in Rome, Italy for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE (ZOOM) ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 18: EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Rome, Italy for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured Monica Bellucci. Event date: February 18, 2015. Monica Bellucci commences filming in Rome, Italy for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE (Zoom) 12 February 2015: First look at SPECTRE in Austria and Daniel Craig as James Bond in SPECTRE Yesterday not only did we get a long overdue official James Bond Spectre clapperboard update from the set of Spectre shooting at Blenheim Palace - back here in the UK. We were also promised the first official behind the scenes footage of Spectre today at 7am. First Look of Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre Solden Austria (ZOOM) Yes! Op delivered! And along with the first behind the scenes 007 vlog footage from the Spectre location at Sölden, Austria we also got to see our first look at Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre. The Establishing Shot: FIRST LOOK 007.COM BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE SPECTRE ON LOCATION SÖLDEN VLOG The Establishing Shot's full coverage of the first look at SPECTRE can be found here: here: http://www.theestablishingshot.com/2014/12/first-look-bond-24-spectre-film.html 11 February 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE clapperboard from the home of Sir Winston Churchill - Blenheim Palace Bond at Blenheim. Bond at Blenheim. #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/75HL5bv4cI 7 February 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE Production photo from snowy Sölden, Austria Covering all angles. Covering all angles. #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/joBMbmr7i9 — James Bond (@007) February 7, 2015 22 January 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE Production photo showing a snowy Sölden set on Q stage Pinewood From Sölden to Q Stage #SPECTRE From Sölden to Q Stage #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/1JKCN4QCNy — James Bond (@007) January 22, 2015 07 January 2015: Sony release Austria photocall pictures EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Solden, Austria for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. The full photoset can be viewed here. EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Sšlden, Austria for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured: Daniel Craig Daniel Craig commences filming SPECTRE in Solden, Austria (ZOOM) EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Sšlden, Austria for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured: Daniel Craig EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Sölden, Austria for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux Daniel Craig & Léa Seydoux commence filming SPECTRE in Solden, Austria (ZOOM) EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Sölden, Austria for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured: (L to R) Dave Bautista, Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux & Dave Bautista commence filming SPECTRE in Solden, Austria (ZOOM) EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Sölden, Austria for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured: Léa Seydoux Léa Seydoux commences filming SPECTRE in Solden, Austria (ZOOM) EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment commence filming in Sölden, Austria for the 24th James Bond adventure SPECTRE. Pictured: Dave Bautista Dave Bautista commences filming SPECTRE in Solden, Austria (ZOOM) 5 January 2015: @007 Tweets a SPECTRE Production photo of Lake Altaussee, Austria #firstdayback on set #SPECTRE 18 December 2014: The Establishing Shot visits SPECTRE Thames shoot location As you must no doubt be aware there is much excitement in the capital as filming of Bond 24 SPECTRE is continuing in London with the action taking place back on the Thames yesterday, Camden Locke the day before and that evening in Notting Hill. The Establishing Shot: SPECTRE ON LOCATION - DANIEL CRAIG BREAKS CHARACTER & THE FOURTH WALL TO GIVE THE ESTABLISHING SHOT A WAVE WHILST FILMING SPECTRE - THAMES, VAUXHALL CROSS, MI6 SPECTRE LOCATION - LONDON The Bond team seem to be burning the candle at both ends trying to complete filming in London as quickly as possible before moving on to other locations. Probably in an effort to minimise spoilery leaks in the capital, but at the same time - to give you some insight into how us Londoners feel about having arguably Britain's greatest literary and cinematic spy back on home ground, in London read the tweet below from the Camden location. Full story here: http://www.theestablishingshot.com/2014/12/first-look-bond-24-spectre-film.html 16 December 2014: Belvedere Vodka announces their partnership with SPECTRE Last night Belvedere Vodka, the world’s original, luxury vodka celebrated its global partnership with Bond’s 24th installment, SPECTRE at the Bond In Motion Exhibition, London Film Museum. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Christophe Navarre and Charles Gibb attend the Belvedere Vodka announcement of their partnership with the James Bond film, SPECTRE at the Bond in Motion Exhibition on December 16, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images for BELVEDERE VODKA) (ZOOM) 11 December 2014: The Establishing Shot scoops the first London SPECTRE shoot location As we did with Skyfall - when we heard, via our sources that the Bond production team were ramping up for the first on location SPECTRE shoot outside of their Pinewood Studios 007 Stage. We immediately dispatched one of our top men - Hemingford Grey to the scene, keen to hear what he could uncover. As it turns out quite a lot (I can't get him to stop talking) he has sadly taken an oath of secrecy on some very exciting bits but he certainly did not learn enough to give any indication to the larger world of SPECTRE. I should warn you even though there is much wild speculation in and amongst what we know reading this may - potentially spoil a very cool scene from SPECTRE. Over to Hemingford. The Establishing Shot: SPECTRE FILM LOCATION - LONDON Very often while watching an old film I would think something to the effect of Wow! It must have been really special to be around when that was made. Naturally being a confirmed Bondophile it happens a lot when watching Bond's escapades. Visiting or seeing a film location in real life brings one a little closer to the magic of film beyond the screen. And in some small way allows you capture a little bit of the magic. Sitting around with the great-grandkids one day when the old James Bond classic SPECTRE comes on TV, being able to say "Yea I saw that in real life" is quite special, hell it's even special for me to be able to say right now. 8 December 2014: @007 Tweets the first product shot from SPECTRE featuring M's desk Day 1. #SPECTRE Day 1. #SPECTRE pic.twitter.com/6bvgSTvCrO — James Bond (@007) December 8, 2014 05 December 2014: First SPECTRE Teaser One Sheet Poster released SPECTRE One Sheet Teaser Poster (ZOOM) 04 December 2014: SPECTRE: THE 24TH JAMES BOND ADVENTURE SET TO BEGIN PRODUCTION SPECTRE THE 24TH JAMES BOND ADVENTURE SET TO BEGIN PRODUCTION Directed by Sam Mendes Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli Starring Daniel Craig as James Bond 007 LONDON, UK, December 4, 2014 – 007 Soundstage, Pinewood Studios, London. James Bond Producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli today released the title of the 24th James Bond adventure, SPECTRE. The film, from Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is directed by Sam Mendes and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his fourth film as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007. SPECTRE begins principal photography on Monday, December 8, and is set for global release on November 6, 2015. The Establishing Shot: SPECTRE LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS REEL - 26 OCT 2015 Along with Daniel Craig, Mendes presented the returning cast, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw and Rory Kinnear as well as introducing Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci and Andrew Scott. Mendes also revealed Bond’s sleek new Aston Martin, the DB10, created exclusively for SPECTRE. Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures Entertainment announce the 24th James Bond adventure " SPECTRE. " Pictured: (L to R) Andrew Scott, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Sam Mendes, Léa Seydoux, Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Rory Kinnear. (ZOOM) A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. The 007 production will be based at Pinewood Studios, and on location in London, Mexico City, Rome and Tangier and Erfoud, in Morocco. Bond will return to the snow once again, this time in Sölden, along with other Austrian locations, Obertilliach, and Lake Altaussee. Commenting on the announcement, Wilson and Broccoli said, “We’re excited to announce Daniel’s fourth installment in the series and thrilled that Sam has taken on the challenge of following on the success of SKYFALL with SPECTRE.”. Written by John Logan and Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Director of Photography is Hoyte van Hoytema and Editor is Lee Smith. Production Designer, Dennis Gassner returns along with Costume Designer, Jany Temime and Composer, Thomas Newman. Action Specialist, Alexander Witt is the 2nd Unit Director. Stunt Coordinator is Gary Powell, SFX Supervisor is Chris Corbould, and Visual Effects Supervisor is Steve Begg. The launch of SPECTRE was streamed live on 007.com and Facebook.com/JamesBond007, and the video is now available on demand at both sites. The Establishing Shot's real time coverage of the live SPECTRE announcements with our commentary, videos, SPECTRE team interviews, artwork and pictures can be found here: http://www.theestablishingshot.com/2014/12/watch-bond24-details-announced-here-are.html 02 December 2014: BOND 24 LIVE ANNOUNCEMENT BOND 24 Live announcement to mark the start of production on the 24th Bond film Title and cast to be revealed via live stream at www.007.com Pinewood Studios, UK On Thursday 4th December at 11:00am GMT (3:00am PST; 6:00am EST) Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment will present a live announcement and photo call from the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios. The title and cast of the 24th Bond film will be revealed, marking the start of principal photography on Monday 8th December. A global audience will be able to watch the announcement live via a web stream at www.007.com - The announcement of the title and cast for the 24th Bond film will be streamed live on www.007.com and distributed live via satellite - The announcement will also be live-tweeted via the official James Bond handle @007 EVENT TIMINGS (all timings GMT) 10.50am Introduction 11.00am Live announcement commences 11.07am Live announcement ends (approximate) 11.15am Photo call with cast and director James Bond is the longest running, and one of the most successful franchises of all time, with twenty-three films produced and the twenty-fourth about to go in production. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli succeeded Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and have produced the past seven Bond films together, including the highly successful, Casino Royale, Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall. All of the James Bond films have been made in collaboration with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios or United Artists, its predecessor. Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond adventure, was a worldwide box office phenomenon, opening #1 in 70 territories around the world, taking in over $1.1 billion worldwide, and setting a new all-time box office mark in the UK by becoming the first film to take in over £100 million. Albert R. Broccoli’s 007 Stage: The world famous 007 stage at Pinewood was built in 1976 for the Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. After a search across Europe, the Bond producers failed to find a stage large enough to house the three submarines the scene required, so they decided to build a new stage and tank specifically for that film. The 007 stage remains one of the largest sound stages in the world. A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. Sam Mendes returns to direct SPECTRE, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007 for the fourth time. SPECTRE also stars Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, David Bautista, with Monica Bellucci, and Ralph Fiennes as “M.” SPECTRE is produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, from a script by John Logan and Neal Purvis & Robert Wade. About Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions EON Productions Limited and Danjaq LLC are wholly owned and controlled by the Broccoli/Wilson family. Danjaq is the US based company that co-owns, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, the copyright in the existing James Bond films and controls the right to produce future James Bond films as well as all worldwide merchandising. EON Productions, an affiliate of Danjaq, is the UK based production company which makes the James Bond films. The 007 franchise is the longest running in film history with twenty-three films produced since 1962. Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli succeeded Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and have produced some of the most successful Bond films ever including CASINO ROYALE, QUANTUM OF SOLACE and SKYFALL. About Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is celebrating 90 years as a leader in the entertainment business and as an innovator in the industry. Today, MGM is an entertainment company focused on the production and distribution of film and television content globally. The company owns one of the world’s deepest libraries of premium film and television content. In addition, MGM has investments in domestic and international television channels and is the majority owner of and distributor for United Artists Media Group (UAMG). For more information, visit www.mgm.com. About Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com. For more info about SPECTRE head over to: http://www.007.com/ https://twitter.com/007 https://instagram.com/007/ https://plus.google.com/+007/posts https://www.youtube.com/user/jamesbond007 The Establishing Shot: ON OUR RADAR: COUNTDOWN TO SPECTRE'S RELEASE - ALL THE UPDATES NEWS, IMAGES, POSTERS AND VIDEOS Craig is a retired superhero, an obsessive hobbyist, comics fan, gadget lover & flâneur who knows an unhealthy amount about Ian Fleming's James Bond. When not watching or making films he takes pictures, eats, drinks, dives, tries to connect to nature whilst mentally storyboarding the greatest film ever made. He also & sometimes utilises owl-themed gadgets to fight crime. A list of his 132 favourite films can be found here! If you would still like to contact Craig please use any of the buttons below: 007 , Ben Whishaw , Christoph Waltz , Countdown , Daniel Craig , Dave Bautista , Film News , Hoyte Van Hoytema , Ian Fleming , James Bond , Léa Seydoux , Naomie Harris , Radar , Ralph Fiennes , Rory Kinnear , Sam Mendes , SPECTRE 007 , Ben Whishaw , Christoph Waltz , Countdown , Daniel Craig , Dave Bautista , Film News , Hoyte Van Hoytema , Ian Fleming , James Bond , Léa Seydoux , Naomie Harris , Radar , Ralph Fiennes , Rory Kinnear , Sam Mendes , SPECTRE \|	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line858
__label__cc	0.579559	0.420441	Creature Feature Round Up In which we dig out some of those creaky old black-and-white horror movies you probably remember seeing on TV years ago and see if they stand the test of time. Let’s start with a couple of good old-fashioned monster movies. Creature from the Black Lagoon (Jack Arnold, 1954) is terrific fun, notable for some fine underwater sequences and for the even finer Julia Adams in a bathing suit. No wonder Ol' Fish Head got all hot and bothered!( ). In contrast, The Mummy (Karl Freund, 1932) may be iconic , but it’s rather scarce on any genuine scares or thrills, despite the ominous presence of Boris Karloff. It may be heresy to say it, but the blockbuster 1999 remake is actually a lot more fun ( ). The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julien, 1925) is a fine old silent movie, with the unmasking of the Phantom a memorable moment, complete with that famous Bach organ music. The poor fella gets a bit of a raw deal by the end, though - the fairly insipid centre of his attentions was hardly worth it. He’d have been better sticking to his organ (snigger)( ). Godzooky. Truly horrific. Elsewhere, Godzilla (Ishiro Honda, 1954) is the definitive Big Stompy Monster movie. Yes, it’s a man in a rubber suit, but it’s great value, with some nice model work and special effects, whilst its influence on monster movies from Jaws to Cloverfield is evident. The spectre of the atomic bombs does hang over it, giving some scenes more gravitas than you would normally expect in such movies( ). It also spawned about six hundred sequels, featuring classic Stompy Monster Smackdowns such as King Kong Vs Godzilla, Mothra Vs Godzilla and Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla. The less said about the appearance of Godzooky in the 80s animated series, the better. Warning! This trailer contains very excitable narration! A triple-bill of Jacques Tourneur films now. I Walked with a Zombie (1943) is an atmospheric little tale in which a nurse get involved in voodoo when she arrives on a Caribbean island to care for a patient. Lacks the real chills and thrills needed to be a truly memorable horror movie, but still a short and worthwhile watch ( ). Cat People (1942) sees a disturbed young woman haunted by a curse which affects her ability to forms relationships or feel emotions, lest she be transformed (either literally or metaphorically) into a wild animal, intent on killing. An atmospheric and influential horror film, which generates chills from effective lighting and sound design rather than cheap scares. It won’t scare you silly and has dated slightly, but is a quick watch with a couple of deliciously unsettling scenes along the way ( ). In Night of the Demon (1957), a sceptical psychologist finds science can't explain everything when he investigates a devil-worshipping cult. Atmospheric direction, smart scripting and an ominous score builds a genuine sense of foreboding and provides some creepy moments, although perhaps it would have been wiser to omit the rather silly close-up shots of the demon itself ( ). Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932) is hardly a conventional horror movie, but many might find it an uncomfortable viewing experience. Set in a circus, the flimsy plot sees two ‘normal’ lovers conspire to steal the fortune of 'midget' Hans. The various other circus perfomers, the 'freaks' of the title, discover the plot and take their revenge. Essentially, it’s an excuse to watch (marvel?) as the limbless Human Torso lights a cigarette, the legless Johnny Eck scampers about on his hands, the Siamese twins move in unison and others perform their 'tricks', begging the question “Are we any better than the folk who paid to watch such sideshows years ago?” Ultimately the film is no masterpiece, with middling acting and amateurish filming. Nevertheless, worth seeing as a curiosity and for a genuinely unsettling scene as the freaks chant, "Gooble gobble, gooble gobble....one of us, one of us!" ( ). We’ll finish with a real classic. Nosferatu (FW Murnau, 1922) was the first adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula and has not been bettered. A classic of the German Expressionism movement, with Max Schrek’s pitiful, rat-like vampyre a welcome alternative to the sexy, seductive bloodsuckers we’re used to these days. Iconic scenes abound, from the shadow climbing the staircase, Count Orlok rising from his coffin or the bedroom attack (spoofed by The Fast Show with their Monster, Monster sketches). The whole film is available free here, so there's no excuse not to watch it.( ). So there we have it. Probably nothing to truly shock or scare the youth of today, weaned on a diet of mindless violence and gratuitous gore. Not to mention the stuff they see in the movies. But there’s a shambling charm to many of the above movies which makes them hard to resist. And aren’t those old posters cool? Posted by Declan on 6.5.11	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line859
__label__wiki	0.998161	0.998161	[tuesday, june 17, 2008] Live at the "Battlestar Galactica" Midseason Finale Premiere Interview: "30 Days" Creator Morgan Spurlock Interview: "The Mole" Host Jon Kelley Interview: "Battlestar Galactica" Co-Executive Producer Mark Verheiden Live at the Paley Festival: AMC's "Mad Men" Live at the Paley Festival: "The X-Files" Reunion Live at the Paley Festival: ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" Live at the Paley Festival: FX's "Damages" Live at the Paley Festival: The CW's "Gossip Girl" Live at the Paley Festival: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Reunion Live at the Paley Festival: NBC's "Friday Night Lights" Live at the Paley Festival: NBC's "Chuck" Live at the Paley Festival: The Comedy World of Judd Apatow & Friends Live at the Paley Festival: ABC's "Pushing Daisies" Interview: "Back to You" Star Patricia Heaton Interview: "Eli Stone" Co-Creator Marc Guggenheim Interview: "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Star Richard T. Jones Interview: "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Star Summer Glau Interview: "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Executive Producers Josh Friedman, James Middleton, John Wirth & David Nutter Live at NBC's "Knight Rider" Press Event Interview: "Pushing Daisies" Executive Producers Bryan Fuller, Barry Sonnenfeld, Dan Jinks & Bruce Cohen Interview: "Supernatural" Creator Eric Kripke Interview: "Chuck" Co-Creators Josh Schwartz & Chris Fedak Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "Battlestar Galactica" Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "Jericho" Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "The 4400" Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "Heroes" Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "Babylon 5" Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "Eureka" Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "Stargate Sg-1/Atlantis" Live at the San Diego Comic-Con: "Lost" Live at the "Heroes World Tour" Press Conference Interview: "October Road" Creators Scott Rosenberg, Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec Live at the Paley Festival: CBS's "Jericho" Live at the Paley Festival: ABC's "Ugly Betty" Live at the Paley Festival: NBC's "Heroes" Live at the Paley Festival: FOX's "Prison Break" Live at the Paley Festival: FX's "Nip/Tuck" Live at the Paley Festival: Showtime's "Dexter" Interview: "The Knights of Prosperity" Creators Rob Burnett & Jon Beckerman Live at the Paley Festival: TNT's "The Closer" Live at the Paley Festival: ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" Live at the Paley Festival: NBC's "The Office" Live at the Paley Festival: FOX's "American Idol" Interview: "Ncis" Star Michael Weatherly Interview: "Criminal Minds" Executive Producer Ed Bernero Interview: "The Simpsons" Co-Executive Producer Don Payne Interview: "The War at Home" Creator Rob Lotterstein Interview: "Desperate Housewives" Consulting Producer Jeff Greenstein Interview: "The King of Queens" Executive Producer David Bickel most recent interviews \| view all posts Interview: "The Chris Downey Podcast" Host Chris Downey The "Leverage" co-creator chats about his unique podcasting adventure, plus the future of his former TNT series. Interview: "103 Ways to Get Into TV (By 102 Who Did, Plus Me)" Author Jim McKairnes The former CBS executive chats about his new book, about how to come to Los Angeles and succeed in the television business. Interview: "Once Upon a Time" Co-Stars Josh Dallas & Robert Carlyle Plus: Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla and Steve Pearlman talk season two of the ABC drama. Interview: "Once Upon a Time" Co-Stars Ginnifer Goodwin & Jennifer Morrison Plus: Colin O'Donoghue, Josh Dallas, Lana Parrilla and Robert Carlyle talk season two of the ABC drama. Interview: Head of MTV Programming David Janollari The Viacom-owned network chief talks everything from "Underemployed" to "Teen Wolf" to "Jersey Shore." Interview: "Dexter" Executive Producer Scott Buck Check out our chat about tonight's season premiere of Showtime's flagship drama. Interview: "NCIS" Executive Producer Gary Glasberg The CBS mainstay kicks off its landmark 10th season tonight at 8:00/7:00c. Interview: "Bones" Executive Producers Hart Hanson & Stephen Nathan Season eight of the FOX drama kicks off tonight at 8:00/7:00c. Interview: "Hell on Wheels" Executive Producer John Shiban The Anson Mount-led drama continues Sunday nights at 9:00/8:00c on AMC. Interview: "America's Next Top Model" Creative Consultant Johnny Wujek The CW's reality franchise now airs Friday nights at 8:00/7:00c on the network. Interview: "Grimm" Co-Creators David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf The showrunners chat about the show's second season, airing Monday nights at 10:00/9:00c on NBC. Interview: "Boss" Creator Farhad Safinia The Starz drama kicks off its second season tonight at 9:00/8:00c. Interview: "Necessary Roughness" Co-Stars Callie Thorne, Marc Blucas & Mehcad Brooks Plus: executive producer Kevin Dowling on the new season, airing Wednesdays at 10:00/9:00c on USA. Interview: "Falling Skies" Executive Producer Remi Aubuchon TNT's hit drama returns with a two-hour premiere this Sunday at 9:00/8:00c. Interview: "The Choice" & "So You Think You Can Dance" Host Cat Deeley The ever-busy Brit is also behind Yahoo!'s online series "In The Dressing Room." more interviews >>	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line861
__label__wiki	0.952392	0.952392	Home Tech Google removes 58 accounts tied to Iran from YouTube and other sites Google removes 58 accounts tied to Iran from YouTube and other sites Google has deleted 58 accounts with ties to Iran from its platforms, the search giant said on Thursday. Google said the accounts were part of an “influence operation” aimed at spreading misinformation and sowing discord among the public. The deleted accounts include 39 channels on YouTube, which Google owns, six blogs on its Blogger site and 13 accounts from its Google+ social network. The YouTube channels had a total of 13,466 views in the United States for relevant videos. Google said the accounts were associated with the IRIB, or Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. “Actors engaged in this type of influence operation violate our policies, and we swiftly remove such content from our services and terminate these actors’ accounts,” Kent Walker, Google’s senior vice president of global affairs, wrote in a blog post. “Additionally, we use a number of robust methods, including IP blocking, to prevent individuals or entities in Iran from opening advertising accounts.” Google said the operation appears to have been going on since at least January 2017. The search giant said it has contacted both lawmakers and law enforcement about its finding. The announcement is only the latest in a string of disclosures from tech giants trying to fend off abuse from foreign actors. Silicon Valley has been under intense scrutiny in the lead up to the 2018 US midterm elections. The tech platforms are still reeling from their role in the 2016 US presidential election, in which Russian trolls sought to meddle in the result and sow discord among voters. Google’s disclosure comes two days after Facebook said it was removing 652 inauthentic pages, groups and accounts with ties to Russia and Iran. Twitter followed up later that day with a seemingly related disclosure. It said it suspended 284 accounts with ties to Iran for “coordinated manipulation.” And a day before that, Microsoft said it discovered and disabled several fake websites designed to trick visitors and allow a group connected to the Russian government to hack into their computers. An update on state-sponsored activity Google said it worked with the cybersecurity firm FireEye — the same company that flagged the disinformation campaigns on Facebook — to identify the fake accounts. The search giant also had an update Thursday on its effort to fight misinformation operations from Russia. The company removed 42 YouTube channels with ties to the Internet Research Agency, the Kremlin-backed troll farm implicated in the campaign to interfere with the 2016 election. In the 42 channels, there were 58 English-language political videos, with a total of fewer than 1,800 views in the US. Google also said it has detected phishing attacks — which seek to steal people’s passwords and other credentials — from state-sponsored actors targeting political campaigns, journalists, activists and academics. The phishing attempts came in “recent months” to people “around the world,” the company said, though it didn’t get more specific. Google said it sent out warning emails on Monday to Gmail users who may have been targeted. Google will have a chance to open up more about its disclosures next month on Capitol Hill. Walker, along with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is expected to appear before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Sept. 5 to testify on election security. Source Link Previous articlePakistan back-stabbed US in Afghanistan : Veteran Army Colonel Next articleThis app lets seniors book “grandkids on demand” Make Use of store over the Smartphone to Download Free Apps Elementor Free vs Pro: Which Is the Right Choice? Top Alternatives of Photoshop 6 Reasons Why People Love Buying Used Cars Online SofiaWebb - December 26, 2017 Increase Your Business Performance With Ios Application Development Olivia Wilson - November 23, 2018 Practical Gift Ideas That You Can Present to Your Friends on Their Wedding saleonsale - January 19, 2018 brandngraves - December 15, 2018	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line862
__label__cc	0.610901	0.389099	← Come Together Unsung Hero #22 → Westport Voters Split Tickets: GOP’s Marpe/Tooker On Top, Dems Down-Ballot Running against 3 opponents, Jim Marpe was chosen by almost exactly half of all Westport voters last night. The Republican incumbent 1st selectman — and new running mate Jen Tooker — earned 4,187 of the total 8,380 cast (49.96%). That was 452 more than the 44.57% received by Democrats Melissa Kane and Rob Simmelkjaer. Trailing far behind were petitioning candidates John Suggs (430 votes, 5.13%) and T.J. Elgin (28 votes, 0.33%). The results were far different for other races. Democrats Brian Stern and Lee Caney were re-elected to the Board of Finance. Republican Andrea Moore fills the 3rd seat. Her running mate Vik Muktavaram fell short, and is expected to remain on the Board of Education. The 4 Board of Ed candidates up for re-election — Democrats Elaine Whitney and Candi Savin, and Republicans Karen Kleine and Jeannie Smith — were all re-elected without opposition. They finished in the order above. While the Board of Finance and Board of Ed remain in Democratic hands, the Planning & Zoning Commission switches control, from the GOP to the Dems. Democrats Greg Rutstein, Michael Cammeyer and Danielle Dobin won, beating Republican Jon Olefson and Coalition for Westport candidate Jennifer Johnson. For all Westport election results — including RTM — click here. At the top of the page select “November 2017 Municipal Election,” then choose Westport from the map or drop-down menu below. This entry was posted in Local politics, People and tagged 2017 Westport election, Jim Marpe, Westport Board of Education, Westport Board of Finance, Westport Planning & Zoning Commission. Bookmark the permalink. 40 responses to “Westport Voters Split Tickets: GOP’s Marpe/Tooker On Top, Dems Down-Ballot” Janette Kinnally \| November 8, 2017 at 7:45 am \| Congrats to all the winners!!! It was a hard fought campaign on all sides and now it is time to come together and do the best job for Westporters -not for yourselves and your party affiliations, but your town!!! Do a great job!!! Because we will be watching and of course we will have our opinions (which is a great example of democracy)!!! 😊 Matthew Mandell \| November 8, 2017 at 7:53 am \| First of all I want to thank all the District One residents who came out in the sun and then the rain help re-elect me to my 7th term as your RTM representative. As to P&Z – Technically the Dems already held the majority in P&Z, so there was not a switch. The chair was a republican elected by that body itself with 3 republicans and one democrat casting that vote. With this new makeup it is assumed that there will now be a dem chair. So there is a switch in chair party, but not a switch in majority. As to the First selectman race, and I am not doing anything here, but playing with numbers and highly doubt things would have broken so cleanly, but if you take the Suggs and Elign votes and add them to Kane, it becomes a 6 vote difference. Numbers are interesting. Time to now do what Westport does best, all work together for a better community. Jesse Harte \| November 8, 2017 at 8:14 am \| What exactly is your point then.We all can move numbers around. Just an observation. Nothing more. Just noticed how the numbers worked. It came to 6 votes. No politics, no nothing…….. Don O'Day \| November 8, 2017 at 1:54 pm \| Really, Matt? Just an observation? No politics? Nothing about your candidate? Hmmm. You see, Matt, following one of my Board of Education presentations several years ago you told me it reminded you about a phrase your father used.. “lies, damn lies and statistics”. While I’m sure THAT was true the phase actually came from Benjamin Disraeli – but I digress. Back to the point…so, Matt, I assume your response that the Selectman’s race “came to 6 votes” was, lets say, a statistic? Michael Petrino \| November 8, 2017 at 6:07 pm \| And if all of the votes for Suggs and Elign had gone to Marpe/Tooker, their margin would have almost doubled. No politics, no nothing…….. Catherine Walsh \| November 8, 2017 at 3:21 pm \| P&Z vote for Chair was initially 4-3 in 2015. When Chip resigned his chairmanship in May 2016, I was voted in as Chair, and then again in Dec 2016—unanimously twice by a Dem. majority commission. Tom Foran \| November 8, 2017 at 8:04 am \| But who won Kayak Commissioner?! Dan Woog \| November 8, 2017 at 9:00 am \| It was an upset. The leading candidate got swamped. Michael Calise \| November 8, 2017 at 9:01 am \| Are you saying John Suggs and T J Elgin saved Westport? I like that Mike. Again, I was just playing with numbers, not making any political statement at all. If it came off that way, I am sorry, not my intention. Since I like numbers, I just thought it was an interesting thing. Jack Whittle \| November 8, 2017 at 9:18 am \| As Matthew pointed out, the P&Z was already 4 – 3 Dems over Republicans, for the last year. Nothing changed in that regard, and the question of who chairs the P&Z doesn’t impact the votes should they ever split along party lines, which is quite rare in the post-Corwin era. Correction, the P&Z has been 4-3 Dems over Republicans for the past TWO years. Mark Post \| November 8, 2017 at 9:21 am \| Not sure how “Republican Andrea Moore fills the third seat” when she earned the second most votes? Freudian slip Dan? Results, which were close, are 1) Stern (D) 2) Moore (R) 3) Caney (D) 4) Muktavaram (R). This vote more about the individuals than party affiliations. Why Marpe was re-elected again. Party partisanship has no place in town politics. One reason why those who played that card did not get elected. 2 seats are filled by Democrats who were re-elected. 1 — the 3rd seat — is now filled by a Republican newcomer. I tried to write as simply as possible. I did not give vote totals for any race other than selectmen. No Freudian slip, Mark. Please don’t read more into this than you should. Eric William Buchroeder SHS '70 \| November 8, 2017 at 9:59 am \| It’s just my opinion but I think that the Board of Education candidates should not be affiliated with either party given that their role is to oversee the best interests of Westport school children, not to advance any one political ideology. I recall during the time I attended.Staples that the BOE candidates articulated their views along party lines as opposed to the merits of certain issues that should be decided on merit not political affiliation. In the community that I currently live, BOE candidates are affiliated with neither party. This places responsibility squarely on the voters to become acquainted with a candidate’s policy as opposed to their political affiliation. Nancy Hunter \| November 8, 2017 at 5:12 pm \| Yes. Trustees. Nancy Hunter \| November 8, 2017 at 10:22 pm \| Elected, but not by party. City, too. All independent, so no favours. Paul Lebowitz \| November 8, 2017 at 10:00 am \| Technically both Jack and Matthew’s comments above are incorrect regarding the party affiliation of the P&Z (or the newly elected commissionaires for that matter). For the last two years (and continuing again post-election for the next two years) the “count” has been three Republicans (Walsh, Stephens, and Gratrix), three democrats (Dobin, Cammeyer, and Hodge) and one Independent… aka Unaffiliated (Lebowitz). The election essentially replaced Hodge with Rutstein. The new “count” only signifies that the P&Z will continue to vote in favor of…. (wait for it)… the citizens of Westport. Jack Whittle \| November 8, 2017 at 11:01 am \| Paul – Technically and actually, the November 3, 2015 Ballot listed Paul Lebowitz as the sole P&Z candidate running on the Democratic Party line. That’s how you were elected, as a Democrat, and that’s how you have been counted (for purposes of the 4 commissioners per party maximum), although I certainly respect your desire to be known as an independent. Dick Lowenstein \| November 8, 2017 at 4:54 pm \| If you want to get technical, no more than four P&Z Commissioners may be members of the same political party. (www.westportct.gov/index.aspx?page=150). Being a member of a party and being designated and elected by a party are not the same. In theory, if one of the three Republicans resigned from this (and the next) P&Z, a fourth registered Democrat could be appointed to fill the vacancy. Jack Whittle \| November 8, 2017 at 5:42 pm \| Dick – yes, that is the plain language found at § C10-1 of our Town Charter. (“No more than 4 members shall be members of the same political party.”) However, if the Democrats wanted to play the game you suggest (run a candidate for the P&Z, but later point to his status as a registered independent so they can load more than 4 Democrat ticket candidates on the P&Z) I would predict a challenge, not to mention some measure of much deserved shame. I’m simply looking for accurate, factual statements. The Republicans could play the same game, as you call it, and face the same challenge and shame. My point is that it’s personal registration that counts, not the party endorsement, as you stated. Chip Stephens SHS '73 \| November 8, 2017 at 10:04 am \| Dan you deserve great thanks from all in Westport for your coverage and work during the election. We are a town with out a true hometown newspaper and depend upon your nonpartisan blog for education and impartial direction. You did 06880 a great service and I applaud your service as I do all that ran successfully or not. None of the aforementioned (except first selectperson) make the big bucks for time and passionate work for Westport. Thank you sincerely. “without a true hometown newspaper”? “nonpartisan”? “impartial “? No. Controlling. David J. Loffredo \| November 8, 2017 at 10:07 am \| I wish we didn’t have political party affiliations in any of these local races and instead focused on the issues, the candidates, and their differences. It’s the stupid red/blue stuff that divides people, and candidates without political party support barely stand a chance – and I think we miss out on some great people. Congrats to everyone who ran for putting yourself out there, we’re fortunate to have so many dedicated people who care about our community. One minor correction, the First Selectman’s salary is an way underpaid embarrassment for the size budget and size organization he (she) runs. I hope in his second term Jim seeks to correct this, not so much for himself, but to attract and maintain great talent with future First Selectpersons. Bobbie Herman \| November 8, 2017 at 1:15 pm \| For those of you who suggested Westport have non-partisan local elections, I might point out that Fairfield’S RTM elections are partisan. I think Westport’s method is much better. Jim Ezzes \| November 8, 2017 at 3:11 pm \| Dan did you forgot the Zoning Board of Appeals race? Democrats Bernard Deverin and Victoria Gouletas won. The ZBA has now been held a Democratic majority for twenty years. Dan Woog \| November 8, 2017 at 3:25 pm \| Nope, I didn’t forget it. I just was keeping things brief. That’s why I included the link “for all election results.” Congrats to all the winners, and thanks to all who stepped up to run. Don L. Bergmann \| November 9, 2017 at 9:58 am \| Two comments: 1. Chip Stephens is right to highlight the low salary of the First Selectman. Many have sought to address that and the effort should be renewed. 2. I would like to see the Board of Education become contested. Party affiliation is of course irrelevant, but differing views on education, including funding, are of particular importance as costs keep rising and funding has limits, while technology and change imposes new needs. . Don Bergmann Jimmy Izzo \| November 9, 2017 at 12:03 pm \| The reason we have “political parties” on Board of Education is I believe the state mandates it. No other comments here! Best to all and thank you to all for running…we all love this town and will do our best as others have in the past…Dan, as always thanks for this wonderful blog. Eric William Buchroeder SHS '70 \| November 10, 2017 at 8:13 am \| Nothing was said over whether or not Mr. Marpe also won the Electoral College vote. Bobbie Herman \| November 10, 2017 at 10:58 am \| Did anyone mention that more people voted against Mr. Marpe than voted for him? Just askin’? William Strittmatter \| November 10, 2017 at 11:44 am \| And even more voted against Ms. Kane than voted against Mr. Marpe. Don’t even want to do the math on Mr. Suggs or Mr. Elgin. And 65% of registered voters voted against all of them by withholding their votes. Apparently most Westporter prefer no select person. If that is the way you want to interpret things. Jesse Harte \| November 10, 2017 at 3:34 pm \| Then how did he win? Nancy Hunter \| November 10, 2017 at 4:53 pm \| How did Trump win? Trump didn’t win. Hillary lost.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line875
__label__wiki	0.820318	0.820318	Beavers Drop Seesaw Battle At Goss CORVALLIS – Adley Rutschman drove in four runs and hit his 12th home run of the season, and Oregon State came back from a six-run deficit but the Beavers ultimately dropped a 12-8 decision to Oregon Tuesday at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. Trailing 8-5, the Beavers scored three in the seventh to even the game at eight. Jake Harvey drove in a run on an infield single, Kyler McMahan made it 8-7 on a double to left and then scored the game-tying run on a single by Andy Armstrong. The Ducks, however, scored four in the eighth to take a four-run lead. Oregon State (23-7-1 overall) reliever Christian Chamberlain took the loss after giving up three hits and four runs in two innings. He dropped to 2-3 this season. Rutschman drove in a run in the first, then hit a three-run home run in the fifth to bring the Beavers to within three, 8-5. He and Beau Philip each had two hits to pace the Beavers. Nico Tellache, who struck out two to close out the seventh, earned the win, to improve to 4-1 this season. Sam Tweedt started for the Beavers and worked just 2/3 of an inning before Nathan Burns came in from the pen. Tweedt gave up five runs but only one was earned. Oregon’s (19-12) Tyler Frazier started and went three full, and left with an 8-2 lead. He didn’t, however, figure in the decision after the Beavers scored six straight to tie the game in the seventh. Up next, Oregon State makes the trip to Phoenix for a three-game series with Arizona State. The series opener is slated for 6:30 p.m. first pitch Friday night. Oregon heads to Pullman, WA for a three-game series against Washington State. Game one of the series is scheduled for a 5:05 p.m. start time on Friday. – via Oregon State Athletics Communication Previous Post Zeimet Settles In, Roseburg Defeats Grants Pass 3-1 Next Post OFF THE WALL PODCAST – April 12, 2019 Full Show Hour 1	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line877
__label__cc	0.567247	0.432753	Pro Handheld Scanners Artec Space Spider EinScan-Pro+ Einscan-Pro Fuel 3D Scanify (Pro) Desktop Scanners EinScan-SE & SP Einscan-S HP / DAVID SLS-3 Scan in a Box Matter and Form V2 HP Sprout Pro G2 HP Sprout Pro (2016) Depth Sensors Structure Sensor Sense 2 (2nd gen) Intel RealSense D400 (D415) Intel RealSense SR300 Intel RealSense F200 Intel RealSense R200 Orbbec Astra S XYZ 3D Scanner Sense (1st Gen) Kinect V2 B3D Face Camera Pro iSense Wacom MobileStudio Depth Sensor Software Skanect (PC/Mac) itSeez3D (iPad) RecFusion (PC) Sense for RealSense (PC) Smartphone 3D Capture Bellus3D Face Camera Pro (IR Sensor, Android) Trnio (Photogrammetry, iOS) Scann3D (Photogrammetry, Android) EORA 3D (Laser, iOS/Android) Bevel (Laser, iOS/Android) iSense (IR Sensor, iOS) Autodesk 123D Catch Photogrammetry Solutions 3DF Zephyr (Windows) RealityCapture (Windows) Agisoft PhotoScan (Win/Mac/Linux) Autodesk ReCap Pro / Photo (Windows) Foldio360 Turntable (Hardware) Autodesk ReMake (Windows) Autodesk ReCap 360 (Web-based) How 3D Scanning was used to create the worlds of Star Wars Battlefront By Nick Lievendag • 3 years ago A few months a ago I wrote a feature post about How 3D Scanning was used to create the Visual Effects for the Gotham TV Series because I like both 3D scanning and am a big fan of everything Batman. There is, however, one other piece of fiction that I’m drawn to even more: Star Wars. So I was waiting for an opportunity to write a feature post about a combination of 3D scanning and the Galaxy far, far away. And then, last week, I came across this post by the Swedish game developer DICE, responsible for games like the successful Battlefield series, Mirror’s Edge, and the latest iteration of Star Wars Battlefront. One thing that sets this “next gen” (it’s available for Playstation 4 & XBOX One) iteration of Battlefront apart from its predecessors is the stunning visual quality—especially of the wide open worlds that are very recognizable for Star Wars fans. With very realistic representations of the planets Hoth, Tatooine, Endor and Sullust, this game is the best way to interactively immerse yourself in the Star Wars universe. Or as Wired puts it: “Star Wars Battlefront Plays Like You’re Watching the Movie.” Let’s take a look at what this means through an in-game screenshot before I continue: Yes, that is indeed an in-game screenshot (click for full size), confirmed by publisher EA. Arguably, the image above looks even more like the Endor forrest than in Return of the Jedi itself. But how did the developer get it to look so realistic? DICE’s Keneth Brown and Andrew Hamilton gave the answer to this question in an hour-long presentation at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) titled Star Wars: Battlefront and the Art of Photogrammetry. Because the presentation is meant for developers, it’s very technical and goes into all kinds of programming details. That’s why I decided to highlight some take-aways from the talk that are purely about Photogrammetry, so you can l learn from it and apply it to your creative 3D scanning projects. For those who don’t know, Photogrammetry—or Photo Scanning—is a reality capturing technique that uses regular (2D) photos and computer algorithms to generate textured 3D models. This as opposed to using a dedicated 3D scanner (like in the Gotham post). On an entry level, you can start experimenting with Photogrammetry with free mobile apps. On a professional level, there are solutions like Autodesk ReCap (which I reviewed earlier) and Agisoft PhotoScan (which I will review soon). The artists at DICE mainly used the latter, but also experimented with newer software solutions like RealtyCapture. The first important take away from the presentation is that Photogrammetry-based 3D scanning was used in combination of “traditional” 3D modeling techniques to create all assets and worlds for the game. Below you see some 3D scans of character props (from the Lucasfilm Archives, no less): These props where added to the traditionally modeled 3D characters But Photogrammetry was mainly used for creating environmental assets. For this, the team went to the original shooting locations (they made short documentary of their trips) of the four planets mentioned earlier (Sullust being a notable exception because it wasn’t in the original movies. You can read how the location for that planet was chosen in this interview with Battlefront art director Dough Chiang). Their kit was very simple: just a Canon 6D DSLR camera with a 24 mm lens, a tripod and color chart. They mainly used natural light, avoiding cast shadows where possible. In some cases, like the ice cave interiors, they also used a light kit. They carefully planned their trips and made a breakdown beforehand so they knew which assets needed to be captured in a session. A lot of effort went into making these shoots efficient, because with Photogrammetry you can easily get lost and shoot either too many or too few photos. For this technique to work, the single most important thing is overlap. This means that the same visual features are present on multiple photos. During this project, the team learned that this is a lot easier to achieve when shooting photos from a further distance to cover more of the object at once. They also stress the importance of shooting from all possible angles to prevent time-consuming retouching during post-production. The photo below is an example of the breakdown for the assets that needed to be captured for the planet Endor: To turn the massive amount of photos taken at the various location into usable game assets, the team would go through more or less the same phases as with creating game assets in a traditional way. But they did so in a lot less time. Below you see a comparison between the estimated time to create an asset for an earlier game (Battlefield 4) that used traditional methods and the Photogrammetry pipeline used Star Wars Battlefront. The main difference is in the “High Topo” phase. I’m guessing this would normally consist of doing high-detail digital sculpting in ZBrush or similar software. With Photogrammetry, that phase is mainly retouching—a change that some designers on the team struggled with because it felt less creative to them. Creating usable textures also took less time, but is still one of the most time-consuming phases of the workflow. One part of that is removing shadows. This is important because the game’s environments are lit dynamically by the game engine so their in-game shadows can be anywhere. The first shadow removal tip is work in 16 bit and simply use the designated feature in Adobe Photoshop’s Camera RAW panel to get rid of as much shadows as possible. Then they used a technique I personally find very clever: generating a normal map from the 3D data and using Photoshop’s Black & White filter to create masks for the various directions the normals are facing. And then leveling out the differences to create an almost shadow-less result. I decided to make a little animated GIF of that: Before I wrap up this post to prevent it from taking more time than watching the full presentation I wanted to show one cool (pun intended) use of photogrammetry for the game that wasn’t a rock or tree stump. The DICE team made a physical AT-AT (you know, those Imperial Walkers) foot from stuff from a local hardware store to make an impression in white powder. This was then 3D captured to create a displacement map that’s used in-game to generate footprints. Last but not least, here are the Photogrammetry assets the team created for the game’s four planets: At first I thought the assets above were just a selection, but the Q&A session at the end of the presentation made clear that these are actually all Photogrammetry assets for the game. Of course, they where placed in a larger context. The team actually acquired LiDAR (laser) scans of some areas as a base for the terrain. Plus they shot many—many—photographs on location that were used as traditional textures. Trees, for example, are just Photogrammetry at the bottom which blends into a tiled texture from a certain height. And some plants are textures with alpha channels on basic geometry—some things simply still work. To combine all assets, DICE created very nice-looking “Level Construction Kits” for each planet. Apparently the original idea was to make this available to users, but in the end it was only used for in-house development. A shame really because as you can see in this video, it works really well—particularly the blending of the Photogrammetry assets with the rest of the terrain. Saving the best for last, here’s a nice montage of the various environments of Star Wars Battlefront. It’s accompanied by John Williams’ original Star Wars score, so my advice would be to put the video on 1080p Full HD, full screen and dial your speakers to 11—but only after sharing this post with your friends and followers on your favorite social network by using the buttons at the bottom of this post. Nick Lievendag Entrepreneur at the intersection of Creativity × Technology. Writes, Speaks and Consults about 3D Capture (3D Scanning & Photogrammetry). Founder of 3D Scan Expert. 3D design company in Hyderabad Thanks for sharing this article, I am happy to get this. You have the best site and nice posts they very helped us. It’s an impressive one of the best blogs . I am very much impressed with you. Thank u all Milton Wong Hi, I’m a Chinese student interested in VR&3D scanning. I wish I could translate this wonderful article into Chinese, and post it on my page to share with others. I would introduce you as the author of this article and website . Could you allow me do that ? appreciate it ! Village Talkies Best Corporate Video Production Company in Bangalore and top Explainer Video Company, 3d, 2d Animation Video Makers in Chennai I agree with the storage and handling of my data by this website as described in the Privacy Policy * Automate Photogrammetry with this Smart Turntable HP Z Camera 3D Scanner Review Shining3D introduces EinScan Pro 2X & 2X Plus at Formnext 2018 2018 3D Scanning & Photogrammetry Holiday Gift Guide EinScan HD Prime Pack for EinScan-Pro+ Review Arrange, View & Share Multiple 3D Scans in VR with Poly & Tilt Brush Free 3D Scanning from Video by using just a Smartphone How AI can make 3D capture consumer-friendly The Future of Mobile 3D Scanning is Software — and Real Time The Future of Video is 4D Volumetric Mixed Reality Capture dillip sahoo on SCANN3D Android Photogrammetry App Review Matanel on Android phones will get TOF depth sensors for 3D scanning faces Jim Witte on 123D Catch Alternative: ReCap 360 Mobile Workflow alexaguide on How to View and your 3D Scan in Augmented Reality (AR) This website uses cookies for analytics and advertising. For more information, read the Privacy Policy Accept Receive Monthly Updates Blog updates delivered straight to your inbox through my monthly Newsletter...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line881
__label__cc	0.609653	0.390347	By now, everybody in the country has learned that Canada's most dispicable female politician is now the adultress in the marriage of the star player for Canada's most dispcicable sports franchise. This is not the kind of dirt you turn to Third Edge of the Sword to gain breaking news on, which is good, because I don't have any. I know a stripper in Ontario, and a girl who slept with Brian McCabe, and that's about as close to "Aurora-Newmarket sluts" or "PLAN FOR TEAM TO LOSE players" as I get on a personal basis. But its such a "hot topic" story that it deserves some attention. I wrote about Belinda Stronach in the Edmonton SUN back when she switched parties, but I was not blogging at that time. My only on-site references to Belinda have been noting that the Canadian women who were accused of murder in Mexico looked like her, using her for a dig on Barbara McDougall, and comparing her to Frank Mahovlich. Anyways, here are a couple interesting Belinda links: Backseat Blogger asks herself "why is this a story" and comes up a little short, other than to notice that the Conservatives sure have to be glad now that she left when she did. User "E-string" on Yahoo Answers is completely lost as to why Belinda would want a "caveman" like Tie...apparently unaware of everything sex researchers have ever told us about women. (Bonus post: While "Plan For Team To Lose" is an anagram of "Toronto Maple Leafs", "Tie Domi" is an easy anagram to "Me Idiot") Grastoon.com has a political cartoon on the subject. For editorial cartoonists, this really isn't as much fodder as it should be. (Bonus cartoon: Who is Kennedy?) What's my take on this? Just shock and outrage. Belinda Stronach? Slutty homewrecker, you say? A Liberal not to be trusted? I have nothing to blog about this...words simply do not describe it.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line882
__label__wiki	0.568821	0.568821	Ambient noise correlation-based imaging with moving sensors IPI Home Recovering the boundary corrosion from electrical potential distribution using partial boundary data June 2017, 11(3): 501-519. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2017023 Time-invariant radon transform by generalized Fourier slice theorem Ali Gholami 1,, and Mauricio D. Sacchi 2, Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada * Corresponding author: Ali Gholami Received April 2015 Revised January 2017 Published April 2017 Full Text(HTML) Figure(11) / Table(3) Time-invariant Radon transforms play an important role in many fields of imaging sciences, whereby a function is transformed linearly by integrating it along specific paths, e.g. straight lines, parabolas, etc. In the case of linear Radon transform, the Fourier slice theorem establishes a simple analytic relationship between the 2-D Fourier representation of the function and the 1-D Fourier representation of its Radon transform. However, the theorem can not be utilized for computing the Radon integral along paths other than straight lines. We generalize the Fourier slice theorem to make it applicable to general time-invariant Radon transforms. Specifically, we derive an analytic expression that connects the 1-D Fourier coefficients of the function to the 2-D Fourier coefficients of its general Radon transform. For discrete data, the model coefficients are defined over the data coefficients on non-Cartesian points. It is shown numerically that a simple linear interpolation provide satisfactory results and in this case implementations of both the inverse operator and its adjoint are fast in the sense that they run in $O(N \;\text{log}\; N)$ flops, where $N$ is the maximum number of samples in the data space or model space. These two canonical operators are utilized for efficient implementation of the sparse Radon transform via the split Bregman iterative method. We provide numerical examples showing high-performance of this method for noise attenuation and wavefield separation in seismic data. Keywords: Parabolic Radon transform, linear Radon transform, slant stack, generalized Fourier slice theorem, seismic multiple attenuation. Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 44A12; Secondary: 86A15. Citation: Ali Gholami, Mauricio D. Sacchi. Time-invariant radon transform by generalized Fourier slice theorem. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2017, 11 (3) : 501-519. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2017023 A. Averbuch, R. Coifman, D. L. Donoho, M. Israeli and Y. Shkonisky, A framework for discrete integral transformation Ⅰ- the pseudo-polar Fourier transform, SIAM J. of Scientific Computing, 30 (2008), 764-784. doi: 10.1137/060650283. Google Scholar A. Averbuch, R. Coifman, D. L. Donoho, M. Israeli, Y. Shkonisky and I. Sedelnikov, A framework for discrete integral transformation Ⅱ-the 2D discrete Radon transform, SIAM J. of Scientific Computing, 30 (2008), 785-803. doi: 10.1137/060650301. Google Scholar S. Basu and Y. Bresler, $O(N^3 \log N)$ backprojection algorithm for the 3D Radon transform, IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, 21 (2002), 76-88. Google Scholar A. Beck and M. Teboulle, A fast iterative shrinkage-thresholding algorithm for linear inverse problems, SIAM J. Imaging Sciences, 2 (2009), 183-202. doi: 10.1137/080716542. Google Scholar G. Beylkin, Discrete Radon transform, IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 35 (1987), 162-172. doi: 10.1109/TASSP.1987.1165108. Google Scholar P. W. Cary, The simplest discrete Radon transform, 68th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, (1998), 1999-2002. doi: 10.1190/1.1820335. Google Scholar R. H. Chan and M. K. Ng, Conjugate gradient methods for Toeplitz systems, SIAM Review, 38 (1996), 427-482. doi: 10.1137/S0036144594276474. Google Scholar S. Chen, D. L. Donoho and M. Saunders, Atomic decomposition by basis pursuit, SIAM J. of Scientific Computation, 20 (1998), 33-61. doi: 10.1137/S1064827596304010. Google Scholar A. Gholami, Nonconvex compressed sensing with frequency mask for seismic data reconstruction and denoising, Geophysical Prospecting, 62 (2014), 1389-1405. Google Scholar A. Gholami, Deconvolutive Radon transform, Geophysics, 82 (2017), V117-V125. doi: 10.1190/geo2016-0377.1. Google Scholar T. Goldstein and S. Osher, The split Bregman method for l1 regularized problems, SIAM J. Imag. Sci., 2 (2009), 323-343. doi: 10.1137/080725891. Google Scholar D. Hampson, Inverse velocity stacking for multiple elimination, 56th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, (1986), 422-424. doi: 10.1190/1.1893060. Google Scholar P. E. Hart, How the Hough transform was invented, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 26 (2008), 18-22. Google Scholar P. Herrmann, T. Mojesky, M. Magesan and P. Hugonnet, De-aliased, high-resolution Radon transforms, 70th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 19 (2000), 1953-1956. doi: 10.1190/1.1815818. Google Scholar K. Hokstad and R. Sollie, 3D surface-related multiple elimination using parabolic sparse inversion, Geophysics, 71 (2006), V145-V152. doi: 10.1190/1.2345050. Google Scholar J. Hsieh, Computed Tomography Principles, Design, Artifacts, and Recent Advances, 2nd Edition, 2nd revised ed. , SPIE Publications, Bellingham, WA, 2015. doi: 10.1117/3.2197756. Google Scholar J. Hu, S. Fomel, L. Demanet and L. Ying, A fast butterfly algorithm for generalized Radon transforms, Geophysics, 78 (2013), U41-U51. doi: 10.1190/geo2012-0240.1. Google Scholar C. Kostov, Toeplitz structure in slant-stack inversion, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, (1990), 1618-1621. doi: 10.1190/1.1890075. Google Scholar W. Lu, An accelerated sparse time-invariant Radon transform in the mixed frequency-time domain based on iterative 2D model shrinkage, Geophysics, 78 (2013), V147-V155. doi: 10.1190/geo2012-0439.1. Google Scholar R. M. Mersereau, Recovering multidimensional signals from their projections, Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 2 (1973), 179-195. doi: 10.1016/0146-664X(73)90026-9. Google Scholar V. Nikitin, F. Andersson, M. Carlsson and A. Duchkov, Fast hyperbolic Radon transform by log-polar convolutions, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, (2016), 4534-4539. doi: 10.1190/segam2016-13943010.1. Google Scholar M. D. Sacchi and M. Porsani, Fast high resolution parabolic Radon transform, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, (1999), 1477-1480. doi: 10.1190/1.1820798. Google Scholar M. Sacchi and T. Ulrych, High-resolution velocity gathers and offset space reconstruction, Geophysics, 60 (1995), 1169-1177. doi: 10.1190/1.1443845. Google Scholar M. Sacchi and T. Ulrych, Improving resolution of Radon operators using a model re-weighted least squares procedure, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 4 (1995), 315-328. Google Scholar M. Schonewille and A. Duijndam, Parabolic Radon transform, sampling and efficiency, Geophysics, 66 (2001), 667-678. doi: 10.1190/1.1444957. Google Scholar J. R. Thorson and J. F. Claerbout, Velocity-stack and slant-stack stochastic inversion, Geophysics, 50 (1985), 2727-2741. doi: 10.1190/1.1441893. Google Scholar D. Trad, T. Ulrych and M. Sacchi, Latest views of the sparse Radon transform, Geophysics, 68 (2003), 386-399. doi: 10.1190/1.1543224. Google Scholar S. Treitel, P. Gutowski and D. Wagner, Plane-wave decomposition of seismograms, Geophysics, 47 (1982), 1375-1401. doi: 10.1190/1.1441287. Google Scholar O. Yilmaz, Velocity stack processing, SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, (1988), 1013-1016. doi: 10.1190/1.1892186. Google Scholar O. Yilmaz, Seismic Data Analysis: Processing, Inversion, and Interpretation of Seismic Data, 2nd edition, Investigations in geophysics, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa, OK, 2001. doi: 10.1190/1.9781560801580. Google Scholar Figure 1. Graphical representation of the Fourier slice theorem. The seismogram $v$ includes a linear event. The projection of $v$ along the slope of the event is the red line shown in $u$ which is the IFT of the radial slice taken from $\hat{v}$ using relation $k_x=fp$ Figure Options Download as PowerPoint slide Figure 2. Graphical representation of the generalized Fourier slice theorem. The seismogram $v$ includes a linear event. The Fourier transform of a trace at offset $x$ is the same as the radical slice taken through the 2-D Fourier transform of its linear Radon transform $u$ using the relation $k_p=f x$ Figure 3. Relation between the grid points of the Radon plane $\hat{u}(f,k_p)$ (in green) and those of the data $\hat{v}(f,x)$ (in black) corresponding to the forward linear (a) and parabolic (c) Radon transforms. (b) and (d) show the grid points for the inverse transformations Figure 4. Simulated 2-D data sets including linear (a) and parabolic (b) events. For both data sets $N_t=N_x=1024$. (c) and (d) are the $f-x$ representation of the data (absolute value). The green paths show constant wavenumber of the corresponding Radon panel. The proposed non-sparse and sparse Radon transforms have been applied to these data and the results are shown in Figures 5 and 6 Figure 5. Non-sparse (a) and sparse (b) linear Radon transform of the data shown in Figure 4(a). (c) and (d) show the predicted data. The sparse solution has been obtained via 20 Bregman iterations with computational time = 1.2 seconds Figure 6. Non-sparse (a) and sparse (b) parabolic Radon transforms of the data shown in Figure 4(b). (c) and (d) show the predicted data. The sparse solution has been obtained by 20 Bregman iterations with computational time = 1.2 seconds Figure 7. (a) and (b) show wiggle plot of the noise contaminated seismic data shown in Figure 4 (SNR=-5 dB). (c) and (d) show denoised data by the proposed sparse Radon transform Figure 8. (a) and (b) show decimated seismic data shown in Figure 4, generated by randomly removing 98 percent of the traces (1000 out of 1024). (c) and (d) show reconstructed data by the proposed sparse Radon transforms Figure 9. A field CMP gather, NMO corrected using the velocity of primaries. Note that the primary waves are flatted (with $p$ values clustered around zero) but multiples show parabolic moveouts Figure 10. (a) Sparse parabolic Radon transform of the field data (Figure 7), obtained by generalized Fourier slice theorem, and (b) the corresponding predicted data. (c) Separated multiples, corresponding to the coefficients enclosed by the rectangle in (a). (d) Separated primaries, obtained by subtraction of (c) from the original wavefield Figure 11. (a) Sparse parabolic Radon transform of the field data (Figure 7), obtained by direct method and FISTA, and (b) the corresponding predicted data. (c) Separated multiples, corresponding to the coefficients enclosed by the rectangle in (a). (d) Separated primaries, obtained by subtraction of (c) from the original wavefield Table 1. Computational time (in sec) for the (non-sparse or least squares) forward parabolic Radon transform via the generalized Fourier slice theorem (GFST) and three linear solvers: Backslash, Levinson, and preconditioned conjugate gradient method with the Chan preconditioner, the speed-up gained over these solvers, and the mean-squared-error compared to the Backslash method.$N_t$ refers to the time length of the square data matrices for the experiments Backslash Levinson PCG-Chan GFST $N_t$ Time Time Time Time speed-up Error Backslash Levinson PCG-Chan $2^9$ 4.6480 6.3021 1.2668 0.0181 256 348 69 43e-7 $2^{10}$ 49.485 32.273 8.3074 0.0615 804 524 135 24e-7 $2^{11}$ 595.83 179.41 33.672 0.2447 2434 733 137 11e-7 $2^{12}$ 7707.0 1384.2 290.30 1.0561 7297 1310 274 60e-8 Table Options Download as excel Table 2. Number of iterations, average time per iteration, and total computational time (in sec) for the sparse parabolic Radon transform via Algorithm 1.$N_t$ refers to the time length of the square data matrices for the experiments $N_t$ Number of iterations Average time per iteration Total time $2^9$ 83 0.0332 2.7516 $2^{10}$ 70 0.1589 11.122 $2^{12}$ 58 2.4840 144.07 Table 3. Computational time (in sec) for the inverse parabolic Radon transform via direct sums and the generalized Fourier slice theorem (GFST), speed-up, and mean-squared-error compared to the direct method.$N_t$ refers to the time length of the square data matrices for the experiments $N_t$ Time Speed-up Error Direct sums GFST $2^9$ 0.2844 0.0112 25 12e-5 $2^{10}$ 2.5050 0.0497 50 11e-6 $2^{11}$ 17.926 0.2139 84 33e-7 $2^{12}$ 137.45 0.8475 162 34e-7 Simon Gindikin. A remark on the weighted Radon transform on the plane. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2010, 4 (4) : 649-653. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2010.4.649 Michael Krause, Jan Marcel Hausherr, Walter Krenkel. Computing the fibre orientation from Radon data using local Radon transform. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2011, 5 (4) : 879-891. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2011.5.879 Sunghwan Moon. Inversion of the spherical Radon transform on spheres through the origin using the regular Radon transform. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2016, 15 (3) : 1029-1039. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2016.15.1029 Hans Rullgård, Eric Todd Quinto. Local Sobolev estimates of a function by means of its Radon transform. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2010, 4 (4) : 721-734. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2010.4.721 C E Yarman, B Yazıcı. A new exact inversion method for exponential Radon transform using the harmonic analysis of the Euclidean motion group. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2007, 1 (3) : 457-479. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2007.1.457 Jean-François Crouzet. 3D coded aperture imaging, ill-posedness and link with incomplete data radon transform. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2011, 5 (2) : 341-353. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2011.5.341 Jan Boman. A local uniqueness theorem for weighted Radon transforms. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2010, 4 (4) : 631-637. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2010.4.631 Georgi Grahovski, Rossen Ivanov. Generalised Fourier transform and perturbations to soliton equations. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2009, 12 (3) : 579-595. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2009.12.579 Juan H. Arredondo, Francisco J. Mendoza, Alfredo Reyes. On the norm continuity of the hk-fourier transform. Electronic Research Announcements, 2018, 25: 36-47. doi: 10.3934/era.2018.25.005 Fahd Jarad, Thabet Abdeljawad. Generalized fractional derivatives and Laplace transform. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2018, 0 (0) : 709-722. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2020039 Michael Music. The nonlinear Fourier transform for two-dimensional subcritical potentials. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2014, 8 (4) : 1151-1167. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2014.8.1151 Jan-Cornelius Molnar. On two-sided estimates for the nonlinear Fourier transform of KdV. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2016, 36 (6) : 3339-3356. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.3339 Matti Viikinkoski, Mikko Kaasalainen. Shape reconstruction from images: Pixel fields and Fourier transform. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2014, 8 (3) : 885-900. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2014.8.885 Barbara Brandolini, Francesco Chiacchio, Jeffrey J. Langford. Estimates for sums of eigenvalues of the free plate via the fourier transform. Communications on Pure & Applied Analysis, 2020, 19 (1) : 113-122. doi: 10.3934/cpaa.2020007 Siamak RabieniaHaratbar. Support theorem for the Light-Ray transform of vector fields on Minkowski spaces. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2018, 12 (2) : 293-314. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2018013 Venkateswaran P. Krishnan, Plamen Stefanov. A support theorem for the geodesic ray transform of symmetric tensor fields. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2009, 3 (3) : 453-464. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2009.3.453 Nam Yul Yu. A Fourier transform approach for improving the Levenshtein's lower bound on aperiodic correlation of binary sequences. Advances in Mathematics of Communications, 2014, 8 (2) : 209-222. doi: 10.3934/amc.2014.8.209 Daniel Fusca. The Madelung transform as a momentum map. Journal of Geometric Mechanics, 2017, 9 (2) : 157-165. doi: 10.3934/jgm.2017006 Doǧan Çömez. The modulated ergodic Hilbert transform. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2009, 2 (2) : 325-336. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2009.2.325 Sean Holman, Plamen Stefanov. The weighted Doppler transform. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2010, 4 (1) : 111-130. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2010.4.111 HTML views (25) Ali Gholami Mauricio D. Sacchi	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line891
__label__wiki	0.932219	0.932219	Assad hits a wall in Syrian war as front lines harden By Online Desk, Nasima Shoma President Bashar al-Assad's assault in the northwest has been met with a painful rebel counterpunch that underlines Turkish resolve to keep the area out of his hands and shows why he will struggle to take back more of Syria by force. More than two months of Russian-backed operations in and around Idlib province have yielded little or nothing for Assad's side. It marks a rare case of a military campaign that has not gone his way since Russia intervened in 2015. While resisting government attacks, the insurgents have managed to carve out small advances of their own, drawing on ample stocks of guided anti-tank missiles that opposition and diplomatic sources say have been supplied by Turkey. "They're even targeting personnel with these missiles ... it means they are comfortably supplied," a rebel source said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was discussing rebel military capabilities. Turkey's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on reports that Ankara has stepped supplies of arms to rebels. With Turkey committed to the rebels, the battle for the northwest stands in stark contrast to a campaign in the southwest a year ago, when Western and Arab states stood by as Assad and his Russian- and Iranian-backed allies took the area. Despite Russian backing in the latest fighting, questions have arisen over whether Assad and his allies are entirely on the same page when it comes to the northwest, where Turkey has deployed forces in agreement with Russia and Iran. Moscow has appeared keen to preserve its ties with Ankara even as its air force bombs in support of Assad: Turkey says Russia has intervened to stop attacks on Turkish forces from Syrian government-held territory. And this time there has been no sign of a major role for Iranian-backed Shi'ite forces that have helped Assad to victories in parts of Syria that are of greater interest to Iran, including territory near Iraq, Lebanon and Israel. The capture of the southwest a year ago remains Assad's last big gain. The prospects of further advances have been obstructed not only by Turkish interests in the northwest but also the presence of US forces in the east and northeast. American troops are still supporting Kurdish-led fighters following a reversal of President Donald Trump's decision last December to pull them all out. After more than eight years of war, this leaves Syria carved up into areas of US, Russian, Turkish and Iranian influence that seem unlikely to be stitched back together any time soon. "We could see the front lines harden and remain like that for some time, where either the appetite or capability to fight through them is not there on the part of the regime or its allies," said a Western diplomat speaking anonymously in order to offer a candid assessment. India asks Pakistan to free Kulbhushan Jadhav Chandrayan-2 to take off on July 22 UN court asks Pakistan to review Indian 'spy' death penalty	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line892
__label__wiki	0.532762	0.532762	Home / A Slider / LAST POST David Hinkson The hum of dozens of motorcycle postal workers twice took over sections of the ABC Highway in the funeral procession today of Postmaster General Margaret Ashby. A procession of Barbados Postal Service workers on their motorbikes acted as outriders as the former Postmaster General’s mortal remains made their way to the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens. The cortege first proceeded to the Seventh Day Adventist Auditorium at Oldbury, St. Philip, where relatives, friends, fellow churchgoers and staff of the Barbados Postal Service gathered to say farewell to Ashby, who died two weeks ago after a battle with multiple myeloma. During the service, many remembered her as a lady who always gave wise counsel, worked diligently to achieve her goals and encouraged others to do the same, was passionate about her work, praised the achievements of her colleagues; someone who was always there for her family, and someone with “an unwavering and profound love for God”. Daughter Lana Ashby, an assistant professor of Durnham University, said her mother left her and her sister, Lisa, with three significant legacies. “Spiritually, she always told us to put God first, and even at exam time we still had to go to church every night there was a service. She gave us wise financial principles and encouraged us to secure “a piece of the rock” for ourselves before we reached 30 years old; and psychologically, she knew the odds she faced growing up and always pushed us to work hard to achieve our goals, including having us recite all our multiplication tables on the way to and from school and restricting our television viewing to only three channels and a maximum of one hour – half an hour during school time,” she said. “Don’t forget to pay your bills at the Post Office, I want to keep my people employed,” her daughter and her nephew recalled the postal chief as saying frequently. Ashby also kept newspaper clippings of any positive reports on customer service from her workers, who all spoke of her dedication to duty, even coming in during her vacations for meetings and on one day staging a special luncheon to celebrate her immediate staff. Williams eulogized the Postmaster General’s passion for her work, outlining her vision for the Postal Service up to the end of her life. Recalling his final conversation with his aunt at the hospital, Williams said “she asked about what was happening in Barbados, and looked forward to talking to the new minister about all the plans she had for the Postal Service. “For example, she wanted to tell him about leveraging the network of the postal service to make it easier for Barbadians to pay their obligations to central Government. In other words, she believed she still had work to do”. He also recalled his “Aunt Cheryl’s love of family: “When my mother’s breast cancer returned and had spread to her lungs, Aunt Cheryl spent every weekend with her, praying for her and taking care of her every need. My mother passed in February this year, and little did we expect that Aunt Cheryl would go so soon afterwards, but life is fickle at times. “Aunt Cheryl was not shy to give advice, and she had the ‘annoying habit’ of always being right. In her last conversation with her family, she gave us a sermon and asked us to pray at the end of it. We also heard her whisper, ‘Lord, my healing is in Your hands’, and the theme of her sermon was No excuses. She reminded us, ‘There is no excuse not to go after your goals, hard work seldom fails, and there is no excuse not to have a relationship with God.’” In his homily, Pastor Winston Cooke reminded the congregation, “We are only here for a short time; we must use that time wisely so we can say ‘thank you’ when it comes to an end.” He then counselled them on what he would do if today was his last day on earth: “I would recommit myself to God; tell my immediate family how much I love them; make sure that I am at peace with everyone, that I bear no malice, envy or hatred towards anyone, and to mend fences if things are not so great, and to ensure all my legal and financial matters are in order. At the end of it all, the relationships we build with God, our family and the people around us are what matter most.” At the end of the service, the entourage of postal workers on motorcycles accompanied her cortege to the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens for her burial. (DH) ← From ‘Ermie’ to Mia – a Barbadian story #BTEditorial – The judicial process needs no media flavouring → 3 thoughts on “LAST POST” desert rat What a tribute! May the soul of this dedicated lady to family and to country, rest in peace. I pray that her successor will not allow her legacy to fall by the wayside and that he/she will forge his/her own mantel of loyalty to our nation and its people and take the postal service to even higher hights. Rest in peace. A life well lived. she was a very respectful lady..R.I .P	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line894
__label__wiki	0.987672	0.987672	Sagaba Konate Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/SagabaKonate West Virginia F Konate declares for NBA draft MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia shot-blocking specialist Sagaba Konate, who missed most of this past season with a knee injury, has declared for the NBA draft. 2 more West Virginia men’s hoops players seeking transfers MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Two more West Virginia men's basketball players are looking to transfer and reduce coach Bob Huggins' already thin roster for the 2019-20 season. Injured West Virginia guard James Bolden removed from roster MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's already thin roster has shrunk even further with the departure of guard James "Beetle" Bolden. Bolden, who has not played since late January with a... WVU looks to sweep OU West Virginia (11-17, 3-12) vs. Oklahoma (17-11, 5-10) Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma seeks revenge on West Virginia after dropping... Kansas, W Virginia out 8 key players for Saturday showdown By DAVE SKRETTAFebruary 15, 2019 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Take the eight players combined that West Virginia and Kansas currently have sitting on the bench — or at home — and you'd have a team capable of winning the Big 12 title this season. Might even have a team capable of winning the NCAA title. WVU squeaks by Jacksonville State 74-72 By JOHN LOWEDecember 22, 2018 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Wesley Harris scored a career-high 20 points and had eight rebounds to lead West Virginia over Jacksonville State 74-72 on Saturday. Despite a sloppy shooting performance in the first half (13 of 34), the Mountaineers (7-4) got out to as much as a nine-point lead over the Gamecocks. However, Jacksonville State (7-5) reduced its deficit and even took the lead with under five minutes to go. West Virginia reinstates suspended forward Derek Culver MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Suspended forward Derek Culver has been reinstated to West Virginia's basketball team. Coach Bob Huggins announced the freshman's reinstatement Tuesday. The 6-foot-10 Culver is a native of Youngstown, Ohio. He was suspended Nov. 15 for an undisclosed violation of team rules and has not played this season. WVU slugs out win over Pitt 69-59 in Backyard Brawl By JOHN LOWEDecember 8, 2018 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Beetle Bolden scored 18 points to lead West Virginia to a 69-59 win over archrival Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl on Saturday. The Mountaineers (6-3) won the defensive slugfest by doing what they do best, force turnovers. Pitt's 24 turnovers led to 22 points for their former Big East rivals. WVU also struggled however, with 26 turnovers throughout the game, the most by a Mountaineer team since 2002. West Virginia trounces Youngstown State 106-72 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — James "Beetle" Bolden and Esa Ahmad each scored 15 points to lead West Virginia over Youngstown State 106-72 on Saturday. It took no time at all for the offense to get started for the Mountaineers (5-2), as Bolden scored 11 points in the first five minutes, leading WVU on a 16-5 opening run. "Our ball movement and our movement in general is a lot better," West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins said. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — James "Beetle" Bolden and Esa Ahmad each scored 15 points to lead West Virginia over Youngstown State, 106-72, on Saturday. Ahmad, Konate have career days as WVU beats Valpo 88-76 By JOHN LOWENovember 24, 2018 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Esa Ahmad and Sagaba Konate lit up in the second half and combined for 56 points to lift West Virginia over feisty Valparaiso 88-76 on Saturday. After starting the game with only two points, both coming from the foul line, Konate lit up the second half for the Mountaineers (3-2) with a career-high 26 points, including a career-high five three-pointers, and earned a double-double with 10 rebounds. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Esa Ahmad and Sagaba Konate lit up in the second half and combined for 56 points to lift West Virginia over feisty Valparaiso 88-76 on Saturday afternoon. West Virginia signs forward Oscar Tshiebwe MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Forward Oscar Tshiebwe has signed a letter-of-intent to play basketball at West Virginia next season. Coach Bob Huggins announced the signing of the 6-foot-9 Tshiebwe (SHOO'-bway) on Monday. Huggins says Tshiebwe is an elite rebounder and will give the Mountaineers "a force inside." He chose West Virginia over Kentucky, Baylor and Illinois. The Latest: West Virginia beats Monmouth 71-53 CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the Myrtle Beach Invitational (all times local): Esa Ahmad had 16 points on Thursday night and Sagaba Konate added 14 with eight rebounds and four blocks to help West Virginia beat Monmouth 71-53 in the opening round of the Myrtle Beach Invitational. The Mountaineers (1-1) will play Western Kentucky in the semifinals Friday. West Virginia preview capsule By The Associated PressOctober 25, 2018 Last season: 26-11, lost to Villanova in East Region semifinals. Nickname: Mountaineers Coach: Bob Huggins Who's gone: G Jevon Carter, the team's leading scorer and two-time Big 12 defensive player of the year; G Daxter Miles Jr.; F Teddy Allen; F Maciej Bender. Who's back: F Sagaba Konate, 10.8 PPG. 7.6 RPG; F Esa Ahmad, 10.2 PPG; F Lamont West, 9.4 PPG; G James "Beetle" Bolden, 8.7 PPG; F Wes Harris, 5.3 PPG; F Logan Routt; G Chase Harler. West Virginia’s Konate withdraws from NBA draft MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia forward Sagaba Konate has withdrawn from the NBA draft and will return to school for the 2018-19 season. West Virginia announced Konate's intentions Thursday. Konate entered the draft process last month but didn't hire an agent. He had until May 30 to decide whether to return to school or remain in the draft. West Virginia’s Ahmad entering NBA draft, won’t hire agent MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia forward Esa Ahmad plans to enter the NBA draft but won't hire an agent. West Virginia announced the junior's intentions Thursday. Ahmad must decide by May 30 whether to stay in school or remain in the draft. Coach Bob Huggins says the draft process will enable Ahmad to gain valuable feedback while leaving his options open to return to the Mountaineers. AP's Member Network: The Herald-DispatchWVU's Sagaba Konate declares for NBA DraftApril 23, 2019 The Herald-DispatchWVU working on medical redshirt for Sagaba KonateMarch 19, 2019 The Herald-DispatchWVU's Sagaba Konate was his swatting self SaturdayDecember 11, 2018 West Virginia’s Konate to enter NBA draft, won’t hire agent MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia forward Sagaba Konate plans to enter the NBA draft but won't hire an agent. West Virginia announced Konate's intentions Tuesday. The sophomore must decide by May 30 whether to return to school or remain in the draft. Konate averaged 10.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.2 blocked shots per game this season. His 116 blocks were second all-time for a season in school history to D'or Fischer's 124 in 2003-04. Villanova back in Elite 8 as 3s spoil W. Virginia pressure By KYLE HIGHTOWERMarch 24, 2018 BOSTON (AP) — Villanova's 3-point party rolled past the intense pressure of West Virginia to bring the Wildcats to the doorstep of another Final Four two seasons after winning a national championship. The top-seeded Wildcats continued their outside feast in the NCAA Tournament, downing the fifth-seeded Mountaineers 90-78 on Friday night to earn their second trip to the regional finals in three seasons. West Virginia survives Young’s 32 points to beat Oklahoma By CLIFF BRUNTFebruary 6, 2018 NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Finally, West Virginia looked like a Bob Huggins-coached team. Lamont West scored 17 points, and the 19th-ranked Mountaineers survived a 32-point night from Oklahoma's Trae Young to escape with a 75-73 win over the 17th-ranked Sooners on Monday night. The Mountaineers had lost five of seven, but they found their groove by playing the solid defense they have become known for against an Oklahoma team that had averaged 97.5 points per game at home. No. 2 West Virginia escapes with 57-54 win over Baylor By JOHN RABYJanuary 10, 2018 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Handed its highest ranking in 58 years, West Virginia was lethargic against Baylor for nearly the entire game. It took Jevon Carter getting free for the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute to keep the nation's longest winning streak going. Carter, a senior, got around a screen set by teammate Sagaba Konate to sink a long jumper from the right wing with 57.5 seconds left and No. 2 West Virginia escaped with a 57-54 victory Tuesday night. No. 6 West Virginia beats No. 7 Oklahoma 89-76 By JOHN RABYJanuary 7, 2018 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Every season, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins seems to have someone ready to jump off the bench in a scoring mood. Teddy Allen has become that guy for the Mountaineers at the start of the Big 12 season. The freshman's nickname? Buckets. The reserve forward scored 20 points in 24 minutes, Sagaba Konate had 14 of his 16 points in the second half and No. 6 West Virginia beat No. 7 Oklahoma 89-76 on Saturday night. No. 10 WVU beats Fordham 86-69 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jevon Carter and Sagaba Konate had double-doubles to lead No. 10 West Virginia to its picked up his second double-double 11th straight victory, 86-69 over Fordham on Saturday. The Mountaineers (11-1) started out a little sluggish but managed a 16-point lead with 4 minutes left in the first half. Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins wasn't impressed with the win. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jevon Carter picked up his second double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 assists to lead No. 10 West Virginia to an 86-69 victory over Fordham on Saturday. The Mountaineers (11-1) started out a little sluggish in the first half, unable to prevent Fordham runs over the first 7 minutes of the game. James Bolden and Sagaba Konate led a couple of WVU scoring runs before halftime to stretch the lead as high as 16 points with 4 minutes remaining before halftime. Allen leads No. 10 WVU over Coppin State 77-38 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Bob Huggins has never been one to mince words so it wasn't a surprise when he described No. 10 West Virginia's 77-38 victory over winless Coppin State as "horrific." Teddy Allen scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Mountaineers (10-1), who struggled in the first 10 minutes of the game, shooting 5 of 23 over the first 13 minutes Wednesday night. No. 23 WVU beats Long Beach State 91-62 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Once West Virginia turned on the heat, there was too much offense for Long Beach State. Lamont West paved the way with 22 points, one shy of a career high, and the 23rd-ranked Mountaineers beat the 49ers 91-62 on Monday night. For the second time in a week, West Virginia (3-1) started out sluggish, trailing LBSU 9-6 at the first media timeout. WVU responded with an 18-5 run over the next 6:32 and finished the first half with a 10-1 run to create some cushion. Last season: 28-9, lost to Gonzaga in West Regional semifinals Who's gone: F Nathan Adrian, G Tarik Phillip, F Elijah Macon. Who's back: G Jevon Carter, the reigning Big 12 defensive player of the year, averaged 13.5 points, five rebounds, 2.5 steals and was the team's top 3-pointer shooter last season; G Daxter Miles Jr. averaged 8.8 points; F Lamont West; F Sagaba Konate; G James Bolden, F Maciej Bender. No. 20 West Virginia cruises past Mount St. Mary’s 87-59 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — With a big lead in the season opener, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins got a chance to get his youngest players some valuable experience. Nathan Adrian scored 13 points and No. 20 West Virginia cruised past Mount St. Mary's 87-59 on Friday night to win its fourth straight opener. Sagaba Konate had 11 points and six rebounds in 12 minutes during a matchup of schools both nicknamed the Mountaineers. He was one of five West Virginia freshmen to play.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line908
__label__wiki	0.903221	0.903221	Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/a7b2870c8e704e93aabf21bb14ec78a2 Jose Altuve Altuve homers twice as Astros sweep Yankees for first time By KRISTIE RIEKENApril 11, 2019 Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (27) watches his second home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve needed video review to confirm his first home run Wednesday night. His second shot was a no-doubter — just like the Houston Astros’ status as a team to beat in the American League. Altuve hit two homers, Carlos Correa homered with three RBIs and the Astros completed their first ever sweep of the New York Yankees with an 8-6 win Wednesday night. The Astros required late-game comebacks to win the first two games of the series but used a four-run fifth inning to break the finale open and held on for their sixth straight win despite a big eighth inning by the Yankees. It’s the first time since 2004 the Astros have swept a homestand of at least two series. They beat the Athletics three times this weekend before the Yankees arrived. The 5-foot-6 Altuve didn’t have an explanation for his recent power surge. “I want to know, too to do it again,” he said. “I’m as surprised as you are. I’m not used to hitting this many homers in two or three games, but I’ll take it.” Manager AJ Hinch said Altuve’s health and timing have contributed to the recent barrage, but he isn’t surprised by anything the 2017 AL MVP does. “He’s seeing the ball, sure, picking the right pitches of course (but) he’s just pretty damn good,” he said. Altuve hit his first one off James Paxton (1-2) to tie it at 1 in the first inning after Brett Gardner hit a leadoff homer for New York. Altuve’s hit was initially ruled a double, but a review showed it cleared the wall. The Astros were up by 1 with no outs in the fifth inning when Altuve connected off Paxton again. The towering shot clanged off the light pole atop the wall in left field to make it 4-2. A single by Michael Brantley chased Paxton, who was replaced by Tommy Kahnle. He was greeted by a two-run home run by Correa that extended Houston’s lead to 6-2. Houston made it 7-2 on an RBI single by Jake Marisnick with two outs in the inning. Houston starter Collin McHugh (2-1) allowed four hits and two runs while striking out nine in six innings for his second straight win. Yankees slugger Luke Voit hit a two-run homer off Josh James with no outs in the eighth, DJ LeMahieu hit an RBI double and Clint Frazier added a sacrifice fly to make it 7-6. There were two outs in the inning and a runner on third when Ryan Pressly took over and struck out pinch-hitter Gary Sanchez. Pressly stayed on for the ninth, allowing one hit in a scoreless inning for his first save. The Astros jumped on Paxton for eight hits and five runs in four-plus innings after he went 4-0 with a 2.05 ERA in four starts against them last year while with Seattle. He wasn’t helped when Gardner badly misplayed Yuli Gurriel’s drive to center, resulting in an RBI triple in the first. “We got to tighten up a little bit, play a little bit better, but I believe we are really close to turning the corner ... this is a little bump in the road,” manager Aaron Boone said. “That is inevitable in a major league season, and we will work our way out of it.” Yankees: Sanchez didn’t start Wednesday because of tightness in his lower leg. ... 3B Miguel Andujar (right shoulder) made 25 throws from 60 feet Wednesday. “I think he felt a lot better than he expected,” Boone said. He will play catch and swing a bat Friday. If that goes well, he’ll start throwing from 90 feet Saturday. ... OF Giancarlo Stanton (left biceps strain) hit off a tee on Wednesday. ... OF Aaron Hicks (lower back strain) will do soft toss, hit off a tee and run on a treadmill this week, and Boone said they hope that by next Wednesday he’ll be hitting in the cage and be on the field running and throwing. Astros: 3B Alex Bregman was out of the lineup Wednesday after leaving late in Tuesday night’s game with a sore hamstring. Manager AJ Hinch doesn’t think the problem is serious and hopes that he can return Friday. YANKEES MOVE New York optioned RHP Jonathan Loaisiga to Triple-A after Tuesday’s game and recalled RHP Joe Harvey from Scranton before Wednesday’s game. Harvey made his major league debut in the fifth inning and yielded one hit in two scoreless innings. Yankees: New York is off Thursday before beginning a series against the Chicago White Sox on Friday. The Yankees haven’t announced their Friday starter, but Boone said CC Sabathia will come off the injured list to make his first start of the season Saturday. Astros: Houston has a day off Thursday and opens a three-game series at Seattle with Wade Miley (1-1, 2.31 ERA) on Friday night. Miley allowed four hits in 5 2/3 scoreless innings to get the win against Oakland in his last start.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line909
__label__wiki	0.530701	0.530701	Blogging Bluesfest 2013: Kelly Sloan By François Levesque on July 3, 2013 Kelly Sloan‘s a country girl at heart. She was born in the Ottawa Valley and still plays most of her shows there. Proof of this is her series of recent past gigs: Almonte, Perth, Calabogie, Ashton… so it will be a special treat to have Kelly at Bluesfest, even if it’s off-site at the Rideau Centre. She (re)discovered her singing voice living on the East Coast and has since been performing all over Ontario. She has two albums under her name, Always Changes (2008) and Kelly Sloan (2010), on which she brought musicians like Rob Crowell (Deer Tick), Kinley Dowling (Hey Rosetta!), Dan Ledwell (Kathleen Edwards) and Mike Farrington (Garret Mason). Back from a busy Canada Day weekend in Almonte, she took a few minutes to answer our questions over the interweb. How would you describe your sound? I always have a hard time coming up with the proper description, but in a nutshell, indie folk with a soul vibe. I tend to just write whatever I feel like writing. Sometimes it’s a jazzy tune, sometimes it’s a soul ballad, sometimes it’s a folk song. How long have you been playing music, and how long has your sound evolved over that time? I started classical training when I was 10 and eventually rebelled around 18 and gave it up for a while. About 6 years ago, I ended up in Halifax recording some backups for a friend. Someone suggested that I try writing a song and so I did. We recorded that one, then 10 more, then had an album. I eventually made another and figured I might as well try the songwriter thing for while. Now here I am. Totally stuck in this. It took me a long time to break from the mould of my classical training and find my voice. It’s still a work in progress. But I’m starting to become more confident with my sound and my performance. I think the new songs for the upcoming album reflect that. What are you hoping to get out of your bluesfest performance? Basically, I’m hoping some rich person will be walking by and will say “hey, I have a yacht and I will pay you a million dollars a month to play on it.” That’s basically what I’ve been working towards. Are there any other bands on the bill you are excited to see? Well, usually I just go to Bluesfest and wander around watching different shows. That’s how I discover incredible new bands that I had never heard of. But of course, I’ll be checking out the favourites: B.B. King, Neko Case, Wu-Tang. What’s your favourite make-out spot in Ottawa? I haven’t been in Ottawa long enough to know the best make out spot. However, I’ve definitely observed late night on Elgin St. to be a favourite of many. Below is Kelly playing “If I Need You” at Slungshot Studios in Almonte, Ontario. Kelly will play at the Rideau Centre, Saturday, July 6 at 12pm. Always Changes, Bluesfest 2013, Kelly Sloan Bluesfest: Day 1 Preview Bluesfest, Festivals, Interviews, Music, Sights & Sounds Kelly Sloan plans two local release shows for new album General, Interviews, Music, Sights & Sounds Marvest: Apt613 Presents Kelly Sloan CityFolk, General, Interviews, Music, Sights & Sounds 613 Style File: Bluesfest Babes Edition This is not a review: My Wu-Tang, from Shaolin 1993 to Bluesfest 2013 Blogging Bluesfest 2013: Three Little Birds	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line915
__label__cc	0.70512	0.29488	Ordinary Times New Reform Club Tom Van Dyke Tim Kowal Dutch Courage The Archives of Tim Kowal and Tom Van Dyke Divorcing Obama November 2, 2012 Tom Van Dyke 43 Comments WaPo, via InstaP: Well, a WaPo blog. Wouldn’t want stuff like this getting out in the actual fishwrap. Tom Van Dyke, businessman, musician, bon vivant and game-show champ (The Joker's Wild, and Win Ben Stein's Money), knows lots of stuff, although not quite everything yet. A past contributor to The American Spectator Online, the late great Reform Club blog, and currently on religion and the American Founding at American Creation, TVD continues to write on matters of both great and small importance from his ranch type style tract house high on a hill above Los Angeles. Previous Article← The Limited Moral Case Against Wealth Inequality Next ArticleA single-issue election: Do we or don’t we care about the debt in the short term? → Yahn. Why don’t we hear about evangelical blacks? Wonder how much of the “defecting” of Republicans is caused by them changing registration to Democrat??? I mean, if you changed to vote Obama over Hillary, you mgiht still plausibly call yourself a Republican. But four years later? cmon… Kolohe The thing is, of course, as you head down the chart, you get to proportionally smaller and smaller segments of the 2008 ‘Obama Coalition’. So large percentage defections don’t really translate to that many votes in the big picture. and iirc the ‘women’ defection needed to be around 20% for Romney to cover the gender gap. J.L. Wall Except the topline number points toward nearly 7% of the electorate shifting to Romney in the coming election from 2008 numbers — or, in the less Obama-friendly way of looking at it, his percentage plummeting to 44%. Those numbers point toward a Romney landslide — so I’m more than a little skeptical, given the rest of the polling. As for what the breakdown tells us — which groups are, in fact, more likely than others to “divorce” Obama — I’m willing to believe the rankings. That the “die-hards” category includes Hispanic voters points, I think, toward one of the GOP’s future problems — that number can’t be something they want to see. Those numbers point toward a Romney landslide — so I’m more than a little skeptical, given the rest of the polling. Agreed. That’s why this really isn’t an interesting topic to pursue, if you know what I mean. Jeff No-Last-Name Also, it doesn’t show the reverse — how many people who voted for McCain are voting for Obama? Useless, really. 13% of 69 million votes = ~8 million votes http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/156589/ Interesting number crunching from reader John Bono: This looks like a good math experiment to try and predict the popular vote for ’12. In ’08, Obama had 52.9% of the vote(69,456,897), and McCain had 45.7% of the vote(59,934,814). According to the Washington Post, only 87% are committing to voting for Obama, and 13% are going to vote for Romney. 3% are either unsure, or voting for someone else. Let’s be generous, and assume 1.5 points of that 3% are going to Obama, 1 point is going to Romney, and .5 point to third parties. . Assuming this poll is halfway accurate(a big giant if), that means Obama can reliably count on 88.5% of his ’08 electorate. That means Obama’s vote total of the ’08 vote will be 61.5 million give or take(88.5% of ’08 voters). It also means that Romney’s ’08 vote total will be (69,456,897.135) + 59,934,814, or 69.3 million, give or take . That’s the 13.5% of disaffected Obama voters plus McCain voters. Note this does not take into account the wild differences between GOP and Dem motivation of ’08 vs. now. I’m sure there’s the Elvis Factor, the McCain voter who’s going Obama in 2012, but the Obama defector is not an insignificance. Morat20 You can’t spot the flaw, can you? I’ll give you a few to consider: 1) First time voters. 2) Irregular voters. 3) Third parties. 4) Turnout changes. 5) Demographic changes (minority demographics, party affiliation demographics, etc). That…”math experiment”…is hilarious. It’s undoubtably what innumerate people think pollsters or the evil Nate Silver do. Anyways, the five simple examples listed above should be enough to invalidate any conclusions from that…(hehe) “math experiment”. Hmm. That was probably unnecessarily combative. Anyways, just stick to the high points: There are a number of variable factors that that ‘math experiment’ simply doesn’t address which renders the numbers utterly useless. They’d be worth something IF AND ONLY IF the 2012 electorate was identical to the 2008 in every respect. Same number of people, exact same demographics, same party identfication (down to third party support). Those are rather critical questions that pollsters routinely work with, because if you ignore them your numbers are basically useless meanderings. I mean, think about it — if 13% of Obama’s 2008 voters defected, but that combined demographic grew 15%, Obama’s still up 2%. (Numbers invented from whole cloth). Since things like party identification and other demographics have changed since 2008 (as well as the size of the voting population) you can’t run numbers like that and have them mean anything. Another example: A lot of Americans turned 18 after 2008. Their turnout percentage is low, but Romney ain’t lighting them on fire either. (They break for Obama pretty heavily). That math experiment is a waste of someone’s time, but I can certainly imagine those useless numbers will get pulled out to prove something dumb, sooner or later. The image at the top is kinda useless without scaling, either. How big is “2% of liberal democrats” compared to 50% of Republicans? What if you’re a liberal democrat and black? Did you get counted once or twice? What about Protestant women with degrees? Are they counted like four times? Or just once? ugh*. Just crappy infographic work there. Tod Kelly Oh, well if it’s from pajamas media, sure. I was thinking it was from some biased hack site. Nothing prejudiced against the back-of-the-envelope math. Even a BJuicer could do it. As for the diehards, we have the irreligious, and some of the rich. Otherwise, the question arises how the Dems will do next time around when their nominee similarly lacks a certain demographic appeal. If Romney wins the EC and takes the popular vote by 8 million, I’ll write a $100 check to the charity of your choice, TVD. No need for you to even reciprocate, just name your charity before the end of the weekend. Young Republicans! But really, TVD’s defense of this travesty is that it’s back of the envelope stuff that a Balloon Juicer would do … so it’s totes legit! {{Recall the earlier comment about propaganda??? Yeah??? That’s all I’m gonna say about that.}} “3% are either unsure, or voting for someone else.” That’s 2 to 3 points lower than the typical ‘undecided/not sure’ response in polling, and if anything I would expect more fence sitters when specifically measuring for defectors and loyalists. And I’m not sure that tracking polls (which is the source of the data) are the best way to measure this – you’re actually looking for a snapshot not a trend. Voters divorcing Obama is a fact. Sorry that upsets people. If he squeaks through, he will be the first president to win a 2nd term less convincingly than the first. Medved:Among the 24 elected presidents who sought second terms, all 15 who earned back-to-back victories drew more support in bids for re-election than they did in their previous campaigns. In the past century, this base-broadening for re-elected presidents hasn’t been modest or subtle. When Woodrow Wilson campaigned for re-election in 1916 (without Teddy Roosevelt as a third party competitor), his percentage of the popular vote soared by 7 points. Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 enhanced his already formidable popularity by 4 percentage points, and Dwight Eisenhower’s landslide re-election in 1956 saw his share of the electorate rise from 55% to 57%. Richard Nixon’s improvement amounted to a staggering 17 points in 1972, while Ronald Reagan’s re-election percentage went up by 8 points. More recently, Bill Clinton faced Ross Perot’s “Reform Party” challenge in both his presidential contests but nonetheless raised his popular vote percentage from 43% in 1992 to 49% in his 1996 re-election campaign against Bob Dole. Even George W. Bush, whose disputed victory in 2000 and tumultuous first term produced toxic levels of partisan rancor, substantially improved his standing with the public, drawing an impressive 11.6 million more votes in his 2004 re-election campaign than in his contest with Al Gore, improving from 48% of the popular vote to a slight majority. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/story/2012-07-24/medved-obama-reelection-chances/56462732/1 And again, if folks don’t like Medved, or don’t like his facts, that’s a shame but it doesn’t change anything. It is what it is. This also holds some questions for 2016, since I submit Barack enjoys a certain support for the historic-ness of his becoming president that no other candidate is likely to enjoy in our lifetimes. Ah, he thinks folks are upset that some ’08 Obama voters are not voting for him this time. Isn’t it cute how he manages to deceive himself about what folks are criticizing. I’m one of those Obama divorcees, TVD. Do you really think I’m upset that you’re pointing out I’m not alone? Congrats, you’ve managed to become a parody of your own self. Dr. Hanley, your $100 donation to the USO will be appreciated, per and regardless of the terms you set in this comment https://ordinary-times.com/timkowal/2012/11/divorcing-obama/#comment-25002 terms I do not propose as a bet or a prediction. Just send it, a good and worthy cause. I want nothing to do with you, James, not even in LoOG comments sections—but in the off chance you are obliged to pay up if Romney wins by the high bar you’ve set, I accept—you just bought my giving you the time of day. In future, if you want me to give you the time of day, it’ll cost you $100 to the USO. Until then, good day, Dr. Hanley. I wish us both good luck, most of all, the USO. Lovely, Tom, you act as though I’m setting too high a bar when I’m using the very numbers that you quote approvingly. Run from them, you coward, even though I didn’t even ask you to put anything on the line. Of course you don’t want anything to do with me, you don’t want anyone calling you on your intellectual cowardice and dishonesty. Run, coward, run. “If he squeaks through, he will be the first president to win a 2nd term less convincingly than the first.” That’s exactly what I’m predicting will happen, Mr. Van Dyke. Obama will be a two term President, but the very lamest of the political lame ducks in the history of quackery. Colin Powell, Michael Bloomberg, Gov. Christie. Nice divorce you’ve got there. Well, Mr. K, as you note there’s a first time for everything. If he does squeak through, I’ll even allow for the possibility that his 2nd term will be better [not as wretched?] as his first. With his electoral future no longer in question and the GOP House there to thwart his progressive agenda, he might just learn the art of triangulation and exercise leadership instead of what has so far been Trumanesque divisiveness. [Truman left office with approval in the 30% range, ala Dubya. It’s only later media/academic revisionism that’s made him an icon.] fwiw, I don’t think Truman has been rehabilitated all that much. He gets credit for being ahead of the curve on Civil rights and ensuring the military recognized who is boss in the civ-mil relationship, but the left blames him for allowing Taft-Hartley regime to come into being (and Truman could break strikes as good as any Pinkerton), the right doesn’t like him because he was after all a Democrat, and everyone questions whether or not Korea could have been done better (though nobody questions whether or not it should have been done). Somebody who’s stock has risen over the last few years? It’s Ike’s. As much as JFK’s has fallen. (and Wilson’s continues to fall). The other way to interpret the situation: if Obama wins despite defections and economic conditions that have defeated previous incumbents, then the Republican candidate must really suck. So, out of curiosity, was this useless set of numbers meant to be informative, or entertaining, because it fails at the first and few enough people take recreational mathematics that I doubt there is much success at the second. Also, I don’t see how your point about reelection numbers holds much water when you consider that Bush in 2000 failed to win the popular vote while Bush in 2004 managed to only improve his numbers by 3% (and so landed in the low 50% range). Are you trying to point out that close elections are close, or are you simply wanting us to imagine that an Obama reelection would be less legitimate than the previous two termer even if he manages to beat Bush’s numbers by a substantial margin? Re-elections are referendums: Historically, a president has built on his original totals, or been denied a second term. I confess why the simplest of truths garner so much static is beyond me. In Obama’s case, squeaking out re-election will come from his diehards who care not a whit about his actual record–they dig his demographic profile or are every bit as leftist as he is and cannot abide anything less left. As for the former, the next Dem nominee will likely be as white as Mitt; as for the latter, I have no problem with someone as ideological as my blogbrother Tod Kelly going all-in on gay issues and socialized healthcare https://ordinary-times.com/blog/2012/11/four-more-years-with-head-held-high/ and whathaveyou. I respect that. I’m pretty much that ideological meself on the other side, although I do hope I would consider voting against a Republican with a record as wretched as Barack Obama’s. Off the Medved grid, I have seen Obama ’12 as a repeat of Truman’s squeaker over Dewey in 1948, running against the GOP “Do-Nothing Congress” and sliming the other side from head to toe. He won, but his term was a disaster, so much so that although eligible to run again in 1952, he was so unpopular that didn’t even bother. Obama has been a lame duck since he lost the House in 2010 anyway. But I will say here that history need not always repeat itself. If Barack Obama wins a historic/anti-historic 2nd term with a slimmer margin than he won his first, perhaps he’ll surprise us. Another miserable term like this past one and history will have to adjudge him the worst 2-term president ever. Except for, you know. ;-/ ” [A] Republican with a record as wretched as Barack Obama’s.” Mitt Romney? So what’s our standard here? Electoral votes or popular votes? Let’s go check the records. Andrew Jackson: 1828–55.93% of the vote; 1832–54.74. FDR: 1932–54.71%, 1936–60.8%; 1940–54.74%; 1940–53.93%. Woodrow Wilson: 1912–435 electoral votes; 1916: 277 electoral votes. FDRL 1932–472 electoral votes; 1936–523 electoral votes; 1940–449 electoral votes; 1944–432 electoral votes. Whichever measure we use, Medved is wrong on the facts. Mike Schilling Medved did saysecond terms, and you know very well why 1912 was a special case. Good catch on Andrew Jackson, though. Washington didn’t get more support in his second run — it was unanimous both times. I’m not sure to do with Grover Cleveland: 1884: 48.5%, 216 EV (victory) 1888: 48.6%, 168 EV (loss) 1892: 46.0 %, 277 EV (victory) It looks like Medved put “back-to-back” in because he knew there was an exception otherwise. But, holy cow, look at Madison: 1808: 64.7% PV, 72% EV Not even close. Medved is full of it. To a different point, this all brings to mind Buck and McCarver and their idiotic collection of baseball playoff records (“He’s only the fourth player ever to go from first to third on an infield hit three time in an NLCS!”) Easy there, Mike. We have enough full diapers already. 😉 Medved qualifies the Madison thing elsewhere. I notice that only 9 of the 18 states of that time used the popular vote to decide their electoral votes, so it’s probably along those lines, that the two-party system as we know it wasn’t evolved yet. It’s rather pointless arguing over the phrasing in a single article but it seems to amuse some people. http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2012/03/28/history_shows_odds_against_obamas_second_term/page/full/ “Of the 42 men who served as president before the current incumbent, only 15 won two consecutive elections. Among the others, 5 died during their first terms, 7 incumbents declined to run, 5 tried but failed to win their party’s nomination, and 10 won the nomination but lost their bids for re-election. What’s more, three former presidents (Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore and Theodore Roosevelt) attempted to make comebacks and roared out of retirement as third party candidates; all three of them failed miserably in November, winning between 10 and 27 percent of the popular vote. The numbers look even worse for second terms if you remove the early “cocked hat” presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe) who easily won re-election before the emergence of the modern two-party system. Washington and Monroe, for instance, both eased into second terms without campaigning and without facing even token opposition. With these early chief executives withdrawn from the equation, 70 percent of those who have served as president since 1825 (26 of 37) failed to win two consecutive terms.” So like whatever. The point is that ALMOST ALL presidents receive either a mandate or the boot. The point is that ALMOST ALL presidents receive either a mandate or the boot. And that is true. But it seems not to be what Medved actually claimed. One of the things pounded into us in grad school was to not overstate your case. If you try to make your case look better than it is, you’ll end up looking bad. Also, when we’re talking about presidential elections, there’s just not really that many of them. Even after 200 years we’re dealing with a fairly small-n sample. This is especially true when we realize that not all those 200 years are relevant to today. As you accurately note, in the early days not all states allocated their electoral votes through popular election. In addition, the mid-late 19th century was an era of mostly weak presidents, because of how nominees were selected. The modern presidency began arguably, with McKinley, but the nature of the job changed again after WWII. But we didn’t begin selecting nominees solely through the primary system until 1972, which changed the nature of the electoral game, so arguably we can only really compare within that era. The upshot is that it’s really hard to make meaningful claims about patterns in prez elections because we just have too few really comparable ones, not just for this election, but for all the ones coming up in the remainder of our lives. It’s essentially the reason all the predictive models designed by political scientists are so sketchy. That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be a noteworthy and interesting outcome. It’s just that it’s unclear if it would really mean anything. Also, when we’re talking about presidential elections, there’s just not really that many of them. This will be the 57th presidential election. There have been 43 NLCS’s Did you think I brought championship series states up just because I like to talk about baseball? Actually I meant to explicitly tie into your comment. Somewhere along the way I forgot. My favorite type of sports stat goes something like, “The Hummingbirds have never won on a Thursday night with a left-handed pitcher when it’s raining. They lost in 1932, 1959, and 1994. So we’ll see if the can change history tonight.” MikeSchilling The other good one is “Smith hits .500 against Jones, He’s got a double and a single in 4 at-bats.” Did you think I brought championship series states up just because I like to talk about baseball? Well, … uhhh … I was paraphrasing House: “Do you think I made that patient undergo a painful and humiliating procedure just for my own amusement? Well, yes, I do that, but not this time.” Yes, if you remove the exceptions, the rule looks absolute. Funny how that works. So, of the 27 presidents who failed to be elected to an additional term, 5 were dead and another 12 didn’t make to the general election. But unless Obama should happen to die, none of those apply to him. To say that the odds are against Obama’s reelection because a majority of presidents were not elected to a second term, based on figures that include presidents who, unlike Obama, failed to receive their party’s nomination or indeed died in office is questionable at best. Now, the column was written in March, not today, so it was perhaps theoretically possible that he would decide to withdraw or otherwise lose the nomination. But likely? Was there a serious chance in March that anyone other than Obama was going to receive the Democratic nomination (unless Obama died, in which case I admit it would be highly unlikely for him to serve a second term)? Obama’s re-election sans mandate would be the historical ? here. Off the grid of this particular quibble on Medved is what I think is the closest analogue, Harry Truman winning a squeaker in 1948 by sliming the other party but going on to have such a miserable term that he didn’t even bother to run for re-election in 1952, though he was constitutionally eligible. Oy. I would not enjoy a replay of that, nor of the last 4 years, which have sucked. No one has ever been elected to the presidency with a running mate who’s both Roman Catholic and younger than he is. It would be absurd to expect history to change this time. Moreover, back in the days of cock-hat presidents (as opposed to these days of cocked-up logic), the only ones who didn’t get re-elected were guys from Massachusetts that were impossible to like. this all brings to mind Buck and McCarver and their idiotic collection of baseball playoff records Personally, I blame Al Michaels for that horrible trend. He’s the bane of all modern announcing. (He’s the first player to have exactly 56 rushing yards in the second quarter in Monday Night football history!). Now, it’s the all important Sunday Night Records! I know Nate Silver and the 538 blog are part of the Liberal Cconspiracy and therefore non-gratis around these parts, but Nate has Obama back up to 85% likely to win the election, which is exactly where he was prior to the first Presidential debate. Just throwin that out there. He also says that pretty much all of the 15% Romney chance is “systemic bias in the polls against Romney”. So apparently Romney’s chances of winning are down to “all the polls are wrong”. Which will be an interesting result for the pollsters, who are gonna have to figure out who they missed and how not to miss them next time. it does make me laugh about those “Romney 315” blowout speculations — insofar as you’re looking at something like a 10 point anti-Romney bias at that point. An Ordinary Times Blog Human life is not too controversial Prop 8 stands? The NSA and Privacy: Why Conservatives Should Not Be Sanguine How do you interpret a constitution? “You don’t ‘seize’ the center, you create the center” Irregular Constitutional Order The judge as moral philosopher Gosnell and our inadequate public discourse on abortion New New Deal, same old Turkey Farm Can we agree that THIS is wrong? The 2013 State of the Union and the GOP Response Customer Feedback, Week 6 Is Progressivism a Child of the Founding? Does It Matter? Customer Feedback, Week 5: The Immigration-Education Link “Ideological extremism is not the same thing as political ineptitude” Admissions Against Interest Economic Liberty © 2019 Dutch Courage. All rights reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line916
__label__cc	0.512929	0.487071	Australia Blog News and notes from Google Down Under Towards an Australian ‘innovation generation’ (Editor’s note: This is an edited version of our cover letter to Google’s submission on the proposed Digital Technologies curriculum. Submissions closed on May 10). Digital technology and computer science have changed Australia in many ways in the last decade, and these changes will doubtless continue into the future. But as these technologies become more and more integrated into our lives, we must ask ourselves: do we wish to be a nation of creators of technology— or just consumers? We’re already among the world’s heaviest users of tablet devices and smartphones—but knowing how to play games on a tablet is not the same thing as knowing how to create them. One costs money; one generates money. Shifting our focus as a nation from the consumption of technology, to the creation of technology, will help us compete in an increasingly global and connected world. The opportunities for our children are enormous. The young people who grow up with this new curriculum—our first ‘innovation generation’—will have the some of the world’s most sought-after and highly-valued skills. Globally, the demand for computer science and computational thinking skills only continues to accelerate. The technology sector worldwide holds huge potential for the creation of high-value jobs and wealth; the tech startup sector alone in Australia has the capacity to contribute $109 billion directly to GDP and create 540,000 new jobs by 2033. A highly-skilled workforce is the key to unlocking this value. In Google’s experience, an introduction to computational thinking in early years provides the strongest possible pathway for students to engage with and excel in computer science, and benefit from the careers it enables. Yet today, Australian students with tertiary Computer Science skills are falling in number and make up just two percent of the total of domestic graduates. That’s why we’re so heartened to see this proposed new curriculum. Successfully implemented in schools across the nation, and taught by passionate teachers, we believe it will be an important first step in preparing students to become the creators and innovators of the future. In addition to the specific curriculum feedback we’ve included in our submission, we also recommend enhancing the exposure of Australian students to more computational thinking and computer science by: Making Digital Technologies a required subject from Foundation to year 10. Making Digital Technologies a stand-alone learning area to increase its visibility and awareness of the economic and job opportunities for people who ultimately pursue a career in the field. Ensuring Digital Technologies provides instruction in at least one general programming language. This would make the curriculum consistent with trends in computer science education in the USA, the UK, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and countries such as Vietnam where in many cases it is required in schools from K-10. We recognise the implementation challenges that will emerge from the introduction of a new subject area, and we’re committed to continuing our support of teachers. We invest funding and in-kind support via our CS4HS program (as just one example) to develop computer science teachers, and we will continue and expand these efforts and others, in support of the Digital Technologies curriculum. Here’s to the first step towards our innovation generation. Posted by Alan Noble, Engineering Director, Google Australia and New Zealand agencies adwords TV Australian IT Big Query enhanced campaigns Equatorgate G'day Google Getting Aussie Business Online gonegoogle Google Apps for Business Google Code Google Serve Googlers and culture Julia Gillard Stupid Google employee tricks voicesearch zeitgeiest Follow @googledownunder	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line919
__label__wiki	0.922392	0.922392	NASCAR Sprint Cup Jeff Gordon has frustrating trip to Kansas in quest for NASCAR Sprint Cup Chevrolet driver finished 14th, salvages decent finish after tough race NASCAR Wire Service LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC Jeff Gordon had a rough race on Sunday in Kansas, but the NASCAR Sprint Cup driver still finished 14th. Jeff Gordon was having a relatively stress-free day until Jamie McMurray’s No. 1 Chevrolet clipped Gordon’s Chevy in turn four after a restart on lap 84. From then on, it was a frustrating afternoon for the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, who won last week’s elimination race at Dover. “It was a handful,” Gordon said. “We were having a pretty solid day with the Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet until the No. 1 car got loose and got into our left rear -- was just way over his head. I knew he had a good car. He’s been running good, but he just got loose and got into me and got me in the wall. “We had a little damage, but we just lost all that track position. It’s so hard to get it back at this place. We somewhat got it back; and on that last restart (on lap 240), I was just real loose. I’d been a little loose but not that loose. We just fell back. It just wasn’t good. We just kind of struggled there.” Nevertheless, Gordon salvaged a 14th-place finish, best among a four-car Hendrick Motorsports contingent that had a litany of troubles on Sunday. Heading to next Sunday’s race at Charlotte, Gordon is eighth in the standings 17 points behind leader Joey Logano. “A lot of people had trouble today,” Gordon said. “So today was a real survival day. We did that. It just felt like we could have finished a lot better than that. We had a good race car. We actually really had a great race car.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line921
__label__wiki	0.513314	0.513314	The Dave & Mahoney Morning Show Get the ALT App ALT 105.7 App Dave & Mahoney Dayna ALT 105.7 MusicALT 105.7 Music Capital Region References in TV & Film [LIST] Haider Yousuf It's always cool to hear references to the Capital Region in TV and movies and recently Reddit started a thread. Did you know all of these? Someone in the local Albany Reddit asked about Albany references in either television, movies, or books (aside from the common "Steamed Hams" joke that circulates - don't ask). It's weird to think that out of the entire country, all of the cities and towns, that a book you're reading or tv show/movie you're watching would have anything to do with the Capital Region. Here's when they did: In the show "Archer," they mention taking a train from Schenectady to Albany up what we know as the trainless Kings Rd. "The Office" mentions a branch of Dunder Mifflin in Albany. Of course, in Law and Order being filmed in New York City, every so often one of the criminals is from up here. Apparently, the Marvel character Doctor Octopus is from Schenectady. It is rumored that the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons is supposedly based off the owner of Earth World Comics in Albany. Grace from "Will & Grace" is from Schenectady. David Spade's character in "Just Shoot Me" was from Albany. Albany circa 1754 shows up in the video game Assassin's Creed Rogue In the show "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," Captain Holt mentions driving up to Saratoga Springs. In "House," they visit a potato gun tournament in rural Schenectady. In "American Dad," the main character is following his favorite band and says “I just have to get backstage tomorrow night in Albany.” There are more listed on the thread and I'm sure there are some that they missed. What are some TV, movie, book, etc references to the Capital Region that you know about that I could add? Source: Capital Region References in TV & Film [LIST] Filed Under: albany, featured, movies, saratoga, schenectady, television Categories: Movies ALT is Heading on Summer Vacation 2019 ALT 105.7, Townsquare Media, Inc. All rights reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line924
__label__wiki	0.51189	0.51189	Benjamin Johns Senior RFP Specialist at Michael C. Fina Michael C. Fina September 2013 - Present French Horn, Spanish, Spanish-English, Translation, Content Management, Proposal Writing, Writing Vice President Product Development at K12 George Mason University - School of Business 2003 — 2005 MBA, Management Bachelor of Science (BS), Television, Radio, Film K12 October 2014 - Present K12 January 2014 - September 2014 K12 Inc. April 2010 - December 2013 K12 Inc. April 2008 - April 2010 K12 Inc. September 2007 - March 2008 K12 Inc. August 2005 - September 2007 GMU-TV August 1999 - August 2005 George Mason University August 2000 - December 2000 WSTM-TV Syracuse May 1998 - August 1999 Program Management, E-Learning, Multimedia, Video, Instructional Design, Training, CRM, Content Development, Blended Learning, Content Management, Video Production, Distance Learning, Leadership, Video Editing, Strategic Partnerships, Digital Media, Learning Management..., Videography, Learning Management, Instrument Rating, Graphic Design, Organizational Design, Organizational..., Organizational..., Management Brian Tarrant Div Vice President at MC2 Events Exhibits Environments Bachelor of Science (BS), Sociology Comsewogue 1987 — 1991 MC2 Events Exhibits Environments November 2006 - Present MC2 Events Exhibits Environments August 1996 - October 2006 Heritage Communications 1996 - 1996 Trade Shows, Relationship Marketing, Account Management, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Lead Generation, Event Management, Marketing Communications, Event Planning, Corporate Events, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media Marketing, New Business Development, Brand Development, B2B, Sales, Email Marketing, Sales Management, Creative Direction, Sponsorship, Leadership, Marketing Management, Exhibit Design, Digital Marketing, Budgets, Brand Management, Social Media, Strategy, Cold Calling, Social Networking, CRM ByongSoo Timothy Chae Predoctoral Student at University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine Bachelor of Science (BS), Biochemistry, 3.947 Montgomery College 2008 — 2010 Biochemistry, 4.0 University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine DMD, Dentistry University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine July 2015 - Present Massachusetts General Hospital July 2013 - July 2015 SUNY Upstate Medical University January 2012 - May 2013 Say Yes to Education September 2010 - May 2011 Republic of Korea Army December 2005 - December 2007 Microsoft Office, Biochemistry, UV/Vis, RNA isolation, Western Blotting, Genotyping, Immunohistochemistry, Cell Culture, Reverse Transcription, in Situ Hybridization, Histology, Chromatin..., Primary Cell Isolation Brian Spendolini Marblehead, Massachusetts Oracle Database Cloud Product Manager at Oracle BA, Music Education Oracle October 2014 - Present Oracle February 2013 - October 2014 JSA2 February 2010 - February 2013 Oracle January 2006 - January 2010 HTML + CSS, UX, UI testing, Application Development, Oracle Application..., Oracle, Oracle SQL, jQuery, JavaScript, Apple Aperture, Digital Photography, BPEL, Oracle BPEL, SOA, Oracle SOA Suite, SoapUI, Software Development Bud Harrigan President & COO at CM&M Industries, Inc. BA, Geology CM&M Industries, Inc. 2015 - Present Aviation Holdings Group, Inc. (Aviation MRO acquisition company) 2007 - Present Corporate Guidance, Inc, 1994 - Present Advanced Predictive Analytics, Inc. 2009 - 2013 Cosmetic Dermatology, Inc/dr. brandt skincare 2004 - 2006 Sanroke Group (Integrated Mexican Coffee Organization 2001 - 2003 AmericaNegocios.com, Inc. 2000 - 2000 Megatrade Corporation 1997 - 1999 GEEST CARIBBEAN AMERICAS, LTD 1991 - 1994 CHIQUITA BRANDS COMPANY 1977 - 1988 Negotiation, Business Strategy, Business Development, Financial Analysis, Start-ups, Strategic Planning, Product Development, Mergers, Strategic Partnerships, E-commerce, Pricing, Strategy, New Business Development, Venture Capital, Finance, Operations Management, Government, Leadership, Management, Financial Modeling, Management Consulting, Investments, Analytics, Sales, Business Planning, Forecasting, Cross-functional Team..., Market Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Mergers & Acquisitions Harriette Lowenstein Success Strategies for Living Your Life ON Purpose Pepperdine University 1996 — 1998 MAClP, Clinical Psychology The George Washington University 1965 — 1967 Harriette Lowenstein, MA, LMFT September 2000 - Present Psychotherapy, Adults, Psychology, Mental Health, Adolescents, Family Therapy, Anger Management, Life Transitions, Treatment, Counseling Psychology, CBT, Mental Health Counseling, Self-esteem, Post Traumatic Stress, Mindfulness, Therapists, Clinical Supervision Bill Bunting Associate at J.P. Morgan Bachelor's of Science, Speech Communications J.P. Morgan January 2014 - Present Fidelity Investments January 2011 - January 2014 UMB Fund Services July 2008 - December 2010 Fidelity Investments April 2005 - June 2008 Putnam Investments June 2003 - September 2004 Putnam Investments October 2001 - May 2003 Accounting, Training, Leadership, Management, Time Management, Investments, Customer Service, General Ledger, Public Speaking, Mutual Funds, Employee Training, GAAP, Process Improvement, Teamwork, Financial Statements, Risk Management, Finance, Analysis Kevin Burdick Amherst, New Hampshire Prin Software Engineer at BAE Systems Drexel University 2011 — 2014 MS Computer Science, Computer Science BAE Systems February 2015 - Present Jacobs Technology March 2014 - February 2015 UTC Aerospace Systems (formerly Goodrich ISR) April 2010 - March 2014 Goodrich ISR Systems February 2009 - April 2010 Goodrich ISR Systems April 2006 - February 2009 Raytheon June 2004 - April 2006 Raytheon May 1998 - June 2004 Software Engineering, Software Development, System Architecture, Java, C++, Program Management, Perl, Databases, Integration, C, MySQL, Solaris, Linux, PostgreSQL, XML, Oracle, Systems Engineering, Parallel Programming, Windows, NetBeans, Configuration Management, C#, Visual Studio, Git, Matlab, Python Mark Burger Columbus, Ohio Area Expert Presales Consultant at HP Enterprise Services (formerly EDS) MS, Electrical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology 1975 — 1979 BS, Computer Engineering, Highest Honors Smithtown High School (West) 1971 — 1975 HP Enterprise Services August 2008 - Present EDS, an HP Company September 2007 - August 2010 Saber Government Solutions September 2007 - December 2008 UNIphant Enterprises LLC January 2000 - September 2007 NCR December 1994 - December 1999 Loral Federal Systems March 1994 - December 1994 IBM June 1979 - February 1994 Airborne Instruments Laboratory (AIL) June 1976 - June 1979 Patents, Publishing, Invention, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Computing, Solution Architecture, SOA, Integration, IT Strategy, Software Project..., Enterprise Software, Pre-sales, Requirements Analysis, Proposal Writing, Government Proposals, Technical Writing, Non-profits, church leadership, Public Speaking, Public Sector, DMV systems, State & Local..., Internet Strategy, Systems, Data Warehousing, Consulting, System Architecture, Leadership, Nonprofits, Business Intelligence, Program Management, Management Burton J. Kloster III Principal, NA Digital Commerce Alliances, NetSuite & hybris at Capgemini MBA, Finance & Economics MS, Accounting AB, Economics Capgemini April 2014 - Present Capgemini April 2013 - March 2014 Deloitte Digital January 2010 - April 2013 McFadyen Solutions November 2007 - December 2009 CAS Severn June 1996 - January 2007 IBM Global Services September 1984 - June 1996 PricewaterhouseCoopers August 1983 - June 1984 B2B eCommerce, Global Strategy, Multi-channel Retail, E-commerce, Retail, Professional Services, SaaS, Analytics, Social Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Strategy, B2B, ATG, Hybris, Websphere, Endeca, Demandware, Magento, GSI, User Experience, Strategy, Mobile Applications, Web Analytics, Enterprise Software, Business Development, Mobile Devices, WebSphere, Strategic Planning, Management Consulting, Business Analysis, New Business Development, Consulting, CRM, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Business Strategy BA, English, History (Dual Major) Dignity Health September 2009 - April 2012 Daughters of Charity Health System September 2007 - September 2009 MEDITECH August 2005 - July 2007 Meditech, Healthcare Information..., Healthcare, Process Improvement Butch Bernstein Photographer Affordable, creative, unique, customized digital image solutions for corporations and people Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management 1981 — 1984 Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration and Management, General, Computer Science IMB Images Photography October 2007 - Present Interwoven April 2000 - June 2007 MEDecision 1990 - 2000 Coaching, Management, Customer Service, Commercial Photography, Photoshop, Photography, Portrait Photography, Digital Photography, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS, Web Development, Lightroom, Portraits, Headshots, Photos Harold Butch Gilbert Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area B757 Captain at FedEx Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 1987 — 1990 MAS, Aeronatical Science Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus 1977 — 1978 BS, Meteorology BA, Mathematics FedEx Express May 1995 - Present Eagle Airlines November 1993 - April 1995 United States Air Force May 1977 - October 1993 Aviation, Security Clearance, Flights, Aircraft, Military, General Aviation, National Security, Flight Training, Airlines, Charter Alice Butler Director of Individual Giving at Communities In Schools National Office Susquehanna University 2002 — 2006 BA, Political Science American University 2005 — 2005 Credits Earned, Public Law Semester Credits Earned, Humanism and the Arts in Renaissance Italy: Study Abroad Communities In Schools National Office January 2014 - Present Communities In Schools Inc. January 2013 - December 2014 Public Citizen September 2009 - January 2013 Presidential Classroom January 2007 - September 2007 Grant Writing, Event Planning, Fundraising, Non-profits, Volunteer Management, Donor Research, Politics, Strategic Communications, Political Science, Editing, Research, Grants, Social Media, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Prospect Research, Annual Giving, Stewardship Dennis Wheeler, CBR, AHWD,SRES Kinderhook, New York Associate Broker at Berkshire Hathaway Blake Realty Hudson Valley Community College 1969 — 1971 Van Rensselaer High School 1964 — 1967 Manfred Real Estate Learning Center A February 2015 - Present Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Blake, REALTORS May 2006 - Present NYS Workers' Compensation Board 2000 - 2005 NYS Division of Probation 1978 - 1995 Sellers, Relocation, Investors, Real Estate, Selling, Property, New Homes, New Home Sales, Condos, Buyers, Investment Properties, Referrals, Buyer Representation, SFR, e-PRO, Residential Homes, First Time Home Buyers, Short Sales, Townhomes, Single Family Homes, ABR, Vacation Homes, Income Properties, Real Estate Transactions, Council of Residential..., Listings, Brokerage, Waterfront, Rentals, Move Up Buyers, Marketing, Resellers, Seller Representation, Agents, Foreclosures, REO, 1031 Exchanges, Seniors, Leases, National Association of..., Real Estate Development, Real Property, HUD, Luxury, Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Relocation, Apartments, Relocation Buyers, Home Staging, Property Management Program Director KiiMFM Tucson (Cumulus Media) BA, Television, Radio, Film Cumulus Media September 2011 - Present KiiM-FM 99.5/Citadel Broadcasting, Tucson, AZ June 2001 - September 2011 WROO-FM Jacksonville, FL February 1995 - June 2001 Clear Channel Radio 1995 - 2001 NewCity Communications September 1992 - July 1994 I-100 Daytona Beach June 1991 - June 1992 Z-103 Radio, Tallahassee March 1990 - June 1991 WOVV Radio 1988 - 1990 Capital Cities/ABC 1987 - 1987 Social Media, Multimedia, Interactive Advertising, Digital Imaging, HTML, Radio Broadcasting, Radio, Radio Producing, Adobe Audition, Radio Programming, Broadcast, Radio Host, Broadcast Television, Pro Tools, RCS Selector, Radio Promotions, Music, Voice Over, NexGen, New Media, Digital Media, Sound, Voice Acting, Radio Advertising, AudioVault, Audio Editing, Mass Production, VoxPro, Music Scheduling, Television, Broadcast Journalism, Podcasting, ENCO, Producing, Audio Post Production, Music Programming, Commercials, On-air Announcing, Media Production, Voiceovers, On-air Experience, Emcee, On-air Hosting, Voicing, Voice Tracking, Radio Production Brian Powers Indianapolis, Indiana Area PactSafe Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis 2002 — 2005 BS, Engineering PactSafe.com February 2015 - Present The Crane Bay Event Venue September 2011 - Present Syracuse University Alumni Club of Indianapolis June 2011 - Present The Law Office of Brian V Powers April 2009 - February 2015 Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP September 2004 - April 2009 Sommer Barnard PC 2004 - 2009 DashJobs.com, Inc. October 1998 - September 2001 American Consulting Engineers 1996 - 1998 Mergers, Start-ups, Cyberlaw, Real Estate Transactions, Software Licensing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Joint Ventures, Legal Assistance, Recruiting, Due Diligence, Venture Capital, Legal Advice, Licensing, Entrepreneurship, Contract Negotiation, Business Planning, Commercial Litigation, Private Equity, Copyright Law Bill Wadleigh Las Vegas, Nevada Area Leader of Gaming Software Development for Land based/Mobile/Online Bally Technologies August 2012 - December 2014 Bally Technologies June 2009 - August 2012 Phantom EFX September 2008 - June 2009 Phantom EFX September 2007 - September 2008 IGT September 2006 - September 2007 WMS Gaming, Inc. July 2005 - August 2006 WMS Gaming January 2003 - June 2005 WMS Gaming October 2001 - December 2003 VR1 Entertainment February 1995 - October 2001 Fluent Studios/O.N.E. Online Network Ent. March 1994 - April 1995 Online Gaming, Game Development, Gaming, Gaming Industry, Game Design, Gambling, Social Games, Online Gambling, Casual Games, Gameplay, Game Mechanics, Casino, Casino Gaming, Poker, Mobile Games, Software Development, Project Planning, Team Management, Cross-functional Team..., Xbox 360, Business Planning, Process Improvement, Microsoft Office, Hiring, Process Scheduler, Budgets, Recruiting, Team Building, MMO, Console, Computer Games, Monetization, Game Programming, Perforce, Wii, Quality Assurance, Character Animation, PS3, CRM, Strategic Planning, Contract Negotiation Brian Waldram Associate at The Gunter Group Portland State University 2009 — 2011 B.S. General Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics B.A., International Studies, Business, Spanish Cognizant Technology Solutions December 2012 - September 2014 Nike July 2012 - December 2012 Nike February 2012 - July 2012 Babcock & Jenkins May 2008 - February 2009 Lingo Systems October 2006 - May 2008 Columbia Sportswear February 2003 - June 2004 U.S. Outdoor Store September 1996 - July 2001 Project Management, Product Development, Management, Microsoft Excel, Program Management, Microsoft Word, E-commerce, Strategic Planning, Business Analysis, Analysis, Business Intelligence, Social Media, Team Leadership, Cross-functional Team..., Leadership, Cognos Brooke N. Weinstein Knowlege management advocate and strategic proposal professional Associate and Northeast Marketing Manager at Dewberry University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business 2013 — 2013 SMPS U Leadership Advancement Program, Marketing/Marketing Management, General MiniMBA, Business Bachelor of Science, Magazine Journalism and English Dewberry August 1999 - Present Martin Clearwater & Bell September 1998 - June 1999 Chadbourne & Parke LLP September 1997 - June 1998 Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce 1995 - 1997 Research Institute of America 1992 - 1995 Marketing Strategy, Marketing Management, Proposal Writing, Marketing, Management, CRM, Marketing Communications, Newsletters, New Business Development, Project Management, Research, Strategy, Public Relations, Editing, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Market Research, Social Media Marketing, Deltek, Team Management, Project Planning, Strategic Communications, Event Management, Graphic Design, Budgets, Fundraising, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Public Speaking, CRM software, Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Photoshop, Social Media, Email Marketing, Advertising, Writing, Collateral Bruce W. Fraser Financial Writer & Editor Master's Degree, Journalism & Political Science Bruce W. Fraser Communications 1985 - Present Ronnie Sellers Productions 2006 - 2006 Fairchild Media May 1987 - August 1989 Gannett Newspapers 1976 - 1980 Brandon Peery, PE Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area Energy Coordinator/Mechanical Engineer at Novelis Master of Science (MS), Engineering Management Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering Novelis November 2014 - Present Novelis June 2013 - Present Clough Harbour & Associates June 2011 - June 2013 Syracuse University Industrial Assessment Center May 2009 - May 2011 Syracuse University Industrial Assessment Center February 2007 - May 2009 Energy Efficiency, Energy Studies, Energy Simulation, Energy Recovery, HVAC, HVAC Controls, Management, Commercial Facilities, Industrial Facilities, Utility Billing Analysis, Technical Writing, Technical Presentations, Public Speaking, Energy Management, Commissioning, Retro-Commissioning, Building Energy Modeling, Microsoft Word, Pumps, Fans, Boilers, Chillers, Cooling Towers, Project Cost Estimation, Compressed Air, Steam Systems, Lighting Retrofits, Lighting Controls, Heat Pumps, Water Conservation, Waste Reduction, Industrial Process..., Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Combined Heat and Power, Pro Engineer, Energy, Energy Conservation, Aluminum, Engineering, Manufacturing Bryan Vought Cell Biology \| Human Stem Cell Research \| Biochemistry \| Visionary Leadership State University of New York College at Geneseo 1988 — 1992 Vertex Pharmaceuticals May 2012 - Present Massachusetts Academy of Sciences August 2014 - Present Vertex Pharmaceuticals October 2006 - May 2012 Harvard Medical School January 2000 - October 2006 Biological Components Corporation 1995 - 1997 Stem Cell Research, Protein Chemistry, Assay Development, Drug Discovery, Protein Purification, Biochemistry, Purification, Molecular Biology, Cell, Protein Expression, Fluorescence, Laboratory, HPLC, Cell Culture, recombinant DNA..., Chromatography, Biophysics, Cell Biology, NMR, Spectroscopy, FPLC, Chemistry, Drug Design, In Vitro, Science, Medicinal Chemistry, LC-MS, UV/Vis, Lifesciences, Characterization, Western Blotting, SDS-PAGE, In Vivo, STEM, Mammalian Cell Culture, Mass Spectrometry, Life Sciences, Membrane Proteins, UV-Vis, Educational Outreach barbara (zuckerman) chotiner freelance art + design + illustration The University of the Arts 2002 — 2005 MFA, Book Arts + Printmaking BFA, Communications Design, concentration in Illustration bz designstuff November 2001 - Present doublespace 1999 - 2001 The Jim Henson Company 1997 - 1999 Wunderman 1995 - 1997 Logo Design, Illustrator, Graphics, Graphic Design, Mac, Brochures, Typography, Illustration, Art, Packaging, Dreamweaver, Direct Mail, Advertising, Corporate Identity, Art Direction, Graphics Software, Books, Marketing, Layout, Book Design, Posters, Visual Communication, Creative Direction, InDesign, Brand Development, Branding & Identity, Photoshop, art licensing, Digital Illustration Benjamin Zombek Designer \| Entrepreneur University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration 2012 — 2013 MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor's, Industrial Design BZDesign, Inc. January 2010 - Present David Cooper Associates Limited June 2000 - November 2013 Hiemstra Product Development May 2011 - August 2011 Henderson Johnson Company August 1995 - August 2000 Design Management, Design Strategy, Industrial Design, Product Design, Design Thinking, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Creative Direction, User Research, User Interface Design, Concept Design, Product Development, CAD, Experience Design, Solidworks, Graphics, User-centered Design, Research Design, Interaction Design, Packaging, Concept Generation, Ergonomics, Human Factors, Usability Testing, 3D, Adobe Creative Suite, Concept Development, Illustrator, Service Design, Contextual Inquiry, Corporate Identity, Strategic Design, Hypershot, Sketchbook Pro, Design Leadership, Rhino, Model Making, Rapid Prototyping, Sketching, Graphic Design, User Experience, Rendering, Ethnography, SolidWorks Blake Z. Rong BA, Writing Jalopnik February 2015 - Present Petersen Automotive Museum January 2015 - July 2015 The Truth About Cars January 2015 - May 2015 Autoweek November 2012 - November 2014 Automotive.com August 2011 - October 2012 VerticalScope Inc. 2011 - August 2011 Hooniverse April 2010 - August 2011 Intertext Magazine January 2010 - May 2010 The Smoking Tire January 2009 - November 2009 20 Watts Magazine June 2009 - October 2009 Wordpress, Tumblr, CSS, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, HTML, Journalism, Blogging, Editing, Blogger, Copy Editing, Ap Style, Editorial, Press Releases, Magazines, WordPress, AP Style, Newspapers, Storytelling, Feature Articles, SEO Christine Daniels Assistant Director, International Student Office at New York Film Academy University of La Verne Master of Science (MS), Leadership and Management Mt. San Antonio College Courses Completed, American Sign Language (ASL) New York Film Academy January 2014 - Present Musicians Institute June 2011 - January 2014 CCI Everest College September 2008 - November 2009 Le Cordon Bleu College October 2007 - September 2008 Fidelity National Title Group August 2005 - August 2007 Southern California University of Health Sciences May 2003 - August 2005 Southwestern Academy September 1999 - May 2003 Student Affairs, Career Counseling, Event Planning, Student Development, Community Outreach, Admissions, Teaching, Nonprofits, Higher Education, Workshops, Non-profits, Volunteer Management, Academic Advising, Student Recruiting, International Admissions, Enrollment Management, Public Speaking Christopher Aikens Sr Sr. General Liability Claims Examiner at AmTrust North America Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale 2011 — 2015 American InterContinental University 2006 — 2007 Muhlenberg High School 1989 — 1993 AmTrust North America June 2015 - Present First Baptist Church of Altamonte Springs January 2010 - Present CNA Insurance March 2014 - June 2015 CNA Insurance August 2012 - March 2014 CNA Insurance July 2005 - August 2012 SID MILLER DANCE BAND 2005 - 2006 Carpenter Technology 2004 - 2005 XO Communications 2002 - 2004 Champs Sports 2001 - 2002 Wyomissing Area School District March 2000 - June 2000 Singer-songwriter, Worship Leader, Management, Claims Handling, Track and Field Coach, Gospel Singer, Customer Service, Property & Casualty..., Insurance, Claim, Leadership, Liability, Coaching, Recruiting, Commercial Insurance, Training, Call Centers, Analysis, Employee Training, Property Damage, Casualty, Claims Management, General Insurance, Legal Liability, Professional Liability, Casualty Insurance, Sales, Negotiation, Subrogation, Litigation Management Cailie Currin Greenwich, New York President, Currin Compliance Services, Inc. Currin Compliance Services, Inc. January 2007 - Present Insurance Advertising Compliance Association February 2013 - Present SUNY Adirondack May 2014 - Present Saratoga Regional YMCA August 2012 - Present Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals September 2012 - October 2013 Friends of Camp Little Notch August 2012 - July 2013 Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals September 2011 - August 2012 Greater Greenwich Chamber of Commerce April 2009 - March 2012 Greater Greenwich Chamber of Commerce April 2009 - April 2010 Compliance Assurance Corp. February 2009 - November 2009 Compliance, Licensing, Risk Management, Insurance, Fixed Annuities, Life Insurance, Human Resources, Analysis, Negotiation, Process Improvement, Corporate Governance, Due Diligence, Policy, Securities, Health Insurance, Mergers, Insurance Regulatory, Contract Negotiation, Claim, Insurance Law, Access, Financial Risk, Reinsurance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Public Speaking, Fitness Instruction, Professional Liability, Property & Casualty..., Underwriting, Disability Insurance, Financial Services Cait Doyle Freelance Brand Ambassador, Spokesmodel, Comedy Writer & Actress BFA, Musical Theatre Freelance in the Entertainment Industry Karaoke HostessThe Watering HoleJanuary 2012 - Present Hot Mess in Manhattan: the Musical February 2010 - Present Musical Theatre, Improvisation, Brand Ambassadorship, Trade Shows, Promotions, Public Speaking, Bartending, Live Event Producer, Social Networking, Hosting, Spokesperson, Writing, Comedy, Entertainment, Singing, Stage, Voice Over, Event Planning, Performing Arts, Film, Acting, Dance, Theatre Caitlin A. Brennan Social Media, Strategy, Content, Gumption Skaneateles High School 2000 — 2004 Passenger June 2014 - Present AbbeyPost February 2014 - April 2014 BMO Financial Group April 2013 - June 2013 Practising Law Institute September 2010 - March 2013 State Street October 2008 - July 2010 New York State Assembly January 2007 - May 2007 Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Editing, Program Management, Community Engagement, Community Management, Marketing, Research, Email Marketing, Blogging, Analysis, Brand Development, Facebook, Event Planning, WordPress, Integrated Marketing, Content Strategy, CRM, Customer Service, Web Analytics, Google Analytics, Twitter, Buzz Monitoring, Marketing Research, Microsoft Office, Quality Management, Social Networking, Account Management, Web Publishing, Social Media Measurement, Digital Media, Copy Editing, Digital Marketing, Online Advertising, Lead Generation, Digital Strategy, Market Research, Marketing Communications, Marketing Strategy, Google Adwords, Proofreading, Public Speaking, Writing, Management, Strategy Caitlin Barnard Digital Sales & Marketing Director at ABC11 Eyewitness News WTVD B.S., Advertising ABC11 Eyewitness News - WTVD May 2015 - Present ABC11 Eyewitness News - WTVD June 2014 - May 2015 Cactus Marketing Communications August 2013 - April 2014 Disney ABC Television Group April 2012 - June 2013 Nickelodeon May 2011 - April 2012 Nickelodeon June 2009 - May 2011 Arnold Worldwide April 2008 - June 2009 Arnold Worldwide March 2007 - April 2008 Metaphor Marketing Communications January 2006 - March 2006 Digital Strategy, Integrated Marketing, Digital Media, Interactive Advertising, Advertising, Interactive Marketing, Content Strategy, Online Advertising, Strategy, Digital Marketing, Television, Account Management, New Media, Email Marketing, Creative Strategy Caitlin Bisaccio Headhunter at Adecco Master of Science, Rehabilitation and Community Counseling Saint Lawrence University 2005 — 2008 Adecco July 2011 - Present Recruiting, Interviews, Human Resources, Sales, Management, Temporary Placement, Customer Service, Negotiation, Applicant Tracking..., Healthcare, Staffing Services, Time Management, Technical Recruiting, Microsoft Excel, Talent Acquisition, Sourcing, Internet Recruiting, Sales Management, Leadership, Resume Writing, Microsoft Office, Temporary Staffing, Job Descriptions, Training, College Recruiting, Team Building, Onboarding, Employee Relations, Contract Recruitment, Teamwork, CRM, Screening Resumes, Cold Calling, Benefits Negotiation, PowerPoint, Talent Management, Coaching, Networking, Public Speaking, Screening, Process Improvement, Hiring, Manufacturing, Permanent Placement, HRIS, Recruitment Advertising, Direct Hires, Outlook, Performance Management, Social Networking Caitlin Blythe Designer at 4240 Architecture University of Colorado at Denver 2006 — 2012 Masters of Architecture, Architecture Study Abroad, Architecture University of Colorado Boulder 2006 — 2009 Bachelors of Environmental Design, Architecture 4240 Architecture October 2013 - Present Slaterpaull Architects June 2013 - October 2013 The Island Grill May 2012 - September 2012 Trilogy Builds May 2008 - September 2008 Slaterpaull Architects January 2006 - May 2006 Architectural Design, Revit, SketchUp, Sustainable Design, Rhino, LEED AP, AutoCAD, Grasshopper, Digital Fabrication, Sketching, Fashion Design, Photography, Adobe Creative Suite, Model Making, Architectural Drawings, BIM, Graphic Design, Model Building, LEED, Rendering, Architecture, AutoCAD Architecture, Design Research, Interior Architecture, Space planning, Submittals, Construction Drawings, Comprehensive Planning, Urban Design, Architectures Caitlin Cornell Associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Syracuse University College of Law 2010 — 2013 Juris Doctor, Certificate in Technology Commercialization Law Studies, Magna Cum Laude Syracuse University - Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 2011 — 2013 Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Health Policy Analysis Bachelor of Science, Public Health Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP September 2015 - Present McCarter & English, LLP March 2015 - September 2015 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP October 2013 - March 2015 Syracuse University Technology Commercialization Law Program August 2012 - May 2013 BLUE HIGHWAY, Inc. January 2011 - May 2013 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP May 2012 - August 2012 Caitlin Desjardin Sales Planner at ABC Family Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Public Communications, Information Management & Technology Disney ABC Television Group March 2015 - Present Disney ABC Television Group June 2013 - March 2015 CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity October 2012 - June 2013 C-4 Analytics May 2012 - August 2012 Social Media Marketing, InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite, Marketing Communications, Google Analytics, Final Cut Express, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Wide Orbit, Media Math, Microsoft Office, WordPress, Public Speaking, HTML, Web Design, PowerPoint, After Effects, CSS, Google Webmaster Tools, Rhetoric Caitlin Flattery Master's Degree, Public Diplomacy West Virginia University 2012 — 2014 Master's Degree, French Language and Literature Lycoming College 2008 — 2012 Bachelor's Degree, French Studies SIDEARM Sports May 2012 - Present West Virgina University August 2012 - May 2014 Lycoming College August 2009 - April 2012 SUNY Upstate Medical University June 2009 - August 2011 French, Foreign Languages, Multilingual, Conversation, Teaching, Translation, Language Teaching, Editing, Proofreading, Microsoft Office, Social Networking Sites, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, QuickBooks, Social Networking Caitlin Gillman Game Art & Design Intern at Floor 84 Studio Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects, Junior Flintridge Preparatory School 2008 — 2012 Art Center College of Design 2011 — 2011 Floor 84 Studio January 2015 - Present Epic Pictures Group May 2015 - May 2015 Loter, Inc. July 2014 - July 2014 Squeeze My Tees August 2012 - May 2014 The Learning Castle/ La Canada Preparatory July 2013 - August 2013 The Learning Castle/ La Canada Preparatory May 2012 - August 2012 LegalQB.com 2009 - 2012 Animation, Photography, Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Illustrator, Drawing, Graphic Design, Character Animation, InDesign, Rendering, Video Editing, PowerPoint, Mac, Microsoft Applications, Maya, Visual Effects, Storyboarding, Mudbox, Processing, Line Drawing, Twitter, Nuke, Logic Pro, After Effects, ZBrush, Vue, Arduino, Unreal Engine 3, Lightroom, Marketing Caitlin Heikkila Social Media Editor at Allure Magazine BA, Communications and Writing Bachelor of Arts Degree, Writing & Communications Allure Magazine December 2014 - Present Freelance 2010 - Present Scripps Networks Interactive January 2014 - December 2014 Everyday Health March 2012 - December 2012 OpenSky August 2011 - December 2011 MN&P July 2010 - August 2011 Besen & Associates August 2009 - April 2010 Social Media Marketing, Writing, Community Management, Blogging, Social Media, Public Relations, Food Writing, Blogger, Press Releases, New Media, Editing, Copy Editing, WordPress, Journalism, Creative Writing, InDesign, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Event Planning, Content Management, E-commerce, Web Content, Content Strategy, Copywriting, Digital Media, Content Development Caitlin Hay Systems Engineer Sr. at Lockheed Martin BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering Lockheed Martin September 2010 - Present Lockheed Martin June 2007 - August 2010 Raytheon January 2006 - July 2006 Intel Corporation January 2005 - July 2005 Ethicon Endo-Surgery January 2004 - August 2004 Systems Engineering, Testing, Engineering, Program Management, Integration, Radar, Matlab, Electrical Engineering, C++, Debugging Caitlin Kalinowski runDisney Endurance Event Coordinator (TA) at The Walt Disney Company BS, Sport Management The Walt Disney Company October 2014 - Present The Walt Disney Company June 2013 - Present The Walt Disney Company January 2013 - June 2013 The Walt Disney Company August 2012 - January 2013 Philadelphia Soul January 2012 - August 2012 NASCAR Kinetics August 2011 - December 2011 American Eagle Outfitters August 2010 - December 2010 Modell's Sporting Goods June 2010 - August 2010 Ocean Village South Condominiums May 2006 - August 2009 Microsoft Office, Some Photoshop Skills, Sales Experience, Sports Management, Sports, Event Planning, Sports Marketing, Social Media, Media Relations, Leadership, Marketing, Public Relations Caitlin Donovan The District Communications Group 2012 - Present TrueTandem July 2009 - September 2013 CoStar Group October 2008 - June 2009 AccountPros November 2004 - October 2008 Booz Allen Hamilton July 2004 - October 2004 Technical Recruiting, Applicant Tracking..., Talent Acquisition, Benefits Negotiation, Executive Search, Recruiting, Internet Recruiting, Sourcing, Onboarding, College Recruiting, Permanent Placement, Contract Recruitment, Screening, CRM, Vendor Management, Staff Augmentation, SharePoint, Business Analysis, Integration, Professional Services, Program Management, Business Development, SDLC, Sales, Talent Management, Management, Leadership, Interviews, Consulting, Strategy, Outsourcing, Information Technology, Strategic Partnerships, Temporary Placement, Staffing Services, Networking, Hiring, SaaS, Cold Calling, Screening Resumes, IT Recruitment, Enterprise Software, Temporary Staffing, Contract Negotiation, Account Management, Employee Benefits, Search, Taleo, Employer Branding, Cloud Computing Caitlin Larrabee Kravchenko Associate Director at Neo@Ogilvy New York University 2010 — 2011 MS, Integrated Marketing State University of New York at Binghamton 1999 — 2003 Bachelor of Arts (BA), Art History Neo@Ogilvy September 2014 - Present Neo@Ogilvy July 2013 - September 2014 Neo@Ogilvy March 2012 - July 2013 Neo@Ogilvy March 2011 - March 2012 Trapeze School New York LLC September 2008 - December 2011 ORC Worldwide December 2006 - September 2010 The Frick Collection January 2004 - December 2006 Rochester Clinical Research September 1996 - January 2004 Data Analysis, Social Media, Digital Marketing, Research, Microsoft Office, Integrated Marketing, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Public Speaking, Microsoft Word, Non-profits, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Budgets, Customer Service, Facebook, Nonprofits, SEM, Mobile Marketing, PPC, Online Marketing, Marketing Communications, Online Advertising, Advertising, YouTube, Google Adwords, Omniture, Google Analytics, Media Planning, comScore Caitlin Laskey Allentown, Pennsylvania Area Preservation Specialist & Interior Designer at Artefact, Inc. MS, Historic Preservation BS, Environmental Design + Interiors Artefact, Inc July 2014 - Present Michael Ryan Architects 2012 - June 2014 Caitlin Laskey Design, LLC December 2009 - January 2013 Mount Edgcumbe Estate June 2008 - July 2008 Starke Millwork August 2006 - November 2006 Steve Glickman, Architect AIA, Lynne Holden Interior Design, ASID May 2006 - August 2006 InDesign, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Illustrator, Photoshop, Research, Adobe Acrobat, PowerPoint, Vectorworks, Microsoft Excel, Project Management, Software Documentation, Marketing, Customer Service, Budgets, Workshop Facilitation, Historic Preservation, Purchasing, Adobe Creative Suite, Sustainable Design Caitlin MacKay Clinical Dietitian at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston University 2007 — 2009 MS, Nutrition BS, Nutrition Massachusetts General Hospital April 2009 - Present UMass Memorial Medical Center June 2007 - January 2009 Caitlin Rounds, MIM, PMP PMP Certified and Experienced Technical Program and Project Manager Master of Science (M.S.), Information Management, specialized in Project Management and Resource Planning Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communications (minor in Psychology) Baldwinsville H.S. 2000 — 2003 NYS Regents diploma Time Warner Cable August 2015 - Present Time Warner Cable July 2015 - August 2015 Time Warner Cable November 2014 - July 2015 Time Warner Cable October 2013 - November 2014 Time Warner Cable March 2013 - October 2013 iConsult - Syracuse University December 2012 - July 2013 Eric Mower + Associates June 2011 - February 2013 2ndNature, LLC July 2010 - June 2011 Web Project Management, Digital Project..., Management, Account Management, Marketing Communications, Social Media, Social Networking, Information Architecture, Information Systems, Risk Management, SEO, Scope Management, Scopes Of Work, Project Scope..., Project Management, MS Project, Project Planning, Project Delivery, Agile Project Management, Government, PMP, Problem Solving, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Non-profits, Google Analytics, Wordpress, Team Management, Schedules, SharePoint, Direct Marketing, Web Analytics, Web Content Management, CMS, Interactive Marketing, Advertising, Budgets, Nonprofits, WordPress, Email Marketing, Leadership, Online Marketing, Mobile Marketing, CSS, Cross-functional Team..., Web Development, Time Management, HTML, User Experience Caitlin Peters DeFlaviis Deputy Photo Director at AARP Bachelor of Arts, Art History & Photo Illustration Wilton High Shool 1993 — 1997 AARP October 2014 - Present AARP AARP Media Creative Team August 2010 - September 2014 Freelancer June 2009 - August 2010 Bonnier Corporation July 2009 - October 2009 Bonnier Corporation January 2009 - May 2009 Bonnier Corporation March 2007 - December 2008 Dennis Publishing March 2006 - March 2007 Dennis Publishing February 2005 - February 2006 Svend Lindbaek, Still Life & Portrait Photographer April 2004 - February 2005 MS Logan April 2004 - July 2004 Magazines, production, Photo Research, Photo Editor, Editorial Photography, Photography, Print Production Process, Location Production, Art Direction, Photo Shoot Production, Storytelling, Editing, Photos, Film, Photoshop, Fashion Photography, Image Editing, Image Manipulation, Editorial, Digital Photography, Creative Direction, Commercial Photography, Photo Shoots, Video Caitlin Pontrella Assistant Architect at NYC Department of Parks & Recreation Whippany Park High School 2003 — 2007 NYC Department of Parks & Recreation April 2013 - Present The Movement Creative January 2012 - Present Wyndham Worldwide June 2010 - August 2010 American Insitute for Architecture Students May 2009 - December 2009 AutoCAD, Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, SketchUp, GIS, Information Design, Gimp, Graphic Design, Architecture, terragen, Hand Drawing, Architectural Drafting, Model Making, Digital Fabrication, Sketching, Digital Painting, Vector Illustration, Editorial, Excel, Public Speaking, Team Leadership, Event Planning, Youth Leadership, AutoCAD Architecture, Parkour, Personal Training, LEED, Rendering, Architectural Drawings Caitlin Young Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Fashion Design and Merchandising Solera Specialty Pharmacy May 2015 - Present AB Science February 2014 - April 2015 Holman Automotive Group February 2013 - February 2014 Holman Automotive Group March 2012 - March 2013 Holman Automotive Group May 2011 - March 2012 Holman Automotive Group September 2010 - May 2011 Nordstrom May 2009 - October 2009 Sales, Microsoft Office, Training, Sales Management, ADP CRM, Info Bahn, Dealer Speed, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Pharmaceutical Sales, Animal Health, Outside Sales Caitlin McLaughlin News Producer at WFXT Fox 25 BS, Broadcast Journalism, Spanish St. Thomas Aquinas High School 1998 — 2002 High school diploma, 2002 WFXT Fox 25 December 2014 - Present WHDH-TV May 2012 - December 2014 WDIV LOCAL 4 January 2008 - May 2012 WCJB TV 20 NEWS September 2006 - December 2007 WCSH6 May 2006 - September 2006 Syracuse University Athletic Department January 2003 - May 2006 Video Editing, Sports, Graphics, Organization, Ap Style, Producing, Storytelling, Breaking News, ENPS, Final Cut Pro, Broadcast, Avid, AP Style, Television, New Media, Video, Multimedia, Video Production, Adobe Audition, Newsletters, Non-linear Editing, Videography, News Writing, Facebook, Broadcast Journalism, Avid Newscutter, Editing, Camera, Media Relations, Press Releases, Sports Writing, Radio Broadcasting, Broadcast Television, Avid Media Composer, Radio, Journalism, Digital Media Caitlyn Ferber Special Education Teacher at Syracuse City School District Master of Science (M.S.), Inclusive Secondary Special Education (7-12) Generalist Bachelor of Science, Selected Studies in Education and Sociology, Minor in Disability Studies Town of Cheektowaga Youth and Recreation June 2012 - August 2013 Office of Resident Life at Syracuse University January 2012 - May 2013 SU Literacy Corps September 2009 - May 2013 Happyland Day Camp June 2011 - August 2011 SU Office of Residence Life June 2010 - May 2011 Microsoft Office, Teaching, Research, Public Speaking, PowerPoint, Social Media, Editing, Tutoring, Microsoft Word, Customer Service, Microsoft Excel, Blogging Caitlyn Jones Marketing Manager at American Express BA, Advertising, Psychology American Express Travel & Lifestyle Services May 2014 - Present American Express Global Merchant Services February 2013 - May 2014 American Express Global Business Travel August 2010 - February 2013 MindShare May 2009 - August 2010 Syracuse University December 2008 - May 2009 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital September 2006 - May 2009 Meredith Corporation June 2008 - August 2008 Universal Pictures August 2007 - June 2008 Brant Publications June 2007 - August 2007 Market Research, Marketing Strategy, Digital Marketing, Project Management, Analytics, Customer Segmentation..., Marketing, Travel, Advertising, CRM, Editing, Integrated Marketing, Management, Press Releases, Public Relations, Strategy Caitlyn McCarthy Senior Designer at 23andMe School of Visual Arts 2008 — 2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Advertising Design 23andMe March 2014 - Present Freelance; Self Employed May 2006 - Present Bonobos July 2012 - October 2013 Gilt City May 2011 - January 2012 Glamourmom January 2010 - April 2011 Think360, Inc. May 2007 - September 2009 Tampa Tribune 2006 - 2007 Web Design, Graphic Design, Art Direction, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite, Brand Development, Logo Development, Logo Design, Logos, Corporate Identity, Typography, Advertising, POS, Packaging, Concept Development, Graphics, Brochures, Retouching, Production, Branding & Identity, Image Manipulation, Digital Marketing, Illustration, User Experience, Online Advertising Cait Maloney Columbia, South Carolina Area Illustrator & Designer; Communicating Visually Est. 2007(ish) BFA, Illustration Image Resource Group September 2008 - Present Cait Maloney Creative July 2007 - Present Exhibitions September 2010 - May 2013 Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Mac, Adobe Acrobat, Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CadTools, Google Sketch Up, Hand Rendering, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Illustration, Art, Graphic Design, Fine Art, Advertising, Art Direction, Photography, Microsoft Word, Layout, Posters, Brochures, Graphics, Visual Communication, Direct Mail, Character Animation, Storyboarding, Packaging, Digital Illustration, SketchUp, Vector Illustration, Typography, Microsoft Excel Caitriona Fiero Associate Merchandiser/Designer Delta Galil USA October 2013 - Present Burlen Corporation (a division of Delta Galil USA) December 2009 - October 2013 Flip Dresses July 2009 - October 2009 Global Wise Development June 2009 - September 2009 Vian Hunter June 2008 - August 2008 Katherine Hooker London January 2008 - April 2008 Fashion Design, Sewing, Fashion Illustration, Creative Direction, Social Media, Advertising, Graphic Design, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, Illustration, Pattern, Draping, Costume Design, Social Media Marketing, Trend Analysis, Styling, Apparel, Mood Boards, Product Development, Microsoft Office, Tech Packs, Fashion, Photoshop Calandria Meadows Director, Social Media, TBS & TCM at Turner Broadcasting System Master's, Direct and Interactive Marketing Turner Broadcasting System October 2013 - Present Turner Broadcasting September 2009 - October 2013 Turner Broadcasting November 2008 - September 2009 The New York Times October 2007 - November 2008 The New York Times March 2006 - October 2007 Time Inc. February 2005 - March 2006 Washington DC Marketing Center 2001 - 2003 Easter Seals October 2000 - November 2001 Email Marketing, Integrated Marketing, SEM, Web Analytics, Direct Marketing, Advertising, Brand Development, E-commerce, Product Marketing, Social Media, Strategy, Creative Direction, Marketing, Media Relations, Marketing Research, Creative Strategy, Copy Editing, Direct Mail, Segmentation, Management, Social Media Marketing, Digital Media, Blogging, Social Networking, Facebook Danielle Caldwell Kansas City, Missouri Area User Experience Analyst at Epiq Systems bachelor's of industrial design, Industrial and Interaction Design Temple University 2007 — 2007 Summer Graphic Design Workshop, Temple Japan Campus Epiq Systems June 2015 - Present Cerner Corporation December 2013 - June 2015 IDSA (The Industrial Designers Society of America) October 2011 - January 2014 Hallmark Cards February 2011 - November 2013 Hallmark Cards August 2008 - February 2011 Hallmark Cards May 2008 - August 2008 Fabric Horse June 2006 - August 2006 State Farm Insurance June 2001 - August 2003 Design Strategy, Industrial Design, Design Thinking, Concept Development, Experience Design, User-centered Design, Adobe Creative Suite, Interaction Design, Design Management, Design Research, Graphic Design, Product Design, Rendering, User Interface Design, User Experience, Illustrator, Concept Design, Rapid Prototyping, User Research, Research Design, Illustration, Sketching, Sketchbook Pro, Keyshot, Product Development, Creative Strategy, Visual Communication, Strategic Design, 3D visualization, Model Making, Concept Generation, Packaging, Brand Development, 3D rendering, Service Design, Creative Problem Solving, Rhino, User Experience Design, Ethnography, Alias Studio Tools, Event Planning, Hypershot, Visual Design, Wireframes, Usability, Contextual Research, Paper Prototyping, Information Design, Solidworks, Employee Training Caleb Brewer Professional Googler at Help.com Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering Help.com March 2015 - Present ITS Online Platforms May 2012 - May 2013 ITS Service Desk May 2011 - August 2012 Quartus, CodeWarrior, PHP, phpMyAdmin, MySQL, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Java, C++, Visual Studio, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Wordpress, Drupal, Unix, Linux, Object Oriented Design, Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, Operating Systems Design, Assembly Language, Computer Architecture, C#, SQL, WordPress, Web Development Caleb Sheldon Land Associate at Polaris Pacific B.S., Selected Studies: Mathematics & Economics Chinese-Mandarin Civil Aviation Management Insitute of China Kamehameha High School POLARIS PACIFIC February 2015 - Present Felsite Capital - Ashbury Construction September 2014 - February 2015 United States Air Force September 2010 - September 2014 Goldman Sachs April 2014 - May 2014 Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs May 2008 - September 2008 Caleb Lamb South Paris, Maine PlayByPlay Broadcaster Bachelor of Science, Broadcast Journalism Portland Pirates October 2014 - Present Northeast Sports Network October 2014 - Present Stockton Thunder September 2013 - May 2014 Tourbeau Sports Group July 2013 - July 2013 Syracuse Crunch September 2012 - June 2013 CitrusTV September 2009 - May 2013 WAER 88.3 FM September 2009 - May 2013 Syracuse Silver Knights October 2012 - April 2013 Syracuse Stampede October 2012 - March 2013 Syracuse University women's ice hockey September 2011 - March 2013 Play-by-Play, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Play-by-play, Premiere, Broadcast, Producing, ENPS, Sports, Avid Newscutter, Broadcast Journalism, Avid Caletha Crawford children's apparel business consultant at calethacrawford.com Carnegie Mellon University 1991 — 1995 Flutter Sales March 2015 - Present Caletha Crawford Childrenswear Consulting LLC January 2011 - Present Parsons The New School for Design April 2011 - Present Parsons The New School for Design & LIM College August 2010 - Present Various: Editor-in-chief, Earnshaw's; Associate Editor, Vision Monday; Associate Editor, Footwear+ January 2001 - Present Publisher, Earnshaw's August 2007 - December 2009 Fashion, Editorial, Magazines, Creative Direction, Retail, Apparel, Social Media Marketing, Marketing, Copywriting, Marketing Communications, Editing, Marketing Strategy, Publishing, Newsletters, Fashion Design, Merchandising, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, New Business Development, University Teaching Caley Ostrander Senior Product/UI UX Designer Massachusetts College of Art & Design Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design Kennebunk High School Keybase August 2015 - Present CaleyOstrander.com June 2009 - Present Birchbox August 2014 - August 2015 VSA Partners July 2013 - July 2014 Tank Design January 2011 - June 2013 BEAM Interactive August 2010 - December 2010 Rue La La June 2010 - August 2010 Portland Magazine June 2009 - September 2009 Phoenix Media/Communications Group June 2009 - September 2009 Stonewall Kitchen June 2008 - September 2008 Creative Direction, Art Direction, Product Design, Start-ups, Early-stage Startups, Interaction Design, User Interface Design, E-commerce, User Experience, Brand Development, Responsive web design, Typography, Information Architecture, Web Design, Graphic Design, Brand Identity, Creative Strategy, Logo Design, Lean Startup, Entrepreneurship, Interactive Media, Start-up Consulting, Startup Development, Start-up Ventures, Fashion, Beauty Industry, Luxury, Luxury Goods, Luxury Brand Marketing, Management, Consulting Calla Thompson Visual Artist and Assosiate Professor MFA, Photography, College of Visual and Performing Arts University of Ottawa 1990 — 1996 BFA, Photography, Visual Arts Department Weston Collegiate Institute University of Maryland July 2011 - Present Self August 1999 - Present Art, Contemporary Art, Critical Thinking, Photography, Drawing, Fine Art, Photoshop, Montage, Visual Arts, Power, Books, Graphic Design, Art Exhibitions, Brochures, Art History, Digital Photography Callie O'Connell West Islip High School (HS 2009 — 2013 Sailing, Graphic Design, Problem Solving, Teamwork, volunteer work, leadership Francine Miller Owner/Consultant Call Ms Behaving American College of Applied Science 2005 — 2009 MS, Applied Behavior Science for Companion Animals BFA, Advertising Design BA, Art Concord High School 1966 — 1970 Call Ms Behaving 2005 - 2013 Veterinary Behavior Consultants October 2005 - June 2010 The Cordius Group April 2009 - May 2010 Pacific Plus November 2007 - April 2009 Crocker Consulting August 2005 - December 2007 Bailey Gardiner, Inc. 1999 - 2005 Avantos Performance Systems September 1995 - September 1997 Midrange Computing 1994 - 1995 Phillips Ramsey Advertising 1979 - 1989 Phillips-Ramsey Advertising & Public Relations/McCann Erickson 1979 - 1989 Dog Behavior, Dog Aggression, Animal Behavior..., Behavior Modification, Cat Behavior, Dog Separation Anxiety, Cat Litter Box Problems, Cat Aggression, Cat Behavior Problems, Dog Behavor Problems, Animal Behavior, Pets Cal Rice Sr Systems Engineer, IT Michigan Technological University 1981 — 1985 BSEE, Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering Armacell May 2007 - Present Marketsmart Interactive July 2004 - August 2006 Corrugated Supplies LLC November 1998 - June 2004 Wright Express April 1998 - October 1998 GTECH 1994 - 1998 General Electric 1985 - 1994 Martin Marietta 1985 - 1994 Calvin Iverson Account Executive at Weber Shandwick Bachelor of Arts (BA), Public Relations Lexington High School 2004 — 2008 Weber Shandwick August 2014 - Present Calvin Lee Vice President, Application Development in Global Technology at JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase January 2013 - Present Nokia September 2008 - December 2012 QVC December 2004 - August 2008 TE Connectivity April 2001 - December 2004 TE Connectivity June 1999 - May 2001 TE Connectivity January 1998 - May 1999 Java Enterprise Edition, Web Services, Spring, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Software Project..., Agile Project Management, Software Development, Project Management, Technical Leadership, Java, Architecture, Testing, SDLC, Oracle, Enterprise Architecture, Tomcat, Requirements Analysis, SOAP, Architectures, Hibernate, Integration, Spring Framework Calvin Morrissey Account Executive at Dstillery Bachelor of Science, Sport Management Dstillery December 2014 - Present true[X] media December 2012 - November 2014 Catalyst Public Relations July 2012 - December 2012 Publicis March 2012 - July 2012 Big Fuel Communications LLC October 2010 - February 2012 Mercury Communications Group May 2010 - September 2010 Information Technology and Services at Syracuse University August 2006 - April 2010 Syracuse Crunch August 2009 - January 2010 Syracuse Chiefs May 2008 - August 2008 Social Media Marketing, Community Management, Writing, Digital Marketing, Social Media, Facebook, Social Networking, Blogging, Event Planning, Event Management, Press Releases, Digital Strategy, Strategic Planning, Online Marketing, Public Relations, Creative Direction, Leadership, Strategy, Advertising, Analytics, Management Calyn Wissick School Psychologist at Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD The College of Saint Rose 2009 — 2012 C.A.S/M.S., School Psychology/Educational Psychology B.A., Graphic Design, Psychology Ravena Coeymans Selkirk CSD July 2014 - Present Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District January 2013 - June 2014 Auto/Mate Dealership Systems June 2010 - December 2012 North Colonie Central School District September 2011 - June 2012 The College of Saint Rose August 2009 - May 2011 JERK Magazine January 2008 - February 2009 WMHT June 2008 - August 2008 Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology January 2008 - May 2008 OlymPIN Collector's Club April 2002 - December 2007 Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Copy Editing, Microsoft Excel, Logo Design, Public Relations, Layout, Graphic Design Camille Bautista Reporter/Producer at DNAinfo (New Media News LLC) City University of New York-Hunter College 2007 — 2011 Brooklyn Technical High School 2003 — 2007 ABC News Radio May 2013 - October 2014 Bustle January 2014 - June 2014 Mashable January 2013 - April 2013 The Post-Standard January 2012 - December 2012 Twenty What Magazine May 2012 - June 2012 Huntington School September 2011 - May 2012 ABC News December 2010 - May 2011 Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers November 2007 - May 2011 The Queens Courier January 2010 - May 2010 Journalism, Ap Style, News Writing, Fact-checking, InDesign, Writing, Online Journalism, Social Media, Feature Articles, Copy Editing, Web Editing, Profile Writing, Storytelling, Facebook, Newspaper, Editing, Final Cut Express, Blogging, Digital Media, New Media, AP Style, Newspapers, Interviews, WordPress, Magazines, Press Releases, Final Cut Pro, Editorial Cameron Douraghy Thunderbird School of Global Management 1992 — 1993 Bachelor of Science (BSc) Artisan August 2013 - Present BAYCAT February 2006 - Present DeconNow February 2012 - July 2013 Entrepreneurs' Organization February 2011 - July 2012 Artisan Creative April 1999 - April 2012 California Staffing Professionals January 2010 - March 2012 California Staffing Professionals February 2008 - March 2012 AIGA San Francisco August 1999 - July 2010 San Francisco Human Rights Commission April 2006 - April 2009 Recruiting, Temporary Staffing, Global Marketing, Packaging, Copywriting, Sales Management, Marketing, Graphic Design, Sales, Recruiters, E-commerce, International Sales, SEO, Branding & Identity, Strategic Partnerships, Contract Negotiation, Marketing Communications, International Business..., Collateral, Web Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Google Adwords, Social Networking, Start-ups, New Business Development, Strategic Planning, Online Marketing, Strategy, Email Marketing, Product Marketing, Web Design, Brand Development, Product Management, Leadership, Public Relations, Management, B2B, SEM, Mobile Devices, Integrated Marketing, Program Management, Digital Marketing, Advertising, Online Advertising, Corporate Branding, Social Media Marketing, Fundraising, Market Research, Business Development, Marketing Strategy Cameron Heffernan Director of North America, Mach Media \| FlyCorporate communications Mach Media and FlyCorporate January 2012 - Present Fly Corporate January 2012 - Present SWIFT October 2010 - October 2011 Robert Half International May 2008 - September 2010 Robert Half Technology July 2006 - May 2008 UCSF August 2003 - July 2006 GigaPlan (Meridian) March 2000 - February 2003 PC World May 1998 - March 2000 SA Computer Magazine (Cape Town, South Africa) March 1996 - February 1998 International CHRIE January 1994 - January 1996 Public Relations, Marketing Communications, Social Media, Media Relations, Copywriting, Writing For The Web, Crisis Communications, International Business, Corporate Communications, Press Office, Press Releases, Internal Communications, Spokesperson Training, Strategic Communications, Message Development, Journalism, Partnership Marketing, Change Communication, Event Marketing, Online PR, Digital Strategy, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Web Content, Editorial Planning, Executive Communications, Communication Training, Content Development, Marketing, Content Strategy, Integrated Marketing, Brand Management, Strategy, Lead Generation, Content Management, Newsletters, Communications Planning, Reputation Management, Publishing, Social Media Marketing, Crisis Management Cameron Lassiter M.Arch2, Architecture Corgan March 2012 - Present sma+ architects March 2011 - March 2012 Patchwork Collective April 2010 - June 2011 Syracuse University, School of Architecture September 2009 - December 2010 Syracuse University, School of Architecture 2009 - 2010 Maryann Thompson Architects January 2008 - August 2009 Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects May 2007 - September 2007 University of Arkansas, School of Architecture September 2006 - December 2006 Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, Submittals, Sustainable Design, Laser Cutting, Architectural Design, Rendering, Vray, Model Making, Design Research, Ecotect, Social Media, Social Media Strategist, AutoCAD Architecture, LEED AP, BIM, Urban Design, Architectural Drawings, Architecture, Construction Drawings, LEED, Digital Fabrication, Comprehensive Planning, Space planning, Sketching, Model Building, 3D rendering, Mixed-use, AutoCAD, Drawing, Rhino 3D, Green Building, FormZ, ArchiCAD, 3D Studio Max Cameron Lynn Assistant Director of Operations/Brand Marketing Intern Urban Life Athletics February 2015 - Present Syracuse University Athletic Marketing Department January 2014 - Present Syracuse University Football Department August 2013 - May 2015 Aloha Tournaments May 2014 - August 2014 Washington Redskins June 2013 - August 2013 At The Beach Tanning January 2012 - June 2013 Sports Management, Sales, Selling, Sports, Sports Industry, Social Networking, Recruiting, Access, Marketing, Sports Marketing, Ticket Sales Cameron Hughes Garden City, New York Founder, Invergo Coffee Bachelor's of Industrial Design, Industrial and Product Design Xavier High School 2008 — 2012 Invergo Coffee June 2013 - Present Skanska July 2015 - August 2015 Lifetime Brands May 2013 - August 2013 Solidworks, InDesign, Product Design, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Illustrator, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Sketching, Model Making, 3D Printing, Concept Development, Product Development, PowerPoint, Concept Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, User Experience, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Word, Brand Development, Arduino, Coffee, Rapid Prototyping, Rendering, Leadership, Research, Drawing Cameron Winfield Systems Support at Delmonico Insurance Agency and Syracuse University iSchool Undergraduate Student Bachelor's Degree, Information Management and Technology Bachelor's Degree, Biotechnology, 3.02/4.00 Transitory Period 2012 — 2014 Bachelor's Degree, Bioprocess Engineering, 3.27/4.00 Delmonico Insurance Agency March 2015 - Present P.F. Chang's China Bistro September 2012 - October 2013 P.F. Chang's China Bistro May 2012 - September 2012 P.F. Chang's China Bistro March 2012 - May 2012 Biotechnology, Environmental..., Microsoft Office, Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Public Speaking, Leadership Camila Espina Doctoral Student at the University of Georgia The University of Georgia 2013 — 2016 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mass Communication/Media Studies Master of Arts (MA), Media Studies University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 2006 — 2011 Bachelor of Arts (BA), Journalism University of Georgia August 2013 - Present George Foster Peabody Awards August 2013 - May 2014 Newhouse School, Syracuse University August 2011 - May 2013 Newhouse School, Syracuse University July 2012 - August 2012 Newhouse School, Syracuse University January 2012 - May 2012 Diálogo December 2010 - July 2011 Camille Linton Vice President; Global Technology and Operations at Bank of America Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business 2011 — 2013 MBA, Finance, Economics WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management 2012 — 2012 MBA Semester: Study Abroad Program in Germany B.S, Electrical Engineering Bank of America April 2015 - Present Bank of America July 2014 - April 2015 Bank of America June 2013 - July 2014 ExxonMobil May 2012 - August 2012 First Commonwealth Bank August 2007 - June 2010 BNY Mellon January 2007 - May 2007 Northrop Grumman Corporation January 2006 - November 2006 Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory June 2005 - January 2006 Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Process Improvement, Cross-functional Team..., Project Management, Business Analysis, Finance, Strategic Planning, Data Analysis Camille Malkiewicz Fayetteville, Arkansas Area S.I. Newhouse School for Public Communications 2011 — 2012 John Brown University 2007 — 2011 Bachelor, Marketing, Graphic Design Walmart May 2015 - Present Canvas Corp Brands September 2013 - Present Craftistas May 2012 - Present Whitman School of Management June 2011 - August 2011 Rockfish Interactive June 2010 - August 2010 Eisenman Associates July 2009 - August 2009 Advertising, Digital Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Online Advertising, Graphic Design, Adobe Creative Suite, SEO, Creative Strategy, Facebook, Email Marketing, Creative Direction, Marketing Strategy, Web Design, Wordpress, Blogging, Interactive Marketing, Copywriting, SEM, Illustrator, Integrated Marketing, Public Relations Camissa Hill TV Producer & Publicist BFA, Drama, Dance, Broadcast Journalism Irwin Entertainment August 2015 - Present Relativity Ventures September 2014 - Present America's Community Network March 2015 - August 2015 E! Networks December 2014 - March 2015 E! Networks December 2014 - February 2015 CBS Television Distribution March 2014 - December 2014 E! Networks July 2014 - August 2014 E! Networks May 2014 - May 2014 E! Networks December 2013 - April 2014 ENPS, iNews, OPUS, Producing, Avid, Non-linear Editing, Edius, Field Producing, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast, Breaking News, Videography, Television, Video Production, Final Cut Pro, Facebook, Broadcast Television, Entertainment Camley Zogby Hitti Utica, New York Area VP and Managing Partner, Global Recruiters Network of Utica and Regulatory Affairs Search Consultant BA, Int'l Busness/Int'l Politics American University of Beirut 1987 — 1988 Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics Global Recruiters Network of Utica June 2006 - Present Contract Integration and Manufacturing (CiMax 2006 - 2014 Broward County School System August 1996 - May 2001 Libraq Int'l 1982 - 1988 Regulatory Affairs, Medical Devices, Executive Search, Pharmaceutical Industry, Talent Acquisition, Technical Recruiting, Sourcing, Executive Management, Recruiting, New Business Development, Business Development, Staffing Services, Mergers, Sales Management, Strategic Planning, Contract Recruitment, Manufacturing, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Healthcare, Cross-functional Team..., Operations Management, Leadership, Biotechnology, Process Improvement, Start-ups, Human Resources, Training, Quality System, Management, Business Strategy, Strategy, Pharmaceutics, Interviews, Mergers & Acquisitions Erica Campanella Providence, Rhode Island Area Freelance designer at Jenny and Jeff Design BFA, Illustration/Graphic Design, magna cum laude St. Mary's Academy Bayview 1992 — 1998 Jenny Faw Design September 2012 - Present Studio Campanella January 2012 - Present MyPublisher November 2011 - August 2012 Komar December 2010 - November 2011 India Garment Inc May 2009 - December 2009 Tricoastal Design October 2006 - March 2008 Capelli NY April 2005 - June 2006 Arden Jewelry 2002 - 2005 Illustrator, Illustration, Adobe Creative Suite, Graphics, Graphic Design, Adobe Acrobat, Packaging, Stationery, Microsoft Office, InDesign, Background, Photoshop, Logo Design, Sketching, Art Direction, Mac, Creative Direction, Keynote, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver, HTML, Microsoft Excel, Software, Toys, Concept Development, Invites Candace Carver Communications Professional Available for New Opportunities M.A., Television, Radio, Film McNeese State University 2001 — 2004 B.A., Mass Communications Associates, Visual Arts Texas House of Representatives January 2015 - June 2015 Texas House of Representatives May 2008 - January 2015 Zara June 2007 - January 2008 "The Birthday Gift" September 2007 - October 2007 Zara 2006 - 2007 Bridget Johnson Films August 2006 - October 2006 Speech Writing, Social Media, Social Networking, Microsoft Office, Customer Service, Final Cut Pro, Community Outreach, Legislative Research, Legislative Relations, Media Relations, Time Management, Nonprofits, State Government, Government Relations, State Laws, C M S (Correspondence..., Filmtracker, LexisNexis, Avid, Photo Editing, Broadcast Journalism, Film Editing, Darkroom, Retail Management, Social Media Outreach, Legislative Affairs, Proofreading, Interpersonal..., Store Management, Retail Sales, Marketing Candace Foreman Dublin, Ohio QA Software Engineer \| Manual Testing \| Usability Testing \| Automation Sogeti July 2011 - Present HER Real Living March 2004 - Present Ruby Brigate 2011 - 2014 USA Self Employed January 1998 - January 2004 Partners In Marketing September 1998 - September 2002 Manual Testing, Regression Testing, Agile Testing, Black Box Testing, Usability Testing, Test Automation, RubyMine, Functional Testing, Ruby, Cucumber, RSpec, Real Estate, Selling, Sellers, First Time Home Buyers, Contract Negotiation, Residential Homes, Referrals, Investment Properties, Marketing, Real Estate Transactions, ABR, Customer Service, Condos, Short Sales, Buyer Representation, Investors, Quality Assurance, Strategic Planning, Foreclosures, Small Business, Single Family Homes, Networking, REO, Strategy, Negotiation, Sales, Residential, Buying, Investments, New Homes, Home Staging, Construction, Time Management, Customer Satisfaction, Management, Testing, Agile Methodologies, Databases, Integration Candace Leake Assistant Director of Admissions at Bucknell University The George Washington University - Graduate School of Education and Human Development 2014 — 2018 Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Higher Education Administration Master of Science (M.S.), Higher Education Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), TV-Radio-Film & Modern Foreign Language Bucknell University September 2015 - Present Milken Institure School of Public Health at The George Washington University March 2014 - September 2015 Stevenson University July 2011 - March 2014 Stevenson University September 2008 - June 2011 University of Maryland Baltimore School of Law July 2000 - January 2002 Higher Education, Student Development, Public Speaking, Student Affairs, Admissions, Leadership Development, Editing, Academic Advising, Staff Development, Training, Student Engagement, Research, Social Media, Leadership, Program Development, Resume Writing, Student Leadership, E-Learning, Recruiting, Student Recruiting, Adult Education, Higher Education..., Student Counseling, Career Counseling, Interviews, Enrollment Management, Distance Learning, Customer Service, Datatel, Employee Training, Event Planning, Community Outreach, Microsoft Office, Nonprofits, Orientation Programs Candace Evans, FPC Greater Salt Lake City Area Project Manager at ADP ADP June 2014 - Present ADP February 2013 - June 2014 Evans Service Partners, LLC 2010 - 2011 BenePAY 2009 - 2011 The Trump Network May 2007 - 2011 Paychex 2005 - 2008 Cold Calling, Employee Benefits, Customer Service, Employee Relations, HRIS, Benefits Administration, Training, Recruiting, Team Building, Applicant Tracking..., Onboarding, Human Resources, COBRA, Payroll, Employee Handbooks, Time Management, Accounts Payable, FMLA, Workforce Planning, Talent Management, Performance Management, Hiring, Sales Management, HR Consulting, Employee Training, Strategic Partnerships, Sales Operations, Coaching, Leadership, Customer Retention, CRM, Building Relationships, Staffing Services, Sales, Succession Planning, Workers Compensation, ADP Payroll, Sales Process, Organizational..., Interviews, Compensation & Benefit, Talent Acquisition, Small Business, College Recruiting, Payroll Taxes, Leadership Development, Management, New Hire Orientations Candace S. Petersen Talent Acquisition & Candidate Sourcing Consultant BS, Business, Marketing, Advertising B.S. , Double Degree Awarded Jointly: School of Management & S.I. Newhouse Booz Allen Hamilton (Through Pontoon Solutions) November 2012 - Present CareerSiege August 2009 - October 2012 Independent Consultant 1999 - 2009 Kforce Inc 1994 - 1999 Technical Recruiters Inc. 1989 - 1994 American Security Bank NA (Nationsbank/Bank of America) 1986 - 1989 Electronic Data Systems 1984 - 1986 Executive Real Estate..., Benefits Negotiation, Relocation, Corporate Relocation, Onboarding, Comparative Market..., Income Properties, Distress Properties, Residential Income..., Executive Homes, Horse Properties, Golf Course Communities, Gated Communities, Listing Homes, Sourcing, Talent Acquisition, Strategic Sourcing, Public Relations, Management Development, Prospects, Technical Recruiting, Salary Negotiation, Career Counseling, Recruitment/Retention, Full-cycle Recruiting, University Relations, Executive Search, Global Sourcing, Employer Branding, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Social Media, Internet Recruiting, Career Advising, Talent Management, Career Development, Move Up Buyers, College Recruiting, Screening, SDLC, Prospect, Recruiting, Training, Applicant Tracking..., Screening Resumes, Human Resources, Contract Recruitment, Leadership, Management, Staffing Services Candice Frank The View Production Assistant (Stills Coordinator) at ABC Television Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Television Radio Film Syracuse University Abroad - Madrid, ES Disney ABC Television Group June 2015 - Present Disney ABC Television Group August 2014 - January 2015 art partner June 2014 - August 2014 CBS Television Distribution January 2014 - April 2014 "Rainbow" Short Film March 2014 - March 2014 Talent Escort February 2014 - March 2014 Viacom June 2013 - August 2013 Newhouse School, Syracuse University 2010 - 2013 Syracuse University Madrid Campus Office (SU Madrid) August 2012 - December 2012 Highmark May 2012 - August 2012 Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe AfterEffects, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Customer Service, Photoshop, Social Media, Teamwork, Public Speaking, Event Planning, Adobe Premiere Pro Candice Fry Graduate Student and Intern Dual Master's degree University of California, Riverside 2014 — 2014 Professional Certification in Fiduciary Management University of Nevada-Las Vegas 2009 — 2013 Interfaith Works August 2015 - Present Candice Hofmann Marcellus, New York Graduate Assistant at SUNY Cortland Master of Science (M.S.), Kinesiology and Exercise Science, 4.0 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Civil Engineering, 3.0 Infotree Service Inc. June 2014 - Present SUNY Cortland August 2012 - June 2014 C&S Engineers, Inc. August 2008 - June 2012 Higher Education, Research, Teaching, Public Speaking, PowerPoint, SPSS, Program Development, Microsoft Office Candice Tsang, EIT Customer Support Analyst II at Experian Data Quality Bachelor of Science (BS), Aerospace Engineering North Quincy High School 2004 — 2008 Experian Data Quality April 2015 - Present South Shore YMCA March 2014 - Present Experian Data Quality March 2014 - April 2015 South Shore YMCA February 2013 - March 2014 Amphenol Backplane Systems July 2013 - September 2013 Syracuse University August 2012 - December 2012 Syracuse University - Food Services January 2009 - December 2012 Say Yes to Education January 2009 - December 2012 Ames & Gough July 2012 - August 2012 Five Star Quality Care May 2008 - August 2008 Solidworks, Pro Engineer, Matlab, Microsoft Office, Customer Service, Mathematical Programming, Photoshop, Maple, PowerPoint, Java, NetBeans, Computer Repair, Teaching, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, Python, Computer Hardware, C#, Visual Studio Michele Candida Dobbelaere New York Chiropractic College 2004 — 2007 Acupuncture Park April 2015 - Present Private Practice 2008 - Present Pain Management Office May 2014 - April 2015 Pain Management Office 2012 - July 2014 Private Chiropractic Offices (recommendations upon request) 2010 - 2013 Various Clinics in NYC and NJ 2007 - 2013 Brooklyn Bodyworks Physical Therapy P.C. October 2008 - September 2009 Recovery Services 2008 - 2008 CNY Healing Arts 2007 - 2008 Accounttemps 2005 - 2007 Acupuncture, Pain Management, Healing, Fertility, Headaches, Detoxification, Lifestyle, Relaxation, Back Pain, Migraine, Neck Pain, Sciatica, Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain, Myofascial Release, Musculoskeletal, Traditional Chinese..., Alternative Medicine, Oriental Medicine, Treatment, Stress, Whiplash, Insomnia, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Fibromyalgia, Qigong, Infertility, Holistic Health, Menopause, Injury, Tui Na, Cupping, Digestive Disorders, Arthritis, Chronic Illness, Women's Health, Moxibustion, Gua Sha, Wellness Coaching, Auricular Acupuncture, Allergy Candice Lee Realtor at Keller Williams The Metropolitan Master of Arts (M.A.), Advertising University of Houston 2007 — 2010 Bachelor of Arts (BA), Advertising S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications June 2012 - Present Advertising, Social Media, Media Planning, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Communications, Research, Public Speaking, Digital Strategy, Facebook, InDesign, Marketing Strategy, Digital Media, Microsoft Office, Event Planning, Photoshop, Marketing Cannon Hunter Grandison Production & Content Manager at The Daily411 English and Policy Studies, Senior Fountain Valley School of Colorado 2007 — 2011 The Daily 411 January 2013 - Present MusketCannon Productions June 2009 - Present Shaw Hall January 2012 - Present Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility, Inc. January 2015 - May 2015 Syracuse University Project Advance August 2014 - December 2014 SpinMedia, Inc. May 2014 - August 2014 Blue Flame Agency May 2013 - August 2013 Dj Skittles Entertainment January 2004 - August 2013 KFVS March 2010 - May 2011 Youtube May 2008 - September 2010 iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Social Media, Writing, Video, Film Production, Photography, Broadcast, Film, Editing, Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, Facebook, Public Speaking, Creative Writing, Advertising, Producing, Radio, Video Production, Video Editing, WordPress, Mac, Blogging, Short Films Adrianne Rodriguez Customer Support at Volusion, Inc. Bachlors, Photography Volusion, Inc. May 2014 - Present The Austin Diagnostic Clinic July 2013 - May 2014 Pencils of Promise January 2013 - June 2013 The Children's Place July 2012 - January 2013 Rappy and Company June 2011 - August 2011 Dwyer Cultural Center June 2010 - August 2010 Harlem Arts Alliance June 2009 - August 2009 Louise Fili LTD February 2008 - May 2008 Phipps Tech and Career Center June 2007 - August 2007 The Bronx Zoo February 2007 - May 2007 Graphic Design, InDesign, Illustrator, Photography, WordPress, Illustration, Advertising, Lightroom, Adobe Creative Suite, Flyers, Mac, Photoshop, Creative Direction, Social Media, Art Direction, Facebook, Web Design, Logo Design, Packaging, Brand Development, PowerPoint, OS X, Final Cut Pro, Typography Chizoba Anyaoha Human Resources Coordinator at Orbis International Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology - Minors: Human Resources Management, Economics Barry University 2009 — 2010 Business, Psychology Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State January 2014 - March 2015 Sushi Samba September 2013 - October 2013 Major League Baseball May 2013 - August 2013 Office of Discovery & Engagement - Syracuse University September 2011 - April 2013 Chobani, Inc. October 2012 - December 2012 Jaki's Buzz May 2012 - September 2012 UNESCO May 2012 - July 2012 MilkyWay srl May 2012 - July 2012 ClassWish.org June 2011 - August 2011 New-York Historical Society June 2009 - August 2009 Christopher Pietrafitta Project Manager at PixelMEDIA Bachelor of Science, Information Studies Technology St. John's Preparatory School 1998 — 2001 High School Diploma, Computer Programming PixelMEDIA December 2014 - Present Freelance January 2005 - Present Simply Interactive Inc September 2009 - November 2014 English Academy for Children May 2007 - April 2009 Microsoft Office, Writing, Social Media, Photoshop, Excel, Interpersonal Relations, Management, Organization, Project Strategy, Project Development, HTML + CSS, Mac OS, Windows OS, Project Management, OS X, Windows, HTML, Training, CRM, Microsoft Excel, Customer Service, CMS Lynn Capirsello Assistant Professor/Program Coordinator The Sage Colleges Sage College of Albany M.S., Art Education Preparation B.F.A, Interior Design University of Nebraska-Lincoln M.S., Architecture with a Specialization in Interior Design The Sage Colleges - Albany May 2009 - Present MOCAVI March 2008 - Present The Sage Colleges 2009 - May 2014 The Sage Colleges January 2013 - May 2013 The Red Monk August 1998 - January 2000 SketchUp, Revit, Interior Design, Space-planning, AutoCAD, InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Rendering, Drawing, Sketching, Space planning, Mentoring, Teaching, Graphic Design, Architectural Drawings, Illustration, Graphics, Furniture, AutoCAD Architecture, Painting, Model Making, Submittals, Design Research, Space Planning Cara Clinton Vollmer Content Developer \| Copywriter \| Communications Manager S.I. Newhouse School; Dual Bachelors of Science, Public Communications; Magazine Journalism/Psychology Bachelor of Science, Journalism , Journalism Oracle July 2013 - Present Freelance 2010 - 2014 Bloomberg January 2011 - July 2013 Condé Nast November 2007 - 2010 Kellen Company November 2003 - November 2007 ALM Media, LLC November 2001 - November 2003 Symphony Publishing February 1999 - January 2001 Blogging, Newsletters, Advertorials, Magazine Articles, Writing, Copywriting, Editorial, Brochures, Magazines, Advertising, Web Content, Editing, Promotions, Marketing Communications, Content Creation, Journalism, Copy Editing, Content Management, Speech Writing, InDesign, Proofreading, Email Marketing, AP Style, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Materials, Marketing, Publications, Social Media, Feature Articles, Content Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Press Releases Cara Fenu Ascent Private Capital Management at U.S. Bank Fashion Design, Retail Management U.S. Bank December 2012 - Present Project Management, Close Attention to... Cara Greenspan Assistant at Creative Artists Agency Bachelor of Science (B.S.), S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications, Public Relations University of New South Wales 2013 — 2013 Professional Performing Arts School 2006 — 2010 New York State Regents Endorsed Diploma, Musical Theatre, 3.8 Creative Artists Agency June 2015 - Present Luxury Attaché August 2014 - 2015 The Student Voice Magazine August 2012 - May 2014 Sigma Delta Tau January 2012 - May 2014 Hearst Magazines June 2013 - August 2013 Hill Communications September 2012 - May 2013 Intern Sushi January 2012 - January 2013 MEC June 2012 - August 2012 Star Magazine June 2011 - August 2011 Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Cision, Media Relations, Radian6, Vocus, Fact Sheets, Press Kits, Blogging, Ap Style, Microsoft Word, Pinterest, Microsoft Office, Media Kit Development, Microsoft Excel, Teamwork, Team Leadership, Problem Solving, Organizational..., Communication Skills, Interpersonal..., Press Releases, Public Relations, Editing, Tumblr, Event Management, AP Style Cara Karp Supervising Producer / Director BA/BS, TV/Radio/Film & Psychology Lehigh University 1996 — 1997 Nickelodeon Creative January 2012 - Present Too Cute! - True Entertainment/Animal Planet September 2011 - January 2012 What Not To Wear - TLC/BBC June 2011 - September 2011 16 & Pregnant- MTV July 2010 - May 2011 16 & Pregnant- MTV October 2009 - June 2010 MTV July 2009 - October 2009 The Mike & Juliet Show - Fox November 2007 - June 2009 Style Network/True Entertainment- Married Away 2007 - 2007 Married Away - True Entertainment/Style Network 2007 - 2007 Chopped- City Lights Television 2007 - 2007 Reality, Field Producing, Final Draft, Avid, Avid Media Composer, Producing, Production Managment, Post Production, Television, Video Production, Film Production, Documentaries, HD Video, Music Videos, Short Films, Broadcast, Broadcast Television Cara Ritacco Cook, PMP Strategic Planner at Engility Norwich University 2010 — 2012 MBA, Program Management BS, Biochemistry Engility Corporation October 2014 - Present Security Clearance, DoD, Systems Engineering, Program Management, Recruiting, Employee Relations, Technical Recruiting, Human Resources, Technical Writing, Military, Aerospace, Engineering, Project Management, Training, Proposal Writing, Management, Talent Management, Change Management, New Business Development, Leadership, Earned Value Management, Government Contracting, Team Leadership, Government, Defense, Cross-functional Team..., Process Improvement, Team Building, Integration, Six Sigma, Requirements Analysis, Applicant Tracking..., Strategic Planning, MS Project, Analysis, Project Planning, Risk Management, PMP, Requirements Management, Microsoft Project Caren Orlick Korin Brandeis University 1988 — 1990 MA, Non Profit Professional Leadership & Education, Fundraising & Development Bachelor of Science (BS), Retailing/Marketing Mgmt. Social Media, Event Planning, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Communications, Public Speaking, Email Marketing, Advertising, Marketing Strategy, Event Management, Fundraising, Facebook, Account Management, Public Relations, New Business Development, Online Advertising, Management, Sales, Strategic Planning, Team Building, Marketing, Nonprofits, Community Outreach, Customer Service, Research, Leadership, Social Networking, Volunteer Management, Program Development, Staff Development, Leadership Development Caren Rosenthal Senior Talent Acquisition Professional/ Senior Sales Recruiter BS, Communications Master of Science, Personnel and HR Management ClientMind Recruiting January 2009 - Present Facebook, Social Networking, Strategic Sourcing, Interviewing, Applicant Tracking..., Taleo, Salesforce.com, Corporate Recruiting, Internet Recruiting, full life cycle..., LinkedIn, Human Resources, Sourcing, Recruiting, Project Management, catsone, PeopleSoft, Executive Sales..., job boards, Career Development..., Executive Search, Benefits Negotiation, Marketing, Interviews, Technical Recruiting, Employee Training, Coaching, College Recruiting, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Cold Calling, HR Consulting, Leadership, Resume Writing, Hiring, Strategy, Personnel Management, Temporary Staffing, Employee Benefits, Screening, Vendor Management, HRIS, Career Development, Organizational..., Onboarding, Deferred Compensation, Contract Recruitment, Management, Staffing Services Rizzie Walker Designer, Researcher at The Now Institute University of California, Los Angeles 2015 — 2016 Master’s Degree, Urban Design and Architecture professional, architecture Syracuse University School of Architecture 2008 — 2009 Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), Architecture South Royalton High School 2001 — 2005 North Carolina State University 2002 — 2002 Entry to Art/Architecture, Art/Architecture Vermont Technical College 2001 — 2001 Entry to Design, Women in Design The Now Institute August 2015 - Present Sasaki Associates January 2012 - Present Spector Group Architects July 2010 - January 2012 V.I.P. structures, architects who build July 2009 - August 2009 shofner buck architects May 2008 - August 2008 smith and vanset design December 2006 - January 2007 Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, Microsoft Office, Hand Drawing, Analytical..., SketchUp, Concept Design, Interior Design, AutoCAD, Revit, Architecture, Sketching, Interior Architecture, Design Research, Sustainable Design..., Furniture, Construction Drawings, Design Development, Schematic Design, Schematic, Model Making, Submittals, Drawing, Architectures, AutoCAD Architecture, Architectural Design, Rendering, Architectural Drawings, Residential Design, LEED AP, Space planning, Vray, Graphic Design, Hand Drafting, InDesign, BIM, 3D Studio Max, Space Planning Cari Gindi Experienced Marketing & Branding Professional BS, Marketing Management Maple Hill High School 1995 — 1999 DNV GL October 2010 - Present Catseye Pest Control May 2009 - September 2010 CARPET ONE FLOOR & HOME / CCA Global Partners April 2006 - August 2008 CCA Global Partners 2003 - 2008 Savvi Formalwear / CCA Global Partners November 2003 - April 2006 International Design Guild June 2003 - October 2003 University Directories 2002 - 2002 Print Marketing, Social Media, Copywriting, Public Relations, Promotions, Visual Merchandising, SEO, Marketing, Brand Development, New Business Development, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Communications, Trade Shows, Facebook, Strategic Planning, Event Management, Online Marketing, Social Networking, Market Planning, Market Research, Advertising, Integrated Marketing, Newsletters, Press Releases, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Management, Budgets, Online Advertising, Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Direct Marketing, Corporate Communications, B2B Marketing, Corporate Branding, Product Marketing, Brand Management Carie Whitehead York, South Carolina Instructional Developer at Central Piedmont Community College The University of North Dakota 2014 — 2017 Master of Education (MEd), Instructional Design and Technology University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2009 — 2011 University of Pittsburgh 1997 — 1999 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Elementary Education and Teaching Graduate course work, Instructional System Design Central Piedmont Community College November 2013 - Present Central Piedmont Community College May 2011 - November 2013 Central Piedmont Community College November 2012 - October 2013 Central Piedmont Community College January 2011 - June 2012 UNC Charlotte June 2005 - January 2011 Lindamood-Bell January 2004 - August 2004 Sarcom 1995 - 1998 Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Program Management, Teaching, Career Counseling, ESL, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Access, Technical Writing, Editing, Proofreading, Project Management, Customer Service, HTML, Academic Advising, Higher Education, Administrative..., Lotus Notes, Web Design, Tutoring, Resume Writing, Windows 7, Adult Education, Instructional Design, Spreadsheets, Creative Writing, Event Planning, Social Media, Coaching, Budgets, Community Outreach, Data Analysis, Nonprofits, Leadership Development, Public Speaking, Recruiting, Research, Training, Social Networking, Fundraising Carine Umuhumuza Senior Associate for Digital Communications at Devex S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University 2007 — 2011 B.A., Magazine Journalism Bachelor of Arts, African American Studies Devex April 2015 - Present Enough Project September 2012 - April 2014 The Human Rights Blog March 2012 - September 2012 Enough Project September 2011 - January 2012 Friends of Rwandan Genocide Survivors - F.O.R.G.E.S. May 2008 - May 2011 Syracuse University, College of Law January 2008 - May 2011 Somali Bantu Community Association of Onondaga County January 2008 - May 2011 AllAfrica Global Media July 2010 - August 2010 Final Cut Express, Audacity, Social Media, Blogging, Public Relations, Editing, Media Relations, Copy Editing, Fundraising, Social Networking, Community Outreach, Newsletters, Research, Public Speaking, Nonprofits, Storytelling, New Media, Web Content, Strategic Communications, Press Releases, SEO, Editorial Carissa Ralbovsky Budget Analyst at Maryland Department of Budget and Management Masters, Public Administration Bachelor of Science (BS), Public Relations Maryland Department of Budget and Management July 2013 - Present Environmental Finance Center at Syracuse University September 2010 - June 2012 Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems January 2009 - August 2010 comm.UNITY October 2007 - May 2009 Office of Residence Life October 2006 - May 2009 Burson-Marsteller June 2008 - August 2008 Public Budgeting, Program Management, Environmental Policy, Grant Writing, Program Evaluation, State Government, Strategic Planning, Microsoft Excel, Environmental Education, Facilitation, Workshop Facilitation, Collaborative Planning, Graphic Design, InDesign, Outreach Programs, Strategic Communications, Volunteer Management, Event Planning, Public Speaking, Media Relations, Public Relations, Research Carissa Smith Ithaca, New York Area Product Manager at DuraSpace B.S., Information Management and Technology DuraSpace June 2013 - Present DuraSpace November 2007 - June 2013 XML, Cloud Computing, Software Development, Project Management, HTML, Web Development, JavaScript, Information Management, Management, Higher Education, Information Architecture, Program Management, Data Analysis, Java, Research Carla Bogart Naples, Florida Area Senior Account Sales Executive at NewsBank B.S., TV/Radio Rosemont College English/French The Mary Louis Academy NewsBank February 2009 - Present Eclipse Products April 2008 - 2013 Naples Dog Magazine 2008 - 2009 Naples Sun Times 2007 - 2008 Naples Press Club 2007 - 2008 DMA Animation Studio 1996 - 2002 Termite Art Productions 1996 - 1996 Independent for Broadcast TV Series and Shows 1991 - 1996 N.I.W.S., a division of Time-Warner 1986 - 1991 Satellite News Channel 1982 - 1984 Sales, Business Development, Online Advertising, Email Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, Digital Media, Selling, Newspapers, Content Strategy, Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Leadership, Books, Team Building, Pet Food, Nutrition, Ingredients, Publishing, Editing, Creative Writing Carla Fischer Global Learning and Development, Team Building, Meeting Management MBTI Master Practitioner Fordham University - Graduate School of Education 1999 — 2001 M. Ed., Human Resources Education B.A., Public Relations, Fine Arts Syracuse University - S.I.Newhouse School of Public Communication 1983 — 1987 Mercyhurst Prep School 1979 — 1983 Annex Learning Inc., Sr. Consultant at Gilman Performance Systems and TRI Corporation Associate 1999 - Present Communispond 1999 - 2007 GE Commercial Finance 1996 - 1997 GE Crotonville 1994 - 1996 GE 1993 - 1995 GE Corporate Public Relations 1989 - 1993 GE Aircraft Engines 1987 - 1989 Leadership Development, Workshop Facilitation, Performance Management, Public Speaking, Team Building, Recruiting, Program Management, Instructional Design, Six Sigma, Change Management, Interviews, Teaching Adults, Staff Development, Training, Program Development, Large Group Facilitation, Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Program Design, Process Orientation, Vendor Management, Curriculum Development, Team Oriented, Business Alignment, Creative Problem Solving, Global Experience, Emotional Intelligence, Human Resources, Organizational..., Team-oriented, Corporate Meetings, Self Starter, Feedback and Coaching, Budgeting, Organizational Change Carla Hood Assoc. Account Director at Burrell Communications The University of Chicago Booth School of Business 2000 — 2002 MBA, Marketing & Strategy M.S., Advertising Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 1992 — 1996 B.S., Public Relations Burrell Communications June 2013 - Present Burrell Communications 2008 - June 2013 Burrell Communications April 2006 - April 2008 Burrell Communications 2008 - 2008 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. January 2004 - September 2005 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. August 2002 - January 2004 Peter Mayer Advertising January 1998 - August 2000 Integrated Marketing, Strategy, Advertising, Marketing Communications, Cross-functional Team..., Public Relations, Leadership, Management, Account Management, Strategic Planning, Budgets, Brand Architecture, Retail Carl A Johnson II General Manager, San Francisco at Slalom Consulting University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business 1998 — 1999 MBA, Strategic Marketing MS, Management of Information Systems BS, Information Management and Technology Slalom Consulting November 2007 - Present SDLC, Customer Relations, Agile Project Management, Agile, Product Development, Risk Assessment, Budgeting, Executive Communications, IT Strategy, Program Management, PMO, Business Process..., Project Portfolio..., Waterfall, Vendor Management, Business Process Design, Business Process, PMP, Cross-functional Team..., Requirements Gathering, Certified Scrum Master..., Risk Mitigation, Product Management, Software Project..., Management Consulting, Systems Analysis, Business Transformation, Business Alignment, IT Operations, Process Development, Resource Management, Portfolio Management, Project Delivery, IT Management, Process Improvement, Project Planning, PMI, Staff Development, Maintaining Strong..., Practice Management, Budgets, Agile Methodologies, CRM Carla Licata Project Manager at Grey Healthcare Group Grey Healthcare Group June 2015 - Present Cambridge BioMarketing June 2014 - May 2015 Cambridge BioMarketing June 2014 - June 2014 Time Management, Event Planning, Research, Social Media, Leadership, Team Leadership, Spanish, OS X, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Advertising, Risk Management, Problem Solving, Project Management, Vendor Management, Budget Management, Team Management, Organization Skills, Resource Allocation Carla Zilka NexGen Advisors, Principal Advisor: Growth and Transformation B.A., International Relations & Economics NexGen Advisors, LLC March 2007 - Present Harvard Business Review December 2012 - Present Waterkeeper Alliance June 2011 - Present Hudson Clean Energy January 2010 - January 2011 TruSage International, LLC January 2010 - January 2011 American Humane Association September 2007 - April 2010 Towers Perrin January 2006 - June 2007 GE Consumer Finance January 2005 - March 2006 GE Corporate, GE HQ's October 2003 - January 2005 GE Capital January 2000 - October 2003 Change Management, Business Process..., Strategy, Organizational Design, Mergers, Strategic Planning, Private Equity, Management Consulting, Business Analysis, Business Development, Program Management, Business Transformation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring, Six Sigma, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Leadership, Due Diligence, Organizational..., Process Improvement, Business Strategy, Thought Leadership, Cross-functional Team..., Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Governance, Human Resources, Executive Management, Performance Management, Management, Consulting, Strategic Partnerships, Business Process	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line926
__label__cc	0.641487	0.358513	Top » Catalog » Scale Info Database AWI BSS 24x24 NTEP Washdown Bench Scale 1000 x .2lb Weighing Scale Terminology Weighing Scale - A device used to determine weight. Weighing scales are divided into two main categories: Spring Scales and Balance Beam Scales. Balance beam type scales are the oldest type and measure weight using a fulcrum or pivot and a lever with the unknown weight placed on one end of the lever, and a counterweight applied to the other end. When the lever is balanced, the unknown weight and the counterweight are equal. Spring scales were introduced in the 1760's as a more compact alternative to the popular steelyard balance. Spring scales work based on the principal of the spring which deforms in proportion to the weight placed on the load receiving end. Strain gauge scales became popular in the 1960's and used a special type of spring called a load cell. Strain gauge scales are the most commonly used in todays market but electronic force restoration balances are used in laboratory and high precision applications. Accuracy - The degree to which a measurement relates to its actual (true) value. Accuracy is a hot topic of debate in the weighing industry as the usage of the term varies between weighing professionals. Accuracy is usually stated as a percentage and it is important to determine if the percentage is that of full scale (%FS) or that of actual reading (%AR). All measuring devices have some degree of inaccuracy since infinite precision can never be achieved. Some of the primary factors contributing to scale accuracy are readability, repeatability, linearity, and uncertainty of measurement. The accuracy of a weighing device can only be determined by direct testing of the device at its intended location of use. Usually when the term accuracy is applied to scales, the intended meaning is inaccuracy. So, if a scale manufacturer claims an accuracy of 1%F.S., they mean the scale should have an error of less than 1% of full scale if the scale has been properly adjusted. High Accuracy, Low Precision Repeatability (also Precision) – This is a scale's ability to show consistent results under the same conditions. To determine a scale's repeatability, a test weight should be weighed ten or more times in a consistent manner. The resulting values are recorded and used to calculate the standard deviation. This standard deviation value is used to express repeatability. Reproducibility – This is the scale's ability to show consistent results under changed conditions. High Precision, Low Accuracy Adjustment (also Calibration Adjustment) - The set of operations carried out on a measuring system so that it provides prescribed indications corresponding to given values of a quantity to be measured. Scales are subject to constant wear and tear which over time can degrade accuracy. Adjustment corrects a scales accuracy so that it is within the tolerance applied to the device. Many times people refer to calibration when they actually mean adjustment. Calibration only refers to the process of measuring a known standard to determine the error of a scale's measurements. Calibration (also Cal)- The set of operations that establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between the values of quantities indicated by a measuring instrument and the corresponding values realized by reference standards. Basically, calibration is the process of weighing a known weight on a scale and noting the discrepency (if any) on the display. Calibration should not be confused with adjustment of a measuring system. (see Adjustment) Maximum Capacity (also Max Capacity, Max, Rated Capacity) - This is the maximum weight that can be measured using a particular scale. When selecting a scale, the heaviest item you plan to weigh should be within the scale's maximum capacity limits. It is a good idea to select a scale with slightly more capacity than you will need to avoid overloading. However, the higher the capacity is on a scale, the lower the readability typically will be. Therefore, you should avoid selecting a scale with too much capacity. Readability (also Resolution, Scale Division, Scale Interval, Increment, Digit, d) – On electronic and digital scales, this is the smallest change in mass that corresponds to a change in displayed value. In other words, this is the amount that the scale will increment by as weight is added or removed. On analog (mechanical) scales, this is the smallest subdivision of the scale dial or beam for analog indication. Example: 152.358g is weighed on a scale with 0.001g readability The display will read "152.358g". 152.358g is weighed on a scale with 0.01g readability The display will read "152.36g" Readability should not be confused with accuracy which is a separate concept. When properly calibrated and adjusted, most scales will be accurate to within plus or minus two scale divisions (+/-2d), though this can vary depending on individual specifications. Verification Scale Interval (also Verification Scale Division, e) - This is the smallest scale interval that can be used to determine price based on weight in commercial transactions for a particular scale. The value of the verification scale interval (e) is determined by the scale manufacturer when submitting a device for type approval through a program such as NTEP (or CE for EU countries). Many times, a scale will have a verification scale interval that is different than the normal or actual scale interval. For instance, the scale could be capable of displaying in increments of 0.01g, but its verification scale interval is specified as 0.1g. In this situation, you could only charge a customer based on 0.1g increments although the scale has the ability to display 0.01g increments. This is why some manufacturers place brackets around the last digit to indicate that it should be omitted when calculating a price based on weight. Uncertainty of Measurement – This is a parameter that is used to state the quality of a measurement. Because no measuring instrument is 100% accurate, scientists and researchers use measurement uncertainty to express the distribution of errors associated with a measurement. There are various methods employed to calculate and express measurement uncertainty. Accuracy Class- Weighing Devices are classified into groups according to the number of scale divisions (n) and the value of the scale division (d or e). The accuracy classes are meant to determine the intended area of use for a particular scale. Value of the Verification Scale Interval (e) in SI Units Number of scale divisions (n) Intended Application ≥1 mg Precision Laboratory Weighing 1 to 50 mg, inclusive Laboratory weighing, precious metals and gem weighing, grain test scales, medical cannabis ≥100 mg 0.1 to 2 g, inclusive All commercial weighing not otherwise specified, grain test scales, retail precious metals and semi-precious gem weighing, animal scales, postal scales, vehicle on-board weighing systems with a capacity less than or equal to 30,000 lb, and scales used to determine laundry charges ≥5 g IIIL ≥2 kg Vehicle scales, vehicle on-board weighing systems with a capacity greater than 30,000 lb, axle-load scales Wheel-load weighers and portable axle-load weighers used for highway weight enforcement NTEP Approval – NTEP is a program administered by NCWM for evaluating weighing devices for their conformity to NIST Handbook 44. Scales that pass NTEP certification are deemed “legal for trade” and can be used in commercial transactions based on weight. When a device is submitted to NTEP, extensive testing is performed to insure it meets the tolerance requirements that apply to its accuracy class. A Certificate of Conformance is issued to a scale manufacturer upon successful completion of testing. You can search the complete database of issued Certificates of Conformance by following this link: http://www.ncwm.net/certificates Approval Seal - A label, tag, stamped or etched impression, or the like, indicating official approval of a device. This is placed on a legal for trade scale after it has been inspected and shown to perform within the acceptable tolerances for it's accuracy class. A local "sealer" from the Department of Weights and Measures will periodically conduct inspections of scales used in commercial transactions similar to how they inspect and seal gas pumps being used in commercial transactions at your local gas station. This is why it is important for businesses that use scales in commercial transactions to purchase one that is NTEP approved and have it professionally calibrated periodically. If a local sealer believes that your business may be using a scale to provide goods or services, they may conduct a random inspection. If a non-NTEP approved scale is being used, they may impose heavy fines and require that the owner purchase an NTEP approved scale before they can conduct business. If an NTEP approved scale is found to be out of calibration, the device may be labeled "out of service" by the sealer until it has its calibration properly adjusted and the owner may be fined, especially if the scale is found to be weighing in their favor. Calibration Certificate - A Calibration Certificate is a document provided and signed by a calibration technician that documents the completion of a successful calibration. The certificate will typically list the standard that was used to calibrate the device and provides traceability to the internationally defined standard. Calibration certificates for weighing devices can only be issued by testing the device at the site in which it will be used. This is due to the change of local gravitational acceleration which can vary as much as 0.5% at various locations around the world. Calibration certificate is no longer valid if the device is shipped to another location. Load-Receiving Element - That element of a scale that is designed to receive the load to be weighed; for example, platform, deck, rail, hopper, platter, plate, scoop. The dimensions of the load-receiving element or platform should be considered when selecting a scale. You can often use a scale with a platform slightly smaller than the object(s) being weighed as long as the load is stable and does not lean against anything except the load-receiving element, and is under the scales max capacity. You can also use an expansion tray or container to effectively increase the size of the weighing platform or load-receiving element on smaller, compact scale. Electromagnetic Force Restoration (also EMFR, Force Motor) – Traditional equal arm balances work on the principal of the fulcrum and lever. An unknown mass is placed on a pan at one end of a lever, while a set of known masses or test weights are placed on a pan at the other end to create a balance. Electromagnetic force restoration balances also use a lever system but a magnetic field is used to generate the force on the opposite end of the lever and balance out the unknown mass. The current used to drive the magnetic coil is proportional to the mass of the object placed on the platform. Most analytical and laboratory balances are of the EMFR type. EMFR balances are characterized by high accuracy, high repeatability, and high complexity compared to other weighing sensors. Load Cell - A load cell is a type of transducer that converts force into an electrical signal. Strain gauge based load cells are the most common type. They consist of (in most cases) four strain gauges that are attached to a beam or other structure. As weight is added to the load receiving end, the beam or structure deforms. When load cells first emerged, they were mainly used for industrial applications where courser resolutions were suitable. Today though, modern advancements in weighing technology have made load cells capable of much higher resolutions. Load cells are characterized by high durability, high reliability, and low cost. Internal Statement Number (also Inner Code, ISN) – In load cell based scales, this is the raw count from the scale's ADC(analog-to-digital converter). This value increases and decreases in proportion to the weight added or removed from the platform. The ISN is usually displayed during calibration adjustment. Weight - The force that results from the action of gravity on matter. Mass - The measure of the amount of matter in a body. Mass vs. Weight - In everyday situations, when people refer to mass and weight, they mean the same thing. In scientific situations, weight and mass represent different quantities. The weight of an object is the magnitude, W, of the force of gravity on that object and is proportional to its mass. Kilogram, "kg" - the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI Units). It is equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK). Place Values For Grams International Prototype Kilogram, "IPK" - The kilogram was originally the mass of a cubic decimeter of water. In 1889, the 1st CGPM sanctioned the international prototype of the kilogram, made of platinum-iridium, and declared: This prototype shall henceforth be considered to be the unit of mass .The International Prototype Kilogram is stored and maintained at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (French Abbreviation: BIPM) along with its six official copies. The kilogram is the only SI unit still defined by a physical artifact. Efforts are being made though to produce a future, more stable kilogram standard that can be reproduced in a laboratory using written specifications. One such project uses a sphere of a specific number of silicon atoms to define the kilogram. Experiments from this project have produced some of the most near-perfect man-made spheres to date. Other projects use an electronic approach, such as the NIST's watt balance which measures the electric power necessary to oppose the weight of a kilogram test under earth's gravity. Gross Weight - The total weight of the object being weighed including its vehicle, packaging, or container. Gross weight is typically required for calculating the shipping or transportation charge. Net Weight - The weight of an object being weighed, discounting the weight of its vehicle, packaging, or container. Net weight is useful for calculating the charge, tax, or payment required for items. Tare Weight - The weight of an empty vehicle, package, or container. Tare weight is sometimes written on the outside of railcars or shipping and packing containers for quick determination of the net weight during weighing operations. Average Piece Weight (also APW) – On counting scales, this is determined by dividing the weight by the number of samples on the platform. Counting scales work on the assumption that the parts being counted are all of uniform weight. Tare Mechanism - A mechanism (including a tare bar) designed for determining or balancing out the weight of packing material, containers, vehicles, or other materials that are not intended to be included in net weight determinations. Most electronic scales have a tare button or feature which is used to reset the display value to zero when a container is placed on its load-receiving element. If the vehicle or container is then filled, the displayed weight will be that of the contents alone (see Net Weight). If the vehicle or container and its contents are removed from the scale, a negative weight value is typically displayed equal in absolute value to the Tare Weight. Zero-Setting Mechanism - Means provided to attain a zero balance indication with no load on the load-receiving element. Three types used in scales are: Automatic Zero-Tracking Mechanism (also Auto Zero) - Automatic means provided to maintain the zero balance indication within certain limits, without intervention of an operator. Environmental conditions as well as internal noise on the circuit can cause the scale's display to drift. The auto zero feature helps to eliminate these unwanted changes in display output and insures that the scale is properly zeroed before each weighing. However, the auto zero feature can be a problem when trying to weigh very small amounts that within the auto-zero range. For instance, if a scale has an auto-zero range of 0.2g and you place less than 0.2g on the scale, the display will not change. Manual Zero-Setting Mechanism - Nonautomatic means provided to attain a zero balance indication by the direct operation of a control. Semiautomatic Zero-Setting Mechanism - Automatic means provided to attain a zero balance indication requiring a single initiation by an operator. Span - The distance between adjoining sections of a scale. Types of Weighing Scales Analytical Balance - One which measures mass to a very high degree of precision and accuracy. Most analytical balances have a scale division of 0.1mg or better (0.0001g). Animal Scale - A scale designed for weighing single heads of livestock. Checkweighing Scale - One used to verify predetermined weight within prescribed limits. These scales are typically used in weighing operations where the operator must fill and weigh a product to ensure uniform weight. Some checkweighers will activate remote switches or sound a buzzer when the target weight has been met. Counting Scale - One used to weigh multiple objects of uniform weight and display a total piece count. Computing Scale - One that indicates the money values of amounts of commodity weighed, at predetermined unit prices, throughout all or part of the weighing range of the scale. Crane Scale - One with a nominal capacity of 5000 pounds or more designed to weigh loads while they are suspended freely from an overhead, track-mounted crane. Jewelers' Scale - One adapted to weighing gems and precious metals Microbalance - A special balance which has a readability of 1 microgram (1µg) or better. A microgram is one millionth of a gram (0.000001g). These devices require special care to minimize weighing errors associated with weighing quantities. Multi-Interval Scale (also Multi-Range, Dual Range) - A scale having one weighing range which is divided into partial weighing ranges (segments), each with different scale intervals, with each partial weighing range (segment) determined automatically according to the load applied, both on increasing and decreasing loads. Postal Scale - A scale (usually a computing scale) designed for use to determine shipping weight or delivery charges for letters or parcels delivered by the U.S. Postal Service or private shipping companies. A weight classifier may be used as a postal scale. Point-of-Sale Scale - scale used to complete a direct sales transaction. Prescription Scale - A scale or balance adapted to weighing the ingredients of medicinal and other formulas prescribed by physicians and others used or intended to be used in the ordinary trade of pharmacists. Vehicle Scale - A scale adapted to weighing highway, farm, or other large industrial vehicles (except railroad freight cars), loaded or unloaded. Weight Classifier - A scale that rounds weight values up to the next scale division. Normal scales have a "breakpoint" midway between scale intervals. A weight that falls between the scale intervals may round up or down to the nearest scale interval. Since weight classifiers are meant to be used in postal and shipping applications, the breakpoint for displayed weight is at the scale interval rather than between. Any partial unit of resolution above a given weight is rounded up to the next scale interval. Example: Normal rounding instrument with e=d=0.1 will indicate: 1.0 if the load is 0.96 to 1.04, and 1.1 if the load is 1.06 to 1.14. Postal or shipping weight classifier instruments with e=d=0.1 will indicate: Wheel-Load Weigher - Compact, self-contained, portable weighing elements specially adapted to determining the wheel loads or axle loads of vehicles on highways for the enforcement of highway weight laws only. Sources of Error in Weighing Instruments Environmental Factors - A scale's accuracy and precision are highly dependent on the environment in which it is installed. Several environmental factors can affect the scales measurement including: Air Currents / drafts - These account for most large random errors. Be sure to use your weighing device in an area free of any drafts or air currents that may affect the weight readout. On high precision analytical balances (0.1mg or better), glass draft shields are required. Care should also be taken when weighing objects that are hot or cold inside a draft chamber. The effect of convection currents can make cold objects appear heavier, and hot objects appear lighter. Air Buoyancy - The upward force, caused by atmospheric pressure. The net upward buoyancy force is equal to the magnitude of the weight of air displaced by an object. Air buoyancy is mostly a concern when weighing objects of relatively low density. Temperature - Spring scales and load cell scales deflect at a lower rate and consequently perform poorly under cold conditions. Most springs and load cells are temperature compensated to counteract this source of error to a degree. The scale should always be used within the manufacturer's recommended operating temperature. For most scales this is between 32°F and 104°F. When moving a scale from one climate to another, you should allow the internal components to acclimate their new environment before performing calibration. Zero Error - Occurs when the weighing curve shifts by a constant amount. For the most part, you can avoid this error by using the re-zero function before performing a weighing. Sensitivity Error - Quotient of the change in an indication of a measuring system and the corresponding change in a value of a quantity being measured. Sensitivity of a measuring system can depend on the value of a quantity being measured increasing linearly with heavier loads. Sensitivity errors can occur from temperature drift, aging, adjusting with an incorrect calibration weight, or incorrect compensation of an off-center load error. Linearity - This is the ability of a scale's characteristic curve to approximate a straight line. Linearity can be tested by weighing several test weights of increasing value up to maximum capacity and plotting them as points in a graph. The linearity would be the maximum amount that the points deviate from a straight line going from zero to max capacity. Random Error - The sample standard deviation of the error (indicated values) for a number of consecutive automatic weighings of a load, or loads, passed over the load receptor, shall be expressed mathematically as: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices, NIST Handbook 44.; National Institute of Standards and Technology: Gaithersburg, MD., 2010 "Base unit definitions: Kilogram." International System of Units from NIST. Oct. 2000. Web. 8 Jan. 2010. "The Fundamentals of Weighing Technology: Terms, Methods of Measurement, Errors in Weighing." Sartorius AG. 1996. Web. 8 Jan. 2010 "Accuracy." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3 Jan. 2010. Web. 8 Jan. 2010. "Markings and Tolerance Application for Weight Classifiers." Steven Cook, NIST, May 2004. Web. 5 May. 2011 01. Adam MDW-160M Mechanical Person Scale 350x0.25lb FREE SHIPPING 02. Intercomp LP600 NTEP Wheel Load Scale 20000x10lb 03. .American Weigh AMW-600 Digital Pocket Scale 600x0.1g 04. .American Weigh AMW-13 Digital Postal/Kitchen Scale 13lb/6kg 05. .American Weigh AMW-250 Digital Pocket Scales Backlit 250x0.1g 06. .American Weigh H-110 Digital Hanging Scale 110lb x 1oz 07. .American Weigh AMW-1KG Digital Pocket Scale 1000x0.1g 08. .American Weigh AWS-70 Precision Pocket Scale 70g x 0.01g 09. .American Weigh AWS-100 Precision Pocket Scale 100g x 0.01g 10. .American Weigh AMW-5KBOWL Kitchen Bowl Scale 11lb x 0.1oz	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line930
__label__cc	0.748774	0.251226	We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Home Page Essays Lord of the Flies: The Eternal Struggle Between Two Oppositions Essay Lord of the Flies: The Eternal Struggle Between Two Oppositions Essay Choose Type of service Rewriting Choose writer quality Standard Standard quality. Experienced Verified Writers Premium Premium quality (Add 10% to price). Bachelor's (or higher) degree. Over 80% success rate. Platinum Platinum quality (Add 15% to price). Master's (or higher) degree. Over 30 successfully finished orders. Over 90% success rate. 1 page 275 words $13.9 Order Now Download: .pdf, .docx, .epub, .txt University/College: University of California Type of essay: Essay A limited time offer! Get custom essay sample written according to your requirements urgent 3h delivery guaranteed “I had been considering this light. We are going to be stumbling about… We were planning to start looking for the monster… There will not be sufficient light”. In this quotation, Ralph is fearful of going to the peak of the mountain at the shadow; he’s fearful of the monster related to dark and wicked. Lord of the Flies is a book filled with an array of allegorical and symbolic significance, and one of the most important is that the use of dark and light to express that the corresponding significance of good and bad. To begin, Ralph is released since the”honest boy” ahead of the reader learns his title. Through descriptions of bodily attractiveness, “width and heaviness of the shoulders”, Golding creates Ralph a sign of good. Each of the boys (besides the choir and the littluns) vote for Ralph as main as a consequence of those glowing qualities. On the flip side, the monster is symbolic of their individual fears of the unknown. The boys dread that the monster most at nighttime;” fantasy and shout out ”. Even though the boys have anxieties from the start, it isn’t until the pilot drops the boys feel sure that there’s a monster. What’s more, it’s vital that Sam and Eric watch the pilot in the morning–if their eyesight is obscured by the shadow. The shadow makes them think they watched” the monster,” but they’d have known the fact was lighter. “ furtive boy that nobody understood, that kept to himself with an internal strength of prevention and secrecy”,” Roger’s dark tone and barbarous facet is introduced when he throws rocks in Henry however” to overlook”. Roger believes there’s a field of defense around Henry–the security of parents, culture, along with the law. Every one these circumstances however, shortly vanish as Roger pulls on the lever to ship Piggy falling into his death. By comparison, Simon is the epitome of absolute innocence and goodness. His goodness is revealed when he assists the littluns get berry that they can not attain; none of those other boys attention about the littluns, but Simon, a Jesus-like figure, strives to help everybody. He’s further afield when he meditates at the woods, in a calm location with wildlife and butterflies, in”a location where more sun fell”. With the usage of symbols, William Golding expresses how the archetypes of dark and light can form good and bad. We will write a custom essay on Lord of the Flies: The Eternal Struggle Between Two Oppositions specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Golding also utilizes dark and light to spell out the human character. Jack, the paragon of all savagery, could be considered the”Id” from the Freudian model of the mind. The Id is one’s supply of power and pleasure also it reduces strain by actions. The Id contains deathly instincts, such as aggression and destructive tendencies, which are attributes which pertain to Jack. Considering that the Id can not believe and does what it needs, Jack and his hunters leave the flame to go searching regardless of Ralph’s directions to tend to the flame. After the fire goes out, a boat passes by, representing the way the Id will lead you to trouble–if it be acting with aggression and violence or sexual desires that are amusing. By comparison, Simon signifies the Superego, one’s moral and ethical code. Simon, bright and bubbly, just does what is right; he hurts anybody and may be thought of a mystic. That is the reason Simon is the only one (besides Piggy) to realize that the monster is part of each and each of the boys. Ralph, however, finds himself in the center of the 2 extremes of the mind. However he entertains the Idhe is”filled with pride” if he strikes a boar with his spear. “I struck him okay. The spear trapped in. I injure him!” , he states in delight. Through colorful literature, William Golding makes apparent how dark and light work as symbols to convey the individual character. READ: Self Idenitity Essay Golding shows how the island serves as a microcosm of culture as well as the individual character during the emblematic interplay of dark and light. Simon and Piggy symbolize goodness, civility, the Superego, wisdom, and security. Jack and Roger signify wicked, savagery, the violence, Id, and one’s dark needs. Ralph symbolizes sequence, leadership, the Ego, and also the requirement to be linked with the external world. Golding wants his viewers to know about what can occur when their Id–their wants and dark delights –takes over. Golding’s story is sadly one that’s extremely much relevant now, and might continue to be for as long as society chooses to not end conflicts and wars. Order Essay Writing LORD OF THE FLIES Argumentative Essay 719 Words \| 3 Pages Title : The Lord of the Flies SUMMARY AND FACTSAuthor : William Golding Summary One fact about this book should be established from the start - this is not a children's book. The "littluns" and "bigguns" represent members of the human race. The conflict between law and barbarism would have, I believe to be the same had the island been inhabited with adult survivors instead of children. The novel is about a transition from an immensely exciting adventure of some children, to what eventually becomes full-scale war, ending with the arrival of the naval officer who rescued them. Tough I... No Clear Hero in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Fli Essay 856 Words \| 3 Pages es EssaysNo Clear Hero in Lord of the Flies The idea of a hero is a complicated one and there are several possible interpretations in Lord of the Flies. In action films the hero is usually the 'good guy' even if he (or she) is quite violent. Action heroes are strong and tough and think quickly when there is a problem. In novels the hero can simply be the main character of the story, though usually we feel some sympathy for him or her as well. Sometimes the hero is someone quite unexpected, who manages to do or say things... Lord of the Flies Persuasive Essay 596 Words \| 3 Pages Lord of the Flies"A thing was crawling out the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain." This so-called beast that emerged from the forest was Simon, one of the boys who was stranded on the island. After he emerged from the forest, Simon discovered what the "pig's head on a stick" represented, his untimely demise and tribal chaos. This was also when the real Lord of the Flies that was stalking the boys on the island reared its ugly head.While Simon was concealed in the forest, watching the self-proclaimed "hunters"... Lord Of The Flies: Golding Reduces The Power Of His Message Essay 439 Words \| 2 Pages I think that, while the boys experience immense bad luck due tothe author, the story still proves its point. It is still possiblethough, that the bad luck of the boys could have been experiencedin real life. I think that without this bad luck, the point of thestory wouldn't be as great, because without the restraint'sGolding placed on the boys, life on the island would have been tooeasy for the boys.The major constraint that Golding puts on the boys is thepersonality clash between Jack and Ralph. From the beginning, whenRalph is elected leader, Jack hates Ralph, and towards the end ofthe... Lord Of The Flies - Character Analysis Essay 1282 Words \| 5 Pages Lord of the Flies - Character AnalysisCharacter Analysis:Ralph: main character- Ralph is the narrator of the story.Jack: Jack is Ralph main enemy in the story. He leads the hunters.Piggy: Piggy is the smart one of the group. Simon: He is my favorite character in the story. He is viewed as the Christ-figure and interprets the mysteries of the island.Roger: Roger is Jacks "sidekick" and is a vicious murderer at heart.Sam and Eric: The twins stick close to Ralph until they are forced to join the hunters. Their main job is to watch the signal fire.The littluns: The littluns are basically... Lord Of The Flies Persuasive Essay 1334 Words \| 5 Pages Lord of the FliesCharacter Analysis:Ralph: main character- Ralph is the narrator of the story.Jack: Jack is Ralph main enemy in the story. He leads the hunters.Piggy: Piggy is the smart one of the group. Simon: He is my favorite character in the story. He is viewed as the Christ-figure and interprets the mysteries of the island.Roger: Roger is Jacks sidekick and is a vicious murderer at heart.Sam and Eric: The twins stick close to Ralph until they are forced to join the hunters. Their main job is to watch the signal fire.The littluns: The littluns are basically the younger boys... Artificial Restraints In Lord Of The Flies Essay 438 Words \| 2 Pages "GOLDING PUTS SO MANY ARTIFICIAL RESTRAINTS ON HIS STORY IN ORDER TO EMPHASISE HIS POINT, THAT THE WHOLE THING COMES OUT TOO NEATLY AND, IN FACT, REDUCES THE POWER OF HIS MESSAGE."I think that, while the boys experience immense bad luck due to the author, the story still proves its point. It is still possible though, that the bad luck of the boys could have been experienced in real life. I think that without this bad luck, the point of the story wouldn't be as great, because without the restraint's Golding placed on the boys, life on the island would... Lord of the flies - fixed Essay 412 Words \| 2 Pages In many novels chapter one introduces the characters and the setting. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies he not only introduces characters, settings, but also gives off clues to up coming events, by using the activities that the characters participaid in while in civilization. In the begging civilization is nothing big to the characters but a part of their normal life, there Golding gives off a clue, that laws, rules, policeman and schools are necessary to keep the darker side of human nature in line. But once the existence of civilization is abolished human beings revert to a more... Load Of The Flies Essay 412 Words \| 2 Pages LORD OF THE FLIESMy report is about the very well known book Lord of the flies, by WilliamGolding. There are many characters in this book, but the most important ones are Ralph,Jack, Simon, Piggy, and Roger. When I read this book I discovered a great change inmost of their personalities, especially Jack's. So I would say that they are all dynamiccharacters. Ralph, in the beginning of the novel, had a boyish personality. Then later onin the novel, he became much more mature due to the fact that all of them had to live in amore civilized manner to get a... Lord of the Flies Essay Summary 709 Words \| 3 Pages The theme of the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is that the shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual. On the island the actions of one would cause a copycat effect, where others will try to mimic that one persons actions and more so than often, the immoral ethical nature of a person will cause a greater effect on society rather than a moral ethical nature. That is what exactly happens on the island, the boys who were uncertain of whose side to choose, they chose the more savage side, rather... We have essays on the following topics that may be of interest to you World Hunger Essays (16) , Community Essays (67) , Physical Therapy Essays (6) , Procrastination Essays (53) , Interpersonal Communication Essays (28) Get your custom essay sample Sorry, but downloading is forbidden on this website Topic: Lord of the Flies: The Eternal Struggle Between Two Oppositions Essay How About Make It Original? Let us edit for you at only $13.9 to make it 100% original If you need this or any other sample, we can send it to you via email. By clicking “SEND”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy policy. We’ll occasionally send you account related and promo emails. How about make it original at only $13.9/page? Let us edit for you at only $13.9 to make it 100% original Proceed Haven't found the Essay You Want? Get your custom sample essay For Only $13.90/page Copyrights © Artscolumbia 2018 company About us Contacts Plagiarism Checker For Students Legal Terms of Use Privacy Policy 1935 Bicetown Road New York, THIS SERVICE WILL BE USEFUL FOR: At artscolumbia.org you will find a wide variety of top-notch essay and term essay samples on any possible topics absolutely for free. Want to add some juice to your work? No problem! Here you will also find the best quotations, synonyms and word definitions to make your research essay well-formatted and your essay highly evaluated. Sara from Artscolumbia Hi there, would you like to get such an essay? How about receiving a customized one? Check it out goo.gl/Crty7Tt Artscolumbia "I had been considering this light. We are going to be stumbling about... We were planning to start looking for the monster... There will not be sufficient light". In this quotation, Ralph is fearful of going to the peak of the mountain at the shadow; he's fearful of the monster related to dark and wicked. Lord of the Flies is a book filled with an array of allegorical and symbolic significance, and one of the most important is that the use of dark and light to express that the corresponding Sherrie Hood $ 13.900 2018-12-31 artscolumbia.org	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line935
__label__cc	0.563964	0.436036	Goucher XC Classic Academic Honors U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Couraud Finishes as Runner-Up in Goucher Classic Host School Places Third Behind York, Coppin St. in Team Scoring TOWSON, Md. — Goucher's Hadley Couraud (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing) was the runner-up today in the 2009 Goucher Cross Country Classic, finishing less than 11 seconds behind Melody Parshall from York. Parshall's winning time was 25:40.19, while Couraud completed the 6,000-meter race in 25:50.28. Latisha Duncan from Coppin St. was third with her time of 25:52.39, York's Corie Thompson was fourth (26:12.85) and Goucher's Katie Shaw (Albuquerque, N.M./Bosque School) was fifth (26:14.62). The three remaining runners that figured in Goucher's team score of 60 points were Hannah Southworth (Durham, N.H./Oyster River) in 16th place with a time of 28:09.63, Kate Young (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) in 21st place (29:40.78) and Chiara Collette (Naples, Fla./Jakarta International School) in 26th (30:36.33). In the team scoring, York posted the low score of 37 points to win the title and second place went to Coppin St., which earned a score of 59 points, one fewer than Goucher. Still, by finishing third, head coach John Caslin's Gophers matched their best performance in the Goucher Cross Country Classic — third place in 2006 — since winning the event in 2005. March 5, 2010 Goucher's Women's Program Earns Academic Recognition December 1, 2009 Landmark Conference Issues Academic Honor Roll November 14, 2009 Couraud Places 44th Overall, Ninth Among Freshmen October 31, 2009 Couraud Places 11th at Landmark Championship October 24, 2009 Scipione, Couraud Turn In Mixed Relay's Top Time October 10, 2009 Couraud Finishes as Runner-Up in Goucher Classic October 3, 2009 Couraud, Shaw Finish Among Top 10 Runners September 26, 2009 Couraud Finishes York Inv. in 20:53, 10th Place September 19, 2009 Shaw Finds Way into Longer Race's Top 50 September 4, 2009 Shaw Places 35th Overall at Baltimore Metro Meet	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line942
__label__cc	0.702324	0.297676	Why Ben and Jerrys Schweddy Balls flavour was taken off shops shelves Home/USA/A white father called police on a black man. Both men speak out A white father called police on a black man. Both men speak out 0 4 2 minutes read The video shot by Wesly Michel on July Fourth and widely shared on social media has sparked a larger conversation on race as both men give their perspective on the confrontation. In the footage, the white man identified as Christopher Cukor demands that Michel, who is black, leave the property after he said he was meeting a friend. After days of backlash, Cukor wrote in a statement posted on Medium on Tuesday that he did not target Michel due to his race, but reacted based on his past. His father was killed when he confronted a trespasser outside his home, and "past experiences and fears" can cloud someone's intentions, he wrote."For my child's safety, my safety and that of the building, I felt it was necessary to get help in this situation," he wrote. "Furthermore, I've encountered trespassers in my building and we've been robbed several times. This is not uncommon in San Francisco and the bad actors are all different colors." Michel: Calling police is a 'death threat' Michel, 35, a software engineer, said people should not judge others based on past experiences. "The fact that he had to have interactions with other minorities in his life and still treated me that way, shows me that he has not evolved from that," Michel told CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday night. "He's still hurt from that." While Cukor is understandably traumatized by his father's death, Michel said, he should not let those experiences cloud his view of others."Personally, I am African-American and I have been stopped and harassed at stores and different locations and I have police officers asking me if I belong there or even in my apartment complex … people randomly telling me that I don't belong at that location. But, I don't let those experiences shape or define the way I see other people," Michel said.Such experiences should be an opportunity for learning, not exposing your biases, he said."My responsibility is not to make everyone around me feel comfortable. It is very important that people understand that. I should be able to walk around freely and not feel that I should constantly prove that I am not a threat to the people around me," Michel said.Michel said one key question Cukor should ask himself is whether he would have acted the same if Michel were white. "It is important for people to understand when you call a police officer on an African-American, it is completely different than someone calling a police officer on someone else. To me that's a death threat. … I can literally die from that altercation, and I would just simply be another hashtag in the news or on Twitter. It is important that people understand that," Michel said. CNN has attempted to reach Cukor but has not heard back. In his written response, he said, he understands Michel was reacting based on his unique history as well."Unfortunately, there is a terrible pattern of people calling the authorities regarding people of color for no other reason than their race," Cukor wrote. The video and a son's plea Cukor said he was on his way out and noticed Michel caught the door and entered the building without using the callbox. He said he asked where he was going — and would ask any other person a similar question.The video begins as Cukor asks Michel to identify the person he is there to see and to "please call your friend on the call box and have them come down and get you.Michel declines.Cukor appears to be holding open the door to the building during the conversation, and he tells Michel he's going to call the police."Daddy, don't!" the child says as his father pulls out his cell phone. [contfnewc] [contfnewc] Report: Man Arrested For Allegedly Trying To Run Over Jewish People, Backing Up And Trying Again Congressmen Introduce Bill To Stop Government Cat Killers Jeff Sessions Honors Hero Cops Of The Las Vegas Shooting US Marine ‘planned Xmas Day terror attack’ NASA: Threat of Earth-destroying asteroid must be taken seriously	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line946
__label__wiki	0.583192	0.583192	Tigers Farmed in China and ... Pet Cougar Loose in CT Tigers Farmed in China and U.S. In the U.S. tigers are farmed at pseudo sanctuaries and roadside zoos for use as photo props and end up facing fates comparable to those in China’s tiger farms. The cubs can only be used between the ages of 8 and 12 weeks and then are relegated to overcrowded backyard cells until the disappear from the public view and end up in situations like those discovered in Operation Snow Plow. You can help put an end to this kind of abuse by asking the USDA to close the 8-12 week cub contact window and asking the USFWS to close the generic tiger breeding loophole. Behind rusted bars, a skeletal male tiger lies panting on the filthy concrete floor of his cage, covered in sores and untreated wounds. His once-fearsome body is so emaciated it is little more than a pitiful pile of fur and bones. Death is surely a matter of days away and can only come as a welcome release. Wardens at the wildlife park in southwest China say, indifferently, that they do not expect him to see the start of the Year of the Tiger which began last Sunday. ‘What can we do?’ a female park official asks a small huddle of visitors with a sigh and a casual shrug. ‘He’s dying, of course, but we have to keep feeding him until he does. It’s against the law to kill tigers.’ Dying breed: One of the emaciated tigers in a cage at the Xiongshen Tiger and Bear Mountain Village in Guilin, China Instead, it seems, they die slowly of neglect. In row after row of foul, cramped cages, more tigers lie alone, crippled and dying. One is hunched up against the side of its cage with its neck grotesquely deformed. Another, blinded in one eye, lies motionless. This shabby, rundown park in Guilin – one of China’s main tourist cities – is home to the world’s biggest single collection of tigers. Yet it is never included on foreigners’ tour itineraries. For here, 1,500 captive tigers – around half as many as there are thought to be remaining in the wild – live out miserable lives in squalid conditions. Each tiger costs around £6 a day to feed, and it is easy to see that the small clusters of visitors paying £7.50 each to wander around the cages and watch bizarre animal shows cannot possibly cover even the cost of food for the vast park. The reason is the tigers, mostly Siberian, are far more valuable dead than alive. For a 55lb pile of bones from a single tiger can be worth up to £225,000. There is a hugely lucrative trade in the skeletons at the Guilin park. Dead tigers are driven 200 miles from the park, officially called the Xiongshen Tiger and Bear Mountain Village, to a huge subterranean complex where their fur is stripped from their carcasses and their bones collected to make tiger wine that can sell for £185 a bottle. So for the park, where the tigers are bred for their bones, every year is the Year of the Tiger, and conservationists fear that the vile trade could be helping push some species of wild big cat into extinction. On paper, China has signed international wildlife treaties that ban all trade in tiger body parts and claims to have outlawed the industry. In reality, Xiongshen and other parks like it operate in a grey area of the law, using the bones of animals that have died naturally in captivity to produce ‘medicinal’ wine, apparently with the government’s blessing. Tigers have been used in Chinese traditional medicine for centuries. Their eyeballs are used to treat epilepsy, their bile to stop convulsions, their whiskers to sooth toothache and their penises as a potent sexual tonic. The most valuable parts, however, are the bones, which are used to make wine that is said to cure rheumatism and arthritis, and prolong life. Despite its rapid modernisation, the use of traditional medicine in China has increased rather than declined because more people can afford exotic treatments. Going hungry: Tigers scrabbling for food in the cages at Guilin Tiger bone wine, made by steeping tiger bones in huge vats of potent 38 per cent-proof rice wine, has for more than 2,000 years been one of the most expensive and sought-after Chinese traditional medicines, believed to bestow the tiger’s power and strength upon the taker. It is popular among wealthy middle-aged men including, reportedly, some of the Communist Party’s senior officials and is said to have been used by modern China’s founder Chairman Mao Tse-Tung himself, in the superstitious belief that it counters the effects of ageing and boosts flagging sex drive. Because of the scarcity of tigers, a single bottle of tiger bone wine from a rare vintage year can sell for £600 or more. As well as a supposed medical remedy, it is a prestigious drink sometimes shared between men at high-level political or business meetings, or drunk at lavish parties. The lucrative trade has accelerated the disappearance of all but a handful of China ‘ s remaining wild tigers as peasants turn poachers to track down the animals, knowing just one will make them more money than a farmer can earn in a decade. Millionaire Zhou Weisen, who is 47 and was born in the Year of the Tiger himself, realised at an early age he could make his fortune by keeping tigers in wretched captivity. He opened the Guilin park with 60 tigers in 1993, breeding them intensively so their numbers boomed to today’s population of 1,500. The park has the atmosphere of a medieval circus, with animals treated in a way that would cause outrage in any western country. Twice a day, a few relatively tame tigers are put on leashes and led out to amuse small groups of visitors. For the equivalent of £1.80 a time, parents and their children get the opportunity to feed strips of beef to a scrawny, undernourished young tiger in the care of a park keeper who, with no sense of irony, tells them the tiger is a ‘symbol of power in the animal kingdom’. Then a ramshackle carnival float decorated with pictures of tigers is led out with a collection of big cats cowering on its deck where they are forced by park keepers to stand up on their hind legs, and beaten with wooden stakes if they do not obey. Parents clap and shriek with laughter while children look on with bemused grins as the daily ritual is performed. A closer look reveals that one of the performing tigers has a tumour on his left leg the size of a football. Other tigers have untreated wounds and scars from thrashings or fights with other tigers. Only a few hundred of the park’s animals are on view to visitors. The majority are hidden from sight in row after row of cages outside the public area of the park. Here, bored tigers crammed four or more to a cage, pace restlessly back and forth. Others are kept locked in small, concrete enclosures, spending their days in perpetual darkness. They occasionally jump up on their hind legs to peer through narrow, slit windows, to get a rare glimpse of daylight. Life imprisonment: The rows of squalid sheds where the tigers live at Guilin ‘park’ Welfare expert David Neale from Animals Asia, said after inspecting the park: ‘These animals are kept in appalling conditions and it is clear that many are suffering from malnutrition. And if what the public can see is so appalling, can you imagine what the conditions are like for the tigers hidden from view?’ Ironically, the park is littered with billboards proclaiming the owners’ desire to protect wildlife. At the end of their tour of the park, visitors are directed to a ‘science hall’ where a complete tiger skeleton is displayed in a Perspex case. This building is decorated with pictures showing a cave lined with earthenware jars. ‘Each jar contains 500kg of rice wine with a complete set of tiger bones,’ saleswoman Miss Li tells us with a practised patter. ‘The wine is brewed in mountain caves a few hundred kilometres away where the water is ideal. Top [Communist Party] officials like to drink this wine. We serve it to them whenever they visit.’ Cutting hurriedly to the chase before the next group of guests finish their tour of the park and enter the science hall, she then offers the tiger wine in three, six and nine-year vintages at £60, £92 and £185 a bottle. Miss Li assures us that if we buy here, our tiger wine comes with a cast-iron guarantee of quality. ‘We have more than 1,500 tigers,’ she says. ‘There is no lack of raw materials for us. There are a few hundred dead tigers lying in our freezers. I can promise you that we sell only authentic tiger products. ‘You know, of course, that the tiger is a protected animal but the government does allow us to trade tigers that have died naturally, as a way of helping us financially.’ Asked whether they all died natural deaths, she replied vaguely: ‘Many of them die from illness or in fights with other tigers.’ Park owner Mr Zhou is also the owner of the secretive, subterranean factory 200 miles from Guilin where the bones and tiger bodies are processed in vast cellars storing up to 8,000 tons of tiger bone wine. The factory sells around 200,000 bottles a year and keeps up to 600 tiger skeletons at a time in huge vats. The underground caverns, where witnesses have reported seeing entire tigers in 5ft high vats, are strictly off limits to visitors. But an assistant in the factory shop was keen to tell us about the scale of the operation. ‘Our peak time is now, just before the Chinese New Year,’ she said. ‘We have so many orders and we simply haven’t got enough boxes to complete the packaging, or workers to process the orders.’ The factory has a huge network of salespeople across China, she said, and charges steep distribution fees for anyone who wants to enjoy a slice of the business in tiger wine. Factory sales manager Miss Wang told our interpreter over the phone: ‘If you want to be a distributor, the licence will cost you 150,000 yuan (£14,000) a year for a provincial capital-and 80,000 yuan (£7,500) for a smaller city. A provincial sole distributor licence costs five million yuan (£468,000) a year.’ The factory’s products are showcased in a sales office in the nearby town of Pingnan, where a variety of bottles of tiger bone wine are on show for potential buyers. But even here, deep in the Chinese countryside, the trade in tigers is a secret guarded with paranoid intensity. Sour taste: Just one of the cellars filled with vats of tiger wine at Guilin As I took pictures of the outside of the sales office, I was approached by two security guards who demanded to look at my camera and insisted I deleted any pictures of the building. They held me for 20 minutes and made frantic phone calls before letting me go once they were satisfied my camera’s memory was empty. Hundreds of miles south in Shenzhen, on the border with Hong Kong, the city’s licensed distributor – who gets his tiger bone wine from the Guilin park – runs his business from the ground floor shop of a private apartment complex. Lu Xi Ning, who is in his early 40s, has known Zhou Weisen of the Guilin tiger farm for more than ten years. Visitors to his wine shop are allowed in by appointment only. ‘It’s a sensitive business,’ he tells me in a room containing bottles of tiger bone wine of different vintages. ‘My business has been improving in the last three years. But I cannot advertise,’ he says as he pours tea. ‘It is reliant on regulars and recommendations. Customers come back again and again though. More people want our products because of the Year of the Tiger.’ Praising its health benefits, Lu said: ‘I have been drinking it every day for the past three years. I recommend one or two Chinese teacups each day. It is good for your circulation.’ He added with a knowing wink: ‘It is particularly good for men.’ Taking us to one side, he said quietly: ‘If you travel by plane, you’d better take the wine out of the tiger bottle and put it into a red wine bottle or a Pepsi bottle, just to be on the safe side. Then it should be fine.’ Jill Robinson, director of Animals Asia, has little doubt that the park has similar networks of sellers for other tiger parts, such as skins, teeth, eyeballs, whiskers and penises: all highly valued in Chinese traditional medicine. Robinson, who visited the park last year, described it as being nothing more than a thinly disguised tiger farm. ‘You can see that their remit is to keep the animals barely alive,’ she said. ‘They keep breeding and do not properly report births or deaths so they can use the bodies.’ It is a trade that Steve Broad, executive director of the international wildlife watchdog group TRAFFIC, described as ‘a disaster’ not only for China but the world’s remaining wild tigers. ‘It is inevitable that wild tiger products will get drawn into a market created by farmed tiger parts,’ he said. ‘These business people are creating a market that could be catastrophic for the wild tiger population. ‘We are not talking about a medicine trade but a trade where the tiger tonic is seen as a pick-me-up and the people who use it are doing it for bravado. The rarer the animal the better. It is nurturing the worst possible market among the rich and naive.’ Another body fighting to halt the trade in tiger bones is the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Spokeswoman Debbie Banks said: ‘Tiger bone wine is not about tradition. It is about commerce. If China is truly committed, they will make a ban on all trade in tiger products happen. They need to stop farming and breeding tigers. ‘The farmers are thinking of all possible loopholes to exploit. They even argue that because tiger bone is in the vat and not actually in the bottle, then it is legal to sell. They also argue that it is a tonic rather than a medicine and therefore not covered by the law.’ Wildly misleading: The image on an advert for the tiger ‘park’ at Guilin has no relation to the reality Appeals by the EIA to the Chinese government have so far fallen on deaf ears. ‘The State Forestry Administration said it would cost millions to phase out the farms, and that we are interfering in sovereign issues,’ Ms Banks said. Traditional beliefs are, it seems, tough to shift. The Guilin park, whose owner boasts of how he has served tiger wine to some of China’s top leaders, has been given a £700,000 government grant to build new cages for its ‘scientific research’. We saw some of those new cages being put to use during our visit, housing up to ten animals each as the park’s breeding programme continues apace. China’s government has stubbornly resisted attempts to stop the illicit trade in tiger parts. Despite grudgingly introducing legislation banning the use of tiger bones in medicine, China argued at an international convention in 2007 that the ban on trading tiger parts had ‘seriously impacted not only Chinese traditional culture but also the medicinal treatment and health care of the Chinese people’. Tigers, the Chinese government argued to the astonishment of delegates from other countries, should be treated like crocodiles and farmed for their bones and skin. Perhaps fittingly, China itself is likely to be one of the first countries to feel the effect of the trade in tiger parts. One week into the Year of the Tiger, its own tiger population is on the brink of extinction. History has been cruel to the big cat in China. Aside from the threat of hunting, there has been urbanisation, and the bizarre 1959 decision by Chairman Mao to declare the tiger ‘an enemy of the people’. Half a century later, as the trade in tiger bones puts a huge price on the head of the remaining few wild Chinese tigers, Ms Robinson and other conservationists believe the fate of the tiger in China is sealed. ‘By the next Year of the Tiger [2022] China will not have any wild tigers left,’ she said. ‘I wonder how proud the people involved in this trade will be when they have to explain to their children what happened to the wild tigers.’ We were unable to contact Zhou Weisen at the time of going to press, but an employee at the Xiongshen Tiger And Bear Mountain Village confirmed on the phone that the park sold tiger wine, made from the bones of ‘eliminated tigers’. Questioned further about the process, he said: ‘We are only selling the tiger bone wine, I am not sure about the specifics.’ By Richard Jones In Guilin, China Last updated at 11:05 PM on 20th February 2010 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252500/Exposed-Dark-secret-farm-tigers-bodies-plundered-make-185-wine.html#ixzz1OnJBmhio cub petting Toyota Gives Truck to Big Cat Rescue Dominique Neuhofer Bloody disgusting.Shame on China and the Chinese… Capture of Arizona jaguar who later died was intentional, investigators conclude State’s capture of jaguar Macho B was intentional, federal investigators conclude By Tony Davis ... BCR January 22, 2010 Saving jaguars, tigers can prevent human diseases? Ker Than in New York Cityfor National Geographic NewsFebruary 16, 2009 Jaguars and other ... BCR February 19, 2010 Big Cat Rescue Plans PETS Party June 11 Big Cat Rescue Plans PETS Party By JUDY S. GRAY Tribune correspondent ... BCR June 8, 2006	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line952
__label__wiki	0.575077	0.575077	Seashell Evangelist Surprises NC Beachgoers By Tiffany Jothen • June 2, 2017 At least twice now, beachcombers in North Carolina have found a little surprise in the seashells they pick up along the way. How two seashore finds pointed straight to Christ and other unique ways people are experiencing the Gospel. “The sea is his, for he made it.” —Psalm 95:5 In early January, Clarence Munden was walking on the beach as he does most mornings. But that morning was different. “I pick up several seashells every day. I walk past millions of shells,” he said from his home in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. That day, he saw a large shell lying face down, and he bent down to pick it up. Inside was written this message: “Amazing Grace, Jesus Loves You.” Below that, someone had written “PeaceWithGod.net,” a BGEA site that explains the Gospel. Munden visited the PeaceWithGod.net Facebook page and wrote a message about his discovery. He calls it his “best find ever.” The seashell Clarence Munden found in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Munden kept the shell and said he’s curious how many more may be out there. As it turns out, at least one. On Feb. 18, Dahl Evartt shared a similar story to Munden’s when she visited PeaceWithGod.net and left a comment on the site, saying she’d found a shell on the beach with “Jesus loves you” written inside—along with the URL for the site. “When I found that, I was at the lowest point as a parent,” she said later over the phone. Evartt lives in Virginia Beach and has a condo in Kitty Hawk, a town in the Outer Banks. That’s where she found the shell that February morning. She and her daughter had taken a trip there for the weekend. “That morning, I got her up early so we could catch the sunrise,” she said, explaining how her daughter wanted to snag some photos for her photography class. “While she was walking on the beach, I waited on a little crossway over the sand dune.” Sitting there on the walkway, she said a prayer about her sometimes choppy relationship with her daughter. “As soon as I finished saying the prayer, I looked down and saw the shell,” she said. “It’s an indescribable experience. … I just felt like I should not keep it to myself. I need to let somebody know.” Evartt said it was “perfect timing”—an answer to prayer and great encouragement during a time of self-doubt as a mother. Once the pair got back inside, Evartt went online and visited PeaceWithGod.net. “It was very touching. … It strengthened my faith, and it truly is God’s work.” Initially “shook up” by the experience, Evartt took some time to process everything and decided right there in her condo to renew her commitment to Jesus Christ. There’s no telling how many others may have picked up this sort of Gospel seashell—or who put them there in the first place—but BGEA’s internet evangelism ministry, Search for Jesus, does know that hundreds of others have come across PeaceWithGod.net in equally unique ways. Among those linking to PeaceWithGod.net on their websites: a Georgia college student studying design, a Spanish-language suicide prevention group, an app vendor in the U.K., a Mexican women’s volleyball blog and an Iowa-based magician who shares the Gospel during his magic show. An article about Alice Cooper, known as “The Godfather of Shock Rock,” is just one example. The article came on BGEA’s radar at the end of December when the Search for Jesus team noticed significant traffic to PeaceWithGod.net, stemming from the story on Cooper. It can be traced back to Duke Taber, senior pastor of a church in the San Francisco Bay Area. Taber manages a site called Viral Believer where he had published an excerpt about Alice Cooper from Assist News Service and God Reports. The article talks about Cooper’s faith—from growing up in the church to becoming, in his words, “rock’s ultimate villain” to eventually reevaluating his faith. He reconciled with his estranged wife, got back into church and said he serves Christ now. At the end of the article is a link to PeaceWithGod.net, which has led to thousands of people visiting the site and nearly 600 of them indicating commitments to Christ. “It touched my heart to hear that so many people made a commitment,” Taber said after hearing the news. Taber remembers seeing a Billy Graham Crusade on TV over 30 years ago and watching people respond to Jesus at Mr. Graham’s invitation. “I have always respected the integrity of the ministry,” Taber said about BGEA. He added that he wants to do the same thing with his website that Mr. Graham did at Crusades—give people a chance to respond when the Gospel is presented. Hence the PeaceWithGod.net link on a story about Alice Cooper’s return to faith. As a pastor, Taber knows that sharing the Gospel may challenge or even offend people sometimes, but he hopes that whatever the outcome, it eventually leads people to a deeper relationship with God. Like Taber and the anonymous seashell evangelist, others unaffiliated with BGEA continue to find ways to incorporate PeaceWithGod.net in what they do. Share the Gospel online by adding a PeaceWithGod.net banner to your website or blog. Learn more about BGEA’s online ministry, Search for Jesus. Give to Internet Evangelism BGEA's "Search For Jesus" Internet evangelism project directs searching people to real hope, through compelling online Gospel presentations. Using the Internet for God’s Glory in the Arab World ‘I Want to Know How to Find This Jesus’: 4 Stories of God Working Online ‘Nothing Else Could Fill that Hole in My Soul’: 4 Stories of Finding Hope Online Woman in South Africa: Does God’s View of Sin Change Over Time? Billy Graham’s Enduring Message Changing Hearts Online	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line955
__label__wiki	0.973802	0.973802	For Immediate Release, May 14, 2019 Laiken Jordahl, (928) 525-4433, ljordahl@biologicaldiversity.org Trump Administration Waives Laws to Build 100 Miles of Border Wall Across Arizona National Monument, Wildlife Refuges TUCSON, Ariz.— The Trump administration will waive dozens of environmental and public health laws to speed border-wall construction through federally protected sites in Arizona and California. Today’s announcement from the Department of Homeland Security says waivers will be used to build walls through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Coronado National Memorial and numerous designated wilderness areas. The bollard-style barriers will block wildlife migration, damage ecosystems and harm border communities. “The Trump administration just ignored bedrock environmental and public health laws to plow a disastrous border wall through protected, spectacular wildlands,” said Laiken Jordahl, borderlands campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity. “This senseless wall would rip a scar through the heart of the Sonoran Desert, kill endangered wildlife and cause irreversible damage. We’ll do everything in our power to stop this destruction.” The three waivers sweep aside 41 laws that protect clean air, clean water, public lands and endangered wildlife. They cover plans to build more than 100 miles of wall in numerous Arizona locations and in California near El Centro and San Diego. With these waivers, which take effect Wednesday, the Trump administration will have issued 12 waivers under the REAL ID Act. The waivers come during an open comment period where the public is invited to weigh in with concerns. Comments remain open until July 5. The Center and allies have sued to challenge Trump’s emergency declaration, which would fund this border wall construction. The Center also has sued the administration to challenge border-wall construction in the Rio Grande Valley and near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in New Mexico. The Center’s first border-related lawsuit ― filed in 2017 in U.S. District Court in Tucson with U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva ― seeks to require the Trump administration to do a detailed analysis of the environmental impacts of its border-enforcement program. All of these suits are pending. A 2017 study by the Center identified more than 90 endangered or threatened species that would be threatened by wall construction along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border. Beyond jeopardizing wildlife, endangered species and public lands, the U.S.-Mexico border wall is part of a larger strategy of ongoing border militarization that damages human rights, civil liberties, native lands, local businesses and international relations. The border wall impedes the natural migrations of people and wildlife that are essential to healthy diversity. The waivers cast aside these laws: Wilderness Act American Indian Religious Freedom Act Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act National Historic Preservation Act Migratory Bird Conservation Act Archeological Resources Protection Act Paleontological Resources Preservation Act Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988 Safe Drinking Water Act Noise Control Act Solid Waste Disposal Act Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act Antiquities Act Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Farmland Protection Policy Act Federal Land Policy and Management Act National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act National Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act National Trails System Act Administrative Procedure Act Wild Horse and Burro Act Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 National Park Service Organic Act National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 50 Stat. 1827 (April 13, 1937); Arizona Desert Wilderness Act Arizona –Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 Coronado National Memorial Enabling Legislation Coronado National Memorial Management Policies National Forest Management Act of 1976 Multiple-Use and Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 Eagle Protection Act Reclamation Project Act of 1939 Map by Kara Clauser, Center for Biological Diversity. Map is available for media use. Endangered Species \| Government Affairs \|	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line956
__label__cc	0.608642	0.391358	Finding the Future at WPE16 By Thomas Wittenburg \| Oct 23 2016 \| Events \| Insights \| Media We've been digesting the events at World Publishing Expo 2016 in Vienna for a little more than a week now. WPE16 was attended by far fewer than ever before, but that didn't stop the future from knocking on the virtual doors of the Expo. We took a tour through the venue, trying to find out what's next for the media. La Presse or not to press One of the absolute headliners of the WPE16 conference was Pierre-Elliot Levasseur, COO of Canadian La Presse. The newspaper has been working on an online/app-based newspaper to replace the print edition for years. While the app has been around for some time, it wasn't until January 2016 that La Presse took to, well, stop the presses. The company still holds on to the print edition on Saturdays. And while their transition is a great tale of courage and innovative efforts to combine ads and editorial content, it's worth noting that much of the revenue still comes from the Saturday print edition. An inspiring story nonetheless, and newspapers all over the world will keep an eye out for La Presse’s future endeavors. Especially their focus on tailored ads for their platform deserves a closer look. Advertising is crucial to the existence of La Presse. 82 percent of their ad revenue comes from digital platform. Making ads part of the experience is both necessary and a brilliant move to increase the value of each individual ad. Virtual Reality enters reality “It's going to be part of the future.” World Virtual Reality Forum was represented at WPE16 by president and co-founder Clayton Doherty, who went around discussing the technology with media representatives, tech companies and solution providers. He seems assured that immersive VR journalism will be one of the most profound ways of telling stories in the future. Many newsrooms have already experimented with VR. As the technology becomes more mature and available, many more will undoubtedly join the action. When the technology becomes able to broadcast live, VR could be served as premium content by the media. Monetize digital platforms There may still be money in print, but most of the companies represented at the expo seemed to agree that the future is digital. From replica ePaper editions, through micro payment solutions, to extensive ad-platforms, digital revenue was omnipresent. Readers tend to wish for one of two solutions: Either a Spotify-type flat rate subscription service that lets readers view articles from a variety of papers, or a pay-per-article feature, which would enable readers to pay only for the specific content they're viewing. Blendle could be seen as the Spotify of newspapers, but it's a long way off from becoming ubiquitous. Micro payment is gaining traction though. Marc Lamarche, CEO and co-founder of SwissPay, a Swiss micro payment startup, showed a simple mobile phone based solution. Click on an article, enter your phone number, reply to an SMS and get reading. The cost per article is defined by the content-owner, and the fee is payed via the phone bill. For those not wanting to pay, SwissPay can set up a video ad wall, where the reader will have to watch at least 20 seconds of video ads before entering to the content. None of these solutions solves the big issue of subscribers leaving the newspapers though. Digital revenue has yet to reveal its true potential. Digital Director Steffen Damborg of DigitalConsult, see a future for newspapers, but they have to be smart, cut costs on production and go all in on digital. We brought a camera along, and asked some questions about the future of media, so you can see for yourself. Thomas Wittenburg Product Marketing Specialist, digital concept developer, wannabe rockstar and great beard. Tap into digital media trends with us Mar 27 2018 \| Events Where do you go to find inspiration to optimize your digital strategy, improve your digital products, your marketing strategy, your churn rate, your onboarding strategy? This is where we tap into new trends and the... Weren't there? See how Inspirational Tour 2018 kicked off with a bang Mar 27 2018 \| Events \| Insights On a sunny yet cold March day in Oslo, the first stage of the Visiolink Inspirational Tour 2018 took place. A truly great day with enthusiastic participants and lots of knowledge sharing and socializing. Hear what...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line969
__label__wiki	0.796271	0.796271	DEVA MAHAL - RUN DEEP LAURIE MORVAN - GRAVITY REVEREND RAVEN & THE CHAIN SMOKIN' ALTAR BOYS - MY LIFE BILLY WALTON BAND - SOUL OF A MAN MUDDY GURDY - SELF TITLED MATTHEW STUBBS AND THE ANTIGUAS Sue Foley - THE ICE QUEEN BETH HART AND JOE BONAMASSA - BLACK COFFEE JIMI HENDRIX - Both Sides of the Sky STRANGE ANGELS - IN FLIGHT WITH ELMORE JAMES CURTIS SALGADO & ALAN HAGER - ROUGH CUT MINDI ABAIR - THE EAST WEST SESSIONS WILLIE CLAYTON - CROSSROADS OF THE BLUES LEE ROY PARNELL - MIDNIGHT BELIEVER STEVE TUCCI - OLIVIA SPOONFUL OF BLUES AMY BLACK - MEMPHIS LIGHTNIN' WILLIE - No Black No White Just Blues JO HARMAN - PEOPLE WE BECOME DELTA WIRES - BORN IN OAKLAND Tinsley Ellis - Winning Hand ON SALE: DENNIS JONES - BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACK ON SALE: STEVE KRASE - Should've Seen It Coming Marquise Knox - Black And Blue Shannon McNally - Black Irish EILEN JEWELL - Down Hearted Blues Robert Finley - Goin' Platinum Peter Ward - Blues on My Shoulders The Milligan Vaughan Project Peter Parcek - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven PATRICK RECOB - Perpetual Luau Rockin' Johnny Burgin - Neoprene Fedora Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway SWEET PEA ATKINSON - Get What You Deserve The Rolling Stones - ON AIR - Deluxe Edition 2 CD Set JANE LEE HOOKER - SPIRITUS DON BRYANT - DON'T GIVE UP ON LOVE Gary Moore - Blues and Beyond 2 CD SET Lucky Peterson - What Have I Done Wrong: The Best Of The JSP Sessions James Armstrong - Blues Been Good To Me Lucky Peterson-Tribute to Jimmy Smith Supersonic Blues Machine - Californisoul Lucinda Williams - This Sweet Old World Walter Trout - We're All In This Together THE LOVE LIGHT ORCHESTRA FEATURING JOHN NEMETH Ronnie Earl And The Broadcasters - The Luckiest Man Alastair Greene - DREAM TRAIN Howlin' At Greaseland ALBERT CASTIGLIA - UP ALL NIGHT COLIN JAMES - BLUE HIGHWAYS KIM WILSON - BLUES AND BOOGIE VOL 1 A rare combination of masterful songwriting and breathtaking vocal talent, Deva Mahal steps into the spotlight on her debut, 'Run Deep', an album of pulse-pounding soul with a decidedly modern edge. Taking inspiration from the idea of strength through... Product Description GRAVITY is the 6th release from Blues Foundation Award winner Laurie Morvan. Produced by drummer/producer extraordinaire Tony Braunagel who handled all drums and percussion, it also features blues industry heavyweights Bob Glaub on... Product Description New CD My Life; celebrates the band's Twentieth Anniversary. It contains 16 original tracks of remixed or new versions of previously recorded songs with different lineups of the Chain Smoking Altar Boys throughout the 20 year period... The Billy Walton Band is a rockin' blues-flavored R&B band with the unmistakable stamp of the Jersey Shore. Led by Billy Walton's vocals and guitar, their strong, melodic songs are punctuated by classic horn lines, punchy rhythms, and vocal... Muddy Gurdy is the brainchild of a French trio named Hypnotic Wheels, based around the hurdy-gurdy (a classic hand-cranked, stringed instrument which is a kind of string section in a box), and deeply inspired by the blues of North Mississippi hill... “EVEN I HAVE A HARD TIME DESCRIBING THIS ALBUM,” MATTHEW STUBBS ADMITS. “PEOPLE HEAR IT AND ASK, ‘WHAT KIND OF MUSIC IS THIS?’ NO IDEA! AND I’M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.”AS HE SHOULD BE. THE SELF-TITLED DEBUT FROM... To view the videos, click the PRODUCT VIDEO TAB ABOVE. Black Coffee on CD 2018 release. It's been four years since the critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated, and #1 Billboard Blues album Seesaw was released by singer-songwriter Beth Hart and guitar hero Joe Bonamassa. Since they have both been on fire,... Both Sides of the Sky on CD Both Sides Of The Sky presents 13 studio recordings including 10 which have never before been released. All but two of these studio recordings were made during a fertile two year period between January 1968 and 1970... Strange Angels: In Flight With Elmore James / Various Artists on CD 2018 release. Strange Angels: In Flight With Elmore James brings together a group of amazing artists to pay tribute to the legendary Elmore James in this 13-song... If you choose the CD & subscription option you'll receive 8 issues plus this BONUS CD. Blues Music Magazine is published four times a year. January, April, July, and October. ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Please allow... ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Please allow 8 to 12 weeks for your first issue to arrive. Blues Music Magazine is published four times a year. Thank you for becoming a member!! ATTENTION RENEWAL MEMBERS: Please use the email address... Blues Music Magazine is published four times a year. January, April, July, and October. ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Please allow 8 to 12 weeks for your first issue to arrive. Blues Music Magazine is published four times a year... ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Please allow 8 to 12 weeks for your first issue to arrive. Blues Music Magazine is published four times a year. Thank you for becoming a member!! ATTENTION RENEWAL MEMBERS: Please use the email address associated... 2017 release, Shannon McNally's blues-Americana return, Black Irish will make you dance, break your heart, and save your soul. The album was recorded in Nashville, but it's distinctive sense of place lies 210 miles west, where Memphis meets Mississippi... 2017 album from US singer-songwriter, this time around paying homage to vintage blues artists including Willie Dixon, Memphis Minnie, Betty James, Bessie Smith & others, recorded live over 2 days. ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Please allow 8 to 12... And now we have Goin' Platinum!, the newest effort from the soon-to-be legendary soul singer Robert Finley and his crack band of geniuses. From the lovelorn bombast of "If You Forget My Love" to the soul-stirring "Medicine Woman," and the... Track Listing1. Soul Satisfaction2. Dangerous Eyes3. Little Bit of Heaven4. Driving You5. Leave My Girl Alone6. Compared to What7. Here I Am8. Devil’s Breath9. Two WingsLive Bonus Tracks from One2One Bar10. What Passes For Love11. Palace of... ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Please allow 8 to 12 weeks for your first issue to arrive. Blues Music Magazine is published four times a year. Thank you for becoming a member!!ATTENTION RENEWAL MEMBERS: Please use the email address... (2017/West Tone) 16 tracks. Neoprene Fedora chronicles Rockin’ Johnny Burgin’s move to California from Chicago. This time around he’s written 11 songs from surf to zydeco to gut-bucket blues to plain old party! The combination of... If you're a fan of raucous Chicago blues à la Chess Records with a bit of the swampy Excello sound thrown in, the Peacemakers are for you. ATTENTION NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Please allow 8 to 12 weeks for your first issue to arrive... Freedom Highway, Grammy Award–winner and 2017 Grammy nominee Rhiannon Giddens' follow-up to her highly praised debut album Tomorrow Is My Turn, will be released by Nonesuch Records on February 24, 2017. The record includes nine... On Air is a collection of rarely heard radio recordings from the Stones formative years. The songs including eight tracks the band have never recorded or released commercially, were originally broadcast on bygone UK shows such as Saturday Club, and... On 24th November 2017 BMG proudly release Gary Moore’s Blues and Beyond, a remarkable collection of his powerful and emotive blues studio recordings. Blues and Beyond is released on double CD, 4 LP and as a box set, which includes unreleased live... Lucky Peterson sings, composes songs, plays the Hammond organ, is a phenomenal live act but most of all he's one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time with a fantastic technique and soulful feel. This set contains 9 tracks from the various albums... The vet blues man knows how to put things together; a real pleaser that makes no statement other than letting the good times roll. Electric blues as it should be. --Chris Record- Midwest Record Blues Music Magazine is published four times a year... On this album, Lucky Peterson pays tribute to his mentor, jazz legend Jimmy Smith. Fittingly, Peterson performs on Smith's favorite instrument, the Hammond B-3 organ. Peterson's style is anchored in blues with the beat of jazz, the groove of rhythm 'n'... SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE released their exciting new studio album CALIFORNISOUL on October 20, 2017. "CALIFORNISOUL! That's exactly what it is. It's the missing soundtrack to a summertime drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 1971!" Fabrizio Grossi... 2017 release. In a rare instance of an artist taking a full-length reconsideration of an earlier work, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams releases This Sweet Old World - a complete re-recording of her 1992 album Sweet Old World... September 9, 2017 Walter Trout released a new album on Mascot Label Group/Provogue. "We're All In This Together" features Walter with a different guest on each track, including artists Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Sonny Landreth, Robben Ford, Warren Haynes,... The Blues and Memphis are joined at the hip. The rich history of musicians who passed through this modest river town is nothing short of stunning. The Lovelight Orchestra is no exception. A ten piece band of veteran Bluff City musicians with resumes... The Luckiest Man confirms Ronnie Earl’s status as one of the most soulful blues/soul/jazz guitarists working today. A three-time Blues Award winner as Guitarist Of The Year, Earl has worked with his band The... 'Dream Train' is the latest release from Blues rocking guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Alastair Greene. Greene recently left the Alan Parsons Live Project (with whom he played lead guitar and toured the world for 7 years) to focus on his solo career... 14 tracks. Wonderful tribute to Howlin' Wolf with some of the best Norhtern California artists working today. Rockin Johnny Burgin, Kid Andersen, Aki Kumar & Rick Estrin, Wolf's piano player Henry Gray and Taildragger. The bands all play with... 2017 release. Up All Night. It's an apt title for Albert Castiglia's seventh album: nobody sleeps when this man is in town. After 27 years of house-rocking studio albums and smack-in-the-mouth live shows, the Florida bandleader is the acknowledged master... Juno Award Winning Singer-songwriter Colin James will release his 18th album, Blue Highways, on October 14 via True North Records.Blue Highways was co-produced by Colin and Dave Meszaros (Wake Owl, Old Man Canyon) and recorded at The Warehouse Studios in... Blues And Boogie, Vol. 1 on CD Legendary singer and harmonica player Kim Wilson, from the Fabulous Thunderbirds, performs fourteen blues classics and two originals on his brand new solo album, Blues and Boogie Vol 1. Recorded over the course of two...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line975
__label__wiki	0.722362	0.722362	Case report \| Open \| Open Peer Review \| Published: 21 February 2019 Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis with concomitant disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with AIDS from a nonendemic region (California) Julian Choi1, Kia Nikoomanesh ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-001X2, Jusleen Uppal2 & Sharon Wang3 BMC Pulmonary Medicinevolume 19, Article number: 46 (2019) \| Download Citation Opportunistic infections, while well studied in the AIDS population, continue to have variable and surprising presentations. Here, we present a case of disseminated histoplasmosis with disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a 50 year old man with long standing AIDS living in a non-endemic area. Patient presented with a constellation of symptoms, and imaging of the chest showed a pulmonary mass with cavitation, multiple nodules, and ground glass opacities. Further investigations revealed granulomatous lung nodules and fungemia consistent with Histoplasma capsulatum, and coinfection with disseminated nontuberculous mycobateria in a nonendemic area. Immunocompromised patients risk co-inhabitation by multiple infectious organisms. Some of these organisms may preside in the host for years prior to reactivation. Clinicians in non endemic areas should therefore be careful to not overlook specific organisms based on a lack of a recent travel history. Physicians in nonendemic areas should become more familiar with the clinical findings and diagnostic approach of infectious such as Histoplasmosis, to ensure earlier recognition and treatment in immunocompromised individuals. Histoplasma capsulatum is an endemic, dimorphic fungus commonly found in the midwest and southern United States (US), and most prevalent along the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys. It is the most common cause for hospitalization of the endemic mycoses [1]. Patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) have weakened cellular immunity and increased risk for histoplasmosis especially in areas of endemic foci. However, in nonendemic areas such as California (where our patient resides), it is thought to be due to reactivation of latent infection from previous exposure rather than an acute infection [2,3,4,5]. Clinical presentation depends on the immune status of the host and extent of exposed inoculum. Healthy individuals are typically asymptomatic or have self-limiting infections, while many with AIDS present with progressive disseminated histoplasmosis with pulmonary involvement [1, 4, 6]. Herein we present a patient with AIDS coinfected with disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in southern California. A 50-year-old homeless Caucasian man with history of AIDS presented for generalized weakness and productive cough with clear-yellow sputum without hemoptysis for 1 month. He also endorsed fevers, chills and rigors for 1 week and a 15 pound unintentional weight loss in 1 month. AIDS was diagnosed over 20 years ago and has been noncompliant with various combinations antiretroviral therapy (cART) regimens including emtricitabine/tenofovir, abacavir/lamivudine, darunavir, and ritonavir. Patient was lost to follow-up for 2 years until he was recently incarcerated and released from jail. Patient was born in Ohio but moved to California at 2 years of age, and had remote military service in Georgia in his early 20’s. Otherwise the patient never left California thereafter. He has never explored caves or been in contact with birds, bats or its excrements. Patient’s initial temperature was 38.5° Celsius and he was also tachycardic. Physical exam revealed a disheveled, cachectic male with temporal muscle wasting, no respiratory distress on room air, and was otherwise unremarkable. Laboratories revealed a white blood cell count of 3.7 TH/uL, absolute lymphocyte count of 185, absolute CD4 count of 20 cells/uL, and HIV viral load of 181,000 copies/mL. Comprehensive metabolic panel was within normal ranges except for a low albumin (2.8 g/dL). Lactate dehydrogenase (277 u/L), ferritin (1343 ng/mL), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (111 mm/hr), and C-reactive protein (9.58 mg/dL) were elevated. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest with contrast revealed bilateral nodular opacities, the largest measured (3.6 × 2.2 cm), a left upper lobe mass with cavitation, right basilar (2.0 × 1.5 cm) nodule, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, ground-glass changes, and enlarged periaortic lymph nodes (Fig. 1a). CT abdomen and pelvis revealed retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy and was otherwise unremarkable. a CT chest showing left lung cavitary mass, nodular and ground-glass opacities, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. b Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain showing granuloma formation and dimorphic yeast. c Gomori Methenamine silver (GMS) stain showing numerous dimorphic oval-shaped budding yeast consistent with Histoplasma capsulatum The initial workup included a lumbar puncture which was unremarkable. Multiple sputum acid fast bacilli (AFB) smears were negative. Interestingly, serum and urine were positive for rare AFBs using fluorochrome staining but nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex were negative, raising suspicion for disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection. Patient was started on treatment for presumed disseminated NTM infection with daily regimen of azithromycin/rifabutin/ethambutol with resolution of fever. However, patient still endorsed a cough. He subsequently underwent image guided fine needle aspiration of peripheral lung nodules. Pathology (Fig. 1b & c) revealed granulomatous inflammation with abundant Histoplasma capsulatum organisms by Grocott-Gomori’s methenamine silver stain (GMS) staining. There were no AFB positive organisms seen. Of note, the diagnosis was further supported by positive urine Histoplasma antigen (> 19 ng/ml) and serum Histoplasma antigen above the limit of quantification. Histoplasma antibody with mycelial antigen was < 1:8. Blood and final bronchoscopy cultures eventually grew H. capsulatum weeks later. Once diagnosis of H. capsulatum was made, in addition to NTM treatment regimen, the patient was also started on intravenous amphotericin B lipid suspension at 5 mg/kg for 2 weeks and subsequently discharged with itraconazole. Patient was also started on cART (emtricitabine/tenofovir/dolutegravir) prior to discharge. With treatment, all constitutional symptoms and laboratory abnormalities improved. He was subsequently discharged home with close outpatient follow-up. It is well known that Histoplasma capsulatum is endemic to the Ohio and Mississippi river valley regions of the US. According to articles from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between the years 1938 and 2013, there were 2850 reported cases of histoplasmosis spread out across 26 states of the US [7]. Of those cases, none were found in California. This seems to be similar for the years 2011–2014, with 3409 reported cases in 12 states, none being in the west coast [8]. Although the CDC does not list H. capsulatum to be a reportable fungal disease in California, one could presume that identifying histoplasmosis in California (and other nonendemic states) is rare, or, underdiagnosed and underreported. In the era of cART therapy HIV infected individuals have the opportunity to live longer and travel around the globe, potentially increasing the opportunity of making a diagnosis of histoplasmosis in nonendemic areas [9]. Histoplasmosis is a common opportunistic infection in endemic regions for individuals with AIDS. They are at higher risk for histoplasmosis with up to 25% occurrence in select cities compared to 1% in nonendemic areas [6, 10]. Clinical presentation of histoplasmosis depends on the volume of exposure, host immune status, and overall health. Histoplasmosis can be the first manifestation of AIDS in up to 50–75% of patients with disseminated infection with mortality rates as high as 39–58% depending on endemicity [9]. Traditionally, progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) presents with myriad of non-specific symptoms and examination findings: fevers, night sweats, weight loss, cough, dyspnea, fatigue, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and less frequently, skin, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system manifestations [1, 4, 6]. PDH is usually seen in AIDS patients with absolute CD4 counts of less than 150–200 cells/uL [9, 11]. Other associated laboratory values (although non-specific) include: pancytopenia, elevated ferritin, lactate dehydrogenase, and abnormal liver function tests [1,2,3, 12]. Histoplasmosis diagnosed in nonendemic regions, as seen with this particular case, was likely from reactivation of latent infection in those without recent exposure [2, 3, 5, 10, 13]. Our patient likely was exposed in Ohio during his first 2 years of life, or in Georgia prior to traveling to southern California. His detailed travel history accounted for no other visits to endemic areas for over 20 years. He was also diagnosed with HIV for 20 years and was compliant in the past with antiretroviral therapy until about 2 years from presentation. There is high variability between time of travel to endemic areas and manifestations of clinical symptoms. One survey in Europe described symptoms occurring between 2 months to 5 years after travel to endemic area [14]. They also describe individuals in the United Kingdom who served in World War II in endemic areas who had latency periods more than 50 years before reactivation. It is prudent that a detailed travel history be obtained to elicit past exposures from endemic areas to not delay recognition and treatment for histoplasmosis. During that time he likely had declining cellular immunity and endogenous reinfection from weakened host defenses. Furthermore, there are reports of certain biologic medications being associated with reactivation occurring in nonendemic regions that may be related to decreased immunity [5]. Clinicians in nonendemic areas may not consider histoplasmosis as a diagnosis especially if patients have co-infections that could potentially account for clinical and laboratory irregularities. However, multiple concurrent infections are very common in patients with AIDS. [6, 13, 15, 16]. Fredericks et. al. reviewed 46 patients from two San Francisco hospitals with disseminated histoplasmosis and AIDS. 54% had coinfections and only 1 of the cases listed histoplasmosis as part of their original differential diagnosis [3]. Kitkungvan et al. performed an observational study in a Thailand hospital showing 26% of their HIV infected individuals presenting with fever of unknown origin to have co-infections with 2 or more pathogens [17]. The principle of “Occam’s razor” is that the simplest solution is often correct. However, in patients with AIDS, this can misguide investigators in making erroneous assumptions. Instead, it may better serve clinicians caring for these immunocompromised individuals to apply the concept of “Hickam’s dictum.” It is a paradigm in which a patient’s manifestations are better explained not by a single unifying diagnosis, but multiple diseases processes occurring at once. In the era of cART and increased global travel, endemicity of a particular infectious disease may no longer be localized (as in our case) to a specific region. Physicians in nonendemic areas should become more familiar with the clinical findings and diagnostic approach of histoplasmosis, to ensure earlier recognition and treatment for this vulnerable group of individuals. AFB: Acid Fast Bacilli AIDS: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Combinations antiretroviral therapy Cluster of differentiation 4 CDC: Cells/uL: Cells per microliter cm: g/dl: Grams per deciliter mg/dl: Milligrams per deciliter Mg/kg: Milligram per kilogram mm/hr.: Millimeters per hour NAAT: Nucleic acid amplification test ng/ml: Nanogram per milliliter NTM: Nontuberculous mycobacterium PDH: Progressive disseminated Histoplasmosis u/L: Units per liter Kauffman CA, Marr KA, Mitty J. Pathogenesis and clinical features of pulmonary histoplasmosis, UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate Inc.; 2017. http://www.uptodate.com Davies SF, Khan M, Sarosi GA. Disseminated histoplasmosis in immunologically suppressed patients, occurrence in a nonendemic area. Am J Med. 1978;64:94–100. Fredricks DN, Rojanasthien N, Jacobson MA. AIDS-related disseminated histoplasmosis in San Francisco, California. West J Med. 1997;167:315–21. Wheat J. Histoplasmosis: a review for clinicians from non-endemic areas. Mycoses. 2006;49(4):274–82. Jain V, Evans T, Peterson MW. Reactivation histoplasmosis after treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor a in a patient from a nonendemic area. Respir Med. 2006;100:1291–3. Wheat LJ, Connolly-Stringfield PA, Baker RL, Curfman MF, Eads ME, Israel KS, Norris SA, Webb DH, Zeckel ML. Disseminated histoplasmosis in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome: clinical findings, diagnosis and treatment, and review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 1990;69(6):361–74. Benedict K, Mody RK. Epidemiology of histoplasmosis outbreaks, United States, 1938–2013. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016;22(3):370–8. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.151117. Armstrong PA, Jackson BR, Haselow D, et al. Multistate epidemiology of histoplasmosis, United States, 2011–20141. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018;24(3):425–31. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171258. Adenis AA, Aznar C, Couppié P. Histoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients: a review of new developments and remaining gaps. Cur Trop Med Rep. 2014;1(2):119–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-014-0017-8. Wheat J. Endemic mycoses in AIDS: a clinical review. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1995;8(1):146–59. Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, Bartlett JG, Campbell GD, Dean NC, Dowell SF, File TM Jr, Musher DM, Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG. Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44(Suppl 2):S27–72. Howard DH. Acquisition, transport, and storage of Iron by pathogenic fungi. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1999;12(3):394–404. Antinori S, Magni C, Nebuloni M, Parravicini C, Corbellino M, Sollima S, et al. Histoplasmosis Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected People in Europe. Medicine (Baltimore). 2006;85:22–36 Doi\. Ashbee HR, Evans EG, Viviani MA, Dupont B, Chryssantho E, Surmont I, Tomsikova A, Vachkov P, Energo B, Zala J, Tintelnot K. Histoplasmosis in Europe: a report on an epidemiological survey from the European Confederation of Medical Mycology Working Group. Med Mycol. 2008;46(1):57–65. Agudelo CA, Restrepo CA, Molina DA, et al. Tuberculosis and histoplasmosis co-infection in AIDS patients. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012;87(6):1094–8. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0292. Taján J, Espasa M, Sala M, et al. Disseminated infection by Mycobacterium sherrisii and Histoplasma capsulatum in an African HIV-infected patient. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013;88(5):914–7. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.12-0572. Kitkungvan D, Apisarnthanarak A, Plengpart P, Mundy LM. Fever of unknown origin in patients with HIV infection in Thailand: an observational study and review of the literature. Int J STDA & AIDS. 2008;19(4):232–5. No funding was involved in this case study. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, USA Julian Choi Department of Internal Medicine, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, USA Kia Nikoomanesh & Jusleen Uppal Department of Infectious Disease, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, USA Sharon Wang Search for Julian Choi in: Search for Kia Nikoomanesh in: Search for Jusleen Uppal in: Search for Sharon Wang in: JC, KN, JU, and SW all aided in the formulation and the direction of the manuscript. All members were involved in writing the draft. All members worked on editing the draft after completion and worked to alter the manuscript into its final form. All authors have read, and approved the final draft of this manuscript. Correspondence to Kia Nikoomanesh. We attest that informed consent for publication of identifying information/imaging in an online publication was attained. Informed consent was obtained in writing. Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection Nonendemic Opportunistic infections Reactivation Co-infection	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line977
__label__wiki	0.969516	0.969516	Brassland Alec Hanley Bemis Baby Dayliner Justin Vivian Bond Bryce Dessner Aaron Dessner Doveman The Gloaming Anais Mitchell The Perennials Sō Percussion Physical Store babydayliner.com/ Leigh Greaney \| Big Hassle (North America) Brassland (Rest of World) Download Press Photos July 9, 2017 - Baby Dayliner returns! Ten years after "quitting" the music business, the literate, electronic pop artist Baby Dayliner i... May 14, 2009 - Baby Dayliner Returns With MP3, Heavy Airplay on KEXP The Tenth Sexiest Everyday Man of 2008 has returned for some 2009 sexiness. This week, Baby Dayline... November 21, 2008 - Baby Dayliner Named One of Ten Sexiest Everyday Men of 2008 Baby Dayliner was recently named The Tenth Sexiest Everyday Man of 2008 by Jezebel, a pop culture ex... Romantic electronic pop artist Baby Dayliner (aka Ethan Marunas aka Babbs) was born and raised in New York City, and went to LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, and the Performing Arts, also known as the "FAME" high school. His undergraduate study was done at St. John's College in Annapolis, MD. After varying roles in various bands, Marunas decided to take the stage as a solo act. He became deft at synths, samplers, and recording, and began crafting songs that would come to life as the Baby Dayliner stage show. His first big sonic influence was classical music that his parents and private teachers fed him as a child violinist (age 7-17). Strangely enough, his first pop music love was Hall and Oates, which he listened to alongside Kabuki theater music and other diverse sounds. Later came jazz and hip-hop records. As he explained to So Much Silence in an early interview, "I grew up listening to hip-hop, and I'm always aware of it. Even top 40 crap. Hip-hop is a big part of my dictionary but I'm not a real thorough fan of it. Certain albums stick out. Nas' first album. Common's Resurrection. The first couple De La albums. The first couple Tribe albums. Jay-Z's whole library, for the most part. I listen to Aesop Rock and Blockhead, who are friends from way back. The new Ghostface album is solid. Gnarls Barkley sounds cool. Dr. Octagon. Big Daddy Kane. Jungle Bros." Baby Dayliner was discovered by Brassland in 2001, the dawn of NYC's indie rock hype-cycle as documented in the 2017 oral history Meet Me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman. While Brooklyn was teeming with a cool factor that preceded the blog rock trend, Babbs emerged as a pioneer of the 00s NYC scene. While Brassland flagship band, The National, were still struggling to catch a break, Baby Dayliner was packing downtown clubs — inspiring the band, as well as the label. In the early to mid-00s, rabid fans would fill his shows singing along to every hyper-literate lyric, while mimicking his stage moves. Embodying the effortless cool of Frank Sinatra and the romanticism of Morrissey, The National's Matt Berninger says that it was, in part, Baby Dayliner's fearlessness on stage that gave him license to become a front person in the first place. Baby Dayliner went on to open for The National during their 2006 North American tour, their first burst of their popularity. After signing to Brassland — the label co-owned by Bryce and Aaron Dessner — Babbs also did his own headline dates in London and Paris. After his sophomore album, Critics Pass Away, which was praised by Uncut, Time Out New York, and many others, Baby Dayliner seemed to disappear. The truth is: he never really left. In 2008, Gawker blog Jezebel named him one of the world's Sexiest Everyday Men, alongside President Barack Obama and his bodyguard, and journalists Nate Silver and Ezra Klein. In subsequent years an early leaked demo of "You Push, I'll Go" was named Song of the Day on KEXP, where it became an all-time favorite of morning host, John Richards. For the lion's share of the past decade, though, Babbs left the performing scene behind for a steady rhythm of work as a DJ throughout NYC's clubs, bars, and backrooms, where he puts his unique spin on the Top 40 hits. He did, however, tour in 2014 — performing a dozen American tour dates with The Uncluded (a collaboration between Aesop Rock and Kimye Dawson) occasionally joined by The Pizza Underground (Macaulay Culkin's Velvet Underground parody band). In 2015, KEXP's John Richards — following years of airplay for "You Push, I'll Go" — enthusiastically invited Baby Dayliner to join the line-up of a benefit concert for the Seattle station. "I've been waiting to for years to see that live," Richards said after the performance of "You Push, I'll Go." In 2016, the subscription vinyl club Turntable Kitchen put the track on 7" wax for its first ever physical release — reinforcing its status as an underground cult classic. Now Baby Dayliner returns! "You Push I'll Go" is finally widely available as part of a new EP — his first commercial release in over a decade. Recorded in upstate New York during a brief time away from his longtime home in Manhattan, the new collection is the first product of that period of sequestration. It reveals a series of songs — some new, some reworked from sets between his last release and today. While the music borrows elements from synth-pop, dance music, and hip-hop, it never confuses them. The sound has the sweetness and catchiness of indie pop, and elements of R&B 'real talk' and yet it sits uncomfortably between those genres, making it a fusion of worlds that other artists can't help but notice. It's been accompanied by glowing praise from composer Nico Muhly, hip-hop MC Aesop Rock, and The National's singer Matt Berninger,— proving Baby Dayliner is an artist's artist, whose impact cuts across genre. Says Berninger: "What I like most Baby Dayliner’s writing is that there's rarely any meanness in his songs; no forced posturing or aggressiveness; and they are loaded with empathy. He sings about flawed and vane characters but with genuine understanding and kindness. The music is catchy, smart, and weird— something beautiful and odd, that only he does. Baby Dayliner is something uncommon in pop music. He’s unique." Which finally, is what we aim for... PRESS HYPE "a retro romo romp through a New York ghost world that is neither the drainpipe-and-denim sweat pile of CBGBs nor the mirrorball glitz of Studio 54 but somewhere in between.” — Uncut Magazine "Baby Dayliner prerecords lo-fi synth-ditties at home, carries his gear on stage in an old suitcase, and then sings along like a one-man karaoke act. There's more than novelty going on: With his low-throated voice, earnest love songs, and silly-yet-somehow-genuine rapping, Baby Dayliner is crafting beguiling songs that test the limits of sincerity. An offbeat, endearing surprise." — Village Voice "Mix a couple of degrees of Kevin Bacon with some actual musical talent and you get yourself some Baby Dayliner." — Jezebel (Baby Dayliner named one of the 2008 Sexiest Everyday Men) "He croons stream-of-consciousness song-poems with strong flowing melodies over backing tracks of eighties pop and dance synth and keyboard sounds." — Time Out New York RIYL Serge Gainsbourg, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, New Order, David Bowie, Daft Punk, The Smiths, Stephin Merritt. THE MOVEMENT (inspired by The Tris McCall Report www.trismccall.net) Baby Dayliner is a performer The crowds at his shows are filled with a variety of night dwellers: curiosity-seekers and punk rockers, the creative and the created, musicians and artists, pop fetishists and thugs. They've watched the previous few acts with their arms crossed in the familiar stand-offish way, but now bodies are in motion. It's involuntary, they're swept away--these are the very last people you'd ever see cutting loose at a show, but here they are not afraid to show they love it. Supremely in tune with his audience, head back, singing with passion, fury, and ruthless intelligence, cross-stepping, smiling wide, and squeezing every drop of meaning out of each syllable. All arms in the air now! Shouts and whistles. The crowd is dancing in a frenzy of recognition and pure excitement, and Baby Dayliner is whipping them to do more. He turns, he shakes, he croons and shouts over thunderous beats and bass. One man, one machine in supreme synchronicity. And now everyone is in thrall to the delirium of the moment. Is this the encore? Nah, friend, the show's just started, and it's the closest thing the jaded New York scene will ever have to a homegrown Beatle-mania. Baby Dayliner has arrived. Baby Dayliner is a writer His songs are supremely literate--drawing from a formidable lexicon and an enormous repository of storytelling strategies. His intelligence is never on display for its own sake; instead, it's a tool for communicating sophisticated narratives. Some of the songs are missives, many are descriptive, and almost all contain indelible, inspiring and unforgettable language. He juxtaposes rap hyperbole and the sarcasm of the noveau bohemians with the language common to the New York nightlife--all of it sung to the delight and identification of the local crowd. Baby Dayliner is a producer He understands his machines and knows how to coax out of them maximum excitement. He's a pop song fabricator of discarded parts and pieces, which make his songs continually surprising in their melodicism and composition. There are elements of mid-80s synthpop, European post-punk, 70s disco, top 40 radio, and underground rap. There are hypnotic synth pulses, rafter-rattling choruses, new romantic moods and often a unique, polished style of hip-hop and dance production that could easily earn him rotation on commercial radio. Baby Dayliner is a revelation He plays maximum rock'n'roll hangouts in front of punk crowds, hip-hop crowds, folk crowds, hardcore crowds. He regularly follows bands with formidable wattage (Scissor Sisters, The National, Trans Am). Yet when he opens his mysterious suitcase, turns on his gear, and walks to center stage, he inevitably proceeds to move the crowd, open eyes, and blow minds. He broadcasts tropes and language from rap and disco in settings where neither rap nor disco are typically heard, but he sells it every time, without condescending to either form. He is bravely building bridges, doing profound theoretical work, all the while getting busy and never forgetting to entertain. Fundamentally he is a communicator, one who makes sure you hear every syllable he sings-and his ever-growing audience hangs on every syllable. Baby Dayliner is by no means the only one-person act to come on the music scene of late, but he is by far the most intelligent, the most multi-faceted, the most syncretic and single-minded. By relentlessly challenging his audience, by taking the lead and daring the crowd to follow, he makes a profound impact on every room he plays. But now I've said too much. This act is brilliant, and it encapsulates all the best New York City music has to offer... Come see for yourself. © Brassland 2001-2019 \| PO Box 76 Prince Street Station New York, NY 10012 \| Email Us	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line982
__label__wiki	0.571845	0.571845	Yahoo! Finance Rolls Out Bitcoin Core, Ethereum, Litecoin Trading “The virus is spreading,” tweeted Morgan Creek Digital’s Founder & Partner Anthony Pompliano at the news Yahoo! Finance (YF) had integrated bitcoin core (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and litecoin (LTC) into their trading platform. He was one of many enthusiasts to insist the event was an important step in the quest for mass cryptocurrency adoption. Also read: Venezuela Loves Dash: Altcoin Surges 30% on Adoption Push Yahoo! Finance Integrates Bitcoin Core, Ethereum, Litecoin Trading “You can now buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin on Yahoo Finance,” Mr. Pompliano announced through his popular Twitter account. YF’s embrace of cryptocurrency has many in the ecosystem excited about future prospects for more mainstream adoption. That indeed could be the case, or it might also be a deep wish as fans of digital assets slog through a brutal bear market. YF is, of course, a subdivision of Yahoo!, one of the original web portals in the net’s early days. YF has been around for over two decades, a go-to source of information about stocks and financials. Bitcoiners of a certain age will remember YF as a first glimpse into the power of net information and aggregation. Why Litecoin Ahead of Others? Nowadays, it is less viewed as innovator, and more as a melange, a giant salad of financial information through news, commentary, financial reports, assorted original content and a staple at conferences, along with the usual facilitation of press releases and housing of data. It is just as likely to be seen as a reliable source of financial reporting. It was gobbled up last summer by Oath Inc, a subsidiary of Verizon. It now claims to be among the largest business news websites in the US. Hints of the broader company dabbling in crypto actually came a few months earlier, spring of this year, when its Japanese wing asserted it would purchase a healthy amount of crypto trading platform Bitarg Exchange Tokyo with hopes of launching its own exchange in the spring of 2019. Though its platform does track other cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin cash (BCH), YF has not made them available for trade to the public as of yet (a curiosity, as both, say, ripple and bitcoin cash outrank litecoin, for example, in market capitalization). YF’s crypto data is derived from Crypto Compare. Is Yahoo! Finance’s crypto integration important? Let us know in the comments below. Related Items:bitcoin, ethereum, finance, litecoin, rolls, trading, yahoo Cboe Files (Again) for (Yet Another) Bitcoin ETF Industry Experts Weigh in on Upcoming Ethereum Constantinople and St. Petersburg Forks ‘Crypto Congressman’ Trying to Turn Taiwan into a Technological Powerhouse Ripple Price Analysis: XRP/USD’s Support Turned Resistance at $0.3400	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line989
__label__cc	0.636442	0.363558	Home English -Current Affairs International News India and Bangladesh signed MoU for training 1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants India and Bangladesh signed MoU for training 1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants During the ongoing visit of the Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, India and Bangladesh signed a MoU for training 1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants. The MoU was signed between India’s National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) and the Ministry of Public Administration of Bangladesh. The NCGG would be training the Bangladesh Civil Servants for the second time. 1500 Bangladesh Civil Servants have already been trained in NCGG under the first MOU signed 5 years ago. The civil servants from Bangladesh would be trained at the NCGG an institute under the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DAR&PG). Officers of the rank Additional Deputy Commissioners/ Additional District Magistrates, Upazila Nirbahi Officers, Deputy Director Local Government, Senior Assistant Secretaries, Senior Assistant Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners (Land) and Officers of equivalent rank in the Ministries from Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) cadre would be trained in India. The Civil Servants from Bangladesh will be trained in e-Governance and service delivery, public policy and implementation, information technology, decentralization, urban development and planning, Ethics in Administration and challenges in the implementation of SDGs. India ranked 86th in Most Powerful Passport index 2019 1st Ever IICTF to be held in New Delhi from October 11-13, 2019 For the first time, India to Host COP-14 Of UNCCD India ranked 78th on Corruption Perceptions Index 2018	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1001
__label__cc	0.736388	0.263612	Humane, cost-effective systems for formerly incarcerated people Principles of Social Change Buy Now Read More By Leonard A. Jason and Ron Harvey A recent New York Times article, reports on a study that found private, corporate-run transitional halfway houses were less effective in preventing recidivism than releasing inmates directly into communities. For those interested in understanding and improving outcomes among ex-offenders, these results are discouraging. However, the size and scale of the halfway houses could have contributed to these disappointing results. The study included 38 facilities across the state housing up to 4,500 individuals; one private company had four facilities that could together house almost 800 individuals. Successful outcomes rarely occur when individuals are taken out of one dehumanizing large-scale system and put in another. Human warehousing is no replacement for real community reintegration. Re-integration programs need to offer useful, scalable features with specific goals and consequences for program administrators as well as program recipients. As reported, inspections of these facilities revealed residents had too much unstructured time. Residents need support to use their time looking for employment or training opportunities for jobs. However, one individual mentioned that the private companies running these facilities seemed more concerned with filling up beds than providing effective services. These recovery systems exist within the larger economic and social system. The current economic climate continues to provide few job opportunities, particularly for ex-offenders. As such, those with the most needs at the bottom of the social ladder have even fewer opportunities to positively change their life. We need more naturalistic, humane, and cost-effective systems to address the more than 600,000 individuals released from jail and prison each year. In contrast to large facilities, we have seen much lower recidivism rates in Oxford Houses, which are small-scale (7-12 person), democratic, self-run, self-financed recovery communities. When ex-offenders in these small scale recovery houses have experienced mentors and hope, they are less likely to relapse and go back to prison. Today, there are over 10,000 former addicts who live in over 1,500 of these Oxford houses across the country, many of whom are ex-offenders. What makes systems like Oxford House an attractive and economic alternative to other large systems is their adherence to specific goals (providing sober housing) modeled after a general program of mutual help and support groups. In these democratic settings, there are specific requirements (abstinence, employment, resident participation) and sanctions for violating these principles (immediate eviction). We need to explore alternatives to large, de-humanizing institutions that often perpetuate the problem of recidivism. Leonard A. Jason, professor of clinical and community psychology at DePaul University and director of the Center for Community Research, is the author of Principles of Social Change published by Oxford University Press. He has investigated the self-help recovery movement for the last 20 years. Ron Harvey is a graduate student in Community Psychology at DePaul University. Subscribe to the OUPblog via email or RSS. Subscribe to only social sciences articles on the OUPblog via email or RSS. Image credit: Two hands clutching prison bars. Photo by jgroup, iStockphoto. Sarah Callahan 27th March 2013 Thank you for making the important differentiation between the facilities mentioned in the New York Times article and mutual help recovery residences like Oxford House. Housing large amounts of people in transition in unsupportive environments is not conducive to successful recovery or community reentry. Simply providing a bed is not enough to facilitate re-integration. Oxford House is an excellent model for supportive, cohesive settings that produce contrasting results to those mentioned in the Times articles. Daphna R. 27th March 2013 The authors provide an excellent discussion of why we cannot and should not lump together all “halfway houses” when assessing treatment outcomes. The Oxford House model, which emphasizes a democratic-run residence, encourages autonomy, responsibility, and collaboration, all characteristics that are essential for reintegration, finding, and maintaining jobs. All people function best when they have support, help, and guidance. Relationships are important, and providing skills to maneuver them successfully is imperative for a population that has the overwhelming task of being reintroduced into society. Laura Sklansky 28th March 2013 It seems obvious that placing ex-offenders in large, unfriendly facilites that don’t offer encouragement, emotional support, or hope would lead to recidivism rather than recovery. Pehaps the principles that make Oxford House successful–required abstinence, employment-seeking, group participation, etc. could be looked at seriously by those wishing to improve the large facilities. Marcie Myers 16th May 2013 Dear Dr. Jason, Before becoming debilitated by ME/CFS in 1999 five yrs s/p dx, I was Nurse Manager for several SC Dept of Corrections medical clinics for almost 14 yrs. To the best of my knowledge, at that point in time there was only ONE house that would accept inmates who had paroled out and had no address. Alston-Wilkes. I would like to comment regarding inmates having served their time for non-violent felonies and their plight as well. Few companies will hire someone convicted of a felony regardless of the actual charge and the fact that the individual had “done their time” as the saying goes. As well, I wonder how many states even allow for an individual with a past felony to apply for “expungement” of their past record in order for them to really begin their lives again. I know that NJ does while my state, SC, does not. In my personal opinion, this only increases the rate of recidivism because they will, for their lifetime, continue to pay for the felony for which they have already been incarcerated and released. It’s a sad state of affairs that private corporations and the usual lobbyists have created this prison mentality by gladly building and housing the inmates, at great cost to the states involved. Money that could and should go to other programs such as those being hit by sequestration. During my years with the SC Dept of Corr. (86-99), the state built Evans, Lieber, McCormack, BRR&E, BRCI, Allendale, and Trenton. All but Trenton max-security and housing thousands more of SC’s population. I don’t need to add that most of our incarcerated population are those with the least amount of power and/or money and/or education. To keep someone in prison: $17,000 per yr. To keep someone on probation: $1,000 per yr. per stats printed in Columbia, SC’s newspaper, The State. Nuff said? Cool. MM Marcie Myers, BSN, BA, AA. And CFS/ME.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1005
__label__wiki	0.742658	0.742658	Stocks rise amid Trump administration's Huawei crackdown, earnings Emily McCormick Yahoo Finance May 16, 2019 Stocks ripped higher as investors weighted new headlines with potential implications in the ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations against stronger-than-expected results from several major Dow components. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.89%, or 25.36 points, as of market close. The Dow (^DJI) rose 0.84%, or 214.66 points, led by a more than 6% jump in shares of Cisco. The Nasdaq (^IXIC) rose 0.97%, or 75.9 points. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday evening declaring a national emergency and prohibiting U.S. companies from doing business with information or communications technology firms deemed to pose a national security risk. In the text of the order, Trump said that “foreign adversaries” were found to be “increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in information and communications technology and services...in order to commit malicious cyber related actions.” The U.S. Commerce Department subsequently added China’s Huawei Technologies and 70 of its affiliates to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List, banning the Chinese tech giant from purchasing parts and components from U.S. companies without approval. Huawei was not named explicitly in the executive order, but the U.S. has continuously accused Huawei of using its equipment to spy for the Chinese state. Huawei has denied these allegations. The move comes amid protracted trade tensions between the U.S. and China, with the Trump administration’s allegations over tech issues including intellectual property theft and forced technology transfer central to the discussions. Huawei’s blacklisting could further provoke retaliation from the Chinese, given the company’s centricity to the country’s goals of scaling the ranks to become a global technology leader. The news “around the Trump administration’s ban on Huawei products in the U.S. is just the latest For Sumter moment with 5G at the center of this divisive issue on the technology front between the two countries with now worries that more retaliatory tariffs can be deployed by China,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in an email. To date, Beijing has promised to slap tariffs on some of $60 billion worth of U.S.-made goods starting in June as a retaliatory move against a tariff rate raised on Chinese-made goods last Friday. [Read more: Huawei ban in U.S. will lead to ‘global ripple effect’] A Huawei spokesperson responded to the ban saying that “restricting Huawei from doing business in the U.S. will not make the U.S. secure or stronger.” “Instead, this will only serve to limit the U.S. to inferior yet more expensive alternatives, leaving the U.S. lagging behind in 5G deployment, and eventually harming the interests of U.S. companies and consumers,” the spokesperson said in a statement. The U.S. and China are in a race to become global leaders in 5G technology, the next generation of mobile technology allowing for faster download speeds and wider bandwidth capacity. Blocking business with Huawei could undermine these efforts on the part of the Chinese by making it harder for Huawei to purchase U.S.-made parts. Huawei has already signed dozens of commercial 5G contracts around the world. But the move could also potentially take a toll on U.S.-based suppliers, including Qualcomm (QCOM), Broadcom (AVGO) and Western Digital (WDC), along with other chipmakers that count Huawei as a customer. Walmart (WMT) posted its best first-quarter comparable same-store sales growth in nine years Thursday morning, driven by strength in its U.S. e-commerce business. Adjusted earnings of $1.13 per share on revenue of $123.90 billion topped consensus expectations for $1.02 per share and sales of $124.94 billion. Comp same-store sales – a closely watched metric of efficiency for retailers – rose 3.4,%, and were in-line with estimates. While still locked in competition with Amazon, Walmarts has carved out a niche in its well-developed web grocery business. The company has more than 2,400 stores offering grocery pickup in the U.S. and nearly 1,000 locations with delivery. E-commerce sales grew 37% during the period. FILE - In this April 24, 2019, file photo a Walmart associate works at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Levittown, N.Y. Walmart Inc. reports earnings on Thursday, May 16. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) Separately, company management addressed the escalating U.S.-China trade situation and noted that they are “monitoring the tariff discussions and are hopeful that an agreement can be reached.” “Our goal is to always be the low-price leader, and we will actively manage pricing and margins as warranted with our customers and shareholders in mind,” CFO Brett Biggs said in a statement. “Our merchant teams have been focused on this for months and continue to execute appropriate mitigation strategies.” Meanwhile, Cisco (CSCO) topped Wall Street estimates and provided upbeat guidance in results delivered after the bell Wednesday, suggesting the company continues to foresee growth despite the specter of further deterioration in U.S.-China trade relations. Adjusted earnings were 78 cents, topping expectations by a penny, while sales of $12.96 billion beat estimates for $12.87 billion. The company sees adjusted earnings for the current quarter in the range of 80-82 cents per share and revenue up 4.5% to 6.5%. The company – which serves as a bellwether of corporate spending given its position as a leader in producing routers, switches and other computer products – posted strong order growth of 4% for the quarter. Addressing China concerns, CFRO Kelly Kramer said during a call with investors Wednesday that Cisco still has some manufacturing taking place in China, but has “greatly, greatly reduced [its] exposure working with [its] supply chain” and suppliers. Boeing (BA) said in a statement Thursday that it completed development for a software updates to its 737 Max jets. The aircraft had been grounded globally after being involved in two fatal crashes within five months, impacting domestic air carriers including Southwest (LUV) and American Airlines (AAL) with the jetliner in their fleets. According to Boeing, the company has flown the 737 Max with updated software for more than 360 hours on 207 flights. Housing starts rose by a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.235 million in April, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. This topped expectations for 1.209 million privately owned housing starts, according to consensus economists polled by Bloomberg. Both single- and multi-family housing units saw gains in the month. In March, housing starts were upwardly revised to an annual rate of 1.168 million. Building permits, which serve as a proxy for future home-building, rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.296 million in April, better than the 1.289 million expected. March’s building permits were upwardly revised to a 1.288 million pace. New jobless claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 212,000 for the week ending May 16, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. This was 8,000 more than expected. Data for the prior week was left unrevised. Continuing claims, however, fell more than expected to 1.66 million, below the 1.673 million expected. The prior week’s continuing unemployment claims were upwardly revised to 1.688 million. Emily McCormick is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter: @emily_mcck Read more from Emily: Buffett on the American economy, capitalism: ‘It works’ Tech companies like Lyft want your money – not ‘your opinion’ Levi Strauss shares jump more than 30% above IPO price at open Facebook sued by Trump administration for alleged ‘discriminatory’ ad practices Boeing 737 Max groundings ‘pressure’ U.S. economic data: Wells Fargo Follow Yahoo Finance on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Flipboard, LinkedIn, andreddit.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1012
__label__cc	0.72598	0.27402	Giving up cannabis for 30 days helps improve memory: Study Elizabeth Di Filippo Yahoo Canada Style November 8, 2018 Image via Getty Images. Looking to improve your memory? You might want to take a break from smoking the green stuff. A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry revealed that a 30 day break from smoking marijuana resulted in improved memory for participants between the ages of 16-25. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital monitored 88 participants from the community and a local high school who reported cannabis use at least once a week. After randomly assigning participants to four weeks of marijuana abstinence, subjects were given regular thinking and memory assessments, as well as urine tests to ensure participants were adhering to the study’s guidelines. ALSO SEE: ‘No family deserves this’: Grieving mother warns parents after toddler dies in her car seat The study concluded that those who gave up marijuana were better at storing and recalling new information compared to subjects who continued toking. The study’s lead author, Dr. Randi Schuster, PhD, says the study reveals two pieces of evidence regarding young people and marijuana use. “The first is that adolescents learn better when they are not using cannabis,” Schuster explained. “The second — which is the good news part of the story — is that at least some of the deficits associated with cannabis use are not permanent and actually improve pretty quickly after cannabis use stops.” Given the recent legalization of marijuana in Canada and several U.S. states, Schuster says it’s important to create marijuana prevention programs for high school students and young adults. The study notes that more than 13 per cent of middle and high school students in the United States reported cannabis use, with rates of daily use increasing between grades 8 and 12. ALSO SEE: How well do you know basic pot rules across Canada? “The ability to learn or ‘map down’ new information, which is a critical facet of success in the classroom, improved with sustained non-use of cannabis.” Schuster said. “Young cannabis users who stop regular – weekly or more – use may be better equipped to learn efficiently and therefore better positioned for academic success. We can confidently say that these findings strongly suggest that abstaining from cannabis helps young people learn, while continuing cannabis use may interfere with the learning process.” Schuster and her team will be furthering their research by conducting a follow-up study that will include participants as young as thirteen-years-old and measure findings against participants who have never used cannabis. Let us know what you think by commenting below and tweeting @YahooStyleCA! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Check out Yahoo Canada’s podcast, Make It Reign — our hot takes on all things royals in a non-stuffy way — on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Here's why you should stop relying on facial wipes to remove makeup	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1014
__label__wiki	0.567369	0.567369	Gallery: The awesome power of Hurricane Florence Postmedia News Updated: September 14, 2018 1:06 PM MDT Russ Lewis covers his eyes from a gust of wind and a blast of sand as Hurricane Florence approaches Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday, Sept. 14, 2018.David Goldman / AP Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina with howling 145 km/h winds and a terrifying storm surge early Friday, ripping apart buildings and knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses. As the storm settled in for what could be a long and extraordinarily destructive drenching, photos are streaming in. Read the story here. JAMES CITY, NC - SEPTEMBER 14: Volunteers from the Civilian Crisis Response Team help rescue three children from their flooded home September 14, 2018 in James City, United States. Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and flooding from the heavy rain is forcing hundreds of people to call for emergency rescues in the area around New Bern, North Carolina, which sits at the confluence of the Nueces and Trent rivers. Chip Somodevilla /Getty Images Russ Lewis covers his eyes from a gust of wind and a blast of sand as Hurricane Florence approaches Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. David Goldman /AP IN SPACE - SEPTEMBER 14: In this NOAA satellite handout image , shows Hurricane Florence as it made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina on September 14, 2018. The National Hurricane Center reported Florence had sustained winds of 90 mph at landfall and was moving slowly westward at 6 mph. Handout /Getty Images CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK TO FRIDAY INSTEAD OF THURSDAY - Mitchell Floor, left, holds a flashlight as Comfort Suites general manager Beth Bratz, center, and employee Dee Branch go to make coffee as Hurricane Florence rages in Wilmington, N.C. Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. The area lost power around 4 a.m. and the facility was running small lights, phone chargers and the coffee machine on a generator. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP) ORG XMIT: NCRAL601 Chuck Liddy /AP In this photo provided by Jordan Guthrie, wind and water from Hurricane Florence damages the highway leading off Harkers Island, N.C. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. (Jordan Guthrie via AP) ORG XMIT: NY111 Jordan Guthrie /AP This image obtained from NASA and taken on September 14, 2018, by astronaut Ricky Arnold from the International Space Station shows Hurricane Florence. - Florence smashed into the US East Coast Friday with howling winds, torrential rains and life-threatening storm surges as emergency crews scrambled to rescue hundreds of people stranded in their homes by flood waters. Forecasters warned of catastrophic flooding and other mayhem from the monster storm, which is only Category 1 but physically sprawling and dangerous. RICKY ARNOLD /AFP/Getty Images WILMINGTON, NC - SEPTEMBER 14: Firefighters try to gain access to 3 people in a home that a large tree fell on after Hurricane Florence hit the area on September 14, 2018 in Wilmington, North Carolina. One man was taken out in critical condition, and the condition of two others is unknown. Hurricane Florence hit Wilmington as a category 1 storm causing widespread damage and flooding along the Carolina coastline. Mark Wilson /Getty Images Flood waters rise up from the Neuse River in New Bern, North Carolina, September 14, 2018 during Hurricane Florence. - Florence smashed into the US East Coast Friday with howling winds, torrential rains and life-threatening storm surges as emergency crews scrambled to rescue hundreds of people stranded in their homes by flood waters. Forecasters warned of catastrophic flooding and other mayhem from the monster storm, which is only Category 1 but physically sprawling and dangerous. LOGAN CYRUS /AFP/Getty Images WILMINGTON, NC - SEPTEMBER 14: Rescue personnel remove a man from a home that a large tree fell on that had three people trapped after Hurricane Florence hit the area, on September 14, 2018 in Wilmington, North Carolina. One man was taken out of the home in critical condition, and the condition of two others is unknown. Hurricane Florence hit Wilmington as a category 1 storm causing widespread damage and flooding along the Carolina coastline. Mark Wilson /Getty Images A bear statue stands amid lood waters from the Neuse River in New Bern, North Carolina, September 14, 2018 during Hurricane Florence. - Florence smashed into the US East Coast Friday with howling winds, torrential rains and life-threatening storm surges as emergency crews scrambled to rescue hundreds of people stranded in their homes by flood waters. Forecasters warned of catastrophic flooding and other mayhem from the monster storm, which is only Category 1 but physically sprawling and dangerous. LOGAN CYRUS /AFP/Getty Images NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SEPTEMBER 14: Xavier Worriax (L) and David Abraham walk through the rain and wind as Hurricane Florence is felt through the area on September 14, 2018 in North Myrtle Beach, United States. Hurricane Florence is hitting along the North Carolina and South Carolina coastline bringing high winds and rain. Joe Raedle /Getty Images FAIRFIELD HARBOUR, NC - SEPTEMBER 14: Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 4 from Oakland, California, search a flooded neighborhood for evacuees during Hurricane Florence September 14, 2018 in Fairfield Harbour, North Carolina. Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and flooding from the heavy rain is forcing hundreds of people to call for emergency rescues in the communities around New Bern, North Carolina, which sits at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers. Chip Somodevilla /Getty Images Michael Nelson floats in a boat made from a metal tub and fishing floats after the Neuse River went over its banks and flooded his street during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina. C hip Somodevilla/Getty Images The roof of a gas station is destroyed from strong winds as Hurricane Florence passes over Wilmington, North Carolina on September 14, 2018. - Florence smashed into the US East Coast Friday with howling winds, torrential rains and life-threatening storm surges as emergency crews scrambled to rescue hundreds of people stranded in their homes by flood waters. Forecasters warned of catastrophic flooding and other mayhem from the monster storm, which is only Category 1 but physically sprawling and dangerous. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS /AFP/Getty Images WILMINGTON, NC - SEPTEMBER 14: Firefighters arrive at a home where a large tree fell on that had three people trapped, after Hurricane Florence hit the area, on September 14, 2018 in Wilmington, North Carolina. One man was taken out of the home in critical condition, and the condition of two others is unknown. Hurricane Florence hit Wilmington as a category 1 storm causing widespread damage and flooding along the Carolina coastline. Mark Wilson /Getty Images Blythe Hayes, left, with her daughter Erin Hayes, 3, and her husband Sean Hayes, from Manteo, N.C., eats at Bubba's Seafood Restaurant even though the deck has a few inches of water on it, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in Virginia Beach, Va., as the effects of Hurricane Florence are felt in the area. Alex Brandon /AP High winds and storm surge from Hurricane Florence hits Swansboro N.C.,Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Tom Copeland /AP Destruction of hurricane Florence	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1018
__label__wiki	0.958847	0.958847	Purdue Students Interning in New State Security Ops Center Rochester Institute of Tech Taps Private Partner To Support Cybersecurity Ed Texas Campus To Implement MIR3 Emergency Notification Platform By Dian Schaffhauser Texas Southern University (TSU) has chosen MIR3 as the emergency notification platform for its Houston campus. MIR3's service, inCampusAlert, allows campuses to reach contacts via cellular and landline phones, Short Message String (SMS) devices, e-mail, fax and pagers. Notifications can be sent via the Internet, dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) phones, e-mail or by calling MIR3's 24/7/365 support center. MIR3's notification capabilities are also used for routine high-volume messaging and all-purpose broadcasting, such as administrative notices to employees, messages for coordinating staffing and schedules or delivering auditable information to customers. Additionally, users with cell phones can do two-way text messaging, real-time reports and integrated incident management through the software. The school put a request for proposal out for the notification system in November 2007. That document says that the contact list could approach 15,000 users, not including alumni. The system had been expected to be deployed around January 1, 2008. Current MIR3 higher ed customers include University of Pennsylvania; University of Chicago; University of California, San Diego; University of California, Davis; St. John's University in New York; Queens College and Kingsborough College. Dian Schaffhauser is a senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal and Campus Technology. She can be reached at dian@dischaffhauser.com or on Twitter @schaffhauser. Modernizing IT: Transforming the Student Experience View More Webcasts How Advanced Statistcal Analysis Can Benefit Academia View More Whitepapers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1021
__label__wiki	0.846169	0.846169	Who’s Sean Ryan Fox? Wiki: Net Worth, Son, Weight, Weight Loss, Family, Now, Married 1 Short Guide Of Sean Ryan Fox Short Guide Of Sean Ryan Fox Sean Ryan Fox is the American actor and voice actor.He is famous for acting as Jasper about the Nickelodeon comedy series Henry Danger.Sean previously needed a two-episode function on the show Kickin’ It. In 2015 he conducted on Nickelodeon’s Ho Ho Holiday Special.He had been eight years older when he triggered appearing in advertisements. He made his professional debut in 2011 when he played in an incident of Criminal Minds.Sean uttered the first character of Jake out of Jake and the Never Land Pirates.His religious viewpoints aren’t known.Sean is owned by the snowy ethnical background.He is that the holder of American nationality.His zodiac sign is Virgo.He is currently 15 years old.Sean observes his birthday every August 30. His mom has been Annie Molnar. A post shared by Sean (@seanryanfox7) on Mar 16, 2018 at 9:23pm PDT Showing his early life, the celebrity first landed over the ground as Sean Ryan Fox on August 30, 2001. He had been born in Riverside, California, USA. Sean is actually the youngest of four children.His sisters’ Camryn Molnar (Older Sister) (Lady ) along with Joshua Molnar (Older Brother) (Actor and Model). He’s another sisters as well.His dad is unknown.His mom is a celebrity and executive producer.As Sean directed his acting career at a really young agehe had trouble with regular instruction, so needed to be homeschooled. Sean Ryan Fox is an American actor and voice actor.Fox initially gave the voice to the personality Lincoln Loud from the pilot episode of Nickelodeon’s brand new animated show, The Loud House.Unfortunately, as a result of his voice modification, he had been substituted before the show began. Fox gave the voice to the character Jake at Jake and the Never Land Pirates, but Fox was substituted because of his voice altering. I used to be incredibly shy too (I’m a redhead, so it was almost decided for me at an early age with bullying). I’ve since grown in confidence and more outgoing, but I don’t want to go too far the other way, so as to possibly exclude others/reduce opportunity for connection..? — Sean Ryan Fox (@SeanRyanFox) July 19, 2018 Knowing his private life, his present marital status is for sure.Sean is presently operating in his teenaged so only exclude the queries of his union, divorce, also children.Information regarding his personal life and relationship standing isn’t even available.Maybe he’s dating somebody covertly but the thing hasn’t revealed yet.For today he is getting too much pleasure in his profession and skilled life.Sean has directly sexual orientation. This is the BEST part about being an actor, meeting you, the fans!! Thank you for coming out to see me. A post shared by Sean (@seanryanfox7) on Mar 10, 2018 at 8:46am PST Glancing in his body figures, Sean Ryan Fox has curled hair and grin as his identifying features.He stands in the peak of 5 feet 7 or 170 cm.He is blessed with a athletic body of fat 62 kg or 137 lbs.He has blond hair.His eyes really have been blue.His body specifications might be Chest — 36 at or 91.5 cm, prootiobnalArms / Biceps — 12.5 at or 31.75 cm along with shoulder — 29 at or 74 cm.He has achieved promotional functions forNintendo Wii U games console (2013), LEGO measurements (Action Adventure Video Game) along with Daisy Sour Cream.Connect together using Sean on Twitter,Instagram,YouTube, plus also iTunes.He hasn’t said anything about his net worth. Where’s Natalie Zea now? Bio: Net Worth, Son, Diet, Mother, Spouse, Wedding, Baby Where’s Camila Mendes today? Wiki: Siblings, Parents, Brother, Net Worth Where’s Tracee Ellis today? Wiki: Husband, Father, Net Worth, Married, Partner Where’s Lucy Mecklenburgh today? Bio: Boyfriend, Net Worth, Family, Engaged	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1032
__label__cc	0.547638	0.452362	Central Desert Regional Council About Council The Role of Council Reviewable Decisions CouncilBIZ Atitjere Engawala Lajamanu Laramba Nyirripi Anmatjere Willowra Yuelamu Yuendumu Visiting Communities Council's Vision Our Region's Story Tenders - Successful CDP Program Outstation Services Youth, Sport and Recreation Tell Us a Story The Regional Council Central Desert Regional Council covers approximately 282,000 square kilometres and spans from the Western Australian border to the Queensland border. The Council has nine major communities - Atitjere (Harts Range), Engawala, Lajamanu, Laramba, Nyirripi, Ti Tree, Yuelamu, Yuendumu and Willowra - with a number of occupied outstations. The Council's population is approximately 4,000 with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people making up 80.0% of the population. Of the total population, 1947 (approximately 52%) are of working age. The region has 29% of its population under 20 years old. The Central Desert Regional Council area is divided into 4 Wards. The Council supports: 12 Councillors 9 local authorities with between 6 and 14 members each The Council manages approximately $43 million worth of assets, has a turnover of $32 million per year. Council employs approximately 400 staff. The staff provide a wide variety of services including: Maintain and upgrading Council assets including roads, parks, buildings, facilities, plant and equipment. Management of 11 community cemeteries. Waste collection and management of 11 refuse disposal sites. Fire hazard reduction in and around community areas. Animal management. Library and Cultural Heritage Services and support of two libraries. Support and infrastructure upgrades for Outstations. A range of children’s services including playgroups, crèches and long day care as well as School nutrition services in 6 remote communities. Aged care and disability services. Community safety activities. Postal agencies in communities with the exception of Yuendumu (which has a licensed post office) CDP services in the northern Alice Springs region. Centrelink. Youth activities and sport and recreation services which employ community based Sport and Recreation Officers. Essential services (power, water and sewage) with the exception of Laramba and Lajamanu. Family mediation and domestic violence support services including support of the Yuendumu Mediation and Justice Committee. The Central Desert Regional Council is governed by the Local Government Act. For more information about local government in the NT please see the NTG website (external link).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1033
__label__wiki	0.566755	0.566755	Tag: Time magazine On endeavoring through Top 100 film lists The primary function of my logbook is to document in a Google spreadsheet what I read and watch. But that’s not all it tracks. Among sheets dedicated to typewriters I own and words I like is one that charts my progress through several Top 100 film lists (see above). I’ve been slowly endeavoring through the AFI 100 since high school. I then added Image’s Arts & Faith Top 100, the Time 100, and recently the BFI Critics 100 just cuz. There’s a fair amount of overlap between them, but enough differences for all of them to be useful sources of viewing suggestions. Here’s where I’m at now on each list: AFI: 92 Time: 59 BFI: 52 There’s a completist satisfaction in checking off titles and inching closer to 100. Though as close as I am to finishing the AFI list, there are a few remaining titles I’m in no rush to subject myself to, like Intolerance, A Clockwork Orange, and Sophie’s Choice. As with any movie I watch, mood has to align with opportunity and availability. Having lists like these ready to go ensures I always have good options for when the moment is right. These lists are also great fodder for exploring cinema beyond whatever Netflix or other streaming services decide to make available at any given moment. Besides Kanopy, these services tend to have a recency bias. Everyone, but especially Kids These Days, should be exposed to older and lesser known movies. See Ty Burr’s book The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together for more ideas, or peruse your local library. To Binge Or Not To Binge? There’s been some debate recently about whether binge-watching a TV show on DVD or online is good or bad. While I must confess I have gone on a few TV benders, usually with the intention of catching up on a series before its most recent season premiered, there’s something about watching a show live on TV, weekly wait and all, that is simultaneously frustrating and exciting. For instance, watching the fifth season of Mad Men as it unfolded during this summer allowed me to engage in the speculative water cooler talk with my fellow Mad Hatters after each episode and during the following week that makes watching live television communal and fun. This approach fit conveniently with the series slow-burning style itself, so I didn’t feel like I needed to rush through it (even though that’s exactly what I did with seasons one through three on DVD two years ago). Conversely, I plowed through all five seasons of The Wire in about three weeks on DVD – a common occurrence, I’d bet, given the series’ relative unpopularity during its run (and HBO’s prices). I couldn’t just watch one episode at a time, which is why watching TV on DVD can be so hazardous: find a gripping, well-written show like The Wire on DVD and then say goodbye to sleep, exercise, and any semblance of productivity. In high school the first two seasons of Lost consumed my nights so thoroughly it’s a wonder I passed classes that semester (good thing I was a second-semester senior). So, I’ve learned that it doesn’t matter how I consume television as long as the show itself is good. James Poniewozik of Time magazine says as much in his pro-binge post: [A good story is] resilient. It will take whatever viewing (or reading, or listening) conditions you throw at it. And if its effect depends on ‘maintaining a timeline,’ or waiting a year to find out how Jack and Kate go back, or even reading morning-after reviews by idiots like me—it was probably never worth bingeing on to begin with. So if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go rent Deadwood on DVD and then watch the season premiere of Breaking Bad on TV.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1035
__label__cc	0.644406	0.355594	Director, Satellite Practice, Plantation and Lennar Elaine Lopez-Nobrega, BA Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, ranked #1 in ophthalmology in the United States by U.S. News & World Report 17 times, launches a national search for a Director, Satellite Practice, Plantation and Lennar The Director, Satellite Practice will work in hospital-based eye centers (Plantation and Lennar). The Director, Satellite Practice coordinates strategies to provide technical, imaging and administrative operations at BPEI hospital-based eye centers (Plantation and Lennar) assuring the provision of high quality care and excellent service delivery in compliance with regulatory standards. Core Job Functions: Monitors/Reports service productivity according to organization/industry standards to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness, and quality of patient outcomes Conducts daily purposeful rounds among service pods at regular and irregular times to evaluate patient wait time, reassign staff to address service gaps and reduce bottlenecks Collaborates with ophthalmology service director monthly and providers to standardize technician protocols per service Participates in the design and development/renovation of space for the business unit on an as needed-basis, including ordering appropriate equipment, instruments and imaging equipment Develops and coordinates action plans for technology continuous improvement Hires, terminates, promotes, counsels, and evaluates employee performance appraisals based on objective measures Participate in ophthalmic technician staff education program Develop mentoring program for senior technicians and imagers to precept junior staff? Develops and ensures adherence to department annual operating and capital equipment budget, in accordance with University guidelines and policies. Participates in financial analysis and planning including monitoring, reporting on monthly budget variances and opportunities to improve performance, and accurate cost-centered accounting Monitors contractual obligations and ensures consistency with departmental budget, goals, HIPAA and programmatic initiatives Evaluates existing internal controls and approval processes and recommends improve for fiscal and operational efficiency Partners with IT to ensure imaging platforms and applications meet service, quality, patient safety and HIPAA standards including Eye Care PACS, Merge (image storage/retrieval), modalities (such as Zeiss, Heidelberg, etc.) ?This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary. The minimum Requirements are as follows: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field Master’s degree in health related field (preferred) Six sigma green belt (preferred) Minimum 5 years’ experience as ophthalmic technician or photographer JCAPHO certification COMT (preferred) UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University of Miami School of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information. Internal Number: R100032288	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1039
__label__wiki	0.58378	0.58378	Science Photo Library/Science Photo Library/GettyImages How Much Does a Traveling Radiologic Technologist Make a Year? Rick Suttle Medical Assistants $31,540/year /> 2012-2016 +7.3% Animal Care and ... $23,040/year /> 2012-2016 +22.7% Salary Insights • More Salary Information Hospitals, imaging labs and outpatient centers depend on traveling radiologic technologists to service a growing number of patients who require X-rays, CAT scans and other diagnostic procedures. These technologists position patients for procedures, take images of them and enable radiologists and physicians to diagnose injuries or abnormalities. If you want to become a traveling radiologic technologist, you need at least an associate's degree or certificate from a college or university. You can expect to earn an average annual salary of around $70,000. The average annual salary of a traveling radiologic technologist was $78,000 as of 2013, according to the job site Indeed. Traveling radiologic technologists can make up to 50 percent more than permanent staffers who work in one location, according to staffing company American Traveler. To get a job in this field, you need the minimum of an associate's degree in radiography. Another viable option is obtaining a certificate in radiography, which takes six months to a year to complete. All radiologic technologists must get licensed by passing an exam through The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, or ARRT. Other important requirements you'll need are stamina and attention to detail and communication, science and math skills. Average salaries for traveling radiologic technologists varied the most within the West region in 2013, according to Indeed, where they earned the least in Hawaii and most in California -- $50,000 and $84,000, respectively. Those in the South made $67,000 to $93,000 in Louisiana and Washington, D.C., respectively. If you worked as a traveling radiologic technologist in the Northeast, you'd earn $67,000 or $94,000 in Maine or New York, respectively - the lowest and highest earnings in that region. In the Midwest, you'd make $58,000 to $86,000 per year, with the lowest salary in Nebraska and South Dakota and highest in Illinois. A traveling radiologic technologist can earn a higher salary working for a specific type of employer or medical establishment. For example, radiologic technologists' salaries were highest in colleges and universities, according to May 2012 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics -- $66,810 versus the industry average of $56,450 for all radiologic technologists. Traveling radiologic technologists may travel to these educational institutions to instruct students in classrooms or laboratories. Radiologic technologists also earned considerably high salaries at specialty hospitals -- cardiac, cancer or children's hospitals -- $61,410 per year. You may also earn more in this field by working for a larger hospital or medical staffing firm. The BLS forecasts a 28 percent increase in employment for radiologic technologists, including those who travel, through 2020 -- an above-average growth rate. Population increases among aging baby boomers and seniors, who typically need diagnostic procedures more frequently, should increase job opportunities for traveling radiologic technologists. Although employment is still highest in hospitals, your staffing or medical services company may assign you to work in physicians' offices, imaging and outpatient centers -- mainly because of technological advances at these medical facilities. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook: What Radiologic Technologists Do U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook: How to Become a Radiologic Technologist U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Radiologic Technologists: Job Outlook U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment Statistics: Radiologic Technologists American Traveler: Radiology Technician Jobs Indeed: Travel Radiologic Technologist Salary Indeed: Travel Radiologic Technologist Salary in Maine, and New York Indeed: Travel Radiologic Technologist Salary in Hawaii, and California Indeed: Travel Radiologic Technologist Salary in Louisiana, and Washington, DC Indeed: Travel Radiologic Technologist Salary in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Illinois Innerbody.com: Becoming a Radiology Technician Med Travelers: Radiologic Technologist Jobs Aureus Medical Group: Radiologic Technologist Jobs The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists: Certification Information Site What Is the Starting Salary in Trauma Nursing? Who Makes More Money, an Ultrasound Technician or a Respiratory Therapist? Salary of a Neuro-Oncologist How Much Does a Med Tech Make a Year? The Starting Pay of a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Jobs & Salary for an Assisted Living Executive Director Continue Reading in Salary Insights Suttle, Rick. "How Much Does a Traveling Radiologic Technologist Make a Year?" , https://careertrend.com/much-traveling-radiologic-technologist-make-year-33780.html. 27 December 2018. Suttle, Rick. (2018, December 27). How Much Does a Traveling Radiologic Technologist Make a Year? . Retrieved from https://careertrend.com/much-traveling-radiologic-technologist-make-year-33780.html Suttle, Rick. "How Much Does a Traveling Radiologic Technologist Make a Year?" last modified December 27, 2018. https://careertrend.com/much-traveling-radiologic-technologist-make-year-33780.html Salary of Mobile Sonographers How Much Does a Traveling LPN Make? Orthotists and ... $65,630/year 2012-2016 -6.0% Veterinary ... $25,250/year /> 2012-2016 +14.2% How Much Does a Medical Technologist Make in a Year? A Surgical Tech's Salary in a Plastic Surgery Office How Much Can Medical Laboratory Technicians Earn? How Much Does an Orthopedic Tech Make?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1042
__label__cc	0.500357	0.499643	Take a Look at Ben Levi Ross, Jessica Phillips & More in the Dear Evan Hansen Tour October 18th, 2018 \| By Ryan Gilbert Lift your head and look around! The national tour of the Tony-winning Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen is making its way to cities all across the country and Broadway.com has your first look at the traveling production. Starring Broadway alums Ben Levi Ross as Evan Hansen, Jessica Phillips as Heidi Hansen, Aaron Lazar as Larry Murphy, Christiane Noll as Cynthia Murphy and more, the Dear Evan Hansen tour is currently playing Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre through November 25. Check out photos of the cast in the gallery below and get your tickets to see Dear Evan Hansen, on the road, when it comes to a city near you. Tags: First Look	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1045
__label__cc	0.684021	0.315979	Bomberman Tournament Pygmin ピグミン (Pigumin) Super Bomberman 3: 300 Super Bomberman 3, Super Bomberman 5, Bomberman Quest, Bomberman Tournament Pygmin (ピグミン Pigumin) is an enemy in the Bomberman series. It is a small, primitive humanoid creature that typically appears in snowy areas. Super Bomberman 3/Super Bomberman 5 Pygmin moves slowly, relentlessly pursuing the player. It will damage players on collision. Periodically, or when it lines up within three tilespaces of a player it will throw an iron ball on a chain at that player. The chain can extend up to three tilespaces in front of the enemy and will hurt players on contact. However, it cannot pass through walls or bombs, so it can effectively be blocked if a bomb is placed before the attack reaches the player. It takes one bomb blast to defeat a Pygmin.[1] Pygmin moves aimlessly, causing damage to the player on collision. If the player gets too close to it, Pygmin will teleport to another place on the screen. Occasionally, it will stop moving and fire a magic ball at the player. The magic balls chase after the player and will cause damage on impact.[2] Because they must move in arcs in order to turn, they can be evaded if the player moves to the side. Each magic ball will eventually disappear. They also disappear if they collide with a wall. Pygmin moves slowly and aimlessly. It attacks with its iron ball when it lines up within three tilespaces of the player, and its chain extends up to three tilespaces. It also performs this attack periodically. When it encounters a bomb blast, it will jump to evade it.[3] After jumping, it is unable to jump again for some time. It takes one bomb blast to defeat. Pygmin has 7 HP and yields the Platinum Armor upon defeat. This enemy first appeared in an earlier Hudson Soft game, Neutopia II. In that game, it behaves similarly to how it does in Bomberman Tournament. ↑ Super Bomberman 3 Hudson Soft Guidebook, pg. 41 ↑ Bomberman Story Official Guidebook, pg. 50 Retrieved from "https://bomberman.fandom.com/wiki/Pygmin?oldid=38448"	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1046
__label__wiki	0.799341	0.799341	Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition Horst Woldemar Janson, Penelope J. E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Prentice Hall, 2011 - Art - 1152 pages For courses in the History of Art. Rewritten and reorganized, this new edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative online supplements, including digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art. Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Eighth Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist. Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson's text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson's History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars. The new Eighth Edition, although revised to remain current with new discoveries and scholarship, continues to follow Janson's lead in important ways: It is limited to the Western tradition, with a chapter on Islamic art and its relationship to Western art. It keeps the focus of the discussion on the object, its manufacture, and its visual character. It considers the contribution of the artist as an important part of the analysis. This edition maintains an organization along the lines established by Janson, with separate chapters on the Northern European Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance, the High Renaissance, and Baroque art, with stylistic divisions for key periods of the modern era. Also embedded in this edition is the narrative of how art has changed over time in the cultures that Europe has claimed as its patrimony. 84 pages matching nave in this book A Beautiful Book User Review - cspecialtime - Overstock.com I love this edition of Jansons book! The quality of the book itself binding paper print and illustrations are what a book dedicated to beauty should be. Read full review Paleolithic Carving Tombs and Rituals Janson's History of Art: Western Tradition, Volume 1 + Janson's History of ... Penelope J. E. Davies,Walter B. Denny,Frima Fox Hofrichter,Joseph F. Jacobs,Ann M Roberts,Professor David Simon Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition, Reissued Edition Penelope J.E. Davies,Frima Fox Hofrichter,Joseph F. Jacobs,David L. Simon,Ann S. Roberts,Family Trust Janson Janson's History of Art, Volume 2 Penelope J. E. Davies,Walter B. Denny,Frima Fox Hofrichter,Joseph Jacobs,Ann M. Roberts altar altarpiece ancient antiquity appear arches architects architecture artists Athens Baroque basilica Bernini body bronze building built Byzantine Byzantine art Caravaggio carved cathedral central century BCE Chapel Christ Christian church Classical color columns commissioned composition court create Crete culture death decoration depicts dome Donatello Dynasty early Egypt Egyptian emperor Etruscan Europe façade figures Florence forms France French fresco frieze funerary gold Gothic Greek Hebrew Bible height human interior International Gothic Islamic Italian Italy Jesus king Knossos landscape light marble Medici medieval Michelangelo Minoan monumental Museum Mycenae Mycenaean nave Neoclassicism Oil on canvas Ottonian painter painting palace panel Paris Parthenon patrons pediment Persian Polykleitos portrait pose reflects relief religious Renaissance represents Rococo Roman Romanesque Rome royal Rubens scene scholars sculpture space statue stone structure style suggest surface technique temple tion Titian tomb tradition vase vault viewer Virgin visual wall Penelope J. E. Davies is Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Austin. She is a scholar of Greek and Roman art and architecture as well as a field archaeologist. She is author of Death and the Emperor: Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius, winner of the Vasari Award. Walter B. Denny is a Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition to exhibition catalogues, his publications include books on Ottoman Turkish carpets, textiles, and ceramics, and articles on miniature painting, architecture and architectural decoration. Frima Fox Hofrichter is Professor and former Chair of the History of Art and Design department at Pratt Institute. She is author of Judith Leyster, A Dutch Artist in Holland's Golden Age, which received CAA's Millard Meiss Publication Fund Award. Joseph Jacobs is an independent scholar, critic, and art historian of modern art in New York City. He was the curator of modern art at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, director of the Oklahoma City Art Museum, and curator of American art at The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey. David L. Simon is Jetté Professor of Art at Colby College, where he received the Basset Teaching Award in 2005. Among his publications is the catalogue of Spanish and southern French Romanesque sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters. Ann M. Roberts, Professor of Art at Lake Forest College has published essays, articles and reviews on both Northern and Italian Renaissance topics. Her research focuses on women in the Renaissance, and her most recent publication is entitled Dominican Women and Renaissance Art:The Convent of San Domenico of Pisa. H. W. Janson was a legendary name in art history. During his long career as a teacher and scholar, he helped define the discipline through his impressive books and other publications. Anthony F. Janson forged a distinguished career as a professor, scholar, museum professional and writer. From the time of his father's death in 1982 until 2004, he authored History of Art. Title Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition, Horst Woldemar Janson Authors Horst Woldemar Janson, Penelope J. E. Davies, Walter B. Denny Edition 8, illustrated, revised Publisher Prentice Hall, 2011 Art / History / General	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1048
__label__cc	0.553059	0.446941	Home » News » Clare couple pick up €1m lotto cheque Clare couple pick up €1m lotto cheque July 8, 2019 9,924 Views A Clare couple were toasted Lotto success on Monday in the National Lottery Winner’s Room after claiming a cheque for €1 million and revealed that the winning ticket was kept safe inside a cushion in their bedroom for more than two weeks The husband-and-wife syndicate won €1 million after winning the top prize on Lotto Plus 1 from the draw on Saturday June 22. They waited until the news had properly sunk in before claiming their windfall. This winning ticket was sold at Reddan’s Store and Sixmilebridge Post Office, in Sixmilebridge. The husband said: “I occasionally buy my tickets in Reddan’s Store as I pass by on the way to work. It was the Sunday when I checked the ticket and when the app told me to contact the National Lottery we knew it was us. We haven’t told anyone so we just unzipped one of the cushions in the bedroom, put the ticket inside, and then put the cushion back on the chair and didn’t look at it until we were ready to make the journey up to Dublin to collect the money”. The Clare couple who wish to remain anonymous, admitted that they were “still pinching themselves” over their lucky win and have vowed to look after their nearest and dearest with their win. The winner continued: “We have a family so we will look after them all of course. First and foremost we are doing to clear the mortgage and any debts – do all of the sensible things first. Then we will start making plans on how to enjoy the win. It’s all just so hard to take in. I’m still pinching myself”, he said when presented with the six-figure cheque. Tags lotto Sixmilebridge About Peter O'Connell West Clare native Peter O'Connell has worked for The Clare Champion for 12 years and covers everything from sport, especially GAA, news, features and has been even known to branch into the fashion scene on occasion. @@westclarepage Previous Breaking-Major job losses at Moneypoint Next Majority of Moneypoint jobs to be axed Man’s body recovered Lotto win for Clare man Sixmilebridge want ref swapping deal with Limerick SHANNON Group got a share of stick at Monday’s meeting with the County Council, but …	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1055
__label__wiki	0.524246	0.524246	Bill's Daily Roundup: Meet Chief Kabbel, Burglars & Goodloes 24 September 2009 Bill Monroe Bill’s Daily Roundup, he covers tracking down the solution to several burglaries, the Goodloe sentencing and a new Police Chief for Prescott. Retiring Chief Oaks, left; New Police Chief Mike Kabbel, right. Photo courtesy of City of Prescott. Four Black Canyon City residents have been arrested for their alleged involvement in some burglaries. Yavapai County Sheriff’s detectives searched a stolen travel trailer and found several items reported stolen from a Ha-Wa-Si Trail home in Black Canyon City, including firearms, books, glass items and automobile parts. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn explains the thefts had been ongoing since the early part of this year: {rawcontent rc=40} Fifty-one-year-old David Wieber and his 33-year-old wife Angela have been charged with theft of means of transportation and 5 counts of burglary. David also faces a charge of trafficking in stolen property while Angela has been additionally charged with possession. Randy Fritz has been arrested for theft of means of transportation while 41-year-old James Germinaro has been arrested on theft and possession charges. A Prescott couple has been sentenced by a Yavapai County Superior Court Judge. Forty-five-year-old Gary Goodloe and his 49-year-old wife Bridget were each sentenced on Monday to 6 years probation, 180 days in jail with credit for time served and more than 147 thousand dollars in restitution. The Goodloes, both from Prescott, plead guilty on August 10th to fraud schemes for embezzling over 140 thousand dollars between 2003 and 2007 from Fork in the Road, the company that owns and operates Prescott restaurants Murphy’s, the Office and the Gurley Street Grill. At the time of the offenses, the Goodloes served as General Manager and Bookkeeper. The City of Prescott has a new Police Chief. According to an internal memo sent by City Manager Steve Norwood, former Deputy Police Chief Mike Kabbel will assume the position of Chief effective immediately. Norwood says Kabbel has been with the Police Department for over 20 years and has served as Deputy Chief for the past 3 years. He adds Kabbel has done an outstanding job and will now continue working on making the Department even better. Kabbel succeeds former Chief Randy Oaks, who retired one week ago today. Oaks served as Chief since 2005 and will continue on until January 15th to help with the transition. The Upper Verde River Watershed Protection Coalition Board meets at 2 this afternoon. The Board is scheduled to receive an update on water conservation efforts, including a regional conservation workbook, an arsenic publication for well owners and Water Smart rack cards. An update will also be given on a grant funding plan, including completion and submission of an application for a Bureau of Reclamation grant, preparation for registration of the Coalition with grants.gov and development of future Coalition relationships. The meeting will be held in Prescott City Council chambers. At 3 in Dewey-Humboldt Town Council chambers, the Capital Improvement Projects Committee will meet to consider appointment of a Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary; an initial briefing of the Committee and a proposed meeting schedule. The Committee will also hear a presentation on the status of fiscal year 2010 projects. Prescott National Forest fire officials plan on burning 3000 acres today through Saturday. Weather conditions permitting, the burn will take place 30 miles northwest of Prescott, near Camp Wood and Brushy Mountain. Forest Road 9821B will be closed and visitors are asked to be cautious while driving in the area. Officials note these burns help remove dead vegetation, invigorate the plant and animal communities, promote a healthy watershed and will help return fire to its natural role in the ecosystem. The burns are part of an ongoing fuels reduction project to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire on the forest. A traffic collision caused a closure of Willow Lake Road. According to Prescott Public Works Department officials, yesterday morning a car collided with a power pole near the corner of Willow Lake and Mountain Lake Drive. The pole was heavily damaged and in danger of toppling over. The accident caused about 3000 people to be without power in north Prescott. Arizona Public Service officials were on site waiting for a replacement pole to arrive from Flagstaff. Willow Lake was closed for more than 4 hours between Mountain Lake and Prescott Lakes Parkway until about 6:30 pm while repair work was conducted. . Humboldt Unified School District officials are investigating allegations a 7-year-old girl was left alone in a nurse’s office. The incident occurred last Friday at Coyote Springs Elementary School. According to the girl’s mother, the nurse was not in attendance and the school secretaries were supposed to be watching the girl. The door closed behind the clerk as she left. She said she would be back in 5 minutes but never came back. Everyone had left for the weekend and a janitor called the mother when he found the girl in the locked facility later that afternoon. District spokeswoman Mariela Bean says they are reviewing this unfortunate incident: {rawcontent rc=41}} The 2nd grader was reportedly traumatized and has now been placed in another school in Prescott Valley. Hear Bill Monroe on Northern Arizona's Source for News, Talk and Sports, KQNA 1130 AM . Hear Bill Monroe on Northern Arizona's Source for News, Talk and Sports, KQNA 1130 AM, 99.9 FM . Website: www.kqna.com/ Latest from Bill Monroe Bill's Newscast: Shoplifting Arrest Bill's Newscast: Gosar Mocked by SNL Bill's Newscast: Get Rid of Your Trash Bill's Newscast: Snow Runoff Bill's Newscast: Suicide of Elderly Gentleman in Cottonwood	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1061
__label__cc	0.565563	0.434437	Attack on Titan Anime HD Wallpapers Themes offered by Chrome HD Themes Enjoy the attacking giant new label HD anime wallpaper theme, featuring Allen and other your favorite characters HD wallpaper. The giants became the grave-diggers of human civilization, and they arbitrarily preyed on humans who had no resistance, and forced them to build high walls to protect themselves. Until one day, the super-large giant broke the strong barriers and brought a bloody and cruel feast to the human beings who were used to the comfort of life. If you like the attacking giant, please don't miss the theme we tailored for you. The new label is not what they used to be. Anime HD Wallpapers is designed to completely reshape your new label and create an amazing anime experience for true fans. The wallpaper was hand-selected and carefully selected by the attacking giant fanatics, representing some of the most popular characters. Anime new tab changes your default search. It also brings some very cool features that can help you stay organized and focus on your work while bringing a touch of character to your workspace. Your favorite features, such as tiles for the most visited sites, bookmarks and recently closed pages still exist. The latest news is that you can track Google Calendar and your inbox at home and in the office. You will also get a big clock with date and time. Most importantly, you can also access the current weather forecast, which contains detailed information about temperature, humidity, wind and clouds. Gives you the opportunity to activate a to-do list where you can track current and future errands you need to run. With this done, you can still keep track of what’s happening on social media. All of this is contained in the amazing world of attacking giant wallpapers.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1064
__label__cc	0.732117	0.267883	Pastry School Home Cook Classes How to Become a Chef Student Spotlight: Soo Kim We’re excited to spotlight our Pro Pastry student, Soo Kim who began our Pastry Programs last Fall. What specifically drew you to pursue pastry arts? My career path is based in the creative arts and because of that, there are a lot of unknowns. I found that baking is very specific, and yet still very creative. I started to give scratch made baked goods, as gifts, and saw the smiles and amazement on peoples’ faces, I wanted to do more but also realized how basic and limited my knowledge was. I had questions and wanted to learn more… much more than what the internet had to offer. What cooking experience did you have prior to going to pastry school? Ha, not much! Growing up, I tried to watch or help my mom, but she would just kick me out of the kitchen. The most I helped her was cleaning and setting the table. I didn’t start cooking/baking (…or experimenting with…) food ’til I went to college… trial and error and setting off the smoke alarm a few times… Soo being Soo sookim What is a typical day like for you at CulinaryLab? A typical day?… hmmm… We watch Chef Colleen do demos of many different things (Such as blackberry lime sorbet, baguettes, chocolate truffles, lemon tarts) and I try my best to replicate it. And when the weekend comes and I’m at home, I practice what I learned at school. What has been one of your greatest highlights and biggest challenges since you began your pastry education? Wow… I’m not sure I’ve had a greatest highlight yet… but that could be me being overly critical… lol! My mom and my aunt love the breads and my dad and friends love the chocolates… that’s a highlight, yeah?… As far as challenges… everything?… ha! Seriously though, it would be breads and chocolate because you can’t really “hide” any mistakes with decorations. What advice do you have for those thinking about attending pastry school? Advice?… hmmmm… if you love and have a passion for cooking and want a career in the industry, give it your 110%, but if it’s something you just enjoy or think would be fun, just take basic cooking classes… like the home cook courses that are offered here. What is your favorite dish to bake? Hee hee hee…. Well, so far, focaccia because I love, LOVE, eating it, & pastry cream because you can use it to make everything… like cream puffs… What is your favorite type of cuisine to cook/eat? Hmmm…. Anything that has carbs…? lol! I love focaccia, pot pies (using that amazing flaking dough recipe), cream puffs, pasta, tarts… What is your must-have tool in the kitchen? Whisk, heat resistant spatula, and a bench scraper. What’s your favorite cooking method and/or fancy cooking term? I like the word “sabayon” because it sounds so fancy, though I can’t say it’s my favorite cooking method…lol! If I had to pick a method, it would just be baking because as it’s doing its magic, the yummy smells fill the room. What has been your favorite experience at pastry school so far? Hmmm… well… it’s not actually cooking related, but my favorite experience has been meeting the amazing people at the school- my classmates, students from the other classes, previous students, the staff, and the chefs. It’s like a big family… not like “Leave It to Beaver” or “Shameless,” but definitely a nice middle ground. If you could only eat three meals for the rest of your life, what would they be? Does breakfast, lunch and dinner count?… kidding!… sort of! Pizzas, any type of croissant sandwich (mmmm, they should make burgers with croissants), and, normally, I would say salads (I love a really good salad), but now that I’ve learned to make cream puffs (thank you, Chef Colleen), it’s a toss up… a cream puff salad?… hahaha! What is your ultimate end goal and plan for when you complete your culinary education? My ultimate plan would be to have a catering company specializing in desserts, of course, and a small, very specialized, store front with an East Coast feel. Not your typical bakery that has just about everything under the sun. As for what exactly, you’ll just have to come out to the grand opening (wink wink). Is Being a Chef a Good Career? Pros and Cons to Working in Culinary Arts How Long Does Culinary School Take to Complete? Top Requirements for Culinary School: Make the Right Career Decision Let’s Start with a Rough Chop Render Me This…A How To Guide The Restaurant Special – Urbana Choosing Maintaining and Sharpening Kitchen Knives Spice It Up! How to Use Spices The Chef Special: Aron Habiger & Ashley Guzman © 2019 CulinaryLab Orange County Location CulinaryLab located in Tustin, right off the 55 Freeway and 17th Street, next to Mimi's Café. 17231 17th St B	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1067
__label__wiki	0.832457	0.832457	CyberX Announces New VP of Sales, Americas Former Palo Alto Networks Sales Leader Responsible for Continuing CyberX’s Strong Growth in IoT and ICS Cybersecurity BOSTON, MA – May 30, 2019 – CyberX, the IoT and industrial control system (ICS) security company, today announced that Jason Schaaf has joined the company as its new Vice President of Sales, Americas. With more than two decades of enterprise sales experience, Schaaf is a top sales producer with a track record of building high-performance sales teams that deliver strong and consistent results. Prior to CyberX, Schaaf led enterprise sales teams at industry leaders including Palo Alto Networks and EMC, having started his career as an account executive for Symantec, OpsWare and Data Domain. Schaaf graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a bachelor’s degree in Management and Systems Engineering, and later served for five years as a Field Artillery Captain in the U.S. Army. During this time, he protected the country from both domestic and international threats to national security, and graduated from both Airborne and Air Assault Schools. “CyberX has the benefit of pursuing one of the fastest growing sectors in cybersecurity with a proven, extensible platform and an impressive list of satisfied Global 2000 customers,” said Omer Schneider, CyberX co-founder and CEO. “Jason has the experience, leadership skills, and personality to build a formidable sales organization that positions CyberX to continue its explosive growth and extend its leadership position.” Funded by Norwest Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and other leading venture firms, CyberX is poised to capitalize on the need to secure massive numbers of unmanaged IoT and ICS devices that are now being deployed to support strategic business initiatives around digital transformation and Industry 4.0 across all sectors worldwide. “I’m thrilled to be joining CyberX to leverage my experience helping CISOs reduce IoT risk in a scalable way that seamlessly integrates with their existing security processes and supports their organizations’ business objectives,” said Jason Schaaf, CyberX VP of Sales, Americas. “CyberX has an amazing management team with outstanding products and services, derived from the team’s unique military experience defending critical infrastructure against nation-state cyberattacks. I look forward to propelling this exciting company to the next level.” About CyberX CyberX delivers the only industrial cybersecurity platform built by blue-team experts with a track record of defending critical national infrastructure. That difference is the foundation for the most widely deployed platform for continuously reducing IoT and ICS risk and preventing costly production outages, safety failures, environmental incidents, and theft of sensitive intellectual property. Notable CyberX customers include 2 of the top 5 US energy providers; a top 5 global pharmaceutical company; a top 5 US chemical company; and national electric and gas utilities across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Strategic partners include industry leaders such as Palo Alto Networks, IBM Security, Splunk, Optiv Security, McAfee, DXC Technology, and Deutsche-Telekom/T-Systems. For more information visit CyberX.io or follow @CyberX_Labs. Media Contact: Deb Montner, Montner Tech PR, 203-984-7861, [email protected] CyberX Appoints Axel Kettenring as VP of International Sales CyberX Enhances Industrial Threat Intelligence with Automated Threat Extraction Platform CyberX Launches Single Unified Solution for Securing Unmanaged IoT and ICS Devices CyberX Launches First Open Development Environment (ODE) for Securing IoT/ICS Devices Running Proprietary Protocols	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1071
__label__wiki	0.964708	0.964708	/Marvel Falcon & The Winter Soldier WandaVision Marvel: Future Fight Marvel: Contest Of Champions Salma Hayek In Talks to Join Marvel's The Eternals By Russ Burlingame - June 26, 2019 08:22 pm EDT Salma Hayek is in talks to join the cast of Marvel's The Eternals in -- say it with me, Eternals fans -- an as-yet-undisclosed role. According to TheWrap, Hayek -- best known in geek circles for her work in films like From Dusk Til Dawn and Dogma -- will join a cast that already includes Richard Madden and Kumail Nanjiani. The report omits any mention of Angelina Jolie, who was reportedly expected to topline the film along with Nanjiani. It is unlikely, though, that Hayek will be stepping into the role previously intended for Jolie, since that seems like exactly the kind of shift that Umberto Gonzalez, who broke the story, would be on top of. Exact details on the movie have been closely guarded, in traditional Marvel fashion, though several trades have reported Chloe Zhao has been tapped as director and will direct a script from brothers Matthew and Ryan Firpo. Scoop website HN Entertainment also suggests that cinematographer Ben Davis (Captain Marvel), production designer Eve Stewart (The Girl In The Spider's Web), and costume designer Alexandra Byrne (Guardians of the Galaxy) will also have some capacity on the film as well. While the film has yet to be announced by Marvel Studios — something that will likely come at Comic-Con International in San Diego — studio boss Kevin Feige spoke to the intrigue in developing a movie based on the Jack Kirby property last summer. "Well, one of the cool things about that property and what Jack Kirby did with it and what's been done with it in recent years is it does tie into they're called Eternals, they've been around for a long time. You know?" Feige said. "There's this notion of all of these myths and legends that we know from ancient times, were they inspired by the Eternals? Kevin Feige: Were they Eternals? It's a very ... you know, it's an ancient aliens kind of sci-fi trope that we think would be fun to explore someday." Per a synopsis that appeared in Production Weekly, "The story of The Eternals is set millions of years ago when the cosmic beings known as the Celestials genetically experimented on humans, creating the super-powered individuals as well as more villainous off-shoots known as the Deviants. The two groups went on to battle each other throughout history to see which would eventually become the ultimate race. The story involves the love story between Ikaris, a man fueled by cosmic energy, and Sersi, who relishes in moving amongst humans." Avengers: Endgame enters theaters with a re-release this weekend while Spider-Man: Far From Home swings into action July 2nd. Captain Marvel is now available wherever movies are sold. In this latest episode we talk about the divisive reviews of Disney’s The Lion King, the Nintendo Switch Lite, the Mortal Kombat movie, and this weekend’s loaded roster of wrestling! Make sure to subscribe now to never miss an episode! Chris Evans Brings Back His Captain America Beard in Netflix's The Red Sea Diving Resort Trailer Marvel Wins Lawsuit Involving Iron Man 3 Poster Lil Nas X Releases Area 51 Raid Version of Old Town Road That Includes Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet Marvel Fans Are Flipping out Over Taika Waititi Returning for Thor 4 So, When is Thor 4 Coming Out? The State of Superhero Event Comics Marvel Announces New Ghost Rider Series Taika Waititi Signs on to Write and Direct Thor 4	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1073
__label__wiki	0.754277	0.754277	DC Announces 1966 ‘Batman’ Comic By Jeff Parker, Jonathan Case and Michael Allred Finally, after forty-five years, writers across the country have a good reason to drop "Biff! Pow!" into their headlines again. After finally settling licensing issues last year and paving the way for toys and merchandise based on the classic Adam West Batman show, DC will be publishing a new digital-first Batman '66 series by Jeff Parker and Eisner-winning artist Jonathan Case, with covers by Michael Allred. The Batman '66-inspired stories are scheduled to hit Comixology and the DC app this summer, where they'll join their fellow TV-inspired properties, Smallville Season 11 and Arrow, along with the digital-first Legends of the Dark Knight and Adventures of Superman, for which Parker is also writing a story.While specific storyline information has yet to be revealed, Parker did confirm to ComicsAlliance that, like the show, the first Special Guest Villain of the comic will be the Riddler, with Catwoman also appearing to challenge the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder. He even provided us with one of Case's sketches for the product, featuring a Frank Gorshin-inspired version of the Riddler: Stories that referenced the look of the classic Batman show haven't exactly been all that rare over the past few years -- Mike Allred's issue of Solo was to come with a cover of the '60s-style Batman dancing the Batusi (the published version featured Donna Troy in the same pose), Warren Ellis and John Cassaday's Batman/Planetary featured multiple versions of Batman that included a West-inspired cameo that fought with Bat-Sleep gas from his utility belt, and the iconic, George Barris-designed Batmobile has made cameos all over the place. This, though, is the first time DC has gone with a full-on '66 aesthetic for a full series. Case, a studio-mate of Parker's in Portland's Periscope Studios, hasn't done work for DC before, but his clean, expressive style and the eye-popping colors being used for the promo art make a pretty solid fit for Batman '66's world of Dutch angles and deathtraps. Details have yet to be released on whether the series will be ongoing, but one hopes that it'll at least run long enough for the return of Surf Jams Joker. Filed Under: Adam West, AdamWest, Batman, Batman 66, Batman66, Burt Ward, BurtWard, Jeff Parker, JeffParker, Jonathan Case, JonathanCase Categories: DC, News, Television	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1074
__label__cc	0.546357	0.453643	/Horror Eggo Goes Retro With Stranger Things Promotion By Charlie Ridgely - June 25, 2019 11:26 am EDT Netflix is going all-in on the cross-promotion for the upcoming third installment of Stranger Things, and playing very heavily on the nostalgia of fans. There are Stranger Things ice cream flavors at Baskin Robbins, Coca-Cola is bringing back New Coke for a limited time, and now Eggo is trying its best to get in on the action. This week, Eggo announced a new, retro-inspired campaign to coincide with the release of Stranger Things 3 on July 4th. The Eggo social media channels have been teasing a mysterious promotion over the last few days or so, alluding to something happening in the Upside Down. Now, they've officially announced a limited edition release of waffles that come in the same box the company packaged its products in back in 1985. Ahead of the 4th of July, you can purchase the limited edition Eggos from AmazonFresh. That's the only place where they will be available for the next week or so. However, after the holiday is over, you can find the limited edition boxes in select stores while supplied last. Here's the info shared directly from the Eggo website: "Stock up for the big 4th of July bash 1985-style. Order the Limited Edition 1985 Ego Box from AmazonFresh now while you still can! After the 4th of July, keep the retro Eggo celebration going. Hunt for the rare Limited Edition Eggo Boxes in select stores across the US, beginning in July, while supplies last." There's no telling at this point exactly how many boxes of these Eggos will be produced, or which stores will be carrying them. But it does seem as though they will be difficult to find. If you try to get them ahead of time from AmazonFresh, remember that not every area in the country has that option available, so you may not be able to order any. With one more week to go, it wouldn't be surprising to see other partnerships coming from Netflix and various other companies. Stranger Things is a guaranteed cash cow, and everyone wants in on a piece of the action. All eight episodes of Stranger Things 3 will debut on Netflix on July 4th. Fear the Walking Dead’s Alycia Debnam-Carey Lets Slip a “Spoiler” When Addressing Alicia’s Jeopardy Midsommar Director's Cut Debuting This August James McAvoy Got Hurt Pretty Badly While Filming IT CHAPTER TWO IT CHAPTER TWO Star Finn Wolfhard Shares Hilarious Aging App Post SDCC: The Walking Dead Season 10 Posters Reveal New Story Clues Bill Hader Paid Tribute to The Thing in IT CHAPTER TWO Stranger Things Season 4 to Reportedly Begin Shooting This Fall New The Walking Dead Season 10 Photo Hints at Importance of Mystery Voice on the Radio	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1088
__label__cc	0.526231	0.473769	Tag Archives: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Alive April 20, 2013 by craftymcclever Cheers and Prayers Erupt Nationwide As the Boston Manhunt Ends Friday Friday night ended with the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wanted in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing Monday according to Boston Police Department. According to the Associated Press, authorities say the suspect, along with his slain 26 year old brother, killed an MIT police officer, severely wounded another lawman and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle. Law enforcement responded to gunfire around 7 p.m. in Watertown, Mass. an hour after lifting the lockdown on the area where Tsarnaev, 19, was hiding in a small boat. Police cornered the suspect not so far from the shootout the previous night that killed his brother and accomplice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The AP reports the suspects were identified as ethnic ChenChen brothers living in Dagestan neighboring Chechnya in Southern Russia, but had moved to the U.S. a decade ago living in Cambridge, Mass. David Henneberry wa s not trying to be a hero when he spotted the 19 year old suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, near his boat following a shootout earlier on Friday. Henneberry tipped off police leading to the capture of the suspect Friday night. Speaking to the “Today” show, family spokesman Robert Duffy described how his stepfather came across the wanted suspect in his 20 foot boat in the backyard. Duffy explained that his mother and David stepped into the backyard to get some air after the ban was lifted and noticed the tarp over the boat was flapping in the wind. He decided to take a closer look at saw the retention strips were cut not worn, so he decided to take a closer look inside the boat noticing a small amount of blood. He knew something was wrong, backing off, and calling the police. The family was moved to a safe location while the police investigated the tip leaving the family with no way to communicate with their family that they were safe. Soon after the suspect was taken by ambulance to be treated for his wounds, the streets of Watertown erupted with cheers as the manhunt ended with the suspect alive. According to Huff Post, residents were relieved to see the heavily armed ambulance headed east on Mount Auburn Street even though it was unclear who was inside, but the sense of danger was over. A Justice Department Official, according to Huff Post, says the Boston Marathon suspect will not be read his Miranda rights as the government was invoking a public safety exception. Two officials came forward saying the 19 year old will be questioned by a special interrogation team for high value suspects. The public safety rule allows law enforcement to engage in a limited and focused interrogation of a suspect and allows the government to introduce the statement into evidence in court. The rule may be used when police officers find objectively reasonable need to protect the police or public from immediate danger. Within the few minutes of the news reaching stadiums, televisions and radios around the country, people began to cheer and shout in elation as the bombing suspect was captured alive. When the news finally sunk in about the second bomber being captured in Watertown, the town and crowds around the country cheered with excitement as police radios echoed the words “suspect in custody.” Sports fans rejoiced after learning Friday night of the capture at stadiums around the country. New York’s Citi Field, home of the Mets, saw fans jump to their feet and cheer at the news during the game with the Washington Nationals chanting “USA!USA!” and similar reactions in Houston, Cincinnati and at the St. Louis Blues’ home game against the Dallas Stars. In Watertown, church bells rang as crowds lined the streets with teenagers waving flags, cars honking, and loud cheers as emergency vehicles went by. Hundreds of people marched down Commonwealth Avenue, chanting “USA” and singing the Red Sox Anthem “Sweet Caroline” heading toward Boston Common as the police blocked off traffic to accommodate the impromptu parade. Fans in Arlington, Texas, Anaheim, California, and San Fransisco Giants sang along with the Rangers, Angels and Giants to the tune also between innings breaks. In Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, where an 8 year old boy killed in the bombing lived, people set off fireworks in celebration on Friday night. As people continue to celebrate the capture of the second bomber, many in Boston and around the country are praying not only for the victims of the bombing but for the suspects as well even echoing this sentiment in social media. Prayers for the victims can be seen on twitter, but prayers of another kind are being posted, according to Huff Post, for Tsarnaev. Reverend Manny Alvarez, a preist for the Archdiocese of Miami, tweeted shortly after the arrest that, “A wise young lady just reminded me that as we pray for everyone in Boston, we must pray for this 19 year old too…because we’re Catholic.” CatholicOmnia tweeted from their twitter account: “We also need to remember to pray for the suspect, because we are Catholic. He is also a child of God, after all.” @OpenlyCatholic wrote,”While you’re praying for the suspect, also keep the petitions to heaven going for all the victims of the #BostonBombers , alive and dead.” Besides the clear religiously connected prayers, many other people offered up their elation over the capture even offering up prayers for the suspect as well. In a sleepy town in Kyrgyzstan, where the two brothers lived previously, former neighbors were greeted with shock and disbelief as they recall a quiet family that was never in trouble and two decent, obedient boys. Posted in 2013, bombing, business, canceled flights, community, controversial, crime, economy, goverment, history, international, news, peace, people, picture, politics, religion, technology, terrorism, tragedy, tribute, United States, US, video, violence, white house, world Tagged Bombing Suspects, Boston Bombers, Boston Bombers Prayers, Boston Bombing Miranda Rights, Boston Bombing Suspects, Boston Explosion Prayers, Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Captured, Boston Suspect Miranda Rights, Boston Suspects Kyrgyz, Boston Suspects Kyrgyzstan, Crime News, David Henneberry, David Henneberry Boat, David Henneberry Boat Owner, David Henneberry Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, David Henneberry Watertown, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Alive, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Arrested, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Captured, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Miranda Rights, Jaweed Kaleem On Religion, Kyrgyzstan, Miranda Rights, Miranda Rights Boston Bombing Suspect, Miranda Rights Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Politics News, Polls, Prayers For Boston, Religion News, Reuters, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Tokmok, Tokmok Kyrgyzstan, Tsarnaev Bombers, Tsarnaev Brothers, video, Watertown, Watertown Boat Owner, Watertown Boat Owner Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, world news	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1093
__label__cc	0.702648	0.297352	DSLWP-B June lunar imaging and VLBI Yesterday, Wei Mingchuan BG2BHC sent an email to the team of DSLWP-B collaborators saying that the first week of June would give good opportunities both to take images of the Moon and Earth (as it has been done in other occasions) and to perform VLBI sessions involving Dwingeloo, Shahe, Harbin, and perhaps Wakayama University, which has a 12m dish. Here I show the preliminary plan proposed by Wei and a few graphs useful for camera and VLBI planning. Continue reading “DSLWP-B June lunar imaging and VLBI” First Moon observation with my QO-100 station A month ago, I spoke about planning the passes of the Moon through the beam of my QO-100 station. These give an occasion to observe the Moon without moving a dish that is pointing to Es’hail 2. The next opportunity after writing that post was on May 16 at 20:16 UTC. Since I wasn’t going to be at home at that time, I programmed my computer to make a recording for later analysis. I recorded 4MHz of spectrum centred at 10367.5MHz using a LimeSDR connected to the LNB that I use to receive QO-100. The recording was planned to be 30 minutes long starting at 20:01 UTC, but for some reason only approximately 27 minutes were recorded. This kind of events can be used to measure Moon noise and receive 10GHz EME signals. This post is an analysis of my recording, looking at these two things. Continue reading “First Moon observation with my QO-100 station” Receiving a LoRa high altitude balloon Last Sunday, Julián Fernández EA4HCD, released a high altitude balloon carrying a LoRa payload as a preliminary test for the FossaSat-1 pocketqube that he is devolping with Fossa Systems. You can see a video of the release in this tweet. The balloon was launched near Madrid, and burst at an altitude of approximately 24km, having travelled some 180km southeast. Balloon is up on 435,5! pic.twitter.com/tImknQLV3h — Julian Fernandez (@EA4HCD) May 19, 2019 The payload had two transmitters: An SX1278 LoRa transceiver transmitting at 434.5MHz with 10mW alternating between LoRa and RTTY, and an 868MHz 25mW LoRa transceiver that was received on The Things Network. Simple groundplane 1/4-wave monopole antennas were used. I went to the countryside just outside my city, Tres Cantos, and set up a station to record the transmissions on 434.5MHz. The station consisted of a 7 element yagi by Arrow Antennas, set in vertical polarization and placed on a camera tripod on the roof of my car, and a FUNcube Dongle Pro+. This is a brief analysis of the recording. Continue reading “Receiving a LoRa high altitude balloon” Results of DSLWP-B Amateur VLBI experiment on 2018-11-21 The first Amateur VLBI experiment with DSLWP-B was performed on 2018-06-10. In that experiment, the 250baud GMSK beacons at 435.4MHz and 436.4MHz were recorded in the 25m PI9CAM radiotelescope in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, and a 12m repurposed Inmarsat C-band dish in Shahe, Beijing. These synchronized recordings were processed later to obtain delta-range and delta-velocity measurements. Due to the low baudrate, the noise of the delta-range measurements was quite high, on the order of 20km. Since the beacons were short transmissions of 15 seconds, making accumulated phase measurements was not possible. Another Amateur VLBI experiment was performed on 2018-11-21. The novelty of this experiment was that 500baud GMSK SSDV transmissions were made on 436.4MHz. These long transmissions, lasting around 30 minutes each, allow us to make accumulated phase measurements. Also, the higher baudrate reduces the noise in the delta-range measurements. Another novelty was that a third station, the Harbin Institute of Technology Amateur Radio Club BY2HIT groundstation also joined the experiments, so observations from three stations are available. This post is an account of the results I have obtained processing the observations from 2018-11-21. Continue reading “Results of DSLWP-B Amateur VLBI experiment on 2018-11-21” DSLWP-B lunar impact location A few days ago, I spoke about the future impact of DSLWP-B on the lunar surface, which will happen in the far side of the Moon around the end of July, and how the spacecraft could be manoeuvred to make the impact point fall on the near side of the Moon instead, so that it can be observed from Earth. Philip Stooke made a very good remark in the comments saying that the impact might have been planned on the far side of the Moon deliberately in order to avoid Apollo landing sites and other heritage sites. This is a very valid concern. By all means, the crash should be planned to avoid disturbing heritage sites or other areas of specific interest. Continue reading “DSLWP-B lunar impact location” Angle of arrival experiment in 145MHz On April 28, I got together with a few Spanish radio Amateurs to perform some experiments. One of the things we did was an angle of arrival experiment in the 145MHz Amateur band. The ultimate goal of the experiment was to be able to measure the angle of arrival of meteor reflections of the GRAVES radar at 143.05MHz. However, we also recorded a few other signals, such as the Amateur satellite band at 145.9MHz (intended to perform calibration of the setup) and the APRS terrestrial signals at 144.8MHz. Continue reading “Angle of arrival experiment in 145MHz” DSLWP-B lunar impact prediction In my last post, I spoke about the future lunar impact of DSLWP-B on July 31. Edgar Kaiser DF2MZ asked over on Twitter if the impact would be visible from Earth. As I didn’t know the answer, I have made a simulation in GMAT to find this out. The figure below shows the orbit of DSLWP-B between July 28 12:00 UTC and the moment of impact, on July 13 14:47 UTC. The orbital state used for DSLWP-B is the 20190426 tracking file from dslwp_dev. The reference frame is arranged so that the +X axis points towards the Earth, and the Y axis lies on the Earth-Moon orbital plane. As we can see, unfortunately, the impact will happen on the far side of the Moon, where it is not observable from Earth. Future impact of DSLWP-B on the far side of the Moon However, it is possible to arrange a manoeuvre to modify the orbit slightly and make the impact point fall on the near side of the Moon, where it is visible from Earth. In the previous post we observed that, ignoring the collision with the lunar surface, the periapsis radius would continue to decrease after July 31, until reaching a minimum value in January 2020. Therefore, it is possible to raise the periapsis radius slightly in order to delay the collision approximately half a lunar month, so that the periapsis faces the Earth at the moment of impact. The delta-v required to make this manoeuvre is small, as the adjustment to the orbit is subtle. For instance, performing a prograde burn of 7m/s at the first apoapsis after July 1 delays the collision until August 13, producing an impact in the near side of the Moon. The resulting orbit can be seen in the figure below, which shows the path of DSLWP-B between July 28 and the moment of impact. Impact of DSLWP-B on the near side of the Moon if a correction manoeuvre is applied Adjusting the delta-v more precisely would make it possible even to control the time of the impact, so as to guarantee that the Moon will be in view of the groundstations at China and The Netherlands when the collision happens. However, this adjustment requires a very precise delta-v and is quite sensitive to the orbital state, so perhaps it is not feasible without performing a precise orbit determination and maybe some smaller correction manoeuvres following the periapsis raise. Another possible problem that can affect the prediction of the impact point are the perturbations of the orbit caused by the lunar mascons, which can be noticeable when the altitude of the orbit starts getting small, and which haven’t been considered very carefully in this simulation (the non-spherical gravity of the Moon was only simulated up to degree and order 10). The GMAT script used for this post can be found here. DSLWP-B deorbit and mission end On January 24, the periapsis of the lunar orbit of DSLWP-B was lowered approximately by 500km, so that orbital perturbations would eventually force the satellite to collide with the Moon. This was done to put an end to the mission and to avoid leaving debris in orbit. It is expected that the collision will happen at the end of July, so there are only three months left now for the DSLWP-B mission. Here I look at the details of the deorbit. Continue reading “DSLWP-B deorbit and mission end”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1100
__label__cc	0.646552	0.353448	Tag: eshail2 Es’hail 2 stationed in 26ºE If you’ve been following my posts about Es’hail 2, you’ll know that shortly after launch Es’hail 2 was stationed in a test slot at 24ºE. It remained in this slot until December 29, when it started to move to its operational slot at 26ºE. As of January 2, Es’hail is now stationed at 26ºE (25.8ºE, according to the TLEs). The new GEO orbit at 26ºE is much more perfect than the orbit it had at 24ºE. This is to be expected for an operational orbit. Since December 30, I’ve been recording Doppler data of the satellite moving to its operational slot, and I have found some interesting effects of orbital dynamics in the data. This post is an account of these. Continue reading “Es’hail 2 stationed in 26ºE” Es’hail 2 differential Doppler measurements Since I published my Es’hail 2 Doppler measurement experiments, Jean Marc Momple 3B8DU has become interested in performing the same kind of measurements. The good thing about having several stations measuring Doppler simultaneously is that you can perform differential measurements, by subtracting the measurements done at each station. This eliminates all errors due to transmitter drift, since the drift is the same at both stations. Of course, differential measurements need to be done with distant stations, to ensure different geometry that produces different Doppler curves in each station. Otherwise, the two stations see very similar Doppler curves, and subtracting yields nothing. The good thing is that Jean Marc is in Mauritius, which, if you look at the map, is on the other side of the satellite compared to my station. The satellite is at 0ºN, 24ºE, my station is at 41ºN, 4ºW, and Jean Marc’s is at 20ºS, 58ºE. This provides a very good geometry for differential measurements. Some days ago, Jean Marc sent me the measurements he had done on December 22, 23 and 24. This post contains an analysis of these measurements and the measurements I took over the same period, as well as some geometric analysis of Doppler. It would be interesting if other people in different geographic locations join us and also perform measurements. As I’ll explain below, a station in Eastern Europe or South Africa would complement the measurements done from Spain and Mauritius well. If you want to join the fun, note a couple of things first: The Doppler is very small, around 1ppb (or 10Hz). Therefore, you need to have everything locked to a GPS reference, not only your LNB. Also, the change in Doppler is very slow. The Doppler looks like a sinusoidal curve with a period of one day. To obtain meaningful results, continuous measurements need to be done over a long period. At least 12 hours, and preferably a couple days. Continue reading “Es’hail 2 differential Doppler measurements” One month of Es’hail 2 Doppler data In a previous post I talked about my Doppler measurements of the Es’hail 2 10706MHz beacon. I’ve now been measuring the Doppler for almost a month and this is a follow-up post with the results. This experiment is a continuation of the previous post, so the measurement setup is as described there. It is worthy to note that, besides the usual satellite movement in its geostationary orbit, which causes the small Doppler seen here, and the station-keeping manoeuvres done sometimes, another interesting thing has happened during the measurement period. On 2018-12-13 at 8:00 UTC, the antenna where the 10706MHz beacon is transmitted was changed. Before this, it was transmitted on a RHCP beam with global coverage. After the change, the signal was vertically polarized and the coverage was regional. Getting a good coverage map of this beam is tricky, but according to reports I have received from several stations, the signal was as strong as usual in Spain, the UK and some parts of Italy, but very weak or inexistent in Central Europe, Brazil and Mauritius. It is suspected that the beam used was designed to cover the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, and that Spain and the UK fell on a sidelobe of the radiation pattern. At some point on 2018-12-19, the beacon was back on the RCHP global beam, and it has remained like this until now. The figure below shows my raw Doppler measurements, in parts-per-billion offset from the nominal 10706MHz frequency. The rest of the post is devoted to the analysis of these measurements. Continue reading “One month of Es’hail 2 Doppler data” In-orbit testing of Es’hail 2 Amateur transponders Yesterday, December 23, MELCO carried out some in-orbit tests of the Es’hail 2 Amateur radio transponders. Since Es’hail 2 is currently under commissioning, it was expected that at some point the Amateur transponders would be activated for testing, but no announcement of the tests was done in advance. At around 11:00 UTC, Rob Janssen PE1CHL, noticed that the narrowband transponder was active and a carrier signal was being transmitted through it. Since then, I monitored most of the tests and sent updates on Twitter, together with other people (see also the posts in the AMSAT-DL forum). Without knowing the details of the test plans, we limited ourselves to watching and following the tests that were being made. If some schedule of the tests had been published in advanced, we could have thought, prepared and performed some interesting measurements on the downlink signals. I understand that since these tests are carried out by MELCO, AMSAT-DL might not have the specific details, but still I think that AMSAT-DL is publishing very little information about Es’hail 2 events. It was only at 22:35 UTC that AMSAT-DL published a small note on Twitter about the tests. I think the greatest concern is that people start transmitting through the transponder, interfering with the tests. However, since news spread very fast these days through social media, I think that publishing more information rather than keeping things discreetly serves better to prevent people from using the transponder during the commissioning. In any case, I’ll repeat it here: Es’hail 2 is currently under commissioning. The 2.4GHz uplink of the Amateur transponders should never be used until authorized by AMSAT-DL. The Amateur transponders will sometimes be enabled for in-orbit testing by the MELCO/Es’hailSat/AMSAT-DL engineers. Relax, sit back, and watch the tests on the 10GHz downlink. I also think that publishing more information would be beneficial to educate the community of radio Amateurs. Some people have asked me about the concept of in-orbit tests. After a satellite is launched into orbit, the performance of all its systems is tested to ensure that it matches design specifications, simulations, and pre-launch tests done on ground. This is important to guarantee that any problems, malfunction or damage that occurred during the launch can be diagnosed and hopefully mitigated by activating backup systems or other reliability measures. In-orbit testing of large satellites can take several months, since there are many complex systems that need to be tested remotely. In the case of the Amateur radio payload of Es’hail 2, MELCO is carrying out the tests, since the payload was built by MELCO according to the design specifications by AMSAT-DL. The kind of tests they are performing are related to the performance of the bent-pipe transponders. They sweep in frequency the transponders to make sure that the passband shape is as expected. They transmit carriers of different power levels to check for linearity of the transponder and AGC performance, and they try different gain/power level settings of the transponder power amplifier to make sure it performs correctly over all its working range. This is a rough account of the tests that were made yesterday, using my tweets as a sort of activity log. Continue reading “In-orbit testing of Es’hail 2 Amateur transponders” Recommendations for receiving Es’hail 2 A couple days ago, Janos Tolgyesi HG5APZ asked me by email about different hardware setups to receive the Amateur radio transponders on Es’hail 2, with an interest on inexpensive but effective solutions. He was quite happy with my detailed reply and convinced me to turn it into a blog post, so that other people can learn from it. This post is intended for people that do not know much about Es’hail 2 but are interested in receiving it. If you’ve been investigating about the different setups that people are doing to receive it, then probably you’ll not learn anything new here. The post addresses questions such as “do I need a modified LNB” and similar. Continue reading “Recommendations for receiving Es’hail 2” Studying Es’hail 2 Doppler Es’hail 2, the first geostationary satellite carrying an Amateur radio payload, was launched on November 15. I wrote a post studying the launch and geostationary transfer orbit, and I expected to track Es’hail 2’s manoeuvres by following the NORAD TLEs. However, for reasons not completely known, no NORAD TLEs were published during the first two weeks after launch. On November 23, people found Es’hail 2 around the 24ºE geostationary orbital slot by receiving its Ku-band beacons at 10706MHz and 11205MHz. On November 27, NORAD TLEs started being published, confirming the position of Es’hail 2 around 24ºE. Since then, it has remained in this slot. Apparently, this is the slot that will be used for in-orbit test before moving the satellite to its operational slot on 25.5ºE or 26ºE. Since November 27, I have been monitoring the frequency of the 10706MHz beacon to measure the Doppler. A geostationary satellite is never in a fixed location as seen from the Earth. It moves slightly due to imperfections in its orbit and orbital perturbations. This movement is detectable as a small amount of Doppler. Here I study the measurements I’ve been doing. Continue reading “Studying Es’hail 2 Doppler” Es’hail 2 launch in GMAT After a long wait by many Amateur radio operators, Es’hail 2, the first geostationary satellite carrying an Amateur radio transponder launched yesterday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust from the historical LC-39A pad in Kennedy Space Centre, which was used by many Apollo and Space Shuttle launches in the past. Es’hail 2 is the second communications satellite operated by the Qatari company Es’hailSat. It was built by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO). It carries several Ku and Ka band transponders intended for digital television, Internet access and other data services. It also carries an Amateur radio payload designed by AMSAT-DL, in collaboration with the Qatar Amateur Radio Society. The payload has two transponders, with S-band uplink and X-band downlink. One of the transponders is 250kHz wide and intended for narrowband modes, and the other one is 8MHz wide and intended for DVB-S and other wideband data modes. SpaceX live-streamed the launch, and the recording can be seen in YouTube. Today, Space-Track has published the first TLEs for Es’hail 2 and the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket. Here I look at these TLEs using GMAT. Continue reading “Es’hail 2 launch in GMAT” Scanning Ku band satellites with the FUNCube Dongle I’ve recently installed my satellite dish and modified LNBF in my garden. This equipment will be used to receive Es’hail 2, the first geostationary satellite carrying an amateur radio transponder. Here I’ll look at the hardware I’m using, how I did the alignment to the 25.5ºE geostationary orbital position where Es’hail 2 will be located, and how to have some fun scanning the direct broadcast satellites in the Ku band with a FUNCube Dongle Pro+. Continue reading “Scanning Ku band satellites with the FUNCube Dongle” An idea for a low cost stable 10GHz receiver The satellite Es’Hail-2 is expected to be launched by the end of 2016. This will be the first geostationary satellite carrying an amateur radio transponder. As the launch date comes nearer, it becomes interesting to find a low cost solution to receive its 10GHz downlink. Several amateurs have been experimenting with low cost LNBFs designed to receive satellite TV. These operate in the Ku band and usually cover the frequencies 10.7GHz-12.75GHz. However, many of these LNBFs have also good performance in the X band, and particularly in the amateur 10GHz band (10GHz-10.5GHz). In fact, the ASTRA-type LNBFs have a local oscillator which can be setted to either 9.75GHz or 10.6GHz. The 9.75GHz local oscillator mixes 10.386GHz (the narrowband terrestrial subband) to 618MHz, which is a frequency covered by most SDRs and conventional scanners. The satellite subband, which is 10.45GHz-10.5GHz gets mixed down to 700MHz-750MHz, a frequency which is also easy to deal with. Continue reading “An idea for a low cost stable 10GHz receiver”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1101
__label__cc	0.504609	0.495391	David Bote’s Walk-Off Sunday Night Baseball Grand Slam Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN has had some epic games going lately. Last Sunday night I watched the Boston Red Sox rally to defeat the New York Yankees (and Aroldis Chapman) at... Kenta Maeda and Dodgers shut down Cubs 2-1 in Los Angeles Whenever the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers hook... Are the Chicago Cubs Set to be Average? This isn’t a 2018 Chicago Cubs preview post. But today someone made... Dodgers advance to first World Series since 1988 It has finally happened. The Los Angeles Dodgers are really... Dodger Champagne Remains on Ice for at least one more night Alex Wood was just not quite good enough. Allowing three... The Los Angeles Dodgers are ONE Win from their first World Series since 1988 By TheNaturalMevs on October 18, 2017 The same team that at one point lost 20 of 25 games this season has now won all six of their... Justin Turner’s Dramatic Home Run Gives Dodgers 2-0 NLCS Lead It was 29 years to the day that Kirk Gibson hit the 1988 World Series homer that is widely regarded... Yasiel Puig and his Voodoo Children of Los Angeles did not come all this way to simply Quit Too many boring headlines. Too many boring recaps. It’s time I speak from the heart. When I first read the news that Corey... By TheNaturalMevs on October 8, 2017 Bryce Harper said before the game Saturday that he had played in bigger games before, and downplayed the significance of Washington’s possibly falling down at... The Dodgers Swept the Cubs on Memorial Day Weekend like it was Nothing By TheNaturalMevs on May 29, 2017 Yesterday’s game was during a beautiful Los Angeles afternoon, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky at Dodger Stadium. I figured the Jon... Red Sox take care of Cubs in Sunday Night Baseball Thriller It was a rough week over at the ESPN offices. They kept the Sunday Night Baseball crew in-tact, and we... Cubs hang Flag at Wrigley, Loss on Dodgers My dad came over to watch this one – I really wanted to see it. The Cubs were raising... Cubs insist on visiting POTUS who has done nothing for their city at White House By TheNaturalMevs on January 16, 2017 So a couple things here, in the wake of the World Series Champion Cubbies visiting President Obama, who is in office a whopping four more... Kris Bryant is National League Most Valuable Player By TheNaturalMevs on November 17, 2016 Kris Bryant is the National League’s Most Valuable Player. This was not close – but unanimous. Bryant has went from mega-prospect, to rookie of the...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1104
__label__cc	0.538685	0.461315	Cyber Incidents and Breaches: The Data Dilemma Safeguard Business 4.0 With Integrated Analytics Boost Application Security With DevSecOps Compliance Brief: Vexing Anti-corruption Challenges Putting Data, Insights to Work GDPR, CCPA Reshape Customer Privacy Strategies AI Ethics Come Into Focus as the Workplace Evolves 5 Tips for Future Tax Pros Cyber Teams Grapple With Transformation Board Practices Report: Diversity Is on the Upswing Risk management, strategy and analysis from Deloitte CONTENT FROM OUR SPONSOR Please note: The Wall Street Journal News Department was not involved in the creation of the content below. Asset Managers Confront Escalating Model Risks When a model goes wrong, the cost in fees, losses, and reputation can be steep. Asset managers rely heavily on a wide range of complex models in their work—for trade allocations, distributor vs. fund expense decisions, foreign tax reclaims, anti-bribery monitoring, portfolio construction, economic forecasting, and creating cross-trading algorithms, to name a few. With these models comes a host of risks. “As both complexity and the use of technology have increased, asset management today is almost entirely model-driven,” says Bill Fellows, a partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP, “and that shift has added to the risks asset managers face.” In response, some asset managers are turning to model risk management (MRM). Model risk tends to result from poorly built, used, or controlled models. The more an organization relies on models, the greater potential for risk. Risk tends to rise with model complexity, and with the level of uncertainty in the assumptions. Consequences of models gone awry can include significant financial and operational losses, large regulatory fines, and reputational damage. On top of that, “dealing with the effects of models gone wrong is intense, time consuming, and expensive,” notes Peter Poulin, a principal, and leader of the Investment Management advisory practice for Risk and Financial Advisory at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Among asset managers, there seems to be an uptick in interest in MRM, likely driven in part by headlines about regulatory actions related to models. “Asset managers are seeking a better understanding of the trends in MRM, what they should be doing now, and leading practices in model valuation,” adds Fellows. And these managers represent a host of different areas, including internal audit, risk and compliance groups, and valuation. “Asset managers also can make use of lessons learned by the banks in the years since the credit crisis propelled them to more proactively manage model risk,” notes Ryan Hittner, managing director at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Establishing an MRM Program MRM is a structured approach that defines roles, responsibilities, policies, procedures, and controls to mitigate model risk. Generally, it is a shared responsibility across the organization, involving developers, users, and owners, along with risk, internal audit, compliance, and senior management. The basic pillars of an MRM program are governance, policies, and controls; development, implementation, and use; and the model validation process. As organizations begin their MRM journey, the first step is to assess their current state and how it defines a model in the context of the business and operating environments. “Deeply understanding that current state feeds into a lot of the subsequent work,” says Harvey Westbrook, a senior manager at Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP. Asset managers should also consider where and how model risk occurs and the gaps that will need to be filled, both in the short- and long-term. This information can be used to build a road map to the target state. They might also consider aggregating model risks across model categories to identify opportunities for collaboration and where even more sophisticated modeling techniques and approaches could be applied for the benefit of all. As the MRM program becomes more mature, organizations can begin to think strategically and tactically about where to invest to build out different features of their MRM frameworks. Critical to the effectiveness of an MRM program is executive sponsorship, as well as monitoring the program, continually conducting controls testing, and reviewing the assumptions of the model. Driving MRM Scale and Sustainability Once an MRM program is in place, organizations can begin to consider how to drive scale and sustainability. Technology solutions can automate various components, but there generally is a "buy versus build" decision. The answer depends on a range of factors including existing systems, degree of customization desired, and the size and scope of the MRM program, among others. Driving scale and sustainability within an MRM program requires a number of components. These include a model inventory database, which allows the organization to standardize models and collect information across the entire model universe. Reporting capabilities are also needed and can provide senior management transparency into how the risk models are performing. Finally, “it’s important to collect and store documents appropriately, so they are accessible not only to the executives who build and refine the models, but also to the compliance function—and regulators,” says Westbrook. A Risk Intelligent Approach to Risk Governance Confronting Eight Drivers of Misconduct in Financial Services Quantum Dawn IV: Building Resilience in Financial Services Questions? Write to DeloitteRiskEditor Follow us on Twitter @DeloitteRiskFin This publication contains general information only and Deloitte is not, by means of this publication, rendering accounting, business, financial, investment, legal, tax, or other professional advice or services. This publication is not a substitute for such professional advice or services, nor should it be used as a basis for any decision or action that may affect your business. Before making any decision or taking any action that may affect your business, you should consult a qualified professional advisor. Deloitte shall not be responsible for any loss sustained by any person who relies on this publication. Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee ("DTTL"), its network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities. DTTL (also referred to as "Deloitte Global") does not provide services to clients. In the United States, Deloitte refers to one or more of the US member firms of DTTL, their related entities that operate using the "Deloitte" name in the United States and their respective affiliates. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about to learn more about our global network of member firms. Copyright © 2019 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. Previous Managing Costs to Spur Digital Growth: Global Survey Next Mounting Corporate Debt and the Risks Ahead The technology breakthroughs of the past two decades are transforming how people live, work, and interact. They are also creating fresh opportunities for financial crime on a grand scale. To help detect, prevent, and address new and existing threats, organizations can implement a fraud risk management infrastructure powered by analytics. An increasingly restrictive and punitive customer privacy regulatory landscape will challenge how organizations market products and services. By directing investments to unify underlying technology platforms and create a single view of the customer, however, businesses can minimize the cost of compliance while fortifying their long-term customer strategies. Executives are becoming more cognizant of the ethical risks posed by AI, according to a recent Deloitte survey, and are looking for ways to benefit from the technology’s promise while addressing the concerns of employees, customers, and investors. From alleviating employee anxiety to monitoring AI biases, organizations can incorporate AI ethics programs as part of their enterprise risk strategy. This is the second story in a two-part series exploring the future of work.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1106
__label__wiki	0.531224	0.531224	The Wall Street Journal business business Strategic Risk Scenario Planning and Wargaming for the Risk Management Toolkit Many organizations mistakenly limit wargaming and scenario planning to cybersecurity exercises. These tools, however, also can help in evaluating the potential outcomes of initiatives in marketing, sales, or similar external-facing efforts where customers, competitors, and other parties can affect results. Scenario planning and wargaming also can support decision-making by relating specific uncertainties to the strategies and initiatives under consideration. Behavioral Compliance: How Are You Using Data? There are several reasons why some organizations are turning to behavioral analytics and compliance, including lost revenue, increased regulatory scrutiny, and reputational damage. Predictive behavioral analytics can be critical to developing a mature compliance function equipped to detect inappropriate behavior before it becomes the norm. If executed effectively, the tool can turn the compliance function into a strategic advantage. Seeing Around Corners With Cognitive Risk Sensing Risk monitoring efforts are often too narrowly targeted, focusing primarily on known risks and failing to scan enough potential sources. Predictive risk intelligence (PRI), which combines cognitive technologies and risk-sensing analytics, can help organizations broaden their view of risks that could threaten their strategy, business model, finances, extended enterprise, and reputation. Business leaders also can use PRI to better understand risk/reward tradeoffs of emerging opportunities. Questions Leaders Should Ask About Reputation, Culture Risk Misalignment between a company’s values and leadership actions, employee behaviors, or organizational systems can pose risks to its reputation and culture. Yet business leaders often view reputation as an outcome of managing other risks rather than something to be managed on its own, according to Chuck Saia, CEO, Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory, and Tonie Leatherberry, principal at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and Board Relations leader for Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory. Learn issues executives and boards can consider to keep reputation and culture risk front and center. A New Roadmap to Communicate Sustainability Performance Investor interest in organizations’ sustainability performance has been increasing over the last several years. Jeffrey Hales, chair of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and Robert Hirth, SASB co-vice chair, discuss how new SASB reporting standards can help investors, boards, and the C-suite understand and measure an organization’s sustainability efforts, in a conversation with Kristen Sullivan, Audit & Assurance partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP. Shareholder Matters Are CEOs and Boards Missing the Mark on Strategic Risk Investment and Readiness? A new survey reveals the risk posture of CEOs and board members, and gauges their opinions about the level of organizational readiness around four mission-critical risks: brand and reputation, culture, cyber, and extended enterprise. The responses point to the need for a more disciplined and direct approach to effectively navigate and manage strategic risk, one that challenges the status quo and embraces an innovative mindset, according to Chuck Saia, CEO, Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory, Deloitte & Touche LLP. Strategic Resiliency: Striking a Balance Between Protecting and Creating Value For many organizations, risk management tends to have a more operational than strategic focus. In contrast, organizations that align strategy and risk are likely to be able to exercise “strategic resiliency,” which is the ability to anticipate, identify and act on risks when introducing or executing new strategies. That may increase the chances of success—even amid uncertainty. Viewing strategy through a risk lens can help organizations understand which risks provide opportunities for long-term value creation and which risks should be protected against. Inadequate Visibility into Third Parties Raises Risks: Global Survey Organizations are renewing their focus on extended enterprise risk management (EERM) amid increasing dependence on third parties, according to Deloitte Global’s third annual EERM survey. The survey findings show that organizations are taking an earlier, more strategic view of third-party risk drivers to create value and identify new opportunities, notes Chuck Saia, CEO of Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory, Deloitte & Touche LLP. However progress toward EERM maturity has been slower than expected. Learn six areas where organizations may need to further efforts around third-party governance and risk management. How Agile Internal Audit Can Add Value Internal auditor groups are continually challenged to provide more value to stakeholders while enhancing organizational influence and impact. However, many efforts to address these challenges are not working—or not working quickly enough. An agile internal audit function can provide methods that work to change both the mindset of internal auditors and their work processes. Learn the key concepts that help build an agile internal audit function, and understand how applying a few agile practices can provide a glimpse into the methodology’s transformative power. Portfolio Optimization: Investing for the Long Term	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1107
__label__cc	0.555133	0.444867	Dad quits supporting WSU, decides to support University of Oslo Leach and Schulz are driving away their own supporters with their corrupt actions HANAH GOETZ, Evergreen opinion editor Filed under Columns, Opinion My dad, Brett, really wanted to be a “college dad,” like the ones who are pridefully wearing the t-shirts of their student’s school, watching the football games with you, and bragging to the neighbors that their kid is in an awesome college. It is a happy image, and it is something my dad was excited to be when I got accepted into a major university. But I was not surprised when, one morning at my parent’s house, I found a box for donations to Goodwill and sitting on top of it was a thick layer of WSU shirts. “I can’t do it anymore,” he said. “Not with Schulz and Leach where they are.” I can’t blame him, nor do I really want to stop him. There are common days at the Evergreen where there is more negative than positive news about the school, and a good majority of me is starting to grow ashamed. I can’t even defend my own school to my father, because his reasons are valid. We went to the football game on Dad’s Weekend, we bought the shirts and I paid for the sports pass. We did so much in support of our team. And now, both my dad and I feel like the money and time we spent supporting this school has been absolutely wasted. There is no fun in this anymore. Now, it’s like watching a sinking ship try to save itself by poking more holes in it. “They have been getting worse,” my dad said. My dad said that the last straw for him was the incident with Robert Wielgus, who was forced to resign from WSU when political disputes interfered with his research. Wielgus had gone through many legal battles leading up to his resignation that were provoked by his research results and a battle of views within the farming industry. “It’s just sick to me,” my dad said. “The school is strangling research because of their own political views. They’re choosing to use their power to move their views, not support learning or research.” This summer will be my last semester on campus, and I will be finishing my degree in Oslo, Norway. Though WSU is going to be my alma mater, the reprieve from the school’s mess will be welcomed when I head to another school. It’s too late to resign as a Coug now in my senior year, but my dad assured me, he will still be a “college dad.” It will just be with the University of Oslo instead. HANAH GOETZ, Evergreen columnist/opinion editor Hanah Goetz is a senior creative writing major from Kenosha, WI. She can be contacted at 335-2290 or by [email protected] Politics need more education, less sensation Being in nature helps us connect to our ecosystem Pullman doesn’t need another Starbucks, it needs a Dutch Bros “Straight pride” ignores why Pride began Everyone who can be vaccinated, should be Women athletes don’t perform for male viewers pleasure Future generations should pursue sport careers Female athletes deserve more respect U.S. soccer team advocates women’s sports UREC should beef up outreach on campus	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1109
__label__cc	0.700197	0.299803	We are using cookies to make interactions with our website easier and improve our service, to better understand how our website is being used. Read more about cookies and available controls in our data privacy protection. The newest offers - monthly via e-mail. SalutationMr.Ms. TitleDr.Prof.Prof. Dr. I accept the privacy statement.* Our website uses cookies, which help us to improve our site and allows us to deliver the best possible service and customer experience. Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user’s experience more efficient. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, we need your permission. This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent. More details you can find in our data privacy protection. First party cookies help us to gather anonymized information for statistical purposes and to understand how users interact with the website. Third party cookies are data sets in text form, which are deposited when visiting a website in the browser or on the computer of the user. The intent is to show content that is relevant to each individual visitor. Graefe 2 Berlin-Kreuzberg Kapitalanlage Elstal Wustermark Eberty 54 Berlin-Friedrichshain Driesener 11 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg Binz 53 Goethe 11 Berlin-Lichtenrade Schützen 16 Berlin-Steglitz Schonensche 1 Villa Frohnau Berlin-Frohnau Villa Schlachtensee Berlin-Zehlendorf Laubacher 13 Berlin-Friedenau Townhouse Wannseegärten BERLIN-WANNSEE Villa Frohnau 27 Wohnen am Finkenpark Berlin-Dahlem Kaiserin-Augusta 86c Wundt 16 Wartburg 20 Wohnen am Magnolienring BERLIN-WILMERSDORF Mainzer 9 BERLIN-NEUKÖLLN Reichenberger 60 Boddin 5 Schiller 64 MITTENWALDER 30 Riemann 8 Edeltrautweg Berlin-Konradshöhe Schaper 35 Salzburger 11 Rhinower 4 Pestalozzi 28 Metropolenhaus II Maybachufer 24 Linien 121 Flora 34B Eisenacher 23 Dahlmann 23 Danziger 136 Prenzlauer Berg - Living in the Bötzow quarter DANZIGER STRASSE 136 Elegant design - Modern living concepts The Facade combines design with quality of life. The architect Ester Bruzkus has left her mark with a unique colour scheme. The building was built around 1900 and is located in the Danziger Strasse – in the lively and popular district of Prenzlauer Berg. The Bötzow quarter is characterised by buildings from the art nouveau and Gründerzeit (late 19th century) eras and offers a homogenous image of old buildings. Kaffee Raum Each afternoon, young mothers with their babies meet at the "Kaffee Raum". The kitchen, which can be seen by the guests, adds some variety: delicious loafs of bread are steaming in a huge oven. Bötzowstraße 25 10407 Berlin Arnswalder Platz The Arnswalder Platz next to the Danziger Strasse is known for its monumental fountain. It also has a children's playground and a small, but quiet park to offer. Arnswalder Platz 10407 Berlin Bötzow Buch Bötzow Buch is the perfect place for those who like to take a peek at a book before they buy it. Besides good advice, "Bötzow Buch" offers readings of current books. Bookworms are welcome to browse. Bötzowstr. 27 10407 Berlin Café Tous les Jours Large windows, wooden tables and good food for a reasonable price. The "Tous les Jours" in the Hufelandstrasse is the perfect neighbourhood café. It may get quite crowded during summer. Hufelandstr. 16 10407 Berlin Gemüse Schramm Wilfried Schramm supplies the neighbourhood with locally produced vegetables and fruit. One of the small, owner-operated stores that add to the charm of the Bötzow quarter. Hufelandstr. 3 10407 Berlin KaffeRaum Blub blub Blub. Apartment sizes of approx. 36 m² to approx. 246 m² Rented and vacant apartments In the Bötzow quarter Much requested location Backside with unobstructed view to the south Glass elevator Wooden floors Wooden box-type windows Bathrooms as good as new Modern built-in kitchen Design concept: Ester Bruzkus Architects Sisal carpeting in the staircase Berker light switches in the staircase Bolich pendent lights in the staircase the floor plan here. We would be happy to help. Tobias Bajtel E-MAIL inserat@david-borck.de TELEFON +49 (0)30 887 742 50 * Compulsory field I accept the Privacy Policy and the T&C. An error occured. Graefe 2 Kapitalanlage Elstal Eberty 54 Driesener 11 Binz 53 Goethe 11 Schützen 16 Schonensche 1 David Borck Immobiliengesellschaft mbH Phone +49 (0) 30 887 742 50 Mail service@david-borck.de Youtube Vimeo Responsible in terms of the German Teleservices Act. Authorized to represent: Caren Rothmann & David Borck service@david-borck.de District Court of Berlin-Charlottenburg Authorization according to Section 34 c of the Industrial Code Supervisory authority: District Office Berlin Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin, Tax-ID: DE271848707 n3 vision ilya.sh In the context of usage of our websites personal data of yours will be processed by us as the entity responsible for data processing and be stored for the length of time necessary for the defined purposes and the fulfilment of statutory obligations. We shall be informing you in the following as to which data are affected hereby, the manner in which they are processed and the rights you have in this respect. According to Art. 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) personal data refers to all information that refers to an identified or identifiable natural person. 1. Name and contact data of the entity responsible for the processing as well as the company data protection officer This data protection information applies to data processing on all of our websites that refer to this data protection information. The responsible entity is: Email: service@david-borck.de Fax: +49 30 887742525 Our data protection officer may be contacted at the above address, attn.: Data Protection Officer or via datenschutz@david-borck.de. Should you have any questions pertaining to data protection laws or your rights as an affected person you may approach our data protection officer directly at any time. 2. Processing of Personal Data and Purposes of the Processing a) When visiting the Websites You may call up our websites without necessarily giving any details regarding your identity. The browser used on your terminal device merely automatically transmits information to the servers on our websites (e.g. browser type and version, date and time of access) in order to be able to establish a connection to the website. These also include the IP address of your inquiring terminal device. This is stored temporarily in a so-called log file and will be automatically deleted after four weeks. The processing of the IP address takes place for the technical and administrative purposes of the establishment and stability of the connection, of guaranteeing the security and functional capability of our websites and in order to be able, if necessary, to pursue any illegal attacks thereupon. The legal basis for the processing of the IP address is Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interests derive from the aforementioned security interest and the necessity of a disturbance-free provision of our websites. We are not able to draw any immediate conclusions regarding your identity from the processing of the IP address and any other information contained in the log file. We additionally use cookies and analysis services when our websites are visited. You will find more detailed explanations pertaining to this in Figures 4 and 5 of this data protection information. b) Upon Registering for our Newsletters Inasmuch as you have explicitly granted your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a GDPR we shall be using your e-mail address for the purpose of regularly sending you our newsletters. We differentiate thereby between our newsletter that supplies you with general information pertaining to the activities of our company (hereinafter: “Company Newsletter”) and the newsletter that informs you pertaining to specific real estate offers (hereinafter: “Exposé Offers). In the context of registration for a newsletter we also gather, in addition to your e-mail address, your first and last names as compulsory information in order to be able to send you personalised newsletters. De-registration is possible at any time, e.g. via a link at the end of every newsletter. Alternatively you are also welcome to communicate your wish to de-register to us at any time by sending an e-mail to service@david-borck.de. Your e-mail address will be deleted immediately after the revocation of your consent to the sending of the newsletter. We send our Company Newsletter through the service Newsletter2Go offered by the provider Newsletter2Go GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, D-10179 Berlin, Germany (“Newsletter2Go”). Newsletter2Go has been certified by TÜV Rhineland as a services provider with an audited system of data protection management. Newsletter2Go uses the information provided by you for the sending and evaluation of the newsletter on our behalf. We have concluded an order processing contract with Newsletter2Go. By means of Newsletter2Go we are able to measure and evaluate the conduct of the recipients of our newsletters. This involves the opening, click, bounce, delivery, de-registration, conversion and social sharing rates. This analysis is effected on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause1 lit. f GDPR, in order to optimise our newsletters. A legitimate interest within the meaning of the aforementioned regulation is to be seen herein. c) When using our Contact Form We offer you the possibility of establishing contact with us via a form provided on our website. We thereby collect the following compulsory information: – Your first and last names and – Your e-mail address. We require your first and last names in order to know who the inquiry has come from. We require your e-mail Address in order to be able to reply to your inquiry. You may also supply your telephone number as a voluntary detail. The provision of your telephone number serves the purpose of making it easier to establish contact with you. This data processing is effected in the context of replying to the contact inquiry on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f GDPR. 3. Forwarding of Data to Third Parties As a general rule we do not forward your data to any third parties. The transmission of personal data can at most be an option if – you have granted your explicit consent hereto in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a GDPR, – there is a legal obligation to forwarding in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. c GDPR. We use cookies on our internet site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and which are stored on your terminal device (laptop, tablet, smartphone and suchlike) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any harm to your terminal device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other types of malware. Information is stored in the cookie that always arises in the context of the terminal device specifically deployed in the respective case. This does not mean, however, that your identity is made known to us in this way. The deployment of cookies serves the purpose of making the use of our offer more comfortable for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies in order to be able to tell that you have already visited individual sites on our website. Additionally, we also use temporary cookies in order to increase user friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a certain predefined period of time. Should you visit our site once again in order to avail yourself of our services, it is automatically established that you had already visited us and which entries and settings you had made at that time, so that it is not necessary to enter these again. Another reason why we deploy cookies is to statistically register the usage made of our website and in order to be able to assess the optimisation of our offer to you (cf. Figure 5). These cookies enable us to automatically establish that you had already visited us in the past in the event of a further visit. These cookies are deleted automatically after a predefined time set in the respective case has elapsed. The data processed by cookies are necessary for the named purposes in order to preserve our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f GDPR. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. You may, however, configure your browser is such a way that no cookies are stored on your computer or that a warning always appears before a new cookie is created. The full deactivation of cookies may, however, result in your not being able to use all the functions of our website. 5. Web Analysis The tracking and targeting measures listed in the following and deployed by us are implemented on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f GDPR. With the aid of the tracking measures used we wish on the one hand to ensure the needs-based designing and continuous optimisation of our website. On the other hand we use the tracking measures in order to statistically record the use of our website. We furthermore use the data for the optimised blending in of advertising. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned regulation. The other targeting measures listed in the following and deployed by us are implemented on the basis of Article 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f GDPR. The targeting serves the purpose of targeted advertising. We wish by way of the targeting measures deployed to ensure that only advertising oriented towards your interests is displayed on your terminal devices. The respective data processing purposes and data categories are to be gathered from the descriptions of the respective tracking tool. We use Google Analytics on our website, a web analysis service of Google LLC. (hereinafter: “Google”). In this connection pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (cf. Fig. 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie relating to your usage of this website, such as – Browser type/version, – Operating system used, – Referrer-URL (the site previously visited), – Host name of the accessing computer (IP address), – Time of the server inquiry, are transmitted to a server operated by Google in the USA and stored there. Google observes the data protection provisions of the “US Privacy Shield” and is registered with the US Privacy Shield programme of the US Ministry of Trade. We have furthermore concluded with Google an order processing contract for the usage of Google Analytics. Google gives its assurance by way of this contract that it will process the data in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Processing Regulation and guarantee the protection of the rights of the affected person. The information is used to analyse the usage of our website, compile reports on the website activities and perform other services connected with the usage of the website and of the internet for purposes of market research and the needs-based designing of this internet site. The information may also be transmitted to third parties, inasmuch as this is prescribed by law or third parties should process said data by order. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other data possessed by Google. The ). You may prevent the installation of the cookies by an appropriate setting of your browser software. We do point out, however, that in this case you might not be able to use all functions of the website to their full extents. You may furthermore prevent the registration of the data generated by the cookie and which refer to your usage of the website (incl. your IP Address) and the processing of said data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on. As an alternative to the browser add-on, in particular in the case of browsers located on mobile terminal devices, you may also prevent registration by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie is then set that prevents the future registering of your data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie applies only in this browser and only to our website and will be stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser you must set the opt-out cookie once again. You may find further information pursuant to data protection in connection with Google Analytics in, for example, the Google Analytics Assistant. b) Google AdWords We use the Google service AdWords and, in this respect, conversion tracking, in order to measure the effectiveness of individual advertisements, offers and functions. To this end a cookie is set as soon as you click on a Google advertisement. This cookie does not serve the purpose of personal identification but is intended to make it possible to establish whether you, during the valid lifetime of the cookie, 30 days, re-visit the site with the specific offer. Every AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies may thus not be traced via the website of AdWords customers. The information obtained with the aid of the conversion cookies serve the purpose of compiling conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have decided in favour of conversion tracking. We learn the total number of users who have clicked on an advertisement and been guided to a site furnished with a conversion tracking tag. You may permanently prevent the storage of the Google Conversion cookie by an appropriate setting of your browser software. The data protection declaration of Google on the matter of conversion tracking is to be found here. c) Google DoubleClick On our website information is registered and evaluated using cookies in order to optimise advertising pop-ups. For this purpose we use targeting technologies of Google Inc. (Double Click, Double Click Exchange Buyer, Double Click Bid Manager). These technologies enable us to approach you purposefully with individual, interest-related advertising. The cookies register, for example, those of our contents in which you have shown interest. On the basis of the information we are also able to display to you offers on the sites of third parties that are specifically oriented towards your interests as these may be deduced from your previous conduct as a user. The registration and evaluation of your conduct as a user is effected exclusively by pseudonym and does not enable us to identify you. The cookie will be automatically deleted after 30 days. You may also undertake settings for the display of interest-related advertisements using the advertising setting manager supplied by Google. Further information and the data protection provisions regarding advertising and Google can be found in the data protection declaration and conditions of usage of Google. d) Google Tag Manager We furthermore use the Google Tag Manager from Google on our website. With the aid of the Google Tag Manager we manage the tools we are informing you about in this data protection declaration. Please, therefore refer to the information regarding the specific tool in question for more details on any of these tools The Tool Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) is a cookie-free domain. The tool takes care of the dissolution of other tags which may possibly themselves register data. Google Tag Manager does not access these data. If deactivation has taken place at domain or cookie level this shall remain in existence for all tracking tags that have been implemented with the aid of Google Tag Manager. Further information pertaining to the Google Tag Manager may be found in the usage guidelines for this product. e) Bing Ads We use Bing Universal Event Tracking (UET) by Microsoft Bing Ads. This is a service offered by the Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA (hereinafter: “Microsoft”). This enables us to track the activities of users on our website should they have reached our website via advertisements from Bing Ads. If you reach our website via a Bing Ads advertisement a cookie will be set on your computer. A Bing UET-Tag is integrated on our website. This is a code by way of which, in conjunction with the cookie, some non-personal data concerning the usage of the website are stored. These include the length of the visit to the website, which areas of the website had been called upon and the advertisement via which the users had reached the website. Information regarding your identity is not registered. This information is transmitted to servers of Microsoft in the USA and stored there, as a basic rule, for a maximum of 180 days. Microsoft observes the data protection provisions of the “US-Privacy Shield” and is registered with the “US-Privacy Shield” programme of the US Ministry of Trade. We have also concluded with Microsoft an order processing contract for the use of Bing Ads. By way of this contract Microsoft gives its assurance that the data are processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the protection of the rights of the affected person are guaranteed. More detailed information pertaining to the analyses services of Bing may be found on the Bing website. More specific information on the topic of data protection at Microsoft may be found in the data protection provisions of Microsoft. f) Facebook Custom Audiences We use Facebook Website Custom Audiences of Facebook Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland). This is a marketing service offered by Facebook. This enables us to cause individually coordinated and interest-related advertising on Facebook to be displayed to certain groups of pseudonymised visitors to our websites who also use Facebook. A Facebook Custom Audience Pixel Tag is integrated within our website. This is a Java Script code by means of which non-personal data pertaining to the usage of the website are stored. These include your IP address, the browser used and the departure and target sites. This information is transmitted to servers of Facebook in the USA. Facebook is subject to the EU-US Privacy Shield, so that an appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed. Here an automated comparison takes place whether you have saved a Facebook cookie. It is automatically established via said Facebook cookie whether you belong to the target group relevant to us. If you should belong to the target group our appropriate advertisements will be displayed to you on Facebook. During this procedure you will not be personally identified as a result of the comparison of the data, neither by ourselves nor by Facebook. You may object to the use of the service Custom Audience on the website of Facebook. After logging into your Facebook account you will reach the settings for Facebook advertising pop-ups. You may find more detailed information on data protection at Facebook in the data protection guideline of Facebook. We use so-called Web Fonts that are provided by Adobe Typekit, a service of Adobe Systems Inc., 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704. When you call up our website your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to be able to display typefaces correctly. For this purpose the browser you use must establish connections to the servers of Adobe Typekit. Your IP address will thus be transmitted to Adobe in the USA. You may find more detailed information in the data protection pointers of Typekit, which you may call up here. We use Adobe Typekit on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f GDPR, in order to be able to present our website appropriately. A legitimate interest within the meaning of the aforementioned regulation is to be seen herein. 7. Affected Person’s Rights You have the right: – To demand in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR information pertaining to your personal data process by us. You may in particular demand information pertaining to the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipient to whom your data have been disclosed or will be disclosed, the intended duration of storage, the existence of a right of correction, deletion, restriction upon processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data should these not have been collected by us and of the existence of an automated decision-making process including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information concerning the details thereof; – To demand in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR the immediate correction of incorrect data affecting you and/or to the completion of any incomplete data of yours stored by us; – To demand in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR the deletion of your personal data stored with us inasmuch as the processing should not be necessary for the exercising of the right of free speech and information, fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons that lie in the public interest or for the assertion, exercising or defending of legal entitlements; – To demand in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR the restriction of the processing of your personal data inasmuch as the correctness of your data is disputed by you; if processing of the data should be illegal but you reject their deletion and we no longer need the data but you should require them for the assertion, exercising or defending of legal entitlements or if you have objected to the processing on the basis of Art. 21 GDPR; – To demand in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR to receive the personal data which you have supplied to us in a structured, standard and machine-readable format or to demand transmission to another responsible person; – To revoke in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR the consent you may have granted to us to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. The consequence of this will be that we shall not be permitted to continue in the future the processing of data that was based upon said consent and – To complain in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR to a supervisory authority. As a general rule you may address yourself for this purpose to the supervisory authority responsible for your normal place of residence, the place at which your workplace is located or the head office of our company. 8. Right of Objection Inasmuch as your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests according to Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f GDPR you have the right to lodge an objection to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR inasmuch as grounds are given for this that derive from your own particular situation or the objection is aimed against direct advertising. In the latter case you possess a general right of objection that will be realised by us without the need to invoke a particular situation. Should you wish to exercise your right of objection an e-mail to service@david-borck.de shall be sufficient. All personal data submitted by you will be transmitted in encrypted form using the commonly accepted and safe standard TLS (Transport Layer Security). TLS is a safe and tried and tested standard that is, for example, also used in online banking. You may recognise a safe TLS connection, inter alia, by the “s” suffixed to http (i.e. https://..) in the address bar of your browser or by the lock symbol in the lower area of your browser. We otherwise use suitable technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or the unauthorised access of third parties. Our security measures are being continuously improved in accordance with technological developments. 10. Topicality and Amendment of this Data Protection Information This data protection information is currently valid and up-to-date as of May 2018. The further development of our website and offers pertaining thereto or altered statutory or official specifications may render it necessary to amend this data protection information. The latest data protection information valid at a particular time may be retrieved and printed out whenever you wish at https://www.david-borck.de/#dataprotection. GENERAL TERMS OF CONTRACT AND OF USE These Terms of Contract and of Use govern the use of the online offer of David Borck Immobiliengesellschaft mbH,Schlüterstr. 45 10707 Berlin (hereinafter: Broker) under the domain name www.david-borck.de (hereinafter: Website) and the contractual relationship between the Broker and its customers. CONTENT, COPYRIGHTS (1) The offers on the Website and in the synopses are based on the data and information received from the owner or other third parties and are not checked by the Broker. The offers are without obligation and non-binding. (2) All rights to the contents of the Website and the synopses are vested in the Broker unless otherwise stipulated. The customer is prohibited from copying, disseminating and/or publishing copyrighted contents outside of the legal limits of Art. 44a et seq. Copyright Law. This prohibition exists irrespective of the form in which the contents is copied, disseminated and/or published and also refers explicitly to the inclusion of copyrighted contents for direct access (so-called embedded content). (1) For proof of the possibility of closing a sales or lease agreement or for negotiating such a contract, the customer undertakes to pay a commission to the Broker. For sales agreements, the commission is 7.14% of the sales price, for lease agreements, 2.38 times the net basic rent (both including VAT). The retail price is the negotiated purchase price plus the value if applicable reducing the purchase price of accepted loads (real property). Otherwise, the commission is shown in the synopsis made available by the Broker. (2) Contrary to the provisions of Paragraph 1, the Customer is not obligated to pay a commission if seeking an apartment for which they have received proof of the opportunity to conclude lease agreements for residential premises or have had such agreements mediated, unless the Agent is exclusively tasked by the lessor or other authorised party with offering the apartment to the Customer under the terms of the agency agreement. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCLOSURE (1) The customer undertakes not to exploit any of the offers, information or synopses transmitted by the Broker or disclose or provide it to third parties without the Broker’s prior written consent. (2) For every proven violation against the obligation in Art. 4 (1) of these General Terms of Contract and of Use, the customer pays a contractual penalty to the Broker in the amount of the lost commission according to Art. 3 (1) of these General Terms of Contract and of Use on concluded sales or principal agreements if subsequently a sales or principal agreement is concluded between the third party and the owner without involving the Broker. To calculate commission, Clause Art. 3 (1) of these Terms applies accordingly. (3) The above prohibition against disclosure also applies beyond the end of the contractual relationship. The customer assures that the data provided by him is relevant and complete. DUAL AGENCY The Broker is entitled to work for both the owner as well as the customer. (1) The Broker is not liable for the accuracy and completeness of the offers listed on the Website or in the synopsis. If third party contents (videos, pictures), which is marked as such, is embedded in the Website or in the synopsis, the Broker assumes no responsibility for the accuracy and/or legality of these contents. Independent of this, the Broker is liable for the diligent and expert provision of its contractual services as well as for their faultlessness. (2) Unlimited liability: The Broker is liable in the case of intent and gross negligence. For slight negligence, the Broker is liable for damages arising from injury to life, limb and health of persons. (3) Limitations of liability: Otherwise, the Broker is liable for slight negligence only if an essential contractual duty has been violated whose fulfilment is a pre-requisite for being able to execute the contract properly in the first place and on whose fulfilment the customer may normally trust (cardinal obligation), and the liability is limited in amount to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract at the conclusion of contract. (4) This limitation of liability also applies to the Broker’s vicarious agents. (1) Should these Terms of Contract and of Use contain invalid provisions, the validity of the remaining provisions remains unaffected. (2) Exclusively German law is applicable to the present Terms under exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). (3) Should the customer be a business owner, a legal entity under public law or special fund under public law, then Berlin is the legal venue for all disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms. Berlin, February 2014	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1113
__label__cc	0.605198	0.394802	Defense Business Board Business Excellence in Defense of the Nation Defense Business Board Search Defense Business Board: Search The Defense Business Board provides the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, as well as other senior leaders, trusted independent and objective advice which reflects an outside private sector perspective on proven and effective best business practices for consideration and potential application to the Department. Defense Acquisition Industry-Government Exchange Recommendations to reduce barriers to industry-government personnel exchanges Fully Burdened and Lifecycle Costs of the Workforce Recommendations to assist the Department of Defense to more accurately determine the fully burdened and lifecycle costs of military and civilian employees and to find meaningful ways of optimizing the workforce Implications of Technology on the Future Workforce Recommendations on the impact of automated technologies on the Department of Defense Focusing A Transition: Challenges Facing the New Administration Recommendations to the incoming Administration DBB Making a Difference in... OUR LATEST STUDIES MEET THE BOARD WHEN WE MEET View the FACA Database The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database is used by Federal agencies to continuously manage an average of 1,000 advisory committees government-wide. This database is also used by the Congress to perform oversight of related Executive Branch programs and by the public, the media, and others, to stay abreast of important developments resulting from advisory committee activities. View Here Member Administrative Instructions Foreign (Pre) Travel Questionnaire Special Government Employee Documents Defense.gov About DoD Military/DoD Websites DoD Inspector General DoD Careers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1116
__label__cc	0.682066	0.317934	Software Distribution and License Agreement - Infoseek Corp., XSoft, and Xerox Corp. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED. CONFIDENTIAL PORTION HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. XSOFT / INFOSEEK SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT This Agreement is made between Infoseek Corporation ("INFOSEEK"), with offices at 2620 Augustine Drive, Suite 250, Santa Clara, California 95054 and XSoft, a Division of XEROX CORPORATION ("XEROX"), with offices at 3400 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306 and shall be effective as of March 31,1996. XEROX has created, or has the rights to certain Lexical Technology, Lexicons and Documentation (hereinafter "Lexicons") and INFOSEEK desires to acquire a right and license to use Lexicons to provide services to INFOSEEK customers, or to incorporate Lexicons in certain INFOSEEK Software for sublicense to customers, under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and XEROX is willing to grant such rights and licenses and provide Technical Support as required herein; and: In consideration of the mutual Agreements contained in this Agreement, XEROX and INFOSEEK hereby agree as follows: I. DEFINITIONS 1.01 "Lexicons" means all software, in object format, and documentation identified in Attachment I hereof, and shall include all ports, modifications, improvements, enhancements, additions, derivative works, updates, releases and versions thereof, all of which have been explicitly identified in Attachment I hereof. 1.02 "LICENSED SOFTWARE" means any work derived from the combination of the Lexicons and INFOSEEK Internet Search Software identified in Attachment I hereof, and for which a royalty schedule has been defined and agreed by the parties. LICENSED SOFTWARE shall include all modifications, improvements, enhancements, additions, derivative works, updates, releases and versions thereof, of which derivation was created or developed by or on behalf of INFOSEEK. 1.03 "Documentation" is identified in Attachment I and means written text including but not limited to manuals, brochures, specifications and software descriptions, in electronic, printed and/or camera ready form, and related materials customarily needed for use with Lexicons. 1.04 A "BUG" is defined as any: (a) typographical error, including efforts in the documentation, (b) entry with a wrong lexical marking, (c) functional or operational error or fault that is not caused by (i) missing words or names, (ii) inaccurate input of data by Licensee or end-user, or (iii) unauthorized alteration or modifications of the Licensed Software, or (d) incorrect or incomplete statement or diagram in the Documentation. II. TITLE TO LICENSED SOFTWARE, DERIVATIVE WORKS & MARKETING RIGHTS 2.01 Title to and ownership of the Lexicons resides in XEROX. Title to the LICENSED SOFTWARE created or developed using Lexicons by or on behalf of INFOSEEK shall reside in INFOSEEK. INFOSEEK acknowledges that title to and ownership of Lexicons incorporated in the LICENSED SOFTWARE shall at all times remain with XEROX. 2.02 Any reproduction of any portion of the Lexicons by INFOSEEK will include any proprietary and statutory copyright notices present in the originals received from XEROX unless otherwise stated in Attachment I. 2.03 When INFOSEEK uses the Lexicons for research purposes, including, but not limited to processing text corpora for linguistic analysis or using the Lexicons as a part of a larger computer system, INFOSEEK shall include a proper reference to the Xerox Lexicons and their documentation in INFOSEEK's published or unpublished reports, research articles or other written works. 2.04 INFOSEEK is granted the right to use XEROX's name, copyright, logos, trade names and trademarks for the purposes of identification of the LICENSED SOFTWARE or Lexicons under this Agreement. Further, XEROX's name will be used only in an ethical and commercially reasonable manner, for the products developed under this Agreement. All other applicable rights to patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets in Lexicons remain with XEROX. 2.05 For all distribution, INFOSEEK will require that any use of the LICENSED SOFTWARE will include all copyright notices sufficient in form and substance to adequately protect and preserve XEROX's copyright therein, including but not limited to, any manuals and an appropriate screen of a product using the LICENSED SOFTWARE. III. LICENSE GRANT 3.01 XEROX grants and conveys to INFOSEEK a non-exclusive (except as noted elsewhere in this Agreement), world-wide right and license to market, use, maintain, reproduce, distribute, display, and/or sub-license Lexicons, in object code format, as incorporated in the LICENSED SOFTWARE and for which software a royalty schedule or a periodic license payment is defined in Attachment II. 3.02 INFOSEEK acknowledges that it has no rights to XEROX's Finite State development tools which are used to produce Lexical Products and Lexicons. 3.03 XEROX will provide INFOSEEK with written notification of pending new updates, releases and versions and availability thereof, sufficiently in advance of publication in order for INFOSEEK to react in a timely manner. IV. ROYALTY 4.01 INFOSEEK will pay XEROX a royalty based on advertising revenue received by INFOSEEK which is related to LICENSED SOFTWARE, and/or a Periodic License Fee, as defined in Attachment II entitled "ROYALTY/PERIODIC FEES." V. MARKETING OF LICENSED SOFTWARE 5.01 XEROX will provide to INFOSEEK all relevant marketing information in its possession, technical specifications, and update descriptions related to Lexicons for the primary purpose of promotion thereof as incorporated in the LICENSED SOFTWARE, so that INFOSEEK can, on a periodic basis and as new changes or additions occur, distribute the same to its sales force and customers. During the term of this Agreement, INFOSEEK may also include Lexicons product description and information in any INFOSEEK literature. The distribution of such literature by INFOSEEK will be at the expense of INFOSEEK. INFOSEEK may, at their option and expense, prepare its own promotional literature relating to Xerox Lexicons and the LICENSED SOFTWARE, and distribute the same to its sales force and customers. VI. ENHANCEMENTS TO Lexicons 6.01 During the term of this Agreement, XEROX will provide INFOSEEK with bug fixes to all BUGs reported by INFOSEEK, according to the procedure, outlined in Attachment III. Xerox may, at its discretion, provide INFOSEEK with periodic updates of or revisions to Lexicons, including, but not limited to, re-implementation for different computer processors or programming languages. Xerox will provide INFOSEEK with any updates or revisions made generally available to other customers. Any update, revision or modification of the Lexicons so provided shall be covered by the provisions of this Agreement as identified in Attachment I "Specifications." XEROX' sole obligations regarding support, enhancements and maintenance of the Lexicons are limited to the descriptions in Attachment III "Technical Support". 2. 3/28/96 6.02 INFOSEEK may, at its discretion, provide XEROX with feedback relative to its use of Lexicons, including but not limited to errors and other corrective information, modifications, extensions and suggested changes relative to supporting documentation. 6.03 INFOSEEK grants to XEROX an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free world-wide license covering any and all rights owned, controlled or licensable by INFOSEEK relating to such corrections, modifications, extensions and supporting documentation of Lexicons pursuant to this agreement. XEROX shall have the right under this license to make, have made, use, sell, lease, reproduce, prepare derivative works, including the right to any modifications or improvements and the like made at the suggestion of INFOSEEK or based on the aforesaid feedback and to distribute, sublicense and otherwise dispose of any of the foregoing rights in connection with the licensed subject matter, and to sub-license others to perform any of these acts. VII. SPECIFICATIONS, DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE 7.01 XEROX will deliver the Lexicons and test suite in accordance with the Specification defined in Attachment I and any technical appendices that later will be mutually agreed in writing. 7.02 Acceptance Procedure Upon delivery of each of the Lexicons to INFOSEEK, INFOSEEK will: (a) Test and evaluate Lexicons for a period of up to 30 (thirty) days, and (b) Produce a list of changes and modifications needed to bring the Lexicons to conformance with the Specification in Attachment I. Upon receipt of the required changes, XEROX will: (c) Correct BUGs at no charge and (d) deliver to INFOSEEK a final version of the Lexicons. 7.03 INFOSEEK may request changes to the Lexicons which include enhancements to the product beyond those included in the Specification. XEROX will discuss such enhancements with INFOSEEK but will be under no obligation to implement any such enhancements, unless agreed by the parties in writing as to content, schedule and fees for changes to the 7.04 INFOSEEK and XEROX will each designate individuals who will serve as liaisons for the term of the agreement. These liaisons will be identified in Attachment I. 7.05 XEROX shall provide to INFOSEEK a master set of the Lexicons suitable for reproduction. INFOSEEK may use the master set solely to copy and develop products and services to be distributed to third parties in accordance with this Agreement. VIII. WARRANTY 8.01 XEROX represents and warrants that Lexicons is substantially free from program errors or other problems and fully meets the Specifications recited in Attachment I. 8.02 If any BUGs are discovered by INFOSEEK, XEROX shall correct such BUGs at no charge to INFOSEEK within a correction period of thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice from INFOSEEK of such BUG. Product enhancements and other program errors will be corrected according to acceptance procedure outlined in clause VII. 8.03 XEROX warrants that the master of the media on which the Lexicons are contained shall be free of physical defects. If at any time defects are discovered, INFOSEEK shall notify XEROX immediately and XEROX shall correct the defects by providing a new master on a new media 8.04 EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES SET FORTH HEREIN, XEROX HEREBY DISCLAIMS AND INFOSEEK HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, AND ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IX. TECHNICAL SUPPORT 9.01 XEROX shall provide technical support and maintenance of Lexicons to INFOSEEK in conformity with the terms and conditions defined in Attachment III, entitled "Technical Support." X. TERMINATION 10.01 This Agreement shall be effective from the date hereof and shall remain in effect for an initial three year period thereafter. It will automatically renew for additional one year periods of time unless either party, in writing and with 90 day notice, objects to such renewal. 10.02 Either XEROX or INFOSEEK may terminate this Agreement by written notice of termination to the other party upon a material breach by XEROX or INFOSEEK which has not been cured within thirty (30) days of written notice of such breach. Termination for material breach shall take effect 90 days after written notice of such breach has been provided, if said breach has not been cured. The Confidential Obligations (the obligations as to CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION) herein and any other remedies available, such as return of fees, shall not be waived and shall survive termination. 10.03 Upon termination of this Agreement the license shall immediately cease and INFOSEEK shall: (a) promptly cease the distribution of and/or the provision of services based on LICENSED SOFTWARE to any new sub-license partners, OEMs or end-users; (b) promptly cease use of the LICENSED SOFTWARE incorporating the Lexicons, including its use on any processor, except as is required for providing maintenance to its existing customers; (c) promptly cease provision of services based in whole or in part on the Lexicons; (d) return the master copies of Lexicons and return or destroy all copies of Lexicons and supporting documentation; INFOSEEK may, however, retain one (1) copy of the Lexicons and Documentation to be used solely for support purposes. (e) remove Lexicons from LICENSED SOFTWARE not returned or destroyed; (f) certify in writing to XEROX that it has performed these acts, and the obligations under clauses 2 and 15 shall remain in force until INFOSEEK has performed these acts. 10.04 Upon completion of the third year payments, the royalty and/or fees paid by INFOSEEK to XEROX for the licenses of the Lexicons constitutes a "fully paid-up" license to use such Lexicons in LICENSED SOFTWARE. Thereafter, termination of this Agreement shall not act to terminate such fully paid-up licenses granted by XEROX pursuant to this 10.05 All valid INFOSEEK sub-licenses, in effect on the date of termination, shall survive the termination of this Agreement. XI. INDEMNIFICATION 11.01 XEROX represents and warrants that it has sufficient right, title and interest in and to the Lexicons to enter into this Agreement and further warrants that the Lexicons do not infringe any patent, copyright or other proprietary right of a third party and that it has not been notified by a third party of a possibility that the Lexicons might infringe any patent, copyright or other proprietary right of a third party. 11.02 XEROX shall defend INFOSEEK from, and pay any judgment for, any claim, action or other proceeding brought against INFOSEEK or INFOSEEK licensee of the Lexicons arising from the use of the Lexicons, providing that INFOSEEK promptly notifies XEROX in writing of any action or claim, allows XEROX, at XEROX expense, to direct the defense, gives XEROX full information and reasonable assistance required to defend such suit, claim or proceeding, at no out-of-pocket expense to INFOSEEK, and allows XEROX to pay any judgment, provided further that XEROX shall have no liability for any claim, action or other proceeding based upon acts or omissions by INFOSEEK or for settlements or costs incurred without the knowledge of XEROX. This indemnity shall not apply to any alleged infringement caused by combination with other software or products when the alleged infringement would not have occurred but for said combination. To avoid infringement, XEROX may, at its option, and at no charge to INFOSEEK, obtain a license or right to continue the use of the Lexicons, or modify the Lexicons so it no longer infringes, but is still an equivalent of the Lexicons, or substitute an equivalent of the Lexicons. INFOSEEK as used in this paragraph shall include any [ ]. XII. DISCLAIMER 12.01 IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR LOST CONTRACTS OR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE Lexicons OR LICENSED SOFTWARE OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT HOWEVER CAUSED UNDER A CLAIM OF ANY TYPE OR NATURE BASED ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT OR WARRANTY) EVEN IF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED. THIS DISCLAIMER DOES NOT APPLY TO THE INDEMNIFICATION OF SECTION XI. XIII. FORCE MAJEURE 13.01 Neither party shall be liable to the other for its failure to perform any of its obligations hereunder during any period in which such performance is delayed by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, provided that the party experiencing such delay promptly notifies the other party of the delay. XIV. ETHICAL STANDARDS 14.01 XEROX agrees that with respect to its role as supplier to INFOSEEK including any interaction with any employee of INFOSEEK, it shall not: (1) give or offer to give any gift or benefit to said employee, (2) solicit or accept any information, data, services, equipment, or commitment from said employee unless same is (i) required under a contract between INFOSEEK and XEROX, or (ii) made pursuant to a written disclosure Agreement between INFOSEEK and XEROX, or (iii) specifically authorized in writing by INFOSEEK management, (3) solicit or accept favoritism from said employee, and (4) enter into any outside business relationship with said employee without full disclosure to, and prior approval of, INFOSEEK management. As used herein: "employee" includes members of the employee's immediate family and household, plus any other person who - ------------------------- * CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED FOR REDACTED PORTION is attempting to benefit from his or her relationship to the employee. "XEROX" includes all employees and agents of XEROX. "Gift or benefit" includes money, goods, services, discounts, favors and the like in any form but excluding low value advertising items such as pens, pencils and calendars. "Supplier" includes prospective, current and past suppliers, and "favoritism" means partiality in promoting the interest of XEROX over that of other suppliers. Such activity by XEROX shall constitute breach of contract by XEROX and may further result in XEROX' debarment. XV. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 15.01 INFOSEEK agrees not to intentionally disclose or intentionally make available to any third party information received from XEROX (hereinafter referred to as "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION") in any form without the express written approval of the other party. 15.02 INFOSEEK shall not use such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION except to the extent necessary to perform under this Agreement and shall not intentionally circulate the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION within its own organization except to those with a specific need to know such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. If written approval by XEROX is given to INFOSEEK to disclose CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to a third party, INFOSEEK shall impose similar confidential restrictions on such third party to whom it discloses such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 15.03 The obligations on INFOSEEK recited herein shall terminate with respect to any particular portion of such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION when and to the extent that it is or becomes: (a) part of the public domain through no fault of either party, (b) communicated by the party who owns the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to a third party free of any obligation of confidence; (c) independently developed by the other party without any reference to the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; (d) known to the other party free of any obligation of confidence. 15.04 In no event shall the obligation of either party as recited in 10.02 with respect to the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION extend beyond three (3) years from the date of termination of this Agreement, except for XEROX source code. 15.05 Upon request by XEROX after termination of this Agreement, INFOSEEK agrees to promptly return the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 15.06 INFOSEEK agrees that: (a) it will use its best efforts to ensure that Lexicons are distributed to third parties only according to procedures which do not compromise the security and copyrights of Lexicons; (b) it will not knowingly permit anyone to use Lexicons including portions thereof for the purpose of reverse-engineering; (c) it will instruct its employees of the foregoing obligations and prohibitions. 15.07 INFOSEEK shall cause each unit of the LICENSED SOFTWARE incorporating Lexicons distributed by it or its OEMs or sub-licensors pursuant to this Agreement to be subject to a standard limited use software 15.08 INFOSEEK will use a reasonable and expected degree of care in safeguarding the LICENSED SOFTWARE as is expected and customary for those possessing information of like importance in safeguard and security thereof. 15.09 Upon discovery of unauthorized transfers or misappropriation, INFOSEEK will: (a) inform XEROX of known details thereof, (b) give reasonable effort and assistance to XEROX in the recovery and return of such unauthorized transfer or misappropriation; (c) provide all reasonably necessary assistance in the enforcement of XEROX' rights against any third party involved in such unauthorized transfer or misappropriation, and (d) use its best endeavors to prevent further unauthorized transfer or misappropriation. XVI. ASSIGNMENT 16.01 This Agreement may not be assigned or transferred by either party without the prior written approval of the other party; provided that XEROX may assign its rights to its affiliates or to any purchaser of all or substantially all of its Lexicons business, and INFOSEEK may assign its rights hereunder, or any portion thereof, to any subsidiary or affiliate of INFOSEEK or to any purchaser of all or substantially all of its business for which the LICENSED SOFTWARE or Lexicons are then licensed. Further, INFOSEEK's rights and obligations under this Agreement may be exercised and performed in whole or in part by any subsidiary or affiliate of INFOSEEK, provided that INFOSEEK shall continue to be responsible to XEROX for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. Subject to the limitations heretofore expressed, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties, their successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. In the event that Infoseek files for bankruptcy protection within the three year term of this Agreement, the assignment of rights to LICENSED SOFTWARE by Infoseek to any third party shall require the approval, in writing, of Xerox. XVII. MODIFICATION 17.01 This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous communications. This Agreement shall not be modified, except by a written Agreement signed by duly authorized representatives of XEROX and INFOSEEK. XVIII. BANKRUPTCY 18.01 To the extent permitted by applicable law (including II. U.S.C. Section 365) the non-defaulting party may terminate this Agreement immediately by written notice to the other in the event the other party makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, admits in writing an inability to pay debts as they mature, a trustee or receiver is appointed respecting all or a substantial part of the other party's assets, or a proceeding is instituted by or against the other party under any provision of the Federal Bankruptcy Act and is acquiesced in or is not dismissed within sixty (60) days, or results in an adjudication of bankruptcy. To the extent applicable law prevents the non-defaulting party from terminating this Agreement, if it should wish to do so as described above, then the parties shall have only those rights and remedies permitted by applicable law, including the United States Bankruptcy Act, including but not limited to II U.S.C. Section 365. However the non-defaulting party, has the unrestricted right, at its option, not to terminate this Agreement and to continue as the non-exclusive distributor of the LICENSED SOFTWARE. XIX. NON-PUBLICITY 19.01 Without prior written consent of the other party, neither INFOSEEK, nor XEROX shall (a) make any news release, public announcement, public denial or confirmation of this Agreement or its subject matter, or (b) advertise or publish any facts relating to this Agreement. Such consent will not be unreasonably withheld. This requirement will expire upon the execution of this Agreement. INFOSEEK and XEROX agree to make a joint press release to announce this partnership relationship as soon as feasible after the execution of this Agreement. XX. JOINT MARKETING INFOSEEK and XEROX agree to cooperate in and pursue future product development and marketing arrangements with regard to products and services relevant to their respective business plans. Each such cooperative arrangement will be the subject of a separate agreement between the parties. XXI. CONTROLLING LAW 21.01 This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of California. XXII. GENERAL PROVISIONS 22.01 WAIVER Failure of either party to require strict performance by the other party of any provision shall not affect the first party's right to require strict performance thereafter. Waiver by either party of a breach of any provision shall not waive either the provision itself or any subsequent breach. 22.02 NO AGENCY It is agreed and understood that neither INFOSEEK nor XEROX has any authority to bind the other with respect to any matter hereunder. Under no circumstances shall either INFOSEEK or XEROX have the right to act or make any commitment of any kind to any third party on behalf of the other or to represent the other in any way as an agent. 22.03 SURVIVAL The provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent applicable, survive the expiration or any termination hereof. 22.04 HEADINGS The headings and titles of the Sections of the Agreement are inserted for convenience only, and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any provision. 22.05 SEVERABILITY If any provision of the Agreement is held invalid by any law, rule, order or regulation of any government, or by the final determination of any state or federal court, such invalidity shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions not held to be 22.06 ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior oral or written memoranda, understandings and Agreements as to such subject matter. XXIII. ATTACHMENTS 23.01 THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON ATTACHMENTS ["I," "II," "III"] ARE ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their hands. INFOSEEK CORPORATION XEROX By: Andrew E. Newton By: Mohan Trikha -------------------------------- --------------------------------- Sig: Sig: ------------------------------- -------------------------------- Title: Vice President Title: Vice President & GM ----------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: March 29, 1996 Date: March 29, 1996 ------------------------------ ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT I - SPECIFICATIONS "Lexicons" refers to a state-of-the art engine for lexical processing which serves the increasingly sophisticated needs of the market. The salient characteristics of this technology are its abilities to map, or linguistically connect, any surface form of a word to its canonical base form, and return relevant information about a surface form, including category (part of speech), tense, aspect, mood, person, or The Lexicons technology itself is language independent and enables the same run-time software to be used with many different language modules. The Japanese Lexicon is based on the same technology but requires different run-time software than the European languages. The Lexicons technology is the basic building block for complex tasks such as Tokenization (Word Breaking), Morphological Analysis (Stemming), Morphological Generation (returning surface forms from a base form), and Part-of-Speech Tagging and Identification. Lexicons is based on Xerox morphological tools, an API, and at least one Lexicon. A Lexicon is developed in the Xerox Transducer Lexicon Format, as produced with the Xerox Lexical Tools, and the Licensed Utility (the run-time library for accessing lexical transducers developed with the Lexical Tools). It is a linguistic product which performs stemming, inflection and derivation (English only) as illustrated in the following paragraphs: Stemming: input "swam", outputs "swim" Inflection: input "swim", outputs "swim", "swims", "swam", "swum", "swimming" Derivation: input "computer", outputs "computes", "computation", "computational" Lexicons with respect to this Agreement and License Grant refers only * to the XEROX software for stemming and inflection of [ ] operating on one of the following platforms: Win16 and Win 32, Sun OS 4.1.X or Solaris 2.X, to be specified by INFOSEEK. Lexicons will be provided in run-time object code format. "Documentation" MEANS: - Any and all text, whether in written or electronic form, describing the Lexicons, including but not limited to user manuals, brochures, specifications, software descriptions, and related materials normally needed for use with the Lexicons. - Marketing literature describing the product and its features. - Technical written information provided by Xerox for INFOSEEK internal use in developing LICENSED SOFTWARE which includes Design Documentation and Installation Documentation. - Other written material describing Lexicons, as may have been developed by XEROX for their end-users. "LICENSED SOFTWARE" means any work derived from the combination of the Xerox Lexicons and INFOSEEK Internet Search Software (code name "Moby") including: 1) INFOSEEK products incorporating Lexicons in whole or in part, or other work derived from Lexicons. 2) All modifications, improvements, enhancements, additions, derivative works, updates, releases and versions of the foregoing products, including ports, of which derivation was created or developed by or on behalf of INFOSEEK. 10. 3/28/96 3) LICENSED SOFTWARE does not include other INFOSEEK products or services which may become available henceforth and expand INFOSEEK's market presence, open new markets, or replace LICENSED SOFTWARE. Lexicons includes the definition stated above and Lexicons provided in the XEROX Transducer Lexicon Format, as produced with the XEROX Lexical tools, and as defined in the description of the c-fsm format in the publication "Finite State Lexicon Compiler" by Lauri Karttunen {ISTL- NLTT-1933-04-02} and as may be defined in later technical appendices attached to this Agreement. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance of the LICENSED SOFTWARE is contingent on completion of the Acceptance Procedure described in 7.02 of this Agreement. PLATFORM AVAILABILITY English Lexicons for the Windows 16 bit and Sun OS 4.1.X client platform environments are available within one week of executing this Agreement. Windows 95 32 bit and Solaris 2.X platform environments in beta form can also be made available immediately. Formal product for these beta forms can be available within 30 days of delivery of beta. The Japanese Lexicon is outlooked for availability in late third quarter 1996. TECHNICAL CONTACTS For all technical matters, the point of contact will be: XEROX CORPORATION INFOSEEK CORPORATION Andrew Gelman John Nauman XSoft, A Division of Xerox Corporation Infoseek Corporation 3400 Hillview Avenue 2620 Augustine Drive Suite 250 Palo Alto, California 94304 Santa Clara, CA 95054 (415) 813-7194 408-567-2773 Copyright (c) 1996, Xerox, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ATTACHMENT II - ROYALTY/PERIODIC FEES In consideration of the rights granted INFOSEEK by XEROX in the Software Distribution & License Agreement to which this Attachment II is a part, INFOSEEK shall pay to XEROX the Royalties and Periodic Fees listed herein. TERM OF AGREEMENT: This Agreement is for three years, effective on the execution date, and shall be non-cancelable without cause. At the conclusion of the three year term and upon payment of all moneys due, INFOSEEK will be granted a fully paid up license to use Lexicons, "as is" on that date, in LICENSED SOFTWARE, in perpetuity. Xerox will not be liable to provide any further maintenance or updates once the perpetual license has been granted. At least 90 days prior to the expiration of this Agreement, INFOSEEK and XEROX shall open discussion and agree on terms for product updates and maintenance beyond the period of this Agreement. It is expected that such terms will be based in part on the financial condition of INFOSEEK at that time. ADVANCE PAYMENTS: INFOSEEK shall make Advance license payments to XEROX in the amounts shown below on the indicated dates. Such payments are for the English Lexicons, and for platforms on which Lexicons is licensed and shall be non-refundable. Annual Advance: * A. Upon execution of this Agreement (March 31, 1996): [ ] B. On each 12th month anniversary of the Execution of this Agreement: * [ ] ROYALTY: INFOSEEK shall pay to XEROX the following royalty based on Gross Advertising revenues billed by INFOSEEK for the LICENSED SOFTWARE. * - Royalty Rate: [ ] Royalties due to XEROX in a given Agreement year shall be credited against the Advance Payment for that year at a 100% rate until the Advance has been depleted. ANNUAL MAXIMUM PAYMENT: In consideration of the fact that INFOSEEK is a relatively new, emerging company, XEROX agrees that the amount of royalties due to XEROX in each year of this Agreement will be limited to the amounts shown, exclusive of the one time fees for additional languages, lexical enhancements, technology fees, sub-licensing fees, maintenance fees or consulting services, if applicable, which are denoted in the sections following. - Maximum Royalty in 1996: $200,000 - Maximum Royalty in 1998: $200,000 ($300,000 if Infoseek's revenues * exceed [ ]. ADDITIONAL [ ]: INFOSEEK may license [ ] Lexicons from XEROX by paying a one-time fee for each [ ] licensed. This fee is in addition to the Royalty and Annual Maximum Payment described above. * - [ ] * Payment of the fee for additional [ ] will be due when INFOSEEK * places an order and the [ ] is delivered by XEROX to INFOSEEK. * The [ ] Lexicon is expected to become available in [ ]. * The [ ] Lexicons are available now. - ------------------------------------------- DEFAULT PRODUCT: INFOSEEK agrees that LICENSED SOFTWARE shall become the INFOSEEK Internet search default product as soon as practicable after the execution of this Agreement. It is expected that this will occur in * [ ]. TECHNOLOGY FEE: XEROX' normal technology fee associated with the licensing of * XEROX Lexical Technology is [ ] plus [ ] maintenance of [ ] of the Technology fee. In consideration of the banner advertising to be * provided by INFOSEEK to XEROX, as described below, XEROX [ ] for the licensing of the Executables Library and the API. MAINTENANCE: Annual maintenance charges with respect to the Executables * Library and the API are [ ] ADVERTISING: [ ] of the Technology Fee noted above, INFOSEEK will provide to XEROX Headline Banner advertising equal in value to [ ]. The content and term of this Advertising program will be agreed by representatives of both parties after the execution of this Agreement. Said advertising value must be used by XEROX prior to the end of the third year of this Agreement. INFOSEEK will provide XEROX with monthly reports on the number of hits and queries on which the XEROX banner appeared, plus the demographics of the hits as can be recorded by INFOSEEK systems. HYPERTEXT LINK: A Hypertext link and a XEROX technology statement shall appear on every Search Results page supplied by the LICENSED SOFTWARE, at no charge to XEROX. Said statement and link shall appear near the bottom of the page. The appearance, wording and size of the XEROX technology statement shall be agreed by parties after execution of this Agreement and shall appear on the INFOSEEK Results pages concurrent with the LICENSED SOFTWARE. INFOSEEK will provide to XEROX monthly reports on the search activity, including but not limited to the number of results pages and the number of hits on the XEROX link. XEROX and INFOSEEK agree to discuss future placement of the Hypertext link in any extension of this Agreement. The parties agree that the value of the Hypertext link may be as much as several hundred thousand dollars of business to XEROX. SUB-LICENSING: INFOSEEK may sublicense LICENSED SOFTWARE to a maximum of [ ] financial supporters (investors) in INFOSEEK during the term of this Agreement. For each investor so licensed, INFOSEEK agrees to pay XEROX [ ]. Once the [ ] has been * granted, the [ ] charges shall no longer be payable. Said payments will be due to XEROX upon execution of the Investor Agreement and on succeeding anniversaries of such agreements. * One permitted sublicensee shall be [ ] * and any Affiliate or Successor of [ ] and such Affiliates and Successors collectively referred to herein as * [ ]. "Affiliate" shall mean any entity of which * [ ] owns at least [ ] of the equity, or any entity that owns * at least [ ] of the equity of [ ] "Successor" means any * entity that has a right to provide the [ ] * or successor service. [ ] * The [ ] charge shall apply to such [ ]. Should INFOSEEK desire to enter into any other sublicensing arrangements concerning LICENSED SOFTWARE, whether with Investors or with commercial customers or OEMs, will require the written approval of XEROX and an agreed royalty schedule. SUMMARIZATION: Should INFOSEEK desire to license Xerox's summarization technology, XEROX and INFOSEEK will agree on terms and conditions as an amendment to this Agreement. INTERNAL USE: No royalties shall be due from INFOSEEK for units of LICENSED SOFTWARE which are used internally specifically for testing, evaluation, support, marketing, demonstration or training purposes. EXCLUSIVITY: For a period of [ ], effective upon execution of this Agreement, and subject to INFOSEEK [ ], * XEROX shall not [ ] Lexicons * to [ ]. Should INFOSEEK fail to introduce a service using LICENSED SOFTWARE on the * Internet by [ ], this exclusivity provision will * [ ]. PAYMENT AND REPORTING: Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter during the term hereof, INFOSEEK shall provide XEROX with a written report setting forth the amount of billed advertising revenue related to LICENSED SOFTWARE and the royalties due to XEROX for that quarterly period. A check or wire transfer of funds shall accompany the report. AUDIT: INFOSEEK shall, for a period of two (2) years following the date of each report issued, keep records adequate to verify the substance of the report and any accompanying payment. XEROX shall have the right, no more than once each calendar year, to select a mutually acceptable independent Certified Public Accountant to inspect the records of INFOSEEK at a single location on reasonable notice and during regular business hours to verify the reports and payments made hereunder. The entire cost of such inspection shall be borne by XEROX, and such Certified Public Accountant shall not disclose to XEROX any information other than information relating to the computation and accuracy of such reports and payments. Any information as to INFOSEEK's customers will be treated as INFOSEEK CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and shall not be disclosed. If the audit reveals that INFOSEEK has under-reported revenues of LICENSED SOFTWARE by more five percent (5%) in any calendar year, INFOSEEK shall reimburse XEROX for the audit fees. In any event, INFOSEEK shall promptly repay, or apply against any outstanding prepaid Annual Fees, the underpayment. CUSTOM EFFORT: Requests for custom effort with regard to Lexicons, if agreed * by the parties, will be charged at a rate of [ ] per day. ATTACHMENT III - TECHNICAL SUPPORT CUSTOMER means the end-user or OEM using the LICENSED SOFTWARE. BUG FIXING means modifications to source code or Documentation, or revisions, including both the source code and object code thereto, which correct BUGs or provide other updates and corrections. BUG FIXING will consist of XEROX using reasonable efforts to design, code, and implement programming changes to Lexicons and modifications to the documentation in order to correct BUGs such that Lexicons are brought into conformance with the Specifications listed in Attachment I. BUG FIXING will also consist of XEROX advising INFOSEEK with regard to Lexicons in order to create the LICENSED SOFTWARE. UNILATERALENHANCEMENTS are changes to Lexicons, which XEROX do as a consequence of their normal business operations and ensuing BUG FIXING for others than INFOSEEK, with the aim to keep the Lexicons up-to-date and according to the Specification. ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS will be considered and enhancements delivered by XEROX at its own discretion. In cases where INFOSEEK is willing to provide compensation for certain enhancements, and the parties agree on content and schedule, INFOSEEK and XEROX will enter into a separate licensing agreement. ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS are such enhancements to the Lexicons, which extend or modify the Specifications. XEROX and INFOSEEK are represented by their respective Technical Contacts (listed in Attachment I) or by certain designated individuals (limited in number). XEROX shall provide BUG FIXING and UNILATERAL ENHANCEMENTS at the fees set forth in Appendix II. MAINTENANCE LOCATION All BUG FIXING provided under this Agreement shall be provided at XEROX' facilities, unless XEROX and INFOSEEK mutually agree that it is necessary to provide such services at INFOSEEK's facilities. BUG FIXING is effective on the date of execution of this Agreement and will be in effect, until the Agreement is terminated, for the then current version of the Lexicons shipping to customers, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. XEROX will provide BUG FIXING to INFOSEEK as INFOSEEK's CUSTOMERs may require from INFOSEEK in order for INFOSEEK to fulfill its maintenance obligations to its CUSTOMERs. XEROX will not be expected to provide BUG FIXING directly to any CUSTOMERs, unless XEROX enter into a separate maintenance agreement with such Should XEROX discontinue all maintenance and distribution of the Lexicons, a copy of the source code and BUG FIXING and product modification records will be made available to INFOSEEK as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION in order for INFOSEEK to fulfill its maintenance obligations to its CUSTOMERs. Email support will be the primary support provided by XEROX. XEROX provides telephone support during XEROX' normal days of business operation (9 AM - 5 PM (PST)). For each BUG FIXING, INFOSEEK and XEROX will follow the procedure outlined Day 0 INFOSEEK's CUSTOMER logs a BUG; INFOSEEK determines that BUG is related to Lexicons. Day 0-1 Request is sent to XEROX via e-mail or telephone; Day 1-2 XEROX acknowledges receipt of request and classifies the BUG according to the BUG Classification table following. Day 2-6 XEROX responds, as per the BUG Classification table, identifying the nature and the cause of the problem and (a) an estimated BUG FIXING date; or (b) a workaround or patch, if such is Day 3-7 INFOSEEK communicates the response to the customer. BUG Classification Table ================================================================================================================ PROBLEM DESCRIPTION XSOFT RESPONSE TIME - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. PROBLEM SOLVED; CASE CLOSED 2. Minor Problem. Customer is having a problem with a particular feature or 4 working days, Solution function related to Lexicons or requests a product improvement or or Action plan enhancement. Other aspects of Lexicons are functioning normally. The LICENSED SOFTWARE is up, with no significant impact to production. 3. Moderate Problem. Customer is having a Lexicons problem on his 40 hours, Solution or workstation that is preventing the use of LICENSED SOFTWARE. The Action plan system is up but production capability is reduced. All system functions seem to be operating normally. There is no data loss. Indicators are inability of a non-critical application to run, continuing but infrequent failure requiring operational intervention, or non-critical product feature or function does not 4. Severe Problem. Lexicons crash caused the workstation to go down. 20 hours, Solution or User cannot run any software on workstation. Problem is characterized by Action plan, Status update the inability of some critical application to run, the failure requires frequent every two (2) days. operational intervention, and/or there is a recoverable data loss. 5. Catastrophic Problem. Lexicons has caused LICENSED SOFTWARE to Immediate action, Daily go down at the server level. Users cannot access LICENSED SOFTWARE status reports. and have no production capability on that server. The problem is characterized by inability to run critical applications and/or unrecoverable data loss. With respect to ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS, XEROX makes no commitments as to response time, but will endeavor, to the extent resources are available, to evaluate the requested enhancement and to provide estimates of the time and cost to accomplish same. If applicable, INFOSEEK initiates discussions with XEROX on the fee for the proposed enhancement. SERVICE OBLIGATION The services set forth herein shall be expressly contingent upon (1) INFOSEEK promptly reporting any errors in the Lexicons or related documentation to XEROX in writing; (2) Not modifying the Lexicons without written consent of XEROX; and (3) INFOSEEK utilizing the Lexicons only as intended. EX-10.35 LETTER OF AGREEMENT W/ HNC SOFTWARE 4/2/96 * CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED. CONFIDENTIAL PORTION HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. April 1, 1996 HNC Software Inc. 5930 Cornerstone Court West San Diego, CA 92121-3728 Robin Johnson Infoseek Corporation 2620 Augustine Drive, Suite 250 Dear Robin: The purpose of this letter is to set forth the terms and conditions whereby HNC will provide Infoseek with a copy of HNC's CONVECTIS(TM) software (the "HNC Software") prior to the execution of a definitive software license agreement between the parties (the "Definitive Agreement"), which the parties acknowledge is currently under negotiation between them. As such, it is agreed that: 1. HNC's provision of the HNC Software to Infoseek shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Definitive Agreement as well as the Mutual Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement executed by the parties as of April 2, 1996 (the "Non-Disclosure Agreement"). It is acknowledged that the HNC Software shall be considered "Confidential Information" for purposes of the Non-Disclosure 2. In the event the Definitive Agreement is not executed by both parties on or before June 30, 1996, Infoseek shall immediately discontinue all use of the HNC Software and, within ten (10) days thereof, return the original and all copies of the HNC Software (as well as any and all HNC Confidential Information in Infoseek's possession) to HNC. Such shipment shall be accompanied by a written statement signed by an officer of Infoseek certifying that all HNC Software and HNC Confidential Information provided to Infoseek in connection with the HNC Software (as well as any copies thereof) has been either returned to HNC or destroyed by Infoseek. 3. In the event of any return of the HNC Software as described in Section 2 above, HNC shall refund to Infoseek all amounts actually paid to HNC by Infoseek in accordance with a quotation from HNC dated March 26, 1996, less [ ], which represents [ ] of the Installation Fee described in said quotation. Please acknowledge your agreement to the above-referenced terms by signing this letter in the space below and returning one copy of this letter to my attention by return fax and U.S. Mail. Sincerely, AGREED: HNC SOFTWARE INC. INFOSEEK CORPORATION Michael A. Thiemann By:________________________________ Executive Vice President Robin Johnson, President and CEO Date signed:_______________________ - ---------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED March 26, 1996 HNC Software Inc. Re: QUOTATION The purpose of this letter is to provide Infoseek with a quotation with respect to Infoseek's licensing of HNC's CONVECTIS(TM) product ("CONVECTIS"). This quotation shall not be construed as a license to Infoseek with respect to CONVECTIS; such a license shall only be extended to Infoseek in accordance with a software license agreement executed by both HNC and Infoseek. This quotation assumes that HNC and Infoseek will enter into such a software license agreement with respect to CONVECTIS as soon as reasonably practicable. However, this quotation does not include all of the terms and conditions to be contained in any such software license agreement. As such, HNC provides the following quotation to Infoseek with respect to CONVECTIS: Item Amount(3) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Fee(1) [ ] Annual Convectis License(2) [ ] (includes one Convectis tuning workstation) Additional Convectis tuning workstation license(2) [ ] Annual Convectis Maintenance (includes one Convectis tuning [ ] workstation license)(2) Additional Convectis tuning workstation maintenance(2) [ ] (1) A portion of this fee may be refundable in accordance with the terms and conditions to be contained in the software license agreement. (2) Quote is limited to first year fees only; fees for any subsequent year(s) shall be paid in accordance with the terms and conditions to be contained in the software license agreement. (3) Fees shall be due and payable in accordance with the mutually agreed upon terms of the Definitive Agreement. Travel-related Expenses. The Installation, License, and Maintenance fees set forth above and in any software license agreement are exclusive of any travel-related expenses incurred by HNC with respect to the subject matter of this quotation. Accordingly, any travel related expenses HNC incurs with respect to the subject matter of this quotation are to be reimbursed to HNC as provided herein in addition to the payment of any other fees payable to HNC hereunder. Actual expenses will be invoiced monthly and full reimbursement for such expenses will be due and payable to HNC from Infoseek within thirty (30) days of Infoseek's receipt of HNC's invoice therefor at the following rates, subject to increase as provided in the section entitled "Consumer Price Index Adjustments" below: Hotel (per day maximum) $ 160.00 per person Meals (per day maximum) $ 40.00 per person Automobile (full or luxury size) HNC's Actual Cost Business Airfare HNC's Actual Cost Courier Costs HNC's Actual Cost Out-of-Pocket Expenses HNC's Actual Cost Automobile mileage (if personal car) IRS Allowed Standard - -------- CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENTS. - -------------------------------- All fees, prices, labor rates and expense reimbursement rates set forth in this quotation and in any software license agreement will be reviewed at the end of each anniversary of the software license agreement's effective date, including each year during any renewal of the software license agreement. This review will commence on the first day of the anniversary month of the software license agreement effective date and adjustments will be made to all such prices, labor rates and expense reimbursement rates with reference to the percentage increase (if any) of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), for the San Diego, California area, but such increases will not be made at an annual rate in excess of CPI increase plus four percent (4%). No decrease in any fee, price, labor rate or expense reimbursement rate will be made. This quotation shall be effective until April 2, 1996. HNC SOFTWARE INC. Raymond V. Thomas Vice President, Finance and Administration cc: Michael Thiemann John Gaffney HNC/Infoseek Mutual Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement MUTUAL CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT This Mutual Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement is entered into as of April 2, 1996 (the "Effective Date") by and between HNC Software Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Infoseek, a California corporation (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the parties"). WHEREAS, the parties recognize that each other's business involves specialized and proprietary knowledge, information, methods, processes, techniques, and skills peculiar to their security and growth. The parties acknowledge that any disclosure of such methods, processes, skills, financial data, or other confidential or proprietary information would substantially injure the party's business, impair the party's investments and goodwill, and jeopardize the party's relationship with the party's clients and customers; WHEREAS, the parties presently desire to consult with each other with respect to certain matters; WHEREAS, in the course of such consultation the parties anticipate disclosing to each other certain information of a novel, proprietary, or confidential nature, and desire that such information be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth below. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, agree as follows: 1. Confidential Information. "Confidential Information" shall mean and include any information which relates to the financial and/or business operations of each party, including, but not limited to, information relating to each party's customers, products, processes, financial condition, employees, manufacturing techniques, experimental work and/or trade secrets. Said Confidential Information is deemed proprietary by the parties hereto. The Subject Matter of this Agreement, as well as any additional information disclosed hereunder that is deemed Confidential Information by the parties is described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. 2. Use of Confidential Information. Each party agrees not to use the other's Confidential Information for any purpose other than for the specific consultation regarding the subject matter of this Agreement. Any other use of such Confidential Information shall be made only upon the prior written consent from an authorized representative of the party which disclosed such information (hereinafter the "Disclosing Party") or pursuant to subsequent agreement between the parties. 3. Non-Disclosure of Proprietary Information. The parties agree that from the date of receipt, the party receiving the Confidential Information (hereinafter the "Receiving Party") shall not disclose Confidential Information to any other person, firm, corporation or other entity or use it for its own benefit except as provided in this Agreement. The Receiving Party shall not publish, divulge, communicate, or reveal any Confidential Information to any person, corporation, or other third party or to any of Receiving Party's employees who do not have a need to know such Confidential Information with respect to their job duties. The Receiving Party shall use the same degree of care to avoid publication or dissemination of the Confidential Information as it would with respect to its own confidential information. These efforts shall specifically include document control measures, such as numbered copies and sign out logs, and imposing on all employees, agents and other representatives of Receiving Party restrictions at least as strict as required by this Agreement. "Confidential Information" shall not include information, technical data or know-how which: (a) is already known to the Receiving Party at the time of disclosure and is not otherwise subject to restriction; (b) is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Receiving Party; (c) rightfully disclosed to Receiving Party by a third party who has no obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party; (d) is independently developed by the Receiving Party; or (e) is approved for release by written authorization of the Disclosing Party. 4. Marking. Confidential Information may be disclosed either visually, orally or in writing. Written material shall be identified and labeled "Confidential" or "Proprietary" to discloser. Verbal or visual information should be identified as "Confidential Information" when disclosed. Confidential and Proprietary Information 1 5. Return of Confidential Information. All Confidential Information and copies and extracts thereof shall be promptly returned to Disclosing Party three years from the effective date of this Agreement, or at any time within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request by the Disclosing Party for the return of such Confidential Information. 6. Ownership of Information. The parties agree that any Confidential Information revealed to the other by the Disclosing Party remains the exclusive property of the Disclosing Party and its successors and assigns, unless otherwise expressly provided in writing signed by an authorized representative of the Disclosing Party. 7. No License Granted. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring any rights to the Receiving Party by license or otherwise, expressly, impliedly or otherwise, for any information, discovery or improvement made, conceived, or acquired after the date of this Agreement, or for any invention, discovery, or improvement made, conceived or acquired prior to the date of this Agreement. 8. Arbitration and Equitable Relief. (a) Arbitration. Except as provided in Section 8(b) below, the parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to any interpretation, construction, performance or breach of this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration to be held in San Diego County, California in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator may grant injunctions or other relief in such dispute or controversy. In the event of arbitration, a reasonable amount of discovery may be undertaken by the parties. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties to the arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's decision in any court having jurisdiction. (b) Equitable Remedies. The parties agree that it would be impossible or inadequate to measure and calculate the Disclosing Party's damages from any breach of the covenants set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties agree that if in the event of a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement, the affected party will have available, in addition to any other right or remedy available, the right to obtain an injunction from a court of competent jurisdiction restraining such breach or threatened breach and to specific performance of any such provision of this Agreement. The parties further agree that no bond or other security shall be required in obtaining such equitable relief and the parties hereby consent to the issuance of such injunction and to the ordering of specific performance. (c) Legal Expenses. If any action or proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement, or because of an alleged or actual dispute, breach, default, or misrepresentation in connection with any of the provisions of this Agreement, the successful or prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs incurred in such action or proceeding in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled. 9. Term. This Agreement shall expire two (2) years from the Effective Date, but may be terminated prior to expiration by either party giving thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the other party; provided, however, the obligations to protect the Confidential Information in accordance with this Agreement shall survive for a period of five (5) years from the date of the last disclosure of Confidential Information is made under this Agreement. 10. No Formal Business Obligations. This Agreement shall not constitute, create, give effect to, or otherwise imply a joint venture, pooling arrangement, partnership, or formal business organization of any kind, nor shall it constitute, create, give effect to, or otherwise imply an obligation or commitment on the part of either party to submit a proposal to or perform a contract with the other party. Nothing herein shall be construed as providing for the sharing of profits or loss arising out of the efforts of either or both parties. Neither party will be liable to the other for any of the costs associated with the other's efforts in connection with this Agreement. 11. General Provisions. (a) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of California. (b) Severability. If one or more of the provisions in this Agreement are deemed void by law, then the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. (c) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon the successors and/or assigns of the parties. (d) Headings. All headings used herein are intended for reference purposes only and shall not affect the interpretation, or validity of this Agreement. (e) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Any amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be in writing and executed by a duly authorized representative of the parties. The parties, by the signatures of their authorized representatives appearing below, acknowledge that they have read and understand each and every term of this Agreement and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions. HNC Software Inc. Infoseek Corporation 5930 Cornerstone Court West 2620 Augustine Drive, Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92121-3728 Santa Clara, CA 95054 By: By: ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Michael A. Thiemann Robin Johnson Executive Vice President CEO SUBJECT MATTER; ADDITIONAL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HNC (which shall be considered the Disclosing Party for purposes of this Exhibit A) may disclose information with respect to the following in connection with this Agreement. The parties agree that any such information disclosed shall be considered Confidential Information for purposes of this Agreement: Any and all information from any and all verbal, electronic, and/or written communications (whether in the form of slides, handouts, letters, memoranda, agreements, facsimile transmissions, meetings, conference and other telephone calls, diskettes, files, tapes, and/or any other mode) with respect to the HNC products known as SelectCast(TM), Convectis(TM), related products, and/or related concepts, proposals, data sources, plans, markets, customers, pricing, schedules, development efforts (including future product functionality and release plans), decision technology and/or models, software (including source code, object code and/or documentation), numerical data processing algorithms, product and software design specifications and/or functionality, and/or ideas. AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE W/ HNC 3/21/96 CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED. CONFIDENTIAL PORTION HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Mr. Robin Johnson, CEO Dear Mr. Johnson: This shall serve as a letter of intent ("Agreement in Principle") by and between Infoseek Corporation ("Infoseek") and HNC Software Inc. ("HNC") wherein the parties wish to set forth the terms and conditions whereby they propose to establish a cooperation agreement with respect to the use of HNC's proprietary SelectCast(TM) intelligent advertising server product in the Infoseek The parties acknowledge their agreement and understanding that this Agreement in Principle has been prepared to set forth the basic terms and conditions under which the parties propose to enter into a definitive written agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") providing for the parties to jointly cooperate with respect to the development and marketing of a version of SelectCast to be used in the Infoseek environment. In connection therewith, both parties will cooperate with each other and use their respective reasonable best efforts to negotiate, prepare, and execute a Definitive Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than April 30, 1996. As such, the parties agree as follows: 1. Development. The parties shall, in good faith, develop an outline of the project to be undertaken hereunder within five (5) days of the Effective Date. 2. Exclusivity. During the term of this Agreement in Principle, Infoseek shall not contract, engage, or otherwise work with, any other parties with respect to the development, use, and/or operation of a system similar and/or competitive with SelectCast. Similarly, HNC shall not, during the term of this Agreement in Principle, contract, engage, or otherwise work with, any other parties with respect to the development, use, and/or operation of a system [ ] SelectCast [ ]. 3. Compensation. Infoseek shall compensate HNC with respect to HNC's performance hereunder, at a rate of [ ] of HNC's standard time and materials rates, which are detailed in Exhibit 1 hereto, up to a maximum cumulative amount of [ ]. A preliminary analysis of the scope of phase 1 of the deliverables indicates that this amount should be sufficient to deliver the phase 1 version of the system. Said maximum cumulative amount may only be increased upon the prior written agreement of Infoseek. HNC shall invoice Infoseek in the manner and at the address indicated in Exhibit 2 hereto. Each party shall be responsible for payment of its own travel expenses with respect to its respective performance hereunder. 4. Public Disclosure; Confidential Information. The parties acknowledge that concurrently with the execution of this Agreement in Principle, they have executed a Mutual Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement (the "Non-Disclosure Agreement") with respect to the exchange of confidential information pursuant to the undertaking described in this Agreement in Principle. Neither party shall make any public disclosure with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement in Principle without the prior written consent of the other party, such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 5. Term and Termination. This Agreement in Principle shall remain in effect until the Definitive Agreement is executed or May 31, 1996, whichever comes first. In any event, this Agreement in Principle may be earlier terminated by either party for any reason upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other party. In the event of any termination of this Agreement in Principle, Infoseek shall pay HNC for any time and materials expenses accrued and payable to HNC up through the effective date of termination. It is understood that this Agreement in Principle does not contain all matters to be contained in the Definitive Agreement, which the parties shall undertake to negotiate in accordance with this Agreement in Principle. As such, the parties acknowledge that the terms of the Definitive Agreement are not yet agreed, and there are no contractual and/or enforceable terms with respect thereof in existence at the present. Notwithstanding the two preceding sentences of this paragraph, the provisions of sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Agreement in Principle and the provisions of the Non-Disclosure Agreement shall constitute a binding agreement of the parties unless and until such are superseded by the Definitive Agreement. Confidential and Proprietary Information Page 2 of 5 * CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED If the foregoing accurately summarizes our understanding, we request that Infoseek approve this Agreement in Principle and evidence such approval by causing the enclosed copy of this Agreement in Principle to be signed on its behalf, dated and returned to HNC whereupon this Agreement in Principle shall become effective. This Agreement in Principle may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Sincerely, AGREED: HNC SOFTWARE INC. INFOSEEK Michael A. Thiemann Robin Johnson Executive Vice President Chief Executive Officer Date Signed: "Effective Date" Confidential and Proprietary Information Page 3 of 5 EXHIBIT 1 TIME AND MATERIALS RATES The following table reflects HNC standard time and materials hourly rates as well as the time and materials hourly rates to be paid to HNC by Infoseek in accordance with this Agreement in Principle. JOB TITLE HNC STANDARD HOURLY DISCOUNTED HOURLY LABOR LABOR RATE RATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3 OF THIS AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE Corporate Officer [ ] [ ] Director [ ] [ ] Manager [ ] [ ] Senior Staff Scientist [ ] [ ] Staff Scientist [ ] [ ] Software Engineer [ ] [ ] Administrative Support [ ] [ ] TRAVEL-RELATED EXPENSES As indicated in Section 3 of the Agreement in Principle, each party shall be responsible for bearing its own travel-related expenses with respect to its respective performance hereunder. 1. Monthly Invoicing. HNC shall invoice Infoseek on a monthly basis with respect to time and materials charges incurred by HNC during the previous calendar month. Said billings shall be in accordance with the rates set forth in Exhibit 1. Such invoices shall be due and payable net thirty (30) days from date of receipt by Infoseek. Unless otherwise advised in writing by Infoseek, HNC shall direct all such invoices to Infoseek at the following address: Attention: ________________________________ Street Address: ___________________________ City/State/Zip: ___________________________ Telephone: (___) __________________________ Fax: (___) ________________________________ 2. Taxes. All payments by Infoseek to HNC under this Agreement in Principle for any fees will be exclusive of any sales, use, service, value added or withholding taxes, or any other levy, tariff, duty or tax of any kind whatsoever imposed by any governmental authority with respect to the services rendered or expenses incurred by HNC hereunder (other than a tax imposed upon HNC's income). Infoseek agrees to pay, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the applicable HNC invoices, any such tax whenever such tax is imposed by a governmental authority. 3. Late Fees. Any payment due to HNC hereunder that remains unpaid for more than thirty (30) days after the date such payment is due to HNC hereunder is subject to a one and one-half (1-1/2%) percent per month late fee. INFOSEEK/NYNEX AGREEMENT 3/29/96 CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED. CONFIDENTIAL PORTION HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. INFOSEEK/NYNEX AGREEMENT NYNEX Information Technologies Company ("NYNEX") 35 Village Road, Middleton, 1. NYNEX is contracting with Infoseek Corporation ("Infoseek") for the display of the NYNEX Big Yellow icon ("Icon") on the command bar of the Infoseek Guide Service or successor service ("Service"), and for the display of an Infoseek Guide icon ("Guide Icon") on the "Explore the Net" page of the NYNEX Interactive Yellow Pages WWW site or successor service ("Big Yellow") for the duration indicated below. 2. For the term of this Agreement Infoseek will: Display the Icon on the command bar of the Infoseek search and results pages of the Service with a link directly to the applicable HTML page located at the applicable Universal Resource Locator ("URLs") for such page on NYNEX's site containing the free Internet service known as Big Yellow. The Icon shall be displayed on the command bar of the Infoseek search and results pages [] [] on the command bar of the Infoseek search and results pages; Supply NYNEX with an HTML or GIF file of the Guide Icon meeting the specifications set forth in Attachment I. Infoseek grants to NYNEX a worldwide license to use, display, perform, reproduce and distribute the Guide Icon, and such other licenses with respect to the Guide Icon necessary to fulfill the intention of this Agreement for the duration of this Agreement. Infoseek shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the Guide Icon; Track the redirected traffic ("Traffic") to Big Yellow from the Service caused by users "clicking" on the Icon; Provide usage reports to NYNEX as then generally provided by Infoseek to other entities having similar icon display arrangements with Infoseek; Provide the Service to users who "click" on the Guide Icon; and Not provide any other [] on the Service. An [] means a [] that provides [], such as Big Yellow or an on-line version of the []. Infoseek may provide on its Service [] that are [] the same product or service or groups of products and services that have [], for example, without limitation, [], an on-line version of the current [] or [], a [] site, or a [] site. Not provide an [] or [] as defined above, on the command bar of its [] on the In the event of any dispute or controversy over whether a service constituted an Aggregate Shopping Service pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs only, the parties shall first attempt to resolve such dispute by escalating the matter to their respective Presidents. If the Presidents are unable to resolve the dispute within fifteen (15) days of the notice of the dispute by either party, then either party may submit the dispute to binding and final arbitration in accordance with the then current rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitral tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator. The placement of arbitration shall be Chicago, Illinois. NYNEX(03/27/96) 1 of 7 The parties acknowledge that the provision of information or content in or of itself shall not constitute an [] or a []. 3. For the term of this Agreement NYNEX will: Display the Guide Icon on the Explore the Net page of Big Yellow with a link directly to the applicable HTML page located at the applicable Universal Resource Locator ("Infoseek URLS") for such page on Infoseek's site containing the Service; Supply Infoseek with an HTML or GIF file of the Icon meeting the specifications set forth in Attachment I. NYNEX grants to Infoseek a worldwide license to use, display, perform, reproduce and distribute the Icon, and such other licenses with respect to the Icon necessary to fulfill the intention of this Agreement for the duration of this Agreement. NYNEX shall retain all right, title and Interest in and to the Icon; Track the redirected traffic ("Guide Traffic") to the Service from Big Yellow caused by users "clicking" on the Guide Icon; Provide usage reports to Infoseek as then generally provided by NYNEX to other entities having similar icon display arrangements with NYNEX; Provide the Big Yellow service to users who "click" on the Icon; and Not provide a link on the Explore the Net page of Big Yellow that is more prominent than the Guide Icon to any service which provides a general search of Web pages or is directly competitive to a then-current significant component of 4. NYNEX and Infoseek will use reasonable commercial efforts to promptly remedy any misplacement of the Guide Icon or the Icon, respectively, or any malfunctioning of the Links or Guide Links under Its control, and the other party shall fully cooperate with such party to remedy any such placement or malfunctioning. 5. COMPENSATION In consideration of the services provided under this Agreement, NYNEX agrees to pay to Infoseek the following charges: Q2/96 Charge - $600,000 Q4/96 Charge - $1,600,000 The payment of such charges will be made to Infoseek on a monthly basis in accordance with the following schedule (payments are made 15 days following the end of each month of the Service): Payment #1 - May 15, 1996 $200,000. Payment #2 - June 14, 1996 $200,000. Payment #3 - July 15, 1996 $200,000. Payment #4 - August 15, 1996 $266,666. Payment #5 - September 16, 1996 $266,666. Payment #6 - October 15, 1996 $266,666. Payment #7 - November 15, 1996 $533,333. Payment #8 - December 16, 1996 $533,333. Payment #9 - January 15, 1997 $533,333. Payment #10 - February 14, 1997 $533,333. NYNEX(03/27/96) 2 of 7 Payment #11 - March 14, 1997 $533,333. Payment #12 - April 15, 1997 $533,333. Total of above payments for the period from May 1, 1996 though April 30, 1997 equal to $4,600,000. If during any quarter of this Agreement, the traffic level of the Service falls below a total of [ ] information requests (i.e. search results pages and browse pages delivered) resulting in the display of the Icon ("Information Requests"), then Infoseek will reimburse NYNEX a percentage of the payments made by NYNEX to Infoseek for such quarter equivalent to the percentage decrease in the traffic level of the Service from [] Information Requests during such quarter (to be measured within 30 days following the end of each quarter). For example, if within 30 days following the end of calendar Q2/96 the Information Requests are measured at [] for Q2/96 (i.e. a [] from the [] benchmark), then Infoseek will reimburse to NYNEX [] of the payments received from NYNEX attributable to Q2/96 [] reimbursement). If during any quarter of this Agreement, the number of displays of the "Explore the Net" page containing the Guide Icon on Big Yellow is equal to or greater than [] of the number of Information Requests ("Trigger Ratio"), then NYNEX shall have a right to renegotiate the price terms for the duration of this Agreement that the Trigger Ratio continues. If the parties cannot agree on price terms within the thirty day period after the request to renegotiate, NYNEX shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon immediate written notice. In the event of such termination NYNEX shall pay Infoseek for placement of the Icon for the period through the termination date at the then-current applicable rate under this Section 5. 6. TERM AND TERMINATION. This Agreement shall be effective on the date this Agreement becomes fully executed by the parties ("Effective Date") and shall continue in force for an initial term ending April 30, 1997. This Agreement may be renewed for three (3) consecutive annual renewal terms as follows: at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the then-current term of this Agreement, Infoseek will offer to NYNEX an option to renew for a subsequent annual renewal term at a mutually agreed upon, not-to-exceed price of [], respectively, off of Infoseek's then-current retail price for []. Thereafter, during the term of this Agreement, Infoseek shall offer NYNEX an option to renew for contiguous annual renewal terms at an agreed upon, not-to-exceed price of Infoseek's then current retail price for the same or similar placement. Payments during any renewal terms shall continue to be payable on a monthly basis. This Agreement will expire unless NYNEX gives Infoseek written notice of its decision to renew at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then-current term. Either party may terminate this Agreement if the other party materially breaches its obligations hereunder and such breach remains uncured for thirty (30) days following notice to the breaching party. 7. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ICON AND GUIDE ICON a. NYNEX is solely responsible for any legal liability arising out of or relating to (i) the Icon, and/or (ii) the material served to end users immediately following the end users' "clicking" on the Icon. NYNEX represents and warrants that it holds the necessary rights to permit the use of the Icon, the URLs and the Links by NYNEX for the purpose of this Agreement; and that the permitted use, reproduction, distribution, or transmission of the Icon and the material served to end users immediately following the end users' "clicking" on the Icon or the Links will not violate any criminal or common law, any statutory rights or any rights of any third parties, including, but not limited to, such violations as infringement or misappropriation of any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, music, image, or other proprietary or property right, false advertising, unfair competition, defamation, invasion of privacy or rights of celebrity, violation of any antidiscrimination law or regulation, or any other right of any person or entity. NYNEX agrees to indemnify Infoseek and to hold Infoseek harmless from and against any and all liability, loss, damages, claims, or causes of action, including reasonable legal fees and expenses that may be incurred by Infoseek, arising out of or related to NYNEX's breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties. b. Infoseek is solely responsible for any legal liability arising out of or relating to (i) the Guide Icon, and/or NYNEX(03/27/96) 3 of 7 (ii) the material served to end users immediately following the end users' "clicking" on the Guide Icon. Infoseek represents and warrants that it holds the necessary rights to permit the use of the Guide Icon, the Infoseek URLs and the Guide Links by Infoseek for the purpose of this Agreement; and that the permitted use, reproduction, distribution, or transmission of the Guide Icon and the material served to end users immediately following the end users' "clicking" on the Guide Icon or the Guide Links will not violate any criminal or common law, any statutory rights or any rights of any third parties, including, but not limited to, such violations as infringement or misappropriation of any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, music, image, or other proprietary or property right, false advertising, unfair competition, defamation, invasion of privacy or rights of celebrity, violation of any antidiscrimination law or regulation, or any other right of any person or entity. Infoseek agrees to indemnify NYNEX and to hold NYNEX harmless from and against any and all liability, loss, damages, claims, or causes of action, including reasonable legal fees and expenses that may be incurred by NYNEX, arising out of or related to Infoseek's breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties. c. The commencement dates of the Icon and Guide Icon placements, the URL and Infoseek URL addresses, billing information, and the Icon and Guide Icon specifications are specified in Attachment I. 8. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY FOR DAMAGES OR ALLEGED DAMAGES HEREUNDER (EXCEPT FOR ANY COMPENSATION PAYABLE UNDER SECTION 5 AND DAMAGES OR ALLEGED DAMAGES UNDER SECTION 7) WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY IS LIMITED TO AND SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNTS PAID UNDER SECTION 5 OF THIS AGREEMENT. 9. FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party will be liable for delay or default in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement (other than for non-payment of royalties) if such delay or default is caused by conditions beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, accident, earthquakes, telecommunications line failures, storm, acts of war, riot, government interference, strikes and/or walk-outs, except that the adjustment of NYNEX's payment obligations as provided in the penultimate paragraph of Section 5 shall not be affected by such a force majeure event. 10. CONFIDENTIALITY. All disclosures of proprietary and/or confidential information in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by the terms of the Mutual Confidential Disclosure Agreement entered into by the parties concurrently with this Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit II. The information contained in reports pursuant to Sections 1 and 5 above and any documentation regarding the calculation of reimbursements shall be deemed Proprietary Information of Infoseek. 11. NO AGENCY. The parties to this Agreement are independent contractors. Neither party is an agent, representative or partner of the other party. Neither party shall have any right, power or authority to enter into any agreement for or on behalf of, or to incur any obligation or liability of, or to otherwise bind, the other party. This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed to create an association, joint venture or partnership between the parties or to impose any partnership obligation or liability upon either party. 12. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and enforced in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflicts of law principles. 13. ASSIGNMENT. Neither party may assign this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, other than pursuant to a merger or a transfer of a majority of its assets, without the other party's written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, either party may assign this Agreement to an Affiliate or successor without the prior written consent of the other party. "Affiliate" shall mean any entity of which a party owns at least one-third of the equity, or any entity that owns at least one-third of the equity of either party. "Successor" means any entity that has a right to pro- vide Big Yellow or the Service. Any attempt to assign this Agreement in derogation hereof shall be null and void. 14. NOTICES. Any notices required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing, sent via confirmed fax or certified mail, returned receipt requested, or delivered by hand, addressed as hereinabove first set forth or to such other address as may be amended or modified only in writing to the other party, and shall be deemed to have been given when received. 15. AUDIT. a. NYNEX shall have the right to retain a U.S. nationally prominent or other mutually agreeable independent auditor to whom Infoseek shall allow reasonable access to Infoseek's books of account and other records relating to the calculation of the number of Information Requests as provided in Section 5 for the purpose of verifying the amounts due and payable to NYNEX under this Agreement. The information disclosed by Infoseek to such auditors in the course of performing such audit will be kept confidential by the auditor. Access to Infoseek's documentation shall be during Infoseek's regular business hours upon at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice and may be conditioned upon the auditor executing a confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to Infoseek relating to the auditor's performance of an audit hereunder. b. Infoseek shall have the right to retain a U.S. nationally prominent or other mutually agreeable independent auditor to whom NYNEX shall allow reasonable access to NYNEX's books of account and other records relating to the calculation of the number of displays of the "Explore the Net" page containing the Guide Icon on Big Yellow as provided in Section 5 for the purpose of verifying the amounts due and payable to Infoseek under this Agreement. The information disclosed by NYNEX to such auditors in the course of performing such audit will be kept confidential by the auditor. Access to NYNEX's documentation shall be during NYNEX's regular business hours upon at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice and may be conditioned upon the auditor executing a confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to NYNEX relating to the auditor's performance of an audit hereunder. 16. PUBLICITY. Neither party shall issue a press release regarding this Agreement without the prior approval of the other party. If a party does not give notice of the disapproval of the press release within three (3) business days of its receipt of a proposed press release, such failure to respond shall be deemed approval of said press release. 17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and any and all exhibits and attachments are the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding and replacing any and all prior agreements, communications and understandings (both written and oral) regarding such subject matter. This Agreement may be modified, or any rights under it waived, only by a written document executed by both parties. The parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the later of the two (2) dates set forth below. ACCEPTED FOR INFOSEEK CORPORATION ACCEPTED FOR NYNEX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY By: By: --------------------------- ---------------------------- Authorized Signature Authorized Signature Print Name: Print Name: --------------------- -------------------- Title: Title: Date: Date: ATTACHMENT I A. COMMENCEMENT DATES OF ICON AND GUIDE ICON PLACEMENT Commencement Date of Icon Placement: May 1, 1996 unless otherwise agreed upon Commencement Date of Guide Icon Placement: May 1, 1996 unless otherwise agreed B. URLS AND GUIDE URLS HTTP/URL Address connected to the Icon (URLs): - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HTTP/URL Address connected to the Guide Icon (Guide URLS): http://guide.infoseek.com/NX C. BILLING INFORMATION NYNEX Accounts Payable Contact: NYNEX Accounts Payable Contact Telephone Number: D. SPECIFICATIONS OF ICON AND GUIDE ICON ICON SPECIFICATIONS in gif format on a white or transparent background 30-50 pixels wide 33 pixels high use as few colors as possible (64 or fewer) Icon Specifications may be changed by Infoseek upon reasonable notice from time to time. GUIDE ICON SPECIFICATIONS Guide Icon Specifications may be changed by Infoseek upon reasonable notice from time to time. ATTACHMENT II Mutual Confidential Disclosure Agreement (See attached) This Mutual Confidential Disclosure Agreement ("Confidentiality Agreement") governs the disclosure of information by and between NYNEX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY ("NYNEX") having a principal place of business at 35 VILLAGE ROAD, MIDDLETON, MASSACHUSETTS 01949 and INFOSEEK CORPORATION ("Infoseek") having a place of business at 2620 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 95054. 1. NYNEX or Infoseek (the "Discloser") may disclose to the other party (the "Recipient") from time to time, ideas, concepts, specifications, research, business, financial, technical, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales, customer and other information, either orally, electronically or in physical form. All such above-described information which is provided to the Recipient and is designated as confidential shall be deemed for purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement to be "Confidential Information", unless it: (a) is or becomes publicly known, other than through violation by the Recipient of this Confidentiality Agreement; (b) is already known to the Recipient at the time of the disclosure thereof free of any obligation to keep it confidential; (c) is independently developed by the Recipient; (d) subsequent to disclosure to the Recipient is rightfully made available without restriction to the Recipient by a third party or other source having lawful right to do so; or (e) is approved for release by the Discloser's written authorization; in any of which cases such ideas, concepts, specifications, research, business, financial, technical, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales, customer and other information shall not be considered, or shall cease to be considered, Confidential Information, and shall not be, or shall cease to be, subject to the restrictions on use or disclosure contained in this Confidentiality Agreement. (The term NYNEX shall include Affiliates of NYNEX where applicable. "Affiliate" in this context means NYNEX Corporation and any corporation or other business entity which from time to time directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with NYNEX or NYNEX Corporation. The term Infoseek shall include Affiliates of Infoseek where applicable. "Affiliate" in this context means any corporation or other business entity which from time to time directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with Infoseek.) 2. Any Confidential Information shall remain the property of the Discloser, and the Recipient hereby agrees: (i) to hold any Confidential Information in confidence in accordance with the same degree of care as the Recipient normally takes to preserve its own confidential information of a similar nature; (ii) not to use any Confidential Information for any purpose other than in furtherance of the business relationship between NYNEX and Infoseek; and (iii) to disclose Confidential Information to only those agents and employees of the Recipient with a need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the evaluations of such transactions. 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not constitute a violation of this Confidentiality Agreement if the Recipient discloses any Confidential Information pursuant to the requirement of any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, or other requirement of any government, court administrative department, commission, or other instrumentality (collectively referred to herein as "Governmental Authorities"). The Recipient agrees to request confidential treatment for any Confidential Information so disclosed to any Governmental Authority and to notify the Discloser prior to any such disclosure. 4. Upon the Discloser's written request, the Recipient agrees to return to the Discloser all documents containing Confidential Information furnished by the Discloser, and to destroy all copies hereof in written, graphic or other tangible form (or the portions of such copies containing Confidential Information), except to the extent that retention thereof is required by any Governmental Authority. 5. This Confidentiality Agreement does not represent a commitment by either party to enter into or form any future business relationship, nor does it preclude either party from engaging at any time in the same or any business similar to the business in which the other is now engaged, or to refrain from consulting with any third party concerning the subject matter of the Confidentiality Agreement. 6. Neither NYNEX nor Infoseek shall use or disclose this Agreement and will not issue or release for publication any articles or advertising or publicity matter relating to the work performed under this Confidentiality Agreement or mentioning or implying the name of the other, without prior written consent from the other party in each instance. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Confidentiality Agreement in duplicate as of the date set forth below. NYNEX INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY INFOSEEK CORPORATION By: By: ---------------------------- ------------------------- Authorized Signature Authorized Signature Name: Matthew J. Stover Name: Robert E. L. Johnson -------------------------- ------------------------- Print Print Title: Chairman of the Board Title: CEO & President Date: March 29, 1996 Date: March 29, 1996	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1124
__label__wiki	0.698961	0.698961	Items Interior of the aquarium, N.Y. City Interior of the aquarium, N.Y. City The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection Rotograph Co. (New York, N.Y.) Historical postcards of New York City New York City -- Aquariums Rotograph Co. (New York, N.Y.) (Publisher) Date Issued: 1905 (Approximate) Place: New York, printed in Germany Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-Aqu Interiors -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1900-1909 Statement of responsibility: "Copyright 1905 by the Rotograph Co. H 90a. Handcolored."--printed on border. "The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City. (Germany)"--printed on verso with trademark. Extent: 9 x 14 cm or 14 x 9 cm Collotypes Hand coloring Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c476b740-c55b-012f-545a-58d385a7bc34 The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Interior of the aquarium, N.Y. City" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8ae9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Interior of the aquarium, N.Y. City" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 19, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8ae9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905). Interior of the aquarium, N.Y. City Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8ae9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 <ref name=NYPL>{{cite web \| url=http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8ae9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 \| title= (still image) Interior of the aquarium, N.Y. City, (1905) }} \|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library \|accessdate=July 19, 2019 \|publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lennox, and Tilden Foundation}}</ref>	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1129
__label__cc	0.606732	0.393268	1st December, 2016 Art & Fashion 3 Andrew De Zen Shows Us How to Conquer Doubt & Fear to Break Through ‘The Wall’ As promised (and much faster than we could have hoped) Andrew De Zen returns to Directors Notes with The Wall – the second part in his Of Walls & Mountains triumvirate of visual shorts. Whereas the modern age provided the catalyst for initial instalment We Aren’t Strangers, this time the opposing force is provided by those insidious feelings of doubt and fear we must vanquish in order to achieve our goals. We spoke to Andrew about his exploration of perseverance and the many walls we face in our lives. The roots of your visual mood pieces is very much evident in your early films such as Voices and Anticity. What first drew you to this more lyrical form of filmmaking? Looking back at yourself and figuring out what’s inspired your own trajectory as an artist is always an odd thing. Part of me has always loved a loose style of filmmaking and the other side of me, the one less explored, is one that is dying to delve into dramatic territory. I think a lot of it has to do with this younger, new wave form of digital filmmaking that I have grown up with. A very Malick inspired style of the art form that has grown from this cheaper, now household technology where anyone and everyone can be a filmmaker. It was incredibly exciting. Owning my first Canon 5D Mark II and just figuring out things from there. It’s the ability to experiment quickly with atmosphere, mood, and visuals. In a matter of a few minutes trying to create something that is evocative. Of course I don’t want to be creating these visual mood pieces for the rest of my career despite how satisfying they are – my tastes this past year alone have changed drastically. Once these films are done and the series is complete I plan on making a serious shift into wholly narrative work. Each sport had to be balanced with what was practical in our situation and what we could execute most effectively. As a whole, Of Walls & Mountains is a series created to address certain internal anxieties you’ve been grappling with. What were the issues which led you to explore perseverance and will power in sport for The Wall? I quickly became introduced into the commercial side of the industry. Whether I was prepared or not I was thrust into a position where I questioned why I originally became a filmmaker in the first place. Waiting tirelessly for bids and jobs to come my way I quickly became frustrated. Everyone has their own passions, goals, and ambitions. Yet I think we all come to a point in our lives where this end goal is ultimately tested and we have to question everything. Do I continue on with this dream, or do I stop? There are too many people that fall by the way side due to whatever kind of circumstances – financial, family, relationships, laziness. These films and The Wall most importantly are my answer to my own question. A filmmaker who stops creating his own work leads himself into a very dangerous position and I was venturing into that territory. The original seed of this idea for The Wall came about while I was reading Akira Kurosawa’s biography and he mentioned an unfinished quote by Bodhidharma – “…who glared at the wall that stood in his way until his legs became useless, a path will open up.” I immediately knew that was where I wanted to take the next film; this notion of perseverance and the walls in our lives. Approaching it from the perspective of athletes and sports was my way of visualizing this in a physical and exciting way. Running is the sport most closely associated with the notion of hitting a ’wall’ yet is absent from the film. What dictated the choice of disciplines you chose to depict and what narrative roles do the selected sports play withing the larger narrative? I’ve been a runner all my life so it was unfortunate that it wasn’t an aspect in the final film. It was on the table among other things that didn’t make it by the time production started. Most of that came from practical reasons. I would’ve wanted to do some tracking camera moves if I tackled a running vignette and we just didn’t have the budget for a camera car. Each sport had to be balanced with what was practical in our situation and what we could execute most effectively. Especially because I was after some of the best locations I could find in and around Toronto that were stretching us thin. It really was a massive labour of love and I wanted to test myself by just doing something logistically crazy for a personal project. All the narrative vignettes have some sort of psychological aspect because the film, among the others in the series, are about built up internal anxieties. My goal was to differentiate them a bit. The boxer has a physical challenge and opponent in his way. The diver – Abi, the sweetest, most amazing and articulate 12 year old girl who just showed up absolutely prepared – represents taking a leap of faith. The baseball player facing off against himself explores the idea that we stand in our own way. Our soccer player vignette deals with the fear of performing in the face of an audience, and the pressures of others. Then you have the motocross side of things where I was just after something more kinetic. So this was your first time shooting 35mm on a project, did that lead to a more disciplined approach on set? Did the format influence your typical production practices? Oh without a doubt. I’m the type of person who prepares everything I can before I show up on set. Writing down everything and taking notes to remind myself of certain things. When you’re scheduling the days yourself, co-producing, hoping no one gets towed, that everyone shows up on time, that an owner or manager of a location hasn’t messed up, that food will show up on time for lunch, and then having to finally worry about if you’re getting what you actually need on the days stretched me pretty thin. Working with film has changed my perspective on the whole process. Firstly, I do need to make a massive shout out to my cinematographer on this project, Christopher Lew. An extremely talented guy and a close collaborator on this film. Normally the closest relationship I have out of my whole crew is to the DP. And I had to put my entire trust into Chris for this and he totally killed it. The guy is a massive advocate for the format and pushes shooting film whenever he can. I ended up getting about 4800 feet of 35mm negative. We were shooting 35mm 4 perf so that adds up to about 53 minutes of shooting time. With every scene and every day I calculated how many rolls I would need for all the scenes. On my shooting schedules I calculated when exactly I should be finishing a mag so I could actually get through all five days and not run out of film. On the first day I calculated I needed to finish my first mag by my seventh set up and I ran out on my third. So I really had to become more efficient and stick to a three take rule, but I still broke it if we had the leeway. My biggest take away on the whole experience of shooting film, and the reason I plan on considering it for every project moving forward is the rehearsal process. Going through blocking and tech rehearsals numerous times and making sure everyone, most importantly the ACs are good to go and we all know the beats/steps of each shot. Also the pure magic of film is an incredible thing. On the day you know things are framed properly and you have a decent idea of what you’ve captured, but when you see the dailies it really is something special. You normally cut your own (and others’) films but this time you worked with editor Michael Barker. How was the experience of asking someone else to shape such a personal piece? Michael was such a joy to work with. And I really have to thank Relish editing for being so accommodating. Leading up to editing, I was definitely preparing him for what I was expecting to be a long grind as I had very specific ways the edit needed to go. Then by the time I showed up to the suite and he showed me his rough cut it was a total surprise. He really took it his own way and brought a fresh perspective to the footage that elevated the whole project. Because I do normally cut my own projects, having someone else shape the edit was a huge breath of fresh air. We quickly found a good groove while working together. I was actually editing We Aren’t Strangers while we were tackling the edit for The Wall, and writing Stories We Tell Ourselves. The detachment allowed everything to fall into place and really allowed me to be less precious about the decisions we were making. Each one has felt like – okay I’ve gotten that off of my chest, time to move on. Knowing that each subsequent film builds on what came before, how would you say each proceeding instalment has influenced the parts which follow? When I was making We Aren’t Strangers I didn’t have the intention of forming a series. I simply told myself I wanted to create my own content and as much of it as I could to express myself. It was really during the conceptual phase of The Wall that I realized I was making subconscious efforts to link all of my anxieties and frustrations into these projects. Things seemed to make sense to then approach it with that frame of mind. All three are loosely linked by this thread/notion of visualizing certain anxieties within ourselves that are kind of inarticulate. In my opinion I think these parts more so move on from each other rather than build off of each other. At least that’s how I’ve treated them. Each one has felt like – okay I’ve gotten that off of my chest, time to move on. Each theme and film has been its own individual mountain I’ve had to climb. So thinking of the series as a whole, my intention and hope is that it effectively explores insecurities people can relate to, with each film touching on a separate avenue. Not wanting to seem impatient, (although it’s totally your fault for following up We Aren’t Strangers so quickly), but when will we get to see series closer Stories We Tell Ourselves? Well I’ve actually just finished casting our roles for Stories. Unfortunately it’ll be a bit longer of a wait this time around as we’re submitting to multiple government funding platforms and each one takes about three-four months before we hear back. With a planned production date in early April my hope is to have the film and the series finished in June. I’m really excited about Stories We Tell Ourselves and we’ve built a pretty incredible key crew with a lot of my collaborators on this project coming back for Stories. Andrew De Zen, Canada, Experimental, Of Walls & Mountains, Series 2 Responses to Andrew De Zen Shows Us How to Conquer Doubt & Fear to Break Through ‘The Wall’ karl86lf says: 22nd January, 2017 at 8:41 pm Exceptional interview, and great film!! Very VERY happy to have stumbled across this, and looking forward to diving into more! 22nd January, 2017 at 11:04 pm It’s an inspiring film, glad you liked it. Definitely take a look at the first part of Andrew’s series We aren’t Strangers.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1131
__label__wiki	0.647624	0.647624	Boys Varsity Swimming · Dec 9 Boys Varsity Swimming beats Lakeville South 94 – 91 91 Lakeville South High School Lakeville South High School The Eastview Boys Swim and Dive team kicked off their 2017/18 season with a big win at home against Lakeville South. The team highlights include a second place finish in the 200 medley relay for team Montgomery, J. Poppitz, St. Clair, and Hagen. Also in that race, team Kunisaki, Lambert, M. Poppitz, and Blodgett came in third and team Gloege Torp, DeSutter, Dyakin and Chambers placed sixth. Greseth finished first in the 200 free, followed by Thompson in third and Gray in sixth. In the 200 IM, J. Poppitz, Lambert, and St. Clair took second, fourth, and fifth places, respectively. Panikkar touched second in the 50 free, followed by S. Hagen in third, and Montgomery in sixth. Divers Johnson and Sprung placed third and fourth, respectively. In the 100 butterfly, St. Clair took second, M. Poppitz fourth, and Kovacs sixth. Greseth scored another first place in the 100 free, followed by Panikkar in third and Kunisaki in fifth. Thompson placed first in the 500 with Gray in fourth and Fisher in sixth. In the 200 free relay, team Panikkar, J. Poppitz, S. Hagen and Greseth placed first, team Lambert, Gray, Gloege Torp, and Thompson took third, and team Robinson, Blodgett, Dyakin, and Fisher placed sixth. In the 100 backstroke, Montgomery was second, Kunisaki third, and M. Poppitz fourth. J. Poppitz won the 100 breaststroke, followed by Lambert in third and DeSutter in sixth. In the 400 free relay, first place honors went to team Panikkar, St. Clair, Thompson, and Greseth; fourth place to Gray, M. Poppitz, Kunisaki and Montgomery; and sixth to S. Hagen, Fisher, Kovacs and Dressler. The junior varsity team highlights include a first place finish in the 200 free for Fisher and third place for Kovacs. In the 200 IM, Robinson, DeSutter, and Lilly took fourth, fifth, and sixth places respectively. In the 50 free, Gloege Torp placed third, Dressler was fourth, and Loomis sixth. Divers R. Hagan and Hayes placed first and second respectively. Dyakin placed first in the 100 butterfly followed by Lilly in sixth. In the 100 free, Zhu, Clark, and Dalzell placed fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively. In the 200 relay, team DeSutter, Yalamamchili, Gebru and Lilly placed fourth and team Clark, Olson, Homen, and Dalzell sixth. Chambers and Dressler took fourth and fifth places in the 100 backstroke, respectively. in the 100 breaststroke, Portnov placed second, followed by Robinson in fourth. In the last race of the meet, team Gloege Torp, Loomis, R. Hagen and Portnov placed second. By Kristen Gloege on Dec 9, 2017	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1146
__label__wiki	0.817818	0.817818	Eat Like A Champ 2019/20 The Danone Nations Cup Welcome Kids Nutrients and Fibre Making healthier choices Welcome Parents Lunchbox recipes Fruit and veg recipes Sample resources Teachers Sign in Home / About / News / Danone joins forces with Mayor’s Healthy Schools London programme Danone joins forces with Mayor’s Healthy Schools London programme Published on 6th October 2015 Danone’s award-winning Eat Like a Champ healthy eating course is joining forces with the Mayor of London’s Healthy Schools programme, to encourage healthy eating amongst pupils across the capital. Eat Like A Champ is a healthy lifestyle education programme, covering healthy eating, hydration and physical activity. Danone, whose mission is to bring health through food to the maximum number of people, created the course in 2009 in collaboration with the British Nutrition Foundation. The course reaches over 35,000 9 and 10 year olds across the country every year. One of the secrets of its success is the way it uses role models to share educational messages. The current ambassador is TV presenter Helen Skelton, who found fame canoeing the Amazon River and trekking to the South Pole. Now, Healthy Schools London, which recognises schools for their activities to support the health and wellbeing of pupils , will be encouraging thousands of teachers across the capital to sign up for the six week course, for free. Adam Grant, Managing Director of Danone Dairy UK, said: ‘We’re very excited to be expanding Eat Like A Champ’s reach across London and thrilled to be recognised by the Mayor of London’s Healthy Schools Programme. We are extremely proud of Eat Like A Champ as it brings our health mission to life for thousands of UK children.’ Deputy Mayor for London Roger Evans commented: 'The Mayor's Healthy Schools London programme is already working with more than two-thirds of London schools to improve the health and wellbeing of youngsters in the capital. We're pleased that Danone have come on board to support this important work through Eat Like a Champ with the goal of getting our city's schoolchildren healthier and more active.' Danone and City Hall will also join forces early in 2016 to carry out some in-depth research on the impact the course has on eating habits. Independent research from the Children’s Food Trust in 2012 found an improvement in eating habits amongst children who had completed Eat Like a Champ, and this study, carried out in real time in 50 London schools, will aim to gather more in-depth, tangible insights. Registration is now open for all schools on www.eatlikeachamp.co.uk About usNewsDanoneThe Danone Nations CupContact Us ©2011 Danone Ltd. All rights reserved This website uses cookies for anonymous analytics. Agree by clicking the 'Accept' button.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1147
__label__cc	0.683511	0.316489	How aspirin was discovered - Krishna Sudhir 5,305 Questions Answered TEDEd Animation 4000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians made a surprising discovery: if they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that what they’d found was destined to influence the future course of medicine. Krishna Sudhir traces the history of aspirin. About TED-Ed Animations TED-Ed Animations feature the words and ideas of educators brought to life by professional animators. Are you an educator or animator interested in creating a TED-Ed Animation? Nominate yourself here » Educator Krishna Sudhir Director Outis Script Editor Emma Bryce Associate Producer Jessica Ruby Content Producer Gerta Xhelo Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal Narrator Addison Anderson A good discussion on the benefits and risks of daily aspirin therapy can be found here. Find out who should take aspirin and at what dose at Answers About Aspirin. Also, here is a link to the Physician’s Health Study, documenting the benefits of aspirin in decreasing the risk of a heart attack. This overview from the National Cancer Institute discusses aspirin and reduction in cancer risk. Here is more information about the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to prostaglandins and related substances. To learn more about Dr. Lawrence Craven, the little-known doctor who first discovered some of Aspirin's benefits, visit here. Krishna Sudhir is a physician and cardiologist. He has taught students and physicians in India, Australia, and California. He holds an MD from the University of Madras, India, and a PhD from Monash University, Australia. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. Aspirin is an inexpensive drug with significant benefits. What lessons are to be learned from its... upvote+4 More from Getting Under Our Skin What is HPV and how can you protect yourself from it? Sleep is your superpower - Matt Walker Your body vs. implants How close are we to eradicating HIV?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1151
__label__wiki	0.776063	0.776063	William Adam: The Wanderer at Wellwood For centuries, the death of William Adam has been viewed as a relatively isolated martyrdom of the Killing Times. However, the case of William Adam is a crucial link which connects several other martyrdoms in the area of Muirkirk to the dramatic escape of John Campbell in Upper Wellwood. Adam’s Grave near Upper Wellwood © Copyright Gordon Brown and licensed for reuse. The First Record As usual, Alexander Shields was the first to record his death in 1690: ‘Item, The said Captain Dalzel and Lieu: Stratoun, with their men, found William Adam hiding in a Bush, and instantly killed him, at Walwood in Kyle, Feb: 1685’. (Shields, A Short Memorial, 36.) Cloud of Witnesses copied Shields: ‘The said Captain Dalziel and Lieutenant Straiten, with their men, found William Adam hiding in a bush, and instantly killed him, at the Wellwood, parish of Muirkirk, in Kyle, February 1685’. (Thomson (ed.), CW, 542.) Site of Adam’s Grave Wodrow’s William Adam One of Wodrow’s sources, John Cochrane of Waterside, the son of the moderate presbyterian Sir John Cochrane of Ochiltree, states that Dalziel and Straiton discovered Adam ‘hiding himself in a bush, did stick him dead without ever speaking a word unto him’. Cochrane probably used Shields for his information. (Hewison, Covenanters, II, 460.) According to Wodrow, who also used Shields as one of his sources, Adam fled from his work threshing in a barn at Mid Wellwood at the sight of Sir John Dalziel’s dragoons and hid in some bushes in a marsh, but he was discovered and killed: ‘Not a few others were thus killed in cold blood, without any indictment or process, this month [February, 1685], of whom I have scarce any other account but their names. William Adam in Middle-Welwood, who was in no Porteous roll, nor any way chargeable, was threshing in his barn, and seeing Sir John Dalziel’s company of dragoons coming, fearing they should come in upon him in the barn, and propose their ordinary questions, went out at the back door, and hid himself in a marsh ground among some bushes. The party seeing him flee, searched for him, and discovering him, instantly killed him’. (Wodrow, History, IV, 241.) One problem with Wodrow’s account is that John Dalziel (or Dalyell) was a captain in the Earl of Mar’s Regiment of Foot, rather than a captain of dragoons. Lieutenant Straton is probably Lieutenant Alexander Straton who was also an officer in Mar’s Regiment of Foot. Wodrow also made no mention of Lieutenant Straiton’s involvement, even though he clearly knew of his role from Shields. However, elsewhere in his history, we find Captain John Dalziel operating with Lieutenant ‘Straton’ when they were both involved in the shooting of Daniel McMichael at Lower Dalveen in Nithsdale on 31 January 1685. (Wodrow, History, IV, 239-40.) Map of [Lower] Dalveen Who was Captain Dalziel? There is some degree of confusion over the identity of Captain Dalziel. Shields refers to him as either ‘Captain Dalziel’ in his entry for Wellwood or ‘Sir Robert Dalziel’ in his entry for Dalveen. Wodrow states that he was ‘Sir John Dalziel’ in his entry for Wellwood, but names him as ‘John Dalziel, son to Sir Robert Dalziel at Kirkmichael’ in his entry for Dalveen. (Shields, A Short Memorial, 36. Wodrow, History, IV, 239, 241.) The problem is one of choronology. The Captain Dalziel that they both refer to was John Dalziel of Glenae (d. March 1689), who succeeded to the title of the 2nd Baronet Dalzell (Nova Scotia) in 1686. He was the son of Sir Robert Dalzell (d. before April 1686), a member of the Scottish parliament for Dumfriesshire. Captain John Dalziel came from Kirkmichael parish in Annandale. Besides the killing of Adam, Shields also records that Captain Dalziel ‘harassed much in Annandale’ with fines and forfeitures. His family were committed supporters of the Stewart monarchy. Sir John was the nephew of the staunchly royalist Robert Dalziel, 2nd earl of Carnwath, who had fought for Charles I in the British Civil Wars. The Captain’s two sons, Robert and James, and his brother, James, also fought for the Jacobite cause in the earl of Mar’s disastrous 1715 Rising. His eldest son, Robert (b.c.1687-1737), inherited the title of 6th earl of Carnwath in 1703, but was forfeited in 1716 for his part in the Rising. Sir John married Harriet Murray in June 1686, the daughter of Sir William Murray of Stanhope. The Lieutenant Murray who escorted the Campbell brothers of Upper Wellwood to prison in Edinburgh in August 1684 and shot John Brown at Blackwood in March 1685 was also one of the Murrays of Stanhope. Sir John’s daughter, Agnes, later married Sir John Johnstone of Westerhall (d.1711), who was probably the son of the Sir James Johnstone of Westerhall who ordered the summary execution of Andrew Hislop in Annandale in May 1685. (Shields, A Short Memorial, 31, 36, 37. See also here) The Location of Middle Wellwood Wodrow also states that Adam was at ‘Middle Welwood’. The modern farm of Midwellwood does not stand in the same location as the ‘Mid Wellwood’ farm found on General Roy’s map of the 1740s. At the time of Adam’s killing, ‘Mid Wellwood’ lay to the south, rather than north, of the River Ayr and just north, and to the east, of the confluence of the March and Shiel burns. Map of approximate location of Mid Wellwood In Wodrow’s narrative, Adam saw Dalziel’s troop at a distance and then fled and hid. If Adam fled from the barn at Mid Wellwood, he must have covered just under half a kilometre across the rigs of Mid Wellwood to his hiding place in the marshy ground around the Proscribe Burn. Adam’s fairly-determined flight from Dalziel’s men raises a contradiction in Wodrow’s narrative: Why did Adam run and hide in fear of the ‘ordinary questions’, that included the Abjuration oath, if, as Wodrow claims, he was not in ‘any way chargeable’? Wodrow believed that Adam was not listed on any fugitive roll, however, a William Adam ‘servant to John Alexander’ in Crofthead in Mauchline parish, Ayrshire, was listed on the published Fugitive Roll of 1684. If Adam was the same man as the fugitive on the Roll, then the reasons for his flight and summary execution are more explicable. He also would have almost certainly known another fugitive named Alexander Jamieson, who was the ‘servitor to Matthew Alexander’ in the adjacent farm of Croftfoot in Mauchline parish. Jamieson may have been captured in 1685 when three other fugitives returning from one of Renwick’s field preachings were shot at Carsgailoch Hill. (Jardine, ‘United Societies’, I, 127; II, 210.) Map of Crofthead Simpson’s Later Tradition After Wodrow’s account, the killing of Adam moves from history into the realm of popular tradition. Well over a century later, Simpson recorded a tradition that Adam was about to be married and that the dragoons (not foot) interrupted his Bible reading before a lovers’ tryst: ‘We may notice the following anecdote of a young man of the name of William Adams, who lived in Wellwood, and who, on account of his piety and nonconforming principles, became an object of hostility to the persons who, in those times, sought every opportunity to harass and persecute the people of God. William, who was about to be married to an excellent and amiable young woman in the neighbourhood, had appointed a meeting with her in the moors. On the day specified, he was first at the trysting-place; and, in order to pass the time till his friend should arrive, in the most profitable way, he opened his Bible and read the Word of God. He had not long continued at this employment till his eye caught a party of dragoons close upon him; he started to his feet; the enemy rode up to him, and, in an instant, he was shot dead on the spot. The young woman, who was now advancing at a quick pace along the heath, heard the loud and startling report of fire-arms precisely in the direction in which she was going. She walked onward with a throbbing heart and with a faltering step— she feared lest her beloved William had fallen by the savage hand of the foe; and her worst suspicions seemed to be justified, when she saw several horsemen coming over the rising ground, apparently from the very place where she expected to meet with her lover. She met them just as she was passing along a narrow foot-bridge, thrown by the shepherds, for their own convenience, over the mossy streamlet; and as they were crossing the brook, close by the side of the bridge, one of the dragoons drew his sword, and jocularly struck her with its broad-side, under the pretence of pushing her into the water. Her spirit was embittered, and her courage was roused; and, wrapping her apron closely round her hand, she seized the sword by the blade, wrenched it from the grasp of the warrior, snapped it in two over her knee, and flung the pieces into the stream. With eager impatience she hastened to the meeting-place. All her fears were realized—her William was lying stiff on the ground, and his blood had stained the heather bloom with a deeper dye’. (Simpson, Traditions, 9.) Unlike Wodrow’s Adam, Simpson’s Adam was an ‘object of hostility’ for the government forces. Adam Grave near Upper Wellwood © Copyright Chris Wimbush and licensed for reuse. A Compound of Stories In the late Nineteenth Century, Thomson, in his editorial note to the entry for Adam in Cloud of Witnesses, placed a slightly-altered version of Wodrow’s narrative alongside a slightly-altered version of Simpson’s tradition and came to the somewhat generous conclusion that Simpson’s tradition was ‘by no means irreconcilable’ with Wodrow’s account. (Thomson (ed.), CW, 542.) Simpson’s recorded version of Adam’s death is only true in terms of how popular tradition recalled the Killing Times. It is not true in historical terms. As Campbell pointed out several years ago, elements of the story surrounding the killing of Adam, that he was bible reading and that his death was discovered by his sweetheart, are substantially the same as the traditional stories about the death of Arthur Inglis in Cambusnethan parish and those of John Murchie and Daniel McIlwraith at Barrhill. (Campbell, Standing Witnesses, 182-3.) When was Adam killed? Perhaps the best clue as to the timing of Adam’s killing comes from the role of Captain Dalziel and Lieutenant Straiton in the death of Daniel McMichael at [Lower] Dalveen on 31 January 1685, as Adam and McMichael were killed by the same party of soldiers. The account of the shooting at Dalveen provides us with a pretty good idea of Dalziel and Straiton’s northward line of march out of Dumfriesshire up to the point at which they shot McMichael at Lower Dalveen, now known as Dalveen, in Durisdeer parish. From Dalveen it is a very short journey over the hill behind Dalveen farm to the old road which climbed up the Enterkin Pass to Wanlockhead, which lies in the heart of the hills to the south of Mid Wellwood. Their line of march suggests that Dalziel and Straiton’s force were operating in the hills to the south of Mid Wellwood in the period prior to Adam’s death. That may suggest that Adam was killed in early February 1685, although a later date is possible. A date in early February certainly accords with Shields and Wodrow’s chronology for Adam’s death. However, Shields and Wodrow’s chronology is contradicted by the date of ‘March’ inscribed on Adam’s gravestone. (Wodrow, History, IV, 239-40.) The Context of Adam’s Killing Adam’s killing at Wellwood was not a coincidence. Perhaps the greatest lapse in Wodrow’s narrative is that he did not connect the soldiers’ presence at Mid Wellwood or Adam’s killing to the events surrounding Upper and Mid Wellwood at that time. His History of the Sufferings contains both information on Adam’s death and a considerable quantity of evidence about events in Muirkirk parish, but Wodrow does not present the meagre evidence he had about the killing of Adam in the context of other events in Muirkirk. Wodrow’s choice of narrative form was the cause of his failure to place the killing in context. Although his narrative form suited his wider purpose of exposing the vast scale of presbyterian sufferings at the hands of a “despotic regime”, it made Adam’s death subservient to his wider agenda. In doing so, he left Adam’s killing isolated from the local context that may have had caused it. Upper Wellwood was the home of the brothers, John and William Campbell of Wellwood, while Mid Wellwood was the home of their cousin John Campbell. Both the brothers and their cousin appear to have been captured in Muirkirk parish and subsequently made a successful escape from their Edinburgh prison with eight others in August 1684. Map of Upper Wellwood Although Adam’s killing has the appearance of a random event, it was probably the first in a pattern of local killings that developed as the net tightened around the Campbell group of fugitives. The circumstantial evidence for a connection between the Campbell group of fugitives and the killings in the area is surprisingly strong when both narratives are run alongside each other. At the time of Adam’s killing, Wodrow reports that the Campbell brothers and their father, William Campbell, who was also a fugitive, and Mid Wellwood, were passing the winter of 1684/1685 in hiding out in the open in the hills. (Wodrow, History, IV, 51.) To survive in such an environment would have required a regular flow of supplies and provisions from sympathetic local people. There is little doubt that the people at Wellwood and in surrounding area would have been suspected of aiding the Campbell group of fugitives and, as a result, drawn significant attention from government forces. Given those circumstances, why was William Adam at Mid Wellwood? Clearly, the farms at Upper and Mid Wellwood were neither the ideal hiding place for any fugitive, nor the best place to work if one wanted to avoid questioning by soliders. If Adam was a fugitive, as he may have been, it is possible that he may have had been at Midwellwood for some purpose in connection with the other fugitives in the hills. The capture and execution of Thomas Richard in Greenock Mains in late March or early April 1685 may also be connected to the Campbell group of fugitives, as one of the reasons given for the capture and execution of Richard was that he had confessed to the recent shelter of fugitives. Map of Greenock Mains With Adam’s death at Midwellwood and Richard’s capture at Greenock, one gets the sense that the options for the fugitives in the hills had narrowed. Wodrow’s History certainly suggests that the Campbell group of fugitives took further precautions to maintain themselves in the hills in the month after Richard’s capture: ‘In April, 1685, they had made a little lodge for themselves, in a very retired place in the middle of the mountains’. (Wodrow, History, IV, 51.) It is worth noting that the Campbell group of fugitives built their ‘little lodge’ after the worst of the winter was over and immediately after the capture of Thomas Richard. Curiously, John Graham of Claverhouse reported the discovery of just such a large dugout after John Brown was shot and John Brounen was captured at Priesthill on 1 May: ‘In the mean time he [Brounen] was making the souldiers found out a house in the hille under ground, that could hold a dusen men, and there were swords and pistolles in it; and this fellu [Brounen] declaired that they belonged to his uncle, and that he had lurked in that place ever since Bothwell, where he was in armes’. (Campbell, Standing Witnesses, 207.) The capacity of the dugout to hold a dozen fugitives does seem to contradict Brounen’s implication that the dugout was just for his uncle. Like the location of the Campbell dugout, Priesthill is ‘in a very retired place in the middle of the mountains’. Map of Priesthill The arrival of Claverhouse and Highland troops also had a dramatic impact on the Campbell group of fugitives: ‘In a little time after [they had built their ‘little lodge’ in the hills], the highlanders came to that country [by 1 May 1685], and discovered their hiding-place, and they were forced to remove, and separate one from another’. With the arrival of the Highlanders and the discovery of the ‘little lodge’, the Campbell group of fugitives were no longer able to maintain themselves as a coherent group in the hills. Whatever system of support they had established after their escape and tried to maintain by building their dugout, had patently disintegrated. In early May, it had become every man for himself among the fugitives. According to Wodrow: ‘In a few days [after the fugitives had separated from each other] Middle-Welwood and … [John Campbell’s] brother [William] were taken by Claverhouse, and cruelly treated, and with others were sent to Dunotter [Castle]’. (Wodrow, History, IV, 51.) Dunnottar Castle © Copyright Jjhake and licensed for reuse. It is possible that the intelligence from Claverhouse’s prisoner from Priesthill, John Brounen, may have played a part in their recapture. Since Claverhouse’s other known movements at the beginning of May followed up on Brounen’s intelligence and the Priesthill dugout does resemble the Campbells’ ‘little lodge’, it is possible that Claverhouse’s recapture of the two Campbells was also to some extent directed by Brounen’s information. (See John Brounen, James Smith in Threepwood and John Smith in Cronan.) Mid Wellwood was also the location where Peter Gillies, who was executed with Brounen at Mauchline on c.6 May 1685, left a letter to his wife. (Thomson (ed.), CW, 534.) John Campbell managed to evade capture and within a few weeks at most had joined with William Cleland, John Fullerton, Robert Langlands, George Barclay and Alexander Peden in their efforts to incite the West of Scotland to rebel in the Argyll Rising. However, with the Rising’s collapse in mid June, John Campbell’s resolve to remain in hiding around Wellwood also collapsed, as he secretly attempted to emigrate to Virginia. (Wodrow, History, IV, 51.) Walker records a visit by Peden to John Campbell’s mother at Upper Wellwood at some point in late 1685: ‘28. In the said 1685, he [Peden] came to Welwood to Captain John Campbell’s, he having escaped out of the Canongate Tolbooth, in the Month of August 1684; and he in Danger every Day, resolved to go to America, took farewel of Friends, and went a Ship-board; Mr. Peden said to his Mother, Mistris, what’s become of Johnie? She said, He’s gone to America: He said, No, no, he’s not gone; send for him, for he’ll never see America. Accordingly it was so; a Storm rose, where he was in Danger, but was preserved, and came off, and is yet alive [in the 1720s]’. (Walker, BP, I, 117.) The Grave of William Adam According to Canmore and Thorbjörn Campbell in Standing Witnesses, but not according to Cloud of Witnesses, the inscription on Adam’s gravestone dates his death to March 1685. I’ve given the inscription as recorded by Campbell, the last line of which is omitted by Cloud: ‘Here lyes WILLIAM ADAM who was shot in by CAPt DALZEAL and his party for his adherence to the and Scotland’s Covenanted work of Reformation (Thomson (ed.), CW, 607; MGoS, 150-1; Campbell, Standing Witnesses, 183.) Inscription on Grave © Copyright Mary and Angus Hogg and licensed for reuse. The grave lies on the farm of Upper Wellwood. Text © Copyright Dr Mark Jardine. All Rights Reserved. Please link to this post on Facebook or other social networks or retweet it, but do not reblog in FULL without the express permission of the author @drmarkjardine ~ by drmarkjardine on October 11, 2010. Posted in 1685, Alexander Jamieson, Alexander Peden, Andrew Hislop, Annandale, Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain John Dalziel, Carsgailoch Hill, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Croftfoot, Crofthead, Dalveen, Daniel McMichael, Dragoons, Dumfriesshire, Dunnottar Castle, Durisdeer parish, earl of Carnwath, Edinburgh, Fugitive Roll of 1684, George Barclay, Glenae, Greenock, Highlanders, History, James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Renwick, James Smith, John Binning, John Brown (Blackwood), John Brown of Priesthill, John Browning, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran of Ochiltree, John Cochrane of Waterside, John Fullerton, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Smith in Cronan, Killing Times, Kirkmichael parish, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Straiton, martyrdom, Martyrs, Mauchline parish, Midwellwood, Muirkirk, Muirkirk parish, Nova Scotia, Peter Gillies, Priesthill, River Ayr, Robert Langlands, Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish parliament, Stanhope, Thomas Richard, Upper Wellwood, Virginia, William Adam, William Campbell of Wellwood, William Cleland Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, History, Killing Times, Martyrs, Muirkirk, Scotland, Scottish History, Virginia 6 Responses to “William Adam: The Wanderer at Wellwood” […] or Browning (c.6-10 May?) and perhaps James White and John Law. It is possible that the capture of William Campbell in Upper Wellwood and John Campbell of Mid Wellwood in early May was another product of the crackdown which followed the attack on […] The Eaglesham Martyrs « Jardine's Book of Martyrs said this on November 18, 2010 at 6:12 pm \| Reply […] captured at Renwick’s conventicle at Greenock, escaped from the Canongate Tolbooth and were later pursued as fugitives in 1684 and […] Cameron’s Preaching at the Gass Water « Jardine's Book of Martyrs said this on July 22, 2011 at 10:02 pm \| Reply […] of Highlanders with Gillies and Bryce at Mid Wellwood, appears to coincide with the capture of John Campbell of Mid Wellwood and William Campbell of Upper Wellwood by Claverhouse on c.4 May, 1685. Both of those men had been pursued for months following a large […] Search and Destroy: The Mauchline Martyrs of 1685 « Jardine's Book of Martyrs said this on September 1, 2011 at 1:42 am \| Reply […] The ‘Cave’ Wodrow mentions that Paterson was captured on the Sabbath and that ‘fourteen persons’ were in hiding at ‘Charon heugh’. When the soldiers approached, Paterson and three others were captured, but ten managed to get ‘into a secret place in the cave’. The precise circumstances are not clear, but it appears that either Paterson and the other three did not manage to gain entry to the ‘cave’ and were captured, or that they did, but were not well concealed in the cave. The use of the term ‘cave’ to describe a hiding place often appears in later Covenanting tradition, but it was often applied to manmade dugouts or perhaps, in this case, to a coal pit. For an example of a dug out of that size, see Claverhouse’s discovery of one at Priesthill or the dugout used by those who escaped from Edinburgh Tolbooth. […] Shot at Strathaven: The Mystery of William Paterson the Executed Cambusnethan Covenanter « Jardine's Book of Martyrs said this on January 25, 2012 at 1:52 am \| Reply […] the escape of his neighbours, John and William Campbell of Wellwood, from the Canongate Tolbooth in Edinburgh on 21 August 1684 would have added to the climate of surveillance in Muirkirk parish, […] The Double Life of Thomas Richard « Jardine's Book of Martyrs said this on February 4, 2012 at 1:54 am \| Reply […] MacMichael’s head, dead or alive. The ‘some more ravages’ that followed the shooting included the killing of William Adam within […] Death at Dalveen: The Killing of the Covenanter Daniel MacMichael in 1685 #History #Scotland \| Jardine's Book of Martyrs said this on May 26, 2018 at 7:58 pm \| Reply	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1156
__label__cc	0.696014	0.303986	Home > Careers > Design > Glass Design Glass Design - scope, careers, colleges, skills, jobs, salary Everything you need to know about making a career in the Glass Design. Glass Design careers, scope, colleges, skills required, job prospects and salary. Discover the complete information of Glass Design here. About Glass Design “The future of glass is bright and I would encourage all designers and developers to get to know glass better and how to apply it in their future crafts.” ~Brett Lovelady CEO/Chief Instigator, ASTRO Studios A glass designer or a glassblower renders works for glass making it usable for various industries and for aesthetic purposes. A glassblower or designer is responsible for designing, producing, decorating and finishing pieces of glass. They mold glass to make glassware, stemware, and giftware, architectural glass, crafted glass windows, ornate items. One could work as a scientific glassblower, designing and repairing laboratory glass. They can work with individual artists in their design studios. They can also work in museums and historic places to restore age-old glassworks which can be of extreme importance to the national heritage of any country. Glass Design Career Path Diploma in Glass Design Eligibility 10+2/Graduation/BFA/Diploma (for Bachelor/Diploma Courses), BFA/B. Des. in Ceramic & Glass/any related specialization (for MFA/M. Des.), 10th class (only for some diploma courses), Some colleges have specific age requirements for admission Entrance Exam Different colleges/institutes have different criteria. One of the well- known entrance test is: NID (National Institute of Design) – Design Aptitude Test Some colleges take direct admissions on merit basis. Goal Glass Designer, Glass Artist Diploma in Glass and Ceramic Engineering (DGCE)/Ceramic Technology– 3 years B. Tech. (Ceramic Engineering/Ceramic Technology)– 4 years M. Tech. (Ceramic Engineering/Ceramic Technology)– 2 years Ph.D. (Ceramic Engineering/Ceramic Technology)– 3 to 6 years Colleges for Glass Design Andhra University College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, Kolkata Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad Institute of Research Development and Training (IRDT), Kanpur National Institute of Design (NID), Bangalore National Institute of Design(NID), Ahmedabad National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Rajasthan Technical University, Kota Visva Bharti University, West Bengal Top Colleges for Glass Design Scholarship / Fellowship in Glass Design National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad awards a scholarship to the needy and deserving students with the support of Ford Foundation and Government of India. Scheme for Scholarships to Young Artistes in Different Cultural Fields by Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Saint-Gobain Scholarship Program for graduates of Architecture & Design. Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship Khoj Fellowship Inlaks Fine Arts Award provides financial assistance to young artists in their formative years to develop their creative talent. Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) – The Emerging Artists Award supports young Indian artists studying or practicing in India who demonstrate extraordinary skills in the visual arts. Different institutions / colleges award scholarships to deserving students. The scholarship criteria vary from one institute to another. Glass Design Key Skills Creativity in Pattern/Colors Designing Skills Focus and hard work Passion for learning Self Motivation Visualization Skills Glass Design Career Prospects Glass Designer / Stained Glass Designer / Freelance Designer Glass Artist Glassblower Ceramic Designer Quality Controller Ceramic / Glass Engineer Jobs in Glass Design Glass Studios / Art Galleries Glass Manufacturing Companies / Factories Architectural Firms / Interior Design Houses Glassware Laboratories Museums / Historic Places Product Design / Design Industry Colleges / Universities / Academic Institutes Self-Employment / Private Studio Salary in Glass Design Glass Design Role Models Sonia Sareen Sonia Sareen she is India’s leading Stained Glass Designer. Sonia got trained in many arts but is perhaps best known for her exquisite work in stained glass and a designer par excellence. She has worked with nearly every hotel chain in India, with the prominent projects being at Soaltee Oberoi, Radisson Jass, ISTA Pune, Taj Ganges etc. Reshmi Dey Reshmi Dey is an artist entrepreneur of glass, a rare bird in the industrial and commercial world of India. Glass Sutra, an initiative by Reshmi Dey is the first public access studio and professional learning center for creative glass art designing work in India. The projects which have been executed include Radisson Hotel, Delhi, The Claridges, Suraj Kund etc. The studio would provide the space to allow Reshmi and all those working within its walls to express their commitment to artistic education, creativity, innovation, and experimentation through glass, with important financial support from organizations which share a similar vision. It is her wish that by creating an environment with a singular focus on glass, access to resources, and an ever-expanding interest in glass, that the studio becomes the largest and most comprehensive educational center in India for artists working in glass. Srila Mookherjee Srila Mookherjee she is India's first woman glass-blower, and her amazing repertoire is a testimony to her passion for the medium and the art form.Srila’s ultimate goal was to return home and begin her own studio. Idealistic and practical, she returned to India with just a file containing photographs, drawings and explanations of every piece of equipment needed to set up a studio. Using this manual as a reference, Srila sourced all her material and equipment indigenously and eventually began the first studio glass atelier in India in her home town of Calcutta, now known as Kolkata. Now, over two decades later, she continues to create magic from molten glass, always striving to explore and challenge the possibilities of this exciting medium. Carol Milne Carol Milne is an internationally recognized Canadian sculptor living in Seattle, Washington. She is best known for her Knitted Glass work, winning the Silver Award, in the International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa Japan 2010. Milne graduated in 1985 from the University of Guelph Ontario, in Landscape Architecture. After a short stint at a landscape architect's office, Milne worked at a pre-press graphics shop managing a small group of digital typesetters. In 1988-89 she was a graduate student in the University of Iowa's MFA program in sculpture. Since 2000, Milne works primarily in glass, although knitting also plays a major part in her non-glass sculptures. See, for example, “Grow Lights”. http://www.ethosindia.in/events/ge-saint-gobain-scholarship-program/index.php http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/scheme-scholarships-young-artistes-different-cultural-fields http://www.ficart.org/emerging-artist-award http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/art/fine-art-award/how-to-appply/ http://khojworkshop.org/opportunity/inlaks-fine-arts-award-2016/ http://www.lalitkala.gov.in/ http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/ https://www.fairandlovely.in/fal-scholarship http://www.kalaneri.com/ http://khojworkshop.org/opportunities-general-information/	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1160
__label__wiki	0.604262	0.604262	Home > Paul Stek Paul Stek 4800 Oak Grove Drive Co-Authored Publications: Livesey, N., et al. (2008), Validation of Aura Microwaver Limb Sounder O 3 and CO observations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S02, doi:10.1029/2007JD008805. Santee, M., et al. (2008), Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder ClO measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S22, doi:10.1029/2007JD008762. Jiang, Y. B., et al. (2007), Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Ozone by ozonesonde and lidar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S34, doi:10.1029/2007JD008776. Lambert, A., et al. (2007), Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S36, doi:10.1029/2007JD008724. Read, B., et al. (2007), Aura Microwave Limb Sounder upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric H2O and relative humidity with respect to ice validation, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S35, doi:10.1029/2007JD008752. Santee, M., et al. (2007), Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder HNO3 measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S40, doi:10.1029/2007JD008721. Note: Only publications that have been uploaded to the ESD Publications database are listed here. Page Last Updated: December 7, 2017 Page Editor: Erin Justice	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1172
__label__wiki	0.885316	0.885316	Home > All > While the U.S. Scores High in Collegiate Esports, Turkey is Pioneering the “Student-Gamer” While the U.S. Scores High in Collegiate Esports, Turkey is Pioneering the “Student-Gamer” Hasan Çolakoğlu, Managing Director of Riot Games Emerging Markets, speaking at a press conference for the developer's partnership with Bahçeşehir University Graham AshtonGraham__Ashton Dec 13, 2017 Dec 13, 2017 All, Feature Stories, Features In January of this year, Bahçeşehir University (BAU) partnered with Riot Games Turkey to roll out an esports teaching module. The private institution, headquartered in Istanbul, plans to expand this program to its international campuses, starting with Berlin next year–leveraging education to rid esports of its most pressing problem: a severe lack of career options. Bahçeşehir University is building an infrastructure for esports learning, allying with publishers who might ultimately go on to hire its students. Esports right now is choking under its “enter early, retire early” status quo. While a sizeable amount of pro players can now live on a consistent level of salaries and tournament earnings, there’s no proper certification or professional pathway waiting on the sidelines. Career transition barely registers as an afterthought, and companies are building amateur players into professionals on a trial-by-error basis, incurring great costs in the process. Even the collegiate scene, one of the fastest growing segments, hasn’t meaningfully enrolled its newfound star athletes into the educational institutions they’re representing. The problem is confounded by a feedback loop. There’s too few professionals who can take their knowledge to an academic environment, and few professors understand competitive gaming enough to build programs around it. The educators need to be educated. BAU began offering educational support to players in the League of Legends Turkey Championship and Promotion leagues earlier this year. Like many U.S. institutions, it offered cash scholarships, totaling 1 million Turkish Lira ($300,000 USD). Among the 27 recipients were several pro players from the Turkish Championship League (TCL). “As Riot Games, players are our most important focus,” said Hasan Çolakoğlu, Managing Director of Riot Games Emerging Markets, during a press conference earlier this year. “We think that Bahçeşehir University has implemented a truly encouraging individual initiative with the esports scholarship, which will be beneficial for the esports players of the future.” If you needed a rough number, there are probably around 2,000 professional esports teams right now, but there are also millions are striving for the top tier. Many esports hopefuls are failing school or university, and some drop their education altogether once a professional opportunity arises. “Without proper certification, proper education, top-level English and business experience, they will have a hard time to find jobs or create their own business in the market,” says Serhat Bekdemir, a senior esports consultant for Bahçeşehir University. Pictured: Bora Koçyiğit, General Manager for Riot Games Turkey (Left), with Ayça Muş, Associate Director of the BAU CO-OP program (right). In the long-term, the school is building an infrastructure for esports learning, allying with the publishers who might ultimately go on to hire its students. “Since the esports hype began, a few years ago, we are seeing that most companies, marketers, and brands are focusing on the top level of esports,” says Bekdemir. “This is not actually representing the whole esports ecosystem.” Bekdemir himself is an esports professional of fifteen years. Originally starting out as software developer during the early internet age and then a journalist and editor for the Turkish gaming press, he was heavily involved with both ESL and the World Cyber Games (a formerly Samsung-run tournament) and has held senior positions within the Turkish branch of Crytek. Alongside his consultancy work for BAU, he also founded Games & Brands International, a startup focusing on collegiate esports and education. Few professors understand competitive gaming enough to build programs around it. The educators need to be educated. On more than one occasion, he has become entangled in the growing web of global esports politics. “I was personally managing a Turkish association five years ago,” he says. “However, the Turkish authorities tried to create their own federation back in 2012, and that first attempt didn’t go well.” Bekdemir began working closely with the International e-Sports Federation (IeSF), particularly after it partnered with the International University Sports Federation (FISU). With the two organization’s recent partnership deal, Bekdemir’s hope is that the IeSF can benefit from the BAU’s research on different aspects of the esports ecosystem. For instance, the school’s faculty of law is working on esports contracts with teams, while its psychology department is developing methods for players to behave under stress. Various other universities in Europe are also testing this approach. In June 2017, ESL collaborated with the University of York to provide esports master classes and dissertations resources. Kanjaani University in Finland, after hosting a CS:GO summer camp, launched a bachelor’s degree in esports business administration. What sets the Turkish institution apart, at least for now, is its undergraduate course isn’t entirely centered around esports. Students are free to study their chosen vocation, and BAU instead offers an accredited esports module. “Many students choose to attend those classes, because maybe they know their skills are not enough to compete in the top level, but they can still find their career path within the gaming industry,” says BAU Senior Esports Consultant Serhat Bekdemir. Bora Koçyiğit the General Manager for Riot Games Turkey, opened the series with a speech on how the esports world operates, and where Riot sits in that ecosystem. In the weeks that followed, students were given masterclasses from the developer’s Marketing Manager, Publishing Manager – even a member of the localization team came in to explain how League of Legends has been adapted culturally for a global player-base. “The academic and institutional support for esports by Bahcesehir University is a big step for the future of esports in Turkey,” said Bora Koçyiğit in a recent press release. “We are glad to be a part of this special project that touches every single part of the esports ecosystem in our country.” The goal for BAU is to expand these programs internationally, starting with it’s Berlin campus. The goal for BAU is to expand these programs internationally, starting with it’s Berlin campus, and to form similar partnerships with other developers. “We also have a very intense internship program,” says Bekdemir. “Our students can work part time for three, six, or nine months in a company. As a university, we are covering the social security costs, and at the end of the year the interns get three credits, which will help them finish school.” If we look for a parallel in traditional sports, around one-in-three members of the International Olympic Council were former athletes. Today, one-time professional players serve as key decision makers in either the regional or national sports authorities within their own countries. Conversely, the esports industry is continuously looking outside itself for educated professionals. On a practical level, this can help broadcasts and events meet the standards of other industries, but it does little to foster talent from within the esports ecosystem. Of course few academic institutions will be immediately sympathetic to the needs of a projected $696 million industry. Even at the BAU, esports faced heavy resistance from academic personnel. “They don’t understand the dynamics of our industry and the needs of the population and players,” says Bekdemir. “We want to pass those ideals to our teachers first and make them understand what esports is, what its impact on the youth is—what is going right, what is going wrong—and the impact we can have.” BAUESLFISUIeSFRiot GamesTurkey UPDATE: UK Gambling Commission Publishes Youth Gambling Report, Eyes Loot Box Regulation Schalke 04 Will Present League of Legends Squad in Front of Thousands of Soccer Fans ASUS Republic of Gamers Readies Its Own $500,000 International Competition On the Verge of Franchising, Will EU LCS Teams Get Their Money’s Worth? Three Things Mercedes-Benz Did Right in Communicating with the Dota 2 Audience	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1173
__label__cc	0.630092	0.369908	WHAT IS ELS? OUR CREDIBILITY Fundamental in belief and sacrificial in practice ELS affirms absolute belief in the full inspiration of the Old and New Testament Scriptures. It’s full-time workers live a life of faith and sacrifice in order to fulfill the Great Commission. ELS workers represent several denominations of the protestant Church and various languages. They are at your service. ELS service reaches beyond the barriers of denominations, distance and language. ELS stock-line consists of fundamental Christian literature. Thus it is safe, sound and true to the Word of God. It will build you up. ELS publishing house, trade & mail order department and administrative office are housed at the headquarters in Chennai.(Vepery) There are thousands of individuals and more than 140 book-shops on the regular mailing list. At least twice a year we publish and send out book news. You may contact us for a free catalogue. ELS publishes books in English, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Punjabi. ELS imports books in volumes and varieties. ELS is a distribution agent in India for several evangelical publishers overseas. ELS is affiliated with CLC International, Sheffield, UK – a worldwide fellowship of the like purpose. ELS is self-supporting, indigenous and interdenominational. ELS is a literature mission registered in India in 1954 under Societies Registration Act. ELS is a member of Christian Book Sellers Association, USA. Copyright © Evangelical Literature Service \| All Rights Reserved	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1174
__label__wiki	0.725395	0.725395	1 Etiology of Congenital Cardiac Disease 1.1 Arrest of Growth 1.2 Fetal Disease Etiology of Congenital Cardiac Disease Cardiac anomalies may be divided, according to etiology, into two main groups: those due to arrest of growth at an early stage, before the different parts of the heart have been entirely formed, and those produced in the more fully developed heart by fetal disease. Arrest of Growth From the earliest times search has been made for the underlying causes of the arrest of development manifest in cardiac malformations. Long before Darwin, Meckel, in 1812, pointed out the resemblance of certain defects to the hearts of those animals, which present in a stationary form the different stages through which the mammalian heart passes in its development, and explained them as reversions to a more primitive type. In seeking the causes of the defect we may turn first to the study of associated anomalies. Do these occur in such frequency and constancy as to place their combination beyond the range of coincidence? And if so, may the causes leading to malformations elsewhere, such as disease and adhesions of the amnion, maternal disease, hereditary predisposition, etc., be assumed to act upon the fetal heart? In Rokitansky's Defekie der Scheidewdnde des Herzens, among 24 complicated defects of the septum, all evidently of developmental origin, associated anomalies such as transposition of the viscera, cleft palate, etc., occurred in 8, that is, in one-third of the cases. Yierordt, in the 700 cases reviewed by him, found associated anomalies in 80 (11 per cent.). On the other hand Keith found among 23 malformed fetuses and infants showing anencephaly, hydrocephaly, spina bifida, umbilical hernia, atresia ani, cleft palate, harelip, and stricture of the oesophagus, in 14 a malformation of the heart. Among the 631 cases studied here, anomalies elsewhere in the body, among which may be enumerated malformations of liver and lung, asymmetry of calvarium, partial or complete transposition of viscera, harelip and cleft palate, encephalocele, gastro- and rachischisis, absence of spleen or kidney, diverticula, h^^pospadias, hernia, etc., occurred in 92 cases, that is, in 14 per cent. Defect of the interventricular septum was associated in Chaffey's case with imperforate anus, in Moore's with a supernumerary thumb, in Morestin's with syndactylism and absence of femur, fibula, and genitalia. A widely patent foramen ovale was combined in Berthel's case with rudimentary genitalia, and in Tylecote's with a congenital perforation of the nasal septum. Kingsley reports patent ductus with macroglossia and absence of the left kidney, and Dick a case of pulmonary artery forming the descending aorta, with the uterus bipartite, and the kidneys fused. Mental deficiency or derangement of the higher nerve centres is not infrequent. Thus idiocy was reported by Simmons, Carpenter and Rheiner, in cases of patent foramen ovale, patent ductus, and septal defect respectively, and in a biloculate heart reported by Dublizhaza, idiocy was combined with strabismus and pes varus. Further illustrations might be multiplied, but the above suffice to show that the association of grave anomalies with cardiac defects is too frequent to be considered accidental. That the cause of both is to be sought, not so much in a hereditary predisposition, as in a diseased condition of the fetal envelopes or of the maternal tissues is evident from the facts yielded by the family history of these cases. For a history of congenital disease in the ancestry is much less common, than is one of cardiac defect or other anomaly in other members of the same generation, and evidence of infective processes or depressing influences acting within the parental organism is still more frequently supplied. In this series there was a history of congenital defect in a brother or sister of the patient in 11 cases, of rheumatism or heart-disease in the parents in 13, and of small-pox or tuberculosis in six. Congenital syphilis in the father was recorded by Jacobi, in a case of ectopia cordis, and lues whether congenital or acquired is certainly a frequent cause. Baneful influences acting upon the mother during the early weeks of pregnancy have been described, such as great trouble, ill-treatment and fright. Severe inflammation of the bladder of the mother in the third month was blamed by Habershon for the development of pulmonary atresia with septal defect, and an operation on the mother for appendicitis was noted by Royer and Wilson, in their case of incomplete heterotaxy. In not a few instances the parents had both reached advanced middle life, and in some the child was the last of a series of many pregnancies. Difficult delivery occurred in the cases of patent ductus by Luys, Roeder, and others. Laine reported a case of aortic stenosis with septal defect from a mother aged forty-eight years, who had had four other children, of whom three were feeble-minded. The predominating cause of the defect is thus clearly to be sought in the immediate environment of the developing embryo. It must be recognized that the early death in most cases of congenital cardiac disease prevents direct transmission of cardiac defects, which might otherwise occur, and this lessens the apparent frequency of heredity. That heredity is a factor in a certain proportion of cases is evidenced by numerous facts. The association of symmetrical polydactylism is significant when one considers the well known familial tendency of this anomaly. Of much interest also is a specimen reported by J. McCrae[1] in which transposition of the viscera and atresia of the pulmonary artery were found in the fifteenth child of a forty-six-year-old mother, who was herself of poor intelligence and had a harelip. Fetal Disease Acute endocarditis was formerly claimed to be a widely acting cause of congenital cardiac disease, not only in those instances in which in the fully formed heart the traces of its presence are incontestable, but in the earlier cases of arrest of growth which were explained as due to its action upon the half-developed embryo. With the increasing knowledge of development, the trend of modern opinion is to explain the majority of cardiac defects as arrest of growth, dependent upon a variety of causes as enumerated above, and to class with these many cases of pulmonary stenosis and atresia, formerly thought to be inflammatory in origin. There remains a certain proportion due to fetal endocarditis, but it is impossible to state the exact degree of its influence, and it is therefore safest to divide cardiac defects into two classes, viz., those in which an arrest of development from any cause has taken place, I and those which show, by thickening and cicatricial contraction, that they have been produced by fetal disease after the heart has been fully formed. The presence of thickening of the endocardium does not prove that a defect is originally due to an inflammatory process, for cardiac defects, giving rise so readily to abnormal currents and to undue strain upon the valves, are particularly liable to be the seat of future disease. ↑ 1 Jour. Anat. and Physiol., 1905, xl, 48.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1177
__label__cc	0.633064	0.366936	Tag: Vincent Cassel Review: Trance (2013) March 22, 2013 March 22, 2013 Jamie Neish3 Comments After turning his attention to curating the illuminating London Olympics opening ceremony over the summer months, acclaimed BAFTA award-winning director Danny Boyle returns to his cinematic home with his latest feature effort Trance: a hypnotic and delirious, yet overstuffed and often baffling psychological crime thriller that sees him work from a script co-written by regular screenwriter John Hodge and new recruit Joe Ahearne. Continue reading “Review: Trance (2013)” → Posted in ReviewTagged Anthony Dod Mantle, Danny Boyle, James McAvoy, Joe Ahearne, John Hodge, London Olympics, Rosario Dawson, Trance, Vincent Cassel Interview With The Monk Director Dominik Moll May 2, 2012 Jamie NeishLeave a comment As of last Friday, The Monk, the latest adaptation of Matthew Lewis’ revered and controversial eighteenth-century novel, made its way into select cinemas across the U.K. The film, co-written and directed by Dominik Moll, centers on Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel), an acclaimed monk who, after becoming entranced by a masked figure (Déborah François) who takes shelter in the monastery, is lead down a Continue reading “Interview With The Monk Director Dominik Moll” → Posted in InterviewTagged Alfred Hitchcock, Déborah François, Dominik Moll, Film, Glasgow Film Festival, Interview, Matthew Lewis, Patrick Lussier, The Monk, Vincent Cassel Review: The Monk (2011) April 28, 2012 May 2, 2012 Jamie NeishLeave a comment Abandoned on the doorstep of a monastery in Spain, Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel) becomes a devout friar known far and wide for his ethics and traditionalism, much like the Capuchin monks who raised him. However, after suffering a series of terrorising dreams, he becomes entranced by a masked figure who takes shelter in the monastery. Discovering the figure is actually a woman named Valerio (Déborah François), Ambrosio seduces her, beginning his slow descent into a world of sin. The Monk, based on Matthew Lewis’ revered and controversial eighteenth century novel of the same name, positions itself strongly as a character-driven Continue reading “Review: The Monk (2011)” → Posted in ReviewTagged Anne-Louise Trividic, Déborah François, Dominik Moll, Film, Patrick Lussier, Review, The Monk, Vincent Cassel Review: Black Swan (2010) January 22, 2011 May 15, 2011 Jamie Neish1 Comment Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller is a twisted adaptation of the famous ballet Swan Lake that blurs the boundaries between high art and exploitation film. Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) is consumed by her obsession of being the perfect ballerina. When Nina learns that the principal ballerina, Beth (Winona Ryder), is being let go at the end of the season, she sees an open door that could lead to hear dreams coming true. But the arrival of Lily (Mila Kunis), a naturally talented and laid-back ballerina, brings her self-esteem issues to the forefront. Nina wins the role of the Swan Queen in the company’s production of Swan Lake, and it soon begins to take its toll on Nina as practices become more grueling and the company’s director, Thomas (Vincent Cassel), plays mind games with her.As her life is ever more consumed by ballet, she begins to get more in touch with her dark side – a recklessness that threatens to destroy her. Black Swan highlights the savageness of performance and the innumerable issues that come from an aspiration for perfection. Nina is a newcomer, her problems are all related to the inherent worry of making an affecting first impression and bettering her counterparts. The thematic elements used work together to make Black Swan feel like vital, candid and ultimately contemporary tale; almost like a culmination of the director’s masterfully distinctive filmmaking style that’s developed over the past twelve years. Matthew Libatique’s evasive and intense cinematography beautifully captures Nina’s fracturing mental state, her delusions and perpetual anxieties, masterfully blending reality and illusion. The claustrophobia of Nina’s shattered mind is superbly transposed to the sheer, heart-pounding ebullience of the stage, capturing in detail every affliction Nina suffers in her bid for perfection, while equivalently showcasing ballet as a undeniably majestic art form. Clint Mansell’s take on Tchaikovsky’s famous score is tremendous. Not only does the music stay true to the heart of Swan Lake, but it and adds new themes, motifs and emotions; complimenting, and enhancing, the film’s sinister nature magnificently. Portman is truly exquisite as Nina, embodying the character of a young woman paralysed by her torturous desire for perfection desperately trying maintain a grip on her sanity faultlessly. We witness Nina simultaneously at her most exposed and her most barbaric, reaching her zenith with a sharp, enticing career-defining dance, much like Portman’s career-best performance. The supporting performances are equally strong: Cassel wonderfully sordid as the company’s director; Kunis remarkably piercing and intoxicating as Lily; Hershey as Nina’s overpowering mother, Erica; and Ryder making the most of her limited screen-time as Beth, embracing the film’s demented nature and enveloping the mania of her cutthroat character. Black Swan is thoroughly captivating, wonderfully shredding the human soul down to the bone and forces the audience into Nina’s disintegrating mind. The depth of the film builds up to a compelling, fantastical and veracious crescendo, the final performance, which works equally as a fitting conclusion, and as an astonishing validation of the ruthless art of perfection. In simple terms, it’s an utterly tremendous cinematic masterpiece. Posted in ReviewTagged Barbara Hershey, Black Swan, Clint Mansell, Darren Aronofsky, Matthew Libatique, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1180
__label__wiki	0.813212	0.813212	Edward Heath Prime Minister Edward Heath, pondering Britain's entry into the European Community or possibly some hot gay sex For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article about Edward Heath. Born in 1824 in England, Europe, Edward Heath (born Edwardian Healthy) attended the Leamington Punctuation School and went on to Oxford University, where he graduated in Advanced Tedium and Verbosity. He shortened both of his names in an attempt to make it fit more easily into the "name" box on the Conservative Party Membership form which he joined whilst attending an Oxford bread rolls soirée. He fought in the Crimean War, something which convinced him that incorporating the whole of Europe into one state was not only desirable but an essential pre-requisite for the type of state he wished to create. That would be, of course, an advanced state of tedium and verbosity. 1 Political Career 2 Into Government - The Wilderness Years 3 From the Jaws of Victory 4 Private Life Political Career[edit] After 3 failed attempts he was eventually selected in 1884 as the Conserve Party Parliamentary Candidate for Lots of Snoring & Old Coffee Cup, winning easily with a majority of 32,000. Then after 16 years of sailing about he thought he perhaps should show up in Parliament, where he was instantly made Under the Secretary of State for extremely Fatuous Speeches. After a spell in opposition as Shadow Wicked Witch of the West, in 1921 the Conserves returned to power and he entered the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Orlock and rose through the ranks to be Secretary of Stating the need for more EU rope. It was at this time that Heath started negotiations for stocking up the Wine Cellar and for the Aggravating Cultural Subsidies scheme. These were rejected however and in 1934 the Conserves were again out of power, and Heath became Minister for Waving Arms About and campaigned for a policy of appetizers, becoming leader in 1935 his one great hope was the uniting of Europe, this policy failed in 1945 and by 1955 his party were becoming impatient that he had still failed to become Prime Minister despite him drawing the Iron Curtains and threatened to replace him with Knock Pow Wow who had made a speech saying that the Rivers would soon run with Burgundy, reviving the spirit of The Wicker Man he fired Pow Wow who went on to be an inspiration to The National Frock Party. Into Government - The Wilderness Years[edit] In 1965 he eventually became Head Honcho and made Sheldon Man his Chief Whip, The Barber of Seville was Chancellor of the Exchequer, Margherita Pizza was Teacher, Cumulonimbus McCloud was sent to the Home Office, Keith Joseph was Secretary of State for dismantling things and not knowing how to put them back together again, Norman Tebbit entered the cabinet as Chief Polecat to the Treasury, Michael Ovaltine was Minister of State for Big Hair and Francis Pym was Chairman of the Drinks Cabinet, Alec Douglas Fumes was Foreigners' Secretary and was eventually deported. From the Jaws of Victory[edit] Heath depicted in a political cartoon as the Baby Jesus in conflict with the Irish in Northern Ireland. Things seemed to be going so well but minutes later all the Minors went on strike and the lights went out and after only 3 months in power he decided to call an election which the Monster Raving Labour Party won under their leader Harold the Great, after a few further losses the Conserve Party decided to get out of the jam they were in and so made Margerita Pizza leader and came to power in 1969, but without Heath who returned to the back-benches muttering how it was all her fault and how only he knew how to make pizzas properly. Throughout the eaties he lead rebellions on many things such as the sale of Gas, something he had provided for free before and in favour of Food and Wine mountains which he tried to get National Park status. He was delighted to back the Single European Treaty which she passed one time thinking she was seeing double. After an attempt by Mrs Pizza to create a successor failed she was removed by Ovaltine who campaigned with the slogan Labour isn't working, but who was frustrated by Joan of Ark Major (who entered the race once Pizza had dropped when it came to the big crunch having been chewed by a dead sheep and having been forced into Erm...). Heath backed Joan of Ark who did the Dance of Salami claiming to be to be the true successor of Margherita as the Big Cheese. Heath continued still in Lots of Snoring and Great Coffee Cup, through the Election won on a promise of Haircuts and was delighted to support the Macaroni Treaty which passed through the Bowels of Parliament although Ken Clarke later claimed not to have digested it and the No Turning Back Group only just made it to the toilet before the runs started. Having intended to go in 1997, Edward Heath overslept and woke up to find that there was a new Prime Minister called Toney Blur who had shot in on a programme of Hairshirt and Spinning, standing down in 2001 Heath became a Lord and died after a 4 year nap of Chronic Balefulness. Private Life[edit] That's none of your business, especially all that talk about being busted for cottaging. Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom Pitt the Younger • Wellington • Disraeli • Gladstone • Salisbury • Lloyd George • Chamberlain • Churchill • Attlee • Heath • Thatcher • Major • Blair • Brown • Cameron • May Retrieved from "http://en.uncyclopedia.co/w/index.php?title=Edward_Heath&oldid=5693489" British musicians Stately Homos of Old England	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1185
__label__wiki	0.712676	0.712676	Category:Upper Peninsula of Michigan Wikimedia Commons has media related to Upper Peninsula. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ► Alger County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 6 P) ► Baraga County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 4 P) ► Chippewa County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 7 P) ► Delta County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 5 P) ► Dickinson County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 9 P) ► Gogebic County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 7 P) ► Houghton County, Michigan‎ (7 C, 12 P, 1 F) ► Iron County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 4 P) ► Keweenaw County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 16 P) ► Keweenaw National Historical Park‎ (18 P) ► Luce County, Michigan‎ (5 C, 6 P) ► M-26 (Michigan highway)‎ (5 P) ► Mackinac County, Michigan‎ (7 C, 8 P) ► Marquette County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 13 P) ► Menominee County, Michigan‎ (6 C, 5 P) ► Ontonagon County, Michigan‎ (5 C, 7 P) ► People from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan‎ (14 C) ► Schoolcraft County, Michigan‎ (5 C, 4 P) ► Upper Peninsula of Michigan Airports‎ (22 P) Pages in category "Upper Peninsula of Michigan" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). Upper Peninsula of Michigan Abbaye Peninsula Anatomy of a Murder Frederic Baraga Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Copper mining in Michigan Copper Country Copper Country strike of 1913–14 Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway Escanaba in da Moonlight Heikki Lunta Douglass Houghton Jacobsville Sandstone Joe Pera Talks with You Keweenaw National Historical Park Keweenaw Peninsula Laestadianism in the Americas Lake States Transportation Division Lake-effect snow List of airports in Michigan's Upper Peninsula Michigan's 1st congressional district Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Northern Lakes and Forests (ecoregion) Pine Mountain Music Festival Stamp sand Superior (proposed U.S. state) Upper Great Lakes severe weather outbreak of August 23, 1998 Upper Peninsula miners' strike of 1865 John D. Voelker Wisconsin Central Ltd. Wisconsin Central Railway (1897–1954) Upper Peninsula English Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan&oldid=614794645" Peninsulas of Michigan Regions of Michigan Wikipedia categories named after peninsulas Wikipedia categories named after regions of the United States	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1187
__label__wiki	0.782711	0.782711	Intensifying storm shuts U.S. coastal refinery, adding to energy production losses July 11, 2019 Reuters Tropical Storm Barry intensifies over Gulf Threatened flooding from a tropical storm in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that cut nearly a third of the region’s oil production has forced the shutdown of a coastal refinery, pushing oil and gasoline prices higher on Thursday.Phillips 66 said it expected to complete the closing of its 253,600-barrel-per-day (bpd) Alliance, Louisiana, refinery on Thursday after local authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation of the area. Pipeline operator Enbridge evacuated staff from three offshore platforms and halted operations on some deepwater Gulf of Mexico natural gas pipelines. Oil companies have shut a third of offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico production ahead of Tropical Storm Barry, which could become a Hurricane late Friday, according to a National Weather Service (NWS) forecast. At least 17 offshore oil and gas platforms operated by Anadarko Petroleum , Chevron , Royal Dutch Shell and others were evacuated, and many halted production, according to company reports. Crude futures, which rose more than 4% on Wednesday, were fractionally higher on Thursday, with U.S. crude trading at $60.69, the highest since May. Gasoline futures also rose a fraction. The storm’s predicted path puts landfall near two of the nation’s four operating liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals, Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass and Sempra Energy’s Cameron plants. Data provider Refinitiv said natural gas output in the Lower 48 states could drop to a seven-week low of 87.2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) on Thursday due to the closings, from a record high of 91.1 bcfd on July 5. On Thursday morning, the storm was about 95 miles (150 km) southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, moving west at about 5 miles per hour (7 km per hour). It could make landfall on Saturday on the Louisiana coast and bring up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain to the central Gulf Coast, forecasters said. The potential storm could become a Category 1 hurricane with winds of at least 74 mph (119 kph) and drive ocean water up the Mississippi, forecasters said. The storm surge is projected to bring 3 feet to 6 feet (.9 meter to 1.8 meters) to shore, worsening flooding from heavy rains, according to the weather service. The Alliance refinery sits next to the river 39 miles (63 km) south of New Orleans. The last hurricane to flood the refinery was 2012’s Hurricane Isaac. The refinery was also shut by Hurricane Gustav in 2008 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In 2017, Hurricane Nate led Phillips 66 to shut the refinery, which was restarted within days as the storm turned away from the area. PBF Energy and Valero Energy Corp do not plan to idle their refineries in Chalmette and Meraux, Louisiana, sources familiar with plant operations said on Thursday morning. (Reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston and Scott DiSavino in New York; editing by Jonathan Oatis and David Gregorio) OPEC Sees New Oil Surplus in 2020 as U.S. Shale Keeps Surging More American LNG Set to Land in Glutted Gas Markets Enbridge announces offering of CDN$1.5 billion of common shares by private placement U.S. Fuels the World as Shale Boom Powers Record Oil Exports Orphan Well Association spending tops $2 million on care of Lexin assets Ottawa responds to NAFTA challenge that it’s not tough on tailings pond leaks Saudis Do Heavy Lifting on OPEC+ Cuts as U.S. Shale Oil Surges	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1188
__label__cc	0.670418	0.329582	Banks, payment firms raise concern on MDR curb for digital payments Government proposal to abolish all charges levied on merchants or customers to promote digital payments has not gone down well with banks and payments firms, who earn a good part of their revenue through it. As per banks and payment firms, the decision might affect the digital payments growth in the long run. It will hurt payment firms including banks and merchant onboard on them, said a private bank, on condition of anonymity, involved in these transactions. Currently, Merchants pay a fee to these banks such as HDFC, SBI, ICICI, who serve as lenders to them for providing digital payment facilities. It is known as merchant discount rate (MDR). The charge is said to be made in the PSS Act. Even the RBI would not be able to do anything in regards to the move, said an ET report quoting payment processing firm. The move, which aims to push organised retail, is also said to affect card networks like Visa and Mastercard. Though, the finer details regarding it are still evaluated that how it will affect charges on debit card payments. On July 5, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting union budget has announced that there should be no charge or merchant discount rate (MDR) for companies with more than Rs 50 crore turnover accepting payments through digital means. “It is proposed to make a consequential amendment in the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, so as to provide that no bank or system provider shall impose any charge upon anyone, either directly or indirectly, for using the modes of electronic payment prescribed under section 269SU of the Income-tax Act,” read out the budget 2019 memorandum. At the same time, the govt has also mandated the installation of UPI payments and QR codes at organised retail. At present, merchants bear the cost of MDR that is around Rs 12-15 per transaction and the government doesn’t levy charges on transaction up to Rs 2,000 via debit cards, BHIM and other UPI-enabled payments apps. For the uninitiated, MDR is a charge levied for facilitating a digital transaction and is generally distributed among various parties. Meanwhile, the decision was hailed by Industry observers say that it will lead to the growth of UPI payments at retail stores. The new structure would encourage offline merchants to embrace plastic as well as UPI-based transactions. Banks, MDR abolish PrevPreviousAther Energy explores leasing opportunity from Chennai: Will it scale up? NextInMobi adopts restructuring to scale its three top businessesNext	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1194
__label__wiki	0.844027	0.844027	independent news and opnion Publisher - independent news and opnion Mueller report: why Trump didn’t succeed in obstructing the investigation By root Last updated Apr 18, 2019 Mueller report why Trump didn’t succeed in obstructing the investigation Share FacebookTwitterGoogle+ReddItWhatsAppPinterestEmailLinkedinTumblrTelegramVKViber The investigation that concluded with the Mueller report didn’t make a recommendation about whether or not President Donald Trump could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice. Special counsel Robert Mueller left that decision to Attorney General William Barr (who has said he wouldn’t charge Trump) and to Congress. But a revealing passage in the redacted report states pretty unequivocally that Trump certainly tried to influence the investigation — multiple times, in fact. It’s just that his efforts failed because his underlings refused to follow his orders. “The President’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful,” the report states, “but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests.” Here are the specific examples Mueller cites of Trump’s attempts to influence the investigation: Trump asked then-FBI director James Comey to “see his way to” letting former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn off the hook from criminal investigation, but Comey didn’t do it. Trump told then-White House Counsel Don McGahn to call Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (then serving as acting attorney general over the Russia investigation after then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself) to remove Mueller from his appointment as Special Counsel, but McGahn didn’t do it. Trump told aides Corey Lewandowski and Rick Dearborn to tell Sessions to partly un-recuse himself and limit the investigation to Russian interference in future elections, not in 2016. They didn’t do it. Trump attempted to influence McGahn’s testimony to Mueller’s team to keep him from speaking fully about Trump’s efforts to remove Mueller, but McGahn didn’t listen to him. This section of the Mueller report helps explain at least part of the gap between what Mueller was willing to conclude about Trump’s culpability and what Barr has told the public. In Barr’s initial summary of the report, he explained that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein examined the obstruction evidence Mueller presented in the report themselves — and legal theories about what constituted “obstruction” — and ultimately decided that Trump’s conduct was not criminal. But as Mueller’s report shows, that’s not the same thing as saying there were no attempts by the president to interfere. Here’s the full passage in which Mueller explains how the Trump administration saved the president from himself on obstruction: Our investigation found multiple acts by the President that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations, including the Russian-interference and obstruction investigations. The incidents were often carried out through one-on-one meetings in which the President sought to use his official power outside of usual channels. These actions ranged from efforts to remove the Special Counsel and to reverse the effect of the Attorney General’s recusal; to the attempted use of official power to limit the scope of the investigation; to direct and indirect contacts with witnesses with the potential to influence their testimony. Viewing the acts collectively can help to illuminate their significance. For example, the President’s direction to McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed was followed almost immediately by his direction to Lewandowski to tell the Attorney General to limit the scope of the Russia investigation to prospective election-interference only-a temporal connection that suggests that both acts were taken with a related purpose with respect to the investigation. The President’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests. Comey did not end the investigation of Flynn, which ultimately resulted in Flynn’s prosecution and conviction for lying to the FBI. McGahn did not tell the Acting Attorney General that the Special Counsel must be removed, but was instead prepared to resign over the President’s order. Lewandowski and Dearborn did not deliver the President’s message to Sessions that he should confine the Russia investigation to future election meddling only. And McGahn refused to recede from his recollections about events surrounding the President’s direction to have the Special Counsel removed, despite the President’s multiple demands that he do so. Consistent with that pattern, the evidence we obtained would not support potential obstruction charges against the President’s aides and associates beyond those already filed. Media’s ‘Racist’ Judgment Call Against Trump Hurts The Institution Rethinking Birthright \| Boston Review United States sanctions Iranian ‘WMD proliferators’ Hong Kong protests: What the man without a mask wants you to know GOP ‘Sold Its Soul to Trump’ The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Was A Triumph Of American Exceptionalism The Most Disturbing Thing About Trump’s Racism Is How American It Is The Impending Nuclear Crisis \| Boston Review Healing the social wounds behind Ebola © 2019 - EPeak World News. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1195
__label__cc	0.602235	0.397765	Search in titles only Search in General Anime Discussions only The Post's Most Wanted - Licence Wish List SleepyDog replied Originally posted by SleepyDog View Post Old list: 1. Banner of the Stars III (OAV) (4899) 2. Macross Frontier (8586) 3. Gosick (11759) 4. Hyouka (13817) 5. Arpeggio of Blue Steel [Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova] (15359) 6. Astarotte's Toy [Astarotte no Omocha!] (12104) 7. Nagasarete Airantou (7303) 8. Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (6789) 9. Nichijou - My Ordinary Life (12142) 10. REC (6008) Even though this spot has been quiet for a while, finally several titles from my old list have been licensed and just recently, too, so I shall update this list (like tying wishes on a bamboo tree for the Japanese Tanabata festival) and hope. 3. Amanchu! (17700) 4. Kemono Friends (18799) 6. REC (6008) 8. Witchcraft Works \| Witch Craft Works TV (15708) 9. Sky Girls (7816) 10. Nagasarete Airantou (7303) Of these, I have high hopes that Amanchu! might be licensed by Nozomi since Nozomi did such a fine job with Aria (same mangaka and same chief director and very similar feel). I would also hope that Funimation might include Banner of the Stars III (since it's just a two-episode OVA) to its license of Banner of the Stars I & II, but there has been so little movement on that front since Funimation's announcement in 2013(!) of its license rescue of the first two series of Banner that the whole series feels lost in a box hidden in some attic. Well, fingers crossed! Rootsofjustice replied Re: The Post's Most Wanted - Licence Wish List Originally posted by Rootsofjustice View Post 1. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (14445) 2. Polar Bear Cafe (13985) 3. Hunter X Hunter (13262) 4. Heroman (11266) 5. Witch Craft Works (15708) 6. One Piece the Movie: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (4790) 7. Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei (7767) 8. Chihaiyafuru (12991) 9. Moyashimon (8064) 10. Nichijou (12142) 1. Hunter X Hunter 2011 (13262) 2. Kaiji -Ultimate Survivor- (8550) 4. Kaiba (9178) 6. The Beast Claw -Kemonozume- (6722) 9. My Ordinary Life -Nichijou- (12142) 10. Heroman (11266) EmperorBrandon replied Originally posted by EmperorBrandon View Post 1. Mahoraba ~Heartful days (4631) 2. Hanamaru Kindergarten (10896) 4. Tamayura (11375) 5. Hanayamata (15775) 6. Kotoura-san (14722) 7. Encouragement of Climb (14777) 9. Kanamemo (10644) 10. Minami-ke (8536) 8. Minami-ke (8536) 9. Wake Up Girls! (15510) 10. Shugo Chara! (8182) Two more great titles to remove from the list since I last updated. It is getting tougher to decide what to fill on the bottom. I've got a decent amount of most wanted titles, but some of what remains is exceptionally unlikely and/or otherwise not in the highest tier of wanted titles. I guess it's fitting that it coincides with Jun giving up on the thread. I do think there are cracks that still need to be filled in (and we can hope companies like Sentai, Discotek, and Right Stuf continue to fill them), but nice that most newly wanted titles get snatched up early by a video distributor. Last edited by EmperorBrandon; 07-03-2015, 10:50 PM. Mc-Taz replied Originally posted by pluvia33 View Post It doesn't seem like this is really updated much anymore. I haven't been on the site for a long time. But I'm really excited that Higurashi Kai finally got licensed!! I also never removed the second season of Zero. So yeah. Updated and rearranged a bit. The master list is no longer being maintained, so at this point it's just for the fun of it if you want a dedicated place to hold your license wish list. With that being said, I can imagine that there are many people who now have to update their personal lists with Sentai's announcements of Higurashi and Legend of the Galactic Heroes, seeing as those were the #1 and #8 spots on the list respectively. Here's to hoping that's not all from this list that gets knocked off this year. soatome replied Originally posted by soatome View Post Old List 1. Akazukin Chacha (539) 2. Legend of The Galactic Heroes (1786) 3. Nichijō (12142) 4. Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX (3452) 5. Ginga Tetsudo Monogatari: Eien e no Bunkiten (6975) 6. Dr. Slump (971) 7. Ah! My Goddess: Tatakau Tsubasa (8679) 8. Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen (1864) 9. Hayate the Combat Butler!! Second Season (10662) 10. The Tatami Galaxy (11200) New List. 9. Dog Days (12246) 10. Mahou no Idol Pastel Yumi (1691) LOUiE replied Originally posted by LOUiE View Post 1.Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger (10387) 2.Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (1859) 3.Heroman (11266) 4.Banner of the Stars 3 (4899) 5.To Heart 2 (5821) 6.Kodocha S2 (165) 7.Kuroko's Basketball (13616) 8.Macross 7 (940) 9.Legend of Galactic Heroes (1786) 10. Free! Iwatobi Swim Club (15291) I had to come in here and update just because of LoGH getting licensed. I never thought I'd see that happen. I also noticed I still had Free! on there as well. I have no idea what to replace them with at this point though. pluvia33 replied 1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (7454) 2. Nodame Cantabile (7010) 4. Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi (7451) 5. Mitsudomoe (11180) 7. Basquash! (10545) 8. Yumeiro Patissiere (10949) 9. Thriller Restaurant (11024) 10. Sora no Manimani (10652) 8. Polar Bear's Cafe (13985) Originally posted by Jun Kuga View Post Guys, I've decided to step back from updating the master list. I do thank you very much for your dedicated efforts in this regard, and while I realize that maintaining this list is a lot of work, I do hope that someone else here steps up to take over (or perhaps we could organize some sort of team approach so as to decrease individual workload?) because I do find this list still relevant. Chisel replied Though most everything is licensed these days, the lists were nice to see what isn't. Would be cool if there was a master list of unlicensed titles. I always enjoyed seeing what was most anticipated here, but you are correct. It is not very relevant in the current market. Jun Kuga replied Guys, I've decided to step back from updating the master list. It took too much time to keep the list updated. If someone wants to step forward and take over, feel free, but the Most Wanted list is no longer as relevant as it used to be. Momoka Kibi replied Severely Outdated List Originally posted by Momoka Kibi View Post 1. GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class (10895) 2. Sketchbook ~full colors~ (8031) 3. Tamayura ~Hitotose~ (12427) 4. GJ-bu (14671) 5. Nichijou (12142) 6. Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight (6789) 7. Mahoraba ~Heartful Days~ (4631) 8. The Idolm@ster (12436) 10. Love Lab (14896) Updated List 10. Kanamemo (10644) I was kind of lazy about updating this since a lot of my potential choices were getting licensed anyway. Well potential choices from the current season. However with Sketchbook announced & the fact I haven't removed Lob Lab yet means it's time for an update finally. So let's throw on Hanayamata and Yama no Susume because those come to mind the fastest. I was not expecting to finally scratch Sketchbook off my list at this point. Very happy to see. Let's replace it with more iyashikei goodness. 7. Sketchbook ~full color'S~ (8031) Tainted Donut replied Originally posted by Tainted Donut View Post 01. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1786) 02. Kyousogiga (TV) (15509) 03. Ping Pong (15852) 04. Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight (6789) 05. Kaiba (9178) 07. Nodame Cantabile (7010) 08. Banner of the Stars III (4899) 09. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (8682) 10. Denno Coil (6278) bctaris replied End of the year (plus a day) seems like a good time to update. Originally posted by bctaris View Post 2. Kyousougiga (15509) 5. Tonari no Seki-kun (15587) 6. Yurumates3D (13801) 7. Aiura (15125) 8. Miss Monochrome (15556) 9. My Little Monster (14419) 10. Teekyu (14613) 6. Tatami Galaxy (11200) 10. Yurumates3D (13801) EoC season one, being so short a run time, includes season two, implicitly, in spirit. And other reshuffling of shorts.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1196
__label__cc	0.669813	0.330187	IDP Rankings DFS LU TOOL Fantasy Knuckleheads Fantasy sports news, rankings, sleepers, cheat sheets, stats and tools. Corey Davis Is The Vegetable Water Of Wide Receivers ...June 25, 2019 The Perfect PPR Draft Strategy: Round By Round 2019 ...June 25, 2019 Should You Draft a Backup Quarterback? ...June 19, 2019 When to Draft Your First Quarterback ...June 19, 2019 prev stop start next Seven Overvalued Wide Receivers to Avoid in 2012 Fantasy Drafts March 15, 2012 by Kurt Turner There are few scenarios that lead to players being overrated on fantasy boards. A player could trade on a big name and big talent, leading fantasy owners to forget his crappy situation. A player could capitalize on a late-season run, creating a highlight reel that overshadows the inconsistency he displayed over the course of the year. A player could move teams, causing fantasy owners to excite themselves with the promise of better prospects in a new offense. I’ll discuss a few of each type here and explain why they are overrated in the majority of 2012 fantasy football rankings. It doesn’t mean I don’t think these players will all have bad seasons. It doesn’t mean I wouldn’t take one of them at the right price. It just means that they are currently being drafted too high for my taste. Players are listed with average draft position. For alternative choices in any given round, check out my list of receivers to target. Larry Fitzgerald – Arizona Cardinals – Early Second Round This applies mostly to auction leagues. As I said in my 2012 fantasy rankings, I believe that there is not too much difference between receivers 2 and 7. In a draft, you need to one of them first that can’t be helped. Should he go a full round before AJ Green and Roddy White? No, but these receivers can’t be drafted as a tie. So I have no problem with selecting him at the beginning of the second round. But in auctions, Fitz is currently going for 7$ more than Greg Jennings. His average price is closer to Calvin Johnson than it is to White. Would you rather have Fitzgerald for $44 or Green for $25? That’s mind-blowing. If I’m spending that much, I’ll pay the extra $4 for Megatron. Fitzgerald is one of the most talented and most consistent receivers in the league, but I don’t see what has happened that will lead to Fitzgerald performing significantly better in 2012. Could he get a larger share of the touchdowns in Arizona, sure, but he still has the same quarterbacks throwing him the ball. Brandon Lloyd – New England Patriots – Late Fifth/Early Sixth Round We have seen this before. Ochocinco. Deion Branch. Combining the veteran receiver with Tom Brady’s arm was supposed to lead to a fantasy boom for the wideout. In the end, Brady has largely ignored them. We’ve also seen highly drafted flankers disappear in the New England offense. Lloyd could be different. He could be the exception. That’s a big if. To me, it’s much too big a risk to draft someone who will likely be a fourth option on his own team. He was better off being the number one guy in St. Louis for 2012, than at number three guy at best. Make no mistake, tight end Rob Gronkowski and slot guy Wes Welker eat first for the Pats. Aaron Hernandez can do a bit of both those roles and with the exception of Randy Moss, those are the positions that have thrived in New England. I look at Brandon Lloyd and I see a guy with in great year, one decent year and seven years (on four teams) in which he did little and often couldn't get off the bench. Was the great year with current coordinator Josh McDaniels? Yes, but he was also the number one option in Denver. He won't be that here. It's possible that Brandon Lloyd finally got it together with the right coaches in his eight year. But looking at his career as a whole, 2009 sure looks like an outlier. Would I take a late round flier on a guy who could be a star with Brady? Absolutely. But in the fifth round? Not me. Robert Meachem – San Diego Chargers – Late Eight Round The speedy Saints wideout is coming off the board in the early 8th round. He is being drafted as a low end number three receiver. This is absurdly high for a guy who could be the number three receiver on his own team. Meachem would not be the first receiver to statistically suffer after waving goodbye to the frozen ropes of Drew Brees. We’ve seen former Patriots and Colts disappear into the fantasy nether regions. Meachem should seem like an even more obvious candidate for fantasy bust if you have ever seen Phil Rivers play. Rivers has had his best results with big receivers that go up and get the lofty passes he throws. He doesn’t throw bullets to streaking flashes like Meachem. This is one long shot that makes no sense. Give me Vincent Brown in round thirteen. If you want a reliable Charger, Malcolm Floyd is available a round later than Meachem is and we have seen him have success in this offense. Julio Jones – Atlanta Falcons – Third Round The love being shown for Julio Jones going into the 2012 season is stupefying. He had a nice run of six touchdowns in four weeks at the end of last year and a few highlight reel catches. But if you get a season like Jones had from your top receiver, you won’t be in the fantasy playoffs to take advantage of it. This is a guy who is not the top receiver on his own team. Jones and Roddy White cannot both be top-ten wideouts. That offense is not good enough. Matt Ryan is not good enough. One of the two will disappoint. For my team, I’ll take the guy that has put up 1150+ yards for five straight years over the guy who has yet to finish in the top twenty fantasy players, at his position. I might take Jones in the seventh, maybe. If anyone is seriously considering him in the early 4th, ask yourself what has happened that will lead to that big of an improvement from Jones. Victor Cruz – New York Giants – Early Fourth Round Let’s not get carried away here. I remember the season Steve Smith had for the Giants in 2009. Hakeem Nicks deservedly draws a lot of attention to his side of the field and that fact certainly played a part in Cruz’s amazing run. I don’t think Cruz will fade as quickly as Smith did, but as fantasy owners we have to be wary of possibilities. For a number one wideout, I like to see a pattern of success. Whereas Nicks increased his output from 800 yards as a rookie, to 1050 and then 1200 this year, we have only the single season of work from Cruz. As I mentioned about the Falcons, it is not likely for a team to have two top ten receivers. If you are picking one of them to finish on top, you are best served by picking the guy with the track record of success. I like Victor Cruz in the fifth round. I would expect him to be a solid number two. But the early fourth round is just too high. Marques Colston – New Orleans Saints – Fifth Round Colston is still the receiver to own in New Orleans. Drew Brees has always spread the ball: four targets caught between six and eight touchdowns last season. The problem for Colston in 2012 is that the Saints could a step back. Without Sean Payton, I would not be surprised if the offense is less potent. That would mean those four targets could end up with 4-6 scores each. If Colston combined those scores with another thousand-yard season, that would be a fine year for most receivers, but not for a guy that is taken in the fifth round. And while Colston is the best wideout on the team, tight end Jimmy Graham is now the go-to target for Brees. In the sixth round, I’d consider Colston in a pinch. It would take another injury to keep him from 6+ touchdowns. Jordy Nelson – Green Bay Packers – Fourth Round This seems strange. Last year Nelson was the second best fantasy receiver. He is currently going off the board as the 13th or 14th wide receiver. Still, I think he is being drafted too high. Part of the reason can be surmised from comments on Julio Jones and Victor Cruz. Regardless of his totals from last season, Nelson is no better than the second receiver on the Packers and I dislike drafting secondary targets that early. But there are a few other reasons I’m down on Nelson. First, I shy away from expecting the spectacular to repeat itself. And Aaron Rodgers was so good in 2011, that I don’t think he can play that well again this year. Many of Nelson’s big receptions were thrown through windows that are narrow enough that an inch to the either side would have resulted in an incompletion. Second, Rodgers loves to spread it around. Greg Jennings will always get his: I don’t think Nelson is guaranteed as many chances. Third, Jermichael Finley can’t possibly drop as many balls as he did last year. So Nelson is not just a second target in that offense in 2012. He is a second target at best. Category - Fantasy Football Draft - Seven Overvalued Wide Receivers to Avoid in 2012 Fantasy Drafts Dominate Your League About Kurt Turner Kurt's fantasy advice is featured on USA Today Sports, Bleacher Reports, SiriusXM and Fox Sports. He is the owner of FantasyKnuckleheads.com and has been butchering topics here for over 15 years. Follow him on Twitter Corey Davis Is The Vegetable Water Of Wide Receivers The Perfect PPR Draft Strategy: Round By Round 2019 Should You Draft a Backup Quarterback? When to Draft Your First Quarterback 10 Team PPR Draft Strategy via Mock Draft Average Draft Position (ADP) Report Fantasy Football Draft Projections The Best Waiver Wire Picks Best Optimal Lineup Tool ESPN Insider Coupon Code Premium Fantasy Football Draft Guide Fantasy Football Projections Video Series Established in the summer of 2009, Fantasy Knuckleheads is devoted to providing quality fantasy football news, advice, cheat sheets, tools and services. We’re not a mega-sports-site that churns out content by the pound. We’re simply a small, tight knit group of fantasy experts turned writers that love what we do, especially when we’re right. We strive to tell you something you don’t already know that’s actionable and at the very least, informative. Fantasy Blog Network Fantasy Sports Widget Copyright © 2019 · Fantasy Knuckleheads ·	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1197
__label__wiki	0.592714	0.592714	Homepage Add to favorites То homepage Contact us Sitemap FC BATE Borisov. Winning together of Belarus 15 Cup Winner 3 FC BATE in the Media Press Department Schedule-2019 Rules of Behaviour at the Stadium Coaching Staff First Team Reserves Youth Department Baha Dzmitry Bessmertny Dzmitry Biarozkin Yauheni Chychkan Anton Drahun Stanislau Dubajić Bojan Filipenka Ryhor Filipović Aleksandar Jonassen Emil Khodzhaniiazov Dzhamaldin Malkevich Uladzislau Milić Nemanja Moukam Mekontso Hervaine Mukhamedov Vladislav Natkho Amir Rios Alexei Saroka Anton Shcharbitski Dzianis Simović Slobodan Skavysh Maksim Stasevich Ihar Svirski Aliaksandr Tuominen Jasse Volkau Zakhar Willumsson Willum Tor Yablonski Yauhen Dzmitry Place of birth: Minsk Citizenship: Belarus Position: Midfielder, defender Rank: Master of sport of international level Debut in BATE: 21.03.2008 First football school: Smena (Minsk) First coach: Mikhail Shutovich bio Questionnaire Honours photo news In the media statistics Baha started his career at FC BATE, creating a dynasty as his brother Aliaksei also played for the Borisovites for nine seasons between 1998 and 2006. Dzmitry was an all-round specialists playing as a full back as well as in several positions in midfield. Having an impressive record of 7 national titles, 2 national cups and 5 Belarusian Supercups. He also played in four UEFA Champions League competitions and in one UEFA Europa League. He also played for various youth national teams starting with junior team and then for U-21 and Olympic team, and also was a part of the squad that participated in 2012 London Olympics. After 2015 season, when FC BATE were close to qualifying to February stages of UEFA competitions, he moved abroad where became a stable line-up choice first at Israeli Hapoel from Haifa and then at Greek Atromitos Peristeri. In summer 2017 he trained a while with the first team to join the squad before a pivotal UCL game versus SK Slavia Praha. "I am happy to return to FC BATE after a spell abroad. This is the place where I belong and I am really looking forward to play my first games in the Yellow-Blue shirt. The atmosphere within the squad is still great, and this is some kind of trademark at the club. Everything is great, and I hope I have become better during the time abroad" he said to fcbate.by immediately after signing. Personal honours Team honours 2009 Champion of Belarus FC BATE Borisov 2009/10 Belarusian Cup Winner FC BATE Borisov 2010 Belarusian Supercup Winner FC BATE Borisov 2011 U-21 European Championship Bronze Medal Winner FC BATE Borisov Baha: this is great we have goalscoring chances 01 april 201821:15 FC BATE Borisov midfielder on the game vs Smolevichi won 1-0 at home in Belarusian Vysshaya Liga MD1 at Borisov-Arena. BCh BC R SC FM UCL UEL All Season by season statistics \| All tournaments Season Pld Min Capt. FM OFF ON B W D L G PS PNS Assists YC 2YC RC GC CS PAG PS 2007 25 2083 8 17 7 1 3 12 6 7 - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2007/08 1 14 - - - 1 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2008 27 2185 - 19 7 1 10 14 5 8 1 1 - - 3 - - - - - - 2008/09 1 42 - - 1 - 4 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 2009 20 1483 3 12 5 3 6 11 5 4 5 2 - - 1 - - - - - - 2009/10 5 357 - 3 1 1 9 4 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2010 30 2285 6 18 8 4 9 19 6 5 8 3 1 3 6 - - - - - - 2010/11 13 652 - 5 1 7 3 7 2 4 - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2011 24 1638 - 10 8 6 4 14 10 - 3 - - 1 6 - - - - - - 2011/12 10 879 - 8 2 - 2 3 3 4 - - - 3 1 - - - - - - 2012 21 1625 - 14 4 3 - 14 2 5 5 - 1 4 3 - - - - - - 2012/13 6 397 - 3 2 - - 1 1 4 - - - - 1 1 - - - - - 2013 26 1589 - 10 9 7 - 17 3 6 5 - - 1 2 - - - - - - 2013/14 2 78 - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2014 13 552 - 2 7 4 2 9 3 1 - - - 2 1 - - - - - - 2014/15 9 483 - 3 2 4 2 5 1 3 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2015 19 1110 - 6 7 6 6 15 3 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - 2015/16 9 469 - 3 2 4 2 6 2 1 - - - 1 2 - - - - - - 2017/18 13 776 - 7 - 6 3 6 4 3 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 2018 27 2201 1 21 4 2 2 20 3 4 3 - - - 4 - - - - - - 2018/19 15 1243 - 10 5 - 1 6 3 6 - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2019 15 926 - 7 3 5 1 12 1 2 1 - - 3 - - - - - - - 2019/20 2 180 - 2 - - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - Total 343 23850 18 185 88 69 77 205 66 72 38 6 2 24 37 1 - - - - - Statistics \| 2011 \| Голы Date Stadium Opponent Score Min Capt. OFF ON B W D L G PS PNS Assists YC 2YC RC GC CS PAG PS 25.05.2011 г Neman Grodno 3:0 90 - - - - + - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - 19.04.2011 г Dinamo Brest 3:0 90 - - - - + - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 27.02.2011 н Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 3:0 90 - + - - + - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - 17 july 2019, 21:00 Gliwice. Stadion Miejski Referee: Munukka A. Piast (Gliwice) (Borisov) Balance Line-ups Gallery Matchday Rank Borisov-Arena Rosenborg (Trondheim) Balance Matchday Trondheim. Lerkendal Stadion Matchday 17 Energetik-BGU Brestski Sports Complex (Brest) Dinamo Br (Brest) Belarusian Champ. 1 BATE 15 37 2 Dynamo Br 15 36 3 Shakhtyor 14 31 4 Dinamo Mn 15 28 5 Torpedo-BelAZ 15 27 6 Isloch 15 26 7 Gorodeya 14 20 8 Neman 15 20 9 Slaviya 14 18 10 Vitebsk 14 16 11 Slutsk 15 14 12 Energetik-BGU 15 14 13 Minsk 15 13 14 Gomel 15 12 15 Dnyapro 15 10 16 Torpedo Mn 15 6 OFFICIAL CLUB SPONSORS AND PARTNERS Club News Announcements FC BATE in the Media Honours Board of Directors Contact Us Press Department Stadium Training ground Transfers CSR Season Fixtures and Results Tournaments Schedule-2019 Player Stats Club History Year by Year Tournaments Balance Records Stats Players Coaches Hall of Fame Supporters' Club Rules of Behaviour at the Stadium We're against Racism Useful Links Forum TICKETS AND COMMERCIAL Клубные карты Discounts Билеты Advertising Opportunities Online store © Football Club BATE, 2012 info@fcbate.by When using news stories or quotes from employees of Football Club BATE Borisov from this website, please refer to this website as the original source.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1199
__label__wiki	0.556722	0.556722	Drugs and Devices, 1940-196339 16601. Adulteration of cookies. U. S. v. Arthur J. Frank (Frank Cookie Co.) and Herschell B. Frank. Pleas of nolo contendere. Each individual defendant fined $100.1 16602. Adulteration of oatcakes. U. S. v. 48 Packages.1 16603. Action to enjoin and restrain the interstate shipment of buckwheat flour and corn meal. U. S. v. Stuart Roser. Consent decree granting injunction.1 16604. Adulteration of flour. U. S. v. 27 Bags, etc.1 16605. Adulteration of flour. U. S. v. 39 Bags.1 Dean Rubber Mfg. Co., from North Kansas City, Mo.2 Johnson Nut Co.2 Norton Products Co., from Los Angeles, Calif.2 San Juan Fishing & Packing Co.2 Seconal Sodium capsules3 frozen crab meat3 February 1951[remove]89 Southern District of Ohio4 Eastern District of Pennsylvania3 Northern District of California3 Southern District of New York.3 You searched for: Issue Dates February 1951 Remove constraint Issue Dates: February 1951 1. 3241. Misbranding of sulfathiazole lozenges, Dexedrine Sulfate tablets, and Tuinal capsules. U S. v. Elias A. Doerr (Doerr's Drug Store), and Arthur R. Morgan. Pleas of guilty. Each defendant fined $100 and placed on probation for 1 year. Elias A. Doerr, trading as Doerr's Drug Store, Murphysboro, Ill., and Arthur R. Morgan, a pharmacist. 4. 3244. Misbranding of Seconal Sodium capsules. U. S. v. Minter A. Dunn (Glade Spring Pharmacy). Plea of guilty. Defendant fined $1,000 and placed on probation for one year. Minter A. Dunn, trading as the Glade Spring Pharmacy, Glade Spring, Va. 5. 3245. Misbranding of Seconal Sodium capsules. U. S. v. Johnson's Drug Store, Inc., and George W. Johnson. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. Johnson's Drug Store, Inc., and George W. Johnson, president of the corporation, Richmond, Va. 6. 3246. Misbranding of Seconal Sodium capsules. U. S. v. James Street Pharmacy, Inc. Plea of guilty. Fine of $500, plus costs. James Street Pharmacy, Inc., Seattle, Wash. 7. 3247. Misbranding of Dexedrine Sulfate tablets. U. S. v. Glen P. James (James Drug). Plea of guilty. Fine, $50. Glen P. James, trading as James Drug, Wagner, S. Dak. 8. 3248. Misbranding of mammary extract. U. S. v. 22,000 Ampuls, etc. Specific Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from Bayonne, N. J. 9. 3249. Misbranding of Beatsol Rectifiers. U. S. v. 20 Packages. G. & W. Laboratories, from Jersey City, N. J. 10. 3250. Adulteration of gentian root. U. S. v. 76 Bags. William E. Martin Co.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1200
__label__wiki	0.93635	0.93635	Learn how Netflix customers can unlock an additional 13,185 titles List of Stephen Moyer Movies and TV Shows on Netflix Find All Movies and TV shows on Netflix Want to find something new to watch on Netflix? Our Netflix search engine helps you get the job done with a comprehensive list of all of the movies and TV shows currently streaming on Netflix. You can search and filter by movie, TV show, actor, director and genre to find Netflix movies and TV shows to watch now. What is Netflix? Netflix specializes in producing and distributing streaming media and video-on- demand. It's the largest streaming video provider in the world and home to popular original series like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Stranger Things and more. Netflix has a large catalogue of many thousands of TV shows and movies available in well over 100 countries around the world. What is FlixList? FlixList mission is to be the best Netflix search available. We provide comprehensive Netflix movie lists and TV shows lists as well as offering a large database that can be searched and filtered. Our Netflix search engine can be accessed via desktop and mobile so whether you're home or out and about, you always have a way to search Netflix movies and TV shows. Netflix Pricing You can get the basic version of Netflix for just $7.99 per month. This package is quite limited with only SD quality content available to one device at a time. For just $1 more per month you can access the standard package which includes streaming on two devices and HD quality content. The plans are month-to- month, meaning you can come and go as you please. Netflix Search One of the limitations with the Netflix interface is it is hard to search for content. It is not immediately obvious which titles are new and which are old and you cannot easily filter and search by genre or actor etc. Luckily, our Netflix search engine makes things much easier! Viewing: 10 Titles Find every Stephen Moyer title available on Netflix. Our searchable database includes every movie or TV show featuring Stephen Moyer available on any version of Netflix from around the world!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1201
__label__cc	0.681351	0.318649	EP 192: Creating What You Love Using Patreon With Real Talk Radio Host Nicole Antoinette Business Models, Mindset & Identity The Nitty-Gritty: How Nicole Antoinette pivoted her business to focus solely on her podcast, Real Talk Radio The question she asked herself to ensure the longevity of the podcast once she started it Why she chose a community-funded business model through Patreon How she structures her Patreon tiers, pricing, and rewards What’s working to grow the number of patrons supporting the show Fill in the blank: I wish I could just get paid to __________. Maybe you said “make art,” “have great conversations,” or “write books.” Maybe you dream of being able to focus on world peace, doing sketch comedy, or telling stories about the world’s great philosophers. Plenty of creative, passionate business owners have the work they wish they could focus on and the work that pays the bills. The result tends to be a business model that is a bit fractured and unwieldy. You end up doing a bunch of little things to make it all add up at the end of the month. What if you could clean it all up and just focus on the thing you love the most? Today’s guest, Nicole Antoinette, faced a similar dilemma. Nicole is the host of Real Talk Radio, a podcast that digs deep into the lives of athletes, writers, entrepreneurs, parents, coaches, and activists. Four years into finding an opportunity to coach people who wanted a similar lifestyle to hers, she decided to make a big change. Nicole decided to do away with coaching and digital products and just get paid to having fascinating, honest conversations with people living fulfilling lives. To do it, she used Patreon. Patreon is a platform that allows creators like Nicole to create a community-funded business model. Nicole and I talk about how she arrived at the idea for the podcast, what she did to ensure the longevity of the project once it took off, and why she chose a community-funded business model. We also talk about how she structures the pricing, rewards, and growth of her Patron community. Have you discovered a way to get paid to just create? I’d love to hear from you. Find me on Instagram—I’m @tara_mcmullin—and let me know how you did it! Now, let’s find out what works for Nicole Antoinette! What Works Is Brought To You By Mighty Networks powers brands and businesses – like yours! – that bring people together. With a Mighty Network, online business owners just like you can bring together in one place: Your events online and in real life And charge for them…all while building YOUR brand. Visit mightynetworks.com to see more examples of brands bringing people together and taking their businesses to the next level. Join The Conversation About What's Working In Small Business We love to explore what works with small business owners from across industries and business models. When you enter your email address, we'll send you regular updates on interviews, ideas, and inspiration to fuel your own journey to find what works for you. You rock! Now, check your inbox to confirm your registration. We respect your privacy (and the sanity of your inbox). Click here to view our terms & conditions. How To Listen To What Works What Works is a free podcast you can listen to on any device. Some of our favorite ways to listen are Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, and Stitcher. If you dig the show, hit the “subscribe” button on your player of choice so you never miss an episode! © 2013-18 CoCommercial, LLC \| Terms of Use & Privacy Policy We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site, we will assume you are comfortable with our terms.OkPrivacy policy	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1211
__label__wiki	0.892014	0.892014	FBI reportedly investigated whether Trump was a secret agent for Russia FBI ‘opened an investigation into whether Trump was secretly working on behalf of the Russians against American interests in the days after he fired Comey because they were concerned about his behavior’, report claims New York Times cited anonymous former officials in a report on Friday Claimed FBI investigated whether Trump was secret Russian agent in 2017 Agency was concerned after President fired FBI Director James Comey No evidence has publicly emerged in the year since to support the suspicion By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com The FBI opened an investigation into President Donald Trump to determine whether he was a secret Russian agent in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey, a new report has claimed. Citing unnamed former law enforcement officials, the New York Times reported on Friday that the FBI opened the combined criminal and counterintelligence probe in May of 2017. Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani dismissed the alleged investigation as baseless, pointing out that no evidence has publicly emerged in the 20 months since to support the idea that Trump is a secret Russian agent. ‘The fact that it goes back a year and a half and nothing came of it that showed a breach of national security means they found nothing,’ Giuliani told the Times. The FBI opened an investigation into President Donald Trump to determine whether he was a secret Russian agent in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey, a new report claims Trump fired Comey on May 9, 2017, citing a letter from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that sharply criticized Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. However, sources tell the Times that two events raised alarm at the FBI that Trump had fired Comey in an attempt to stifle their investigation into possible Russia election meddling. The first was a draft of the letter Trump wanted to send Comey informing him of the firing, which the Times reports mentioned the Russia investigation. The draft was never sent, after Rosenstein purportedly urged Trump to drop mention of Russia in the letter. The final version of the letter that was sent, and made public, does mention the investigation obliquely, thanking Comey for ‘informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation.’ Former FBI Director James Comey (C) speaks to the news media after a daylong closed door hearing f at the US Capitol in Washington, DC in December 2018 The second issue that reportedly concerned the FBI was Trump’s May 11, 2017 interview with NBC News, in which Lest Holt pressed him on the timing of the firing. ‘I was going to fire Comey – there was no good time to do it,’ Trump said. ‘And in fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself — I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won,’ Trump continued. Trump’s detractors have taken this statement as proof that he fired Comey out of anger over the Russia investigation. However, the President’s supporters have said that he was indicating that he knew the timing of the firing might look bad, but decided to move forward with it anyhow because there was nothing behind the Russian collusion allegations.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1212
__label__wiki	0.541702	0.541702	Unanimous No. 1 UCLA Enters Fifth Straight Week Atop USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, college, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, James Madison Dukes, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Gophers, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowgirls, Ole Miss Rebels, Rankings, South Carolina Gamecocks, Tennessee Vols, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, UCLA Bruins, USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, Wisconsin Badgers Shemiah Sanchez had two home runs on Sunday in #7 LSU's 5-3 win over Mississippi State. Photo: Kourtney Carroll / LSU Softball. While the top three remained the same, including unanimous No. 1 UCLA, and no team moved in or out of the rankings, there was some shuffling amongst teams up and down this week’s 2019 USA Today / NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Bruins (35-1), No. 1 for the fifth straight week, ran their winning streak to 19 games following a dominating Pac-12 road sweep of then-No. 21 Arizona State. UCLA posted three run-rule victories, outscoring the Sun Devils (25-14), 35-5. No. 2 Oklahoma swept Baylor in Big 12 play, extending the Sooners (35-2) winning streak to 25 contests. No. 3 Florida State went 2-1 last week, picking up a, 2-0, road win at then-No. 8 Florida before splitting an ACC doubleheader at Louisville. Washington elevated two spots to No. 4. The Huskies (32-6) captured their third consecutive Pac-12 sweep, defeating California on the road and pushing their winning streak to 10 games. No. 6 Florida and No. 8 Arizona each moved up in the poll, while No. 5 Alabama and No. 9 Tennessee fell. The Gators (32-9) bounced back from their loss to FSU by surrendering just one run in a three-game SEC sweep of then-No. 14 Arkansas. Extending their winning streak to 14 games, the Wildcats (32-7) set a program record by scoring 48 runs in a three-game Pac-12 sweep of Utah. Arizona outscored the Utes, 48-3, posting at least 13 runs in each of the three contests. The Crimson Tide (38-4) suffered their first back-to-back defeats of the season, dropping games two and three in SEC play at then-No. 17 South Carolina. Alabama opened the week with run-rule wins over UAB and the Gamecocks (28-11) before their setbacks in Columbia, S.C. The Lady Vols (29-8) fell four positions after a 2-2 week. UT sandwiched two SEC wins over RV Missouri and then-No. 13 Auburn around a pair of home defeats to the Tigers (32-8). No. 7 LSU and No. 10 Louisiana maintained their rankings. The Tigers (33-8) won their SEC series at Mississippi State, capturing the final two contests after a game one defeat. The Ragin’ Cajuns (33-4) picked up four more victories and ran their win steak to 10 after trumping McNeese State on the road and sweeping UT Arlington in Sun Belt Conference play. 2019 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – April 9 (Week 9) Rank School Totals Record Prev. Ranking 1 UCLA (32) 800 35-1 1 2 Oklahoma 766 35-2 2 3 Florida State 727 37-4 3 4 Washington 705 32-6 6 5 Alabama 639 38-4 4 6 Florida 610 32-9 8 7 LSU 590 33-8 7 8 Arizona 582 32-7 9 9 Tennessee 579 29-8 5 10 Louisiana 520 33-4 10 11 Texas 474 34-9 11 12 Auburn 416 32-8 13 13 Georgia 393 30-11 12 14 Oklahoma State 329 29-11 16 15 Texas Tech 326 30-8 15 16 South Carolina 321 28-11 17 17 Ole Miss 309 27-10 18 18 Arkansas 263 26-14 14 19 Minnesota 236 27-10 19 20 James Madison 224 27-6 20 21 Michigan 136 27-10 23 22 Virginia Tech 114 33-5 24 23 Kentucky 89 24-15 22 24 Arizona State 74 25-14 21 25 Wisconsin 70 30-5 25 New to Poll: None Dropped Out: None Receiving Votes: Northwestern (49), Colorado State (33), Boise State (7), Ohio State (4), Stanford (4), Illinois (3), Missouri (3), Liberty (1), Tulsa (1). The 2019 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. The records reflect games played through April 7, 2019 Read more of The Inside Pitch Read more on Recruiting Extra Star Power: Meet Annabelle Widra… Pitcher, Infielder, Hitter (What Can’t She Do?) Read more Extra Star Power Read more Extra Elite 100	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1213
__label__wiki	0.813931	0.813931	Yelp (NYSE: YELP) Yelp NYSE YELP Was Apple wrong to ditch Google maps? One of the biggest changes Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is pursuing within its mobile operating system iOS is ditching Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Maps, the app that has been a mainstay of iDevices since inception. By Motley Fool Staff Google’s shenanigans continue Google‘s (Nasdaq: GOOG) latest move has to leave some observers scratching their heads. Apple gives Google the boot, faces off with Facebook It’s June, folks, and that means that WWDC, Apple‘s (Nasdaq: AAPL) Worldwide Developers Conference, is just around the corner on June 11. While Apple fans around the globe are egerly awaiting both the planned and surprise announcements, some of the world’s largest tech companies are also going to pay attention, specifically Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Facebook (Nasdaq: FB). U2′s Bono plus Facebook equals billions Just over two years ago, the Irish rock star Bono was dubbed “the worst investor in America” by the financial site 24/7 Wall Street. Bono is one of the founders of the private equity firm Elevation Partners, which had made “a string of disastrous investments which even bad luck could not explain.” The site concluded that the “Irishman would have been better off in CDs of the financial sort.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1216
__label__cc	0.631506	0.368494	QUAD - Quad/Graphics, Inc. Ask 0.00 x 1000 Market Cap 379.657M EPS (TTM) -0.21 Earnings Date Jul 30, 2019 Forward Dividend & Yield 1.20 (15.81%) Moody's•17 hours ago LSC Communications, Inc. -- Moody's downgrades LSC Communications' CFR to B2; outlook stable Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) downgraded LSC Communications, Inc.'s (LSC) corporate family rating (CFR) to B2 from B1, its probability of default rating to B2-PD from B1-PD, senior secured revolving bank credit facility rating to Ba2 from Ba1, senior secured term loan B rating to B2 from B1, and senior secured notes rating to B2 from B1. At the same time, LSC's speculative grade liquidity was downgraded to SGL-3 (adequate) from SGL-2 (good). Commercial Printing Industry's Near-Term Outlook Bright Business Wire•9 days ago Quad Helps Accelerate the Future of Commerce, Announces Strategic Partnership with the dtx company Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD) (“Quad” or the “Company”) today announced that it has made a strategic investment and entered into a long-term partnership with the dtx company (“dtx”), a leader in the direct-to-consumer economy. Through this partnership, Quad will support their multichannel ecosystem through data-driven, connected experiences. Business Wire•22 days ago Quad to Host Investors and Analysts Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2019 Results Quad will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday, July 31, to discuss second quarter 2019 results. The call will be hosted by Joel Quadracci, Quad Chairman, President & CEO, and Dave Honan, Quad Executive Vice President & CFO. Dana Gruen, Quad’s Deputy General Counsel, Recognized for Outstanding Leadership in Employment Law Dana Gruen, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel for Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD) (“Quad”), has earned the prestigious 2019 Global Counsel Award in the category of Employment Law. The Global Counsel Awards recognize in-house lawyers and legal departments worldwide for demonstrable achievements across the full spectrum of in-house responsibility. American City Business Journals•29 days ago DOJ sues to block Quad/Graphics' $1.4 billion acquisition of LSC Communications The transaction, according to the Justice Department would combine the only two significant providers of magazine, catalog, and book printing services. Quad to Vigorously Defend Its Pending Acquisition of LSC Communications Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD) (“Quad” or the “Company”), a worldwide marketing solutions partner, announced today that it intends to vigorously defend its proposed acquisition of LSC Communications (“LSC”) in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) lawsuit seeking to block the acquisition. The all-stock transaction was announced on October 31, 2018, and was approved by shareholders of both companies on February 22, 2019. Quad intends to work together with LSC to contest the DOJ’s allegations. Insider Monkey•29 days ago Were Hedge Funds Right About Flocking Into Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD) ? We know that hedge funds generate strong, risk-adjusted returns over the long run, therefore imitating the picks that they are collectively bullish on can be a profitable strategy for retail investors. With billions of dollars in assets, smart money investors have to conduct complex analyses, spend many resources and use tools that are not always […] Does The Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) Share Price Tend To Follow The Market? If you own shares in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) then it's worth thinking about how it contributes to the... Markit•last month See what the IHS Markit Score report has to say about Quad/Graphics Inc. Quad/Graphics Inc NYSE:QUADView full report here! Summary * ETFs holding this stock are seeing positive inflows * Bearish sentiment is moderate * Economic output in this company's sector is contracting Bearish sentimentShort interest \| NegativeShort interest is moderately high for QUAD with between 10 and 15% of shares outstanding currently on loan. The last change in the short interest score occurred more than 1 month ago and implies that there has been little change in sentiment among investors who seek to profit from falling equity prices. Money flowETF/Index ownership \| PositiveETF activity is positive. Over the last month, ETFs holding QUAD are favorable, with net inflows of $1.25 billion. Additionally, the rate of inflows is increasing. Economic sentimentPMI by IHS Markit \| NegativeAccording to the latest IHS Markit Purchasing Managersâ€™ Index (PMI) data, output in the Industrialsis falling. The rate of decline is very significant relative to the trend shown over the past year, and is accelerating. The rate of contraction may ease in the coming months, however. Credit worthinessCredit default swapCDS data is not available for this security.Please send all inquiries related to the report to score@ihsmarkit.com.Charts and report PDFs will only be available for 30 days after publishing.This document has been produced for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon or as construed as investment advice. To the fullest extent permitted by law, IHS Markit disclaims any responsibility or liability, whether in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), equity or otherwise, for any loss or damage arising from any reliance on or the use of this material in any way. Please view the full legal disclaimer and methodology information on pages 2-3 of the full report. GuruFocus.com•2 months ago GuruFocus Value Idea Contest: May Update We already have one winner! But you can still enter Insider Monkey•2 months ago Is Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD) A Good Stock To Buy? We at Insider Monkey have gone over 700 13F filings that hedge funds and prominent investors are required to file by the SEC The 13F filings show the funds' and investors' portfolio positions as of December 31st. In this article, we look at what those funds think of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) based on that data. […] Business Wire•2 months ago Agency Executive to Sharpen and Expand Quad’s Growing Shopper Media Offering Quad (QUAD), a leading marketing solutions partner, has hired experienced marketing executive Gwen Maass as Vice President of Media Services. In this role, Maass will help sharpen and expand Quad’s growing shopper media offering for forward-thinking retail and CPG clients. Maass, who has spent the majority of her career at Novus Media LLC, formerly a division of Omnicom Media Group, will draw on her many years of experience in the print and digital media space to advance Quad’s strategic and targeted media planning and buying services for connecting consumer experiences across channels. Edited Transcript of QUAD earnings conference call or presentation 1-May-19 2:00pm GMT Q1 2019 Quad/Graphics Inc Earnings Call GuruFocus Value Idea Contest: March and April Update Don't forget to pitch your idea to win up to $1,100 Motley Fool•3 months ago Quad/Graphics Inc (QUAD) Q1 2019 Earnings Call Transcript QUAD earnings call for the period ending March 31, 2019. Associated Press•3 months ago Quad/Graphics: 1Q Earnings Snapshot On a per-share basis, the Sussex, Wisconsin-based company said it had a loss of 45 cents. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 15 cents per share. The printing company posted revenue of ... Quad Reports First Quarter 2019 Results Consistent Execution Against Strategic Priorities Drives Increased Net Sales Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD)? Want to participate in a research study? Help shape the future of investing tools and earn a $60 gift card! Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD), which is in the commercial services business, and is based in Unite... Zacks•4 months ago Near-Term Outlook for Commercial Printing Industry Lackluster Quad to Host Investors and Analysts Call to Discuss First Quarter 2019 Results Quad will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday, May 1, to discuss first quarter 2019 results. The call will be hosted by Joel Quadracci, Quad Chairman, President & CEO, and Dave Honan, Quad Executive Vice President & CFO.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1217
__label__cc	0.582182	0.417818	Record: in the Nikolaev area fined 154 000 Euro Despite large-scale investments in the Ukrainian roads, their quality remains low. One of the reasons for this are the large trucks moving across the country with a lot of Overdrive, just forcing the asphalt out from under him. July 5, on the route Nikolaev-Odessa was was another case of the movement of trucks with large overload. This time the truckers were fined in the amount of 154 000 euros, which could be called a record. The total weight of the four trucks was 420 tons. In this regard, “Ukrtransleasing” wrote the largest fine known in Ukraine. In addition to exceeding the weight standards, the drivers were forged special permit, and one of them had a driver’s license. Cars drove four areas, including Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Poltava and Kirovohrad. Stopped them only in the Nikolaev area. To them was assigned two patrol car that the offenders had left the scene. New Land Rover Defender revealed at Goodwood Audi may abandon touch screens in cars Shows the updated MPV Nissan Serena	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1219
__label__wiki	0.683906	0.683906	The Movie Thread Don't expect to watch a Cronenberg or Haneke when you watch a superhero movie like The Avengers, it's an action dumb flick and nothing else and complaining about it is very useless, I enjoyed it for what it is like I enjoy drinking cheap beer and fast food. marktheviktor Yeah, expecting Marvel's Avengers to have Terms of Endearment substance is just.. PhilosophicalFrog The Hypercube Not complaining that the Avengers itself is lacking substance, rather that superhero movies have all become really fucking terrible, and have no actual heroic substance, everything is just "we're good, they're bad" - hell even in Batman, which is supposed to be "darker and edgier and morally grey" ends up not being the latter. It's kinda lame, is all. I just want them to be like comic books, probably a bad thing to want out of comic book movies... hats prices are at an all time low ║\ ║▒\ ║▒▒\ ║░▒║ ║░▒║with this blade ║░▒║i cut those who ║░▒║disrespect ║░▒║Carly Rae Jepsen ▓▓▓▓ [█▓] Necroticism174 Kite String Popper Sorry Frog, but 'Toine is right. Yeah you can go on a rant about the general dumbing down of movies and mainstream culture, but it's happening baby. There will always be deeper and better made flicks, but blockbusters like this ain't them. And just look at how much money it made. theposaga about a Moonblood rehearsal wrote: So good. Makes me want to break up with my girlfriend, quit my job and never move out of my parents house. Just totally destroy my life for Satan. http://halberddoom.bandcamp.com/releases Marvel's Avengers is awesome. I need to buy that Blu-Ray asap. Just because it's a superhero flick doesn't mean it has to suck balls. It could at least have decent writing and acting that's worth two shits. Or an interesting premise, imaginative characters, innovative concepts, etc. You know...something. I primarily watched it because people seemed to be saying that it was like some sort of creme de la creme of superhero cinema and I wanted to see what that could even mean, if anything. Batman movies are definitely better but still nothing to get hard over. Empyreal wrote: I thought Red State sucked. Could've been a good premise, yeah, but it was just done so poorly...every plot element brought in was thrown out equally as fast, and that Michael Parks speech at the beginning that goes on for like 20 minutes of the movie or something? Awful. I get what it was trying to do but that didn't make me like it any better, personally. I remember the casual conversation about bringing some of that good old sweet tea between the Michael Parks character and the daughter during the shootout as being particularly dumb. Riffs Location: Montréal, Québec PhilosophicalFrog wrote: Is it possible you have unrealistic expectations? Not attacking you but trying to understand. Like, when you say "superhero movies have all become really fucking terrible"... compared to when exactly? Every live-action representation of superheroes before something like 1999, on TV or in movies, has irredeemably sucked balls. They were either pure shit or just campy stuff. It just wasn't viable at all. The stuff that came closest was the Superman and Batman movies in the 80s and 90s... and that just doesn't cut it, IMO. It's only around the turn of the new millennium (technology helping) that the tools are there to even make worthwhile attempts. It's such a recent phenomenon that cinema has not caught up to that fact because superhero movies are still listed in "action", "fantasy" or "sci-fi". Superhero universes have their own idiosyncrasies and on website such as imdb, should probably be listed as their own thing. Also, I don't understand your other comment. On one hand, it seems you want more mature movies with grey areas, on the other hand, you wish it was like the comics. Well, all these popular superhero franchises of today draw when a huge body of work, and sometimes it was morally grey (particularly in the 90s) but overall, they became thriving franchises precisely because they were lighthearted fun with little moral ambivalence. There's been a LOT of "we're good, they're bad" stuff in those comics I can assure you. It's probably why they survived so well I think the biggest problem some people have with comic adaptation movies is that people have built their own idealized versions of Batman, or Spider-man, Hulk, etc... based on a selective bibliography. That's really cool, but you can't really expect directors and writers to be inspired by the same selection, nor can they sum up a rich history of comic books into 2-hour films. mjollnir wrote: Noble Beast's debut album is way beyond MOST of what Priest did in the 80s. In terms of being like the comic books, they're pretty much toe to toe. Comic books by and large don't have many layers or characters with complex issues to tackle. Unless you're wanting something like Watchmen, you're going to get overblown action with humour and suspense in a predictable way. I saw the full version of A serbian film. The more I thought about it when I first saw it, the angrier I got. I absolutely hated it in all its pretentiousness. If you guys want to watch action movie adaptations of comic books that don't suck, watch Dredd. OneRodeToAsaBay wrote: A Serbian Film is pretentious? Funny, it simply strikes me as unnecessarily grotesque, but in no way would I call it pretentious. Care to explain, ORTAB? I'd like to know how you reached that conclusion. Regarding recent films inspired by comic books; Avengers is awesome, and so is Nolan's Batman trilogy (though I'm a relentless Nolan fanboy, so take my opinion of his work with the full contents of a salt shaker), and the newest Spider-Man film blows the previous right movies out of the water. I'm yet to see Dredd, but I plan to, as I have heard mostly good things about it. And, to sumarize, the best comic-book-turned-movie is Sin City. Period. The Avengers is really awesome actually. No. it did not have any deep seated real world themes or allusions - it was pretty much a glorified, big-money action movie to the extreme, with Whedon's usual themes of man's triumph over the divine heavily evident. But the writing was great for what it was going for. Very tight and well put together, tying together each film leading up to it with Whedon's usual great character writing, and the film sustained interest for well over 2 hours. The fact that it was built up by like four other films and was tied up so concisely and tightly was a masterwork of conceptual design. And it doesn't hurt that I really enjoy superhero stories. It was a pretty basic good versus evil story, yeah, but it also had first rate acting, some dynamite action sequences, and a great sense of weight and presence that blows any other Marvel movie out of the water. And the newest Spider-Man is great because of Andrew Garfield's performance as the lead alone. The rest of the movie is incredibly well done itself, but his performance, as well as Emma Stone's, makes it a cut above the regular superhero movie. Dredd is also really good. Kick ass Die Hard/Terminator-esque action fun. And it doesn't hurt that I really enjoy superhero stories. This. I think more than anything you've got to at least like superhero stories to begin with. It's not like The Dark Knight where it tries to reinvent the genre, very rarely will you encounter instances of this. I really enjoyed Andrew Garfield's performance in Never Let Me Go, an excellent and fairly unique sci-fi by Mark Romanek, director of the classic One Hour Photo. I just haven't been sold on another round of Spider Man films, especially considering it's yet another origin story. A question regarding the Avengers: How did Bruce Banner suddenly managed to control Hulk after the fall? Was it explained poorly and I missed it, am I supposed to be initiated with the character and just know, or what? I think we've had this discussion earlier and as Empyreal mentioned...'Avengers' isn't meant to please our movie watching sensibilities where we could actually have serious discussions on the plot or the acting. The target audience was primarily kids people seeking shitloads of action and effects and that's that in my opinion. A movie that even a cretin could enjoy. I was on the fence for 'The Amazing Spiderman' because at one end the movie actually had a strong story line explaining the birth of Peter Parker but at the same time, it disappointed me in terms of the villain. He wasn't menacing enough for me to take the movie even half seriously. Yessssssssssssssss Bede wrote: From what I understand, that has to do with the ending of the Hulk movie starring Edward Norton. You know, the part where he's meditating, and suddenly he opens his eyes. You can see that they have become bright green, and that he's smiling, implying that he is now able to at least control his transformation to some degree. I agree with all of this, especially the part concerning Andrew Garfield. He really brought the Peter Parker persona to life. I also like the fact that they showed him as a very skinny guy, unlike Maguire, who was more than a bit too ripped to be believable as an awkward teenager. Empyreal also wrote: This sounds bloody great. Been a long time since I checked anything resembling the old school action flicks, and hearing that Dredd has a lot to do with them is awesome. But how does it compare to the Stallone movie? I'm sure there's no comparison. The Stallone movie blows chunks. But the Stallone movie taught me the proper way to pronounce "LAAAAAAAWRH!" Subrick wrote: Ugh, one of the choppiest lines ever delivered in professional filmmaking ...and without the actual opening of the jaws. I saw the trailer of the new Dredd and the guy didn't seem adequately buffed up enough to be a "superhero" unlike the Stallone Dredd. BaloroftheEvilEye Damn straight. Dredd is just an honest, balls to the wall action flick. It's like dystopian Die Hard. After the massive letdown that was the Dark Knight Rises, seeing Dredd was... cleansing for the soul. Such a pity that it flopped so badly, there were plans for a follow up, possibly with the Dark Judges, probably won't happen now. People can say "The Avengers isn't for people who want to go into a movie and have serious discussions afterwards," and to a degree they'd be right. But it's also not just a dumb action movie either. It's big, it's epic, etc, but Joss Whedon also puts in some complexity with the morals of SHIELD and the issue of how much information Nick Fury was withholding from the team - cool, espionage-like stuff. There was a lot going on there. Every character had stuff going on and, while the film was too crammed to really delve too deep, it was enough to add layers to the film, and create tension between characters, and relationships between them that worked in the context of the world the movie created. While I wouldn't say it was complex, it was well done and shouldn't just be mistaken for a silly shallow action movie, because the writing was a cut above that. Whedon definitely catered to the audience a lot and didn't get to show off his usual complexity and mastery of intricate themes, metaphors, etc. here, but he says he wants to do something different for the next one, and I'm looking forward to that. Exactly. Killer movie. shouvince wrote: Well, for starters it's much better. And there's no Rob Schneider. There are no satiric elements like in the comics (never read them, but so I've heard), and neither is it as plain goofy as the Stallone movie. It's a rather straight-forward, brutal, no-nonsense action flick with Karl Urban being a badass Dredd (DAT JAW) and Lena Headey delivering a solid, malicious villainess. "dystopian Die Hard", as BaloroftheEvilEye put it is pretty accurate. It's an entertaining and well-made movie. Period. Pity it didn't earn back its budget. Sadly, yes. It came up $9 million short. Didn't think this was a serious question. Such a pity that it flopped so badly, there were plans for a follow up, possibly with the Dark Judges, probably won't happen now. Eh, not everything needs a sequel and these days it's a rarity to have something stand alone. I think you should be glad they're not milking it with another director and a different writer like what usually happens, into something that resembles a parody. KC_Slaanesh Location: Lenexa, Kansas There were good things about the Stallone movie. The hive city looked great, as did the ash wastes and the hovercraft/ bikes. The mutant gang was fun, and god damned if I've ever seen a cooler robot in a movie than the ABC robot in there. That thing ruled. Of course it could have been much better but it's got more replay value than many of Stallone's movies just because of the stuff I mentioned. I'm probably watching the new Dredd tonight and I'm expecting it to kick ass, I hope the futuristic city atmosphere is conveyed even better in this one. Xlxlx wrote: I very much doubt anyone here is interested in rectal penetration, myself included. New account, be my friend on the internet! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008769978869 All of the following is from Wikipedia. The director and writer, Srđan Spasojević and Aleksandar Radivojević, have made statements to the effect that their creation is a parody of modern politically correct films made in Serbia which are financially supported by foreign funds. On the question, why 'Srpski Film' for the title, Radivojević answers: "Srpski Film is also a metaphor for our national cinema - boring , predictable and altogether unintentionally hilarious which throughout our film to some extent is commented on and subtly parodied." Similarly, Radivojević describes Serbian cinema as "...pathetic state financed films made by people who have no sense or connection to film, but are strongly supported by foreign funds. Quality of the film is not their concern, only the bureaucratic upholding of the rule book on political correctness." According to Spasojević, the character of Vukmir is "an exaggerated representation of the new European film order ... the Western world has lost feelings, so they’re searching for false ones, they want to buy feelings." In another interview Spasojević is quoted as saying "my shocking 'A Serbian Film' denounces the fascism of political correctness." Questioned by the Croatian media on whether the violence depicted deals with crimes committed by Serbian soldiers during the Yugoslav Wars, Spasojević answered: "'Srpski Film' does not touch upon war themes, but in a metaphorical way deals with the consequences of postwar society and a man that is exploited to the extreme in the name of securing the survival of his family." "As much as we try to deal with our life in this film allegorically, and with the corrupt political authorities that govern it, we are also dealing with today’s Art and Cinema and the corrupt artistic authorities that govern them in a similar manner here. The films that preach and enforce political correctness are the dominant form of cinematic expression today. Nowadays in Eastern Europe you cannot get a film financed unless you have a pathetic and heartwarming ‘true story’ to tell about some poor lost refugee girls with matchsticks, who ended up as victims of war, famine and/or intolerance. They mostly deal with VICTIMS as heroes, and they use and manipulate them in order to activate the viewer’s empathy. They make a false, romanticized story about that victim and sell it as real life. That is real pornography and manipulation, and also spiritual violence – the cinematic fascism of political correctness." Spasojević and Radivojević also express that the film is not exclusively dealing with Serbian issues but issues in the "New World" in general. "We didn’t want to make a hermetic picture that would deal exclusively with our local tragedies, but to tell a story with global overtones, because Serbia is merely a reflection of the ways of today’s New World in general, as it tries to imitate it and fails miserably. Contrary to the peerless politically correct facade of the New World, it’s still a soulless devouring machine for killing every small freedom – of art and free speech – we have left, destroying everything different in its path." It's just an exploitation film made to shock people. There's nothing symbolic about it. It's a damn effective shock movie, but that's all it is. Star-Gazer Trust and you'll be trusted Heckler (2007) 4.5/5 David Cross, Tom Green, Joe Rogan, George Wallace, Dave Attell, Louie Anderson, Lewis Black, Uwe Boll, Robert England, Christopher Hitchens, Pauly Shore, Henry Winkler, Dom Irrera, John Lovitz, Nick Swardson, Carrot Top, Harland Williams, Carrie Fischer, Kathy Griffin, Jeff Ross, Gilbert Godfried, and Rob Zombie among many others star in this giving their opinions and stories about hecklers. Interlaced throughout the film are clips of Jamie Kennedy confronting hecklers at his shows as well as critics who wrote mean reviews for his films (mostly Malibu's Most Wanted and Son of the Mask). Well-edited and a lot of interesting information from a great selection of a somewhat diverse group entertainers. A few of the more well-known videos are shown as archival footage; Ronald Reagan and Jim Everett being examples of this, but the footage of Michael Richardswas not (though a computer re-enactment of it was). Fun, watch with The Aristocrats. Last edited by Star-Gazer on Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:30 am, edited 1 time in total. FasterDisaster Metal Pounder I will third, or fourth Dredd. That movie is amazing. The slow-motion sequences are breathtaking. Literally. I fucking stopped breathing during a couple and had to catch my breath. It's the total romanticism of violence during those sequences, but it's violence in the most pure form. It's just... beautiful. The rest of the movie is great as well. It reminds me a lot of Punisher: War Zone: ultra-violent and super relentless. ObservationSlave I just saw Gangster Squad today. I enjoyed it. The plot wasn't anything special, but I liked the acting and was surprised by the large amount of humor. I thought that Gosling and Brolin did excellent jobs along with the guy who played Mickey. Dredd is indeed a modern action classic in the vein of old Schwarzenegger or Willis goodies (it especially reminded me of Die Hard). I loved how the plot couldn't have been more straightforward and every action sequence, which is pretty much every scene, was greatly satisfying. I also loved the fact that Dredd never takes off his helmet. Karl Urban may have done some crappy movies here and there, but he's still a 100% certified badass, and this is probably his best role. ObservationSlave wrote: He's named Sean Penn and he won 2 best actor Oscars... Kinda weird that you can name Gosling or Brolin but not Penn. the_raytownian Tonight, I saw that The Doom Generation was on TV, so I decided to watch it. I love that movie. It's so, so stupid, but it's a part of my teenage development, and I can't help but feel nostalgic about it. Not really a movie I'm comfortable watching with my stepdad, who was also in the room with me, though. The desire to watch it (despite my having it on video) trumped the awkwardness factor... but, god, that was so awkward... Disgrace to the corpse of Metal Archives! I've heard mixed, mostly negative leaning things about The Doom Generation, as well as about Gregg Araki in general. kingnuuuur Also, LLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWW! Armand Assante was fucking nuts in that one; the film is worth watching if only for his presence. I'll be watching Dredd in the next few days as well. aaronmb666 Texas Chainsaw 3d- complete waste. This had some of the dumbest characters I've seen in a horror movie in years. Apparently Lionsgate wants to make this into a franchise, but I dont this will make it past the sequel, considering this one went way down. I bet the next one flops. volutetheswarth wrote: It was. Curiosity mostly. I'll watch it tonight. I watched Les Misérables yesterday because of lack of anything to do. Anyway, to be honest, I found it highly uncomfortable in the first 15 minutes with them singing the entire dialogue, but I got used to it I suppose. The few who probably couldn't digest it left the show mid-way. Overall, the movie had more highs than lows. I thought Russel Crowe was a big misfit with him doing the singing. Laughable in fact. They could've added a break to the monotonous singing of the dialogue at some instances. Also, Amanda Seyfried is a talentless wench, they surely could've done better with the casting for her role. But apart from those criticisms of mine, I think Hugh Jackman was born for Broadway and such roles. The guy is so fuckin' versatile. Remember the time he hosted the Oscars with Anne Hathaway? Pity she had only a supporting role in LesMis. I also really enjoyed Sasha Baron Cohen's and Helena Bonham Carter's roles as the raggedy couple who controlled the beggars in the city. Another notable, albeit a small role, performance was of that of Gavroche. The kid exuded so much energy on screen. There were quite a few scenes which were powerful and moving. Those tipped the balance for me in favor of the movie. HARD TARGET! I should write all of this in caps because that's the kind of movie it was. Jean-Claude Van Damme murdering everyone with his mullet, spinning kicks, explosions, beautifully put together Jon Woo gun fights, Lance Henrikssen being a brilliant villain (way better than any JCVE movie bad guy) and that dude who plays Imhotep in the Mummy films not being too shabby either. The story is simple, the action is badass. As one of my friends said, pretty much the only Van Damme movie one can enjoy with no sense of irony.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1229
__label__wiki	0.790649	0.790649	Sam Dunn names top 5 most important extreme metal bands Go to page 1, 2, 3 Next http://www.revolvermag.com/news/directo ... bands.html I think that's a pretty fair list to be honest. Enslaved I personally wouldn't have put there (I'd have gone for Celtic Frost instead), but there's nothing terrible about his list or his reasons for choosing them. I know some people here cannot stand Dunn or his movies/TV shows, so I'm expecting a fairly interesting conversation to take place about this. joppek Location: Suomi Finland Perkele i'd take possessed and enslaved away and replace with celtic frost and venom kind of on the fence whether or not morbid angel should take carcass' place as well... All the best bands are affiliated with Satan. -Bart Simpson ENKC Sam sure does like insisting on 'extreme metal' as being a subgenre in its own right, rather than a catch all term for several gigantic subgenres (death, black, grind, doom, maybe some industrial and folk). It all sounds like an improvement on those execrable grunge and power metal episodes. Can't say that I'd put Enslaved anywhere near that list while leaving Celtic Frost and Venom off with a straight face. Where would you put Napalm Death? Or Slayer? Mayhem? Morbid Angel? I'll watch it with interest nonetheless. John_Sunlight wrote: Gif logos are a rare and special thing. They should be reserved only for truly exceptional and rare and special and important bands, bands like Blind Guardian and... Blind Guardian. This should be in the rules. Also contained in the link is a trailer for the last part of Metal Evolution focusing on extreme metal. Which by the looks of it will be grindcore, death metal and black metal. I think the term "extreme metal" can be both a catch all term for several different subgenres and a subgenre all on its own. The way I classify it, a band that is simply "extreme metal" doesn't fall too far into any one particular style that you'd associate with extreme metal (death, black, the more intense side of thrash, etc.). Basically they blend enough styles together to where they aren't definitively a death metal band or a thrash metal band or what have you. inhumanist This is pretty much just a list of classic bands Sam Dunn likes. The correct list: 5. Slayer iHumanism: Philosophy phoned in. If Summoning is the sugar of fantasy metal, is Manowar the bacon? Last edited by inhumanist on Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:34 am, edited 1 time in total. Recent albums Ruun and Axioma Ethica Odini demonstrate that extreme metal can be a vehicle for both savage aggression and oral history, suggesting a brave future for metal’s most transgressive sub-genre. Yeah, those albums are so extreme. Is there one second of savage aggression on Axioma Ethica Odini? Acidgobblin Location: Antarctica Enslaved, despite being a pretty great band, are definitely not one of the most important extreme metal bands. I would suggest either Darkthrone, Burzum or maybe Mayhem instead. Potentially remove Carcass too, and would suggest that Venom, Slayer or Celtic Frost could have earned a spot. Where the cold winds blow... Eric Olthwaite Location: York, North Yorkshire Sam Dunnce wrote: Bathory’s self-titled debut record marked the true birth of the black metal sub-genre, transforming black metal from the tongue-in-cheek occult posturing of Venom into a sober, artistic pursuit. What? The record that's pretty much a straight-up Venom tribute? Yeah, it really marks the point when black metal detached itself from Venom, right? What with all the songs that sound like Venom... maybe Dunn's copy of Bathory's debut is actually Under the Sign of the Black Mark? 'Sometimes you have to be a bigot in order to beat bigger bigots' - G. Marenghi. Uncolored wrote: non 80's wodos members are enemies of teutonic beatles hairstyle thrash Kveldulfr Dunn remains clueless about extreme metal. Give up already. Every docu by him has been misleading and filled with terrible mistakes and misconceptions that its just ridiculous to expect something 'fair' from him. Forestfather Facebook - Folklore black metal. Er Murazor Facebook - Melodic death/black metal ÆRA bandcamp- Pagan black metal LordStenhammar I was not so much into his Metal Evolution -documents. He had time for grunge and hair metal, but not black metal?!? Enslaved is a good band and all, but I would put Venom or Celtic Frost there instead. I live in METALLIC FURY, in the wake of METALSTRÖM. lord_ghengis Still Standing After 38 Beers... hic Well in his defense he didn't really have a choice in that, VH1 kinda forced him to do the popular genres/relevant to VH1 viewers episodes. Also in his defense of this list, he was after "Most influential", not best/most mandatory listens or whatever, and really outside of Carcass and Enslaved he pretty much picked the big name first up acts, obviously in that context CF could have made sense, but this doesn't necessarily mean he is completely retarded and entry level with his taste/knowledge. Out of his defense he's a moron who has too much influence and needless attention and he should shut up forever. Naamath wrote: No comments, no words need it, no BM, no compromise, only grains in her face. uzilover ANationalAcrobat wrote: I chuckled at that quote. The Bathory debut is anything but a "Sober, artistic pursuit" and all the better for it. It's more "Swedish Satanics try to one up Venom at their own game." I believe that Sodom's "In the Sign of Evil" is the true birth of Sophisticated Black Metal Art. :/ Marag Sam Dunn needs to shut up. Spiner202 I think Carcass is actually a great choice because it has both the grind and melodeath aspects of extreme metal to it. Enslaved is the only semi-questionable choice, and probably has more to do with his love of the band. People are going to complain that their band (whether it be Celtic Frost, Hellhammer, Mayhem, or whoever else) isn't on it, but it's hard to define all of death, black, and grindcore in just 5 bands. Also, the reason he's doing extreme metal together is because it's unbelievably expensive to produce these episodes, and there's no way he could afford to do more than 1. People are going to complain because he won't spend enough time on each subject, but if it's only 40ish minutes, there's no way to adequately cover all of extreme metal. It's going to be a great episode, like most other things he does. Even if he spent 2 hours on each genre, it would be impossible to cover everything in them. Skull Fracturing Metal - Facebook Page Sokaris Not a horrible list but am I reading this right? Death were influenced by Autopsy? Kaos Aeon- Post-Apocalyptic Symphonic Extreme Metal uzilover wrote: See, it's shit like this which is why Dunn is worth keeping around. He's a "metal pundit" of sorts and he literally knows fuck all about the genre. He could fall into a bag of nipples and he'd still come out sucking his thumb. Give him more money, let idiocy reign! Element_man I just wanna say: This thread fucking rules. Keep up the great work, guys. Nothing like a good Sam-bashing to start the day off right. :) Heavy Metal. No new shit. Why does everyone think Venom is an extreme metal band? They may not have been straight extreme metal themselves, but they were a major influence on it. Yeah but Bathory was kind of a jump from the first wave sound to the second wave sound. Thiestru Anything but undying, eternal praise for Awaken the Guardian is completely wrong and a disgrace to you, your band, family, and Facebook friends list. If you're interested in hearing my music, it can be found here: http://thiestru.bandcamp.com. Wassail. Venom's influence is overrated. They were influential, but nowhere near Celtic Frost, Bathory, Slayer, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, Darkthrone or even Possessed when it comes to concrete musical influence. Yes I know they influenced most of these bands. Shut up. Their contribution was goofy satanism and copying Motörhead. And, ya know, providing a name for an entire genre. But that's not important at all. Last edited by Subrick on Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:58 pm, edited 1 time in total. inhumanist wrote: No. I'm not going to guess how much metal you've listened to, how old you are, or anything stupid like that. I'm just going to say that if anything, Venom's influence is underrated, and you even admit that they influenced a boatload of important bands you listed. Venom may love Motorhead but they certainly never copied them as blatantly as Bathory did, and the Venom influence in bands as diverse as Voivod, Slayer, Sabbat (JP), Metallica, Deceased, Celtic Frost and even reaching out of metal and into punk, is just incalculable. It's all right that you think they're goofy and don't enjoy them, but acknowledge that they're hugely, fundamentally important. bloodmyst For those of us who don't want to click or find the link broken here's his list: Possessed: Ratcheting up metal’s evil quotient with ultra-low guttural vocals Ultra-low vocals? Um, no. Enslaved began their career amidst the pack of Norwegian black metal bands that exploded in the early 90s. But by decade’s end they had matured into an eccentric blend of black-meets-prog-meets-folk metal So, how does this make them an important "extreme metal" band, again? Missing Slayer and Venom, but including Enslaved is just laughable. Whatever, it's just one guy's list; no better or worse than anyone else's. To the newcomers/entry level metalheads that think Venom is overrated: Venom is the sole father of extreme metal. That includes speed, thrash, death and black metal in its ENTIRETY. Not even Metallica would have made Kill' em All without Venom around. Possessed/Death are good picks since they developed death metal. Slayer could have also being included here in a similar sense instead Carcass. There's also Morbid Angel that, no matter what they're doing now, they are one of the most influential metal acts, not only for death metal but also to black metal. BUT...If there's a man that made a complete shift/showed a totally new path for generations to follow and would second Venom in terms of importance, is Tom G. Warrior. HH/CF comes just second in terms of influence to extreme metal as a whole. Every black metal band in existence have taken a bit of Warrior in every part of the world; Brazil, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Canada, US, you name it. Not only black metal, but also death and more extreme doom metal acts has been influenced by CF/HH in invaluable ways. Enslaved is the oddest one. Norwegian black metal has way better and more important bands to name; Darkthrone, Emperor and Burzum have been way more influential than Enslaved in every sense; even Ulver deserves more the mention for bringing the black/folk genre and the whole generation of neofolk bands. Last edited by Kveldulfr on Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:31 pm, edited 1 time in total. Not to be a dick, but the guy has interviewed a lot of legendary bands in many different countries around the world. Last edited by bloodmyst on Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:34 pm, edited 2 times in total. bloodmyst wrote: Yeah, maybe; I don't know anything about that. So he's a journalist. Good for him. It doesn't matter if he's a totally clueless guy that can't discern between doom and stoner bands, for naming some of his ridiculous claims. Hey, I don't agree with his list either, but it's at least worth talking about considering his background. That's all I'm saying. Oh, he should make his lists, by all means, but giving his words undue import would be a mistake... Kveldulv, good post about Venom and Tom G.'s bands; i agree totally, of course. Ok, back to Sam for a moment, I've no doubt that he's been around the block and knows what he's on about as far as bands and scenes go. But he wouldn't be the first journalist to write about metal and not really see the big picture, or choose not to. I'm sure everyone's heard of that Riff Kills guide to heavy metal written by Martin Popoff and remembers just how bad much of the stuff on "extreme metal" bands was. it clearly wasnt' his specialty; I recall he wrote enthusiastically about a lot of glam bands. These guys limit themselves to certain genre specialties and then are tasked with writing books or doing shows on the entire gamut of stuff, from Motley Crue to havohej, and naturally some things are just going to come up short. Last edited by Abominatrix on Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:40 pm, edited 1 time in total. ...and an anthropologist, a documentarian, and musician. Last edited by bloodmyst on Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:39 pm, edited 1 time in total. absurder21 I can agree with it all except the Enslaved bit, which kinda boggles me a little. I mean yeah, they do have influence and are progressive, but there's definitely a good amount more bands that should be filling that spot. WTF, Bathory don't sound like anything anywhere NEAR Motorhead in comparison to Venom. I agree with everything else, but that one was just a huge no. How do songs like In Conspiracy with Satan, Equmanthorn or Blood Fire Death sound more like Overkill, Stone Dead and Bomber than Venom's Live like an Angel, Sons of Satan or Raise the Dead? dystopia4 Thumbman Meh, does anyone really care about Sam Dunn anymore? Decent list, although completely obvious. For extreme metal being it's own genre, I disagree. It is an umbrella term, and when something fits only under extreme metal, it's not because it fits under a specific established sound, it's because nothing else works besides the vague general term. Eh, listen to the non-album version of "Sacrifice" and check out the song "Burning' Leather"...maybe even the SA version of "Return of Darkness and Evil". Anyway, Motorhead is one band that Quorthon does actually admit to taking a whole load of his sound from, unlike Venom, which he claims to have never listened to until, oh, about exactly the time when Bathory stopped sounding like Venom, around the third album. My point wasnt' that Venom werent' influenced by Motorhead, just that Bathory was always much more blatant about that sort of thing, whether we're talking Motorhead, Metallica, Manowar or whatever band. Anyway, I guess tha'ts losing sight of the main point anyway, which is that Venom is one of a small handful of bands that every later band should bow to at least on some level. It's all right that you think they're goofy and don't enjoy them I didn't say that. I enjoyed them greatly when I saw them last saturday. Kveldulfr wrote: Venom is the sole father of extreme metal. For me it's Motörhead, without doubt (if we want to go that far back that is). They were the first to combine heavy metal with the extremity and speed of hardcore punk. So? His metal knowledge is pretty low compared to many journalists and interviewing well known musicians doesn't mean shit. This can be judged with his metal chart from his first movie. There's so many newb mistake on this that it's laughable. Opeth as goth metal? Cradle of Filth as Norwegian black metal? Witchfinder General and Candlemass as stoner metal? Nah, fuck Sam Dunn, he's only a metal "expert" in the eyes of 14 years old who are getting into Children of Bodom. Man this has gotten really dumb. Users browsing this forum: Everflowingstream, Mythics, Substantia_Nigrae and 9 guests	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1230
__label__cc	0.575357	0.424643	Board index ‹ Narnia Movie Discussion Forums ‹ Cast and Character Discussion Netflix means new Pevensies Past, present, and future. Moderators: GlimGlum, Pattertwigs Pal by Monty Jose » Oct 11, 2018 12:04 am While I'm excited about Netflix developing a new and complete adaptation to the Narnia world, the one thing I know that will be a challenge is winning me over with a new cast for the Pevensies, especially Lucy and Edmund. I'm curious to see what everyone else's thoughts are on this. Did you like the Walden cast? How would you like to see them portrayed differently? What challenges do you think are ahead for Netflix by recasting these kids, if any? https://www.instagram.com/_montyjose_art/ Monty Jose Re: Netflix means new Pevensies by Anfinwen » Oct 11, 2018 6:54 am Oh, this is going to be a fun thread! If my memory serves me right Susan was supposed to have dark hair, while Lucy was more blond. I don't think Lewis mentions the boys' hair color. Problem is, I really liked the brunette Lucy. Since we can't have Georgie Henley shrink and play Lucy again, I'd like to have her at least kept a brunette (Pauline Baynes didn't help by drawing Lucy as dark-haired). Also, I would like Polly to be blond, and I think the leads should be unique in appearance. However, I would be interested in a blond Susan. Thanks again Pauline! Seriously, though, I can only come up with one illustration where she is pictured blond, but that image has stuck. There was also a picture book with a blond Susan and I quite like it. Unfortunately, it's so hard to speculate on actual actors due to uncertainty and the fact that they grow up so fast! However, I can't wait to see all the suggestions! Formerly The Lady Arwen Undómiel Anfinwen Location: Usually in the middle of a good book That’s interesting you brought up physical appearance. I wasn’t even thinking about that too much but it makes total sense! Despite Lewis’s description, I’ve always seen Lucy as brunette. And there’s no topping Georgie’s performance; it’s hard enough to find good child actors in general and I wonder if this batch of filmmakers is willing to go through as rigorous a casting process as Adamson did. I was just thinking yesterday about Susan, though, while listening to The Lamppost Listener. The Walden film portrays her as very practical, which is accurate to the books, but I realized (since I haven’t read LWW in years), she’s more... sassy, I suppose? The book depicts her as more motherly and, wouldn’t you know it, gentle! Haha I’d like to them stick to those qualities better this time. I think that could make for some character development/depiction that’s a bit more unique for a character her age, especially nowadays. by Col Klink » Oct 11, 2018 11:06 am I'd like it if the characters had similar hair color to what they had in the books because Lewis gives so few physical details about the main characters that when he does, I feel like they should include those details. But I'm definitely not saying they should cast based on appearances over ability. The Walden film portrays (Susan) as very practical, which is accurate to the books, but I realized (since I haven’t read LWW in years), she’s more... sassy, I suppose? The book depicts her as more motherly and, wouldn’t you know it, gentle! Haha I’d like to them stick to those qualities better this time. I liked Susan being sarcastic in the Walden Media movies because I think Anna Popplewell has (or had anyway) the best comedic timing of the Pevensie actors. (Of the leads, only Will Poulter had as good or better.) It really made her scenes fun to watch. But of course Anna Popplewell will not being playing Susan in any new adaptation so I'm not saying they should try to make the character particularly smart alecky. For better or worse-for who knows what may unfold from a chrysalis?-hope was left behind. -The God Beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield & Edward Blishen Col Klink Col Klink wrote: I liked Susan being sarcastic in the Walden Media movies because I think Anna Popplewell has (or had anyway) the best comedic timing of the Pevensie actors. (Of the leads, only Will Poulter had as good or better.) It really made her scenes fun to watch. But of course Anna Popplewell will not being playing Susan in any new adaptation so I'm not saying they should try to make the character particularly smart alecky. I’m right there with you. I loved Anna’s portrayal of Susan. But I also believe moving forward, there needs to be a change. And this is true to all the characters, each to varying (and yet faithful) degrees. If not for the sake of faithful adaptation, then for the sake of separating Netflix’s world from Walden’s. Having the two too similar is dangerous, running the risk of being a dull rehash. By the way, I love all the casting in Walden’s LWW. There isn’t a single character depiction I’m unsatisfied with in that particular film. At least, none I can think of haha Monty Jose wrote: That’s interesting you brought up physical appearance. I wasn’t even thinking about that too much but it makes total sense! Monty Jose wrote: By the way, I love all the casting in Walden’s LWW. There isn’t a single character depiction I’m unsatisfied with in that particular film. At least, none I can think of haha I guess that's why I went to appearance, because I couldn't really pick at anything else. Peter's protective older brother attitude, Susan trying to mother them all, Ed struggling, and Lucy was just perfect. Monty Jose wrote: she’s more... sassy, I suppose? The book depicts her as more motherly and, wouldn’t you know it, gentle! Haha I’d like to them stick to those qualities better this time. I definitely agree on that. She was almost obnoxious at times, and then mellowed out when they met Aslan. That's her arc in the book PC more than LWW. So I'd like to see a more child-like, trusting Susan in LWW, then have the attitude crop up and be overcome in PC. I'm ok with probably having teen actors. Netflix is a very teen oriented platform, and I don't really mind having some of the actors be older as long as Lucy and Ed are younger. I think their ages are supposed to be 13, 12, 10, and 8, but I would be ok if they were as old as 16, 15, 13, and 10. I guess that's pretty close to the actors ages in the Walden movie. I'm also okay tweaking their ages like in Walden, but no older than they did in Walden! Haha. Being one of five kids with 15 years between the oldest and the youngest, it feels more natural to me when the ages are spread out a bit more instead of clumped so closely. Not saying that's bad or it doesn't happen, but I think for Peter and Susan's benefit it could be spread out more. It might make the maturity they have to show a bit more believable. On the flipside, you can also say their experiences are forcing them to grow up faster than in a time of peace where they don't feel obligated to take up the role of father and mother to their younger siblings. So it depends on how you play it. Okay, so how about Lucy? I love, love, love Georgie Henley's performance. I like how she added some teasing, slightly mischievous, playful personality to her character and it worked! (The only time I can think of in the books where that's present is in PC and she uses the line towards Edmund "That's because our heads have something in them.") Lucy's depiction in the book is much different, at least in my mind. Or maybe I should say her character/personality isn't as rounded out. Is that something they should change again? by coracle » Oct 16, 2018 2:14 pm I have seen some 20th century kids' classics ruined by casting mid teenagers in roles written as pre-teens. It makes a mockery of some of the comments and actions of the younger children when a 17 or 18 year old is playing the character. I'm currently working on some filming with a very natural young actor, aged 8, the same age that Georgie was when cast. I think it would be wise of Netflix to plot out their child characters' ageing carefully. "Blessed are you, Lord our God, king of the universe, who diversified his creatures" (a Jewish prayer to be said whenever one sees an unusual looking person or animal), NarniaWeb's Auntie by Monty Jose » Oct 19, 2018 2:06 pm coracle wrote: I'm currently working on some filming with a very natural young actor, aged 8, the same age that Georgie was when cast. I think it would be wise of Netflix to plot out their child characters' ageing carefully. I agree. I'm mostly speaking in terms of Peter and Susan. 16 is my cap for Peter. (As for the children in the other books [Digory/Polly, Shasta/Aravis, Eustace/Jill], I would want them around Edmund's age tops.) by Cleander » Oct 27, 2018 11:45 am I don't know if a reappearance of the first Pevs as adults is possible in a separate series... but it would be such a great Easter egg in the Horse and His Boy when they get to doing that story. by PrinceRillianIX » Dec 18, 2018 4:50 pm These are my choices for the casting of the Pevensie children, I'm aware that both Fionn and Florence are in their early 20's, with Florence being 22 and Fionn being 21, but I believe that both could pull this off. Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk) as Peter Pevensie Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) as Susan Pevensie Lewis MacDougall (A Monster Calls) as Edmund Pevensie Beau Gadsdon (Rogue One) as Lucy Pevensie PrinceRillianIX by fantasia » Dec 19, 2018 3:11 pm First of all PrinceRillianIX, welcome to NarniaWeb! I liked the ages of the Pevensie actors in Walden's LWW. But once we rolled around to PC, Ben Barnes as Caspian was much too old in my opinion (but he worked perfectly for VDT!) So your suggestions for Edmund and Lucy is about the age I'd like Peter and Susan. Good suggestions though! I'm so out of touch with young actors and actresses I have nothing to offer. The Watchful Admin by PrinceRillianIX » Dec 20, 2018 10:45 am fantasia_kitty wrote: chuckles I think these suggestions are more based on who I imagine when I think of the Netflix adaptation, I'm sure none of the suggestions I make for these films/series will never actually end up being true or anywhere near the actual casting. Although I do still think these ages could work, firstly, Fionn Whitehead (21) and Florence Pugh (22) have the perfect look where they blend between mid-teens and early adulthood. As for Edmund and Lucy, I personally think their ages are perfect. Beau Gadsdon is only 10 years old, and could easily portray Lucy. Lewis MacDougall, on the other hand, is 16 years old and looks younger so could easily pull of the role of Edmund. Here's some images of the actors I chose for the Pevensie's: Lucy: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A8zlKdPZ-oI/Wcvc1Flz_EI/AAAAAAAAMoQ/2ncB2HLvg7sPJcn8nWrRnqvgIYY40AjqgCLcBGAs/s1600/GadsdonBeau_RogueOne_YoungJyn.jpg Edmund:http://focusmicrosites.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/uploads/1470104577_amonstercalls_sigourneyweaver_felicityjones_jabayona_lm_bio1.jpg Peter: https://www.sundaypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/07/596e25efb29c4-900x540.jpg Susan: https://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/Florence-Pugh-Outlaw-King.jpg I also really want someone like Beau Gadsdon cast as Lucy Pevensie, because I had a revelation of casting an actress I really liked from King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as an older Lucy, who would appear at the ending of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and cameo in A Horse and His Boy. She could also play older Lucy when she returns to Narnia in The Last Battle. The actress is Millie Brady, here's an image: https://66.media.tumblr.com/b124af543e5f4da823bbdc4a16e099e1/tumblr_oy179icoST1u15jt3o1_500.png by The Rose-Tree Dryad » Dec 20, 2018 3:39 pm Lewis MacDougall was actually someone I had hoped might be cast as Eustace in The Silver Chair, PrinceRilianIX, although development for that movie dragged out for so long that he's already visibly aged out of the role, imo. (I was hoping for a Eustace that looked no older than 13.) I can also imagine him playing Edmund, appearance-wise, but he really does (did) look like the picture of Eustace in my mind's eye. I can imagine Fionn Whitehead as an older Peter, but for some reason, Rabadash comes to my mind when I look at photos of him! (Sorry, Fionn. ) I'm a bit torn when it comes to the ages of the Pevensies. I do want Lucy to be around seven or so, but I don't think Peter should appear any younger than thirteen, and hopefully tallish for his age as well, just because I don't want it to look completely absurd for him to go to battle against the towering White Witch. At the same time, though, I really don't want for Susan and Peter to look like young adults in PC, so it's a fine line to walk. That's one benefit to casting twenty-something actors, if they can truly pass for young teens: you don't have to worry about growth spurts. Twitter: Rose_the_Dryad The Rose-Tree Dryad Location: A secret garden The Rose-Tree Dryad wrote: Lewis MacDougall was actually someone I had hoped might be cast as Eustace in The Silver Chair, PrinceRilianIX, although development for that movie dragged out for so long that he's already visibly aged out of the role, imo. (I was hoping for a Eustace that looked no older than 13.) I can also imagine him playing Edmund, appearance-wise, but he really does (did) look like the picture of Eustace in my mind's eye. I definitely see Fionn as an older Peter, I'm also a massive fan of Florence Pugh so I can't not cast her as Susan. As for Eustace, I would actually cast Fionn Elliot, he's only a month younger than Lewis MacDougall, and I've also envisioned Eustace as blonde despite the book's illustration. Here's an image of Fionn Elliot: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/09/22/472A672300000578-0-image-a-39_1512858026721.jpg by JFG II » Mar 25, 2019 2:33 pm The real challenge of casting new actors and actresses in the roles of Peter, Edmund, Susan & Lucy Pevensie has to do with the producers’ foresight: “Will they work in LWW, and PC, and then VDT, and then LB? We they be young enough to reprise their roles? Will they be OLD enough to reprise their roles in LB?” Personally, I think their is a very real danger that a TV series will cause the kids to be cast too old. I can’t imagine any girl over 9 playing Lucy in LWW and living up to Georgie Henly, or a girl over 13 playing Lucy in VDT and not making it silly like the Walden-Fox film. (The Walden-Fox movie was silly on a great many fronts, the extreme ages of the child actors playing the children being one of them.) Sticking with the C.S. Lewis timeline (even if it’s not always reliable) where the age of the kids are concerned, is best. LWW & PC: Lucy (8-9) Edmund (10-11) Susan (12-13) Peter (13-14)... JFG II	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1231
__label__wiki	0.927142	0.927142	Search in titles only Search in Immigration & Border Issues only Immigration & Border Issues Illegal Alien “Good News” Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 template Next sd_hog Where’s my yellow star already The US Customs and Border Protection officers are stopping Illegal aliens going both ways now, it’s about time! http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...0,671538.story "SAN DIEGO -- U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal immigrants only as they enter the country. Now they're catching them on the way out. At random times near the Tijuana-San Diego border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have been setting up checkpoints, boarding buses destined for Mexico and pulling off people who don't have proper documentation. The operation appears to be an expansion of a broader federal crackdown targeting illegal immigrants in jails, airports and workplaces across the country. The checkpoints, which are not announced in advance, are set up on southbound Interstate 5 about 100 yards north of the border. Vehicles in all lanes must stop. Vincent Bond, an agency spokesman, said departing immigrants are fair targets. "If our officers come upon people who are here illegally . . . regardless of whether they're leaving the country, we detain them, make a record of the fact they were here illegally and return them to Mexico," Bond said. Immigrant rights groups and other critics say the crackdown is a sad reflection of growing anti-immigrant sentiment in the country. "The policies of the Bush administration are designed to make life so difficult for immigrants in the U.S. illegally that they're forced to leave. . . . Now they're arresting people who they are actually driving out of the country. . . . Unbelievable," said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, a Washington-based immigration reform group. But some GOP politicians and anti-illegal immigration organizations praise federal authorities for widening their enforcement efforts. A spokesman for Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon) said agents were simply doing their job. "Whether people are coming or going . . . checkpoints are just another line of defense that targets illegal behavior," Joe Kasper said. Customs and Border Protection, which typically provides detailed statistics on apprehensions, would not disclose details of the checkpoint operation. Nor would they say how long it has been underway. The checkpoints have been randomly deployed since the Sept. 11 attacks, with inspectors typically looking for fugitives, stolen vehicles, weapons, drugs and other contraband. Illegal immigrants became targets for arrest at the checkpoints only a few months ago, according to immigrant rights groups and human rights organizations in Mexico. It is unclear how frequently the checkpoints have been set up. But Enrique Morones, president of the Border Angels, a San Diego-based group, said he believes that hundreds of immigrants have been arrested since the crackdown began. Over a half-hour period April 30, agents appeared to be pulling over every bus and van heading for the border. But any vehicle, including cars, that agents deem suspicious may be stopped and searched. Inspectors detained five young men from one bus traveling from Los Angeles to Puebla, a city southeast of Mexico City. After the inspectors made their apprehensions, only two passengers remained onboard. "Pobrecitos (poor people)," said Lily Lujan, who watched the immigrants being arrested as she walked to the border crossing. "They were almost home. If they're already leaving the country, what's the problem?" Federal agents say the checkpoints are a productive way to stop dangerous criminals, drug shipments and money launderers. The illegal immigrants they apprehend are typically turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol for processing. Unless they have serious criminal records or numerous immigration violations, most are returned to Mexico within a few hours, the agents say. Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center of Comparative Immigration Studies at UC San Diego, said he was not aware of similar crackdowns in the past. The checkpoints make sense for intercepting contraband, but targeting illegal immigrants voluntarily leaving the country is a "bizarre" way of handling the illegal immigration question, he said. Other critics call it an enormous waste of resources and say it could be counterproductive and discourage immigrants from going home. "There are people that want to go back, and even though they haven't done anything wrong, they might be intimidated from leaving," said Morones of the Border Angels. "It makes no sense." But groups that fight illegal immigration praise federal authorities for showing more willingness to enforce existing immigration laws aggressively. Focusing on the criminality of people entering the country is only part of the job of border agencies, they say. Rick Oltman, spokesman for Californians for Population Stabilization, said he hoped that the crackdown on departing illegal immigrants would be expanded to other exit points across the country. He said apprehended immigrants who returned home to Mexico would become "ambassadors of enforcement" and might help deter illegal immigration. "Each one of these people will then report increased enforcement to family and friends when they do get home, and that will give them second thoughts about sneaking back into the U.S.," he said." Pssst Obama "Our Constitution is not a list of suggestions." Re: Illegal Alien “Good News” This should have been built years ago! it's about time! Border fence across deep canyon will begin to be built next month http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...-1n7gulch.html Originally posted by sd_hog View Post Hog, I know that you are a man who has expressed dire concern as to what his tax dollars are being spent on. This fence will cost at least 48.6 MILLION. Will the fence work? What are your personal expectations as to this fence alone, for the cost of 48.6 million dollars? BG&E Oerdin Trying to keep my resolutions. "U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal immigrants only as they enter the country. Now they're catching them on the way out." Talk about retarded! All that will happen is they'll just not try to go home. I thought you wanted them all to leave so why not let them leave? http://www.Apolyton.net is the best Civilization 6 fan site on the internet. Netram It's a good day to die! Originally posted by Oerdin View Post "Most detainees without criminal records or numerous immigration violations are released in a few hours, officials say." And in the process they catch a few murders, rapist, and child molesters, that's retarded too? Talk about something funny is when the criminal Illegal Alien has his bus/van pulled over and they S&^$ their pants. That is some funny stuff right there. Originally posted by Beyond Good and Evil View Post The fence has allready been proven to work. Do your own research here. The fence contractor is putting people to work, wages = taxes stimulate the local economy. Looks like a Win-Win for San Diego County! The National Conference of State Legislatures in a report released April 24 said that, as of the end of March, 26 states had enacted 44 laws and adopted 38 resolutions on immigration topics. In 35 states, 198 pieces of legislation were introduced dealing with law enforcement. They included bills authorizing local police agencies to enforce federal immigration laws; penalizing those who transport or harbor illegal immigrants; and requiring agencies to determine the immigration status of arrested or jailed noncitizens. The report said some bills would change bail regulations for people who are in the country without authorization or require property forfeiture of those who violate immigration laws. Other bills would financially penalize communities that pass laws creating "sanctuary cities," where local governments prohibit actions against people just on the basis of their immigration status. Also in 35 states, 192 pieces of legislation dealt with driver's licenses and other identification or documentation requirements. Most of the license bills would create stricter proof of legal residency to get an ID or license. A handful, however, would permit some immigrants without legal residency status to get driver's licenses. Other bills called for people to have stricter proof of identification and immigration status to receive public benefits; employer sanctions for hiring workers without permits; and limits on tuition benefits, grants or scholarships for immigrants without legal residency. Some bills would exclude immigrants without legal resident status from attending state-funded colleges or universities. A handful of states are considering laws dealing with human trafficking or intended to protect immigrants' rights and access to services regardless of their legal status, the report said. Ten legislatures were considering bills to help immigrants deal with the legal system, including efforts to establish criteria for being allowed to give legal advice to immigrants. Other bills would provide funding to help legal permanent residents become citizens, the report said. In Washington, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, all Democrats, expressed frustration at lawmakers' inability to deal with immigration legislation at the federal level. At an April 23 press conference, Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona called the Democratic leadership "spineless" because of its unwillingness to bring a comprehensive immigration reform bill to the floor. The Senate last year spent weeks trying to pass a comprehensive bill that had bipartisan support, but the effort collapsed. The House dropped its parallel legislation and has only considered less-ambitious bills such as the extension for religious-worker visas passed on a voice vote April 15, the day Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Washington. The Senate has yet to vote on that bill. Hispanic caucus members complained about hearings scheduled for a bill on immigration enforcement requested by first-term Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C. The Democratic leadership scheduling such a hearing means "we are no better than the Republican majority we replaced," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois. He also criticized Democratic efforts to pass bills that would aid only certain classes of would-be immigrants who lack sufficient visas but whose skills are in demand, such as high-tech workers. "Today my party wants to do what is easy, not exactly what is right," said Gutierrez. "The leaders in our party who are arguing for consideration of helping just a few immigrants are risking the future of all immigrants." Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif., who chairs the Hispanic caucus, said the visa efforts and other bills under consideration were "nothing more than a Band-Aid being used to cover up a gaping wound." Govs. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif., Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz., and Bill Richardson, D-N.M., meanwhile, asked congressional leaders to extend and fully fund Operation Jump Start, which has placed National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexican border. They said in an April 22 letter: "Operation Jump Start should not be a placeholder for comprehensive immigration reform. It is, however, a necessary and temporary step in fulfilling the federal government's responsibility to secure our country's borders." The governors noted that the Department of Homeland Security has not hired and trained enough Border Patrol agents to meet its objective for staff on the border. The agency also recently announced another delay in implementing its "virtual fence" on the border. The Associated Press reported April 22 the agency is scrapping a brand-new $20 million "virtual fence" along the Arizona-Mexican border because it doesn't work right. Another letter April 21 to members of Congress signed by 80 national, state and local organizations expressed opposition to the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement Act, H.R. 4088, because of "its significant negative impact on children." The bill, sponsored by Shuler and Reps. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., and Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., calls for the creation of a detention center for immigrant families modeled after the Don Hutto Family Residential Facility in Texas, which, the letter said, "leads to the 'incarceration' of innocent children." The Hutto Center was the subject of a lawsuit over its conditions for children and families, resulting in a settlement between the American Civil Liberties Union and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement that led to some improvements, the letter noted. Nevertheless, it said, Hutto and other family detention centers, built as adult prisons, are inappropriate for detaining families with children who are awaiting decisions on their immigration cases. Among organizations signing the letter were Network, a Catholic social justice lobby; the Xaverian Brothers USA; divisions of the United Church of Christ and the Lutheran, Mennonite, Evangelical Lutheran and Episcopal churches; Catholic Charities of Houston and Syracuse, N.Y.; groups of Maryknoll, Dominican and Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters; Pax Christi affiliates; and community and national immigrant and legal rights groups. When did that happen? Yes, but will the fence work; i.e. is it guaranteed to keep people out? There are no guarantees in life except death and taxes. Will it be a deterrent is the question. I say anything is better then nothing. As usual the government is going at it half assed. It's supposed to be a double layered fence like in San Diego. But of course they didn't do it right. Plus there should be more patrols and more border agents to guard it. Time will tell if they do that part. I predict it will do some good but in the middle of the desert with nobody watching, it's easy to jump a fence. You really want a date? How about right after they ate a big pot of beans! You ask the lamest questions. What's that supposed to mean? A man laments constantly about his tax dollars, but then praises a 48.6 MILLION dollar expenditure that's has no guarantees whatsoever of its effectiveness. One could argue that failing to see the relativity is, in and of itself, "lame"...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1240
__label__wiki	0.666683	0.666683	50,000+ word novels (complete is a bonus) nostalgicroxas 2019-02-20 02:58:02 UTC #1 This is likely a long shot, but when I get reading I want to sit in for a long story. Please share your novels that are over 50,000 words long. If they're complete, please also mention that! (I'm not putting up Nearly There Nicely because the amount of chapters currently up on this site does not surpass the 50k. Although, it is past that. [It's also incomplete.]) QueenofBabyLoon 2019-02-20 05:20:10 UTC #2 I just came here to shake hands with you. I have not put up any stories (I am too easy going about scribbling, something might be up eventually, tomorrow or in 10 years). But the art of enjoying a good, long, well-written story is becoming rare. I guess our "instant" lifestyle has made us too impatient and we want it sweet and short and are willing to accept less sweet as long as we can get shorter. All this to say, continue spreading the good news. WE. WANT. LONG. STORIES! ratique 2019-02-20 05:52:46 UTC #3 Updated "50,000+ (complete is a bonus)" to "50,000+ word novels (complete is a bonus)" for clarity. And I agree! We should have plenty of long novels on this site by now! JBrentonParker 2019-02-20 06:32:48 UTC #4 I'm currently editing a novel that I'm trying to get traditionally published, so not posting it here. But it's completed, and it's 170,000 words (and I already cut it down from 180k). Wanna be a beta reader? I could send you the whole damn thing. It's a historical urban fantasy, set in an alternate version of 1911 England in which monsters are real, from Russian were-bears to Japanese Yokai. A lady Exorcist and the man she's hunting down are forced to join forces when a mutual enemy, a powerful warlock, returns from the dead to exact his revenge upon them. There's a monstrous carnival, a tragic backstory, sibling rivalry, and a decent amount of jokes to lighten the mood when the body count starts getting too high. (Edit: also Twisted Tales and Breaking Magic, my two stories here, are both currently over 50k, but they aren't completed yet. Well, they are in that I've finished writing them, but I haven't finished posting them. Breaking Magic is about 100k total and will be fully uploaded in a little over two months. Twisted Tales is somewhere around 200k, and it will be quite a while before it's fully uploaded, so check back in a year, I guess, haha.) A_Username 2019-02-20 06:43:52 UTC #5 A little under 50k but completed: Flower Girl \| Tapas When Poire wakes up, she is in an unknown forest, and her head has been replaced by that of a flower’s. A talking lemur is convinced Poire has written a list that doesn’t belong to her. Poire must prove him wrong, or she might never find her way... Over 50k (currently at 40k on Tapas); not completed on here yet, but episodes are scheduled for daily updates and the novel is edited, so not far from being completed soon. White; and the colors you showed me. \| Tapas White was all Chance Lyons had ever known. It was the color of hospital walls and silence, the color of the blouse he wore, his pills, the sick and his skin after he stopped seeing the outside world. White tainted everything he ever touched: it was... ForLackOfStars 2019-02-20 06:52:23 UTC #6 Only at 46.9k on tapas, but the draft on my computer is currently ~77k and I update twice per week. Not completed, and if my estimates on story beats are correct it's going to end up sitting somewhere around 150k when all is said and done. Nimue's Bar \| Tapas When Kaia Sommers woke up after the accident, a lot of things were different. She was very cold, did not cast a shadow, and no one seemed to be able to remember her. Most importantly, she was no longer dead. yansusu 2019-02-20 21:19:34 UTC #7 50k+ words? I got that My first series "Oh. My. Fate?!" is currently at about 90k words on Tapas: Oh. My. Fate?! \| Tapas Jing He, crown prince of the Nine Heavens, has to descend to the mortal realm to weather a human life full of vicissitudes. Each event carefully crafted by the Fate’s Scribe, nothing should go wrong. Just that Qiu Ling, king of the dragon race,... My second series "Lovely Writing System" is a little longer here with almost 170k words Lovely Writing System \| Tapas Su Yan always wanted to be an author. Being moved by his determination (Well, in fact, she was just an avid reader of his fan-fictions and wanted him to write full time …) official Shen Lu grants the aspiring author a system: The Lovely Writing... They aren't finished yet but I'm updating both of them daily with one chapter each and LWS is in volume 3 of 5 right now so it won't take that long anymore to finish it Penni 2019-02-20 21:26:33 UTC #8 What Lies Within \| Tapas (Updates Tues & Fri) The world has managed to find a tense accord between humans and spirits but the lines between the two blur quickly. Lucella is one of those blurred lines, working reluctantly to clean up problems that might smudge societies'... Currently, this is the only one I have that has over 50k words that is posted. What Lies Within is well over the 50k mark and will end probably over 80k My other two that are posted will definitely be over 50k. Fox Trap is complete but since it is working on going Premium, everything hasn't been posted yet. I can't seem to write short novels khanyatshaka 2019-02-20 21:43:41 UTC #9 Nice to Know there are still readers out there...… check us out!!!,will take you on a journey,becareful you might not come back after this.... image.png1188x741 394 KB kybuchanan 2019-02-20 21:50:39 UTC #10 I'm uploading my novel on Tapas slowly, condensing it to "bite-sized" episodes. However, it is over 50k words and is complete if you want to read it on Wattpad. I'm sorry, I know it's a stigma to post links to competing sites. https://www.wattpad.com/642169855-cosmonogic-chp-1-space-battle Croik 2019-02-20 21:53:43 UTC #11 My first novel on Tapas is technically ongoing still....? Volume 1 finished at 95k but Vol 2 is still at it. It's about prohibition gangsters falling in love and having adventures. Bang! Bang! BOOM! [New York] \| Tapas In the alleyways of 1920s New York, young immigrant and small time gangster Jakub Danowicz meets Cheshire Bloom, an eccentric teen in possession of explosive magical powers. You might not call it love at first sight, but something like it. A... Also have a samurai war and romance epic, just a few chapters away from finishing vol 1. I don't even want to look at the word count right now, it's definitely over 100k. KAZUCHIYO \| Tapas The mythical country of Shuyun has been at war with itself for a century. The latest victim of of the bloodshed is Kazuchiyo, a young samurai captured by the enemy after his clan suffers a crushing defeat in battle. While being raised among his... youkaininja 2019-02-20 21:54:33 UTC #12 Way over 50,000 AND completed! Please enjoy if it's your thing. A slowburn/mystery romance about a human girl who finds herself stuck in a world of vampires. Night \| Tapas Helen Morris was just a normal teenage girl trying to get by in life with her single hardworking mother and her missing deadbeat dad. Her world felt hard but peaceful, and she wanted nothing more than to help her mom. Then one day, on her way back... lil-sea-salt 2019-02-21 01:01:34 UTC #13 Dead End Florals \| Tapas Hades ruled with an iron fist, handled his affairs with all the cool intellect and remorse that one exudes from death itself. But even a king cannot deny he wishes for spring. To charge his solemn existence, he reaches for a flower --Persephone --... Pan 2019-02-21 01:09:59 UTC #14 slaps computer screen This baby has 58K words at the moment and isn't anywhere near done! The Secrets of Jean-Baptiste \| Tapas Art's new job seems like a dream come true - until the suspicious behaviors and activities of his new boss make him question if he's in danger. Amid deception, secrets, and a budding romance, there is one thing Art knows for certain. Something... stnmaren 2019-02-21 02:14:19 UTC #15 sundown is at 63k words where im at in my backlog, roughly 50-55k words on here. the version im uploading here is the rough draft fore review purposes. its an lgbt urban fantasy about an agency that regulates supernatural activity. Sundown \| Tapas Harris Artigas gets hired by chance into a government agency that regulates supernatural activity in Miami. It's not long before him and his partner, Elisha Marino, start seeing a pattern in their missions and realize something much bigger is... nostalgicroxas 2019-02-21 09:37:22 UTC #16 Ahhhh I'm so happy there's so many of you! It's kind of encouraging to see that there's a fair amount that aren't complete while being over 50k. But those of you that are, CONGRATS. It's a trial in itself to complete a story! yansusu 2019-02-21 23:37:27 UTC #18 Isn't that a comic though and not a novel? Penni 2019-02-22 01:04:15 UTC #19 I believe it's a new person who is a little overzealous with the self-promotion. I've seen their comic pop up several times in various threads. Maps 2019-02-22 01:10:44 UTC #20 If you're interested in BLs, I've got a long one (and a lot of chapters already posted). Unfortunately, it's not complete yet... I've still got a bit to go. But feel free to check it out if it's something you're interested in! There's also always that "binge worthy" section that Tapas has of complete novels/comics. Vows of the Sentinel \| Tapas Roenan Farrah awakens to a scene of horror in his own home. It's not long before he succumbs to his injuries and is woken up in the hands of an enemy country during a time of war. As he struggles to understand why he is there and why no one seems to... Hazumirein 2019-02-22 03:55:05 UTC #21 Not sure what genre(s) you're into, but if a supernatural suburban YA story with a somewhat different take on vampires and werewolves sounds good, have I got a thing for you. So for some reason the word count Tapas shows for my novel...isn't accurate. It doesn't seem to be counting a bunch of chapters, so I think it says it's at like 30k, but I know it's over 50k at this point. Anyway, it's not quite complete, but getting close, and I update twice weekly. There are also two more books planned for the series. Ariesville Monster Club: Kody \| Tapas A supernatural suburban fantasy with a side of mystery about vampires who are mortal, were-creatures that aren't wolves, and the reluctant humans who have to put up with them all.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1241
__label__wiki	0.772882	0.772882	Man convicted of biting K-9 officer during March arrest sentenced to jail Posted 5:42 pm, June 5, 2018, by Katie DeLong Leland O’Malley RACINE COUNTY — A man accused of biting a Racine County Sheriff’s Office K-9 during his arrest in March has been sentenced to jail. Leland O’Malley, 44, of Burlington on Tuesday, June 5 pleaded no contest to one count of shove/strike police/fire animals and one count of resisting or obstructing an officer. A disorderly conduct charge was dismissed as a result of the plea deal. O’Malley was then sentenced to serve 90 days in jail, with credit for 77 days time served. ‘This is a win-win:’ Officials release body cam video of arrest that shows man biting police K-9 This case was filed in March of 2018 out of Racine County. In a separate case, filed in April out of Walworth County, O’Malley is charged with strangulation and suffocation, domestic abuse assessments, and battery, domestic abuse assessements. He has a status conference set for June 18 in that case. In the Racine County case, officials said shortly before midnight on March 21, deputies responded to a man outside of a Town of Dover house. The caller said the man, later identified as O’Malley, would not leave and appeared to be intoxicated. O’Malley was walking around the house banging on windows and doors yelling that he wanted to be let into the house to sleep. “It appeared to me he was not in the right state of mind,” said Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling. Deputy David Fisher with his K-9 partner “Murphy,” saw O’Malley pounding a window. The deputy ordered him to step out. O’Malley refused. The complaint says O’Malley also refused to “removed his hand from his pocket.” Body cam video of arrest of Leland O’Malley “You can see on this video, he was clearly told this was going to happen. But he kept — kept advancing,” Schmaling said. Under the threat of the K-9 being released on him, O’Malley stepped forward, but then began to increase his speed toward the officer — ignoring his command to “stay back.” Believing O'Malley was going to assault him, Deputy Fisher released Murphy, who "took hold of the defendant's arm." O'Malley "wrapped his arm around the K-9's head" and appeared to "attempt to bite the K-9," twice. Body cam video of arrest of Leland O'Malley Deputy Fisher yelled, "Stop fighting my dog!" O'Malley complied and the K-9 was removed from the bite. Murphy was not injured in the incident. Sheriff Schmaling said he reacted exactly as he was trained to do. "So here's the bright side. I don't have a deputy sheriff that's injured or killed. The dog is not injured. So this is a win-win," Schmaling said. "The suspect, we did not have to use another level of force to overcome his resistance." ‘Stop fighting my dog!’ Burlington man accused of attempting to choke, bite K-9 during arrest Topics: Racine County Sheriff's Office Officials: Convicted felon charged with selling cocaine in Racine County ‘Yawning’ serial Red Bull thief, caught on camera, sentenced to prison in 3 Racine County cases 2 years’ probation for man accused of grabbing steering wheel to force crash that injured wife Sheriff: Driver out on bond arrested after marijuana found in vehicle; 8-month-old child was passenger Racine County Jail inmate accused of stabbing corrections officer with pen during fingerprinting Racine Sheriff: Correctional officer in custody, facing multiple charges after sexually assaulting inmate Photos show 200+ THC vape cartridges recovered in traffic stop: ‘Not a personal use situation’ $100K cash bond for Nathan Halfmann, charged in pursuit, standoff in Village of Summit ‘Sigh of relief:’ Suspect arrested in shooting death of Racine Officer John Hetland Officials: Man bends door frame of squad in Caledonia traffic stop Man taken into custody following police pursuit, crash in Racine County ‘Don’t know how she knows him:’ Charges loom for man, woman involved in hours-long standoff	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1242
__label__cc	0.604395	0.395605	Pièces iPhone iPhone 6s Microsoldering iPhone 6s Microsoldering Vous ne connaissez pas le modèle de votre appareil ? Identifiez votre iPhone Parcourir les pièces par modèle iPhone 6s A1633 Équipement iFixit Microsouder Kits d'outils Choisissez votre modèle de iPhone 6s : iPhone 6s A1633 75 pièces Afficher en miniatures Afficher en liste Most Popular Trier les résultats Pièces compatibles avec iPhone 6s : iPhone 6s Bare Logic Board A bare circuit board with no components for an iPhone 6s. This is only the board to which all the surface soldered components would be mounted. iPhone 6s LCD/Digitizer FPC Connector (J4200) Replace the LCD/digitizer cable FPC connector on the logic board of an iPhone 6s. This part requires microsoldering. iPhone 6s/6s Plus/7/7 Plus Backlight Filter Replace a backlight filter on the logic board of an iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, or iPhone 7 Plus. This part requires micro soldering. iPhone 6s/6s+/7 Backlight Driver LM3539 Replace a LM3539 backlight driver on the logic board of an iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, or iPhone 7. This part requires micro soldering. iPhone and iPad Tristar A1610A3 Replace a A1610A1, A1610A2, or A1610A3 USB IC on the logic board of an iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Air, or iPad mini 2.... iPhone Display PMU 65730A0P Replace a 65730A0P display PMU on the logic board of an iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, or iPhone 7 Plus. This part re... iPhone 6 Home FPC Connector (J2118) Replace the home button cable FPC connector on the logic board of an iPhone 6. This part requires microsoldering. iPhone Tigris SN2400B0 Charging IC Replace an SN2400B0 charging IC on the logic board of an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, or iPhone 7 Plus. This part requires micro solderin... Continuer Afficher les produits 1 - 10 sur 12 Infos sur l'appareil The successor to the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6s was formally announced by Apple on September 9, 2015 and released September 25, 2015. Notable features include 3D Touch, Live Photos, the new A9 processor and M9 coprocessor as well as the Taptic Engine, previously only seen in the Apple Watch. The iSight camera is now 12 MP and sports the ability to shoot 4K video while the FaceTime camera has been upgraded to an impressive 5 MP. Apple estimates that the iPhone 6s provides "up to" 50 hours of audio playback, 14 hours of talk time on 3G, 10 hours of Internet use on 3G, 10 hours of Internet use on LTE, 11 hours of Internet use on Wi-Fi, 11 hours of video playback and "up to" 10 days of standby time. There are three models of the iPhone 6s. Model A1633 is sold in the US optionally locked to AT&T or offered unlocked, contract free for several carriers like T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint. Model A1688 is sold in the US for Sprint and Verizon or for T-Mobile with a nano-SIM, and for a wide variety of carriers in Canada, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere worldwide. Model A1700 is sold for mainland China.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1244
__label__wiki	0.587993	0.587993	Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition Ролевые игрыЭкшнOpen World When you buy this game, The Elder Scrolls: Arena and The Elder Scrolls Chapter II: Daggerfall will be added to your GOG.com account for free! With the Ultimate Edition, Bethesda Softworks offers you the chance to double-down and get the complete package of New Vegas fun. The Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition includes the full suite of highly acclaimed add-on content: Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road. To sweeten the pot, you’ll be armed with the latest cache of unique weapons, ammo types and recipes from the most recent add-on packs: Courier’s Stash and Gun Runners Arsenal. Whether you’re a seasoned explorer of the Mojave or playing the game for the first time, you’ll find there are more friends and enemies to make, more consequences to your actions and more opportunities to live in glory or infamy throughout the Wasteland. The choices you make will be as crucial to your survival as ever. Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. It’s the kind of town where you dig your own grave prior to being shot in the head and left for dead… and that’s before things really get ugly. It’s a town of dreamers and desperados being torn apart by warring factions vying for complete control of this desert oasis. It’s a place where the right kind of person with the right kind of weaponry can really make a name for themselves, and make more than an enemy or two along the way. As you battle your way across the heat-blasted Mojave Wasteland, the colossal Hoover Dam, and the neon drenched Vegas Strip, you’ll be introduced to a colorful cast of characters, power-hungry factions, special weapons, mutated creatures, and much more. Choose sides in the upcoming war or declare “winner takes all” and crown yourself the King of New Vegas in this follow-up to the 2008 videogame of the year, Fallout 3. Enjoy your stay.Feel the Heat in New Vegas!Not even nuclear fallout could slow the hustle of Sin City. Explore the vast expanses of the desert wastelands – from the small towns dotting the Mojave Wasteland to the bright lights of the New Vegas strip. See the Great Southwest as could only be imagined in Fallout. Feuding Factions, Colorful Characters and a Host of Hostiles!A war is brewing between rival factions with consequences that will change the lives of all the inhabitants of New Vegas. The choices you make will bring you into contact with countless characters, creatures, allies, and foes, and determine the final explosive outcome of this epic power struggle. New Systems!Enjoy new additions to Fallout: New Vegas, such as a Companion Wheel that streamlines directing your companions, a Reputation System that tracks the consequences of your actions, and the aptly titled Hardcore Mode to separate the meek from the mighty. Special melee combat moves have been added to bring new meaning to the phrase “up close and personal”. Use V.A.T.S. to pause time in combat, target specific enemy body parts and queue up attacks, or get right to the action using the finely-tuned real-time combat mechanics. An Arsenal of Shiny New Guns!With double the amount of weapons found in Fallout 3, you’ll have more than enough new and exciting ways to deal with the threats of the wasteland and the locals. In addition, Vault-Tec engineers have devised a new weapons configuration system that lets you tinker with your toys and see the modifications you make in real time. Let it Ride!In a huge, open world with unlimited options you can see the sights, choose sides, or go it alone. Peacemaker or Hard Case, House Rules, or the Wild Card - it’s all in how you play the game. Купить «Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition» можно за 429 р. Obsidian Entertainment Аудио и текст: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian Только текст: Czech, Polish, Russian ESRB Рейтинг: Mature (содержит Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of Drugs) PEGI Рейтинг: 18+ (содержит Ругательства, Азарт, Насилие) 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6 series, ATI 1300XT series Hard Disk Space: 10GB free space ©2010 Bethesda Softworks LLC. All Rights Reserved	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1249
__label__cc	0.735479	0.264521	Roundup Revelations: Monsanto-EPA Collusion Exposed By Agent Green It’s been a bad week for Monsanto. Money machine hinge pin, Roundup, must be labeled a possible carcinogen in California. Judge Kristi Culber Kapetan handed down the final ruling in Monsanto’s lawsuit against the state in Fresno County Superior Court on Friday, March 10th. Monsanto lost. Glyphosate is now firmly on the Proposition 65 list. All products in the state containing the controversial chemical must now bear the warning label. Naturally, the company and their legal team tried the profit plea. Their attorney telling the judge that this warning label would hurt Monsanto by driving customers away gained no sympathy. They insisted this treatment of their glyphosate product is uncalled for, and out of line. “Monsanto and its lawyers argued that the state is out of step with other regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the European Food Safety Authority, in listing glyphosate as causing cancer.” — Fresno Bee Meanwhile, in a different court a federal judge revealed documents Monsanto fought to keep secret just this Tuesday. Not only are some EPA scientists suspicious of the actual safety of glyphosate and Roundup – agency officials have been protecting it against further scrutiny by other federal agencies. Wonder no more why the EPA can’t accomplish finishing their most recent “assessment” of glyphosate. And likely the basis for increases of allowable levels of the chemical in food crops? Questions about EPA-Monsanto collusion raised in cancer lawsuits That’s the headline of Carey Gillam’s mid-February post at Huffington News. And as stated in opening that article… here’s where things really start to get interesting. A top-ranking EPA official and agency scientist for 30 years, Jess Rowland, is in collusion with Monsanto. A letter from a past agency scientist (now deceased) in the federal court’s possession as supporting evidence reveals fascinating information. He went so far as to intimidate other EPA scientists. So, here’s an echo of previous insinuations of whistle-blowing past EPA employees. Monsanto’s inside man prevented anything from getting in the way of glyphosate, Roundup, and Roundup Ready seed gaining approval. One email conversation has Rowland poised to stop the Department of Health and Human Services from investigating the weed killer’s safety. Whether he succeeded or not isn’t clear. However, the HHS investigation never took place. These are just part of the revelations made in San Francisco’s federal court as part of a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma class action filing. On Tuesday, presiding federal Judge Vince Chhabria unsealed documents that included internal Monsanto emails and those moving between the company and EPA regulators. Now that top secret internal documents are public knowledge, the story is reverberating through world media. So… it’s not a conspiracy theory anymore. Of course, the Big M, in traditional form, is working hard at explaining away the implications. However, the records point to Monsanto ghostwriting their own research and paying academic scientists to edit and sign the documents to get them into peer reviewed journals. ““A less expensive/more palatable approach” is to rely on experts only for some areas of contention, while “we ghost-write the Exposure Tox & Genetox sections,” Heydens wrote to a colleague. The names of outside scientists could be listed on the publication, “but we would be keeping the cost down by us doing the writing and they would just edit & sign their names so to speak,” according to the email, which goes on to say that’s how Monsanto handled the 2000 study.” — Bloomberg And more recently, Jess Rowland at the EPA gave Monsanto insider tips months before the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s probable carcinogen rating of glyphosate was formally announced. When that news spewed out of the media fan, Monsanto hit the ground running with all their ducks neatly in a row. I’ll leave you to discover the rest of the details from source articles. One thing you might not want to overlook is on top of the link stack below. The highly interesting Document 141, an alleged Plaintiff’s Reply In Support of Motion To Compel Deposition of Jess Rowland filed with San Francisco’s US District Court last month. While it’s not available on the court’s web page for the cancer case (last link), it is available through Carey Gillam, Research Director at US Right To Know. More documents available on the USRTK website link. A motion to halt further depositions was filed and denied. So, it’s looking like Rowland will have to be deposed after all. The next date on the docket for activity on the case is May 11th. This won’t be over swiftly. More Info/Sources: USRTK US District Court case documents Featured image courtesy of Mike Mozart. Agent Green On a mission to get to the bottom of things, Agent Green digs far and wide in the pursuit of truth. Latest posts by Agent Green (see all) The State of Indoor Farming - January 24, 2018 E. coli, Romaine, Food Safety, and Hydroponic Produce - January 22, 2018 Front Burner Food Policy News - December 20, 2017 Growing Potatoes in Containers What Is Silicon? Plant pathogens can be devastating; beyond putting the plant at risk, the financial impact can also be huge, especially when it happens on a large scale. A Vancouver Island greenhouse is under quarantine after one of its plants tested positive for a harmful pathogen called … Health Canada’s Rules Surrounding The Cannabis Edibles Market Canadians looking to consume cannabis edibles once they become legal are being warned to ‘start low, go slow’ by the country’s health authority. The government has also released its list of rules and regulations surrounding the future market. On October 17th, 2019, edi…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0089.json.gz/line1250

Subsets and Splits

No community queries yet

The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.